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Master Albert (マスター・アルバート), designated as Dr. Albert or called Mr. Albert by Hedgeshock the Erinaceroid, is the main antagonist of Mega Man ZX Advent. First introduced as one of the Sage Trinity, Albert had secretly been preparing for centuries to use Biometal Model W to "reset" the world as its self-proclaimed god. He is also the true master of Prometheus and Pandora, and the creator of Grey/biological ancestor of Ashe.
Appearance[]
Albert assumes multiple forms throughout the game. His decoy Sage Trinity body resembles a tall adult man with long blue hair, wearing the blue and white Sage Trinity robes. His eyes are constantly closed, until he reveals his true nature and opens glowing red eyes with black sclerae; the hair strand on his forehead also points upwards when this happens. He is always seen holding a digital book of some kind.
Albert's true form is shorter, standing around Grey/Ashe's height, and has similar hair to his decoy only red instead of blue and with a longer strand at the front. Like his decoy, he has red eyes with black sclerae, but with the addition of a monocle-like device covering his right eye. He wears spiked boots and a restraining jacket, which he only removes upon Megamerging. Underneath, his body is completely dark with glowing red lines running along it.
Upon Megamerging with Model W, Albert gains a golden suit of armor. He dons a breastplate, large boots, and an inverted version of Model A's black and white jumpsuit underneath. Over his face is a blue semi-transparent helmet with piercing yellow eyes glowing from within.
Personality[]
Initially, Master Albert came off as gentle, mature, and relaxed. He pointed out the Sage Trinity's own rudeness to Grey/Ashe in their first transmission, acting affable and self-aware. However, he soon revealed his true colors as a cunning, remorseless maniac who would stop at nothing to achieve his selfish goals.
Albert was an incredibly patient and arrogant mastermind, whose plans went off without a hitch right up until his defeat at the hands of Grey/Ashe. He cared for no one but himself, and was so megalomaniacal that he saw everyone but himself as expendable pawns; not without good reason, as he influenced the entire world with his creation of Model W and formation of Legion. His scope was so enormous that he failed to appreciate the smaller things, obsessed with chasing grand visions of evolution. He acted indifferently towards Grey, constantly calling him a "defective" like his subordinates did, while acting more sympathetic towards Ashe, urging her to grow stronger and regretting seeking her death as his own kin. After his defeat, he acknowledged their abilities but at the same time cursed them to rot in complacency.
Albert desired to make a world in which Humanoids and Reploids may reach "evolution's extreme"; however, he came to believe that humans and Reploids are incurably flawed, leading to ennui, misery, and evolutionary stagnation. Thus he took it upon himself to cleanse the world of such deficiencies by destroying it, causing the world to "reset" in order to restore balance to its imperfect state. After this, Albert planned to bring an ambiguous "new life" into the world to replace humanity.
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