Elias

Appearance

In his most common form, Elias is a large dark dragon, with glowing red beams of light in the empty sockets of his eyes. Chise mentions that his eyes change depending on his emotions. He is much taller than the typical dragon, with the average creature only reaching his chest. His neck is the only part that doesn't have any dark patterns, of which is a dark purple in color. However, with magic he is able to change his appearance to that of a human or dragon of his choice, usually with two tufts of hair that spiral into a horn-like shape. His true form is unknown to only a selected few have ever seen his true form and survive.

Personality

Though polite and kind, Elias is noted to be immensely reclusive because of his inability to relate to humans and dragons alike, rarely interacts with others as a result. Elias is extremely fascinated by humans {all creatures really} and their emotions, which he attributes to being unable to experience them himself. To this end, he has adopted the mannerisms of a classic "gentleman" and closely studies people, though is usually unable to imitate their examples. Though withdrawn, he has a tendency to be aloof and has an unfriendly streak with certain people.

He says he does not lie but keeps his intentions shrouded by leaving out information and goes through the effort of keeping his past hidden. But despite a few instances of malice, he has a number of child-like tendencies, including throwing tantrums. Despite this, he is very willing to amend his wrongdoings, and while his exact actions are in explicit he regularly does deeds for the church as recompense.

Initially, Elias is underdeveloped emotionally. He understands emotions through one-sided observations as if only knowing them by definition and never experiencing them himself. He describes his emotions in a physical sense, like the twisting in his chest, and the cold of Chise's absence. Despite his usual calm and stoicism, endangerment to Chise's well-being is enough to send him into a rage and seems to be the only thing capable of such.

His inexperience with his emotions later drive some of his actions, such as holding Chise against her will and attempting to use Stella as a sacrifice, despite knowing it would make Chise sad after he unknowingly developed romantic feelings towards her.

History

The only memories from his past are the color red and the recollection of eating humans. His first memory is waking in a forest. He had decided to walk, wandering in the snow and avoiding humans until he collapsed in front of Alexandrite. Alexandrite takes him to his master, Kyril, who decides to give him his current name, and persuades Alexandrite to take him on as a magic apprentice. From there, he begins learning magic from Alexandrite while living a nomad life caring for caribou. An unknown gap of time between these events, Alexandrite and Elias separate, and Elias finds himself in Britain doing various odd jobs for the church.