History Characters / TheBeginningAfterTheEndDicathians

* DualWielding: He wields dual axes.
* HotBlooded: Darvus is described as a battle-hungry individual and his personality is impetuous and hotheaded.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Has this reaction when Darvus challenges Arthur, as he had been trying to get him to back down beforehand as he knows such a challenge would be uncalled for and that his arrogant comrade is in for quite the beating.

''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]]'': [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndVritraClan Vritra Clan]]\\

* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen: His lifeless eyes are wide open when Arthur finds his body. He closes them out of respect]].
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]: [[spoiler:Ends up being one of the casualties of Taci's rampage, with his death only being revealed in the aftermath when Arthur finds his body]].

* SensorCharacter: House Chaffer is renowned for their uncannily sharp senses, and Albold is no exception.

[[folder:Albold]]

[-'''Dicathians''': [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndLeywinFamily Leywin Family]] ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndArthurLeywin Arthur Leywin]]) | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndRoyalFamilies Royal Families]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndLances Lances]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndXyrusAcademy Xyrus Academy]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAdventurers Adventurers]]\\
''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]]'': [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndVritraClan Vritra Clan]] ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAgronaVritra Agrona Vritra]])\\
''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAsuras Asuras]]'' ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndKezessIndrath Kezess Indrath]])]]]]-]

* [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndLances Lances]]

* BodyguardingABadass: {{Downplayed}}. [[spoiler:After the end of the war, Lenna becomes the head of Virion guards. While Virion is a silver core mage and has been kept as sharp as possible due to his sparring with Aldir in the leadup to the war, he is still past his prime and could not hold himself against the likes of the Scythes or Wraiths, let alone actual asuras, on top of the outcome of the war having left a considerable scar on his mental state]].

!! Elenoir

[[folder:Albold]]

[[folder:Alanis Emeria]]
An elf who is assigned by Virion to be Arthur's attendant.

[[folder:Camellia]]

[[folder:Saria Triscan]]

!! Darv

[[folder:Skarn Earthborn]]

[[folder:Hornfels Earthborn]]

[[folder:Carnelian Earthborn]]

[[folder:Dagrun Silvershale]]

''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]]''\\
''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAsuras Asuras]]'']]]]-]

[[folder:Dagrun Silvershale]]

[[folder:Saria Triscan]]

!! Darv

[[folder:Skarn Earthborn]]

[[folder:Hornfels Earthborn]]

!!Others
[[folder:Chul (Unmarked Spoilers for Volume 10 onward)]]

* BloodKnight: Chul lives for a good fight.
* LeeroyJenkins: His main flaw. He is so much of a BloodKnight and consumed by his desire to exact revenge on the Vritra that Arthur has to restrain him at times to prevent him from becoming a SpannerInTheWorks. He has to be talked down when it comes to the matter of the Legacy as the only solution he sees is to just kill her, which both Arthur and Eleanor oppose because they want to free Tessia from the Legacy's control. Agrona attempts to exploit this flaw.
* ThePhoenix: Chul is part-phoenix.
* SemiDivine: He is a Djinn[=/=]Asura hybrid.
* WalkingSpoiler: As a resident of the Hearth, Chul cannot be discussed without revealing major spoilers in the story.
* YouKilledMyMother: His motivation in accompanying Arthuris to avenge the death of his mother Lady Dawn, who was killed by the Legacy.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She loses both of her legs during the WarArc]].

!! [[center:''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'' [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd Character Sheets]]\\
[-Dicathians ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndArthurLeywin Arthur Leywin]]) | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAsuras Asuras]]-]]]

!!Main Characters
[[folder:Arthur Leywin]]
!! Grey Willbeck / Arthur Leywin
!!!King Grey, Note, Godspell, Ascender Grey
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Novel), Chapter 1 (Webcomic)
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->"''I never saw myself as some righteous hero out to save the world. My reason to fight has always been to protect the few I held dear. But now, after all that's happened...I have another reason. To right my wrong.''"

The protagonist of the series. In his past life, he was a warrior-king from a world governed by AsskickingLeadsToLeadership known for his unrivaled martial prowess, though he attained that power at a great personal cost. After mysteriously dying on his bed one day, he ends up being reincarnated into a fantasy world. From that point onward, he goes on to become a talented mage and adventurer who has the potential of resolving the DivineConflict that has been going on in the setting.

->See his [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndArthurLeywin separate character page]].

[[folder:Tessia Eralith]]
!! Tessia Eralith
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Novel), Chapter 16 (Webcomic)
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Princess of the elven kingdom of Elenoir and Arthur's childhood friend.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Tessia quickly grew attached to Arthur due to him being the only person outside of Tess's family to treat her with genuine kindness.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Finally gives Art one at the end of Chapter 101]].
* ChildhoodFriendLoveInterest: To Arthur. After saving her from slave traders, he wound up living with her family in Elenoir for three years before leaving to reunite with his family. Their shared childhood together leaves a growing infatuation on Tessia’s part, and when they reunite years later in Xyrus Academy she attempts to trigger a RelationshipUpgrade between the two of them. Arthur, knowing that he is mentally much older than Tessia, asks her to hold off their relationship until they are adults to which she reluctantly agrees. Later on during the WarArc, their relationship does advance a little with them promising each other to get together after the end of the war.
* CoolDownHug:[[spoiler: To Arthur after his father's death]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone who sees Tess with Art instantly realizes that she is in love with him.
* {{Expy}}; Given the novel's inspiration from ''Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'', Tessia has parallels to several characters from that novel. Given that she is an elf with MysticalWhiteHair whom Arthur first meets as a child when he rescues her from peril, reunites with him at a MagicalAcademy, and confesses to him her feelings that he later reciprocates, she is primarily based on Sylphiette. However, the fact that she is a young noble whose family Arthur spends a portion of his childhood living with is borrowed from Eris Boreas Greyrat, while her being a princess who becomes the StudentCouncilPresident of the MagicalAcademy they attend is from Ariel Anemoi Asura.
* FightingFromtheInside: [[spoiler: In the climax of Volume 8, Tessia is kidnapped by Nico who was Arthur's former best friend turned ArchEnemy who is working Agrona Vritra as a vessel for a being called the legacy which is Cecilia who is Arthur's past life friend and Nico's fiance.]] In volume 9, [[spoiler:Tessia and Arthur meet in the victoriad after he cripples Nico and kills Cadell. However, she was not in control of her own body but controlled by the Legacy Cecilia. As Arthur tries to kill her but fails as he realizes she is still alive as she is able to take control for a moment and caress his face revealing she is been fighting from the inside out through her beastwill the elder guardianwood then Arthur escapes vowing to save her one day.]] Later, In Volume 10 till the climax, [[spoiler:Cecilia fights Seris many times who has rebelled against Agrona but fails everytime to kill or Capture Seris thanks to Seris's cunning mind until Cecilia falls in a trap set by Seris where Cecilia is forced to absorb all the mana of the Vritra Basilisk Orleath allowing Seris to escape from Cecilia.]] In Volume 11, [[spoiler:it is revealed in the process of falling in Seris's trap Tessia/Cecilia enters the stage after the white stage. The stage is called integrate stage allowing the core to be one with the body which allows Tessia who is still figthing from the inside to be partially released with her beast will the elderguardian wood from Cecilia's mind letting her take control of her body anytime but she is waiting for the right moment to strike against Agrona indicating there is still hope for Tessia and Arthur to be together. Tessia learns the truth about Arthur's reincarnation but still loves him despite the mental gape between them.]]
* GreenThumb: One of her elemental affinities is in plant magic. Her beast will allows her to tap into the powers of the Elderwood Guardian, itself a plant monster made of vines.
* MysticalWhiteHair: She has gunmetal silver hair and is very adept at magic like the rest of her family.
* {{Nepotism}} How she became StudentCouncilPresident in the first place before she even started formally attending Xyrus Academy, though it is never called out at all. Her grandfather Virion was old friends with Director Goodsky, who took her in as her apprentice and had her on-campus for over a year before she started attending.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** [[spoiler:Her first battle as a commander in Elshire Forest. Her forces number 200, against a much larger force of Alacryians. They cannot retreat as civilians have yet to evactuate, but on the bright side of things reinforcements are close by and they simply have to hold out until then. What happens instead is she loses her cool, breaks formation and starts running around the battlefield trying her best to help, ignoring the fact that without her to lead (and her being the most powerful mage present) her troops are getting decimated. Suffice it to say that Aya is livid about the whole business.]]
** [[spoiler:Disregarding both Virion and Arthur's advice not to venture out of the sanctuary to look for her parents. Made especially worse by the fact that the cast suspected Agrona is using her mana core to track her, and in doing so putting everyone else in danger by leaving. Only to discover the whole trip was in vain, as her parents were summarily executed. Causes the deaths of even more soldiers, as Elijah/Nico is trying to capture her alive and proceeds to make her submit by slaughtering her allies. Culminates with Arthur swooping down to save her, facing off against both Elijah and Cadell in a doomed battle. He manages to get her to safety but not without losing Sylvie in the process and being assumed dead, which breaks the morale of what remains of the Dicanthen army.]]
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: What she wants to happen between her and Art, as she has been in love when him back when he first rescued her. The problem being that Art is mentally ''much'' older than she is, and thus can’t quite reciprocate. As of volume 7 Arthur returns his feelings for her as they promise each other to get married after the war.
* PowerNullifier: [[spoiler:As Cecilia, gains such perfect control over ambient mana she becomes capable of drawing it out of the atmosphere and out of her target's core and giving it a physical solid form, effectively rendering them helpless. Seris worriedly notes that this move could prove instantly fatal to Asura, who are essentially mana beings.]]
* RedBaron: The Lunar Goddess. She got this title as she is described as being as beautiful as a goddess but as untouchable as the moon.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler: After the war's conclusion and Arthur's apparent disappearance, she goes on a secret mission back to her homeland of Elenoir only to be captured by the Vritra and turned into the vessel for an entity known as the Legacy, who as it turns out is Cecilia Arthur's past life friend.]]
* RescueRomance: She first developed feelings for him when he saved her from Slave Traders.
* StudentCouncilPresident: She is placed as this when she first arrives at school. She dislikes it because she can't be openly friendly with Art when she finally sees him again.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: When Cecilia takes control over her body.]]

[[folder:Sylvie]]
!! Sylvie Indrath/Sylvie [[spoiler:Leywin]]
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Novel), Chapter 27 (Webcomic)
Daughter of the dragon Sylvia and Arthur's bond.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After he and Tessia gets hospitalized she hits him for his recklessness. [[spoiler: Then after almost crippling himself in his battle against Jagrette she scolds him for this, And again in his battle against Nico and Cadell in the climax of Volume 7, she gets angry at him for always pushing himself way too far everytime as he views himself as expendable]].
* ArchnemesisDad:
** [[spoiler:Her biological father turns out to be Agrona, the Lord of the Vritra Clan and the BigBad of the novel]].
** [[spoiler:Her maternal grandfather Kezess isn't any better, as he turns out to be a genocidal tyrant whose past atrocities led to Agrona's StartOfDarkness]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: At the end of Volume 10, Aldir helps Arthur to enter the aether realm and gives his mana reserves to Sylvie's egg at the cost of his own life so that Arthur succeeds in reviving her]].
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Where to start with her? [[spoiler:Her mother's side of the family with the exception of her mother herself are a faction of draconic KnightTemplar[=s=] willing to commit genocide for what they call "the greater good" but in truth are a group of petty tyrants seeking to maintain their power, especially her grandfather who is the clan ruler. Her father's side of the family got exiled from Epheotus for threatening to expose her grandfather's crimes, but in the process of wanting to exact their revenge have become a case of HeWhoFightsMonsters so severe they have long since eclipsed her mother's family in villainy, as they are known for unethical experimentation, manipulation, and torture. Then there are her adoptive parents. While her adoptive father has dedicated himself to bringing down both her father and her grandfather, her adoptive mother was kidnapped and ReforgedIntoAMinion by her father, becoming a PersonOfMassDestruction in the process. It is a miracle that circumstances aligned so that Sylvie would turn out better than anyone else in her family]].
* CoolDownHug: [[spoiler:To Arthur after his father's death]].
* CreateYourOwnHero: {{Exploited}}. [[spoiler: At the end of Volume 10, it is revealed that she is responsible for preventing Grey's soul from falling under Agrona's dominion and thus preventing him from being ReforgedIntoAMinion like Nico and Cecilia. With that in mind, it basically means that Agrona and Kezess's greatest mortal nemesis only exists because of their only living descendant]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Her dragon form is entirely black and grey, and [[spoiler:she wears black clothes after unlocking her human form]]. However, Sylvie is far from evil and the only reason she looks that way is because of [[spoiler:who her father is]].
* DeadGuyJunior: Arthur named her after her mother Sylvia to honor her HeroicSacrifice.
* DragonsAreDivine: She is part of the Asuran Indrath Clan who are PhysicalGods.
* FamilyOfChoice: [[spoiler:Chooses her adoptive parents who raised her over the JerkassGods whom she shares blood with]].
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Regis as both are his companions but he reinforces his strengths, but also his worst aspects]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The main purveyor of these. From stealing food in plates to playing with insects to sleeping in weird positions, expect her to be doing something silly in every panel where she’s not the focus.
* HeadPet: Her favorite place to sit appears to be on Art's head.
* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler:She sacrificed her physical body to save Arthur from dying after his battle against Nico and Cadell at the end of Volume 7. {{Subverted}} the following volume as it is revealed she is turned into an egg, and at the end of Volume 10 she returns again after Arthur and Aldir revive her]].
* HornedHumanoid: After breaking the seal, [[spoiler:she unlocks her human form which is a young girl with horns. Those horns being a sign of who her true father is]].
* LikeADaughterToMe: When King Glayder tries to buy her for Sebastian, Arthur refuses citing he sees her like his daughter. Sylvie also refers to Arthur and Tessia as her "Papa" and "Mama" respectively. In Volume 11, [[spoiler:during her narration she discards the name Indrath and adopts the surname Leywin like her adoptive father]].
* LukeIAmYourFather:
** During Volume 4, Arthur learns from Windsom that Sylvie is the granddaughter of Kezess, the ruler of the Asuras who is Sylvia's father.
** At the start of Volume 8, [[spoiler:Arthur learns from Sylvia's second message that Agrona was her former lover and thus Sylvie's father. Sylvie only finds out about this offscreen, as during the end of Volume 10 as her soul is wresting the future Arthur's soul away from Agrona she briefly acknowledges that Agrona was her biological father]].
* MoralityPet: Sylvie serves as this to him after he returns from Epheotus, serving to rein in the most ruthless and callous side of his personality while [[spoiler:Regis]] is the opposite.
* NatureVersusNurture: In this case, Nurture. Thanks to being raised by Arthur, [[spoiler:Sylvie turned out to be benevolent and selfless unlike either side of her family, let alone the rest of the Asuras. Arthur even speculates that Sylvia intentionally gave the egg that contained the unborn Sylvie to him so that she could be raised away from the Asuras and their influence]].
* NonLinearCharacter: [[spoiler:From the end of Volume 10 onward, Sylvie is no longer bound by time and space after her HeroicSacrifice, and is capable of hearing messages from future versions of herself]].
* OrcRaisedByElves: [[spoiler:Sylvie is an Asura who is descended from two of the most powerful Asura clans in the setting. However, the Asuras are JerkassGods, and among the Asuras [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks both sides of her family]] are the most reprehensible as they are responsible for much of the suffering in the story. Her father's side of the family are the Vritra, a faction of corruptive EvilutionaryBiologist[=s=] who seek to wage war on the rest of the Asuras for [[FallenAngel exiling them]]. Her mother's side of the family are the Indrath, a faction of draconic KnightTemplar[=s=] who are willing to commit genocide for what they perceive as the greater good, and caused the Vritra's StartOfDarkness when they exiled them for discovering the atrocities they committed. While Sylvie's mother was the TokenHeroicOrc among her clan, her father orchestrated the assassination of her mother, which caused the egg containing the unborn Sylvie to fall into the hands of the human Arthur Leywin whom her mother was fostering at the time. When Sylvie finally hatched, she was raised by Arthur and the elven princess Tessia Eralith and came to view both as her AdoptivePeerParent[=s=]. Due to being raised away from the influence of either side of her biological family, Sylvie grew to identify more with her foster father and his people over her own WarringNatures, becoming the WhiteSheep of both clans. After learning the full truth of her heritage, Sylvie feels no kinship with either clan for the atrocities they have both committed, even going so far as to [[FamilyOfChoice declare herself]] Sylvie ''Leywin'' rather than Sylvie Indrath]]
* ParadoxPerson: The end of Volume 10 reveals [[spoiler:that after her Heroic Sacrifice to save Arthur at the end of Volume 7, Sylvie's soul was displaced across time and space which allowed her to observe the entirety of Arthur's past life as King Grey. Upon reaching the moment of Grey's death, she witnessed her biological father Agrona taking Grey's soul. As this would lead to Grey being ReforgedIntoAMinion, Sylvie realized at that moment that she had to be the one to intervene to ensure Grey would reincarnate as Arthur and not as one of Agrona's servants. She managed to wrest Grey's soul away from Agrona's grasp and take it to the Leywin family to be reincarnated into Arthur. Afterwards, Sylvie returned to the egg containing her unborn self where she waited until Arthur managed to restore her physical form. Sylvie would never have done this were it not for Arthur raising her for her entire life away from Agrona's machinations. In doing so, she created a StableTimeLoop that ensured both she and Arthur would end up opposing Agrona in the future rather than becoming his servants]].
* RaisedByRival:[[spoiler:She is raised by Arthur, but biologically she is the daughter and granddaughter of Arthur's greatest enemies, Agrona and Kezess]].
* ShedTheFamilyName: [[spoiler:During Volume 11, she discards the Indrath name and adopts the Leywin name instead, as she has learned of the Indrath's atrocities offscreen and views Arthur as her true father figure. That being said, for the time being she is willing to capitalize on being Kezess's granddaughter to influence the forces that her grandfather sent down to occupy Dicathen while Arthur was busy in the aether realm reviving her]].
* ShipperOnDeck: If her calling Tessia "Mama" didn’t make it clear enough, she very much ships her with Arthur, though she also briefly teases Kathlyn about her very obvious feelings for him.
* ShoulderSizedDragon: She is small enough to ride on either Arthur's head or shoulder. While this was very true when she first hatched, as she got bigger she began adopting a smaller fox-like form both for ease of travel and to conceal her true form.
* SleepModeSize: She is actually quite a large dragon after the season 3 time skip, but [[{{Shapeshifter}} changes her appearance]] to look either like a black lizard or a small white fox-like creature so as to not draw attention.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Arguably the ''biggest'' one in the entire story so far, as she is basically the only reason why Arthur is the person he is today and not a brainwashed slave of Agrona's. Following her HeroicSacrifice, Sylvie's soul was displaced across time and space, which allowed her to witness the moment Agrona claimed Grey's soul to be reincarnated into his vessel of choice. Realizing what had to be done to preserve the timeline, Sylvie wrested the soul away from Agrona's grasp and took it to the Leywins so it would eventually reincarnate into Arthur. In short, she basically dashed Agrona's EvilPlan as it was beginning and forced him to revise it]].
* StrongerThanTheyLook: Appears no bigger than a cat, but is able to beat up Grawder, a full size A Rank World Lion, and make him submit to her.
* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:After her HeroicSacrifice, Sylvie became one of these as her discipline switched from vivum to aevum. She is capable of manipulating time to such a degree she became a NonLinearCharacter]].
* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:She, along with her mother Sylvia, genuinely cares about Arthur unlike the rest of the Indrath Clan who only treated Arthur with a begrudging tolerance at best and outright scorn at worst, on top of being responsible for committing genocide upon the Djinn whom Arthur and his family are descended from. There is also the fact she is the daughter of Agrona himself, as he and his clan are the ones behind the whole DivineConflict and the ruination of Arthur's homeland of Dicathen]].
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: [[spoiler:After being resurrected, she forms this dynamic with Arthur and Regis. This plays a key role in how Arthur can possibly master the fourth discipline of aether, fate, as he needs insight into the other three disciplines when one can normally only master one. However, it is possible as Arthur's bonds can master the other paths, with Arthur wielding spacium, Regis wielding vivum, and Sylvie wielding aevum]].
* UndyingLoyalty: To Arthur.
* VillainousLineage: [[spoiler:Sylvie is the Daughter of Agrona Vritra and the granddaughter of Kezess Indrath, both of whom are tyrannical rulers as they and the clans they rule over are [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks no better than the other]]]].
* WarringNatures: [[spoiler:Sylvie is the daughter of the dragon Sylvia of the Indrath Clan (who in turn is the daughter of Kezess, the leader of the Indrath Clan and the ruler of the Asuras) and the basilisk Agrona of the Vritra Clan (himself being the leader of said clan). Both sides of her heritage are engaged in a DivineConflict that started when the former clan [[FallenAngel banished the latter from Epheotus]] for uncovering the fact they committed genocide in the distant past. Despite both sides of her heritage being [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks no better than the other]], especially when it comes to their callous attitude towards lessers, Sylvie is the WhiteSheep of both clans. This is because she was [[OrcRaisedByElves raised by]] [[RaisedByHumans the human]] [[ParentalSubstitute Arthur Leywin]] after he was given her egg by Sylvia shortly before she sacrificed herself to save him from agents of the Vritra. [[NatureVersusNurture As a result]], Sylvie was raised away from the influence of either clan and has avoided being indoctrinated into the ideology of either, having borne witness to the worst atrocities of both clans and remaining firm to her adoptive father and his people who have suffered much at their hands. While she is committed to helping her adoptive father bring down both the Indrath and Vritra, she hates the latter more as the Vritra were not only responsible for murdering her mother but for invading and conquering Arthur's homeland of Dicathen (on top of killing much of her adoptive father's friends and family, including turning her adoptive mother and Arthur's LoveInterest Tessia Eralith [[GrandTheftMe into the vessel]] [[ReforgedIntoAMinion for the Legacy]]). She is also willing to leverage her position as Kezess's granddaughter when it comes to dealing with the Indrath and the rest of the Asuras, which is especially useful when Arthur learns Kezess has occupied Dicathen under the pretext of protection while Arthur was in the aether realm for two months trying to bring her back. Case in point, when she and her adoptive father come across some of the dragons her grandfather has sent down to Dicathen, she defends him with her authority when one of them is hostile towards Arthur and orders said dragon to back off or face the consequences]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Sylvie]]''': With [[spoiler:Arthur]], as it always has. [[spoiler:Dicathen]] is my home, its people my people. Its enemies my enemies.
* WhiteSheep:[[spoiler:Sylvie is the sole good member of both the Indrath and Vritra Clans, thanks to being raised by Arthur away from both Kezess and Agrona. She is very empathetic to a degree unheard of in both clans.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being born an Asura, a being noted to be naturally more powerful than anything else in the setting, [[spoiler:she is often overpowered, or as in the case of Uto, almost killed. Justified in that her mother put a seal on her to conceal her from Agrona, which also had the effect of stunting her growth. Post TimeSkip she is only now starting to catch up, and is expected to come into her full power soon now that Arthur have revived her in the aether realm.]]

!!Leywin Family
[[folder:In General]]
* BadassFamily: All of them are Badass[=es=] in one respect or another. Other than Arthur and his own credentials, Reynolds used to be a famous adventurer and later on became the instructor for the guards at the Helstea Auction House, Alice was also an adventurer and medic turned ActionSurvivor, and Eleanor, also an ActionSurvivor, has become a skilled archer with her own [[spoiler:Djinn magic, Alacryan regalia, and Asuran-given bond]].
* WoobieFamily: As of Volume 10, [[spoiler: while only Reynolds has died (having been killed during the war), that isn't to say that the remaining family members have experienced multiple brushes with death on several occasions. On top of that, they have had to contend with losing the war, watching their homeland be conquered, and being forced into hiding. Not only that, Alice and Eleanor had to presume that Arthur had died during one of the last battles of the war, while in fact Arthur had been marooned all alone in Alacrya, the land of their enemies. As for Arthur's issues, he has to deal with his own guilt over not being able to protect the people he cares about (and in some cases as seen with the Eraliths inadvertently endangered them), elements from his past life coming back to haunt him in his current one, and how he now has to stand up against the JerkassGods who have lorded over the setting]].

[[folder:Reynolds Leywin]]
Arthur's father

* BareFistedMonk: His fighting style involves the use of gauntlets.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies while fighting off the horde of Alacryan mana beasts at the Wall]].
* HenpeckedHusband: His more relaxed and childish personality made him frequently come to rather dangerous decisions regarding Arthur's wellbeing and that led him to become target of his wife's ire.
* TheLeader: Used to be the leader of the Twin Horns before he settled down with Alice.
* VirtuousCharacterCopy: To [[Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation Paul Greyrat]]. Both are former adventurers who used to have ties with nobility, led a famous adventuring party before settling down in a rural home in the countryside, became the father to a ReincarnateInAnotherWorld {{Isekai}} protagonist, and [[spoiler:are killed off later on which sends their son into a HeroicBSOD]]. However, Paul is a very flawed man who exhibits a lot of vices. After his son got into a fight with bullies to save his childhood friend, Paul hit his own son and took the bullies' side without letting his son explain himself. More jarringly, he exhibits the same sexual proclivities that his son has to a far worse extent. In the past, he forced himself onto the woman who would become his maid and later on cheats on his wife with her. Suffice to say, Reynolds never does anything that low, as he is an uptight and moral man who cares about his family.

[[folder:Alice Leywin]]
Arthur's mother.

* AlmightyMom: Despite her husband and son are much more magically gifted and trained much harder than her, both of them have to bow to her will.
* DrivenToSuicide: A flashback shows that after they lost Arthur, the Twin Horns are seen bandaging her wrist with a bloodly knife next to her.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers it multiple times. [[spoiler: First after Arthur's reincarnation is revealed, then after Reynolds's death, then after Arthur's apparent death even though later Arthur returns]].
* TheEveryman: She is the character the series has that behave the closest to any normal person.
* TheMedic: Her main deviant magic power is healing.
* InterruptedSuicide: The Twin Horns were able to save her after she attempted to slit her wrists when she thought her son was dead.
* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler:She decides to finally accept Arthur's past life after he returns from Alacrya]]
* ShipperOnDeck: When she meets Tessia for the first time, she states she is glad Art has a responsible friend now... and in the future. In response, Tessia's face turns bright red with embarrassment.

[[folder:Eleanor Leywin]]
Arthur's younger sister.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:To Tessia in Volume 8. "''It's your fault he's gone. You know that, right?''"]]
* BigBrotherAttraction: She doesn't like it when she sees her brother with other girls.
* BigBrotherWorship: Eleanor idolizes Arthur.
* BrotherSisterTeam: [[spoiler:After Arthur returns to Dicathen, he starts bringing Eleanor along with him when he enters the Relictombs. As the Leywins are descended from the Djinn, Arthur hopes to unlock some of that latent magical potential within his sister. Eleanor accompanies Arthur and his party when they enter the Relictombs in Volume 11 to join up with Seris and her rebellion, as not only has she unlocked her own distinct form of Djinn magic but she has been chosen by [[ForgedByTheGods Silverlight]] to wield it after the death of its former wielder Aldir]].
* EmpathicWeapon: [[spoiler:Was chosen by Silverlight to wield it after the death of its previous wielder Aldir]].
* ForgedByTheGods: [[spoiler:Wields Silverlight after the death of Aldir]].
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She elbow drops her brother awake.

!!Twin Horns Party
An adventuring party that Reynolds and Alice used to be members of.

[[folder:Adam Krensh]]
An augmenter who specializes in the use of a spear.

* FieryRedhead: Adam has red hair that resembles flames and is described as being talkative and energetic.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrificed himself to buy the Dicathians time to retreat from the dungeon after they discovered more mana beasts were hiding below it]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffscreen]]: [[spoiler:His death is not depicted at all, instead occurring in the transition between Volumes 5 and 6. Arthur only hears about it from his parents when he hears they are going to rejoin the war]].

[[folder:Angela Rose]]
A conjurer who specializes in wind magic.

* AndCallHimGeorge: Every time she hugs Arthur, she nearly smothered to death between her breasts.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has long blonde hair and is both overly friendly and affectionate.
* MarshmallowHell: Both times she has hugged Arthur she has nearly suffocated him with her breasts. The {{Webcomic}} version adds a third time, on top of having her do the same to Tessia as well.
* WindIsGreen: She wears a green dress and specializes in wind magic.

[[folder:Durden Walker]]
Durden is a conjurer who specializes in earth magic.

* TheBigGuy: Is the largest member of the Twin Horns, being over six feet tall.
* DueToTheDead: In the aftermath of [[spoiler:Taci’s rampage, Durden assists Arthur in preparing graves for the fallen by conjuring earthen biers for them]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His introductory scene has him take the young Arthur from Angela (who is in the process of giving him MarshmallowHell) and gently set him down while telling his compatriot that she is hurting the boy. Arthur even compares him to a shaggy BigFriendlyDog.
* GentleGiant: His primary characterization. In spite of his size, Durden is a very friendly individual.
* MyGreatestFailure: Blames himself for [[spoiler:being unable to save Arthur’s father Reynolds during the attack on the Wall]].

