Astaroth Eskaria

  ~The pitch-black demon king~

  The main character.

  Absurd by all means of the word. A hypocritical, self-righteous megalomaniac.

  In addition, the Prince of Darkness, who has every plan to evolve into a Demon King.

  Very rude, and very much aware of that, but surprisingly kind to certain people. He’s the type who will repay a debt thricefold—enemies who poison him with tiredness receive excruciating pain, for example.

  Will take any chance he can get to flaunt his powers and stir up drama.

  Because of the extent of his powers and the way he presents himself, much of his army is almost zealously devoted to him.

  Yet those who know him personally will soon realise that much of his grandiose personality is an act, and that he is moved, in truth, only by the love for his beloved goddess.

  ‘If it made her happy, I would destroy the world or rid it of life’—such seems to be his legitimate belief. He has recently re-sworn this vow.

  Status

  Davna

  ~The picked-up orphan~

  One of the five Demon Generals.

  A Red Dragon. About seven years old—the equivalent age for a human child is around fourteen.

  A little childish, and a complete battle maniac.

  Almost always cheerful. At the times she is not, she appears to take great comfort in physical contact with the man who raised her.

  Was picked up as an egg by the Demon Lord, who treated her as his own daughter after her own parents were slain by a dragonslayer.

  Navillus

  ~The castle’s cheerful mascot~

  One of the five Demon Generals.

  A Grand Slime. Although she has an indistinct personality—likely due to her largely instinctive nature—she is still well-liked by the demon army. In addition, although this is an impressively rude way to phrase this, she is somewhat used as a cute garbage disposal. After all, she’ll eat anything one feeds her.

  Exactly because of her simple thought processes, she may sometimes come up with a plan no one else could think of.

  She seems to be gaining insecurities about her own usefulness.

  Lilith Bral’goch

  ~The indulgent devil girl~

  One of the five Demon Generals.

  An Arch-Devil. Around 1.300 years old. The equivalent age for a human would be their twenties.

  Enjoys making dirty jokes and reading inappropriate books. In spite of this, or perhaps as its cause, she is actually a virgin.

  Despite her generally carefree, lazy personality, she holds grudges for long and can become very angry if left unchecked. In a sense, her own personality acts as a limiter of sorts.

  Charlotte Wright

  ~The demon king’s loyal aide~

  One of the five Demon Generals.

  Several millennia old.

  A Vampire Princess. Places an almost unheard-of amount of emphasis on manners and proper conduct.

  She has a good head, and knows how to use it. As a result, she is in charge of Eskaria’s coffers and, by extension, its treasury.

  Despite her common resigned expressions whenever Astaroth acts theatrical, she continues to call him “M’lord”, so it can be assumed she respects him.

  Common nicknames for her among the army are “everyone’s big sister”, “queen of good manners” and “terrifying little girl”.

  She has recently renewed her vow of loyalty to the demon king.

  Tempest Maleficum

  ~The demon king’s magical apprentice~

  One of the five Demon Generals. Her messy hair and the terrible bags under her eyes say much about her personality.

  A Witch Queen.

  In one word, a scientist. In two words, a mad scientist. Although she has developed many boons for the demon army—it is only under her guidance that a way to artificially produce Black Silver was created—she has caused just as many explosions.

  Despite this, she is valued as a genius inventor, enough so as to have her own tower in the castle.

  There is definitely no relation between this tower and the explosions she causes.

  Uses “Master” in the sense of “master and apprentice”.

  Asami and Nexu

  ~The demon king’s bodyguards~

  A pair of beast-children who were offered to the demon king as sacrifices.

  They have since been taken in and trained, and now wield cursed weapons to protect their lord. (Even though their lord is stronger than them by an absurd degree.)

  Perhaps because of the kind attitude he has shown them, the children quickly got attached to Astaroth. Yet their eyes reflect no light, as always.

  They recently completed advanced training in the elven nation of Ethalia, and thus gained new classes and skills.

