▁always ▁wished ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁Hero ▁but , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁any ▁great ▁evil ▁to ▁fight ▁against , ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁give ▁his ▁dream ▁up . ▁Still , ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁son ▁under go ▁hard ▁training ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁in ▁hopes ▁that ▁one ▁day ▁a ▁great ▁evil ▁would ▁arise ▁and ▁N ike ▁could ▁fight ▁it . ▁Because ▁of ▁this ▁N ike ▁is ▁a ▁compet ent , ▁although ▁cow ard ly , ▁f ighter ; ▁like ▁K uk uri ▁he ▁is ▁initially ▁imm ature ▁and ▁in ex per ien ced . ▁N ike ▁is ▁from ▁Jim ina ▁M ura ▁( which ▁transl ates ▁to ▁P lain ▁Old ▁Village ). ▁Initial ly ▁N ike ▁wants ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁W izard ▁as ▁he ▁finds ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁casting ▁a ▁fire ball ▁" co ol ", ▁though ▁his ▁parents ▁conv ince ▁him ▁to ▁choose ▁the ▁Hero . ▁He ▁initially ▁thinks ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁of ▁the ▁Hero ▁class , ▁as ▁do ▁others . ▁It ▁is ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁Th ief . ▁Despite ▁this ▁he ▁can ▁use ▁all ▁the ▁ab ilities ▁of ▁the ▁Hero ▁class , ▁including ▁Gall ant ▁P ose , ▁which ▁only ▁a ▁Hero ▁can ▁do . ▁ ▁B ado ▁is ▁N ike ' s ▁father . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁critical ▁hit ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁p unch ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁he ▁held ▁the ▁infant ▁N ike . ▁After ▁that ▁he ▁trained ▁N ike ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁Hero . ▁Right ▁before ▁the ▁dep arts ▁for ▁K od ai ▁castle ▁he ▁offers