“At a party in the Asura Kingdom, when a noble made fun of Rudeus’s wife, Rudeus seized him by the throat and dragged him out of the party, burned a whole forest to ash before his eyes, and demanded an apology.”
“When his great friends Linia and Pursena broke a figurine modeled on his wife, Rudeus punished them in the most humiliating way possible for beastfolk.”
“When Perugius invited Rudeus to the floating fortress to name his child, Rudeus misunderstood and thought Perugius intended to harm the child. He appeared fully armed and threatened Perugius that there would be war if any harm came to his child.”
* It should be noted that the veracity of these anecdotes is unconfirmed.
While Rudeus is not generally well-known, the majority of the world’s most prominent figures know of him and regard him with admiration or awe.
A piece of white cloth was found in his pocket after his death. His wife Roxy hurried to hide it, leading to rumors that some great secret might be concealed within it. It is unclear whether those rumors contain any shred of truth.
He is said to be the origin point for the Theory of Critical Period for Mana Capacity, namely that mana capacity can be strengthened in early childhood, and is resultantly responsible for its incorporation into education.
He loved rice, eggs, and the ogre water of the Biheiril Kingdom. He is also said to have had an unsavory habit of eating eggs raw.
Records indicate he worshipped some unknown dark god. Puzzlingly, no gods can be matched to the coat of arms he worshipped—we can assume this god disappeared in antiquity, or Rudeus perhaps created this god for himself. Some also theorize that he was irreligious, or that he worshipped the Dragon God.
Family & Relatives
THE GREYRAT FAMILY
A high-ranking noble family in the Asura Kingdom. It contains the four families of Notos, Boreas, Zephyros, and Euros. All four families governed their own large domain, which is why they are also called the Four Great Houses. Rudeus was a direct descendant of the Notos Greyrats, but his father Paul ran away from his family and was therefore expunged from the Notos Greyrat family tree.
PAUL GREYRAT: father. Eldest son of the Notos Greyrats, a high-ranking Asuran noble family. Ran away as a young man and became an adventurer. Later, he met Zenith, then appealed to his old friend Philip Boreas Greyrat and became a low-ranking knight of the Fittoa Region.
ZENITH GREYRAT: mother. Second daughter of the Latrias of the Holy Land of Millis.
LILIA GREYRAT: maid. Paul’s lover.
NORN GREYRAT: legitimate younger sister. Novelist.
AISHA GREYRAT: younger sister by his stepmother. Advisor to Ruquag’s Mercenary Band.
SYLPHIETTE GREYRAT: wife. One quarter elf.
ROXY M. GREYRAT: wife. Demon (of the Migurd). Headmistress of the Magic University.
ERIS GREYRAT: wife. Human. Sword King.
LUCIE GREYRAT: eldest daughter.
LARA GREYRAT: second daughter.
ARUS GREYRAT: eldest son.
SIEGHEART SALADIN GREYRAT: second son.
LILY GREYRAT: third daughter.
CHRISTINA GREYRAT: fourth daughter.
OTHER ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS
ZANOBA SHIRONE: upperclassman at the Magic University. A former prince of Shirone. President of a figurine company. Blessed Child of fantastic strength. The publication of the picture book The Superd’s Adventure was largely thanks to his and Norn’s efforts. Zanoba respected Rudeus as his mentor, but Rudeus always said, “When it comes to knowledge of figurines, Zanoba’s the best.”
CLIFF GRIMOR: upperclassman at the Magic University. Later became the pope of the Millis Church. He is said to have protected Rudeus, who was often in some trouble or other with the Millis Church. Rudeus reportedly relied on him and is believed to have said with conviction that “I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Cliff.”
SILENT SEVENSTAR: upperclassman at the Magic University. Also known as the Witch Nanahoshi. She set up teleportation circles in nations throughout the world and collaborated with Rudeus to develop and bring about many revolutionary inventions.
ARIEL ANEMOI ASURA: Queen of the Asura Kingdom. According to the Chronicle of the Asura Kingdom, right before her death, she told her trusted retainer Luke that “it is largely thanks to Rudeus’s efforts that the Asura Kingdom is at peace today. Be sure not to make an enemy of him after my death.”
ALEXANDER K. RYBAK: North God Kalman III. Originally number seven of the Seven Great Powers. The “left hand of the Dragon God.” After Rudeus stepped down from the center stage, Alexander is believed to have gone around the nations of the world as the Dragon God’s representative in his stead.
LINIANA DEDOLDIA: Leader of Ruquag’s Mercenary Band. As the leader of her beastfolk tribe, she is believed to have served as an intermediary between Rudeus and the beastfolk.
PURSENA ADOLDIA: Second-in-command of Ruquag’s Mercenary Band. Like Liniana, as leader of a beastfolk tribe, she is believed to have served as an intermediary between Rudeus and the beastfolk.
PERUGIUS DOLA: The Armored Dragon King, one of the Three Godslayers. A prominent figure in the Asura Kingdom and Silent Sevenstar’s mentor. There are frequent references to Rudeus in The Chronicle of the Asura Kingdom, but the nature of his relationship with Rudeus is unknown.
ORSTED: The Dragon God. Number two of the Seven Great Powers. Though Rudeus’s covert activities are assumed to have been in service to Orsted’s goals, details of these activities are unknown. Orsted very rarely appeared center stage, but he attended Rudeus’s funeral and allegedly was with the family to witness Rudeus’s death.
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—Recorded by Deputy Head Archivist
Clule Elrond of the Royal Asuran Archive