Xavi Inocencio

Xavi Inocencio (シャビィ・イノセンシオ) is the son of the late merchant, Dario Inocencio, and the older brother of Sharle.

Appearance
In his early teens, Xavi had short curly hair, and often had a smug grin on his face. He often wore a short white shirt with the collar popped, long trousers with a scarf as a belt, and long boots. In his later teens, he became taller, with a lean but strong physique, and his hair became straighter than it was as a child, though he frequently maintained that same facial grin, irrespective of the circumstances. His hair also became much darker in color around the lower half of the back of his head, and it is possible that he intentionally dyes it this way.

Personality
Although highly talented and intelligent, he is a haughty and cruel bully who takes pleasure from physically abusing Kuklo.

Story
Since birth, nobleman Dario Inocencio had been training and preparing Xavi to lead the Military in the world behind the walls, and when Xavi was in his early teens, in order to make him stronger, he (Dario) bought Xavi a slave called Kuklo, whose mysterious birth from a corpse regurgitated by a Titan led people to assume was the "son" of a Titan.

Under his father's urging, a sadistic Xavi began beating Kuklo daily, often searching for new ways to inflict as much pain on the boy as possible, in order to be seen as "growing stronger" against the Titans. To further humiliate Kuklo, Xavi would frequently bring school friends with him to watch as he took on the "son of a Titan".

Xavi persisted in this cruel behavior almost every day for the next 2 years, growing in confidence each time he did so. Unbeknownst to Xavi, his sister Sharle had been teaching Kuklo to speak, and tried to help Kuklo escape, but on the day of their planned escape, the Titan Cult attacked the Inocencio residence with their own plan to free Kuklo, intending to make him their leader.

The cult murdered Xavi's father, and tried to kill Sharle, but their path was blocked by Xavi, who was revealed to have killed dozens of the cultists, seeing their lives as worthless. Sharle and Kuklo were further horrified with Xavi's psychopathic behavior. When he saw that Kuklo was out of his cage, he made the incorrect assumption that Kuklo had called the cultists to their house and was leading the assault, and he tried obsessively to kill Kuklo with his sword in spite of his sister's protest, with a crazed smile on his face as he did so.

Eventually, a still smiling Xavi struck Kuklo in the face with his sword and cut out Kuklo's eye. Kuklo fought back against Xavi with exceptional aggression, and kneed him in the head, knocking him unconscious. Kuklo and Sharle then escaped

Xavi, out of vengeance, later gave false testimony to the military police that Kuklo led the assault and murdered his father. This led to Kuklo being thrown out of the city and left for the Titans. Kuklo then joined the Training Corps to further his military ambitions while simultaneously running his father's company from the sidelines.

One year later, after passing every single course in the Training Corps with 100%, Xavi graduated from the corps 2 years early and was immediately recruited by Captain Gloria Bernhart of the Shiganshina division of the Military Police Brigade. Soon after, he had a meeting with his father's company director, Mr. Benke, to whom he gave a complete control of his father's company after hearing from Benke that rumors had been heard of his sister Sharle having been sighted in the Industrial City.

Not wanting to have Benke believe that his sister was hiding among filthy peasants, he told Benke that it must have simply been a lookalike, and that Sharle was actually living at a boarding house. Xavi then discussed with his butler Rixner how he would get Sharle back, given that as a member of the Shiganshina Military Police, he had no jurisdiction in the Industrial City.

He considered sending a company employee to find Sharle, after which Rixner made an as-yet unknown suggestion to Xavi, causing Xavi to smile, and declare that Sharle's "eloping game" was over, and soon he would return her to him so that she could be of use to his plans.

Xavi later joined a Military Police operation to track down the escaped members of the Titan Cult, and out of both retaliation for what they did to his father, when he found three of the cultists he taunted them before choosing to kill them with his sword rather than arrest them, defeating all three easily in combat. Xavi then turned his attention to their leader, whom he disarmed and delivered to Gloria Bernhart. Much to the chagrin of Xavi's superiors, Bernhart gave Xavi free range to torture the leader as he saw fit.

The next day, after Xavi spent the night having fun by torturing the lead cultist, he was picked on by three jealous senior colleagues, all of whom were insulted at how much they kept being shown up by Xavi, a new guy who seemed disinterested by his work, but whose skills and sadism had won him favor with the higher ups. They then insisted on "finishing his education" by beating Xavi to a pulp. However, Xavi easily defeated all three men, further humiliating them, before adding insult to their injury by saying "Thank you for your instruction" as he walked away.

Immediately afterward, Captain Bernhart invited Xavi into her office, where she informed him that he would not be punished, and that she recognized and appreciated his attitude and skills.Gloria then informed Xavi of the fact that her uncle, Baduin Bernhart, vice commander of the Military Police, was rivaled for the position of future MP Commander by Captain Dafner, and that she was to send him (Xavi) to the Industrial City to act as her proxy, and also to conduct a "secret mission" for her.

Xavi accepted the mission, knowing full-well that he was being used as a pawn and that Bernhart had set another agent in place to assassinate him should he fail, because he had craved the ability to go to the Industrial City himself in order to find his sister. He then had Rixner specially modify his carriage so that he could sneak in an agent to find Sharle while he continued working on his "secret mission" for Bernhart, and upon arriving in the Industrial City, Xavi once again began to smile, knowing full-well that he would soon be reunited with his sister, and that he now knew Gloria Bernhart's weaknesses, which he can use to manipulate her to his advantage.

People Killed

 * At least 2 members of the Titan Cult

Failed attempts

 * Kuklo

Relationships

 * Sharle Inocencio - Despite being siblings, the two of them have a rather distant relationship. When the Inocencios bought Kuklo, Xavi could not understand Sharle's point of view when she constantly offered to help him or make him learn new things. Even so, Xavi plays his part as Sharle's older brother well; when the Inocencio household was under attack by the Titan Cult and its members, Xavi did nothing but try to protect her.
 * Kuklo - Xavi was under control of Kuklo for the majority of his youth, and sadistically enjoyed beating him for the sake of his own entertainment. Xavi was responsible for disabling Kuklo's right eye, the former often bragging about it to his peers.
 * Cardina Baumeister - An acquaintance of Xavi. The two had military training together and indirectly were familiar with each other due to their former family affiliation.

Trivia

 * His surname is of Spanish origin and means "innocent", which is ironic considering his cruel personality.
 * His name is the Catalan form of "Xavier" or "Javier", a common Spanish name.

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