Editing Ruff

|Game={{Dragon Quest VII}}

|Image=[[Image:Gabo3DS.png|center|240px]]

|Sprite=[[Image:Dq7 gabo-sprite.gif]][[File:Ruff copy sprite.png]]

|Voice Actor=[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150446/ Mutsumi Tamura] (''[[Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End|Heroes II]]'', Japanese)<br>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8226221 Harry Marcus] (''[[Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End|Heroes II]]'', English)

<center>''A boy raised in the wild, full of innocence and warmth. Despite his youth, he has incredible survival instincts, and can run circles around the fiercest of monsters. Little is known about his background.''

''--Description from the {{Dragon Quest VII}} {{PSX}} instructional manual.''</center>

'''Ruff''' is a playable character in {{DQ7}}. He is a [[White Wolves|White Wolf]] that was turned into a human.

==Appearance and personality==

Ruff is a small, young boy with long unkempt black hair. He appears to be missing one of his front teeth. He is bare-chested, but wears a blue cloth that is fixed like a cape, sackcloth shorts held together by a rope, and a sackcloth bandana on top of his shaggy mane. In the 3DS remake, Ruff is accompanied by his adoptive wolf mother, whom he rides on the back of. Her appearance sometimes changes along with Ruff's when his {{Vocation}} changes.

When the player gains Ruff as a party member in the beginning, he is unable to communicate because he was originally a white wolf. However, due to a spell by [[Hackrobat]], he is able to speak. {{Maribel}} says that he is "quite the talker".

He is constantly looking to eat. Should the {{Hero 7}} talk with him, Ruff almost always asks for food. He also loves competition and fighting. He looks for any chance to prove himself.

Ruff doesn't understand complicated human behavior such as courtship and tact. During the quest in [[Greenthumb Gardens]], Ruff speaks of his confusion concerning [[Carraway]] and [[Lavender]]. At {{Alltrades Abbey 7}}, Ruff asks [[Eustace]] why legs are so short. He appears to have a precocious crush on [[Jacqueline]], as he becomes dismayed when the party returns to the present to find that an old man has taken her place at Alltrades Abbey in the present.

In the {{3DS}} remake, if the player decides to look in a mirror while Ruff is the first character in the party line-up, he will admire his nose, state that he licks his face clean every morning, find some leftover breakfast around the corner of his mouth, express confusion at seeing his own reflection, have fun watching his movements in the mirror, comment on how short his tongue is as a human compared to when he was a wolf, and say that mirrors don't taste nice to lick.

Ruff is a [[White Wolves|white wolf]], a race of wolves that have long protected the town of [[L'Arca]]. His mother was the sole survivor of a battle with [[Hackrobat]], but she died shortly after giving birth to him, leaving Ruff as the last of his kind. Ruff was adopted and raised by a common grey wolf.

Shortly before the events of the game, a farmer from L'Arca found Ruff injured outside of town, and brought Ruff to his barn to rest and recover; there, Ruff was chained to a wall for both the farmer's protection and the safety of Ruff. It was then that Hackrobat returned. To spite the village, he cast a spell that turned all of the residents of L'Arca into animals and vice versa, transforming Ruff into a human. In his new form, the collar and chain were too tight and started choking him.

The {{Hero 7}}, [[Kiefer]], and {{Maribel}} reach L'arca after Hackrobat's spell. Inside a shack, they find Ruff chained to a wall by his neck. The Hero and his party is unable to free him. After getting [[The Woodcutter|the woodcutter]] from the present, he frees Ruff and he runs out of the town.

As the party begin to fight Hackrobat, Ruff arrives and bites the monster. The party, along with the Woodcutter, engage the monster in combat. The party defeats Hackrobat and Ruff bites him again. With this bite, Hackrobat is paralyzed. He realizes that Ruff is actually a white wolf who was caught in the spell that he cast in L'Arca. As a parting gift, Hackrobat casts his final spell on him. This spell curses him to remain in human form forever. The party reseals Hackrobat in the coffin again, undoing the spell in L'Arca.

After the battle is finished, the party thanks the boy, who identifies himself as Ruff. They are surprised that he is able to speak but he can only communicate in simple sentences like "Ruff go" and growling. With his ability to understand animal speech, the Woodcutter explains to the party the story of the lone white wolf who survived the first battle with the Hackrobat, who turned out to be Ruff's mother who died from her injuries after giving birth to him. His wolf companion found the newborn Ruff, adopting him and deciding to raise the boy as if he were her own son.

