The Adepts A secret group of thirteen Qwasers who, much like Athos, desire to uncover the Theotokos, though apparently to use its powers for their own ends. They were introduced as a cult-like organization best known for its extreme brutality and harsh ways to initiate new members, willing or not, to their cause. Sasha was part of their ranks before being wounded and banished by the Qwaser of Gold, who appears to be the sect's leader. However, recent chapters have revealed the group to be far less sinister, showing them to be respectable — albeit still sinister - people. They entered a truce with Athos since they currently hold Tomo Yamanobe captive, and thus half of the incantation necessary to unseal the Theotokos. Subsidiary to the Adepts appears to be a secretive organization known as
Paracelsus, formed from the remnants of Japan's
Unit 731 and the
Nazi eugenics program, whose members, through demented medical science, can conquer feats deemed impossible and blasphemous, such as reviving the dead and cloning at will. Their base appears to be a secluded place named
Magnolia, the ruins of a fortress splendidly decorate by lush gardens, which stands in stark contrast with the grim portrait of the organization. However, the Golden Tyrant, with a few others, betrayed and forsaken the Adepts to Athos, stating they're no longer necessary for the next step. The surviving Adepts are Aoi, Jita and Joshua. ;
The Golden Tyrant :The Leader of the Adepts, he was the one who killed Sasha's guardian, Olya, and gave Sasha his scar. Had a golden spike placed on Tomo to serve as a means of communication to Sasha and his fellow Adepts. His identity was a mystery during the entire series until Sasha confirms that he is new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory XVII, who manages to end the schism with the Orthodox Church after centuries of separation. After his betrayal, he manipulates Jita and Joshua (along with a few bio-terrorists) is make a scene where he prevents a virus attack and displays a miracle. This act wins himself the position of Pope and states his dream to reunite the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. He also currently runs the Theosis Project to resurrect Jesus Christ to bring forth his final judgment. He was disappointed in Jita as he gave her multiple chances to kill him when she wasn't aware of it. Also, according to Frederick Tanner, Sasha is always on his mind. It is revealed that his true and actual identity is
Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who betrayed his master. In order to continue to serve Jesus upon his return, Judas fuse his soul with the souls of his fellow Apostles and encased it in a humanoid golem of gold shaped like an archangel. His Gold powers allow him to perform unusual skills, such as the Golden Spike to control Tomo's body and use the vibrations of gold flakes to destroy a deadly virus. ;Wan Chen: :Second of the Adepts, known as
Ground Zero, a Qwaser in control of
Silicon. He can generate crystal/glass for use as a sword or directly pull silicon from soil in his vicinity and make a perfect clone of himself. He's also able to fuse his own power with other elements, like Jita's Carbon, resulting in
Silicon Carbide materialized as a sword whose hardness equals that of diamond. As silicon is a primary component in computer chips this allows him to use his powers to directly access and control the computer that contains the school's advanced Virtual Reality program, usually through silicon tendrils between his body and a computer interface. He had a terrible history which led him to believe the world was already hell and wished to live tomorrow peacefully as a human being. However, despite his beliefs, he was finally killed by Sasha for all the trouble he caused in his "Witchcraft project". ; Both: :Third member of the Adepts, nicknamed
Double Face or
Air Lord or
Lady of the Rustling Leaves in anime, a single person which was originally two twins, brother and sister. It is unknown what life they lived before being captured by the Adepts, but they had to endure their harsh trainings by themselves, with Aoi supporting Yū, much like how Olja had to help Sasha. Unfortunately, this connection resulted in their damnation, and Yū became a homicidal maniac as a result. Not only that, but he also became a massively powerful Qwaser with the element,
