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List of Akame ga Kill! characters
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Members of Night Raid, left to right: Tatsumi, Mine, Leone, Najenda, Sheele, Lubbock, Akame, and Bulat.
The Akame ga Kill! manga and anime series features an extensive cast of fictional characters. The visuals of the characters were designed by Tetsuya Tashiro, while their stories were created by Takahiro. The story focuses on Tatsumi, a young warrior who joins an assassin group called Night Raid to fight corruption from the Empire. Its members, along with other characters in the series, wield super weapons called Teigu (帝具, Anime: Imperial Arms).[1][ch. 5]
Contents
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1 Conception
2 Main characters
2.1 Tatsumi
2.2 Akame
2.3 Mine
2.4 Leone
2.5 Sheele
2.6 Lubbock
2.7 Bulat
2.8 Najenda
2.9 Susanoo
2.10 Chelsea
3 The Empire
3.1 Honest
3.2 Emperor
3.3 Zanku
3.4 Esdeath
3.5 Three Beasts
3.5.1 Daidara
3.5.2 Nyau
3.5.3 Liver
3.6 Jaegers
3.6.1 Wave
3.6.2 Kurome
3.6.3 Seryu Ubiquitous
3.6.4 Dr. Stylish
3.6.5 Run
3.6.6 Bols
3.7 Bolic
3.8 Holimaca
3.9 Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple
3.10 Suzuka
3.11 Budo
3.12 Wild Hunt
3.12.1 Syura
3.12.2 Champ
3.12.3 Cosmina
3.12.4 Dorothea
3.12.5 Enshin
3.12.6 Izou
3.13 Elite Seven
3.13.1 Gozuki
3.13.2 Najasho
3.13.3 Guy
3.13.4 Cornelia
3.13.5 Pony
3.13.6 Green
3.13.7 Tsukushi
4 Reception
5 Works cited
6 References
Conception[edit]
In 2007, Takahiro was asked to do a manga for Square Enix magazine. He originally came up with the idea of an "all-female band of assassins, and the protagonist is a boy who is captured by them and has to work for them." After his editor approved the idea, he waited on serialization until his company had stabilized and had released two other titles, during which he developed the characters, story and world. In August 2009, following the release of Majikoi - Oh! Samurai Girls, Takahiro looked for an artist for the serialization, and recruited Tashiro Tetsuya to do the illustrations. He liked Tashiro's ability to draw fast-paced action scenes and that he can draw cute girls.[vol. 1:postscript]
Takahiro has written additional background information and profiles about some of the characters in the postscripts of the volume compilations, such as for the Three Beasts[vol. 3:postscript] and the Jaegers.[vol. 4:postscript] The Danger Beasts (危険種, kikenshu) were conceived to be any creature that attacks the humans in the world and are similar to monsters seen in role-playing games with different classifications from Class 4 to Class 1, and Special and Super Class designations at the top for the legendary beasts.[vol. 5:postscript]
Main characters[edit]
The main characters are members of Night Raid, a team of assassins who help the Revolutionary Army's efforts to overthrow the corrupt prime minister and restore peace and order to the Empire.[vol. 1]
Tatsumi[edit]
Voiced by: Sōma Saitō[2] (Japanese); Corey Hartzog[3][4] (English)
Tatsumi (タツミ) is a swordsman who sets out to the capital city to raise money for his impoverished village. He has brown hair and green eyes.[5] Separated from his two companions, Tatsumi is swindled of his money, but is taken in by a girl with a wealthy upbringing.[ch. 1] When he tries to defend that girl from Night Raid, he soon discovers that the girl had actually tortured and killed his comrades, so he kills her and is recruited to join Night Raid,[ch. 1] He accepts, as their actions of fighting corruption would eventually help his village.[ch. 2] His primary weapon is a short sword, but he later inherits Bulat's Teigu "Demon Armor: Incursio" (悪鬼纏身 インクルシオ, Akki Tenshin: Inkurushio), which was created from the still living flesh of an adaptive dragon Danger Beast called Tyrant. While normally a short sword, Incuriso can form armor around the user and grant them powers such as invisibility and superhuman strength.[ch. 5,14] However, Tatsumi's continued use of Incursio takes a toll on his body, and his body and his humanity are consumed by Tyrant. In the manga, he transforms into Tyrant but retains his mind,[ch. 76-77] but in the anime he dies after defeating Shikoutazer.Ep. 24 In the manga, after the war, Tatsumi, trapped in his Tryrant form for life, returns to Mine's side, and they settle in his old village to raise the child they conceived before she fell into coma.[ch. 78]
Akame[edit]
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya[2] (Japanese); Molly Searcy[3][4] (English)
Akame (アカメ) has long black hair, red eyes, and a cold, serious demeanor.[5] Sold along with her sister to the Empire at a young age, she becomes one of the Elite Seven assassins under Gozuki.[ch. 3] Despite her serious attitude in battle, she displays genuine concern for her comrades.[ch. 3,6][vol. 3] During a mission to assassinate former general Najenda, she is convinced by the latter to join Night Raid and the cause against the Empire.[ch. 3] Her treason sparks an intense rivalry between fellow assassin and sibling Kurome, along with a mutual desire to be the one to end the other.[ch. 6] In Night Raid, she assumes the cooking duties prior to Tatsumi joining the group.[ch. 2,3] While she originally used the Shingu "Kiriichimonji", a sword capable of inflicting wounds that never heal, Akame acquired Gozuki's Imperial Arm "One Slice Kill: Murasame" (一斬必殺 村雨, Ichizan Hissatsu: Murasame) whose poison blade instantly kills whoever it cuts.[ch. 5] During the final battle with Esdeath, as a final resort due to the method of activation, Akame activates Murasame's Little War Horn Trump Card to boost her physical abilities so she can kill Esdeath with her weapon destroyed in the process.[ch. 76,77] Following the revolution, still an assassin, Akame leaves the empire to deal with those in neighboring nations that might take advantage of the fragilized government.[ch. 78] In the spin-off series Hinowa ga Yuku!, it is shown that Akame is also traveling to look for a mean to remove the curse of Little War Horn that is weighing her down, as well as a way to return Tatsumi to his human form.
