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* ChainPain: [[spoiler: He wields a chain as a weapon during Zeta's flashback.]]
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* SinisterMinister: Like Nelson, Petos is a priest working for the Cult of Diablos.
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* BlackKnight: In his guise as "Sir Gaunt", he wears a full suit of menacing-looking dark plate armor that conceals his identity and voice.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: He took his knowledge of Shadow being Cid to the grave with him.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: He took his knowledge of Shadow being Cid to the grave with him.
* {{Expy}}: He shares a few characteristics with none other than [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], being a menacing BlackKnight with a deep voice and a BadassCape who [[YouHaveFailedMe does not take failure well]], suffering from an ailment that weakens him, and being the (step)father of the main character (or at least, the person Cid ''considers'' to be the main character of this particular scenario). Unlike Vader, though, he does not feel remorse for any of his misdeeds and holds no true love for his adoptive daughter.
* OneWingedAngel: He successfully uses the Eye of Avarice to transform himself into a demonic form. It doesn't help him an iota when Shadow comes for his head.
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* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Lutheran gloats to Shadow that even if the latter kills him, he still frames Shadow Garden for his crimes and the world will be hunting them down. To his shock, however, Shadow literally laughs in his face as he reveals that he and Shadow Garden are not bothered having the world against them.
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* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Lutheran gloats to Shadow that even if the latter kills him, he still frames Shadow Garden for his crimes and the world will be hunting them down. To his shock, however, Shadow literally laughs in his face as he reveals that he and Shadow Garden are not bothered having the world against them. Perhaps more importantly, his death ends up turning his daughter Sherry against Shadow, as she never learned the truth of what happened that day.
* WalkingSpoiler: Impossible to discuss him without revealing that the mild-mannered Assistant Principal of the academy is actually a high-ranking cultist of Diablos.
* WalkingSpoiler: Impossible to discuss him without revealing that the mild-mannered Assistant Principal of the academy is actually a high-ranking cultist of Diablos.
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* SinisterScythe: Dark Spider dual wields scythes as weapons
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* SuicidalOverconfidence: Viscount Jean/Dark Smile, despite being sent flying by Zeta by just parrying his attack, was pretty confident on his abilities until Zeta boredly subjected him with her BattleAura that brought him down to his knees.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: Viscount Jean/Dark Smile, despite being sent flying by Zeta by just parrying his attack, was pretty confident on his abilities until Zeta boredly subjected him with her BattleAura that brought him down to his knees.
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* KarmicDeath: He had an underlying fear of losing his loved ones and the things he cherishes to others and resorts to stealing from them first as well as valuing strength above all else. Not only did he [[SelfFulfillingProphecy bring this upon himself]] by raiding Yukime's village which led to her collapsing the Major Corporate Alliance to unrecoverable shambles in retaliation but John Smith [[RapidFireFisticuffs beat him senseless]] into a bloody pulp in a one-sided battle of strength, truly dying without anything to his name anymore.
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* ArcVillain: The final boss for the White Mist Arc and volume 5 as a whole.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Fenrir was inflicted his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own finishing move]] courtesy of Shadow, [[DevouredByTheHorde ripping him limb from limb]], [[AttackOnTheHeart piercing his heart]] and [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] in an over-the-top fashion. Furthermore, Shadow mentally breaks him by basically telling him his life's goal of reaching the pinnacle of strength was pathetically small-minded since there should never be a set goal for true power at all and how weak he was for giving up his dreams when it got "too hard". Thus, Fenrir died deep in regret and despair as his head was smashed open like a watermelon.
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* BlackCloak: Dark Spider gets his name from his signature black cloak made from the finest Black Spider silk money could buy. So cool and ominous in fact that it tempted Cid to steal it for his "Eminence in Shadow" collection after killing the old man.
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* BloodKnight: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Shadow after hearing his prowess and in the white mist, he loves the thrill of fighting Aurora (in Claire's body) and is finally ecstatic when "Suzuki" fights him and reveals himself as Shadow.
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* BlackMail: {{Implied}}. Fenrir plans to use his knowledge about Zeta as a bargaining chip towards Petos when he notices that Petos [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness acted unusually]] at the mention of a golden colored beastkin operative of the Shadow Garden.
* BloodKnight: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Zeta & Shadow after hearinghis their prowess and in the white mist, he loves the thrill of fighting Aurora (in Claire's body) and is finally ecstatic when "Suzuki" fights him and reveals himself as Shadow.
* BloodKnight: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Zeta & Shadow after hearing
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* TheScapegoat: Due to the instigation of [[TheRival Loki]], Fenrir is usually blamed by the Cult's leadership on the massive crisis they face against the Shadow Garden and is unanimously agreed to be not given a drop of the Tears of Diablos once produced much to Fenrir's chagrin. Fenrir even laments that it is [[WeHaveBecomeComplacent due to the cult's complacency]] that made this problem grew larger than it should be had they dealt with it five years ago.
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* ThisCannotBe: He has a hard time grasping how Shadow was able to cut limb by limb and defeat Ragnarok, the ruler of the 4th realm. Even more so when he tried to assimilate its powers to him but was promptly [[CurStompBattle curbstomped]] by Shadow.
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* ThisCannotBe: He has a hard time grasping how Shadow was able to cut limb by limb and defeat Ragnarok, the ruler of the 4th realm. Even more so when he tried to assimilate its powers to him but was promptly [[CurStompBattle [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by Shadow.
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* TemptingFate: When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].
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* TemptingFate: When [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].move]]]].
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* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Fenrir, aside from his [[TheRival rivalry of Loki and his faction]], scoffs at the weaker members of the Rounds and doesn't acknowledge the likes of Petos and Nelson taking seats.]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].
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* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Fenrir, aside from his [[TheRival rivalry of Loki and his faction]], scoffs at the weaker members of the Rounds and doesn't acknowledge the likes of Petos and Nelson taking seats.]]
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* EliteMook: Rex is a first-named child, the second-highest rank a cult member could obtain next to the Knights of Rounds, and Lutheran's right-hand man but goes down like any other mook when up against Cid.
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* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Shadow after hearing his prowess and in the white mist, he loves the thrill of fighting Aurora (in Claire's body) and is finally ecstatic when "Suzuki" fights him & reveals himself as Shadow.]]
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* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Shadow after hearing his prowess and in the white mist, he loves the thrill of fighting Aurora (in Claire's body) and is finally ecstatic when "Suzuki" fights him & and reveals himself as Shadow.]]
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* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].]]
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* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Fenrir, [[spoiler: aside from his [[TheRival rivalry of Loki and his faction]], scoffs at the weaker members of the Rounds and doesn't acknowledge the likes of Petos and Nelson taking seats.]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].
* AdaptationalWimp: His "fight" with Shadow in the anime was hilariously even more one-sided than the light novel and manga. At least he could put up a fight at all whereas he got smacked around like a ragdoll, apparent by the amount of effort in Shadow's attacks[[note]]The light novel and manga had him going faster than the speed of light which Rex cannot perceive while the anime just showed Cid nonchalantly walking up and punching/kicking him[[/note]], then let out a [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl bloodcurdling scream]] in his final moments.
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* NothingIsScarier: The last we see of Rex in the anime is Cid closing in on him to which the screen promptly goes black with only a blood splatter and his ungodly scream left to our imagination. Subverted in the light novel and manga where Rex is graphically disemboweled and strewn everywhere.
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* CosmopolitanCouncil: The leaders of the cult, the Knights of Rounds, are comprised of twelve individuals. This is relevant as their concoction for immortality can only be produced in twelve. So far, only four of them have been introduced, Nelson (9th), Modred (11th), Fenrir (5th) and Petos (10th), [[spoiler: in which the first three were slain by Shadow. The others who shared the same fate are either powerful enough to become one (Zenon Griffey), a former member of the twelve (Lutheran Barnett) and one who's been promised a promotion by a member of the Rounds (Perv Asshat).]]
