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[[folder:Ela]]
-->'''Ela''': “Sir …… every day, you’re here from noon to late at night, please give me a break. You don’t even have any money, do you?”
A waitress working in the village's tavern, the “Dwarf’s Hideaway”. Often shown trying to get the Collector to quit sulking and actually pay his debts.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Berates Coll.. er [[AffectionateNickname Shu-san]] when he considered selling the [[ItWasAGift 5 million Gold sword]] he got from Iris, to pay his tavern's bill. Calling him out for trying to escape adventuring work.
* DeadpanSnarker: During one of Collector's rants:
-->'''Ela''': “Look! Don’t you have the sword that Iris bought you! You used to say about it all the time that “I’m a legendary adventurer”, so why don’t you show her something like that once in a while?”\\
'''Collector''': “No! Didn’t she say so proudly: You are in a recharging period, and this is the time you need to rest in order to work one day, is what she said! So if I work now, it’s as if I’m doing exactly what she told me to do!”\\
'''Ela''': “I think part of it is because [[LoveCannotOvercome she gave up on you and left you behind]].”\\
'''Collector''': “Listen? My refusal to move is also [[NeverMyFault my revenge on her for betraying me]]!”\\
'''Ela''': “…… It just looks like big self-deprecation, you know?”
* FearIsTheAppropriateResponse: Seeing Collector, after he butchered two EliteMook of Jeem single-handedly, she backs away from him in fear. He doesn't blame her though.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Often scolds a drunk Collector, a previously WorldsBestWarrior, for staying all the time in her tavern, and isn't intimidated by his rants.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Feeling sympathey for Collector, she paid for his meal in the tavern for three days, and he ended up staying there waiting for someone to pay for his meals.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, she and Collector got engaged]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler: She tries to find Collector, after she got scared of him when she [[TerrifyingRescuer saw him killing Jeem's men]], hoping to apologize to him]].[[spoiler: Averted as Collector survives his encounter with Jeem]].
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: For Collector, after Iris leaves him and [[PutOnABus return to Asshim]]]].
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[[folder:Iris]]
'''Iris''': “It’s okay, Ela-chan. I’ll pay for Shu-san’s part.”
A merchant from Asshim city's merchant association, staying in the Fage territory after the incident with Nalgarn, even when it was long gone. She has a soft spot for the Collector.
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* AffectionateNickname: She calls [[OnlyKnownByHisNickname the Collector]] "Shu-san", in a nod to his title in Japanese: ''Shushu-ka''. Later, Ela picks that from her.
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler: She does her best to get Collector out of his funk, even gifting him a sword that cost 5 Million Gold to make, to return to adventuring. But then she leaves the Fage territory after a while. When Collector wanted to follow her, she told him -in a roundabout way- that [[LoveCannotOvercome she doesn't want him in her way]]]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde, well-meaning and tries to encourage the down-in-the-dumps Collector.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: She leaves the Fage territory and return to the city, to resume her merchant career, leaving the Collector sadder than he was, and his bill kept increasing]].
[[folder:Ela]]
-->'''Ela''': “Sir …… every day, you’re here from noon to late at night, please give me a break. You don’t even have any money, do you?”
A waitress working in the village's tavern, the “Dwarf’s Hideaway”. Often shown trying to get the Collector to quit sulking and actually pay his debts.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Berates Coll.. er [[AffectionateNickname Shu-san]] when he considered selling the [[ItWasAGift 5 million Gold sword]] he got from Iris, to pay his tavern's bill. Calling him out for trying to escape adventuring work.
* DeadpanSnarker: During one of Collector's rants:
-->'''Ela''': “Look! Don’t you have the sword that Iris bought you! You used to say about it all the time that “I’m a legendary adventurer”, so why don’t you show her something like that once in a while?”\\
'''Collector''': “No! Didn’t she say so proudly: You are in a recharging period, and this is the time you need to rest in order to work one day, is what she said! So if I work now, it’s as if I’m doing exactly what she told me to do!”\\
'''Ela''': “I think part of it is because [[LoveCannotOvercome she gave up on you and left you behind]].”\\
'''Collector''': “Listen? My refusal to move is also [[NeverMyFault my revenge on her for betraying me]]!”\\
'''Ela''': “…… It just looks like big self-deprecation, you know?”
* FearIsTheAppropriateResponse: Seeing Collector, after he butchered two EliteMook of Jeem single-handedly, she backs away from him in fear. He doesn't blame her though.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Often scolds a drunk Collector, a previously WorldsBestWarrior, for staying all the time in her tavern, and isn't intimidated by his rants.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Feeling sympathey for Collector, she paid for his meal in the tavern for three days, and he ended up staying there waiting for someone to pay for his meals.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, she and Collector got engaged]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler: She tries to find Collector, after she got scared of him when she [[TerrifyingRescuer saw him killing Jeem's men]], hoping to apologize to him]].[[spoiler: Averted as Collector survives his encounter with Jeem]].
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: For Collector, after Iris leaves him and [[PutOnABus return to Asshim]]]].
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[[folder:Iris]]
'''Iris''': “It’s okay, Ela-chan. I’ll pay for Shu-san’s part.”
A merchant from Asshim city's merchant association, staying in the Fage territory after the incident with Nalgarn, even when it was long gone. She has a soft spot for the Collector.
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* AffectionateNickname: She calls [[OnlyKnownByHisNickname the Collector]] "Shu-san", in a nod to his title in Japanese: ''Shushu-ka''. Later, Ela picks that from her.
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler: She does her best to get Collector out of his funk, even gifting him a sword that cost 5 Million Gold to make, to return to adventuring. But then she leaves the Fage territory after a while. When Collector wanted to follow her, she told him -in a roundabout way- that [[LoveCannotOvercome she doesn't want him in her way]]]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde, well-meaning and tries to encourage the down-in-the-dumps Collector.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: She leaves the Fage territory and return to the city, to resume her merchant career, leaving the Collector sadder than he was, and his bill kept increasing]].
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After [[CleanUpTheTown Abel resolve each problem created by Ringus in the territory]], Lark wising up to his tricks, Icarus' defeat and [[TheExile banishment]], the building of his church stopped because of a sudden increase in work for the citizens, Abel spreading a card game among the locals to relieve their stress. All this makes him resolves to kill Abel no matter what, and asks the "[[HiddenVillain High Pristess]]" to [[LetsGetDangerous aid his final attack]]]].
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After [[CleanUpTheTown Abel resolve each problem created by Ringus in the territory]], Lark wising up to his tricks, Icarus' defeat and [[TheExile banishment]], the building of his church stopped because of a sudden increase in work for the citizens, Abel spreading a card game among the locals to relieve their stress. All this makes him resolves to kill Abel no matter what, and asks the "[[HiddenVillain High Pristess]]" to [[LetsGetDangerous [[LastVillainStand aid his final attack]]]].
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* BattlesOfWits: [[spoiler: She summons her beasts and demons and lines them like the world-equivalent game of chess, Lyrus Board, to fight Abel. Abel responds by summoning his own army of Totems and lines them in the same way. [[CurbStompBattle He only got to use one particular battle totem to win]]]].
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* BattlesOfWits: [[spoiler: She summons her beasts and demons and lines them like the world-equivalent game of chess, Lyrus Board, to fight Abel. Abel responds by summoning his own army of Totems Ortems and lines them in the same way. [[CurbStompBattle He only got to use one particular battle totem Ortem to win]]]].
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* RulesLawyer: When Abel offers to use his village's method to gather clouds using wooden totems, she accepts and give him full authority over the faction, since Abel doesn't have a permit to use WeatherManipulation magic in the Fage territory. However, [[EurekaMoment he then has a different idea]].
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* TalentedButTrained: As a [[MageSpecies Noir]], she's gifted and has mastery over magic, and is the deputy of the alchemy division, even if she falls short to Abel's level of magic power. She managed to make a totem on [[SternTeacher Abel's instructions]] on the first try, while her men were struggling in frustration.
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* CrazyPrepared: When Abel [[PullTheThread finds holes]] in his FrameUp story, it looks like Abel won.. but Icarus then pulls one of Abel "pending" petitions to use Bio-magic obtained from Lark's office, and leaks the story of how the Totem Gourd plants attacked Rinoa's alchemy faction during the development, all to [[MaliciousSlander smear Abel's image]] to the territory.
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* CrazyPrepared: When Abel [[PullTheThread finds holes]] in his FrameUp story, it looks like Abel won.. but Icarus then pulls one of Abel "pending" petitions to use Bio-magic obtained from Lark's office, and leaks the story of how the Totem Ortem Gourd plants attacked Rinoa's alchemy faction during the development, all to [[MaliciousSlander smear Abel's image]] to the territory.
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* FrameUp: His plan with Ringus against Abel, using an injured villager to pretend that a Totem Gourd plant bitten and injured him to discredit Abel. [[spoiler: All to goad Abel into accepting a WizardDuel against Icarus [[TrialByCombat to prove he's indeed proficient in magic]], when in reality it is a [[DuelToTheDeath trap meant to kill Abel]]]].
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* FrameUp: His plan with Ringus against Abel, using an injured villager to pretend that a Totem Ortem Gourd plant bitten and injured him to discredit Abel. [[spoiler: All to goad Abel into accepting a WizardDuel against Icarus [[TrialByCombat to prove he's indeed proficient in magic]], when in reality it is a [[DuelToTheDeath trap meant to kill Abel]]]].
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* FrameUp: His plan with Icarus involves Murk, a follower of Ringus, [[WoundedGazelleGambit to pretend he was bitten and injured by a Totem Gourd plant]], to discredit Abel in the eyes of the territory. [[spoiler: This was a bait, as the actual plan involves getting Abel to agree on a WizardDuel against Icarus, to defeat or kill him in the duel]].
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* FrameUp: His plan with Icarus involves Murk, a follower of Ringus, [[WoundedGazelleGambit to pretend he was bitten and injured by a Totem Ortem Gourd plant]], to discredit Abel in the eyes of the territory. [[spoiler: This was a bait, as the actual plan involves getting Abel to agree on a WizardDuel against Icarus, to defeat or kill him in the duel]].
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!!Russell Village
[[folder:Euris]]
-->'''Euris''': “…… I’m sorry for what I did just now. My name is Euris and that woman is Maya. Both of us serve the lord and maintain the security of the territory”
Commander of Baron Lark's private army. Once an adventuring drifter who got stuck in the Fage territory for two years, thanks to the Dragon Nalgarn. She led a force to subjugate Nalgarn and free the territory, but failed despite her and her men's best efforts.
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* AllForNothing: The attack on Nalgarn resulted in killing of the blue head, at the cost of casualties in the squads and breaking her bones... [[YankTheDogsChain Wait, did it just regrow the blue head they just killed??]]
-->'''Euris''': “Fo-, for what…… have I……” [[FaintInShock faints]].
* BoyishShortHair: Mentioned to have short black hair.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When she's unable to stand, with Nalgarn's blue head closing on her. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] since she gets saved:
-->'''Euris''': “…… so this is it.”
* FrontlineGeneral: She leads the close-quarter squad on the attack on Nalgarn, and the one who goes for attacking its blue head.
* HeroicSecondWind: Despite getting tackled by Nalgarn's blue head, getting bone fractures to her legs and feet, she still offers herself to be teleported with magic to finish off the blue head, and succeeds! [[HealingFactor Temporarily..]]
