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ヴェリボル・アゼティナ

24歳。ロスガル族。ボズヤ管区ゼティナ庄出身。

ボズヤ・レジスタンスの一員。「新生グンヒルドの剣」のひとり。

Velibor Azetina

Race: Hrothgar

Age: 24

Birthplace: Zetina's Grace, Bozja


拳術から剣術、柔術、槍術などあらゆる武術を網羅する武芸の高級百貨店こと「翠(みどり)の一門」直系の騎士。ブラズの又従兄弟にあたる。

「翠の一門」は二百年以上の歴史を誇る武芸の名門である。ガレマール帝国の侵攻時、小国ボズヤを守るために多くの門徒が戦いに挑み、その命を散らしたという。その武芸の才を惜しんだ当時の第IV軍団バッシュ・ヴァン・ガブラス軍団長は、帝国への忠誠を誓うのであれば「翠の一門」を庇護すると約束した。当主は自らの首を差し出すことで一門皆殺し、その「血」を途絶えることを避けた。

当主代理となったヴェリボルの祖母はガブラスとの約束を頑なに守った。占領後もたびたび反乱が発生し、一部の門徒が参加したが、都度、それらを破門として一門に害が及ばぬよう尽力したのである。その祖母も鬼籍に入り、新たな当主となったヴェリボルの父に残した最期の言葉は「我はガブラスとの約束を生涯守った。それは我が伴侶の願いであり、我やぬしを守るための深い愛であったと思う。だが、ぬしは正直に生きろ。時代は変わる……」

一門に復帰した又従兄弟のブラズとはおおいに気が合った。初めて会った時を今でも覚えている。同じ志を持った同門の士、いや魂を分けてこの世に生まれた真の兄弟であるとヴェリボルは感じた。短い期間ではあったが互いに切磋琢磨することができ新たな技を生み出すことにも成功したという。ボズヤ蜂起を受け、一門はレジスタンスに正式に参加。自らの役目を果たすため、今日もヴェリボルは大剣を振るう……。

Velibor is a knight, and second cousin to Blaz. And, like Blaz, he is a direct descendant of the founders of the Verdant Path, an illustrious martial school famous for teaching everything from unarmed combat to swordplay to spear techniques.

This prestigious institution has existed for over two hundred years, and its adherents rose up in strength to defend the city-state of Bozja against the Garlean Empire's incursion. As the invasion rolled on, however, Basch van Gabranth, then legatus of the IVth Legion, grew reluctant at the slaughter of so much promising martial talent. He promised the Verdant Path amnesty and protection, if it would but swear fealty to the Empire. The schoolmaster accepted, and by surrendering himself to the invaders' justice were his disciples spared further bloodshed.

It was Velibor's grandmother who inherited the schoolmaster's mantle, and she upheld Gabranth's pact with unflinching rigidity─tempers would flare and groups would form to rebel against the occupying forces, but any student she caught joining these uprisings was immediately expelled. Thus did the Verdant Path endure. It was on her deathbed, however, that she muttered these words to her successor, Velibor's father: “I have honored our promise to Gabranth, as my husband wished. His sacrifice was an act of love, to ensure that we survived. But you, my son, are not beholden to this oath. A new age is upon us...”

Blaz arrived to find the Verdant Path now aligned with his own purpose, and Velibor discovered in his second cousin a kindred spirit. He remembers their first meeting, and the sense that a missing part of his soul had returned. Indeed, Velibor felt his distant relative more a brother in truth. Within a short while, they were engaged in friendly rivalry, their mutual encouragement leading to the invention of new martial techniques.

Even as their companionship blossomed, the school took steps to formalize its allegiance to the Bozjan Resistance, and Velibor, along with some few dear comrades, was invited to join the vaunted Gunnhildr's Blades. This day, as on every other, is his greatsword poised to fall upon the oppressors of his people.