Azul Ashengrotto

Azul Ashengrotto is a second-year student and the head of the Octavinelle Dormitory. He manages the school's café and has a courteous attitude, but is also extremely calculating and greedy.

Appearance
Azul has lavender, wavy hair that is styled longer on the left with the back shaved. His eyes are also the same silvery-blue colour as his hair and he wears a pair of silver glasses. He has a beauty mark below his lip on the left side of his face. He wears a black fedora with a grey bow around it and a purple seashell on the bow. His outfit consists of a white dress shirt, a grey coat over an unbuttoned black double-breasted suit, a cool-toned grey scarf, and white gloves. He also wears purple socks and is seen wearing a pair of black slacks accompanied by black dress shoes. His scarf has the Octavinelle logo on it and he carries a black cane with a silver handle resembling an octopus with him.

Personality
Azul is very well known around NRC not only as his status as dorm leader of Octavinelle, but rumors float around about him capable of granting any wish one desires with the exchange of said person's most prided quality (ex: unique magic). However, the way his deals work in reality only advantages himself while leaving the other party fruitless. Upon first seeing Azul, he came off as 'friendly' and willing to 'help' others. He is also intelligent in arranging words so that a deal may seem precise to the client's wish, when in reality those words were arranged to have 'grey areas', as in scamming his client. Azul is also known to be sly, being able to convince almost anyone to sign a contract with him. He is also seen to be skilled in every aspect. However, the truth is revealed, and Azul has actually been very insecure about himself, especially his chubby octopus form (the word chubby is based on Floyd). To combat his insecurity, he studied magic non-stop as a child and managed to form his unique magic in a young age. Using his unique magic, he steals other people's talent and uses it to his advantage. After the incident of episode 3, Azul still has insecurities about his past self, although with the help of others, slowly got over it. He also stopped tricking his customers and developed a new way for students to do meetings with him.

Unique Magic
His unique magic is called "It's A Deal." As long as someone signs a contract with him, he’ll be able to confiscate one of the target’s abilities. This can be a magical ability or a physical capability, such as a beautiful singing voice or ability to swim fast. If the target doesn’t fulfill the contract's conditions, they're bound to work under Azul indefinitely.

Azul is actually able to take a target's powers without making a contract. It's suspected that the contract in his ability works as a check and balance system in order to prevent him from overblotting.

Trivia

 * His family runs a very famous restaurant back in the Sea of Corals, however Azul dislikes it.
 * He knows how to play the piano, and was in a band with Jade (contrabass) and Floyd (drums) in middle school.
 * According to Floyd, his octopus form looks very squishy and delicious.
 * During the Happy Beans Event, Ruggie mentioned that Azul's flight technique was so desperate, that he couldn’t look at it.
 * He and the Leech twins didn't go home during the winter holidays in Episode 4 because the ice that drifts in the Coral Sea makes it hard to swim.
 * Azul was chubby in the past and was also a crybaby.
 * He can utilise all 8 of his tentacles in addition to his hands to write.
 * Azul is based on Ursula, a villainous cecaelia sea witch, in The Little Mermaid (1989).
 * "Azul" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for the colour blue. "Ashen" of his surname refers to being pale grey in colour; "grotto", a word for cave, references Ariel's secret grotto where she kept human artefacts and/or Ursula's cave where she conducted her business.
 * His smirking face is similar to Ursula