Van Lutasha

**Van Lutasha** (ヴァン・ルターシャ) is the son of the Pope of the Darryl Religion. He is initially infatuated with Yuri and one of the Edward's entourage. He accompanied them until he was discarded after his father was ousted following the exposure of his corruption.

## Appearance

Van has shoulder-length blond hair. His hair is really glossy and is rarely found even among women. He has long and narrow eyes and androgynous features.

## Personality & Character

At best, Van could be described as a naïve, young man who overestimates his own value. Similar to Dorssen Kataberia, he was blinded by his infatuation with Yuri to the point that he was willing to make Iris a scapegoat for all of the supposed bullying that happened to Yuri even though Iris was only responsible for a small amount of it. Unlike Dorseen, he did not feel any remorse for his actions even after he admits he and his family did wrong by Iris.

When his father was in power, he was rather smug, and he was fine with looking down on people as well as initiating conflicts he believed he had the advantage in. When Iris was welcomed back to High Society at the Foundation Day, he along with the other members of Edward's group had no issue confronting Iris despite her attempts to avoid conflict. He was happy to point out to Iris and her mother that Edward didn't love Iris, and he loved Yuri, so it was unlikely that their betrothal would be broken.

Similar to Edward, Van is a rather entitled person which becomes more evident following the arrest of his father. He became aware that his supposedly built into position in society was more fragile than he anticipated. He became desperate for any form of help. He was not one to care for the rules, and he acted as if he was entitled to what he had lost. He appears to be rather short-sighted because he didn't consider that conspiring against a Duke's daughter would have dire consequences.

Ultimately, Van also proved to be quite foolish and ungrateful when he decided to try to spy on Iris even though she reluctantly gave him a chance to start fresh and build himself up. He decided to play the role of the spy simply to regain the attention of those that abandoned him. However, he was not as deceptive as he believed as Iris was able to see through him. In the end, that only brought about his own destruction.

## History

In the original game, he was depicted as one of the potential love interests for Yuri, but his backstory was not elaborated on with much depth. In reality, he was truly naïve to the real world. The purpose of the Pope of the Darryl religion and the religion itself is to aid generations of generations of aristocrats. Because of that, although Van isn’t an aristocrat, he is enrolled at a school of aristocrats.

At one point, he met Yuri and became infatuated with her. Ultimately, he played a role in humiliating Iris in front of the Academy. Afterwards, he became a fan of the Azuta corporation goods.

## Plot

Following Iris’ expulsion, Van continued to attend the academy. Similar to other members of Edward's group, Van was completely unaware that Iris was the President of the Azuta corporation despite being a fan of their products.

Yuri's proposal for to open a soup kitchen for the people, was taken to the church through Van. During the foundation event, he was surprised by the presence of Iris but still agreed with absurdity of Yuri.

After the failed excommunication attempt on Armelia family and his father's corruption were exposed. His line of succession of being the next pope is ruined and a new method of electing the next pope was initiated. He was totally abandoned by his entourage and given cold stares by Yuri. He tried to meet Iris who was the victim of his father's action but was chased out by Iris's maid, Tanya.

He requested aid from Iris with no backing or negotiation, after long negotiation, Iris granted him to be a clerk in a local church which he accepted. He already lost the backing of religion, even with this new opportunity, he may not rise to the level of Cardinal, but it was given by Iris with the intention of capturing the followers of his father who want to regain their power.

Later he was taken by the sweet words of his father's follower and plotted to overturn Iris. He spread the word that Iris cooperated with the wicked Boltiques to exploit the people and tried to make Dawson a witness, then they could prepare to light the fuse for outrage. Rather than causing a new incident they made use of something that was already happening in the shadow side of the territory. If it had reached Queen Ellia, it would have been detrimental to Iris. But Iris anticipated and asked Van to be kept under the surveillance. Using this incident, Iris assisted Priest Ralph in finding the Pope's former supporters and nobles backing them.

With enough evidence the plot of Van and his followers was crushed and they were arrested. When Iris pays him a visit, he initially acts ignorant of what he was imprisoned for as he attempt to appeal to her. Iris then informs him that she knows the truth of his crimes and schemes. Afterwards, Van begged for Iris's forgiveness and fear of punishment but Iris discarded him by saying that she already offered him mercy once and it was he himself brought this on him.

Van suffered the same fate as his father, the previous pope. Iris was informed that he was given a goblet of poisonous wine by the royal family that he would be forced to drink to end his life. As for the other nobles, they will be removed from positions of power and imprisoned for life. Unlike earlier, he is no longer under the protection of the religion. As a result, his status was reduced to that of an ordinary citizen. Since he attempted to conspire against a Duke's daughter who was the acting Governor, his punishment was meant to be severe. Queen Ellia and the new church faction wanted to remove any liabilities which may become a fodder for rumor against them

## Relationships

### Iris Lana Armelia

Following Van's arrest, he attempted to plead with Iris, but she quickly shut him down by making it clear she was aware of his activities and had evidence to prove it. She happily turned him over to the authorities for his treason.

When it was revealed he was going to be forced to drink poison, Iris seemed amused at best. She simply told her people to ensure that Van was dead and wasn't somehow spared.

### Yuri Neuer

She was his love interest which made him to be the part of Edward's entourage. He frequently visited the flower garden to be with her. She accepted Yuri to be the fiance of Edward and still maintained his status quo. In times of the foundation event, he stood by Yuri against Merellis argument. He aided Yuri without his knowledge for the excommunication of Armelia household.

Yuri cut him off as soon as she felt he was useless. When his family was about to lose the privilege of being the pope, she acted as if she didn’t even know him and abandon the Pope’s family. It is revealed she did feel a little bad about abandoning him. She later was relatively amused that Van ended up getting caught by Iris' people, but her feelings on his death were never elaborated on.

### Ellia Marea

While she was initially friendly towards Van when he was a member of his son Edward's group, it became apparent that she only viewed him as a valuable asset due to being the Pope's son.

After his own crimes were exposed by Iris' investigation, he was swiftly sentenced to death. It is believed that Queen Ellia made sure he received a quick execution due to him potentially being a loose end that she could not afford to let live.