Thread

Thread is a level three Akuma who was personally chosen by the Noah Tyki Mikk to kill Allen Walker after his own failure to do so.

Appearance
Thread has light gray armor in a similar style which all level threes possess. Aside from his coloring and the slightly different style of armor, there is little difference between his and other level threes.

Personality
Thread, like all level threes, is quite bloodthirsty, battle keen, murderous and sadistic. He shows a rebellious streak, as he prepared to bend the orders of his Noah master in that while Tyki Mikk wanted Allen, he reasoned the Noah didn't say he had to be in one piece, so Thread thought he could "play" with Allen Walker a bit.

The soul empowering Thread however was quite different. He was constantly railing and screaming against his condition. Such was his pain he kept calling out to Allen Walker to help him, which the Exorcist only realized was Thread when he saw him during their final battle in the flooded chamber, The soul begged for Allen to love him despite what he had become and asked him to free him. As Thread was being destroy by Allen's Cross Grave, the murderous hold of the Akuma programming on the soul loosened, and the departing spirit smiled and thanked Allen, giving him some words of help as he faded away.

Edo and Asian Branch Arc
He used Noah's Ark to bypass the defenses of the Black Order Asian Branch's barrier so he could enter the branch where Allen Walker was training to recover his Innocence. Thread nearly killed Allen, Bak Chan, head of the Asian Branch, and Fou, the branch's guardian deity. However, Allen had an epithany and reactivated his Innocence into it's new, evolved Crown Clown form and destroyed Thread, freeing his soul in the process.

Powers and Abilities
Thread had all the standard powers that level threes possess; incredible physical strength and endurance; expert combatant skills and exceptional ability to use the dark matter to it's own desires.

Thread's name comes from it's unique ability to create "threads" of dark matter which, when striking an opponent or object, can break down the bonds that hold them together and deteriorate them. Thread shot these from his fingertips in the Anime but from special, pillar-like limbs that reach out from the sides of his hands in the manga. He also showed a way to shoot these in the form of multiple armshaped beams from his mouth.

Trivia

 * The rebellious streak Thread showed in the way he carried out his orders may be the result of a unconscious pull by his bound soul to fight back against his condition.
 * Thread was the first Akuma to be saved by Allen's Crown Clown Cross Grave.
 * It is possible that Thread's torment was as an Akuma was so severe, it was the reason his soul cried out so strongly to be saved he asked Allen Walker personally to do so.
 * This Akuma was originally unnamed in the manga version. "Thread" was the name given to the character in the anime version.