hmm I'm not sure on which character you mean but it could very well be a cut-scene, theres only 4 more characters one is Jessica who is a daughter of an aristocratic from a small village, Angelo a knight who has sworn an oath to protect his abbey, Yangus a former bandit and treats the hero as his guv and of course the hero which doesn't even talk in the game, I use to have DQ8 but i was dissapointed and it didn't meet my needs, i hope this info helped....