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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: In case you fail to notice Nier as the pact bearer of Death, the 13th Major Arcana, Nier starts a battle with 13 Love's Redemption stacks and will die if she has none. Her natural maximum HP is 1313. With all those signs, no wonder the poor girl's life has been a living hell.
** Originally, Nier’s “Death Reversed” Support Skill allowed the Captain to literally cheat death itself constantly as long as their HP was over 25% and the Captain’s element was Dark. Due to exploits however, this got changed in the September 23, 2020 update, making it so now the Captain can only cheat death a total of 13 times until the support skill can no longer be used.
* AllForNothing: Despite her best efforts to master the forbidden spell, her family still treats her like trash no matter what. She began using her forbidden magic on living people, becoming a serial killer in the process, but it's heavily implied her family used that as a convenient excuse to dispose of her anyway.
* AttentionWhore: What Nier had become after being spited by her sister, parents and servants. Said thirst for attention later spiraled into a [[{{Yandere}} twisted thirst]] for [[IJustWantToBeLoved love]].
-->"Why, why... I worked so hard to get here... You used to praise... I'm here too. Corrie's not the only one... Why won't you give me any attention..."
* AxCrazy: She's a more subdued example compared to Lobelia, but her insanity is definitely there.
* BadassAdorable: Nier is a cute and beautiful girl who just wants to be loved. She's also a ''frighteningly'' ruthless mass murderer who will happily kill for said love.
* BalancingDeathsBooks: The "power over life" written in the forbidden tome is treated as a DangerousForbiddenTechnique because it has drawbacks. In order to transfer life to something else, one must take life first from others.
* BelatedInjuryRealization: Nier is so lost in thoughts about hatred that she forgotten about her physical condition. She notices once she stumbles on a pool of blood... only to find out that the blood had been dripping from her injured stomach.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Played with. While that sweet, demure, and fragile girl is genuinely just that, beneath it is a shockingly callous and cold witch who will happily murder anything and anyone that irritates her.
* BlackSheep: How Nier's family treats her, especially after she mastered the forbidden "power of life"... as it essentially turned her into a murderer, which would bring upon shame to the family if revealed to the public.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: She genuinely believes those who reject her love has no meaning to her, therefore Nier has no qualm turning her ex-boyfriends' lives as test subjects for her {{Life Drain}} magic experiments.
* BlueBlood: She comes from a wealthy family of magicians who even have their own house servants, and a luxury to watch plays. All of their wealth had been passed down through generations.
* BeautyIsBad: Nier is noted by her younger sister to be attractive in the eyes of men. Corrie also believes that her sister can rely on men for the rest of her life should she be cast out from the family. Nier exploited this to lure men to become her live test subjects.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Her reason for joining the crew. The captain, Lyria and Vyrn are the first people to treat her with kindness despite Nier [[{{Yandere}} being who she is]].
* BreakTheCutie: Being imprisoned underground and humiliated by her own family serve as the final straw into this woman's transition from a persevering magician to a mass murderer.
* BreakOutCharacter: She is the most popular Evoker out of all of them, though being extremely useful in Dark teams has boosted her popularity as well. As of 2020, she’s the most crafted Evoker, beating out Alanaan who is usually crafted for his own usefulness in Fire teams. She was the second to only female character to make it into the otherwise male character dominated Valentine’s poll, clocking in at #10 (the only other female character in the results was Vikala at #2) and also the only Evoker to show up among the most starred/perpetuity ringed characters ranking. She also became the first Evoker to be announced as a playable character in ''Versus'' for its ''Rising'' update.
* CastingAShadow: Befitting a Dark character, Nier conjures Death's scythes imbued with Dark magic as weapon in battle. Her Charge Attack also has her summon Death to conjure a pillar of deathly dark energy at the enemy.
* CastFromHitPoints: Her Love's Redemption stacks mechanic works this way. Using them allows her to cast powerful buffs on her allies, but she only has 13 stacks and will die if she has none of them by the end of the turn.
* ClothingDamage: Nier's home gown becomes tattered, her hair unkempt and skin covered in bruises while she is locked underground.
* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: While not easily noticeable, Nier has darker pigmentation on her lower eyelids. This trait also naturally goes along with her being an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She and Death subject her family and servants to this, slicing their heads off and cutting them into pieces, but she ''especially'' delivers one to Corrie, who not only gets her legs chopped off, but the [[GoryDiscretionShot resulting gorefest in the next shot]] heavily implies Nier did ''more'' than just rip her apart.
* CuteAndPsycho: Nier is very cute and equally murderous.
* DarkIsEvil: Dark element, check. Dark hair and clothing, check. Associated with Death, check. Tampers with forbidden magic and performed human experiment? Check. Is absolutely murderous with no sense and value of life of people other than her beloved? You better believe that's a check.
* DamselInDistress: She allows herself to be cornered by monsters in Sephira so that the protagonist would come to her rescue.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Nier is the only one able to open the forbidden tome hidden in the family archives, which had multiple seals, and contains spells granting the "power over life". The contents aren't exactly that hard to master, it's just that no one was able to even ''open'' the tome... until Nier approached it. There is a reason for this too, as the tome would only open for someone who has an unquenchable desire for something, to the point of risking oneself. One of the demonstrated tricks border into BalancingDeathsBooks.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Subverted. Nier is still pretty evil and murderous after being killed and revived by Death and joining the crew. Though she simply directs her evil tendencies toward people who attempt to harm the Captain and the crew, as the people of her hometown found out the hard way.
* DeathsHourglass: In the form of her Love's Redemption stacks. She starts with [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13 stacks]], each turn costs her 2 stacks, and she dies when her stacks is emptied. That said, said stacks provide her with 90% damage reduction passive, so it's difficult for her to die outside of this mechanic.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Committed suicide through Death in her Fate episode, [[DeathIsCheap that doesn't stick long.]] Also an enforced gameplay mechanic since you have to use Revive/Autorevive on Nier if you want to keep her alive in longer battles.
* DepravedBisexual: While she had many boyfriends in her flashback without any mention of a girlfriend, after making a pact with the female Primal Beast Death, Nier started treating Death as one of her beloved. She also tries to make the [[TheProtagonist captain]] become her beloved regardless of [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter their gender]], making her fit this trope.
* DifficultButAwesome:
** On paper, Nier is a force to reckon with. She can change the battlefield to give the party extra ATK buff and echoes, her 2nd ability allows her to buff herself and another member with 100% triple attack rate and 50% damage reduction to wail on the enemy. Her 3rd ability allows her or another member the ability to use Charge Attack twice, though it's best to use it on Nier herself since her Charge Attack becomes more powerful the less Love's Redemption stacks she has and her EMP comes with TWO Charge Attack cap up nodes to surpass her natural cap. Other than than, Love's Redemption also gives her 90% Damage Reduction, making her [[LightningBruiser extremely durable]] against normal damage types. However, unless you build your party around her with abilities to revive and/or keep her alive, Nier is actually a GlassCannon when played without support. Using her skills quickly burns out her stacks, and she loses 2 stacks per turn even if you don't use her skills. Without additional revive or healing, Nier usually only lasts around 5 to 6 turns in the frontline before she dies from having 0 stacks, and her 90% damage reduction won't work against [[NonElemental Plain Damage]] attacks or the [[OneHitKill Lethal Hit]] debuff.
** This also applies to her playable appearance in ''Versus Rising''. Nier is a PuppetFighter who attacks in tandem with Death, with all of her special moves using Death in some fashion. If Death is incapacitated by either getting hit by the opponent or when Nier burns through her stocks of Love's Redemption, she will be forced to fight with no special moves or supers and subpar normals. However, when Death ''is'' available, she has among the highest damage and mixup potential of the whole cast, a frame one reversal move with [[ImmuneToFlinching super armor]] that she can combo out of, and surprisingly good normals when Death is unsummoned but not incapacitated.
* DissonantSerenity: She starts acting more gleeful the more she uses her newfound deadly powers, even stating that there's nothing wrong with murder after she fails to see that the spell outright kills people. She even talks to and thanks the recent corpse for its contribution!
* TheDogBitesBack: She lets Death kill the rest of her family when it's clear to her that her family will never accept her at all. [[AssholeVictim No sympathy is given to them]] even as Nier mourned at the fact that she wasn't loved.
* DoomedHometown: Subjected this on her own hometown through proxy by Death when the people there attempted to harm and injure the Captain. Death killed the whole town in a single night.
* DramaticIrony: All Nier wants is someone, ''anyone'' to love and accept her unconditionally, to the point of murdering anyone who dares to reject her. What she doesn't seem to realize is that she already ''has'' someone who fits those criteria: that being Death herself, but Nier is too focused on Gran/Djeeta and the crew.
* TheDreaded: Summer Monika's Fate Episode shows that Monika and Lecia are utterly ''terrified'' and wary of her due to the power she wields. And for good reason, as she admits the only reason she didn't viciously slaughter the kidnappers on the spot is because of the inconvenience it would cause Gran/Djeeta and the crew.
* DrivenToSuicide: Allows Death to kill her when she decides the world would be better off if she wasn’t alive.
* DudeMagnet: Nier had a lot of suitors and ''past boyfriends'', a secret which Corrie is aware of and unknown to their parents. As her sister points out, one of the reasons why some men seek Nier is for the chance to be [[MarriageOfConvenience married]] to Nier's [[BlueBlood wealthy family]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has black hair and ears, and has pale complexion as compared to the other Evokers.
* EmptyEyes: How the narration describes Nier's expression after the latest boyfriend opened the closet full of corpses. She sports these eyes even when trying to snuggle with the boyfriend, which freaks him out even further. Lampshaded by her journal entry.
--> ''The eyes of this vulnerable waif belie a certain inner emptiness. Timid and introverted, she constantly defers to others. This personality could be why darkness never seems more than a step away from her.''
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all her atrocities, Nier's love for her family and desire to be loved by them are genuine. Even after being released from her imprisonment, Nier only blamed her sister Corrie for taking away her parent's love. It took her parents themselves revealing their disdain of her did she decide to completely [[SelfMadeOrphan remove her family from her life]]. Post recruitment, the crew, and specifically, [[PlayerCharacter the Captain]], are this to her. The captain being shot at by the people from her hometown is enough for her to order Death to remove every single living person reside there.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: She politely curtsies in front of the crew moments before revealing her true colors.
* ExactEavesDropping: She just so happens to overhear from her servants that they are planning to neglect their service to Nier in favor of her sister, and that Nier may be cast out in the streets by her parents if she cannot drastically improve her spellcasting abilities.
* ExplodingCloset: Nier stuffs the bodies of her previous boyfriends in a closet to hide the results of her experiments. One unlucky visitor opened it only to find a pile of rotten corpses inside, with the latest victim still alive, recently stuffed.
* {{Expy}}: A quiet girl who is TheUnfavorite of the family and seeks for the love and approval of a family member, who had a darker side hidden in them and goes bonkers as they continue on... [[ActorAllusion Also voiced]] by Creator/NorikoShitaya? That sounds familiar to [[{{VisualNovel/FateStayNight}} Sakura Matou]]... Additional points for having a pact with a powerful being that is loyal to her and wants to see her thrive.
* FalseReassurance: Nier's request for the crew was "to save the world", and by accepting it, the crew partake into the war inside the Death card's memory. Later on when she reveals her true colors, the crew asked her was her request of saving the Sky Realm a lie, to which Nier denies that the world she asked them to save was not the Sky Realm in the first place, but the new world she seeks to create together with Death. And in order to do so, the Sky Realm needs to be destroyed first.
--> "I... I never said a word about saving the Sky Realm... It's the ''new'' world we build that will need saving. A world that will love and accept us..."
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears an earring only on her left Erune ear. She also has a flower bracelet on her left wrist.
* FemmeFatale: As Nier became more insane, she intentionally uses her beauty and charms to attract would-be suitors to a secret shed, then later kills them for experimentation.

