Victor

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Victor Golden Sunflower (维克多)
Alias(es)	Lord Victor; Baron of Two Rivers Territory; Viscount Golden Sunflower; Marquis Golden Sunflower 3 65 81 717
Gender	Male
Age	18 years and 2 months during the Northern Frontier campaign 69
Birthplace	Golden Sunflower Territory 14
Affiliation	Golden Sunflower Family; Two Rivers Territory/County; Great Oak Territory; Northern Frontier Allied Army; Southern Marching Legion; Northern Alliance Army 16 64 502 527 844
Occupation/Role	Marquis, territorial lord, military commander, administrator, and guardian of Great Oak Territory’s heir 502 717 718
Spouse	Veronica Golden Sunflower 718 798
Children	Charlie Golden Sunflower 798
Status	Alive 1113
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Lord / baronial heir	3	Recognized as “Lord Victor,” a customary title for the heir of a barony. 3
Acting Lord	14	Managed Golden Sunflower Territory while his father was away; his panel records the titles “Acting Lord” and “Lord.” 14
Beacon Lighthouse inheritor	11	Learned that his golden finger was the Beacon Lighthouse, an ancient-civilization legacy operating at minimum capacity under Guide Number One. 11
Baron	16	Baron Wembley transferred the baronial title to Victor and entrusted him with the northern expedition. 16
Combat Assistance System activated	22	Used the system in live combat; it identified openings, warned of threats, and guided his attacks. 22
Viscount Golden Sunflower	81	Count Colt promoted him to Viscount and tasked him with severing the Barbarians’ northern supply route. 81
Transcendent-organ modification initiated	383	Number One used magic-energy material to modify Victor’s organs into a special ability usable before the Magic Tide’s full return. 383
Beacon Lighthouse modification adaptation phase	384	Number One entered low-power mode after beginning the modification, estimating that its effects would require two to three months to manifest fully. 384
Supernatural Perception awakened	499	Victor activated a modified pineal gland that greatly heightened his sensory acuity and reaction speed. 499
Passive sensory enhancement	514	Even when his active ability is dormant, his hearing and smell remain greatly heightened, making stealthy approaches extremely difficult. 514
Multidimensional Transcendent Perception	575	His perception developed enough to distinguish muscular structure and skeletal gaps, allowing extraordinarily precise attacks. 575
Affinity-magic energy gemstone acquired	578	Number One refined captured magical material into a gemstone that gathers and stores magic energy, supplying Victor’s abilities and accelerating his modifications. 578
Marquis Golden Sunflower	717	Received a marquis title from the Raine Kingdom following his civil-war achievements. 717
Feudal overlord of the Two Rivers vassals	718	Established a network of subordinate noble territories whose law, diplomacy, and military command fall under his authority. 718

Background / History

Early life and civil war

Victor awakened memories of a past life at age twelve. From that point, he could see a tower-like phantom in his left palm that nobody else could perceive; he regarded it as his “golden finger,” though it initially gave no response despite years of experimentation. 1

The phantom was later revealed to be the Beacon Lighthouse, an inheritance from an ancient civilization. Its current energy reserves permit only low-level auxiliary functions, while its greater functions are expected to unlock as the Magic Tide rises. Victor was informed that his ultimate mission involves establishing a Void Lighthouse and a Void Fleet capable of contacting and defending against other civilizations. 11

His adult mentality made him unusually disciplined in study and martial training. Before becoming a territorial lord, he was widely praised in Bole County as an exemplary noble heir. 3

At seventeen, Victor served as a light cavalryman in the Eastern Third Legion during the Vera civil war. He led the Sixth Squad of the Light Cavalry Brigade, survived the collapse of Grand Duke Jola’s forces, and was temporarily assigned command of the Third Company while gathering stragglers and battlefield intelligence. 1 4

Inheritance and northern migration

After returning home, Victor helped organize Golden Sunflower Territory’s military expansion, including the recruitment of serfs with reduced taxes and the possibility of freedom after service. 10 13

Alex Iron Birch proposed exchanging the Golden Sunflower Territory’s eastern exclave for a larger northern holding. Victor accepted the arrangement, then inherited his father’s baronial title and led a large-scale migration north. 15 16 17

Upon reaching the new territory, he defeated a Barbarian cavalry force of 413 men while suffering only light casualties. The victory established the military foundation for Wood Fort Town, Sea Song Town, and the future Two Rivers Territory. 20 22 24

Rise as a Northern Frontier noble

Victor expanded his territory through military reform, settlement construction, trade, iron mining, steel production, education, and agricultural development. He also converted captured Barbarians into laborers, scouts, cavalrymen, and territorial auxiliaries. 25 45 97 120

During the Barbarian Tribal Alliance war, Victor repeatedly led high-risk operations, including flanking attacks and decapitation missions against tribal leaders. His achievements earned him promotion to Viscount. 70 81 89

