Duke

Duke is the main protagonist of the Duke of Death and his Maid series.

Appearance
The Duke is an young man with short messy curly black hair, commonly hidden under his top hat. He has dark circles under his eyes. He usually wears suits with a tie, sometimes without his hat or suit jacket. He is also seen wearing gloves.

When going outside the Duke wears an outfit, similar to a plague doctor which consists of a cape, a bird-like mask, and his signature top hat.

Personality
The Duke is timid and weak. He is very nervous when it comes to talking to other people as he hasn't had many social interactions for most of his life due to being confined to his mansion. Because of how other people are afraid of him duke does not have any self confidence which causes him to become more depressed. He is also easily embarrassed as shown when Alice tries to get a rise out of him.

Background
The Duke is the firstborn of his noble family and was considered to be the next head of his family. As the single possessor of a curse the Duke lives alone in a decrepit mansion located deep within a forest with his servants, Alice and Rob. Before duke had been cursed he used to be an outgoing child. Playing with friends and interacting with his family. However when he had turned 5 years old a witch of unknown origin had cursed him. This curse prevents him from being able to touch living things or be touched by living things as anything that he touches or touches him will die.

Alice
Alice is his current maid and caretaker. The two have known each other since they were little. After a certain period of time Alice decided to work in the duke's mansion as his caretaker. However she loves to tease him, often exposing parts of her body or saying embarrassing things to him in order to see what his reaction is. However she does genuinely care for him and decides to help him break his curse. Unlike most people she does not show any signs of being afraid of him despite what his curse causes. Nor is she afraid to get close to him (mostly to tease him). It is implied that she has feelings for him and vice versa.

Phillip
Phillip was the duke's childhood friend. When they were both younger they would often play together. When they did play Phillip would often pull pranks on the duke often throwing bugs at him or chasing him around with a snake in his hand. However after Phillip became aware of the dukes curse he has gown to be very afraid of him. He now wants nothing to do with the duke as he afraid of being near and has called him a monster as well.

Skills & Abilities
Deadly Touch: Cursed by a witch as a kid, whatever the Duke touches dies. However when he wears a few layers of thick clothing (such as armor) it doesn't work. It's also incapable of affecting Nico due to his own personal curse.

Piano: He has been shown to be talented at playing the piano.

Trivia

 * So far only two characters introduced have been proven to be immune to the Duke's death touch: Nico who is immune due to his immortality curse and the Genie who managed to briefly remove the curse when granting the Duke's wish to be free of it.