Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle Character Index
Main Characters | Royal Knight Academy | Kingdom of Atismata | Secondary Locations | Lords' Faction | Arcadia Empire | Ruins
Main Characters | Royal Knight Academy | Kingdom of Atismata | Secondary Locations | Lords' Faction | Arcadia Empire | Ruins
This page is a collection of tropes for the characters associated with the Arcadia Empire of the Light Novel Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle. Fans of only the anime and manga must beware of spoilers.
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Emperor Diseld Arcadia
Diseld Arcadia
The Emperor of the Arcadia Empire, and Lux's father. He was killed by decaptation after the coup five years before the start of the story.- Archnemesis Dad: Briefly, to both Lux and Fugil, until Fugil slaughters him and his court using Ouroboros. This is subverted with Fugil who was was alive since the creation of Sacred Eclipse.
- Evil Overlord: His reign is never portrayed in a positive light.
- The Ghost: Despite being a prominent figure in the story, he has never made a physical presence. Then again, considering the list of atrocities he committed, no portrayal could ever do him justice. This is finally averted in Volume 14, where he's revealed in a flashback to be as much of a Jerkass as expected by using his own daughter, Airi, as a hostage against Lux.
- Hidden Depths: At first, he seems to be nothing more than a generic Evil Overlord, but he's surprisingly knowledgeable about his family's history with the Lord branch.
- Hypocrite: He is aware of the Lords' corrupt dynasty and admires the legendary Drag-Knight, the White Hero, for overthrowing them. Yet he cries foul when the very same Drag-Knight turns on him for being just as corrupt as the Lords.
- Off with His Head!: Fugil is shown playing with his severed head like a basketball.
- Plausible Deniability: According to Yoruka's testimony in episode 12, the only reason she didn't turn her sword on the emperor, is that, as far as she knows, he never outright ordered her brother's death, and appeared to be just as surprised as she was when the traitorous nobles of her own kindgom presented her brother's severed head.
- Post Humous Character: He's only referenced in flashbacks.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Fugil is mildly surprised that the emperor deduced his true identity.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He doesn't get a scene, aside from the one time where Fugil's bouncing his severed head like a basketball, but he's the reason the Arcadia Empire fell in a coup and Lux's life is the way it is.
- Too Dumb to Live: Combined with a hefty dose of Stupid Evil.
- His response to being told about the corruption of the nobility in the Empire by Lux's grandfather, who learned about it from one of the four great noble houses, is to boot Lux's entire side of the family out of the palace, and abandon them, leaving Lux's mother to die in a carriage accident because of the overwhelming hatred of the populace, as opposed to making attempts to see that the corruption is far less obvious or blatant.
- After Lux becomes the youngest and most talented Drag-Ride pilot ever, in order to win an audience to warn him about the public's growing hatred of his imperial policy, he throws the boy out on his ear, and ignores the accomplishment, grievously offending the most talented and most loyal pilot in his arsenal.
- To Kick the Dog a bit more, he sends agents to seize Philuffy, Lux's childhood friend to whom the boy owes his very life, so that the imperial "scientists" can perform horrific and cruel experiments on her that she's not likely to survive. When Philuffy's elder sister (or mother depending on the adaptation) comes to plead for her release, he only grants a brief audience because she's the head of a very influential merchant/trading house and could easily wreck the Empire's economy, and that audience was just long enough to tell her "forget it, you're not getting the girl back." How he expected that to go well for him boggles the mind.
- Then there's also the way he treats Yoruka, a powerful, skilled, and deadly assassin, supposedly raised from birth in the field, that only agreed to serve as a result of a Hostage Situation by not informing the traitors to Yoruka's home kingdom that he was under Empire protection, until after he's killed. How he expected her to not turn on him at the first opportunity is anyone's guess.