[[folder:Jasmine Flamesworth]]
The youngest member of the party, daughter of a powerful family. Despite her aloof attitude, she gets attached surprisingly quickly to the little Arthur.
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* AbusiveParents: Coming from a family renowned for producing outstanding fire mages, her father had great expectations when she awakened earlier than usual, only for her to turn out to be a gifted air elementalist. While he doesn't outright kick her out of the house he makes it clear she doesn't belong in it.
* CaptainErsatz: In the {{Webcomic}}, her appearance is a dead ringer for [[Anime/LogHorizon Akatsuki]].
* DualWielding: Her weapon of choice are dual daggers.
* LastSecondWordSwap: In her goodbye letter to Art, she clearly crosses out the incomplete "Love" and replaces it with "Sincerly".
* NonIndicativeName: Intentional example. Despite her surname, she has wind instead of fire magic. This led to her being effectively disowned by her family for not conforming to their traditions.
* NotSoStoic: When she meets Art again after several years she through he was dead, she runs into his arms and cries her eyes out apologizing for letting it happen.
* TheUnfavorite: Her family looks down on her as she specializes in wind magic where her family is known for being powerful fire mages.
* WhiteSheep: She is the only decent one of her family unlike her father who is a terrible father, human being and a [[spoiler:traitor to Dicathen]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helen Shard]]
The current leader of the Twin Horns. She specializes in using a bow.
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* ArcherArchetype: She prefers to wield a bow and is rather serious and analytical.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The {{Webcomic}} establishes her to be a half-elf as she has pointed ears.
* TheLeader: After Reynolds settled down with Alice, Helen took over as the leader for the group.
[[/folder]]


!!House Eralith
[[folder:In General]]
The ruling house of Elenoir, the kingdom of the elves. Arthur spends three years living with them before he reunites with his family.
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* MysticalWhiteHair: Their hair is gunmetal silver in color and all of them are very magically adept.
* ShipperOnDeck: They are all very supportive of Arthur and Tessia's relationship and frequently tease both of them about it.
* WoobieFamily: As of Volume 10, [[spoiler: both the grandmother and her sister died due to overexerting their [[{{Seers}} divination]] powers (which were CastFromLifespan), the former to save the grandfather from assassins and the latter to save everyone she knew from the [[JerkassGods Asuras]] who planned to exterminate them all (on top of being a disciple of a benevolent Asura who was UnPerson[=ed=] after he went against his people, which forced her to live as a hermit), the father and mother were forced to make a deal with the BigBad after it was revealed that [[TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt he had control over their daughter's life]] and were ultimately executed in the aftermath, and the daughter was [[ReforgedIntoAMinion captured and turned into]] [[GrandTheftMe the vessel for an entity]] known as the Legacy (though with a silver lining that she is still FightingFromTheInside through the same means the BigBad had control over her). Only the grandfather has avoided his family's unfortunate fates. Even then, he could do nothing as the Asuras destroyed his homeland (and most of his people) via a FantasticNuke [[GodzillaThreshold in a futile attempt to prevent the Legacy from being summoned]], and was forced to work with them and lie to his people about what happened in the aftermath only for the Asuras to ultimately betray him as well once they deemed [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he had outlived his usefulness to them]]. And then there's the honorary son (in-law) Arthur (in that he was the one who inadvertently gave the BigBad control over the daughter, his own LoveInterest, through an artifact he gave her), and what he has been through]]...
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Virion Eralith]]
The former King of Elenoir, Virion is Alduin’s father and Tessia’s grandfather.
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* AbdicateTheThrone: He abdicated the throne of Elenoir to his son Alduin after the war with Sapin.
* AffectionateNickname: Is called "Gramps" by both Arthur and Tessia.
* AssassinationAttempt: Virion has a history of surviving these.
** In the past war between Sapin and Elenoir, Virion’s wife Lania foresaw his death at the hands of assassins sent by the then-King of Sapin. She kept looking into the future to try to find a different outcome in spite of Virion pleading her not to as her divination powers were CastFromLifespan. She was able to buy enough time for the war to end with Blaine Glayder usurping his father and Virion surviving, but by then she had burnt up so much of her life force viewing potential futures that she died a few weeks later having aged years in that timespan.
** At the close of the WarArc, [[spoiler:Alduin and Merial end up betraying Virion out of a SadisticChoice that Agrona offers them between either letting Tessia waste away and die or letting his forces into the Council Castle to assassinate Virion. However, Virion manages to escape the castle along with Arthur and Bairon]].
** After he refuses [[spoiler:Kezess's offer after being confronted by the rest of the resistance about the ulterior motivations behind it, Kezess orders Taci to kill him and everyone else hiding in the Djinn sanctuary for defying him. It is only thanks to Arthur's sudden return and slaying of Taci that Virion gets to live to see another day]].
* [[spoiler:BetrayalByOffspring]]: [[spoiler:Is sold out by his son and daughter-in-law when the BigBad offers them a SadisticChoice between his life or his granddaughter and they choose the latter, in the process allowing the Alacryans access into the Council Castle and forcing the Dicathians into hiding. In the aftermath, Virion has to disown both of them for this transgression, but Tessia refuses to abandon her parents, which leads to disastrous results]].
* BigGood: Virion plays this role in the leadup to the WarArc when Aldir pronounces him the only suitable leader to head the Tri-Union Alliance against the impending Alacryan invasion. He continues to play this role [[spoiler:even after the Alacryans conquer Dicathen and execute its kings and queens (including his own son and daughter-in-law), albeit under the coercion and manipulation of Kezess and the Asuras who seek to cover up for their own misdeeds, in particular the destruction of Elenoir, his own homeland, by the aforementioned Aldir using the World Eater Technique. In that state, he is forced to lie to his own people about what happened. When the Dicathians discover the truth and Virion decides to turn against him, Kezess decides to wipe the slate clean. Only the timely return of Arthur from Alacrya foils his plans. Afterwards, Virion decides to step away from the role so that Arthur can take the reins]].
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: He has a moment with the unconscious Director Goodsky where he discusses his regrets in the leadup to the WarArc.
* DarkIsNotEvil: When he activates his beast will, he turns into an almost featureless black humanoid with long hair and vaguely feline features. In spite of that form's monstrous appearance, Virion is one of the good guys.
* InsultOfEndearment: He refers to Arthur as "Brat".
* TheMentor: Virion acts as Arthur’s childhood tutor during his stay in Elenoir. He teaches him (and the audience by extension) much of how the setting works, including the magic system (moreso than the encyclopedia Arthur had read as an infant), mana beasts, and beast wills. He also helps Arthur overcome the PowerIncontinence from prematurely awakening his mana core.
* [[spoiler:OutlivingOnesOffspring]]: [[spoiler:Sadly ends up outliving his only son and his daughter-in-law]].
* PantheraAwesome: His beast will is derived from a shadow panther.
* ParentalSubstitute: Due to acting as his childhood tutor during his stay in Elenoir and helping him recover from prematurely awakening his mana core, Arthur comes to view Tessia's grandfather Virion as an honorary grandparent and even refers to him "Gramps" like Tessia does. This is especially apparent following the end of the WarArc, as [[spoiler:Virion is one of Arthur’s few surviving family members from his childhood alongside his own mother and sister and Tessia]].
* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: He ends up walking onto his granddaughter straddling Arthur in a very compromising position, causing her to recoil off him in embarrassment.
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler:After the loss of the war, Virion ends up becoming the main leader of the Dicathian resistance. He steps down as overall leader once Arthur returns]].
* RetiredBadass: Was this at the start of the story due to having abdicated from rulership of his kingdom. As much as he would like to live out his sunset years in peace, the invasion, [[spoiler:conquest, and utter annihilation]] of his homeland forces him out of retirement.
* SkywardScream: In the {{Webcomic}}, his reaction to [[spoiler:Cynthia Goodsky's death has him collapse to his knees and scream in anguish]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Other than Tessia (who is FightingFromTheInside as the Legacy has possessed her body), Virion is the sole survivor of his family after the war]].
* SympathyForTheDevil: Upon hearing of [[spoiler:Aldir’s demise from Arthur and being presented with the fallen Asura’s weapon, Virion expresses a hint of regret over his death. Even though Aldir was the one who destroyed his homeland and nearly consigned his race to extinction, Virion still had some respect for the Asura]].
* TraumaCongaLine: Out of all his family, he gets put through absolute hell both during and after the WarArc. [[spoiler:First, his homeland gets conquered, then his own son and his wife are forced to betray him in order to save his granddaughter’s life and get executed by the Alacryans, his honorary grandson vanishes, his granddaughter is captured and his homeland gets obliterated by the Asuras, then Kezess approaches him and forces him to lie to his own people about what happened in return for his aid, and finally, once Kezess’s deception is exposed and Virion turns against him, Kezess deems that the Dicathian resistance [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has outlived their usefulness]] to him and orders their extermination. It is because of all the suffering that causes Virion to hand over leadership to Arthur]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lania Eralith]]
The former queen of Elenoir, Lania is Virion’s deceased wife, Rinia’s older sister, and Alduin’s mother. She died during the war between Sapin and Elenoir.
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* CastFromLifespan: As divination is a deviant form of magic, she is forced to draw from her lifespan instead of her mana core in order to use her divination powers.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died during the war and her death had a major impact on her family.
* {{Seers}}: She was able to look into the future, though overuse of her powers cost her her life.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alduin Eralith]]
Virion’s son, the current King of Elenoir, and the father of Tessia.
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* [[spoiler:TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt]]: [[spoiler:Is forced to betray his own people in order to save his daughter's life]].
* HeelRealization: After the end of the war between Sapin and Elenoir and the death of his mother, Alduin could not bring himself to forgive humans. It was not until Arthur rescued Tessia from slave traders and called him out on his racism to make him have an epiphany. In turn, this would lead to the formation of the Council.
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:He alongside his wife Merial and the Glayders are executed by being impaled on spikes by the Vritra]].
* SadisticChoice: At the climax of Volume 7, [[spoiler:Agrona forces him and his wife to choose between the lives of Tessia or Virion. They choose the former]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Merial Eralith]]
The current Queen of Elenoir and the mother of Tessia.
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* [[spoiler:TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt]]: [[spoiler:Is forced to betray her own people in order to save her daughter's life]].
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:She alongside her husband Alduin and the Glayders are executed by being impaled on spikes by the Vritra]].
* SadisticChoice: At the climax of Volume 7, [[spoiler:Agrona forces her and her husband to choose between the lives of Tessia or Virion. They choose the former]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rinia Darcassian]]
Lania’s sister, who is also a diviner.
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* CastFromLifespan: As divination is a deviant form of magic, she is forced to draw from her lifespan instead of her mana core in order to use her divination powers.
* {{Seers}}: She is able to look into the future, though at the cost of her own lifespan.
[[/folder]]


!!House Glayder
[[folder:Blaine Glayder]]
King of Sapin.
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* BlasphemousBoast: Closes off the Council announcement and the reveal of the Lances by encouraging the people to "Grow strong and noble as not even the heavens are the limit!", which is rather hypocritical considering the Lances derive their power from Asuran artifacts.
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:He alongside his wife Priscilla and the Eraliths are executed by being impaled on spikes by the Vritra]].
* LesCollaborateurs: He isn't proud of it, but he briefly agrees to hand over Arthur and Sylvie to Agrona in return for his family's safety. Fortunately, thanks to Windsom and Aldir's intervention, he doesn't have to and the Asuras decide to overlook his brief collaboration seeing as it was ultimately quelled.
* {{Patricide}}: The {{Webcomic}} reveals he brought an end to the war between Sapin and Elenoir by murdering his warmongering father and claiming his throne.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Priscilla Glayder]]
Queen of Sapin.
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* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:She alongside his husband Blaine and the Eraliths are executed by being impaled on spikes by the Vritra]].
* LesCollaborateurs:: As with her husband, she agrees to hand over Arthur and Sylvie to Agrona in return for her family's safety. Fortunately, thanks to Windsom and Aldir's intervention, she doesn't have to and the Asuras decide to overlook her brief collaboration seeing as it was ultimately quelled.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Glayder Siblings]]
The Prince and Princess of Sapin whom Arthur meets at the Helstea Auction along with their parents. Later on, when Arthur joins the Disciplinary Committee in Xyrus Academy, both siblings are part of it. During the war, they lead their own team. See their individual folders for more information on each of them.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: The two siblings frequently fight alongside each other.
* FallenPrincess: After [[spoiler:the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen and the execution of their parents, Curtis and Kathyln are no longer royalty]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Kathyln is often disappointed at Curtis's tendency to rashly jump to conclusions.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Curtis, being the augmenter, specializes in close combat with his sword and shield. Kathyln, being the conjurer, specializes in blasting her opponents at range with her ice magic.
* SiblingYinYang: Curtis is headstrong and reckless, Kathyln is aloof and reserved.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: They begrudgingly agree to tolerate [[spoiler:Lyra Dreide even though she paraded their parents' corpses around in the Day of Rebirth]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Curtis Glayder]]
The Prince of Sapin, Curtis is an augmenter who specializes in fire magic.
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* BeastOfBattle: He rides Grawder into battle.
* FieryLion: Curtis not only specializes in fire magic, but he has a powerful World Lion called Grawder as a bond that acts as his mount in battle. When he uses Grawder’s beast will, Curtis’s face takes on leonine traits and he can use their shared spell, World Howl.
* FieryRedhead: Curtis has mahogany hair like his father, and not only is he energetic and impetuous, but he actually has fire powers.
* GenerationXerox: He takes after his father in his appearance.
* KingOfBeasts: Curtis is a prince who has a lion for a bond.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: His weapon of choice.
* MagicKnight: Curtis is augmenter who wields fire magic in combat. During the WarArc, he dons a suit of armor as well.
* PlayingWithFire: Curtis specializes in fire magic.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kathyln Glayder]]
The Princess of Sapin, Kathyln is a conjurer who specializes in ice magic.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Kathyln has black hair like her mother and is incredibly aloof and reserved at first.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially starts off as cold and aloof, but thanks to her interactions with Arthur she begins to show a softer side. In particular, she apologizes to him over the incident with Sebastian even though it was years ago.
* DisappointedInYou: Was incredibly disappointed in her father for the incident with Sebastian.
* GenerationXerox: She takes after her mother in her appearance.
* AnIcePerson: Kathyln specializes in ice magic. She is even known as “the Ice Princess”.
[[/folder]]

!!House Greysunder
[[folder:Dawsid Greysunder]]
The King of Darv.
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* TheQuisling: Is a willing servant of Agrona.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Glaudela Greysunder]]
The Queen of Darv.
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* TheQuisling: Is a willing servant of Agrona.
[[/folder]]

!!Xyrus Academy
[[folder:Cynthia Goodsky]]
The Director of Xyrus Academy and an old friend of Virion Eralith.
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Combined With HeroicSacrifice she dies because of the Vritra curse after revealing information]].
* {{Geas}}: As a former [[spoiler:Alacryan spy, she had a spell placed upon her that would prevent her from disclosing anything about their plans. When Aldir attempts to remove it from her, it causes her to fall into a coma from which she never wakes up from as she is killed right as the Alacryans invade]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: She resorts to torture Alacryan spies sent by the Vritra.
* TheMentor: Takes Tessia under her wing as her disciple.
* ShipperOnDeck: She teases Arthur and Tessia about their relationship.
* TokenHeroicOrc:[[spoiler:She is an Alacryan who has rebelled against her kind and the Vritra]].
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Gideon]]
Considered the best artificer in all of Dicathen. Arthur gives him plans to build a steamship that does not require mana to run.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Is easily distracted when it comes to his work. Oftentimes Emily has to bail him out.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vanesy Glory]]
The teacher for team strategies in Xyrus Academy. She can use both fire and earth magic.
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* TheBusCameBack: She returns in Volume 10 when Arthur [[spoiler:recaptures Xyrus from the Alacryans]].
* ClassTrip: She leads one into Widow's Crypt at the climax of Volume 3 of the novel. It ends up having GoneHorriblyWrong as they encounter much stronger mana beasts than they were expecting.
* TomboyishPonytail: She is an ActionGirl who wears her hair in this fashion.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Elijah Knight]]
Arthur’s best friend, a human raised by the dwarves whose origins are unclear. After the incident in the Dire Tombs, Arthur invites him to live with his family and the two end up attending Xyrus Academy together.

For tropes related to [[spoiler:his true identity, see Nico Sever's folder in the [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]] page]].
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Views Arthur as this. Not only is Arthur much more physically and magically talented compared to Elijah, but he has far more success in attracting the ladies. As it turns out, [[spoiler:this resentment ties into Elijah’s true identity, who has been twisted into despising Arthur - or rather Arthur’s past self King Grey - for a perceived wrong he committed in their past lives]].
* CasanovaWannabe: Tries to get girls to notice him, but tends to fail in an embarrassing fashion. Arthur thinks he can do much better.
* DishingOutDirt: His primary elemental affinity is earth magic. Fitting, as he has been raised by the dwarves.
* DistressedDude: Is kidnapped by the Radicals during the attack on Xyrus and taken back to Alacrya for reasons unknown.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he is introduced during Arthur's examination, he ends up being exempt from having to take the exam on top of his reserved nature. This serves to establish how mysterious his origins are.
* FireForgedFriends: After the TotalPartyKill in the Dire Tombs and helping Arthur and Jasmine recover (on top of seeing Arthur's true powers), he and Arthur become best friends.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to prevent the Radicals from harming Tessia, only to be taken captive himself and taken back to Alacrya.
* MysteriousPast: Is established to have one when Kaspian Bladeheart goes over his background. What little is known about him is that he was raised by the dwarves and that the only reason why he was exempt from the exam was because of his guardian Rahdeas vouching for him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lucas Wykes]]
Half-human and half-elf, he’s a prodigy from the infamous Wykes family, raised to become a powerful fire mage.
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* ArchEnemy: To Arthur.
* AnArmAndALeg: Combined with BodyHorror. In their final confrontation, Arthur promptly slices his left arm off. Then freeze-burns his right arm. Then crushes his left leg. And his right leg. And his pelvis. Needless to say, [[RasputinianDeath Lucas doesn’t survive]].
* BigBrotherWorship: At the very least, his brother Bairon is the only person he fears and the only one he doesn’t look down on.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: To [[Franchise/HarryPotter Draco Malfoy]]. Both are the young and arrogant blonde-haired scions of a powerful and corrupt noble family who acts as the main character's rival during their time in the MagicalAcademy. However, while Draco's pestering of Harry does not lead to severe harm and he eventually moves away from his abusive father and his FantasticRacism, Lucas not only never breaks free of his corrupt family's mindset and he only gets progressively viler as an individual, but his actions lead to people dying in droves, both unintentionally and intentionally. The {{Webcomic}} even gives Lucas his own analogues to Draco's lackeys Crabbe and Goyle in the form of Charles and Marcois (though it does not last long as Marcois dies shortly after being introduced).
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Arthur burns off his left arm, then freezes and shatters his right arm, and then, perhaps as a response to his threat of desecrating Tessia, proceeds to give him a gravity magic-empowered FinishingStomp to [[GroinAttack crush his pelvic region]] into nothingness.
* DramaticIrony: Despite not knowing Arthur is the same masked adventurer whom he came to blows with, Lucas still develops an enmity with him as he believes Arthur stole his spot on the Disciplinary Committee.
* DrivenByEnvy: After learning that Arthur, a mere commoner without the benefit of Lucas's expensive training and elixirs, is stronger than he is, he becomes determined to take Arthur down which later costs him greatly.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Despite joining a terrorist group and committing numerous atrocities during the attack, after Arthur kills him, Lucas's brother Bairon is absolutely furious and would have killed Arthur on the spot if not for the other Lances stopping him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Is a half-elf, with his mother having been one of the Wykes' elven slaves.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Dwarfed by his brother’s power and prestige, he’s so obsessed with living up to the Wykes name and not wasting the money his parents spent on various drugs and mana cores to make him stronger, that he developed an insufferably arrogant personality and commits absolutely heinous acts to prove he’s not a loser.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He gets away practically scot-free for his actions in the Dire Tombs thanks to his corrupt family's influence, with the only penalty he suffers being the loss of his adventurer's license. When Arthur confronts him at the climax of the attack on Xyrus, where he has killed several students and faculty, Arthur finally makes him pay for all the suffering he caused in a rather graphic fashion.
* PlayingWithFire: Despite his elf lineage, Lucas is highly adept at fire magic.
* SmugSnake: Has very little respect for anyone and likes to flaunt his power whenever given the chance (even if said power was not obtained naturally for the most part).
* TheUnfavorite: His father cares so little for him outside of his power that after he dies, the only thing said father worries about is how he can limit the damage Lucas’ betrayal could bring to the Wykes house’s image.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Emily Watsken]]
A scholar mage student who Arthur meets in his Basics of Artificing class, Emily is a shy and awkward girl who is nonetheless a skilled and intelligent inventor and artificer. Due to her magitechnological expertise, she goes on to become Gideon’s assistant from the WarArc onward.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: To Gideon. As she puts it:
-->'''Emily:''' Don’t call him "Professor". My nutjob of a master can hardly be considered sane, let alone a proper educator of future generations. I swear, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to dig my master out from under a pile of debris and useless junk after an explosion he caused.
* BespectacledCutie: Despite having glasses and freckles, she is noted to be rather cute with the glasses making her endearing.
* ChildProdigy: She invented the projection disc artifact that was used to broadcast the announcement of the Council and is still in school.
* LovableNerd: Is very friendly and endearing despite her intellectual interests.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: When she brings up to Arthur how news travels fast in Xyrus Academy, in particular his defeat of Professor Geist which only occurred in his last class, her glasses briefly obscure her eyes as she gives him a sly grin.
* ShrinkingViolet: Is very, very shy. Arthur reaching out his hand to her causes her to blush in embarassment.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Claire Bladeheart]]
->''"Let's show all of the entitled students out there what they'll be up against if they choose to break the rules!"''
The leader of the Disciplinary Committee, Claire is the niece of Kaspian Bladeheart. She is a fifth-year augmenter with a dual attribute in both fire and wind.
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* BlowYouAway: One of her elemental attributes.
* CareerEndingInjury: After the loss of her mana core, she is unable to participate in the war outside of training soldiers in swordsmanship.
* DePower: Due to the injuries she sustained during the attack on Xyrus, Claire's mana core was damaged beyond recovery.
* FieryRedhead: Claire has bright red hair and radiates an air of upbeat friendliness and passion.
* TheLeader: Of the Disciplinary Committee.
* MasterSwordswoman: The Bladehearts, as their name attests, are renowned for their skill at the sword. Claire is no exception.
* PlayingWithFire: Her other elemental attribute.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doradrea Oreguard]]
->''"Bah! Another delicate pretty boy! Why aren't there more real men in this committee?"''
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* TheLadette: Being a female dwarf, Doradrea is rather spunky and tough.
* OffWithHisHead: She is decapitated by the Radicals during the attack on Xyrus.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Feyrith Ivsaar III]]
->''"Look who we have here! If it isn't Princess Kathyln and my rival, Arthur Leywin."''
An elven noble who Arthur met during his childhood in Elenoir. Years later, he would cross paths with Arthur as part of the Disciplinary Committee.
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* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: [[spoiler:After not having been seen since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4, Feyrith returns in Volume 9 only to end up as one of the casualties of Taci’s rampage (with his death only being revealed in the following volume)]].
* TheBusCameBack:
** After a brief role during the events of Volume 1, Feyrith reappears in Volume 3 as one of the members of the Disciplinary Committee.
** After not being mentioned since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4. Feyrith returns in Volume 9 where he enlists Eleanor in [[spoiler: exposing the Asuras’ attempts to manipulate the resistance]].
* ButtMonkey: Of the Disciplinary Committee. Theodore mentions Feyrith fell face down when he fell for his CrushingHandshake. Later on during the Practical Mana Manipulation class, Feyrith is the first to volunteer for Professor Geist’s demonstration (itself a bid to get back at Arthur) and gets trounced. The {{Webcomic}} also adds a scene during a montage of Arthur’s time in Xyrus Academy where Feyrith is on the ground while the rest of the Disciplinary Committee are laughing at him.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Feyfey".
* ShooOutTheClowns: Despite being a comedic foil in his earlier appearances, Feyrith disappears after the attack on Xyrus, but is established to have survived. By the time he resurfaces in Volume 9, [[spoiler:he has been broken by all the misfortune that has befallen the elves since and is no longer a source of comic relief. The start of the next volume reveals he was among the casualties of Taci’s rampage]].
* UnknownRival: Is Arthur’s self-proclaimed rival.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theodore Maxwell]]
->"''Hmph. Seems the Disciplinary Committee has stooped low enough to recruit twerps.''"
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* TheBigGuy: Is the largest member of the Disciplinary Committee, being over six and a half feet tall.
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: Is the second member of the Disciplinary Committee to die during the attack on Xyrus.
* CrushingHandshake: His way of greeting - or rather hazing - new recruits to the Disciplinary Committee has him offer his hand out to them only to use gravity magic to bring them down to the floor. Arthur manages to avoid being brought down. Feyrith was not so lucky.
* GravityMaster: His elemental affinity.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kai Crestless]]
A rather shifty individual, Kai is the one to welcome Arthur to the Disciplinary Committee.
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* TheMole: Is the informant within the Disciplinary Committee for the Radicals. He reveals his treachery during the attack on Xyrus by sabotaging the barrier the Disciplinary Committee tried to set up.
* ObviousJudas: His presence makes Arthur feel uneasy (especially since Arthur can't sense his powers), he suspiciously takes up bigger patrols than the other members of the committee all on his own, and at one point, when Arthur asks him about his unique powers, he casually threatens to kill him. Sure enough, he is revealed to be TheMole for the Radicals. The {{Webcomic}} version makes his true colors all the more obvious by giving him a perpetual sinister leer on his face that screams SmugSnake.
* TraitorShot: The {{Webcomic}} adds a montage of Arthur’s time in Xyrus Academy wherein Kai is standing apart from the rest of the Disciplinary Committee as they laugh at Feyrith. A rather obvious sign that he is up to something behind their backs.
[[/folder]]

