Hero (Dragon Quest IV): Difference between revisions

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 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).

On one starry night, an angel fell from the sky castle of [[Zenithia]]. She subsequently fell in love with a human woodcutter and, together, they produced a half-human, half-Zenithian child - the Hero. However, because this union was forbidden, the father was struck down by a bolt of lightning. After the child's birth, the angel returned to Zenithia and the woodcutter's father became bitter and lived in solitude. The Hero was then brought up by two loving foster parents in a small village near the woodcutter's hut, to be protected by the denizens of the settlement until the hero came of age. He or she grows up alongside his or her childhood friend, [[Eliza]], and proceeds to train with a master swordsman regularly. However, the Hero's peaceful existence wasn't to last; eventually, Psaro's minions discovered the secretive village and assaulted it with the objective of assassinating the eighteen-year-old. They slaughtered all the villagers who stood in their way, including Eliza, who died while masquerading as the Hero with her transformation ability. Thinking that they had defeated the real Hero, the minions of Psaro left the ruins of the village. The Hero, after witnessing the savage ruins of his or her home, leaves on a journey to discover their true identity and save the world, embracing his or her destiny as the hero.

==Stats==

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| Initial gear ||colspan=2|[[Cypress stick]], [[Plain clothes]]

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==Spells==

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==Equipment==

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Cypress Stick]]|statModifier=Attack +2}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Falcon Knife Earrings]]♥|statModifier=Attack +5}}

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{{CharacterEquipmentList|footer}}|Helmets|

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Leather Hat]]|statModifier=Defense +2}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Hardwood Headwear]]|statModifier=Defense +6}}

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{{CharacterEquipmentList|footer}}|Armor|

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Plain Clothes]]|statModifier=Defense+4}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Wayfarer's Clothes]]|statModifier=Defense+8}}

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{{CharacterEquipmentList|footer}}|Shields|

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Leather Shield]]|statModifier=Defense+4}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Scale Shield]]|statModifier=Defense+7}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|note|text=}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|footer}}|Accessories|

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Strength Ring]]|statModifier=Strength+8}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Mighty Armlet]]|statModifier=Strength+25}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Elevating Shoes]]|statModifier=Luck+50}}

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===See also===