Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, originally born as Ike and also simply known as Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, Isaac Westcott, and later Second Spirit of Origin, is the main antagonist of the Date A Re:Live franchise.
He was an abnormal and ruthless person yet a worldwide famous British brilliant man who worked as the founder and corrupt managing director of the largest company in the world, Deus.Ex.Machina Industries, a powerful military company that was responsible to arm all nations of the world to wage wars of aggression against the Spirits (all-female beings he created himself) and other political and military oppositions. Westcott was an intelligent, charismatic, composed and seductive man who ruled his company with a fascist iron fist and controlled almost all aspects of life inside of his company and had the entire Europe continent under his thumb. Recorded by history as the most powerful genuine magician who had ever lived, his entire life was the culmination of a half-century plan to destroy the current reality to create a new world by transforming himself into an Inverse Spirit and later in the Spirit of Origin to become a Devil-like figure. Westcott adopted the concept of supremacy as his aim was to unite "racially desirable" mages as comrades, while excluding those deemed either to be non-magicians and humans. In his quest for genocide, he has been controlling the world's nations for 30 years, bringing waves of death and destruction across the globe with wars and terrorist attacks. His ultimate plan was not only make a world for Mages but to utterly annihilate humankind and create a new reality, a Nazi-like realm of Mages where he ruled as the supreme God for all eternity and planned to use every life form in the world as his playthings where he would torture, torment and kill everything and revive them to continue an infinite loop of eternal despair and sorrow, plunging the reality into diabolical torments to satisfy his own ego and twisted desire for pain.
Description[]
Isaac Westcott is the sinister director and founder of DEM Industries, a military company with a hidden agenda: assisting Westcott in his study of Spirits and his ultimate goal of becoming an Inverse Spirit to rewrite reality. While he often cites revenge against mankind for the extinction of his people, his true motivations are rooted in his abnormal behavior and obsession with negative emotions. As one of the most malevolent mages known, Westcott harbors a deep fascination with death, viewing it as a source of despair, sadness, and sorrow—the emotions he finds most pleasurable. Whether inflicting despair upon others or reveling in his own suffering, he derives twisted enjoyment from the pain of others and even himself. Westcott's sadomasochistic tendencies are evident in his willingness to form friendships only to witness the inevitable deaths of those close to him, relishing in their suffering. He harbors a diabolical ambition to exterminate and enslave humanity, replacing the existing civilization with a totalitarian regime where mages reign supreme and mankind is persecuted, enslaved, and ultimately eradicated. In truth, his objectives are nothing more than the utter destruction, chaos and death all over the world to satisfy his need to watch despair and agony, so he can feel the joy of being 'alive'. In-Universe, while many villains justify their actions as necessary evils for the greater good, Westcott's malevolence is driven purely by his own free will and desire for power. He sees himself not as a villain but as a hero, viewing all humans as inherently evil and deserving of destruction, regardless of race or age. This warped sense of righteousness allows him to justify his heinous crimes, making him all the more dangerous.
Appearance[]
While it was unknown for a while, the very first novels implied he was around 30 years old, but it was later revealed that he is a man of 50 years old.
Isaac Westcott cuts a striking figure, standing tall with smooth, long ash blonde or white hair cascading around his sharp features. His piercing dark blue eyes seem to pierce through those who meet his gaze, adding to his intimidating presence. Always clad in a sleek black suit, complete with polished shoes, trousers, and a crisp white tie, he exudes an aura of authority and menace. Despite his appearance, which is later revealed to be 50, Westcott maintains a youthful appearance, leading some to speculate that he may be using magic or Magi-Tech to preserve his looks.
After his fight against the Spirits in the Cassiopeia, Westcott had one of his arms severed in the conflict and is currently undergoing Realizer treatment to restore it, possibly giving him several scars.
Personality[]
Past Personality[]
Westcott's descent into darkness was a gradual one, beginning with a childhood marked by kindness and intelligence. He was once a charismatic and gentle boy, known for his willingness to support others and his aptitude for magic. Despite his natural talent, he showed compassion towards those less skilled, encouraging them to pursue their dreams without succumbing to rigid rules.
However, beneath his affable exterior lay a twisted perspective on life and death. The loss of his beloved pet sparked a fascination with suffering, leading him to derive pleasure from his own sorrow. Tragically, this obsession deepened when he witnessed his mother's death, finding joy in the negative emotions it evoked. As he grappled with the cruelty of the world, he became disillusioned with humanity, viewing them as barbaric and dangerous.
His worldview shifted dramatically after being adopted by a British couple, his ambition fueled by a desire for power and control. This ambition ultimately drove him to commit unspeakable acts, including the murder of his own parents to further his agenda. As he delved deeper into the realm of magic and the supernatural, his mind became warped by the allure of godlike power.
The discovery of the Spirits and their Sephirah Crystals only served to exacerbate his descent into darkness. Seeing their immense power as a means to reshape the world according to his own twisted vision, he abandoned any semblance of morality or empathy. Manipulative and ruthless, he saw those around him as mere pawns in his quest for dominance, caring only for his own ambitions and viewing humanity as expendable.
Despite his tragic origins, Westcott's transformation into a villain of unparalleled cruelty was driven by his own choices and desires. His path serves as a cautionary tale of how unchecked ambition and obsession can lead even the most promising individuals down a dark and destructive path.
