Romain

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Romain Armor-Splitting 1
Alias(es)	Lord Romain; King of the River Valley; the Blasphemer; “Demon Lord” among terrified captives 209 336 394
Species/Race	Human; bearer of a pure bloodline traced to the Dark Era’s Shen'ao Empire 364 368
Gender	Male 1
Age	16 at his arrival in Sigg Town 1
Affiliation	Armor-Splitting Family; Origin City; River Valley Army 1 209 411
Occupation/Role	Lord of Sigg Town/Origin; ruler of Origin City and Bountiful City; King of the River Valley 1 209 316
Status	Active 433
First Appearance	Chapter 1: “Create Destiny?”

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Gathering, Level 2	40	Unlocked the Lumber Worker milestone, basic mining techniques, and 500 Origin Stones.
Blacksmithing, Level 2	64	Unlocked How the Steel Was Tempered, granting 500 Origin Stones and a major influx of forging knowledge; Romain subsequently devised a water-powered trip hammer.
Construction, Level 3	91	Unlocked Saint of Ash Body and 1,000 Origin Stones; the skill level supports construction of bridges and castles.
Silver Moon spellcasting	410	Progressed from basic magic into the advanced Silver Moon System through repeated practice and dream-based battle simulations.

Background

Romain retains memories of a past life as a high-school student who played the mobile game Noah’s Ark. After collapsing before his college entrance examination, he awakened in a medieval world of magic and nobility. He spent more than a decade in the Armor-Splitting Family before receiving Sigg Town as an enfeoffed fief; as an illegitimate son without inheritance rights, he regarded the posting as both exile and an unusually strong starting position. 1 2 3

At sixteen, Romain arrived in Sigg Town with a small household contingent, then rejected conventional noble conduct in favor of personally building, farming, mining, and organizing labor. He named his developing estate Origin, treating its construction as the foundation for a new social and productive order. 2 3 4

His reforms expanded Sigg Town’s farmland, metalworking, roads, mines, military training, and administration. After roughly a year, he launched the Spring Plan and marched on Kant Territory; later, he renamed Sigg Town Origin City and declared himself King of the River Valley. 133 134 209

As his territory grew, Romain faced noble coalitions, the Papacy, assassins, resource blockades, and large-scale wars. He established Bountiful City, pursued internal self-sufficiency, and continued to build an army capable of confronting the continent’s established powers. 278 284 285 316 411

Appearance

Romain is exceptionally large for his age, standing well over six feet tall with the robust build of an adult warrior. He carries himself with a presence intimidating enough to unsettle officials and villagers alike. 1 7

• Thick, shoulder-length dark-brown hair, sometimes tied back with a headband for hunting or fieldwork. 7 18 393
• Chiseled face shaped by years of martial training. 7
• Crimson eyes that visibly brighten when inspiration strikes. 64 393
• Strong arm muscles and the physical conditioning expected of a trained Transcendent. 17 393
• Often rides a white horse while leading marches or inspecting his forces. 133 393

Personality

Romain is intensely practical, self-disciplined, and dismissive of ceremonial nobility. He works alongside laborers, eats common rations when necessary, and values measurable production over etiquette or appearances. He believes capable rulers must personally supervise execution rather than merely issue orders. 3 15 57 364

He is ambitious and deeply convinced that productivity, organization, and military strength can overturn the existing order. His long-term plans focus on agriculture, metallurgy, education, centralized administration, and transforming ordinary people into disciplined soldiers and managers. 7 108 230 250

Romain can be patient and protective toward those he values, particularly Gevra and trusted retainers. However, he is also authoritarian and ruthlessly instrumental in war: he executes captives, treats disloyal or unusable people as expendable, and prioritizes his own survival and ambitions over the lives of others. 30 194 285 393 394

Abilities & Skills

Life-Skill System

Romain uses the Tale of Survival system to gain experience through physical labor, with every point of experience granting practical knowledge and skill milestones yielding Origin Stones. 3

• Construction — Built five crude wooden houses in a single day after gaining construction experience; later reached Level 3, gaining knowledge applicable to bridges and castles. 3 91
• Planting — Personally ground his Planting skill for seven days and introduced standardized agricultural practices. 17
• Gathering — Levels the skill through logging, quarrying, and mining; reaching Level 2 granted lumber-working and basic mining knowledge. 35 40
• Blacksmithing — Began forging personally, gained Forging Experience, surpassed Laxus’s skill through intensive work, and reached Level 2. 62 64

Apostle Management

Romain can recruit people as Apostles through a Recruitment Pool and access interfaces for their attributes, skills, equipment, job changes, tokens, and Affinity. 7

• Affinity assessment — Uses Affinity as an approximate measure of an Apostle’s loyalty, trust, or attachment to him. 67
• Resource-based enhancement — Can improve Apostle attributes and skills by consuming extraordinary materials such as Magic Stones, refined metals, and gems. 7 126
• Knowledge transfer — Uses sapphires to overlay his own technical knowledge directly onto Apostles, as demonstrated when he imparted blast-furnace and coking-furnace knowledge to Ruto. 114
• Higher-dimensional strengthening — Can enhance Apostles’ attributes, combat instincts, skills, and even spells when sufficient resources are available. 419

Engineering and Industrial Innovation

Romain combines system-granted knowledge with hands-on experimentation to develop production technologies beyond local standards.

