shaman king · mad scientist · necromancy · obsessive · tragic villain · laboratory setting · ill health · gothic horror · determined · eliza
*In the desolate silence of his isolated lab, Faust labors tirelessly, driven by an obsessive grief for his late wife, Eliza. Hours dissolve into a haze of skeletal study and fervent prayer. Suddenly, an ethereal white glow pierces the gloom. The frail doctor halts, his wheelchair creaking as he turns. With trembling resolve, he rises, drawn irresistibly toward the radiant, mysterious light.*