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A female Archdemon with a mask
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* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against people[[note]]Which is why she and Kuu are being threatened by slavers even though she should be able to handle herself easily, until Zagan intervenes[[/note]], however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes, especially given that mages are responsible for her loss of sight. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive: while she's still wary of mages in general, she makes exceptions for Zagan and Nephteros.
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** Averted as Zagan has begun repairing her eye sight
* DoomedHometown: Archdemon Shere Khan destroyed her hometown in his "Rare Species Hunts".
* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword againstpeople[[note]]Which people [[note]] Which is why she and Kuu are being threatened by slavers even though she should be able to handle herself easily, until Zagan intervenes[[/note]], however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes, especially given that mages are responsible for her loss of sight. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive: while she's still wary of mages in general, she makes exceptions for Zagan and Nephteros.
* DoomedHometown: Archdemon Shere Khan destroyed her hometown in his "Rare Species Hunts".
* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against
!! Shax
A mage specializing in healing magic currently working with the Church healing people to better relations between The Mages & The Order.
* MistakenForRomance: Raphael is none too pleased that Shax has forged a pretty good friendship with Kuroka even if it's more "cordial coworkers", the site of a middle-aged man with a young girl draws eyes.
A mage specializing in healing magic currently working with the Church healing people to better relations between The Mages & The Order.
* MistakenForRomance: Raphael is none too pleased that Shax has forged a pretty good friendship with Kuroka even if it's more "cordial coworkers", the site of a middle-aged man with a young girl draws eyes.
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The youngest Archdemon before Zagan, heavily interested in study of Celestian. He's the one who instigate the attack on Nephy's village, partly setting the plot into motion.
* CruelMercy: After Zagan finally caught up with him in Volume 5, Zagan loads Heaven's Phosphor into Bifrons' heart and set it so that it would detonate if he tries to interact with or even showing himself to Nephteros again. An extremely cruel mercy given how much he loved Nephteros, even if he didn't realize it himself.
* DemonicPossession: One of his favorite tactic is to posses people and use them to sow discord.
* CruelMercy: After Zagan finally caught up with him in Volume 5, Zagan loads Heaven's Phosphor into Bifrons' heart and set it so that it would detonate if he tries to interact with or even showing himself to Nephteros again. An extremely cruel mercy given how much he loved Nephteros, even if he didn't realize it himself.
* DemonicPossession: One of his favorite tactic is to posses people and use them to sow discord.
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The youngest Archdemon before Zagan, Zagan with an unknown gender, heavily interested in study of Celestian. He's They're the one who instigate the attack on Nephy's village, partly setting the plot into motion.
* CruelMercy: After Zagan finally caught up with him in Volume 5, Zagan loads Heaven's Phosphor into Bifrons' heart and set it so that it would detonate ifhe tries they try to interact with or even showing himself to Nephteros again. An extremely cruel mercy given how much he loved Nephteros, even if he didn't realize it himself.
* DemonicPossession: One ofhis their favorite tactic tactics is to posses people and use them to sow discord.discord. Like when Biforns did this to Kuu until Zagan intervened.
* CruelMercy: After Zagan finally caught up with him in Volume 5, Zagan loads Heaven's Phosphor into Bifrons' heart and set it so that it would detonate if
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Due to be perpetually stuck in a child form and unable to mature physically, it is impossible to determine Bifrons gender which is purposefully left "unknown" by the author.
* KidsAreCruel: {{Invoked}}, Bifrons is ''far'' older than they appear but their childish looks and incredibly cruel almost playful nature invoke this trope heavily.
* KidsAreCruel: {{Invoked}}, Bifrons is ''far'' older than they appear but their childish looks and incredibly cruel almost playful nature invoke this trope heavily.
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One of the Archdemons and organizer of the "Rare Species Hunt". He is allied with Bifrons
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* SiblingsWanted: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: When she uses a spell to swap her and Zagan's ages, Foll grows into a ''stunning'' beauty, curves and all!
* SiblingsWanted: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume4.4 solely so she can remain the "Big Sis".
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One of the Archangels wielding the Zachariel sword, however, he is also known as [[spoiler:Michael Diekmeyer one of the Archdemons]]
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!! Andrealphus
Michael Diekmeyer
One of the Archangels wielding the Zachariel sword, however, he is also known as[[spoiler:Michael Diekmeyer [[spoiler:Andrealphus one of the Archdemons]]
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One of the Archdemons but also known as [[spoiler:Andrealphus one of the Archangels]]
* (See Andrealphus above)
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Andrealphus
One of the Archdemons but also known as[[spoiler:Andrealphus [[spoiler:Michael Diekmeyer one of the Archangels]]
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One of the Archdemons but also known as [[spoiler:Andrealphus one of the Archangels]]
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One of the Senior Archdemons who plays a role in the Norden arc. [[spoiler:She also turns out to be Nephy's mother '''Titania''' and thus by extension Nephteros' mother.]] Orias also is one of the [[spoilers:Archangels]].
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One of the Senior Archdemons who plays a role in the Norden arc. [[spoiler:She also turns out to be Nephy's mother '''Titania''' and thus by extension Nephteros' mother.]] Orias also is one of the [[spoilers:Archangels]].
[[spoiler:Archangels]].
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One of the Archdemons. She also turns out to be Nephy's mother Titania and thus by extension Nephteros' mother.
* LegacyCharacter: The current Orias is actually Titania, after she defeated original Orias and stole her identity.
* SuperpowerLottery: Like her daughters, she's capable of wielding Celestial mysticism, and she's Archdemon-tier mage.
* LegacyCharacter: The current Orias is actually Titania, after she defeated original Orias and stole her identity.
* SuperpowerLottery: Like her daughters, she's capable of wielding Celestial mysticism, and she's Archdemon-tier mage.
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One of theArchdemons. She Senior Archdemons who plays a role in the Norden arc. [[spoiler:She also turns out to be Nephy's mother Titania '''Titania''' and thus by extension Nephteros' mother.
mother.]] Orias also is one of the [[spoilers:Archangels]].
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Titania challenged the original Orias to secure a way to create a nation/refuge for her people the Elves. She was victorious in killing Orias, but it costed her ''everything''.]] So much so, she abandoned her goals.
* DualAgeModes: As "Orias" she sometimes disguises herself as an older woman to help hide her identity.
* LegacyCharacter:The [[spoiler:The current Orias is actually Titania, after she defeated original Orias and stole her identity.
identity.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: Like her daughters, she's capable of wielding Celestial mysticism,and she's a seasoned Archdemon-tier mage.mage, ''and'' [[spoiler:a senior Archangel!]] just to name a few jobs on her resume.
* WalkingSpoiler: Kinda hard to talk about her without spoiling everything.
One of the
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Titania challenged the original Orias to secure a way to create a nation/refuge for her people the Elves. She was victorious in killing Orias, but it costed her ''everything''.]] So much so, she abandoned her goals.
* DualAgeModes: As "Orias" she sometimes disguises herself as an older woman to help hide her identity.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Like her daughters, she's capable of wielding Celestial mysticism,
* WalkingSpoiler: Kinda hard to talk about her without spoiling everything.
