Agard Greyfrost

Agard Greyfrost is the 3rd Lieutenant of the Palace Guard. A serious, dutiful officer in the Crown's royal military police, Agard is the most powerful fighter to appear in the story so far.

Appearance
Agard is a handsome, lightly tanned young man with green eyes and medium length spiky black hair. His body is well-built and densely muscled, but not particularly bulky. He wears the gold-lined blue jacket of a palace guard, with the additional adornments of an officer.

Personality
Agard is a determined officer who loyally follows the orders of the Crown. He dislikes the elitism and political entanglements that are commonplace in the capital, hailing from a modest background. Agard is a straightforward, linear thinker. He has a lot of respect for the men who serve under him, but expects them to be very disciplined. While taking his duties seriously, Agard is not averse to exercising his own strong sense of morals in the line of duty.

Skills and Equipment
As an officer of the royal military police, Agard possesses extraordinary martial skills in both armed and unarmed combat. He is very strong, and has been known to knock armored men on their backs with his sword strikes. He is a skilled horseman and has been trained in field medicine.

In addition to the standard equipment of a palace guard, Agard wields the halves of the former broadsword Alpine, the sword of winter, which has been reconfigured into two sabers. The swords have demonstrated the ability to produce ice from its edges, and Agard is able to to wield it with both precision and enormous amounts of raw energy.

Chapter 3: The Rogue and the Flower
Agard brought a dozen men of the 3rd Company to Haymarket Town, announcing to its residents that they had reason to believe a dangerous fugitive was hiding there. The 3rd Company was sent to capture Rin, who they were told kidnapped the bastard daughter of Lord Ulfren. Early after his arrival, Agard shook Nick's hand, who had introduced himself to him cordially, and was deceived into believing Nicole was a relative of a recently deceased captain. He gave Nicole a royal seal, which he believed she had misplaced, and assigned her an escort to make sure she got home safely. Agard found Rin, who had been warned seconds earlier by Jack, and attempted to strike them with Alpine, destroying a nearby store in the process. Rin vanished, avoiding the attack.

Agard was then informed by Nick of Rin's location in exchange for money and cornered them, after Rin casually slew three palace guards attempting to capture them in an instant. Ensnaring Rin in a circle of ice, Agard demanded they surrender the fugitive. The assassin informed Agard that they did not steal Eleanor away, but were in fact trying to save her from being killed by Ulfren's retainers to avoid a succession crisis. Agard killed Rin and told Eleanor to disappear and assume a new identity, fulfilling his assigned duty but refusing to cause the death of an innocent child.