Damrada

Damrada of Gold (〝金〟のダムラダ) was one of the three governing officials of Cerberus, the most powerful underground organization in the east. He was also the vice commander of Rudra's Imperial Guardians as 002 in the sequence.

Appearance
Damrada had the appearance of an aged man with blonde hair and a goatee. His long hair was tied into a single low ponytail draped down his back. Befitting his title as "Gold", he usually wore expensive clothes like a black eastern-style suit with gold embroideries that depicted 3 tiger heads.

Personality
Damrada was a cold, calculating and pragmatic person who, in his efforts to expand Cerberus, pursued any means to turn a profit. He possessed a certain insight into those who had the charisma to draw others to them, such as Yuuki and Rimuru, and was very drawn to such people.

As Cerberus' 'Gold', Damrada appeared to care only for money. He would not hesitate to turn a profit and was fine with fraud and betrayal as a means to that end. He believed those he deceived were at fault and had no remorse for them, hence the reason he was always said to bring back dead man's loot. He had great intuition, knowing when to cut his losses and retreat from an unfavorable situation.

Background
Damrada was the former prime minister of the Nasca Kingdom and a close friend of Emperor Rudra. He was originally the head of the Imperial Guardians before Tatsuya Kondou took over his position. He was once hailed as a Champion in the east as a Fist Saint and used to be a bitter rival of Moss.

As part of his promise to Rudra, he roamed the land looking for a suitable candidate to kill the emperor who worried the day of Michael fully taking over him would arrive. Through that journey he came across a youth with a unique bodily composition that nullified the effect of Skills and Magic. That boy was Yuuki Kagurazaka, an aspiring young man who held grand ambitions of ruling the world. Damrada was attracted to his charisma and chose to wholeheartedly follow him, eventually becoming a close friend and partner-in-crime.

Damrada made great efforts building up the underground organization Cerberus which was founded by Yuuki on top of its predecessor Echidna, expanding it to hold great influence and power in the east. He took a spot as one of its leaders and became Yuuki's point man in the east. At some point he took in Vega who was fated to be executed by Ingrassia's authorities and arranged an education for him, shaping him to be one of the organization's leaders. He also welcomed Misha, an old acquaintance he's known for decades and a skilled femme fatale.

One day Damrada came across Masayuki, an up-and-coming hero who caught his attention, most likely because of the rumors of him being the Hero of Beginning reborn, and found that he had a very keen resemblance to Emperor Rudra. He assigned two of the Double 0 Numbers – Bernie and Jiwu – to guard him.

Under his disguise as a lowly eastern merchant, Damrada nestled up to Hinata Sakaguchi – captain of the Crusaders – and fed her malicious information on Rimuru to get her to attack the slime. He also offered Tempest's silk products to the King of Falmuth, drawing his eyes to the developing nation as a potential target of his greed. Near the night of the Walpurgis Banquet where Clayman met his end, he attempted to call Hinata away from the defense of Ruberios' inner sanctum but failed to do so and lost the trust of the holy knight when she learned of his intention to remove her as an obstacle to Laplace's second invasion.