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|Title=Templar<br>The Archest Archer (''Heroes II'')

{{translation|'''Angelo'''|ククール|Kukūru|Kukūle}} is a playable character in {{Dragon Quest VIII}}. He is a complicated man who hides his somber past behind an ambivalent, suave mask of a gambler and playboy. Though seemingly indifferent to the plights of others and even coming off as condescending at times, Angelo is nevertheless a dependable companion and an asset to the party's efforts.

As a knight of the Templars, Angelo is a master of restorative and defensive magic, and has access to wind and instant death spells as well. His weapons of choice consist of [[Sword (weapon type)|sword]]s (particularly rapiers), [[Bow (weapon type)|bow]]s, and [[Wand (weapon type)|staves]].

He has gone on to appear in ''[[Fortune Street]]'', became one of the playable characters in {{Dragon Quest Heroes II}}, and was one of the original leader characters in {{Rivals}}. Angelo is also a playable character in ''[[Theatrhythm Dragon Quest]]'' and appears as a special hero character in {{DQTact}}.

Angelo is an attractive young man with silver-white hair that frames his face and a long ponytail tied with a black ribbon that reaches halfway down his back. He has blue eyes and wears small gold hoop earrings on each ear. Although he is a member of the Templars, Angelo wears a unique red version of the uniform, which consists of a red long-sleeved tailcoat with white lining and brass buttons on the front and two long tails on the back worn over a black long-sleeved shirt, red trousers, and a red capelet with black lining that reaches down to his hips which he wears over his torso. He wears dark brown shoes covered by white spats with brass buttons that go past his knees, as well dark brown leather gloves. He wears his templar's ring on his right hand. Angelo also wears a leather sword belt around his waist with a green scabbard on his right side where he holds his rapier. He is left-handed.

Angelo marches to the beat of his own drum, caring little of his religious and ceremonial roles at the abbey (although his swordsmanship and bow proficiency are impressive enough for him to become a Templar knight). He's more interested in hustling the rubes at nearby Simpleton and chasing ladies than in carrying out the duties of his station, and his party chat dialogue proves him to be very fussy at times, especially concerning his appearance. He is a playboy who constantly comments on the attractiveness of women he comes across on the journey. Angelo is something of a joker as well, and enjoys poking fun at people with serious attitudes at their own expense, such as his half-brother. Despite all this, when push comes to shove, he will go to extraordinary lengths to see things through; even outshining the rising star, Marcello, to save Abbot Francisco not long after meeting the party. The rest of the time, he wants to be carried around by his free spirit, as captured in one of his remarks prior to undertaking the Dragovian Trials:

| Initial gear ||colspan=2|[[Rapier]], [[Templar's uniform]], [[Templar's ring]]

Angelo learns a variety of spells and a decent amount of physical skills, though as a [[Priest]] he excels when healing and supporting his companions. He can improve his swordfighting skills, but his Strength is greatly outclassed by the Hero, making it an inadvisable path for him. It is a good idea to level up Angelo's Staves skill to increase his max MP and spell repertoire. His Charisma skills are excellent for countering Tension-happy foes as well as inflicting status ailments, and Pearly Gates is a fantastic crowd control ability during the end-game. Angelo's efficiency shines most when using a bow however, as the Cherub's Arrow and Seraph's Arrow skills will allow Angelo to easily recharge his MP while dealing damage and the Multishot and Shining Shot skills allow him to perform crowd control on groups resistant to wind damage. His selection of equipment is similar to that of Priest's, being able to equip clothing, robes and hats for spellcasters, as well as some light armour and helmets, but nearly as many as the Hero or [[Yangus]]. The Nintendo 3DS version significantly increased the amount of skill points that Angelo gains at earlier levels to put him on par with the rest of the party, giving the player more choices for where to invest his skill points.

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{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Templar's uniform]]|statModifier=Defense+13}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Templar's shield]]|statModifier=Defence +14}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Templar's ring]]|statModifier=Defence +5}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Templar Captain's ring]]|statModifier=Attack +10<br>Wisdom +10}}

Angelo appears as a S-rank member of the [[Hero family]] during the second part of the ''Dragon Quest VIII'' event on his own banner alongside [[Tentacular]]. He also appears as a boss in the "Warriors of the World of Light" Special Battle alongside Yangus and Jessica.

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*Angelo gets a colour palette reference for one of the 8 costumes for the Hero in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Said palette is given to the base of ''Dragon Quest XI'''s {{Hero 11}}.

DQVIII Angelo concepts.png|Concept art

Angelo High Tension.png|Angelo in a state of Super High Tension.

DQT Kukule Kragon.jpg|Angelo and Tentacular in ''Tact''.