History Characters / AnkokuKishiMonogatari

* EmbarrassingNickname: Diehart. It gets scrapped in the rewrite.

* Meido: Does everything a maid does and fights well.

** Irony: Kaya to English readers can mean Kaya as in coconut jam.

* NotQuiteAlmighty:[[spoiler: They are not quite traditional ki d of Gods.]]

* BigSisterInstict: Protective of Totona.

* IHaveYourHusband: Wants Rena to be his in exchange for Reiji and his party.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He's always looked out for Shirone's well-being, but she chose to go date the playboy Reiji. She's the philanderer's problem now, and her happiness, or lack thereof, is out of his hands.

* SaveTheVillain: Saving Reiji and the others is only going to be unwanted and allow them to cause him more pain. He does it anyway.
* TookALevelInCynic: The more Kuroki spends time with the humans and the gods of Elios, the more his disappointment builds up with both as he witness the sheer cruelty and blind devotion on the heroes of the former and the callousness of the latter.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Kuroki is the Technician opposite to Reiji's Performer. Kuroki's fighting style is based on martial discipline and analytical observation. At first he was defeated by Reiji who fights with ConfusionFu but after analyzing Reiji's fighting style who fights like a wild animal, he trained rigorously for an eventual rematch. Later on their rematch in another world, Kuroki is able to counter Reiji that he can parry and dodge the latter's attack while dealing a fatal blow. [[spoiler: It gets to a point that he doesn't even need to use his sword and still beat the crap out of Reiji that Rena had to intervene herself.]]

The God of Strength and Fights.

* CurbStompBattle:

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* SuicidalOverconfidence: Justified. He leads a team of all the elemental heroes to deal with the nest of lizard-men in the labyrinth, per the adventurer guild's genuine request. Unfortunately, he runs smack into "Dark Knight Diethard" and then has his entire team attack the dark knight 6 to 1. He ''does'' manage to escape total disaster with a clever smoke-screen using the Earth hero's attack, but accidentally harms one of his party members in the process.

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Prime Minister Of Nargol

Captain of The Dark Knights

* MeaningfulName: His name holds the Japanese character for Kuro as the Black ot Shirone's Shiro White.

[[caption-width-right:310:[[{{Yandere}} I will destroy that bitch Kuna for "manipulating" MY Kuroki!]] [[TheVictimMustBeConfused We must stop the brainwashing from being completed!]]]]Kuroki's ChildhoodFriend. She's the one mostly responsible for his crushing low self-esteem at the start of the story.

* UnwittingPawn: Because they just follow Reiji around, and he never questions Rena's doctrine, because she's a pretty face he wants to woo, they are little more than glorified mass-murderers.

* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Anyone who wants to fight them can find them easily as they don't bother with stealth or concealing information at all.

* FirstLove:To Kuroki. At present,he no longer feels as strongly.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend:She is confronted about it by the other girls but always denies that Kuroki is her boyfriend.

* WeakButSkilled:Honestly she is only strong as she is considered by this world's standards.Without her sword or friends around she's too weak to fight.

* UndyingLoyalty:To Kyouka.This is as they have been together for many years,since she was weak in the past and fornerly had Kyouka defending her from bullies.In present day,their roles have been reversed.

* PrecociousCrush:On Kouki.He is at best a few months older than her, but divine beings grow faster. He doesn't understand why she likes him.

* BrotherSisterIncest:This applies to a lot of them.
* EverybodyLovesZeus:All of them are publicly known as kind and pure.
** [[spoiler:No they aren't.]]

* FantasyPantheon:Some of them are original creations of the author.
* GodisFlawed:Most of their believers believe otherwise.
* HotGod:With the exception of Heibos, they are this way.
* HomeofTheGods:Mount Elios.
* IncestIsRelative:Given that all of them are descendants of Orgis and Mina,they are all related somehow.
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace:They inherit this from their founding Gods.
* NotQuiteAlmighty:[[spoiler:They are not quite traditional ki d of Gods.]]
* OurGodsAreDifferent:...

