| 1 | Characters appearing in ''Literature/BanishedFromTheHerosParty''. Beware of spoilers. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !Main Characters |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Red]] |
| 8 | !!Red, ''né'' Gideon Ragnason |
| 9 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoutaSuzuki (Japanese, anime), Creator/YuichiroUmehara (Japanese, Drama CD), Creator/AaronCampbell (English) |
| 10 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Guide |
| 11 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_red.png]] |
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| 13 | A young man blessed with a thirty-level headstart since birth. As his Blessing indicates, his role is to guide people down the paths they are destined to live. Having trained with the Bahamut Knights since childhood, by seventeen he was deemed powerful enough to be an obvious addition to the party of the Hero, who so happens to be his younger sister Ruti. |
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| 15 | However, as his Blessing is limited to that headstart, he began falling behind his comrades-in-arms and was eventually kicked out by the party Sage, Ares. Ever since, Gideon has settled down in the frontier town of Zoltan as "Red", where he uses the knowledge he gained throughout his journey to run an apothecary. |
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| 17 | * AlmightyJanitor: Red's power is comparable to a slightly above-average knight who has reached his limits. Coupled with his intelligence and knowledge, this puts him at least on B-rank level, possibly A-rank, and he was part of an S-rank party, the strongest party that exists, yet he is merely known as a D-rank adventurer in Zoltan. Nowadays, people know him more as "the apothecary who is Rit's partner." |
| 18 | * BadassBookworm: Downplayed. Red usually wins his fights with his book smarts. His knowledge about Blessings and their weaknesses is tremendous, and he makes sure to [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analyze the situation]] (sometimes by charging ahead of the party) properly, which allows him to overcome enemies that theoretically are stronger than him (and the party). |
| 19 | * BigBrotherInstinct: The person he wanted to protect the most was Ruti. This was the main reason he joined the Bahamut Knights, so he could guide her until she was strong enough and could find companions that would support her. Part of the reason why he left the party willingly was because he thought his wish had come true and she didn't need him anymore. |
| 20 | * BigBrotherMentor: To Ruti and Al. |
| 21 | ** At the start, Ruti knew nothing. Nowadays, she is an expert in fighting and information gathering, all of which her brother taught her. She even imagines a HelpfulHallucination of him when she needs to think. |
| 22 | ** Al is trained both by Rit and Red. While Rit is an expert with Al's weapon, Red also has so much experience that Al is in awe of Red's strength. |
| 23 | * CantCatchUp: Once someone matches his level, he pretty much becomes this. Due to his Blessing, he does not have access to anything beyond common skills, which he has to train to make valuable. And even if he [[JackOfAllTrades trains all of his common skills as far as possible]], [[MasterOfNone they will constantly fall short of specialized skills granted by other Blessings]]. |
| 24 | * CrutchCharacter: Gideon was given a level boost when he was born, but that's basically it. He is at a level of an average knight, but he eventually realized that he CantCatchUp to the rest of the party. His Blessing also doesn't give him access to unique skills that, for instance, exist in the Warrior or Mage trees, leaving him with nothing but common skills to invest in. When the Hero's party was formed, he was initially stronger than Ruti, but she and their companions eventually overtook him. |
| 25 | * {{Foil}}: To both Ares and Albert. |
| 26 | ** To Ares. Red believes a Blessing should never be all that defines someone, including his sister Ruti, and is kind, selfless, and [[HumbleHero cares nothing for fame or power]]. On the other hand, Ares believes that one's Divine Blessing is all the worth a person can have and is arrogant, ambitious, and [[ItsAllAboutMe utterly self-centered]]. |
| 27 | ** To Albert. Red is a kind-hearted and selfless man who was a member of the Hero's Party but isn't interested in fame or fortune, is [[AlmightyJanitor hiding the extent of his skills when he comes to Zoltan]], and just wants a quiet and peaceful life running his apothecary. In contrast, Albert is a selfish and arrogant man who [[NormalFishInATinyPond believes himself to be stronger than he actually is]], and destined for fame and power [[spoiler:leads him down a dark path, using Demon drugs and sorcery to make himself more powerful]]. |
| 28 | * GuileHero: Gideon was TheSocialExpert and TheSmartGuy of the party, who usually leave the combat planning and communications with local citizens and nobility to him, and his [[ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter people smarts]] and amicable personality also made it easier for him to gain allies and gather information. |
| 29 | * TheHeart: Back when he was Gideon, Red's mere presence helped iron out the contrasting personalities of the Hero's Party, not to mention being the one person that kept Ruti motivated. After Ares forces him to leave, the party starts falling apart without him to keep them together. |
| 30 | * HeroicNeutral: Red is completely, emphatically uninterested in the idea of rising up the ranks of the world's adventurers, let alone defeating the Demon Lord. He would very much rather continue his life as a simple apothecary in Zoltan, but will still not hesitate to get involved if a situation involves any of his friends or loved ones. |
| 31 | * HeroesPreferSwords: As Gideon, he wielded the treasured sword, Thunderwaker. As Red, he still uses a sword, but it's a cheap one made of bronze. |
| 32 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Gideon takes the HumbleHero to the extreme. As his Blessing does not allow him to grow uniquely, he only can acquire common skills, which is why he does not see himself as anything special and expects to eventually be left behind. When Ares dismissed him as TheLoad, he took it to heart without consulting the rest of the party, who would have instead paid him the respect he deserved and pointed out that his strategic, logistical, and social skills are just as valuable to the war effort. |
| 33 | * JackOfAllTrades: Gideon has learned a lot of common skills, as those are the only skills he could learn. He has Survival skills, which means he can't get lost, but his Sense skill is nothing compared to a Hunter or a Thief. He can cook, but not as well as someone with a Chef's Blessing. He can use Repair, but it becomes redundant once a mage learns the spell for it. He actually mastered some useful skills like [[SuperSpeed Lightning Speed]] and Immunity to [[HeroicRROD Fatigue]], but since they are common skills, anyone could learn them, which makes him nothing special. His mastery of First Aid, however, is so high he knows what the right medicine is even if he doesn't know the ailment. |
| 34 | * TheLancer: The [[TheSmartGuy mastermind]], levelheaded, and [[TheHeart charismatic]] kind of [[TheLeader leader]]. While Ruti is technically the leader of the party and has the final word, she is socially distant to everyone due to her Blessing. Gideon on the other hand was TheFace, as he can easily make allies and was the person in the party who did most of the planning, negotiated with other people and kept the team together. Ares tries to take over most of Gideon's duties but utterly fails, which causes friction within the party. Ruti doesn't do anything about it and just lets it happen, which leads to Yarandrala and Danan leaving the party, and Theodora grows more and more frustrated with Ares. |
| 35 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Gideon was the only person Ruti truly cared about. Her Blessing robs her of most of her emotions, but Gideon gave her the emotional support she needed. She is utterly unhappy after he left and Gideon is possibly the only person that still gives her the strength to resist her Blessing's EmotionSuppression. |
| 36 | * LifeSavingMisfortune: [[spoiler:According to an alternate-timeline side story where Gideon chose to stick to the party, he is going to die due to being a MasterOfNone, and his death would be used as rallying banner for the party and a MementoMacGuffin for Rizlet.]] |
| 37 | * MagneticHero: Red is easily able to befriend people due to his likeability and his humility. He [[AintTooProudToBeg puts his pride behind]] if it can save lives, which quickly changed Rit's opinion of him. |
| 38 | * MasterOfNone: Gideon trained several of his common skills much farther than most people ever bother attempting, but he knows that even that level falls short of the related specialized skills granted by Blessings that focus on that field. |
| 39 | * MayflyDecemberFriendship: With Yarandrala, a high elf. Gideon is a dear friend of hers, but she does not view Gideon as a love interest due to their lifespans. |
| 40 | * NiceGuy: Red is naturally affable and is a very pleasant companion to be with; this quality of his is what made Rit immediately fall in love with him, and is the reason the Hero's Party held together for as long as it did despite its members' wildly contrasting personalities. |
| 41 | * TheReliableOne: Gideon was so reliable that Yarandrala felt like people take him for granted and since he isn't flawless, he would eventually need a person he can share his worries with. The Hero's Party's journey went smoothly because Gideon took care of most things. His presence is dearly missed and the party is slowly falling apart without him. |
| 42 | * RetiredBadass: Despite once being the second-in-command of the Bahamut Knights and a member of the Hero's Party, Red considers his journey and fight against the Demon Lord's army over. Feeling like he fulfilled his role as Ruti's guide, all he wants to do now is to lead a quiet life as an apothecary together with Rit. |
| 43 | * RichesToRags: Gideon's high position afforded him the luxury to live like an aristocrat. As Red, he lives a modest life on the outskirts. |
| 44 | * TheSmartGuy: Gideon was TheStrategist of the Hero's Party, being able to analyze situations and enemies quickly and coming up with plans that allowed the party to easily kill most of their foes. |
| 45 | * StealthExpert: Gideon worked on common skills that allow him to [[ScarilyCompetentTracker track people]]. This in return means he also knows how to hide any traces of him to the point that even Yarandrala can't track him down. He also is a MasterOfDisguise, but he accomplishes this with common tools without any magic. |
| 46 | * SecretlySelfish: Gideon doesn't really care too much about saving the world. He is just doing his part as a CrutchCharacter for the sake of his sister who happens to be the Hero. He was also planning to leave as he notices his PowerCreep is affecting the party, trying to lessen the physical and emotional costs the quest to defeat the Demon King is forcing on his sister. It just happens that being kicked out accelerated his plans. |
