Hero (Dragon Quest)

Hero
Dragon Quest Dragon Quest I & II Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Kenshin Dragon Quest
DQ I Kenshin DQ
Sprite(s)
Japanese name	勇者
Romaji	Yuusha
Title	Erdrick Erdrick's Heir (HD-2D) Descendant of Heroes (I) Scion of Erdrick (Tact)
Vocation	Hero
Race	Human
Age	16
Family	Ortega (ancestor) Erdrick (ancestor) Prince of Midenhall (descendant) Prince of Cannock (descendent) Princess of Moonbrooke (descendant) Princess of Cannock (descendant)
Voice actor	Toshihiko Seki (Japanese, CD Theater) Natsuki Hanae (Japanese, Rivals onward) James Bradwell (English, I & II HD-2D Remake)

The Hero of the first Dragon Quest game is a descendant of Erdrick who set out to rid Alefgard of the evil tyranny of the dreaded Dragonlord and bring light back to the kingdom.

His name in the Japanese CD drama and novelization is Alef (アレフ, Arefu^?). In the HD-2D Remake he is given the default name Solo, a name shared with the Hero of Dragon Quest IV.

Appearance and personality edit

The Hero is a young man with a muscular, athletic build, dark brown hair, and dark eyes. Underneath his helmet, he has shaggy, spiky black hair. He wears orange clothes underneath a simple set of blue armour, blue and white boots, red gloves, a horned blue helmet with a red plume, and a long, red cape with white lining attached to his pauldrons. Around his waist, he wears a leather belt with a gold Mark of Erdrick as a buckle, along with a blue and gold scabbard on his left side. He wields a simple cutlass and a round blue shield with a red jewel in the center.

The sprite in the original game wears the same blue set of armour over white clothing, a blue horned helmet with a white plume, and he carries a simple sword and shield.

Setting the narrative standard for all other Dragon Quest protagonists to follow, the Hero is silent, only communicating in answers of 'Yes' and 'No'. This was a conscious decision made by series creator Yuji Horii to help draw the player into the world of Alefgard on a more personal level, rather than viewing the events of the game as an observer.

Kenshin Dragon Quest and some spinoff games depict an alternate design for the Hero with blue eyes and spiky blond hair. He wears a silver coronet with a blue gemstone around his forehead similar to his ancestor. Instead of armour, he wears a red tabard emblazoned with a yellow Mark of Erdrick on the front over simple leather armour and a long blue tunic, black trousers, and purple boots.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest edit

Stats edit

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stat A	Maximum Stat B
Level	1	30	30
HP	?	195	177
MP	?	193	178
Strength	?	136	122
Agility	?	126	114
Resilience	?	63	57
Initial gear	Bamboo spear in the remakes

Note: The Hero's initial stats are randomly decided by a complex formula that uses the letters selected by players. This is why there is a high maximum and low maximum for level 30 stats, and why certain names make the beginning of the game easier than others.

Spells edit

Setting the standard magic knight archetype of the series' protagonists, the descendant of Erdrick is equally adept at magic as he is with weapons.

Spell	DW naming	Level		MP	Description
Spell	DW naming	Original	Phone	MP	Description
Heal	Heal	3		4	A simple healing spell; recover 10 - 30 HP.
Sizz	Hurt	4	7	2	Singes the enemy with a small fireball.
Snooze	Sleep	7	9	2	Sends the enemy into a deep sleep.
Glow	Radiant	9	12	3	Lights up even the dingiest dungeon.
Fizzle	Stopspell	10	13	2	Causes enemy spells to fizzle and die.
Evac	Outside	12	15	6	Instantly escape from the depths of any dungeon.
Zoom	Return	13	16	8	Instantly return to the safety of a stronghold
Holy Protection	Repel	15	22	2	Wards off weaker monsters.
Midheal	Healmore	17	24	10	Restores 85~100 HP.
Sizzle	Hurtmore	19	26	5	Burns the enemy with a blazing wall of fire.

