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== Valvatorez ==

=== Voiced by: [[Tatsuhisa Suzuki]] (JP), [[Troy Baker]] (EN) ===

[[Main Character]] of Disgaea 4 and a vampire. A long time before the game's events, he had been known as "The Tyrant" due to how powerful he was, but following a certain incident, he refused to consume human blood, meaning his powers were depleted rapidly, and now he's a lowly Prinny Instructor in Hades. However, he doesn't regret his decision, and plans to regain his former strength.

 

* [[Addiction Displacement]]: Has replaced vampiric blood-drinking with sardines.

* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: "Mr. Weirdo", oddly enough. Artina always says it with a smile.

* [[Badass Cape]]

* [[Badass Long Hair]]: When he was "The Tyrant".

* [[Blood Sucking]]: Averted for now {{spoiler|thanks to a promise}}.

* [[Brought Down to Badass]]: Terrifyingly strong for someone who's supposed to have been ''de''-powered. He insists that this is the power of sardines.

* [[Cape Swish]]: One of his more common animations, especially when he delivers a [[Rousing Speech]] or when he ''really'' means business.

* [[Celibate Hero]]: "Women are truly unnecessary for someone who is on the road to becoming a ruler."

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: He ain't nicknamed "Mr. Weirdo" for nothing.

* [[Creepy Cool Crosses]]

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Artina

* [[Determinator]]: Whether it's keeping his promises, having Prinnies obey the Prinny rules, or correcting a typo, nothing will stop him from achieving his goals {{spoiler|even if it means going up against God.}}

* [[The Dreaded]]: Subverted. In his Tyrant state, he was considered a horrifying boogey man to humans and demons alike who's name was uttered in hushed voices. He's actually a pretty nice guy who treats spreading fear as a job.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: In Japanese, his voice during his days as a Tyrant is noticeably lower and sounds much more threatening. {{spoiler|However, while he was not obsessed with sardines, [[Dark Is Not Evil|he was still a decent guy in spite of his title, appearance, and voice.]]}}

* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Has cut his hair since his Tyrant days.

* [[High Collar of Doom]]

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He will keep his promise even if the one he made the promise to has been dead for over four hundred years and even if he's losing his power because of it.

* [[How the Mighty Have Fallen]]: Not that he's particularly concerned - he would have never discovered sardines otherwise! Not to mention he's still MUCH more powerful than he claims he is.

* [[Idiot Hero]]: Not stupid per se, but somewhat gullible, bull-headed, and with just enough [[Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies to make come off as a bit of a dope.

* [[I Gave My Word]]

* [[I Have Many Names]]: Tyrant Valvatorez, the Bloodthirsty King of Fear, the Blood-soaked Valvatorez of Absolute Evil, The King of Carnage and Atrocity.

** Potential [[Fridge Brilliance]] and [[Fridge Horror]] to that when one considers that those power sources actually DO make him a lot more powerful and in fact are a possible explanation as to why he's so powerful despite his de-power. His insane power as a Tyrant was the prime reason he was considered such a terrifying boogey man figure in the first place.

* [[Large Ham]]: A vampire who can speak passionately about anything, but ''especially'' when it comes to sardines and promises. ''Especially'' in the English dub, where [[Troy Baker]] proves himself capable of devouring whole sets in one bite.

* [[The Leader]]: A type III/IV hybrid.

* [[Life Drain]]: His special attacks have this.

* [[The Messiah]] : Valvatorez is an unique example for this trope due to the fact that he's a demon and an ex-tyrant. But still, he's such a nice guy, even in his tyrant days. He cared so much for his friends and doesn't hide his concern, {{spoiler|during the A virus pandemic he promised to his friends that he will find the cure}}, {{spoiler|he even dared to pray to God, and kneel in front of some androids, begging them to pray so that the awe energy can be produced, so that he can save the moon and the earth.}}, and many more. The conclusion is, Valvatorez suits to be both a hero and an Overlord.

