Laios Touden

Appearance: Laios is a 26-year-old adult man, tall in height [185cm or 6’1”] also due to his race being a Tall-man. His body type is healthy, buff and a little chubby. He's described as an average height Tall-man with cream skin, short blond hair and light gold eyes. He prefers to keep his hair short and be clean shaven in order to look less like his estranged father. His outfit while dungeon-crawling is a set of silver plate armour that reaches his mid-thighs with a belt around his waist. He also wears a pair of silver gauntlets, a white shirt under his armor, silver knee guards, and simple brown boots.

Personality: Laios is a very strong fighter and the leader of the party. He often uses the knowledge gained from cooking monsters to develop techniques to defeat them, and is a quick thinker who comes up with full plans on the fly. He is a very calm and gentle person but gets very excited when he talks about monsters, which bothers most of the people around him. He tends to speak very quickly when excited. Despite his deep knowledge and passion for monsters and proficiency in combat, he often falters outside of these situations due to an absence of self preservation or common sense towards his objectives. Laios tends to lack tact and social skills when dealing with others, often saying everything that comes to his mind to the point where it causes frustration and confusion in others. Despite this, he is extremely friendly and accepting towards others, being quick to forge friendships with other groups and even orcs, and becomes excited at the prospect of others seeing him as their friend. His fascination for monsters and food can be considered freakish to others. He is very passionate about the topic and the most unexpectedly expressive when talking about it.

Backstory: Laios was born on 26th of November 488. Him and his younger sister Falin grew up in an unnamed village in the north, where their father led the people as chief. As a child, he was interested in the world around him, at least once bringing home a bug's egg case. During his childhood, Laios received ‘The Dungeon Gourmet Guide’ as a birthday present from his parents. He was completely enraptured by the book, and would have it read to him when sick. He would also fight with his sister over reading it. (He has copied out pages of the book at least once). Ever since his childhood, Laios has been drawing monsters from his ‘The Dungeon Gourmet Guide’ over and over, because of this he's become quite talented when it comes to drawing monsters. At some point in his youth, this precious book was thrown on the ground and dirtied by others. When he was 11 years old, after hearing the villagers talk about a ghost in the graveyard, Laios and Falin sneaked out to find it. After exploring for some time and finding nothing, Laios decided to head home with his sister, grabbing what he thought was Falin's hand but in actuality grabbing the ghost, which then attempted to possess Laios. This encounter awakened Falin's latent talent for cleric magic, which she used to rescue Laios from the ghost. Although the villagers' fearful reaction discouraged her, Laios assured her what she did was incredible, and if she learned to use it properly she could help people around the world with it. She brightened up at this suggestion, and the two promised to travel together once she learned to use magic. Eventually, Laios became tired of his hometown, in part due to the ostracism his sister experienced due to her magical talent. At the age of 12, Laios left the village to attend a boarding school, graduating after 6 years. He then entered the army, but deserted after 3 years because he was unable to adjust to life there. Laois then joined up with a passing caravan, taking on odd jobs along the way. He gradually moved further south and towards the Island [an island situated off the coast of Kahka Brud. It is the location of a compound-style dungeon]. A year or so after he left, Falin also departed the village, presumably to attend the Magic Academy. While she studied there, the siblings wrote to each other regularly. Eventually, Laios stopped by the Magic Academy where Falin had been studying, and she insisted on going with him to the Island. In year 510, Laios and his younger sister began their adventuring careers on the Island with a gold-stripping group. Laios died at least once to Living Armors during this time (his first death in the dungeon) and was afraid of armor for a while afterward. The two would gain experience from this and little else, as they chose to give their earnings to party members who were too ill to re-enter the dungeon. The siblings left the group after a year, forming their own adventuring party. By year 514, the siblings had formed a party that was strong enough to make it deep into the dungeon. Around this time, a door was found in the dungeon that seemed to lead deeper than previously thought possible. The Governor of the Island requested adventurers make a copy of the pattern on that door, so the Touden party went looking for it but encountered a Red Dragon in the process. The party was hungry and weak due to previous circumstances and were in the process of being defeated in battle when Falin pushed Laios out of the way of being eaten by the Red Dragon. Her final act before being swallowed was to teleport the rest of her party, brother included, to the surface. In the present, Laios party now consists of a blond Elven mage named Marcille, a Half-foot man named Chilchuck and a breaded Dwarf named Senshi.

Additional information: Laios is skilled in swordsmanship, knows simple magic, and is very knowledgeable when it comes to monsters. Despite Laios being a versatile leader, he has extremely poor people skills that hold him back. He can come across as inconsiderate due to being unable to pick up on social cues. He's able to do an amazing impression of a dog, noted first by his sister and then by the rest of his party. Which is very effective when threatening monsters. He has owned a handful of dogs in the past too. His favorite foods are dairy products, especially cheesecake. His least favorite type of foods are cephalopods.