** To Seox of the Eternals.
*** Both have number 6 as their theme (Seox is the Sixth Eternal, while The Lovers Arcarna is the Sixth Arcana).
*** Both are Dark element and brooding Erunes who originated from an extinguished family and eventually killed them due to circumstances. Seox's family was afraid of his genius prowess while Nier's family despised her for lacking talent. However, while Seox lives on with remorse and guilt of having to kill them along with his father who actually loved him, Nier could no longer care less about the family that all hated her. And while Seox killed the rest of his family because there had been members who wanted to kill him and fear him, doing it out of spite before remorse kicks in. Nier is TheUnfettered and doesn't care who she kills if it means her parents will love her again.
*** Both got helped from an outsider and turned out different, Seox got helped by the man known as the Primal Slayer (very much implied to be the Captain's father) and turned out better, while Nier got helped by a Primal Beast that embodies Death, giving her the push to become worse.
*** Seox puts on the facade of a hardened and cold-blooded assassin to hide the fear and insecurities beneath his mask, Nier however acts like a troubled and shy ShrinkingViolet to hide her murderous tendency and questionable sanity from people she's manipulating.
*** Seox's fate episodes lead him in search for power to protect the people he loves and cares, Nier's journey with Death is all about creating her own world where people love and care for her.
*** Seox actively avoids people, yet as seen in ''No Rain, No Rainbow'', always ended up being surrounded in the merry company of others, and generally have a good and somewhat friendly relationship with other members of the Eternal (enough for Seofon to personally make him a new costume). Nier actively approaches people in search for love, but is always shunned by them for various reasons. And consider the nature of Evokers as a group, Nier remains alone even as part of an organization.
** To fellow Arcarum Evoker, Fraux. Both of them are Erunes and had a wish to be loved and accepted in the past. However, Nier becomes TheUnfettered for the sake of being loved by her parents again, Fraux, meanwhile, gave up on that wish as the event that led to her making a pact with The Devil becomes a CynicismCatalyst to her.
** To fellow Arcarum Evoker Maria Theresa. Both came from a distinguished lineage, have been romantically involved with males, have been compared to their sisters whom others saw as superior than them (Nier in terms of magic and Theresa in terms of political dignity), and were locked underground for being inferior. Their respective parents also treat them as TheUnfavorite (both for Nier while Theresa is one for her mother). And while the two of them both forged a pact with their respective Arcarum for the sake of escaping the bonds, Theresa never went into a SanitySlippage unlike Nier.
* FreudianExcuse: Her reason for becoming a {{Yandere}} and a serial killer definitely comes off this way.
* FreudianSlip: When she tells her recent boyfriend that "nothing else comes out from [the shed]", she immediately backpedals. No one literally comes out from that shed, because they'd all be ''dead.''
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Nier practiced and mastered "power over life" through conducting human experiments. When she's in your sub row, Nier can literally allow the captain to cheat Death, keeping them alive from all sort of instant kill damage as long as they are above 25% HP. Also, her 2nd sub ability buffs the party with the Thirsting buff (granting them [[{{EnergyAbsorption}} damage absoprtion]] buff and Autorevive.)
* GoodLuckCharm: She made an amulet together with Death as a birthday gift for the Captain. She claims it will [[DeadlyEuphemism remove any harm]] to the Captain when they put it on.
* GratuitousGerman: Her Charge Attack Name has the German word ''Totentanz'', which means "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre Dance of the Dead]]". Her paid outfit version charge attack, ''Todes Ewigkeit'', also means Death Eternity.
* GreenEyedMonster: She shows signs of envy and jealousy towards her more magically-adept sister when her parents start favoring Corrie more instead of her.
* HateSink: Not her, but her horribly abusive family who deemed her useless at birth, and had always plotted to dispose of her. They suffer an extremely gruesome death at Nier and Death's hands, but it is made clear that they completely deserved it. Her ''Tales of Arcarum'' further shows just how evil and despicable they were by denying her food and clothing, and snapping at her if she tried to help out.
* HealingHands: She can heal wounds, as part of the "power over life" magic that she discovered. She used this to heal the Captain's shoulder after they [[TakingTheBullet took a bullet meant for her]].
* HiddenDepths: Her hobby is writing books, and she enjoys reading and daydreaming. She also has a dislike of magic despite being a mage, given her traumatic past involving it. Surprisingly, Nier is also very crafty with her hand, as she made an amulet together with Death as birthday present for the Captain.
** Expanding on the writing books hobby, Anila's Yukata version's Fate Episodes shows that Nier can write risque novels if she wants and even admits the one Anila read was one of her tamer ones.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: While she didn't voice out her negative opinions towards Corrie at first, Nier finally snapped when Death convinced her to kill Corrie.
-->'''Nier''': "If only you weren't around... If only you were never born... I could've continued with my happy life... You... '''YOU BLOODSUCKING LEECH!!!"'''
* IJustWantToBeLoved: All she wants is to be loved and accepted. The abuse from her family put her into the deep end and she ended up killing them and their servants with the help of Death. After being rejected by everyone around her, Nier decided to create an ideal world where even someone like her and Death can still be loved and cared for by others.
--> Please... Look at me... Love me... I'll do anything to make that happen...
* IfICantHaveYou: She orders Death to kill Gran/Djeeta, Lyria and Vyrn when the captain refused her invitation to come with her to her new world. Thankfully, the Captain has enough battle experience to fend away Death, which left Nier saddened to the point of [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide.]]
* ImageSong: She has one, fittingly titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V288kKCowoE "Deathbound Love".]]
* InLoveWithLove: Nier is more concerned with being loved by someone than actually loving someone. As long as they appear to love her, Nier wouldn't hesitate to enter relationship with [[ReallyGetsAround anyone]]. The moment someone reveal they actually don't love her as much as she thinks they do, [[{{Yandere}} Nier]] first respond is to remove them, regardless of [[SelfMadeOrphan relation.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: A few of her past boyfriends are human, though they failed to make their romance serious as all of them ended up inside of Nier's closet. Might apply to the captain as well if you interpret letting Nier join the crew as accepting her romantic feelings, and she becomes extremely protective of the captain as the result.
* ItsAllAboutMe: All she cares about is getting unconditional love and attention from other people, and will go as far as killing people if she doesn’t receive it.
* {{Jerkass}}: Beneath her fragile demeanor is a frighteningly cold and cruel girl who has no problem saying some seriously nasty stuff against other people. Many of her versus quotes in ''Versus Rising'' capitalize on this greatly.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Her fifth uncap clothes her in an ornate black wedding dress.
* KickTheDog: Her callous murder of her numerous lovers is definitely this, as from what is shown, none of them show any traits of actual malice, only genuine shock and horror once they discover Nier's crimes.
* LackOfEmpathy: Comes with the territory of being a {{Yandere}}. Downplayed when Nier murdered her family after her release, as she mourned their death and lamented about how things turned out despite her simple desire of wanting to be loved by them. Played straight with her ex-boyfriends and the people from her hometown anyway.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After being "killed" by Death, Nier loses all her memories, including her name and her meeting with the crew. She recovers them after reuniting with Death and reforging their pact.
* LickedByTheDog: In her ''Tales of Arcarum'' a little girl and her dog are fond of Nier for saving their lives. They are completely unaware that she has killed multiple people including their abusive foster parents.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[PlayerCharacter The Captain]], and the crew to a lesser extent, is this to Nier post-recruitment, and she changed her goal from creating a new world to finding acceptance in the current world together with the crew. Harming them is not a very wise move, as it would cause not only the death of the perpetrators, but also [[DisproportionateRetribution the people who are unlucky enough to live in the same town.]]
* LonelyTogether: Her relationship with the Primal Beast Death is basically this. Lyria notes that Nier's attempt to remove anyone who doesn't love her will leave her and Death alone in their new world.
* LoveHungry: Her most defining trait. Nier ''craves'' to be loved and accepted, willing to do evil things in order to get them. Lampshaded by her own buff effect, called Thirsting.
* LoveHurts: Her desire for love and the things she'd do for it has brought her more pain that good, being rejected by the Captain is enough to make her [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]. Lyria said her desire to remove the people who deny her love from the world will eventually leave her and Death alone in their new world.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Nier was a simple girl content with life until her younger and more talented sister was born, taking away the love of Nier's parents from her. Then it got [[FromBadToWorse worse]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil from]] [[SelfMadeOrphan there.]] And as of her fifth uncap, she becomes even ''[[SerialEscalation WORSE than that.]]''
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Nier's desire for love and acceptance makes her spiralling down from practicing magic from [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique forbidden tomes]], committing human experiments and murders until she snaps and [[SelfMadeOrphan kills her entire family and servants]] (they deserve it though). After that, she manipulates the crew into helping her create her new world (which entails TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt), and [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] when she fails to make the captain comply.
* LoveRedeems: Her stack system is called Love's Redemption, implying she's this post recruitment after being accepted into the crew by the Captain. In reality, she's just as twisted as she was before recruitment. She just changes targets to those who harm the Captain and the crew instead.
* MeaningfulEcho: Prior to the 5th Anniversary update, Death's "Please... won't... anyone... love.. me..." implies that something is strange with the Primal Beast. With the inclusion of the Evokers' episodes, it is revealed that the phrase actually originated from Nier's almost last-words just before she forms a pact with Death.
* MeaningfulName: Nier is French for "Deny". Her parents named her that way because they deemed her useless since birth. Her whole existence is practically being denied love by others.
* MundaneUtility: As revealed in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1396.jpg #1396]], she can use her magic of life manipulation to [[RapidHairGrowth grow back people's hair]], as demonstrated on Dante, who is initially bald.
* MutualDisadvantage: If Nier dies in any other way aside from her Love's Redemption stacks running out, she inflicts the Unfinished Business debuff on both party and foe, sharply debuffing their Defense and multiattack rate.
* NightmareFace: She flashes a ''horrifying'' one in her Super Skybound Art in ''Versus:Rising'', which doesn't help when it's coupled with her special quote when using it against Gran and Djeeta.
-->'''Nier:''' ''Liar...'' '''''YOU SWORE, GRAN/DJEETA!!!'''''
* NotGoodWithRejection: Her listed dislike is rejection, which definitely explains why she is a {{Yandere}}. Nier initially feared the idea of being cast out by her family, then it gets worse from there.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** Nier brutally slaughters her entire family and her servants, but given how horrifically evil and abusive they've been to her, they completely and utterly deserved every single bit of pain that was coming to them.
** In her ''Tales of Arcarum'', Nier brutally executes the abusive foster parents of a little girl after they nearly murder the girl and her dog in her presence. Like her evil family, they were pathetic excuses of garbage who completely deserved it.
* PetTheDog: A literal example is shown in her ''Tales of Arcarum'' when she heals the wounds of an abused little girl. She would later heal the same girl again as well as her dog after her foster parents seemingly beat her to death... after killing both of her abusive foster parents of course.
* PrayerPose: Her default pose in her [[https://gbf.wiki/images/6/66/Npc_zoom_3040169000_01.png initial]] and NPC artworks.
* PuppetFighter: Nier's playstyle in ''Versus: Rising'' involves working in tandem with Death, positioning her in strategic positions to sandwich the enemy between the two's attacks.
* RageBreakingPoint: Her family outright ordering her to be killed while mocking her as a failure one last time causes Nier to completely lose her shit and summon an equally pissed off Death to exact unholy retribution.
-->'''Nier:''' A failure... you must be referring to yourselves? I always wanted to believe... that you'd love me... you'd accept me... Maybe it was too much to ask... I did what I could... I only wanted you to accept me. That's why I took up that tome... why I studied those spells... and I transcribed every last word in the tome in the hopes that it'd get you all to love me... But no... you still reject me... You're no different from those bad men who'd whisper sweet nothings in my ear... If you won't love me... accept me... then I don't need you anymore... Anyone and everyone who shuns me '''''[[SuddenlyShouting CAN JUST GO AWAY!!!]]'''''\\
'''Death:''' ''(after killing one of the servants)'' How sad... So sad... Don't cry, my beloved... ''I'm here to take away all your pain.''
* RealityWarper: Only for a short while, but her first ability - World of Death and Love - transforms the battleground into her ideal world for 3 turns, granting her and the whole party [[FieldPowerEffect extra Bonus Damage.]]
* SanitySlippage: The more Nier experiments on the forbidden power over life, the more she loses her sanity, to the point that she no longer values life itself, even killing her numerous suitors and boyfriends for the sake of the experiment ''and'' stuffing their corpses in her closet. All of this for the sake of her wish to be loved by her parents once more.
--> "Ah... There was that fellow who tossed me away like a ragdoll... Who cares what might happen to him... Ehehehe... It won't be a problem. I have to do this... or I'll never know love again... [[LaughingMad Ahahaha]]! Wait for me, Father, Mother!"
* ScreamingWarrior: Nier practically shrieks when performing her auto-attacks.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Aside from killing her own parents, Nier even commands Death to eliminate her sister and their family servants.
* SerialKiller: An unintentional one since her goal is simply finding test subjects for furthering her research instead of depriving pleasure from them like [[TheSociopath Lobelia]], though her ''modus operandi'' is similar to one: Seduce a man, lure him to her hideout and kill/experiment on him and hide the body in her closet. After being revived by Death from her suicide, the amnesiac Nier wanders at night, approaches men and asks them to accept and love her. When they refuse, she inflicts bodily harm on them. She scares and creeps out the town guards to the point they have to call for the Captain's help.
--> ''"I don't need you anymore if you can't love me."''
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Like with the Erunes, Nier's home gown is backless and exposes her hips. Downplayed with her Evoker outfit, as her back is mostly covered by her Evoker robe, making her one of the more conservatively dressed Erune.
* ShoutOut: Her name is one to ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}''. The Primal Beast she has a pact with, Death, also shares visual similarities (and a love-obsessed personality) to [[Videogame/NierAutomata Simone]]. Probably intentional, since according to an interview, ''Videogame/NierAutomata'' is among producer Kimura's favourite games of 2017.
* ShrinkingViolet: Introduces herself as such to the captain, Lyria and Vyrn. Her journal entry also described her as [[ExtremeDoormat "Timid and introverted, she constantly defers to others"]].
* SilkHidingSteel: Nier's ShrinkingViolet disposition helps to hide her true nature from the crew as potentially one of the most unscrupulous and twisted playable characters in the game, who's not above killing innocent people and villages and will not let anyone, even a powerful Primal Beast like [[PhysicalGod The Inchoate World]], get into the way of her goals or harming her beloved.
* SkywardScream: When Nier learns that she was deemed useless from the start, the shock of the revelation causes her to let out what is quite easily, [[https://www.myinstants.com/instant/nier-screaming-18631/ THE most horrifying scream in the game.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Nier and Corrie resemble each other physically, aside from Corrie having twin-tails.
* SupremeChef: Her ''Tales of Arcarum'' shows that Nier is quite the accomplished cook. Unfortunately, this was because her family and servants outright refused to serve her any food, forcing her to learn how to cook to feed herself. She does admit she's happy to have learned however, as she can make Gran/Djeeta, Lyria, and Vyrn happy with it.
* TeensAreMonsters: Nier is a terrifyingly ruthless SerialKiller. She's also only 17 years old.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: She unintentionally evokes this in her backstory. After Nier created a copy of the forbidden tome, Corrie was able to easily master the power. By slaughtering every last one of her family, Nier ends up ensuring that only ''she'' is the one who gets to use the tome's power.
* ThePowerOfLove: A darker take. Nier's desire for love resonates so strong with Death's own desire it enables her to draw a lot of strength from the primal beast, letting her manifests their vision of an ideal world, World of Death and Love, into reality through her first ability. ''It's a cold and lonely world devoid of any life.''
* TheStarscream: Nier and Death both dutifully fulfill their mission to help create a new world as The Inchoate World envisioned, they however hold no personal loyalty to him and only work together because of their common goal. When Lyria revealed to Nier about how The Inchoate World only wants the captain, Lyria and Vyrn in his ideal world, Nier replied she's not afraid to go against him should he double-cross her and Death. As Nier revealed, Death was created without the same restrictions as other Arcarum Primal Beasts, so she can disobey The Inchoate World should the need arise, and as the Primal Beast that governs death, is fully capable of killing him.
--> '''Nier''': "If the World should ever get in our way... and deny our existence..."
--> '''Death''': "I'll show him the meaning of ''"Death"...''"
* TheUnFavourite: She used to be showered with praise from her parents. But when her younger sister Corrie was born, all of the attention was drifted away from Nier in favor of Corrie who is a far more talented spellcaster than her sister. In fact, their servants purposely favor Corrie too, expecting better treatment from their masters in return. It turns out, all of the praises Nier received before from her parents were fake, as they deemed her a useless magician from the start.
* TheUnfettered: She will stop at '''nothing''' to desire love and affection from others. This also led to her descent in being a {{Yandere}}. All she wanted was to be praised by her parents again. And knowing that magic talent is what they prioritize, she even goes as far as learning a DangerousForbiddenTechnique that Corrie has never mastered yet.
* TragicVillain: Nier is, at her very core, an '''''extremely''''' broken, sad, and traumatized girl who only ever wanted to be loved and accepted by her family and others. Unfortunately, her family were monsters who never loved her and always wanted to dispose of her, leading her down her dark, twisted path to the murderous psycho she is today.
* TraumaButton: As shown in ''Tales of Arcarum'', seeing AbusiveParents plotting to dispose of their child causes Nier to relive her traumatic past, freaking her out and [[BerserkButton pissing her off enough]] to summon Death to remove the problem ''immediately''.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Become this should you recruit her into the crew. Her seasonal lines make it clear she will not let any harm befalling on the captain, and will go full {{Yandere}} on anyone who wish to do so. Near the end of her Recruitment Fate Episode, she used Death to wipe out her whole hometown in a single night because the people there had harmed and injured the Captain to near death.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Nier extends a welcome hand asking the crew to come to the new world with her. The Captain refuses, causing Nier [[IfICantHaveYou to order Death to attack them.]]
* WhamLine:
** Nier is on the receiving end of these lines twice, as she learns of the revelation that her family never actually loved her. The narration even outright calls the second example as a "[[LampshadeHanging shocking]]" line to her.
--->'''Father''': I'm starting to wonder if you really are my daughter.
--->'''Corrie''': What I want to say is even if we do cast her out, I'm sure she will manage just fine!
** She said another one herself after [[HeelFaceTurn being accepted]] by Lyria as a friend and becoming a crew member of the Grandcypher
--->Welcome back. How did it go? [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Did you finish off all the townspeople who attacked us earlier?]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: ''Sweet mother of Bahamut, is she ever.''
-->"Are you... going to deny my existence too? As if... I don't belong in this world? Then I don't need you... Nuh-uh... Anyone and everyone who shuns me can just go away.. This entire world can just disappear!"
* {{Yandere}}:
** As shown in her fate episodes, she has a closet full of ex-boyfriends. She also doesn't take rejections well, as her ex-boyfriends and the captain found out. When the captain rejected her love and defeated Death's attempt on their life, she committed suicide by ordering Death to kill her. Fittingly, her weapon proficiencies are daggers and axes.
** Nier's fifth uncap ramps up her yandere tendencies up to eleven, best shown in her level 100 fate episode that has ''three'' bad endings that can occur if you pick the wrong choices, and all but one of them involve a gruesome death at her hands.
* YouAreNotAlone: The captain, Lyria and Vyrn offer Nier to join the crew in search for a way to be loved and accepted, instead of continuing her self-destructive way and create a lonely world with just her and Death. It works to get her to join the crew but not enough to completely reform her from her dark nature.
-->'''Nier''': So please... Keep me close... And don't let go.. I never want to be alone again...
-->'''Lyria''': That won't happen as long as we're around, Nier! We'll be friends forever!
-->'''Nier''': Friends forever...
* YouAreWhatYouHate: One of her side-scrolling segment quotes has Nier reveal her dislike of magic despite being a magician herself. Considering her own lack of magical aptitude was the spark of her tragedy, it's pretty understandable.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Nier ends up on the receiving end of this from her family after creating a copy of the forbidden tome. While her crimes were exposed, it's all but outright stated that it was merely an excuse her family used to get rid of her.
* YouMonster: Gets called out as such by her recent boyfriend/victim upon learning her dark secrets.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Once her Love's Redemption stacks are depleted, Nier will be automatically knocked out.

