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Characters from the manga ''Manga/AnatoliaStory''.
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!!Our Time
[[folder:Yuri Suzuki / Yuri Ishtar / [[spoiler:Gassulawiya]]]]
!!! '''Voiced by''' Creator/MinamiTakayama (CD Drama)
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anatolia_yuri.png]]
Yuri was a Japanese highschool student and led a normal life, until she began to notice the strange phenomenon of water attempting to suck her into a whirlpool. She does her best to avoid being in contact with water anymore than necessary, but ends up pulled through a puddle and finds herself in the Hittite Empire of ancient Turkey.\\
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She learns that she was summoned by Queen Nakia, the current queen and Tawannana of the Empire, who plans to make her a human sacrifice to place a curse on most of the princes, so she can place her own son as the next ruling king. Fortunately, her plan ended up thwarted by Yuri coming into contact with Kail, who ends up promising to protect her from the queen and get her home.\\
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Kail claims Yuri to have been sent by the gods, calling her an incarnation of the Goddess of Love and War, Ishtar, to ensure that she'll be permitted to join him during battles. Yuri does prove to bring fortune to the Hittites on the battlefield, and becomes a symbol and worshipped by the citizens of the Empire, leading to her being called Yuri Ishtar.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The people of the Hittite Empire love her. When she gets stung by a non-fatal scorpion, a horde of the towns people head towards the palace with all sorts of cures and remedies.
* ActionSurvivor: Relies more on wits and her kind heart than on physical strength, but she does learn swordsmanship and archery. She's also rather agile due to having been a gymnast in Japan. [[spoiler:She ends up being named Commander-in-Chief of the Hittite military.]]
* AllLovingHero: Her kindness and pluck gains her quite a lot of devoted followers.
* BarrierMaiden: Nakia sees her as one, since her blood is the key for the curse she wants to cast.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although she appears very fragile and definitely isn't one to start a confrontation, pushing her shows that Yuri can be incredibly fierce. When the princesses arrive to be prospective wives or concubines to Kail, she cowers and feels inferior to them because of her lack of social standing. But when their bullying and pranks go too far, and could physically harm Kail, she bares her teeth.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Many people initially mistake her for being a boy, since she tends to wear clothes intended for younger boys for the sake of movement, and her being skinnier than the average Hittite girl.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Gains one towards Tito, the servant boy who became her first friend. She doesn't take well to Queen Nakia using him as her pawn, having him slated for execution because he attempted to kill Yuri while brainwashed, and is heartbroken when Tito ends up brutally murdered.
* BigEntrance: Her reappearance after being kidnapped by Urhi had her burst out of the spring, having swum through a channel that connected the spring to the outside.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Desperately wants to return to her family, but also fights with herself because of her growing feelings for Kail, and feeling like she cannot leave without settling things with Nakia.
* CoolBigSis: Becomes one to Alexandra, who even calls her 'Sister'.
* DamselInDistress: Justified in the beginning, as she's a regular schoolgirl without any self-defense training that got thrown into the warrior empire of the Hittites.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: From the 20th century AD stuck in 14th century BC.
* GuileHero: Manages to outwit her opponents multiple times.
* HeroicBSOD
** Fell into one upon hearing that [[spoiler:Ursula took the blame of King Arnuwanda's assassination, so that Yuri would be freed of suspicion]], and was appalled that nobody around her seemed to care.
** Part of the Egypt arc has her become apathic [[spoiler:from having miscarried]].
* HollywoodHomely: [[invoked]] Many people in ancient Turkey consider her to be plain and uninteresting, since she lacked the height and voluptuous figure that was considered beautiful at the time.
* HotConsort: Poses as Kail's concubine for most of the series. [[spoiler:Ends up becoming his legal wife.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Kail can easily pick her up and carry her around.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Chooses to remain in ancient Turkey, eventually becoming the Commander-in-Chief of the Hittite army, as well as getting married to Kail.]]
* IdiotBall
** Despite having just survived an assassination attempt by Queen Nakia, she chooses to infiltrate her personal quarters to get her clothes back mere hours after. She's quickly overpowered, and only Tito's distraction and sacrifice kept her safe.
** Hearing there's a fake Ishtar going around and acting in ways that end up damaging Kail's reputation, Yuri hurries off to put an end to it by confronting the impostor, despite having no proof that she's the real concubine of Kail. Nobody recognizes her, and she ends up imprisoned. Kail even mentions that this whole thing could have been prevented, had she just presented herself as a princess to begin with.
* LadyOfWar: Seen as the incarnation of Ishtar, the Goddess of War.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Her maids are viewed by her as her best friends and sisters, trusting them with everything. When she's in Egypt, the other maids are shocked that she doesn't demand one of them get whipped or starved for spilling water on her dress.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Gets mistaken as being younger than she actually is. Even Kail initially assumed she was a preteen, and was surprised to hear she was 15 years old. [[spoiler:One sidestory reveals her to have been the real-life Gassulawiya, Tawannana of the Empire for more than a decade, with a teenaged son of her own, and looking young enough to be his older sister.]]
* PregnantBadass: Despite having been unaware of it at the time, she was pregnant during [[spoiler:the Beida arc]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: Many people are awestruck when they see Yuri dressed up.
* ShipperOnDeck: Happily ships Kash and Ursula, as well as Ryuhi, Kikkuri, and Shala.
* StarCrossedLovers: Believes her romance with Kail to be this, as she's originally from 20th century Japan and is set on returning home. [[spoiler:Averted, when she chooses to stay with Kail in ancient Turkey.]]
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Feels more comfortable in clothes meant for younger boys because of the freedom of movement, and prefers to practice her fighting skills than getting oil baths from her maids. But she still has romantic views on love and marriage that she carried over from modern times.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When the princesses put scorpions into her bed the night that Kail was planning to sleep in her room, Yuri storms into the room the princesses are in and throws the dead scorpions at them. They can treat her however they want, but their actions had better not endanger Kail.
* WeakButSkilled: Lacks physical strength in fighting, but it's her general wits and agility that often helps her dodge danger and survive in a war-stricken time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Suzuki Family (Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki, Mari Suzuki, Eimi Suzuki)]]
!!The Suzuki Family (Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki, Mari Suzuki, Eimi Suzuki)
* AffectionateNickname: Eimi calls Yuri "Yuu-chan".
%%* GirlNextDoor: Mari and Eimi.
* GoodParents: The Suzukis seem to be rather nice people who love their three girls dearly.
%%* {{Meganekko}}: Mari
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Satoshi Himuro]]
!!Satoshi Himuro
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Sorta. We get to see him as an adult: he and Eimi [[spoiler:are married, and he had grown into an archeologist.]]
%%* NiceGuy
%%* RomanticFalseLead
* SettleForSibling: Marries Yuri's little sister Eimi.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Zig-zagged. He ''was'' this, until Yuri was rather abruptly sucked into a puddle of water while they were on a date.
[[/folder]]
!!The Royal Family of Hattusa
[[folder:Kail Mursili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mursili_II Kail Mursili]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (CD Drama)
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Although not always to quite the fanatical degree that Yuri inspires in subjects and strangers alike.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BastardBoyfriend There's no doubt that he really loves Yuri but [[BerserkButton sometimes]] can be extremely possessive and demanding to the point of [[spoiler:nearly ''[[AttemptedRape raping]]'' her despite her pleas to stop...]]
* BlowYouAway: Has wind powers that he inherited from his MissingMom Henti.
%%* CrazyJealousGuy:
%%* TheGoodKing
* HandsomeLech: His first appearance in the series has him hide Yuri by passionately kissing her. When the guards leave, he offers to continue because the girl he was supposed to be meeting never showed up.
* LadykillerInLove: His ladykiller tendencies are more of an informed attribute, but he certainly has the attitude of one before he falls for Yuri.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: He's has had many relationships with women, however none have been long-lasting. He has vowed to only take one legal wife, and since he's all but assured to be the next king, he wants to make sure that said wife has the [[NiceGirl goodness]], [[TheSmartGirl intelligence]], and [[SilkHidingSteel inner strength]] to handle [[TheHighQueen holding the second-most powerful position in the kingdom.]] At one point, [[spoiler: Princess Guzel tells Yuri that Kail never actually [[SleepCute fell asleep]] with any of the women he was with, ''Guzel herself included'', implicitly because he wasn't able to let down his guard enough.]] Therefore, the fact that Kail [[spoiler: ''is'' willing to sleep with Yuri in ''both'' senses (as in, having sex with her ''and'' spending the night in her room)]] is very telling.
%%* MrFanservice
* NiceToTheWaiter: He handpicks servants who prove themselves to be loyal, and more or less considers them his closest friends.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Notable as one of few rules who gives a damn about what happens to his subjects.
%%RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* WarriorPrince: Rides into battle multiple times or even goes into combat solo.
%%* TheWisePrince
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Nakia]]
!!Queen Nakia
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YurikoYamaguchi and Creator/MisaWatanabe (CD Drama)
* BigBad: In every arc, she carries out some plan to kill Yuri and make Juda the king.
* BloodMagic: Intends to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice Yuri]] and use her blood to cast a spell, ensuring that Kail will die and Juda will become king. [[SpannerInTheWorks Yuri's mere presence becomes a huge drawback to her plans.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted. She is fully aware of how Kail and Yuri's bond works and uses it to her full advantage whenever she can. She does have her moments when [[spoiler:she realizes that Kail loves Yuri so deeply, he would have her executed as a HumanSacrifice to bring Yuri back... [[OhCrap She nearly crumbles under the pressure.]]]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Even upon learning her sad backstory (being forced to marry the old king who ruined her homeland by her neglectful father), Yuri expresses little-to-no sympathy for her, basically saying that it does nothing to excuse her schemes that have gotten many people killed.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She is the Queen, and the BigBad of the series who tries to kill Yuri.
* HiddenWeapons: She has a ring where she hides a poisoned needle.
%%* HotWitch
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A cunning, ruthless queen with magical poisons and power over water and BloodMagic.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Trying to kill Kail before he could save Yuri led to Rusafa TakingTheBullet to save him, dying in the process. The death of Rusafa drove Juda into such a grief-fueled rage that he tried to kill his own mother, and after he was stopped, he renounced his right to the throne, destroying her plans completely and permanently.]]
* MakingASplash: She has control over water.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In her backstory. She was forced by her father to marry the king of the empire that ruined her homeland of Babylonia (and who was old enough to be her own father), and was left lonely and homesick in a strange land, while her husband was more interested in the wives he already had. But after a few years, the scared teenage girl grew into the BigBad.
* WickedStepmother: She is ''very'' wicked, to the point of being the BigBad of the series. Notably, Nakia has pretty much no love for ''any'' of her family, biological or otherwise. It's revealed from the start that she wants to use black magic to kill off her stepchildren so that her own son, Juda, can take the throne, but it's also hinted that her love for Juda is centered around her desire to have her bloodline rule Hattusa in revenge for her ArrangedMarriage to the king of the empire that ruined her homeland. She shows no affection for her husband and, when her brother is horrified to learn the various things she's done, she coolly threatens to kill him if he reveals her plans. [[spoiler:She also ''kills her own niece'', just to try to frame Yuri.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She used to be a scared teenage girl whose father (the ruler of Babylon) ordered her to marry the king of Hattusa. Nakia was not happy about this, because Hattusa had invaded Babylon not so long ago, the marriage was blatantly using her as a political pawn, and the king was old enough to be her father. She goes through with it and ends up in a strange land, with a husband who has no interest in her at all. Lonely and angry, she ends up vowing to have a son and see to it that he becomes the next king, to ensure her bloodline continues to rule the land. By the time Yuri has arrived, Nakia occupies the second-most powerful position in the kingdom (which she achieved by [[spoiler:poisoning Kail's mother]]) and is using every scheme she can think of to kill her stepsons and husband. As the series goes on, it's clear that she's willing to drive the entire land to ruin if it means getting what she wants, but she's completely and utterly alone the entire time, save for her [[TheDragon right-hand man]]. Even [[spoiler:her own son turns on her at the end]], thanks to her insanity, and her ultimate fate is [[spoiler:a CruelMercy: she's allowed to live in a nice villa, ''while knowing that she owes it to Yuri and Kail'', who intend for her to witness how the Hittite Empire blossoms and flourishes '''without''' her in power.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Suppililuma]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppiluliuma_I King Suppililuma]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TesshoGenda (CD Drama)
* RetiredBadass: Sorta. He has fought and won several wars, but when we meet him he's already an old man.
%%* SacrificialLamb
%%* SuccessionCrisis
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Henti]]
!![[http://www.tawananna.com/archives/401 Queen Henti]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's depicted as a really sweet and kind person in flashbacks.
%%* TheHighQueen
%%* HotWitch: Kail inherited [[BlowyouAway his control over the wind]] from her.
* MissingMom: Kail's. In history, itself it's not clear why she disappeared, but historians speculate that she was banished away to "make room" for the Babylonian princess Mal-Nikal (the historical inspiration for Nakia) [[spoiler: In the manga itself, however, Henti was killed by Nakia.]]