* ICanStillFight: Even after some time from getting bone fractures to both her legs and feet, she still perform her guard duties when she's clearly limping. And then there is the time she kicked Lark's office door open... and didn't show pain. And after that, goes to lead a group from the private army on a monster-thinning mission, on foot!
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She has feelings for Lark, and does everything to help him maintain his land in its difficult times. While [[ObliviousToLove Lark]] is enamored with [[CuteMaid Marias]], she isn't swayed and [[DevotedToYou continue to serve him as always]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Marias got kidnapped, she begs Abel to save her and praises her as the one supporting Baron Lark the most in his hardest times, as she sees Lark sick with worry over her.
* LadyAndKnight: GenderInverted, with Lark as her lady.
* MagicKnight: Thanks to her past as an adventurer, she knows her way with magic, and wields a FlamingSword.
* MagneticHero: Well-respected by her men in the private army and members of the good-side of the Alchemy Division. [[CommanderContrarian Icarus]] and his men however, are a different story.
* RousingSpeech: Gives one to a force of 100 soldiers prior to their attack on Nalgarn, telling them to never hold back and do their best unless they want to stay forever trapped in the territory.
* SubordinateExcuse: [[spoiler: With Lark, her boss, after the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc]].
* UndyingLoyalty: To Lark. No matter how much his people openly state and celebrate their hate for him, she won't give in to their taunts nor abandon him, and instead grimaces at how ignorant they are. Proven even further when several members of the private army voiced their intent of leaving the territory, she told him that she'll stay with him no matter what.
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[[folder:Baron Lark Fage]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“Hoh, Hoh! If you’re willing to stay in this kind of territory, you can stay forever. But right now, there are so many problems……”]]
The current ruler of the Fage territory. His popularity plummeted thanks to a mysterious series of terrible events in the territory, combined with the decisions he made to counter them. He accepts Abel's help in saving the territory from whoever is threatening it, in exchange of letting him and Mea live there.
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* BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: Before meeting him, all what Abel heard about Lark was that he's a [[InadequateInheritor useless baron compared to his father]], [[AristocratsAreEvil who taxes his already poor people and lavish himself with the tax money]], [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating and is hated by most of the citizens of the territory]], among other things. When he actually meet him, he is a [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure fairly competent ruler]] despite the difficulties and nasty general opinion of him.
* BigFancyHouse: The Fage family mansion. Which double as a base of operation and holds his office.
* CosmicPlaything: After his introduction and discuessions with Abel, the latter notes that the problems in the territory just come like breathing air, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshade it]]. [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], since all the problems were the result of a conspiracy against the territory]].
-->'''Abel (Narrating)''': It’s amazing, every problem comes up like a breath of air. How much does God hate this lord?
* CrushBlush: When Abel asks Lark about Marias, he blushes, smiles and stutters as he explains that she left for a while. Abel does note that Euris just left his office and he didn't react to her the least.
* DespairSpeech: Pretty much sums up his situation after Marias stops him from killing himself:
-->'''Lark''': “With everything! [[TheScapegoat You put the blame on me!]] After all, the drought, bad harvest and Nalgarn were all my fault? Am I a god or something? If I had such power, [[WhosLaughingNow I would curse and kill all the guys who threw eggs at the window]]. Stop making fun of me!”.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tried hanging himself in his office, because of his citizens' disdain and hatred of him, and the frustration with all the troubles facing the territory piling up. Subverted since Marias [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal talks him out of it]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: He [[FaintInShock fainted]] after learning of [[EvilAllAlong Marias' true nature]] and [[GoneMadFromTheRevelation what became of her]]. He gets better, thanks to [[SecondLove Euris]]]].
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: Several times sensitive information comes out from his office, like Abel's petition paper to use Bio-magic, or the private army's rendezvous point for the thinning mission, etc. and not once does he suspect that [[BeneathSuspicion someone like his beloved maid]] could be TheMole]].
* LoveRevelationEpiphany: He begins developing feelings for Euris after her promise to stay by his side in the Fage territory while other soldiers decided leave to their homes. He brushes it off as being grateful, because of his feelings for Marias.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He makes sure to read each petition for permits on magic clearly, which is an obstacle for Abel, as he is wise to his [[TrickedIntoSigning attempts to have Lark approve of use of Bio-Magic]], which could get them in trouble with the Kingdom, if something goes wrong.
* PuppetKing: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Thanks to the public's opinion of him, [[EvilChancellor Icarus]] can do whatever he wants with or without Lark's approval. As far as the public is concerned, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Icarus]] and his [[GangOfBullies side of the Alchemy division]] are the heroes working to solve the [[TheFamine food crisis]], while Lark surrounds himself with his private army, who answer only to him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Understanding, wise and willing to listen to consultation even from a 16 years old kid, who killed a three-headed dragon of course. He helps Abel in restoring the territory within his reach, [[ObstructiveBureaucrat but will stop]] the [[BunnyEarsLawyer young mage]] should his suggestions veer into unreasonable demands.. like getting a permission for use of [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Bio-Magic]]. [[spoiler: But will cave-in if someone promised him that for a favor]].
** The reason why he closed the [[AdventureGuild Adventurer Support Center]] of the territory, was because of [[BeefGate Nalgarn]]. It became impossible to hunt, subjugate magical monsters for the center for money rewards because of its threat, [[TheDreaded and many adventurers were killed by it]]. He did his work, and deduced that the money for maintaining the center could go to [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything people who aren't doing their job]], over the people who do. So he decided to employ the adventurers in a private army and alchemy division, with a salary and merits, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but had to rise the taxes to maintain and feed them]], [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished souring the citizens' opinion of him]].
* SubordinateExcuse: [[spoiler: With Euris, commander of his private army, after the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc]].
* SuicideAsComedy: Baron Lark is introduced... trying to hang himself from the pressure of all the troubles in the territory that everyone is blaming him for [[https://imgur.com/a/myEaN7h]].
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The citizens HATE Lark, because of the poor condition the territory has fallen into. Angry mob raids to his mansion became an occasional thing, along with drawing graffiti and [[ProducePelting splattering fertilized eggs on the walls]] and garbage thrown in the gardens. [[spoiler: All this change after all the territory's problems are solved, to the better]].
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[[folder:Marias]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“There, there, It’s alright. Marias knows that Lark-sama is doing his best, I know it all, so please calm down.”]]
Baron Lark's personal maid and the closest person to him.
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* BattlesOfWits: [[spoiler: She summons her beasts and demons and lines them like the world-equivalent game of chess, Lyrus Board, to fight Abel. Abel responds by summoning his own army of Totems and lines them in the same way. [[CurbStompBattle He only got to use one particular battle totem to win]]]].
* TheBeastmaster: [[spoiler: She tames and control [[GhostlyAnimal spirits beasts]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], obtaining their [[SummonMagic summon crests]] and using them to attack and carry out her neferious schemes]].
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: While Abel is analyzing the Levi's crest in her hand as she sits in shock, [[CorneredRattlesnake she suddenly pulls a short sword]] and [[ImpaledPalm stabs her hand]], [[DestroyTheEvidence erasing the seal]]. She tries to stab Abel but Ashura 5000 blocks her path. She then shouts “…… Le-, Levi-sama, long live!” and stab herself in the abdomen, and a [[PoisonedWeapons gray poisonous liquid comes out from the wound]]. Subverted as [[SaveTheVillain Abel saves her]]]].
* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: The one behind all the troubles in the territory, but operating through her minion, Ringus, and her spirit beasts]].
* TheChessmaster:
** [[spoiler: Abel deduced that whoever is behind the crisis of the Fage territory is cunning and clever, making sure to [[ImpededCommunication cut communication from the outside world]], making the problems look natural than man-made, and [[IfIWantedYouDead could've crushed the territory anytime]] they wanted, but instead preferred to wait until the [[DayOfTheJackboot all citizens convert their faith to Levi]] from the pressure, [[PragmaticVillainy to not alert the Kingdom with a big incident]]]].
** [[spoiler: She employes this in her fight with Abel, summoning 20 monsters of spirit beasts and demons, [[ChessMotifs lining them up in two rows like her Lyrus Board game]], placing her strongest demon, [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Lapidestatoa]], to her leftside to tank physical attacks, and a demon with a large mirror to [[AttackReflector to prevent magic attacks]] to her rightside, while she [[HorseOfADifferentColor rides a red large bull-like demon]] with snakes for a head, with herself as the king piece]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: She starts off imposing and confident of her superiority in strategy, and [[EvilGloating gloats]] about how her kingodm is [[HadToBeSharp far stronger thanks to its history with internal wars]], than the peaceful Dinart Kingom. But then Abel crushes her monsters using Ashura 5000, after it [[BreakingTheBonds broke free from the threads binding it]], single-handedly, smashing the mirror-carrying demon, then engaging Lapidestatoa in a BrawlerLock to destroy it with it [[MultArmedAndDangerous four free arms]]. Seeing this, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere all her remaining demons, and her red bull mount, bails on her]], leaving her defenseless. [[MistakenForBadass Abel planned on using it as a scout at first]]]].
* CuteMaid: She fit the role with her job and her dress in the illustrations. [[spoiler: Sadly, her [[BeautyIsBad beauty is only skin-deep]]]].
* DamselInDistress: She gets kidnapped from Lark's mansion, along with many people from the Fage territory by spirit beasts. [[spoiler: But then [[DecoyDamsel she attacks Abel]] together with Ringus, [[TheMole revealing her true colors]]]].
* DisappearedDad: Her father was killed by Nalgarn, and Lark lets her take her time to visit his grave whenever she's out on an errand. [[spoiler: It is a cover story for her to plan her attacks on the territory]].
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: Her [[TheChessmaster overreliance on strategy]]. Sure, organizing attacks, [[TrapMaster setting up traps and countermeasures]] and combining it with DefensiveFeintTrap is effective for taking down opposition... as long as they play and move like chess pieces. Her fight with Abel was doomed the minute Abel placed a Tank like Ashura 5000, and [[CalvinBall stopped playing it like a chess game]]]].
-->[[spoiler: '''Marias''': “How could such a…… mistake in my tactics…… with all those precautions, with the next best thing, the most reliable way……Be-, [[BreakTheHaughty because I’ve never been defeated by anyone on the Lyrus board……]]” Marias repeated in a whisper, mumbling.\\
'''Abel''': “Well, unlike chess, [[MathematiciansAnswer the pieces we use and stuff like that are different]]]].”
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: She wakes up from her "[[CyanidePill death]]" after 5 minutes, thinking it was a nightmare, to see Abel just finished converting her Lapidestatoa demon and Cow Snake to [[MegaManning become his summon crests]], and [[FriendlyEnemy saying Good Morning]]! [[VillainousBreakdown The shock of all that happened was too much for her]], she [[ConvulsiveSeizures fell to the ground and started spewing bubbles from her mouth]], and was later found to have [[WomanChild regressed into the mental state of a child]]]].
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: After Ashura 5000 [[MookHorrorShow destroys her two biggest demons along with her spirit beasts]]. She orders her mount, a [[AnimalisticAbomination big red bull demon with countless snakes coming from the neck]], to run away with her, only for the bull demon to [[HorsingAround lower its posture and throw her off its back]] and sit still QuakingWithFear. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The rest of her demons ran away to parts unknown]], erasing their summon crests away from her body.]].
