Muten Okami

Muten Okami(大神六天; Ōkami Muten), also known as the Vajra Monk(金剛僧侶; Kongō sōryo) is a supporting character in DxD: Twice Critical and an associate of the Shinto Faction despite having no connections with them anymore. He's Yasaka's ex-husband and Kunou's father, being also a former Zodiac under the Alias "Rat"(鼠; Nezumi) before his desertion.

Currently, he lives in a Buddhist Shrine around Gion in Kyoto, and is the main protector of such against hostile factions, serving also as a informant and diplomat.

Appearance
An extremely tall, handsome, large and broad monk, Muten is described by Ryuuji and Takumi as a living wall wearing buddhist attires. Muten dwarves even the tallest member of the Zodiac Yagyuu by a few centimeters, and his figure is as imposing and broad as the temple he guards, not a single strand of  hair on his shiny scalp and face always in a stoic and deadpan expression.

Being a buddhist priest, Muten is always wearing a black robe and kimono with another white layer underneath it, straw sandals and white socks and white gloves that he uses to hide his Magical seals.

Personality
Despite his height and imposing figure, Muten is described by Yasaka as being a gentle and calm soul, who she sees several resembles to Takumi in some way. Being a priest and a guardian figure around Gion, Muten is stoic, deadpan, mostly expressionless and calm, not even the heat of the battle being enough to draw anything but a few quick reactions from him, and even so, he always returns to his normal self after the conflict is over.

Muten, however, has also a softer side: He possesses a gentle and almost fatherly love towards his apprentices and other monks in his temple, and still deeply loves his ex-wife and daughter despite his position most of the time preventing him from properly meeting them, instead sending them gifts with the excuse of them as offerings. Being also the high priest, he has a strict and stern demeanor regarding lazy monks or disrespectful personall on his vicinity, proper to shout at the top of his lungs for discipline despite not meaning any harm. As shown against Ichijou and Berolina, Muten has no fear of dying, and is merciful and kind even with his enemies. However, such demeanor also made him strain his relationships with other factions and ultimately be separated from his ex-wife.

Muten is a vegetarian and loves soft-served ice cream, cotton candy and cucumbers. Ironically enough, he dislikes rice, mochi and tangerines, typical offerings in Buddhist temples.

History
Muten is the newest and possibly last member of a family of monks, being born around Gion in Kyoto a few decades before the start of the fanfic or canon properly. Being a family tradition, Muten inherited from his father a temple in Gion and started his teachings and lessons as a buddhist priest while also discovering the supernatural side of his legacy, being chosen to represent Gion region of his faction. It was during such time that he met and fell in love with Yasaka, the leader of the Youkai Faction of Kyoto, with who he married and bore a child with, Kunou. It was alsop during such time he became the Rat of the Zodiacs, and shared some adventures with his teammate and friend Souichirou Yagyuu.

However, before Kunou was born, the Shinto Faction made an alert of increasing activity of angels, fallen angels and devils in Japan, and commanded all units to mobilize against the invasion of the other factions. Muten, however, disagreed in being against the invaders, and refused to act as long as they don't bring any harm to his people. Such disagreement made him strain his relationships with the rest of the Shinto faction until he deserted and was forbidden to have any more connections with them, also losing contact with his wife Yasaka and their unborn baby. Since then, he remains the main protector of Gion against hostile entities and factions, being monitorized by other Zodiacs and factions from afar.

Powers & Abilities
Immense Strength - Being the former leader of the Zodiacs and the main protector entity in Gion, Muten is extremely strong and with power compared to a normal high-class devil, if not more, granting him the title of the Vajra Monk. He was able to stop a barrage of punches from Touroforte, one of Ichijou's strongest shades, with his bare hands, and completely stop Nightfall Menace's movements just with his hands on top of her shoulders, no matter which animal she transforms into. His strength is also reflected on his powerful voice which, on highest volumes, can crack glass and blow people away, which always makes him having to repair windows or doors afterwards and apologize to people he inadvertently push away.

Mental Strength - Being a high priest and a Buddhist Monk, Muten possesses an immense control over his emotions and urges, seeing that not even Miyu's mind control or illusions are enough to make him emote. The fear produced by Memento Iron Maiden is also inneffective against him and, shown in his spar against Ichijou and Berolina, he doesn't fear death or pain.

Taming - A high priest, Muten has the ability to calm down and communicate with other forms of life that otherwise are incontrollable or can't normally communicate, such as animals, natural spirits or even berserker personal. His overall calm and controlled aura produces a sense of security, confidence and comfort to others, as a stone wall or a shield would.