Araragi (Monogatari I)

## History

Araragi was born as a result of the union of a member of the Harea's Famliy and of the G'nuer's Family. Unfortunately those families were exterminated during a cruent war. Before dying, his mother gave him to Ytros so that he took care of him, who took him to raise him as his grandson in a rural village deep in the mountains of Rakya. As he grew up, Araragi heard and read many stories about heroes from his grandfather, forming his dream of aspiring to be a mighty one himself.

After his grandfather's presumed death, he took it upon himself to leave the village, traveling to the land of Iaddithis to fulfill his dreams. Upon his arrival in the realm, Araragi founded what was going to be the first Orario, however, he was soon forced to move out of the designed area due to a nation disputing his newborn land. Soon after, the Empress Yanay Feng, from the Ashaqi Junquan's nation, offered Araragi a place to reform his town, Orario, and he accepted without thinking about it more than two times.

### Trinity of Light

As he joined the nation "Ashaqi Junquan", he started following its religion, the Trinity of Light.

The Light Trinity is a polytheistic religion based on the heroic three deities who created the world and protected it from evil. Originating from ancient Siobhlúan Cultures It focuses on the veneration of the three light deities who arose from mortality, and became inheritors to build the world from the dark forces of Umbra.

## Appearance

Araragi is a young teenager with white hair and light-blue eyes. He prefers wearing lightweight armor and wears a hip-length bordeaux coat with a small black patch on the right side above his chest along with a long-sleeved white shirt underneath. He also wears black pants, a beige belt with a silver buckle, and brown shin-high boots.

## Personality

Araragi is a kind, straightforward, brave, yet shy boy who desires to be a hero like the ones he grew up reading about. He cares deeply for the people around him. He considers those like family due to the death of his grandfather.

After being rescued from a wild raging boar by an adventurer, his aspirations grew stonger than before. He became determined to grow stronger so that he could be someone that could reach that unknown aventurer's level. The initial incident also left with him with a fear of boars. However, after his experience with that adventurer, Araragi seems to have forgone that dream in order to catch up to them and to become more like a hero. Although, he does get embarrassed when others find out about his desire to be a hero, as most kids grew out of that dream by his age.

Though it is a good trait, Araragi is often scolded by people around him for his trusting nature. He is also a terrible liar. His inability to lie or keep a secret is often easily recognized by others. Conversely, it has been noted by storytellers that he has an extraordinary ability to read people. He recognized the loneliness in some to be similar to what he felt when his granfather died.

Though he gets flustered quite easily from time to time, especially around women, and can appear to be timid, Araragi does possess a strong will. His desire to be strong and stand next to the adventurer who saved him gave him the resolve to overcome his fear of boars. When he sets his mind to a goal, he puts his all towards completing it. Araragi often acts based on his feelings, causing him to be caught up in trouble. However, such actions have also worked in his favor. His actions caused him to earn the affection of those around him, as well as several others.

### Traits

* **Fast Learning**: While he is a talentless person, as it has been recognized by his grandfather, BelAraragi has demonstrated to have an outstanding learning capability, which allows him to quickly grasp any lesson taught to him and improve his skills at an astonishing rate.

* **Skilled Fighter**: Due to his rapid growth, Araragi suffers from a lack of experience that led to him having below average fighting skills when compared to adventurers of the same fighting level. However, he eventually managed to refine and hone his abilities thanks to his master's tutelage. Araragi mainly employs a hit and run tactic coupled with a dual wielding knives style to confront his opponents. His fighting style has a striking resemblance to his master's due to his training under him. He has also proven to be versatile and possess some skill to improvise, occasionally using different weapons or items at his disposal to deal with challenging opponents or some special ability they may have.
* **Gaze Sensing**: As a result of people constantly observing him, Araragi developed the odd ability to feel people's stares towards him. He can tell whenever someone is looking at him even if he doesn't have his guard up and accurately point out said person's position.