  Statuses

  Evyna

  ~The human-turned-traitor~

  A former Hero who defected and joined Astaroth’s demon army. By a ritual, she was transformed into an undead Shadow Grand Mage.

  Despite being a living shadow, she still wears the robes she wore as a human.

  She’s naturally nervous, which is worsened by the fact that she appears to be the only person around for miles with a shred of common sense when it comes to power scaling.

  Saniel

  ~The undead former Saint~

  A Dullahan.

  Formerly the Saint of Exorcisms, she was taken in by Astaroth when she invaded his castle. He killed her, and revived her using necromancy.

  Because of her nature as an undead, she is fully reliant on Astaroth to purge the stagnant mana in her body.

  Dullahans, as an advanced race of Zombie, possess great power, so Astaroth has high expectations for her.

  Unlike Evyna, she was killed before becoming a monster, so she does not possess a Hero’s powers or Luciel’s blessing.

  Status

  Alpine

  ~The demon king’s pet dog~

  A Kobold Astaroth picked up while he was in the Goblinoid kingdom.

  It seems to enjoy being dominated and treated as a soldier.

  Ever since Astaroth punched its previous abusive master in the face, it has loved him.

  It has recently completed special training in the elven nation of Ethalia, and seems to have gained power because of it.

  Status

  Nyx

  ~The darkness spirit with great potential~

  A darkness spirit Astaroth formed a contract with in the elven nation of Ethalia.

  According to her status, she possesses great power and great intelligence, though she has shown neither of these.

  Seems to enjoy messing about in various ways.

  Status

  Rhud

  ~The demon army’s blacksmith~

  A unique Cursed Golem, created by the fusion of a wandering soul with a Steel Golem. Possesses little combat ability, so third grade.

  It possesses great blacksmithing ability, in addition to the ability to smith magical artifacts.

  Its blacksmithing is at the point where getting repaired by it is a reward to the army’s Living Armours.

  It is the designer of most of the demon army’s standard-issue equipment.

  Crowley

  ~The demon king’s Grand Couturier~

  A Scissor Devil who is skilled at clothes-making.

  Unlike Rhud, Crowley neither produces nor designs standard-issue equipment. Each of his creations is unique.

  In addition, he possesses the ability to weave enchantments into clothing, which is a rare and valuable ability.

  Seems to have fallen in love with the designs from Astaroth’s old world.

  Smile and Xhaos

  ~The head torturers~

  A Memory Devil and an unknown type of devil, who work as ‘information extractors’.

  Xhaos uses his techniques to get the informants talking, and Smile asks the relevant questions. A horrible, perfect tag-team.

  As a Memory Devil, Smile possesses the ability to perfectly reproduce any scene he has ever witnessed, so he makes a perfect interrogator.

  Philia

  ~The traitorous Queen of Ice~

  The world’s only current Grand Lich. Eighth grade.

  Master of ice magic, which is a subdivision of water-attribute magic, and necromancy, though she seems to have lost the latter ability.

  Also a master at ridiculing people. At least half her words are sarcastic.

  Perhaps with the help of a cursed gift from Undine, she recently tried and failed to poison Astaroth.

  Richard

  ~The Ice Queen’s new pawn~

  A former Hero, who defected to Philia’s side. By way of a ritual, he was turned into an Ice Statue. Unappraised, but probably fifth grade.

  A perfect M to Philia’s attitude and mockery.

  Due to some ‘carelessness’ on Astaroth’s part, he is currently unable to speak.

  Has perhaps made some headway on how to use his new powers.

  Reynald

  ~Wielder of the god-sword~

  A human Hero with a ‘wild’ appearance who possesses the Holy Swordsman class.

  He’s the only one who can wield the god-sword, Claiomh Solais. When agitated, he has a tendency to lash out without thinking.

  Despite this, he possesses a strong sense of justice.

  He seems to know a great deal about video games.

