Arios Orlando

Arios Orlando formerly known as the Hero, is one of the two main antagonists of the series along with the current reigning Demon Lord. He is the former hero who kicked out his future arch nemesis, Rein Shroud of the Hero's Party due to his hatred towards him. After his first defeat by Rein in their duel, Arios betrays his ancestor's legacy and violated his status as a Hero for his vengeance upon Rein only to be easily defeated by Rein again

Due to his treachery after his second defeat by Rein, he was arrested and stripped from his title as a hero by King Argus and Princess Sarya for violations such as allowing the murder upon an innocent man of the Adventurer's Guild in his failed attempted to frame Rein for the crimes, as well gotten completely written off as a traitor as well he was imprisoned by humanity for his actions, causing the disbandment of the Hero's Party due to his delusions and betrayal in his weak failed attempt to kill Rein.

He later escaped out of prison with help from Monica (a subordinate of the current reigning Demon Lord) where he join the Demon Lord's army for his vengeance upon Rein, his companions, and humanity (who now fully recognized Arios as a traitor and acknowledge Rein as their savior) due to him being completely humiliated by Rein again. Despite his escape, Arios has already been branded as a traitor and a most wanted criminal by both King Argus and Princess Sarya due to Arios' betrayal towards humanity. He was replaced by Chiffon Nox as his successor due to his betrayal.

He later transformed into a Demon. He eventually causes the deaths of his teammates for betraying him (rather it was Arios who betrayed them) or for just being useless to him once they realized how vile he truly is. He allowed Monica to dispose of Leanne, left Aggath to be killed by a group of demons for "betraying" him and lastly for Mina to die along with the holy church's archbishop by a group of demons for betraying him and siding with Rein of her new mission is to kill Arios (though her efforts helping Rein of her goal was a success). However, Orlando soon meet his demise when Rein killed him.

He is the archnemesis of Rein Shroud and the sworn enemy of The Shrouds.

Post-Downfall
Arios is an ignorant and delusional man who refused to learn from his mistakes. He is selfish and has never shown any concerns for Lin, Mina and Aggath because he only viewed them as disposable pawns and never considered them his friends to begin with. He is also incompetent when he and his soon-to-be former fellow heroes were in a complete disadvantage against the demon lord's army because Rein was a pillar to the Hero Party (which they would've defeated the Demon Lord) while Arios is a liability (when he and his former future teammates failed at everything as they were unable to defeat the Demon Lord's army). After his defeat by Rein and his party, Arios was driven insane with rage and desired to get revenge on Rein by killing him for Rein not only humiliating him and his party but for successfully completing the Lost Forest where Arios and his party couldn't, even going as far as to not only betray the Hero's Party but also his ancestor the First Hero's legacy to defeat the Demon Lord just for his ridiculous accord but only to be defeated by Rein.

He is xenophobic towards Demi-humans even from the Strongest Tribes where he sees them to be Rein's "pets" and believing they are no match for him, not realizing he is way over his head as he is the one who is too weak against the Strongest Tribes due to his delusions and dimwitted nature.

Arios is also a coward when he begged Rein to not hurt him after he lost against Shroud. One of the citizens of Horizon also acknowledged Arios' cowardice when he refused to fight the demonic Edgar Fromware (who is actually a pawn of Arios) thinking he can defeat the demon lord while being such as a coward that refused to fight a demon attacking Horizon.

He is cunning and manipulative when he manipulated Edgar Fromware to join him due to them having a common enemy who they despised, Rein. He only viewed Edgar as a pawn at his disposal due to Arios never caring for anyone other than himself alone. However, this lead to both Arios and Edgar's defeat by Rein and his companions, as well for Arios to lose his status as the "Hero" for his violation and has been sentenced to prison for the crimes he committed against humanity and betrayal towards the legacy of his ancestor the First Hero, Arios will always be remembered as a selfish, deluded traitor for the murder of the adventurer and failed attempt to frame Rein Shroud for the crime. While in prison, Arios was driven into even more hypocrisy and insanity, where he became a completely irredeemable and unrepentant villain. Arios has shown to be both ignorant and living in complete denial due to still believing that he is still a hero (despite the fact his status was revoked due to Arios violating his former title) and kept attempting to blame Rein, believing it is Shroud's fault which is nothing but a delusional excuse.

Arios is also a terrible liar. During his trial after he was defeated by Rein again, he tried on lying to King Argus to pin the blame on Rein as the "culprit" just to save his pathetic skin. However, his lies are completely useless as King Argus is fully aware of his deceits because Princess Sarya already used a magical tool to reveal to her father that Arios is a liar and the real culprit. After he lost his title as a "Hero" and being completely written off as the most wanted criminal by King Argus and Princess Sarya, Arios' lies and deceptions are now completely futile as nobody will have to suffer through Arios' useless lies and worthless deception.

