
When the Deliverance arrives, he orders his archers to kill her slowly and painfully. After suffering a defeat from the Deliverance led by Alm, Desaix retreats to his fortress and announces Mathilda's execution as a show of power. Although the Deliverance was formed in order to oppose Desaix, he manages to capture the Zofian knight Mathilda, Clive's lover, to use her as leverage to force his surrender. By the game's beginning, Desaix conquered the Zofian castle and killed King Lima. During it, he ordered Slayde to kill both Princess Anthiese, better known as Celica, and Prince Conrad during the king and the royal guard's absence, as well as killing everyone else in the royal villa in order to avoid witnesses. When Sir Mycen tried to stop him, Desaix put the blame on him and had him banished. He clandestinely murdered many of the children fathered in Lima's Royal Harem to keep away any and all rivals to the throne. Desaix is the chancellor of Zofia and the general of a rebellion to overthrow King Lima of IV and seize the throne for personal gain.And once she lost against Marth's group, he restored her memories.purely to mock her as she died in despair! What The HELL, Gharnef. And in the new games, he brainwashed the caretaker of a destroyed orphanage, Eremiya, to make her the horrible Tyke Bomb training bitch we met and fought. Worse, this also causes a huge war that turns the continent to hell and ruins the lives of many. He turned evil and later killed Linde's dad, Miloah, solely because their master gave him the Aura spellbook instead of Gharnef himself, led the attack on Altea that killed King Cornelius to grab the Falchion and kidnap Elice, brainwashed Tiki into attacking Marth, and manipulated Hardin and corrupted him via the Darksphere, leading to four innocent girls (Elice, Nyna, Rena, and Maria) to be captured and offered as potential sacrifices for Medeus's resurrection. Let's not get Gharnef off the hook, though.

His actions were likely done to provoke Marth into conflict, making him look like a traitor. This guy is so over the top that he basically exists to make Marth realize that there's something wrong with Akaneia and rebel. Even Medeus and Gharnef have vaguely defined backstories on why they're bad Lang is simply pure evil with no explanation. When you attack him, Lang says that he was forced to do this by his boss, asking for mercy, but it is simply a trick to get the first attack in. It's mentioned, in the most kid friendly way possible, that he steals wealth from the poor, kills boys over ten, rapes and kills girls over ten, and kills entire villages if one person from there rebels, a technique the Schwarze Rosen later picks up. He is then made overseer of the defeated Grust, replacing Lorenz. It's mentioned in the first game that he was a noble of Akaneia who betrayed his nation to Medeus and stole wealth from the poor, then went back to Akaneia once they start winning again. Duke Lang of Ardia is one of the earliest examples.