!!Lances

[[folder:In General]]
Six elite mages appointed to protect Dicathen. They are among the very few mages who have reached the white core stage.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Variant. In the {{Webcomic}}, while they still make their first appearance at the announcement of the Council, each of them are individually named right there when in the novel they only get named in a later chapter covering the aftermath of Alea's death.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Despite their power, [[spoiler:the Lances end up getting outmatched by the Alacryan Retainers, let alone the Scythes. To say nothing of actual Asuras]].
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: They are all very talented in both physical and magical combat, which earned them the right to wield their artifacts. In turn, they serve as the Council's generals during the WarArc.
* ArtifactOfPower: The Lances draw their power from their unique artifacts, which are what elevate them into the white core stage.
* BadassCape: Their uniforms all sport red capes.
* BigThinShortTrio: [[spoiler:The surviving Lances as of Volume 11 sans Arthur fit this dynamic. Bairon is tall and muscular, Varay is lithe and feminine, and Mica is a dwarf with a rather childish appearance and demeanor]].
* DwindlingParty: As of Volume 11, [[spoiler:only four of the Lances are left, one of whom joined during the WarArc. Of the ones who died, one died before the war began, one was revealed to be a traitor and was duly killed off, and one died saving the rest from the wrath of an Asura]].
* ElementalPowers: All of the Lances are elemental deviants of one sort or another. Alea is a GreenThumb, Varay is AnIcePerson, Olfred is a MagmaMan, Aya has unique CastingAShadow powers, Mica is a GravityMaster, Bairon has ShockAndAwe powers, and Arthur is a MasterOfAll [[spoiler:turned aether-wielding demigod]].
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Their CustomUniform[=s=] are all white with gold highlights and details and red sashes and capes.
* FlightIsTheFinalPower: As part of becoming white core mages, they gain the ability to fly.
* GoodWearsWhite: Their ceremonial uniforms are predominantly white.
* MagicKnight: Not only are they all very talented mages, but also are elite knights in service of their kings and queens.
* NomDeGuerre: They provide the Trope Image. Each of the Lances has their own distinct codename that was used back when their existence was kept a secret, but after being revealed the codenames exist as a formality. Said codenames are also reflective of their own elemental powers.
* PowerLimiter: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Kezess had these put in the [[ArtifactOfPower Artifacts Of Power]] that empower the Lances to prevent them from becoming powerful enough should they turn against him. Thanks to Arthur's newfound insight from his time in the Relictombs, he is able to break these limiters which allows the Lances to gain their true power]].
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler:After the war, the remaining Lances end up splitting up to lead various rebel groups in retaking their homeland from the Alacryans]].
* SplitAndReunion: During the WarArc, the Lances did not get along with each other. After the end of the war [[spoiler:the Lances are split up in the aftermath of the Alacryan conquest. Following Arthur's return, the four survivors admit their flaws and resolve to be better individuals than who they used to be. From that point onward, they work much better as a team and are able to lead the Dicathians to retake the continent]].
* SuperEmpowering: The Lances derive their power thanks to their [[ArtifactOfPower Artifacts Of Power]], which were given to the forefathers of the royal families by Windsom generations ago. In turn, the original Lances would teach those that they deemed strong enough how to manipulate mana, giving rise to the first mages on Dicathen.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being supposedly the strongest mages on Dicathen, [[spoiler:they are frequently put in situations wherein they lose to much stronger opponents such as Alacryan Retainers (Uto, Lyra) or Scythes (Cadell). To say nothing of what happens when they fight Taci, who is able to overpower them all in spite of being [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts a boy by Asuran standards]]]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alea Triscan]]
->''"That's a pretty strong bloodlust you're emanating toward a Lance."''
A young elf with extremely acute senses. Arthur meets her by chance at the Academy.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Not only is she named much earlier at the Council announcement like the rest of the Lances, but she and Bairon appear in an original scene where she meets Arthur much earlier than in the novel.
* AscendedExtra: Alea's role in the {{Webcomic}} is much bigger than in the novel. Not only does she meet Arthur much earlier and impart on him some advice and insight, but the circumstances that led to her fateful mission to Widow's Crypt are shown. This makes her death have much more impact than in the novel.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Uto cripples her mana core, rips out her limbs, cauterizes the wounds so she doesn't bleed to death too quickly. And finally plucks out her eyes, while making sure she survives long enough to listen helplessly as her men are slaughtered]].
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dies in tears in the arms of Arthur]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:At the hands of Uto, for the grave sin of chipping his horn]].
* GreenThumb: Her powers are nature-based.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Laments that having spent her entire life pursuing power and status, she'll have no one mourning her passing.]]
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Aureate".
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Feels inadequate and weak compared to the rest of the Lances.
* TemptingFate: In her earlier encounter with Arthur in the {{Webcomic}}, she says to him that "Maybe we'll run into each other again" right before she leaves with Bairon. When Arthur crosses paths with her again, it is when he finds her dying in Widow's Crypt like in the novel.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: In the novel, she was only introduced when Arthur found her dying at the bottom of Widow's Crypt.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Varay Aurae]]
The first Human Lance and most powerful one. Also acts as the de-facto leader of the group. Is a proficient ice conjurer.
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* TheAce: The strongest Lance, by a fair margin. [[spoiler:Formerly]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The rest of the Lances see her as this. [[spoiler: Though later Arthur replaces her]].
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Loses her left arm fighting Taci]].
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: After losing her left arm to Taci, she replaces it with a one made of ice.]]
* BadassBoast: "Every word you speak is heavy with untruth," Varay said coldly. "You are a liar, and a murderer. I am Varay Aurae, and I won't let you hurt another Dicathian".
* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler: with Arthur when he returns to save them from Taci, she was glad to have him back and hugs him after the fight.]]
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:The loss of her king and defeat of her continent barely slow her down]].
* HiddenDepths: Is highly competitive and even has shades of BloodKnight to her character as she enjoyed sparring with Arthur.
* AnIcePerson: Manipulates ice at will.
* IceQueen: Does not let her emotions get in the way of her duty.
* InstantArmor: Usually fights while encased in a beautiful ice armor.
* {{Kuudere}}:Despite her coldness and ice queen personality she cares about the other lances and Dicathen as a whole.
* TheMentor: Takes Kathyln under her wing in the leadup to the WarArc, which works out rather well as they both specialize in ice magic.
* MoreDakka: Tends to overwhelm her enemies with pure destructive force.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Has no qualms sending Arthur into what is likely to be his death, as her obedience to her king is absolute and most likely because of her blood oath .
* MysticalWhiteHair: She has a literal snow-white hair which befits her status as a master of ice magic.
* NoSocialSkills: Is impossibly clumsy in social situations outside of her role as a Lance.
** This also works against her, as she has trouble inspiring Mica and Aya to continue the fight.
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Zero".
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Even she is shaken by the destruction of Elenoir and was also deeply affected by Aya's death.]]
* TeamMom: To her unruly Lance children.
* VisibleSilence: Is usually silent and reserved.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Olfred Warend]]
The first Dwarven Lance. A powerful manipulator of magma and golems.
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* AlasPoorVillain: His only sin is loyalty to a traitor.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Is killed by Aya for betraying Dicathen]].
* ElementalArmor: His Hell Armor spell clads him in a suit of magma.
* HonorBeforeReason: He would die rather than abandoning his traitorous master to Aya's horror.
* MagmaMan: His power comes mainly from his mastery of fire and magma.
* MarionetteMaster: Conjures clay golems to battle alongside him. He also conjures a manta made of magma to carry Arthur to the Council Castle.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: His ultimate loyalty lies not with his continent or his race, but with his master and benefactor Rahdeas. Who as it turns out is in league with Agrona.
* NomDeGuerre: His codename is "Balrog".
* OnlySaneMan: Often comes as such in the company of the other Lances.
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:His loyalty to a traitor makes a traitor out of him as well.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Rahdeas.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aya Grephin]]
The first Elven Lance. Specializes in stealth and illusions.
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies at the hands of Taci.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it multiple times, [[spoiler:but the destruction of her homeland and genocide of her people really takes the cake.]]
* EtTuBrute: Takes [[spoiler:Olfred's]] betrayal '''hard'''.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Understandly does not take well to the genocide of her people.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: Life is not kind to her.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Suffers one after the death of her king and queen, then again after the destruction of her home.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She sacrifices herself against Taci to make her illusions more realistic to save Bairon, Varay and Mica.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:That she could not save the royal family she is sworn to weighs heavily on her]].
* MasterOfIllusion: For use in battle and torture.
* MyGreatestFailure: That she was elsewhere when her people needed her most.
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Phantasm".
* SelfDestructiveCharge: [[spoiler:Dies attempting this on Taci.]]
* TheHeart: To the Lances. Being the most centered and frankly least homicidal.
* TraumaCongaLine: Alas poor Aya. [[spoiler:Is betrayed by her fellow Lance Olfred, with whom she had developed a true camaraderie, and is forced to put him down herself. Her home country is overrun and her people either enslaved or scattered. The king she is sworn to betrays the war effort and is unceremoniously murdered for it. Tessia is captured and assumed dead. Culminates in Aldir nuking her entire country from orbit, driving the elven race to near-extinction]].
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Is stated to be impossibly beautiful thanks to a careful use of her powers to appear as such. Gradually loses her luster as the war takes its toll on her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mica Earthborn]]
->''"WHAT LIMITS? MICA HAS NO LIMITS!!!''"
The second Dwarven Lance. A child-prodigy and powerful manipulator of deviant gravity magic.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Acts as this to Varay and Aya.
* BloodKnight: Mica loves a good fight due to her violent nature and will not hesitate to tell her opponents of the harm they are about to experience.
* CheshireCatGrin: Does not lose it even when circumstances are dire.
* CreepyChild: Enjoys threatening people with grievous bodily harm and torture. And often as not will follow up on her threat.
* DropTheHammer: Her weapon of choice, which combined with her gravity magic leads her to wield hammers over thrice her size.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Loses her left eye when fighting Taci]].
* GenkiGirl: Subverted as it's mostly a façade. In truth she is violent, vindictive and driven.
* GravityMaster: Her powers are based on her mastery of deviant gravity magic. Though she often uses Earth magic as well.
* MarshmallowHell: In the novel, she is on the receiving end of this trope courtesy of Aya.
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Ohmwrecker".
* PerpetualSmiler: Mica is always smiling.
* ThePrankster: Has this dynamic with Aya. Though it's revealed it's her own clumsy attempt to cheer up her fellow Lance.
* SecretlyWealthy: Is heiress to noble, wealthy and renowned family. Second in influence to the Dwarven royal family only.
* TeamMom: To her small team of Dwarves investigating a disturbance in Darv. So much so that she's willing to give up a fight against [[spoiler:Seris]] to save their lives.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mica tends to speak using her own name instead of personal pronouns.
* TokenHeroicOrc: {{Downplayed}}. Despite her kingdom divided by the war she remains on the side of Dicathen and the resistance after the war is lost that is [[spoiler: Until Arthur returns from Alacrya leading the resistance back from the brink]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She looks like a child, however she is fifty years old.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bairon Wykes]]
Lucas’ half-brother, who unlike him is righteous and takes his role seriously. He is a fearsome lightning manipulator.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Not only is he named much earlier at the Council announcement like the rest of the Lances (with him being named last to hammer into Arthur just how influential the Wykes are in Sapin and how big of an enemy he made with Lucas), but he and Alea appear in an original scene where he meets Arthur much earlier than in the novel (if only briefly, as he ends up scolding Lucas for his misconduct).
* ArchNemesis: Develops this dynamic with Arthur. [[spoiler:Though they reconcile later]].
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Is able to instantly collapse the barrier surrounding Xyrus academy.
* BigBrotherInstinct: To Lucas. Even though the latter is a deranged maniac. [[spoiler: Though he admits later his anger was about the insult to the Wykes house, especially after they betray him and Dicathen]].
* BreakTheHaughty:[[spoiler: gets humbled after suffering because of his pride blinding him from his family wrongdoings as his family betrayed Dicathen.]]
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Turns himself into pure lightning for a chance to hurt Taci]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: He wanted to make Arthur pay by any means for brutaly killing Lucas though he indirectly succeeds at a great cost where the war is lost and Arthur and Sylvie sacrifice themselves against Nico and Cadell making the Dicathen army lose morale as Arthur was their only chance to victory and Bairon regrets it deeply, thankfully Arthur survives and returns once again where Bairon make amends with him and they reconcile.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Bairon started as a prideful and smug noble given the rest of his house, and was incredibly hostile towards Arthur because of the death of Lucas. During the WarArc, while he was able to tolerate his presence, he was still unwilling to cooperate with him to cooperate which led to [[spoiler:the loss of the war, his family becoming LesCollaborateurs and betraying the continent, and Arthur is presumed dead which causes him to protect Arthur's sister Eleanor out of guilt. When he reunited with Arthur after the fight with Taci he was in tears and embraced Arthur and after the Siege of Vildorial he finally forgives Arthur.]]
* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Between Virion and what remains of the Dicathian resistance, and his family that welcomes their invaders. He chooses the former as he realizes just how corrupt his family has been all along]].
* ForgedByTheGods: [[spoiler:Following Taci's death, Arthur gives Bairon the fallen Asura's spear. While Bairon does not want to at first because Taci killed Aya, Mica argues that nothing would be more respectful to Aya's sacrifice than slaughtering Asuras with weapons of their own making]].
* HeroAntagonist: To Arthur. [[spoiler: FORMERLY]].
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:Aya says this to him before sacrificing herself to save him from Taci]].
* NomDeGuerre: His codename is "Thunderlord".
* LightningBruiser: Of the ShockAndAwe kind.
* TheMentor: Takes Curtis under her wing in the leadup to the WarArc.
* MorphWeapon: Can mold lightning into all manner of weapons.
* NervesOfSteel: To his credit, he refuses to back down in the face of impossibly stronger foes.
* PoorCommunicationKills: His refusal to communicate or trust Arthur,[[spoiler: FORMERLY]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: Initially does ''not'' forgive Lucas' murder at the hands of Arthur, even though the former was clearly a traitor and too far gone [[spoiler:until the war is lost. Coupled with his family becoming LesCollaborateurs and betraying him and his near-death fighting Taci, it leads him to reconcile with Arthur upon the latter's return from Alacrya, specifically after the Siege of Vildorial]].
* ShockAndAwe: His powers are based on his mastery of deviant lightning magic.
* SuperSenses: Learns Arthur's trick of infusing himself with lightning to augment his reflexes.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the rest of the Lances. And especially Arthur [[spoiler:though later he gets better]].
* TraumaCongaLine:[[spoiler:Suffers twice first after his defeat by Cadell then his family's treason to Dicathen]].
* TookALevelInIdealism: [[spoiler:When push comes to shove, he stands with Virion and the Dicathian resistance against his collaborationist family]].
* WhiteSheep:[[spoiler:Becomes this to his family after their treason and makes amends with Arthur]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Is willing to murder Arthur on the spot, and would've if not for the intervention of the other Lances,[[spoiler: though he regrets it and apolgizes to Arthur later]].
[[/folder]]

!! Grey Willbeck/Arthur Leywin

* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler: She sacrificed her physical body to save Arthur from dying after his battle against Nico and Cadell at the end of Volume 7. {{Subverted}} the following volume as it is revealed she is turned into an egg, and at the end of Volume 10 she returns again after Arthur and Aldir revive her]].

* StrongerThanTheyLook: Appears no bigger than a cat, but beat up a full size A Rank lion beast and makes him submit to her.

[-Dicathians | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAsuras Asuras]]-]]]

