Lunar: Eternal Blue/Characters

Characters from Lunar: Eternal Blue/Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete - the second installment in Game Arts' RPG series Lunar.

Hiro
"An adventurous youth and the main protagonist of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. He lives at a research outpost in the Salyan Desert with his grandfather Gwyn and his best friend Ruby. Hiro aspires to be an archeologist and is fascinated by stories of the valor of Dragonmaster Alex and other heroes of old."


 * Accidental Pervert: He doesn't ever encounter Lucia naked on purpose, but it just keeps happening.
 * Adventurer Archaeologist: His introduction occurs as he explores an ancient ruin full of traps.
 * Blow You Away: Specializes in wind magic.
 * The Dulcinea Effect: So much so that the The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches calls this trope "The Hiro Rule".
 * Facial Markings: Tattoo-like bars that are apparently just for visual appeal, since none of the characters ever mention them.
 * Furo Scene: He gets one. Of course, Fan Service being Fan Service, Lucia walks in on him.
 * The Hero: Obviously.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Hikaru Midorikawa: Which is absolutely hilarious considering the guy eventually voiced another person by the name "Hiiro".
 * Image Song: "Adventure Road - A New Journey".
 * Jumped At the Call
 * Precision-Guided Boomerang

Lucia
"Lucia is known as the Princess of the Blue Star. Her sole purpose was to revive the Blue Star after Zophar's assault. However, when Zophar is on the verge of resurrection, she is reawakened to stop his return. Her goal is to meet with the Goddess Althena to combat Zophar's threat. Strangely, she claims she cannot sense Althena's presence in the world, and Althena's guard has been dispatched to kill her, being told that she is the Destroyer who will bring ruin to Lunar..."


 * Adaptation Dye Job: Blue Eyes in the Sega CD version, Green Eyes in the remake.
 * All-Encompassing Mantle: Her first outfit includes a red cloak that sometimes appears seamless.
 * Chisa Yokoyama
 * Crutch Character: As per the trope, initially a crutch.
 * Shortly after she first appears, Zophar takes away most of her power. Afterwards, she's a lot less useful because she's basically a magic using party member whose actions you can't control. The only upside is that she can be ko-ed and still level up because her current level is always based on Hiro's, though she still takes experience from everyone else when she's up.
 * Element Number Six: She specializes in (fantastically destructive, when she's at her peak) non-elemental magic.
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Exposed to the Elements: In the game's introduction, this is used purposely to establish her character, by showing that she's not bothered (well, much) by standing naked in a blizzard.
 * Friendless Background: One of the main reasons Hiro becomes completely dedicated to helping her, despite having just met her, is because she doesn't know anyone on Lunar. He doesn't think it's right for someone to have to shoulder all their problems alone.
 * Heroic BSOD: When she sees the hologram left behind by Luna explaining how she willingly gave up her godhood, and how Lucia must learn to rely upon humanity to defend itself from Zophar.
 * Hot God
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: In the remake, her not getting human behavior has the Crowning Moment of Funny of her attempting join Hiro in public hotspring. Hilarity Ensues with that and Ruby's reaction.
 * One gaming magazine described this scene as "97.3% of the reason why the game is a fantasy RPG."
 * Leitmotif: Lucia's Theme (or, if you prefer, here's the version with Japanese vocals). Like Luna's Theme, this can heard throughout the game, both as BGM and sung by Lucia herself.
 * Makeover Montage: The party realizes that if you're on the run from the law, it might not be such a great idea to wear a bright red robe. They put her through one of these before deciding on her new clothes.
 * Mysterious Waif
 * No Social Skills: She tends to speak in a blunt manner and is ignorant of social niceties, especially early on.
 * One-Hit-Point Wonder: She is this for a while after she gets depowered by Zophar.
 * Physical God: Of... some flavor. Exactly what she is remains up for debate.
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: The essence of her Character Development.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Ruby
"A baby red dragon that hangs around Hiro."


