Guilty Gear/Characters

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


The various characters of Guilty Gear will be listed here.

Other characters can be found in these sheets:



The Captain Ersatz, Expy, "No Celebrities Were Harmed", Mythology Gags, Continuity Nods and Shout-Out references go here.

Before starting, these are the tropes which apply to almost everyone

Introduced in Guilty Gear: The Missing Link

Sol Badguy/Order-Sol

Voiced by: Daisuke Ishiwatari (Battle Voice), Hikaru Hanada (Drama CD & XX Story Voice), Joji Nakata (Overture & AC+ Story Voice) / Troy Baker

The main character of the series. A lone bounty hunter who hunts down the Gears. He was formerly a member of the Sacred Knights of the Holy Order, of which his rival Ky Kiske was a part of,[5] but he grew dissatisfied and left the organization, taking the Fireseal sword with him.

He enters the first Sacred Knights tournament held by Testament, who was attempting to revive the Commander Gear Justice to destroy the world. Testament succeeds by taking his own life, but in the end Sol kills Justice and swears revenge against a person known only as "That Man", the creator of the Gears, and in the process reveals that he is, in fact, the prototype Gear, as well as one of the three original creators of the Gears in the first place. After that, he gets a lead on a new bounty for a recently discovered Commander Gear, Dizzy. He fights her and defeats her, but spares her life.

Later, he notices that I-No is causing some trouble amongst the other characters and searches for her, hoping she will lead him to That Man. After a brief fight, That Man appears and punishes I-No for disobeying him. Sol, in a rage, attacks That Man, but he easily counters Sol and escapes. And then, he continues chasing down I-No, only to end up caught in a trap set by her which whisks them both back to the year 2172 wherein Sol is forced to fight his past self due to I-no's meddling.

Five years later, he's still a wanderer, but is now traveling with a young man named Sin, who is actually Ky's son born from a woman known only as The Maiden of the Grove (who has been confirmed to be Dizzy).

Tropes related with Sol Badguy

  • Abusive Parents: If he's really Dizzy's father. Downplayed a bit as he isn't actually abusive, just incredibly aloof.
  • A Form You Are Comfortable With: Sol uses his limiter to look human, but his real form is that of a monstrous-looking dragon.
  • Anti-Hero: Type III.
  • The Atoner: For creating the Gears in the first place.
  • Author Avatar: Daisuke Ishiwatari voices him in-game, and he created the game in the first place (he has even referred to Sol as being his "alter ego")! Even the Blaz Blue voice actors have taken to jokingly using Sol's name as an honorific ("Ishiwatari-badguy") for their music director.
  • Awesome McCoolname: You'd need to be pretty Badass to go around calling yourself "Sol Badguy".
  • Babysitter From Hell: The reason for Sin's low intellect is Sol's upbringing. Sin likes Sol better than his real father though.
    • Note that Sin has a chain around his neck and Sol drags him along in his bounty hunter trips with lots of dangers. Sin likes it though.
  • Badass
    • Badass Arm-Fold: His pose before fighting certain opponents like Dizzy, I-No, Justice and Slayer.
    • Badass Abnormal: Sol's Dragon Install ability makes him this. It's powerful even by Gear standards.
    • Badass Army: Has a robotic one.
    • Badass Back
    • Badass Baritone
    • Badass Long Hair: His ponytail is so manly that it's fireproof.
    • Badass Grandpa: If the speculation regarding Dizzy's parentage is true, then he has a grandson in Sin, making him technically this trope.
    • Battle Couple: With Justice, who was formerly Aria. Though it's quite obvious that they had already severed ties as Sol attempted to kill her more than once, before finally killing her in the first game.
    • One-Man Army: In the Drama CD's he charges alone into a horde of Gears too rescue Ky. He was too late... but nevertheless he arrived there in one piece.
  • Because Destiny Says So: Subverted because it's determined by That Man.
  • Berserk Button: That Man.
  • Bounty Hunter
  • Brilliant but Lazy: Nearly every bio says he hates hard work.
  • Byronic Hero
  • Calling Your Attacks: A feint version, when he cries GUN!, but doesn't fire anything. He even goes as far as to shout "Tricked you!".
  • Catch Phrase: Absent in Accent Core.

