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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: Duke Edmun may look like a frail old man when you first meet him, but should you choose to attack him, he won't run away like countless other {{Non Player Character}}s do, ''he'll take up arms and Soul Skewer your ass.''
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Duke Edmun may look like a frail old man when you first meet him, but should you choose to attack him, the Duke won't run away as countless other {{Non Player Character}}s do, ''he'll take up arms and Soul Skewer your ass.''
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* {{Jerkass}}: The game itself remarks in her quest that you've faced ''hydras'' who were more pleasant than her. From the start, she's clearly looking forward to getting to boss the country's hero around and she will understandably put you in your place if you tell her to her face you're not going to do as she says. It also doesn't take much to piss her off during the quest as simply bumping into her will diminish your potential rewards at the conclusion of the quest.
* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: ....yet despite her spoiled nature, careful attention to some of her dialogue while walking with her indicates she's plenty aware of your quest and the difficulty in being expected to face a monster as fearsome as the Dragon, even commenting that you're effectively worth more (read: as her servant) than sacrificing your life against a seemingly impossible task. Backhanded as it may be, it's surprising that she assigns value to you instead of just the hope of the world to send off to die for everyone. She also is more pleasant the better you do at keeping her happy and, as Fournival mentions, sings your praises if you go out of your way to help her enjoy her day.
* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: ....yet despite her spoiled nature, careful attention to some of her dialogue while walking with her indicates she's plenty aware of your quest and the difficulty in being expected to face a monster as fearsome as the Dragon, even commenting that you're effectively worth more (read: as her servant) than sacrificing your life against a seemingly impossible task. Backhanded as it may be, it's surprising that she assigns value to you instead of just the hope of the world to send off to die for everyone. She also is more pleasant the better you do at keeping her happy and, as Fournival mentions, sings your praises if you go out of your way to help her enjoy her day.
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Though his own dragonslaying was a fraud, he seems to have known that the dragon would return, and spent much of his time as Duke commissioning forts and garrisons to try and prepare Gransys for his return, though they were ultimately ineffective]].
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* HotConsort: Seems to have little to no royal duties beyond companionship for the Duke.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Canonically 22 years old, but barely looks a day over 18.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:She wants to slay the Dragon to please her father, the lLrd of Hearthstone.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:She wants to slay the Dragon to please her father, the lLrd Lord of Hearthstone.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: As soon as the Arisen slays the Dragon, the Duke immediately tries to kill them to prevent, what he believes, the Arisen trying to take his place as Duke.]]
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* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: The bargain that Edmun made with the Dragon not only granted him Dukedom, but it also gave him full control over the armies. As soon as the Duke declares that the Arisen is an enemy, the soldiers, regardless of how high their affinity is, will attack the Arisen. It's even noted in the Chronicles that the soldiers appear "possessed".]]
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* FalseRapeAccusation: If the Arisen saves her from being strangled by Duke Edmun in "Arousing Suspicion", she repays this by accusing the Arisen of breaking into her bedchamber and trying to force themselves on her, then calls for the guards to have the Arisen tortured and imprisoned.
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* FalseRapeAccusation: If the Arisen saves her from being strangled by Duke Edmun in "Arousing Suspicion", she repays this by accusing the Arisen is forced to make up an excuse for their presence in her room and accuses them of breaking into her bedchamber and trying to force themselves on her, then calls for the guards to have the Arisen tortured and imprisoned.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Duke Edmun may look like a frail old man when you first meet him, but should you choose to attack him, he won't run away like countless other {{Non Player Character}}s do, ''he'll take up arms and Soul Skewer your ass.''
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* SympatheticAdulterer: She practically begs the Arisen to make love to her in "Arousing Suspicion" before Duke Edmun's arrival puts a kibosh on that. It's noted that she's terribly lonely, as the Duke has no interest whatsoever in her and didn't even sleep with her on their wedding night.
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A seemingly jolly fellow who wanders around the main plaza of Gransys Gran Soren and who is close to the owner of the Alehouse. He immediately takes an interest in the Arisen, and there is more to him than meets the eye.
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[[folder:Steffen]]
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->''"A citizen of Gran Soren. He has an intense fascination with all books related to magick."''
Steffen is a citizen of the capital of Gran Soren who seeks the magick tome known as Salomet's Grimoire. Aiding him in his search leads to consequences in the Arisen's future quests.
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->''"A citizen of Gran Soren. He has an intense fascination with all books related to magick."''
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* CreepyGood: He is the player's main ally in unveiling Salvation's plot, but he is also cold, calculating and not afraid to kill to reach his goals.
* PetTheDog: Despite his ruthlessness, he lets the player knows he can [[spoiler:help Quina gain admittance in the Faith's Grand Cathedral]] and asks for nothing in return.
