Dylan

Dylan (ディラン) was an orphan that lived with Moorin at her orphanage in the Kingdom of Velka, but was abducted by the Holy Church and brainwashed into serving them until he was rescued by Oscar Orcus and Miledi Reisen.

Appearance
Dylan was a young boy with brown hair with a ponytail.

As an adult, Dylan had a muscular build, while also having a gentlemanly older-brother demeanor.

Personality
Dylan was a kind and polite boy. As the oldest of the orphans, he often took on a leadership role among them, and tried to act as the voice of reason whenever any of them got into a confrontation.

Despite his mature demeanor, Dylan was at an age where he is more aware of the opposite sex. He was particularly attracted to women with big breasts, and would secretly wish to be indulged with them (as evident when he constantly pays attention to Meiru Melusine due to acting on his base desires while in his semi-catatonic state).

Biography
One day when Oscar was visiting Moorin's orphanage in the Kingdom of Velka's capital Velnika, where Dylan and the other children he grew up with were living, he detected an unfamiliar person inside. As Oscar saw that it was a beautiful girl named Miledi, he was about to attack her due to her childish antics, but Dylan and the other kids suddenly arrived to stop him and claimed that she was a guest. During dinner, the kids were bragging to Miledi about how great Oscar was, but it quickly changed when another of the orphans named Ruth Orcus claimed that Oscar was weak. Dylan tried to stop Ruth Orcus Verand from insulting Oscar, but he refused to listen. Miledi refuted Ruth Orcus Verand Verand's accusations by claiming that she could tell how great a person Oscar was, and that she had found someone very special to be with. Everyone else was shocked by Miledi's declaration, to which she responded by jokingly accusing Oscar of already having found himself two young wives in Katy and Corrin. Hearing this caused Dylan to admit that he lost some respect for Oscar if it was true. The conversation ended when Oscar threw Miledi out and told her to stay away.

One week later, Dylan and the other orphans were abducted by the Holy Church and taken to the kingdom's mines. Oscar managed to track them thanks to the special pendants he gave each of them that acted like homing signals. When he confronted Bishop Forneus Abyssion, who was the mastermind of the kidnappings, he was suddenly attacked by several of the abducted children, including Dylan and Katy. They had all been brainwashed through a mysterious Artifact and were now soulless warriors that were loyal to the church. Oscar tried to hold them off, but eventually surrendered after seeing that they would strain themselves to death from all the fighting. Forneus made Oscar submit to him in exchange for Dylan and Katy's safety, to which Oscar reluctantly agreed to. As he was about the swear his oath of loyalty, however, they were suddenly approached by Miledi, who was carrying the Artifact the church was using on the children with her gravity magic and revealed that Forneus actually had no idea on how to reverse the process that transformed the children. Forneus attempted to have Oscar fight for him by threatening to have Dylan and Katy kill themselves, but the two kids were subdued by Miledi as she used her magic to knock them out.

After Oscar and Miledi rescued the kids, Dylan and his family were taken in by Miledi's group, the Liberators, for their protection. Unfortunately, both he and Katy remained unconscious and could not be healed through normal means. They eventually reached the Liberators' hidden village at the bottom of Reisen Gorge, where he was constantly tended to by Corrin. Months later, when the Liberators were attacked by mutated demons from the Igdol Empire, they were forced to evacuate, with Dylan having to be carried out by Ruth Orcus. They were eventually met up with members from the Schnee Clan and found refuge with them in their hidden village in the Obsidian Tundra. Soon afterwards, they were met with Meiru Melusine, as she could use her own Ancient Magic to heal Dylan and Katy. While she had been successful at awakening them, the damage they received to their souls was beyond even her ability to restore. As such, the two of them were only capable of executing the simplest of movements, and could not communicate properly.

Overtime Dylan began to display more of his independence, as well as his innermost desires that he would otherwise have not show in public. In particular, he expressed an attraction towards Meiru.

After Laus Barn defected from the church and joined the Liberators, he examined Dylan and Katy's souls and determined that he could restore them to their original state, but it would take him a month to do so for each person (even factoring in the aid of Lyutillis Haltina and her evolution magic). Furthermore, even after they would be cured, Laus would need to maintain treating them indefinitely due to the other souls fused in each of them was too complete for him to remove for good. Despite this setback, everyone else was confident that Oscar could create an artifact capable of maintaining their original souls in lieu of Laus having to always treat them.

When the Liberators were forced into hiding due to Tortus's god Ehit magically hypnotizing the public into hunting and killing them, through the use of an apostle army, Dylan and Katy were among those that were traveling through the Obsidian Tundra in the hopes of finding safety with the Haltina Republic in the Pale Forest. Unfortunately, they were attacked by the armies of both the Grandort Empire and the Igdol Empire through an aerial ambush. As the enemy forces descended to the ground and were proceeding to kill the Liberators, Dylan and Katy managed to regain their senses, and he was able to save Ruth from a solider's spear attack. Together, he and Katy were able to fend off their attackers using the skills they obtain through the church's experiments on them. In the end, the Liberators managed to escape into the forest, but many of them were lost during the attack, including Dylan's foster mother Moorin. Dylan and the other children were soon reunited with Oscar after he arrived in the forest and tended to the survivors in the republic. Oscar was proud of them, but they all still mourned the loss of Moorin. When Miledi retuned soon after, she was shocked to see the two kids had recovered so fast from the condition, and then saddened upon learning of all the friends that were killed from Ehit's. Dylan and Katy then hugged her and Oscar. Sonn after, Miledi and the other Ancient Magic users attempted one final attack against Ehit, but had failed in their mission, and soon marked the end of the Liberators.

Seven years after the the Liberators's, Dylan and the other former orphans, along with Sharm Barn, were present during Miledi's public execution in the Elbard Theocracy. As Miledi was brought out to be executed, Dylan and the others were shook up from the jeers the crowd was giving her. Soon after the execution was finished, Dylan and the others said their goodbyes, and he headed off to the vampire nation of Dastia with Katy. Over the next 20 years, Dylan became the leader of a group of mercenaries. He would often visit Meiru's younger half-sister Diene Devault in Andika, and the two of them would eventually marry and start a family together.

Relationships

 * Oscar Orcus - Like the rest of the orphans, Dylan admired Oscar.
 * Moorin - Dylan's foster mother.
 * Meiru Melusine - Dylan was attracted to Meiru by her appearance (particularly her breasts), and would constantly pay attention to her. Meiru did not mind Dylan's actions and claimed that she likes a man that is honest with their desires.
 * Diene Devault - Following Dylan's recovery, and the subsequent end of the Liberators, Dylan would frequently visit Diene in Andika. The two of them developed feelings for each other and they eventually got married and had children. Diene would often get upset with Dylan due to his attraction towards her sister Meiru's large breasts.

Powers & Abilities

 * Expert Combatant - Following the experiments he endured by the Holy Church, as well as subsequently being healed by Meiru's magic, Dylan had been training within the confines of his mind, absorbing the memories and experiences of the warrior's soul that had resided in him. As a result, Dylan had become a master fighter at such a young age.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Combat Knife - His main weapon while he was controlled by the Holy Church.
 * Anti-Magic Sword - A weapon made by Oscar that could repel magical attacks.

Quotes

 * (To Ruth): "Unfortunately I’m not Oscar-nii-san, but technically, I am your big brother, so hopefully I’ll do."

Trivia

 * The name "Dylan" is of Welsh origin, composed of two elements: The persistent prefix "dy-" plus the Welsh noun and verb "llanw" (tide, to fill, to flow). The name means "great tide".