Singlen Shelbrit

Singlen Shelbrit was the vice-captain of the Seven Dragon Paladins and the representative of the Blackend Kingdom. Originally one of the few people chosen by Fugil Arcadia, he later turned against him and was eventually killed for it.

Appearance
Singlen had a small stature, around the same as Lux. His left eye was covered in a distinctive eye patch, while his right eye gave off an impression of bottomless darkness. His hair was black and he wore a deep blue cloak with a hood.

Personality
Singlen can be summed as Lux Arcadia's antithesis: cold, arrogant and scheming. While Singlen's origins were similar to Lux's, such as how he and his sister Marche were outcasts from their family, and Singlen was also trained by Fugil, he chose the complete opposite path that Lux chose. Singlen usually belittled almost everyone around him, regardless of their stature or position.

Singlen often spoke in a sarcastically polite manner, showing respect while also mocking whomever he talked to. This generally annoyed most of the people around him. However, most of what Singlen said usually carried a great deal of truth, which only made it harder for most people to argue with him. He enjoys getting technical with other people by letting them know he's in a higher position than them when they try to argue with him.

Background
Over twenty years ago, Singlen along with his sister were powerless despite being born into a noble family. Their relatives treated them coldly but Singlen ignored them. Singlen would deliberately allow himself to be beaten up by his older brothers in order to stop them hurting Marche. Eventually, the veteran knight Zweibergk was sent to the Shelbrit's territory to act as its private tutor. He found Singlen to be interesting and gave him special training. However, Singlen still did not fight back against his older brothers, instead pretending to be powerless while he built up his strength.

A few months later, Singlen was away from the territory, during which his brothers hit Marche and caused her to become blind. In retaliation, Singlen incited a revolt among the serfs, guiding them to a hole in the Shelbrit mansion's security. The Shelbrit family was destroyed, with only Singlen and Marche escaping. Singlen asked Zweigbergk if he planned on throwing him into prison, but Zweigbergk instead chose to follow Singlen from then on.

Afterwards, Fugil approached Singlen and asked him to be the one to reform the country. Singlen understood his intentions but refused, not wanting to become involved in the government.

Singlen then distinguished himself as a Drag-Knight, rising in status until he became the general of the Blackend Kingdom. This caused the surrounding vassals to ostracise him, so he retired and attempted to live a quiet life with his sister. The vassals still feared him, secretly arranging an attack on his territory (though this was actually due to Fugil altering history to make this happen). Marche was tortured and killed while Singlen was almost killed. The dying Singlen was saved by Sacred Eclipse administering a large amount of Elixir to him. Fugil reappeared, giving Singlen the Divine Drag-Ride Leviathan and again telling him to reform the country.

Years passed. Singlen founded the White Ridge knight order and made use of horn flutes, Abyss and Elixir to stir up domestic conflict, weakening the Blackend Kingdom. With the nobles and chief vassals dying one after another, the kingdom reached a state where it needed Singlen's strength.

Rosa Arc
Singlen deliberately freed the Ragnarok Metatron from Babel. Despite being in a position to help defeat Metatron, he allowed Lux to defeat it and take the credit. He also killed Yos Tork, the Automaton of Babel, and warned Lux to do the same to any other Automata he found. He then instructed Lux to insert Babel's Grand Force and conquer the Ruin.

Earl Shelbrit
The earl was Singlen's irresponsible and hedonistic father, who fathered multiple children from various mistresses. He did not bother stopping some of his sons from bullying Singlen. Eventually, Singlen had his father killed as part of his revenge against the family.

Fugil Arcadia
Fugil was interested in Singlen due to his formidable Drag-Ride skill and aptitude. He initially approached Singlen and told him to reform the Blackend Kingdom, but Singlen refused as he didn't want to become involved in government. Fugil eventually used Endless to alter history so that Marche would be killed, in an attempt to make Singlen follow his ideal. Though Singlen did react by effectively taking over the country, he knew what Fugil did and refused to accept him. In the end, Singlen fought against Fugil, opposing him until Fugil eventually killed him.

Former King of Blackend Kingdom
The king of the Blackend Kingdom was Singlen's superior. However, it was rumoured that he feared Singlen's strength and so deliberately treated him poorly to distance him from authority, causing Singlen to feel dissatisfied.

When Singlen decided to return to power, he deliberately stirred up conflict to weaken the kingdom, forcing the king to call him back. The king did not notice that the kingdom had been remade into a state where it needed Singlen's strength.

Lux Arcadia
Singlen's history was not much different from Lux's. Both were known for their formidable skill with Drag-Rides, were raised in miserable and corrupted environments, and were selected by Fugil, but differed in how they overcame their upbringing. Singlen saw Lux as childishly idealistic, while Lux saw him as unnecessarily cruel.

Marche Shelbrit
According to himself, Singlen didn't have any affection for Marche as a family member and didn't feel sad about her death. He instead saw her as his possession, and took revenge for her death because he refused to allow others to destroy his possessions.

Zweigbergk Gimle
Zweigbergk was originally the private tutor of Singlen and his siblings. Singlen impressed Zweigbergk with his strength and intelligence, so Zweigbergk gave him a special education hidden from the public view. After Singlen took revenge on his family, Zweigbergk became his loyal subordinate.

