Carcy Held

Carcy Held (カーシー・ヘルド, Kāshī Herudo), is a character in the "Skeleton Knight in Another World" series. Formerly known as Carcy Held Landfrea, Carcy is an elf that specializes in monster research.

Appearance
Carcy was an elf who had haphazardly trimmed, green-tinged, blond hair with green eyes that peered behind a pair of round glasses. Rather than the traditional elven attire he wore the same clothes as those of the humans in Branbayna though his was a size too big and hung loosely on his body.

Personality
Carcy is a dedicated researcher, knowledgeable on the habits of many monsters. Unlike many elves, Carcy was a supporter of peace and coexistence between elves and humans. In his belief, showing humans what the elves knew was the first step in making them see that they could be allies instead of slaves. He can be somewhat overly euthanistic to his passion of monsters, which can make others uncomfortable. Blunt and having no time for formalities Carcy is an individual who prefers to do what he wants without permission.

Background
Carcy Held was originally from the elven trading village of Landfrea. At some point he established himself as a monster researcher, publishing many books. Among Carcy’s written works was the Monster Bestiary.

Forty years prior to the start of the series, Carcy left his village to explore the world. He traveled to the various human countries and kept his identity a secret. Eventually he came to see that the Rhoden Kingdom while not welcoming to elves was one of the more decent nations. After thirty years of wandering, Carcy settled in the border town of Branbayna and began to study the monsters of the Hibbot Wastelands. The monster researcher maintained his identity as a secret, but after Viscount Skitts du Branbayna got word that there was an man conducting research on monsters, Carcy was invited to the noble’s residence where he revealed himself as an elf. Skirts then offered Carcy employment and protection under his house and since then helped the noble in improving his domain through his knowledge on monsters.

Light Novel Volume 03
Carcy encountered Arc and Ariane when they got lost heading to Lamburt. The two arrived in Branbayna where they heard rumors that an elf was living in the town. Ariane worries that Carcy was being held against his will in the human town went to investigate. Once Carcy met with them, he explained to them the circumstances of his residence in Branbayna. Though Ariane disagreed that what he was doing, sharing monster information with humans, was a risk to elf-kind, Caret was adamant that his neither work was not dangerous or all humans were untrustworthy. As the two were both formidable warriors, Carcy asked their help in securing a Sand Worm for him to study. After the duo helped secure a specimen, Carcy gifted Arc a copy of his Monster Bestiary.

Light Novel Volume 09
Arc and Ariane asked about what he knew about Monster Tamer s, and he speculated that Fumba Soodu Rozombanya told the Holy East Revlon Empire enough for the Empire's Runeology Cloister to research his clan's ability to form an army of monsters.

Arc
Due to Arc claiming himself to be a human. it reinforces Carcy's belief that not all humans were degenerate monsters. Though later it took him by surprise when Arc was revealed to be actually an elf. Carcy was particularly interested in Arc's teleportation magic as he believed it could be learned or utilized by others, which would greatly enhance his ability to study montsers.

Ariane
Being fellow elves, Ariane is courteous to him, though feels that Carcy’s trust in humans to be a bit misguided. Furthermore she feels that he is a naïve in divulging knowledge about various monsters and creatures to humans through his books, as humanity would most likely abuse it and use it against their kind.

Skitts du Branbayna
The noble who granted Cary residence in Branbayna, the two have a understanding. Skitts ensures Carey protection against those who may do the elf harm.

Trivia

 * Despite believing that sharing knowledge of monsters with humans would lessen the mistrust of elves, Arc noted that Carcy’s published work for humans on Spirit Creatures was less detailed, hinting that Carcy was not so naïve and unconsciously knew that such knowledge was too dangerous to be shared with humanity
 * Though Carcy doesn’t include his hometown in his name, which would be indicative that he as an elf had cut ties, the researcher shortened his name to better live among humans.