!!!Godspell, Ascender Grey

* TheAce: In his past life, King Grey was unparalleled in all forms of combat, which was essential to maintaining his status and reputation as king given how his world revolved around AsskickingLeadsToLeadership. This status carried over into his reincarnation, as Arthur is extremely talented in both physical and magical combat thanks to his retention of his past self’s maturity and expertise. He is able to control all four elements, the deviant forms of two of them, and the ElementNumberFive of aether when most mages are only able to harness two elements at most. His prowess earns him a spot among the Lances, the most powerful mages of Dicathen whom themselves are inspirational figures to the populace. Even before, Arthur was respected and looked up to by his peers, especially during his time in Xyrus Academy. He becomes even more inspirational after [[spoiler:he returns to an occupied Dicathen a year after the end of the war, not only wielding godlike powers but also single-handedly leading the populace into retaking their homeland]].
* AchillesHeel: Before his ascension to white core, that would be his meager mana pool as opposed to most his opponents. This would force him to end engagements quickly and decisively. [[spoiler:Post Relictombs stint, it's the loss of his ability to fly on his own outside of riding Regis or Sylvie. His enemies are free to keep their distance and pelt him with spells, while he is forced to play catch-up]].
* AdventureDuo: During his days as the masked adventurer Note, he traveled alongside Jasmine as her own protégé.
* AdoptivePeerParent: To Sylvie. He was physically seven years old when she first hatched (although mentally he was in his forties). When [[spoiler:Sylvie is able to assume human form after the seal placed on her gets broken, people mistake her for Arthur’s OurPhlebotinumChild with Tessia. Not helping matters is that when Sylvie performed her HeroicSacrifice to save Arthur, she used her body to reconstitute his. In the process, Arthur’s hair and eyes turned the same color as Sylvie’s, which makes it all the more easier to mistake him for her biological father which he is not]].
* AffectionateNickname: His parents and Tessia affectionately refer to him as “Art”. Virion refers to him with the InsultOfEndearment of ”Brat”.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** Is this to Elijah. Not only is Arthur much more physically and magically talented compared to Elijah, but he has far more success in attracting the ladies. As it turns out, [[spoiler:this resentment ties into Elijah’s true identity, who has been twisted into despising Arthur - or rather Arthur’s past self King Grey - for a perceived wrong he committed in their past lives]].
** The remaining Lances see him as this [[spoiler: after his return from Alacrya and acquiring his Asuran powers]].
* AncestralName: Arthur is named for his great-grandfather.
* AndThisIsFor: Upon slaying [[spoiler:Cadell during the Victoriad, Arthur reminds the fallen Scythe of a certain individual he had killed years ago, one who set him on the path he is on now]].
-->'''Arthur''': This is for [[spoiler:Sylvia]].
* ArchEnemy:
** Agrona Vritra, the deity responsible for invading Arthur’s homeland of Dicathen, causing the deaths of many of his friends and family, and [[spoiler:reincarnating him in the first place along with his friends Nico and Cecilia whom he has brainwashed into serving him]].
** [[spoiler:Kezess Indrath, the deity responsible for Agrona’s StartOfDarkness, orchestrating the destruction of Elenoir, and also causing the deaths of many of Arthur’s friends and family]].
* ArchaeologicalArmsRace: From Volume 8 onward, [[spoiler:Arthur and Agrona are engaged in race to investigate the Relictombs - the last bastion of the long-extinct Djinn and their knowledge - in order to uncover the workings of aether and the ability to master fate itself, which has the potential to end the DivineConflict]].
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When King Glayder (under the coercion of his court conjurer Sebastian who covets Arthur’s bond Sylvie) refuses to back down after Arthur refuses to give him Sylvie, Arthur casually asks the king if he would be willing to sell his own children (who are present in the same scene) to him just to get his hands on Sylvie. The gall of Arthur’s response stuns everyone around him so much that it provokes one of the royal guards into attacking him for insulting the royal family.
* ArrestedForHeroism: After Arthur puts an end to the attack on Xyrus by executing Lucas, he and his bond Sylvie are immediately arrested by the Lances at the behest of the council. In spite of the protests of the survivors, in particular the Glayder siblings whose parents are a third of the council, Arthur and Sylvie are taken away to stand trial. Not helping matters is that one of the Lances apprehending him is Bairon, Lucas’s older brother, who has nothing but hatred for him not just for killing his brother but also for the slight against his family. As it turns out, this was part of a gambit by Agrona to manipulate the Council into handing Arthur and Sylvie over to him.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership:
** The world of his past life was governed by this trope. Grey fortunately had the unrivaled strength, prowess, skill, and tenacity to climb his way to the very top of the social ladder and become king.
--->'''Arthur''': In terms of swordsmanship and controlling ki, I was second to none, for in my previous world, personal strength was essential to being a ruler.
** Even in his reincarnation, Arthur still finds himself in positions of leadership thanks to his own strength and powers. At the start of the WarArc, Arthur becomes one of the Lances, the elite MagicKnight[=s=] of the Council who act as generals in the war. Arthur’s unparalleled magical capabilities, the connections he has with the Council and the Asuras of Epheotus, and his own prior feats in combat are what earn him the position.
** This status holds true even when [[spoiler:Arthur returns to Dicathen after having been presumed dead since the end of the war. Having CameBackStrong to a degree that matches if not exceeds his past powers, on top of being one of the few leaders for the Dicathian resistance still alive, Arthur takes up the mantle of leadership for the resistance and leads them back from the brink to retake their homeland]].
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: There are quite a few moments when Arthur admits he was in the wrong. He admits he was hypocritical when he tried to keep his parents away from the war when he himself was on the frontlines as one of the Lances. [[spoiler:He also regrets not being kind to Seth who has nothing to do with his sister's actions in the war, He also acknowledges that his execution of Lucas was rather extreme when he reconciles with Bairon]].
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: At the end of Volume 5, Arthur reunites with Tessia and the Twin Horns when they find him inside the dungeon they were about to enter while sitting on top of the corpses of the monsters they thought they would have to fight.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Burst Step, which leaves him crippled in the aftermath of using it.
* BackToBackBadasses: The cover of Volume 9 has him doing this with Caera.
* BadassCape: As a Lance, Arthur wears the same crimson cloak that the other Lances wear as a sign of his status as one of the strongest mages in Dicathen. Later on, he wears a hooded white cloak on top of the [[spoiler:ebon black Djinn armor he acquires during his time in Alacrya]].
* BadassTeacher:
** On his first day of class in Xyrus Academy, Arthur becomes the professor of his Practical Mana Manipulation class after the previous professor got dismissed following an initial demonstration GoneHorriblyWrong (one which Arthur put a halt to before any other students could get hurt). Despite only being a first-year student, he is able to put older students in their place even while he is still recovering from injuries.
** During his time in [[spoiler:Alacrya, Arthur is able to secure a position at the prestigious Central Academy. He becomes the professor of a Melee Enhancement Tactics class, wherein he gets the chance to tutor the next generation of Alacryan nobility in combat. Said students get a front row seat to his feats in the Victoriad wherein they watch their seemingly emotionally withdrawn professor display his true power as he humiliates one Scythe, kills another Scythe, and escapes the High Sovereign Agrona and the Legacy with impunity. His time with these students pays off as when Seris launches her rebellion, Arthur’s students remain sympathetic to him and either convince their families to either abstain from supporting the Vritra or throw in their lot with the rebellion]].
* BargainWithHeaven: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:Arthur makes a deal with Kezess in securing Epheotus’s protection of his homeland of Dicathen from the Vritra in return for sharing with him what he has learned about aether. Considering Epheotus is inhabited by JerkassGods and Kezess is a tyrannical ruler willing to commit genocide out of petty jealousy, this deal is far less benign than what it would normally be. Sure enough, Arthur gets a MagicallyBindingContract imposed on him by Kezess to ensure he fulfills his end of the bargain, one which he is barely able to avoid the worst effects of by merely delaying when he would tell Kezess what he knows]].
* BeastOfBattle: He is able ride both Sylvie and [[spoiler:Regis]] into battle, the former being a dragon and the latter being a [[spoiler:monstrous spectral wolf]].
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: Arthur hated the Alacryans and Vritra for everything that happened to him and his homeland. When Caera first met Arthur as he was playing dead in the Relictombs, she took pity on him and spared him when her guards wanted to kill him. When they met again, Arthur saved her life from mana beasts and they teamed up. This played a major role in causing Arthur's hatred toward the Alacryans to subside as he grew to see them as much victims of the Vritra as his own people]].
* BerserkButton: Arthur is very protective of his loved ones, in particular his own family, Sylvie, and Tessia. Just threatening them, let alone harming them, is a surefire way to earn his wrath. Just look at the fates of Lucas, [[spoiler:Cadell, or Taci to see what Arthur has in store for those who do make that mistake]].
* BeyondTheImpossible: Quadra-elemental mage with two deviancies. [[spoiler:Then his mana core is shattered and he decides to build one out of freaking aether]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is very overprotective of his little sister Eleanor. Even before Eleanor was born, Arthur was willing to sacrifice himself to protect his pregnant mother when they were attacked by bandits. He contemplates getting his sister a bond to protect her from threats and any would-be boyfriends, although she ends up getting one on her own courtesy of Windsom.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: The "Stalking" relic allows him to witness people and events halfway across the world.
* BigDamnHeroes: Arthur is prone to doing this.
** In Volume 4, Arthur and Sylvie’s arrival is what puts an end to the attack on Xyrus Academy. He manages to cower Lucas, who had been causing most of the carnage, into submission with his KillingIntent. This is followed by him subjecting Lucas to a CruelAndUnusualDeath through unleashing the full display of his powers.
** Volume 5 has Tessia and her party along with the Twin Horns about to attack a dungeon infested with Alacryan mana beasts. However, when they arrive at the entrance they find only the corpses of mana beasts. When Tessia opens the door, she finds Arthur sitting AtopAMountainOfCorpses, having dealt with the mana beasts in the dungeon for them.
** At the end of Volume 9, Arthur, [[spoiler:straight off his triumph in the Victoriad, finally returns home to Dicathen right as Kezess has sent Taci to exterminate the Dicathian resistance and puts an end to his rampage by bringing him into the Relictombs and slaying him there]].
* BigDamnReunion: Followed by this as well.
** In Volume 2, after having been separated from his family for three years, Arthur finally reunites with them in Xyrus in a rather tearful fashion. He even gets to meet his little sister Eleanor for the first time.
** The end of Volume 5 has Arthur return to Dicathen after two years when his training in Epheotus is abruptly halted due to the war proceeding much faster than expected. He reunites with Tessia and the Twin Horns first, then Virion and Aldir, and finally his own family, who to his surprise are more accepting of him now even though he had parted from them in a cold manner given [[spoiler:their distressed reaction to him telling them about his reincarnation]].
** The end of Volume 9 has Arthur [[spoiler: finally reunite with his friends and family in Dicathen after having been separated from them for a year while he was marooned in the Relictombs and Alacrya. This time around the reunion is much more bittersweet, as not only has Arthur been presumed dead since the end of the war, but the reunion occurs right after Taci’s rampage in the Djinn sanctuary. Making matters worse, some of Arthur’s allies were among the casualties and he never got the chance to talk to them again]].
* BigGood: From Volume 10 onward, Arthur takes up the role from both Virion [[spoiler:(who had been put through the emotional wringer thanks to the loss of his family, the complete desolation of his homeland and near-extermination of his race, and Kezess’s manipulations), and Seris (who takes advantage of Arthur’s endeavors in Dicathen to launch her rebellion in Alacrya before being forced to go into hiding in the Relictombs until Arthur relieves her in the next volume) as the main leader in the war against the Asuras. In the process, he becomes a sort of indirect MagneticHero to not just all of Dicathen but to even some among their enemies. Not only is he viewed as an inspirational figure by the Dicathians, but he manages to undo the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen in only a matter of days. His feats and reputation do not just stop with his own people. To the Alacryans, he quickly becomes TheDreaded not only because of what he did during the Victoriad but also due to his own actions afterward during the retaking of Dicathen. The mere prospect of facing him has driven many Alacryans to surrender to him, an action that in Alacryan society is [[YouHaveFailedMe normally punishable by death]], as they have become more fearful of him than their own Vritra overlords. In addition, thanks to Seris's manipulations Arthur was able to become a professor at Central Academy during his time in Alacrya wherein he was able to influence the next generation of Alacryan nobility. In turn, when Seris launched her rebellion, Arthur's students convinced their families to either abstain from supporting the Vritra or to throw in their lot with the rebellion itself. Even among the Asuras themselves has Arthur developed a reputation. The turmoil from him slaying an Asura in the climax of Volume 9 has caused considerable dissent in Epheotus, among which include Aldir and Wren departing from it. In turn, they eventually find their way to the Hearth, the secret enclave of the Lost Prince Mordain, which Arthur himself is eventually summoned to at the end of Volume 10]].
* BigManOnCampus: Arthur has a rather lofty reputation during his time in Xyrus Academy. In spite of being a first-year, he earns a spot on the brand-new Disciplinary Committee despite having no prior connections. Not only does he humiliate a professor during the first day of class, but he ends up replacing said professor at Director Goodsky’s behest the same day. This is followed by him managing to hold his own in an upper-level combat class where he ends up saving the StudentCouncilPresident from an attack GoneHorriblyWrong. On top of all that, the fact he attracts the attention of both Princesses Eralith (the aforementioned StudentCouncilPresident) and Glayder becomes a topic of interest among the student body which earns him the envy of quite a few students.
* BlackKnight: The [[spoiler:Djinn armor clads Arthur in an imposing panoply of ebon black plate armor. Not only that, he acquires it during his time in Alacrya when he has been hiding under the guise of Grey, and his entry in the Victoriad catches everyone by surprise as most Alacryans do not know who he is. Unlike most examples of this trope, DarkIsNotEvil is in effect and Arthur is still one of the good guys]].
* BlasphemousBoast: Given [[spoiler:who [[JerkassGods his true enemies]] are, it is no surprise that Arthur tends to make some rather sacrilegious lines to their face]].
** During his fight with [[spoiler:Taci in the Relictombs, the Asura questions what Arthur has become when confronted with his newfound power., Arthur responds by saying that the appropriate title for what he has become would be "Godkiller" as he executes the Asura]].
** At the end of the [[spoiler:Siege of Vildorial, Arthur gets the remaining Alacryan forces to retreat by saying Agrona has exhausted his patience and that he is giving them a ten second-MercyLead before he decides to kill them all. Given that he had just fended off an entire squad of Wraiths and was holding aloft the severed head of one of them, on top of having destroyed an entire military facility in Vechor using the tempus warp the Wraiths used, the Alacryans wisely decide to retreat]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: In the aftermath of the war, [[spoiler:Arthur learns his mana core was damaged beyond recovery during the climactic battle]].
** BroughtDownToBadass: That being said, Arthur still maintains his combat expertise. In addition, at that point he had become [[spoiler:part-Asura thanks to Sylvie’s HeroicSacrifice which has enhanced his physiology beyond that of most mortals and had just awakened the Acclorite Wren gave him. He was still capable of fighting that he even contemplated leaving the Alacryans he was travelling with to die in the convergence zone as he felt confident enough that he could survive on his own (although his own disdain for the Alacryans at the time might have also played a factor in his thought process)]].
* BrotherSisterTeam: [[spoiler:After he returns to Dicathen, Arthur starts bringing his sister Eleanor along with him when he enters the Relictombs. As the Leywins are descended from the Djinn, Arthur hopes to unlock some of that latent magical potential within his sister. Eleanor accompanies Arthur and his party when they enter the Relictombs in Volume 11 to join up with Seris and her rebellion, as not only has she unlocked her own distinct form of Djinn magic but she has been chosen by [[ForgedByTheGods Silverlight]] to wield it after the death of its former wielder Aldir]].
* BullyHunter: Arthur is not very fond of those oppress the weak. As a matter of fact, during his time in Xyrus Academy, Arthur becomes a member of the Disciplinary Committee. This means hunting bullies becomes part of his job given how the Disciplinary Committee was created to resolve disputes and put down instances of FantasticRacism on-campus.
* BullyingADragon: This happens to him quite a lot.
** In an original scene in the {{Webcomic}} version, Arthur, Sylvie, Elijah, and Vincent are making their way to the announcement in the plaza when they stumble across a group of racist students beating up a dwarf. After Elijah gets beaten up when he tries to intervene, Arthur decides to step in. In spite of Vincent trying to resolve the situation peacefully without anyone getting hurt (given how he knows just ''how'' powerful Arthur is at this age), the students mock him as well, which causes him to allow Arthur to do what he pleases with them. Naturally, Arthur proceeds to beat up all of them. To add insult to injury, Prince Curtis and Princess Kathyln show up as well to reprimand them for their actions, followed by Arthur getting Director Goodsky on a communication scroll to get them expelled from Xyrus Academy.
** After the orientation at Xyrus Academy, Arthur and Elijah stumble across a racist human student challenging and defeating a dwarf in a duel. Before the human student can KickThemWhileTheyAreDown, Arthur attempts to put a stop to the fight, followed by Tessia, Clive, and Lilia showing up to reprimand said student for his actions. After the human student is let off with a severe warning not to do it again, Tessia calls out Arthur for trying to break up the fight on his own to which Arthur replies that if he hadn’t, the dwarf would have far more severely injured. When Arthur and Elijah take their leave, Clive attempts to reprimand Arthur for the manner he talked back to Tessia, to which she pleads with Clive to stop as she knows how powerful Arthur is. What follows is Arthur tossing Clive straight into the air as he and Elijah return to their dorm.
** In another original scene to the {{Webcomic}} version, Arthur is confronted by Lucas and his cronies. One of said cronies, Marcois, ends up attacking Arthur in a fit of blind rage. Even though he is more than capable of subduing him at full power, Arthur notes that Marcois is abnormally stronger than expected and he experiences difficulty in subduing him without breaking his PowerLimiter (which he has to prevent Lucas from recognizing him as Note). It takes Sylvie turning into her dragon form to take him down. Once Marcois is incapacitated, Arthur and his superior Claire uncover that he has a set of bloody PowerTattoos engraved along his spine which are the reason for his abnormal condition, which are connected to the Radical faction on campus.
** At the climax of the attack on Xyrus Academy, Lucas gloats to Arthur about how much fun he will have desecrating the incapacitated body of Arthur's LoveInterest Tessia. What follows is Arthur's KillingIntent overpowering Lucas (who at this point has been empowered by a stronger version of one of the elixirs the Radicals have been using) before he in a state of TranquilFury subjects him to a very graphic CruelAndUnusualDeath.
** A non-fatal example occurs once Arthur returns from his training in Epheotus and reunites with Tessia and the Twin Horns. Darvus, one of Tessia's teammates, is jealous of Arthur and despite being repeatedly warned by the rest of their team not to do so challenges Arthur to a duel out of sheer arrogance and pride. He is promptly subjected to a CurbStompBattle as Arthur not only dodges all of his blows but promptly incapacitates him through [[PressurePoint mana flow rupturing]].
** During the Victoriad, [[spoiler:Nico interrupts the competition to challenge Arthur so that he can exact his revenge on him for killing his fiancé Cecilia in their past lives. After a brief exchange, Arthur (who at this point has CameBackStrong since their last confrontation during the war, in which Nico struggled to beat him until fellow Scythe Cadell intervened) nonchalantly knocks him out in a SingleStrokeBattle that sends Nico flying across the arena. To add insult to injury, it turns out that said blow had destroyed Nico's mana core, which is karmic considering Arthur's own mana core had been damaged beyond recovery in the aftermath of their last confrontation]].
** In Volume 10, [[spoiler:during the Siege of Vildorial, Arthur ends up using the tempus warp the Wraiths had brought with them to prevent the Destruction Godrune from overtaking him and thus killing everyone around him, which takes him to an Alacryan military facility somewhere in Vechor. He is immediately surrounded by a force of Alacryan soldiers led by Janus Graeme, a professor at Central Academy who had tried to frame Arthur during his time in Alacrya. Graeme tells his troops that they have nothing to fear as Arthur appears to barely be clinging to life, only to be proven horribly wrong as Arthur proceeds to let the power of Destruction loose, obliterating the camp and everyone within it before he returns back to Vildorial. He intimidates the Scythes Melzri and Viessa into retreating, ending the battle in favor of Dicathen]].
* CallingParentsByTheirName: In his narration, he sometimes refers to his parents by their given names, Reynolds and Alice. After [[spoiler:revealing the truth about his reincarnation to them, he briefly slips up and calls his father Reynolds]].
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:And with an Aether core no less. Though it takes him a while to get back up to speed. In the climax of volume 9 he have a rematch with Cadell and Nico, killing one then crippling the other before escaping Agrona and the legacy in front of all Alacrya returning to Dicathen then he kills Taci and in volume 10 he retakes Dicathen in a matter of days killing a squad of Agrona's wraiths and burning a military camp in Vechor.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: Burst Step, Static Void and basically any power that draws from his dragon will.
* CelibateHero: In his past life as King Grey, Arthur did not have time to form relationships. The closest he had to a relationship was his brief interest in Cecilia which he shared with his boyhood friend Nico, but he was willing to step aside and let Nico have his chance with her rather than compete with him for her affections. Of course, [[spoiler:this made her SuicideByCop in their duel much more traumatizing for him]]. This carried over into his reincarnation, and given that he maintained his mental age and maturity it made pursuing relationships much more uncomfortable on his end as much of the girls who were pining after him were not his mental age. As such, he ends up spurning almost every LoveInterest that comes his way.
* CharacterDevelopment: In his past life, he is a lonely, vengeful king who eventually isolated himself from all of the people that he cared about if not having gotten them killed. This is one of the major reasons for his desire to keep everyone he loves safe in his reincarnation. He breaks from his emotional shell by confessing his feelings for Tessia and [[spoiler:after Sylvie's sacrifice, he becomes more calmer so he can think more clearly. After spending time in both the Relictombs and Alacrya living among the Alacryans, in particular Caera, Alaric, and his students at Central Academy, Arthur comes to the realization that they are as much victims of the DivineConflict as the Dicathians are. He resolves to liberate both continents and their inhabitants from the tyranny of the Asuras]].
* ChildProdigy: He was able to awaken his mana core at the age of three when normally most children would awaken around the age of ten. On top of that, at the age of seven he has become a quadra-elemental mage able to bend not just the four elements but the deviant forms of two of them and the ElementNumberFive.
* ChildSoldiers: The Precociously Talented Type. While Arthur has been training to fight since he was a boy and even spent a portion of his adolescence as an adventurer, at the age of 15 he becomes one of the Lances. As the youngest among the Lances, Arthur becomes a general in the face of the impending Alacryan invasion. Of course, his military experience from his past life coupled with his unparalleled mastery of the elements makes him suitable for his newfound role. By the time [[spoiler:he reconquers Dicathen after the end of the war, Arthur is still only 16 years old]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance:
** With Tessia. After rescuing her from slave traders, he spends three years living with her family in Elenoir until he is able to reunite with his family. Their shared childhood together leaves a growing infatuation on Tessia’s part, and when they reunite years later in Xyrus Academy she attempts to trigger a RelationshipUpgrade between the two of them. Arthur, knowing that he is mentally much older than Tessia, asks her to hold off their relationship until they are adults to which she reluctantly agrees. Later on during the WarArc, their relationship does advance a little with them promising each other to get together after the end of the war.
** Lilia is a {{Subversion}}. He meets her shortly after reuniting with his parents and she also develops an attraction to him, especially since he helps her become a MageBornOfMuggles. When she tries to confess to him at Eleanor’s birthday party, Arthur preemptively shuts her down by saying that he would have to approve of whichever boy she shows him. As he is already becoming attracted to Tessia, Lilia ends up becoming an UnluckyChildhoodFriend.
** In his past life, [[spoiler:Grey's first and only love was his childhood friend Cecilia. However, he was willing to step aside and let Nico have his chance with her. His lingering feelings for her only served to make him having to kill her during the King’s Tourney all the more traumatizing for him]].
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Averted. While still nominally heroic, Arthur is only in it for his family and loved ones. [[spoiler:He even attempts to take Agrona up on his offer to sit out the war after seeing the toll it has taken on his family. Later PlayedStraight after his stay in Alacrya for a year and then returning and retaking Dicathen, his goal shifts from only protecting his family and loved ones to save the world, starting with relieving Seris's rebellion and liberating Alacrya from Agrona's tyranny]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Burst Step.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Subverted. He’s very much aware of his popularity with the ladies - he just doesn’t care, because he can’t seem to find any of them attractive (the mental age gap not helping).
* CombatByChampion: In the world of his past self King Grey, kings had to duel representatives from other countries both to resolve disputes and to maintain their position. Luckily for Grey, he was strong enough to beat every contender that challenged him.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:After Tessa kisses him, he isn't shocked by that but the belief he is now a criminal for kissing an underage girl. This despite her being biologically a year older than him]].
* ConsummateLiar:
** [[spoiler:He has little trouble passing himself off as a country bumpkin raised in isolation to justify his ignorance of Alacryan customs]].
** [[spoiler:Again in the Relictombs, where he pretends to be Caera's manservant. Unfortunately for him he meets a LivingLieDetector]].
* CoolMask: As the adventurer Note, he wore a voice-altering mask to hide his identity.
* CreateYourOwnHero: It is safe to say that Arthur only ends up being the way he is because of the actions of [[spoiler:the resident God and Satan analogues in the setting, Kezess and Agrona ([[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks neither of whom are very nice people]], to put it lightly)]].
** He is only reincarnated in the first place [[spoiler:because Agrona was seeking to summon an entity known as the Legacy, who as it turns out is Cecilia, the childhood friend of Arthur's past life King Grey. In order to summon her, he had to summon two anchor points to manifest her potential in this world - which in this case are Grey and his other childhood friend-turned-nemesis Nico. However, due to the intervention of his temporally-displaced bond Sylvie (herself being the daughter of Agrona whom Arthur has raised his entire life which has brought her into opposition with her biological father), Grey ended up reincarnating outside of Agrona's domain and thus outside of his control. Coupled with Agrona launching an invasion of Arthur's homeland of Dicathen, one that not only killed many of his friends and family but also led to his LoveInterest Tessia [[GrandTheftMe being kidnapped and turned into the vessel for the Legacy]], and it is safe to say that the man who would have been one of Agrona's greatest pawns has instead become his greatest mortal nemesis]].
** As for [[spoiler:Kezess's]] involvement in Arthur's genesis, a long time ago [[spoiler:he orchestrated the genocide of the ancient Djinn race out of jealousy for their ability to control aether. Not only was this atrocity the reason why [[CreateYourOwnVillain the aforementioned Agrona]] [[StartOfDarkness became evil in the first place]] (as his fascination with the ruins the Djinn left behind led to him uncovering the truth and being exiled for it), but the Djinn had [[GenocideSurvivor descendants who originate from those who survived the genocide]] and Arthur's family are among those descendants. Arthur only finds out about all of this courtesy of Kezess's own daughter Sylvia (herself being the aforementioned Sylvie’s mother). Coupled with Kezess orchestrating the destruction of Elenoir in a futile attempt to prevent the Legacy from being summoned and attempting to purge of what was left of Arthur's friends and family after the war for going against his plans and stinging his pride, an attempt that Arthur foils himself, and Kezess has no one to blame but himself for inadvertently creating a man who has devoted his entire being to making him and the rest of the Asuras pay for their crimes]].
* CryIntoChest: After being left alone with Tessia following his debriefing after his return from training in Epheotus, he embraces her and allows her to cry into him.
* CurbStompBattle: Due to his power, Arthur ends up delivering several one-sided beatdowns to his enemies.
** His final confrontation with Lucas during the attack on Xyrus Academy. After paralyzing Lucas into submission with his KillingIntent, Arthur proceeds to unleash the full display of his powers now that Lucas has crossed the line. He burns off his left arm, then freezes and shatters his right arm, before finally using gravity magic-empowered FinishingStomp to crush Lucas’s pelvic region.
** Shortly after reuniting with Tessia, Arthur is challenged by Darvus, one of her teammates. In the ensuing duel, Darvus fails to land a single blow on Arthur before Arthur incapacitates him with [[PressurePoint mana flow rupturing]].
** His rematch with [[spoiler:Nico during the Victoriad. He knocks out Nico in a SingleStrokeBattle that [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sends him flying across the arena]]. To add insult to injury, the blow destroyed Nico’s mana core as well]].
** The [[spoiler:retaking of Dicathen sees Arthur delivering a string of lopsided defeats onto the Alacryan forces, sometimes entirely on his own with only Regis helping out]].
* CustomUniform: As a member of the Disciplinary Committee, Arthur wears a unique black uniform with a golden trim. This makes him stand out when compared to regular students who wear blue and white uniforms.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique:
** Summoning his beast will allows him to use Sylvia’s dragon powers for a short while, but with a violent backlash that leaves him unconscious for hours in the best case.
** At its full power, [[spoiler:the Destruction Godrune can destroy a whole continent. This is not helped by the fact that overusage of it puts Arthur on a PowerHigh that compels him to unleash its full power. As such, Arthur often has to regulate his usage of it to prevent CollateralDamage, though Regis helps him out]].
* DavidVersusGoliath: His fight against the Elderwood Guardian during the ill-fated expedition into the Dire Tombs. Arthur is only an adolescent just about to enter puberty and is still shorter than Jasmine (who herself is rather short to begin with) while the Elderwood Guardian is a towering mass of vines. Arthur still manages to bring it down.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Post-Volume 9, [[spoiler: Arthur wears a dark suit of armor, conjures spectral flames, and is accompanied by a terrifying spectral wolf. Fortunately, he would rather spare your life rather than resort to violence first (though if you still insist on fighting, he is more than willing to oblige to show you just how big of a mistake you just made). That is, unless you are of the Indrath or Vritra Clans (except Sylvie), in which case he will show you no mercy]].
* DeathByOriginStory: Being a ReincarnateInAnotherWorld {{Isekai}}, the story begins with him mysteriously dying on his bed despite being in his forties and still in peak physical shape. What really happened was that [[spoiler:Agrona stole his soul for use in his plan to reincarnate the Legacy, only for a temporally-displaced Sylvie to intervene and snatch his soul to be reincarnated into Arthur rather than Agrona’s vessel of choice]].
* DeathGlare: A staple of his, often tied with his KillingIntent.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it momentarily [[spoiler:as he lies broken and powerless in the Relictombs, in a foreign continent, with Sylvie [[NotQuiteDead dead]], the war lost, the fate of his loved ones uncertain and his mana core shattered beyond all repair.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Can and will go through inhuman amounts of suffering to get what he wants.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: During [[spoiler:his negotiations with Kezess, Arthur twice calls him out on his genocide of the Djinn even though Kezess, being the TopGod, is far more powerful than he is. The only reason Kezess does not strike him down for his insolence is because Arthur is the first being in millennia since the genocide to have come close to understanding how to control aether, though Kezess sternly rebukes him by warning him that any further mention of the Djinn will be the end of him]].
* DiedInYourArmsTonight:
** Non-romantic example. After discovering the dying Alea in Widow’s Crypt and hearing out her story, he holds her tight as she slowly expires.
** In his past life, his duel with [[spoiler:Cecilia during the King's Tourney saw her throw herself onto his blade to end her suffering]].
* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:His mana core is shattered beyond recovery? No matter, he'll just make a new one out of aether this time.]]
* DraconicHumanoid: Whenever Arthur taps into Sylvia’s beast will, he assumes several of her physical traits and powers as a dragon. Later on, [[spoiler:thanks to her daughter Sylvie’s HeroicSacrifice to preserve his body, his body is now partially draconic in nature]].
* DragonKnight: Arthur is a legacy beast tamer who was given his beast will by the dragon Sylvia, which allows him to borrow her abilities in combat. Not only that, but before she died she entrusted him with caring for her daughter Sylvie, who becomes his bond and frequently serves as his mount in battle. Later on, he becomes one of the Lances, the most powerful MagicKnight[=s=] in Dicathen. In Volume 8, [[spoiler:his mana core is damaged beyond recovery due to him overexerting his beast will in the climax of the previous volume, which in turn prevents him from using it. However, thanks to Sylvie performing a HeroicSacrifice to keep him from tearing himself apart in the process, his body has become partially draconic in nature. From that point onward he eventually finds a way to RePower himself through mastering aether, and he even gets access to an ancient suit of PoweredArmor. In an ironic twist, at the same time he learns that the dragons were responsible for committing genocide on the ancient Djinn, who he later finds out are the ancestors of his family]].
* DragonRider: He frequently rides Sylvie into battle once she has grown large enough to carry him.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: When Arthur [[spoiler:ends up in the Relictombs, his mana core has been damaged beyond recovery. As he has been rendered almost powerless, Arthur is forced to accompany a group of Alacryans while looking for a way to RePower himself]].
* TheDreaded: Was this as General Leywin to the Alacryan army, as the only Lance capable of consistently defeating Retainers. Post-Volume 9, he becomes this to them again for different reasons this time. [[spoiler:His new reputation began at the Victoriad, where he came out of nowhere to kill a top Scythe and cripple another Scythe in a SingleStrokeBattle, before promptly escaping the High Sovereign Agrona and the Legacy with impunity in front of all of Alacrya. Then, ships arrive back from Dicathen, carrying Alacryan soldiers and collaborators who have surrendered (an outcome in Alacryan society [[YouHaveFailedMe which would lead to execution]]) to a man in terrifying ebon armor with MysticalWhiteHair hair and SupernaturalGoldEyes who conjures purple flames and has a monstrous spectral wolf at his beck and call, a man whose appearance matches that of the mysterious challenger at the Victoriad. Not only that, but said man has been single-handedly undoing the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen in one fell swoop, as the terror of facing the man who slew the top Scythe has driven many soldiers to surrender. Even Alacrya itself isn't safe, as at one point he randomly showed up in a military facility in the Alacryan heartland - having killed a squad of god-killers Agrona sent after him beforehand - and immediately destroyed the camp and everyone in it, which in turn triggered a rebellion on Alacryan soil against the Vritra. The only respite the Alacryans have is that Arthur would rather have them surrendering instead of killing them on sight, though he's not afraid to induce a MookHorrorShow on those who do not. After all, from Arthur's perspective it is not the people of Alacrya who are his enemies (after all, he lived among them for a year), but rather their Vritra overlords and the rest of the Asuras who are]].
* DueToTheDead:
** After finding the dying Alea Triscan in Widow’s Crypt, Arthur embraces her as she takes her last breath. Afterwards, he and Sylvie give Alea and her fallen soldiers a makeshift burial before promising them they will have people come down to reclaim their bodies.
** In the aftermath of [[spoiler:Taci’s rampage, Arthur uses Aroa’s Requiem to rebuild the Djinn sanctuary and prepares graves for all of the casualties, in particular Aya and Feyrith]].
* DudeLooksLikeALady: His features become [[spoiler:much more effeminate after fusing with Sylvie, while his body loses all muscle definitions, to the point where Caera and her attendants mistake him for a woman. This gets largely better as he slowly regains his strength.]]
* ElementalPowers: In his past life as Grey, he was able to control the four elements of [[MakingASplash water]], [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[DishingOutDirt earth]], and [[BlowYouAway wind]]. In his current life as Arthur, not only is he still able to control the four elements as a quadra-elemental mage, but he is also able to control the deviant forms of the first two, [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]].
** ElementNumberFive: Thanks to Arthur being able to control the four elements as well as Sylvia’s beast will, he is able to tap into aether. Following [[spoiler:the loss of his mana core at the end of the war, he creates an aether core to replace it which leads to aether becoming his sole power]].
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Manages to tap into the [[spoiler:third phase of his beast will during his battle against Cadell and Nico, allowing him to fold space like nobody's business]].
* EnemyMine: In spite of knowing the true extent of [[spoiler:Kezess’s atrocities, Arthur begrudgingly resumes their alliance against Agrona when Kezess summons him back to Epheotus to negotiate with him following his reconquest of Dicathen]].
* ExcaliburInTheRust: He finds Dawn’s Ballad hidden away in the Helstea Auction House disguised as a cane. When he infuses Sylvia’s will onto the sword, he is able to activate it. Arthur even compares the sword to Excalibur itself as he is trying to pry it out of its scabbard.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter:
** Upon meeting Kai, he feels the need to be wary as he senses something off about him. He is proven right when Kai turns out to be TheMole for the Radicals.
** When [[spoiler:he is brought face to face with the Legacy, he notes that Cecilia is NotHerself, as rather acting like the same tortured woman who committed SuicideByCop in their fateful duel she is instead despising him as much as Nico did. He infers that Agrona must have done something to her either before or after her reincarnation to make her hate him. Sure enough, it is later revealed that Agrona had subjected both Nico and Cecilia to MindRape and gave them FalseMemories as he had them ReforgedIntoAMinion]].
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Thanks to retaining his memories as a battle-hardened king, Arthur is a skilled combatant even at a young age. When he is just four years old, he is able to hold his own against a veteran adventurer during a friendly spar, help his family fend off a bandit ambush, and kill a group of slave traders all by himself. Five years later, Arthur is able to match an even stronger adventurer in combat during an examination to assess his own skill as an adventurer. Later on, he is able to slay a monstrous Elderwood Guardian on his own after most of his party got wiped out.
* FantasticNuke: Combined with AtomicSuperPower. [[spoiler:In his journey in the Relictombs, he acquires a Godrune called Destruction that can destroy an entire continent at its full power. In Volume 10, Arthur uses it to destroy an entire military camp in Vechor to send Agrona a message]].
* FatalFlaw: How extreme Arthur is generally about his personal relationships. Goes all the way from being aloof and extremely distant in his previous life, out of fear his personal connections might be used against him to hurt him, straight to being overprotective to the absurd. This costs him dearly, as this mindset railroads him into situations that could've been avoided. Later from the beginning of Volume 8 onwards he gets better.
* FireForgedFriends: Several of Arthur’s allies came to his side in the first place thanks to fighting alongside him. These include Tessia, Elijah, Curtis and Kathyln (and to an extent the rest of the Disciplinary Committee), [[spoiler:Caera, and Chul]].
* FirstLove: Cecilia was this to him as Grey, who reciprocates his feelings. Seeing himself as unworthy of her, proceeds to push her in the arms of Nico, who is also in love with her.
* FlashStep: Burst Step, and later [[spoiler:actual teleportation with God Step]].
