O'Lias Sage


 * "You're calm, confident, and never waste a movement. You consider everything and rarely let a possible move escape you. You've become solid in not needing any help in finding out who you are. You are the strongest person in the Legacy" -Loki to O'lias



O'lias Sage (おぃあす せいじゅ Seiju Oriasu) Is a major supporting character in the Spirit of Order Universe and is the narrator of the Laas Sancta side story, focusing on his family. O'lias was a high ranking member amongst the Spirit of Order, often regarded as one of the top Five most powerful. Part of the story from the very begining, O'lias, under several different aliases, aided the group from the small age of 9 for nearly ten years later.

His Origin was of question for many years until it was revealed that he is a non-terrestrial from the planet Laas Sancta and a forbidden half-breed of two Paragon bloodlines, one of which was the Aerial Dragon Paragon, Circa'lias.

Background
O'lias was born on a world called Laas Sancta, a super planet located close to the edge of the Milky way. He was predicted to become a Paragon whilst still in the womb, a group of supporters of the God Narshé wanted a Paragon that was descended from her bloodline and not of Illusei's, and so many plotted to kill the child and his mother, the current Paragon O'Seras. When he was born, the boy was sent through a portal to the Planet earth, where he would be safe until the time was right for him to return.

Found and sent to the local orphanage in the earth city of detroit, O'lias would come to be adopted as a baby by a family known as the Lamonts, given the name Oliver. The measurably wealthy family raised the child like a normal human boy, completely unaware of his latent magical talent for a number of years. Potentially, the child could potentially manipulate all elements and Magic to a degree, but was unable to truly unlock anything resembling his abilities until he was bitten by the family dog at the age of Six. The pain of the attack caused Oliver to access a fire-based ability that consumed the hound in flames as a result of emotional fear. Witnessing this, his parents immediately became afraid of him and what he was capable of. The resulting level of fear and scorn lead the child to run away from his home, unlocking the Darkness element from his despair.

Living among the streets of Urban Detroit, Oliver adjusted pretty well to the life of a homeless individual, being skilled at stealing food and finding suitable shelter, all while he continued to delve into the origin of his abilities. To no avail, the child continued to live such a life for over a year before encountering the group known as 'Kid Korps', a Vigilante group of children who would later form the Spirit of Order.

O'lias has used countless aliases and sobriquets in order to reinvent himself, going as far as to magically alter his appearance so that what was left of him as Oliver would completely be erased, using names such as Izanagi, Toshiro, Liore, Lakota and Li.

He eventually returned to his home planet, as predicted, and became the Sanctian Paragon at the age of 17, but by that point, his 'Mark of Zenokhiltas' came into effect, ceasing his aging process so that he may potentially rule forever, short of mortal wounding. He gained mastery over magic, including Elements, Gravity and Spacial magic, and gained access to an ancient art tied to using ones eyes to focus power, known as 'Occulus' which grant the user eye abilities.

O'lias has played host to a number of villains in the past, most prominently Doctor Cryptic and the Sin of Pride, who both used his body to wreak havoc upon the denizens of Detroit, an event that still leaves scars on O'lias to this day.

Personality
O'lias has be shown to perform a wise array of personalities at the drop of the hat, from childishness and immaturity to stoic and calculating expressions. Between not knowing what he was or who his parents were for a number of years and the scorn he suffered at the hands of his adoptive parents, O'lias had begun to distance himself from people and mistrust them, automatically greeting them with skepticism or contempt. Cold and distant, he earned a reputation among the Kid Korps as being a Emo or grumpy person.

As he become close with his friends in the Korps and Order, he began to slowly open up and trust others again, smiling much more often and eager to ask for help when he needed it. When he became Paragon, his personality developed further into becoming a more wise and a calculating individual with compassion towards his people and the nation he leads.

