Rodan is the Shield Bearer / Champion attached to Lord General Iemochi Tokugawa's command staff in the Imperial Military. He has no decision making responsibility, rather he is a part of his protective detail, particularly focused on keeping a big shield in front of General Tokugawa, smacking away or catching missiles, and making hash of anything that charges the command position.

Firbolg Warrior(Myrmidon) L11 LN Firbolg

Rodan's character sheet

Rodan was fiercely mocked when he said he was going to the runties' town to sign up as a soldier, but not for very long, and those folks didn't mock anybody else for quite a while.

For his first year he became an entrenchment specialist, who helped squads dig in. It was so boring that he almost quit, but there were a lot of things to fight, and the runties payed him many nice shiny things, so when his first term was up he renewed.

Soon his squad mates realized that he was a pretty smart giant, and his sergeant started training him up on siege equipment. They paid him more shiny things for this, and it was more fun. He spent six years as an artilleryist, often scooping up his favorite piece and charging with it. This also led to lots of lectures from his sergeant about military tactics, which he did his best to study.

He became very competent with a wide variety of artillery, and still carries a large ballista with a hasp of reloading that lets him shoot twice a round. It has a strap that fits over his massive shoulder, and he curls up at night with it like it was his favorite teddybear.

Finally the Free Imperia realized that while he wouldn't use shields himself, he had no problems with holding one to protect someone else, and he could carry a really big shield. Coupled with the Fir Bolg ability to smack away or catch missiles, this made him a great protective agent for the top brass.

He was tooled out with a greatsword of dancing to go with his greatsword of sharpness, (he fights with both till the greatsword of dancing gets going, then lets go to use both hands on the other for double damage) and given a body shield painted with the Imperial Phoenix (and deployable bracing feet) to shelter the command party.