%%* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Sari Arnuwanda]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnuwanda_II Prince Sari Arnuwanda]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Itou (CD Drama)
* InadequateInheritor: While not exactly an idiot, Arnuwanda is not in physical condition to reign so his full-brother Kail and half-brother Zannanza [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking have to help him]]. [[spoiler: When he ''does'' becomes the King, he appoints Kail as his heir as he still has no children of his own.]]
* SacrificialLion: His murder is committed [[spoiler:by Urhi]], but Yuri gets blamed. Ursula then [[spoiler:[[TakingTheHeat willingly]] [[SilentScapegoat takes the blame]] to save Yuri, and is executed in her place.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Zannanza Hattusili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zannanza Prince Zannanza Hattusili]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (CD Drama)
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Becomes this after unwittingly drinking Nakia's Rose Water. It leads to him abducting Yuri, carrying her across the desert with no food or water, and [[AttemptedRape attempting to rape her]].
* DoomedByCanon: Sadly, anyone who knows about the historical Zannanza can tell you there was never any chance of him [[spoiler:marrying the Egyptian princess...]]
* HeroicBastard: Son of the King and a palace maid.
* IfICantHaveYou: Acts this way towards Yuri, but only after drinking the Rose Water.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: For both Yuri (who he secretly pines for) and Kail (who he loves as a brother). As much as he wishes Yuri were his, he doesn't want to hurt them by breaking the two apart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Juda Haspasrupi]]
!!Prince Juda Haspasrupi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani (CD Drama)
* AbdicateTheThrone: Towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:he does this to, once and for all, bring a stop to Nakia's attempts at having her bloodline rule the Hittite Empire]].
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Despite being 14, he's so cute that he pulls this very well.
* BreakTheCutie: The poor kid really gets dragged through a lot of crap, thanks to his mom's plans.
* CallingTheOldManOut: After [[spoiler: Rusafa's death, Juda [[HeroicBSOD breaks down]] and tries to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill Nakia right there]], and when he's stopped, he ''publically'' calls her out on her bullshit, then renounces to his own right to the throne.]]
%%* CheerfulChild: Most of the time.
* CreepyChild: After [[spoiler:he's forced by his mother to drink the Black Water and becomes {{Brainwashed}}.]]
* HeIsAllGrownUp: One of the illustrations in the last volume shows his adult self.
* KidAnova: Already has a wife and at least two concubines at age 14. [[spoiler: Few later, he marries Alexandra.]]
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:As Nakia loses power, people begin to gossip more and more openly about how they think her son, Juda, is actually Urhi's son with her; the fact that Juda and Urhi have exactly the same hair color and that Urhi [[BattleButler is the person closest to Nakia]] really don't help matters]]. It turns out [[spoiler:Juda really is the king's legitimate son; Urhi is a eunuch and was castrated quite a while before he even ''met'' Nakia.]]
* ModestRoyalty: He's a really sweet kid and doesn't want to reign, aspiring to be his beloved half-brother Kail's NumberTwo.
* UnwittingPawn: More than once, [[spoiler: but in a subversion he plays the role mostly when brainwashed by his own mom.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Prince Rois Telipinu]]
%%!!Prince Rois Telipinu
%%* SatelliteCharacter
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Mali Piyasili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyashshili Prince Mali Piyasili]]
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* HeroicBastard: Son of the King and one of his concubines.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: Fighting against Ramses, who even praises him before striking him down.
%%* WarriorPrince
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Nepis Ilra]]
!!Princess Nepis Ilra
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: She was born without sight, [[OracularUrchin but also has incredible spiritual powers.]] Kail mentions at one point that she can also send Yuri back to Japan if he's not home in time, proving she at ''least'' is as powerful a sorceress as he is.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
%%* OracularUrchin
[[/folder]]
!!The Royal Family's Entourage
[[folder:Urhi Shalma]]
!!Urhi Shalma
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Katsumi Toriumi and Creator/TakahiroSakurai (CD Drama)
%%* BattleButler: Nakia's.
%%* TheDragon: To Nakia.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself while revealing that [[spoiler:he murdered Arnuwanda]] and saying he did it alone to not have Nakia brought down.
* EunuchsAreEvil: [[spoiler:He was [[GroinAttack forcibly made a eunuch]] when he was a child, because he was the SoleSurvivor of the royal family of a kingdom that was conquered, and the conquerors didn't want to risk him having heirs. He only reveals that he's a eunuch towards the end of the series, when it's necessary [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe to clear up rumors that he's secretly Juda's father]].]]
%%* EyeScream: With an ''arrow''
* TheFaceless: He stays this for several chapters.
* FallenPrincess: Was a nobleman from a conquered kingdom, then was subjected to ColdBloodedTorture and [[RapeAsDrama rape]], and 'then'' he was taken to the Hittite Empire as a priest.
%%* GodivaHair: A rare male exemple, [[spoiler:when revealing his nature as an eunuch]].
* GroinAttack: He was castrated as a youngster. He has to reveal it to [[spoiler:clear Nakia from the accusation of having cheated on the King with him.]]
* TheKingslayer: [[spoiler:He's the one who killed Arnuwanda.]]
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* MadeASlave
%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* PeekABangs
* SubordinateExcuse: He is fiercely loyal to Nakia, to the point of attempting to bite his own tongue off when interrogated for answers. Even after countless failed attempts to kill Yuri, Nakia still keeps him around.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tito]]
!!Tito
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroYuki (CD Drama)
%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Dammit, Nakia
* CynicismCatalyst: His death is what makes Yuri become mentally stronger and more determined to fight against Nakia, and while his three sisters want revenge at first, they then become devoted to Yuri.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: So much that Yuri is reminded of ''her little sister'' when she sees him.
%%* FlayingAlive
%%* KillTheCutie
* IOweYouMyLife: Becomes devoted to Yuri when she saves him from being executed [[spoiler:for trying to kill her while brainwashed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hadi]]
!!Hadi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (CD Drama)
* BerserkButton: In ''Kikkuri's Missing Days'', we see it's not a good idea to refer to her as a "court lady".
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Upon finding out that [[spoiler:Kikuri]] has been romantically/sexually involved with ''both'' of her sisters, [[spoiler:to the point of getting one pregnant (and later the other)]], she coolly tells him that he'd ''better set about looking after both the twins''.
** Also, when Yuri [[spoiler: screamed Hadi's name when Kail was about to rape her]], Hadi swallowed her fears and went to help her, managing to [[spoiler: get to Kail's head so he would stop]]. To put it on perspective: Hadi could have been ''seriously'' punished, if not executed, for standing up to [[spoiler: one of the highest-ranked members of the Hittite royalty]], but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she managed]] to set her well-justified fright aside and protected Yuri when she needed it.
%%* CoolBigSis: To Yuri and her own little sisters.
%%* MaidAndMaiden: The Maid to Yuri's Maiden.
%%* PluckyGirl
%%* {{Revenge}}
* YouKilledMyFather: She and the twins initially were angry at Yuri as they blamed her for Tito's death. The fact that Urhi egged them on didn't help. When the real killer is revealed, the three girls pledge themselves to Yuri instead.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ryuhi and Shala]]
!!Ryuhi and Shala
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiemiChiba and Creator/MachikoToyoshima (Ryuhi, CD Drama) and Yukiko Fujikawa (Shala, CD drama)
%%* ActionGirl: Of the CuteBruiser[=/=]BadassAdorable variety.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: So much that only Hadi and Yuri can distinguish them.
%%* GenkiGirl
* NinjaMaid: As Yuri's [[LadyInWaiting ladies in waiting]] and companions.
* ShipperOnDeck: Diehard Yuri/Kail fangirls
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: They see no problem in sharing Kikkuri's affection.
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kikkuri]]
!!Kikkuri
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (CD Drama)
%%* BookWorm
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* KeepingSecretsSucks: He and the rest of Kail's entourage must keep the news of [[spoiler:Ursula's upcoming execution from him. It's not easy.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Is very knowledgeable about horses and strategies
%%* ShipperOnDeck: Big Yuri/Kail fan
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Illbani]]
!!Illbani
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Haruki Sayama (CD Drama)
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially evident when Kail finally emerges from his room after he and Yuri spend at least four days making love.
-->'''Ilbani:''' Oh, your Majesty. Long time no see.\\
'''Kail:''' Hmph.
* GuileHero: He's ''very'' good at outwitting his opponents. [[spoiler:To the point where he manages to capture Urhi, preserve vital evidence to dethroning Nakia, ''and'' free Juda from the Black Water mind control, all in one fell swoop and with some planning.]]
* LettingHisHairDown: As a "disguise" when he tries to capture [[spoiler:Urhi]].
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* ShipperOnDeck: Another Yuri/Kail fan.
* TheSmartGuy: He's well aware that he's better off using his brains to serve Kail, rather than physical weapons.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Several times to Kail, most notably when Kail is seriously considering riding to save Yuri from Nakia's forces (which, since Yuri was under suspicion of assassinating the king, would lead to Kail getting in trouble and possibly ruining his chances at being the great king he dreamed of), Illbani threatens to slit his own throat. His reasoning is that he has served Kail faithfully, wanting desperately to see Kail fulfill his dream of making the empire great. If Kail will throw that all away, he has no reason to live.
** This is generally his reaction after Kail freaks out on the idea of Yuri going back to Japan and tries to rape her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ursula]]
!!Ursula
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoNagashima (CD Drama)
* BodyDouble: Sorta, as she's introduced as a "false Ishtar" by Nakia.
%%* DefeatMeansFriendship: Thank you, Yuri and Kail.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: She lies and pretends that [[spoiler:she assassinated King Aruwanda, even though she knows that she'll be immediately executed]]. She happily dies knowing that by acting as a fake target, she has [[spoiler:averted suspicion of the crime from Yuri, and thus given Kail grounds to call of Nakia's attempts to capture her.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: As she's [[spoiler:in the gallows]], Ursula keeps her cool even when Ryuhi and Shala are desperately attempting to stop her execution. She then thinks of Yuri and the future of the Empire, and [[spoiler:calmly tells her executioner that she's ready to die. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome And she is.]]]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Willingly goes TakingTheHeat so Yuri won't be unfairly [[spoiler:executed for the murder of King Arnuwanda.]]
%%* GirlishPigtails: Or at least a single one.
* GoldDigger: At first, she is happy to pose as a RichBitch to ruin Yuri's reputation, and tries to seduce Kail to ensure a lifetime of luxury. [[spoiler: But when she fails and Kail asks asks why she bothered, even though it should have been obvious the whole plan was doomed to failure, Ursula breaks down and tells him her DarkAndTroubledPast; her entire family died of ThePlague and, after having been so hungry and poor her whole life, she was desperate [[RagsToRiches to live as nobility]], even for a small while.]]
* ImportantHaircut: Right before [[spoiler:being hanged]], Ursula takes Kash's dagger and cuts her hair to give it to Kash. It becomes a TragicKeepsake as he [[spoiler:keeps a long braid made of it after she dies.]]
* LadyInWaiting: Yuri takes her in as one of these.
* PluckyGirl: When push comes to shove, Ursula shows noticeable bravery. [[spoiler: Enough to give her life away to help Yuri without hesitation.]]
%%* RapunzelHair
* ShipperOnDeck: Once Ursula becomes Yuri's companion, she ships her with Kail ''hard''. To the point of beating up Kash when he cracks jokes about Kail and Guzel.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: She and Kash
%%* SilentScapegoat.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse, when [[spoiler:she's about to be executed, she tells Kash about how they might have gotten married and had a family together, like she'd hoped. In this way, Ursula manages to tell Kash how much she loves him before refusing to escape with him; Kash accepts this and they share a LastKiss as well as a TragicKeepsake giving.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Hittite Military
[[folder:Rusafa]]
!!Rusafa
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shigeru Shibuya and Masaya Takatsuka (CD Drama)
First Chief of Archers, then promoted to be Yuri's Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's in love with Yuri. Hathor Nefert likes him and flat-out begs him to marry her, even saying that she doesn't care if he continues to love Yuri in a hero-worship way, if he'll love her as a mortal woman. Nothing still can come of it.
* HeroicSacrifice: Takes [[spoiler:a knife InTheBack from Nakia]] to keep her from [[spoiler:sending Yuri away in space and time as her last resort.]]
%%* SubordinateExcuse: Towards Yuri.
* NumberTwo: To Yuri when she's in command.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:The last volume of the series has a drawing of him and Nefert and two children, hinting at a future they might have had if he hadn't been killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kash]]
!!Kash
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa and Creator/HideoIshikawa (CD Drama)
Chief of Chariots, he's essentially the cavalry leader.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Ursula.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Before [[spoiler:her execution]], Ursula gives Kash a braid of her hair. He uses it as a headband until [[spoiler:Ursula is exonerated post-mortem.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Mettannamuwa]]
%%!!Mettannamuwa
%%* OldSoldier: Compared with the people in his surroundings.
