Aspiring Warrior Craig

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**Craig** is one of the playable Earth Heroes in the game *Guardian Tales*. He is assigned to the Tanker class and uses a One-Handed Sword and a Shield.

## Story

### Normal

**Craig** is a D-list warrior in the Dungeon Kingdom.

For 20 years he's been training to compete in the infamous dungeon race -- a race held every 5 years to defeat resurrected archfiends at the lowest levels of the dungeon. He has supposedly never had any luck with the races and works as a bouncer in a local pub. The thought that his life will never amount to anything is his worst nightmare. Despite it all, he never ceases to optimistically brave the future.

He is a natural tank and will take damage for the team. Incredibly loyal, he is willing to withstand and protect his party from as much damage as he can - fire, ice, thunder, swords, hammers, you name it. When equipped with high-levelled armour, Craig is very durable.

### Ascent

Heavenhold's training instructor and warrior who hones his skills to become a true hero.

Craig worked diligently for over 20 years to become Dungeon Kingdom's hero. His unwavering challenge despite the long failure, He succeeds in taking down the Archfiend. He sometimes gets mistaken for Halbal, but the Guardian and Ailie's wits solved the misunderstanding. He is now recognized as the hero of Dungeon Kingdom. Despite achieving his long awaited dream, Craig abdicated his position of hero. Because he made a new goal of becoming a true hero who saves the entire world by being with the Guardian. Ailie also cheers for Craig's dream and leaves Dungeon Kingdom with the Guardian to Heavenhold.

Craig, who worked diligently to become a hero in a tough environment for a long period, couldn't just walk past those in a tough environment like him. At first he'd simply give advice to people seeking help, or adjust their posture. However, his excellent teaching and diverse knowledge coming from his deep experience gathered a following. This led to a group lesson. Eva, who had been watching Craig intently, named him training instructor. He has well adjusted to his position and now works as Heavenhold's lead training instructor.

Craig's in charge of various lessons such as swordsmanship, shield handling and mental training to avoid burnout. His lessons are so popular it reaches full capacity in an instant. The most popular subject is How to Survive in the Dungeon series. The realistic descriptions of extreme situations lacking equipment or consumables, and the demonstration of survival methods written on the manual are surprisingly top notch.

Ailie, who follows Craig around, gave up on Relic Collecting, and started a new job. Ailie wanted to become a person who would not ashame Craig when so many people rely and respect him. Ailie chose the path of working for Kamazon after she gave up on being a relic collector. She believed she'd be dignified if she worked for the global corporation Kamazon and help Craig achieve his dream by his side. The story of Ailie sending in her “Kamazon's 67 Problems” report to Kamazon customer services and asking the corporation to hire her if they want these problems solved is still told like a legend among job seekers. Ailie got hired by Kamazon from this incident, and through a fast track of promotions, she's now a director for Kamazon's Heavenhold branch.

## How to obtain

### Hero Summon

The hero can be obtained through summoning in the Hero Summons.

### Quest

Upon completion of the World 7 - Dungeon Kingdom Archfiend Subjugation quest, the hero will join the party as a reward.

### Ascent

After reaching the maximum number of Max Limit Breaks, the hero can be ascended for 320  Hero Crystals, unlocking the new ascent illustration, updated story, and upgraded hero abilities.

## Ability

*Table is incomplete. You might want to help out by filling in!*

### Level

* 5 Stars
* 4 Stars
* 3 Stars
* 2 Stars

### Level 1

* 5 Stars
* 4 Stars
* 3 Stars
* 2 Stars

## Trivia

* The game files refer to his character as "Tanker".
* The character that appears in the background of his illustration is Relic Collector Ailie.
* Craig's ancestor originally appeared in the game Dungeon Link (Developed by Kong Studios too) as a character with the same sprite, called "Tanksalot the Tanker".
	+ Craig's sprite specifically matches with Tanksalot's 2-star sprite.
* Under the armor, he is actually skinny. He "stole" the armor from Halbal during an event where they both seemingly perished.
* Craig is extremely kind, up until the very end of World 7 - Dungeon Kingdom (Nightmare) where he actually considers letting a certain someone get hurt.
* Craig is surprisingly strong in lore. His most notable feats are him being able to stand up against the Archfiend's concentrated attacks and magic, and being able to hold off on his own against a Super Invader in Unrecorded World, with only a shield.