| 47 | * TheSocialExpert: One of Red's greatest assets, on and off the battlefield, is the ease with which he deals with people, being able to quickly deduce their likes and dislikes the play with them to his advantage. In fact, when Ares kicks him out of the party, the party runs into a lot of troubles due to Ares taking over and not being close to Gideon's level of social skills and talent for negotiations. |
| 48 | * StockLightNovelHero: Interestingly, aside from his looks, Red is almost a complete [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of this trope. He is very explicitly ''not'' any kind of special hero, he fully commits into a romantic relationship with Rit almost immediately, and even before the story began he'd already maxed out all his available (exclusively commonplace and utterly ordinary) skills with almost no room for additional growth. |
| 49 | * SupremeChef: One of the common skills he has acquired is cooking. It's only the very basic Elementary Cooking but due to his generally high level, he can still make simple-yet-tasty dishes. He admits that it's not on the level of someone with a Chef's Blessing, but it's actually very useful for an adventurer. |
| 50 | * UtilityPartyMember: Despite Ares' accusations of him being TheLoad, Gideon was skilled in things outside of battle like cooking, logistics, medicine, intel gathering, and negotiations with local citizens and nobles. Ares tried to fill in the roles Gideon used to hold, but due to his incompetence just makes things harder for the party. |
| 51 | * WeakButSkilled: Compared to his former comrades-in-arms the monsters they faced, Gideon fell behind combat-wise. What he lacks in raw power, however, he more than makes up with his vast experience and knowledge, and since he had no special skills to invest to, he could invest in a lot of common utility skills that give him an edge and make the rest of the party's life easier. Danan and Theodora, two of the most accomplished warriors that exist, even tell Ares that, despite his weaknesses, Gideon is still a reliable warrior in his own right. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Rit]] |
| 55 | !!Rit, ''née'' Princess Rizlet of Loggervia |
| 56 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanonTakao (Japanese, anime), Creator/YumiriHanamori (Japanese, Drama CD), Creator/DaniChambers (English) |
| 57 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Spirit Scout (Warrior) |
| 58 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_rit.png]] |
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| 60 | Second princess of the Duchy of Loggervia and temporary member of the Hero's party during a battle against the Asura demon Shisandan three years ago. |
| 61 | \ |
| 62 | In the present, having grown weary of the fighting, she chose to lie low as the adventurer Rit, and when she meets Gideon/Red again, she wastes no time settling down as his shop assistant, at the same time rekindling their romance. |
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| 64 | * ActionGirlfriend: The ace adventurer of Zoltan actively pursues the protagonist Red and is also a more dangerous fighter being the princess of a warrior nation who has the Spirit Scout Blessing, as opposed to Red who is limited by his Guide Blessing. |
| 65 | * BloodKnight: Rit is hailed as a KnightInShiningArmor in Zoltan, as unlike Albert, she accepts the most difficult quests regardless of client and/or reward. In truth, she is more interested in the challenge, and money isn't an issue, since she is royalty and has more than enough. |
| 66 | * BigBreastPride: Downplayed, but Rit seems to enjoy using her large breasts to tease Red, especially when they share a bath together deliberately pressing them against his chest to get a reaction out of him. |
| 67 | * BreakTheHaughty: In the past, Rizlet believed that she didn't need the Hero's Party to stop the demons' invasion of Loggervia. She changes her tune after Shisandan murders her mentor and party, and is saved by Gideon and Ruti from the same fate. |
| 68 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: A good chunk of her sex appeal, along with Red trying to look away from her enormous bust. |
| 69 | * CharacterTics: When embarrassed, Rit has a habit of pulling her scarf over her face or otherwise hiding it. In one instance, when Red has been flirting with Rit, he gets her to pull her face out of hiding, revealing her to be hiding a goofily happy expression. |
| 70 | * CleavageWindow: Her default outfit features one for her ample bosom. |
| 71 | * CovertPervert: When Red is too embarrassed when she tries to buy a double-sized bed, she calls him a wimp under her breath. The anime might have done away with the ''covert'' part, as it's implied that she said it loud enough for Red/Gideon to hear her. |
| 72 | * FireForgedFriends: Rizlet was initially hostile towards the Hero's Party and declared that she wouldn't need them to fend off the Demon Lord's army. Thanks to Gideon's humble and amiable personality, she quickly grew closer to them and they fought side by side during the conflict. At the end Gideon considered her a true companion and invited her to join them. |
| 73 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has golden blonde hair down to her hips, and is a sweet and loving woman, especially towards her beloved Red. |
| 74 | * HeroesPreferSwords: Rit specializes in the shotel, a curved sword. |
| 75 | * HonoraryTrueCompanion: After the conflict in Loggervia was resolved, Rizlet had the option to join the Hero's party. Gideon welcomed her as a comrade of theirs, but she decided to stay to rebuild Loggervia and to recover from the trauma of her mentor Gaius being murdered and impersonated by Shisandan. |
| 76 | * MagicKnight: The magical part is downplayed. Rit is mostly a Warrior with superhuman abilities. Her spirit magic is a hidden trump card that she rarely uses outside of analyzing objects, scouting, and tracking. |
| 77 | * MsFanservice: Huge breasts, blonde hair, a short skirt and CleavageWindow, and has several nude bathing scenes (albeit with convenient censoring). |
| 78 | * RebelliousPrincess: Rit absolutely refuses to get involved in the SuccessionCrisis back home in Loggervia, even though she is the foremost choice of the citizenry. She even pledges to give up her royal title and fortune in order to stay with Red. This is part of her Spirit Scout Blessing, which makes her crave freedom. |
| 79 | * RefusalOfTheCall: She refuses any and all attempts by others to make her go back to being an adventurer. |
| 80 | * RetiredBadass: She decides to retire as an adventurer to work with Red in an apothecary. Despite tons of offers (and even threats) to get her back in the adventurer business, she refuses. She only accepts requests that directly involve her or her friends. |
| 81 | * ScarilyCompetentTracker: This is one of the abilities she was given thanks to her Blessing. |
| 82 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Back when they were temporary teammates, Rizlet fell in love with Gideon's humble and heroic personality. In the present, when they met again as Rit and Red, they almost immediately settled into what may as well be a married life in all but name. |
| 83 | * {{Tsundere}}: In the past at least. Rizlet couldn't be honest with her feelings and always reacted angrily towards Gideon when she was embarrassed. Yarandrala suggested to Rit to tone this down and approach Gideon more openly with her feelings, as he clearly has feelings for Rit too and would no doubt respond to her accordingly then. Yarandrala was correct and she and Red rather quickly advance to what might as well be married life in Zoltan. |
| 84 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Don't you dare hurt Red or she will make you pay for it. Albert learns this the hard way. |
| 85 | * WarriorPrincess: Rit is actually Rizlet, the second princess of Loggervia, who often sneaked out to work as an adventurer and mercenary. During the conflict against the demon lord, she was one of Loggervia's most stalwart defenders. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | !The Hero's Party |
| 89 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 90 | * BreakingTheFellowship: After Gideon's unceremonious departure, the party had a very hard time keeping themselves together. [[spoiler:After Ares and Theodora's betrayal, the party breaks apart completely.]] |
| 91 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: While there was some of this dynamic while Gideon was still in the party, it wasn't until his departure that their vastly contrasting personalities finally begin screwing them over. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:Ruti Ragnason]] |
| 95 | !!Ruti Ragnason |
| 96 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaomiOzora (Japanese, anime), Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (Japanese, Drama CD), Creator/TiaBallard (English) |
| 97 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Hero |
| 98 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_ruti.png]] |
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| 100 | Younger sister of Gideon/Red and the chosen Hero of humanity in their struggle against the Demon Lord. Deeply adoring her brother despite his increasingly limited capabilities in combat, his abrupt departure clearly hurt her despite her inability to openly express any emotion due to the influence of her Blessing, which also obliges her to save humans... even if that includes Ares, the party's Sage who she blames for said departure. |
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| 102 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''uti '''R'''agnason. |
| 103 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: Turns out, Ruti is this to Van. No matter how powerful he is, Van's overreliance on his Blessing costs him any experience using skills like Martial Arts or magic, whereas Ruti, even without the Hero's Blessing, possesses enough super strength to [[CurbStompBattle knock him out in one punch]]. |
| 104 | * AndIMustScream: As a result of her Blessing turning her into a human-robot she can't do anything about it. |
| 105 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Her Blessing prevents her from being hostile, verbally or physically, towards her allies, and has made her very emotionally withdrawn, which hides how much she ''hates'' most of her comrades-in-arms, let alone being forced to go on this quest at all. If it were not for her Blessing, she would have left Ares to die after attacking him in a fit of rage when he learned that he kicked her brother out of the party. |
| 106 | * BigBrotherAttraction: Ruti says she is fine with Red marrying Rit, because siblings can't marry. Instead she will just be Red's lover and that he has enough love for multiple women. |
| 107 | * BigBrotherWorship: As he's the only one who ever treated her like a person and not the Hero during her childhood, Ruti thinks the world of Gideon, to the point of being overly protective of him when it comes to critics like Ares and potential love interests like Rit. |