oxygen, which allowed him to walk in the air with impunity, create pressures of enormous proportions, air currents capable of large destruction and more devious acts, such as suffocating anyone he wished with no more than a thought or incapacitating them by saturating their surroundings with oxygen. His sister, Aoi, contacted Sasha and begged him to kill Yū and stop his rampage, though initially both him and Ekaterina were no match for someone who could oxidize their metal with a whim, rendering them powerless. However, when Sasha fought him for one last time it was revealed that there was no Yū, as he died long ago, it was Aoi all the time: deemed unfit for combat as a Qwaser, the Adepts wanted to use her as a supply of Soma, and when she was about to be assaulted, she unleashed her powers in self-defense, slaughtering her assailant only to discover, to her horror, that it was her brother. The event shattered her mind and drove her to complete madness, forcing the creation of a split personality of anger and hatred that took the identity of Yū, plaguing her with fits of rage and hallucinations of her brother raping her. Devastated by the revelation, with the last of her sanity she begged to be killed, a plea Sasha mercifully accepted. Though seriously wounded, Aoi did not die, and thanks to Paracelsus' efforts she was saved, with the procedure also sealing her identity of Yū away, reducing it as a "voice in her head". ;Milk/Blanc :Fourth of the Adepts, nicknamed
Whisper Bomb. She is a young girl, as young as Ekaterina probably, who appears dressed in a regal gown but, oddly, has her face always concealed by a gas mask and, even more oddly, is often surrounded by cartoonish explosives, such as bombs, missiles, and torpedoes. She never spoke since her introduction, but it is known that her element is
hydrogen, as she combined her powers with Aoi Kuchiba, who wields oxygen, to manipulate water and reveal the concealed sanctuary of the Theotokos. She is actually an old friend of Ekaterina, whom was sworn to be protected by and her puppy Baron. However, after an accident with a bully, her puppy was killed and her face scarred, and an explosive caused Ekaterina to believe that she was dead. She can use water vibrations to have a clairvoyance-like ability to see what is going on in nearby locations. During the Golden Tyrant's betrayal, Milk was revealed to be a regen (clone body for Blanc's soul) as part of a process to resurrect Jesus Christ. ;Sanada Doukan :5th of the Adepts Hierarchy. Also known as "Thousand Kills". He appears to be a "very" large man with a sword. He is a Tungsten user and strong enough to withstand tank shells. When he was found, he killed a small army just to protect a bird's nest in a tree. At that time, Astarte developed a connection with him and he sworn true allegiance to her, becoming an Adept. He fought Sasha during the siege at the Adept's hideout. Sasha KO'ed him and tied him to a boulder, right after stating that Sasha was a worthy warrior. After the Golden Tyrant's betrayal was revealed, he overhears Astarte's danger and charges to her rescue. Unable to find her, he attacks Ootomi's clone for his part of the betrayal but was burned to death by powers. His final request to Sasha was for Astarte's protection which Sasha accepted. ;: :Possibly 7th in the Adept Hierarchy. Known as
Gas Chamber, he is a tall, wicked-looking member of the Adepts, and as a Qwaser he wields the element of
chlorine, with which he can create noxious and lethal gases or, in conjunction with water, generate
hydrochloric acid. He was the one that led the vengeful militiamen to Teresa's convent during the Yugoslav Wars, and appears to be highly xenophobic, often lamenting that his prey smell really bad. He threatened to turn St. Mihailov in a massive grave by gassing all its occupants before Sasha fought and defeated him. A clone of him, reanimated and controlled by Friederich Tanner, was used to force the awakening of Sword's Maria by fighting Ōtori before suffering defeat. ;: :A bespectacled classmate of Tomo and Mafuyu, Ayana appears to be one of the only students of class 1-A willing to take their side despite them being bullied or ignored while mistreated, though she feared to stand with them due to possible retaliation by Miyuri and the other students. Although she appears to be a weak-willed and timid student, she was one of the Adepts, the first Qwaser introduced in the manga with her element being
magnesium, with which she created razor-sharp chakrams or chains that she could ignite and control at will. Ayana terrorized St. Mihailov's premises as a mysterious assailant that targeted girls and drained their Soma, often leaving them severely injured, before trying in vain to find where the Theotokos was held. Confronted by Sasha, she tried once more to find the icon by kidnapping Tomo, and in the ensuing fight she was mortally wounded by Sasha. She burnt herself instead of succumbing to the wounds, giving a first impression of the Adepts' fanatic zeal. Unexpectedly she re-appeared as a reanimated corpse when Friederich Tanner summoned her and other fallen Qwasers to fight Shin'ichiro Ōtori, against whom she was easily dispatched and burnt once more, this time apparently for good. Her nickname as an Adept in manga is unknown but in the anime Sasha called her
Miss Choreographer. In the manga it is speculated she never really treated or even considered Tomo and Mafuyu her friends. ;: :The
Queen of the Living Silver, controlling the element
