Allen Walker
Allen Walker is a male anime and manga character who features in D.Gray-man.
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Biography
Origin
Allen Walker (Japanese: アレン・ウォーカー, Hepburn: Aren Wōkā) was originally an unnamed male human child who had been abandoned by his parents due to what was perceived to be a deformity in his left arm. Unknown to anyone, this was actually his Innocence that had bonded to him but was not fully activated. He had no memories of his parents beyond being abandoned by them where he came to become a part of the traveling Garvey Circus. They had wanted the boy for his deformity so that it could be used in the freak-show though the child refused to become a freak and instead he did odd jobs for the circus to survive. He came to be called Red Arm by the people at the circus where he as largely shunned and ignored by the troupe. The only exception to this was the clown Cosmiov who instead beat the boy and blamed him for his mistakes. Later on, the circus were joined by a new clown named Mana Walker who quickly gained in popularity over Cosimov who took out his anger on 'Red Arm'.
Whilst training under Master Cross, he had to hone his skills in whatever way to pay his debts and earn a living for himself. A result of this time meant he learnt to play card games and was able to cheat in such games.
Exorcist
He then arrived at the Order's headquarters where initially the Gatekeeper mistook him for being an accomplice of the Millennium Earl due to the Pentacle Mark on his left eye. This resulted in Yu Kanda battling Walker in an effort to what he perceived to be an enemy. This was until Allen noted that a letter of recommendation had been sent to Komui Lee by General Cross with this clearing the misunderstanding. Allen then was invited by Lenalee Lee into the Order's headquarters and offered to take his anti-Akuma weapon to be fixed after it was damaged by Kanda. During an examination of his Innocence, Komui noted that it was a parasite type with him helping to repair it in a process that was painful to Walker. Komui Lee was then taken to meet Hevlaska where initially he mistook her for a monster but she was a guardian of the Black Order's Cube of Innocence that contained the warning about the Millennium Earl.
This seemingly saw Suman turned back to normal where he returned to a somewhat human form with Allen happy that he had saved his fellow exorcist. However, he came to find his body lifeless as his soul was gone with Walker intending to take it back to home. It was then that a swarm of dark butterflies had arrived where they consumed his body with Walker then being confronted by one of the Noah named Tyki Mikk. From Suman's memories, Allen knew that this was the person responsible for Suman becoming a Fallen One. Despite Allen attempting to fight back, he was too exhausted and unable to fight the powerful Noah who ripped off Walker's arm. Tyki came to learn that his target was Allen Walker and proceeded to destroy his Innocence as well as pulled out his heart. Allen had Timcanpy take Suman's Innocence away to safety whilst he was left for dead. Unknown to anyone, his Innocence did not dissipate after it was shattered but instead formed a fog around his body where it repaired his heart. This allowed him to survive long enough to be discovered by a warrior named For from the Asia Branch. She took him back to her headquarters where he managed to recover and regain consciousness. Whilst at the Asia Branch, he was introduced to the Black Order personnel at the site where Allen was in despair at the thought of not being able to save others from the Akuma. Seeing his spirit to continue fighting, the head of the branch decided to help him become an exorcist once again. Walker was then informed that his Innocence had not been destroyed but was reduced to particles that he needed to summon back again. Thus, with For, he underwent training to help him call forth his Innocence.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Allen Walker was a male human teenager of average height with pale skin alongside a lean, muscular physique that over the course of time had become heavily marred with scars. One of his distinctive features was his medium-length gray/white hair that that came to grown to shoulder-length whilst also having silver/gray coloured eyes eyes.
Allen was shown to be a kind, generous, and very polite young man. He refused to accept any gifts from people that he felt he had not earned.
Whilst his cursed eye was a great tool, he did rely on it greatly in order to distinguish Akuma from humans. As such, after his eye was injured the first time he panicked when he was in a crowd as he did not know which were genuine humans and which were Akuma. This nearly resulted in his death when an Akuma approached him in its human form with him being saved by Lavi. Initially, he was opposed to the idea of treating everyone as a potential Akuma. However, he then remembered the words of his master namely the reason they wore the uniform of an exorcist. This meant that they openly showed themselves as agents of the Black Order to draw Akuma to them. Thus, anyone that approached them directly was an enemy. Allen stated that he never understood this lesson of his master until he could not use his cursed eye.
Initially, Allen was very loyal to the Black Order due them sharing the same goals which was to defeat the Millennium Earl and save the world from destruction. However, he came to learn of the order's unspeakable experiments leading to his loyalty towards them becoming strained as he realized that their leaders were no different from the Earl.
A close father figure to him was Mana Walker who had helped raise Allen.
One of his closest companions was Timcanpy (ティムキャンピー, Timukyanpī) who was a small yellow skinned golem that resembled a sphere with a pair of wings allowing him to fly.
Powers and abilities
He never lost in a card game and was able to easily win against other poker players as well as cheat in such games.
Walkers left eye was similarly cursed and typically appeared normal. However, when an Akuma was present whereupon it went dark with a symbol that resembled a targeting reticule. Once active, Allen gained the ability to see Akuma that were hiding in human form. As such, it proved a valuable tool as normally exorcists were unable to tell the difference between a disguised Akuma and a human. If injured, the was shown to be able to heal quickly and recover from wounds faster than an ordinary human. After the incident at Krory's castle, it was said that his eye was starting to evolve and change.
As an exorcist, his greatest weapon was his Anti-Akuma weapon that manifested on his left arm called Cross (十字架クロス, Kurosu?, lit. Cross Stand). This was Innocence that was a parasite type that when activated took the form of a large extendable silver clawed hand. Its large form could shield either Allen or others from attack or could be extended to attack foes. A further evolution of the arm called Cross β (beta) was its ability to morph into a cannon that fired numerous projectiles for long distance fire.
In one case, his Innocence ripped from his arm and seemingly destroyed but instead it remained in particle form with it helping to repair fatal injuries to his body.
At some point in his life, he came to be implanted with the essence of the 14th Noah named Nea D. Campbell who was a traitor to his kind that tried to murder his kin. This meant that Allen had a degree of control over the original Noah's Ark and had the power to create or destroy gates from it at will. To do so, he used magic incantations that came to his mind from the fourteenth memory when he wishes to control the ark.
Notes
- Allen Walker was created by Katsura Hoshino where he featured in the setting of D.Gray-man.
In other media
Television
Video games
Appearances
- D.Gray-man:
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