| 108 | * BlessedWithSuck: While gifted with the immense power of the Hero, Ruti is the most obvious victim of the Divine Blessings, as she does not require food or sleep, has most of her emotions suppressed and is unable to move away from her heroic instincts. This, combined with her preexisting psychological issues, leads to dire situations, as seen when she almost kills Ares after immediately figuring out he was the one who pressured Gideon out of the party, only to immediately heal him because he isn't a direct threat to her life. |
| 109 | * BrokenAce: On one hand, Ruti is one of humanity's greatest hopes against the Demon Lord's forces, divinely endowed with monstrous strength and endurance. On the other hand, that blessing came at the cost of robbing her of most of her humanity, mostly able only to express herself in the presence of her brother. |
| 110 | * CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler:After finally, permanently overcoming her Hero Blessing, she decides to settle on a small farm outside of Zoltan with Tisse, growing medicinal herbs to supply her brother's shop. She still does adventurer jobs as a side gig, though.]] |
| 111 | * TheChosenOne: She has the Hero Blessing, easily the most powerful blessing in the current world that makes her incredibly strong and impervious to most attacks and ailments. [[BlessedwithSuck Not that it's a good thing.]] |
| 112 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Deconstructed and exaggerated. Her Blessing forces her to save anyone no matter the threat to her life or how much she hates them. This nearly got her killed at age five when she was compelled to help look for a lost child despite her youth and lack of skills and then to attack a monster threatening said child, far too powerful for someone her age to handle. |
| 113 | * ClingyJealousGirl: The reason she didn't push for having Rizlet join the party back when they first met, despite how useful a Spirit Scout would have been to their quest, is because she was jealous of how close she and her brother Gideon were getting. |
| 114 | * CreepyGood: She's TheHero fighting to save the world from demonic forces. To everyone but Gideon, however, she can come across as creepy and unemotional at best, downright ''terrifying'' at worst. And after seeing her in action against Shisandan three years ago, Rizlet calls her [[TheDreaded the most frightening thing in the world]]. |
| 115 | * CuddleBug: One of her few ways of showing emotion is embracing Gideon, such as after a tough battle. |
| 116 | * DidYouThinkICantFeel: Most people don't see much of her emotions, except for Red. But [[FirstFriend Tisse]] becomes able to read her over time. |
| 117 | * TheDreaded: Tends to instill fear into everyone around her, though people can learn to look beyond it. |
| 118 | * DrinkBasedCharacterization: Her favorite drink is warm milk with honey. It was what her brother used to make for her all the time as a child, and even with her Blessing suppressing her sense of taste, she can still remember what it tasted like, and the happier times she had with her brother before being forced to be the Hero. |
| 119 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite [[spoiler: Ares' and Shisandan's attempt to re-brainwash her into being the Hero again, she finally manages to permanently remove her Blessing, and joins her brother in a quiet, peaceful life in Zoltan.]] |
| 120 | * EmotionSuppression: Her Hero Blessing means that she doesn't showcase any emotions unless they become strong enough to overcome her Blessing. |
| 121 | * HumanizingTears: The otherwise nigh-emotionless Ruti breaks down in tears [[spoiler:during a BathtubBonding with Rit and Tisse, confessing how much she hates being the Hero, and likewise how much she'd like to be free like Rit]]. |
| 122 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: She doesn't want to be the Hero. She just wants to live a normal life with her brother, make friends, and be happy. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, as soon as her blessing is disabled she abandons her quest and proceeds to move to Zoltan to be with her brother and live as an herb farmer who is also a part-time adventurer.]] |
| 123 | * IncapableOfDisobeying: Ruti represents the most extreme case of a blessing's control over an individual. Her Blessing of the Hero makes her effectively TheChosenOne and a potential OneWomanArmy who will defeat the Demon Lord's Army, and she has no choice in the matter whatsoever. From as young as five, her blessing compelled her not only to search for a missing child alone but to fight the monster threatening the kid despite her knowing she had no chance, because [[ChronicHeroSyndrome her blessing prioritizes helping others over her own survival]]. When she realizes Ares chased Gideon out of the party, she attacks him in a moment of rage that is all Ruti, only for the Hero, who cannot harm allies or leave an injured person alone, to heal him immediately afterward. She can't even go after Gideon and bring him back, even though it's the thing she wants most because it would be a hindrance to the Hero's Journey. Theodora comes to realize that, of all the people involved in the fight with the Demon Lord's Army, Ruti is the one who was given ''no'' choice in the matter. Given all this, [[spoiler:as soon as Ruti learns what Demon's Blessing can do, she chugs a dose on the spot and, able to act on her own wishes for the first time in ages, if not first time ''ever'', goes in search of the alchemist who created it to procure more]]. |
| 124 | * ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Ruti is the chosen Hero of humanity... and she hates every minute of it, what with the attendant emotional suppression and psychological damage, especially after her brother fell victim to one of her comrades-in-arms political machinations. |
| 125 | * KidnappedByTheCall: Not as though her Blessing is allowing her much choice about being The Hero. At one point Red notes to himself that while he wasn't the first member of the Hero's party to leave it - several others had departed for various reasons - every member of the party, past and present, chose to be a member of it, with the exception of Ruti herself. |
| 126 | * KillingIntent: She has this bad habit of giving off a deadly aura to people around her, whether she intends any harm or not. Even complete strangers who don't know who she is tend to freak out when they make eye contact with her. |
| 127 | * NominalHero: She is TheChosenOne destined to defeat the Demon King... because she has a divine blessing that takes away her free will and ''forces'' her to accomplish this goal. Ruti herself doesn't give a damn about the world. |
| 128 | * NoSocialSkills: Her Blessing of the Hero has left her social skills completely stunted to the point that she can't act normal even when she wants to. Which is a problem for trying to remain inconspicuous. |
| 129 | * PerpetualMotionMonster: A rare heroic example. Her Hero Blessing means she never needs food or rest no matter how much she exerts herself, and essentially nothing can stop her from pressing on to kill the Demon Lord. [[BlessedWithSuck She can't even stop herself.]] |
| 130 | * ThePoorlyChosenOne: Literally the only thing keeping her going on her quest is the fact that she's the Hero and doesn't have a choice in the matter. As soon as she gets the ability to turn it off, she abandons her quest and retires to a backwoods town far from the war against the Demon King. |
| 131 | * PoweredByAForsakenChild: What her Blessing amounts to. The Hero is the ultimate weapon against the Demon Lord's army, but in return one girl has to lose her ability to feel, express emotions, taste, sleep, and make her own decisions, with the effects only worsening the further along the quest she goes. |
| 132 | * RageBreakingPoint: Learning from Ares that he pressured Gideon into leaving the party sends Ruti into such a terrifying fit of rage, she manages to temporarily override the EmotionSuppression that comes with her Hero Blessing, literally punch a hole through him, and would have left him for dead if it wasn't for her Blessing regaining control and forcing her to heal him. |
| 133 | * RealNameAsAnAlias: After [[spoiler:renouncing the Blessing and role of Hero]], she takes the name of Ruti Ruhr. |
| 134 | * ReiAyanamiExpy: A blue-haired, red-eyed girl related to one of the main characters who has trouble expressing her emotions due to fantastical reasons, and is deeply tied into the underlying lore of the story. |
| 135 | * SenseFreak: [[spoiler:She's actually ecstatic that she can get cold once the Hero's Blessing gets disabled due to her living so long with the Blessing numbing her of all sensations.]] |
| 136 | * TheStoic: Her Blessing doesn't allow her to feel much of any major emotion. [[spoiler:She is able to cry and smile once more after taking the Devil's Blessing and suppressing her power, though even then she is still rather emotionally subdued overall outside of certain specific circumstances.]] |
| 137 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: Her Hero Blessing gives her incredible fighting talent, various resistances including not needing to sleep or eat, and an array of magic skills, which makes her a OneManArmy. Perfect for slaying the Demon King's army. But, this comes at the cost of her [[EmotionSuppression emotions being suppressed]] and she is forced to go on this mission. [[spoiler:Once her Blessing has been suppressed and she has her free will]], Ruti finds she isn't well adjusted to social interaction. Case in point, she unintentionally frightened Tisse into drawing her weapon, when all Ruti wanted was to simply pet Mr. Crawly-Wawly. |
| 138 | * SupernaturalFearInducer: Her aura as the Hero is such that even when she’s trying to be friendly and pleasant, friends and strangers alike are terrified to the point of flight-or-fight responses being triggered. Only Red seems to be immune. |
| 139 | * WhenSheSmiles: [[spoiler:She gains a warm, blissful smile upon reuniting with Red.]] |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Ares Srowa]] |
| 143 | !!Ares Srowa |
| 144 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakuYashiro (Japanese), Creator/BrandonMcInnis (English) |
| 145 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Sage (Mage) |
| 146 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_ares.png]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | An ambitious man who forced Gideon out of the party for being perceived as a liability. |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: His relationship with the rest of the party was already testy, to say the least, even long before he pressured Gideon out of the party, and it only grows worse with each passing day ever since. |
| 151 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: The anime adaptation describes him as having been corrupted by his own blessing rather than have him be an outright villain, and removes his advances towards Ruti. |
| 152 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Pleads the demon Shisandan to save him after being mortally defeated. |
| 153 | * AlasPoorVillain: Despite his behavior, Red and the heroes still [[spoiler:hold a funeral for him, and feel sympathy for him due to where his Blessing lead him, hoping he has a more peaceful blessing in his next life.]] |
