Entry 24: Rise of a True Hero
Status
Name: Naofumi Iwatami
Title: Shield Hero, Holy Saint, Shield Demon
Gender: Male
Eligible Class: Shielder, Avenger, Berserker, Rider
Height / Weight: Unknown
Attribute: Earth
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Traits: Humanoid, Servant, Male, Riding, Earth & Sky, Brynhildr's Beloved, Weak to Enuma Elish
Origin: Rise of the Shield Hero
Parameters
Strength: E+
Agility: D
Luck: D
Endurance: A
Mana: C
Noble Phantasm: EX
Skill
Golden Rule [A]
A skill that refers to the measurements of one's fortune to acquire wealth. He was known as the god of merchant and commerce due to his business ethics as well as the quality items he sold to the people.
Expert in Many Specializations [A]
The access and use of many professional skills. Thanks to his shield Naofumi has accesses to a plethora of passive and active skills that he has acquired throughout his journey.
Guardian Knight [A]
A skill that grants temporary attribute bonus if acting in the defense of others. As a hero of the shield of legend Naofumi gains a boost to his defensive abilities in accordance to how much of a threat the people are in. He gains an even greater boost if the people he's defending are those he cares about.
Animal Whisper [B]
Animals will always naturally be at ease around Naofumi and will become friends with him. This skill not only works on animals but on Demi-Humans and Beastman as well.
Mistrust of the Fairer Sex [D~EX]
A skill that denotes the bearer's distrust towards females due to a traumatic experience. Due to false accusations concerning a spoiled princess and subsequence fallout said event caused, Naofumi mistrusts if not outright hates females. Through his companions this hatred has lessen except for a select few, hence the flux in rank. As a result this skill grants a boost to his attack power when faced against females in accordance to its rank.
Noble Phantasm
The Legendary Shield [EX] [Anti-Unit Self]
A weapon of legend granted to the one chosen as the Shield Hero. It grants its user tremendous defensive power but little in the way of attack power and restricts the user from using any kind of weapons except the shield itself. It is capable of absorbing materials to gain different forms that grants Naofumi a variety of passive and active skills that he can then strengthen using a variety of methods as well as the ability to copy other shields.
The Cursed Series: The Shield of Rage [A] [Anti-Unit]
A dangerous set of forms of the Legendary Shield born from Naofumi's wrath over the injustices committed against him. One of the few forms that grants him a method of attack through cursed flames that reduces healing effect. Other attacks available to Naofumi include:
- The Iron Maiden: an attack initiated by trapping the target in a shield prison and impaling them with spikes, the iron maiden then descends upon the prison with its numerous violent spikes, death a probable outcome.
- Blood Sacrifice: Naofumi's blood is extracted from his body in a large quantity when using this ability; it then forms a bear trap-like shape under the intended enemy and repeatedly mashes them to death. The use of this technique has the unfortunate side effect of seriously wounding its own wielder, and cursing them by reducing their stats by 30% should they survive. The curse can be healed with time, but the process can be accelerated by using purifying elements.
Bird God: Filo [A] [Anti-Army]
A filolial hatched by Naofumi, whose destiny forever changed the moment he touched her egg. Due to her being owned by the Shield Hero she was born as a Filolial Queen making her unique among other filolials. She is capable of assuming a human form and is proficient in using wind magic, combine with bonus stats provided by Naofumi for being her companion [slave/pet] and she is a destructive force on the battlefield. [NP restricted to Rider class]
Bio
Initially a layabout from Japan, Naofumi was transported to another world by the Church of the Three Heroes alongside three other Japanese men. These four Japanese men became the four legendary cardinal heroes, each wielding a legendary weapon. Naofumi was given the Legendary Shield, becoming the latest Shield Hero. Unfortunately, the possession of the shield gave Naofumi a natural disadvantage, as he didn't have any means of offense. To make matters worse, the church and part of the monarchy held a prejudice against the Shield Hero and defamed him as a pariah to the kingdom. Despite this Naofumi and his companions overcame the adversity and protected the world against the Waves of Calamity and other threats.
AN: Hello, Warden here, sorry for the late update, finally got a working pc. Anyway, to start things off the Rise of a Shield Hero has several versions to its narrative which makes terms as well characters a little difficult to pinpoint. So I decided to use the light novel version of the character with a few elements from the other versions. At first I was going to put Raphtalia as an NP but decided against it since I believed she should be better off as a standalone Servant compared to Filo. And regarding the last skill, although canonically speaking Naofumi hated the world and distrusted everyone, remember that beside needing someone to attack for him Naofumi bought Raphtalia due to him imagining Malty in that position. So I put a unique spin to that mentality manifesting as a skill. So with that said, stay safe and until next time.