 * Berserk Button: Calling her a cat.
 * Blush Sticker: Present when her cuteness needs some extra emphasis.
 * Breath Weapon: She breathes fire.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Towards Hiro, not made any better by the fact he clearly prefers Lucia.
 * Cute Little Fangs: No cat is complete without them.
 * I Am Not Weasel: Her most definitely cat-like appearance leads to a lot of this trope.
 * Image Song: "Love Love Funny".
 * Kumiko Nishihara
 * Our Dragons Are Different: They start out as fuzzy little winged kitties, which can turn into big, (usually) furry winged beasts once they gain access to their full powers.
 * Snarky Non-Human Sidekick
 * Team Pet
 * Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: The biggest differences between Ruby and Nall? Ruby is pink and has a huge bow on her head.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Fish.
 * We Are as Mayflies: She fears claiming her full power because it means acknowledging that as an adult dragon, she will outlive her friends by centuries.

Gwyn
"Hiro's grandfather, an archaeologist working in the desert."


 * Adventurer Archaeologist: Much more of an archaeologist and less of an adventurer than his grandson. But he tags along for an early dungeon, so that's saying something.
 * Demihuman: He's a Beastman. Oddly enough, no one seems to comment on this, and the game never explains why his grandson, Hiro, is apparently a normal human.
 * Eccentric Mentor
 * Parental Substitute: On one hand, Word of God explains that Gwyn isn't actually related to Hiro.

Ronfar
"A gambler who seems to be unnaturally lucky at the game of dice. He's lazy, perverted and a little too fond of the bottle, but he's also a talented healer and usually the one who tells the group where to go. Ronfar used to be a priest for Althena and a childhood friend of White Knight Leo, but a traumatic experience with a loved one caused him to walk away from that life."


 * Badass Preacher: A former priest of Althena, a pretty well unflappable cool customer, and good guy to have on your side in a fight.
 * Combat Medic: He can dish out some decent damage, especially in the Sega CD version where most of his weapons are maces.
 * The Gambler: His luck with dice is so overwhelming that the game uses it to drive But Thou Must! scenarios. He only loses when he wants to.
 * Handsome Lech: A number of NPCs comment favorably on his looks, at any rate.
 * Interspecies Romance: With Mauri.
 * Leitmotif: Wine, Women and Song
 * Loveable Rogue: He lies, drinks, and at least talks about womanizing, but before long proves himself to be loyal, wise, and willing to put himself on the line for people in need.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: He attempts to pass himself off as a run-of-the-mill barfly when Hiro first comes looking for him.
 * Oral Fixation Fixation: Perpetually has a twig dangling from the corner of his mouth.
 * Ryotaro Okiayu

Jean
"A dancer from a gypsy caravan that joins Hiro's party. Although she originally gets the group's attention with her amazing dance moves and friendly attitude, it is revealed that she is also a skilled martial fighter when she saves Lucia."


 * Action Girl
 * Adaptation Dye Job: Green Eyes in the Sega CD version, Brown Eyes in the remake.
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Aya Hisakawa
 * Bare Your Midriff: Her dancing dress.
 * Beauty Mark: Near the corner of her mouth.
 * The Big Girl: Jean is one of the game's leading damage-dealers, though she doesn't fit any of the personality profiles for the trope very well.
 * Combat Stilettos: To go with her dancing dress.
 * Dance Battler
 * Hachimaki: In her martial arts outfit.
 * Hair Decorations: Sports a distinctive side-ponytail, tied with either a flower accessory or a plain ribbon, depending on her outfit.
 * Hot Gypsy Woman
 * Improbable Weapon User: She throws her dancer fans at enemies.
 * Kamehame Hadouken: The "Haduken", renamed the Blue Dragon Palm in the remake, is one of her regular attacks. She also has a Shoryuken called Blue Dragon Fist.
 * Ki Attacks: She gains access to kung-fu-style energy attacks after confronting her past.
 * Leitmotif: Gypsy Heart. You might notice that it seems to change into a different song midway. This is because in the Sega CD version, it was two separate themes, one for her initial introduction, and one for her costume change.
 * In the Eternal Blue Complete remake, she actually gains a third theme, Oasis Rose, which plays for her introduction and when viewing her bromides. Unfortunately, it's not used as proper BGM, so it doesn't appear on the soundtrack.
 * Magic Dance
 * Martial Pacifist and Technical Pacifist: At first, she refuses to even fight at all, even when her caravan is in danger. This changes after some words of encouragement from Hiro successfully inspire her to use her strength to save her friends. But she is sworn against killing anyone,.
 * Power Fist: Her second weapon-of-choice.
 * She's Got Legs
 * Standard Status Effects: Her dance-based special moves inflict poison, paralysis, etc.
 * Took a Level in Badass: From a dancer to a martial arts fighter, though in practice, it's more like "Regained a Level in Badass".
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Has green hair.
 * Took a Level in Badass: From a dancer to a martial arts fighter, though in practice, it's more like "Regained a Level in Badass".
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Has green hair.

