Althalos

Althalos, the Hero of Light is Kid's father and the son of Smeltor. He is the guardian protector of the town in which Kid was raised. He forbade Kid from being allowed to leave his home. When Kid decided to go and fight Thundrake The Editor tried to take over the town, but Althalos wouldn't have it and ended up being imprisoned. He is inspired by the Elite Knight from Dark Souls and Dark Nuts from The Legend of Zelda series.

Appearance
Althalos is heavily armoured and carries a great-sword and a long-sword. He follows the same colour scheme as Kid, and wears a cape and tunic.

Personality
He's generally nice, but he tends to be flawed in the area that he is slightly overprotective over Kid. He is also confident in his abilities as a swordsman. Althalos, unlike Kid, chose to be a hero for the benefits such as women, fame and money. This allows him to become corrupted by The Editor at some point in the story, forcing him to fight Kid.

Relationships
Althalos is overprotective over his son and doesn't allow Kid to do the sorts of things that he does as a Knight. This may seem a little strict but Althalos actually cares very much about Kid's safety.

Althalos and Smeltor share an even ground relationship where they understand each other.

Althalos and Sal are best friends just like Kid and Thundrake.

Althalos and Chiff are enemies after Althalos chopped off one of his arms. Chiff not only wants revenge on Althalos but also Kid for unknown reasons.

Abilities and Powers
Althalos is a master swordsman, incredibly fast and is entirely combat-ready. It is rumoured that he has a forbidden power, but it is currently unknown what it is.

Development
Althalos originally started off as an overprotective father who wouldn't let Kid do anything he did because of his past regrets. For example; Althalos was a knight of the Covenant of the Old World and had to undergo tough training exercises. Kid cannot train to be in the Covenant because it no longer exists, but he wants to act like he is one. This got on Althalos' nerves and when Kid decided to make his own resistance based on the Covenant Althalos made a decision of his own and chose not to talk to his son any more.

On June 18, 2014 shortly after the release of Ihasnotomato Magazine issue 8, Sallis stated that Althalos' character had actually been redeveloped into more of an "overbearing father"¹ who simply doesn't want Kid to become a knight/hero because it is very dangerous.

1. http://mabeanie.deviantart.com/art/Ihasnotomato-Magazine-issue-8-June-2014-461695511