Current Personality[]
Through his own nature, Westcott seemed to be "The Devil" incarnate. He insistently made clear to Shido Itsuka and his enemies, however, that he did not believe himself to be evil, but simply beyond common morality. He was instinctively treacherous, betraying and killing numerous beings who trusted him as he showed no empathy for humans, a race that was under his command in DEM. Since his youth, Westcott was a natural genius and showed that he was patient, sarcastic, arrogant, vastly intelligent, and an incredible actor and cunning person as he could manipulate the entire globe according to his desire.
Westcott is an intelligent man who often addresses most of his subordinates by their surnames (except Ellen Mira Mathers whom he called her name often in a teasing tone). He is also a man who does not speak too much so he quickly tries to end conversations with less important people. He rarely shows any sign of alarm, surprise, or anguish and is always shown smiling. In normal situations, Westcott is casual and uncaring, attempting to draw a conversation and make small talk, which often infuriates those he is talking, primarily among the directors of the D.E.M that are part of the board of D.E.M except for Ellen who he has a special relationship. Westcott is also a kind of person who does not like to repeat the same thing twice, considering his words to be superior and unique among billions. Due to the power that he has over his officers and other employees on D.E.M Industries, he is very selfish and cares only about his own well-being. Isaac Westcott brutally tortures his directors and officers if they question his orders regardless of whether if they are elite soldiers or not; which is why Westcott often install Realizers in the brains of his soldiers in order to make them into "domesticated-psychopaths" so he doesn't need to worry with small rebel cells rising in DEM. Under normal circumstances, he becomes honest and thoughtful towards his subordinates (for beginners who do not know his true nature, people like Barton).
He is also a very twisted and callous man who seems to take pleasure and joy in the worst possible types of torture, such when he considered various types of cruel physical, mental, emotional, and sexual tortures to Tohka that only the most twisted of individuals could think of. The definition of Westcott is a complete and utter obsession with revenge, death, sorrow, genocide, and greed with the powers of the Spirits' Inverse Form. By his own admission, he loves all kinds of pain and despair that mankind can evoke over the world as he has a strange and bizarre fetish for despair and death, considering it to be the best emotion he can feel and inflict in other people. He clearly shows that he hates any form of pacifism and believes kindness will accomplish nothing but defeat and claims that sacrifices are necessary for the "greater good". This was later shown during Murdoch's events when he refused to kill Murdoch because he has the potential to become unfettered revolutionary; a magisterial dictator with strong ambitions. While he says "will be for humanity's greater good" the people under his command will follow Westcott blindly because of his great authority and experience as a veteran, and all of them are able to kill thousands of innocent civilians as long Isaac says this is correct. In a narrative sense, Isaac's unfettered and violent personality that is deeply inspired in revolutionary dictators of real-life like Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, serves as a counter to the easygoing, peaceful, and gentle personalities of Shido and Elliot that believes peace and equality is born from love and harmony and not from power and oppression.
He also seems to have a one-sided view on many things as he claims Elliot Woodman betrayed a vow he made with him after he left the DEM. He even asked Elliot to come back to the D.E.M and saw Elliot's actions as a childish person throwing a temper tantrum. He frequently appears to play with his underlings for amusement such as playing rude and sarcastic jokes but at times he needs to use extreme and scary jokes to put fear in some members and soldiers of the D.E.M. to keep them line as he needs his private army at all costs to fight Ratatoskr in a future war of large scale. Being the director D.E.M. Industries, Westcott controls his minions through acquiring their respect by fear and holds the most rambunctious and turbulent individuals like Roger Murdoch in line through intimidation and mind games.
Isaac is also rather merciless and uncharitable, so he reacts violently to criticism. He tends to view most problems and situations in an extremely perspicacious manner, like an academic or a professor, rather than as a manner of life or death. Believing no force in the world could challenge his authority since he is the director of the greatest corporation on Earth, he typically underestimates his foes for being pacifists and adds their kindness ends up generating in their defeat. Ultimately, Isaac could also be viewed as yet another example of a Machiavellian inspired ruler, with ruthless determination to kill everyone on his way. But unlike Machiavellian who is a tyrannical ruler, Isaac is president of a company but he is seen more like an undemocratic dictator oppressing people in the shadows. And unlike tyrants who seek for more power—Isaac plans to seek more death on humans to get his vengeance of all mankind for bringing death to his people. Many of Isaac's beliefs run consistent with nihilism, as he does not see any meaning to life, be the lives of his friends, family, subordinates, enemies and even his own. He sees his actions as a game, even if said game results in the loss of lives, his very own included.
He often says things to incite someone's temper but then says he is just kidding. Isaac enjoys irritating Ellen to a troll level, and he has a great deal of fun in being feared by other officers as well. On the outside, Isaac acts empathetic and charming, however, he keeps many secrets and tells many lies to the whole planet, such as the origin of the Spirits. He is also very strategic and shrewd and enjoys manipulating battles in order to make his own allies and enemies kill themselves. He immensely enjoys crushing the hopes of humans and watching their expressions become filled with despair as see in Tohka's inversion experiment when Tohka and Shido's love failed. Despite all his cruelty, he insistently made clear to Ratatoskr, that he is not "evil", but simply beyond common morality (like aforementioned), calling evil "the humans who oppose him" as he believes himself to be the most righteous person in the world as he has enough reasons to exterminate mankind.
He was similarly quiet bloodthirsty as well and frequently reveled in combat to the point of laughing while he fought or killed. He was also noted for his lack of forgiveness, but when something "bad" happens inside of his company that goes according to his plan, he is willing to congratulate the individuals with vacation and salary increase as if they had done something good.
