Heroes

The Heroes (勇者) are individuals choosen by the legendary and vassal weapons who exist to save the world when it is faced with the destruction caused by the Waves.

Summoning
Althought also frequently appear in times of peace, but are not supposed to. the former individuals must be summoned from another world (typically a parallel Japan) while the later eight are weaker but can be chosen from both summoned individuals and natives.

Powers & Restrictions
Each Hero receives one of the corresponding weapons, each of which has its own method of strengthening unique unto itself, each hero has the ability to authorise a Class Up beyond the LV.100 cap and can acquire the strongest form of magic, Revelation-Class Magic, which is unique unto them. The Enhancement Methods can be shared by the Heroes, making the resulting weapons far stronger, thus the heroes are at their peak when all twelve are working together, however the weapons from Glass World and Melromarc's are incompatible for whatever reason and cannot share their Enhancement Methods.

Importance
Unknown to many, include heroes, the value of the heroes is not only as protectors of their worlds, since that when a hero is choosen its life is linked to the world that protects and its death during the strikes of the Waves have grievous consecuences. When a Holy hero or Vassal hero dies, the power of the waves grows stronger and the lapse of time between these becomes shorter. Moreover, it has been said that if all the holy heroes of a world die, the world that they protect ceased to exist.

Origins
The Four Saint Heroes originally all came from four different worlds which were fused over time by the waves into one world, each one originally had two Vassal Heroes serving under them. Melromarc's World is a fused form of two worlds, one which contained humans, holding the Legendary Spear and Sword, and the other a demi-human world once home to the Legendary Bow and Shield. Glass' world, which also has Four Holy Heroes, is assumed to have gone through a similar process.

Melromarc's World
As the ones that fight the waves for the sake of its people, the holy heroes are regarded as the protective gods of this world. This faith is repesented by the Church of the Four Heroes, the major religion of the world and the national relegion of most nations. Nevertheless, derivated faiths as Church of the Three Heroes (Melromarc), and The Church of the Shield (Silvet), were born due to racial and political conflicts among extremist countires.

Hero of the Sword
The hero chosen to wield the Legendary Sword, primarily noted to be the strongest in attack power. The Sword Hero's Enhancement Method revolves around proficiency. A user can raise the proficiency of a weapon by frequently using it, after which they can even transfer that proficiency to a new weapon when the current one becomes obsolete. The current Sword Hero is Ren Amaki.

Hero of the Spear
The hero chosen by the Legendary Spear, notable for having high attack power and speed. The Spear Hero's Enhancement Method appears to be Enchanting, where the user can use items and monster drops to imbue the weapons they wield with specific magical properties. The current Spear Hero is Motoyasu Kitamura.

Hero of the Bow
The hero chosen by the Legendary Bow, capable of long ranged attacks. The current wielder appears to have been chosen partially due to his esper power, Accuracy, which makes it impossible for him to miss a shot unless the projectile is physically obstructed. The Bow Hero's Enhancement Method revolves around using ores to raise the rarity and thus power of the weapons. The current Bow Hero is Itsuki Kawasumi.

Hero of the Shield
The hero chosen by the Legendary Shield, notable for having the highest defence among the heroes by far, easily able to endure attacks from the other weapon users, even when at a noticeably inferior level. The Shield Hero's exact Enhancement Method is unknown, but Naofumi himself relied on unlocking the passive abilities of all of his weapons, thus carrying their benefits over to the other forms, and also on the Growth Corrections of various series, which perfectly suits its user's role as a supporter in battle. The current Shield Hero is Naofumi Iwatani.

Hunting Hero
The hero chosen by the Legendary Hunting Tool, notable for being specialized in fighting against monsters, possessing skills that deal massive damage against them. Its wielder is able to change the weapon on a great variety of hunting tools like a fishing rod, a tuna knife, a bow, etc. The Hunting Hero's Enhacement Method works like a level system, in which the wielder gain exp. points as them use a weapon, powering the weapon as the level rise and unlocking new kinds of hunting weapons. The current Hero is Kizuna Kazeyama.

