Volpen Stark

Volpen Stark (ウォルペン・スターク) is the head Synergist for the Heiligh Kingdom.

Appearance
Volpen is an elderly gentleman with an impressive mustache.

Personality
Volpen is a very prideful and devoted man, who will go to any lengths just to learn new crafting techniques. After witnessing Hajime's transmutation skills, he does everything in his power in an attempt to become his disciple.

Biography
Oe day, Volpen and the other craftsmen from the Heiligh Kingdom were approached by Shizuku Yaegashi from the hero's party after she brought in a new sword that her classmate Hajime Nagumo gave her, in order to get it appraised. Volpen was absolutely astonished with its construction that he and the other craftsmen desperately asked her where she got it from. They all spent three days engraving magic circles on the sword so that Shizuku could use its features since she couldn't manipulate mana on her own.

After the demons' failed invasion of the Heiligh Kingdom, Volpen and other craftsmen attempted to repair the artifact that generated a strong barrier around the capital that had been damaged. Shizuku then met up with them while accompanying Hajime. After explaining that Hajime could restore the Artifact, Volpen was skeptical at first, but immediately changed his mind after witnessing Hajime skillfully repair it in almost no time. Volpen was so impressed that he and the other craftsmen begged Hajime to take them as his disciples. Hajime had no desire to teach them, but they refused to accept his decision. As a result, Hajime spent much of the day hiding from Volpen and the other craftsmen until Princess Liliana S. B. Heiligh ordered them to resume their work on restoring the capital.

When the nations of Tortus were preparing to fight against the mad god Ehit in order to prevent the eradication of all life, Volpen and other craftsmen aided in the construction of a makeshift fortress over the span of three days to act as a base of operations for for the allied forces. When Hajime joined them, They were all ecstatic to see him again and made another attempt for him to take them as his disciples, but Hajime repelled them all with his "Lightning Field".

During the battle against Ehit's army of apostles, Volpen and the other craftsmen were responsible for maintaining the kingdom's barrier artifact, which had been redesigned by Hajime, that protected the command center. Despite the craftsmens' best efforts, the apostles eventually managed to breach the barrier after unleashing a single massive attack. However, the apostles became motionless soon after when Hajime managed to kill Ehit.

After the battle of against Ehit, Volpen aided in the kingdom's reconstruction, which had been destroyed at the start of the battle.

Relationships

 * Shizuku Yaegashi - Volpen becomes well aquatinted with Shizuku after she shows him the sword that Hajime gave her and has him engrave magic circles on it so that she can use its features.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Volpen is greatly impressed with Hajime's skills as a Synergist and wishes to be his disciple no matter what.

Powers & Abilities

 * Master Craftsman - Being the head Synergist for the Heiligh Kingdom, Volpen is considered the one of the best blacksmiths in the kingdom. However, he acknowledges his skills pale in comparison to those of Hajime's.

Skills

 * Transmute - The base skill of the "Synergist" Job class. It allows the user to control, transform and manipulate any kind of ores, minerals or materials in any way or shape the user desires. In order to Transmute any object, the user has to be in contact with the object within the maximum range of three meters.

Trivia

 * Volpen's surname Stark means "strong" or "powerful".
 * Volpen's surname is not mentioned in the Light Novel.
 * Volpen does not appear in the Anime.