* ScaryBlackMan: His carefree demeanor is actually an act, and he can be very intimidating, as one of the Salvation cultists finds out. If you refuse to kill the man, Mason will simply kill him himself. And if you ''do'' kill him, Mason will clap and praise you for it.
* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler:He's actually a high-ranking agent of the Faith, who has come to Gransys to deal with the Salvation cult.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears once the player reaches the Post-Game.
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[[folder:Steffen]]
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->''"A citizen of Gran Soren. He has an intense fascination with all books related to magick."''
Steffen is a citizen of the capital of Gran Soren who seeks the magick tome known as Salomet's Grimoire. Aiding him in his search leads to consequences in the Arisen's future quests.
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This page details the inhabitants of the city of Gran Soren in ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma''.
[[Characters/DragonsDogma Back to the main Characters page]].
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!Nobles
[[folder:Duke Edmun Dragonsbane]]
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->Voiced by: Johnny Wesley
->''"Respected ruler of all Gransys. In his youth, he was dubbed a hero when he repelled the dragon. For that, he was also given the name 'Dragonsbane'."''
A fair if lax ruler, well-known across Gransys as a brave warrior and hero in his youth. He's said to have once slain the Dragon himself. Though older than 70, he retains a youthful appearance, and holds strength far beyond that of a normal man...
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He earned his duchy by defeating the Dragon. [[spoiler:[[FakeUltimateHero It's complete bullshit]].]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Duke Edmun may look like a frail old man when you first meet him, but should you choose to attack him, he won't run away like countless other {{Non Player Character}}s do, ''he'll take up arms and Soul Skewer your ass.''
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The Duke is well-mannered and likable in the public eye. But behind closed doors...
* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:He vehemently refuses to believe that the Arisen defeated the Dragon. That would be because he himself didn't defeat it.]]
** CassandraDidIt: [[spoiler:He accuses the Arisen of having made a deal with the Dragon to curse him with old age in an attempt to usurp the duchy, and sics his soldiers on them.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He chose to sacrifice his first wife to the dragon rather than fight it.]]
* EasilyForgiven: The Duke has you thrown in prison after [[spoiler:he catches you in his bedroom with Aelinore (whether or not you stop him from strangling her)]] if you do that quest. After you escape, you can talk to him and continue to take the main story quests from his chamberlain without any issues. He doesn't even acknowledge that it happened.
* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:The people of Gran Soren gave him the title Duke Dragonsbane for defeating the Dragon... which is a complete lie. He never even fought the Dragon.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:He was an Arisen who chose to sacrifice his true love to the Dragon instead of fighting it.]]
* JacobMarleyWarning: [[spoiler:After learning the truth about him "slaying" the dragon, the player will probably not want to make the same decision that he did.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: The Duke becomes this pretty quickly towards the end, framing you mostly out of rage and spite.
* TheLostLenore: ''Literally.'' [[spoiler:The Duke sacrificed his wife Lenore so he could gain the power of sovereignty over Gransys. While it never shows during the story itself, you'll have to do the sidequest to see the Duke's insanity go full circle.]]
* RapidAging: [[spoiler:The Duke suddenly goes from looking around forty to looking more around ''one hundred forty'' after you beat the dragon. He manages to convince the guards that ''you'' are the one who made a deal with the dragon and cursed him to age, rather than slaying the dragon and simply letting time catch up with him.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: While not exactly ugly and actually OlderThanTheyLook, he is much older than his wife.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:While the entire populace is convinced he slew a dragon years ago, the truth is that he made a ''deal'' with the dragon, granting him immortality at the cost of his first love.]]
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[[folder:Aelinore]]
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->Voiced by: Michelle Ruff
->''"A young princess from another land who came to wed Duke Edmun Dragonsbane. Fragile and naive, she seems to be suffering greatly under the weight of something."''
Born to the House of Biquard, Aelinore can trace her family line from a cousin of Godking Leonart, the great man who once defeated the dragon and united the entire continent. Lord Biquard currently governs the lands around peaceful Meloire as mesne lord. Sharing the same bloodline as the military genius Leonart, those from the House of Biquard are blessed with a similar gift, and their Meloirean soldiers are widely known as excellent fighters.
Duke Edmun, the Wyrmking and ruler of all Gransys, defeated a dragon in the same way as Godking Leonart before him. He sought to marry into the House of Biquard, and the closest woman to Leonart in their bloodline was Aelinore. [[ArrangedMarriage So Aelinore was sent to be Edmun’s bride]], though not of her own desire. She had not even seen the face of her future husband prior to the day of their wedding ceremony. The hero’s marriage was heartily welcomed by the people of Gransys. Everyone believed that it meant the birth of a successor would follow quickly, carrying on their hero’s bloodline. But there would be no reports of an impending heir to hearten the people of Gransys. Even after the exchange of their marriage vows, Aelinore remained as pure and untouched as she was the day that she was delivered to Edmun. But behind the duke’s frigid demeanor, a dark secret is hidden within his heart...
