Rigid Glare

Barricade of the Army

Rigid Glare was the last Iron Leader of Opprimere before its disbandment in the Arcanum Founding Era. Known to be more ruthless and manipulative than his predecessors, Rigid wanted to conquer the Gate and Hakumei countries to fulfill his grandfather's grand dream to unite Core and take over other worlds once he succeed.
He was later defeated and arrested by Armand Colby, disbanding his country in the process. His fate is currently unknown in the modern era, but his last known location was the Black Heart Asylum.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

True to his manipulative nature, Rigid possessed a strategic mindset that allowed him to level the playing field by predicting his opponents through observation alone. He also manipulate the battlefield and his army as his chess pieces as well as used his words to get what he wanted. That also meant using his enemies' weakness to drive them over to his side.
He was also perceptive when it came to choosing his allies as any sliver of distrust in his eyes would mean death for them. This allowed him to create his own Council of War unlike his father's who fell through after every betrayal led to his death.

Morality & Philosophy

Rigid believed in strength and fear were the keys to his dreams and the weak meant failure to him and his country. This mentally affected his rule in Opprimere as he not only instigated the strong-against-weak mentality in the entire country.

Taboos

Following his philosophy of strength-makes-might mentality, becoming weak against his enemies was his greatest taboo. This extended to his country. So if his army lost a battle against Gate or Hakumei, he would lash out at them and command his generals to punish them accordingly. He also disdained anyone who rejected his recruitment to his people, which was the reason he agreed to the forced drafting law.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

As an inheritor of the Iron Leader, Rigid desired nothing more than to finish what his grandfather started and that was to conquer the countries of Gate and Hakumei and later, access the former's technology to access other worlds. He also aimed to make Opprimere the strongest country that Core has never seen and revive the ancient technology of Arcana to his advantage.

Vices & Personality flaws

Despite his name, Rigid wasn't much...rigid when it came to his views. Power hungry and greedy, Rigid desired nothing more than achieving his ambitions and ensuring he kept his iron fist against his enemies.
For all of his pride, it was also his major downfall. Rigid wanted more than keeping his pride intact and any failure would see his pride wounded. He was also petty when it came to the latter and events such as Armand's counter against Dallas's coup were enough to blame everything on the former councilman rather than accepting that he was the one who drew him to his side and started using the technology that the explorers discovered to counter any plans against Opprimere.

Social

Social Aptitude

Rigid was more or less both charismatic and fearful in the eyes of his people. Using his air of confidence and the right words with his threatening demeanor, he was able to move his followers to his goals while scaring others who would dare defy the country. Combined with his intellectual mind and manipulative tongue, he wasn't considered as the "Barricade of the Army" and the "Demon of the Battlefield" for nothing.

Pronouns

He/Him

Gender

Male

Aligned Organization

Opprimere