Augustus Kira Clover XIII

Augustus Kira Clover XIII (アウグストゥス・キーラ・クローバー13世) is the current king of the Clover Kingdom.

Appearance
Augustus is a 35-year-old man with short, golden brown hair, a handlebar mustache that curls at the ends, and small, pointed goatee that also curls.

Augustus wears a striped doublet with alternating dark and light purple sections separated by white lines. The long sleeves have lace at the wrists. He also wears a pair of trunk hose that have a similar pattern as his doublet, as well as a pair of white tights and dark purple shoes. Over all this, he wears a fur-lined, green royal mantle and a yellow cravat.

Personality
Augustus is a very lazy and self-centered man who believes himself to be worthy of praise and respect. This desire for love and admiration makes him incredibly envious towards those who have it, and leaves his state of mind rather fragile, being unable to stand even slight insults from anyone. Asta also pointed out that he has little or no aura and easily noticed his extreme pettiness. Envious, pathetic, ignorant, and ultimately weak willed, he is ill-suited to any position of power or leadership as it only reveals his many flaws and how little he cares for the people he is charged with ruling.

He is constantly jealous of Julius Novachrono for being so popular with the common folk and despite (or perhaps because of) this, he does not respect the common folk at all and believes people of royal blood to be superior to those that are not. In this regard, Augustus is an excellent foil for Julius, who believes that adoration and love of the people is earned through merit, while Augustus considers titles, background, and crown to be defining pieces of one's worth. Since Julius' worldview got more results than his own, Augustus has developed a massive inferiority complex towards Julius, attempting to steal credit from him whenever he can. This conceited attitude even extends toward the Magic Knights, despite many of them being tasked with his protection and that of the kingdom, even going so far as trying to sentence Asta and Yuno to death for a blunt comment or insulting his own subjects for not knowing who he was. He was also personally displeased that the Golden Dawn had won the most amount of stars despite having less members of the royalty than the Silver Eagles. His desire to be loved and recognized by his people is ironic, in the sense that he does not go outside of his palace and interact with his subjects in any way, whereas Julius regularly mingles with the commoners, though in disguise most times. His own people barely recognize him, and even when he is around, they have little to no love or respect for him. Many see him and his position as little more than a glorified figurehead, as opposed to the Wizard King as a true authority that rules the realm.

Despite being blessed with the tremendous mana reserves of the royalty, Augustus has shown to be rather ignorant and foolish with regards to magic repeatedly. He faltered while explaining the reasons behind the rules of the Royal Knights Selection Exam when asked, was unimpressed with Magna Swing's abilities despite Kirsch Vermillion pointing out the rarity of being able to use both short and long-range magic and unable to follow much of what was going on, asking for explanations from Julius on more than one occasion. His magic does have the capability to be quite powerful, as Patolli has demonstrated, but Augustus' ignorance and arrogance prevent him from understanding how or why he would need to use it effectively. This even extends to being apparently oblivious at danger directed at himself as he expects his status as king and mana reservoir alone to be able to stop dissidence. Case in point, the spell which he used to try and quell what he thought was an uprising was just an overinflated version of himself while also giving it a grand title and expecting for the mere sight to instantly impress when in fact it was easily done away with and left him vulnerable and open to a direct attack. He was left shocked when the elves easily eliminated his construct with simple magic of their own, and berated him as a weak fool.

Biography
During the Eye of the Midnight Sun's attack on the Royal Capital, Augustus is in bed with two women and demands to know where Julius Novachrono went. Marx Francois assures the king that he and the others will keep his majesty safe in place of the Wizard King.

Months later, during the Star Awards Festival, Augustus comes forth to greet his people. When the crowd's response is lackluster, he berates them; however, this sours their opinion more. In an attempt to win them back, he takes credit for Julius' work and plan and announces that the Eye of the Midnight Sun's base has been discovered and that he will select Magic Knights for an elite squad, the Royal Knights. Asta questions why the king will be choosing when the Knights respect the Wizard King and Captains, and discusses with Yuno how someone with so much magic power has not done anything remarkable. In his rage, Augustus demands the two boys' heads, but Julius intercedes and explains that the two may one day protect the king. As Julius calls an end to the ceremony and the crowd cheers for the Wizard King, Augustus grumbles to himself, still upset.

A week later, several Magic Knights have gathered for the Royal Knights Selection Exam, and Augustus explains the rules of the Crystal Destruction Battle Tournament. He falters when explaining why they are competing in teams, and Julius interrupts, pointing out that the squad will need cooperation, power, and strategy. Augustus is annoyed later when Julius seems to ignore him. For the matches, they sit in chairs on the platform.

During the first match, Augustus is greatly impressed by "Xerx Lugner" and his Trap Magic and considers him as the first pick for the Royal Knights. During the second match, Augustus is dissatisfied with Magna Swing.