Abilities
Singlen was one of the most powerful and skilled Drag-Knights in the world. He was ranked second in the World Rank and was the vice-captain of the Seven Dragon Paladins. He was able to single-handedly defeat the Ragnarok Deus Ex Machina while it was in a rampage state. As a testament to his power, Fugil (arguably the strongest Drag-Knight in the world) saw Singlen as a threat and decided to kill him.

Baptism: Singlen had went through Baptism when he was on the verge of dying once. Baptism allows Singlen to heal rapidly from severe wounds.

Genius Intelligence: Singlen has always displayed a great deal of awareness and cunning, able to quickly master everything he tried. When he was a child, Zweigbergk was surprised by the potential of Singlen's mind and wished to support him with all his might. He could keep up with Magialca Zen Vanfrick when it came to scheming.

Tuning: Singlen could manually change the Drag-Ride's settings in the middle of battle. These techniques are extremely risky as they leave the user's body vulnerable to attack. However, Singlen was a master of this technique, making him extremely powerful.
 * Senjin – Gouka (Battle Array – Aeon Fire): Singlen diverts power from other functions to his weapon, increasing its power. This allowed him to overpower Lux in a Wyvern while wearing a Drake himself, even though a Drake has lower basic performance than a Wyvern. Although, in that state, other functions and defensive power decrease. This technique basically is effective for sure-kill attacks or when the enemy is unable to dodge or counterattack.
 * Senjin – Shiden (Battle Array - Purple Lightning): Singlen breaks the connection between a Drag-Ride and its Sword Device for a second, allowing him to attack his opponent while they are totally unable to take any action.
 * Senjin – Oudo (Battle Array - Royal Domain): Singlen removes the armour of his Drag-Ride and fires it like buckshot, while using tuning to strengthen the attack. This allowed him to neutralise the impact and escape from an otherwise fatal attack.
 * Senjin – Ruten (Battle Array - Vicissitude): A parrying technique that uses tuning by controlling the barrier system of the Drag-Ride manually to forcefully deflect an attack.
 * Senjin – Midzuki (Battle Array - Moon Reflection): By touching an opponent's Drag-Ride using the Wire Tail, Singlen could predict their movements through the sounds made by the Drag-Ride.

Leviathan
Leaning: Leviathan's Divine Raiment, which allows its user to freely control water. Singlen could use it to create a very hard layered-barrier, water membrane to cover his armor, or to attack the enemy. Its defense system has high durability, even the consecutive slashes of End Action could hardly penetrate this defense and it took several dozen slashes for Yoruka to destroy its only layered-barriers while the armor could defend Singlen from deadly strikes.
 * Ballast: Leviathan's special armament, which gathers water to control using Leaning. It compensates for Leaning's requirement for nearby water. Ballast gathers water slowly in an arid environment.

Slyt: Leviathan's other special armament, which regenerates its armor and can be used as long as the Sword Device at least still remains. After Slyt is used, it cannot be used again for a while. Over Limit: Singlen also could perform overlimit when he confronted Fugil. Lux was the one who told how to unleash this. For unknown reasons, during Over Limit, some part of his surface skin was dyed black. Baptism was likely the cause despite Lux who also received Baptism was not turned like this neither was Fugil who received Baptism more than Singlen did.

Shin Senjin (True Battle Array): Singlen could apply Tuning at Leviathan's Divine Raiment, making his defense and attack patterns more variable. Differently from Battle Array,True Battle Array does not leave openings or makes its pilot temporarily fragile and vulnerable. Moreover, Singlen could do multiple and combined attack and defense patterns either consecutively or silmutaneously. For example, Singlen used multiple techniques: True Battle Array Aeon Fire Moon Reflection - Web Cut, True Battle Array Royal Domain - Earth Spider, several water bullet attacks, and Howling Roar when he was confronting Fugil Arcadia. He also could perform True Battle Array Aeon Fire - Mizuchi under the fog and rain of '''True Battle Array Aeon Fire Moon Reflection - Web Cut. '''
 * Shin Senjin Gouka – Mizuchi (True Battle Array Aeon Fire - Mizuchi): A slash with a blade made from water, concentrated at one point. It has a range of dozens of ml and can even pierce the barrier of a Divine Drag-Ride in Over Limit.
 * Shin Senjin Midzuki – Amikiri (True Battle Array Moon Reflection - Web Cut): Singlen used his stored water to create mist and rain. By listening to the sounds made by the rain hitting objects, Singlen could precisely sense his surroundings.
 * Shin Senjin Oudo (True Battle Array Royal Domain - Earth Spider): A technique that creates water armor to disperse the impact of an enemy's attack. This ability is very like Battle Array - Vicissitude, but is more absolute because Singlen can combine the water barrier and the water armor.
 * Shin Senjin Ruten – Ungai (True Battle Array Vicissitudes – Outer Cloud): Singlen creates a wall of water that whirls around him like a storm, increasing his defense by deflecting attacks.
 * Shin Senjin Kamui – Akuro (True Battle Array God's Might - Road of Evil): Singlen controls water to increase Leviathan's propulsive force and double its strength, giving him the power to dash. It requires extensive Baptism or the Drag-Knight will be severely hurt.