Leip Barielle

Leip Barielle (ライプ・バーリエル) was a count and Priscilla Barielle's former husband.

Appearance
Leip was an older man with slicked back hair. He wore clothes befitting that of nobility.

Personality
Leip was known to be a strict person to himself as well as to others and was considered to be a competent commander. He was also ambitious as he found Priscilla before the royal family died and tried to use both her and Sphinx to further his goals. Because of his self-serving personality, he was not very well liked among his vassals and citizens who struggled under his rulership until Priscilla came and won them over. He was also a ruthless and cunning man, always one step ahead of everyone in his goals of seizing the throne for himself and was ready to take action to remove any thorns in his side.

History
Leip was trusted by the Lugnician royal family and was responsible for the administration of the Dragon Tablet. Using the information about the prophecy to his advantage, he searched for a candidate and found Priscilla. He had ambition to seize the throne in the Royal Selection through her and married Priscilla prior to the official ceremony for that reason. Leip had also setup a tournament for her to find a knight for the selection. She was originally to choose from among the top four, not knowing that in reality the contest had been fixed and all of them were his pawns in order to be used control her unpredictable behavior. However Priscilla picking Al instead botched part of the plan.

As a way to rectify this sometime later, Leip brought Gilian Endymion to replace Al and to later use him in his plot to put a curse on Priscilla after the opening ceremony of the selection. However, Schult objected to this idea, and Leip attempted to kill him as a result. Thanks to Al's change of heart, his plan backfired and he broke Leip's mind in the end. He eventually died sometime before the events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and as a result, Priscilla assumed his authority and land.

Abilities
Magic User (魔法使い Maho Tsukai): Leip could use Fire Magic. Equipment: Leip had a short barrel shaped meteor which amplifies the power of his spells.
 * Goa (ゴーア): Leip could manifest a blaze of fire to incinerate foes.

Trivia

 * Leip participated in the Demi-human War and boasted that his war-record was equal to Bordeaux Zellgef.