Albedo Piasora
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| Albedo Piasora, U.R.T.V. Number 667 |
"Yes, more pain, I love it! HA HA HA HA!!"
Stats
Birthday: T.C. 4741
Age: 26
Freiheit Debut: "Wrongfully accused! Whose side are you on?"
Element: Lightning
Family:
- Dmitri Yuriev (father)
- Gaignun Kukai Jr./Rubedo (twin brother)
- Gaignun Kukai/Nigredo (brother)
- Citrine (sister; unknown)
- other U.R.T.V. units (brothers; deceased)
Star: Tensatsu Star ~ Murderous Star
Weapon Class: Magic
- Lvl. 1-6: Fallen Angel
- Lvl. 7-12: Release of Desire
- Lvl. 13-16: Miracle Star
Runes: Lightning Rune (RH); Albedo Rune (H)
Official Theme Song(s):
Voice Actor: Crispin Freeman (adult); Scott Menville (child)
Seiyuu: Kouichi Yamadera (child); Megumi Urawa (child)
Special Attacks
Demonic Gaze - Albedo punches the ground with his right hand, then a giant black orb appears. The orb becomes an eyeball that makes a red light erupt from an enemy and heal Albedo.
Ruby Fist - Albedo charges at an enemy at quick velocity and proceeds to punch away at their defenses.
Phoenix Wing - Albedo leaps into the air and his cape spreads like wings. Fire rains down on all enemies.
Demonic Illusion - A green light surrounds Albedo, quickening him.
Fallen Angel - Albedo charges at white light into his hand before blasting his opponent with it. Very deadly.
Release of Desire - Albedo charges forward and throws a punch with his left hand, striking his enemy with a blade of electricity.
Thunder Blast - Albedo electrocutes his enemy with a lightning bolt from above.
Carrion of Souls - Albedo leaps into the air and cackles. Darkness erupts from his body, enveloping everyone within.
Ice Blast - Albedo blasts his enemy with a long shard of ice.
Miracle Star - Albedo envelops his enemy in a dome of dark energy before causing it to explode.
Eternal Chain - A last resort attack. Albedo causes an illusion before his enemies to make them believe they are in a sea of blood while being tortured by many evil waves. Albedo dizzy.
Unite Attacks
Jr.: Twin URTVs ~ Albedo mocks Jr. before heading into battle. The two strike at a few enemies before stepping back. Together they unleash their powers: Jr. with a red wave of energy and Albedo with a blue wave. Jr. dizzy afterward.
Yuber and Petra: Eternal Chain ~ Petra begins the assault, whipping away at the enemy with her Petra Whip. Yuber is next, using his Eight Devil attack. Albedo grins evilly and raises his arms into the air, a white energy storing up into it. He puts his hands together, pointing his index fingers out as though he was forming a gun. As he does, a massive beam of white energy shoots out, hitting the enemy hard.
Background Information
Albedo was created by Dimitri Yuriev as U.R.T.V. Unit 667, originally a conjoined twin with Unit 666, Rubedo. U.R.T.V. stands for U-DO Retro Virus, and are bio-engineered weapons designed to fight against U-DO, a mysterious wave existence.
When Rubedo and Albedo were split, they both gained unique abilities, both rooting from the same concept. Rubedo gained the ability to control his body's aging, while Albedo could regenerate lost limbs, making him virtually immortal.
Albedo was high-strung and fearful as a child. He clung to Rubedo for protection, and lashed out violently against anyone who attacked Rubedo, once even going so far as to injure and nearly kill a fellow U.R.T.V., Number 623. He did not show any remorse afterwards, indicating his developing sociopathy that would manifest in his later life. He also treated the other "normal" U.R.T.V.s as inferiors, and did not see them as actual people like the way he saw Rubedo and Nigredo.
He was devastated when he learned that Rubedo and Nigredo were not immortal, Nigredo being as vulnerable to aging and injury as any normal human, and Rubedo, despite being capable of stopping his own aging, was still susceptible to death by injury. The thought of living forever, all alone, without Rubedo to protect him, made him extremely sad and scared. This caused him to become mentally unstable, and he made a new hobby out of digging practice graves for Rubedo and Nigredo, as to not cry when they really died.
