History Characters / GoblinSlayerGoblinSlayer

* ArrowCatch: In volume 14 a goblin on a boat hurls a stone axe with ridiculously good fortune such that it flies unveeringly at Priestess who can only duck and pray. Goblin Slayer just snatches it by the handle a foot over her head and throws it back with significantly good form to kill the tosser. Several Vikings stop in their tracks in the middle of shooting suppressive fire to gawk at him.

* HeroWorshipper: The were small hints before, but volume 14 really beats the reader over the head that Goblin Slayer idolizes and was inspired by hearing stories of a northern barbarian turned adventurer turned king (heavily telegraphed to be a [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]]-expy, and spends the arc silently gushing in his own way over the Viking culture that he thinks produced him. Priestess is flabbergasted then amused by the realization.

* ArrowCatch: In volume 14 a goblin on a boat hurls a stone axe with ridiculously good fortune such that it flies unveeringly at Priestess who can only duck and pray. Goblin Slayer just snatches it by the handle a foot over her head and throws it back with significantly get form to kill the tosser. Several Vikings stop in their tracks in the middle of shooting suppressive fire to gawk at him.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He brushes off any praise from villagers, feels unsuited for his Silver rank, is dumbfounded whenever Priestess or Guild Girl insist he is a hero and makes a difference, and doesn’t consider himself a proper adventurer, just an exterminator. When Dark Elf fights him in the climax of Volume 3 and rated his combat strength as closer to an Emerald or Ruby ranked adventurer, Goblin Slayer remarks that he’s always seen himself as no stronger or more skilled than an average ''Obsidian'' rank. In volume 13 he is baffled by the idea that he could have anything to pass down to prospective new recruits and thinks its only Guild Girl's favoritism that got him the job of dungeon designer. In ''Year One'', he regularly berates himself for being foolish and underprepared in his earliest missions. He also insists that he is lacking in brains compared to his peers and not cut out for cerebral tasks, both because his master said and because he remembers being a [[BookDumb slow learner.]]

* MolotovCocktail: In chapter 70 of ''Year One'' he makes several to throw at the goblin lord's horde, though he packs the bottles with blackpowder instead of oil.

* ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure: Goblin Slayer will not just readily resort to methods that cause large-scale environmental damage in his efforts to wipe out goblin nests, its his first instinct to do so and is only occasionally talked down.

* ScarredEquipment: He breaks the horns off of his helmets, performs only the most basic maintenance on his under armor, and lets his over armor stay covered in blood and filth to disguise his scent. In the manga, a prominent and consistent added detail is the presence of a long scratch up the crest of his helmet's brow from Volume 3 onwards.

* MadeOfIron: It's true that he's well-armored, but he can take a beating regardless. In his first quest as Goblin Slayer, he gets a poisoned knife in the back which only makes his arm go numb, and soon after he shrugs off a brutal bear hug from an enraged hobgoblin before slaughtering the goblin shaman leader and his nest. This is represented by his stats as it's mentioned by the gods in ''Year One'' that he has higher than average VIT.

** His stock of water-breathing rings introduced in Vol. 5 contain RequiredSecondaryPowers such as stabilizing the wearer's body temperature and functioning within all forms of water -- this makes them just as useful at traversing harsh winter terrain as they are at crossing bodies of water.

* SmallStepsHero: For the most part he doesn't concern himself with the greater threats in the world. He's focused on killing goblins since someone has to protect the small and poor villages from them. He initially has no interest in joining the quest to investigate the Elven Fortress until he learns about the army of goblins stationed there. [[spoiler: This slowly is getting SubvertedTrope the more the series advance, he has fought powerful breeds of Goblins and the Demon Lord itself in Volumen 8 (At least its arm) and has saved at Full Kingdom iat least once.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Downplayed. Goblin Slayer always remains cordial with other civilized humanoids, but his sheer ruthlessness in his quest to massacre and exterminate Goblins is a thing to behold. Some artworks depict him as being more monstrous than he actually appears, and it would not be surprising if he's become the legendary boogeyman of the Goblin race.
-->How could you ever let [[DoomedHometown that]] go? So you take a weapon in hand. You train yourself. You learn. You grow. Your only thought is revenge. You search them out... hunt them down... you fight... you attack... and you kill them... and kill them... and kill them... and kill them. Sometimes things go well... and sometimes they don't. Each time you ask, how will I kill them next time? What's the best way to kill them? Day after day, month after month, that's the sole thought that takes up residence in your head. Of course, you test every idea you have when the opportunity presents itself. And in time...''you come to relish it''.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Virtually anyone who has ever laid eyes on him can tell that this man is simply not well. He has a flat affect, no sense of sarcasm, no care for his self-image, limited social skills and sense of tact, and his work ethic is more machine than human, not to mention his complete lack of a libido. Goblin Slayer also has to think extremely long and hard to gather and articulate his thoughts in deep conversation and visibly struggles to recollect and recount more than the broadest details of his quests when giving reports. He brusquely dismisses and discards from memory anything he doesn't consider worth complete attention, tends to fixate on minute details, and admittedly has trouble appreciating the concept of solidarity, outright surprising himself when he thinks of his friends ''as'' friends. Whatever's afflicting him more than likely stems from his FreudianExcuse, as he was suggested to have been a completely ordinary boy until then. He ticks off boxes in at least obsessive compulsive disorder, PTSD, and old-fashioned psychopathy.

