Idia Shroud

Idia is a tall young man with pale skin and bright blue, fire-like hair. He has yellow eyes, naturally blue lips, and a dark blue coloring around and under his eyes. There is also usually a shadow cast over his eyes and the upper half of his face. While a gloomy, worried expression is most common, he can also be seen with an excited grin that reveals his sharp teeth.

Idia’s hair is considerably long and reaches down to his knees. While his long bangs fall loosely around his face and between his eyes, the hair on the top of his head seems to flow upwards. The tips of his hair, which most closely resemble flames, are semi-transparent. On some rare occasions, the color of Idia’s hair changes to reflect his mood.[1] Dorm Uniform

As the housewarden, Idia’s dorm uniform somewhat differs from the rest of the Ignihyde students, the few distinguishing features being his padded belt, and several long strips of fabric that trail off of it. The uniform consists of a black textured jacket, a bright blue half-vest, navy-blue pants, and black and blue boots.

The jacket is mainly black with blue underlining. All over the outside of the jacket is a unique, geometric texture, consisting of evenly-arranged triangles. This texture appears to have a metallic shine. The jacket has a large, bright blue collar, resembling that of an aviator jacket, with black lines near the trim. Also along the collar are black zippers that go underneath the jacket. While barely visible, Idia also wears a navy-blue, crew neck shirt under his jacket.

On the right side of his chest is a bright blue half-vest that goes over his right shoulder, and is connected by a blue belt around his torso. The belt has a black triangle pattern and a dark-blue snap buckle, with the long end hanging down to his waist. The half-vest itself has one cargo pocket, above which is a large white button with the symbol of Ignihyde on it.

Just above Idia’s navy-blue pants is a blue padded belt, with a black belt strap.

Idia is a shy and withdrawn person with a dark outlook on life. Despite his little brother’s suggestions, he prefers to stay in his room at all times, and takes classes remotely whenever possible to avoid interacting with other people. He almost never shows up to ceremonies or housewarden meetings in person, instead using a tablet device to speak from his room.

When in public, Idia can get anxious rather easily. He has a tendency to stutter when speaking with unfamiliar people, so he is sometimes seen using his tablet to communicate.[2] He also seems to be self-conscious about his looks, and is quick to assume that strangers will stare or make fun of him behind his back. In general, he expects a negative outcome from any social situation, so he would rather avoid them altogether.[3]

Despite all of this, Idia acts very differently under certain circumstances. He can talk with people more calmly if he's playing a board game with them[4], or if he's speaking with them over the internet. Moreover, he can speak quickly and enthusiastically about his hobbies or interests, greatly contrasting his usual demeanor. He can also be rather prideful when it comes to his engineering or gaming skills, often considering himself a genius. When he isn't talking to someone face to face, whether it be through a screen or behind a wall, he can speak clearly and quite bluntly. This sometimes backfires on him, though, as he can get a bit confrontational and say things he doesn't mean in the process.[3]

Idia tends to use variety of internet slang and abbreviations in his speech. He also commonly uses video game terms as metaphors for his own experiences.

Idia was considered a "promising prodigy" when he was young.[1] According to Ruggie, he comes from a famous, noble family, and will eventually inherit their household.[5]

Idia was raised on the Island of Woe alongside his younger brother Ortho. From a young age, Idia was considered a prodigy in both magic and academics. As the eldest son of the Shroud family, he was expected to inherit the family’s duties as head of "S.T.Y.X.", a private blot-research organization.

Although Idia disliked the thought of becoming the head of S.T.Y.X. from the beginning, he wasn’t given much of a choice. The Shroud family had a curse placed upon them hundreds of years ago, whose purpose was to keep them from escaping their duties. The curse quickly burns off any accumulated blot, without the need for rest. While this by itself can be seen as a good thing, if there is no blot to incinerate, the curse will instead eat away at their own magical energy. Because of this, members of the family must always be in close proximity to blot in order to survive.

Young Idia spent most of his free time with Ortho. Influenced by the video games they would play, they both dreamed of becoming heroes and going on adventures together in the outside world. One day, Idia promises on a whim to have a real adventure with Ortho, before he’s forced to take up the family mantle.

The two then attempted to leave the island by shutting down S.T.Y.X.'s high-end security system. In the middle of their venture, however, an unknown person launched a cyber-attack while the system was still down, which opened “Tartarus”, a facility that housed overblot phantoms. Before Idia could turn the security back on, he and Ortho are attacked by an escaped phantom.

