Template:Character Sheriff Rao (ラオ) is a character from the series Sand Land.
Biography
Sheriff Rao is an elderly man who seeks to free the people of Sand Land from the king's pocket. Formerly known as General Shiba, he was a soldier of the royal army. Rao rebelled after his forces died years earlier trying to destroy a mysterious weapon on the king's orders. In search of a long-lost lake, the old sheriff informs Beelzebub, the son of the the king of the demons, of the existence of an elusive lake which can meet the needs of the inhabitants of Sand Land. As he travels with Beelzebub and Thief, he learns that the weapon he destroyed for the king was not actually a weapon at all, instead a machine to artificially create water. Rao sets to right his wrong by bringing down the king and helping those whose family died due to his actions.