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: She has her spirit beasts kidnap many people from the Fage territory, [[FakedKidnapping including herself]] to draw Abel in. She wanted to have [[SideKick Mea]] kidnapped too, but Abel wised up after the AssassinationAttempt on him, and [[ProperlyParanoid set up a Totem Defense System]] to protect himself and Mea]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Not only she was the one leaking information from Lark, she's the leader of the conspiracy against the territory, and behind every bad thing happening to it]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Lark, keeping him from collapsing under the weight of his territory's troubles. [[spoiler: But she's keeping him alive to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou manipulate him some more]], as said troubles are perpetrated by her minion, Ringus]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: She has many summon crests that [[PowerGlow glows]] when she summons her spirit beasts and demons. When Abel counted them, there were over twenty crests covering her body]].
* SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler: She's the one who sent a spirit beast to kill Abel when he was [[SickEpisode sick with a cold]], but [[SpannerInTheWork Mea]] dealt with it]].
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Her father brought a game similar to chess called "Lyrus Board" when they arrived at the territory. She often plays with Lark at their free time, with Lark always winning the games. [[spoiler: [[ILetYouWin She was letting Lark win]] to make him feel good and open to her manipulations. She's actually really skilled and never lost a game of Lyrus Board]].
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Talks down Lark from hanging himself by telling him that [[YouAreNotAlone she'll always be by his side]].
* TrapMaster: [[spoiler: After Abel had Ashura 5000 trashes her front raw of spirit beasts, [[AttackBackfire it suddenly stops moving]], due to it getting tangled with RazorFloss attached to the spirit beasts, created by her Gunifilascas, [[SpiderPeople spider-like demons]]]].
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's revealed as a HighPriestess of Levi in the climax of the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc and serves as its FinalBoss]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She tells Abel that, had he been a less powerful magician, she would've asked him to become a follower of Levi, but he's [[TooPowerfulToLive too dangerous to carry around]], and compares him to a magic bomb]].
* TheWomanBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: She is one of the [[EliteFour Four Great Priests]] of Levi's church, Ringus' boss and in charge of the operation of invasion of the Fage territory]].
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[[folder:Rinoa Liberto]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“…… Can this really bring the clouds together?”]]
The deputy-head of the Fage territory's Alchemy Division. She leads the good faction of the division that opposes Icarus and his faction, making her and her faction a target for their harassment.
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* TheBlacksmith: After learning of the Noir race's skills with magic ore processing, Abel refers to Rinoa to research and process a magic ore he got from Zeshum Ruins, to construct a weapon for himself, [[FlyingWeapon Lapides sword]].
* CombinationAttack: Uses {{Teleportation}} magic to send Euris and 3 soldiers [[WeaponizedTeleportation to finish off the Nalgarn's weakened blue head]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: She helps Abel get three of his 5 "pending" petitions approved by Baron Lark to use magic in helping the territory, after seeing his [[TheArchmage what he's capable of]] and to help him defeat Icarus after challenging him. Abel asks her for opinion on his 2 remaining petitions, hoping for another approval from Lark. Her reaction:
-->'''Rinoa''': “If you make a mistake, [[ThePurge the Royal Knights will come to burn the entire territory down]] for violating the commandments.”
* HonestAdvisor: She leads the 'good' faction of the alchemy division, that opposes Icarus' abuse of power and actually tries to contribute to save the territory, only for Icarus to try and drive them out.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Non-Romantic example. She initially refused Abel's help with the rainmaking, because that'll make him a target for Icarus' faction's bullying too.
* OlderThanSheLooks: She looks two-heads shorter than Abel in the cover for LN Volume 4 , but that's by the virtue of being a member of the Noir species.
* OverworkedSleep: She, along with the rest of her alchemy faction [[ItMakesSenseInContext who didn't get bitten by plants]], became this after working nonstop for nearly a day on the developing of a crop for the territory.
* PointyEars: Has two long ears similar to elves.
* RulesLawyer: When Abel offers to use his village's method to gather clouds using wooden totems, she accepts and give him full authority over the faction, since Abel doesn't have a permit to use WeatherManipulation magic in the Fage territory. However, [[EurekaMoment he then has a different idea]].
* TheScapegoat: She and her faction were handed the mission to [[WeatherManipulation make rain fall on the territory]] by [[ManipulativeBastard Icarus]]. It's an ImpossibleTask, and they will be blamed for failure by the territory citizens with words from Icarus, and they'll have to leave now that Nalgarn is dead, removing the only people capable of replacing Icarus from the territory.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite Icarus' objections, she, along with 3 mages from the sorcery squad, [[BigDamnHeroes ran off to aid]] Euris, when she was about to be killed by Nalgarn's blue head.
* TalentedButTrained: As a [[MageSpecies Noir]], she's gifted and has mastery over magic, and is the deputy of the alchemy division, even if she falls short to Abel's level of magic power. She managed to make a totem on [[SternTeacher Abel's instructions]] on the first try, while her men were struggling in frustration.
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[[folder:Icarus Izaida]]
-->'''Icarus''': “I hear you have great magic skills for someone so young. I heard that you defeated Nalgarn and contributed to the operation to thin the magic beasts the other day. Really good, good.”
The head of the alchemy division of the Fage territory. He served the previous lord of the territory before his son, Lark, took over. He and his faction are popular with the locals, more than Lark. And he knows how to use that to his advantage..
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* TheAllegedExpert: When Abel looked at a copy of Icarus' research papers on crop development, he was dismayed. To put it simply from his perspective: the report was full of disjointed ends, paragraphs hastily inserted to sidetrack from the goal of the research, omissions, no clarity on a method used, and that it grows faster and larger seems to have been added just to appease the dissatisfied locals, who are frustrated that the development is taking too long. And the magic circles pictured in the reports are "a messed up mess": a bunch of alchemy-related magic circles that are connected halfway in parts. As Lark puts it, he is suitable for battles rather than research.
-->'''Abel''': It’s obvious that if we bothered to create, plant, and grow this kind of thing and waited for the results, we wouldn’t be able to develop a decent crop even if it took 10,000 years.
* ArcVillain: Of the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc. Most of Abel's work is concentrated on taking him down, before going to deal with [[spoiler: Ringus]].
* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler: When he created a venomous snake from dirt to attack Abel, [[DeerInTheHeadlights catching the latter off-guard]]. Abel couldn't think of a retaliation because the duel rules were still stuck in his head, and opted for the first response to come, a [[RazorWind Wind Blade spell]]. It decapitated the dirt snake, and struck Icarus [[AgonizingStomachWound in the belly]], defeating him. [[SaveTheVillain Abel heals him with Bio-magic]], but since Abel was still sick, he focused on keeping him alive.]]
* BeardOfEvil: Is mentioned to have a detailed black moustache and a beard, and quite devious to boot.
* BoomerangBigot: Calls the adventurers in the private army 'a bunch of cowards [[WeHaveReserves who are supposed to be used up]]', despite him being one himself in the past.
* BreakThemByTalking: His favorite trick:
** Will pick on every little word anyone say to him to make it look like a [[RantInducingSlight personal attack on him]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution retaliates by deriding the speaker and mocking him]]. Be it questioning his plan or politely pointing a flaw in his work:
-->'''Euris''': “Plea-, please calm down. I need you to listen to me! I……”\\
'''Icarus''': “I’ll make the plan, you’ll lead it. That’s what my lord told you! Why can’t the commander of the entire squad, Lady Euris, understand something so easy that doing something like doubting the operation will affect the morale of the entire operation!”
** When Lark brings up his [[LazyBackup squad's behavior]] in the attack on Nalgarn, he deflects it back at him with the excuse that the private army failed to get Nalgarn's attention, so his squad couldn't attack, least they also become casualties as well. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Lark didn't have answer for that]].
** When he demanded from Lark to have all Nalgarn's severed heads be given to the alchemy divison, instead of using their scales to make armor for the army, Abel tells him that he could reconsider giving them off since he's the one who gave them to Lark. Icarus countered by telling Abel that a rumor spreading throughout the territory, that Abel gave Nalgarn's heads to Lark [[ThinkNothingOfIt without compensation]], and that rescinding his donation would make him look really bad as the hero of the territory. All what Abel could've thought of was:
-->'''Abel (to himself)''': More than anything else, the thought of it going into this guy’s hands makes me angry.
* CardBoardPrison: He gets imprisoned in an unused warehouse as he awaits TheExile for his crimes, but gets freed by Ringus, who presented the guard with [[spoiler: a [[ForgedMessage message from Baron Lark]]]].
* CommanderContrarian: Went and changed a plan he agreed upon in the last minute and behind Euris' back so she can't criticize it. Instead of bringing more mages (which are more useful for taking down the dragon) he only brought 20 mages for his sorcery squad. Then, [[DirtyCoward he had them sit safely]] behind the lines and do '''[[LazyBackUp nothing]]''' while waiting for both the close-quarter combat squad and the archery squad to [[DrawAggro lure Nalgarn to their range]]. They failed and [[WeHaveReserves both squads suffered heavy casualties]] while his squad remained untouched. Euris would've died if it weren't for Rinoa and 3 mages to [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight break off from the squad to save her]].
-->'''Icarus''': “[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Do you]] think [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Rearranged the plan! To protect myself!?]] Is that what you’re thinking! Looks like I’ve been made fun of!”
* ConMan: He spent years researching the development of [[MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop a crop that easily grow on the local climate and bear nutritious fruit]] to solve the food shortage, siphoning more of the tax money for the project, but [[StoppedCaring lost hope on creating such convenient crops]]. [[spoiler: So he and his faction pretended the project was still going to fill their pockets with the project money]]. [[LiarRevealed But then Abel happened..]]
* CrazyPrepared: When Abel [[PullTheThread finds holes]] in his FrameUp story, it looks like Abel won.. but Icarus then pulls one of Abel "pending" petitions to use Bio-magic obtained from Lark's office, and leaks the story of how the Totem Gourd plants attacked Rinoa's alchemy faction during the development, all to [[MaliciousSlander smear Abel's image]] to the territory.
* EvilOldFolks: He's in his forties, and a nasty aged piece of work he is.
* FrameUp: His plan with Ringus against Abel, using an injured villager to pretend that a Totem Gourd plant bitten and injured him to discredit Abel. [[spoiler: All to goad Abel into accepting a WizardDuel against Icarus [[TrialByCombat to prove he's indeed proficient in magic]], when in reality it is a [[DuelToTheDeath trap meant to kill Abel]]]].
* FreudianExcuse: When he was young, he was a famous top-notch adventurer respected by those around him, and he liked to show off, and hoped to serve nobility. However, he was overconfident of himself, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter wasn't the strongest magician among jobs candidates]], and was completely ignorant of how to treat nobility, which made him be looked down upon. He was told to seek employment to lower positions, but he refused because of his pride. So when he found employment in the Fage territory, a rural area in the far borders, he decided to be the one who look down on those beneath him, and [[NormalFishInATinyPond live like a king]].
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Surprisingly, after his defeat at Abel's hands, he completely gives up, lets himself be interrogated to clear Abel's name from his slandering, and [[TheExile is exiled out of the territory for good]], along with two members of his faction who requested to accompany him. The fact that [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Abel saved him from dying might have something to do with it]]]].
