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Character sheet for [[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]. Due to the nature of the game, '' '''all spoilers are unmarked''' ''.
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Character sheet for ''[[Xenogears]]''.
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== Playable Protagonists ==
== Playable Protagonists ==
[[File:xenogears_fei_2457.jpg|frame|Fei]]
[[File:xenogears fei 2457.jpg|thumb|250px|Fei]]


=== Fei Fong Wong ===
=== Fei Fong Wong ===
:Voiced by [[Midorikawa Hikaru]] (Japanese) and Brian Tochi (English)


Eighteen year old painter and martial artist from the small village of Lahan, and the main character of the game. Also known as [[Xenosaga|Abel]], the -Contact-, Kim Kharim, Lacan, Grahf, Id, and the -Coward-.<ref>Though Grahf was originally Lacan, his personality and memories permanently diverged when he started to [[Body Surf]] 500 years before, and so that Grahf has his own character section further down the page.</ref>
======= Voiced by [[Midorikawa Hikaru]] (Japanese) and Brian Tochi (English) =======
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

Eighteen year old painter and martial artist from the small village of Lahan, and the main character of the game. Also known as [[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Abel]], the -Contact-, Kim Kharim, Lacan, Grahf, Id, and the -Coward-. <ref>Though Grahf was originally Lacan, his personality and memories permanently diverged when he started to [[Body Surf]] 500 years before, and so that Grahf has his own character section further down the page.</ref>
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He is Lahan's resident [[Nice Guy]], but he's a powerful fighter and has a [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Broken Bird]]: A male version
* [[Broken Bird]]: A male version.
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Byronic Hero]]: Since his current personality was created three years ago, he's not very good at controlling his emotions. His [[Dark and Troubled Past]] doesn't help either.
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Chinese People]]: Has a more conspicuously Chinese look than the other characters, and has the [[Stock Foreign Name|gratuitous Chinese name]].
* [[Chinese People]]: Has a more conspicuously Chinese look than the other characters, and has the [[Stock Foreign Name|gratuitous Chinese name]].
* [[The Chosen One]]: He's one of the incarnations of the Contact. His power is almost at [[Physical God]] levels.
* [[The Chosen One]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]:
** A ''lot'' of bad things have happened to him by the start of the game. The worst was probably his mother being possessed by the [[Big Bad]] and treating him as a guinea pig for years.
** If you count his past incarnation, his [[Dark and Troubled Past]] has been going on for ''millennia''.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: As with Krelian, Lacan had one of these too, becoming Grahf.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: As with Krelian, Lacan had one of these too, becoming Grahf.
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 9
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 9.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Id.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Id.
* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: Brutally [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]].
* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: Brutally [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]].
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Quite often during the early parts of the game.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Quite often during the early parts of the game.
* [[It Sucks to Be The Chosen One]]: None of Fei's incarnations have had it easy, to say the least.
* [[It Sucks to Be the Chosen One]]: None of Fei's incarnations have had it easy, to say the least.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: The Weltall, upgrade into [[Lightning Bruiser]] in disc 2.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: The Weltall, upgrade into [[Lightning Bruiser]] in Disc 2.
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Fei and Id are revealed to be the same person. Likewise, Fei's Gear Weltall and Id's Gear are [[Jekyll and Hyde]] versions of the same Gear as well.
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Fei and Id are revealed to be the same person. Likewise, Fei's Gear Weltall and Id's Gear are [[Jekyll and Hyde]] versions of the same Gear as well.
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Weltall's guide shot.
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Weltall's guide shot.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Twice. The Weltall become Weltall-2 at start of disc 2, and it evolve into Xenogears near the end.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Twice. The Weltall become Weltall-2 at start of Disc 2, and it evolve into Xenogears near the end.
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Often thanks to his...
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Often thanks to his...
** [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]
** [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]
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* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]/[[Evil Redhead]]: Fei's hair is black, Id's hair is pinkish.
* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]/[[Evil Redhead]]: Fei's hair is black, Id's hair is pinkish.
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Xenogears's hyper mode.
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Xenogears's hyper mode.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Can be either red or blue depending on who the other one is.
* [[Reincarnation]]: Abel/Kim/Lacan/Fei are all one person who lived different lifetimes.
* [[Reincarnation]]: Abel/Kim/Lacan/Fei are all one person who lived different lifetimes.
** The sole survivor of the wreck of the ''Eldridge'' (besides Deus), Abel was the original incarnation who made -Contact- with the -Wave Existence-, and Abel's consciousness became linked to the Wave Existence to be reincarnated four more times in the future.
** The sole survivor of the wreck of the ''Eldridge'' (besides Deus), Abel was the original incarnation who made -Contact- with the -Wave Existence-, and Abel's consciousness became linked to the Wave Existence to be reincarnated four more times in the future.
** Kim was his reincarnation during the Zeboim period--unknown whether Kim is the second or third incarnation, because the story skipped one of them.
** Kim was his reincarnation during the Zeboim period—unknown whether Kim is the second or third incarnation, because the story skipped one of them.
** Lacan was the fourth incarnation, who also became Grahf. It becomes even more complicated when Grahf took to [[Body Surf|Body Surfing]] to keep on living for 500 years. Grahf was no longer the Contact, which allowed the reincarnation cycle to continue from the forfeiture of Lacan's body. Eventually, Grahf in another body came face to face with...
** Lacan was the fourth incarnation, who also became Grahf. It becomes even more complicated when Grahf took to [[Body Surf]]ing to keep on living for 500 years. Grahf was no longer the Contact, which allowed the reincarnation cycle to continue from the forfeiture of Lacan's body. Eventually, Grahf in another body came face to face with...
** Fei Fong Wong, the fifth and final incarnation. After the disastrous initial encounter where Fei's mother Karen [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrified herself]] to save Fei's life, Grahf took over the body of Fei's father Khan. Fei and Grahf continued to face and conflict with each other over the course of the game as Grahf sought to [[Mental Fusion|combine Fei and himself]] into one. But after Fei finally brought all his own power under his control and regained the memories of his past lives, Grahf passed on the torch and died along with Khan.
** Fei Fong Wong, the fifth and final incarnation. After the disastrous initial encounter where Fei's mother Karen [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrificed herself]] to save Fei's life, Grahf took over the body of Fei's father Khan. Fei and Grahf continued to face and conflict with each other over the course of the game as Grahf sought to [[Mental Fusion|combine Fei and himself]] into one. But after Fei finally brought all his own power under his control and regained the memories of his past lives, Grahf passed on the torch and died along with Khan.
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: "I hate fighting. And Gears..."
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: "I hate fighting. And Gears..."
* [[Split Personality]]: Original Fei ("the Coward"), Id, and the newer Fei. The newer Fei personality is "on the stage" for most of the game's active storyline. The three personalities finally peacefully reconcile and merge near the end of the story. This healed Fei also recalls Lacan's memories, including his memories as Grahf before [[Body Surf]]ing. In this sense, Grahf got his wish—he and Fei finally joined to become one.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Can be either red or blue depending on who the other one is.
* [[Split Personality]]: Original Fei ("the Coward"), Id, and the newer Fei. The newer Fei personality is "on the stage" for most of the game's active storyline. The three personalities finally peacefully reconcile and merge near the end of the story. This healed Fei also recalls Lacan's memories, including his memories as Grahf before [[Body Surf|Body Surfing]]. In this sense, Grahf got his wish -- he and Fei finally joined to become one.
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: With Elly.
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: With Elly.
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: When Id was around with Grahf until he was 15, he was basically this.
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: Due to [[Split Personality|Dissociative Identity Disorder]]
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: Due to [[Split Personality|Dissociative Identity Disorder]]
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: When Id was around with Grahf until he was 15, he was basically this.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Or warrior painter...
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Or warrior painter...
* [[Where I Was Born and Razed]]: By mistake.
* [[Where I Was Born and Razed]]: By mistake.

[[File:xenogears_elly_7463.jpg|frame|Elly]]


=== Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten ===
=== Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten ===
[[File:xenogears elly 7463.jpg|thumb|250px|Elly]]

======= Voiced by [[Yumi Touma]] (Japanese) and Moira Quirk (English) =======
:Voiced by [[Yumi Touma]] (Japanese) and Moira Quirk (English)


Eighteen year old lieutenant in Gebler, Solaris' surface expeditionary force. As known as the -Anti-type-, and in a past life as the Holy Mother Sophia.
Eighteen year old lieutenant in Gebler, Solaris' surface expeditionary force. As known as the -Anti-type-, and in a past life as the Holy Mother Sophia.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Attack Drone]]: "Animum Ether Response Offensive Drones" or [[Fun With Acronyms|AERODs]]
* [[Attack Drone]]: "Animum Ether Response Offensive Drones" or [[Fun with Acronyms|AERODs]].
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She's nice to the point of reaching [[Friend to All Living Things]] by Disc 2, but she's still a superpowered fighter able to pilot an Omnigear.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Miang comments that Elly's eyes are like the sea.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Miang comments that Elly's eyes are like the sea.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens several times across the game.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens several times across the game.
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* [[Disc One Nuke]]: Grind up enough to give her an Ether Doubler from Nisan and she can use her magic/Aerods to kill almost anything on Disc 1, bosses included.
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: Grind up enough to give her an Ether Doubler from Nisan and she can use her magic/Aerods to kill almost anything on Disc 1, bosses included.
* [[Doomed Upgrade]]: Aside from Battling [[Mini Game]], you never have chance to use El Regurus.
* [[Doomed Upgrade]]: Aside from Battling [[Mini Game]], you never have chance to use El Regurus.
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 2
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 2.
* [[Faux Action Girl]]/[[Action Girl]]: [[Zig Zagging Trope]].
* [[Faux Action Girl]]/[[Action Girl]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope]].
** To elaborate, it's a weird case of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]. She's pretty good in battles, but she's horrible in the actual story.
** To elaborate, it's a weird case of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]. She's pretty good in battles, but she's horrible in the actual story.
* [[FemBot]]: Both Vierge and Regurus.
* [[FemBot]]: Both Vierge and Regurus.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: And [[Face Heel Turn|its inverse]] once Miang [[Body Surf|body surfs]] to her. Then ''another'' [[Heel Face Turn]] when Miang is gone for good.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: And [[Face Heel Turn|its inverse]] once Miang [[Body Surf|body surfs]] to her. Then ''another'' [[Heel Face Turn]] when Miang is gone for good.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Across multiple lives.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Each of her incarnations has some shade of red hair. Incarnations of Elly are born to natural parents, but always bear a twinlike resemblance to previous incarnations, no matter how genetically different they might otherwise have been.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Each of her incarnations has some shade of red hair. Incarnations of Elly are born to natural parents, but always bear a twinlike resemblance to previous incarnations, no matter how genetically different they might otherwise have been.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Across multiple lives.
* [[Lady of Black Magic]]
* [[Lady of Black Magic]]: She has the strongest offensive magic of the party, while not being a strong physical fighter.
* [[The Messiah]]/[[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[The Messiah]]/[[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Parental Incest]]: Abel wished for the original Elly based off of an image of his mother.
* [[Parental Incest]]: Abel wished for the original Elly based off of an image of his mother.
* [[Reincarnation]]: Five incarnations, just like the Contact. But unlike him, in all her lives, she was named Elhaym, and the Contact called her -Elly-.
* [[Reincarnation]]: Five incarnations, just like the Contact. But unlike him, in all her lives, she was named Elhaym, and the Contact called her -Elly-.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: She has one. You fight them over the course of the game a few times and they eventually do a [[Heel Face Turn]] with her.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: She has one. You fight them over the course of the game a few times and they eventually do a [[Heel Face Turn]] with her.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Her hair reaches to her thighs.
* [[So Long and Thanks For All The Gear]]: She spends the back half of Disc Two absent from the party, and actually never returns (in terms of gameplay). In a strange twist on the trope, all her equipment is still there in the inventory, but its completely useless.
* [[So Long and Thanks For All the Gear]]: She spends the back half of Disc Two absent from the party, and actually never returns (in terms of gameplay). In a strange twist on the trope, all her equipment is still there in the inventory, but its completely useless.
* [[The Southpaw]]: Elly is left-handed, as animated cutscenes show.
* [[The Southpaw]]: Elly is left-handed, as animated cutscenes show.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Both her and Vierge.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Both her and Vierge.
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: With the Contact.
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: With the Contact.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]

