Hero Faction (Deus Vult)

The Hero Faction is the second largest group within the Khaos Brigade and is currently being led by Cao Cao, the descendant of Cao Cao from the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the co-leader is Merlin, a descendant of Merlin from the Arthurian Legends. It is a group made up of descendants of those who can be called a "Hero" and are entirely (or for the most part) completely human, with most possessing a Sacred Gear or legendary weapon.

Summary
The Hero Faction is one of the larger factions within the terrorist organization led by Ophi, the Khaos Brigade, that consists solely of humans or those whose blood is mostly human. All the members of the Hero Faction are either Sacred Gear, Holy Sword, Demon Sword, and/or Longinus wielders, with the most notable, being Cao Cao, the current leader, who wields the strongest Longinus Sacred Gear, [True Longinus].

The motto of the Hero Faction is as stated: "A Hero is someone who survives to save others". A righteous goal, that though stems from being selfish, the end result is to save the lives of others - particularly that of other humans. The mission objective is to defeat those that mean harm to humans, such as Devils, Fallen Angels, and Dragons.

Their group is filled with many humans that possess legendary weapons and/or Sacred Gears who were either abducted and brainwashed or who followed willingly, either in search of power or the opportunity to save those closest to them. Though one would consider the former actions unheroic, Cao Cao believes that no action is unheroic if it is for a good cause; which he says the saving of humanity is the best cause and reason for any action he takes. Though Merlin frowns upon his actions at times, Cao Cao's second-in-command does nothing to stop him, merely offering the Longinus-wielder advice at times.

There were a few members of the Hero Faction who were sacrificed in battle in order to force them to achieve Balance Breaker, with those who were unable to achieve it is captured by one of the other factions or later died as a result of Ophis' snakes which destroyed their Sacred Gears, with those who managed to achieve Balance Breaker being called back before they could be caught.

Trivia

 * Arthur and Le Fay Pendragon both retired from the Hero Faction to join Vali's team, which was appropriately dubbed "Vali Team".
 * Perseus retired for unknown reasons.
 * In the original DxD series, the possessors of the Sacred Gears [Flame Shake], [Staring Blue], and [Staring Green], were unknown. Here, they are given a name.