Julius Amidonia

Julius Amidonia (ユリウス・アミドニア, Yuriusu Amidonia) is a recurring character of Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki series. He is the exiled, unofficial ruler of Amidonia. He is the son of the late Gaius Amidonia and older brother of Roroa Amidonia.

Appearance
Julius Amidonia is shown with light, short hair in the manga and with brown hair in the light novel.

Personality
Julius was a vain, egotistical individual, and had dreams of grandeur and conquest. However, his ability to govern a country was severely lacking as he did not understand the needs of the Amidonian citizens, nor was he able to solve domestic issues, since like his father, he followed a 'military first' outlook.

His personality becomes a bit more subdued after the disastrous invasion of Elfrieden and the annexation of his country.

History
During the rebellion of Georg Carmine and Castor Vargas, Gaius and Julius launch an invasion of the Elfrieden Kingdom in order to reclaim the territory Amidonia had lost a half-century ago. The goal was to take back the farm-able lands or the 'bread-basket' areas. This was crucial to Amidonia since the country was mostly mountainous and had little in terms of food production. With nothing but mining as revenue, the country was constantly suffering food shortages.

The aim was to annex those valuable lands with no fear of reprisal from the Grand Chaos Empire. Since Elfrieden had never signed with the Humanity Declaration Treaty, and therefore would not be able to use the first clause of no border changes due to military action, both father and son felt they could take back their country's former territories with impunity.

However, both were outwitted by Souma Kazuya's deception tactics, and the Amidonian Army soon found itself being pushed back with considerable casualties, and forced to retreat back to its country, once their capital city of Van was captured. During the Five Day War, Gaius Amidonia met his end in a suicidal charge, in an attempt to kill Souma. By the time Julius arrived at Van, it was already fully occupied by Elfrieden's forces and the Amidonian Army had neither the strength, numbers or resources to retake the city.

With Julius now the ruler of Amidonia, (unofficially, since a coronation ceremony was never held after his father's death), he was forced to appeal to the Grand Chaos Empire in order to invoke the first clause of the Humanity Declaration Treaty, in order to get Van back. After a lengthy negotiation, he was able to regain the capital city, but much to his consternation, was forced to pay enormous reparations for invading Elfrieden in the first place.

Julius' troubles did not end after the occupying forces left Van. Due to the citizens enjoying the entertainment, food supplies and overall freedoms granted during the occupation, they were very resentful of their ruler, once Julius began restricting them in an attempt to return things to the former status quo. He was also not respected by the region's nobles, who saw the new ruler as inexperienced and incompetent. It wasn't long before rebellions and riots began appearing throughout the country, many of which demanded that the whole of Amidonia be merged with Elfrieden. In an attempt to put down a major rebellion in the north, Julius led his army to combat the threat. However, that allowed the people to revolt in Van, declaring allegiance to Elfrieden and giving Souma a reason to occupy the city again. At this point, both the Republic of Turgis and the Lunaria Orthodox Empire also invaded the country.

With no way of fighting the rebellions, the other nations, and the re-occupation of Van, Julius was forced into a self-imposed exile, while the whole country of Amidonia was eventually annexed by Elfrieden. He and his retinue were later seen in the Kingdom of Lastania of the Confederation of Eastern Nations. With his position of ruler of Amidonia seen as an empty title, Julius is now just a refugee.