Darrion Kaus

Darrion Kaus (ダリオン・カーズ) was the first Hero of Tortus. After having been defeated by Ehit, he would come to serve his new master as the Commander of the Paladins of the Holy Church.

Appearance
During the age of the Libertors, Darrion appeared as an adult male with short brown hair and average looks to the point that he could have been easily forgettable. After he was killed by Laus while he had defected from the church, Darrion's new host body was the of a much younger man with white hair and red eyes.

Personality
Initially, Darrion cared about protecting Tortus as its Hero. However, his devotion towards its goddess Uralt was of greater importance to him. It was to the point that he would sacrifice all his ideals in order to stay by her side; including serving under his enemy Ehit.

Biography
Darrion was born into a primitive tribe that resided by Tortus' Grand Tree Uralt. When a group of beings from another world came to Tortus and sought to conquer it, Darrion and his people fought back. To aid in their fight, Uralt bestowed upon Darrion a powerful sword, and granted him the title of "Hero". Furthermore, Darrion was trained and empowered by one of these otherworlders that wanted to peacefully co-exist with the people of Tortus.

During the war, Darrion and Uralt fought against Ehit at the sacred tree. In an effort to defeat Ehit, Uralt transferred her soul into Darrion's sword. Furthermore, Darrion managed to utilize Concept Magic, the pinnacle of Ancient Magic, to create a powerful barrier to repel Ehit. In the end, however, Darrion was defeated, and he was forced to pledge his loyalty to Ehit, in order to protect Uralt. In order to ensure the he would alway be by Uralt's side, Darrion would transfer his soul into another being. Over the centuries, Darrion would come to possess the bodies of every person that had been chosen to be the Hero, all while serving Ehit as the Commander of the Paladins of the Holy Church.

"Zero" Timeline
When the leaders of the Holy Church were having a meeting to discuss a defeat they suffered from the Liberators at Andika, Darrion accompanied Pope Lucifer Slaine Elbard as he arrived after everyone else and remained by his side. Once the meeting was finished. Darrion continued to escort the pope as he and the church's new Oracle Ainz Arsalk had a private meeting with the Templar Knights' Commander Laus Barn.

Darrion and the Paladins would later arrive near the Pale Forest, where the church's forces were battling both the Liberators and the Haltina Republic. As the church were starting to lose their momentum, Darrion ordered their forces to retreat in the name of Ehit, to which they complied without question. Oscar Orcus and Lyutillis Haltina were about to attack the retreating members of the church, but Laus intervened and warned them of Darrion and the Paladins abilities. Ultimately, the church managed to escape without incident.

Soon after then war, when Laus was preparing to take his family and flee with them to join the Liberators, he saw his youngest son Sharm being escorted by the rest of his family, Darrion, and several other knights. Sharm had been severely injured due to the church attempting to brainwash him into loyally serving Ehit, but had failed to do so. As Laus attempted to free his son and escape, Darrion attacked him with the butt of his Divine Spear Longinus artifact. Laus blocked the blow with his hammer, then used his "Solid Specter" spell to project his soul out of his body in order to attack the knights hat were restraining Sharm. Darrion attempted to stab Laus’ body while it was unoccupied, but Laus stalled him with a Soul Shock and reunited his flesh with his spirit. The moment he returned, Laus sent out chains of light to grab Sharm and pull him over, while keeping Darrion at bay with his hammer. Laus healed Sharm and then handed him off to his personal guard Reinheit Ashe so that the two of them could escape while he would hold off Darrion and the rest of church's forces. Reinhart attacked Darrion with a "Celestial Flash" spell before escaping with Sharm under his arm.

As Reinheit and Sharm were fleeing, Darrion attacked Reinheit by stabbing him with his Divine Spear. Darrion then 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 Darion's other weapon, the Holy Sword Uralt, to approach him on its own. It managed to heal him, and gave him the strength to fight back against Darion. 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. 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. As Sharm was about to follow Reinheit's wish and head out, he was blocked by Darion, who still had enough life left in him to fight, and was prepared to kill both of them, but Laus arrived at the last second after having escaped the church's forces (at the cost of his left arm) and killed him with a lethal punch in the face. Howerver, Darrion managed to survive by transferring his soul into another body. To avoid any confusion among the members of the church over Darrion's survival, the Pope claimed that Darrion's current host was that of he real Darrion, and the person that Laus killed was actually a body double.

