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Taru Razul
Taru Razul (タル ラザル, Taru Razaru) is the Third Prince of Stagnos. Taru was originally born into the royal family of Stagnos, but he was kidnapped at a young age and forced into slavery in the Underground Gladiator Community, or UGC, of Stagnos. However, he was bought by a kind master and was trained relatively graciously during his time as a slave. During his time as a gladiator he was trained to fight twenty hours a day. He eventually worked his way to the top ten in the Gladiator standings, and his fame even reached the ears of the royal family, who, upon investigation, realized this warrior child was their long-lost prince. At the age of thirteen he was taken back to the castle and introduced to his real family. While he was a bit reluctant at first he accepted them and has lived at the castle ever since. He is the central protagonist of The Tales of The West.

Appearance
Taru has always had a rather feminine appearance. He has very long, pink hair reaching down past his waist, with three small braids hanging from his bangs. He also isn't very tall. In fact, he's under average height for his age, standing at only 5'2" at nineteen years old, and he doesn't have a muscular build either, with a very slim build instead, despite being of an age where most men have built a good amount of muscle usually. Taru also has pink eyes that are almost the color of his hair, and he possesses a fair skin tone.

Taru's usual attire consists of the clothes typically worn by a young man of noble or royal blood. He wears a loose fitting, white tunic that cuts off just above his knees. He also wears white leggings with gold-outlined holes at the knees. On each forearm is a gold gauntlet, and he sometimes wheres a red scarf on his person. On his head is the green cap he recieved from his master prior to his death, which he greatly treasures.

Personality
Taru has a very playful and immature personality for someone of his age, but he doesn't seem to notice his own immaturity and instead seems to enjoy his own blissful ignorance most of the time. He enojoys teasing people and sometimes he has even been shown taking pleasure in punishing those around him, though these actions were never without reason. He will sometimes punch his friends if they do something dumb or annoying. In truth Taru is actually a very good-natured person. His comrades will tell people he is trustworthy and reliable, and most of all Taru never leaves anyone behind. He feels that, as a former slave, he has a duty to make sure no one should ever have to be forced into something they don't want to do, and is very protective of his comrades. Taru also shows a bit of a perverted side, peeking into the womans bath at the palace if given the opportunity, it doesn't seem like he devotes much time to this, and he won't go out of his way just to violate a woman's privacy.

As a slave, Taru was much more serious. He would fight back viciously in his battles and do whatever it took to win in order to survive. However, he wasn't ever a mindless drone, and was still able to show love towards his two friends, Jensa, a fellow slave, and his slave master, Roronoa. In his battles he was merciless and wild, but outside he acted any many ways as a normal kid would, with a sunny, yet mischevious personality.

History
Nineteen years ago, Taru was born to Gratia and Raihan Razul, the king and queen of the country of Stagnos. He began the first years of his life happilly, with everything he could ever want just a wave of a hand and a servant away. But that all changed when a group of bandits raided the royal castle, kidnapping Taru in the proccess. The bandits took Taru with them for many weeks, not caring really what happened to him, since they had no means of asking for ransom. But Taru just wouldn't die, no matter how many weeks they would not feed him. After recognizing the willpower this young prince possessed, the chief of the bandits had an idea.

At age five, Taru was sold into slavery. At first, no one would take such a weak young boy with no fighting experience, looking at only his physical abilities and appearance. But one man saw the fire that burned in Taru's eyes. He was a slave owner from the Underground Gladiator Community, who had already bought another young one, a girl named Jensa. The man, named Roronoa, bought Taru, and trained him to fight as a gladiator. Roronoa wasn't exactly a good man, but he was fair to Taru and Jensa, and treated them decently for a slave owner.

For years Taru fought as a gladiator under Roronoa. He was given a large sword named Coronas to use in the coliseum as well. As Taru grew older his place in the standings rose dramatically, but he never managed to surpass Jensa in the standings. Eventually the two made it closer and closer to the top ten, but that's when the Grandmasters of the "Games" started sabotaging the matches. Because of Taru and Jensa's rapid advancement, they fears that eventually they would rise to the top of the standings, and when that happened, the slave masters would pull their slaves out of the arena, thus, causing the Grandmasters to lose money. So they began plotting on how to kill Taru and Jensa in the arena, so to not draw attention to themselves.

The first attempt at killing them, Taru was told he could no longer use his sword in the arena, nor any other weapon, but unfortunately for them, Haru's magical abilities and melee combat skills still proved to be enough. Next, they sent in two gladiators to fight him at once, and yet again Taru came out on top. Then, they added weighted shackles to Taru's ankles, but he was still the victor. So that went on for a while. The Grandmasters cheated in whatever ways they could think of, and Taru and Jensa always won.

Finally, fed up with these "games," Taru and Jensa went on strike and refused to show up at any of their fights. The Grandmasters demanded Roronoa enforce the rules of the UGC on his slaves, but Roronoa refused, and stood by Taru and Jensa. The Grandmasters then ordered that the top five slaves in the standings, said to be monsters in the arena, be released to kill Taru and Jensa outside of the arena, even though fights outside the arena were strictly forbidden. This enraged Roronoa, who was actually a former slave who had been No. 1 in the standings at one time, earning his freedom.

Roronoa lashed out on the top five gladiators, severely injuring them, and striking fear into the Grandmasters, who would've fled in fear, had the Stagnian Royal Guard not shown up at that time. The queen, Gratia, had heard of a young boy who was rising in the standings of the UGC. A boy with long, pink hair, just like the son who'd been stolen from her. A boy of thirteen years old, the same age as her kidnapped son. Thus, Gratia came to see Taru for herself, and immediately recognized her son. She then ordered the disbandment of the UGC, the capture of the Grandmasters, the releasing of the good slaves, and arrest of the slave masters for trial.

She then took Taru back to the castle with her, along with Jensa, who was appointed a member of the Royal Castle Patrol, and Taru's personal bodyguard, and Roronoa, who was officially pardoned and given the position as a Captain in the Stagnian Royal Guard. It was there that Taru then met his other siblings and father. His eldest brother, Beo, who he immediately loathed, Beo's younger twin brother, Suico, who he immediately liked, and his father Raihan, the King of Stagnos, who he doesn't really feel any attachment to, but tolerates.

Trivia

 * His appearance is based on Kouha Ren from Magi.