Herman Melville

Herman Melville (ハーマン・メルビル,) was a member of The Guild and his ability is Moby Dick.

Ability
− Moby Dick (白鯨,) takes form in what appears to be a mechanical white whale that is able to float on the sky. However, Melville mentions that Moby Dick is in fact, a living being; one who freely roamed in the sky. Nevertheless, The Guild turned it into an air fortress, with more than the 70% of it being modified. Because of this, he no longer had control of el whale.

Background
It is stated by Ango, that Melville was one of the first members to join The Guild, when the organization was in its prime, being described by him as 'beautiful'. It is later discovered that Melville was actually the Guild's leader two generations before Fitzgerald's reign.

Plot
Melville is first appears in Chapter 18 along with the other Guild members.

In Chapter 27, he appears along with Fitzgerald as they capture Atsushi. He then summons Moby Dick and they escape.

In Chapter 33, when Atsushi was looking for the control terminal on Moby Dick he spoke to Melville. Melville tells Atsushi that everyone has fled and reveals Fitzgerald's plan to crash Moby Dick into Yokohama, decimating the city. When questioned why its own user didn't prevent it, Melville reveals Fitzgerald had many of Moby Dick's capacity's replaced with modern technology, rendering Melville incapable of fully controlling his own ability. He rationalises he stays on Moby Dick since it will ultimately be his own ability that harms Yokohama. In Chapter 36, he tells Atsushi and Akutagawa that someone from the outside has seized Moby Dick and that it is no use to try stop it.

Trivia
− - Moby Dick is the fictional white whale and the main antagonist for which Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is titled.