Ashen Eye

Ashen Eye (アッシェンアイ Asshen'ai): is a very old Faerie.

Appearance
Ashen Eye typically wears a brown shroud that makes him look like a desert-wandering nomad, and wields a simple wooden staff. He has thin, almost mummified-looking limbs, and actually has four arms, two of which are usually kept hidden in his shroud. Underneath the shroud, Ashen Eye' face has 3 purple eyes with spiraling pupils. He seems to have no other facial features, with his face presumably being just a mass of shadow with eyes.

Personality
Ashen Eye has a perplexing relationship with humans, taking interest in the fleeting nature of a human life in comparison to a Neighbor's. He cherishes the moment a child becomes an adult, but also takes pleasure out of seeing a human shaken to the core of their soul.

Ashen Eye will often play very dark tricks on humans. He makes those tricks into a game, where the outcome of a loss invariably results in tragedy for his victims. However, there is always a way to win for those who are cunning enough, and Ashen Eye may even give cryptic hints to help his adversaries figure out what they must do. Ashen Eye does not mind losing, as long as he gets to witness the struggle of his victims, whom he may compliment and sometimes even reward if they manage to defeat his trickery. While he does not seem to be inherently evil, he likes to amuse himself at the expense of everyone else.

He seems to enjoy watching the suffering of others. While this may indicate a sadistic personality, it is also possible that he simply finds pain to be the most interesting emotion to observe. This is what made him interested in both Chise and Joseph. Once Joseph is freed of his curse, Ashen Eye seems to lose interest in him.

Ashen Eye seems to dislike mages to some extent, apparently holding the opinion that they enslave and bind the faerie. This may be a reason why he often targets Chise and Elias in his machinations.

History
Not much is known about Ashen Eye's past except that it has been alive for at least a millennia.

Skills and Abilities
Ashen Eye is an extremely ancient member of the Faerie and has the abilities to match. He seems to be affiliated with darkness to some extent. He can teleport using black smoke and is able to create portals of shadow.

His magical abilities include feats such as erasing the knowledge of a person's very existence from the minds of others. He is also able to effortlessly put Elias Ainsworth out of commission with his magic. Once swallowed by one of his portals, Elias was completely trapped, unable to escape his confinement.

Ashen Eye is extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to kill. Even after Elias had decapitated him, he reappeared later, seemingly having suffered no ill effects aside from a short setback.