Prince Ren

Prince Ren is the first prince and expected heir of the Eternal Kingdom. Fearing that Grid's independent loyalty will threaten his succession after the king's death, Ren secretly leads an army against Reidan. Grid defeats but spares him; Ren is then murdered by his younger brother Aslan, who frames Grid and turns the prince's death into a pretext for controlling the kingdom and isolating Reidan. (Chapters 333, 338–339, 341, 343–347, 501–502, 504, 579, and 597)

Biography

Role in Reidan and the Overgeared Alliance

Ren prepares his Reidan expedition in secrecy so Grid cannot respond before the army arrives. With King Wiesbaden near death, he believes he must neutralize a duke who pledged loyalty only to the reigning king rather than the royal family. Ren gathers 7,000 troops, Royal Knights commander Chucksley, and players including Hurent, then pressures Earl Ashur into teleporting a separate force behind Reidan. His plan combines a frontal advance with a diversion intended to split Grid's defenders and secure his succession. (Chapter 333)

The invasion initially overwhelms northern troops, and Ren tries to absorb their survivors into his own army before ordering their deaths when they remain loyal. Once Grid arrives, Ren watches from behind his escort and expects attrition, hidden troops, and an attack on the duke's household to reverse the battle. Instead, Grid and Reidan's forces dismantle the plan, while Piaro defeats the detached force. Ren eventually admits that fear over the throne drove his extreme choice, kneels in defeat, and receives mercy from the man he tried to remove. (Chapters 338–339, 341, and 343–347)

Mercy does not save him. Aslan murders Ren after the defeated expedition and recruits Chucksley while publicly presenting Grid as the killer. Aslan later excuses Grid's supposed act as self-defense, allowing the new king to appear generous while retaining the accusation as political leverage. The truth remains difficult to prove, but Lauel recognizes who benefited, and Earl Ashur eventually sees that Ren's death gave Aslan the throne while giving Grid no comparable advantage. (Chapters 346–347 and 504)

The accusation shapes later conflict even in Ren's absence. Other rulers treat Grid as a duke hostile to Eternal, Patrian prepares for invasion because Grid supposedly killed the prince, and Lauel exploits that reputation while pursuing independence. Grid ultimately confronts Aslan over the murder and framing, while later royal politics treat Ren's death as a past grievance that cannot justify paralysis. Ren's failed succession strike therefore accelerates the fracture between Reidan and Eternal even though the final killing was not Grid's act. (Chapters 379, 501–502, 504, 579, and 597)

Appearance and personality

Ren has a pure and decent outward appearance that helps conceal his political calculation. He can kneel before a noble, display tears, and inspire soldiers while privately using the scene to make refusal costly. Later battle records emphasize his resolute march and the humiliation of kneeling before Grid rather than stable details of clothing, build, or facial features. (Chapters 333 and 347)

He is prudent enough to hide troop movements and construct a diversion, but ambition and entitlement narrow his judgment. Ren regards Grid's limited pledge of loyalty as a personal obstacle to his rightful succession and treats soldiers or opponents as disposable once they refuse his authority. He can identify useful people and motivate an army, yet he mistakes a sophisticated plan for guaranteed victory and underestimates Reidan's growth. (Chapters 333, 338–339, 341, and 343–345)

Abilities, classes, and skills

The supplied chapters do not document a named class, personal combat skill, or supernatural power for Ren. His demonstrated strength is political and operational: he recruits influential fighters, conceals a large expedition, divides his army across opposite approaches, and uses royal status to compel assistance from Earl Ashur. The plan creates a serious two-front threat even though stronger individual combatants ultimately decide the result. (Chapters 333, 338–339, and 341)

Ren also understands morale and public presentation. His public humility before Earl Ashur raises the army's enthusiasm, and he tries to recruit defeated northern soldiers rather than discard potential manpower immediately. These methods have limits: coercion alienates those whose loyalty he needs, his hidden attack fails, and he lacks the force to resist either Grid's battlefield reversal or Aslan's later betrayal. (Chapters 333, 338–339, and 343–346)

Relationships

• Grid: Ren sees Grid's independence as a succession threat and invades his territory. Grid defeats and spares him, but Aslan's false account of Ren's murder makes their conflict the basis for a larger political rupture. (Chapters 333, 341, 343–347, 501–502, 504, and 579)
• Lauel: Lauel reads Ren's position, guides Grid toward a politically useful act of mercy, and later identifies Aslan as the likely killer. He also uses the accusation surrounding Ren to advance Reidan's independence. (Chapters 345, 347, 501, and 504)
• Chucksley: Chucksley commands Ren's knights and protects him throughout the expedition. Ren's murder cools Chucksley's loyalty to Aslan even though duty compels the knight to continue serving the royal family. (Chapters 333, 338–339, 341, and 346)
• King Aslan: Aslan kills his older brother, takes the throne, and frames Grid while publicly absolving him. Ren's death is thus the decisive opportunity behind Aslan's accession. (Chapters 346, 504, 579, and 597)

Items

No notable items are documented for Prince Ren in the supplied corpus.