Hedin Selland (ヘディン・セルランド) is an executive of the Freya Familia. Before this, he was the king of the White Elves on the Hjaðningavíg island.
Appearance[]
Hedin has white, almost translucent skin, golden hair that falls down his back and coral eyes. He wears a black battle tunic along with a white cape and a white belt, both with gold embroidery, and wears glasses. He is very beautiful and attractive even for an Elf, with features so delicate he is often compared to a woman, and even the Gods admire him for it.
Personality[]
Hedin is a calm and intelligent individual with rational nature. He always thinks before acting and often has to regulate the other executives. He hates having to act as the voice of reason and classifies his teammates as fools for constantly jumping into action instead of thinking ahead.
However, there are also situations where he would still prefer to follow his impulses, admitting that he would have liked to face Ottar rather than allow him to go face Udaeus.
Hedin is extremely loyal to Freya and is willing to carry out any order. Because he wants Freya's love only for himself, he is hostile towards the other members of his Familia, whom he sees as an obstacle and with whom he maintains a bad relationship of mutual hatred. He is also jealous of Bell because of the attention he receives from her. Despite being loyal to Freya, he is still courteous to Riveria. He takes his assignments very seriously, and goes to great length to ensure he achieves the best results.
Since Freya desires powerful warriors, Hedin seeks to become the most powerful of her Familia. Consequently, he sees Ottar as a target to overcome and looks for ways to become even stronger.
Hedin seems to take some pleasure in confronting skilled warriors and take pride in his abilities. After witnessing the display of Hogni's prowess in a clash between their kingdoms, the Dark Elf ended up being the only other existence he recognized apart from his own, wishing to face him in battle and defeat him.
He hates incompetence and those who don't make an effort to improve. Likewise, he holds in esteem those who possess ability and strive to improve and surpass themselves.
Beneath his composed facade, Hedin hides a much more aggressive side. He detests vile acts as well as offenses to his Goddess. Intolerant of such acts, he shows no mercy in dealing with the perpetrators and tends to explode against them, launching a torrent of curses at them. His way of speaking also changes, adopting a more rude pronoun in nature.
As an Elf, he has great pride, which he showed when he refused to leave his kingdom because it would leave a stain on his record even though he was fed up with being its king. Likewise, he is a severe instructor. After putting him under his tutelage, he forced Bell to keep awake several nights, pressuring him to study relentlessly, and insulting him every time he made a mistake in addition to hitting or kicking him multiple times.
History[]
Hedin used to reign over the White Elves as a clever and tyrannical king. Tired of it, one day he met Freya, who said she would free him. Some time later, a battle was fought between his people and the Black Elves, resulting in the end of both kingdoms. During the battle he was able to face Hogni and, after three days of fighting, Freya appeared before them. After discovering that she had caused the destruction of their kingdoms to free them, both of them decided to go with her.
After becoming an adventurer, he began to stand out within Freya Familia by ranking up several times at an accelerated rate. He reached Level 6 seven years ago after defeating the Dis Sisters along with Hogni during the Great Feud.
At some point in the past he was offered the position of vice-captain but turned it down and handed it to Allen after recognizing his resolve to become stronger as greater than his own.
Abilities[]
Hedin was a prodigious fighter who had great talent for battle. Thanks to the incessant warfare on his home island, he was able to fully develop his potential, becoming powerful enough to be comparable to a person with falna despite not having one. As a Level 6, he is extremely powerful, able to effortlessly defeat an unit composed of 10,000 soldiers from Warusa's army, a force which included multiple Level 2s and 3s.
Exceptional Physical Prowess: As a Level 6, Hedin's physical abilities are all extremely superior to those of a normal person. In terms of raw physical prowess, his abilities are also exponentially superior to those of any Level 5 or below.
Exceptional Strength: Hedin boasts formidable strength which allowed him to easily capture a high Level 4 Bell and restrain him using only one arm. Likewise, he easily deflected the attacks of a Level 4 Bell who had surpassed the normal limit of his abilities during his training.
