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Innocentis VII reigns as Emperor of Lusitania, governing occupied Maryam and Pars. Elder brother to Guiscard, a shrewd political strategist who frequently manages imperial affairs to compensate for the emperor’s ineptitude. Adaptations diverge in his depiction: the 2013 manga and anime present him as morbidly obese, with cropped blond hair, a faint mustache, goatee, and piercing yellow eyes, draped in opulent yellow-and-white robes and jeweled rings. The OVA reimagines him with a slender frame, long wavy hair, and a refined mustache, clad in classical regal attire.
Lazy, arrogant, and intellectually inept, he neglects governance, entrusting duties to advisors like the manipulative priest Bodin or Guiscard. Obsessed with courting Pars’ widowed queen Tahamine, he disregards state matters and religious edicts forbidding union with non-Lusitanians. His naivety renders him a puppet for Bodin’s schemes, including sanctifying violent purges against non-believers.
Post-conquest of Pars, he relocates to Ecbatana, hoarding treasures and fixating on Tahamine while ignoring rising dissent. Guiscard openly condemns his negligence, as military elites like Montferrat defect to the brother’s faction, eroding the emperor’s waning influence.
His demise unfolds during a clash with deposed Parsian king Andragoras III. Ravaged by illness, he ambushes Andragoras in a tower, triggering a brutal grapple. Mortally wounded, he hurls himself and his foe through a window, their fatal plunge framed as a desperate act of devotion to his god. This collapse of authority destabilizes Lusitania, cementing his legacy as a symbol of decadent rule.
Inspired by Pope Innocent VII, his narrative underscores the corrosion of religious and political power. While adaptations vary visually and in secondary character dynamics, his core role persists: a vacuous monarch overshadowed by his brother’s cunning, emblematic of a corrupt regime’s unraveling.
Lazy, arrogant, and intellectually inept, he neglects governance, entrusting duties to advisors like the manipulative priest Bodin or Guiscard. Obsessed with courting Pars’ widowed queen Tahamine, he disregards state matters and religious edicts forbidding union with non-Lusitanians. His naivety renders him a puppet for Bodin’s schemes, including sanctifying violent purges against non-believers.
Post-conquest of Pars, he relocates to Ecbatana, hoarding treasures and fixating on Tahamine while ignoring rising dissent. Guiscard openly condemns his negligence, as military elites like Montferrat defect to the brother’s faction, eroding the emperor’s waning influence.
His demise unfolds during a clash with deposed Parsian king Andragoras III. Ravaged by illness, he ambushes Andragoras in a tower, triggering a brutal grapple. Mortally wounded, he hurls himself and his foe through a window, their fatal plunge framed as a desperate act of devotion to his god. This collapse of authority destabilizes Lusitania, cementing his legacy as a symbol of decadent rule.
Inspired by Pope Innocent VII, his narrative underscores the corrosion of religious and political power. While adaptations vary visually and in secondary character dynamics, his core role persists: a vacuous monarch overshadowed by his brother’s cunning, emblematic of a corrupt regime’s unraveling.