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* [[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]]
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Fei-hung Wong Fei-hung], their names are written the same in katakana.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Fei-hung Wong Fei-hung], their names are written the same in katakana.
* [[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.
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** 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|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.
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: "I hate fighting. And Gears..."
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: "I hate fighting. And Gears..."
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Can be either red or blue depending on who the other one is.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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]]
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* [[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.
* [[Fem Bot]]: 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.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Across multiple lives.
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* [[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]]


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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.


* [[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]]
* [[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|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.
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* [[Martial Medic]]
* [[Martial Medic]]
* [[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]]
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
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* [[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]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[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.
* [[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]]
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]
* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Disowned by the Kaiser.
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Disowned by the Kaiser.
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: With Hammer.
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: With Hammer.
* [[Hunk]]
* [[Hunk]]
* [[Mid Season Upgrade]]: The El Stier.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The El Stier.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
* [[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]]'''.
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** [[Gun Kata]]
** [[Gun Kata]]
* [[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]]




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* [[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]]
* [[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 Mini Moe]]
* [[Token Mini-Moe]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: There is rough sketch of El Seibzehn, her [[Mid Season Upgrade]], in ''Perfect Works''.
* [[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]]
[[File:xenogears_chu-chu_1733.jpg|frame|Chu-Chu]]
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Small pink creature, originally mistaken for a stuffed toy.
Small pink creature, originally mistaken for a stuffed toy.


* [[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 Fifty 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.
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* [[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]]
* [[Fem Bot]]: Her Crescens.
* [[FemBot]]: Her Crescens.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Crescens start as [[Squishy Wizard]]. It can hit pretty hard after Emeralda's [[Plot Relevant Age Up]], but still suffer from low HP.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Crescens start as [[Squishy Wizard]]. It can hit pretty hard after Emeralda's [[Plot Relevant Age Up]], but still suffer from low HP.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Especially once she's in her adult form, which gives her ''phenomenally'' good stat growth. She'll easily end up as the fastest character in the game and is already the best magic user, and her physical prowess will with enough level-ups be on the same level as Fei and Citan. She basically has no weaknesses on foot, though she's a bit of a [[Glass Cannon]] in Gear combat.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Especially once she's in her adult form, which gives her ''phenomenally'' good stat growth. She'll easily end up as the fastest character in the game and is already the best magic user, and her physical prowess will with enough level-ups be on the same level as Fei and Citan. She basically has no weaknesses on foot, though she's a bit of a [[Glass Cannon]] in Gear combat.
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Originally planned as a [[Sixth Ranger]], but this got canned when the budget ran out.
* [[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.


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* [[Little Bit Beastly]]: Seraphita, with rabbit ears and tail.
* [[Little Bit Beastly]]: Seraphita, with rabbit ears and tail.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[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.
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** [[Humanoid 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.
* [[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|Body Surfing]].
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[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]]
* [[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.
* [[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...
* [[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...
** Also near the end, when he [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifice himself in Fei's place]].
** Also near the end, when he [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifice himself in Fei's place]].
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* [[Tin Tyrant]]
* [[Tin Tyrant]]
* [[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]]


[[File:xenogears_krelian_3922.jpg|frame|Krelian]]
[[File:xenogears_krelian_3922.jpg|frame|Krelian]]
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* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.


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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]]
* [[Petting Zoo People]]
* [[Petting Zoo People]]
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappears from the game at disc 2.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappears from the game at disc 2.
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Retired Badass]]
* [[Retired Badass]]
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Revision as of 09:25, 8 January 2014


Character sheet for Xenogears. Due to the nature of the game, all spoilers are unmarked .

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]

Elly

Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten

= 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.

Citan

Citan Uzuki

= Voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese) =

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.

Bart

Bartholomew "Bart" Fatima

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

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

Rico

Ricardo "Rico" Banderas

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

Billy

Billy Lee Black

= Voiced by Yuji Ueda (Japanese) =

Young clergyman of the Ethos.


Maria

Maria Balthasar

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

Chu-Chu

Chu-Chu

= Voiced by Michiko Neya (Japanese) =

Small pink creature, originally mistaken for a stuffed toy.

Emeralda

Emeralda Kharim

= Voiced by Michiko Neya (Japanese) =

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

Antagonists

Shakhan

Shakhan

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

Stone/Stein

Bishop Stone/Stein

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

Ramsus

Kahran Ramsus

Dominia, Kelvena, Tolone and Seraphita

The Elements

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

Four of the Surviving Eight.

Gazel Ministry

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.

  • A God Am I: What the Ministry believe resurrecting Deus will mean for them.
  • 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.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: All Krelian needed the ministry for was to activate the Gaetia Key. Once that's done...
Miang, specifically her 998th incarnation

Miang Hawwa

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke I Am Your Distant Ancestor: She is technically this to everyone except Abel, who had been onboard the Eldridge and 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

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.

Krelian

Krelian

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

  "-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...

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 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

Sigurd Harcourt

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.

  • Royal Blood
  • 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.
Margie

Marguerite "Margie" Fatima

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

Hammer

Hammer the Supplier

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.

  • 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
  • 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
  • Petting Zoo People
  • 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
  • Unfazed Everyman/Muggle: Hammer follows the heroes everywhere, even without fighting skills.
  • Was Once a Man: Before becoming a giant cyborg.
Jessie

Jesiah "Jessie" Black

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

Primera Black

Billy Lee Black's little sister.

Yui Uzuki

Citan's wife.

  • 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.
  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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