Cielia Oudwin

## Cielia Oudwin (Kristina Kadek Wiharani Putri)

**Cielia Oudwin** (シエリア･オウドウィン, *Shieria Oudouin*) is a diplomat of the Gra Valkas Empire and the director of the Eastern Relations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

## Appearance

In the light novel version, Cielia is a young woman in her late 20s with braided blonde hair. She wears glasses and is often seen wearing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs uniform.

## Personality

While Cielia still maintains a superior attitude towards the nations and respective denizens of the New World - unlike other officials of Gra Valkas who remain arrogant and conceited of their technological position - Cielia remains calm, cool-headed, and collected even when faced against overwhelming odds such as during the Eleven Leadership Conference.

While the officials regarded Japan as a weak nation, Cielia was one of the few Gra Valkas officials that was aware of Japan's true strength. Cielia and Dallas were evidently shocked when Asada demonstrated a piece of Japanese technology indirectly through an LED TV (laptop) and a small data chip that contained video footage regarding Japan. When others panicked or cursed Japan later in the series, she remained calm and even ordered her subordinates, including Dallas, to do the same and to gather any information on Japan as soon as possible.

She is personally a person who values honor and justice - as she has shown respect for the Japanese soldiers (who are in fact employees of the Japan Coast Guard) who fought courageously during the Battle of the Folk Strait - and has ordered for the respectful treatment of these prisoners. This attitude, however, goes against the views of her colleagues - including her boss Gesta. When ordered to execute uncooperative prisoners, Cielia was extremely upset that such cruel act would "put the Empire down on the same level as barbarians."

Unlike other Gra Valkas officials that utilizes either political connections or bribery as a means for attaining a promotion, Cielia was able to raise her status without any need for outside connections, further having Gesta state that Cielia was an excellent employee that can be a role model in the future.

## Chronology

### New World War Arc

Cielia first appeared at the Eleven Country Leadership Conference as a representative of Gra Valkas and announced to all participating countries that they should submit to Gra Valkas rule, making a substantial declaration of war. She even laughed and scoffed at the prediction of the return of the Ravernal Empire.

During the Battle of the Folk Strait, Cielia was aboard the battleship *Grade Atlastar* and gave the order to sink a Japanese patrol boat as a "diplomatic method" in order to set an example for the other nations. After the battle, Cielia was present during the interrogation of the captured Japanese crew. Though she did not want to do so, Cielia carried out the Japanese crew's execution and other unwilling prisoners as a warning to other nations to surrender.

Cielia also appeared during the peace talks with Asada and saw first hand the superior civilian technology of the Japanese in the form of OLED monitor and SD card. In the light novel it was a laptop. Unknown to her, Cielia's superior, Gesta, had doctored her report to the higher ups in which he deliberately hid information regarding Japan's advanced technology. The revised report only placed Japan's technology as slightly less than the empire's. The falsified record would come back to haunt the Gra Valkans with devastating results. Cielia also appeared in the bonus chapter, "Into the World of Dreams," were she ate the Angel Fruit and shared the same dream with Ine and Remille. She was told by Remille that the war with Japan was doomed from the start and to leave GVE now before it was too late and become happy just like Ine. Much to her horror, Cielia learned that the Japanese patrol boat that she had ordered to be sunk was not an actual warship but instead a non-military, law-enforcement vessel. By attacking a non-military ship and ordering the execution of its crew, Cielia had realized that she had committed a war crime and was warned by Remille that Japan does not forgive murderers.

Cielia would later discuss the destruction of the Great Fleet with her boss Gesta at the combined base Lars Filmyna in Leifor. While she realized the significance of Japan's power, her boss infuriated her by dismissing the whole affair with numerous excuses and criticizing her work effort. Cielia and Gesta would then bare witness to Japan's strike and bomber aircraft leveling the entire base, destroying countless GVE resources and killing hundreds of thousands of men without taking a single loss. Having witnessed Japan's true power up close, Cielia broke down in tears at the prospect of being hung in Japan for her crimes against their law enforcement agents.

After the Lars Filmyna base was destroyed, Commander Fantare ordered a full retreat of the remaining imperial force out of the base toward the fortified Mt. Daigenera in the southern part of Leiforia. Gesta and Cielia evacuated from the office building of the Lars Filmyna base to the Daigenera Headquarters with Ramball, who became the Chain of Command after Fantare surrendered himself to JSDF and World Union forces.

While the combined JSDF and Mu air force bombarded Mt. Daigenera constantly during day and night, Gesta gave Ramball further headaches by insisting that he and other non-combatants be evacuated back to the Gra Valkas mainland. Having had enough of Gesta's rambling, he ordered his soldiers to kick Gesta forcefully out of the command room. Cielia then apologized to Ramball for Gesta's behavior.

Several days later, Ramball met with Cielia privately, telling her that he wanted her to return to the Gra Valkas mainland and help steer the country away from total destruction. Even though they'd been pushed back everywhere except the mountain, there were still collaborators in Leifor he thought could help her escape. He purposely chose not to help Gesta, thinking the man was too hotheaded. Unfortunately, Gesta was listening through the door and barged in, threatening Ramball with disgrace and punishment if he didn't help him escape too. Even though some threats were pointless since escape was still unlikely, Ramball relented and agreed to escort Gesta to the collaborator as well.

After the three left, they witnessed the massive force of 5,000 wyverns of the World Union coming to attack the fortress. The attack of 5,000 wyverns was largely unsuccessful as they could only scorch the surrounding of the fortress while losing 200 wyverns from AA guns. But the sheer amount of enemy forces unsettled him.

When the giant Lightning Flame Dragon commanded by Yvan arrived, all three of them watched with horror as it leveled the mountain fortress and killed everyone inside with only a single blast. Cielia trembled in shock upon witnessing the giant Lightning Flame Dragon. The Gra Valkas Empire had now truly been completely expelled from the continent, and any of its people left could very well be executed if they were captured now. As a hysterical Gesta demanded Ramball do something to get them home, Ramball remembered that there was an Imperial Navy submarine supply base hidden on an island 300km off the coast of the Nigrat Union, the country south of Leifor. He decided they would have to reach it to have any hope of escaping.

## Relationships

### Dallas Claymond

He appeared to be her direct subordinate, or at least of a lower rank.

## Trivia

* She stated that she has no experience of dating a man.
* Because of her looks and talent, she was considered an idol in the Empire's Foreign Ministry.
* She has a hobby of watching movies, so much so that she wants to go to Japan when she knows that Japan produces a lot of movies and dramas every year, despite the hostility between the two countries.

## Gallery

Asada meeting with GVE Diplomat CieliaCielia and Dallas were shocked when Asada demonstrate Japanese technology through laptop and a SD card.Illustration of Cielia