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A giant polar bear and the guardian of the Fountain of Polaris who attack all intruders. When he was young, he was wounded by a lightning strike and subsequently treated by Chariot. Even now, he is still emotionally attached to Chariot.

—Description of Arcas from Witchpedia[1]

Arcas (アルカス Arukasu?) is a polar bear-like creature that protects the entrance to the Fountain of Polaris and Chariot's childhood companion.

Appearance[]

As with other members of his species, Arcas resembles a gigantic polar bear with a golden badge in the middle of his face and twice the height of normal polar bears, which already a species of large bears.

Personality[]

Being the designated protector of the Fountain of Polaris, he fiercely attacks anyone who approaches it. However, it retains its affection for Chariot and doesn't try to attack her when he encounters her, having treated burns he sustained from the lightning strike when he was very young.

Etymology[]

In Greek mythology, Arcas is the son of Callisto, a nymph in the retinue of the goddess Artemis, or in some sources the daughter of King Lycaon. The unwilling affair between his mother and Zeus that led to his birth incurred the wrath of Hera who unfairly cursed Callisto into a bear yet failed to do the same thanks to Zeus' quick thinking who spirited his demigod son away at an area of Greece, which would come to be called Arcadia. When Callisto in her bear form met her long lost son Arcas, the latter would've kill her thanks to his inability to recognize his mother in such state and sate Hera's fury at the time had it not for Zeus turning him into bear also. The mother and son then subsequently placed among the stars as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. This alludes to how young Chariot befriended Arcas after nursing him back to health after surviving a lightning strike.[2][3]

Trivia[]

  • Arcas's badge resembles that of Alcor's, Ursula's familiar (and an eponymous toy of Akko). Likewise, the four-pointed star adorns Chariot's hat and appears on the chest of Chariot's bird form. In "Yesterday", it is revealed that Arcas knew Chariot since childhood and had a friendly relation with her.
    • Through said flashback and his bio in the official site, it can be inferred that Arcas was still a cub when Ursula found her.

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