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The strongest of the Elios gods and the one in charge.[[spoiler:however Modes is way stronger compared to him,and seeks to actively avoid conflict.]]
* TheGhost: He's frequently mentioned, but has yet to make an appearance.[[spoiler:He first appears at the Epilogue of Volume 9 discussing with Heibos on how to deal with the Apophis faction,and his relations with Modes,and by extension Kuroki.]]
* GodOfOrder:His followers maintain it.

* GodCouple:With Feria.
* HappilyMarried:To Feria.
* HenpeckedHusband:Weak to Feria alone.
* LivingLieDetector:The same deal as Rino.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:Oh does he try.[[spoiler:Even before the story began,he was a figurehead ruler trying to bring order to the unrestrained Gods of Elios.He was unable to punish his son Thores after the death of his friend Volgas and caused many Gods to leave Elios.He in present day has his hands full dealing with the chaos and was not amused to hear of Kuroki clashing with his Holy Knight Order.To add insult to injury, Rena's news of Diadona and Zarxis' resurrection adds a heavy load as Elios is in a frenzy. ]]

* AbusiveParents:To Totona.She nags her for anything she perceives her daughter is not to her standards.
* GodCouple:With Odis.
* HappilyMarried:To Odis.
* Irony:She is the Goddess that defines a "perfect" mother but doesn't fit the mold as Totona is rebellious towards her for her actions.
* NiceGirl:[[spoiler:except when Modes or any of Nargol's blood is involved.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Because she forces her way into the Renem house as Kuroki's "date", and then drugs herself with a LovePotion, she leaves behind her magic-suppression necklace. Kuroki later uses this tool to hide his pet dragon, Glorious, from the eyes of the Hero Party who would happily kill it with self-righteous zeal.

The Goddess of Beauty and Love.A Pillar of The Elios Pantheon. One of The Three Graces.
* LoveGoddess:Known far and wide for it.
* ReallyGetsAround:[[spoiler:Has mothered a lot of children with many different fathers.]]

The God of Blacksmiths and Treasure. A member of the Elios,Gypshir and Nargol Pantheon.
A Pillar of The Elios Pantheon.

* NiceGuy:He’s the most reasonable character other than Modes.When faced by Rena,he sees her for who she was and is Modes’ friend through and through as Modes is the only guy who treats him like an equal.

* AkashicRecords: She's in charge of the divine library, and the place is completely inaccessible to mortals without the invitation of a local god. Kuroki gained access because of a referral letter from Hebidos. These records hold the true history of the world, which the gods of Elios don't want known.
* CuteBookworm:She is noted to be plain in comparison to Rena and Kuna, but Kuroki sees her as still quite pretty.

* SheCleansUpNicely:[[spoiler:She is dressed up by Ishtia in Volume 7.She completely turns heads when their gazes fall on her.They don't recognize her until Ishtia spells it out for them.]]

The God of Sea,Sailors and Rich Hauls.
* CupidHatesOddCouples:[[spoiler:WordofGod states that he and Daraugon were/would be great friends if not for the feud about Triden stealing Melora away.]]
* LordofTheOcean:[[spoiler:He rules the seas with his now wife Melora.]]
* GodCouple:With Melora.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery:[[spoiler:To the Heroes Party he is the former, to Kuroki and the others he is the latter.]]
* SympatheticAdulterer:[[spoiler:Believes he did nothing wrong stealing Melora away.]]

* FoodGod:Her followers harvest and maintain the food system of this world.

* HealerGod:Her followers treat medical injuries and keep the hygiene of this world.

* BloodKnight:Well he IS the God of it.

* KillTheGod:[[spoiler:He killed Volgas over a minor dispute and weakened Elios over it.He has also killed other Gods which didn't help Elios.]]
** ProudWarriorRace:His followers blindly follow his example.
* YouKilledMyFather:[[spoiler:Haruses doesn't take it kindly that he killed Usarus.]]

The God of Song and Arts,Wind and Archery.

* DefeatMeansRespect:Not really.He does show some respect for Kuroki but [[spoiler: As Volume 8 reveals he makes fun of Kuroki behind his back.]]
* TheFightingNarcissist:Like his sister,he is self centred.
* HomeFieldAdvantage:Uses a barrier to weaken Kuroki and make himself stronger.

