History Characters / DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDaiMainParty

* RousingSpeech: Out of all the party, Popp is the one to have this honor. When the party is facing its DarkestHour in the final battle, and all hope seems lost as [[spoiler:the entire surface world is about to be destroyed by the Black Cores]], Popp is the one who takes one last stand despite the odds stacked against them, even though Dai has completely given up the fight at this point. He tells [[spoiler:Vearn]] that death comes for everyone, and while humans have shorter and insignificant lives compared to Underworld monsters, it's exactly because of that fact humanity fights so hard to have their lives burn bright to the end, no matter if they have 50 years or even 5 minutes left to live. And that's the very same reason he won't give up and will fight to the very end, even if it might not make a difference. This very speech is what reminds Dai that whenever he was scared and felt like throwing in the towel, Popp was always the one to inspire him to keep going no matter what, and said speech gives Dai the strength to challenge Vearn one last time. This is also what actually leads to the world being saved, as not only here, but once more during [[spoiler:Dai's fight in the stratosphere with Vearn]] is Dai reminded of Popp's inspiring words, and it rouses him to not give in to the pain and despair of the battle, but to finally land the final blow against his foe and free the world from his tyranny. Not bad for a teen who started the story as a coward who wanted to run from everything painful.

* RousingSpeech: Out of all the party, Popp is the one to have this honor. When the party is facing its DarkestHour in the final battle, and all hope seems lost as [[spoiler:the entire surface world is about to be destroyed by the Black Cores]], Popp is the one who takes one last stand despite the odds stacked against them, even though Dai has completely given up the fight at this point. He tells [[spoiler:Vearn]] that death comes for everyone, and while humans have shorter and insignificant lives compared to Underworld monsters, it's exactly because of that factbhumanity fights so hard to have their lives burn bright to the end, no matter if they have 50 years or even 5 minutes left to live. And that's the very same reason he won't give up will fight to the very end, even if it might not make a difference. And this very speech is what reminds Dai that whenever he was scared and felt like throwing in the towel, Popp was always the one to inspire him to keep going no matter what, giving Dai the strength to challenge Vearn one last time. This very speech is what actually leads to the world being saved, as not only here, but once more during [[spoiler:Dai's fight in the stratosphere with Vearn]] is Dai reminded of Popp's inspiring words, and it rouses him to not give in to the pain and despair of the battle, but to finally land the final blow against his foe and free the world from his tyranny. Not bad for a teen who started the story as a coward who wanted to run from everything painful.

** Popp gets more development than anyone else. He starts out as a coward with very low self-esteem but, realizing his behaviour endangers his friends, slowly becomes braver. His self-esteem issues take longer to improve, and they hold up his full potential for a long while. By the end of the story, Popp is a brave and strong-willed hero, arguably even more so than Dai.

** Leona's main colors are white and yellow. The 2020 animated adaptation gives her more shades of pink.

** Maam and Leona are TheHeart. They're the most emotional members of the party and (especially Maam) are the morality centre of the party (until Maam learns martial arts and changes class).

* HeroicSacrifice:

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Their bond is their main driving force and they fight at their best when they're doing it for each other. More specifically, Dai initially tends to activate his crest when his friends are in danger while protecting his friends is the reason Popp begins his development and gains more courage. Baran himself tries to stop this power by [[spoiler:deleting Dai's memories, but ends up reinforcing it as everyone fight him to protect Dai]].

* TrueCompanions: The party members share many adventures and battle together and are as close as family. There are many instances where everyone is willing to sacrifice him/herself for the sake of a party companion.

* AFriendInNeed: [[spoiler:After badly losing to Vearn and witnessing his immense power, Dai is traumatized and leaves to spend some time alone and decide wether to keep fighting or give up. While everyone look for him, Popp is the only one who knows where he went and gives Dai a supportive speech, which prompts him to fight Vearn against the odds.]]

** Although she initially wear an orange suit, since saving the kingdom of Romos, Maam main color is [[PinkIsFeminine pink]].

* GutturalGrowler: Crocodine has a deep and raspy voice, befitting for a large crocodile monster.

* {{Tsundere}}: At the very beginning, Leona is nice to her people but mischevious towars Dai. After he saves her, she becomes much more honest with her feelings towards him.