Exceptional Speed, Agility and Reflexes: Hedin has been proven able to follow Allen's movements, moving to intercept his enraged attack against Arry, even though it all happened so fast that Arry was unable to see anything at all or even realize what had happened. During Bell's training in Folkvangr, he dodged an attack from his blind spot from a Level 4 Bell who had surpassed the normal limit of his abilities, although it still managed to make a small cut on his cheek. He immediately also proved to be fast enough to close a considerable distance between them so quick he appeared to teleport from Bell's perspective.
Exceptional Durability: Hedin survived being tackled, crushed against the floor and then buried under debris by a shockwave created by a beastified Ottar, who boasted a Level 8's power and just in his normal state is strong enough to generate tremors that extend for several kilometers with a single attack, although he was seriously injured.
Exceptional Endurance, Stamina, and Mind: Hedin possesses high physical stamina that allowed him to fight continuously for three days against Hogni even before obtaining his falna. He has the largest mind reserve of all Orario, surpassing even Riveria's, which enables him to fire so much magic to the point of him being called a "magic cannon swordsman". Its extent was shown in the war against Warusa, where he defeated 10,000 soldiers and killed many of them without showing any sign of fatigue afterwards while using only magic.
He also demonstrated an impressive pain tolerance by being the first to stand up after receiving two direct attacks from a beastified Ottar and vomiting blood. After receiving a level boost he was able to last long enough to be healed by Ryuu's Rea Vindemia. He then continued fighting even as he got closer to suffering a Mind Down and after enduring another attack from his opponent he could muster his remaining strength to focus and cast Laurus Hildr unto Bell.
Master Magic Swordsman and Rear Mage: Hedin is a talented fighter whose prowess allowed him to rank up quickly to the point of matching, if not surpassing, Ottar's own rank up rate. As a magic swordsman he fights as a member of the vanguard, using his ability with concurrent chanting to wield his weapon and short-chant magic with great skill in battle. His melee combat skills are top class and superior to Riveria's own. His combat skills and super short chants make him the ideal high balancer. Along with Hogni, they are known as the most brutal magical swordsmen.
Due to the incredible power and range of his attacks, he can also fulfill the role of a rear mage. He possesses an incredibly precise control of magic power which is considered the best in the city. When it comes to magic alone, Hedin loses to Riveria in terms of power, but he is better at firing from long distances. In his confrontation with the forces of Warusa he was able to decimate thousands of soldiers in quick succession with his magic without missing a shot and defeat them solely using magic. Bell considers him the only who excels at any range.
Master Commander: Hedin is a talented commander and strategist thanks to his intelligence and analytical nature. During his time as king he led his kingdom multiple times in battle, gaining them the victory most of the time. He could also best Finn's strategies 4 out of 10 times, with the Pallum having admitted he holds the edge only because of his supernatural intuition.
Enhanced Senses: As an Elf, Hedin had a very good eyesight. After acquiring his falna all of his senses became much sharper than those of a normal person, with his eyesight still being particularly superior to the rest. His senses further improved with each subsequent rank up.
Concurrent Chanting (並行詠唱): A high level technique involving casting magic while fighting or moving around. Its difficulty is likened to dealing with a bomb with both hands while fighting due to the chance of failing a chant or not being able to control their own magic power.
Magic[]
Caelus Hildr (カウルス・ヒルド): Caelus Hildr is a super short chant magic that sends several powerful lightning arrows the size of a person's head over a wide range. Thanks to Hedin's incredible aim, each arrow is fired with extreme precision, being able to hit the magic stones of a large horde of monsters without missing a single shot, a feat that impressed even a veteran adventurer like Ryuu.
Its range is over 500 meters, making it the best magic in Orario in terms of effective range, and it can wipe out hundreds of opponents per use. After his enemies situated themselves on a vast plain, its range allowed Hedin to wipe out 10,000 soldiers spread out across the terrain and prevent even one from escaping without having to move from his spot.
Each arrow carries enough firepower to knock out a Level 3 and even when blocked the electric shock generated still damages the opponent. By employing his excellent magic control Hedin can generate hundreds of arrows in a matter of seconds and leave them floating in the air, a feat not even Ryuu could achieve. In the battle against Ottar he created a total of 978 arrows in just ten seconds.