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* DamselInDistress: Twice in side quests - once she's nearly strangled by the crazed Duke, and the other time imprisoned (if she wasn't killed by the previous quest) - and potentially a third time if she's the Beloved.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Speak to Aelinore just once and she'll instantly have the pinkish glow which signifies someone with a very high Affinity.
* MeaningfulName: By way of TheLostLenore: the prefix ''a'' meaning "without", and ''Lenore'' being a shortened, alternative spelling of "Elinore". [[spoiler:She is literally ''not'' Lenore, and the Duke does not care for her in the slightest because she is not the woman he truly loved.]]
* SexyDiscretionShot: In the sidequest "Duchess In Distress," [[spoiler:the camera pans out as your Arisen and the duchess make sweet love]].
* UglyGuyHotWife: While the Duke isn't exactly hideous, she's still much younger than him.
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[[folder:Feste]]
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->Voiced by: Joe Ochman (credited as Joey Lotsko)
A jester and trickster [[DirtyCoward with no goals other than a life of ease under others’ protection]]. Willing to betray, use, or hurt others to succeed ([[InformedAttribute supposedly]]).
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* CourtJester: His role in court.
* DeadpanSnarker: Talking to him will cause him to quip about you and everyone else (but mostly you).
* DepravedDwarf: He's the shortest human character in the game, and (in the online material) very much immoral.
* {{Gonk}}: Along with being short, he's also plenty ugly.
* InformedAttribute: [[AllThereInTheManual The outside materials]] portray him as having made a career out of being a disloyal boot-licking {{Jerkass}} who will do anything for his own benefit. In-game, this never comes up - at his worst, he's TheGadfly to everyone (including the Duke), and perfectly willing to offer you a warning about the Duke [[spoiler:not taking it well if you were to slay the dragon]]...within earshot of the Duke and other (more loyal) members of the court.
* TheMole: According to the expanded lore, he's one for basically anyone who has a grudge against the Duke, including Salvation.
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[[folder:Fournival Frescobaldi]]
->Voiced by: JH Terry
Fournival is a salesman and nobleman, the father of Symone, and the main subject of the quest "Trials and Tribulations." A shrewd businessman, he is a wealthy and magnanimous man with a high-class bearing. Due to his economic influence, he counts many important {{Non Player Character}}s as friends, such as Ser Daerio of the northern watch and the Chamberlain of the Gran Soren Cathedral. Some authorities, however, suspect some of his profit is acquired from activities that are less than legal. Even if so, he seems to have had a positive influence on the growth and maintenance of Gransys's economy, leaving the Arisen with an interesting moral dilemma should they involve themselves with his trial.
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* AffablyEvil: Towards you, at least.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's a greedy individual who has certainly gained his wealth through unscrupulous means. Nonetheless, the fact that he's also a unique vendor who sells very special items probably means that you're going to want to get him acquitted.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is, by all accounts, an amoral and slimy businessman who's very much guilty of the crimes of which he stands accused. However, he clearly loves his daughter, who can reflect only that he is, in turn, a kind and loving father.
* FatBastard: One of the fatter characters of the game.
* HiddenDepths: He's looked upon quite fondly by the church, whose bishop is willing to believe him innocent.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you find Fournival guilty during the "Trials and Tribulations" quest, you lose out on the Magmanimous cloak, which is a useful accessory that allows all curatives to be shared with your pawns.
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[[folder:Julien]]
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->Voiced by: Trey Ragley
->''"A knight who was dispatched to Gransys from the neighbouring demesne of Boldoa. He is an upstanding man who believes that putting the needs of the people first is the only right thing to do."''
Having been born to a good family, Julien believed without a hint of reservation or irony that everything was for the sake of the people, exactly as he had said to his ruler. Such was his duty as a knight, as it had been the duty of his father and his grandfather before him. However, upon arriving in Gransys, he was faced with the dirty truth, for there he met with the decadent, fallen statesmen. They had forgotten that which should have been their priority — the defeat of the dragon — and instead their heads were filled only with the desire to protect their own positions.
As he beheld the great leader who stood at the head of such men, the purity in his heart began to slowly but surely blacken. He can no longer find any value in the continued existence of the country. The idealism to which he had clung for so long grows more and more distorted, and he along with it.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:If he's alive, he turns himself in.]]
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:If he's the Arisen's love interest and gets captured by the Dragon. He'll be chased and tormented by goblins just like every other love interest, though unlike Mercedes (the other major love interest with a warrior background), he at least has the excuse of being caught without his weapons or armor.]]
* BestHerToBedHer: You have to [[spoiler:kill and revive Julien in a duel]] in order to start a 'romance' with him.