*** Also, {{spoiler|he wants to take over the universe and re-educate demons and humans.}}

* [[Morality Pet]]: To Fenrich, who is a scheming [[Jerkass]] but Valvatorez keeps him in line and Fenrich's [[Undying Loyalty]] and dedication to his lord is his most prominent virtue.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: {{spoiler|He didn't take his promise with Artina (when she was a human) all that seriously, and she ended up dead because of it. That's the main reason why he takes every promise seriously from then on.}}

* [[Noble Demon]]: To the point that he is quite possibly the most honorable demon/netherworld-born character in the entire ''series''.

* [[No Doubt the Years Have Changed Me]]: Since he looks significantly younger than he used to thanks to his power degeneration, {{spoiler|Vulcanus/Artina}} fails recognize him until he gives her his name.

* [[Parenthetical Swearing]]: Done literally - When he refers to Axel, a parenthetical note helpfully points out that what he ''really'' means is "idiot".

* [[The Pollyanna]]: Which Fenrich is quick to observe.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Even as a Tyrant, he considered spreading fear in the human world to be just a necessary job.

* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: His age is not stated, but the time between the day he stopped drinking blood and the beginning of the game is 400 years.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Valvatorez wears a pink apron in the end credits when he finally gets to fulfill his promise to the Prinnies by giving them a sardine feast.

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Averted. He's been very well received by fans of the series. Still not quite up to Laharl's level, but getting there.

* [[Rousing Speech]]: Has a habit of giving these.

* [[Shonen Hair]]

* [[Skyward Scream]]: In the manga, when Axel ''dies''.

* [[Stupid Good]]: He follows his own moral code to the bitter end, but thanks to Fenrich he does not always have to live with of the bad consequences of this.

* [[Willfully Weak]]: Which gets even more noticeable once you get to play as Tyrant Valvatorez, his past self with full powers. In the Flashback episodes, he's pretty much the "I Win" button because no one can get close to harm him. His stats are extremely high, his aptitudes are better than any other playable character and all his three evilities are borderline broken.

 

== Fenrich ==

=== Voiced by: [[Wataru Hatano]] (JP), [[Patrick Seitz]] (EN) ===

 

 

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Though the ambiguous part is probably giving him too much credit.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Battle Butler]]

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: He turns into one as his last Special Attack.

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Fuka certainly thinks he has one on Valvatorez. [[Homoerotic Subtext|It's hard to prove her wrong]].

** [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Not only is he good at manipulating events, but emotions and perspectives as well.

* [[The Consigliere]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: Just look at him.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

* [[Fur Against Fang]]: Averted. While he thinks of Valvatorez' belief as worthless, he firmly believes that his master is meant for greater things and is even willing to dirty his hands if it means that Valvatorez will be put into a good position.

* [[Hades Shaded]]

* [[Happiness in Slavery]]

* [[Honest Advisor]]

* [[Keigo]]

* [[Take Over the World]]: {{spoiler|Fenrich's goal in life is to turn his Lord into the conqueror of the universe.}}

* [[Little Bit Beastly]]: He lacks the animal ears though.

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Fuka outright asks him if he "swings that way" in episode 5. He doesn't deny it.

* [[Neck Lift]]: Does this to Axel in the manga.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Shares this title with Emizel when the latter joins the party.

* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: Just like Valvatorez.

* [[Parenthetical Swearing]]: Has mastered the art of making "All is for my Lord" and "X is one of my Lord Valvatorez's many formidable powers" mean anything from "Sir, yes sir" to "You are the biggest idiot in the world." Val never catches on, though.

* [[Poisonous Friend]]

* [[Power Source]]: {{spoiler|The moon is this to werewolves}}.

** {{spoiler|Lunacy}}

* [[Professional Killer]]: His job before serving Valvatorez.

* [[Servile Snarker]]

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]

* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]}}

* [[Tsundere]]: The others even call him this, much to his irritation.

* [[Undying Loyalty]]

* [[Werewolf]]

* [[Werewolf Theme Naming]]: Named after Fenrir, the monstrous wolf from Norse Mythology.

