Death, originally known as simply God, is the reaper and Great Old One of order who founded and serves as headmaster of Death Weapon Meister Academy, acts as the third meister of Spirit Albarn, and fathers both Death the Kid and Asura. Around eight hundred years ago, Death maintained order throughout the world himself and by leading an elite guard squadron known as the Eight Reaper Legions until one of his elite guard and first son, Asura, betrayed him and managed to become a kishin. Eventually, Death confronted Asura and was forced to seal him away to contain his madness and sacrificed his mobility. To this end, he founded Death Weapon Meister Academy shortly after for centuries. In the current era, Death serves as the headmaster of the academy with the Death Scythes, the academy, and his second son, Death the Kid, as allies to help maintain world order and prevent the rise of another Kishin. Death is a kind, wise, and benevolent figure, often showing care for those within the DWMA and optimistic. Despite his background and powerful position within the school, he tends to speak in a silly voice and wear a different outward appearance from before so as not to scare children. Despite his benevolent and easygoing nature, even Death himself has a far more serious side. He's next to intolerant of Spirit's drunken and silly behavior at times as well as to inappropriate behavior. He's also not above punishing others. Death himself possesses some eccentricities: He gives out short greeting speech, at times puts his students in dangerous but fabricated situations for the sake of bettering them, and enjoys telling expositions.