- "There's only one thing real about this world and that's us! The players! Getting stronger and defeating others! That's the way this game is played!"
- — Haseo —
Haseo (ハセヲ,
Haseo) is an
Adept Rogue known as the
"Terror of Death" (死の恐怖,
Shi no Kyōfu). Haseo is the main character for
.hack//Roots and the
.hack//G.U. He is in search of the PK
Tri-Edge.
Appearance
1st Form Haseo's initial form is a
Twin Blade. He has red eyes, shaggy silver hair, an exposed midrif and wears a black leather wardrobe. His shoulders are decorated with wave tattoos and the marks on his face are shaped like red lightning bolts.
2nd Form For his second form his midriff is now covered and additional bronze-like metal plating was added to his arms and hips. He also has a metal decoration on his back. The marks on his face are jagged with a straight line underneath. In this form, he gains access to his Edge Punisher job. This is also the form in which he first awakened
Skeith.
3rd Form Haseo's appearance changes drastically in his third form (he is quoted as looking "awesome" by Silabus and Gaspard after completing the Job Extension quest). The bronze-plating components are now gone, in their place being spiky black and red-gradient tipped protrusions littered all over his armor. His torso and abdomen are now once again no longer covered by armour, now covered by a tight, leathery purple piece with a red tattoo on it, akin to his initial 1st form. His facial marks are two curves on his cheeks, each with multiple juts coming out as they run down his face, likening to scars. In this form, he gains the ability to use his Flick Reaper job, Weapon Change, and Skeith the 2nd.
Xth Form During
Redemption with help from
Zelkova, Haseo unintentionally breaks system rules and communicates with his
Avatar to obtain a fourth Form. Unlike previous forms Haseo has gold eyes (although they remain red during game play), wears a white striped shirt, pants and has various plates scattered over his arms, legs and hips. His shoulders are bare and have gear shaped symbols on each side. Similar to
Kite there are triangular shaped marks on each side of his face. The Xth Form gains the ability to use Skeith the 3rd, drain heart and dash. The initial weapons he is granted with are a pair of dual guns, the DG-X (in reference that they are dual guns, and come with the Xth form).
B-st Form In
Trilogy Haseo obtains a unique and demonic form due to his hatred. The
B-st Form is similar to his 3rd, but appears more primal. In addition to growing a tail and the spikes on his armor become more jagged. Haseo wields dual Broadswords, gains the ability to tear into areas and summons hundreds of weapons to launch at the opponent.
Novel Form Haseo gains a new unnamed form in the
G.U. Novels when he faces and accepts his past as
Sora and Skeith. He wears white armor with wings and carries Skeith's wand as a weapon. This form's full abilities are unknown, since Haseo is never shown using it in normal combat.
Personality
Haseo is a cold person, but holds a soft spot for
Shino. He finds it hard to get close to people. Though not as warm, he is a great leader and is willing to risk everything for his friends. When Shino was attacked by Tri-Edge, he stopped at nothing to find out what happened to her and tried get his revenge. As he progressed, Haseo learned to trust his new friends and grew as a person.
Despite his profession as the "Terror of Death" in
Roots, Haseo hates rumors and
forums, disdainfully calling it "idle chatter". His preferred sources for information are
PKs and "professional victims" like
Bordeaux and
Midori, respectively, as they are far more likely to encounter the mysterious PK,
Tri-Edge, than the rumor-mills on the BBS.