Rowan Segmunt

Rowan Segmunt (ロウアン・セグムント) is a mercenary-for-hire from the Sacred Vollachia Empire and the father of First ranking Divine General Cecilus Segmunt. Initially debuting as a minor character during one of Subaru's failed loops in Arc 7, he later reappears with a larger role in Arc 8.

Appearance
Rowan has blue eyes, blue hair, and is a rather old and rugged looking individual, with a bit of facial hair covering his face. He is a self-proclaimed rōnin and dresses like one, wearing a rather large hat and black cloak which is decorated with vertical stripes of gold colour. He has a katana at his waist, which has a black scabbard and a light-purple rayskin. Due to him being an alcoholic, he also stinks of booze.

Personality
Rowan has been shown to be quite a drunkard, usually spending his time and money in different pubs, drinking copious amounts of alcohol. He has been shown to be able to hold his alcohol surprisingly well, as he was able to easily cut down Gaoran Peitiet despite being drunk. As expected from a mercenary, Rowan's main goal is money, and he is prepared to do nearly anything for an appropriate compensation. However, Rowan is willing to offer praise to his opponents in battle. He has also been noted to be rather rough but straight to the point.

History
A couple of months following the Imperial Selection Ceremony and the failed uprising at the Gladiator Island Ginunhive, Rowan acted as the newly crowned 77th Emperor Vincent Vollachia's bodyguard. At the time, High Count Gaoran Peixit orchestrated an attack on the Crystal Palace, using the absence of the First-Class Generals and Lupugana's weakened defences to his advantage–however, to no avail. With his forces being swiftly defeated by a retaliating force led by then-Third-Class General Zikr Osman, the High Count was then killed by Rowan, who deflected the Count's halberd strike aimed at the Emperor's chest, and diagonally slashed Gaoran and ending his life then and there.

Abilities
Sword Skills: Rowan is very skilled with his katana, having been mentioned by the barista to be by far the strongest individual from the pub Subaru and Flop found him. Subaru also notes that Rowan's sword technique is similar to that of a martial art style known as "iai", a real life Japanese-specific martial art that involves quickly drawing one's blade to attack and then immediately resheathing it right after.

Excellent Teaching Abilities: In The Land of the Wolves / Death unto the Weak, Mercy be None Zero Vincent side story, it was revealed that though his skill with the blade was top-class, he is also an extremely good tutor who is capable of producing beings with extreme skills with the blade.

Considerable Power: Roughly 7 years ago, Rowan's sword skills and the ability to train unbelievably powerful individuals landed him a job by the newly-crowned 77th Emperor Vincent Vollachia, which had him act as his bodyguard for an unspecified period of time. Vincent also commented on Rowan's sword skills, stating he'd easily be able to rise to fame purely through his skill with the blade.

Trivia

 * Rowan has his own named chapter in Arc 8, in the Web Novel.