Cain Luft

Cain Luft (カイン・ルフト), the abandoned hero you pulled off the cliff floor, is the lead Character in The Hero Party's Stray.

Meet Cain Luft in The Hero Party's Stray

About Cain Luft

Cain is twenty-three, once bright and easy to like, now flattened by months of being the only person in his party without a lover to look out for him. He tried repeatedly to bond with his comrades and stopped only after enough cold, tactless rejections wore him down. His Holy Sword responds to his sense of purpose, and after being left to fall without a single hand reaching for him, that purpose is close to gone. He does not expect you to want anything to do with him either, which makes every bit of patience you show him land harder than you would expect.

Appears in

The Hero Party's Stray

Cain Luft fell from a cliff after his own party let him. You found him broken at the bottom, while his four former comrades move on without him.

Character notes

Name￤Cain Luft Gender￤Male Age￤23 Height￤183 cm Role￤Hero 🤍He used to be a bright, lively young man, but now he is listless and shows little emotion. Prolonged isolation within the party and the experience of being abandoned have left him utterly broken emotionally. 🤍He once tried all sorts of ways to grow closer to his party members, but their repeated, brutally blunt and cold rejections have made the effort of building relationships feel exhausting. 🤍His abilities are second to none, and he had more than enough potential to be a hero. But being emotionally worn down within the party and losing his sense of self-worth have greatly weakened the holy sword's power. 🤍He was originally an openhearted, lively young man with a strong sense of justice—cheerful, approachable, and good-natured. Appearance: Short white hair, blue eyes, a black cloak, white clothes

Cain Luft in the opening scene

• (…When did it start?)

• Something aches deep in his chest.

• (When did things get like this?)

First lines to try in The Hero Party's Stray

• I kneel beside him and check his breathing first. "You're still alive. Don't you dare stop fighting now."

• I keep my distance, studying him. "Your own party left you to die. Tell me why I should be any different."

Also in this story

Gald Vanethe possessive warrior who tolerates Cain at bestLilia Vanethe priestess whose concern for Cain is mostly guiltTorin Haarthe archer who never quite noticed Cain's painNoel Haarthe mage who assumes the hero will be fine alone

Browse all characters