Raul Nord (ラウル・ノールド) is a leading member of the Loki Familia second string group. He is the reincarnation of Lazar.
Appearance[]
Raul has short, spiky black hair and brown eyes. He is described to be normal, as shown by his alias. He wears a long sleeved black top, large brown gloves, a large belt with a pouch for items, light colored pants, brown boots, and armor that protects his chest, shoulders, and legs. He keeps his sword in a black sheath on the left side of his waist.
Personality[]
Despite having eight years of experience as an adventurer, Raul has a timid personality, frightened of the dangers of the dungeon in addition to being stressed over his position as a commander within the Familia. This stems from his incorrect belief that he's only as strong as he is because of the leftovers from the executives. While he believes himself incapable of catching up with the executives, he constantly strives to improve and be as helpful as possible, refusing to fall further behind and be just an inconvenience. Full of determination, he has at times overcome his untrustworthy attitude and performed feats of bravery in an attempt to emulate the executives.
Despite Raul's unconfident character, he constantly tries to act like a leader to fulfill his role as a commander and reassure his companions, however, he fails each time. Nevertheless, even when this doesn't work out, his flaws and earnestness help to relax and make the rest of Loki Familia members feel motivated to try hard seeing that even someone like him tries. Finn recognizes him to be a respectable adventurer and has entrusted him to lead the lower ranking members as preparation for him to be the next leader.
Raul is shown to be serious in what he does but always seems to draw the short straw. He is also pure, as he was only able to hold hands with a prostitute when he visited a brothel, and tends to be easy to trick, such as when Lili tricked him into moving his squad during the Hestia Familia's attempt to return the Xenos to the dungeon.
Raul has a deep admiration for Finn and has blind faith in his captain. Unlike most of his comrades, he doesn't see Ais as an idol due to having met her when she was still a kid and having watched her grow.
History[]
Raul and Aki joined the Loki Familia at the same time around 8 years before the current time. A year later the two rose to Level 2 after defeating some members of Evilus at the Bridge of Heroes during the Great Feud. Both continued to level up at the same time until reaching Level 4 almost four years ago.
Abilities[]
Amazing Physical Prowess: As a Level 4, Raul's physical abilities are all dramatically superior compared to those of a normal person. In terms of raw physical prowess, his abilities are also far superior to those of any Level 3 or lower.
Skilled Fighter: Though he rarely shows it, Raul is a skilled combatant. His techniques and tactics are not first-tier level, but they are still befitting of that of a second-tier adventurer.
Enhanced Senses: After acquiring his falna, Raul's senses became much better than those of most people. His senses further improved with each subsequent level up.
Development Abilities[]
Hunter (狩人): Hunter improves Raul's abilities against monsters he's fought before and gained excelia from.
Abnormal Resistance (耐異常): Abnormal Resistance negates the effect of abnormalities such as poison.
Escape (逃走): Escape increases Raul's speed when running away.
Equipment[]
Protagonista (プロタゴニスタ): A sword made by the Hephaestus Familia and its cost is a secret. It was forcefully given by Aki after she saw that he was desperate enough for money to embezzle the familia's expedition income. It is sturdy and cuts well.
Noble Bow (ノーブル・ボウ): A wooden bow originally made by an Elven craftsman for Riveria, though she didn't like being treated as royalty, and Finn gave it to Raul. Bete once told him that it didn't live up to its name, causing him to become depressed for a while, nevertheless he uses it frequently as a member of the middle and rear guard.
Trivia[]
- Raul's design was done by Takashi Yagi, the author of the Sword Oratoria manga.[1]
- In one of the initial concepts of the series Raul would have been in love with Fear and their relationship perhaps would have served as a bridge for coexistence between people and Xenos.[2] The scenario was that he would have fallen in love with Fear after she helped him when he was trapped alone in the dungeon.[3] Oomori commented that if it weren't for the implementation of Aki, said plot may have developed in the story[2] and that he feels that their relationship was instead replaced by Alicia and Ray's.[3]
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