Mi Lordring

"Mi Lordring"

- performing his signature introduction.

About
Mi Lordring is a fanatical priest of the AL Church that wanders around The Continent spreading the word of Alice while battling evil with his self-titled "Holy Fist". He is easily recognized by his intense expression and affinity for dramatic poses.

Beginning his career as a simple priest, his dedication has allowed him to steadily grow in power within the Church until becoming an Archbishop and Pope candidate in his most chronologically recent appearance.

His most notable appearance is in  Rance Quest Magnum, where he appeared as a Pope candidate being supported by the Nation of  Zeth. He was largely seen as an underdog due to his youth and lack of connections within the Church, but managed to win King  Ragnarokarc Super Gandhi 's favor due to his passion. He is notably the only Pope candidate besides  Crook Mofus  that isn't in any way corrupt, and is the only Pope candidate who achieved his position solely through hard work rather than underhanded tactics or family connections. Because of this purity, he is the only one of Crook's rivals to survive the events of the game, and he currently continues to serve as an Archbishop.

Personality and Appearance
He is never seen without his Alice puppet by his side, which he claims to be an avatar of the Goddess herself, despite the fact that he (poorly) provides the voice for it. Interestingly, as his rank within the Church increases, his Alice puppet becomes more detailed, beginning as a crude wood block in a dress and ending as virtually identical to the real Alice. Almost inverse to his Alice puppet's growth, Lordring's hair, which was once long and flowing, steadily falls out as he gains more power, to the point where he is completely bald as an Archbishop.

An incredibly passionate man brimming with religious zeal, he is largely indifferent to anything that doesn't involve his Goddess, up to the point of completely forgetting people that he has met several times before. He is very likely slightly insane, as he frequently travels through areas completely devoid of human life despite his goal being to convert other people to his religion. Despite this, he is a genuinely good man who never hesitates to help people in danger, and deeply believes in the teachings of the Church, completely unaware of its sinister inner workings and true agenda.

He has crossed paths with Rance several times throughout his adventures, though Rance's lack of interest in men and Lordring's lack of interest in everyone that isn't related to the Goddess Alice mean that neither of them ever remembers the other, though he almost always assists Rance whenever they encounter each other.

Strangely enough, Willis Fujisaki had a crush on him when she was still training to become a Level God, going so far as to claim that he was her boyfriend. Lordring was completely oblivious to her feelings for him and barely even seemed to register her as anything more than a means of leveling up. After becoming a Level God, however, Willis' memories of her life as a human were largely erased and she no longer remembers Lordring.

Abilities
While the full extent of his power is at the moment unknown, Lordring is suggested to be an extraordinarily powerful person that possesses abilities that border on superhuman. He is an extremely skilled Divine Magic user, and is capable of fully healing an entire party of high level warriors with the most basic healing spell. In addition, he is incredibly formidable physically, regularly defeating strong monsters singlehandidly while only using his fists. Compared to the other Pope candidates, who traveled with large groups of strong warriors to protect them when preforming miracles, Lordring traveled alone and yet still succeeded in preforming several miracles without a problem.

His amazing strength is further proven by his tendency to appear in situations and environments that are incredibly dangerous even for skilled warriors such as Rance completely unharmed, even appearing in the middle of a war zone seemingly no worse for wear.

In addition to his incredible physical capabilities, he also practices ventriloquism, and regularly speaks through his Alice puppet. Compared to his otherwise amazing talents, however, he is very bad at it.

Trivia

 * Similarly to the other two rival Pope candidates, Lordring shares a lot in common with the national leader that chose to support him, Ragnarokarc Super Gandhi. Both are ridiculously powerful and passionate individuals that are motivated solely by a desire to do good but are ironically ineffectual due to the way the go about doing it.
 * Despite being a character introduced late in the series, he has retroactively been made one of the most reoccurring characters in the series due to his appearances in Rance 01 and Rance 03.
 * In the rance 03 popularity poll he ranked as high as 7th.
 * His last name is very likely a reference to the iconic Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels.