Friedonian Terminology Explainer: The Five Great Colored Retainers
Known for his obsession with collecting personnel, Souma gathered many capable retainers to his side. Because of this, rather than use common groupings like the three dukes, the big four, the twelve divine generals, or the twenty commanders, people came up with their own groupings.
One of these was the five great colored retainers. This was because a number of Souma’s retainers had aliases that involved a color.
The four who were universally agreed to belong to this group were Liscia, the Golden Fortress of Ice, who was his devoted wife; Hakuya, the Black-robed Prime Minister, who supported his policies; the Red Oni, Hal, who distinguished himself on the battlefield; and the White Tactician, Julius—so-called because of the white clothes he wore, which contrasted with Hakuya’s black, who supported him with military strategies. As for the fifth, opinions were split on whether it should be Excel the Blue Sea Princess, or Sebastian the Silver Deer.
Incidentally, Liscia’s moniker, the Golden Fortress of Ice, came from her days in the military academy where she’d coldly rejected all men who approached her.
It is said that when she learned of this nickname, she nearly died of embarrassment.
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