* CoolMask: [[spoiler:Wears a masquerade-style mask when acting as the Night's Champion. Something of a PaperThinDisguise, in all honesty, but still.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Although he collaborates with Salvation, he mentions to Mercedes during their confrontation that he gives their pagan beliefs no credence and simply used them for his own ends.]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: His actions against [[spoiler:the Duke, at least, are cast in a far more favourable light at the end of the game]].
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:If you kill and revive Julien, he'll acknowledge that he's been bested and immediately turns himself in for his crimes.]]
* IgnoreTheFanservice: Follow him to Madeleine's shop late one night and you'll witness an interesting exchange between the two. Madeleine tucks a slip of paper into her cleavage and taunts Julien with it, but he just angrily snatches it up and reads it, completely ignoring her flirtation and an offer to help him with "other matters".
* {{Jerkass}}: He's abrasive from the moment you meet him (bordering on ObviouslyEvil if you've play the early sidequests involving him), though his attitude is somewhat justified due to concern over the impending doom represented by the Dragon.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:If you don't interfere with Mercedes' duel against him, he'll defeat her and escape.]]
* KickTheDog: It'd be so much easier to see things from his point of view if his harsh and [[StayInTheKitchen sexist]] comments towards Mercedes weren't so utterly mean-spirited.
* KnightInSourArmor: After meeting with the local lords in Gransys.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: The man has some luxurious locks of hair.
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:He becomes a good person again and is freed from the castle dungeon if you manage to romance him.]]
* MagicKnight: He is of the Mystic Knight class and carries a unique Magick Shield.
* PetTheDog: If spoken to in the palace, he encourages the Arisen to support Ser Mercedes and seems to sympathize with her struggle. [[spoiler:Although, when set against her, he is not above [[KickTheDog kicking her instead]].]]
* StayInTheKitchen: Most of his comments to Mercedes [[spoiler:during their duel]] are about how, as a woman, she makes a very poor knight. This can be rather odd if the Arisen is female. However, it's entirely possible that his comments are made purely out of spite and not any genuine sexism on his part.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He's evidently working with Salvation in order to undermine Gransys for his nation.]]
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[[folder:Mercedes Marten]]
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->Voiced by: Shannon Rayner
->''"A female knight who was dispatched from a neighbouring country to Gransys. She is the captain of the Enlistment Corps, which is charged with repelling the dragon."''
A straitlaced, principled tomboy with an inferiority complex, Mercedes idolizes knights and knighthood. Following their example, she's become a capable warrior and military leader. Sent to Gransys by her father, lord of the neighboring demesne of Hearthstone, Mercedes is determined to prove herself as a capable knight and leader to the same extent as her two brothers. However, she receives opposition from the more traditional segments of the Gransys court who object to both her gender and her status as placebo support, and the Arisen's rising glory only serves to remove her from the spotlight even further.
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* ActionGirl: She fights alongside your character during certain segments.
* {{Expy}}: She's an amalgamation of both Casca and Farnese from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', with her appearance borrowing more from the former, while her backstory and character traits borrow more from the latter.
* FauxActionGirl: She's an in-universe example in that she ''fears'' she is only pretending to be a knight and can't actually back up her claim. This feeling gets worse after [[spoiler:losing to Julien. If she's the Beloved, she can be seen running helplessly from goblins like all other characters, something that she'll curse herself for]].
* KnightInSourArmor: Becomes this over the course of the story.
* LadyOfWar: Mercedes is a noble lady who was expected to be wed by twenty. She asked for a platoon of knights to lead so she could work on her skills as a commander instead.
* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: If you speak with her before the Griffin's Bane quest, she asks you to take care of the men of the Enlistment Corps, those under her command, and to bring them back safely. If you actually manage to kill the Griffin fast enough to do this, she'll be quite happy.
* TheLancer: Serves as this to the Arisen through the story.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After the duel with Julien, Mercedes is forced to return home to Hearthstone. While she states that she'll eventually come back with reinforcements, she only returns if she's the Beloved.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:She wants to slay the Dragon to please her father, the lLrd of Hearthstone.]]
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[[folder:Symone]]
Fournival's bratty daughter. Even her own father admits she's "a spitfire like to rival the wyrm."
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* BrattyHalfPint: She's ''incredibly'' picky when you try to babysit her. She's outspoken and thinking a race is a fun way to pass the time, rather than just shopping (which she also enjoys).
* FallenPrincess: If her father is found guilty, she's forced to relocate to the slums unless the player buys back her manor.
* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Being the child of a wealthy merchant, she's very demanding and bossy.
* TookALevelInKindness: She is noticeably kinder to the player after completing her side quest, and will make more of an effort to keep her tongue in check.
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!Citizens
[[folder:Barnaby]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/SamRiegel
->''"Keeper of the Pawn Guild who is himself a Pawn. His duties include keeping a watchful eye on The Everfall and advising the Arisen if something should seem amiss."''
