Diseld Arcadia

Diseld Arcadia was the emperor of the former Old Arcadia Empire and the father of Abel, Lux and Airi. He was murdered by Fugil Arcadia.

Appearance
As a member of the Arcadia family, Diseld presumably had silver hair. According to Celistia Ralgris, he and his son Lux did not look much alike, with Lux instead looking more like his maternal grandfather Wade Roadbelt.

Personality
As the ruler of the Old Arcadia Empire, Diseld was responsible for its harsh policies including a system of androcracy (males having superior standing to females), military expansion, harsh taxation to support said expansion, and human experimentation that used poor citizens as subjects.

Diseld also had little regard for his family. When Wade, the father of one of Diseld's concubines, criticised the misgovernment of the empire, Diseld punished Wade (or allowed him to be punished; the specifics are unclear) by throwing him in prison and having his descendants (Lux, Airi and their mother) expelled from the imperial court. When Lux later gained achievements as a Drag-Knight and tried asking his father to change his policies, Diseld did not even take the trouble to hear him out. And when Lux joined the rebellion against him, Diseld had Airi taken hostage and threatened to kill her if Lux did not surrender.

History
Five years before the present, a rebellion against the Old Empire was initiated by Count Atismata, with Diseld's own son Lux helping. However, Diseld learned of the count's plans due to his advisor Waybra Hemt being the lover of Raffi Atismata, the count's sister. He therefore deliberately allowed Lux to act freely in order to discover all of the rebels. When the last day of the rebellion came, Diseld's forces crushed the rebellion and kidnapped Airi as a hostage against Lux.

When Lux arrived at the throne room of his castle, Diseld called him a failure and ordered him to surrender, otherwise he would have Airi killed. However, Fugil Arcadia suddenly appeared and rescued Airi. Diseld demanded to know why Fugil was opposing them, revealing that he knew Fugil was actually the hero who saved the ancestor of the imperial family in the distant past. Fugil summoned his Drag-Ride Ouroboros with the goal of rewriting history, so Diseld ordered his soldiers to kill him. Fugil killed the soldiers, after which Diseld and the rest of the royal family attempted to escape. Fugil prevented this by using Ouroboros, then told Lux to kill his relatives (including Diseld) and become the new ruler.