History Characters / ElementalGelade

* {{Expy}}: Her design was inspired by BB Hood ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', a character the author helped design.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: While a main character, Cisqua threatens, tries to mug innocent people, steals, gambles and blasts people away with firearms, all which is used for comedy.

* {{Expy}}: Her design was inspired by BB Hood ''VideoGame/Darkstalkers'', a character the author helped design.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has light blue hair.

* {{Bishounen}}: He's a very good-looking young man.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has dark blue hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has light green hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has turquoise hair.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She puts up the act of a friendly and slightly ditzy {{Meganekko}} to earn the main group's trust. She's in fact a ruthless assassin and her true personality is very sour and hateful.

* GoodEyesEvilEyes: She has TaremeEyes when she's pretending to be a {{Meganekko}} and they change to TsurimeEyes when she drops the act and reveals herself as the ruthless assassin she really is.

* {{Meganekko}}: Subverted. The adorable bespectacled girl is just an act to gain the trust of Cou's group.

* PurelyAestheticGlasses: She wears glasses as part of her cutesy {{Meganekko}} act. After she reveals her true colors, she discards the glasses.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has bright pink hair.

* ItWasAGift: When she was a child, she wore a hood over her head to hide her elemental gelade until her CoolBigSis Cia gave her a hair ribbon because it was "cuter". Ren treasures it because of this.

* NeverBareheaded: In order to hide the elemental gelade on her hair above her forehead, Ren wears a ribbon around her head and she very rarely takes it off, to the point of keeping it on when taking a bath.

* PickyEater: She has hated to eat carrots and onions ever since she was a child. Her caretaker Griina tried to force her to eat them by cooking nothing but carrots and onions every day.

* OdangoHair: She wears her hair in two buns, combined with GirlishPigtails.

* ZettaiRyouiki: When she takes off her cloak, she's shown wearing a mini shorts and thigh-high socks combo. As a bonus, her socks are split open at the bottom, so both part of her thighs and shins are bare.

* NeverBareheaded: In order to hide the elemental gelade on her hair above her forehead, Ren wears a ribbon around her head and she very rarely takes it off, to the point of keeping it when taking a bath.

* NeverBareheaded: In order to hide the elemental gelade in her forehead, Ren wears a ribbon around her head and she doesn't take off even when taking a bath.

* FirstGirlWins: From the moment she meets Cou in the first chapter/episode, them being the OfficialCouple is set in stone.

* ImportantHairAccessory: In order to hide the elemental gelade in her forehead, Ren wears a ribbon around her head which she doesn't take off even when taking a bath. When she was a child, she wore a hood over her head instead and her CoolBigSis Cia gave her the ribbon because it was "cuter".

* ItWasAGift: Her hair ribbon was a present from her CoolBigSis Cia before leaving to Edel Garden. Ren treasures it because of this.

* SweetTooth: She loved to bake pastries.

* HairDecorations: Her ribbon, which covers her elemental gelade in her forehead.

* HairDecorations: She sports two large red disks on each side of her head that serve to hold up her GirlishPigtails.

* TownGirls: The Femme to Cisqua's Butch and Kuea's Neither.

* TownGirls: The Butch to Ren's Femme and Kuea's Neither.

* TownGirls: The Neither to Ren's Femme and Cisqua's Butch.

* SkyPirate

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has light blue hair.

* BadassNormal: She's an ordinary human girl without an Edel Raid partner. It's still a terrible idea to mess with her because an Edel Raid could be ''less'' desrtructive than her guns and missiles.

* FieryRedhead: She has auburn hair and has the most explosive temper out of anyone in the series.
* GenkiGirl

* {{Hammerspace}}: She carries a hell of a lot of weapons under her cape. WordOfGod even implies that Cisqua has access to possibly infinite amount of space in her cape and hat.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's really selfish, short-tempered and vicious to the point of psychotic at times. She's also a reliable and protective friend to her companions.

