Knights in The Nightmare/Characters: Difference between revisions

=== Story characters ===

The king ruling over Aventheim Castle, thirty-eight years old. He carries the blood and powers of the Arbitrator, but because the Arbitrator line's knowledge of their role was sealed generations ago, he does not know how to use these powers. He is an active fighter known as the "Lion Heart King" for his prowess in battle, and because of this he is very well-liked amongst his knights and citizens. He does, however, receive criticism from political opponents--includingopponents—including his own son--forson—for doing nothing to change the enslavement of the Mehse and the discrimination towards the Tiamat race, among other things. He's also a bit on the gullible side. He took Alighierie as a lover out of loneliness, since his queen died not long after his son was born.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Except for a few of the flashbacks and two of the bad ends. Justified, though, in the main game--itgame—it's hard to talk when you're a little ball of light.

Although Yellma eventually does obtain Willimgard's body and takes it for herself, she is destroyed by Zolgonark when she tries to dominate him--muchhim—much to the disappointment of many a player who wanted to pummel her.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: She's ridiculously powerful--herpowerful—her Law Index starts at 100 when Priestesses' most powerful attacks are their law ones--butones—but her base Vitality is very low and like all knights, she's only got so many levels she can gain.

The leader of the Lemonoug race (also known as the Mehse or "those westerners"), an impossibly old man. After their first attempt at building a tower to Asgard, he and his race were cursed with technical immortality--onlyimmortality—only fatal injuries will kill them, but their bodies age and decay--anddecay—and were cast out and enslaved by the Gleivnir kingdom. Vilgo and his people tried to build a second tower to plead for Asgard's intercession, but all they got was Marietta and a very destroyed tower as a result. Vilgo hates the kingdom with all his soul, but feels powerless to oppose them after all the atrocities they've put his tribe through. He raised Vienya after the deaths of her parents.

A very young Mehse girl. Although she is a talented witch, due to the bondage of her people and her own poor living conditions, she tends to appear very scruffy and bedraggled; she has a crow named Moja as a familiar, which is often seen [[Head Pet|sitting on her head]]. Vienya's parents were murdered by a knight from one of the orders, after which she was raised by Vilgo, the chief of her tribe--sotribe—so it's no surprise that she hates the kingdom as much as he does. Vienya is eventually revealed to be suffering from starvation; she picks the pockets of what few travelers come through the Mehse lands for food.

Although she is unable to pickpocket Yellma, she does learn from the witch that Willimgard is coming, and decides to fight the Wisp to avenge Vilgo and her parents. Vienya is a selective mute--probablymute—probably due to the trauma of losing her parents--andparents—and communicates telepathically with Moja, who interprets for her as best he can.

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Meria's route only. Are you going to side with the woman who killed you for the sake of order, even if it means betraying a trusted comrade--orcomrade—or stay loyal to Meria, who saved you and nearly died for you, even though your world will suffer for it? And no, you may not [[Take a Third Option]].

The three-headed demon lord of the Underworld, summoned to this world by Capehornus and Yellma. While both intend to use him for their own means, Zolgonark is only interested in the freedom to take over the world of Aventheim. He summons three Accursed--[[Battle Butler|Rivulia]], Dotaurus (and his "dog" Garm), and [[Eldritch Abomination|Scoppio]]--to—to serve his ambitions, and manipulates Marietta into helping him bypass his barrier. He then proves himself despicable by bullying Melissa (or Marietta), turning Pisce into a harpy, and blasting Maria (or Meria) when she tries to protect the Wisp.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: The fact that Hector even shows up in this game only has two purposes--topurposes—to show how everything is part of his [[Xanatos Roulette]], and as fanservice for people who've played the other [[Dept. Heaven]] games.

The latest, most successful result of Hector's as-yet-experimental synthetic Grim Angel creation process. She is a very young girl who is seen only in special cutscenes in Meria's route; her real name is never revealed (if she even has one), but her registration number is 549, and the other characters refer to her by her codename, Primea. She is not a complete Grim Angel, and her fake Diviner is only a prototype. Her wings are slightly malformed at the shoulder--whethershoulder—whether this is congenital or a result of Hector's modifications to her body is unknown.

=== Orders of Knights ===

Guards assigned to defend the castle, led by Morozoff, a friendly--iffriendly—if somewhat conservative--wizardconservative—wizard. All the knights in this order are very goal-oriented, loyal citizens, devoted to their leader even if they often comment on his love of alcohol. These knights rarely see assignments for work outside Aventheim due to how well they do their standard jobs.

* [[Expy]]: Bonita has the same color hair and eyes--andeyes—and the same vicious temper, along with a similar Hispanic-sounding name--asname—as [[Yggdra Union|Gulcasa and Emilia]].