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Shubas]]
%%!!Shubas
%%* NaiveNewcomer: He was promoted to Chief of Archers primarily because his mentor and predecessor was demoted from his position.
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zora]]
!!Zora
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: He was envious of Shubas being promoted sooner than he did, neglecting the fact that Shubas was promoted out of necessity rather than it being meritorious at the time.
* DrivenByEnvy: He becomes TheMole because he was promised a promotion, which he wanted badly due to resenting his companion Shubas's faster prowess.
%%* NaiveNewcomer
* TheMole: Leaked vital info about the military [[spoiler:to Nakia]], who then sent it to the Egyptians.
[[/folder]]
!!Egyptian characters
[[folder:User Ramses]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_I User]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_II Ramses]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (CD Drama)
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yuri makes it very clear that she doesn't return Ramses's affections. That doesn't stop him from trying to forcibly take her back to Egypt with him, though.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
%%* DarkSkinnedBlond
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: In his own words, this is one of the reasons why he likes her.
-->'''Ramses''': [as he lays atop of a half-naked Yuri at some point [[spoiler: and right before Kail pulls a BigDamnHeroes]] ]: "Remember, I must have whatever I want".
%%* MrFanservice
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Ramses makes it clear that he's loyal to Egypt, and has very little respect for the politicians and aristocrats who waste their time on luxury, while the country goes downhill. He also becomes very angry when he finds out that some unknown Egyptian aristocrat has been learning secrets about the Hittite military and keeping them to him or herself, and thus preventing the Pharaoh from acting on said secrets.
%%* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Kail.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Hathor Nefert]]
!!Princess Hathor Nefert
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: One of the reasons she wants Rusafa to be her lover is how strong and powerful he is.
%%* CoolBigSis
%%* DarkSkinnedBlond
%%* MsFanservice
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Is very fond of walking around topless, [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn much to the embarrassment of the Hittite characters and Yuri.]] [[spoiler:This actually saves them at one point, when the heroes are trying to follow a suspicious man via boat. When it looks like he knows what they're up to, Nefert goes SkinnyDipping... making the suspect decide that they must just be a group of bored noblemen on an outing.]]
%%* TheTease:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ankhesenamen]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankhesenamen Ankhesenamen]]
* ArrangedMarriage: After the death of her husband, [[spoiler:Tuthankhamen]], she was supposed to marry a Hitite prince, but the deal fell off. [[spoiler: She later has to marry the much older Ay.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Horemheb]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horemheb Horemheb]]
* AdaptationalWimp: The historical Horemheb was a highly capable general and administrator, credited with re-establishing Egypt as a power after the SuccessionCrisis of Tutankhamen. In the manga he's an ineffective PuppetKing whose repeatedly outmaneuvered by just about everyone.
* PuppetKing: To [[spoiler: Taptukia aka Nefertiti.]] [[note]]There's a degree of ArtisticLicense here, as Nefertiti was most likely long dead by the time by the time Horemheb took power [[/note]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Ay]]
%%!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay Ay]]
%%* OldManMarryingAChild: [[spoiler: Poor Ankhesenamen]]
%%[[/folder]]
!!Others
[[folder:Princess Taptukia]]
!!Princess Taptukia
* BrotherSisterIncest: She and her brother [[spoiler: Mattiwaza]] were lovers when they were younger.
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: [[spoiler:When Yuri confronts her, she tries to bring Nefertiti to her senses by showing her the earring she gave to her brother as a keepsake, many years ago. Nefertiti has no clue what it is, until Yuri tells her of its significance.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A good many comparisons are draw between her and [[spoiler:Queen Nakia,]] especially near the end of the series.
* HistoricalInJoke: [[spoiler:At the end of her story arc, an artist sculpting a bust of her tries to think of a material that could best be used to do justice to her eyes. Nefertiti gives him a black onyx earring to use, but only has one. Thus, he's only able to finish one of the eyes. When he laments that the bust will be incomplete, she tells him not to worry because she highly doubts anyone would bother looking at such a thing. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust The bust]], naturally, is one of the most famous artifacts from Egypt, and the manga tells how people in modern times still have no idea why one of the eyes was incomplete.]]
%%* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Mattiwaza.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Mattiwaza]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shattiwaza Prince Mattiwaza]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (CD drama)
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrotherSisterIncest: He is the brother and ex-lover of Taptukia. It's all but stated that his fall in ruthlessness came from his utter pain upon seeing [[spoiler:her go from a sweet girl to an IceQueen.]]
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* RedBaron: Called the "Prince of Darkness" for his ruthless demeanor and behavior at war
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zuwa]]
!!Zuwa
%%* BloodKnight
* FlayingAlive: His speciality. [[spoiler: Poor, ''poor'' Tito.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Yuri goes ActionSurvivor on Zuwa's ass, shatters his outsized copper sword, ''and'' the mud bricks beneath his feet with an iron blade, causing him to [[spoiler:fall to his death from the palace walls.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Talos]]
%%!!Talos
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nadia]]
!!Nadia
* CainAndAbel: Nakia's younger sister. She actually is suspected of [[spoiler:being TheMole for her, but she isn't.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: She tried to manipulate Mattiwaza into killing Yuri, but only out of fear of being replaced.]]
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* LoveRedeems
%%* TheMistress: To Mattiwaza.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Guzel]]
!!Guzel
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Miyuki Ishizuka (CD Drama)
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: A princess who had once been Kail's lover, she insists that he's the father of her child. Because Kail's inline for the throne and having an heir would be beneficial to him, there is a lot of pressure for him to accept the child as his own... but Kail himself knows that it's impossible that he's the boy's father, because he and Güzel haven't seen each other for years. [[spoiler:It turns out Güzel had been brainwashed by Kail's WickedStepmother, Nakia, into lying about her child's parentage. Upon being woken up, she readily admits that the father was a WanderingMinstrel and that the idea that Kail was the father was preposterous.]]
%%* {{Ojou}}
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Alexandra]]
!!Princess Alexandra
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shouko Kikuchi (CD Drama)
* GenkiGirl: Except for her first appearance, she's almost always happy and energetic.
* MadeASlave: Averted. She's the princess of the Arzawa lands; when her mother the Queen was told how a [[{{Bifauxnen}} "young boy"]] had been conquering their towns left and right, Alexandra snuck out and [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offered herself]] to "serve" Yuri (implicitly [[SexSlave in a sexual manner]]), genuinely but ''very'' misguidedly hoping to help her mom and people. Naturally, Yuri had no intention of keeping her for such a reason, and decided to make her [[LadyInWaiting one of her ladies-in-waiting]] instead.
%%* {{Ojou}}
%%* PluckyGirl
* PuppyLove: Subverted - she and Juda ''do'' get together, but only ''after'' [[spoiler:they stop being young enough to fit the trope.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Aspires to be this, wishing at one point that she could join Yuri on the battle field. Ilbani tells her that, [[ActionSurvivor Yuri]] aside, princesses shouldn't go to war. He then goes to prove, via a very clever ploy that [[spoiler:resolves three significant plot threads]], that anyone can be helpful without having to swing a sword.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Her older self and an adult!Juda show up in an illustration. Adult Alexandra is ''gorgeous''.
[[/folder]]
Characters from the manga ''Manga/AnatoliaStory''.
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[[foldercontrol]]
!!Our Time
[[folder:Yuri Suzuki / Yuri Ishtar / [[spoiler:Gassulawiya]]]]
!!! '''Voiced by''' Creator/MinamiTakayama (CD Drama)
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anatolia_yuri.png]]
Yuri was a Japanese highschool student and led a normal life, until she began to notice the strange phenomenon of water attempting to suck her into a whirlpool. She does her best to avoid being in contact with water anymore than necessary, but ends up pulled through a puddle and finds herself in the Hittite Empire of ancient Turkey.\\
\\
She learns that she was summoned by Queen Nakia, the current queen and Tawannana of the Empire, who plans to make her a human sacrifice to place a curse on most of the princes, so she can place her own son as the next ruling king. Fortunately, her plan ended up thwarted by Yuri coming into contact with Kail, who ends up promising to protect her from the queen and get her home.\\
\\
Kail claims Yuri to have been sent by the gods, calling her an incarnation of the Goddess of Love and War, Ishtar, to ensure that she'll be permitted to join him during battles. Yuri does prove to bring fortune to the Hittites on the battlefield, and becomes a symbol and worshipped by the citizens of the Empire, leading to her being called Yuri Ishtar.
----
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The people of the Hittite Empire love her. When she gets stung by a non-fatal scorpion, a horde of the towns people head towards the palace with all sorts of cures and remedies.
* ActionSurvivor: Relies more on wits and her kind heart than on physical strength, but she does learn swordsmanship and archery. She's also rather agile due to having been a gymnast in Japan. [[spoiler:She ends up being named Commander-in-Chief of the Hittite military.]]
* AllLovingHero: Her kindness and pluck gains her quite a lot of devoted followers.
* BarrierMaiden: Nakia sees her as one, since her blood is the key for the curse she wants to cast.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although she appears very fragile and definitely isn't one to start a confrontation, pushing her shows that Yuri can be incredibly fierce. When the princesses arrive to be prospective wives or concubines to Kail, she cowers and feels inferior to them because of her lack of social standing. But when their bullying and pranks go too far, and could physically harm Kail, she bares her teeth.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Many people initially mistake her for being a boy, since she tends to wear clothes intended for younger boys for the sake of movement, and her being skinnier than the average Hittite girl.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Gains one towards Tito, the servant boy who became her first friend. She doesn't take well to Queen Nakia using him as her pawn, having him slated for execution because he attempted to kill Yuri while brainwashed, and is heartbroken when Tito ends up brutally murdered.
* BigEntrance: Her reappearance after being kidnapped by Urhi had her burst out of the spring, having swum through a channel that connected the spring to the outside.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Desperately wants to return to her family, but also fights with herself because of her growing feelings for Kail, and feeling like she cannot leave without settling things with Nakia.
* CoolBigSis: Becomes one to Alexandra, who even calls her 'Sister'.
* DamselInDistress: Justified in the beginning, as she's a regular schoolgirl without any self-defense training that got thrown into the warrior empire of the Hittites.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: From the 20th century AD stuck in 14th century BC.
* GuileHero: Manages to outwit her opponents multiple times.
* HeroicBSOD
** Fell into one upon hearing that [[spoiler:Ursula took the blame of King Arnuwanda's assassination, so that Yuri would be freed of suspicion]], and was appalled that nobody around her seemed to care.
** Part of the Egypt arc has her become apathic [[spoiler:from having miscarried]].
* HollywoodHomely: [[invoked]] Many people in ancient Turkey consider her to be plain and uninteresting, since she lacked the height and voluptuous figure that was considered beautiful at the time.
* HotConsort: Poses as Kail's concubine for most of the series. [[spoiler:Ends up becoming his legal wife.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Kail can easily pick her up and carry her around.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Chooses to remain in ancient Turkey, eventually becoming the Commander-in-Chief of the Hittite army, as well as getting married to Kail.]]
* IdiotBall
** Despite having just survived an assassination attempt by Queen Nakia, she chooses to infiltrate her personal quarters to get her clothes back mere hours after. She's quickly overpowered, and only Tito's distraction and sacrifice kept her safe.
** Hearing there's a fake Ishtar going around and acting in ways that end up damaging Kail's reputation, Yuri hurries off to put an end to it by confronting the impostor, despite having no proof that she's the real concubine of Kail. Nobody recognizes her, and she ends up imprisoned. Kail even mentions that this whole thing could have been prevented, had she just presented herself as a princess to begin with.
* LadyOfWar: Seen as the incarnation of Ishtar, the Goddess of War.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Her maids are viewed by her as her best friends and sisters, trusting them with everything. When she's in Egypt, the other maids are shocked that she doesn't demand one of them get whipped or starved for spilling water on her dress.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Gets mistaken as being younger than she actually is. Even Kail initially assumed she was a preteen, and was surprised to hear she was 15 years old. [[spoiler:One sidestory reveals her to have been the real-life Gassulawiya, Tawannana of the Empire for more than a decade, with a teenaged son of her own, and looking young enough to be his older sister.]]
* PregnantBadass: Despite having been unaware of it at the time, she was pregnant during [[spoiler:the Beida arc]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: Many people are awestruck when they see Yuri dressed up.
* ShipperOnDeck: Happily ships Kash and Ursula, as well as Ryuhi, Kikkuri, and Shala.
* StarCrossedLovers: Believes her romance with Kail to be this, as she's originally from 20th century Japan and is set on returning home. [[spoiler:Averted, when she chooses to stay with Kail in ancient Turkey.]]
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Feels more comfortable in clothes meant for younger boys because of the freedom of movement, and prefers to practice her fighting skills than getting oil baths from her maids. But she still has romantic views on love and marriage that she carried over from modern times.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When the princesses put scorpions into her bed the night that Kail was planning to sleep in her room, Yuri storms into the room the princesses are in and throws the dead scorpions at them. They can treat her however they want, but their actions had better not endanger Kail.
