Verdia, also known as Verdia the Dullahan and the Hero Slayer, is a major antagonist in the 2013-2020 Japanese comedy fantasy light novel series KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!. He also acts as an overarching antagonist in the 2019 anime film KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson.

He was the first major villain introduced as one of the generals of the Demon King's army, serving as the main antagonist of the beginning of the series. He is the series' take on the mythological legend known as the Dullahan.

He is voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto in the Japanese version of the anime who also has voiced Loupeloid in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, Bjorn in Vinland Saga, and Norland von Lunebelg in Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture. and by Patrick Seitz in the English version. Seitz has also voiced Dio Brando in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jiren in Dragon Ball Super, Endeavor in My Hero Academia, Ira Gamagōri in Kill la Kill, Assassin in Fate/Zero, Sloth in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Luke Valentine in Hellsing, Uvogin in Hunter x Hunter, Franky in One Piece, and Kunzite in Sailor Moon.

Personality[]

Verdia claims himself to be a honorable knight, but displays extreme pride of himself. Along with this, he displays a sinister side of evil of him and has no restraints on cursing those to their demise. One notable trait about him is that he can be easily provoked and lash out in rage as he assaulted Axel out of anger towards the person that was bombing his castle. Prior to this though, he has shown a bit of tolerance for those actions done to him before eventually being fed up with it.

Though he claims to be honorable, he is in fact a pervert, but refuses to admit it and hides his true nature among the public. Wiz described him as the "type of man who would look under a woman's skirt", as she recalled a time when Verdia would perform said act to her.

Despite his evil nature, Verdia does not seem to be completely heartless and has shown a more genuine, but insecure side of himself. He patiently waited for Megumin to come to his castle before battling her, but became greatly upset when neither she or anyone else arrived to his castle. He has also shown a warm and compassionate side towards animals.

History[]

Background[]

Verdia was once a regular knight who was beheaded for an unjustifiable reason. Since then, he was resurrected as a Dullahan and grew a huge hatred over his execution. Some time later, he was approached by the Demon King's army where he became one of the eight generals. He also came across Wiz and her companions, being responsible for transforming her into a lich, while cursing her companions to death.

At one point, Verdia came across Wiz once more after she had joined the Demon King's army. He decided to take the opportunity to sexually harass her by rolling his head under her dress, causing Wiz to get all flustered. Verdia was later tasked by the Demon King himself to check what the mysterious light was that appeared near Axel.

Bombardment on his Castle[]

Verdia occupied near Axel for the time being in an abandoned castle. His castle would eventually be attacked by Megumin one day, who thought the castle was completely empty and was using it as practice for her Explosion Magic. At first, Verdia did nothing about it, but after having his castle being blown up day after day, he eventually became frustrated and decided to confront the person attacking his castle. He arrived at Axel and demanded the adventurers there to reveal the one that was blowing up his castle.

When Megumin revealed herself to be the one attacking his castle, he attempted to place a curse on her, but Darkness took the attack, being the one cursed instead. Darkness then attempted to run away with Verdia, believing he wanted her as his sex slave, but Kazuma prevented her from doing so, leaving Verdia greatly disturbed. In the end, Verdia challenged Megumin to fight him at his castle and threatened that the curse would kill Darkness if she did not arrive. Verdia then returned to his castle, but Aqua removed the curse from Darkness and as a result, nobody went to Verdia's castle.

Return and Demise[]

After waiting for days, Verdia eventually returned, frustrated over the fact that Megumin did not come over to fight him and still had been blowing up his castle. Nonetheless, he continued on to boast how she let her teammate to die, until Darkness revealed herself to be alive still, causing Verdia to be speechless. Verdia then decides to defeat the adventurers here and engage with them in battle, only to be blasted by Aqua's magic, causing him to shriek and roll around in pain. Despite this, he managed to shrug off the pain and decided to first start off with Aqua by summoning his undead army to take care of her. Megumin then proceeds to take out the army, using her Explosion magic.

Verdia then takes out a couple of adventurers before eventually engaging in battle with Darkness, clashing his sword against hers. Darkness attempts to finish him off with a slash but manages to miss him, causing Verdia to be confused. While Verdia is distracted by Darkness's sexual comments, Kazuma comes up with a plan to drown Verdia using his water magic and then freeze him using the puddles. The first attempt did not go as planned as Verdia broke free from the ice, but the rest of the mages took part in using water magic. Darkness then continues to hold down Verdia while Aqua summons her magic down upon Verdia, causing him to drown.

Despite their best efforts, Verdia managed to survive then attempted to finish off Kazuma. Kazuma, however, manages to steal his head and played around with it with the other adventurers, using as a soccer ball. Aqua then finishes off Verdia with her holy magic, vanquishing Verdia for good.

Legacy[]

Despite his demise, Verdia continued to play on a posthumous role throughout the series. Most notably is with Wiz where, during her trip to Alcanretia, he continuously appeared in her dreams, demanding for her to come over to him. At one point, she came across with him in what appeared to be the afterlife, before waking up.

Gallery[]

Manga[]

Anime[]

Official anime artwork.

Miscellaneous[]

Verdia as he appears in Tower of Saviors.

Verdia as he appears in the video game.

Verdia facing off against Kazuma's party in the light novel.

External links[]

• Verdia on the KonoSuba Wiki

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