"TEYAH! TEYAH! TEYAH!"

"Shut the hell up... I don't give two shits about your stupid theories. Doesn't matter if it's the present or the past... I'm me."

Tropes related with Order-Sol

  • BFS: His weapon. And it's made of a concrete slab.
  • Custom Uniform: Order-Sol seems to have replaced the standard white Holy Knight undershirt with tight, black sleeves.
  • SNK Boss and Bonus Boss


Ky Kiske

Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao / Liam O'Brien

Sol's Rival. A goody-two-shoes former Holy Knight who is now a high ranking officer of the International Police Force. Ky is a firm believer in God and justice at all times. This was bad early in the story since his scale of morality consisted exclusively of black and white without shades of grey. Fortunately, by the end of XX he dropped this naive view. His weapon is the Fuuraiken, which allows him to manipulate electricity. Throughout the series he is on orders from the IPF to investigate the Gear phenomena that are occurring around the world. In XX he finds out about the Post-War Administration Bureau and decides to investigate into their agenda. He discovers that they are creating robot impersonators of himself and have a dastardly agenda regarding the Gears, especially Dizzy.

In Overture he is the king of a country called Illyria (although it is hinted that he was appointed so that he would be easier to manipulate). He is unofficially married to a woman known only as "The Maiden of the Grove", who was recently confirmed to be Dizzy in the 10th Memorial Book, and is the father of Sin, with whom he has a shaky relationship.

"I am Illyria's king, Ky Kiske! Get ready!"

  • Interspecies Romance: Ky and his wife, Dizzy, a sinful mix of May–December Romance and Mayfly-December Romance.
  • Irony:
    • Ky lost his family and his supposedly worry-free teenage years because of the brutal war with the Gears, yet his greatest friend/rival is one.
    • He also fell in love with a Gear and had a child with her.
    • He was the leader of the Holy Knights, yet his son is named Sin.
  • Jack of All Stats: Ky is arguably the most balanced character, the reason why he's recommended to beginners and why many players find him boring to use.
  • The Jimmy Hart Version: His theme song, "Holy Orders (Be Just Or Be Dead)", compared to Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force".
  • Justice Will Prevail- Ironically subverted by his ending in the first Guilty Gear. After defeating her, Ky almost literally says the trope to Commander Gear Justice (it's really her name), but is silenced afterwards when she justifies her actions that the knight claims to be evil.
  • Knight in Shining Armor: Deconstructed. It may be true that Ky is saving a lot of lives and protecting the innocent but his devotion to the public also makes him vulnerable to manipulation. The corrupt government is using his charisma to hide the fact that they're doing dirty work in secret. Ky never hesitates to investigate his superiors, but when he did, he's been forcefully made into a Puppet King. What's worse is that only very few of the characters acknowledge his efforts and Ky is more of a nuisance to them, than an actual helping hand. His chivalrous and authoritative qualities are mocked by the cast. In the end, he has resolved to bring justice to the innocent but as he experiences different things he begins to question the idea of "justice" he believed all his life.
  • Knight Templar (Borderline example early on.)
  • Law of Conservation of Detail: Ky seems to be the entire international police force, doesn't he?
  • Light Is Good: He's wearing white and blue and uses lightning, and his personality is probably exactly what you expect.
  • Limited Wardrobe: He always wear his Holy Knight uniform... despite the war ending 5 years ago.
  • Love Is a Weakness: Ky's involvement with the Maiden of the Grove aka Dizzy, who was Valentine's main target in her Gear sublimation. His kingdom suffered a lot of casualties because of this.
  • Magic Knight: He is both proficient in sword fighting and lightning magic in a genius level.
  • Martial Pacifist
  • Odd Friendship: He has plenty of fugitives on speed dial; one would expect Johnny (pirate), Sol (deserter), Dizzy (wanted person), Potemkin (opposing nation) and Dr. Paradigm (Gear leader) to be his targets rather than his strongest allies.
  • Official Couple: With Dizzy.
  • Officer and a Gentleman: Ky is very courteous to his opponents, especially if they're women.

