We’ve learned that Luceus (Akuto in Japan), the male protagonist in Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below, is not returning in the game’s upcoming sequel.

The news comes via his Japanese voice actor, Tori Matsuzaka, who confirmed his character not returning on Twitter. Coming from this, we’re assuming that with Luceus not in the sequel, we’ll probably be seeing an entire new cast of characters. This also corroborates with series creator Yuji Horii saying the sequel will have a new setting and story.

While Dragon Quest Heroes II is launching for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita in Japan in the spring of next year, the original Dragon Quest Heroes is finally coming west for PlayStation 4 on October 13th in North America and October 16th in Europe (the game was release on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan).