indepth indepth Dilandau-sama is a psychologist's dream come true. He is so complex and unbalanced that he puts most serial killers to shame. For this section I'm going to delve into Dilandau's psyche a little, to find out what makes him tick. Please note that these are just my opinions and my interpretation of Dilandau, so you can agree to disagree. Any comments are welcome. For the most part we can see that Dilandau is a very special little guy. He's extremely good looking, fights well with a sword and guymelef, and has an extreme amount of confidence. There are also the minor details about that Dilandau that make him the villain we love, from his pyromania to the obsession he has with Van, and the scar he received from him. But what makes Dilandau this way? What drives him to this sort of behavior? I suppose it all started before Dilandau was even "born." When Zaibach kidnapped Celena it was pretty traumatic for her, as she was just a child. Think about it, you have just been taken by your family, the people who have loved and comforted you your entire life, and you are now in a cold dark place where people in black cloaks stick needle upon needle into your skin, experimenting on you and are deaf to your pleas and cries for help. How would you feel? How could one not fall into madness, especially if that someone is a child! Once Dilandau was created, Celena's pain and suffering from all of her horrifying experiences still remained in his mind. Here is a little boy, all alone in the world, not knowing who he is or where he came from, and yet he knew the feelings of pain and torture. Dilandau knew to fear the sorcerers when he first saw them but he did not know why. They were just "the bad people." He had begun to hate them even though they did not do anything to him… yet. This hatred grew and grew, so the sorcerers manipulated that hatred forcing Dilandau to become a human weapon of destruction. The perfect soldier. Dilandau probably went through grueling training and was punished severely if he did anything incorrectly. Mistakes should be corrected. He forced himself not to make any mistakes, he had to be perfect or else they would send him to "the bad people." Dilandau surpassed his mentors and thrived off the fear he created in people. If he could strike fear into people then they would not try to harm him. It was a simple logic that a child would think because Dilandau is still a child. He never really grew up the way a child should. Dilandau rose up in the Zaibach army, now a leader of his own group of soldiers, the Dragon Slayers. The Dragon Slayers were in awe of Dilandau and strived to be worthy to be part of his team, but they weren't trained the way Dilandau was so they did not become as skilled. Perhaps the way Dilandau treats his Slayers, i.e. the abuse, could be a reflection of the way he was trained. He was probably smacked or hit when he messed up or talked back, but because of his yearning to be feared he learned quickly. He plays off the fear of the Dragon Slayers but it is mostly because he knows that they will not go up against him. Dilandau is not one to be dealt with and has become arrogant because of that fact. That all changes however, when he meets his archenemy: Van Fanel. Dilandau hates Van after the defeat he received from him and the scar that reminds him of it. This was his first real defeat ever and it was a real hard blow, hitting him where it hurts, his pride as a soldier and his vanity. He feels that his looks are ruined and he now lusts for Van's bloody demise. This is a common theme in anime, where the hero does something to provoke the wrath of the villain and the relationship between Dilandau and Van is the greatest one I've yet to see. Dilandau's obsession with Van becomes so intense that he even begins to dream about killing Van in his sleep. Van is not as different but he isn't as passionate about his hate for Dilandau as the latter does. Van becomes so violent and extreme when in battle, he is almost like a demon that Dilandau perceives him to be. This is where another hit to Dilandau's psyche comes to play in the form of the Dragon Slayers massacre. The last lingering thread of sanity that Dilandau possessed is now gone. No longer the confident general he once was, Dilandau retreats from the horrific scene terrified as he views the fallen bodies of his comrades. Afterwards Dilandau contemplates why the Dragon Slayers died and goes through a few of the stages of grief. We see the second stage where he is angry at them for dying in such a way, but he also blames himself to a certain degree, he feels inadequate now because he could not stop Van and does not want to admit he was afraid. He is even more afraid now because he is alone. Dilandau does not feel as confident as he used to be, because there is someone who is better than he is and the only thing close to what he could call friends were taken from him by that person. The traumatic event causes him to revert back and forth from Celena multiple times and he begins to lose his sense of reality, calling for friends that are no longer there and having memory flashes of a life he never actually knew himself. He is emotionally disturbed by this, and even more when he wakes up to find himself in a graveyard with Allen Schezar calling him Celena. Although Dilandau can be considered a broken man by now, he still has his lust for Van's death. This is what makes him come out of his shell and into battle once again. He fights with the same fervor as before, even surpassing his fear of Van to challenge him once again. But as fate would have it, Van was about to strike a fatal blow to Dilandau, only to hit the dog-man Jajuka instead. Jajuka, who was Celena's guardian and friend while she was in Zaibach, sacrificed his life for Dilandau and his last words were a plea to bring back the gentle girl he cared for so much. Dilandau overwhelmed with grief and the fear of being alone forever, pulls back into himself, allowing Celena to become the dominant personality from now on.