Lodoss to Senki

Lodoss to Senki (ロードス島戦記, Record of Lodoss War) is a popular anime OAV series. It follows the conventions and structures of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and follows a party of several main characters on a quest to preserve the "Cursed continent" of Lodoss. These characters conform to the basic character types of the original Dungeons & Dragons game:

Parn: Fighting Man. Parn is the main character of the series; a Holy Knight of Lodoss and the son of Tessius, a disbarred Holy Knight. Parn wears his father's armor and carries his father's sword.

Etoh: Cleric. Etoh is a priest of Falis, the supreme god of the Lodoss world. Etoh fights with a sceptre-like mace

Slayn: Magic User. Slayn is a young wizard whose practice as a country wise man is interrupted by his friend, Ghim the dwarf. He focuses his magical powers through his staff.

Deedlit: Elf. Deedlit, or "Deed," is the youngest of her clan of sylvan elves, and a skilled magic user and fighter. Deed fights with a rapier.

Ghim: Dwarf. Ghim is questing to save the daughter of his lover, the high priestess Neese. His weapon is a broad, double-bladed axe.

Woodchuck: Thief. Wood was saved from a fate of languishing in a prison by Parn's kindness, and because of this the honorable thief feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the young warrior. He carries a long fighting knife.

The party is opposed by Karla the Grey Witch, a powerful and mysterious woman whose goals are known only to herself; by Ashram, a black knight; and by Pirotess, a beautiful but sinister Dark Elf, and Ashram's lover.

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Later in the series, Ghim is killed by Karla the Grey Witch and replaced by Leylia, another Cleric (Leylia, the daughter of Ghim's lover, Neese, had been possessed by Karla for five years and was freed by Ghim and Slayn). Meanwhile, Parn and Deedlit befriend two new characters (who incidentally represent character classes from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, rather than the basic version of the game):

Shiris: Shiris, like Parn, is a Fighter. Like Deedlit, she uses a rapier as her primary weapon.

Orson: Orson is a Barbarian whose special ability is a nearly unstoppable berserker rage in which he cannot tell friend from foe. He uses a massive greatsword as his weapon.