Knight Leader of Melromarc

The Captain of the Knight Order (騎士団長) is the highest ranked Knight in Melromarc and their leader. His actual name was never revealed in the series.

Appearance
The Captain was a tall, well-built and middle-aged (or older) man with a blonde mustache and more pronounced facial features (perhaps due to his age).

As (possible) signs of his authority and higher hierarchal position, his attire had some differences from that of ordinary Knights: his battle helm had red feathers on its backside, jawbone protectors, and his armor also had a long cape.

Personality
Like all other nobles in Melromarc, he was condescending towards demi-humans and Shield Hero in particular. He appeared to be somewhat of a boaster as seen in the victory party, where he bragged to some noblewomen about stopping a monster when he actually didn't really do much to be proud of.

Volume 1
He was to assist the Heroes in the time of the waves, where he ordered to indiscriminate firebombing to wipe out the monsters and doesn't care if the citizens, Shield Hero and his comrades were set on fire. When Raphtalia confronted him with the sword for his action, he demeans her for being a demi-human and top of that raising the sword against the Royal Knights. Naofumi asks her to drop it and says that he will enjoy seeing him and his fellow knight becoming fodder for the wave monsters. He and other knights lost the formation of being surprised by the monsters behind. Naofumi saves them in the nick of time and asks them to form the formation to fight. But he ignored Naofumi and told his fellow knight to aid the other three Heroes while some Knights aided Naofumi of their own will.

In the banquets, he was boasting to some of the noble ladies about fighting the huge monster holding the proud spirit of Melromarc Knights, much to Naofumi's irritation.

Volume 2
When the Heroes were rewarded for their fight against the wave, Nafoumi was denied his payment. The other Heroes jumped in on accusing of Naofumi not being there to fight the wave. Nafoumi demeans the Heroes for not protecting the village. When the Heroes called those are the duties of the Knights, Naofumi points out the failure of the knight to do so. This enraged the captain and he accused Naofumi of boasting and that the Heroes's duties is to fight the Waves alone.

Volume 3
The Knight Captain, who had arrived a day late to the Wave-prone village, was fuming at the Shield Hero, for taking his men. But, Ake and his group held that they followed Naofumi on their own accord and was willing to take any punishment for it. The Captain felt intense pressure from the survivor of the village, as they agreed with Naofumi that despite being late, all he did was scold Ake and not aid the survivors. After learning that the three Heroes were wounded, he asked the villagers to hand him the Heroes, so that he could take them to best hospital. When Naofumi pointed out that the villagers need more assistance, but the captain discarded that the Heroes are of higher priority for the survival of the world. After hearing the story from Ake's group, the captain of the knight demanded Naofumi accompany him to the royal court but Naofumi refused. Naofumi complied after being persuaded by Ake.

Volume 4
He, along with two-thirds of the Knights, was posted at the Melromarc-Siltvelt border to prevent Naofumi's escape.

He and the other soldiers attacked Naofumi along with the other Heroes. Ake and his friends asked him to stop the attack which enraged him to slaughter Ake with his sword for he had sided with the "Shield Devil". Seeing this enraged Naofumi, which made the Shield react and break the accessory given by Erhard, which forms a force field that repels the attack made on Nafoumi, his party, and Ake groups, but rains those attack on others, which resulted in the Captain being wounded.

After all the charges against Naofumi were cleared, the Queen told Naofumi that the Captain was ambushed and killed by a large group of personnel. The reason was still undisclosed and his executioners were not found, but it was suspected that he might have been attacked by demi-humans (possibly Siltvelt extremists) for his nasty behavior towards demi-humans and Naofumi.

Relationships

 * Legendary Heroes
 * Ren Amaki, Itsuki Kawasumi, and Motoyasu Kitamura: As with most of Melromarc noblekin, the Captain blatantly favored these Heroes in spite of Naofumi being the actual Hero who did most of the heavy work in fighting the Waves and other dangerous situations.


 * Naofumi Iwatani: Like most Melromarc noble people, the Captain disliked and looked down on both the Shield Hero and demi-humans, while blatantly favoring the other three Heroes. However, he couldn't avoid witnessing (and even begrudgingly recognizing) Naofumi's party's bravery in several situations, especially when they protected Princess Melty.


 * Companions
 * Vice-Captain: He was the Captain's direct right-hand man, though the latter apparently didn't notice (or possibly belittled) the Vice's decision to assist the Shield Hero in the Lute village against the Wave monsters.


 * Ake: For hierarchy matters, the Captain was Ake's superior and constantly commanded him to assist the other Heroes in detriment of Naofumi and any demi-humans, and also greatly disliked Ake's sympathy towards the Shield Hero's party.


 * Others
 * Malty S Melromarc: Though not much is clearly shown, it can be assumed that the Captain was in good terms with Malty, always endorsing (though not verbally) her arbitrary actions with great satisfaction.

Gallery
Kapitan rycerzy Melromarc