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* CosmopolitanCouncil: The leaders of the cult, the Knights of Rounds, are comprised of twelve individuals. This is relevant as their concoction for immortality can only be produced in twelve. So far, only four of them have been introduced, Nelson (9th), Modred (11th), Fenrir (5th) and Petos (10th), [[spoiler: in which the first three were slain by Shadow.Shadow [[NoodleIncident while also killing the former tenth seat that it got Petos promoted]]. The others who shared the same fate are either powerful enough to become one (Zenon Griffey), a former member of the twelve (Lutheran Barnett) and one who's been promised a promotion by a member of the Rounds (Perv Asshat).]]
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* CosmopolitanCouncil: The leaders of the cult, the Knights of Rounds, are comprise comprised of twelve individuals. This is relevant as their concoction for immortality can only be produced in twelve. So far, only four of them have been introduced, Nelson (9th), Modred (11th), Fenrir (5th) and Petos (10th), [[spoiler: in which the first three were slain by Shadow. The others who shared the same fate are either powerful enough to become one (Zenon Griffey), a former member of the twelve (Lutheran Barnett) and one who's been promised a promotion by a member of the Rounds (Perv Asshat).]]
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* InvisibleMeansUndodgeable: Both on the attacking and the receiving end of it. After managing to acquire [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Invisible Blade]], a long lost elven artifact, his attacks are this unless if your aware of his weapon itself or have the instincts to even dodge it. Unfortunately, his opponents are elves named Beta and Epsilon who, not only have both but the latter is even capable of throwing out invisible attacks too. The only reason he survives is they meant to spare him until they can pry out more information from him.
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* InvisibleMeansUndodgeable: Both on the attacking and the receiving end of it. After managing to acquire [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Invisible Blade]], a long lost elven artifact, his attacks are this unless if your you are aware of his weapon itself or have the instincts to even dodge it. Unfortunately, his opponents are elves named Beta and Epsilon who, not only have both but the latter is even capable of throwing out invisible attacks too. The only reason he survives is they meant to spare him until they can pry out more information from him.
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* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:He has a hard time grasping at how [[CurbStompBattle Shadow was able to cut limb by limb and defeat Ragnarok, the ruler of the 4th realm. Even moreso when he tried to assimilate its powers to him but was promptly defeated by Shadow]].]]
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* AxCrazy: Like White Demon, [[spoiler: he has murdered countless people for the thrill and being able to face opponents stronger than him. This earns him the title the [[RedBaron Midgar Devil]] and strikes fear to anyone who has even heard of his name.]]
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* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Fenrir's favorite tactic is to distract and rile up his opponents in order to lower down their focus and guard. Aurora herself warns Claire against this while protecting her from Fenrir's attacks.]]
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: He's regarded by Aurora as the [[RedBaron Midgar Devil]] who murdered countless people to achieve the peak of martial arts. And, true to that name, he manages to fight Aurora, [[HeroicHost using Claire's body]], to a standstill.]]
* TheRival: [[spoiler: In the factions of the cult, he utterly hates Loki and [[EnemyMine only sucks up their cooperation]] due to the actions of Cid(economically via John Smith) & the threat of the Shadow Garden (via attrition of personnel).]]
* SleepModeSize: [[spoiler: Fenrir usually takes the appearance of a young boy which is still strong for an ordinary individual to engage with. [[LetsGetDangerous He gets into his old man/ Midgar Devil mode]] when he encounters a more dangerous enemy such as Aurora or Shadow.]]
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* TheRival: [[spoiler: In the factions of the cult, he utterly hates Loki and [[EnemyMine only sucks up their cooperation]] due to the actions of Cid(economically via John Smith) & the threat of the Shadow Garden (via attrition of personnel).]]
* SleepModeSize: [[spoiler: Fenrir usually takes the appearance of a young boy which is still strong for an ordinary individual to engage with. [[LetsGetDangerous He gets into his old man/ Midgar Devil mode]] when he encounters a more dangerous enemy such as Aurora or Shadow.]]
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* AxCrazy: Like White Demon, [[spoiler: he has murdered countless people for the thrill and being able to face opponents stronger than him. This earns him the title the [[RedBaron Midgar Devil]] and strikes fear to anyone who has even heard of his name.]]
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Shadow after hearing his prowess and in the white mist, he loves the thrill of fighting Aurora (in Claire's body) and is finally ecstatic when "Suzuki" fights him & reveals himself as Shadow.]]
* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: Fenrir's favorite tactic as the [[TheDreaded Midgar]] [[RedBaron Devil]] is to [[IShallTauntYou distract and rile up]] his opponents in order to lower down their focus and guard then quickly attacking them.]]
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: Fenrir loves fighting strong opponents. During his talk with Petos, he gets excited at the prospect of fighting Shadow after hearing his prowess and in the white mist, he loves the thrill of fighting Aurora (in Claire's body) and is finally ecstatic when "Suzuki" fights him & reveals himself as Shadow.]]
* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: Fenrir's favorite tactic as the [[TheDreaded Midgar]] [[RedBaron Devil]] is to [[IShallTauntYou distract and rile up]] his opponents in order to lower down their focus and guard then quickly attacking them.]]
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!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 4 (Light Novel), Chapter 45 (Manga), Episode 20(Anime Cameo)
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* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: He does this in Volume 4 when faced with imminent defeat against Shadow and the Shadow Garden.]]
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* OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding: {{Averted}}; In Volume 5, it is revealed thay due to the actions of [[spoiler: John Smith and Yukime, they are scraping the barrel for funding and can only afford to send 2nd & 3rd children to support the Fenrir faction to activate the Diabolos arm under the school sanctuary.]]
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* OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding: {{Averted}}; In Volume 5, it is revealed thay that due to the actions of [[spoiler: John Smith and Yukime, they are scraping the barrel for funding and can only afford to send 2nd & 3rd children to support the Fenrir faction to activate the Diabolos arm under the school sanctuary.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Cid unintentionally skewers Dark Spider, who ironically accuses Cid of killing Dark Smile who was actually killed by Zeta, on the school statue's sword after kicking him off the roof and didn't bother to clean up, giving a nasty surprise to the students and staff entering the academy the next morning.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Cid unintentionally skewers Dark Spider, who ironically accuses Cid of killing Dark Smile who was actually killed by Zeta, Spider on the school statue's sword after kicking him off the roof and didn't bother to clean up, giving a nasty surprise to the students and staff entering the academy the next morning.
* MisplacedRetribution: Wanting vengeance for his predecessor, Dark Spider accuses Cid of killing Dark Smile, unaware that the actual culprit is Zeta, and immediately attacks him. Not that it makes any difference as Cid disposed of him just as fast and snatched up his coat for good measure.
* PopGoesTheHuman: Dark Smile is subjectedinto to LudicrousGibs just by Zeta's BattleAura alone.
* MisplacedRetribution: Wanting vengeance for his predecessor, Dark Spider accuses Cid of killing Dark Smile, unaware that the actual culprit is Zeta, and immediately attacks him. Not that it makes any difference as Cid disposed of him just as fast and snatched up his coat for good measure.
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!Cult of Diablos
[[folder:General]]
* AncientConspiracy: Existed since at least since Diablos' rise, [[spoiler:and had manipulated the Three Heroes into killing Diablos so they could take Diablos' remains for their own ends, first using an arm severed from Diablos by Olivier as the foundation for their research]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Their goals are to gain power from Diablos' remains and take over the world, and they've gone about this by kidnapping, assassination, evil experiments, planting moles and puppet kings in key locations, and unleashing a zombie plague.