[[folder: Estarriola]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/YuichiNagashima
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[[caption-width-right:350:Hermit of Serenity]]

'''Element''': Wind\\
'''Style''': Special\\
'''Weapon Specialty''': Staff\\
'''Race''': Harvin\\
'''Charge Attack''': Eternal Reverie, Realized Reverie (5★ Upgrade)

The cautious Hermit, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast Temperance.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Estarriola was essentially placed into a coma when he makes a pact with Temperance, remaining conscious and aware for years that his body is being controlled. And he can't do anything]].
* TheArchmage: A very powerful sage who is part of a council made up from the greatest sorcerers the Sky has to offer. Notably, where most mortal spellcasters in Granblue Fantasy have to use Staves and Grimoires to perform magic, Estarriola stands out as someone who can cast spells using his fingers alone, and still remains a powerful magic caster literally in his sleep. [[spoiler:Even in the brink of death, he can still cast a spell to help the crew and him escape from Temperance's pocket dimension.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:The state of his body when the crew found him trapped in Temperance's memories of the war. His flesh was torn, his throat crushed and his body smeared with blood. The crew doubt if he's even "alive" in this state.]]
* ChargedAttack: His is more special than other characters, as he has to charge his Forbidden Chalices stacks to reach 9 stacks to be able to use it.
* ChekhovsGunman: Marquiares namedrops him as another supreme sage equally skilled at magic in his Fate Episode, who is also a member of the Supreme Supernal Council like he is.
* ElderlyImmortal: An old wizened sage at the age of 121 years old. [[spoiler:Unlike Marquiares, who simply is just that old as a 227-year-old, Temperance essentially has put Estarriola's body in stasis. Estarriola is now immune to the passage of time, allowing him to live far longer than usual.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Anre of the eternals, for being a cool headed, wise, MellowFellow in their respective groups. However, Anre's own calmness comes from experience, Estarriola's calmness comes from [[spoiler:Temperance keeping his rage in control by putting him in a coma]].
* EmotionSuppression: Most of his emotions are numbed due to the influence of Temperance.
* EyesAlwaysShut: He rarely opens his eyes, even in his artworks, or his in-game sprites. In fact, because of these, it's safe to say that he doesn't even open them anymore. [[spoiler:Averted with his fifth uncap, where he becomes significantly younger.]]
* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:Estarriola's fifth uncap makes him look significantly younger in appearance.]]
* FrameUp: Being branded as a rebel leader.
* HappilyMarried: It's implied his marriage with his wife was a happy one. [[spoiler: Her death sent him to a rage so great he has to [[DealWithTheDevil make a pact]] with Temperance to quell it. Also, Temperance didn't actively take on the appearance of his wife as a mean to manipulate him, she appears that way because it is the reflection of Estarriola's heart.]]
* IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler:The crew saved him from death and nursed him back to health, thus he wished to join the crew to repay this life debt.]]
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: One of the few rare autonomous character in the game due to his Autonomous Tempering passive skill. He spends most of his time on the front row in Seclusion mode, which prevents him from auto attacking, using his charge attack and manually allowing the player to use his skills. However, he makes up for this by auto-activating his damage skills when [[ConfusionFu certain conditions]] are met, as well as bestowing the party random buffs at the end of the turn if he has Dreamscape status after switching in.
* MundaneUtility: Rackam used his SnotBubble to build a makeshift hot air balloon in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1373.jpg #1373]].
* NotAfraidToDie: Estarriola no longer fears of dying. He only fears being forgotten by time.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:The crew and Temperance assumed he died when trapped inside Temperance's memory of the war. He's only [[BodyHorror "alive"]] because of his shared life force with Temperance and the tempering she did to his body. The crew rescued him and nursed him for ''months'' until he finally waked up.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Relative to the other Evokers, Estarriola has it much more together because [[spoiler:enough time has passed after his tragedy and Temperance is quelling his emotions. He's also somewhat aware that Temperance has her own goals independent of his, manipulating him and the Captain to achieve them]].
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Estarriola is a very powerful sage whose powers and knowledge earned him a place as royal court magician. [[spoiler:After taking control of his body, Temperance destroyed his kingdom overnight with his magical powers. And to her, that is just a test! Temperance actively tempers his body to allow him to achieve even more powerful and advanced magic for a very [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt sinister goal.]]]]
* PowerFloats: Like other powerful Harvins like Anre, Niyon and his fellow Sage Marquiares, Estarriola always float and rarely lets his feet touch the ground. He even floats while sleeping!
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After his wife died in a political struggle, he sought out forbidden magic, resulting in Temperance using his powers to attack the entire kingdom]].
* SleepyHead: Always seen snoozing away... Subverted when it turns out he has the hobby of spooking people like this. [[spoiler:There's a darker reason to this. While he sleeps, Temperance took control of his body and wreck havoc in his place]].
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Played a few round of mental chess with his friend Marquiares during their Council of Sages' mental meeting. Marquiares noted that despite his age, Estarriola still has some fight left in him, [[spoiler:hinting at his hidden rage.]]
* SnotBubble: Spots one in his battle sprite. Sometimes it almost grows larger than Estarriola himself! He can somehow uses it as [[ImprobableWeaponUser weapon]] for his auto-attack animation.
* {{Synchronization}}: He shares the same life force with Temperance. [[spoiler:Lyria noticed this is how he's still alive after being trapped in her dimension.]]
-->'''Estarriola''' (to Temperance): You and I are two halves of a beating heart. If I die, you die as well. We're in the same boat... And we will sink together when the time comes.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Estarriola doesn't exactly look ugly, just old, but with what we can see from [[spoiler:Temperance's face]], his wife was quite a beauty.

[[folder: Fraux]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/AzumiAsakura
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[[caption-width-right:350:Brilliant Strength]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Billowing Ocean Bloom" Summer Outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_fraux.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Element''': Fire\\

'''Race''': Erune\\
'''Charge Attack''': Power Conflagration, Devilish Rumble (5★ Upgrade), Seaside Reflection (Summer Outfit)

The indomitable Strength, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast The Devil.

