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[edit] Gwendal von Voltaire
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| Kyo Kara Maoh! character | |
| Image:Gwendal.jpg Gwendal von Voltaire. |
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| Voiced by | Akio Ohtsuka (Japanese) Dan Woren (English) |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Commander of the mazoku army |
| Title | Gwendal von Voltaire |
| Maryoku | Earth |
Gwendal von Voltaire ((Gwendal missing)フォンヴォルテール卿 Gurenduru fon Voruteiru?), is an mazoku character in the series Kyo Kara Maoh!.
[edit] Character outline
[edit] Background
Gwendal is the eldest son of Cecilie von Spitzberg, the 26th Maoh of Shin Makoku. From the beginning, Gwendal has objections to Yuri becoming the Maoh, due to his young age and inexperience with Shin Makoku's.
When he was younger, Gwendal despised humans, a habit called the Mazoku Pride by Dan Hiri Weller. Dan Hiri was Conrad's father and a human, as such he was hated by Gwendal for his carefree attitiude. Gwendal would train hard endlessly, and Dan Hiri would often challenge Gwendal to a friendly duel, ending with Gwendal losing.
When Dan Hiri returns to Shin Makoku from a training journey with Conrad, Gwendal sees Dan Hiri as a young man, despite the many long years. Reunited with Cheri for the last time, Dan Hiri challenges Gwendal to a last duel, but Gwendal must follow Dan Hiri to a nameless village set up by Dan Hiri himself. On their way to the village, Dan Hiri told Gwendal to enjoy the ride before their last duel. Upon arriving in the village, Gwendal is shocked that the village isn't recognized by Shin Makoku, and leads the attack on the bandits which targeted the village. In this duel, Gwendal sees Dan Hiri for who he really was, an old man, not the agile man he knew when he was younger. Dan Hiri later dies of old age, and Gwendal buries him near the tree where Dan Hiri told Gwendal what he was looking for. Years later while on a picnic with his family and Yuri, Gwendal admits that Dan Hiri was a larger existence than anyone else within him, because he hated that man.[1]
[edit] Personality
Gwendal is a skilled tactician who often seems cold and unsympathising. When not otherwise busy, Gwendal indulges in his hobby of knitting and sewing but often his creatures look nothing like what they're supposed to (for example a bear got mistaken for a black pig or a cat that looks like a raccoon). He is also quite fond of cute objects such as the dolphin keychain (Bandou-kun) Yuri received at the dolphin show and later gave to him.[2]
Gwendal is afraid of Anissina Karbelnikoff, his childhood friend who is an inventor that often tests out her inventions on him, much to his displeasure. He is even seen sweating at the thought of her.[3][4] Anissina is also the one who taught Gwendal how to knit.[5]
His ancestor, Seigbert Voltaire, fought along the Original King and was one of the four original keys.[6]As such, Gwendal's left eye is a key to one of the four Forbidden Boxes, the "End of the Earth".
While he does not outwardly show much affection towards his brothers, he shows in times of great stress that he does care, an example being his decision to stand against the Original King to save his little brother Wolfram. Jozak, who was sent to locate one of the Four Forbidden Boxes, tells Conrad that Gwendal really cares for Conrad's wellbeing and doesn't want Conrad to worry despite the Original King's wishes for Conrad to find the Boxes.[7]
[edit] Powers
Gwendal is a proficient swordsman and is capable of using earth maryoku to cast barriers[8] and offensive attacks.[9]
[edit] Plot Overview
[edit] Appearances in other media
[edit] Reception
[edit] See also
Name: Lord Gwendal von Voltaire (some translations erroneously use "von Walde")
Race: Mazoku
Age: Appears 40+
Gender: Male
Hair: Dark Grey
Eyes: Indigo
Status: First son of the previous Maoh, Commander of the Mazoku Army
Clothing: WWII British Officers Great Coat
When he and Yuri were alone in the desert following a sand trap that sucked in Wolfram and Conrad, Gwendal showed certain care he tried to hide towards Yuri. It was at that time Yuri later commented to Conrad that all of the siblings have similar kind smiles, even though Gwendal's is covered up by his "scary face".[10]
Gwendal has no interest in love affairs, and even points out that issues coming from love affairs are beyond his abilities to influence.[11] He does occasionally shows care towards Greta, often being in charged of her while Yuri and Wolfram are in one of their adventures. Gwendal knows how to bake, as he does so for Greta when Gunter, who would usually bake cookies for Greta, leaves the castle for a short journey. Greta comments that Gwendal's cookies look cute while Yuri comments Gwendal is good at baking as Gwendal's cookies are made into animal shapes, similar to the ones he knits.[12] When Greta asks Gwendal if she is disturbing him while he is doing work, Gwendal says "Since its you, I don't mind".[13]
He is the commander of the demon army and often comes with reinforcements when Yuri finds himself in big trouble. He is also the one who does the paperwork and essentially runs the kingdom for Yuri.[14] Often enough, when Yuri leaves the castle, Gunter is seen barging into Gwendal's office, demanding where Yuri is. Gwendal would usually look tired and suggest an idea which sounds appealing to Gunter, for example locking Yuri up in a room where no one will interfere.[15]