'''The Main Party''' | [[Characters/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDaiAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDaiDarkArmy The Dark Army]]| [[Characters/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDaiOthers Others]] -]]]]]

* BoobsOfSteel: Both Maam and Leona are pretty well endowed but Maam's tend to be more obvious, partly because she wears tighter clothes, and she's the most combat-oriented girl, while Leona plays a more supportive role.

* {{Bishonen}}: Hyunckel is the most good-looking of the heroes, and has the appearance of a very pretty boy.

* BladeOnAStick: After losing the Dark Armour Blade, [[spoiler:Larhart hands him his Dark Armour Spear, and Hyunckel retrains himself from scratch as a lancer. When Lon Beruk offers to forge him another sword, Hyunckel decides to keep the lance to honor Larhart]].

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone in the Papnica Kingdom loves her and has complete trust in her. Her closest followers are often worried about her life, but would never disobey or doubt her orders.

* SignatureMove: Maam's iconic and most powerful attack once she becomes a martial artist is the ''Refractor Fist'', a punch combined with a powerful healing spell that hurts the enemy by overhealing him. Justified because Brookena taught it only to Maam.

* GoldColoredSuperiority: Gome is a ''golden metal Slime'',an extremely rare type of monsters. In the first chapter, the Fake Hero Team plans to catch it to sell it at a high price. [[spoiler:Its golden color is actually a hint that it's a divine gift.]]
* HopeBringer: [[spoiler:At the end, Gome is revealed to be a relic made by the Gods that represents hope and helps mankind by granting their wishes. When he finds it out, Vearn immediately kills him to simbolically destroy humankind's hope.]]

* KillTheCutie: Gome is an adorable slime but, during the final battle, [[spoiler:Vearm realizes it's actually the Tear of God and kills it because it would be too powerful]].

* MagicStaff: Popp's weapon is a magic staff which lets him cast stronger spells. Over the course of the story, he changes his weapon multiple times for a stronger one. During his fight against Crocodine, Popp intentionally breaks it so that he can use the orb pieces to make a magic circle and protect Brass from Vearn's influence. His second magic staff breaks after hitting Fenbren, who is made of orichalcum.

* AdaptationalModesty: Since the manga is a Shonen while the 2020 animated adaptation is aimed at a younger audience, Maam's martial artist outfit has black leggings rather than having her legs naked like in the manga.

* ClassChangeLevelReset: Downplayed. Like in the Dragon Quest games, when Maam changed class from Warrior Priest to Martial Artist she didn't lose any Warrior Priest level but her new class levels start from 1, meaning she had a lot of training to do to catch back up to the other party members.
* CombatMedic: Maam's first class is a warrior priest, which means she can heal her allies and fight on her own.
* CuteBruiser: Outside of battle, Maam is a cute, gentle and caring girl. Further emphasized when she becomes a martial artist, in her first appearance since her class change, Maam tears her way through the tournament and goes toe-to-toe with Zamza in his Superior Being form, who previously gave ''Dai'' trouble.

* DemonicPossession: Maam briefly gets possessed by [[spoiler:Myst-Vearn after he gives Vearn his young body. However, it's just a ploy of Myst-Vearn to take Hyunckel's body, his true aim.]]

* LegFocus: Maam's monk outfit and armor don't include pants of any sort, which Popp appreciates. While it gives her more leg mobility, the legs are pronounced in many panels.

* MagicKnight: As a warrior priest, Maam can cast some spells, mostly healing ones, and engage in meelee combat with a staff. Downplayed because she mainly fights with her Magic Bullet Gun. With the class change, she becomes a KungFuWizard.
* MagicSkirt: Maam's second outfit that she wears after the events at Romos has a very short skirt and since the 2020 series is aimed at a younger audience, it never flips up even when she is being restrained by enemies.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Even after her training, Maam still has the body of an average girl but easily overpowers enemies much larger than her and tears armors of steel with her bare hands.

* SleevesAreForWimps: Her monk outfit is sleeveless to give more mobility for her attacks.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Because he got tricekd by Zaboera disguised as Maam, when he meets her after a long time, Popp wants to be sure she's the actual Maam and pokes her boob like he accidentally did the first time they met. Maam's reaction is the same, she punches him, proving to Popp that she's the actual Maam.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Justified because Maam already knew some spells when she becomes a martial artist and combines them with her new hand-to-hand attacks. The ''Refractor Fist'' is a special punch combined with a healing spell that overheal the target until the healing becomes destructive.

