Klein

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Klein (克莱恩)
Alias(es)	The Fool; The World; Sherlock Moriarty; John Constantine; Qonas Kilgor; Klein Moretti
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Tarot Club; Nighthawks; Dream Cult; Church of Night
Occupation/Role	Founder and leader of the Tarot Club; Nighthawk deacon; Dream Bishop and Dream Ambassador; Angel of Miracles
Status	Becomes the Lord of the Mysteries 590
First Appearance	231

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Seer	236	Sefirah Castle fully binds to him after his promotion. He gains Beyonder perception and Spirit Vision, but begins hearing murmurs associated with loss of control.
Pray-er	239	Gains danger intuition, which warns him of threats and strengthens his spiritual perception.
Clown / Illusionist	244	Advances rapidly under Truman's guidance and is subsequently drawn into the Illusion Realm.
Mirror Knight / Magician	261	Advances on the Dream and Seer pathways. Mirror Knight grants Mirror Defense, Mirror Invisibility, and Mirror Image, which copies an opponent's active ability.
Marionettist / Faceless	290	Reaches Sequence 6 on both pathways. Can enter paintings, convert objects into painted forms, copy appearances, and reproduce abilities through paper dolls.
Fairy Tale Mage / Marionettist	343 344	Fairy Tale Mage empowers his earlier Dream-path abilities and lets his story-recognized paper figures act like living replicas; his Marionettist advancement grants Spirit Body Thread manipulation.
Causality Envoy	385	Perceives and manipulates Causality Lines, enabling fate interference, indirect harm, tracking, and travel through causal connections.
Bizarro Sorcerer	406	Becomes a Sequence 4 Seer-path demigod; uses deep causality, Spirit Body Threads, marionettes, and Mental Plague against other demigods.
Scholar of Yore / Apostle of Reality	441	Completes dual Sequence 3 advancement. Can manifest objects, transform matter into dissolving bubbles, and use Reality-Fiction Conversion to create temporary powerful bodies.
Child of Fantasy	476	Reaches Dream-path Sequence 2 and gains Fantasy, allowing illusions to manifest as reality.
Agent of Dream	552	Awakens from dual-path advancement with the authorities of Illusionary Dream, Causality, Myriad Manifestations, and Reality. His power comes with a seed in his Astral Projection that can trigger an Outer Deity's revival if external characteristics enter his body.
Lord of the Mysteries	590	Retains a lingering influence from his predecessor's will and writes a diary within Sefirah Castle to anchor his identity.

Background / History

Klein begins as a Nighthawk in Tingen and initially presents himself as an ordinary believer of the Goddess of Night. He receives a Dream card from a Dream Cult member, then becomes involved with Bishop Truman and the Dream pathway despite having already advanced as a Seer 231 236.

After entering Sefirah Castle, Klein gathers Audrey Hall, Alger Wilson, Fors Wall, and Derrick Berg above the Grey Fog. He establishes the Tarot Club under the identity of The Fool, preserving an imposing and mysterious demeanor while using the meetings to acquire formulas, occult knowledge, and Roselle's diary entries 232 235.

He later creates The World, a tangible identity manifested through enhanced spirituality and the Grey Fog, allowing him to participate in Tarot Club dealings without compromising The Fool's authority 258. He also works as the detective Sherlock Moriarty, assists Maric and Sharron, and repeatedly uses alternate identities to investigate supernatural threats 259.

Klein's growing position within the Dream Cult leads to his appointment as Bishop John Constantine. He forces the royal family and major churches to acknowledge his seat on the Nobility Council, using the office to influence Backlund's political direction 369 370. He later assumes Qonas Kilgor's identity through stolen fate and serves as MI9's deputy director while gathering intelligence against the Augustus Family 421 428.

Following his advancement to angelic status, Klein serves alongside the Church of Night during its war with the Church of the God of War. He is formally addressed as the Angel of Miracles and helps defend the Holy Cathedral 488 495. His later advancements entangle him increasingly with Sefirah Castle, the Lord of the Mysteries, the Supreme Dream, and Truman's control over his fate 487 550 552.

Personality

Klein is cautious, observant, and highly adaptive. He habitually prepares contingencies before dangerous encounters, favors indirect methods, and uses disguises, paper figures, divination, and historical projections to avoid exposing his true body 330 380 446.

Despite his growing authority, he remains prone to private embarrassment and self-aware humor. Arrodes' intrusive questioning causes him immediate panic, while revelations about his many overlapping identities leave him exasperated rather than outwardly shaken 269 427.

He values information as both protection and currency. He builds the Tarot Club around exchanges of knowledge, actively seeks Roselle's diary entries, and assigns investigations through The World to expand his intelligence network 232 258 374.

