Tatsuya Kondou

Tatsuya Kondou (近藤達也), also known as First Lieutenant Kondou, was the head of the Intelligence Bureau and the most powerful warrior in the Eastern Empire. After being saved by Emperor Rudra when he was suddenly transported to the Central World, he pledged his loyalty towards the emperor until the day he died.

Appearance
Being a Saint with greatly extended lifespan, Tatsuya looked like a young man in his early 20s despite being more than 90 years old.

He had trimmed short black hair and emitted a tense atmosphere. His expressionless eyes gleamed with a sharp light that seemingly saw through everything.

As a memento to his former service, he usually dressed in a former Imperial Japanese Navy uniform.

Personality
He was a cold, calculative pragmatist with a very serious demeanor. He was loyal to no one but the emperor, and would not hesitate to kill for the sake of the empire. That said, he held great pride in his swordsmanship and would respect powerful swordsmen even if they were his enemies.

Background
Over 70 years ago, Tatsuya put his life on the line for his country as he engaged in a suicide attack against the enemy’s naval strike fleet – the true identity of which were invading Phantoms. In order to honor his former services and fallen comrades, he stayed as a first lieutenant, which was his rank at that time.

He raced towards his death as it came time for him to launch his suicide attack, but was engulfed in the blinding light and heat of the explosion, and somehow found himself in another world. Tatsuya appeared in a garden that only the emperor and a few close associates could enter. And as it happened, the emperor was relaxing there.

“Interesting. This must be a twist of fate.” Those were the last words Tatsuya heard before his consciousness faded.

When he awoke, he realized that his body was devoid of any blemishes or scratches he sustained. The emperor himself was the one who saved him. Therefore, in order to return the favor, he pledged the life he had once wasted to the emperor. The power he awakened from crossing worlds and facing death — Tatsuya dedicated it all to him. And to the end of his life, that was the only thing he lived for.

He never stepped into the spotlight. He didn’t grow old; in fact, he still looked exactly the same as the day he’d arrived. He resided in the darkness of the Empire — in other words, the Intelligence Headquarters, which lurked in the shadows of the Imperial capital.

The stalker of the halls of information.

The man who lurked in the shadow of the Empire.

The man who was accompanied by fiends.

A man of many names — that was First Lieutenant Kondou. He was the head of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau. None of the division commanders dared to make light of his existence, as they had never actually seen who he really was.

Etymology

 * The name Tatsuya means "accomplished, reach, arrive, attain" (達) (tatsu) and "to be, also" (也) (ya).
 * Tatsuya's surname Kondou means "near, early, akin, tantamount" (近) (kon) and "wisteria" (藤) (tou/dou).