Unlike the other party members, Hyunckel is very quiet and serious, fully devoted to make up for his past actions. Hyunckel is a very strong swordsman and, later, lance fighter and, while he can't cast any spell, makes up for it by using his own touki. He uses two sets of armor, first the Dark Armour Blade, which grants him immunity to spells, then he replaces it with the Dark Armour Spear. Both sets of armor were made by the Darkling blacksmith Lon Beruk.

* BladeOnAStick: After losing the Dark Armour Blade, [[spoiler:Larhart hands him his Dark Armour Spear, and Hyunckel retrains himself from scratch as a lancer. When offered another sword, Hyunckel decides to keep the lance to honor Larhart]].

* PurpleIsPowerful: Hyunckel's standard outfit since he joins the heroes is purple, which indicates his more serious attitude as well that he's one of the most powerful combatants of the party.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In a rare heroic version, Hyunckel has a personal revenge with Myst-Vearn as a way to atone for his actions, since he's the one who lead him down the evil path. When the heroes are fighting the Shadow Legion at the world summit, Hyunckel leaves his friends behind to fight Myst-Vearn on his own, and it nearly costs him his life.
* TokenHuman: Before changing sides, Hyunckel is the only human in the Dark Army, which is composed of monsters and darklings. Justified since he was raised by Mystvearn.

* WreckedWeapon: Hyunckel's Dark Armour Blade is first broken by Dai but comes back repaired, but then it breaks permanently [[spoiler:in Hyunckel's fight with Larhart. The sword remains, but Dai breaks it when he uses his full power to defeat Baran. This forces Hyunckel to change weapon’s and he adopts the Dark Armour Spear he received from Larhart]].

* MonsterKnight: He's a human-crocodile knight dresses in full armor that wields an axe and values honor, like a chivalric knight.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToshikoFujita (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese/2020 series), Marina Huerta (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Claudia Motta (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), Ana Cremades (European Spanish/1991 series), Sabrina Price (English/2020 series)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToshikoFujita (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese/2020 series), Marina Huerta (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Claudia Motta (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), Ana Cremades (European Spanish/1991 series)

* PlayingWithFire: The first spell Dai learns to use properly without the need of the Dragon Crest is ''Mera'', a basic fire attack. However, at first Dai has to cast it and then literally slap the flame toward the target.

* ShockAndAwe: The Hero class is the only one that can cast lightning spells. Dai learns "Raiden" to defeat Hyunckel, but he needs Popp to summon a storm first in order to do so. Eventually, Dai learns to cast it on his own and without relying on the Dragon Crest, and then he learns ''Gigaiden''. He can also channel his lightning in his sword.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga (Japanese/2020 series), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Creator/ReneGarcia (Latin American Spanish/1991 series/eps. 4-14), Hector Mena (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), David Arnaiz (European Spanish/1991 series)

* AttackTheMouth: Popp kills Galdandy's dragon by shoving a hand in his mouth and firing a ''Begirama'', which destroys its head from the inside.
* AudienceSurrogate: The way Popp behaves at the beginning of the series, desiring to be a hero but scared of every monster he encounters, is the same as a normal person sent into the Dragon Quest world.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Popp's main strength is his wit, which he uses in battle to find a counter-strategy to the enemy's attacks. Notably, he manages to determine the weaknesses in Vearn's attacks by observing them a few times. He can also copy his enemies spells after seeing them in action, such as Flazzard's ''Merazoma''.

** When Galdandy is about to crush him with his serpentine dragon, Popp pretends to be dead. Galdandy, disappointed by Popp's apparent fragility, orders his dragon to eat him, which allows Popp to puts a hand in its mouth and kill him with a ''Begirama'' from the inside.

* BlackMage: Popp is of the mage class which, in the Dragon Quest world, specializes in offensive spells but doesn't know any healing ones. [[spoiler:Until he becomes a Grand Sorcerer, which can cast healing spells as well.]]

* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: When Merle reveals that Baran is coming to retrieve Dai with his strongest subordinates, Popp pretends to be a coward again to run away, while he actually plans to fight them alone. Leona, Crocodine and Merle are disappointed by his behavior and find out his true intentions much later.

* ChivalrousPervert: Popp is a bit of a pervert, just like a typical teen, but would never make a girl uncomfortable. He "accidentally" gropes Maam and risks his life to help her with about the same frequency.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Unlike the other main heroes, who starts out flawed and weak but behaves like an ideal hero, Popp initially is a weak mage, a huge coward and, besides his smug facade, he has a very low self-esteem. As he progresses, Popp overcomes his flaws and develops into a true hero and the best mage of the world.

