Lordia Arcadia

"“Master Everlast is now meditating in order for more justice. Sister Iris, bring me the other spear!” —Lordia" Lordia Arcadia (ロージア・アルケーディア) is one of the majors character of the anime Dragon Edge Glenmalt. He is the former heir prince of the Holy Kingdom of Aurelia and the older brother of Iris Arcadia. He first appeared as Everrose, (エバーローズ) a vengeful Draguner knight who sought only revenge against the forces of Negrmastia before becoming rivals and eventually friends with the fire Draguner Glenmalt Rondo.

He wields the holy lance Sancti Sepulcrum which would allow him to summon the powerful Dragheart kaiju Everlast into battle via Dragsolution and controls the Dragheart Fortresses, Heaven's Heaven, and later, Endless Heaven, as means to unleash Neverlast and Neverend respectively. He soon married the Chymian mage Astrid Flamel and has a son with her, Ace Arcadia.

Past
Lordia was born from the King and Queen of Aurelia, Charlord and Illyana Arcadia as their son and heir to the throne of the kingdom, with his sister Iris Arcadia born five years after. When Charlord fell very ill, he entrusted to Lordia his kingdom for him to rule, love and protect. He was a man of justice but also of peace, wanting to use the skills he honed in combat, what little of it he had however due to his hesitancy to engage in battle, during his young years for self-defense and protection of the defenseless.

A year prior to the founding of the Holy Alliance and two years before Glenmalt Rondo rose to prominence in battle, during one of Lordia's journeys, he encountered a group of friendly people known as the Forest Elves who lived in Stellva, a beautiful and peaceful village that wasn't in a conflict and had been prospering for hundreds of years. He was surprised and enamored with the village and its inhabitants' inherent serene beauty. The princess and head of the Forest Elves presented herself to Lordia and believed that he was a Draguner. Lordia denied that he was one of them because he was a mere prince with little experience in fighting who just became king, but the elves trusted him because of his pure heart, which was also like their's. Lordia that he wanted to remain in the village or at the very least, grant them his kingdom's protection, but the princess elf refused, explaining that the peace on Stellva was only temporary and soon the village would die, along with everyone in it, due to a great disaster that would come. However, she also spoke of the legend that a being of light would come from the heavens at that time, fuse with the magical soil of Stellva, take the name of Everrose and vanquish the destroyer. The elves called these prophecies as the "Prophecy of the Rose Knight" which foretold the end of their village and themselves. Lordia said that he would become a hero and protect Arb and flew off to another planet.

Arriving on the High World, Lordia started his search for the legendary God of Salvation and found a being covered by a red cloak. Lordia told him that he wanted to meet with the God of Salvation said to make the impossible possible. The unknown being replied saying that he knew where he was but that he is not sure if the God wanted to see him. At the same time, a great thunderstorm appeared and the being told Lordia that he would meet with the great God if he could make the rain stop. Lordia, after concentrating for a moment, shot a beam of light straight to the sky, ending the storm and making the sky clear for the dimension, so clear that the being had to cover his eyes. Suddenly, the red-cloaked being vanished and a white-robed human-like figure appeared behind Lordia revealing Himself to be Jesus Christ, the God he was searching for. Jesus mentioned to Lordia that He had many names, but the name "Jesus Christ" was given to Him by the mortal beings from another world called Earth. Granting him the Dragheart Weapon Sancti Sepulcrum, Jesus Christ warned him about the danger of his heart being corrupted. Lordia decided to leave and head back to Stellvia, but Jesus told him to be careful, so that he might not be drowned by evil desires, as He said, "the clearest water is the easiest to pollute".

While the prince approached the elf village, he noticed a burning glow of fire in the distance, it was under attack. He arrived to see the village being burned and utterly destroyed by a battalion of the Cuntry Negramstia's Black Dog Corps led by a monstrous entity called Imen=Bugo. All the male forest elves were killed and many females were raped by the Black Dogs. The horrified Lordia tried to fight Imen=Bugo and his troops off, but it was useless. Making matters worse, Illyana, who had gotten word of her son's disappearance, arrived to Stellva, accompanied by a small group of Aurelian knights, and saw Lordia, who was unable to fight off the Black Dogs. The knights attempted to deter the attacking group but failed and were all taken down as well. As Imen=Bugo was about to kill Lordia, Illyana got in the way and took the cleaving of his ax, mortally wounding her. Lordia was even more terrified to see his now dying mother come at the worst time possible. Illyana told his son to run back to his kingdom and become a great protector to make sure something like this doesn't happen again, before dying in his arms. Lordia's heart was consumed by fury and vengeance and pulled out his new Dragheart Weapon, but via telepathy Jesus Christ told him he couldn't fight because of that, yet Lordia disobeyed and started fighting Imen=Bugo, with all his attacks failing yet again. After an explosion of light was emitted from the Sancti Sepulcrum, it was enough for Imen=Bugo to order the retreat of his troops, taking away all the remaining forest elves as sex slaves to Negramstia and leaving Lordia there, enraged and grieving at his loss, being unable to protect neither Stellva and the forest elves nor his very own mother.

Upon learning of her brother's disappearance as well, Iris went to the ruins of Stellva, horrified to see the destruction that unfolded, along with Lordia, grieving over the death of their mother and the entire forest elf village. Extremely distraught, Lordia didn't want to be a prince or a king anymore and only desired to get revenge on Imen=Bugo and the Black Dogs of the Cuntry. Hearing the voices of the grudges of the dead that desired revenge as well, the magic swelled from the ground of Stellva and fused with Lordia, giving him the Armor of Vengeance. With his worldview changed, Lordia, with his new found power, attacked his own sister, declaring that he is now the Dragon Edge Everrose, and left. Because of Lordia's absence, especially after the death of their father that came not long after, Iris assumed the position as the new leader of Aurelia.

Quotes

 * “Master Everlast is now meditating in order for more justice. Sister Iris, bring me the other spear!” (エバーラスト様は更なる聖なる正義を求めて瞑想中である. 妹なイリスよ、代わりの槍をここに持て！)
 * “I'm not your Prince anymore! I… couldn't protect our mother… and this Forest Village of Stellva. Even when the Savior entrusted to me this Sancti Sepulcrum… I'm a failure as an heir!” (私はもう王子ではない！私は…母上と…森村ステルヴァを守ることが出来なかった. 耶蘇基督からこのサンクティ・セプルクルムを授かったと言うのに…国王子だ！)
 * “I… will bear the grudges of all the dead Forest Elves… and those in the Cuntry who destroyed this village… I will bring them all down!” (私は…滅ぼされたフォレスト・エルフ達の怨念を身に纏い、母上を殺した…この村を滅ぼした…奉仕国家の者達を…必ず…倒す！)
 * “If you get in my way, I'll cut you down too!” (邪魔をするならば、お前とて斬る！)
 * “Lordia Arcadia is dead! Now, I am just one who lives for vengeance, Dragon Edge Everrose!” (ロージア・アルケーディアは死んだ！今の私は復讐のために生きる龍覇エバーローズだ！！)
 * “I… couldn't protect anything. It was that time when I heard them, the regretful voices of those who had perished, the roars of malice!” (俺は…何も守れなかった. そのとき、俺は聞いた. 滅び去った者たちの、無念の声を、怨念の叫びを！)
 * “Then I understood. What I should do was not to just grieve and mourn. Clad in this armor, wielding this blade, I should seek vengeance! That was the duty given to me. And in that way, I abandoned my heart…” (そして理解した. 今すべきことは、嘆き悲しむことではない. この鎧を纏い、この剣を持つ、復讐を果たすこと！それが、俺に課せられた使命であると. こうして俺は、心を捨てた……)