Sylvain Auric

Sylvain Auric is a member of ULA and stole the seat of King of Azuria prior to the beginning of the story. He possesses Lion's Fire, a form of Soul Fire that has been combined with his Lightning Aether. He is the main antagonist of the Azurian Siege Arc.

Backstory
Sylvain grew up with practically everything given to him, with his father being a member of the Azurian Royal Court, and his personality developed as being entitled, cocky, and above others, believing that money could buy anything. His father was very corrupt, and the Azurian king eventually discovered this and barred him from gaining any political standing again.

Sylvain, being 18, still had no aether abilities to show for, as he had lived his entire life in luxury without a care in the world. His father grew angry by his loss of position and his son's nonchalant attitude about all that was happening. In a fit of anger, Sylvain was disowned by his father for being believed to have no Aether capabilities and that he was a failure of a son. He was not helped by anyone in Azuria due to his condescending attitude towards everyone he met before, giving everyone the impression that he was incredibly spoiled and saw everyone else as peasants. Sylvain gained a deep grudge towards his father and the king, seeing them as the source of his once luxurious life falling into shambles in an instant.

Fending for himself in the lowest parts of the Azurian slums, he was eventually discovered and recognized by a member of ULA. The guild had secretly been behind the corruption of Sylvain's father as a mole to try to gain power in Azuria, a plan that had failed. Sylvain expressed that he was extremely stubborn in his ambition to reach a position in society beyond what he once had, vowing to even gain power akin to a king. Upon hearing all of this from Sylvain, the ULA member offered him power and the answer to his goals; taking over Azuria with the help of ULA to help him gain power. Sylvain agreed to this proposition without hesitation, seeing no downside in the agreement.

He was taken into ULA by the higher ups. They relentlessly trained Sylvain, with the boy wanting to stop at nothing to take the King's throne. After about 3 months, Sylvain finally found that he had a proficiency for lightning aether, and he continued to be relentlessly trained with it until he could use numerous unique abilites, like creating tangible lighting bolts that he can ride on or infuse himself with lighting aether to move at incredible speeds for a second or two. After a year of training, he was now age 21 and start his plan to take Azuria.

Shortly following the exile of Kevin, the former successor to the Azurian throne, Sylvain made his move. In the middle of the night, Sylvain, flanked by low-ranking ULA soldiers, snuck into the Azurian Castle and captured the king. He was taken a hidden dungeon underground on the outskirts of Azuria, where he was held captive by Sylvain. There, Sylvain extracted the king's blood and injected it into himself, allowing him to use Soul Fire. He mixed it with his lightning aether, creating a golden, sparking form of Soul Fire he dubbed Lion's Fire. It had the full power of Soul Fire, but mixed with Sylvain's lightning aether, and thus it became an even more powerful form of Soul Fire. Sylvain was able to use his already created lightning aether abilities with Lion's Fire thanks to its mixture of properties. He used ULA's cloning technology that they had been developing to create a clone of the king to use as a replacement, one that was entirely loyal to Sylvain so that he could pull the strings from the shadows. Due to the cloning tech not being developed entirely yet, the clone was imperfect, and it's aether abilities were weakened as a result. This clone set up events in Azuria for Sylvain to eventually take power, with the goal of making it seem as though Sylvain gained power through an uprising against a failing government and gaining support by promising the people of Azuria an age of prosperity, while tarnishing the Azuria family name in the process. Jem, a member of the Royal Guard and Kevin's former bodyguard, had been assigned as a bodyguard of the ling after the prince's exile, so after being close to the clone for some time, she eventually grew suspicious. Sylvain picked up on this, and had the clone order the execution of her father as punishment for her speaking up against the corruption taking place and gaining public favor, which was what Sylvain was trying to do instead. Her father's death caused her to go on a rampage that resulted in the clone's death, and her exile. Sylvain used this opportunity to gain the public favor and swipe the throne, using his already accumulated influence to tarnish the image of the only remaining Azuria family member to take the throne: Kelly. Sylvain imprisoned her and sat upon the throne, his plan working with a few bumps in the road. There were still those who supported the Azuria family, clashing with those who supported Sylvain's new government. This led to turmoil between citizens in Azuria, and beginning a dark age. Sylvain sent Azurian Guards after Kevin and Jem to capture, kill, or at least gain intel on their whereabouts, seeing them as a potential threat to the security of his throne. The real Azurian King stayed in captivity, unbeknownst to everyone Capellus except Sylvain and ULA.

Appearance
Sylvain has white hair that's slicked straight back, dark eyes, and a tan skin color. He wears a white double-breasted suit with gold buttons, a black dress shirt, a gold ascot tie, and white suit pants with black wingtip dress shoes. He has the Azurian King's crown hooked onto his belt on left hip and wears a black fur cloak on his back. There is almost always a sneer painted across his face.

Personality
He is an egomaniac, being extremely arrogant and believing himself to be superior to anybody he comes across. Having clawed his way back up from poverty, he considers everything he has to be a product of his power and hard work. If anyone gets the better of him, he considers it a fluke and he firmly believes he is the hero Capellus needs.

Splendor
A silver and gold four-barrel shotgun, Splendor is a weapon that packs a big punch. The barrels can all fire seperately or at the same time with enough force to propel Sylvain off of the ground, allowing for some very unorthodox mobility. He can shoot it in mid air to propel himself in another direction, as well. It is able to hold 16 rounds, allowing 4 shots out of each barrel before needing to reload. On the bottom two barrels there are two bayonets, each engraves with the name of the weapon, "Splendor".
 * Sylvain is able to infuse Lion's Fire into Splendor's shotgun shells, allowing each shot to cause a burst of soul fire with the impact of each shotgun pellet.

Equipment
Other than his everyday attire, he has no notable equipment.

Lion's Fire
Sylvain's signature power, this Aether is a product of Soul Fire and Sylvain's natural lightning aether being mixed together, creating Soul Fire that sparks with electricity and is a golden color.
 * Lion's Fire can melt most things.
 * Lion's Fire can take the shape of any object Sylvain imagines.
 * Lion's Fire can't be put out naturally.
 * Sylvain has the choice of whether or not Lion's Fire causes something to catch fire, so objects can be coated in Lion's Fire to give them a powerup without burning them.

Lightning
Sylvain's natural Aether is lightning. This is considered to be unique, as although it carries the properties of lightning, Sylvain shapes the lightning into whatever he imagines. For instance, he can shape his lightning into the shape of a spear or the shape of a pillar.
 * When mixed with Soul Fire, Lion's Fire is created. Lion's Fire carries the aether shaping property of Sylvain's lightning aether.

Soul Fire
As a result of injecting the Azurian King's blood into his own bloodstream, Sylvain has access to Soul Fire. Like Soul Fire, it's generated directly from the soul and it has properties similar to fire, with the property to burn. Unlike fire, it is not affected by water and can only be put it out by fizzling out in a given time or the will of the user. The further Sylvain digs into his pride and arrogance, the more intense his Soul Fire will become.

Lion's Cloak
Sylvain's Lion's Fire overflows, and his black fur cloak becomes enveloped entirely in Lion's Fire, creating the Lion's Cloak.

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