Dramatis Personae
Noble V: Greylancer
Copyright © 2011 Hideyuki Kikuchi
Originally published in Japan by Asahi Shinbun Publications Inc.
English translation © 2013 VIZ Media, LLC
Design by Sam Elzway
All rights reserved.
Cover art © 2013 Vincent Chong
No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders.
HAIKASORU
Published by VIZ Media, LLC
295 Bay Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kikuchi, Hideyuki, 1949–
Noble V : Greylancer / Hideyuki Kikuchi ; Translated by Takami Nieda.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4215-5417-4
1. Vampires--Fiction. I. Title.
PL855.I3846N66 2013
895.6'36--dc23
2013008821
Haikasoru eBook edition
ISBN: 978-1-4215-6442-5
Dramatis Personae
GREYLANCER
Overseer of the Northern Frontier sector
The Nobility’s greatest warrior
MAYERLING
Overseer of the Western Frontier sector
DUCHESS MIRCALLA
Overseer of the Southern Frontier sector
ZEUS MACULA
Overseer of the Eastern Frontier sector
VAROSSA
Longtime weaponsmith serving House Greylancer
MICHIA
Villager from Ardoz who comes to the wounded Greylancer’s aid
LETICIA
Country girl from the Western Frontier who happens upon the injured Greylancer
GALLAGHER
Marksman serving as Greylancer’s retainer after being captured
SHIZAM
Swordsman practicing the Streda style
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE: A FRAGMENT FROM A HISTORICAL TEXT
CHAPTER 1: GUARDIAN OF THE FRONTIER
CHAPTER 2: EXTERMINATING THE INTRUDERS
CHAPTER 3: THE PRIVY COUNCIL’S DECISION
CHAPTER 5: THE ARCHER NAMED ARROW
CHAPTER 6: THE BENEVOLENT OVERLORD
CHAPTER 9: CONSPIRATORIAL PURGATORY