* [[Wild Hair]]

 

== Fuka Kazamatsuri ==

=== Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (JP), [[Kate Higgins]] (EN) ===

 

A middle-school student who died and was sent to the Netherworld. She was supposed to become a Prinny, but due to how many Prinnies were already there, she just had a hat and jacket slapped on her instead. She is under the impression that this is all a dream and believes she can do whatever she wants because of it. {{spoiler|Her father was the one who created Desco based on the wishes of his late wife who told him to fulfill Fuka's wish: [[Only Child Syndrome|To have a little sister]] with advanced functionality, to help her [[Take Over the World]]. She was killed by Desco's successor, Des X, out of jealousy.}}

** [[Justified Trope|Justified in-story by]] [[Achievements in Ignorance|her delusions of the Netherworld being a dream allowing her access to her full power, as opposed to the 30% she would normally have access to.]]

* [[Batter Up]]: In addition to wielding a bat, two of her unique attacks are based on baseball.

** [[Home Run Hitter]]: [[Too Dumb to Live|No, we can't.]]

* [[Blank White Eyes]]: Her eyes become these whenever she's confused.

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Subverted, her ignorance and lack of brightness is lampshaded several times.

* [[Brown Eyes]]: She doesn't seem to fit the personality, but her eyes could be seen as a symbolization of her status as the only human in the group.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|She was murdered by one of her created sisters out of jealousy.}}

* [[Cute Bruiser]]

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: {{spoiler|In the special Fuka & Desco Show DLC, her reincarnation will never happen but in her dreams due to the facts that: 1) Since she has been denying the fact that she's a Prinny, she ultimately was recognized as Fuka Kazamatsuri after passing the "hellish" training from Valvatorez; 2) All the money she took from the Mint won't have any effect to pay for her sins since she didn't even gain it as a Prinny; 3) Although she got her [[Take Over the World]] moment, the sin in itself is extremely heavy and thus cannot be paid with the "jillion" HL she got in the first place.}}

* [[Glacier Waif]]

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]

* [[Hunter of His Own Kind|Hunter Of Her Own Kind]]: She initially despises the Prinnies and joins the Prinny X-Terminators. Although she eventually realizes that exterminating the Prinnies is wrong, she refuses to believe that she's (supposed to be) a Prinny.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Sometimes spews this, especially when "explaining" why she's obviously just dreaming. Valvatorez even says her logic makes no sense during her [[Multiple Endings|epilogue]].

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: In the manga.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: For her final attack, Fuka summons [[Bonus Boss]] Pringer X.

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary Middle School Student]]: Or at least she was...

* [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: {{spoiler|In the [[Nonstandard Game Over|Fuka ending]], she decides to turn the Netherworld into her own personal Celestia by making it more girly. Her first order of business is making the freshly-defeated Fenrich and Valvatorez her maids.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Mistaken for Murderer]]: She initially believes Desco was the monster that attacked her (really killed her, but she denies that). It turns out to be Des X.}}

* [[Persona Non Grata]]: {{spoiler|Flonne}} banned her from Celestia forever.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]

* [[Sailor Fuku]]

* [[Sweet Tooth]]

* {{spoiler|[[Take Over the World]]:}} Her ambition [[Improbable Age|at the age of five!]]

== Emizel ==

=== Voiced by: [[Asami Imai]] (JP), [[Brianne Siddall]] (EN) ===

 

The only son of the current Netherworld president. He's the leader of the Abaddon, a special assassination force that works directly for his father. He's not aware that he's only riding his father's coattails. Apart from being the president's son, he's also [[The Grim Reaper]].

* [[Black Mage]]

* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Child Mage]]

* [[The Grim Reaper]]: And boy is it young. {{spoiler|Problem is, he has never taken a soul before.}}

** {{spoiler|Emizel does end up taking a soul at the end of the main story: Judge Nemo's soul.}}

* [[Jive Turkey]]: On occasion.

* [[Magic Wand]]: As the mage of the group, it's his weapon of choice.

* [[Nepotism]]: It's made pretty clear that Emmizel got his position as head of the Abaddon because of his father.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: During the Next Episode segments.

* [[Picky Eater]]: In contrast to Valvatorez, he hates fish.

* [[Really 700 Years Old]]

* [[Shinigami]]

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Wields one in his first and third skill. {{spoiler|Gets to use it story-wise and for the first time by taking Judge Nemo's soul.}}

* [[Spoiled Brat]]: He is even called so in his official site description. At least until his rather impressive amount of [[Character Development]].

