Sharm Barn

Sharm Barn (シャルム・バーン) is a character from the spin-off series "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Zero".

He is the youngest son of the Liberator Laus Barn. He was also the founder of the Heiligh Kingdom.

Appearance
Sharm is a young boy with glossy gray hair, and intelligent eyes.

Personality
Sharm is a very curious boy who is not afraid to ask questions that many would consider to be heretical. He has not been brainwashed by the Holy Church's doctrine of humans being a superior race, and instead wishes for peace among all of the races of Tortus.

Biography
Sharm was the third son born to the influential Barn family in the Elbard Theocracy. By the time he was eight years old, his two older brothers were already inducted in the the Holy Church that ruled the Theocracy (as well as most human nations).

One evening, Sharm cheerfully greeted his father Laus as he was coming home after performing his duties as the church's Templar Knights Commander. As Sharm's family was having dinner, his parents were debating on Laus' refusal to have another wife in order to give birth to more children that would serve the church and its god Ehit. Sharm attempted to diffuses the tension by brining up another topic, but was stopped by his grandmother Debra. Laus, however encouraged his son to speak up and the two discussed about Sharm's lessons from school. During the conversation, Sharm asked his father if certain demons were actually being good people in spite of the church teaching its followers that they were the enemies of their god. This immediately shocked Sharm's family, and while Ricolis was angered at Sharm, Laus encouraged his son to speak up by asking what encouraged him to ask such a question. Sharm explained that he hoped that the demons were good so that both they and humans would not have to fight each other after years of constant warfare until the rise of the current demon Lord Rasul Alva Igdol. Laus got angered after hearing this rational, but was not upset because of his son's way of thinking; rather it was having come to the realization that Ehit had always orchestrated the ongoing wars between the humans and demons. This display of anger scared Sharm and the rest of his family, but Laus came back to his senses and assured his son that he was not mad at him. He even went further as to agree with Sharm's wish that the demon Lord was a good person.

When Laus was chosen by the church to lead an important mission to capture a beastman from the Haltina Republic who possessed Ancient Magic, his family threw him a celebratory dinner the night before his departure. During their meal, having realized the tension he caused from his previous dinner conversation with Laus, Sharm hesitantly asked his father if it was a sin to befriend beastmen, despite it being decreed so by the church.. This quickly prompted his mother to lash out at him, but was stopped by Laus before she could hit him. Laus then asked his son his reason for asking that question, to which Sharm responded by believing that it would be better to work alongside them instead of fighting with them in order to forcibly take one away from their home because they possessed Ancient Magic. Laus reasoned that he was following Ehit's will in order to bring about the happiness for as many people as possible. Sharm, however, was unconvinced at how much his family actually believed those words and instead expressed his belief that Laus should instead aid that beastman so that everyone could be happy. After Laus left for his mission to the Haltina Republic, Sharm and his family visited the Holy Church's main cathedral everyday to pray for his safety.

When Laus returned from his mission, he intended to take Sharm as the rest of their family away in order to join the Liberators after they managed to defeat the Holy Church during their war with the beastmen. Unfortunately, Sharm was detained by the church and subjected to Ehit's brainwashing magic. Despite this, however, Sharm managed to resist and did not submit to Ehit's will. When Laus arrived at the church, he saw his son being dragged out in a severely injured state by a pair of knights, while also be accompanied by his two older brothers, Kaime and Selm, his mother and grandmother. All of them expressed their disappointment in Sharm for his unwillingness to conform to Ehit's will, and was even beaten further by his mother. Laus was ordered by Ehit's apostle Hearst to use his magic to brainwash Sharm into worshipping Ehit since he was the only one who could. She then grabbed Sharm by his hair and used her own magic on him in order to demonstrate his ability to resist it to Laus. Sharm desperately resisted Hearst's magic, while begging his father to save him. This prompted Laus to immediately attack Hearst and the knights in order to rescue his son. Laus then healed him with his magic and handed him off to his attendant that had accompanied him, Reinheit Ashe, so that the two of them could escape while he would engage church's forces. As they fled, Sharm begged Reinheit to go back to rescue his father, but Reinheit didn't want Laus' sacrifice to be in vain. Just then, Reinheit was attacked by the Commander of the Holy Church's Paladins Darrion Kaus. After stabbing with with his Divine Spear Longinus artifact, Darrion offered to spare Reinheit if he handed over Sharm, but he refused out of his own desire to help those that were in need of help. Darrion effortlessly managed to severely injure Reinheit and proceeded to capture Sharm by grabbing the scruff of his shirt and headed back to the church. It was then that Reinheit somehow managed to awaken a hidden power within him and prompted Darrion's other weapon, theHoly Sword, to approach him on its own. It managed to heal him, and gave him the strength to fight back against Darrion. As Reinheit charged in with his new weapon, Darrion managed to block him with his Divine Spear. The battle soon ended with both of them mortally wounding each other with a single stab. As Reinheit laid dying, a distraught Sharm came running over to him in an attempt to save him. Reinheit used his remaining strength to tell Sharm to head out and find the person that had inspired Laus to stand up against the church, believing that they would be able to help the boy. Sharm had no idea how to find them, but Reinheit assured him that he would succeed because he was Laus' son. Hearing this gave Sharm the courage to venture out on his own and thanked Reinheit far all the he did for him. As he was about to leave, he was blocked by Darrion, who somehow still had enough life left in him to fight. As Darrion was prepared to kill both of them, Laus arrived at the last second and killed him a lethal punch in the face after having escaped the church's forces at the cost of his left arm. Initially relived to see him alive, Sharm then hugged his father, and then Laus healed up Reinheit. Before Sharm or Reinheit could say anything, Laus told them that they needed to hide from the church. Sharm then gave the Holy Sword to Rerineit, much to his father's surprise, and all three of them fled while Sharm and Laus were supporting Reinheit.

Relationships

 * Laus Barn - Laus and Sharm love each other very much. To Sharm, Laus is an invincible hero who loves him unconditionally. Laus' primary motive for obeying the Holy Church is because he believes it to be the best thing to do in order to protect his son and the rest of their family.
 * Reinheit Ashe - Sharm is good friends with Renheit as a result of him being the most amicable of all his family's servants.
 * Corrin - Sharm is instantly infatuated with Corrin upon their first encounter. He is always helping her with her chores in order to impress her.

Skills

 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.
 * Ultra Instinct - A skill that enables the user to detect incoming danger.

Quotes

 * (To his father): "W-Well... if everyone in Elbard is good because the Pope is good... I was thinking that if the demon lord was good, all the demons might become good too... That way, you wouldn’t have to go fight, Dad."
 * (To his father): "But Father, if you and the church are fighting for most people’s happiness... who’s fighting for all the rest?"
 * (To Hearst): "Stop it. I’m Laus Barn’s son. Sharm... Barn. I don’t... want to change. Don’t lock me away. Don’t... kill me!"
 * (To Reinheit Ashe): "Thank you, Reinheit. You’re as amazing a knight as Father."

Trivia

 * In Volume 1 of the Main Series, Sharm's name is spelled "Sharam Vaan".
 * Sharm's family name "Barn" may have been named after Vearn from Dragon Quest, since they are spelled with the same Japanese characters.