Merak

Merak is an original character in Infinite Horizon Book 2: Twilight, created by the fanfic's writer, Exdeathmore. He is currently an antagonist, though this is subject to change as the story develops.

Name
Merak is named for the Maserati Merak sports car, in the same fashion and spirit as several other characters from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series. Merak is also the name of one of the seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (The Big Dipper).

Appearance
Merak has grey eyes and short black hair that drapes over his right eye. He wears a black robe with his 6 Grave devices attached as shoulderpads.

Personality
Merak is calm and collected, much like his fellow Wolkenritter, focused on serving his mistress as much as they are. He speaks in a sophisticated and overly polite manner, though he sometimes makes sarcastic and snide remarks to friend and foe alike.

The Fifth Knight
Merak appears to be one of the Wolkenritter, guardian knights summoned by the Lost Logia known as the Book of Darkness, to serve the Book's current mistress, Hayate Yagami.

In the Infinite Horizon storyline, he accompanies Vita during her first encounter with Nanoha Takamachi. Nanoha is barely able to hold her own against both of their attacks. After Nanoha attacks Vita and knocks off her hat, Merak stands aside when Vita flies into a rage, brutally striking back. Before she can deal a deathblow, Merak intervenes, volunteering to finish Nanoha while Vita retrieves her hat.

Merak approaches Nanoha, ready to kill her in the same manner as Vita attempted in the first episode of the original Nanoha A's anime, but is stopped by the timely arrival of Fate Testarossa and Yuuno Scrya. Another fight ensues, which is interrupted by a dimensional rift summoning multiple Neuroi from another sector. Taking advantage of the confusion, Merak and Vita reunite with the other Wolkenritter, and succeed in stealing Nanoha's Linker Core to feed to the Book of Darkness before making a hasty retreat.

While the Wolkenritter discussed looking for new ways to gather energy for the Book of Darkness, Merak suggested that they search other sectors for various sources aside from the usual Linker Cores.

Powers
Merak uses his Graves to project the majority of his spells, ranging from basic attacks to powerful shields and realistic illusions, based on the formation of the devices. He is also capable of using the Graves as melee weapons, projecting blades of energy from them.

Graves
Merak's Graves are a set of 6 magical devices made of an unidentifiable black component. They appear as coffin-shaped objects, hence their name, about a foot long each. Merak is able to control these devices with his mind, allowing him to attack his enemies from afar with impunity. Though resilient and difficult to hit, the Graves can be destroyed, as shown when Arf shattered one with her fists during their first encounter.

Trivia

 * Merak's Graves are a tribute to the remote weapons used by many advanced units in the Gundam series (bits, Funnels, DRAGOON systen, GN Fangs, etc.)