Arios Theoman

About
Arios was the last known Guardian Hero of the World until LP0004, when he turned 20 and lost his status as the Hero. He's a dedicated warrior and swordsman that fights for what is right.

He travelled all over the continent trying to help people with many righteous quests, but Rance always managed to solve problems right before him. At some point he met Rance and upon meeting his character, thought of him as an evil person, attacking him and becoming his rival. Rance has hated him since.

Personality and Appearance
He has a strong sense of justice, very righteous but also compassionate. He's pretty naive and dumb at times, but also has a strong fighting instict.

He's terrified of bees, the only thing he's never tried to challenge is a Bee monster girl, they inspire great fear in him.

Very charismatic and popular with the ladies, before he lost his power he had many girlfriends around the world. (Despite having many girlfriends, he is still a virgin).

Abilities
As the Hero of the System, Arios was an incredibly powerful warrior. He had a cap of 99(which was lowered upon losing his Hero powers) and a Sword Combat Lv2 skill. He was so strong and adept as a fighter that he could fight Rance to a draw, but with the later suffering great injuries while Arios wasn't very wounded. He would most likely lose without his Hero powers though.

His incredible skill and talent were heavily over-shadowed by Rance during his era but his strength was certainly impressive, even for a Hero. He also managed to fight against two Dark Lords and Kentarou Ogawa in a 1v3 encounter, and still come out victorious, an absolutely impressive feat that would usually have given a legendary status, if said feat had been more known. again only possible with his hero powers.

Personal history
GI0999 - Arios is born in a town from the Free Cities Alliance.

GI1012 - Arios turns 13, a girl names Cola appears, she introduces herself as the Hero's guide, and tells him that he is the Guardian Hero of the World.

GI1014 - Arios (15) begins Heroic training under Cola's supervision.

GI1015 - When Arios (16) is in the local forest, his village is destroyed by monsters, he sets out to explore the land with Cola. He takes up a few quests, such as catching bandits, finding plants and saving a cursed church. Terrasse (16) becomes his girlfriend.

LP0001 - Arios (17) teams up with Yulang  to find and rescue a noble girl from slave traders in Leazas, when they get there, they find she's already been sold to a certain loud and perverted man. At the request of Maris, he slays the beasts in Leazas Castle. He is asked to find Hikari, but he does side-quests first and Rance beats him to it. He is asked to defeat the four witches of Kathtom, but while doing side-quests in the town, Rance beats him to it. Lilina (17) becomes his girlfriend.

LP0002 - Arios (18) joins the Leazas Liberation Army, but Rance has already taken most of the attention. Cola is kidnapped, he rescues her. He battles mutants in the Free City of Gaya, but the floating isle of Ylapu falls on them, everything is destroyed but Arios survives. He joins the Zeth December Revolution and meets Urza. He obtains the Sword of Heroes, Escude. Cider (18) becomes his girlfriend.

LP0003 - Arios (19) feels more Heroic now that he owns the Escude Sword. He decides that Rance is his enemy, and challenges him to a duel. The duel ends in a draw with Rance badly injured. Cola tries to make the world more chaotic, Arios stops her. He invades the AL Church Headquarters after hearing that the Demon King Little Princess was taking refuge there. He beats Demon Satella, Demon La Hawzel and Kentarou. He comes across the sleeping Miki, raises his blade and then stop himself, he cannot bring himself to kill a young girl, even if she is the Demon King. Elizabeth (16) becomes his girlfriend.

LP0004 - Arios turns 20 and loses all of his Heroic powers. Cola abandons him. He tries to help people again but fails miserably, ending up as a homeless bum with his great deeds forgotten.

LP0005 - Arios (21) decides to train even harder so he can help people even without his Heroic powers, he heads to the mountains to begin an intensive training course.

LP0006 - Arios (22) tried to help people again after his training and fails splendidly. He loses motivation and returns to his town village to live peacefully with his childhood friend.

Kichikou Rance (what IF LP0003)
After venturing into the Kalar forest, he was captured by kalars and used as breeding stock for over a year.

When Rance is captured too, Rance manages to convince Pastel Kalar that sex isn't bad and to release all the captive men. Arios thanks Rance and defeats. In the normal ending of the game, Arios returns as the hero to fight Rance as Rance is leading the world to ruin.

Trivia

 * He made appearance in Rance 03 only in text since during battles with helman, he could be heard in the background fighting, but he was never shown himself.
 * Among the characters Milacle Tou proposed for being part of her 12 Knights group, he's the only one that Rance couldn't think of a reason to turn down, simply stating "This one's no good". but it should be noted that when he lost his hero powers he lost his right as one of the worlds strongest men.
 * For as long as he had his hero powers, he was a very solid rival for Rance.
 * He shares some similarities with Bird Lithfie. Both are virgins despite having many girlfriends many of whom were stolen by rance, both considered Rance their dreaded rival, they have both tried to save sill plain in some way and have suffered great misfortune because of rance.