[[File:xenogears_citan_9053.jpg|frame|Citan]]


=== Citan Uzuki ===
=== Citan Uzuki ===
[[File:xenogears citan 9053.jpg|thumb|250px|Citan]]

======= Voiced by [[Hideyuki Tanaka]] (Japanese) =======
:Voiced by [[Hideyuki Tanaka]] (Japanese) and Milton Jones (English)


Village doctor in Lahan. Has a wife and daughter. Spends all day tinkering with junk in his shed. His real name is Hyuga Ricdeau, and he's a native Solarian.
Village doctor in Lahan. Has a wife and daughter. Spends all day tinkering with junk in his shed. His real name is Hyuga Ricdeau, and he's a native Solarian.


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* [[The Ace]]: Citan is a 29-year-old [[Iaijutsu Practitioner|greatest swordsman in the world]], [[The Professor|an expert scientist]], [[Mr. Fixit|a master engineer]], the [[The Obi-Wan|main character's mentor]] without ever dying, perpetually the [[The Philosopher|most intelligent person around]], [[The Mole|a spy]], a [[Double Agent]], one of the [[Ancient Conspiracy|approximately ten people who actually knows what's going on in the world]], one of the [[Older and Wiser|earlier generation of heroes]], [[Mr. Exposition|keeper of the backstory]] and also has a [[Quirky Household|pretty swordfighting wife and an adorable daughter with mysterious powers]]. Not to mention that while his Gear is rather mediocre ability-wise towards the end of the game, he is perfectly capable of getting out of it and slaughter Gear-sized enemies ''on foot'' -- and is better at it than most Gears. Talk about [[Badass]]. In a mild subversion, despite being that awesome, he really is a [[Geek]] deep down.
* [[The Ace]]: Citan is a 29-year-old [[Iaijutsu Practitioner|greatest swordsman in the world]], [[The Professor|an expert scientist]], [[Mr. Fixit|a master engineer]], the [[The Obi-Wan|main character's mentor]] without ever dying, perpetually the [[The Philosopher|most intelligent person around]], [[The Mole|a spy]], a [[Double Agent]], one of the [[Ancient Conspiracy|approximately ten people who actually knows what's going on in the world]], one of the [[Older and Wiser|earlier generation of heroes]], [[Mr. Exposition|keeper of the backstory]] and also has a [[Quirky Household|pretty swordfighting wife and an adorable daughter with mysterious powers]]. Not to mention that while his Gear is rather mediocre ability-wise towards the end of the game, he is perfectly capable of getting out of it and slaughter Gear-sized enemies ''on foot''—and is better at it than most Gears. Talk about [[Badass]]. In a mild subversion, despite being that awesome, he really is a [[Geek]] deep down.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Despite being [[The Ace]], even as a fighter, his main occupation is being a scientist.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Fei
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Fei.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Only slightly. Citan's glasses are worn as an equipment accessory, and his battle accuracy declines if you remove them. Otherwise, he is still perfectly capable in battle.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Only slightly. Citan's glasses are worn as an equipment accessory, and his battle accuracy declines if you remove them. Otherwise, he is still perfectly capable in battle.
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Dead Big Brother|Dead Big Brothers]]: Hyuga Ricdeau (before he changed his name to Citan Uzuki) was born into a destitute third class citizen family in the Solarian capital of Etrenank, as the youngest of nine brothers. In his childhood, a plague swept through the third class residential area. It was Hyuga [[The Professor|who discovered a cure for the plague]], but not without '''the entire rest of his family''' dying from it first.
* [[Dead Big Brother]]s: Hyuga Ricdeau (before he changed his name to Citan Uzuki) was born into a destitute third class citizen family in the Solarian capital of Etrenank, as the youngest of nine brothers. In his childhood, a plague swept through the third class residential area. It was Hyuga [[The Professor|who discovered a cure for the plague]], but not without '''the entire rest of his family''' dying from it first.
* [[Double Agent]]
* [[Double Agent]]: For Emperor Cain.
* [[The Empath]]: And in frequent psychic communication with [[The Emperor|Emperor Cain]] throughout the game.
* [[The Empath]]: And in frequent psychic communication with [[The Emperor|Emperor Cain]] throughout the game.
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 6
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 6.
* [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]]: He begins the game fighting hand-to-hand, but midway through he takes up the sword again, drastically boosting his offensive capability.
* [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]]: He begins the game fighting hand-to-hand, but midway through he takes up the sword again, drastically boosting his offensive capability.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Heimdal is faster than Weltall but can't hit as hard, it's still too tough to be [[Fragile Speedster]] though. Same as El Fenrir, it can deal more damage with sword, but still not enough to be [[Lightning Bruiser]].
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Heimdal is faster than Weltall, but can't hit as hard, it's still too tough to be [[Fragile Speedster]] though. Same as El Fenrir, it can deal more damage with sword, but still not enough to be [[Lightning Bruiser]].
* [[Martial Medic]]
* [[Martial Medic]]: He even has the best healing spells.
* [[Megane]]: One of the crowning examples of this trope.
* [[Megane]]: One of the crowning examples of this trope.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Get El Fenrir at start of disc 2.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Get El Fenrir at start of Disc 2.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: As one of the few persons in the world who actually know what's going on, this is often his role.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Mr. Fixit]]: He often mentions having repaired or upgraded various mechanisms offscreen.
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: He's [[The Ace]] of scientists.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He's both the most knowledgeable of the party and the one most likely to keep his wits and think of a plan in bad situations.
* [[Technical Pacifist]], [[Reluctant Warrior]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]
* [[Technical Pacifist]], [[Reluctant Warrior]]: The reason why he stopped using his sword.

[[File:xenogears_bart_2044.jpg|frame|Bart]]


=== Bartholomew "Bart" Fatima ===
=== Bartholomew "Bart" Fatima ===
[[File:xenogears bart 2044.jpg|thumb|250px|Bart]]

======= Voiced by [[Tomokazu Seki]] (Japanese) and Dave Fouquette (English) =======
:Voiced by [[Tomokazu Seki]] (Japanese) and Dave Fouquette (English)


Young heir to the throne of Aveh and captain of the [[Cool Ship]] Yggdrasil.
Young heir to the throne of Aveh and captain of the [[Cool Ship]] Yggdrasil.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: The El Andvari was used by Roni Fatima 500 years ago.
* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: The El Andvari was used by Roni Fatima 500 years ago.
* [[Char Clone]]
* [[Char Clone]]
* [[Crutch Character]]: The El Andvari is extremely powerful for being the first Omnigear in your party, it become [[Master of None]] once you get more of its kind.
* [[Crutch Character]]: The El Andvari is extremely powerful for being the first Omnigear in your party, it become [[Master of None]] once you get more of its kind.
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 8
* [[The Enneagram|Enneagram of Personality]]: Type 8.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Appropriate for a both a sand pirate and a rebel leader.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Sigurd.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Sigurd.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Especially noticeable when the plot is about his personal nemesis.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[The Lancer]]: He quickly becomes one of Fei's closest friends and has a [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] dynamic with him.
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: A [[Running Gag]] involves Bart mistaking Fei for an enemy and opening fire on him.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: A [[Running Gag]] involves Bart mistaking Fei for an enemy and opening fire on him.
* [[Master of None]]: Bart and his gear, Brigandier is this. El Andvari also become this after you get other Omnigear to use. With mixture with [[Lethal Joke Character]], thank to Bart's ''Wild Smile'' ability.
* [[Master of None]]: Bart and his gear, Brigandier is this. El Andvari also become this after you get other Omnigear to use. With mixture with [[Lethal Joke Character]], thank to Bart's ''Wild Smile'' ability.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Andvari.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Andvari.
* [[Noble Fugitive]]
* [[Noble Fugitive]]: His personal quest is about regaining the throne.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: So red that he makes Fei (who up until then had been portrayed as a Red Oni towards Elly and Citan) look blue when they first meet up.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: So red that he makes Fei (who up until then had been portrayed as a Red Oni towards Elly and Citan) look blue when they first meet up.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: He wants to regain Aveh's throne to help the surface world obtain independence from Solaris.
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Much of the first quarter of the game revolves around his attempt to retake Aveh. It's only after that fails horribly thanks to Id that Fei starts to take the reins of the main character role.
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Much of the first quarter of the game revolves around his attempt to retake Aveh. It's only after that fails horribly thanks to Id that Fei starts to take the reins of the main character role.
* [[Trigger Happy]]
* [[Trigger Happy]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]: Despite being the prince, he often fights on the frontlines.
* [[Whip It Good]]
* [[Whip It Good]]: His weapon of choice.

[[File:xenogears_rico_8997.jpg|frame|Rico]]


=== Ricardo "Rico" Banderas ===
=== Ricardo "Rico" Banderas ===
[[File:xenogears rico 8997.jpg|thumb|250px|Rico]]


