King is a major antagonist in the Sand Land franchise. He is the secondary antagonist of the original manga and its adaptation in the anime.
He is the greedy ruler of Sand Land. However, he is revealed to be a figurehead as General Zeu is the mastermind.
Appearance[]
He looks short and fat. He wears white and blue royal attire. He has black hair and black mustache.
Personality[]
King is greedy and lazy as he enjoy swimming in a pool surrounded by beautiful women. He makes people pay expensive money to get water from his personal reservoir. He is also a coward that he tried to run away, when he learned that Sand Land is going to be destroyed by Garam. He seems to care about his status as he must give the money to the less fortunate people when General Are makes a news about Rao, Beezlebub, and Thief being heroes in order to not suffer any consequences should any of his heinous action be revealed to the public.
Synopsis[]
He first appears in a broadcasting message to the citizens of Sand Land of offering a water on a discounted price. However, it is still too expensive for the people to purchase water.
He learned about the news about the stolen tank by Rao, Beezlebub, and Thief, and their plan to find the reservoir from General Zeu. King was concerned that if the heroes plan to find his spring that could ruin his control over his people, but Zeu reassures him about that.
When King receives a call from General Are asking about the great explosion thirty years ago because his father was killed and reported of failing to stop Shiva, King stated that it was General Zeu's plan all along and orders him to continue the hunt. Unknown to King, Are chooses to betray the Sand Land Royal Army after getting the truth he needed. King then inform Zeu about Are's reports and that made the latter angry for knowing too much about the great explosion.
After the Beelzebub's group, General Are and his army, and Swimmers manage to defeat Zeu and break the dam releasing all the water, King is distraught of losing his control over Sand Land. He also is further dismay after hearing from General Are's broadcast message that Beezlebub's group are the heroes, and King must give his wealth to them and the less fortune people of Sand Land. King can no longer do anything evil with General Are being the new Supreme Commander as the latter has found a way to keep him in check through blackmail.
When King heard about the message from Muniel, he tried to run away from the Sand Land capital to ensure his safety. King sees the rain after Garam's crisis has been averted and presumed to return back to his castle. It is mentioned by King Jam, that the kings need to meet each other to promote peace between Sand Land and Forest Land.