Chisha Gold (チシャ・ゴールド) is the Fourth ranking Divine General of the Sacred Vollachia Empire and Emperor Vincent Vollachia's military advisor and decoy. He played a rather important role in Ex 4, Ex 5, and Sword Identity, where he aided the emperor with the best of his abilities. In Arc 7, he was the seeming main antagonist.
Originally a commoner who happened to help the young emperor, Chisha quickly became a great ally to Vincent, helping him rise to the throne of the Empire. However, after the appearance of a certain Stargazer with a prophecy of the future, Chisha ousted the emperor from the throne with the help of the Imperial Prime Minister, hoping to save him from his demise, triggering the Imperial Civil War in the process. Eventually, he was killed by a resurrected Balleroy Temeglyph at the Great Disaster's commencement after sacrificing his own life to save Vincent's.
Appearance
Chisha Gold was a tall, lean man with relatively long snow-white hair with the tips of his bangs being purple in color. His extremely pale complexion made him give off an impression as if all the color drained from him. He was also noted to emit an aura of not entirely being present in the room. His golden eyes had a decorative purple tear-drop at the outer side of each of his eyes which give off an air of mystery which befitted the Divine General rather well. He dressed in a long white coat that covers his body in its entirety. The coat has a rather high white collar and what appear to be 6 purple-colored gems at his chest area; three for each side of the chest. The inside of the coat seems to be a mixture of different colors arranged in stripes; darker white, grey and grey with circular purple designs respectively.
Before the coronation of the seventy-seventh emperor of the Vollachia Empire, Chisha wore the exact same dress but solely black. His hair was also of the same color, as well as his weapon. Following his injury that almost cost him his life, Chisha's hair turned white and thus, the Divine General decided to entirely switch his color scheme.
Personality
Chisha was a calm and collective individual, preferring to rely on his keen intellect rather than on his limited fighting strength. He walked around with an air of mystery and uncanniness, spoke in a polite manner, in contrast with some other Divine Generals such as Cecilus and Yorna, and generally gave off a more pacifistic vibe. Despite being a Divine General in the Vollachia Empire, Chisha was shown to not have much of the nationalistic tendencies others have, and admits his poor fighting capabilities,[1] claiming that he only became a Divine General out of necessity.
Despite his outward appearance, however, Chisha was cold and calculative, planning his every step and manipulating all of his opponents with borderline ease. With his keen intellect, he was easily able to impersonate Vincent's mannerism and ways of thinking to perfection, while his decoy ability seemingly allowed him to morph into the emperor, keeping the throne occupied and preventing a nation-wide rebellion from occurring. He was the first to betray Vincent,[2] though it was later revealed that he did so as part of a plan to use his own life as a substitute for the Great Disaster that was prophesied to kill "Vincent Vollachia".
History
Chisha was born in a commoner family under the name Chesha Trim (チェシャ・トリム, Chesha Torimu). Chesha first met Vincent Abellux when Vincent's Dragon Carriage got stuck in a ditch. Using his calculative skills, Chesha helped the Prince get his Dragon Carriage unstuck. Noticing Chesha's excellent calculative abilities, Vincent hired him and so, Chesha started working for the soon-to-be emperor of the Vollachia Empire. Concerned about his public identity, Chesha asked Vincent to confer a new name upon him; hence, Vincent named him Chisha Gold.
Seven years ago, during the time of the Imperial Selection Ceremony, Chisha worked as Vincent Abellux's chief of strategy. His plans were instrumental to Vincent's success though one of them resulted in his near-fatal injury caused by Arakiya that was the reason for his hair suddenly turning white after he'd flitted between life and death.[3]
After the rebellion four to five months before Arc 1, Chisha took place in a meeting about the incident alongside Vincent, Goz Ralfon, Groovy Gumlet, and Moguro Hagane. About a month later, he visited Lugunica in order to retrieve Gramdart Holstoy who Cecilus went to catch on his own behalf.[4]
Abilities
Unnamed Transformation Ability: Chisha often acted as Vincent Vollachia's decoy. According to Vincent, following his escape from the Imperial Capital of Lupugana, Chisha was the one who made a public appearance in his place and even acted as the emperor for him. Upon entering the Demon City of Chaosflame, Subaru, Al, and Medium encountered a group of four individuals, one of which being Vincent himself, despite how the real Vincent was resting at a lodging not far from the Crimson Lapis Castle. Vincent later revealed that the impostor was indeed Chisha Gold, remarking that many can impersonate him, but only Chisha is capable of fully embodying him.[5]
Keen Intellect: Chisha possessed considerable intellect and was capable of rapid critical thinking and planning. He had ascended to the rank of Fourth purely due to his calculative skills and outstandingly brilliant tactics. With him at his side, Vincent easily won conflicts and swiftly dispatched any and all dangers facing him. Furthermore, Chisha's keen intellect allowed him to impersonate Vincent to perfection and predicting his next moves, all the while fooling everyone in Vollachia with his decoying ability.
Infantilization (幼児化, Yōji-ka): Chisha was able to reproduce Olbart Dunkelkenn’s Infantilization technique. By forcing a contract onto the target and altering their Od, he can rejuvenate the target’s body and physically make them younger, even altering their mind to revert to their youthful personality to match their body. This was originally a technique made to render the target powerless against the user. Likewise, unlike Olbart’s usage of the technique, he was able to seal the memories of his targets.
Relative Power: Though noted to be rather weak for a Divine General, Chisha is able to stand his ground against someone as powerful as Arakiya, even if just for a short amount of time.
Equipment:
- White Fan: Chisha wields a fan in combat and is somewhat skilled with it.
Trivia
- Before Chesha Trim was revealed to be his old name, Chisha was first called the name "Chesha" by Cecilus in The Land of Wolves / Death unto the Weak, No Mercy ZERO Arakiya.
- Chisha has his own named chapter in Arc 7, in both the web novel and light novels.
- According to the author, Chisha's birthday is on November 1.
References
- ↑ "Though, I must say, the empire's way of life rather disagrees with me..." Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 4: The Silver Flower Dance of The Sword Saint and The Lightning. Section 8.
- ↑ "Subaru:“Chisha Gold… that’s one of the Nine Divine Generals. "White Spider", right?” Abel:"Yes. He is wise and good at commanding a large army. And..." Al:“That guy was first to betray Abel-chan.” Abel, crossing his arms on the bed, silently affirmed Al’s supplement." Arc 7 Chapter 39; Section 3
- ↑ "It appears like I've well and truly lost my hair colour due to what happened back then when I was flitting between life and death." Crimson Afterglow Part 3, Section 6.
- ↑ "This concludes our report on the capture of the unauthorized entrant from the empire. Glamdart Holstoy. He will be returned to his homeland to face judgement." Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 4: The Silver Flower Dance of The Sword Saint and The Lightning. Section 14.
- ↑ "There are many that can imitate my appearance, but there is only one who can embody me. ――Chisha Gold." Arc 7 Chapter 39; Section 3
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