Shar Berylan (シャール＝ベリラン Shāru Beriran?) is a character introduced in Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index. A disgruntled guard working for Science Guardian during the Natural Selector tournament, he is forced to survive in the ensuing chaos of Academy City's attack upon the city with nothing more than the equipment that he has and his extreme luck. He is a point-of-view character used to gauge the events of the arc using his perspective.