Ran Sairofe (란 사이로페, Rahn Sah-i-ro-feh) is a quarter of Yaksha heritage. In Season 1, he is part of Asha Rahiro's group for the water channel quest, trying to attain his long-overdue graduation from Mistyshore University. He sympathetically watches over Leez Haias like a big brother.
Appearance[]
Ran appears as a young man with lightly tanned skin tone, long gray-brown hair (tied in a braid), and violet eyes. He has a healthy and muscular physique, not really what people expect from a magic user. We first see him wearing a white tight undershirt that underlines his muscles and abdomen, and light blue trousers. While traveling inside the water channel, he is forced to wear magician robes: a tight green vest with a large hood and yellow borders, a light grayish-green mantle, and brown and white colored protection pads on the shoulders.[1] He changes clothes frequently, and wears a variety of outfits including track suits, t-shirts with jeans, and collared shirts.
Ran's hair is very long, and he usually wears it in a braid. Normally, the only time he wears his hair loose is when he washes it,[2][3] which he does less frequently than the average person because of its length.[4]
When using his full Sura form, Ran transforms into a furred, canine-looking creature with white-purple fur, and a large darker purple mane flowing from his head all the way to his tail.[5]
Personality[]
He has a rather brash personality, and jumps hastily to conclusions, completely ignoring other people's opinions, and speaking his mind freely. This careless side of his personality also makes him charge into battle without thinking, and cast magic purely by instinct—a feat only suras and gods are capable of—often with disastrous results.
He often felt alone during his childhood, being the youngest child of a human-half couple, with his parents constantly out for work, and his father always blaming him for not being a good boy like his older brother Lutz. On the other hand, Lutz was often his only company, and Ran was very attached to him.[6]
When he was younger, he was determined to skip university classes just to annoy his relatives, but a chance encounter with Rana Reimia—who, from that moment on, became his love interest, much to his uncle's amusement—made him change his plans and his view of life.[7]
He is bad at speed-calculating spells, and has an inferiority complex towards his old classmates, who all graduated from Mistyshore University long before he finally does. He also appears to have an inferiority complex towards his older brother, whom he was always compared to (generally unfavorably) as a child.[6][8]
Despite being the son of a half mother, he fears halfs. This occasions rather comical moments in which he has embarrassing moments trying to deal with his phobia. Also, while he fears halfs, he is fine with suras.
Half phobia[]
Ran has an unusual phobia of half-bloods, and just being near one can cause him to go into a panic. Rana explains to Asha that it is related to the death of Ran's mother, a half, and the fact that she tried to kill him during the Cataclysm.[9] After returning from his mission on Konchez, Ran no longer suffers from his Half phobia.
Times Ran exhibited half phobia:
- in Kalibloom, in front of the Martial Arts Academy[10]
- in Aeroplateau before the Magicians Conference[11]
Times Ran should have exhibited half phobia, but did not:
- in Eloth, around Tilda Melliot[12]
Skills and Abilities[]
Ran is able to cast magic without calculating,[13] though this often results in inaccuracies such as hitting himself with his own spells.[14] He is capable of casting magic extremely quickly, such as when he casts hoti indra before Riche Seiran's instruments could even detect him saying it[15] and when his hoti indra bhavati varuna takes effect before Shess hears him cast it.[16]
Ran was apparently able to hear Yuta yell, "Watch out!" in sura speech when the Hide of Bondage had targeted someone in their group.[17] He rationalized that it was probably a transcendental skill used by Yuta, and has not shown any other sign of understanding sura speech. This later changes, as he shows the ability to able to hear Sura speech when it is spoken loudly.
His Yaksha heritage has been verified by both The Finite as well as the information screen with checkpoint information displayed in Riche Seiran´s base. He is the grandson of the current Yaksha clan king, but is unaware of her existence other than that she was a Yaksha sura.
Yaksha's heart[]
During the combat simulation he used an unknown skill when he (mistakenly) believed Rana was about to die, and according to him it used up some of his lifespan. Inside the water channel, Ran believes the skill could possibly be strong enough to kill Taraka in one shot.[18] This power was eventually revealed to originate from Yaksha's heart, which was implanted into Ran's body.
Ran later uses this skill to allow him to fire the Neutral Bow at Maruna, who continues to attack Aeroplateau/Rindhallow. The skill causes Ran's appearance to slightly change: his hair becomes loose, he grows fangs, and faint stripes appear on his face and neck. In a flashback, Ran's mother reveals that she originally had this skill herself, but lost it when Ran was born. She tells him that his grandfather would always tell her to stay away from nastikas and never borrow their power. She then tells him that by using it, he will lose his lifespan and possibly face a greater punishment later.[19]
Studying under Yaksha himself allows Ran to use the heart in a more controlled fashion, conferring to him abilities similar to a Nastika. While tapping into the heart's power, his physical abilities grow to be able to compete with Petupan's human form[20], a powerful Nastika of the Yaksha clan, and overwhelm Samphati, a 5th stage rakshasa[21]. He is able to use sura-like transcedentals. He can use both Light and Water attributes like Yaksha himself, as well as Wind, presumably from Hanhuman's heritage, and they are likewise powerful enough to have almost killed Samphati.
