Juan Dela Cruz

Juan Dela Cruz is the main protagonist of the 2013 Filipino titular series, Juan Dela Cruz. He is the current tagabantay (lit.guardian) who protects the townspeople from the aswangs with the legendary Bakal na Cruz, an iron cross that can transform into various weapons. He has romantic interest with Rosario.

Origin
Juan was raised as an orphan in a church by the parish priest, Fr. Ramoncito "Cito" Gonzales. He was loathed by the townspeople due to his temper except by the priest who he considers as his father. At some point the priest was killed by a thief and Juan ened up in Quiapo. Juan carried the values that his surrogate father thought to him. According to Juan his mother died during childbirth and was clueless of his father's current wereabouts.

Unknown to him, his father is the Haring Aswang (Aswang King) and the prophesized Anak ng Dilim (Son of Darkness), destined to lead the aswangs to take over the whole human race.

Personality
As a child Juan was mischievous but goodhearted. He was misunderstood as a child by the townspeople, in one instance tried to "help" a man reanacting Christ's passion as penance by pouring alcohol to the man much to the anger of the later.

As a young man, Juan was a care-free, good-spirited and simple man. He also has a good sense of humor and retained some of his michievousness, often jokes around even to the point of taunting the Haring Aswang with an altered voice through a cellphone call. Through his experiences of being tagabantay though, he is gradually learning he should be more serious of his responsibilities.

Powers and Abilities
As a half-aswang he has above average agility and strength. He also wields the Bakal na Krus, an iron cross that can change into a sword by default, but can transform to more kinds of weapons currently unlocked to Juan.