Sergei Lou

Sergei Lou (セルゲイ・ロウ), also known as Sergei the Scrutinous (搦め手のセルゲイ), is the chief of the Special Support Section.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Sergei is a middle-aged man with dark brown hair, eyes and a small beard. He is usually seen with a cigarette in his mouth. He wears a beige shirt, dark brown trousers with braces and a red tie with a metal clip. Sergei uses a shotgun in combat situations.
=== Personality ===
Sergei appears very tired and laid back upon first impressions, usually seen smoking and sitting at his desk looking un-enthused. If the situations calls for it, Sergei quickly dismisses his laid back attitude and immediately takes the initiative.
=== Background ===
He earned his title of Sergei the Scrutinous as a top-notch investigator with the Crossbell Police Department, where he also supervised Guy Bannings and Arios MacLaine. Under his lead, the First Division's accomplishments exceeded far of what was expected of them.
After he left the First Division, Sergei became a driving instructor at the Crossbell Police Academy until the establishment of the Special Support Section at the beginning of S.1204. 
Sergei married and then, around S.1199, divorced Sonya Baelz, now commander of the Crossbell Guardian Force. They have remained on good terms since their divorce, however.
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As the acting Section Chief of the SSS, Sergei directed the group to hot-button issues in Crossbell that they needed to resolve and acted as their representative in the Crossbell Police Department. Sergei stressed that the SSS needed to come to decisions independently and to rely on their own judgment as a group in order to make sound decisions in the field and to take quick, effective action.
When Joachim Guenter manipulated the Crossbell Guardian Force into attacking Crossbell using Gnosis, Sergei readied his shotgun to hold off the brainwashed forces so that the SSS could escape together with KeA. 
After aiding the SSS in their escape, Sergei offered to drive the group to the Sun Fort at the Ancient Battlefield where Joachim was waiting. While attempting to evade the hail of gunfire firing towards the car, he told the SSS that he considered it his duty to clear the path for youngsters like them.
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Sergei continues to support the SSS with missions, giving them the requests and receiving their reports. He shows them the orbal car they had been issued and instils in them the rules of the road.
He helps storm the Orchis Tower, stayng on the base of the tower to help fight magical golems before moving into arrest the president and keep him detained.
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During the Imperial occupation of Crossbell, Sergei collaborated with the resistance in the form of transporting relief supplies.
Sergei was one of the individuals trapped in Rufus Albarea's Operation: Birdcage at Mishelam as part of a larger ploy to strip the SSS of their public support. 
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Sergei once again joins the resistance efforts against Rufus Albarea's occupation on the day of their re-independence. After losing a confrontation within the city itself, he retreats to Mainz with other members of the CGF and police. He joined in several operations against the Ebon Defense Force including distracting their forces away from the Moon Temple and the final assault on the city itself.
During the assault on the Retributive Tower, Sergei leads a boat full of police officers to engage the automated Zauber Soldats upon the Lake.
=== Character Notes ===
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! colspan="2" |Sergei Lou
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| colspan="3" |Special Support Section
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| colspan="3" |The chief of the SSS. Though an indolent sort during downtime, there are few bosses more reliable when peril strikes.
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| colspan="3" |Chief's PrideTogether with a police squad, Sergei comes to the aid of Lloyd and friends as they're surrounded by the EDF, holding the line even as reinforcements come in.
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| colspan="3" |SuperstitiousSergei resolves not to smoke until the operation is complete. He wouldn't dare to say that unless he knew they were going to succeed.
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! colspan="2" |セルゲイ・ロウ
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| colspan="3" |特務支援課
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| colspan="3" |《特務支援課》の課長を務める男性。気だるげで面倒くさがり屋だが、いざという時は頼りになる上司。
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| colspan="3" |上司の意地黒の衛士に囲まれたロイドのもとに警察隊を率いて加勢。先を急ぐ部下に代わり、増援の相手を引き受けた。
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| colspan="3" |ゲン担ぎゲン担ぎに、突入作戦が成功するまでの禁煙を言い出したセルゲイ。この局面に臨む心意気が伝わった。
|}
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Sergei - Full-Length Sketch 1 (Zero).jpg|Concept sketch of Sergei
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Sergei Lou (Ao).png|Sergei's full length shot
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=== The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel: Northern War ===
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== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Trails from Zero Characters
Category:Trails to Azure Characters
Category:Trails into Reverie Characters
Category:Akatsuki no Kiseki Characters
Category:Crossbell Police Department
Category:Special Support Section
Category:Gun Users