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* CharmPerson: Gremory's title of "The Enchantress" isn't just for show. Not only are her "Adult" form a sexed-up knock out but Gremory knows how to charm others (specifically women) to become "unable to live without (Gremory)"!
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* CharmPerson: Gremory's title of "The Enchantress" isn't just for show. Not only are is her "Adult" form "Adult form" a sexed-up knock out out, but Gremory knows how to charm others (specifically women) to become "unable to live without (Gremory)"!
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* CharmPerson: Gremory's title of "The Enchantress" isn't just for show. Not only are her "Adult" form a sexed-up knock out but Gremory knows how to charm others (specifically women) to become "unable to live without (Gremory)"!
* HasAType: Gremory is not exactly confirmed to be Straight, Lesbian, or Bisexual; but she is said to "Hate men" (to what point is unknown as she never acted on this claim) and is obsessed with charming other young women and being friendly with young children and finding them adorable (boy or girl).
** That being said, her desire to charm and sexually caress other young adult women like she attempted with Nephertos is rather telling of her type.
** That being said, her desire to charm and sexually caress other young adult women like she attempted with Nephertos is rather telling of her type.
* LovableSexManiac: {{Invoked}}, while she isn't running around having relations that we know of, her obsession with the concept of "Love" and ability to seduce/charm other women the point of making them "unable to live without (Gremory)" qualifies her as one.
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A mage Zagan meets during Bifrons' evening ball in Volume 3. After the ordeal in that volume, he joined Zagan's retinue.
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* LoveFreak: She really likes to talk about "love power". Her teacher Orias is quite embarassed by it.
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* LoveFreak: She really likes to talk about "love power". Her teacher Orias is quite embarassed embarrassed by it.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: Kimaris specializes in sound based magic.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of his main skills. He has studied Magic so much he can usually figure out a way to destroy/reverse another Mage's magic circle before he can use the spell.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: He's like an [[{{Hikikomori}} overgrown]] teenage prodigy: great at magic, awful at life skills like cleaning, buying groceries, taking care of himself, etc.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of his main skills. He has studiedMagic magic so much he can usually figure out a way to destroy/reverse another Mage's magic circle before he can use the spell.
* AbsentMindedProfessor: He's like an [[{{Hikikomori}} overgrown]] teenage prodigy: great at magic, awful at life skills like cleaning, buying groceries, taking care of himself, etc.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, he was orphaned, forced to fend for himself in the slums, forced to steal enough to get by, and then was picked up as HumanResources by a mage. He became the mage Zagan by killing the bastard, in self-defense.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, he was orphaned, forced to fend for himself in the slums, forced to steal enough to get by, and then was picked up as HumanResources by a mage. He became the a mage Zagan by killing the bastard, bastard in self-defense.
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* DotingParent: He's this to Foll, wanting to give her a normal childhood that he or Nephy doesn't get.
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* DotingParent: He's this to Foll, wanting to give her a normal childhood that he or and Nephy doesn't get.didn't get.
* TheHermit: He spent many of his teenage years holed up in his castle, because he had seen the outside world as a beggar and did not want any of it. He only interacted with people during battles and Barbaros' attempts to mooch off of him.
* TheHermit: He spent many of his teenage years holed up in his castle, because he had seen the outside world as a beggar and did not want any of it. He only interacted with people during battles and Barbaros' attempts to mooch off of him.
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* MeanBoss: To everyone but Nephy. Working for Zagan means you get food, shelter, and protection from anyone who might be hunting you, or, if Zagan's in a very good mood, some of his spells. It ''does not'' mean you will be respected, or only given work you know how to do.
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* MeanBoss: To everyone but Nephy. Working for Zagan means you get food, shelter, and protection from anyone who might be hunting you, or, you (and if Zagan's in a very good mood, some of his spells.spells). It ''does not'' mean you will be respected, or only given work you know how to do.
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* NoSocialSkills: At the beginning he has absolutely no idea how to actually talk to Nephy, and everything he usually says comes out very wrong.
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* MundaneLuxury: Zagan..."inherited"...Andras' castle and wealth, but having the former meant he felt no need for the latter. A decrepit, chilly castle was still the best shelter he'd ''ever'' had up to that point, and [[TooDesperateToBePicky he didn't mind]] that its only supplies of food were moldy, so he never tried to buy anything better.
* NoSocialSkills: At the beginning he has absolutely no idea how to actually talk to Nephy, and most everythinghe usually he says comes out very wrong.
* NoSocialSkills: At the beginning he has absolutely no idea how to actually talk to Nephy, and most everything
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She was so shunned and jaded that Zagan, clearing out a room in his castle tower, by blowing up the previous owner's "collection" causes her to happily devote herself to him, body and soul.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She was so shunned and jaded that Zagan, clearing out a room in his castle tower, by blowing up the previous owner's "collection" for her causes her to happily devote herself to him, body and soul.
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* DeathSeeker: The moment she came into Zagan's possession, the first words that came out of her mouth were questioning how he was going to kill her, and spouting various methods to carry it out. Zagain is properly horrified and has to constantly tell her he has no such intention.
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* CuteAndPsycho: Regardless of her delicate appearance and position as the LoveInterest, she is just as ruthless as her boyfriend. Maybe more so, since her killcount is higher. [[note]]At the start of the series, Zagan has killed Andras and several bandits who trespassed on his territory. Nephy is responsible for the death of an ''entire'' village.[[/note]]
* DeathSeeker: The moment she came into Zagan's possession, the first words that came out of her mouth were questioning how he was going to kill her, andspouting suggesting various methods to carry it out. Zagain is properly horrified and has to constantly tell her he has no such intention.
* DeathSeeker: The moment she came into Zagan's possession, the first words that came out of her mouth were questioning how he was going to kill her, and
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* DeadlyEuphemism: Due to his FaceOfAThug and reputation, everyone talking to him ''thinks'' this is what he is doing. When in fact he is genuninly trying to have a civil conversation with someone.
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** Subverted later on as he starts to care for others. Constantly working and developing new spells in order to gain an advantage on his enemies and to protect his loved ones.
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* WeakButSkilled: As a clone, she lacks the raw power of her sister and original, but she is a lot more skilled than her. To the point that she can infiltrate Zagan's home without him or anyone realizing it.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Played straight and subverted. At the start he was constantly looking for cheap and easy ways to gain power, which is why Zagan could easily beat him. However after falling in with Chastille, he loses some of the lazy bit and starts working the proper way. By the time of Volume 10, he has become so powerful, that he was able to fight Zagan in a 3 hour duel to a complete draw, and this was without him having an Archdemon Sigil.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Played straight and subverted. At the start he was constantly looking for cheap and easy ways to gain power, which is why Zagan could easily beat him. However after falling in with Chastille, he loses some of the lazy bit and starts working the proper way. By the time of Volume 10, he has become so powerful, that he was able to fight Zagan in a 3 hour duel to a complete draw, and this was without him having the power of an Archdemon Sigil.Archdemon.
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* GeniusDitz: He is an incredibly talented mage who can fight Zagan to a draw, yet often he does incredibly pointless and stupid things. Zagan even states if he manages to acquire an Archdemon Sigil, he may become the most dangerous obstacle to his goals.