* AllTheOtherReindeer: She was shunned by the rest of the people in the village as they are afraid and also envious of her beauty and talent in fire magic. She only had one friend who stayed with her regardless [[spoiler:but said friend's disappearance had her even more shunned and gave Fraux the push to make a pact with The Devil and burn her village aground]].
* BloodKnight: Surprisingly, one of her listed likes is battle.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: [[spoiler:The implied [[RapeAsDrama rape and sexual elements]] in the Japanese version of her fate episode is toned down to a tame level in the English translations but still implied that something happened to her]].
* CharmPerson: Fraux can inflict her own variant of Charm debuff called Nightmare Temptation, which causes enemies to have a chance not to attack. If her Solid Fortitude buff is also active, she can also inflict another debuff called Nightmare Scarlet.
* CombatStilettos: Wears a pair despite being a KickChick.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Her initial motivation after being bound to The Devil is to destroy the world, knowing that it would end her life as well as her past tormentors'.]]
* DudeMagnet: She was so popular and pretty that all the villagers in her hometown except her one friend shun her [[spoiler:and it's heavily implied that the men there potentially [[RapeAsDrama abuse her sexually]]]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: So far, Fraux is [[spoiler:one of the few Evokers to have a truly happy ending after their fifth uncap, as she manages to find her long lost friend and recover part of her memories, and is shown to be genuinely happy and cheerful with the crew by her side.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To fellow Arcarum Evoker, Nier. Both of them are Erunes and had a wish to be loved and accepted in the past. However, [[spoiler:Nier becomes TheUnfettered for the sake of being loved by her parents again, Fraux, meanwhile, gave up on that wish as the event that led to her making a pact with The Devil becomes a CynicismCatalyst to her]].
** Also one to Tweyen of the Eternals, as they both had been shunned in their hometown due to their talents. While Tweyen was able to rise above all that despite it costing a bit of her self-esteem, Fraux failed to do so.
** A minor one to Geisenborger, where both fight with martial arts with the Melee specialty. Geisenborger fights mostly with punches, and Fraux fights mainly with kicks.
* GirlishPigtails: But are somewhat behind her head, which makes them like twin ponytails.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Fraux's eyes glow orange-white when she reveals her powers for the first time.
* HatesBeingAlone: Her stated dislike in her profile is loneliness.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:She loved her home despite the treatment she get and wished to be accepted. It's any wonder that she was pushed over the edge after her one friend left]].
* InformedAttractiveness: Lyria's first impression to Fraux is her beauty. According to her lore, [[spoiler:Her beauty was supposedly enough to the people in her village isolate and hate her. Though by ''Granblue Fantasy'''s standards, shes no more attractive than the average female character.]]
* KickChick: She primarily fights using her legs.
* MsFanservice: The Evoker with the most revealing outfit and the body to match the role. She's bothered by this in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1347.jpg #1347]], attracting unwanted attention from men while making women angry. Cassius presented a solution by [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn making her wear a sweater]] instead of her normal {{Stripperiffic}} outfit... with varying degree of success in courtesy of Jin.
* NotTheIntendedUse: Fraux started to gain a lot of use as a debuff extender, after it was found out that she could actually extend the unique Can't Act debuffs from Summer Shalem and Grand Cagliostro. Combined with her back-to-frontline passive and copious abuse of the Qilin summon, she could keep a boss ''indefinitely'' locked down while the rest of the party would whittle it down. This was so unexpectedly powerful and effective that the debuffs were eventually nerfed to no longer be extendable.
* OnlyFriend: She only has one friend in her home village. [[spoiler:Her disappearing is what gives Fraux the push to contract with the Devil.]]
* PlayingWithFire: She has a natural talent for this. Befitting a Fire element character, Fraux imbues Fire magic onto her kicks. Her Charge Attack also inflicts Red Heat, a unique variant of the Burn debuff status.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Fraux's beauty mixed with her talent of fire magic only brought so many problems for her.
* StatuesqueStunner: Fraux stands at 173cm tall, and very beautiful with [[MsFanservice assets]] to show for it.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her default outfit beneath her Evoker robe is quite revealing, especially when compared with her more conservatively dressed fellow Erune Nier. Her fifth uncap clothes her in an even skimpier and more revealing dress.
* TheTease: Explains that the reason she approached the captain is because she likes them. And Fraux speaks it in a flirtatious tone that irritates [[ClingyJealousGirl Lyria]].
* TheUnfettered: Fraux has low self-preservation and she can gladly kill if someone is getting in the way of her plans.

[[folder: Lobelia '''(Unmarked Spoilers!)''']]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNojima
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[[caption-width-right:350:Magician of Disaster]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Danger Beckons by the Shore" Summer Outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_lobelia.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Element''': Earth\\
'''Style''': Attack\\

'''Race''': Human\\
'''Charge Attack''': L'Ouverture de la Douleur, Le Dernier Concert (5★ Upgrade), La Cadence du Marteau (Summer Outfit)

The shrewd Magician, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast The Tower.

* AffablyEvil: Very polite and courteous, and aside from a few moments of LaughingMad, still remains affable even when he's preventing the Captain from drawing their weapon by threatening Lyria's life.
* AxCrazy: He has an absolutely ''deranged'' obsession with killing.
* BadassFingersnap: He times his incantations with fingersnaps.
* BeneathNotice: Once he reached adulthood, Lobelia realized his "genius" would attract unwanted attention that could interfere with his pursuit of happiness, thus he decided to lay low and conduct himself like a normal person while secretly indulging in killing. Even after making a pact with The Tower and escalating his killing into a new height, others fail to connect how the natural disaster level destructions he caused can be done by a single man.
* BodyBackupDrive: How he get out of The Tower's punishment. He created a body out of Audiomancy to take the punishment for him while he get out. However, due to Lobelia liking the punishment so much, he keeps his nerves connected to the body as to feel the same pain his clone is experiencing.
* BookEnds: Lobelia's SerialKiller way began when he heard the sound made by his broken bones. It ends when he discovered his own death sound is the sound he has always looking for after being killed and revived numerous times by The Tower.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Lobelia's parents taught him everybody deserve to be happy, and he took their lesson to heart. The problem is Lobelia can only be happy when hearing the sound made by dying people, and he felt delighted with no sense of guilt when testing out his Audiomancy power on his parents.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: Not any of the usual deaths he experiences, but when combating The World in his 5* uncap, the Tower's core is destroyed and Lobelia is subjected to infinite deaths for the World's [[IronicDeath amusement]]. Gradually losing himself, Lobelia uses Audiomancy to reconstruct the Tower's core and steal some of the World's power, coming back even stronger than before with an entirely new ability.]]
* CatchPhrase: [[GratuitousFrench Trés-bien!]]
* CollectorOfTheStrange: He has a collection of conch shells which house recorded voices of people he met. To be more precise, the records of the death sounds made by people he met and killed.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: After being killed and revived numerous times by The Tower, Lobelia discovered the death sound that brings him the most joy turns out to be his own all along. Losing interest in the death sounds of others, Lobelia begs the Captain to let him join the crew, willing to do anything within his and The Tower's own power just for a chance to be the Captain's follower.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The sounds he make when he's "happy" can be easily mistaken for [[TheGruntingOrgasm something else.]] Belial would be proud.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Kira Yoshikage]]. [[spoiler:Just like Kira, Lobelia also treats killing like something as normal as breathing, but is aware society is against his pursuits and thus leads a mundane life to avoid suspicion while secretly continues his killings, [[CollectorOfTheStrange keeping a special souvenirs after each deeds.]] He also has a stoic GuardianEntity that enables his destructive powers in the form of The Tower primal beast. His ultimate fate however is similar to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Diavolo]] in which he has to endure a loop of death and revive to experience another death, though unlike Diavolo he enjoys it and manages to escape his fate, [[TooKinkyToTorture somewhat.]]]]
** As a party member, he brings a strange cameo by working ''exactly'' like [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering a Planeswalker]]. He can only use one skill per turn, and they revolve around manipulating his "Magic Crest" charges in the exact same way loyalty counters work (+1/-5/-10, if you're wondering).
* FloralThemeNaming: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia Lobelia]] in the language of flowers represents malevolence, connecting to his murderous intent.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Seofon of the Eternals. Both are the token human adult male of their group. Both have [[SmugSmiler annoying smug faces]]. Both are jokesters who often end up being the [[ButtMonkey butt of jokes]], but in reality they are [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass a lot more powerful than their silly antics suggest]]. Both are very guilty of GratuitousForeignLanguage (Seofon being Spanish, Lobelia being French). Both possess a rare variant of magic in which they are the sole user (Seofon with his spectral swords, Lobelia with his Audiomancy). Both also like collecting objects of their fascination. However, while Seofon is the embodiment of WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility, Lobelia [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity holds no restraint]] in using his destructive Audiomancy magic. Seofon is a swordsman while Lobelia is a magician, Seofon deeply cares for his fellow Eternals and those he consider friends, Lobelia [[ItsAllAboutMe only cares about satisfying himself]], no matter the lives he kill in his pursuit of personal happiness. Even ''Grand Blues'' took notice of their similarity and thus featured them as the first [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1449.jpg Eternals-Evokers character interaction]] so far.
** To Threo of the eternals. Both are attack style Earth characters and obsessed with power. However, Threo sees power as a way to survive and live while Lobelia wants power so he can kill more people.
** He's also one to Niyon. Both are audiophiles who enjoy sounds and melodies, but while Niyon dislikes noises and loves gentle melodies from people like the captain, Lobelia takes joy from hearing the sound people made when he kills them, even keeping a collection of them.
** Interestingly, to his own Arcarum Primal Beast, The Tower. Both are destructive beings with great power that enable them to cause castatrophic destruction. The Tower was made by The Inchoate World in order to bring the destruction of the old world, in which The Tower sees as only a duty it has to fulfill and feels nothing special about it. In contrast, Lobelia was born into a relative normal life until his StartOfDarkness, and he treats causing destruction only as a way to satisfy himself, not out of any special mission or meaning. Lobelia reveres The Tower like a savior uplifting him from petty killings, The Tower however treats Lobelia like a tool for a mean, and it remains indifferent even when killing and reviving Lobelia repeatedly for failing to fulfill the price of its pact.
* GratuitousFrench: He loves to use French expressions whenever he can.
* TheHedonist: Lobelia is obssessed with the sound of pain, suffering, or more specifically - the sound of a dying person. It got to the point where he willingly torments and kills people just to record their sound and satisfy himself.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He attempts to "test" Vyrn's sound in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1397.jpg #1397]] with his Audiomancy. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), Vyrn is in the form of the horn...
* InstantRunes: Casually conjures circles of runes in mid air for his auto-attack animation.
* InsufferableGenius: Dubbed himself as "Lobelia, the greatest genius of a magician to ever grace the skies", and his mastery of Audiomancy can somewhat back up his claims.
* {{Invocation}}: Some of his spells are cast with words... in [[GratuitousFrench French]]!
* ItsAllAboutMe: When confronted by the crew, Lyria claims the people he killed in pursuit of happiness also have the right to be happy, in which Lobelia refutes by saying [[{{Hypocrite}} he's not enough of a push over to tend for others' need.]]
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: The death sound that makes him the happiest turns out to be his own. Finding that out alone is enough for him to put an end to his SerialKiller way.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As the final price of his pact with The Tower, he is subjected to the very same methods of killing as his own victims, with The Tower regenerating him back from the brink of death. Somewhat subverted as he ''loves'' every second of it.
* LaughingMad: Tends to laugh out loud when he gets excited.
* MagicMusic: A variant. Lobelia is the sole user of a rare variant of magic he dubbed Audiomancy. He can record sounds and voices from people into conch shells, use his conch shells like telephone to communicate with others from a distance, and above all he can use his Audiomancy to kill people with extreme precision by the snap of a finger.
* MundaneUtility: [[spoiler: Uses his new ability to interact with the 'score' of existence to [[NotQuiteFlight air walk]] by touching the 'notes' of the air but not breaking them.]]
* NecessaryDrawback: His Renegade Firebrand skill is incredibly powerful, sending out a highly damaging thunderbolt for ''every'' skill cast by the party. Naturally, skills with a 0-turn cooldown will not trigger the thunderbolt.
* NotMeThisTime: In his ''Tales of Arcarum'' event, the crew is told about a gruesome serial killer and immediately assume Lobelia is the culprit since he knows the description of the victims and how he's been absent lately. The Captain is the first to object to the idea, since the serial killer in question loves collecting ears while Lobelia himself collects the sounds of his victims.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: With a dash of LeaningOnTheFourthWall. During their confrontation, Lobelia claims he and [[PlayerCharacter the Captain]] are alike in how they too can derive happiness from causing destruction when fighting the primal beasts inside the memories of the War. Vyrn and Lyria deny his claim, whether it's true or not depends on the player's interpretation.
-->'''Lobelia''': Surely you all know it to be true. (Player name) dealt out destruction countless times during the War, or at least a memory of it. No matter what enemies appeared, you laid them low effortlessly without a moment's hesitation.
-->'''Vyrn''': That's 'cause you fooled us! (Player name) wasn't just [[ForTheLulz destroyin' stuff for kicks!.]]
-->'''Lobelia''': But you did have fun, didn't you? Your heart raced, and you trembled with anticipation. Testing strategies on each powerful foe until-in the end-you could destroy it... [[WhatTheHellPlayer That was fun for you, wasn't it?]] You can be honest. That's what happiness is after all!.
* NotSoSimilar: When confronting the ear-collecting serial killer in his ''Tales of Arcarum'' event, Lobelia states they're cut from the same cloth as they're both [[SerialKiller serial killers]] that [[CollectorOfTheStrange collect stuff from their victims]]. He later proves himself wrong by showing the ear collector his own cycle of life and death, "tears" his ears off asking if he's happy looking at his own (also because Lobelia wanted retribution for him trying to cut off the Captain's ear), and later states that he doesn't understand the mind of a murderer after handing him over to the authorities.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He's still pretty powerful before his pact with The Tower, capable of killing people only with a snap of a finger. After his pact with The Tower, he turned from a deranged SerialKiller into full on ''Mass Murderer'' capable of causing catastrophic destruction.
* PsychoticSmirk: As seen on his uncap artwork.
* PureIsNotGood: The game described his smile as "pure, boyish" even when revealing his true colors and grisly deeds to the Captain.
* SelfMadeOrphan: His murder spree started with his parents ''just so he could understand what their screams of pain would be like''.
* SerialKiller: He kills lots of people and keeps a collection of their death sounds. He has supposedly killed 200 people alone, and after making a pact with The Tower, he escalated into leveling ''towns'' to the point people think his aftermath was caused by natural calamities instead of the work of a single man.
* ShatterpointTap: [[spoiler: Returning to life lets him see the 'score' of existence, which appears as literal sheet music in his eyes. Messing with the notes in specific ways can cause untold, unblockable damage and destruction to whatever he pleases, including the World itself]]
* ShockAndAwe: Although an Earth-element character, his auto-attacks and skills activation take the animation of a lightning bolt striking the enemy.
* TheSociopath: Most Evokers have tragedies befalling them to make them who they are. Lobelia has none, he's already deranged from the start. Killing people and hearing their death sounds make him ''HAPPY''.
* StrongAndSkilled: For a maniac who gets off to the death sound of others, Lobelia is surprisingly skilled with his Audiomancy, not just for destroying people with extreme precision, but also to record voices, transmit messages in real time like telephone, even developing a {{Hammerspace}} to store his conch shell collection and somehow capable of creating a BodyBackupDrive complete with a nervous system. His pact with The Tower didn't turn him from weak to strong, it turned him from strong to even stronger. Where most Evokers fate episode have them summon their respective Arcarum Primal Beasts to combat the crew, Lobelia actually has the guts to fight [[BadassCrew the crew]] personally instead of relying on [[HumongousMecha The Tower]].
** Such is his genius that he can [[spoiler: **reconstruct a destroyed primal's core** using audiomancy and a bit of stolen power.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome: A 181cm tall attractive young man with dark brown hair.
* TeenGenius: He was pampered and loved as the pride of his magician family thanks to his prodigious talent in magic before the event that made him kill his family in pursuit of happiness.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He is the TokenEvilTeammate of a group made of [[TokenEvilTeammate Token Evil Teammates]] compared to other Granblue character groups. That should say something about him.
* TooKinkyToTorture: In his first appearance, he was clearly enjoying every moment he gets hit by the bandits. He still also enjoys being killed over and over again by The Tower.
* {{Whatevermancy}}: He claims to be the inventor and the sole user of Audiomancy - magic out of sounds.
* WouldHurtAChild: Lobelia doesn't really discriminate in his killings, consider he has things like "Boy Playing on the Beaches of Auguste" and "Girl Living in the Woods" in his conch shells collection. He also stops the Captain from drawing their weapon by threatening Lyria's life.

