Hero (Dragon Quest VII)

Hero
Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Sprite(s)
Title	Fisherman's Son
Class	Adjustable
Race	Human
Age	16
Family	Pollock (Father) Pearl (Mother) Pike (Uncle) Sharkeye (Ancestor)

"A boy from Pilchard Bay, a fishing village on Estard Island. Though he leads a peaceful life as a fisherman's son, he often wonders about what lies beyond the sea"

—Official description

The Hero of Dragon Quest VII is a young boy who lives with his father Pollock, a prominent fisherman, and mother Pearl in the coastal village of Pilchard Bay. He is childhood friends with the mayor's daughter Maribel Mayde and Prince Kiefer of Estard Castle, who travel with him to explore the mysterious nature of their island home.

Appearance and personalityEdit

Akira Toriyama designed the Hero of Dragon Quest VII before the game's scenario was finalized; he understood that Pilchard Bay was a fishing village and that Pollock was the foremost fisherman, but found the notion of the boy simply not caring much for the profession to be more interesting. In keeping with this he envisioned the Hero as a simple country boy who preferred playing in the mountains over the beach and loved small animals, drawing him with green clothing different from his father's sailing outfit and giving him a pet chameleon to reflect his kind-heartedness^[1].

In keeping with tradition in the Dragon Quest series, the Hero does not have the ability to speak in the game because he is the avatar of the player. He only communicates through prompts of yes and no. However, he is generally liked by the people of Pilchard Bay and Estard. He is somewhat of a late sleeper, much to his mother's consternation. He also has a problem refusing people's requests and is constantly bullied into doing stuff by Maribel or his uncle Pike.

In the 3DS remake, if the player decides to look in a mirror while the Hero is the first character in the party line-up, he will be captivated by how stylish he looks, find a different face looking back at him, be unable to see his reflection from steam, decide that his left side is his best side, notice he has grown a little tougher-looking, see that his face is flushed bright red, wipe the mirror, realize he didn't wash his face that morning, remain transfixed for a while, start counting his beauty spots, fix his hair, practice his most winning smile, notice his hair has grown long and unruly, realize his shirt is on back-to-front, see a tired-looking reflection, and grin awkwardly.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten PastEdit

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The game begins with the Hero and Kiefer finishing their exploration of the ruins as the sun goes down on the island. Later on that night, Maribel asks the Hero what he was doing. Regardless the answer, Maribel will not be pleased and she tells him that she will find out what he is doing sooner or later.

Morning breaks and he is awakened by Pearl, his mother, who scolds him. She gives him a pilchard sandwich and tell the Hero to deliver it to his father, Pollock. The Hero does so and is ordered by his father to clean up the ship's interior. While there, he finds Maribel trying to stow away on the ship. She tries to convince the Hero not to rat her out, when she is also discovered by the ship's cook, who throws out the young woman. After this, Pollock tells the Hero that he is not ready to come with him. He tells the Hero to look after his mother while she is preparing for the pilchard harvest. The Hero exits the ship and watches it depart.

Afterwards, he is approached by a soldier from Estard Castle. He tells the Hero that the King Donald wishes to speak to him. After the message was delivered, the Hero prepares to leave when Maribel approaches him. Overhearing this, she imposes herself on the Hero and the two head to Estard Castle Town. They arrive without any problems and Maribel leaves to look at dresses.

The Hero enters the castle to speak with King Donald. The king asks him about Kiefer, his son, and his whereabouts. Regardless of the answer, the king will be agitated by the answer. He explains that Kiefer stole the Sunstone, his mother's ring.

After his meeting with the king, the Hero goes to find Kiefer who is at the ruins, who has already tried the Sunstone on the statue in the Ruins without success. Kiefer tells the Hero about what he had found out in the library and explains that this must have something to do with the ruins. He gives the Hero the scroll and asks him to figure out something with it.

The Hero heads to the Sage on the Cliff and gives him the scroll. The Sage tells the Hero that he can translate this document. The Hero goes to find Kiefer so that they can hear the explanation.

Armed with the information, the pair head back to the ruins and finally open it. After solving the secret of the ruins, they enter the Pedestal Room. They find two tablet pieces but are unable to complete the pictograph without the final piece. Having done all that can be done for now, the two leave the ruins and head back to their respective rooms.

