Absolute Anime

Lloyd Irving is a kid from the village of Iselia. He lives with his stepfather, Dirk, a dwarf who adopted him after finding Lloyd as a baby with his dying mother, Anna. He is a terrible student in the class of Raine Sage. He has a special Exphere attached to the back of his hand, which was extracted from his mother, a victim of the Angelus Project.

When Collete, one of his closest friends, leaves on a quest of world regeneration, he follows them in secret with his best friend Genis Sage, Raine's brother, after Raine had forbidden them from coming.

Lloyd is a very idealistic boy, though not really school smart... more street smart, rising to some occasions with simple logic. His weapons of choice are two swords (thinking that double the swords means double the power). With his Exphere, he is a very powerful swordsman, and can take on many people on his own. In the OVA, he once took on about thirty guard alone, without taking a scratch.