Achilles Watson

"'This is Mana. My home planet. I am Achilles Watson, one of its defenders. I am part of an elite that's sole purpose is to protect Mana's inhabitants.'- Achilles' narration in the pilot episode."

Basic
Achilles Watson is the father of Tom Watson and the leader of Mana's Elite. He is first seen in the pilot episode "In Memoria" and is the narrator of the series. He is also the one tasked with keeping record of what goes on across the planet in his memoirs. Before the timeskip he's 21 years old, and when the series takes place he is 46.

Appearance
Achilles is initially shown as a 21 year old young man with fluffy brown hair and blue eyes. He typically is seen wearing dark green armor, as in the pilot episode. In the novel, his eyes are brown.

Later on, after the 25 year time skip, his appearance does not change much aside from when he's off duty, he opts for wearing looser, comfier, dad-er sweaters and loose pants.

Personality
Achilles is a goofball that takes pride in his appearance and tends to leave the heavy hero-lifting to others. He frequently leaves his family behind to go on missions to him but it doesn't seem to bother him, he would much rather live his life on the battlefield than settle down. He loves collecting artifacts he finds on his travels, even having an entire room in his home dedicated to storing and displaying them. He developed these tendencies after the loss of their first child, using the adrenaline from adventure as a coping mechanism for the loss.

Despite these negative traits, he still cares deeply for others and has their best interests at heart. He's not the best leader but he still managed to direct his fellow Elites to defeat Vince in the pilot episode.

Abilities
Sword Skills

Although his level of skill isn't elaborated on much in the book, it can be assumed from the pilot episode's combat footage that he's a skilled swordsman and is the reason Tom decides to use swords in battle, even going as far as giving Tom two ancient artifacts known as the Haz-Blades that turn into the perfect sword for their wielder for his birthday. During the pilot episode, he uses a two handed red blade to defeat Vince, with the assistance of Aleck and Dyol.

Fae

Achilles has a Golden Fae that's fueled by his determination that is activated in the pilot episode after the death of Michelle. When using this power, Achilles is seemingly able to phase right through his opponent and reappear on the other side leaving 3 deep scratch marks in his wake.

Relationships
Aleck Watson 

Aleck is Achilles' father and mentor. He trusts him both as a family member and a comrade, dropping everything when Aleck tells him there's something wrong to get to the bottom of the issue. They are shown to be formidable fighters when together, as shown with their teamwork of flinging Vince into the sphere of life with only three words; "Now! Do it!"

Flora Sprinkle

Achilles is constantly going out on archaeological missions involving finding artifacts, and even when he's just going out to get basic materials he tends to find new "toys" (as he puts it) whenever he goes out on a mission for her. He respects her word and tends to listen to what she tells him to do. It is unclear how their relationship worked with her as his mother in law, but he seems to treat her like an equal rather than a parent.

Maxim Sprinkle

Despite Maxim being his ex-uncle in law he treats him more like a little brother, affectionately giving him the nickname 'Max' (much to his annoyance) and constantly pulling pranks on him in the earlier days of Mana's Elite that ranged from hiding his glasses, giving him noogies, or screwing around with his spellbook and getting into quite the mischief with it. Despite his teasing treatment of Maxim the two do get along like siblings.

Dyol Hendji 

Dyol is the mother of Tom Watson and his wife. He loves her very dearly and the two get along very well due to them both being goofballs, although Dyol is undoubtedly the more mature of the two. The two settled down in Tamber and started their family, and have been together for longer than 25 years as in the pilot he referred to her as "my girlfriend". The two do have a bit of a rift between them due to Achilles constantly going off on his own and leaving her with Tom, but it only makes the times he's home more special to the both of them.

Socrates Crescent 

Socrates was much like a mentor for Achilles and helped advise him when it came to planning their course of action. However Socrates holds a grudge against Achilles because of the death of his Michelle at Achille's orders. After Socrates became a recluse, the two rarely speak.

Mack Starz 

Achilles strongly dislikes Mack due to his arrogant attitude and his insistence on being right all the time. Mack constantly argues with Achilles, Aleck, and Socrates about what they should do and constantly gets on all three's nerves. They often refer to eachother as "pretentious".

Suling Anezaki 

Achilles respects Suling for her prowess in battle and her level-headed attitude. Besides Dyol she's the next best person he gets along with in Mana's Elite. Suling is also a skilled strategist, and Achilles values her input in battle.

Krissy Blackbird 

Achilles and Krissy get along fairly well, although Krissy's hot-headedness does cause some complications between the two at times.

Tom Watson 

Achilles cares deeply for his only remaining son and showers him with affection the best he can when he's actually around. He gets along very well with him due to the two having a similar sense in humor and he was the one who initially trained Tom before he moved on to training himself and Misty. He has a very good understanding of how and what he thinks and easily picks up on how he feels. Their relationship is somewhat strained due to Achilles' absence most of the time, but the two are still able to bond.

Noemi Watson

Despite the two being half-siblings, Achilles treats Noemi more like a niece then anything else. He never calls her his sibling and doesn't really accept her relation to him, probably due to the split between Flora and Aleck.

Misty Trachtenberg 

Achilles is very fond of Misty and constantly teases Tom about her being his future daughter-in-law. It is unknown if he ever finds out about Chronexia or encounters her whilst she controls Misty's body.

Mana

Achilles somewhat dislikes Mana due to her not defending herself from Vince during the battle in the pilot episode, and not being able to revive Michelle Crescent despite being the Goddess of Energy, and rudely telling them to leave the moment Vince was no longer a threat.

Vince

He has a deep hatred for Vince because he represents pure evil in his mind. Vince completely lacks honor and didn't let Michelle escape despite her only being a civillian, something which Achilles and Socrates both hold a grudge over.

Trivia

 * Achilles is the narrator of the series
 * Achilles is the second generation of the Watson family shown in the series, the first being Aleck.
 * He and Dyol's firstborn child was abducted when Tom was very young. This is what gives Achilles many of his unhealthy habits, as a way to cope.
 * He is the current leader of Mana's elite.
 * He is the person who discovered both Tom's X-Cross and Haz-Blades, the two items being the staple of his son's powers. The discovery of the Haz-Blades is shown in the preview of episode 2 of the series.
 * According to Achilles, a man is only as handsome as his hair is fluffy.