Selm Barn

Selm Barn (セルム・バーン) was the middle son of the Liberator Laus Barn. Following His father's defection from the Holy Church, he and his older brother Kaime were tasked to kill him.

Appearance
Selm was a young boy with blond hair in a mushroom cut style. After becoming an apostle hybrid, Selm's hair turned white,.

Personality
Selm presented himself a devout follower of the Holy Church and its teachings. He viewed anyone that goes against it as an, including his own family.

After he and his brother Kaime were liberated from the church by Laus, the two of them began to reconsider their faith, and decided to take their father's words to heart about living for their own sake, rather that living to serve their god Ehit.

Background
Selm was the second son born to the influential Barn family in the Elbard Theocracy. As a child, he and his older brother Kaime were inducted into the Holy Church.

Chronology
When Laus was preparing to escape the church with his family to join the Liberators, Selm and the rest of their family were present when his younger brother Sharm was being imprisoned and tortured by Ehit's apostle Hearst, in order to brainwash him into being one of their followers. Sharm, however, managed to resist Hearst's brainwashing magic, and escaped along with Laus and a guard working for the Barn family Reinheit Ashe.

After Laus' defection, both Selm and Kaime were among those tasked by the church to track down and kill him.

Laus Barn
At first, Selm despised his father after he abandoned the Holy Church. However, he would later come to love Laus once more after he and his brother Kaime spent time together in the Dragon Kingdom. He took his father's words to heart about living for his own sake, and ultimately, died fighting for what he chose to believe in.

Sharm Barn
Selm initially viewed his younger brother as a failure and disgrace to the Barn family name. However, following his reconciliation with Laus, he and Kaime would later sacrifice themselves to protect Sharm from the Holy Church's attack against the Liberators.

Ehit
Selm was absolutely loyal to Ehit.

Skills

 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.
 * ''Forbidden Command - It allows the user to prevent the activation of another individual's special magic.
 * Disintegration (Apostle Skill) - Magic that melts can melt everything except someone or something with a defense similar to "Diamond Skin".

Weapons & Equipment

 * Divine Rod Replica - A perfect replica of one of the Seven Sacred Treasures. it grants the wielder body strengthening magic, a perfect affinity for light magic, and an increase in the efficiency of their casting.
 * Silver Wings - A pair of wings that can fire a barrage of very strong feathers.

Quotes

 * (To Laus): "Martyrdom is an honor."
 * (To Darrion): "I won’t let you take him!"

Trivia

 * Selm's family name "Barn" may have been named after Vearn from Dragon Quest, since they are spelled with the same Japanese characters.