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Dai
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

Japanese name	ダイ
Romaji	Dai
Title	The little hero
Class	Hero
Race	Human Warning: Spoilers! Click expand to view content Dragon Knight
Age	12
Family	Brass (adoptive grandfather) Warning: Spoilers! Click expand to view content Baran (father) Soala (mother)
Voice actor	Sabrina Pitre (English, 2020 series)

Dai is the main protagonist of the multimedia series Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. During the story, he travels with Popp, Maam, and his friend Gomechan with the purpose of defeating Dark Lord Hadlar. He is a hero and one of the Disciples of Avan.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of DaiEdit

Dai is a young boy who dreams of becoming a Hero.

StoryEdit

Brass raises his adoptive grandchild Dai on the peaceful island of monsters, Dermline Island. Dai has always dreamt of becoming a hero, but the old lump shaman insists on raising him as a mage without much success. One day, a party of fake heroes arrives on the island, and decieves Dai, harms the friendly monsters and kidnaps Gomechan. Dai, with the help of some monster friends follows the fake heroes's ship and manages to save Gomechan. The king of the kingdom the impostors were headed to, King Romos, grants him the title of "little hero" and gives him the Crown of Champions.

Some months later, Princess Leona of Papnica, accompanied by her sage teacher Baron and the kingdom's bishop Temujin and some guards arrive to Dermline to meet the little hero and have her undergo a ritual to become a sage. Dai guides them towards the cave they need to visit, and Leona gives him the Knife of Papnica, an orichalcum weapon that has been passed down in her family. Once in the cave, Dai and Leona find an evil scorpion, which inflicts Leona with poison. It's then when Baron and Temujin reveal their complot to have Leona killed during this trip. Dai, unknowingly, unleashes the power of his dragon crest and is able to cast powerful spells he wasn't able to cast before: first Zapple to defeat the scorpion and later Kashooshle when Temujin unveils his modified killing machine and threatens to hurt Brass. Dai then cuts a hole on Temujin's armor using the Knife of Papnica and casts one last spell: Sizzle.

After saving Princess Leona, she sends Hero Avan and his apprentice Popp to Dermline. Dai soon becomes a student under Avan's guidance and learns new skills. Avan gives Dai a sped-up training course so he can become a hero quickly, teaching him the Earth Slash and Wave Slash, two of three parts of Avan's signature Avan Strash. Before Dai can learn the Air Slash, the course is cut short when the former Dark Lord Hadlar shows up to finish Avan, who is revealed to be the former Hero. After handing Dai and Popp graduation necklaces, the Insignia of Avan, the hero sacrifices himself to defeat Hadlar and protect his students, urging that they train and become strong enough to defeat the new Dark King, Vearn. Hadlar survives Avan's attacks, but is quickly overcome by Dai's strength thanks to the Dragon Crest that appeared on his head, and forced to retreat. Dai and Popp set out together to defeat the Dark Army, and eventually, the Dark King.

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PersonalityEdit

Dai is a kind, brave, headstrong hero who fights for justice. He initially comes off as naïve but sometimes he's not an idiot, he has a mischief side and always had a strong sense of justice, largely because of a result that Dai was raised by monsters and he's the only human feral child on Dermline Island, lack of contact with humanity at large which leaves him only to assume to best intentions out of the people he meets with, being largely unable to deduce second intentions.

Dai's most defining trait is his courage because it is the secret weapon of the hero, never backing down and fighting for true justice, regardless of the difference in strength between himself and his foes, always trying to overcome his present obstacles, a trait that has won over many individuals to his side and help him, for he has a heart of a true hero. In both instances, although shocked at the malice he is witnessing, he is nonetheless brave enough to hold his ground and fight back being completely capable of discerning between right and wrong and fight against perceived wrongdoing like when Dai refused to run away from the battle of Flazzard even know the Blizzblaze Curse Field drain his powers but continue to fight, but making him stubborn and reckless as he almost got killed which made maam no choice but to knock him out to escape.

Being a feral child, Dai gets along impressively well with the monsters of Dermline Island, acting as a leader of the pack of sorts as the monsters follow his every directive with both sides treating each other as a genuine family, his love for his family is a weakness as see when his saw all monsters of Dermline Island are turning evil because as a result of Hadlar's influence.