* {{Bishounen}}

* TheMourningAfter: In the anime, it's implied she had a Pledger whom she was in love with, but he unfortunately died. Kuea seems to have decided to avoid romance because of this and even tells Cou the reason she chose Rowen as her partner was because he's someone she will never fall in love with.

* BreakTheCutie: What happened to her after she left to Edel Garden wasn't pretty at all. [[spoiler:While Cia thought she was going to live happily with her husband while helping him create a paradise for humans and Edel Raids, Keith lost himself in his ambitions and went full-on MadScientist, using Cia's powers for his cruel experiments. Finally, Cia couldn't take it and killed Keith [[KillingInSelfDefense in self-defense]].]] By the time Ren finally finds her, the sweet and gentle Cia she knew is a completely different person.

* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:Because she wanted to be of help to her husband, she put herself through torture and let him turn her into a killing machine. Despite what Keith made her go through, she still loves him and wants to become a better weapon to please him.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: The moment he first sees Ren, Cou thinks she's very cute and immediately wanted to protect her.

* NiceGuy: He's the friendliest and most well-adjusted guy in the main group.

* ConspicuousGloves: She wears a pair of arm-length gloves to cover her elemental gelade. She never takes them off even when taking a bath.

->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida (Japanese), Kristian Ayre (English), Creator/NaozumiTakahashi (drama CD)

* HideYourOtherness: In order to hide the elemental gelade in her forehead, Ren wears a ribbon around her head which she doesn't take off even in the bath. When she was a child, she wore a hood over her head instead and her CoolBigSis Cia gave her the ribbon because it was "cuter".

* ChainedByFashion: Her top includes a chain the keeps her skirt in place and she also wears chains in her hair as if they were ribbons.

* ConspicuousGloves: She wears a pair of arm length gloves to cover her elemental gelade.

* HideYourOtherness: She wears arm-length gloves to cover the elemental gelades in her hands. She never takes them off even in the bath.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit consists of a length of chain, a petticoat, a black leather G-string, and a curdoroy mini-tanktop, as well as a pair of long black gloves. Her reasoning is that mobility is all-important, even trumping protection.
* ThongOfShielding

[[folder:Main Characters]]

!Coud "Cou" Van Giruet
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* AccidentalPervert: Very often.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Just moments after he first meets Ren, he doesn't hesitate to defend her from Cisqua's attempt to buy her and then protect her from some kidnappers.

* InterspeciesRomance: With Ren.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Towards Ren.
* MagicContractRomance: With Ren.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: He gets flustered and denies it when he's asked if Ren is his girlfriend.

!Reverie "Ren" Metherlence
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->Voiced by: Creator/MikakoTakahashi (Japanese), Brenna O'Brien (English), Creator/HoukoKuwashima (drama CD)

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In her backstory in the manga, her status of Shichikouhouju lead to her being bullied by other younger Edel Raids to such an extent that she would harm herself trying to remove her Gelade.
* BeautifulDreamer: Always.
* BewareTheQuietOnes

* BlowYouAway: She commands the element of wind, both offensively and defensively.

* ClingyJealousGirl: She's not happy to see Cou and Viro together and gives him the cold shoulder afterwards.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: She dislikes sweet food.
* ElegantGothicLolita

* FirstGirlWins
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Having been sealed for around 500 years, Ren is unfamiliar with objects in the current world. In the manga, she freaks out when she finds herself in an airship after waking up.

* HairDecorations: Her ribbon, which covers her Elemental Gelade in her forehead.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Cou.
* ItWasAGift: In the manga, her ribbon was given to her by a woman called Cia from her childhood. Cia gave Ren the ribbon to hide her elemental gelade, instead of wearing a hood that made Ren hang her head all the time and look sad. Cia stated that the ribbon was "cuter" and tied it around Ren's head herself when she first gave it to her.

* MagicContractRomance: With Cou.

