Kesselring

About
Kesselring is a unique case between Dark Lords. During the transformation some creatures may or may not go through some changes, but Kesselring's was the most drastic. He used to be a female of the Kalar tribe but upon drinking the blood of Demon King Ssulal, it caused his body and soul to disagree, turning into a male in the process. He still retains the Kalar crystal from before his transistion to Dark Lord form, and it turned blue when he lost his virginity.

He belongs to the Kayblis Faction and is one of the Four Elite Dark Lords, as such, he's one of the most powerful Dark Lords and also among the strongest characters in the setting.

Personality and Appearance
He is one of the most noble and merciful among the Dark Lords. He despises Kayblis with passion, and the only reason for him to be among his faction is because he does not believe in Gi's way of coexisting with human kind.

He has been described by many as a benevolent vampire, and although his appearance may resemble the vampires of legend, Kesselring is known to be one of the most respectful of all Dark Lords. He is very merciful towards his opponents and will only resort to killing if he sees no other option. Kesselring is known for taking in human women and Kalars under the abuse of men and protect them. He doesn't force them against their will to be with him but more often than not they choose to stay with him and serve him. As much as he's kind towards abused humans and Kalars, he despise humans that cause harm to others or take advantage of the weak. If a human is seen robbing or raping in his sight he will immediately rage and attack to protect the defenseless, regardless of who it is.

He loves beauty, and abhors the ugly. He cannot stand the physical appearance of Kayblis but puts up with him. Of course he would never turn against someone based only on the physical appearance alone.

Some of the women he saves and keep under his wing choose to serve him as maids. Kesselring turns them into Apostles he calls Lovers, and they live at his side from then on as maids. All of his maid Apostles are given a card with stamp spaces, every time they excel in their work Kesselring will stamp their card. When the stamp card is full, the lucky Apostle gets a week alone with Kesselring at a luxurious resort. Kesselring has the most apostles of all the Dark Lords, getting the impressive number of eight apostles and before parting to a dangerous fight or some other place that will take him some time to return, he spends time with each individually to wave off.

His apostles are: Varen, Alcarria, Elsill, Kanayo, Sharon, Barbara, Paleloa and Lilim. They were made to serve, so they aren't particularly impressive for combat, but they might have some ability, since they successfully attacked Kentarou and Miki once.

In terms of attire, he is very similar to a classic vampire from folk stories, he prefers an aristocratic garb and loves to dress formally. He has a long stylish golden hair and usually wears glasses. His height and weight are 172cm and 61kg respectively and by LP0006 he's at least 3065 years old, making him one of the eldest Dark Lords.

Abilities
As one of the Elite Four Dark Lords Kesselring is one of the most powerful beings in The Continent and even among the Elite Four he's above average. He has a Lv2 in magic and had a level cap of 212, with his current level being 207, which means that only Supreme Dark Lord Hornet and Kayblis are stronger than he is. He generates an oppressive aura of fear and suffocation and he is way beyond above the regular humans, being able to kill a normal human just by staring or yelling at them. This is even more impressive if we take into account that Dark Lords are weakened based on the amount of apostles they have and Kesselring has an absurdly high number of apostles.

He is vampiric in technique, not just appearance. He can survive on human blood, and drinking it strengthens him. He can transform himself into a cloud of dust for a quick escape, or he can use this technique to choke people to death.

The most unique of his abilities is the ability to return from the dead. If he is killed, he does not become a Demonic Blood Soul, instead his body crumbles into ashes. His maid followers collect the dust, place them inside a rose scented coffin and perform a rite known as the "Sacrifice of Blood", this process resurrects Kesselring into an even stronger form, and can be repeated indefinitely. The only counter for this ability is to destroy Kesselring's coffin to prevent his revival. Also, destroying the coffin apparently severely weakens Kesselring. It is unknown up to what extent the maids are necessary to perform this tecnique since Ho Raga and other Dark Lords recommend destroying his coffin as a counter-strategy, implying that he might be capable of coming back by himself in enough time.

Personal History
In the year SS0420 Demon King Ssulal stumbles with Kesselring, who was still a female Kalar by then. She decides to turn her into a Dark Lord and she becomes a male. While he was initially shocked at what has happened Ssulal takes a liking to him, and asks him to become her personal guardian knight. He loyaly agrees and knees to his new master.



In the year LP0001 Kesselring joins the Kayblis Faction, though he despises Kayblis and think him hideous, he prefers the company to the idea of peaceful relations with humanity. He starts fighting against the Hornet Faction and chasing Kurusu Miki with the objective of killing her. While fighting against the Hornet Faction he's most of the time trying to explain his point of view and hopes to convince them to unify the Monster Realm without having to resort to fighting to make Kayblis the Demon King. This obviously fails every time since they are completely loyal to Hornet and Gi and would never serve Kayblis.

In the year LP0004 Kesselring comes across Nagi su Ragarl, who was attacked by a group of monsters and lost her memory after falling off a cliff. He decides to take her to his castle and protect her until she recovers her memories. Nagi becomes a maid-in-training and shows incredible aptitude for being a maid.

Kesselring was willing to turn her into an apostle but she regained her memories and left the Monster Realm.

Trivia

 * He's a rare case of gender bender in fiction in which a woman turns into a man, rather than the other way around.
 * He has the highest number of apostles, beating even Xavier.
 * The Kalar crystal that remained from his former times as a Kalar is green, rather than blue. The reason for this is unknown but is probably related to his transformation into a Dark Lord.
 * He is the only known Kalar to become a Dark Lord.