Selex Finch

"'I don't fear you, nor do I fear your master. If I die here, I still die a better man than he.'""- Selex to Death, 1999"Selex Finch was a human that was the vessel of Regnell for most of his life. His childhood, as explained by Regnell, was horrid, as Regnell apparently had him kill most of his family, and other innocent people in inexplicable ways. Due to this, he still has amnesia, blurring the memories of his childhood. Regnell stated that if he would bring his memories back to the front of his mind, his mind would collapse. At one point, he was turned vampire by Satan to better withstand Regnell's power. In the year 1999, Dracula began a plot to take over the world. Not wanting this to happen, Selex went to Dracula's castle personally and fought his way through all of Dracula's monsters, only to die in a final battle against Death. During his life, Selex could be described as unstable.

While he usually just sought his best interest, he did seem to have some concept of righteousness at times, as when he challenged Dracula's castle. However, because he was possessed by the demon Regnell for most of his life, he seemed to have given up on having any ultimate goals. His initial goal was to recover his memories, but once learning the truth of his childhood, he started to just submit to Regnell's possession. At some point he became friends with someone named "Sean" which turned out to be Shaft disguised. Before his death he impregnated a Satanist woman named Serus Cloud, according to Luctus however, there was a good chance Selex was raped.

Flow mentions Selex as "The Founder" in the alternate timeline.

Biography
Selex was born on November 1st, 1983. He was born to Xeras Finch and Alexis Finch. He was raised by his mother alone, who told him that his father was off at war, when in reality his father had become an assassin and abandoned his family. As a child, his mother used to tease him about his difficulty to make friends and his determination that he would one day save the world. He also often visited with his other family, which included aunts, uncles, and cousins. This peace would not last long.

On the day of Selex's 7th birthday, he came home to find his mother dead, and a common thief clutching a gun over her corpse. Upon the site, Selex screamed and startled the thief who turned and shot the boy. The bullet hit Selex's right eye, but Selex did not fall dead as the thief expected. Instead, he charged the man screaming. While the man was in shock unable to do anything, Selex gripped his neck and shoved threw the man through a wall into the kitchen, where he pulled a knife to his hand from the table using telekinesis, and stabbed the man in the chest multiple times. This, however, was a small kitchen knife, and did not cause immediate death to the man, who was now bleeding profusely. Before Selex even knew what he was doing, the man was covered in shadows, which were consuming him. The last thing he saw was Selex's pitch red eye, filled with utter hatred. At that moment, a voice came into Selex's head. It claimed to be the force that gave Selex these abilities, and introduced itself as Regnell. The spirit asked Selex if he could take control of his body in exchange for anything he desired, to which the naive boy responded yes. Before Selex knew it, he was no longer in control of his body. He saw through his eye, but did not move his limbs.

The first thing Regnell did was search Selex's mind for attachments like family that he might try to run to. He found that he had cousins and other connections of which had the potential to make Selex betray Regnell. Regnell then hunted them each down, killing them in their homes in horrible ways, as Selex watched and did everything in his power to try and stop it, to no avail. On the way to the last target, Regnell fell out of the sky (in which he had been jumping across trees as a way of travel) and felt a great pain in his head. Selex's mind was damaged, to a point where the nerve cells were broken and not connected to his body. Regnell decided to heal Selex and give him amnesia, so that he could continue using him as a vessel. In order for Regnell to gain power, he needed to train Selex's body for combat. He decided the best way to do this would be to make Selex an assassin, which Selex eventually agreed to. During this point of Selex's life, he was in control again, but his personality had completely changed. His emotions had faded, and he lived only to try and find a way to kill Regnell, which proved unfruitful. Eventually he gave in to Regnell and his influence, and simply followed his orders.