* WeakButSkilled: Lacks physical strength in fighting, but it's her general wits and agility that often helps her dodge danger and survive in a war-stricken time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Suzuki Family (Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki, Mari Suzuki, Eimi Suzuki)]]
!!The Suzuki Family (Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki, Mari Suzuki, Eimi Suzuki)
* AffectionateNickname: Eimi calls Yuri "Yuu-chan".
%%* GirlNextDoor: Mari and Eimi.
* GoodParents: The Suzukis seem to be rather nice people who love their three girls dearly.
%%* {{Meganekko}}: Mari
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Satoshi Himuro]]
!!Satoshi Himuro
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Sorta. We get to see him as an adult: he and Eimi [[spoiler:are married, and he had grown into an archeologist.]]
%%* NiceGuy
%%* RomanticFalseLead
* SettleForSibling: Marries Yuri's little sister Eimi.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Zig-zagged. He ''was'' this, until Yuri was rather abruptly sucked into a puddle of water while they were on a date.
[[/folder]]
!!The Royal Family of Hattusa
[[folder:Kail Mursili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mursili_II Kail Mursili]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (CD Drama)
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Although not always to quite the fanatical degree that Yuri inspires in subjects and strangers alike.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BastardBoyfriend There's no doubt that he really loves Yuri but [[BerserkButton sometimes]] can be extremely possessive and demanding to the point of [[spoiler:nearly ''[[AttemptedRape raping]]'' her despite her pleas to stop...]]
* BlowYouAway: Has wind powers that he inherited from his MissingMom Henti.
%%* CrazyJealousGuy:
%%* TheGoodKing
* HandsomeLech: His first appearance in the series has him hide Yuri by passionately kissing her. When the guards leave, he offers to continue because the girl he was supposed to be meeting never showed up.
* LadykillerInLove: His ladykiller tendencies are more of an informed attribute, but he certainly has the attitude of one before he falls for Yuri.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: He's has had many relationships with women, however none have been long-lasting. He has vowed to only take one legal wife, and since he's all but assured to be the next king, he wants to make sure that said wife has the [[NiceGirl goodness]], [[TheSmartGirl intelligence]], and [[SilkHidingSteel inner strength]] to handle [[TheHighQueen holding the second-most powerful position in the kingdom.]] At one point, [[spoiler: Princess Guzel tells Yuri that Kail never actually [[SleepCute fell asleep]] with any of the women he was with, ''Guzel herself included'', implicitly because he wasn't able to let down his guard enough.]] Therefore, the fact that Kail [[spoiler: ''is'' willing to sleep with Yuri in ''both'' senses (as in, having sex with her ''and'' spending the night in her room)]] is very telling.
%%* MrFanservice
* NiceToTheWaiter: He handpicks servants who prove themselves to be loyal, and more or less considers them his closest friends.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Notable as one of few rules who gives a damn about what happens to his subjects.
%%RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* WarriorPrince: Rides into battle multiple times or even goes into combat solo.
%%* TheWisePrince
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Nakia]]
!!Queen Nakia
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YurikoYamaguchi and Creator/MisaWatanabe (CD Drama)
* BigBad: In every arc, she carries out some plan to kill Yuri and make Juda the king.
* BloodMagic: Intends to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice Yuri]] and use her blood to cast a spell, ensuring that Kail will die and Juda will become king. [[SpannerInTheWorks Yuri's mere presence becomes a huge drawback to her plans.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted. She is fully aware of how Kail and Yuri's bond works and uses it to her full advantage whenever she can. She does have her moments when [[spoiler:she realizes that Kail loves Yuri so deeply, he would have her executed as a HumanSacrifice to bring Yuri back... [[OhCrap She nearly crumbles under the pressure.]]]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Even upon learning her sad backstory (being forced to marry the old king who ruined her homeland by her neglectful father), Yuri expresses little-to-no sympathy for her, basically saying that it does nothing to excuse her schemes that have gotten many people killed.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She is the Queen, and the BigBad of the series who tries to kill Yuri.
* HiddenWeapons: She has a ring where she hides a poisoned needle.
%%* HotWitch
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A cunning, ruthless queen with magical poisons and power over water and BloodMagic.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Trying to kill Kail before he could save Yuri led to Rusafa TakingTheBullet to save him, dying in the process. The death of Rusafa drove Juda into such a grief-fueled rage that he tried to kill his own mother, and after he was stopped, he renounced his right to the throne, destroying her plans completely and permanently.]]
* MakingASplash: She has control over water.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In her backstory. She was forced by her father to marry the king of the empire that ruined her homeland of Babylonia (and who was old enough to be her own father), and was left lonely and homesick in a strange land, while her husband was more interested in the wives he already had. But after a few years, the scared teenage girl grew into the BigBad.
* WickedStepmother: She is ''very'' wicked, to the point of being the BigBad of the series. Notably, Nakia has pretty much no love for ''any'' of her family, biological or otherwise. It's revealed from the start that she wants to use black magic to kill off her stepchildren so that her own son, Juda, can take the throne, but it's also hinted that her love for Juda is centered around her desire to have her bloodline rule Hattusa in revenge for her ArrangedMarriage to the king of the empire that ruined her homeland. She shows no affection for her husband and, when her brother is horrified to learn the various things she's done, she coolly threatens to kill him if he reveals her plans. [[spoiler:She also ''kills her own niece'', just to try to frame Yuri.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She used to be a scared teenage girl whose father (the ruler of Babylon) ordered her to marry the king of Hattusa. Nakia was not happy about this, because Hattusa had invaded Babylon not so long ago, the marriage was blatantly using her as a political pawn, and the king was old enough to be her father. She goes through with it and ends up in a strange land, with a husband who has no interest in her at all. Lonely and angry, she ends up vowing to have a son and see to it that he becomes the next king, to ensure her bloodline continues to rule the land. By the time Yuri has arrived, Nakia occupies the second-most powerful position in the kingdom (which she achieved by [[spoiler:poisoning Kail's mother]]) and is using every scheme she can think of to kill her stepsons and husband. As the series goes on, it's clear that she's willing to drive the entire land to ruin if it means getting what she wants, but she's completely and utterly alone the entire time, save for her [[TheDragon right-hand man]]. Even [[spoiler:her own son turns on her at the end]], thanks to her insanity, and her ultimate fate is [[spoiler:a CruelMercy: she's allowed to live in a nice villa, ''while knowing that she owes it to Yuri and Kail'', who intend for her to witness how the Hittite Empire blossoms and flourishes '''without''' her in power.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Suppililuma]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppiluliuma_I King Suppililuma]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TesshoGenda (CD Drama)
* RetiredBadass: Sorta. He has fought and won several wars, but when we meet him he's already an old man.
%%* SacrificialLamb
%%* SuccessionCrisis
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Henti]]
!![[http://www.tawananna.com/archives/401 Queen Henti]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's depicted as a really sweet and kind person in flashbacks.
%%* TheHighQueen
%%* HotWitch: Kail inherited [[BlowyouAway his control over the wind]] from her.
* MissingMom: Kail's. In history, itself it's not clear why she disappeared, but historians speculate that she was banished away to "make room" for the Babylonian princess Mal-Nikal (the historical inspiration for Nakia) [[spoiler: In the manga itself, however, Henti was killed by Nakia.]]
%%* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Sari Arnuwanda]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnuwanda_II Prince Sari Arnuwanda]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Itou (CD Drama)
* InadequateInheritor: While not exactly an idiot, Arnuwanda is not in physical condition to reign so his full-brother Kail and half-brother Zannanza [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking have to help him]]. [[spoiler: When he ''does'' becomes the King, he appoints Kail as his heir as he still has no children of his own.]]
* SacrificialLion: His murder is committed [[spoiler:by Urhi]], but Yuri gets blamed. Ursula then [[spoiler:[[TakingTheHeat willingly]] [[SilentScapegoat takes the blame]] to save Yuri, and is executed in her place.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Zannanza Hattusili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zannanza Prince Zannanza Hattusili]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (CD Drama)
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Becomes this after unwittingly drinking Nakia's Rose Water. It leads to him abducting Yuri, carrying her across the desert with no food or water, and [[AttemptedRape attempting to rape her]].
* DoomedByCanon: Sadly, anyone who knows about the historical Zannanza can tell you there was never any chance of him [[spoiler:marrying the Egyptian princess...]]
* HeroicBastard: Son of the King and a palace maid.
* IfICantHaveYou: Acts this way towards Yuri, but only after drinking the Rose Water.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: For both Yuri (who he secretly pines for) and Kail (who he loves as a brother). As much as he wishes Yuri were his, he doesn't want to hurt them by breaking the two apart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Juda Haspasrupi]]
!!Prince Juda Haspasrupi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani (CD Drama)
* AbdicateTheThrone: Towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:he does this to, once and for all, bring a stop to Nakia's attempts at having her bloodline rule the Hittite Empire]].
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Despite being 14, he's so cute that he pulls this very well.
* BreakTheCutie: The poor kid really gets dragged through a lot of crap, thanks to his mom's plans.
* CallingTheOldManOut: After [[spoiler: Rusafa's death, Juda [[HeroicBSOD breaks down]] and tries to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill Nakia right there]], and when he's stopped, he ''publically'' calls her out on her bullshit, then renounces to his own right to the throne.]]
%%* CheerfulChild: Most of the time.
* CreepyChild: After [[spoiler:he's forced by his mother to drink the Black Water and becomes {{Brainwashed}}.]]
* HeIsAllGrownUp: One of the illustrations in the last volume shows his adult self.
* KidAnova: Already has a wife and at least two concubines at age 14. [[spoiler: Few later, he marries Alexandra.]]
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:As Nakia loses power, people begin to gossip more and more openly about how they think her son, Juda, is actually Urhi's son with her; the fact that Juda and Urhi have exactly the same hair color and that Urhi [[BattleButler is the person closest to Nakia]] really don't help matters]]. It turns out [[spoiler:Juda really is the king's legitimate son; Urhi is a eunuch and was castrated quite a while before he even ''met'' Nakia.]]
* ModestRoyalty: He's a really sweet kid and doesn't want to reign, aspiring to be his beloved half-brother Kail's NumberTwo.
* UnwittingPawn: More than once, [[spoiler: but in a subversion he plays the role mostly when brainwashed by his own mom.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Prince Rois Telipinu]]
%%!!Prince Rois Telipinu
%%* SatelliteCharacter
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Mali Piyasili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyashshili Prince Mali Piyasili]]
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* HeroicBastard: Son of the King and one of his concubines.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: Fighting against Ramses, who even praises him before striking him down.
%%* WarriorPrince
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Nepis Ilra]]
!!Princess Nepis Ilra
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: She was born without sight, [[OracularUrchin but also has incredible spiritual powers.]] Kail mentions at one point that she can also send Yuri back to Japan if he's not home in time, proving she at ''least'' is as powerful a sorceress as he is.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
%%* OracularUrchin
[[/folder]]
!!The Royal Family's Entourage
[[folder:Urhi Shalma]]
!!Urhi Shalma
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Katsumi Toriumi and Creator/TakahiroSakurai (CD Drama)
%%* BattleButler: Nakia's.
%%* TheDragon: To Nakia.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself while revealing that [[spoiler:he murdered Arnuwanda]] and saying he did it alone to not have Nakia brought down.
* EunuchsAreEvil: [[spoiler:He was [[GroinAttack forcibly made a eunuch]] when he was a child, because he was the SoleSurvivor of the royal family of a kingdom that was conquered, and the conquerors didn't want to risk him having heirs. He only reveals that he's a eunuch towards the end of the series, when it's necessary [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe to clear up rumors that he's secretly Juda's father]].]]
%%* EyeScream: With an ''arrow''
* TheFaceless: He stays this for several chapters.
* FallenPrincess: Was a nobleman from a conquered kingdom, then was subjected to ColdBloodedTorture and [[RapeAsDrama rape]], and 'then'' he was taken to the Hittite Empire as a priest.
%%* GodivaHair: A rare male exemple, [[spoiler:when revealing his nature as an eunuch]].
* GroinAttack: He was castrated as a youngster. He has to reveal it to [[spoiler:clear Nakia from the accusation of having cheated on the King with him.]]
* TheKingslayer: [[spoiler:He's the one who killed Arnuwanda.]]
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* MadeASlave
%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* PeekABangs
* SubordinateExcuse: He is fiercely loyal to Nakia, to the point of attempting to bite his own tongue off when interrogated for answers. Even after countless failed attempts to kill Yuri, Nakia still keeps him around.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tito]]
!!Tito
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroYuki (CD Drama)
%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Dammit, Nakia
* CynicismCatalyst: His death is what makes Yuri become mentally stronger and more determined to fight against Nakia, and while his three sisters want revenge at first, they then become devoted to Yuri.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: So much that Yuri is reminded of ''her little sister'' when she sees him.
