Auel Neider

Shortly after Stella is captured and taken on board the Minerva, Auel and Sting had all of their memories of her erased. The latter recalled nothing, but Auel felt that something was missing, suggesting that his amnesia was not complete. During the Battle of Crete his suit is destroyed by Shinn Asuka when he uses the beam javelin of his ZGMF-X56S/γ Blast Impulse to stab directly into the abdomen of the Abyss, causing it to crash into the sea. The Abyss explodes under water, shortly after blood-mixed water filled Auel's helmet, confirming his death. In the Gundam SEED Destiny: The Edge manga, the few short moments before his death were expanded on.

As he sees the ocean through the cracks in the cockpit, he suddenly remembers a person that loved the ocean and fish. He then realizes that it was Stella, and all his memories of her flood back to him. He was then confused about why he had been unable to remember her for such a long time. Pondering more, he starts to feel sorry for her for dying, as she was so afraid of death (he did not know that she actually was still alive). At this point, the Abyss hits the bottom of the ocean, and explodes, killing Auel. This is significantly different from the anime, in which Auel is knocked unconscious with blood filling his helmet before he dies.

Also, in the anime, the time between the Abyss' explosion and it being knocked underwater is greatly shorter than the manga. [edit] Block word Auel's block word is "Mother", probably because his care-giver was one of the staff that was killed in the struggle. When the word is said around him or he says it himself, he suffers from flashbacks of his childhood. Auel is very protective of his 'mother' and goes into shock, whenever she is mentioned. (Shown mainly in episode 25, when the Lab is found by ZAFT) Auel often used Stella as a weapon by saying her block word: "die,"; or any word relating to 'death', when the trio is in trouble.

On the contrary however, he is also shown to be at least somewhat protective of her. When low-ranking Earth Alliance soldiers attempt to abduct Stella for an unknown reason, he attacks them, nearly knocking out one and threatens them in case they do not stop. Trivia Before the release of Gundam SEED Destiny, anime news sites have said Richard Ian Cox would portray Auel in the English dub. The mistake was noted when Swaile's name was credited, though it has yet to be corrected. In the Suit CDs, he is featured in Volume 7, along with the two other Extendeds. The audio drama clip has them discussing about basketball.