Robert Du Vanvich

Robert Du Vanvich (Roberū Do Vuanvuitsuhi) is a character introduced in Plunderer. He is one of the Three Grand Generals, known as "Wind Emperor" (風帝).

Appearance
Robert has long hair and wearing his uniform.

Past Events
Robert was born in a noble family, Vanvich. As his father gave Robert a very rigorous training, he always afraid at his father. His father claims Robert doesn't fit to be part of Vanvich family for his cowardly and hate him so much.

After Robert's father and Erin's parents were killed by the Ballot Holder, he and Erin attended their parent's funeral. During the funeral. Alexandrov Grigorovich attended the funeral and asks Robert and Erin about what they want to do. Robert stated he doesn't know what would he do since he is a weakling who doesn't know how to fight, as claimed by his father. Then, Alexandrov told Robert to fight him with a sword. Soon, Robert was easily defeated by Alexandrov. He claims that while Robert is indeed weak, he can still improve his skills if he set his conviction and trains more. After the funeral, Robert went through his training to become a soldier.

Although Alexandrov didn't adopt Robert as his foster-child, Robert always seen Alexandrov as his real father, despite they're not blood-related.

Story Events
Robert first appeared at the end of Chapter 37, along with other two grand generals and Alexandrov, having a meeting with Charles De Bergt Althea The 11th, the King of Althea in the Castle. During the meeting, Charles asked the grand general's thought about giving three Ballots to Special Service. Robert said that he opposed this idea, because he believed it's Special Service's fault that they lost one of their Ballots. Xialou stated if they do, it would cause the war between Special Service and Althea Royal Guard. Robert then stated they should have no problem to fight against them, as long as Robert releases his army to fight. Freidkam said there's no way they were able to defeat Special Service as the Royal Guard's forces are too weak to fight against them. Soon, Robert called Freidkam and Xialou as cowards because they feared the Special Service, which angered them. When Alexandrov explained how wrong the creation of Althea was, Charles ordered Three Grand Generals to leave as she wanted to punish him.

After Charles has killed by Nikola, Alexandrov called the Three Grand Generals to find the murderer who killed her. Soon, Robert killed the two other grand generals and betrayed Alexandrov. He revealed that he's actually a spy sent by the Special Service, in order to get rid of Alexandrov and took over the entire country. Robert also took over Alexandrov's commander position by making him look like the culprit who killed the King. Because of this, Robert became the Commander of Althea Royal Guard.

After Sakai Tokikaze attacked Althea by using airplanes, Robert had a conversation with Erin about why Alexandrov and Schmelman Bach didn't took everything from the land and let its civilians died from salvation instead. Erin explained it's because they wanted to stop the Abandonment War and to save as many people as possible, although Robert didn't like how Erin called Alexandrov as the Supreme Commander instead of him. Erin also stated she would take part with Sakai Tokikaze and the Abyss to take Alexandrov's position back from him. When Tokikaze invaded Althea, Robert had no choice but watching him invading the city, since his counts and strength were too weak against him.

Later, during Jail's fight against the Royal Guards, Robert was seen standing in the castle, observing Jail. When Jail arrived at the Commander's room, Robert stated that although he didn't expect Avsette's return and saved Jail from the Royal Guards, he claimed that Jail was a scum and he was no match against him, as he has only 1 count compared to Robert's, who possessed over 100000 counts. As the fight began, Robert thrown Charles' corpse at Jail and tried to destroy her corpse but Jail protected her. Robert was confused at why Jail defending Charles' corpse and he used his wind power to blow Jail away from the castle. However, Jail moved much faster than a wind which he dodged Robert's attack. When Jail almost landed his punch on Robert, a lightning suddenly striked down at Jail, which shocked him. Soon, Jail was also attacked by water waves as well. This caused Jail wondered how did Freidkam and Xialou's abilities appear there. Robert explained that after he killed the other two grand generals, he took their Ballots and gained their abilities. When Jail was almost killed by Robert, he was saved by Alexandrov, who went to carry Charles' corpse along with Erin. Robert was surprised at Alexandrov's appearance and that he hasn't died from the Special Service's attacks earlier. Robert claimed that even with Alexandrov's help, Jail still has no chance to defeat him due to his count.