In Xenosaga I&II, it was learned that the first time Albedo attempted to contact U-DO was during a training exercise inside Sakura's Encephalon. Sakura saved him by jumping in front of him, and she was killed when U-DO hit her. Although Albedo hated Sakura, he felt terrible guilt for her death because it hurt Rubedo. This would lead to his obsession with Kirschwassers and MOMO later on.
Fourteen years ago, during the Miltian Conflict, the U.R.T.V.s were sent down to Miltia as part of the Third Descent. While there, however, Rubedo learned that if he used his Red Dragon power against U-DO, it would produce a thermal reaction capable of destroying the entire planet. Rubedo aborted the mission and cut off the mental link between him and the other U.R.T.V.s, fearing for their lives. This resulted in U-DO waves striking most of the U.R.T.V.s, causing them to be destroyed. Albedo also came into contact with U-DO at this time, causing him to go insane.
Crazed and delirious, Albedo managed to sneak aboard the Song of Nephilim shortly after he turned on Rubedo and Nigredo at Labyrinthos. He was found by Sellers and his U-TIC personnel, who were preparing to abandon Miltia using the Song as a giant lifeboat. After that, he was taken in by the Ormus Society and placed under Margulis' jurisdiction. He became a freelance U-TIC agent and was given one of its five A.M.W.S. craft, E.S. Simeon, as his own personal vehicle.
Albedo is first seen in the asteroid Pleroma, the base of Margulis, a commander of the U-TIC Organization. Shortly after MOMO and Ziggy escape Pleroma, Albedo shows up with a Kirschwasser, one of his minions, and Margulis tells him he's too late to catch MOMO.
He's later seen with his Kirschwasser, once again, on Pleroma, interrupting a conversation between Margulis and his soldiers. He tells Margulis that he's going to retrieve MOMO himself, stating he'd do a better job than Margulis' "dogs". According to the database, he frequently calls MOMO "ma peche" throughout the game. This translates to "my peach" since MOMO's name is peach in Japanese. He boards his A.M.W.S., the E.S. Simeon, and leaves Margulis. He slowly follows behind the Durandal, a ship owned by Jr. Incidentally, MOMO is also on this ship.
While following Jr.'s group, Albedo constantly kept in touch with Margulis, and was delighted when Margulis told him that, if the need arises, Albedo was allowed to summon the Song of Nephilim, a dangerous space station that could play a song that drives the listeners insane. This would distract the Kukai Foundation and Second Miltia long enough to help him catch MOMO. Additionally, Margulis' superiors would manipulate the Federation to both allow Albedo to summon the Song and cover up U-TIC's tracks. When Margulis' plans fail, Albedo immediately summons the Song, and leaves the station to kidnap MOMO at the Kukai Foundation. On the way, he flies through a battlefield, where Federation A.G.W.S. units are facing off against Gnosis. In his E.S. Simeon, he destroys many A.G.W.S.s as well as Gnosis, and continues toward the Kukai Foundation. Once there, he catches MOMO and brings her back to the Song of Nephilim.
Once at the Song, Albedo intimidates MOMO, hoping for her to faint so he can easily get the Y-Data, a mysterious amount of data placed into MOMO's mind by Joachim Mizrahi, MOMO's creator. At the Song, he murders all of his Kirschwassers and tosses them in his chambers. MOMO finds him sitting comfortably on his "throne," cradling the body of a slain Kirschwasser in his hands, before he snaps one of its arms effortlessly and tosses it aside. To intimidate MOMO, he uses a small knife to saw off his own arm (edited from the American version and made to look as if he rips it off), which he then regenerates. He then decapitates himself, lets his severed head taunt MOMO, and finally crushes his head underneath one foot before regenerating that too. The URTV is greatly amused by the fact that MOMO wants Jr., or Rubedo, to come and save her. Once MOMO lost consciousness, Albedo began to absorb her mind, learning every thought and memory that MOMO ever had. He continues to absorb her mind until he is interrupted by Jr. and his group.
