Race

Human

Gender

Male

Age

Around 20 (appearance)

Unknown (120+) (actual)

Hair Color

White

Eye Color

Gold

Height

173 cm (5'8")[1]Abilities and Equipment

Authority

Authority of Greed

Equipment

GospelRegulus Corneas (レグルス・コルニアス) was a Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult, representing Greed. He debuted in a small scene of Arc 3 alongside Lye Batenkaitos as a tertiary antagonist, where he took on Crusch's military convoy, completely decimating it alongside its passengers, which included Rem. Later, he appeared in Emilia's first trial during the events of Arc 4, where he played an antagonistic role under Pandora's in the lead-up to the Permafrost of Elior Forest, and he also appeared as one of the main antagonists of Arc 5.As the strongest and one of the oldest Sin Archbishops in the Witch Cult, Regulus had an air of mystery surrounding him and was responsible for many brutal mass-slaughters and annihilations in the century prior to the beginning of the story, including the destruction of the Fortified City of Garkla in Vollachia. During the events of Arc 4, it was revealed he acted as the head of the radical faction inside the Witch Cult 100 years ago.[2] During the events of Arc 5, he was one of the Sin Archbishops who sieged the Watergate City of Priestella, where he was subsequently defeated by a joint force consisting of Reinhard van Astrea, Natsuki Subaru, and Emilia. He drowned underneath the streets of the city.Appearance

Regulus's face had no eye-catching features, and he had golden eyes that were usually murky and disinterested but started to sparkle when he passionately engaged in his long monologues. His modestly handsome face wasn't particularly attractive or unattractive, while his hair was neither short nor long and without a distinct style, however, it was naturally white despite his youthful appearance.[3] Regulus' white skin that lacked any semblance of a tan, coupled with his white hair and predominately white clothing, made him seem as though he was the epitome of the color white. In fact, the complete devoid of color exhibited by Regulus' physical appearance gave him the impression of a sickly person of which all color had drained away.Regulus' primary attire primary piece of clothing was a pure-white greca-style overcoat that reached down to his ankles and had golden-edged cuffs, a set of five golden buttons running down the torso of his center front that usually ensured that the coat was closed above the hipline, and golden-highlighted edging. The inside of the coat was black and featured vertical golden stripes travelling down the entire coat. The most striking part of his coat was the opulent gold and black high-neck collar it sported that had the symbol for infinity inscribed on it, perhaps reflecting the nature of Regulus' Authority. Under his coat, he wore a long-sleeved deep-blue-colored dress shirt, white snow-white trousers, and a pair of white shoes, the latter two of which were both the same shade as his hair and overcoat. Usually, only the cuffs of the dress shirt could be seen as Regulus's long overcoat tended to obscure it almost completely. Regulus had a single deep-blue teardrop-shaped earring that was the same color as his dress shirt and dangledfrom his right earlobe thanks to a thin gold chain attaching it.During the wedding that he attempted to have with Emilia in Arc 5, Regulus displayed himself in a far more formal wedding uniform. He chose to wear a white tuxedo with a white color pallet, the same as his normal uniform. The tuxedo had a long cape-like backside that nearly went down to his heels. In addition, Regulus wore a blue and white striped undershirt adorned with a black and gold striped ribbon, white gloves, and white shoes.Personality

Regulus was talkative, and tended to describe himself as unselfish, despite representing Greed. He would often go on and on about trivial matters in the most incoherent ways, usually leaving the other party confused and/or unable to follow his thoughts, ideals and values. Due to his extremely prideful personality, however, he often forced his own selfishness on others and tried to justify it. If his opponents had said something that went against his opinions and beliefs, he would find unreasonable faults in them, gradually becoming angry while accusing them of "violating his rights", before attacking and killing them without mercy or second thought. Despite his self-proclaimed pacifistic nature, he would not hesitate to attack, harm or kill someone, as to him, the act of taking away what is his was the most abhorrent and disgusting thing a person could do. He often showed complete ignorancefor other individuals' values and exercised extremely selfish behaviors. This is best showcased when Regulus became unreasonably infuriated at Rem when she prepared to defend herself after explicitly telling her that he abhors fighting, which contradicts the fact that he mercilessly slaughtered multiple convoys full of wounded people just minutes prior to Rem's battle with him and Lye Batenkaitos. Regulus is incredibly hypocritical and wouldn't hesitate to renege his own words and promises, giving further evidence of his sociopathic nature.

He was extremely prideful and viewed himself as a "divine being" or "the most satisfied existence in the world", which greatly hindered his assessment of people, no matter if they were his enemies or allies, to the point he would make light of the Sword Saint, mocking him and calling him "a moniker of some guy who knows of nothing but swinging a sword". He often pointed out his dislike for needlessly involving himself with others and vice versa, stating he would be perfectly happy ifpeople never paid attention to him and/or bothered him. Despite that, he has been shown to have conversed with people without initiating a conflict with the opposite party, until he got his "rights violated", which instantly changed his mood for the worse and prompted him to take action against them. His hot-tempered personality often resulted in unneeded fights. However, due to his overwhelmingly powerful Authority of Greed, he always came out victorious and unharmed, even against ridiculously strong opponents such as the Vollachia's strongest Kurgan. Due to his long life as a Sin Archbishop without ever getting his life seriously threatened, he never matured intellectually or emotionally; he disclosed his secret to Subaru, who in turn was able to connect all the dots and unravel his formidable Authority, allowing Reinhard to deal the finishing blow. In his final moments, Regulus revealed how he hated being looked down upon or laughed at, going even as far as saying he became a Sin Archbishop just so he could protect himself from such people; whoever offended himor his wives would ultimately be slain for the transgression, no matter their acquaintanceship with him. Regulus never realized his "sins", even in the final moments leading to his demise. His view on the world was corrupt and distorted from the very beginning until the bitter end. His final cries were full of hatred, wishing for the whole of humanity to disappear forever.

