Azrael Gwaed

"I'm not your dog."

- Azrael, to Richards L. Lazuli Azrael Gwaed, also known as the infamous "Hellwalker," is a fearsome warrior years before the war that occurred 80 years ago, found in the old remains of a temple in Vacuo, discovered in suspended animation, thus preserving his youthful appearance. He has little memories of his past, but is very skilled in the art of combat, having a fondness for firearms, despite being unfamiliar with them.

Azrael serves as the main protagonist of Remnant's of the Past, but later becomes a major character during the events of the Battle for Beacon, as the role shifts to Raymond Azuras.

Appearance
Despite being over hundred years old, Azrael looks to be in his late teens, possessing shoulder length-white hair that is swept to the right, and possesses heterochromatic eyes; with his right eye being purple, and his left eye being aqua green. He sports a thin scar underneath his right eye, and has two bandages on his face. One sits atop the bridge of his nose, and the other is placed over his left cheek.

Azrael, shortly after awakening, finds himself some suitable clothes to wear for the sake of modesty, mostly medical scrubs composing of a thin white t-shirt and slacks. Eventually, he changes into a tanned buttoned-shirt with a dark green jacket over it, left open, though both are underneath a brown jacket with an overturned collar. He also has two necklaces, one being an old choker with teeth, and the other being Roger's dog tags. He also wears dark blue jeans with heavy black boots.

Personality
Cold, hardened, if not brash and hot-tempered, Azrael is not someone who can be made a friend easily, and vice versa. He is distrusting of others, especially those he meets, and refuses to listen to anything they have to say unless presented with evidence that they can be trusted, or if he can at least trust them enough to watch his back. The reason behind this distrust is due to his lack of memories. He is not in the least bit shocked or horrified by gory sights he encounters through out his journey into the Lazarus Labs, showing a hardened combatant underneath the form of a boy, and thrives in the middle of combat. He hates being ordered around, comparing it to a dog listening to it's owner, and immediately declares his dislike for Richards when he orders him to deal with the containment.

However, underneath all of this toughness is a boy who has lost any innocence he once had. What little memories he has shows only death and destruction, thus leaving him scarred. Perhaps his most greatest fear is the idea of losing someone precious to him, hence why he refuses to allow people to get close to him. He believes that he is perfectly capable of handling the situation by himself, and while his skills do prove his worth on the battlefield, Richards calls it the foolish ideals of a child. Azrael doesn't like the idea of innocent people getting killed because of the mistakes of other people, hence his willingness to destroy every Grimm inside the facility. Perhaps his greatest trait is his uncanny rage and hatred for the creatures of darkness. His anger for Grimm surpasses all reason, and serves as the trigger behind his semblance, which sends him into a furious fit of rage. By the time his emotions calm down, he has little recollection of the battle, but relishes the sight of the dissolving corpses.

History
Azrael's past and story are a complete unknown. He was discovered in ruins in a temple somewhere in Vacuo, found by a research team inside a stone tomb. The tomb was then transported to Atlas for further study, and was housed in the Lazarus Labs, a research facility that was designed as a man-made island off the coast of the country. According to the records and texts found inside the temple, Azrael was known as the "Hellwalker," a man who was wreathed in death and destruction during a great catastrophe that ravaged the world several years prior to the war that occurred 80 years ago. The authors of the texts described him as one who brought death unto death upon the creatures of Grimm and warmongers alike, soon becoming a force of nature that was not to be denied.

His name, Azrael Gwaed, was given to him by Richards L. Lazuli, who was placed in charge of the project. Despite all attempts to discover how his body had not suffered decomposition, nor retain it's youthful appearance, had failed, Richards became obsessed with Azrael, investigating as far as he could into the past to discover more about this seemingly bringer of destruction. Unfortunately, Mari Krimson, a high-ranking official in the labs, was a member of the Fallen Beasts Cult, a religious organization that believed humans had grown to be corrupted and conceited, and that the Grimm were delivered into the world to pass down judgement. As the facility had conducted it's own research into the Creatures of Grimm, Mari suddenly released them all, throwing the facility unto utter chaos.

Not wanting to have the facility discovered by the outside world, as Richards had conducted his research in secret, he released Azrael from his confinements, thus allowing the teen to awake in a new era, and in the midst of a hell of their own making.

Trivia

 * Like a few important characters in the story, Azrael's character is inspired from the 2016 Reboot of DOOM. His character is inspired by the protagonist, dubbed by the fanbase as Doomguy.
 * "Azrael" is also the name of the Archangel of Death in Hebrew, Sikhism lore, as well as Islam. The Qur'an never uses this name, rather referring to Malak al-Maut (which translates directly as Angel of Death). Also spelled Izrail, Azrin, Izrael, Azriel, Azrail, Ezraeil, Azraille, Azryel, Ozryel, or Azraa-eel, the Chambers English dictionary uses the spelling Azrael. The name literally means One Whom God Helps, in an adaptive form of Hebrew.
 * The name "Gwaed" is Welsh, for "blood."
 * Azrael earned the title of "Reaper" during his first mission in the Lazarus Lubs, as it was coined by Richards, who, as stated above, is utterly obsessed with him.