Touden, Laios

ライオス・トーデン

Although most characters look down on him, Laios is an incredibly strong fighter and the party's leader. He uses knowledge gained from cooking monsters to develop techniques for defeating them, but he also memorizes certain mythological and biological details about them, as demonstrated during the fight with the Lunatic Magician involving dragons. He is a very calm and gentle person, but becomes extremely passionate when discussing monsters, which irritates most people around him. When excited, he tends to speak very quickly and makes animated hand gestures and facial expressions, a complete 180 from his usual demeanor.
While he is intelligent and passionate about monsters and talented in combat, he falters in most situations outside the dungeon. He struggles with other people, missing social cues and being overly blunt, which often leads to arguments.
Despite having good intentions and viewing most people as friends, those same people feel uncomfortable around Laios and see him as someone with the potential to become "evil" because they do not understand him. Although this struggle persists throughout the series, he remains extremely friendly and accepting toward others, even if they do not reciprocate, being quick to forge friendships with other groups and even orcs. Possibly due to his indifference toward most living things other than monsters, he does not really see a difference between himself and other races, including orcs.
Despite his deep love and admiration for monsters, he has no illusions about the threat they pose. If anything, his reverence for them has made him extra cautious around them.
His favorite foods are dairy products, especially cheesecake, and his least favorite type of food is squid or octopus.