Azel/Synopsis

## History

Azel grew up in a wealthy household and was sheltered for a long time. As a result, he has never experienced many common things, like seeing the ocean with his own eyes.

## Synopsis

### Prologue Arc

After being attacked by Nightmares in Remurias, Emma is suddenly saved by Azel who appears out of nowhere and defeats the hostile Nightmares. Emma is grateful and the two become good friends right away. Emma tries to tame one of the Nightmares, but notices that it's way more drawn to Azel, who explains that Nightmares seem to love him for some reason. Azel then introduces himself and Emma notices that he has the same name as the Great Hero Azel.

Azel looks around and wonders where he is. Apparently he just woke up in the forest and has no clue about his whereabouts. After hearing that he is in the Forest of Spirits, Estrea's biggest forest, he gets excited. He always wanted to see Estrea with his own eyes, so he rushes off to see the Royal Capital with his own eyes.

### Forest of Spirits Arc

A year has passed, and the two of them have founded in the guild. After a trip to Olivia's shop, Cider and the Royal Guards visit the guild to arrest Azel. He is brought to Esteo's office for a serious crime he has committed.

Esteo explains that his crime was entering Remurias without being an official Nightwalker. Azel has never passed the State Examination and therfore committed a serious crime by entering Remurias. Azel doesn't even know what this examination is, so he begs for a second chance. Esteo agrees, but only if he passes a test: Beating Abigail's Nightmare in a fight.

Azel was able to do it, and therefore got his real examination test: Finding out why hoardes of Nightmares are appearing in the Forest of Spirits. Azel & Emma travel into the forest and quickly find the source of the outbreaks. It's a Remurias Gate, guarded by Moongarde. Behind this is one of the Five Saints, Ouroboria. Just as a fight breaks out, the two get saved by Esteo and Abigail.

On the way back home, Azel hears a faint voice from one of the trees. Just as he touches it, a blue light appears and a sleeping Meruru emerges from the tree.

### Nog Tribe Arc

A few days later, Azel gets notified that he passed the examination. His next mission: Take care of Meruru. After getting to know each other, Meruru's Star Magic Gem starts emitting a light in a certain direction. They hope that it will lead to something important, like clues about Meruru's memories, so they follow the light.

The light leads them to the Nog Forest, where they're captured by the Nog tribe's chief. In their prison cell, they meet Sanku and a hooded young man. They all decide to flee their cell, but get caught by Allen and Balthus. After a quick fight, a villager interrupts and notifies them about children being abducted by Moongarde's soldiers. Azel's group & Allen join forces to get them back.

They find a man in a red armor, calling himself Shion. The missing kids are with him. After beating him up, Allen thanks them for their help and arrests Shion.

Sanku is curious about the Everstone the hodded man mentioned, and presses for information. The hodded man caves in and leads them to the Everstone's cave. Right when they found the Everstone, Sanku suddenly attacks the hodded man and reveals his identity. He is the true Shion. Azel tries to fight him head-on, but loses. Shions steals the Everstone's power and leaves.

### Zahardia Arc

After Meruru's Nightwalker examination, Oliver meets the group and tells them about the next Everstone's location: Zahardia. Azel and the others go on a trip to the desert.

In the desert, Azel befriends the talking Nightmare Michi and saves him from the hunter Ghran. Michi explains that Zahardia is a land where talking Nightmares rule, but recently they have started acting violent. They meet the traveling merchant Saeed who can bring them to Zahardia's ruler: Zahadi the sage.

Zahadi explains the situations and thinks that the dark cloud over Zahardia's capital might be the cause. Azel and the other travel there, only to find violent nightmares and Moongarde's soldiers. Ghran is there as well and joins forces with Azel for now. In a temple the group finds another Everstone, but they get confronted by Doga. Doga defeats them, steals the Everstone's power and leaves. The cloud is gone, but the nightmares still act violent.

Back in the nomand village, Azel realizes why. It's a manifestation of Zahadi's worries and fears. Azel and Ghran enter Zahadi's dream to save her from her fears. During this whole event, Zahadi seems to remember Azel.

