Adelheid von Schugel is the Empire’s chief engineer for military research and development, known for advancing magical technology beyond other nations. A high-ranking mage-engineer and strategic advisor, he pioneered experimental devices such as the Elenium Type-95 Operation Orb, a revolutionary but volatile magical tool designed to convert mana into energy for combat and spellcasting. The orb frequently malfunctioned with catastrophic results and its stability required divine intervention from an entity called Being X, a dependency that caused psychological strain on users. He also invented the Type-97 Maneuver Assault Orb and the V-1 hydrogen-fueled rocket. During the war, he appears as a man in his fifties wearing a white lab coat and a monocle over his right eye, with curly dark hair and a slouching posture. Approximately forty years after the war, he is elderly with long hair and a beard, using a walking stick and dressed in civilian suits. His personality blends genius with instability, earning him the military nickname "Walking Disaster." He prioritizes theoretical perfection over practical safety, considering test personnel expendable. A divine epiphany from Being X triggers a profound religious transformation, leading him to defy orders and frame his engineering as an act of faith. He forced Tanya von Degurechaff to be the primary field tester of the Type-95 despite its documented hazards. After the Empire’s defeat, he emigrated to the United Kingdom of Albion, became a priest, and reinterpreted the nation’s collapse as an inevitable outcome shaped by cosmic design while downplaying conventional geopolitical explanations.