Gerald Stuart

"The engagement absolutely can’t be cancelled."

- - Novel Volume 2, Chapter 21

Geordo Stuart (ジオルド・スティア一ト) is the first capturable character in the game Fortune Lover. In the day before the main character died, she struggled all night to finish his route but was unable to do so.

Appearance
Geordo has short blonde hair with sectioned bangs, and blue eyes. He wears a white suit with a necklace of the kingdom's insignia, with a red cape draping over his left shoulders and back.

Personality
Geordo is often described as a "sadist" due to his secretly ruthless, twisted and cunning nature, in contrast to his handsome smile. He could read people easily and do tasks perfectly without putting too much effort, making him very bored and uninterested in most things. This caused him to be a little bit emotionally stunted, but this makes him even more eager to learn through his fiancée. He is secretly short-tempered, leading him to act irrationally and destructively, which he considers as one of his biggest flaws.

He is very aggressive in his pursuits for his fiancée, giving him anything she desires and whispers sweet words of love to her ear. Despite being very forward when it comes to physical advances, he gets easily shy and flustered when he is in the receiving end of physical contact.

Background
Gerald is the third prince of the country, and the capture target that is Katarina's fiancé. Even though he looks like an orthodox blonde-haired, blue-eyed prince, Katarina thought otherwise that on the inside he’s actually an evil sadistic prince.

However, even though Gerald in the game was supposed to be “not interested" in Katarina at all, and almost never visited her, before she noticed, he would come over to her house once every three days. And, he even helps Katarina harvest the fruits and vegetables from the field, and would always bring her sweets as presents, and were completely friends now. They have a lot of contact.

Game Description
Gerald, though have a prince out of a fairy tale look but his personality was twisted and schemer. He is a genius who can do anything. He has no particular interests and is bored with his everyday life.

Game Route
If the heroine falls in love with Gerald, Katarina will head straight to her destruction.

Katarina Claes
After he injured Katarina when they were 8 years old, he became her fiancée as compensation.

Fortune Lover
Geordo has no interests in Katarina at all, as he found her very boring since she had the personality of a typical self-absorbed noblewoman. While Katarina is absolutely in love with him, he merely uses him as a shield to shoo away other noblewomen who cling to him with the desire for marriage.

Present
Geordo showed absolutely no interest in Katarina, as she was pompous and annoying. However, as the main protagonist was intriguing to him, he ended up falling head over heels to her. His love went to the extent that he's willing to give up the right of his throne however many times if Katarina would come back home safely. Geordo admits that Katarina has brought color to his life, giving his friends and memories that he wouldn't have gotten without her.

Despite Katarina's constant attempts to break off their engagement, he does not plan to annul their engagement however. And always manages to dodge the topic somehow. After confessing to Katarina, Gerald decides to step up and make progress in their relationship. However, the confession was forgotten by Katarina the next day.

It is stated in Volume 3 and 6 that he is willing to both become king of Sorcier, as well as throw away his claim to the throne and status as a royal, depending on what Katarina wants of him.

After graduating from the academy, Gerald and Alan usually visit the Ministry of Magic for training purposes form time to time, where Katarina also works at.

Verge of Doom
Geordo holds no interest for Katarina and merely uses her as a shield. When Katarina gained memories of her past life, she started to act odd and unlady-like, which caught Geordo's attention. While her new behavior seemed very out of character for her, Geordo doesn't care as long as it makes her more interesting

Fortune Lover
Geordo is the first to encounter Maria in the Magic Academy, and was immediately charmed by her tomboyish nature. She would constantly be on his radar due to her Light Magic, and for standing beside him with the second highest score in the Academy, despite being a commoner. Geordo would eventually become fond of her when he realizes how much of a hard-worker she is.

Present
Geordo and Maria are good friends thanks to Katarina. Geordo finds Maria interesting and admirable, but could not find any real interest in her because of how much he was in love with Katarina. He admits that if he was not in love with Katarina, he would be very fond of Maria. He currently considers Maria as his biggest threat in the race for Katarina's heart, to the point where he calls her a "powerful foe who is almost from another dimension".

Verge of Doom
Geordo and Maria are close acquaintances due to their work as part of the Student Council. He can be seen pairing up with Maria to do patrols for Magic Classes.

Fortune Lover
Keith and Gerald were rivals for Maria's affection. As a result, they often protect Maria from Katarina.