Once they show up, he taunts them, and finally takes part of the Y-Data from MOMO, showing him that Shion Uzuki and KOS-MOS, two members of Jr.'s team, are somehow involved with it. He climbs back into his E.S. Simeon and fights the group. This is a very difficult battle, because the E.S. Simeon is bigger and more advanced than the A.G.W.S. Units owned by Jr. and his group. Once they defeat Albedo, however, he gets out of the E.S. Simeon and shoots a blue aura at Jr., who retaliates with a red one. Their fight is interrupted by Luis Virgil, the Blue Testament. Virgil insists that Albedo get his job done, and stop playing around with Jr.'s group. Albedo leaves the Song of Nephilim in his E.S. Simeon while Virgil fights Jr.'s group.
Once Jr. and MOMO's group escaped the Song of Nephilim and boarded the Durandal, they tried to destroy the Song, but were in shock when their blast deflected off of it. Albedo re-enters the scene in his E.S. Simeon, and summons Proto Merkabah, a large space station that was once home to Joachim Mizrahi and MOMO, using the knowledge he had gained from MOMO's memories. The Song of Nephilim enters a port of Proto Merkabah to help power it, and several Gnosis are absorbed to use an energy source. He uses this station to blow up the entire Federation fleet of ships. He sets his next target to nearby planet Second Miltia. However, Jr. tells him to wait before he blows up Second Miltia, so that he can get to Albedo and finish the conflict once and for all.
Jr. and his group board Proto Merkabah and reach Albedo in the core room, and he shows the group his will, a shining power that exists within everyone. His, however, was very bright and large. He fights Jr. and the others personally, but he is defeated after a long and difficult battle. He reveals to the group his motive: To make Jr. pay for abandoning him and the other U.R.T.V.s fourteen years ago. He then reveals Sophie Peithos, a fusion of Proto Merkabah's core and the Gnosis absorbed by the space station. Albedo leaves Jr. to fight this massive beast, and returns to his E.S. Simeon in space. He watches from afar as the space colony plunges toward Second Miltia on a crash course, due to Sophie Peithos' defeat. He watches as the group escapes on the Elsa, and Proto Merkabah self-destructs.
Although there is a sense of completion at the end of Episode I, Albedo's summoning of Proto Merkabah was to distract the galaxy from the true intentions of Ormus, the organization seemingly behind the plans of U-TIC, and test the power of Shion, Jr., and friends, though details behind these motives are not given directly. However, Albedo is clearly thinking that he is acting on his own terms, which results in the Proto Merkabah incident. Virgil is insenced at Albedo's summoning of "needless toys," however the Red Testament, Kevin Winnicot, tells him to let Albedo be for now. This is most likely so Wilhelm, the leader of the Testaments, the CEO of Vector Industries, and ex-Executive Committee Director, can gauge Albedo's power and decide exactly what he wants to do with him in the time to come.
Season Five ~ Cult of the Watchers
Cult of the Watchers Arc
Albedo first appears in the arc after Yuber "delivers" the message to the Toran Army of the Watchers' coming.
Once the Toran Army behold Albedo, he reveals to them he stole Shion's time device in order to track them down. He smashes it in his hand after his speech, thus trapping the gang from the future in the present. Albedo and Jr. battle each other, and it is here Corey and the others learn of Albedo's regenerative powers. During their long battle, they both unleash their powers of destruction, destroying a nearby village. This was all a part of Albedo's plan.
Albedo would soon battle the Toran Army again with Yuber by his side. However, the E.S. Unit, Simeon, was called into the fray this time around. With the mech's immense power, Albedo secures another victory for the Watchers. At the same time, Mahna is captured by Silver and Laveka. Here, Albedo "mind rapes" Mahna, trying to infect her with the same madness as himself. All he did was weaken the barrier around her mind, allowing the priestess of the Watchers to fully break her will. As Mahna joined the Watchers, Albedo was the only one who doubted that Mahna was truly loyal to them. Even so, he had to obey her. In another battle against the Toran Army, Albedo was easily able to defeat Shion and her team. Later, his suspicions about Mahna proved correct, as the battle was only a ploy to bring Manah out into the open.