As one of the pawn legion, Barnaby has no emotions. However, because he has been in Gransys for untold decades and interacted with generations of mankind, he has developed something very close to an emotion: a wish for pawns and humans to coexist peacefully.
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* NiceGuy: Goes along with being a Pawn, really, but he's quite polite and humble.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He looks to be in his twenties or maybe early thirties at most. Add a zero or two to get his real age.
* WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid: It is entirely possibly to romance him, despite him being the Pawn Guild leader and technically emotionless.
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[[folder:Madeleine]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/KateHiggins
Greedy, self-reliant, cunning. Madeleine looks out for herself and her goals first, though she does display a limited degree of loyalty when it comes down to it. Play your cards right and you may just earn that loyalty -- for a price. Of course, such naked opportunism can often backfire in a land so politically volatile as Gransys...
Madeleine was raised as an orphan by the sisters, but in complete contrast to her gentle guardians, she came to hate being poor and to hate modest living. While she was grateful to the sisters for raising her, she also vowed that she would never serve the Faith as they did.
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* BuxomIsBetter: The bustiest character of the game, with a breast size larger than even the character editor allows.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Her outfit includes prominent poofy sleeves.
* GoldDigger: A little bit, although a humorous and generally harmless version of one. Her affinity is bought really fast by giving her money to travel and open her store; if the Arisen gives her the first thousand gold she needs to get to Gran Soren, her response is to say sweetly, "I am so in love with you right now."
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Her general approach when she wants something is to simply lean over a little more when asking for it.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: When you meet her, she's a traveling merchant. In what amounts to a tutu. And one of the earlier designs was even skimpier.
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: She prefers to resort to her looks to get away with things.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:After Julien is revealed to be working for Salvation, Madeleine tries to leave Gransys, since she's now wanted by the guards for affiliating with him.]]
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: She tries tucking a slip of paper in her cleavage to taunt Julien. [[IgnoreTheFanservice He isn't amused.]]
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[[folder:Steffen]]
[[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steffan_9.png]]
->''"A citizen of Gran Soren. He has an intense fascination with all books related to magick."''
Steffen is a citizen of the capital of Gran Soren who seeks the magick tome known as Salomet's Grimoire. Aiding him in his search leads to consequences in the Arisen's future quests.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Potentially, during the battle against the Griffin. If you fetch a grimiore for him in a [[GuideDangIt completely unrelated sidequest]], he'll appear and cast some powerful magic to help out.
* MessyHair: It's about shoulder-length and quite scraggly. You'd think the man would ask you for a comb instead of an old book.
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[[Characters/DragonsDogma Back to the main Characters page]].
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!Nobles
[[folder:Duke Edmun Dragonsbane]]
[[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duke_edmund.png]]
->Voiced by: Johnny Wesley
->''"Respected ruler of all Gransys. In his youth, he was dubbed a hero when he repelled the dragon. For that, he was also given the name 'Dragonsbane'."''
A fair if lax ruler, well-known across Gransys as a brave warrior and hero in his youth. He's said to have once slain the Dragon himself. Though older than 70, he retains a youthful appearance, and holds strength far beyond that of a normal man...
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He earned his duchy by defeating the Dragon. [[spoiler:[[FakeUltimateHero It's complete bullshit]].]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Duke Edmun may look like a frail old man when you first meet him, but should you choose to attack him, he won't run away like countless other {{Non Player Character}}s do, ''he'll take up arms and Soul Skewer your ass.''
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The Duke is well-mannered and likable in the public eye. But behind closed doors...
* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:He vehemently refuses to believe that the Arisen defeated the Dragon. That would be because he himself didn't defeat it.]]
** CassandraDidIt: [[spoiler:He accuses the Arisen of having made a deal with the Dragon to curse him with old age in an attempt to usurp the duchy, and sics his soldiers on them.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He chose to sacrifice his first wife to the dragon rather than fight it.]]
* EasilyForgiven: The Duke has you thrown in prison after [[spoiler:he catches you in his bedroom with Aelinore (whether or not you stop him from strangling her)]] if you do that quest. After you escape, you can talk to him and continue to take the main story quests from his chamberlain without any issues. He doesn't even acknowledge that it happened.
* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:The people of Gran Soren gave him the title Duke Dragonsbane for defeating the Dragon... which is a complete lie. He never even fought the Dragon.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:He was an Arisen who chose to sacrifice his true love to the Dragon instead of fighting it.]]
* JacobMarleyWarning: [[spoiler:After learning the truth about him "slaying" the dragon, the player will probably not want to make the same decision that he did.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: The Duke becomes this pretty quickly towards the end, framing you mostly out of rage and spite.