The party returns to L'Arca to see the spell undone. They visit the farmer who took care of Ruff to find to his disbelief that the wolf had disappeared. Leaving the shack, they see Ruff and his wolf companion outside the building. The Woodcutter understands that he wanted to thank the man for his kindness. It is in this moment that the Woodcutter decides to adopt Ruff.

The party, along with the wolf, the Woodcutter, and Ruff return to the portal and step through it, finding themselves back in the [[Shrine of Mysteries]]. The Woodcutter tries to bring Ruff with him but he refuses, saying that the seal on Hackrobat could have only been broken on the outside and that whomever broke the seal was very powerful. Therefore, he wanted to defeat the evil that broke the seal in the Grotta del Sigilo. The woodcutter acknowledges this request and allows Ruff to go with the party.

The party goes to the Grotta del Sigillo in the present and returns to the place where the monster was previously sealed. They hear a voice telling them to "run away or face the consequences". Instead, they opened up the coffin once more. Hackrobat is revealed to be in a human form now. He figures that it is punishment for what he did before. He recognizes the party and wants to make up what he did to Ruff in the past. He tries using magic to return Ruff to his wolf form, but he fails. Instead, he makes him more human and gives Ruff the power to speak the human language. Ruff is ecstatic that he is finally able to communicate with the party. Hackrobat also gives the party a {{Blue Fragment}} to the party. The party leaves the [[Grotta del Sigillo]] to continue on their adventure.

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====Skills====

|[[Aooo!]]

|[[Chomp]]

|[[Roar Deal]]

|[[Sic'em]]

|[[Call of the Wild]]

====Strategy====

When Ruff joins the party after the events at L'Arca, he starts at level 1. Therefore, it is advisable to keep him in the back until he gains levels. After level 2, he learns Aooo! which will allow him to participate in battle. As he gains levels, he can move to third position until he is on the same levels as the rest of the party.

Ruff is naturally fast. Attacks miss him more often than the rest of the party. When he reaches the same levels as the party, he will usually attack first. He will also gain strength in bounds so that when he reaches certain levels, he is doing significant damage. When he learns Sic 'Em and Call of the Wild, he will become more adept in defeating enemies.

Ruff can equip light armor and furs and his selection of shields and helmets is limited. He is the only one who can wield [[Claw|claws and fangs]]. Much like a [[martial artist]], Ruff's attack will actually goes down if he equips certain weapons such as swords. He is also capable of equipping {{Boomerang}}s.

As Ruff is the only party member besides the Hero to stay in the party throughout the duration of the game, he is best made to learn vocations that increase his strength, like Warrior and Martial Artist. It would also be a good idea for him to become a [[Priest]], as both the Hero and Maribel learn healing magic naturally. If the player wishes to learn advance vocations, Ruff and the Hero are the best bet.

Ruff appears as a S-rank member of the Hero family as part of the limited ''Dragon Quest VII'' event, appearing on his own banner alongside [[Pandora's Box]].

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|family=[[Image:Tact Icon Hero.png|50px]]<br>Hero

|lperk1=Raises [[Woosh]]-type physical potency of allies, including himself, by 20% in a 5x5 square around him.

|bperk3=Lupine Gust Potency +2%<br>Ruff Rider Potency +2%

|aperk1='''White Wolf Legend''': Raises ATK and AGL for 3 turns at the start of battle.

==Trivia==

*In the {{3DS}} Version, when Ruff is learning the way of the [[Shepherd]], his mother will also dress up and appear as a [[wikipedia:wolf in sheep's clothing|wolf in sheep's clothing]].

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File:Hero Ruff pedastle activation.jpg|Ruff and the Hero activating a pedestal in the [[Shrine of Mysteries]]

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DQ VII PS1 Gabo Classes.jpg|Ruff demonstrating how to become an [[Armamentalist]]

DQ VII Manga Gabo and Arus.jpg|From Manga series ''DQ VII: Warriors of Eden''.

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DQHII Gabo.png|''Dragon Quest Heroes II''.

DQHII Fire Breath.png|Ruff breathing [[Fire Breath|fire]].

Ps4-dragon-quest-heroes-II ruff and healix.jpg|Ruff with [[Healix]].

DQHII Ruff GreatSabreclaws.jpg|Ruff wielding the [[Great sabrecat|Great sabreclaws]].