Klein also recognizes the psychological cost of his power. He seeks Audrey Hall's psychotherapy after Sefirah Castle's erosion and again after becoming an Agent of Dream 401 552.

Abilities & Skills

Divination and Spiritual Intuition

Klein's Seer-path perception develops into an exceptionally sensitive warning system.

• Detects Trissy despite her invisibility and prior interference with divination 240.
• Receives danger warnings before threats fully emerge 239 445.
• Uses dream divination to investigate artifacts, individuals, and hidden events 271 412.
• Can sometimes bypass formal divination when Causality Lines directly convey information 412.

Mirror Image

As a Mirror Knight, Klein can reflect an opponent's activated power.

• Copies abilities used by enemies, including demigod-level powers 261 303.
• At Sequence 6, can copy several abilities from another Sequence 6 Beyonder with preparation 290.
• Works best when he has time to prepare and record the target's abilities 290.

Marionettist and Paper Figures

Klein combines Marionettist powers with Faceless abilities to create a flexible personal force.

• Enters paintings and converts real objects into painted objects for storage or temporary sealing 290.
• Uses silk canvas containing painted weapons, supplies, and even the Statue of Dreams 297.
• Animates paper figurines carrying the appearances and abilities of people he has encountered 330 343.
• Controls Spirit Body Threads after advancing to Sequence 5 344.
• His paper-figure army can unleash multiple Beyonder abilities simultaneously, but large deployments consume substantial spirituality 330.

Fairy Tale Mage

Klein's Dream-path storytelling gives his creations stronger and more varied forms.

• Fairy Tale Arrival turns paper figures into human-like replicas with distinct voices and natural behavior 343.
• Effects depend on fairy tales personally created by Klein and recognized by the Illusion Realm 343.
• His story Utopia centers on a puppet city and supports his control of paper figures and puppets 341 343.
• He gains access to an emblem connected to the spiritual filth of the Illusion Realm, which he considers powerful but dangerous 342 343.

Causality

As a Causality Envoy, Klein perceives people as a network of Causality Lines.

• Tracks individuals connected to him and observes them above the Grey Fog 396.
• Manipulates ordinary people's actions and accidents by tangling or pulling their lines 385.
• Can potentially influence even demigods if they fail to notice the interference 385.
• Uses causal connections for movement and to pull targets back from the Spirit World 385 408.
• Severs hostile Causality Lines at severe personal cost when necessary 392.

Reality-Fiction Conversion

As an Apostle of Reality, Klein can impose dreamlike concepts on reality.

• Creates gold coins and transforms objects into bubbles that dissolve 441.
• Makes a temporary, powerful clone of the Snake of Fate 441.
• Turns himself and others into Dream Bubbles to evade spatial threats 445 446.
• Realizes Historical Projections into more complete and responsive forms, including the Angel of Concealment 451.

Historical Projections

Klein draws people, objects, and powers from history through his Scholar of Yore abilities.

• Summons angelic allies, Sealed Artifacts, books, weapons, and powerful figures for combat 451 452.
• Normally maintains up to three Historical Projections as a Scholar of Yore 453.
• Uses projections to obscure his true body and make enemies misidentify him 446.

Dream Authorities

As an Agent of Dream, Klein possesses four core authorities.

• Illusionary Dream
• Causality
• Myriad Manifestations
• Reality 552

Resurrection and Sefirah Castle

Klein's connection to Sefirah Castle grants him extraordinary survivability but exposes him to the Lord of the Mysteries' will.

• Resurrects after being killed by the Lord of Storms through the Uniqueness of the Fool 550.
• Uses Grey Fog, Dream Phosphor, Grafting, and the cloak to reconstruct himself during his advancement 550.
• Faces ongoing erosion from the Lord of the Mysteries and the Supreme Dream, whose competing wills seek control of his body and soul 487 550 572.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dream card — Given to Klein by a Dream Cult member; later used to transform into an Angel of Dreams 231 392.
• Arrodes — Intelligent mirror gifted by Truman; can peer into things below angel level, but asks invasive questions and can see the Grey Fog 269.
• Groselle's Travelogue — Used defensively against the Apostle of Desire and later entered through Marionettist powers 330 374.
• Sea God Scepter — Used to delay the Undead Army and later summoned as a Historical Projection 392 452.
• Spear of Destiny's trail — Triggered in the Underworld to annihilate a rose-colored aura within him 392.
• Unshadowed Cross — Guides him through the Sea of Ruins and toward the Forsaken Land of the Gods 472 473.
• Cloak / Night Veil — A complete set of Seer-path Beyonder Characteristics from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1; eventually merges into Klein during his advancement 455 550.
• Dream Crystal Ball — An artifact Klein learns to control and use during his mission in the Solomon Imperial Capital 411.

