Captain Xolman Pelan

**Xolman Pelan** is a Captain in the Griffon Kingdom Armed Forces, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel before his insubordination under Lith's command led to a field demotion during the mission to reclaim the Nestrar Region.

## Background

Xolman Pelan graduated from the Crystal Griffon academy ranking first of his year and joined the army as soon as he had reached adulthood. Not only did he belong to one of the most important noble families of the Nestrar region, but his career was also one of the quickest and most successful in the history of the Kingdom. However, he never even achieved the title of Great Mage, nor had his name ever been considered for the Spellbreaker order, no matter how many magically talented criminals Pelan apprehended.

When ex-Ranger Alman Quaron rebels and seizes power in the region, the Royals send Lith to resolve the situation. Pelan had heard about Lith's achievements, but he considered them only as the result of the effort of the Royal Court to curry favor with the young magical bloodlines, and believed Lith's rank of Major in the army and Spellbreaker title were due to political plays instead of talent. As a result, he comes to a head against Lith in their first encounter, but is field demoted to Captain due to his insubordination.

The mage regiment makes its way to the city of Zeska and deploys around the city, but Lith decides to negotiate alone in order to avoid casualties and wasting time on a siege. Pelan attempts to disparage the validity of Lith's plans whenever he can. Lith reasons with the city guard and citizens, attempting to discredit Quaron with logic about the circumstances surrounding the ex-Ranger's plot to paint himself a hero. Lith delivers an ultimatum - summon Quaron to fight Lith in single combat, or Lith retakes Zeska by any means necessary. Contrary to expectations however, Lith plans to lure out Quaron and his accomplices, take them out without anyone knowing, and quelling the rebellion while also investigating Quaron's backers.

Lith proceeds to infiltrate Zeska alone while leaving a decoy of himself behind. He later returns with news of a mysterious "god" that is working with Quaron behind the scenes. Quaron answers Lith's challenge at dawn, but is quickly overpowered and defeated. However, he is revived upon the emergence of the "god", which turns out to be Syrook the Black Dragon. The Divine Beast's presence oppresses the army of mages, but Lith summons his ally Tiamat to combat the Divine Beast (which in reality is just Lith, with Solus posing as Lith in the Scalewalker armor). The regular humans inside and outside of Zeska fall into a panic as the fight between the two Divine Beasts ensues.

Solus rouses the army regiment to fight, though they are forced to retreat after spending most of their mana for an ineffective barrage, leaving only the Captains to stand by "Lith's" side to face the army of lesser undead that Syrook summons with his bloodline ability. Lith summons his Demons to combat Syrook's undead, and Solus manages to kill Quaron with the unexpected return of Captain Locrias as one of Lith's Demons. In turn, the backlash from Quaron's death gives Lith an opening to kill Syrook.

When Lith attempts to take away Syrook's corpse, the Captains attempt to negotiate the distribution of loot, but the Tiamat instead leaves with Syrook's corpse and loot. Pelan attempts to accuse Lith of colluding with Tiamat to steal from the Kingdom, though is dismissed. The army accepts Zeska's surrender. The other cities in the Nestrar Region follow suit after news of Quaron's death.

## Quotes

* *"I just have to object to [Lith's] nonsense and wait for him to fail. After that, the Royals will strip this violent barbarian of the lead role and put me in charge of the mission after restoring my rank. I'll give him all the rope he wants and enjoy watching him hanging himself with it."* (Chapter 1639)
* *"If only I was the one knowing the secrets of Light Mastery, I would put Verhen under my heel and repay him of all the humiliations he inflicted upon me. Gods, why did you grant such power to a moron that wastes time with useless blabber instead of recapturing the city and killing the traitors?"* (Pelan after witnessing Lith's Light Mastery, Chapter 1641)
* *"I really want Verhen to lose. His career and reputation would be destroyed and I would be the new commanding officer. On the other hand, I don't want to fight Quaron."* (Pelan seeing Lith and Quaron fight, Chapter 1653)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1637: Chain of Command (Part 1)
2. ↑ Chapter 1639: Power Move (Part 1)
3. ↑ Chapter 1642: Trust and Lies (Part 2)
4. ↑ Chapter 1644: Citizen McCoy (Part 2)
5. ↑ Chapter 1650: Credit and Responsibilities (Part 2)
6. ↑ Chapter 1655: Divine Beasts (Part 1)
7. ↑ Chapter 1658: Battle of the Dead (Part 2)
8. ↑ Chapter 1663: Soul Feather (Part 1)
9. ↑ Chapter 1665: Opening Moves (Part 1)