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== Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière ==

 

The main female character and a second-year student at the Tristain Academy of Magic... with a terrible track record in practical magic, thus earning her the runic name "Louise the Zero" for her lack of success rate and elemental attributes. Her presence is only mostly based on being the third (and youngest) daughter of the aristocratic La Vallière family, who runs north-eastern Tristain. On a summoning ritual, she accidentally calls upon ordinary Japanese boy Saito Hiraga, and her life will never be the same again. Louise's hobbies are weaving and horseback riding, but she is terrible at the former but is exceptionally good at the latter.

* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Quite a ''large'' part of her character, actually.

* {{spoiler|[[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: After Tabitha's rescue, Louise, who has been stripped of rank by her own family, is adopted as a sister by Henrietta, making her second in line for the throne.}}

* [[Character Exaggeration]]: In the anime Louise has a ''much shortter'' fuse when dealing with Saito and his [[Accidental Pervert]] moments.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: She ''hates it'' if Saito's looking or even thinking about another girl. Gets worse as more girls get added to Saito's harem, such as Henrietta, Tabitha, and especially Tiffania.

* [[Cry Cute]]: She is ''absolutely adorable'' whenever she allows herself to be emotionally honest to her feelings towards Saito. In fact, [[media:zerolouisecrying.jpg|she's the very poster girl of the trope]].

* [[Covert Pervert]]: Especially in the novels.

** [[Anti-Magic]]: Dispel.

** [[Teleporters and Transporters]]

** [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Explosion.

* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]

 

== Saito Hiraga ==

 

Saito is a Japanese boy who, while picking up his laptop after attempting to get it repaired in Akihabara, gets sucked into a portal and into Tristain. As a Familiar he was treated as more of a servant-dog by Louise, although as time passed he came to love her and decided to protect her at all costs.

** The worst instance is in the second novel where he tries to rape Louise because he assumes that she wants to have sex no matter how many times she says no. He begins to make moves on a sleeping Louise, hugging her and kissing her cheek, before moving to lift her dress, which is when Louise wakes up. He confronts her with the idea that she loves him when she demands an explanation, and she vigorously denies it, no matter how much he insists. Finally he moves to kiss her, and she responds violently. At worst its an attempted rape, at best it's Saito massively overestimating the level of their relationship, and subsequently making a move. While she ''had'' been giving him [[Tsundere|somewhat mixed signals]] prior to this and continues to do so for much of the series, he still comes out looking pretty bad, though it's eventually shown that {{spoiler|it wasn't entirely by free will.}}

* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|His knighthood, and in the novels, he's also consecrated as an Imperial Guard Sub-Commander.}}

* [[Badass Abnormal]]

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: More chivalrous in the light novels, more perverted in the anime. This is pretty justified; he's a nice guy, but he's ''also'' a 17-year-old human male.

* [[Flanderization]]: Saito becomes increasingly perverted as the series goes on.

* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: He got amused at the sight of Louise and Tiffania groping each other in the women's bath. Also, he got turned on when he saw Montmorency and Beatrice kiss while under the influence of the [[Love Potion]].

* {{spoiler|Happily Married - to Louise in the grand Finale. It is hinted that their wedding took place in the same chapel where they got wed in Season 2's finale. The epilogue shows Louise using the World Door spell and the two go to Japan so Louise can see our world and meet Saito's parents. Counts a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.}}

* [[The Hero]]: Ironically he's made a Vice-Captain in Season 3, making him Guiche's [[The Lancer|Lancer]].

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He's a pervert, but it's obvious that he cares a lot for Louise, who in turn does care for him in her own violent way.

* [[Lady and Knight]]: He's the Knight, and Louise is the Lady.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Saito is rarely seen without the original clothes he wore when he was pulled to Halkeginia from Earth, even after he was knighted, where he just simply wear a cape over his clothes.

* [[Love Martyr]]: Sometimes verges on this.

 

== Derflinger ==

 

Derflingher is an ancient talking sword which Saito and Louise bought in a local blacksmith in order to make Saito look more intimidating. He and Saito struck up an immediate friendship and have been partners in battle ever since.

