Prince Ashitaka

Prince Ashitaka is the main protagonist of the film Princess Mononoke. He is also a warrior who met San and then became great friends with her eventually. Throughout the film, he was also looking for a cure to a curse he got from a boar that was cursed as well. At the end of the film, he and San were cured from the curse after they returned the head of the forest spirit to him, which some evil men who were working for Eboshi tried to take.
He was voiced by Yōji Matsuda in the Japanese version and by Billy Crudup in the English version, while in Whole Hog Theatre's stage productions, he was portrayed by Maximillian Troy Tyler.
==Appearance==
Ashitaka is a 17-year-old boy. He has long hair that is tied into a bun, but cuts it off after he is told to leave the village. His clothing consists of a blue top and peach-white pants, as well as brown bottom warmers and shoes made out of fabric. He also wears blue arm sleeves and a red hood to cover his face. He wears a cloak made out of hay for a small portion of the movie. He wears his sister's crystal dagger before he gives it to San. After San's attack on Irontown, Ashitaka has a slash scar on his left cheek where San slashed him with her dagger.
== Personality==
Ashitaka is very stern and determined to achieve his goals, not allowing his setbacks to stop him from curing his curse and saving his village. He is also extremely curious in nature, wanting to discover who San truly is after witnessing her sucking venom out of one of the wolves. Despite his hard outer shell, Ashitaka is also very kind and only wishes for the best outcome for both sides, not wishing for either side to shed blood in destructive wars, and wants peace between the forces of man and nature. Despite also being a very skilled warrior, he prefers not to use violence when he doesn't have to and always tries to talk down whoever means to do him or others harm, though they often don't listen, which forces him to resort to it. 
==Biography==
Ashitaka is seen in the beginning of the film telling three women to run as there is something afoot. He goes to a watchman on a tower, who states that a being not human is in the village. The creature is revealed to be a demon with a black and red substance around it's body. Ashitaka scares his elk, Yakul into running away before the demon chases Yakul. When the demon chases after Yakul, it topples over the watchtower, making Ashitaka grab hold of the watchman and saves him from his death. Ashitaka rides his elk to persuade the demon to leave them in peace, but when it ignores his pleas and nearly kills his sister Kaya, he is forced to fight it. He ultimately kills it, but during not before his arm gets infected during the fight when the demon's substance grabs hold of it. He then gets medicine from the elder while she asks the demon to die in peace and bear no hatred on their village. Later that night, he is told that the mark left by the demon will spread and kill him unless he finds a cure elsewhere. The elder then instructs him to go to the Western Lands since he may find a cure there, but also informs him that he won't be able to return home afterwards. Ashitaka stoicly accepts his fate and leaves with Yakul in the dead of night, but not before Kaya approaches him and bids him farewell. 
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