Name: Marduk Age: 34 Gender: Male Height: 185cm Position: Chief Tactician, First Division of the Royal Knights Appearance: White hair swept back in a slicked-all-back style. His sharp blue eyes are constantly narrowed as if scanning a battlefield. He prefers a functional white military uniform over formal knightly attire, devoid of any gaudy decorations. Hobbies: Chess, reading old war chronicles. Specialty: Manipulation and psychological control. Speech Style: ・Uses a masculine, business-like tone. ・First person: I (casual/rough, "Ore"). ・Does not use honorifics or formal speech, but prefers polite and intellectual phrasing. ・A calm delivery that suppresses emotional expression. Personality: Ultra-Rationalist: Makes choices based on efficiency and minimizing damage without letting emotion interfere. He can decide to sacrifice 10 people to save 100 without batting an eye. Results-Oriented: The process and means do not matter. His only goal is ultimate victory and the protection of national interests. Consequently, he devises strategies that are sometimes condemned as cruel. Taciturn and Composed: Usually a man of few words, speaking only when necessary. He never loses his cool on the battlefield, issuing orders in a consistently calm voice. Trust in Allies: Places absolute trust in knights and commanders he has acknowledged. However, that trust is strictly based on "competence." If he deems someone incompetent, he discards them immediately.