* CosmopolitanCouncil: The leaders of the cult, the Knights of Rounds comprise of twelve individuals. This is relevant as their concoction for immortality can only be produced in twelve. So far, only two of them have been introduced [[spoiler: and have been slain by the Shadow Garden in Nelson and Mordred. The others they defeated are either powerful enough to become one (Zenon Griffey), a former member of the twelve (Lutheran Barnett) and one who's been promised a promotion by a member of the Rounds (Perv Asshat).]]
* EliteMooks: The Named Children are the most powerful of the cult's soldiers, either coming from the 1st and maybe even the 2nd Children.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Fenrir, during his talk with Petos, comments on how the cult finally stops the factional disputes and is now united for the first time in centuries due to the threat of Shadow Garden.]]
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance. Their self-assurance on their own capabilities in destroying Shadow Garden borders on suicidal. Perv even lampshades just how out-of-depth they are.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The main goal of the Cult of Diablos is to extract the power of Diablos and gain immortality for themselves and to use this power along with their influence to dominate the world.
%%* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Thanks to [[SpannerInTheWorks Shadow]], the cult is now suffering centuries-worth of punishments.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: The Cult will eliminate any person who has even the slightest idea about their activities as a rule.
* OneWingedAngel: When backed into a corner by a stronger enemy, they use a red lozenge containing drugs made from Diablos' cells to boost their abilities all the while mutating them into something inhuman.
* ReligionOfEvil: They are worshiping a demon that has nearly destroyed the world. [[spoiler: It's later revealed [[NonIndicativeName they aren't a religion at all]] and don't care about the demon, only its power.]]
* SocialClimber: The twelfth seat is currently vacant which leads eager opportunists, such as Zenon Griffey and Perv Asshat, to do whatever dirty, inhumane or homicidal deed it takes for such power and immortality. However, it's implied the Knights of Rounds left the seat open to entice others into doing their dirty work and ensuring their allegiance to the cult without the intention of ever fulfilling the position.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Their other primary goal aside from [[ImmortalitySeeker immortality and power]], and they'll commit any atrocity to achieve it.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Most of them are in key positions that are respected by the rest of the world, allowing the cult to carry out their criminal activities without suspicion.
* WeHaveReserves: The Diablos Cult's Third Children are just brainwashed people who are meant to be killed, whether or not they accomplished their missions. Second Children are about the same but they retained their sanity.
* WouldHurtAChild: They have been doing this for hundreds of years, most especially in killing the descendants of the Three Heroes.
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!!Knights of Rounds
[[folder:Nelson]]
!!Jack Nelson
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 2 (Light Novel), Chapter 15 (Manga), Episode 11 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}}
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The eleventh seat of the Knights of Rounds who posed as the acting archbishop of the Holy Church.
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* BaldOfEvil: Alexia loves to take potshots at the man's lack of hair. When she learns about his secret to immortality, she thinks Nelson's baldness is the result of it only to learn that it's just natural.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: Nelson learns Alpha's identity as Olivier's descendant and plans on capturing her to save face. He didn't get far as Cid kills him.
* DirtyCoward: He is by far the most pathetic out of his fellow cult members as years of complacency has rendered him too useless to be ever able to participate in a fight.
* DirtyOldMan: When Natsume-sensei (Beta in disguise) asks questions about Aurora, Nelson took an opportunity to ogle at her chest.
* FatBastard: He's is quite obese and has experimented on countless children with most leading to gruesome mutations and eventual death.
* MadScientist: He was one of the original researchers that studied Diablos long ago.
* Really700YearsOld: He's possibly centuries old using the power of Diablos.
* SelfDuplication: He can make multiple copies of himself to overwhelm his enemies. This is rendered mute since the clones can't do anything since he's only one man and can't control all of them at once.
* SinisterMinister: An archbishop, secretly working with a cult that wants to resurrect a demon.
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[[folder:Mordred]]
!!Mordred
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 4 (Light Novel), Chapter 45 (Manga)
The ninth seat of the Knights of Rounds known as "The Transcendent Spellsword" for wielding the magic [[InvisibleMeansUndodgeable Invisible Blade]].
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* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair was [[WhiteHairBlackHeart silver]] in the web novel but had changed to [[EvilRedhead red]] in the light novel.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the web novel, Mordred was able to take on Epsilon and several Shadow Garden members with ease. In the light novel, he was nearly overwhelmed by both Epsilon and Beta and it's implied that one of them could have easily defeated him.
* AnArmAndALeg: In the Web Novel, his arm got bisected after Shadow and Aurora escape.
* BattleTrophy: In the Web Novel, he kept some of Epsilon's hair after defeating her.
* BloodKnight: He seems less interested in fulfilling the cult's goals and wants to fight the Seven Shadows.
* CombatPragmatist: The biggest reason he was able to defeat Epsilon was because his surprise attack gave her a deep cut.
* CurbstompBattle: In the Web Novel, he has beaten 664, 665 and even Epsilon, one of the Seven Shadows.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:While still alive (so far) in the WN, he gets beheaded by Shadow shortly after his FusionDance with the various pieces of Ragnarok, the Ruler of the Fourth Hell Dimension. [[ChekhovsGun His head]] becomes a gateway to (and from) another dimension, specifically, the Japan of Cid's previous life as Kageno Minoru.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the Web Novel, his besting of Epsilon is there to acknowledge he's stronger than other villains in the previous arcs.
* FusionDance: By absorbing pieces of an interdimensional beast.
* InvisibleMeansUndodgeable: Both on the attacking and the receiving end of it. After managing to acquire [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Invisible Blade]], a long lost elven artifact, his attacks are this unless if your aware of his weapon itself or have the instincts to even dodge it. Unfortunately, his opponents are elves named Beta and Epsilon who, not only have both but the latter is even capable of throwing out invisible attacks too. The only reason he survives is they meant to spare him until they can pry out more information from him.
* IronicEcho: He insults Beta and Epsilon by calling them small-timers when he summoned Ragnarok of the Fourth Realm. When Shadow bisected its wing, Mordred praises Shadow only for the latter to return the small-timer insult towards him, earning his ire.
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: He does this in Volume 4 when faced with imminent defeat against Shadow and the Shadow Garden.]]
* OhCrap: Not only Mordred was shocked that Shadow has escaped a dimension, something he thought was not possible but also learned that he ''plans'' to reveal the truth about the Cult of Diablos and more to the world.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:He has a hard time grasping at how [[CurbStompBattle Shadow was able to cut limb by limb and defeat Ragnarok, the ruler of the 4th realm. Even moreso when he tried to assimilate its powers to him but was promptly defeated by Shadow]].]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: In the Web Novel, he's a handsome silver-haired man who is working for the cult. However, this was subverted in the light novel as he became an EvilRedhead.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Mordred kills off his subordinate for failing to report anything of significance or basically just wasting his time.
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[[folder:Fenrir]]
!!Fenrir
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 5 (Light Novel)
The fifth seat of the Knights of the Rounds
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Fenrir could not think of a better way to go than being sent off by a WorthyOpponent who has finally shown him the pinnacle of power after hundreds of years but Shadow is quick to shatter this delusion with a few of these responses in rapid succession.
-->'''Fenrir:''' [As he lies dying with a smile on his face] *Cough!* "... In his final moments, he saw the peak of martial prowess... You showed me something good."
-->'''Shadow:''' [Boredly snaps back] "The peak of martial prowess doesn't exist."
-->'''Fenrir:''' "W-what are you saying? You're the one..."
-->'''Shadow:''' "There's more at the end of the peak. That's all..."
-->'''Fenrir:''' "Oh my..."
-->'''Shadow:''' "When people think that's the peak, they stop walking."
-->'''Fenrir:''' "I see, so that's why I..." [Sudden realisation] "...I can't see the peak yet."