Experience table edit

Dragon Quest (NES)
Level	Experience
1	0
2	7
3	23
4	47
5	110
6	220
7	450
8	800
9	1300
10	2000
11	2900
12	4000
13	5500
14	7500
15	10000
16	13000
17	16000
18	19000
19	22000
20	26000
21	30000
22	34000
23	38000
24	42000
25	46000
26	50000
27	54000
28	58000
29	62000
30	65000

Dragon Quest (Remakes)
Level	Experience
1	0
2	7
3	23
4	47
5	110
6	220
7	450
8	800
9	1300
10	2000
11	2900
12	4000
13	5500
14	7500
15	10000
16	13000
17	16000
18	19000
19	22000
20	26000
21	30000
22	34000
23	38000
24	42000
25	46000
26	50000
27	54000
28	58000
29	62000
30	65000

Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake edit

Spells edit

Name	MP Cost	Learned	Description
Sizz	4	Lv. 4	Singes a group of enemies with a blazing fire.
Sizzle	8	Lv. 14	Burns a group of enemies with a blazing wall of fire.
Kasizz	16	Lv. 30	Scorches a group of enemies with blazing flames from the underworld.
Zap	6	Lv. 8	Calls down lightning on a single enemy.
Zapple	10	Lv. 21	Calls down fearsome lightning on a single enemy.
Kazap	30	Lv. 35	Rains down powerful thunderbolts on all enemies.
Crack	3	Scroll	Pierces a single enemy with razor-sharp icicles.
Crackle	9	Scroll	Rips into a group of enemies with sharp icicles.
Kacrack	12	Scroll	Skewers all enemies with a hail of sharp icicles.
Insulatle	8	Lv. 32	Forms a barrier that protects from breath attacks.
Snub	6	Scroll	Builds a barrier that protects you from spells.
Magic Barrier	6	Scroll	Builds a barrier that provides protection from enemy spells.
Snooze	3	Lv. 6	Puts a group of enemies to sleep.
Fizzle	5	Lv. 10	Prevents a group of enemies from using magic.
Heal	3	Lv. 3	Restores at least 30 HP.
Midheal	6	Lv. 17	Restores at least 75 HP.
Moreheal	10	Scroll	Restores at least 164 HP.
Reheal	6	Scroll	Gradually restores HP.
Peep	0	Lv. 8	Providers an appraisal of items and reveals the nature of a treasure chest's contents.
Evac	0	Lv. 12	Allows you to exist instantly from dungeons, caves, and towers.
Zoom	0	Lv. 13	Allows you to return instantly to certain places you have visited before.
Holy Protection	4	Lv. 15	Generates a holy aura that causes weaker monsters to avoid your party.
Safe Passage	2	Scroll	Allows the user and any companions to float unharmed over hazardous surfaces.
Snoop	2	Scroll	Highlights locations of hidden items.

Abilities edit

Name	MP	Learned	Description
Cattle Prod	7	Lv.1	A strike that can deal heavy damage to beast family monsters.
Flame Slash	6	Lv. 6	Slashes an enemy with a white-hot weapon.
Dragon Slash	7	Lv. 12	A brutal blow that causes heavy damage to dragons.
Gust Slash	8	Lv. 18	Slashes an enemy with a gale-force weapon.
Lightning Slash	8	Lv. 24	Slashes an enemy with a crackling weapon infused with lightning.
Falcon Slash	10	Lv. 27	A double-slicing attack faster than a falcon on the wing.
Gigaslash	38	Lv. 40	A secret sword technique that assails all enemies with bolts of blazing lightning.
Miracle Slash	10	Scroll	A mysterious attack that hurts an enemy while healing the user.
Undead Undoer	7	Scroll	A sanctioned strike that can deal heavy damage to undead monsters.
Demon Demeaner	7	Scroll	An attack that can deal heavy damage to demons.
Attack Attacker	6	Scroll	A heavy hit that reduces an enemy's attack.
Kacrackle Slash	10	Scroll	Slashes an enemy with a bitterly cold weapon.
Cop Out	2	Lv. 1	Potentially deflects enemy attacks onto an enemy.
Dodgy Dance	4	Lv. 10	Employs fancy footwork to increase the user's ability to evade attacks.
Defending Champion	2	Lv. 16	Significantly reduces damage taken from all attacks.
Muster Strength	3	Scroll	Builds up energy to bolster the next attack.
Wild Side	30	Scroll	Allows the user to act twice per turn for a wee while.
Sandstorm	2	Scroll	Conjurers a sandstorm which reduces an enemy group's accuracy.
Meditation	20	Scroll	Centers the self in order to summon the strongest healing spirit within.
Focus Pocus	8	Scroll	Restores MP after each turn for a while.
Nose for Treasure	0	Scroll	Allows you to find out how much unclaimed treasure is in the area.
Whistle	0	Scroll	Attracts the attention of nearby monsters.
Padfoot	4	Scroll	Allows the user and any companions to travel undetected by monsters for a short while.