The Queen of the Gypshir Gods.Married to Heibos.

* YouKilledMyFather:[[spoiler: He doesn't take it kindly as he and the people of Gypshir hate Thores for murdering his father and taking Haruses' eye for the affair with Ishtia.]]

The patron deity of the Arachne. She has a major hate-boner against Rena, both for the latter's inherent beauty, and because Rena herself has wronged her, supposedly.

* SpiderPeople: While her top half is a very attractive woman, her bottom half is the body of a spider, in her true form. She uses shape-shifting magic to appear human,enough to flawlessly the heroes party.

* AllTakeAndNoGive:He takes Zarxis for granted.Good thing Zarxis saves him because Zarxis now considers him as a useless pawn.
* BadBoss: He torches one of his most faithful minotaurs to ash, right in front of Chiyuki, because the minotaur Zuun was reluctant to fight her, as she's the first being ''ever'' to treat him kindly, seeing as his fellow minotaurs loved to smack him around.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even the fellow gods of evil in service to Nargol, who want to end the world, can't stand him.
* HeroKiller:People who oppose him die.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The only well-being he cares about is his own.

* IHaveYourHusband:Wants Rena to be his in exchange for Reiji and his party.

* IneffectualDeathThreats:His threats are harmless against Kuroki
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the heroes party. They are completely ineffective towards his powers.Rena even notes Reiji can't put a scratch on Zarxis.

* PaperThinDisguise:His charm is seen through immediately by the heroes,Kuroki and Kuna.

** Shirone is tok stupid to realise it's Goz when she meets him again.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Kuroki destroys the Ancient Giant and Regena herself beats him in combat, thanks to Omiris shielding her with the shield Kuroki gave him, he flees Algore and starts scheming to find human sex slaves elsewhere. Unfortunately for him, his mother and her army caught up to him, and sentenced him to a FateWorseThanDeath.

** [[spoiler:In the rewritten version he reeks of desperation and can't gauge the distance between him and Kuroki,or any of the other Divine Races. He is humiliated publicly by Kuroki in a ship fight and continues to challenge Kuroki in his Dark Knight form,being embarrassed further alongside his fellow "heroes".]]

[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuroki.png]] [[caption-width-right:310:Reiji, Shirone, Kaya, Kyouka, all the missing classmates, what are they doing here?]]

The protagonist. He goes to bed in his bedroom, only to wake up surrounded by monsters and approached by Modes, the demon king, begging for aid.

* AnimalMotif:His image is that of a dragon, usually peaceful and silent but fearsome when his reverse scale is touched.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade:His sword,Blood Sword, The Demonic Sword of Venous Blood. It has additional magical properties that cause agony to cut victims. Namely Reiji.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority:Most denizens of Nargol listen to him whether they want to or not.
** [[spoiler:The Lizardmen and Dragonewts show reverence towards him for his dragon powers in Volume 4 and 6.]]
* AdaptationalBadass:[[spoiler:In the rewritten version of Volume 4 he doesn't take Novis' bullshit lying down and makes it more satisfying to humiliate the self proclaimed heroes.]]

* CannotTalkToWomen:He is awkward around women.He gets over it after meeting Rena and Kuna.
* CluelessChickMagnet:He is very handsome and attractive as noted by Rena,but doesn't feel like he is.His self esteem is a result of growing up with Shirone and girls never trying as Shirone kept them away from him or a result of his lack of experience.

* ChildhoodFriends:With Shirone.It doesn't last as she was his first love.In present day,he views her as a sort of troublesome sister vut does not outwardly display it.

* DefeatAsBackstory:Being defeated by Reiji before the story starts cause him to [[spoiler: TakeALevelInBadass by training way more and as Kaya puts it,awaken his latent talents.]]
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable:[[spoiler::Beating Alphos has this effect and causes the heroes and villains alike to be in shock in Volume 6]]
* DragonRider:His mount is Glorious,a Greater Dragon.
* DragonKnight:Kuroki has a Dragon Factor and has the powers of a Dragon.