* [[Squishy Wizard]]

* [[The Starscream]]: Eventually becomes one to {{spoiler|President ''Axel''.}}

 

== Vulcanus(?){{spoiler|/Artina}} ==

=== Voiced by: [[Eri Kitamura]] (JP), [[Carrie Savage]] (EN) ===

 

An angel from Celestia who's come to the Netherworld for her own reasons. {{spoiler|Her real name is Artina, the human girl whom Valvatorez promised he would not drink blood for 400 years ago.}}

 

* [[Angelic Beauty]]: Although she looked much the same when she was alive.

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Braids of Action]]

* [[Combat Medic]]

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Fuka and Desco.

* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Present during her "sad" [[Character Portrait]].

* [[Good Samaritan]]: {{spoiler|To Nemo.}}

* [[Guardian Angel]]: She tried to be this for {{spoiler|Nemo}}, but her words fell on deaf ears.

* {{spoiler|[[Hospital Hottie]]: Back when she was a human nurse.}}

* [[Identical Stranger]]: With Artina {{spoiler|, not!}}

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: It's not stealing, it's ''collection''.

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: To Valvatorez, Artina possessed the purest of heart, which is why he doubted that she and money-grubbing Vulcanus were the same person. {{spoiler|Turns out the money-grubbing was ''mostly'' an act.}}

* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: She's only joining the team because they owe her money. Really!

* [[Justified Criminal]]: Or so does she ''insist''.

* [[Kill the Cutie]]: See [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]] below.

* {{spoiler|[[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Helping Nemo when she was human not only caused her death, but her name would be forever reviled as a blackhearted traitor. Her death is the root cause of much of the plot and current crisis in the game. Valvatorez lost his power which resulted in Hugo becoming president with the Corrupterment deteriorating while Nemo goes off the deep end after her death and starts plotting the destruction of both Earth and the Netherworld.}}

* [[Our Centaurs Are Different]]: She summons an armored winged centaur in her last Special Attack.

* [[The Pollyanna]]: As a human. Deconstructed due to her fate.

* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: Even though she's an angel, it kind of relates {{spoiler|to the fact she's Artina}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Reincarnation]]: Accompanied by [[Reincarnation Romance]].}}

* [[Show Some Leg]]: One of her poses.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: The most stripperiffic angel in Disgaea's history!

* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: Though she quickly recovered.}}

* [[The Gunslinger]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Untwist]]: Turns out she's Artina. The game holds the tension for all of five minutes of course, and half the characters make the connection before she even becomes a party member.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Power of Blood]]: Like other angels, her blood has the power to purify any impurities, including the A-Virus.}}

* [[Whip It Good]]: Uses a whip made out of feathers in her second attack.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]

 

== Desco ==

=== Voiced by: Manabi Mizuno (JP), [[Michelle Ruff]] (EN) ===

 

 

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: More or less develops a crush on [[Soul Nomad|Gig]] during his DLC scene and forces Gig to become her master, though considering she's a final boss in-training, it makes sense that she'd be infatuated with the "Killer of kings and destroyer of worlds!"

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[BFS]]: Can magichange into one, and forms one for her True Godly Weapon attack.

* [[Blush Sticker]]

* [[Final Boss]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in that she's a [[Final Boss]] in training.

** Played straight in that she's the [[Final Boss]] of Hades in episode 3 though.

* [[Killer Rabbit]]

* [[Living Weapon]]: Described as the Ultimate Weapon Girl [[No Fourth Wall|who dreams of becoming the final boss]].

* [[Third Person Person]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: The Girly Girl to Fuka's Tomboy since Fuka didn't want a tomboy little sister. Luckily for her, Desco listens to every word Fuka says. Being naturally [[Moe]] helps.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Rarely goes more than a sentence without using the word "desu" in the Japanese audio.