(To Jam:) Please don't kick so high... I can see- Ouch!


May

Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi

The Token Mini-Moe of the series. May is a member of the Jellyfish Pirates, a band of modern-day Robin Hood-types who use the sky as their domain. She enters the first tournament to get funds to bail Johnny out of prison. She loses, but manages to bail him out anyway. Afterward, she and the rest of the crew are introduced to Dizzy by Johnny, and the two become fast friends. When I-no appears, however, and tosses Dizzy off the ship, she goes out to search for her, and through a chance encounter with Anji, learns that she is Japanese. Now, in Guilty Gear, the majority of the Japanese people were wiped out by Justice, so the remaining population are held in safety camps which they are not allowed to leave under penalty of arrest or even death. Being an orphan, May was somehow smuggled out of one of the camps and ended up in Johnny's care.

  • Anchors Away
  • Badass
  • Berserk Button:
    • Implied to be anyone who tries to claim Johnny.
    • Bald people. Just being around Faust in GGXX gives her the creeps and eventually she incites a fight with him.
  • Bokukko
  • Cute Bruiser: Her shoes even make cute squeaky sounds wherever she walks.
  • Cutting the Knot: Her philosophy, as shown by the GGXX drama CD.
  • Fingerless Gloves
  • Friendship Moment: May always denies that Johnny is her Parental Substitute and insists that he's her Love Interest. But it's sure that both of them can settle with being pals, especially that May will eventually grow up.
  • Genki Girl
  • Improbable Weapon User: An Anchor bigger than her.
  • Lolicon: Inverted, May prefers to crush on older men. She tells Ky Kiske, who's at least 21 years old, that he's too young and needs to age 5–10 years more.
  • Megaton Punch: Her Forward+ Punch move. It sends the opponent to the other side of the screen and if done round about 2 or 3 times it dizzies them. It also looks really cute.
  • Open Secret: Her identity: She's one of the last-surviving Japanese.
  • Parental Abandonment
  • Pirate Girl
  • Ship Tease: Most notably she's after Johnny, and is shown hugging him in her Path 3 Story Mode ending for XX, but her Path 2 Story Mode ending from the same game shows her holding hands with Bridget and looking embarrassed.
  • Spice Up the Subtitles: Accent Core Plus translates "Johnny, you idiot!" as "Johnny, you asshole!" Now, she is a pirate, but...
  • Super Strength
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Her inexplicable fear of bald men. This fear/hate is so powerful that she doesn't even need to actually SEE the baldness. Her meeting Faust ("Dr. Baldhead") results in an instant fight because of this.


Millia Rage

Voiced by: Yuko Sumitomo

Millia is a former member of the Assassins' Guild. She has a special forbidden beast that exists within her hair, allowing her to control it at will, much like Zato who gained the ability to control darkness. She left the Guild after, in her desire to break with the group, she betrayed Zato to the authorities. Naturally, she is marked for death by the Guild for high treason. Venom especially hates her because of this, and the fact that Millia had feelings for Zato. She finally ends Zato's suffering in X by killing him, but in XX she finds out that his parasite, Eddie has taken over his dead body. Wanting to put an end to the creature defiling Zato's corpse, she once again sets out to kill Eddie, and encounters Slayer, who sympathizes with her situation. By Accent Core + , she's finally started to mellow out and become less vindictive, simply wanting to go on living for as long as possible for the sakes of those she's killed. This means ending the guild and Eddie just so they'll stop hunting her and be out of her hair at last. Unfortunately, it is also revealed that her parasite is starting to become active and sentient, having been fed by all her fighting and bloodshed, and she starts to Freak-Out, thinking that she will end up just like Zato if she doesn't kill Eddie soon. [6]


Zato-1 / Eddie

Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (GG 1-X), Takehito Koyasu (XX onward)

Zato-1 was a bottom-feeder in the Assassins' Guild. To fulfill his ambitions, he made a contract with a forbidden beast at the cost of his eyesight. With his new powers of shadow manipulation, he quickly rose in the ranks and became the Guild's leader, taking Millia and Venom under his wing. When Millia left him, he sent out assassins to bring her back, but she betrayed him further by turning him in to the authorities.

