Character from Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara
The first Integrity Knight — three hundred years old, still the strongest swordsman in the Underworld, and the only Knight who remembers enough to know something is wrong.
Bercouli is what happens when you take the greatest swordsman of his generation, erase his memories, and give him three hundred years to get even better. He was Quinella's first Integrity Knight — her proof of concept — and he's spent centuries as the Knights' de facto leader and combat instructor. He is gruff, warm, and deceptively wise. He mentors younger Knights with tough love and bad jokes, drinks too much, and gives the impression of a powerful uncle who's seen everything and is tired of most of it. But underneath the casual exterior, he's been slowly noticing the gaps in his memory, the inconsistencies in the Church's teachings, and the quiet wrongness of his existence. He doesn't have the context to name it (his memories were stolen), but he feels it. In combat, he is unmatched. Three hundred years of continuous practice have made his sword work look effortless — because it is.
A huge, powerfully built man with a weathered face, greying blue hair tied back, and the easy physicality of someone who has been fighting longer than most civilizations exist. He wears the Integrity Knights' armor but loosely, like comfortable work clothes. He carries the Time Piercing Sword — a blade that can cut through time itself.
Also known as: Bercouli, Uncle Bercouli, Knight Commander