Hoping to redeem himself, Albedo and his apprentice, Masao, battle Corey at a boating village. They weren't counting on Jr. showing up to save him, though, thus making their plan a failure. To counter-attack, Albedo welcomes another apprentice, Uriel. With her, and the new mechs created by Albedo, they are able to defeat the Toran Army again in four different areas: the Grasslands, Gregminster, Dunan Unified Republic, and Holy Harmonia.
After proving his dominance, Albedo seemed to be following his own agenda, rather than Manah's. He wanted the Vessels of Anima for himself, instead of giving them to the cult. In his madness, he forces Uriel to render Glenn comatose when she constantly refused to. The source of his newly found, and more dangerous, madness would be the Star Shard called the Star Sword. It is unknown how he got a hold of it, but it would never leave him, even if his arms were blasted off. With it, he killed Kristin before engaging Corey in battle in a mech fight. Simeon was defeated, but Albedo still proved to be a sore loser. He captured Corey and his newly acquired Xenogears, thus beginning his own torture on him that involved self-mutilation.
He would be forced into battle when the Toran Army invade the Sky Fortress. Here Albedo would battle Usagi, but his main target appeared to be Mamie, his new obsession. However, he would be forced to let them go once the Toran Army's soldier flooded the fortress by the thousands. Albedo retreats, but returns to save Manah from the exploding fortress.
Urteil Arc
Albedo returns with Manah and Yuber, proving to Uriel, Silver, and Masao the Watchers are not dead. Together they engage in a plan to finally defeat the Toran Army. Albedo gives the Watchers' mechs a new feature to combine. However, at the same time, he could force the new contraption to malfunction. Once the G-Elements was destroyed, Albedo revealed the origin of Masao and Uriel, revealing them to clones of both Corey and Mahna with Albedo DNA. Uriel was already dead from the explosion, but Masao would be stabbed to death by the Star Sword.
Gregminster would shortly fall into the Watchers' hands when Albedo activates a bomb that decimates many soldiers on both sides. Even so, the Toran Army wouldn't allow them to rule long. Albedo would fight Shion and her team again on the battlefield. Together, they managed to defeat him, but he escapes in time before the finishing blow is dealt.
Urteil is imminent and Albedo wanted a final hurrah. He attacks the Battle Ship in order to get one final battle. He would fight both Jr. and Corey at the same time, but he proves to be more powerful than them. KOS-MOS and Shion would later fight him and knock him off of the Battle Ship as the grotesqueries descend.
Still Albedo survived and followed the Toran Army to Dark Hill through Viki's magic. He didn't want the Toran Army to kill the queen-beast, he wanted her to destroy everything so he wouldn't exist. Before he could fight them, he would engage in combat against Yuber. In this long battle, Yuber would force Albedo to stab the queen-beast with the Star Sword, destroying her and his hold on the sword. Albedo would retreat again, this time with Simeon through a time warp.
Movie 5 ~ Castle of Broken Dreams
Albedo appears in Corey's story to further torment him. The two battle, but Albedo gets the upperhand. Later, it's revealed that Albedo was none other than Saseko in disguise.
Season Six ~ Tempus Edax Rerum
Tree of Life Arc
Albedo appears in a flashback Fenrir has, recalling how he first met Albedo, Yuber, and later Mahna. In his tale, Albedo was the one who trapped him for the Watchers. When he caught him, he challenged him: if he could get through the chains while gnawing at his arm, he would allow him to devour the rest of him. Fenrir could only snap off the arm, but still be trapped. Later, Mahna would confront him to release him.
U-TIC Organization Arc
Although Albedo didn't make a physical appearance in the arc, he is mentioned by Jr. He had attacked MOMO's mind and tried to get to Jr. through her. After unlocking the seal on Old Miltia, Albedo vanished through an anomaly in space.
