Valkyria Chronicles/Characters

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Gallian Militia, Regiment 3, Squad 7 (Protagonists)

Main Characters

Welkin Gunther

= Voiced by Susumu Chiba in Japanese and Dave Wittenberg in English. =

The son of the legendary General Gunther, Welkin just wanted to live a quiet life as a teacher. This plan gets sidetracked when The Imperials invade his hometown of Bruhl. Welkin quickly adapts and joins the Squad 7 militia as its leader. Using his scientific knowledge, he quickly becomes a strategist rivaling his father and organizes Squad 7 into the Imperials' greatest threat. In combat, Welkin generally doesn't fight directly, and instead gives orders to the squad from his father's tank, the Edelweiss.

  • The Ace: Played with/subverted. While Welkin is a tactical genius and incredible battlefield leader, he's not the best at actual soldiering. When on missions outside the Edelweiss, he's average at best when compared to other Scouts.
  • Ancestral Weapon: The Edelweiss.
  • Awesomeness By Analysis: His knowledge of animals and nature in general has often been useful for creating impressive strategies.
  • Badass Bookworm
  • Beware the Nice Ones: His reaction when he found out that Faldio was the one who sniped Alicia? Oooh, boy...
  • Bunny Ears Lawyer
  • Catch Phrase: Squad 7, move out!
  • Celibate Hero: More because he tries not to focus on sexual topics than by deliberate ignorance, and in fact seems quite shy about embracing his own sexuality. It gets so bad that at one point in the anime Faldio practically asks him if he has a sex drive at all.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Even more so in the anime.
  • Cooldown Hug: To Alicia at several points. He even gives her a Cooldown Proposal towards the end.
  • Ensign Newbie
  • Expy of Yang Wen-li of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, although Welkin's not lazy or a drunk. However, their similar approach to strategy and idealism are clear giveaways that Welkin's based on him.
  • Happily Married
  • The Hero
  • In the Blood: He doesn't want to be, but he's adaptable.
  • Nature Hero: Odd variation. He's a nature otaku, and every military strategy he uses is related to or inspired by nature in some way. Also, he's shown to be happiest when he be in a completely natural environment, just studying the wildlife.
  • Nice Guy: Many so-called heroes would have much to learn from Welkin.
  • The Power of Love: One of Welkin's hidden Potentials is even called this: all his stats are raised when Alicia is in battle with him. D'AWWE!!! :'D
  • The Strategist: The most powerful weapon in the entire Gallian army is Lieutenant Gunther's brain.
  • Tank Goodness

Alicia Melchiott

= Voiced by Marina Inoue in Japanese and Colleen O'Shaughnessey in English. =

Born and bread as a baker, Alicia was reluctant to go to war, but joined the militia to protect her hometown of Bruhl. After being rescued by Welkin, she joins Squad 7 as his second-in-command and love interest. She eventually learns that she is a descendant of the Valkyrur, and her inheritance of their powers make her one of Gallia's biggest assets. She doesn't take it too well, but she got over it with some help from Welkin.

Brigitte "Rosie" Stark

= Voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi (game) and Junko Minagawa (anime) in Japanese and Hedy Burress in English. =

Corporal and Shocktrooper. Rosie was a singer, but the war forced her to join the front lines of the militia effort. Because of certain events in her past, she hates Darcsens, and this instantly causes friction between her and Isara. Witnessing Isara's enthusiasm and bravery and seeing a Darcsen concentration camp do a lot to change her opinion, and Isara's death completely shatters her negative opinion of Darcsens.

Largo Potter

= Voiced by Hisao Egawa (game) and Kenji Nomura (anime) in Japanese and Fred Tatasciore in English. =

Largo is a sergeant, and a veteran of the First Europan War. He served with Captain Eleanor Varrot and her lover Frederick, and still harbors a crush for her during the events of the game. Largo was at first hesitant of Welkin's leadership, but he quickly becomes one of Welkin's most trusted and supportive soldiers. Largo is also a sort of father figure to the rest of the members of Squad 7.

Isara Gunther

= Voiced by Houko Kuwashima in Japanese and Laura Bailey in English. =

Daughter of the genius Darcsen engineer Theimer, and adopted daughter of General Gunther, hence making her Welkin's adopted sister. Isara is gentle and good-hearted, and very brave for such a small girl. She is also an absolute engineering genius, constantly coming up with innovations during the game that save Squad 7 countless times, including waterproofing the Edelweiss for immersion and creating smoke mortars (which border on Game Breaker territory). She gets gunned down by a sniper, in the game's definitive Tear Jerker moment. Prepare a hanky.

  • Beware the Nice Ones: Not a kinder soul in Squad 7. Except when she's gunning down a fully armed enemy soldier in the beginning of the game, or piloting a giant-ass battle tank.