* TheLostLenore: ''Literally.'' [[spoiler:The Duke sacrificed his wife Lenore so he could gain the power of sovereignty over Gransys. While it never shows during the story itself, you'll have to do the sidequest to see the Duke's insanity go full circle.]]
* RapidAging: [[spoiler:The Duke suddenly goes from looking around forty to looking more around ''one hundred forty'' after you beat the dragon. He manages to convince the guards that ''you'' are the one who made a deal with the dragon and cursed him to age, rather than slaying the dragon and simply letting time catch up with him.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: While not exactly ugly and actually OlderThanTheyLook, he is much older than his wife.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:While the entire populace is convinced he slew a dragon years ago, the truth is that he made a ''deal'' with the dragon, granting him immortality at the cost of his first love.]]
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[[folder:Aelinore]]
[[quoteright:179:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aelinore.png]]
->Voiced by: Michelle Ruff
->''"A young princess from another land who came to wed Duke Edmun Dragonsbane. Fragile and naive, she seems to be suffering greatly under the weight of something."''
Born to the House of Biquard, Aelinore can trace her family line from a cousin of Godking Leonart, the great man who once defeated the dragon and united the entire continent. Lord Biquard currently governs the lands around peaceful Meloire as mesne lord. Sharing the same bloodline as the military genius Leonart, those from the House of Biquard are blessed with a similar gift, and their Meloirean soldiers are widely known as excellent fighters.
Duke Edmun, the Wyrmking and ruler of all Gransys, defeated a dragon in the same way as Godking Leonart before him. He sought to marry into the House of Biquard, and the closest woman to Leonart in their bloodline was Aelinore. [[ArrangedMarriage So Aelinore was sent to be Edmun’s bride]], though not of her own desire. She had not even seen the face of her future husband prior to the day of their wedding ceremony. The hero’s marriage was heartily welcomed by the people of Gransys. Everyone believed that it meant the birth of a successor would follow quickly, carrying on their hero’s bloodline. But there would be no reports of an impending heir to hearten the people of Gransys. Even after the exchange of their marriage vows, Aelinore remained as pure and untouched as she was the day that she was delivered to Edmun. But behind the duke’s frigid demeanor, a dark secret is hidden within his heart...
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* DamselInDistress: Twice in side quests - once she's nearly strangled by the crazed Duke, and the other time imprisoned (if she wasn't killed by the previous quest) - and potentially a third time if she's the Beloved.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Speak to Aelinore just once and she'll instantly have the pinkish glow which signifies someone with a very high Affinity.
* MeaningfulName: By way of TheLostLenore: the prefix ''a'' meaning "without", and ''Lenore'' being a shortened, alternative spelling of "Elinore". [[spoiler:She is literally ''not'' Lenore, and the Duke does not care for her in the slightest because she is not the woman he truly loved.]]
* SexyDiscretionShot: In the sidequest "Duchess In Distress," [[spoiler:the camera pans out as your Arisen and the duchess make sweet love]].
* UglyGuyHotWife: While the Duke isn't exactly hideous, she's still much younger than him.
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[[folder:Feste]]
[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feste.png]]
->Voiced by: Joe Ochman (credited as Joey Lotsko)
A jester and trickster [[DirtyCoward with no goals other than a life of ease under others’ protection]]. Willing to betray, use, or hurt others to succeed ([[InformedAttribute supposedly]]).
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* CourtJester: His role in court.
* DeadpanSnarker: Talking to him will cause him to quip about you and everyone else (but mostly you).
* DepravedDwarf: He's the shortest human character in the game, and (in the online material) very much immoral.
* {{Gonk}}: Along with being short, he's also plenty ugly.
* InformedAttribute: [[AllThereInTheManual The outside materials]] portray him as having made a career out of being a disloyal boot-licking {{Jerkass}} who will do anything for his own benefit. In-game, this never comes up - at his worst, he's TheGadfly to everyone (including the Duke), and perfectly willing to offer you a warning about the Duke [[spoiler:not taking it well if you were to slay the dragon]]...within earshot of the Duke and other (more loyal) members of the court.
* TheMole: According to the expanded lore, he's one for basically anyone who has a grudge against the Duke, including Salvation.
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[[folder:Fournival Frescobaldi]]
->Voiced by: JH Terry
Fournival is a salesman and nobleman, the father of Symone, and the main subject of the quest "Trials and Tribulations." A shrewd businessman, he is a wealthy and magnanimous man with a high-class bearing. Due to his economic influence, he counts many important {{Non Player Character}}s as friends, such as Ser Daerio of the northern watch and the Chamberlain of the Gran Soren Cathedral. Some authorities, however, suspect some of his profit is acquired from activities that are less than legal. Even if so, he seems to have had a positive influence on the growth and maintenance of Gransys's economy, leaving the Arisen with an interesting moral dilemma should they involve themselves with his trial.