* FlightIsTheFinalPower: When he becomes a white core mage, Arthur gains the ability to fly like the other Lances. Bear in mind, unlike the other Lances Arthur did not use one of the [[ArtifactOfPower Artifacts of Power]] that they used to jump straight to the white core stage even though Virion gave him the late Alea’s.
* ForgedByTheGods: In his youth, Arthur wielded an Asuran-made sword known as Dawn’s Ballad. During his time in Epheotus, he trained under the maker of said sword, Wren Kain IV, and was surprised to learn Wren considered the blade a failed product of his. Sure enough, during the WarArc, Dawn's Ballad gets shattered twice with Arthur being forced to discard it after the second time. Before Arthur departs Epheotus, Wren remarks that if given enough time he could give Arthur a superior weapon that would suit him better and as such embeds an Acclorite within his hands that would manifest its powers if given a year. After Arthur [[spoiler:ends up in the Relictombs, the Acclorite Wren gave him finally manifests in the form of Regis]].
* GeniusBruiser: Arthur is not only a powerful MagicKnight, but is rather intelligent and strategic given him being WiseBeyondTheirYears thanks to his reincarnation. His genius leads to him becoming a quadra-elemental mage whose power surpasses that of most mages. This works in his favor when he is fighting much more powerful opponents. Not only that, when he becomes a military leader during the WarArc he not only serves as a general but also provides support on the technological side of affairs. Case in point, he frequently checks on Gideon and Emily regarding new innovations, and [[spoiler:later on brings Wren back from the Hearth to work alongside them]].
* GenocideSurvivor: He learns that [[spoiler:thanks to him being able to don a suit of Djinn PoweredArmor that only they and their descendants could wear that he and his family are descendants of the Djinn. In the distant past, the Djinn were the victims of a genocide perpetrated by the Indrath Clan when they refused to share their knowledge of the aether with them. While Arthur had heard of the genocide beforehand, learning he has blood ties to the Djinn makes his vendetta against the Indrath all the more personal]].
* GiveHimANormalLife: The end of Volume 10 reveals that when he was born, Grey was given up by his biological parents to an orphanage as they did not have the financial stability to raise him right.
* AGodIAmNot: After [[spoiler:returning to Dicathen and putting an end to Taci’s rampage with his newfound aether powers, some of the survivors claim he is a true god and praise him as their savior. Arthur, who is a NayTheist and a HumbleHero with no love for the Asuras for the atrocities they have committed, dismisses these remarks]].
-->'''Arthur''': [[spoiler:I’m not your savior. The leaders who brought you here…they are. I’m not here to become the focus of your false hope, a replacement for that source of wonder the Asuras gave you]].
* GoodArmorEvilArmor: Initially plays this straight before getting a {{Subversion}}. When he becomes a Lance during the WarArc, he is given the same silver and red armor worn by all the Lances in combat. During his endeavors in [[spoiler:the Relictombs after the war, he acquires a suit of Djinn PoweredArmor only he can wear due to being descended from them. Said armor is ebon black with gold highlights and horns on his head. However, despite the armor's appearance, Arthur donning the armor coincides with him becoming the BigGood and turning the war against both Agrona and Kezess]].
* TheGoodKing: In his past life, King Grey was one of these. He was known for being a fair and honorable ruler who always looked out for his subjects.
* GoodIsNotSoft: While Arthur is a pleasant individual most of the time, when it comes to the pursuit of his goals - in particular protecting his loved ones - he will not back down that easily. Crossing him is often a fatal mistake.
** During his time in Xyrus Academy, Arthur begrudgingly tolerates Lucas in spite of their past history and Lucas continually trying to torment him out of jealousy without knowing his true identity. Lucas’s jealousy of Arthur causes him to fall in with the Radicals and lead their attack on the academy. In the ensuing carnage, Lucas massacres several students and faculty on top of threatening to desecrate the incapacitated body of the StudentCouncilPresident and Arthur’s LoveInterest Tessia. For that transgression, Arthur takes the opportunity to make it the biggest and last mistake Lucas will ever make in his life in a rather graphic fashion.
** During the WarArc, Arthur is not afraid to resort to torture to extract information from a captured prisoner.
** In his time in [[spoiler:Alacrya, Arthur brutally slaughters ascenders hired as assassins to make an example of them, and exterminates the family that hired them when they won't take the hint]].
** During the [[spoiler:reconquest of Dicathen, Arthur always offers his Alacryan enemies a chance to surrender, as his true enemies are not them but their Vritra overlords. When they refuse, Arthur shows them how big of a mistake they just made in rejecting his mercy. A notable instance occurs when Arthur retakes Xyrus. During his negotiations with the Alacryan governor, she attempts to get him to back down by hiding behind a detachment of Dicathian LesCollaborateurs. In doing so, she attempts to convey to him that some Dicathians have appreciated Agrona’s rule and are willing to fight to keep Arthur from restoring the antebellum status quo. She underestimates his resolve as he proceeds to slaughter them all regardless, before reiterating that she and all Alacryans in the city must leave now]].
* GoodWearsWhite:
** When he becomes a Lance, Arthur is given the same white, red, and gold ceremonial uniform as the rest of the Lances.
** Arthur wears a white cloak on top of [[spoiler:the Djinn armor]], as seen in the cover of Volume 9.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: With his sister Eleanor. He excels in swordplay and close combat, she prefers to fight at range with a bow.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Arthur when he was born was a human with Djinn ancestry. Later on, after Sylvie sacrificed her body to save his, he became part-dragon and basilisk as well]].
* HealingFactor: Part of Sylvia’s beast will allows Arthur to heal his own body. After [[spoiler:becoming part-Asura, Arthur is able to regenerate grievous wounds including lost body parts using aether]].
* HeavySleeper: Has noted he has difficulty waking up, which has lead to his sister to elbow drop him to wake him up. Later on, Bairon, who hates him for killing his brother Lucas, decides to wake him up from a nightmare by throwing a lightning bolt at him, though Arthur manages to wake up and catch the bolt.
* HeroesPreferSwords: His preferred choice of weapon in both his past life and his current one is that of a sword. He originally used a CoolSword called Dawn’s Ballad which was ForgedByTheGods, before replacing it later on with [[spoiler:swords he can generate out of raw aether]].
* HeroicBSoD: [[spoiler: Suffers one after his father's death]].
* HeroicRROD:
** At the climax of Volume 7, [[spoiler:Arthur is forced to fight a losing battle against not only the Alacryan army but also the Scythes Cadell and Nico. In order to buy time for the rest of the Dicathians - including Tessia - to escape, Arthur is forced to overexert his not only his mana core but also his beast will, in the process slowly tearing his body apart. It takes a HeroicSacrifice from his bond Sylvie to not only spirit him away to safety, but to keep his body together. In the aftermath, Arthur not only finds out his mana core has been damaged beyond recovery, but that to restore his body Sylvie had sacrificed her own physical form which has made his body part dragon]].
** In Volume 10, at the end of the [[spoiler:Siege of Vildorial, Arthur collapses after getting the Alacryans to lift the siege and retreat. Beforehand, he had fought off a squad of Wraiths and had used their tempus warp to end up in a military facility in Vechor, wherein he unleashed the full power of the Destruction Godrune to obliterate the facility and everyone in it. As he could barely fight anymore at that point, Arthur had to hold aloft one of the Wraiths’ severed heads while uttering a BlasphemousBoast against Agrona as a bluff to get the Alacryans to retreat. Arthur remains incapacitated for a day and a half, and even then once he does wake up he has still not recovered from his injuries in spite of his aether powers allowing him to heal faster than normal]].
* HeroicSacrifice:
** While he, his family, and the Twin Horns are on their way to Xyrus, they end up getting ambushed by bandits. During the ambush, Arthur is forced to take a blast for his pregnant mother, which knocks him off into the valley below. He only survives the whole ordeal and what follows thanks to Sylvia’s intervention.
** When the ClassTrip to Widow’s Crypt goes awry upon the group encountering stronger monsters than expected, Arthur has to stay behind to buy Professor Glory and his classmates time to escape. He ends up being knocked into a crevice, but he survives.
** At the close of the WarArc, [[spoiler:Arthur is forced to overexert Sylvia's beast will while fighting a losing battle against the Scythes Cadell and Nico on top of the rest of the Alacryan army in order to buy time for the Dicathians to escape. In the process, his body begins tearing itself apart, and Sylvie is forced to sacrifice herself to save him, causing him to end up in the Relictombs]].
* HeroicNeutral: Arthur's first priority is keeping his loved ones safe, but at the same time Arthur's conscience doesn't allow him to ignore those in need.
* HesBack: After [[spoiler:enduring the TraumaCongaLine in Volumes 7 and 8 – which included losing the war, the deaths of his loved ones, being stranded in an alien land and left powerless, learning the truth about the Asuras and how the DivineConflict really started, and seeing the sins of his past life brought back to haunt him in his reincarnation – Arthur is able to RePower himself and CameBackStrong. By the end of Volume 9, he is able to deal [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks both sides]] of the DivineConflict humiliating losses while finally being able to return home and reunite with his family]].
* HidingYourHeritage: During his time in [[spoiler:both the Relictombs and Alacrya, Arthur hides the fact that he is a Dicathian from his Alacryan compatriots. He goes by his past name of Grey during this period, as due to having been one of the Lances his name would have been known among the Alacryans let alone Agrona and the Scythes. Only Seris, who recognizes his description when Caera describes him, is aware of who he really is as they had encountered each other during the war and she keeps it secret from her protégé. Caera and the others only put two and two together when reports of a man similar to Grey’s description leading the Dicathians in retaking their homeland start circulating among Alacryan troops suddenly returning from Dicathen in defeat]].
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: As much as Arthur wishes to leave his past life as King Grey behind, events in his reincarnated life end up paralleling that of his past one, and oftentimes the lowest points of it.
** He loses a ParentalSubstitute at a young age, whose death sets him on the path he follows throughout his life (Olivia Willbeck/Sylvia).
** He has a best friend [[spoiler:who grows to resent him, eventually becoming an EvilFormerFriend. It turns out that both are one and the same, with the one in his current life being the reincarnation of the one in his last one (Nico/Elijah)]].
** He has a female childhood friend that he and said best friend develop an interest in [[spoiler:whose life gets embroiled in tragedy. Making matters worse, while unlike his best friend these two are separate individuals, the one from his past is summoned using the unwilling body of the one in his current life as her vessel (Cecilia/Tessia)]].
** In his past life, he declared war on the nation responsible for the death of his ParentalSubstitute, causing an untold amount of innocent casualties in the pursuit of his vengeance. In his current life, [[spoiler:the situation has been reversed, and it is now his homeland that is on the receiving end of such a war as Agrona wishes to conquer his homeland as a stepping stone in his war against the JerkassGods that exiled him for uncovering their DarkSecret]].
** King Grey had white-blonde hair and wore a black suit of armor with white cloth draped around it. In his current state, [[spoiler:Arthur has MysticalWhiteHair and wears a black suit of armor and a white cloak. He even briefly reassumed the name Grey during his time in the Relictombs and Alacrya]].
* HomeFieldAdvantage: In the climax of Volume 9, Arthur [[spoiler:takes Taci into the Relictombs to finish him off without causing CollateralDamage. As the Relictombs are made up of aether and as such are entirely devoid of mana, he gains a decisive advantage over the Asura and finishes him off.]]
* HopeBringer: [[spoiler:After he returns from Alacrya to Dicathen, Arthur has become incredibly powerful as he is able to kill Taci and save the resistance, crush the Alacryan army, and reclaim entire cities all by himself. In the process of liberating Dicathen, he manages to restore the morale of his people to an all time high, with the mood in Xyrus having even returned to the level it was before the attack on Xyrus Academy]].
* HornedHumanoid: [[spoiler:Sports a pair of these when donning the Relic Armor.]]
* HumbleHero: Despite his power, in both his past life and his current one all Arthur wants the most is for him and his loved ones to live in peace. In his past life, he retired from his position as king due to all that he has endured and due to growing tired of leadership. Upon [[spoiler:returning to Dicathen and saving the resistance from Taci, Arthur admits that he can't fight the Asuras on his own and will need their help to do so]]. Later on when [[spoiler:Kezess sends down his forces to occupy Dicathen and its leaders worry about him manipulating the populace into accepting his rule]], Arthur reaffirms that even though he does not desire to rule Dicathen, he is willing to act as a leader to give the people of Dicathen the strength to believe in themselves and the hope for a better future.
* HypocrisyNod:
** Arthur wants his parents as far away from the fighting as humanely possible. His father calls him out on the hypocrisy of this, when Arthur himself is at the forefront of virtually every engagement. Later, he gets better.
** Is aware that [[spoiler:Seth Milview is in no way, shape or form responsible for the actions of his sister during the war - namely her charting a path to Elenoir, leading to the enslavement of thousands of elves, and eventually the complete and utter destruction of the country and its inhabitants. And yet cannot bring himself to treat him with anything short of open hostility. As with the above situation, he gets better]].
* HypocriticalHumor: In an original scene in the {{Webcomic}} version, Elijah tells Arthur about a club he joined just so he could pick up girls, to which Arthur asks him if he had been “deprived of love in [his] past life or something” in response. This is a rather hypocritical response for Arthur, as in his past life [[spoiler:he was forced to kill Cecilia, the one woman who he ever had feelings for, in a duel. Making matters worse is that while he does not know it at the time, Elijah is in fact the reincarnation of his childhood friend and Cecilia’s fiancé, Nico, and his apparent murder of her is what led Nico to swear vengeance against him]].
* IdiotBall:
** Leaving Tessia to return to Xyrus Academy alone, knowing full well how vulnerable she is because of her beast will integration. Made worse by the fact that ignoring this fact almost resulted in his own death ''twice'' before that. And sure enough, she arrives right as the Radicals launch their attack on the academy and gets incapacitated as she is TargetedToHurtTheHero.
** So it becomes apparent that the BigBad, who is a known ManipulativeBastard, is capable of taking over [[spoiler:Sylvie]] with no warning and for extended periods of time, in the very heart of the good guys' impregnable fortress. So what does Arthur do? Decide he has better things to do as Agrona goes around every night threatening people into submission, which eventually leads to [[spoiler:Alduin and Merial being forced to collaborate with Agrona when he reveals he has sway over Tessia's life thanks to the beast will Arthur had given her and dooming Dicathen]].
* ImplacableMan: Becomes this during [[spoiler:the reconquest of Dicathen. Arthur is hell-bent on retaking his homeland and repeatedly hands the Alacryan armies a string of crushing defeats. Even when he is severely injured he comes back to continue his reconquest. Case in point, by the end of the Siege of Vildorial Arthur was able to get the Alacryans to retreat even though he had sustained severe injuries including losing an arm, and by the time he went backinto the field had healed up like nothing had happened. He cannot be argued with either, as he will make sure the negotiations are all in his favor and almost never compromising]].
* InevitableMutualBetrayal: [[spoiler:After Arthur retakes Etisin and secures the surrender of the remaining Alacryan forces on Dicathen, he is summoned back to Epheotus by Kezess, who wishes to negotiate with him regarding his place in the DivineConflict. Even though Arthur knows by now that Kezess is a genocidal tyrant responsible for his fair share of atrocities, he begrudgingly agrees to negotiate with him. Given how Arthur was outmaneuvered by Agrona in the past on top of not knowing just how powerful Kezess and Agrona are in a physical confrontation, he knows it would be more beneficial for the time being to strike an EnemyMine deal with Kezess given their mutual enemy. In return for Arthur telling him all that he has learned about aether, Kezess would guarantee Epheotus’s protection should the Vritra invade. To seal the deal, Kezess attempts to use a MagicallyBindingContract so that Arthur would have to hold up his end of the bargain immediately, but Arthur is able to reverse the bindings so that he does not have to. Both parties know that once Agrona and the Vritra are dealt with that hostilities are bound to resume between them. After all, Kezess is not going to let Arthur’s slights against him off that easily, while Arthur intends to bring Kezess and all of Epheotus to justice for their crimes]].
* InstantExpert: Arthur easily applies the know-how from his past life as King Grey and adapts it to his new life, giving him an edge compared to other characters his physical age. Case in point, upon figuring out how similar the mana system of his new life is towards the ki system of his old life, Arthur applies his knowledge to become a quadra-elemental mage like in his past life.
* InstantArmor: The [[spoiler:Djinn armor that Arthur acquires can be summoned at his beck and call]].
* InterspeciesAdoption: He (a human) and Tessia (an elf) are the surrogate parents of Sylvie (a dragon[[spoiler:[=/=]basilisk hybrid]]). Sylvie [[spoiler:even goes so far as to adopt his surname over either of her biological parents after learning of the atrocities committed by their respective clans, on top of having been raised by Arthur her whole life and identifying more with him and his family over her own WarringNatures]].
* InterspeciesRomance: His main LoveInterest, Tessia, is an elf.
* InvincibleHero: Not only is he born in his new life with all the memories and knowledge of the previous one, he also proves to be incredibly gifted as a mage, being a rare quadra-elemental augmenter with two deviancies, and he inherits the beast will of a dragon, one of the most powerful beings in existence as in the setting DragonsAreDivine, which allows him to enhance his physical capabilities, regenerate his wounds, and even briefly tap into aether. To give an idea, the only thing that even comes close to killing him is the Elderwood Guardian, a gigantic S-class mana beast, and that is only because Arthur was previously injured by Lucas’ surprise attack. To complement that, he is also smart enough to wrap anyone he needs around his little finger. And that is only before getting into what he becomes after his RePower...
* {{Irony}}: It is revealed [[spoiler:Arthur is a descendant from the Dijnn while also having an Asuran body with both dragon and basilisk blood after merging with Sylvie's physical body. Meaning Arthur has within him the blood of his and his ancestors' greatest enemies]].
* ItsPersonal: Several of Arthur’s enemies got on his bad side due to this trope. Especially if they threatened, harmed, or outright killed his loved ones.
** Lucas. When they were adventurers in the same party, Lucas ended up causing a TotalPartyKill during a botched expedition and got off practically scot-free thanks to his corrupt family’s influence. Arthur was forced to take precautions to protect himself and his family from Lucas’s family, as House Wykes is one of the most powerful houses in Sapin, even having one of their own elevated to the position of Lance. Lucas would go on to torment Arthur during his days in Xyrus Academy despite not knowing his identity. Suffice to say, when Arthur gets the opportunity to end him for his role in the attack on Xyrus, he does so in a cathartically graphic fashion.
*** His execution of Lucas ends up earning him the enmity of Lucas's older brother Bairon, whose views it as a grave offense to his family's honor. This enmity lasts a very long time until [[spoiler:Arthur returns from Alacryan, as by then both him and Bairon have been put through hell during the war and its aftermath, on top of Bairon finally realizing how corrupt his family really was]].
** Uto, the Retainer responsible for killing Alea Triscan, the Lance whom Arthur found dying at the bottom of Widow’s Crypt. The memory of her CruelAndUnusualDeath makes Arthur swear to bring her killer to justice, especially since he had become her replacement as a Lance.
** Cadell, the Scythe who killed his ParentalSubstitute Sylvia when Arthur was young. [[spoiler:Seeing him again at the close of the WarArc reignites Arthur’s childhood trauma, and when they do clash Arthur is outmatched by him. However, once Arthur CameBackStrong after the war, he was finally able to slay him at the Victoriad]].
** [[spoiler:Nico, his EvilFormerFriend from his past life as King Grey and the true identity of Elijah Knight. In this instance, the trope goes both ways. Nico hates Grey for the apparent murder of his fiancée Cecilia, and to spite him captures his LoveInterest Tessia for use as the vessel for Cecilia’s reincarnation. While Arthur does call him out on it on top of the atrocities he has committed in Agrona’s name, at the same time he feels that he failed Nico both in their past and present lives. This results in him exacting a RestrainedRevenge on Nico during the Victoriad where he defeats and cripples him but does not kill him outright]].
** Agrona himself. Arthur’s conflict with him becomes extremely personal when he learns [[spoiler:Agrona had reincarnated not only him but also his childhood friends Nico and Cecilia and had the two of them ReforgedIntoAMinion, and in the case of the latter had ordered his LoveInterest Tessia be captured for use as her vessel. Coupled with his schemes leading to the conquest of Arthur’s homeland of Dicathen and the deaths of many of his loved ones, and Arthur has every reason to bring Agrona to justice]].
* KangarooCourt: Has the ill fortune to fall victim to this twice, though fortunately both times he gets acquitted thanks to the intervention of a higher power.
** At the start of Volume 5, Arthur finds himself brought before the Council after having been arrested in the aftermath of the attack on Xyrus. While the Eraliths are sympathetic to him, the Greysunders barely give him any respect and push for him to be found guilty, forcing the Glayders to act as the mediating force between both. As it turns out, the Council is under the manipulation of Agrona and the Vritra who orchestrated the attack on Xyrus with the Greysunders being willing pawns and the Glayders being reluctantly cowed due to Agrona threatening their children. As such, the intent of the trial is to neutralize Arthur (and Director Goodsky, as she had been a rogue agent who [[TokenHeroicOrc turned against her people]]) by getting them convicted of the attack. It is only thanks to the intervention of the Asuras Windsom and Aldir in purging the Council of corruption (by killing the Greysunders) that the verdict does not come to pass.
** In Volume 9, [[spoiler:Arthur is apprehended upon arriving in Alacyra and put on trial by Blood Granbehl who blame him for the deaths of Kalon, Ezra, and Riah in the previous volume. Once again, it is only thanks to the intervention of an outside force that Arthur is acquitted of the charges. This time around, it is Seris Vritra, who upon hearing of Arthur from her protégé Caera began pulling strings so that he would survive in Alacrya and be of use in her own schemes against the Vritra]].
* KeepingSecretsSucks:
** ZigZagged. [[spoiler:He keeps his reincarnation a secret from his parents for years, but ultimately decides to come clean right before he leaves to train in Epheotus for the coming war. They resent him for it and he quickly comes to regret it as it drives a wedge between them though they accept him in the end]].
** Regrets having to keep so many secrets from [[spoiler:Caera, when she's been nothing but a true and loyal friend to him. She decides to forgive him later on]].
* KiManipulation: While the world of Arthur’s past self King Grey had ElementalPowers like the one he finds himself reincarnated into, it was called ki rather than mana. Grey was able to master all four arts of ki and thus manipulate the four classical elements.
* KillTheGod: At the climax of Volume 9, [[spoiler:Arthur slays Taci, the Asura who had been sent by Kezess to exterminate the Dicathian resistance. Even though Taci was merely [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts a boy by Asuran standards]], he still managed to fight the remaining Lances to a standstill all by himself on top of causing untold amounts of casualties during his rampage before Arthur stopped him]].
-->'''Arthur''': You want to know what I’ve become? Godkiller should be appropriate.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: A major incident in his past life as King Grey [[spoiler:saw him being forced to duel his childhood friend Cecilia for the position of king, Cecilia, who had been fought over all her life for her power as the Legacy and was tired of being used as a puppet, took the opportunity to commit SuicideByCop during their duel]].
* KillingIntent: There are several instances throughout the novel where Arthur’s intent is able to overpower everyone around him.
** During the Helstea Auction, the Glayders’ court conjurer Sebastian covets Arthur’s bond Sylvie. When he tries to kidnap her while no one is looking, Arthur is able to catch him in the act and force him to back off with his intent. However, everyone in the room senses his intent, and it is only thanks to Arthur’s father Reynolds apprehending an intruder that Arthur is let off the hook. At the end of the auction, Sebastian manipulates King Glayder into getting him Sylvie. After refusing Glayder’s offer thrice and delivering an ArmorPiercingResponse the third time wherein he asks Glayder if he would be willing to sell Arthur his children just to get Sylvie, one of the royal guards attacks Arthur. Thanks to Sylvia’s beast will, Arthur is able to neutralize the guard, followed by him breaking Sebastian’s leg and reminding him with his intent to know his place.
** At the climax of the attack on Xyrus, Lucas gloats in front of Arthur about how he will enjoy desecrating Tessia’s incapacitated body. Arthur, who has had enough of Lucas at this point, proceeds to use his intent to completely overpower Lucas into a standstill. Bear in mind, Lucas had been empowered by a stronger version of the serum the Radicals were using and was on such a PowerHigh that not even the fear of his own older brother Bairon could cower him into submission.
* KlingonPromotion: Non-fatal example. Arthur manages to become a professor at Xyrus Academy by defeating the professor in charge of his Practical Mana Manipulation class after the initial demonstration went awry and threatened the students in attendance. The {{Webcomic}} version expands on this by revealing the whole reason the demonstration went wrong was that Arthur had gotten on the professor’s bad side in an incident that occurred before he entered the academy, and so upon noticing Arthur was in his class said professor sought to humiliate him. This backfired as Kathyln (who was on the receiving end of the professor’s misconduct as in his bid to get back at Arthur he singled out Arthur’s fellow Disciplinary Committee members which included her and Feyrith) ended up reporting the situation to Director Goodsky, opening the door for Arthur to become his replacement.
* LifeDrain: [[spoiler:A move possible only on creatures made of aether in the Relictombs]].
* LightningBruiser: As an augmenter, Arthur excels in close combat, is capable of moving and striking fast, and can empower himself using Sylvia’s beast will to enhance his own strength, speed, and elemental mastery. When he becomes a Lance, he gets the requisite suit of armor that allows him to withstand severe blows. After [[spoiler:becoming part-Asura thanks to Sylvie’s HeroicSacrifice, Arthur’s physiology is enhanced to a degree that surpasses that of most mortals. Not only can he survive far more grievous injuries and regenerate from them, but he acquires a more powerful suit of Djinn PoweredArmor to replace his previous one as a Lance]].
* LivingWithTheVillain: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:Arthur is forced to live incognito in Alacrya, the domain of the Vritra Clan. It is not until just before the climax that Nico, one of the Scythes who has a personal grudge against him, discovers his presence and reports it to the Vritra]].
* LockedIntoStrangeness: In the aftermath of the climactic battle at the end of Volume 7 [[spoiler:wherein his bond Sylvie had performed a HeroicSacrifice to save him after he had almost tore his own body apart using Sylvia's beast will, Arthur discovers that his hair and eyes had turned to the same white-gold as Sylvie's. He realizes that Sylvie had given up her own physical form to reconstitute his own]].
* LonelyAtTheTop: He remember being so lonely in his past life to the point of abdicating. Reconstructed when he is reincarnated and seek to amend this in this life.
* LoveConfession: In Volume 7, he declares his love for Tessia and they promise to get married after the end of the war.
* MagicKnight: As an augmenter, Arthur is adept at distributing mana throughout his body which strengthens his physique and makes his powers more optimal for close combat. Arthur combines his magical prowess with his skill in swordplay. Later on, Arthur becomes one of the Lances, the strongest knights in Dicathen whose magical prowess far surpasses most mages. In becoming one of the Lances, he is given a proper suit of armor. Even after [[spoiler:the loss of his mana core and replacing it with an aether core, Arthur easily adapts his fighting style to his new powerset. On top of that, he also acquires a suit of Djinn PoweredArmor to cement his image as an aether-wielding BlackKnight]].
* MagneticHero: Arthur has this as one of his strengths. While he is not especially charismatic, it is moreso due to his feats that he ends up attracting allies to his cause, even from among his own enemies. This is especially apparent once [[spoiler:he takes up the role of BigGood from both Virion and Seris. Due to being one of the Lances during the Alacryan invasion, he ended up becoming a recognizable figure throughout Dicathen, especially since he had been singled out by the Asuras of Epheotus for training and had wielded unique powers of his own. As such, him returning to Dicathen after having disappeared since the end of the war is a major source of inspiration for the Dicathians, especially since he had CameBackStrong as a borderline demigod. His influence extends to Alacrya thanks to Seris's interest in him, which led her to covertly support him and provide him sanctuary during his time in Alacrya. This pays off later on when she launches a revolt against the Vritra who rule over Alacrya, as having to deal with two fronts causes the Vritra to lose ground. In addition, during Arthur's time in Alacrya he posed as a professor in the prestigious Central Academy which led to him becoming a mentor figure to the next generation of Alacryan nobility. After he returned to Dicathen, Arthur's students began pushing for their families to either withdraw from the war or to pledge their support towards Seris's rebellion. Even among the Asuras who instigated the conflict has Arthur attained allies. He attracts the attention of Mordain, the ruler of an enclave of Asuras that were exiled from Epheotus. Not only does it lead to him resurrecting his bond Sylvie, but he brings back to Dicathen some Asuran allies who are willing to stand up against the rest of their kind. What is clear is that in order to defeat both Agrona and Kezess, Arthur will have to find a way to get all of his allies to work together in spite of past grievances]].
* MasterOfAll: Is able to master all four classical elements, the deviant forms of half of them, and aether.
* MasterSwordsman: His one claim to fame as Grey. He might not have had the ki pool to match his opponents blow for blow, but he was an absolute nightmare to deal with given a hand and a sharp stick. This translates into his second life, where he just gets better.
* MeaningfulName: His name is Arthur and in his past life he used to be a king. [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Sound familiar]]?
* MookHorrorShow: During the [[spoiler:reconquest of Dicathen, Arthur delivers a string of crippling defeats onto the Alacryan forces. If they haven’t already given up due to knowing Arthur’s reputation as TheDreaded, then they get to witness him unleash the full display of his newfound powers with entire armies being routed with ease. Case in point, when Arthur uses the tempus warp the Wraiths had left behind and ends up in a secret military facility in Vechor, the commander of the Alacryan troops stationed there tries to get his troops to calm down by pointing out how Arthur is barely clinging on to life. He is proven horribly wrong as he and his troops get a front row seat to Arthur unleashing the full power of the Destruction Godrune and obliterating the camp and everyone inside it. There are notably a few times where the Alacryans have some common sense and try to avert this from happening. When Arthur arrives in Xyrus, an Alacryan soldier tells him that none of them want to cross swords with the man who slew Cadell (though this does not stop the Alacryan governor from pitting a force of Dicathian LesCollaborateurs against him to get Arthur to give up retaking the city by thinking he would not be willing to spill the blood of his countrymen, which also fails). It pays off in the end, as when Arthur arrives in Etisin, the regent Lyra Dreide is more than willing to surrender on behalf of all of the remaining Alacryan forces on the continent]].
* MoralityChain: As part of the advice he receives from Rinia, Arthur is told to find an anchor and set himself a goal. For Arthur, it is the power to keep his friends and family safe.
** Arthur’s friends and family in Dicathen, especially Tessia, serve to keep his head in the right place. The desire to not only protect them from harm but to also [[spoiler:reunite with them after the end of the war helps drive him forward to survive in both the Relictombs and Alacrya. In particular, his desire to save Tessia from her fate as the vessel for the Legacy serves as a major goal for him once he returns to Dicathen and reunites with his family, especially since he had made a ChildhoodFriendMarriagePromise with her during the war and feels extremely guilty about the harm he had allowed to happen to her and her family]].
** His time in [[spoiler:Alacrya exposes him to the fact that the Alacryans are not entirely evil and are just as much victims of the DivineConflict as the Dicathians are. In particular, the bonds Arthur forges with his students at Central Academy play a major role in him developing this realization. When he bargains with Kezess, he asks for the populace of Alacrya to be spared]].
* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave:
** The memory of both Sylvia and [[spoiler:Sylvie (though she gets better) are what keeps him from going back down the path his past life went and wanting to exterminate all of the Asuras for the atrocities they have done onto him and his people. It serves as a reminder to him that the Asuras are not entirely evil and it would be wrong for him to assume that they are. After all, exterminating the Asuras would make him no better than either Agrona or Kezess themselves. It also makes his arrival into the Hearth a less hostile experience for him, even though the Asura who summoned him there was the one who destroyed Elenoir]].
** Even after her death, [[spoiler:Rinia’s prophetic advice to him serves as a reminder for him not to relapse into being the vengeful King Grey]].
* MyGreatestFailure: The memories of him being unable to prevent the murder of his surrogate mother Olivia Willbeck and [[spoiler:Cecilia’s SuicideByCop during their duel in the King’s Tourney]] haunt King Grey for the rest of his life. Even in his new life as Arthur, the memories still continue to haunt him. He resolves not to let what happened to the loved ones of his past life happen ever again.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Arthur views his new life as a second chance. While in his past life as King Grey he earned his position at the top through his fighting prowess and leadership, it came at a severe cost to him. He had lost his surrogate mother Olivia Willbeck at a young age, [[spoiler:was tricked into striking down his ChildhoodFriendLoveInterest Cecilia (leading to his other childhood friend and Cecilia's fiancé Nico swearing vengeance upon him), and upon becoming king declared war on the nation that had masterminded his surrogate mother’s death which led to the deaths of countless innocents who had nothing to do with Grey's vendetta]]. To prevent such a tragedy from happening again, Arthur vows to become strong enough to prevent what happened to his loved ones in his past life from happening again. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:he had been reincarnated at the whims of Agrona, an evil deity who sought to conquer Arthur's homeland of Dicathen in pursuit of his own vendetta against the Asuras of Epheotus who had exiled him. As such, Arthur's desire to not repeat what happened in his past life ends up being all for naught as he loses people he held dear to him to Agrona's vendetta such as his father, Sylvie (though she gets better), and the Eraliths. Making matters worse is that Agrona had also reincarnated Nico and Cecilia as well and had them both ReforgedIntoAMinion, meaning even if Arthur wished to completely forget about his past life Agrona would not let him. With the events of his past life coming back to haunt him in his new one, Arthur desires not just to protect his remaining loved ones from the same fate, but to right his own wrongs]].
* MysticalWhiteHair: Whenever he taps into Sylvia’s beast will, his hair turns white like hers. After [[spoiler:Sylvie’s HeroicSacrifice, his hair becomes permanently white like hers]].
* NayTheist: In his past life, Grey never believed in the existence of God, viewing that in the CrapsackWorld dominated by AsskickingLeadsToLeadership that he lived in there was no god, and even if there was, said god "wasn’t very merciful or loving, let alone fair" to allow such a cruel and unjust world to exist. In his current life, Arthur views the Asuras with apprehension at first, especially since he learns Sylvia and Sylvie are among them. Even after he accepts them as allies, he does not worship them as Virion tells him that the gods of this world are defined less as beings to be worshipped and moreso as beings that are able to transcend their bodies and fully harmonize with mana. After [[spoiler:learning the truth of how the DivineConflict started and seeing the Asuras for the genocidal JerkassGods that they are, Arthur goes from not wanting to worship them to wanting to bring them down]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite viewing himself as WiseBeyondTheirYears due to his reincarnation and wanting to protect his loved ones by any means necessary, there are a few instances when Arthur wanting to do good for them has led to severe consequences in the future.
** Wanting to improve technological advancement on Dicathen and to acquire special artifacts for himself and his family, Arthur gives the famed artificer Gideon the blueprints for a steam engine. This is used to power the Dicatheous, an experimental steamship meant to voyage to the recently discovered continent of Alacrya. Unfortunately, what nobody on Dicathen would know is that the Alacryans are under the rule of the Vritra Clan, who seek to invade Dicathen. Either through capturing the Dicatheous or through retrieving the blueprints via their spy network, the Alacryans use Arthur's design to create an armada of steamships for use in transporting their army to Dicathen.
** Killing Lucas in an especially gruesome way earns him the lasting enmity of his brother Bairon, although Bairon forgives him later. This proves critical in situations where both needed to trust each other, as Bairon instead looked for any opportunity to make Arthur pay without risk of reprisal.
** Arthur ends up giving the beast will he retrieved from the Elderwood Guardian to Tessia as a gift. What neither of them knew was that [[spoiler:said monster was in fact a failed Vritra experiment. This comes to bite them both at the close of the WarArc, when Agrona, the Lord of the Vritra, reveals that he now has control over Tessia's life thanks to said beast will. As such, he [[TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt blackmails Tessia's parents]] into letting his forces into the Council Castle, forcing the Dicathians to evacuate. In turn, Tessia wanting to save her parents leads to a catastrophic chain of events. Not only are her parents executed to mark the end of the Alacryan conquest, but the climactic battle that ensues results in Sylvie being forced to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save Arthur, who ends up being stranded in the Relictombs in the aftermath with his mana core damaged beyond recovery]].
* NoSell: [[spoiler:After forming his aether core, mana restraints have no effect on him to everyone's surprise. And again in his rematch with Cadell as he negates all of the Scythe's spells like they were nothing]].
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: He and [[spoiler:Regis]] exhibit this dynamic. Arthur is uptight and honorable while [[spoiler:Regis]] is snarky and comedic.
* NomDeGuerre: As a Lance, Arthur is known as "Godspell".
* NotSoStoic: Despite Arthur trying to present himself as calm, mature, and level-headed, there few instances where his emotions get the better of him. As Arthur himself puts it:
-->'''Arthur''': You can be an all-powerful, immortal tyrant, but in front of your loved ones, the ability to control your emotions eludes you.
** When he reunites with his family after having been separated from them for four years, Arthur is reduced to tears and repeatedly promising his parents that he was not going to leave them again.
** Upon finding [[spoiler:the body of his father Reynolds following the attack on the Wall, Arthur lets out an anguished SkywardScream]].
* ObliviousToLove: Played with. Arthur isn't indifferent to Tessia's advances, but due to how inexperienced he is in that domain, he chooses to shelve the issue under "She's too young/It's childish infatuation and it'll pass". When Tessia makes it clear how serious she is, Arthur ultimately gives her an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Later in Volume 7, he confesses his feelings for her and they promise to get married after the end of the war.
* OneManArmy: Upon returning to Dicathen after having spent years training in Epheotus, Arthur is able to slaughter a horde of mana beasts all by himself. During [[spoiler:the reconquest of Dicathen years later, he is able to solo entire Alacryan armies with his newfound powers and retake cities all by himself]].
* PapaWolf: Arthur is very protective of his family, in particular his bond-turned-adoptive daughter Sylvie.
* ParadoxPerson: It is revealed at the end of Volume 10 [[spoiler:that the only reason why Arthur did not end up being ReforgedIntoAMinion like Nico and Cecilia is because his bond Sylvie, whose soul had been displaced across time and space after her HeroicSacrifice at the end of Volume 7, ended up being present when Agrona snatched the soul of Arthur’s past life King Grey and intervened by wresting the soul away from Agrona’s grasp so that Grey would be reincarnated into Arthur instead of Agrona’s vessel of choice. Sylvie herself only ended up the way she is because Arthur was the one to raise her for her entire life, which made her realize at that moment that she had to be the one ensure Arthur’s reincarnation occurred as she knew it by creating a StableTimeLoop. As such, Arthur only ended up as the person he is today due to an ontological time paradox that he was indirectly responsible for]].
* TheParagon: As one of the Lances, Arthur is supposed to set an example to the people of Dicathen. He does so admirably, moreso than some of the other Lances. He becomes even more of a paragon [[spoiler:when he returns to his homeland after the end of the war to successfully liberate it from Alacryan occupation. In his endeavors, Arthur hopes to inspire the people of both Dicathen and Alacryan to not only be better than what they are now, but to take a stand against the JerkassGods who have laid waste to the setting in their DivineConflict]].
