Dantes

**Dantes** (ダンテス, *Dantesu*?) is a character in the "Hero's Kingdom" arc.

## Biography

He is an upstart noble in Eld Kingdom with the family name, **Iwanaka** (岩中?). Iwanaka's supposedly real name is **Cristo** (クリスト, *Kurisuto*?). House Iwanaka are rapidly growing in power. And it seems that they are in a power struggle with House Ohata.

## History

Decades ago, in the Holy Lenaria Republic, there was a fight between young men of the Ohata clan and young men of other noble families. If it had been just a fight, that would have been enough, but unfortunately there were deaths. The dead were youths from noble families hostile to the Ohata youths. The killing of their relatives could not be contained and could have led to an all-out war between the nobles. The Rena temple took the situation very seriously and ordered one of the young men from the Ohata side who had taken part in the fight to be presented to the other side so that they could reconcile. However, the Ohata then offered a completely unrelated young man as a relative. The young man's name was Dantes. Dantes had no relatives and just happened to be in the immediate vicinity of the fight.
With no relatives and no backing, Dantes was singled out by Ohata as a sacrificial lamb. Dantes pleaded his innocence, but Ohata paid him off and forced him to testify against him. Dantes was silenced and handed over to a rival noble of the Ohata. At the time, the chief priest of the Odis Temple had close ties to the Ohata and left Dantes to die.

Dantes was driven into a half-buried city near Holy Lenaria Republic buried in rock and earth. The entrance was closed and he had been wandering around for years. He ate little moss he could find, drank the groundwater and lived on for a living. Dantes wandered inside to get out and tried to dig his way out of the rocks. But he could not find a way out, and the rocks were so hard that there was no way out. His fingernails were peeling off and his body was falling to pieces. Nevertheless, Dantes did not give up and kept digging at the rock. Then, Kuroki who heard the sound of digging pried open the closed rock and rescued Dantes. He was in the dark for so long that his eyesight was impaired and he could only vaguely make out what he saw. Dantes bows his head to the black shadow that must be in front of him and asks for help. Kuroki holds out his hand to Dantes, to which Dantes takes his hand with an effort. Kuroki introduced himself as the Dark Knight of Nargol. On this day, Dantes is reborn. Then, as the months pass, Dantes changed his name. Thus, the man who came out of the rock bought a name and citizenship and is now in Eld.

The head of the Iwanaka has made it possible for Bohm to attend the training school.

## Appearance

He is a tall man wearing high-class clothes. He is a slender man.

## Personality

### Relationships

***The following section contains spoilers.***

Bohm
He is fond of Bohm. He notes that he has inherited his father's caring trait for his friends.
Bomas
He was the only one who defended him when he was sent to a death sentence.
Kouki
He recognise him as Chiyuki's adopted child. He is aware that Kouki is a divine child of Kuroki's. Supporting him will be Iwanaka's life from now on. It would be a more meaningful life than revenge.
Kuroki
He was saved by him. He refers Kuroki as his **lord** (主?).
Ohata
He knows he is an eyesore to Ohata because he has been working to his detriment. With his death, he regrets the opportunity of revenge.
Ozros
He decided to not destroy Ohata's successor.
Sogas
He never suspected Sogas was the culprit.

## Story

### The Hero's Kingdom

Bohm says he needs his permission to able to attend to Ozros' dinner invitation.

He walked outside the city ramparts and was surrounded by Ohata's men.

He reluctantly permitted Bohm to attend to Oz's banquet.

Sogas tells the tragic story of Dantes to Chiyuki.

He was having a meeting with Kyouka and Kaya.

Iwanaka holds up a glass cup filled with drinks and the meal begins.

Iwanaka comes up while Chiyuki is talking to Oz. He was also one of those who came to pay his respects to Ohata.

## Development

He is based on **Edmond Dantès** (エドモン・ダンテス, *Edomon Dantesu*?), who is known by the aliases **The Count of Monte Cristo** (モンテ・クリスト伯, *Monte kurisuto haku*?).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 03 - The Children's Circumstances
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 05 - The Aristocratic Residence
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 08 - The Formation of the Detective Boy Club
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 09 - The Man in the Rocks (The Iwanaka Man)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 04 - The Darkness of Eld
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 34 - The Boys' Way Forward
7. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 14 - Family
8. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Hero's Kingdom: Chapter 32 - The True Culprit