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| Kurou Daijūji | |
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | 大十字 九郎 |
| Voice Actor | Kentarō Itō (Anime) Healthy Tarō (PC) |
| Also known as | Master of Necronomicon White King Godslayer |
| Affiliation | Hadou Financial Group Miskatonic University's Secret Library |
| Gender | Male |
| Grimoire | Al Azif |
| Deus Machina | Demonbane |
Kurou Daijuuji (大十字 九郎) is the main protagonist of Demonbane Mythos (Zanma Taisei/Kishin Houkou and Kishin Hishou). He was enrolled as an archaeology student at the Miskatonic University but used this as a cover for his true major in sorcery under the tutelage of Dr. Henry Armitage.
Rapidly advancing in the sorcery course, he earned access to library of the forbidden grimoires. On his first day there he was attacked by Wilbur Whateley and almost killed, causing him to distance himself from the occult and drop out of the university entirely. He continued to work as a private investigator but was financially poor until the day he was hired by the Hadou Financial Group to acquire a grimoire.
In his search, he encounters Al-Azif and circumstances force him into a contract with her, becoming the pilot of the imitation Deus Machina, Demonbane (デモンベインDemonbein). Kurou has a strong sense of justice and morality, claiming that there is no rationale behind his desire to aid and protect others beyond the fact that it would leave him with lingering regrets if he simply abandoned them, a feeling that he describes as “a bad aftertaste".
After encountering the inhumanity of Master Therion, he comes to hate the man with a passion, fuelling his determination to destroy the Black Lodge.
Appearance[]
Personality[]
History[]
Kurou had spent two years enrolled in Miskatonic University. Though he passed himself off as a student of Archaeology, he really belonged to the secret Occult Studies Department. However, Kurou eventually dropped out in fear after experiencing grimoires.
Synopsis[]
Kishin Houkou Demonbane[]
The tale opens with Kurou lamenting his desperate poverty at the brink of death by starvation. After waking up in annoyance to kids at the church, he is welcomed by Leica Crusade, who feeds Kurou before lecturing him on his job insecurity. After flirting with her to no avail, Kurou leaves for his office and walks indifferently past a pair of officers dealing with a rogue black lodge robot.
Kishin Houkou Demonbane (TV Anime)[]
Powers & Abilities[]
The power of the Necronomicon allows Kurou to transform into a magius, enhancing his physical and magical abilities to superhuman levels and giving him the ability to fly. The Necronomicon itself is an extensive record of matters relating to the Great Old Ones and harnessing their power in the form of spells, such as magical webbing (Atlach-Nacha), the creation of illusions (the Mirror of Nitocris) and summoning powerful magical weapons (the Scimitar of Barzai). Kurou later acquires a pair of handguns that act as conduits for the power of two Great Old Ones, Cthugha and Ithaqua. Cthugha fires bullets that explode in sorcerous fire while Ithaqua fires bullets that magically track the target's weak points, homing in on them and changing trajectory to avoid the target's defences.
Quotes[]
- “ ‘If you don’t know your place, you’ll go astray.’ …..I guess that describes me pretty well.” —Kishin Houko Demonbane
- “I’m insolent, disrespectful, and depraved…… but when things get tough, I turn right back to God. I don’t know a single prayer or bible passage, but I have no problem using god for my own convenience.” —Kishin Houko Demonbane