-->'''Arthur''': Dicathen needs not only hope, but strength. We need to empower humans, dwarves, and elves alike so that their only choice isn’t to bow to whatever higher power they see as the lesser evil.
* ParentChildTeam: Him and his bond Sylvie form this dynamic, especially once [[spoiler:Sylvie assumes both human form and his surname over either of her biological parents. Sure enough, shortly after he resurrects her Sylvie accompanies her adoptive father and his companions when they enter the Relictombs to relieve Seris’s rebellion]].
* ParentalSubstitute: He and Tessia are Sylvie’s surrogate parents, though given how Sylvie isn’t able to [[spoiler:assume human form]] until much later on, they treat her more as a pet at first. Once she does, [[spoiler:people begin mistaking Sylvie for Arthur and Tessia’s OurPhlebotinumChild and they begin to see her as their daughter instead]].
* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: In the {{Webcomic}} version, shortly before their ClassTrip Arthur attempts to help Tessia integrate the beast will that he gave her into her mana core. However, the attempt gets derailed by playful teasing between the two of them which leads to Tessia tackling Arthur to the ground. At that moment, Tessia's grandfather Virion walks in on them and remarks that while he wanted them to get closer (Arthur and Tessia are ChildhoodFriends who have reunited after years of being apart), he didn't expect to be walking into something that he thought was far more intimate. This causes Tessia to realize that she is straddling Arthur in a rather compromising position, causing her to jump off him in embarrassment.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In his current form, [[spoiler:Arthur is a borderline demigod able to rout entire armies with ease thanks to his aether powers. On top of all that, his possession of the Destruction Godrune allows him to unleash a FantasticNuke, which he uses to devastating effect on a military camp in Vechor]].
* PokeInTheThirdEye: A somewhat literal instance of this trope. When he witnesses [[spoiler:Aldir (who himself has his EyesAlwaysShut except for his ThirdEye) using the World Eater technique to destroy Elenoir via the Scrying artifact, Aldir is able to sense him observing him. Aldir does not recognize that it is Arthur, but when Seris informs him that Arthur survived, he puts two and two together. In turn, this leads to Aldir becoming a DefectorFromDecadence as he realizes Arthur’s survival could upend the DivineConflict and, given his own disillusionment with Kezess for forcing him to commit another genocide, is willing to throw in his lot with Arthur]].
* PostVictoryCollapse: After causing [[spoiler:the Alacryans to retreat from Vildorial, Arthur collapses. He had just fought off the Wraiths and had unleashed the full power of the Destruction Godrune on an Alacryan facility in Vechor, which leaves him unconscious for a day and a half]].
* PowerIncontinence:
** Due to having awoken his mana core prematurely, Arthur briefly suffers from bouts of searing pain as his young body is not strong enough to handle the power which threatens to destroy his body if he cannot bring it under control. It is only thanks to Virion’s tutelage that Arthur is able to recover.
** When drawing upon the [[spoiler:third phase of Realmheart]], as it actively starts killing him. He does not realize this and instead feels invincible in that state.
* PowerLimiter: Right before he begins attending Xyrus Academy, Arthur approaches the artificer Gideon for a seal that would hide his fire and water attributes in order to hide his identity from Lucas Wykes. He also uses it as an opportunity to improve on the elements that he is weaker in.
* PoweredArmor: In Volume 9, Arthur acquires [[spoiler:a relic suit of Djinn armor that is far stronger than most armors and enhances his own physical capabilities]].
* PressurePoint: Arthur is capable of mana flow rupturing, which allows him to incapacitate a mage by striking certain mana channels in order to prevent their mana from circulating their body.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: His rematch with [[spoiler:Nico at the Victoriad sees him send the latter flying across the arena with a single strike]].
* PurpleIsPowerful: Whenever Arthur uses his aether powers (such as whenever he taps into Sylvia’s beast will), it frequently manifests in the form of purple flames. This trope is especially evident following [[spoiler:Arthur’s RePower, as at that point Arthur has become an aether-wielding demigod and one of the strongest non-Asuran mages in the entire setting]].
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: From Volume 8 onward, [[spoiler:he learns that the whole reason the DivineConflict started was that the Indrath Clan, the rulers of Epheotus, committed genocide on the ancient Djinn, an atrocity that led to the Vritra’s StartOfDarkness as the Indrath exiled them for uncovering the truth. Coupled with the Indrath destroying Elenoir and nearly consigning the elves to extinction along with orchestrating the extermination of his friends and family on Dicathen, and Arthur dedicates himself to making all of the Asuras pay for the atrocities they have committed. In wanting to protect his loved ones, Arthur is willing to stand against all of the Asuras if that is what it takes to ensure their safety]].
* RagsToRoyalty: His past life as King Grey is an example of the Hard Way. When he was born, Grey was given up to an orphanage by his biological parents as they did not have the financial stability to raise him. From there, Grey would rise to the top of the social hierarchy and become king through his skill in combat and strength of arms. Along the way, he would defeat many contenders that stood in his way.
* RaisedByRival: That dragon that he has been raising since he was a little boy? Little would he know at the time that she is the only living descendant of [[spoiler:the two deities who have made him what he is now and would cause untold amounts of suffering to both him and his loved ones]].
* RealNameAsAnAlias: Variant. In his time [[spoiler:living incognito among the Alacryans after the war, Arthur goes by the name of his past self, Grey. He does so in order to hide his true identity from the Alacryans as a Dicathian]].
* RebelLeader: Upon [[spoiler:returning to Dicathen after the war, Arthur immediately takes command of the resistance from Virion and proceeds to lead them in retaking their homeland from the Alacryans]].
* ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: The novel begins with King Grey mysteriously dying in his bed, only to be reincarnated as a boy named Arthur Leywin. As it turns out, [[spoiler:he was reincarnated by Agrona, who was seeking to harness the power of Grey’s deceased childhood friend Cecilia, the Legacy. To fulfill his goal, Agrona reincarnated both Grey and his other childhood friend Nico to act as anchor points for the Legacy. Grey only avoided the fates of his childhood friends as brainwashed servants of Agrona thanks to the intervention of the temporally-displaced Sylvie, who snatched his soul away from Agrona to be reincarnated into Arthur]].
* ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait: In a {{Webcomic}} original scene, Arthur and Elijah are sparring in the former’s private training facility when the former knocks out the latter. When Arthur reaches his hand out to his friend to help him get back up, Elijah [[spoiler:recognizes the gesture as one Arthur made in his past life complete with him seeing the specter of King Grey appearing behind Arthur. What follows is Elijah immediately being overwhelmed by a string of hateful emotions towards Grey’s apparition. It is at this moment that Elijah, or rather his true personality Nico, recognizes Arthur as the reincarnation of his former childhood friend whom he has grown to despise]].
* ReluctantRuler: Noted to have been this as King Grey. He achieved his life-long ambition of becoming king, but at the cost of everything else.
* RePower: Arthur [[spoiler:goes from being a quadra-elemental prodigy to an aether-powered demigod. After surviving a losing battle against the Scythes Cadell and Nico along with the rest of the Alacryan army thanks to Sylvie pulling a HeroicSacrifice to save him from a HeroicRROD and to preserve his body, Arthur ends up all alone in the Relictombs with his mana core damaged beyond recognition. He finds out that Sylvie’s sacrifice had made his body part-Asura, which increased his affinity for aether. Through developing an aether core to replace his destroyed mana core and increasing his own understanding of aether in the process, Arthur becomes a straight case of CameBackStrong as he become exponentially more powerful than ever thanks to gaining knowledge regarding aether exceeding that of the Asuras from the Relictombs]].
* RescueRomance: After saving Tessia, she develops an attraction to him which only grows as he spends three years living with her family until he leaves to reunite with his family. Arthur does not reciprocate at first due to knowing that he is mentally much older than her.
* RestrainedRevenge:
** After Trodius’s refusal [[spoiler:to drop the Wall on the oncoming horde of mana beasts leads to the death of Arthur’s father Reynolds, Arthur, while justifiably angry out of grief, knows that killing Trodius would be uncalled for at this point. Instead, he strips Trodius of his position and orders him to be imprisoned]].
** When he confronts [[spoiler:Nico at the Victoriad, he has every reason to hate Nico as much as the latter hates him. After all, Nico had captured Tessia so that she could be made into the vessel for his dead fiancée Cecilia not only in accordance with Agrona’s plan but also just to spite Arthur for killing Cecilia in their past lives, on top of all the other atrocities he has committed in Agrona’s name as one of his Scythes. However, knowing how Nico used to be his best friend in both his current life (as Elijah Knight, whom he failed to save from being captured and brought to Alacrya during the attack on Xyrus) and his previous life, Arthur feels that he failed him both times. As such, while he could easily kill Nico (who is the weakest among the Scythes) with his newfound aether powers, Arthur merely knocks him out in a SingleStrokeBattle (DePower[=ing=] him in the process) and allows him to be taken away]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: He holds this mindset from his past life until Sylvia knocks it out of him.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
** Thoroughly {{Averted}} in the case of Uto. So here is Arthur, having come back from the land of the Asuras themselves after undergoing TrainingFromHell, to challenge Uto, Lance Alea's murderer. So surely the hero will come out on top in a bit of poetic justice, right? [[spoiler:''No''. What happens instead is he gets utterly trounced and is almost killed along with his Asuran pet dragon by an Uto who NoSell[=s=] anything he throws at him. It takes the intervention of Scythe Seris, herself a being several orders of magnitude more powerful than Uto, to save his life. [[WakeUpCall A cold reality check]] that for all his gifts he is still a simple mortal trying to take on what are essentially demigods]].
** {{Averted}} again the close of the WarArc when [[spoiler:he loses against Cadell, the murderer of his ParentalSubstitute and the strongest among the Scythes]].
** PlayedStraight in the climax of Volume 9 where he [[spoiler:cripples Nico and kills Cadell as a payback for all the suffering they caused to both him and his loved ones]].
* SaveThePrincess: He ends up having to rescue Tessia quite a lot.
** They first met when Arthur, after having eluded capture by the Vritra thanks to Sylvia’s HeroicSacrifice, stumbled across a group of slave traders that had taken Tessia captive after she ran away from home. He is able to kill them all before escorting her back home in the hope that the elves would have some means for him to reunite with his family.
** During their first day of class at Xyrus Academy, Tessia suffers PowerIncontinence from the beast will Arthur had given her beforehand, which puts her right in the crossfire of Curtis’s World Howl. Thanks to Sylvie sensing Tessia is in danger, Arthur is forced to ditch his duel with Lucas to save her. However, thanks to having expended most of his mana in his duel with Lucas as well as using his own beast will to close the distance, Arthur can do nothing but shield Tessia from the blast with his own body. Fortunately, both survive, although Arthur is put in the infirmary for a few days.
** After the ClassTrip to Widow’s Crypt, Sylvie once again senses Tessia is in danger. Arthur finds out that her beast will has overtaken her and has to work with Virion to calm her down. He ends up throwing the orb Windsom had given him at her, which succeeds in releasing her from her berserk state. Not only is Tessia able to make a recovery, but in the aftermath Arthur and Virion find out that her mana core had jumped to the silver stage.
** During the attack on Xyrus Academy, Tessia is incapacitated by the Radicals, with Lucas threatening to desecrate her right in front of Arthur’s face. This ends as poorly as one would expect for Lucas, as Arthur, having been fed up with Lucas [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty eluding punishment for his actions for so long]], decides to end him right there in a truly graphic yet cathartic fashion.
** At the close of the WarArc, [[spoiler:Tessia goes back to the Council Castle on her own to try to rescue her parents in spite of their treason. She arrives to find her parents executed by the Alacryans. In the process of having to rescue her, Arthur is forced to stay behind to hold off the Alacryan forces. In turn, this leads to his near-death and him ending up in the Relictombs]].
** When Arthur is confronted by [[spoiler:both Agrona and the Legacy at the end of the Victoriad, he is about to perform a MercyKill on the latter when Tessia suddenly takes over and begs him to save her. He learns that Tessia is still FightingFromTheInside thanks to the beast will he had given her, which was the only reason why the Legacy's soul had not overwritten hers. With this knowledge in hand, he begins looking for a way to save her from her fate once he returns back to Dicathen]].
* SecretKeeper:
** After discovering the dying Lance Alea Triscan in Widow’s Crypt, Arthur brings her dog tags back to Director Goodsky as proof of her demise. Other than the Council and the other Lances, Arthur is the only other person who knows that a Lance has been killed at that point, and Goodsky keeps the fact that he was the one who discovered her body secret from the others who are supposed to know. Arthur eventually reveals he was the one who found her body to the Council shortly after being freed from his wrongful imprisonment thanks to Windsom and Aldir.
** Following the incident with Tessia’s beast will, Arthur asks Virion about how the Lances came to be, to which Virion decides to tell him information that had been classified for only the royal families of Dicathen for generations. He reveals to Arthur that long ago, a deity appeared to the forefathers of the three royal families and gave each of them two artifacts each to empower chosen individuals who would become the first Lances. In turn, these initial Lances would teach those that they deemed capable how to harness mana, which give rise to the first mages on Dicathen. If the truth of the Lances’ power were to come to light, it could lead to civil wars over their artifacts.
** When [[spoiler:the repentant Aldir sacrifices himself to allow Arthur to resurrect Sylvie, he bequeaths Arthur his weapon Silverlight as proof of his death and asks him to say that he brought him to justice for his crimes against both Dicathen and Epheotus. As much as Arthur feels Aldir is taking the easy way out for his role in destroying Elenoir and wants him to stay around to fight both Agrona and Kezess, he begrudgingly lets him carry out his sacrifice as Aldir has made up his mind. The only other individuals to know the truth of Aldir’s demise outside of the Hearth are Sylvie, Regis, and Wren; this is because Arthur is wary of how many spies Kezess has around. If the truth were to get out, Kezess would view it as a violation of the deal he made to Arthur wherein he forbade him from having contact with Aldir and the resulting consequences could be disastrous for the Dicathians, especially since Arthur learns Kezess sent down his forces to occupy Dicathen while he and Aldir were in the aether realm]].
* SemiDivine: [[spoiler:Thanks to Sylvie sacrificing her own body to preserve his own at the close of the WarArc, Arthur has become part-Asura]].
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: During Arthur’s training in Epheotus, Wren fakes a scenario wherein Tessia is seemingly kidnapped by a basilisk. When reviewing Arthur’s performance, Wren assumes Tessia is Arthur’s mate and even goes so far as to ask if the two have consummated their relationship. Naturally, Arthur denies that they are in a relationship, all while visibly blushing with embarrassment.
* SignificantBirthDate: His birthday is May 29, which he shares with the novel’s author, [=TurtleMe=].
* SingleLineOfDescent: [[spoiler: After merging with Sylvie's physical body he has the genes of Agrona, Sylvia, Kezess, and Myre]].
* SingleStrokeBattle: His rematch with [[spoiler:Nico during the Victoriad ends up being this. After Nico unleashes a flurry of attacks, Arthur nonchalantly knocks out Nico in a single blow with his aether powers, causing Nico to be [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sent flying across the arena]]. To add insult to injury, the attack destroyed Nico’s mana core, which is karmic considering the outcome of their last confrontation during the war led to Arthur’s own mana core being damaged beyond recovery]].
* SixthRanger: Right as the WarArc begins, Virion makes Arthur one of the six Lances, replacing the late Alea Triscan.
* SplitAndReunion: During the WarArc, Arthur tended to not see eye to eye with the other Lances as they were "pretty self-absorbed and insufficient" in his own words. In particular, Bairon maintained his heavy animosity towards him for killing his brother Lucas. After the end of the war [[spoiler:the Lances are split up in the aftermath of the Alacryan conquest, with Arthur finding himself marooned in the Relictombs and Alacrya for a year. By the time he is able to return to Dicathen, the Lances are forced to fight a losing battle against the Asura Taci with Aya getting killed and Mica and Varay getting maimed. In the aftermath, Arthur makes up with the remaining Lances, Bairon in particular (who has become the WhiteSheep of his corrupt house at this point and finally apologizes to him over Lucas’s death), and they all resolve to be better than they used to be. Not only do they work better as a team from this point onward, but Arthur uses his newfound knowledge to break the PowerLimiter[=s=] Kezess put on their [[ArtifactOfPower Artifacts of Power]] to make them much more stronger]].
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: As part of [[spoiler:his enhanced aether powers following him developing his aether core, he is able to manifest weaponry made out of pure aether]].
* StockLightNovelHero: Arthur fits several of the criteria for an {{Isekai}} protagonist by virtue of being comparable to the TropeCodifier for the ReincarnateInAnotherWorld variant, [[Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation Rudeus Greyrat]], in that he reincarnates as a child into a fantasy world and becomes a prodigal mage and adventurer. He is a MagicKnight able to control the four classical elements and his power gradually accumulates over the course of the story through either his own past life experiences or via the aid of various mentors whom a normal person would not have been able to earn the attention of which includes a dragon, the royal family of the elves, a band of famed adventurers, a MagicalAcademy, the race of gods from which said dragon originated from, [[spoiler: and even the VirtualGhost[=s=] of his ancestors]]. To illustrate how quickly his power grows, he unlocked his mana core at a much younger age than usual in his universe which grants him a considerable head start compared to others his physical age. He also has a powerful familiar in the offspring of said dragon, which combined with his existing magical prowess grants him a share of unique abilities including some which are only useable by the highest of the gods such as being able to partially manipulate ElementNumberFive. In short, he effectively won the SuperpowerLottery in his new life.
** However, he does play with the trope in a few areas. Rather than having been an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, {{Otaku}}, or {{Salaryman}} in his past life like most versions of the trope, he used to be a monarch named King Grey and as such him being a GeniusBruiser and InstantExpert even in his youth originates from him drawing on his past experiences on the battlefield and applying the know-how to his new life. While does attract a harem of his own, he shuns every girl who shows interest in him due to being aware of the mental age gap and having been a CelibateHero in his past life. In addition, in spite of his power [[spoiler:Arthur is not an InvincibleHero and suffers his fair share of failures and tragedies courtesy of the BigBad. After a major WhamEpisode, Arthur ends up getting DePower[=ed=] and thus BroughtDownToNormal, which forces him to look for a way to RePower himself while fighting to survive in an alien land. He does so through increasing his understanding of and affinity towards said ElementNumberFive, and in the process of winning the SuperpowerLottery yet again ends up [[CameBackStrong Coming Back Strong]] in a form that matches if not outright surpasses that of his previous powerset]].
* StoicWoobie: During his time in [[spoiler:both the Relictombs and Alacyra, Arthur is forced to hide the emotions he is feeling from the TraumaCongaLine he went through after the end of the war, especially since he is far away from home and in the company of the people who had just conquered his homeland. To the Alacryans who become his associates, he comes off as emotionally withdrawn and reclusive. Even after returning home to Dicathen, Arthur has to put on a front of strength in order as he has now become the BigGood for the Dicathians]].
* SuggestiveCollision: In an original scene in the {{Webcomic}} version, Tessia ends up pinning Arthur to the ground after he playfully teases her about how scared she used to be when they first met. It is not until her grandfather Virion walks in on them that she realizes that she is straddling Arthur in a rather compromising position, which causes her to jump off him in embarrassment when it gets pointed out.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: After [[spoiler:Sylvie’s HeroicSacrifice, his eyes become permanently gold like hers]].
* SuperpowerLottery: Arthur wins the lottery, [[spoiler:then loses it, and then wins it again]].
** Thanks to retaining his mindset and experience from his past life (as a battle-hardened king in a world governed by AsskickingLeadsToLeadership and with ki powers similar to the magic in his current life) he is able to prematurely awaken his mana core when he was three years old, which leads to him become a quadra-elemental mage with control over fire, water, earth, and wind, on top of also being able to control the deviant forms of the first two, lightning and ice. In turn, his control over the four elements allows him to tap into aether, which no one alive but the Asuras can control. Speaking of which, he was also fortunate to come under the care of the dragon Sylvia, who before her death imparted onto him her beast will, which not only allows him to tap into her powers but also assists in his ability to control aether. She also imparted onto him the egg containing her unborn daughter Sylvie, who later acts as his bond and mount in battle. Later on, his connection with Sylvia gets him the attention of the Asuras themselves (as Sylvia was the daughter of their ruler Kezess), who take him to Epheotus where he receives TrainingFromHell, furthers his understanding of aether, and receives new weapons. Once he returns to Dicathen in time for the Alacryan invasion, Arthur has become a OneManArmy able to slaughter a horde of mana beasts that would give most people pause.
** In Volume 8, [[spoiler:Arthur finds out that after overexerting his beast will at the end of the war, his mana core had been damaged beyond recovery. From there, he finds a way to RePower himself and CameBackStrong. He learns that thanks to Sylvie's HeroicSacrifice to keep his body from tearing itself apart from using his beast will, his physiology has become part-Asura which not only enhances his physical capabilities beyond most mortals but also allows him to regenerate serious injuries. He develops an aether core to replace his destroyed mana core and gains a more comprehensive understanding of it that exceeds that of the Asuras thanks to studying the artifacts and ruins left behind by the ancient Djinn from whom he is descended from. He acquires game-changing spells known as Godrunes such as Destruction and Aroa's Requiem as well as a suit of ancient PoweredArmor only the Djinn and their descendants could wear. He also awakens the Acclorite Wren gave him before the war, which manifests as a spectral wolf called Regis who acts as a shapeshifting FightingSpirit and can also act as a conduit for the Godrunes. Thanks to his own insight into aether and the power of his bonds, Arthur becomes poised to become master of all three paths of aether, with him wielding spacium, Regis wielding vivum, and Sylvie wielding aevum, which in turn could lead to him mastering the final form of aether, fate, the very power sought by Agrona himself]].
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Being a descendant of [[spoiler:the Djinn means Arthur has an affinity for controlling aether. This proves handy when he is trying to RePower himself after losing his mana core, which leads to him developing an aether core to replace it. It also allows him to activate many of the Djinn relics he finds during his endeavors in the Relictombs as they recognize him as a descendant]].
* SwissArmySuperpower: [[spoiler:As aether is nowhere near as limited as mana, he keeps discovering new and inventive ways to use it upon his RePower]].
* SympathyForTheDevil: Even though [[spoiler:Taci caused a considerable amount of casualties during his rampage in the Djinn sanctuary - including the deaths of Rinia, Aya, Feyrith, and Albold - Arthur briefly feels remorse over killing him as Taci was little more than a boy (by Asuran standards) whom Kezess had brainwashed into being little more than a disposable tool]].
* TakingTheBullet:
** When his family gets ambushed by bandits on the way to Xyrus, Arthur notices one of them about to blast him and his pregnant mother. To protect her and his unborn sibling, Arthur takes the brunt of the blast, which knocks him off into the valley below. He only survives thanks to Sylvia’s intervention.
** On his first day of school during the mock duel in his Team-Fighting Mechanics I class, Arthur is forced to ditch his duel with Lucas in order to shield Tessia with his own body from Curtis’s World Howl. Although both survive, Arthur ends up in the school infirmary for a few days.
* TechnologyUplift: Arthur ends up becoming a one-man example. When he visits Gideon in order to get some artifacts that he needs for himself and his family, he shows Gideon the blueprints for a steam engine which the artificer could use to power the Dicatheous. However, Arthur begins having reservations about giving Gideon any more pieces of advanced technology from his past life as he is afraid of the potential threat it could pose to his homeland. He ends up being proven horribly right as he learns years later that the Alacryans reverse-engineered the Dicatheous to create an armada of steamships to transport their army to Dicathen.
* {{Telepathy}}: How he tends to communicate with Sylvie, and later [[spoiler:Regis]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The CruelAndUnusualDeath he deals unto Lucas has him burn off his left arm, then freeze and shatter his right arm, before finally using gravity magic to crush Lucas’s pelvic region, [[GroinAttack genitals included]]. This is used against him in the aftermath, as when he is brought to trial before the Council, the Greysunders attempt to use the graphic nature of Lucas’s demise as evidence that Arthur should be punished. To be fair, the Greysunders were in league with the Vritra and were already planning to get Arthur convicted by any means necessary.
* TrainingFromHell: During his time in Epheotus, he undergoes an austere training regimen under the tutelage of Kordri and Wren. Thanks to using the aether orb to rapidly heal his wounds, Arthur’s sparring with Kordri frequently results in him being killed and resurrected over and over again.
* TranquilFury: When Lucas gloats about how he will desecrate Tessia to his face, Arthur ignores him so that he can tend to Tessia. He then tells Lucas that he has been willing to overlook Lucas’s actions for so long and had deemed him beneath him, but that enough is enough and that Lucas had finally incurred his wrath. What follows is Arthur unleashing his full array of powers as he subjects Lucas to a CruelAndUnusualDeath. During the ensuing ordeal, Arthur remains completely calm as he slowly tortures Lucas to death.
-->'''Arthur''': Lucas. I thought you as nothing more than a mere wasp I deemed unnecessary to kill. But if that wasp chose to rear its stinger…even the holiest of saints would swat it down.
* TraumaCongaLine:
** The end of Volume 7 is a major one for Arthur [[spoiler:as he loses not just the war but several of his loved ones. First, his father Reynolds is killed while defending the Wall from the horde of Alacryan mana beasts which causes a rift between Arthur and his mother and sister. Then, the Council Castle, which was thought to be impregnable, is suddenly infiltrated by the Alacryans. During the fighting, Arthur is forced to face Cadell, the Scythe who killed his ParentalSubstitute Sylvia many years ago, which reignites his childhood trauma. In the aftermath, Arthur learns from that this all happened because the beast will he had given to Tessia had given Agrona control over her life, and so he [[TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt blackmailed her parents]] into letting his forces into the castle. Then Tessia sets out on her own to try to rescue her parents, only to find out once she arrives that both they and the Glayders have already been executed to mark the end of the Alacryan conquest. If that weren't enough, in the ensuing battle Arthur and Tessia come face to face with Elijah, who has seemingly been ReforgedIntoAMinion as one the Scythes after having been kidnapped during the attack on Xyrus years ago. Elijah then reveals to Arthur that he is in fact Nico Sever, his former childhood friend from his past life as King Grey, and that he has been working with Agrona willingly out of a desire to exact revenge on Arthur for killing his fiancée and their shared ChildhoodFriendLoveInterest Cecilia. What follows is Arthur and Sylvie being forced to hold back Cadell, Nico, and the Alacryan army in order to buy time for the Dicathians to escape. In the process, Arthur overexerts himself using Sylvia's beast will which nearly tears himself apart and it is only through Sylvie performing a HeroicSacrifice to save him that prevents him from either dying or being captured]].
** The trauma does not stop there, as it continues all the way through Volume 8. In the aftermath, [[spoiler:Arthur is presumed dead by the Dicathians which itself is traumatic to his mother, sister, and Tessia. However, he had in fact ended up in the Relictombs, a dimension completely alien to him with no apparent way out. He finds out shortly afterwards thanks to the second message Sylvia left for him the truth about the war - that Kezess and the Indrath Clan from which Sylvia and Sylvie hail from had committed genocide on the ancient Djinn which led to Agrona and the Vritra Clan's StartOfDarkness and thus the war itself. He also finds out that his mana core was damaged beyond recovery due to him overexerting Sylvia's beast will, and he is forced to go incognito among a group of Alacryans while finding both a way out and a way to RePower himself. At the end of the volume, he witnesses Tessia getting captured by the Alacryans when she returns to Elenoir and turned into the vessel for the Legacy, who he realizes is Cecilia reincarnated. He then witnesses Windsom and Aldir arrive in order to eliminate the Legacy, followed by the latter destroying Elenoir using the World Eater technique. Effectively, the volume ends with Arthur being able to do nothing as his friends, family, and homeland are put through severe trauma at the whims of cruel and callous gods as he is stuck in an unfamiliar domain in the company of people he considered his enemies. However, the end of the next volume has Arthur finally being able to make a comeback, and a rather cathartic one at that]].
* TrojanPrisoner: While on a mission to his birthplace of Ashber during the war, Arthur and his fellow Lances Olfred and Mica are forced to disguise themselves. Their disguise has Arthur and Mica pose as Olfred’s slaves while they investigate a slave ring for signs of Alacryan activity.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Given his mental age, it is no surprise he ends up raising himself, even awakening his mana core at the age of three when that would normally happen a few years later. Not only does he help his family fend off an ambush by bandits, but after being separated from them in the wake of said attack he ends up killing a few slave traders who had kidnapped an elven girl. A few characters throughout the story note that Arthur is surprisingly mature for his age or notice that his fighting style seems to evoke that of a battle-hardened warrior rather than a child learning how to fight for the first time.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl:
** Before his reincarnation into Arthur, Grey had two childhood friends named Nico and Cecilia. The trio stayed together from their days in the orphanage all the way into adulthood. Their fellowship was eventually broken [[spoiler:when Cecilia committed SuicideByCop in a duel against Grey, which caused Nico (her fiancé) to swear vengeance on Grey. This plays a major role in the plot as Cecilia's power was sought out by Agrona, who reincarnated both Grey and Nico to act as anchor points for her summoning]].
** In the Xyrus Academy Arc, Arthur, Elijah, and Tessia form this dynamic. The dynamic is shattered at the end of the arc when [[spoiler:Elijah is kidnapped during the attack on Xyrus and brought to Alacrya to reactivate his original personality, Nico. Later on, Tessia is captured by Nico and turned into the vessel for Cecilia both as part of Agrona’s plan and to spite Arthur on Nico’s end]].
** During Arthur's time in [[spoiler:the Relictombs and Alacrya, his main companions are Regis - the manifestation of the Acclorite that Wren gave him before the war - and Caera - a Vritra-blooded Alacryan whom he met shortly after he got stranded in the Relictombs - as replacements for Sylvie and Tessia respectively after he got separated from both at the end of the war. After Arthur acquires an ancient suit of Djinn PoweredArmor that causes him to sport horns, Regis jokingly refers the three of them as "the Horny Trio"]].
** In Volume 11, [[spoiler:the resurrected Sylvie takes the female role from Caera. This is not only because of her prior connection to Arthur, but because both she and Regis enable Arthur to master all three paths of aether which in turn could lead to Arthur unlocking the ultimate form of aether, fate (which Agrona has been seeking in order to win the DivineConflict). While Caera is still along for the ride, she is now part of a larger ensemble that Arthur is bringing into the Relictombs to locate Seris. Said ensemble also includes Arthur's sister Ellie, her bond Boo, and the Djinn/Phoenix hybrid Chul]].
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: He tends to comfort Tessia whenever she gets emotional, especially whenever she exhibits AngerBornOfWorry over his well-being. As he puts it himself, he could never bring himself to despise her.
-->'''Tessia''': I th-hought you h-hated me.
-->'''Arthur''': Even if there are times when I get mad at you, I would never hate you, Tess.
* UnwantedHarem: Over the course of the story, Arthur attracts the attention of multiple female characters such as [[OurElvesAreDifferent Tessia]], [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Jasmine]], [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Lilia]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Kathyln]], [[BespectacledCutie Emily]], and [[DarkActionGirl Caera]]. He tends not to reciprocate any of their feelings due to the mental age gap.
* VillainKiller: As a soldier in both his past life and his current one, Arthur is no stranger to killing people, especially if they threaten his loved ones. His slayings of Lucas, Jagrette, [[spoiler:Cadell, Taci, and a whole squad of Wraiths can attest to that. He is also willing to slaughter the soldiers of several Dicathian houses that had become LesCollaborateurs to the Alacryans when the Alacryan governor throws them at him to get him to give up retaking the city]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Or in this case boyfriend. Lucas learned this at the cost of his life.
* VirtuousCharacterCopy: To [[Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation Rudeus Greyrat]]. Both are adult men who died only to ReincarnateInAnotherWorld to a family that consists of a loving healer mother, martial father [[spoiler:who dies later on]], and LittleSisterHeroine, first demonstrated their magical prowess at a young age by destroying part of their house, were separated from their families at due to a tragic accident only to later reunite with them, became an extremely talented mage and adventurer and later attend a MagicalAcademy, own a supernatural CanineCompanion, are brought into contact with enigmatic deities who [[spoiler:later turn out to be their enemies]], encounter [[spoiler:people from their past lives]], attract the attention of several different LoveInterests including a {{Childhood Friend|Romance}} RescueRomance with a silver-haired elf, and discover [[spoiler:their reincarnations have made them a ParadoxPerson]]. The main difference between them is their treatment of women and how they handle their maturity in spite of their apparent age. Rudeus is infamous for being a serial pervert as in his past life he was a {{Hikikomori}} whose only knowledge of how to interact with women came from playing H-games, and as such he repeatedly displays sexual behavior even in his infancy. Arthur on the other hand acts far more maturely than Rudeus as in his past life he rose from street orphan to king, and spurns most girls that show interest in him as he grows up as he is aware of the mental age gap (on top of having been a mostly CelibateHero in his past life with the one woman he did harbor feelings for [[spoiler:winding up committing SuicideByCop in a duel against him]]). A good situation that demonstrates their differences is how they handle being kissed by their childhood friend. Rudeus acts like a regular teenager without considering the mental age gap (on top having previously consented to another of his LoveInterests when she wanted to have sex with him years ago without considering the dubious moral implications). In contrast, Arthur is shown to have a brief moral crisis in the aftermath due to said mental age gap, which he follows up on by telling her that they should wait until they are older before they resume their relationship.
** That being said, Arthur does play around with this trope in that he engages in a few actions that Rudeus would balk at. While Rudeus has a ThouShallNotKill code regarding sapient beings, Arthur has no such qualms, especially if they harm his friends and family. Tellingly, Arthur’s past life saw him declaring war on a foreign nation in retribution for the murder of his surrogate mother, an action he comes to regret in his current one due to the collateral damage he caused in pursuit of his vendetta.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Has this dynamic with Elijah. [[spoiler:Which is tellingly the same when they were Grey and Nico.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Nico/Elijah and Cecilia. They used to be childhood friends in their past lives until Grey was manipulated into dueling Cecilia during the King’s Tourney. Cecilia, who had been a pawn her whole life, took the opportunity to commit SuicideByCop. This caused Nico, who did not know any better, to swear vengeance against Grey. If that was not bad enough, Agrona, who had been pursuing Cecilia’s power as the Legacy, reincarnated the three of them to serve him in his war against Epheotus. While Grey managed to avoid the MindRape and FalseMemories his friends were subjected to thanks to the temporally-displaced Sylvie’s intervention, he still has to contend with the fact that Agrona had them both ReforgedIntoAMinion and twisted their hatred of him against him]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Nico]]''': I was your best...friend, [[spoiler:and the one whose fiancée you killed in front of me]].
-->'''Arthur''': [[spoiler:Nico]]...You look like garbage, old friend.
* WeakButSkilled: What he was before he reincarnated into the current world. He had low power but practiced his skills. In this world, he is StrongAndSkilled.
* WhyWontYouDie: After his [[spoiler:RePower, Arthur becomes capable of surviving even the most grievous wounds so long as he has some aether stored]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Due to maintaining his maturity from his past life, Arthur is noted to act far more intelligently than most kids his age. He is always polite and respectful to everyone around. In his interactions with Gideon, the smartest artificer in Dicathen, he manages to amaze the artificer by showing him the blueprints for a steam engine for use in powering the Dicatheous. Many characters around him note how Arthur is anomaly for how worldly he acts on top of his existing talents.
* WorldHealingWave: [[spoiler:Aroa’s Requiem allows Arthur to reverse the physical damage done onto the target of his choosing by using aether. Sadly he cannot use it to resurrect people, as when he reconstructs the Djinn sanctuary following his fight with Taci he is unable to resurrect the lives taken by the Asura during his rampage]].
* WouldHitAGirl: GenderIsNoObject in Arthur’s eyes, after all. When he stumbles across a pair of human students spraying some racist graffiti on one of his nightly patrols as part of the Disciplinary Committee, the female student asks him if he would hit her. Arthur replies that he is an adherent of gender equality and so promptly subdues her.
* WreckedWeapon: During the war, his sword Dawn’s Ballad gets broken twice. The first time around occurs when he fights Uto, the second time occurs at the end of the war with Arthur being forced to discard it for good.
* YearOutsideHourInside: At the start of Volume 11 when Arthur returns [[spoiler:from the aether realm with Sylvie, he learns from Chul that two months had passed since he entered the aether realm to resurrect Sylvie. Making matters worse, he learns in the meantime that Kezess had sent down his forces to occupy Dicathen under the pretext of protection against Alacrya]].
* YinYangBomb: Arthur and his family [[spoiler:are descended from the long-gone Djinn race. Then thanks to Sylvie’s HeroicSacrifice to preserve his body, Arthur becomes part-Asura, specifically dragon and basilisk considering Sylvie’s own WarringNatures as the descendant of both the Indrath and Vritra Clans respectively. The "Yin Yang" part is that the Indrath committed genocide upon the Djinn out of jealousy for the latter's ability to control aether, which the former believed was exclusively theirs to control. This is on top of the atrocities both clans have committed upon Arthur’s homeland of Dicathen in the midst of their DivineConflict. It is worth noting that Sylvie having Vritra blood has had no bearing in the novel so far. The bottom line being that Arthur now exhibits the same enhanced physiology that both the Indrath and Vritra have as Asuras]].
* YouAreTooLate: By the time he arrives to Xyrus Academy at the end of Volume 4, not only have the Radicals caused a considerable amount of casualties, but Elijah has been captured and taken to Alacrya. Lucas even gloats about it to his face just before Arthur finishes him off.
* YouKilledMyFather:
** One of the pivotal moments in Arthur’s past life was when he returned home to the orphanage one day to find his surrogate mother Olivia Willbeck murdered by agents of a foreign nation. Upon becoming king, Grey declared war on the nation responsible for her death, leading to the deaths of thousands in the pursuit of his vengeance.
** A RestrainedRevenge example occurs when [[spoiler:Trodius’s GeneralFailure tactics get Arthur’s father Reynolds killed. Arthur immediately strips Trodius of his position and title and orders him to be imprisoned]].
** When he is confronted by [[spoiler:Cadell at the close of the war during the attack on the Council Castle, Arthur’s childhood trauma of witnessing him kill Sylvia resurfaces which compounds his current state of dealing with the fact he lost the war. He finally gets his chance to avenge Sylvia at the Victoriad when he challenges Cadell and slays him]].
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He is an A-Rank Adventurer, a orange core mage, and an ace swordsman by the age of 12. After [[spoiler:becoming part-Asura, he appears to be in the beginning of 20s, however he is 16 years old.]]
-->'''Virion''': Sometimes, when it's been awhile since I've seen you, I almost expect to find that sixteen-year-old boy waiting for me. Then I see this hair, these eyes, this face, and wonder if it can really be you.