RelationshipsEdit

Brass: Dai is the adoptive grandchild of this lump shaman.
Avan: Dai admires Avan for vanquishing Hadlar in the past. He soon becomes his student and inherits Avan's wish for world peace.
Popp: The hero-to-be and the mage-to-be are just students of the same teacher at first, but they quickly become best friends, with a sibling dynamic.

AbilitiesEdit

Avan Style Sword Techniques

Dai possesses a natural talent for swordsmanship, already being skilled enough to defeat the Fake Heroes during their first battle. He would complete Avan's infamous Special Hard Course in only 3 days, learning the Earth Slash and Wave Slash techniques, and later master Air Slash through his own training.

Earth Slash: A sword technique with high raw power, capable of cutting through barriers of stone and metal.
Wave Slash: A sword technique which launches a shockwave to attack from a distance; it possesses great speed and the ability to cut through shapeless things like flames.
Air Slash: A sword technique imbued with the Aura of Light to cut through the unseen; it is especially potent against enemies composed of Dark Aura, capable of dispelling their powers and damaging the soul directly.
Avan Strash: A combination of the Earth, Wave and Air techniques into a single strike. Can be used as a projectile (Avan Strash Arrow) or by charging at the opponent (Avan Strash Break). Dai was able to use a version of Avan Strash even before mastering the Air technique, albeit at significantly reduced power.
Avan Strash Cross: A self-invented combo technique which releases two Avan Strashes with precise timing (an Arrow followed by a Break) so that both impact the target at the same time, producing a dramatically stronger effect. After Giga Strash, it is considered Dai's strongest attack.

Magic spells

While Dai's adoptive father Brass was a competent Mage who contracted him with many spells, he has little natural talent for the art, initially struggling with even a basic Frizz. While his Dragon Crest is active his mana control improves to around that of an average Mage, allowing him to cast mid-tier spells like Frizzle. Dai would also undergo training to master Zapple and later Levizoom as counters to specific opponents.

Frizz / Frizzle - Low- and mid-tier Fire element attack spells
Whoosh / Swoosh - Low- and mid-tier Wind element attack spells
Sizz - The most basic area-of-effect Fire spell
Crack - The most basic Ice element attack spell
Zapple - A Hero-exclusive spell which calls down a lighting bolt from above
Boom - Flings a ball of light from the caster's hand which explodes on impact
Levizoom - A refined version of the Zoom spell which can be used for fully-controlled flight

Dai can indirectly access Kazap by casting a Zapple spell into the Sword of Dai and using its sheath to amplify its effects. While never shown in the story, this could presumably be used to replicate Kafrizz, Kaswoosh, Kacrack and Kaboom as well.

Magic Sword

Dai possesses the Dragon Knight ability to channel attack spells into his weapon, even without his Dragon Crest active. He has used this to create the following additional techniques:

Fire Earth Slash: An Earth Slash imbued with the power of Frizz.
Zapple Strash: An Avan Strash imbued with the power of Zapple, used as a finishing move.
Giga Break: A Dragon Knight finishing move copied from Baran, a two-handed sword charge imbued with the power of lightning; before receiving the Sword of Dai's spell-enhancing sheath, Dai's version is weakened due to using a Zapple spell in place of the intended Kazap.
Giga Strash: A variation of Giga Break in which Dai switches to an Avan Strash motion midway through his charge, greatly increasing its cutting power.

Dragon Crest

As a halfblood Dragon Knight, in times of stress Dai manifests a glowing crest on his forehead shaped like a stylised dragon's head. In this state he combines the spirit of Humans with the monstrous strength of Dragons and the magical power of Darklings, allowing him to decapitate a Hydra with his bare hands and cast spells beyond his usual limits (such as Frizzle and initially Levizoom). In time Dai gains the ability to call upon this power at will, though initially he is vulnerable to burning through the crest's power too quickly and exhausting himself.

During his battle with the true Dragon Knight Baran, Dai's strong emotions and predominantly human blood have the unprecedented effect of causing his Human power to overflow and concentrate his Dragon and Darkling powers into a single part of his body; this shifts Dai's crest from his head to his fist and makes it far easier to control, allowing him to draw on its power of Draconic Aura to make his skin harder than steel and imbue his attacks with tremendous destructive power which disrupts healing magic.

