History Characters / Gungnir

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%% * DistressedDamsel

%% * {{Keigo}}

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* BladeOnAStick: His most useful weapon is Gungnir, though he's actually [[HeroesPreferSwords a Fencer-class unit]].

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%% * WhipItGood

%% * AnAxeToGrind

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%% * DarkSkinnedRedhead

* GrumpyBear: From the point where she rejoins the party afterward, Valery is in a fairly constant state of I Mad. She hasn't forgiven Esperanza for Ragnus yet, and of course she's not too happy with the idea of Alyssa on the throne.

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%% [[folder:Rodrigues]]
%% !!Rodrigues (''Rodriguef'')
%% A mountain bandit who only cares about money and booze. 35 at the story's start. He considered Ricard his rival, and is interested in fighting Esperanza for the sake of their old grudge.

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%% [[folder:Griselda]]
%% !!Griselda
%% Rodriguef's sidekick. 29 years old.

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%% [[folder:Heramia]]
%% !!Heramia (''Hierameir'')
%% A Millenian prophet and priestess of the star-based religion observed in Gargandia. She is unaging, but not immortal. Will in the future serve as the Elise to Ragnus' Julio.

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%% [[folder:Belgius]]
%% !!Belgius
%% One of the hireswords the party hires from Millenia. Age 38. He was originally Gargandian, but was captured and used as a slave; it takes Esperanza a while to gain his trust.

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%% * {{Meganekko}}

%% * IllBoy

%% * MulticoloredHair

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: To make it explicit that Julio is pronounced was a hard J, Atlus used the name's Italian counterpart "Giulio", which can ONLY pbe pronounced with a hard J, in the localization.

* {{Adorkable}}
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
* AntiChrist

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness

* HeroicBSOD: After Scene 10.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation
* KidHero
* MusclesAreMeaningless: The sole aversion; Gungnir is so huge, heavy, and unwieldy that Julio can barely equip anything else if he's got it in his weapon slot.
* NobleBigot
* NotQuiteDead
* PostVictoryCollapse

* TellMeAboutMyFather: Ricard died fifteen years ago, when Julio was just a newborn.

* BattleBallgown: Her empress outfit.
* BladeOnAStick
* CannotSpitItOut
* ChickMagnet: If her {{Romantic Two Girl Friendship}}s with Natalia, Elise, and Fiona mean anything.
* {{Deuteragonist}}
* FlowerMotifs
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Has a pet bird named Ilya.
* GoingNative

* {{Keigo}}
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Alyssa's Theme".
* MusclesAreMeaningless: ''Her lances are '''huge'''.''

* OddFriendship: With Elise.
* PimpedOutDress: Her empress outfit.
* PrincessesPreferPink
* RedMage
* ShrinkingViolet
* SomethingAboutARose
* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Julio out specifically on his racist attitude.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou
-->''"I didn't want to fight... '''Why were you in such a hurry to die?'''"''
* YoungestChildWins

* AnAxeToGrind
** MultiMeleeMaster: Can also wield [[CoolSword swords]].
* BestServedCold
* BigBrotherMentor: To Julio, who he's not ashamed to show affection for.
** CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CannotSpitItOut

* ChickMagnet

** MessianicArchetype

* DistressedDude: Spends roughly a third of the game locked up and seriously injured.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In the end, he's only around for six fights.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation
* HotBlooded
* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: As a child, courtesy of Paulo.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Raguel".
* MoreThanMindControl
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Specifically mentioned in his profile.
* NotQuiteDead

* WasItAllALie: To Paulo.
* WutaiTheft
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: To Julio, several times.
* YouShallNotPass
* YoungestChildWins: The only one of Wolfgang's sons to survive.

* BigEater: But also a PickyEater, as like [[Videogame/YggdraUnion Nessiah]] she isn't a big fan of surface world food.
** CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* BowAndSwordInAccord

* CrypticConversation: Usually about whatever Isabeli is up to.
-->'''Paulo:''' [[LampshadeHanging Try to explain it so that we'll understand!]]

** IAmNotLeftHanded
* DeadpanSnarker

* EmotionlessGirl

* HiddenDepths: Part of the anti-Magi faction in Asgard.
* MysteriousPast
* OurAngelsAreDifferent
* OddFriendship: With Alyssa.
* TheTease
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kokori nuts.
* UndyingLoyalty: Proclaims hers to Julio in Scene 15.
* TheWatcher: Perceives herself as this.

[[folder:Paulo]]
!!Paulo
An ex-court adviser who was exiled to Espada over a NoodleIncident. 63 at the story's start. He was friends with Ricard, and one of the original founders of Esperanza; he acts as a surrogate parent to the three Raguel children and is the army's strategist. He puts on airs as a kindly old man, and his age has not dampened his love of alcohol and pretty girls.

* TheAlcoholic
* DirtyOldMan
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Theme of Alchemy".
* ParentalSubstitute: To the Raguel kids.
* TheMedic
* MysteriousPast
* TheStrategist
* ThrowTheBookAtThem

[[folder:Valerie Brigid]]
!!Valerie Brigid (''Valery Brigid'')
Daughter of the Republican faction's former leader, and its de facto leader now that her father has been killed. 17 at the story's start. After meeting Esperanza, she decides to unite their forces in order to bring down her political opponents and the people who betrayed her father. She is sometimes self-centered, but always straightforward.

