Luther Garland

Luther Garland (ルーサーガーランド, Rūsā Gārando) is an instructor at Kimberly Magic Academy.

Background
Garland teaches Sword Arts at Kimberly.

He's an old friend of Ted Williams.

During the Ophelia Salvadori incident in 1532, Teresa Carste spotted him on the third layer of the labyrinth slaying chimeras, despite Kimberly's rules forbidding teachers to involve themselves in labyrinth incidents until eight days pass.

Appearance
Garland is a handsome man in his thirties. He has green eyes and gray hair he wears past his shoulders.

He wears a white cape over a blue and white military-style tunic, with his athame hanging at his left hip from a baldric over his right shoulder.

Personality
He's very caring teacher and is always uninterested in meddling in his students’ affairs. He praises his students whenever necessary and talks with them politely, but is quick to step in if their safety is endangered during class.

Abilities
Garland is considered talented enough to train students in all three major sword arts styles, though Darius Grenville considered Garland his inferior as a swordsman and coveted his position. In 1532, he dueled Nanao Hibiya in simulated matches (to get a sense of how to modify his curriculum for a girl who had learned to fight with a longer, two-handed sword), and decapitated her 102 times. He was considered strong enough to be a potential suspect in the murder of Darius Grenville, but nobody among Headmistress Esmeralda's insiders could think of a motive.

He is aware of the concept of the spellblade (normally having to explain it on the first day of class), but specifically declines to comment on whether he possesses one.

Along with his combat skills come strong observational skills. In 1533 he joined the investigation into the death of Enrico Forghieri, and was one of the first to notice the telltales that the scene had been tampered with in an attempt to cover up the attack that had killed him.

Techniques
Securus:When this spell is used, a white light envelops the subjects' blades. This spell is cast to prevent two swordsman from killing each other as long as it’s in effect, cuts and stabs won’t injure each other.

Relationships

 * Ted Williams: Garland and Williams attended school together, practicing their stealth techniques by pranking their teachers.


 * Baldia Muwezicamili: His senior from his time as a student.

Trivia

 * Luther Garland's appearance was designed by Reign of the Seven Spellblades mangaka Sakae Esuno rather than light novel illustrator Ruria Miyuki. She loved his design and drew her own version in the endnotes.