S'yne's World
A said to be detroyed world, which current status and that of its heroes is unknown. Althought the assassins of other world claimed that this world was destroyed and S'yne confirmed that its holy heroes were murdered, at least one of them seems to have survived.

Hero of the Cane
The hero chosen by the Legendary Cane. The current Hero is Aultcray Melromarc XXXII Aultcray was likely chosen due to his incredible strategic ability falling in line with the high level support skills of the cane's magic casting power. The cane's enhancement method is to augment the power of magic spells by using skill points.

Hero of the Carriage
The hero chosen by the Legendary Carriage. The current Hero is Fitoria The companion/creation of a past shield hero, Fitoria is one of the first Filolials, being raised by one or more of the past heroes and possessing immortality it's not hard to imagine why she was chosen by the Legendary Carriage. The carriage's enhancement power is Monster Book Encyclopedia: by sacrificing pieces of monsters to a weapon, that weapon's damage output against that specific monster goes up.

Hero of the Projectile
The hero chosen by the Legendary Projectile. The current Hero is Rishia Ivyred. When Rishia fought against Itsuki, who was under the influence of the Pride Series, on even terms, the Legendary Bow deemed her worthy and thus gave her the majority of the Projectile's power. After Tact was defeated, Rishia gained the power to use money to enhance upon the effects of other legendary weapon enhancements.

Hero of the Gauntlets
The hero chosen by the Legendary Gauntlet. The current Hero is Fohls Even before being chosen by the Gauntlets, Atla noticed a huge amount of compatibility between Fohl and the weapon. After Atla's death Fohl found his resolve and was deemed worthy of the legendary weapon. Similar to the Cane, the Gauntlets can use skill points to enhance upon the skills of the legendary heroes.

Hero of the Whip
The hero chosen by the Legendary Whip. Former: Tact Arusahorun Faubley The current Hero is Unknown (Light Novel) Wyndia (Web Novel). The Weapon chooses beast users as it's wielder. The Hero's Enhancement Method is sacrificing levels, producing ability points.

Hero of the Claw
The hero chosen by the Legendary Claw. The current Hero is Unknown (Light Novel) Filo (Web Novel). The Hero's Enhancement Method is the use of skill points. by frequently using magic and hero exclusive skills, skill points are generated that be used in combination with other enhancement methods can enhance upon hero skills and Magic.

Hero of the Hammer
The hero chosen by the Legendary Hammer. The current Hero is Unknown (Light Novel) Raphtalia (Web Novel). The Hero's Enhancement Method is weapon synthesis, the ability to combine the abilities from multiple weapons into one in exchange for removing the enhancements from the weapons used as raw materials.

Hero of the Ax
The hero chosen by the Legendary Ax. The current Hero is Unknown (Light Novel) Midori (Web Novel). The Hero's Enhancement Method is Body Modification, using attribute points it is possible to enhance upon various statistics not only for the heroes but their companions as well.

Hero of the Fan
The hero chosen by the Legendary Fan, notable for having techniques which act as a double edged sword. The Fans themselves are hard enough to break swords and appear to generate powerful magical/wind based attacks. The Fan Hero's Enhancement Method allows the user to absorb the remnant energy from defeated enemies and use it to power up its weapon. The current Hero is Glass

Hero of the Scythe
The hero chosen by the Legendary Scythe. The current Hero is L'Arc Berg

Hero of the Book
The hero chosen by the Legendary Book. Former: Kyo Ethnina.

Hero of the Boat
The hero chosen by the Legendary Boat The current Hero is Ethnobalt.

Hero of the Katana
The hero chosen by the Legendary Katana. The current Hero is Raphtalia.

Hero of the Mirror
The hero chosen by the Legendary Mirror. Former: Albert.