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| “ | Today, I'd like to speak to you not as your emperor but as a human being. Since long ago, we've been protected by magic. Whenever natural disasters or plagues occurred, we depended on witches, expressed our gratitude for them, revered them, and feared them... Due to their power exceeding human knowledge known as magic. Don't you think that's just unjust? Are we weaklings who must bow to the whims of witches and begs for their assistance? Are we not allowed to live with our own dignity? Absurd! Behold! Our countless airships fly through the sky, and our metropolis fears no storm. The automatic trains driving through our cities will open up new frontiers. We are not weak. Even without strange and occult magics, we can mold the natural world and control it with our own strength. My people, now is the time to eradicate witches and show the world that we are its supreme rulers. Let us extol ourselves, humanity! | „ |
| ~ The emperor's speech for his kingdom. |
Emperor Goethe is a major antagonist in the manga and anime series, The Kingdom of Ruin. He is the 23rd Emperor of Redia, a human society. He seeks to eradicate all witches as he deems them as unjust because of their superior power exceeding humans, known as magic. He is responsible for the death of Chloe Morgan and the reason Adonis snapped to vengeance. It is later revealed that the true mastermind planning the scheme for the extinction of witches is his wife, Empress Dorothea who later planned his suicide.
He was voiced by Jiro Saito in Japanese and by R. Bruce Elliot in English.
Appearance[]
The emperor of Redia is an elder man with grey hair and a handlebar mustache. As the king, he wears a luxury white uniform with white and gold epaulets.
Personality[]
Emperor Goethe is a cruel xenophobic ruler seeking to kill all witches only because they have a more powerful source of power, magic, and bears immense hatred toward the witch species like the rest of the society he rules, deeming that humans should be capable of live without begging for the witches' assistance unlike in the past.
Biography[]
Goethe shoots Chloe in the head, killing her.
Goethe sends a group of his soldiers on vehicles to capture a witch, Chloe Morgan, and her apprentice, Adonis, which fails as Chloe's magic is too powerful for his men to handle. Meanwhile, in Redia, a servant informs him about the cruel situation. Goethe orders them to bring Chloe right away to him.
Emperor Goethe grabs Chloe's head for the civilians to see.
He later arrives in front of a large crowd of humans to give an important speech regarding the history of humans and witches and his goal to eradicate them all, an announcement that is recorded to the entire country on screen. He walks back as he finishes his speech and is congratulated by his wife about his speech. He says that the world will move in the correct direction for sure once all witches are eliminated as Chloe and Adonis are teleported to the stadium behind him. Goethe says the witch's name as he stares at them with Chloe recognizing him. Adonis attempts to buy her time as he rushes toward him with his magic but is restrained by being pinned by Goethe's guards. Chloe declares to let go of her apprentice as she prepares for a powerful spell with her magic but to her shock it was cancelled thanks to the technology that human society has developed.
Proud to show the audience his cruelty against witches.
He walks toward Chloe and grabs the cloth on her chest, tearing her cloth apart before slapping her in the face, leaving her naked to be humiliated by the audience who start taking photos of her. Annoyed by Adonis' behavior, he orders his men to kill the boy but Chloe begs the king to spare him and her life instead. The king does not hesitate to listen to her as he gets his gun out and points it at Chloe's head. As Chloe speaks her last words, Goethe shoots her in the head before brutally having her body constantly destroyed by more weapons fired by Goethe's man as Adonis begs them to stop. Another man wielding an axe walks to the corpse and beheads Chloe's head for Goethe to grab her by the hair for the audience to see.
A decade later, the king is lying on his bed and is monitored by his wife. He cough as he speaks if his life is really coming to an end by an incurable disease, questions to god if he is under a curse, and speaks that humanity cannot make his progress as long as witches are still around.
Goethe falling off the tower and impaled on a needle of another tower nearby while also revealing the heart mark caused by his wife's brainwashing.
At night on the tower of his Royal Castle, with his wife by his side, Goethe interrogates one of his man how far they have gotten in their progression to exterminate the witches. His man reports that General Yamato's unit is still facing against the witches and have trouble to contact with them. The man agrees with the king that their goal to exterminate the witch will be a success. Out of a sudden, the king speaks his happiness outloud to finally kill every witches and Adonis once it for all. He hugs his wife as he questions how amazing he is. The soldier watches the emperor's behaviour in confusion. Concerns he questions if he is alright along with his illness. The queen reassure the soldier about her husband's behaviour. The woman congragulates him for everything he has done in the witch hunt and activates her spell to order him that he can finally die now. This causes the man to run around with his wife encouraging him. The king climbs to the edge of the tower with the concerned soldier begging him to get down. The king screams out of happiness about all the achievements humanity has accomplished. In his final moments, the queen finally orders for him to die as he quietly loses his balance and fall off the tower. His body lands and is impaled on the needle of a tower down nearby, still speaking he loves his wife with a heart-shaped mark seen on his neck, revealing that his final actions were caused by his wife's brainwashing.
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