Odin Sphere/Characters

The characters of Odin Sphere.

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (JP), Karen Strassman (EN)
The main character of the first book, Valkyrie. The second princess of Ragnanival and daughter of the Demon Lord Odin.


 * Action Girl
 * Battle Ballgown: Complete with Fluffy Fashion Feathers.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Gwendolyn can be downright dangerous when the people she loves are threatened.
 * Big Damn Heroes: She saves Velvet in the first half of her story and Oswald in the second half in this fashion.
 * Blade On a Stick: Her unnamed Psypher spear.
 * Whose name could have been "Gugnir", like Odin's Spear in the Norse Mythology
 * Broken Bird: At the beginning of her story. Throughout the game she gets much better.
 * Chickification: Inverted. Everyone expects this of her when she is married off, but she kicks even more ass with The Power of Love.
 * Composite Character/Expy: Partially of Brunhilde from Wagner's Ring Cycle and Líf of Norse Mythology
 * Everythings Better With Princesses: of the Royals Who Actually Do Something variety.
 * Expy: The choice of voice actors for her and Onyx make her similarities to Saber pretty obvious.
 * It Was a Gift: Her spear was a gift from her dying sister Griselda.
 * More significantly, this is also her motivation for single-handedly storming Ringford to retrieve the ring of Titrel . In this case, however, her actions are motivated more because she's not planning on making the same mistake twice.
 * Jack of All Stats
 * Lady of War
 * Love Epiphany
 * Mama Bear: Some of her most spectacular feats are performed in the defense of Velvet, Oswald and Odin after all.
 * Missing Mom: Who was Gwendolyn's mom, anyway?
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero:
 * Pimped Out Dress: The dress she wears at "home" in the second half of her book.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: She's a color-swapped Red Oni to Velvet.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: Too bad some of her actions end up royally screwing over Erion.
 * Silk Hiding Steel
 * Spirit Advisor: The bird that appears to her at certain points of the game.
 * Star Crossed Lovers: Then it's subverted when
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend: Well, wife, but if you mess with Oswald Gwendolyn will make you pay for it.
 * Well Done Daughter Girl / The Unfavorite:
 * Winged Humanoid: Though, strangely enough, her (and all the other valkyries') wings seem to be located at her hips. (They're part of her armor.)
 * White Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouki
 * Zettai Ryouki

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (JP), Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
The main character of the second book, The Pooka Prince. The Prince of Titania who loves Velvet. Was turned into a Pooka and left in the Netherworld.


 * Baleful Polymorph: He was transformed into a Pooka by . But even as a Pooka, he is still perfectly capable of fighting.
 * Big Damn Heroes: The main perpetrator of the trope.
 * Dynamic Entry: To match his tendency to be a Big Damn Hero.
 * Everythings Better With Bunnies
 * Everythings Better With Spinning: His aerial attack.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: His weapon is a Psypher broadsword, passed down the Titanian Royal line for generations.
 * Ancestral Weapon: Said sword was once used by his father . However,.
 * BFS: The sword is actually normal by human standards, and only large by comparison to his Pooka body.
 * Jack of All Stats
 * Killer Rabbit: Literally.
 * Only Sane Man
 * Nice Guy: He's very courteous and reasonable. He tries very hard to reason with many hostile characters. Unfortunately most of these conversations end in boss fights. It finally pays off when
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: Cornelius unwittingly leads King Valentine's spirit out of the Netherworld on his way back to Titania.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: He's particularly concerned about his homeland of Titania.
 * Stab the Sky
 * Star Crossed Lovers: With Velvet. His father actively tries to discourage the relationship in favor of a political marriage between Cornelius and one of Odin's legitimate daughters.
 * Warrior Prince
 * The White Prince -> The Wise Prince by the end of his book.

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN)
The main character of the third book, Fairy Land. The daughter of the Queen of the Fairies.


