Cedric

Cedric

Title	Count of Ristonia (formerly)
Hometown	Ristonia
Current Residence	Ristonia
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Minions	Simon (formerly)
Enemies	Adele Jerome The Uprising
Status	Alive
Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	세드릭 (Cedric)
JapanMS	セドリック (Cedric)
TaiwanMS	賽德里克 (Cedric)
MapleSEA	Cedric
Voice Actors
GlobalMS	Sean Chiplock^[1]^[2]
KoreaMS	Jang Kim

Cedric is the Count of Ristonia who seized control of the kingdom after the collapse of the royal family. Despite his attempts to solidify his authority by making a deal with the High Flora, Cedric was ultimately overthrown by Jerome and the Uprising with the help of Adele.

Story

Seizing Ristonia

Cedric was a low-ranking royal who once served the benevolent king of Ristonia. After the king's death, however, the greedy nobles of the kingdom quickly attempted to seize political power after the collapse of the royal family, with Cedric eventually rising to become the Count of Ristonia. Despite his influence, however, Cedric was highly incapable and remained preoccupied with his own riches and looks, entrusting most of the kingdom's management to his manservant, Simon. Over the years, the lost prince of Ristonia - Jerome - formed the Uprising, gathering the people of Ristonia in opposition to Cedric's rule.

The Legendary Knight

Soon after Adele was freed from the Void and came to serve Jerome, Cedric made a business deal with the High Flora, offering to help them find a way to awaken the Ancient God of Ristonia in exchange for supporting his claim to the throne. For this purpose, Cedric ordered his forces to search for several paintings that held a clue as to the key's whereabouts when assembled. Meanwhile, Cedric continued marveling at his own beauty from within his residence. However, Simon was less than impressed by his master's soliloquy, reminding him that there was much to be done. Cedric told Simon that he trusted him to take care of those trivial matters on his own. Simon explained that he had taken care of them by staying up all night, but that this particular matter was something that only Cedric himself could address. He gave Cedric a document and asked for his signature, to which Cedric made it known how sick and tired he was of giving signatures. Simon added that he had managed to find three of the rare paintings that Cedric had asked for, but told him that the rest would be difficult to track down. Suddenly, the Count's guards arrived and reported that they had encountered a suspicious individual who had the power to wield floating blades. Cedric immediately recognized the description as being that of a legendary knight and asked Simon to investigate the matter for him. Simon then continued searching for the paintings, placing anonymous advertisements in the Ristonia newspapers, which only described the back side of the paintings, as they had no information about what the front looked like. These advertisements also placed Cedric's old residence as the address for inquiries in order to hide the fact that Cedric was interested in the papers.

During this time, Cedric disguised himself as a commoner and began tearing down Jerome's fliers in the streets that denounced him as a tyrant. The residents confronted Cedric and asked if he was one of the Count's bootlickers, and Cedric used the experience to reaffirm his belief that the reason why he was hated was because the people of Ristonia were jealous of his beauty. Suddenly, Adele arrived and found the residents accosting Cedric, who was still in disguise. Unwilling to get caught up in another chase like last time, she decided to scare off the men with a few flashy strokes of her blades. Cedric instantly recognized Adele as the legendary knight from his guards' report. After the men had been scared off, Adele left and ignored Cedric's requests for her name. Cedric then interpreted what had happened to mean that his legendary knight had finally appeared in his moment of distress. Just then, Simon arrived and chastised Cedric for leaving the house and needlessly tearing down Jerome's fliers, thus putting himself in danger. As Cedric was escorted back home, he swore to prevent Adele from leaving him again. Soon after, Simon successfully managed to obtain the remaining paintings and took down the advertisements in the local paper. He then told Cedric that based on the restored painting, a key was needed to awaken the Ancient God. Cedric mused that there wasn't much time left until the arts festival, but he hoped that it would give them an opportunity, as he believed that there would likely be a High Flora officer in attendance. He instructed Simon to continue searching for the key in the meantime. Simon asked if his plan was wise, as according to the painting's interpretation, meddling with the power of the Ancient Gods would bring about a great calamity in Ristonia, the kind that would destroy the entire kingdom. Cedric dismissed his concerns, claiming that he was only handing the key to the officer, and whether they chose to awaken the Ancient God was none of his business. He vowed that he would do whatever it took to secure his standing, as he could never survive living as a peasant. Just then, however, they discovered Adele and Jerome, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, with Cedric immediately calling for security. Nevertheless, however, the pair managed to escape Cedric's residence and flee to safety.

