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=== 1st Class Goddess ALICE ===

The goddess worshipped by the AL Church. Her job is to guide humanity in the way the gods desire it... which usually means creating chaos and conflict while posing as a benevolent and loving deity. She is highly secretive and will only reveal herself to the Pope of the AL Church.

 

* Bonus Boss: She can be fought in a non-canon encounter in ''Rance Quest''. The player will have to do insane amounts of grinding to even stand a chance against her.

* Holy Halo: Part of her ensemble to make herself look like a benevolent goddess to mankind.

=== Crook Mofus ===

The current Pope of the AL Church, Crook is a silent but very smart girl with a vast knowledge of the world, knowing most of the current lore of the Continent. Her goal is to search for Balance Breakers around the world to seal them, and later joins Rance during her time as a bishop in ''Rance Quest'' due to his unusual demeanor and his tendency to attract other Balance Breakers, eventually falling in love with him along the way. As a Pope, she boasts a unique Lv3 Skill in Divine Magic, making her one of the most powerful people able to heal, purify, and remove curses seamlessly.

 

* Anti-Hero: At first, she considered friends and companions as expendable pawns, but after meeting Rance, she grows out of it.

* Big Good: ''Of Part II''.

* When She Smiles: At the end of <nowiki>''</nowiki> Part II<nowiki>''</nowiki>.

* You Never Asked: The reason why she didn't say anything about Sill actually being an IP body and that her real body was still frozen.

 

=== Duran Teyuran ===

 

Plays a larger role in ''Kichikuou Rance'', where he remains the Pope and opposes Rance's conquest.

 

* Sinister Minister: While he's not shown doing much explicitly evil in ''Kichikuou Rance'', his actions are not very in line with the AL Church. The Angel Knight Leda ultimately strikes him down for betraying the Church's aims, and he is posthumously revealed to have been stealing from the Church's treasury.

* These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: He claimed to have books of prophecy that predicted everything happening on the Continent, but never showed them or their contents to anyone, citing this trope.

* We Hardly Knew Ye: In the canon timeline, the first time he's mentioned is in his obituary, and what little is known of him is secondhand.

 

=== Am Isuel ===

40 years ago, Am was elected as the first female pope of the church. However, her reign was short-lived, as upon learning the truth about Rudrathaum and the Continent, she disappeared as she was unable to accept that every being on the Continent was just a plaything of the Gods. She reappears nowadays having found a way to allow humans to rebel against the Gods, as the leader of the Shepherds. Her newfound goal is to induce '''Soul Pollution''' to all humans, as doing so prevents them to return to the Creator God, weakening him in the process. However, to have high Soul Pollution requires one to be extremely depressed and/or mad, as such she intends to push humans past the Despair Event Horizon as much as possible.

 

* Ambiguously Human: Am is in her sixties, yet still looks like a young girl. She also has otherworldly powers which clearly surpass those of humans, and is able to survive fatal wounds.

* An Arm and a Leg: After her defeat in ''Rance Quest'', her body gets cut down in multiple parts to prevent her from moving in her prison.

* Hazy Feel Turn: After her liberation, she claims to be "always on the side of humanity", which means she's still determined to kill Rudrathaum, but helps the Human Alliance at the same time.

* Holy Hand Grenade: The Divine Magic is usually a healing magic, but Am uses it to damage her foes.

* Manipulative Bastard: Thanks to being The Social Expert, she can quickly persuade people to do her bidding. Notably, she convinces ''Calory to forgive her actions in Rance Quest despite having every reason in the world to loathe her'', and eventually Rance himself. Only Crook Mofus is immune to her words.

* Older Than They Look: She is around 60 years old and looks no older than Crook.

 

He then came back much later in ''Rance Quest'' as an Archbishop, and eventually serves under the new Pope Crook Mofus.

 

* Badass Preacher: He's an incredible fighter and helped out in the war between Leazas and Helman, even earning Rick Addison's praise.

* Combat Medic: He's just as skilled at healing as he is in combat, and will frequently heal Rance's party when they meet in early games.

* The Good Shepherd: He's entirely oblivious to the dark side of the AL Church and wholeheartedly believes in helping people and doing good.

 

=== Oz Tortoise ===

=== Roule Enron ===

One of the four Bishops of the AL Church. An extremely elderly man who is obsessed with becoming Pope.

 

* Dark Lord on Life Support: His extreme age leaves him infirm and confined to a wheelchair. He relies heavily on a Gal Monster servant to even live day to day.

* Evil Old Folks: He's somewhere around 160 years old, and definitely among the more evil members of the Church.

 

=== Sel Curchgolf ===

 

=== Rosé Card ===

 

=== Elisabeth Des ===

A priestess of the AL Church who only appears in ''Kichikuou Rance''. She is given to Rance as a gesture of goodwill by the Church.

 

* Blind Obedience: She is, by far, the most fanatically faithful of all the AL Church followers seen. She treats the words of her religious superiors as absolute truth and never questions them, even when they speak contradictions.

* Brother Chuck: She makes no appearance in the canonical games, though one of Arios Theoman's unseen former girlfriends shares the same name.

=== Battling "BS" Centers ===

Head of the Church's Temple Knights, the military arm of the organization. He keeps his position secret from his family to avoid worrying them.

 

* Church Militant: Serves as this if necessary, though usually the Temple Knights are more commonly deployed to battle devils or Balance Breakers.

* Praetorian Guard: His position also sees him as part of the Pope's personal cadre of bodyguards.

* Unfortunate Name: Often known by his initials, giving him the name "BS Centers".

 

=== Sachiko Centers ===

A young University student, Sachiko is saved from monsters by Rance... who promptly makes her his slave as a replacement for Sill. She's a primary character in ''Rance Quest''.

 

* Hidden Depths: For all her lack of self-esteem, she actually has a very high level cap of 59. She's also fantastic at baking, as well as caring for children.

* Humble Goal: All she wants out of life is to be a beautiful bride and mother.