During an assassination mission in Darkened Dawn, Selex realized that the town was full of monsters and other beings that held his interest. So, he and Regnell decided to stay, and watch as the town developed. Three years later, Selex was still in town, watching as it developed and stealing money for his everyday needs. Eventually he was attacked by the angel Cosmar, who claimed that his superior had ordered to kill him, which was a lie. In reality, Cosmar was harboring the brother spirit to Regnell, Judex, who felt that it was crucial that Selex was killed so that Regnell would not have a vessel. Cosmar surprised Selex, and launched him into a tree while he was jumping between roof tops, and then easily overpowered him. Before he killed him, however, a man stepped in and cast Cosmar away with an Enochian sigil. He said his name was Sean. Selex and Sean began developing a friendship. His actual interest in Sean, however, was because he recognized his appearance, but could not remember who he was. Selex followed Sean for some time helping him in his quest to find the origins of a demonic mask sealed to his face. Selex and Sean ran in with Alucard several times, who wished to kill Sean for unknown reasons. Eventually, it was revealed that Sean was the dark priest Shaft, who actually wanted to resurrect Count Dracula. Sometime during all this, Cosmar attacked Selex a second time. However, on this occasion, Selex was expecting it. Selex caught Cosmar by surprise and brought him outside the Bone Temple, the place where Selex had awoken after suffering from his amnesia. This time, Selex successfully managed to overpower Cosmar using Regnell's strength, and the battle ended when Selex stabbed Cosmar through the chest with the Oath Breaker.

Selex continued to watch the people of the town for a while, sometimes stepping into their affairs, and on a couple occasions even saved some innocents from some enemies. One night, as Selex fought with Shaft, Selex was contacted by the spirit of Atem, who claimed that if he revived him, he would reward Selex greatly. Selex, having nothing better to do, began his quest to do such, and faked his own death at Shaft's hands. He realized that in order to revive such a being, he would need to gather a great amount of sacrifices, which would take him a large sum of time on his own. At that point he sought, the revived Dracula for assistance who lent him a golem called Sir Grakul, who seemed to be able to travel anywhere in the Universe. With the assistance of the golem, Selex was able to gather all the sacrifices he needed. Upon Atem's revival, he bestowed Selex with a new right eye, that could see through any deception or illusion, and could react faster than the human mind. Selex returned to Dracula, who now required a favor of Selex. Once arriving at Dracula's Castle, Dracula requested that Selex find a way to nullify the power of the Vampire Killer, the only thing capable of destroying him (besides beings of greater raw power, obviously), demonstrating that at Death's level of power, he could not. Selex did by summoning Anubis, who agreed to on the condition that Dracula helped Anubis avoid Heaven's prosecution. Anubis removed the soul of Sara Trontoul from the Vampire Killer, making it useless. Then, Selex returned to Darkened Dawn.

Some time passed, and Regnell's power started to get out of hand. To fix this, Selex called upon Satan, who turned Selex into a vampire, giving him the ability to withstand more of Regnell's power. Upon gaining this new body, Selex's mind was now capable of gaining his old memories back. When Selex remembered the truth of who Regnell really was and what he had him done, he vowed to use his now powers to resist Regnell's influence, and fight for the humans. At some point after this, Selex impregnated a girl called Seras Cloud. Luctus Finch, Selex's son, years later claimed that Selex was raped. How a Devil worshiper managed to rape the keeper of Regnell is unknown. In March of 1999, Dracula acted on another plot to conquer the world, which Selex saw as an opportunity to save humanity, and also an opportunity to die a hero, to inact on his original dreams as a child. As Julius Belmont was dead, he could not find another Belmont descendant, the Vampire Killer was useless, and Alucard was nowhere to be found, he challenged the castle alone, with just his power and wits.

Selex arrived at Dracula's castle and was greeted with monsters, as per usual, which he defeated. Selex defeated one by one all the monsters in each of the castle's rooms on his way to Dracula. In the Clock Tower at one of the highest points of the castle, Selex encountered Death, the last obstacle standing in his way to the lord of the castle. Death was no pushover however. He made Selex fight harder than he ever had before. The battle lasted a long time, where each of the contenders seemed to counter each and every of the others moves with an even stronger technique. Finally, as each warrior was at their rope's end, Death charged one final assault at Selex, who failed to block or dodge, which resulted in Death's scythe slashing open Selex's stomach. Selex, in his last moments, saw his mother, and the life he wished he had. He saw the school he went to as a child, and all his aunt uncles and cousins. And in his last dying breath of air, he pinned Regnell's spirit to the ground, giving Death enough time to capture it. As his body lied on the ground, tears fell from his eyes, which finally closed. Selex died in Castlevania, Romania, on March 23, 1999. Death buried his body in the underground cemetery below the castle. On August 11th of the same year, the castle and the ground under it was sealed inside a Solar Eclipse, trapping Selex's body within it.

In October of 2016, Selex's corpse was possessed by Judex, who for the first time in seventeen years had access to a worthy vessel due to the Devil causing a Solar Eclipse which led to the manifestation of Castlevania, but Selex was not revived.