• Designed and built a water-powered trip hammer capable of driving five hammers simultaneously, substantially improving forging efficiency. 64
• Developed a primitive manual rolling mill with Magic Steel rolling rolls to support plate-armor production. 243
• Introduced heavy plows, composting, improved horse harnesses, coke production plans, and standardized farming methods. 15 17 35 57 108
• Organized large-scale mining for salt, coal, iron, Magic Ore, and placer gold. 57 114 221 222

Combat Ability

Romain received rigorous cultural and martial training from childhood and is a Transcendent War Knight. 4 17

• Archery — Can barely draw the Armor-Piercing Greatbow, whose extraordinary effect multiplies his shooting force enough to penetrate armor. 141
• Combat intuition — Possesses the Armor-Splitting line’s danger sense; he instinctively detects hostile weapons and used this ability to react to a Papal assassination attempt. 285
• Close combat — Killed a Tier 3 agile assassin in a direct sword exchange, relying on experience, timing, and decisive lethality. 285
• Command presence — Personally leads marches, carries supplies to set an example, and can dramatically raise his soldiers’ morale through speeches and battlefield appearances. 134 229 383

Spellcasting

Romain studies magic to counter enemy spellcasters and develop magical military units. 278 403

• Mastered basic spells before advancing into the Silver Moon System. 410
• Uses dreams and the Battle Simulation to repeatedly practice spellcasting and battlefield command. 410
• Seeks to equip selected troops with Moonlight Armor and develop the Silver Moon Knights into a magic-resistant special-force unit. 404

Governance & Rule

• Established the Origin Codex, a legal framework that grants subjects human rights and equality in principle while preserving Romain’s absolute authority over their rights and freedoms. 130
• Created a twenty-person police force and arranged matchmaking efforts to maintain social order and household stability. 130
• Founded the Resident Department to manage public order, health, and welfare; appointed the literate Apostle Aida as deputy director. 214
• Restructured his military by role, improving attributes suited to Heavy Armor, Snipers, Special Forces, infantry, and cavalry. 230
• Prioritizes education and practical training, using schools and direct supervision to cultivate future civil servants and administrators loyal to his rule. 421
• Promotes self-sufficiency when foreign trade is cut off, expanding internal production and conserving resources rather than immediately confronting every enemy force. 284

Equipment

• Armor-Piercing Greatbow — Extraordinary bow with immense draw weight that multiplies Romain’s shooting power. 141
• Magic Steel arrows — Commissioned thirty arrows from Ruto before a campaign. 141
• Short sword — Used to kill a Faceless Death Warrior during the Papal assassination attempt. 285
• White horse — Rides it while leading convoys, inspecting forces, and visiting captive camps. 133 393

Relationships

• Seth — Steward, former etiquette tutor, and trusted administrative adviser. Romain ignores Seth’s lectures on noble decorum but values his management experience; Seth’s Affinity eventually approaches 90%. 3 67
• Mol Bass — Sigg Town’s agricultural officer. Initially terrified of Romain, Mol becomes a key executor of agricultural and labor directives. 1 15 35
• Aaron — Four-star Apostle and War Knight who serves as a military instructor and trusted supporter. Romain plans equipment and attribute upgrades specifically to strengthen him. 6 36 114 126
• Green — Romain’s childhood friend and War Knight. Their relationship is strained by Green’s pride and dissatisfaction, but Romain later appoints Green to command the Silver Moon Knights. 3 40 404
• Gevra — Witch and personal attendant whom Romain shelters from prejudice. She relies on his authority for safety, while he protects and cultivates her magical development. 30 35 58 212
• Morey — Merchant ally whose commercial resources aid Origin’s development. Romain initially appears indifferent to Morey’s crisis, but later dispatches one thousand troops to rescue him. 16 209 210
• Dick — Veteran knight and loyal subordinate. Romain seeks medical knowledge from him, supports his recovery, and relies on his leadership in major operations. 98 108 210
• Ruto — Talented blacksmith Apostle promoted to director of the Foundry Department. Romain recognizes his potential and directly imparts advanced smelting knowledge to him. 98 114
• Shasta — Nightmare Witch and later Romain’s personal protector following the assassination attempt. 250 285
• Io Tashina — Black Iron ruler and fellow bearer of Shen'ao blood. She seeks an alliance and marriage arrangement with Romain, while he refuses to surrender control of his territory or subordinates. 359 364 367

Notable Quotes

“I am the rule.” 4

“From now on, I will tell everyone in this land that a new era has arrived!” 108

“Everyone has their own mission. My mission is Destiny, and Destiny is to lead humanity to the next, better, and fairer future.” 442