 * A Child Shall Lead Them: Eventually.
 * Action Girl
 * Automatic Crossbows: Wields the Psypher crossbow Tasla, which is later given an upgrade (that has no effect on gameplay whatsoever) and renamed to Riblam.
 * Bratty Half Pint: Starts out as one.
 * Cycle of Revenge: She ultimately decides not to perpetuate one against Odin for killing her mother. This turns out to be a good idea, since Gwendolyn comes to call not long after, and there's no telling if Mercedes would have made it out alive if Gwendolyn had the death of her father on her mind during the fight.
 * David Versus Goliath: Her last boss battle pit her, a little, insecure, bow armed fairy against Demon King Odin in all his might. Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Awesome when she defeat him and destroys his Epic Flail.
 * Everythings Better With Princesses: She grows out of this during her journey to become Queen.
 * Flower in Her Hair
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Glass Cannon: Add in an Unlimited Power potion for an instant Game Breaker.
 * Hero Antagonist: To all the other player characters; Mercedes is the only person to get in a fight with everyone, though in the case of Oswald the player's controlling her rather than the other way around.
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: By destroying Odin's Balor, which was created specifically for the purpose of averting The End of the World As We Know It.
 * Actually, it was only made to beat back the Netherworld invasion part of Armageddon; it probably wouldn't have done much good against, say, Leventhan.
 * Out of Character Moment: She's considerably more antagonistic during Gwendolyn, Cornelius and Velvet's stories. Her portrayal in Oswald's story, while very brief, is consistent with her portrayal in her own story, however.
 * It's probably just her trying to act tough in the face of people she regards as enemies. Not to mention that she's a Hero Antagonist in virtually everyone other character's story.
 * Pettanko
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: If she doesn't, her kingdom is doomed.
 * Star Crossed Lovers: Ingway has to leave as soon as his spell is broken.
 * You Killed My Mother: To Demon Lord Odin.
 * Pettanko
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: If she doesn't, her kingdom is doomed.
 * Star Crossed Lovers: Ingway has to leave as soon as his spell is broken.
 * You Killed My Mother: To Demon Lord Odin.
 * You Killed My Mother: To Demon Lord Odin.
 * You Killed My Mother: To Demon Lord Odin.
 * You Killed My Mother: To Demon Lord Odin.
 * You Killed My Mother: To Demon Lord Odin.

Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN)
The main character of the fourth book, The Black Sword. A human warrior raised by the Fairie noble Melvin to be the ultimate weapon.


 * Above the Influence: Oswald wants, more than anything, for Gwendolyn to love him - but he refuses to wake her from her enchanted sleep if it means she'll be forced to love him by a spell, and goes looking for another way to wake her.
 * All of the Other Reindeer
 * Anti Hero
 * Attack Attack Attack: In both personality and fighting style.
 * Berserk Button: Threatening Gwendolyn in his presence will be the last thing you ever do. More generally, he tends to have an immediate and violent reaction to anyone who seems to treat another person as a tool or object.
 * Black Knight: Minus the helmet.
 * Casting a Shadow
 * Composite Character/Expy: Partially on Siegfried from the Ring Cycle and Lífþrasir of Norse Mythology.
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Despair Event Horizon: Twice. The first time was when he went to the Netherworld after Melvin's failed rebellion, and the second was
 * Desperately Craves Affection
 * Evil Weapon: Wields the Belderiver, a Psypher tipped sword which can grant to the wielders the powers of Odette.
 * Fate Worse Than Death: Remember those spooky Revenants boogeyman from Hornridge Mountain? Well, those were former wielders of the Belderiver..
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: When in his Shadow Form, one of his eyes disappears and the other glows red.
 * Good Is Not Nice: He's aloof and won't kill without provocation. However, when he does kill, he does so ruthlessly.
 * Happily Adopted:
 * Heartbroken Badass: Results in
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: The Belderiver is a longsword tipped with a Psypher crystal.
 * James Bondage: Gwendolyn has to save him twice during the latter parts of her story.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Kuudere
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Living Shadow: Oswald's shadow form.
 * Moses in The Bullrushes: The fairy noble Melvin adopted a very young Oswald, whom he found near a dying couple.
 * Nice Guy: A very unconventional example, but Oswald's appearance and demeanor are in sharp contrast to how he treats his wife, which provides some of the kindest and most heartwarming scenes of the game. Dark Is Not Evil indeed.
 * Official Couple: With Gwendolyn
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: There's a good reason he's one of the most feared warriors in Erion...
 * Standard Hero Reward: As reward for slaying the dragon Wagner, he receives a castle, a magic spear, and Gwendolyn's hand in marriage.
 * Slight twist in that the only thing he was actually interested in was the latter part.
 * Star Crossed Lovers: With Gwendolyn.
 * Also applies to.
 * Super Mode: His shadow form.
 * Tyke Bomb: Raised to be Melvin's Dragon.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * Super Mode: His shadow form.
 * Tyke Bomb: Raised to be Melvin's Dragon.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * White Haired Pretty Boy

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (JP), Michelle Ruff (EN)
The main character of the fifth book, Fate. A young witch who is often found in the Forest of Elrit.


