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Gerard Dantès's story.
Background
Gerard was the child of two members of the D∴G cult, whom he described as having clung to the cult to extend their own lives. His true name is Gerard Eldarion (ジェラール・エルダリオン), and he is actually a descendant of Calvard's fallen monarchy.[1] He wields in battle Apeiron, the Sword of Divine Darkness (聖魔剣アペイロン), a sword that is "both holy and demonic in nature"[Note 1] that was passed down within the fallen Calvard royal family.The Septian Church's attempts to retrieve Apeiron after the fall of Calvard Kingdom were futile, for the sword was kept safe by the D∴G cult, to which Gerard's family fled. His lineage allowed him to be a high-ranking member of the cult. Gerard cared little for the cult's beliefs and used it only to serve his own purposes. He regarded most of their tenets as pointless.
In S.1197, he received a report from a cult lodge of a victim, Van Arkride, who was host to a demonic factor. Putting Van through inhumane but nonlethal experiments, the cult succeeded in extracting his demonic essence - the diabolic core. Using his authority in the cult, Gerard took possession of it and making use of its abilities, which he used to survive and escape the near-total destruction of the cult. Afterwards, he left the cult and joined Almata, which at the time was run by a man named Enrique.
Gerard managed to maintain a public reputation of being an honest and humane person, while Enrique was disliked and seen as petty. Because of this, reporter Dingo Brad was willing to give Gerard the intel he would need to kill Enrique and usurp his position as Almata's Don - a decision Dingo would regret for the rest of his life. Under Gerard's leadership, the cult began a rapid series of high profile activities, threatening the delicate balance of the underworld. Their power and influence grew and they started to attract the attention of powerful groups and parties.
He eventually discovered that the remnants of the cult had merged with the remnants of the Order of the Moonlight Horse to form the Gardens. He managed to secure the cooperation of Garden Overseers Arioch, Olympia, and Melchior; the former two via contracts, and the latter through Melchior's loyalty and devotion. He also recruited Alexandre and Viola into Almata directly.영웅전설 시작의 궤적
Dantès first appears in 에피소드 "시작의 너머로 - 그리고, 소녀는 검을 쥐고 계속해서 나아간다". However, no illustrations of him are shown and his name is not given. Additionally, his organization is only referred to as A.
This episode is set in September of S. 1207. Bracer Elaine Auclair was searching for two children kidnapped by a low-level organized crime syndicate. Said syndicate had aspirations of becoming subcontractors for Almata. Thanks to the assistance of a member of the CID, Auclair was able to track down the location of the syndicate. She easily subdued all of its members before Dantès suddenly appeared. Dantès, disappointed by the syndicate being outwitted and found out, brutally and effortlessly executed all of its members, and also succeeded in subduing Elaine, and used his power to even conceal his presence from her. However, he spared the kidnapped children, and informed Elaine of where she would find them unharmed. He claimed to be pursuing the "ultimate fear", and called fear the driving force behind existence, before escaping.
영웅전설 여의 궤적
Gerard is first seen experimenting with a Genesis in Tharbad. He had previously appeared in the guise of a dealer, whom neither Van nor Dingo seemed to recognize. He chats with Melchior on the roof before the main part of their operation starts, and ambushes Shaheena during the night before the Tharbad Film Festival to give her a mask that would usurp her autonomy. When the chaos of the film festival is unleashed, Gerard remains at the top of the Al-Jumeirah Hotel with Melchior until Van Arkride, the Arkride Solutions Office and Grimcat arrive. He introduced himself before using the Genesis to transform Naje Berka into Verethragna. Upon the battles conclusion, he makes his departure onboard an Almata airship.
In 제5장 "백야의 카르나발", Gerard uses his sword's artifact properties to detonate an unfinished nuclear weapon in Creil. Over a thousand individuals, including Dingo, fall victim to the explosion. Dingo confronts him moments before this can occur, hearing him whistle 'La Oraciónese' and is unsuccessful in persuading him to cease the wide-scale murder. Gerard himself is not confident his translocation ability will help him escape the detonation but proceeds anyway, laughing maniacally as everyone in Creil dies.
Later, Gerard hosts the Carnival, a battle royale between the many factions pursuing Almata for their own ends in Oración. He uses the Sixth Genesis to force compliance with its rules (the detonation of another nuclear weapon in the city being the penalty for disobedience). A holograph of Gerard greets participants to the challenge as he waits upon the throne in the Vashtar Palace Ruins, Oración, the seat of his family's former power. Van's party, the victor of the Carnival, challenge Gerard, who is somehow able to disturb Mare. Gerard is killed in battle by Van, but not before Gerard whispers that he has 'finally found [him]' in his ear. Melchior detonates his boss' body with his bombs and the corpse is annihilated in the explosion that destroys the Vashtar Palace.
Later, Melchior manifests Genesis Tower by using the Seventh Genesis, enabling all of the fallen Almata members to revive. Gerard is able to rise again as an undead and become a demon due to the effects of the Pandemonium created by Melchior, as well as Gerard's life being tied to the diabolic core. Van breaches the tower and encounters him at the top. Gerard explains his motivations and philosophy, before entering his demonic form to fight. After Gerard evolves into yet another demonic form, becoming the Monarchal Deity of Destruction, Overlord Dantès (神滅の恐皇魔神ジェラール), he is finally defeated and Van reclaims the diabolic core, ripping it from Gerard's chest and killing him for good.
영웅전설 여의 궤적 II
It is revealed that while Gerard was in the cult, in order to preserve his dying bloodline, the cult arranged for him to give birth to two children. Gerard never raised the children; following the cult's destruction, while Gerard left the cult for Almata, the children were absorbed into and raised in the Gardens, specifically ending up in Melchior's Garden. Through their Eldarion blood, the children were able to use Gerard's Apeiron sword while fighting Van's party on Nemeth Island, as the sword had not been retrieved by the church after Gerard's death.
During the final battle between Van and Grendel Zolga, Zolga uses its abilities to force Van through recreations of several of his past battles, and one of them is a battle between Gerard and Melchior in their demon forms in the Genesis Tower (though neither of them have any voice lines during this battle).
References
Notes
- ↑ Bergard Zeman uses the terms 聖剣 and 魔剣, previously localised as 'Holy Sword' in Jusis Albarea's 'Holy Sword Elvars' (聖剣エルヴァース) and 'Demonic Sword' in McBurn's 'Demonic Sword Angbar' (魔剣アングバール), respectively.
Sources
- ↑ 영웅전설 여의 궤적, 제5장 "백야의 카르나발", 11/22.