* HumiliationConga: Abel subjects him to a massive, [[TheChessMaster well-calculated]] downfall, as not only he [[LiarRevealed reveals him for what he truely is]], destroys the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity image the citizens had of him for 10 years]], Lark condemns him to TheExile from the territory for his crimes and [[LaserGuidedKarma he gets put in prison]]. Too bad he never takes the hint...
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: When Abel call him out on using his crop development research as an excuse for pushing his work on others, while not producing anything for years, he launches into [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a long tirade about how hard crop development using magic]] really is, taking factors like how long it takes to grow, climate change, trial and error, hypotheses, and meddling into god's domain, and mocking Abel and calling his knowledge shallow while wheezing and panting, and leave while exchanging remarks with his men. [[spoiler: What he doesn't know is that [[NiceJobFixingItVillain he just helped Abel set the stage for his downfall]], who proceed to create his own crop with help of Rinoa's faction... within a '''day'''!]].
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He wasn't the best of magicians he thought he was when he applied for employment for nobility, so he enjoyed the position he got when he was employed in the Fage territory, [[NormalFishInATinyPond admired and respected by the people]] over Lark for years, [[SmugSnake growing arrogant as a result]]. But when [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Abel]] came to the territory and bested him by creating a MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop to solve the food shortage, a dream that he gave up on after years of researching, and [[LiarRevealed exposed his lies]] about his own faked research [[HumiliationConga in front of the citizens who loved and believed in him]], he [[RageBreakingPoint snapped]] and [[VillainTeamUp struck a deal with Ringus]] to destroy Abel.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. He knows that fighting [[PersonOfMassDestruction Abel]] is suicide, so he goads him into accepting a [[WizardDuel Vernasse-style magic duel]], that Abel knows nothing about in contrast with Icarus, who's known as "[[RedBaron Icarus the Serial Bullet]]" in these duels, to restrain his powers.
* ManipulativeBastard: He and [[GangOfBullies his faction]] harass [[HonestAdvisor Rinoa]] and [[TheTeam her faction]] into taking on jobs meant for Icarus' faction, but the jobs usually are ImpossibleTask like [[WeatherManipulation Cloud-gathering spell]]. If they fail, the [[PowderKegCrowd citizens' anger and frustration]] will be directed at them, instead of him, and drive them to leave the territory. [[WeDoTheImpossible If they succeed]], he undervalues their work, claims that the clouds were actually going to gather without their hardwork. And [[GullibleLemmings the citizens believe him]].
-->'''Abel''': It seems that Icarus is intent on reducing the Vice Commander’s group’s voice and the trust of those around them by throwing the difficult task of gathering rain clouds to them. \\
By creating other spearheads, he suppresses the loss of his own credibility while also undermining the credibility of his opponents who are in his way by making them unable to move. \\
As expected of a man who controls his domain from behind the scenes.
* NeverMyFault: He blames Lark's private army for the failure of the attack on Nalgarn, because they couldn't [[DrawAggro lure Nalgarn to the range of their magic]], deliberately leaving out the fact that he's the one who had his mage squad stay away and [[DirtyCoward do nothing while their comrades are getting slaughtered]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Derided, mocked and ridiculed Euris when she tried to sincerely ask or discuss the changes in the plan to attack Nalgarn, and shouted and ranted at her for no reason other than cutting her off. Then left saying how [[StrawMisogynist he was against having a woman leads the operation]].
* TreacherousAdvisor: He was highly respected by the previous lord and still has the townsfolk's [[HundredPercentAdorationRating admiration]], [[spoiler:but he's making things worse for the territory, [[MisplacedRetribution knowing well that Lark will be blamed for it]], while he's living a lazy life from the money on a research he'll never complete]].
* VillainousBreakdown: After Abel, [[SickEpisode still fighting the cold]], bests him in the [[WizardDuel Vernasse-style magic duel]], and his faction are demanding him to stop least he get himself seriously injured, [[LaughingMad he starts cackling madly]], launch into a MotiveRant explaining why he can't quit when he close to become king, [[DrivenToMadness throws a tantrum on the ground and scream and cry]]... then [[spoiler: [[ISurrenderSuckers picks his staff and turns the ground into venomous snake]] to attack Abel, intending to kill him]]. See BackStabBackfire.
-->'''Icarus''': “I’ve been in this shitty land from twenty to forty…… forever! And now I finally get the chance to be [[NormalFishInATinyPond king of the land in name only]], and then someone like you comes along! I chose this goddamn frontier to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter avoid the likes of you]]! What am I supposed to do now [[TheExile that I’ve been banished]]? [[WhatTheHellAreYou What are you doing with my life]]! You know how much I’ve contributed to this place so far! Who do you think I am! I am Icarus the serial bullets, you know! Normally, I’m not the kind of magician who smokes on the ground like this! Without me, this territory …… would have been even worse……! Give it back…… [[MadnessMantra I’m the king! I was the king……]]”
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[[folder:Ringus]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“How in the world did you manage to defeat Nalgarn! I’d love to hear that story……!”]]
A missionary who hails from the Riveras Kingdom, left his home for training and stumbled across the Fage territory despite its rugged borders. He preaches to the citizens the teachings of the Levi Church, drawing them in with hope and promises of salvation.
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* AngerMontage: He goes through an internal one in Chapter 165, [[spoiler: after his VillainTeamUp with Icarus failed and Abel became a celebrity]].
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After [[CleanUpTheTown Abel resolve each problem created by Ringus in the territory]], Lark wising up to his tricks, Icarus' defeat and [[TheExile banishment]], the building of his church stopped because of a sudden increase in work for the citizens, Abel spreading a card game among the locals to relieve their stress. All this makes him resolves to kill Abel no matter what, and asks the "[[HiddenVillain High Pristess]]" to [[LetsGetDangerous aid his final attack]]]].
* EnemyMine: He breaks out Icarus from his prison to [[VillainTeamUp join forces]] in a scheme to drive Abel out of the territory, or kill him. Icarus knows that Ringus is planning something for the territory, but he was TooDesperateToBePicky.
* EyesAlwaysShut: From his illustration in the light novel, completing his GoodShepherd image. He does open them, whenever he reacts to [[DidNotSeeThatComing unexpected things]] or extreme emotions, like when he heard how Nalgarn was killed. [[spoiler: Later, they are open, as he show is [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry extreme hostility]] before attacking Abel]].
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: After Abel apprehended him, he didn't respond to interrogations from Lark's soldiers for his crimes. It appears that seeing his religion's esteemed HighPriestess, Marias, utterly defeated sent him into [[TooBrokenToBreak a state of apathy and won't take anything seriously]]. The cause was ruled to be extreme stress... or a CrisisOfFaith]]?
* HoldingTheFloor: [[spoiler: After Abel reaches where the kidnapped Fage territory citizens are held, he tries to sneak on Abel from behind, but Abel sees through it. He talks to Abel and congratulate him on making it this far and prepares two magical circle to attack with [[MakingASplash water spears]]. Abel rewrites the magic circles' tragectory, and [[SchmuckBait advises him against shooting that]]. As Ringus chants and shoots, [[OhCrap Abel hears a second voice chanting]] the same spell as Ringus and looks behind him.. to find [[DecoyDamsel Marias]] casting the spell to hit him InTheBack! [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because Abel saw her betrayal coming and had Ringus' water spears hit her's]].
* ImpliedDeathThreat: After telling him that he knows that Abel'll join the army in the magic beasts thinning quest, he gives Abel and a thinly-veiled one:
-->'''Ringus''': “[[ShameIfSomethingHappened Please be careful not to lose your life over something trivial]]. You are the hero and hope of this territory, after all.”
* InsidiousRumorMill: [[spoiler: One of the territory citizens lets it slip that Ringus tells them that reports of Abel's achievements are a [[PropagandaMachine hoax made by Lark to quell their anger]], with [[OhCrap Ringus besides him]]! That earned Ringus one DeathGlare from Lark, as this proves that he was the one spreading slander about him]].
* ItsPersonal: After hearing Abel badmouth Nalgarn's design and magic circle, [[spoiler: which was made by [[HighPriest Penrath]], and was the one who killed it, he swore to kill Abel for such insult]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He comes out from his hiding place, [[AssumedWin thinking that Marias defeated Abel]], only to find Abel victorious and Marias [[ConvulsiveSeizures defeated and spewing bubbles]]. [[VillainExitStageLeft He tries to escape]], only for Abel to order Marias' demon, Cow Snake, to catch him with its multiple snakes' necks. Ringus' desperate screams echoed through the forest]].
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: The ambush by Hamelin and the monsters was orchestrated by him, to dispose of both Lark's private army and Abel, who killed Nalgarn]].
* MakingASplash: [[spoiler: He tries to ambush Abel with [[ShapingYourAttacks lances made of water]]]].
* {{Fingore}}: He bites his index finger to suppress his anger [[spoiler: after seeing rain falling in the territory]].
* FrameUp: His plan with Icarus involves Murk, a follower of Ringus, [[WoundedGazelleGambit to pretend he was bitten and injured by a Totem Gourd plant]], to discredit Abel in the eyes of the territory. [[spoiler: This was a bait, as the actual plan involves getting Abel to agree on a WizardDuel against Icarus, to defeat or kill him in the duel]].
* PreacherMan: Began spreading the words of Levi after settling for a while in the Fage territory.
* RageBreakingPoint: He crosses it when he sees [[spoiler: rain falling onto the territory, despite his [[ForceField ward]]. He almost [[SinisterSuffocation strangled a follower]] in a fit of rage!]]
* SayingTooMuch: He comes to Abel along with a group of followers from the territory, and asks him how he defeated Nalgarn. When Abel tells him [[CurbStompCushion the cover story he gave Euris and Lark]] followed by a [[DoWrongRight thinly-veiled critique of its design]], Ringus begins saying more things about Nalgarn to disprove the story: such as his [[HealingFactor embedded magic circle]] and unheard of magic additions included in the dragon. And he feels overly defensive of such a beast that threatened the territory being attacked like that. [[LooseLips And then he let this slip, in front of Abel and the group of followers!]] Somehow, [[IdiotBall no one suspected a thing]]:
-->'''Ringus''': “Oh…… Yes, that’s definitely true. Nalgarn has a high magical power…… and is the right choice for building a magic circle of regeneration. I’m sure that’s it, it can’t be wrong. They are also very mobile, and if you let them take the initiative, they will be able to move to their advantage. It was my own fault.”
* SinisterMinister: Preaches to the Fage territory citizens to attain salvation and hope from Levi's religion, [[spoiler: while he and his [[CorruptChurch church are responsible for the troubles in the territory]], plotting to invade them for a PretextForWar against the Dinrat Kingdom]].
* TheSocialExpert: He manages to get a crowd of listeners to one of his speeches to care and be invested in the Riveras Kingdom's history and religion wars, despite them being residents of the Fage territory. Just by using small negative words and big positive words and saying 'peace' a lot and loudly.
* SuppressedRage: His voice becomes raspy, [[HighPressureEmotion his face reddens]], followed by twitchy hands after his debate with Abel on Nalgarn as a beast. He calms himself down, until [[IdioticPartnerConfession Mea mentions Abel's criticism on the shoddy quality and inefficiency of Nalgarn's magic circle, and that whoever made it has no understanding of magic]], giving him a short VillainousBSOD before excusing himself to rest.
