Strauss Malkyrion

Strauss Malkyrion (ストラス・マルキリオン) was the Second Division Commander of the Holy Church's Templar Knights during the age of the Liberators.

Appearance
Strauss was an adult human man.

Personality
Like the rest of those from the Holy Church, Strauss was extremely devoted to its god Ehit. He also had intense respect for the first division commander of the Templar Knights, Lilith Arkind, so much in fact, he basically worshiped her like she is a goddess.

Chronology
Strauss was among the Holy Church's leaders that took part in an important meeting to discuss their recent defeat at Andika by their newly discovered enemies, the Liberators. When Laus Barn was being criticized by serval of the other church's leaders as having bee the one who lead their forces that were defeated, Commander Lilith Arkind spoke up in Laus' defense and apologized to him for their behavior, to which Laus expressed his indifference. Strauss then spoke up to Laus and criticized him for not giving Lilith the respect he felt she deserved, as well as having assigned her the role of replacing the knights that were killed a Andika. Lilith then told Strauss that she felt honored doing the work Laus gave her. Soon afterwards, Pope Lucifer Slaine Elbard arrived and presented with him a woman named Ainz Arsalk that he claimed was their god Ehit's chosen oracle. Ainz then proceeded to tell the leadership of the church about the members of the Liberators that were in possession of Ancient Magic, as well as revealing the location of one of the last remaining within the beastman nation, the Haltina Republic that was located in Pale Forest. Lucifer then ordered the church to wage war on the republic in order to capture the person with Ancient Magic and bring them to their cathedral.

After the Holy Church was defeated by both the Haltina Republic ad the Liberators, followed by Laus' sudden betrayel, Strauss and the other templar knights were transformed in apostle hybrids in order to prepare themselves for the Liberators' eventual attack on the church.

Ehit
Strauss was absolutely devoted to serving Ehit.

Lilith Arkind
Strauss respected Lilith to the point of worshiping her.

Laus Barn
Strauss respected Laus, but was somewhat critical of him when he felt he was not giving Lilith the respect he felt she earned.

Powers & Abilities

 * Immense Mana - As a knight of the Holy Church, Strauss had a large quantity of mana. After becoming part apostle, Strauss' mana grew considerably.

Skills

 * Mana Manipulation - It allows direct manipulation of mana without the need for a magic circles or incantations.
 * Illusion Waltz - It allows the user to leave behind after-images while masking their own presence.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Twin Daggers - A pair of daggers.
 * Breastplate of Nullification - Standard for all templar knights. It has a barrier that nullifies magic.
 * Gauntlet of Nullification - Standard for all templar knights. It has a barrier that nullifies magic.
 * Iron Boots - Standard for all templar knights. It allows the wearer to walk mid-air.
 * Holy Sword Uralt Replica - An exact replica of the original Holy Sword artifact. It is blessed with the light magic element, which gives it the properties of simultaneously weakening enemies that were hit by the light it emits, while also increasing one's own physical strength, along with the ability to return to its users hand on-command. It can change its shape into whatever type of sword its user wishes for.
 * Divine Spear Longinus Replica - An exact replica of the original spear artifact that was known as one of the seven holy Artifacts.

Quotes

 * (To Laus about Lilith): "Laus-dono. While you may be the Commander of the Holy Templar Knights, and the sole member of the church capable of using ancient magic, you still have no right to speak so casually to our commander. Do you realize how much work she’s had to do to reform the division you lost?"?

Trivia

 * Strauss' name is based off the "'" from the "'". He is described as is "a Great Prince of Hell who commands twenty-six legions of demons. He teaches astronomy and is knowledgeable about herbs, plants, and precious stones. He is often depicted as a raven or a crowned owl with long legs.
 * In Volume 6 of Arifureta Zero, Strauss's name is spelled "Strass".