Goultard

Percedal is a student of Goultard, whom he trained to be an Iop Warrior and Guardian of Shushu, entrusting him with the sword containing the demon Rubilax. Percedal idolizes his teacher, and Goultard treats him well, subjecting him to rigorous training and using harsh language, nicknamed his student Dally.

The relationship between them is complex, especially on Goultard's part, as Percedal is the mortal incarnation of his father, the god Iop. He knows this, but doesn't reveal the truth to Percedal until the young Iop uses his divine power to protect his children.

According to his evil alternate personality, Dark Vlad, Goultard harbors conflicting feelings toward Percedal: admiration, dislike, and even a touch of hatred. While this is probably true to some extent, Goultard never held Percedal responsible for the mistakes of his past life.

Godlike Strength - Goultard's physical abilities are comparable to those of a god, making him superhumanly strong, fast, and he has demonstrated on numerous occasions what he is capable of, such as sprinting miles across the ocean, lifting objects many times his own size and weight, and surviving falls or other dangerous situations that would easily kill a mortal.

Master of Combat - Goultard is a master of hand-to-hand combat, using an unorthodox fighting style that is incredibly effective and allows him to easily best almost any opponent, including Rushu.

Magic Sword - Goultard is able to create a sword from his right hand; this sword has a broken blade and a long chain connected to the pommel, the other end of which wraps around Goultard's arm. He wields the sword with incredible skill and grace, using it as a blade, as well as a whip or chain.

Semi-Immortality - As a demigod, Goultard can live forever, yet still die. He actually died shortly before the beginning, but somehow returned to life, presumably becoming the new god Iop.

Fire Generation: Since Dark Vlad is Goultard, he also has the power of fire, this power is demonstrated when he fights Percedal in Oropo Tower.

Goultard is a tall, fit man with long orange hair tied in a high ponytail. He is shirtless and barefoot, wearing baggy gray pants with a red sword design.

Goultard is a proud Iop warrior, the embodiment of all the qualities an Iop should possess. He is stubborn, self-confident, has a unique sense of humor, is bold and daring, and never shies away from a challenge. Despite a number of quirks, Goultard is wiser than most people expect of an IOP, and he actually has a knack for coming up with good combat strategies. His alternate personality, Dark Vlad, is all of his flaws exaggerated to the point of absurdity. His eccentricity turns into madness, his rudeness into vulgarity, his carefreeness into laziness, and his love of battle into bloodthirstiness. Dark Vlad is a cruel and psychopathic maniac who enjoys not only fighting but also destruction. He once single-handedly destroyed an entire city, turning the surrounding land into a desert; no one survived the carnage. Dark Vlad is a maniac who lives for battle, murder, and destruction, and is prone to hysterics whenever he enjoys a fight, even praising the skill of his opponents, despite intending to fight and kill them. Dark Vlad also expresses Goultard's disappointment with his pious father, telling Percedal that Goultard feels both admiration and resentment towards Percedal, as well as some degree of hatred.

At some point, Goultard was attacked by Adamai and Oropo, who took the Eliatrope Dofus from him and forced him to revert to his alternate identity as Dark Vlad, thus challenging the Brotherhood of Tofu in the Tower of Dreams. Percedal defeated Dark Vlad. Later, Percedal and Goultard escape the rubble as the tower collapses. Goultard tossed Percedal high in the air, just in time for him to see his newborn son. Goultard then tosses Percedal into the air to meet his family.

He later joined the battle against Oropo and was then sent to Inglorium, the realm of the gods, along with the Tofu Brotherhood and the Siblings.

Goultard appears to confront Rushu on Crimson Claws Island alongside Sir Sadlygrove Percedal, the rest of the Brotherhood of Tofu, and the New Sufokian Fleet. During the battle with Rushu, it is revealed that Goultard has become the new Iop God when he headbutts Ruhu with such force that it literally levels the area around them both, leaving Goultard standing before him, bathed in golden energy. Faced with the power of the new Iop God, Rushu gathers all the Shushu around him and "devours" them. Now equal to or greater than Goultard's power, Rushu is able to knock Goultard off his feet. Sir Sadlygrove Percedal and Evangeline intervene, allowing Goultard to gather his wits, grab Rushu, and leap into the sky, propelling them both through the portal to Shukrut just before it closes. Just before this leap, in the darkness, Goultard prevents Sir Sadlygrove Percedal from following him. Goultard, who lived in Shukrut (the kingdom of Shushu), senses Percedal using his divine power and later contacts him telepathically to explain that Percedal is the mortal incarnation of the god Iop (Goultard's father). He then senses Percedal losing his powers, having lost his right arm to a dragon, and, realizing that the World of Twelve is in imminent danger of destruction due to a meteorite, he telepathically speaks to Yugo through Percedal, commanding Yugo to open a portal to Shukrut. The plan works, and although he offers to help Percedal restore his arm, Percedal refuses, not wanting to be the god Iop, but only wanting to return to his family. Goultard agrees and decides to become the new god of Iop. Yugo is trusted by the Eliatrope Dofus, and he even attends Percedal and Evangeline's wedding.

Goultard first appears as an immensely powerful Iop, who is also the mentor/teacher of Sir Sadlygrove Percedal. He is implied to have risen from the grave to aid his apprentice, whom he calls "Dally," by teaching him how to control Rubilax after he lost control of the demon, injuring and breaking the bow of Evangeline, the girl Percedal is in love with.