Garfiel Tinsel

Garfiel Tinsel (ガーフィール・ティンゼル) is Frederica Baumann's half-brother and the former guardian of Sanctuary. Introduced as a secondary antagonist during the first half of Arc 4, he later became one of the main supporting characters of Re:Zero, with major roles in the second half of Arc 4, Arc 5, and Arc 7.

He harboured an immense fear of the outside world following a family tragedy. However, with Subaru's help, he overcame his past trauma and, after overcoming the Sanctuary and Mansion incident, joined the Emilia Camp. Since being exposed to the outside world, he has faced many situations where he was powerless, yet he still remains determined to protect those close to him.

Appearance
Garfiel is a young and relatively short boy with short, combed back gold hair and deep and sharp jade coloured eyes. Due to his demi-human blood, he has sharp feline like fangs, similar to Frederica's. In fact, both Frederica and Garfiel share a similar face with perhaps the main difference being the large white scar stretching across the entirety of Garfiel's forehead which he inflicted upon himself when after experiencing the First Trial and seeing his mother's "death", he fell into a state of panic and repeatedly bashed his head against the walls of the Tomb, leaving him with a permanent white scar.

Due to his vigorous training and his demi-human blood, Garfiel is extremely strong and possesses a rather well built and muscular physique. He can usually be seen wearing long black pants and a torn up loincloth that is heliotrope-purple on the outside and red-violet on the inside and a short black vest with red-violet accents. To match his colour palette, Garfiel can also be seen wearing black long sleeved gloves with red-violet accents Around his neck, a blue pyroxene crystal can also be seen dangling around.

Personality
Unlike his older sister Frederica, Garfiel uses his mother's surname Tinsel to remember her. He was initially hostile to Subaru, as he wanted to protect the people in the Sanctuary since he believed the outside world to be a terrible place. However, with Subaru and Ram's help, he was able to face his past and overcome it. After making up with Subaru, he begins to call him Captain. He has feelings for Ram and uses various proverbs to try and impress her to no avail. As a 14 year old, he also exhibits some chuunibyou tendencies, frequently being impressed by Subaru's naming sense.

Following his fight with Elsa at the end of Arc 4, Garfiel was haunted by a black phantom of the Gut Hunter, who appeared at the edge of his vision every time Garfiel's psyche dropped significantly due to a troubling event that wouldn't give him any rest. Following his encounter with the world's strongest person Reinhard van Astrea and humiliatingly being forced to flee from the inn before he could even exhange words with the Sword Saint, Garfiel could observe Elsa's phantom looking at him from around every corner, keeping her distance and smiling at him. Despite the eerieness of the situation, the phantom was not real as Garfiel stated he couldn't smell her scent, and the narration later explained how Elsa's phantom was simply a manifestation of Garfiel's weakness and regrets, which started roughly two months after he had left the Sanctuary, during a certain incident in a certain town which he, Otto and Subaru were involved in.

History
Garfiel was born around fifteen years ago to a father who was a half-Beast Human and a human mother, therefore, being brought to this world as a Quarter-Beast Human. Eventually, after wandering about, he and Frederica, along with their mother Reala (Reshia) were picked up by Roswaal and given a home in Sanctuary. Reshia had left her children in Sanctuary to bring back her missing husband.

Garfiel and Frederica lived together until she left when he was around 4 years old and he hadn't seen her since until their reunion 10 years later during the Sanctuary incident. After seeing his mother's "death" during the trial at a young age, he began to fear the outside world, causing him to try and protect the Sanctuary. He was eventually convinced otherwise once Subaru and Ram successfully talked him into facing his past in the trial.

Abilities
Divine Protection (加護 Kago):
 * Twin Shields: Garfiel uses two shields in combat. He's very skilled with them, using them for both offense and defence as they're sturdy enough to withstand devastating blows that would usually shatter his bones or cut off his arms, as well as deliver bone-shattering punches capable of subduing his opponents.
 * Pyroxene Crystal (輝石結晶): When Garfiel was younger, he and his sister Frederica both received a Pyroxene Crystal from their mother Reshia Tinzel.

Trivia

 * According to the author, Garfiel's birthday is October 12.
 * According to the author, Garfiel is scheduled to be featured in Arc 7 where he'll receive a substantial power buff.
 * He originally learned Healing Magic as one of the ways to support the residents of the Sanctuary.
 * According to Wilhelm, if Kurgan were to be at his full strength, Garfiel would promptly be killed right away.
 * Contrary to popular belief, Garfiel cannot smell the Witch's Scent.