Alrond

**Lord Alrond Rondwell** is a character in *Octopath Traveler II*. A lord that presides over Wellgrove, he is considered one of the richest nobles in Solistia.

**Inquiry**: *“The heir of the Rondwell family, wealthiest on the western continent. After the death of his parents, he wallowed in despair, but was brought back to his senses by a forceful slap from his butler. Since then, he has become even more spirited than before, partly to avoid worrying his butler.”*

## Appearance

He wears a large, regal red coat adorned with jewelry, and has silver hair in a combover drooping over one side of his face.

While disguised in town, he wears an unimpressive outfit as well as a cheap hat.

## Personality

Alrond is a lively and amiable young man with a good eye for judging character. Despite his vast wealth, he is quite generous and open to the demands of the commonfolk, and was willing to invest in Partitio due to his unfailing honesty and drive to help others. He also has a penchant for theatrics, as shown by his dramatic entrance at Roque Island.

## Story

During Alrond's early life, he witnessed the growing economics of Wellgrove, where it was once considered one of the most popular trading towns in Solistia. However, one day the market began to crash and in an attempt to solve the problem, Alrond's father gave the townsfolk a good deal of money, but it only made the problem worse as with enough coin, the townspeople either moved away or simply did not care about working anymore. Eventually, the town's commerce was reduced to a few demotivated or shady merchants. At some point after his parents' passing, Alrond became the new lord, inheriting the manor and riches.

One night, while strolling through town under the guise of a normal townsperson which he uses to judge certain characters, Alrond met Misha, who was picking up trash around town to support his family. After hearing his story and ideals, he revealed his identity to the young man and offered him a job in his manor as his butler.

One day, in his disguise, he came across a merchant in town who tried to coerce him into buying a pure Oresrush silver statue, but was suddenly interrupted by a visiting traveler named Partitio, who debunked the product's quality and showed what real silver looked like, forcing the merchant to retreat from the area. As thanks, he treated Partitio to some spirits before the young merchant revealed that he was looking for Alrond himself, in which he agreed to introduce him after Partitio revealed his accomplishments in the world of commerce. Alrond then left the tavern and went back to his manor to await Partitio there.

After Partitio arrived in his study, Alrond revealed his true identity to him, stunning the young merchant. He then listened to Partitio's proposal on buying the rights to the steam engine as well as the eighty billion price tag before he agreed to the proposal, but only after putting Partitio through one last test of character: returning Wellgrove to its glory days by revitalizing the markets.

Alrond checked up on Partitio while the latter was renovating an old building and was impressed with his idea of creating a "*department store*". However, while Partitio was out for supplies to stock the shelves with, Alrond was suddenly attacked and taken hostage by Thurston, a disgruntled ex-employee of Roque's who wanted to stop Partitio's goals as revenge for his dismissal. Fortunately, Partitio managed to defeat Thurston and break his steam engine before bringing Alrond to the newly-opened department store, where he was happy to see his town's commerce and its people finally revived. As he promised, he gave Partitio a promissory note for eighty billion leaves as well as a warning not to trust Roque.

Believing Roque would not hand over the steam engine willingly, Alrond packed the funds onto a ship and made his way to Roque Island, where he arrived in the nick of time before Roque had Partitio cornered with lack of currency. He then witnessed Roque attempting to cancel the transaction in violation of his own contract, which caused the scriveners present to turn on him as well as his last attempt to fight Partitio with Steam Tank Obsidian before its destruction.

## Trivia

* After completing Misha's Next Chapter, Alrond can be recruited by your characters to use as a battle summon, where he acts as a non-risky Bewildering Grace for EXP and JP. However, he is considered one of the hardest and most expensive to recruit with high level requirements and hefty price tags.