Mald

Mald (マルド) is an adventurer and former companion of the Bow Hero. He is currently affiliated with the former First Princess of Melromarc and his current whereabouts are unknown.

Appearance
Mald's most distinctive feature is the brightly colored, extravagant armor that he wears. According to L'Arc, his demeanor makes him seem like some kind of criminal.

Personality
Mald has always had a stuck up attitude, which most likely came from his status as nobility. He has the trait of being self-righteous, bearing a dictatorial mindset despite taking objectively wrong actions. While originally being a companion of Itsuki's, it was later revealed he stole the fallen Bow Heroes reward to live luxuriously while Naofumi took the blame. He has an intimidating personality which always pressures anyone near him. As typical in most Melromarc high society, Mald hated both Demi-Humans and the Shield Hero with a passion.

L'Arc Berg believed Mald to be the Shield Hero for the rumor circulating about Shield Hero to be fitting him, such as fiend, extorter as well as a fraud whom can order anyone standing in his way killed. L'Arc cautioned Naofumi about Mald. As noted by Naofumi, he has a way of deluding himself into believing his own "justice", which can be simplified as him simply calling "evil" people he dislikes and opposes him. Filo, like L'Arc, also judges Mald's character poorly.

While he is a reasonably good strategist and planner, Mald is certainly prone to underestimating his opponents. The Shield suspects that his reasons for joining Itsuki's party was to fuel his own sense of superiority, as he could be seen bossing everyone in it around to show his authority, especially Rishia, whom he often berates for "undermining" the party.

Background
According to Itsuki, Mald is a noble of Melromarc.

Trivia

 * Aside from a complete absence of beard, Mald greatly resembles Sir Arthur, the protagonist of the infamous Ghosts 'N Goblins video game franchise.
 * In the Light Novel, Mald tends to use an axe while in the anime Mald uses a sword.