Dylan Stone

Dylan is a commander in the Black Hounds, one of the few close associate of Jin Moris and a member of the Kingdom of Arabakia's Expeditionary Force.

During the battle for Alterna, he was the leader of one of the 2 units hiding within the city, tasked with killing Viceroy Bogg. But the hunter became the prey, the unit falling in a trap and Bogg beheading Dylan in one swift surprise attack, destroying the unit moral.

He was known to be a ruthless commander whose units would regularly incur big losses, yet Dylan would always come out of that unharmed. While that was in part, thanks to his skills as a soldier, it's also because he used his men as living shields, something know of everyone but, according to Neal, Jin Mogis likes men like him.

Personality
Dylan is a cruel, ruthless man who has no qualms sacrificing others (even his allies) to save his life or achieve his goal.

Something which shows in the way he speaks, something he does do that often as he is a man of few words. But when he does speak, he generally belittles and insults people or things around him, calling them "piece of shit" or telling them to "go die".

Appearance
Dylan is a man, probably of average height since he is never described as tall, but Bogg (around 1.50meter tall) is able to behead him without much trouble. He looks to be about 40 years old, with a big nose and a bushy beard.

As a member of the Black Hounds, he wears a black fur coat.

Level. 15 A Fleeting New Game Plus
During the battle for Alterna, he was the leader of one of the 2 units hiding within the city.

Unlike the suicide squad only tasked with causing chaos and trying to open the South gate, Dylan's unit's task was a surgical strike to take the Tenburyo tower and kill the Viceroy as fast as possible.

Unfortunately, the goblins were prepared for such an attack, and the unit was attacked on all sides on the plaza, before Tenboro tower.

During that push back by the goblins, Viceroy Gobb was able to sneak into Dylan and behead him, ending his life in an instant and destroying the Black Hounds' unit morale.

Abilities
Dylan most notable skill is his ability to survive, using other as meat shield he is able to come out uninjured even from situation where most of his unit is destroyed.

Being a member of the Black Hounds he should, at least, be an above average soldier, and is likely among the elites of the Black Hounds as he was the one tasked with the very dangerous but crucial mission to take Alterna from the inside using decapitation tactics.

Since he is a commander he should be skilled as a leader, at least to some extent, and the fact that he is able to make his men trust him (even if it's in a warped way) despite being known to lead an unit with atrocious attrition rates show how good he is.

Jin Mogis
Dylan is one of the Black Hounds, as such is one of the few skilled people in the Expeditionary Force, he has likely also served under the General for quite a time. As such he is among one of the few people Jin somewhat trust, being described as a close associate of the general.

According to Neal, the general likes people like Dylan.

Neal
From the way he talk to Haruhiro about him, it's clear that Neal doesn't trust Dylan, readily cursing him, calling him a bastard, a monster, inhuman, and more importantly "the reaper himself". He views working under Dylan as disaster and a very dangerous situation.

The Black Hounds
During the battle to retake Alterna, Haruhiro notes that while they know that the commander as now qualm sacrificing his men to survive, they have a warped sense of trust in him. Even feeling some relief in the fact that now matter what may happen to the unit, the commander will survive, as such his death at the hands of viceroy Bogg is a hard blow to his unit moral.

Haruhiro
Since Neal informed him of Dylan reputation and methods from the get go, Haruhiro doesn't trust him. Finally, at the time of his death, after having fight along side the commander, he simply consider him to be a "horrible man".

Quotes

 * "Okay, it's a good day to die. So go die, you pieces of shit." - Dylan, speaking to the suicide squad, Level. 15.



Trivia

 * Since he has a surname he could be of noble birth.
 * As he died before Jin Mogis made the decision to create his own Kingdom in the frontier, Dylan never betrayed the Kingdom of Arabakia.