%%* FlayingAlive
%%* KillTheCutie
* IOweYouMyLife: Becomes devoted to Yuri when she saves him from being executed [[spoiler:for trying to kill her while brainwashed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hadi]]
!!Hadi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (CD Drama)
* BerserkButton: In ''Kikkuri's Missing Days'', we see it's not a good idea to refer to her as a "court lady".
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Upon finding out that [[spoiler:Kikuri]] has been romantically/sexually involved with ''both'' of her sisters, [[spoiler:to the point of getting one pregnant (and later the other)]], she coolly tells him that he'd ''better set about looking after both the twins''.
** Also, when Yuri [[spoiler: screamed Hadi's name when Kail was about to rape her]], Hadi swallowed her fears and went to help her, managing to [[spoiler: get to Kail's head so he would stop]]. To put it on perspective: Hadi could have been ''seriously'' punished, if not executed, for standing up to [[spoiler: one of the highest-ranked members of the Hittite royalty]], but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she managed]] to set her well-justified fright aside and protected Yuri when she needed it.
%%* CoolBigSis: To Yuri and her own little sisters.
%%* MaidAndMaiden: The Maid to Yuri's Maiden.
%%* PluckyGirl
%%* {{Revenge}}
* YouKilledMyFather: She and the twins initially were angry at Yuri as they blamed her for Tito's death. The fact that Urhi egged them on didn't help. When the real killer is revealed, the three girls pledge themselves to Yuri instead.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ryuhi and Shala]]
!!Ryuhi and Shala
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiemiChiba and Creator/MachikoToyoshima (Ryuhi, CD Drama) and Yukiko Fujikawa (Shala, CD drama)
%%* ActionGirl: Of the CuteBruiser[=/=]BadassAdorable variety.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: So much that only Hadi and Yuri can distinguish them.
%%* GenkiGirl
* NinjaMaid: As Yuri's [[LadyInWaiting ladies in waiting]] and companions.
* ShipperOnDeck: Diehard Yuri/Kail fangirls
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: They see no problem in sharing Kikkuri's affection.
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kikkuri]]
!!Kikkuri
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (CD Drama)
%%* BookWorm
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* KeepingSecretsSucks: He and the rest of Kail's entourage must keep the news of [[spoiler:Ursula's upcoming execution from him. It's not easy.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Is very knowledgeable about horses and strategies
%%* ShipperOnDeck: Big Yuri/Kail fan
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Illbani]]
!!Illbani
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Haruki Sayama (CD Drama)
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially evident when Kail finally emerges from his room after he and Yuri spend at least four days making love.
-->'''Ilbani:''' Oh, your Majesty. Long time no see.\\
'''Kail:''' Hmph.
* GuileHero: He's ''very'' good at outwitting his opponents. [[spoiler:To the point where he manages to capture Urhi, preserve vital evidence to dethroning Nakia, ''and'' free Juda from the Black Water mind control, all in one fell swoop and with some planning.]]
* LettingHisHairDown: As a "disguise" when he tries to capture [[spoiler:Urhi]].
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* ShipperOnDeck: Another Yuri/Kail fan.
* TheSmartGuy: He's well aware that he's better off using his brains to serve Kail, rather than physical weapons.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Several times to Kail, most notably when Kail is seriously considering riding to save Yuri from Nakia's forces (which, since Yuri was under suspicion of assassinating the king, would lead to Kail getting in trouble and possibly ruining his chances at being the great king he dreamed of), Illbani threatens to slit his own throat. His reasoning is that he has served Kail faithfully, wanting desperately to see Kail fulfill his dream of making the empire great. If Kail will throw that all away, he has no reason to live.
** This is generally his reaction after Kail freaks out on the idea of Yuri going back to Japan and tries to rape her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ursula]]
!!Ursula
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoNagashima (CD Drama)
* BodyDouble: Sorta, as she's introduced as a "false Ishtar" by Nakia.
%%* DefeatMeansFriendship: Thank you, Yuri and Kail.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: She lies and pretends that [[spoiler:she assassinated King Aruwanda, even though she knows that she'll be immediately executed]]. She happily dies knowing that by acting as a fake target, she has [[spoiler:averted suspicion of the crime from Yuri, and thus given Kail grounds to call of Nakia's attempts to capture her.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: As she's [[spoiler:in the gallows]], Ursula keeps her cool even when Ryuhi and Shala are desperately attempting to stop her execution. She then thinks of Yuri and the future of the Empire, and [[spoiler:calmly tells her executioner that she's ready to die. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome And she is.]]]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Willingly goes TakingTheHeat so Yuri won't be unfairly [[spoiler:executed for the murder of King Arnuwanda.]]
%%* GirlishPigtails: Or at least a single one.
* GoldDigger: At first, she is happy to pose as a RichBitch to ruin Yuri's reputation, and tries to seduce Kail to ensure a lifetime of luxury. [[spoiler: But when she fails and Kail asks asks why she bothered, even though it should have been obvious the whole plan was doomed to failure, Ursula breaks down and tells him her DarkAndTroubledPast; her entire family died of ThePlague and, after having been so hungry and poor her whole life, she was desperate [[RagsToRiches to live as nobility]], even for a small while.]]
* ImportantHaircut: Right before [[spoiler:being hanged]], Ursula takes Kash's dagger and cuts her hair to give it to Kash. It becomes a TragicKeepsake as he [[spoiler:keeps a long braid made of it after she dies.]]
* LadyInWaiting: Yuri takes her in as one of these.
* PluckyGirl: When push comes to shove, Ursula shows noticeable bravery. [[spoiler: Enough to give her life away to help Yuri without hesitation.]]
%%* RapunzelHair
* ShipperOnDeck: Once Ursula becomes Yuri's companion, she ships her with Kail ''hard''. To the point of beating up Kash when he cracks jokes about Kail and Guzel.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: She and Kash
%%* SilentScapegoat.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse, when [[spoiler:she's about to be executed, she tells Kash about how they might have gotten married and had a family together, like she'd hoped. In this way, Ursula manages to tell Kash how much she loves him before refusing to escape with him; Kash accepts this and they share a LastKiss as well as a TragicKeepsake giving.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Hittite Military
[[folder:Rusafa]]
!!Rusafa
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shigeru Shibuya and Masaya Takatsuka (CD Drama)
First Chief of Archers, then promoted to be Yuri's Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's in love with Yuri. Hathor Nefert likes him and flat-out begs him to marry her, even saying that she doesn't care if he continues to love Yuri in a hero-worship way, if he'll love her as a mortal woman. Nothing still can come of it.
* HeroicSacrifice: Takes [[spoiler:a knife InTheBack from Nakia]] to keep her from [[spoiler:sending Yuri away in space and time as her last resort.]]
%%* SubordinateExcuse: Towards Yuri.
* NumberTwo: To Yuri when she's in command.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:The last volume of the series has a drawing of him and Nefert and two children, hinting at a future they might have had if he hadn't been killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kash]]
!!Kash
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa and Creator/HideoIshikawa (CD Drama)
Chief of Chariots, he's essentially the cavalry leader.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Ursula.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Before [[spoiler:her execution]], Ursula gives Kash a braid of her hair. He uses it as a headband until [[spoiler:Ursula is exonerated post-mortem.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Mettannamuwa]]
%%!!Mettannamuwa
%%* OldSoldier: Compared with the people in his surroundings.
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Shubas]]
%%!!Shubas
%%* NaiveNewcomer: He was promoted to Chief of Archers primarily because his mentor and predecessor was demoted from his position.
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zora]]
!!Zora
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: He was envious of Shubas being promoted sooner than he did, neglecting the fact that Shubas was promoted out of necessity rather than it being meritorious at the time.
* DrivenByEnvy: He becomes TheMole because he was promised a promotion, which he wanted badly due to resenting his companion Shubas's faster prowess.
%%* NaiveNewcomer
* TheMole: Leaked vital info about the military [[spoiler:to Nakia]], who then sent it to the Egyptians.
[[/folder]]
!!Egyptian characters
[[folder:User Ramses]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_I User]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_II Ramses]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (CD Drama)
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yuri makes it very clear that she doesn't return Ramses's affections. That doesn't stop him from trying to forcibly take her back to Egypt with him, though.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
%%* DarkSkinnedBlond
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: In his own words, this is one of the reasons why he likes her.
-->'''Ramses''': [as he lays atop of a half-naked Yuri at some point [[spoiler: and right before Kail pulls a BigDamnHeroes]] ]: "Remember, I must have whatever I want".
%%* MrFanservice
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Ramses makes it clear that he's loyal to Egypt, and has very little respect for the politicians and aristocrats who waste their time on luxury, while the country goes downhill. He also becomes very angry when he finds out that some unknown Egyptian aristocrat has been learning secrets about the Hittite military and keeping them to him or herself, and thus preventing the Pharaoh from acting on said secrets.
%%* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Kail.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Hathor Nefert]]
!!Princess Hathor Nefert
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: One of the reasons she wants Rusafa to be her lover is how strong and powerful he is.
%%* CoolBigSis
%%* DarkSkinnedBlond
%%* MsFanservice
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Is very fond of walking around topless, [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn much to the embarrassment of the Hittite characters and Yuri.]] [[spoiler:This actually saves them at one point, when the heroes are trying to follow a suspicious man via boat. When it looks like he knows what they're up to, Nefert goes SkinnyDipping... making the suspect decide that they must just be a group of bored noblemen on an outing.]]
%%* TheTease:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ankhesenamen]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankhesenamen Ankhesenamen]]
* ArrangedMarriage: After the death of her husband, [[spoiler:Tuthankhamen]], she was supposed to marry a Hitite prince, but the deal fell off. [[spoiler: She later has to marry the much older Ay.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Horemheb]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horemheb Horemheb]]
* AdaptationalWimp: The historical Horemheb was a highly capable general and administrator, credited with re-establishing Egypt as a power after the SuccessionCrisis of Tutankhamen. In the manga he's an ineffective PuppetKing whose repeatedly outmaneuvered by just about everyone.
* PuppetKing: To [[spoiler: Taptukia aka Nefertiti.]] [[note]]There's a degree of ArtisticLicense here, as Nefertiti was most likely long dead by the time by the time Horemheb took power [[/note]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Ay]]
%%!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay Ay]]
%%* OldManMarryingAChild: [[spoiler: Poor Ankhesenamen]]
%%[[/folder]]
!!Others
[[folder:Princess Taptukia]]
!!Princess Taptukia
* BrotherSisterIncest: She and her brother [[spoiler: Mattiwaza]] were lovers when they were younger.
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: [[spoiler:When Yuri confronts her, she tries to bring Nefertiti to her senses by showing her the earring she gave to her brother as a keepsake, many years ago. Nefertiti has no clue what it is, until Yuri tells her of its significance.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A good many comparisons are draw between her and [[spoiler:Queen Nakia,]] especially near the end of the series.
* HistoricalInJoke: [[spoiler:At the end of her story arc, an artist sculpting a bust of her tries to think of a material that could best be used to do justice to her eyes. Nefertiti gives him a black onyx earring to use, but only has one. Thus, he's only able to finish one of the eyes. When he laments that the bust will be incomplete, she tells him not to worry because she highly doubts anyone would bother looking at such a thing. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust The bust]], naturally, is one of the most famous artifacts from Egypt, and the manga tells how people in modern times still have no idea why one of the eyes was incomplete.]]
%%* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Mattiwaza.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Mattiwaza]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shattiwaza Prince Mattiwaza]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (CD drama)
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrotherSisterIncest: He is the brother and ex-lover of Taptukia. It's all but stated that his fall in ruthlessness came from his utter pain upon seeing [[spoiler:her go from a sweet girl to an IceQueen.]]
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* RedBaron: Called the "Prince of Darkness" for his ruthless demeanor and behavior at war
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zuwa]]
!!Zuwa
%%* BloodKnight
* FlayingAlive: His speciality. [[spoiler: Poor, ''poor'' Tito.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Yuri goes ActionSurvivor on Zuwa's ass, shatters his outsized copper sword, ''and'' the mud bricks beneath his feet with an iron blade, causing him to [[spoiler:fall to his death from the palace walls.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Talos]]
%%!!Talos
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nadia]]
!!Nadia
* CainAndAbel: Nakia's younger sister. She actually is suspected of [[spoiler:being TheMole for her, but she isn't.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: She tried to manipulate Mattiwaza into killing Yuri, but only out of fear of being replaced.]]
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* LoveRedeems
%%* TheMistress: To Mattiwaza.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Guzel]]
!!Guzel
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Miyuki Ishizuka (CD Drama)
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: A princess who had once been Kail's lover, she insists that he's the father of her child. Because Kail's inline for the throne and having an heir would be beneficial to him, there is a lot of pressure for him to accept the child as his own... but Kail himself knows that it's impossible that he's the boy's father, because he and Güzel haven't seen each other for years. [[spoiler:It turns out Güzel had been brainwashed by Kail's WickedStepmother, Nakia, into lying about her child's parentage. Upon being woken up, she readily admits that the father was a WanderingMinstrel and that the idea that Kail was the father was preposterous.]]