* RapunzelHair: She has waist length hair.

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Blue hair? Check. Pale skin? Check. Quiet and deeply emotionless demeanor? Check. Not exactly human? Check. MysticalWaif? Check. Weak physical condition with a recurring need to be looked after? Check. Defrosting love interest? ''Double'' check. Her name is even one letter apart from Rei.
* RipVanWinkle: She spent centuries sealed away in a coffin until she was waken up by Cou.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's stoic, distant and quiet to the point of coming across as emotionless, yet she's also a really nice girl who cares a lot for those close to her.

* TrueBlueFemininity

!Cisqua
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->Voiced by: Creator/NanaMizuki (Japanese), Alexandra Carter (English), Creator/IkueOtani (drama CD)

* BadassNormal: How do you survive in a world with humanoid weapons that you refuse to use out of principle? You dress up like Wild West Sakura, call yourself Cisqua and have the armory of the Nadesico, Macross and maybe the Yamato under your poncho.
* BareYourMidriff: She wears a midriff-exposing shirt under her poncho.
* BoyishShortHair: She has short hair to match her tomboyish and aggressive personality.

* HotBlooded
* TheLancer
* LittleMissBadass
* MacrossMissileMassacre
* MoneyFetish

* NiceHat: Her mushroom shaped hat.

* SheFu
* SmallGirlBigGun

* {{Tomboy}}

* TriggerHappy: She's quick to take out her machine guns at the slightest provocation.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: She does, although it isn't obvious at first sight since she usually wears a poncho.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears thigh high black socks.

!Rowen
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->Voiced by: Creator/YujiUeda (Japanese), Philip Pacaud (English), Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (drama CD)

* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* NiceGuy: Kind, polite, and considerate of others.

!Kullweet "Kuea" Entavilia
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->Voiced by: Naoko Suzuki (Japanese), France Perras (English), Creator/AkemiOkamura (drama CD)

A first class Edel Raid from Arc Aile and Rowen's partner. Her garnet red elemental gelade are on the back of both her hands which she covers with arm length gloves. When Kuea gets hungry - which seems to be often - she can't react, so she eats enormous amounts of food at a time. She takes the weapon form of double blades that Rowen wields on each hand and six chained sickles on his back which can detach and attack opponents from a distance. Her attacks are designed for piercing over slicing.

* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BareYourMidriff

* CelibateHero: It's implied she had a Pledger whom she was in love with, but he unfortunately died. Kuea seems to have decided to avoid romance because of this and even tells Cou the reason she chose Rowen as her partner was because he's someone she will never fall in love with.
* ChainedByFashion
* CoolBigSis

* EquippableAlly
* HairDecorations
* MsFanservice

* RapunzelHair

[[folder:Supporting Characters]]

!Rasati Tigres
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->Voiced by: Creator/MegumiOgata (Japanese), Creator/RebeccaShoichet (English), Creator/RomiPark (Drama CD)

The undefeated champion of the bishop class in the illegal fighting arena Milliard Trey in Razfe Ankul. She fights for the sake of her adopted sister Lilia, an Edel Raid. She later becomes the Pledger of Lilia.

* ActionGirl
* AnimalMotifs: She's heavily associated with tigers. When she's angry or even just aggressive, one or both of her eyes are drawn like a tiger's.
* BigSisterInstinct: She's fiercely protective of her adopted sister Lilia.
* {{Bokukko}}: She uses the Japanese male pronoun ''boku'' to refer to herself.
* PromotionToParent
* RapunzelHair
* SamusIsAGirl
* SiblingTeam: With Lilia.
* SiblingYinYang: With Lilia.
* {{Tomboy}}
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Lilia's Girly Girl.
* TomboyishPonytail

!Lilia Tigres
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->Voiced by: Creator/YukoSasamoto (Japanese), Justine Wong (English), Creator/KumiSakuma (Drama CD)

An Edel Raid abandoned and found by Rasati. She then became her adopted sister. Her Elemental Gelade is on her right arm, just above her elbow. Her weapon form is a boot that Rasati wears on her right foot.