-->[Fenrir dies, his smile now replaced with one full of regret]
* DeathSeeker: Despite living for hundreds even thousands of years, Fenrir can never achieve what he called the "peak of martial prowess" after religiously training for as long. Thus he had simply given up his dreams and settled for the next best thing, experiencing this peak from [[WorthyOpponent someone who can best him]] and gladly perishes before the might of Shadow. Unfortunately for him, Shadow gave him an ArmorPiercingResponse that completely shattered his worldview and reignited his passion just moments before passing away.
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: He's regarded by Aurora as the [[RedBaron Midgar Devil]] who murdered countless people to achieve the peak of martial arts. And, true to that name, he manages to fight Aurora, [[HeroicHost using Claire's body]], to a standstill.]]
* SleepModeSize: [[spoiler: Fenrir usually takes the appearance of a young boy which is still strong for an ordinary individual to engage with. [[LetsGetDangerous He gets into his old man/ Midgar Devil mode]] when he encounters a more dangerous enemy such as Aurora or Shadow.]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].]]
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[[folder:Petos]]
!!Petos
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 5 (Light Novel)
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The tenth seat of the Knights of Rounds
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* ArchEnemy: To [[spoiler: Zeta. Fenrir notes that Petos [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness acted unusually]] when he mentioned on [[NoodleIncident encountering a golden beastkin from the Shadow Garden]].]]
* KlingonPromotion: The reason why Petos is even in the Knights of the Rounds at all, despite barely qualifying and vastly underpowered for such a position, is the previous ten-seater was KilledOffscreen two years ago by Shadow and the cult scrambled to find a replacement on short notice.
* TheUnfought: He's the only named Knights of Rounds so far to live past their introduction due to not fighting Shadow or Shadow Garden head on.
* WhamLine: In a conversation with Fenrir, he was the one to reveal [[spoiler:the yearly production of Diabolos' tears, the Knights of Rounds' highly sought-after immortality pills, has drastically reduced from twelve to nine and soon to be eight. This would explain the cult's increasing desperation to retrieve Diabolos' parts and why the twelfth seat is currently unoccupied all this time.]]
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!!Other Members
[[folder:Viscount Grease]]
!!Viscount Grease
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 2 (Manga), Episode 2 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), Creator/JayHickman (English)
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* AccidentalTruth: He is the one confirming it. He had just learned about the highly secretive Diablos Cult and was surprised that outsiders knew about it.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The Seven Shadow plans to extract info out of the viscount, possibly painfully as possible.
* DubNameChange: He's named Olba in Japanese, but Grease in the official translation.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: His defeat at Iris's hands is considered this that it becomes his BerserkButton.
* PapaWolf: He's desperate to save his daughter, Emilia that he joins with the cult to gain their help in curing her.
* TragicVillain: Grease's only wish is to reverse the "Curse" from his daughter which finally came for her years after his death.
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[[folder:Zenon Griffey]]
!!Zenon Griffey
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 3 (Manga), Episode 3 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze (Japanese), Creator/ScottGibbs (English)
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A spellsword instructor at Midgar Academy and one of Alexia's persistent suitors who is strong enough to be a potential candidate for the Twelfth Seat.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Alexia is disturbed by the numerous advances he made to her. She has good reason to...
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He thinks too highly of his own abilities that he's completely shocked when Shadow can easily parry his attacks blow by blow without budging from one spot.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The guy wants to get close to Alexia so that he can kidnap her and extract her blood for the cult.
* BreakTheHaughty: His ego completely shatters when Shadow beats him down numerous times and mocks his so-called superior swordsmanship. After turning into his OneWingedAngel form, Zenon gets ridiculed by both Shadow and Alexia. The last thing Zenon did before Shadow finishes him off is scream in terror.
* BrokenPedestal: Once his crimes were exposed, the students that follow him left his class.
* CurbStompBattle: Normally, he'd be the one enacting this but his opponent, [[WorldsStrongestMan Shadow]] is on a whole other level than he's actually on the receiving end of the beatdown. The anime makes his defeat more humiliating as despite being in his OneWingedAngel form, Zenon is pushed back by Shadow's hand-to-hand techniques, even getting kicked in the head.
* FrameUp: He has Cid take the fall for his crimes in kidnapping the princess. However, this act brought the attention of Shadow (Cid) and Shadow Garden.
* KickTheDog: Zenon insults Alexia by belittling her skills and comparing her to Iris, which she hates.
* OhCrap: When he realizes he is about to be vaporized.
* TooGoodToBeTrue: The reason why Alexia is suspicious of him is his personality seemingly has no flaws whatsoever. Of course, he's later revealed as BitchInSheepsClothing.
* YoureInsane: In the anime, Zenon calls Shadow this, refusing to believe that the latter is '''[[WorldsStrongestMan THAT]]''' [[WorldsStrongestMan strong]]. He tries to attack him only to [[OhCrap witness]] his sword literally shatter upon contact with Shadow's body.
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[[folder:Lutheran Barnett]]
!!Lutheran Barnett
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 7 (Manga), Episode 6 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka
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* TheBadGuyWins: Although he's dead, he succeeded in framing Shadow Garden for his crimes. What's worse is that he died a martyr to his stepdaughter.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His loving father side of Sherry is completely fake.
* DubNameChange: He was originally named "Ruslan", but the official translation renamed him "Lutheran".
* EvilCripple: He was a former member of the Rounds and when he could no longer able to do it anymore due to an illness, he tries to use various illegal methods to get back.
* EvilLaugh: His is noted to be disturbing.
* FrameUp: His goal is to have Shadow Garden be blamed for the attacks all over the kingdom and make them the enemy of the world.
* KarmicDeath: Cid kills him the same way he killed Sherry's mother.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Once his minions have been killed, he attempts to flee and burns every trace of evidence that ties the crime to him.
* TheMole: His true mission is to extract the Eye of Avarice.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Lutheran gloats to Shadow that even if the latter kills him, he still frames Shadow Garden for his crimes and the world will be hunting them down. To his shock, however, Shadow literally laughs in his face as he reveals that he and Shadow Garden are not bothered having the world against them.
* WickedStepmother: A male variant. He murdered Sherry's mother to silence her and uses Sherry to further his agenda.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Lutheran describes in detail how he murdered Sherry's mother to Cid, who then [[KarmicDeath returns the favor when killing the former as Shadow.]]
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[[folder:Rex]]
!!Rex
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 10 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto
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A high-ranked 1st child of Diabolos tasked to retrieve the artifact from Sherry.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Rex gives himself the [[RedBaron title]] of "'''R'''ex the '''R'''iveting '''R'''ebel" in the manga.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: This man has a severe overestimation of his own abilities until Shadow shatters that illusion to pieces.
* BadLiar: He pretends to be Shadow Garden, but then questions if that is the correct name before constantly change it.
* EntertaininglyWrong: He thinks Cid has an artifact that boosts his abilities and that he's too injured to keep fighting. He was way wrong.
* NothingIsScarier: The last we see of Rex in the anime is Cid closing in on him to which the screen promptly goes black with only a blood splatter and his ungodly scream left to our imagination. Subverted in the light novel and manga where Rex is graphically disemboweled and strewn everywhere.
* OhCrap: This bastard thinks he has a chance against Cid. That is until he finds the corpses of all his men and he starts wetting himself.
* RedBaron: Has the self-proclaimed title of "The Game of Betrayal" (Whatever that means) and "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Rex the Riveting Rebel]]" (Manga only).
* StupidEvil: He attempts to pose as a member of Shadow Garden to frame them but gets their name wrong. If it weren't for the fact that everyone not knowing much about the organization, the plan wouldn't have worked.
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[[folder:Perv Asshat]]
!!Perv Asshat
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 2 (Light Novel), Chapter 24 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowHayami
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* AdaptationalSexuality: In the web novel, Perv is a closeted gay man who was also secretly a masochist (hence the PunnyName). In the light novel, [[spoiler:Perv is a sadist who is in a secret adulterous (and heterosexual) relationship with Rose's mother, the Queen of Oriana, thus making his name ironic rather than [[PunnyName punny]]]].
* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee and is quite evil.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: He was killed by Cid in the web novel while in the light novel, Perv was killed by Mordred after being defeated by Rose Oriana in a duel on their supposed wedding day.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He drugged King Oriana till his mind broke to turn him into his puppet, so it's fitting that Shadow broke his mind first through an experiment before killing him in the Web Novel]].
* MeaningfulName: He's a disgusting pervert and unrepentant asshat to the extreme. Need we say more...?
* PetTheDog: The only halfway decent thing he does is compliment Cid for his piano skills. He was so touched by Cid's performance that the latter managed to steal his ring without him noticing.
* ProperlyParanoid: Before and during [[spoiler:his supposed wedding ceremony of Rose Oriana, he tightens and still even doubts his security after witnessing Shadow and the Shadow Garden's prowess firsthand. He even thinks that the Cult Of Diablos isn't as powerful as they think it is and are delusional to think they still have a firm grip of the world.]]
* PunnyName: His name in Japanese, Doem Ketsuhat, can be read as "[[AssholeVictim giant masochist asshat]]".
* PuppetKing: His goal is to control the King of Oriana and take over his kingdom.
* PutOnABus: He is the first Cult member to survive his introductory arc. He is then absent for the next volume, [[spoiler: returning in volume 4.]]
* TheResenter: He expresses jealousy and hatred that Mundane Mann is a way better swordsman than he is.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: {{Inverted}}; [[spoiler:When he lost the ring of succession before their supposed wedding day, he speculated that maybe Shadow [[PercussivePickpocket snatched it]] from him but then discarded the idea because if Shadow had the ability to sneak and snatch his pocket, then the latter could have just killed him on the spot. Perv was actually right but Shadow had no interest in his life and only snatched the ring because it looked valuable.]]
* SmugSnake: The man thinks that his plans will succeed except until Rose and Cid foil them every time, leading to a VillainousBreakdown.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Alongside Reina Oriana, they managed to control Oriana's king by inducing a mind control drug in his daily food.
* VillainousBreakdown: Rose puts a stop to Perv by killing King Oriana. He went mad because without his puppet king, he lost the ability to claim the throne.
* VillainousBSOD: After Rose foiled his plans and Shadow scares him to near death.
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[[folder:Gettan]]
!!Gettan
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 3 (Light Novel), Chapter 34 (Manga)
A blind great wolf therianthrope
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* AcheyScars: Ever since his fateful run-in with Stylish Bandit Slayer, he constantly has phantom pains and rubs the scarred eyelids over his empty eye sockets.
* AlasPoorVillain: No matter how many terrible things he has done, including what he did to Yukime, he still loves her and it's only when he is near death that finally regrets his actions.
* BadBoss: He treats his subordinates with utter contempt and will kill them should they fail him.
* BladeOnAStick: His naginata.
* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: Was somehow the sole instance of a "bandit" being sparred, albeit [[EyeScream permanently blinded]], by Cid as Stylish Bandit Slayer who had a track record of leaving none of his victims alive, only for John Smith (Another one of Cid's alter egos) to finish the job years later.
* DealWithTheDevil: He made a deal with the Cult of Diablos. If his and Yukime's tribe swore allegiance to the cult, they will protect them from the clan war. The offer was tempting enough for him to murder Yukime's mother.
* EyeScream: Stylish Bandit Slayer not only blinded him but also ''gouged out his eyes'' after believing he was a therianthrope bandit and had to have his eyelids sewn shut to hide the empty eye sockets.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Gettan sports a scar across his face, rendering him blind. In the web novel, the scar was done by Yukime but in the light novel, it's Shadow.
* GoOutWithASmile: He peacefully passes away sporting one once John accepted his LastRequest of protecting his beloved Yukime. However, this is somewhat dampened by the fact that Cid misinterprets his final wish and left Yukime to her own devices when the CorporateWarfare Arc came to a close.
* HandicappedBadass: Despite being blind, he is still a powerful wolf Therianthrope.
* TheIllegible: His handwriting is anything but elegant which is expected from being blind but that didn't stop him from writing his last will and testament towards Yukime filled with repentance over what he did to her and her village and the Cult of Diabolos is the one who coaxed him into doing the misdeed.
* LastRequest: Finally admitting he still deeply loves her despite everything, Gettan tells John to take care of Yukime in his dying breath. Alas, this would never be fulfilled as not only John Smith's relationship with Yukime is strictly professional on his side but he also completely misinterpreted his request as Gettan burying the stolen gold coins in the snow[[note]]Yukime means "snow" in Japanese and John thought he was pointing to a patch of it next to her[[/note]] or next to some Yew trees[[note]]The light novel's English translation has Gettan only managing to say "Yu..." before John cuts him off[[/note]] and had spent a long time digging up imaginary treasure before giving up.
* {{Pride}}: His ''major'' flaw. His inability to accept his own weakness causes him to make reckless and stupid decisions, including lashing out and trying to kill his fiancée.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He is convinced by the philosophy "If you don't want anything robbed from you, you have to rob from others" which he started by raiding Yukime's village after they refused to join the cult. However, from that moment onward, Gettan's life slowly spiraled down the drain and he eventually loses everything precisely ''because'' of his philosophy starting with his village, his adoring fiance, his [[EyeScream eyesight]], his company's assets and finally his life. In short, if he hadn't tried to rob from others, they would have never thought of robbing him in the first place.
* TemptingFate:
** Furious that Yukime refuses the red lozenges and the cult's offer to join forces, he and his tribe launched an all-out attack on her village stating "If you don't want anything robbed from you, you have to rob from others". Cue Stylish Bandit Slayer barging in for his usual hunt, annihilating all the invaders and robbing him of his eyesight as well as leading Yukime to enact vengeance by taking everything else away from him.
** He later exclaims to John Smith that his attacks are futile since he has a rapid HealingFactor thanks to the red lozenges. But as with Crimson who was the last one to make that exact claim, all it did was give Cid an excuse to punch Gettan senseless to the point it completely bypasses the regeneration and him a drawn-out, painful death.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He made a deal with the evil cult with the intention of protecting his tribe and lover. Unfortunately, his murdering Yukime's mother and trying to attack her renders this moot.
* {{Yandere}}: Part of the reason Gettan's dead set on killing John Smith is because he thought the latter is Yukime's new lover.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dark Smile and Dark Spider]]
!!Dark Smile and Dark Spider
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 5
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Cid unintentionally skewers Dark Spider on the school statue's sword after kicking him off the roof and didn't bother to clean up, giving a nasty surprise to the students and staff entering the academy the next morning.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Both are killed almost as soon as we meet them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maximillian]]
* AdaptedOut: He does not appear in the Web Novel.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He takes extreme pride in his abilities.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Maxmillian pegged that Shadow is using an artifact which he thinks is his coat yet he's not taking into account that this is Shadow's true power and his coat is just slime.
* SuperSpeed: He uses this ability to kill multiple people and overwhelm powerful opponents.
* VillainousBreakdown: The more he fights Cid, the more he understands that he is screwed from the very beginning.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He promptly executes his subordinates after having Princess Clara within his grasp.
* YouMonster: Maximillian calls Shadow a Demon Lord when he sees the wings sprouting from his back.
[[/folder]]
!Cult of Diablos
[[folder:General]]
* AncientConspiracy: Existed since at least since Diablos' rise, [[spoiler:and had manipulated the Three Heroes into killing Diablos so they could take Diablos' remains for their own ends, first using an arm severed from Diablos by Olivier as the foundation for their research]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Their goals are to gain power from Diablos' remains and take over the world, and they've gone about this by kidnapping, assassination, evil experiments, planting moles and puppet kings in key locations, and unleashing a zombie plague.