* TraumaCongaLine: Out of all his family, he gets put through absolute hell both during and after the WarArc. [[spoiler:First, his homeland gets conquered, then his own son and his wife are forced to betray him in order to save his granddaughter’s life and get executed in turn by the Alacryans, his honorary grandson vanishes, his granddaughter is captured followed by his homeland getting destroyed by an Asura he once held in high regard, then Kezess approaches him and forces him to lie to his own people about what happened in return for his aid, and finally, once Kezess’s deception is exposed and Virion decides to stand against him, Kezess deems that the entire Dicathian has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]] to him and orders their extermination. It is because of all the suffering that causes Virion to hand over leadership to Arthur]].

** After he refuses Kezess's offer after being confronted by the rest of the resistance about the ulterior motivations behind it, Kezess orders Taci to kill him and everyone else hiding in the Djinn sanctuary for defying him. It is only thanks to Arthur's sudden return and slaying of Taci that Virion gets to live to see another day.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Upon hearing of [[spoiler:Aldir’s demise from Arthur and being presented with the fallen Asura’s weapon, Virion does express a hint of regret over his death. Even though Aldir was the one who destroyed his homeland and nearly consigned his race to extinction, Virion still had a little respect for the Asura]].
* TraumaCongaLine: Out of all his family, he gets put through absolute hell both during and after the WarArc. [[spoiler:First, his homeland gets conquered by the Alacryans, then his own son and his wife are forced to betray him in order to save his granddaughter’s life and get executed in turn by the victorious Alacryans, then his daughter is captured in the aftermath of a mission GoneHorriblyWrong followed by his homeland getting destroyed by an Asura he once held in high regard, then Kezess approaches him and forces him to lie to his own people about what happened in return for assistance in retaking the continent, and finally, once Kezess’s deception is exposed and Virion decides to stand against him, Kezess deems that the entire Dicathian has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]] to him and sends an Asura to exterminate them all. It is because of all the suffering he has been through that causes Virion to hand over leadership to Arthur after the latter stops Kezess’s plan]].

!!Xyrus Academy
[[folder:Cynthia Goodsky]]
The Director of Xyrus Academy and an old friend of Virion Eralith.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Combined With HeroicSacrifice she dies because of the Vritra curse after revealing information]].
* {{Geas}}: As a former [[spoiler:Alacryan spy, she had a spell placed upon her that would prevent her from disclosing anything about their plans. When Aldir attempts to remove it from her, it causes her to fall into a coma from which she never wakes up from as she is killed right as the Alacryans invade]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: She resorts to torture Alacryan spies sent by the Vritra.
* TheMentor: Takes Tessia under her wing as her disciple.
* ShipperOnDeck: She teases Arthur and Tessia about their relationship.
* TokenHeroicOrc:[[spoiler:She is an Alacryan who has rebelled against her kind and the Vritra]].

!!House Glayder
[[folder:Gideon]]
Considered the best artificer in all of Dicathen. Arthur gives him plans to build a steamship that does not require mana to run.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Is easily distracted when it comes to his work. Oftentimes Emily has to bail him out.

[[folder:Vanesy Glory]]
The teacher for team strategies in Xyrus Academy. She can use both fire and earth magic.

* TheBusCameBack: She returns in Volume 10 when Arthur [[spoiler:recaptures Xyrus from the Alacryans]].
* ClassTrip: She leads one into Widow's Crypt at the climax of Volume 3 of the novel. It ends up having GoneHorriblyWrong as they encounter much stronger mana beasts than they were expecting.
* TomboyishPonytail: She is an ActionGirl who wears her hair in this fashion.

[[folder:Elijah Knight]]
Arthur’s best friend, a human raised by the dwarves whose origins are unclear. After the incident in the Dire Tombs, Arthur invites him to live with his family and the two end up attending Xyrus Academy together.

For tropes related to [[spoiler:his true identity, see Nico Sever's folder in the [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]] page]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Views Arthur as this. Not only is Arthur much more physically and magically talented compared to Elijah, but he has far more success in attracting the ladies. As it turns out, [[spoiler:this resentment ties into Elijah’s true identity, who has been twisted into despising Arthur - or rather Arthur’s past self King Grey - for a perceived wrong he committed in their past lives]].
* CasanovaWannabe: Tries to get girls to notice him, but tends to fail in an embarrassing fashion. Arthur thinks he can do much better.
* DishingOutDirt: His primary elemental affinity is earth magic. Fitting, as he has been raised by the dwarves.
* DistressedDude: Is kidnapped by the Radicals during the attack on Xyrus and taken back to Alacrya for reasons unknown.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he is introduced during Arthur's examination, he ends up being exempt from having to take the exam on top of his reserved nature. This serves to establish how mysterious his origins are.
* FireForgedFriends: After the TotalPartyKill in the Dire Tombs and helping Arthur and Jasmine recover (on top of seeing Arthur's true powers), he and Arthur become best friends.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to prevent the Radicals from harming Tessia, only to be taken captive himself and taken back to Alacrya.
* MysteriousPast: Is established to have one when Kaspian Bladeheart goes over his background. What little is known about him is that he was raised by the dwarves and that the only reason why he was exempt from the exam was because of his guardian Rahdeas vouching for him.

[[folder:Lucas Wykes]]
Half-human and half-elf, he’s a prodigy from the infamous Wykes family, raised to become a powerful fire mage.

* ArchEnemy: To Arthur.
* AnArmAndALeg: Combined with BodyHorror. In their final confrontation, Arthur promptly slices his left arm off. Then freeze-burns his right arm. Then crushes his left leg. And his right leg. And his pelvis. Needless to say, [[RasputinianDeath Lucas doesn’t survive]].
* BigBrotherWorship: At the very least, his brother Bairon is the only person he fears and the only one he doesn’t look down on.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: To [[Franchise/HarryPotter Draco Malfoy]]. Both are the young and arrogant blonde-haired scions of a powerful and corrupt noble family who acts as the main character's rival during their time in the MagicalAcademy. However, while Draco's pestering of Harry does not lead to severe harm and he eventually moves away from his abusive father and his FantasticRacism, Lucas not only never breaks free of his corrupt family's mindset and he only gets progressively viler as an individual, but his actions lead to people dying in droves, both unintentionally and intentionally. The {{Webcomic}} even gives Lucas his own analogues to Draco's lackeys Crabbe and Goyle in the form of Charles and Marcois (though it does not last long as Marcois dies shortly after being introduced).
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Arthur burns off his left arm, then freezes and shatters his right arm, and then, perhaps as a response to his threat of desecrating Tessia, proceeds to give him a gravity magic-empowered FinishingStomp to [[GroinAttack crush his pelvic region]] into nothingness.
* DramaticIrony: Despite not knowing Arthur is the same masked adventurer whom he came to blows with, Lucas still develops an enmity with him as he believes Arthur stole his spot on the Disciplinary Committee.
* DrivenByEnvy: After learning that Arthur, a mere commoner without the benefit of Lucas's expensive training and elixirs, is stronger than he is, he becomes determined to take Arthur down which later costs him greatly.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Despite [[spoiler: joining a terrorist group and committing numerous atrocities during the attack]], after [[spoiler: Art kills him]], his brother is absolutely furious and would have attacked Art if not for the other Lances stopping him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Is a half-elf, with his mother having been one of the Wykes' elven slaves.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Dwarfed by his brother’s power and prestige, he’s so obsessed with living up to the Wykes name and not wasting the money his parents spent on various drugs and mana cores to make him stronger, that he developed an insufferably arrogant personality and commits absolutely heinous acts to prove he’s not a loser.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He gets away practically scot-free for his actions in the Dire Tombs thanks to his corrupt family's influence, with the only penalty he suffers being the loss of his adventurer's license. When Arthur confronts him at the climax of the attack on Xyrus, where he has killed several students and faculty, Arthur finally makes him pay for all the suffering he caused in a rather graphic fashion.
* PlayingWithFire: Despite his elf lineage, Lucas is highly adept at fire magic.
* SmugSnake: Has very little respect for anyone and likes to flaunt his power whenever given the chance (even if said power was not obtained naturally for the most part).
* TheUnfavorite: His father cares so little for him outside of his power that [[spoiler:after he dies, the only thing said father worries about is how he can limit the damage Lucas’ betrayal could bring to the Wykes house’s image]].

[[folder:Emily Watsken]]
A scholar mage student who Arthur meets in his Basics of Artificing Class, Emily is a shy and awkward girl who is nonetheless a skilled and intelligent inventor and artificer. Due to her magitechnological expertise, she goes on to become Gideon’s assistant from the WarArc onward.

* BeleagueredAssistant: To Gideon. As she puts it:
-->'''Emily:''' Don’t call him "Professor". My nutjob of a master can hardly be considered sane, let alone a proper educator of future generations. I swear, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to dig my master out from under a pile of debris and useless junk after an explosion he caused.
* BespectacledCutie: Despite having glasses and freckles, she is noted to be rather cute with the glasses making her endearing.
* ChildProdigy: She invented the projection disc artifact that was used to broadcast the announcement of the Council and is still in school.
* LovableNerd: Is very friendly and endearing despite her intellectual interests.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: When she brings up to Arthur how news travels fast in Xyrus Academy, in particular his defeat of Professor Geist which only occurred in his last class, her glasses briefly obscure her eyes as she gives him a sly grin.
* ShrinkingViolet: Is very, very shy. Arthur reaching out his hand to her causes her to blush in embarassment.

[[folder:Claire Bladeheart]]
->''"Let's show all of the entitled students out there what they'll be up against if they choose to break the rules!"''
The leader of the Disciplinary Committee, Claire is the niece of Kaspian Bladeheart. She is a fifth-year augmenter with a dual attribute in both fire and wind.

* BlowYouAway: One of her elemental attributes.
* CareerEndingInjury: After the loss of her mana core, she is unable to participate in the war outside of training soldiers in swordsmanship.
* DePower: Due to the injuries she sustained during the attack on Xyrus, Claire's mana core was damaged beyond recovery.
* FieryRedhead: Claire has bright red hair and radiates an air of upbeat friendliness and passion.
* TheLeader: Of the Disciplinary Committee.
* MasterSwordswoman: The Bladehearts, as their name attests, are renowned for their skill at the sword. Claire is no exception.
* PlayingWithFire: Her other elemental attribute.

[[folder:Doradrea Oreguard]]
->''"Bah! Another delicate pretty boy! Why aren't there more real men in this committee?"''

* TheLadette: Being a female dwarf, Doradrea is rather spunky and tough.
* OffWithHisHead: She is decapitated by the Radicals.

[[folder:Feyrith Ivsaar III]]
->''"Look who we have here! If it isn't Princess Kathyln and my rival, Arthur Leywin."''
An elven noble who Arthur met during his childhood in Elenoir. Years later, he would cross paths with Arthur as part of the Disciplinary Committee.

* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: [[spoiler:After not having been seen since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4, Feyrith returns in Volume 9 only to end up as one of the casualties of Taci’s rampage (with his death only being revealed in the following volume)]].
* TheBusCameBack:
** After a brief role during the events of Volume 1, Feyrith reappears in Volume 3 as one of the members of the Disciplinary Committee.
** After not being mentioned since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4. Feyrith returns in Volume 9 where he enlists Eleanor in [[spoiler: exposing the Asuras’ attempts to manipulate the resistance]].
* ButtMonkey: Of the Disciplinary Committee. Theodore mentions Feyrith fell face down when he fell for his CrushingHandshake. Later on during the Practical Mana Manipulation class, Feyrith is the first to volunteer for Professor Geist’s demonstration (itself a bid to get back at Arthur) and gets trounced. The {{Webcomic}} also adds a scene during a montage of Arthur’s time in Xyrus Academy where Feyrith is on the ground while the rest of the Disciplinary Committee are laughing at him.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Feyfey".
* ShooOutTheClowns: Despite being a comedic foil in his earlier appearances, Feyrith disappears after the attack on Xyrus, but is established to have survived. By the time he resurfaces in Volume 9, [[spoiler:he has been broken by all the misfortune that has befallen the elves since and is no longer a source of comic relief. The start of the next volume reveals he was among the casualties of Taci’s rampage]].
* UnknownRival: Is Arthur’s self-proclaimed rival.

[[folder:Theodore Maxwell]]
->"''Hmph. Seems the Disciplinary Committee has stooped low enough to recruit twerps.''"

* TheBigGuy: Is the largest member of the Disciplinary Committee, being over six and a half feet tall.
* CrushingHandshake: His way of greeting - or rather hazing - new recruits to the Disciplinary Committee has him offer his hand out to them only to use gravity magic to bring them down to the floor. Arthur manages to avoid being brought down. Feyrith was not so lucky.
* GravityMaster: His elemental affinity.

[[folder:Kai Crestless]]
* TheMole: Is the informant within the Disciplinary Committee for the Radicals. He reveals his treachery during the attack on Xyrus by sabotaging the barrier the Disciplinary Committee tried to set up
* ObviousJudas: His presence makes Arthur feel uneasy (especially since Arthur can't sense his powers), he suspiciously takes up bigger patrols than the other members of the committee all on his own, and at one point, when Arthur asks him about his unique powers, he casually threatens to kill him. Sure enough, he is revealed to be TheMole for the Radicals. The {{Webcomic}} version makes his true colors all the more obvious by giving him a perpetual sinister leer on his face that screams SmugSnake.
* TraitorShot: The {{Webcomic}} adds a montage of Arthur’s time in Xyrus Academy wherein Kai is standing apart from the rest of the Disciplinary Committee as they laugh at Feyrith. A rather obvious sign that he is up to something behind their backs.
[[/folder]]

!!Lances

[[folder:In General]]
Six elite mages appointed to protect Dicathen. They are among the very few mages who have reached the white core stage.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Variant. In the {{Webcomic}}, while they still make their first appearance at the announcement of the Council, each of them are individually named right there when in the novel they only get named in a later chapter covering the aftermath of Alea's death.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Despite their power, [[spoiler:the Lances end up getting outmatched by the Alacryan Retainers, let alone the Scythes. To say nothing of actual Asuras]].
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: They are all very talented in both physical and magical combat, which earned them the right to wield their artifacts. In turn, they serve as the Council's generals during the WarArc.
* ArtifactOfPower: The Lances draw their power from their unique artifacts, which are what elevate them into the white core stage.
* BadassCape: Their uniforms all sport red capes.
* BigThinShortTrio: [[spoiler:The surviving Lances as of Volume 11 sans Arthur fit this dynamic. Bairon is tall and muscular, Varay is lithe and feminine, and Mica is a dwarf with a rather childish appearance and demeanor]].
* DwindlingParty: As of Volume 11, [[spoiler:only four of the Lances are left, one of whom joined during the WarArc. Of the ones who died, one died before the war began, one was revealed to be a traitor and was duly killed off, and one died saving the rest from the wrath of an Asura]].
* ElementalPowers: All of the Lances are elemental deviants of one sort or another. Alea is a GreenThumb, Varay is AnIcePerson, Olfred is a MagmaMan, Aya has unique CastingAShadow powers, Mica is a GravityMaster, Bairon has ShockAndAwe powers, and Arthur is a MasterOfAll [[spoiler:turned aether-wielding demigod]].
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Their CustomUniform[=s=] are all white with gold highlights and details and red sashes and capes.
* FlightIsTheFinalPower: As part of becoming white core mages, they gain the ability to fly.
* GoodWearsWhite: Their ceremonial uniforms are predominantly white.
* MagicKnight: Not only are they all very talented mages, but also are elite knights in service of their kings and queens.
* NomDeGuerre: They provide the Trope Image. Each of the Lances has their own distinct codename that was used back when their existence was kept a secret, but after being revealed the codenames exist as a formality. Said codenames are also reflective of their own elemental powers.
* PowerLimiter: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Kezess had these put in the [[ArtifactOfPower Artifacts Of Power]] that empower the Lances to prevent them from becoming powerful enough should they turn against him. Thanks to Arthur's newfound insight from his time in the Relictombs, he is able to break these limiters which allows the Lances to gain their true power]].
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler:After the war, the remaining Lances end up splitting up to lead various rebel groups in retaking their homeland from the Alacryans]].
* SplitAndReunion: During the WarArc, the Lances did not get along with each other. After the end of the war [[spoiler:the Lances are split up in the aftermath of the Alacryan conquest. Following Arthur's return, the four survivors admit their flaws and resolve to be better individuals than who they used to be. From that point onward, they work much better as a team and are able to lead the Dicathians to retake the continent]].
* SuperEmpowering: The Lances derive their power thanks to their [[ArtifactOfPower Artifacts Of Power]], which were given to the forefathers of the royal families by Windsom generations ago. In turn, the original Lances would teach those that they deemed strong enough how to manipulate mana, giving rise to the first mages on Dicathen.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being supposedly the strongest mages on Dicathen, [[spoiler:they are frequently put in situations wherein they lose to much stronger opponents such as Alacryan Retainers (Uto, Lyra) or Scythes (Cadell). To say nothing of what happens when they fight Taci, who is able to overpower them all in spite of being [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts a boy by Asuran standards]]]].

[[folder:Alea Triscan]]
->''"That's a pretty strong bloodlust you're emanating toward a Lance."''
A young elf with extremely acute senses. Arthur meets her by chance at the Academy.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Not only is she named much earlier at the Council announcement like the rest of the Lances, but she and Bairon appear in an original scene where she meets Arthur much earlier than in the novel.
* AscendedExtra: Alea's role in the {{Webcomic}} is much bigger than in the novel. Not only does she meet Arthur much earlier and impart on him some advice and insight, but the circumstances that led to her fateful mission to Widow's Crypt are shown. This makes her death have much more impact than in the novel.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Uto cripples her mana core, rips out her limbs, cauterizes the wounds so she doesn't bleed to death too quickly. And finally plucks out her eyes, while making sure she survives long enough to listen helplessly as her men are slaughtered]].
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dies in tears in the arms of Arthur]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:At the hands of Uto, for the grave sin of chipping his horn]].
* GreenThumb: Her powers are nature-based.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Laments that having spent her entire life pursuing power and status, she'll have no one mourning her passing.]]
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Aureate".
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Feels inadequate and weak compared to the rest of the Lances.
* TemptingFate: In her earlier encounter with Arthur in the {{Webcomic}}, she says to him that "Maybe we'll run into each other again" right before she leaves with Bairon. When Arthur crosses paths with her again, it is when he finds her dying in Widow's Crypt like in the novel.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: In the novel, she was only introduced when Arthur found her dying at the bottom of Widow's Crypt.

[[folder:Varay Aurae]]
The first Human Lance and most powerful one. Also acts as the de-facto leader of the group. Is a proficient ice conjurer.

* TheAce: The strongest Lance, by a fair margin. [[spoiler:Formerly]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The rest of the Lances see her as this. [[spoiler: Though later Arthur replaces her]].
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Loses her left arm fighting Taci]].
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: After losing her left arm to Taci, she replaces it with a one made of ice.]]
* BadassBoast: "Every word you speak is heavy with untruth," Varay said coldly. "You are a liar, and a murderer. I am Varay Aurae, and I won't let you hurt another Dicathian".
* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler: with Arthur when he returns to save them from Taci, she was glad to have him back and hugs him after the fight.]]
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:The loss of her king and defeat of her continent barely slow her down]].
* HiddenDepths: Is highly competitive and even has shades of BloodKnight to her character as she enjoyed sparring with Arthur.
* AnIcePerson: Manipulates ice at will.
* IceQueen: Does not let her emotions get in the way of her duty.
* InstantArmor: Usually fights while encased in a beautiful ice armor.
* {{Kuudere}}:Despite her coldness and ice queen personality she cares about the other lances and Dicathen as a whole.
* TheMentor: Takes Kathyln under her wing in the leadup to the WarArc, which works out rather well as they both specialize in ice magic.
* MoreDakka: Tends to overwhelm her enemies with pure destructive force.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Has no qualms sending Arthur into what is likely to be his death, as her obedience to her king is absolute and most likely because of her blood oath .
* MysticalWhiteHair: She has a literal snow-white hair which befits her status as a master of ice magic.
* NoSocialSkills: Is impossibly clumsy in social situations outside of her role as a Lance.
** This also works against her, as she has trouble inspiring Mica and Aya to continue the fight.
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Zero".
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Even she is shaken by the destruction of Elenoir and was also deeply affected by Aya's death.]]
* TeamMom: To her unruly Lance children.
* VisibleSilence: Is usually silent and reserved.

[[folder:Olfred Warend]]
The first Dwarven Lance. A powerful manipulator of magma and golems.

* AlasPoorVillain: His only sin is loyalty to a traitor.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Is killed by Aya for betraying Dicathen]].
* ElementalArmor: His Hell Armor spell clads him in a suit of magma.
* HonorBeforeReason: He would die rather than abandoning his traitorous master to Aya's horror.
* MagmaMan: His power comes mainly from his mastery of fire and magma.
* MarionetteMaster: Conjures clay golems to battle alongside him. He also conjures a manta made of magma to carry Arthur to the Council Castle.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: His ultimate loyalty lies not with his continent or his race, but with his master and benefactor Rahdeas. Who as it turns out is in league with Agrona.
* NomDeGuerre: His codename is "Balrog".
* OnlySaneMan: Often comes as such in the company of the other Lances.
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:His loyalty to a traitor makes a traitor out of him as well.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Rahdeas.

[[folder:Aya Grephin]]
The first Elven Lance. Specializes in stealth and illusions.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies at the hands of Taci.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it multiple times, [[spoiler:but the destruction of her homeland and genocide of her people really takes the cake.]]
* EtTuBrute: Takes [[spoiler:Olfred's]] betrayal '''hard'''.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Understandly does not take well to the genocide of her people.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: Life is not kind to her.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Suffers one after the death of her king and queen, then again after the destruction of her home.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She sacrifices herself against Taci to make her illusions more realistic to save Bairon, Varay and Mica.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:That she could not save the royal family she is sworn to weighs heavily on her]].
* MasterOfIllusion: For use in battle and torture.
* MyGreatestFailure: That she was elsewhere when her people needed her most.
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Phantasm".
* SelfDestructiveCharge: [[spoiler:Dies attempting this on Taci.]]
* TheHeart: To the Lances. Being the most centered and frankly least homicidal.
* TraumaCongaLine: Alas poor Aya. [[spoiler:Is betrayed by her fellow Lance Olfred, with whom she had developed a true camaraderie, and is forced to put him down herself. Her home country is overrun and her people either enslaved or scattered. The king she is sworn to betrays the war effort and is unceremoniously murdered for it. Tessia is captured and assumed dead. Culminates in Aldir nuking her entire country from orbit, driving the elven race to near-extinction]].
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Is stated to be impossibly beautiful thanks to a careful use of her powers to appear as such. Gradually loses her luster as the war takes its toll on her.

[[folder:Mica Earthborn]]
->''"WHAT LIMITS? MICA HAS NO LIMITS!!!''"
The second Dwarven Lance. A child-prodigy and powerful manipulator of deviant gravity magic.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Acts as this to Varay and Aya.
* BloodKnight: Mica loves a good fight due to her violent nature and will not hesitate to tell her opponents of the harm they are about to experience.
* CheshireCatGrin: Does not lose it even when circumstances are dire.
* CreepyChild: Enjoys threatening people with grievous bodily harm and torture. And often as not will follow up on her threat.
* DropTheHammer: Her weapon of choice, which combined with her gravity magic leads her to wield hammers over thrice her size.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Loses her left eye when fighting Taci]].
* GenkiGirl: Subverted as it's mostly a façade. In truth she is violent, vindictive and driven.
* GravityMaster: Her powers are based on her mastery of deviant gravity magic. Though she often uses Earth magic as well.
* MarshmallowHell: In the novel, she is on the receiving end of this trope courtesy of Aya.
* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Ohmwrecker".
* PerpetualSmiler: Mica is always smiling.
* ThePrankster: Has this dynamic with Aya. Though it's revealed it's her own clumsy attempt to cheer up her fellow Lance.
* SecretlyWealthy: Is heiress to noble, wealthy and renowned family. Second in influence to the Dwarven royal family only.
* TeamMom: To her small team of Dwarves investigating a disturbance in Darv. So much so that she's willing to give up a fight against [[spoiler:Seris]] to save their lives.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mica tends to speak using her own name instead of personal pronouns.
* TokenHeroicOrc: {{Downplayed}}. Despite her kingdom divided by the war she remains on the side of Dicathen and the resistance after the war is lost that is [[spoiler: Until Arthur returns from Alacrya leading the resistance back from the brink]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She looks like a child, however she is fifty years old.

