Reginald Bastion

**Reginald Bastion** was a veteran A-Rank adventurer who specialized in war hammer combat. He was the vanguard of the Dire Tombs Exploration Party, where he met his untimely end at the hands of the dungeon’s S-Class mana beast.

## Appearance

Reginald has short, messy brown hair that matches his eyes. He has a very square face covered in his short beard, and a hulk-like body of near 2 meters height and broad shoulders make him appear masculine and intimidating. He has a scar on his left eyebrow and cheek and also along his upper left arm.

## Personality

Reginald is an outgoing, friendly person always ready to meet new and interesting people. He is the one who introduces some of the members of the party to Arthur and Jasmine to help make them feel welcome. Reginald is always ready for action, keeping his war hammer in fighting position at all times. Reginald deeply cares for his friends, as shown when he went berserk and recklessly tried to fight the Elderwood Guardian after seeing Kriol's lifeless body.

## Background

Reginald was a veteran adventurer who was part of a party consisting of himself, his leader Brald Landon, Kriol Masser, and Kriol’s fiancé Clara. Over the years the four would go on countless adventures, eventually becoming A-Rank adventurers together. The group would unfortunately experience a tragedy, when Clara was killed during a dungeon exploration.

## Season 3

After his leader Brald discovered a secret entrance in the Dire Tombs, Reginald joined his teammates in forming the Dire Tombs Exploration Party to explore the hidden entrance; along with A-Rank conjurer’s Elijah Knight, Lucas Wykes, Oliver Hemmbet, Samantha Tempest, and AA-Rank augmenter Jasmine Flamesworth and her partner A-Rank augmenter Note, the latter of whom Reginald was excited to meet in person.

As the party entered the first level of the dungeon, the group noticed the lack of mana beasts until Reginald noticed debris falling from the ceiling, alerting Brald that they were under attack by Batrunners. With their group in formation, Reginald fought off the undead beasts while preserving his mana. As the group continued to move, Brald rediscovered the secret entrance he had marked. As everyone climbed to the top, Brald gave one more warning to the group to stay on guard as he still has no idea what other dangers awaits them.

While navigating the second level, Samatha was distracted by the sudden rise in temperature when Note saved her from what seemed to be a trap. Reginald, surprised by the sudden attack, questioned why Brald did not warn them of traps in the secret entrance, only for Brald to reveal that the secret entrance did not contain traps the last time he entered. Note deduced that it was the work of a mana beast. With the group now on high alert, they continued to march forward while enduring the rising heat from the next level. Finally arriving at the exit, Brald stopped the party from moving forward as he could sense that there was an ominous pressure coming from the cavern ahead.

While making their way through the cavern of geysers, they are ambushed by the sudden appearance of a giant Cavern Worm beast. Kriol quickly put up a barrier between themselves and the monster as Brald reveals that the monster was not present the last time he explored the level. The worm began to act strangely as it made tunnels around the party before retreating into the ground. After Kriol put down his water barrier, Oliver expressed his desire to continue the exploration and asked Samatha to follow along behind him in an effort to impress her. Brald warned Oliver not to continue as they needed to asses the situation. Brald’s warnings only fall on deaf ears as Oliver tried to take charge and walked away from the group. As Brald attempted to pull Oliver back, Note noticed the ground was about to erupt and pulled Brald back to safety as he ordered Lucas to cast heatwave barrier around everyone. Before note could warn Oliver to cast a barrier for himself, the entire cavern was engulfed in a sea of fire, bursting from the geysers. As the flames and steam settled, the group could only look in horror at Oliver’s skeletal remains.

As the group regain their composure, Note suggests they should move out. Brald agrees and orders everyone to evacuate before the cavern ruptures again. While they rush towards the exit, they are again attacked by the Cavern Worm. Kriol shields the group from the Worms attacks as Brald commanded Elijah and Samantha to stun the worm while it was distracted. While the duo are able to push back the worm, Reginald, Jasmine and Brald attacked the worm head on with Reginald attempting to attack the worm in its blind spots while Brald and Jasmine distracted the beast.

While the three hold off the worm, Note took the opportunity to slice at the worm, creating an opening for Jasmine to injure the worm.

The worm suddenly retreated into the ground. Believing the situation to be dealt with, Brald ordered everyone to evacuate the cavern. Unfortunately, the group realized too late that the worm was in fact distracting them before the next eruption. As everyone quickly attempted to shield themselves, Brald noticed Samantha panicking as she was unable to quickly form a barrier in time and in the heat of the moment shielded her from the eruption at the sacrifice of his right arm.

