Thoma Lipton

About
Thoma Lipton was the General of the 3rd Army of the Helman Empire. He was a prime example of a non-standard human, and he was referred to as the world's strongest human on multiple occasions.

Thoma was ultimately brought down in the 7th Helman-Leazas War by the Supreme Commander of the Leazas Liberation Army, Rance.

Personality and Apperance
Thoma was a very stubborn man with an incomparable strength and tenacity. He was admired by many for his unmatched combat skills and was a very charismatic leader that would treat everyone equally, regardless of their position or strength. He was nice to his subordinates, but hard on himself, usually pushing to extremes or blaming himself for mistakes.

Like it's a standard in Helman, he was a very corpulent and tall man of 220cm. Even in his old days, he still had a very tough and worked body. With his large frame and massive height, Thoma was an intimidating presence.



He was Prince Patton's mentor and supported him since he was born. He tought him how to fight and how to be a good leader. He was also good friends with Hunty Kalar from the council of eight. They were both together in Patton's mother last moments, and Thoma carried her to Hunty.

Decades later, they still remain close friends. Prior to his last battle, Hunty showed concern over Thoma and admited to be scared he would die. Thoma laughed and said that he is Thoma Lipton and that he wouldn't die easily, although he mostly said this to keep Hunty from getting worried.

His son, Hubert Lipton, is Patton's childhood friend since they grew and  often played together. He's a caring father, but the weight of being the son of the World's Strongest was certainly heavy for Hubert.

Before his last battle Thoma envied Leazas's blue sky, saying how Helman's was always grey and cloudy, and regrets that he didn't teach Patton enough about the world.

Abilities
Thoma was referred multiple times as the world's strongest human. Wether it's true or not could be debatable since it's hard to compare with other humans that focus on magic rather than physical strength. However, the top tactician in Leazas, Barres Province, describes Thoma as the world's strongest and Rick Addison, the strongest fighter in Leazas, agreed to said statement.

This was proved by his abnormal fighting performance. Despite his old age, he was capable of fighting several hours heavily outnumbered and come victorious.



He was a firm wall that could not be penetrated or moved, some even described hims a terrific force of nature turned into a human. He had reached his impressive cap of 72 before dying and also had a Lv2 skill in Hammer Combat.

He was also capable of enduring and stand his ground against the Tulip 3, a tank design by Maria for military siege. Dark Lord Satella's top apostle, Caesar, had a hard time dealing with the Tulip 3, yet he was capable of beating up the tulip and even punch away cannon balls.

Even a devil like Feliss, who used to be 6 class in the Devil Hierarchy, was completely terrified and didn't even consider the idea of fighting Thoma, proving his massive strength. Despite how arrogant he is, Rance aknowledged Thoma's strength and was particularly proud of being the one that managed to ultimately take him down.

Trivia

 * Since the fall of Thoma, Lelyukov has been the backbone of the Helman Army and he's aware of this. In Kichikuou Rance if you recruit Lelyukov by takings his daughter as a hostage, his battle lines against helman battles tend to apologize to Thoma or even saying things like "Laugh at me Thoma".
 * In Sengoku Rance in the end of a long dungeon you can find a unique special chest that seems to contain a great treasure. However, said chest is empty and a civilian mentions that a very big and red-haired foreigner took it a long time ago. It was later revealed in Rance IX that this man was in fact Thoma, who found a special cursed sword and gifted it to his son.
 * In the Rance 03 Popularity Poll, Thoma ranked as high as 5th among male characters.
 * Of the male characters whose heights are known he's one of the tallest humans in The Continent.
 * He was one of the few humans known to reach his level cap.
 * Thoma was one of the few males Rance genuinely respected for his strength.
 * He was the first helman general seen in the series and the first to die.