TV-Series
Description
Raphael Walt, born Sirius Dieke, is the illegitimate son of Marquis Dieke and a maid. Childhood bullying preceded their kidnapping by the Marquess, who conducted a forbidden ritual killing his mother and fusing the original Sirius Dieke’s soul with Raphael’s body. This trauma awakened dark magic within him while binding him to a manipulative curse intensifying his hatred and driving vengeance against nobles. Publicly, he then adopted the Sirius Dieke identity.

As Sirius Dieke, he became Magic Academy student council president, projecting a professional, kind facade to mask inner resentment and manipulation fueled by the curse. He strategically befriended commoner light mage Maria Campbell to advance his goals, later resenting her bond with Katarina Claes. His undetectable dark magic included memory manipulation, mind control, aura concealment, extrasensory perception, sleep induction, and shadow transformation—threatening to kill the heroine and her friends if thwarted during academy schemes, though successful confrontation could free him.

Katarina Claes disrupted his plans by uncovering his true name, Raphael Walt, and offering unconditional support. This compassion shattered the curse, leading him to renounce vengeance, purge the dark presence, and abandon the Sirius identity to seek redemption.

Renamed Raphael Walt, he joined the Magic Ministry as Magic Tools Laboratory vice-head. His superior, Larna Smith, dyed his hair brown to conceal his past. Specializing in magical artifact research, he efficiently managed paperwork while covering Larna’s absences, despite workload complaints. He maintained friendships with Maria Campbell and academy peers while harboring romantic feelings for Katarina. Collaborating with Maria and Larna, he engineered Katarina’s Ministry employment to spend time with her and disrupt her engagement to Prince Geordo.

His wind magic affinity ranks 4/5, though early references to light magic stemmed from translation errors. Non-magical skills include brewing premium tea and providing effective massages. Personality-wise, he exhibits responsibility, regret, quiet cunning, and work-induced weariness.

In film continuity, Raphael appears as a Ministry researcher and Katarina’s ally during a Mutrac circus caravan incident. Physically, he has brilliant red hair (later brown), grey eyes, and standard Ministry attire: white collared shirt, grey cardigan, brown jacket, and boots.