Civil war and the southern campaigns

As the Duchy’s civil war widened, Victor formalized his relationship with Veronica and volunteered for a covert western mission intended to intercept a secret pact and influence undecided nobles. 179 180 187

Victor subsequently became a principal commander on the eastern front. His Southern Marching Legion defeated Duchy direct legions and hostile noble forces, while his political influence enabled him to recruit eastern nobles after battlefield victories. 258 500 527

Following Count Black’s death, Victor accepted the Great Oak seal and promised to safeguard Brando until he could inherit Great Oak Territory. He concealed the count’s death during the ongoing campaign to preserve the alliance’s military and political stability. 502 507

During the Ironvine campaigns, Victor personally confronted Silver Maple Secret Guards empowered by dangerous enhancement medicine. He studied their abilities before decisively overpowering them, including the berserk Number Five. 573 574 575

Marquess and territorial consolidation

After the civil war, Victor was elevated to Marquis by the Raine Kingdom. He rewarded his commanders with noble titles, including James as a viscount and Ron, Santos, Marvin, Foss, and Lodan as barons. 715 717

Victor distributed more than 10,000 square kilometers of land as fiefs and organized a formal vassal structure around Two Rivers Territory. His subordinate nobles accepted unified laws and his ultimate authority over diplomacy and military affairs in exchange for land, immigrants, funding, and development assistance. 718

Victor and Veronica later had their first child, Charlie. The birth of a legitimate heir stabilized the succession of the Golden Sunflower Family and Victor’s expanding domains. 796 798

Northern Wasteland crisis

Victor interrogated the defeated Barbarian leader Horne about the Iron Bone Tribe, the mysterious Kledun'e'emas a, and a battlefield weapon capable of summoning lightning. He independently verified key details and concluded that the Barbarians’ apparent technological or Transcendent capabilities required serious preparation. 831

When the Iron Bone Tribe’s rise threatened the Northern Frontier, Victor mobilized Two Rivers County’s railways, waterways, telegraphs, vassal armies, and fortification system. The county could field approximately 40,000 combatants, while its militia and auxiliaries could potentially double that manpower. 844

Appearance

At seventeen, Victor was recorded as 181 cm tall and 80 kg. He has black hair and is described as possessing a handsome face concealing an exceptionally powerful physique. 1 14 312

• A tower-like phantom appears in his left palm, visible only to him. 1
• Possesses extraordinary physical strength; he can defeat coordinated groups of trained soldiers in moments. 376
• His grip is powerful enough to dislocate Viscount Sonanda’s hand with little apparent injury to himself. 312
• His developed Supernatural Perception grants him unusually sharp senses even outside active combat, making covert attacks against him difficult. 514

Personality

Victor is pragmatic, self-disciplined, and strongly focused on long-term development. He treats military strength, population, infrastructure, food security, and trade as interconnected parts of territorial survival. 9 40 163

He values soldiers who serve him and consistently links military service to concrete rewards, compensation, land, or freedom. After suffering heavy casualties, he personally visited bereaved families to deliver severance pay and reassessed his army’s shortcomings rather than dismissing the losses. 21 90 93

Victor can also be ruthless when he judges a mission strategically necessary. During a covert operation in the western Duchy, he ordered attacks on fleeing civilians and the burning of houses to create confusion and divert enemy forces. 187

His approach to rule combines generosity with firm central authority. He rewards capable subordinates with titles, fiefs, and development support, but requires them to submit to his unified legal, diplomatic, and military structure. 718

Victor is scientifically curious and personally investigates unfamiliar resources, dangerous research subjects, and engineering failures. He generally distinguishes between negligence and deliberate wrongdoing, favoring corrective measures and stronger safeguards over impulsive punishment. 752 805 806

Abilities & Skills

Beacon Lighthouse, Calculation Module and Number One

Victor’s tower-like “golden finger” is the Beacon Lighthouse, an ancient-civilization legacy administered by Guide Number One. Because the current magic-energy concentration is low, the Lighthouse can provide only limited auxiliary functions, chiefly its calculation module and personal-interface capabilities. 11 14 20

• Generates tactical and intelligence-analysis support. 14
• Assists with agricultural optimization, military reward systems, mining plans, and territorial expansion calculations. 15 22 97 163
• Can help design weapons and engineering plans, from ballistas to counterweight trebuchets. 90 100
• Its calculations require time and depend on available data; Victor assigns it specific tasks rather than receiving immediate solutions. 15 22
• Can construct maps from collected terrain data and analyze territorial reports for inconsistencies or potential fraud. 20 131
• Number One can enter dormancy or low-power mode when energy is insufficient, significantly limiting its available assistance. 384 578

Combat Assistance System

The Combat Assistance System enhances Victor’s already formidable martial ability by analyzing enemy movement and identifying lethal openings. 22 23