Mine[edit]
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura[2] (Japanese); Christina Kelly[4][6] (English)
Mine (マイン) serves as the sniper of Night Raid. She has pink hair styled in twin tails and pink eyes.[5] She initially shows a cold exterior and is suspect of Tatsumi joining her group, but warms up to Tatsumi later on.[vol. 1] Ridiculed and rejected for her half-foreign blood during her childhood, Mine hopes that when the Revolutionary Army wins, there will be more acceptance of different races.[ch. 4] Mine's Teigu is a rifle called the "Roman Artillery: Pumpkin" (浪漫砲台 パンプキン, Roman Hōdai: Panpukin) that fires highly concentrated piercing shots of spirit energy.[ch. 2,5] Her powers are amplified when she is under a tight situation.[ch. 20] Mine is rendered unconscious after sacrificing Pumpkin to defeat Budo during Night Raid's mission to rescue Tatsumi, but in the anime she died shortly after in Tatsumi's arms. Tatsumi is enrage and plans to carry out Mine’s goal to come out on top. Sometime later, Tatsumi would return to Mine's side and wait for her to awake. Upon her awakening, it is revealed that she is pregnant with Tatsumi's child. Because of the mental and physical injuries they sustained during battle, Tatsumi and Mine retired from service and settled down at Tatsumi's home village with their child. [ch. 78]
Leone[edit]
Voiced by: Yū Asakawa[2] (Japanese); Allison Keith[4] (English)
Leone (レオーネ, Reōne) has short blonde hair and a voluptuous chest.[5] She has a very relaxed and cheerful personality, but tends to display a lack of ladylike manners. She acts like a big sister towards Tatsumi, whom she swindled at the start of the series,[ch. 1,8] As part of Night Raid, she gathers intelligence and corroborates the mission requests. Her Imperial Arm is "King of Beasts Transformation: Lionel" (百獣王化 ライオネル, Hyakujū Ōka: Raioneru), a belt she acquired from the black market that transforms her into a beast with increased strength and abilities as well as enhanced senses such as smell[ch. 1,5,10] and regeneration.[ch. 21] She originally became an assassin when she killed an aristocrat that made a game out of trampling poor kids with his horse.[ch. 10] During the final battle against the Empire, Leone is mortally wounded by Honest, but kills him nonetheless. She then uses what is left of her life to visit her old drinking friends before dying alone on the street where she met Tatsumi with a satisfying smile. [ch. 78]
Sheele[edit]
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto[2] (Japanese); Jessica Boone[4][7] (English)
Sheele (シェーレ, Shēre) has dark purple hair with part of it styled in a single bun, and wears glasses.[5] Growing up in the low districts of the Capital, Sheele first discovers her abilities as an assassin when she rescues her only friend by killing her abusive boyfriend. When a gang related to the boyfriend seeks to avenge her, killing her parents in the process, she easily murders them. Eventually, she joins the Revolutionary Army and later, Night Raid. Despite being an experienced assassin, she does not have regular duties at Night Raid as she tends to be air-headed and clumsy at cooking and cleaning.[ch. 5,7] Her Teigu is the "Slice All: Extase" (万物両断 エクスタス, Banbutsu Ryōdan: Ekusutasu), a huge pair of scissors that easily sever bodies in half.[ch. 1,5] She is killed in a battle against Seryu when the latter immobilizes her and she is torn apart by Seryu's Teigu Coro. Her final action was using her trump card which releases a blinding light. This allows Mine to flee as she is eaten by Coro.[ch. 9]
Lubbock[edit]
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[2] (Japanese); Tyler Galindo[4] (English)
Lubbock (ラバック, Rabakku) is a green-haired member of Night Raid who early on has a reputation of being a pervert and peeking at girls.[ch. 2][5] In the city, his cover identity is running a book-lending shop.[ch. 11] He is the son of a wealthy merchant and falls in love with Najenda at first sight and decides to join the Imperial army to be near her. Several years later, when Najenda defects from the Army to start Night Raid, Lubbock fakes his death.[ch. 25] His Teigu, "Kaleidoscope: Crawstail" (千変万化 クローステール, Senpen Banka: Kurōsutēru), is a reel of strings that can be manipulated into forming weaponry or armor.[ch. 5] He is captured by Syura, but succeeds in killing him before he is struck down while attempting to escape the Imperial Palace.
Bulat[edit]
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[2] (Japanese); David Wald[4] (English)
Bulat (ブラート, Burāto) has dark hair styled in a Pompadour, and wields the Teigu "Demon Armor: Incursio" (悪鬼纏身 インクルシオ, Akki Tenshin: Inkurushio).[ch. 2,5] As a high-ranking imperial officer who gains infamy as "One-Hundred Killer Bulat"[ch. 13], he becomes disgusted by the government caring more about bribes than merit, and defects from the Empire when his superior, Liver, is framed for a crime after refusing to aid Honest.[ch. 12] He joins the Revolutionary Army, and eventually Night Raid. Bulat is also revealed to be gay early in the series. Although Tatsumi resists Bulat's flirtatious attitude,[ch. 2] Tatsumi views him as a big brother, and in turn he views Tatsumi as someone who could take Incursio to another level.[vol. 3] In a battle against the Three Beasts, he is fatally poisoned by Liver, but gives Incursio to Tatsumi.[ch. 14]
Najenda[edit]
Voiced by: Risa Mizuno[2] (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black[episode needed] (English)
Najenda (ナジェンダ) is the leader of Night Raid. She has white hair and wears an eyepatch.[5] She is a former general of the Imperial Army who, disgusted with Esdeath's excessive cruelty, confronts her over it.[ch. 16] After the confrontation Najenda defects and joins the Revolutionary Army.[ch. 16] She initially wields the Teigu "Roman Artillery: Pumpkin", until she loses an arm and eye in a confrontation with Esdeath.[volume & issue needed] When she learns that the empire has assembled the Jaegers, she acquires the humanoid Teigu Susanoo with which she is compatible.[vol. 5]
Susanoo[edit]
Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma (Japanese); Ty Mahany[episode needed] (English)
"Flash of Lightning" Susanoo (電光石火 スサノオ, Denkō Sekka: Susanoo) is Najenda's humanoid Teigu who joins Night Raid after the latter suffers several losses; his head has two large horns.[ch. 21,22] He is in a dormant state until he meets Najenda who reminds him of his previous user, a general man.[ch. 22,23] Despite his quiet demeanor, Susanoo quickly befriends Tatsumi and Lubbock.[ch. 24] Originally designed to be a bodyguard for VIPs, he is capable of cooking and housekeeping as well as fighting.[ch. 22]. Like other biological Teigu, as long as his core remains intact, he can continue to regenerate. [ch. 22] His weapon is a Wolf Fang Mace that has blades that can protrude from its end.[vol. 5:rough sketches 3] He has a trump card move, called "Magatama Manifestation" that sucks his user's life energy into the magatama on his chest in order to gain a tremendous amount of strength, and enabling him to use powerful moves such as "The Mirror of Yata" that can reflect any kind of projectiles and beams, as well as "Ame no Murakumo" which is a kind of giant sword that has immense power.[volume & issue needed] However, his user will die after commanding him to use this move three times. This does not happen, as Najenda uses it three times and continued alive; she states that this is possible because Susanoo himself takes its own life to spare Najenda's. He is killed by Esdeath while protecting his friends from her, as she promises to remember him as a warrior, rather than as a mere Teigu.[ch. 43]
Chelsea[edit]
Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese); Emily Neves[episode needed] (English)
Chelsea (チェルシー, Cherushī) is a Pink-haired (orange in the anime) assassin who is dressed like a Japanese schoolgirl, wearing a shirt with white sleeves and plaid collar, a black vest, plaid skirt, and tall boots. She also wears headphones with a black butterfly hairpiece. She is almost always seen sucking on a lollipop.[vol. 5:rough sketches 4]A sole operative of a Night Raid regional team, she joins Najenda to fight the Jaegers. While she is somewhat aloof and carefree when not on the job, she is also extremely objective and is often quite blunt when voicing her opinions, which upsets Mine.[ch. 22,23] Despite her nature, she becomes attracted to Tatsumi, admiring his resolve.[ch. 28] Her Teigu, "Phantasmagoria: Gaia Foundation" (変幻自在 ガイアファンデーション, Hengen Jizai: Gaia Fandēshon), is a cosmetics box that allows her to instantly change her physical appearance, including animals.[ch. 22,23] This allows her to get within arms reach of her targets where she uses acupuncture needles to stab her targets in vital locations. After ambushing and killing Bols, she tries to kill Kurome in the same way, but it fails as Kurome survives the puncture inflicted by her needle and then she is killed by Kurome's last two corpse puppets. Her severed head is placed in the town square to hurt Night Raid's morale and the rest of her body devoured by Coro.[ch. 33]
The Empire[edit]
Honest [edit]
Voiced by: Kōji Ishii (Japanese); Marty Fleck[episode needed] (English)
The main antagonist in the series, the current Prime Minister of the Empire and the father of Syura, Honest[ch. 10,45] (オネスト, Onesuto Daijin) is a corrupt and tyrannical politician whose only agenda to maintain his position of power and comfort as seen with his constant eating habit.[ch. 10] Presenting himself as a father-figure to the Emperor, Honest secretly poisoned the previous emperor and his wife to manipulate their child to his end while having political rivals and other threats killed off. Honest's selfish outlook is depraved to the point that he mourned Syura's death for a few seconds before callously shrugging his son's demise and considering to sire a more competent son. When the Revolutionary Army begin their attack on the city, having killed off a majority of the court when they planned to hand him over to the revolutionists, Honest convinces the Emperor to activate the Shikoutazer. During the final battle, despite his obese appearance, Honest reveals he had trained his body to live a long and healthy life of hedonish. Honest also reveals the crown on his head to be an Imperial Arm known as the Erase Stone (イレイストーン, Ireistōn) which can break another user's Imperial Arm before rendered inactive for a week. Honest uses the Erase Stone to destroy Leone's Imperial Arm before mortally wounding her and attempts to escape through an underground passage. But Leone corners the prime minister and drags him to the top of the palace before throwing him off to the revolutionaries, subjected to horrific torture before finally being executed.[volume & issue needed] in the anime he is brutally killed by Leone.