* HorrifyingTheHorror:When Kuroki is first summoned,he is afraid of the denizens of Nargol.Ironically,they too are afraid of him.
** [[spoiler:This extends to Ranfeld and the demon race.]]

* SaveTheVillain:Saving Reiji and the others is only going to be unwanted and allow them to cause him more pain.He does it anyway.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Kuroki is the Technician opposite to Reiji's Performer. Kuroki's fighting style is based on martial discipline and analytical observation. At first he was defeated by Reiji who fights with ConfusionFu but after analyzing Reiji's fighting style who fights like a wild animal, he trained rigorously for an eventual rematch. Later on their rematch in another world, Kuroki is able to counter Reiji that he can parry and dodge the latter's attack while dealing a fatal blow. [[spoiler:It gets to a point that he doesn't even need to use his sword and still beat the crap out of Reiji that Rena had to intervene herself.]]
* StrongAndSkilled:He gets stronger as time goes on and is so skilled in his swordmanship that he can NoSell the heroes party more and more.

* UnderestimatingBadassery:Anyone who looks at him without his Dark Knight Armour on is going to get it. For the fools who come after him even then,they are subject to CurbStompBattle.
* WouldHitAGirl:Depending on the circumstances.

The Demon King.A good friend of Kuroki and ironically the nicest amongst the divine beings in the story.

* AllPowerfulBystander:Won't be seen directly fighting.[[spoiler:His destruction powers are far too powerful and can cause more harm than good.It's for the best he doesn't use it and is is actually a NiceGuy.]]
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority:This applies as he IS the Demon King and everyone not under him fears his power.
* BeautyAndBeast:With Mona.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: He is '''the''' reason the gods of Elios even exist, and how do they thank him? They unanimously exile him as a result of Rena's MaliciousSlander and {{False Rape Accusation}}s from her angels and apostles, without trial in a KangarooCourt.In the rewritten version,there was a ploy to plant panties of the Goddesses in his house and there was a planned retrial for him however,no one but Heibos and Odis would have supported him, as Heibos was a natural hermit and did not hear of this news while Odis had his hands tied due to the majority vote as most Goddesses of Darkness and Light had rallied through bribery or planned persuasion to exile him.The few friends he did have backing him had little to no influence left,or were not in Elios to begin with.

* Matricide:Feels extreme guilty over turning on Nargol for this.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He was the leader of a neutral party when his mother Nargol went full-tilt {{Yandere}} and launched a war of extermination against her husband's concubine Medina and all the children born from her, until Nargol went and murdered his wife. At this point, he was NeutralNoLonger and sided with the gods of Elios to take her down.

* SatanIsGood: He's the demon king and is actually a (mostly) decent and good man.Kuroki states he trusts him and doesn't believe he deserved to be treated the way he was by Elios.

* DelightfulDragon:Mostly to Kuroki and Kuna.Definitely not to their enemies.
* MeaningfulName:It's name means Glory.

** Shirone, as listed below, is originally a domestic abuser who chose to become Reiji's bed-partner, but still sees Kuroki as "hers" and refuses to let him date anyone else. She is rewritten to be a deconstruction of the "so dense light bends around them" protagonist, doesn't understand the meaning of "love," and was forced to be Reiji's bodyguard by her family, but started to develop feelings for him because he pulled a RescueReversal, defeating, bare-handed, the thugs who came at her with lead-pipes as she was defending fellow female classmates with the only weapon she had, a wooden training sword. The only reason she doesn't wind up in his bed in the new version is because Sahoko, Chiyuki, and Nao intervene and keep that from happening.

* ActionGirl:All of them,except Kyouka and Reiji(he's a male).She manages to [[AvertedTrope avert it later on]] in Volume 4.

** Shirone originally chose to start dating Reiji after he defeated Kuroki in a kendo spar. While that's still true, the rewrite had Kuroki and Shirone break up because Shirone, blinded by her HeroWorshipper fangirling, refused to acknowledge Kuroki's genuine criticism of Reiji's many flaws, most notably the skirt-chasing.

* ActionGirlfriend:Ecluding Kyouka and Kaya,the rest of the party is this.