The man at the top of the food chain in Nortune Prison. Initiates new prisoners by beating them.
The man at the top of the food chain in Nortune Prison. Initiates new prisoners by beating them.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: In a decidedly [[Straight Gay]] [[Manly Gay]] manner, most evident after Hammer is lost. For someone who treats Hammer with such abuse, some of Rico's later comments reflect a complete indifference towards women and [[Homoerotic Subtext|a heartwarming loyalty and partiality to Hammer]]. The ones most devastated by Hammer's loss are Rico and Elly; unless Elly who [[Ten Minute Retirement|is compelled to stay out of the battle for a while to grieve]], Rico opts to keep fighting. As the plot progresses, Rico periodically fondly reminisces about dear Hammer, and back on the Yggdrasil he spends time grieving in the room they used to share together.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: In a decidedly [[Invisible to Gaydar]] [[Manly Gay]] manner, most evident after Hammer is lost. For someone who treats Hammer with such abuse, some of Rico's later comments reflect a complete indifference towards women and [[Homoerotic Subtext|a heartwarming loyalty and partiality to Hammer]]. The ones most devastated by Hammer's loss are Rico and Elly; unless Elly who [[Ten-Minute Retirement|is compelled to stay out of the battle for a while to grieve]], Rico opts to keep fighting. As the plot progresses, Rico periodically fondly reminisces about dear Hammer, and back on the Yggdrasil he spends time grieving in the room they used to share together.
** There's also the matter that Rico's [[Fan Service]] is conspicuously more homoerotic, appealing more to the [[Fan Yay|lads]] than to the lasses.
** There's also the matter that Rico's [[Fan Service]] is conspicuously more homoerotic, appealing more to the [[Fan Yay|lads]] than to the lasses.
* [[The Big Guy]]: The strongest physical fighter in the party.
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Blood Knight]]: You find him as the champion of Kislev's arena, motivated only by the idea of fighting other strong warriors.
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: After you manage to become the champion, he joins the party.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Blanka]]. The Stier is modeled after [[Armored Trooper VOTOMS|AT]].
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Street Fighter II|Blanka]]. The Stier is modeled after [[Armored Trooper VOTOMS|AT]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: He's a red-headed [[Blood Knight]].
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Part of his tough-guy outfit.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Disowned by the Kaiser.
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Disowned by the Kaiser.
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* [[Hunk]]
* [[Hunk]]
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Stier.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Stier.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Both Stier and El Stier are some of the slowest gears in the game, but it's with out a doubt one of the heaviest hitting ones in the game. And due to either a glitch or a mistranslation, even though Maria's final frame upgrade says it gives more health, it actually gives 2000 hp's less than rico's making it the bulkiest gear in the game. In general, this applies to Rico as well, but...
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: A muscly [[Hunk]] of a mutant with an [[Walking Shirtless Scene|always bare chest]] and nipples. But what woman would be interested, you ask? You'd be right -- Rico is [[Fan Service]] for '''[[Fan Yay|men]]'''.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: A muscly [[Hunk]] of a mutant with an [[Walking Shirtless Scene|always bare chest]] and nipples. But what woman would be interested, you ask? You'd be right—Rico is [[Fan Service]] for '''[[Fan Yay|men]]'''.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Besides moments of anger and rage, Rico tends to keep his emotional output under lock and key. It was Hammer who eventually ripped the lock right off its hinges, revealing Rico's nice guy. But we never saw any of this until Hammer's demise, after which Rico began grieving and fondly reminiscing in the open.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Besides moments of anger and rage, Rico tends to keep his emotional output under lock and key. It was Hammer who eventually ripped the lock right off its hinges, revealing Rico's nice guy. But we never saw any of this until Hammer's demise, after which Rico began grieving and fondly reminiscing in the open.
* [[Royal Blood]]
* [[Royal Blood]]: He's the Kaiser's bastard son.
* [[Tsundere]]: Started out as a Type A tsundere for most of the story. Apparently Hammer got to see much more of Rico's deredere side when they were alone [[Informed Attribute|than the audience had a chance to see]]. After losing Hammer, Rico [[Character Development|shifted decisively]] from a Type A to Type B tsundere, if indeed he had any tsuntsun left by that point.
* [[Tsundere]]: Started out as a Type A tsundere for most of the story. Apparently, Hammer got to see much more of Rico's deredere side when they were alone [[Informed Attribute|than the audience had a chance to see]]. After losing Hammer, Rico [[Character Development|shifted decisively]] from a Type A to Type B tsundere, if indeed he had any tsuntsun left by that point.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: He never feels the need to wear a shirt.

[[File:xenogears_billy_5621.jpg|frame|Billy]]


=== Billy Lee Black ===
=== Billy Lee Black ===
[[File:xenogears billy 5621.jpg|thumb|250px|Billy]]

======= Voiced by [[Yuji Ueda]] (Japanese) =======
:Voiced by [[Yuji Ueda]] (Japanese)


Young clergyman of the Ethos.
Young clergyman of the Ethos.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: While Billy wears a priest's robe, his manner of wearing it, combined with his [[Gunslinger]] style of fighting and cowboy attire underneath, turns it into a [[Badass Longcoat]] as opposed to a [[Badass Long Robe]].
* [[Badass Preacher]]
* [[Badass Preacher]]: He's a priest who carries ''several handguns and shotguns'' hidden in his robe.
* [[Cattle Punk]]
* [[Cattle Punk]]: Some of his guns can shoot Ether energy.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: His standard attacks involve him juggling two handguns.
** [[Gun Kata]]
* [[Gun Kata]]: His deathblows, which often involve at least four different guns.
* [[The Medic]]: He has the most defensive magic set out of anyone.
* [[The Medic]]: He has the most defensive magic set out of anyone.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Renmazuo.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Renmazuo.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]


[[File:xenogears_maria_2652.jpg|frame|Maria]]


=== Maria Balthasar ===
=== Maria Balthasar ===
[[File:xenogears maria 2652.jpg|thumb|250px|Maria]]


A Shevite girl whose father Nikolai was captured by Solaris. She has a guardian gear, [[Gratuitous German|Seibzehn]].
A Shevite girl whose father Nikolai was captured by Solaris. She has a guardian gear [[Gratuitous German|Seibzehn]].


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]: When she learns what happened to her father.
* [[Chest Blaster]]: Seibzehn's Graviton Cannon.
* [[Chest Blaster]]: Seibzehn's Graviton Cannon.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Expy]]: Seibzehn is obviously based on [[Giant Robo]].
* [[Expy]]: Seibzehn is obviously based on [[Giant Robo]].
* [[Hammerspace]]: Seibzehn's strongest hyper mode attack ''Maria Beat'' has Maria herself pull gigantic hammer out of nowhere and smack enemy.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Seibzehn's strongest hyper mode attack ''Maria Beat'' has Maria herself pull gigantic hammer out of nowhere and smack enemy.
* [[Kid With the Remote Control]]
* [[Kid With the Remote Control]]: She's ''incredibly'' weak in human battles, but her Gear is one of the strongest ones.
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: One of Seibzehn's attacks.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Arguably, and almost borders on [[Joke Character]] as she's nearly useless on foot, if it wasn't for the fact that her 'ether' attacks are rather inexpensive and summon forth Seibzehn to do the damage for her. When she's riding her Seibzehn however....
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Arguably, and almost borders on [[Joke Character]] as she's nearly useless on foot, if it wasn't for the fact that her 'ether' attacks are rather inexpensive and summon forth Seibzehn to do the damage for her. When she's riding her Seibzehn, however....
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Seibzehn.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Seibzehn.
* [[Robot Buddy|Robot Mommy]]: Seibzehn has her mother's mind. Seibzehn doesn't move on it own until their encounter with Achtzehn because she doesn't want Maria to aware of this.
* [[Robot Buddy|Robot Mommy]]: Seibzehn has her mother's mind. Seibzehn doesn't move on it own until their encounter with Achtzehn because she doesn't want Maria to aware of this.
* [[Rocket Punch]]
* [[Rocket Punch]]: One of Seibzehn's attacks.
* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Seibzehn, who dwarfs near every other gear in the game.
* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Seibzehn, who dwarfs near every other gear in the game.
* [[Token Loli]]: She's just a kid, but is part of the main party thanks to Seibzehn's strength.
* [[Token Mini-Moe]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: There is rough sketch of El Seibzehn, her [[Mid-Season Upgrade]], in ''Perfect Works''.

[[File:xenogears_chu-chu_1733.jpg|frame|Chu-Chu]]


=== Chu-Chu ===
=== Chu-Chu ===
[[File:xenogears chu-chu 1733.jpg|thumb|250px|Chu-Chu]]

======= Voiced by [[Michiko Neya]] (Japanese) =======
:Voiced by [[Michiko Neya]] (Japanese)


Small pink creature, originally mistaken for a stuffed toy.
Small pink creature, originally mistaken for a stuffed toy.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Did that stupidly-cute little thing just [[Attack of the Fifty Foot Whatever|grow to giant size]] and hold off that HUGE PROTOTYPE GEAR?
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Did that stupidly-cute little thing just [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|grow to giant size]] and hold off that HUGE PROTOTYPE GEAR?
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Has a "maidenly pure" crush on Fei, played for laughs.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Has a "maidenly pure" crush on Fei, played for laughs.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: With enough Drives, Chu-Chu can become the ultimate Gear-scale weapon, complete with the ability to actually heal Gears in battle. The only such ability in the game.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: With enough Drives, Chu-Chu can become the ultimate Gear-scale weapon, complete with the ability to actually heal Gears in battle. The only such ability in the game.
* [[The Power of Love]]: Causes it to [[Limit Break|break its]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|limiters]] and go Gear-scale.
* [[The Power of Love]]: Causes it to [[Limit Break|break its]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|limiters]] and go Gear-scale.
* [[Small Annoying Creature]]
* [[Small Annoying Creature]]
* [[Verbal Tic]], chu.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Chu.
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[[File:xenogears_emeralda_2712.jpg|frame|Emeralda]]


=== Emeralda Kharim ===
=== Emeralda Kharim ===
[[File:xenogears emeralda 2712.jpg|thumb|250px|Emeralda]]

======= Voiced by [[Michiko Neya]] (Japanese) =======
:Voiced by [[Michiko Neya]] (Japanese)


Nanomachine colony developed 4000 years before the start of the game's events.
Nanomachine colony developed 4000 years before the start of the game's events.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Artificial Human]] (or [[Robot Girl]], depending on how [[Nanomachines]] count)
* [[Artificial Human]]: Or [[Robot Girl]], depending on how [[Nanomachines]] count.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[FemBot]]: Her Crescens.
* [[FemBot]]: Her Crescens.
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* [[Magic Knight]]: She's basically a combination of Elly's magic skills and Fei's combat prowess. That's not a coincidence.
* [[Magic Knight]]: She's basically a combination of Elly's magic skills and Fei's combat prowess. That's not a coincidence.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: She constantly calls Fei "Kim" when she first joins. Of course, that's the name she knew him under back in the Zeboim era.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: She constantly calls Fei "Kim" when she first joins. Of course, that's the name she knew him under back in the Zeboim era.
* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: Complete the Zeboim Ruins side quest, and Emeralda grows up.
* [[Prehensile Hair]]
* [[Prehensile Hair]]: She uses it in her deathblows.
* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Justified by her not being human.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Justified by her not being human.


== Antagonists ==
== Antagonists ==
[[File:xenogears_shakhan_2028.jpg|frame|Shakhan]]

=== Shakhan ===
=== Shakhan ===
[[File:xenogears shakhan 2028.jpg|thumb|250px|Shakhan]]
Current leader of Aveh, who established a coup and overthrew the ruling Fatima dynasty.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
Current leader of Aveh, who established a coup and overthrew the ruling Fatima dynasty.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Appropriate for a tyrant.

* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: Is a somewhat major antagonist early on, but a series of defeats as well as Grahf showing up results in [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensuing]].
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: Is a somewhat major antagonist early on, but a series of defeats as well as Grahf showing up results in [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensuing]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]
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[[File:xenogears_stein_3353.jpg|frame|Stone/Stein]]


=== Bishop Stone/Stein ===
=== Bishop Stone/Stein ===
[[File:xenogears stein 3353.jpg|thumb|250px|Stone/Stein]]

Part of the 'Ethos' organization and actually an undercover agent for Solaris. Has a beef with Jesiah Black.
Part of the 'Ethos' organization and actually an undercover agent for Solaris. Has a beef with Jesiah Black.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Until he revealed himself as Stein, who has ''no eyelids at all''.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Until he revealed himself as Stein, who has ''no eyelids at all''.
* [[Love Triangle]]
* [[Love Triangle]]: With Billy's parents. It did ''not'' end well.
* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: How he killed Racquel.
* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: How he killed Racquel.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Kills Racquel because she chose Jesiah.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Kills Racquel because she chose Jesiah.
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]: Helps Solaris with manipulating the Ethos.

