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Yggdra loves strawberries and hates mushrooms, and her birthday is June 2. Her [[Personality Blood Types|blood type]] is AB, and she's 157 cm tall and weighs 45 kg. She's voiced by [[Mai Nakahara|Nakahara Mai]] in the PSP version.

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Let us repeat--157 cm tall. Justified because the Gran Centurio's magic makes it feel as though it's the same weight as a badminton birdie to the Artwaltz family, but the enemy still has to deal with getting hit with its full weight and mass.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Of a sort--her hose are actually garters, so she gets this whenever she gets an upskirt. Mysteriously, this happens quite a bit in the spinoff manga.

A seventeen-year-old thief who resides in Norn Valley, a Fantasinian territory. After fighting with Imperial soldiers a few times, he comes across Princess Yggdra and agrees to help her raise an army to free Fantasinia--in exchange for her castle. He's rough-natured and claims to always act in his own best interests, but he has a large group of loyal followers. He's very friendly with Yggdra and her followers, much to the chagrin of his best friend and right-hand lady rogue, Kylier. Milanor also matures over the course of the plot, going from being the comic relief to one of Yggdra's major sources of support. It's implied in certain extras that Milanor is the hereditary king of the Vanir, and would indeed be their leader if their nation hadn't been destroyed by Fantasinia; this never comes up in-game. Milanor is the player character during certain parts of the game, and is voiced by [[Miyuki Sawashiro|Sawashiro Miyuki]] in the PSP version.

Kylier's reasons for hating Yggdra go deeper than that, though--it turns out that Yggdra's family were responsible for destroying the civilization of the Vanir, Kylier's race, and exiled them to the barren wastes of Lost Aries. While over the course of the game, Kylier grows to like Yggdra as a person, their conflicting ideas on war and Kylier's bitterness towards Yggdra prevents her from permanently joining up with the Royal Army. In the end, Kylier sacrifices herself to allow the Royal Army to move forward in their conquest of Bronquia, which impacts Milanor deeply (and causes him to realize his own feelings for her).

Unabashedly something of a geek when it comes to all things magical (he's the [[Mr. Exposition]] of arcane things and supplies the player with lots of [[Magi Babble]]), Roswell is fond of intellectual material, getting even--and bananas. [[Fan Service|Who knows why.]] Through his sub-event and battle dialogue, it is revealed that he matures greatly over the course of the game, becoming a wise and gentle individual. He is voiced by Kaneko Hidehiko in the PSP version.

Nineteen years of age, Rosary is the lady of Esmeralda (or the House of the White Rose), the southwestern part of Verlaine. She's considerably less bookish and dignified than Roswell, and is playful and rather arrogant. She is stated to be seeking the Ankhs for the sake of the power she'll obtain through them (surpassing her and Roswell's ancestor Valois, the founder of Verlaine--or so she says), and she also appears to set off the [[Cycle of Revenge|blood feud]] by attacking Roswell's villages with Golems. When Roswell retaliates, however, the player is able to see her in a brief moment of vulnerability and realize that she does, in fact, care for her people. As she and Roswell both refuse to compromise, the Royal Army must kill one of them to end their war. If Roswell dies, Rosary joins the Royal Army afterward.

* [[Expy]]: Mistel appears to be based on a minor character from art director Kiyudzuki's manga ''[[Shoulder a Coffin Kuro]]''--they look almost exactly alike and have similar temperaments.

Initially introduced as one of Gulcasa's top five generals, twenty-five-year-old "Astral Fencer" Russell is a swordsman who shows honor and chivalry towards both his allies and his enemies. He is revealed in the fourth chapter to have been enlisted in the Imperial Army by force--he was once part of the original Royal Army, but when Gulcasa captured Russell's home (Castle Karona, sitting right on the border of Bronquia) he was impressed by the swordsman's abilities and spirit and asked Russell to join the Imperial Army so that Gulcasa wouldn't have to kill him. Russell refused, but rather than lose such a strong fighter, Gulcasa imprisoned Russell's fiancee, Flone, with a promise to let her go once the war ended. If the player rescues Flone, Russell can be recruited, but otherwise he dies in the Royal Army's attack on Karona.