"I will thank you to watch your tongue in this house. You have to leave. Now."

Zaka

= Voiced by Kazuya Nakai in Japanese and Steve Blum in English. =

Darcsen engineer who helps Squad 7 as an informant. Squad 7 first meets him inside one of the Empire's Darcsen concentration camps. He does a lot to change Rosie's perception of Darcsens, and proves a resourceful, intelligent ally. Eventually, he joins Squad 7 as a tank driver, piloting the tiny-yet-powerful light tank, the Shamrock.

  • Badass
  • Eyes Always Shut: Well one of them anyways. It opens during a few cutscenes.
  • Friend to All Children: Spends his time entertaining children while off-duty. In the ending, he opens Fouzen Toy Factory.
  • Gentle Giant: Lampshaded when Ellet calls him a "grizzly bear", Zaka replies that he'd rather think himself as a "teddy bear".
  • Turn the Other Cheek: Doesn't believe in revenge, even when most of his people are burnt to death inside a concentration camp, saying it won't bring them back to life.

Scouts

Aika Thompson

= Voiced by Grey DeLisle in English. =

Cherry Stijnen

  • Dark-Skinned Blond
  • Dumb Blonde
  • Narm: A valley girl fighting in the military. 'Nuff said. Don't get us wrong, she's a vastly entertaining character, but seriously, even her death quote (If she does die) is amusing:

"Ugh... So lame... I'm like... Totally... Dying here..."

Hermes Kissinger

Freesia York

= Voiced by Kate Higgins in English. =

Wavy

Montley Leonard

Musaad Mayfield

= Voiced by Nolan North in English. =
  • Badass
  • Optional Party Member
  • Red Baron: Known as "the mole" or "that damned mole," depending on which side you talk to.
  • Sergeant Rock: His ego is considerable, but Musaad is a seasoned warrior. Among EW1 veterans, he is considered a living legend.

Juno Coren

= Voiced by Grey DeLisle in English. =

Noce Woodsworth

= Voiced by Liam O'Brien in English. =

Nancy Dufour

= Voiced by Kathryn Feller in English =

"I hope I can... make it to heaven... I have no sense of direction anyhow..."

Susie Evans

= Voiced by Rie Tozuka in Japanese and Megan Hollingshead in English. =

Melville Young

Ted Ustinov

= Voiced by Roger Craig Smith in English. =

Shocktroopers

Vyse Inglebard

= Voiced by Roger Craig Smith in English. =

Wendy Cheslock

Mika Hawkins

Alex Raymond

= Voiced by Roger Craig Smith in English. =

Aisha Neumann

Lynn

= Voiced by Grey DeLisle in English. =

Edy Nelson

= Voiced by Yui Kano in Japanese and Megan Hollingshead in English. =

Salinas Milton

Hannes Salinger

= Voiced by Jack Fletcher in English =

Jane Turner

Nina Streiss

Lancers

Nils Daerden

= Voiced by Steve Blum in English. =

Elysse Moore

= Voiced by Grey DeLisle in English. =
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Appears to be stuck permanently in lazy-weekend-afternoon mode.
  • Small Girl, Big Gun: This could be said of a few of the female Lancers, but Elysse fits this the best.

Jann Walker

= Voiced by Keiji Hirai in Japanese and John Dimaggio in English. =

Walter Nash

  • Cool Shades
  • Department of Redundancy Department: [Activating 'Stand Ready'] "Getting hurt hurts!"
  • Face of a Thug: Apparently prevents his restaurant from being as successful as he'd hoped.
  • Finagle's Law: Seems to be a believer in this, seeing as he says "It'll probably miss" whenever he fires. Considering his class, he's usually right.
  • Gentle Giant: Walter looks intimidating on the battlefield, but when he's off-duty, he enjoys simpler hobbies, such as baking bread.
  • Mood Swinger: His confidence in battle wanes and waxes rapidly.

Audrey Heitinga

Hector Calvey

= Voiced by Quinton Flynn in English. =
  • Gentle Giant
  • Heroic Resolve: "Heh, numbers? We've got guts on our side!"
    • In his backstory, he also routed an unit of Imperials with only a handful of soldiers despite being outgunned and outnumbered.
  • Mr. Fanservice: Appears to be considered one in-universe. He starts a successful shipping business after the war, but doesn't seem to realize exactly why it's so popular...
  • One-Hit Kill: His strongest potential gives him a chance to inflict one on tanks.

