Rudeus Greyrat

"It's no good to overestimate me. Victory is something that you grasp by always being modest, you know?"

- - Rudeus Greyrat

Rudeus Greyrat (ルーデウス・グレイラット) is the main protagonist of Mushoku Tensei. He was an overweight 34-year-old Japanese NEET who is reincarnated into another world after being hit by a truck whilst saving some kids. Realizing he wasted away his previous life, he resolves to live this new one to its fullest and the series revolves around how he impacts his new world all whilst slowly growing out of his reclusive ways.

Appearance
Rudeus stands at around average height(175cm), well-built, and cool-looking man. He was born with light brown hair and green eyes. However, he later has Kishirika Kishirisu switch out both of his original eyes for demon eyes, causing them to now have a slightly mismatched coloration. Like his father, Paul, Rudeus also has a mole underneath his left eye.

Following his second fight with Orsted and later the final battle against Hitogami's faction, Rudeus' hair temporarily lost its color from mana exhaustion. Fortunately, in both cases, the roots were uneffected, causing his hair to grow back to normal over time.

Personality
Because of his former life, he is careful not to get carried away and become arrogant. As a result, he is extremely self-aware and humble because he does not want to revert to his old self. After reincarnation he is more willing to be kind, helping his friends and protecting his family whenever needed, where in the past he would have scoffed. Due to being capable in many fields, people have high expectations of him. Rudeus is very polite to others, often making them uncomfortable.

Having the morals of his past life, he hesitates with the thought of killing someone. However, he displays aggression and blood lust to anyone threatening his family. He is extremely perverted and even though he has this shortcomings, his family and friends still love him since he always takes care of them to a great extent. Even with very high magic capacity and high potential in battle, he often lacks the confidence to fight his enemy.

Background
Rudeus was a 34-year-old NEET otaku in his previous life. As the fourth child of five children in a well-off family, he was praised as a bright student in elementary school considering his age. In junior high, he joined the computer club and and saved up his allowance to assemble his very own computer. However, he was focused on tinkering his computer so much that he neglected his studies. In high school, he was a victim of severe bullying that resulted in him dropping out: he was in line to buy lunch when a person cut in front of him. He gave a piece of his mind but it turns out the person was an upperclassman, who beat, hung up naked, took and distributed pictures of him, and nicknamed him "Pencil Dick". His family tried to encourage him to go back to school, but he brushed them off. There was at least one classmate whom he had a good relationship with who came by everyday to deliver homework. However, he pushed him away too when he also tried to get him to return to school

He continued being a shut-in, living off his family, for twenty years. However, this toxic lifestyle finally came to an end when his parents passed away and he refused to even attend their funeral. This ended up being the last straw for his siblings, prompting them to kick him out of the family home and disown him. Homeless and penniless, he wandered the streets aimlessly while reflecting on his life until he came across three high-schoolers arguing on a road. Seeing a truck heading toward them at high speed, he mustered all of his strength to run over and managed to push one of them away to safety. Unfortunately, this caused him to get hit instead, killing him. The next time he opened his eyes, he found himself reincarnated as a newborn in the Six-Faced World. Realizing he had been given a second chance, he declared he would live this new life to its fullest.

Quotes

 * Rudeus: "Hey, Eris."
 * Eris: "What?"
 * Rudeus: "Can I grope your tits?"


 * Rudeus: "Aisha... Norn... I'll help you anytime you need... If you are in trouble,, don't hesitate to rely on me... You might think I'm unreliable, but no matter what, I'll do everything in my power..."


 * Rudeus: "I think Pax is a jackass. But he should be able to change; I've changed. There isn't anyone who cannot change."


 * Rudeus: "Some people just prefer to see a more dramatic world. Fact is stranger than fiction. Reality is strange, helpless and disappointing."


 * Rudeus to Claire: "And what if she gets pregnant? Will you bear it? Will you consider bearing it? Even if she does give birth, what about Zenith's intention? What about my feelings? What do you think will become of the children that are left behind? What do you know about a person's mother! What do you know about your own daughter! Substantially, what's up with this function! Means of treatment? A machine to give birth? Don't joke around!"


 * Sylphy: "This time, Rudy won't be here for the birth?"
 * Rudeus: "No, I'll be here, in the house."
 * Sylphy: "But... Rudy..."
 * Rudeus: "I'll be here."


 * Rudeus: "I will protect Sieg even if the Sky Fortress falls."


 * Rudeus: 'Eris, I want to go to bed with all four of us like this, is that fine?"

Achievements
These are the current achievements that Rudeus gained through his adventure, action, and training:


 * Water Emperor Class Magician.
 * Saint Class Magician in Fire, Earth, Wind, Healing, and Detoxification Magic.
 * Voiceless Incantation with attack magic
 * Conquerer of Legendary Labyrinth
 * Destroyed an Immortal Demon King
 * Powerful mage of Ranoa University
 * A Dragon God's Subordinate.
 * Hero (by defeating Atofe).
 * 7th rank of Seven Great Powers (Quagmire)

Trivia

 * Rudeus' name before reincarnation remains unknown. Even when mentioned by Future Rudeus, it is muted out.
 * Rudeus can speak multiple languages (Magic God Language, Beast God Language, Fighting God, Human Language) by the time he was 9. Which he learned when he tutored Eris. He wanted to learn Heaven God and Sea God languages but could not find any learning material. He managed to find a book from the sea race in volume 7.
 * Rudeus and his three wives have a strand of cowlick (ahoge) on top of their heads.
 * He named his right and left leg Tindalos and Baskerville. He also named his right arm Hulk and his left arm Hercules.
 * Currently, Rudeus is both founder and sole member of the religion he created which has 3 Goddesses.
 * Rudeus founded a fan club for his sister (Norn), he was eventually kicked out three days later due to him taking a bath together with her.
 * All of Rudeus' wives ""seem"" to get pregnant right before he goes on a journey to somewhere.
 * He has a tendency to always overestimate his opponent.
 * Incidentally, although he is Emperor Ranked in Water Magic, he has mostly used Earth Magic in combat.
 * After the incident where Hitogami attempted to have Roxy killed with an infected rat, rats are deemed top priority enemies in Rudeus' household. They must be killed on sight, corpse incinerated while wearing gloves and face masks, and have their ashes disposed outside of the city.
 * Rudeus was given the title "Hero" for defeating Demon Kings.
 * Initially he refused to call himself a hero when Badigadi mentioned it, but accepted the title later on after defeating Atofe.
 * Even though Rudeus is unable to wear Battle Aura, he has attained a Saint-class combat ability of a swordsman with his 『Magic Armor Mk II B 』 and God-class power with 『Magic Armor Mk I 』(The latter one was stated by Atofe).
 * A Miko from the future who had the ability to control time revived Rudeus into his current reincarnated body.
 * He does not feel fear towards Orsted, and strangely, neither do his children.
 * Rudeus was born with the "Laplace Factor". This means that his development as a fetus was influenced for him to become a potential vessel for the Demon God Laplace to be reincarnated in, resulting in his abnormally large mana capacity. This is also why it was this body that he was reincarnated in, as it did not have a soul of its own and would have otherwise been stillborn.
 * His hair also turned white due to mana strain but his hair has a little bit of color left so he was able to restore his hair color than losing it like Sylphy (from the battle of Orstred)

Navigation
Рудеус Грейрат Rudeus Greyrat