Solum

Solum (ソルム) is the village chief of Eld Village. His village was raided by a black dragon. Touya who was nearby at that time saved his village from destruction.

Appearance
He appears as elderly beastkin with short stature. He has white grayish long hair and also long beard of the same color. He also wears greenish brown mantle on top of brown-gray long tunic.

Personality
Solum is a genial old man who does not seem to be greed. He acknowledged and revered Touya and his group for defending his village. He also showed his gratitude by sharing the gift that the village got from his benefactor without any greed sense.

History
His village, Eld Village was suddenly raided by a black dragon. The village became sea of flame when Touya and his group arrived at the scene as the dragon flew above the village. Touya's group managed to save the village from destruction and also received the dragon corpse from the group as damage compensation.

Touya Mochizuki
As Touya is the man who saved his village, Solum deeply indebted to him. He even tried to repay Touya with the dragon horn which was donated by Touya for the village. Solum also seems to revere Touya through his manner of speech and gesture.

Quotes

 * "This is one of the dragon’s horns. Please take it for yourself." - Solum when presenting the dragon horn to Touya.

Trivia

 * The event where Solum met Touya and gave him the dragon horn was different between the anime and the novel.
 * In the anime, the event happened after Touya slept on Yumina's lap.
 * In the novel, the event happened before Touya slept on Yumina's lap.
 * Cecile's throwing knife was retrieved by Solum directly in the anime, but in the novel, it was retrieved indirectly by Solum as it was given through Olga first.
 * The present that Solum gave to Touya was a dragon horn in the novel but in the anime, it was a dragon teeth.