Fernando Alhorn (フェルナンド・アルホーン, Ferunando Aruhōn) is the main antagonist of the light novel rey infinito.
He is a gang leader of human smugglers who shoots hundreds of civilians with the Bow and Arrow, hoping to awaken their powers. He is the user of a currently unknown Stand.
Appearance
Fernando Alhorn is a middle-aged man with deeply chiseled features. He has green eyes, and the lines on his cheeks and chin are sharp "as if they were forged by a blacksmith". He appears as if he could be an action star, pimp, street vendor, and a character from Greek mythology all at once.
Alhorn's arms, neck, and chest are covered in blue tattoos made with the ink of boiled-down clerodendrums. His tattoos include a lizard, an eagle, thorns, lightning, the cross, a shooting target, hieroglyphics, and a long slogan of revolutionary ideology.[2] He wears a gold wristwatch.[1]
When relaxing in his hideout, he only wears a robe.[4]
Personality
Alhorn is a psychopathic and apathetic man with violent and cruel tendencies. Ever since he was a child, he felt unable to see himself, his friends, or his family as anything else but walking cadavers. However, he felt like he could hear a mysterious howling within him that sounded like a scream, eventually learning the true nature of his soul once he turned 50. While he was in the military, despite seeing maggots infesting the bodies of his allies, houses of innocents being burned down, and civilians shot to death, Alhorn was more concerned that he would soil himself from dysentry-induced incontinence. Although he is from an affluent family, Alhorn doesn't feel as if he has fallen from grace due to his actions. He also feels no joy when he is surrounded by wealth and women and isn't the type to think about his past or future.[1] His goal is to make war a sport that is handled by private parties rather than being waged between countries, where a team would win based on their strategy, logistics, and ammunition reserves.[4]
Alhorn acts impulsively on his curiosity, obsessed with learning more about the powers that the Bow and Arrow could awaken. He believes that these powers are one's deepest weaknesses and will lead humanity to new horizons. He feels no compassion or empathy when shooting or torturing his targets, not even when he decides to shoot the family of his right-hand-man, Dos Santos. He would hurt women, children, and people of any age or race indiscriminately. Eventually, he creates rules to abide by when choosing his targets so that he wouldn't get frustrated for wasting his time when they fail to awaken powers.[1] His torturing methods are extremely inhumane, involving either slicing off skin with a razor, ripping off nails, cutting off digits, hammering nails into them, shooting, burning, starving, freezing, drowning, playing songs over and over again, or planting lethal bacteria in their bodies. He would occasionally take pity on his victims and show them mercy to break their minds, making them his loyal slaves to the point where they would even offer their wives or children to Alhorn.[4]
According to Aki Marcela de la Vega, Alhorn acts very friendly and eloquent when speaking. He is intelligent and likes to read philosophical books. Lisa Lisa describes him as being unprincipled, frivolous, and hollow. Despite confronting evil beings who were far more despicable than him, Lisa Lisa likens Alhorn to the personification of the depths of hell, noting that his empty eyes lack desire or determination.[2]
Due to alcohol use, Alhorn speaks with a husky voice.[2]
History
Background
Fernando Alhorn was born into a family that became rich off of the oil and mining industries. His father died when he was 17, but he enlisted in the military instead of inheriting his father's lands or mines since he was the third-eldest son. He was assigned to the Agrupamiento del Norte's 33rd infantry brigade and fought in the Ecuadorian border conflict. He suffered from illnesses such as malaria and typhoid fever while witnessing his countrymen and several people shot to death.
He was eventually discharged after a ceasefire was declared, and later traveled to places such as Brazil and Mexico. He worked several jobs while traveling, being a day laborer, bouncer, pimp, human smuggler, tour guide, and geological survey assistant. He read books and didn't settle down in any one place.[1] Alhorn dabbled in illegal activities such as smuggling, organizing gangs of robbers and kidnappers, supporting far-left extremists, and there are unconfirmed rumors of him committing political manipulation through assassinations and poisonings.[2] When he turned 50, he discovered the true nature of his "alma gritando".[1] He learned of the Bow and Arrow through his role as a geological survey assistant, and obtained it during one of his routes.[2]
At some point, Alhorn became the boss of the human traffickers throughout South America. The organization became more corrupt ever since, doing things like demanding exorbitant fees, forcing people to walk through dangerous areas, and shooting them with the Arrow.[3] He often went out in sandals, went to a random home, knocked on the door, and then shot whoever answered with the Arrow. The man had shot over a hundred people with the Arrow but less than 20% awakened their powers. Instead of wasting his time, he created a set of rules to abide by when choosing his targets. Both Alhorn and his right-hand-man, Dos Santos, are included in the personas más peligrosas list.[1] Alhorn had been detained by border patrols for smuggling, stranded at airports, and interrogated by police several times, but managed to escape each time. However, audio recordings of his interrogations were left behind.[2]
In the early 70s, he traveled back to his homeland of Peru. He found a new place to live in the suburbs of the capital instead of returning to his family home. He made appearances all throughout the country, and sometimes branched out into neighboring nations.[1]
rey infinito
Vacationing at Santa Rosa
One day in 1974, the man heads to Santa Rosa. He visits the family home of Dos Santos, and is invited inside. Curious about whether Dos Santos's bloodline or environment influenced his Stand ability, Alhorn shoots Santos's parents with the Arrow. Both of them die and Alhorn leaves their bodies in the living room. He then goes to the bedroom and forces their son-in-law to put his head to his pregnant wife's stomach to hear their baby kicking and breathing. Alhorn shoots them with the Arrow, killing the man, his wife, and their baby all at once. He waits for a while to see if they would awaken any powers, but nothing happens.
Alhorn then takes off his shirt and relaxes in their house, drinking and laying on their bed. Dos Santos arrives to pick him up, telling him that he should return home soon. However, Alhorn tells Santos to relax and have some drinks. Consequently, they end up staying in the house for three more days while drinking. Santos asks his boss to put his clothes on since it's not his house. Instead, Alhorn then asks Santos what the essence of war and murder is, before explaining that they are asymmetrical because they never have equal actions and results. Santos tells Alhorn that there are people waiting for him in their cells, so he finally decides that they should leave and tells Santos to grab the Bow and Arrow. As they head to the living room, Santos laments the death of his family despite cutting ties with them years ago. Alhorn asks Santos what he expected when they decided they would come to his home.
As they leave the house, they are immediately surrounded by Santa Rosa police officers, who points their guns and have armored cars behind them. Alhorn suspects that Dos Santos set him up, but Santos denies the accusation. Alhorn then orders Santos to wipe out the police officers using his powers.[1]
Chapters
Novel Appearances- rey infinito - Guatemala Arc
- Chapter 3 (Mentioned only)
- rey infinito - Peru Arc
- Chapter 4 (1st full appearance)
- Chapter 5 (Flashback)
- Chapter 6 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 9 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11 (Mentioned only)
Quotes
Quotes- “You set me up, didn't you? You led the cops here like a pack of wolves, you son of a bitch!”—Fernando Alhorn to Dos Santos, rey infinito Chapter 4
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 rey infinito Chapter 4: IV - Peru Arc
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 rey infinito Chapter 5: V - Peru Arc
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 rey infinito Chapter 3: III - Guatemala Arc
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 rey infinito Chapter 7: VII - Peru Arc