 * Action Girl
 * Ancestral Weapon: The Graveryl chain once belonged to her mother Ariel, and was the first red Psypher ever created.
 * Bare Your Midriff: And how!
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Does this to Odin after finding out that.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: This picture gives a ghastly clue.
 * Everythings Better With Princesses: Like the others, she's also a royal who actually does something.
 * Exposed to The Elements: Lampshaded by some of the merchants on Winterhorn Ridge.
 * Fallen Princess: Although the fall happened years before the events of the game.
 * Fragile Speedster
 * Gainaxing: Quite noticeably.
 * Half Identical Twin: Averted.
 * Hero Antagonist: From the point of view of Gwendolyn and Mercedes.
 * Hot Witch: She's called "The Forest Witch".
 * Second Last Of Her Kind: Subverted when it turns out that the people of Valentine survived, but as Pooka.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Why hello, Stripperiffic, Belly Dancer Hot Witch!
 * Only Sane Woman: Unlike everyone else, Velvet seems to be the only one concerned about trying to avert the Apocalypse while everyone else is too busy with their own agendas to notice or even care.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: She's the color-reversed Blue oni to Gwendolyn's Red Oni.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: She's the one trying to clean up all the incidents of Nice Job Breaking It Hero and prevent The End of the World As We Know It.
 * Screw Destiny: The motivation behind her actions.
 * Star Crossed Lovers: King Edmund's not too happy that his son's interested in a "Princess of the Forest".
 * Stripperiffic
 * Whip It Good: Her weapon is a Psypher chain called Graveryl.

Ingway
Velvet's elder twin brother. Although he is not a playable character, he plays an important role in the game nonetheless.


 * Anti Villain
 * Big Brother Attraction: To Velvet, bordering on one-sided Twincest.
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Dangerous Forbidden Technique:
 * Deadpan Snarker: Of the Jerkass kind.
 * Freudian Excuse: Poor guy....
 * Half Identical Twin: Averted.
 * Hidden Depths: Ingway is presented as entirely villainous in Cornelius' story, and a constant headache for Velvet in her own.
 * Jerkass / Jerkass Woobie
 * Second Last Of His Kind: He's the other Valentine survivor.
 * Nice Hat: Dare you deny it?
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero:
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Star Crossed Lovers:
 * Tragic Hero
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Throughout the course of the game, he transforms into on separate occasions.
 * Well Done Son Guy:
 * Star Crossed Lovers:
 * Tragic Hero
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Throughout the course of the game, he transforms into on separate occasions.
 * Well Done Son Guy:
 * Well Done Son Guy:

Demon Lord Odin


The king of the nation of Ragnanival. He is the father of Gwendolyn, Griselda,.


 * Anti Villain: Arguably he could be one... How close he is to villainous versus not depends on the book you're playing in; in Velvet and Gwendolyn's books what good sides he has show more often than not, while he's more neutral to Cornelius and Oswald. In Mercedes' story he's the primary antagonist.
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: He's fought in several boss battles throughout the game.
 * Badass Boast: Loves to make these. To be fair, by the the time the game starts he's got enough accomplishments under his belt to justify being proud of himself.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Despite being so antagonistic at the moment, he come to rescue Gwendolyn and Oswald from Endelphia after He also storms the Netherworld to save
 * Boss Subtitles: Demon Lord Odin.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: In Gwendolyn's story, he's possessed by Brigan's ghost.
 * Demoted to Extra: If you stop to recall the game is named after him.
 * Epic Flail: Wields a gigantic morning star Psypher, called the Balor. Possibly this is the Odin Sphere?
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Face it, he's definetively not a nice guy but still more decent than King Valentine or Onyx.
 * Eye Beams: One of his attack.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Hey Its That Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki himself.
 * Informed Ability: Claims at one point to be "Knower of a Thousand Spells".
 * Jerkass: He acts like this outwardly most of the time.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: But he does have a strong sense of honor, keeps his word, and ultimately puts his children before anything else.
 * Large and In Charge: The biggest guy in Ragnanival.
 * Mask Power: Whenever you fight him.
 * Megaton Punch: When not using the Balor, he will simply punch you really hard.
 * Mercy Kill: He almost deliver one to King Valentine, but eventually he decide that he doesn't deserve one.
 * Papa Wolf: The Halja found out that threatening his favourite child isn't wise at all.
 * He also shows up at Onyx's kingdom when Gwendolyn's kidnapped there.
 * Parental Favoritism: Out of his four children, he obviously shows more love to than the others.
 * It's more than hinted that this is because resembles her mother, which leads to a bit more than a little Squick if you think too hard about it.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Sorcerous Overlord: His japanese title (Maou 魔王) means "Demon King" but can also means "Wizard King" or "Magic King".
 * Spell My Name With an S: It's pronounced (and probably written) "Odain" in japanese.
 * Star Crossed Lovers: With Princess Ariel of Valentine, who gave birth to his children Velvet and Ingway.
 * The Reason You Suck Speech: Delivers two epic ones in Mercedes' story, though the second one ends rather poorly for him.
 * Top Heavy Guy: Huge chest and arms, combined with tiny legs.
 * Weapons That Suck: Balor can be used to suck Phozons into it.

