Elias Ainsworth

Elias Ainsworth is a central character in The Ancient Magus' Bride, a mysterious, non-human mage with a wolf's skull for a head who purchases and marries the protagonist, Chise Hatori, becoming her teacher and husband. He is a powerful magician specializing in shadow and thorn magic, known as the "Child of Thorn," and is fascinated by human emotions, which he struggles to understand due to his inhuman nature. His origins are unknown, but he is a being of both Fae and human elements, often appearing as a tall, well-dressed figure in a suit, though he can shapeshift and reveal a more monstrous form but Polite and gentlemanly but emotionally underdeveloped, leading to behavior and actions that can seem unsettling, such as his marriage to Chise. He is fascinated by human emotions and learns about them through observation