Adul Klarus

Adul Klarus (アドゥル・クラルス) is the grandfather of Tio and the current ruler of the Dragonman Tribe.

Appearance
Adul appears as an older man with long scarlet-red hair and a beard. He possess a regal presence that is very intimidating to most people.

Personality
Adul is wise and compassionate. Contrary to the stern atmosphere that he gives off, he acts quite gentle. His wisdom has earned him the respect of both his people and of the rest of the world.

Due to his many years of experience, Adul is very perceptive and can easily tell when someone is lying to him.

Although Adul is normally so calm and gentle, he carries a deep-seated hatret towards Tortus' self-styled god Ehit, due to orchestrating the near-extinction of the dragonmen.

Background
When Ehit manipulated the people of Tortus into attacking the Dragon Kingdom, Adul and his son Kharga made preparations for the dragonmen to survive. Adul was believed to have been killed after battling one of Ehit's apostles, but had actually faked his death and fled with many of the dragonmen to a hidden island, to where they lived in peace for centuries.

Chronology
Five centuries after the fall of the Dragon Kingdom, when the rumors of the summoned heroes spread in Tortus, Adul's granddaughter, Tio, volunteered to investigate them to which he accepted.

Tio returned home months later to recruit the rest of the dragonmen to fight the Ehit, who was planning to destroy all life on Tortus. She and Adul had a brief touching reunion before Tio revealed the reason for her return. Adul then ordered for all of the dragonmen to be gathered together in order to hear his granddaughter's report. During that time, Adul sensed a changed in Tio and suspected that it was due to the people that she had met during her travels. After a brief rest, Tio relayed the results of her travels to her people. Adul was shocked after he and the other dragonmen witnessed the recordings that she presented to them that showed the fight against Ehit's servant god Alva (Adul was especially shocked after Tio accidentally showed a recording of her being repeatedly whipped by Hajime Nagumo in order to use her "Pain Conversion" skill to obtain the energy needed to fly back home, and had fainted after seeing how much his granddaughter enjoyed such harsh treatment).

After regaining himself from witnessing such a surprising scene, Adul approached Tio while she was visiting her parents' graves. Tio justified her earlier display as having merely discovered a new fetish, to which Adul begrudgingly accepted this new side of hers. Tio then criticized herself for being unable to protect her companion Yue when she became possessed by Ehit during the fight. Seeing how powerful Tio had become during the fight against Alva, Adul abruptly decided to take Tio to the mausoleum of their ancestors, and brought her to an alter that contained a red scale. Tio immediately sensed an immense wave of power emanating from the scale, and suspected that it was actually a product of concept magic. Adul explained that it belonged to one of their ancestors who initially sought peace between the dragonmen and humanity, but then wished to destroy them after they killed his wife. He would eventually be killed by his son, but one of his scales still remained that bore all of his hatred. Adul then told Tio that the scale could grant immense power to its wielder at the cost of losing their sanity, but suspected that Tio could both wield it and pacify the hatred it bore. Tio accepted this opportunity and grabbed the scale without hesitation. A second later, she felt as though her blood was freezing in her veins as the scale's immense power brought her to her knees. Adul started to doubt that Tio could properly wield the scale, and was prepared to cut her arm off in order to prevent it from controlling her, but Tio resolved herself to overcome this trial on her own. After a few minutes, Tio successfully managed to overcome the scale's power, much to Adul's amazement, but temporally left her in a severely weakened state.

During the humanity's preparation in the battle against Ehit, Adul and many dragonmen accompanied Tio to the Heiligh Kingdom in order to offer their support. When they arrived at the castle, they were immediately greeted with many of the country leaders such as Princess Liliana and Emperor Gaharad. They were also greeted by Hajime which caused the other dragonmen to express their resentment towards him for turning their princess, Tio, into some sort of pervert. Adul immediately interjected and admonished them and apologized for his clansmen's actions. After introducing himself, Adul approached Hajime and offered him his praise for killing Alva. Hagime then responded in a polite way to which shocked everyone present. Adul was surprised by this unexpected response, but Hajime explained that it was due to her being Tio's grandfather, to which Adul cheerfully declined Hajime's offer and instead expressed his happiness that he was able to make Tio happy. Immediately afterwards, Adul's tone became more serious and wished to ascertain Hajime's relationship with Tio by expressing his refusal to let her fight alongside him if he did not genuinely care for her since the upcoming battle could result in her death. Hajime brazenly declared that despite being in a relationship with Yue, he also loved Tio and that he would fight anyone that tried to take her from him. Adul happily accepted Hajime's resolve after seeing the bonds that Tio had forged with him and the rest of her new comrades, and made him promise to treasure Tio before rejoining the other rulers to discuss their strategy for fighting Ehit's forces.

During the battle against Ehit's forces, Adul led the dragonmen into providing air support for Tortus' allied forces against Ehit's apostle army. As the fight progressed, Adul confronted the apostle that he had previously fought against during the initial fall of the Dragon Kingdom. He unleashed his dragonbreath attack, while the apostle fired a bas of disintegration magic towards him At first, the two attacks were even, but Adul quickly gained the upper hand and managed to incinerate the apostle thanks to the artifacts give to him by Hajime that exponentially increased his power. Immediately afterwards, however, apostle tried to kill Adul while he was exposed from having just used a breath attack, but Ristas managed to intercept the attack by erecting an ice barrier. Adul thanked Ristas before he incinerated that apostle as well. Ristas begrudgingly admitted that he could not have saved him without Hajime's artifacts. Adul then jokingly remarked how Ristas was still upset at how Tio had chosen Hajime over him, but Ristas claimed that he simply did not like Hajime, before flying off to confront more of Ehit's apostles. Adul was then approached by Venri, who criticized him for his lax attitude during such an important battle. Adul then unleashed his spell "Crimson Eradicator''" at a group of apostles that had managed to breach the magical barrier of the allied forces' command center. Several apostled attempted to stop him, but Venri managed to intercept them long enough for Adul to successfully launch his attack. Adul had managed to stop most of the disintegration beams and apostles from reaching the ground, but some of them still made it through.