A strange young witch who seems obsessed with Undines, Pamela only had a brief appearance in the GBA version, but can be recruited on Hard Mode of the PSP remake. Her age is listed as "unknown" in most of the extras, but the official website states her to be fifteen years old. While little was shown about her in the original game, her role is explained in more detail when she joins the Royal Army--Pamela is on a quest to obtain eternal life (and eternal youth), and is studying the Undines to see how they use the Transmigragem to reincarnate. The extras reveal that she is one of the Yumel, a race of Sprites who live in a parallel dimension known as Yumira. Over a thousand years ago, they sheltered and supported Nessiah when they found out who and what he was, and helped him to master the Power of Words in [[Eye Scream|exchange for one of his eyes]]. Pamela's quest for immortality is implied to be inspired by her people's memories of Nessiah's tragic fate.

Pamela is incredibly childish and has an extremely unrealistic view of the events around her, and tries to ''buy'' Nietzsche from the Royal Army when her attempt at stalking them fails--then proceeds to cry and throw a temper tantrum when they refuse to sell [[True Companions|their companion]]. After Roswell or Rosary points out that Pamela has rare powers and Nietzsche says that she feels sorry for Pamela, Milanor and Durant reluctantly let her join up. Pamela loves all things to do with Undines and strange objects, and doesn't get along with Rosary. She, like many women of the party, occasionally flirts with Roswell. She's voiced by [[Ai Nonaka|Nonaka Ai]] in the PSP version.

Sixteen years of age and originally a member of the Imperial Special Forces (assassins), Elena is introduced as a minor character--Zilva's protegee, who seems new to combat and is occasionally reluctant to do battle. She is eventually revealed to be "Black Knight" Leon's younger sister, who realized [[Ax Crazy|what a horrible person war had made him]] and joined the Imperial Army herself to first observe him--then kill him herself when she realized he couldn't change back. She eventually betrays the Imperial Army, and tries to fight Leon and Emilia on her own; she joins up with the Royal Army first temporarily (to defeat Leon), then permanently (after she has had time to bury her brother and resolve herself to her new path in life). Durant is initially very suspicious of her, and Elena despises herself for being a traitor, no matter what the circumstances are.

Only appearing in chapter 5, the twenty-eight-year-old Gordon is a loyal Temple Knight serving under Pope Joachim's sect of the Meria religion. He joins up with the Royal Army temporarily to assist in clearing out the corrupt members of the church and get Yggdra crowned so that she may combat the Imperial Army's next move. It is possible to have Gordon die permanently in Battlefield 32, while fighting Gulcasa--though it is just as possible for him to survive. He's voiced by Watanabe Takehiko in the PSP version.

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As a band of [[True Companions]] who happen to be three years past that [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|awkward puppy stage]], Gulcasa and his men are a [[Badass Army]] powerful enough to strike fear into the hearts of the rest of the continental world--especially after defeating Fantasinia, the country always thought to be the dominant world power. Aside from [[Optional Party Member|new addition Russell]] and [[The Slacker|the mercenary Inzaghi]], they are all patriots united by their belief in Gulcasa and love of their homeland; most of them have some form of [[Badass Nickname]].

The young Emperor of Bronquia, Gulcasa wrested leadership of his country from a loathed predecessor in a bloody coup d'état and, at the age of twenty, is a terrifying threat to his enemies and a beloved sovereign to his own people. After stabilizing Bronquia, he launched an invasion and conquest of Fantasinia that went nearly perfectly--the only snarl in the plan was that Yggdra escaped her parents' fate. The two of them clash multiple times over the course of the story; Yggdra gradually goes from seeing him as an evil dictator and murderer to perceiving him as a ruler [[Not So Different|who is much the same as she is]]. Gulcasa is a shrewd ruler, but can be brash and ignore his own condition once he loses his temper, which gives him some trouble after his [[Deadly Upgrade]].

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: How Gulcasa kicks off the game--all Fantasinia's base ARE belong to him, at least for a little while...

* [[The Chosen One]]: At least in the eyes of his people, anyway--Gulcasa was the first person of pure Imperial blood (meaning Brongaa's descendants) to appear in hundreds of years.

