Dolch Versiegelt/Biography/Synopsis

## Early Life

Dolch was born into and raised in a noble family. He was comfortable in his life, but he always felt empty, like he was destined for something more than fancy parties and fancy houses. One day he discovered something that really interested him and his family, Chess. He was innately amazing at the game. His incredible understanding of strategy made anyone watching him amazed. However, he quickly gave up that life when he discovered his true calling, the Magic Knights. Dolch was an amazing strategist, so he would fit right in with people who constantly went on missions and fought battles. Dolch also had the advantage of being a noble and having strong magical abilities, so he trained his mind and his magic. One of the people who helped him with this was his good friend, Panta. Panta always helped Dolch train. Whether it be playing chess against him, training his magic, or any other types of training Dolch did to get into the Magic Knights.

## Teen Years

Dolch's life was a normal noble's life more-or-less for many years until he was 14. Dolch had been waiting his entire life to do the Magic Knight's Entrance Exam and he didn't have to go much longer before he was going to take it, he just had to turn 15 and get his grimoire. After a long day of training with Panta, Dolch went to his home with Panta to have something to eat, then to get some rest for the next day where they would train even more. After having a bite to eat, Dolch and Panta both fell asleep in Dolch's family's estate and laid there, until late that night.

Dolch awoke to a noise. He wasn't sure exactly what it was, but he knew it had been disruptive enough to wake him up. He then noticed that Panta was gone. He looked around for him desperately in fear, and found him under a table, trembling. Dolch asked him what was wrong, but Panta didn't answer, he continued trembling in fear. Dolch then saw an open door across the room, which led to his parents' bedroom. He slowly approached it, unsure of what he might see. He then saw something peaking out through the opening, something that shocked him so much he couldn't think enough to even move. Dolch then heard Panta scream Dolch's name at him. Dolch turned around and saw a man wearing a cloak, with a knife about to kill him, but just then a splatter of blood flew onto his face. Just as his parents had just before, Panta had been killed by this man, this assassin. In the severity of the situation and in fear of being killed, Dolch then unleashed a spell, bombarding the assassin with magical daggers over and over, Dolch's fear quickly turned into hatred, anger, and anguish and continued hitting the body after it had already breathed its last breath. Dolch had just murdered a man, the man had already killed three people, but Dolch had still killed one. Dolch did not know this at the time but, he had fallen victim to the first assassination carried out by the Moeru Assassin Guild.

After a while of Dolch sitting on the ground contemplating his actions, his rational mind had returned. He had noticed his daggers were not their usual white when he attacked the assassin, they had become red. He had heard stories of a Magic Knight Captain in the past who had their magic change colors, so he assumed after all of the trauma he had been through, his magic must have adapted, either that, or he had been so desperate and afraid that he had used negative mana in his daggers, no matter which one it was, his daggers had become permanently red. He then thought of all of the possibilities of what might happen next. Either the bodies are discovered with Dolch and upon seeing the assassin, they may figure out what happened and help Dolch, or the other nobles could exploit the situation by claiming Dolch had killed his own parents and Panta in order to gain his family's belongings and wealth. Due to Dolch's previous interactions with nobles, he knew what was going to happen. Dolch then took the assassin's bloodstained cloak that had many holes in it, and he put it on. It was too big of course, but he found it to be the only way to conceal himself to get away from not only his home, but the kingdom itself. Due to what had just transpired before his eyes, Dolch knew he would have to change his name and appearance to not be recognized, so he decided to go by Dolch Versiegelt, and dyed his hair red.

Over his teenage years, Dolch roamed the 4 kingdoms, he only briefly returned to The Clover Kingdom after he had turned 15 to obtain his grimoire, which would help with his survival in the other kingdoms. Dolch always had a constant regret hanging over his head, that if he was stronger he could have saved, not only his family, but Panta. This made him constantly strive for more power, which is why he travelled the kingdoms, and on occasion tested himself against the Grand Magic Zones. The farthest he was able to get was learning Mana Zone and Mana Skin at 17, after 2 years of training. He, unfortunately, wasn't able to learn any other techniques due to being refused training by the spirit guardians, even after he had spent a year trying to contact them. Dolch knew it was impossible for him to be able to learn any of these special techniques, so he then decided it was high time he returned to the Clover Kingdom.

## Three Years Ago

At the age of 20, Dolch had been living in the Clover Kingdom for a year, becoming in-tune with nature and living a nomad lifestyle, hunting for food and fighting for survival. He was then hit with a harsh winter. Dolch was barely holding onto life, despite how strong he had become. Dolch barely survived by finding a cave and resting there, and after this, he decided he should finally stop roaming and settle down for once, so he made the cave his home. He then lived there for 6 months, until he strangely was visited by 3 men, they asked him if it was okay for them to stay the night there, Dolch decided to let them stay, but watched them closely without sleep the whole night. That morning, the one who seemed to lead the group asked Dolch a strange question: "Have you ever wanted to be a magic knight?". Dolch was shocked at this question. He hadn't thought about joining the Magic Knights for years, but why had this man asked him? The man introduced himself as Bowen, and the two other men as Istin and Tradire, and Bowen told Dolch how he wanted to change the Magic Knights by making his own squad and getting inducted into the knights by being recognized by the king, and then asked Dolch if his cave could be their hideout. Dolch felt a warmth from the man that he hadn't felt since he had last trained with Panta, and, although as if Panta made Dolch say it, Dolch replied telling him that he would let them use his home, but that he would also like to join. Then, with new friends and a new drive, he joined the Grey Wolves and continued to get stronger, and even did what he couldn't do before and learned a new technique, Ultimate Magic.

## Present Day

Dolch is now one of the strongest members of the Grey Wolves and has a balance between being out on missions and staying at the hideout. He likes to talk with his subordinates a lot and inspire them to get stronger. The thing he spends most of his time doing is training his magical abilities, and occasionally playing chess with the other members. Dolch mainly trains, not only to get stronger to make up for his past weakness, but also because he believes that the Grey Wolves will become involved in a big conflict that will require them to be strong to survive, and he knows he will have to not only be at his peak, but also that he needs to bring out the best in his already impressive mind.

## Moeru Infiltration

Dolch played a big role in the infiltration of the Moeru Assassin's Guild and helped take down some of their strongest members, such as Mars and his two Higher Moons, Phobos and Deimos.