%%* {{Ojou}}
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Alexandra]]
!!Princess Alexandra
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shouko Kikuchi (CD Drama)
* GenkiGirl: Except for her first appearance, she's almost always happy and energetic.
* MadeASlave: Averted. She's the princess of the Arzawa lands; when her mother the Queen was told how a [[{{Bifauxnen}} "young boy"]] had been conquering their towns left and right, Alexandra snuck out and [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offered herself]] to "serve" Yuri (implicitly [[SexSlave in a sexual manner]]), genuinely but ''very'' misguidedly hoping to help her mom and people. Naturally, Yuri had no intention of keeping her for such a reason, and decided to make her [[LadyInWaiting one of her ladies-in-waiting]] instead.
%%* {{Ojou}}
%%* PluckyGirl
* PuppyLove: Subverted - she and Juda ''do'' get together, but only ''after'' [[spoiler:they stop being young enough to fit the trope.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Aspires to be this, wishing at one point that she could join Yuri on the battle field. Ilbani tells her that, [[ActionSurvivor Yuri]] aside, princesses shouldn't go to war. He then goes to prove, via a very clever ploy that [[spoiler:resolves three significant plot threads]], that anyone can be helpful without having to swing a sword.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Her older self and an adult!Juda show up in an illustration. Adult Alexandra is ''gorgeous''.
[[/folder]]
to:
Characters from the manga ''Manga/AnatoliaStory''.
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[[foldercontrol]]
!!Our Time
[[folder:Yuri Suzuki / Yuri Ishtar / [[spoiler:Gassulawiya]]]]
!!! '''Voiced by''' Creator/MinamiTakayama (CD Drama)
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anatolia_yuri.png]]
Yuri was a Japanese highschool student and led a normal life, until she began to notice the strange phenomenon of water attempting to suck her into a whirlpool. She does her best to avoid being in contact with water anymore than necessary, but ends up pulled through a puddle and finds herself in the Hittite Empire of ancient Turkey.\\
\\
She learns that she was summoned by Queen Nakia, the current queen and Tawannana of the Empire, who plans to make her a human sacrifice to place a curse on most of the princes, so she can place her own son as the next ruling king. Fortunately, her plan ended up thwarted by Yuri coming into contact with Kail, who ends up promising to protect her from the queen and get her home.\\
\\
Kail claims Yuri to have been sent by the gods, calling her an incarnation of the Goddess of Love and War, Ishtar, to ensure that she'll be permitted to join him during battles. Yuri does prove to bring fortune to the Hittites on the battlefield, and becomes a symbol and worshipped by the citizens of the Empire, leading to her being called Yuri Ishtar.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The people of the Hittite Empire love her. When she gets stung by a non-fatal scorpion, a horde of the towns people head towards the palace with all sorts of cures and remedies.
* ActionSurvivor: Relies more on wits and her kind heart than on physical strength, but she does learn swordsmanship and archery. She's also rather agile due to having been a gymnast in Japan. [[spoiler:She ends up being named Commander-in-Chief of the Hittite military.]]
* AllLovingHero: Her kindness and pluck gains her quite a lot of devoted followers.
* BarrierMaiden: Nakia sees her as one, since her blood is the key for the curse she wants to cast.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although she appears very fragile and definitely isn't one to start a confrontation, pushing her shows that Yuri can be incredibly fierce. When the princesses arrive to be prospective wives or concubines to Kail, she cowers and feels inferior to them because of her lack of social standing. But when their bullying and pranks go too far, and could physically harm Kail, she bares her teeth.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Many people initially mistake her for being a boy, since she tends to wear clothes intended for younger boys for the sake of movement, and her being skinnier than the average Hittite girl.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Gains one towards Tito, the servant boy who became her first friend. She doesn't take well to Queen Nakia using him as her pawn, having him slated for execution because he attempted to kill Yuri while brainwashed, and is heartbroken when Tito ends up brutally murdered.
* BigEntrance: Her reappearance after being kidnapped by Urhi had her burst out of the spring, having swum through a channel that connected the spring to the outside.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Desperately wants to return to her family, but also fights with herself because of her growing feelings for Kail, and feeling like she cannot leave without settling things with Nakia.
* CoolBigSis: Becomes one to Alexandra, who even calls her 'Sister'.
* DamselInDistress: Justified in the beginning, as she's a regular schoolgirl without any self-defense training that got thrown into the warrior empire of the Hittites.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: From the 20th century AD stuck in 14th century BC.
* GuileHero: Manages to outwit her opponents multiple times.
* HeroicBSOD
** Fell into one upon hearing that [[spoiler:Ursula took the blame of King Arnuwanda's assassination, so that Yuri would be freed of suspicion]], and was appalled that nobody around her seemed to care.
** Part of the Egypt arc has her become apathic [[spoiler:from having miscarried]].
* HollywoodHomely: [[invoked]] Many people in ancient Turkey consider her to be plain and uninteresting, since she lacked the height and voluptuous figure that was considered beautiful at the time.
* HotConsort: Poses as Kail's concubine for most of the series. [[spoiler:Ends up becoming his legal wife.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Kail can easily pick her up and carry her around.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Chooses to remain in ancient Turkey, eventually becoming the Commander-in-Chief of the Hittite army, as well as getting married to Kail.]]
* IdiotBall
** Despite having just survived an assassination attempt by Queen Nakia, she chooses to infiltrate her personal quarters to get her clothes back mere hours after. She's quickly overpowered, and only Tito's distraction and sacrifice kept her safe.
** Hearing there's a fake Ishtar going around and acting in ways that end up damaging Kail's reputation, Yuri hurries off to put an end to it by confronting the impostor, despite having no proof that she's the real concubine of Kail. Nobody recognizes her, and she ends up imprisoned. Kail even mentions that this whole thing could have been prevented, had she just presented herself as a princess to begin with.
* LadyOfWar: Seen as the incarnation of Ishtar, the Goddess of War.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Her maids are viewed by her as her best friends and sisters, trusting them with everything. When she's in Egypt, the other maids are shocked that she doesn't demand one of them get whipped or starved for spilling water on her dress.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Gets mistaken as being younger than she actually is. Even Kail initially assumed she was a preteen, and was surprised to hear she was 15 years old. [[spoiler:One sidestory reveals her to have been the real-life Gassulawiya, Tawannana of the Empire for more than a decade, with a teenaged son of her own, and looking young enough to be his older sister.]]
* PregnantBadass: Despite having been unaware of it at the time, she was pregnant during [[spoiler:the Beida arc]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: Many people are awestruck when they see Yuri dressed up.
* ShipperOnDeck: Happily ships Kash and Ursula, as well as Ryuhi, Kikkuri, and Shala.
* StarCrossedLovers: Believes her romance with Kail to be this, as she's originally from 20th century Japan and is set on returning home. [[spoiler:Averted, when she chooses to stay with Kail in ancient Turkey.]]
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Feels more comfortable in clothes meant for younger boys because of the freedom of movement, and prefers to practice her fighting skills than getting oil baths from her maids. But she still has romantic views on love and marriage that she carried over from modern times.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When the princesses put scorpions into her bed the night that Kail was planning to sleep in her room, Yuri storms into the room the princesses are in and throws the dead scorpions at them. They can treat her however they want, but their actions had better not endanger Kail.
* WeakButSkilled: Lacks physical strength in fighting, but it's her general wits and agility that often helps her dodge danger and survive in a war-stricken time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Suzuki Family (Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki, Mari Suzuki, Eimi Suzuki)]]
!!The Suzuki Family (Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki, Mari Suzuki, Eimi Suzuki)
* AffectionateNickname: Eimi calls Yuri "Yuu-chan".
%%* GirlNextDoor: Mari and Eimi.
* GoodParents: The Suzukis seem to be rather nice people who love their three girls dearly.
%%* {{Meganekko}}: Mari
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Satoshi Himuro]]
!!Satoshi Himuro
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Sorta. We get to see him as an adult: he and Eimi [[spoiler:are married, and he had grown into an archeologist.]]
%%* NiceGuy
%%* RomanticFalseLead
* SettleForSibling: Marries Yuri's little sister Eimi.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Zig-zagged. He ''was'' this, until Yuri was rather abruptly sucked into a puddle of water while they were on a date.
[[/folder]]
!!The Royal Family of Hattusa
[[folder:Kail Mursili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mursili_II Kail Mursili]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (CD Drama)
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Although not always to quite the fanatical degree that Yuri inspires in subjects and strangers alike.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BastardBoyfriend There's no doubt that he really loves Yuri but [[BerserkButton sometimes]] can be extremely possessive and demanding to the point of [[spoiler:nearly ''[[AttemptedRape raping]]'' her despite her pleas to stop...]]
* BlowYouAway: Has wind powers that he inherited from his MissingMom Henti.
%%* CrazyJealousGuy:
%%* TheGoodKing
* HandsomeLech: His first appearance in the series has him hide Yuri by passionately kissing her. When the guards leave, he offers to continue because the girl he was supposed to be meeting never showed up.
* LadykillerInLove: His ladykiller tendencies are more of an informed attribute, but he certainly has the attitude of one before he falls for Yuri.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: He's has had many relationships with women, however none have been long-lasting. He has vowed to only take one legal wife, and since he's all but assured to be the next king, he wants to make sure that said wife has the [[NiceGirl goodness]], [[TheSmartGirl intelligence]], and [[SilkHidingSteel inner strength]] to handle [[TheHighQueen holding the second-most powerful position in the kingdom.]] At one point, [[spoiler: Princess Guzel tells Yuri that Kail never actually [[SleepCute fell asleep]] with any of the women he was with, ''Guzel herself included'', implicitly because he wasn't able to let down his guard enough.]] Therefore, the fact that Kail [[spoiler: ''is'' willing to sleep with Yuri in ''both'' senses (as in, having sex with her ''and'' spending the night in her room)]] is very telling.
%%* MrFanservice
* NiceToTheWaiter: He handpicks servants who prove themselves to be loyal, and more or less considers them his closest friends.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Notable as one of few rules who gives a damn about what happens to his subjects.
%%RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* WarriorPrince: Rides into battle multiple times or even goes into combat solo.
%%* TheWisePrince
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Nakia]]
!!Queen Nakia
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YurikoYamaguchi and Creator/MisaWatanabe (CD Drama)
* BigBad: In every arc, she carries out some plan to kill Yuri and make Juda the king.
* BloodMagic: Intends to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice Yuri]] and use her blood to cast a spell, ensuring that Kail will die and Juda will become king. [[SpannerInTheWorks Yuri's mere presence becomes a huge drawback to her plans.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted. She is fully aware of how Kail and Yuri's bond works and uses it to her full advantage whenever she can. She does have her moments when [[spoiler:she realizes that Kail loves Yuri so deeply, he would have her executed as a HumanSacrifice to bring Yuri back... [[OhCrap She nearly crumbles under the pressure.]]]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Even upon learning her sad backstory (being forced to marry the old king who ruined her homeland by her neglectful father), Yuri expresses little-to-no sympathy for her, basically saying that it does nothing to excuse her schemes that have gotten many people killed.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She is the Queen, and the BigBad of the series who tries to kill Yuri.
* HiddenWeapons: She has a ring where she hides a poisoned needle.
%%* HotWitch
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A cunning, ruthless queen with magical poisons and power over water and BloodMagic.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Trying to kill Kail before he could save Yuri led to Rusafa TakingTheBullet to save him, dying in the process. The death of Rusafa drove Juda into such a grief-fueled rage that he tried to kill his own mother, and after he was stopped, he renounced his right to the throne, destroying her plans completely and permanently.]]
* MakingASplash: She has control over water.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In her backstory. She was forced by her father to marry the king of the empire that ruined her homeland of Babylonia (and who was old enough to be her own father), and was left lonely and homesick in a strange land, while her husband was more interested in the wives he already had. But after a few years, the scared teenage girl grew into the BigBad.
* WickedStepmother: She is ''very'' wicked, to the point of being the BigBad of the series. Notably, Nakia has pretty much no love for ''any'' of her family, biological or otherwise. It's revealed from the start that she wants to use black magic to kill off her stepchildren so that her own son, Juda, can take the throne, but it's also hinted that her love for Juda is centered around her desire to have her bloodline rule Hattusa in revenge for her ArrangedMarriage to the king of the empire that ruined her homeland. She shows no affection for her husband and, when her brother is horrified to learn the various things she's done, she coolly threatens to kill him if he reveals her plans. [[spoiler:She also ''kills her own niece'', just to try to frame Yuri.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She used to be a scared teenage girl whose father (the ruler of Babylon) ordered her to marry the king of Hattusa. Nakia was not happy about this, because Hattusa had invaded Babylon not so long ago, the marriage was blatantly using her as a political pawn, and the king was old enough to be her father. She goes through with it and ends up in a strange land, with a husband who has no interest in her at all. Lonely and angry, she ends up vowing to have a son and see to it that he becomes the next king, to ensure her bloodline continues to rule the land. By the time Yuri has arrived, Nakia occupies the second-most powerful position in the kingdom (which she achieved by [[spoiler:poisoning Kail's mother]]) and is using every scheme she can think of to kill her stepsons and husband. As the series goes on, it's clear that she's willing to drive the entire land to ruin if it means getting what she wants, but she's completely and utterly alone the entire time, save for her [[TheDragon right-hand man]]. Even [[spoiler:her own son turns on her at the end]], thanks to her insanity, and her ultimate fate is [[spoiler:a CruelMercy: she's allowed to live in a nice villa, ''while knowing that she owes it to Yuri and Kail'', who intend for her to witness how the Hittite Empire blossoms and flourishes '''without''' her in power.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Suppililuma]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppiluliuma_I King Suppililuma]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TesshoGenda (CD Drama)
* RetiredBadass: Sorta. He has fought and won several wars, but when we meet him he's already an old man.
