Madan no Ou to Vanadis: Episode List

1- "Senjō no kazehime" ("Wind Princess of the Battlefield")
(戦場の風姫)

Airdate: October 4, 2014

In a battle on the Dinant Plains, the young Leitmeritz war maiden Eleonora Viltaria and her 5,000 troops obliterate an army of 25,000 soldiers from the Brune Kingdom, leaving the Brunish count Tigrevurmud Vorn as one of the few surviving soldiers. He spots Elen's escort and attacks hoping to kill her and demoralize the enemy. His attack fails and the war maiden captures him and brings him to her bustling homeland Leitmeritz. Tigre's sleep is troubled by visions of being ridiculed by Zion Thernardier, the son of Duke Felix Aaron Thenardier, before Elen's assault and is woken up by Limalisha, Elen's colleague and bodyguard. Elen discusses his current situation as a prisoner with Tigre and realizes that the ransom she demanded for him is too much for him or any of his acquaintances to pay. Later that day, Elen arranges for a demonstration of Tigre's skills with a bow, but he is given an inferior weapon and appears to misfire twice. When an assassin makes an attempt on Elen's life, she stops the crossbow quarrel with her powers and Tigre, having determined the inferior bow's limits, shoots the assassin allowing Lim to apprehend him. Those who gave him the flawed bow are astonished that he was able to pierce the fleeing assassin's foot at a range of more than 300 alsins (meters). Elen offers Tigre a position in her service but he declines because he has a responsibility to the people and land of Alsace. Disappointed, Elen allows Tigre to keep the rank of Count and he grows used to life at Leitmeritz. As night comes, Bertrand, Tigre's loyal servant, arrives at Elen's fortress and tells Tigre that Thenardier is mobilizing his troops towards Alsace.