Hero (Dragon Quest VIII): Difference between revisions

{{Spoiler|start}}He is the son of [[Eltrio]], the former crown prince of [[Argonia]], and [[Xia]] a Dragovian, making him Half-[[Human]] and Half-[[Dragovian]]. This union came about when the latter became curious of the human world, and decided to explore it. After encountering Eltrio, Xia fell in love with the young man and spent much time with him. Unfortunately, her father Chen Mui did not approve of the union between a human and a Dragovian, feeling that the two races could never develop true love between them, and forced his daughter back to the Dragovian Sanctuary to ensure she could never see him again. Some time after this, the body of Eltrio was found near the sanctuary's outskirts, having braved the immense dangers alone to reach his beloved, only to die just before reaching the sanctuary. The death of her beloved devastated Xia, and day by day her very life force began to fade. Before joining Eltrio in the afterlife, however, Xia delivered their child in the sanctuary. The boy would live among the Dragovians for several years as the council of elders debated what to do with the anomaly, until one day it was decided that his memories would be sealed to ensure he would never remember his birthplace, and that he would be banished from the sanctuary. His grandfather, realizing the youth was his last connection to his daughter, begged for permission to accompany his grandson. It was decided that he could do so, but only if he took the form of an innocuous mouse, and never spoke a word to him.

One day while exploring the forest outskirts of the castle, Princess [[Medea]] of [[Trodain]] finds the young boy collapsed with a fever with the help of Munchie. The young princess pleads with King Trode to help the boy since otherwise, he would die out in the woods. Eventually, the castle guards bring The Hero back in order to nurse him back to health. [[Medea]] stays at his bedside until he awakes, and the two would become close friends afterwards.

As the son of Eltrio, The Hero is also the nephew of King [[Clavius]] of [[Argonia]] and the cousin of Prince [[Charmles]]. This blood connection is what enables him to supersede Prince [[Charmles]] in the right to marry the heir to [[Trodain]]. By the end of the game, he has become captain of the guard and, depending on the player's actions in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] Version, is either the son-in-law of King [[Trode]] after marrying Princess [[Medea]] or the son-in-law of [[Rosalind Albert]] after marrying {{Jessica}}.{{spoiler|end}}