* CosmopolitanCouncil: The leaders of the cult, the Knights of Rounds comprise of twelve individuals. This is relevant as their concoction for immortality can only be produced in twelve. So far, only two of them have been introduced [[spoiler: and have been slain by the Shadow Garden in Nelson and Mordred. The others they defeated are either powerful enough to become one (Zenon Griffey), a former member of the twelve (Lutheran Barnett) and one who's been promised a promotion by a member of the Rounds (Perv Asshat).]]
* EliteMooks: The Named Children are the most powerful of the cult's soldiers, either coming from the 1st and maybe even the 2nd Children.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Fenrir, during his talk with Petos, comments on how the cult finally stops the factional disputes and is now united for the first time in centuries due to the threat of Shadow Garden.]]
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance. Their self-assurance on their own capabilities in destroying Shadow Garden borders on suicidal. Perv even lampshades just how out-of-depth they are.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The main goal of the Cult of Diablos is to extract the power of Diablos and gain immortality for themselves and to use this power along with their influence to dominate the world.
%%* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Thanks to [[SpannerInTheWorks Shadow]], the cult is now suffering centuries-worth of punishments.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: The Cult will eliminate any person who has even the slightest idea about their activities as a rule.
* OneWingedAngel: When backed into a corner by a stronger enemy, they use a red lozenge containing drugs made from Diablos' cells to boost their abilities all the while mutating them into something inhuman.
* ReligionOfEvil: They are worshiping a demon that has nearly destroyed the world. [[spoiler: It's later revealed [[NonIndicativeName they aren't a religion at all]] and don't care about the demon, only its power.]]
* SocialClimber: The twelfth seat is currently vacant which leads eager opportunists, such as Zenon Griffey and Perv Asshat, to do whatever dirty, inhumane or homicidal deed it takes for such power and immortality. However, it's implied the Knights of Rounds left the seat open to entice others into doing their dirty work and ensuring their allegiance to the cult without the intention of ever fulfilling the position.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Their other primary goal aside from [[ImmortalitySeeker immortality and power]], and they'll commit any atrocity to achieve it.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Most of them are in key positions that are respected by the rest of the world, allowing the cult to carry out their criminal activities without suspicion.
* WeHaveReserves: The Diablos Cult's Third Children are just brainwashed people who are meant to be killed, whether or not they accomplished their missions. Second Children are about the same but they retained their sanity.
* WouldHurtAChild: They have been doing this for hundreds of years, most especially in killing the descendants of the Three Heroes.
[[/folder]]
!!Knights of Rounds
[[folder:Nelson]]
!!Jack Nelson
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 2 (Light Novel), Chapter 15 (Manga), Episode 11 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}}
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara25_main1.png]]
The eleventh seat of the Knights of Rounds who posed as the acting archbishop of the Holy Church.
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* BaldOfEvil: Alexia loves to take potshots at the man's lack of hair. When she learns about his secret to immortality, she thinks Nelson's baldness is the result of it only to learn that it's just natural.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: Nelson learns Alpha's identity as Olivier's descendant and plans on capturing her to save face. He didn't get far as Cid kills him.
* DirtyCoward: He is by far the most pathetic out of his fellow cult members as years of complacency has rendered him too useless to be ever able to participate in a fight.
* DirtyOldMan: When Natsume-sensei (Beta in disguise) asks questions about Aurora, Nelson took an opportunity to ogle at her chest.
* FatBastard: He's is quite obese and has experimented on countless children with most leading to gruesome mutations and eventual death.
* MadScientist: He was one of the original researchers that studied Diablos long ago.
* Really700YearsOld: He's possibly centuries old using the power of Diablos.
* SelfDuplication: He can make multiple copies of himself to overwhelm his enemies. This is rendered mute since the clones can't do anything since he's only one man and can't control all of them at once.
* SinisterMinister: An archbishop, secretly working with a cult that wants to resurrect a demon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mordred]]
!!Mordred
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 4 (Light Novel), Chapter 45 (Manga)
The ninth seat of the Knights of Rounds known as "The Transcendent Spellsword" for wielding the magic [[InvisibleMeansUndodgeable Invisible Blade]].
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* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair was [[WhiteHairBlackHeart silver]] in the web novel but had changed to [[EvilRedhead red]] in the light novel.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the web novel, Mordred was able to take on Epsilon and several Shadow Garden members with ease. In the light novel, he was nearly overwhelmed by both Epsilon and Beta and it's implied that one of them could have easily defeated him.
* AnArmAndALeg: In the Web Novel, his arm got bisected after Shadow and Aurora escape.
* BattleTrophy: In the Web Novel, he kept some of Epsilon's hair after defeating her.
* BloodKnight: He seems less interested in fulfilling the cult's goals and wants to fight the Seven Shadows.
* CombatPragmatist: The biggest reason he was able to defeat Epsilon was because his surprise attack gave her a deep cut.
* CurbstompBattle: In the Web Novel, he has beaten 664, 665 and even Epsilon, one of the Seven Shadows.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:While still alive (so far) in the WN, he gets beheaded by Shadow shortly after his FusionDance with the various pieces of Ragnarok, the Ruler of the Fourth Hell Dimension. [[ChekhovsGun His head]] becomes a gateway to (and from) another dimension, specifically, the Japan of Cid's previous life as Kageno Minoru.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the Web Novel, his besting of Epsilon is there to acknowledge he's stronger than other villains in the previous arcs.
* FusionDance: By absorbing pieces of an interdimensional beast.
* InvisibleMeansUndodgeable: Both on the attacking and the receiving end of it. After managing to acquire [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Invisible Blade]], a long lost elven artifact, his attacks are this unless if your aware of his weapon itself or have the instincts to even dodge it. Unfortunately, his opponents are elves named Beta and Epsilon who, not only have both but the latter is even capable of throwing out invisible attacks too. The only reason he survives is they meant to spare him until they can pry out more information from him.
* IronicEcho: He insults Beta and Epsilon by calling them small-timers when he summoned Ragnarok of the Fourth Realm. When Shadow bisected its wing, Mordred praises Shadow only for the latter to return the small-timer insult towards him, earning his ire.
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: He does this in Volume 4 when faced with imminent defeat against Shadow and the Shadow Garden.]]
* OhCrap: Not only Mordred was shocked that Shadow has escaped a dimension, something he thought was not possible but also learned that he ''plans'' to reveal the truth about the Cult of Diablos and more to the world.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:He has a hard time grasping at how [[CurbStompBattle Shadow was able to cut limb by limb and defeat Ragnarok, the ruler of the 4th realm. Even moreso when he tried to assimilate its powers to him but was promptly defeated by Shadow]].]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: In the Web Novel, he's a handsome silver-haired man who is working for the cult. However, this was subverted in the light novel as he became an EvilRedhead.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Mordred kills off his subordinate for failing to report anything of significance or basically just wasting his time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fenrir]]
!!Fenrir
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 5 (Light Novel)
The fifth seat of the Knights of the Rounds
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Fenrir could not think of a better way to go than being sent off by a WorthyOpponent who has finally shown him the pinnacle of power after hundreds of years but Shadow is quick to shatter this delusion with a few of these responses in rapid succession.
-->'''Fenrir:''' [As he lies dying with a smile on his face] *Cough!* "... In his final moments, he saw the peak of martial prowess... You showed me something good."
-->'''Shadow:''' [Boredly snaps back] "The peak of martial prowess doesn't exist."
-->'''Fenrir:''' "W-what are you saying? You're the one..."
-->'''Shadow:''' "There's more at the end of the peak. That's all..."
-->'''Fenrir:''' "Oh my..."
-->'''Shadow:''' "When people think that's the peak, they stop walking."
-->'''Fenrir:''' "I see, so that's why I..." [Sudden realisation] "...I can't see the peak yet."