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]}}: Episode 10 of Zero no Tsukaima F. {{spoiler|He gets better, though. Turns out he resided in Saito's Gandalfr runes all along.}}

* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Derf is almost always there to provide advice to Saito and to help him grow as a person. He also has a bit of a laughing streak and enjoys teasing people.

 

== Siesta ==

 

A maid at the academy. She has a crush on Saito, and unlike Louise she treats him very kindly. She fell in love with Saito because he stood up for the rights of the people who can't use magic. Recently, she seems to not mind Saito getting punished because she ends up taking care of him anyways. In Season 3, she is appointed by Henrietta to be Saito's personal maid. (It's a long story.)

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Of the rather unsavory kind. In the anime, Siesta appears in many situations and events that originally, in the novels, she was no part of; this comes off with Siesta scheming and getting on Louise and Saito's way ''much more'' than usual.

* [[Bob Haircut]]

* {{spoiler|[[But Not Too Foreign]]: She was the descendant of a [[World War II]] [[Imperial Japan|Japanese pilot]] who strayed into Tristain.}}

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Starts to display this trope once Tiffania shows up, and shares Louise's utter contempt for the poor half-elf girl.

* [[Covert Pervert]]: As the anime progressed, she has shown signs of enjoying Louise torturing Saito, going as far as to sexually seduce him, inciting Louise's wrath in return. Seasons 3 & 4 make no attempt to hide this; she's enjoying Saito getting beaten just so she'd be the one to take care of him.

* {{spoiler|[[Graceful Loser]] - In the Grand Finale. We're not entirely sure, but she attends the official couple's wedding and looks genuinely happy for them, but it isn't entirely clear if she will still work for them.}}

* [[Hadaka Apron]]: Only once, to ''great'' effect

* [[Meido]]: [[Captain Obvious|No shit, Sherlock]].

* [[Nice Girl]]: But [[Covert Pervert|not for long]]...

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Started in season 2.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]

 

== Henrietta de Tristain ==

 

The well-loved Crown Princess of Tristain and Louise's old friend. She eventually ascends to Queen of Tristain. She has a strong sense of justice and strictly obeys her morals, but based on her interactions with Louise and her budding attraction for Saito, this wasn't always the case in the past. She is a Water mage.

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Her hair is described as being a chestnut brown in the novels. In the anime her hair is a light purple and in the manga her hair is a much darker shade of purple.

* {{spoiler|[[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: To Prince Wales... or better said, the copy of his body, animated with a little of his soul.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie]]: Poor [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Henrietta and Wales...]]}}

* [[The Chains of Commanding]]

 

== Agnes Chevalier de Milan ==

 

Captain of Tristain's Royal Musketeers in service of Henrietta. She is introduced in the second season. She holds a strong animosity towards Fire mages because of her past. Since she appears stern and uninterested in men, many people think or assume that she is a lesbian.

* [[Badass Normal]]: In a world filled with mages, she holds her own with a pistol and a saber.

* [[Celibate Hero]]

* [[Token Wholesome]]: She's the complete contrast of any fanservice-laden girls in the series, despite having a big bust, a different variation of [[Zettai Ryouiki]], {{spoiler|and probably her [[Fake-Out Make-Out]] moment with Louise}}. A perfect contrast to her [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] partner, Princess Henrietta, who is a good [[Ms. Fanservice]].

** Possibly one of the reasons why she isn't as popular as the other girls and of her being [[Demoted to Extra]]. She doesn't even own an image song.

* [[Tomboyish Sidetails]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: On the musketeer uniform, the hotpants/long boots variant. Somewhere between Grades A and B.

 

== Julio Cesare ==

 

A priest-knight from the Holy Empire of Romaglia sent as transferee to Tristain Magic Academy. He also has [[Mismatched Eyes]] -- one red, the other blue -- called the "Moon Eyes" after the twin moons of Halkeginia. Julio is sent by the Pope as a support for Henrietta's expedition to Albion, now in political strife after the fall of the royal family and then followed by the death of Reconquista's leader, Cromwell.

* [[The Ace]]: Julio is ''infuriatingly'' good at absolutely ''everything''.