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* GeniusDitz: He is an incredibly talented mage who can fight Zagan to a draw, yet often he does incredibly pointless and stupid things. Zagan even states if he manages to acquire an Archdemon Sigil, the power of Archdemon, he may become the most dangerous obstacle to his goals.
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* MundaneUtility: He creates new magic and improves his already existing ones, not for the purpose of overtaking Zagan or climbing the ranks of magical society, but solely for peeking on Chastille.
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* MundaneUtility: He creates new magic and improves his already existing ones, ones and builds up his power, not for the purpose of overtaking Zagan or climbing the ranks of magical society, but solely for peeking on Chastille.Chastille while she's bathing.
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* BadassNormal: While not exactly normal as he is a mage, the fact that he manages to fight Zagan to a complete standstill in volume 10 speaks of his capabilities. Zagan even states the only reason why he isn't an Archdemon is because there are no more positions to occupy, that and the others don't like his attitude.
* BrilliantButLazy: Played straight and subverted. At the start he was constantly looking for cheap and easy ways to gain power, which is why Zagan could easily beat him. However after falling in with Chastille, he loses some of the lazy bit and starts working the proper way. By the time of Volume 10, he has become so powerful, that he was able to fight Zagan in a 3 hour duel to a complete draw, and this was without him having an Archdemon Sigil.
* BrilliantButLazy: Played straight and subverted. At the start he was constantly looking for cheap and easy ways to gain power, which is why Zagan could easily beat him. However after falling in with Chastille, he loses some of the lazy bit and starts working the proper way. By the time of Volume 10, he has become so powerful, that he was able to fight Zagan in a 3 hour duel to a complete draw, and this was without him having an Archdemon Sigil.
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* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: She tried to do this to Foll after she made an outfit for her.
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* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against people, however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive: while she's still wary of mages in general, she makes exceptions for Zagan and Nephteros.
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* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against people, people[[note]]Which is why she and Kuu are being threatened by slavers even though she should be able to handle herself easily, until Zagan intervenes[[/note]], however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes.eyes, especially given that mages are responsible for her loss of sight. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive: while she's still wary of mages in general, she makes exceptions for Zagan and Nephteros.
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* GoodWithNumbers: After moving in with Chastille, she ends up becoming the Church branch's unofficial accountant and trying to keep the balance book in the black.
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* SickeningSweethearts: So much so with Nephy that the two of them holding hands turns the entire fanbase into TheKnightsWhoSaySquee
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* MeanBoss: To everyone but Nephy. Working for Zagan means you get food, shelter, and protection from anyone who might be hunting you. It ''does not'' mean you will be respected, or only given work you know how to do.
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* MeanBoss: To everyone but Nephy. Working for Zagan means you get food, shelter, and protection from anyone who might be hunting you.you, or, if Zagan's in a very good mood, some of his spells. It ''does not'' mean you will be respected, or only given work you know how to do.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Being an elf ''and'' an albino "cursed child", she was born with vast amounts of mana and the ability to use Celestial mysticism, which curbstomps normal magic.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: In Volume 1, as powerful as Zagan is shown to be, Zagan often notes that if the two of them were to ever actually fight, even in his own territory, with the full-home field advantage, Zagan is not confident he could beat Barbaros. This effect is quite lessened after Zagan beats his ass at the end of Volume 1.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: In Volume 1, as powerful as Zagan is shown to be, Zagan often notes that if the two of them were to ever actually fight, even in his own territory, with the full-home field advantage, Zagan is not confident he could beat Barbaros. This effect is quite lessened after Zagan beats kicks his ass at the end of Volume 1.
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* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Spending his whole life killing mages only solidified his eventual conviction that killing mages doesn't solve ''anything''.
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* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Spending his whole life killing mages only solidified his eventual conviction that killing mages doesn't solve ''anything''.
''anything'', not to mention his issue of the Church using ChildSoldiers.
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* DualAgeModes: She normally shift between 3 forms: her child form, adult form, and default old form.
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* DualAgeModes: She normally use her magic to shift between 3 forms: her child form, adult form, and default old form.
* NoNameGiven: She wasn't named at all in Volume 3, only named herself in Volume 4 after complaining that no one remembers her name. Her full name is only revealed in Volume 6.
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* TookALevelInBadass: She went from a noncombatant comic relief into a powerful combatant after she received a Holy Treasure in Volume 6.
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* TookALevelInBadass: She went from a noncombatant comic relief into a powerful combatant after she received a Holy Treasure in Volume 6.6, using it to help Lilith, Kuroka, Nephteros, and others fighting off Demon Lord sludge possessing Foll.
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An 18-year-old mage (and, later, Demon Lord) who inhabits the territory of Kianoides. In his youth, he was kidnapped by the mage Andras to be a HumanSacrifice. At that moment his latent magical ability awakened and he killed the mage, taking his place.
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A therianthrope Zagan rescued from slavers along with Kuroka. After the events of Volume 5 she ends up working for Manuela.
* DemonicPossession: Bifrons possessed her in Volume 5 to sow discord.
* LittleBitBeastly: As a therianthrope, she has fox ears and tails.
A therianthrope Zagan rescued from slavers along with Kuroka. After the events of Volume 5 she ends up working for Manuela.
* DemonicPossession: Bifrons possessed her in Volume 5 to sow discord.
* LittleBitBeastly: As a therianthrope, she has fox ears and tails.
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* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against humans, however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive and interacting more with Zagan and Nephteros.
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* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against humans, people, however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive and interacting more with alive: while she's still wary of mages in general, she makes exceptions for Zagan and Nephteros.
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* MeanBoss: To everyone but Nephy. Working for Zagan means you get food, shelter, and protection from anyone who might be hunting you. It ''does not'' mean you will be respected, or only given work you know how to do.
* NumberTwo: Zagan's default response to any question from his subordinates is, 'Why are you asking ''me'' this and not Nephy?'
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* PropertyOfLove: After Zagan comes to her rescue at the end of Volume 1, she presents her SlaveCollar and ''asks him to put it back on'', declaring herself to be his possession, for life. He happily accepts.
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* PropertyOfLove: After Zagan comes to her rescue at the end of Volume 1, she presents her SlaveCollar and ''asks him to put it back on'', declaring herself to be his possession, possession for life. He happily accepts.
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A hooded, mysterious mage who is revealed in Volume 2 to be a dragon child. She seeks revenge for her dead father, where she believe archangels killed him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
* HappilyAdopted: By Volume 3 she's officialy Zagan's adoptive daughter.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
* HappilyAdopted: By Volume 3 she's officialy Zagan's adoptive daughter.
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A hooded, mysterious mage who is revealed in Volume 2 to be a dragon child. She seeks revenge for her dead father, where who she believe archangels believes was killed him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
by archangels.
* HappilyAdopted: By Volume 3 she'sofficialy officially Zagan's adoptive daughter.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
* HappilyAdopted: By Volume 3 she's
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* MisplacedRetribution: She initially attempts to attack Chastille and then later actually attacks Raphael since she believes they (and the rest of archangels) are responsible for her father's death. Only after the fight was over that Raphael revealed that her father died helping them fighting off demons, and that even if the archangels want her father dead it would be practically impossible for them to kill him given how powerful he is.
