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Rustal Elion is the main antagonist of the Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS television series. He is the head of the Elion family, one of the Seven Stars of Gjallarhorn, and the commander of the Arianrhod Fleet.

Personality

As the commander of the Arianrhod Fleet, Rustal has a calm and commanding presence. He is capable of generating great loyalty from his subordinates with Julieta Juris devoting her entire being to be his "sword" and Galan Mossa who threw away everything he had in order to better serve Rustal in more illegal channels as prime examples. He has an eye for talent, taking in Julieta for her piloting skills, Iok Kujan for his influence over his many subordinates, and Vidar who has a deep understanding of McGillis who Rustal appears to see as a threat to Gjallarhorn. Rustal can be quite blunt when he is admonishing his subordinates if it benefits their personal development, pointedly calling Iok a fool for his reckless actions and his failure to live up to his subordinate's expectations.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rustal is not a power hungry man but rather someone who work with the goal of establishing order and peace in Gjallarhorn's domain. However he is absolutely willing to use force and underhanded tactics to destroy anyone who threatens his interpretation of order and peace.

Skills & Abilities

Rustal is an able and highly competent battle commander. He is a skilled strategist who is well versed in ship-based tactics. Similar to his approach to politics, Rustal is extremely pragmatic in battle. Even when he possesses a superior and more numerous force than his opponents, he values patience and strategic thinking over brute force.

History

Post Disaster 323

Following the Battle of Edmonton, Rustal's forces retrieve an injured Gaelio Bauduin from the wreckage of his mobile suit. After Gaelio reveals that McGillis Fareed had orchestrated Kudelia and Tekkadan's appearence at Arbrau as part of a larger scheme to increase his own power within Gjallarhorn, Rustal decides to oppose McGillis and offers the wounded pilot protection and a postion in the Arianrhod Fleet.

Post Disaster 325

Two years later, Rustal begins to actively oppose McGillis' movements. Following the advice of Vidar, secretly Gaelio in disguise, he dispatches subordinates Julietta Juris and Iok Kujan to capture the leader of the Dawn Horizon Cops in hopes of denying McGillis official influence in the Martian spehere. After the mission fails, he arranges a proxy war between Arbrau and the SAU in hopes of discrediting McGillis and weakening Tekkadan. He has subordinate Galan Mossa infiltrate the Arbrau military and work to prolong the war. His plan is success, though Galan is killed in the fighting.

When the Oceanian Federation colonies revolt, Rustal dispatches Vidar, Julietta, and Iok to supress the rebels. The mission is a success and the rebels are smashed. Iok, acting on information from a mole within Teiwaz, informs Rustal that McGillis is traveling to Mars in order to inspect what is believed to be a mobile armor discovered by Tekkadan. After consulting with his troops, Rustal sends Iok and his team to investigate. After they fail to report in, he dispatches Julietta and Vidar.

After the awakening and subsequent rampage of a mobile armor on Mars, Rustal returns to Earth and attends a Seven Stars meeting. He is forced to accept McGillis' story due to the blunders of Iok during the battle, whom he later scolds. When Julietta requests to be the test pilot for the fleet's new mobile suit, he agrees but also states that she does not need excessive strength in order to help him, as he has more important plans for her.

Rustal later strikes a deal with McMurdo Barristan after discovering that Iok had attacked the Turbines with Dainselif without his permission. Despite this, McGillis uses the opportunity to launch a coup d'etat.

Wanting to know McGillis' true intentions, Vidar requests that he be allowed to return to Earth, which Rustal happily agrees to. Due to being stationed in Lunar orbit, Rustal and his forces are forced to watch as McGillis and Tekkadan seize control of Gjallahorn. He instead begins to gather his forces for battle. When McGillis manages to awaken and pilot the Gundam Bael, Rustal realizes that his goal had been a symbol for a worthy cause. He comments that McGills was nothing more than a child unable to grow up. After Gaelio returns unmasked and agrees to serve under him, a triumphant Rustal has Gaelio broadcast to all of Gjallahorn that he intends to defeat McGillis himself. Afterwards, Rustal makes his own broadcast explaining Gaelio's survival, McGillis' crimes, and states that he intends to oppose the traitorous faction no matter what.

