Hubert Lipton

Personal history
A member of Helman's Patton Faction and the best friend of Patton Misnarge. Son of Thoma Lipton, historically one of Helman's strongest generals. Because of his father's legacy, Hubert possesses a rather severe inferiority complex.

Appearances
In Rance IV he is a member of the Helman exploration platoon lead by "Bitch", a helman high rank officer and aristocrat. Even though Bitch is his superior, Hubert doesn't like to follow his orders since he knows that Bitch is horrible human being. He aids Shizuka when she was captured by them and after Bitch activates Toshi Ipsilon he joins Rance's troops permanently.

In Rance IX he is a member of Patton's rebellion troops under the command of Rance. He uses the magic katana Shiranui and wears a japanese armor in battle. Both these items were found in his father's weapon collection, Shiranui being given as a present to him by his father when he was much younger. Due to his inferiority complex Hubert tries to give Shiranui to other members of the rebellion troops such as Rick Adison, but he's constantly told to have more confidence in himself and keep the sword.

After Freak's death at hands of the Toshi Bustat he's able to unleash the katana's true form and use it's power.

Trivia
In Rance IX he wears a fake mustache as a "disguise" while traveling around Helman.

Hubert's katana Shiranui is mentioned in Sengoku Rance. It is the Katana that was supposedly taken by a huge, red-haired foreigner years before Rance arrived to JAPAN. This foreigner was Hubert's father, Toma.