| 154 | * AmbitionIsEvil: His long-term goal is to climb up the ranks of nobility, and he's not above stepping on a toe or two to get there, be it sucking up to other nobles or kicking out Gideon for being a "liability." |
| 155 | * AssholeVictim: On top of being a jerk who pushed Red out of the party, he's also revealed to be [[spoiler:a fascist who wants to conquer the world]] after the demon king war and [[spoiler:kill or enslave all the "weak" divine blessings]], an EntitledBastard who believes [[spoiler:Ruti ''has'' to be his wife, ''and'' a traitor who joins forces with one of the direct subordinates of the Demon King]] when things aren't going his way. As such, everyone turns against him and [[spoiler:he gets killed by Red.]] |
| 156 | * BadLiar: When he tries convincing the Hero Party that Gideon had left the party of his own free will, not a single person buys it. Even when he talked Gideon into leaving, trying to convince him that the Party had all came to a vote, Gideon only left because [[JerkassHasAPoint he thought Ares had a point about his lack of combat abilities by comparison made him a liability]]. |
| 157 | * BondBreaker: By expelling Gideon out of the party, he unwittingly destroys the cohesion of the Hero's Party. |
| 158 | * BullyingADragon: His treatment of Yarandrala and Ruti (though the latter was more sycophancy and stupidity) gets him on the receiving end of their Blessings. |
| 159 | * DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:What manages to undo him at the very end was Tisse and Ugeuge, who he had completely disregarded as useless and out of their element in a fight against him, stringing him from finishing a spell he could've used to kill Gideon. Thanks to a handy distraction by Godwin, who uncharacteristically attacked Ares only to get thwarted shortly after, the sole spider's web prevents Ares' continuous incantation in its tracks long enough for Gideon to [[AnArmAndALeg disarm him.]] It's to the point that he's bragging internally about the fact that Gideon had no way of ever knowing about such a spell, that he didn't even bother to remember Tisse ''did know'', [[HoistByHisOwnPetard having trained it in front of her]].]] |
| 160 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Forcing Gideon/Red out of the Hero's Party ends up causing no small amount of grief for Ruti, the Hero's Party, and even himself: |
| 161 | ** While Gideon's combat skills may have fallen behind the rest of the Party, his non-combat skills such as cooking, medicine, logistics, intel gathering, and negotiation, as well as his position as TheHeart of the Party, are all sorely missed after his departure, causing their morale to quickly plummet. As a result, the Party's resentment of Ares soon turns into outright hatred of him. |
| 162 | ** Gideon also served as TheStrategist of the team, with his keen insight, ability to discern opponents' Blessings, and knowledge of monsters and their strengths and weaknesses often being the key to the party steamrolling their way to victory after victory. Once bereft of his intellect, the Party's tactics quickly devolve into [[AttackAttackAttack simply bashing their enemies until they die]], which would have likely failed but for Ruti's monstrous strength and endurance, and monsters they otherwise would have easily picked apart have become major obstacles. |
| 163 | ** One of the main reasons Ares wanted Gideon out of the party was so he could take his place as Ruti's confidant and second-in-command, [[spoiler:with the goal of romancing and eventually marrying her]] as part of his agenda of climbing up the ranks of nobility. Not once did it occur to him that Ruti would rightfully blame him for driving her beloved brother away, to the point where she tells Ares in no uncertain terms how much she hates him for it, and would have gladly killed him if her Blessing didn't prevent her from killing anyone who's not a direct threat to her life. |
| 164 | ** He also assumed the rest of the party hated Gideon as much as he did, as they were always critical of Gideon's fighting ability [[note]]while it's true that Danan had been especially critical of his mistakes, he was simply trying to push Gideon to do better; both he and Theodora still respected him for what skill he ''did'' have[[/note]], and that they would thank him for getting rid of [[TheLoad the "dead weight"]]. Instead, with the party sorely missing his mental and social skills, Yarandrala immediately [[ResignInProtest quit in outrage]], Danan left to bring Gideon back to the party, and Theodora would have followed suit but for Danan asking her to stay by Ruti's side so she'd have at least one trustworthy person watching her back. |
| 165 | ** Ares never realized (or more likely, refused to acknowledge) that Gideon went out of his way to watch his back during large battles, keeping him covered while he cast his spells. After Gideon's departure, Ares is nearly killed by a monster during a DungeonCrawl, and Ruti lets him know she has no intention of protecting the man who drove away her beloved brother. |
| 166 | * DirtyCoward: Ares only attacks targets that are weaker than him but if an opponent is stronger than him then he cowers in fear. He stays away at a distance or just doesn't fight back. Even his Blessing doesn't give him any confidence to fight in battle and even his death was portrayed as cowardly as the other characters think of him as this even in his final moments and after death. |
| 167 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: He's always harping on the other party members for not treating him with respect despite his status as a Sage and nobleman. It gets worse after Gideon leaves. |
| 168 | * EntitledToHaveYou: His inner monologue reveals that he thinks as the Sage he is destined to [[spoiler:marry the Hero... despite Ruti being considerably younger than him and goes from not showing any real interest to outright loathing him]]. |
| 169 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Although it fails to spark a HeelRealization, he's nonetheless disturbed [[spoiler: at how calm he is when he thinks he helped Shisandan kill Dadan.]] |
| 170 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: As he grows more and more twisted, every sense of empathy escapes him as he becomes TheSociopath. Case in point, going out of his way to arrogantly proclaim he can do Theodora's job of healing others, as part of a threat to kick her out of the party. When she points out that one has to [[TheEmpath understand the feelings and pain of the target]] to actually use it worth a damn, Ares outright says he doesn't understand and can't be ''bothered'' to understand, because [[ItsAllAboutMe he's the Sage.]] |
| 171 | * FamilyHonor: One of his main motivations in joining the Hero's party was to restore his family name, a task made difficult by [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil what his great-grandfather did to disgrace it in the first place.]] [[spoiler:However, it turns out that this is just what others think upon learning his backstory. In reality, he hates his family and only wants the prestige for his own sake.]] |
| 172 | * FascistButInefficient: He refuses to see value beyond the Blessings/social status people have, and suffers a terrible lack of judgement and empathy that causes his schemes to fall apart. |
| 173 | * FatalFlaw: He has something of a buffet of these. |
| 174 | ** His InferioritySuperiorityComplex causes him to blindly chase prestige and try to eliminate what he sees as obstacles without any consideration for things like the feelings of other people. |
| 175 | ** His fervent belief in blessings and social status as the be-all-end-all of personal worth causes him to severely underestimate others who don't fit his narrow worldview. |
| 176 | ** He is so used to being able to discern a person's abilities with Appraisal and being the smartest person in the room that he can't fathom that his knowledge could be lacking that he doesn't even think to second guess his assumptions. |
| 177 | ** His excessive pride in his blessing and need for recognition leaves him extremely vulnerable to manipulation by flattery. |
| 178 | * {{Foil}}: To Gideon/Red. Ares believes that one's Divine Blessing defines someone, and is arrogant, ambitious, and utterly self-centered. This is in contrast to Red, who believes a Blessing should ''never'' be all that defines someone, including his sister Ruti, and is kind, selfless and cares nothing for fame or power. |
| 179 | * FreudianExcuse: The House of Srowa is a clan of disgraced nobles desperate to regain its glory at all costs, and Ares himself is not even first in line in the family's hierarchy. This contributed to his issues of strength-seeking and resentment. The anime gives him another major one as part of making him an AdaptationalNiceGuy TragicVillain - [[spoiler:his Blessing is eating his brain just like Ruti's is, resulting in the poor guy being DrivenToVilainy.]] |
| 180 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Nobody in the party likes him because of his abrasive and arrogant personality, and it only gets worse after he kicks Gideon out. Though he seems to believe otherwise. |
| 181 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Ares' chief FatalFlaw is his gullibility and willingness to accept any kind of ostensible help, however unscrupulous the other party is, so long as they know how to pander to his massive InferioritySuperiorityComplex. |
| 182 | ** Back when Gideon was still in the party, he trusted the ObviouslyEvil mercenary Dir and his gang to watch their backs during their trek through the Enthralling Forest, even when everybody else could tell how shifty they were. [[spoiler:Predictably, Dir immediately sold them out to the Demon Lord's Army, who set up an ambush outside the forest.]] |
| 183 | ** After Ruti [[spoiler:abandons her mission to defeat the Demon Lord to join her brother in Zoltan]], Ares willingly joins [[spoiler:the demon Shisandan]], who the party fought long ago and knew as an unscrupulous backstabber. Ares' allegiance was gained by promising to help him [[spoiler:force Ruti back into becoming a Hero by giving her one of the swords of the ancient Heroes]]. All this gets Ares is [[spoiler:death at the hands of Gideon/Red and Ruti]]. And even had the plan worked, his partner would have just turned on him and Ruti and killed them both. |
| 184 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Ares comes to the conclusion that Red is trying to marry Rit for her nobility status but one of the reasons he wants Ruti is to gain a noble status himself. |
| 185 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: As the child of a noble who was not first in line, the only thing he ever had that set him apart from his siblings was his Sage blessing, and thus he has become obsessed with how special a blessing is and can't stand anyone with a "lesser" blessing proving themselves more capable or better than him. |
| 186 | * IronicName: Named after the Greek god of war but he's a massive coward who can't hold his own against his enemies. |
| 187 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He is ''very'' self-centered and cannot stand the idea of anyone being greater than him, particularly if they're not nobility or have divine blessings "weaker" than his own. Ares also becomes very irrational when things don't go the way he wants and he is willing to use ''very'' questionable measures to ensure that they do. He drove Gideon away in order to become Ruti's new confidant, but this becomes the first of many bad decisions that Ares makes to shore up his fragile ego and it gets worse from there... |
