Klaus Midgar

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## Personal Information

### Relatives

Unnamed Wife (Unknown)
Iris Midgar (Oldest Daughter)
Alexia Midgar (Youngest Daughter)

## Portrayal

### Italian

Andrea Failla

**Klaus Midgar** (クラウス ・ミドガル, *Kurausu Midogaru*?) is the king of the Midgar Kingdom as well as the father of both Iris and Alexia. Though often criticized for his seeming inaction, he is actually fully aware of the existence of the Cult of Diablos and quietly fights their influence.

## Appearance

Klaus has rarely been seen within the series, but glimpses of him showed that he is a middle-aged man with red hair and a mustache. He is also usually seen dressing up in attire befitting a king presently ruling his nation. His appearance makes him look more like Iris than Alexia, with matching red hair.

## Personality

Klaus is a cautious ruler who wants to neutralize any troubles as he adopted "the principle of avoiding things" in which he doesn't make any moves if the problems don't affect too much of his kingdom. Because of his policy, Klaus is not highly regarded as a king by both of his daughters, who see him as too inactive for their sense of initiative. However, he is also a man of honor, taking great care to respectfully deliver the body of King Raphael Oriana to his homeland, but through the Marquess Grant of the anti-Duke faction opposing Perv Asshat.

## Chronology

### Background

King Klaus served as a monarch of the Midgar Kingdom who later married and sired two children, Iris and Alexia. Klaus established a friendship with Raphael Oriana as they forged an alliance between both of their nations. At some unknown point, Klaus notice the Cult of Diablos existence and secretly fought their influence carefully because he understood the organization's history and their power which had been influential throughout the world.

### Klaus's Secret Political Maneuver

After his daughter Alexia Midgar is rescued from being kidnapped, Klaus learned that Zenon Griffey is the one responsible for his daughter kidnapping which exposing the Cult of Diablos existence to the public, along with the reveal of Shadow Garden which is a mysterious organization that openly opposes the Cult. Klaus then decides to take advantage of their attack to legally investigate their base to alleviate public concern.

But Klaus have to marked Shadow Garden as a renegade armed group and are wanted by the Kingdom after the terrorist incident in the Midgar Academy, so that his kingdom would not become a Cult's target while he was strategizing his next step.

As the events of the Goddess's Trial in Lindwurm were about to begin, Klaus intended to send his youngest daughter, Alexia to attend the event as a VIP guest and also investigate the dark rumors of the archbishop Drake regarding the corruption and missing orphans, as well as the relation with the Holy Church alongside the Crimson Order.

### Bushin Festival Tournament

After the incident at Lindwurm, Klaus was approach by his daughter, Iris Midgar, as she wanted to use the kingdom's authority to investigate the Holy Church. Even after hearing reports of suspicions of collusion between the the Holy Church and the Cult of Diablos, Klaus did not try to deal with it on the pretext that it was not a certainty with the facts at present and had no crucial evidence to justify a long-term investigation.

Furthermore, with the approaching of Bushin Festival event along with many honored guests from abroad to whom he must presently play host, Klaus think that this is certainly not a time where he can afford to present himself being antagonistic toward the Church for causing any undue turmoil. Also, Klaus wants to avoid upsetting his allies in Oriana and receiving a visit from their king. Iris is determined to get results and prove that she has power to stand up against the Divine Teachings, which Klaus often finds it tiresome to remind Iris of his words and also holds high expectations of her.

Klaus going to the arena stadium to attend at the final tournament and meet King Raphael Oriana along with his Royal Chancellor, Duke Perv Asshat. Both rulers then watch the match between Iris and Mundane Mann until when Klaus saw his daughter defeat, he just sighed in disappointment and immediately left the stadium after her loss at the hands of Mundane.

Not long after leaving the VIP seating, Klaus is informed from his civil servant that King Raphael Oriana had been killed by his own daughter, Rose Oriana and escape with the help from Mundane after he reveals his true appearance as **Shadow** which he currently doing engaged in battle against Beatrix that may go even outside of the stadium. Hearing this, Klaus suppose that he must consider invoking martial law.

Klaus asks about Perv and Raphael's body which he gets informed that Perv heading towards the outskirts on a carriage and is likely directly running back to Oriana Kingdom without stopping at the embassy, also the knight are securing Oriana's king body. King Klaus tells them to take good care of his body and return it to Oriana through Marquess Grant, who is the leader of the anti-chancellor faction.

When the civil servant think that the King action will be giving an low-key political move for helping the anti-Duke faction in Oriana to gain public support, Klaus explains that their nation needs time to make preparation to prepare themselves as the darkness that has been lurking since ancient times has taken a deeper hue and the Kingdom will be swallowed up in darkness if they unpreparedly decide to enter.

### Great Trading Company Conflict

In the anime, Klaus looks concerned when he sees reports regarding the trade war between Mitsugoshi Company and the Major Corporate Alliance, especially the citizens' concern about the Alliance carrying out unauthorized inspections which have had an immeasurable negative impact on the market, due to rumors of counterfeit banknotes that have been circulating among citizens throughout the capital.