He is not as powerful as the very high ranked Nastikas, as Hanhuman, the fourth-strongest in his clan, prooved too much for him once the latter regained his vigor.[22]
The heart also allows him to assume partial surafication and a full sized, massive sura form, equivalent to 5th stage Rakshasas size in their sura forms. In this form, his transcedentals grow powerful enough to cause injuries to Hanhuman's own sura form.[5]
However, the power of the Heart carries immense risk. The more power he outputs, the quicker Ran's lifespan drains. This can be minimized by certain methods. First, ran can draw on Yaksha's attributes if they're present in the environment, much like how Nastikas fight. He can use things such light from a sunny day or water from the sea.[23] Alternatively, the ghosts of the ancient human race can decide to grant him additional vigor freely, but this carries the risk of affecting his mindset and is dependant on their cooperation.[24]
Both methods allow him to not only reduce the drain on his lifespan, but also to use the Heart's power and transcedentals beyond his normal vigor limits, making it important for him to fight in favorable environments when facing nastika-level opponents.
The more power he uses, the greater the risk for his lifespan, but there are means of reducing the drain. If he has nearbie Light or Water attributes in the environment, for example a sunny day or at sea, he can draw on them to minimize the lifespan drain. Similarly, the ghosts of the Ancient Humans race can grant him vigor for similar effects, though this can affect his mindset and depends on their cooperation.
Ran's unwitting accuracy about various facts[]
Ran is strangely able to guess the truth about things without actually knowing that he did.
Examples:
- Ran wonders how Leez could lose all her trust in Asha, and thinks to himself "unless Asha killed her family or something..."[25]
- As Ran watches Leez fight a Taraka, he wonders what happened to her in the past seven years and compares her to the God of Earth.[26] This is not necessarily a true statement, but it is a common fan theory.
- (Please add more as you find them!)
Ran's official magic exam results[]
Ran holds the current record for the testing center at the Mistyshore Magicians Guild. The fact that he managed to ace the simulated combat test with a perfect score is considered extremely noteworthy.[18]
His partner for his magic test was Rana Reimia.
| Ran Sairofe Quarter, M, D980 Exam location: Mistyshore Magicians Guild | ||
| Test | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Test 1 (Speed Calculation) | 815/1000 | |
| Test 2 (Divine Affinity) | 988 | Fans have noted that this is just under the threshold of 1000 to be able to use fiendish magic. See Ran's special ability above. |
| Test 3 (Simulated Combat) | 100,000/100,000 | Ran achieved a perfect score. |
| Test 4 (Barrier Test, triple attributes only) | 101,547 | |
| Auto-generated rating: AA Exam rating: BB (AA pending) | ||
Notes[]
- Ran is one of the 12 characters that appear in the Season 2 Prologue.[27]
- Ran has the same surname as Peil Sairofe, but it's unknown if they are related.
- He personally knew Kubera Leez's father, Rao Leez. They were close enough that Rao told him a secret before he left for Carte, that he was about to become a father.[28] He has also become aware that Leez is Rao's daughter, even though his knowledge began as only a suspicion[29] Leez doesn't admit it because of Asha.
- Ran has very messy handwriting. He types his letter to Rana because she can't read his handwriting. [30]
- Ran usually braids his own hair. He doesn't let anyone else braid it unless he really trusts them.[31]
- Ran was the #2-ranked magician for a short period of time before filling the #1 position when it became available suddenly.
- Ran's Mistyshore University report card after failing Topology for the 8th time:
References[]
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 62: Rival (5)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 99: Lies for You (11)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 111: Last Resort (5)
- ↑ Currygom's blog, Season 2 Episode 111: Last Resort (5)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Episode 3-189 | Kubera Wiki | Fandom
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kubera, Season 1 Episode 58: Rival (1)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 59: Rival (2)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 149: Your Justice and Mine (15)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 60: Rival (3)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 8: Blood (3)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 130: Falling Petals (4)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 117: Emergency (5)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 89: Lies for You (1)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 52: The Wavering King (2)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 3: Lost (3)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 3 Episode 4: Return (4)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 5: Lost (5)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Kubera, Season 1 Episode 96: Lies for You (8)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 162: Your Justice and Mine (28)
- ↑ Episode 3-194 | Kubera Wiki | Fandom
- ↑ Episode 3-260 | Kubera Wiki | Fandom
- ↑ Kubera, The Other Side of the Story, Episode 3-260 | Kubera Wiki | Fandom Currygum's afterword
- ↑ Episode 3-247 | Kubera Wiki | Fandom
- ↑ Episode 3-257 | Kubera Wiki | Fandom
- ↑ Kubera, Season 3 Episode 75: Crime and Punishment (2)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 3 Episode 76: Crime and Punishment (3)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 0: Season 2 Prologue
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 108: Last Resort (2)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 2 Episode 11: Blood (6)
- ↑ Kubera, Season 1 Episode 63: Rival (6)
- ↑ Currygom's blog, Season 2 Episode 35: The Test of the Sword (2)