Ashnard

Ashnard that is known as Mad King is the main antagonist of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

History
Ashnard was the 13th king of the Daein nation. Ashnard made the Crimean War happen without any effort and started a confrontation across the continent, and his goal was Lehran's Medalion, and the Fire Emblem that keeps the dark god who has chaotic energies, and despite his having the medallion and wears him to cause innumerable wars, and at the end of the game he is defeated and though he used the locket only to have divine power. Before becoming king, he was a warrior who alone managed to gain Daein's victory over Begnion. And his rise to power was totally implausible as a long list of relatives was in front of him in line for the trono. Ashnard killed though a serious illiness orchestrated by him, and it is revealed that Ashnard succeeded in being king by manipulated his father through his wife to sign a blood pact, and when his father broke the pact unknowingly many died of the plague caused by Ashnard. So Ashnard ended the pact by killing his father and destroying the document. And a year later Ashnard becomes king of Daein.

Then it is revealed that Ashnard believes that the hierarchy of society is wrong. And Ashnard believes that luck in life is only based on power, and he tells Reyson that the species class doesn't matter to him in his world, and that the strong will garnish the weak. And in the series it is revealed that Soren is Ashnard's son.