At first, Westcott wanted to create a world without humans where mages will rule in peace but over the course of the years, Westcott began to take his desire for peace too far and decided he was the only one who should rule the world to guide it a new era. When he summoned the Spirits, Westcott decided to use the event to his advantage, by creating the belief that they are alien-monsters made to destroy mankind, in order to give the world an enemy to direct their hatred against. Using this threat, his company sold many weapons to all police forces and military of the world to rise against those "evil beings", turning the DEM into the most influential corporation of the world.
Westcott is also a deeply misanthropic man who tries to convince all nations that his evil deeds are justified because they are for greater good of the world, though he is an atrocious, cruel, prejudiced, sinister, vicious, and brutal businessman who uses his place in power to meet his own extreme ends, even employing mercenaries, terrorists, psychopaths and rapists like Minerva Liddell and Jessica Bailey to enforce his interpretation of humanity's will while posing them as "soldiers". This makes him feared and reviled throughout the world as shown in Japan Ground Self Defense's HQ where the military officers showed fear towards him as he is one of the most important figures of the world. Westcott is especially determined to eliminate all humans scattered everywhere after using their resources, help and all support that all nations of the world used to rise him to power, showing that in the end, no matter how useful his human minions were, he will always abandon them to die simply because they are non-mages. However, despite being a highly dangerous and violent man, he thinks himself superior and even purer than most of the people as he sees himself as the "savior" of the world while considering all humans as "monsters". Westcott has shown to be haughty and self-assuming. He has also been shown to have somewhat of a god-complex, like for example, believing that he should "destroy the world and create a new one" if the current one does not operate in the way he wants it to.
Despite his single-mindedness, Westcott's true weakness was his arrogance that leads him to many defeats at the hands of Ratatoskr, Asgard Electronics, and the Spirits. His pride over his army and Wizards lead him to believe Ratatoskr was a group of "greenhorns" that could do nothing against him as they use peaceful methods to achieve their goals. Soon, when he thought he could simply invade their base with a small squad of Bandersnatch and Wizards and win, he got severely wounded by his old friend, Elliot Baldwin Woodman, for overestimating his soldiers. However, Westcott also states he fears Elliot as he was once a powerful Wizard. During their battle, Westcott mentioned he was shaking in fear when he was about to fight Elliot in a battle where Westcott loses one of his arms. After this incident, Westcott stopped underestimating his enemies and considered them all as threats to the point of moving all his army to defeat them.
While very abusive and cruel even towards his loved ones (mostly Elliot who is his arch-enemy), Westcott is, in fact, capable of affection and love people like an ordinary person; however, this only fuels his depravity and his sadomasochism that allows him to feel joy in the pain of others and even his own. Westcott was able to show affection for people close to him but it was in fact only to get attached to them and later watch them die or suffer; only to get "aroused". This seems to apply even to his pet dog since he got another pet after his previous best friend died. It was later revealed that he only got a new pet because he wanted to love it, only to watch it die later so he could feel sorrow and sadness (joy and pleasure) from its death. Because hurting people (and even animals) close to him will cause him greater despair, he tends to deal with them in more personal ways; for instance, he personally made his last moment to be emotional just so he could see the faces of Ellen, Elliot and Karen twisted with sorrow, giving him one last moment of pain-induced pleasure.
In later volumes, it was revealed that Westcott genuinely loved his family and friends, which is why he deliberately made them survive only to back-stab them later so he could feel "happiness" and "sadness" from betraying his friends as they watched him destroying their world. The more he loves someone, the more he wants to treasure and revel in their despair, which is why he set up his own friends to experience despair by his own hand. Following the reveal of his genius nature, it can be inferred that Westcott's obsessions are ironically fueled by his great intelligent nature, predict and empathize with people around him. By a degree, his intellectual nature made him above morals and senses of ethic. He most likely understands the consequences of his actions and the exact level of suffering his plans will inflict (in his enemies and even in himself) but this only encourages him by filling his with pain over his own monstrous acts that took the lives of millions and attempted billions. As a result of this, Westcott actually manages to escape classification as a true sociopath, since they are defined by a complete inability to form emotional connections with others. As such, Westcott is not a psychopath as he is capable of love and form friendly relationships with other people despite being pure evil. And despite his twisted sense of emotional masochism and inverted point of view of life and death, he is not a mentally ill person, but, an ordinary person with a mentality superior to normal humans.
What makes Westcott unique among many other completely irredeemable villains (something that makes him much worse than anyone else), is his sanity and mental control. Unlike some purely evil villains, Westcott is in fact completely sane, can think rationally, knows exactly the difference between good and evil, has the ability to feel all positive and negative emotions, behave in a normal and rational manner of a civilian and has excellent mental health. The only thing that turns Westcott into a twisted man is his sadomasochism, but aside from that Westcott is purely sane and can actually think like any normal person. His sanity goes from being able to feel sorrow for loved ones, feel bad for the people he hurts, form bonds and friendship with other people born from genuine love and care, be gentle with his subordinates, forgive mistakes of his allies, be honest and straight with his friends (without hiding his true intentions behind lies), be extremely patient person, be a joyful person who can share happiness with Ellen and his friends, be caring and nice to his family, be a humble person towards strange people and is even capable of loving animals.
