Taking up a new quest to defeat the true evil, The Hero travels through the Necrogond Shrine to the world below and arrives in Alefgard, which is sealed in perpetual darkness under the devil's heel. After returning from the cave of trials The Hero learns that his wife is giving birth, and soon after she gives birth to twins - a boy and a girl.

Following a tip by Albert, they travel to the Lofty Peak, the birthplace of Madaline, where they obtain a Flying Carpet. The strongest wind spell; affects an enemy group. Pankraz stays behind, telling to take Harry out of the ruins quickly. An amnesiac since his early youth, The Hero grew up in Castle Trodain, eventually serving as a guard for some time before the events of the prologue took place. Riding on the Zenith Dragon's back, the trio fly to the great temple of Crocodilopolis atop Mount Azimuth. With his loyal Great Sabrecat by his side. Allows instantaneous travel to places previously visited. As with all Heroes in the series, he is the avatar of the player and thus his personality is left for them to interpret. Returning home, they convince some boys to stop tormenting a sabercat cub, whom accompanies The Hero back to Whealbrook.

While playing as the Hero during Classic Mode, Arusu appears as Round 6's opponent and is fought on the third version of Castle Siege. Caster gives up his own life to revive all fallen companions.

Wanting to determine who is the impostor, The Hero and Harry set off to find Ra's Mirror stored at Abovitall Tower.

There he meets up with Rodrigo Briscoletti, who trying to find suitors for his daughter Nera - with the shield as a wedding gift.

The Hero is a very versatile fighter. After a vicious clash, The Hero emerges victorious, and Zoma begins to fade away--warning that hen though he may perish, there will always be an evil to take his place. The Hero in Dragon Quest VIII is an 18 year old, low-ranking royal guardsman in Castle Trodain. After ridding the ghosts, The Hero finds a curious golden orb on the roof. The Hero was raised by their mother and grandfather in their home in Aliahan. After tracking down the thief, Dwight, it turns out he was coerced by the Winter Queen into stealing the herald. See the Erdrick Equipment article for more details on the sword and armor set, along with the emblem. With it, the false queen is unmasked and defeated.
This can be corrected with the application of an MP-boosting personality and by consuming Seed of magic and Seed of wisdom when found. With his dying breath, Pankraz reveals The Hero's mother is still alive and implores him to continue finding her. There were also no illustrations of the female Erdrick until the Super Famicom remake: in certain illustrations, the female Erdrick's outfit is more feminized, making her blue tunic a strapless miniskirt. Traveling to the secluded Talon Tower, they retrieve the Dragon Orb which enables "Dr Agon" to restore himself back to his true form: the Zenith Dragon. Six legendary orbs are gathered by The Hero along their trek, which they use to hatch the legendary Everbird Ramia. As the Hero's legacy has grown in the distant time between the third and first game, several items and pieces of equipment that once belonged to The Hero have Erdrick in their names. This Hero has been given the default name Arusu in order to differentiate him from the other three Heroes appearing in the game. As a child, he wears a light green tunic tied around his waist with a rope, silver bracelets on both arms, dark gray boots on his feet; a wooden stick is held in his right hand.As an adult, he wears a white tunic, partly torn; a leather belt and green pouch around his waist, silver bracelets on both arms, blue socks and dark gray boots on his feet; a wooden staff is held in his right hand.As with all Heroes in th… Sometime later, word of Ortega's supposed death at the Great Pit of Giaga reaches the kingdom and The Hero's mother proposes that her child can follow in Ortega's footsteps to free the world from Baramos' growing menace. The full list of titles is the following: Hero. As this is the first game in the mainline, numbered Dragon Quest series to allow players to determine The Hero's gender, the female version of, The Hero shares his voice actor in the audio drama with Android 16 from Akira Toriyama's. After tracking her to Knightmare Tower, he finds her captive by Kon the Knight. The child is then trained to become a great warrior like their father and, on their sixteenth birthday, they officially depart to save the world. During their stay, they find a cache left behind by Pankraz deep inside Whealbrook Adit - where they find the Zenithian sword and a letter from Pankraz explaining that he has been searching for The Legendary Hero and the Zenithian gear, as Madaline was captured by the forces of Nadiria years ago. However, when she notices Bianca, she wants to make sure The Hero doesn't also have feelings for his childhood friend. As The Hero and Pankraz are getting of the boat, they meet the wealthy Rodrigo Briscoletti, and his daughters, Nera and Debora Briscoletti. Stumped, he tells The Hero to seek out the faeries, who originally manufactured the orbs. Damages all targets with a powerful explosion. Meanwhile, it is revealed Bianca/Nera/Debora is pregnant with The Hero's child, and she remains at the castle.

Mr. Briscoletti asks to The Hero to decide which woman he wants to marry, promising to finance the wedding eitheer way. While Maria stays as an initiate, The Hero and Harry depart to try to fulfill Pankraz's final request.

The devil mocks the would-be savior and the battle begins, with Zoma's impenetrable shroud of darkness being burned away by the sphere of light and leaving him vulnerable.
Ten years pass, and The Hero is now 16 years old.

Before she succumbs to her age, she gives The Hero the Sphere of Light and reassures them that their destiny is on of great courage and hardship for the benefit of the entire world.

In some of the character art, he is depicted with a pet iguana. Soon later, Harry is abducted by thugs, and Pankraz rushes off to his rescue, with The Hero following to the Ancient Ruins. In this game, it is possible to replicate The Hero's outfit by receiving pieces from defeating either Baramos or Zoma, who appear as Legacy Bosses in the game. 50% chance to revive a deceased party member. Before he can decide, Nera's temperamental sister, Debora, appears and offers herself as a candidate (in the DS remake) as a challenge.

After retrieving the first ring from the volcano in the south, Rodrigo lends his yacht to let find the other ring in the Cataract Caves. They are seen carrying a cutlass and a round version of Erdrick's shield. With the family reunited, all that remains is to travel to Nadiria to find Madeline and confront the Grandmaster of the Underworld.

After Bianca and her mother pick up cold medicine for her father, Whitey, Pankraz and son accompanies them back to Roundbeck. The default name for The Hero in-game in Japanese is Abel (アベル). They are of average height and build, and they have incredibly spiky, dark brown hair. As an adult, he wears a white tunic, partly torn; a leather belt and green pouch around his waist, silver bracelets on both arms, blue socks and dark gray boots on his feet; a wooden staff is held in his right hand, his hair is also tied back into a ponytail. The Hero is not a genuine jack-of-all-trades character despite a decent spell list, with their stats focusing more on physical strength and durability more than spell casting--this results in an MP shortage once expensive spells such as Kazap and Omniheal are learned. After The Hero makes his decision, he and the chosen bride a wed. After the celebrations, Mr. Briscoletti presents them both the Zenithian shield and a personal yacht.

The king gives a word of warning to take companions with them on their quest lest they meet the same fate as their father and instructs them to visit Patty's Party Planning Place before leaving the safety of Aliahan. The visual controls allow players to examine people and objects more closely than the top-down perspective of the game's predecessors. Madason can equip certain swords, boomerangs, whips, staffs, flails, and even the metal king series of equipment. Ortega then quietly dies in The Hero's arms. Tragically, Ortega is mortally wounded in a battle with the King Hydra before he can even reach Zoma, and is so severely burned by the dragon that he can no longer see. Additionally, The Hero encounters the dying Queen of Dragons in her remote mountain castle. Traveling to the Neverglade, The Hero and children transit back to Faerie Lea, where Treacle finally repays the favor by presenting the flute needed to reach the Faerie Castle and seek Queen Caramel.