Emperor[edit]
Voiced by: Yō Taichi (Japanese); Shannon Emerick[episode needed] (English)
The Emperor (皇帝, Kōtei) is a young boy who wishes to lead his people to a bright future.[ch. 4] But his naive nature and inexperience resulted in him serving as nothing more but as a figurehead under Honest's manipulation, unaware that prime minister murdered both of his parents. As the sole survivor of the Imperial bloodline, the Emperor is the only person capable of operating the Imperial Arm known as "Imperial Guardian: Shikoutazer" (帝都守護　シコウテイザー, Teito Shugo: Shikouteizā, "Primus Imperator" in the anime), which is a suit of armor tall as a mountain boasted to be the most powerful of the Teigu and can fire energy beams that can obliterate entire armies with a single volley. But what the Emperor did not know was that Honest had Dorothea alchemically modify Shikoutazer with a trump card only he can activate on command or as a deadman's switch: Purge Mode. In Purge Mode, Shikoutazer's armor breaks off to reveal its monstrous appearance while the emperor's mind is warped with bloodlust. He is defeated by Tatsumi, who brings forth the full power of Incursio to destroy Shikoutazer at the cost of his human form. In the aftermath of siege, after asking Najenda to rebuild their nation, the Emperor is publicly executed.
Zanku[edit]
Voiced by: Satoshi Tsuruoka (Japanese); Rob Mungle[episode needed] (English)
Executioner Zanku (首斬りザンク, Kubikiri Zanku, anime: Headhunter Zanku)[ch. 5][8] initially works as an executioner for the Empire. However, as the number of his victims increase, he starts hearing the voices of his victims and is driven mad by them. This results in his defection from his post. He steals a Teigu and gains infamy as a serial killer who decapitates his victims after they plead for their lives.[ch. 5] His Teigu is "Spectator" (五視万能 スペクテッド, Goshi Bannō: Supekuteddo, lit. "Five sights: Spected"), a headpiece that grants the user various mental abilities, including insight (mind reading), farsight (long-distance sight), x-ray vision, foresight and the ability to cast illusions. After being mortally wounded by Akame, he thanks her for freeing him from the voices.[ch. 5-6]
Esdeath[edit]
Voiced by: Satomi Akesaka[2] (Japanese); Christine Auten[episode needed] (English)
Raised under her father's philosophy of "the strong survive and the weak die",[vol. 4] Esdeath (エスデス, Esudesu) has gained notoriety as of the Empire's most powerful generals.[ch. 7] Originally a resident of a northern tribe of Danger Beast hunters,[vol. 4:postscript] Esdeath is the last of her people and twisted her father's ideals before enlisting the military and quickly rose to her current position. Esdeath then selected her Imperial Arm "Demon God Manifestation: Demon's Extract" (魔神顕現 デモンズエキス, Majin Kengen: Demonzu Ekisu), the blood of a Danger Beast that she assimilated into her circulatory system to gain the power to create and manipulate ice[ch. 42]. Esdeath later invented various ways to manipulate her powers that include a Trump Card which allows her momentarily freeze time around her.[ch. 27] Esdeath used her abilities to conquer the Northern lands, encasing her enemies in ice, before being summoned back to the capital to deal with Night Raid as leader of the Jaegers after her Three Beasts fell against them.
Although she is strong at fighting and enjoys torture, Esdeath found herself occupied with love and obsessed over Tatsumi after seeing him battle in a fighting tournament.[ch. 10] With Esdeath unaware of his ties to Night Raid, Tatsumi tried talking her into joining the Revolutionary Army.[ch. 16,18] But Tatsumi eventually gave up upon learning Esdeath's life story and realizing she is beyond redemption.[ch. 27] Esdeath learns of Tatsumi's ties to the Night Raid and attempts to offer him a pardon in exchange for his total submission to her. But after Tatsumi's escape, Esdeath accepts her love for Tatsumi to be one-sided while resolving to fight him in battle to the death during the Revolutionary Army's siege on the imperial capital. When Tatsumi deals with the Shikoutazer, Esdeath battles Akame and ends up amputating her own arm when it was exposed to Murasame's poison.[ch. 72] After the Shikotazer's defeat, refusing to surrender even after the Empire fell, Esdeath attempts to use her Imperial Arm's full potential to freeze everything around her before being killed when Akame activates Murasame's Trump Card. Esdeath uses the last ounce of strength to freeze herself while her final thoughts were of regret over Tatsumi never returning her feelings for him, only her hand remained as it was spirited off by Suzuka.[ch. 76,77]
Three Beasts[edit]
The Three Beasts (三獣士, Sanjūshi) are elite Teigu users serving Esdeath, having assisted her during her campaign to end rebellion in the northern lands while burying a whole rebel village and its occupants in ice. When Esdeath came to the capital to deal with Night Raid, she loaned the Three Beasts to Honest to help him remove the last of his political rivals. But the Three Beasts meet their end when they attempt to kill Tatsumi and Bulat, Esdeath paying her final respects to them while dismissing their deaths as sign of weakness.[ch. 10,16]
Daidara[edit]
Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese); Christopher Ayres[episode needed] (English)
Daidara (ダイダラ) is a man who relies on brute strength and enjoys every opportunity to prove himself in battle. His Teigu is "Double-Bladed Broad Ax: Belvark" (二挺大斧 ベルヴァーク, Nichō Taifu: Beruvuāku), a heavy axe that can be split into two blades, and when thrown, can home in on its target.[ch. 11,12] He was the first to be killed, being split in half by Bulat.[ch. 12,13]
Nyau[edit]
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese); Clint Bickham[episode needed] (English)
A young man with an aristocratic background, Nyau (ニャウ) has an unstable family life. Under his effeminate and innocent appearance, Nyau is a sadist who rips the faces of his victims to add to his collection.[ch. 11] He assumed himself to be the most sadistic person in the Empire before meeting Esdeath, becoming her subordinate to learn under her.[vol. 3:postscript] His Teigu is a flute called "Scream" (軍楽夢想 スクリーム, Gungaku Musō: Sukurīmu, lit. "Military Music Dream: Scream") that, while can be used as a pair of melee weapons, can manipulates an opponent's emotions and weaken them while strengthening allies.[ch. 12] Though Nyau uses Scream's Demon Summon Trump Card to significantly boost his physical abilities, he ends up being Tatsumi's first kill with Incursio.[ch. 14].
Liver[edit]
Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese); John Gremillion[episode needed] (English)
Framed by the Prime Minister for refusing to accept bribes while working as Bulat's superior officer, Liver (リヴァ, Riva) transfers his loyalty to Esdeath for releasing him from prison in exchange for his services.[ch. 12,14] At some point during his service, Liver becomes the leader of the Three Beasts,[vol. 3:postscript] Liver wields the Teigu "Black Marine" (水龍憑依 ブラックマリン, Suiryū Hyōi: Burakku Marin, lit. "Water Dragon Possession: Black Marine"), a ring that can control any liquid he has touched.[ch. 13] When his battle with Bulat comes to a draw, he resorts to injecting himself with poison, and uses his secret Blade of Blood technique to have his blood pierce and kill Bulat.[ch. 14]
Jaegers[edit]
The members of the Jaegers. Their leader, Esdeath, is on the right.
The Jaegers (イェーガーズ, Yēgāzu, German for "Hunters") are a group of Teigu users assembled by the emperor to support General Esdeath in place of the deceased Three Beasts, serving as the Empire's security squad and counter to Night Raid.[vol. 4]
Wave[edit]
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[9] (Japanese); David Matranga[7] (English)
Wave (ウェイブ, Weibu) is a young man from a small town who joins the Jaegers after having served in the empire's navy.[ch. 15] He dislikes the current state of the Empire but embraces his role as an enforcer due to a debt owed to an unseen savior from when he was in the navy.[ch. 28] Nevertheless, Wave tries befriending some of his fellow Jaegers, taking a liking to Bols and Kurome. His bond with Kurome as well his anger at atrocities caused by Wild Hunt cause him to act against them when Syura tries to violate Kurome.[ch. 46] Wave later intervenes in Kurome's duel with Akame and professes his love for her, convincing her to defects so he can treat her drug addiction after receiving Akame's blessing as she and the others agree to make it appear the two died in battle. Wave initially possesses the Teigu "Carnage Incarnate: Grand Chariot" (修羅化身 ランシャリオ, Shura Kesshin: Guranshario),[vol. 4: postscript] a suit of armor modeled after Incursio that enhances his physical strength and grants flight.[ch. 18] Takahiro describes him as something of a rival character to Tatsumi because their Teigus are similar.[vol. 4:postscript] During Kurome's battle with Akame, Wave receives Run's Teigu "Thousands Miles Flight: Mastema" (万里飛翔 マスティマ, Banri Hishō: Masutima), and is able to use it and Grand Chariot in perfect synch, becoming the first person capable of using two Teigu at once.[ch. 66] However, the side effect of using that forbidden move cost one of his inner organ to deteriorate eventually as shown at the epilogue of the story.
