Adul Klarus

Adul Klarus (アドゥル・クラルス) is a character from the "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest" series.

He is the current ruler of the dragonmen tribe, as well as the grandfather of Tio.

Appearance
Adul appears as an older man with long scarlet-red hair. He possess a regal presence that is very intimidating to most people.

Personality
Adul is wise and compassionate. Contrary to the stern atmosphere that he gives off, he acts quite gentle. His wisdom has earned him the respect of both his people and of the rest of the world.

Due to his many years of experience, Adul is very perceptive and can easily tell when someone is lying to him.

Biography
When the false god Ehit manipulated the people of Tortus into attacking the Astran Dragon Kingdom, Adul and his son Kharga made preparations for the dragonmen to survive. Adul was believed to have been killed after battling one of Ehit's Apostles, but had actually faked his death and fled with many of the dragonmen to a hidden island, to where they lived in peace for centuries.

Over 500 years later, when the heroes of another world were summoned to Tortus to aid humanity's war against the demons, Adul and the other dragonmen sensed their arrival and planned to send someone to the mainland in order to determine if they were a threat. Adul's granddaughter Tio volunteered to investigate, to which he accepted.

Tio returned home months later to recruit the rest of the dragonmen to fight the Ehit, who was planning to destroy all life on Tortus. She and Adul had a brief touching reunion before Tio revealed the reason for her return. Adul then ordered for all of the dragonmen to be gathered together in order to hear his granddaughter's report. During that time, Adul sensed a changed in Tio and suspected that it was due to the people that she had met during her travels. After a brief rest, Tio relayed the results of her travels to her people. Adul was shocked after he and the other dragonmen witnessed the recordings that she presented to them that showed the fight against Ehit's servant god Alva (Adul was especially shocked after Tio accidentally showed a recording of her being repeatedly whipped by Hajime Nagumo in order to use her "Pain Conversion" Skill to obtain the energy needed to fly back home, and had fainted after seeing how much his granddaughter enjoyed such harsh treatment).

After regaining himself from witnessing such a surprising scene, Adul approached Tio while she was visiting her parents' graves. Tio justified her earlier display as having merely discovered a new fetish, to which Adul begrudgingly accepted this new side her. Tio then criticized herself for being unable to protect her companion Yue when she became possessed by Ehit during the fight. Seeing how powerful Tio had become during the fight against Alva, Adul abrubtly decided to take Tio to the mausoleum of their ancestors, and brought her to an alter that contained a red scale. Tio immediately sensed an immense wave of power emanating from the scale, and suspected that it was actually a product of Concept Magic. Adul explained that it belonged to one of their ancestors who initially sought peace between the dragonmen and humanity, but then wished to destroy them after they killed his wife. He would eventually be killed by his son, but one of his scales still remained that bore all of his hatred. Adul then told Tio that the scale could grant immense power to its wielder at the cost of losing their sanity, but suspected that Tio could both wield it and pacify the hatred it bore. Tio accepted this opportunity and grabbed the scale without hesitation. A second later, she felt as though her blood was freezing in her veins as the scale's immense power brought her to her knees. Adul started to doubt that Tio could properly wield the scale, and was prepared to cut her arm off in order to prevent it from controlling her, but Tio resolved herself to overcome this trial on her own. After a few minutes, Tio successfully managed to overcome the scale's power, much to Adul's amazement, but temporally left her in a severely weakened state.

The day before the final battle agains Ehit, Adul and many of the dragonmen accompanied Tio to the Heiligh Kingdom in order to offer their support for the other nations that would fight as well. Many of the dragonmen immediatly expressed their hatred towards Hajime for having turned their beloved Tio into a pervert, with one of them, Ristas, having accused him of brainwashing her. Adul immediately interjected and admonished the young dragonman for letting his jealousy overcome him by making false accusations. After having introduced himself to the other nations' rulers, Adul approached Hajime and offered him his praise for having been able to kill Alva. Hagime responded by apologizing for having turned Tio into a pervert and even politely offered to let Adul punch him as punishment (much to the shock of everyone that knew him). Adul was surprised by this unexpected response, but Hajime explained that it was due to her being Tio's grandfather, to which Adul cheerfully declined Hajime's offer and instead expressed his happiness that he was able to make Tio happy. Immediately afterwards, Adul's tone became more serious and wished to ascertain Hajime's relationship with Tio by expressing his refusal to let her fight alongside him if he did not genuinely care for her since the upcoming battle could result in her death. Hajime brazenly declared that despite being in a relationship with Yue, he also loved Tio and that he would fight anyone that tried to take her from him. Adul happily accepted Hajime's resolve after seeing the bonds that Tio had forged with him and the rest of her new comrades, and made him promise to treasure Tio before rejoining the other rulers to discuss their strategy for fighting Ehit's forces.

Relationships

 * Kharga Klarus - Kharga is Adul's son.
 * Tio Klarus - Adul vows to protect his granddaughter after the death of her parents and will do anything for her happiness.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Adul is one of the few people that Hajime respects and speaks with a polite tone. Adul does not hold any ill-will towards Hajime for turning Tio into a pervert, or for making her a part of his harem, and is satisfied that he is able to make his granddaughter happy.
 * Myu - Myu likes Adul and considers him to be like a grandfather. Adul is very kind towards Myu as well.
 * Aroyce - Aroyce is Adul's successor as the next ruler of the dragonmen tribe. As such, the two of them hold each other in such high esteem.
 * Ehit - Adul despises Ehit and the others gods after his son and people's deaths and had swore vengeance upon them, which succeeded when Hajime killed Ehit.

Skills

 * Draconification - Like all members of his race, Adul can transform into a dragon.
 * Physical Strength Up - A skill that makes the user efficient in physical attacks.
 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.
 * Fire Magic Affinity - It allows the user to use fire magic at a capable rate.

Spells/Attacks

 * Flame Breath - When in dragon form, Adul can breath fire.

Quotes

 * (To Tio): "I always knew that you were tired of the boring life in our village, Tio. I also knew that it was only your sense of responsibility to us that prevented you from following your desires and exacting your vengeance on the god who had wronged us so."