** Justified to a degree, as {{spoiler|he's also a Void familiar with more control over his magic than Louise; his primary ability is to control magical creatures}}.

* [[Ambiguously Bi]]: Julio is canonically in love with Louise but may or may not also have an interest in her boyfriend Saito as shown when he tells Saito whether jokingly or not that he loves him and wants to kiss him as well as Louise.

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]

 

== Tiffania Westwood ==

 

A well-endowed half-elf who Saito remembered as "the big-breasted fairy who saved his life" once. She appears in the third season as a regular character, and also has feelings for Saito.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: By the power of both her huge tits and [[Naive Everygirl|her genuinely kind and sweet personality]].

* [[Fan Nickname]]: ''Tit''ania

* [[No Social Skills]]

* [[Power of the Void]]

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Sort of -- {{spoiler|she resurrected Saito after he was mortally wounded while fending off a massive Albionian army}}.

* [[Third Option Love Interest]]: The "fight" for Saitou's heart was narrowed to Siesta and Louise, until Tiffania came in.

 

== Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst ==

 

Louise's classmate and a Fire Mage, whose power is drawn from her strong passion for money. Her family has an intense dislike for the La Vallieres, and thus treats Louise with disdain. She flirts and has dated (and heavily implied in the anime to have slept with) many of the Academy's male students, but falls in love with Saito. Her familiar is a giant flame-tailed salamander she [[Sarcasm Mode|creatively]] calls "Flame".

* [[Bi the Way]]: While she is very much fond of Saito and Colbert, she starts to have a thing for Louise in the third season. Taken to extreme in the light novels.

* [[Cool Loser]]: Initially shunned by socialites at the academy and subjected to slut-shaming and public humiliation, because of her "popularity". It stopped once she returned the favor and revealed herself to be a triangle-class Fire Mage.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Tabitha's blue

* [[Teacher-Student Romance]]: In Season Three, Kirche falls in love with Mr. Colbert, and she tries to instigate this.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Long boots to Grade A.

 

 

== Guiche de Gramont ==

 

Louise's classmate and a consummate playboy despite being in love with Montmorency. He always carries an artificial rose with him, the stem of which is his wand. He also likes to dote upon his familiar, a giant mole named Verdandi. As his familiar indicates, his specialty is earth magic and he prefers to fight using bronze statues called Valkyries. He is named after Antoine V de Gramont, Duke of Guiche, a French military figure.

* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Guiche may be [[Casanova|a consummate womanizer]], and Montmorency a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]], but they ''do'' love each other.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]

 

== Tabitha ==

 

* [[An Ice Person]]: Being a Triangle Mage with a Wind specialty, she's adept at creating blizzards and icicle javelins.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: It comes with being a Zero no Tsukaima character.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: And you know it!

* [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionally Repressed Girl]]: {{spoiler|Before her mother went mad, Tabitha was a [[Cheerful Child]].}}

* [[Expy]]: Aside from their backgrounds and hair color [blue vs. light purple], there is ''no difference'' between Tabitha and [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Yuki Nagato]]

*** {{spoiler|More precisely, she has the back story of Princess Kushana from [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]], which Asuka's story is based on(the poison causing madness is exactly the same as Nasicaa's manga)}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Graceful Loser]] - In the Grand Finale. We're not entirely sure, but she attends the official couple's wedding and looks genuinely happy for them.}}

 

== Montmorency Margarita la Fere de Montmorency ==

 

A girl in Louise's class and Guiche's on-and-off girlfriend. She is a Water Mage with a frog familiar known as Robin. Her family makes oaths to the water spirits of Lake Lagdorian. She is one of the few girls in the series who never actually falls in love with Saito, instead becoming friends and teammates with him.

* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Montmorency may be a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]], and Guiche [[Casanova|a consummate womanizer]], but they ''do'' love each other.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Not to such violent extents as Louise, but she doesn't like it whenever Guiche is in another of his [[Casanova|exploits]].

 

== Malicorne de Grandple ==

 

A chubby student in Louise's class, is a wind mage with an owl familiar. Becomes much more important and useful in Seasons 3 & 4.

