

Tier: 8-B, higher in Arsenal | Low 5-B, higher in Arsenal However, Rookie would instead defy fate, eventually defeating Grief, and getting to choose whether to follow through with his plan or end it once and for all. Part of the Reclaimers, a term used to indicate Outers who pilot Arsenals to fight Immortals and nicknamed Rookie for their initial inexperience, the protagonist of DAEMON X MACHINA is a Daemon, an artificial being created by the card-carrying Grief in his own image, as part of his own plan to cause a second Moonfall to destroy humanity, allowing only Outers to survive and thrive in his new world. After an event known as Moonfall where a part of the Moon impacted against the Earth, devastating it and releasing mass amounts of Femto particles, a mysterious form of energy that mutated some humans into beings known as Outers, mutants with superhuman abilities who are capable of controlling the advanced Arsenal mech weapons, reputed to be the only things capable of combating the Immortals, a rebellious army of AI.