Relationships

• Truman — Mentor and patron who guides Klein's dual-pathway advancements, supports him against Sefirah Castle's influence, and later leaves a dangerous seed in Klein's Astral Projection 244 400 552.
• Audrey Hall / Justice — Founding Tarot Club member and Klein's psychological counselor; she provides mental pacification after his encounters with Sefirah Castle and angelic forces 232 401 552.
• Leonard Mitchell / Star — Nighthawk partner and later subordinate in Backlund; they investigate Beyonder incidents together and retain a familiar friendship from Tingen 240 412.
• Azik Eggers — Trusted teacher and ally who reassures Klein about Truman, answers historical questions, and intervenes to save him from the Undead Army 237 392.
• Trissy — Witch Sect leader and persistent adversary. She discovers Klein's Sherlock Moriarty identity and seeks the deaths of both Sherlock and John Constantine, unaware that they are both Klein 427.
• Angel of Concealment — Powerful Church of Night ally who helps Klein assume Qonas Kilgor's identity, works with him in angelic conflicts, and supports his missions 420 451.
• Antigonus — Rival claimant connected to the Fool and the Lord of the Mysteries; he and Klein acknowledge that both are pieces in the same destiny before their confrontation 554.
• Zaratul — Seer-path angel seeking followers of The Fool; repeatedly probes Klein but cannot reliably distinguish his true body from Historical Projections 360 446.
• Amon — Powerful and unpredictable adversary. Klein eventually learns Amon has flaws, confronts him in Gensokyo, and forces him to apologize to Derrick 476 477.
• Snake of Fate / Will — Associate and experimental subject; Klein creates a temporary powerful body for it through Reality-Fiction Conversion 441.
• Derrick Berg / Sun — Founding Tarot Club member whom Klein first meets in person in Gensokyo 232 476.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Formation of the Tarot Club

Klein becomes The Fool above the Grey Fog and founds the Tarot Club as a controlled forum for information exchange. He uses its members, Roselle's diaries, and The World's introduction to build an expanding intelligence network 232 258.

Nighthawk Investigations

While serving in Tingen, Klein investigates the Antigonus notebook incident, detects Trissy despite her invisibility, and participates in operations against rogue Beyonders 240. His spiritual intuition and instinctive marksmanship later allow him to kill a demon apostle threatening Duke Negan 254.

Dual-Pathway Advancement

Under Truman's direction, Klein advances rapidly through both the Seer and Dream pathways. His hybrid powers make disguise, copied abilities, paper figures, paintings, and illusions central to his fighting style 261 290 341.

Pirate Purge and Utopia

Klein uses a prepared force of paper figurines to defeat the Apostle of Desire and traps Senor in a painting 330. He develops Utopia as a dark fairy tale, gaining increasingly lifelike paper figures and a personal puppet-city concept 341 343.

Backlund Bishop and MI9 Infiltrator

As John Constantine, Klein gains a seat on the Nobility Council and becomes an influential Dream Cult figure 369. Later, aided by the Angel of Concealment, he impersonates Qonas Kilgor and infiltrates MI9 to uncover the Augustus Family's hidden plans 421 428.

Angelic Advancement and Divine War

Klein becomes a Scholar of Yore and Apostle of Reality, then an Angel of Miracles serving alongside the Church of Night 441 495. He participates in angel-level confrontations, negotiates with the Pale Empress, and supports the Church of Night during the war against the God of War 451 510.

Pilgrimage to Gensokyo

To advance as a Child of Fantasy, Klein undertakes a dangerous pilgrimage through the Sea of Ruins and the Forsaken Land of the Gods. He reaches Gensokyo, meets Derrick, and gains the authority to make fantasy real 469 472 476.

Struggle for Selfhood

Klein's highest advancements force him to contend with the Lord of the Mysteries, the Supreme Dream, Sefirah Castle, and Truman's influence. He ultimately becomes the Lord of the Mysteries while continuing to write a private diary to preserve his identity 550 552 590.

Trivia

• Klein's first reaction to discovering that Arrodes can see the Grey Fog is unease, as it is the first known instance of the Grey Fog being seen through 269.
• He considers his combination of Marionettist and Faceless abilities especially compatible because it lets him imitate both a target's appearance and their powers 341.
• He privately describes himself as an “army of one” after developing paper-figure tactics 330 344.
• After becoming the Lord of the Mysteries, he keeps his diary exclusively within Sefirah Castle to prevent others from reading it 590.