History Characters / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSpecter

** Act 2 focused on the time he spent with Lampetia prior to meeting the other Gestalt members and explaining how he felt so distant from everyone in the orphanage he grew up in and that he hated hospitals because they made him lonely and reminded him he had no family to call his own.

** In the original ''Blossomverse'', his relationship with London would eventually grow into VitriolicBestBuds, to the point Specter spent days on his computer trying to contact London when Infinet connections stopped working and he he almost made the decisioni to stay on the Train so London didn't end up alone. In ''Crocus'', it's ambiguous as to what's going on Specter's end -- somewhere between atonement, loyalty, friendship and ''perhaps'' a romance -- while London want to work on repairing the damage he did but is quickly warned to approach the situation calmly and repeatedly has to state that he's ''not'' gay in the slightest. The author notes reveal that ultimately, it's just a very deep friendship.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Has no canon love interest but the co-author reveals that he's gay and crushes on Ryoken. Unfortunately, Ryoken doesn't seem to reciprocate (he tells Yuri he doesn't "see Specter that way" but it's not certain if it's either to Specter being a damsel in distress or romantic partner). Author notes for the Palimpsest Car confirms he's demiromantic (in which he can't have a romance with someone unless he formed a deep emotional bond) for Ryoken.
* AdaptationalSympathy: While he gained sympathy points on feeling the death of the Earth Ignis in ''Knight of the Orange Lily'', ''Seeker of Crocus'' dives into how much pain he's gone through as he wrestles with most of his memories returning after the Geass, how much losing Lampetia meant to him and his own sexuality clashing with him losing seeing Ryoken as a BrokenPedestal.

** In Horrorland Car, Specter claims his fused state is alive and kept him sane [[ItMakesSenseInContext when he gets sealed in a coffin going down a river.]] Is he saying that Storm is alive or is he hallucinating and stressed over what this car is doing to him? A clue that points to the former is when Specter can electrocute a swarm of bats with his staff...except Easter is currently with Ai at that point. Easter also expresses concern over the recent developments and Specter also senses someone speaking in his head when he mentions how glad he is that Easter came into his life.

** Whatever Augustine told him under a Truth geass is so damning that he has a voice crack when he tells Paimon to not bring it up. The words? [[spoiler:"Parasitic sycophant".]]

* ThePromise: Has three main ones: go back on the Train to apologize to Easter, go back on the train to truly start a friendship with London, [[RuleOfThreeand go back on the train]] to find Lampetia and see her one more time.

* InSeriesNickname: Usually goes by a variation of "Mr. Ghost", "Knight of Hanoi" or "Ghost Knight of the Hanoi" but gets other nicknames in the Cyan Desert Car like "Chloe's OC" and "Mr. Ash Blossom".

** To Ai. Ai is...well, an AI masquerading in a human body who wears black, whereas Specter is human and has a white motif. Ai uses his Duel Disk to fight and never gets his hands dirty, Specter will get up close and personal with his weapon or Easter. Ai has taken a FaceHeelTurn, wishing to keep Yusaku as his prisoner after losing his siblings while Specter has taken a HeelFaceTurn who wants to cherish his time on the Train with the people/denizens most important to him. Ai deludes himself to thinking what he's doing is for the sake of love when it's mostly just to protect himself, while Specter is not ashamed that he's doing what he does for the ''sake'' of the love he has for Easter, Lampetia, and London and his actions are played altruistically.

** When initially partnered with Easter, he would always call them an "it", even though they openedly requested to using "they" pronouns, not to mention that he ''kicked them out of a window in a rage''. When Ryoken starts talking smack about the Train and spits out the same dehumanizing pronoun, Specter quickly starts using the "they" pronoun out of respect and apologizes for the kick.

* EarlyBirdCameo: He makes an unnamed cameo as "Someone in a ship on the sea" when Dr. Yung wishes to personally "thank" whoever created the Infinet in the Ninjala Car.

** He's done ''very'' nasty stuff in his show, but he shows utmost disgust at Queen's apathy and greed, and he did fight off against the Apex and ''their'' cruelty.

** For all the atrocities he commmited, even he thinks ''nuclear warfare'' is a step too far. He's shown vomiting alongside Chloe when Yuri explains what happens if you give a giant spear the Nuclear element.

* {{Expy}}: If Augustine is Oersted and Chloe is Alethea, then Specter is their Streibough as it's ''his'' actions that causes Chloe to accept his advice to calm down and [[spoiler:breaks Augustine -- who had been doing his best to calm Chloe down over the incident with Sara and the Unown -- to nearly destroying the world. The main difference is that, unlike Streibough refusing to admit he made a mistake and owning to them, Specter is willing to let go and work with Augustine.]]
* FatalFlaw: Co-dependency issues. Specter heavily relies -- both physically and emotionally -- on Easter, Lampetia, or London as his crutches. If anything happens to any of them, he lets his primal rage loose and is unable to think straight. For example, Rimuru calmly tells Specter that there is no way that Lampetia could be wheeled by the Apex due to her being made of marble[[note]]To compare, the Venus de Milo statue is ''26 Tons''[[/note]] but Specter still goes through spiraling panic attacks of seeing his former partner be killed off. Horrorland Car reveals what happens if this goes out of hand -- with Lampetia, Easter ''and'' London out of commission -- Specter has to rely on what he has, which is a staff and his wits. Should he fight an opponent that is physically stronger or those who refuse to play his games, he's sunk.

** To Ai. Ai is...well, an AI masquerading in a human body who wears black, whereas Specter is human and has a white motif. Ai uses his Duel Disk to fight and never gets his hands dirty, Specter will get up close and personal with his weapon or Easter. Ai has taken a FaceHeelTurn, wishing to keep Yusaku as his prisoner after losing his siblings while Specter has taken a HeelFaceTurn who wants to cherish his time on the Train with the people/denizens most important to him. Ai deludes himself to thinking what he's doing is for the sake of love, while Specter is not ashamed that he's doing what he does for the ''sake'' of the love he has for Easter, Lampetia, and London.

* HypocriticalHumor: He calls Ai a "Gothic sell-out", completely forgetting that he also would fit in the Goth subculture with his silver hair, pale skin, and blue eyes, not to mention that he is constantly being mistaken for an OC created by a PerkyGoth.

** In Horrorland Car, Specter claims his fused state is alive and kept him sane [[ItMakesSenseInContext when he gets sealed in a coffin going down a river.]] Is he saying that Storm is alive or is he hallucinating and stressed over what this car is doing to him? A clue that points to the former is when Specter can electrocute a swarm of bats with his staff...except Easter is currently with Ai at that point.