However, likewise, Westcott can present signs of a cruel person, being able to feel and express everything that a heartless man can. Everything that he actually has is nothing more than a "preparation" for his pain-inducing pleasure, where he will feel the ultimate joy of despair and sorrow. Losing a friend via natural circumstances is something that leaves a greater impact on his heart as it was something unexpected. He can live among society like a gentleman and civilized man but when a tragedy happens, he will feel hopeless and down, which are something that will also give him pleasure and joy from suffering mentally. Basically, every positive quality he had turned into nothing more than grace for him to finally experiences the joy and fun of losing someone (or something) he loved dearly. When he causes the death of suffering of another person, he can clearly see what he is doing is wrong but the despair and panic from his victims give him happiness via his remorse for causing mayhem and making people miserable. In a sense, Westcott can feel remorse for his actions but his remorse only leave him excited and aroused.
Using this, the author gave Westcott many redeeming moments that would cause the reader to feel sympathy for the character, which only makes him even worse as he continued to use all his sympathetic moments to drive himself into a diversion. Showing that no matter how many redeeming and lighthearted moments are given to Westcott, he will use them to play with his good emotions and convert them into cruelty and inhumanity.
At times Westcott can also be very childish. Both Ellen and Karen admit that his actions with his newly acquired Demon King resemble a mischievous kid playing with a new toy. Isaac Westcott also shows on screen that he is laughably evil at times when is played for laughs in his misfortunes with Ellen.
Author's Official Description[]
| “ | Elliot: Perhaps that may be right on the mark. Ike was always steadfast, though that might be why he's such a treacherous person. Think about it. What'd happen if he were to wait inside a room full of nuclear warheads button with only curiosity plaguing his exuberant mind?
Karen: I couldn't imagine how dreadful that'd be. He's literally a psychopath. |
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The twisted managing director of Deus.Ex.Machina Industries. He is around 30 years old and a tall man with dark ash blond hair and sharp eyes. He seems to know more than he lets on, such as the knowledge of Tohka's transformed state, as well as Shido's past. All of DEM's elite wizards refer to him with -sama, fanatically loyal, and willing to do terrible acts just because he said so. Considering Mana's amnesia before she joined DEM, headaches whenever she tries to remember the past, and respect for Westcott even after finding out what was done to her there is a possibility that brainwashing, conditioning, and/or a Realizer used to make them so loyal to him alone. Such as when Adeptus 3 was hesitant about a mission to capture Tohka that would expose their equipment to the public and create numerous civilian casualties just to slap Ratatoskr's face rather than use a plan to minimize both, such as the original plan on the island where the Yamai twins appeared. Yet she and the others were going ahead with it without reservation simply because Westcott said it would be for "humanities' greater good." Isaac himself has shown little care, much less humanity, in his thinking as long as his goals are realized. Whether it is discussing ways to break Tohka's spirit through torture with the same manner and care one would discuss the weather, or the loss of life and DEM property when Tohka snapped, he never showed any sign or thought of guilt, despair, sorrow or grief, but was happy that she inverted as if nothing else mattered. Westcott grew up in a town of mages who could use sorcery along with Woodman and Ellen. However, civilians who feared the power of mages scorched their village. This event caused a change in Westcott. This became the first step to the creation of DEM. The trio spent their youths learning everything they could about sorcery, leading to the foundation in creating a Spirit, a being of immense power born from the mana of the world which they could use to achieve their goal. Around the same time, Westcott was adopted by a rich couple, but, ended up dying in an accident, leaving their entire fortune to Westcott. Afterward, he gained a desire to create a utopia, one with only mages living in it.
Powers and Abilities[]
Mage[]
- Authority: It may not seem like a power, but his authority is one of his worst weapons while acting as the DEM director. He has control about any kind of authority on Earth (being the only person in the world able to create Realizer). Westcott is considered one of the most important people in the world by the fact that he is the only person who can manufacture Realizers and arm all nations of the world. With his authority, he can do whatever he wants with any human on Earth to the point he can commit any war crime without punishment. Westcott's orders also reach the military forces of the world, giving him temporary emergency powers over the security and defense forces of the world.
- Magical-Technology: Isaac Westcott can use magic created through technology and Spirit's mana however, he never used it in direct combat. He uses it just in case he really needs to, during the transformation of Dark Tohka he used magic to teleport to somewhere. It's unknown if he knows offensive magic.
- Gifted Orator: The main asset of Westcott is his ability to inspire his troops with enthusiastic speeches. It can take almost any situation and turn it into a speech that will strengthen the morale of his soldiers and Wizards for their next operation or mission.
- DEM Wizards: DEM Wizards are trained (or brainwashed) to be psychopaths who loyally obey him, so they would give their life to his cause because he ordered. Wizards are skilled humans who have undergone training and usually have an implant to manipulate the territories coming from their CR-Unit. Even though Most Wizards are under DEM Industries, other countries also have developed their own version under their military forces. They are usually capable of various feats such as flying and creating barriers. The extent of this ability is determined by the properties of the territories they can produce. Advanced technology can be fatal to Wizards as it places a heavy strain on their bodies. Some Wizards have undergone surgeries to alter their bodies in order to strengthen their usage of the Realizer. However, such procedures can shorten one's lifespan. The DEM Wizards are the most prepared and well-trained soldiers of the world and were trained to serve Westcott until their last breath, making them their honor-guards.
- Bandersnatch: The private army of Westcott is mostly composed of Bandersnatch robots (or droids). A DEM humanoid doll or robot equipped with a Realizer that must be linked to a larger Realizer unit for it to function. They use directly magic cannons links to their hands, with power enough to destroy heavy vehicles and tanks. The army is composed by hundreds of thousands of droids, enough to conquer a nation.
