Figarland Garling

Saint Figarland Garling is a World Noble of the Figarland Family and the Supreme Commander (最高司令官) of the God's Knights, of whom he is the first to be introduced. He was formerly active as a "champion" on God Valley.

Appearance
Garling is a tall man of advanced age, with a visibly wrinkled face and a sharp, aquiline nose. His long hair is light in color and styled into a pair of unbent, sideward spikes on the left and right of his head, plus one extremely tall, forward-bent spike on top. Garling's facial hair consists of a mustache with a large beard linked to his sideburns (also forming spikes), which culminates in a large forward spike below his chin and makes it so that his hair-and-beard combo resembles a forward-facing crescent moon. Garling's eyes are covered by circle-frame sunglasses.

For clothes, Garling dons what seems to be a variant of the typical World Noble suit, light in color with a thick, standing collar, and over that an ankle-length, hooded, dark-colored coat adorned with light, medal-like knobs (bearing the World Government's five-circle emblem) on the upper arms. His footwear consists on plain dark dress boots.

Thirty-eight years ago, a much younger Garling had a similar appearance to now, his head hair already matching its present-day size and shape (with two strands loose on either side of his face), though his facial hair was still absent beyond minor chin stubble; Garling was apparently considered quite attractive given that he had female fans swooning over him. For attire, he notably eschewed wearing a bubble around his head like his Noble compatriots. Similar to his current cloak, Garling wore a dark cape with light fur trim particularly thick around the collar, and below a three-button shirt of dark color: high-collared, adorned on the left by two disc brooches with the government symbol, and cut off above his abdomen like a half-shirt, transitioning into a light-colored lower half that went past his waistline, was thickly and vertically striated next to each front hem, and held closed by a light-colored belt with two buckles (the government symbol on each). In addition, Garling donned dark gloves and plate-armor components, namely two light-colored vambraces and pauldrons (the latter made of a circular cop and one lame each). Garling's lower wear consisted of dark pants with light greaves and dark, ankle-high boots.

Personality
Garling's moralities align with how most Celestial Dragons think, as he sees all those beneath his own station as "subhuman scum". He is ruthless in his administration of punishment to those who break World Noble rules and customs, believing in particular that those Nobles who protect people of lower status debase themselves into being even lower scum; Garling was willing to execute Saint Mjosgard for that very crime, namely defending the Neptune Royal Family. Indeed, much like other Celestial Dragons, Garling is exceedingly cruel without the slightest regard for the lives of commoners, deeming them so worthless that the slaughter of an entire island's native population (and partaking therein) means little more to him than sport. Hence, he was an eager participant in the Native Hunting Competition on God Valley 38 years ago, where he slayed the country's king the very instant he started protesting about having his own countrymen culled.

Garling showed himself confident in his abilities during said Native Hunting Competition, claiming that his incurrence of a 10,000-point penalty for starting early was a good handicap to make things competitive.

Abilities and Powers
As Supreme Commander of the God's Knights, Garling holds authority over the rest of the group and can pass judgment upon even his fellow World Nobles for behavior deemed intolerable. Otherwise, he can be assumed to enjoy all the other rights and privileges of a World Noble, and to likely own enormous wealth.

While little is known about Garling's battle prowess, his leadership of the God's Knights — a group of which Dragon, head of the Revolutionary Army, is wary — suggests that he is quite dangerous by World Noble standards. Garling was formerly a "champion" on God Valley, where he was considered the favorite to win the World Nobles' Native Hunting Competition.

Weapons
Garling's trademark weapon is a large saber with a rounded knuckle-bow guard, entirely light-colored from its hilt to its sheath. He already possessed it 38 years ago on God Valley.

Past
Thirty-eight years ago, Garling (already part of the God's Knights) took part in the Native Hunting Competition hosted on God Valley, where he executed the former king of the island for protesting the game and having his own countrymen hunted for sport. This action led to a 10,000-point demerit for killing before the timer started, but Garling did not care and saw it as a "handicap" to improve competition. He would eventually be declared a "champion" presumably during or after the competition.

Egghead Arc
Following the most recent Levely, Garling acted as a judge against Saint Donquixote Mjosgard, who was accused of abetting the suspects of Saint Charlos's attempted murder: the pirates Sai and Leo. He chose to execute Mjosgard for protecting "scum" and was subsequently seen lounging in a chair at the execution site in Mary Geoise, with cheering Celestial Dragons around.

Translation and Dub Issues
While called "the ruler" of God Valley in Chapter 1086's initial VIZ translation, Garling's ōja (王者) designation does not typically refer to a country's king, but rather to a kingly figure or "champion". He is also said to have "participated/been active" (活躍) on God Valley. This was later revised in the VIZ translation to instead call Garling a "dominating figure" who "distinguished himself" at God Valley, which is more in line with the actual circumstances revealed 9 chapters later.

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