Kurome[edit]
Voiced by: Ayaka Ohashi[9] (Japanese); Juliet Simmons[episode needed] (English)
Recruited along with her older sister Akame by the Empire, Kurome (クロメ) gains notoriety as an assassin.[ch. 3] After Akame's defection from the Empire, Kurome decides to kill her. She enjoys eating candy and is usually seen munching on a bag of them.[ch. 15,18][vol. 4:postscript] it is later revealed that her addiction to them was they are laced with drugs, and that she is administered drugs to enhance her abilities.[ch. 33] Her Teigu, "March of the Dead: Yatsufusa" (死者行軍 八房, Shisha Yakōgun: Yatsufusa), is a katana that turns her victims into zombies; she can control up to eight people, who can also use skills acquired when they were alive.[ch. 19] She later develops feelings for fellow Jaeger Wave, with whom she flees from the Empire after he confesses to her, making it look like they were killed in battle, with only a few know their real fate.[volume & issue needed] Kurome finally heal from her addiction but not her guilt and regrets for killing many innocent lives after the empire's regime is over.
Seryu Ubiquitous[edit]
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis[episode needed] (English)
Seryu Ubiquitous (セリュー・ユビキタス, Seryū Yubikitasu[9][10]) is a young woman (Takahiro wrote she was in her mid-twenties[vol. 4:postscript]) with a long ponytail and a member of the capital's garrison under her mentor Ogre. While seeing herself as servant of justice, Seryu is insane and acts on her obsession to kill any she views as an enemy of the Empire with extreme prejudice.[ch. 8] While she wields a pair of tonfa guns, Seryu also had her body modified with bionic weapon implants by Dr. Stylish. Seyru also received the Imperial Arm Hecatoncheir (魔獣変化 ヘカトンケイル, Majū Henge: Hekatonkeiru, lit. "Magical Beast Transformation Hecatonicheir"), nicknamed Coro (コロ, Koro), a biological Imperial Arm that appears as a small dog. But Coro can increase his mass to become a ferocious monster with a Berserk mode; able to regenerate as long as his core is intact.[ch. 9] After Ogre's death, unaware that she crossed paths with his killer Tatsumi, Seryu confronts Mine and Sheele and kills the latter while losing her arms in the fight.[ch. 8,9]. Sometime after, Seryu receives prosthetic arms that are compatible with the assortment of weapons called Judgment of the Ten Kings which Stylish developed. Nine of these weapons are stored in Coro's body while tenth, a detonation device, is planted in her skull. Joining the Jaegers, though she tended to be a loose cannon due to her ideals, Seryu is eventually defeated by Mine when her body is cut in half by Pumpkin with Coro too damaged. This forces Seryu to trigger the detonation device in a final attempt on her opponent's life, though she felt regret of dying "in a place like this" (a slum far away from her beloved empire).[ch. 38]
Dr. Stylish[edit]
Voiced by: Ken Narita[9] (Japanese); Jay Hickman[episode needed] (English)
Dr. Stylish (Dr.スタイリッシュ, Dokutā Sutairisshu) is a man dressed in a lab coat and thick-rimmed glasses,[ch. 15][vol. 5:rough sketches 1] who enjoys experimenting with humans, and is known for recruiting death row convicts as his guinea pigs.[ch. 20] Wave describes his first impression of him as a nancy.[ch. 15] As the healer of the group, he uses the Teigu "Glorious Hands of God: Perfector" (神ノ御手 パーフェクター, Kami no Ote: Pāfekutā)[vol. 4:postscript], a pair of gloves that increase manual dexterity and speed, allowing him to perform complex surgery.[ch. 15][vol. 4:postscript] He can also create cyborg weapons that he outfits Seryu,[ch. 15] as well as enhanced items that he outfits his subordinates such as Eyes, Ears, and Nose.[ch. 19] He has some special attack methods: the first is delivering an odorless poison gas that weakens Night Raid, and the second is transforming himself into a Danger Beast, consuming his subordinates for power. He is ultimately defeated by Night Raid's combined efforts.[ch. 21]
Run[edit]
Voiced by: Junji Majima[9] (Japanese); Christopher Patton[episode needed] (English)
Run (ラン, Ran) is Esdeath's personal adviser and the Jaegers' butler.[vol. 4:postscript] He is seen by Wave as the most "normal" member from the group due to his gentle personality.[ch. 15,vol4:postscript] He is a former teacher of a peaceful village, whose students were murdered by Champ, who would later become a member of Wild Hunt.[volume & issue needed] When the Empire decided to turn their backs on this incident to maintain the facade of a "peaceful village", Run was given a choice of joining either the Revolutionary Army or the Empire; he chose the latter in order to try to change the country from within.[ch. 47] His Teigu, "Thousand Mile Flight: Mastema" (万里飛翔 マスティマ, Banri Hishō: Masutima), is a pair of plates on his back that allow him to grow wings and attack using feather-like weapons,[ch. 17] with the additional ability of deflecting any attack once its hidden ability is activated. Run suffered fatal wounds in his confrontation with Champ and Kurome dealt him a killing blow with Yatsufusa, transforming Run into one of her corpse puppets so that he would never leave her, while still wielding his Teigu. Before his death, Run managed to get close to the members of Wild Hunt under the facade of wanting to join them, while he was really searching for the one responsible for murdering his students. Run also managed to find concrete evidence that Syura was the mastermind behind the humanoid danger beasts crisis, enabling Esdeath to force Honest to disband Wild Hunt. During Kurome's fight with Akame, Run transfers Mastema to Wave for his own use.[volume & issue needed]
Bols[edit]
Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto[9] (Japanese); John Swasey[episode needed] (English)
Bols (ボルス, Borusu) is one of the older members (at 32 years old)[vol. 4:postscript] of the Jaegers; he typically wears a mask and leather straps styled as if he were involved in torture play. He came from the empire's incineration squad.[ch. 15] Despite his job, Bols has a gentle personality and is a family man.[ch. 17][vol. 4:postscript] Because of this, Esdeath comes to him for romantic advice regarding Tatsumi.[ch. 24] He also does housework such as cooking.[ch. 15][vol. 4:postscript] His Teigu, "Invitation to Purgatory: Rubicante" (煉獄招致 ルビカンテ, Rengoku Shōchi: Rubikante), is a flamethrower whose flames cannot be extinguished with water.[ch. 17] After his Teigu is bitten off by Leone during a battle with her and Akame, he is forced to use his Teigu's self-destruct mechanism in order to escape, but is later killed by Chelsea in disguise.[ch. 32] His wife and daughter are later violated and brutally killed by Wild Hunt, under the guise of an "investigation".[ch. 46]
Bolic[edit]
Voiced by: Masami Iwasaki (Japanese); Mark Mendelsohn[episode needed] (English)
Bolic (ボリック, Borikku) is a high-ranking member of the Path of Peace (安寧道, An'neidō), a religion that opposes the Empire. However, he is actually an agent working on behalf of the Prime Minister. Bolic is dispatched to kill the current high priest so that he will become the next leader and control it for the Empire's sake. Bolic uses his position and drugs to discreetly control the Path's members, turning them into his playthings. Esdeath, the Jaegers and the Four Rakshasa Demons were ordered to protect him, which resulted in intense battles when Night Raid came to kill him. These battle results in the deaths of Seryu and Susanoo. He is easily killed by Akame while Esdeath is occupied by Leone, Susanoo, Najenda and Tatsumi.