By chanting different Spell Keys per amount of arrows he then is able to throw any number of them to his enemy with great precision or shoot them all at the same time for a massive bombardment. This encirclement is a strategy Hedin originally devised to take down Ottar, though since he would had been unable to handle the roles of vanguard and rearguard by himself he discarded it. In the battle against Ottar he used it to support Bell, Ryuu and Mia from the rearguard while they fought him in melee combat to complement their attacks, throwing some arrows from a different direction when each one attacked him, which allowed them to bypass his perfect defense and overpower him.
Varian Hildr (ヴァリアン・ヒルド): Varian Hildr is a super short chant lightning element magic that releases a single massive and powerful lightning bolt over his targets. It could destroy a great island from the 27th Floor and boil the surrounding water. At point blank range, it was able to completely destroy the body of a Level 5 without leaving even a trace when Hedin was a Level 5 himself. It was powerful enough to deviate Ottar's Afterglow technique created with Hildis Vini, though Hedin had to spent a great amount of mind in order to do so.
Laurus Hildr (ラウルス・ヒルド): Rare super short chant lightning enchantment magic. It boasts an incredible potency which distinguishes it from normal enchantment magic and makes it comparable to Ais' Ariel and Haruhime's level boost. While Ariel can grant greater power, Laurus Hildr is generally more powerful than Ais' wind (except when she combines it with Avenger to create her Black Wind).[1]
It surrounds the target in a lightning armor that grants them a great protection and specializes in power and speed. It possesses unusual power and penetrating power and also makes the target's attacks create electrical discharges when blocked due to being infused with lightning, causing the opponent to accumulate damage even though they don't make direct contact. In addition to greatly increasing movement speed, it also improves the target's reaction speed and perception. The magic also fully heals the target when applied.
Hedin cannot cast it on himself and can only use it on people he has acknowledged, making it annoying for the Elf to use given his ridiculously huge pride.[2] Furthermore, in exchange for its extraordinary power, it requires Hedin to use all of his remaining mind to cast it, condition which he considers the worst of all. It lasted but a few minutes when he cast it while on the verge of a Mind Zero, but if Hedin is in top condition, it will likely last for more than a day.[2] When he used it on Bell, it also extended the length of his knives to the point where they became as long as one-handed swords.
Skills[]
Hildr Blood (
Fairy Hildr (
Diu Hjaðningavíg (
Solvato Eo (
Development Abilities[]
Mage (魔導): Mage improves the power of Hedin's magic, widens effect range, and makes mind usage efficient. It also creates a colored magic circle under him when he uses magic. The ability grants him a magic stat equivalent to that of a Level 7.
Abnormal Resistance (耐異常): Abnormal Resistance negates the effect of abnormalities such as poison. Hedin has reached rank F, so he has an extremely high resistance to adverse effects; just at rank G almost nothing can affect one, even the strongest poisons in high doses.
Magic Resistance (魔防)
Spirit Healing (精癒): Spirit Healing automatically begins regenerating Hedin's mind at a low rate after using magic. It is a rare ability, with Ais noting that she and Riveria were the only ones she knew that actually have it.
Destructive Lightning (雷破)
Equipment[]
Dizaria (ディザリア): Dizaria is a double edged rhomphaia that's taller than Hedin. It is a first class weapon made from the branch of a great sacred tree. Its upper half can be used as a magic staff oftenly used by elves to channel their magic power and the bottom half is a long blade that Hedin uses in physical combat. During the Great Faction War it was split in two when Hedin tried to use it to defend himself from the attack of a beastified Ottar. Some time later, when he helped Bell and Ryuu reach the 37th Floor, he wielded a new bladed long weapon, but it is unknown if it was a new Dizaria.
Trivia[]
- Hedin has a bit of Dark Elf blood due to being a descendant of Hildr, who was a Dark Elf.
- According to his status sheet from volume 18 booklet, Hedin has a total of 790,700,000 valis, making him the richest known Level 6 adventurer.
- Hedin, written as Hedinn in Norse mythology, is named after the prince who kidnapped Hildr, the daughter of Hogni. His alias is based off of Hildr's name.
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