Ard Meteor is the titular main protagonist of the light novel franchise, The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody.
He is voiced by Toshinari Fukamachi (who is also voiced Hajime Nagumo from Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest) in Japanese and Nazeeh Tarsha in English.
Overview[]
Many years ago, Ard was the demon lord named Varvatos who defeated the evil gods and united the world, until he choose to die and later reincarnated 3000 years later as Ard Meteor, due to his loneliness brought about by his overwhelming powers after the death of his closest friend and subordinate, Lydia Beginsgate. After reincarnated, Ard experience Lydia's final wish to make friends with other people when he manage to befriended with Ireena Litz de Olhyde (a descendant of Lydia) after he saved her.
Ard and Ireena became students of the Laville National Academia of Magic.
In the light novel, Ard has a lot of wives, a daughter and a granddaughter in the future.
Personality[]
Ard usually comes with a calm and collected demeanor even during life-threatening situations. He is described to be a kindhearted person, thoughtful, well-mannered, empathetic towards those around him, and is willing to help others in any way possible if he is able. As being the former demon lord, he is a sharp person who can easily figure out people's true intentions. Despite saving humanity, he is seen by many who knows him to be a very dangerous person leading to his loneliness. He is shown to be a determined person and that makes his determination drives him to the point where he would willing to risk his own life to save the person in need.
After reincarnating, he takes a great interest in the well-being of not only his family but also his subordinates. He is willing to go to great lengths to assist in their development, in order for them to reach their full potential. He can be an airhead when it comes to women's feelings towards him, especially of Ireena, mistaking their affections for a friend. He also has lacks common sense as he always thinks that his magic and talent are that of the norm, and often misinterprets other remarks.
He disliked anyone who made an insult of the magics' names that he created as well willing to punished those who insulting magic by using the false names such as Elrado (who is a bully of one of Ard's lovers/future wives, Ginny) by showing them the true power of the magics by revealing their true names such as the "Giga-Flare". Like Lydia and Olivia, Ard scolded Sylphy Marheaven for her dimwittedness when she caused trouble at the academy.
He cares deeply for his friends/lovers, such as both Ireena and Ginny. He doesn't care about Ireena's origins of being a descendant of the Evil God and Lydia. He is despised those who sexing his lovers when Lydia groping Ginny at both her rear end and later her oversized breasts when he called Lydia as a scumbag after he heard Lydia was sexing with Ginny. But regardless, he does care about Lydia when she pleaded him to not change her fate when she revealed that she killed the demons who refused to sided with Varvatos. He tried to convinced his Alter-Ego, Disaster Rogue from another world to stop his needlessly attempt to save Lydia by destroying the 3000 years past history even as far calling Disaster as a coward who refusing to honor Lydia's wish and gain friends causing Ard to kill his Alter-Ego bringing an end to Disaster's delusional beliefs.
Abilities and Powers[]
- Supernatural Strength: As a reincarnation of the demon lord Varvatos, Ard has an overwhelming strength to defeat anyone with ease such as Elrado (an arrogant noble child who picked on Ginny) Alvarto Exex (who was widely as a strongest of Varvatos' army but deemed unworthy to the Holy swords). He somewhat defeat a dragon named Elzard (who captured Ard's childhood friend, Ireena) and his alter-ego from another world named Disaster Rogue (who travelled 3000 years in the past in his needlessly attempt to save Lydia). His strength is equaled with Lydia Beginsgate in their duel.
- Supernatural Speed: Ard has an immense speed when not even Alvarto Exex can catch up due to the Holy Swords deemed Alvarto to be unworthy of wielding their power.
- Holy Swords Authority: As the owner of the Three Holy Swords, Ard has the authority to use these holy swords even when borrowing it from its current wielder such as Sylphy Marheaven's Demise-Argis as he recited Sylphy's sword by saying ".Vel. Stena. Olvidius". He revealed only the Holy Swords choose their wielders whom deemed to be worthy, but theses swords cannot be used by anyone else (including thieves that steals these swords from the current wielder and tries to use the swords) who are deemed to be unworthy as the swords rejected the unchosen wielders such as Alvarto Exex when he was rejected by Sylphy's Demise-Argis.
- Transformation: When merged with the Spirit of Lydia Beginsgate by using sword of Vald-Galgulus, Ard transformed in another form almost resemble of his incarnation Varvatos. Each forms are more powerful than the current or previous forms. His first transformed form is more powerful than his based form. His second form is more powerful than his previous forms.
- Magic: Due to him as Varvatos' reincarnation, Ard has an outstanding magics.
- Swordmanship: Using the Holy Sword Vald-Galguslus, Ard has a tremendous swordsmanship. He can also used the other Holy Swords which are his creation such as Demise-Argis.