[[folder: Geisenborger]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/MasakiTerasoma
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[[caption-width-right:350:Raging Chariot]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Wake of Destruction" New Year's Outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_years_geisenborger.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Element''': Light\\

'''Weapon Specialty''': Melee\\
'''Race''': Draph\\
'''Charge Attack''': Howitzer Fist, Howitzer Mitrailleuse (5★ Upgrade), Sunlit Clash (New Year's Outfit)

The undaunted Chariot, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast The Star.

* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming: His abilities are named after military weaponry:
** Howitzer Fist (Howitzer is a type of artillery)
** Panzerfaust (A German anti-tank weapon)
** Dreadnought (A battleship)
* BadassNormal: Geisenborger's strength is his own, forged by the pain of numerous battlefields he survived and endured. He's already a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield before becoming an Evoker. Even his pact with The Star doesn't make him an [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Empowered Badass Normal]], as his loss sense of pain serves more as a hindrance to Geisenborger than a benefit. Without his pact, he can still casually beat up wyverns and ride on them to meet up with the crew in their airship during his Fate Episode.
* BareFistedMonk: His fists are armoured, and his left arm is covered with steel but it's not a weapon [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror since it's only there to hide his decaying arm and keep it together.]]]] Geisenborger mostly fights using his own strength, fists imbued with The Star's [[LightEmUp Light magic]] and sheer [[ImplacableMan durability.]]
* BloodKnight: An infamous mercenary who participated in countless wars no matter which side. And this is before he made a pact with The Star. His hobby is even listed as War! Also a {{Deconstruction}}, as his fight-happy attitude and disregard for orders eventually turned away employers from seeking his service, and no one would ever want him to fight for them again.
--> Heh heh, the battlefield has always been my true calling.
* BodyHorror: As a result of not being able to [[FeelNoPain feel pain]], Geisenborger has neglected his body to the point where it literally falls apart during his battles and travels, with ''intenstines coming out'' as one of the effects.
* CombatSadomasochist: He ''really'' wants to feel pain in combat. It's his sole motivation.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Leveling him to level 100 has Geisenborger [[spoiler:be free from the cursed effects of his armor, now wanting to live as a member of the crew and declaring the Grandcypher as his new home.]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: His left hand is fully guarded with steel plate, while his right arm is covered by his Evoker robe. [[spoiler:It serves to hide his [[BodyHorror decaying arm]] and to keep it functioning.]]
--> [[spoiler:Without steel to give it form, what's left can barely be considered an arm at all!]]
* FeelNoPain: His pact with The Star dulls his sense of pain [[spoiler:but it also left his body in a state of decay in time. His motivation is the ability to be able to feel pain again. This is later subverted when his lost sense returns after their pact is broken.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Eahta of the Eternals. Both are BloodKnight Draph warriors who live to fight, but while Eahta tries to part way with his obsession with strength and be a good parental figure to Fif and Narmaya, Geisenborger's pact with The Star makes him seek fights and wars even more just for the sake of [[spoiler:feeling pain again]].
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Geisenborger's sole motivation is to feel pain again. His Charge Attack grants him The Star's Divinity buff, which gives him 50% Triple Attack rate boost, but also makes him take double the incoming damage. Under this buff, Geisenborger is so [[CombatSadomasochist delighted]] he can even do the impossible that no other Light character in the game can do: perform quadruple auto attacks.
* HiddenDepths: Geisenborger's love for war also extends to...battledore and shuttlecock?
--> No one has ever bested me in a game of battledore and shuttlecock... They call me the master shuttlecock handler! You chose the wrong game! Prepare to be crushed by the Chariot!
* ImplacableMan: Once his third ability, ''I'll Bet My Soul'', is active and he gains the ''Impregnable Fortress'' buff, until the buff duration ends, Geisenborger is literally unkillable and will keep coming back from all sort of lethal damage.
* IWorkAlone: Prefers to do things on his own and greatly values individual strength. [[spoiler:After being freed from his pact with The Star, he mocks the Primal Beast for being too weak to fight its battle against The Inchoate World and have to reforge its pact with him in order to do so.]]
* LightEmUp: His fists leave a trail of light everytime he throws a bunch. And he throws [[RapidFireFisticuffs a lot of punches]].
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [[spoiler:Nonchalantly twisted his own arm to make a point to The Star. He claimed [[OnlyAFleshWound it's just a flesh wound]], but the Captain, Lyria and Vyrn didn't buy his bullshit.]]
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: The only Light character in the entire game with the ability to perform quadruple auto attacks.
* TheNeedless: Geisenborger no longer feels the need to eat nor sleep after forming a pact with The Star.
* OddFriendship: Even though White Day 2022's stand-up contest is long over by the time his ''Tales of Arcarum'' event takes place, he continues his ''[[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine manzai]]'' routine with Azazel and is successful enough for the pair to have their own tour.
* ProfessionalKiller: He worked as a mercenary before becoming an Evoker. Interestingly, the mission that led to the event that made him into an Evoker was an assassination mission behind enemy lines.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His first ability, ''Panzerfaust'', has him do a barrage of fisticuffs for a total of ''17'' hits. Also his Charge Attack has him do this in conjunction with The Star's ''own RapidFireFisticuffs''.
* RedBaron: Infamously known in the Erste Empire and elsewhere as the Juggernaut for being able to push directly through enemy lines solely using his own bulk.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:The time he spent without his sense of pain has put a toll on his sanity. He becomes so estatic when his sense of pain returns and starts attacking everything in sight, even going as far as attempting to rip his metallic arm.]]
* SenseLossSadness: Aside from his [[FeelNoPain sense of pain]], the Star also dulled his other senses. [[spoiler:However, he is still obssessed with the desire to feel pain again.]]
* SpectacularSpinning: Or in the case of ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1346.jpg #1346]], your spinning punch is stronger with fidget spinners spinning on your metallic arm.
* {{Synchronization}}: His reason for [[spoiler:reforging his pact with The Star despite initially against it. As he wants the Primal Beast to feel the same pain he feels.]]
* TheJuggernaut: His title and also the name of his support skill. Befitting his Arcana's name sake, Geisenborger have abilities to take and dish out huge damage like a battle tank. He's also the only Light character in game so far who can perform quadruple auto attacks (the multiattack cap stops at triple).
* {{Tsundere}}: Has his moments.
--> I have no intention of becoming your comrade, but having a base of operations will be useful...
--> (His birthday lines): So today is your birthday? Everyone seems to be busy preparing for it. Humph, I'm only on the ship so I can use it as a base of operations. I am not obligated to celebrate your birthday...But I'll at the very least say the magic words...Happy birthday.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: During his Fate Episode, Geisenborger visit a city with the crew. The soldiers from the city just returned from a war and are welcomed by their loved ones. Geisenborger expresses a lack of understanding why the soldiers are so eager to meet those who did not share their pain on the battlefield. [[spoiler:Later in the Fate Episode, he questions himself why despite being practically abandoned by his comrades in the event that made him into an Evoker, he still made a wish to the heavens to be saved and return to them.]]

[[folder: Haaselia]]
!! Haaselia Alois Gangnus
!!! Voiced by: Creator/YukiyoFujii
->''This is all for those children... A farewell gift in a sense...''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Deceitful High Priestess]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Moonlit Snow Bunny" Christmas Outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christmas_haaselia.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Element''': Water\\
'''Style''': Special\\
'''Weapon Specialty''': Staff+Melee\\

'''Charge Attack''': Mondlicht, Illusionaerer Vollmond (5★ Upgrade), Heiliger Strahl (Christmas Outfit)

