Milishial VIII (JARS)

**Milishial VIII** (Lucius Eldart Hollowrain de Milishial), also known as **Lucius of the Morning Star,** is the Emperor of the Holy Milishial Empire.

## History

Lucius was born during the pre-modern HME's Warring Kingdoms Period, known as the **Prince Hollowrain**. During that time, Lucius invented the Ventus Terebratoria magic spell which he used to snipe the king of a southern dragonfolk tribe who invaded the Middle Lands, killing him in an ambush.

He would come to inherit the throne of Caelus near the end of the Warring Kingdoms Period and succeeded in unifying the Middle Lands after defeating an ancient kingdom led by a heretic king. While the invasion was underway, Lucius would duel the heretic king himself inside the wreckage of the *Pal Chimera*-class heavy command cruiser *Hyperborea* and emerged a victor.

After unifying the Middle Lands, Lucius decided to stop the wave of conquest and built the new empire's position in the world through diplomacy as the strongest nation. One of such efforts is promoting peace between the Holy Milishial Empire and the dragonfolk who inhabited the forests north of the Middle Lands. For these deeds, Lucius was given the title of "Lightbringer of the Two Lands," or "Lucifer" for short. As a result, the Confluence of Fates, walls that he ordered to be constructed to demarcate the border between the Holy Milishial Empire and the Emor Kingdom, was called "Lucifer's walls" by the Emorians.

After emerging as the unifier of the Middle Lands, Lucius, who desired a strong country but was aware that his people also consisted of humans, dwarves, and beastmen who were less attuned to magic compared to his own kind, ordered the creation of a magic tool that can replicate his technique's effect at all costs, resulting in a weapon that will be called a 'gun'.

As of the year 1615 Central Calendar, Lucius is the longest reigning Emperor in the Holy Milishial Empire's history, having ruled without interruption for 3.801 years (2,7 times longer than the second-longest ruling Emperor).

## Appearance

Milishial VIII is a very old elf, but with a physique that towers over other characters in the story and appears to be well-built. He has blue eyes and long white hair with parts of it are arranged in a braid that frames his face, and a long beard that reached his torso. He wears a regal light green attire with white, gold, and blue accents, and complemented by a golden headdress with a single blue gem atop his head.

A much younger Milishial VIII, most likely just after his coronation as the Holy Milishial Empire, looked no different than a young man in his 20s. His shoulder-length white hair was partially pulled back in a braided half ponytail. Lucius wore a white robe with golden accents over a blue tunic.

## Personality

As the emperor of the strongest empire in the known world, Milishial VIII's authority is immense. It was worth noting that even though almost everyone feared him to become the second coming of the Ancient Sorcerous Empire, the Morning Star instead had the monster of an empire stopped its expansionist policy to focus on internal development and prosperity, switching to a foreign policy of friendship and peace.

Milishial VIII is very calm and collected, and is described as a perpetually frowning man with "blue eyes that are always as cold as ice". Being aware that he stands at the top of the world, he takes care to avoid intimidating other nations as much as possible, while also showed dignity and generosity to others. Therefore, people have come to refer him as the embodiment of *noblesse oblige*.

Even though he has the experience, intelligence, and wisdom to run a nation on his own, Milishial VIII believes that if his subordinates listened to him too much, they will eventually lose the capacity to think for themselves and will hinder the operations of the empire in the future. However, this approach is a gamble in itself because sometimes the bureaucrats are prone to making blunders in decision-making. While it is unknown if he is well-aware of it or not, Milishial VIII encourages his subordinates to think more by themselves regardless.

He is greatly interested in technological development and is known to donate a large sum of money to engineers and innovators. Recently, he used his massive wealth to support the development of the Alpha Edge Project undertaken by the Ministry of Ancient Sorcerous Empire Countermeasures.

## Etymology

"Lucius" is a male given name derived from Latin word *Lux* (gen. *lucis*), meaning "light".

"Eldart" is most likely derived from the word *eldar*, a term coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as part of a constructed language called Quenya. *Eldar* is the plural of *elda*, which literally means "one of the star-folk", from *el-* ("star") + *led-* ("marcher"). However, it can also originated from the Middle English *elde*, which means "age".

His moniker that the Emor Kingdom gave him, "Lucifer", is the Latin name for the morning appearances of the planet Venus. It corresponds to the Greek names Phosphorus (Φωσφόρος), "light-bringer", and Eosphorus (Ἑωσφόρος), "dawn-bringer". The Latin name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil.

As a name for the Devil in Christian theology, the more common meaning in English, "Lucifer" is the rendering of the Hebrew word הֵילֵל (hêlēl) in Isaiah given in the King James Version of the Bible. The translators of this version took the word from the Latin Vulgate, which translated הֵילֵל by the Latin word *lucifer* (uncapitalized), meaning "the morning star", "the planet Venus", or, as an adjective, "light-bringing".

## Trivia

* According to Minorou, the original author of *Nihonkoku Shoukan*, Milishial VIII is not a high elf but a town elf. However, his age and lifespan are very unusual as he is already almost 4.000 years old, 20 times longer than that of the usual lifespan of a town elf which is around more than 200 years old.