Astrad

**Astrad** is a supporting character in *The Dark Lord's Confession*. He is a Holy Knight currently working as an assistant professor at Area Academy due to his illness. He is also Hector Lim's legal guardian and professor Demian's best friend.

Having always been sympathetic to the plight of Magicians, he later starts aiding Lapis on her quest to end their curse whilst hiding his treason from his fellow Holy Knights.

## Appearance

Astrad is a tall, pale-skinned man with a rather feminine face, yellow eyes, and long blonde hair with green tips. He bears a vertical scar on the left side of his mouth.

## Personality

Although Astrad is a Holy Knight, Enoch Aither describes him as being “soft with magicians”, which is unusual for someone of his station, who is trained to have no mercy towards magicians.

His colleague and fellow Holy Knight, Cochma Vanal, points out the oddity of his priorities, telling Astrad “*Yes, you’ve always put the people first. Ahead of even your religion and loyalty. Though I like that part of you, that’s exactly what’s dangerous about you.*” It is indeed implied that he has lied to his comrades to spare magicians many times before.

## History

### Before becoming a Holy Knight

From a young age, Astrad was already ill, and is implied to have been living on the streets. One day, Dmitriy spotted the young Astrad, took him in and stayed by Astrad’s side until he recovered.

### Current

Sir Astrad is currently working at Area Academy as an assistant professor in the study of sigils for fourth year students. The reason for this is because his power as a Holy Knight has been weakening in the recent years. It is unclear whether this is the cause or consequence of his illness.

Indeed, when a Holy Knight's body weakens, their vessel becomes incapable of accommodating the amount of divine power it contains. Hence, the divine magic of others and one's own become rejected by the vessel that, in the end, shatters.

## Abilities

Astrad's special skill is manipulating the wind and creating storms. He can do this with extreme precision and control.

## Relationships

### Professor Demian / Dmitriy

Demian, also known as Dmitriy, is Astrad's best friend. The two first met when Astrad was still a child, sick and living on the streets. One day, Dmitriy spotted Astrad and immediately took him in, until their eventual parting. Hugo states that Dmitriy first approached Astrad because Astrad reminds him of Zephyros, a deceased disciple of the Dark Lord. This is probably due to their striking visual resemblance.

Years later, when Astrad had become a Holy Knight, the two reunited when he glimpsed the shocked Dmitriy on the street during a parade. Despite the years spent apart, Astrad still held immense gratitude and loyalty towards Dmitriy for saving his life and taking care of him, telling Tan “*[Dmitriy]’s always scowling and fussing, but I just want him to be happy. For that, I’m willing to betray the Holy Saint.*”

### Hector Lim

Astrad is Hector's legual guardian. He states that Hector is much like a nephew to him.

## Trivia

* Astrad is commoner-born.
* The blue oval-shaped pendant that Astrad wears originally belonged to Dmitriy.
* Dmitriy states that Deitasterra could cure Astrad’s illness.

## Gallery

Astrad's character sheet.A sketch of Astrad with a ponytail from Topseoung's Twitter account.Sketches of Astrad and Dmitriy, pre-serialization.
## References

1. ↑ Episode 53
2. ↑ Episode 69
3. ↑ Episode 64
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Episode 58
5. ↑ Episode 25
6. ↑ Episode 27
7. ↑ Episode 41