| “ | “It’s nice to meet you, everyone of the [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] team. I am the supervisor of the [Joker of Heaven] team — Rudiger Rosenkreutz. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. | ” |
–Rudiger introducing himself to Team Red Dragon Emperor of the Blazing Truth, Volume 23, Life.1 A [King] From Now On | ||
Rudiger Rosenkreutz is a reincarnated Devil, former Human Magician and a former member and the founder of the Magician Association, "Rosenkreutzer". He is ranked 7th in the Rating Games.
Appearance[]
Rudiger is a man appearing in his twenties with silver hair and has deep green eyes which give off an endless sort of feeling, who appears to be from Northern Europe.
Personality[]
Rudiger's mannerisms are like an art form to which his body exudes a sense of dignity, giving him strong stateliness. He is highly intelligent, able to discern things almost immediately and give professional advice.
Rudiger is a very kind-hearted man as his shared wish with Dulio Gesualdo for the winning the Rating Game World Tournament, is to stop children from being born with Sacred Gears that will affect them negatively like what happened to his son and many other children dying from possessing a Sacred Gear. Rudiger sees Dulio as the best Angel in his eyes, for what he did for his son and holds a great deal of respect for him.
History[]
Rudiger became the Bishop for the Head of the Extra Demon House, Mammon. He was a sorcerer who didn't have any amazing feats until he was reincarnated into a Devil. He was simply a high-level sorcerer when he was a human. He made several achievements and eventually became a high-class Devil. Eventually, he got to the Top 10 of the Rating Games very quickly and this spawned heroic tales of his defeats of stronger teams.
Rudiger had difficulty in making a child, though he finally had a son. His son was born with a Sacred Gear which was killing him. His son's hero was Dulio. He wanted to see Dulio. Rudiger had no connection with Heaven so he mostly gave up on it. He still sent a letter to the Underworld headquarter despite thinking that Dulio won't come. But after a few days, Dulio came to meet his son. His son was happy. Dulio came and visited his son frequently. Even after his son died he visited his grave. After seeing Dulio cry for his son, Rudiger was so moved that he himself couldn't stop crying.[1]
Powers & Abilities[]
Demonic Power: Rudiger has all the powers and abilities common to Devils, including the power to cast spells.
Immense Magic Power: As a Bishop and a high level sorcerer who was promoted into an Ultimate-Class Devil, Rudiger possesses extremely high magical abilities, which can be used to augment his demonic and magic power.
Master Magician: As the founder of Rosenkreutzer, Rudiger is a highly skilled master Magician, being a high level sorcerer during his life as a human. After he was reincarnated into a Devil as a Bishop, Rudiger's magic abilities were greatly enhanced which allowed him to make great achievements and be promoted to an Ultimate-Class Devil.
Immense Strength: As the 7th ranker of the Rating Games and a Reincarnated Devil who has ascended to Ultimate-Class, Rudiger presumably has a great deal of power.
Genius Intellect: Rudiger is a genius, particularly his amazing emotional intelligence, as he explained to Rias Gremory of Pure Blooded Devil Nobles's misconception based on rationalism and aristocracy, and seeing their peerages as simple chess pieces on a checkerboard. Rudiger correctly pointed out the logic that peerage Devils are alive with their own emotions and ideology which is also the basis for his own Rating Game tactics.
- Master Strategist: Rudiger is renowned for his incredible strategies with a focus on psychological warfare, earning him the title of "Upsetting Sorcerer". His genius has allowed him to defeat the former Dragon King Tannin and his peerage several times in Rating Game matches despite the great difference in power. At one point, he was almost able to defeat the Emperor Diehauser Belial himself. In Volume 23, during Dulio's Rating Game against Issei, Rudiger developed a strategy that exploited Issei's perverted weakness towards beautiful women, using Dulio's bubble to show Issei a video projection of Gabriel changing into several erotic outfits. Through this plan, Issei was successfully incapacitated for several minutes.
Flight: Being a Devil, Rudiger can fly using his Devil wings.
Equipment[]
Bishop Piece (僧侶の駒, Sōryo no koma): Rudiger was reincarnated using the Bishop Piece, which him grants enhanced magic power. Due to his prior knowledge and skill in magic, his magical power was greatly enhanced upon being reincarnated as a Devil.
Trivia[]
- Rudiger is one of two Reincarnated Devils to achieve the rank of Ultimate-class Devil, along with Tannin.
- Rudiger was stated to be the only one of the formerly Human reincarnated Devils to reach the rank of Ultimate-class Devil.
- Rudiger is a German given name. The meaning comes from Old High German: hruod (fame) and ger (spear).
- Rosenkreutz means "Rose Cross".
- Rosenkreutzer means "Rosy Cross".
- Rosenkreutz, first name Christian, is the legendary, possibly allegorical, founder of the Rosicrucian Order (Order of the Rose Cross) who is a semi-mythical figure.
- His first name along with him being the last supposed descendant of the German family Germelshausen would suggest Rudiger is German.