Nessiah is actually a fallen angel, and the creator of the Gran Centurio. When he lived in Asgard, he went by the name "Aries", and was a pure-hearted idealist--so much so that he refused to fight demons, because he was a pacifist. Asgard hated him for his stance, and it eventually led to his downfall, which is implied to have been orchestrated by Hector (the villain of the overarching story of ''[[Dept. Heaven]]''). Blinded, stripped of his wings, and bound by the Chains of Conviction--which force him to exist eternally, without being able to age or die--Nessiah was cast down to Yggdra's world; as soon as he regained himself from the trauma, he gave the Gran Centurio to Yggdra's family, and whenever the human world became too peaceful, he provoked conflicts that turned into wars. The Gran Centurio would gain power from battle--enough to break his chains--and after that, Nessiah planned to take it back and use it to [[Rage Against the Heavens|destroy the corrupt system that had made his life so miserable]]. The wars in Yggdra's generation finally gave the Gran Centurio its necessary power, and after Gulcasa's defeat, Nessiah tried to begin his vengeance. Yggdra and the Royal Army, furious with him for his [[People Puppets|penchant for reviving the dead to mess with them/get them to power up his sword]] and fearing for what might happen to their world, refused to hand over the Gran Centurio--leading to an epic battle.

* [[Blind Seer]]: Subverted. He's blind, but despite his title, he's not a seer--he's just ''too'' damn good at [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Ridiculously powerful magic, [[Waif Fu]], Reincarnation, a thousand years of experience, and an [[Resurrective Immortality|inability to be permanently killed]]--oh, and he also happens to be a Grim Angel.

A pair of twin Valkyries that hound the Royal Army for most of the game, both eighteen years of age. They alternate attacks, though the Royal Army can't figure out how she replenishes troops so quickly and even recovers from [[Eye Scream|losing an eye]] until they see both of them together (even the player is held to this--the game goes as far as labeling both twins as 'Aegina' every time you see them and avoiding names being spoken around Luciana. The only differences between the two are mannerisms and subtle differences in their dialogue portraits). The twins are heavily implied to be Yggdra's illegitimate older sisters, exiled at a young age. Aegina is generally calmer and more level-headed than her sister, though both have a grudge against Fantasinia.

Because the extras reveal that she and Gulcasa are only half-siblings (they had the same father), it used to be hotly debated by fans whether or not Emilia is also a descendant of Brongaa--<s>there seems to be no conclusive answer, as her ears are covered by her bonnet (so it's impossible to tell whether she's concealing ''jigokumimi'' like Gulcasa or if hers are normal)</s>, but ''[[Blaze Union]]'' seems to have cleared things up a bit<ref>Yes, Emilia is also one of Brongaa's descendants; her ears are normal because unlike Gulcasa, she's not a pureblood</ref>. She is voiced by [[Ai Nonaka|Nonaka Ai]] in the PSP version.

Both the leader of the Imperial witches and the master of Imperial ballistics, Eudy comes off as calm, collected, and in control--until she's given a cannon to fire. Then she starts [[Evil Laugh|cackling like a maniac]] and squeeing about bombarding her enemies, and it gets pretty obvious that she's a pyromaniac. There's only one battlefield over the entire game where she fights without having a cannon to fire; her cannons often make battlefields a hassle, and as such she becomes a character that many players love to hate. Eudy is one of only four Imperial officers who survive until Chapter 8, and is killed when [[Heroic Sacrifice|Kylier destroys the Arc of Triumph]].

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Remember, kids--war isn't pretty.

A twenty-one-year-old bounty hunter who harries the Royal Army several times throughout the game in an attempt to capture Yggdra. (He's also shown once pursuing the bounty on Cruz.) His persistence is noted by several characters (Milanor jokes that Mizer probably has a crush on her), but Mizer is known to act cautiously and retreat once he's taken a certain amount of damage. He's also known for spending all the money he wins from bounties on shoes--which is such a [[Camp Gay]] stereotype that it leads many to wonder about his sexuality. And for becoming ''ridiculously difficult to fight'' in the remake, when he was something of a gag character in the original.

Leader of a group of desert bandits, thirty-eight years of age. Dort and his bandits take advantage of the absence of Meria-sanctioned knights protecting the trade routes to attack travelers in Nyllard--and thus come across the Royal Army. Like Ortega and Mizer, Dort finds the bounty on Yggdra too good to pass up. He and his men have a hideout deep in the desert, and believe themselves to be invincible due to the protection of their fake [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]], a giant golem. Yggdra and company prove just how wrong they are. Dort is voiced by [[Tetsu Inada|Inada Tetsu]] in the PSP version.

* [[The Reveal]]: Flone exposits Russell's backstory if you rescue her--it's the only way to learn the truth about his motives.

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