| “ | Being the only survivor is hell, isn't it. You poor kid. | ” |
Ogier (オジエ, Ojie), formally known as Ogier of Sphene (
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Appearance[]
Ogier is a slim, pale skinned man of average height. His eyebrows are thick, and his hair is pale and messy, cut shoulder-length and styled half-up with long bangs parted in the middle. He also wears small but thick hoop earrings on both sides.
He wears the standard chasseur's uniform, including black pants, a cassock, a pale harness, a ribbon-like belt, dark leather boots, and a rosary. Under his cassock, he wears a white shirt with black suspenders, and black fingerless gloves.
Personality[]
At first, Ogier seems like a laid-back easygoing man. Sticking mostly to the sidelines, he barely puts any effort when defusing arguments or reprimanding Gano, and avoids direct conflict with his coworkers. However, he soon shows a darker side to him, making use of his discreet personality to subtly persuade Astolfo to kill himself while the others were distracted.[1] Although he verbally chides Gano's reckless and often insensitive actions, he doesn't seem to truly care, and is even willing to go against the Church if things are too boring for him, as long as he doesn't get in trouble.[2]
He is particularly interested in pretty ladies, shown to have taken an interest in Dominique de Sade and Mira, and is described by Gano as a sex-obsessed moron.[3]
Plot[]
Current Arc[]
Astolfo woke up with a pained gasp in a hospital bed at the Chasseurs’ medical clinic after the attack that killed his family. Mira, who had been watching over him started and, with a mildly disturbed mutter, called out beyond the curtain and ordered for someone to get Olivier. Olivier appeared, worry evident on his face, as he called to Astolfo and asked if he can recognize him. Astolfo’s thoughts began to mix and his sense of time still was twisted, his eyes went wide and alert with horrified urgency. He grabbed at Olivier’s arm and half coherently begged him, desperately asked if she was okay. Olivier, faced with such a question, had no idea how to answer, and in his moment of hesitation, someone else did. “She’s dead.”
Appearing beyond the curtain beside Mira, Gano and Ogier stood. Gano snickered smarmily as Ogier sighed with exasperation next to him. Gano continued with sadistic cruelty, revealing to Astolfo that his baby sister, his father, his mother, all the servants, they were all dead. Olivier shouted at Gano to stop, but Gano didn’t, and Astolfo continued to hear every word. Gano remarked how impressive it is that Astolfo remained alive despite the innumerous Vampires who had drank his blood and Marked him for life. Olivier shouted Gano’s name once more and surged forth to grab the man by his shirt. Before anything more violent can break out, Mira snapped at them a reminder of where they were, and if they wanted to fight they should bring it to her room so she can watch as she drank. Ogier sweating with exasperation scolded Mira for provoking them further.
As an angry shouting match immediately unfolds, Astolfo stared forth with dead eyes, finally realizing the fate that was met by his family. As this scuffle went on in the background, Ogier, now seated at Astolfo’s bedside, smiled. He commented on the absolute and specific hell that it is to be the sole survivor. Poor kid, he called Astolfo. He surreptitiously moved his hand which rested on the desk behind him beside a pair of scissors and pushed, causing them to fall off the desk and next to Astolfo’s pillow.[1]
Astolfo stared at the object, his eyes at once darkened and cleared and solidified with certainty. His weakened fingers slowly grasped towards the scissors and he recalled himself helping that Vampire — he knew it was his fault. Astolfo raised the scissors high above. At this point, as Ogier half-heartedly tried to calm everyone, Mira had grabbed Gano’s jaw in her hand to force his mouth shut and was threatening worse. But even amidst all this, Olivier turned and saw Astolfo, his eyes widened in horror as blood spilled.
After having Astolfo's wounds treated, the gossiping voices of other Chasseurs milled about as they spoke of how Astolfo had finally woken up and even met with their commander, Charles, who planned to make him the twelfth Paladin one day despite his near dead state. To the side, Gano and Ogier watched their coworkers drinking and laughing. Gano entertained the idea of the sole survivor of the Granatums rose to the rank of Paladin in order to avenge his family’s deaths, with Ogier finishing the thought saying it would be the perfect kind of beloved story to feed to the populace. Gano with a wide smirk added that Astolfo would thus make a perfect symbol for the Vampire Eradication Faction and began walking off. Ogier meanwhile sighed with exasperation at how terrifying their commander Charles was. It would’ve been kinder to let Astolfo die.[4]
Some time later, Astolfo while walking along encountered Gano, who immediately opened by sardonically remarking on his attachment to Roland. Ogier next to him sighed and reprimanded Gano to not provoke the boy too much, but Gano just brushed him off, shooing Ogier off and thus Gano and Astolfo are left alone standing across from each other.[4]
Powers & Abilities[]
- Enhanced Speed, Strength, and Stamina - Ogier is capable of enhancing his body through the use of drugs provided by the Chasseurs in order to make him better equipped for combat with Vampires.
- Combat - Ogier is a capable fighter, favoring acrobatic evasions in his fight with Dominique de Sade.[3]
Relationships[]
Gano[]
Ogier and Gano seem to have a friendly relationship. He sometimes reprimands Gano when he goes too far with his antagonizing, but seems to put no real effort into stopping him or defusing the situation, instead opting to let Gano go on with his antics. Being close to Gano, he knows to some extent about his evil streak and possibly even shares it — when both of them visited Astolfo after the death of the younger's family[1], it is likely that Ogier already knew what were Gano's intentions, and simply used the commotion to carry out his own scheme of getting Astolfo to take his own life.
Astolfo Granatum[]
When Astolfo was in the medical ward after the death of his family, Ogier visited him alonside Gano, though not due to worry or affection — seizing the opportunity during the commotion caused by Gano, Ogier slid a pair of scissors towards Astolfo and claimed to sympathize with his situation of being the sole survivor, swaying Astolfo into trying to kill himself.[1] Other than that occasion, Ogier seems rather indifferent toward Astolfo, not going out of his way to antagonize him but also not stopping Gano from doing so and simply removing himself from the situation. Whether the incident with Astolfo was thought out in advance or not remains to be seen, as well as Ogier's motivations behind it.
Quotes[]
- “This is what makes Charles so scary—he should’ve just let the poor kid die.”[4]
- “Let's go with "that's just a front, and we're actually hiding them." How's that??”[2]
- “Huh? I bet we'd get in trouble for that...”[2]
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Mémoire 58: Observation — The Darkness in Between* (First Appearance)
- Mémoire 59: Fuga — What the Organist Plays*
- Mémoire 62.5: Bourdonnement — Wingbeats of Scattered Thought (Part Two)
- Mémoire 63: Quelqu'un — Someone
- Mémoire 64: Frapper à la porte — Knock, knock
- Mémoire 66: Rira bien qui rira le dernier — Forced Laughter
(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.
Trivia[]
- Ogier is based off Ogier the Dane,[5] a character with a minor role in The Song of Roland,[6] one of the three cycles of the Matter of France,[7] a body of literature containing legends that have defined the history of France. Though the character plays a minor role in The Song of Roland, he has more significant parts in other stories, even featuring as the protagonist of his own chanson de geste, La Chevalerie Ogier.