Unfortunately for him, the forbidden beasts were called forbidden for a good reason. The beast that Zato had, now calling itself Eddie, slowly began to consume his mind, body, and soul. The beasts are actually parasites that require a body to live. Zato was eventually driven mad by Eddie, and in X, attacks Millia one final time, but is killed by her.

With Zato now dead, Eddie is now able to fully control his new body, but because Zato is dead it means that the body will soon rot and decay. Eddie spends XX and Accent Core desperately trying to find a new host body, all the while pondering the meaning of his existence.

Tropes Associated with Zato-1

Tropes Associated with Eddie


Potemkin

Voiced by: Hideyuki Anbe (GG 1), Takashi Kondo (X onward)

Potemkin was once a slave of Zepp, a floating totalitarian country. He enters the first Sacred Knight Tournament by the orders of his superior, Gabriel. When he returned from the tournament, he joined Gabriel and La Résistance in overthrowing the corrupt political regime and ended the slavery of their fellow countrymen. He is now working as a special agent for Gabriel, who became President.


Chipp Zanuff

Voiced by: Takuya Morito (GG 1), Gaku Miura (X onward, credited in X and XX as Takeshi Miura)

A former Mafia drug-dealer turned Japanese-Wannabe ninja. He was taken in and then trained under a man named Tsuyoshi, who was killed by a member of the Assassins' Guild named Volf. Chipp eventually found this out, and began tracking the Assassins. In X he meets Venom, and accosts him for the murdering of his master, but fails to defeat him. In XX he is brainwashed by Robo-Ky and eventually freed. Afterwards, he meets Slayer, who reveals that he was the original founder of the Guild. Chipp demands to know why he would allow the existence of a group of murderers. Slayer knows the answer, but fights Chipp instead and loses on purpose, telling him that vengeance begets nothing but more vengeance. Slayer then vanishes, telling Chipp that if he's still feeling bitter about it, to come back and try to fight him in another 100 years.

In Accent Core + he decides to run for President to atone for his past sins, apparently taking what Slayer had previously said to heart. He spends the storyline telling people to vote for him, which leads to one of 2 endings.

In one of the supplemental materials (novel "The Butterfly and her Gale"), he is enlisted as a bodyguard for Erica Bartholomew, the teenage president of "A Country" (formerly the United States of America), and foils the assassination attempt on her by none other than Volf, indirectly avenging his master, since Volf is killed by Venom for failing.

[After fighting Jam] You thought temptation would work on a ninja? You're an eyesore, go away!


Faust / Dr. Baldhead

Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (Dr. Baldhead, GG 1), Takashi Kondo (Faust, X onward)

Dr. Baldhead was a very famous life-saver, until one day, he failed an operation that cost a young girl her life. He went insane and began murdering people using the very techniques he had once used to save them. After the first game, he sees a vision of the girl who he failed to cure. She reveals that Baldhead did not kill her, but someone else targeted her for an assassination. Baldhead has a Freak-Out, and disappears from existence.

Some time afterward, a strange man with a bag over his head makes his claim to fame as a healer. This strange doctor, known as Faust, is said to have powerful occult magic. In reality, he is a reformed Dr. Baldhead, hiding his identity because of his already 0% Approval Rating. He atones for the murders he committed by returning to his occupation as a healer.

In XX, he encounters a man named Zappa who claims that he has strange blackouts that leave him with various injuries, believing that Faust may know the cause of his ailment. In truth, Zappa is possessed by various spirits, but Faust does not come to this conclusion until Accent Core + . He also encounters Venom in XX, who knows much about Dr. Baldhead Faust. Faust has resented his previous identity and wishes to uphold his credibility. Faust defeats Venom, who reveals that the Assassins' Guild was indeed behind the girl's death, but before he can answer who did it, both are surrounded by Robo-Ky units. Venom agrees to tell Faust more about that fateful day if they escape their pursuers.

Tropes Associated with Dr.Baldhead

Tropes Associated with Faust

Many of the tropes applied to Baldhead apply here as well.