The enlightened High Priestess, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast The Moon.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler:The Moon made Haaselia admit she is not object of populace admiration material like her brother, and the things she'd do for the sake of her revenge would only make her look worse, so she needs to use her brother Katzelia as the face of her Empire and the scapegoat for her dirty works.]]
* AffablyEvil: Less evil than cruel, but she definitely counts. Unless you harm children or she trusts you enough to reveal [[spoiler:plan to deal with her uncle]], you'd never know she's unusual.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Her ambition to become [[spoiler:the Galgenia Empire's shadow Empress make her seek to exploit even her loved ones.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Uncapping Moon shows you that she originally wasn't at all like how she is now.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:She's the [[BitchInSheepsClothing Cain]] to her elder brother Katzelia.]]
* TheConfidant: Her maid Lette was one to her. [[spoiler:After her death, The Moon replaced her as Haaselia's confidant.]] In present day, she fills this role for her brother Katzelia as his attendant.
* CoolBigSis: Was seen as one by most of the orphans in the past.
* CrocodileTears: Her favorite trick when she tries to pass off as a child as shown in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1290.jpg #1290]]. [[Characters/GranblueFantasyHumansAToE Claudia]] can easily see through her act though.
* DanceBattler: A FullContactMagic example. She dances as her auto attack animation, and The Moon summons lasers from portals to attack her enemy.
* DevelopersForesight: If you already have Haaselia recruited when doing Katzelia's fate episodes, she will say lines that confirm her prior acquaintance with the crew, implying the events in her Fate Episodes already happened. This also made her sit out for most of Katzelia's Fate Episodes, preferring to let the crew deal with his problems like how they did to hers. [[spoiler:It's implied she intentionally did this in order to soften Katzelia, making him more vulnerable to her future manipulations.]]
* FallenPrincess: Turned from a Princess of the Galgenia Empire to a fugitive on the run with her brother Katzelia. Thanks to his efforts, the people of the slum still calls her Princess as she becomes her brother's attendant.
* FriendToAllChildren: [[spoiler:She once ran an orphanage before she found out that the children under her care were put on experimentation and is later forced to flee with her brother due to conspiracies spun by their uncle]].
* {{Foil}}: To Feower of the Eternals. Both are water elemental characters and younger one of the two siblings in their respective group. [[spoiler:Both also have a deep grudge and anger on people who do wrong to them]]. Feower prioritizes keeping the kids and orphans living in Stardust Town safe above all else and wants power for that reason, but Haaselia [[spoiler:went for RevengeBeforeReason and wants her uncle to be punished in the most cruel way possible, subsequently failing to protect the children under her care]]. Feower's bond with his sister is positive and close, [[spoiler:given that despite Feower himself wanting to take a different approach of how he and his sister protect Stardust Town, he still respects her decisions]], [[spoiler:while Haaselia's relationship with her brother went sour as she had grown to dislike his passive take in their revenge]].
* GatheringSteam: Her playstyle revolves around the "moon phase" buffs she can give herself, like her associated summon does for the party. These buffs start off relatively weak, but increase in strength every turn as the displayed phase changes. Additionally, her passive skills grant increasing DEF and bonus damage to the team the longer she's on the front lines.
* GratuitousGerman: Aside from [[MeaningfulName her name]] having a related German word, Haaselia's Charge Attack is named Mondlitch which is German for "moonlight".
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: In order to combat her Uncle who manipulated others and killed his own blood-relatives for his ambition of becoming the Emperor, Haaselia [[spoiler:manipulates the heroes to help her, made pact with Primal Beast whose goal to destroy the current world is known for her, seeks to exploit her only brother and ally all for the sake of her ambition of becoming the shadow Empress.]]
* HiddenDisdainReveal: [[spoiler:The end of her level 100 fate episode has her finally reveal to Katzelia how much she hates his treatment of her, even telling him of her true intentions. Katzelia is understandably shocked, but not enough to ruin the pure affection he has for his sister.]]
-->'''Haaselia:''' [[spoiler:You ''really'' don't know anything about me, Brother. I'll use this opportunity to tell you once and for all. I've always... ''always hated you!'' Despite your talent for politics, all you spend your time on is music. Not to mention, you treat me like a child... If you think your overprotection is a form of kindness, then you're wrong! If I had talked to you about this, how do you think you would have responded? If it was just a lecture on how meaningless revenge would be, I'd be able to bear it. But knowing you, Brother... You would take measures to distance me from danger and solve the problem all by yourself--regardless of ''my'' wishes. Those kinds of things don't make me happy at all! I'm not someone who exists only to be protected! I hate all of that about you, Brother! I hate you, ''I hate you,'' '''I HATE YOU!''' '''''I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!!''''']]
* KillerRabbit: Has affinity with rabbits thanks to her name and connection to her pact primal beast The Moon. She also appears harmless and childlike enough for a [[LittlePeople Harvin]], enough for her to use herself as bait to lure a child kidnapper out in her first Fate episode. [[spoiler:She also considered [[{{Fingore}} bitting the fingers]] off said child kidnapper when he got a hold on her. And beneath her innocent mask, Haaselia is a cruel and manipulative person who's not above lies and betrayals to hide/complete her goals and plots.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She's a lot more shrewd and Machiavellian than her cute and small appearance suggests. Haaselia is extremely political savvy and has an ambition to become her kingdom's hidden Empress and rules behind the screen, pitting blame for the dirty works required onto her more [[CainAndAbel good-natured elder brother Katzelia]] ]]
* MeaningfulName: ''Haase'' is German for hare, which connects to the Moon's rabbits.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:By proxy through The Moon to Flek, a child in the orphanage she was taking care of. He asks her this himself since he has been brainwashed into an assassin sent to kill her maid Lette and Haaselia herself. Haaselia tearfully orders The Moon to perform the deed.]]
* OddFriendship: She and Moon have a great relationship, as seen in her recruitment episode.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Haaselia looks like a young child even by Harvin standards. At 22 years old, she's older than Maria Theresa and Nier, both look more mature than her.
* PerceptionFilter: The Moon has granted her the ability to manipulate [[spoiler:people's perception of any given situation, allowing her to trick them into doing her wishes by letting them see what they want. In these situations, only Haaselia is aware of what is true. She used this to set up an illusion where nothing went wrong in her room after her assassination as Haaselia made her escape from the castle.]].
* PimpedOutDress: The dress that she wears underneath her Evoker robe.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Not much, but she still helped to keep an orphanage running and wished to earn favours from her father the Emperor to gain real political power in order to do more for the orphaned children. [[spoiler:A shame her uncle turned the orphanage into something more sinister that Haaselia is unaware of.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The crew unexpectedly caught her in the middle of confiding with The Moon in her penultimate fate episode and started suspecting her, so what did Haaselia do to get out of this? [[spoiler:She went full on MotiveRant about her revenge and how she would use the crew as pawns to accomplish her revenge, even [[WeCanRuleTogether offering them]] a place in her empire if they agree to help her and let The Moon attack them when they refuse while she made her escape. After the fight, The Moon stayed behind to explain Haaselia's history to the crew. Somehow all of this worked as they felt sympathetic for her and thought she was breaking from the stress of her revenge. Months later, she sent a letter to meet up with the crew, and appealed to their sympathy to earn their forgiveness and joined the crew, with them completely unaware of her dark plots... that is, of course, save for the captain, who can chew her out for everything, and wouldn't be in the wrong for doing so.]]
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Her first and second skills are named Boaz and Jachin respectively. As mentioned in Literature/TheBible, these are two copper pillars which stood in the porch of Solomon's Temple. Similar to how the two pillars represent polar opposites, her two skills are also colored black and white respectively, and casting one immediately puts the other on cooldown, which means only one among the two can be used at a time.

* RevengeIsSweet: Her level 100 Fate Episode has her [[spoiler:finally exact vengeance on her uncle and all the people involved with the human trafficking, relishing in the slaughter. Zigzagged in that [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty she realizes that the innocent lives of her friends will never return,]] and attempts to kill herself out of despair. Only the timely arrival of Katzelia and the crew saves her life, deciding to continue her journey with the crew to find her own meaning in life.]]
* SiblingRivalry: One-sided, she has an intense dislike of her brother, Katzelia. Initially, it's because he treats her like a child and incapable of anything to do with her position as princess, despite actually being very capable. Later, it's [[spoiler:because she heavily dislikes his passive take in their revenge on their uncle. She eventually reveals her disdain against him in her 5-star uncap episode, though Katzelia doesn't hold it against her at all.]]

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She acts as poison tester for her brother to prevent this from happening. [[spoiler:Consider Katzelia's gentle nature, it's implied Haaselia volunteered to do this in order to earn favours from her brother for future exploits.]]
* TerribleArtist: Her profile states that she likes drawing even though she is actually really bad at it. She's aware of this as well, and likes people who aren't afraid to point this out to her.
* TokenMiniMoe: The only female Harvin among the Evokers.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:She tempts the captain by offering them a spot near her should they help Haaselia ascend to the throne.]]

[[folder: Alanaan]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo
->''The evil that dwells within our hearts will be purged by the blessed light of the sun. And we will be reborn as righteous people, full of compassion.''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Trailblazer Hierophant]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Priestly Stroll" Yukata Outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npc_zoom_3710142000_01.png[[/labelnote]]]]
-->'''Rarity''': SSR\\
'''Element''': Fire\\
'''Style''': Attack\\
'''Weapon Specialty''': Staff\\
'''Race''': Erune\\
'''Charge Attack''': Benedictio Solis, Flamma Aestatis (Yukata Outfit)

The merciful Hierophant, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast The Sun.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:After being saved by the crew after his attempted suicide, he decides to WalkTheEarth instead and save as many people as he can in his travels. Later, upon meeting with the crew again, he renews his pact with The Sun and they both become the atoners together.]]
* {{Cult}}: He's the leader of the Church of Renatus, a church that worships an unofficial [[ThePowerOfTheSun Sun Goddess]] (though initially not the primal beast The Sun). After becoming The Sun's Evoker, his belief in her is so strong he can warp reality for his Sun-Touched Paradise ability. The only other Evoker capable of doing this other than him is the obsessive Nier, implying this ability comes from his absolute faith to The Sun.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Upon realizing he was deceived by The Sun, he grabs a knife and slits his throat. He gets better, though.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To Niyon of the Eternals. Both are compassionate people who wished to help others. Niyon with helping people out of their emotions and Alanaan with former criminals. But that's where the similarities end. As Niyon becomes more closed off to people due to her growing to dislike the dissonance of the sound of people around her, while [[spoiler:Alanaan continues to help and end up in a spiral of Self-Justification where he claimed that he is doing what he did for the greater good]].
** More hilariously, he's also one to Seofon. They are both founders of their respective organizations. However, while Alanaan is beloved by his church and has people gather before him without delay, Seofon is a ButtMonkey in his own organization with few even willing to respond to his invitations.
* GoodSamaritan: A kind soul who takes in criminals with nowhere to go into his church. He is also very adept at healing and has very powerful healing capabilities in his skill kit, lampshaded by his support skill, Benevolent Soul. He also expects this from his followers through his teachings. [[spoiler:In his final episode, he returns to this to atone for his prior sins, helping anyone he could and acted as mediator for two villages in conflict.]]
-->'''Alanaan''': They're headin' out to be good samaritans.
-->'''Lyria''': Good some-air-a-tins?
* GratuitousLatin: His Charge Attack is named Benedicto Solis, which translates to "Blessing of the Sun". His other Charge Attack, Flamma Aestatis, translates to "Summer Flame".
* HolierThanThou: [[spoiler:His perception of morality later became twisted, thinking that everyone except him is evil.]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:A church member mocked right to Alanaan's face the irony of his action's consequences - Alanaan helped reform criminals, but by accidentally killing a bodyguard threatening said church member, Alanaan himself became a criminal.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:His first two murders were in self-defense, but the church member provoking him at a moment of crisis of faith is when he snapped.]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:He justifies his murder of one of his church members by claiming evil deeds done with good intentions to prevent further evil cancels out the actual act. And later adopt a mindset where he is the only righteous one in the world, and thus must [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt purge the current world filled with evil seeds]] in order to create his righteous paradise.]]
-->'''Alanaan''': [[spoiler:The Sky Realm is overrun with evil. There is no hope for it left-there is only despair!]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After he was driven into a spiritual crisis, Alanaan invoked this trope by punishing criminals using their own methods against them, such as murder, deception and blackmail.]]
* MistakenForPedophile: Hilariously mistaken as one by Lecia in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1322.jpg #1322]] when he's praising the Sun (Goddess) together with fellow Sun worshipper [[LittlePeople Zahlhamelina]]. While she understands the misunderstanding, Lecia still writes him down in her shit list regardless.
* MutualDisadvantage: The DEF reduction from his field effect also applies to the party, and the enemy also has a boost to attack and the ability to deal critical hits against the player.
* RealityWarper: His Sun-Touched Paradise ability bathes the battlefield in the blazing heat of the sun for 8 turns, bestowing the party extra ATK buffs, reduces enemies's DEF and grants the ability to do CriticalHit regardless of the boss element. However...
* RousseauWasRight: Discussed in his 6th Fate Episode. He asked the crew about the nature of good and evil, whether people are fundamentally good or not [[spoiler:before expressing his current world view on how people are evil at heart and only he is the righteous one, and thus must create [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans a paradise for the righteous]]]]. Before becoming an Evoker, Alanaan himself is this trope, as he was a fundamentally good person at heart before the event leading him into becoming The Sun's Evoker.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Alanaan takes in former criminals into his church, hoping to reform them into good people. They don't and still commit crimes [[spoiler:even when he already killed the victims from self-defense to cover for them. So he kills the criminal, burn down the whole shop to hide evidence, and considered PayEvilUntoEvil [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope is a good deed.]]]]
* [[ThePowerOfTheSun The Power of The Sun]]: Alanaan derives power from The Sun primal beast as her pact bearer. He is a Fire elemental character. His abilities and Charge Attack are Sun-theme. His own vision of an ideal world is Sun-Touched Paradise - a world full of flowers bathing under the benevolent sunlight. His skill set also emobides both aspects of the Sun as a destructive force though his offensive buff/debuffs and as a gentle soul through his healing capabilities.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:Alanaan adapted this mindset during the time he worked with The Sun, believing in creating a paradise by the righteous and for the righteous, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt purging the evil old world in the process.]]]]
-->'''Alanaan''': [[spoiler:The end justifies the means, as long as it's for a good cause.]]

[[folder: Katzelia]]
!! Katzelia Alois Gangnus
!!! Voiced by: Creator/HirokiTakahashi
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npc_zoom_3040166000_02.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Emperor of Conviction]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Breath of Soothing Fermata" Summer Outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_katzelia.png[[/labelnote]]]]
-->'''Rarity''': SSR\\
'''Element''': Wind\\
'''Style''': Defense\\
'''Weapon Specialty''': Harp\\
'''Race''': Harvin\\
'''Charge Attack''': Orbital Breeze, Ein Sommernachtstraum (Summer Outfit)

The all-ruling Emperor, pact bearer to the Arcarum primal beast Judgement.