%%* SacrificialLamb
%%* SuccessionCrisis
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Henti]]
!![[http://www.tawananna.com/archives/401 Queen Henti]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's depicted as a really sweet and kind person in flashbacks.
%%* TheHighQueen
%%* HotWitch: Kail inherited [[BlowyouAway his control over the wind]] from her.
* MissingMom: Kail's. In history, itself it's not clear why she disappeared, but historians speculate that she was banished away to "make room" for the Babylonian princess Mal-Nikal (the historical inspiration for Nakia) [[spoiler: In the manga itself, however, Henti was killed by Nakia.]]
%%* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Sari Arnuwanda]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnuwanda_II Prince Sari Arnuwanda]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Itou (CD Drama)
* InadequateInheritor: While not exactly an idiot, Arnuwanda is not in physical condition to reign so his full-brother Kail and half-brother Zannanza [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking have to help him]]. [[spoiler: When he ''does'' becomes the King, he appoints Kail as his heir as he still has no children of his own.]]
* SacrificialLion: His murder is committed [[spoiler:by Urhi]], but Yuri gets blamed. Ursula then [[spoiler:[[TakingTheHeat willingly]] [[SilentScapegoat takes the blame]] to save Yuri, and is executed in her place.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Zannanza Hattusili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zannanza Prince Zannanza Hattusili]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (CD Drama)
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Becomes this after unwittingly drinking Nakia's Rose Water. It leads to him abducting Yuri, carrying her across the desert with no food or water, and [[AttemptedRape attempting to rape her]].
* DoomedByCanon: Sadly, anyone who knows about the historical Zannanza can tell you there was never any chance of him [[spoiler:marrying the Egyptian princess...]]
* HeroicBastard: Son of the King and a palace maid.
* IfICantHaveYou: Acts this way towards Yuri, but only after drinking the Rose Water.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: For both Yuri (who he secretly pines for) and Kail (who he loves as a brother). As much as he wishes Yuri were his, he doesn't want to hurt them by breaking the two apart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Juda Haspasrupi]]
!!Prince Juda Haspasrupi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani (CD Drama)
* AbdicateTheThrone: Towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:he does this to, once and for all, bring a stop to Nakia's attempts at having her bloodline rule the Hittite Empire]].
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Despite being 14, he's so cute that he pulls this very well.
* BreakTheCutie: The poor kid really gets dragged through a lot of crap, thanks to his mom's plans.
* CallingTheOldManOut: After [[spoiler: Rusafa's death, Juda [[HeroicBSOD breaks down]] and tries to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill Nakia right there]], and when he's stopped, he ''publically'' calls her out on her bullshit, then renounces to his own right to the throne.]]
%%* CheerfulChild: Most of the time.
* CreepyChild: After [[spoiler:he's forced by his mother to drink the Black Water and becomes {{Brainwashed}}.]]
* HeIsAllGrownUp: One of the illustrations in the last volume shows his adult self.
* KidAnova: Already has a wife and at least two concubines at age 14. [[spoiler: Few later, he marries Alexandra.]]
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:As Nakia loses power, people begin to gossip more and more openly about how they think her son, Juda, is actually Urhi's son with her; the fact that Juda and Urhi have exactly the same hair color and that Urhi [[BattleButler is the person closest to Nakia]] really don't help matters]]. It turns out [[spoiler:Juda really is the king's legitimate son; Urhi is a eunuch and was castrated quite a while before he even ''met'' Nakia.]]
* ModestRoyalty: He's a really sweet kid and doesn't want to reign, aspiring to be his beloved half-brother Kail's NumberTwo.
* UnwittingPawn: More than once, [[spoiler: but in a subversion he plays the role mostly when brainwashed by his own mom.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Prince Rois Telipinu]]
%%!!Prince Rois Telipinu
%%* SatelliteCharacter
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Mali Piyasili]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyashshili Prince Mali Piyasili]]
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* HeroicBastard: Son of the King and one of his concubines.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: Fighting against Ramses, who even praises him before striking him down.
%%* WarriorPrince
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Nepis Ilra]]
!!Princess Nepis Ilra
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: She was born without sight, [[OracularUrchin but also has incredible spiritual powers.]] Kail mentions at one point that she can also send Yuri back to Japan if he's not home in time, proving she at ''least'' is as powerful a sorceress as he is.
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
%%* OracularUrchin
[[/folder]]
!!The Royal Family's Entourage
[[folder:Urhi Shalma]]
!!Urhi Shalma
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Katsumi Toriumi and Creator/TakahiroSakurai (CD Drama)
%%* BattleButler: Nakia's.
%%* TheDragon: To Nakia.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself while revealing that [[spoiler:he murdered Arnuwanda]] and saying he did it alone to not have Nakia brought down.
* EunuchsAreEvil: [[spoiler:He was [[GroinAttack forcibly made a eunuch]] when he was a child, because he was the SoleSurvivor of the royal family of a kingdom that was conquered, and the conquerors didn't want to risk him having heirs. He only reveals that he's a eunuch towards the end of the series, when it's necessary [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe to clear up rumors that he's secretly Juda's father]].]]
%%* EyeScream: With an ''arrow''
* TheFaceless: He stays this for several chapters.
* FallenPrincess: Was a nobleman from a conquered kingdom, then was subjected to ColdBloodedTorture and [[RapeAsDrama rape]], and 'then'' he was taken to the Hittite Empire as a priest.
%%* GodivaHair: A rare male exemple, [[spoiler:when revealing his nature as an eunuch]].
* GroinAttack: He was castrated as a youngster. He has to reveal it to [[spoiler:clear Nakia from the accusation of having cheated on the King with him.]]
* TheKingslayer: [[spoiler:He's the one who killed Arnuwanda.]]
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* MadeASlave
%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* PeekABangs
* SubordinateExcuse: He is fiercely loyal to Nakia, to the point of attempting to bite his own tongue off when interrogated for answers. Even after countless failed attempts to kill Yuri, Nakia still keeps him around.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tito]]
!!Tito
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroYuki (CD Drama)
%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Dammit, Nakia
* CynicismCatalyst: His death is what makes Yuri become mentally stronger and more determined to fight against Nakia, and while his three sisters want revenge at first, they then become devoted to Yuri.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: So much that Yuri is reminded of ''her little sister'' when she sees him.
%%* FlayingAlive
%%* KillTheCutie
* IOweYouMyLife: Becomes devoted to Yuri when she saves him from being executed [[spoiler:for trying to kill her while brainwashed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hadi]]
!!Hadi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (CD Drama)
* BerserkButton: In ''Kikkuri's Missing Days'', we see it's not a good idea to refer to her as a "court lady".
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Upon finding out that [[spoiler:Kikuri]] has been romantically/sexually involved with ''both'' of her sisters, [[spoiler:to the point of getting one pregnant (and later the other)]], she coolly tells him that he'd ''better set about looking after both the twins''.
** Also, when Yuri [[spoiler: screamed Hadi's name when Kail was about to rape her]], Hadi swallowed her fears and went to help her, managing to [[spoiler: get to Kail's head so he would stop]]. To put it on perspective: Hadi could have been ''seriously'' punished, if not executed, for standing up to [[spoiler: one of the highest-ranked members of the Hittite royalty]], but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she managed]] to set her well-justified fright aside and protected Yuri when she needed it.
%%* CoolBigSis: To Yuri and her own little sisters.
%%* MaidAndMaiden: The Maid to Yuri's Maiden.
%%* PluckyGirl
%%* {{Revenge}}
* YouKilledMyFather: She and the twins initially were angry at Yuri as they blamed her for Tito's death. The fact that Urhi egged them on didn't help. When the real killer is revealed, the three girls pledge themselves to Yuri instead.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ryuhi and Shala]]
!!Ryuhi and Shala
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiemiChiba and Creator/MachikoToyoshima (Ryuhi, CD Drama) and Yukiko Fujikawa (Shala, CD drama)
%%* ActionGirl: Of the CuteBruiser[=/=]BadassAdorable variety.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: So much that only Hadi and Yuri can distinguish them.
%%* GenkiGirl
* NinjaMaid: As Yuri's [[LadyInWaiting ladies in waiting]] and companions.
* ShipperOnDeck: Diehard Yuri/Kail fangirls
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: They see no problem in sharing Kikkuri's affection.
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kikkuri]]
!!Kikkuri
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (CD Drama)
%%* BookWorm
%%* EyesAlwaysShut
* KeepingSecretsSucks: He and the rest of Kail's entourage must keep the news of [[spoiler:Ursula's upcoming execution from him. It's not easy.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Is very knowledgeable about horses and strategies
%%* ShipperOnDeck: Big Yuri/Kail fan
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Illbani]]
!!Illbani
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Haruki Sayama (CD Drama)
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially evident when Kail finally emerges from his room after he and Yuri spend at least four days making love.
-->'''Ilbani:''' Oh, your Majesty. Long time no see.\\
'''Kail:''' Hmph.
* GuileHero: He's ''very'' good at outwitting his opponents. [[spoiler:To the point where he manages to capture Urhi, preserve vital evidence to dethroning Nakia, ''and'' free Juda from the Black Water mind control, all in one fell swoop and with some planning.]]
* LettingHisHairDown: As a "disguise" when he tries to capture [[spoiler:Urhi]].
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* ShipperOnDeck: Another Yuri/Kail fan.
* TheSmartGuy: He's well aware that he's better off using his brains to serve Kail, rather than physical weapons.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Several times to Kail, most notably when Kail is seriously considering riding to save Yuri from Nakia's forces (which, since Yuri was under suspicion of assassinating the king, would lead to Kail getting in trouble and possibly ruining his chances at being the great king he dreamed of), Illbani threatens to slit his own throat. His reasoning is that he has served Kail faithfully, wanting desperately to see Kail fulfill his dream of making the empire great. If Kail will throw that all away, he has no reason to live.
** This is generally his reaction after Kail freaks out on the idea of Yuri going back to Japan and tries to rape her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ursula]]
!!Ursula
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoNagashima (CD Drama)
* BodyDouble: Sorta, as she's introduced as a "false Ishtar" by Nakia.
%%* DefeatMeansFriendship: Thank you, Yuri and Kail.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: She lies and pretends that [[spoiler:she assassinated King Aruwanda, even though she knows that she'll be immediately executed]]. She happily dies knowing that by acting as a fake target, she has [[spoiler:averted suspicion of the crime from Yuri, and thus given Kail grounds to call of Nakia's attempts to capture her.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: As she's [[spoiler:in the gallows]], Ursula keeps her cool even when Ryuhi and Shala are desperately attempting to stop her execution. She then thinks of Yuri and the future of the Empire, and [[spoiler:calmly tells her executioner that she's ready to die. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome And she is.]]]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Willingly goes TakingTheHeat so Yuri won't be unfairly [[spoiler:executed for the murder of King Arnuwanda.]]
%%* GirlishPigtails: Or at least a single one.
* GoldDigger: At first, she is happy to pose as a RichBitch to ruin Yuri's reputation, and tries to seduce Kail to ensure a lifetime of luxury. [[spoiler: But when she fails and Kail asks asks why she bothered, even though it should have been obvious the whole plan was doomed to failure, Ursula breaks down and tells him her DarkAndTroubledPast; her entire family died of ThePlague and, after having been so hungry and poor her whole life, she was desperate [[RagsToRiches to live as nobility]], even for a small while.]]
* ImportantHaircut: Right before [[spoiler:being hanged]], Ursula takes Kash's dagger and cuts her hair to give it to Kash. It becomes a TragicKeepsake as he [[spoiler:keeps a long braid made of it after she dies.]]
* LadyInWaiting: Yuri takes her in as one of these.
* PluckyGirl: When push comes to shove, Ursula shows noticeable bravery. [[spoiler: Enough to give her life away to help Yuri without hesitation.]]
