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 king of the Clover Kingdom.

Appearance
Augustus is a middle-aged man wearing fancy clothes and wearing a crown.

Personality
Augustus is a very lazy and self-centered man whom Asta also pointed out that he has no aura and he is super petty. He is always jealous of Julius for being so popular with the folk and despite (or perhaps because of) this he does not respect common folk at all and believes people of royal blood to be superior to those that are not. This conceited attitude even extends towards the Magic Knights despite many 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. 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.

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 Crystal Destruction Battle Tournament 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. 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 it in fact it was easily done away with and left him vulnerable and open to a direct attack.

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 Magic Emperor.

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 Magic Emperor 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 Magic Emperor, 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" 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.

Magic

 * Light Magic: Augustus uses this form of magic to generate and manipulate light. However Augustus's abilities and understanding of his own magic's strengths are negligible at best as he uses his light magic to create a construct of himself to impress as opposed to using its great speed to his advantage and his demonstration was deemed foolish by Ratri.

Abilities

 * Immense Magic Power: Like many other nobles, Augustus has a large 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 Magic Emperor not to stand so close to him while he was trying to wow the crowd, and even took credit for the Magic Emperor'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 doesn't have too much of a problem with putting up with his king and also keeps his ego in check from doing this that 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 doesn't usually argue with the Magic Emperor.

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 Crystal Destruction Battle Tournament 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 the join in the first place or that he was convinced of their inclusion by Julius.

Trivia

 * Augustus' favorite things are being touted and looking over the country from his castle.
 * Augustus is the most disliked by animals.
 * The crown that Augustus wears seems to be influenced by various real world crowns, specifically the style is influenced by the crowns of German, English and French Nobility, and it seems to most resemble the crown currently worn by the Queen of England.

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