Despite possessing a larger fleet, Rustal approaches the battle with McGillis strategically. He orders Julietta to stall the Barbatos while Gaelio engages McGillis. He also sends one of his own soldiers to infilitrate the enemy forces. His agent proceeds to use a Dainsleif on Rustal's forces, giving them the justification to use the illegal weapon in mass. Using specialized Grazes quipped with launchers, Rustal decimates McGillis' forces. He is caught off-guard by Tekkadan's trojan horse strategy and nearly killed by the Gundam Flauros, but saved at the last minute by Julietta.

Following the battle, Rustal rallies Gjallahorn against McGillis after learning that he is only the adopted son of Iznario Fareed and thus not a noble himself. When Tekkadan leader Orga Itsuka offers to surrender himself in return for the survival of his comrades, Rustal coldly refuses. He explains that Gjallarhorn's authority has been greatly eroded due to the civil war, and that a scapegoat is required. He then colludes with Nobliss Gordon and makes final preparations for Tekkadan and McGillis' defeats. McGillis eventually decides to launch a one man assault on Rustal's fleet, destroying a large number of mobile suits and battle ships. When Gaelio begins to engage his one-time friend, Rustal declines to send reinforcements, wanting to see the true outcome of the battle. After McGillis' death, Rustal comments that he will be remembered in history as the miserable end of a man obsessed with power. He then orders the final assault on Tekkadan to commences, deploying a team of Dainsleif Grazes to support Julietta and the ground forces.

Epilogue

Following the end of the "McGillis Fareed Incident", Rustal begins to reform Gjallahorn. With the elimination of the Issue, Kujan, and Fareed families, Rustal repeals the council system and the organization shifts to a more democratic mode, with him becoming its first new leader. He also greatly downsizes the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch, leading to the independence of Mars from the economic blocs. He then enters into the Human Debris Abolishment Treaty with the Martian Union, the new goverment of Mars. The hope being to prevent further conflict and the explortation of children as soldiers. He meets with Chairwoman Kudelia Aina Bernstein and promises to support her endeavors. When she makes referrence to the destruction of Tekkadan and the noble deaths of her family as motivation for her goals, an amused Rustal comments how impressive she is.

Gallery

Trivia

Rustal is one of the few main antagonists to survive a mainline gundam entry, as well as one of the only antagonists to secure a decisive victory over the protagonists in the franchise.