* TalksLikeASimile: Many of his sermons, speeches and [[AsTheGoodBookSays words of Levi]] has a metaphor included. All of his metaphors are water-themed.
-->'''Ringus''': “All things circulate. Water and action are the same again.”
* WeatherManipulation: [[spoiler: He is the one behind the drought on the Fage territory. Using "Cloud Avoidance" spell to prevent clouds from going into the area, so that his built church could [[EngineeredHeroics draw in new members by giving their own water for free]]]].
* WhyWontYouDie: He tells one of the men building a Levi church in the Fage territory that [[DeadlyEuphemism there been some concerns that just got taken care of]]. Once he sees Abel coming from the monsters thinning mission, [[VillainousBreakdown he kneel over like he saw a ghost]].
-->'''Ringus''': “W-why…what is, what is going on? You were supposed to take part on that……”
* WolfInSheepsClothing: He's the GoodShepherd of Levi in front of the troubled territory's citizens, [[spoiler: while several of the Fage territory problems are [[EngineeredHeroics actually made by him]]. WeatherManipulation, crop diseases created by a demon, [[FlunkeyBoss Hamelin]]. All part of a large plan to [[DayOfTheJackboot convert the territory from the inside]], and use it as a foothold for an invasion on the Dinrat Kindgom]].
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[[folder:Clark]]
-->'''Clark''': “Hmph, it looks like we, the private army is being looked down for going out with kids.”
A soldier in Lark's private army, who participates in the magic beasts thinning quest. He's suspicious of Abel's prowess and resents him for killing Nalgarn after the army failed to.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Refuses to believe that Abel slayed Nalgarn, and believes that [[StealingTheCredit he must've found it dead and carried the heads]] to the territory. Euris tells him to remember [[DiagonalCut the way the Nalgarn's heads were cut]], and she could testify that the [[StrongFleshWeakSteel dragon's necks aren't easy to cut with a sword]].
* BackhandedApology: Gives Abel one with a smile after [[TrashTalk telling him not to get ahead of himself because Lark favors him]] and Euris scolded him for it:
-->'''Clark''': “I’m sorry for my words, my apologies. I declare that you have [[AccidentalTruth defeated Nalgarn by yourself]], Hero-sama of the Fage Territory.”
* JerkassHasAPoint: After Abel and Mea were almost hurt by a goblin leader and getting saved by Clark, he [[WhatTheHellHero berates them for not pulling their weight and putting themselves in danger]]. Abel wanted to be angry at him, but he agrees that he was right, so he brings Ashura 5000 to help in the army in the mission.
* JerkassRealization: He spells it out for Abel when the latter offers to heal and clean him after the monsters ambush, after seeing what Abel is capable of.
-->'''Clark''': “…… I’m wrong. I couldn’t help but believe it when I saw you on the move. No, maybe I didn’t want to believe it. I can’t believe there was a human who could easily defeat a magic beast that we couldn’t even handle.”
* JerkJustifications: He resents Abel for 'supposedly' landing the killing blow on Nalgarn, after the army 'allegedly' weakened it, and [[StealingTheCredit robbing them of the achievement]]. Not knowing that Abel [[LyingToProtectYourFeelings lied about how he killed it to make the army look better]].
* TheResenter: He really has it in for Abel throughout the magic beasts thinning. Picking on how easily he tires out from walking, dragging them behind, [[WorfHadTheFlu him and Mea needing protection]] and [[TrashTalk doubting how Abel could've defeated Nalgarn, and calling it a fluke]]. [[HeelFaceTurn He DOES however mellows out of it]] when [[SaveTheJerk Abel saves him]] from getting SwallowedWhole by a [[AmphibianAtLarge Great King Vogue]].
* UnwantedAssistance: He refuses Abel's offer to clean him with magic and remove the [[CoveredInGunge smell, mud and mucus]] from getting caught by the Great King Vogue's tongue. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of his {{Pride}} making him feel embarrased of his treatment of Abel in the mission, and wanting to reflect on it.
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[[folder:Jaguar Zircos]]
-->'''Jaguar (about Icarus)''': “Abel-dono, I can understand you’re upset of him, but there’s no way in hell you can win against him. If you argue with him, this is what will happen.”
A mage from Rinoa's faction of the Fage territory's alchemy division.
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* DespairSpeech: He breaks down when it looked like the cloud-gathering spell he and the rest of the faction worked hard to make failed, then he talks about how Icarus made everyone think he's crazy and yet he still tried. And tops it off with:
-->'''Jaguar''': “…… It was in vain, all of it. [[AllForNothing After all that effort and desperation]], I feel stupid. The only thing you can do now is to leave without saying a word, because Nalgarn isn’t here. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption You can’t do anything even if I’m here or the Assistant Commander is here]]. I’m sure that this place will be destroyed no matter how hard you try.”
* IneptMage: Originally hired to be in the private army, but was sent to increase the number of members in Rinoa's faction.
* UndyingLoyalty: An adventuring drifter like Euris, he was picked up by Lark when the Fage territory was isolated due to Nalgarn, and was given a job, a roof and a salary in the private army. He wanted to repay Lark through his work and servitude. Abel realized that when his DespairSpeech mentioned Lark.
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!!Russell Village
[[folder:Euris]]
-->'''Euris''': “…… I’m sorry for what I did just now. My name is Euris and that woman is Maya. Both of us serve the lord and maintain the security of the territory”
Commander of Baron Lark's private army. Once an adventuring drifter who got stuck in the Fage territory for two years, thanks to the Dragon Nalgarn. She led a force to subjugate Nalgarn and free the territory, but failed despite her and her men's best efforts.
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* AllForNothing: The attack on Nalgarn resulted in killing of the blue head, at the cost of casualties in the squads and breaking her bones... [[YankTheDogsChain Wait, did it just regrow the blue head they just killed??]]
-->'''Euris''': “Fo-, for what…… have I……” [[FaintInShock faints]].
* BoyishShortHair: Mentioned to have short black hair.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When she's unable to stand, with Nalgarn's blue head closing on her. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] since she gets saved:
-->'''Euris''': “…… so this is it.”
* FrontlineGeneral: She leads the close-quarter squad on the attack on Nalgarn, and the one who goes for attacking its blue head.
* HeroicSecondWind: Despite getting tackled by Nalgarn's blue head, getting bone fractures to her legs and feet, she still offers herself to be teleported with magic to finish off the blue head, and succeeds! [[HealingFactor Temporarily..]]
* ICanStillFight: Even after some time from getting bone fractures to both her legs and feet, she still perform her guard duties when she's clearly limping. And then there is the time she kicked Lark's office door open... and didn't show pain. And after that, goes to lead a group from the private army on a monster-thinning mission, on foot!
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She has feelings for Lark, and does everything to help him maintain his land in its difficult times. While [[ObliviousToLove Lark]] is enamored with [[CuteMaid Marias]], she isn't swayed and [[DevotedToYou continue to serve him as always]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Marias got kidnapped, she begs Abel to save her and praises her as the one supporting Baron Lark the most in his hardest times, as she sees Lark sick with worry over her.
* LadyAndKnight: GenderInverted, with Lark as her lady.
* MagicKnight: Thanks to her past as an adventurer, she knows her way with magic, and wields a FlamingSword.
* MagneticHero: Well-respected by her men in the private army and members of the good-side of the Alchemy Division. [[CommanderContrarian Icarus]] and his men however, are a different story.
* RousingSpeech: Gives one to a force of 100 soldiers prior to their attack on Nalgarn, telling them to never hold back and do their best unless they want to stay forever trapped in the territory.
* SubordinateExcuse: [[spoiler: With Lark, her boss, after the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc]].
* UndyingLoyalty: To Lark. No matter how much his people openly state and celebrate their hate for him, she won't give in to their taunts nor abandon him, and instead grimaces at how ignorant they are. Proven even further when several members of the private army voiced their intent of leaving the territory, she told him that she'll stay with him no matter what.
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[[folder:Baron Lark Fage]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“Hoh, Hoh! If you’re willing to stay in this kind of territory, you can stay forever. But right now, there are so many problems……”]]
The current ruler of the Fage territory. His popularity plummeted thanks to a mysterious series of terrible events in the territory, combined with the decisions he made to counter them. He accepts Abel's help in saving the territory from whoever is threatening it, in exchange of letting him and Mea live there.
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* BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: Before meeting him, all what Abel heard about Lark was that he's a [[InadequateInheritor useless baron compared to his father]], [[AristocratsAreEvil who taxes his already poor people and lavish himself with the tax money]], [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating and is hated by most of the citizens of the territory]], among other things. When he actually meet him, he is a [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure fairly competent ruler]] despite the difficulties and nasty general opinion of him.
* BigFancyHouse: The Fage family mansion. Which double as a base of operation and holds his office.
* CosmicPlaything: After his introduction and discuessions with Abel, the latter notes that the problems in the territory just come like breathing air, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshade it]]. [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], since all the problems were the result of a conspiracy against the territory]].
-->'''Abel (Narrating)''': It’s amazing, every problem comes up like a breath of air. How much does God hate this lord?
* CrushBlush: When Abel asks Lark about Marias, he blushes, smiles and stutters as he explains that she left for a while. Abel does note that Euris just left his office and he didn't react to her the least.
* DespairSpeech: Pretty much sums up his situation after Marias stops him from killing himself:
-->'''Lark''': “With everything! [[TheScapegoat You put the blame on me!]] After all, the drought, bad harvest and Nalgarn were all my fault? Am I a god or something? If I had such power, [[WhosLaughingNow I would curse and kill all the guys who threw eggs at the window]]. Stop making fun of me!”.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tried hanging himself in his office, because of his citizens' disdain and hatred of him, and the frustration with all the troubles facing the territory piling up. Subverted since Marias [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal talks him out of it]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: He [[FaintInShock fainted]] after learning of [[EvilAllAlong Marias' true nature]] and [[GoneMadFromTheRevelation what became of her]]. He gets better, thanks to [[SecondLove Euris]]]].
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: Several times sensitive information comes out from his office, like Abel's petition paper to use Bio-magic, or the private army's rendezvous point for the thinning mission, etc. and not once does he suspect that [[BeneathSuspicion someone like his beloved maid]] could be TheMole]].
* LoveRevelationEpiphany: He begins developing feelings for Euris after her promise to stay by his side in the Fage territory while other soldiers decided leave to their homes. He brushes it off as being grateful, because of his feelings for Marias.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He makes sure to read each petition for permits on magic clearly, which is an obstacle for Abel, as he is wise to his [[TrickedIntoSigning attempts to have Lark approve of use of Bio-Magic]], which could get them in trouble with the Kingdom, if something goes wrong.
* PuppetKing: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Thanks to the public's opinion of him, [[EvilChancellor Icarus]] can do whatever he wants with or without Lark's approval. As far as the public is concerned, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Icarus]] and his [[GangOfBullies side of the Alchemy division]] are the heroes working to solve the [[TheFamine food crisis]], while Lark surrounds himself with his private army, who answer only to him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Understanding, wise and willing to listen to consultation even from a 16 years old kid, who killed a three-headed dragon of course. He helps Abel in restoring the territory within his reach, [[ObstructiveBureaucrat but will stop]] the [[BunnyEarsLawyer young mage]] should his suggestions veer into unreasonable demands.. like getting a permission for use of [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Bio-Magic]]. [[spoiler: But will cave-in if someone promised him that for a favor]].
