Hanao Ebisu  

, 恵比寿 花夫

Judge of magic law. Goryos assistant. An experienced and skilled practitioner and assistant, but pales in comparison against other judges when on his own. As a child, Ebisu was alone. Without any parents, he was shuffled from orphanage to orphanage and picked on by other children. Eventually, he became fed up and ran away. He took to stealing, breaking and entering, shoplifting, purse-snatching, and etc. to survive. He also abused his skills as a spiritual medium to summon ghosts to assist him in his crimes. One day, his luck ran out. Magic law practitioners had been waiting where he sent the ghost, and the ghost took revenge by draining Ebisus tempering to almost nothing. He lay in a gutter for two days, drifting in and out of consciousness, when Goryo came and rescued him with a tempering injection, saying, "If youre going to throw your life away, why not use it for me?" Ebisu awoke several days later at the Goryo residence, and became Goryos assistant. While Goryo treats Ebisu horribly, with less respect than one would warrant even an animal, Ebisu doesnt seem to mind terribly. He has a deep-seated need to feel valued and needed, and as Goryos assistant can do his best to garner Goryos appreciation. Even after Goryo fires him for failing to execute a difficult maneuver, Ebisu knows it was for the good of the group--hell do whatever it takes to please his master, even if it means removing himself from the picture. To anyone other than Goryo, however, Ebisu is callous, lewd, and crass. Hes incredibly condescending and seems to go out of his way to show off his status and offend people. Hes not averse to getting his hands dirty to accomplish a job, even planning to drain an innocents tempering to further his goals. Ebisu was severely injured in his attempts to rescue Goryo from Tomas, but remains unshakably loyal. He becomes Goryos assistant once again after the ordeal is over.