When the first round ends, Augustus is unhappy that Asta and Yuno have not lost yet. Later, during the ninth match, the king is confused about how Asta destroyed Kirsch Vermillion's Magic Cherry Blossom Blizzard.

Several days after the exam, Augustus attends the first gathering of the Royal Knights squad. After Nozel Silva is introduced, Augustus explains that a royal captain is needed for the Royal Knights.

Augustus has Langris Vaude's parents brought before him to answer for their son's actions and decides to end the betrothal between Langris and his grandniece, Finesse Calmreich. A mage barges in and announces that the Royal Capital is being attacked and forces are approaching the castle. Angry at the interruption, the king demands to know what the Magic Knights are doing.

Ratri, who has possessed Langris's body, carves his way through to the throne room. After the elf overpowers Ledior Vaude and insults the King, Augustus declares that Langris is indeed a rebel. Since the Magic Knights and Julius are absent, Augustus uses his own magic in an attempt to intimidate the elf. However, Ratri carves through it, destroying part of the King's crown and throne. Augustus drops to his knees in shock. Before Langris can kill the King, Finesse grabs Ratri and holds back his hand.

Finral Roulacase, Yami Sukehiro, and Jack the Ripper make their way to the throne room as well. Finral makes a portal for his parents and Finesse to leave, and Augustus demands to know he was not evacuated first. Finral makes a portal for the King, but Ratri neutralizes it. Jack unleashes a chaotic flurry of slashes that are partially blocked by the elf's defense. The remaining pieces of the slashes hit the wall around the King, causing him to fall, along with the wall and throne, out of the castle.

Sekke Bronzazza accidentally finds Augustus. When an elf attacks them, Sekke defends them with Sekke's Magnum Cannonball. At that moment, the elf's spirit is exorcised, saving the pair. Believing it was Sekke who saved them, Augustus praises Sekke's abilities. Four anti-monarchist nobles then arrive to assassinate the King. Augustus orders Sekke to defend him, but Damnatio Kira appears and stops the assassins. When Damnatio asks if the King is alright, Augustus complains about his dirtied clothes.

A few days later, Augustus attends the Magic Parliament's trial of Asta and Secre Swallowtail. The King reflects that he knew Asta was evil and should not have been one of the Royal Knights. The other Black Bulls barge into the courthouse, and before the fight can go further, Nozel and Fuegoleon Vermillion arrive to deliver a mission from Julius for the Black Bulls. The royal captains presence sways the opinion of the nobles and royals, but Augustus is disgruntled that Julius is meddling again.

Six months later, after Yami and William are abducted, Augustus picks Sekke to join on a mission to infiltrate the Spade Kingdom and retrieve the captains. On the day of the mission, a demon attacks the Clover Kingdom, and in a panic, Augustus pleads for someone to stop it.

Magic

 * Light Magic: Augustus uses this magic attribute to generate and manipulate light. He only uses it to create large visages of himself, and unlike other mages with this attribute, his Light Magic is slow.

Abilities

 * Immense Magic Power: As a royal, Augustus has an immense mana pool.

Equipment

 * Grimoire: Augustus possesses a three-leaf clover grimoire that contains various light-based magic spells.

Events

 * Star Awards Festival
 * Royal Knights Selection Exam
 * Battle of Clover Castle

Julius Novachrono
Augustus is jealous of Julius Novachrono's popularity with the common people and desires to take the spotlight for himself wherever and whenever possible, once telling the Wizard King not to stand so close to him while he was trying to wow the crowd, and even took credit for the Wizard King's idea of assembling a group of Knights from various squadrons into a single group to attack the terrorists threatening them. This dislike seems to be one-sided, as Julius does not have too much of a problem with putting up with his king and also keeps his ego in check from doing things that which would worsen his already-poor image, such as sentencing Asta and Yuno to death for a mere comment and stepping in to stop him from looking like a fool when Augustus was having difficulty in explaining things to the crowd. Regardless, Augustus does not usually argue with the Wizard King.

Asta and Yuno
Asta and Yuno had apparently never even heard about the king of their country before his appearance, and after Asta made a blunt comment that Yuno agreed to, Augustus took an instant dislike towards them and ordered their execution, only to be dissuaded by Julius. During the Royal Knights Selection Exam, the king was displeased that both had made it to the second round. The fact that both eventually made it into the Royal Knights (and his rather poor grasp of magic in general being unable to follow much of the tournament) implies that the king never had much of an impact on who got to join in the first place or that he was convinced of their inclusion by Julius.

Sekke Bronzazza
Augustus is grateful to Sekke Bronzazza for protecting him during the elves' attack on the castle and is even willing to overlook Sekke's lowborn status.

Trivia

 * Augustus' favorite things are being touted and looking over the country from his castle.
 * Question Brigade Rankings:
 * Augustus is the second worst drinker.
 * Augustus is the most disliked by animals.

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