| 188 | * JerkAss: He's a massive prick who only cares about himself, is rude to everyone else and especially Gideon, and shows almost no redeemable qualities. The only thing that just barely keeps him from being a total HateSink character is the fact that [[spoiler: after his death, the heroes hold a funeral for him and show sympathy for how his Blessing had corrupted him]]. |
| 189 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed. Ares correctly states that Red simply wasn't keeping up with the rest of the party despite doing his best. The Light Novel explicitly notes that Red not only couldn't damage an enemy called Desmond the Earth, but the enemy was actively ignoring him and he still nearly got caught in an Area of Effect spell. At some point, he would become a larger liability if he stuck with them [[spoiler: [[WhatIf and considering what would happen if Gideon did stay]] he would become a martyr]]. However, Ares completely overlooked Red's ''non-combat'' contributions to the party, such as handling the Party's logistics (something Ares was completely unprepared to take over in Red's absence) as well as keeping Ruti motivated, without which the Party's cohesion immediately deteriorated. |
| 190 | * KarmicDeath: Having [[spoiler:aligned himself with Shisandan]] in an effort to force Ruti back into [[spoiler:becoming a Hero]], he meets his end at the hands of [[spoiler:both Ragnason siblings--Ruti, the girl he is obsessing over; and Gideon/Red, her brother who he kicked out of the party]]. |
| 191 | * KickTheDog: When Gideon agrees to leave the party, Ares confiscates his gear and trusty sword Thunderwaker, saying it belongs to the party, not him. He also goes back on his promise to tell Ruti that Gideon left on a scouting mission in Demon territory, lying to her and saying Gideon left out of shame at how much of a liability he'd become to the party. |
| 192 | * LackOfEmpathy: Unless you're Ruti (who he lusts after) then he couldn't give two damns about your wellbeing as he is willing to cast aside or even kill anyone who gets in his way regardless of who he hurts. |
| 193 | * LongRangeFighter: He can throw powerful spells at people from a distance but once you get past those defenses, he can be brought down hard. |
| 194 | * MadnessMakeover: He gains ugly stubble and a much gaunter appearance as he begins buckling under the weight of his own poor decisions. |
| 195 | * {{Narcissist}}: Pretty much a textbook definition. He has an absurd self-aggrandizing sense of self-worth and an ego so fragile that he adamantly refuses to accept responsibility for any of his actions. |
| 196 | * NeverMyFault: Blames people for being lower class than him for all of ''his'' mistakes. This includes blaming Gideon for his failure to do all the tactical and logistics work Gideon did in the party after ''he'' pressured Gideon to leave. |
| 197 | * NotHelpingYourCase: He's correct when he says that Gideon left the party of his own volition, not because Ares forced him out or threatened him. But the fact that Ares insulted and criticized Gideon at every turn, even long after his departure, only made him look all the more sketchy, with the rest of the Party suspecting Ares may have sold out, or even murdered, Gideon. |
| 198 | * OhCrap: A couple times, like [[spoiler:Ruti kicking his ass before being forced to heal him because she's the Hero]], but no time is as spectacular as [[spoiler:his defeat]], ''especially'' in the manga. [[spoiler:Absolute assurance that he's going to kill Gideon with an instant death, consecutive casting technique he made after the latter left the part is snapped in half when Tisse and Ugeuge hold one of his fingers with a single hidden string from completing the incantation, as they ''did'' know about it. This gives Gideon enough time to [[AnArmAndALeg cut his hands off]], leaving Ares a screaming, manic mess before he's finally cut down.]] |
| 199 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: Perhaps the only real non-combat skill Ares had is sucking up to influential people and nobility, a skill indoctrinated into him since childhood as part of the House of Srowa's campaign to regain their prestige. |
| 200 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: His ultimate fate. [[spoiler: Circumstances and mercy saved Ares before, but when he allies with Shisandan in an attempt to force Ruti back into being the Hero, Red and Ruti finally end him.]] |
| 201 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:A side story showed that Ares was actually right about Gideon's dismal fighting abilities as he ended up getting killed and ended up a martyr. Of course, Ares had no concern for Gideon's well-being and only booted him out to replace him as Ruti's NumberTwo.]] |
| 202 | * SanitySlippage: Suffers a major one over the course of the tale, [[spoiler:culminating in him allying with his own enemy to get Ruti back on his side.]] |
| 203 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: He's a firm believer in one's blessing being important to one's worth, seeing his blessing's uniqueness as something that makes him vital to the Hero Party when in reality, he's a liability. |
| 204 | * SevenDeadlySins: Ares proves on various occasions to suffer from all of the Seven Deadly Sins. |
| 205 | ** Lust: His main motivation as he thinks that Ruti belongs to him and will get rid of anyone he sees as a threat to her affection and attention especially Red. |
| 206 | ** Envy: He's incredibly jealous of Red as he not only gets respect from the other party members but gains the attention of Ruti which makes him want to kill him even more. |
| 207 | ** Wrath: Easily becomes enraged if things don't go his way and short-tempered as Ruti doesn't go along with him or does what he says then will angrily take her by force. |
| 208 | ** Pride: Arrogant, narcissistic, and smug. He thinks that he's the only person that matters in the party or can help Ruti fulfill her role as the hero. |
| 209 | ** Sloth: Ares is lazy as he doesn't try to get stronger as he believes that his blessing is the only thing he needs to survive. |
| 210 | ** Greed: Ares believes that all the fame and glory belongs to him and if you think so otherwise then he'll just take it by force. |
| 211 | ** Gluttony: Not much on eating, but he's a glutton for power, as he wants all the power for himself and even wants to gain Red's abilities so he can kill him and Rit. |
| 212 | * SmugSnake: Even before kicking out Gideon, he had a major smug streak, and that is why he can't cover for him. He is so arrogant he refuses to understand the importance of negotiating with the desert dwellers since they defy the king. |
| 213 | * SocialClimber: Spends more time improving his relationship amongst the nobles of the country than with the efforts to defeat the Demon Lord. |
| 214 | * SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:In spite of what a horrible person he was, Red and the heroes still hold a funeral for him while showing pity for how his Blessing had warped him.]] |
| 215 | * ThirdPersonPerson: In some translations, he initially just uses his role as the Sage as a title of authority. Once he undergoes his SanitySlippage, while he'll still refer to himself more personally, he'll continuously and elaborately use "the Sage Ares" as if trying to bolster his own confidence that his Blessing makes him everything he is. |
| 216 | * TooDumbToLive: When Ruti decides she's had enough of the party and Ares' creepy advances, [[spoiler:she [[LudicrousGibs turns him into a mess across the wall]] before healing him out of her Blessing's obligation.]] Somehow Ares interprets this as [[NeverMyFault being Gideon's influence]] and ignores every ounce of it to continue pursuing her. |
| 217 | * TragicVillain: The anime makes him this, [[spoiler:his death and madness were due to his Blessing making him a victim as much as Ruti, as his desire to be the Sage lead him to villainy.]] |
| 218 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Has silverish-white hair, and is a selfish, rude, entitled, narcissistic {{Jerkass}} with few redeeming qualities, and was responsible for Gideon leaving and the subsequent deterioration of the party. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Danan [=LeBeau=]]] |
| 222 | !!Danan [=LeBeau=] |
| 223 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Creator/ChrisRager (English) |
| 224 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Martial Artist (Warrior) |
| 225 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_danan.png]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | A martial artist who joined the Hero's party to avenge the destruction of his hometown by demons. After Ares kicks Gideon out of the party, Danan eventually goes searching for him after it becomes clear the party will collapse without him. |
| 228 | ---- |
| 229 | * TheAtoner: After realizing he's partly to blame for Gideon's departure, he sets off to find him and apologize. |
| 230 | * BloodKnight: His Martial Artist blessing makes him love a good fight. |
| 231 | * CruelToBeKind: Danan thought that, by constantly calling out Gideon's fighting skills (or lack thereof), the latter would be motivated to improve himself. It wasn't until Gideon left that he realized that giving nothing but insults with no constructive criticism in between is far from helpful. |
| 232 | * DumbMuscle: He's this by his own admission. |
| 233 | * GutFeeling: He gets "feelings" when dangerous foes are nearby, even without actually seeing them. |
| 234 | * HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Shisandan ambushes him and [[AnArmAndALeg eats his right arm]] to assume his form, but Danan escapes before the demon can consume the rest of his body. He can nonetheless still be a formidable fighter.]] |
| 235 | * HotBlooded: His Martial Artist Blessing compels him to fight. As he already enjoys the thrill of the fight, his Blessing is a perfect fit for him. |
| 236 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's belligerent and only joined the Hero's party to get revenge for his hometown after the Demon King's Army destroyed it. However, he also values the friendships he's made and readily stands on the side of Red and Ruti [[spoiler:when Ruti refuses to continue to be the Hero any longer]]. |
| 237 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He had been on Gideon's case about falling behind in combat, but once he is gone he feels awful that he did so since he was a worthy member of the party whose brains helped a lot with the party's success. |
| 238 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler: After learning from Red that Ruti no longer wishes to be the Hero and wants to live a normal life, Danan's response is not only wholeheartedly accepting but self-reflective. He acknowledges that it's not fair to push those expectations onto Ruti and it would just mean that he would need to think about what he wants to do with his own life going forward.]] |
