Note: The background of Sieben is not granite but chrysanthemums which have many meanings; the most prevalent being longevity, joy, love, and (ironically) death. If this guy doesn’t give people nightmares, I’m not doing my job as a writer/illustrator. I love writing the quiet scientist bad guy types ;) You should ask me about Dr. Hughes-Bellows some day… Heh. Not SHARDS-related but that kind of evil none-the-less.