* EquippableAlly
* HairIntakes: The two "cat ears" that are part of her hairdo.
* HappilyAdopted: She was found and adopted by Rasati's family when she was a baby. They lived happily together until their parents died and things got complicated for Lilia and Rasati.
* {{Meido}}
* MoralityPet: For Rasati.
* NiceGirl
* ParentalAbandonment: She was abandoned when she was a baby. Rasati found her and her family adopted Lilia.
* SiblingTeam: With Rasati.
* SiblingYinYang: With Rasati.
* ShrinkingViolet
* ShyBlueHairedGirl
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Rasati's Tomboy.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has turquoise hair.

!Virzoeve "Viro" Eclairouer
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomoeHanba (Japanese), Creator/ChiaraZanni (English), Creator/YukariTamura (Drama CD)

A young girl who helps Cou and quickly becomes acquainted with the other members of the group. Viro is later revealed to be a spy for the opposing group who has their eyes on Ren, but she's able to travel with the party with little suspicion because of her clumsy and air-headed qualities.

* BecomingTheMask
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:She disappears in Cou's arms after sacrificing herself to save him.]]
* DisappearsIntoLight
* FanOfUnderdog: Towards Cou in the anime.
* GirlishPigtails
* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler:To Rowen in the manga.]]
* HairIntakes: Her hair has a pair of what look like cat ears.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She sacrifices herself saving Cou from an attack by Gladius.]]
* HopelessSuitor: She falls in love with Cou. Too bad he only has eyes for Ren.
* InLoveWithTheMark: She joined up only to get near Coud and murder him, until she realizes that she fell in love with him.
* LoveRedeems
* {{Meganekko}}
* TheMole: She joins the group, but is later revealed to be a spy for the opposing group who has their eyes on Ren.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Viro" isn't her name, but a term for all human women with artificial Elemental Gelades.
* RapunzelHair
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After going through BecomingTheMask and deciding to not betray Cou's group, she sacrifices herself to save Cou.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SixthRangerTraitor: She joins Cou's team as a cover agent with the intention of betraying them. Then BecomingTheMask happens...
* StepfordSmiler: In the manga.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has purple hair.

* GreenEyes

->Voiced by: Creator/YukoSasamoto (Japanese), Justine Wong (English), KumiSakuma (Drama CD)

* WomanInBlack

!'''Coud "Cou" Van Giruet'''

!'''Reverie "Ren" Metherlence'''

!'''Cisqua'''

!'''Rowen'''

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Kuea. They're are partners, form a good team together and they're so close it's easy to mistake them for a couple, but there is no romantic attraction between them.

!'''Kullweet "Kuea" Entavilia'''

!'''Rasati Tigres'''

!'''Lilia Tigres'''

!'''Virzoeve "Viro" Eclairouer '''

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Kuea. They are partners, form a good team together and they are so close it's easy to mistake them for a couple, but there is no romantic attraction between them.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Rowen. They are as close as a couple, but they are just good partners.

* OperaGloves: She wears a pair of arm length gloves to cover her elemental gelade.

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Her status as the Shichikouhouju, which makes her a valuable weapon sought after by many.

* MementoMacGuffin: In the manga, her ribbon was given to her by a woman called Cia from her childhood. Cia gave Ren the ribbon to hide her elemental gelade, instead of wearing a hood that made Ren hang her head all the time and look sad. Cia stated that the ribbon was "cuter" and tied it around Ren's head herself when she first gave it to her.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In the manga, her status of Shichikouhouju lead to her being bullied by other younger Edel Raids to such an extent that she would harm herself trying to remove her Gelade.

* MacGuffinGirl: Her status as the Shichikouhouju, which makes her a valuable weapon sought after by many.