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== Magic Knights ==

 

=== Hikaru Shidou ===

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{{spoiler|She is the one who is most crushed when she killed Emeraude, leaving a lot of guilt that forms up into a being called [[Enemy Without|Nova]] in the anime. She later gets picked as the new Pillar of Cephiro, thereby granting her [[A God Am I|godlike]] [[Fisher King|power]], but relinquishes it immediately so the power of the land can belong to the people living there.}}

 

She doesn't think much about love, but managed to garner the interest of both Lantis and Eagle. When asked why (in the manga), she just states she loves both of them equally and will marry both. How far this goes is under debate by the fandom.

 

Tropes associated with Hikaru:

 

=== Umi Ryuuzaki ===

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The tallest of the girls, [[The Ojou|coming from a rich family]] and attends a private school for rich girls. Umi at first is the least willing to do her job, and [[Rich Bitch|comes off very snobbish and uncaring about Cephiro's problems]]. However, amongst the girls, she can be seen as [[Character Development|the most developed out of them]], as the situation completely demands her to really mature up, and she really did, becoming a much more admirable character. She's also pretty handy with a [[Lady of War|rapier]], being in the fencing team of the school. She is the Magic Knight of [[Making a Splash|Water]] and her Rune God is Seles. Seems a bit obsessed on [[Eat the Dog|eating Mokona]], who annoys her greatly.

 

She doesn't have much romance going on either, but she is quite fond of Clef. Ascot also shows feelings towards her, but it's not known whether she returns his feelings.

 

Tropes associated with Umi:

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: She starts out as a [[Spoiled Brat]] who just wants to go home, and chews Clef out when he makes his first appearance. Her later reaction to him...

* [[Does This Make Me Look Fat?]]: In the anime, Umi openly says this when the Chizeta princesses capture her and [[Go-Go Enslavement|doll her up in]] a [[Stripperiffic]] [[Belly Dancer|odalisque outfit]] that [[Bare Your Midriff|bares her midriff]].

* [[Elemental Hair]]

 

=== Fuu Hououji ===

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Air symbolizes intellect and communication. Fuu is the most intellectual of the Magic Knights, and she always speaks with precision.

 

She's also the only character involved in a real romance, with Ferio.

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: She's blonde in the manga but has light brown hair in the anime and OVA.

* [[The Archer]]: Initially. Later drops it for the sword, although she gets to show off her archery skills again in the second season of the anime.

* [[Teen Genius]]: She attends a school for gifted students and studies computer programming.

* [[Unwanted Rescue]]: {{spoiler|When Ferio breaks her out of the ''Dreamchild'' in the anime, Fuu objects to the risk he took. And it's true that she probably didn't need it--like Hikaru and Umi, she could have broken out with Windam's help.}}

 

 

=== Clef ===

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Clef is Cephiro's Guru, the most powerful magician in the land. He is one of Emeraude's most trusted advisers and was sent by her to guide the Magic Knights upon their arrival in Cephiro. Even though he is quite venerable and powerful, he's rather tetchy towards the Magic Knights when they first arrive.

 

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: In the second half. He blames himself for letting the situation with Emeraude get as bad as it did, as well as for the heartbreak the Magic Knights suffered}}.

=== Presea ===

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Presea is the Pharle, a title bestowed on the master blacksmith of Cephiro. She is the first person that the Magic Knights are sent to visit, as she possesses an impressive armory and can craft weapons especially for them. Although her smithing skills are unquestionable, she is... a little odd.

 

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: She might be skilled, but she is prone to overreactions to trespassing and seems to love daydreaming bizarre methods of punishment.

* [[Emi Shinohara]]

* [[Mr. Fixit]]

* [[The Blacksmith]]

** [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]: This is what the Pharle of Cephiro is. She's the only one who's able to craft weapons from Escudo.

 

=== Mokona ===

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A small animal entrusted to the Magic Knights by Presea. He serves as a guide to them on their journey, as well as a supplier and a communication channel to Clef. It's unclear what he is, but Clef calls him a "sacred creature" of Cephiro.

