Dae

Dae is a human male that works as the head of the Organization's Retrieval Squad.

Etymology
"Dae" is a transliteration of "ダーェ" (pronounced "daae").

Appearance
Dae is missing skin from half his face, leaving one eyeball and half his teeth exposed to the open. He uses a cane to walk, and, like all Organization members, dresses in black.

Personality
Dae is smart, quick-witted, and inquisitive, and is often in good humor when he's able to pursue his work, but has a strong dark side. He is very proud of his creations, even keeping choice specimens of past successes in his room, and is always interested in new research opportunities, but barely cares for the lives of others, or even the Organization itself, focusing instead purely on his work. Like Rimuto he cares more about the ends than the costs in getting there, though his ends aren't always exactly in line with his comrades'.

Biography
Dae manages the Organization's Retrieval Squad. In Scene 96, he is first seen marveling at The Destroyer. He decides he must have a specimen, despite the doubts of a staff member, who regrets that Alicia and Beth were not available to help as they were on the hunt for "Riful" of the West.

Dae now curses that the Organization sent out Alicia and Beth. But another staff member announces the discovery of a human (Raki) in the destroyed town of Ticheri. Raki is infected with Parasitic Rods, yet he is still alive. At Ticheri, Dae is shown Raki, Dae then orders Raki sent to the Organization's headquarters.

When one of his men warns about the physical dangers of transporting Raki, Dae bluntly states that the Organization's goals are all important, taking precedence over anyone's life, but that he would take an alternative route away from the route taking Raki.

Dae arrives shortly after Miria's attack on the Organization's headquarters, commenting on the destruction. He claims that he had taken a detour on the way back. The other members of the retrieval squad show the unconscious Raki, who is chained up in a cell, to Dae. Raki's back is shown to have Priscilla's arm stabbed into it to prevent infection from the Destroyer's Parasitic Rods. Dae has the arm removed and suggests to Rimuto and the other Organization leaders that it be used to resurrect three of the No. 1's. Later, he shows Rubel the results of his experiment, having chosen Cassandra the Dust Eater, Roxanne of Love and Hate, and the Elegant Hysteria to be resurrected in the order of strength and wholeness of body. However, he gives a dire warning to everyone that the process of reviving them might unleash three new Abyssal Ones in the middle of the Organization.

Dae later releases Cassandra, Roxanne, and Hysteria before giving his report to Rimuto and the others. He reports that because he was worried about their levels of strength, he forgot to take into account their original personalities. Thus, the three warriors may be somewhat difficult to control. However, he assures the Organization that, given the level of their current opponents, it isn't likely that any one of them will Awaken soon. He then concludes his report that the three should do a far better job than the newly-born Abyss Eaters.

Later, Dae witnesses Cassandra's Awakening, remarking that one of the resurrected warriors finally lost control. While watching on, he is found by Rubel, who says he worried the others with his sudden disappearance and deduces the former's knowledge of the No. 1's Awakenings. Dae claims he isn't running away and that he merely wants to watch the spectacle up close.

Dae then says it was foolish for any of the others to believe that resurrected warriors wouldn't Awaken. The three No. 1's are completely separate beings from what they were before their deaths, only borrowing their previous forms in order to exist again. Dae brushes off the existence of the new Abyssal Ones, claiming that the Organization was done for when their current warriors rebelled. Before the end, however, he wants to see "the form of the greatest masterpiece [the Organization]" ever created. He was impressed by the power of Priscilla's detached arm and hopes that the yoki auras of the Awakened No. 1's, who contain the flesh and aura of the arm, will reach her and draw her forth.

Earlier in his life, he was conducting an experiment where he implanted the flesh of blood relatives into the bodies of several Claymores to see if that would make cause any changes or improvements to them, but he did not see any results at the time, and discarded them as failures. In chapter 137 however, Rubel tells him that those experiments were a success as they have turned into what some of the warriors called 'half-awakened', those being Clare, Deneve, Miria and Helen.

Jeane was also one of the half-awakened beings from Dae's experiments.