14 | Stark

Aliases
Mr. Stark (by Fern)
Brat (by Graf Granat)
Gender
Male
Age
20
Class
Warrior

Affiliation
Frieren's Party
Relatives
Unnamed father (deceased)
Stoltz (older brother, deceased)
Eisen (Adoptive Father)
Hair Color
Red with black roots
Eye Color
Orange
Personality: Stark has a charismatic and kind personality, resulting in him being well-liked among the communities he frequents. He is often doted on by older villagers and is popular with kids, sometimes serving as a mentor or role model for them. Stark, in turn, holds a lot of compassion for them and is willing to risk his life to protect them from threats. Frieren trusts him, as she has willingly puts her life into his hands ever since she recruited him as a vanguard.
He has been described by individuals, such as Sein, to be a good kid with a good heart.
Despite being incredibly hard-working and training as a warrior for years under Eisen, Stark is also a coward who is terrified of monsters and tends to have thoughts about fleeing from difficult battles, a quality he himself despises. His hands tend to tremble with fear before a battle, similar to his own master. However, when faced with perilous situations, he is capable of mustering up the courage to fight, even at the cost of his own life. When he was a child, his older brother Stoltz noted that he showed great concentration when he trained, a trait that holds true to the present.
Compared to the much more mature Fern, Stark can be somewhat childish and irresponsible. He occasionally makes crude references, and he also has a tendency to stay up late and drink juice at night when Fern is not around to monitor him, which leads to him apologizing profusely and feebly once Fern begins to scold him for doing so.

Appearance: Stark has spiky, red hair with black roots alongside orange eyes. He typically wears a black, sleeveless collared shirt with white fastenings, baggy black pants, black boots, a white sash around his waist, and bandages wrapped around his arms. In colder climates, he wears a black turtleneck sweater. While outside, he wears a red coat with cream-colored lapels and cuffs and black fingerless gloves, and he straps his weapon—a large, double-headed gray-and-silver axe—to his back with a crossbody strap. On his wrist, he wears a silver bracelet that he received as an eighteenth-birthday gift from Fern.
He has a large scar on his forehead that he got from Eisen striking him out of fear. Wirbel comments that Stark has a solid figure when he borrows him to be a vanguard.
Abilities: Stark was trained by Eisen, the great warrior of the Hero Party. Thus, his body has been fortified well beyond that of an ordinary human. Eisen's training and Stark's travels with Frieren and Fern have helped him hone a keen battle instinct and a great capacity to withstand attacks that would kill most humans, even among already skilled warriors. Eisen's rough approach to Stark's training taught him that his greatest strength as a warrior is his tremendous resilience and capacity to recover quickly after physical attacks. He fights with the outlook that as long as he gets back up, he has not truly lost the fight. This mentality, coupled with his already powerful physical abilities, make him a strong opponent. Many times, his adversaries are forced to deal with him first by any means necessary in order to obtain any chance at getting close to the mages of the party.
Superhuman strength: Stark has a sturdy physical prowess, instilled through Eisen's training.
Superhuman speed
Superhuman agility