-->[Fenrir dies, his smile now replaced with one full of regret]
* DeathSeeker: Despite living for hundreds even thousands of years, Fenrir can never achieve what he called the "peak of martial prowess" after religiously training for as long. Thus he had simply given up his dreams and settled for the next best thing, experiencing this peak from [[WorthyOpponent someone who can best him]] and gladly perishes before the might of Shadow. Unfortunately for him, Shadow gave him an ArmorPiercingResponse that completely shattered his worldview and reignited his passion just moments before passing away.
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: He's regarded by Aurora as the [[RedBaron Midgar Devil]] who murdered countless people to achieve the peak of martial arts. And, true to that name, he manages to fight Aurora, [[HeroicHost using Claire's body]], to a standstill.]]
* SleepModeSize: [[spoiler: Fenrir usually takes the appearance of a young boy which is still strong for an ordinary individual to engage with. [[LetsGetDangerous He gets into his old man/ Midgar Devil mode]] when he encounters a more dangerous enemy such as Aurora or Shadow.]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Petos informed him the dwindling production of the Tears of Diabolos will soon decrease from nine to eight, Fenrir jokingly claims he's glad Shadow Garden has been killing them off so they don't have to worry about the short supply. He didn't bet that he'll be next on their hit list after Shadow [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ripped him limb from limb with his own move]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Petos]]
!!Petos
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 5 (Light Novel)
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tenth_seat.jpg]]
The tenth seat of the Knights of Rounds
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* ArchEnemy: To [[spoiler: Zeta. Fenrir notes that Petos [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness acted unusually]] when he mentioned on [[NoodleIncident encountering a golden beastkin from the Shadow Garden]].]]
* KlingonPromotion: The reason why Petos is even in the Knights of the Rounds at all, despite barely qualifying and vastly underpowered for such a position, is the previous ten-seater was KilledOffscreen two years ago by Shadow and the cult scrambled to find a replacement on short notice.
* TheUnfought: He's the only named Knights of Rounds so far to live past their introduction due to not fighting Shadow or Shadow Garden head on.
* WhamLine: In a conversation with Fenrir, he was the one to reveal [[spoiler:the yearly production of Diabolos' tears, the Knights of Rounds' highly sought-after immortality pills, has drastically reduced from twelve to nine and soon to be eight. This would explain the cult's increasing desperation to retrieve Diabolos' parts and why the twelfth seat is currently unoccupied all this time.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Other Members
[[folder:Viscount Grease]]
!!Viscount Grease
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 2 (Manga), Episode 2 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), Creator/JayHickman (English)
[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara15_main1_0.png]]
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* AccidentalTruth: He is the one confirming it. He had just learned about the highly secretive Diablos Cult and was surprised that outsiders knew about it.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The Seven Shadow plans to extract info out of the viscount, possibly painfully as possible.
* DubNameChange: He's named Olba in Japanese, but Grease in the official translation.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: His defeat at Iris's hands is considered this that it becomes his BerserkButton.
* PapaWolf: He's desperate to save his daughter, Emilia that he joins with the cult to gain their help in curing her.
* TragicVillain: Grease's only wish is to reverse the "Curse" from his daughter which finally came for her years after his death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zenon Griffey]]
!!Zenon Griffey
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 3 (Manga), Episode 3 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze (Japanese), Creator/ScottGibbs (English)
[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara16_main1.png]]
A spellsword instructor at Midgar Academy and one of Alexia's persistent suitors who is strong enough to be a potential candidate for the Twelfth Seat.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Alexia is disturbed by the numerous advances he made to her. She has good reason to...
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He thinks too highly of his own abilities that he's completely shocked when Shadow can easily parry his attacks blow by blow without budging from one spot.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The guy wants to get close to Alexia so that he can kidnap her and extract her blood for the cult.
* BreakTheHaughty: His ego completely shatters when Shadow beats him down numerous times and mocks his so-called superior swordsmanship. After turning into his OneWingedAngel form, Zenon gets ridiculed by both Shadow and Alexia. The last thing Zenon did before Shadow finishes him off is scream in terror.
* BrokenPedestal: Once his crimes were exposed, the students that follow him left his class.
* CurbStompBattle: Normally, he'd be the one enacting this but his opponent, [[WorldsStrongestMan Shadow]] is on a whole other level than he's actually on the receiving end of the beatdown. The anime makes his defeat more humiliating as despite being in his OneWingedAngel form, Zenon is pushed back by Shadow's hand-to-hand techniques, even getting kicked in the head.
* FrameUp: He has Cid take the fall for his crimes in kidnapping the princess. However, this act brought the attention of Shadow (Cid) and Shadow Garden.
* KickTheDog: Zenon insults Alexia by belittling her skills and comparing her to Iris, which she hates.
* OhCrap: When he realizes he is about to be vaporized.
* TooGoodToBeTrue: The reason why Alexia is suspicious of him is his personality seemingly has no flaws whatsoever. Of course, he's later revealed as BitchInSheepsClothing.
* YoureInsane: In the anime, Zenon calls Shadow this, refusing to believe that the latter is '''[[WorldsStrongestMan THAT]]''' [[WorldsStrongestMan strong]]. He tries to attack him only to [[OhCrap witness]] his sword literally shatter upon contact with Shadow's body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lutheran Barnett]]
!!Lutheran Barnett
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 7 (Manga), Episode 6 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka
[[quoteright:209:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara21_main1.png]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: Although he's dead, he succeeded in framing Shadow Garden for his crimes. What's worse is that he died a martyr to his stepdaughter.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His loving father side of Sherry is completely fake.
* DubNameChange: He was originally named "Ruslan", but the official translation renamed him "Lutheran".
* EvilCripple: He was a former member of the Rounds and when he could no longer able to do it anymore due to an illness, he tries to use various illegal methods to get back.
* EvilLaugh: His is noted to be disturbing.
* FrameUp: His goal is to have Shadow Garden be blamed for the attacks all over the kingdom and make them the enemy of the world.
* KarmicDeath: Cid kills him the same way he killed Sherry's mother.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Once his minions have been killed, he attempts to flee and burns every trace of evidence that ties the crime to him.
* TheMole: His true mission is to extract the Eye of Avarice.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Lutheran gloats to Shadow that even if the latter kills him, he still frames Shadow Garden for his crimes and the world will be hunting them down. To his shock, however, Shadow literally laughs in his face as he reveals that he and Shadow Garden are not bothered having the world against them.
* WickedStepmother: A male variant. He murdered Sherry's mother to silence her and uses Sherry to further his agenda.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Lutheran describes in detail how he murdered Sherry's mother to Cid, who then [[KarmicDeath returns the favor when killing the former as Shadow.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rex]]
!!Rex
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 1 (Light Novel), Chapter 10 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto
[[quoteright:328:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara24_main1.png]]
A high-ranked 1st child of Diabolos tasked to retrieve the artifact from Sherry.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Rex gives himself the [[RedBaron title]] of "'''R'''ex the '''R'''iveting '''R'''ebel" in the manga.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: This man has a severe overestimation of his own abilities until Shadow shatters that illusion to pieces.
* BadLiar: He pretends to be Shadow Garden, but then questions if that is the correct name before constantly change it.
* EntertaininglyWrong: He thinks Cid has an artifact that boosts his abilities and that he's too injured to keep fighting. He was way wrong.
* NothingIsScarier: The last we see of Rex in the anime is Cid closing in on him to which the screen promptly goes black with only a blood splatter and his ungodly scream left to our imagination. Subverted in the light novel and manga where Rex is graphically disemboweled and strewn everywhere.
* OhCrap: This bastard thinks he has a chance against Cid. That is until he finds the corpses of all his men and he starts wetting himself.
* RedBaron: Has the self-proclaimed title of "The Game of Betrayal" (Whatever that means) and "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Rex the Riveting Rebel]]" (Manga only).