** The reason why he closed the [[AdventureGuild Adventurer Support Center]] of the territory, was because of [[BeefGate Nalgarn]]. It became impossible to hunt, subjugate magical monsters for the center for money rewards because of its threat, [[TheDreaded and many adventurers were killed by it]]. He did his work, and deduced that the money for maintaining the center could go to [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything people who aren't doing their job]], over the people who do. So he decided to employ the adventurers in a private army and alchemy division, with a salary and merits, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but had to rise the taxes to maintain and feed them]], [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished souring the citizens' opinion of him]].
* SubordinateExcuse: [[spoiler: With Euris, commander of his private army, after the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc]].
* SuicideAsComedy: Baron Lark is introduced... trying to hang himself from the pressure of all the troubles in the territory that everyone is blaming him for [[https://imgur.com/a/myEaN7h]].
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The citizens HATE Lark, because of the poor condition the territory has fallen into. Angry mob raids to his mansion became an occasional thing, along with drawing graffiti and [[ProducePelting splattering fertilized eggs on the walls]] and garbage thrown in the gardens. [[spoiler: All this change after all the territory's problems are solved, to the better]].
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[[folder:Marias]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“There, there, It’s alright. Marias knows that Lark-sama is doing his best, I know it all, so please calm down.”]]
Baron Lark's personal maid and the closest person to him.
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* BattlesOfWits: [[spoiler: She summons her beasts and demons and lines them like the world-equivalent game of chess, Lyrus Board, to fight Abel. Abel responds by summoning his own army of Totems and lines them in the same way. [[CurbStompBattle He only got to use one particular battle totem to win]]]].
* TheBeastmaster: [[spoiler: She tames and control [[GhostlyAnimal spirits beasts]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], obtaining their [[SummonMagic summon crests]] and using them to attack and carry out her neferious schemes]].
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: While Abel is analyzing the Levi's crest in her hand as she sits in shock, [[CorneredRattlesnake she suddenly pulls a short sword]] and [[ImpaledPalm stabs her hand]], [[DestroyTheEvidence erasing the seal]]. She tries to stab Abel but Ashura 5000 blocks her path. She then shouts “…… Le-, Levi-sama, long live!” and stab herself in the abdomen, and a [[PoisonedWeapons gray poisonous liquid comes out from the wound]]. Subverted as [[SaveTheVillain Abel saves her]]]].
* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: The one behind all the troubles in the territory, but operating through her minion, Ringus, and her spirit beasts]].
* TheChessmaster:
** [[spoiler: Abel deduced that whoever is behind the crisis of the Fage territory is cunning and clever, making sure to [[ImpededCommunication cut communication from the outside world]], making the problems look natural than man-made, and [[IfIWantedYouDead could've crushed the territory anytime]] they wanted, but instead preferred to wait until the [[DayOfTheJackboot all citizens convert their faith to Levi]] from the pressure, [[PragmaticVillainy to not alert the Kingdom with a big incident]]]].
** [[spoiler: She employes this in her fight with Abel, summoning 20 monsters of spirit beasts and demons, [[ChessMotifs lining them up in two rows like her Lyrus Board game]], placing her strongest demon, [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Lapidestatoa]], to her leftside to tank physical attacks, and a demon with a large mirror to [[AttackReflector to prevent magic attacks]] to her rightside, while she [[HorseOfADifferentColor rides a red large bull-like demon]] with snakes for a head, with herself as the king piece]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: She starts off imposing and confident of her superiority in strategy, and [[EvilGloating gloats]] about how her kingodm is [[HadToBeSharp far stronger thanks to its history with internal wars]], than the peaceful Dinart Kingom. But then Abel crushes her monsters using Ashura 5000, after it [[BreakingTheBonds broke free from the threads binding it]], single-handedly, smashing the mirror-carrying demon, then engaging Lapidestatoa in a BrawlerLock to destroy it with it [[MultArmedAndDangerous four free arms]]. Seeing this, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere all her remaining demons, and her red bull mount, bails on her]], leaving her defenseless. [[MistakenForBadass Abel planned on using it as a scout at first]]]].
* CuteMaid: She fit the role with her job and her dress in the illustrations. [[spoiler: Sadly, her [[BeautyIsBad beauty is only skin-deep]]]].
* DamselInDistress: She gets kidnapped from Lark's mansion, along with many people from the Fage territory by spirit beasts. [[spoiler: But then [[DecoyDamsel she attacks Abel]] together with Ringus, [[TheMole revealing her true colors]]]].
* DisappearedDad: Her father was killed by Nalgarn, and Lark lets her take her time to visit his grave whenever she's out on an errand. [[spoiler: It is a cover story for her to plan her attacks on the territory]].
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: Her [[TheChessmaster overreliance on strategy]]. Sure, organizing attacks, [[TrapMaster setting up traps and countermeasures]] and combining it with DefensiveFeintTrap is effective for taking down opposition... as long as they play and move like chess pieces. Her fight with Abel was doomed the minute Abel placed a Tank like Ashura 5000, and [[CalvinBall stopped playing it like a chess game]]]].
-->[[spoiler: '''Marias''': “How could such a…… mistake in my tactics…… with all those precautions, with the next best thing, the most reliable way……Be-, [[BreakTheHaughty because I’ve never been defeated by anyone on the Lyrus board……]]” Marias repeated in a whisper, mumbling.\\
'''Abel''': “Well, unlike chess, [[MathematiciansAnswer the pieces we use and stuff like that are different]]]].”
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: She wakes up from her "[[CyanidePill death]]" after 5 minutes, thinking it was a nightmare, to see Abel just finished converting her Lapidestatoa demon and Cow Snake to [[MegaManning become his summon crests]], and [[FriendlyEnemy saying Good Morning]]! [[VillainousBreakdown The shock of all that happened was too much for her]], she [[ConvulsiveSeizures fell to the ground and started spewing bubbles from her mouth]], and was later found to have [[WomanChild regressed into the mental state of a child]]]].
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: After Ashura 5000 [[MookHorrorShow destroys her two biggest demons along with her spirit beasts]]. She orders her mount, a [[AnimalisticAbomination big red bull demon with countless snakes coming from the neck]], to run away with her, only for the bull demon to [[HorsingAround lower its posture and throw her off its back]] and sit still QuakingWithFear. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The rest of her demons ran away to parts unknown]], erasing their summon crests away from her body.]].
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: She has her spirit beasts kidnap many people from the Fage territory, [[FakedKidnapping including herself]] to draw Abel in. She wanted to have [[SideKick Mea]] kidnapped too, but Abel wised up after the AssassinationAttempt on him, and [[ProperlyParanoid set up a Totem Defense System]] to protect himself and Mea]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Not only she was the one leaking information from Lark, she's the leader of the conspiracy against the territory, and behind every bad thing happening to it]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Lark, keeping him from collapsing under the weight of his territory's troubles. [[spoiler: But she's keeping him alive to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou manipulate him some more]], as said troubles are perpetrated by her minion, Ringus]].
* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler: She has many summon crests that [[PowerGlow glows]] when she summons her spirit beasts and demons. When Abel counted them, there were over twenty crests covering her body]].
* SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler: She's the one who sent a spirit beast to kill Abel when he was [[SickEpisode sick with a cold]], but [[SpannerInTheWork Mea]] dealt with it]].
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Her father brought a game similar to chess called "Lyrus Board" when they arrived at the territory. She often plays with Lark at their free time, with Lark always winning the games. [[spoiler: [[ILetYouWin She was letting Lark win]] to make him feel good and open to her manipulations. She's actually really skilled and never lost a game of Lyrus Board]].
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Talks down Lark from hanging himself by telling him that [[YouAreNotAlone she'll always be by his side]].
* TrapMaster: [[spoiler: After Abel had Ashura 5000 trashes her front raw of spirit beasts, [[AttackBackfire it suddenly stops moving]], due to it getting tangled with RazorFloss attached to the spirit beasts, created by her Gunifilascas, [[SpiderPeople spider-like demons]]]].
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's revealed as a HighPriestess of Levi in the climax of the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc and serves as its FinalBoss]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She tells Abel that, had he been a less powerful magician, she would've asked him to become a follower of Levi, but he's [[TooPowerfulToLive too dangerous to carry around]], and compares him to a magic bomb]].
* TheWomanBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: She is one of the [[EliteFour Four Great Priests]] of Levi's church, Ringus' boss and in charge of the operation of invasion of the Fage territory]].
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[[folder:Rinoa Liberto]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“…… Can this really bring the clouds together?”]]
The deputy-head of the Fage territory's Alchemy Division. She leads the good faction of the division that opposes Icarus and his faction, making her and her faction a target for their harassment.
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* TheBlacksmith: After learning of the Noir race's skills with magic ore processing, Abel refers to Rinoa to research and process a magic ore he got from Zeshum Ruins, to construct a weapon for himself, [[FlyingWeapon Lapides sword]].
* CombinationAttack: Uses {{Teleportation}} magic to send Euris and 3 soldiers [[WeaponizedTeleportation to finish off the Nalgarn's weakened blue head]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: She helps Abel get three of his 5 "pending" petitions approved by Baron Lark to use magic in helping the territory, after seeing his [[TheArchmage what he's capable of]] and to help him defeat Icarus after challenging him. Abel asks her for opinion on his 2 remaining petitions, hoping for another approval from Lark. Her reaction:
-->'''Rinoa''': “If you make a mistake, [[ThePurge the Royal Knights will come to burn the entire territory down]] for violating the commandments.”
* HonestAdvisor: She leads the 'good' faction of the alchemy division, that opposes Icarus' abuse of power and actually tries to contribute to save the territory, only for Icarus to try and drive them out.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Non-Romantic example. She initially refused Abel's help with the rainmaking, because that'll make him a target for Icarus' faction's bullying too.
* OlderThanSheLooks: She looks two-heads shorter than Abel in the cover for LN Volume 4 , but that's by the virtue of being a member of the Noir species.
* OverworkedSleep: She, along with the rest of her alchemy faction [[ItMakesSenseInContext who didn't get bitten by plants]], became this after working nonstop for nearly a day on the developing of a crop for the territory.
* PointyEars: Has two long ears similar to elves.
* RulesLawyer: When Abel offers to use his village's method to gather clouds using wooden totems, she accepts and give him full authority over the faction, since Abel doesn't have a permit to use WeatherManipulation magic in the Fage territory. However, [[EurekaMoment he then has a different idea]].
* TheScapegoat: She and her faction were handed the mission to [[WeatherManipulation make rain fall on the territory]] by [[ManipulativeBastard Icarus]]. It's an ImpossibleTask, and they will be blamed for failure by the territory citizens with words from Icarus, and they'll have to leave now that Nalgarn is dead, removing the only people capable of replacing Icarus from the territory.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite Icarus' objections, she, along with 3 mages from the sorcery squad, [[BigDamnHeroes ran off to aid]] Euris, when she was about to be killed by Nalgarn's blue head.
* TalentedButTrained: As a [[MageSpecies Noir]], she's gifted and has mastery over magic, and is the deputy of the alchemy division, even if she falls short to Abel's level of magic power. She managed to make a totem on [[SternTeacher Abel's instructions]] on the first try, while her men were struggling in frustration.
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[[folder:Icarus Izaida]]
-->'''Icarus''': “I hear you have great magic skills for someone so young. I heard that you defeated Nalgarn and contributed to the operation to thin the magic beasts the other day. Really good, good.”
