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Kiriya Nouzen, affectionately known as Kiri, hailed from the Giadian Empire's distinguished Nouzen clan, a noble family famed within the Onyx faction for martial skill and leadership. Born in SY 2127, he was assigned at age eleven as personal knight and caretaker to Empress Augusta Frederica Adel-Adler, embodying fierce loyalty and a serious, rule-abiding nature.
Throughout the six-year Giadian civil war, Kiriya commanded Frederica's royal guard. The progressive loss of family, friends, and allies chipped away at his sanity, intensifying his obsession with protecting Frederica and propelling him into violent madness. Witnessing her bloodstained mantle following the fall of Rosenfort fortress convinced him of her death, triggering a complete psychological collapse. This despair drove him to willingly undergo assimilation by the Legion's Tausendfüßler unit, transforming into the Shepherd designated "Pale Rider."
As Pale Rider, his consciousness occupied an electromagnetic railgun-equipped Morpho. He commanded Legion forces with unhinged aggression, discarding strategic objectives to pursue personal vengeance against the Federacy. His instability grew so severe that other Legion units advised reconditioning. Kiriya nursed a pathological hatred for his distant relative Shinei Nouzen, viewing their shared bloodline as a curse and fixating on Shinei's destruction.
In combat, Kiriya retained the exceptional melee prowess cultivated by his Nouzen lineage. He piloted a customized Azhi Dahāka Feldreß, exploiting its sheer weight and power for devastating crushing assaults. Even within the Morpho's unwieldy frame, he performed improbable maneuvers, countering close-range attacks by anticipating opponents' movements.
His final battle occurred during the Spearhead Squadron's mission to eliminate the railgun unit. After a prolonged duel against Shinei, Kiriya's Morpho was disabled. In a last act of defiance, he activated its self-destruct sequence, attempting to kill Shinei in the blast. This confrontation ended his existence.
Unbeknownst to Kiriya, his immediate family survived the civil war. His father had defected to the revolutionaries early in the conflict, a truth concealed from him during his descent into madness.
Throughout the six-year Giadian civil war, Kiriya commanded Frederica's royal guard. The progressive loss of family, friends, and allies chipped away at his sanity, intensifying his obsession with protecting Frederica and propelling him into violent madness. Witnessing her bloodstained mantle following the fall of Rosenfort fortress convinced him of her death, triggering a complete psychological collapse. This despair drove him to willingly undergo assimilation by the Legion's Tausendfüßler unit, transforming into the Shepherd designated "Pale Rider."
As Pale Rider, his consciousness occupied an electromagnetic railgun-equipped Morpho. He commanded Legion forces with unhinged aggression, discarding strategic objectives to pursue personal vengeance against the Federacy. His instability grew so severe that other Legion units advised reconditioning. Kiriya nursed a pathological hatred for his distant relative Shinei Nouzen, viewing their shared bloodline as a curse and fixating on Shinei's destruction.
In combat, Kiriya retained the exceptional melee prowess cultivated by his Nouzen lineage. He piloted a customized Azhi Dahāka Feldreß, exploiting its sheer weight and power for devastating crushing assaults. Even within the Morpho's unwieldy frame, he performed improbable maneuvers, countering close-range attacks by anticipating opponents' movements.
His final battle occurred during the Spearhead Squadron's mission to eliminate the railgun unit. After a prolonged duel against Shinei, Kiriya's Morpho was disabled. In a last act of defiance, he activated its self-destruct sequence, attempting to kill Shinei in the blast. This confrontation ended his existence.
Unbeknownst to Kiriya, his immediate family survived the civil war. His father had defected to the revolutionaries early in the conflict, a truth concealed from him during his descent into madness.