| 239 | * SupremeChef: Turns out, even without both hands, Danan is a surprisingly good chef. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Theodora Dephilo]] |
| 243 | !!Theodora Dephilo |
| 244 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaUchida (Japanese), Creator/DawnMBennett (English) |
| 245 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Crusader (Warrior) |
| 246 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_theodora.png]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | A Crusader in the party, a calm and refined LadyOfWar. |
| 249 | ---- |
| 250 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Although more emotive than Ruti, she had also criticized Gideon for falling behind in combat, but did recognize his worth, unlike Ares. |
| 251 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ruti believes Theodora is this to her. While Ruti has the Hero's Blessing and all the absurd powers it implies, it doesn't give her the drive to actually be a Hero; the Blessing just makes her move on autopilot. Meanwhile, Theodora actually ''does'' have that drive, and it's because of this that Ruti believes the Hero's Blessing would've been better in Theodora's hands than hers. |
| 252 | * TheFettered: She is the most responsible and determined member of the Hero's Party, putting the duty of defeating the Demon Lord first and foremost regardless of personal feelings. [[spoiler:It ironically ends up becoming inverted due to said devotion to duty, however. Disappointed by her teammates' lack of resolve in fighting evil, Theodora aided Ares in compelling Ruti to become a hero again after [[IJustWantToBeNormal she joined her brother Red in living a quiet life]] despite the ongoing war against the Demon Lord and his forces.]] |
| 253 | * ForgivenButNotForgotten: [[spoiler:After the failure of her and Ares' plan to force Ruti back into becoming a hero, Ruti and the others choose to spare her because at least her motivations are noble (in contrast to Ares, who had more selfish reasons, and was killed by both Ruti and Red for it), though it has become clear that they can never work together as a party again. Theodora instead elects to head the frontlines of the war with the Demon Lord's Army, still believing in her TheNeedsOfTheMany ideology even if she must sacrifice herself.]] |
| 254 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She tells Albert she doesn't believe that you should define yourself by your Blessing alone, and that people have free will for that reason, only to turn around later, and [[spoiler: help Ares try and brainwash and force Ruti to be the Hero again, despite Ruti very clearly wanting to not be the Hero.]] |
| 255 | * JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:She isn't nearly as much of a jerk as Ares, but it still stands that she prioritizes Ruti's role as a hero over her personal happiness. Despite this, she isn't exactly wrong when she tells Ruti, Rit, and Red that they basically just left the world at the mercy of the Demon Lord.]] |
| 256 | * TheMentor: Tries being this to Van of Flamberge, [[spoiler: Ruti's successor as Hero]], under the alias of Esta, doing her best to steer him towards being an IdealHero. Unfortunately for her, Van's so set on [[TheFatalist his]] [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity beliefs]] that he often disregards her advice and counters whatever she tries telling him with preaching about his own warped worldview. Theodora can't help but muse that despite acting like he respects her and values her council, he never actually takes what she says to heart and continues to act like a KnightTemplar {{Jerkass}}. She's naturally dejected that Red makes more progress in the span of a day than she has in what was likely months. |
| 257 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:She joined Ares' plan to force Ruti's Hero blessing back on because [[WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison Ruti can save countless people in exchange for her mental health]], [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans as her blessing takes her emotions, senses, and free will as the price for creating the ultimate hero]]. While Theodora has nobler reasons than Ares, and her former companions cannot completely refute them, they still consider her a traitor because she chose to betray their trust for her own ideals. For her part, Theodora feels that [[WhatTheHellHero they lack the conviction needed to fight evil]] and she's not wrong about that either.]] |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Yarandrala]] |
| 261 | !!Yarandrala |
| 262 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoraAmamiya (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English) |
| 263 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Singer of the Trees (Mage) |
| 264 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_yarandrala.png]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | A high elf with the ability to communicate with plants, who Gideon befriended. Yarandrala went adventuring with the Hero's party before and permanently joined them after saving Loggervia from the demon lord's army. After she learned of Gideon's expulsion from the party, she got into an argument with Ares and subsequently left. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * AscendedExtra: While only making a few appearances in Season 1, she becomes a major supporting character once she moves to Zoltan in the second season. |
| 269 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: High elves are typically slow to anger, but when they do get angry, they get ''really'' angry. Ares calling Gideon a deserter, after Yarandrala suspected that Ares may have killed him, sends her into a rage which ends with her punching Ares and calling forth a wooden giant against his meteorite that would have killed either one of them but for Danan and Theodora's intervention. |
| 270 | * CuddleBug: High elves usually keep their distance to strangers, but once they have become friends with someone, they get ''very'' intimate. Yarandrala loves Gideon platonically and hugged him a lot, to the jealousy of Rizlet. |
| 271 | * GreenThumb: Her blessing grants her the power to communicate with and control plants. |
| 272 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Yarandrala categorically rules out a MayflyDecemberRomance with Gideon. She sees how he needs a person he can rely on when he's hurting, which is why she encouraged Rit to be more honest with Gideon. She wants Gideon to fall in love with someone and obtain ordinary happiness, and she cannot give him that. |
| 273 | * MayflyDecemberFriendship: Yarandrala may be close to Gideon, but she thinks she doesn't deserve to be his girlfriend due their vastly different lifespans. She considers him her best friend, a comrade in arms, or the human she trusts the most, but never someone she could romantically love. (In the anime, she implies that she had a romantic relationship with a human in the past; she does not want to re-experience the heartbreak of outliving her lover.) |
| 274 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: High elves are a LongLived race. Yarandrala says she's actually quite old, but she still looks like a woman in her twenties. |
| 275 | * ResignInProtest: She storms off in tears after Gideon leaves the party, not understanding how her comrades could just let this happen and let Ares insult Gideon like that. |
| 276 | * ShipperOnDeck: She sees how clearly Rizlet and Gideon have feelings for each other and tells her that she should go for it, as Gideon will very likely respond to her feelings. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Tisse Garland]] |
| 280 | !!Tisse Garland |
| 281 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese), Creator/JadSaxton (English) |
| 282 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Assassin |
| 283 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_tisse.png]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | A young but highly skilled assassin hired by Ares to replace Gideon after the latter was removed from the Hero's party. Though exceptionally skilled at assassination and intel gathering, she is also very socially awkward, making her incapable of filling the negotiation and procurement roles Gideon once held. She has a pet spider who assists her named Mr. Crawly Wawly. |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Tisse is incredibly close and loyal to Ruti, even betraying the hero party to help her find a cure/suppressant for her Hero Blessing so she could live a normal life. The fact the two live together [[spoiler: in Zoltan after finding a lasting cure for her Blessing in a way similar to Gideon and Red]] only adds to this. |
| 288 | * BadassAdorable: Tisse is so skilled a hitman, it's easy to forget that she is still a young girl, and her {{Inner Monologue}}s reveal an endearingly childish side to her, at times hysterically reacting (internally) towards many of Ruti's quirks. |
| 289 | * FirstFriend: She becomes Ruti's first real friend, to the point she risks her life to help Ruti, and the two actually remain a party after the Hero's party falls apart. [[spoiler:After hearing from Ruti how much she resents her role, Tisse resolves to help free her from her fate.]] |
| 290 | * HiddenDepths: She is a bath connoisseur and was called a Bath critic back at her guild. |
| 291 | * InsistentTerminology: Her pet spider's name is "Mr. Crawly Wawly" (Ugeuge-san). The "Mr." (-san) is part of the name. |
| 292 | * {{Irony}}: After separating from the Hero Party with Ruti she warns her about a warrior to watch out for. The person in question? Ruti's brother and former Hero Party member Red/Gideon Ragnason. |
| 293 | * NiceGirl: At first, she is afraid of Ruti, but after getting to know her, Tisse realizes how her Blessing has left Ruti [[EmotionlessGirl emotionally]] and [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially stunted]] and empathizes with her. As a result, she becomes Ruti's first-ever friend. |
| 294 | * TheProfiler: She's really good at analyzing people. When she first met Red she noticed that he noticed that she was armed. |
| 295 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Her pet spider Mr. Crawly Wawly has big round eyes and cartoon proportions that, along with his friendly, almost mouse-like mannerisms and chirpy vocalizations, make him exceptionally cute rather than scary looking. |
| 296 | * ShrinkingViolet: She was raised to be a stealthy assassin, and as a result hadn't had a lot of social interactions before joining the Hero's party. As such, she tends to be very quiet and needs encouragement from Mr. Crawly Wawly to express herself. |
| 297 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Alongside Godwin playing distraction for them, she and her spider are the final and most integral piece of stopping Ares' murderous insanity towards Red dead in its tracks and letting him get cut down to size once and for all.]] |
| 298 | * TheStoic: On the outside, Tisse looks completely blank-faced and apathetic most of the time, as an assassin should. [[NotSoStoic On the inside]], she's constantly overthinking, [[ImagineSpot imagining things and daydreaming]], and ''freaking the hell out'' the moment Ruti does anything that might be abnormal or dangerous. |
