Akantha

"We are the Valkyrie. We shall be the new governors of the balance that resides in the spiritual world. And for this reason, we will destroy any who believe their cause as superior, because frankly, they aren't."

- Hawthorne

Hawthorne (ハソーン Hasōn) is currently regarded as Valkyrie "C", The Chooser (選り人 Yoribito), and formerly regarded as a with the same letter and designation. He is a member of the Valkyrie, and as well as this, was a survivor of The Heracles Project. He displays extreme conviction to his organization's goals, showing no mercy in eliminating his targets with devastating ease. For this reason, Hawthorne is commonly known as Chooser of the Slain (没の選り人 Botsu no Yoribito), a pun on both the organization's name and his own designation within it.