* BrokenPedestal: His uncle was the inspiration for Katzelia to become a musician. [[spoiler:The same uncle is also the ring leader to the conspiracy that led to the death of his royal family, his orchestra members, children experiment and trafficking, and the self-exile he and his sister have to endure to escape with their life. Katzelia and his sister Haaselia made it their goal to overthrow him and return to their Empire as the rightful heirs.]]
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:He's the Abel to his younger but [[BitchInSheepsClothing shrewd]] sister Haaselia. He loves her thinking she's just his cute little sister, completely unaware of her darker nature and plot to pin her crimes for her path to power on him. Even when Haaselia reveals her disdain for him in her fifth uncap episodes, Katzelia still continues to love and accept her regardless.]]
* CartoonConductor: Though Judgement does provide some of the sound, Katzelia mostly conducts to an invisible orchestra in battle.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Used the threat of one as a joke.
-->'''Orchestra Member 1''': You're not what I'd expect from someone born into the imperial family.
-->'''Katzelia''': Oh? Those are words of treason. I hereby sentence this criminal to stay after and continue practicing.
-->'''Orchestra Member 1''': Nooo! That's cruel and unusual punishment!
* TheEmperor: His arcana as an Evoker, and fifth royal heir of the Galgenia Empire. Amusingly, he has never been in the position of an Emperor, as he was still a prince before his Uncle's conspiracy forced him in exile. For the time being, he acts as TheGoodKing to the people at his slum as he attempts to reclaim the Galgenia throne as the rightful Emperor.
* FaceOfAThug: He is noticed to have one in ''Grand Blues'' strip [[http://game-a1.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/comic/episode/episode_1289.jpg #1289]]. Interestingly, his sprite in the flashback gave him a more gentle expression, implying his current face is the result of the stress of being in exile and seeking revenge on his uncle.
* TheFettered: [[spoiler:Unlike his sister, he wants to exact his revenge in a more orderly and moral way on his uncle.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To Tien of the Eternals. Both are the older of the two siblings in their respective groups. They are also the primary caretaker of their small community (Tien to the orphans at Stardust Town, Katzelia as the King to people in his slum). Tien has a close relationship with her brother while [[spoiler:Katzelia's relationship with his sister grew sour]].
** Also a minor one to Niyon of the Eternals. Both are Wind element and compassionate Harvin musician of their group. But while Niyon mostly keeps to herself and prefers to play music in quiet places, Katzelia is quite a sociable person who loves conducting and performs with people who share his love of music, to the point of assembling his own orchestra with commoners, who he also treated as friends.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Due to his uncle manipulating the details from behind the scenes, Katzelia gets framed for two cases - The political assassination accusation which he saved a member from ''and'' the killing of his entire orchestra as a result of Katzelia [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished saving said member.]]]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:The end of his Fate Episode has him realise he's more fit to be a musician than to wage war for the sake of revenge.]] And thus, his skill set has no nuke and damage ability. Both his active and passive skills are composed of defensive skills and buff skills with a some healing to his allies.
* GoodIsNotSoft: The more reasonable one of his siblings, and a TokenGoodTeammate candidate among the Evokers. [[spoiler:That doesn't stop him from lying to the crew to help Judgement's (and by extension, The World's) plan to destroy the Sky Realm for the sake of revenge.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:While he does want revenge on his uncle, he wants to go through with honorable means than going for it actively with whatever means possible]].
* IShallReturn: After joining the crew, he made a promise to Thomas, and by extension the slum people, that he will return to them after sorting things out in the Galgenia Empire.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Granted, the current state of the slum where the exiled siblings living in is already better thanks to Katzelia's efforts, but despite being the King of the slum, he still complains about the quality of the meal served in the slum's canteen (which was able to open thanks to his efforts of bettering the slum in the first place), the same meal which Vyrn commented as tasty enough. Though his complain was not because of his high standard as a former Prince, but because he wants the slum people to taste better quality food, and make them fulfilled enough to eventually consider taking joy in music.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blamed himself for his shortcomings and lack of political interest which led to his and Haaselia' exile.
* KingOfTheHomeless: Katzelia is called King in the part of the slum where he takes refuge in. The slum people called him that because he didn't tell them his real name, but his efforts in teaching and helping the hoodlums get honest jobs and the betterment of the slum earned him their love and respect.
* MeaningfulName: ''Katze'' is German for cat, playing up his connection to Judgement.
* MisterBig: The Captain, Lyria and Vyrn certainly didn't expect the person the slum people revere as King is a normal [[LittlePeople Harvin]] man.
* MusicalAssassin: Uses a [[ImprobableWeaponUser conductor baton]] as a weapon. His abilities also are based on orchestral movements.
* MusicalThemeNaming: His skills are named after orchestral movements.
** First Movement: Bide
** Second Movement: Overwhelm
** Third Movement: Guard
* TheNapoleon: Surprisingly averted. You would expect a [[LittlePeople Harvin]] character with an affinity to The Emperor arcana as one of this. It turns out Katzelia is far from it, since he doesn't have a height complex unlike [[Characters/GranblueFantasyAntagonists Furias]]. Katzelia is also a gentle and compassionate prince who's not afraid to mingle with commoners, and even in his exile, still helps better the lives of the people in the slum he and his sister are hiding in.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Katzelia became a victim of this. [[spoiler:Help one of your orchestra members free from an accusation of political assassination? The rest of your orchestra members get killed.]]
* NobleFugitive: Katzelia and his sister Haaselia exiled themselves from the Galgenia Empire due to the machinations of their Uncle. They took refuge in the slum of some far away city, in which Katzelia rules over as King of the slum people. [[spoiler:In Katzelia's final fate episode, he reveals that after the fight with the crew, he finds himself and his sister being hunted by pursuers from their fatherland, and has to ask Thomas to help them seek asylum in the Captain's crew.]]
* {{Revenge}}: Against their uncle who played a role in messing with the siblings' lives.
* RightfulKingReturns: His ultimate goal is to return to the Empire as the rightful Emperor and dethrone his uncle - the usurper. He originally wanted to do it in a pretty bloody way until his final fate episode changed his mindset to a more peaceful one.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Had his own orchestra which he used for benefits of the Empire. He and his orchestra received praises from his father the Emperor for their performance to pleases leaders of the smaller nations within the Empire and dispelled the gloomy mood caused by the deaths of his royal family members. Even in his exile and thus no longer royalty, he still put efforts in teaching and helping hoodlums of his slum to take in honest jobs and improve the community.
* SiblingYinYang: Katzelia is more outspoken compared to his reserved and gentle younger sister Haaselia. [[spoiler:In reality, his ability to listen to reason and his compassion made a huge contrast to Haaselia, who's secretly a cruel person whose personal vendetta make her seek to exploit even her own brother for her goal.]]
* StoneWall: Katzelia is not really an offensive-oriented character. What he lacks in his offensive power, he compensates by a kit loaded with defensive buffs and damage decreasing ability from his charge attack, allowing Wind to play the sustain game for difficult raids. [[note]]As proof of his defensive ability, Katzelia is a core member for the [[https://twitter.com/unyu0707/status/1157944674352451584 first successful attempt]] at soloing [[ThatOneBoss LuciliusHL]].[[/note]]
* SuccessionCrisis: Haaselia and Katzelia are both competing for the throne, although Katzelia is seen as the rightful heir by others.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: He was on the receiving end of this, and if not for the intervention of Judgement, he would have been killed by the poison wine sent to his orchestra. The incident scared him so much he refrains from eating untested food and drink without a poison tester in present time.
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: Was very beloved by the commoners and especially members of his orchestra (which was also composed of commoners). Even in his exilement, the people of the slum where he's hiding absolutely adore and revere him as King, thanks to the things he did for their community. [[spoiler:This is the reason why his sister Haaselia seeks to exploit him by helping him become the Emperor in her place, and uses his love for her to become the shadow Empress.]]
* WhatsUpKingDude: He was still a Prince back then, but Katzelia didn't demand any formality and considered himself as a fellow commoner when spending time with the members of his orchestra made up of commoners. They even call him Katze instead of his full name.

!!Arcarum Series Primal Beasts

[[folder: Shared Tropes]]
->''Come... Come... The time of arrival... O wondrous divinity, deliver these purest souls--cornerstones of the new world--to the dead domain.''

Eleven Primal Beasts that have been freed via unknown means and taken up residence in Sephira Island, one of the biggest battlefields of the War

* BattleThemeMusic: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpVxreT7NPU New World Order]]" plays as the background music for all Arcarum Boss Battles.
* BondCreatures: Each of the Arcarum Summons is "celestially bound" to a specific Evoker - those who represent the first half of the Major Arcana Tarot Cards.
** Justice to Maria Theresa (The Empress)
** Hanged Man to Caim (The Fool)
** Death to Nier (The Lovers)
** Temperance to Estarriola (The Hermit)
** The Devil to Fraux (The Strength)
** The Tower to Lobelia (The Magician)
** The Star to Geiseborger (The Chariot)
** The Moon to Haaselia (The High Priestess)
** The Sun to Alanaan (The Hierophant)
** Judgement to Katzelia (The Emperor)
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:How The Hanged Man described the obedience the Arcarum Primal Beast had to The Inchoate World. Played With that they still retain sentience but they are compelled to follow The Inchoate World's will no matter what and no matter if they dislike it. Death is the only exception to this]].
* ContractualBossImmunity: Each of the Arcarum bosses is immune to certain status debuffs (some of which overlap with the others and may vary depending on the difficulty of the battle) as listed below. Specifically, all except Judgement are immune to Gravity.
** Justice is also immune to Petrified (in Normal only)
** Death is also immune to Paralysis and Lethal Hit
** The Devil is also immune to Break Boosted (Damage), Break Boosted (Time) and Petrified (the latter is in Hard only)
** The Tower is also immune to Comatose and Charmed (the latter is in Normal only)
** The Star is also immune to Blinded and Petrified (the latter is in Normal and Hard only)
** The Moon is also immune to Blinded, Charmed and Petrified
** The Sun is also immune to Blinded, Charmed, Delayed, Paralyzed and Petrified
** Judgement is immune to Delay, Petrified, and Comatose
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Like Bahamut, the Arcarum have a unique defeat animation in which they explode instead of fading.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Being defeated in their respective Evoker's Fate Episode free the brainwashed Arcarum Series Primal Beasts from The Inchoate World's control, and after reforging their pact, they and their Evoker join the crew in order to fight against The Inchoate World.]]
* DisappearsIntoLight: In-story only. An Arcarum beast breaks down into white grains of light when defeated.
* GhostMemory: The Tarot Cards that contain them also hold their own memories of The War, and the normal skyfarers including the Evokers can enter these memories to run battle simulations.
* GratuitousEnglish: The beasts' names are spoken in English.
* GuardianEntity: They are quite similar to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stands]] and Franchise/{{Persona}}s in terms of [[TarotMotifs inspiration]], lore and function as they serve a specific individual. However, they are treated as Summons in-game.
* HealingFactor: A trait common to all Primal Beasts, including the Arcarum. Death even grants this to Nier, healing the latter's wounds after forming a pact.
* LivingOnBorrowedTime: [[spoiler:The Arcarum Series are this. All of them were fallen Primal Beasts from the War. Being revived and reformed from recycled cores of other Primal Beasts left them more fragile than normal, thus they make pacts with fitting vessels like the Evoker to sustain themselves and materialise. Losing the pact can make them fade away and disappear from life.]]
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Aside from having a higher Summon Call Damage and other strengths as listed under PurposelyOverpowered, the Arcarum also have a unique damage modifier in a sense that their summon calls do not ignore the damage resistance of slimes unlike all of the other summons in the game.[[note]] For instance, Bahamut can kill a Silverslime despite doing a measly 4-digit damage thanks to ignoring the enemy's defense, yet Death's Deadly Thirteen can't kill a Silverslime despite doing up to more than a million damage against most enemies, that output will be greatly reduced when used against slimes.[[/note]]
* OlympusMons: Like the other Primal Beasts, they can be obtained via special requirements and can be used like other summons in-game, but with [[PurposelyOverpowered added benefits]]. Lore-wise, they are summoned via a Tarot Card.
* PurposelyOverpowered: With the amount of time and resources required in order to fully upgrade an Arcarum summon, this trope is fortunately in effect, rewarding the player for their efforts; All Arcarum summons have higher base stats compared to the Omega summons, they are also the first batch of summons to provide Sub-Auras - secondary effects that take effect only when the Arcarum is set as a sub-summon. Aside from the Main Summon Aura, these bonuses allows them to have versatile benefits. Their Summon Calls also deal a tremendous amount of damage that considers the captain's skill damage buffs and the enemies' defense debuffs, easily dealing up to 850,000 damage (or more) per cast. Lastly, their cooldowns are reduced with each subsequent upgrade, and a fully-upgraded Arcarum can even be cast at Turn 1 if their element matches that of the captain's.
* RandomNumberGod: The chance for a specific Arcarum to appear as the final boss of Stage 9-3 in each entry point is determined by this trope. Fortunately, the player may use a Globe of the Starways to freely select the summon that they want to fight.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: After being created by the Astrals, they eventually decided to flee their masters and being manipulated by them to create a new world from scratch.
* RestartTheWorld: Before creating a new world from scratch, their goal includes destroying the current one.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Most of the Evokers seek for your help under the initial impression that you can stop their respective primal beasts from going on a rampage and save the current world. But it turns out, the Evokers are actually working with the beasts, and are only inviting you inside the GhostMemory stored in the Tarot card for the Arcarum Primal beasts to run battle simulations and gather data.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of the Arcarum primal beasts share the same ideals and goals with the Evoker they are [[BondCreatures celestially bound]] to. However, the Evokers are given the most characterizations and backstories in the updated Fate Episodes for "Arcarum: The World Beyond".
* SealedEvilInACan: The Inchoate World, along with its fellow Arcarum Primal Beasts were sealed in several pictures confiscated from the Erste Empire before an intruder breaks in the Hall of Enforcers and awakens them.
* TarotMotifs: Their appearances and behaviors are based on the second half of the Major Arcana Tarot Cards.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler:After being freed from The Inchoate World's brainwashing, all of the Arcarum Series Primal Beasts make it their goal to take down The Inchoate World. The only exception is Death whose goal is align with Nier and Death herself never got brainwashed to begin with, though she does intend to fight The Inchoate World if he betrays her and Nier.]]

