King Halbert

King Eggred Halbert the Benevolent is a minor protagonist in the LEGO Nexo Knights franchise. He is the current ruler of the kingdom of Knighton, pacifistic and good-natured. He is also the father of one of the Nexo Knights, Macy Halbert, and initially showed reluctance in letting her take up this job, but eventually warmed up to her.
He was voiced by Brian Drummond.
==Biography==
===Past===
Eggred Halbert comes from a bloodline that has ruled Knighton for centuries. Born in times when the kingdom was at peace, he nevertheless studied at the Knights' Academy in his youth and graduated from it. At some point after becoming the king, he married Hama Halbert, and the two had a daughter named Macy. Since Macy was a princess and the only heir to throne, the king tried to teach her to behave accordingly despite her striving to be a knight. Eventually, he backed down and let his daughter attend the Knights' Academy.
===Nexo Knights===
When five newly-graduated knights attended their graduation ceremony, King Halbert made sure that all of them but Macy were given Nexo Shields, forcing his daughter to use a training shield instead. After Jestro's performance causes a blackout in the capital, he tries to reassure the citizens, but ends up scaring them instead. The city would later come under the attack from Jestro, who's fallen to the side of evil, the Book of Monsters and their Lava Monster army, which was repelled by the knights.
Since then, the king constantly praised the Nexo Knights for protecting his kingdom and gave them awards at times, including promoting the Knights' Academy cadets Robin and Ava to "junior knights". He even admitted that humiliating his daughter at her graduation was a mistake and gifted her a real Nexo Shield. A few times King Halbert even took part in battles himself using a battle mech.
==Personality==
King Halbert prefers to rule his kingdom at peace, and hates fighting, but if pushed to his limit, he will arm himself and fend off the agressor. He is exceptionally kind for a king and cares a lot for his subject, organizing entertaining events for them and taking measures to ensure their safety during the monster attacks.
King Halbert is also known, if not infamous, for being overly protective of his daughter Macy, as he wants to make sure that she learns her manners as the princess and tends to the royal duties by any means necessary, and seems indifferent to the fact that this leads to her getting embarrassed and humiliated. Nevertheless, he never means harm to his family and only wants the best for them.
While known for being nice to most people, he was also shown to have moments of indelicacy, the most notable being his reason for firing Roberto Arnoldi, as he made a statue of his wife smashing monsters, despite the queen herself actually liking it. This came back to bite him, as the embittered sculptor sought revenge on him and joined forces with Jestro and Monstrox.
==Trivia==
*His name appears to be a pun on both the real name "Iggrid" and the word "egghead".
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