Rafaga is a skilled swordmaster
and Captain of Emerode's guard. He's impressively tall, strong built
and blue-eyed. His blonde shoulder-length hair are tied in a low tail
and he wears a single round earring on his right lobe. Rafaga's clothes
are mainly hidden beneath the huge blue armor he uses to protect himself,
along with a long dark-blue mantle hanging from his shoulders plates.
Few pale blue jewels adorns his severe and practical combat suit. He
always carries his faithful sword with him. Rafaga, unlike Lantis, has
no magic powers but he can rely on his tremendous strength and sword
ability in every battle.
Rafaga was promoted to Commander-in-chief of the Princess' guard
after Lantis suddenly disappeared, and he kept his status until Emerode got
kidnapped. Being her loyal guard he challenged the Evil priest in order not to
let her be confined, but he failed, inexorably overwhelmed by Zagato's
magic power. Anyway this latter was impressed and decided to keep him
within his ranks, by casting a mind controlling spell on the
unfortunate soldier, to exploit his talents for his good. In fact when
the Knights first meet him his expression was dull and he had a pair
of blue stripes on his cheeks: the markings of Zagato's power. He had
Rafaga fight them against his will. As
his most powerful henchman, he engaged the girls in battle quite late, but they really
struggled a lot facing him even if he doesn't possess any magical
ability. Only Hikaru was able to be a match for him; to protect her
friends she managed to find the strength to knock him down just
relying on her sword and determination. During the battle Rafaga
happened to grasp her sword, which suddenly turned into fire burning
him and freeing him from the spell. In the anime, once he was again in
charge of himself, he thanked the girls and left to seek a private,
hopeless crusade against their common enemy. At the Fire temple he
prevented Hikaru from falling under Zagato's sudden attack, then he
challenged him a second time, but after another bitter defeat he realized
the Knights were the only hope of the Princess and stepped back from
the main scene.
Rafaga is a cool, mostly calm and silent swordsman. Little is known on
his whereabouts, but his strength and bravery are unquestionable. He's
fiercely loyal to Emerode and takes his task of bodyguard very
seriously, that is way it's hard for him to give up on her and to stay
aside, hoping for the Knights to unleash her. Anyway at first he doesn't forgive himself his
failure and he spends much time wallowing in the depths of self-pity:
his only wish is to protect the Princess, thus he sets out for Zagato on his
own, cursing his impotence. In a way, he is a lot like Alcyone, but while this latter
screws her life for love,
betraying her princess, he acts for loyalty and lives up to his duty.
That is why he'd have never followed, willingly, Zagato's orders.
Anyway, both their lives are voted to someone else...fortunately, the
bold swordsman will be able to break his self imposed bounds keeping
the Knights' teachings in mind and finding love. Alcyone instead will
never try to change her fate.
Rafaga appears
again in the following season next to Caldina and Ascot.
Unfortunately his role is really small, he just acts vaguely
protective towards the Knights. At the beginning he's clearly very
wary of Lantis, because of his connection with Autozam and maybe
because of a roughly defined feeling of professional jealousy towards
the Kailu of Cephiro. The two men are also very alike in
personality, and they'll never really get along. Rafaga is a
an item with Caldina and their relation deepens as time passes by.
Daru Rafaaga ()
Personal Interests:
Birthplace: Cephiro
Special skill:
Rafaga is the chief Dal, Captain of Emerode's Inner
Guard. He is utterly devoted to protecting her, so Zagato had to
brainwash him in order to get him to fight the Magic Knights. A
master swords-man, he can cut through the hardest stone. Perhaps his
only weakness is his overconfidence.
Did you know
that...
His corresponding car is "Honda Accord
Rafaga".
His title is "Kentoushi" or Daru, which means Swordsmaster.
His name is also spelt "Lafarga".
Daru can also be spelt as "Dal".
His first appearance is in ep. 16
Voice actor:
Yukimasa Kishino
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