Affected with an overabundance of money, a brilliant mind, sociopathic tendencies, and a crippling mana allergy, Avender von Faust was a perfect storm to create one of Nied's most prolific and feared scientific minds. The heir to the old and powerful von Faust dynasty, Avender is known for his sadistic, human-tested experiments and gleeful appetite for methodical destruction and pain. Despite his horrific tendencies, he has contributed much to the Stahl Republic's technological supremacy, most notably the Faustian Architecture, along with the high-tech augments it supports.