Melheis Boran

Melheis Boran (メルヘイス・ボラン) is one of the Seven Demon Elders created by Anos Voldigoad.

Appearance
Melheis bears the appearance of an elderly man with long white hair and a full beard. He wears black robes.

Personality
Like his fellow Demon Elders, he is nothing but absolutely devoted to his creator and master, the Demon King of Tyranny.

History
Two thousand years ago, Anos created seven demons from his own blood, which would later become known as the Seven Demon Elders, among which was Melheis. After Anos' sacrifice, the seven co-operated with the Hero Kanon to create the fictional Demon King Avos Dilhevia, with the intention of averting humanity's hatred of Anos when he reincarnated. Kanon then fused his sources with six out of the seven demon elders, excluding Melheis since his last remaining source belonged to himself. Since the Elders could not lie to Anos, Kanon erased their memories so that Anos wouldn't discover their plan if they ever came into contact after reincarnating.

When Melheis regained consciousness, he found himself in the Great Spirit Forest Aharthern with no memories of how he got there, thinking he ended up trying to escape from whoever erased his memory. There, he waited for 100 years before regaining enough power to climb back to Dilhade. Sometime after returning to the demon nation, Melheis began supporting the unification faction.

Demon Sword Tournament Arc


When Misa Iliorogue brings the reincarnated Anos to him, Melheis falls to his knees and sheds tears, recognizing his former master through his Magic Eyes. Since Melheis' memories were erased, Anos couldn't learn much about Avos Dilhevia or the revised history. That night, Melheis is ambushed by an unknown person, who forces the Demon Sword of Servitude into him and makes him turn against Anos.

After Anos defeats Lay in the tournament finals, Melheis transfers the arena to another dimension, where he plans to ambush Anos. However, Lay reveals that he didn't die after being defeated by Anos and helps him against Melheis and the other two Demon Elders waiting for them. This causes Melheis to reveal that he took Lay's mother hostage and that he can end her existence as a spirit by breaking several gems. To his surprise, Anos and Lay tell him that he can kill her, confusing Melheis long enough for Lay to break into the dimension where she was held.



Melheis then enters a portal to a safe space and fires Beno Ieven at Anos and also towards Lay and his mom, forcing Anos to use additional magic power to protect the two. As Anos begins exhausting his magic power, Melheis begins to boast about the inevitability of their defeat. However, he is shocked when Lay uses his mother's spirit sword form to slash through Beno Ieven, his "Dimensional Prison" sub-space, and eventually scratches his face with the sword slash.

Nevertheless, Melheis boasts that even if his Beno Ieven was erased, he has more than enough reserves left. But suddenly, Anos appears behind him by tracking the spirit sword's scratch on his cheek. Melheis quickly gets away and traps him inside a Beno Ieven silo before detonating it. He gloats about his victory but is shocked to see that Anos survived the explosion.



Anos summons Venuzdonoa and explains that he could only access 1/10 of his magic power after reincarnating. Still, thanks to the effects of the Spirit Drain Ring and Beno Ieven, his Source of Destruction was awakened, and he regained all of his magic power. He then sends a sword slash from Venuzdonoa toward Melheis, who successfully dodges the attack. However, his legs are suddenly cut from his body, as he was still slashed because Venuzdonoa destroyed the reason that avoiding the attack meant dodging it.



Despite Melheis' resistance, Anos can repeal all of his attacks and use Venuzdonoa to pierce into his skull to destroy the device inside him. Melheis regains control of himself and explains what happened to him after meeting with Anos. He also summons Gaios Anzem and Ydol Anzeo, who was killed by Lay earlier, allowing Anos to separate their sources from the sources that were controlling them.

When Anos tries to revive the latter ones in order to extract information about Avos Dilhevia, an unknown figure appears to destroy them after breaking into the Dimension Prison, which Melheis states shouldn't be possible. After the figure leaves, Anos instructs Melheis to resurrect Gaios and Ydol and undo the Dimension Prison so that they can return to the real world.

Hero Academy Arc
The day before the school expedition to Azesion, Anos calls Melheis to discuss the recent events and notes that Melheis was the only one of the Seven Demon Elders whose source wasn't fused and taken over. After they speculate about Avos Dilhevia's motives, Melheis urges Anos to be cautious over his upcoming inter-academy exchange, as the Hero Academy was suspicious due to the fact that they were training reincarnated Heroes long after the Great War had ended.

After Avos Dilhevia declares war on Azesion, Anos gathers his friends and close aides. Melheis was among the four Demon Elders who were on Anos' side, and they followed him to where Avos' army was stationed at. While Anos heads towards the main castle, Melheis, and the others stay to fight the other three Demon Elders who sided with Avos.



Melheis later reappears to provide an extra layer of security to the Demon King Castle that is sheltering both the Demon and Human armies from Jerga's wrath.

He casts Azesith to isolate the castle to another dimension, preventing outside attacks from affecting it, but leaves the entrance open so that the wounded can enter. When everything was over, Anos teleported everyone back to Dilhade.

Abilities

 * Great Magic Power: As the most powerful member of the Seven Demon Elders, Melheis possessed a large amount of magic power, with his strength being acknowledged by most demons of the Magical Age and was able to compete with the strongest fighters of the Mythical Age.
 * Shapeshifting: Melheis has shown that he could transform into an Ural Owl. He used this ability to spectate Anos and Lay's match, waiting for the right moment to attack.

Magic
See: Magic
 * Azesith
 * Gijel
 * Beno Ieven

Equipment
See: Equipment
 * Scepter
 * Demon Sword Pact

Anos Voldigoad
His master.

Trivia

 * Anos made Melheis the strongest of the Seven Demon Elders, capable of competing with the strongest fighters of the Mythical Age.