Hero Faction

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The **Hero Faction** (英雄派 *Eiyū-ha*) was formerly the second-largest faction of the Khaos Brigade led by Cao Cao, the descendant of Cao Cao from the Chinese novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* and the one who betrayed Ophis.

## Summary

The Hero Faction was one of the factions in Khaos Brigade that consisted of solely Humans. All members of the Hero Faction were either Sacred Gear, Holy Sword, Demon Sword, and/or Longinus wielders.

The motto of the Hero Faction was to fight and defeat "evil beings" such as Devils, Fallen Angels, and Dragons that bring harm to Humans. The Hero Faction possessed a large number of Sacred Gear wielders who were either abducted and brainwashed, or followed willingly. Many of these members, however, were sacrificed in battle during the Hero Faction's attempts to force them to achieve Balance Breaker. All of those who didn't reach Balance Breaker were eventually captured and later died as a result of Ophis' snakes destroying their Sacred Gears, while those who did achieve Balance Breaker were called back before they could be caught.

The Hero Faction went inactive after Volume 12 after the loss of their leaders. Indra sends their most powerful members (Cao Cao, Leonardo, and Georg) to the Realm of the Dead, taking all of their Longinus from them. Jeanne and Heracles were captured by the Devils and Fallen Angels for interrogation, while Siegfried was the only main member of the Hero Faction who died in battle.

The Hero Faction reformed during the Azazel Cup as Cao Cao once recruited its former members to form **Team Spear of the Heavenly Emperor**. Due to Cao Cao acting as Indra's vanguard, the Hero Faction became Indra's subordinates. Due to their power, Indra offered the Hero Faction's cooperation to Team DxD, however due to their past crimes, the could only be added as provisional reserve members. Acting as a member of DxD, Cao Cao often acts alongside Tobio Ikuse's Slash/Dog Team, investigating events from the shadows.

In True Volume 3, the Hero Faction help defend Kyoto from Erebus' and the Alliance of Hell attack.

## Current Members

He later rejoins Cao Cao as a member of his team for the Azazel Cup.
 The descendant of Marsilio Ficino. He possesses the Sacred Gear, **Dreamlike Curse**, and its Balance Breaker, **Palaselene Utopia**, which has the ability to send a targeted individual into a barrier space of his creation (a seemingly parallel world). He attempted to mentally corner Rias using this ability but was ultimately foiled by Issei and was captured while losing the ability to enter Balance Breaker.
He was later released along with the other members of the Hero Faction and rejoins Cao Cao as his team member in the Azazel Cup,
 Staring Blue Possessor
 An unnamed former member of the Hero Faction. He is described as a Chinese man wearing a native outfit. He appeared in Volume 7 fighting the Gremory Group when they located their hideout, he fired several light shots at Issei but was blocked by Irina Shidou's light spear. Akeno Himejima then attacked with spears of ice at him but was saved by Connla's shadows. He was soon defeated apprehended by Yuuto Kiba when Connla was dealt with, he and his group where then sent to the Underworld but with no memories regarding the Hero Faction. He could use attacks made of bows and arrows of blue light, the arrows shot also able to change direction in mid-air. Being a light attributed Sacred Gear, this weapon is naturally deadly to Devils.

## Trivia

* Practically almost every Hero Faction member shown wears matching uniforms similar to that of a Japanese school uniform (more specifically, the *gakuran* worn in the fall).

## Reference

1. ↑ DX.4
2. ↑ DX.4