A mentally unstable pyromaniac with a bizarre and shocking past, Dilandau is the tactically ineffective commander of the Zaibach empire's elite Dragonslayer's unit. Diandau takes no prisoners, and burns towns to the ground with little provocation. After being wounded in a sword-duel with Van Fanel, Dilandau becomes fixated upon him, and places vengeance over all other objectives (with as much fire and collateral damage as possible, of course). In the 1994 manga, Dilandu has a drasticly different design and character. He has dark skin and black curly hair that grows longer over the course of the manga. In the manga he is one of the most fearful knights of Zaibach, and he destroys the kingdom of Fanelia and kidnapps Van's mother Escalina. He keeps her alive, but is ordered by Donkirk to kill her, at which point he defects from Zaibach and runs away with Escalina as his captive. From there he pretends to work together with the resistance against Zaibach, but he has grander plans in the works.