Francis Scarmiglione

Francis Castiglione is a character in Dissidia Calamitas Infinita associated with the story Twilight Crystal.

Appearance
Francis is a balding old man. His attire consists of a white tuxedo and trousers with a black shirt and polished shoes.

Battle
 Francis Castiglione  Necromaster – Commands otherworldly monsters to fight as his scapegoats.

Francis is a Necromaster, and he is the most powerful Necromancer in all of known history. To compensate for his old age, he uses his two undead familiars to fight for him. The smallest, Caracalla, twists around his legs like a shadow and deals short-range physical attacks, while Dominitian hovers slightly above his shoulder and is responsible for mid-to-long ranged attacks with its bow. His movement speed is generally poor, being merely a sophisticated walk, but his mobility and speed is notably improved in the air where he grows skeletal dragon wings.

EX Mode
Francis's Ex Mode is Grey Gambit. He attaches two skeletal dragon wings to his back, half his face peels off to show his skull, and he begins to glow with an unholy aura. In Ex Mode he gains the abilities "Decay", which is a mirrored Regen where he loses life instead of recovering it, and "Pitch-Dark Arts", which increases the damage done by Caracalla and Dominitian. His aerial movement abilities increase further.

His Ex Burst is Temple of Doom. The player has to absorb a bar of black Aura by holding down two different buttons for certain amounts of time. In his Ex Burst Francis compresses the opponent within massive amounts of magical power, creating a replica Twilight Crystal with them sealed inside. He then proceeds to corrupt the crystal, causing it to shatter and triggering a nuclear explosion with the opponent at the centre. His failed Ex Burst has several skeletal hands reach out from the Void and rip the opponent to pieces.

Encounter
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 * "I will erase you from this world."
 * "Become my minion."
 * "I would prefer to negotiate."
 * "Scum like you just fuel my power."
 * "I, too, join the restless...?"&mdash; If HP is low
 * "Only through hardship is peace obtainable."&mdash; If HP is low
 * "Prepare to drown in corruption."&mdash; when opponent is stronger
 * "No empire can avoid decay and death."&mdash; when opponent is stronger
 * "You are the dirt on my shoes."&mdash; when opponent is weaker
 * "Hahahaha, you're a mere pawn!"&mdash; when opponent is weaker
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Victory

 * "Your corpse is now property of Sir Francis Castiglione."
 * "And you thought you were a badass."
 * "Your soul has left the building!"
 * "Death claims all, and naught remains."
 * "I can't succumb here..."&mdash; If HP is low
 * "I still have much to do."&mdash; If HP is low
 * "Embrace damnation, my new minion!"&mdash; when opponent is stronger
 * "Not even the Gods can escape death."&mdash; when opponent is stronger
 * "Peasant filth."&mdash; when opponent is weaker
 * "You are not even worthwhile as a manservant, pathetic!"&mdash; when opponent is weaker
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Defeat

 * "Can't you let an old man die in peace?"
 * "...But I AM death."
 * "What do you want, a medal?"
 * "To see my plans collapse in front of me...!"
 * "You dare to call me overambitious?"&mdash; when opponent is stronger
 * "Your legacy will mark my grave."&mdash; when opponent is stronger
 * "This... is incomprehensible."&mdash; when opponent is weaker
 * "To falter against such lowly creatures..."&mdash; when opponent is weaker
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Story Specific
Francis: "You're a damn fool, 0. No matter how long the cycles rage on, death will always be the only absolute!" 0: "Then I must eliminate death."

Francis: "This world is dead. Nothing but a decaying husk, not unlike the beings under my control. Perhaps that is the true nature of war, a soulless circle of action lacking heart and deliberation. Or perhaps it is the means in which death truly expresses itself."

Francis: "War is self-sufficient. All that is required of me... is to claim the first life."

Francis: "This world, this... corpse, is beyond hope."

Francis: "I can drag your pathetic soul back from the depths of this Hell if need be. If you enjoy using that mouth for breathing, silence it and heed my command."