[[File:xenogears_ramsus_8570.jpg|frame|Ramsus]]


=== Kahran Ramsus ===
=== Kahran Ramsus ===
[[File:xenogears ramsus 8570.jpg|thumb|250px|Ramsus]]


'''A description of the character goes here.'''
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: He's presented as the main baddie, being our first glimpse of Geblar.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: He's presented as the main baddie, being our first glimpse of Geblar.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[Broken Ace]]: He spent his entire life trying to disprove the Ministry's low opinion of him -- that he's a failed clone, just "trash." His ambition cost him his two best friends.
* [[Broken Ace]]: He spent his entire life trying to disprove the Ministry's low opinion of him—that he's a failed clone, just "trash." His ambition cost him his two best friends.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: His first memory is of people talking about him as a failure ''before he was even born''. And it doesn't get better for him.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Cloning Blues]]: Finding out he's a clone of Emperor Cain isn't the final nail in the coffin of his sanity, but it's pretty damn close to it.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: Finding out he's a clone of Emperor Cain isn't the final nail in the coffin of his sanity, but it's pretty damn close to it.
* [[Determinator]]: He will go to ''any length'' to defeat Fei and prove he's not a failure.
* [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer]]: His second Omnigear, Amphysvena, is mistakenly assumed to be Vendetta aligned to a second Anima Relic. According to [[Word of God|the Perfect Works]], however, its actually Krelian's Omnigear -- Ramsus pilots it because Krelian has no more use for it.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: He was created as the epitome of humankind and as an Artificial -Contact- until he literally gets trashed as a fetus when Krelian discovers the new -Contact- has already been born. It doesn't help that Fei beats him every -single- time, and everyone else calls him Trash.
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: After you defeat him a couple of times, you start to feel sorry for the poor guy even as he's desperately trying to kill you.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: He was created as the epitome of humankind and as an Artificial -Contact- until he literally gets trashed as a fetus when Krelian discovers the new -Contact- has already been born. It doesn't help that Fei beats him every -single- time and everyone else calls him Trash.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]
* [[Made of Iron]]: Crosses into [[Iron Woobie]] territory at times.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Crosses into [[Iron Woobie]] territory at times.
* [[People Jars]]: Considering he's actually an [[Artificial Human]] and a [[Designer Babies|Designer Baby]].
* [[People Jars]]: Considering he's actually an [[Artificial Human]] and a [[Designer Babies|Designer Baby]].
* [[Plug N Play Technology]]: One of the abilities he inherits from Cain is that he can interface with all twelve Anima Relics.
* [[Plug N Play Technology]]: One of the abilities he inherits from Cain is that he can interface with all twelve Anima Relics.
* [[The Resenter]]: He has a burning hatred for Fei for being a natural -Contact- incarnation. Ramsus had been created by Krelian and Miang as a clone of Cain to be a substitute -Contact- in absence of a real one, but Ramsus ended up being discarded the moment Fei was identified.
* [[The Resenter]]: He has a burning hatred for Fei for being a natural -Contact- incarnation. Ramsus had been created by Krelian and Miang as a clone of Cain to be a substitute -Contact- in absence of a real one, but Ramsus ended up being discarded the moment Fei was identified.
* [[Royal Rapier]]
* [[Royal Rapier]]: His weapon of choice.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Miang started manipulating him while he wasn't still born.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Originally planned as a [[Sixth Ranger]], but this got canned when the budget ran out.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: He's actually younger than Fei.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: He's actually younger than Fei.

[[File:xenogears_elements_4105.jpg|frame|Dominia, Kelvena, Tolone and Seraphita]]


=== The Elements ===
=== The Elements ===
[[File:xenogears elements 4105.jpg|thumb|250px|Dominia, Kelvena, Tolone and Seraphita]]


Kahran Ramsus' [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|elite personal squad]]. Group is composed of [[Dishing Out Dirt|Dominia]], [[Making a Splash|Kelvena]], [[Blow You Away|Tolone]] and [[Playing With Fire|Seraphita]].
Kahran Ramsus' [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|elite personal squad]]. Group is composed of [[Dishing Out Dirt|Dominia]], [[Making a Splash|Kelvena]], [[Blow You Away|Tolone]] and [[Playing with Fire|Seraphita]].


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* [[Blood Knight]]: Dominia
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Seraphita
* [[Blood Knight]]: Dominia.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Seraphita.
* [[Combining Mecha]]: Their Mechas fuse together to form the G-Elements.
* [[Combining Mecha]]: Their Mechas fuse together to form the G-Elements.
* [[Cyborg]]: Tolone, with her Positronic Photon Brain and [[Arm Cannon]].
* [[Cyborg]]: Tolone, with her Positronic Photon Brain and [[Arm Cannon]].
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Kelvena, with good reason -- her Ether level is so high that she must keep her eyes clothes to keep her powers in control. This is in contrast to former fellow Element Elly, whose Ether level is off the charts but doesn't have to do anything exceptional to control her powers.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Kelvena, with good reason—her Ether level is so high that she must keep her eyes clothes to keep her powers in control. This is in contrast to former fellow Element Elly, whose Ether level is off the charts but doesn't have to do anything exceptional to control her powers.
* [[Little Bit Beastly]]: Seraphita, with rabbit ears and tail.
* [[Little Bit Beastly]]: Seraphita, with rabbit ears and tail.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: You have to fight them several times. Each time, they engage in a bit of funny dialogue before the fight.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Tolone and Seraphita
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Tolone and Seraphita.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Named after the Choir of Angels: Dominion, Cherubs, Thrones and Seraphs.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Named after the Choir of Angels: Dominion, Cherubs, Thrones and Seraphs.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Each role is shared by two members.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Each role is shared by two members.
** Tomboys: Dominia and Tolone.
** Tomboys: Dominia and Tolone.
** Girly Girls: Kelvena and Seraphita.
** Girly Girls: Kelvena and Seraphita.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Kahran Ramsus
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Kahran Ramsus.

[[File:Gazel01_2420.jpg|frame|Four of the Surviving Eight.]]


=== Gazel Ministry ===
=== Gazel Ministry ===
[[File:Gazel01 2420.jpg|thumb|250px|Four of the Surviving Eight.]]


The head Ministry that controls Solaris and behind many of the planned genocides and wars that have occured over the many, ''many'' years since created by Deus.
The head Ministry that controls Solaris and behind many of the planned genocides and wars that have occurred over the many, ''many'' years since created by Deus.


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* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''Perfect Works'' says the names of the Ministers are Enoch, Irad, Mehujael, Methushael, Lamech, Jabal, Jubal and Tubal.
* [[A God Am I]]: What the Ministry believe resurrecting Deus will mean for them.
* [[A God Am I]]: What the Ministry believe resurrecting Deus will mean for them.
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: Part of the reason why ''Xenogears''' story is confusing at times is trying to figure out just WHAT these guys are talking about half the time.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Perfect Works says the names of the Ministers are Enoch, Irad, Mehujael, Methushael, Lamech, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal.
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: Part of the reason why Xenogear's story is confusing at times is trying to figure out just WHAT these guys are talking about half the time.
* [[The Reveal]]:Kinda obvious when you think about it, but the Gazel Ministry are actually A.I. kept in a huge spherical computer.
* [[The Reveal]]:Kinda obvious when you think about it, but the Gazel Ministry are actually A.I. kept in a huge spherical computer.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: All Krelian needed the ministry for was to activate the Gaetia Key. Once that's done...
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: All Krelian needed the ministry for was to activate the Gaetia Key. Once that's done...

[[File:xenogears_miang_9594.jpg|frame|Miang, specifically her 998th incarnation]]


=== Miang Hawwa ===
=== Miang Hawwa ===
[[File:xenogears miang 9594.jpg|thumb|250px|Miang, specifically her 998th incarnation]]