* TinTyrant: Her initial appearance is this. Turns out she's animating most of the armor using her magic since her head barely reach up to the armor's helmet, let alone her eyes.
* TinTyrant: Her initial appearance is this. Turns out she's animating most of the armor using her magic since her head barely reach up to the armor's helmet, let alone her eyes.
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* MisplacedRetribution: She initially attempts to attack Chastille and then later actually attacks Raphael since she believes they (and the rest of archangels) are responsible for her father's death. Only after the fight was over that did Raphael revealed reveal that her father died helping them fighting fight off demons, and that even if the archangels want demons.
* SiblingsWanted: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in herfather dead it would be practically impossible for them to kill him given how powerful he is.
transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
* TinTyrant: Her initial appearance is this. Turns out she's animating most of the armor usingher magic since magic; her head barely reach reaches up to the armor's helmet, let alone her eyes.
* SiblingsWanted: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her
* TinTyrant: Her initial appearance is this. Turns out she's animating most of the armor using
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* FaceOfAThug: This and him having NoSocialSkills is the reason why he ends up killing so many mages: they just keep attacking him when he tries to strike a conversation with them (and trying to recruit them into Orobas). The increasing kill count only makes things worse. It's the reason why he eventually entrusts Chastille with the role in the Unification faction, since she doesn't have a poor reputation hanging around her neck and have much better looks and social skills.
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* FaceOfAThug: This and him having NoSocialSkills is the one reason why he ends ended up killing so many mages: they just keep kept attacking him when he tries tried to strike a conversation with talk to them (and trying to recruit them into Orobas). The increasing kill count killcount only makes things worse. It's the reason why he eventually entrusts Chastille with the role in the Unification faction, since she doesn't have a poor reputation hanging around her neck and have has much better looks and social skills.
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* TookALevelInBadass: She went from a noncombatant comic relief into a powerful combatant after she received a Holy Treasure in Volume 6.
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[[folder:Zagan's Retinue]]
!! Zagan
An 18-year-old mage (and, later, Demon Lord) who inhabits the territory of Kianoides. In his youth, he was kidnapped by the mage Andras to be a HumanSacrifice. At that moment his latent magical ability awakened and he killed the mage, taking his place.
* {{Adorkable}}: He is strangely endearing precisely because of the awkwardness that comes from his atrophied social skills.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of his main skills. He has studied Magic so much he can usually figure out a way to destroy/reverse another Mage's magic circle before he can use the spell.
* BigGood: In the sense that his protection allows a lot of people to live in peace.
-->Following her gaze, Nephy’s breath caught as well. Then ''[sic]'' calmly looking over the surroundings, everything had returned to normal, not just the crystalline spears but the destroyed properties now looked like nothing had happened and the people that had been pierced were just stunned and fallen backwards.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: To Nephy. When he's promoted to fill the empty Archdemon seat, he frees Nephy and sends her away, for fear the other Archdemons would kill her if he didn't.
* BrilliantButLazy: Zagan didn't seem to want immortality so much as he wanted a reason to seclude himself and calm down from his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening. (He picked immortality specifically because it's what every other mage is studying.) It's not until he frees another slave that he realizes he can use his power to do things that really matter to him.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Combined with RightForTheWrongReasons. He rescues innocents who cross his property, not because it's the right thing to do, but because the evil idiots attacking them are annoying him in the process in one way or another. As such, he really doesn't care about them, at all, and doesn't remember it. Several merchants he's aided do nice things to him as a result, and it baffles him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, he was orphaned, forced to fend for himself in the slums, forced to steal enough to get by, and then was picked up as HumanResources by a mage. He became the mage Zagan by killing the bastard, in self-defense.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Purchasing Nephy was all well and good, but he didn't even consider what he was going to do next, where she was going to live, etc.
* DotingParent: He's this to Foll, wanting to give her a normal childhood that he or Nephy doesn't get.
* HorrifyingHero: Due to mages usually being evil, anytime he saved someone in the past they would usually flee in terror from him.
%%* HumanSacrifice: Andras intended him to be one.
* TheMagnificent: "Mage-Killer"
* MagneticHero: Averted. He is the focal point of the Orobas movement, but not because of his personality. It's just that Orobas doesn't have a base yet, so everyone in it squats in Zagan's giant, well-protected castle.
%%* MerlinAndNimue:
* NoSocialSkills: At the beginning he has absolutely no idea how to actually talk to Nephy, and everything he usually says comes out very wrong.
* PersonalityPowers: He has a gift for taking others' things- their money, goods, or even preconceptions- and using them to suit himself. Naturally, his unique magic centers around absorbing and repurposing other mages' spells.
* SquishyWizard: Averted. He is able to break a blade with his bare hand and sends a guy twice his size in muscle with a FingerPokeOfDoom.
* StreetUrchin: In his childhood, he was a thief who had to steal to survive. His situation was so bad that he remembers ''prison'' fondly, because at least it provided food and shelter.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: He obviously can't tell Nephy the real reason why he bought her, so he stalls for time until she mentions that she can cook.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: He becomes a mage by killing the mage who tried to make him a HumanSacrifice.
!! Nephelia/"Nephy"
The "slave elf" of the title. An albino ostracized by her fellow elves, she refused to protect them when slavers attacked their village. She was being delivered to the mage Marchosias when he died unexpectedly, so she was then auctioned off to Zagan.
* AccompliceByInaction: She didn't destroy her village, but she could've easily saved it from the people who did.
* AntiHero: She's not malicious so much as she just doesn't ''care'' about morality. Anyone who attacks her family must die, regardless how of little choice they had in the matter.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She was so shunned and jaded that Zagan, clearing out a room in his castle tower, by blowing up the previous owner's "collection" causes her to happily devote herself to him, body and soul.
* BerserkButton: DO NOT HARM ZAGAN!
* ClingyJealousGirl: Displays this most clearly in the end of Volume 2 when Zagan starts getting friendly with Chastille.
* DeathSeeker: The moment she came into Zagan's possession, the first words that came out of her mouth were questioning how he was going to kill her, and spouting various methods to carry it out. Zagain is properly horrified and has to constantly tell her he has no such intention.
* ExpressiveEars: Zagan has noticed that her ears twitch when she is happy.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She is a very good cook, usually making the meals both she and Zagan eat.
* FountainOfYouth: She was turned into a child in Volume 4.
* GaiasVengeance: Her Celestial mysticism means is that every part of nature in the vicinity tries to kill whatever poor bastard the sorcerer wants it too. Including inanimate vines. ''And baby animals.'' They're all locked into a vicious, merciless HiveMind.
* GreenThumb:
* MoralityPet: Her existence, and the fact that Zagan genuinely loves her, though has a hard time showing it, makes him a better person.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Usually played for laughs but she is very quick to suggest someone to be killed that is a problem for Zagan.
* PersonalityPowers:
* PowerIncontinence: When she uses her powers, she has little, if any, control over them. This is the primary reason she ''didn't'' protect her home village. The second reason is that they treated her quite cruelly beforehand...
* PropertyOfLove: After Zagan comes to her rescue at the end of Volume 1, she presents her SlaveCollar and ''asks him to put it back on'', declaring herself to be his possession, for life. He happily accepts.
