Japhet

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“	Valerie? That is ...the name of the cat. You are mistaking me for someone else. I am Japhet, the firebird, guardian of zone 2! I am not your brother, I do not even belong to the race of carnivores! Look upon my true face, you poor, foul-smelling cat! Will you not understand? I am not Valerie, but Japhet! I have taken control of your pathetic brother. Unable to even chew through a bird to the end. I was waiting, Batter. I will not surrender without a fight.	„
	~ Japhet to The Judge & The Batter

Background

Japhet is the Guardian of Zone 2. Like other Guardians, he is responsible for administering the affairs of his Zone in accordance with the wishes of the Queen.

Japhet is responsible for the death of the Judge's brother, Valerie. Japhet was eaten by Valerie while he was still a little bird, as shown in the Room, but Valerie was too nice and didn't chew him up. Japhet was too powerful to be eaten like that and instead took control of Valerie's body and used it as a host. As Valerie, no one recognizes him as a Guardian anymore and they only see him as a cat.

In contrast to other enemies encountered, Japhet appears to have a fundamental sense that he has failed, understanding that he has been unable to rule over his Zone as he should have, and that things have fallen apart. At least some of the Spectres that exist in the game were intentionally created by him. It is unclear to what extent he knows about the Batter's purification mission, with success for the Batter meaning the end of the entire world of OFF including every last Zone, or of the existence of the Player. However, despite fighting in vain for his life against the Batter, he is described as having wept profusely and recognized himself as being "evil" as well as anticipating his own death ahead of time.

Japhet is often mentioned in the various books found in the library as the glorious leader of the Elsen, the subordinate beings at first enjoying the pleasures of his benevolent rule but then started to fear everything. This angered Japhet, seeing the areas under his control deteriorating into despair and madness, and he decided to take revenge by summoning the various Spectres encountered in Zone 2. It is unclear whether he actually controls those beings or merely believes himself to do so, and various interpretations also remain as to why other calamitous things such as transformations into Burnt Elsen happen. Japhet may have intentionally caused this corruption, unintentionally caused it, or encountered it naturally as happening due to inherent flaws in the design of the Zone.

In the upper levels of the library, the Batter is faced with a puzzle that gives the opportunity to read several pages in which Japhet's story and relationship with the Elsen is explained. The puzzle must be completed before progress can be made. While the reliability of this account is questionable, it is generally considered genuine due to the frankness and straightforwardness of the writing.

In the Room, the Batter encounters an entity known simply as "The Bird". This being appears to be a version of Japhet before the events through which he became a Guardian. Akin to the intentionally cheerful version of Japhet described in the writings within the library, this alternate songbird has a caring, resourceful personality. He repeatedly warns the Batter to be careful not to fall off of the cliff he is perched upon. The Batter asks him to help the creature known as "The Big Mister" out of the hole he is trapped in, which the Bird is able to accomplish by attaching a whole flock of other birds to the Big Mister by ropes and instructing said flock to lift the big creature up. The Bird does this in return for a book, which contains a diagram of an orchid.

The orchid book can also be found in Japhet's library earlier on in Zone 2. As well, an orchid is seen painted on a wall near the top of the library while ascending to battle Japhet. These symbols appear inherently associated with the character just like how baseball imagery is associated with the Batter.

Statistics

Tier: 6-C

Name: Japhet, Valérie

Origin: OFF

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Zone 2 Guardian, Zone Guardian

Attack Potency: Island level (Is the creator of Zone 2, which are described as islets, it’s specifically noted the zone guardians draws infinite power from the sun)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: Speed of Light (Stated to be able to travel in the nothingness at the speed of light)

Combat Speed: Extra-Temporal

Reaction Speed: Extra-Temporal (Can naturally move in the nothingness, a void outside of space and time)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Island Class

Durability: Island level

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee Range, likely higher with Competences, Kilometers with abilities (Created Zone 2, which like other zones should be the size of an islet)

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Enhanced Senses (Can still attack enemies while under the blinded status effect), Non-Physical Interaction, Soul Manipulation, Immortality Negation (Type 7. Should be comparable to other Zone Guardians and Batter who can harm and kill specters, undead ghost, and can harm nonexistent enemies within purified zones), Conceptual Manipulation, Linguistic Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Text Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, Reality Warping, Matter Manipulation, Creation, Energy Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation & Pocket Reality Manipulation (All Zone Guardians created their zones, which are pocket realities sculpted from the energy given by The Queen it also contains its own space and time as it's separate from the other zones from the nothingness, a place outside of space-time. Likely created the elements. Zone guardians would have also created and have their energy tied to the concepts of their world which upon Batter killing them, it erases areas to the extent that they no longer have names and are replaced with “???” along with books and signs being unreadable, and color along with everything being gone. Can imbue his attacks with abstract ideas. Should be comparable to Batter who can harm and kill abstract specters and speech bubbles), Summoning (Has the power to summon Spectres), Transformation (Can shift between his normal bird form and his phoenixx form), Fire Manipulation (Japhet is a fire bird), Possession & Death Manipulation (Possessed The Judge’s brother Valérie, which upon doing this killed his brother), Spatial Manipulation (Has items in his library such as books that stay upside down no matter which way The Batter holds them), Sound Manipulation (Since Japhet is a songbird, his Competences are all sound-themed), Status Effect Inducement, Power Nullification (With “Alto”, inflicts the mute status effect), Poison Manipulation (With “Tenor”, inflicts the poison status effect), Teleportation & Dimensional Travel (Can teleport directly into the nothingness and back to their zones), Resistance to Madness Manipulation (Does not go insane due to lack of sugar, which is directly stated to make people go mad without it), Soul Manipulation (Can take attacks from Batter and his Add-Ons), Spatial Manipulation (Can take attacks under the plastic element), Nothingness Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation, Linguistic Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Text Manipulation, & Purification (Can travel in the nothingness, a non-existent realm outside of space-time. His existence is what stops Batter’s purification of a zone, which upon purifying zones he erases to them to an extent that the names for areas get re-named “???”, along with books, and posters becoming unreadable. It is even noted that the color and everything is gone), Metal Manipulation (Can take attacks from the metal attribute. Should be able to like The Judge walk around in a purified zone where metal no longer exists, which it was stated without metal there would be no way to walk without sinking into the ground), Organic Manipulation (Can take attacks from the meat attribute)

Standard Equipment: None notable

Intelligence: Genius (Naturally the ruler of his zone, applying all of the systems, sets of logic, etcetera. His zone in specific holds a library with various books holding an amass of knowledge)

Standard Tactics: Japhet will use different competences or attacks as he sees fit. He will also transform in the middle of battle to show his true form and attack at full power.

Weaknesses: While possessing another body he does not have access to all of his strength.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Alto: A special attack that can also inflicts the Mute status effect, completely nullifying the enemies use of competence. It deals low impact and all forms of Japhet can use it.
• Soprano: A special attack of mediocre impact, only the 2nd and Final forms use it.
• Tenor: A special attack that can also inflict Poison, continuously dealing them damage that ignores their armor and durability. It deals low impact, only the Final Form uses it.
• Head-Voice: Attack of great impact, only the Final form uses it.
• Summoning: Can summon forth specters, and can seemingly control them to a degree as well.
• Flames: As the millennial firebird, Japhet is described frequently as possessing control over fire and flames.

Note: A lot of OFF’s explanations and concepts are very limited and require many different interpretations, thus making it difficult to completely ascertain what certain elements mean, thus using what one can piece together in game along with Mortis’ statements, we have supplied the following profile.

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