Palladio Manesque

**Palladio Manesque** (パラディオ・マネスク) was an Imperial Prince of the Sacred Vollachia Empire. During the Imperial Selection Ceremony, he partnered with his younger half-sister, Lamia Godwin, to defeat Vincent Abellux. He fell to Prisca Benedict's Yang Sword near the ceremony's end.

Though not yet making an appearance in Arc 8, Palladio is resurrected as an zombie during the Great Disaster and marks several people with an improved version of his Evil Eye.

## Appearance

Palladio was a man who was described to have long hair. As a zombie, he is presumed to possess pale skin bereft of color, various cracks that run across his body, pitch-black sclera, and radiant golden irises.

## Personality

Palladio was a timid and foolish person who lacked the intelligence and supporters to make the most of his Evil Eye throughout the Imperial Selection Ceremony. He was unable to realize that Lamia had planned to use him and his abilities as an asset to help dispatch Vincent and Prisca, and he believed that he could defeat her when it was impossible for him to do so.

## History

Palladio was among the eleven children of Drizen Vollachia that possessed the qualifications to use the Yang Sword, earning him the right to participate in the Imperial Selection Ceremony. He made an alliance with Lamia to kill their brother, Vincent Abellux, on the condition that she give away a body part of hers for him to pursue her with if their plan succeeded. At the beginning of Lamia's assault on Vincent's castle, he briefly spoke to Prisca, and she swore to take his head. After the attack failed and his alliance with Lamia crumbled when Prisca killed her, Palladio retreated to his castle.

Two months after Palladio and Lamia failed to take Vincent's life, he was confronted at his castle by Prisca, who came to fulfill her promise of taking his head. He tried to attack her with his Yang Sword, but Prisca swiftly defeated and decapitated him with her own Yang Sword, turning his corpse into ashes.

## Abilities

**Evil Eye** (魔眼, *Magan*): As a descendant of the Evil Eye Tribe, Palladio's Evil Eye gave him the unique ability to enter the mind of others, enabling him to telepathically communicate with them. The telepathic communication made it hard for one to conceal their emotions, and the more fragile one's mind was, the more obvious their thoughts were. However, this applied to Palladio too. He was also able to track people with incredible accuracy, so long as he possessed a part of a target's body.

**Equipment**:

* **Yang Sword Vollachia** (陽剣ヴォラキア, *Youken Vorakia*): As a member of the Imperial Family of Vollachia, Palladio was capable of summoning and using the Yang Sword Vollachia, otherwise known as the Yang Sword, an ornate crimson sword with light that shines like the sun. The sword appears out of thin air when the user wishes to use it and it cuts and burns whatever the user desires.

## References

1. ↑ *Palladio’s Evil Eye abilities were the standout feature of his faction, but he lacked either the wits or the supporters to make the most of it.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 17.
2. ↑ *She had the plan to use Palladio’s special abilities brewing ever since the ceremony had begun.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 14.
3. ↑ *Vincent and Prisca—they were the only ones with any hope of besting Lamia. ――And Palladio was helping head off that possibility himself. The absurdity was that Palladio didn’t even notice it—he was little different from Barthroy, who had died a dog’s death by the maneuvering of his own little sister.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 14.
4. ↑ *Sadly for him, Palladio simply could not beat Lamia. He could try to rally the other siblings against her as she had done against Vincent, but it would not get him anywhere.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 14.
5. ↑ *Entering directly into the mind of another was Palladio’s own uncanny skill, but he seemed to have no comeback.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 10.
6. ↑ *This mode of speaking utilized the voice of the heart, which made it difficult to conceal emotions—a clear drawback. And the more fragile the user's mind was, the more obvious their thoughts when using telepathy. Paladio was no exception.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 10.
7. ↑ *Paladio kept it a secret from their other siblings that he carried the blood of the Evil Eye Tribe and that his abilities allowed him to track a given target with incredible accuracy. He required some part of the target’s body in order to do this, and while Lamia hadn’t been able to obtain any such thing from Vincent...* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5, Crimson Afterglow, Section 14.