Sometime later, Darrion broke up an argument between Lilith Arkind and Mulm Allridge over the latter accusing the former of losing faith with the church due to her past feelings towards Laus.

Relationships

 * Uralt - Darrion was absolutely devoted to Uralt. It was to a point that he was able to use concept magic based on his feelings for her in during heir battle against Ehit.
 * Apostle Template - This woman trained Darrion to fight against her former comrades. She had bestowed him with each Ancient Magic, and also taught him swordsmanship after he became Tortus' Hero.
 * Ehit - Although Ehit was Darrion's enemy, he would later come to serve under the evil god in order to protect Uralt. Darrion would go along with all of Ehit's schemes without question.
 * Reinheit Ashe - Darrion despised Reinheit for having taken the Holy Sword from him (and by extension Uralt). He had planned to take over Reinheit's body, but was ultimately killed by him.

Physical Abilities

 * Enhanced Physical Abilities - Being a Paladin of the Holy Church and possessing the Hero job, Darrion has gained all around superhuman abilities.
 * Enhanced Strength - Darrion possesses enhanced strength which is further enhanced by the power of his Holy Sword and Divine Spear.
 * Enhanced Speed - Darrion possesses enhanced speed
 * Enhanced Durability - Darrion has enhanced durability giving him the ability to withstand some of the most powerful attacks.
 * Enhanced Endurance - Darrion has an enhanced degree of endurance
 * Enhanced Senses
 * Expert Combatant - Like all paladins and Templar knights, Darrion is physically fit, able to adjust to the situation as necessary, and well-coordinated when fighting alongside his comrades.
 * Master Swordsman - Thanks to possessing the job of Hero, Darrion is incredibly skilled at swordsmanship.
 * Expert Spearman - Darrion has great skill and proficiency in using the Divine Spear Longinus.

Magical Abilities

 * Immense Mana - As someone who possesses the Hero job and as a Paladin of the Holy Church, Darrion has a large quantity of mana.
 * Skilled Magic User - Thanks to his job as a Hero, Darrion is very skilled in magic, capable in using all elements.