 

== Miss Longueville ==

 

'''Full Title:''' Matilda of Saschen-Gotha<br />'''Magical Affinity:''' Earth

 

The daughter of a viceroy who served under Tiffania's father the archduke, Matilda was forced to flee her home with Tiffania after King Wales murdered the rest of their families and had her home burnt to the ground. These events caused her to develop a burning hatred of nobility, and forced her into a life of crime to pay the bills. At the start of the series she is posing as a secretary at the Tristain Academy of Magic with the intent to eventually steal the Staff of Destruction (an M72 LAW) stored there.

 

* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: When she is Osmand's secretary, due to his status as a [[Dirty Old Man]].

 

== Jean Colbert ==

 

'''Magical Affinity''': Fire

 

== Osmand ==

 

An ancient Square-class wizard and Headmaster of the Academy. Has a mouse familiar. He is perverted and often uses his familiar's size for lecherous purposes, but he is said to be a powerful mage.

 

== Viscount Jean-Jacques Francis de Wardes ==

 

Wardes is the captain of Tristain's Griffin Knights and Louise's fiancé. His runic name is 'Lightning'. When Louise is sent on mission for Princess Henrietta, Henrietta sents him with Louise to help and guard her. He is polite and a gentleman, but tends to get carried away whenever her wants something done. He is the assassin of Albion's prince, Prince Wales.

 

== King Joseph Gaul ==

 

Joseph is the King of Gallia, a Void Mage and has the "Mind of God" Sheffield as his familiar. Outwardly he plays the facade of being just a pretty boy that cannot rule his country if his life depended on it, while in reality he is a ruthless politician and schemer. There was no act he would hesitate to do, or anything he was not willing to sacrifice due to the 'Void' in his heart. He is the uncle of Tabitha.

 

== Duke la Valliere ==

 

The father of Louise, as well as Eleanor and Cattleya, he is extremely protective of her and would do whatever it takes to ensure her safety. He is married to Duchess Karin Desiree of Tristain. {{spoiler|The Grand Finale shows him bringing his youngest daughter to meet his future son-in-law at the altar. He looks genuinely happy for them.}}

 

== Duchess Karin Desiree la Valliere ==

 

The mother of Louise, Eleanor and Cattleya, she is also known by her nickname "[[Red Baron|Heavy Wind]]" and was the former Commander of Manticore Corps, though during her time as Commander she hid her gender. She was the strongest Wind magic-user ever to serve in the Tristain military according to records. {{spoiler|The Grand Finale shows her attend Louise and Saito's wedding. She looks genuinely happy for them.}}

 

== Cattleya la Valliere ==

 

Cattleya Yvette La Baume Le Blanc de La Fontaine is Louise’s second sister. She believes Louise has potential, and that she is a wonderful girl. More than anything, she longs for Louise’s happiness, and is fine with the fact that Louise has feelings for a peasant. She is a kindhearted person, and even helped Louise escape from her house to go back to the Academy. She knows Louise well, and could easily tell that Louise was in love with Saito, even when Louise denied it. Although Cattleya is older than Louise, she isn't married due to the fact she is ill. {{spoiler|The Grand Finale shows her attend Louise and Saito's wedding. She is with her parents and Eleanore and is genuinely happy for the couple.}} Cattleya is an Earth mage.

 

== Eleanore la Valliere ==

 

Eleanore Albertine Le Blanc De La Blois De La Vallière is Louise’s eldest sister and is currently working as head researcher in the Tristainian magic research organisation simply known as the "Academy". She resembles her father more than her mother. Eleanor brought Louise out of the magic academy, intending to find her a noble husband. It should be her turn to get married instead of Louise, and she had gotten engaged to the Earl of Burgundy, though he called off the marriage. Like most the rest of Louise’s family, except for Cattleya, she believes that Louise is incapable of performing magic, and that she is a zero. {{spoiler|The Grand Finale shows her attend Louise and Saito's wedding. She looks annoyed at first, possibly for the fact that the youngest Vallière daughter got married first, but she immediately loses the frown and is genuinely happy for them.}}