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Erik is a young man with blue eyes and slicked back, spiky cyan hair that has a single forelock. His 'blue, spiky hair' is his favorite trait about himself and he has a tendency to run his hands through his hair when he's excited. <ref>[[Dragon Quest XI Character Book]]</ref> He has a single gold hoop earring on each ear and wears purple beads around his neck. His clothes are relatively simple, wearing a hooded dark green tunic with lacing that exposes his chest, a red sash tied around his waist, dark blue trousers, fingerless gloves, and leather shoes worn with orange socks that are held up with string. He carries a scabbard with a knife on his sash, which is his prized possession.

==Appearances==

Before making their way to Cobblestone (the Hero's home village), Erik drags him on a detour to [[Downtown Heliodor]] to find the Red Orb Derk had stashed in the great garbage dump there. He is infuriated when he sees that the treasure is gone, and interrogates the innkeeper [[Ruby]] about where Derk is. She says that Derk hadn't been seen in the slums since he opened "that fancy shop" in the wealthy district, and that is enough fuel to the fire for Erik to storm over there and give Derk a piece of his mind. When Erik and the Hero reach his shop, Erik attempts to beat Derk up, knowing that Derk took the Orb back to the castle to collect the bounty and fund the shop, but Derk reasons that he only sold it to help Erik. Erik, exasperated now, gives him a chance to explain, and Derk explains that a portion of the proceeds from the shop went to bribing the prison guards into not checking up on Erik while he was in the cell. Erik notes that it was indeed strange that nobody had checked up on him in the previous few days digging his hole, and he forgives Derk. Derk tells them that the King had hidden the Orb in [[The Kingsbarrow]] and the Hero and Erik set out to retrieve it again. Note that Derk's bribery may also be the reason why Erik is not prioritised by the guards as a target of capture.

At the seaside port town [[Gondolia]], Erik and the Luminary are cornered by Jasper on the stage at the very northern part of the town. They are overwhelmed by soldiers, but are saved by Veronica and Sylvando interrupting their capture. Veronica casts multiple spells of the [[Frizz]] line everywhere, causing chaos, and Jasper turns his attention away from Erik and the Hero to order his men to fan out. Serena motions for them to escape through the western exit of the stage, dragging the Hero's hand along while Erik makes sure they aren't being followed. Jasper senses their escape and fires a ball of darkness at the Luminary, which Erik notices and jumps in front of. The magic cripples him and he falls to the ground. Erik swats away the Hero's hand when it is offered, telling him to leave with the newly-bought time. The soldiers catch up to Erik as Serena tugs the Hero along, dragging him away as Erik is taken by the guards. The party later finds Erik tied up on a pole on the stage and save him, defeating [[Jasper]], before escaping Gondolia by on the Salty Stallion (Sylvando's [[ship]]).

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==Trivia==

*In the English voice acting, he has a distinguishable Scandinavian accent due to his Viking upbringing. His voice actor, Gunnar Cauthery, is Icelandic.

*Erik relieves stress by exercising and working up a sweat.

*Erik's favourite food is wild traveler's stew.

**If the player chooses to live with Erik as a reward for completing [[Drustan's Labyrinth]], he tells the player in off-handed dialogue that he plans to work on his culinary skills whenever he has the chance to.

**From October 19th to December 13th, 2019, Erik's wild stew<ref>[https://ameblo.jp/luida-desi/entry-12555710673.html Luida's Bar Official Blog]</ref> was available as a special item on the menu at the real-life [[Patty's Party Planning Place|Luida's Bar]] in Tokyo in order to commemorate the release of ''Dragon Quest XI S''. It is similar to pot-au-feu and has slowly simmered beef, potatoes, onions, and cabbage.

*His personal motto is "tomorrow is another day".

*As part of his daily routine, he sharpens his favourite knife and maintains his thieving tools.

*The thing he wants most at the moment is a treasure map left behind by a legendary pirate.

*Erik's height is 165 cm or 5' 5" and he weighs 55 kilograms (121 lbs). He is insecure of his height and chugs milk in an attempt to grow taller, seen in his [[shypox]] lines.

*Erik is the second major ''Dragon Quest'' character to be depicted as left-handed after [[Angelo]] of {{DQ8}}. Single weapons are always held in his left, while his dual-wielding skill makes it clear that his left hand is dominant. In addition, many cutscenes showing him favouring his left hand to use or hold everyday items.

*Erik has several homages to previous {{DQSeries}} games:

*Erik is capable of the most damage in the game without hacking, where a [[glacial golem]] at the [[Sniflheim Whale Way Station]] can occasionally use [[Forbearance]] alongside six [[luminous lampling|luminous lamplings]]. Erik can then use [[Double Down]] on the golem.

*Erik is the only party member that is able to have both hands deal the same amount of damage in battle, through unlocking the [[Dually Deadly]] secret panel in his ''Swords'' skill tree in his character builder, which is available after saving Mia in Act Two and after talking to Elder [[Eegoltap]] in postgame.

*Even during his state of amnesia, he has separate [[party chat|party talk]] dialogue for every scene, even all of the pastwords in [[Tickington]].

*When Erik is afflicted by [[Sultry Dance]] in battle, he performs a lively dance, which includes a moonwalk or backslide.

*Each of the Luminary's companions represents one of the vocations in {{Dragon Quest III}}. Erik represents the [[Thief]].