Dix Perdix emerges as a primary antagonist in the series’ third season, a ruthless captain commanding the Ikelos Familia and a tormented heir to Daedalus, the mythical architect. His lineage shackles him to an ancestral curse that forces him to endlessly expand the artificial labyrinth Knossos—a duty he despises. The curse gnaws at his psyche, driving him to commit atrocities against sentient Xenos monsters, using their suffering as a distraction from his inescapable fate. Dix cuts an imposing figure with a tall, muscular frame, spiky black hair, and crimson eyes marked by a D-shaped scar over his left eye, a hereditary emblem of his Daedalus blood. His attire includes goggles with smoky quartz lenses, a battle cloth, and a crimson spear cursed to inflict unhealable wounds. A hefty combat knife complements his arsenal, deployed to brutal effect in close-quarters combat. Cunning intellect melds with sadistic cruelty in his personality. He derives grim satisfaction from torturing captured Xenos, exploiting them as profit sources or emotional outlets. Though outwardly composed, his rage erupts violently when challenged, as seen when Bell Cranel disrupts his schemes. Dix justifies his brutality as defiance against his bloodline’s curse, clinging to this rationale despite its moral bankruptcy. As a Level 5 adventurer, Dix boasts formidable strength, speed, and endurance. His signature ability, *Phobetor Daedalus*, unleashes hallucinations and frenzied aggression in victims, though its activation temporarily weakens him. He weaponizes this curse strategically, exemplified when he manipulates Xenos into mutual slaughter within Knossos. His downfall unfolds during a clash with Bell and Xenos leader Lyd. After ripping the gem from Wiene’s forehead—triggering her descent into a feral Vouivre—Dix is overpowered by their alliance. Fleeing the wreckage of his machinations, he meets a fatal end via Asterius, a Xenos minotaur, cementing his failure to evade his lineage’s shadow. Dix personifies inherited trauma and cyclical violence, a tragic yet unrepentant figure shaped equally by personal vindictiveness and ancestral bondage. His arc underscores the series’ interrogation of morality in a world where systemic oppression and historical burdens dictate individual agency.