Gelus

Gelus resembles a crudely stitched rag doll, his body looking as though it were sewn together from mismatched scraps of cloth. Patches of his skin run blue while others are pale white, and seams of stitching trail across his form, including the stitched mouth he speaks through. His right eye is missing entirely, the remaining left one glows yellow, and a pair of small, ragged wings like torn fabric sprout from his back.

Among the apathetic gods of death, Gelus stands out for a tenderness almost unheard of in his kind. He is quiet, kind, and genuinely moved to help others, qualities that set him far apart from Shinigami who view humans as little more than a source of borrowed lifespan. That compassion deepens into love when he watches over Misa, and it ultimately drives him to break the gravest rule of his existence on her behalf.

In Rem's recollection, Gelus spends his days gazing down from the Shinigami Realm at the young Misa Amane, having quietly fallen for her. Aware that her death is fated to arrive that very day, he cannot bear to let it happen and uses his Death Note to strike down the man destined to murder her. Because a Shinigami who kills to lengthen a human's life forfeits his own, Gelus crumbles into a heap of glittering dust, leaving only his notebook behind; the anime lingers on him dropping his pen and weeping before his eye vanishes. Rem, judging it only right, passes the abandoned Death Note to the girl he died for. Gelus recurs across adaptations, sparing Misa from a different named stalker in the film, the stage musical, and the television drama.