History Characters / GoblinSlayerGoblinSlayer

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Misdirecting and baiting attempted goblin ambushes is a frequent gambit of his.

* HeroProtagonist: He's the main character and is actually closer to the HeroicArchetype than what the narration and the story may imply. Ironically he is "Choosen Heroine" personal Hero, since it was his actions (By virtue of being untouched by Fate) that saved her and her village from a Goblin Horde, while the rest of the Guild was busy with the Rock Eater. As of Volume Five he has defeated a new brand of Goblin that would have presented a very serious Threat to the World, had it been allowed to grow. And in Volume 8 he and his group stop the resurrection of he Demon Lord. And as a side note, his actions tend to support Choosen Heroine's own actions.

* TheHero: He is closer to this than what the narration and the story may imply. Ironically he is "Choosen Heroine" personal Hero, since it was his actions (By virtue of being untouched by Fate) that saved her and her village from a Goblin Horde, while the rest of the Guild was busy with the Rock Eater. As of Volume Five he has defeated a new brand of Goblin that would have presented a very serious Threat to the World, had it been allowed to grow. And in Volume 8 he and his group stop the resurrection of he Demon Lord. And as a side note, his actions tend to support Choosen Heroine's own actions.

* TheLeader: To his party, mixing the traits of a Mastermind, Levelheaded and Determinator. He comes up with battle plans, actively manages his team's resources and is relentless in hunting down goblins and any creature that helps them.

* TheLeader: To his party, mixing the traits of a Mastermind, Levelheaded and Determinator. He comes up with battle plans, knows how to manage their resources and is relentless in hunting down goblins and any creature that helps them.

* TheLeader: In battle, his party depends on him to come up with strategies and tactics. He's got unorthodox yet effective plans, undeniable nerves of steel alongside a mind for practical considerations like the safety and resources of his party.

* PowerWalk: Even more than the commentary about how cruddy his armor is, the light novel narration is obsessed with repeating its description of the way Goblin Slayer walks; almost every time Goblin Slayer enters a scene, he is described as having a "bold, nonchalant stride" while nonetheless stooping and coiling his muscles in perpetual readiness to lunge. And he walks like this ''everywhere'', even in town. More than once has he been mistaken for a street performer caricaturing an adventurer patrolling a dungeon, and even his friends internally laugh and admit he looks stupid doing it sometimes.

* CreateYourOwnHero: The goblins are notorious for taking no prisoners, yet they don't think about searching thoroughly for any survivors that escaped their immediate wrath. It just so happens that Goblin Slayer is one of those survivors and has now the bane of their very existence.

* BadassBaritone: Has a deep, strong voice to go with his fighting prowess and serious demeanor courtesy of Creator/BradHawkins and Creator/YuichiroUmehara.

* DissonantSerenity: In spite of being based on Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/ThePunisher, the AnimatedAdaptation gives Goblin Slayer a warm, soft, almost kind-and-gentle voice as opposed to the BadassBaritone expected of hate-driven avenger archetype like him.

* TheLeader: In battle, his party depends on him to come up with plans. He's got unorthodox yet effective plans, an iron will and discipline alongside a mind for practical considerations like the safety and resources of his party.

* TheLeader: In battle, his party depends on him to come up with plans. He's got creative tactics, an iron will and quick decision making to keep his party alive and leave the goblins dead.

* CombatPragmatist: Dear ''Lord'' yes. Setting up traps, using smoke bombs, using their own weapons against them, using ''any'' advantage he possibly can, up to and including killing goblin children so they don't grow up and get revenge on him years later. It's all fair game if he can kill more goblins easier and more efficiently:

* PragmaticHero: Goblin Slayer is on the side of good, but he's not much of a noble hero. He fights dirty, will mercy-kill poisoned or wounded people who are too far gone over wasting time trying to save them, and is not afraid to get his hands bloody.

* RankUp: The third story arc of the ''Year One'' manga focuses on Goblin Slayer's promotion. He casually reveals to Cow Girl's uncle that he has already been promoted to Obsidian-rank, and Goblin Slayer has to take an exam to get promoted to Steel-rank. While he doesn't actually care whether he gets promoted or not, he takes the exam anyway for the sake of Cow Girl and Guild Girl who have high hopes on him.

* WifeBasherBasher: Considering that his sister was '''raped to death''' in front of his very eyes, the one spark that ''will'' ignite the '''true''' volcanic fury of his inconsolable rage is to ''witness'' the (attempted) rape of young women happening before him. True to the trope, no-amount of injury, however critical or normally ''crippling'', will stop Goblin Slayer standing up again from the sheer power of his hatred and ''single-handedly'' tearing '''every''' green-skinned rapist present to pieces, with his bare hands if he must.

* WifeBasherBasher: Considering that [[spoiler:his sister was '''raped to death''' in front of his very eyes]], the one spark that ''will'' ignite the '''true''' volcanic fury of his inconsolable rage is to ''witness'' the (attempted) rape of young women happening before him. True to the trope, no-amount of injury, however critical or normally ''crippling'', will stop Goblin Slayer standing up again from the sheer power of his hatred and ''single-handedly'' tearing '''every''' green-skinned rapist present to pieces, with his bare hands if he must.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Eccentric and single minded he might be, his concerns against goblins are mostly valid even when excluding his personal trauma. The goblins are nothing but rape-and-murder-happy psychos, are incredibly adaptive to near-horrific degrees and encounters with them almost always involve at least one woman raped or humiliated and others killed or traumatized for life.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Eccentric and single minded he might be, his concerns against goblins are mostly valid even when excluding his personal trauma. The goblins are nothing but rape-and-murder-happy psychos, are incredibly adaptive to near-horrific degrees and encounters with them almost always involve at least one woman raped or humiliated and others killed.