Hauser Blackwell


 * Class: Gene Driver
 * Gender: Male
 * Age: Unknown
 * Weapon: XERD_002GC "Gunclaw"
 * Voice Actor: Masahiko Tanaka (JPN) Dan Woren (US)

Fuses with the fourth ARM, the Divine Weapon, sealed away under Illsveil Prison, in order to wipe out humanity with it's nanomachines. He is defeated when our heroes unite their power to use the powerful attack "Arc Impulse". During the war he was a "hero", fighting for the sake of a better future. He had saved countless towns on his own, disappearing while trying to save the town where Raquel Applegate was born. He was dubbed the "Black Reaper". He is also Jude's father, whom he conceived with Ethelda Maverick. Although he is always spoken of as a highly dangerous war criminal, he is in actualily a fairly sympathetic character who is sick of war and just wants to live in piece. He even heals the party back to health after the train they were riding on (the Silver Star Express) crash lands into Verklarung. Hauser is then seen leading Yulie to the surface so she may exorcise the earthbound souls of those killed in the city's destruction, which he accidentaly caused. He is then captured by Gawn, and is taken to Illsveil Prison. Once there, Lambda gives him a speech on how people are the cause of Filgaia's problems, which sends the war weary Hauser over the edge. He escaps his bondage, and makes his way to the Divine Weapon so that he may use it to kill all life in Filgaia, as he believes that it is the only way Filgaia will ever see peace. When the party arrives to destroy the weapon, Hauser stops them and states his intentions. The party then battles him as he continually changes forms, each less human looking than the last. Upon his defeat, he reforms back to his old form, and chases Jude down with his ARM drawn. Jude then throws his old ARM away, and tries to plead with him that humanity is worth saving. It works, and Hauser drops his ARM and places his hand on Jude's head, indicating that he knows who Jude is and is proud of him. He then dissipates. Jude then breaks down into tears, presumably because he just realized that Hauser was his father. Later on, a townsperson suggests that Hauser actually didn't survive Verklarung's explosion, and the form seen throughout the game was actually a collection of nanomachines with Hauser's mind still intact (which explains how Jude always saw a scene from Hauser's past when he made physical contact with him).