After being saved and showing her gratitude, Zahadi explains that Azel perfectly resembles the great hero who once established Zahardia as a nation. Azel doesn't quite know how to handle this information

### Ghost Ship Arc

The group wants to investigate Alterion's Everstone next, by taking a boat. Azel is excited to see the ocean with his own eyes, as he has never been there.

After hearing that their captain doesn't want to go to Oruha Island due to rumors of a ghost ship, Azel decides to ask around. He, Meruru and Ghran eventually meet Segerpop who invites them on the ship of his crew, the Marianne. Azel boards the ship without thinking, and the others follow.

They meet Marro who tells them what has been happening. A ghost ship appears from the fog, and everyone who gets too close, gets turned into a zombie. Azel doesn't think twice before offering to help.

A while later, Emma confronts Azel about what Zahadi said. She questions if Azel is related to the Great Hero. Azel denies this, but gets interrupted as the ghost ship appears.

After Marro gets possessed too, Azel tries to punch her, to get her back to senses. However, Segerpop intervenes and fights Azel for laying a finger on the captain. The fight gets interrupted by Uretan, who correctly identified a Nightmare as the cause of the problems.

After defeating the Nightmare, Uretan explains the situation and thanks Azel and the others, by gifting them vouchers for a free stay in the Athenos Hotel.

### Oruha Island Arc

The group arrives on Oruha Island and says goodbye to Marro and Segerpop. Soon after, they decide to take a break and relax at the beach, while Meruru and Ghran serach for clues about her past.

The group later reunites and decides to cheer Meruru up, by visiting a popular tourist attraction, the cave of light.

Deep in the cave, the group find Alterion's Everstone, but they are not alone. Rachel and Ouroboria are here as well. Azel recognizes Ouroboria, and is shocked when Emma calls Rachel her sister.

Rachel absorbs the Everstone's power, tells Ouroboria to deal with the group and leaves. Ouroboria laughs and shows them his newest creation: Gigantia. Azel notices Gigantia's cries of pain and concludes, that Ouroboria created it by forcefully merging Nightmares against their will. He gets angry and decides to fight, to release Gigantia of its pains.

Ouroboria is surprised by Gigantia's defeat, but Azel is not finished yet. he tells Ouroboria, that he'll go down next. The group gathers all of their courage and engages Ouroboria in a fight, defeating him in the process. Ouroboria dies in front of the Everstone. Azel closes his eyes and hopes that Gigantia can finally rest in peace.

Later, the group gets the notification, that Moongarde has declared war on Estrea.

### Dressarc Arc

The group returns to the Royal Capital and sees the chaos. Quinn appears and tells them, that Oliver shall be arrested for causing the war by killing Ouroboria. Azel wants to intervene, but Oliver tells him that it's fine, and that they should go to Esteo to report what happened on Oruha Island.

Later, the group is gathering some materials for Varcelio in the forest, as she wants to analyze Meruru's white Star Magic Gem. Azel talks with Emma about his worries. In Zahardia, he promised that he would never let a war happen, but now that it did, he doesn't know what to do. Emma cheers him up by telling him to focus on what he can do \*now\*. Azel thinks about this statement.

In Varcelio's lab, Oliver returns to the group and tells them of their next destination: Dressarc.

After arriving in Dressarc, Emma is lost in thought, so Azel confronts her about it. Emma tells him that she still doesn't know how to process the situation with her sister. Azel suggests a talk with her, and Emma agrees. Azel also reveals, that he decided to set a clear goal for himself after hearing Emma's words in the forest: Beating the Five Saints.

The group arrives in the Dressarc Castle and meet Geko. He opens a hole in the ground, causing the group to fall down. Azel is all alone and is forced to fight against the countless Nightmares.

He later rejoins the rest of the group at the Everstone for a fight against both Shion and Rachel. The fight gets interrupted by the Everstone resonating with Meruru and causing the castle to crumble. Rachel wants to convince Emma to return to Moongarde with her, but just as Emma wants to accept, Azel snaps her out of it.

Meruru remembers a new part of her memory, but reacts terrified and collapses. Azel and the others take her back to Estrea.