Ragnar Greenriver

Previous Timeline
In the beginning of the story, Ragnar betrays his long trusted aide,Ian Page, by posioning him with the Flower of Rondor and burned the house down to make sure Ian died. Before dying when Ian questioned him that why Ragner, who Ian considered his best friend and supporter decided to kill him, Ragner revealed that he was scared of his powers and not only him but that he hated all Mages due to their power. The conversation between Ragnar and Ian was as follows:-

'“As long as Ian Page lives as an ally to the Empire, that fact alone is enough to light the fire of rebellion. Therefore, I shall go back to my hometown and live the rest of my life in penitence. I am sure you said it in such lines.”'

Fear entered the Emperor’s eyes.

'Of all things, why fear? The one who had ingested poison was Ian.'

'“Do you know, Ian? I do not fear a rebellion. No matter what, rebellions are a work of man. This is within the scope of man’s understanding.”'

“······.”

'“But you, what about the power you possess? Is this the work of man? Do you surely see this power as something beyond the ken of man?”'

Ian dearly wanted to respond.

This power was what made you Emperor.

That this very power shaped the Unification of the whole Continent.

The power that was maintaining the very peace right now."

This was the conversation they had just before Ian rewound time.

Current TImeline
Ragnar was since the beginning, who Ian wanted to avoid at all costs, but inevitably due to Ian's actions, Ragnar became intersted in him and met him at the entrance the of the Palace Gate after he was awareded by the emperor for his actions to catch a spy for the Greenriver Empire,and asked Ian to have a meal with him, but ian wanted to avoid interactions with Ragnar at all costs and rejected him outright, and from then on Ragnar's hatred towards Ian only grew

From then on it started that all plans made by Ragnar was nullified by Ian .These actions deepend his hatred towards Ian and then Ragnar along with Herbert Leon ( The then Tower Lord of the Ivory Tower);hatched a plan to make sure that Ian either sumbitted to them or he was to be utterly destroyed.

Since the beginning, he was considered by nobles,commoners, and soldiers alike the best candidate to ascend the throne. This was all thwarted by Ian in the The Great Council of the Three Countries held in Desmerdia, due to already being aware of Ragnar's plans in the council i.e how Ragnar showed his skills in Diplomatic matters and turned the situation in favor of Greenriver Empire all this was to ensure that Ragnar's path to Emperor was set in stone, but being aware beforehand Ian countered his plan by making sure that the Crown Prince took the helm this time instead of Ragnar,which would allow the Crown Prince to soolidify his position better. After the council the enraged Ragnar met the prince and congratulated him, but while being furious inside. After realizing that ian was growing in power rapidly and that he kept on disrupting their plans, Ragnar asked the Tower Lord to move the plan against Ian faster.

After the failure of his plan to complete the plan to control Ian, Ragner lost his most supportive aide in the encounter. Even though being frequently cautious, still his aide got flushed out and executed in front of the public. Though he pleaded for mercy. The Emperor refused. During the same discussion, the emperor told why Ragnar couldn't be made the Crown Prince, this enraged him further and he shut himself in his chambers. The emperor worried if Ragnar might cause a commotion or help the prisoner escape instructed Dumpil Moret to prevent the prince from leaving, but unaware that was  an oppurtunity for Ragner to reingite his hopes to become Emperor, After the execution when the arrest was over, he was handed a letter, after reading which he started new plans to set in motion.