Mel Gizalut

Mel Gizalut is one of the members of the Seven Dragon Paladins who represents the Ymir Theocracy.

Appearance
Mel has wavy platinum hair and a petite body. She normally wears a chic black dress.

Personality
Due to her family being killed by Abyss, Mel has an absolute hatred of the creatures. When she sees an Abyss, she will attempt to kill it at all costs, disregarding teamwork and saving people. She is aware of this habit of hers but cannot stop it.

Befitting a member of the Seven Dragon Paladins, Mel is extremely confident in her abilities as a Drag-Knight. Furthermore, she is knowledgeable in many different fields of combat and tactics. Mel is also quite fearless, even the face of powerful enemies such as a Ragnarok or Fugil Arcadia.

Outside of her duties, Mel can still behave like a girl her age, being quite cheerful and mischievous. She often likes to teases her rival Krulcifer.

Unlike other people from the Ymir Theocracy, Mel does not believe in its religion due to the deaths of her family. She instead finds it annoying, as almost everyone around her tries to comfort her about her family's death by using religion.

Background
Mel was born from an illicit relationship between a man of the Gizalut house, a noted family of Drag-Knights, and Orphel from the church. As this could not be publicly revealed, she was adopted into the family. During the Pilgrimage Festival seven years before the present, the Ruin Hall rampaged (due to Krulcifer being brought there, though this wasn't known at the time). Over ten Abyss emerged and the inexperienced Drag-Knights of the time had difficulty dealing with them. All of the Gizalut house was killed in the attack, except for Mel herself.

Orphel was unable to officially act as Mel's mother due to her position, but nevertheless checked on her regularly. When Mel was injured or sick, Orphel nursed her through the night. Mel and others around her suspected Orphel of trying to exploit her, but Mel nevertheless accepted her help.

Mel participated in the military arts tournament two years ago. Though still an amateur who had only just learned to control a Drag-Ride, she overwhelmed the other participants, including Zain Einfolk. However, she ultimately lost to Krulcifer in the final match. She received the Divine Drag-Ride Ddraig Gwyber as a prize, due to Orphel suggesting this to the archbishop.

Holy Arcadia Empire Arc
Like her fellow Dragon Paladins, Mel is abducted by the Holy Arcadia Empire to act as hostages against the world alliance. Together with her fellow Dragon Paladins and other allies of Lux (especially Aeril), Mel joins Lux's battle to stop the Holy Arcadia Empire from obtaining Avalon.

Ouroboros Arc
Together with her fellow Dragon Paladins except for Lux and Singlen who arrived after they are beaten up, Mel joins the battle to stop Fugil's world revision.

Abilities
Mel is is a child prodigy with Drag-Rides, having even managed to become a member of the Seven Dragon Paladins at the age of thirteen. She was able to single-handedly defeat the Ragnarok Fenrir when it was in a rampaging state.

Drag-Ride aptitude: Mel is a naturally gifted Drag-Knight, having beaten older and more experienced Drag-Knights even in her first year. However, her stamina is limited due to her young age.

Master Combatant: Despite her young age, Mel is a highly adaptive fighter and can swiftly change her tactics to best suit the situation and enemy.

Ddraig Gwyber
Mels Drag-Ride is the land battle type Divine Drag-Ride Ddraig Gwyber.

Halberd Dragon: A large halberd.

Wyvern Mode Flight Form: Ddraig Gwyber can transform into a into a flying type Drag-Ride, which grants it higher mobility.

Dual Shift: Ddraig Gwyber's Divine Raiment. It allow Mel to manipulate temperature. Mel has mastered this ability and uses it in many different ways.

Ground Buster: One of Ddraig Gwyber's special armaments, Ground Buster is a wide-range annihilation weapon used to break the ground and change the terrain. It consists of a large cannon which fires a warhead that pierces the ground and then explodes.

Aerial Buster: Another special armament, this one is designed to intercept flying enemies. Mel uses this by skating on the ground while scattering a flammable vapour, which she then ignites to create a powerful explosion.

Trivia

 * Mel is the youngest of the Seven Dragon Paladins.