When the Hero returns home, he is greeted by Pollock. He tells the Hero that he had found something interesting. He gives the Hero the missing tablet piece. With the final piece, the Hero finds Kiefer and they head back to the ruins.

When the boys get there, they are confronted by Maribel who threatens to expose their secret unless they take her with them. Having no other options, they agree. The trio get to the Pedestal Room and place the final piece in the Pedestal. An amazing thing happens. The trio are transported into the past.

Once they are able to free the land of its problem, it reappears in the present world. Thus the hero, Kiefer and Maribel head off to find all of the shards and restore the world to its proper form, and to defeat Orgodemir, the evil behind it all.

From there, they go on many adventures to restore the world to its former glory.

Base StatsEdit

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stats
Level	1	99
HP	25	900
MP	0	700
Strength	8	400
Agility	6	200
Resilience	5	210
Wisdom	5	330
Style	4	100
Initial gear

SpellsEdit

The Hero learns the following abilities naturally.

Level	Skill/Spell	MP Required	Target	Info	Oomph
3	Heal	2	One Ally	Restores 30HP to a single character	N/A
6	Buff	3	One Ally	Increases a single character's defense	N/A
8	Zoom	1	Field Spell	Returns the party to any previously visited town (Does not work indoors) (Does not work in the past)	N/A
12	Midheal	4	One Ally	Restores 80HP to a single character	N/A
28	Evac	8	Field Spell	Allows the party to escape dungeons, cave, etc	N/A
Event	The Great Leveller	15	One Enemy	Prevents a single enemy from using augmentative spells	N/A
Event	The Greater Leveller	20	All Enemies	Prevents all enemies from using augmentative spells	N/A

In the 3ds version, the Hero will display a unique animation when using the Blade of Ultimate Power skill.

EquipmentEdit

Dragon Quest VII (All)
Weapon	Modifier(s)
Cypress stick	Attack +2
Bamboo spear	Attack +5
Oaken club	Attack +8
Copper sword	Attack +11
Divine dagger	Attack +14
Boomerang	Attack +15
Falcon blade	Attack +22
Iron lance	Attack +23
Edged boomerang	Attack +26
Slime stick‡	Attack +28
Steel broadsword	Attack +33
Holy lance	Attack +36
Iron axe	Attack +38
Joker's soaker‡	Attack +39
Knuckledusters	Attack +40
Cautery sword	Attack +42
Frying pan‡	Attack +44
Battle-axe	Attack +49
Dragontail whip	Attack +52
Saw blade	Attack +54
Rippled rapier	Attack +55
Faerie foil	Attack +58
Platinum sword	Attack +60
War hammer	Attack +63
Flametang boomerang	Attack +65
Dream blade	Attack +65
Mercury's rapier	Attack +65
Watermaul wand	Attack +74
Zombiesbane	Attack +75
Dragonsbane	Attack +83
Fire blade	Attack +87
Sword of the Roamers	Attack +90
Sunderbolt blade	Attack +95
Godacus blade	Attack +97
Miracle sword	Attack +100
Blizzard blade	Attack +105
Bastard sword	Attack +109
Sword of ruin	Attack +110
Great bow	Attack +110
Hela's hammer	Attack +115
Double-edged sword	Attack +117
Hela's hefty hammer‡	Attack +120
Kingsblade	Attack +120
Flail of destruction	Attack +125
sea Serpent Sabre	Attack +125
Metal king sword	Attack +130
Okeanos Sword	Attack +140
Gringham whip	Attack +145

Dragon Quest VII (All)
Helmet	Modifier(s)
Canny cap	Defense +0
Leather hat	Defense +3
Pointy hat	Defense +5
Hardwood headwear	Defense +6
Shellmet	Defense +8
Mad cap	Defense +8
Tin pot‡	Defense +9
Turban	Defense +12
Raving mad cap‡	Defense +13
Iron helmet	Defense +16
Top hat	Defense +17
Pirate's hat	Defense +19
Iron mask	Defense +22
Hermes' hat	Defense +24
Pillager's helmet	Defense +25
Platinum headgear	Defense +28
Slime crown	Defense +31
Mythril helm	Defense +32
Happy hat	Defense +37
Thinking cap	Defense +37
Seacow sallet	Defense +40
Great helm	Defense +45
Sun crown‡	Defense +52
Pyros helm	Defense +52
Metal King Helm	Defense +60
Mask of Implacability‡	Defense +255

