Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh is the Elder Lord identity of an unnamed young male idol and a member of Crockta’s fan club, He’s an Orc, yet still Praiseworthy. His theatrical speech initially irritates the other members, but he chooses to follow Crockta into the southern war and earns recognition as a companion. Crockta later kills his exhausted avatar to prevent the empire from subjecting him to the Concrete method; the player remains alive and is last shown visiting the injured Shin Jahu on Earth. (Chapters 155–165 and 207)

Biography

The War of the Gods and the Grey God

Gilgamesh follows Crockta when the orc challenges his admirers to prove their respect through action. He is fascinated by Japanese anime culture and maintains an exaggerated, ominous persona even when fellow fan-club members mock him, but the decision to enter the battlefield is genuine. Against imperial knights, he uses his hidden class to attack bodies and morale at once, and the group’s refusal to retreat turns Crockta’s skepticism into trust. When Crockta calls them companions, Gilgamesh briefly drops the performance in visible emotion before restoring it and accepting the warrior’s fist. (Chapters 155–157)

He remains with Crockta as the small group tries to draw imperial forces away from vulnerable communities. Gilgamesh helps produce provocative propaganda, including a caricature of the emperor, even though the plan is expected to bring a much larger army toward them. His habitual voice shakes when the Blue Dragon Lancers charge, showing fear beneath the persona, but he continues fighting. After a knight kills another fan-club member, Gilgamesh sends a sword through the attacker’s armor and escapes the immediate encirclement on a stolen horse with another companion. (Chapters 159 and 164)

The prolonged battle exhausts his class’s limited reserve. Gilgamesh loses the ability to control floating blades, fights directly with a sword, and becomes the last fan-club member standing after the others’ avatars are killed. Imperial soldiers begin binding him for the Concrete method, which would imprison his player character rather than merely defeat it. Unable to reach him through the surrounding troops, Crockta throws Ogre Slayer and cuts his avatar in half. Gilgamesh is surprised, then laughs in understanding before disconnecting; the scene is the destruction of a user avatar, not the death of the person on Earth. (Chapter 165)

The later revelation identifies the player without giving his real name. He is a beautiful young male idol in a “bishonen” group, with an appearance feminine enough that Shin Jahu’s coworkers initially mistake him for a woman. After Shin Jahu is injured saving a child, Gilgamesh visits his hospital room every day and watches the divine-war broadcast with him. This establishes his latest confirmed state as alive on Earth and deepens a real friendship formed through the fan club; the corpus does not show whether he rebuilds or returns to his Elder Lord avatar. (Chapters 157 and 207)

Appearance and personality

Gilgamesh’s Elder Lord avatar is presented as a male human magic swordsman surrounded by floating blades, but receives no detailed face, age, clothing, or build. His real-world player is a young male idol with neck-length black hair, pale skin, long eyelashes, and beautiful eyes. He belongs to a bishonen group and is repeatedly referred to with male pronouns despite his androgynous appearance. His legal or stage name is never disclosed. (Chapters 157, 164, and 207)

He is theatrical, persistent, and more loyal than his performance initially suggests. Gilgamesh speaks in melodramatic phrases about death, punishment, and despair even under ordinary conditions, tolerating repeated contempt without abandoning the persona. Real danger makes his voice shake and exhaustion finally strips the role away, but neither fear nor ridicule makes him leave his companions. His daily hospital visits also show quiet consideration outside the game, where he does not use Gilgamesh’s exaggerated speech. (Chapters 155–165 and 207)

Skills, powers, and limitations

Gilgamesh is a magic swordsman who combines Paired Sword Technique with psychokinesis to create or command many magic swords. The combination develops beyond its normal limit and grants him the hidden class Blade Shadowmage. He can suspend numerous blades around himself, launch dozens at a target, pierce steel armor from an unexpected angle, and attack multiple opponents while wielding swords directly. These effects belong to his Elder Lord class and magic, not to the real-world idol. (Chapters 157 and 164–165)

The class trades efficiency and endurance for high output. Its narration explicitly states that Gilgamesh cannot fight for long because it consumes strength rapidly. After extended fighting he can barely hold a sword, loses psychokinetic control of the blades, and is quickly suppressed when forced into ordinary direct combat. His floating swords can kill conventional knights but do not make him capable of breaking a full military encirclement or resisting the Concrete method alone. (Chapters 157 and 164–165)

Avatar death has different consequences from mortal death. Crockta bisects Gilgamesh to terminate the immediate capture, after which the player is later physically alive on Earth. The corpus does not explain the experience or achievement loss, confirm a respawn, or show continued access to Blade Shadowmage after that defeat. (Chapters 165 and 207)

Relationships

• Crockta: Gilgamesh begins as a fan and chooses to prove that admiration by fighting beside Crockta. Crockta recognizes him as a companion and later kills his trapped avatar to save him from Concrete imprisonment, an act Gilgamesh appears to understand before disconnecting. (Chapters 155–165)
• Shin Jahu: Shin Jahu initially disdains Gilgamesh’s persona, but Crockta’s influence makes him reconsider the person behind it. Gilgamesh later visits him daily in the hospital, turning an in-game association into an ongoing real-world friendship. (Chapters 157 and 207)
• He’s an Orc, yet still Praiseworthy: Other members ridicule Gilgamesh’s anime-influenced behavior, yet enter the southern battlefield with him and adopt parts of his theatrical language. Shared danger makes the group accept his combat value and loyalty even before his real identity is revealed. (Chapters 155–165)

Items

No cataloged item is confirmed in Gilgamesh’s possession. His many swords are manifestations or implements of his Blade Shadowmage combat style, but none receives a unique name, custody history, or independent item identity in the supplied corpus. (Chapters 157 and 164–165)