- There's also the fact that Yoruka's brother was clearly a strategic genius, at less than 8 years old (since Yoruka testifies the Arcadia Empire conquered her nation nine years ago, in-universe, and she's 17, like Lux). According to Yoruka, despite her home country ultimately being completely unable to overcome the extreme disadvantage they faced against Arcadia, due to the Empire's vast numerical and technological superiority, the little boy managed to give the Empire such a hard time, that the entire Imperial army had to bear down on the country to win, and it was still quite costly. Rather than foster such incredible talent, he used the boy as a hostage to secure Yoruka's services and then let him be killed while she was away. Small wonder the Empire's battle tactics have difficulty rising above Zerg Rush, and the antagonists rely almost exclusively on treachery and the Abyss.
- Volume 14 showed that while he prepared for Lux by taking Airi hostage, he failed to predict that the Arcadia Empire's "White Hero," Fugil, would turn on the empire once they got too powerful and corrupt for their own good.
- Villainous Legacy: Intentional or otherwise, his actions shaped the lives of many characters.
- He ordered the exile of Lux, Airi and their mother. After the mother died, Lux became a handyman to care for Airi and then took part in the battle that would earn him the title "Black Hero".
- When the coup started, his forces captured Lisesharte and attempted to blackmail her father into surrendering. When her father refused, Lisesharte was given her Mark of Shame. If it wasn’t for the coup succeeding, something worse could have happened to her.
- In an attempt to match Arcadia’s military and technological advances, thanks to the empire's own agression, other countries began their own research on the ruins to exploit their Lost Technology. When Krulcifer was discovered and adopted by the Einfolk family, they treated her more as an accessory than as a person.
- Philuffy was kidnapped and used for the Empire’s inhuman experiments, leading to her death and revival as a human with Ragnarok implants.
- Celestia became aware of the Empire’s corrupton and warned her teacher Wade, who was also Lux’s grandfather. Wade attempted to make things right, but was executed and this led to the exile of Lux and his family. Needless to say, Celestia blamed herself for what happened.
- He also made a deal with Yoruka that her brother would be protected in exchange for her services after Arcadia conquered Yoruka’s home. He went back on the deal and ordered her brother killed, or allowed the boy killed by traitors from her home kingdom by neglecting to inform them that he was under imperial protection.
- He forced Heiburg to accept an unreasonable treaty, leading to their increased militarization and setting the stage for the King of Vices to turn the republic into a hellhole.
- The empire framed Greifer's father for a crime and had him executed, causing the boy to grow up in the streets and develop a grudge against the Arcadia Empire.
- Several of his loyalists continue to act as antagonists, as shown when they attack Cross Feed in the first volume and collaborate with Heiburg in the fifth. Several Old Empire nobles try to reveal Raffi's leaking of information about the coup, but are killed before they can do so.
Velvet Barth
Velvet Barth
Drag-Ride: EX Wyvern
Velvet Barth in the manga
- Adapted Out: In the anime, his role in the first arc is taken by Ragreed instead. It's hard to notice because both are evil in almost all the same ways.
- Adaptational Villainy: Zigzagged. While the anime makes him more Axe-Crazy, the manga makes him more stoic than he's presented in the light novel, as he barely registers getting his cheeck scratched by Lishesharte in the manga, while he goes full-tilt in the anime. In either case, he's stil guilty of lots of Evil Gloating and seriously underestimating Lux. Though this gets confusing due to how he was completely replaced by Ragreed in the anime.
- Bad Boss: Used the 300 knights under his command as cannon fodder against Lux and Lisesharte. Didn't help him one bit.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Ambushed princess Lisesharte and tried to kill her because the Kingdom wasn't acting according to Empire law. He wound up being tried, convicted, interrogated, and punished under Empire law standards for treason. One can only wonder if he's slated for being experimented on, and how he's going to like it.
- Evil Gloating: Every single time he's in combat, he just can't resist doing this. It's the primary reason the protagonists, spefically Lux, triumphs against him. He's so busy gloating that he seriously underestimates his opponents.
- Fake Defector: An Empire's Drag-Knight who faked pledging allegiance to the New Kingdom but was really bidding his time gathering forces for a coup.
- Fangs Are Evil: The anime shows him with fangs as he's engaged in Evil Gloating, or just being unpleasant.