 

 

 

* [[Author Avatar]]

 

=== Ferio ===

A swordsman that the Magic Knights encounter in the Forest of Silence. He has a smart-aleck attitude, but he teams up with them temporarily to navigate the monster-ridden forest. He claims to be looking for the Spring of Eterna like they are so that he can become a Magic Knight Himself. He takes a particular shine to Fuu and makes a point of flirting with her.

 

{{spoiler|He's actually Emeraude's younger brother, which makes him the Prince. After Emeraude's death, he steps back into this role to try and help his ailing country.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Alcyone does this to him and orders him to kill Fuu in the Saturn game.}}

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Has a very prominent one on his nose bridge, and an x-shaped one on his left cheek.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[The Undefeated]]: {{spoiler|He defeats Hikaru in their fight. But when he tries to pick up her fallen sword to finish her off, it turns into fire and the pain jolts him back to his senses.}}

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Hikaru considers him to be this.

 

 

=== Princess Emeraude ===

 

{{spoiler|Except that last sentence isn't quite true. What actually happened was that Emeraude fell in love with Zagato, dividing her heart and compromising her duty. She entered the Water Dungeon in an effort to forget about him, but when this failed she summoned the Magic Knights to kill her before she could harm Cephiro any further. Zagato joined her to try and dissuade her and to protect her from them.}}

 

* [[Barrier Maiden]]: As the Pillar. She prevents both internal strife and shields Cephiro from its neighbors.

* {{spoiler|[[Betty and Veronica]]: She's the Betty to Alcyone's Veronica towards Zagato}}.

* [[Broken Bird]]

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Emeraude's position is the protector of Cephiro, but she's called a princess anyway.

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Me Scares Me]]: She's terrified of what she'll become if she gives in to her feelings for Zagato--for very good reason, as it turns out.}}

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* {{spoiler|[[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]}} What she ''truly'' wanted to ask the Knights for.

* [[Lady and Knight]]: {{spoiler|with Zagato}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Evil]]: Poor Emeraude ''loses'' it when Zagato dies despite all of her efforts, this giving birth to her [[Broken Bird]]-like [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].}}

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Looks like a pre-teen girl despite being already an adult, and nearly as old as Clef to boot.

* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: When Zagato is killed, she takes the form of an adult woman and creates a Mashin of her own.}}

* [[Tender Tears]]: She's weeping in most of her appearances thanks to her screwed-up destiny.

 

=== Sierra ===

Sierra appears in the second season of the anime. She is Presea's twin sister, and in addition to appearance shares her skill in smithing. {{spoiler|During the second season, she masquerades as her sister at Clef's request, making up a story that Presea was revived with Emeraude's last wish so that the girls aren't shattered any more than they already are. Although she is genuinely fond of them, the prolonged masquerade takes a toll on her.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Becoming the Mask]]: She's not happy about this, especially when she realizes that she's in love with Clef just like Presea was.}}

* [[The Blacksmith]]: An excellent one, {{spoiler|although not as good as her sister}}.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]

* [[Hot Amazon]]

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: One on her right breast. {{spoiler|The only difference between Presea and her.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Un-Reveal]]: The girls never find out who she really is.}}

 

=== Lantis ===

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Lantis appears in the second half of the story, when the Magic Knights return to Cephiro. He is Cephiro's only Cail (a swordsman who excels at magic) and the former captain of Princess Emeraude's personal guard. He left the country before the events of the first half, and is under a cloud of suspicion for being Zagato's brother and living in Autozam before his return. He doesn't say much about the real reason he's back, either.

 

{{spoiler|His intention is to end Cephiro's Pillar System, so that the tragedy of Zagato, Emeraude, and the Magic Knights is never repeated.}}

 

* [[Aloof Ally]]: He doesn't bother arguing against the suspicion around him and just does his thing.

* [[Cool Horse]]: A summoned one with a fiery mane.

** [[Hellish Horse]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Just because his older brother was a seen this way does not necessarily apply to him, and is even explicitly pointed out.

** [[Pet the Dog]]: As a result, he openly admits he was sympathetic to said older brother, but didn't condone his actions regardless.

* [[Defector From Decadence]]: He left his cushy job as Cail to travel other worlds after {{spoiler|Zagato starts to question the Pillar system}}.