Having been born with a corrupt and distorted mindset, Regulus seemingly did not perceive kindness, love and affection in the same way as a normal person would have; it was strongly suggested that he lacked empathy and was impulsive, narcissistic and sociopathic. He took everything as a personal assault and critique, never developed a "human side", which in turn made him feel like everyone was against him, pitying and loathing his very existence. With time, Regulus himself seemingly developed a paranoid personality which completely dulled his perception of the world around him. After receiving the Witch Factor of Greed, Regulusgained an extreme form of escapism; he slaughtered everyone who pitied him, destroyed everything that bothered him and protected only the things he deemed important and necessary for his ideal and dream life. With that, Regulus was given an opportunity to be able to escape the dull, depressing and detested world he was brought into, and create a new world with himself at the top and surrounded by his subjects/wives; his "cherished kingdom". He spent the following century trying to fulfill his Greed, which he never achieved. He insistently attempted to justify to himself that he was not greedy and denied any faults towards his character, until his bitter and watery end.History

Early Life

More than 100 years ago, Regulus used to live with his family in a village of a country outside the Four Great Nations. His father was an alcoholic yet tried to be a good father, his mother complained about bad earnings but apologized for it occasionally, and his two brothers who were sometimes mean to him but gave him their share of their meal if he accidentally spilled his. At an unspecified point in his life, Regulus was chosen as a Sin Archbishop and obtained the Witch Factor of Greed. In accordance with his deepest desires, he developed the overpowered Authority of Greed, which he used in the following century of his life. Regulus subsequently killed his entire family, then the villagers who looked down on him, followed by the people from the nearby town who pushed his family into such peril, and finally, his entire home country. He broke the mind of his childhood love, slaughtered her family, and forced her to marry him, thus compelling her to becomeLion's Heart (獅子の心臓, Shishi no Shinzō): With Lion's Heart, Regulus was allowed to stop the time of his own body,[6] and of anything he touched.[7] By applying Lion's Heart to his body, he became unaffected by any physical phenomena, including age, hunger, thirst, excretion of bodily waste, getting wet, being frozen, or taking damage, whether physically or magically. Essentially, his power made him both un-aging, invincible, and prevented all physical phenomena from interacting with him, granting himself freedom from the constraints of concepts like gravity, air resistance, conservation of momentum, and effectively any physical rules and concepts of the world.[8][9] The same thing was true of anything else he applied his power to, as by preventing the concepts of the world from interfering with these objects, they could pass through and destroy anything, creating absurdly powerful attacks capable ofcompletely bypassing any defense while simultaneously moving at speeds beyond comprehension.[10] The aftereffects of such attacks could easily sever flesh, and entire convoys could be destroyed by a single attack. Traps like pitfalls with some form of cover also become ineffective, as by standing on the cover and stopping its time, he could walk on it as if it were solid ground. While he was in this state, he could be somewhat interacted with, and once he began to fight seriously, he was capable of rejecting and completely ignoring everything. By simply walking into a building or even a massive wall of ice, he would breeze through them, leaving only a hole behind. In the event he attempted to walk or properly interact with other physical constructs or bodies, he needed to stop the time of the ground or said things around him. Likewise, by stopping time on his own body, it was capable of piercing right through anything, including buildings, the ground, his clothes, or other people. The maindrawback to Lion's Heart was that, by stopping the time of his body, Regulus's heart stopped beating, limiting how long he could stop his own body's time. Thus, Regulus was required to pair Lion's Heart with his second ability, Little King, in order to maintain his invincibility.[11][12] Keeping Lion's Heart active for longer than five seconds without Little King made him experience excruciating pain, and although he never went beyond five seconds, going as long as ten seconds was likely impossible.[13][14] Furthermore, it became difficult for Regulus to manipulate objects beyond his own body when Little King was not in use.[15]Wind imbued with Lion's Heart:

Regulus Corneas using Lion's Heart to create an invisible blade of windRegulus cutting Petelgeuse's arm off by simply lifting his own right hand.

Regulus is able to apply his power to even the small gusts of wind typically generated by nature or movement. By doing so, he can weaponize it like a flying slash that can easily sever limb from body, as he did to both Petelgeuse and Crusch. On a larger scale, he can even create a bomb-like effect that could easily kill a large number of people at once and completely destroy things like dragon carriages with ease. However, one of the most dangerous applications of this ability is that he can stop the time of his own breath, allowing him to leave invisible traps in the air.[16] Anyone who gets caught in these traps takeEarth imbued with Lion's Heart:

Regulus Corneas kicking stone at Reinhard and SubaruBy kicking the ground beneath his feet, Regulus was able to hurl stones at Reinhard and Subaru with incredible speed.

Regulus often used his power to stop time on the ground around him, allowing him to walk. Likewise, he had a tendency to use this on handfuls of dirt and sand, making them become minuscule bullets capable of completely shredding through whoever is unfortunate enough to receive his attack, effectively turning them into nothing more than a bloody mist. He also applied his power to stones, turning them into bullets that punched through anything in their path, leaving holes the size of the stones in any construct in their way, and even causing numerous buildings to collapse all atonce. Using this on even one small object, such as a tile, could easily tear a person's limb from their body, like he did when he nearly severed Subaru's leg from his body.