Personality
Selex was unstable. He probably suffered from multiple mental illnesses because Regnell ruining his late childhood and adolescence. As a child, before he was possessed by Regnell, and before his mother died, Selex was cheerful, and saw himself saving the world from an evil force when he grew up, but had trouble making friends. When his mother died and he was possessed by Regnell, Regnell had him kill other family members and innocent people in horrible ways, doing significant damage to Selex's conscious, to the point where he gained amnesia. After gaining amnesia, he was left a child with no memories, and a demon in his head. Under Regnell's influence he also became an assassin, where his sense of the worth of life became completely null. Early on, he was rebellious towards Regnell, and tried his best to be in control of his body as often as possible, but eventually gave in.

Once Selex started to give in to Regnell, he started to be possessed more often by Regnell. Eventually Selex's emotions almost completely faded, and he only did what was in his self interest, which was usually to just follow Regnell's orders. There were a couple occasions however where he did make a conscious choice to do something in favor of another person. On one occasion, he saved a human girl from pursuers, and on a later occasion, killed members of the mafia whom were targeting a young girl. These were Selex's first signs of rebelling against Regnell's wishes in years.

When Selex became a vampire, his mind became stronger, and he regained his memories without it collapsing. Once he had done this, he started rebelling against Regnell, which he could now do much more effectively as he himself was stronger than before. Eventually Dracula started a plot to take over the world. Having a newborn sense of justice and wish for peace, Selex challenged Dracula's castle by himself, despite the wishes of Regnell. Or at least this is how it would appear to be. Selex actually welcomed death, which is why he challenged Dracula's castle by himself without a weapon capable of killing Dracula. Though, he convinced himself otherwise, so that Regnell would not find out his plan and stop him.

Powers and Abilities
For most of Selex's life, he was a human who was possessed by a demon, however because of their relationship, Selex was given access to many of Regnell's abilities. He was later turned into a vampire by Lucifer, which further enhanced his abilities.

The Eye of Ra - Selex was bestowed a Eye of Ra when he revived Atem. This Eye allowed Selex to see through any illusion, and react faster than his mind could normally comprehend.

Human Powers:
Extended Life - As he was being possessed by Regnell, had he not died or been changed into a vampire, his life would have been extended past normal human boundaries. Extremely Powerful - Even as a human, if Selex was allowed use of Regnell's full power, it was greater than that of the lower Archangels. When possessed by Regnell, he was capable of killing Cosmar Finch without much struggle, and even overpowered Anubis. Perfect Aim - Selex's aim was perfect, with a gun a bow, or even magic, he very rarely missed. This is probably because of his years as an assassin combined with Regnell's influence.
 * Weak Regeneration - Because he was possessed by Regnell, his body regenerated when it was damaged, this ability however only worked for minor injuries.
 * Superhuman Strength - In battle, Selex was capable of destroying entire building without much effort, he easily tore through bodies and through walls multiple times, and even shattered Cosmar's arm by just kicking him.
 * Super Stamina - While Selex did still require food and oxygen, he had a vast reservoir of power to draw from, which meant that he needed much less of normal human needs, and could do battle for hours. Selex had also spent years training his body as an assassin under Regnell's influence, and learned to use minimal energy when preforming advanced tasks, he was capable of doing battle with multiple opponents at once while still remaining calm, and using barely any energy.
 * Super Human Senses - While training as an assassin, Selex began using Regnell's magic to heighten his senses, he could feel a ripple in the air and tell where an opponent was, and gather enormous amounts of information using only one of his senses.
 * Advanced Telekinesis - Selex was capable of holding entire buildings with just his mind (Up to 450 Metric Tons), and even tore a hole across the entirety of Darkened Dawn once. His telekinesis was likely just as powerful as his strength.
 * Supernatural Perception - Regnell's influence allows Selex to perceive things that would fall naked to the human eye.
 * Basic Spell Casting - Selex knew a couple basic spells.
 * Fire Manipulation - Selex could create and control basic fire.
 * Shadow Magic - Selex was capable of turning portions of his body into shadows, and could control shadows and their makeup. Meaning Selex could turn a shadow into a solid and use it as a weapon, or have it consume someone entirely.
 * Superhuman Speed - Selex was capable of running faster than humanly possible, he could run across the entirety of Darkened Dawn in seconds.
 * Nigh-Death Control - Selex was capable of killing plants and animals by simply being in their presence, this ability however did not work on humans and other beings.
 * Magic Absorption - He could absorb some basic magics, mostly of the dark arts.
 * Sense Negation - Selex could negate the senses of those weaker than he, this means he could kill people without them hearing him, or even feeling his attack.