mercury, able to summon it in vast quantities and solidify it at will, turning the substance into razor-sharp wires and blades, droplets as powerful as bullets, and other solid objects or even traps. While Sasha and Ekaterina were fighting Eva-Q and Eva-R, the real Eva Silver appeared out of nowhere in Mafuyu's class, killing their teacher by smothering him with mercury and then proceeding to "teach" the class about the beauty of cruelty and humiliation upon others, ironically also reprimanding the students about their bullying of Mafuyu. One of the most sadistic and deranged characters appeared so far, Eva was the original source of all of her clones, younger versions of herself who were given physical immortality so as to endure the atrocious tortures imposed on them by their mistress, whom they adored as their only queen and were then massacred and reabsorbed into Eva's body, so as to keep her young and beautiful. Highly prideful, Eva was initially defeated by Sasha, when she was crucified and set ablaze, yet she reappeared shortly after, gruesomely disfigured, kidnapping Mafuyu and forcing Sasha to fight once more. It was Ekaterina who shed light upon Eva's identity, unmasking her as
Eva Braun, the wife-lover of Nazi dictator
Adolf Hitler. Believing her acts of depravity, especially cloning and reassimilating herself, as the true manifestation of the Nazi idea of a supreme being, she was defeated nonetheless, and completely torn apart by Ekaterina's gynoid, in the end revealing herself to be fearful of death. A cloned corpse of Eva Silver was later used in the botched attempt, made by the Qwaser of Gold and Friederich Tanner, to summon Sword's Maria. Her position in the Adepts' hierarchy is unknown. ;Friederich Tanner: :Older of the Tanner brothers, he is a blonde man of aristocratic Prussian descent who, while not being a Qwaser himself, holds strange powers akin to sorcery that lets him create many seals and incantations that allows him to assume others' identities, hypnotize and force others into doing his bidding, or to summon and teleport others at will using
tarot cards. Nicknamed
Double-Headed Crest Maker, he is an international terrorist much feared across Europe, who believes the current state of that continent to be miserable and uses terror to destabilize the European Community, in order to lead it to collapse, striving to revive the
Holy Roman Empire with Germany at its lead. He sought the Theotokos for such an end, using both Athos and the Adepts as mere pawns in a game he orchestrated from the shadows, until he appeared to end it personally, first disguising himself as a teacher at St. Mihailov, and then trying to finally unseal the sanctuary where the Theotokos was hidden, using Mafuyu and a crest-infused Hana to reunite the two halves of Sword's Maria. He almost succeeded, however he was defeated and then killed when Sasha, Ekaterina and Tasuku combined their efforts to stop him. However, he returns alive and well and seemingly rats out the Adept's Hideout to the Meteors and helping Hayabusa capture Astrate. He is still on the Golden Tyrant's side, along with Ootomi's clone, after his betrayal and exposes the Golden Tyrant's true goal, which will require the "David of Resurrection". Sasha made his trump card, "Gate of Hell: Uroboros", turn against him and devour him, finally ending him. His final words to Sasha was that Sasha was always on the Golden Tyrant's mind. ;Georg Tanner: :Younger brother of Friederich Tanner, known as
Gamma Omega, he is eighth in the Adepts' hierarchy and he can control both
cobalt and
gamma rays, creating destructive laser-like beams from an elaborate ornament he has on his right hand, which he constantly cleans and admires. He is highly narcissistic and arrogant, boasting his aristocratic origins with pride and treating others as inferior beings. He shares the same beliefs as his older brother Friederich, hoping like him to destabilize Europe and bring back the Holy Roman Empire, led by his native Germany. He has an especially bitter rivalry with Jita Phrygianos and her brother, considering them unworthy to be Adepts, and almost had her killed after provoking her into a fight, forcing her to take the blame. When his brother attempted to unseal the Theotokos, he was to defend him from Sasha, Ekaterina and Tasuku, aided by Aoi Kuchiba and Milk. The fight proved to be too much for him however, and he had his face greatly disfigured by Sasha's scythe before being almost burnt when the three Qwasers united their efforts to stop Friederich. Severely wounded, he was dragged from the battlefield by Aoi. He later reappeared during a tournament to encounter Sasha, only to be killed by him. ;Jita Phrygianos: :Eleventh of the Adepts, known as
Black Diamond, she is Joshua's sister, whom she treats as a fool. Her element is