%%* StraightMan:
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Cold and indifferent on one side, sweet and adoring on the other.
* SuperpowerLottery: Being an elf ''and'' an albino "cursed child", she was born with vast amounts of mana and the ability to use Celestial mysticism, which curbstomps normal magic.
* SwissArmyTears: Her tears are able to heal the stab wound in Zagan's hand.
* TheHeart: She is clearly the main reason Zagan has become a better person.
!! Valefor/"Foll"
A hooded, mysterious mage who is revealed in Volume 2 to be a dragon child. She seeks revenge for her dead father, where she believe archangels killed him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
* HappilyAdopted: By Volume 3 she's officialy Zagan's adoptive daughter.
* TheMagnificent: "Apparition Valefor"
* MisplacedRetribution: She initially attempts to attack Chastille and then later actually attacks Raphael since she believes they (and the rest of archangels) are responsible for her father's death. Only after the fight was over that Raphael revealed that her father died helping them fighting off demons, and that even if the archangels want her father dead it would be practically impossible for them to kill him given how powerful he is.
* TinTyrant: Her initial appearance is this. Turns out she's animating most of the armor using her magic since her head barely reach up to the armor's helmet, let alone her eyes.
!! Raphael Hyurandell
An Archangel who has killed hundreds of mages for the Church. After the events of Volume 2, he defects and takes up residence in Zagan's castle as a butler.
* AnArmAndALeg: He lost his left arm protecting Foll from the demon chimera. Foll later gives him a replacement using armor animated by her magic.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having been a friend of Foll's dad, he likes hanging out with her much as an uncle would his niece.
* FaceOfAThug: This and him having NoSocialSkills is the reason why he ends up killing so many mages: they just keep attacking him when he tries to strike a conversation with them (and trying to recruit them into Orobas). The increasing kill count only makes things worse. It's the reason why he eventually entrusts Chastille with the role in the Unification faction, since she doesn't have a poor reputation hanging around her neck and have much better looks and social skills.
* FakingTheDead: He's officially declared dead by the church in order to become Zagan's butler.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Spending his whole life killing mages only solidified his eventual conviction that killing mages doesn't solve ''anything''.
!! Barbaros
A neighbouring mage who likes visiting Zagan.
* AllForNothing: He does a bunch of kidnappings and tries to frame Zagan for it, purely to become the next Demon Lord, and then learns from Nephy that the Demon Lord council has already chosen Zagan.
* BodyguardCrush: By Volume 6 he starts to fall in love with Chastille.
* BodyguardingABadass: Zagan assigned him to watch over Chastille who is in generally more than capable of handling herself.
* CastingAShadow: Barbaros' speciality is manipulating shadows. He can even hide in someone's shadow, which is how normally he follows Chastille.
* DrivenByEnvy: He's always been jealous of Zagan's fame/infamy and success at being a mage. To the point that he'd frame Zagan for a bunch of kidnappings.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: All the time.
* FrameUp: He frames Zagan for a bunch of kidnappings.
* MomentKiller: Ends up ruining Zagan and Nephy's near-kiss in Volume 2 since he barged into them carrying poisoned Chastille.
* OnlyFriend: Prior to Nephy entering Zagan's life, he was the only person in the world Zagan was even marginally friendly with.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In Volume 1, as powerful as Zagan is shown to be, Zagan often notes that if the two of them were to ever actually fight, even in his own territory, with the full-home field advantage, Zagan is not confident he could beat Barbaros. This effect is quite lessened after Zagan beats his ass at the end of Volume 1.
* SarcasticDevotee: After Zagan beats him, he's now this to Zagan.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He's the closest thing Zagan has to a friend in the beginning of the series, and is clearly not good for Zagan's continued well-being.
!! Gremory
A mage Zagan meets during Bifrons' evening ball in Volume 3. After the ordeal in that volume, she joined Zagan's retinue.
* BiTheWay: She doesn't seem to have any problem with seducing women. In Volume 4 she would have gotten her way with Nephteros if Kimaris didn't stop her.
* CuteWitch: Her child form, where she uses to act adorable, ride on Kimaris' shoulder, and recover from her old form's back pain.
* DualAgeModes: She normally shift between 3 forms: her child form, adult form, and default old form.
* HornedHumanoid: She has a pair of goat horns.
* HotWitch: Her adult form. Perfect form for seduction, it's also a form she uses when she needs high stamina.
* LoveFreak: She really likes to talk about "love power". Her teacher Orias is quite embarassed by it.
* ShipperOnDeck: She absolutely ships Zagan/Nephy. She's also helping them advancing their relationship.
* SinisterScythe: She wields one as a weapon.
* WitchClassic: Her default form. She uses this mainly because more age = more power.
!! Kimaris
* BeastMan: He normally has a face of a lion.
!! Ainselph Thalasa Neptuna/"Selphy"
A Siren singer who was hired by Bifrons in Volume 3. After the ordeal there and Manuela's advice she joined Zagan's household as a servant. She's also a Siren princess.
* RebelliousPrincess: She ran away from her home since she disagrees with the fact that royal songs are considered sacred and should only be heard by a few, so she ran and become a singer, to share her talent to the world.
* ValleyGirl: She speaks like this, which is surprising considering that she's a princess.
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[[folder:Kianoides]]
A trade city built on the intersection between several rivers.
!!Manuela
A shopkeeper who befriends Nephy.
* BigSisterInstinct: The moment it looked like a Holy Knight came to kill Nephy (A complete misunderstanding). She didn't hesitate to jump in front of Nephy to protect her.
* CoolBigSis: She acts like this to Nephy, even referring to herself as a big sister at one point.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: One of her favorite things to do is to dress up cute girls in very sexy outfits. Nephy happens to be one of her regular, so she likes to do this to her. By Volume 6, even Zagan's not an exception.
* TheGadfly: To Chastille.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Aside from having Angel wings, she doesn't seem to be any different from a normal human.
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[[folder:The Church]]
!! Chastille Lilqvist
A renowned Archangel and bearer of the sword Azrael. Her refusal to kill Zagan got her excommunicated from the order.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: By Volume 5 she finally realizes that she has unrequited crush on Zagan. The fact that she knew he won't reciprocate eventually ends up with her forming RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with Nephteros after realizing just how Nephteros is surprisingly in a similar situation as Zagan, and not wanting to be unable to act on her feelings again.
* ButtMonkey: Her life gets worse in practically every scene she's in. You can't really blame the poor girl for being a crybaby.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: If she could utilize her Sword's full potential, [[CurbStompBattle Zagan would be dead.]] Fortunately, to do so a wielder must ''believe'' fully in their cause, and Chastille has doubts about the morality of killing someone who saved her life once. Volume 2 and beyond shows how capable can she be when not burdened.
* ImprobableAge: Deemed worthy of bearing a Holy Sword ''at 17''.
* InternalReformist: In Volume 2, She vows to follow Raphael's wish for the Unification faction in bringing the Church and mages together into Orobas and stand against demons, and make the Church a better organization.
