Czeslaw Meyer

Czesław Meyer (チェスワフ・メイエル Chesuwafu Meieru), also known as Czes (チェス Chesu), is a young child who gained immortality aboard the Advenna Avis in 1711.

Appearance
Czesław appears to be around 10 years old, although he is over 200. His dark brown hair is parted on the left side of his head and is cleanly cut and combed.

Personality
Czesław does not trust anyone, but rather deceives and hates them. He is manipulative and sharp. He throughout the series, it becomes more obvious that his mind is mentally unstable due to previous events, and the constant fear and stress that his fellow immortals present to him.

Czesław is emotionally still a child. His display of feelings and reflex actions to unexpected situations remain as frail and impulsive as those of a young boy. Thus the immediate reactions he’s taken on, when wavered by unexpected downturns of events, are quite basically to scream, run, or shake in fear.

He’s appears to be rather lonely at some points as well. He’s sometimes unaware about what he wants or needs, appearing to be quite innocent, consequently due to how undeveloped he, in other areas, when all his 200 years worth of time has been spent avoiding the other Immortals.

Czesław has a short range of feelings, after being tortured by Lebreau Fermet Viralesque for several years. After reuniting with his alchemist friends, Czes learns to open himself and place his trust upon others.

With his facade slowly merging with his cunning, Czesław struggles as he tries to change his habit of living. The boy is rather good mannered, shy, smart and quite charming with his talks. While the usual act of being well mannered slowly turns into his adopted personality, Czesław still finds it hard to let go completely of his past. But he’s progressing gradually as his timid and shy personality in front of an audience slowly becomes more energetic and well entertained. He sometimes appears much older than his age and quite matured, which shocks those who only perceive him from his physical appearances.

Biography
Czesław comes from a line of alchemists that stretch back at least as far as his grandfather who was the teacher to Begg Garott and Lebreau Fermet Viralesque. He was born in the early 1700s, around the year 1705, and was shortly orphaned after his father died in a carriage accident.

1705: the Ironic Light Orchestra
Though Czeslaw doesn't appear personally, Begg Garott reveals in a conversation to Maiza Avaro that his teacher's grandson was the sole survivor of a horrible accident that took the lives of his parents and grandparents. As he was being adopted by Fermet, another one of his grandfather's deciples, Begg was leaving Lotto Valentino to help raise him, leaving the drug trade.

Aftermath
After he and his guardian Fermet gained immortality, Fermet tortured Czesław, claiming to be testing the limits of immortality. Eventually, Czesław manages to devour Fermet, ending his suffering. However, he come to realize that there is no love, only deception, and that other immortals will eventually come to devour him. He becomes paranoid and trusts no one, making it his mission to devour other immortals before they can devour him. He cares little for the lives of others, even requesting that a large group of people be killed so he could find an immortal among them. In 1931, after being forgiven by Maiza, he stops hunting other immortals and lives with Ennis as her little brother.

Abilities
On the Advenna Avis Czeslaw drank the Grand Panacea and obtained true immortality, meaning he cannot age, get sick, be injured, or die via conventional means. His constant torture ever sense makes him a rather quick healer by the standards of the Immortals but it is quite difficult to put an actual estimate because he has never been shown to heal when near others making an exact ratio arbitrary at best. None-the-less his blood was remarkably fast as even while Czes himself was on a speeding train his blood was quickly catching up to him to restore him. With said torture done he also possess an inhumanely strong resistance to most kinds of pain from the tortures he's endured from Fermet.

Main resistance and Immortality aside Czesław's body is quite weak being a mere child compared to the rest of the immortals and he will retain his childhood for eternity, however his mind is very sharp. Quick-witted and surprisingly charismatic when the need arises, nearly convincing Ladd Russo to go along with his scheme but Ladd's hatred for his lack of fear of death made this impossible. Czes's acting skills are also quite good, as he is a child he must act the part a lot and while he usually keeps to himself he is perfectly capable of making brief friendships and alliances with his charade innocence to keep him on track.

Though not as well versed as his family or Begg Garott Czes is an alchemist by trade, specializing in explosives and was the one responsible for the creation of Strawberry Ice Pop (the explosives that Jacuzzi's gang had raided from the Flying Pussyfoot) and would continue his alchemic pursuits for years until taking a brief pause to search for the surviving Immortals in 2001.

Relationships
Lebreau Fermet Viralesque -  Fermet was an alchemic student of Czesław's grandfather, who served as his guardian after his father died in an accident when Czes was 6 years old. He was a kind and concerned guardian at first, often commenting on the welfare of the boy when Czes was being spoiled by Maiza. When the Immortals were discussing whether or not Maiza should keep the secrets of the Grand Panacea to himself Czeslaw followed Fermet's lead; when the immortals seperated avoid the threat of Szilard Quates Czes stayed with Fermet. However at an unknown time after this Fermet began to torture Czes under the guise of testing the limits of their newly discovered regenerative abilities. After two centuries of enduring Fermet's sadism, the young Czes became convinced that there is no such thing as love. Czes extracts revenge on Fermet by devouring him, unbeknownst to Czes however Fermet had discovered some secret of avoiding death when being devoured. Fermet was also involved in the Ra's Lance Casino Incident of 1935. Czes remained traumatized by Fermet for well into the 2000s and when he discovered that Fermet was alive and well Czes was horrified.

Maiza Avaro -  Maiza first met Czes in Lotto Valentino in 1711. Though the two rarely interacted, Maiza was always concerned for Czesław's safety before and after boarding the Advenna Avis. After devouring Fermet and deciding to kill the other immortals before they can kill him, Czesław heads to New York on the Flying Pussyfoot with the goal of devouring Maiza. After meeting Isaac and Miria aboard the train and seeing their trust in him, Czes is unconditionally forgiven by Maiza and is adopted by Ennis. Maiza is one of the very few people that Czesław genuinely trusts.

Ennis - Realizing that neither have any family, Isaac and Miria present Czeslaw to Ennis as their "souvenir" from California after departing from the Flying Pussyfoot. Czes serves as her little brother, living with Ennis and Firo in their apartment. Though neither are formal members, both Ennis and Czesław frequent the Alveare together and treat each other like genuine siblings.

Mary Beriam - The two first met on the Flying Pussyfoot and were playing together in the dining car. When the White Suits (Russo Family goons) and the Black Suits (Lemures Cult) hijacked the train Czes made his escape with Mary at Natalie's request but soon abandoned her in a closet to be rid of her and try to find the identity of the Immortal who he had been unknowingly sitting with at the dinning car.

In 1935 the two run into each other once again and this time Mary had grown and matured while Czes is still the same, Czes covers and two kind of catch up while Carzelio Runorata and his group head into Firo's Casino to pick up Melvi Dormentaire and Felix Walken. During a moment when Mary is distracted Czeslaw escapes her sight, leaving her confused.

Trivia

 * His first name: Czesław (Pronounced in Polish as:Chess-wahf (Czesław)), contains the Slavic elements chest meaning "honour" and slav meaning "glory". His last name " "Meyer" on the other hand comes from the middle high German word "meiger" meaning high or superior, used often for landlords.
 * Czes is 'well-versed' in Japanese in 2002. He has apparently been to Japan many times in the past (it is his fifth visit to Kyoto at the end of the 2000 arc), which we are to infer is the reason for his fluency.