El

El (エル, Eru) is the son of Rog and Maru.

Appearance
El is a Frogfolk like his father. He has large round black eyes with vertical slit pupils, a wide mouth, and webbed hands with four fingers. He wears a white outfit and a green scarf.

Personality
El loves his parents very much. He is not afraid to do anything he can to stay with them. He also likes to be held by his mother when they are together.

Plot
One day, El's mother, Maru, and his father, Rog, take him to him to work at a bakery on the main avenue of the capital. Maru holds him while they bake bread. While they are working, a disguised Sariphi and Leonhart buy bread from them. Later that day, Maru and Rog hear Bolas's mother yelling at Sariphi. Maru carries El as she and Rog go to find out what is going happening. They see that Sariphi's disguise has fallen off, and they discover that she is human.

Some time later, Maru and Rog let El play in the street outside of the bakery on the main avenue of the capital while they work. El spots Bennu flying in the sky. He points it out to his parents, but they insist that he is mistaken since Holy Beats only appear during festivals.

On the day of the Great Sacred Festival, Maru and Rog take El to the palace to see the king. El sits on Rog's shoulders as they all stand in the crowd. When Leonhart finishes his speech, El cheers for him.

Later on, Maru and Rog hear a rumor that the kingdom is being invaded by someone who claims to be the King of Wolves. They travel with El to the palace to find out if the rumors are true. El sleeps in Maru's arms while she and Rog demand to know if the capital is still safe.

Some time later, Leonhart holds an official ceremony to announce his intentions to conduct negotiations with Yoana. During his announcement it is revealed that he is half human, and he flees the capital of Ozmargo with Sariphi. Set immediately declares Leonhart an enemy to beastkind and takes over the kingdom.

One of Set's first acts as acting king is to sort all of beastkind by species. A 'Sorting Unit' is dispatched to El's and his parents' village. An officer in the Sorting Unit notices that El is a Frogfolk child and takes him from Maru. The officer explains that El and Maru will no longer be able to be together since they are different species.

Maru and Rog both try to get El back from the officers, but the officers stop them from getting near El. El becomes upset and kicks the officer holding him. This causes the officer to drop El. The officer becomes angry at El and tries to attack him.

Sariphi notices that the Sorting Unit officer is about to hit El, and she runs over to protect El from being hit by the officer. Sariphi holds El as she admonishes the officers for their actions. The officers try to attack Sariphi, but Lante shows up just in time to protect her. Lante is able to defeat the officers in the town square.

In fear of what Sariphi and Lante might do to El, Maru runs over, yanks El from Sariphi's arms, and tries to protect El from them. Lante yells at Maru for being rude to someone who just tried to save her son, but Sariphi insists that it's fine. As Sariphi and Lante leave the village, El tries to say something to Sariphi. However, Maru takes him away.

Soon after, Maru and Rog decide to leave their village in search of somewhere safer. Maru holds El as they travel down a mountain pathway. While they are traveling, they come across Ocelot and some knights of the Maskviana Exorcistic Order. The knights offer to help them find a safer home. As Maru, Rog, and El are heading towards the knights, an officer from the Sorting Unit attempts to stop them by attacking them. They are saved by Ilya. El thanks Ilya for saving them.

A few days later, El travels with his parents to the palace to hear the king speak. Leonhart announces his intentions to create a kingdom where no one is discriminated by species or origin and to protect Ozmargo with Sariphi ruling at his side. When Sariphi comes out of the palace, El notices that she is the same person who protected him from the Sorting Unit officer.

Rog
Rog is El's father. Rog does everything that he can to protect his son. When El is taken away from him by a Sorting Unit officer, Rog fights the officer to get him back. After they are reunited, Rog takes El out of their village to find somewhere more safe for them.

Maru
Maru is El's mother. Maru frequently holds El in her arms when they are traveling or standing in front of the palace. . She will even hold him while he sleeps in her arms.

Maru cares deeply for her son and does everything she can to protect him. When El is taken from her by a Sorting Unit officer, Maru tries to push past other officers to get to her son. After they are reunited, Maru carries El out of their village to find somewhere more safe for them.

Sariphi
Sariphi protects El from when a Sorting Unit officer tries to attack him in his village. He tries to talk to her after she saves him, but Maru pulls him away from her. A few days later, he recognizes Sariphi as the person who saved him when she is introduced as the next queen of Ozmargo.

Quotes

 * (to Maru) "Mommy!!"
 * (About Sariphi) "It's her! The lady from earlier!"

Trivia

 * El and his parents have more appearances in the anime than they do in the manga.
 * In the anime, El and his parents work at a bakery on the main avenue of the capital. However, in the manga, El and his parents live in a town on the far outside the capital.

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