is part of the Alvarez Empire, wherein he was one of the Spriggan 12, the elite personal guard of Emperor Spriggan,and led his own team inside the Imperial Army, the Ajeel Squad. His epithet within the empire is "Desert King" for his mastery of Sand Magic.~!Following the death of Zeref, he rose to be the King of Alvarez in X793 in attempt to rebuild the empire!~