'''Desco:''' Okay! If Big Sis says that crows are white, then Desco will go paint them all white! }}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

== Netherworld President Hugo ==

=== Voiced by: Daisuke Egawa (JP) [[Jamieson Price]] (EN) ===

 

The 61st President of the Netherworld and Emizel's father. Valvatorez decides to try and remove him from his position when learns that Hugo and his Corrupterment has begun exterminating all Prinnies. As the story progresses, further abuses of the Corrupternment come to light. {{spoiler|When he's finally confronted, Valvatorez recognizes him as Death King Hugo, a rival from his Tyrant days. It's eventually revealed that Hugo was forced into making a deal with Nemo to make up for the loss of fear energy in the Netherworld. His actions were to hide this fact, and the decline of all demons' powers from a lack of fear energy.}}

 

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: In the Netherworld, this is how someone gets the title of President. {{spoiler|Eventually loses it after being defeated by Valvatorez.}}

* [[Corrupt Politician]]: {{spoiler|Subverted, he was trying to protect the Netherworld as best as he could.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Good All Along]]}}

* [[The Grim Reaper]] / [[Shinigami]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: His treatment of Emizel. {{spoiler|He fakes Emizel's death to prevent being blackmailed. However, cruel as that was, he ''does'' care for his son and faked his death to avoid having Emizel dragged into the mess with Nemo, protecting him in a way.}}

 

== Nemo ==

=== Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto (JP) [[Vic Mignogna]] (EN) ===

 

A mysterious human who appears to be working behind the scenes in the Corrupternment. {{spoiler|He is actually the spirit of a soldier who suffered during a war on Earth. After the death of Artina, the only person who showed him kindness during those dark times, he began to plot the destruction of everything by working behind the scenes in the Netherworld and on Earth.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: As a Prinny.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Berserk Button]]: He generally remains calm and acts like everything is going according to plan. Then, he hears Artina's name and all that composure is gone.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: Mostly in Japanese, especially when he's really unhinged.

* [[Man Behind the Man]]: To Hugo.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Nemo" is Latin for "no one" as [[Lampshade Hanging|Desco points out]].

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Pronounced "Neh-mo" in Japan while pronounced "Nee-mo" in English.

* {{spoiler|[[Omnicidal Maniac]]: He wants to destroy the Human World for all of the crap and hatred it put him through. Doing this would also wipe out the Demons' source of fear energy, and the Angels' faith energy, dooming them as well.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: Pretty much.}}

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: His sprite {{spoiler|during the final battle.}}

* {{spoiler|[[True Final Boss]]: The final battle in the main story isn't against the Netherworld President, it's against him. [[Lampshade Hanging|It's even his class title!]]}}

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: He acts like a smug, manipulative bastard throughout the story... {{spoiler|but when Fuka, Genjuro, and the Descos settle their differences ([[Dysfunction Junction|well, mostly]]), his facade starts to undergo rapid decay - starting with the [[Detonation Moon|moon's]] [[Colony Drop|destruction]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|and escalating from there]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Villain Override]]: Sort of. In the last chapter he's used as the host of Fear the Great, a program made by [[God Is Evil|God]] to destroy any planet that had too much malice. In the final battle it overtakes him completely.}}

* {{spoiler|[[War Is Hell]]: He experienced this firsthand, and it's part of the reason for his [[Start of Darkness]].}}

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: {{spoiler|Even when you think you've taken apart one of his plans, you find out he has yet another. Particularly in episode 10 when every time the party attempts to destroy the moon, he's got one more plan behind it, whether it's blowing up the moon, creating a black hole, or sending it on a collision course towards Earth.}}

 

Fuka's father. From what she says about him, he's always working and never visits her. {{spoiler|He turns out to be a researcher from the human world that is funded by Nemo, and he's also the creator of Desco. It's ultimately revealed that his research was to fulfill his late wife's last request, which was to fulfill the wishes of Fuka. Those wishes were having a little sister and taking over the world - not that she remembers.}}

 

* [[Mad Scientist]]: It's his ''title''.

 

== Des X{{spoiler|/Earth X}} ==

* {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Rename]]: She goes from being the final boss created to destroy the world to being Earth's final line of defense, thus why she's now "Earth X". Ironically, she's the final boss of the Fuka & Desco mode.}}

* [[Palette Swap]] {{spoiler|A pale one to Desco.}}

* [[Yandere]] {{spoiler|A father-daughter version. Des X loves Fuka's father but despises Fuka and Desco, both of whom she killed.}}

 

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