Janrik

Janrik (ヤンリック, Yanrikku) was one of Grausam's sons and the older brother of Matthias.

Like his younger brother, Janrik is one of the few members of the former Veronica faction who recognized that Roderick only did as his father had told him in the Ivory Tower incident and thus didn't blame him. Furthermore, he openly voiced his disgust with all the other involved children, who would abuse the boy when they were all there together and thus are just as guilty as Roderick, if there is any guilt to be found.

He was also one of those former Veronica nobles with enough foresight and sensibility to realize that since the crime Veronica committed was so severe that even her own son was either unable or unwilling to prevent her punishment, there was no chance she would ever come free while Sylvester reigned. He did however believe that once he became the Aub, Wilfried would overturn the sentence as a relic of the past.

During a visit of Georgine at his father's estate during Rozemyne's second year at the Royal Academy, many nobles gave their names to the Ahrensbach noble, either because they wanted to serve her or because they had no choice in the matter due to decisions by their parents and faction. Janrik was one of those people, though it is unclear whether he was one of the volunteers or not given a choice.

The following winter, Aub Ehrenfest enacts a purge of the former Veronica faction, with anyone who is name-sworn to Georgine or who committed severe crimes against the archducal family and duchy being executed. Due to having given his name to Georgine, Janrik is among those killed in the purge, along with his father, mother, and older brother. His younger brother however is spared, under the condition that he swears himself to a member of the archducal family, and he chooses to serve Rozemyne.