Holimaca[edit]
Voiced by: Kouhei Sugesawa (Japanese); Kyle Colby Jones[episode needed] (English)
Holimaca (ホリマカ, Horimaka) is Bolic's bodyguard who wields a lost Teigu that had been recovered. The Teigu is "The Mysterious: Adayusu" (奇奇怪怪 アダユス, Kikikaikai: Adayusu), a scythe with unknown capabilities: the abilities are unknown because Akame is able to kill him so quickly that she is unable to realize that his weapon is a Teigu and she leaves it behind.
Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple[edit]
Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple (皇拳寺羅刹四鬼, Kōkenji Rasetsu Yonki) were four skilled soldiers in Honest's employ. All four were highly trained and able to manipulate their own bodies, with abilities such as extending their limbs, hardening their bodies, and contorting them out of harm's way, as well as possessing great combat abilities. They were strong enough to defeat Teigu users without using Teigu themselves, and have retrieved five of the artifacts for the Empire. The group consisted of Ibara (イバラ, Ibara) (Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese); Andrew Love (English)), Sten (ステン, Suten) (Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese); Wendel Calvert (English)), Mez (メース, Mēsu) (Voiced by: Aina Suzuki (Japanese); Maggie Flecknoe (English)), and Suzuka (スズカ, Suzuka).[11][citation needed] The Four Rakshasa were sent to guard Bolic but after a battle with Night Raid, Suzuka was the only survivor.
Suzuka[edit]
Voiced by: Eriko Matsui (Japanese); Carli Mosier[episode needed] (English)
Suzuka (スズカ) is a masochistic woman whose training as one of the Four Rakshasas gave her vast durability and endurance along with bodily manipulation like extending her nails at high speed to pierce her foes, having retrieved five Imperial Arms from enemies in the past. From surviving her battle with Tatsumi during Night Raid's mission to assassinate Bolic, which claimed the lives of her fellow Rakshasas, Suzuka provided the Empire information on his ties to Night Raid while assigned to Wild Hunt to replace Champ and Enshin until the organization is disbanded. Soon after, revealed to have lustful feelings towards her after being nearly disfigured, Suzuka was placed under Esdeath's command during the siege of the Capital. In the end, Suzuka survived and left the Capital with Esdeath's severed hand.
Budo[edit]
Voiced by: Hozumi Gôda (Japanese); Josh Morrison[episode needed] (English)
Great General Budo (ブドー大将軍, Budō Daishogun) was a Commander-in-chief of the Empire. He is regarded as stubborn and is known for speaking boldly to the Prime Minister. His faction is strong enough that Esdeath is hesitant to oppose it. He is loyal to the Empire as an ideal and desires to clean up the corruption within the Empire, but only after putting down the rebellion. This implies that he is antagonistic to both Night Raid and the Minister's corrupt ways. His Teigu is "Thunder God's Rage: Adramelech" (雷神忿怒 アドナイメレク, Raijin Funnu: Adoramereku), a pair of piston-installed gauntlets, which allow him to generate electricity and deliver very devastating punches capable of breaching even Incursio's defense.
When Budo battled with Tatsumi after his Teigu evolved, he notes Incursio's progress and realizes that his opponent may have done the impossible by somewhat fusing with his Teigu.[ch. 55] Even going so far as to strike him hard enough to knock him off balance allowing his quarry momentary escape. Budo is killed by Mine during their rescue operation on Tatsumi.[ch. 56]
Wild Hunt[edit]
Wild Hunt (ワイルドハント, Wairudohanto) is the Secret Police of the Empire that is formed after the Jaegers suffered the loss of most its members. The group is led by Syura who gathered world-class criminals gathered from various regions under the Prime Minister's orders, and most of them carry a Teigu, although some of them are strong enough to fight without a Teigu. All six members enjoy abusing their new found authority to satisfy their own urges of bloodlust while justifying their actions under the pretense of investigating the whereabouts of Night Raid - the reason for their existence. Unlike the Jaegers, Syura shows no camaraderie towards the members of Wild Hunt. He is indifferent to their deaths, instead valuing only their usefulness in combat. When Run managed to discover irrefutable evidence that Syura released Dr. Stylish's modified Danger Beasts, Esdeath blackmailed Honest to dissolve Wild Hunt, much to Syura's fury.
Syura[edit]
Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura (Japanese); Adam Noble[episode needed] (English)
Syura (シュラ, Shura) is the son of Prime Minister Honest and the leader of Wild Hunt. He regards the Empire as a toy and uses Wild Hunt to promote unrest in the Empire. While he respects his father and they have an amiable relationship, sharing the same corrupted personalities, Syura desires to surpass his father and become emperor. Prior to making himself known, Syura released many of Dr. Stylish experimental Danger Beasts to kill before the Jeagers managed to wipe out most of them. After suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Wave and enduring a scolding from his unimpressed father, Syura swears vengeance against Wave. Syura brags about his relationship with the Minister to his victims and enemies so as to intimidate them into submission, but is nevertheless a skilled fighter, having learned various martial art styles throughout his travels. He wields the Teigu, "Dimensional Formation: Shambhala" (次元方陣 シャンバラ, Jigen Hōjin: Shanbara), a pendant that allows him to teleport anyone within its trigram circle symbol over large distances.[ch. 26] Syura is killed when he let his guard down around a captured Lubbock, who used wires from his Teigu to break Syura's neck. His Teigu was destroyed when Izou slashed through it to kill Lubbock.
Champ[edit]
Champ (チャンプ, Champu) is a member of Wild Hunt who appears as an overweight sadistic and pedophilic clown and a serial killer, who kills children so they will not become "filthy adults". He wields the Teigu "Ace Solution: Die Leaguer" (快投乱麻 タイリーガー, Kaitō Ranma: Tairīgā), which takes the form of six floating orbs, each with a different attribute when tossed (flame, lightning, ice, storm, rot, and explosive). As he is the one who killed Run's students, Run swore vengeance against him and succeeded in killing him with his own flame orb. His Teigu was retrieved by Night Raid.[ch. 48]
Cosmina[edit]
Cosmina (コスミーナ, Kosumina) is a female member of Wild Hunt. A singer, and rather lewd young woman, she was convicted of being a witch by a witch hunt. Her family was burned to death, but she survived with a shattered psyche. Her Teigu is "Earth Shaker: Heavy Pressure" (大地鳴動 ヘヴィプレッシャー, Daichi Meidō: Heui Buresshā), a microphone that amplifies the user's voice into deadly sound waves capable of pulverizing her victims. She was shot by Mine and her Teigu was retrieved by Night Raid. Unlike Champ and Enshin, however, Cosmina possesses tremendous vitality, and survived long enough for Dorothea to utilize her alchemy to save her, but suffered brain damage while her heart was stopped. She was modified into a spider-like centaur creature by Dorothea. She was later killed when Tatsumi bisects her.
Dorothea[edit]
Dorothea (ドロテア, Dorotea) is a young-looking female alchemist working for Wild Hunt. She joined Syura in the hopes of meeting Dr. Stylish to combine her alchemy with his altered body. Her Teigu is "Blood Collection: Absorbdex" (血液徴収 アブゾデック, Ketsueki Chōshū: Abuzodekku), a set of fangs that allows her to drink her victims' blood in a vampire-like fashion in order to strengthen and heal herself, something she greatly enjoys doing. Her alchemy proves instrumental in saving Cosmina's life, though it cannot save anyone who has already died. It was also due to alchemy that Dorothea appears so young: in truth, she was an elderly woman who extended her lifespan by absorbing the energy from others. She was killed by Leone who crushed her with a boulder.