* AnimalStampede: [[spoiler: The second half of his plan to eliminate the desert goblin horde was to have Lizard Priest call in a swarm of giant manta rays to plow right through their cave and the fort above them.]]

* HiddenDepths: His taciturn demeanor belies a natural curiosity and wonder for the unknown, possible holdovers from his original personality. Normally this is yet another tool to his arsenal, but it shows up prominently when he asks a vendor how ice cream is made. In fact, after the events of Volume 2 he offers to try making ice cream for everyone upon coming home.

* BadassInDistress: During the third arc of the ''Year One'' manga, [[spoiler:Goblin Slayer gets captured by goblins who rammed their way through the wall and hit him on the back of his head. Luckily, his helmet protected him from a deadly injury, and the goblin underlings convince the Goblin Lord to spare his life and use him as a bait to catch Capital Inspector. Goblin Slayer, tied to a rotten chair, gets tortured and beaten by goblins, but not only doesn't he cry in pain, so that he wouldn't give his captors any satisfaction, his body endures their beatings, while the rotten chair does not. Thus, Goblin Slayer is able to break free and fights back. Although he does end up saving from Capital Inspector when the goblins gain the upper-hand]].

* GroinAttack: Sometimes, whether in the main series or in the prequel, Goblin Slayer has attacked several goblins in the groin, either by kicking them in the balls or throwing a weapon in the groin. At one point, he threw a knife in a hobgoblin's groin and then kick it deeper into the groin. According to him, the groin area is a vital point of goblins, and he managed to kill one by throwing an axe in a goblin's groin. He generally resorts to this trope whenever a hobgoblin uses a HumanMeatShield, noting that they are horrible at using shields properly, leaving them vulnerable to groin attacks.

* TheBait: The nascent goblin lord in ''Year One'' attempted to have him tortured in a huge cavern to lure out Capital Inspector. Though he breaks free, he does end up needing rescue, which goes on to mop up the remainder of the intended ambush with little issue.

* GuestStarPartyMember: He managed to tag along with Young Warrior's first party on a goblin quest they grabbed first in ''Year One''.

* CatchPhrase: [[UpToEleven A large fraction of his dialogue is made up of this]] due to his extreme terseness and habit of repeating himself. His most used line in casual conversation is "Is that so?" and his most used line while on a hunt is "Goblins are stupid, but they are not fools."

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Does this with [[UpToEleven another person who's legitimate a bad shot]]. He has Cow Girl throw a stone at a tree, which accomplishes nothing and barely reaches it. But the goblins chasing them are utterly fixated on Cow Girl's body and movement, and afterwards too busy laughing at her pathetic throw to notice their quarry jumping down a well to escape.

* UtilityBelt: His belt-pouch, where he stores all his potions, homemade artifices, magic rings, charcoal to make improvised gas-masks with, [[UpToEleven bag of concrete mix]], and generally any miscellaneous equipment he could ever possibly need.

* HiddenEyes: When scenarios arise where he isn't wearing his helmet, such as extended childhood flashbacks or situations that force him out of his armor, and the story can't simply stick to showing him from either behind his head or below his nose, his face will be rendered as having his eyes completely obscured by shadow no matter the angle. The only times his eyes are actually shown are moments in the ''Year One'' manga [[spoiler:during and shortly after the goblin horde ravaged his village]].

* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Goblin Slayer outfits himself mostly with the cheapest equipment the Guild-affiliated smithy supplies, and his swords rarely last for the whole of an extended engagement. He has taken up the habit of pilfering extra weapons from goblin corpses to continue hacking apart their fellows from nearly his earliest days.

* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Goblin Slayer outfits himself mostly with the cheapest equipment the Guild-affiliated smithy supplies, and his swords rarely last for the whole of an extended engagement. He has taken up the habit of pilfering extra weapons from goblin corpses to continue hjacking apart their fellows from nearly his earliest days.

* CluelessChickMagnet: Is oblivious or outright apathetic to female interest. When Cow Girl's Uncle tries to get him to understand how important his date with her is, he gives up almost immediately on realizing the futility of it.

* CrisisCatchAndCarry: Semi-often bodily picks up and runs with Priestess, High Elf Archer, or the GuestStarPartyMemeber of the volume under his arm when a sudden need to retreat crops up. They all get very flustered by this habit.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He brushes off any praise from villagers, feels unsuited for his Silver rank, is dumbfounded whenever Priestess or Guild Girl insist he is a hero and makes a difference, and doesn’t consider himself a proper adventurer, just an exterminator. When Dark Elf fights him in the climax of Volume 3 and rated his combat strength as closer to an Emerald or Ruby ranked adventurer, Goblin Slayer remarks that he’s always seen himself as no stronger or more skilled than an average ''Obsidian'' rank. In ''Year One'', he regularly berates himself for being foolish and underprepared in his earliest missions. He also insists that he is lacking in brains compared to his peers and not cut out for cerebral tasks, both because his master said and because he remembers being a [[BookDumb slow learner.]]

* ThatCameOutWrong: His terseness and monotone lead many people (most often and especially Spearman) to interpret his abortive attempts at small talk as sarcastic put-downs. In Volume 2, he mentioned that he "didn't like it" ('it' being the Water Town goblins learning how to make boats) in the middle of a conversation with High Elf Archer about going on a "proper" adventure, momentarily raising her hackles at being rejected before he elaborated the thought.