Guze

Guze (グゼ) is a character from the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" series.

He is one of the elders of Verbergen and the leader of the Dwarven Tribe.

Appearance
Guze is short and covered with fur.

Personality
Guze cares greatly about the safety of his fellow beastmen and will ignore the circumstances of how they may have gotten injured, as evidenced when he gets angry at Hajime for injuring Jin Vanton after the latter threatens the former with violence.

Like most beastmen, Guze worships Kaori Shirasaki as a goddess after she uses her powers to restore Verbergen and heal its citizens.

Biography
Zel was present with the other elders of Verbergen when they were discussing whether or not to aid Hajime Nagumo in his search for the Great Labyrinth in the Sea of Trees after he had proven that he had conquered the Labyrinth that belonged to Osca Orcus. After Hajime severely beat up the bearmen elder, Jin Vanton, after he tried to attack him, Guze expressed his anger that Hajime was acting like he was the victim during the ordeal. Chief Elder Ulfric Heipyst managed to placate Guze by admitting that Hajime was right. Ultimately, the elders decided to banish Hajime from Verbergen due to his refusal to part with the Haulia Tribe, who were deemed as criminals for secretly harbouring one of their own that was capable of manipulating mana, and was considered cursed because of it.

Months later, after Verbergen was attacked by demons, Hajime and his companions returned to Verbergen in order to conquer's its Labyrinth (Hajime was unable to do so during his first visit due to not having met the prerequisites to enter it). Thanks to Kaori Shirasaki, the damaged that the beastman nation injured during the attack was restored, and most of the citizens where healed up too. As a result of this, many beastmen, including Guze came to idolize her.

Guze was later present when Emperor Gahard D. Hoelscher of the Hoelscher Empire met with them after the former was defeated in combat by the Haulia Tribe, and forced to free all of their beastman slaves. The meeting, however, was going nowhere due to the remaining hostilities that both sides had for each other. The prompted Hajime to teleport Gahard back to the empire before the hostilities could escalate into violence.

As Verbergen was recovering from the aftermath of the demon invasion, Guze continued to express his worhsip fo Kaori. He would constantly follow her along with many other beastman followers, and wished to erect structures in her name and establish her as an official state religion.

Relationships

 * Jin Vanton - Guze is good friends with Jin. He his angry at Hajime after he severely beat Jin.
 * Kaori Shirasaki - Guze, like many other beastmen, idolizes Kaori after she uses her magic to restore Verbergen after the demons invade it.
 * Zel - His fellow elder. Like him, Zel also worships Kaori. The two of them would argue over who Kaori liked more.