Ruth Orcus

Ruth (ルース) is a character from the spin-off "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō Zero" series.

He is an orphan that lives with Moorin at her orphanage in the Kingdom of Velka.

Appearance
Ruth is a young boy with spiky black hair.

Personality
Ruth is rash and can be rude at times, but cares very much about his family. He later takes it upon himself to act more like a leader to his fellow orphans after Dylan becomes comatose.

Although he is not afraid to speak him mind, he will be hesitant to admit anything that he finds too embarrassing to reveal in public.

Biography
One day when Oscar was visiting Moorin's orphanage in the Kingdom of Velka's capital Velnika, where Ruth and the other children he grew up with were living, he detected an unfamiliar person inside. As Oscar saw that it was a beautiful girl named Miledi, he was about to attack her due to her childish antics, but Ruth and the other kids suddenly arrived to stop him and claimed that she was a guest. During dinner, the kids were bragging to Miledi about how great Oscar was, but it quickly changed when Ruth claimed that Oscar was weak due to not using his abilities as a Synergist to create anything that he considered to be impressive at the Orcus Workshop. The oldest of the children, Dylan tried to stop Ruth from insulting Oscar, but he refused to listen. Miledi then refuted Ruth's accusations by claiming that she could tell how great a person Oscar was, and that she had found someone very special to be with. Everyone else was shocked by Miledi's declaration, to which she responded by jokingly accusing Oscar of already having found himself two young wives in Katy and Corrin. This prompted Ruth to insult Oscar further by calling him weak, as well as a pervert. The conversation ended when Oscar threw Miledi out and told her to stay away.

One week later, Ruth and the other orphans were abducted by the Holy Church and taken to the kingdom's mines. Ruth had been separated from the rest of the orphans due to being incompatible with the experiments that the church was conducting, and was taken to a holding cell with other children that were there for the same reason. After thinking back to the time he spent with Oscar when they were younger and remembering being told by him that "It’s the eldest’s job to protect his younger siblings", Ruth resolved to free himself and the other kidnapped children. While there were no guards nearby, Ruth grabbed a small stone and outlined a magic circle near the cell's bars. When he was finished, he attempted to transmute the bars open due to him also possessing the "Synergist" Job like Oscar. Unfortunately, Ruth was unable to create an opening for him and the others to escape. It was immediately afterwords that a templar knight came to check on the children after seeing the light from Ruth's magic. Realizing that he was trying to escape, the knight was prepared to kill Ruth as punishment, but was suddenly taken out by Oscar after he arrived to rescue the missing children. Bewildered by Oscar's sudden arrival, all Ruth could do was call out "brother" to him, despite having not called him that for a long time. Oscar then noticed Ruth's earlier attempt to use his transmutation magic to escape, to which Ruth told him that it didn't work. Oscar explained that the reason it failed was due to the bars being made of a special material that dissolves mana known as "sealstone". Oscar then managed to free Ruth and the others by transmuting the bars by pouring more mana in them than they could handle. He then approached Ruth and praised him for his earlier efforts in trying to escape since that was what him to the children. The event caused Ruth to re-evaluate his opinion on Oscar entirely.

When Oscar lead the children out of the cell, he instructed Ruth the lead them out of the mines with a passage to the surface that he transmuted for them due to him needing to rescue the rest of the children that had been taken further in. As the other children headed out, Ruth stayed behind in order to apologize to Oscar for how he had previously mistreated him, but was stopped by a surprise magical attack that approached him. Oscar managed to pull Ruth away to safety before he was struck, but saw that the passageway he made was now blocked. Furthermore, the two of them saw that they were being surrounded by ten templar knights. As Oscar was prepared to fight them, Ruth didn't think it would be possible to escape, and begged him to reconsider. Oscar, however, assured Ruth that he would protect him. One of the templar knights then offered Oscar the chance to save himself if he let them have Ruth, as well as beg for his life, to which Oscar rejected the offer in a very curt manner. The immediately prompted the knights to attack him. Despite their best efforts, they were all killed by Oscar thanks to his powerful array of Artifacts. Oscar's display of fighting prowess utterly amazed Ruth and realized exactly how incredible he was as a Synergist. He then properly apologized to Oscar for how he had treated him in the past. As Oscar sent Ruth back on the path he created to the surface, Ruth told Oscar where he could find the other children based on the various minerals he remembered seeing during his time in captivity.

After Oscar, and later Miledi, rescued the other kids, Ruth and his family were taken in by Miledi's group, the Liberators, for their protection. Unfortunately, both Katy and Dylan were unconscious due to being experimented on by the Holy Church, and could not be healed through normal means. They eventually reached the Liberators' hidden village at the bottom of Reisen Gorge. During that time, Ruth assisted them by using his skills as a Synergist to repair whatever he could, as well as creating traps around the village in case of an enemy attack, Months later, the Liberators were attacked by mutated demons from the Igdol Empire. They were forced to evacuate, with Ruth having to carry Dylan out. They were eventually met up with members from the Schnee Clan and found refuge with them in their hidden village in the Obsidian Tundra. Soon afterwards, they were met with Meiru Melusine, as she could use her own Ancient Magic to heal Katy and Dylan. While she had been successful at awakening them, the damage they received to their souls was beyond even her ability to restore. As such, the two of them were only capable of executing the simplest of movements, and could not communicate properly.

Relationships

 * Oscar Orcus - Ruth looked up to Oscar while they both lived at the orphanage. He learned the basics of being a Synergist from Oscar and aspired to be like him someday. After Oscar began working at the Orcus Workshop, Ruth lost his respect for him and treated him badly due to Oscar not using his abilities to create weapons or anything that Ruth considered to be impressive. After Oscar rescued him and the other children from the Holy Church, Ruth regretted how he treated Oscar after seeing all of his powerful Artifacts and regained his admiration for him. It had gotten to a point where several of the Liberators were annoyed with how much praise Ruth was openly giving him.
 * Moorin - Ruth's foster mother.
 * Susha Liv Doumibral - The two of them have a complicated relationship, which usually ends up with them arguing. It is implied that Ruth has a crush on Susha, but is too proud to admit it, as well as knowing that Susha is in love with Naiz Gruen Caliente.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Gloves - A pair of black gloves given to him by Oscar in order to enhance his skills as a Synergist. They have transmutation circles engraved into them, and strengthened the cohesiveness of the user’s mana. The range of their use, however, was limited to within a two-meter radius.

Skills

 * Transmute - The base skill of the "Synergist" Job class. It allows the user to control, transform and manipulate any kind of ores, minerals or materials in any way or shape the user desires.