* FightMagnet:They offend a lot of people and chaos follows them around a lot.

** [[spoiler:Their actions in trying to assassinated Daraugon in Volume 10 only serve to intensify the conflict they started and allows an opportunity for Turkissos to be kidnapped by the Villainous Giant.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSuperNaturalPowers: The last time someone tried to arrest them, they triggered a freaking civil war by killing the King's Knight order, when Reiji got into a bar brawl...

* TheMeddlingKidsAreUseless:They always get in Kuroki or anyone else of the main cast's way and can't see why they aren't liked, especially as they do nothing to prevent the tragedies they fix in the first place.

* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive:Anyone who wants to fight them can find them easily as they don't bother with stealth or concealing information at all.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Far more than complaining, actually. When Kuroki and Shirone show up to bail them out in their fight with Labrys, he straight up attacks Kuroki. While it may have looked like Kuroki and Reiji were fighting in tag-team style against Labrys, what was really going on is Labrys getting hit by blows that Kuroki avoided.
* ConfusionFu: The reason he went undefeated back on Earth is that martial arts are designed to fight against humans, but he fights like a wild beast, so the first time someone fights him, his movements are near impossible to read. Kuroki defeats him with ease as "Dark Knight Diethard" back at the start because he's faced Reiji before and easily saw through his moves.

* HeroAntagonist:Depending on how you view hero.He lacks amy real heroic qualities and only women who follow his really view him as such.Barring the hero part,he is an antagonist and is fated to never defeat Kuroki.

* ICanStillFight:He tries his hardest to never lose in front of a woman.Too bad he tries against Kuroki.

* KissingCousins:He is this with Rino as she is stated to be related to him in some way but still has intimate relations with him.

* MoralMyopia: He led an armed invasion into Nargol, mass-murdered the inhabitants, and nearly loses his life when he agrees to a one on one duel, with "Dark Knight Diethard" fighting in self-defense, yet attacks Kuroki as "the evil dark knight" every chance he gets.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He's homophobic, and outright laughs when the rest of the party theorize that Kuroki sides with the "evil" Modes because the demon king force-fed him a magical love potion.

* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest:He declares that he is her love.She obviously disagrees.However for her,everyone seems to believe him.

* WouldHurtAChild:Without his harem around he would.

* OnlySaneMan: She's the only one in the party who narrates that Rena's story doesn't add up, and Rena's leaving a great deal unanswered, but either Reiji preempts her or Rena threatens her into going along.

* TeamMom:Constantly has to babysit the party and is frustrated at their troubles.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance:She grew up with Reiji in her household and is intimate with him at present.

* KissingCousins:With Reiji.She is stated to be related to him but still has intimate relations with him.
* LivingLieDetector:Using her lie detection magic allows her to check if it is a lie depending on the target's beliefs,[[spoiler:however it can be negated if the target truly believes it as in BelievingTheirOwnLies or if they use lie magic which then turns it into a magical clash.]]
* ShipperWithAnAgenda:She wants Kuroki to take Shirone away for her to get more of Reiji.She thinks he is handsome but is dissuaded by her stories of him.

* CombatSadomasochist:She has a tendency to be sadistic in combat.According to the Character Index,she originally had a dark personality but puts on a mask of happiness.[[spoiler: In Volume 8 She tells Chiyuki that Cats do not have to think about the feelings of mice,hinting there is more to her than meets the eye.]]

* ShipperWithAnAgenda:Wants Kuroki to take away Shirone so she can have more of Reiji.

* AngerBornOfWorry:Towards Kuroki.He doesn't feel the same.
* BodyguardCrush:Subverted. WordOfGod states that she has no romantic feelings for Reiji.
* BelatedLoveEpiphany:Deconstructed.She thinks it means that she values Kuroki as a friend.She also only follows Reiji but only as he plays "hero" roles.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:When she hears of Omiros and Regena, she thinks of the Kouga Ninja Scrolls,while Kyouka and Kaya think of Romeo and Juliet.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable:Beating Alphos has this effect and causes the heroes and villains alike to be in shock.