Beldia is a headless undead knight clad in dark grey armour who rides a black headless horse.
Personality[]
Beldia was a no-nonsense and prideful Devil King's General who always tried to inspire fear. Because of his pride, he didn't like to waste his time on weaklings, paying no mind to the Begginer Town Axel[2] and following the Devil King's Army's tradition of sending his minions to fight first, just joining the fight once his Undead Knights were defeated.[1] Beldia was also ruthless in battle, to the point of sadism, enjoying terrorizing his victims with his Herald Death.[2][3]
However, as a former Knight, Beldia kept some of his honor, valuing selfless acts.[1] He was also very patient, enduring Megumin's attacks for an entire week while processing what was happening,[4] and was willing to letting her off with just a lecture,[2] although Megumin's constant attacks and the supposed disregard for Darkness' sacrifice drove him to nervous breakdowns. Moreover, while Beldia was warm with animals,[4] he was still capable of raising his hand against a woman.[1]
Lastly, while Beldia looked imposing, he was actually pretty perverted, constantly harassing Wiz in the Devil King's Castle by throwing his head under her skirt[5] and at Wiz's chest, as well as hiding his head in her bathroom while she showers.[6] Beldia was very lively too, by the way he welcomed both Wiz[7] and Sylvia to the Afterlife, waving and filled with joy,[8] also calling Wiz to the great beyond everytime she is on the brink of death.
History[]
Beldia was once an honourable knight who was unjustly executed, and his grudge over this matter transformed him into a Dullahan. Later on at some unknown point in time, he joined the Devil King's Army, and had one time fought Wiz's party before cursing them all to die, only to remove the curse after Wiz transformed into a Lich and beat him up.[3] The Devil King afterwards sent him to Axel for investigating a mysterious light that had suddenly appeared, which was actually caused by Aqua's appearance in their world.[1]
After scouting out the area surrounding Axel by himself and discovering the abandoned castle to be a good base of operations,[9] Beldia returned to the Devil King's Castle before heading back there with an army of Undead Knights, which caused all majors cities of Belzerg that were unsure of his goal to uneasily keep their forces on standby.[10]
Subsequent to Beldia's forces settling into the abandoned castle, the local weak monsters all laid low in fear of his presence, which in effect did away with a lot of quests that beginner adventurers rely on for a living. Then after enduring recurring daily Explosions which were not only a great nuisance but damaged the castle faster than he and his grunts could repair them, Beldia finally couldn't take it, and so journeyed to Axel for demanding the idiot to stop the Explosions. Megumin though refused his demand, so in fury Beldia casted a curse that would kill her after a week, only to have Darkness take the curse in her place. Although initially pleased to have Megumin tormented by the imminent death of her party member, Beldia was soon unnerved by Darkness' fantasies of the perverted things he would do to her, and was saved from having her follow him back solely because the apologetic Kazuma was restraining the perverted Crusader. He accordingly promised to undo the curse if Megumin managed to reach him at the castle after defeating his army, before returning to make the preparations.[2]
However, not only did nobody arrive at the castle even when the deadline of Darkness' death had passed, but the daily Explosions still continued. Angered at both the ongoing harassment and the party dishonourably leaving their member to die, Beldia again headed for Axel to call on those misdeeds. Yet after Kazuma chastised Megumin and Aqua for the Explosions, Beldia got a nasty shock when he saw Darkness still very much alive as a result of the curse already Broken by Aqua, who casted an unbelievably powerful Turn Undead that despite the wards on him from the Devil King still caused immense pain. He subsequently sent his army of Undead Knights to slaughter the inhabitants of Axel, only to have them all ignore his command and instead chase after a fleeing Aqua.[1]
Following his army being wiped out by Megumin's Explosion, Beldia was surrounded and attacked by a number of adventurers, yet by throwing his head into air to observe the whole battlefield, he was able to deftly cut them all down. He next cursed the mages attacking him, then began cutting at Darkness who despite unable to hit him fantasized in a way unnerving to him, before defying Kazuma and other Thieves' attempts to Steal his sword.
But just as he was about to kill Darkness, Kazuma upon recalling that Undeads are susceptible to water teamed up with other mages to Create Water at Beldia, though the Dullahan managed to dodge all the water, until Aqua flooded the area with Sacred Create Water. Severely weakened, Beldia ended up having his head Stolen by Kazuma and used for soccer, followed by Aqua's Sacred Turn Undead completely purifying him from existence.[1] Beldia was later seen by Wiz at the other side of the river calling for her when she was lingering on the edge of death,[11] and continued muttering to her soon afterwards as she approached death again.[12][12]
A copy of him in the form of a physical illusion originating from the traumatic memories of Kazuma's party was also spawned by the Mystery Tower, first glimpsed by Darkness at the midpoint of their trek up, and later making a full appearance at the top floor alongside Hans. As they fought the hated party and their companions, whenever one illusion was defeated he would immediately be regenerated by the other. But Kazuma then instructed Aqua to purify Beldia at the same time Wiz froze Hans, which took out both illusions at once. While the fake Beldia was about to disappear, he rolled his head to peek up the skirts of some accompanying female members of the party as a final act, which in effect expediated his demise when the upset women stomped his head.[13]
In the anime, Beldia along with Hans reached from the river to pull Sylvia over to their side after the Growth Chimera was shot clean through by the Railgun, yet Sylvia's will to live instead dragged them back into the world of the living in a chimeric body composed from characteristics of all three Devil King's Generals and the Mage-Killer. Beldia proceeded to join Sylvia in seeking revenge on Kazuma's party as well as battle Wiz and Vanir, though he was in the end blown back into death alongside Sylvia by Megumin and Yunyun.[8]
Abilities[]
As one of the Devil King's General, Beldia was a powerful monster capable of surviving even Megumin's Explosion Magic and Aqua's Sacred Create Water. He never got tired and his focus was attack skills.
Herald Death
Greatsword: According to Wiz, Beldia's swordsmanship is impressive even among the Devil King's Generals.
Herald Death: A curse which kills the target after a set period of time. Just an extremely powerful Arch Priest can lift it.
Summon Undead Knights: Beldia is capable of quickly summoning a group of Undead Knights, although he can only give them simple commands.
Evasion
Evasion: By throwing his head into the air, and suspending it, Beldia is capable of having a birds eye view of the battlefield. He can instantly evade and counter attack any opponents caught in his sight.
Unlimited Strength: Beldia boasts the unlimited strength and stamina of the undead, being able of easy overwhelming Darkness, and defeated numerous rookie adventures with a superhuman speed.
Holy Magic Resistance: Thanks to Devil King's protection, Beldia's armor has a high resistance against Holy Magic, being able to survive both Aqua's Turn Undead and Sacred Turn Undead (but not without damage). He can also resist low-level skills like Kazuma's Steal.
Weakness[]
Running Water: Like other high-ranked undead and vampires, Beldia's weakness is water, as getting hit by Aqua's Sacred Create Water weakened him enough to Holy Magic works against him.
Equipment[]
Cursed Armor: Beldia wore a cursed armor resistant against Holy Magic. If anyone but Beldia wears it, the armor will paralyze and reduce them to ashes.[14]
Trivia[]
The Devil King used to have headaches with Beldia constantly "forgetting" his head in the bath of his daughter.[15]
In the initial web novel, Beldia's head was Stolen by Chris.