Yoko Martens

= Voiced by April Stewart in English. =

Rosina Selden

= Voiced by Masasa Moyo =

Theold Bohr

Engineers

Nadine

= Voiced by Grey DeLisle in English. =
  • Crack Pairing: In-universe crack, with Cezary in the manga, after she mistakenly thinks that he saved her from an Imperial sniper, when it was actually Marina who saved her.
  • Hidden Depths: Writes a series of highly successful romance novels after the war.
    • Hilarious in Hindsight: Which it makes more funnier once you read the manga and realize that her novels might actually be about her and Cezary!
  • Meaningful Name: Her name is the French form of the Russian name Nadia, which itself is a diminutive of Nadezhda, which means "hope" in Russian.

Ramsey Clement

  • Brilliant but Lazy: Has a very lackluster attitude towards weapon maintenance.
  • Emotionless Girl: Never seems to feel anything, even when the bullets are whizzing around her head or when she's calling for a medic.

Homer Peron

= Voiced by Umeka Shoji in Japanese and Candi Milo in English. =

Dallas Wyatt

  • Does Not Like Men: Developed this disposition due to being raised in an all-girls school.
  • Generic Cuteness
  • Schoolgirl Lesbians: She quickly develops crushes on cute girls, most especially Alicia. The focus of her affection switches to Rosie after Alicia gets married to Welkin.

Claudia Mann

  • Cosmic Plaything: Claudia suffers from a supernaturally bad streak of luck whenever she leaves the house. Since her home was demolished by a tank shell, this is probably now permanent.
  • Iron Woobie: Her last class potential makes her invincible!

Karl Landzaat

= Voiced by Liam O'Brien in English. =

Knute Jung

= Voiced by Liam O'Brien in English. =

Herbert Nielson

  • Lazy Bum: To the point that he actually took up horse riding so he wouldn't have to use his legs as much, and became quite skilled at it as a result.
  • Lucky Bastard: Became a millionaire overnight when he accidentally came across a huge deposit of ragnite, but couldn't be bothered spending the money, so he gave it all to his brother.
  • The Slacker: He's lazier than Shikamaru, and that's saying something.

Snipers

Marina Wulfstan

= Voiced by Natsuki Dai in Japanese and Cindy Robinson in English =

Catherine O'Hara

Oscar Bielert

Emile Bielert

Cezary Regard

= Voiced by Steve Blum in English =

Other Gallian Characters

The Medic

Squad 7's dedicated medical specialist. The Medic will valiantly run to the battlefield to evacuate any of your members who has been taken down.

The Drill Sergeant/ Clavaro Rodriguez

The Aged Gentleman

A retired EW 1 veteran who frequents the War Cemetary. Teaches Welkin orders in exchange for experience points.

  • Lost Forever: Subverted, if you turn down one of his orders, he will offer it again but much later on, leading some players to think they've fallen victim to this trope. (To this troper's knowledge, he won't do this is you say yes but don't have enough exp)
  • Infinity Plus One Order: Judging by his speech before teaching it, he seems to consider "Recon Request" this. To most players though, it's probably Awaken All.
  • No Name Given
  • Stealth Mentor
  • The Un-Reveal: You never find out exactly who he is, only that he fought alongside Welkin's father in the first war.

Eleanor Varrot

= Voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese and Julia Fletcher in English. =

Commanding officer of Regiment 3, hence making her Squad 7's superior officer. Elle (as she's known to Largo) is a wise, concerned leader for her troops, and she specifically has a fondness for Squad 7, both for their bravery and service and for the fact that Largo is one of the members. She never unnecessarily puts Squad 7 in harm's way, and trusts them to perform any mission to success. She also tends to turn a blind eye to some of Welkin's most outrageous strategies, since, well, they work.

Faldio Landzaat

= Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese and Robin Atkin Downes in English. =

Longtime friend of Welkin's, and commander of Squad 7's sister unit, Squad 1. Faldio, like Welkin, was drafted as an officer, and is an avid historian. He is one of the lead researchers on Valkyrian lore and technology for the Gallian Army. He also discovers that Alicia is a Valkyria, and shoots her to awaken her powers, an act that brings him much grief but he deems necessary for the war effort.

  • Anti-Hero: Type III, with Type IV leanings, given his predilections for I Did What I Had to Do.
  • Badass Bookworm: Shares this quality with Welkin, which is understandable given their shared military/college education.
  • Hero of Another Story
  • Honor Before Reason: Maximillian would have made a valuable prisoner of war, see Redemption Equals Death.
  • I Did What I Had to Do: Considered shooting Alicia necessary to save Gallia, though later comes to regret that decision.
  • Redemption Equals Death: Sacrifices himself while killing Maximillian in penance for wounding Alicia.
  • Shipper on Deck: Oddly, despite the fact Faldio hits on Alicia several times in the anime, he also seems to be working his ass off to convince Welkin to hook up with her, though, as a flashback reveals, he was there when Welkin could have married one of the most sought after women and college and let her get away, so it's fair to say most of his attraction, while possibly genuine, is also probably an attempt to get a rise out of Welkin (thus revealing Welkin has a sex drive) and get him to realize there's an attractive young lady and he would make a cute couple with her. In fact, he more or less practically screams that in Welkin's face in Episode 11.