The head of the alchemy division of the Fage territory. He served the previous lord of the territory before his son, Lark, took over. He and his faction are popular with the locals, more than Lark. And he knows how to use that to his advantage..
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* TheAllegedExpert: When Abel looked at a copy of Icarus' research papers on crop development, he was dismayed. To put it simply from his perspective: the report was full of disjointed ends, paragraphs hastily inserted to sidetrack from the goal of the research, omissions, no clarity on a method used, and that it grows faster and larger seems to have been added just to appease the dissatisfied locals, who are frustrated that the development is taking too long. And the magic circles pictured in the reports are "a messed up mess": a bunch of alchemy-related magic circles that are connected halfway in parts. As Lark puts it, he is suitable for battles rather than research.
-->'''Abel''': It’s obvious that if we bothered to create, plant, and grow this kind of thing and waited for the results, we wouldn’t be able to develop a decent crop even if it took 10,000 years.
* ArcVillain: Of the "Reformation of Fage Territory" arc. Most of Abel's work is concentrated on taking him down, before going to deal with [[spoiler: Ringus]].
* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler: When he created a venomous snake from dirt to attack Abel, [[DeerInTheHeadlights catching the latter off-guard]]. Abel couldn't think of a retaliation because the duel rules were still stuck in his head, and opted for the first response to come, a [[RazorWind Wind Blade spell]]. It decapitated the dirt snake, and struck Icarus [[AgonizingStomachWound in the belly]], defeating him. [[SaveTheVillain Abel heals him with Bio-magic]], but since Abel was still sick, he focused on keeping him alive.]]
* BeardOfEvil: Is mentioned to have a detailed black moustache and a beard, and quite devious to boot.
* BoomerangBigot: Calls the adventurers in the private army 'a bunch of cowards [[WeHaveReserves who are supposed to be used up]]', despite him being one himself in the past.
* BreakThemByTalking: His favorite trick:
** Will pick on every little word anyone say to him to make it look like a [[RantInducingSlight personal attack on him]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution retaliates by deriding the speaker and mocking him]]. Be it questioning his plan or politely pointing a flaw in his work:
-->'''Euris''': “Plea-, please calm down. I need you to listen to me! I……”\\
'''Icarus''': “I’ll make the plan, you’ll lead it. That’s what my lord told you! Why can’t the commander of the entire squad, Lady Euris, understand something so easy that doing something like doubting the operation will affect the morale of the entire operation!”
** When Lark brings up his [[LazyBackup squad's behavior]] in the attack on Nalgarn, he deflects it back at him with the excuse that the private army failed to get Nalgarn's attention, so his squad couldn't attack, least they also become casualties as well. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Lark didn't have answer for that]].
** When he demanded from Lark to have all Nalgarn's severed heads be given to the alchemy divison, instead of using their scales to make armor for the army, Abel tells him that he could reconsider giving them off since he's the one who gave them to Lark. Icarus countered by telling Abel that a rumor spreading throughout the territory, that Abel gave Nalgarn's heads to Lark [[ThinkNothingOfIt without compensation]], and that rescinding his donation would make him look really bad as the hero of the territory. All what Abel could've thought of was:
-->'''Abel (to himself)''': More than anything else, the thought of it going into this guy’s hands makes me angry.
* CardBoardPrison: He gets imprisoned in an unused warehouse as he awaits TheExile for his crimes, but gets freed by Ringus, who presented the guard with [[spoiler: a [[ForgedMessage message from Baron Lark]]]].
* CommanderContrarian: Went and changed a plan he agreed upon in the last minute and behind Euris' back so she can't criticize it. Instead of bringing more mages (which are more useful for taking down the dragon) he only brought 20 mages for his sorcery squad. Then, [[DirtyCoward he had them sit safely]] behind the lines and do '''[[LazyBackUp nothing]]''' while waiting for both the close-quarter combat squad and the archery squad to [[DrawAggro lure Nalgarn to their range]]. They failed and [[WeHaveReserves both squads suffered heavy casualties]] while his squad remained untouched. Euris would've died if it weren't for Rinoa and 3 mages to [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight break off from the squad to save her]].
-->'''Icarus''': “[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Do you]] think [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Rearranged the plan! To protect myself!?]] Is that what you’re thinking! Looks like I’ve been made fun of!”
* ConMan: He spent years researching the development of [[MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop a crop that easily grow on the local climate and bear nutritious fruit]] to solve the food shortage, siphoning more of the tax money for the project, but [[StoppedCaring lost hope on creating such convenient crops]]. [[spoiler: So he and his faction pretended the project was still going to fill their pockets with the project money]]. [[LiarRevealed But then Abel happened..]]
* CrazyPrepared: When Abel [[PullTheThread finds holes]] in his FrameUp story, it looks like Abel won.. but Icarus then pulls one of Abel "pending" petitions to use Bio-magic obtained from Lark's office, and leaks the story of how the Totem Gourd plants attacked Rinoa's alchemy faction during the development, all to [[MaliciousSlander smear Abel's image]] to the territory.
* EvilOldFolks: He's in his forties, and a nasty aged piece of work he is.
* FrameUp: His plan with Ringus against Abel, using an injured villager to pretend that a Totem Gourd plant bitten and injured him to discredit Abel. [[spoiler: All to goad Abel into accepting a WizardDuel against Icarus [[TrialByCombat to prove he's indeed proficient in magic]], when in reality it is a [[DuelToTheDeath trap meant to kill Abel]]]].
* FreudianExcuse: When he was young, he was a famous top-notch adventurer respected by those around him, and he liked to show off, and hoped to serve nobility. However, he was overconfident of himself, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter wasn't the strongest magician among jobs candidates]], and was completely ignorant of how to treat nobility, which made him be looked down upon. He was told to seek employment to lower positions, but he refused because of his pride. So when he found employment in the Fage territory, a rural area in the far borders, he decided to be the one who look down on those beneath him, and [[NormalFishInATinyPond live like a king]].
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Surprisingly, after his defeat at Abel's hands, he completely gives up, lets himself be interrogated to clear Abel's name from his slandering, and [[TheExile is exiled out of the territory for good]], along with two members of his faction who requested to accompany him. The fact that [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Abel saved him from dying might have something to do with it]]]].
* HumiliationConga: Abel subjects him to a massive, [[TheChessMaster well-calculated]] downfall, as not only he [[LiarRevealed reveals him for what he truely is]], destroys the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity image the citizens had of him for 10 years]], Lark condemns him to TheExile from the territory for his crimes and [[LaserGuidedKarma he gets put in prison]]. Too bad he never takes the hint...
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: When Abel call him out on using his crop development research as an excuse for pushing his work on others, while not producing anything for years, he launches into [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a long tirade about how hard crop development using magic]] really is, taking factors like how long it takes to grow, climate change, trial and error, hypotheses, and meddling into god's domain, and mocking Abel and calling his knowledge shallow while wheezing and panting, and leave while exchanging remarks with his men. [[spoiler: What he doesn't know is that [[NiceJobFixingItVillain he just helped Abel set the stage for his downfall]], who proceed to create his own crop with help of Rinoa's faction... within a '''day'''!]].
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He wasn't the best of magicians he thought he was when he applied for employment for nobility, so he enjoyed the position he got when he was employed in the Fage territory, [[NormalFishInATinyPond admired and respected by the people]] over Lark for years, [[SmugSnake growing arrogant as a result]]. But when [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Abel]] came to the territory and bested him by creating a MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop to solve the food shortage, a dream that he gave up on after years of researching, and [[LiarRevealed exposed his lies]] about his own faked research [[HumiliationConga in front of the citizens who loved and believed in him]], he [[RageBreakingPoint snapped]] and [[VillainTeamUp struck a deal with Ringus]] to destroy Abel.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. He knows that fighting [[PersonOfMassDestruction Abel]] is suicide, so he goads him into accepting a [[WizardDuel Vernasse-style magic duel]], that Abel knows nothing about in contrast with Icarus, who's known as "[[RedBaron Icarus the Serial Bullet]]" in these duels, to restrain his powers.
* ManipulativeBastard: He and [[GangOfBullies his faction]] harass [[HonestAdvisor Rinoa]] and [[TheTeam her faction]] into taking on jobs meant for Icarus' faction, but the jobs usually are ImpossibleTask like [[WeatherManipulation Cloud-gathering spell]]. If they fail, the [[PowderKegCrowd citizens' anger and frustration]] will be directed at them, instead of him, and drive them to leave the territory. [[WeDoTheImpossible If they succeed]], he undervalues their work, claims that the clouds were actually going to gather without their hardwork. And [[GullibleLemmings the citizens believe him]].
-->'''Abel''': It seems that Icarus is intent on reducing the Vice Commander’s group’s voice and the trust of those around them by throwing the difficult task of gathering rain clouds to them. \\
By creating other spearheads, he suppresses the loss of his own credibility while also undermining the credibility of his opponents who are in his way by making them unable to move. \\
As expected of a man who controls his domain from behind the scenes.
* NeverMyFault: He blames Lark's private army for the failure of the attack on Nalgarn, because they couldn't [[DrawAggro lure Nalgarn to the range of their magic]], deliberately leaving out the fact that he's the one who had his mage squad stay away and [[DirtyCoward do nothing while their comrades are getting slaughtered]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Derided, mocked and ridiculed Euris when she tried to sincerely ask or discuss the changes in the plan to attack Nalgarn, and shouted and ranted at her for no reason other than cutting her off. Then left saying how [[StrawMisogynist he was against having a woman leads the operation]].
* TreacherousAdvisor: He was highly respected by the previous lord and still has the townsfolk's [[HundredPercentAdorationRating admiration]], [[spoiler:but he's making things worse for the territory, [[MisplacedRetribution knowing well that Lark will be blamed for it]], while he's living a lazy life from the money on a research he'll never complete]].
* VillainousBreakdown: After Abel, [[SickEpisode still fighting the cold]], bests him in the [[WizardDuel Vernasse-style magic duel]], and his faction are demanding him to stop least he get himself seriously injured, [[LaughingMad he starts cackling madly]], launch into a MotiveRant explaining why he can't quit when he close to become king, [[DrivenToMadness throws a tantrum on the ground and scream and cry]]... then [[spoiler: [[ISurrenderSuckers picks his staff and turns the ground into venomous snake]] to attack Abel, intending to kill him]]. See BackStabBackfire.
-->'''Icarus''': “I’ve been in this shitty land from twenty to forty…… forever! And now I finally get the chance to be [[NormalFishInATinyPond king of the land in name only]], and then someone like you comes along! I chose this goddamn frontier to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter avoid the likes of you]]! What am I supposed to do now [[TheExile that I’ve been banished]]? [[WhatTheHellAreYou What are you doing with my life]]! You know how much I’ve contributed to this place so far! Who do you think I am! I am Icarus the serial bullets, you know! Normally, I’m not the kind of magician who smokes on the ground like this! Without me, this territory …… would have been even worse……! Give it back…… [[MadnessMantra I’m the king! I was the king……]]”
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[[folder:Ringus]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:“How in the world did you manage to defeat Nalgarn! I’d love to hear that story……!”]]
A missionary who hails from the Riveras Kingdom, left his home for training and stumbled across the Fage territory despite its rugged borders. He preaches to the citizens the teachings of the Levi Church, drawing them in with hope and promises of salvation.