After he escaped from prison as well lost his status as a "Hero" (due to him violating the title) from his second defeat by Rein, Arios became a complete sociopath and deluded lunatic who was driven into even more hypocrisy than he was before due to his own blind hatred of Rein for getting the better of him. As far as Arios is concerned, Rein has ruined his reputation as a "Hero" and humiliated him along with being completely written off by everyone as a self-deluded traitor to humanity. Arios now desire's to kill not only Rein and his companions but also humanity itself (after Arios was recognized as a traitor) by working for the Demon Lord (the ruler of the demons who Arios was chosen to defeat) showing that Arios has became a vile and impure misanthrope when he has no remorse or sheds of humanity left inside of him. He is more deluded and persistent when he still believed he will kill Rein. Blinded by his delusions of grandeur, Arios became a pure evil lunatic when he has completely abandoned any traces of remorse or sheds of humanity he once had. He holds a complete grudge against King Argus and his daughter, Princess Sarya and wanted to get revenge on them for not only revoking his status as a Hero and declaring him as a traitor, but also deeming him as threat and the most wanted criminal when they put a price on Arios' head, dead or alive. Arios is as treacherous as ever as he betrayed and sacrificed Leanne when he ordered Monica to blame Leanne's death on Rein without a second thought, believing it was necessary just so he would get his revenge on Rein, showing just how heinous black hearted he truly has become as Arios still cares for nobody but himself because he is completely consumed by his delusions of grandeur. He is also a bond destroying swindler when his betrayal towards Leanne and Aggath also deeply impacted to Mina, causing her to betray Arios and wanted her so-called "friend" to die after seeing he became a completely insane lunatic who is permanently blinded by his delusions of grandeur and hatred towards Rein. Arios is more of a coward than he was before as he is not going to fight his enemies personally but using the demons to fight his battles for him.

He has no tolerance for betrayals or weaknesses. He left Aggath to be killed for "betraying" him (in truth, he betrayed Aggath and the others when he took things too far). He allowed Monica to dispose of Leanne when he had no more use for her after Leanne was demonized by Monica and killed by Rein and his companions. He intended to kill Mina for betraying him and siding with Rein which led to Mina dying along with the holy church's archbishop at the hands of a group of demons.

Arios proposed a deal with Rein after he gained the power of demon. However, he failed to defeat Rein and was killed by Rein.

Monica Eclair (formerly)
Monica is the one who completely corrupted Arios to joining the Demon Lord's army for his vengeance on Rein. He allowing Monica of disposing Leanne when he has no more use of her and the others. After his death against Rein, Monica revealed she doesn't truly care about Arios as she viewed him to be a mere pawn in her disposal.

Demon Lord
Originally his enemy, but now his ally. Arios only joined the Demon Lord for his vengeance on Rein and humanity.

Edgar Fromware (formerly)
Arios formed an alliance with the tyrannical mayor, Edgar due to them sharing a common enemy (Rein). Arios offered the cursed ring to Edgar which he accepted if that what it meant for him to steal both Sora and Luna from Rein. However, Edgar has failed Arios and presumably dead when he was beaten into a bloody pulp by Edgar's former slaves (who were freed by Rein). Arios only viewed Edgar as a mere pawn and completely fine as he didn't care about Edgar at all.

Rein Shroud
The former Hero Arios is Rein's former teammate and now his archenemy. Arios banished Rein from the Hero's Party believing he was useless to him. When he and his party are unable to proceed into the Lost Forest without Rein, Arios and his party decide to ask Rein to lend a hand, believing that Rein would never refuse their request. Arrogantly, Arios asked him to accept the job as if he were favoring them. Arios notices that Rein is with the strongest species which surprised him. Tania asks Arios and his party to apologize to Rein and Arios did but took it for granted which made Tania say that they should prostrate themselves and sincerely apologize to Rein. This made the hero party very angry. In anger, Arios called Rein's companions just his pets and playthings which made Rein very angry and hastily beat Arios on the face. At this refute, Arios challenged Rein into a duel. Rein easily defeated Arios due to his newfound powers. Rein felt surprised to feel refreshed after beating them. Though he apologizes as Tania said, for being humiliated by Rein, Arios was driven into insanity when he wants to kill Rein using any means. When he started looking for a recruit as a beast tamer, he came to know that Rein is an unusual tamer which filled him with deep hatred; primarily because Arios made himself look like a jackass in both definitions (getting rid of the support his team needed out of ego and instead focusing his self hatred on Rein). He manipulated Edgar Fromware as a pawn for killing Rein by giving him a ring to summon Death Scythe but in the end, it failed and Edgar was easily defeated. Since then, he single-mindedly makes attempts to kill him, but only to be defeated by Rein again. After breaking out of prison followed with his second defeat where he lost his status as a Hero and is always remembered as a traitor, the completely deranged Arios wants to kill Rein, his friends and humanity itself as Arios joined the Demon Lord just for his vengeance on Rein. Rein has no choice but to kill Arios for not only escaped from prison but also caused the deaths of Aggath, Leanne, Mina and innocent lives as soon Rein realized that Arios is purely evil and beyond any hopes for redemption. During their final fight, Rein killed Arios and avenge Aggath, Leanne and Mina as well innocent lives he took.

