Vandre Schnee

Vandre Schnee (ヴァンドゥル・シュネー) was a character who appears both in the main "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest" series as a minor character, and in the spin-off "Arifureta Zero" series as one of the main protagonists.

He was one of leaders of the Liberators and was the creator of the Schnee Labyrinth.

Appearance
Vandre was a young man in his 20's and was 180 cm tall with a well-toned physique. He had pointed ears, swarthy red skin, and red eyes. But unlike most demons, his hair was sky blue. It was braided on one side, but falls over his right eye in bangs.

Thanks to his dragonmen heritage, Vandre could transform into a large dragon. When Vandre fully mastered he use of his Anicent Magic, and altered his dragon form. his altered dragon form soon at roughly two-meters tall, and Vandre still stood on his hight legs.

Vandre's attire consisted of white pants, a white muscle shirt, and a white muffler with a flower pattern sown into it.

Personality
During his childhood, Vandre considered his birth to be a curse. This was not only due to the fact that he was born as a result of his mother being raped by his father, but also because his father forced him to use his Ancient Magic to create living weapons that killed so many people. This later changed, however, after his mother taught him the creed of the dragonmen, and that he should live for others so that they may live for him.

While putting up a brave and arrogant front around most people, Vandre got easily flustered or shy when people complimented him. It was then he would pull up his muffler over his mouth to avoid the subject.

Vandre was quite artistic, having created and sewn his muffler, as well as adding the flower embroidery.

While in battle, Vandre was merciless toward his enemies.

Vandre believed that the world will always be full of evil, regardless of the gods' intervention in it. Even so, he was still willing to fight to make it a better place.

Powers & Abilities

 * -|Physical Abilities =
 * Enhanced Physical Abilities - Vandre's strength and agility was greater than the average demon, thanks to his dragonmen blood.
 * Expert Combatant - Vandre was skilled in a multitude of weapons ranging from swords, to bows, to knives.


 * -|Skills =
 * Dragonification - Vandre coulfd transform into a dragon thanks to his mother's bloodline.
 * Draconic Roar II - A skill to use "Dragonbreath" when "Dragonification" is not activated.
 * Partial Dragonification - The dragon scales that originally could only came out in Vandre's dragon form can be used as chainmail so that they won't obstruct the movement of his human form.
 * Ice Magic Affinity - It allows the user to use ice magic at a capable rate.
 * Farsight - A skill that allows an increased range of vision by focusing mana into their eyes.
 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.
 * Metamorphosis Magic - One of the "Ancient Magics" originating from the "Age of God", which allows a user to remake the form of a normal being and reform them into a different form. Normally it's used to remake a normal organism and turn it into a monster, or even manipulate the magic stone of a monster and remake them. But the true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with any organic material'. Meaning not only animals, but it's also possible to remake plants or intelligent beings, and reform their structure as needed. Even byproducts of organic material, like paper or food, can also be manipulated by this magic. The magic stone which gets created during the process is just a byproduct of the process.

Ice Magic
 * -|Spells/Attacks =
 * Frost Purgatory - The strongest ice spell in existence. It freezes anything in its surrounding within a 50-meter dimension. Anything in the affected area will be unable to resist.

Metamorphosis Magic
 * Compound Transformation - A metamorphosis spell that enhanced Vandre's dragon breath attack.
 * Invasive Ruin - A spell that allows the user to attack an opponent from the inside using their own fluids as a weapon. The fluids themselves were a living, thinking chimera that could act on its own.

By Volume 6, Vandre's magic was at 6000.
 * -|Stats =


 * -|Weapons & Equipment =
 * Treasure Trove - A ring-shaped artifact that has small one centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby is actually an artificially created dimensional space where objects can be stored.


 * Dragon Slayer - A greatsword that has the power to easily cut through a dragon's scales. Among the abilities it possesses through the various magic circles engraved on it is the power to combat against ice magic. It has an image of a rising dragon along the length of the blade and has a wave-pattern etched in it. It was originally created by his fellow Liberator Oscar Orcus due to his rivalry with Vandre.


 * Blue Rose Frost Blade - A sword made of ice with rose-patterned carvings engraved all over it. It was created by Vandre as a result of his rivalry with his fellow Oscar, and was sealed deep below his Labyrinth with a message inscribed on it saying "Only those who wish to eliminate glasses from this world can draw this sword. If you are found worthy, it is your sacred duty to destroy all glasses!" due to Oscar's obsession with glasses.

Quotes

 * (To Miledi, Ocar, Naiz & Meiru): "I’m Vandre Schnee. Rejoice, ya bastards. I’m offering to pledge my ancient magic to your cause."
 * (To Miledi): "Don’t be stupid. My clan is my greatest asset, but also my biggest weakness. It’s thanks to them that I can talk to you guys like this through Batlam, and it’s thanks to them that I’m able to still affect things across the continent. If they came to save me and got captured too... we’d be done for. Also, the next time you call me Van-chan, I’m throwing you off."
 * (To Miledi, Oscar, Naiz & Meiru): "Anyway, I didn’t save your comrades out of compassion. I saved them so you’d save me. If you help me with my plans, not only will you get your comrades back, but you’ll be able to get me into your ranks too. Not a bad deal, right?"
 * (To Miledi): "How can I trust you when even the person I trusted most in this world turned on me?"
 * (To Osca): "Poor fool, you don’t even realize the aesthetic value of a muffler. I guess I shouldn’t have expected any better from a second-rate moron."
 * (To Oscar): "Don’t insult my muffler. You just have no appreciation for art, you perverted four-eyes."
 * (His last words to Miledi): "You’re more charming when you’re being annoying. Never forget that."

Trivia

 * The word schnee means "snow" in German.
 * Vandre was into mufflers, like Oscar is with his glasses, believing they are the greatest things in the world.
 * Vandre was the first known person to approach the Liberators of his own accord, instead of being recruited by them.
 * According to Vandre, due to his job as "Artist", he is an expert on martial arts since he believes that it falls under the category of art.
 * Vandre's Labyrinth is currently the one with the most people known to have successfully cleared it.
 * Proof of conquering Vandre's Labyrinth is a teardrop-shaped crystal pendant that is engraved with his crest.
 * There is an inconsistency regarding the color of Vandre's dragon scales. In Volume 3 of the Zero Light Novels, Vandre was first described as having sky-blue scales in his dragon form, while in Volume 4, he was described as having dark red scales, and in Volume 6, his scales were described as being moon silver.
 * It was original hinted that Vandre created of the constant blizzard in the Schnee Snow Fields, until it was retconned that the death of the spirit Foldia caused it.