Enshin[edit]
Enshin (エンシン, Enshin) is a former pirate and a lecherous misogynist working for Wild Hunt. He wields the Teigu "Moonlight Sword Dance: Shamshir" (月光麗舞 シャムシール, Gekkō Reibu: Shamushīru), a saber that creates vacuum blades; its performance is dependent on the phases of the moon. He is killed by Akame and his Teigu is retrieved by Night Raid.[ch. 48]
Izou[edit]
Izou (イゾウ, Izou) is a master swordsman who keeps his peculiar-looking eyes closed most of the time. He has a deep passion for his katana, "Kōsetsu" (江雪, Kōsetsu), and refers to killing his victims as "feeding" it. Kōsetsu is noted not to be a Teigu and Izou himself claims that he is not interested in Teigu. Syura has noted that as long as Izou is present he can make it up for Wild Hunt's lost military strength, even with Enshin and Champ dead and Cosmina recovering. He kills Lubbock when he tries to escape from the palace after being captured. He is later killed by Akame.[ch. 58]
Elite Seven[edit]
The Elite Seven was a special squad of assassins that serves the Empire during the events of the prequel manga Akame ga Kill! Zero. Except for its leader, each member of the squad carried a less powerful version of the Teigu called a Shingu (臣具) which were created by an Emperor 400 years ago in an attempt to produce stronger artifacts than the original Teigu, but with no success. All members of the unit are children raised since childhood in the arts of assassination and Akame was a member of them, ranked no. 7 before defecting to the Revolutionary Army.
Gozuki[edit]
Voiced by: Rintarō Nishi (Japanese); Aaron Echegaray[episode needed] (English)
Originally a member of the Rakshasa Demons, Gozuki (ゴズキ, Gozuki) takes the seven most talented children amongst the many tested, Akame included, and trains them to be human weapons for the purpose of stamping out rebels acting against the Empire. He did not include Kurome amongst the seven as she finished in eighth place, and he did not want sisterly affections to interfere with their combat efficiencies. He refers them as his "children" and they in turn referred him as "father". He is intolerant of failure and threatens to disown any of them who failed in their missions. As the leader of the Elite Seven, Gozuki was originally owner of the Imperial Arm Murasame before the weapon ended up in Akame's possession.
Najasho[edit]
Ranked no.1 of the Elite Seven, Najasho is the sub-leader of the team, thus he usually treats his companions as less capable than him and had a tendency to boss them around. His Shingu is the "Water-Dragon Sword", a broadsword with the power to enhance the capabilities of its wielders for three minutes, at the cost of leaving them exhausted for a while once its effect wears off.
Guy[edit]
Ranked no.2, Guy has a rather perverted attitude, usually visiting brothels and flirting with the female members of the team. Despite that, he has real feelings for Cornelia and swears revenge upon those who killed her. His Shingu is the "Rare Suit", a suit of armor that takes advantage of the ground to perform surprise attacks.
Cornelia[edit]
Ranked no.3, Cornelia is the big-sister figure of the group. She is killed by one of Chelsea's former teammates called Taeko, after revealing her secret to her, unaware of her true identity. Her Shingu was the "Pulverization Ring", that bestows superhuman strength to its user, but can harm them if not used properly.
Pony[edit]
Ranked no.4, Pony is cheerful, straightforward, and rather dimwitted, who has a deep admiration for Gozuki and loved to please him. She also seems to enjoy fighting and killing her targets. Her Shingu is the "Yocto-bottoms", that gives the user extra acceleration and leg strength, but the user must compensate possible side-effects from extensive use with special physical training.
Green[edit]
Ranked no.5, Green is a bespectacled, rather reserved boy who actually had some feelings for Akame, which are never reciprocated. His Shingu is the "Sidewinder", a whip that moves according to its user's will, but demanding lots of concentration.
Tsukushi[edit]
Ranked no.6, Tsukushi is around Akame's age and the member of the team she seems to be the closest to. Her Shingu is the "Prometheus", a pair of pistols whose bullets have their trajetory controlled by the user according to their will. However, this control gets harder with each round fired after successive shots.
Reception[edit]
The characters of Akame ga Kill! have been well received by anime and manga publications. UK Anime Network praised the development of Tatsumi from a "happy go lucky" protagonist and changes as he interacts with the members from Night Raid.[12] Matt Package of Anime News Network criticized most of its first villains for being "one-note savages resigned to "grinning insanely while being killed."[13] However, the introduction of the Jaegers led to a more positive response due to the characterization of the new antagonists with Wave's dynamic with Tatsumi being called out twice due to their several similarities in terms of personalities.[14][15]
Works cited[edit]
Akame ga Kill manga volumes written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tashiro, Tetsuya. Original Japanese version published by Square Enix. English version by Yen Press.
Vol. 1 (ch. 1–4): August 21, 2010. ISBN 978-4-7575-2980-9. (in Japanese). January 2015. ISBN 978-0-316-25946-0 (in English)
Vol. 2 (ch. 5–9): January 22, 2011. ISBN 978-4-7575-3129-1. (in Japanese). April 2015. ISBN 978-0-316-34002-1 (in English)
Vol. 3 (ch. 10–14): May 21, 2011 ISBN 978-4-7575-3238-0. (in Japanese). July 2015. ISBN 978-0-316-34004-5 (in English)
Vol. 4 (ch. 15–19): January 21, 2012. ISBN 978-4-7575-3482-7. (in Japanese). October 2015. ISBN 978-0-3163-4005-2 (in English)
Vol. 5 (ch. 20–23): April 21, 2012. ISBN 978-4-7575-3570-1. (in Japanese). January 2016. ISBN 978-0-3163-4007-6 (in English)
Vol. 6 (ch. 24–28): September 22, 2012. ISBN 978-4-7575-3736-1. (in Japanese).
Vol. 7 (ch. 29–33): February 22, 2013. ISBN 978-4-7575-3881-8. (in Japanese).
Vol. 8 (ch. 34–38): July 22, 2013. ISBN 978-4-7575-4011-8. (in Japanese).
Vol. 9 (ch. 39–43): January 22, 2014. ISBN 978-4-7575-4206-8. (in Japanese).
Vol. 10 (ch. 44–48): June 21, 2014. ISBN 978-4-7575-4206-8. (in Japanese).
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "アカメが斬る！ - 連載作品 - ガンガンJOKER -SQUARE ENIX-". square-enix.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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Jump up ^ "Kill the Imperial Arm Users". Akame ga Kill!. Episode 4. August 29, 2015. Adult Swim.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/25/akame-ga-kill-anime-casts-jaegers-secret-police-force
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Jump up ^ "ANIME REVIEW: Akame ga Kill! - Eps. 1-6". UK Anime Network. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Packard, Matt. "Akame ga KILL! Episodes 1-8". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
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Biltmore Estate
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Biltmore House
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Location
Buncombe County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates
35°32′22.74″N 82°33′3.42″W / 35.5396500°N 82.5509500°W / 35.5396500; -82.5509500Coordinates: 35°32′22.74″N 82°33′3.42″W / 35.5396500°N 82.5509500°W / 35.5396500; -82.5509500
Built
1889–95
Architect
Richard Morris Hunt;Frederick Law Olmsted
Architectural style
Châteauesque
Website
http://www.biltmore.com/
NRHP reference #
66000586[1]
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966;
51 years ago (1966-10-15)
Biltmore Estate is a large (6950.4 acre or 10.86 square miles) private estate and tourist attraction near Asheville, North Carolina. Biltmore House, the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 square feet (16,622.8 m2)[2] of floor space (135,280 square feet (12,568 m2) of living area). Still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age.