Dragon Quest VII (All)
Armor	Modifier(s)
Plain clothes	Defense +4
Boxer shorts	Defense +5
Wayfarer's clothes	Defense +7
Silk tuxedo	Defense +10
Leather armor	Defense +11
Scale armour	Defense +15
Shell armour	Defense +18
Slime gooniform	Defense +20
Chain mail	Defense +20
Bronze armour	Defense +23
Iron cuirass	Defense +26
Garish garb	Defense +28
Iron armour	Defense +30
Captain's coat	Defense +32
Windcheater‡	Defense +33
Full plate armour	Defense +34
Silver cuirass	Defense +36
Pillager's platemail	Defense +38
Glombolero	Defense +40
Smart suit	Defense +40
Silver mail	Defense +43
Magic armour	Defense +47
Heavy armour	Defense +50
Glitzy Glombolero	Defense +50
Spiked armour	Defense +55
Enchanted armour	Defense +55
Dragon mail	Defense +60
Platinum mail	Defense +63
Hate mail	Defense +65
Slime armour	Defense +67
Flame armour	Defense +70
Sacred armour	Defense +75
Hela's armour	Defense +85
Sacreder armour‡	Defense +88
Pallium regale	Defense +90
Gigant armour	Defense +92
Mirror armour	Defense +95
Dragon robe	Defense +95
Metal king armour	Defense +115
Gaia armour	Defense +125

Dragon Quest VII (All)
Shields	Modifier(s)
Pot lid	Defense+2
Leather shield	Defense+4
Scale shield	Defense+7
Bronze shield	Defense+11
Iron shield	Defense+13
White shield	Defense+16
Slime shield	Defense+17
Magic shield	Defense+18
Encyclopaedia Titanica‡	Defense+20
Ice shield	Defense+24
Platinum shield	Defense+25
Dragon shield	Defense+26
Bottlenose buckler	Defense+28
Tempest shield	Defense+32
Premium pot lid‡	Defense+35
Flame shield	Defense+36
Power shield	Defense+40
Shield of shame	Defense+42
Max power shield‡	Defense+48
Silver shield	Defense+50
Ruinous shield	Defense+57
Aeras shield	Defense+60
Shimmering shield‡	Defense+65
Metal king shield	Defense+70

Dragon Quest VII (All)
Accessories	Modifier(s)
Agility ring	Agility +15
Air Amulet	Agility +50
Bow tie	Defense +2
Bunny tail	Style +2
Earth Amulet	Defense +20
Elevating shoes	Style +5
Extra elevating shoes‡	Style +15
Eye of Rubiss‡	Style +25
Fire Amulet	Attack +25
Gold bracer	Defense +5
Gospel ring	Defense +50
Kamikazee bracer	Defense +10
Kerplunk bracer	Defense +10
Life ring	Defense +5
Lifesaving medal‡	Style +8
Lucky pendant‡	Defense +5
Mercury's bandana	Agility +30
Mermaid Moon	Style +5
Meteorite bracer	Agility x2
Mighty armlet	Attack +15
Prayer ring	Defense +5
Ruby of protection	Defense +10
Scholar's specs	Wisdom +15
Slime earrings	Defense +1
Snappy slippers‡	Agility +25
Soldier's medal‡	Style +8
Strength ring	Attack +7
Trailblazing bandana	Defense +5
Water Amulet	Defense +30
Windbreaker‡	Agility +50

‡3DS version only.

Vocation strategyEdit

The Hero is very flexible in every category. He can equip most of the weapons and armors in the game. His statistics are above average which makes him very suited to be molded into whatever role the player would like. Players should make sure to have the Hero learn three intermediate classes so that the Hero Class is available as its move set are some of the best skills/spells to learn. It is also advisable to use the seeds that are found in-game on the Hero as he is the only character that stays with the player from beginning to end.