Axl Low

Voiced by: Keiichi Nanba

An involuntary British time-traveler from the 20th century. Has a connection with Sol from his time-slips (subverted in his intro with Order-Sol in Accent Core). He searches for some way to get himself back home, where his girlfriend Megumi is waiting. In XX it is revealed that he is a parallel existence of Raven, one of That Man's servants. Because each one cancels the other out, there needs to be a balance to the equation, so Axl slips through time, while Raven slips through dimensions (of his own accord, not random). In Accent Core + his time slips start getting continuously worse and so he seeks out That Man once again.


Baiken

Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi (GG 1), Sudo Miho (X-XX), Chizu Yonemoto (AC)

A young Japanese woman with a traumatic past who wants revenge against That Man. During the Crusades her entire village was razed to the ground by Gears, and she lost one of her arms and eyes. She did witness the presence of That Man, though, and swore to kill him one day. She is a childhood friend of Anji Mito, who she views as getting in the way of her revenge since he also wants to meet That Man out of curiosity. She is one of the relentless pursuers of I-No in XX, who would lead her to That Man. In Accent Core + she starts getting an addiction to killing things, and Anji becomes worried that her newfound passion will consume her.


Testament

Voiced by: Takami Akkun (GG 1), Katsuragi Kobayashi (X onward, credited as Akira Kobayashi in X and XX)

The series' traditional mid-boss. Once a normal human (Kliff's adopted son), he was turned into a Gear by the PWAB. In the first game he organizes the first Sacred Knights tournament to lure worthy sacrifices for Justice's revival, but ended up becoming one himself. In X, he is revived due to Dizzy's influence as a commander Gear, and becomes her guardian until Johnny takes her in. After that he's pretty much Walking the Earth pondering if Humans Are Bastards or not, a part of himself that didn't fade after Justice's death.

  • The Atoner: He does this by protecting Dizzy and the forest they lived in, calling it a "sanctuary" in the GGX' anime trailer.
  • Badass
  • Bare Your Midriff: A rare male example.
  • Bishonen
  • Bloody Murder: He took a blood pact, possibly through a bloody ritual, his scythe's blade is made of blood, he turns into blood, his overdrive is a giant blood skull, sucks the opponent's blood during his grab move, and he traps you in a sticky blood web.
  • Character Development: Turned from Psycho Goth into atoner after meeting Dizzy.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: Post Missing Link, he attacks with a scythe made of blood, has a Succubus that helps him, uses demonic seals... to protect Dizzy from hunters.
  • Death Seeker: Averted. Despite the guilt of killing a lot of people during the Crusades because of Justice's control and he being the indirect cause of his own father's death, Testament does not wish to die but to find atonement and redemption for what he had done by living.
  • The Dragon: To Justice. Later, a nicer one to Dizzy.
  • Dude Looks Like a Lady: It didn't help that in the first game he had a female voice actor. Afterwards, he is voiced by a man.
  • Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: In the first game, but he's now considered as a rare male Raven Hair, Ivory Skin.
  • Extreme Doormat: The way he fights is awesome, but canonically, after X he does very little but sit in the Devil's Grove thinking about Dizzy and whether Humans Are Bastards or not.
  • Fingerless Gloves
  • Friendship Moment: With Dizzy counts as well if we discount their physical age. Testament, during the war, wandered as a Gear for at least 40 years and learned to hate humanity. Dizzy has a three year existence and was born after the war and has lived most of her life secluded in a forest.
  • Friend to All Children: Though he hates the human race, human children seem to be exempt from this view, as evidenced by his dialogues with Josephine in the Drama CD's.
  • Friend to All Living Things: Subverted: it's his similarity to Dizzy; however, unlike her, he has some violent measures to protect his forest.
  • Goth: The Lone Psycho Type in Missing Link, Gloomy Type afterwards.
  • The Grim Reaper: Not exactly, but he looks like one.
  • Horny Devils: The Succubus familiar.
  • I Will Protect Her: His oath to Dizzy, has gone to extreme lengths.
  • Kill All Humans: In different degrees throughout the story. Played straight when he was being bent to Justice's will, averted post Missing Link after meeting Dizzy, but became his mantra when she got killed in one ending of GGXX.
  • Knight in Sour Armor: It was stated that Testament was once a kind, young knight. But after being converted into a Gear against his will he begin to see the flaws of humans and hated them.
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy
  • Morality Pet / Morality Chain: Dizzy. In one ending of GGXX, Dizzy is slain, so he gives up on the human race and begins a genocidal rampage against them.
  • Sinister Scythe: His weapon of choice.
  • Trap Master: ... Possibly in more ways than one.
  • The Trickster: Prevalent in several of his special moves, such as conjuring bloody spider webs and summoning trees from the ground should the opponent step where he set the trap.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: Towards his adoptive father, Kliff.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: He doesn't exactly think that Gears are gods per se, he just thinks that humanity is the root of all evil.
  • Xanatos Gambit: His plan to free Justice using the first tournament, which included a contingency plan for his own defeat.


