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West Stravin
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Biographical Information
Korean 웨스트 스트라빈
Occupation Duke
Head of the Stravin family
Head Advisor to Loenkant Frihanov Pahel
Status Deceased
Physical Traits
Race Human
Gender Male
Hair Color Pale Blonde
Eye Color Pale Hazel
Relationships
Family Haast Stravin (brother; deceased)
Ness Stravin (nephew; deceased)
Niece (unknown)
Affiliation Tashia Rochard
Brac Laiden
Hatton (bodyguard; deceased)
Skills
Abilities Contractor
Equipment Dragon Nails (Special-Class Dragon Artifact)
Debut
Season 1
Chapter Ch.17 - Riyenas (17)

West Stravin (웨스트 스트라빈, Weseuteu Seuteurabin) was a duke and the late head of one of the kingdom's top three noble families, the Stravins. He was a Contractor and head advisor of King Pahel.

Appearance[]

He donned a uniform decorated in the kingdom's colors with a looming headdress during kingdom affairs, his face always shrouded in shadow. In public, he deceitfully became a noble of poor heath.

Personality[]

History[]

West Stravin hailed from the Jerat Empire prior to moving to the New Continent. His intellect bore fruit to many achievements in Jerat, however due to false claims, he refuged with his relatives to the west. His health became frail from illness and was told he would not live past adulthood.

Independence War[]

Duringe the war, West became the Contractor of Dragon Nails, a special-class Dragon Artifact and was bestowed with vigorous health one again. During these events he was around eighteen. Awed by Pahel's dream, West became a close aide to him when they waged a war against the Jerat empire. Some time later, they had found the hidden labyrinth where Munyak hid herself and used the dragon's power. After their victory, he was given a noble status with the title of duke.

Red Rock Passage Incident[]

Though he led a group of Dragon Knights to the location where Reihart, Lexion, and Faltina were held hostage by Yugi, his real goal was to attain the Imugi Kirin's named Dragon Artifact , Lance of Zainarak. When the Imugi demanded to trade the royal family members for Munyak, Stravin refused to do so. He revealed to Yugi that due to the changes that were done on the treaty of both races, the Imugi does not have protection when on human territory and are to be treated however the kingdom wants. A fierce battle occured and Yugi is forced to toss away his named Dragon Artifact, transformed into his Mirage Beast form and threatened the queen's life. Stravin doesn't take action whatsoever and persuaded Lexion to take up the Lance and defeat the enemy himself. When it became obvious that Lexion's ownership of the Lance did not go well and Reihart himself entered the battle, Stravin ordered the knights to kill the princes as they witnessed too much.

Plot[]

Season 1 Episode 1:  Riyenas[]

Season 1 Episode 2:  Forest of Blue Mirage Beasts[]

Season 1 Episode 3:  Labyrinth of Terreh[]

Season 1 Episode:  Stravin[]

Future contents states that if Duke West Stravin was still alive during the 'catastrophe', the kingdom would not have fallen in complete anarchy.

Abilities[]

Stravin was an incredibly hard worker as he chose work as Pahel's confidante over everything else. His objectives were for the king's health and the sake of the kingdom. As King Pahel's head advisor, he had made use of the utmost of his political abilities and accomplished many goals during his career. He was considerably preeminent and the most influential within the king's Chamber Council.

Contractor[]

Despite his 'frail' physique, Stravin was a Contractor with the Special-Class Dragon Artifact Dragon Nails. Consisting of three brown-red claws, Stravin wore them on his thumb, index and middle finger of his left hand. With it, he can manipulate the surrounding earth to create abysses, deteriorate buildings, construct walls or platforms, and capture people. However like every human Contractor, he was only able to use his Artifact within a time limit.

He was also agile as he can easily rip a person's heart out.

Relationships[]

Colonel Kaneta

Haast Stravin - His brother.  

Head General Brac Laiden - A close colleague of West in the kingdom. They fought with each other during the Independence War. It is heavily implied that their relationship was still strong for many years as comrades seeing that Stravin had oftened inform Brac of the country's affairs.

Karin Kirin

King Loenkant Frihanov Pahel

Lieutenant Hatton - His trustworthy bodyguard. 

Marchioness Tashia Rochard

Prince Reihart Frihanov Cantaré

Prince Lexion Frihanov Latorio

Professor Ness Stravin - His nephew. Stravin appointed Ness as the royal tutor for the king's two elder sons. After Tashia kills him before he succeeded in assassinating West himself, he deemed his only family member as a traitor.

Reana Forté

Trivia[]

  • He was ninety-three years old when he passed away.
  • Because of his career as head advisor was top priority, he chose not to marry and rarely visited his blood-related family.

Quotes[]

  • If the king is healthy, then the kingdom is healthy. That is my absolute belief.

Images[]

References[]