Aggath, Leanne and Mina
Aggath, Leanne and Mina were Arios' teammates and indirect killed victims. Arios cares nothing about them as they were just pawns to him and Arios never sees them as his friends. Even after joining the demons where he lost his title as a hero, he still hold no concerns for them. He let his teammates to their deaths when he is done using them, believing their sacrifices would allow him to exact revenge on Rein.

Aggath, Leanne and Mina were loyal towards Arios. This was until he betrayed them and caused their deaths. Leanne was disposed by Monica under Arios' orders where she was killed by Rein, Aggath was left to be killed by the demons under Arios' commands for "betraying" him and lastly Mina died along with the Holy Church's archbishop by the demons where she betrayed Arios and formed an alliance with Rein of her goal to kill Arios which is a success even at the cost of her own life.

The Shrouds
Due to him being an xenophobic, Arios hates Rein's companions who he considered them to Rein's "pets". He thinks he is stronger than them only to shown in reality, Arios is weaker than Rein's companions as he and his teammates were easily defeated by Rein, Kanade (from the Cat Tribe) and Tania (from the Dragon Tribe) in their duel. After he escaped from prison, Arios wants revenge on Rein and his companions as well as humanity.

Rein's companions also hates Arios and look down on him when learning he banished Rein. They've treated Arios like a worthless piece of trash as well Tania and Kanade (who are the worst among Rein's companions) treated Arios nothing more than a filthy worm. They also viewed Arios to be an incompetent weakling who stood no chance against them as they (along with Rein) easily defeated him and his teammates in their duel. One of them, Tania wanted to fight Arios (who she always calling him as the worthless hero), just so she would make him suffer of his ignorance and delusions of grandeur. After Arios was arrested and stripped from his title as Hero, Rein's companions expressed no sympathies for a man (who they've always viewed him as a worthless piece of garbage) due to their hatreds towards this deluded idiot. After learning Arios had escaped from prison, Rein's companions wants nothing more but to kill the former hero (who they've always hated and considered to be a piece of trash) once and for all to bring an end to his delusions of grandeur.

Argus Van Rollreeze
Arios is the former hero that Argus chosen but very carelessly due to Arios' twisted personality. Following his betrayal after Rein defeated Arios again, King Argus shown enraged of Arios' delusions of grandeur and violation to his title as a Hero where the King hereby revoked Arios from his status as a Hero and placing this deluded idiot under arrest, for his betrayal towards him and the murder of a member of the Adventurer's Guild as well completely written Arios Orlando as the self-deluded traitor. When the King went to Arios' cellblock, Argus is still annoyed by Arios' delusions of grandeur and announced to him that he will be executed within two days. When Arios escaped from prison due to Monica Eclair, King Argus has no choice but to place a bounty on Arios' head where he is humanity's most wanted criminal, dead or alive, just so no villages nor its inhabitants will ever listen to Arios' lies and deception. The only reaction that Argus shown for Arios was nothing more than an extremely disgust due to Arios' delusions of grandeur and violation of his status as a Hero.

Arios now holds a complete hatred towards the King and cursed Argus for stripping him of his title as a hero and completely written him of as both a delusional traitor and humanity's worst criminal.

Princess Sarya
Like her father, Sarya completely hates Arios for his delusions of grandeur. When realizing that Arios is the culprit for the murder of a member of the Adventurer's Guild, Princess Sarya ordered her knights to place Arios under arrest when she called him as a traitor instead of a hero. For violating his status, Sarya used a magical tool to revealed Arios was a liar and the real culprit to her father which caused King Argus to announced of revoking Arios of his status as a hero and thrown him to the cellblock. Much like her father, Sarya also considered Arios to be nothing more than a delusional moron. After hearing Arios has escaped due to Monica Eclair, Sarya (as well as her father, King Argus) has no qualms of placing a price on Arios and completely labelled Arios as humanity's worst criminal.

