Editing Dalius Bedornial

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{{Infobox_character
|name = Dalius Bedornial
|species = [[Humans|Human]]
|gender = Male
|status = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Show Spoiler" data-collapsetext="Hide Spoiler">Ghost</div>
|affiliation = * [[Order of the Shadowed Blooms]]
|occupation = Knight-Errant
|residence = [[Tomb of Afiele]]
|first appearance = [[Gravesong_Chapter_1.01|Gravesong 1.01]]
|aliases = * Ser Dalius
* Ser Dalius Bedornial of Afiele
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'''Dalius Bedornial''', also known as '''Ser Dalius''', is a Knight-Errant from the [[Order of the Shadowed Blooms]] and a self-appointed guardian<ref name="GS108" /> of the [[Tomb of Afiele]].

== Appearance ==

Ser Dalius' features are pale, silver, and half-transparent. He has a dark<ref name="GS108" /> short-cropped hair, slightly ruffled even in death, and was clean-shaven.<ref name="GS103">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.03|Gravesong 1.03]]</ref> His eyes are a combination of pale yellow and green.<ref name="GS108" />

His artifacts were long gone, but he had a copy of the same tools that had given him so much versatility in life.<ref name="GS104" /> He has a two-handed greatsword, and his armor was both ceremonial and practical, engraved with deep sigils along the plate armor’s breastplate but covering his body from head to toe.<ref name="GS103"/> 

== Personality ==

He has always held the rulers of nations in high esteem because they sacrifice their lives for their country and citizens, similar to how [Knights] do.<ref name="GS106" /> He cares about honor, and even after discovering [[Cara O'Sullivan|an intruder in the tomb that he guards]], he wants to ask her name first before slaying her.<ref name="GS103" />

His words are politely delivered, with that crisp, clear accent of someone who had learned to enunciate. [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]] described that if he had any accent it was reminiscent of Shakespeare.<ref name="GS103" />

== Background ==

Ser Dalius was born in [[Afiele]],<ref name="GS108" /> a province in [[Noelictus]]. He won his honor by over a decade of training, and received a noble title from his [King].<ref name="GS107" /> He was a Knight-Errant from the [[Order of the Shadowed Blooms]], and swore to protect [[Noelictus]] in life and then in death, and for his blade to never take an innocent life.<ref name="GS104" /> He died in the year 6211 of H.E.F. (Half-Elven Fall)<ref name="GS105">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.05|Gravesong 1.05]]</ref> due to the [[Burning Fever]] plague that was ravaging Noelictus at the time.<ref name="GS108" /> He then awoke as a Ghost in the [[Tomb of Afiele]] after an unknown period of time, and he designated himself as the tomb's guardian.<ref name="GS108" />

== Chronology ==

=== Gravesong ===

Ser Dalius has been guarding the [[Tomb of Afiele]] for an unknown amount of time. After finding a disturbed grave that [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]] opened, he decided to track down the intruder for despoiling [[Noelictus]]' sacred dead.<ref name="GS101">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.01|Gravesong 1.01]]</ref> After understanding that Cara is innocent, he swore to help her leave the tomb.<ref name="GS108">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.08|Gravesong 1.08]]</ref>

== Powers and Abilities ==

=== As a Ghost: ===

* He can float in the air, hovering at least an inch off the ground.<ref name="GS104" />
* He can pass through objects, leaving the chill of his death wherever he passes.
** [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]] tried to punch him in the chest, only for her hand to go through him and for her to feel a biting, icy pain, as her skin was covered in ice and screaming with frostbite.<ref name="GS103" />
** He used this ghostly chill to produce drinkable water for [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]. He can cause a smooth stone wall to freeze over by placing his hand on it, allowing moisture in the air to condense. The water can then be collected in a bowl once it has melted.<ref name="GS107" />
* Although his artifacts have long been turned to dust<ref name="GS108" />, he had a replica of the same tools that had granted him great versatility in life.<ref name="GS104" />
* When he concentrates, he can still interact with the physical world.<ref name="GS104">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.04|Gravesong 1.04]]</ref>
** With some effort, he can make his sword quick-draw and fly back to its sheath, mimicking its original properties when he was alive.<ref name="GS107" />
** He can also use his two-handed sword to cut things, like Cara's hair.<ref name="GS103" />
* He cannot use the [[Skills]] he had when he was still alive.<ref name="GS107" />