  Through his training, he can now perform manoeuvres a normal human body cannot.

  He appears to have a crush on Ebstrea.

  He also appears to have gained doubts about Luciel. Due to a recent piece of advice, he will now do ‘what feels right’.

  Status

  Ebstrea

  ~Companion to the legendary hero~

  A human Hero with a gentle appearance who possesses the White Mage class.

  Her outfit is one a Hero of the past designed, based on a certain video game series.

  She appears to be the only one capable of holding Reynald back when he lashes out, so they’re often partnered up.

  She seems to know a great deal about video games.

  Although her potential has not been fully tested, she possesses large reserves of mana, and despite being a White Mage, she is skilled with the other attributes, as well.

  From her reactions, it can be inferred that she would not be opposed to taking the ‘next step’ with Reynald.

  Has perhaps, maybe gained some doubts about Luciel.

  Status

  Claiomh Solais

  ~The sword that could kill a god~

  A sword created by infusing part of the Goddess of Light’s power into orichalcum. Though it generally remains quiet, it possesses an ego.

  If the sword is pulled out in daylight, the light will always fall onto the blade and produce a beautiful gleam.

  Its main feature is its ability to ignore any and all magical barriers. Whether Magic Guards, defensive magic, or the Aspect of Protection, it cuts through them with ease.

  In addition, as it is made out of orichalcum, it is able to damage most physical materials, too. Astaroth’s claws are a notable exception. Likely, so is Black Silver.

  It is able to take control of its user’s body, but appears to dislike doing so.

  It has expressed its loyalty to the user, emphasising that it is a tool to be used.

  Status

  Cecilios Alexander Maximilian VII

  ~King of the Holy Astal Kingdom~

  A toad-like man, who rules the Holy Astal Kingdom. His subjects don’t seem to like him much.

  He appears to possess the unique ability to only understand things that interest him.

  Entropy

  ~Goddess of Darkness~

  A taciturn, reclusive goddess.

  She’s the one who gave Astaroth his current form, and has a stronger bond with him than anyone else. Apart from her ears, completely expressionless, to the point where even body language is a conscious decision on her part.

  She hasn’t really displayed her power, but if Astaroth’s estimation is correct, she is far stronger than he. As she is a goddess, this is probably natural.

  Seems to like sweets.

  For reasons unknown, she suffers from many Afflictions.

  Perhaps something happened in the past.

  Luciel

  ~Goddess of Light~

  A crafty, manipulative goddess. She takes dying souls from earth, strips them of irrelevant memories, outfits them with an Azalyth and reincarnates them as Heroes, to wipe monsters off the face of the world she ‘rules’. She’s the one who caused the creation of the Holy Astal Kingdom.

  Curses like a sailor while on her own.

  Astaroth seems to have learned the truth behind her origins.

  Gnome

  ~Goddess of Earth~

  An innocent, childish goddess. Has asked Astaroth and Entropy for help. In return, she has provided Entropy with a mana source and Astaroth with a fragment of divinity.

  Creator of dwarves.

  Undine

  ~Goddess of Water~

  Appears to be cooperating with Philia.

  Creator of mermaids.

  Salamander

  ~Goddess of Fire~

  A hot-blooded, feisty goddess. May perhaps have scales on her arms.

  In fights, she uses mostly fire-infused melee attacks. She has the responsibility of balancing the world’s mana, keeping the levels of corrupted mana as low as possible by burning it away.

  In return for Astaroth’s help destroying an incarnation of some manner of interdimensional creature and resolving an international incident, she has provided him with a fragment of divinity.

  Creator of drakonids.

  Sylph

  ~Goddess of Wind~

  A laid-back, casual goddess.

  In fights, she mostly uses blades of wind to attack or defend from a distance, without having to move. She has the responsibility of protecting the world tree.

  In return for Astaroth’s help destroying an incarnation of some manner of interdimensional creature and resolving an international incident, she has provided him with a fragment of divinity.

  Creator of elves.