'''A description of the character goes here.'''
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Elly and Karen show that the original personality of the woman who's body Miang co-opts remains intact through the duration of the possession, re-emerging--in Karen's case--only after Miang has abandoned the body (moments prior to her death).
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: As Executioner, she has more autonomy to do dirty work herself (And she does it efficiently enough for this identity to be [[The Dreaded|widely feared]]), but Miang apparently prefers to play sidekick as herself to Ramsus, Grahf (Even as Executioner, and also the only time you fight Miang in this identity), then Krelian.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Elly and Karen show that the original personality of the woman who's body Miang co-opts remains intact through the duration of the possession, re-emerging—in Karen's case—only after Miang has abandoned the body (moments prior to her death).
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: As Executioner, she has more autonomy to do dirty work herself (and she does it efficiently enough for this identity to be [[The Dreaded|widely feared]]), but Miang apparently prefers to play sidekick as herself to Ramsus, Grahf (even as Executioner, and also the only time you fight Miang in this identity), then Krelian.
* [[Big Bad]]: [[Big Bad Duumvirate|She shares her claim to the "Big Bad" title with Krelian]].
* [[Big Bad]]: [[Big Bad Duumvirate|She shares her claim to the "Big Bad" title with Krelian]].
* [[Bodyguard Babes]]: To Ramsus, though she's officially his aide-de-camp. We later learn that Miang has acted as one of these to male leaders throughout history.
* [[Body Snatcher]]: Can take over the body of any woman with her DNA when her current body fails. Considering she's this planet's [[Adam and Eve Plot|Eve character]], that's pretty much any woman, period -- which woman is at random, however. Miang's real form is that of the mitochondrial DNA of the planet's human population, which is called the Ouroboros. When one Miang dies, she just awakens in another convenient woman. Near the end of the game, ''Elly'' becomes the 999th Miang, immediately on the death of the 998th (Ramsus's assistant) who appeared in most of the game.
* [[Body Snatcher]]: Can take over the body of any woman with her DNA when her current body fails. Considering she's this planet's [[Adam and Eve Plot|Eve character]], that's pretty much any woman, period—which woman is at random, however. Miang's real form is that of the mitochondrial DNA of the planet's human population, which is called the Ouroboros. When one Miang dies, she just awakens in another convenient woman. Near the end of the game, ''Elly'' becomes the 999th Miang, immediately on the death of the 998th (Ramsus's assistant) who appeared in most of the game.
* [[Body Surf]]: As mentioned above, there have been 999 Miangs over the span of 10,000 years. That averages out to any particular Miang having roughly a ten-year lifespan.
* [[Body Surf]]: As mentioned above, there have been 999 Miangs over the span of 10,000 years. That averages out to any particular Miang having roughly a ten-year lifespan.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Before Krelian came along, Miang was tugging practically all the strings to her plan. The only reason he took this spot was because of their similar goals. Miang wanted to resurrect Deus, but Krelian wanted to take it [[Assimilation Plot|a step further]].
* [[Bodyguard Babes]]: To Ramsus, though she's officially his aide-de-camp. We later learn that Miang has acted as one of these to male leaders throughout history.
* [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: To Ramsus, Grahf, and Krelian. Also to the Gazel Ministry in the past, most notably Cain.
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: To Ramsus, Grahf, and Krelian. Also to the Gazel Ministry in the past, most notably Cain.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: More like an ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Eldridge]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|Abomination.]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: More like an ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Eldridge]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|Abomination]].
** [[Humanoid Abomination]]
* [[God in Human Form]]: Being the Will of Deus, she basically acts as its physical avatar. In spite of that, she's not really a [[Physical God]], as apart from the ability to [[Body Surf]] and vaguely-defined mind control powers, she doesn't seem to be especially powerful.
* [[God in Human Form]]: Being the Will of Deus, she basically acts as its physical avatar. In spite of that, she's not really a [[Physical God]], as apart from the ability to [[Body Surf]] and vaguely-defined mind control powers, she doesn't seem to be especially powerful.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: Her mental programing by Deus leaves her unable to take her own life. [[Thanatos Gambit|So she usually sets things up so that she can be murdered]] to keep [[Body Surf|Body Surfing]].
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: Her mental programing by Deus leaves her unable to take her own life. [[Thanatos Gambit|So she usually sets things up so that she can be murdered]] to keep [[Body Surf]]ing.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]] [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: She [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|piss you off]]? Make you reeeally wanna kill her? Makes you wish you can [[Smug Snake|stomp her smug face in]]? Here's some good news. The pathetic final boss Urobolus [[Catharsis Factor|IS Miang]].
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]] [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: She [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|piss you off]]? Make you reeeally wanna kill her? Makes you wish you can [[Smug Snake|stomp her smug face in]]? Here's some good news. The pathetic final boss Urobolus [[Catharsis Factor|IS Miang]].
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Luke I Am Your]] [[Playing With Tropes|Distant Ancestor]]: She is technically this to everyone except Abel, who had been onboard the Eldridge and [[No One Could Survive That|survived its crashing]] thanks to his power as a Contact.
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Usually, whenever Miang takes over a new body, whatever color that woman's hair was instantly turns purple, like the Original Miang's hair was.
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Usually, whenever Miang takes over a new body, whatever color that woman's hair was instantly turns purple, like the Original Miang's hair was.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Luke I Am Your]] [[Playing With Tropes|Distant Ancestor]]: She is technically this to everyone except Abel, who had been on board the Eldridge and [[No One Could Survive That|survived its crashing]] thanks to his power as a Contact.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Sacrificing herself (as Karen Wong) for Fei. This is debated; the characters tend to think that Karen regained control and did it [[The Power of Love|out of love for her child]]--a theory the [[Mind Control Eyes|cutscene animation]] seems to support--but it's also possible that she was just tossing aside a disposable body to protect a valuable investment.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Sacrificing herself (as Karen Wong) for Fei. This is debated; the characters tend to think that Karen regained control and did it [[The Power of Love|out of love for her child]]: a theory the [[Mind Control Eyes|cutscene animation]] seems to support—but it's also possible that she was just tossing aside a disposable body to protect a valuable investment.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: She's pretty callous towards both her victims and the people she's manipulating into helping her.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Before Krelian came along, Miang was tugging practically all the strings to her plan. The only reason he took this spot was because of their similar goals. Miang wanted to resurrect Deus, but Krelian wanted to take it [[Assimilation Plot|a step further.]]
* [[The Man Behind the Man|The Woman Behind The Man]]
* [[Tin Tyrant]]: Though at first Miang as Executioner doesn't take the metallic look quite as far as Grahf does, when she rejoins with Deus there is no question that she is ''literally'' this trope.
* [[Tin Tyrant]]: Though at first Miang as Executioner doesn't take the metallic look quite as far as Grahf does, when she rejoins with Deus there is no question that she is ''literally'' this trope.
* [[Tsundere]]: To Ramsus again; sometimes treating him like crap and other times giving him the best sex of his life. Justified; she's [[Mind Game Ship|doing it to mess up his mind]] so he'll go nuts and kill Cain.
* [[Tsundere]]: To Ramsus again; sometimes treating him like crap and other times giving him the best sex of his life. Justified; she's [[Mind Game Ship|doing it to mess up his mind]] so he'll go nuts and kill Cain.
* [[The Vamp]]: Her preferred method of manipulation.
* [[The Vamp]]: Her preferred method of manipulation.
* [[The Man Behind the Man|The Woman Behind The Man]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Indigo Hair]]: ''All'' incarnations of Miang have hair color between indigo and black. Miang #1 and #998 had the lighter shade, while Miang!Karen had black hair.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Indigo Hair]]: ''All'' incarnations of Miang have hair color between indigo and black. Miang #1 and #998 had the lighter shade, while Miang!Karen had black hair.


=== Deus ===
=== Deus ===


'''A description of the character goes here.'''
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: The game starts with him destroying the spaceship he's in, and ends with him trying to exterminate humanity.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Orchestrated the evolution of man through "Mother" in an eon-wide gambit to revive itself. Deus is, in all practicality, God himself.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Orchestrated the evolution of man through "Mother" in an eon-wide gambit to revive itself. Deus is, in all practicality, God himself.
* [[Deus Est Machina]]: It is "God" in the sense that it is the creator of the human race on the world on which ''Xenogears'' takes place.
* [[Deus Est Machina]]: It is "God" in the sense that it is the creator of the human race on the world on which ''Xenogears'' takes place.
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* [[Living Weapon]]: It was originally created to be an interplanetary invasion system.
* [[Living Weapon]]: It was originally created to be an interplanetary invasion system.
* [[The Man Behind the Man|The Machine Behind The Woman]]: Depending on how distinct they were intended to be viewed as, it may be this to Miang.
* [[The Man Behind the Man|The Machine Behind The Woman]]: Depending on how distinct they were intended to be viewed as, it may be this to Miang.
* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]
* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: Before the beginning of the game, Deus destroyed the spaceship he was being kept in.
* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]]
* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]]

[[File:xenogears_grahf_3554.jpg|frame|Grahf]]


=== Grahf ===
=== Grahf ===
[[File:xenogears grahf 3554.jpg|thumb|250px|Grahf]]
He was once Lacan, the previous past life of Fei as the -Contact-. But since Grahf started to [[Body Surf]], he has no longer been the Contact, and Fei and Grahf lost their continuity of shared memories. After taking many hosts for centuries, Grahf's latest host is Khan Wong, modern Fei's own father. Khan has only partial control over his body, so he has disappeared from the world's view; when he's not Grahf, he appears in disguise as the Wiseman. It is not known that Khan, Wiseman and Grahf are all the same host until [[The Reveal]] late in the game's story.
He was once Lacan, the previous past life of Fei as the -Contact-. But since Grahf started to [[Body Surf]], he has no longer been the Contact, and Fei and Grahf lost their continuity of shared memories. After taking many hosts for centuries, Grahf's latest host is Khan Wong, modern Fei's own father. Khan has only partial control over his body, so he has disappeared from the world's view; when he's not Grahf, he appears in disguise as the Wiseman. It is not known that Khan, Wiseman and Grahf are all the same host until [[The Reveal]] late in the game's story.


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* [[Badass]]: He attacks you during his first boss fight ''on foot'' and is still a significant threat to your party of three gears (to the point of being [[That One Boss]] were it not for the fact that he'll never attack Elly). Once you fight him ''with'' his gear, he becomes a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]].
* [[Badass]]: He attacks you during his first boss fight ''on foot'' and is still a significant threat to your party of three gears (to the point of being [[That One Boss]] were it not for the fact that he'll never attack Elly). Once you fight him ''with'' his gear, he becomes a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]].
** The last fight with him is a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], but that's mostly because you get the actual Xenogears mech and it becomes a rare one-time heroic-version of [[The Worf Effect]].
** The last fight with him is a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], but that's mostly because you get the actual Xenogears mech and it becomes a rare one-time heroic-version of [[The Worf Effect]].
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* [[Evil Twin]]: His old identity as Lacan.
* [[Evil Twin]]: His old identity as Lacan.
** It's more accurate to say he is a splinter of Lacan, the evil nature of him that came about from losing Sophia. Or, if you want it in simpler terms: Grahf is to Lacan what Id is to Fei.
** It's more accurate to say he is a splinter of Lacan, the evil nature of him that came about from losing Sophia. Or, if you want it in simpler terms: Grahf is to Lacan what Id is to Fei.
* [[Implacable Man]]: After fighting against your party of three [[Humongous Mecha|Humongous Mechas]] ''without'' using his mecha and ''barely'' losing, he still keeps going after you.
* [[Implacable Man]]
* [[I Need You Stronger]]: His primary motivation for tormenting Fei.
* [[I Need You Stronger]]: His primary motivation for tormenting Fei.
* [[Large Ham]]: Every time he appears to help a boss you just defeated, he feels the need to repeat his "dost thou desire the power'' speech. The listener usually has no idea what he's talking about.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Literal Split Personality]]: He somehow splintered off from Lacan either before or after he died.
* [[Literal Split Personality]]: He somehow splintered off from Lacan either before or after he died.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
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* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Weltall Alpha doesn't has wings when Khan pilot it.
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Weltall Alpha doesn't has wings when Khan pilot it.
* [[Super Prototype]]: The Weltall Alpha.
* [[Super Prototype]]: The Weltall Alpha.
* [[Tin Tyrant]]
* [[Tin Tyrant]]: Well, he ''does'' have to keep his identity hidden.
* [[Wild Card]]: A major villain who sometimes works with Krelian and Miang, but is not under their control.
* [[Wild Card]]: A major villain who sometimes works with Krelian and Miang, but is not under their control.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: After you see his [[Start of Darkness]] and how things went bad for him and Krelian.

[[File:xenogears_krelian_3922.jpg|frame|Krelian]]


=== Krelian ===
=== Krelian ===
[[File:xenogears krelian 3922.jpg|thumb|250px|Krelian]]
:Voiced by [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Japanese) and [[Cam Clarke]] (English)