Eternal Chain Arc
Albedo would return, this time a mind slave to Xadron under the name Weiß. As Weiß, his powers were amplified and his madness erased (only because it wasn't really Albedo's mind in control). He would be the first of the three generals to be unhooded, courtesy of Jr.'s guns. Unhooded and revealed, he denies being Albedo and retreats.
Albedo returns, this time in Hyrule Castle to confront the Toran Army and the Hylian Sages. Still he denies being Albedo, but he can still feel the "vessel's" rage toward Corey and Jr. Together with Yuber and Petra, they kill Ganondorf and grant Xadron access to the Triforce. Now with Xadron's malice throughout Hyrule, there was nothing the Eternal Chain can't do.
Though Hyrule is in their grasp, Albedo knew that soon the sages would be freed from the malice. To stop the Toran Army, he traps Corey and Winona in a prison of their own memories. At the same time, a vengeful spirit, the Kusabi, hunts them down. Albedo would greet them as they reach a crystal cave where he says Winona was born in. He tries to explain himself, but instead lets the Kusabi deal with the lovers. Together, Winona and Corey destroy the Kusabi.
With the sages purified, the Toran Army battled to reclaim Hyrule. Albedo would be the first to battle them in Gerudo Valley. There he battled, one at a time, Corey, Mahna, Luc, Jr., and Ulrich. In this battle, it's revealed the demon inside him is a Solomon Child, Zagan. With help from Nineve's Rune Cannons, as well as Jr.'s words, Albedo (the real one) begins to fight back. Albedo begins to cry out to Jr., telling him to pull the demon out. Instead, Jr. is pulled into Albedo's memories.
Through the flashbacks, Albedo's full past is revealed. It is shown that Albedo was once very timid and weak, until U-DO had corrupted him. The signs of natural mental instabillity were also visible in young Albedo as well.
While Jr. views these flashbacks, Zagan (in the form of Albedo) emerges and pulls Jr. out of his subconscious. Before any more damage is done, Ulrich battles Albedo again. This time Albedo traps him the same way he did Fenrir. However, Ulrich manages to break free and knocks Albedo into one of Jr.'s bullets. Somehow, the fighting forces Zagan out of Albedo's body. In a wake of fury, Albedo stabs Zagan through with his Release of Desire and snaps his own arm off to make sure he dies. With Albedo freed, he joins the Toran Army to stop Xadron, much to Corey's dismay.
Albedo would be assigned to the aerial assault team, led by Shion in their E.S. Units. Their first battle would be against Petra at Kokiri Forest.
Eve of the Climax
At the eve of the climax, Albedo apologizes reluctantly to Corey about Kristin. Even so, they were still enemies. When the time comes to fight him again he didn't want anyone to hold back.
Final Battle Against Xadron
Albedo, along with Yuber and Petra, join with Ulrich, Mun, and Hel to battle Zorn and Thorn. Together, they manage to defeat the twin jesters, giving the Star Warriors access to Xadron.
Jiendo Arc
Albedo first appears in this arc at the celebration ball, even though Leknaat interrupted it. Albedo's next appearance would be to try to halt Xadron's advance to try to get Corey. Unfortunately, they failed, and Corey returned to Jiendo at the Temple of Time. Albedo would be seen in Corey's mental breakdown as Time begins to disappear.
Albedo next appearance would be in the onslaught against Xadron, dealing massive damage to him with Petra and Yuber by his side.
In the final scene, Albedo and Petra watch Spyro and Savannah speak to Bakura as the Battle Ship leaves Hyrule.
How to Recruit Albedo
If Freiheit was a video game, this is how you would recruit Albedo:
First, you must recruit Jr. before the war battle at Gerudo Valley. Get Jr.'s unit close to Albedo and deal damage to him. Watch the huge cut-scene, then fight Albedo in a one-on-one duel. After defeating him and Zagan, Albedo will join the group.
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