* StupidEvil: He attempts to pose as a member of Shadow Garden to frame them but gets their name wrong. If it weren't for the fact that everyone not knowing much about the organization, the plan wouldn't have worked.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Perv Asshat]]
!!Perv Asshat
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 2 (Light Novel), Chapter 24 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowHayami
[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara34_main1.png]]
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* AdaptationalSexuality: In the web novel, Perv is a closeted gay man who was also secretly a masochist (hence the PunnyName). In the light novel, [[spoiler:Perv is a sadist who is in a secret adulterous (and heterosexual) relationship with Rose's mother, the Queen of Oriana, thus making his name ironic rather than [[PunnyName punny]]]].
* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee and is quite evil.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: He was killed by Cid in the web novel while in the light novel, Perv was killed by Mordred after being defeated by Rose Oriana in a duel on their supposed wedding day.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He drugged King Oriana till his mind broke to turn him into his puppet, so it's fitting that Shadow broke his mind first through an experiment before killing him in the Web Novel]].
* MeaningfulName: He's a disgusting pervert and unrepentant asshat to the extreme. Need we say more...?
* PetTheDog: The only halfway decent thing he does is compliment Cid for his piano skills. He was so touched by Cid's performance that the latter managed to steal his ring without him noticing.
* ProperlyParanoid: Before and during [[spoiler:his supposed wedding ceremony of Rose Oriana, he tightens and still even doubts his security after witnessing Shadow and the Shadow Garden's prowess firsthand. He even thinks that the Cult Of Diablos isn't as powerful as they think it is and are delusional to think they still have a firm grip of the world.]]
* PunnyName: His name in Japanese, Doem Ketsuhat, can be read as "[[AssholeVictim giant masochist asshat]]".
* PuppetKing: His goal is to control the King of Oriana and take over his kingdom.
* PutOnABus: He is the first Cult member to survive his introductory arc. He is then absent for the next volume, [[spoiler: returning in volume 4.]]
* TheResenter: He expresses jealousy and hatred that Mundane Mann is a way better swordsman than he is.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: {{Inverted}}; [[spoiler:When he lost the ring of succession before their supposed wedding day, he speculated that maybe Shadow [[PercussivePickpocket snatched it]] from him but then discarded the idea because if Shadow had the ability to sneak and snatch his pocket, then the latter could have just killed him on the spot. Perv was actually right but Shadow had no interest in his life and only snatched the ring because it looked valuable.]]
* SmugSnake: The man thinks that his plans will succeed except until Rose and Cid foil them every time, leading to a VillainousBreakdown.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Alongside Reina Oriana, they managed to control Oriana's king by inducing a mind control drug in his daily food.
* VillainousBreakdown: Rose puts a stop to Perv by killing King Oriana. He went mad because without his puppet king, he lost the ability to claim the throne.
* VillainousBSOD: After Rose foiled his plans and Shadow scares him to near death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gettan]]
!!Gettan
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 3 (Light Novel), Chapter 34 (Manga)
A blind great wolf therianthrope
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* AcheyScars: Ever since his fateful run-in with Stylish Bandit Slayer, he constantly has phantom pains and rubs the scarred eyelids over his empty eye sockets.
* AlasPoorVillain: No matter how many terrible things he has done, including what he did to Yukime, he still loves her and it's only when he is near death that finally regrets his actions.
* BadBoss: He treats his subordinates with utter contempt and will kill them should they fail him.
* BladeOnAStick: His naginata.
* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: Was somehow the sole instance of a "bandit" being sparred, albeit [[EyeScream permanently blinded]], by Cid as Stylish Bandit Slayer who had a track record of leaving none of his victims alive, only for John Smith (Another one of Cid's alter egos) to finish the job years later.
* DealWithTheDevil: He made a deal with the Cult of Diablos. If his and Yukime's tribe swore allegiance to the cult, they will protect them from the clan war. The offer was tempting enough for him to murder Yukime's mother.
* EyeScream: Stylish Bandit Slayer not only blinded him but also ''gouged out his eyes'' after believing he was a therianthrope bandit and had to have his eyelids sewn shut to hide the empty eye sockets.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Gettan sports a scar across his face, rendering him blind. In the web novel, the scar was done by Yukime but in the light novel, it's Shadow.
* GoOutWithASmile: He peacefully passes away sporting one once John accepted his LastRequest of protecting his beloved Yukime. However, this is somewhat dampened by the fact that Cid misinterprets his final wish and left Yukime to her own devices when the CorporateWarfare Arc came to a close.
* HandicappedBadass: Despite being blind, he is still a powerful wolf Therianthrope.
* TheIllegible: His handwriting is anything but elegant which is expected from being blind but that didn't stop him from writing his last will and testament towards Yukime filled with repentance over what he did to her and her village and the Cult of Diabolos is the one who coaxed him into doing the misdeed.
* LastRequest: Finally admitting he still deeply loves her despite everything, Gettan tells John to take care of Yukime in his dying breath. Alas, this would never be fulfilled as not only John Smith's relationship with Yukime is strictly professional on his side but he also completely misinterpreted his request as Gettan burying the stolen gold coins in the snow[[note]]Yukime means "snow" in Japanese and John thought he was pointing to a patch of it next to her[[/note]] or next to some Yew trees[[note]]The light novel's English translation has Gettan only managing to say "Yu..." before John cuts him off[[/note]] and had spent a long time digging up imaginary treasure before giving up.
* {{Pride}}: His ''major'' flaw. His inability to accept his own weakness causes him to make reckless and stupid decisions, including lashing out and trying to kill his fiancée.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He is convinced by the philosophy "If you don't want anything robbed from you, you have to rob from others" which he started by raiding Yukime's village after they refused to join the cult. However, from that moment onward, Gettan's life slowly spiraled down the drain and he eventually loses everything precisely ''because'' of his philosophy starting with his village, his adoring fiance, his [[EyeScream eyesight]], his company's assets and finally his life. In short, if he hadn't tried to rob from others, they would have never thought of robbing him in the first place.
* TemptingFate:
** Furious that Yukime refuses the red lozenges and the cult's offer to join forces, he and his tribe launched an all-out attack on her village stating "If you don't want anything robbed from you, you have to rob from others". Cue Stylish Bandit Slayer barging in for his usual hunt, annihilating all the invaders and robbing him of his eyesight as well as leading Yukime to enact vengeance by taking everything else away from him.
** He later exclaims to John Smith that his attacks are futile since he has a rapid HealingFactor thanks to the red lozenges. But as with Crimson who was the last one to make that exact claim, all it did was give Cid an excuse to punch Gettan senseless to the point it completely bypasses the regeneration and him a drawn-out, painful death.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He made a deal with the evil cult with the intention of protecting his tribe and lover. Unfortunately, his murdering Yukime's mother and trying to attack her renders this moot.
* {{Yandere}}: Part of the reason Gettan's dead set on killing John Smith is because he thought the latter is Yukime's new lover.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dark Smile and Dark Spider]]
!!Dark Smile and Dark Spider
!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 5
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Cid unintentionally skewers Dark Spider on the school statue's sword after kicking him off the roof and didn't bother to clean up, giving a nasty surprise to the students and staff entering the academy the next morning.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Both are killed almost as soon as we meet them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maximillian]]
* AdaptedOut: He does not appear in the Web Novel.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He takes extreme pride in his abilities.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Maxmillian pegged that Shadow is using an artifact which he thinks is his coat yet he's not taking into account that this is Shadow's true power and his coat is just slime.
* SuperSpeed: He uses this ability to kill multiple people and overwhelm powerful opponents.
* VillainousBreakdown: The more he fights Cid, the more he understands that he is screwed from the very beginning.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He promptly executes his subordinates after having Princess Clara within his grasp.
* YouMonster: Maximillian calls Shadow a Demon Lord when he sees the wings sprouting from his back.
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