Esdeath

Appearance Esdeath is a general of The Empire. She stands at 6 foot 1, with long, flowing blue hair, some muscle, and decently sized breasts. Esdeath was a slender and beautiful young woman with long light blue hair, and dark blue eyes. She wore a general's apparel with long sleeves, a blue scarf on her neck, and high-heeled boots. She also has a tattoo on her chest, which is the sign of her Imperial Arms.

Personality

Esdeath is a sadistic, barbarous and bloodthirsty woman who lacks empathy for people whom she deems weak despite appearing to care about those working under her. Ever since she was motivated by her father's philosophy ("The strong survive and the weak perish"), she has gone through torturous activities that involve putting her enemies through great pain, both physically and emotionally. She has no qualms about her ruthlessness in battle or killing innocent people to get what she wants, and rationalizes her behavior with her father's old creed.

Despite all of this, Esdeath has shown a genuine and charismatic side of her. She is also known for treating her subordinates fair and well, as she is there for them when they're anguished. A good example of this is when Esdeath embraced Seryu while she mourned over the death of her colleague. She lets her subordinates do as they please, which, in return, encourages their intense loyalty and devotion towards her, making her followers the strongest offensive force of the Empire.

Esdeath has also shown to be quite honorable, as she enjoys challenging an opponent that can give her a great battle. She holds a special kind of respect for strong opponents, which she shows when she openly recognizes Susanoo as a warrior rather than a simple Teigu. She also ultimately accepted her death when bested by Akame. Though because of this, she has a bloodthirsty mindset that puts her in the position of committing actions that would incite more hatred against the Empire, in the hopes of being able to put down more rebellions. She has even stated that, should the Empire fall, she would simply start a war herself to satisfy her need for bloodshed.

Although she is unabashedly bloodthirsty and heartless, she keeps it from dominating her judgment. If she sees that the battle is too much for her soldiers, she orders a retreat and doesn't risk heavy losses. While she will torture subordinates who fail, she can be forgiving to failed servitors—provided that they aren't complete failures—and gives them the benefit of the doubt if the failure wasn't their fault. However, this is later proven to be nothing more than a façade to cover up the psychotic, bloodthirsty maniac.

Esdeath was born in the Northern Borderlands and is the only remaining survivor of her village, the Partas Clan. She spent most of her childhood in the North with her tribe and was very close to her father, the clan's chief due to her mother's death at the hands of a Super-Class Danger Beast. She was a skilled and formidable fighter, even at such a young age. Whenever she caught prey for the tribe, her father would proceed to disembowel the creature without killing it. Because of this, she felt comfortable with the idea of ​​inflicting pain on living beings. However, her father was worried that this would cause her to lose something she could not regain, but for her to survive, this was fine with him. Her father told her that in the North, "the strong live and the weak die", a creed she held close to her heart. One day, she returned from a walk to find her tribe destroyed, with everyone dead or dying. Her father was mortally wounded and soon passed away in her arms. From that day on, she swore to herself that she would become stronger. She later joined the Empire's military, quickly rising through the ranks, and at some point, the Prime Minister allowed her to choose a Teigu. She noticed one that was chained away from the others, felt that it was calling to her, and chose it. Instead of drinking one cup, which would have been enough, she drank the whole thing. After taming the Teigu, Esdeath would earn the title of the strongest in the Empire.