Ms. Ellet

= Voiced by Naomi Shindo in Japanese and Kari Wahlgren in English. =

Intrepid reporter extraordinaire. She starts off interviewing the members of the militia to bring the news to the public, but eventually settles on covering Squad 7 exclusively, not only for their news-worthiness but also because she thinks they're good people. She also, against government orders, publishes The Writing On The Wall, a clandestine paper to report the news of the war without censorship, letting the Gallian citizens know exactly what's going on. She is eventually revealed to be Irene Koller, the narrator for the game and author of the book that tells Squad 7's exploits.

General Georg von Damon

= Voiced by Kozo Shioya in Japanese and John Dimaggio in English. =

A Gallian aristocrat and overall commander of the Gallian military. He was recommended to the post by the Gallian prime minister Borg, in spite of being completely unsuitable for the job.

  • Aristocrats Are Evil
  • Asshole Victim: Was among those incinerated by Selvaria's Final Flame.
  • Bling of War: Despite not really earning any of it.
  • Dirty Coward
  • Fat Bastard
  • General Failure
  • General Ripper
  • Glory Hound: Gets pissed Welkin starts getting more than he does in the anime, to the point he initiates a few UriahGambits to get rid of him.
  • Jerkass
  • Kick the Dog: In the anime version, he throws a tantrum after seeing Isara's Darcsen-print poncho draped over the Edelweiss. She died in the previous episode
    • He's also pretty abusive to Selvaria after you defeat her.
  • Stay in the Kitchen: His ideas about the proper place of women would get him repeatedly shot by any random feminist. He's even this way to Varrot, who is far more competent than him even on her worst day while sleep deprived and drunk.
  • Ted Baxter: He firmly believe the regular army kicks ass and he's a great commander when the only reason he's in command at all is thanks to having friends in high places.
  • We Have Reserves: What he sees the militia as.

Empire of Europa (Antagonists)

Prince Maximillian

= Voiced by Jun Fukuyama in Japanese and Matthew Yang King in English. =

Selvaria Bles

= Voiced by Sayaka Ohara in Japanese and April Stewart in English. =

General of the Empire's Central Forces, the blood of the Valkyrur runs in Selvaria's veins. Their blood gives her incredible powers, making her the deadliest soldier in the Empire's employ. Selvaria is very much devoted to her cause, and would give up her life for Maximillian. Even so, she is not without honor, and is genuinely concerned with the welfare of her soldiers. When Maximillian decides that she is no longer an asset, Selvaria sacrifices herself to destroy Gallia's main army.

Radi Jaeger

= Voiced by Akio Otsuka in Japanese and Patrick Seitz in English. =
  • Anti-Villain
  • Badass
  • Chivalrous Pervert: The man practically channels Shunshui Kyoraku at times during the anime. Fitting, considering his seiyuu voiced him as well.
  • Dangerously Genre Savvy: The only character who puts armor plating over his tank's weak point.
  • Fire-Forged Friends: Both Jaeger and Gregor are former enemies, but now that they are working together they are quite willing to confide in each other, and despite being total opposites personality wise get along surprisingly well.
    • Had a slightly smaller scale version of this with Selvaria, who he often tried to be nice to when Maximillian was a prick.
  • Heel Realization: After being defeated by Squad 7.
  • Nice Guy: Despite being on the villain team.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: Don't let his affable ladies man attitude fool you. He's very sharp, and in the anime he pretty much figures out someone was trying to kill Maximillian in Episode 9 on his own.
  • Punch Clock Villain: Especially in the anime version, where he's basically like the aforementioned Kyoraku, except on the villain team.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Does to the Maximillian in the anime after he realizes his boss is a coldblooded asshole and he's one by proxy for helping him.
  • This Is Unforgivable!: His misgivings about Maximillian mount throughout the anime, but they hit their peak when he finds out Selvaria's aide Karl, the anime expy for Johann, was shot in cold blood for standing up to Maximillian in defense of Selvaria's well being.
  • Turns Red: Has a tendency to issue ALL his orders at once when heavily damaged.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate at the end of the game is unknown.
  • Worthy Opponent

Berthold Gregor

= Voiced by Chikao Ohtsuka in Japanese and Roger Jackson in English. =

Giorgios Geld

= Voiced by Yukimasa Kishino in Japanese and Dwight Schultz in English =


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