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The Hero/Heroine of Dragon Quest IX is a male or female Celestrian; after the disaster that befell the Observatory scattered the unpredictable Fyggs of Yggdrasil on the Protectorate below, this young Celestrian, accompanied by the spunky faerie Stella, were tasked to travel the land in order to retrive the mystical fruits before they could cause irreparable damage, in the process coming into conflict with the mysteriously resurrected evil Gittish Empire, as well as the mastermind behind the entire crysis, the corrupted Celestrian Corvus.

Personality[]

Like all protagonists, the hero/heroine is silent from the player's perspective, but they seems to be an all round do-gooder. They always do the right thing (even it takes a couple dialogue loops for them to agree to it) and stay determined even in the most difficult of situations. They stick out in a crowd and are very approachable, especially to those in need of their assistance.

Appearance[]

Unlike the previous main protagonists, Hero/Heroine body is fully customizable, with an array of body shapes, hair styles, facial expressions, and pigments to chose from. In this game, every piece of equipment updates the Hero/Heroine's avatar so their appearance is periodically changing as they find new outfits in their travels. In their default appearances shown in artwork, the hero has messy brown hair and black eyes, while the heroine has shoulder-length pink hair and blue eyes. They both wear clothing typical of Celestrians.

Character Creation Menu

The character creation menu that appears when starting a new save file.

Biography[]

Dragon Quest IX[]

The hero/heroine is the protagonist who, under an unexpected turn of events, loses their Celestrian nature and becomes human. Their mission was to collect Benevolessence in the village they were assigned gaurdianship of: Angel Falls. Benevolessence appears when a mortal is satisfied with their guardian's work and is offered to the sacred Yggdrasil Tree, giving it the ability to sprout Fyggs when enough has been collected. Upon completion of this task, the Celestrians would be granted access to the Realm of the Almighty, which was their ultimate goal in their after-life. After giving Yggdrasil a certain amount of Benevolessence, the tree begins to bear fyggs. Shortly after this occurs, a disaster comes forth, which sends the fyggs and the hero/heroine falling down into the Protectorate (Earth). When the hero wakes up in Angel Falls, they find that their wings and halo are gone and that they are no longer invisible to the mortals as they once were. This effectively turns them into a human, but one with special abilities and a certain otherwordly charm that makes mortals more trusting of them. They must now use their unique situation of being halfway between a mortal and a celestrian to find the cause of the disaster and hopefully restore themselves to their full angelic form.

Class and Skills[]

Hero/Heroine always starts out as a Minstrel. They possess a few unique skills. For example, they receive the "Egg On" skill, which acts as a selectable Psyche Up spell, after a scene at Quester's Rest from Patty and learns the spell Zoom after returning to the Celestrian Observatory aboard the Starflight Express. After gaining access to the second continent, the hero/heroine and party are granted the ability to change their vocation at Alltrades Abbey; however, they must have completed the events occurring at the Tower of Trades.

Asside from the more tactile abilities, the Hero/Heroine has the celestrian ability to both perceive and communicate with spirits and other worldly beings. This is a reoccurring plot point throughout the game as the hero/heroine attempts to recieve benevolessence from lost souls after helping them with their unfinished business. The more benevolessence the hero recieves, the stronger their celestrian powers seem to grow, until they are eventually able to visit places only etherial beings can reside.

Other Appearances[]

Side Games[]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2[]

In the game, which features a few boss monster cameo appearances from IX, you can see the Hero wearing the Dragon Warrior armor whilst riding Greygnarl.

Other Games[]

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II[]

The Hero, along with the other Heroes of the series, is playable in Monster Battle Road II. In that game, the Hero is depicted as a male angel.

Dragon Quest Rivals Aces[]

Appears as part of the 2nd card series.

Third-Party Games[]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

The male version of the hero, appears in the DQ Heroes' Final Smash summoning all the non-playable heroes to participate in a massive Gigaslash attack. Interestingly The Hero still has his Celestrian Wings. 

Trivia[]

  • As Akira Toriyama, famous for the Dragon Ball series, worked as a character designer for the game, most of the selectable hairstyles are shared with many Dragon Ball characters. Some notable ones include Videl's, Goku's, Tien's, Krillin's, Gohan's, and Android 18's.
    • Originally, Vegeta's hair was meant to be available to the males.
  • Coincidentally, the protagonist and Celestria have done something similar to Zenus and Corvus; taking the role of erasing humanity while the other, in contrast, both have a personal sacrifice. In Celestria's case, that would be her becoming Yggdrasil and the main character becoming fully mortal.
  • It is unknown just how long the Hero/Heroine will still be able to see the Realm of the Almighty after becoming mortal and defeating Corvus. This is because it's never happened before as far as anyone knows. However, after the main story, they gain another Fygg allowing them to reunite with Stella and the Starlight Express. Thus no one ever finds out.

Gallery[]

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