But unfortunately it was too late because counterfeit money had spread too far that causing public anxiety, which even led to inflation in the Midgar Kingdom's economy with the increasing circulation of money as counterfeit money increased the price of goods.

Feeling that the situation could no longer be ignored, Klaus took action by sending the Knight Order to deal with the chaos for fear of a credit crisis, in order to prevent a market crash and ordering the arrest to all members of the Major Corporate Alliance, as the counterfeit money in circulation was the same as the banknotes they had made.

In order to calm the citizens' anxiety who want their gold coins back, Klaus orders Iris Midgar accompanied by the Crimson Order to arrest Garter Kikuchi, who is the leader of the Alliance, to check the contents of the MCA's bank vaults.

## Powers & Abilities

While seemingly not having demonstrated combat ability, being the ruler of the Midgar Kingdom, Klaus has great political power over the nation's internal affairs. Granted that he is aware of the Cult but takes strides to legitimately and inconspicuously challenge their stranglehold on the world, Klaus can also be seen as a capable tactician.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Iris Midgar

Klaus's relationship with his eldest daughter has shown to be stern and strict, focusing on trying to teach her restraint and discipline but often failing. Unlike the rest of Midgar, who overly praised Iris's skills, Klaus was very critical towards his daughter's shortcomings, especially her fiery temperament. He tried to teach Iris to play smart, but this failed since she would rather force her way through problems.

In the anime, upon seeing Iris's defeat at the hands of Mundane Mann, he just sighed in disappointment and left the stadium, implying that he has an idea what caused Iris to fail.

#### Alexia Midgar

Klaus' relationship with his second daughter can be inferred to not be as strained as the one with his first. While Iris brushes off her shortcoming, Alexia is more coolheaded, humbled, and forward-thinking in her actions for the most part. As a result, Klaus trusts her enough to investigate the Church following Archbishop Drake's mysterious death. However, following the Sanctuary Incident, he retracted his orders, likely fearing his daughter would get targeted by the Cult.

### Oriana Kingdom

#### Raphael Oriana

The two kings have had a long history of friendship together, holding a truce between their nations for Midgar to protect Oriana in the event of any external conflict. It is most probable that King Klaus observed the long-term brainwashing of his old friend by Perv Asshat, that when he was killed by his daughter, Rose, King Klaus ensured King Raphael's body was protected and returned safely, but through the anti-Duke faction. Even in death, Klaus knew Raphael would have wanted to support the opposition to Perv Asshat.

#### Grant

King Klaus knew Marquess Grant long and well enough to entrust him with the safe return of King Raphael's body. This was also a low-key political move to help the anti-Duke faction in Oriana gain public support. By these actions, Klaus most likely trusts Marquess Grant, almost as much as his friendship of King Raphael.

#### Perv Asshat

While not blatant or emphatic about his feelings, King Klaus likely uncovered Duke Asshat's brainwashing of his old friend, King Raphael, and possibly held a grudge or hatred for the duke. To subtly and legally oppose Duke Asshat, King Klaus sent Raphael's body to Marquess Grant in a power move to fuel support for the anti-Duke faction.

### Enemies

#### Cult of Diablos

In fact, Klaus already knows about the Cult of Diablos and understands the organization's strength, knowingly hiding the organization's existence from both of his daughters in order to protect them and the country from the ancient cabal. It is a consideration as a father who does not want his daughters involved with the Cult, whether in opposition to them or as a pawn.

With the Cult's exposure by Shadow Garden, Klaus has maintained a vigilance over Iris and her Crimson Order, likely aware of the Cult's targeting the newly formed order. When Iris was defeated at the Bushin Festival, Klaus looked initially disappointed and sighed in relief before taking his leave, likely removing any openings to assassinate himself.

### Others

#### Shadow Garden

While Klaus has yet to make proper contact with Shadow Garden, he has benefitted from the organization's war against the Cult of Diablos, allowing him to investigate the Cult's Midgar base following the attempted kidnapping of his daughter and return Raphael's corpse to the Oriana Kingdom after the king's assassination.

## Trivia

* The name "Klaus" in German means "victory of the people".
* Klaus and Iris share matching crimson hair. It is unclear if his wife, the queen, shares matching silver hair with Alexia.
* King Klaus, while a "named character" by Cid's standards, properly operates covertly in opposition to the Cult's machinations.
* The age of King Klaus, as such, is unknown in all the routes of history, (until the current date), but according to estimates and speculation, he is a little over 40 years old, approximately.
* Both Klaus's interactions and dialogues had dialogue constructions and other things, in the anime and game, more than he barely had in the light novel and web novel. In the Manga, to date, Klaus has not made an appearance.
* Initially, it was believed by the audience that Klaus was another member of the cult (if not one of the knights of the round table), but this was largely dismissed as details were given about the assassination plan that they had, against him, by Perv, by using the King of Orianna, as his puppet.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 14
2. ↑ *Volume 2 Chapter 8: Lay Your Eyes on My True Powers!*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 19
4. ↑ Episode 20
5. ↑ Episode 26
6. ↑ Episode 27