Rand

**Rand** is the commander of the Royal Guards of the Louria Kingdom.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Rand is depicted as a handsome man with a wavy long hair and a scar on the left cheek.

## Personality

Rand is the kingdom's strongest magic swordsman, called the "King's Sword and King's Shield". He seems to be very friendly with Patagene as he is entrusted with the protection of the king.

## Chronology

### Rodenius War Arc

At the end of the battle of Jin-Hark (Pacification of Jin-Hark), he and some several Royal Guards are entrusted as the last line of defense for King Hark Louria XXXIV. When the 1st Airborne Brigade (JGSDF) and the Special Assault Team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrived to arrest the king, he tried to earn time for reinforcements to arrive by faking a surrender and taking first maid and second maid as bait to ambush JSDF.

After clearing their hindrances, Hashimoto and soldiers of the 1st Airborne Brigade headed the force that will take the king and ran for the 4th floor where their target should be in the emergency antechamber in the royal hall. They arrived at the doors. With his rifle at the ready, he gave the signal to his comrades, and the doors were opened. Right in front of their muzzles were two maids shaking in fear. Their faces were painted in sorrowful expressions as they wet the floor in shock at their forceful opening of the doors. He saw Royal Guards Commander Rand appearing in front of the two maids standing within the dim torch light faintly shined on the darkness of the royal hall. Rand sheathed his sword back into his scabbard, showing no indication of yielding to Hashimoto’s order. The maids stood trembling. He yelled at Rand to surrender, but Rand and the two maids didn’t move a single inch. He couldn’t bear to pull the trigger on the seemingly civilian maids who simply trembled in terror. Since Rand didn't have his sword drawn, he raised his hands and ordered the maids not to move, but to let Hashimoto how to handle them.

Nakano, mission commander from the 1st Airborne Brigade, stepped forward in front of Hashimoto. Rand tried to earn time for reinforcements to arrive by faking a surrender. Nakano looked at the maids with their eyes flowing absurd and excessive tears, breathing more intensely. He didn’t allow Rand to buy some time, who used civilian maids as shields, but forcibly pinned him down to the floor. The maids got on their shaking knees and clutched their heads as they lay flat on the ground. Nakano yelled at twelve knights of the 0th Royal Guards who hid behind the pillars to surrender. They swiftly followed Hashimoto’s orders, threw away their weapons, and lay flat on the ground. Nakano asked Rand if King Hark Louria XXXIV was behind the door; however, the 0th Royal Guards commenced to attack them by opening the hidden wall door with filled smoke.

When Rand helplessly witnessed his ambush troops being killed so easily by the JSDF, he tried to engage Nakano to close combat, taking his hidden arm-mounted sword and lunging it straight at him. He tried to cut Nakano, but Nakano managed to deflect using a combat knife. Rand stepped back in astonishment after striking on his neck hitting his armor by him with his combat knife. However, he tried to swing his sword once more, Hashimoto shot him with a Type-89 assault rifle, killing him with multiple shots.

Nakano stepped back and shot Rand. His colleagues followed and shot the remaining guards and went to the backroom wherein the king is hiding in fear, leaving his lifeless body that suffers multiple shots on his left shoulder-chest and a single headshot.

## Abilities

Aside from being a skilled swordsman, he has excellent magic abilities, hence he is called a magic swordsman as he able to summon smoke magic. However like all swordsmen, he is utterly powerless again infantry armed with rifles.

He uses a hidden arm-mounted blade in his right arms triggered by a pulling string to sneak attack his opponent.

## Gallery

Rand unleashes his hidden blade in an ill-fated attack against the JSDF.Rand's demise after getting shot multiple time.