Lord Loptr

*"I plan to create an Artificial God, but you are in my way"*

—Lord Loptr speaking to the Persona Users

## Introduction

The leader of the shadowy cult known as the Grimleal, Lord Loptr is a powerful alchemist seeking to use his talents to create an artificial god that he can control, to bring chaos upon those who he deems "weak"

## Personality

Lord Loptr is a proud man, often believing in his own powers a little too much, this can lead him to be overconfident and sometimes lose battles because of this. Lord Loptr however, is very cautious, due to his powers over shadows, he often chooses to hide behind duplicates, never directly battling the enemy.

## Appearance

Lord Loptr is a purple knight, often seen with a Grimleal symbol engraved onto his chest plate. The purple armour that Loptr wears is a dark shade of purple, contrasting with his clothes, which are a much brighter shade of purple. Lord Loptr has never been seen without his helmet.

## Profile

Lord Loptr is a man of unknown origin, appearing as the leader of the Grimleal one day, he is a cunning and sly leader who tends to not fully reveal himself, relying on his duplicates to go out and fight for him.

## Gun and the Grimleal Arc

Lord Loptr appeared in the TV World, taking over the midnight channel to broadcast the Grimleal's symbol, alongside a message "This is a message from Lord Loptr, I await you in the TV World". After the Team assembled, they travelled inside the TV with the Sammy Fiend in order to take out Lord Loptr.

Once arriving they spotted Lord Loptr with two Alices, both of which were dispatched by the Sammy Fiend swiftly, as the Persona users and Nero fought against Lord Loptr.

During the battle, Lord Loptr showed his ability to seemingly copy skills wielded by shadows, alongside the ability to summon them, with Lord Loptr summoning a Reaper in order to battle against the Persona users.

However Lord Loptr was eventually beaten and as the final blow was dealt, it was revealed that it was not Lord Loptr after all, but a Shadow that Loptr had manipulated into taking his place. This shadow was known as Power and although it attempted to help the Persona team, was killed by the Sammy Fiend, and its arm eaten by Erik Tori. The remaining parts of the body were taken for analysis by the Persona team.

## Abilities

Shadow Replication - Loptr is able to copy Shadows, either their abilities or their entire form, to assist him in combat

Elemental Magic - Loptr is capable of using most forms of elemental magic through Shadow Replication.

Stone Disguise - Loptr is able to cast a magic spell to form a stone layer around a shadow, disguising that shadow as Lord Loptr, it is unknown if he can use this ability on his replicated shadows.

Above Average Swordsmanship - Lord Loptr is a good swordsman, seen using Gun's Replica Falchion during combat.

## Trivia

* Despite wearing female armour, Lord Loptr is a man.
* Loptr's arrival message is inspired by Denning from FE7
* Loptr's name is derived from the Loptr Church from FE4
* Loptr's ability to replicate shadows and duplicates was originally used by Gun 17 in PQ3, however Loptr can only duplicate himself, not others.