Lupellan

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**Lupellan** was a dark sorcerer that experimented with numerous human lives in order to resurrect his deceased family.

In the events of *Knight of Blood and Iron*, Lupellan had his life spared by Javier Asrahan and was able to continue his research, modifying his own body and becoming a recurring antagonist within the novel.

## Appearance

Lupellan appeared to be a pale-skinned, middle aged man of average height and build. He had messy black hair, slightly sunken cheeks, and red eyes framed by dark circles. As a dark sorcerer, he wore a closed black cloak with its hood up.

After modifying his body in *Knight of Blood and Iron*, Lupellan became a monstrous being much more closely resembling a ghoul than a human.

## Personality

In his past, Lupellan was likely a loving husband and father, though was devastated by the loss of his family and became obsessed with the idea of bringing them back through dark sorcery. His research drove him further into solitude to the point of losing his humanity, as he did not feel any sort of remorse towards the lives he had taken and hardly saw those he has abducted as more than research materials.

Lupellan displayed great jubilation when making use of his sorcery and often wore a maniacal grin, holding a rather blind confidence in his own abilities and expecting for his efforts to work exactly as he intends instead of waiting to see the true results. He carried the same attitude in both experimentation and in battle, always believing that his next attempt would prove successful regardless of his numerous prior failures, though never displayed much wit or perseverance as he was quick to fall into despair as soon as he was faced with defeat.

He was not above groveling and begging for forgiveness, going so far as to forfeit all of his belongings and recount his personal tragedies in order to earn the mercy of Lloyd Frontera, though ultimately proved his own arrogant selfishness by attempting to take Lloyd's life immediately after being granted said mercy. He acted similarly in the *Knight of Blood and Iron* novel, as after having his life spared by Javier Asrahan, he continued the very same experiments that he had previously begged for forgiveness on behalf of.

## History

Lupellan once worked as a sorcerer for an unnamed lord and lived a very happy, ordinary life with his wife and son until he discovered his lord's intention to steal his wife. He then made a plan to run away with his family, only for it to be foiled soon after and for his wife and son to be killed. After losing them both, he became extremely bitter and hateful, making a personal dungeon in Progia Gorge and sequestering himself away in an attempt to bring them back. He abducted and took the lives of hundreds during the course of his experiments, though ultimately never proved successful.

## Story

Lupellan makes his first appearance in *The Greatest Estate Developer* after abducting a group of construction workers from the Frontera Barony, intending to use them as human sacrifices, though is interrupted by Lloyd Frontera and Javier Asrahan before he is able to kill any of them. Lupellan is shocked that they were able to get past the hundreds of traps he laid from the entrance of his dungeon, swiftly lowering two doors to trap them inside a closed space before releasing a strong sleeping gas. Lloyd, however, was expecting this course of action and simply holds his breath for long enough to dig under one of the doors and re-emerge in front of the sorcerer. Again, he is caught off guard before confidently summoning an extremely strong ghoul to hold them off, only for Javier to cleave through the monster and cut it in half with a single mana blast slash.

Sensing his clear inferiority and imminent defeat, Lupellan falls to his hands and knees and desperately begs for forgiveness. He hurriedly offers all of his belongings and sorcery-related tools for them to take in return, explaining his tragic past and motivations for experimentation before Lloyd interrupts his story. He asks what he expected to happen afterwards, doubting that his family would be grateful that their return cost the lives of countless others, and objectively labels Lupellan as a cruel, serial murderer, driving the sorcerer to tears before standing up. He informs that his men will return to gather his belongings with the caveat that he will not be shown any mercy the moment he tries to harm anyone again.

Lupellan bows his head to the ground and loudly exclaims his gratitude, waiting for Lloyd to turn his back and begin walking away before springing back into action and attempting to harm him with another spell. Expecting this again, Lloyd simply reminds him that he would show no mercy, and Javier swiftly cuts off his head before he can finish casting his spell.