Hero (Dragon Quest IV): Difference between revisions

|Game=''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''

|Voice Actor=[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437546/ Jun'ichi Kanemaru] ([[Dragon Quest IV CD Theater|CD Theater]])<br>Takeshi Kusao ([[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]])

The '''Hero''' of {{DQ4}} is an 17-year-old man or woman prophesied to defeat [[Psaro]] and save the world from the rising tide of [[Demon]]s. As the only person able to wear the [[Zenithia Equipment]], he or she is the only person in the world capable of doing this. To stop this from happening, Psaro and his minions attempt to eliminate the Hero before he or she can take up arms, but, fortunately, fail.

Uncommon in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, {{DQ4}} allows the player to choose their character's gender. The Hero's name is up to the player, a ''Dragon Quest'' staple, but the default names are '''Solo''' (ソロ) for the male and '''Sofia''' (ソフィア) for the female. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', the Hero of ''Dragon Quest IV'' has been given the default name '''Solo''' as well in order to differentiate him from the other three Heroes appearing in the game. Also, in the ''[[Dragon Quest IV CD Theater|CD Theater]]'' audio drama, the hero is named '''Rei''' (レイ), and in the official novelizations his name is '''Yuuril''' (ユーリル).

| HP || 25 || 734

| MP || 5 || 330

| Strength || 7 || 209

| Agility || 5 || 132

| Resilience || 12 || 213

| Wisdom || 6 || 156

| Luck || 4 || 152

| Level Learned || Original Japanese || [[Dragon Warrior IV|NES Version]] || [[Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen|DS Version]] || MP || Description

| 1 || ニフラム ''[[Nifuramu]]'' || [[Expel]] || [[Poof]] || 3 || Blows away weak enemies.

| 3 || メラ ''[[Mera]]'' || [[Blaze]] || [[Frizz]] || 2 || A simple fire spell; affects one enemy.

| 5 || ベホイミ ''[[Behoimi]]'' || [[Healmore]] || [[Midheal]] || 5 || A stronger form of Heal.

| 7 || ルーラ <br>''[[Ruura]]'' || [[Return]] || [[Zoom]] || 8 || Transport the party to a previously visited location.

| 9 || ギラ ''[[Gira]]'' || [[Firebal]] || [[Sizz]] || 4 || A weak fire spell that affects a group of enemies.

| 11 || トヘロス ''[[Toherosu]]'' || [[Repel]] || [[Holy Protection]] || 8 || Causes weak enemies to leave you alone.

| 15 || ラリホーマ ''[[Rarihooma]]'' || [[Sleepmore]] || [[Kasnooze]] || 3 || May put the enemy to sleep; stronger than the normal [[Sleep]] spell.

| 17 || ザメハ ''[[Zameha]]'' || [[Awake]] || [[Cock-a-doodle-doo]] || 2 || Cast to wake up sleeping party members.

| 19 || マホステ ''[[Snub|Mahosute]]'' || [[Fendspell]] || [[Snub]] || 2 || Prevents enemy spells from reaching the hero.

| 21 || アストロン ''[[Asutoron]]'' || [[Ironize]] || [[Kaclang]] || 2 || Makes the party immune to all enemy attacks for a short period of time.

| 23 || イオラ ''[[Iora]]'' || [[Boom]] || [[Boom]] || 8 || Explosion spell with moderate damage to all enemies.

| 24 || ライデイン ''[[Raidein]]''  || [[Zap]] || [[Zap]] || 4 || Affects one enemy; the first lightning type spell.

| 27 || ベホマ ''[[Behoma]]'' || [[Healall]] || [[Fullheal]] || 7 || Restores an ally to full health.

| 28 || ザオラル ''[[Zaoraru]]'' || [[Vivify]] || [[Zing]] || 12 || 50% chance to revive a deceased party member.

| 30 || モシャス ''[[Moshasu]]'' || [[Transform]] || [[Transform|Morph]] || 5 || Assume the appearance of someone or something else. Not present in the remakes.

| 32 || ベホマズン ''[[Behomazun]]'' || [[Healusall]] || [[Omniheal]] || 36 || Restore the entire party to full health.

| 34 || ギガデイン ''[[Gigadein]]'' || [[Lightning]] || [[Kazap]] || 15 || Affects a group of enemies.  Stronger than Zap.

| 37 || ミナデイン ''[[Minadein]]'' || [[Thordain]] || [[Kazapple]] || 15 || Uses 15 MP from all allies to attack one enemy with a large lightning bolt.

| 39 || パルプンテ ''[[Parupunte]]'' || [[Chance]] || [[Hocus Pocus]] || 20 || A random effect spell.

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Several centuries after their death, the [[Order of Zugzwang]] hunted down and wiped out descendants of the Hero due to the fear that a new Legendary Hero could destroy [[Grandmaster Nimzo]] and his assets.

By the present time of {{DQ5}}, [[Bianca|only]] [[Nera|three]] [[Deborah|descendants]] of the original Legendary Hero remained. One of them would marry the [[Hero (Dragon Quest V)|Hero]] and give birth to [[Hero's Son (Dragon Quest V)|the new Legendary Hero]] who would set out to vanquish Grandmaster Nimzo.

*In [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]], Round 3 of the Hero's Classic Mode route is against the Hero from ''IV'', fought on Temple. This may be a reference to Zenithia, an important location in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, as both are floating castles.

DQIV_Hero_Famicom_Art.png|Hero art for the Famicom.

DQIV Zenithian Helm.png|Wearing the Zenithian Helm.

DQIV Hero.jpg|Male Hero, PlayStation art.

DQMBR Heroes.png|''Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Victory''. (third from left)

DQ4Herosofubi.jpg|Male Hero, [[Dragon Quest Sofubi Character]] series.