Lemina Ausa
"The Junior Premier of the Magic Guild, a training school for magic users within Vane, the city that once floated in the sky, but was struck down long ago. She takes a lot of pride in Vane's glorious past, and aspires to restore the city to what it once was."


 * An Ice Person/Playing with Fire: It must run in the family or something.
 * Black Magician Girl: In her own words, the Junior Premier of the Magic Guild of Vane.
 * Catch Phrase
 * Fortune Teller: When she first appears, she poses as one to trick people to taking a Magic Guild recruitment test.
 * Furo Scene: One of her bromides.
 * Genki Girl
 * Giant Waist Ribbon
 * Hair Decorations: Her hair ribbon.
 * Image Song: "Money is #1".
 * In the Hood: Worn in her introduction. Lampshaded by the other characters, who pointed out how weird this looked.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She drives everyone crazy with her constant attempts to talk people out of their money, but she's doing it because she loves her mom and her hometown. In Vane, people seem to like her quite well.
 * Leitmotif: Holding On.
 * Megumi Hayashibara
 * Miser Advisor: Lemina is always running an angle which usually looks like self-interest. She joins the quest to talk the other characters into joining the Magic Guild, thereby building the prestige of her hometown. She's been known to haggle with NPCs who offer to buy Ruby.
 * Money Fetish: Another one of her bromides, showing her counting and polishing her coins in bed.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Smart People Wear Glasses: Worn in the credits when she's studying the texts of Vane.
 * Squishy Wizard: She can use a variety of spells but can't take much damage.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: She looks exactly like her ancestor Mia Ausa, except with a change of colors and a big red bow tied around her waist.
 * Verbal Tic: She's mega-fond of throwing "mega-" before words.
 * Wingding Eyes: Sometimes seen with dollar bills for eyes.

The Four Heroes
"Not quite the same as in the first game..."

Leo
"The White Knight of Althena and one of the Four Heroes. He is the leader of Althena's Guard, a group charged with bringing the message of the Goddess Althena to Lunar and stopping all wrong-doing in the name of the Goddess. He has been ordered to execute Lucia, and thus spends most of the game pursuing Hiro and company with the Dragonship Destiny."


 * Badass Cape: No matter what outfit he's in, it will have one of these.
 * The Captain: Of the Dragonship Destiny.
 * Cool Mask: As Mystere!
 * Cute Little Fangs/Fangs Are Evil: Drawn more like the first type, but could arguably qualify for both.
 * Demihuman: Beastman.
 * Facial Markings
 * Inspector Javert: He spends about half the game chasing the heroes around, firmly convinced that they are a threat to the world.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: This is what he thinks he is.
 * Knight Templar: But he gets better.
 * Large Ham: As Mystere!
 * Leitmotif: Justice. Which has a fantastic arrangement called White Mask Funk which plays when he's working with the party as Mystere!
 * And if that wasn't awesome enough, Mystere even gets his own theme!
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Subverted as Mystere as everyone sees through it, but keeps up the act anyways.
 * To Be Lawful or Good: It takes him a while to realize they're not always the same thing.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * And if that wasn't awesome enough, Mystere even gets his own theme!
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Subverted as Mystere as everyone sees through it, but keeps up the act anyways.
 * To Be Lawful or Good: It takes him a while to realize they're not always the same thing.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Lunn
"The Blue Master of Althena and one of the Four Heroes. He's considered the authority on martial arts and governs Meribia from the dojo he has constructed there."


 * Badass Mustache
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Hachimaki
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: What he looks like at first.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Hachimaki
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: What he looks like at first.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Hachimaki
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: What he looks like at first.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: What he looks like at first.

Borgan
"The Black Wizard of Althena and one of the Four Heroes. He plans to recreate the lost glory of Vane in a new city he has designed: Neo-Vane. He is in love with Lemina's mother Miria Ausa."