* [[Irony]]: {{spoiler|The Creator informs him that his heart is the strongest in all of Cephrio, making him a perfect candidate to be the Pillar himself. [[Subverted Trope|Hikaru and Eagle have stronger hearts]], so he doesn't undergo the trial. But still.}}

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: With either Hikaru or Primera.

* [[The Mole]]: Lafarga suspects him of being this for Autozam, as he spent some time there. {{spoiler|But he isn't.}}

* [[Professional Slacker]]: When he was Cail, he spent a lot of the day napping in trees. However, he genuinely didn't have a lot to do because Emeraude's prayers kept dangers from arising.

 

=== Primera ===

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Fairy Companion]]: to Lantis

* [[Healing Hands]]: Can heal wounds with her wing magical powder.

* [[I Owe You My Life]]: She's devoted to Lantis because he saved her from being trapped in rubble.

* [[Odango]]

* [[Running Gag]]: Mokona almost always tries to eat her.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

 

== Autozam ==

=== Eagle Vision ===

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The son of Autozam's president and commander of the battleship sent to Cephrio in Part II. He's also the pilot of the [[Humongous Mecha|FTO]]. Eagle grew very close to Lantis when the latter settled in Autozam and is deeply regretful of their present emnity, but he doesn't turn back. He's also one of the most dangerous opponents for the Magic Knights and the other invaders. The reason he gives for invasion is that Autozam needs something like the Pillar System to cleanse the rampant pollution that is slowly killing his world.

 

{{spoiler|In the manga, this is a lie. Eagle's true intentions are to succumb to his impending comatose state after he becomes the Pillar, relocate Cephiro's population, and put the land into an eternal slumber. All of this is to fulfill Lantis' wish to end the Pillar System.}}

* [[Ace Pilot]]: He comes out on top when his FTO fights solo against the three Magic Knights for the first time.

** {{spoiler|At least, this is the assumption. In reality, he wants to put Cephiro and himself into an eternal sleep so that the Pillar tragedy will not be repeated, for the sake of Lantis.}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: He's polite to the Magic Knights, as well as the representatives of Fahren and Chizeta, and bears them no ill-will even while they're battling each other. It's even more apparent in the anime, when Hikaru spends some time in Autozam's ship.

* [[Ill Boy]]: Due to his [[Power At a Price|overuse]] of Autozam's technology, which is powered by mental energy.

* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Eagle Vision is depicted as female in the Latin American dub as a way to avoid Ho Yay with Lantis and Geo Metro. The result is a [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] with Hikaru.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: He almost always has a smile on his face, but Hikaru makes note of his sad eyes. {{spoiler|Mainly because he's slowly dying on top of fighting his old friend Lantis}}.

 

=== Geo Metro ===

 

Tropes associated with Geo:

* [[Hachimaki]]

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

* [[The Lancer]]: To Eagle.

 

=== Zazu Torque ===

 

Tropes associated with Zazu:

* [[The Alcoholic]]: Likes drinking, but Geo never lets him.

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]

* [[Kidanova]]: He likes pretty girls and flirts with Hikaru in the anime.

* [[The Mechanic]]: He's in charge of maintenance for the FTO and GTO.

=== Tarta and Tatra ===

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Tarta and Tatra are the princesses of Chizeta, a tiny country that neighbors Cephiro. In the second half, they see the leaderless world as a perfect colony for their overpopulated homeland.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Both of them.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: They want to turn Cephrio into a colony to relieve population pressure in their homeland.

* [[Belly Dancer]]: They dress like this and, in the anime, [[Go-Go Enslavement|they doll up Umi as one]].

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: Both of them.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Tarta.

* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: Both.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Tatra spends most of her time acting spacey and drinking tea, {{spoiler|until Umi bests Tarta in a duel in the anime}}.

* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: This ain't the first time that [[Aya Hisakawa]] and [[Kikuko Inoue]] [[Ah! My Goddess|play sisters]]...

=== Princess Aska ===

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The child princess of the nation of Fahren. Unlike Autozam and Chizeta, it's unclear if there's any justifiable reason for them to desire Cephiro... she seems to have ordered the invasion on a whim. Despite her immaturity, she is a powerful magician and a dangerous opponent.

 

In the anime, she captures Fuu and holds her prisoner on her ship, the ''Dreamchild.'' Fuu's polite and respectful demeanor (which is the polar opposite of Aska's) starts making Aska think more seriously about what she's doing and why.

* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: Technically, Chang Ang is her regent, but she still calls all the shots.

* [[Character Development]]: After meeting Fuu personally, Aska begins to question if what she's doing is a good idea.

* [[Improbable Age]]: She's less than ten years old and has the authority to command her country's battleship, on top of having incredible magic and willpower for her age.

* [[It's All About Me]]: Unlike Autozam and Chizeta, Fahren has no real justification to invade. They only do so because Aska wants it like a toy.

 

=== San Yung ===

* [[Blush Sticker]]

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: He has a crush on Aska.

 

=== Chang Ang ===

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]

* [[Old Retainer]]

=== Zagato ===

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{{spoiler|This is because he didn't kidnap Emeraude at all--he's deeply in love with her and is trying to stop her from committing [[Suicide by Cop]] by killing the Magic Knights before they get there. Ultimately, all of his efforts fail and he dies in battle against them.}}

 

** {{spoiler|He does start explaining when the Magic Knights reach his stronghold, but only in-between deadly magic spells.}}

* [[Evil Sorceror]]: His magical power rivals Clef; none of the warriors from Cephiro who have tried to stop him returned.

* [[Lady and Knight]]: With {{spoiler|Princess Emeraude}}

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: He doesn't even look at Alcyone when {{spoiler|she clings to him, dying of her wounds}} and professes not to care about the fate of Cephiro. {{spoiler|He only cares about Emeraude and her happiness.}}

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He's aware of Alcyone's affections and uses them to his advantage, and gains Ascot's support by saying that he'll be able to live with his monsters in peace.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: A sorcerer in black robes, with [[Shoulders of Doom]], who sends out minions to kill a trio of young girls and abandons them when they fail. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|It's very easy for the girls to assume that he's a garden-variety RPG villain]].}}

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: He acknowledges that the Magic Knights are children, but doesn't hesitate to send his servants to kill them.

 

=== Alcyone ===

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A sorceress who is in love with Zagato. She was taught by Clef himself, but she is utterly devoted to Zagato and willing to follow any order he gives. She is the first enemy that the Magic Knights face.

 

{{spoiler|In the manga, she is mortally wounded after fighting them outside the Forest of Silence and dies begging Zagato to save her. In the anime he still rejects her for her failure, but she survives and is used as a puppet by Debonair in the second season.}}

* [[Absolute Cleavage]]

* [[An Ice Person]]: Her brand of magic.

* [[Stripperiffic]]

* [[Yandere]]: Over Zagato.

 

=== Ascot ===

 

 

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]] {{spoiler|In love with Umi in the second half, but she doesn't realize it.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Just because he has fearsome beasts as friends doesn't make him nor them evil.}}

* [[Fluffy Tamer]]: He considers the fearsome monsters he summons to be his friends, which makes it difficult to find a place to live.

* [[Hidden Eyes]]

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[Summon Magic]]: For which he has the title of Palu.

 

=== Caldina ===

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One of the assassins sent by Zagato to kill the Magic Knights. Caldina is a self-possessed dancer from a foreign land, and is far less concerned with Zagato's motivations than getting paid for her work.

 

{{spoiler|She decides that Fuu and her friends are pretty cool, so she leaves them alone after Fuu breaks her enchantments. But she returns to help Cephiro in the second half, in part because she develops feelings for Lafarga.}}

 

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Particularly to Ascot in the anime. {{spoiler|She takes this role towards the Magic Knights in the second half}}.

* [[Dance Battler]]

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: With Lafarga.

* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: A trait of Chizetans.

 

=== Innouva ===

 

* [[Canon Foreigner]]

* [[I Owe You My Life]]: It's implied that Innouva was [[Fantastic Racism|regarded not too highly in Cephiro]] as a result of {{spoiler|his true form}}. Zagato giving him some measure of dignity and self worth is what motivated Innouva to serve him in the first place.

* [[Man in White]]

* [[Pointy Ears]]

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

=== Nova ===

 

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Anime-only.

 

=== Debonair ===

 

* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]]: She adopted Nova and calls her daughter, but abandons her late in the story.}}

* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Her goal is simply the complete destruction of Cephiro.

 

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