[[folder:Bairon Wykes]]
Lucas’ half-brother, who unlike him is righteous and takes his role seriously. He is a fearsome lightning manipulator.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Not only is he named much earlier at the Council announcement like the rest of the Lances (with him being named last to hammer into Arthur just how influential the Wykes are in Sapin and how big of an enemy he made with Lucas), but he and Alea appear in an original scene where he meets Arthur much earlier than in the novel (if only briefly, as he ends up scolding Lucas for his misconduct).
* ArchNemesis: Develops this dynamic with Arthur. [[spoiler:Though they reconcile later]].
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Is able to instantly collapse the barrier surrounding Xyrus academy.
* BigBrotherInstinct: To Lucas. Even though the latter is a deranged maniac. [[spoiler: Though he admits later his anger was about the insult to the Wykes house, especially after they betray him and Dicathen]].
* BreakTheHaughty:[[spoiler: gets humbled after suffering because of his pride blinding him from his family wrongdoings as his family betrayed Dicathen.]]
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Turns himself into pure lightning for a chance to hurt Taci]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: He wanted to make Arthur pay by any means for brutaly killing Lucas though he indirectly succeeds at a great cost where the war is lost and Arthur and Sylvie sacrifice themselves against Nico and Cadell making the Dicathen army lose morale as Arthur was their only chance to victory and Bairon regrets it deeply, thankfully Arthur survives and returns once again where Bairon make amends with him and they reconcile.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Bairon started as a prideful and smug noble given the rest of his house, and was incredibly hostile towards Arthur because of the death of Lucas. During the WarArc, while he was able to tolerate his presence, he was still unwilling to cooperate with him to cooperate which led to [[spoiler:the loss of the war, his family becoming LesCollaborateurs and betraying the continent, and Arthur is presumed dead which causes him to protect Arthur's sister Eleanor out of guilt. When he reunited with Arthur after the fight with Taci he was in tears and embraced Arthur and after the Siege of Vildorial he finally forgives Arthur.]]
* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Between Virion and what remains of the Dicathian resistance, and his family that welcomes their invaders. He chooses the former as he realizes just how corrupt his family has been all along]].
* ForgedByTheGods: [[spoiler:Following Taci's death, Arthur gives Bairon the fallen Asura's spear. While Bairon does not want to at first because Taci killed Aya, Mica argues that nothing would be more respectful to Aya's sacrifice than slaughtering Asuras with weapons of their own making]].
* HeroAntagonist: To Arthur. [[spoiler: FORMERLY]].
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:Aya says this to him before sacrificing herself to save him from Taci]].
* NomDeGuerre: His codename is "Thunderlord".
* LightningBruiser: Of the ShockAndAwe kind.
* TheMentor: Takes Curtis under her wing in the leadup to the WarArc.
* MorphWeapon: Can mold lightning into all manner of weapons.
* NervesOfSteel: To his credit, he refuses to back down in the face of impossibly stronger foes.
* PoorCommunicationKills: His refusal to communicate or trust Arthur,[[spoiler: FORMERLY]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: Initially does ''not'' forgive Lucas' murder at the hands of Arthur, even though the former was clearly a traitor and too far gone [[spoiler:until the war is lost. Coupled with his family becoming LesCollaborateurs and betraying him and his near-death fighting Taci, it leads him to reconcile with Arthur upon the latter's return from Alacrya, specifically after the Siege of Vildorial]].
* ShockAndAwe: His powers are based on his mastery of deviant lightning magic.
* SuperSenses: Learns Arthur's trick of infusing himself with lightning to augment his reflexes.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the rest of the Lances. And especially Arthur [[spoiler:though later he gets better]].
* TraumaCongaLine:[[spoiler:Suffers twice first after his defeat by Cadell then his family's treason to Dicathen]].
* TookALevelInIdealism: [[spoiler:When push comes to shove, he stands with Virion and the Dicathian resistance against his collaborationist family]].
* WhiteSheep:[[spoiler:Becomes this to his family after their treason and makes amends with Arthur]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Is willing to murder Arthur on the spot, and would've if not for the intervention of the other Lances,[[spoiler: though he regrets it and apolgizes to Arthur later]].

* AnArmAndALeg: Combined with BodyHorror When he confronts Arthur for good [[spoiler:Arthur promptly slices his left arm off. Then freeze-burns his right arm. Then crushes his left leg. And his right leg. And his pelvis. Needless to say, [[RasputinianDeath Lucas doesn’t survive.]]]]

* CharacterDeath: Combined with CruelAndUnusualDeath He is killed by Arthur as Arthur burns freezes his arms and crushes his legs also the pelvic bone for his crimes at xyrus and hurting Tessia

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Dwarfed by his brother’s power and prestige, he’s so obsessed with living up to the Wykes name and not wasting the money his parents spent on various drugs and mana cores to make him stronger, that he developped an insufferably arrogant personality and commits absolutely heinous acts to prove he’s not a loser.

* TheUnfavorite: His father cares so little for him outside of his power that [[spoiler:after he dies, the only thing said father worries about is how he can limit the damage Lucas’ betrayal could bring to the Wykes house’s image.]]

-> ''"WHAT LIMITS? MICA HAS NO LIMITS!!!''"

* FightingFromtheInside: [[spoiler: In the climax of Volume 8, Tessia is kidnapped by Nico who was Arthur's former best friend turned ArchEnemy who is working Agrona Vritra as a vessel for a being called the legacy which is Cecilia who is Arthur's past life friend and Nico's fiance.]] In volume 9, [[spoiler:Tessia and Arthur meet in the victoriad after he cripples Nico and kills Cadell. However, she was not in control of her own body but controlled by the Legacy Cecilia. As Arthur tries to kill her but fails as he realizes she is still alive as she is able to take control for a moment and caress his face revealing she is been fighting from the inside out through her beastwill the elder guardianwood then Arthur escapes vowing to save her one day.]] Later, In Volume 10 till the climax, [[spoiler:Cecilia fights Seris many times who has rebelled against Agrona but fails everytime to kill or Capture Seris thanks to Seris's cunning mind until Cecilia falls in a trap set by Seris where Cecilia is forced to absorb all of Orleath's mana allowing Seris to escape from Cecilia.]] In Volume 11, [[spoiler:it is revealed in the process of falling in Seris's trap Tessia/Cecilia enters the stage after the white stage. The stage is called integrate stage allowing the core to be one with the body which allows Tessia who is still figthing from the inside to be partially released with her beast will the elderguardian wood from Cecilia's mind letting her take control of her body anytime but she is waiting for the right moment to strike against Agrona indicating there is still hope for Tessia and Arthur to be together. Tessia learns the truth about Arthur's reincarnation but still loves him despite the mental gape between them.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: A flashback shows that after they lost Art, the Twin Horns are seen bandaging her wrist with a bloodly knife next to her.

* ShipperOnDeck: When she meets Tessia for the first time, she states she is glad Art has a responsible friend now... and in the future. Causing Tessia's face to turn bright red with embarassment.

* WindIsGreen: She wears green dresses and specializes in wind magic.

* BigGood: Virion plays this role in the leadup to the WarArc when Aldir pronounces him the only suitable leader to head the Tri-Union Alliance against the impending Alacryan invasion. He continues to play this role [[spoiler:even after the Alacryans conquer Dicathen and execute its kings and queens, albeit under the coercion and manipulation of Kezess and the Asuras who seek to cover up for their own misdeeds, in particular the destruction of Elenoir, his own homeland by the aforementioned Aldir using the World Eater Technique. In that state, he is forced to lie to his own people about what happened. When the Dicathians discover the truth and Virion decides to turn against him, Kezess decides to wipe the slate clean. Only the timely return of Arthur from Alacrya foils his plans. Afterwards, Virion decides to step away from the role so that Arthur can take the reins]].

* {{Patricide}}: The {{Webcomic}} reveals he brought an end to the war between Sapin and Elenoir by murdering his father and claiming his throne.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: They begrudgingly agree to tolerate [[spoiler:Lyra Dreide even though she paraded their parents' corpses around]].

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Kathyln has black hair like her mother.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:That she could not save the royal family she is sworn to weighs heavily on her.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Alas poor Aya. [[spoiler:Is betrayed by her fellow Lance Olfred, with whom she had developed a true camaraderie, and is forced to put him down herself. Her home country is overrun and her people either enslaved or scattered. The king she is sworn to betrays the war effort and is unceremoniously murdered for it. Tessia is captured and assumed dead. Culminates in Aldir nuking her entire country from orbit, driving the elven race to near-extinction.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: To Lucas. Even though the latter is a deranged maniac, [[spoiler: Though he admits later his anger was about the insult to the Wykes house]].

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Turns himself into pure lightning for a chance to hurt Taci.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Bairon started as a prideful and smug noble given the rest of his house, and was hostile towards Arthur because of the death of Lucas. During the WarArc, while he was able to tolerate his presence, he was still unwilling to cooperate with him to cooperate which led to [[spoiler:the loss of the war, his family becoming LesCollaborateurs and betraying the continent, and Arthur is presumed dead which causes him to protect Arthur's sister Eleanor out of guilt. When he reunited with Arthur after the fight with Taci he was in tears and embraced Arthur and after the Siege of Vildorial he finally forgives Arthur.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Intitally Does ''not'' forgive Lucas' murder at the hands of Arthur, even though the former was clearly a traitor, and too far gone until the war is lost and the wykes family betrayal he forgives Arthur and apologizes to him in chapter 394.]]

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Finally gives Art one at the end of Chapter 101.]]
* CoolDownHug:[[spoiler: To Arthur after his father's death]]

* CasanovaWannabe: Tries to get girls to notice him, but tends to fail in an embarrassing fashion.

* FieryRedhead: Claire has bright red hair and radiates an air.

* TheBigGuy: Is the largest member of the Disciplinary Committee.

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:At the hands of Uto, for the grave sin of chipping his horn.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Is killed by Aya for betraying Dicathen.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: She looks like a child however she is fifty years old.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Not only is he named much earlier at the Council announcement like the rest of the Lances (to hammer into Arthur just how influential the Wykes are in Sapin and how big of an enemy he made with Lucas), but he and Alea appear in an original scene where he meets Arthur much earlier than in the novel (if only briefly, as he ends up scolding Lucas for his misconduct).
* ArchNemesis: Develops this dynamic with Arthur,[[spoiler:Though they reconcile later.]]

* HeroAntagonist: To Arthur,[[spoiler: FORMERLY]]
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:Aya says this to him before sacrificing herself to save him from Taci.]]

* SkywardScream: In the {[Webcomic}}, his reaction to [[spoiler:Cynthia Goodsky's death has him collapse to his knees and scream in anguish]].

* LoveableNerd: Is very friendly and endearing despite her intellectual interests.

* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: [[spoiler:After not having been seen since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4, Feyrith returns in Volume 9 only to end up as one of the casualties of Taci’s rampage (which was only revealed the following volume)]].

* ElementalPowers: All of the Lances are elemental deviants of one sort or another. Alea is a GreenThumb, Varay is AnIcePerson, Olfred is a MagmaMan, Aya has unique CastingAShadow powers, Mica is a GravityMaster, Bairon has ShockAndAwePowers, and Arthur is a MasterOfAll [[spoiler:turned aether-wielding demigod]].

* HeroesWearCapes: Their uniforms all sport red capes.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Uto cripples her mana core, rips out her limbs, cauterizes the wounds so she doesn't bleed to death too quickly. And finally plucks out her eyes, while making sure she survives long enough to watch on helplessly as her men are slaughtered.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dies in tears in the arms of Arthur.]]

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The rest of the Lances see her as this[[spoiler: Though later Arthur replaces her]].
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Loses her left arm fighting Taci.]]
* AnIcePerson: Manipulates ice at will.
* BadassBoast: "Every word you speak is heavy with untruth," Varay said coldly. "You are a liar, and a murderer. I am Varay Aurae, and I won't let you hurt another Dicathian."

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:The loss of her king and defeat of her continent barely slow her down.]]

* MysticalWhiteHair: She has a literall white hair

* NomDeGuerre: Her codename is "Zero".
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: A magical one replace her lost arm beecause of Taci with a one made of ice.]]

* TheAce: The strongest Lance, by a fair margin[[Spoiler:Formerly]].

* CheshireCatGrin: Does not lose it even when circumstances are dire..

* DropTheHammer: HerWeaponOfChoice, which combined with her gravity magic leads her to wield hammers over thrice her size.

* TokenHeroicOrc:DownPlayed, Despite her kingdom divided by the war she remains on the side of Dicathen and the resistance after the war is lost that is [[spoiler: Until Arthur returns from Alacrya leading the resistance back from the brink]]

* CreateYourOwnHero: {{Exploited}}. [[spoiler: At the end of Volume 10, it is revealed that she is responsible for preventing Grey's soul from falling in Agrona's dominion and thus preventing him from being ReforgedIntoAMinion like Nico and Cecilia. With that in mind, it basically means that Agrona and Kezess's greatest mortal nemesis only exists because of their only living descendant]].

* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Regis as both are his comapanions but he reinforces his strengths, but also his worst aspects]].

* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler: She sacrifices her physical body to save Arthur from dying after his battle against Nico and Cadell at the end of Volume 7. {{Subverted}} the following volume as it is revealed she is turned into an egg, and at the end of Volume 10 she returns again after Arthur and Aldir revive her]].

[[folder:Jasmine Flamesworth]]
The youngest member of the party, daughter of a powerful family. Despite her aloof attitude, she gets attached surprisingly quickly to the little Arthur.

* AbusiveParents: Coming from a family renowned for producing outstanding fire mages, her father had great expectations when she awakened earlier than usual, only for her to turn out to be a gifted air elementalist. While he doesn't outright kick her out of the house he makes it clear she doesn't belong in it.
* CaptainErsatz: In the {{Webcomic}}, her appearance is a dead ringer for [[Anime/LogHorizon Akatsuki]].
* DualWielding: Her weapon of choice are dual daggers.
* LastSecondWordSwap: In her goodbye letter to Art, she clearly crosses out the incomplete "Love" and replaces it with "Sincerly".
* NonIndicativeName: Intentional example. Despite her surname, she has wind instead of fire magic. This led to her being effectively disowned by her family for not conforming to their traditions.
* NotSoStoic: When she meets Art again after several years she through he was dead, she runs into his arms and cries her eyes out apologizing for letting it happen.
* TheUnfavorite: Her family looks down on her as she specializes in wind magic where her family is known for being powerful fire mages.
* WhiteSheep: She is the only decent one of her family unlike her father who is a terrible father, human being and a [[spoiler:traitor to Dicathen]].

[[folder:Adam Krensh]]
An augmenter who specializes in the use of a spear.

* FieryRedhead: Adam has red hair that resembles flames and is described as being talkative and energetic.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrificed himself to buy the Dicathians time to retreat from the dungeon after they discovered more mana beasts were hiding below it]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffscreen]]: [[spoiler:His death is not depicted at all, instead occurring in the transition between Volumes 5 and 6. Arthur only hears about it from his parents when he hears they are going to rejoin the war]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Durden Walker]]
Durden is a conjurer who specializes in earth magic.
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[[folder:Helen Shard]]
The current leader of the Twin Horns. She specializes in using a bow.

* ArcherArchetype: She prefers to wield a bow and is rather serious and analytical.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The {{Webcomic}} establishes her to be a half-elf as she has pointed ears.
* TheLeader: After Reynolds settled down with Alice, Helen took over as the leader for the group.

The former King of Elenoir, Virion is Alduin’s father and in turn Tessia’s grandfather.

Virion’s deceased wife, Rinia’s older sister, and Alduin’s mother. She died during the war between Sapin and Elenoir.

* [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:He alongside his wife Merial and the Glayders are executed by being impaled on spikes by the Vritra]].

[[folder:Blayne Glayder]]

The Prince and Princess of Sapin whom Arthur meets at the Helstea Auction along with their parents. Later on, when Arthur joins the Disciplinary Committee in Xyrus Academy, both siblings are part of it. During the war, they lead their own team.

Director of Xyrus Academy. She can use sound magic[[spoiler:Later revealed to be an alacryan spy working against the vritra.]]

* CharacterDeath: Combined With HeroicSacrifice she dies because of the Vritra curse magic after revealing information.

[[folder:Professor Glory]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he is introduced during Arthur's examination, he ends up being exempt from having to take the exam on top of his reserved nature.

* MysteriousPast: Is established to have one when Kaspian Bladeheart goes over his background. What little is known about him is that he was raised by the dwarves.

[[folder:Claire Bladeheart]]
The leader of the Disciplinary Committee, Claire is the niece of Kaspian Bladeheart. She is a fifth-year augmenter with a dual attribute in both fire and wind.

[[folder:Emily Watsken]]
A scholar mage student who Arthur meets in his Basics of Artificing Class, Emily is a shy and awkward girl who is nonetheless a skilled and intelligent inventor and artificer. Due to her magitechnological expertise, she goes on to become Gideon’s assistant from the WarArc onward.

* BeleagueredAssistant: To Gideon. As she puts it:
-->'''Emily:''' Don’t call him "Professor". My nutjob of a master can hardly be considered sane, let alone a proper educator of future generations. I swear, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to dig my master out from under a pile of debris and useless junk after an explosion he caused.
* BespectacledCutie: Despite having glasses and freckles, she is noted to be rather cute with the glasses making her endearing.
* ChildProdigy: She invented the projection disc artifact that was used to broadcast the announcement of the Council and is still in school.
* LoveableNerd: Is very friendly and endearing despite her intellectual interests.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: When she brings up to Arthur how news travels fast in Xyrus Academy, in particular his defeat of Professor Geist which only occurred in his last class, her glasses briefly obscure her eyes as she gives him a sly grin.
[[/folder]]

!!Lances

[[folder:In General]]
Six elite mages appointed to protect Dicathen. They are among the very few mages who have reached the white core stage.
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* BadassFamily: All of them are Badass[=es=] in one respect or another. Other than Arthur and his own credentials, Reynolds used to be a famous adventurer and later on became the instructor for the guards at the Helstea Auction House, Alice was also an adventurer and medic turned ActionSurvivor, and Eleanor has become a skilled archer with her own [[spoiler:Djinn magic, Alacryan regalia, and Asuran-given bond]].

* CharacterDeath:[[spoiler: Dies in the war to a mana beast]]

* HeroicBSod: Suffers it multipule times[[spoiler: First after Arthur's reincarnation revealed,then after Reynolds death, then Arthur's apparent death though later Arthur returns]].

* TheMedic: Her main Deviant magic power is healing.

* ShipperOnDeck: When she meets Tess for the first time, she states she is glad Art has a responsible friend now... and in the future. Causing Tess to turn bright red.

* ShipperOnDeck: They are all very supportive of Arthur and Tessia's relationship.

** After he refuses Kezess’s offer after being confronted by the rest of the resistance about the ulterior motivations behind it, Kezess orders Taci to kill him and everyone else hiding in the Djinn sanctuary for defying him. It is only thanks to Arthur’s sudden return and slaying of Taci that Virion gets to live to see another day.

* DarkIsNotEvil: When he activates his beast will, he turns into an almost featureless black humanoid with long hair and vaguely feline features. In spite of that form’s monstrous appearance, Virion is one of the good guys.

* RebelLeader: [[spoiler:After the loss of the war, Virion ends up becoming the main leader of the Dicathian resistance]].

* EmbarassingNickname: "Feyfey".

* NomDeGuerre: They provide the Trope Image. Each of the Lances has their own distinct codename that was used back when their existence was kept a secret, but after being revealed the codenames exist as a formality.
* PowerLimiter: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Kezess had these put in the [[ArtifactOfPower ArtifactsOfPower]] that empower the Lances to prevent them from becoming powerful enough should they turn against him. Thanks to Arthur's newfound insight from his time in the Relictombs, he is able to break these limiters which allows the Lances to gain their true power]].

* SuperEmpowering: The Lances derive their power thanks to their [[ArtifactOfPower ArtifactsOfPower]], which were given to the forefathers of the royal families by Windsom generations ago. In turn, the original Lances would teach those that they deemed strong enough how to manipulate mana, giving rise to the first mages on Dicathen.

* HeroicBSod: Suffers it multipule times[[spoiler: First after Arthur's reincarnation revealed,then after Reynolds death, then Arthur's apparent death though later Arthur returns]]

* InterruptedSuicide: Twin Horns were able to save her after she attempted to slit her wrists when she thought her son was dead.
* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler:She decides to finally Accept Arthur's past life after he returns from Alacrya]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:TO Tessia"''It's your fault he's gone. You know that, right?''"]]

* BigBrotherWorship: Ellie idolizes Arthur.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She Elbow Drops her brother awake.

%%[[folder:Helen Shard]]
%%Leader of the Twin Horns
%%[[/folder]]

* CaptainErsatz: In the {{Webcomic}}, her appearance is a dead ringer to [[Anime/LogHorizon Akatsuki]].

* WhiteSheep: She is the only decent one of her family unlike her father who is a terrible father,human being and a traitor to Dicathen.

* AndCallHimGeorge! Every time she hugs Arthur, she nearly smothered to death between her breasts.
* MarshmallowHell: Both times she has hugged Arthur she has nearly suffocated him with her breasts. The {{Webcomic}}version adds a third time, on top of having her do the same to Tessia as well.

* ArcherArchetype: She prefers to wield a bow and is rather serious.

* AbdicateTheThrone: He abdicated in favor of his son Alduin after the war between Sapin and Elenoir.
* AffectionateNickname: Is called “Gramps” by both Arthur and Tessia.

** In the past war between Sapin and Elenoir, Virion’s wife Lania foresaw his death at the hands of assassins sent by the then-King of Sapin. She kept looking into the future to try to find a different outcome in spite of Virion pleading her not to as her divination powers were CastFromLifespan. She was able to buy enough time for the war to end with Blaine Glayder usurping his father and Virion surviving, but by then she had burnt up so much of her life force viewing potential futures that she died a few weeks later having aged years.

* [[spoiler:BetrayalByOffspring]]: [[spoiler:Is sold out by his son and daughter-in-law when the BigBad offers them a SadisticChoice between his life or his granddaughter and they choose the latter, in the process allowing the Alacryans access into the Council Castle. In the aftermath, Virion has to disown both of them for this transgression, but Tessia refuses to abandon her parents, which leads to disastrous results]].

* InsultOfEndearment: He refers to Arthur as “Brat”.

%%[[folder:Gideon]]
%%Considered the best artificer in all of Dicathen. Arthur gives him plans to build a vapor boat that doesn’t require mana to run.
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Professor Glory]]
%%The teacher for team strategies in Xyrus Academy. She can use both fire and earth magic.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Elijah Knight]]
Arthur’s best friend, a human raised by the dwarves whose origins are unclear. After the incident in the Dire Tombs, Arthur invites him to live with his family and the two end up attending Xyrus Academy together.

For tropes related to [[spoiler:his true identity, see Nico Sever's folder in the [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]] page]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Views Arthur as this. Not only is Arthur much more physically and magically talented compared to Elijah, but he has far more success in attracting the ladies. As it turns out, [[spoiler:this resentment ties into Elijah’s true identity, who has been twisted into despising Arthur - or rather Arthur’s past self King Grey - for a perceived wrong he committed in their past lives]].
* CasanovaWannabe: Tries to get girls to notice him, but tends to fail in an embarrassing fashion.
* DishingOutDirt: His primary elemental affinity is earth magic. Fitting, as he has been raised by the dwarves.
* DistressedDude: Is kidnapped by the Radicals during the attack on Xyrus and taken back to Alacrya for reasons unknown.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he is introduced during Arthur's examination, he ends up being exempt from having to take the exam on top of his reserved nature.
* FireForgedFriends: After the TotalPartyKill in the Dire Tombs and helping Arthur and Jasmine recover (on top of seeing Arthur's true powers), he and Arthur become best friends.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to prevent the Radicals from harming Tessia, only to be taken captive himself and taken back to Alacrya.
* MysteriousPast: Is established to have one when Kaspian Bladeheart goes over his background. What little is known about him is that he was raised by the dwarves.

[[folder:Lucas Wykes]]
Half-human and half-elf, he’s a prodigy from the infamous Wykes family, raised to become a powerful fire mage.

* ArchEnemy: To Arthur.
* AnArmAndALeg: Combined with BodyHorror When he confronts Arthur for good [[spoiler:Arthur promptly slices his left arm off. Then freeze-burns his right arm. Then crushes his left leg. And his right leg. And his pelvis. Needless to say, [[RasputinianDeath Lucas doesn’t survive.]]]]
* BigBrotherWorship: At the very least, his brother Bairon is the only person he fears and the only one he doesn’t look down on.
* CharacterDeath: Combined with CruelAndUnusualDeath He is killed by Arthur as Arthur burns freezes his arms and crushes his legs also the pelvic bone for his crimes at xyrus and hurting Tessia
* DrivenByEnvy: After learning that Arthur, a mere commoner without the benefit of Lucas's expensive training and elixirs, is stronger than he is, he becomes determined to take Arthur down which later costs him greatly.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Despite [[spoiler: joining a terrorist group and committing numerous atrocities during the attack]], after [[spoiler: Art kills him]], his brother is absolutely furious and would have attacked Art if not for the other Lances stopping him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Is a half-elf, with his mother having been one of the Wykes' elven slaves.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Dwarfed by his brother’s power and prestige, he’s so obsessed with living up to the Wykes name and not wasting the money his parents spent on various drugs and mana cores to make him stronger, that he developped an insufferably arrogant personality and commits absolutely heinous acts to prove he’s not a loser.
* SmugSnake: Has very little respect for anyone and likes to flaunt his power whenever given the chance (even if said power was not obtained naturally for the most part).
* TheUnfavorite: His father cares so little for him outside of his power that [[spoiler:after he dies, the only thing said father worries about is how he can limit the damage Lucas’ betrayal could bring to the Wykes house’s image.]]

[[folder:Claire Bladeheart]]
The leader of the Disciplinary Committee, Claire is the niece of Kaspian Bladeheart. She is a fifth-year augmenter with a dual attribute in both fire and wind.

* BlowYouAway: One of her elemental attributes.
* CareerEndingInjury: After the loss of her mana core, she is unable to participate in the war outside of training.
* FieryRedhead: Claire has bright red hair and radiates an air.
* MasterSwordswoman: The Bladehearts, as their name attests, are renowned for their skill at the sword. Claire is no exception.
* PlayingWithFire: Her other elemental attribute.

[[folder:Doradrea Oreguard]]
* TheLadette: Being a female dwarf, Doradrea is rather spunky and tough.
* OffWithHisHead: She is decapitated by the Radicals.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Feyrith Ivsaar III]]
An elven noble who Arthur met during his childhood in Elenoir. Years later, he would cross paths with Arthur as part of the Disciplinary Committee.

* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: [[spoiler:After not having been seen since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4, Feyrith returns in Volume 9 only to end up as one of the casualties of Taci’s rampage (which was only revealed the following volume)]].
* TheBusCameBack:
** After a brief role during the events of Volume 1, Feyrith reappears in Volume 3 as one of the members of the Disciplinary Committee.
** After not being mentioned since the attack on Xyrus in Volume 4. Feyrith returns in Volume 9 where he enlists Eleanor in [[spoiler: exposing the Asuras’ attempts to manipulate the resistance]].
* ButtMonkey: Of the Disciplinary Committee. Theodore mentions Feyrith fell face down when he fell for his CrushingHandshake. Later on during the Practical Mana Manipulation class, Feyrith is the first to volunteer for Professor Geist’s demonstration (itself a bid to get back at Arthur) and gets trounced. The {{Webcomic}} also adds a scene during a montage of Arthur’s time in Xyrus Academy where Feyrith is on the ground while the rest of the Disciplinary Committee are laughing at him.
* EmbarassingNickname: "Feyfey".
* ShooOutTheClowns: Despite being a comedic foil in his earlier appearances, Feyrith disappears after the attack on Xyrus, but is established to have survived. By the time he resurfaces in Volume 9, [[spoiler:he has been broken by all the misfortune that has befallen the elves since and is no longer a source of comic relief. The start of the next volume reveals he was among the casualties of Taci’s rampage]].
* UnknownRival: Is Arthur’s self-proclaimed rival.

[[folder:Theodore Maxwell]]
* TheBigGuy: Is the largest member of the Disciplinary Committee.
* CrushingHandshake: His way of greeting - or rather hazing - new recruits to the Disciplinary Committee has him offer his hand out to them only to use gravity magic to bring them down to the floor. Arthur manages to avoid being brought down. Feyrith was not so lucky.
* GravityMaster: His elemental affinity.

[[folder:Kai Crestless]]
* TheMole: Is the informant within the Disciplinary Committee for the Radicals. He reveals his treachery during the attack on Xyrus by sabotaging the barrier the Disciplinary Committee tried to set up
* ObviousJudas: His presence makes Arthur feel uneasy (especially since Arthur can't sense his powers), he suspiciously takes up bigger patrols than the other members of the committee all on his own, and at one point, when Arthur asks him about his unique powers, he casually threatens to kill him. Sure enough, he is revealed to be TheMole for the Radicals. The {{Webcomic}} version makes his true colors all the more obvious by giving him a perpetual sinister leer on his face that screams SmugSnake.
* TraitorShot: The {{Webcomic}} adds a montage of Arthur’s time in Xyrus Academy wherein Kai is standing apart from the rest of the Disciplinary Committee as they laugh at Feyrith. A rather obvious sign that he is up to something behind their backs.

[[folder:Emily Watsken]]
A scholar mage student who Arthur meets in his Basics of Artificing Class, Emily is a shy and awkward girl who is nonetheless a skilled and intelligent inventor and artificer. Due to her magitechnological expertise, she goes on to become Gideon’s assistant from the WarArc onward.