 * Bald of Evil
 * Daisuke Gouri
 * Fan Disservice: His bromide. View at your own risk.
 * Fat Bastard
 * Gonk
 * Image Song: He sings his own version of Lemina's image song, "Money is #1".
 * Kick the Dog: His kidnapping of Lemina's mother and Neo-Vane's policy towards ungifted people definitely count.
 * If you ask around Neo-Vane, you'll find he actually took people in against there will.
 * Pet the Dog: He does genuinely love Lemina's mother.
 * Terms of Endangerment: Addresses Lemina with an assortment of food-themed pet names.
 * Villainous Glutton

Mauri
"The Red Priestess of Althena and one of the Four Heroes. She is White Knight Leo's younger sister and Ronfar's former lover. Formerly, she was known for being kind and sensitive, but she has grown wrathful ever since she became the Red Priestess."


 * Cute Little Fangs/Fangs Are Evil: Definitely drawn as the first type, but they probably qualify for the second as well.
 * The Dark Chick
 * Demihuman: Beastwoman.
 * Knight Templar: Far more sinister than Leo.
 * More accurate to call her Ax Crazy, she'll go and burn everything in sight given the slightest reason, or for no reason, depending on the version.
 * Kumiko Watanabe
 * More accurate to call her Ax Crazy, she'll go and burn everything in sight given the slightest reason, or for no reason, depending on the version.
 * Kumiko Watanabe

Nall
"The Team Pet Non-Human Sidekick of Lunar 1, back in a new role. He's older, wiser, and at least as snarky as before."


 * Humanity Ensues
 * Leitmotif: Nall's Theme.
 * Multicolored Hair: In his human form; a gold streak in the middle of white that mirrors his kitty form.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: He's lived centuries at this point, but in his human form, he looks like a teen.
 * Rica Matsumoto
 * We Are as Mayflies: He has survived his friends from the original cast, and shows clear signs of missing them. Which leads to...
 * Who Wants to Live Forever?

Giban
"Head of the gypsy carnival that took in Jean. He acts as a father figure to her, and is more than willing to lend a hand to Hiro's party when they need it."


 * Expy: Of Laike! The scruffy beard, the aloof fatherliness, the way he throws back his head when he laughs... In fact, he actually was Laike in early drafts of the story.

Miria Ausa
"Mother of Lemina and the leader of the once-great Magic Guild of Vane."


 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: A genuine Reasonable Authority Figure, but she's a little quirky...
 * Doting Parent: She adores Lemina.
 * Expy: Of Lemia, the original aging-but-still-pretty Guild mom.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Nice Gal: She has nothing but kind things to say about everyone, including her own kidnapper.

The Goddess Althena
"The entire first half of the game is, essentially, Lucia's pilgrimage to meet with this deity and ask for her help."


 * Genre Blindness: She's pretty much in a Deal with the Devil and expects to not get burned from.
 * Leitmotif:.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Shiho Niiyama
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Shiho Niiyama

Dragonmaster
"A ghost from the past and one of Lunar 2's most pleasant surprises."


 * Large Ham: As ever! He really loves to emphasize some of his lines.
 * Leitmotif:.
 * Magic Knight: Notably brandishes a sword in this game.
 * Rokuro Naya
 * Rokuro Naya

Zophar
"The dark god whose battle with Althena laid waste to the Blue Star. Now he's making a comeback, with his sights set upon the Silver Star."


 * Big Bad
 * Eldritch Abomination: His initial form.
 * Humanoid Abomination: As seen.
 * Evil Laugh: Does this whenever he attacks.
 * Genre Savvy:.
 * God of Evil: He is a sower of discord who's powers drove humankind to destroy the Blue Star.
 * Iemasa Kayumi
 * Jackass Genie: In return for her servitude, Zophar promises to grant eternal beauty and youth. Instead, he turns her into a blue-skinned monster woman with a scorpion's body. In retrospect, maybe it was a bad idea to ask an Eldritch Abomination for something as subjective as beauty.
 * Large Ham
 * Leitmotif: Zophar's Theme.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: Wants to destroy everything and created it as he sees fit.
 * Sculpted Physique
 * Sissy Villain: If you can get past how disturbingly inhuman he looks in a human form, you might notice he also looks very androgynous.
 * His main two hands during the second and third stages of his boss fight are particularly feminine and delicately manicured.
 * Xanatos Gambit: . Ultimately subverted because the crux of he matter is a Batman Gambit.