Idia survived the incident, but by the time he woke up, Ortho was gone, and presumably dead. He immediately blamed himself for what happened, and desperately wanted him back so he could fulfill their promise.

Over the next two years, Idia shut himself in his room, working tirelessly to recreate Ortho in the form of an artificially-intelligent robot. He eventually succeeds, but in the end, his efforts weren't enough to fully alleviate his grief, as he spends the following years continuing to shut himself away from others.

As a student at Night Raven College, Idia originally didn't want the housewarden position, but was later convinced that no one else in the dorm was more capable of being Ignihyde's housewarden than he is. He would also rather not abide by a housewarden less skilled than him. It's rumored among other students that Idia received special permission from the headmage to attend classes remotely, in exchange for safeguarding the school's network environment.

Idia's signature spell is called "Gate to the Underworld". It allows him to open and close the gate to the Underworld.

Idia's online nickname is Gloomurai, which is short for Gloomy Samurai.[1] According to Ortho, he has a decent number of fans in certain gaming circles, who tend to copy his in-game fashion sense. Idia has managed to make a few friends over the internet, one of which being someone nicknamed Muscle Red.[7] The two occasionally play video games together. Muscle Red is confirmed later on to be Lilia Vanrouge.[8] However, neither of them seem to be aware of the other's true identity. He has a fondness for cats, as he is once seen baby-talking Trein's cat, Lucius.[9] He once scared Grim to the point of fainting after mistaking him for a cat and attempting to pet him.[7] He also likes dogs, but claims that he can't stand dog people like Crewel.[10] He is apparently good at sketching people from observation.[5] Idia is an avid fan of a three-member idol group called "Precipice Moirai", or "Premo" for short. The group is likely inspired by the three Fates from Hercules. Once, while watching a broadcast of one of Premo's concerts, Idia was caught performing a passionate, cheer-like dance that he calls "glowing".[11] This dance is based on a real practice called "wotagei", and the words used in his cheers are similar to that of a commonly-used wotagei chant. During the school's annual Beanfest, Idia covertly designs and builds high-tech gear to be used by both teams.[12] He gives these to Sam to trade off, and in exchange, Sam lets him hide in the Mystery Shop over the course of the tournament.[13] When trading, Idia goes by the nickname "Mr. Smith" to conceal his identity. In the Japanese version, Idia occasionally uses the pronoun sessha (拙者 or せっしゃ) to refer to himself. This pronoun has gone mostly unused in modern times, but it was used primarily by samurai in the feudal ages. Other times, though, he uses the common pronoun boku. He appears to switch between the two depending on his mood. He is good at singing, often singing anime and game theme songs in his room.

Night Raven College is an all-boys academy and the main setting of Twisted Wonderland. It is a four-year magic educational institution located on top of a mountain on the north side of the Isle of Sages. Students are only allowed to enroll in this school if they have the potential for being a great magician, a factor which is determined by the Dark Mirror. A black carriage will be sent to personally pick up incoming students, which can even travel underwater.[1] They are kept unconscious in coffins called "Gates" until arriving at the academy. In most cases, they can only be awoken if their Gate is unlocked with a special key[2], however there are exceptions.

All students are given a magical pen upon enrollment. These are fountain pens which hold the user's magic gemstones, and so are also utilized as wands. The color of one's gemstone is determined by which dorm they are in. They are capable of changing form, but so far this has only been shown with the dorm leaders. There are 7 houses. Heartslabyul: based on the Queen of Hearts' spirit of strictness, strict and has hundreds of nonsense rules based off the Queen of hearts. Savanaclaw: based on the King of Beasts' spirit of persistence, mostly full of rowdy beast men of different species and causes a lot of trouble. Diasomnia: based on the Thorn Fairy's spirit of nobility. Houswarden is a terrifying dragon fai who is in reality a big baby. Octavinelle: based on the Sea Witch's spirit of benevolence. Dorm runs an on campus café called Mostro Lounge and is basically like a mafia on school grounds. Scarabia: based on the Sorcerer of the Sands' spirit of mindfulness. They throw a lot of parties and the hoursewarden is a ray of fucking sunshine. An actual angel. Ignihyde: based on the King of the Underworld's spirit of diligence. They all have some form of social anxiety and are all technology nerds and gamers. Pomefiore: based on the Fairest Queen's spirit of tenacity. A Dorm centered around physical beauty.