** ''Medoroa'' is a very dangerous spell to cast because it requires to cast an ice spell with one hand and a fire one with the other hand and said spells must be perfectly balanced, otherwise the mage would kill himself. Matoriv teaches Popp this spell because it's the only one that can destroy orichalcum.

* {{Flight}}: Popp can fly by casting a variation of ''Ruura'', he doesn't use it too often as it consumes a lot of mana.

* GravityMaster: Popp knows the spell ''Betan'', which crushes the enemies to the ground with a strong force. It's powerful enough to kill multiple dragons but it costs a lot of mana.

* HormoneAddledTeenager: Downplayed. Popp is fifteen years old and has some pervy moment, especially with Maam, but it's far from his defining trait and shows it very rarely.

* AnIcePerson: Popp knows a few ice spells, although he doesn't use them a lot in combat, and is consistently better than Dai in this field. His being less used to cast ice spells than fire ones makes it harder for him to learn ''Medroa'', which requires a perfect balance between them.

** When [[spoiler:Dai is lost into the sea, Popp blames himself for it because he followed Myst-Vearn and Kill-Vearn in the first place, leading to the fight between Hadlar and Dai]].

* MomentOfWeakness: After Dai destroys Vearn's fortress, Myst-Vearn and Kill-Vearn leave the battlefield but Popp gets so mad at the idea of losing the only chance to capture them that he chases after them, despite knowing they're stronger than him. When Popp catches back to them, Kill-Vearn reveals that he's been lured into a trap. Without dai's intervention, Popp would've been killed. [[spoiler:He feels terribly guilty when Dai gets lost at sea afterwards.]]

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Unlike most examples of the trope, this is a positive one. While being [[spoiler:held by Kill-Vearn's trap, Popp fails to escape and follow Dai because he felt pity for Hadlar. When the latter asks him why, Popp explains that, despite Hadlar being a demon, he has a lot more in common with humans than it seems]].

* PrestigeClass: Popp is of the mage class and,[[spoiler:in the final arc, he achieves the Grand Sorcerer class, which grants him stronger spells as well as healing ones]].

* SignatureMove: After he learns it, ''Medroa'' becomes Popp's distinct attack, justified because only he and Matoriv knows it. It's an extremely difficult but powerful spell that combine a fire and an ice one, both cast at perfect equilibrium. Popp then creates a magical bow which shoots an attack that destorys everything in its path, including orichalcum. Its only weakness is that it can be reflected back with a ''bounce'' spell.

* TrainingFromHell: In contrast to Avan's lax training, Matoriv puts Popp into extreme, if not deadly, situations to push him into learning new spells as quick as possible, such as tying him to the bottom of a lake to make him learn ''Ruura'' the fastest way possible.

* WarpWhistle: The first spell Popp learns from Matoriv is ''Ruura'', which allows him to fly instantly with whoever is close to him to places he's already been, as a nod to the Dragon Quest games. Popp can also use a variation of ''Ruura'' to fly.
* WeatherManipulation: Popp summons some clouds to help Dai cast ''Raiden'' against Hyunckel.

* YinYangBomb: Popp's strongest spell, ''Medoroa'', is a combination of a very powerful fire spell (''Kafrizz'') and an equally powerful ice spell (''Kacrack''). The result is an arrow-shaped spell that destroys everything in its path, even orichalcum, and can only be stopped by a bounce spell or another ''Medoroa''.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/MinaTominaga (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Japanese/2020 series), Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Azul Valadez (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), Mercedes Hoyos (European Spanish/1991 series)

In combat, Maam fights using a Magic Bullet Gun given by Avan at the end of his training, which shoots bullet literally loaded with spells, and can also use some minor healing spells. This makes her more suited for support rather than direct combat but, after breaking the Magic Bullet Gun, Maam changes class and becomes a martial artist. With her new class, Maam combines her healing spells with hand-to-hand combat.

* ActionGirl: While Maam is initially a competent fighter, she falls short compared to the other team members and temporarily leaves the paarty to train. After she comes back as a martial artist, Maam becomes one the strongest front-line fighters of the party.
* AdaptationalModesty: Since the manga is a Shonen while the 2020 animated adaptation is aimed at a younger audience, Maam's martial artist outfit has black leggins rather than having her legs naked like in the manga.