Dragon Quest VII ReimaginedEdit

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TriviaEdit

In the official manga, the Hero's name is Arus. In the English release of the 3DS version, he was given the default name Auster in promotional material. The trailer for Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined calls him Arus.
The Hero's default name Auster in the 3DS version is potentially a pun on "oyster", which compliments his mother's name, Pearl. This also fits into the naming conventions of the rest of his family, which all relate to fish or sea creatures.
The Hero also appeared in the crossover game Itadaki Street Special for the PlayStation 2.
According to a woman in Pilchard Bay, the Hero was born four months premature, with no health issues. This is the player's first hint of his unusual origins.
Despite his skinny physique the lad was the physically strongest Hero in the series for 24 years until the release of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake in 2024, where his strength stat of 400 was surpassed by that game's Hero

GalleryEdit

PlayStation art
4koma art by Yumiko Murakami
3DS art
Reimagined render
With Kiefer
With Sir Mervyn
Being woken up by mom
Entering the Shrine of Mysteries
Sailing the open ocean
At Alltrades Abbey
At Monster Meadows
The Hero and Aishe exploring Coral Cave
A vision of the Hero surrounded by his friends
Placing a shard on a pedestal
Fighting monsters
Tact official art.
Trading card
Reeling in a Moogle in Itadaki Street Special
VII 4koma volume 2 cover
VII 4koma volume 7 cover
VII 4koma volume 8 cover
From Manga series DQ VII: Warriors of Eden
Facing the Glowering Inferno
VII's Hero in the Hero's Final Smash

3DS vocation artworkEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ クローズアップ1: カメレオンあははは！このカメレオンですかぁ。カメレオンを描いた理由は、小動物好きの男の子って感じにしたかったからなんです。しかも田舎の山で遊んでるってことを考えたら、トカゲのような、カメレオンのような小動物がピッタリかなって思ったもんですから。クローズアップ2: 服装フィッシュベルの村の設定では、一番の人たちは主人公のような服装をしているんです。お父さんは、たまたま漁師なんで、ちょっと違う服を着ているんですね。服の色が緑なのは、やっぱり山で遊んでるっていうイメージが強ったせいです。（笑）創造主のコメント主人公は、小動物好きの素朴な少年今回の主人公は「ごくごく素朴な少年って感じで描いてください」という注文でしたので、多少あいきょうがあるように描きました。設定がそんなに決まっていないぶん、自分でいろいろと想像しながらかけたんで、とても楽しかったです！いわゆる典型的な勇者っているのは、これまでずっと描いてきてるんで、ちょっとあきちゃったんです。で、ボクはこの主人公に関しては、田舎の子、というイメージで描きました。いろいろ資料を集めて、外国の地方の衣装なんかも参考にしました。かなりアレンジしてますけどね。主人公は「漁師の息子」という設定なんだけれど、ボクは「きっとこの子は漁には興味がなくて、いつも山で遊んでるんだろうな～」とか想像しながら描いてたんです！ V Jump March 2000 interview

[1] クローズアップ1: カメレオンあははは！このカメレオンですかぁ。カメレオンを描いた理由は、小動物好きの男の子って感じにしたかったからなんです。しかも田舎の山で遊んでるってことを考えたら、トカゲのような、カメレオンのような小動物がピッタリかなって思ったもんですから。クローズアップ2: 服装フィッシュベルの村の設定では、一番の人たちは主人公のような服装をしているんです。お父さんは、たまたま漁師なんで、ちょっと違う服を着ているんですね。服の色が緑なのは、やっぱり山で遊んでるっていうイメージが強ったせいです。（笑）創造主のコメント主人公は、小動物好きの素朴な少年今回の主人公は「ごくごく素朴な少年って感じで描いてください」という注文でしたので、多少あいきょうがあるように描きました。設定がそんなに決まっていないぶん、自分でいろいろと想像しながらかけたんで、とても楽しかったです！いわゆる典型的な勇者っているのは、これまでずっと描いてきてるんで、ちょっとあきちゃったんです。で、ボクはこの主人公に関しては、田舎の子、というイメージで描きました。いろいろ資料を集めて、外国の地方の衣装なんかも参考にしました。かなりアレンジしてますけどね。主人公は「漁師の息子」という設定なんだけれど、ボクは「きっとこの子は漁には興味がなくて、いつも山で遊んでるんだろうな～」とか想像しながら描いてたんです！ V Jump March 2000 interview

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