Berolina Vassago's Peerage

The peerage lead by the Berolina Vassago, the eldest daughter of the Current lucifer, are the first antagonists in *High School DxD: Aegis* in Volume 3. A powerful peerage composed of eight pieces plus their King, the group is known for having three descendants of the previous Red Dragon Emperor, the current inheritor of the True Longinus and being lead by the daughter of the current Lucifer.

Considered one of the strongest peerage out of the young devils, they're the main antagonists of Volume 3, and later as recurring supporting characters through out the rest of the fanfiction.

## Overview

The first member to be mentioned was Berolina, during the first chapters of Volume 1, with Amaru claiming that she stole her pieces back from her older sister back in the Vassago household. Until Volume 2, Amaru and the others would only mention and make light jabs about the existence of said group.

The first member to be formally introduced was Berolina's queen, Aria Argento, fighting against Amaru's own Queen Hajime. Later, Berolina would introduce herself and be challenged for a Rating Game, leading to the events of Volume 2 through volume 3, also introducing the other members of her peerage.

## Members

The group consists of eight evil pieces plus their King. It has so far one queen, one bishops, two rooks, two knights and one pawn worth seven pieces, the remaining pieces being only a rook. If any of them are Mutations pieces or not, is yet to be revealed. However, According to Marye Beelzebub, Berolina's strong enough to generate her own Mutation pieces.

 Nadja Daruma(Bishop)
 Nadja is a shaman from a unknown Country with the power to create clones and golems made out of wood and clay, as well as perform different types of buddhist magics. despite being considered the third power house of Berolina's peerage, she's quite meek and apologetic, not liking to either insult of mock others. She's also Vasco Quarta's girlfriend and the only one who can stop him from completely destroying the battlefield.
 Augusta Gladius (Knight)
 Berolina's precious Knight and lover, who possesses the artificial sacred gear Jacob Robe, which covers him in a armor made of pure energy, and with it increases his power, speed and defense. The most level-headed member of the peerage, Augusta used to be a member of the church before falling in love with Nemesis after countless fights against her, leaving the church to become her knight. He's also the previous wielder of the Holy Emperor Sword Joyeuse and the dragon-slayer Ascalon.
 Desmond Van Helsing (Rook)
 Descendant of the polymath doctor Abraham Van Helsing, he's the butler of the Vassago family for some generations and has a particular liking for Berolina's personality and mentality, such traits that made him her rook. He's well-mannered, quiet and loyal to the Vassago family, but it's also known to be a big pervert who likes to comment on women's body, specially their breasts. A master martial artist despite lacking any remarkable magic afinity, his power is on par with a regular high-ranked fight despite his old age.

## Ranking

So far, it is said that Berolina's peerage are one of the strongest amoung the young devils, and as such, she has recorded the total of 8 Rating Games officially, with 3 victories, 2 draws(With the members of Shella Dantalion's Peerage) and 3 defeats. During the events of Volume 7, it is said that Berolina plans to play again in the rating games to get rid of the even score.

Unnoficially, Berolina won a Rating Game against her younger sister Amaru during the events of Volume 3, being also the first peerage Amaru's own had a Rating game with.

## Trivia

* The majority of images used for her peerage came from the **Maoyuu** series.
* Reaching around a abnormal 2.1 m, Desmond is the tallest member of the peerage, while at 154cm, Kurohana is the shortest.