• Warns him about attacks from blind spots, including arrows. 22
• Highlights weaknesses in an opponent’s stance and movement. 22
• Enabled him to personally kill at least thirty enemy cavalrymen, including a centurion, during his first major battle in Two Rivers Territory. 23
• Increased his assessed combat power from roughly 50 to over 180. 23
• Without the system, sustained prediction and analysis during sparring noticeably taxes his concentration. 35

Modified Physiology and Supernatural Perception

Using magic-energy material, Number One began modifying Victor’s body during his northern scouting expedition. The modification ultimately focused on his pineal gland, producing a Transcendent sensory organ. 383 384 499

• Active activation greatly improves his sensory acuity, reaction speed, and ability to process battlefield information. 499
• His perception remained partially active after use, producing a stable “passive enhancement” of hearing, smell, and awareness without notable adverse effects. 514
• He can perceive bodily structures, muscular motion, and weak points with enough detail to guide attacks through gaps between muscle fibers and vertebrae. 575
• His sensitivity to magical power enabled him to recognize that Arcane Beast Number One was feigning unconsciousness and to evade its magical stone-spike attack. 805 806
• His strength, agility, recovery, and battlefield awareness far exceed those of ordinary soldiers. 87 376 500

Affinity-Magic Energy Gemstone

Number One refined magical powder taken from Silver Maple Secret Guards into a small translucent black gemstone with blue luminescence. 578

• Functions as a magic-energy storage device, analogous to a battery. 578
• Gathers and stores ambient magic energy for Victor’s supernatural abilities and bodily modifications. 578
• Can be improved with additional affinity-magic materials, potentially making its functions permanent. 579
• Cannot provide enough energy to fully reactivate Number One by itself. 578

Command and Military Reform

Victor is an adaptable field commander and institutional reformer rather than solely an individual combatant. 4 25 120

• Reorganized the scattered Third Company after the Eastern Third Legion’s rout. 4
• Established post-battle reviews, a flag-language unit concept, Barbarian-language training, and revised army structures. 25
• Created a Staff Department for intelligence and strategy, while planning a formal military rank system. 120
• Prioritized mobile ranged weapons, transport detachments, war chariots, mounted infantry, and medical reform after the Tribal Alliance war. 45 90
• Built a layered intelligence structure: the Intelligence Department gathers external information, Military Intelligence Offices oversee forces and discipline, and the Internal Security Bureau manages internal surveillance, counterespionage, protection, and territorial defense. 805
• Uses railways, waterways, telegraphs, disciplined vassal forces, and fortified resource zones to coordinate large-scale military mobilization. 844

Territorial Development

Victor applies past-life knowledge and the calculation module to agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and logistics. 16 40 100

• Improved Golden Sunflower cultivation and oil extraction, increasing territorial oil output by 20%. 16
• Directed the construction of dock cranes to improve unloading efficiency. 40
• Developed white sugar and steel production as major financial foundations for Two Rivers Territory. 97 174
• Designed improved weapons and offered blueprints and craftsmen’s guidance to allied territories. 100 101
• Can rapidly design technical plans, but recognizes that production still depends on materials, craftsmen, and industrial capacity. 100
• Supported Veronica’s research into a low-speed diesel engine, then prioritized telegraph and telephone development to improve territorial command and communication. 169 170
• Introduced concrete construction methods to solve the dam project’s shortage of suitable cut stone, using brittle limestone as aggregate for cast blocks. 752
• Identified Softbark Tree resin as a superior insulating material suitable for durable underwater cables and arranged for its cultivation in his northern lands. 715
• Established and expanded heavily secured research institutions to support technological and arcane research. 805 857

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Family-crest sword — A sword gifted by Baron Wembley, bearing the Golden Sunflower crest on its hilt. 81
• Lance and longsword — Used during cavalry engagements; Victor commonly discards his lance after the initial impact and fights with a sword at close range. 22
• Greatsword — His usual weapon weighs 16 jin. 62
• Grape — A warhorse ridden by Victor during the Hot Water Fortress campaign. 72
• Golden Sunflower battle flag — Victor deliberately raises his personal banner at commanding battlefield positions to strengthen allied morale, though its visibility also draws enemy attacks. 630
• Affinity-magic gemstone — A magic-energy storage item refined by Number One from captured materials. 578
• Blazefire Gel — A limited and expensive incendiary weapon whose effectiveness is restricted against stone defenses and moving targets. 630
• Telescope — Used to observe enemy banners, commanders, and tactical developments from a distance. 635

