History Characters / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSpecter

* FearOfThunder: Gained a fear of this thanks to the geass. It goes away once his memories return.

* HauntedHeroine: A male version of this trope. With his pale features, repressed memories and psychological breakdowns while being trapped in his room within a fancy manor with human caretakers that leave him be and an inhuman nanny, and the lord of this house gaslights him to believe that his nightmares aren't ''real'', one can't blame him for somehow popping out of a Gothic Horror short story when he's first seen in ''Crocus''.

** Having to deal with Tokio's wangst finally makes him snap by asking the boy if ''Goh'' is behaving just like him.

* 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.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a big crush on Ryoken, who not only ''doesn't'' reciprocate the love and doesn't see Specter that way -- or he could've been telling Yuri he just doesn't see Specter as a "damsel in distress" -- but what he does to him after he returns from the Infinity Train borders very closely to a HomophobicHateCrime.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: When it comes to boys who actually confront Chloe about their problems, he's this in terms to Goh. It takes Goh ''years'' to realize he's really been a sucky friend to her, but Specter ''immediately'' tells her to quit with the meltdowns. Technology wise, while Goh is savvy, Specter is a hacker and former cyber-terrorist. Specter also has shown signs of combat and can work in tandem with Easter, whereas Goh is a NonActionGuy and struggles getting along with Raboot in some areas.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He served the Hanoi because Ryoken gave him purpose after [[ItMakesSenseInContext losing the tree that he considered his monster]], but in terms of the ''Blossomverse'', he's close to London because of how the wrestler was willing to die to save Specter's ass despite their frosty friendship, willing to take on Pyramid head and ended up skewered by him. In fact, it's ''because'' of London that Specter has the strength to get ready for the Train, his other two reasons are to see Easter and Lampetia again. Easter points out that London should be careful in regards to this, given how fanatically loyal he's been to Ryoken in the past.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: He's easily got the most focus of the White Gestalt, having not only the most drastic change in personality and circumstances compared to his colleagues, but having the most presence once he returns to the Train and [[spoiler:even getting an unique power up in the form of fusing with Easter, creating Harmonious Storm, which puts him ahead of his own teammates, ''even his leader Gladion''.]]

* SubordinateExcuse: He's been Ryoken's subordinate for a very long time. Not because he actually believes in the Knights of Hanoi, though he definitely does, but because he's in love with him and because Ryoken was the one who took him in after he lost his mother.

* DecoyProtagonist: Specter gets a lion's share of focus out of White Gestalt during the second half of Act 1, but by Horrorland, it's clear that ''Gladion'' is the true focus of White Gestalt while he's stumbling over many, ''many'' issues of his.

* EvilVirtues: Downplayed on the "evil" part this time around, but if there's one virtue that he displays, it's loyalty. In his show, he is loyal to the Hanoi cause, to the point he had disgust when Kitamura tried to sell himself out for his safety and was fine with sacrificing himself for the Tower of Hanoi project. And in the story his loyalties are for London and how the wrestler saved him.

** 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.