Lord Brigan
Odin's General, a huge Asgardian who serves under Odin. Despite his rank, he's an incompetent oaf who aims to take Odin's place. He get killed by Gwendolyn on the top of Mount Ridgehorn. His ghost appears briefly as he possess King Odin, but is vanquished again once and for all.


 * Bad Boss: He once crushed one of his own warriors for daring to pointing out a weak point in his strategy.
 * Big Eater
 * Booze Based Buff: He can drink liquor in order to breathe fire or augment his strength. He can also pour said liquor on the characters, stunning them.
 * Boss Subtitles: General Brigan.
 * The Brute
 * Dirty Coward: He talks a lot, but his skills are risible compared to the ones of the main characters.
 * The Dragon: To Odin. However the Demon King actually openly despises him.
 * Drop the Hammer: He wields a small hammer resembling Thor's symbol.
 * Evil Redhead: Or at least Redbeard.
 * Fantastic Racism: He can't stand Pooka for some reason.
 * Fur and Loathing: He wears the hides of a pair of skinned bears(?) on his back. He also stated that he would have made a fur cap out of Cornelius.
 * General Ripper/General Failure: One wonders why did Odin put him at the head of his Vassals....
 * I Have You Now My Pretty: He openly lust after Gwendolyn and puts her in a similar situation twice. After that she handed him his ass.
 * Jerkass: An even bigger asshole than Odin.
 * Large and In Charge: He's the captain of the Berserkers and the biggest of them. Only Odin is larger.
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me: He wears four shields on his large chest. If you blast him hard enough said shields will fall off.
 * Precision Guided Boomerang: His hammer.
 * Smug Snake
 * The Starscream: He plans to take Odin's place.
 * Stalker With a Crush: A rather inactive one towards Gwendolyn and, maybe Griselda.
 * Stay in The Kitchen: His attitude towards Valkyries.
 * Straw Misogynist
 * Ted Baxter: Yeah, yeah, Odin's strongest vassal my ass.....
 * Too Dumb to Live: He often holds back his troops during critical battles because he want to make a dramatic entrance.
 * Top Heavy Guy: Like all Berserkers
 * It's amazing watching him walk around, really. His legs are so comparatively small that it seems like a miracle he can actually walk.

Griselda


Odin's daughter and Gwendolyn's elder sister, she was the strongest valkyrie of Ragnanival and the favorite of the Demon King. However, she was slain in battle.


 * Aloof Big Sister
 * Blade On a Stick: She passed her Psypher spear to Gwendolyn.
 * Boobs of Steel: Stronger than her sister and slightly more stacked.
 * Jerkass: During Cornelius' book.
 * Posthumous Character
 * We Hardly Knew Ye
 * We Hardly Knew Ye

King Valentine


The late king of the destroyed nation of Valentine. He is the father of Princess Ariel, which makes him the grandfather of Velvet and Ingway. Reduced to a mere shell of his former self, he seeks to destroy Erion and all those who inhabit it.


 * Abusive Parents: Towards Ariel and her children Velvet and Ingway.
 * Dem Bones: He's basically a skeletal rabbit.
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Fate Worse Than Death: Apparently suffered this in the Netherworld.
 * However, this is exactly what he wanted.
 * Killer Rabbit: Just before his death, he was turned into a Pooka.
 * Love Hurts
 * Love Makes You Crazy
 * Love Makes You Evil: Notice a pattern yet
 * Offing the Offspring: He strangled his own daughter when he found out that she fell in love with Odin and gave birth to his children.
 * Parental Incest: Implied with Ariel and Velvet; he will wax poetic about how much he loved Ariel and strangled her out of mad jealousy, but the way he talks to Velvet is just damned creepy, referencing having her dance to amuse him and forcing her to kneel (ie, getting down on all fours) to show 'respect'.
 * Out Damned Spot: In one of his more memorable scenes, he chants "these hands" when he's reminded of what he did. He doesn't actually try cleaning the spot out but the subtext implies it.
 * Parental Incest: Implied with Ariel and Velvet; he will wax poetic about how much he loved Ariel and strangled her out of mad jealousy, but the way he talks to Velvet is just damned creepy, referencing having her dance to amuse him and forcing her to kneel (ie, getting down on all fours) to show 'respect'.
 * Out Damned Spot: In one of his more memorable scenes, he chants "these hands" when he's reminded of what he did. He doesn't actually try cleaning the spot out but the subtext implies it.
 * Out Damned Spot: In one of his more memorable scenes, he chants "these hands" when he's reminded of what he did. He doesn't actually try cleaning the spot out but the subtext implies it.

