Labrador
ラブラドール
A sweet bishop with a passion for flowers and gardening. Works with Castor, Frau and Lance.
He is one of the Seven Ghosts, Profe, and his power is that of a prophet. His predictions always come true. He has both healing and manipulating type Zaiphon. He uses his manipulating to control plants during combat and his healing to take care of injuries sustained whilst in battle. He is one of the two characters who possess two kinds of Zaiphon, the other being Capella.
Labrador is very gentle and kind, and always speaks softly to everyone. He is very patient and almost impossible to anger.
Possibly due to his precognitive visions, Labrador often appears dreary or not fully aware of the events happening around him, behaving in a sleepy or dazed manner. However, he still is a capable fighter and can be dangerous when he fights seriously.
He is quite a pacifist, objecting to killing even his biggest enemy, even indirectly saving his enemies’ lives on one occasion. However, he will not hesitate to kill or gravely injure his opponents under certain circumstances. He also appears to be quite courageous, as he does not get intimidated by even his strongest enemies; seen when he openly challenged Ayanami twice and sardonically told Hyuuga to cut off “whichever [of my limbs] you like”.
He is the oldest of the bishops and gets along well with all of them. Although the other bishops argue with each other a lot, they almost never raise their voices to Labrador and respect him, even giving him the affectionate nickname “Lab (Rabu)”. His relationship with Castor is especially strong, as they spend a lot of time together and have both risked their lives to save one another. He is also the only person who acts friendly towards Lance, who calls him “Master Lab (Rabu-shishou)”.
His real name is Ilyusha Krat. He was born to the 4th District’s God House, a family said to possess accurate abilities for prophecy and a knack for cultivating medicinal plants. Ilyusha had two friends, Lem and Lirin. When Lirin contracted a fatal disease, Lem’s desperation made him cry to Ilyusha for the Flower of Eden, a fabled seed that could only blossom by the Krats and that could remove one’s suffering.
But the Flower of Eden was a cursed plant that entangled and sealed Ilyusha’s body, leaving him as a practically dead shell of his former self. The Imperial Army appeared on the scene to exterminate the Flower of Eden because it was a threat, and when they interrogated Lem if he knew anything, Lem denied any relation to Ilyusha. Ilyusha’s uncle became crazed and sold incenses cultivated from the seeds of Ilyusha’s blossomed flowers of Eden and the flesh of humans hunted by Lem’s Wars.
After his death, Ilyusha reincarnated as the Ghost, Profe, and began working in the Barsburg Church as Bishop Labrador.