O'Lias, despite wielding great power, shows little confidence in his ability to lead people he hardly knows. Realizing that he is not the true leader of the Prosperan people, he allows his younger brother Kenah, who was also found to be a Paragon, to become the new leader with the support of the A'rhun Council.

Appearance
O'lias has demonstrated the ability to magically alter his appearance with subtle differences such as skin, hair and eye color, but this is implied to have it's limits, as he has noted on occasion that he dislikes his short stature, something he is unable to do anything about. He is usually shown with fair or toned skin and messy dark hair typical of a young boy. His eyes are something he liked to change often, sometimes reflecting his personality, emotion and disposition, varying from blue, green, gold and lavender.

Proceeding the events of Chapter 11, O'lias was rendered half-blind once again, having lost his last Occulus to Cryptic.

Abilities
Crystal Manipulation - Crystal is a naturlal substance that is found on Laas Sancta. Such a substance developed throughout the ages as being a natural source of magic. As such, many of the native races of Sancta came to use Crystals to perform magical feats, or rather, those who are not innately adept at casting magic alone. With Crystals, anyone could cast magic.

For a Paragon, they are able to create this substance at will, either to use in attack or defense, or to simply aid a nearby spell caster by enhancing their spells with the substance. O'lias tends to use this form of magic in lieu of using Ice-based magic, which can easily be undermined whereas Crystal is difficult to break.

Elemental Mastery - Paragons are the medium between nature and Sanctian kind. As such, they are given the ability to speak to the natural elements and by extension, ask for their strength. A child of two worlds, O'lias is capable of wielding the natural elements of both Terra and Laas Sancta. The elements in his arsenal include Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Crystal, Wind, Light, Darkness and The fusion abilities respectively.

Occlulus - Occulus is an form of magical power from the lost ages of Sanctian History. It is said that the Eyes are the windows to the soul, so the power of such soul would reflect and imprint themselves onto the eyes. Whilst few have such abilities in recent years, Off-shoot abilities reflected on the eyes can be found in Terran History, such as those Ichiro and the Higata clan, whos bloodline allows him to access such abilities.

In O'lias' case, his first Occulus, an ability he awakened shortly after taking up the seat of High Paragon. His pupils took on a red-orange fiery glow and his Schlera became adorned in ripple-like circles with Sanctian runes appearing between the lines. The extent of an Occulus' ability and the capability of their sight isn't emphasized, but it is known they enhance the natural capabilities of one's body, especially their reflexes. O'lias' Occulus granted him the ability to spacially teleport, Absorb objects and people to store them within a pocket dimension and after granted the ability by the Fusion Guardians, allowed him to absorb a person's attack and learn it's properties. Unfortunately, to defeat Cryptic, O'lias has to use a sealing technique on Cryptic, to cut off his main power and blind him. This made the eyes unrecoverable and were subsequently destroyed along with Cryptic.

Weakness and Limits
Due to O'lias' ever expanding repertoire of skills and techniques, O'lias has encountered several limits to his own capabilities, all of his tax him to a degree whilst fighting an opponent. Firstly, He has no immunity to poisons of any kind, leaving him susceptible to venom if injected during a fight; one instance of which Loki, the Trickster god, cut him with a poisoned blade during their fight with Loki. However, before completely succumbing to the poison, O'lias was able to unleash a powerful gravity attack.

Ability Grading -
The abilities O'lias possesses are recognized under a grading system that measures the overall power and impact of an attack, but also the amount of energy and fatigue is required to unleash. These are known as 'Condition'. Condition represents each category and stacks upon itself, increasing the Strength, potency and drawback of said abilities.

Condition Alpha
Condition Alpha is the first and most simple stage of O'lias' attack patters. This entails the use of one element to create and attack. Using simple Gravity attacks also fall into this category. {Examples of attacks for this condition would be 'Weight of the World'}. Attacks such as these are moderately potent but do not Tax O'lias' strengths as much as greater conditions.