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 |status=Alive
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+|occupation=Fleet Commander (Season 2)
+Democratic Leader (Epilogue)
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 As the commander of the Arianrhod Fleet, Rustal has a calm and commanding presence. He is capable of generating great loyalty from his subordinates with [[Julieta Juris]] devoting her entire being to be his "sword" and [[Galan Mossa]] who threw away everything he had in order to better serve Rustal in more illegal channels as prime examples. He has an eye for talent, taking in Julieta for her piloting skills, [[Iok Kujan]] for his influence over his many subordinates, and [[Gaelio Bauduin|Vidar]] who has a deep understanding of McGillis who Rustal appears to see as a threat to Gjallarhorn. Rustal can be quite blunt when he is admonishing his subordinates if it benefits their personal development, pointedly calling Iok a fool for his reckless actions and his failure to live up to his subordinate's expectations.
 Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rustal is not a power hungry man but rather someone who work with the goal of establishing order and peace in Gjallarhorn's domain. However he is absolutely willing to use force and underhanded tactics to destroy anyone who threatens his interpretation of order and peace.
+==Skills & Abilities==
+Rustal is an able and highly competent battle commander. He is a skilled strategist who is well versed in ship-based tactics. Similar to his approach to politics, Rustal is extremely pragmatic in battle. Even when he possesses a superior and more numerous force than his opponents, he values patience and strategic thinking over brute force.
+==History==
+===Post Disaster 323===
+Following the Battle of Edmonton, Rustal's forces retrieve an injured Gaelio Bauduin from the wreckage of his mobile suit. After Gaelio reveals that McGillis Fareed had orchestrated Kudelia and Tekkadan's appearence at Arbrau as part of a larger scheme to increase his own power within Gjallarhorn, Rustal decides to oppose McGillis and offers the wounded pilot protection and a postion in the Arianrhod Fleet.
+===Post Disaster 325===
+Two years later, Rustal begins to actively oppose McGillis' movements. Following the advice of Vidar, secretly Gaelio in disguise, he dispatches subordinates Julietta Juris and Iok Kujan to capture the leader of the Dawn Horizon Cops in hopes of denying McGillis official influence in the Martian spehere. After the mission fails, he arranges a proxy war between Arbrau and the SAU in hopes of discrediting McGillis and weakening Tekkadan. He has subordinate Galan Mossa infiltrate the Arbrau military and work to prolong the war. His plan is success, though Galan is killed in the fighting.
+When the Oceanian Federation colonies revolt, Rustal dispatches Vidar, Julietta, and Iok to supress the rebels. The mission is a success and the rebels are smashed. Iok, acting on information from a mole within Teiwaz, informs Rustal that McGillis is traveling to Mars in order to inspect what is believed to be a mobile armor discovered by Tekkadan. After consulting with his troops, Rustal sends Iok and his team to investigate. After they fail to report in, he dispatches Julietta and Vidar.
+After the awakening and subsequent rampage of a mobile armor on Mars, Rustal returns to Earth and attends a Seven Stars meeting. He is forced to accept McGillis' story due to the blunders of Iok during the battle, whom he later scolds. When Julietta requests to be the test pilot for the fleet's new mobile suit, he agrees but also states that she does not need excessive strength in order to help him, as he has more important plans for her.
+Rustal later strikes a deal with McMurdo Barristan after discovering that Iok had attacked the Turbines with Dainselif without his permission. Despite this, McGillis uses the opportunity to launch a coup d'etat.
+Wanting to know McGillis' true intentions, Vidar requests that he be allowed to return to Earth, which Rustal happily agrees to. Due to being stationed in Lunar orbit, Rustal and his forces are forced to watch as McGillis and Tekkadan seize control of Gjallahorn. He instead begins to gather his forces for battle. When McGillis manages to awaken and pilot the Gundam Bael, Rustal realizes that his goal had been a symbol for a worthy cause. He comments that McGills was nothing more than a child unable to grow up. After Gaelio returns unmasked and agrees to serve under him, a triumphant Rustal has Gaelio broadcast to all of Gjallahorn that he intends to defeat McGillis himself. Afterwards, Rustal makes his own broadcast explaining Gaelio's survival, McGillis' crimes, and states that he intends to oppose the traitorous faction no matter what.
+Despite possessing a larger fleet, Rustal approaches the battle with McGillis strategically. He orders Julietta to stall the Barbatos while Gaelio engages McGillis. He also sends one of his own soldiers to infilitrate the enemy forces. His agent proceeds to use a Dainsleif on Rustal's forces, giving them the justification to use the illegal weapon in mass. Using specialized Grazes quipped with launchers, Rustal decimates McGillis' forces. He is caught off-guard by Tekkadan's trojan horse strategy and nearly killed by the Gundam Flauros, but saved at the last minute by Julietta.
+Following the battle, Rustal rallies Gjallahorn against McGillis after learning that he is only the adopted son of Iznario Fareed and thus not a noble himself. When Tekkadan leader Orga Itsuka offers to surrender himself in return for the survival of his comrades, Rustal coldly refuses. He explains that Gjallarhorn's authority has been greatly eroded due to the civil war, and that a scapegoat is required. He then colludes with Nobliss Gordon and makes final preparations for Tekkadan and McGillis' defeats. McGillis eventually decides to launch a one man assault on Rustal's fleet, destroying a large number of mobile suits and battle ships. When Gaelio begins to engage his one-time friend, Rustal declines to send reinforcements, wanting to see the true outcome of the battle. After McGillis' death, Rustal comments that he will be remembered in history as the miserable end of a man obsessed with power. He then orders the final assault on Tekkadan to commences, deploying a team of Dainsleif Grazes to support Julietta and the ground forces.
+===Epilogue===
+Following the end of the "McGillis Fareed Incident", Rustal begins to reform Gjallahorn. With the elimination of the Issue, Kujan, and Fareed families, Rustal repeals the council system and the organization shifts to a more democratic mode, with him becoming its first new leader. He also greatly downsizes the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch, leading to the independence of Mars from the economic blocs. He then enters into the Human Debris Abolishment Treaty with the Martian Union, the new goverment of Mars. The hope being to prevent further conflict and the explortation of children as soldiers. He meets with Chairwoman Kudelia Aina Bernstein and promises to support her endeavors. When she makes referrence to the destruction of Tekkadan and the noble deaths of her family as motivation for her goals, an amused Rustal comments how impressive she is.
 ==Gallery==
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 == Trivia ==
-* Rustal is one of the few main antagonists to survive a mainline gundam entry, as well as one of the only antagonists to deliver a decisive victory to the protagonists in the franchise.
+* Rustal is one of the few main antagonists to survive a mainline gundam entry, as well as one of the only antagonists to secure a decisive victory over the protagonists in the franchise.
 ==References==