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Roland Alderman is a battle mage student of Xyrus Academy. He is a classmate of Arthur Leywin and Tessia Eralith in Team-Fighting Mechanics I. During the Beast Glades Excursion, he is grouped with them, along with Clive Graves and Lucas Wykes.
Appearance[]
Roland is roughly the same height and age as Arthur. He has blonde hair, blue eyes and a tanned skin. As a battle mage student of Xyrus Academy, he wears the standard battle mage uniform. During the Beast Glades Excursion, Roland is shown wearing a dark blue shawl and black fingerless gloves.
Personality[]
Roland is an easy going, high-spirited, and lively person. He is the first one to introduce himself to the group during their field trip in the Beast Glades. Roland is a bit of a playboy as he openly expresses how he likes pretty girls, and decided to vote for Tessia as the leader of their group just for being one.[1] Roland is also easily intimidated when he and the others fight the snarlers.
Season 4[]
Roland is grouped up with Tessia, Arthur, Lucas, and Clive on their trip to the Widow's Crypt dungeon. Against Lucas's objections, Roland voted for Tessia to act as their group leader while exploring the dungeon, albeit only because Tessia was a pretty girl. During the dungeon excursion, Roland spent most of the time distracted by the coldness of the dungeon and did not notice the hoard of Snarlers heading in his direction. Against the insistence of his teacher Vanesy Glory, the class insisted in remaining and fighting off the mana beasts, to which Vanesy complied. In his group, Roland, along with Clive, focused on supporting Arthur while he acted as vanguard for their team. While Roland tried to show off his water whip technique, he was especially impressed and intimidated by Arthur's swordsmanship as he effortlessly cut a Snarler in half without looking. Despite eliminating a good portion of Snarlers, Vanesy realized the students were getting exhausted the longer their fights dragged out against the never ending mana beasts. Vanesy ordered the class to fall back and exited the dungeon. As they retreated, Roland tripped over his feet and was nearly killed by the incoming Snarlers, but was thankfully saved in time by Arthur.
Relationships[]
Tessia Eralith: Tessia was the student council president of Xyrus Academy as well as Roland's classmate in Team-Fighting Mechanics I. Roland made no secret of his attraction to Tessia and even went out of his way to lightly flirt with her during their time together in their group, making her the leader just for his attraction to her and wanting to name their team the "Queen and her Knights".
Arthur Leywin: Arthur was a classmate of Roland's in Team-Fighting Mechanics I. While the two did not interact much during their time together, Arthur was responsible for saving Roland's life when he was nearly devowered by a hoard of Snarlers, for which Roland was grateful for.
Abilities & Skills[]
Roland is a fairly average fighter. His specialty relies on mid-range combat with the use of his water whip. While he is strong enough to kill Snarlers, his physical weakness is in close-range combat while his major weakness is that he is easily distracted and more focused on showing off rather than fighting, indicating that he does not take combat seriously. It also apparent that he has little to no combat experience.
Augmenter: Roland is an Augmenter mage, therefore someone who can use magic within their bodies to enhance their attacks but is also able to shoot out magic after reaching a certain level. Roland's skills as a mage however can be considered above average, as Roland seems to still be learning the family water technique since his accuracy at hitting his opponents with the water whip is low, indicating that he requires a large amount of time to focus and channel his mana. He also does not seem to know how to efficiently augment his body as shown when he is freezing in the dungeons.
Water Elemental: Like his predecessors, Roland has a a single specialization in the attribute of Water. Roland comes from a lineage of water mages, having inherited the water whip skill passed down through generations in his family. His weapon consists of just a handle that he uses to form a water whip.
Water Whip: Roland's signature weapon is his family's water whip. The weapon itself is a hilt that by channeling the users mana into it, can manifest water in the shape of a whip.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Roland's hobbies include relaxing, shopping, and going on dates with pretty girls.[1]