%%* HopeBringer:
* IOweYouMyLife: Zagan saves her life, not knowing who she is, in the first chapter. [[ToBeLawfulOrGood She eventually realizes that she cannot both repay this debt and remain loyal to her masters.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: If she doesn't go through with assassinating a target, she could be tortured and executed by the Church. She tries to get around this by asking Zagan to fake his death, but he refuses.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Her conflict comes from her being a ''real'' paladin in an era where they're expected to be murderous, unquestioning figureheads for the people who are really in charge.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While normally a crybaby, she is absolutely serious when on the job. The fact that the main characters never really sees her being serious before means that when they're trapped inside Nephy's hometown in Volume 4, she deems the situation serious enough to put on her game face for extended period of time, surprising everyone there, especially given that the others are starting to act a bit silly compared to her. The effect's toned down later on when the group's more used to this side of hers.
* SkilledButNaive: She's possibly one of the most powerful Archangel (as long as she can put her mind into it, see DramaPreservingHandicap) who could possibly even defeat Zagan as Archdemon, but she's hopelessly naive when it comes to trusting people and politics. It ends up with her being poisoned by Clavwell, since while she suspected him, she doesn't want to believe it.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bright bubblegum pink.
!! Kuroka Adelhide
A blind tabaxi priest who is revealed to be a Church assassin and secret Archangel. Wielder of the 13th sacred sword Azazel. She's also Raphael's adoptive daughter.
* BlindWeaponmaster: Her being blind doesn't reduce her combat capability in the slightest.
* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against humans, however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive and interacting more with Zagan and Nephteros.
* LittleBitBeastly: As a tabaxi, she has cat ears and 2 tails.
* MisplacedRetribution: Bifrons manipulated her into thinking that Chastille killed Raphael to get her to kill Chastille.
* UniformityException: Azazel is the only sword that is not a {{BFS}}, instead it takes form of a shortsword.
!! Nephteros
A splitting image of Nephy, Nephteros is a dark elf who looks pretty much exactly like Nephy, but with darker skin, and wields the same power as her. Originally Bifrons' servant, she eventually escapes and ends up living with Chastille as her unofficial aide.
* AffectionateNickname: By Volume 6 she starts calling Zagan "Big Bro" since he's now her brother-in-law.
* CloningBlues: Orias revealed that she is Nephy's clone created by Bifrons, which becomes the reason why she ran away from Bifrons. In the end it's resolved by having Nephy and Orias accepting her as part of the family.
* DrivenByEnvy: She initially tries to kill Nephy due to being envious of how happy Nephy is with Zagan.
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: Her nature as a clone means she's a homunculus. She cannot survive long without being supplied by mana regularly.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Ends up forming one with Chastille after the latter decides to take her in. Chastille's also the only person Nephteros will honestly reveals her feelings to instead of her usual {{tsundere}} self.
* SpotTheImposter: Her impersonation of Nephy would be perfect if not for the fact that Zagan is way more intimate about Nephy's subtle expressions that Nephteros doesn't know.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her regular outfit is a ''lot'' more revealing than Nephy's.
* SuperpowerLottery: Slightly {{Downplayed|Trope}}: She isn't as powerful in Celestial mysticism as Nephy due to her being Nephy's clone, the process that lowers her general power level, but she has a lot more experience. She's also a highly skilled mage, with power level just below that of Archdemons.
* {{Tsundere}}: She has problem expressing emotion and can becomes tsundere when confronted or just trying to convey her feelings. It's betrayed by her ExpressiveEars, however.
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[[folder:Archdemons]]
!! Bifrons
The youngest Archdemon before Zagan, heavily interested in study of Celestian. He's the one who instigate the attack on Nephy's village, partly setting the plot into motion.
* CruelMercy: After Zagan finally caught up with him in Volume 5, Zagan loads Heaven's Phosphor into Bifrons' heart and set it so that it would detonate if he tries to interact with or even showing himself to Nephteros again. An extremely cruel mercy given how much he loved Nephteros, even if he didn't realize it himself.
* DemonicPossession: One of his favorite tactic is to posses people and use them to sow discord.
* DoomedHometown: He's the one who razed Nephy's village in the attempt to capture her.
!! Orias
One of the Archdemons. She also turns out to be Nephy's mother Titania and thus by extension Nephteros' mother.
* LegacyCharacter: The current Orias is actually Titania, after she defeated original Orias and stole her identity.
* SuperpowerLottery: Like her daughters, she's capable of wielding Celestial mysticism, and she's Archdemon-tier mage.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She locks up Zagan's group in Nephy's hometown and transform Nephy into a child in order for Nephy to not have a horrible childhood memory she has to endure and live happily.
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!! Zagan
An 18-year-old mage (and, later, Demon Lord) who inhabits the territory of Kianoides. In his youth, he was kidnapped by the mage Andras to be a HumanSacrifice. At that moment his latent magical ability awakened and he killed the mage, taking his place.
* {{Adorkable}}: He is strangely endearing precisely because of the awkwardness that comes from his atrophied social skills.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of his main skills. He has studied Magic so much he can usually figure out a way to destroy/reverse another Mage's magic circle before he can use the spell.
* BigGood: In the sense that his protection allows a lot of people to live in peace.
-->Following her gaze, Nephy’s breath caught as well. Then ''[sic]'' calmly looking over the surroundings, everything had returned to normal, not just the crystalline spears but the destroyed properties now looked like nothing had happened and the people that had been pierced were just stunned and fallen backwards.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: To Nephy. When he's promoted to fill the empty Archdemon seat, he frees Nephy and sends her away, for fear the other Archdemons would kill her if he didn't.
* BrilliantButLazy: Zagan didn't seem to want immortality so much as he wanted a reason to seclude himself and calm down from his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening. (He picked immortality specifically because it's what every other mage is studying.) It's not until he frees another slave that he realizes he can use his power to do things that really matter to him.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Combined with RightForTheWrongReasons. He rescues innocents who cross his property, not because it's the right thing to do, but because the evil idiots attacking them are annoying him in the process in one way or another. As such, he really doesn't care about them, at all, and doesn't remember it. Several merchants he's aided do nice things to him as a result, and it baffles him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, he was orphaned, forced to fend for himself in the slums, forced to steal enough to get by, and then was picked up as HumanResources by a mage. He became the mage Zagan by killing the bastard, in self-defense.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Purchasing Nephy was all well and good, but he didn't even consider what he was going to do next, where she was going to live, etc.
* DotingParent: He's this to Foll, wanting to give her a normal childhood that he or Nephy doesn't get.
* HorrifyingHero: Due to mages usually being evil, anytime he saved someone in the past they would usually flee in terror from him.
%%* HumanSacrifice: Andras intended him to be one.
* TheMagnificent: "Mage-Killer"
* MagneticHero: Averted. He is the focal point of the Orobas movement, but not because of his personality. It's just that Orobas doesn't have a base yet, so everyone in it squats in Zagan's giant, well-protected castle.
%%* MerlinAndNimue:
* NoSocialSkills: At the beginning he has absolutely no idea how to actually talk to Nephy, and everything he usually says comes out very wrong.
* PersonalityPowers: He has a gift for taking others' things- their money, goods, or even preconceptions- and using them to suit himself. Naturally, his unique magic centers around absorbing and repurposing other mages' spells.
* SquishyWizard: Averted. He is able to break a blade with his bare hand and sends a guy twice his size in muscle with a FingerPokeOfDoom.
