Roxul Inudraga

Roxul Inudraga is a former teacher at the Freedom Academy and the best-friend and sworn brother of Radriel Tayloreth.

He serves as the deuteragonist of That Time I Got Reincarnated as an Overpowered Elf, having followed Radriel on his own journey as a means of finding his own way in life.

## Appearance

### Young

As a child from 7 - 10, Roxul was a boy of average height with goldish-blonde hair and golden eyes.

### Current

After spending years traveling the world and training in various locations, Roxul became what he described as his "ideal Hero", with a toned body, and an imposing yet heart-warming aura that puts people at ease. Otherwise, he looks the same as he did in his younger years.

## Personality

Roxul is quick-witted and charming, always wearing a smile on his face to hide his inner turmoil. He is energetic, adventurous, and loves to make others laugh. However, deep down, he carries a sense of loneliness and trauma that he tries to bury under his cheerful exterior. He often puts on a facade of invulnerability, which can alienate those around him.

Roxul's main goal is to become a world-famous Hero, not only to gain recognition from his family but also to prove to himself that he is capable and worthy of living. As he grows, Roxul realizes that being a Hero means more than just seeking validation, showcasing his natural born bravery, resourcefulness and quick wit when put in a situation in which innocents are put in harms way.

Roxul tends to act impulsively, often rushing into situations without thinking them through (much to Radriel's dismay and subsequent inconvenience). Due to his lonely and isolated childhood, he finds himself being quick to trust others, desperate to form connections with people, though this has led him to being manipulated in the past.

Roxul believed that being a Hero is about saving others and being recognized for one's efforts. However, as he embarked on his journey with Radriel, he began to understand that true heroism is about self-acceptance, embracing one's flaws, and helping others without seeking validation.

## Background

Born as the bastard child of the Inudraga Family, the only "royal" family residing in the Ulgrasia Republic, Roxul grew up not knowing the love of a family, shunned by the rest of the family for the fact that he was "never meant to be". However, valuing their public image above all else, the Inudraga's kept Roxul as a part of the family alongside his mother and father.

Growing up, Roxul always hoped for a Hero - the kind he'd always read of in the books present in Ulgrasia's library - to come and save him from his current life, and perhaps take him along on their adventure, allowing him the opportunity to make real friends and life-long connections, but as he grew older, and his hopes of a Hero coming for him withered, he decided that he would become his own Hero, resolving to take the Spirit Summoning ritual expected of every resident of Ulgrasia and venture out into the world to make a name for himself, one unaffiliated with his current "family".

In total, he took three shots at the ceremony, each ending with different and unexpected results.

The first was when he had just turned 11, however, he was unable to summon a spirit. In his second attempt, the year after, when he had just turned 12, found him summoning the exact spirit he had been hoping to contract with - a Greater Light Elemental. However, the spirit would reject him, not deeming him worthy of borrowing its power.

In the wake of his rejection by the spirit, Roxul would awaken his "second" Unique Skill "False Hero", further hammering in the defeat and sadness he already felt. He would spend a majority of the following year wondering what he lacked, or what he had done wrong to have the spirit reject him. After an innumerable amount of time spent wracking his brain for some form of answer, he gave up on finding it, instead pointing to the well-known phrase "third time's a charm". This hapless tenacity would gift him his third and final Unique Skill, "Tenacious".

With the year on the verge of coming to a close, Roxul made his third attempt, trying to muster a fraction of the confidence he exhumed outwardly within his own mind as well. This attempt yielded the successful summoning and contracting of an elemental... A Medium Fire-Wind Elemental.

While the rest of the crowd cheered and congratulated him, he himself saw it as little more than a "consolation prize" - a trick the world had pulled out of its metaphorical hat as a means of consoling him, patting him on the back. His morale was low, even if he didn't show it, and this was not at all helped by the fact that Radriel Tayloreth's ceremony took place right after his, in which he summoned Sirpa, an Elemental Lord of Space-Time.

A few days later, Roxul applied for the program that helps those who have just contracted with their spirits get better acquainted with them and their power, running into Radriel almost immediately after arriving. Roxul, still feeling resentful and envious of Radriel, walks away from the rest of the group, feeling inferior to the rest of the students despite the majority of them possessing Lesser Elementals, but was found by Radriel, who jokingly expressed his expectation of him being among the rest of the mages, working harder than any of them could even dream of. This statement would draw an unexpected reaction from Roxul, much more frustrated and lamenting than the persona he usually displays, which is what had brought about the expectation in the first place.

Radriel would realize that his expectations for Roxul were unrealistic, only based on the few times he had seen him around Ulgrasia, and apologize for it, with much more sincerity than Roxul had ever experienced.

Almost immediately, Roxul would return to his usual self, feeling a form of satisfaction he'd never felt before that moment. The two would share a small conversation (with Roxul delivering ~~all~~ most of the dialog), and after Radriel mentions that he wanted to visit the Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarion, Roxul would offer to "escort" him there. Radriel, listening to his curiosity more than reason, would go along with him, but the two of them would get lost promptly, and Roxul would insist that they split up, breaking away from Radriel to hide his embarrassment before he could stop him. After collecting himself, he would go back to look for Radriel, finding him in the midst of his fight with Tear and Footman.

In the aftermath of the battle, Roxul would look after Radriel while his mother went to "resolve the issue", and would do his best to comfort him once she died, and feeling a sort of connection with him, would join him on his adventure under the guise of him "coincidentally starting on his path as a Hero at the same time", but it was ultimately to repay him for saving him from Tear's attack.

## Trivia

* He has a sort of crush on Hinata Sakaguchi that stems from his respect and admiration for her and her strength as a Hero. He doesn't act on or mention it, however, until later in the series, as Hinata was still an enemy of both Radriel and the Jura Tempest Federation before that point.