Kliff Undersn

Voiced by: Hatsuaki Takami (GG 1), Shigeru Sakano (XX-current)

The former leader of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights. When he was 7 years old, the Crusades were already in full swing and he would've been just another unfortunate victim of the Gear attacks...if he wasn't saved by a mysterious man named Frederick. Some time later he joined the Sacred Order, eventually becoming it's leader. More than half a century later he invites Sol Badguy to join the Order, and encounters Ky Kiske who wanted to join the Order. Kliff refuses him, telling him to train and meet him in five years. Five years later, he met Ky again, now a powerful warrior and genius tactician, and recruits him without regrets.

During the First Holy War, he encounters Justice, who defeats him in their 17th duel. Ky attempts to attack Justice upon seeing his master injured, but fails. Kliff bore witness to Sol's failure to fully defeat Justice, which fueled his dissension from the Order. Knowing that Sol is destined for something greater than where he is now, he assists Sol in taking the Fuuenken with him, which Ky finds out about and which sparks his hatred for Sol.

Eventually he retires and passes the leadership of the Order to Ky. He entered the First Sacred Knights Tournament in order to stop the revival of Justice, but is shocked that his adopted son Testament, now a Gear, is behind the curtains. He is killed by a resurrected Justice in their final, 18th duel. After his death, the Sacred Knights of the Holy Order are disbanded. He was notable for ability to use Ki, something that was considered exclusive to Asians.


Justice

Voiced by: Takuya Morito (GG 1), Yumiko Ogawa (XX, AC+ Battle Voice), Wakana Sakuraba (AC+ Story Voice)

The first fully complete Gear ever created. Justice was a Commander Gear, able to bend the will of all other Gears created after herself to her own will. Justice realized that she was created as a mere tool for the world to use and later dispose of. Needless to say, she was PISSED. She decided to revolt against humanity and instigated the first Holy War. She then fought Sol Badguy, and discovered that he bore the mark of a Gear, but when she tried to control him, it failed. Shocked by this, she was stunned long enough to be sealed away into a dimensional prison by Ky and the other Holy Knights. It seemed as though the war was over.

...But it wasn't.

Five years later, her faithful servant Testament held a fake tournament to lure sacrifices to revive Justice. Sol entered and defeated Testament, who then sacrificed himself to release Justice from her prison. She resumed the battle she started with the world, and instigated the Second Holy War. She killed the former head of the Holy Knights, Kliff Undersn, and defeated Ky Kiske in battle. Sol appeared before her once again, and she flew into a complete rage. It seemed as though victory was certain for her, but in the end, Sol dealt her one final blow, and she fell. Justice, realizing that death was certain for her, asked why Sol didn't obey her mind control. Sol reveals that he was the prototype Gear, meaning Justice was actually the 2nd Gear ever made. She wishes that "the 3 of them could have chatted one last time", and dies from her wounds.

  1. ↑ 3
  2. ↑ 87 at his death
  3. ↑ 170+
  4. ↑ 17
  5. ↑ As of Slash this version of Sol, called Order-Sol, is a playable character and boss.
  6. ↑ This attitude features most prominently in her bad ending.
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