- The Fighting Narcissist: He believes he doesn't need to improve because he's already "perfect," relishes touting his perceived superiority to everyone he comes across, and considers himself and his ideals the epitome of beauty and elegance. As such he takes his defeat from Lux and the scratch he gets from Lisasharte very, very poorly, becoming more depraved and cowardly as a result.
- For Great Justice: He stated that he was "returning to justice" when he unleashed his ambush on Princess Lisesharte. He's probably the only one who believes it.
- He Knows Too Much: In the light novel, he witnesses Hayes meet with Kreutser in jail. After the meeting, both Kreutser and himself are found dead by Astimata guards investigating the area.
- Ironic Name: His name is Velvet, but he wouldn't know how to use a velvet glove if his life depended on it.
- Kick the Dog: He's the one who branded Lisesharte with the slave brand, and he boasts about it in episode 2.
- Minor Injury Overreaction: While he was planning to kill Lisesharte anyway, he goes completely ballistic the moment she slightly scratches his face while defending herself.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His careless use of the Abyss whistle would ultimately prove beneficial to the protagonists at a later time.
- Smug Snake: Not as much in the anime as in the light novel, but he clearly overestimated his abilities to a great degree.
- Starter Villain: The first present time antagonist of the series.
- This Cannot Be!: In the light novel, he thinks he can easily trump Lux because he knows "Quick Draw," and planned to use it while Lux was distracted by the 300 knights under his command and the cooldown of Bahamut's Divine Raiment. He is absolutely shocked to learn that Lux is the one who invented "Quick Draw" at the age of 12.
- Ungrateful Bastard: He and his army of 300 knights pleaded for, and were granted amnesty after the coup. How does he repay this kindness? He lays an ambush for the crown princess and several female Drag-Knights to degrade and kill them, while insulting the Queen.
- Virtue Is Weakness: Condemns the Kingdom of Astimata for being weak because the kingdom offers equal rights regardless of gender. One wonders how he feels once he was captured, imprisoned, and interrogated going by the Empire's laws on treason which is what he said he wanted while attacking the princess.
- Weak, but Skilled: He knows some advanced techniques despite only using a somewhat better than average Wyvern. Though this doesn't help him when he faces the person who invented said techniques.
- Zerg Rush: The one military tactic he's mastered. His only way of dealing with any opponents is to overwhelm them with sheer numbers. While this works on rookie soldiers, it utterly fails him when he goes up against harderend veterans.
Ragreed Forus
Ragreed Forus
A friend of Lux's stepbrother, Abel, who also adheres to the Old Empire's ideals to the point of joining the Old Empire rebels.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Combined with Despotism Justifies the Means and Tyrant Takes the Helm. He admits that he just wants to be a hedonistic tyrant despite being turned into a Puppet King by Heiberg.
- Composite Character: In the anime, he ends up taking Velvet's role in the second episode while still appearing in the last two episodes to fulfill his original novel role.
- Enfante Terrible: While the children that tried to tempt Lux into blaming random girls (they eventually settle on Philuffy) for smashing a statue are not identified in the light novel, in the anime, he's the one putting forth the idea. This highlights that even at the tender age of 8, if not younger, he was already a vicious, misogynistic jerk.
- Hope Spot: In Volume 5, he thinks he finally managed to wear out Lux's Bahamut, only for the latter to reveal that he was using an ordinary Drag-Ride disguised as Bahamut while he still has enough stamina for the real one.
- Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: He's one of the kids who framed Philuffy and he ends up returning as a minor enemy in Volume 5.
- Suicidal Overconfidence: During his re-match with Lux in episode 12, he thinks his new Drag-Ride makes him more than a match for Lux. He's gravely mistaken.
- Unwitting Pawn: Considering Hayes has a grudge against the Old Empire and has plans to become a despot herself, it's unlikely that she would have allowed him to succeed in becoming emperor.
- Villainous Friendship: With Lux's stepbrother, Abel, who was also planning to frame Philuffy.
