Lourian Watcher

**Lourian Watcher** is an unnamed watchman on the castle wall watchtower under the 17th Observation Tower of the Royal Capital Defense of the Louria Kingdom.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Lourian Watcher is a slender man with a bowl haircut. He wears a medieval vest with lace up front and a dark long sleeve tunic.

## Personality

Lourian Watcher works his duties as a watcher on the observation tower in shifts on a rotating basis. The watchtowers along the walls, under the jurisdiction of the Capital Defense Knights, have seen an increase in 24-hour lookout personnel. Usually for nighttime security, lookouts would take shifts and skip some towers, but since the capital and the port suffered a surprise attack the other day, the watch has been tightened. To ensure early detection of enemy forces, one or more lookouts have been assigned to every single watchtower for 24 hours.

## Chronology

### Rodenius War Arc

At the Royal Capital, Jin-Hark in the morning, Lourian Watcher left his sleeping quarters and headed for the north tower of the city's outermost wall under the 17th Observation Tower. He came to Malpaneus to switch his place after hours, but Malpaneus saw something strange moving about 4 kilometers north by a telescope. He sensed something strange and focused his attention in that direction. Many of them had angular body and were sporting horns. The horseless carriage looking thing was accompanied by countless more and were all facing the capital. They were lined up in an orderly fashion and were spaced apart equally, facing the direction of the capital.

Malpaneus ordered the watcher to connect him to the Capital Defense Headquaters with the magic transmitter. He hurried to the communication room and reported it the Royal Capital Defense Headquarters that they identified a number of unidentified objects in a field about four points from the first wall on the north side.

The JGSDF 7th Division with the 7th Artillery Regiment was spread out about four kilometers from the northern walls of the Royal Capital. The regimental commander told a young officer that they needed to be discovered by the enemy through being too close was making him build up stress. The regimental commander pointed to a tower floating on the outer wall of the capital. The young officer spoke him that the mortars could reach them easily. The strength of the stone wall was unknown, and from the firing axis, if they shoot it with a tank cannons at this position, there’s the risk of damaging the town and the vicinity. If it use a high-angle howitzer shot or other projectile weapon, it might be possible to smash the tower and not damage the city. The regimental commander felt worried that they didn’t want to have civilian casualties. If it turned out that a civilian had been killed by a tank gun shell in the area, they would be in a lot of trouble. He moved one of his open-type tanks and Howitzers closer the distance to the wall. The young officer's action was thought of by the regimental commander, but the difference in strength was too great to be justified.

When the 7th Artillery Regiment had taken up a position about seven kilometers behind the tank unit, the regimental commander ordered to fire a shot at the tower that rose out of the city wall, which is two kilometers from their main position. The barrel of the JGSDF's Type 99 self-propelled 155-dish howitzer pointed upward at a gentle angle. The Type 99 howitzer erupted into fire, and the shell was fired with a roar. The shell flew high into the sky to shatter the watchtower.

Malpaneus and the watcher were killed by a direct hit from a 155mm shell fired during a surveillance mission at the 17th Observation Tower.

## Trivia

* Lourian Watcher only appears as a character in the manga version; however, his name is unknown.