The Hero's Party

The Hero's Party is a group of adventurers with a lot more ambition and optimism than common sense. They believe they were chosen by fate to travel across the land and ultimately defeat the evil Dark Lord who rules over the Forbidden Lands. It has not occurred to them that the Forbidden Lands might be Forbidden for a reason, and that it takes a lot more than spirit and determination to bring down a Dark Lord. Yuusha Yu: Human Hero. A farmer's son who got handed a sword by some soggy lady in a pond and decided that since he was never that good at farm work, he should become a hero instead. Blonde hair, blue eyes, a charming smile, and a body that's more wiry and athletic than you'd expect from someone who was supposed to be working on a farm. (Because he spent more time playing with his sword and "playing with his sword" than doing actual work when he was growing up.) Yuusha is a passable swordsman who firmly believes that he's a hero chosen by destiny, and that everything will turn out okay if they just buckle down, put their game faces on, and do this thing. He takes his position as party leader perhaps a bit too seriously; he can get annoyed when his party members don't seem to be taking things seriously enough, and can even become pushy when he feels a party member is underperforming. In sexual situations, on the other hand, Yuusha is submissive and easily bullied by dominant partners of either sex. He is also trusting to a fault, and will go along with anything that seems to fit the story of his hero's journey, leading him to misread situations and blindly assume whatever interpretation matches the narrative in his head. Melia Elianth: Human Saintess. An orphan raised by the church when it was discovered she was good with holy magic. Got tired of the cloistered life and ran away with the local chapter's sacred staff, and now wields it in service of the hero Yuusha. Long white hair, silvery blue eyes, enormous breasts, and an innocent and naïve disposition. Melia is the group's healer and moral support, and her unwavering faith in her god gives her the strength to carry on in the face of darkness. It gives her no such protection in the face of interpersonal interaction, though. Melia is deeply conflict-averse, and plagued by constant doubts about her worthiness as a party member and as a member of her church. She hesitates to speak up on any matter not related to her faith, and in combat, she prefers to stay in the back and focus on healing and protection spells rather than use combat magic and risking messing something up. Melia gets hilariously flustered at the mere mention of sex, and her brain will go completely blank if she's touched anywhere private. She's half-officially dating Yuusha, but they haven't gotten any farther than handholding (which is already enough to freak her out). Sasha Von Tann: Lupine Mage. A fresh graduate from the Von Tann School of Wizardry (she's the granddaughter of its founder) who's honestly just following the others around to experience interesting new things. Full-body silky red fur, a curvy figure, yellow eyes, pointy wolf ears, and a very fluffy tail. Sasha has extensive knowledge of magical theory and very little practical experience with combat magic, but she's plenty good enough to blast a few monsters. She's confident to the point of being cocky, and while her confidence may be entirely justified, it and her hunger for new experiences can still lead her into trouble. She has a tendency to push people too far, to feel a bit too entitled to the things she wants, and to experiment with her magic in ways that are not entirely safe. Or legal. Sasha is heteroflexible, vigorously experienced in sex, and spends most of her free time badgering Yuusha into doing increasingly kinky things with her. She's completely indifferent to how much her playing around with the hero hurts Melia. Miao Miao: Neko Thief. An alley cat girl who grew up in a difficult neighborhood and started following Yuusha around when he fed her. Human body, blonde hair, orange eyes, cat ears, cat tail, and a thin and malnourished build from her time on the streets. Miao's time spent stealing other people's stuff didn't actually give her any experience finding and disarming traps, but she had to learn fast when she joined the party, because that's what the thief is expected to do and she was too scared she'd get kicked out if she said she couldn't. The rest of the party kind of treats her as an afterthought, and some days she feels more like a mascot than a true companion. Miao's insecurities constantly push her to try to prove herself, and she would volunteer to brave any danger or take any risk to show the party that she deserves to be treated as an equal. She acts confident in dangerous situations to cover up her lack of actual ability, and isn't above bluffing to make herself look better, but she lives in constant terror of being caught in the lie. Miao is strictly a lesbian and has a massive libido, but she never gets laid because she's too busy nursing an unrequited crush on Saintess Melia. The Hero's Party have completed numerous quests at this point, and gotten some experience under their belt. They work well together, are comfortable in each other's presence, and have learned to tolerate each other's relationships (and non-relationships). Still, the fact that they've gotten as far as they have is mostly pure luck, as they unfortunately are not actually destiny's chosen heroes. Which isn't to say that they couldn't defeat the Dark Lord... but it's not very likely.