When a second wave of apostles arrived on the battle and unleashed a combined attack at the allied forces, Adul and the other dragonmen aided their allies by firing their breath attacks at the enemies, even though it exposed them to attacks from the apostles they were already fighting. Unfortunately, the new apostles had already managed to charge their magic before they even arrived, and managed to breakthrough to the command center. As the apostles unleashed a barrage of disintegration magic to wipe out Tortus' forces, Adul and the other dragonmen provided support for Kaori Shirasaki, who created a barrier to protect everyone. They managed to succeed in stopping the attacks, but they had used up all their mana in the process. Furthermore, the apostles were prepared to unleash a second wave of disintegration attacks at the allied forces. As the proceeded to attack, they apostles suddenly their power and became completely motionless. Everyone realized that this meant Ehit had been killed by Hajime, and were verge of celebrating, but Adul interjected after seeing a large distortion in the sky that was connected to Ehit's realm. This phenomenon would be stopped thanks to the sacrifice of Miledi Reisen, and Adul cheered alongside everyone else for their victory over Ehit.

Following the battle with Ehit. which would come to be known as "Ragnarok", Adul and he rest of the dragonmen would fly between Tortus' nations and help bring about stability and cooperation between them.

Relationships

 * Kharga Klarus - Adul's son and the former king of the Dragonmen Tribe.
 * Tio Klarus - Adul loves his granddaughter very much. After the death of his son and daughter-in-law, he vows to protect his granddaughter and would do anything for her happiness.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Adult is one of the few people in Tortus that Hajime geniualy respects. He is grateful towards Hajime and is satisfied about Tio's relationship him.
 * Myu - Adul is very kind towards Myu and considers her as his own granddaughter.
 * Aroyce - Adul considers Aroyce to be his successor o the dragonmen tribe's chief. As such, the two of them hold each other in such high esteem.
 * Ehit - Adul despised Ehit due to the death of his son and his clansmen at the hands of the evil god's subordinates.

Skills

 * Draconification - Like all members of his race, Adul can transform into a dragon.
 * Physical Strength Up - A skill that makes the user efficient in physical attacks.
 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.
 * Fire Magic Affinity - It allows the user to use fire magic at a capable rate.
 * Decreased Mana Consumption - Decrease in mana consumption for using fire magic.
 * Increased Efficiency - The effects raised when using fire magic.
 * Increased Duration - The duration in using fire magic raised.

Spells/Attacks

 * Flame Breath - When in dragon form, Adul can breath fire.
 * Crimson Eradicator - A spell that Adul created from his dragonbreath. By turning his breath into a rotating ring, he increased its destructive power and the amount of area it could cover. "Spin, O burning wheel of destruction— Crimson Eradicator!"

Weapons & Equipment

 *  Magic Armor - A suit of armor that Hajime Nagumo made for everyone who participated in Ragarok. It was imbued with a triple-layered "Diamond Skin", "Impact Absorption", "Auto-Recovery", "Stamina Recovery", and gravity magic that made it lighter. The helmet was imbued with "Riftwalk" and "Foresight", and the gauntlets with "Steel Arms". parts of it were imbued with evolution magic that upgraded the power of the dragonmen’s breath attacks It was destroyed by Hajime after Ehit's death.''
 * Gravity Magic Artifact - Hajime Nagumo made one for every dragonmen who participated in Ragnarok. It increased their flight capabilities significantly. It was destroyed by Hajime after Ehit's death.
 *  Metal Claws and Tail - Hajime Nagumo made one for every dragonmen who participated in Ragnarok. They were enchanted with spatial magic in order to improve their penetrating abilities.
 * Last Seele - A red gem Hajime Nagumo made for everyone who participated in Ragnarok. It bestowed its wearer "Limit Break" and "Overload". It was destroyed by Hajime after Ehit's death.

Quotes

 * (To Tio): "I always knew that you were tired of the boring life in our village, Tio. I also knew that it was only your sense of responsibility to us that prevented you from following your desires and exacting your vengeance on the god who had wronged us so."
 * (To Hajime): "It is a pleasure to meet you, Hajime Nagumo-kun. I have heard much about you from Tio. She also showed me your battle at the Demon Lord’s castle. I never imagined there would be those out there strong enough to slay gods. Even the might of every dragonman combined would not be enough to achieve such a feat."
 * (To Hajime): "Oho, so you respect me because I am Tio’s grandfather, not because of my position. Hahaha, how interesting."
 * (To Hajime): "Very well. Demon Lord, I entrust my granddaughter to you. Take as good care of her as you would your beloved."
 * (Before engaging Ehit's forces): "For five hundred years, we have endured your unjust persecution. I have not forgotten the massacre you ordered on our people for even a single day. Back then, we survivors swore that we would one day reclaim our honor and avenge our fallen comrades. My brethren, the time has finally come."