Ryal

**Ryal** is a captain of the 1st Knights of the Altaras Kingdom and commander of the anti-Parpaldian underground resistance movement.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Ryal is depicted as a middle-aged man in a turban with a full goatee beard around his mouth and chin.

## Personality

Ryal had held the position of captain of the 1st Knights in the former Altaras Kingdom. He has a strong sense of justice, but his leadership ability was crucial for the future of the entire kingdom. He has faith in Princess Lumies' plans to liberate the kingdom. He considered risking his life to save Lumies, but his leadership ability was crucial for the future of the entire kingdom.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

Since the Altaras Kingdom lost its war against Parpaldia Empire, the scene had become all too commonplace. Still, the Parpaldians had a justification that existed a resistance movement against the colonial government. Using that pretext, the colonial government arrested and executed anybody at its discretion, regardless of whether or not they were actually a part of the resistance movement. Colonial governor Cesaq, a trueborn pervert, controlled the colonial government at the center of Parpaldian colonial rule in Le Brias, using his power to order arresting of beautiful, young Altaran women to rape and abuse them. To the Altarans, this colonial rule symbolized their disgrace and humiliation: an unacceptable reality that forced them to accept.

Somewhere underground, an Altaran resistance member handed a piece of paper containing the message from a third party to Ryal, the commander of the underground resistance movement, reading that the Fenn Kingdom and Japan had allied to fight the Parpaldia Empire. Ryal asked the resistance member of Japan, but the resistance member hardly knew Japan, hearing they saved Qua-Toyne Principality from the Lourian invasion. Hardly anyone in the underground movement harbored hopes for the coming fight.

After Japan defeated the Parpaldia Empire in the Battle of Fenn Kingdom, the Altaran people had come together in an underground movement. They had a chance to rout the imperial forces currently stationed in their territory, but the Parpaldians would come with another powerful invasion force. The underground movement was up against a struggle they knew they wouldn’t win, but still couldn't afford to give up. Ryal cursed his frustration in the underground room, exploding from stress as he thought things over. The resistance member rushed in through the door and dragged him by the hand to the communications room. They found the other officers gathered around a manacomm manned by a communications officer, who was adjusting the manacomm’s sensitivity through magical power. The comms officer reported to them a transmission coming from the Maz Kingdom in the Third Civilization Area, who sent all over their news network. Ryal dubiously listened in a magical communication device.

Due to the weak signal, Princess Lumies made a speech on the audio quality. Ryal recognized the voice and kept his emotions as they continued to listen to her speech that she established the Altaras Kingdom as a temporary government within the country of Japan as the head of state and government, which she hereby declared the legitimate government of the Altaras Kingdom. The Altaras Kingdom and Japan were in negotiation regarding a security treaty and making progress. Ryal and the other resistance members began shedding tears that she was alive and was fighting the Parpaldia Empire head-on. She announced on the audio that the Parpaldian forces that had invaded Fenn were defeated by the combined forces of Fenn and Japan, preparing the Altaran people's strength when the time came. Ryal and the other resistance members erupted into chaos at what she said about the Parpaldia Empire being defeated. They heard the news through the broadcast confirming the Parpaldian forces in the Fenn Kingdom had been defeated and sustained over 200 ships sunk in the ground and naval battle by both Fenn and Japan at dawn. After the transmission cut off, they were quietly trembling with smiles on their faces, preparing for that time. The underground movement’s morale skyrocketed.

Four months later, Ryal, dressed in civilian clothing, was patrolling around the Le Brias, minding his own business, making preparations, and scouting out the defenses at important areas. He caught sight of the Parpaldian elite guards beating her pleading father nearly to death while they dragged a young Altaran maiden away crying. Fortunately, her father was still alive and taken by passersby to a hospital. The Parpaldia Empire’s Altaran colonial government by Governor Cesaq, who was personnel accused a beautiful, young Altaran maiden of being associated with an anti-government organization and came to take her into custody. He experienced witnessing his citizens pitifully beaten to near death while their daughters were taken away to be raped and murdered during the Parpaldia Empire occupation.

After finishing his patrol duties, Ryal returned to their headquarters, a run-of-the-mill home. Descending into the complex, he stopped to pause for a moment and then turned to punch the wall of the corridor. A resistance member that was standing watch at the entrance saw Ryal’s outburst and came to him, asking him if something happen. Ryal cursed to watch another maiden taken away by the colonial government and wanted to blow all of them to smithereens the Parpaldian instant. He wondered if Princess Lumies had negotiated with Japan. When a resistance member reported to him the operations room received some good news, he began to feel excited. As soon as Ryal entered the operations room, his vice commander handed a piece of paper to him, which had written the contents of a message sent through the manacomms from Rodenius via Sios that seemed like a poem. He intercepted the encrypted message as a poem written by the foreign hero, the one that saved Altaras from an invading army in an event recorded in Altaran history known as the Miraculous Victory. He realized the poem's last line, "On the day of Tas, there will be good fortune," was code for one week exactly. He ordered the resistance members to inform all of them throughout Altaras for preparing to fight in the next week.

The comms officer holed up in the communications room and began sending encrypted magical communications to all the anti-empire organizations scattered throughout Altaras. Members of the resistance movement departed the house independently of one another to not arouse suspicion from Parpaldian authorities before proceeding towards resistance cells all across the island to tell them of Lumies’ message.

Next week, at the beginning of the Battle of Altaras Kingdom, the Japanese force attacked the Parpaldia Empire’s fleet of magic ships-of-the-line and the Altaran colonial government’s Hyperion Base. Ryal was up atop a tower watching the wreckage where twenty powerful ships of the line anchored at the port. They were assaulted by powerful explosive magic. One by one went up in flames and then sunk into the sea. He could only stand there in astonishment at the sight and watched something unbelievably fast pass overhead behind him by a boom of thunder. He saw the Parpaldian imperial military base in the distance exploding in flames. He was thrown to the floor, but even as the fires continued to run amok, he returned to his senses. He grabbed his magical communication and shouted into it to begin the all-military operation to attack them and take Altaras back.

Afterward, the Papaldia Empire’s Altaran colonial government, having lost nearly all of its military power, surrendered to the revolting Altaran populace led by its underground resistance that had caused simultaneous uprisings across the country. The Altaras Kingdom had regained its sovereignty.

## Trivia

* In the manga version, Ryal was patrolling around the Le Brias with a resistance member. He couldn't stand it anymore to watch the Parpaldian imperial soldiers drag a young Altaran maiden away crying from the public bath and ready to fight them. However, a resistance member held Ryal's arm to stop him. He told Ryal to be patient until the time came.