Richard Brave

Richard Brave is an antagonist in the Toaru Majutsu no Index series. He is a magician who belongs to Necessarius.

Appearance
He wears a black coat and looks about twenty. He has about the same height and skin color as Stiyl Magnus.

Background
Some time ago, his signature spell, Lævateinn, was classified by Necessarius as illegal, as its nature was not considered completely magical. This incident sparked his desire to annihilate the Anglican Church.

Abilities
Lævateinn - A Western sword with the runes sowulo, gebo, kenaz, ansuz, laguz, and uruz carved onto the blade. Reading down the first letters spelled "sgkalu", which means something along the lines of “the torch that acquired the sun using magic”. The actual Lævateinn is the twig of the greatest flames that is said to set fire to the trunk of the World Tree and burn everything away. According to Theodosia Electra, the Lævateinn is on the same level as the Gungnir.

The flames created by Lævateinn can seemingly burn anything, even other flames. However, it is a deception, as according to Stiyl Magnus, normal Runes carved on a sword cannot achieve this effect. In fact, the sword itself is not the main part of the spell. What Richard really does is use a spray to spread Vitamin B2 as an invisible ink in the shape of Runes. According to Stiyl, it is probably a combination of the Runes eihwaz, berkana, and wunjo. The end result is that those Runes modify objects to become highly flammable. Then, Richard uses the meaning of sgkalu as "the torch that acquired the sun using magic" in order to create an effect similiar to UV rays. As Vitamin B2 reflects yellow light when exposed to strong UV rays, it then becomes visible and the meaning of the Runes is activated.

Because it uses such a scientific method, the Anglican Church deemed the spell as against the treaty between magic and science.