Character Profile: Father Abel Nightroad
Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Name |
Father Abel Nightroad | Abel Nightroad |  |
Alias |
Peter Abel Nightroad | Abel Nightroad | |
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Crusnik 02 | Crusnik 02 | |
Race |
Crusnik | Crusnik | |
Gender |
Male | Male | |
Age |
972 years old(looks about 20 years old)(born in 2088) | 972 years old(looks about 20 years old)(born in 2088) | |
Hair |
Silver | Silver | |
Eyes |
Blue/grayish(normally), red(in Crusnik mode) | Blue/grayish(normally), red(in Crusnik mode) | |
Height |
6'3"(source: Trinity Blood collectors edition information booklet) | 191 cm(source: Trinity Blood collectors edition information booklet) | |
Weight |
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Status |
Ax Member | Ax Member | |
Quote |
"Thy sins are eternal and I pray not for the dead" | "Thy sins are eternal and I pray not for the dead" | |
Voice |
Troy Baker | ||
Debut |
Episode 1 | Episode 1 | |
Anime |
Trinity Blood | Trinity Blood |
Character Description: Father Abel Nightroad
Abel-kun is one of the four crusniks. He used to hate humans, but learned to love them thanks to Lillith. He joins the special force of the Vatican, AX.
AX is a group who deals with problems, like negotiating, or if a ship gets hijacked they have to come up with the solution to the problem.
Unfortunately, near the end of the series, Abel dies. Fortunately, with the help of Tres and Catarina, they bring him back to life. They used a glass vial from I believe Lillith's coffin, Tres pours the contents of it (apparently his mother's blood) over him and a few minutes later Abel comes back in Crusnik form. Ester witness this. At the very end of the series, Abel and Ion go in search of the Contra Mundi to defeat him.
Editor's Note:
His nickname, Crusnik, apparently comes from the Slavic word "Krusnik" (or "Krsnik" or "Kresnik"), which refers to vampires who are a type of fallen angel. In Japanese, it would be pronounced more like "Kurusuniku" (or "Krusnik", as often times the "u" will be skipped over). "Crusnik" is the spelling found on Adult Swim's Trinity Blood Character page, while the Closed Captioning and/or subtitles spells it "Krusnik". And on the Trinity Blood soundtrack CD, the second track is spelled "kresnik". If you know of anywhere else that has an official spelling (such as subtitles or DVD sleeves), please contact me.
According to Wikipedia:
Krsnik or Kresnik, Lord of the Mountain is a pagan slavonic son of the sun god present in Slovenia, Croatia, and other countries. The comparative mythology showed that this demigod figure originates from Iranian god Yima and his double, Indian Yama, with whom they share a lot of common characteristics. It is a very diverse deity with many different faces depending on the location of the myth.
Is it also possible that "crusnik" might be an alternate spelling of "cruznik" (from the Spanish word, "cruz" meaning "cross"), which could bei a neologism, referring to the seemingly Christianized vampires of this future-Earth. For comparison, I cite the slang terms "beatnik" (proto-hippies of the Fifties) and "peacenik" (anti-vietman War protesters in the Sixties).
There seems to be some controversy as to whether or not Peter is actually Abel's first name. Apparently, the name "Peter" is actually just a religious title meaning wandering priest.
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Flag[admin]#6 - Posted by Haku's Precious Person on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 12:55pm:
I just started watching Trinity Blood a few days ago and Abel is definitely my favorite character. ^.^ I like the plot of it, too. I saw a picture of him and I'm like, "Oh, who is that? He looks like Kabuto from Naruto." And then I saw his name and I'm like, "Hmm, I shall Wikipedia this and see what the show is all about" and then I found out and I started watching it online. :)
Abel Nightroad forever!!!
~Haku's Precious Person, AKA A'isha-chan ^^ ... show more »
Flag[admin]#5 - Posted by kurou the crow demon on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 5:07pm:
omg abel is sooo kooool he seems childish but once he is in combat mood he totally kicks a** lol
Flag[admin]#4 - Posted by Azrael Creed on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 11:06am:
Apparently the guy who wrote it died... But i love Abel.....
Flag[admin]#3 - Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at 4:59pm:
i wonder why they stopped showing it
Flag[admin]#2 - Posted by 2nasty on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 11:05am:
the series is awesome
Flag[admin]#1 - Posted by wow! on Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 6:58pm:
abel is theBOMB he's soooooooooo cool