Vampire Powers:
Immortality  - Once becoming a vampire, the only thing he would have needed was blood and sleep. Immunity - As a vampire Selex was granted immunity to all human diseases, most human weapons, and more magic than before.
 * Regeneration - His normal regeneration was vampire assisted, meaning he could heal most injuries.

Enhanced Spiritual Connection - His body could now withstand Regnell's powers more, and now allowed him a greater connection to Regnell's abilities.

Greater Superhuman Strength - After becoming a vampire, his strength was increased even greater.

Blood Control - Since becoming a vampire Selex gained the ability to control blood.

Weaknesses
Mortality (formerly) - As a human, while his body was capable of much more than most humans, he would have still died eventually if he didn't perform basic human needs.

Michael - Michael could kill Selex if he wanted.

High Deities - Most High Deities could kill Selex effortlessly.

The Death Scythe - Could cut and kill Selex.

High-Tier Demons - Lucifer, Apep, or Dracula could have killed Selex.

Katchin - Katchin being the strongest Material in the universe could kill Selex.

Michael's Weapons - Being some of the strongest weapons in existence, Michael's weapons could kill Selex.

Uriel's Broadsword - As a weapon made from Katchin, it can kill Selex.

Nidaliadoain - In the alternate timeline this Madgod overpowered God himself, so the Madgod could easily kill Selex.

Spear of Destiny - Being blessed by the blood of God, the spear could easily kill Selex.

Family and Relationships
Regnell - Selex had spent most of his life under Regnell's influence, and his feelings towards him changed from time to time. He invited his power in as a child, only to decide he hated him later. Then he finally submitted to him and worked with him nicely, but then finally decided again to dismiss his will. Regnell often hurt Selex's body, and made fun of Selex. And as a human, he sometimes limited Selex's use of his power if he saw fit. Selex attempted to kill him and exorcise him multiple times, each time in failure.

Alexis Finch  - Selex was raised by his mother alone. He loved her very much and often sought her for comfort and protection as a child does. He never harbored any negative feelings towards her, and was shattered when she died.

Serus Cloud - While Selex did impregnate her with Luctus Finch, there was no proof he ever harbored feelings towards her, and mentioned multiple times before his death that he was not interested in pursuing relationships. Luctus claimed Selex was raped. How a human woman overcame Selex's powers is unknown. It's possible that it was done while Regnell was in possession of Selex's body.

Satan - Selex has worked with Satan on a couple of occasions. On the last occasion, Satan turned Selex into a vampire, so that he could withstand Regnell's power more, and control it better. Selex had odd feelings towards Satan, sometimes calling him more personal names like "Lucifer" and acting with familiarity around him. On other occasions he would act distant and careful and just refer to him as Satan.

Dracula - Before going to Dracula's castle, Selex had actually worked with Dracula on a separate occasion, where Dracula lent Selex a warrior who defeated many beings from across the Universe in order to assist Selex in reviving the Egyptian gods. In exchange, Selex helped Dracula break the bond of the Vampire Killer, by calling upon Anubis. Selex did not have any personal feelings toward Dracula negative or positive. When he challenged his castle, he did it for the good of mankind and his own inner wishes, not because of a hatred towards Dracula.

Cosmar Finch - Cosmar attacked Selex on two different occasions, the second ending with his defeat. During the first attack the two shared their thoughts on their individual spirits, Regnell and Judex. Cosmar claimed that Judex was more powerful and kind then Regnell. Selex disputed the power. On Cosmar's second attack, Selex had grown stronger and was prepared. This fight he won. Selex never felt horribly negative towards Cosmar but rather saw him as an annoyance.

Trivia

 * Even though he needed sleep when he was human, he has only been seen sleeping once.
 * Usually when he buys liquor, he just smashes or destroys it for his own amusement rather than actually drinking it.
 * Like Cosmar, he calls Lucifer by both "Satan" and "Lucifer" and doesn't seem to prefer one over the other.
 * Selex was the first vampire since Eve to be directly turned into a vampire by Lucifer himself, when he drank Lucifer's blood.
 * James Goldspink has stated that he regretted Selex's name, and tried to kill him earlier because of this. In the past lore, Selex was repeatedly revived by James and Daeron's old roleplay partner every time James killed him, to James's aggravation.
 * Regnell did not kill the last member of Selex's family that he had memories of. Who this is, is unknown.