Honest

Prime Minister Honest is a large man with a demonic appearance, including a crown of horns that give the idea that they are growing out of his head. He manipulates Emperor Makoto and runs the Empire behind the scenes this way. He is the primary antagonist of the series, and hates Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army strongly. He is often shown eating. He cares very little for anything and will do anything to maintain his own power.

History
It is stated that Emperor Makoto only won the battle of succession due to the Prime Minister's influence and planning. The Prime Minister before him was Chouri, a man that was a kindhearted but strong willed and a strong adviser to the former emperor, who desired to return to the capital to stop the decline of the empire. When the Prime Minister became aware of this, he had Esdeath's force's (The Three Beasts') tasked to kill him. He is known to have one son, and he is also known to have one blood relative named Iwokura, who was killed by Night Raid.

Relationships
Emperor Makoto: He serves as a close adviser and parental guardian to the young emperor. He acts not unlike a warm father towards him, using him to push his own self-serving policies.

Esdeath: An ally, though the relationship between the two is strictly business oriented. Also according to Esdeath herself the Prime Minister is safe in his position due to her aid. He often asks political favors from her in return allowing her to do what she wants. In the end though, they are merely using each other.

Iwokura: His cousin who was siphoning off of his power. Nothing is known about their relationship, but Honest wasn't happy when his cousion was killed.

Syura: His son who clearly respects him but on the other hand wishes to surpass his father. In return while Honest shown to have great expectation for his son and call his harsh treatment being a tough love. However, when the news of Syura death reached Honest ears his remorse lasted for a moment then Honest dismissed his own son as a failure and stated that he can make another son from scrap.

Budo: The Prime Minister and the Grand General have a mutual dislike relationship. Budo is well aware of the minister hand in causing the empire to rot with corruption and made his intention clear to kill Honest and cleanse the empire after dealing with the revolution. However, while Honest, due to his alliance with Esdeath, isn't that much worried about Budo threats, he know that if there was any evidence found against him he is done for as shown when he learned of the document that prove that his son being responsible of releasing the Danger Beasts that threatened the capital and the whole empire.

Honest 奧內斯特大臣