I think my answer to this should be pretty obvious, considering I've oft-termed Chachan as "a Hero Wannabe" or even going so far as to title him "the Littlest Hero."
He very much wants to do heroic things - "halp" people and beat up bad guys. When he isn't at his forge, he's doing those obnoxious errands for people that you could likely equate to the "filler side-quests" in most MMOs or other RPGs (take this package over here, move these boxes, get these rats out of my basement, etc.) without complaint. He purposefully sought out the likes of Warren and Roen because the life they lived seemed so close to that envisioned ideal he had, wrought from storybooks and tales told to him by his mother and brother.
And yet, on the flip side, he's recently had to deal with a lot of revelations based on all that. One of the very first things he was forced to learn early on is that he can't help everyone - and that sometimes trying to help can make things worse. He's still willing to try, though, even though he's rather frequently learning that he doesn't always have what it takes. He's not the brightest kid around, his combat ability is wrought solely from daily training with Warren and his stints at the Grindstone, and he is easily paralyzed by the idea of hurting someone he cares about or potentially killing people in general. All he has is the desire to help people, a stubbornness to keep trying, and the smithing skill to encase himself (and his friends) in gear that will hopefully allow him to deal with any physical conflicts without too much injury on either side.
OOCly, I wonder if he's still in that "aspiring to be a hero" phase (though I feel he'd never believe he left it, himself) or actually reached a point where he might be considered to have attained that status. Since, after all, someone can claim to be a hero all they want - but the truth of it is in the words of the people. Meanwhile, Chachan will continue being the dorky little good boy who wants to halp.
He very much wants to do heroic things - "halp" people and beat up bad guys. When he isn't at his forge, he's doing those obnoxious errands for people that you could likely equate to the "filler side-quests" in most MMOs or other RPGs (take this package over here, move these boxes, get these rats out of my basement, etc.) without complaint. He purposefully sought out the likes of Warren and Roen because the life they lived seemed so close to that envisioned ideal he had, wrought from storybooks and tales told to him by his mother and brother.
And yet, on the flip side, he's recently had to deal with a lot of revelations based on all that. One of the very first things he was forced to learn early on is that he can't help everyone - and that sometimes trying to help can make things worse. He's still willing to try, though, even though he's rather frequently learning that he doesn't always have what it takes. He's not the brightest kid around, his combat ability is wrought solely from daily training with Warren and his stints at the Grindstone, and he is easily paralyzed by the idea of hurting someone he cares about or potentially killing people in general. All he has is the desire to help people, a stubbornness to keep trying, and the smithing skill to encase himself (and his friends) in gear that will hopefully allow him to deal with any physical conflicts without too much injury on either side.
OOCly, I wonder if he's still in that "aspiring to be a hero" phase (though I feel he'd never believe he left it, himself) or actually reached a point where he might be considered to have attained that status. Since, after all, someone can claim to be a hero all they want - but the truth of it is in the words of the people. Meanwhile, Chachan will continue being the dorky little good boy who wants to halp.
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