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* AffablyEvil: Towards you, at least.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's a greedy individual who has certainly gained his wealth through unscrupulous means. Nonetheless, the fact that he's also a unique vendor who sells very special items probably means that you're going to want to get him acquitted.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is, by all accounts, an amoral and slimy businessman who's very much guilty of the crimes of which he stands accused. However, he clearly loves his daughter, who can reflect only that he is, in turn, a kind and loving father.
* FatBastard: One of the fatter characters of the game.
* HiddenDepths: He's looked upon quite fondly by the church, whose bishop is willing to believe him innocent.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you find Fournival guilty during the "Trials and Tribulations" quest, you lose out on the Magmanimous cloak, which is a useful accessory that allows all curatives to be shared with your pawns.
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[[folder:Julien]]
[[quoteright:234:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julien.png]]
->Voiced by: Trey Ragley
->''"A knight who was dispatched to Gransys from the neighbouring demesne of Boldoa. He is an upstanding man who believes that putting the needs of the people first is the only right thing to do."''
Having been born to a good family, Julien believed without a hint of reservation or irony that everything was for the sake of the people, exactly as he had said to his ruler. Such was his duty as a knight, as it had been the duty of his father and his grandfather before him. However, upon arriving in Gransys, he was faced with the dirty truth, for there he met with the decadent, fallen statesmen. They had forgotten that which should have been their priority — the defeat of the dragon — and instead their heads were filled only with the desire to protect their own positions.
As he beheld the great leader who stood at the head of such men, the purity in his heart began to slowly but surely blacken. He can no longer find any value in the continued existence of the country. The idealism to which he had clung for so long grows more and more distorted, and he along with it.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:If he's alive, he turns himself in.]]
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:If he's the Arisen's love interest and gets captured by the Dragon. He'll be chased and tormented by goblins just like every other love interest, though unlike Mercedes (the other major love interest with a warrior background), he at least has the excuse of being caught without his weapons or armor.]]
* BestHerToBedHer: You have to [[spoiler:kill and revive Julien in a duel]] in order to start a 'romance' with him.
* CoolMask: [[spoiler:Wears a masquerade-style mask when acting as the Night's Champion. Something of a PaperThinDisguise, in all honesty, but still.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Although he collaborates with Salvation, he mentions to Mercedes during their confrontation that he gives their pagan beliefs no credence and simply used them for his own ends.]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: His actions against [[spoiler:the Duke, at least, are cast in a far more favourable light at the end of the game]].
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:If you kill and revive Julien, he'll acknowledge that he's been bested and immediately turns himself in for his crimes.]]
* IgnoreTheFanservice: Follow him to Madeleine's shop late one night and you'll witness an interesting exchange between the two. Madeleine tucks a slip of paper into her cleavage and taunts Julien with it, but he just angrily snatches it up and reads it, completely ignoring her flirtation and an offer to help him with "other matters".
* {{Jerkass}}: He's abrasive from the moment you meet him (bordering on ObviouslyEvil if you've play the early sidequests involving him), though his attitude is somewhat justified due to concern over the impending doom represented by the Dragon.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:If you don't interfere with Mercedes' duel against him, he'll defeat her and escape.]]
* KickTheDog: It'd be so much easier to see things from his point of view if his harsh and [[StayInTheKitchen sexist]] comments towards Mercedes weren't so utterly mean-spirited.
* KnightInSourArmor: After meeting with the local lords in Gransys.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: The man has some luxurious locks of hair.
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:He becomes a good person again and is freed from the castle dungeon if you manage to romance him.]]
* MagicKnight: He is of the Mystic Knight class and carries a unique Magick Shield.
* PetTheDog: If spoken to in the palace, he encourages the Arisen to support Ser Mercedes and seems to sympathize with her struggle. [[spoiler:Although, when set against her, he is not above [[KickTheDog kicking her instead]].]]
* StayInTheKitchen: Most of his comments to Mercedes [[spoiler:during their duel]] are about how, as a woman, she makes a very poor knight. This can be rather odd if the Arisen is female. However, it's entirely possible that his comments are made purely out of spite and not any genuine sexism on his part.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He's evidently working with Salvation in order to undermine Gransys for his nation.]]
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[[folder:Mercedes Marten]]
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mercedes_3.png]]
->Voiced by: Shannon Rayner
->''"A female knight who was dispatched from a neighbouring country to Gransys. She is the captain of the Enlistment Corps, which is charged with repelling the dragon."''
A straitlaced, principled tomboy with an inferiority complex, Mercedes idolizes knights and knighthood. Following their example, she's become a capable warrior and military leader. Sent to Gransys by her father, lord of the neighboring demesne of Hearthstone, Mercedes is determined to prove herself as a capable knight and leader to the same extent as her two brothers. However, she receives opposition from the more traditional segments of the Gransys court who object to both her gender and her status as placebo support, and the Arisen's rising glory only serves to remove her from the spotlight even further.