- Master Strategist: Westcott is an effective planner and strategist, developing complex plans to achieve his goals for over half a century. He accounts for the personalities and usual mannerisms of allies and enemies alike and never takes anything for granted - notably, he considers Shido to be high-priority threat simply because he knows little about his capabilities.
- Torture Knowledge: These "weapons" are used by Westcott almost in everything he does or says. Also one of his fetishes. Most of his soldiers had been formed on the basis of the fear, as seen in episode 4 of season 2 when James was showing fear in returning to D.E.M with empty hands. Westcott tortures his soldiers in the cruelest ways possible for their failures, such as psychological torture, depriving them of oxygen and/or rape.
Inverse Spirit[]
In her Inverse form, Kurumi's time powers are incredibly enhanced to the point some could say they're close to if not already completely broken in their strength and power. However, in return, her Shadow abilities which were already barely used reach the point where they're now pretty much non-existent, Kurumi has strong tolerance to pain in this state due to the fact her clones can now be used to transfer the real her and cheat death due to her Eighth Caliber. Just as Kurumi is the most dangerous spirit when none of them are in their Inverse Forms, she's the most dangerous in her Inverse Form when all of them have undergone an Inversion as well. If you run into Inverse Kurumi... you've pretty much been met by the Grim Reaper.
- Demon King: Lucifuge - Zafkiel's Demon King counterpart, and one of the most dangerous Demon Kings. Lucifuge evolves into a long and short rapid fire guns that allows both rifles to fire multiple shots at once rather than one at time each, allowing multiple targets to be struck at once. The most dangerous new ability is that if Kurumi normally needed to fire at herself in order to activate a bullet, her calibers will automatically activate without the need to shoot. Kurumi still needs to shoot others if she needs them to affect her enemies instead.
So far the Demon King owned by Westcott, Lucifuge, has shown to have the following ability:
- Alternate Form: First Caliber, Hitotsume - The Inverse counterpart of Aleph. Like its original, it accelerates time on a target object or subject, but the acceleration is double that of Aleph's. A one-shot use ability.
- Alternate Form: Second Caliber , Futatsume - The Inverse counterpart of Bet. Like it's original, it s lows down time on a target object or subject, but now they're slowed to half of the speed reduction of Bet's. A one-shot use ability.
- Alternate Form: Third Caliber , Sanbanme - The Inverse counterpart of Gimmel . Like it's original, it c auses a target object or subject to age, but now Kurumi can control it and can age them backwards. A temporary ability.
- Alternate Form: Fourth Caliber , Y ottsume - The Inverse counterpart of Dalet . Like it's original, it r ewinds time on a target object or subject, but can rewind much faster than Zayin can. A one-shot use ability. It doesn't work on the deceased, with Kurumi proving this when she failed to revive Saya using it.
- Alternate Form: Fifth Caliber , G obanme - The Inverse counterpart of Hei . Like it's original, it a llows Kurumi to see a glimpse of a future event, but now she can see the same event again, even if she already saw it once prior. A one-shot use ability.
- Alternate Form: Six Caliber , Rokubanme - The Inverse counterpart of Vav . Like it's original, it s ends the consciousness of its target into the past , ironically this ability is weaker as it only can go back an entire minute so it uses less power. A permanent ability. This ability doesn't work if in the presence of another Spirit.
- Alternate Form: Seventh Caliber , Shichibanme - The Inverse counterpart of Zayin . Like it's original, it t emporarily freezes time on a target object or subject, but can last for an entire minute rather than a few seconds like Zayin's. A temporary ability.
- Alternate Form: Eight Caliber , Hachibanme - The Inverse counterpart of Het . Like it's original, it c reates one or more clones of a target object or subject, but these clones while unable to use Lucifuge's abilities now can have the real Kurumi transfer herself, making her impossible to kill unless every clone is killed. A one-shot use ability.
- Alternate Form: Ninth Caliber , Kokonotsume - The Inverse counterpart of Tet . Like it's original, it a llows Kurumi to share her senses with someone, but it's now no longer limited to working on those in a different time or dimension. A temporary ability.
- Alternate Form: Tenth Caliber , Jubanme - The Inverse counterpart of Yud . Like it's original, it allows Kurumi to p eek into the past of a target object or subject, but unlike Yud allows her to get the information she specifically needs and exclude what she doesn't need or doesn't care about. A one-shot use ability.
- Alternate Form: Eleventh Caliber , H yakuman - The Inverse counterpart of Yud Aleph . Like it's original, it a llows Kurumi to directly devour a Spirit's power , but twice as fast as the original. A permanent ability. Like the original, she must completely drain a spirit for it to work, otherwise all the stolen power will just return to its owner.
- Alternate Form: Twelfth Caliber , Okubanme - The Inverse counterpart of Yud Bet . Like it's original, it s ends its target subject or object through time , but unlike the original the cost is the same regardless of how far in time one is sent. A temporary ability.
- Alternate Form: Artemis - By combining both of Lucifuge's guns, Kurumi can transform it into a large replica of a M134 Minigun. It charges tachyon and shadow energy together for one fearsome and dangerous blast, but as a result leaves Kurumi unable to attack with Lucifuge for a long cool down period or change it back, leaving her temporarily defenseless.
