Cross Edge/Characters

Characters of Cross Edge.

This page is only for characters original to Cross Edge. If you're looking for a non-original character, refer to the character sheet of their respective series/game.

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York Neely/Yuuto Kannagi
The protagonist of the game. Apparently the son of a jujitsu master, York became bored with this "outdated" style of fighting and took up gunplay. Very protective of his childhood friend Miko, who is the only person York isn't a Jerkass to.

Tropes associated with York: "Miko: What happened?
 * Accidental Pervert: Sometime right before the game's events, he accidentally walked in the bath while Mikoto was still there. She brought out her naginata after that. It's viewable at the gallery.
 * Blood Knight: Evident right off the bat. The first battle of the game opens (somewhat) like this:

York: Dunno.

Miko: Where's Troy?

York: Somewhere.

Miko: Where are we?

York: Don't care-hey, look, a wolf!

Wolf: Grawr 'n' stuff.

Miko: Maybe it's friendly.

York: Nope, it's hostile, and I'ma kill it.

Wolf: Hwoo?

Four Quick Shots later

York: What, it's over?

More wolves show up

York: Yay!

Morrigan shows up and takes out two of the wolves

York: Killstealer!"

"break loop"
 * Boring but Practical: Quick Shot, York's base attack. Follows this formula:


 * Bullet Time: Taken to ridiculous extremes with Null Form.
 * To elaborate, York fires a single bullet from his guns, then kicks the enemy four times before the bullet even moves. Said bullet then strikes the enemy and explodes. York even has time to pose after the kicks.
 * Cool Shades
 * Evolving Attack: Foxfire is essentially a Light-Elemental Point Blank with a laser.
 * Fiery Redhead: The male version
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Gun Fu: the most prominent of the cast's gun-users. Actually created his style from the ground up.
 * Gun Kata
 * The Gunslinger: Type C (The Woo)
 * Impossible Thief: Exactly how can his EX 1 skill Faceoff can steal items from enemies, this troper will never know.
 * Then again, his Snipe attack pulls it off as well. Exactly how a long-range shot can steal something, I will never know...
 * Jerkass: To everyone except Miko.
 * Zelos is also an exception, seeing as these two can actually get along just fine.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Stats notwithstanding, his fighting style indicates this.
 * Playing Against Type: Ever want to hear Saito or Yuuji be a Jerkass? Look no further than York.
 * Pistol Whipping: Averted; York seems to prefer using his feet in melee combat
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The red to Troy's blue. With corresponding hair-colors.
 * Slasher Smile: During his EX-Attack cut-in
 * The Other Darrin: Supposedly, York was going to be played by Yuri Lowenthal, but seeing as Yuri is already playing two characters who are talking to themselves, they gave the role to Sam Riegel.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome: Foxfire has York ending his combo attack with laser beams from his guns. Lasers from his guns. Becomes downright hilarious when York does it with the '99 Customs.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome: Foxfire has York ending his combo attack with laser beams from his guns. Lasers from his guns. Becomes downright hilarious when York does it with the '99 Customs.

Mikoto "Miko" Aiba
York's childhood friend and classmate, who has lived with his family since her parents died. Often the voice of reason to York, and the only person who can keep him in line. Like York, she retains her memories when transported to the soul world.

Tropes associated with Miko:
 * Badass Bookworm: Apparently an honor student in her home dimension, yet powerful enough to
 * Blade On a Stick: Fights with polearm-type weapons.
 * Cool Big Sis: To May, and to Vivi, Cece, and Mimi
 * Distressed Damsel: As part of.
 * Making a Splash
 * Meaningful Name: She's clearly Japanese, fights with a halberd, probably comes from a long line of priestesses, possesses spiritual powers, and her third EX involves lots of sakura petals. So yeah...
 * Miko (Ow, my brain...)
 * Morality Pet: Kinda, to York. Given his personality, though, she's more of a Be-Less-of-an-ass Pet.
 * Rina Sato
 * Talking To Herself: Japanese-only. Shares the same seiyuu as Lily.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Troy/Touya Ijuin
York's best friend and rival. Like York, Troy is the son of a reknowned martial artist, in his case kenjutsu. His personality being the opposite of York's, the two clashed often.

Troy was with York and Miko before they were transported to the soul-world, and was also transported there; unlike his friends, however, Troy lost his memories, and wound up as one of the Twelve Knights.

Tropes associated with Troy:
 * The Atoner: Feels bad about fighting (and forgetting) his friends, helping the bad guys, and attacking Miko, and shows this.
 * Apparently feels bad about every past thing in his past. His line upon leveling-up is even "I refuse to go back to what I once was."
 * Cool Sword
 * Nice Job Fixing It Villain: Way to go, Empyreal One. You try to deal with someone who is laying waste to all of your plans with a person who is not only their friend, but also the only one the former considers an equal in combat.
 * Oblivious to Love: Seems completely unaware of Anesha's obvious attraction to him.
 * However, in the True End route, she does properly confess to him, and he does reciprocate.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: Blue Oni to York's Red, complete with appropriate hair colors.
 * Although apparently, in their backstory when they first met, Troy was the red to York's blue.
 * Troy Baker (his English VA. Also The Danza)
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Vivi
Eldest and only boy of the triplets, as well as the only one of them who can hear the voice of the "Empyreal One". As such, he is often seen as the one commanding the Twelve Knights. Despite his obvious power and connection to what can be viewed as a dark god, Vivi is a very nice (and somewhat scaredy-) boy.