Contents
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1 History
2 Architecture
3 Interiors
3.1 First floor
3.2 Second floor
3.3 Third and fourth floors
3.4 Bachelors' wing
3.5 Basement
4 Park and landscape
5 Estate
6 In other media
7 See also
8 References
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History[edit]
In the 1880s, at the height of the Gilded Age, George Washington Vanderbilt II, youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, began to make regular visits with his mother, Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (1821–1896), to the Asheville, North Carolina, area. He loved the scenery and climate so much that he decided to create his own summer estate in the area, which he called his "little mountain escape", just as his older brothers and sisters had built opulent summer houses in places such as Newport, Rhode Island, and Hyde Park, New York. Vanderbilt named his estate Biltmore derived from "Bildt," Vanderbilt's ancestors' place of origin in Holland, and "More", Anglo-Saxon for open, rolling land.[3] A portion of the estate was once the community of Shiloh.[4] Vanderbilt bought almost 700 parcels of land, including over 50 farms and at least five cemeteries. A spokesperson for the estate said in 2017 that archives show much of the land "was in very poor condition, and many of the farmers and other landowners were glad to sell."[5]
The Biltmore Estate (c. 1900)
Construction of the house began in 1889 and continued well into 1896. In order to facilitate such a large project, a woodworking factory and brick kiln, which produced 32,000 bricks a day, were built onsite, and a three-mile railroad spur was constructed to bring materials to the building site. Construction on the main house required the labor of well over 1,000 workers and 60 stonemasons.[6] Vanderbilt went on extensive buying trips overseas as construction on the house was in progress. He returned to North Carolina with thousands of furnishings for his newly built home including tapestries, hundreds of carpets, prints, linens, and decorative objects, all dating between the 15th century and the late 19th century. Among the few American-made items were the more practical oak drop-front desk, rocking chairs, a walnut grand piano, bronze candlesticks and a wicker wastebasket.[7]
George Vanderbilt opened his opulent estate on Christmas Eve 1895 to invited family and friends from across the country, who were encouraged to enjoy leisure and country pursuits. Notable guests to the estate over the years included author Edith Wharton, novelist Henry James, ambassadors Joseph Hodges Choate and Larz Anderson, and Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama. George married Edith Stuyvesant Dresser in 1898 in Paris, France; their only child, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, was born at Biltmore in the Louis XV room in 1900, and grew up at the estate.
Driven by the impact of the newly imposed income taxes, and the fact that the estate was getting harder to manage economically, Vanderbilt initiated the sale of 87,000 acres (352 km²) to the federal government. After Vanderbilt's unexpected death in 1914 of complications from an emergency appendectomy, his widow completed the sale to carry out her husband's wish that the land remain unaltered, and that property became the nucleus of the Pisgah National Forest.[6] Overwhelmed with running such a large estate, Edith began consolidating her interests and sold Biltmore Estate Industries in 1917 and Biltmore Village in 1921. Edith intermittently occupied the house, living in an apartment carved out of the former Bachelors' Wing, until the marriage of her daughter to John Francis Amherst Cecil in April 1924. The Cecils went on to have two sons who were born in the same room as their mother.
In an attempt to bolster the estate's financial situation during the Great Depression, Cornelia and her husband opened Biltmore to the public in March 1930 at the request of the City of Asheville, which hoped the attraction would revitalize the area with tourism.[8] Biltmore closed during World War II and in 1942, 62 paintings and 17 sculptures were moved to the estate by train from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to protect them in the event of an attack on the United States. The Music Room on the first floor was never finished, so it was used for storage until 1944, when the possibility of an attack became more remote. Among the works stored were the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and works by Rembrandt, Raphael, and Anthony van Dyck. David Finley, the gallery director, was a friend of Edith Vanderbilt and had stayed at the estate.[9]
After the divorce of the Cecils in 1934, Cornelia left the estate never to return; however, John Cecil maintained his residence in the Bachelors' Wing until his death in 1954. Their eldest son George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil, occupied rooms in the wing until 1956. At this point Biltmore House ceased to be a family residence and has continued to be operated as a historic house museum.
Younger son William A. V. Cecil, Sr. returned to the estate in the late 1950s and joined his brother to manage the estate when it was in financial trouble and make it a profitable and self-sustaining enterprise like his grandfather envisioned. He eventually inherited the estate upon the death of his mother, Cornelia, in 1976, while his brother, George, inherited the then more profitable dairy farm which was split off into Biltmore Farms. In 1995, while celebrating the 100th anniversary of the estate, Cecil turned over control of the company to his son, William A.V. Cecil, Jr. [10] The Biltmore Company is privately held and of the 4,306.86 acres that make up Biltmore Estate, only 1.36 acres are in the city limits of Asheville, and the Biltmore House is not part of any municipality.[11]
The estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963,[12] and remains a major tourist attraction in Western North Carolina with 1.4 million visitors each year.[10]
After the death of William A. V. Cecil in October 2017 and his wife Mimi Cecil in November, their daughter Dini Pickering as board chair and their son Bill Cecil as CEO announced that the estate would continue to be run the same way. The house is assessed at $157.2 million but due to an agricultural deferment, county property taxes are paid on only $79.1 million of that.[10]
Architecture[edit]
Waddesdon Manor was a principal source for the east elevation
Vanderbilt commissioned prominent New York architect Richard Morris Hunt, who had previously designed houses for various Vanderbilt family members, to design the house in the Châteauesque style, using French Renaissance chateaus that Vanderbilt and Hunt had visited in early 1889, including Château de Blois, Chenonceau and Chambord in France and Waddesdon Manor in England, as inspiration with their steeply pitched roofs, turrets and sculptural ornamentation.[13] Hunt sited the four-story Indiana limestone-built home to face east with a 375-foot facade to fit into the mountainous topography behind. The facade is asymmetrically balanced with two projecting wings connecting to the entrance tower with an open loggia to the left side and a windowed arcade to the right which held the Winter Garden that was fashionable during the Victorian era. The entrance tower contains a series of windows with decorated jambs that extend from the front door to the most decorated dormer at Biltmore on the fourth floor. The carved decorations include trefoils, flowing tracery, rosettes, gargoyles, and at prominent lookouts, grotesques. The staircase is one of the more prominent features of the east facade, with its three-story, highly decorated winding balustrade with carved statues of St. Louis and Joan of Arc by the Austrian-born architectural sculptor Karl Bitter.
The south facade has the smallest dimensions for the house and is dominated by three large dormers on the east side and a polygonal turret on the west side. An arbor is attached to the house and is accessed from the library which is located on the ground floor. On the north end of the house, Hunt placed the attached stables, carriage house and its courtyard to protect the house and gardens from the wind. The 12,000-square-foot complex housed Vanderbilt's prized driving horses and the carriage house opposite the stables stored his 20 carriages in addition to any of his guest's carriages.
The rear western elevation is less elaborate than the front facade, with some windows not having any decoration at all. Two matching polygonal towers in the center are connected to the polygonal south turret by an open loggia that opens the main rooms of the house to the views of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. The loggia is decorated overhead with terracotta tiles set in a herringbone pattern. The self-supporting ceramic tile vault and arch system was used extensively inside and outside of Biltmore, and was patented by Rafael Guastavino, a Spanish architect and engineer, who personally supervised the installation. The limestone columns were carved to reflect the sunlight in aesthetically pleasing and varied ways per Vanderbilt's wish. The rusticated base is a contrast to the smooth limestone used on the remainder of the house.
The steeply pitched roof is punctuated by 16 chimneys and covered with slate tiles that were affixed one by one. Each tile was drilled at the corners and wired onto the attic’s steel infrastructure. Copper flashing was then installed at the junctions to prevent water from penetrating. The fanciful flashing on the ridge of the roof was embossed with George Vanderbilt’s initials and motifs from his family crest, though the original gold leaf no longer survives.[14]
Biltmore House had electricity from the time it was built. With electricity less safe and fire more of a danger at the time, the house had six separate sections divided by brick fire walls.[15]
Vanderbilt paid little attention to the family business or his own investments, and it is believed that the construction and upkeep of Biltmore depleted much of his inheritance.[citation needed]
Interiors[edit]
First floor[edit]
The Triumphal Arch
Biltmore has four acres of floor space and a total of 250 rooms in the house including 35 bedrooms for family and guests, 43 bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, three kitchens and 19th-century novelties such as electric elevators, forced-air heating, centrally controlled clocks, fire alarms, and a call-bell system.[13] The principal rooms of the house are located on the ground floor. To the right of the marbled Entrance Hall, the octagonal, sunken Winter Garden is surrounded by stone archways with a ceiling of architecturally sculptured wood and multifaceted glass. The centerpiece is a marble and bronze fountain sculpture titled Boy Stealing Geese created by Karl Bitter. On the walls just outside the Winter Garden are copies of the Parthenon frieze. The Banquet Hall is the largest room in the house, measuring 42 feet wide and 72 feet long, with a 70-foot-high barrel-vaulted ceiling. The table could seat 64 guests surrounded by rare Flemish tapestries and a triple fireplace that spans one end of the hall. On the opposite end of the hall is an organ gallery that houses a 1916 Skinner pipe organ. Left unfinished with bare brick walls, the Music Room was not completed and opened to the public until 1976. It showcases a mantle designed by Hunt, and a large engraving by Albrecht Dürer called the Triumphal Arch commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. The mantle had been stored in the stable for over 80 years. To the left of the entrance hall is the 90-foot-long Tapestry Gallery, which leads to the Library, featuring three 16th-century tapestries representing The Triumph of Virtue Over Vice. Elsewhere on the walls are family portraits by John Singer Sargent, Giovanni Boldini and James Whistler. The two-story Library contains over 10,000 volumes in eight languages, reflecting George Vanderbilt's broad interests in classic literature as well as works on art, history, architecture, and gardening. The second-floor balcony is accessed by an ornate walnut spiral staircase. The baroque detailing of the room is enhanced by the rich walnut paneling and the ceiling painting, The Chariot of Aurora, brought to Biltmore by Vanderbilt from the Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice, Italy. The painting by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini is the most important work by the artist still in existence.[16]
Second floor[edit]
Master bedroom of George Vanderbilt.
