Veldora Tempest

Veldora Tempest (ヴェルドラ゠テンペスト), also known as Storm Dragon Veldora (暴風竜ヴェルドラ) is one of five True Dragons.

Appearance
His scales gleam like black steel, and are flexible and durable, like the scales of a fish.

After being released from Rimuru's stomach, Rimuru gifted him one of his body doubles to Veldora as a vessel to incarnate within, which Veldora reshaped to his liking. Veldora's human form has blond hair, and is two meters tall. Veldora's alterations to the body turned the face masculine, though Rimuru's general facial features remained. As Veldora learned to suppress his tremendous aura before leaving the Sealed Cave, he appears to most people as merely a handsome, albeit slightly intimidating, young man.

Personality
Veldora is generally boisterous, excitable, but also fairly easy going. Despite his reputation as someone who just wants to rampage, Veldora is largely only dangerous if he doesn't get to unwind once in a while or if his loved ones are threatened. He is also quite energetic, prideful, and has no reservation in showing off his strength. Veldora is rather shy and socially awkward but hides it behind boasts of how "great" he is. He also has no social tact, seeming to not understand a simple request from him is enough to intimidate anyone into compliance regardless of their own personal feelings. Aside from his childish nature, he is quite knowledgeable about many things and has an unquenchable curiosity at his core. Veldora tends to act meek if things don't go his way, resulting in people wondering if Veldora is really as terrifying as the legends say.

After meeting Rimuru and reading the manga stored in his memories, which he refers to as "sacred texts", he began to reconsider some of his more destructive previous behavior. His time spent in Rimuru's stomach with Ifrit and his time spent living in Tempest resulted in Veldora developing a somewhat more patient, analytical, and less impulsive personality.

Despite his nonchalant personality, he greatly appreciates Rimuru as his sworn friend and trusts him. Because the lowly slime cured the loneliness and boredom afflicting him, Veldora feels incredibly proud to have met Rimuru. In Veldora's eyes, Rimuru is an equal despite being a fledgling monster in a new world; Veldora understands and even motivates Rimuru to bring more types of entertainment to the world, because since meeting Rimuru, his life has become filled with family, friends, and new ways to entertain himself.

Veldora is not good at confronting his sisters, believing they viewed him as their plaything, tormenting him and causing deep emotional trauma. He seems to hold high respect for his older brother, Veldanava, who shielded him from his sisters. He was the youngest True Dragon until Rimuru's ascension, which is ironic considering that Rimuru behaves more like a mature brother than Veldora, even standing up for him against his sisters. To all others, Rimuru appears to have "tamed" Veldora, which is not exactly untrue.

Background
Due to a certain incident 300 years ago in which Veldora trashed a vampire city ruled by Demon Lord Luminous Valentine, a Summoned Hero was dispatched to defeat him. The hero imprisoned him with her Infinity Prison, sentencing him to live his days in monotonous boredom.

One fateful day, a slime bumped into him. Curious, as nothing should be able to get close to him due to his large pool of magical energy, he started to converse with the small slime.

After befriending Rimuru, Veldora consented to Rimuru's plan to store Veldora in his stomach while he worked on finding a way to release Veldora from the Infinty Prison. Veldora ultimately spent a year inside Rimuru's stomach, passing the time by going through Rimuru's memories of his previous life in Japan. He attempted to gather the souls of others that Rimuru consumed into the stomach with him, resulting in Ifrit joining Veldora. Ifrit and Veldora forged a strong friendship during their time spent in Rimuru's stomach, and Ifrit eventually agreed to become Veldora's apprentice.

Veldora was unleashed on the unsuspecting world after Great Sage evolved into Raphael. Raphael boosted Veldora's Investigator skill to 345 times its previous speed. Then, at Raphael's urging, Veldora upgraded the Unique Skill Investigator to the Ultimate Skill Faust, further boosting Veldora's processing power by a thousand times. These upgrades allowed Veldora and Raphael to finish the process of freeing Veldora's astral body from the Ultimate Imprisonment technique.

Veldora currently inhabits one of Rimuru's clones as his own form, and a Soul Corridor with Rimuru allows the two to share their powers with one another. Thanks to storing his memories within Rimuru, Veldora is functionally immortal. So long as Rimuru lives, Veldora can be summoned again regardless of how much damage he takes.

Trivia

 * Veldora tends to read manga and stories from Rimuru's memories and treats them as sacred texts to pattern his life by.
 * Using ki manipulation from Dragon Ball Z as a reference in how to control his own power.
 * Learns ways to cook from various cooking books Rimuru has read in his previous life, he has a fondness for fried meat.
 * He even developed his own "Veldora Style Martial Arts" out of combat techniques shown in manga and video games. Episode 47 of the anime took it even further by having him use the following moves; Hadouken, Shoryuken, Tatsumaki Senpukyaku and Tetsuzanko from Street Fighter, and Kamehameha from Dragon Ball.
 * His antics earned him the nickname "Chunni Dragon" (as in dragon with Chunnibyo) among fans.
 * Veldora loves to laugh out loud, with his most iconic laugh being the 3-stage laugh.
 * Veldora always acts tough even when he is in dire situations.
 * He is one of a handful of individuals aware of Raphael's existence, along with Charys, Mjurran, Benimaru, Diablo, Grucius, Chloe, and Rimuru himself. Benimaru, Diablo, and Grucius are only aware of Raphael's existence in the manga continuity.
 * To the surprise of many, he is quite capable as a cook, working a Takoyaki stand during the festival and even amazing people with how good they were.
 * Veldora has a secret wish to visit Japan and meet with the authors of the sacred texts.
 * He has a sweet tooth, constantly praising Shuna and Haruna for their creations.