Hai, Dilandau-sama!!
(translation: Yes, Lord Dilandau!)
music: Sora ~ escaflowne movie
Just surfing the net, looking up my fav Dragon Slayers. For those of you who don't know, the DragonSlayers are an elite squad of Gyumelef pilots of the Zaibach Empire, led by the one and only Dilandau Albatou and his cute pink Gyumelef.
Dilanday: It's red, you idiot. RED.
Me: Suuure.....
The Dragon Slayer army is rather large, though they were hand-picked by Dilan-sama himself. The main ones, or the ones we see the most are as follows (pics included)
Oh, and they're in no particular order. Seriously.
Of course, Dilan-sama gets the biggest and purtiest picture. Miguel gets second purtiest ^_^
'Slayers: *pout*
Dilandau-sama
Gatti
Shesta
Dallet
Miguel *drools*
Viole
Guimel
Now, to place them in order of faves, and say abit about 'em...
Dilandau Albatou
Dilandau-sama, as we all know, is the slightly insane leader of the Dragon Slayers. I wouldn't say he works
for Folken, more like
with him, even though his rank seems to be somewhat lower. He treats Folken-san more like an equal than a commander, and the only one he'll bow to is Dornkirk. It seems Dilandau is an expert when it comes to Guymelef battles, but in swordsmanship, he let his hand slip, and the result was that long scar that runs down the side of his face after ep 5. He may be a bit hard on his 'Slayers, but he picked them with absolute care, making sure they could handle what he and their enemies dish out, and it really ticks him if anything happens to them.
Miguel Lavariel
Miguel is pretty much my second fav 'Slayer, after Dilan-sama. I first noticed him, unfortunatly, the ep of his....death...so I rewatched all the eps before that, just to catch a glimpse of him. He is VERY good looking, in my opinion, and seems to have quite a bit of common sense compared to the rest of Dilandau's bunch. I'm not saying their
stupid or anything...
Slayers: *glare*
Migule, unfortunatly, made an early exit thanks to this Doppleganger called Zongi. This got me aggravated, but irratated Dilandau even more, who avenged Miguel by squeezing the Doppleganger to death in his mecha claw. HA.
Gatti
It was a toss up between Gatti and Miguel for who was my second fav Slayer, but I still really like Gatti. Gatti seems to be like, the second in command of the Slayers. He also seems to push his luck with Dilan-sama, not in total control like some of the others. He also delivers reports and messages to him, and Dilan-sama seems to trust him in battles, like when he left the job up to the young Slayer when he departed early in the battle in ep 4. Even though Allen beat him into the topsoil. That's rough. Gatti, second in command to the great Dragon Slayers, beat into the earth by a blonde goody-two-shoes bishounen. Ouch.
Gatti also stands his ground better than the rest of the slayers. Shesta and Dallet were sent sprawling when Dilandau gave them a good slap in ep 3, but Gatti's been punched by him and is still standing. Go Gatti ^__^
Shesta
Shesta is kind of like the cute, pokable Slayer of the bunch. He's got the cute little blonde hair and the big blue eyes and the all around kawaiiness; though he does get beaten around alot, be it by Van, Allen, or Dilandau himself. One of the reasons Shesti-chan is on the receiving side of everyone's fist is probably because he cares about Dilandau-sama. When Dilandau's mad, the Slayers tend to keep their mouths shut, but Shesta ( as well as Gatti) don't seem to care what happens to them, as long as they're commander's alright. He also puts himself into nasty situations in battle, seeking out the tougher opponents so as to keep the greater threat away from Dilan-sama. But, though he is the most bishouny of the main bunch, he's still and excellent fighter; you think Dilan would have chose him for the team otherwise?
Dallet
Dallet-san is...interesting, to say the least. He has the cute bishy hairdo and pretty lilac eyes. He doesn't say much, but he's probably Dilandau's 3rd top 'Slayer. He, along with Shesta, got told off when their Guymelefs when they destroyed Fanelia, but they DID get into a little ramble with Escalfowne, and nobody, not even Dilly-sama, can come out of that without a scratch. Dallet-san is pretty cute, and when all the slayers are dead and Van goes after Dilandau, Dallet is the first one to appear and stop him.
Viole
A, Viole, the silent 'Salyer with the pretty hair. We seem him briefly in the first ranks of the Slayers as they get yelled at for screwing up the attack on Fanelia, but that's about the only clear time we get to see him. But he is easily distinguishable with his long, wavy brownish-purply hair.
Guimel
Another elusive silent Slayer. We now of both him and Viole from brief shots, and their names mentioned once or twince by Dilandau. But, alas, we never hear his voice.
There you go!! The main Dragon Slayers of Zaibach's elite force. Sadly, just about everyone of them was knocked off, 'cept for Dilandau-sama...
Dilandau: Am special ^__^