Relationships

• Baron Wembley — Victor’s father, mentor, and predecessor as head of the Golden Sunflower Family; he transferred the baronial title to Victor and continued to support his expansion. He was later granted a new baronial title for his own service. 16 97 114 719
• Lady Ellie — Victor’s mother; deeply concerned for his safety and active in family and territorial affairs. 9 306
• Ron Edelweiss — Victor’s maternal uncle, trainer, and senior battlefield adviser; commands cavalry forces under Victor and was later promoted to baron. 9 70 281 715
• Santos — Former captain of Baron Wembley’s guard, later Victor’s trusted adjutant and garrison commander; he was promoted to baron after the civil war. 1 60 715
• James Blue Rose — Victor’s longtime friend, military subordinate, and lord of the vassal Green Valley Territory; he was promoted to viscount and accepted Victor as his feudal lord. 1 97 718 |
• Alex Iron Birch — Political ally, business partner, Veronica’s cousin, and later Duke of the Northlands; their cooperation helped establish Victor in the Northern Frontier. 15 99 179 844
• Veronica Golden Sunflower — Victor’s wife, political partner, scientific adviser, and mother of his son Charlie. 160 718 798
• Count Benjamin — Veronica’s father and an influential Northern Frontier commander who supported Victor’s advancement and treated him like family. 69 78 179 844
• Count Colt Iron Birch — Victor’s patron and ally; promoted him to Viscount, granted him major authority, and supported his eventual rise to Marquis. 81 258 527 717
• Number One — The guiding intelligence associated with Victor’s Beacon Lighthouse and calculation module. 11 14 20
• Marvin — A capable Iron Birch officer recruited by Victor, later a senior commander in his forces and a baron. 115 500 715
• Count Black — Victor’s deceased eastern noble ally. Before his death, Black entrusted Victor with the Great Oak seal and the guardianship of his heir, Brando. 502
• Brando Great Oak — Count Black’s heir and Victor’s ward; Victor serves as his guardian until he can securely inherit Great Oak Territory. 502 756
• Viscount Yellen — A Great Oak commander and ally who repeatedly fought alongside Victor and was promoted to viscount under Victor’s authority. 630 715
• Viscount Lenster — An Ironvine ally who received Victor’s support during the Ironvine campaigns and showed concern for Victor during the Silver Maple Secret Guard attacks. 573 630
• Isaac — Minister of the Medical Department and a leading researcher under Victor. Their collaboration oversees dangerous arcane-biological experiments. 730 805 806
• Vajic — Deputy director of the Internal Security Bureau and commander responsible for protecting Victor’s secret research facilities. 805 806
• Vitri Greenleaf — A longtime merchant associate and personal friend who was later promoted to baron but became marginalized within the Night Hawk Organization. 17 36 864

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Eastern Civil War — Served in the Eastern Third Legion, survived its collapse, and temporarily led the Third Company during the retreat. 1 4
• Northern Pioneer Expedition — Inherited the barony, moved thousands of settlers north, and established the foundations of Two Rivers Territory. 16 17 24
• Grasslands Consolidation — Defeated nearby Barbarian forces, expanded settlements, and reformed the territory’s army, economy, and administration. 25 40 45
• Barbarian Tribal Alliance War — Answered Count Colt’s conscription, distinguished himself at Hot Water Fortress and subsequent battles, and became a Viscount. 60 70 78 81
• Northern Frontier Development — Built iron and steel industries, expanded military institutions, secured vassalage from Green Valley Territory, and pursued large-scale territorial expansion. 97 120 163
• Western Duchy Covert Mission — Volunteered to intercept a secret pact, crossed the Carson Mountains with Alex, and used sabotage and diversion to disrupt enemy movements. 179 180 187
• Eastern War Zone Command — Received authority to command Northern Frontier Allied forces entering the eastern region and became a central figure in the civil war’s eastern front. 258
• Southern Marching Legion — Led victories against the Duchy’s forces, assumed temporary responsibility for Great Oak Territory after Count Black’s death, and became Count Colt’s potential breakthrough point against the southern army. 500 502 527
• Ironvine Territory Campaign — Reinforced Ironvine Territory, fought the Duchy’s Fourth Legion, and personally defeated Transcendent-enhanced Silver Maple Secret Guards. 573 575 630 635
• Postwar Marquess Consolidation — Became a marquis, rewarded his commanders with titles, established a vassal network, and centralized military and diplomatic authority across his expanding domains. 717 718
• Arcane Research Program — Oversees the Medical Department and Research Institute’s investigation of Transcendent materials, mutated organisms, and Arcane Beast Number One. 805 806 857
• Northern Wasteland Mobilization — Investigates the Iron Bone Tribe, Kledun'e'emas a, and the Faith Order while preparing Two Rivers County and the Northern Frontier for a large-scale Barbarian war. 831 844 930
• Northern Alliance Campaign — Hosts Northern Frontier nobles in Woodfort City and uses the railway to support mobilization toward the decisive battle against the Barbarians. 1025

Notable Quotes

“Bring me victory, and I will not be stingy with land, money, or honor.” 21

“Know yourself and your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.” 374