carbon, from which she can create bladed weapons; either form it as a pair of crescent-like scythe or fiber thread; at will. She was initially very harsh towards Tomo, addressing her as a loose woman due to her good looks, though she apparently developed a crush on her, slowly opening up, especially after Tomo saved her when Georg Tanner forced her to take the blame of a fight he had provoked. She joins Wan Chen in his attempt to take the Magdalena of Thunder and was thought dead after performing a suicide attack to kill Katja in the virtual world along herself. However, she survived and was retrieved by Athos, who fitted her with a special lock on her left breast that causes her excruciating pain should she feel either excessive pleasure or use her powers. Though uneasy at being well-treated by her "enemies," she has begun to open to the people at St. Mihailov. After the Golden Tyrant's Betrayal, she was released from captivity with her brother, but used by the Golden Tyrant in a scheme become the next Pope. ; :Possibly 12th of the Adept's Hierarchy. Known as "One Shot Kill". An expert
marksman wielding element of
plumbum/lead. Appeared shortly in an attempt to assassinate Sasha when he temporary lost his powers but failed in his assassination attempt and was killed as well when Sasha managed to regain his powers. ;: :the 13th of the Adepts hierarchy and known as "the Eleventh Exile", and a true rarity among them, serving somehow as the faction's comic relief character. A young man whose sister, Jita, is ranked number four in the organization, he was mistreated by his peers due to his element,
roentgenium, being weak and useless, which led others to treat him as inferior, someone unfit to be a Qwaser. He boasts himself with the title of
Successor of Hermes Trismegistus, though he is in fact generous and caring, if somehow foolish sometimes. He tried in vain to kidnap Tomo, who peacefully succeeded in making him realize his mistake, and then he was the first one to welcome her to the Adept's hideout. He appears after the events at Roman Curia Surei Academy during the ongoing war of Athos with The Meteors. He is attacked by Katja, but shockingly he not only renders Katja's attack useless but manifests the crest of the Golden Qwaser, implying he has earned his powers. He claims he wants to take back his sister. However, this crest backfires as The Qwaser of Gold deems him disposable and Sasha saves him by cutting off his arm. After the Golden Tyrant's Betrayal, his arm was restored and released from captivity with his sister, but used by the Golden Tyrant in a scheme become the next Pope.
Others: ;: A little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes that serves an important role among the Adepts. She has been in the Adepts' secret hideout for most of her life, not even leaving once from the castle. She has implied that her most important person is her dog, Serene. Doukan is the one who takes care of her and a sisterly bond with Tomo. After the Golden Tyrant's betrayal, she and Tomo were taken to the Theosis Project's underwater base, Uterus, and was having her soma drained out of her, much to Tomo's horror. ;Shin'ichiro Ōtori's Clone :A clone of the original Shin'ichiro Ōtori with the same sodium powers, but his body can use his powers so much. Faithfully serves the Adept's cause, but was on the Golden Tyrant's side of his betrayal. ;The Helium Brothers :A trio of brothers who control the element of Helium. ; Eva-Q: Eva-R: :A pair of deranged, ghastly twin sisters dressed in scandalous, bondage-looking suits and armed with a wide variety of obscene BDSM tools, which suddenly appeared at St. Mihailov, searching for Sasha, begging those they asked informations to "order" them - that is, to torture them to death with the array of gadgets they carried, with refusal immediately followed by "disqualification", the gruesome death of their would-be master. Probably the most extreme example of the brutality of the Adepts, Eva-Q and Eva-R were clones of their original, Eva Silver, engineered to be physically immortal, no matter how massive their injuries, capable of using the element
mercury like their mistress, and also completely crazy, driven by constant rape and torture to such extremes of insanity that they recognized pain with pleasure, crying out in bliss even when superficially wounded. They like Evas A-P, were created from Eva Silver's own body with mercury for two reasons. The first reason was to provide loyal slaves for Eva to send on errands or torture just for fun. The second reason was so Eva Silver could heal any injuries and regain her youth by reabsorbing them. Possibly due to their pitiful condition, Sasha fought them only briefly, leaving the job to Ekaterina, who was much more eager to kill the twins. She only managed to keep them at bay however, until their "mother", Eva Silver, was wounded by Sasha and reabsorbed them back into herself to heal the massive damage inflicted upon her body. Another clone, Eva-S, briefly appeared when Eva kidnapped Mafuyu, though she was quickly incinerated from the inside-out by Shin'ichiro Ōtori, who ignited the sodium in her body and, thus, prevented her from regenerating. ;Rostam :A teenage servant who attends to Tomo's well-being at the Adept's hideout. Has a crush on her. During the siege on the Adept's Hideout, he escorted Tomo and Astrate through a hidden escape tunnel, only to be stabbed from behind by Hayabusa. His final words was apologizing to Tomo for failing her. == Meteors ==