Sheriff Rao

Sheriff Rao, formerly known as General Shiva, is the deuteragonist of the Sand Land anime/manga series. He is a elderly, local town sheriff who wants to free the citizens of Sand Land from General Zeu and the King's tyrannical rule.
He is voiced by Kazuhiro Yamaji in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Jonathan Lipow in the English dub.
==Personality==
Rao is a noble sheriff with a strong sense of justice and code of honor. He always wants to help the innocent and stop crime and corruption everywhere in Sand Land. Plus, Rao hates discrimination and lies; as he doesn't tolerate those who misjudge Beelzebub and the other demons as evil beings because of their appearances and spreading false rumors about them and other people (especially himself). When Rao learned the truth of the Picchi that the invention was to produce water to benefit the Sand Land, he was horrified because he was told by General Zeu that Picchi supposedly created a weapon that he wanted to atone his mistake from the great explosion thirty year ago.
==History==
Shiva was a general of the Sand Land Royal Army. He was regarded as a legend for his battle tactics and his skills. Thirty years ago, Shiva was ordered by General Zeu that Picchi, a small blue humanoid race, created a weapon that needs to be stopped. Unknown to Shiba, General Zeu knew that Picchi's invention to produce water and that he wanted both Shiva and Picchi dead. When Shiva and his army fought Picchi, he used a tank to shot at the device that caused a great explosion that killed majority of the Sand Land Army, including General Aro, many of Picchi, and his wife. However, Shiva survived the explosion, faked his death, and changed his identity as Rao in a small village as a sheriff. 
== Biography ==
He first appeared when the village don't have any water for them to survive. Rao learned from the village boy that they were given a box full of water bottle given by Beezlebub, and seeing a water finch. This got him interested, so he went to the Demon Village to ask for Beezlebub's help to find a spring for Sand Land. At first, Beezlebub was not interested, but Rao offered him video games as a reward that made Beezlebub accept Rao's request. After Beezlebub got Lucifer's approval and recruiting another demon, Thief, to join, they embark on the mission to find a spring.
On their way to the spring they encounter a Genji dragon and bandits, they lost their supplies and their vehicle unusable. They went to the nearby village to find anything that could continue their journey. They encounter a tank with necessary supplies, and Rao manages to steal it from the Sand Land Royal Army. The heroes resume their journey to find the spring.
When it was nighttime, they decide to rest. Rao then learned from Thief and was horrified about the truth of the great explosion thirty years ago.
== Trivia ==
* Sheriff Rao's real name is based on the Hindu deity Shiva.
Category:Lawful Good
Category:Officials
Category:Manga Heroes
Category:Selfless
Category:Honorable
Category:Elderly
Category:Protectors of Innocence
Category:Male
Category:Truth-Seekers
Category:Pawn of the Villain
Category:Anime Heroes
Category:Wise
Category:Tragic