Pearlto Divinia

Description
Pearlto is the main protagonist of White Pearl.

He is known for his stubbornness and his dedication to his cause, religion and family, the Divinia.

Oft times, other characters will chime in to mock Pearlto at his expense. Particularly Elyswer.

Despite his naive and by-the-books nature, Pearlto fights what he believes in because he cares.

Unfortunately, his heartfelt nature comes at a cost.

When he is faced with life-changing situations, he is at a loss on how to handle it - seemingly following his heart instead of his head.

Stats & Skills
Stat Growth (according to Character Overview):

HP - Very High

MP - Low

ATK - Medium/Low

MAT - Medium/Low

DEF - High

MDEF - High

AGI - Very Low

Skills (excludes buyable spells, please refer to the official guide for that information):

Story
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Pearlto is childhood friends with Katkin. When he was around the age of 16, just initiated into becoming a mercenary, he would spend time with Katkin - and talk with her, explaining the troubles he was going through and leaning to her for advice. Unfortunately, most of these problems stemmed from the disciplinary nature of his family - which even led to his sister fleeing from home. Katkin had similar parents too, so the two of them connected well.

When Pearlto was going through initiation for mercenary work, he also talked to Katkin about this, explaining that he is undergoing a trial first and foremost to see if he is ready for the work ahead of him. Katkin was eager to join him on his travels. When Katkin was going over this with U'vharr, Cassopeia and Elyswer - Cassopeia had suspicions that Pearlto and Katkin may be in a relationship, but Katkin outright denied it - saying that the three "acted like school children."

In Chapter 6, it is revealed that Pearlto once had a sibling named Pearlos. When Pearlto was 16 and just in the first few weeks of becoming a mercenary, he spent his free time with Pearlos. When looking back on his past, he mentioned that they got along well and "never had any bad vibes towards each other."

As part of tradition in the Divinia family, Pearlto and his sister were battling each other in a test of strength of mettle. The one who was to emerge victrous was to be proven worthy for the trials ahead of life. Pearlto always won the matches, much to the dismay of Pearlos. Pearlos was stubborn, always attempting to battle Pearlto at every opportunity - to see if anything changed. This led to her fleeing from Falcon and her family, due to pressure of not being able to prove her worth. Pearlto felt some pangs of guilt when looking back, saying that he never thought that was the reason for her leaving initially - but now he understands her feelings, and wishes to keep them to heart.

Years later, Pearlto dedicated himself to being a paladin - this means that he is involved in the religion of Divinia in Falcon.

He now works as a mercenary for Falcon's Adventurer's Guild - completing contracts and bounty marks.

One day, Pearlto gets assigned to kill the beast at Falcon Cave from the Adventurer's Guild (that would later be discovered as the Lesser Chimera). Seemingly out of the blue, Melvy, Pearlto's friend and partner-in-crime, offers to help him on this hunt and he accepts. However, as soon as the two figure out how to enter the lower recess of Falcon Cave, Melvy ditches him and tells him to "man up and get on with it." Instead of taking this to heart, Pearlto puts up a brave front saying that "he'll face his enemies head on." Katkin is in the area where the beast resides, battling it as Pearlto enters. The two defeat it together, and return back to Falcon Fields using a teleporter.

Upon returning to the City of Falcon, Katkin missed Pearlto recently - and she asks him to speak with her again when he has the chance. He accepts, then goes to the Inn for a drink as Katkin goes back to her duty.

Once he has finished his drink and returns to the Adventurer's Guild to hand in his completed contract. Once he does so, the General passes on a message from the King to him: stating that, "he is to help assist the boy and girl from Ancarna to find a cure - as their king is ill." As Pearlto is a follower of Divinia and devout paladin, he has expertise in medicinal arts.

When learning that Elsay has a communication device when they enter the Ancarna Mines, he grows paranoid - but that feeling is shortlived, as they are just ambushed by bandits. The teamwork it took for them to overcome the army of bandits reaffirmed Pearlto's stance to help them.

When he returned from his excursion in Ancarna to help cure their king - Pearlto was shocked to find his hometown in ruins. He ruminated on his previous past while looking upon the ruins and felt unable to move forward; that he is hopeless. He was then brought to his senses by Katkin, who urged him to move forward. He entered the Adventurer's Guild, hoping that everybody is still alive. Sadly, this was not to be the case as the General was crushed in the havoc that Darkheart has wreaked upon Falcon - he was only alive long enough to give a treasured Divinia family jewel to Pearlto, the White Pearl. He was then tasked by the General to elimate a 'growing darkness' in the world, and to stop the 'man in steel'. Katkin consoled Pearlto, who was still shocked and unable to process recent events. He also found Melvy next to the General, who congratulated Pearlto on 'getting this far', before she drew her last breath.

When the duo were set on trying to rescue the king, Pearlto had to face a corrupted Melvy (who has been corrupted into a monster by Shadow). She begged for Pearlto to kill her, and when he did, she said that she can finally rest in the Departis.