%%* RapunzelHair
* ShipperOnDeck: Once Ursula becomes Yuri's companion, she ships her with Kail ''hard''. To the point of beating up Kash when he cracks jokes about Kail and Guzel.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: She and Kash
%%* SilentScapegoat.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse, when [[spoiler:she's about to be executed, she tells Kash about how they might have gotten married and had a family together, like she'd hoped. In this way, Ursula manages to tell Kash how much she loves him before refusing to escape with him; Kash accepts this and they share a LastKiss as well as a TragicKeepsake giving.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Hittite Military
[[folder:Rusafa]]
!!Rusafa
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shigeru Shibuya and Masaya Takatsuka (CD Drama)
First Chief of Archers, then promoted to be Yuri's Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's in love with Yuri. Hathor Nefert likes him and flat-out begs him to marry her, even saying that she doesn't care if he continues to love Yuri in a hero-worship way, if he'll love her as a mortal woman. Nothing still can come of it.
* HeroicSacrifice: Takes [[spoiler:a knife InTheBack from Nakia]] to keep her from [[spoiler:sending Yuri away in space and time as her last resort.]]
%%* SubordinateExcuse: Towards Yuri.
* NumberTwo: To Yuri when she's in command.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:The last volume of the series has a drawing of him and Nefert and two children, hinting at a future they might have had if he hadn't been killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kash]]
!!Kash
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa and Creator/HideoIshikawa (CD Drama)
Chief of Chariots, he's essentially the cavalry leader.
%%* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Ursula.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Before [[spoiler:her execution]], Ursula gives Kash a braid of her hair. He uses it as a headband until [[spoiler:Ursula is exonerated post-mortem.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Mettannamuwa]]
%%!!Mettannamuwa
%%* OldSoldier: Compared with the people in his surroundings.
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Shubas]]
%%!!Shubas
%%* NaiveNewcomer: He was promoted to Chief of Archers primarily because his mentor and predecessor was demoted from his position.
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zora]]
!!Zora
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: He was envious of Shubas being promoted sooner than he did, neglecting the fact that Shubas was promoted out of necessity rather than it being meritorious at the time.
* DrivenByEnvy: He becomes TheMole because he was promised a promotion, which he wanted badly due to resenting his companion Shubas's faster prowess.
%%* NaiveNewcomer
* TheMole: Leaked vital info about the military [[spoiler:to Nakia]], who then sent it to the Egyptians.
[[/folder]]
!!Egyptian characters
[[folder:User Ramses]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_I User]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_II Ramses]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (CD Drama)
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yuri makes it very clear that she doesn't return Ramses's affections. That doesn't stop him from trying to forcibly take her back to Egypt with him, though.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
%%* DarkSkinnedBlond
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: In his own words, this is one of the reasons why he likes her.
-->'''Ramses''': [as he lays atop of a half-naked Yuri at some point [[spoiler: and right before Kail pulls a BigDamnHeroes]] ]: "Remember, I must have whatever I want".
%%* MrFanservice
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Ramses makes it clear that he's loyal to Egypt, and has very little respect for the politicians and aristocrats who waste their time on luxury, while the country goes downhill. He also becomes very angry when he finds out that some unknown Egyptian aristocrat has been learning secrets about the Hittite military and keeping them to him or herself, and thus preventing the Pharaoh from acting on said secrets.
%%* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Kail.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Hathor Nefert]]
!!Princess Hathor Nefert
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: One of the reasons she wants Rusafa to be her lover is how strong and powerful he is.
%%* CoolBigSis
%%* DarkSkinnedBlond
%%* MsFanservice
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Is very fond of walking around topless, [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn much to the embarrassment of the Hittite characters and Yuri.]] [[spoiler:This actually saves them at one point, when the heroes are trying to follow a suspicious man via boat. When it looks like he knows what they're up to, Nefert goes SkinnyDipping... making the suspect decide that they must just be a group of bored noblemen on an outing.]]
%%* TheTease:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ankhesenamen]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankhesenamen Ankhesenamen]]
* ArrangedMarriage: After the death of her husband, [[spoiler:Tuthankhamen]], she was supposed to marry a Hitite prince, but the deal fell off. [[spoiler: She later has to marry the much older Ay.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Horemheb]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horemheb Horemheb]]
* AdaptationalWimp: The historical Horemheb was a highly capable general and administrator, credited with re-establishing Egypt as a power after the SuccessionCrisis of Tutankhamen. In the manga he's an ineffective PuppetKing whose repeatedly outmaneuvered by just about everyone.
* PuppetKing: To [[spoiler: Taptukia aka Nefertiti.]] [[note]]There's a degree of ArtisticLicense here, as Nefertiti was most likely long dead by the time by the time Horemheb took power [[/note]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Ay]]
%%!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay Ay]]
%%* OldManMarryingAChild: [[spoiler: Poor Ankhesenamen]]
%%[[/folder]]
!!Others
[[folder:Princess Taptukia]]
!!Princess Taptukia
* BrotherSisterIncest: She and her brother [[spoiler: Mattiwaza]] were lovers when they were younger.
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: [[spoiler:When Yuri confronts her, she tries to bring Nefertiti to her senses by showing her the earring she gave to her brother as a keepsake, many years ago. Nefertiti has no clue what it is, until Yuri tells her of its significance.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A good many comparisons are draw between her and [[spoiler:Queen Nakia,]] especially near the end of the series.
* HistoricalInJoke: [[spoiler:At the end of her story arc, an artist sculpting a bust of her tries to think of a material that could best be used to do justice to her eyes. Nefertiti gives him a black onyx earring to use, but only has one. Thus, he's only able to finish one of the eyes. When he laments that the bust will be incomplete, she tells him not to worry because she highly doubts anyone would bother looking at such a thing. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust The bust]], naturally, is one of the most famous artifacts from Egypt, and the manga tells how people in modern times still have no idea why one of the eyes was incomplete.]]
%%* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Mattiwaza.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Mattiwaza]]
!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shattiwaza Prince Mattiwaza]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (CD drama)
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrotherSisterIncest: He is the brother and ex-lover of Taptukia. It's all but stated that his fall in ruthlessness came from his utter pain upon seeing [[spoiler:her go from a sweet girl to an IceQueen.]]
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* RedBaron: Called the "Prince of Darkness" for his ruthless demeanor and behavior at war
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zuwa]]
!!Zuwa
%%* BloodKnight
* FlayingAlive: His speciality. [[spoiler: Poor, ''poor'' Tito.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Yuri goes ActionSurvivor on Zuwa's ass, shatters his outsized copper sword, ''and'' the mud bricks beneath his feet with an iron blade, causing him to [[spoiler:fall to his death from the palace walls.]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:Talos]]
%%!!Talos
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nadia]]
!!Nadia
* CainAndAbel: Nakia's younger sister. She actually is suspected of [[spoiler:being TheMole for her, but she isn't.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: She tried to manipulate Mattiwaza into killing Yuri, but only out of fear of being replaced.]]
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* LoveRedeems
%%* TheMistress: To Mattiwaza.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Guzel]]
!!Guzel
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Miyuki Ishizuka (CD Drama)
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: A princess who had once been Kail's lover, she insists that he's the father of her child. Because Kail's inline for the throne and having an heir would be beneficial to him, there is a lot of pressure for him to accept the child as his own... but Kail himself knows that it's impossible that he's the boy's father, because he and Güzel haven't seen each other for years. [[spoiler:It turns out Güzel had been brainwashed by Kail's WickedStepmother, Nakia, into lying about her child's parentage. Upon being woken up, she readily admits that the father was a WanderingMinstrel and that the idea that Kail was the father was preposterous.]]
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!!Princess Alexandra
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shouko Kikuchi (CD Drama)
* GenkiGirl: Except for her first appearance, she's almost always happy and energetic.
* MadeASlave: Averted. She's the princess of the Arzawa lands; when her mother the Queen was told how a [[{{Bifauxnen}} "young boy"]] had been conquering their towns left and right, Alexandra snuck out and [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offered herself]] to "serve" Yuri (implicitly [[SexSlave in a sexual manner]]), genuinely but ''very'' misguidedly hoping to help her mom and people. Naturally, Yuri had no intention of keeping her for such a reason, and decided to make her [[LadyInWaiting one of her ladies-in-waiting]] instead.
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* PuppyLove: Subverted - she and Juda ''do'' get together, but only ''after'' [[spoiler:they stop being young enough to fit the trope.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Aspires to be this, wishing at one point that she could join Yuri on the battle field. Ilbani tells her that, [[ActionSurvivor Yuri]] aside, princesses shouldn't go to war. He then goes to prove, via a very clever ploy that [[spoiler:resolves three significant plot threads]], that anyone can be helpful without having to swing a sword.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Her older self and an adult!Juda show up in an illustration. Adult Alexandra is ''gorgeous''.
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* MadeASlave: Averted. She's the princess of the Arzawa lands; when her mother the Queen was told how a [[{{Bifauxnen}} "young boy"]] had been conquering their towns left and right, Alexandra snuck out and [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offered herself]] to "serve" Yuri ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implicitely]] [[SexSlave in a sexual manner]]), genuinely but ''very'' misguidedly hoping to help her mom and people. Naturally, Yuri had no intention of keeping her for such a reason, and decided to make her [[LadyInWaiting one of her ladies-in-waiting]] instead.
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* MadeASlave: Averted. She's the princess of the Arzawa lands; when her mother the Queen was told how a [[{{Bifauxnen}} "young boy"]] had been conquering their towns left and right, Alexandra snuck out and [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offered herself]] to "serve" Yuri ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implicitely]] (implicitly [[SexSlave in a sexual manner]]), genuinely but ''very'' misguidedly hoping to help her mom and people. Naturally, Yuri had no intention of keeping her for such a reason, and decided to make her [[LadyInWaiting one of her ladies-in-waiting]] instead.
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Chief of Infantry.
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Needed some love.
First Chief of Archers, then promoted to be Yuri's Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
* NumberTwo: To Yuri when she's in command.
Chief of Chariots, he's essentially the cavalry leader.
Chief of Infantry.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: He was envious of Shubas being promoted sooner than he did, neglecting the fact that Shubas was promoted out of necessity rather than it being meritorious at the time.
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* TheKingslayer: [[spoiler:He's the one who killed Arnuwanda.]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Trying to kill Kail before he could save Yuri led to Rusafa TakingTheBullet to save him, dying in the process. The death of Rusafa drove Juda into such a grief-fueled rage that he tried to kill his own mother, and after he was stopped, he renounced his right to the throne, destroying her plans completely and permanently.]]
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* WickedStepmother: She is ''very'' wicked, to the point of being the BigBad of the series. Notably, Nakia has pretty much no love for ''any ' of her family, biological or otherwise. It's revealed from the start that she wants to use black magic to kill off her stepchildren so that her own son, Juda, can take the throne, but it's also hinted that her love for Juda is centered around her desire to have her bloodline rule Hattusa in revenge for her ArrangedMarriage to the king of the empire that ruined her homeland. She shows no affection for her husband and, when her brother is horrified to learn the various things she's done, she coolly threatens to kill him if he reveals her plans. [[spoiler:She also ''kills her own niece'', just to try to frame Yuri.]]
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* WickedStepmother: She is ''very'' wicked, to the point of being the BigBad of the series. Notably, Nakia has pretty much no love for ''any ' ''any'' of her family, biological or otherwise. It's revealed from the start that she wants to use black magic to kill off her stepchildren so that her own son, Juda, can take the throne, but it's also hinted that her love for Juda is centered around her desire to have her bloodline rule Hattusa in revenge for her ArrangedMarriage to the king of the empire that ruined her homeland. She shows no affection for her husband and, when her brother is horrified to learn the various things she's done, she coolly threatens to kill him if he reveals her plans. [[spoiler:She also ''kills her own niece'', just to try to frame Yuri.]]
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* HandsomeLech: His first appearance in the series has him hide Yuri by pretending to be passionately kissing her. When the guards leave, he offers to continue for real, because the girl he was supposed to be meeting never showed up.
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* HandsomeLech: His first appearance in the series has him hide Yuri by pretending to be passionately kissing her. When the guards leave, he offers to continue for real, because the girl he was supposed to be meeting never showed up.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Gets mistaken as being younger than she actually is. Even Kail initially assumed she was a preteen, and was surprised to hear she was 15 years old. [[spoiler:One sidestory reveals her to have been Tavannana of the Empire for more than a decade, with a teenaged son of her own, and looking young enough to be his older sister.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Gets mistaken as being younger than she actually is. Even Kail initially assumed she was a preteen, and was surprised to hear she was 15 years old. [[spoiler:One sidestory reveals her to have been Tavannana the real-life Gassulawiya, Tawannana of the Empire for more than a decade, with a teenaged son of her own, and looking young enough to be his older sister.]]
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* EunuchsAreEvil: [[spoiler:He was [[GroinAttack forcibly made a eunuch]] when he was a child, because he was the SoleSurvivor of the royal family of a kingdom that was conquered, and the conquerors didn't want to risk him having heirs. He only reveals that he's a eunuch towards the end of the series, when it's necessary [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe to clear up rumors that he's secretly Juda's father]].]]
