Takt Alsaholn Faubrey

Takt Alsaholn Faubrey (タクト＝アルサホルン＝フォブレイ) is one of the main antagonists in The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Appearance
Takt is described by Naofumi as having a well built and handsome face. His hair is gold, and his eyes are blue. He looks like a stereotypical westerner, closely resembling the old Motoyasu.

His clothing consists of a rough jacket and pants which is unusual for the surrounding culture. Under his crown is a bandana, which doesn't suit him. His presence reminds Naofumi of Kyo.

Personality
As observed by Naofumi, Takt has displayed all of the negative personality traits of Itsuki, Ren and Motayasu had when they were first summoned, with Takt only being much more worse.

Similar to Ren and Itsuki, due to being praised for his genius all of his life, Takt is arrogant and egocentric to the point of reaching a god-complex. He believes that he is literally above everyone else and that he is completely incapable of making mistakes of any kind and refuses to admit any fault in his actions or logic. This combined with his arrogance and hubris lead to Takt making incredibly destructive choices that ultimately causes mass destruction. The most notable example of this is when the Legendary Heroes did not praise him for his power, he decided to take their power for himself and 'save' the world himself by conquering it to "prove" his power as the one "true" hero.

However, despite his massive ego and belief that he was incredible and without fault in battle, Takt has proven that he is in fact naïve and childish to an almost unbelievable level. Takt's idiocy and lack of genuine wisdom in matters of war are so bad that even King Aultcray, the Wisest King of Wisdom, deemed Takt to be nothing short of a gigantic moron as he made one bad decision after another. His naivety and lack of understanding the implications of war is further seen in his apparent hypocrisy that after killing thousands of innocent lives, he is outraged when one of his companions is killed and was incapable nor interested in understanding the reason for her death.

Finally, Takt has shown weakness for women similar to when early Motoyasu's sex-fueled urges were on full display but at a much higher and depraved degree. He commanded his companions to kill all the guys and capture the women for him. He also '"freed" women that he deemed to be brainwashed to be part of his harem and killed their families if they offered any resistance. He also decided who would be his alchemist based on which one was infatuated with him.

Background
Takt was one of the reincarnated individuals selected from another world to be reincarnated in Raphtalia's World. He born into the royal family and was given special powers by the organization behind the waves which allowed him to excel. Even as a young child he performed many notable feats:


 * At three, Takt managed to master the art of magic.
 * At five, Takt reformed the paper-making process which revived the book-making industry.
 * At seven, Takt became an expert on alchemy and mechanical magic studies.

Takt eventually entered Faubley's best academy where he had a romantic relation with Malty and graduated at the top of his class. He then left to be an adventurer where he quickly made his name as an accomplished fighter. At one point he won the martial arts tournament in Shieldfreeden. Just before the wave hit, he was "selected" as the Hero of the Whip.

Since becoming an adventurer, Takt has begun to research transportation. Taking an airplane design left by past Heroes he was able to create a way to fly without using Dragons, Gryphons, or any sort of Magic.

His party quickly defeated Kirin which was released immediately after the Phoenix was killed.

Trivia

 * Itsuki hypothesizes that Takt has the innate ability to steal other people's abilities.