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* AngerMontage: He goes through an internal one in Chapter 165, [[spoiler: after his VillainTeamUp with Icarus failed and Abel became a celebrity]].
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After [[CleanUpTheTown Abel resolve each problem created by Ringus in the territory]], Lark wising up to his tricks, Icarus' defeat and [[TheExile banishment]], the building of his church stopped because of a sudden increase in work for the citizens, Abel spreading a card game among the locals to relieve their stress. All this makes him resolves to kill Abel no matter what, and asks the "[[HiddenVillain High Pristess]]" to [[LetsGetDangerous aid his final attack]]]].
* EnemyMine: He breaks out Icarus from his prison to [[VillainTeamUp join forces]] in a scheme to drive Abel out of the territory, or kill him. Icarus knows that Ringus is planning something for the territory, but he was TooDesperateToBePicky.
* EyesAlwaysShut: From his illustration in the light novel, completing his GoodShepherd image. He does open them, whenever he reacts to [[DidNotSeeThatComing unexpected things]] or extreme emotions, like when he heard how Nalgarn was killed. [[spoiler: Later, they are open, as he show is [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry extreme hostility]] before attacking Abel]].
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: After Abel apprehended him, he didn't respond to interrogations from Lark's soldiers for his crimes. It appears that seeing his religion's esteemed HighPriestess, Marias, utterly defeated sent him into [[TooBrokenToBreak a state of apathy and won't take anything seriously]]. The cause was ruled to be extreme stress... or a CrisisOfFaith]]?
* HoldingTheFloor: [[spoiler: After Abel reaches where the kidnapped Fage territory citizens are held, he tries to sneak on Abel from behind, but Abel sees through it. He talks to Abel and congratulate him on making it this far and prepares two magical circle to attack with [[MakingASplash water spears]]. Abel rewrites the magic circles' tragectory, and [[SchmuckBait advises him against shooting that]]. As Ringus chants and shoots, [[OhCrap Abel hears a second voice chanting]] the same spell as Ringus and looks behind him.. to find [[DecoyDamsel Marias]] casting the spell to hit him InTheBack! [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because Abel saw her betrayal coming and had Ringus' water spears hit her's]].
* ImpliedDeathThreat: After telling him that he knows that Abel'll join the army in the magic beasts thinning quest, he gives Abel and a thinly-veiled one:
-->'''Ringus''': “[[ShameIfSomethingHappened Please be careful not to lose your life over something trivial]]. You are the hero and hope of this territory, after all.”
* InsidiousRumorMill: [[spoiler: One of the territory citizens lets it slip that Ringus tells them that reports of Abel's achievements are a [[PropagandaMachine hoax made by Lark to quell their anger]], with [[OhCrap Ringus besides him]]! That earned Ringus one DeathGlare from Lark, as this proves that he was the one spreading slander about him]].
* ItsPersonal: After hearing Abel badmouth Nalgarn's design and magic circle, [[spoiler: which was made by [[HighPriest Penrath]], and was the one who killed it, he swore to kill Abel for such insult]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He comes out from his hiding place, [[AssumedWin thinking that Marias defeated Abel]], only to find Abel victorious and Marias [[ConvulsiveSeizures defeated and spewing bubbles]]. [[VillainExitStageLeft He tries to escape]], only for Abel to order Marias' demon, Cow Snake, to catch him with its multiple snakes' necks. Ringus' desperate screams echoed through the forest]].
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: The ambush by Hamelin and the monsters was orchestrated by him, to dispose of both Lark's private army and Abel, who killed Nalgarn]].
* MakingASplash: [[spoiler: He tries to ambush Abel with [[ShapingYourAttacks lances made of water]]]].
* {{Fingore}}: He bites his index finger to suppress his anger [[spoiler: after seeing rain falling in the territory]].
* FrameUp: His plan with Icarus involves Murk, a follower of Ringus, [[WoundedGazelleGambit to pretend he was bitten and injured by a Totem Gourd plant]], to discredit Abel in the eyes of the territory. [[spoiler: This was a bait, as the actual plan involves getting Abel to agree on a WizardDuel against Icarus, to defeat or kill him in the duel]].
* PreacherMan: Began spreading the words of Levi after settling for a while in the Fage territory.
* RageBreakingPoint: He crosses it when he sees [[spoiler: rain falling onto the territory, despite his [[ForceField ward]]. He almost [[SinisterSuffocation strangled a follower]] in a fit of rage!]]
* SayingTooMuch: He comes to Abel along with a group of followers from the territory, and asks him how he defeated Nalgarn. When Abel tells him [[CurbStompCushion the cover story he gave Euris and Lark]] followed by a [[DoWrongRight thinly-veiled critique of its design]], Ringus begins saying more things about Nalgarn to disprove the story: such as his [[HealingFactor embedded magic circle]] and unheard of magic additions included in the dragon. And he feels overly defensive of such a beast that threatened the territory being attacked like that. [[LooseLips And then he let this slip, in front of Abel and the group of followers!]] Somehow, [[IdiotBall no one suspected a thing]]:
-->'''Ringus''': “Oh…… Yes, that’s definitely true. Nalgarn has a high magical power…… and is the right choice for building a magic circle of regeneration. I’m sure that’s it, it can’t be wrong. They are also very mobile, and if you let them take the initiative, they will be able to move to their advantage. It was my own fault.”
* SinisterMinister: Preaches to the Fage territory citizens to attain salvation and hope from Levi's religion, [[spoiler: while he and his [[CorruptChurch church are responsible for the troubles in the territory]], plotting to invade them for a PretextForWar against the Dinrat Kingdom]].
* TheSocialExpert: He manages to get a crowd of listeners to one of his speeches to care and be invested in the Riveras Kingdom's history and religion wars, despite them being residents of the Fage territory. Just by using small negative words and big positive words and saying 'peace' a lot and loudly.
* SuppressedRage: His voice becomes raspy, [[HighPressureEmotion his face reddens]], followed by twitchy hands after his debate with Abel on Nalgarn as a beast. He calms himself down, until [[IdioticPartnerConfession Mea mentions Abel's criticism on the shoddy quality and inefficiency of Nalgarn's magic circle, and that whoever made it has no understanding of magic]], giving him a short VillainousBSOD before excusing himself to rest.
* TalksLikeASimile: Many of his sermons, speeches and [[AsTheGoodBookSays words of Levi]] has a metaphor included. All of his metaphors are water-themed.
-->'''Ringus''': “All things circulate. Water and action are the same again.”
* WeatherManipulation: [[spoiler: He is the one behind the drought on the Fage territory. Using "Cloud Avoidance" spell to prevent clouds from going into the area, so that his built church could [[EngineeredHeroics draw in new members by giving their own water for free]]]].
* WhyWontYouDie: He tells one of the men building a Levi church in the Fage territory that [[DeadlyEuphemism there been some concerns that just got taken care of]]. Once he sees Abel coming from the monsters thinning mission, [[VillainousBreakdown he kneel over like he saw a ghost]].
-->'''Ringus''': “W-why…what is, what is going on? You were supposed to take part on that……”
* WolfInSheepsClothing: He's the GoodShepherd of Levi in front of the troubled territory's citizens, [[spoiler: while several of the Fage territory problems are [[EngineeredHeroics actually made by him]]. WeatherManipulation, crop diseases created by a demon, [[FlunkeyBoss Hamelin]]. All part of a large plan to [[DayOfTheJackboot convert the territory from the inside]], and use it as a foothold for an invasion on the Dinrat Kindgom]].
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[[folder:Clark]]
-->'''Clark''': “Hmph, it looks like we, the private army is being looked down for going out with kids.”
A soldier in Lark's private army, who participates in the magic beasts thinning quest. He's suspicious of Abel's prowess and resents him for killing Nalgarn after the army failed to.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Refuses to believe that Abel slayed Nalgarn, and believes that [[StealingTheCredit he must've found it dead and carried the heads]] to the territory. Euris tells him to remember [[DiagonalCut the way the Nalgarn's heads were cut]], and she could testify that the [[StrongFleshWeakSteel dragon's necks aren't easy to cut with a sword]].
* BackhandedApology: Gives Abel one with a smile after [[TrashTalk telling him not to get ahead of himself because Lark favors him]] and Euris scolded him for it:
-->'''Clark''': “I’m sorry for my words, my apologies. I declare that you have [[AccidentalTruth defeated Nalgarn by yourself]], Hero-sama of the Fage Territory.”
* JerkassHasAPoint: After Abel and Mea were almost hurt by a goblin leader and getting saved by Clark, he [[WhatTheHellHero berates them for not pulling their weight and putting themselves in danger]]. Abel wanted to be angry at him, but he agrees that he was right, so he brings Ashura 5000 to help in the army in the mission.
* JerkassRealization: He spells it out for Abel when the latter offers to heal and clean him after the monsters ambush, after seeing what Abel is capable of.
-->'''Clark''': “…… I’m wrong. I couldn’t help but believe it when I saw you on the move. No, maybe I didn’t want to believe it. I can’t believe there was a human who could easily defeat a magic beast that we couldn’t even handle.”
* JerkJustifications: He resents Abel for 'supposedly' landing the killing blow on Nalgarn, after the army 'allegedly' weakened it, and [[StealingTheCredit robbing them of the achievement]]. Not knowing that Abel [[LyingToProtectYourFeelings lied about how he killed it to make the army look better]].
* TheResenter: He really has it in for Abel throughout the magic beasts thinning. Picking on how easily he tires out from walking, dragging them behind, [[WorfHadTheFlu him and Mea needing protection]] and [[TrashTalk doubting how Abel could've defeated Nalgarn, and calling it a fluke]]. [[HeelFaceTurn He DOES however mellows out of it]] when [[SaveTheJerk Abel saves him]] from getting SwallowedWhole by a [[AmphibianAtLarge Great King Vogue]].
* UnwantedAssistance: He refuses Abel's offer to clean him with magic and remove the [[CoveredInGunge smell, mud and mucus]] from getting caught by the Great King Vogue's tongue. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of his {{Pride}} making him feel embarrased of his treatment of Abel in the mission, and wanting to reflect on it.
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[[folder:Jaguar Zircos]]
-->'''Jaguar (about Icarus)''': “Abel-dono, I can understand you’re upset of him, but there’s no way in hell you can win against him. If you argue with him, this is what will happen.”
A mage from Rinoa's faction of the Fage territory's alchemy division.
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* DespairSpeech: He breaks down when it looked like the cloud-gathering spell he and the rest of the faction worked hard to make failed, then he talks about how Icarus made everyone think he's crazy and yet he still tried. And tops it off with:
-->'''Jaguar''': “…… It was in vain, all of it. [[AllForNothing After all that effort and desperation]], I feel stupid. The only thing you can do now is to leave without saying a word, because Nalgarn isn’t here. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption You can’t do anything even if I’m here or the Assistant Commander is here]]. I’m sure that this place will be destroyed no matter how hard you try.”
* IneptMage: Originally hired to be in the private army, but was sent to increase the number of members in Rinoa's faction.
* UndyingLoyalty: An adventuring drifter like Euris, he was picked up by Lark when the Fage territory was isolated due to Nalgarn, and was given a job, a roof and a salary in the private army. He wanted to repay Lark through his work and servitude. Abel realized that when his DespairSpeech mentioned Lark.
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