Queen Odette
The queen of the Netherworld, Endelphia.


 * Barrier Maiden: Of a sort. The only thing keeping Gallon from becoming king of the Netherworld is the fact that Odette's still alive to control the Halja that restrain him.
 * Boss Subtitles: Odette, Queen of the Dead.
 * Dark Is Edgy
 * Fan Disservice
 * Flunky Boss: She's always surrounded by a generous number of ghosts and other undead.
 * Gainaxing
 * Giant Spider: She can summon one on the background in order to stab the character. Apparently it's also the lower half of her body.
 * God Save Us From the Queen
 * Groin Attack: If that huge spider monster is actually her lower half, you may cause this if you attack its chest.
 * Impossibly Low Neckline: You can see quite a bit of her chest due to her outfit.
 * Jerkass: It must have been Odin's influence.....
 * No Sell: She's the one who gave Oswald the dark powers of the Belderiver, hence she can't be harmed by the sword.
 * Noblewomans Laugh
 * Pimped Out Dress / Kicking Ass in All Her Finery
 * Ship Tease: A little with Oswald in his story mode. Squick.
 * Sinister Scythe: She can turn the large crescent attached to her into a humongous, dual bladed scythe. Fitting, considering her role

Queen Elfaria
The beautiful queen of the Fairies and rival of the Demon King Odin. She's also Mercedes' mother. She appears only in the first parts of Mercedes', Gwendolyn's and Oswald's stories as a good-natured ruler. She's killed in battle by Odin. Her true name is Fimbulvetr.


 * The Archer: Implied in her youth, since she was the original user of the Tesla crossbow.
 * Big Good: Honestly, compared to the other rulers, she's by far the most well-intentioned and sensible. And she's Genre Savvy enough to keep an eye on her cousin Melvin and to refuse the mass-production of Red Psyphers suggested by the latter.
 * Boobs of Steel/Authority Equals Asskicking: She's probably the most powerful fairy and the most well-endowed.
 * Flower in Her Hair: Her crown is a whole wreath of golden flowers.
 * Giant Poofy Sleeves: Seriously, look at those shoulders.
 * Green Thumb: Highly implied.
 * Impossible Hourglass Figure
 * Hot Mom
 * Killed Off for Real: A Kick the Dog moment for Odin.
 * Meaningful Name: If you are well versed in Norse Mythology you should know why just by looking at said name.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Really slim waistline? Check. Wide hips? Check. Dazzling butterfly-like wings? Check. Freaking huge boobs? Oh yes, check.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Sacrificial Lion: She exists to die so that Mercedes can be forced to grow up fast.
 * Simple Staff
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: It's a miracle she garners as many tropes as she does; she dies very early in Mercedes' story, and cameos only once in Gwendolyn's and a scattered few times in Oswald's.
 * Winged Humanoid: She has a pair of large, multicoloured butterfly wings.

Melvin


One of the Fairy nobles and cousin of Elfaria. Is a smug, ambitious prick who is vying for the throne. He also adopted Oswald and gave him the Belderiver sword.


 * Abusive Parents: The way he treats his adoptive son Oswald sometimes.
 * Ambition Is Evil: Ah-ehm....
 * Aristocrats Are Evil
 * Blondes Are Evil: See a pattern here?
 * Dirty Coward: He's seen on the battlefield only once, and all he does is piss his pants at the sight of Odin's Epic Flail, and hide behind Elfaria, no less.
 * Informed Ability: He's supposed to be the Head Commander of the Shadow Knights, but apparently he's anything but a warrior.
 * Jerkass: Thankfully he doesn't survive for long,..
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Large and In Charge: Unlike other male Fairies, he's very tall and muscular.
 * The Man Behind the Man: Not to Elfaria, who was Genre Savvy enough to keep an eye on him, but is briefly one to Mercedes.
 * Meaningful Name: Nidhogg.
 * Non Action Guy: Mortally wounded offscreen by some paladins. Good riddance.
 * Pet the Dog: He still adopted Oswald, saving him from sure death.
 * Power Makes You Evil: He was implied to be a far better person in his youth, when he adopted Oswald.
 * Smug Snake
 * The Starscream
 * Winged Humanoid: Like all male fairies, he has grasshopper wings.

Brom


A dwarf blacksmith from Ringford, who served Melvin and his Dark Knights and forged Psypher weapons for them, though many of them were lost. He's exiled to the Netherworld by Melvin and later rescued by Mercedes, so that he can power up the Tesla crossbow. He also supports Oswald a lot, probably feeling guilty for bonding him to the Belderiver sword.