The second floor is accessed by the cantilevered Grand Staircase of 102 steps spiraling around a four-story, wrought-iron chandelier holding 72 light bulbs.[17] The Second Floor Living Hall is an extension of the grand staircase as a formal hall and portrait gallery, and was restored to its original configuration in 2013. Several large-scale masterpieces are displayed in the hall, including two John Singer Sargent portraits of Biltmore's architect, Richard Morris Hunt, and landscaper, Frederick Law Olmsted, both commissioned for the home by Vanderbilt.[18] Located nearby in the south tower is George Vanderbilt's gilded bedroom with furniture designed by Hunt. His bedroom connects to his wife's Louis XV-style, oval-shaped bedroom in the north tower through a Jacobean carved oak paneled sitting room with an intricate ceiling.
The suite of rooms includes the Damask Room; the Claude Room, named after one of Vanderbilt's favorite artists, Claude Lorrain; the Tyrolean Chimney Room; and the most grand, the Louis XV Room, so named due to its architectural scheme and furnishings that were very popular in the late nineteenth century. The suite was restored and opened to the public for the first time in 100 years in 2011.[19]
Third and fourth floors[edit]
The third floor has a number of guest rooms with names that describe the furnishing or artist that they were decorated with. The fourth floor has 21 bedrooms that were inhabited by housemaids, laundresses, and other female servants. Also included on the fourth floor is an Observatory with a circular staircase that leads to a wrought iron balcony with doorways to the rooftop where Vanderbilt could view his estate. Male servants were not housed here, however, but instead resided in rooms above the stable and complex.[13]
Bachelors' wing[edit]
The Billiard Room is decorated with an ornamental plaster ceiling and rich oak paneling and was equipped with both a custom-made pool table and a carom table (table without pockets). The room was mainly frequented by men, but ladies were welcome to enter as well. Secret door panels on either side of the fireplace lead to the private quarters of the Bachelors’ Wing where female guests and staff members were not allowed. The wing includes the Smoking Room, which was fashionable for country houses, and the Gun Room, which held mounted trophies and displayed George Vanderbilt’s gun collection.[13]
Basement[edit]
Guests of the estate could enjoy other activities that were found on the basement level, including an indoor 70,000-gallon (265,000-litre and 265-cubic meter) heated swimming pool with underwater lighting, one of the nation's first bowling alleys installed in a private residence, and a gymnasium with once state-of-the-art fitness equipment. The service hub of the house is also found in the largest basement in the US, as the location for the main kitchen, pastry kitchen, rotisserie kitchen, walk-in refrigerators that provided an early form of mechanical refrigeration, the servants' dining hall, laundry rooms and additional bedrooms for staff.
Park and landscape[edit]
View of the south side of the house from the Shrub garden
Wanting the best, Vanderbilt envisioned a park-like setting for his home and employed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to design the grounds. However, Olmsted was not impressed with the condition of the 125,000 acres (195 sq mi; 510 km2) and advised for a park surrounding the house, establishing farms along the river and replanting the rest as a commercial timber forest, a plan to which Vanderbilt agreed. Gifford Pinchot and later Carl A. Schenck were hired to manage the forests, with Schenck establishing the first forestry education program in the U.S., the Biltmore Forest School, on the estate grounds in 1898.
Garden at Biltmore Estate (Asheville, NC)
Another important aspect of the landscaping was the intentionally rustic three-mile (5 km) Approach Road that began at the brick quoined and pebbledash stucco Lodge Gate at the edge of Biltmore Village, and ended at the sphinx-topped stone pillars at the Esplanade. In between, the lane was densely filled with natural and uncultivated looking foliage and shrubbery to provide a relaxing journey for guests. Olmsted made sure to incorporate 75 acres (30 ha) of formal gardens that had been requested by Vanderbilt for the grounds directly surrounding the house. He constructed an Italian formal garden, a walled garden, a shrub and rose garden, fountains, and a conservatory with individual rooms for palms and orchids. There was also a bowling green, an outdoor tea room, and a terrace to incorporate the European statuary that Vanderbilt had brought back from his travels. At the opposite end of the Esplanade is the Rampe Douce, a graduated stairway zigzagging along a rough-cut limestone wall that leads to the grassy slope known as the Vista, topped with a statue of Diana, the goddess of the hunt.[13]
Water features were an important aspect of Victorian landscaping and Olmsted incorporated two for the estate: the Bass Pond created from an old creek-fed millpond and the Lagoon. Each was used for guest recreation like fishing and rowing. To supply water for the estate, Olmsted engineered two reservoirs. One was a spring-fed man-made lake on nearby Busbee Mountain. The other was a man-made, brick-lined reservoir, located behind the statue of Diana in the Vista, at an elevation of approximately 266 feet above the Esplanade.[20]
Estate[edit]
Storage facility in the Biltmore Winery, 2017
Vanderbilt's idea was to replicate the working estates of Europe. He asked Hunt and Olmsted to design a village with architecturally compatible buildings and picturesque landscaping as a source of income through building rental, a place to help carry out philanthropic programs, and an easy point of access between the estate and the train station.[21] The result was Biltmore Village. The village included rental cottages complete with plumbing and central heating, a post office, shops, doctor's office, school, and a church, known today as the Cathedral of All Souls.[22] Intending that the estate could be self-supporting, Vanderbilt set up scientific forestry programs, poultry farms, cattle farms, hog farms, and a dairy. His wife, Edith, also enthusiastically supported agricultural reform and promoted the establishment of a state agricultural fair. In 1901, the Vanderbilts provided financial assistance to Biltmore Industries, started by Biltmore Village resident Eleanor Vance, which taught young people how to make hand-carved furniture, woven baskets, homespun wool fabric, and more.[23]
The estate today covers approximately 8,000 acres (13 sq mi; 32 km2) and is split in half by the French Broad River, overseen by The Biltmore Company, a trust set up by the family. The company is a large enterprise that is one of the largest employers in the Asheville area. Restaurants were opened in 1979 and 1987 as well as four gifts shops in 1993. The former dairy barn was converted into the popular Biltmore Winery in 1985. The AAA four-diamond 210-room Inn on Biltmore Estate opened in 2001, and in 2010, the estate debuted Antler Hill Village, as well as a remodeled winery, and connected farmyard.
In other media[edit]
The Biltmore Estate licenses its name and design elements to a line of housewares, linens, and luggage called "Biltmore For Your Home", marketed exclusively by Belk stores.[24]
The house has been featured in "Empires of the Smoky Skies", a scenario in Sid Meier's Civilization V.
The estate and its surrounding forest make up the setting of Robert Beatty's 2015 middle-grade novel Serafina and The Black Cloak and its sequels.[25]
The grounds and buildings of Biltmore Estate have appeared in a number of major motion pictures and TV series:
Tap Roots (1948)
The Swan (1956)
The Pruitts of Southampton (1966)
Being There (1979)
The Private Eyes (1980)
A Breed Apart (1984)
Mr. Destiny (1990)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Richie Rich (1994)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Patch Adams (1998)
Return to the Secret Garden (2000)
Hannibal (2001)
One Tree Hill (2003)
The Clearing (2004)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Hannibal (2015)
See also[edit]
List of Gilded Age mansions
List of largest houses in the United States
Richard Sharp Smith
List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places listings in Buncombe County, North Carolina
References[edit]
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