Inverse Spirit of Origin 1 - A'athiel[]
A'athiel[]
A'athiel's Powers[]
A'athiel (Gokushi Saidan, lit. Altair of Extreme Death) is considered as the evil counterpart of Ain Soph Aur of Mio Takamiya (since the user is a person of pure evil). A'athiel is a Demon King with a physical organic body, it manifests as a demonic flower that emits particles of darkness rather than light (one that is used by Mio). A'athiel's particles of blackness are used as small drops of water that comes out of a rain of darkness that corrupts living beings that are touched by the particles. It also can be used as "needles" of darkness that pierce through the body of the enemy, melting them to the bones.
Inverse Spirit of Origin 2 - Belial[]
Belial[]
After having success in stealing the power of Mio Takamiya, Westcott finally becomes the Spirit of Origin, which means he gained the power over all Spirits and Angels of Kallabah, the tree of Life. However, apparently due to his dark nature, Westcott gained power over Qliphoth, the tree of Death. It's demonic tree capable of distorting the laws of reality within its boundary. Since the corruption of Mio's power was conducted by his dark nature, the power of Ain (Ein Sof, or Eyn Sof), in Kabbalah, is understood as God prior to any self-manifestation in the production of any spiritual realm, probably derived from Ibn Gabirol's term, "the Endless One". Ein Sof may be translated as "unending", "(there is) no end", or infinity), was Inverted to Belial, which means the personification of all evil in the existence, the Devil.
Inverse Spirit of Origin 3 - Qemetiel[]
Qemetiel[]
Qemetiel's Powers[]
- Qemetiel or ■■■, is the evil counterpart of Mio's main angel, Ain. Unlike the real Ain, the powers of Qemetiel are polar opposite of the former that creates life and creation.
- Westcott summons a demonic void without a physical form capable of illuminating the entire world with darkness instead of light, this darkness covers the entire world into eternal darkness, causing the planet to die without solar light;
- Erase whomever or whatever Westcott desires from reality, abstract elements like colors, oxygen, living beings of the existence, human memories, light, planets, stars and even entire galaxies;
Devil's Powers[]
- Immortallity: For being the master of Belial, the chief of all demonic forces, Westcott was granted with immortality and could no longer be killed by magic, man-made weapons and other sources of energy like light, darkness, water, electricity and many other elements of nature. As an immortal being, Westcott can regenerate even if he is in pieces, can revive as many times as he wants and can easily decide the death of all living beings just by touching them (Spirits seems to be immune). Aside from his immortal state, he can live forever and can't be killed by other sources like diseases and natural death. He requires no sustenance, and cannot be harmed by mortal means. Only the power of Kallabah or divine entities are capable of doing him harm.
- Extrasensory: Westcott has senses that are not only sharper than a mortal's, affording his abilities such as perfect accuracy, but he has abilities that they completely lack. In particular, he possesses a 'third-eye' which allows him to see things from far, far distances. Though he never uses it to do so, he can likely see through things that fool human eyes.
- Teleportation: Westcott uses this often for quick appearances or escapes. Westcott can teleport everywhere, as he is everywhere not nowhere at the same time. However, this is limited as he can teleport only inside of a planet.
- Death Predation: This usage of this spell creates a dark wave that kills everything in the Westcott's immediate vicinity.
- Supernatural Physicality: Westcott could alter his physical capabilities to virtually any level he needed or wanted due to his magical shape-shifting abilities. He has manifested superhuman strength, speed, endurance, and senses. No parameters or upper limits were established regarding these capabilities.
- Universal-Rewriting: By a far point, his strongest and most dangerous ability. Summoning the Belial demon, Westcott can destroy the laws of the existence and break through space and time to create a universe he is imagining. While Belial is active, it will quickly break into the barriers of the universe and recreate a new world that its master is asking for. While it's unknown, but this ability can create entire worlds where all life doesn't exist. If Westcott asks for it, he can create a universe where all life and creation never existed, thus bringing everything to emptiness.
- However, with great powers, comes weakness. Due to the immense power of Belial, Westcott has little control over it and can easily lose command over his demon. If anything happens while to him while he is commanding Belial, he might lose control over his mana, causing his power to go berserk and end in a worldwide explosion that would destroy the planet Earth (or even the solar system but it's capacity is unknown). However, his weakness is available only for Spirits, who are directly connected to Kabbalah. Other sources like demons, angels and other paranormal forces can't harm him.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Ellen Mira Mathers (Wife) -
- Marina Arusu (Daughter: Disowned) -
Allies[]
- Jessica Bailey
- Chinami Mikazuchi
- James A. Paddington
- Minerva Liddell
- Adeptus 4-12
Enemies[]
- Elliot Baldwin Woodman
- Artemisia Bell Ashcroft
- Shido Takamiya
- Origami Tobiichi
- Kurumi Tokisaki
- Mana Takamiya
- Kotori Itsuka
- Mukuro Hoshimiya
- Edgar F. Caroll
- DEM Board of Members
List Victims[]
Victims of Isaac Westcott and his DEM[]
- Westcott's dog (unknown causes; possible murder)
- Westcott Family (killed in an "accident" conducted by their son)
- The entire Spiritual Dimension life
- 150 millions of Chinese (killed by the First Spacequake)
- 10-20 Millions of Mongolians (killed by the First Spacequake)
- 1-2 millions of Koreans (killed by the First Spacequake)
- 6-9 of million Russians (killed by the First Spacequake)
- 10-15 millions of Earthlings (after Mio's escape)
- Thousands of humans turned into Spirits (by DEM Adeptus)