Arios now completely hates Sarya and cursed the princess for revealing his true identity as a traitor who allowed the murder of a group of members of the adventurer's guild and in his failed attempted to frame Rein for it, completely writing him off not only as a traitor, but also as a most wanted criminal, dead or alive.

Humanity
Arios was once humanity's chosen hero but now he is the most hated enemy and greatest threat to humanity.

The people used to idolized him. This was until after the people (that Arios was supposed to protect), began to completely lose their respects/faiths for him and for Arios to be banished from Horizon for refusing to fight against the demonic Edgar as well the citizens of Horizon insulting Arios of calling him a coward to think he will defeat the Demon Lord when he couldn't defeat the demonic Edgar. One of the citizens mocked Arios when telling Rein is much more of a hero than him causing Arios to be pissed off. Arios allowed the murder upon members of the Adventurer's Guild in attempt to frame Rein for crime. However, the attempt to frame Rein has failed because Princess Sarya revealed that he was the real culprit where Arios was under arrested and Rein's name has been officially cleared from this falsely accused murder. During Arios' trial, all of the angry jury has voted Arios guilty where their king, Argus Van Rollreeze announced that Arios is hereby stripped from his status as "hero" and imprisoned by humanity.

After escaped due to Monica and joining the Demon Lord, Arios now holds a complete hatred towards humanity (despite of him being a human) because of his betrayal towards them and the people (who Arios was meant to protect) are now completely loyal to Rein as their hero as well the humanity has also chosen and idolized the new hero, Chiffon Nox (due to her compassion and all loving personality). His hatred towards humanity continually increased for the worse because Arios has been completely written off as the most wanted criminal to humanity by King Argus and Princess Sarya, putting a price on his head, dead of alive where Arios will never set foot on any continents as well the people will never have to suffer through Arios' lies and deceptions.

The humans (that Arios was supposed to protect) also completely hates Arios and considered him to be an imposter who portrayed as a hero, due to his delusions, selfishness, ignorance and cowardice. All humans wants the former fake Hero, Arios dead for the crimes he committed.

Abilities
Even though his personality is too wicked, he still have some abilities of being a former hero. However, his abilities are too weak against Rein.(who gained power by making contracts with Demi-Humans from the strongest tribes).
 * Expert Swordsman: Since he is the ex-hero, he knows how to swing the sword properly. According to Rein, he is a master of sword. However after he lost his holy sword along with his other equipment (when he was stripped as a hero), he lacked other proficiencies such as hand-to-hand combat leaving him relentlessly useless and defenseless due to him being weak.

Magic

 * Gigabolt : A lightning strike magic.
 * Lunatic Bolt

Weaknesses
Though as a former hero, Arios has a lot of weaknesses. His one of his weaknesses is his arrogance while he believed himself to be almighty only revealed to be a weakling when he was easily defeated by Rein twice. Another of his weaknesses is his dimwittedness when he has extremely low intelligence when he attacks without any thinking and even having such a poor navigation when unable to find the Shield of Truths in months. His precious weakness is delusions when he thinking he is still the hero only revealed that Arios is really so ignorant or is he is living in a complete denial, where shown that Arios is nothing more than a lowlife scoundrel even shown to be defeated by Rein twice. His greatest weakness is his cowardice when shown he is a coward who doesn't fight his own battles used those to fight his battles for him but only making him as the easiest target to be effortlessly defeated by stronger opponents (such as Rein).

Trivia

 * Arios can be described as the total opposite of Rein:
 * Whereas Rein was kind-hearted and shows respect towards his friends, Arios was more arrogant ever since giving a title of a “Hero” and had all the power went to his head to the point of becoming selfish and delusive, even to the point of caring only himself and saw others as pawns and stepping stones and would dispose of them without any remorse or pity.
 * Rein treats his beastmen allies as genuine friends while Arios for unknown reasons has xenophobia and shown to be afraid of beastmen to the point of disliking them and seeing them as nothing but mere animals and pets.
 * While Rein has shown to be knowledgeable and studies to understand his new powers with every contract he makes with new allies, Arios believing that he is an invincible hero, did not have enough time to study or learn other things in life and thus became ignorant.
 * Rein is not afraid of trying new things in life, while Arios from all his time being given the “Hero” title, had no chances of facing challenges and became cowardly.
 * Ironically Arios goes against the trope of morons finally getting the picture about who they really are, after enough beatings