| 299 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: She doesn't say these words but she was clearly thinking this when Ruti's actions (which included, among other things, slaying a half-ton monster and casually dragging the carcass to the nearest town to sell to a butcher) didn't reveal herself after leaving the Hero's party. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | !Zoltan |
| 303 | [[folder:Albert]] |
| 304 | !!Albert Leland |
| 305 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KouheiAmasaki (Japanese), Creator/AaronRoberts (English) |
| 306 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Champion |
| 307 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_albert.png]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | A B-rank adventurer and one of the most powerful adventurers in Zoltan before Rit's arrival. |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Red lops off his right, sword hand after he attacks the former while on a frenzy, consumed by his ambition of wanting to join the Hero's Party.]] |
| 312 | * BloodKnight: A downplayed example. He doesn't enjoy killing, but it's what his Blessing enables him to do. |
| 313 | * TheChampion: The name of his blessing. A rare case of this trope is that he isn't a champion to any particular damsel or deity. |
| 314 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: He slowly becomes more and more aligned with the Demons, using their drugs and sorcery to make himself more powerful in the hopes of reaching Ruti's level.]] |
| 315 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Starts as a dickish adventurer who still wants to help Zoltan before [[spoiler:joining forces with the demons and later Ares, only to come to his senses and work for Red and his group when he meets back up with them.]] |
| 316 | * HeroicSacrifice: Attempts one [[spoiler:in order to save a girl and her fairy companion that were about to be attacked by Van at the height of his insanity. Fortunately, Theodora comes by in time to save his life.]] |
| 317 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: His Blessing compels him to reach greater and greater heights of fame and power, even hoping he will become powerful enough to rival Ruti and her allies. |
| 318 | * JumpedAtTheCall: His Champion Blessing compels him to seek out greater and greater adventures all the time. |
| 319 | * LackOfEmpathy: The nature of his Blessing makes him completely incapable of understanding how powerful adventurers like Rit and Red could be content to live simple, peaceful lives in Zoltan. |
| 320 | * MuggingTheMonster: He constantly picks fights and antagonizes Red, not realizing how skilled and powerful he really is. [[spoiler:It ends up costing him his right hand when his FaceHeelTurn is revealed.]] |
| 321 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: B-Rank adventurers are relatively common in the more populous areas and on the front lines of the war with the Demons. But in Zoltan, a sleepy frontier town no one really cares about, he's easily the strongest and most capable adventurer around until Rit shows up. |
| 322 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He believes he's destined to be a world-famous hero on par with Ruti, even though he's just a no-name adventurer living in a frontier town. |
| 323 | * SurroundedByIdiots: His opinion of his local adventuring party, since they are all lower-rank than he is. |
| 324 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: To Red [[spoiler:and ultimately {{Subverted|Trope}}. After he loses his right hand, he reveals that he ''already knew'' that Red was stronger than him the whole time, and much of his behavior towards Red was due to his inability to comprehend why Red was content to hide his power.]] |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Gonze]] |
| 328 | !!Gonze |
| 329 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Masahiro Yamanaka (Japanese), Kyle Phillips (English) |
| 330 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_gonze.png]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | A half-elf carpenter and Red's neighbor and best friend. |
| 333 | ---- |
| 334 | * BestFriend: He was Red's first friend when he settled in Zoltan. |
| 335 | * CoolUncle: To Tanta, even building Red's apothecary shop out of gratitude for Red saving Tanta's life. |
| 336 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed, since Nao can be quirky as well, but she does chide him for staying in the sauna too long and collapsing. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Nao]] |
| 340 | !!Nao Stow |
| 341 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoraTokui (Japanese), Creator/SarahRoach (English) |
| 342 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_nao.png]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | Another half-elf, sister of Gonze, and mother of Tanta. |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | * MumLooksLikeASister: She doesn't look that much older than her own son. |
| 347 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Downplayed, but she has no problem joining Red with Rit in the sauna, since she is wearing [[ModestyTowel a towel]] and teases Red for his shyness. |
| 348 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Red and Rit. |
| 349 | * UndyingLoyalty: To the local sauna, refusing to abandon the old man, and pushes Red and Rit to come up with ideas to help her revitalize it. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Mido]] |
| 353 | !!Mido |
| 354 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Takeru Mishina (Japanese), Ivan Jasso (English) |
| 355 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_mido.png]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | Nao's human husband and father to Tanta, as well as a fellow carpenter with his brother-in-law Gonze. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Tanta]] |
| 362 | !!Tanta Stow |
| 363 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuSerizawa (Japanese), Creator/KristenMcGuire (English) |
| 364 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinnonakama_tanta.png]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | Nao and Mido's quarter-elf son and one of Red's first friends when he first settled in Zoltan. |
| 367 | |
| 368 | * DelicateAndSickly: Nearly dies of a plague, which necessitates Red going into the mountains to find ingredients despite them being off-limits. |
| 369 | * UnevenHybrid: Quarter Elf, Three-Quarters human, and his ears are slightly more rounded then his mother and uncle. |
| 370 | ---- |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:Al]] |
| 374 | !!Al |
| 375 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Suzuna Kinoshita (Japanese), Creator/ApphiaYu (English) |
| 376 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Weapon Master (Warrior) |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | [[/folder]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[folder:Bighawk]] |
| 381 | !!Bighawk |
| 382 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuInada (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherSabat (English) |
| 383 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Master of Torture |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | * TheConqueror: What he aspires to be. |
| 386 | * DealWithTheDevil: How he got his resources [[spoiler:and which ends with his DemonicPossession.]] |
| 387 | * ThievesGuild: The leader, no less. |
| 388 | * WouldHurtAChild: Depends on if you count "get addicted to drugs", "kidnapping", and "emotional blackmail" to be "harm". |
| 389 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Punishes failure from any of his subordinates very severely. |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | !Demons |
| 393 | [[folder:Shisandan]] |
| 394 | !! Shisandan |
| 395 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese), Jim Foronda (English) |
| 396 | |
| 397 | An Asura demon who serves as one of the current Demon Lord's direct subordinates. Ruti killed him once years ago, but somehow he managed to survive. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He thinks that a hero needs to be willing and have the full motivation to be the hero. Unfortunately, rather than just acknowledge that Ruti's Blessing would be better for someone else, he decides to forcibly mold her into his vision of a hero by artificially forcing the motivation onto her. |
| 400 | * KillAndReplace: He did this to Rit's mentor Gaius, nearly bringing down the kingdom of Loggervia in the process. [[spoiler:Later tries to do this to Danan, but he survives the attempt (minus an arm) and comes after him.]] |
| 401 | * {{Shapeshifter}}: He can take the form of anyone he eats, including their Blessings and memories. |
| 402 | * VillainRespect: He thinks somewhat highly of [[WorthyOpponent Red]] and even helps him out a bit while incognito. This is a far cry from Ares, who he thinks is a complete idiot. |
| 403 | * YouAreWhoYouEat: Has the power to shapeshift into any being he consumes a part of, and use their Divine Blessing. The more of them he consumes, the more he can copy. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !Characters introduced in Season 2 |
| 407 | |
| 408 | |
| 409 | !The Church |
| 410 | [[folder:Van]] |
| 411 | !! Van of Flamberge |
| 412 | !!!'''Blessing:''' Hero (formerly Cardinal) |
| 413 | |
| 414 | The former prince of a fallen kingdom, and the successor to Ruti to the position of the Hero of humanity. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | ---- |
| 417 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the light novels, he is not introduced until the end of Volume 7. In the anime adaptation, he first appears in Season 2 Episode 1, which mainly adapts Volume 5. His presence as a whole functions as this since his arc occurs earlier in the anime than in the light novel. |
| 418 | * AttackAttackAttack: What Red surmises his mindset to be. Compared to Ruti he has no technique, no tactics, nothing but the most straight forward method of dealing with his foes. This is demonstrated by the fact that he has leveled exactly none of his other abilities, and only his blessing, citing that swordsmanship itself is for humans who lack a heroes blessing. |
| 419 | * AxCrazy: While he can appear calm and collected under normal circumstances, Van is an unhinged maniac who has no problem murdering all those he deems "evil". |
| 420 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: This guy does not believe in shades of grey. To him, people are either saints or monsters, and monsters are meant to be slain. |
| 421 | * CurbStompBattle: He's completely blindsided by Ruti, who very nearly killed him with a single punch. |
| 422 | * DarkIsEvil: His hair and armor are dark navy blue, and he's a murderous lunatic. |
| 423 | * DissonantSerenity: Even when murdering people in cold blood, his serene smile never fades. |
| 424 | * EgocentricallyReligious: His faith in the Almighty and preordained fate basically boils down to him never wanting to reflect on his past actions and to always be justified in every terrible thing he does. |