- Takamiya Family
- Seigo Takamiya (manipulated and killed by Westcott)
- Shido Takamiya (kidnapped, numerous attempts of murder and abuse)
- Mana Takamiya (kidnapped, numerous attempts of murder and abuse)
- Itsuka Family (hunted)
- Kotori Itsuka (numerous attempts of murder and capture)
- Tobiichi family (hunted)
- Chinami's Parents (killed by DEM)
- Chinami Mikazuchi (killed by DEM and soul use to and soul extracted to empower Chinami)
- Mr. & Mrs. Tobiichi (killed by Chinami Mikazuchi)
- Origami Tobiichi (forced to watch her parents die)
- Origami Spirit (numerous attempt capture and murder)
- Hundreds of soldiers of British Army (experiments conducted in soldiers to turn them into Wizards)
- Artemishia Bell Ashcroft (mind raped and left into coma)
- Edgar F. Caroll (killed by Westcott)
- Spirits
- Nia Honjou (psychologically tortured)
- Tohka Yatogami (tortured and abused)
- Natsumi Itsuwari (abused and almost killed)
- Rinne Sonogami (tortured and abused for 3–5 years)
- Kurumi Tokisaki (hunted and beheaded countless times)
- Inverse Kurumi (abused psychologically)
- Mukuro Hoshimiya (attempt murder)
- Yoshino Mizui and Yoshinon (psychologically tortured)
- Japanese AST
- Ryouko Kusakabe (attempt murder)
- Milly (attempt murder)
- Mikie Okamine (attempt murder)
- 20 girls of AST (attempt murder)
- Tenguu City's Schools
- 3,000-5,000 teenagers (attempt slaughter)
- Raizen High School
- Aii (attempt murder)
- Mii (attempt murder)
- Hazakura Mai (attempt murder)
- Dozens of students (executed)
- Hiroto Tonomachi (attempt murder)
- Tamae Okamine (attempt murder)
- Deus.Ex.Machina Industries Private Army
- 2,000 Bandersnarchs from the Japanese DEM Branch (abandoned and killed)
- 1,000+ Wizards from the Japanese DEM Branch (discarded and killed)
- 5,000+ Wizards from Arubi island (discarded and killed)
- Marina Arusu (manipulated and then left to die)
- DEM Industries Director Board (discarded and killed by Choronzon)
- Roger Murdoch (discarded and killed by Choronzon)
- Simpson (mutilated, discarded and killed by Choronzon)
- Russell (discarded and killed by Choronzon)
- Thousands of Tenguu City civilians (slaughtered by DEM army)
- Dozens of Ratatoskr Officers (slaughtered by DEM and Westcott)
- Fraxinus' Crew (injured and attempt murder)
- The entire Universe's life (10% of all life wiped out of existence by Westcott's Belial)
- Himself & Mankind (attempt suicide with the rest of the Earth)
- Japan (Nia Galge)
- 130 millions of Japanese (attempt destruction of civilized society)
- Civilians
- Asakura Hiyori (attempted murder and abuse)
Trivia[]
- Isaac Westcott is considered to be the darkest villain already created by Koushi Tachibana in his light novels. He also is considered the most evil of all villains from Date A Re:Live and Soukyuu no Karma. He turns out to be worse when he is introduced to other fictional worlds when Date A Live is introduced in a new crossover. When compared to other villains from their respective worlds, Westcott is usually referenced as the "worst person" they have ever met. Bell Cranel, the main protagonist from the popular Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, stated that Kaguya Westcott, the copycat of Westcott, was one "so this is what you call monster" in the Japanese version of the crossover, pointing Westcott as the most evil person Bell and his party ever faced when most of his enemies were monsters or had more limits in their cruelty. Following Memoria Freese crossover with Date A Live, a new crossover between Danmachi and Goblin Slayer was announced. In the crossover, Bell refered the Goblins as not being so different from the monsters he was used to slaughter at the dungeons even counting their perverted and rapist nature, yet they were much less worse compared to his "previous enemy". In Spirit Pledge crossover with Toaru Majutsu no Index, Misaka Mikoto, one of the most popular heroines in anime genre, also used the word "devil in person" to describe Westcott while Shirai Kuroko, the secondary protagonist of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, describes Westcott as the "embodiment of humanity's evil itself". In most media outside of Date A Live canon where Westcott appear as an antagonist, he is always described to the most evil person they ever faced by their respective authors.
- Despite being charismatic and charming when necessary, Westcott was quite anti-social and enjoyed being alone when Ellen was not around for him to tease her. Instead of being more active, Westcott spent most of his days inside of his office where no one could bother him.
- Westcott's eyes are considered to be rusted inorganic pieces of meat by other characters, scaring them off everytime they face Westcott directly. When they had the chance to describe the feeling, some thought his eyes gave the impression they were being reduced to nothing but animals while others felt the impression of death itself.
- Westcott compares himself to a child searching for a toy in a shop or a man tidying up his appearance before going to meet his lover, which is why he can't understand why people continue to fight him as he is doing his best to achieve something. In this sense, he considers himself to be a normal person.
- Westcott has a bizarre and unusual sense of logic between "goal" and "hobby". While most of all bad intentioned people in general have a goal in mind to fulfill their desires, Westcott actually consider his "hobbies" as being his true "plans". Westcott's ultimate goal to wipe out all humans, destroy the world's laws, rule the reality as a God and create a world for mages and demons are actually only consequences of his actions (when it's obviously the inverse) while he consider the pain, death and destruction he will be causing as his true objectives, however, he never says his true intentions are actually to be cause mayhem probably to not cause distrust between him, Chinami, Jessica and Ellen. It can be said his plans are also only his secondary intentions while his hobbies of making people miserable, torturing Spirits, causing wars and destroying nations are actually his primary goals.