* StreetUrchin: In his childhood, he was a thief who had to steal to survive. His situation was so bad that he remembers ''prison'' fondly, because at least it provided food and shelter.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: He obviously can't tell Nephy the real reason why he bought her, so he stalls for time until she mentions that she can cook.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: He becomes a mage by killing the mage who tried to make him a HumanSacrifice.
!! Nephelia/"Nephy"
The "slave elf" of the title. An albino ostracized by her fellow elves, she refused to protect them when slavers attacked their village. She was being delivered to the mage Marchosias when he died unexpectedly, so she was then auctioned off to Zagan.
* AccompliceByInaction: She didn't destroy her village, but she could've easily saved it from the people who did.
* AntiHero: She's not malicious so much as she just doesn't ''care'' about morality. Anyone who attacks her family must die, regardless how of little choice they had in the matter.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She was so shunned and jaded that Zagan, clearing out a room in his castle tower, by blowing up the previous owner's "collection" causes her to happily devote herself to him, body and soul.
* BerserkButton: DO NOT HARM ZAGAN!
* ClingyJealousGirl: Displays this most clearly in the end of Volume 2 when Zagan starts getting friendly with Chastille.
* DeathSeeker: The moment she came into Zagan's possession, the first words that came out of her mouth were questioning how he was going to kill her, and spouting various methods to carry it out. Zagain is properly horrified and has to constantly tell her he has no such intention.
* ExpressiveEars: Zagan has noticed that her ears twitch when she is happy.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She is a very good cook, usually making the meals both she and Zagan eat.
* FountainOfYouth: She was turned into a child in Volume 4.
* GaiasVengeance: Her Celestial mysticism means is that every part of nature in the vicinity tries to kill whatever poor bastard the sorcerer wants it too. Including inanimate vines. ''And baby animals.'' They're all locked into a vicious, merciless HiveMind.
* GreenThumb:
* MoralityPet: Her existence, and the fact that Zagan genuinely loves her, though has a hard time showing it, makes him a better person.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Usually played for laughs but she is very quick to suggest someone to be killed that is a problem for Zagan.
* PersonalityPowers:
* PowerIncontinence: When she uses her powers, she has little, if any, control over them. This is the primary reason she ''didn't'' protect her home village. The second reason is that they treated her quite cruelly beforehand...
* PropertyOfLove: After Zagan comes to her rescue at the end of Volume 1, she presents her SlaveCollar and ''asks him to put it back on'', declaring herself to be his possession, for life. He happily accepts.
%%* StraightMan:
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Cold and indifferent on one side, sweet and adoring on the other.
* SuperpowerLottery: Being an elf ''and'' an albino "cursed child", she was born with vast amounts of mana and the ability to use Celestial mysticism, which curbstomps normal magic.
* SwissArmyTears: Her tears are able to heal the stab wound in Zagan's hand.
* TheHeart: She is clearly the main reason Zagan has become a better person.
!! Valefor/"Foll"
A hooded, mysterious mage who is revealed in Volume 2 to be a dragon child. She seeks revenge for her dead father, where she believe archangels killed him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having never been anybody's big '' anything'', she votes to keep Nephy in her transformed childlike state in Volume 4.
* HappilyAdopted: By Volume 3 she's officialy Zagan's adoptive daughter.
* TheMagnificent: "Apparition Valefor"
* MisplacedRetribution: She initially attempts to attack Chastille and then later actually attacks Raphael since she believes they (and the rest of archangels) are responsible for her father's death. Only after the fight was over that Raphael revealed that her father died helping them fighting off demons, and that even if the archangels want her father dead it would be practically impossible for them to kill him given how powerful he is.
* TinTyrant: Her initial appearance is this. Turns out she's animating most of the armor using her magic since her head barely reach up to the armor's helmet, let alone her eyes.
!! Raphael Hyurandell
An Archangel who has killed hundreds of mages for the Church. After the events of Volume 2, he defects and takes up residence in Zagan's castle as a butler.
* AnArmAndALeg: He lost his left arm protecting Foll from the demon chimera. Foll later gives him a replacement using armor animated by her magic.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Having been a friend of Foll's dad, he likes hanging out with her much as an uncle would his niece.
* FaceOfAThug: This and him having NoSocialSkills is the reason why he ends up killing so many mages: they just keep attacking him when he tries to strike a conversation with them (and trying to recruit them into Orobas). The increasing kill count only makes things worse. It's the reason why he eventually entrusts Chastille with the role in the Unification faction, since she doesn't have a poor reputation hanging around her neck and have much better looks and social skills.
* FakingTheDead: He's officially declared dead by the church in order to become Zagan's butler.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Spending his whole life killing mages only solidified his eventual conviction that killing mages doesn't solve ''anything''.
!! Barbaros
A neighbouring mage who likes visiting Zagan.
* AllForNothing: He does a bunch of kidnappings and tries to frame Zagan for it, purely to become the next Demon Lord, and then learns from Nephy that the Demon Lord council has already chosen Zagan.
* BodyguardCrush: By Volume 6 he starts to fall in love with Chastille.
* BodyguardingABadass: Zagan assigned him to watch over Chastille who is in generally more than capable of handling herself.
* CastingAShadow: Barbaros' speciality is manipulating shadows. He can even hide in someone's shadow, which is how normally he follows Chastille.
* DrivenByEnvy: He's always been jealous of Zagan's fame/infamy and success at being a mage. To the point that he'd frame Zagan for a bunch of kidnappings.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: All the time.
* FrameUp: He frames Zagan for a bunch of kidnappings.
* MomentKiller: Ends up ruining Zagan and Nephy's near-kiss in Volume 2 since he barged into them carrying poisoned Chastille.
* OnlyFriend: Prior to Nephy entering Zagan's life, he was the only person in the world Zagan was even marginally friendly with.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In Volume 1, as powerful as Zagan is shown to be, Zagan often notes that if the two of them were to ever actually fight, even in his own territory, with the full-home field advantage, Zagan is not confident he could beat Barbaros. This effect is quite lessened after Zagan beats his ass at the end of Volume 1.
* SarcasticDevotee: After Zagan beats him, he's now this to Zagan.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He's the closest thing Zagan has to a friend in the beginning of the series, and is clearly not good for Zagan's continued well-being.
!! Gremory
A mage Zagan meets during Bifrons' evening ball in Volume 3. After the ordeal in that volume, she joined Zagan's retinue.
* BiTheWay: She doesn't seem to have any problem with seducing women. In Volume 4 she would have gotten her way with Nephteros if Kimaris didn't stop her.
* CuteWitch: Her child form, where she uses to act adorable, ride on Kimaris' shoulder, and recover from her old form's back pain.
* DualAgeModes: She normally shift between 3 forms: her child form, adult form, and default old form.
* HornedHumanoid: She has a pair of goat horns.
* HotWitch: Her adult form. Perfect form for seduction, it's also a form she uses when she needs high stamina.
* LoveFreak: She really likes to talk about "love power". Her teacher Orias is quite embarassed by it.
* ShipperOnDeck: She absolutely ships Zagan/Nephy. She's also helping them advancing their relationship.
* SinisterScythe: She wields one as a weapon.