After Baran bequeaths all his power to Dai, he becomes a unique "Super Dragon Knight" with crests on both hands. In this state his strength rises beyond even Baran's berserk Dragonoid form, and he gains access to the accumulated combat instincts of generations of Dragon Knights as well as the Crest Beam and Doruora techniques. Dai later reveals that he can boost his strength even further by recombining his crests to transform into a Dragonoid himself, though his version lacks the wings and scales of Baran's.

Dragon Quest of the StarsEdit

Dai appeared in multiple crossover events with the Japanese version of this game. Many Dai equipment was available to players as gacha items, some of them even have Alchemy and Awakening.

Jump ForceEdit

Dai is a playable character in Jump Force (spoiler warning for his gameplay)

Special moves:

Avan Strash A - The Avan Strash Arrow type, a ranged attack that costs just 1 Ability Gauge point.

Avan Strash B - The Avan Strash Break type, a close-up attack that costs 2 Ability Gauge points.

Avan Strash C - Dai's very own Avan Strash Cross type, which is not a selectable special move. You perform it in game by using an Avan Strash A, then Avan Strash B before the first Avan Strash hits, effectively costing 3 Ability Gauge points.

Dragonic Aura Release - After activation, your Ability Gauge is slowly drained, but you do increased damage and take reduced damage from physical attacks. You must have at least 3 Ability Gauge points to use the ability.

Giga Strash - Dai's ultimate attack. When his Awakening Gauge is at least half full, he can spend it to use Giga Strash. He casts Zapple and sheathes his Sword of Dai, then dashes at the enemy with a barrage of punches until he can use an Avan Strash that resembles Baran's Gigabreak.

Awakening: Dragonoid/Ryumajin

When Dai's Awakening Gauge is at least half full, he can transform into his Dragonoid form. He moves his Dual Dragon Crests to his head and unleashes both of their full power to take the form of a true Dragon Knight.

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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's BondsEdit

Main Article: Dai (A Hero's Bonds).
Dai is one of the main characters in this game. Alongside Popp, he is the first character to join the Luminary Leader in their quest. He is a Hero-type character who uses swords. He is a well-rounded character.

Dai's profile: "Washed ashore on Dermline Island as a baby, Dai was raised by the Lump shaman Brass. More recently his latent talents have flourished under the tutelage of Avan, the hero who once saved the world from Hadlar."

Dragon Quest TactEdit

Dai appears as a S-rank member of the Hero family as part of the limited The First Adventure of Dai event on his own banner alongside Popp. He can participate in Maam's Battle Road as a party member and appears as a boss in the special Disciple of Avan battle alongside Popp and Maam.

Dai (ダイ Dai)

Stats


Family		Rank		Role
Hero				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
130		804	261	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
423	292	371	151	60

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Earth Slash		Wave Slash*		Air Slash* Coup de Grâce: Avan Strash*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Draconic Aura / Stats Up	Crack Res +25 / Stats Up	Avan Style Sword Technique / Stats Up Leona's Bond: Reduces Damage by 50% for 1 turn if user's HP drops to 50% or less up to 1 time per battle
Fourth	Fifth
Bang Res +25 / Stats Up	Avan's Teachings: Sword Techniques / Stats Up / Max HP +50

Leader Perks

First
Raises physical potency of allies, including himself, by 15% in a 5x5 square around him.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
ATK +15 AGL +20	Dragon Crest: Action start: When HP is 50% or less, grants the user x1.5 physical potency and effects.	Air Slash Potency +2% Avan Strash Potency +2%

Perk Details

First
Draconic Aura: Action start: When HP is 20% or over, raises Move and reduces damage by 20%.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Very Weak	Very Weak	Half Res	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Super Weak	Immune	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal

He later appears in his Papnican Armour as Dragon Knight Dai who is an S-rank member of the Hero family as part of the limited Second Adventure of Dai event on his own banner alongside Martial Artist Maam and Mage Popp. He can also participate in Dark Armour Spear Hyunckel's Battle Road as a party member.

Dragon Knight Dai (竜の騎士ダイ Ryū no kishi Dai)