The Arts Festival

Shortly before the Ristonia arts festival, Cedric gave an interview for the Ristonia newspaper, in which he revealed that he had discovered a work that would reveal shocking secrets from the kingdom's past. Soon after, Cedric marveled to Simon at the thought of the legendary knight being in his home. He concluded that Adele was being forced to aid Jerome, whom he called a ruffian. Simon, however, told Cedric that he had personally investigated Jerome and discovered that he was the last prince of Ristonia. Cedric was taken aback, as he believed that there was no one left with blood ties to the throne. Realizing that Jerome would likely try to steal his crown, Cedric told Simon to hasten his efforts in finding the key. On the day of the arts festival, Cedric announced that the exhibit presentation would begin momentarily. Meanwhile, the Uprising infiltrated the event and prepared to steal the key from Cedric. Jerome told Adele that when the lights went out, they needed to grab the key and escape. Brook and Laddie cut the lights, and Jerome rushed to the stage in order to grab the key. However, he realized that behind the curtain wasn't a key, but a painting of his father, the last king of Ristonia. Worried about the lack of signal, Adele decided to pull Jerome out. Suddenly, the Count's guards surrounded the two and put metal shackles on their wrists.After Cedric told the guards to take them away, the lights came back on, and Cedric revealed the painting, explaining that it depicted the folly of the late royal family, which he claimed had driven the kingdom to financial ruin. Cedric and Simon then came to see Adele and Jerome, with Cedric telling Adele that he was freeing her from Jerome's clutches. However, Adele told him that she would never serve as his knight. Irritated, Cedric had Simon take Jerome away to the old keep.

There, Cedric attempted to obtain the key to awakening the Ancient God. Realizing that it could only be activated by one with direct royal lineage, he forced Jerome to open the grate that hid the key. As Cedric approached Jerome to execute him, Jerome silently pleaded for Adele to rescue him, just as he had first wished at the fountain. Sure enough, Adele - who had escaped from Cedric's guards - reached the belltower, where she declared that she had come to fulfill her oath to her liege, Jerome, the last prince and rightful heir of Ristonia. Cedric dragged Jerome to the top of the spire, leaving Simon to deal with Adele. After a surprisingly longer battle than expected, Adele managed to defeat Simon and rushed after Cedric. On the ground, the Uprising succeeded in defeating Cedric's guards. Just as Adele advanced on Cedric, she felt the Void pulling at her once again, causing her to collapse. Cedric was impressed by Simon for having weakened a legendary knight and told her that once he delivered the key to the High Flora, his throne would be safe at last. He then threw Jerome over the edge of the spire and walked away. With the last of her strength, Adele jumped after Jerome and grabbed onto him, barely floating in midair with her burnt wings, while the Uprising seized control of Ristonia. A few days later, Cedric crawled his way towards the fountain square, where High Flora soldiers awaited him. Cedric lamented his fall from power after having squandered all of his fortune on the arts festival and hoped that with the key, he would be able to clear his massive debts and return to the throne. At the sight of Veronica approaching, Cedric marveled at her beauty, believing that it rivalled his own. Unimpressed, Veronica demanded that he hand over the key to her immediately. Cedric opened the box containing the key, but to his shock, it was actually Jerome's shapeshifting friend, Boo, who had taken the form of the key. As Boo flew away, Cedric pleaded to be given a few more days to set things right, but Veronica ordered her soldiers to take Cedric away. Just then, Simon approached and told Veronica that she could do with Cedric as she saw fit, as he was unable to protect him any longer. Veronica then tasked Simon with recovering the key, telling him not to fail as Cedric had.