'''A description of the character goes here.'''
======= Voiced by [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Japanese) and [[Cam Clarke]] (English) =======
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]
* [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]]
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: His ultimate goal, which he actually manages to reach.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: In a world chock full of [[The Chosen One|destined heroes]], [[Sealed Evil in A Can|immortal forces of evil]] and [[Ancient Conspiracy|ancient conspiracies]], most defined by near-magical superpowers and the [[Because Destiny Says So|power of fate]], Krelian managed to become the de-facto leader of the world's strongest nation and the nearest thing to a lord over the fate of the universe, with nothing but the [[Mad Scientist|power of science]], his wits and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulation]]. He lost any claim to "normal" status when he became immortal, though.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: In a world chock full of [[The Chosen One|destined heroes]], [[Sealed Evil in a Can|immortal forces of evil]] and [[Ancient Conspiracy|ancient conspiracies]], most defined by near-magical superpowers and the [[Because Destiny Says So|power of fate]], Krelian managed to become the de-facto leader of the world's strongest nation and the nearest thing to a lord over the fate of the universe, with nothing but the [[Mad Scientist|power of science]], his wits and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulation]]. He lost any claim to "normal" status when he became immortal, though.
** [[Badass Bookworm]].
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]: He orchestrates most of the events of the plot.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: When Sophia died.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: When Sophia died.
* [[Expy]]: Krelian shares a lot of similarities in personality to Karellen of Arthur C. Clark's [[Childhoods End (Literature)|Childhoods End]]. He was even named Karellen in Japanese.
* [[Expy]]: Krelian shares a lot of similarities in personality to Karellen of Arthur C. Clark's [[Childhood's End]]. He was even named Karellen in Japanese.
* [[Fallen Hero]]: Before Sophia died, Krelian was one of the good guys, allied to Shevat and Nimrod against Solaris, pupil of Taura Melchiore, and friend to Sophia, Lacan, Roni and René. He was never the same again after his [[Despair Event Horizon]].
* [[Fallen Hero]]: Before Sophia died, Krelian was one of the good guys, allied to Shevat and Nimrod against Solaris, pupil of Taura Melchiore, and friend to Sophia, Lacan, Roni and René. He was never the same again after his [[Despair Event Horizon]].
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Krelian manages to manipulate Solaris for centuries, torments your party so many times whether intentionally or with other people, turns most of the population of the world into Wels, and gets to travel with the Wave Existence back into it's home dimension without so much as a slap on the wrist.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Krelian manages to manipulate Solaris for centuries, torments your party so many times whether intentionally or with other people, turns most of the population of the world into Wels, and gets to travel with the Wave Existence back into it's home dimension without so much as a slap on the wrist.
** To be fair, he admits that they have won a moral victory over him; he wants to "go to walk with god" simply because no one else could love him, while Fei and Elly have finally achieved happiness together after 10,000 years of searching for each other. In short, his story is over, while Fei and Elly have lifetimes ahead of them as the [[Badass|BadAsses]] who defeated God with [[The Power of Love]].
** To be fair, he admits that they have won a moral victory over him; he wants to "go to walk with god" simply because no one else could love him, while Fei and Elly have finally achieved happiness together after 10,000 years of searching for each other. In short, his story is over, while Fei and Elly have lifetimes ahead of them as the [[Badass|BadAsses]] who defeated God with [[The Power of Love]].
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: His hair turned white as the result of nanomachines prolonging his life.
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: His hair turned white as the result of nanomachines prolonging his life.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: His [[Start of Darkness]] was because of his love for Sophia.
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]: He controls Solaris, which is basically a [[Mad Scientist]] nation.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He and Miang take turns at manipulating others in horrible ways.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: At the end of the game, Krelian admits that he has done so many horrible things that he can't even call himself ''human'' anymore. A shot of Ramsus' fetal form appears behind him as he says this, pointing out one last time that he grew a [[Designer Babies|Designer Baby]] ''just so he could mind fuck the kid beyond insanity.''
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: At the end of the game, Krelian admits that he has done so many horrible things that he can't even call himself ''human'' anymore. A shot of Ramsus' fetal form appears behind him as he says this, pointing out one last time that he grew a [[Designer Babies|Designer Baby]] ''just so he could mind fuck the kid beyond insanity''.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Krelian gives an epic one to the Gazel Ministry as he erases them. One. By. One.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Krelian gives an epic one to the Gazel Ministry as he erases them. One. By. One.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Krelian, Krellian, and Karellen. Krelian is the official English romanization, probably because "Karellen" is still under copyright.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: A bit of [[Put Them All Out of My Misery]], a little [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]...''a lot'' of [[Utopia Justifies the Means]].
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: A bit of [[Put Them All Out of My Misery]], a little [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]...''a lot'' of [[Utopia Justifies the Means]].
{{quote| "-Deus-, the physical manifestation of god, only wants results... The means are insignificant to him."}}
{{quote|"-Deus-, the physical manifestation of god, only wants results... The means are insignificant to him."}}
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Krelian, Krellian, and Karellen. Krelian is the official English romanization, probably because "Karellen" is still under copyright.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]], [[Gambit Roulette]]: Almost everything he does.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]], [[Gambit Roulette]]: Almost everything he does.


== Others ==
== Others ==

[[File:CAIN01_657.jpg|frame|Emperor Cain]]

=== Emperor Cain ===
=== Emperor Cain ===
[[File:CAIN01 657.jpg|thumb|250px|Emperor Cain]]


Emperor of Solaris and the first human created by Deus. Is described many times as the [[Big Bad]], but the truth is much different then realized...
Emperor of Solaris and the first human created by Deus. Is described many times as the [[Big Bad]], but the truth is much different then realized...


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]: Everything he does to help Fei is because he still feels guilty for killing Abel all those years ago.
* [[The Atoner]]: Everything he does to help Fei is because he still feels guilty for killing Abel all those years ago.
* [[Big Bad]]: Until Krelian came along, Cain essentially was the one in charge of Solaris for all those millennia.
* [[Big Bad]]: Until Krelian came along, Cain essentially was the one in charge of Solaris for all those millennia.
* [[Good All Along]]: You think he's on the Gazel Ministry's side, but he's actually doing whatever he can to get in their way.
* [[Good All Along]]
* [[Heel Realization]]: It isn't stated when exactly this happened, but Emperor Cain eventually turned against his original destiny and seeks to do everything possible to prevent Deus' resurrection.
* [[Heel Realization]]: It isn't stated when exactly this happened, but Emperor Cain eventually turned against his original destiny and seeks to do everything possible to prevent Deus' resurrection.
* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: Krelian is actually the one who controls Solaris, so this is basically what Cain has been reduced to for the last 500 years.
* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: Krelian is actually the one who controls Solaris, so this is basically what Cain has been reduced to for the last 500 years.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: If you don't count the Gazel Ministry who were turned into A.I. centuries ago, Cain is literally the oldest human on the planet at nearly ''ten thousand years old.''
* [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]: It may not seem like in in a first playthrough, but everything Cain does or orders Citan to do is in order to help out Fei as he is the best hope for humanity to survive.
* [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]: It may not seem like in in a first playthrough, but everything Cain does or orders Citan to do is in order to help out Fei as he is the best hope for humanity to survive.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: If you don't count the Gazel Ministry who were turned into A.I. centuries ago, Cain is literally the oldest human on the planet at nearly ''ten thousand years old''.
* [[The Reveal]]: Subverted. When Ramsus kills Cain, his mask gets knocked off only to reveal a black, charred husk of a man. Though most fans tend to agree that since Ramsus is a clone of Cain, then that is what he looked like.
* [[The Reveal]]: Subverted. When Ramsus kills Cain, his mask gets knocked off only to reveal a black, charred husk of a man. Though most fans tend to agree that since Ramsus is a clone of Cain, then that is what he looked like.
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[[File:xenogears_sigurd_9889.jpg|frame|Sigurd]]

=== Sigurd Harcourt ===
=== Sigurd Harcourt ===
[[File:xenogears sigurd 9889.jpg|thumb|250px|Sigurd]]


Bart's right hand man on the Yggdrasil, and also his [[Long Lost Sibling]]. He also has a past in Solaris, and is old friends with Citan, Jessie and Ramsus.
Bart's right hand man on the Yggdrasil, and also his [[Long Lost Sibling]]. He also has a past in Solaris, and is old friends with Citan, Jessie and Ramsus.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Royal Blood]]
* [[Royal Blood]]: He's actually Bart's half-brother.
* [[Stripperiffic]]/[[Bare Your Midriff]]/[[Mr. Fanservice]]: Whether in Gebler, in the Elements or aboard the Yggdrasil, Sigurd always modifies his outfits to expose his abdomen above his waist and below his chest. This actually resembles the traditional clothes of his mother's people from the Ignas desert, but it also makes him fanservice. But most of this is [[All There in the Manual]] -- it's not quite as obvious ''in game'' that he dresses this way.
* [[Stripperiffic]]/[[Bare Your Midriff]]/[[Mr. Fanservice]]: Whether in Gebler, in the Elements or aboard the Yggdrasil, Sigurd always modifies his outfits to expose his abdomen above his waist and below his chest. This actually resembles the traditional clothes of his mother's people from the Ignas desert, but it also makes him fanservice. But most of this is [[All There in the Manual]]: it's not quite as obvious ''in game'' that he dresses this way.

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[[File:xenogears_margie_2199.jpg|frame|Margie]]

=== Marguerite "Margie" Fatima ===
=== Marguerite "Margie" Fatima ===
[[File:xenogears margie 2199.jpg|thumb|250px|Margie]]


Bart's sixteen year old cousin and current Holy Mother of Nisan.
Bart's sixteen year old cousin and current Holy Mother of Nisan.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Despite being Bart's cousin, they'll probably have to marry someday.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Margie and Bart are not only first cousins, but [[Arranged Marriage|arranged to be married]].
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Margie and Bart are not only first cousins, but [[Arranged Marriage|arranged to be married]].
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]: She's often the most optimistic member of the group.
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: Was originally intended to be a playable character.

[[File:xenogears_hammer_7343.jpg|frame|Hammer]]

=== Hammer the Supplier ===
=== Hammer the Supplier ===
[[File:xenogears hammer 7343.jpg|thumb|250px|Hammer]]


A demi-human whom Fei first meets in Kislev, claiming to be a merchant. He was imprisoned in Kislev's D-Block, but escaped alongside with Fei and his allies.
A demi-human whom Fei first meets in Kislev, claiming to be a merchant. He was imprisoned in Kislev's D-Block, but escaped alongside with Fei and his allies.


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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Has a few vaguely [[Homoerotic Subtext]] moments (with Fei or Rico) and one vaguely [[Pet Homosexual]] moment (with Elly). And he still has such moments after being lost, through Rico's fond reminiscing.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Has a few vaguely [[Homoerotic Subtext]] moments (with Fei or Rico) and one vaguely [[Pet Homosexual]] moment (with Elly). And he still has such moments after being lost, through Rico's fond reminiscing.
* [[Dead Sidekick]]
* [[Dead Sidekick]]: Mostly for Fei, Elly and Rico after Hammer forces them to kill him.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: It's true that Hammer is chiefly interested in [[I Just Want to Be Special|finding his way in the world]], but the particular gleeful ''eagerness'' with which he tries to court the favor of Fei or Rico goes beyond that of a mere [[Hero Worshipper]] and well into [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] territory, if not even further.
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: It's true that Hammer is chiefly interested in [[I Just Want to Be Special|finding his way in the world]], but the particular gleeful ''eagerness'' with which he tries to court the favor of Fei or Rico goes beyond that of a mere [[Hero Worshipper]] and well into [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] territory, if not even further.
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* [[Megane]]/[[Meganekko]]: Hammer's glasses are most certainly a significant distinguishing feature. He is certainly Megane, but his Meganekko status is less certain, at least because his pince-nez glasses sit further away from his eyes and partially rob the classical "moe glasses" effect.
* [[Megane]]/[[Meganekko]]: Hammer's glasses are most certainly a significant distinguishing feature. He is certainly Megane, but his Meganekko status is less certain, at least because his pince-nez glasses sit further away from his eyes and partially rob the classical "moe glasses" effect.
* [[Morality Pet]]: Surprisingly, Hammer was this for Rico, but we only learn about it after Hammer is gone.
* [[Morality Pet]]: Surprisingly, Hammer was this for Rico, but we only learn about it after Hammer is gone.
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: He feels becoming this is the only way to get the heroes to take him seriously.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: He's an half-human mutant.
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* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: Elly and Rico still loved Hammer, even after he killed Medena. Rico continually emphatically insists that it wasn't Hammer's fault. If this is so, then Hammer may have been manipulated into doing it. The seeds of Hammer's betrayal were sewn during his time of captivity in [[The Chessmaster|Krelian]]'s lab, and it was never certain just ''what'' was done to him ''before'' the party escaped.
* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: Elly and Rico still loved Hammer, even after he killed Medena. Rico continually emphatically insists that it wasn't Hammer's fault. If this is so, then Hammer may have been manipulated into doing it. The seeds of Hammer's betrayal were sewn during his time of captivity in [[The Chessmaster|Krelian]]'s lab, and it was never certain just ''what'' was done to him ''before'' the party escaped.
** [[Sympathetic Murder Backstory]]: Hammer was introduced and developed as a beloved [[True Companions]] before his act of murder.
** [[Sympathetic Murder Backstory]]: Hammer was introduced and developed as a beloved [[True Companions]] before his act of murder.
* [[Tragic Monster]]
* [[Tragic Monster]]: What he becomes after his [[Face Heel Turn]].
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]/[[Muggle]]: Hammer follows the heroes everywhere, even without fighting skills.
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Hammer follows the heroes everywhere, even without fighting skills.
* [[Was Once a Man]]: Before becoming a giant cyborg.
* [[Was Once a Man]]: Before becoming a giant cyborg.