* WitchClassic: Her default form. She uses this mainly because more age = more power.
!! Kimaris
* BeastMan: He normally has a face of a lion.
!! Ainselph Thalasa Neptuna/"Selphy"
A Siren singer who was hired by Bifrons in Volume 3. After the ordeal there and Manuela's advice she joined Zagan's household as a servant. She's also a Siren princess.
* RebelliousPrincess: She ran away from her home since she disagrees with the fact that royal songs are considered sacred and should only be heard by a few, so she ran and become a singer, to share her talent to the world.
* ValleyGirl: She speaks like this, which is surprising considering that she's a princess.
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[[folder:Kianoides]]
A trade city built on the intersection between several rivers.
!!Manuela
A shopkeeper who befriends Nephy.
* BigSisterInstinct: The moment it looked like a Holy Knight came to kill Nephy (A complete misunderstanding). She didn't hesitate to jump in front of Nephy to protect her.
* CoolBigSis: She acts like this to Nephy, even referring to herself as a big sister at one point.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: One of her favorite things to do is to dress up cute girls in very sexy outfits. Nephy happens to be one of her regular, so she likes to do this to her. By Volume 6, even Zagan's not an exception.
* TheGadfly: To Chastille.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Aside from having Angel wings, she doesn't seem to be any different from a normal human.
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[[folder:The Church]]
!! Chastille Lilqvist
A renowned Archangel and bearer of the sword Azrael. Her refusal to kill Zagan got her excommunicated from the order.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: By Volume 5 she finally realizes that she has unrequited crush on Zagan. The fact that she knew he won't reciprocate eventually ends up with her forming RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with Nephteros after realizing just how Nephteros is surprisingly in a similar situation as Zagan, and not wanting to be unable to act on her feelings again.
* ButtMonkey: Her life gets worse in practically every scene she's in. You can't really blame the poor girl for being a crybaby.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: If she could utilize her Sword's full potential, [[CurbStompBattle Zagan would be dead.]] Fortunately, to do so a wielder must ''believe'' fully in their cause, and Chastille has doubts about the morality of killing someone who saved her life once. Volume 2 and beyond shows how capable can she be when not burdened.
* ImprobableAge: Deemed worthy of bearing a Holy Sword ''at 17''.
* InternalReformist: In Volume 2, She vows to follow Raphael's wish for the Unification faction in bringing the Church and mages together into Orobas and stand against demons, and make the Church a better organization.
%%* HopeBringer:
* IOweYouMyLife: Zagan saves her life, not knowing who she is, in the first chapter. [[ToBeLawfulOrGood She eventually realizes that she cannot both repay this debt and remain loyal to her masters.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: If she doesn't go through with assassinating a target, she could be tortured and executed by the Church. She tries to get around this by asking Zagan to fake his death, but he refuses.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Her conflict comes from her being a ''real'' paladin in an era where they're expected to be murderous, unquestioning figureheads for the people who are really in charge.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While normally a crybaby, she is absolutely serious when on the job. The fact that the main characters never really sees her being serious before means that when they're trapped inside Nephy's hometown in Volume 4, she deems the situation serious enough to put on her game face for extended period of time, surprising everyone there, especially given that the others are starting to act a bit silly compared to her. The effect's toned down later on when the group's more used to this side of hers.
* SkilledButNaive: She's possibly one of the most powerful Archangel (as long as she can put her mind into it, see DramaPreservingHandicap) who could possibly even defeat Zagan as Archdemon, but she's hopelessly naive when it comes to trusting people and politics. It ends up with her being poisoned by Clavwell, since while she suspected him, she doesn't want to believe it.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bright bubblegum pink.
!! Kuroka Adelhide
A blind tabaxi priest who is revealed to be a Church assassin and secret Archangel. Wielder of the 13th sacred sword Azazel. She's also Raphael's adoptive daughter.
* BlindWeaponmaster: Her being blind doesn't reduce her combat capability in the slightest.
* FantasticRacism: Due to her upbringing by Raphael, she will not use her sword against humans, however mages and Church traitors/mage collaborators doesn't count in her eyes. She starts toning this down after Raphael is revealed to be alive and interacting more with Zagan and Nephteros.
* LittleBitBeastly: As a tabaxi, she has cat ears and 2 tails.
* MisplacedRetribution: Bifrons manipulated her into thinking that Chastille killed Raphael to get her to kill Chastille.
* UniformityException: Azazel is the only sword that is not a {{BFS}}, instead it takes form of a shortsword.
!! Nephteros
A splitting image of Nephy, Nephteros is a dark elf who looks pretty much exactly like Nephy, but with darker skin, and wields the same power as her. Originally Bifrons' servant, she eventually escapes and ends up living with Chastille as her unofficial aide.
* AffectionateNickname: By Volume 6 she starts calling Zagan "Big Bro" since he's now her brother-in-law.
* CloningBlues: Orias revealed that she is Nephy's clone created by Bifrons, which becomes the reason why she ran away from Bifrons. In the end it's resolved by having Nephy and Orias accepting her as part of the family.
* DrivenByEnvy: She initially tries to kill Nephy due to being envious of how happy Nephy is with Zagan.
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: Her nature as a clone means she's a homunculus. She cannot survive long without being supplied by mana regularly.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Ends up forming one with Chastille after the latter decides to take her in. Chastille's also the only person Nephteros will honestly reveals her feelings to instead of her usual {{tsundere}} self.
* SpotTheImposter: Her impersonation of Nephy would be perfect if not for the fact that Zagan is way more intimate about Nephy's subtle expressions that Nephteros doesn't know.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her regular outfit is a ''lot'' more revealing than Nephy's.
* SuperpowerLottery: Slightly {{Downplayed|Trope}}: She isn't as powerful in Celestial mysticism as Nephy due to her being Nephy's clone, the process that lowers her general power level, but she has a lot more experience. She's also a highly skilled mage, with power level just below that of Archdemons.
* {{Tsundere}}: She has problem expressing emotion and can becomes tsundere when confronted or just trying to convey her feelings. It's betrayed by her ExpressiveEars, however.
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[[folder:Archdemons]]
!! Bifrons
The youngest Archdemon before Zagan, heavily interested in study of Celestian. He's the one who instigate the attack on Nephy's village, partly setting the plot into motion.
* CruelMercy: After Zagan finally caught up with him in Volume 5, Zagan loads Heaven's Phosphor into Bifrons' heart and set it so that it would detonate if he tries to interact with or even showing himself to Nephteros again. An extremely cruel mercy given how much he loved Nephteros, even if he didn't realize it himself.
* DemonicPossession: One of his favorite tactic is to posses people and use them to sow discord.
* DoomedHometown: He's the one who razed Nephy's village in the attempt to capture her.
!! Orias
One of the Archdemons. She also turns out to be Nephy's mother Titania and thus by extension Nephteros' mother.
* LegacyCharacter: The current Orias is actually Titania, after she defeated original Orias and stole her identity.
* SuperpowerLottery: Like her daughters, she's capable of wielding Celestial mysticism, and she's Archdemon-tier mage.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She locks up Zagan's group in Nephy's hometown and transform Nephy into a child in order for Nephy to not have a horrible childhood memory she has to endure and live happily.
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