Vandre Schnee

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Vandre Schnee
Japanese	ヴァンドゥル・シュネー
Romaji	Vandouru Shunē
Primary Information
Aliases	Van-chan (Miledi Reisen) Van-kun (Meiru Melusine) Muffler Boy (Oscar Orcus) Master of the Schnee Labyrinth
Origin World	Tortus
Status	Deceased
Physical Information
Race	Demon-Dragonman Mixed breed
Gender	Male
Age	20+ (Zero debut)
Height	180 cm
Hair Color	Sky Blue
Eye Color	Red
Mana Color	Moonlight White
Professional & Social Info
Job	Artist
Affiliations	Igdol Empire (formerly) Schnee Clan Liberators
Relatives	Grice Schnee (Maternal Grandfather) † Nieshika Schnee (Maternal Grandmother) † Sasrika Schnee (Mother) † Unnamed Father † Rasul Alva Igdol (Older Paternal Half-Brother) †
Debut
Web Novel	Chapter 354 (picture)
Light Novel	"Zero": Volume 3
Manga	"Zero": Chapter 35

Vandre Schnee (ヴァンドゥル・シュネー, Vandouru Shunē^?) 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 I the Schnee Snow Fields.

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. 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 the use of his Anicent Magic, and altered his dragon form, he was roughly two-meters tall, and still stood on his hind legs.

Vandre's attire consisted of white pants, a white muscle shirt, and a white muffler with a flower pattern sown into it, although he had a variety of mufflers with different designs.

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 an army of monsters 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 easily got 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
• Magical Abilities
• Stats
• Skills
• Spells/Attacks 
• Weapons & Equipment

• 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.

• Immense Mana - As half-demon and half-dragonman, as well as an Ancient Magic user, Vandre possessed a high quantity of mana.

By Volume 6, Vandre's magic stat was 6000.

• Dragonification - Vandre could 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.
  • Decreased Mana Consumption - It decreases in mana consumption for using ice magic.
  • Increased Efficiency - The effects raised when using ice magic.
  • Increased Duration - The duration in using ice magic is raised.
• 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 Gods," which allows the 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. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate 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

• 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.

• 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

• Dragon Slayer - A great sword that has an image of a rising dragon along the length of the blade and has a wave-pattern etched in it. It strong enough to easily cut through a dragon's scales. Among the abilities it possesses through the various magic circles engraved on it, is effective against ice magic. It also serves as a focal point for the spatial magic-imbued artifact "Monster House." It was originally created by Vandre's fellow Liberator Oscar Orcus, due to their intense rivalry.
  • Monster House - A type of Treasure Trove with the sword Dragonslayer as its locus. The space inside can store tens of thousands of monsters that would attack anyone trapped within its boundary.

• 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.
• Obsidian Spectacles - An artifact which has various spells and features enchanted into it, ranging from Heat Vision, Night Vision, Mana Tracking, Magnification, Flash Bang, Farsight, Sense Magic, Soul Sight, heightened perception and immunity to dark magic. After Lyutillis had mastered her evolution magic, Oscar added the ability to analyze all information to the glasses with her help. Furthermore, Oscar would enchant the frames into a storage device to hold sunlight and heat and fire them as a type of laser (called "Super Glasses Beam"). The laser could only be used once per day, but since it didn't rely on magic, it had the benefit that it could not be nullified with magic.
• Metal Slime Batlam - An artifact made to mimic Vandre's slime familiar Batlam, but was made with a strong liquid metal. It would automatically defend the user from any incoming attacks and it could also be controlled by the wielder to attack or shape-shift to whatever form. However, the stronger the attacks were, or the more frequent the attacks were, the more metal liquid will be used up, which would deplete its liquid metal reserves.
• Summoning Circle - It created a three-meter wide gate that sucked everyone nearby into it, teleporting the user to a specified location within a few kilometers. It looked like a small, transparent glass bead, and could only be used once.
• Mini Enchanted Blades' - A series of small blades embedded in Vandre's dragon scales. They possess the same abilities as Oscar's blades, as well as the ability to cut through mana.
• Black Swords - A pair of massive black greatswords made out of Azantium, with the ability to cut through mana and space, as well as being able to absorb magic. The hilts of the swords could attach between them to create a staff-sword.

Quotes

• (To Miledi, Oscar, 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): "The passage of time... truly is a cruel thing."
• (To Miledi): "How can I trust you when even the person I trusted most in this world turned on me?"
• (To Oscar): "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."
• (To Rasul): "Yeah, you look like the brother I know. The brother... I remember."
• (To Rasul): "Alright, Brother. I’ll go for now. You better take care of this country, my homeland, for me."
• (To Oscar): "Hmph. I always knew you were as much of a pedophile as Naiz, four-eyes."
• (To Meiru): "Hey, Meiru. Don’t decide our nicknames based on how entertaining they are to you!"
• (To Oscar): "Even without Miledi, the Liberators won’t falter."
• (To Ajeen): "Have you ever tasted dragonbreath?"
• (To Sui): "I can’t believe you..."
• (To Rasul): "All I ask is that you wait here for our bells of revolution to toll across the land."
• (To Mulm): "Now then, I’m tired of seeing your ugly mug. Let’s see whether my wyverns or your dragons are stronger. I missed my chance to finish your measly beasts off in the last war, so this is as good a time as any to finish the job."
• (To Grice & Nieshika): "I’ll be going, but I promise I’ll return to you...with the rest of my family. See you soon...grandfather, grandmother."
• (To Ehit): "We’re putting an end to your twisted game!"
• (His last words to Miledi): "You’re more charming when you’re being annoying. Never forget that."

Trivia

Vandre's crest

• 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, he is an expert on martial arts due to his job as "Artist," believing 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 originally 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.