[[File:xenogears_jessie_8299.jpg|frame|Jessie]]


=== Jesiah "Jessie" Black ===
=== Jesiah "Jessie" Black ===
[[File:xenogears jessie 8299.jpg|thumb|250px|Jessie]]


Billy Lee Black's father. Former agent of Solaris.
Billy Lee Black's father. Former agent of Solaris.


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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappears from the game at disc 2.
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[The Alcoholic]]: One of the reasons why Billy doesn't like him.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappears from the game at Disc 2.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Retired Badass]]
* [[Retired Badass]]
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: The Buntline, from humanoid mode to [[BFG]].
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: The Buntline, from humanoid mode to [[Big Freaking Gun]].
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=== Primera Black ===
=== Primera Black ===
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Billy Lee Black's little sister.
Billy Lee Black's little sister.


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* [[Cute Mute]]
* [[Cute Mute]]


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Citan's wife.
Citan's wife.


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* [[The Ace]]: She was once ([[Informed Ability|allegedly]]) the best swordswoman in Shevat prior to meeting Citan. Yeah, that's right, the two [[The Ace|Aces]] are married to one another.
* [[The Ace]]: She was once ([[Informed Ability|allegedly]]) the best swordswoman in Shevat prior to meeting Citan. Yeah, that's right: the two [[The Ace|Aces]] are married to one another.
* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]]: Fei repeatedly proclaims his love of Yui's cooking. Citan is less appreciative.
* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]]: Fei repeatedly proclaims his love of Yui's cooking. Citan is less appreciative.
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Retired Badass]]: According to Citan, she did defeat him in swordfight before their marriage.
* [[Retired Badass]]: According to Citan, she did defeat him in swordfight before their marriage.


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Latest revision as of 19:50, 21 October 2023


Character sheet for Xenogears. WARNING! There are unmarked Spoilers ahead. Beware.

Playable Protagonists

Fei

Fei Fong Wong

Voiced by Midorikawa Hikaru (Japanese) and Brian Tochi (English)

Eighteen year old painter and martial artist from the small village of Lahan, and the main character of the game. Also known as Abel, the -Contact-, Kim Kharim, Lacan, Grahf, Id, and the -Coward-.[1]

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten

Elly
Voiced by Yumi Touma (Japanese) and Moira Quirk (English)

Eighteen year old lieutenant in Gebler, Solaris' surface expeditionary force. As known as the -Anti-type-, and in a past life as the Holy Mother Sophia.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Citan Uzuki

Citan
Voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese) and Milton Jones (English)

Village doctor in Lahan. Has a wife and daughter. Spends all day tinkering with junk in his shed. His real name is Hyuga Ricdeau, and he's a native Solarian.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Bartholomew "Bart" Fatima

Bart
Voiced by Tomokazu Seki (Japanese) and Dave Fouquette (English)

Young heir to the throne of Aveh and captain of the Cool Ship Yggdrasil.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Ricardo "Rico" Banderas

Rico

The man at the top of the food chain in Nortune Prison. Initiates new prisoners by beating them.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Ambiguously Gay: In a decidedly Invisible to Gaydar Manly Gay manner, most evident after Hammer is lost. For someone who treats Hammer with such abuse, some of Rico's later comments reflect a complete indifference towards women and a heartwarming loyalty and partiality to Hammer. The ones most devastated by Hammer's loss are Rico and Elly; unless Elly who is compelled to stay out of the battle for a while to grieve, Rico opts to keep fighting. As the plot progresses, Rico periodically fondly reminisces about dear Hammer, and back on the Yggdrasil he spends time grieving in the room they used to share together.
    • There's also the matter that Rico's Fan Service is conspicuously more homoerotic, appealing more to the lads than to the lasses.
  • The Big Guy: The strongest physical fighter in the party.
  • Blood Knight: You find him as the champion of Kislev's arena, motivated only by the idea of fighting other strong warriors.
  • Defeat Means Friendship: After you manage to become the champion, he joins the party.
  • Expy: Of Blanka. The Stier is modeled after AT.
  • Fiery Redhead: He's a red-headed Blood Knight.
  • Fingerless Gloves: Part of his tough-guy outfit.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars
  • Heroic Bastard: Disowned by the Kaiser.
  • Homoerotic Subtext: With Hammer.
  • Hunk
  • Mid-Season Upgrade: The El Stier.
  • Mighty Glacier: Both Stier and El Stier are some of the slowest gears in the game, but it's with out a doubt one of the heaviest hitting ones in the game. And due to either a glitch or a mistranslation, even though Maria's final frame upgrade says it gives more health, it actually gives 2000 hp's less than rico's making it the bulkiest gear in the game. In general, this applies to Rico as well, but...
  • Mr. Fanservice: A muscly Hunk of a mutant with an always bare chest and nipples. But what woman would be interested, you ask? You'd be right—Rico is Fan Service for men.
  • Not So Stoic: Besides moments of anger and rage, Rico tends to keep his emotional output under lock and key. It was Hammer who eventually ripped the lock right off its hinges, revealing Rico's nice guy. But we never saw any of this until Hammer's demise, after which Rico began grieving and fondly reminiscing in the open.
  • Royal Blood: He's the Kaiser's bastard son.
  • Tsundere: Started out as a Type A tsundere for most of the story. Apparently, Hammer got to see much more of Rico's deredere side when they were alone than the audience had a chance to see. After losing Hammer, Rico shifted decisively from a Type A to Type B tsundere, if indeed he had any tsuntsun left by that point.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: He never feels the need to wear a shirt.

Billy Lee Black

Billy
Voiced by Yuji Ueda (Japanese)

Young clergyman of the Ethos.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Maria Balthasar

Maria

A Shevite girl whose father Nikolai was captured by Solaris. She has a guardian gear Seibzehn.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Break the Cutie: When she learns what happened to her father.
  • Chest Blaster: Seibzehn's Graviton Cannon.
  • Disappeared Dad
  • Expy: Seibzehn is obviously based on Giant Robo.
  • Hammerspace: Seibzehn's strongest hyper mode attack Maria Beat has Maria herself pull gigantic hammer out of nowhere and smack enemy.
  • Kid With the Remote Control: She's incredibly weak in human battles, but her Gear is one of the strongest ones.
  • Macross Missile Massacre: One of Seibzehn's attacks.
  • Magikarp Power: Arguably, and almost borders on Joke Character as she's nearly useless on foot, if it wasn't for the fact that her 'ether' attacks are rather inexpensive and summon forth Seibzehn to do the damage for her. When she's riding her Seibzehn, however....
  • Mighty Glacier: Seibzehn.
  • Robot Mommy: Seibzehn has her mother's mind. Seibzehn doesn't move on it own until their encounter with Achtzehn because she doesn't want Maria to aware of this.
  • Rocket Punch: One of Seibzehn's attacks.
  • Small Girl, Big Gun: Seibzehn, who dwarfs near every other gear in the game.
  • Token Loli: She's just a kid, but is part of the main party thanks to Seibzehn's strength.

Chu-Chu

Chu-Chu
Voiced by Michiko Neya (Japanese)

Small pink creature, originally mistaken for a stuffed toy.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Emeralda Kharim

Emeralda
Voiced by Michiko Neya (Japanese)

Nanomachine colony developed 4000 years before the start of the game's events.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Antagonists

Shakhan

Shakhan

Current leader of Aveh, who established a coup and overthrew the ruling Fatima dynasty.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Bishop Stone/Stein

Stone/Stein

Part of the 'Ethos' organization and actually an undercover agent for Solaris. Has a beef with Jesiah Black.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Kahran Ramsus

Ramsus

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Big Bad Wannabe: He's presented as the main baddie, being our first glimpse of Geblar.
  • Blond Guys Are Evil
  • Broken Ace: He spent his entire life trying to disprove the Ministry's low opinion of him—that he's a failed clone, just "trash." His ambition cost him his two best friends.
  • Butt Monkey: His first memory is of people talking about him as a failure before he was even born. And it doesn't get better for him.
  • Cloning Blues: Finding out he's a clone of Emperor Cain isn't the final nail in the coffin of his sanity, but it's pretty damn close to it.
  • Determinator: He will go to any length to defeat Fei and prove he's not a failure.
  • Freudian Excuse: He was created as the epitome of humankind and as an Artificial -Contact- until he literally gets trashed as a fetus when Krelian discovers the new -Contact- has already been born. It doesn't help that Fei beats him every -single- time, and everyone else calls him Trash.
  • Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: After you defeat him a couple of times, you start to feel sorry for the poor guy even as he's desperately trying to kill you.
  • Made of Iron: Crosses into Iron Woobie territory at times.
  • People Jars: Considering he's actually an Artificial Human and a Designer Baby.
  • Plug N Play Technology: One of the abilities he inherits from Cain is that he can interface with all twelve Anima Relics.
  • The Resenter: He has a burning hatred for Fei for being a natural -Contact- incarnation. Ramsus had been created by Krelian and Miang as a clone of Cain to be a substitute -Contact- in absence of a real one, but Ramsus ended up being discarded the moment Fei was identified.
  • Royal Rapier: His weapon of choice.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Miang started manipulating him while he wasn't still born.
  • White-Haired Pretty Boy
  • Younger Than They Look: He's actually younger than Fei.

The Elements

Dominia, Kelvena, Tolone and Seraphita

Kahran Ramsus' elite personal squad. Group is composed of Dominia, Kelvena, Tolone and Seraphita.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Blood Knight: Dominia.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Seraphita.
  • Combining Mecha: Their Mechas fuse together to form the G-Elements.
  • Cyborg: Tolone, with her Positronic Photon Brain and Arm Cannon.
  • Eyes Always Shut: Kelvena, with good reason—her Ether level is so high that she must keep her eyes clothes to keep her powers in control. This is in contrast to former fellow Element Elly, whose Ether level is off the charts but doesn't have to do anything exceptional to control her powers.
  • Little Bit Beastly: Seraphita, with rabbit ears and tail.
  • Quirky Miniboss Squad: You have to fight them several times. Each time, they engage in a bit of funny dialogue before the fight.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Tolone and Seraphita.
  • Theme Naming: Named after the Choir of Angels: Dominion, Cherubs, Thrones and Seraphs.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Each role is shared by two members.
    • Tomboys: Dominia and Tolone.
    • Girly Girls: Kelvena and Seraphita.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Kahran Ramsus.

Gazel Ministry

Four of the Surviving Eight.

