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== Our Heroes ==

=== Duran ===

A mercenary swordsman hailing from the mountainous land of Forcena and son of the Golden Knight Loki, who famously aided King Richard in felling the power-hungry Dragon Emperor. Duran sets out to become the strongest warrior in the world after a humiliating defeat at the hands of Altena's Crimson Wizard.

* [[Cool Sword]]

* [[Failure Knight]]: His defeat at Koren's hands prompts him to leave the service of the knights until he redeems himself.

=== Angela ===

The daughter of the Queen of Reason and princess of the magic kingdom of Altena, Angela failed to show any sign of magical prowess during her childhood. When her mother decides to make up for this by choosing her as the sacrifice for a powerful spell, she makes a break for it.

* [[Black Mage]]

* [[Hot Witch]]: As she levels up and gains ability. She had the Hot part before she gained the magic to match.

=== Kevin ===

Kevin is the son of the Beast King, and thereby the prince of the Beast Kingdom. His mother disappeared around the time he was born, and as he grew up he associated with his fellow Beastmen less and less, preferring the company of a wolf cub he names Karl. However, he discovers his own Beastman strength when Karl attacks him and he kills the cub in of self-defense. Overhearing that the Beast King had orchestrated his wolf's attack on him, he attacks his father in a rage only to be swatted aside with ease. Denied his revenge, he sets out to find a way to bring his only friend back to life.

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Human Mom, Nonhuman Dad

=== Charlotte ===

Charlotte is half-elf, half-human, and was raised in the Holy City Wendel by the Priest of Light. She idolizes Heath, a fellow cleric, and is somewhat obsessively protective of him, enough that she sneaks away after him after he's called off on a mission. When she witnesses him being captured by Deathjester, her journey begins.

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]

* [[Dub Name Change]]: Her name in the original Japanese script is "Charlotte". The change to Carlie for the [[Fan Translation]] was due to space constraints.

=== Hawkeye ===

Hawkeye comes from a much more humble lineage than his fellow protagonists. As a member of the Navarre Thieves Guild, he [[Robin Hood|steals from the rich and gives (some) to the poor]], and is very hapy with his job at that. Soon after the Guild takes in a young lady named Isabella, however, the guildmaster Flamekhan decrees that the guild will turn from petty thievery to all-out raiding and invasion, starting with Rolante. In trying to get to the bottom of this personality change, Hawkeye is framed for the murder of his best friend, Eagle, and locked away, threatened with the death-by-curse of Flamekhan's daughter should he tell anyone what he knows. Saved from his cell by his cat friend Nikita, Hawk begins his own quest for vengeance.

* [[Bishounen]]: Put him and Angela in the same party and she will flirt with him. She'll also remark that he's 'cute' (complete with a heart) if she confronts him in Rolante.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: He'll try to charm the ladies at every chance he gets, asking Lise or Angela out in Jad and striking a pose while telling the Altenian soldiers "not to get so excited". But the worst transgression he ever commits is giving a Lise a (not entirely unwelcome) peck on the cheek if she confronts him in Rolante.

* [[Something About a Rose]]: Level 3 tech for his Wanderer Class, "Dance of Roses".

* [[Spam Attack]]: His Level 3 Tech for his Rogue class is called "Thousand Slice". Essentially it's the [[More Dakka]] principle applied to melee knife strikes.

 

=== Riesz ===

The princess of the Wind Kingdom of Rolante, and a fierce wielder of the lance. The Navarre raiders took her castle, killed her father, and kidnapped her brother. Now she, too, is out for justice.

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Blade on a Stick]]

=== The Dragon Emperor ===

An evil dragon with no specified origin baring that he waged a war and was believed to have been killed by Duran's father Loki. He in fact survived and {{spoiler|turned Loki into his servant the Darkshine Knight.}} Wants to become a god and make life a living hell for everyone in the world.

* [[A God Am I]]: This is about as far as his characterization goes. Is he a real [[Physical God]] or just an egomaniac dragon? Never explained.

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: His true form is by far the largest enemy in the game, he's so big you don't even see his whole body.

==== Koren ====

An [[Evil Sorcerer]] that serves the Dragon Emperor, who attacked Forcena at the start of the game and nearly killed Koren. He boasts to be the strongest wizard in the world. {{spoiler|turns out that he was originally a no talent attempt at a mage and because he was abused by his teacher }}

* [[The Dragon]]: A particularly ironic case given that he is [[The Dragon]] to an ''actual dragon'', whereas Koren himself is human.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|Like Angela, he had no inborn ability to use magic whatsoever. The Dragon Emperor offered to make him into a powerful wizard [[Deal with the Devil|in exchange for a piece of his soul.]] Koren got all the power he wanted, but after his defeat decides life isn't worth living without that part of his soul kills himself.}}

==== The [[Black Knight|Darkshine Knight]] ====

A powerful warrior serving the Dragon Emperor. {{spoiler|Is in fact Duran's father Loki, who was injured fatally by the Dragon Emperor, but seeing the value in him as a minion, he revived him as his servant. His mind-control breaks after his death.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}

* [[The Brute]]

=== The Masked Mage ===

{{spoiler|Originally a human mage that was a healer, but ended up resorting to forbidden magic to save a patient, leading to his banishment. The dark magic he used eventually corrupted him and caused him to desire revenge on the world.}}

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Expy]]: {{spoiler|Of Thanatos the Dark Lich, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Secret of Mana]]''}}

==== Deathjester ====

[[Monster Clown]] that serves the Masked Mage, and not much else is revealed about him.

* [[The Dragon]]

* [[Evilly Affable]]

 

==== Fallen Cleric {{spoiler|Heath}} ====

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Not when he's the one using it, anyways.

=== The Dark Prince ===

{{spoiler|Formerly the human prince of the Kingdom of Light, but for unstated reasons he was hated and feared by his subjects. This led to him making a deal with the demons of the underworld, gaining power in exchange for destroying his old kingdom. After the deal he went on to kill the former ruler of the underworld. He aims to join the human world with the underworld so he can rule of over both and force humans into worshiping him and the demons. Was sealed away by the Goddess prior to the game's events and Jagan and Bigeu hold his remains and plan to find a host for his resurrection.}}

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|despite Bigieu feelings for him and her [[Undying Loyalty]], he's not affected by her death and considered her an acceptable loss.}}

 

==== Bigieu ====

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Goes into this if you don't take the Hawk/Lise route, in which case {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] of your route destroys the Dark Prince's remains, ensuring he can never be resurrected. Not wanting to face a world without her beloved, she murders Jagan when he tells her he plans to try stealing the Sword to merge the two worlds anyway, and then after delivering the exposition to you, kills herself.}}

* [[The Dragon]]: To the Dark Prince.

 

==== Jagan ====

* [[High Collar of Doom]]: He's got the typical vampire look down pat.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

 

== The God Beasts ==

Powerful elemental monsters that were sealed away by the Goddess at the creation of the world, and they threaten it once again when they break free after the villains release the energy from the Mana Stones.

* [[Dark Is Evil]]/[[Light Is Not Good]]

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: All of them.

 

== Elemental Spirts ==

* [[Elemental Powers]]

** [[An Ice Person]]/[[Making a Splash]]: Undine

* [[Light Is Good]]/[[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]