Heinkel Astrea

Heinkel Astrea (ハインケル・アストレア) is the Deputy Commander of the Royal Guards and Reinhard van Astrea's father. He is also the current Patriarch of House Astrea.

Appearance
Heinkel is a muscular man with short red hair, blue eyes and a stubble beard. He wears a black tabard with brown shoulder plates and chest armor, along with a dark cape, brown pants, gloves and black boots.

Personality
Although he appears to be a serious man, when it comes to fighting, he is usually somewhat shy and insecure, to which Theresia had to take his place to defeat the Hakugei, however, she got killed in the fight due the disappearance of her powers which passed down to her grandson, Reinhard van Astrea. Heinkel did not change at all. When he gets the opportunity to hide during a battle, he does.

He knows about his family's situation because of Theresia's death, but even so he interrupts anyone who tries to fix the matter, since for Heinkel, it does not make any sense to fix things. He is angry at Wilhelm for letting Theresia die, and at Reinhard for killing her when she was revived as a zombie by Pandora.

Heinkel is also an alcoholic, as he rather drinks his problems away than fixing them. He's mentioned to have started drinking when Louanna was afflicted with her unknown condition.

History
Heinkel was born to his father, Wilhelm van Astrea, and to his mother, Theresia van Astrea. He trained his swordsmanship until he became the Deputy Commander of the Royal Guards. Later, he married Louanna Astrea and they had a son, Reinhard van Astrea. Shortly afterwards, when Louanna was left in an inanimate state without any cure for such condition, Heinkel became an alcoholic, who entirely ignored Reinhard's education and existence. Then, when the Hakugei came to the Kingdom of Lugnica, Heinkel was commissioned to lead a group of men to eliminate it, but he refused, since he was too afraid. Theresia took his place at Heinkel's request, but ended up being killed by Pandora.

When Wilhelm returned from the search for a royal family member, he was as upset with Heinkel for his irresponsibility as he was with Reinhard for taking away the Sword Saint powers from Theresia during the battle, leading to a bad relationship between them. Heinkel and Reinhard continued working for the Royal Guards, with displeasure for both, and Wilhelm left them and started working for Crusch Karsten.

Abilities
Swordmanship: Despite being insecure about fighting, he's decently skilled.

Equipment: Heinkel is the current wielder of the Holy Sword Astrea (聖剣アストレア Seiken Asutorea).

Trivia

 * Heinkel is named by Veltol Astrea, his grandfather.