Xellos. An extremely powerful mazoku (monster/demon) that likes to
take advantage of others. He holds a high position in the monster
race as Xelas' priest AND general.
(He's the only
mazoku to hold two positions!) Not too much is known about him except
that he is over 1,000 years old, and during the War of the Monster's
Fall he annihilated countless gold dragons in seconds by simply using
his finger! (Hence Filia's disgust and distrust for him.) He doesn't
usually associate with the Slayers gang unless he needs something.
Then he'll manipulate them (mostly Lina) to do his bidding-they don't
realize this until after the fact. He posed as a human priest at the
beginning of NEXT and used the gang to find where the Claire Bible
manuscript-and eventually the actual Claire Bible-was. The gang
doesn't realize that he's a monster until half of the series is over
(you think they would've caught on sooner because he had the ability
to appear and disappear at crucial moments!) No one is too thrilled
to see him in TRY because they've finally learned that he uses them
to his advantage and cares very little about what happens to them in
the process. He does redeem himself in the end because he plays an
integral part in saving the world. That's a big sacrifice on his part
considering his ultimate goal as a mazoku is to revert the universe
back to nonexistence! That's all I have to say about him (he's not
that interesting to write about...), how about you view some pictures
of him instead? (A picture's worth a thousand words you know!)
No more monsters! Where's our dragon gal, Filia?
Akira Ishida (Japanese 100 K)
David Moo (English)