The head Ministry that controls Solaris and behind many of the planned genocides and wars that have occurred over the many, many years since created by Deus.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • All There in the Manual: Perfect Works says the names of the Ministers are Enoch, Irad, Mehujael, Methushael, Lamech, Jabal, Jubal and Tubal.
  • A God Am I: What the Ministry believe resurrecting Deus will mean for them.
  • The Omniscient Council of Vagueness: Part of the reason why Xenogears' story is confusing at times is trying to figure out just WHAT these guys are talking about half the time.
  • The Reveal:Kinda obvious when you think about it, but the Gazel Ministry are actually A.I. kept in a huge spherical computer.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: All Krelian needed the ministry for was to activate the Gaetia Key. Once that's done...

Miang Hawwa

Miang, specifically her 998th incarnation

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • And I Must Scream: Elly and Karen show that the original personality of the woman who's body Miang co-opts remains intact through the duration of the possession, re-emerging—in Karen's case—only after Miang has abandoned the body (moments prior to her death).
  • Becoming the Mask: As Executioner, she has more autonomy to do dirty work herself (and she does it efficiently enough for this identity to be widely feared), but Miang apparently prefers to play sidekick as herself to Ramsus, Grahf (even as Executioner, and also the only time you fight Miang in this identity), then Krelian.
  • Big Bad: She shares her claim to the "Big Bad" title with Krelian.
  • Bodyguard Babes: To Ramsus, though she's officially his aide-de-camp. We later learn that Miang has acted as one of these to male leaders throughout history.
  • Body Snatcher: Can take over the body of any woman with her DNA when her current body fails. Considering she's this planet's Eve character, that's pretty much any woman, period—which woman is at random, however. Miang's real form is that of the mitochondrial DNA of the planet's human population, which is called the Ouroboros. When one Miang dies, she just awakens in another convenient woman. Near the end of the game, Elly becomes the 999th Miang, immediately on the death of the 998th (Ramsus's assistant) who appeared in most of the game.
  • Body Surf: As mentioned above, there have been 999 Miangs over the span of 10,000 years. That averages out to any particular Miang having roughly a ten-year lifespan.
  • The Chessmaster: Before Krelian came along, Miang was tugging practically all the strings to her plan. The only reason he took this spot was because of their similar goals. Miang wanted to resurrect Deus, but Krelian wanted to take it a step further.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: To Ramsus, Grahf, and Krelian. Also to the Gazel Ministry in the past, most notably Cain.
  • Eldritch Abomination: More like an Eldridge Abomination.
  • God in Human Form: Being the Will of Deus, she basically acts as its physical avatar. In spite of that, she's not really a Physical God, as apart from the ability to Body Surf and vaguely-defined mind control powers, she doesn't seem to be especially powerful.
  • Humanoid Abomination
  • I Cannot Self-Terminate: Her mental programing by Deus leaves her unable to take her own life. So she usually sets things up so that she can be murdered to keep Body Surfing.
  • Laser-Guided Karma Curb Stomp Battle: She piss you off? Make you reeeally wanna kill her? Makes you wish you can stomp her smug face in? Here's some good news. The pathetic final boss Urobolus IS Miang.
  • Locked Into Strangeness: Usually, whenever Miang takes over a new body, whatever color that woman's hair was instantly turns purple, like the Original Miang's hair was.
  • Luke I Am Your Distant Ancestor: She is technically this to everyone except Abel, who had been on board the Eldridge and survived its crashing thanks to his power as a Contact.
  • Pet the Dog: Sacrificing herself (as Karen Wong) for Fei. This is debated; the characters tend to think that Karen regained control and did it out of love for her child: a theory the cutscene animation seems to support—but it's also possible that she was just tossing aside a disposable body to protect a valuable investment.
  • Smug Snake: She's pretty callous towards both her victims and the people she's manipulating into helping her.
  • Tin Tyrant: Though at first Miang as Executioner doesn't take the metallic look quite as far as Grahf does, when she rejoins with Deus there is no question that she is literally this trope.
  • Tsundere: To Ramsus again; sometimes treating him like crap and other times giving him the best sex of his life. Justified; she's doing it to mess up his mind so he'll go nuts and kill Cain.
  • The Vamp: Her preferred method of manipulation.
  • The Woman Behind The Man
  • You Gotta Have Indigo Hair: All incarnations of Miang have hair color between indigo and black. Miang #1 and #998 had the lighter shade, while Miang!Karen had black hair.

Deus

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Grahf

Grahf

He was once Lacan, the previous past life of Fei as the -Contact-. But since Grahf started to Body Surf, he has no longer been the Contact, and Fei and Grahf lost their continuity of shared memories. After taking many hosts for centuries, Grahf's latest host is Khan Wong, modern Fei's own father. Khan has only partial control over his body, so he has disappeared from the world's view; when he's not Grahf, he appears in disguise as the Wiseman. It is not known that Khan, Wiseman and Grahf are all the same host until The Reveal late in the game's story.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Badass: He attacks you during his first boss fight on foot and is still a significant threat to your party of three gears (to the point of being That One Boss were it not for the fact that he'll never attack Elly). Once you fight him with his gear, he becomes a Hopeless Boss Fight.
    • The last fight with him is a Curb Stomp Battle, but that's mostly because you get the actual Xenogears mech and it becomes a rare one-time heroic-version of The Worf Effect.
  • Body Surf: How he's survived until the present day.
  • Catch Phrase: "Dost thou desire the power?"
  • Evil Twin: His old identity as Lacan.
    • It's more accurate to say he is a splinter of Lacan, the evil nature of him that came about from losing Sophia. Or, if you want it in simpler terms: Grahf is to Lacan what Id is to Fei.
  • Implacable Man: After fighting against your party of three Humongous Mechas without using his mecha and barely losing, he still keeps going after you.
  • I Need You Stronger: His primary motivation for tormenting Fei.
  • Large Ham: Every time he appears to help a boss you just defeated, he feels the need to repeat his "dost thou desire the power speech. The listener usually has no idea what he's talking about.
  • Literal Split Personality: He somehow splintered off from Lacan either before or after he died.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father
  • The Obi-Wan: As the Wiseman, he drops by from time to time in the story, giving Fei additional help and guidance. He disappears just as quickly.
  • Pet the Dog: Saving Elly as she falls while trying to stop the Hecht from destroying Norturne. The incident also provides a pretty good clue as to who Grahf really is...
  • Power Gives You Wings: Weltall Alpha doesn't has wings when Khan pilot it.
  • Super Prototype: The Weltall Alpha.
  • Tin Tyrant: Well, he does have to keep his identity hidden.
  • Wild Card: A major villain who sometimes works with Krelian and Miang, but is not under their control.
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: After you see his Start of Darkness and how things went bad for him and Krelian.

Krelian

Krelian
Voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese) and Cam Clarke (English)

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

"-Deus-, the physical manifestation of god, only wants results... The means are insignificant to him."

Others

Emperor Cain

Emperor Cain

Emperor of Solaris and the first human created by Deus. Is described many times as the Big Bad, but the truth is much different then realized...

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • The Atoner: Everything he does to help Fei is because he still feels guilty for killing Abel all those years ago.
  • Big Bad: Until Krelian came along, Cain essentially was the one in charge of Solaris for all those millennia.
  • Good All Along: You think he's on the Gazel Ministry's side, but he's actually doing whatever he can to get in their way.
  • Heel Realization: It isn't stated when exactly this happened, but Emperor Cain eventually turned against his original destiny and seeks to do everything possible to prevent Deus' resurrection.
  • Kicked Upstairs: Krelian is actually the one who controls Solaris, so this is basically what Cain has been reduced to for the last 500 years.
  • The Man Behind the Curtain: It may not seem like in in a first playthrough, but everything Cain does or orders Citan to do is in order to help out Fei as he is the best hope for humanity to survive.
  • Really Seven Hundred Years Old: If you don't count the Gazel Ministry who were turned into A.I. centuries ago, Cain is literally the oldest human on the planet at nearly ten thousand years old.
  • The Reveal: Subverted. When Ramsus kills Cain, his mask gets knocked off only to reveal a black, charred husk of a man. Though most fans tend to agree that since Ramsus is a clone of Cain, then that is what he looked like.

Sigurd Harcourt

Sigurd

Bart's right hand man on the Yggdrasil, and also his Long Lost Sibling. He also has a past in Solaris, and is old friends with Citan, Jessie and Ramsus.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Royal Blood: He's actually Bart's half-brother.
  • Stripperiffic/Bare Your Midriff/Mr. Fanservice: Whether in Gebler, in the Elements or aboard the Yggdrasil, Sigurd always modifies his outfits to expose his abdomen above his waist and below his chest. This actually resembles the traditional clothes of his mother's people from the Ignas desert, but it also makes him fanservice. But most of this is All There in the Manual: it's not quite as obvious in game that he dresses this way.

Marguerite "Margie" Fatima

Margie

Bart's sixteen year old cousin and current Holy Mother of Nisan.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Hammer the Supplier

Hammer

A demi-human whom Fei first meets in Kislev, claiming to be a merchant. He was imprisoned in Kislev's D-Block, but escaped alongside with Fei and his allies.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Ambiguously Gay: Has a few vaguely Homoerotic Subtext moments (with Fei or Rico) and one vaguely Pet Homosexual moment (with Elly). And he still has such moments after being lost, through Rico's fond reminiscing.
  • Dead Sidekick: Mostly for Fei, Elly and Rico after Hammer forces them to kill him.
  • Face Heel Turn
  • Homoerotic Subtext: It's true that Hammer is chiefly interested in finding his way in the world, but the particular gleeful eagerness with which he tries to court the favor of Fei or Rico goes beyond that of a mere Hero Worshipper and well into Stupid Sexy Flanders territory, if not even further.
  • I Just Want to Be Special: Deconstructed. Hammer realizes that he's surrounded by so many important people that want to save the world, while he's just a nobody, that he's willing to do just about anything in order to be special like them. Perhaps even murder.
  • Megane/Meganekko: Hammer's glasses are most certainly a significant distinguishing feature. He is certainly Megane, but his Meganekko status is less certain, at least because his pince-nez glasses sit further away from his eyes and partially rob the classical "moe glasses" effect.
  • Morality Pet: Surprisingly, Hammer was this for Rico, but we only learn about it after Hammer is gone.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: He feels becoming this is the only way to get the heroes to take him seriously.
  • Petting Zoo People: He's an half-human mutant.
  • Sympathetic Murderer: Elly and Rico still loved Hammer, even after he killed Medena. Rico continually emphatically insists that it wasn't Hammer's fault. If this is so, then Hammer may have been manipulated into doing it. The seeds of Hammer's betrayal were sewn during his time of captivity in Krelian's lab, and it was never certain just what was done to him before the party escaped.
  • Tragic Monster: What he becomes after his Face Heel Turn.
  • Unfazed Everyman: Hammer follows the heroes everywhere, even without fighting skills.
  • Was Once a Man: Before becoming a giant cyborg.

Jesiah "Jessie" Black

Jessie

Billy Lee Black's father. Former agent of Solaris.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Primera Black

Billy Lee Black's little sister.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Yui Uzuki

Citan's wife.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • The Ace: She was once (allegedly) the best swordswoman in Shevat prior to meeting Citan. Yeah, that's right: the two Aces are married to one another.
  • Feminine Women Can Cook: Fei repeatedly proclaims his love of Yui's cooking. Citan is less appreciative.
  • Hot Mom
  • Retired Badass: According to Citan, she did defeat him in swordfight before their marriage.
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  1. ↑ Though Grahf was originally Lacan, his personality and memories permanently diverged when he started to Body Surf 500 years before, and so that Grahf has his own character section further down the page.
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