Midir Thornlocke

"'There are days I really do feel like shutting myself in my room and wallowing in my sorrows, but ultimately, life moves on. It doesn’t stop for anyone, or anything.' - Midir to Alvíss" Midir Thornlocke is a member of the New World Order, and the head of the Diamond Dogs. A gifted scientist, Midir created the technology used to allow non-stand users to see stands during his time at the Speedwagon Foundation. He is the surrogate father of Alvíss Richter.

Profile
Midir was born in Seattle, Washington, and fairly early on in his life, showed intense intellectual aptitude. Upon developing a stand at the age of 17, the Speedwagon Foundation took notice, and he joined their ranks as a researcher. His breakthrough project which propelled him up the ranks of the foundation was discovering the biological functions behind stands, which he attained through experimenting on the eyes of the demon Leviathan.

Soon after his promotion, he met Emmanuel Dreyar, the son of the head of the Foundation, and the two fell in love quickly. They dated for a few years, before getting married in the summer of 2081. Around this time, the Diamond Dogs were formed as a task group for the Foundation, with Emmanuel as its head. During a mission to retrieve a powerful Stand Relic, tragedy struck, and Emmanuel was dead by the end of the mission. The Diamond Dogs were disbanded, and Midir relocated to the Foundation base in the U.K. to clear his mind of the event.

After relocating, he became close to Ezra and Erza Richter, and worked with them on several projects for a number of years. In 2093, the orphaned Alvíss Richter moved to the base, and became a surrogate son to the still-grieving Midir. However, in 2102, they were separated when the base was taken by Ares, and Midir dropped off the radar.

In the time between then and 2107, he found the remaining members of the Diamond Dogs, and formed a resistance movement in Africa with them, which made several successes against the Zodiacs. In this time, he also sent his fellow Diamond Dog Nicole to Washington D.C. to disrupt a ritual that Alvíss was to undergo, alongside writing a book on Demonology. He finally reunited with his surrogate son in 2108 when the New World Order arrived in Algiers, and accompanied the group in their raid on Egypt. After the battle, he returned to the group's Antarctica base, only to see Xaglamoth die at the hands of Ares. Realizing the demon was Ace Richter revived, he expressed sorrow that the demon was unable to meet his children again.

Personality
"'Seriously Al, your dad's a freakshow' - Prolieum about Midir"Midir is a very studious individual, but can be good humored on occasion. Due to the loss of his husband, he often spends time reflecting. After the fall of the Speedwagon Foundation, he became more serious and cautious towards outsiders, including members of the New World Order. He especially distrusts Prolieum, almost entirely due to the fact that Prolieum is a demon, owing to his numerous negative experiences with them in the past.

Stand
Midir's stand, Islands, allows him teleport anywhere he can visualize. However, no objects, including clothes, teleport with him. If Midir teleports inside an object, it fuses into him, and can power him up. If he teleports into a willing person, he absorbs their powers and memories. He unfuses with the person/object whenever he chooses to teleport again, or if he is knocked unconscious, or comes into contact with Orichalcum.

Trivia

 * Midir was created by Deirdre to give Alvíss's backstory more depth, and as such, appeared in At World's End, portrayed by Sam.
 * Midir could theoretically turn into a pickle, much to Deirdre's chagrin.
 * Midir's first name was chosen via a random name generator, and his last name was partially inspired by the historical figure John Locke.
 * Midir is the second character to have canonically written a book, after Laxus Dreyar.
 * In the fan-cast, it was decided Midir would be voiced by Yuri Lowenthal