 * The Atoner: Towards Oswald.
 * Badass Beard
 * Distressed Dude: During the first half of Mercedes' story he's stuck in the Netherworld and must be freed.
 * Only Sane Man: Apparently he's the only follower of Melvin who realized how dangerous the red Psyphers were.
 * Our Dwarves Are All the Same: He's far more grim and serious than your average dwarf.
 * Ultimate Blacksmith: Even Queen Odette and King Valentine themselves praised his skills, and he's one of the few people able to create a Psypher.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: When he dared to oppose Melvin, the latter exiled him in Endelphia.

King Edmund
The human king of Titania, and father of Cornelius. In the past he fought and slain his father Gallon when the latter abused the Darkova spell.


 * Cool Sword: In the past.
 * Gag Nose
 * I Have No Son: Briefly to Pooka Cornelius. He acknowledges him in the end though.
 * Informed Ability: Justified by his age.
 * Miniature Senior Citizen: He's really small.
 * My God What Have I Done: Apparently after killing Gallon, so much that he refused to ever look at the Titania Royal Sword again.
 * Retired Badass: He once killed Darkova Gallon all by himself. Talk about Badass Normal.

King Onyx
The king of the Fire Kingdom in the Volkenon Lava Pit. Previously engaged to Gwendolyn.


 * Authority Equals Asskicking: He's not the boss of the Fire Kingdom for nothing, you know...
 * Boss Subtitles: Inferno King Onyx.
 * Chekhov's Gunman: He appears briefly in Gwendolyn and Oswald's stories, and really only comes across as someone trying to muscle in and create a Love Triangle (and Murder the Hypotenuse)..
 * Covert Pervert: Come on, have you seen his attendants, the Vulcans?
 * Devil in Plain Sight
 * Evil Counterpart: To Oswald. White Haired Pretty Boy? Check. Bad reputation? Check. Able to transform? Check.  Check. Nice Guy? Haha, no.
 * Evil Is Burning Hot
 * Expy: Not only his relationship/obsession with Gwendolyn, but their Relationship Voice Actors make it obvious that he's Gilgamesh.
 * Game Face: His true form.
 * Hey Its That Voice: Ishida Mitsunari.
 * Or more significantly, Gilgamesh...
 * If I Can't Have You: Attempts this on Gwendolyn, but is immediately thwarted by Oswald.
 * Immortal Immaturity: It even gets mentioned in game that he acts like a Jerk Jock for someone centuries old.
 * Jerkass
 * Large Ham: "WELCOME!!!".
 * Magma Man: When transformed.
 * My God What Have I Done:
 * No Indoor Voice: When he's trying to be friendly. See Large Ham above.
 * Playing With Fire
 * Rocket Punch
 * Villain Ball: Onyx, did you have to invade and burn down Ringford? Was it really necessary?
 * Voice of the Legion: In his monster form.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: He might seems a uber-powerful minotaur made of lava with both speed and raw power, but if you hit him with a Ooze potion he's as good as dead.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * White Haired Pretty Boy

Belial
One of the last dragons, he's a huge, serpent like wyrm who was enslaved by the Three Wise Men, and is forced to do their bidding. He fought the main characters on different occasions (all of them) but is finally killed by Cornelius in the sewers under Titania.


 * Abnormal Ammo: He can spit armor pieces from his stomach.
 * And I Must Scream: He's forced to obey to his masters and is implied that he was forced to devour innocent humans while lurking in Titania's dungeons.
 * Boss Subtitles: Raging Dragon Belial.
 * Defeat Means Friendship: Towards Mercedes.
 * The Dragon: Literally for the Wise Men.
 * Gentle Giant: Was this when he was still free.
 * Irony: His love for humans lead to his imprisonement at the vile hands of the Wise Men.
 * Just Eat Him: His main attack
 * Our Dragons Are Different: Has a very long body, can't fly and can suck anything in his mouth.
 * Recurring Boss: The ONLY boss in the game that everyone fights, though he's a Dual Boss with Beldor in Velvet's story.
 * Taking You With Me:
 * Tragic Monster
 * Wake Up Call Boss: A strange example in that he's the final boss of Cornelius' story, but since he was last seen as a Warmup Boss in Gwendolyn's story, most players were probably expecting an easy rematch with him.
 * Warmup Boss: In Gwendolyn's and Mercedes' stories, since he's the first boss in both.
 * Weapons That Suck: He has an amazing ability to suck things in his maw and eat them.
 * The Woobie: One of the characters with the most tragis backstories in the entire game. Dragons already have a hard time in this game, being universally feared and hunted by pretty much every sentient race, but Belial spends the entire game under submission by the Wise Men and forced to battle the heroes against his will..
 * Weapons That Suck: He has an amazing ability to suck things in his maw and eat them.
 * The Woobie: One of the characters with the most tragis backstories in the entire game. Dragons already have a hard time in this game, being universally feared and hunted by pretty much every sentient race, but Belial spends the entire game under submission by the Wise Men and forced to battle the heroes against his will..