* AnimeChineseGirl: Her appearance as a fighter consists of a stereotypical Chinese fighting outfit, just like the monk-class in the games.
* AntiRegeneration: Her ''Refraction Fist'' turns the opponent's healing ability against itself by ramping it up to the point it destroys the body rather than regenerating it, similar to a cancer. When hit by Maam's attack, Zamza notices that his arm doesn't regenerate and falls apart instead.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Both Maam and her martial arts master, Brookeena, find his style's ultimate attack, the ''Refraction Fist'', extremely disturbing, and only appropriate to be used for the noblest of causes. It combines a physical blow with a burst of healing magic that dangerously overstimulates the body's natural regenerative abilities, leading the victim's body to be damaged by his own healing ability. Brookena says Maam is the most suited for the ''Refraction Fist'' style exactly because she's a good person and would understand better the danger of this figthing technique.
* BareFistedMonk: After losing her Magic Bullet Gun and realizing she's too weak, Maam changes class and becomes a martial artist. With Brukeena's training, Maam becomes a master at hand-to-hand combat, and can even use her healing spells to make her hits more deadly.

* CarryABigStick: While she prefers the Magic Bullet Gun, Maam uses a staff for melee combat. She stops using it after becoming a [[BareFistedMonk martial artist]].
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Even before beginning her training, Maam has a superhuman strength; when she returns after becoming a martial artist, Maam is strong enough to tear living armors with bare-handed attacks and smash boulders with kicks.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Maam has a surprising amount of physical strength despite being TheGunslinger and not a melee fighter, notable when she slams Popp into a wall and craters it like he just got punched by Dai. It makes her realize that she's a perfect fit for the martial artist class.

* HarmfulHealing: Maam's ''Refraction Fist'' is a powerful attack that combines martial arts and healing spells. It overloads the opponent's healing ability to the point it becomes destructive; however, it means that it works only on organic living beings while living statues like Orichalcum Soldiers are immune to it.

* KungFuWizard: Being initially a warrior priest and then becoming a martial artist, Maam can use healing spells and fight hand-to-hand. She also combines the two to make her attacks more devastating, especially the ''Refraction Fist'', which overload the target's healing ability until it becomes destructive.

* PlayingWithFire: Although she isn't shown casting fire spells, Maam's most common offensive attacks are bullet loaded with this kind of spells. In her debut, she uses one to take down an Ursa minor.

* SignatureMove: Maam's iconic and most powerful attack once she becomes a martial artist is the ''Refraction Fist'', a punch combined with a powerful healing spell that hurts the enemy by overhealing him. Justified because Brookena taught it only to Maam.

* SupernaturalMartialArts: Justified because Maam already knew some spells when she becomes a martial artist and combines them with her new handto-hand attacks. The ''Refraction Fist'' is a special punch sent with an healing spell that overheal the target until the healing becomes destructive.

* {{Tomboy}}: Maam's first outfit and her personality is very masculine, especially when compared to Leona. When they first meet them, Popp mistakes Maam for a boy, much to her anger, and sometimes he makes a snickering comment that she resembles more a man.

* WreckedWeapon: To free Leona from Flazzard's ice, Maam shoots a magical bullet loaded with a dragon crest-charged spell. It breaks the ice but the spell is too powerful for the Magical Bullet Gun, which falls into pieces. The loss of her weapon forces Maam to become a martial artist.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/AyaHisakawa (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese/2020 series), Rebeca Patiño (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Jessica Angeles (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), Ana Fernández (European Spanish/1991 series)

The young princess of Papnica, a land of mages, she comes to Dai's island to receive a ritual to complete her training, but is saved by him, foiling a failed assassination attempt. She returns as a valued ally as well as [[ShipTease a potential love interest]] to Dai.

* AnIcePerson: A weak ice-type spell is one of the few attacking spells Leona knows.

* PlayingWithFire: Among the only attacking spells Leona knows is a weak fire one.

* PrincessesRule: While Leona is the monarch of Papnica, she's not referred as queen but as "princess", while the others are known as kings. [[spoiler:Or queen, in Flora's case]].

