Stiyl Magnus (ステイルマグヌス Suteiru Magunusu) is a magician affiliated with the Church of Necessary Evil (Necessarius), and was Index's partner two years prior to the start of Toaru Majutsu no Index. He is a formidable magician who uses fire magic and runes and is partnered with the Saint Kanzaki Kaori. He is the first magician and antagonist that Kamijou Touma confronts in the series, introducing himself as an enemy of Index.
He is currently assisting Archbishop Laura Stuart of the Anglican Church, knowing full well that she was the one who lied to him and Kaori about the true condition of Index's memories.
His blond hair is dyed red and hangs on his shoulders. He wears a black priest robe and has a silver ring on each of his ten fingers, earrings on both ears, and a barcode tattoo under his right eye. Despite being fourteen, Stiyl is a tall man with a strong perfume smell, and is often seen having a cigarette in his mouth, as he is an extremely heavy smoker. He claims a world without nicotine would be hell and that he dislikes Academy City since it's hard to get cigarettes as a minor.
Because of this and along with his personality, Stiyl seems more mature than Touma despite being younger than him.
He is physically very weak, as shown when he was beaten by Touma with a single punch (though this is explained as Innocentius needing vast amounts of energy, rendering Stiyl's body weaker than most others')
He is a magician of Necessarius and specialized in rune magic, and was the partner of Index two years before the start of the Toaru Majutsu no Index timeline.
Before Index's memories were erased; he, Index and Kaori were close friends, as indicated by their interactions when they are altogether. Stiyl traveled around the world next to Index's side, to copy the original grimoires in her mind, he also accompanied Index to the Vatican as so another book can be implanted into her mind.
However, both Stiyl and Kaori received terrible news, that Index will die if her memories are not erased once a year. The church explains that since most of Index's mind was already used to contain the 103,000 grimoires and as such there wasn't enough space left in the brain for it to contain new memories, and since Index had photographic memory she wouldn't forget any unnecessary memory at all. This will kill her since she would use the remaining part of her brain for necessary functions, according to the church.
Even then, both Stiyl and Kaori asked if there was any other alternative, though obviously they were told there wasn't. Both of them witnessed the deterioration of Index's body and were forced to erase her memories, weeping by her side.
After her memories were erased, both of them tried to make new memories with Index and become her friends, though, the burden of doing the process annually, and then forcibly erasing her memories again was too much for them to handle, and they had given up. Because of this, it created a misunderstanding with Index, where she concluded that Stiyl and Kaori were after her and the grimoires inside her head and were enemies. Though they disliked the thought that she believed of them as her enemies, they allowed it to occur as it would detach Index from them, and giving her no reason to worry about losing the memories of her friends.
Index eventually fled into Japan and into Academy City, with Stiyl and Kaori on her trail.
Stiyl promised that he will always protect Index whatever it takes, though it is unknown at which point in time he made this promise. Stiyl also received his trademark barcode tattoo, ear piercing and rings after Index had her memories erased.
He is currently assisting Archbishop Laura Stuart of the Anglican Church, knowing full well that she was the one who lied to him and Kaori about the true condition of Index's memories.
His blond hair is dyed red and hangs on his shoulders. He wears a black priest robe and has a silver ring on each of his ten fingers, earrings on both ears, and a barcode tattoo under his right eye. Despite being fourteen, Stiyl is a tall man with a strong perfume smell, and is often seen having a cigarette in his mouth, as he is an extremely heavy smoker. He claims a world without nicotine would be hell and that he dislikes Academy City since it's hard to get cigarettes as a minor.
Because of this and along with his personality, Stiyl seems more mature than Touma despite being younger than him.
He is physically very weak, as shown when he was beaten by Touma with a single punch (though this is explained as Innocentius needing vast amounts of energy, rendering Stiyl's body weaker than most others')
He is a magician of Necessarius and specialized in rune magic, and was the partner of Index two years before the start of the Toaru Majutsu no Index timeline.
Before Index's memories were erased; he, Index and Kaori were close friends, as indicated by their interactions when they are altogether. Stiyl traveled around the world next to Index's side, to copy the original grimoires in her mind, he also accompanied Index to the Vatican as so another book can be implanted into her mind.
However, both Stiyl and Kaori received terrible news, that Index will die if her memories are not erased once a year. The church explains that since most of Index's mind was already used to contain the 103,000 grimoires and as such there wasn't enough space left in the brain for it to contain new memories, and since Index had photographic memory she wouldn't forget any unnecessary memory at all. This will kill her since she would use the remaining part of her brain for necessary functions, according to the church.
Even then, both Stiyl and Kaori asked if there was any other alternative, though obviously they were told there wasn't. Both of them witnessed the deterioration of Index's body and were forced to erase her memories, weeping by her side.
After her memories were erased, both of them tried to make new memories with Index and become her friends, though, the burden of doing the process annually, and then forcibly erasing her memories again was too much for them to handle, and they had given up. Because of this, it created a misunderstanding with Index, where she concluded that Stiyl and Kaori were after her and the grimoires inside her head and were enemies. Though they disliked the thought that she believed of them as her enemies, they allowed it to occur as it would detach Index from them, and giving her no reason to worry about losing the memories of her friends.
Index eventually fled into Japan and into Academy City, with Stiyl and Kaori on her trail.
Stiyl promised that he will always protect Index whatever it takes, though it is unknown at which point in time he made this promise. Stiyl also received his trademark barcode tattoo, ear piercing and rings after Index had her memories erased.