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* ActionGirl: She fights alongside your character during certain segments.
* {{Expy}}: She's an amalgamation of both Casca and Farnese from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', with her appearance borrowing more from the former, while her backstory and character traits borrow more from the latter.
* FauxActionGirl: She's an in-universe example in that she ''fears'' she is only pretending to be a knight and can't actually back up her claim. This feeling gets worse after [[spoiler:losing to Julien. If she's the Beloved, she can be seen running helplessly from goblins like all other characters, something that she'll curse herself for]].
* KnightInSourArmor: Becomes this over the course of the story.
* LadyOfWar: Mercedes is a noble lady who was expected to be wed by twenty. She asked for a platoon of knights to lead so she could work on her skills as a commander instead.
* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: If you speak with her before the Griffin's Bane quest, she asks you to take care of the men of the Enlistment Corps, those under her command, and to bring them back safely. If you actually manage to kill the Griffin fast enough to do this, she'll be quite happy.
* TheLancer: Serves as this to the Arisen through the story.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After the duel with Julien, Mercedes is forced to return home to Hearthstone. While she states that she'll eventually come back with reinforcements, she only returns if she's the Beloved.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:She wants to slay the Dragon to please her father, the lLrd of Hearthstone.]]
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[[folder:Symone]]
Fournival's bratty daughter. Even her own father admits she's "a spitfire like to rival the wyrm."
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* BrattyHalfPint: She's ''incredibly'' picky when you try to babysit her. She's outspoken and thinking a race is a fun way to pass the time, rather than just shopping (which she also enjoys).
* FallenPrincess: If her father is found guilty, she's forced to relocate to the slums unless the player buys back her manor.
* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Being the child of a wealthy merchant, she's very demanding and bossy.
* TookALevelInKindness: She is noticeably kinder to the player after completing her side quest, and will make more of an effort to keep her tongue in check.
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!Citizens
[[folder:Barnaby]]
[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barnaby.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/SamRiegel
->''"Keeper of the Pawn Guild who is himself a Pawn. His duties include keeping a watchful eye on The Everfall and advising the Arisen if something should seem amiss."''
As one of the pawn legion, Barnaby has no emotions. However, because he has been in Gransys for untold decades and interacted with generations of mankind, he has developed something very close to an emotion: a wish for pawns and humans to coexist peacefully.
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* NiceGuy: Goes along with being a Pawn, really, but he's quite polite and humble.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He looks to be in his twenties or maybe early thirties at most. Add a zero or two to get his real age.
* WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid: It is entirely possibly to romance him, despite him being the Pawn Guild leader and technically emotionless.
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[[folder:Madeleine]]
[[quoteright:165:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madeleine.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/KateHiggins
Greedy, self-reliant, cunning. Madeleine looks out for herself and her goals first, though she does display a limited degree of loyalty when it comes down to it. Play your cards right and you may just earn that loyalty -- for a price. Of course, such naked opportunism can often backfire in a land so politically volatile as Gransys...
Madeleine was raised as an orphan by the sisters, but in complete contrast to her gentle guardians, she came to hate being poor and to hate modest living. While she was grateful to the sisters for raising her, she also vowed that she would never serve the Faith as they did.
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* BuxomIsBetter: The bustiest character of the game, with a breast size larger than even the character editor allows.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Her outfit includes prominent poofy sleeves.
* GoldDigger: A little bit, although a humorous and generally harmless version of one. Her affinity is bought really fast by giving her money to travel and open her store; if the Arisen gives her the first thousand gold she needs to get to Gran Soren, her response is to say sweetly, "I am so in love with you right now."
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Her general approach when she wants something is to simply lean over a little more when asking for it.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: When you meet her, she's a traveling merchant. In what amounts to a tutu. And one of the earlier designs was even skimpier.
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: She prefers to resort to her looks to get away with things.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:After Julien is revealed to be working for Salvation, Madeleine tries to leave Gransys, since she's now wanted by the guards for affiliating with him.]]
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: She tries tucking a slip of paper in her cleavage to taunt Julien. [[IgnoreTheFanservice He isn't amused.]]
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[[folder:Steffen]]
[[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steffan_9.png]]
->''"A citizen of Gran Soren. He has an intense fascination with all books related to magick."''
Steffen is a citizen of the capital of Gran Soren who seeks the magick tome known as Salomet's Grimoire. Aiding him in his search leads to consequences in the Arisen's future quests.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Potentially, during the battle against the Griffin. If you fetch a grimiore for him in a [[GuideDangIt completely unrelated sidequest]], he'll appear and cast some powerful magic to help out.
* MessyHair: It's about shoulder-length and quite scraggly. You'd think the man would ask you for a comb instead of an old book.
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