* WhiteMagicianGirl: Leona is nice and caring but doesn't know many offensive spells, having many healing spells instead, more powerful than Maam's, and even a weak resurrection spell. These traits make her the healer and support of the party, both in and outside of combat. During the battle with Baran, she proves to be vital by restoring her allies multiple times, who otherwise wold've been killed by Baran.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese/2020 series), Israel Magaña (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), David Allende (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), Antonio Villar (European Spanish/1991 series)

Former leader of the Undead Legion, a legion of soldiers who have transcended death. Hyunckel lost his parents when he was just a baby, but was taken in by Bartos, a former general of Hadlar's army. Initially, Hyunckel holds a grudge against Avan, whom he believes killed his foster father and became his pupil under the pretense of killing him, but failed. He was then taken in by Myst-Vearn who brought him up to be a general in the army. In truth, his adopted father's murderer was in fact Hadlar, and, after learning this fact, he leaves the army to join Dai.

Unlike the other party members, Hyunckel is very quiet and serious, fully devoted to make up for his past actions. Hyunckel is a very strong swordsman and, later, lance fighter and, while he can't cast any spell, makes up for it by using his own touki. He uses two armors, first the Demon Magical Armor Sword, which grants him immunity to spells, then he replaces it with the Demon Magical Armor Lance. Both armors were made by Lon Beruk.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Hyunckel is what Popp aims to be: a strong warrior that gathers Maam's affection. While there's no malice towards Popp, whenever Hyunckel is in the spotlight, he makes Popp jealous and hits his low self-esteem.
* AnimateDead: Hyunckel obtains the title of leader of the Undead Legion thanks to his ability to manipulate the corpses with his ''Dark Puppetry Aura Hand'' technique, taught by Myst-Vearn.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Hyunckel's signature attack, ''Bloody Scryed'', is a piercing attack that rips through any armor like it was made of butter. The only way to avoid getting hurt from it is to dodge it.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Demon Magical Armor Sword grants Hyunckel immunity to any spell and is very resistant, but Dai notices that it leaves a small spot open in the helmet whenever Hyunckel removes the sword from the face. During their second fight, Dai cast a thunder spell to Hyunckel's face, but it doesn't work because, while it bypasses the armor's immunity, Hyunckel is simply strong enough to resist it.

* BladeOnAStick: After losing the Demon Magical Armor Sword, [[spoiler:Larhart hands him his Demon Magical Armor Lance, and Hyunckel retrains himself from scratch as a lancer. When offered another sword, Hyunckel decides to keep the lance to honor Larhart]].
* CastFromHitPoints: While he can't cast spell, Hyunckel can use his own life energy to cast a devastating attack: Grand Cross. He can cast by making a cross-shaped object but using it leaves him exhausted instead of killing him outright. Hyunckel remains vulnerable after using it should any enemy manage to survive it, so he saves it as a last resort.
* ChickMagnet: Hyunckel is a good-looking boy and during the story Maam and Aimi develops some feelings for him, [[spoiler:although later Maam moves onto Popp]].
* CoolSword: Hyunckel wields the Demon Magical Armor Sword, a magic sword made by the world's best blacksmith, which has the ability to become an armor immune to magic.

* DrivenToVillainy: Hyunckel hates Avan because he thinks he's killed Bartos, his father, which prevented him from truly following his teaching as hatred grew into his heart. After failing to kill Avan and being accidentally sent into a river, Myst-Vearn picked and groomed as the leader of the Undead Division, but Maam notices that Hyucnkel has a good heart corrupted by hatred. Thanks to Dai and Maam, Hyunckel sees his mistakes and becomes a good person.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even when he's part of the Demon Army, Hyunckel hates the idea of using violence against women. When Zaboera suggests him to use a spell to turn a captured Maam into Hyunckel's sex slave, Hyunckel almost kills him on the spot.

* GoodCostumeSwitch: Justified. Initially, as a General for the Dark Army, Hyunckel wears an intimidating armor that hides his face when he's not using the sword and keeps it even after joining Dai's party. However Hyunckel destroys his armor while fighting Larhart who, as a sign of respect, gives Hyunckel his own armor, which is more traditionally heroic looking, and keeps it [[spoiler:until Hyunckel meets Larhart again and gives him the armor back]].
* HappilyAdopted: Hyunckel was taken by Bartos, a skeleton and one of the commanders of Hadlar's army, but was a good father to Hyunckel. For the first part of the story, his main motivation is to avenge his father's death, which he achieves by killing Hadlar (although he later comes back).

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Hyunckel's most common way to attack is to penetrate his enemies with his ''Bloody Scryed''.