Narrowly escaping the cavern, the party took the time to rest while Reginald held Brald down as his arm was cauterized by Note. During their break, Lucas began to lash out at Brald for their party’s short comings while Brald argued that Lucas was just as much at fault for freezing up during the fight as well as during the eruption. While Reginald did his best to keep the two separate, Note was the one who silenced both of them with his aura pressure and reminded them that they had bigger things to worry about. Despite the loss of his arm, Brald insisted on continuing the exploration as his final dungeon raid, while appointing Note as the new party leader as he was the most level headed and capable of leading the group, a statement Reginald agreed to.

Making their way towards the end of the tunnel, the party find themselves at another roadblock, as the tunnel was blocked off by a metal wall. Reginald attempted twice to break through with his hammer. After failing the second time, Jasmine assisted Reginald with her wind magic to strengthen his blows. With their combined power, Reginald was able to bypass the wall where the group found themselves in a forest surrounded in mist. While the group tried to assess the area, Kriol dropped his shield and ran into the mist whilst screaming for his deceased fiancé. Jasmine deduces that the mist in the area is inducing hallucinations, which Brald and Reginald confirm as they witnessed Clara’s death. While Samantha put up a water barrier, Lucas once again lashed out at Brald and Reginald for the party’s misfortunes, to which Reginald did not argue with.

After Jasmine blows the wind away with her Banshee’s Howl, the party is surprised at the sudden appearance of so many vines. Note instructs Reginald to defend Lucas, Elijah, and Samantha while he Brald, and Jasmine hacked away at the vines to clear a path, only to be terrified at the sight of the perpetrator of the vines; The Elderwood Guardian.

Surprised at the sight of an S-Class mana beast, Reginald was even more distraught at the sight of Kriol trapped in the torso of the monster as his life force was drained away. Reginald howled in agony at the sight of his friend and his mana erupted as he faced down the Elderwood Guardian in an attempt to save Kriol as the earth around Reginald began to cover him like armor. With his sights set on Reginald, the beast attacks Reginald with its giant vines but is shielded by Elijah’s earth shield.

While Reginald was able to push back the monster, the Elderwood’s vines proved too much for the veteran adventurer as his body became entangled in its deadly grasp. While Note attempted to save Reginald by ordering Lucas to free him, Lucas attempted to sacrifice his teammates while he escaped alone. As his teammates laid injured, Reginald was crushed to death by the S-Class monster.

## Relationships

Brald and Kriol: Brald and Kriol are Reginald’s longtime friends and teammates who he has gone on countless adventures with. Kriol and Reginald trust Brald to lead them in their dungeon raids, having absolute faith in him. Brald was also close to Kriol’s wife Clara and was mournful when she died. Reginald was especially distraught at the sight of Kriol’s death as he lost all reason while attacking the S-Class beast who killed his best friend.

## Abilities & Skills

Reginald is an augmenter mage, someone who can use magic within their bodies to enhance their attacks, but also able to shoot out magic after reaching a certain level. Reginald is a veteran adventurer as well as the vanguard to his party, always keeping his guard up as he took the initiative in fighting off enemies. Even without augmenting his earth attribute, Reginald’s pure strength was strong enough to leave indents on solid steel. As an A-Rank adventurer, Reginald is capable of soloing dungeon raids.

**War hammer:** Reginald’s weapon of choice was a large war hammer. Reginald’s fighting style consisted of overwhelming his enemies with it’s destructive force.

**Earth Elemental:** As a solid yellow core mage, Reginald has a single specialization in earth that he encases his war hammer with, in order strengthen his attacks as well as defend against high levels of heat.

->**Impact Blast:** By encasing his war hammer with his earth magic, Reginald strikes at his target with a strong force. This attack was strong enough to leave a large indent and eventually break through a wall of solid steel.

->**Earth Armor (unnamed):** After enveloping his entire body as well as his war hammer in earth, Reginald’s power and attacks are increased to their limit and are strong enough to push back (though not subdue) S-Class mana beasts such as the Elderwood Guardian. This technique was used by Reginald after witnessing his friend Kriol die at the hands of an Elderwood Guardian in an attempt to save him.

## Quotes

* (To Elderwood Guardian) *"Come on, you overgrown tree! DIEEEE!"*

## Notes & Trivia

* Reginald is known as Reginald Brooks in the novel.

## References

1. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 2 —Chapter 30
2. ↑ The Beginning After The End Webcomic: Season 3 — Episode 80
3. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 2 — Chapter 30