Fried

 (pronounced Freed) is a Wolf Fang Guardian-Dragon Tamer in the Black Sword Knights, where he serves as a Kamikaze Unit Leader under the guild's vice commander, Don Masdy.

Personality
A man a few words, Fried has a blunt personality and easily intimidates others with his deep voice and gruff manner of speech reminiscent of the Yankee style. At first glance, he seems like the type that is apathetic about his surroundings, but he actually has a strong sense of camaraderie and, despite his appearances, looks out for junior members of the guild. As a result, he is adored by quite a few of his peers, some of them even calling him a "tsundere" behind his back.[1]

Before Grandale's founding, he often played with Woodstock W, a fellow Trainer. However, he, like most of his guild, has a bit of an elitist streak, which clashed against Woodstock's own philosophy. When it put them at odds, far from stopping him from quitting, Fried appeared to shun his fellow Trainer, even driving him and those who agreed with him out and saying "We in Black Sword don't need half-assed guys. You weaklings should quit now", though it might only be an act. Despite apparent rifts in their ideology, they share the same feelings for their guildmates as, behind-the-scenes, they coordinated together to transfer some Black Sword members into Grandale when they couldn't keep up with the guild's pace.

Before the Catastrophe
Fried and Paulus became fast friends in Elder Tale a while before they joined the Black Sword Knights. Within the Black Sword Knights, the two are known as the Fūjin-Raijin Combo.

While Woodstock W was a member of the Black Sword Knights, he and Fried acknowledged each other as fellow Trainers (Woodstock being an Animal Trainer, Fried being one of its derivative subclasses, Dragon Tamer). When Woodstock criticized the guild's elitist policies, however, Fried was among those who disagreed with his position and actively moved to kick him and his supporters out of the guild, saying "We don't need weaklings like you in the Black Sword&mdash;get the hell out!"

On the surface, it seemed like this incident completely severed Fried and Woodstock's ties. Secretly, however, the two kept in contact. Fried quietly referred members who couldn't keep up with the Black Sword Knights' pace to Woodstock's new guild, Grandale. Though the two didn't see eye-to-eye, they both agreed on their idea of what was best for the guild.

Equipment
He is known as "Black Sword Raijin" (黒剣の雷神) due to his fighting style: wielding a spear and trampling down the battlefield atop his pet Centrosaurus&mdash;proof that he's mastered a highly-difficult subclass.

As he wield a spear in battle, he is likely to use either the Scarlet Knight or Juggernaut builds instead of the standard Fortress (sword-and-shield) build.

Trivia

 * Fried named his Centrosaurus "Kyokkougou" (旭光号).