* InstantArmor: Hyunckel's weapon is the Demon Magical Armor Sword, a special sword that becomes an armor that instantly covers his body whenever is used. His second weapon, the Demon Magical Armor Lance, works the same.
* ItWasAGift: After fighting with him and hearing his story, Hyunckel grows a big respect for Larhart and gladly accepts his Demon Magical Armor Lance to replace his broken weapon. Even when Lon Beruk offers Hyunckel to make him a new sword, he refuses the offer and keeps the lance, despite not being used to fighting with it yet, because he wants to honor Larhart.
* ItsPersonal: After learning that it was Hadlar who killed his father, Hyunckel becomes determined to fight him. His wish is granted not long after, when he fights Hadlar during the war against Flazzard. Hyunckel also has a personal interest to fight Myst-Vearn because he deceived him for years and led him down the wrong path.

* LoveTriangle: With Maam and Popp. At first, [[spoiler:Maam seems to lean more towards Hyunckel at the begining, but he keeps some distance out of shame of his evil past, while Popp envies him for looking good in the eyes of Maam. However, as the story goes on, Maam starts to appreciate Popp more and more, though she doesn't decide until the very end of the story]].
* MadeOfIron: Even without his armor, Hyunckel's durability is ''superhuman'', even moreso than Crocodine, who's a monstrous crocodile, and whistands very powerful attacks. Hyunckel's seemingly HeroicSacrifice after his defeat even has him '''completely engulfed in molten magma''', and he still gets pulled out with only moderate injuries afterwards. During his fights, Hyunckel takes a lot of attacks but still manage to come out on top most of the time.

* ObliviousToLove: Hyunckel is often cold and distant, in a non-malicious way, and doesn't realize that Maam has feelings for him until Popp points it out to him, and he also doesn't notice Aimi's obvious crush on him.

* PeoplePuppets: Aside from corpses, Hyunckel's ''Dark Puppetry Aura Hand'' technique works on people as well and he uses it on Dai and Popp to immobilize them so he can finish them off. He later uses the same technique on Myst-Vearn, but the latter notices his lack of Dark Touki made the technique weaker.

* ThePowerOfHate: Defied. Hyunckel's Dark Touki is fueled by his evil intentions and desire of revenge, but Myst-Vearn points out it has become weaker and been replaced with White Touki since he became a good person, which prevents him from using ''Dark Puppetry Aura Hand''. Hyunckel tries to remedy by using his hatred for Myst-Vearn but Maam convinces him to use the power of justice instead.

* ReforgedBlade: Hyunckel breaks his Demon Magical Armor Sword during his fight with Dai but, after he's rescued by Crocodine, it comes back inexpicably repaired. Lon Beruk reveals it teleported to him and he repaired it, then it went back to Hyunckel. [[spoiler:It breaks permanently during the fight against Larhart and Baran.]]

* ShouldersOfDoom: The Demon Magical Armor Sword sports large and pointy shoulders that make the armor even more menacing, this is especially fitting when Hyunckel is part of the Dark Army. The Demon Magical Armor Lance has large shoulders as well, but they're rounder and less scary, visually communicating that Hyunckel joined the Hero's party.

** Hyunckel's most iconic attack is the ''Bloody Scryed'', a strong piercing attack able to penetrate even orichalcum.

* TokenHuman: Before changing sides, Hyunckel is the only human in the Dark Army, which is composed of monsters and darklings. Justified since he was raised by Myst-Vearn.
* WhipSword: While still part of his helmet, the Demon Magical Armor Sword has the shape of a whip, which Hyunckel can use to attack. Whenever it's removed, it becomes an actual sword.

* WreckedWeapon: Hyunckel's Demon Magical Armor Sword is first broken by Dai but comes back repaired, but then it breaks permanently [[spoiler:in Hyunckel's fight with Larhart. The sword remains, but Dai breaks it when he uses his full power to defeat Baran. This forces Hyunckel to change weapon’s and he adopts the Demon Magical Armor Lance he received from Larhart]].

!!!Voiced by: Creator/BanjoGinga (Japanese/1991 Series), Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese/2020 Series), Carlos Magaña (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Ricardo Brust (Latin American Spanish/2020 series), Ángel Corpa (European Spanish/1991 series)

* BadassCape: Crocodine wears a small cape that denotes his position as leader of the Dark Army and as a strong fighter after he joins the main party.