[[folder: The Inchoate World]]
->''Ah, how far away the eternal world!''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inchoate_world.png]]
[[quoteright:350:''"Skydwellers... you are the ones who overthrew the gods. But given that power, I wonder how long this world has left?"'']]

The leader of twenty-two Apostles of light and darkness, it aims to create a new world by overthrowing Skydwellers, Primals, and Astrals alike. It invites Lyria to Sephira, the promised land, to help it do so. It is celestially bound to the Wheel of Fortune.

* AGodAmI: Calls itself a god, despite being simply a primal beast.
* TheBlank: It doesn't have any facial features, neither does its appearance in the tarot card behind it.
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:It implanted nine out of ten Arcarum Primal Beasts with controls over their will to make them do its bidding. When they are freed from their brainwashing, most of them immediately plot to defeat The Inchoate World.]]
* CelestialBody: A closer look at his seemingly pitch-black figure would reveal stars glittering inside him.
* ElementalPowers: Its summon rotates between which element it boosts depending on the day of the week.
* EvolvingWeapon: Its Astral creators made it with the ability to learn and evolve.
* {{Hypocrite}}: It, together with the Arcarum Primal Beasts, rebel against its Astral creators from what it deems "inescapable destiny of being produced, manipulated, and oppressed", yet [[spoiler:it recreated the Arcarum Primal Beasts from recycled cores of other Primal Beasts, brainwashed them to make them its servants against their will and use them to manipulate the Evokers to help its plan of creating a new world.]]
* MookMaker: Its most dangerous ability is the ability create new [[PhysicalGod Primal Beasts.]]
* RealityWarper: It is fully capable of changing the world as it wishes and is one of the very few beings that can go toe-to-toe with ''Bahamut''. It is also evident in his boss battle as some of his attacks involve punching the fabric of space, shattering it like glass to reveal a BlankWhiteVoid in the cracks.
* SmugSnake: He clearly thinks of himself as an all-powerful god even greater than [[spoiler:Bahamut]]. To his credit, he did create the Arcarum Primal Beast series and can warp reality. Despite this, [[spoiler: he's still destroyed by the evokers and the main crew with much less effort than one might expect for a "god".]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:The Inchoate World reveals its goal of overthrowing Bahamut, subtly mocking the dragon and indirectly asks Lyria to join them.]]
--> [[spoiler:Girl in Blue. I ask you in place of Bahamut. Will you give yourself to a has-been dragon? Or become the power for a new-world god? I leave the choice to you.]]

[[folder: Justice]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/{{Lynn}}
->''Let the scales deal harsh equality.''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/justice_ssr.png]]
[[quoteright:350:''"I ask of thee--is thy soul a vessel of justice?"'']]

The eleventh Major Arcana, represented by a woman wielding a sword and set of scales. It is celestially bound to the Empress.

* BalanceBuff: Originally, Justice's effect from being called as a summon balanced the party's HP, but she was later buffed to do that and then additionally heal the party.
* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler:Justice kills Maria Theresa, who saved the captain's life.]]
* {{BFS}}: The sword of Justice is longer than her arms.
* BoobsAndButtPose: As seen on Maria Theresa's uncap art.
* TheCameo: Made a brief appearance as a summon by Lyria in Percival's spin off manga Granblue Fantasy: Souken no Kizuna.
* HairWings: Justice has three pairs of large feathers resembling wings that are protruding from both sides of its head.
* JusticeWillPrevail: Its central theme, as stated in the summon's description.
--> "Its balance directs the path toward equity, forcing objectivity upon conflicting powers."
* EquivalentExchange: As Justice fulfilled Theresa's desire in the past, Theresa believes that she must help accomplish Justice's desire in return, and it is something that is enforced with her pact to the primal beast.
* NavelWindow: While it's covered in her summon art, Theresa's uncap art shows that the outfit of Justice bares her navel.
* ScalesOfJustice: The Justice Arcarum is clearly based on Lady Justice having the balance and the sword, but with the absence of a blindfold.
* SituationalDamageAttack: Its Remembrance ability deals plain damage equal to 50% of the target's max HP if that target has the Unrighteousness debuff.
* TakeUpMySword: The previous pactbearers of Justice had to find a successor to which she would be bound to:
** Charles VI was the first pactbearer. His dedication to the prosperity of the empire was unwavering. [[spoiler:Because he didn't have a male heir, he dedicated his time teaching Theresa the ways of an emperor. As he lay ill, he spoke his last words "I ask that you devote your entirety to my dearest Theresa" to Charlotte. This is the pact that Justice made with her.]]
** [[spoiler:Duchess Charlotte Fuchs continued the pact following the emperor's promise as she became a handmaiden who watched over Maria Theresa ever since. But she willingly passed Justice's Tarot to Theresa, because she believed that the Arcarum will save Theresa even if it costs Charlotte's life by passing the card to others.]]
** Theresa's pact requires her to help the beast to gather a crucial data that isn't known yet in history - [[spoiler:What if someone capable of changing history dies before fulfilling their supposed role?]]
* UselessUsefulSpell: Justice's Call Effect forces your individual members' HP equal to the average HP of the team, either by healing or damaging them. It may be very beneficial on Stamina or Enmity grids for keeping your entire party alive, or for helping characters who don't have Stamina/Enmity boosting skills. But for other grids and weapons not utilizing these two mechanics, a self-damaging ability can put your team in a bad position.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Hanged Man]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuusukeKobayashi
->''Endure his foolish crucibles.''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_hanged_man_ssr.png]]
[[quoteright:350:''"You can accept it; you can oppose it. Act in delight and folly, O amusing Children of the sky!"'']]

The twelfth Major Arcana, represented by an inverted man hanging by the ankle. It is celestially bound to the Fool.
----
* AnimeHair: Just like his Evoker, the Hanged Man's hair is very spiky.
* ChainedByFashion: The humanoid form of the Primal Beast is hanging upside-down, chained to the dragon by his ankle.
* CharacterNarrator: He narrates the fate episodes about Caim's past.
* TheGadfly: [[spoiler:In Caim's recruitment Fate Episode, his interactions with Lyria and Vyrn spoke so much of this]].
* GravityIsPurple: One of his attacks makes him summon a blackhole with a purple hue on its rim.
* GravityMaster: Aside from those listed under GravityIsPurple and GravityScrew, The Hanged Man is obviously immune to the Gravity status ailment.
* GravityScrew: To somehow complement The Hanged Man's upside-down position, his stage is filled with endless rocks floating upwards in reverse gravity.
* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler:The Hanged Man thinks so as he says that the world maybe unfair but he likes to see how people grow stronger from dealing with hardships and become better people. He also thinks that it makes things fun]].
* RandomEffectSpell: Its Call, Golden Dawn grants a random buff effect to Earth allies.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Among the Arcarum primals, Hanged Man is the only one that [[spoiler:has a positive relationship with the person he formed a pact with. He is very sympathetic to the plight of humans and wish to see them overcome their hardships. In Caim's recruitment fate episode, the reason that an amnesiac Caim even joined in the first place is because of The Hanged Man, who revealed his intention of wanting to see the crew defeat his creator]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Death (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MichikoNeya (Japanese), Creator/LauraFayeSmith (English)
->''Let love burn to its silent end.''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/death_ssr.png]]
[[quoteright:350:''"I am Death... Harbinger of doom in a loveless world."'']]

The thirteenth Major Arcana, represented by an elegant bearer of demise. It is celestially bound to the Lover.
----

--> Why, why... I worked so hard to get here... You used to praise... I'm here too. Corrie's not the only one... Why won't you give me any attention...

* BadassAdorable: Sure, Nier is an unrepentant mass murderer, but damn isn't she adorable.

* DifficultButAwesome: On paper, Nier is a force to reckon with. She can change the battlefield to give the party extra ATK buff and echoes, her 2nd ability allows her to buff herself and another member with 100% triple attack rate and 50% damage reduction to wail on the enemy. Her 3rd ability allows her or another member the ability to use Charge Attack twice, though it's best to use it on Nier herself since her Charge Attack becomes more powerful the less Love's Redemption stacks she has and her EMP comes with TWO Charge Attack cap up nodes to surpass her natural cap. Other than than, Love's Redemption also gives her 90% Damage Reduction, making her [[LightningBruiser extremely durable]] against normal damage types. However, unless you build your party around her with abilities to revive and/or keep her alive, Nier is actually a GlassCannon when played without support. Using her skills quickly burns out her stacks, and she loses 2 stacks per turn even if you don't use her skills. Without additional revive or healing, Nier usually only lasts around 5 to 6 turns in the frontline before she dies from having 0 stacks, and her 90% damage reduction won't work against [[NonElemental Plain Damage]] attacks or the [[OneHitKill Lethal Hit]] debuff.

* DramaticIrony: All Nier wants is someone, ''anyone'' to love and accept her unconditionally, to the point of murdering anyone who dares to reject her. What she doesn't seem to realize is that she already ''has" someone who fits those criteria: that being Death herself, but Nier is too focused on Gran/Djeeta and the crew.

* SpeechImpediment: Death lets out a mad stuttering every time it expresses intense emotions, such as joy from being accepted by Nier, and agony from rejection. In the English dub, this is rendered as its tone of voice suddenly shifting to a shrill [[EvilSoundsRaspy rasp]] whenever it's enrged. It also has a tendency to render the word "you" as "yoo".

* SpeechImpediment: Death lets out a mad stuttering every time it expresses intense emotions, such as joy from being accepted by Nier, and agony from rejection. In the English dub, this is rendered as its tone of voice suddenly shifting to a shrill [[EvilSoundsRaspy rasp]] whenever it's enrged.

* SpeechImpediment: Death lets out a mad stuttering every time it expresses intense emotions, such as joy from being accepted by Nier, and agony from rejection.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/MichikoNeya

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The description text of Moon's idean makes no sense until you learn what his ability is.

[[/folder]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Bouquet for Blue" Summer Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_maria_theresa.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Nobile Convinzione, Giudizio di Astraea (5★ Upgrade), Marea Spiralica (Summer Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Treat Hunters" Halloween Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/halloween_caim.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Golden Dawn, Golden Twilight (5★ Upgrade), Midnight Trick (Halloween Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Lover by the Lily Lake" Summer Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npc_zoom_3710141000_01.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Tormented Lover" CD Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cd_skin_nier.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Klagen Totentanz, Omina Annihilo (5★ Upgrade), Todes Ewigkeit (Summer Skin), Thanatos Pragma (CD Skin)

* GratuitousGerman: Her Charge Attack Name has the German word ''Totentanz'', which means "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre Dance of the Dead]]". Her paid skin version charge attack, ''Todes Ewigkeit'', also means Death Eternity.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Billowing Ocean Bloom" Summer Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_fraux.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Power Conflagration, Devilish Rumble (5★ Upgrade), Seaside Reflection (Summer Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Danger Beckons by the Shore" Summer Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_lobelia.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': L'Ouverture de la Douleur, Le Dernier Concert (5★ Upgrade), La Cadence du Marteau (Summer Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Wake of Destruction" New Year's Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_years_geisenborger.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Howitzer Fist, Howitzer Mitrailleuse (5★ Upgrade), Sunlit Clash (New Year's Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Moonlit Snow Bunny" Christmas Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christmas_haaselia.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Mondlicht, Illusionaerer Vollmond (5★ Upgrade), Heiliger Strahl (Christmas Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Priestly Stroll" Yukata Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npc_zoom_3710142000_01.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Benedictio Solis, Flamma Aestatis (Yukata Skin)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:"Breath of Soothing Fermata" Summer Skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_katzelia.png[[/labelnote]]]]

'''Charge Attack''': Orbital Breeze, Ein Sommernachtstraum (Summer Skin)

* HiddenDisdainReveal: [[spoiler:The end of her level 100 fate episode has her finally reveal to Katzelia how much she hates his treatment of her, even telling him her intentions against him. Katzelia is understandably shocked, but not enough to ruin the pure affection he has for his sister.]]

* RevengeIsSweet: Her level 100 Fate Episode has her [[spoiler:finally exact vengeance on her uncle and all the people involved with the human trafficking, relishing in the slaughter. Zigzagged in that she realizes that the innocent lives of her friends will never return, and attempts to kill herself out of despair. Only the timely arrival of Katzelia and the crew manages to convince her to stop, deciding to continue her journey with the crew to find her own meaning in life.]]
* SiblingRivalry: One-sided, she has an intense dislike of her brother, Katzelia. Initially, it's because he treats her like a child and incapable of anything to do with her position as princess, despite actually being very capable. Later, it's [[spoiler:because she heavily dislikes his passive take in their revenge on their uncle]].

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:He's the Abel to his younger but [[BitchInSheepsClothing shrewd]] sister Haaselia. He loves her thinking she's just his cute little sister, completely unaware of her darker nature and plot to pin her crimes for her path to power on him.]]

'''Charge Attack''': Howitzer Fist, Sunlit Clash (New Year's Skin)

'''Charge Attack''': Mondlicht, Heiliger Strahl (Christmas Skin)

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Fraux's beauty mixed with her talent of fire magic only brought so much problems for her.