Condition Beta
Condition Beta represents combining two elements to create an attack. For example, combining fire and wind to use fusion attacks. Additionally, some of Lias' higher-function abilities are under condition beta, such as his Crystal Manipulation and Simple Occulus use. Such abilities under Condition Beta are Considerably potent with fatiguing drawbacks through extended use.

Condition Gamma
Full Occulus use and combining any Elements through force-fusion. Force fusion entails the combination of elements without having to be compatible, but with uncertain results. Using Force fusion allows him to allocate Light or Darkness aspects to his attacks too. This is the furthest stage O'lias has ever reached, with prior potential to move further. The use of Condition Gamma tires O'lias out to a certain degree, after which O'lias must rest considerably before fighting again.

Condition Omega
Never reached.

Julian "Taboo" Sky
O'lias respects the Guardians of the legacy highly and has considered them his family for countless years. More so Julian than most, Julian has considered O'lias a younger brother and despite missgivings towards O'lias' standoffish nature, has stuck by him through thick and thin. The two have fought against eachother once a twice in the past of philosophical or alleigance-based debates, but have overcome these petty differences in their later years.

Airica Falagoth
Whilst O'lias has regarded on many occaisions in the past of Airica's nature being too over-bearingly nice, in more recent years, he has come to understand this nature and even share a small part of it in himself as a Paragon. They both share a family-like relationship, as do all of the Guardians, Ironically, O'lias still believes she tries to be more of a know-it-all than he himself does.

Percy "Limbo" Dark
O'lias does not see Limbo often, a fact that he is most unpleased with. O'lias believes that Limbo has some natural ability to blend into the background, but then considers the possibility that Limbo is just 'one of those kinds of people'. Despite this, O'lias believes that Limbo should stand up for himself and become more of an acknowledgable person.

Crisendorf
A man of many talents, O'lias believes that Crisendorf is one of the few people capable of rivaling him in matters of the arcane due to his evermore expansive experience. O'lias is not one to shy away his opinion when he believes that Crisendorf is not acting his age, but nonetheless respects the man for his friendship, position and all-round experience.

O'Kenah Sage
Despite knowing Kenah for only two years, O'lias thinks the world of him. Without a doubt his favourite sibling, O'lias believes it is his duty to protect Kenah at times, but is sometimes not around to fulfill this promise, much to his dismay. O'lias sees Kenah as someone he 'wished he could be' at his age, with a naive outlook, to be a child. Found to be bearing the brand of Zenokhiltas, O'lias bestowed him the title of High Paragon, believing he deserved the role more than he ever did.

O'Kherah Sage
Kherah is the closest thing O'lias has in terms of his mother's appearance. Unfortunately, Kherah possesses a personality close to that of Alex Mortame with a little more restraint. Beautiful but shortfused, Kherrah acts as the council's detterant in Prospero, keeping them from making selfish decisions, as O'lias predicted. O'lias has a good relationship with his sister, who he often confides in.

O'Rhion Sage
O'lias and Rhion share a shaky relationship. It is not emphasized how, but O'lias and O'rhion are often at odds with one another, especially when it comes to war and conflict with the beast tribes and other nations. Whilst he condones the methods behind his actions, O'lias respects Rhion's overwhelming devotion to his family and his city, even if it doesn't outwardly extend to O'lias himself.

Early development
The Character 'O'lias Sage' was originally inspired by various Square enix characters and concepts, most notably the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom hearts. A joke the creator likes to remark is how many times the character undergoes massive changes, or rather, used to undergo, which was quite frequently depending on the quality of the concept. O'lias was always considered to be a 'Trial and error' character that needed to experience creation failures in order to learn how to fully develope a well-liked and well-rounded individual. This was all due to O'lias {Originally named Izanagi} being the creator's first character, serving as a test bed that eventually became a full character in his own right, after the constant Retcons.

Trivia
-The picture displayed to show what O'lias would look similar to was created by Pixiv artist River CY :http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=3869665. It is fully owned by this individual and the site claims no ownership over it.