After Jail received Alexandrov's Ballot and increased his count, his fight against Robert continued, while Erin showed their fight to the Royal Guards with her communication ability. As the fight continue, Robert used his wind ability to move faster so Jail wouldn't be able to dodge his attack. However, Jail tanked Robert's wind attack. Due to this, Robert used the other two grand general's ability against him. Jail then tried to use Alexandrov's Ballot and his flame ability but it doesn't work, which caused Jail heavily injured instead. As Alexandrov wondered why Jail couldn't use his flame ability, Robert explained that the Ballot owned by the Barons couldn't be used by other people, because Firenda set a limiter at their Ballots for security reasons. Robert also laughed at how Alexandrov didn't know about it when he was one of the seven Legendary Red Baron.

As Alexandrov cried due to his mistake caused Jail's "death", Robert was suddenly attacked by Jail and the flame ability, which shocked him that Jail is still alive. He also confused as Jail was supposed to be able to use Baron's Ballot. Jail claimed that the reason he was able to use ALexandrov's Ballot is because of his conviction of wanting to become stronger than his foster-father. Robert was soon overwhelmed by Jail's flame attack and his iron devil's attack. Soon, Jail told Robert to drop his Ballot and fight with his fists instead, which Robert agreed and stated he will win. As both of them launched their punches, Jail was shocked that Robert has much stronger conviction than him. Robert claimed that his reason of taking the Supreme Commander position is not only because of he was part of Special Service, but also because he wanted to change the future of the Royal Guards. Although Robert's left leg broke as he put more strength on his fist, which led him being defeated by Jail. After Robert broke his left leg, he reminded what Freidkam and Xialou said a long time ago, that they like him despite sometimes he was too straight and they would try their best together. After Robert was defeated, he regretted killing his best friends and started crying.

After his defeat, Robert admitted that he killed the king to the Royal Guards and told Jail to kill him. However, instead of killing him, he asked Robert to join Gefängnis troop as his conviction does deversed to join into that troop. Robert claims that it's ridiculous since it's impossible to wash his crimes and staying on the army. Then, Jail asks Robert about his conviction since he curious what does Robert means by change the future of the Royal Guard. Then, Robert revealed his past and his conviction about he wanted to become like a wind, where he try to made anyone forget about their hatred and to protect them, which surprised Alexandrov and Erin. Soon, Robert stated he agreed to join part with Gefängnis troop, although he stated he will still want to kill Jail after they deal with Special Service. After their conversation ended, along with Alexandrov congrats Jail has become the new commander of the Royal Guard. After Jail has done with his speeches, Robert immediately laughed at his speeches and the way the Royal Guards were angered.

Abilities and Power
Robert's count is 130268, his count stand for the number of time he single-mindedly pursued his goal. It's stated by Jail that Robert is one of the strongest Althea soldiers along with Alexandrov and other two grand generals. His current count is 418151, after he killed other two Grand General and took their Ballots.


 * Aerokinesis: As the Wind Emperor, Robert's Ballot Replica gave him the ability to manipulate Wind.


 * Master Swordsmanship: Robert had been personally trained and taken in by the Blast Baron, Alexandrov Grigorovich since early childhood and as such was trained by him on the usage of Saber's. Eventually rising up and becoming one of the most powerful soldiers of the Althea Royal Guard and one of its primary leaders.


 * Electrokinesis: After Robert killed Freidkam, he took his Ballot Replica for his own personal use, obtaining his ability to create and control lightning.


 * Hydrokinesis: After Robert killed Xialou, he took her Ballot Replica for his own personal use, obtaining her ability to create and control water.


 * Enhanced Muscle Access: When Robert and Jail gave their finishing blow against each other, Robert's muscle become bigger and his strength become stronger.