Elias Ainsworth

Ellias Ainsworth  (エリアス・エインズワース, Eriasu Einzuwāsu) is a sorcercer one of the main protagonist. He is a being made of both fae and human elements, though his orgins are a mystery. He is Chise Hatori's purchaser, magic teacher, and potential husband.

Appearance
In his most common form, Ellias Ainsworth is a bipedal humanoid with a horned skull in place of a face and with glowing red in the sockets of his eyes. He is much taller than humans, with the average human reaching to his chest. His neck is the only part that shows skin, of which is purple in colour. Chise mentions that his eyes change depending on his emotions.

He wears a British-style three piece suit: a black suit jacket that flows to his knees with long embroidered sleeves, paired with a blue vest and white undershirt. A black stone neckpiece tucks just beneath his collar. His horns are adorned with a wrapping string of gold that hangs to his neck and connects to a red cloth. When outside, he will often pull the red cloth behind his head over his face. Overall, pretty dapper.

With magic, he is able to change his appearance to that of a human, with two tuffs of hair that spiral into a horn-like shape.

His true form takes on an appearance more akin to a beast. He's taller, though thinner, taking on a collar of black feathers. A gains a tail and claws. A tattered black cloak that appears to drape against his back, with thorns in every direction and a line of spikes down the center of his back. An additional pair of horns curve toward his face, and a series of ribbed curl around his chest.

Personality
As Ellias is Chise's magic teacher, she is his human teacher. He understands emotions through one-sided observations though does not understand how they feel. He describes his emotions in a physical sense like the twisting in his chest, and the cold of Chise's absence. Though he seems to care for his apprentice, he remains ambiguous as to what his true feelings for her are.

He says he does not lie, but keeps his intentions shrouded by leaving out information. He does not show as much malice despite the common mention that he hates human. He seems to enjoy teasing Chise, doing things like nuzzling and carrying her, as the occasional jab about marriage and honeymoons.

Background
The only memories from his past are the colour red and the recollection of eating humans. He had decided to walk, wandering in the snow and avoiding humans until he collapsed in front of Lidel. Lidel takes him to his master, Rahab, who decides to give him his current name, Ellias and persuades Lidel to take him on. From there, he began learning magic from Lidel while living a nomad life caring for caribou. An unknown gap of time between these events, Lidel and Ellias separate, and Ellias finds himself in Britain doing various odd jobs for the church.

He bought Chise because his acquaintances began to pressure him to help raise the next generation despite the fact he was not human. His only interest was to observe the human mind. His original intention was to buy a child and keep his distance while observing, but Chise followed him more readily than he anticipated.