Ein Dalton

Ein Dalton
Ein Dalton
Profile
Species	Human
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Blue
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Gjallarhorn
Occupation	Mobile Suit Pilot
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Status	Disembodied Brain
Mecha & Vehicles
Pilot EB-06 Graze EB-AX2 Graze Ein EB-05s Schwalbe Graze
Real World
Japanese Voices	Yuuma Uchida
English Voices	Max Mittelman
Appearances
Television	IBO: #1 - Episode #25

Ein Dalton (アイン・ダルトン, Ain Daruton^?) is an antagonist that appears in the Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS anime series.

Personality & Character

A dutiful young soldier, he bears an intense loyalty to both his comrades as well as Gjallarhorn. While being a generally reserved, quiet person outside of combat, he can be quite vengeful, wanting to avenge his fallen comrades (particularly Crank Zent, his mentor) by destroying Tekkadan. Following the serious injury he suffered from defending Gaelio/ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris and being bounded to EB-AX2 Graze Ein after being reduced to a mere torso, Ein finally defeats the Ryusei-Go, a machine he hated as it uses parts from Crank's Graze and was painted in a color he deemed vulgar. However, he soon begins losing his sanity as he was reminded that Kudelia was the cause of Crank's death, and tried to kill her instead of capturing her, as per the original order that was given to Crank.

Skills & Abilities

Ein starts the series as a student of Crank Zent, still lacking on actual battlefield experience, and not quite skilled at piloting Mobile Suits. This is evident by the fact that he has been taken down several times by Mikazuki in the Barbatos. But as the series continues, his piloting skills have improved, as shown when Gaelio Bauduin handed him his own EB-05s Schwalbe Graze. Ein is able to fight on equal footing with Norba Shino in his EB-06/tc2 Ryusei-Go, despite the latter having an Alaya-Vijnana system. After receiving fatal injuries from protecting Gaelio Bauduin, Ein receives a full Alaya-Vijnana system with 3 "Whiskers" in order to preserve his life, binding him to his Graze Ein. This grants him above average reflexes that allowed him to defeat most of Tekkaden's forces and even overwhelm Mikazuki Augus's ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos.

History

Ein was born on Mars to a Martian mother and a father from Earth. His father is a Gjallarhorn officer. Ein would eventually come to serve Gjallarhorn himself, taking continued abuse for his upbringing and only being treated with proper human decency by his superior - Crank. However, after a failed mission against Tekkadan the unit faced disaster until Crank sacrificed himself by facing Tekkadan alone which lead to his death.

While mourning the loss of Crank, Ein would meet and befriend Gaelio Bauduin who, despite his noble standing, treated Ein as an equal. Ein appreciated Gaelio's kindness and while he was still dedicated to revenge he swore to give his all to his new friend. True to his word Ein was severely injured protecting Gaelio and eventually underwent the Alaya-Vijnana surgery himself to gain an edge against Tekkadan so that he could avenge Crank. Unknown to Ein and Gaelio, McGillis would secretly use Ein's data to aid in his own future ambitions.

Ultimately Ein became consumed by his desire to avenge his mentor Crank and lost more and more of his humanity in his desire to destroy Tekkadan. Despite Gaelio's concerns Ein continued this path that eventually lead to his death, something which Gaelio still feels extreme guilt for.

After the Battle of Edmonton, Ein's brain patterns are used as the defining framework for the Alaya-Vijnana Type E, allowing for Vidar, Gaelio's new identity following the Battle of Edmonton, to control the unleashed Power of the Gundam Vidar with ease without suffering the risk of damaging his own mental capacities or losing functional control of his body.

Relationships

Crank Zent

Ein and Crank have a mentor-student relationship, with Crank trying to show Ein what it means to have honor as a soldier. Crank's death is Ein's driving force to destroy Tekkadan. His dedication to his late mentor eventually grew to the point of fanaticism, at which he refused to believe Mikazuki Augus' claim that Crank wanted to die in his final battle.

Gaelio Bauduin

Although Gaelio wanted to save Ein to return the favor (as well as help Ein realize his wish to avenge his superiors), Gaelio didn't like the idea of Ein surviving through cybernetics, especially the Alaya-Vijnana system which were discussed between Gaelio, the doctors and McGillis Fareed. This was because of the attitudes on Post Disaster Earth towards people with such prosthetics or implants. But McGillis persuaded him that the Alaya-Vijnana system would be the best way for Ein to achieve vengeance despite Gjallarhorn's doctrine that "Humans must be natural", a value they spread intentionally; fearing the technologies advanced through the Calamity War will be used as a tool against them.

Following his death his brain patterns are utilized as the framework for the Alaya-Vijnana Type-E that is utilized for the Gundam Vidar which resolves the risk towards pilots utilizing the Gundam's unleashed power. Gaelio, now Vidar, speaks of the Gundam Vidar as if he's his fallen friend Ein due to this.

Gallery

Ein piloting EB-AX2 Graze Ein

Notes & Trivia

• His Japanese voice actor, Yuuma Uchida, also voiced Yuuma Kousaka in Gundam Build Fighters Try. A similar case occurred with Orga Itsuka who has the same voice as Saga Adou, Yoshimasa Hosoya. An ironic twist is that while both retained the traits of fighting on opposing sides, their group's alignment are different.
  • Yuuma Uchida is also the voice Hayate Immelmann, the protagonist of Macross Δ. Like, Yuichi Nakamura, he voices a protagonist in a Macross series but also voices the final boss of the first season of a Gundam series. In addition, both have played Gundam Build Fighters characters that pilot modified transformable Gundams that are similar to the Variable Fighters.
• Ein has very similar traits to Jeremiah Gotwald from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Both start off as minor characters but turn to needing cybernetics to survive by the end of their series' first season. Also, they both harbor a grudge to the main protagonist though, unlike Ein who acts on that grudge unto death, Jeremiah becomes a loyal subordinate to the main protagonist of his respective series.