Wagner
The other Dragon and the "King of the Skies", he's so powerful that few dare to attack him. He lives on the top of Mount Ridgehorn and is pissed at humans for what they did to dragons.


 * Berserk Button: DON'T SHOW this guy a Psypher. Unless you like pain.
 * Blow You Away: He can summon several tornadoes at once with his wings
 * Boss Subtitles: Raging Dragon Wagner.
 * Breath Weapon: The only Dragon capable of spitting fire.
 * Conflict Ball: Seriously, though he was fully justified to want Oswald dead, he had no legitimate reason at all to want to try to kill Cornelius and Velvet, especially since both only came to ask for help
 * Defeat Means Truce: To Cornelius and Mercedes. In Velvet's case he was friendlier (since she was handing him the Titrel ring).
 * Fantastic Racism: You'd think Dragons are the pinnacle of existence, the way he talks.
 * Giant Flyer: He's based on a Wyvern.
 * Hair Trigger Temper: Holy shit yes.
 * Honor Before Reason: Despite his bad temper and tendece to conflict, he will keep his word when required.
 * No Sell: He made a blood pact with Odin by giving him some of his great powers. However, now Odin is powerless against Wagner and can't fight him directly himself.
 * Recurring Boss: Fought by many characters.
 * You Killed My Best Friend: The reason why he hates humans and Psypher wielders.
 * You Killed My Best Friend: The reason why he hates humans and Psypher wielders.

Hindel


The All-Knowning dragon, able to see the future. He used to be Velvet's teacher and a seer. He allows Oswald to slay him with the Belderiver, before giving him some last advice.


 * Death By Origin Story: In most of the books.
 * Death Seeker: He doesn't defend himself from Oswald.
 * Ineffectual Loner: Well, he lives at the top of a giant, frozen mountain surrounded by lots of trolls, gryphons and revenants... except for Wagner and Velvet he doesn't have many visitors
 * Informed Ability: His powers are never shown.
 * The Obi Wan: To Velvet
 * Odd Friendship: With Velvet and Wagner.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: Except for the color scheme (he's golden) he's the Blue oni to Wagner's Red Oni.
 * Dragon Seer: Many people came to him to learn the future.
 * You Can't Fight Fate: The reason why he eventually stopped informing people of their fates, since it happened anyway.

King Gallon
Once a great king from Titania, he used the forbidden spell of the Darkova kept in the Book of Transformations and went mad with power. He ravaged the lands of Valentine for seven days before getting slain by his son Edmund. He gets imprisoned in the Underworld of Endelphia and tortured forever for his deeds.


 * And I Must Scream: For his sins, Odette made him immortal but constantly rotting away. FOREVER.
 * The Atoner: Attempt this when he gave the Titanian Royal sword to Cornelius.
 * Boss Subtitles: Gallon, King of the Netherworld.
 * Death of a Thousand Cuts: One of his attacks consist in him shaking his rotten body and showering you with a rain of small bones, which are really hard to avoid.
 * Drunk On the Dark Side: When he was alive, after turning into the six-eyed Beast.
 * Eldritch Abomination: I guess it can be considered one...
 * Evil Feels Good: Nightmarishly so; the Darkova curse transforms all pain into pleasure.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Flunky Boss: He's guarded by a small army of Shinigami Halja.
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope:.
 * Nigh Invulnerable: Only the powers of Odette and the blood of Titania's royal family can slay him for good.
 * The Undead: His curse.
 * Violation of Common Sense: The best way to avoid the head-burying move is to stay close to him. Unfortunately, you'll have to watch out for the Halja's scythes...

The Three Wise Men


Consisting of Urzur, Skuldi and Beldor, these three wizards scheme to manipulate every major player in Erion for their own benefit. Though based out of the sewers of Titania, they can be found sewing dissent in Odin's court (Skuldi), rubbing shoulders with the nobles of Ringford (Beldor) or advising King Edmund (Urzur). They also have a shaky alliance of sorts with Ingway and Velvet. The trio are actually responsible for at least part of Odin's magical power, having been duped into taking him as an apprentice when he disguised himself in his younger days. They believe they can direct the flow of destiny with liberal interpretations of the prophecies and the right amount of coercion, treating anyone and everyone as pawns. This ends very, very badly for them.