Skills

 * All Elements Aptitude - A skill that increases the aptitude for all elemental spells and increases activation speed.
 * Sword Mastery - A skill that increases the user's proficiency in the art of sword-wielding.
 * Mana Manipulation - Allows direct manipulation of mana without the need for a magic circles or incantations to enhance his body or use special magic.
 * Golden Rule - A skill to copy an opponent's magic. However, it can only copy one type of magic at a time.
 * Creation Magic - one of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", which grants control over any object, structure (be it physical or magical) or mineral, allowing the user to shape or transform them in any way they wish. It is the only form of magic which allows the creation of an "Artifact". The true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with any inorganic material'. As a Synergist, Hajime has high compatibility with this magic and uses Creation Magic to generate his own supply of special and rare minerals for his equipment such as Taur, Shtar and even Azanthium without the need to mine for it in locations such as the Orcus Dungeon, Hajime can also use Creation Magic to enchant spells or Skills such as the other Ancient Magics into objects or existing Artifacts to make them stronger.
 * Gravity Magic - One of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", it gives the user control over gravity. The true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with the energy of star', and just not gravity. Theoretically, it could also interfere with things like earth vein or terrestrial heat, bedrock or magma; and it isn’t impossible to use this magic to purposefully generate earthquake or volcano eruption.
 * Spatial Magic - One of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", it allows the user to manipulate the space around themselves, allowing them to either bend or expand the space near them or move themselves to another space or location. The true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with the boundary'. Meaning it can allow the user to manipulate anything, like the elimination of race-creature gap, or formulating new boundary to create a spirit world; it's possible to achieve those kinds of things.
 * Restoration Magic - One of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", which allows the user to restore the state of anything to either its previous or original condition. The true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with the time', meaning it has the ability to manipulate the time of anything, anyplace or anyone to a point the user desires to.
 * Spirit Magic - One of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", which allows the user to manipulate the soul of a living being directly. It's possible to revive a living being back from the dead (time restriction applicable), or transfer the soul of a living being from one body to another, or even into a non-physical body as well, practically granting any living being immortality. The true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with the negative material possessed by living thing'. To be more specific, this magic could also interfere with things like energy inside the body that was mana, heat, electricity, then thought, consciousness, memory. Those who have mastery over this magic can even create an artificial consciousness, and allow it to inhabit anybody they wish.
 * Evolution Magic - One of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", which allows the user to enhance or evolve all other forms of power, be it strong or weak. It can work on even other "Ancient Magic" as well, boosting their power and scope. The true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with the information about existing things'. This magic enhances or evolves an ability or power by a stage of 1, by interfering with the targets information, and the increased it one-by-one stage. Hajime has used this magic to further improve all his Artifact, making them all far stronger.
 * Metamorphosis Magic - One of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", which allows a user to remake the form of a normal being and reform them into a different form. Normally, it's used to remake a normal organism and turn it into a monster, or even manipulate the magic stone of a monster and remake them. But the true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with any organic material'. Meaning not only animals, but it's also possible to remake plants or intelligent beings, and reform their structure as needed. Even byproducts of organic material, like paper or food, can also be manipulated by this magic. The magic stone which gets created during the process is just a byproduct of the process.
 * Concept Magic - It is a form of "Ancient Magic art" which is a combination of many other ancient magics. The main ability of Concept magic is that allows one to interfere with the laws of the world and impress concepts upon it. By raising up a powerful wish or desire with Spirit Magic and Evolution Magic, it can be raised to a level of a concept before being forcefully materialized with magical power. However, since the user's desire at of the time of use, is used as the base of the magic, to raise up and create the concept, the spell may not remain stable in subsequent uses, thus a single spell can only be used once under most circumstances.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Holy Sword Uralt - An artifact that was created from the Grand Tree Uralt by combining one of its roots with various minerals from its surroundings. It is a legendary weapon that was used by various heroes in the past, and was known as one of the seven holy artifacts while the Holy Church was in possession of it. It is blessed with the Light Magic element, which gave it the properties of simultaneously weakening enemies that were hit by the light it emitted, while also increasing one's own physical strength, along with the ability to return to its users hand on-command. It can change its shape into whatever type of sword its user wishes for. It also possess' the ability to automatically return to its owner without their consent, when they move away from it for a certain distance or try to abandon it. It was actually possessed by the hero that the Grand Tree's first avatar "Uralt" summoned and it was originally created to defeat the mad god Ehit. After Ehit defeated Uralt, she used the last of her powers to seal her will inside of the sword.
 * Divine Spear Longinus - A spear artifact that the Holy Church was in possession of. It was known as one of the seven holy Artifacts.
 * Sanctified Shield -

Quotes

 * (To Ehit): "Nothing shall despoil this sanctuary."
 * (To Reinheit): "You made a foolish choice, knight. No, not knight. Heretic."
 * (To Reinheit): "This time, it really is the end."
 * (To Hearst): "There’s no need to act humble. We all know that you’re the first of our lord’s apostles, as well as his favorite."
 * (To Hearst): "I did lose a bit of it during my defeat, but I’ve managed to integrate with this host quite well. Either way, I won’t die until I retrieve the Holy Sword. She belongs to me, after all."
 * (To the Liberators): "This shall be the final act. Do your best to give my lord an entertaining struggle, you pitiful pawns."
 * (To Kaime and Selm): "Kill Sharm Barn here. It is only right that a member of the Barn family cleans up the family’s mess."
 * (To Uralt): "I betrayed my comrades and the entire world...I even debased myself and became Ehit’s pawn...all so that I could stay with you!"
 * (To Uralt): "No matter how many times you chose a new hero and left my side, eventually you always realized I was the only hero for you and came back. I am your eternal hero!"
 * (To Reinheit): "The world has no need for any heroes other than me. I’ll be taking over that body of yours."
 * (To Reinheit): "You know, I took over the bodies of most of the past heroes."

Trivia

 * In Volume 3, Darrion's name is spelled "Darion Gauze".