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-The '''Hero''' of {{DQ9}} is a male or female Celestrian that fell to earth after a calamity struck their home, the Celestrian Observatory. Prior to this accident, the player's mission was to collect benevolessences (star auras in the Japanese version) in his/her assigned village, [[Angel Falls]]. Benevolessences are used to power the Yggdrasil tree that grows at the zenith of the Observatory. The Celestrians are trying to get into the Realms of the Almighty, and powering the World Tree is the only way. After giving the tree five benevolessences, which causes the tree to bear fyggs of incredible magical power, a disaster occurs which sends the fyggs and the hero scatters away. When the hero awakens in Angel Falls, they find that they've lost their wings and halo...
+The '''Hero''' of {{DQ9}} is a Celestrian who falls to earth after a calamity strikes their home, the Celestrian Observatory. Prior to this accident, the player's mission was to collect benevolessences (star auras in the Japanese version) in [[Angel Falls]], the village in their charge. Benevolessences are used to power the Yggdrasil tree that grows at the zenith of the Observatory. The Celestrians are trying to get into the Realms of the Almighty, and powering the World Tree is the only way. After giving the tree five benevolessences, which causes the tree to bear fyggs of incredible magical power, a disaster occurs which sends the fyggs and the hero scatters away. When the hero awakens in Angel Falls, they find that they've lost their wings and halo...
 ==Appearance==
-A unique feature of ''Dragon Quest IX'' is that the player's character is completely customizable. The player chooses gender, height, shade of skin, hair style, hair color, eyes, eye color, and name. The player also designs their party, so it is possible to make all party members look the same.
+A unique feature of ''Dragon Quest IX'' is that the player's character is completely customizable. The player chooses not only the hero's name and gender, but also their height, hairstyle, and face type, as well as the colors of their skin, hair, and irises. The player can also design additional party members using the same customization system, so it is possible to make all members of the party as similar—even to the point of being completely identical with one another—or as different as the player desires.
 The Hero, along with the other Heroes of the series, is playable in ''Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II Legend''. In that game, the Hero is depicted as the brown-haired boy seen in official illustrations.
 ==Vocation and Skills==
-The Hero and Heroine always starts out as a Minstrel, being awarded the title after the inhabitants of Angel Falls confuse his/her Celestrian clothing for that of a wandering entertainer. Players do posses a few unique skills, however: they receive the "Egg On" skill after a scene at the Quester's Rest from Patty early in the game, and will learn the [[Zoom]] spell after returning to the Celestrian Observatory aboard the [[Starflight Express]]. Very soon after the returning from the Observatory back to the Protectorate, the hero shall be able to change his/her vocation/class after obtaining a fygg from the Tower of Trades.
+The Hero and Heroine always starts out as a Minstrel, being awarded the title after the inhabitants of Angel Falls confuse their Celestrian clothing for that of a wandering entertainer. Players do posses a few unique skills, however: they receive the "Egg On" skill after a scene at the Quester's Rest from Patty early in the game, and will learn the [[Zoom]] spell after returning to the Celestrian Observatory aboard the [[Starflight Express]]. Very soon after the returning from the Observatory back to the Protectorate, the hero shall be able to change their vocation after obtaining a fygg from the Tower of Trades.
 ==Trivia==
-*One of the available hairstyles for the male hero is identical to Super Sayian 2 Gohan from ''Dragonball Z''.
+*Many hairstyles available for character customization pay homage to prior character designs created by [[Akira Toriyama]]:
-:*Another hairstyle for a male is identical to Uub from ''Dragonball Z'', both alluding to series illustrator [[Akira Toriyama]]'s famous manga.
+**The default hairstyle for a male hero is the same as that of the male [[Thief]] from ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''.
-*Another hairstyle for males is similar to Shu, the protagonist of ''Blue Dragon'', another RPG series illustrated by Toriyama.
+**One of the available hairstyles for the male hero is identical that of [[the hero|Hero (Dragon Quest VI)]] of ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'', and to Super Saiyan 2 Gohan's from ''Dragon Ball Z'', paying homage to series illustrator Akira Toriyama's famous manga.
-*One of the hairstyles for female heroes is identical to that of the female [[Martial Artist]] in ''Dragon Quest III''.
+**Another hairstyle for a male is a mohawk similar to that of [[Carver]] from ''Dragon Quest VI'', or of Android 16 or Uub from ''Dragon Ball Z''.
-*One concept art for the female protagonist is almost identical to [[Debora Briscoletti]] from ''[[Dragon Quest V]]''.
+**Another hairstyle for males is similar to that of Shu, the protagonist of ''Blue Dragon'', another RPG series illustrated by Toriyama, without the ponytail.
+**Many hairstyles available for female characters are drawn from ''Dragon Quest III''. The hairstyles of the female [[Hero|Hero (Dragon Quest III)]], [[Mage]], [[Martial Artist]], and [[Thief]] are all available.
+**One concept art for the female protagonist is almost identical to [[Debora Briscoletti]] from ''[[Dragon Quest V]]''. Her hairstyle is available to select in-game for female characters.
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