** When Hyunckel uses ''Bloody Scried'' towards Dai and Popp, Crocodine arrives and gets in the way, taking the attack in their place, and then gives them the chance to escape.

** Saves Popp when he's chased by Kill-Vearn and gives him an opening to escape for good.

* BreathWeapon: Crocodine can fire ''Burning Breath'' out of his mouth, either to paralyze his opponent or to thaw out ice.

* MusclesAreMeaningful: Crocodine is the most visibly muscular dark general and party member and is the more physically-oriented fighter in both groups. He’s also innaturally strong, able to break stone with ease.

* NoSell: When Popp sends a ''Mera'' against him and Crocodine simply dispels it by blowing it away.

* ShouldersOfDoom: Crocodine sports very large shoulders on his armor, making him appear even larger and emphasizing his nature as brutish physical-fighter. Whenever he uses his ultimate attack, Crocodine breaks one of his shoulder armor to pump-up his arm.
* SuperStrength: He's even more supernaturally strong than what is expected from a hulking LizardMan to be -- he can break stone with a light tap of his fist and push entire tidal currents off-course.
* SuperToughness: While he can dish out a respectable amount of damage, his phenomenal durability is the greatest asset he brings to the party, letting him shield his friends, wear out his enemies, and generally just keep fighting where nobody else would or could. While confronting Baran, Crocodine chooses to ''repeatedly'' face-tank his ''Giga-Break'' (with Leona healing him every time) so that he'll be too exhausted to use it again at full power against Dai.

* FiveManBand: The members of the party complete the classic set of interactions in a team:
** Dai is TheHero, as the main protagonist of the story. He's also literally the hero "class".
** Hyunckel is TheLancer. While he's not the deuteragonist (that role goes to Popp), his serious personality covers more the character archetype.
** Popp is TheSmartGuy. Although importance-wise he can be the lancer, he's a mage and not a physical fighter, while his fights are the most strategy-focused ones.
** Crocodine is TheBigGuy. He's the largest member of the party and the strongest when it comes to physical strength.
** Maam and Leona are TheChick. They're the only female members of the party and play more a role of support than of a fighter (until Maam learns martial arts and changes class).
** Gome is the TeamPet. He doesn't have any particular skills but follows the party everywhere, and sometimes play some minor support role.

* TheChick: Out of the five disciples, Leona specializes in healing spells and anti-evil spells instead of physical combat, which also makes her the weakest in that regard. However, she's also wise and a valuable member of the human alliance.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Popp learns ''Medroa'' because it's the only spell able to break through orichalcon, since it destroys everything in its path, to have a chance against Hadlar's Royal Guards.

** ''Medoroa'' is a very dangerous spell to cast because it requires to cast an ice spell with one hand and a fire one with the other hand and said spells must be perfectly balanced, otherwise the mage would kill himself. Matoriv teaches Popp this spell because it's the only one that can destroy orichalcon.

* NecessaryDrawback: ''Medroa'' is an incredibly strong spell that disintegrates everything in its path, including the near-indestructible Orichalcon. To avoid making it a one-hit kill for everything, the spell requires some time to charge and can be relfected by a ''Bounce'' spell or reflective items.

* OneHitKill: Popp's ultimate spell, ''Medroa'', destroys everything in its path, even orichalcon. It means that, unless he bounces the spells back or dodges it, whoever gets hit gets pulverized instantly.

* LogicalWeakness: The ''Refraction Fist'' enhances the target's healing ability until it becomes detrimental and degenerate their body; this means it's completely ineffective to inorganic beings like the Orichalcon Royal Guards.

* PinkIsFeminine: Downplayed. Maam's main color is pink, having pink hair and wearing pink clothes, and, for a while, she's the only female member of the party. However, she's a tomboy, which is even more evident when compared to Leona, the other female party-member. [[spoiler:Even her orichalcon armor is pink.]]

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Gome helps multiple times by using abilities never seen or foreshadowed before, such as restoring Dai's strength in his fight against Crocodine, hurting a being made of orihalcon or [[spoiler:talking to Popp before he goes to the afterlife. This is justified because he's actually the Tear of God and grants any wishes but nobody, including Gome itself, is aware of it; therefore, everyone accidentally makes wishes to him]].

** In his first encounter with Maam, he tries to size himself up to Maam by poking her chest after she criticizes him, unaware that Maam is a girl until [[ThanksForTheMammary after the fact]], earning himself an ArmorPiercingSlap for the first time in the series.