Balzeride Kreutzer

**Balzeride Kreutzer** is a character from the *Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle* anime and light novels.

Balzeride was one of the members of the renowned House Kreutzer of the Four Nobles of the New Kingdom. He was also Krulcifer Einfolk's would-be fiancee in his plot in becoming New Kingdom's next king. He revealed that he was working for Hayes Vi Arcadia. Unfortunately, after his defeat by Lux Arcadia, he was betrayed and killed by Hayes.

In the AWA fics, Balzeride debuted in the All Worlds Alliance Missions - Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle.

## **Appearance**

Balzeride is a young man with a tall stature and fair complexion, he had shoulder-length blonde hair and he had blue-colored eyes. He wears a red overcoat with golden embroidery over a gray-buttoned waistcoat with a dark-brown belt wrapped around his midsection and a white collared shirt with a white ruffled tie, brown trousers and black leather shoes.

## **Personality**

As an ambitious aristocrat, Balzeride prided himself as someone who would eventually rule the New Kingdom. He was also arrogant, considering himself to be the best Drag-Knight in the kingdom even though his strength came from the Drag-Ride he bought. Despite being part of the New Kingdom, he shares the Old Empire's belief that women are no more than tools for men to use.

## **Abilities**

Balzeride was a skilled Drag-Knight capable of fighting against the likes of Krulcifer Einfolk or Lux Arcadia. However, it should be noted that much of his success against other Drag-Knights was due to stealing their energy and abilities using his Divine Raiment.

### **Azi Dahaaka**

Balzeride used the land battle type Divine Drag-Ride Azi Dahaaka.

* **Barrier**: Azi Dahaka possesses a three-layered barrier that, combined with its heavy armour, makes it very durable. Balzeride could improve his durability further by using Avesta to steal the Divine Raiments or special armaments of other Drag-Rides.
* **Halberd**: A heavy weapon intended for close-range combat. By using Avesta to steal Fafnir's Divine Raiment Wise Blood, Balzeride could also use the halberd as an accurate throwing weapon.
* **Devil's Glow**: Azi Dahaaka's special armament, this is a pair of shoulder-mounted cannons which fires explosive shells.
* **Avesta - One Thousand Magic (Avesta)**: Azi Dahaaka's Divine Raiment, which allows its user to steal the energy, Divine Raiments and special armaments of other Drag-Rides. By draining energy, Balzeride could fight for prolonged periods while also weakening his opponents. This powerful Divine Raiment is the reason why Balzeride could become one of the top Drag-Knights of the New Kingdom. However, it does have its limits: if multiple Divine Raiments are copied and used at once, their power and accuracy will decrease.

## **Trivia**

* To make Altelise more sympatheic in the anime, he ambushes her in the tavern by arriving one day early to try and rush the arranged marriage. In both the manga and light novel accounts, Altelise notifies Kreutzer that the marriage interview will be one day later than she actually planned, and didn't notify Krulcifer, at all, yet scheduled them both to have a meal with her at that particular tavern, so they'd meet each other, completely unprepared and unscripted. In either case, she was not only shocked that it went poorly, but tried to pin the blame on the protagonists for it.

## **External Links**

* Balzeride Kreutzer at Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Wiki