Tropes associated with Vivi:
 * Bare Your Midriff: A bit hard to see, but he does expose his navel.
 * Dude Looks Like A Loli: Seriously.
 * Healing Hands: While not the only party member with a healing skill (Aurica, Misha, Marie, Miko, and Mimi also have them), Vivi's Sanctuary has the largest radius out of all of them (excluding Aurica's EX-1) at two-spaces. To put this in perspective, your side of the battle area is three rows of four spaces each.
 * Hidden Depths: Post-game at least when everyone breaks the fourth wall. He's portrayed as a sadistic kid.

Cece/Iruma
The middle child of the triplets and often mediator between Vivi and Mimi, she acts as Vivi's interpreter, though she can be a bit mean to him as well.

Tropes associted with Cece:


 * Sinister Scythe: The second one to make use of them.
 * Theme Triplet Naming/Dub Name Change: Her and Eruma's names were changed to rhyme with Vivi.

Mimi/Eruma
The youngest of the triplets, Mimi could very well be the poster-child of Spoiled Brat, given her attitude towards everyone working beneath her, even harassing her older brother from time to time.

Tropes associated with Mimi:


 * Combat Medic: Can attack and heal alongside the others.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Spoiled Brat: Very cruel towards everyone, even her own siblings.
 * Theme Triplet Naming/Dub Name Change: Her and Iruma's names were changed to rhyme with Vivi.

Lazarus
The Gunslinger of the Twelve Knights, Lazarus has a rather laid-back persona, which often puts him at odds with his co-workers, even surprising the main group. Following a one-on-one duel with York, he joins the team later on. He's later shown to have a perverted streak a mile wide, which ends with him joining Prinny in attempting to peek in on the girls during the Hot Springs events (and getting beaten up).

Tropes associated with Lazarus:


 * Cool Shades
 * Expy: Of Winfield from Agarest Senki.
 * The Gunslinger
 * Lovable Sex Maniac
 * The Rival: To York.
 * The Rival: To York.

Anesha
The sole woman of the Twelve Knights, Anesha loves bloody battles, even having gotten the nickname of 'Goddess of Carnage'. It's somewhat obvious she's developed feelings for Troy, though he doesn't seem to notice.

Tropes associated with Anesha:


 * Absolute Cleavage: Her default outfit.
 * Blood Knight: You did read her profile, right? She's basically a human Morrigan.
 * Rapunzel Hair: Goes down to at least her knees.
 * Sinister Scythe: The first member of the team to use one.
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Raizen
Don't let his gray hair deceive you, Raizen is an accomplished swordsman. Among the Twelve Knights, he's the calm, rational person of the group. Meu actually mistakes him for her own grandfather.

Tropes associated with Raizen:


 * Badass Grandpa: Looks to be in his 60/70's, can still kick ass alongside the best of them.
 * BFS
 * The Big Guy: Physical looks aside, his best stat is Vitality, meaning he gets tons of health upon level-up.
 * Cool Sword: And when he summons it, you can hear rumbling.
 * Those Two Guys: Has this sort of dynamic with Lazarus.

Augustine
If a group has to have at least one pyscho on its team, Augustine fits the bill, his own battle stance showing him wobbling around all over the place. He's got a loud, arrogant persona, which usually leads to everyone chewing him out.

Tropes associated with Augustine:


 * Chew Toy: During the Post-game content. It must be seen to be believed.
 * Knife Nut: Wields two of them.
 * Reverse Grip: How he holds his knives.
 * Slasher Smile
 * That One Boss: His Slashing Viper EX can inflict incapacition, which, outside of an item or two certain skills, can't be easily healed. Add in the fact that his EX hits for a wide area and it becomes That One Attack.
 * Becomes even more egregious if you're aiming for the True Ending. If you even touch him before Pragma, you're

Judas
The leader of the Twelve Knights, he's the one taking commands from the triplets and relaying them to the others. Among the triplets, though, he's considerably close to Vivi, acting as a surrogate father or big brother to him.

Tropes associated with Judas:

"Judas: Just call me Judas the Jewel, rebelling against his pure conscience! *blows raspberry*"
 * Black Knight: Minus the helmet, and with some gold trim on his armor.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Often the only one who defends Vivi.
 * Cool Sword
 * The Stoic: Doesn't show emotion too much, making it tough to tell what he's thinking.
 * Not So Stoic: Post-game at least where everyone breaks the fourth wall. All the stress from the game's events gave him a gastric ulcer.