- Westcott is associated with the gray color in all aspects, including his own company, his suit and the DEM uniforms. In Bible, gray is an emotionless, moody color that is typically associated with meanings of dull, dirty, and dingy, as well as formal, conservative, and sophisticated. In addition, gray is a timeless and practical color that is often associated with loss or depression, emptiness, death and negative emotions.
- Despite a powerful mage, the novels never show him using any kind of magic form except for teleportation. As a child, Westcott was a genius in controlling magic's energy and could easily win in combat against adults. However, it may be something reasonable as he discarded magic to infiltrate in the human world as a normal person.
- Fictional magician characters such as Lord Voldemort and Gellert Grindelwald were used to compose Westcott's character, however, Westcott obviously has a better reason to exterminate the non-magicians as he directly suffered in the hands of said race while Voldermort and Gellert began their genocidal agenda by pure xenophobia. Tom Riddle and Gellert Grindelwald are two of the most feared Dark Wizards in Harry Potter universe, and curiously both Dark Wizards seek to establish a worldwide magician dictatorship to exterminate all muggles (humans with no access to magic) and half-blood Wizards since both consider them inferior to wizards and witches. Westcott has the same ideals, goals and views and share the same extend hatred to Muggle-borns (humans) as well, considering them to be unnecessary to the world. In addition, the three wizards are considered to be the most powerful Dark Wizards of their respective era and world. In other terms, Westcott is far more composed and cunning because he directly infiltrated in the human world, controlling the world of his victims for more than 30 years and leading them towards their destruction without declaring a direct war.
- His name 'Isaac' means "He who/will laughs" in the Hebrew Bible. Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and a given name among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim societies, generally in reference to the above. "Isaac" is loosely translated as "laughing". "Ike" and "Ise" are also short forms of the name Isaac.
- From the Hebrew name meaning "he will laugh, he will rejoice", derived from meaning "to laugh". The Old Testament explains this meaning, by recounting that Abraham laughed when God told him that his aged wife Sarah would become pregnant with Isaac. When Isaac was a boy, God tested Abraham's faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment. Isaac went on to become the father of Esau and Jacob with his wife Rebecca.
- Westcott's eyes are seem and described as lifeless and dull eyes. This, despite being a small factor about his character, is actually extremely important. The author himself made his eyes like that to show how his mind was plunged into darkness, disgrace and misery. People who loves living in sorrow consider living as the same as being dead, and Westcott's lifeless eyes show pretty much how dead he is inside... And how much he seems to accept it.
- Isaac Westcott, Ellen Mathers and Elliot Woodman are based on the three co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which was one of the orders of the Hermetic Qabalah. The Hermetic Qabalah was one of 3 groups associated to the Sephirot Tree.
- Isaac Westcott is based on William Wynn Westcott, one of the three founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
- Ellen Mathers's last name likely comes from MacGregor Mathers, this may be why Ellen is the only Wizard who has been able to fight evenly with a Spirit.
- Elliot Woodman's last name comes from William Robert Woodman, one of three co-founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
- Westcott was the first foreign character to appear in the franchise. After him, comes Ellen Mathers, Jessica Bailey, Simpson, Roger Murdoch, Russell, Charlotte Meyers, Daisy, Izabell, Minerva Liddell, Edgar F. Caroll; all of them are British villains.
- Fugil Arcadia, one of the main antagonists in 2013 light novel series, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle, is heavily implied to be inspired in Isaac Westcott—based on appearance, personality, and crimes. Fugil is considered as the teenage version of Westcott. Despite being a teenager, he is the most twisted of all villains, this is demonstrated when he was willing to kill thousands of children and women to his brother to overthrow the Empire.
- Isaac is the second white-haired character to appear in the franchise. The first is Origami Tobiichi.
- Westcott was born with the name "Ike", but soon after he was adopted by a new family, his name was renamed to "Isaac Ray Peram Westcott". At one point, Elliot can be heard calling him as "Ike Westcott".
- It was theorized Westcott has more than a relationship between servant and boss with Ellen. James A. Paddington mentioned that others DEM officers claimed Westcott might be sleeping with Ellen. In the anime, however, it never happens. In
- Isaac is one of the few characters in DAL that has a theme song with his name on the title.
- Westcott has the highest body count on the franchise, even more than Kurumi Tokisaki who had killed 20,000 people with her own hands. It's implied his body count is around 200,000,000-250,000,000 since 30 years ago when he summoned the First Spirit and destroyed the Spiritual Dimension and a large part of China and Eurasia. The following spacequakes around the globe may have increased his body count by the millions. In his time as a Inverse Spirit of Origin, the number of body counts were probably increased by trillions.
- In a common sense based in the genre of the series, Westcott serves as the dark counterpart of Shido's Casanova personality. While Shido possess a harem of Spirits who love him dearly and show deep care for them, Westcott have a harem of women who are with him solely for loyalty (as 90% of all his underlings are women) or forced to serve him out of fear. Dominique, one of DEM wizards that was spying on Shido's house, even stated that women from the First Departament of DEM are obsessed with Westcott and/or Ellen and often act on their own to get his attention and steal the post of his mistress from Ellen. And unlike Shido, Westcott doesn't really care about them.
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