Souped-up Skills edit

Name	Base Technique	MP	Description
Beast Bopper	Cattle Prod	22	A stab with a sword that's especially effective against beast-family monsters.
Double Dragon Slash	Dragon Slash	10	A targeted attack that's twice as nice against the scariest, scaliest foes.
Skysplitter	Gust Slash	34	An awesome assault that rends the air itself in two. Highly effective against undead, amorphous, and material family monsters.
Lightning Thrust	Lightning Slash	30	Guaranteed to land a critical hit if it connects with the target.
Gyrfalcon Slash	Falcon Slash	38	Four swift slashes unleashed on a single enemy.
Pearly Gates	Undead Undoer	26	Subjects all enemies to divine judgement. Especially effective against the undead.
Quadraslash	Demon Demeaner	24	An almighty attack that cuts through all enemies
Lightning Storm	Kazap	36	Thunderbolts thrash all enemies sometimes paralyzing them to boot.
Erdrick's Fire	Kasizz	40	A secret technique that's only available when princess Gwaelin has been empowered by Rubiss in the Shrine of Rain.
Gigagash	Gigaslash	55	A secret technique that's only available when princess Gwaelin has been empowered by Rubiss in the Shrine of Rain.
Pincushion	Defending Champion	25	Prepares the caster to defend and counter-attack any incoming attacks for a turn.
Muster More Strength	Muster Strength	12	Allows the caster to deal triple the damage with their next attack.
Divide	Wild Side	40	Makes three clones of the caster which can carry out the same action three times per turn.
0 Zone	Magic Barrier	55	Allows a character to cast spells and abilities without using MP for a while!
Achilles' Wheel	Fizzle	16	Forms a magic circle that lowers a group of enemies' defence and magical resistance.

Kenshin Dragon Quest edit

The Hero appears as the main playable character in Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken, a television game based on the original Dragon Quest title. Much like in the original game, the Hero is a descendant of Erdrick tasked with going on a quest to rescue Princess Gwaelin and freeing Alefgard from the clutches of the Dragonlord. However, unlike the original adventure, Rubiss appears at the beginning to bestow upon the Hero Erdrick's Sword in order to help him on his quest.

Spells edit

Original Japanese	Translated	MP	Learned
ホイミ Hoimi	Heal	1	Clear 100 Slime minigame in Stage 2.
ベホイミ Behoimi	Midheal	2	Exchange for 15 Mini Medals.
ギラ Gira	Sizz	1	Clear Stage 1.
ベギラマ Begirama	Sizzle	2	Exchange for 15 Mini Medals.
バイキルト Bakiruto	Oomph	1	Reflect snowballs in the fight against the Abominable Showman.
スクルト Sukuruto	Kabuff	1	Complete the Metal Slime Mission in Stage 4.
ライデイン Reidan	Zap	1	Learned via the Spell of Restoration
ギガデイン Gigadein	Kazap	2	Exchange for 20 Mini Medals.

Coup de Grâce edit

Original Japanese	Translated	Learned
はやぶさぎり Hayabusa Giri	Falcon Slash	Beginning of the game.
三連斬 San Renzan	Triple Slash*	Beginning of the game.
爆裂斬り Bakuretsu Giri	Explosion Slash*	Beginning of the game.
つるぎのまい Tsurugi no Mai	Sword Dance	Beginning of the game.
灼熱火炎斬 Shakunetsu Kaenzan	Searing Slash	Clear Stage 1.
真空烈風斬 Shinku Reppuzan	Vacuum Gale Slash*	Exchange for 10 Mini Medals
稲妻雷光斬 Inazuma Raikozan	Lightning Strike	Clear Stage 6.
まじんぎり Majin Giri	Hatchet Man	Defeat Mazin.
グランドクロス Grand Cross	Pearly Gates	Defeat Knight abhorrent.
<ギガスラッシュ Giga Slash	Gigaslash	Learned via Spell of Restoration after beating the game.
必殺Vカッター Hissatsu V Cutter	Deadly V Cutter*	Performing the technique in the practice field.
奥義Wインパクト Ougi: W Impact	Secret Technique: W Impact*	Performing the technique in the practice field.
秘剣ドラゴン斬り Hiken: Dragon Giri	Super Dragon Slash*	Performing the technique in the practice field.
ジゴスパーク Jigo Spark	Lightning Storm	Performing the technique in the practice field.
ビッグバン Big Bang	Big Banga	Performing the technique in the practice field.
マダンテ Madante	Magic Burst	Performing the technique in the practice field.

