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Rustal Elion

Gjallarhorn fleet commander who defeats McGillis and Tekkadan in Iron-Blooded Orphans.
Jenxi Seow Published 28 Jan 2025 Updated 28 Jan 2025
Rustal Elion

Rustal Elion (ルスタル・エリオン, Rusutaru Erion) is a senior Gjallarhorn commander in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. He leads the opposition to McGillis Fareed’s coup and to Tekkadan, employing Dainsleif railguns and political tactics. He ultimately prevails: McGillis is killed and Tekkadan is destroyed, and Rustal consolidates power within Gjallarhorn.

Biography

Rustal commands a Gjallarhorn fleet and represents the establishment that McGillis seeks to overthrow. He uses Julieta Juris and other subordinates, deploys the forbidden Dainsleif when it suits him, and outmanoeuvres McGillis politically. After the final battles he emerges as a dominant figure in the new order and is portrayed as a pragmatic, ruthless defender of the status quo.

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