=== Classes/Levels: ===

* [Knight of the Crusade], Level 46<ref name="GS107">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.07|Gravesong 1.07]]</ref>

=== Skills: ===

* [Blade Art: The Great Tree Felled]
* [Bound Spell: The Vines of Oteslia]
* [Explosion of Briars]
* [Flowers, Smile for Me]
* [Lightning’s Hammer]<ref name="GS107" />
*[Petal's Weight Parry]

=== Sword Techniques: ===

* Dervish’s Whirl<ref name="GS109">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.09|Gravesong 1.09]]</ref>
** A non-traditional sword technique which falls under the category of "fun" tricks that [Knights] exchange with each other in their free time, in addition to actual battle techniques.<ref name="GS109" />
** One can create a hypnotic pattern with their sword by twirling it and allowing it to whirl across their body. The speed can be increased to an alarming rate, and the technique can be executed one-handed, even with a greatsword.<ref name="GS109" />

== Trivia ==

* [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]] admired the kind of ''ye olden dramatis'' from his accent.<ref name="GS103" />
* He went with his [[Order of the Shadowed Blooms|Order]] to [[Izril]] twice to engage in crusades.<ref name="GS106">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.06|Gravesong 1.06]]</ref>
* He has owned land before.<ref name="GS107" />
* He has met a few from the [[Drath Archipelago|Isles of Drath]].<ref name="GS109">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.09|Gravesong 1.09]]</ref>
* The last time he attempted the ''Dervish’s Whirl'', he destroyed a table and part of the floor. However, being a Ghost, he didn't tire or experience slippery hands, and thus he executed the technique flawlessly.<ref name="GS109" />
* He has met three Dragons before, including [[Yderigrisel]].<ref name="GS110">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.10|Gravesong 1.10]]</ref>
* He said he was lucky to born in an era when no [[Goblin Kings]] had appeared.<ref name="GS110" />

== Quotes ==

* ([[Gravesong Chapter 1.03|To]] [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]) “As guardian of the Tomb of Afiele’s dead, I sentence you to death. I ask only your name, that you will be honored. Let both the guilty and the just rest eternal.”
* ([[Gravesong Chapter 1.04|To]] [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]) “Cara O’Sullivan. Whomever you may be. I have long since died. My bones are dust. But I was—I am—a [Knight]. I swore to protect [[Noelictus]] in life and then in death, and my blade shall never take an innocent life. I am of the [[Order of the Shadowed Blooms]]. Knight-Errant, Ser Dalius Bedornial of [[Afiele]].”
* ([[Gravesong Chapter 1.08|To]] [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]) “I am ashamed. My conduct is disgraceful for a [Knight], and I am still one, even if my Skills and levels have deserted me. Miss Cara, I will see you leave this place. I swear that.”
* ([[Gravesong Chapter 1.10|To]] [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]) “A [Knight] is sword to a liege-lord or the crown itself. We uphold order and law, which also translates into doing battle against enemies that threaten such things. We are a military body who fight in concert with other [Soldiers] in war, and form Knight-Orders. [Paladins] fight evil as a concept, and are much more individual. Roaming crusaders. Their abilities hew more to magical. Technically, their class is rarer, and I suppose…superior…without consolidation.”
* ([[Gravesong Chapter 1.10|To]] [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]) “Across all their classes? I knew a few who passed one hundred in combined levels. But never in one class. That is the very stuff of legends. Famous [Dragonslayers] were only Level 80 in ages of yore. This [[Arteis Ladel|Arteis]] was not there, but she was a great warrior for her time. Believe me. I would that I had known her.”

== References ==

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