| 425 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: His [[TheFatalist warped worldview]] blinds him to the idea that people can live without committing fully to their Blessing. [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity In his mind]], he sees such an idealogy as an affront to Demis's will and it must be corrected by any means necessary. |
| 426 | * EvilCounterpart: He's what Ruti would've become if she'd kept her Hero's Blessing. Van has the Hero's Blessing just like she used to, but unlike Ruti he embraced his Blessing to the point of willingly letting it consume his humanity. |
| 427 | * EvilHero: While he may have the drive to fight the Demon Lord, Van is by no means a great Hero. He believes his vile actions, like letting comrades die in battle or killing a man who could have simply been incapacitated and arrested, to be justified as part of the Almighty's will, believing that he, his allies, and victims are filling out a role and feels no remorse for the lives lost. Van also acts rudely to civilians offering hospitality. He'll even attack and kill monsters that pose no threat to civilians, stating that they go against the gods will by not willingly playing out their monstrous roles. He later tops himself by trying to force the citizens of Zoltan to leave their homes and fight the war with him, showing little care for how they feel, and even attempting to brainwash them into joining him. he later decides to kill Red, Ruti, and everyone associated with them to set himself back on the path of his warped heroism. |
| 428 | * EvilOverlooker: The poster for Season 2 shows him overlooking all the other characters. |
| 429 | * TheFatalist: He believes every person's fate has been preordained long before the person in question is born. As such, he feels no guilt at all when killing his enemies or failing to save innocents. |
| 430 | * FreudianExcuse: His parents were amongst the royal and noble families who believed that raising their own children was a mark of shame, leading to them abandoning Van at a monastery whose teachings greatly contributed to his twisted morality. He only got worse after receiving the Hero's Blessing, which he let turn him into the psychopath he is in the present day. |
| 431 | * HateSink: Between his atrocities, his callousness, his rotten personality, and his insane way of thinking, it's clear that Van only exists to draw as much audience hatred as possible. His actions make him far worse than Ares. |
| 432 | * HeelFaceTurn: After a good dose of WarriorTherapist from Red, his Blessing seems to have at least loosened its iron grip, causing him to [[TheAtoner repent]] for his actions against the people of Zoltan. The ending implies that he can reform from an EvilHero to [[TheParagon a true Hero.]] Sadly this doesn't last long as he continues his atrocities shortly afterwards and plans to kill Ruti and Red. |
| 433 | * InsaneTrollLogic: As one can see from the rest of the tropes here, Van ''runs'' on this. No matter how heinous his actions are, he will always work up some kind of crazy justification. |
| 434 | * {{Jerkass}}: In contrast to his [[PerpetualSmiler constantly present smile]] and clear respect for Ljubo and Theodora, under the alias of Esta, Van can come off to most others as a rude brat. Alongside justifying both intentional and FailureToSaveMurder as simply being the victims' "fate", he's very unsociable and snappy with the commoners he's meant to protect, [[UngratefulBastard such as refusing to partake in the welcome party a village set up for him]], and never takes Esta's advice on how he should behave into consideration despite his supposed respect for her. The sole exception to his rude behavior are children, and that's solely because they haven't awakened to their Blessings and therefore haven't been given a "role" yet, and he'll easily get snippy if they express a desire to find work outside of their Blessing. The only one he shows any genuine respect is Red, and that's only because his Blessing-centred world view makes him more inclined to listening to him due to his Guide Blessing. |
| 435 | * LackOfEmpathy: He is utterly indifferent to the death and suffering he causes. All he cares about is fulfilling his role as the Hero. |
| 436 | * ParentalAbandonment: His parents wanted nothing to do with him due to them being amongst the royal and noble families who believed that raising their own children was a mark of shame and instead abandoned him at the monastery he spent most of his life in. Needless to say, their teachings weren't the best influence on him. |
| 437 | * ThePoorlyChosenOne: For as much as this trope applies to Ruti, Van may be even worse! At least Ruti acted as an ideal and virtuous hero, largely due to Gideon's guidance. But Van acts less like a hero and more like an entitled jerkass who thinks being the hero gives him the right to do whatever he wants, with his only obligation being defeating the Demon King. |
| 438 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: He has crimson eyes, which reflects his bloodthirsty attitude and his viciousness. |
| 439 | * SketchySuccessor: He became the one to inherit the Hero's Blessing after Ruti managed to shake its hold on her. Unlike her however, he willingly let it consume his humanity which combined with [[FreudianExcuse his upbringing]] turned him into a danger to everyone around him. |
| 440 | * SoleSurvivor: His country was overrun and destroyed by the Demon Lord's forces, leaving him as the only survivor. |
| 441 | * TautologicalTemplar: Van believes that, as the Hero, everything he does is automatically justified since he, his allies, and his victims are simply playing out their roles in a grand scheme laid out by the gods. |
| 442 | * TookALevelInKindness: After he comes to Zoltan, makes a (brain-washing assisted) attempt at conscripting the villagers, and expresses a desire to kill Ruti after she deals a CurbStompBattle against him, the groups' aim becomes [[InvokedTrope Invoking]] this by having Red serve as MoralityPet like he did with Ruti, as well as trying to convince his allies to call off his Ruti hunt. |
| 443 | * UngratefulBastard: When he arrives in one village and partakes in a welcome party set up for him, he stoically keeps to himself and when he isn't, he's snapping at the servers for daring to try giving him food out of the haughty belief that the Hero can't get hungry. |
| 444 | * UnskilledButStrong: He mainly relies on his Blessing's power to obtain victory when he fights. While he can kill monsters easily, he has little experience fighting people, such as Yarandrala and Danan, though he can still hold his own. Red also briefly neutralizes him with superior swordsmanship, and a surprise punch from Ruti hands Van his first on-screen defeat. |
| 445 | * VanHelsingHateCrimes: In Van's warped point of view, monsters staying peacefully at home are evil, since they should be helping adventurers to "level up" by getting killed by them. |
| 446 | * VillainousBreakdown: He was already crazy and unstable, but after suffering a miserable defeat at the hands of Ruti, [[SanitySlippage what little grasp on reality he had vanishes]]. He gets even worse after the Hero's Blessing stops communicating to him, which he takes as a consequence of him wavering in his duties and sets his sights on killing Ruti, Red, and everyone else whom he considers an obstacle. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder:Lavender]] |
| 450 | !! Lavender |
| 451 | |
| 452 | A fairy who is Van's only friend having presumably known him long before the Hero's Blessing had taken hold of him. She is extremely loyal to him and will side with him in pretty much everything. |
| 453 | |
| 454 | |
| 455 | ---- |
| 456 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: [[spoiler:It turns out she's the SoleSurvivor of a race of Archfays who did nothing but spread destruction across the lands with their immense power. With that in mind, it's pretty obvious why she wouldn't have a problem following someone as wantonly violent and insane as Van.]] |
| 457 | * EvilCounterpart: To Rit. While they can get along amicably when talking about love, their definition of love differs greatly. While Rit believes in growing as a person and falling in love even more with her special someone, Lavender is perfectly fine with a stagnant, albeit [[MadLove toxic, one-sided love]], and flatly refuses to help Van change his ways. |
| 458 | * FairyCompanion: She's a cute little fairy that follows Van everywhere. [[spoiler:Although, it turns out not to be her true form.]] |
| 459 | * {{Jerkass}}: She is pretty unpleasant to everyone she meets, except to Van. |
| 460 | * LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler:She's revealed to belong to the Ketu, a race of very powerful and very destructive Archfays who wreaked havoc across the land long ago before being wiped out by the ancient elves and dragons to protect civilization. How exactly Lavender survived is unknown, with the only theory being that she'd been deep in hiding until recently.]] |
| 461 | * OurFairiesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:The Ketu were a race of Archfays who long ago were considered "[[PersonOfMassDestruction living calamities]]" due to their enormous magical power and very destructive and violent behavior, which led to them being branded a huge threat to the advancement of civilization and eradicated by the ancient elves and dragons. Unfortunately, it turns out they missed one.]] |
| 462 | * PsychoSupporter: As far as Lavender is concerned, everything Van does is right. [[spoiler:It probably helps that her race is already destructive by nature.]] |
| 463 | * UndyingLoyalty: Because of her MadLove for him, she willingly does anything Van asks, however immoral, because nothing else matters to her. |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | !Monsters |
| 467 | [[folder:The Gem Beast]] |
| 468 | !! The Gem Beast |
| 469 | |
| 470 | A monster that had encroached into the gem giants' territory. Due to its favorite diet of gems and various metals, it directly threatens the giants' survival. What is worse, due to its ability to turn any mineral into lead, it's indirectly causing problems on the forest below due to how the lead poisons the ground water. |
| 471 | ---- |
| 472 | * AuraVision: "Sees" minerals or mineral-made items (like steel weaponry). |
| 473 | * BreathWeapon: In this case, a beam-like blast that turns anything it hits to lead. |
| 474 | * MeteorSummoningAttack: Uses its Fire-based blessing to summons a Meteor Swarm to attack Red and his friends. |
| 475 | * MyRulesAreNotYourRules: It seems to be using ''multiple'' Blessings, which goes against how beings should only have one Blessing at a time. Obviously this causes a LOT of problems. |
| 476 | * RockMonster: With a dash of CrystallineCreature, the Gem Beast looks like a gigantic turtle monster made out of rock with gem outcroppings spread around on it. |
| 477 | * PowerCopying: On top of its durability and sheer power, the Gem Beast ''also'' has this, as the party soon discovers when it uses Rutie and Yarandrala's spells against them. |
| 478 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Ultimately defeated by a vial of Blessing-dampening medicine. And a punch from Rutie to make sure it stays down. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[/folder]] |
| 481 |
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