Thores

**Thores** (トールズ, *Tōruzu*?) is a secondary character in the story. He is an antagonist in the "Demon Realm's Princess" arc.

## Biography

Thores is the **God of Strength and Fights** (力と戦いの神, *Chikara to tatakai no kami*?) and is one of the twelve pillars of the Elios Pantheon. Alrena and Thores are both called valour and war deities. Naturally there are many warriors who are believers. Generally more warriors worships Rena than Thores. Thores is responsible for emotional battle and offence. He governs the madness of battles and does not forgive the enemies of Elios. Although Thores is a god of battle, he is not a god of victory, so there are many failure of his stories.

Thores was born between his father the God King Odis and his legal wife Feria. If something happened with Odis, he will take up the God King position. His daughter is Amazona. His sisters is Fanacea and Totona.

He defeated the ferocious star bear Berser and peeled off it's fur. At that time, Thores devoured Berser's flesh and came to be called a **Berserk** (ベルセルク, *Beruseruku*?) because of his wild power. Therefore the Thores Cultist warriors who gained the power of Demonic Beasts are also called Berserk.

Thores defeated many Demonic Beasts and Evil Gods. He has many enemies, some of whom are fellow Elios deities. The best example is the fight with Heibos, the cause was the death of Volgas.

His believers also follow his example and doesn't equip armour on their body.

His sacred beast is a bear and his sacred bird is a woodpecker.

His Coat of arms is seven huge stars.

## History

### Elios Political Strife

When the Elios Pantheon released it's kin group species into the world. The yarven race increased it's number and there was a conflict between the indigenous species and the newly increased species. Feria was angry about this, and she dispatched the war god Thores to attack that species. But that led to a fight between the neutral gods, whose indigenous species were their kin group. Feria calls the neutral gods as Evil Gods and declare for battle. Many deities descended from Mina including Rena and Thores agreed.

As a result, he had ended up killing Volgas in a trivial dispute. Therefore Heibos, who was a close friend of Volgas, placed a curse on the armour and helmet that he gave to Thores, so that he could not equip his own armour. Since Heibos made the best armours and helmets for the deities of Elios, Thores could no longer equip the armour and helmet. However Thores without regrets, took off his outer wear and say he will fight naked. Odis could not punish his Thores for killing Volgas. Thores is the cause of weakening Elios.

### Antagonism with Gypshir

Thores killed Usarus and cut him in pieces because he was involved in a relationship with Ishtia. He crushed Haruses' left eye.

## Appearance

In Elios Religion, he is depicted in the form of a warrior covered in bear fur.

He wore a black lion head gear.

## Personality

Feria hated deities descended from Nargol. Her influence affected Thores, who also came to hate Nargol descendants. Thores hates those who do not belong to Elios.

### Relationships

***The following section contains spoilers.***

Alrena
He yearns for Rena.
Amazona
Daughter.
Fanacea
Sister.
Feria
Mother.
Girtalu
They are enemies.
Haruses
There is bad relations between the two. He doesn't recognise him as the son of Ishtia. In the past, he crushed Haruses' left eye.
Heibos
Helkart
He calls her **frog hag** (カエル婆, *Kaeru baba*?) and wants to kill her on sight, but he chose to ignore her and prioritise killing the Hero of Light.
Odis
Father. Thores tries to be acknowledged by his father, but the result was cruel despite the great efforts.
Reiji
He detests him so much that he wants to kill him. The reason is that he believes Reiji is Rena's lover.
Totona
Younger sister.

## Story

### The Horn of the Holy Dragon Lord

Thores was first mentioned by Rena, she says Thores loves drinking liquor.

### The Evil God's Labyrinth

When Kuroki was reading in the Heaven Realm's Library, he was briefly mentioned in the emerald tablet. His involvement in Elios' civil war and the weakening Elios was told in the emerald tablet.

### The Demon Realm's Princess

Thores makes his first appearance in the story. Earlier, Helkart invited Thores to join the battle to kill Midou Reiji. Thores accepted and abandoned his duty to protect Elios. Thores dressed up with a black lion head gear and threatens the Evil Gods contenders. Haruses announced that he'll kill Reiji and claim Rena for himself, to which Thores taunts him. As things are heated up for a fight, Helkart diffuses the situation by saying the other gods are waiting for them to weaken.

Totona and Ishtia are heading towards the Blue Forest, Totona thinks her brother.

Amongst the male gods against Reiji. Thores was very skilled and the only one who hasn't taken a step back against Reiji. Reiji was able to parry his great sword away with his two swords, but he hasn't been able to defeat him. Haruses also participates but there is no cooperation with Thores, as there is bad blood between the two. The match hasn't been decided and it is in a state of stalemate. The fight was interrupted with the appearance of Ishtia. When Ishtia and Totona arrived in the battle, Totona greeted Helkart and explained that she is here to collect Thores back to Elios. Thores protested that he still needs to kill Reiji for stealing Rena. When Girtalu insist he'll be Reiji's opponent, Thores quickly rejected it as he hasn't lost yet. Thores refused to stop and Girtalu poisoned him with his scorpion tail. Thores collapsed and falls to the ground, Totona went to retrieve him. Thores was carried to Rena's skyship with the Valkyries attending to him. Totona took Thores back to Elios and to get treated.

### The Beast God Desert

Thores is in a coma due to Girtalu's poison.

He recovers when Fanacea gave him the antidote.

### The Fairy Forest

Thores led the Holy Warriors against the invading Apophis Pantheon. The war god Thores and his subordinates are fighting seriously.

He was not amused to learn Kuroki had prevented Ferion revival.

## Abilities

### Equipment

He wields a large greatsword. There are seven gems fitted in the sword, it shines when Thores was using it. His greatsword has seven huge stars crest.

## Development

Thores' name was derived from the Nordic mythology **Thor** (トール, *Tōru*?) and Greek mythology **Ares** (アレス, *Aresu*?). Naturally, there are elements of Berserker, and there are many horror stories because they are derived from Ares. It is from Ares that the woodpecker is the holy bird. The fight with Heibos is based on the fight between Hephaestus and Ares.

Takeru Nezaki said that Thores is equivalent to *RuneQuest's* Storm Bull and *Warhammer's* Ulric.

In the **Narou version**, he fought against Dahāku and lost, Amazona quickly grabbed him and retreats.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Elios Pantheon: Deities Name Record 5 Thores & Alrena
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Dark Knight Story* - The Demon Realm's Princess: Chapter 27 - The Arrival of the Beautiful Deity
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Dark Knight Story* - The Evil God's Labyrinth: Chapter 02 - Heaven Realm's Book Library
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 *Dark Knight Story* - The Demon Realm's Princess: Chapter 18 - The Sniper
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 *Dark Knight Story* - The Demon Realm's Princess: Chapter 13 - The Devious Deities
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Demon Realm's Princess: Chapter 28 - The Fuss of the Gods
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Demon Realm's Princess: Chapter 25 - The Strongest Swordsman
8. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Horn of the Holy Dragon Lord: Chapter 11 - The Magic Love Potion
9. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Demon Realm's Princess: Chapter 29 - The Goddess will not let you go
10. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Beast God Desert: Chapter 02 - The Scorpion God's Poison
11. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Beast God Desert: Chapter 25 - Feelings in the Dream
12. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Fairy Forest: Chapter 15 - Blood Bonds
13. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Fairy Forest: Chapter 20 - The Battle in the Forest pt.03
14. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Fairy Forest: Chapter 26 - Return From The Forest
15. ↑ *Dark Knight Story (Narou ver)* - Battle in the Forest pt.03