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Steven Alan Starphase (スティーブン・Ａ・スターフェイズ, Sutībun A Sutāfeizu), is Libra's second-in-command. Steven is a shady man with many connections, and a genius of deception and intuition. Steven is a user of the Esmerelda Blood Freeze Style, a kick-based fighting style that freezes enemies on contact.
He is voiced by Kenji Hamada in the vomic, Mitsuru Miyamoto in the anime, and by J. Michael Tatum in the English dub.
Appearance[]
Steven is a tall man with short black hair and a thin scar running down the left side of his face. He typically wears a dark grey suit, blue shirt and a yellow tie. His shoes are custom-made to use his blood-skills, with a pointed metal-like cross on the right, multiple small square crosses on the left, similar to the cross on Klaus' knuckle.
There are red marks on the back of his neck. In a Q&A session with Yasuhiro Nightow, it was revealed that the red mark are from a tattoo that runs from Steven's neck, down his back, and reaches all the way to his foot. The tattoo design itself is still in the works.[1]
Personality[]
Seemingly laid back, he gives off an air of a suave businessman, always with a quip or sardonic comment to make about the situation. When crossed, however, he shows a ruthless side, and is not above using his connections to make 'problems' disappear.
History[]
Steven is the middle child in his family and he has at least two sisters, one older and one younger.[1] He presumably came under attack by a Blood Breed at some point in his life, and gained the ability to manipulate his blood. At some point after, Steven trained in the Esmerelda Blood Freeze Style technique.
At least five years before the events of the series, Steven infiltrated Beyondian eco-terrorist group called The Gel-Shepherds, operating under the name "Carlos" and getting close to a gel-like Beyondian named Brigit. Steven's time undercover led to ninety percent of The Gel-Shepherds being incarcerated or killed, with the remaining ten percent going underground. Brigit was one of the ten percent, and vowed revenge against "Carlos" for what he had done.[2]
At some point after his time in The Gel-Shepherds, Steven met Klaus von Reinherz. The two formed a monster-hunting partnership, coming into contact with numerous Blood Breeds along the way.
Klaus and Steven were in New York City during The Great Collapse, and tried to asses the damage and save lives where they could. After finding an orphaned child whose mother had been killed by collapsing rubble, Klaus and Steven took the baby to Bradbury General Hospital, which they learned was housing a number of human refugees. They turned over the baby to the staff, and were greeted by doctors Gunther Gropius and Luciana Estevez. Just then, the Blood Breed Zamedle Lolow Zeaze Nazamsandriga arrived at the hospital, seeking to murder everyone inside to feed his dog. Klaus and Steven engaged the Blood Breed with the intention of dealing with his dog later on, but the battle was interrupted by the creation of the Great Barrier. When Klaus and Steven woke back up, the hospital was nowhere to be found, having been pulled into the Alterworld by Magra de Grana.[3][4]
Klaus and Steven then wandered the city for the next week before finding an apartment they were able to lease. Unlike much of the population, Steven was seemingly unaffected by the sudden air of normalcy that had been brought about by Barbarossa.[5]
Nine days after the Great Collapse, a package arrived at Klaus and Steven's apartment, and Klaus opened it while Steven was trying to figure out who would send them something. The package contained Zapp Renfro, who immediately attacked them after he was released and demanded to know who they were. The note alongside the package revealed that Zapp's master, Raju Jugei Shizuyoshi, had sent him to investigate the city at Zapp's own expense, not caring what happened to him. Zapp immediately jumped out of the eleventh-story window after learning about this, and Klaus watched in shock as he got up and ran away. Klaus and Steven eventually followed Zapp to a park, where a creature that had sprouted from Slensy had begun attacking human bystanders. After checking the nearby casualties, Klaus politely asks Zapp and the creature to stop fighting while the creature mocks humanity's weaknesses, saying that they are helpless as the scales of the world's balance has been tipped. Klaus disagrees that humanity will simply tip the scale back, declaring it his mission to maintain that balance. The being dismisses him, but is immediately defeated by him and Steven. Though Zapp is annoyed by the pair hiding their skills, he decides to aid the pair on their mission, claiming self-interest to be his motivation, but is warmly welcomed by Klaus all the same.[5]
After the creation of Hellsalem's Lot, Klaus and Steven formed Libra in order to combat the supernatural criminals that were not a part of the human world. Among the members brought on were Chain Sumeragi, Lucky Abrams, and K. Kiritani.
Power and Abilities[]
Skillset[]
- Multilingualism: Steven mentions that both he and Klaus can speak nine languages, including English. Whether he means they can individually speak nine languages or that they speak nine languages between them isn't clarified.
Unique Abilities[]
- Esmeralda Blood Freeze (エスメラルダ式血凍道 Esumeraruda-shiki Kettōdō?): Steven's ability allows him to decrease the temperature of his blood in order to freeze targets. His techniques are spoken in Spanish. This is called Esmeralda Blood Freeze Style in the FUNimation dub.
- Aguja del Cero Absoluto (絶対零度の小針 Aguha deru Sero Abusorūto?, literally "Needles of Absolute Zero"): Steven uses droplets of blood to form into needle-like objects to pierce into his opponent's skin and freezes them from the inside-out. This technique is particularly subtle and the target may very well not notice Steven's blood entering them until he freezes them, sometimes several hours later.
- Avión del Cero Absoluto (絶対零度の地平 Avion deru Sero Abusorūto?, literally "Plane of Absolute Zero"): Steven stands firm and freezes the entire ground.
- Lanza del Cero Absoluto (絶対零度の槍 Ransa deru Sero Abusorūto?, literally "Lance of Absolute Zero"): A long-ranged based attack that Steven either summons or launches spears of ice.
- Escudo del Cero Absoluto (絶対零度の盾 Esukūdo deru Sero Abusorūto?, literally "Shield of Absolute Zero"): Steven summons a giant block of ice which he uses as a shield or barrier.
- Espada del Cero Absoluto (絶対零度の剣 Esupada deru Sero Abusorūto?, literally "Blade of Absolute Zero"): Steven turns blood into an ice blades and then targets his enemies in a row strike until the enemy is ripped apart by the ice blades. Ice blades thrust into the enemy to knock out a few moments.
- Viento del Cero Absoluto (絶対零度の風 Viento deru Sero Abusorūto?, literally "Wind of Absolute Zero"): Steven use wind blow and he pulls out the wind-borne particles of blood and freezes the wind-blown enemy.
Quotes[]
To be added.
Trivia[]
- The Blood Blockade Battlefront Official Fan Book B5 reveals
- Steven is 182 cm tall (5'11") and weighs 69 kg (152 lbs).
- His middle name is "Alan" (アラン), inspired by famous French actor Alain Delon.
- He is thirty-two years old and was born on June 9th, making him a Gemini.
- In a mini-comic by Yasuhiro Nightow that was included in the Volume 1 DVD, Steven and K.K. are revealed to be in their thirties.
- The names of his attacks imply he is of Hispanic heritage.
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References[]
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3Peat, Chapter 7 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; April 24, 2024)
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3Peat, Chapter 5 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; October 26, 2023)
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront, Chapter 21 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; August 19, 2013)
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront, Chapter 22 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; October 19, 2013)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3Peat, Chapter 3 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; April 27, 2023)