Present
In the present timeline, Keith and Gerald are rivals for Katarina's affection. When Gerald makes advances towards Katarina, Keith is usually the one to intervene to his advances. Keith often quarrels with Gerald that his sister does not have what it takes to become a queen, while Gerald counters that she doesn't have to be.

Gerald even says that had he been in Keith's position, Gerald and Katarina's relationship would have already been something more than just step-siblings.

Fortune Lover
Gerald was the older twin brother of Alan Stuart. In the game, since Alan never liked him too much, so Gerald didn't have too much of a relationship with him.

Present
In the story, he is very much close to his twin brother thanks to the influence of Katarina. They act like regular siblings, who cares and watches over each other. Geordo gladly joins Alan in his hobby of playing music, and would happily perform to a crowd alongside his brother. However, he also participates in preventing Alan from realizing his feelings to Katarina, as he did to brush every other rivals away.

Geoffrey and Ian Stuart
His other brothers were Geoffrey, the firstborn, and Ian Stuart. Gerald never liked Geoffrey because he was obnoxious and unreadable. The truth is that Geoffrey is just extremely doting on his brothers, up to the point that he would stalked them and put their photos in his room.

Geordo considered Ian as a better brother with his taciturn and disciplined upbringing. Ian was referred to by Geordo as being easier to work with.

Nicole Ascart
He was childhood friends with Nicole, the son of the Prime Minister. He would often interact with Nicole due to the nature of their father's work.

Mary Hunt
His twin brother Alan Stuart is currently in an arranged engagement with Mary Hunt.

In Fortune Lover, Geordo hardly cared for Mary's existence, just as he did with his own brother.

In the present timeline, they were acquaintances at most, but eventually they grow to be friends and rivals, fighting for Katarina's love. They would often ally with each in other in order to deal with nobles who do not like Katarina. Geordo acknowledges that Mary's inner personality is similar to his, and can see her true self past her title as a perfect lady.

Sora Smith
Geordo does not like Sora, due to the events of Volume 3 where Katarina was kidnapped by him in order to make the prince release his claim to the throne. While Geordo does not care for the crown at all, it was at the discovery of Sora's romantic attempts at Katarina that made him angry. He and Sora often butted heads during Volume 4 for Katarina's attention. Geordo generally does not trust Sora, which is the exact opposite of how his fiancée treats him.

Kai Gerran
In Verge of Doom, Geordo dislikes the idea of Katarina being taught sword fighting, because of how harsh Gerran is in their training. He would much rather have Katarina learn from a professional, if not from himself.

Fire magic
Gerald possesses fire magic. However, as a Royal, he is not allowed to use them unless necessary.

Swordsmanship
Gerald excels in swordsmanship. This is proven when he kills Katarina in the game in the bad ending. He can fight on equal terms with a Knight.

Intelligence
Geordo has a high intelligence. His intelligence is on similar levels with Raphael and Nicole, making them the smartest characters among the main cast.

Trivia

 * He is one of the smartest characters along with Nicole and Rafael who are on the same level as him.
 * He has many names, due to the inconsistent translations in different mediums
 * Most notable are: Geordo from the anime, Gerald from the manga, Jeord from the english light novels, Giord from the StoryMe game.
 * He is secretly a sadist.
 * To all of his rivals; Keith, Mary, Alan, Nicole, Sophia, Maria, Rafael, Sora, and any other boys; he really had his guards up. Gerald was extremely possessive towards Katarina, although the subject herself was oblivious to that fact.
 * He dislikes any animals with the traits: slim and long.
 * Geordo is very similar to Katarina's father, Luigi Claes.
 * Both men are described as fairy tale princes by the women in high society. They are both seen as very handsome and charming, and was considered the most sought-after man by their peers.
 * Both men are in love with a Duke's daughter who does not believe that they are loved by them (both Millidiana and Katarina thinking that their fiancés are engaged to them because of duty or obligation). Their love for their female partners would lead to those partners being stared and glared in envy.
 * When asked what he would like his lover to do for him, he says that he would want her to let him spoil her, or so he says. He then offers to discuss it at a different place, hinting his sadistic hobby.

"For her to ask me to spoil her. Perhaps for her to smile by my side, that would be quite pleasant as well. At least, that is what I would say on the surface... but there are many things. However, this is not quite the place for it. We could discuss it after a change of scenery, if you would like? Ah, that is not necessary, you say? Most regrettable."

- Giordo