 * Ambition Is Evil: They're already among the most powerful sorcerers in all of Erion, but that's just not enough for them. Instead of using their power to avert or minimize Armageddon, they plot about how to lord over all creation once the dust settles.
 * Big Bad Ensemble: Although King Valentine eventually takes the cake as the ultimate architect of Armageddon, these three have some impressive Big Bad credentials of their own.
 * Boss Subtitles: (Beldor or Skuldi) the Sorcerer.
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: They're not really on anyone's side but their own, so it's to be expected, but the most pronounced example comes in Mercedes' chapter.
 * The Dog Bites Back:
 * Dual Boss: Velvet has to put up with the teeth-gnashing task of fighting off both Beldor and Belial in Chapter 6 of her book. This probably makes them qualify as a rare two-in-one example of That One Boss.
 * Early Bird Cameo: While they're relevant to the plot only from book two onward, Beldor appears in the first chapter of Gwendolyn's book when he summons Belial against her.
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Expy: Their names are based on those of the Norn. See also Norse Mythology.
 * Flunky Boss: They have a tendency to harass the heroes with Slimes and such in addition to their usual repertoire of spells. Furthermore, Beldor is escorted by some Axe Knight while Skuldi summons Oswald's "former comrades". A.K.A. a group of Desecrators.
 * Get Back Here Boss: Like the common Wizard enemies you face in Titania, the Wise Men are fond of teleporting away from you.
 * Jerkass: All of them. Beldor is really pushing it when he zappes Belial when he refuses to attack Mercedes again.
 * Kick the Son of A Bitch: All of them.
 * King Mook: They're aren't any bigger than normal, but the three are really just heavily upgraded wizard Mooks from Titania when fought as bosses.
 * Lean and Mean: They're awfully thin.
 * Meaningful Name: Each of their names is a corruption of one of the names of the Norns from Norse mythology.
 * Smug Snake: To their credit, their schemes very nearly succeed, but they go about it with such overwhelming superiority complexes that it's hard not to think of them this way.
 * Taking You With Me:
 * Treacherous Advisor: Urzur to the Titania royal family and Beldor to the Ringford royals  Skuldi also coaxed Brigan's The Starscream tendencies and kept an eye on the Valentinian twins.
 * Villain Ball: It certainly wasn't doing them any favors that they manage to piss off all four active pc's (Gwendolyn being asleep still at this time) near simultaneously, which ends up getting the three divided and having to face Cornelius, Mercedes and Oswald alone, where the three together (Belial helping, of course) were able to defeat Velvet with minimal trouble.

Leventhan
The last dragon and one of the five disasters of Armageddon. Was kidnapped when still an egg and hatched in Volkenon Lava Pits by King Valentine in order to use him for his revenge. Despite his tiny size, it's incredibly powerful and dangerous and the crown of Valentine grants him power.


 * Achilles Heel:.
 * Boss Subtitles: Leventhan, the last Dragon.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: From his very birth.
 * Breath Weapon: A Huge, Wave Motion Gun ray, capable of one-shotting anyone and anything.
 * Composite Character: His names comes from Leviathan and Laevantin and his final forms is an Expy of Jormungandr.
 * The Dragon: To King Valentine. Figuratively and literally!
 * Flat Character: Leventhan literally has no characterization at all. He has no speaking roles and exists only to cause destruction wherever it flies. He's only a cub and during Armageddon he's just a living Ragnarok Machine.
 * Glass Cannon: He's tiny and falls to the ground after being hit enough times, but can easly One-shot you even with its weakest charge attack.
 * Goo Goo Godlike: Celebrates just hatching by kicking the crap out of three of your five playable characters with his Frickin Laser Beams.
 * Killer Rabbit: He looks harmless and cute... until he fires his breath laser...
 * Last of His Kind: He's even known as "The Last Dragon". He doesn't become one however until after Cornelius kills Belial.
 * Non Indicative Name: Leventhan is referred to as "The Last Dragon" even while fought as Cornelius; at a point in the story where Wagner and Belial are both still alive.
 * Real Dragons Are Pink: It's hard to take seriously a pink dragon....
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: As a cub. He even has a piece of egg-shell on his head!
 * Shout Out:
 * Soundtrack Dissonance: During his boss battle, tha same music from when you use the minimap sounds.
 * Tragic Monster: Poor little whelp, he was manipulated by King Valentine since he hatched from his egg.
 * Tragic Monster: Poor little whelp, he was manipulated by King Valentine since he hatched from his egg.