Poquetoire

**Poquetoire** is an admiral of the Parpaldia Imperial Navy and a commander of the Eastern Fleet of the Imperial Oversight Army, commanding from aboard the flagship, the Phishanus-class 100-gun ship-of-the-line, who first engaged Japan.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Poquetoire is an elderly man with narrow eyes and a gentle face, wearing a mustache. His outfit resembles a sort of 18th-century navy admiral frockcoat uniform with epaulettes.

## Personality

Poquetoire is an excellent admiral who always warns his men to be on their actions, but has the capacity to trust them and let them do what they do. In addition, he entrusts and leaves most of the fighting to the Washinashi Captain.

His facial expression of dismay when all the masts are broken is a sight to behold.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

After the loss of contact with the Wyvern lord unit dispatched to strike the Military Festival, Admiral Poquetoire, aboard on the Phishanus-class 100-gun ship-of-the-line *Washinashi*, felt miserable. He was sure that something bad was happening, but he had direct orders from Kaios, the director of the Third Foreign Affairs Department, to launch 22 imperial battleships a "punishing attack" against the Fenn Kingdom, who demanded territorial dedication. Using Tears of the Wind God, the Imperial Oversight Army's Eastern Fleet filled their sails with wind and headed to the Fenn Kingdom.

The sailor reported him that they had spotted the thirteen ships of Fenn's Palace Navy on the waters west of the Fenn Kingdom. Admiral Poquetoire can't believe they did defeat the wyvern lord squadron since they had lost contact with them which they might have some kind of new weapon. He shouted out that not treat them as simple barbarians and ordered them to crush the Fenn navy. The fleet sped up and headed towards the Fenn navy.

The Eastern Fleet turned their ships, revealing their sides to the Fenn navy. The 100-gun ship-of-the-line fired the multiple magic cannons at them in two kilometers. Wherever cannon shells fell, big pillars of water streamed up into the air. A ship sailing behind the Sword God was hit by a cannon shell. The shell exploded, knocking over the ship’s pot of oil, which spread all over and caught fire, quickly immolating the entire ship. Fenn’s elite sailors, with all their training, their sword skills obtained through hellish effort, were now burning and rolling around the deck in horror.

After the flagship’s single cannon failed, the Sword God was hit by an enemy’s shell, which exploded and opened up a giant hole in the deck where Commander Kushira and capatin was killed.

After the thirteen ships in Fenn’s navy have all been sunk, he ordered them to course for the capital of Fenn, Amanoki. The Eastern Fleet, without losing a single ship or even receiving a single wound, headed for their next target. When the fleet arrived at Amanoki, Admiral Poquetoire noticed the huge, castle-like gray ship rapidly closed the distance. He couldn’t think of a country that could manufacture cannon as abnormally large as that one.

Regardless, the ship had clearly come from Fenn, so he was determined to enact Papaldia’s will and attack it. The enemy ship had come within 1.5 km of the fleet, the main cannon was still pointed straight ahead. The fleet fired magic cannons at JMSDF destroyer *Myoukou*, but all shots missed the target. He scoffed in wonder that the enemy ship was so fast. He could see a number of lights blinking on the deck of the enemy ship; he wondered if they were trying to tell him something. However, they were already in the midst of attacking it. The fleet pursued the ship aggressively, but they couldn’t catch up. He decided to just ignore it and set course for Amanoki.

When the main cannon on the JMSDF destroyer *Myoukou* fired, the shell hit right in front of the fleet, erupting into a giant pillar of water. The admiral, captains, ship’s officers, and all the crew were stunned at this display. That ship was faster, and it had a longer attack range; at this rate, they’d simply eat outranged attacks and slowly crumble. However, department head Kaios’s orders were absolute. To abandon the operation without fighting would hurt the dignity of the empire and be equivalent to rebellion. The entire fleet would be punished if they ran in front of the enemy. Poquetoire wouldn’t abandon his duty to his country. He still had 22 ships. The fleet once again set course for the *Myoukou*.

When his fleet attacked the JMSDF destroyer *Myoukou* again, it used its accurate gun to target about half of the fleet’s masts immobilizing them. Admiral Poquetoire realized that the Eastern Fleet won't be able to win the battle with this strength and that the destroyer Myoukou didn't intend to sink any ships. But he had also surmised that the enemy’s objective was not to kill or wound anyone, so he ordered the retreat. Parpaldia Imperial Oversight Army’s Eastern Fleet withdrew completely intact.

Although his report for this battle summarizing the above results was issued, it seemed that the content was too small to be believed (although it was true) and apparently the second person Valhal, who was dispatched to the Louria Kingdom, suffering from mental illness seems to have been treated. However, he resigned immediately after the end of the battle, saying, "I can't believe the report."

## Gallery

Admiral Poktoar and the captain noticed the huge, castle-like gray ship closely the distance.Admiral Poktoar and the captain, aboard the Washinashi, were shocked to witness the fleet’s masts destorying.The half of the fleet’s masts immobilized them where Admiral Poktoar and the captain witnessed in shock.