Note: Some of these abilities have not been officially translated into English and instead are transliterations of their Japanese kanji.

Dragon Quest Builders edit

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The setting of Builders is a hypothetical world where the Hero chose to accept the Dragonlord's offer of ruling half the world. Several characters ponder aloud as to why such a man would descend into darkness, but the game leaves it to players to speculate for themselves. The fallen Hero is encountered in person in the fourth chapter as a boss, with the epitaph The Fallen Hero--The King of Darkness. Perhaps most tragically is that the Builder will see crude tents scattered in front of the grounds before his keep--Goddess only knows how many people prayed for their hero to return in vain.

Far from being the equal to the Dragonlord, the Hero has been reduced to a cackling lunatic cloistered away in a small fortress near Alefgard. He believes himself to be the true king of the world, and declares that the penalty for the Builder invading his "real" shall be death. During battle he is armed with his original copies of the Sword of Kings and Hero's shield, and can perform a spin attack. He has just enough sense left to taunt the Builder during their skirmish, and will summon monsters to aid him when his health drops to half and 1/4th. When beaten, he flees and is never seen again.

Dragon Quest Treasures edit

A statue of the original Hero appears as Treasure No. 327, with a base value of 5,000,000.

Dragon Quest Tact edit

The Hero is known as the Scion of Erdrick and he appears as a S-rank member of the Hero family as part of the True Dragon Quest I event, appearing on his own banner alongside the Blue dragon. He can participate in the Death scorpion's Battle Road as a party member.

Scion of Erdrick (ロトの血を引く者 Roto no chiwohiku-mono)

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Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Attack	140	1,504	521	3
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
709	593	520	310	65
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Normal	Half Res	Half Res	Very Weak	Normal
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Normal	Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Muster Courage Character Builder: Zoom Shining Slash* Brave Blade* Coup de Grâce: Light of Alefgard*	Surging Strength / Stats Up Sizz Res +25 / Stats Up Physical Potency/Recovery +5% / Hero's Compassion: Action start: Heals 15% of max HP and restores 4% of max MP / Stats Up Crack Res +25 / Stats Up Physical Potency/Recovery +5% / Max HP +100 / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	Max HP +30 DEF +20 Hero's Pride: Reduces damage by 50% from enemies at a range of 2 spaces or more. Physical Potency/Recovery +2%
Leader perk	Raises ATK of all allies, including himself, by 15% in a 5x5 square around him.
Awakening perk	Surging Strength: Action start on odd turns up to turn 10: Raises ATK, DEF, WIS, and AGL for 3 turns

Dragon Quest Rivals edit

The Hero appears as a playable character in Dragon Quest Rivals exclusively in ‘Solo Battle Adventure’. Unlike the other playable characters, who are restricted to a specific vocation, the Hero is able to freely swap between vocations when deck building.

Trivia edit

Though every picture and even the game sprite show the Hero wearing a helmet, the equip menu in the game doesn't have a slot for a helmet. The helmet worn by the sprite resembles the horned helmet given to Ortega, the father of the Hero of Dragon Quest III at the beginning of the game, which later becomes the Helmet of Erdrick.
- It's possible to speculate that the Hero of Dragon Quest is simply wearing the Helmet of Erdrick the entire game, as that is the only equipment the Hero of Dragon Quest III kept for himself due to being the last memento of Ortega, and would have presumably been passed down to his/her descendants. The Hero would have no need to upgrade to another helmet, since no others would offer better protection. Erdrick's Shield is also unavailable in Dragon Quest; however, the shield that the Hero wields in official illustrations clearly has the crest of Erdrick on it.