* BrutalHonesty
* FieryRedhead
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: To Julio.
* GrumpyBear: From the point where she rejoins the party afterward, Valery is in a fairly constant state of I Mad. She hasn't forgiven Esperanza for Ragnus yet, and of course she's not too happy with the idea of Alyssa on the throne.
* HiddenDepths: Actually an accomplished pianist and extremely knowledgeable about music.
* PickyEater: She became a vegetarian because ever since her family was killed, meat has reminded her too much of corpses.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Meta example. Valery is the only allied female character not to be featured on a phone card; of course, she has the least pliable personality and most businesslike outfit.
* RebelliousRebel
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: For quite a while. She was ''not'' happy with Esperanza's treatment of Ragnus.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
* WhatTheHellHero
* WutaiTheft

[[folder:Natalia Raymont]]
!!Natalia Raymont (''Natalia Raymond'')
Daughter of Robertus, and an Imperial knight. 21 at the story's start. She is very protective of Alyssa, as her family has aided the Empress in keeping her hidden, and joins Esperanza to protect her. She is very preoccupied with honor and dignity. While she does support Alyssa's desire to grant citizenship to the Leonica, Natalia is much more preoccupied with the state of the Empire as a whole, and tries to make sure that Alyssa focuses on all citizens equally instead of just the discrimination against the Leonica.

* BodyguardCrush: On Alyssa.
* CoolBigSis: To Alyssa.
* CoolSword / RoyalRapier
* HappilyAdopted
* {{Keigo}}
* NobleBigot: [[CharacterDevelopment Outgrows this.]]
* PickyEater: Loathes bitter things to the point of being unable to drink tea without first adding at least three spoonfuls of sugar.
* PimpedOutDress
* SeriousBusiness
* ShowgirlSkirt
* TheStoic
* UndyingLoyalty

[[folder:Fiona Raquel]]
!!Fiona Raguel
Julio and Ragnus' sister. Age 19 at the story's start. She runs the only tavern in Espada's slums and is very popular for her outgoing personality alongside her cooking. Due to the loss of her parents, she's zealously protective of Julio, the only blood family she has left.

* CoolBigSis
* NeverFoundTheBody: So of course she pops back up eventually.
* SupremeChef: To the point that her cooking is the main incentive to join Esperanza.

[[folder:Noah, Claude, and Teresa]]
!!Noah, Claude, and Teresa
Julio's friends, who initially make up the party. Ages 16, 27, and 17 respectively. All three are killed in Pierre's attack on Espada.
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* BromanticFoil: Noah, who is brash and rude in comparison to Julio's quiet personality.
* {{Expy}}: Teresa is one of [[VideoGame/BlazeUnion Zilva]].
* TheGenericGuy: Claude.
* MauveShirt
* NobleBigot: Noah.
* WeHardlyKnewYe
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[[folder:Emperor Wolfgang III]]
!!Emperor Wolfgang III
Current Emperor of the Gargandian Empire. Age 61 at the story's start. He used to be a feared warrior and was called the War Emperor, but right now he is bedridden from illness and can barely sit on his throne. Known for his harsh discrimination against the Leonica and for ordering all his children slaughtered after hearing a prophecy that he would be killed by his heir.

* TheEmperor
* GenreBlind
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Robertus.
* IllBoy
* OffingTheOffspring
* RetiredBadass: Due to illness.

[[folder:Ziyad Berlioz]]
!!Ziyad Berlioz (''Zaird Berlioz'')
Prime Minister of Gargandia. Age 70 at the story's start. He is trying to wrest control of the country from Wolfgang III, but is a poor governor and has gained the fear and resentment of even the Daltania he rules. Coworkers with Isabeli, and wants to gain the power of necromancy (and with it, immortality) like her. A failed attempt to do so resulted in his becoming paraplegic, but this hasn't slowed his plans down even remotely.

* HandicappedBadass: Accomplishes all his evil and is a pretty tough final boss from his seat in a [[SpikesOfVillainy really bitchin' wheelchair]].
* IShallTauntYou
* ObviouslyEvil
* TreacherousAdvisor
* TheSociopath: He's secretly not bigoted... because what his subjects are and believe in is irrelevant to him. All he cares about is total control of the empire by any means, which includes inciting race wars to distract them from who really controls the country.
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[[folder:Robertus Raymont]]
!!Robertus Raymont (''Robertus Raymond'')
The leader of all Gargandia's knights. Age 53 at the story's start.
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* BladeOnAStick

* {{Jerkass}}
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wolfgang.

* KarmaHoudini
* MagicKnight

* NobleBigot: Extra emphasis on "bigot".

* ThrowTheBookAtThem
* UndyingLoyalty

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Orlienne.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Personified.

* {{Bokukko}}
* CutsceneBoss: Gets one-hit-KO'ed by Elise in a cutscene.
* CreepyChild
* {{Expy}}: She's a dead ringer for [[Manga/ShoulderACoffinKuro Kuro]], though the two act nothing alike.
* ImmortalImmaturity
* ImprobableWeaponUser

* {{Leitmotif}}: "Corpse-Eater Isabeli".
* {{Meganekko}}
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* ObviouslyEvil
* OlderThanTheyLook
* RealityWarper
* ScaryShinyGlasses

[[folder:Orlienne]]
!!Orlienne
Ragnus and Alyssa's mother. 52 at the story's start.

* TheChessmaster
* HeroicNeutral: Really only cares that Alyssa, Robertus, and Natalia are all alive at the end of the war.
* PimpedOutDress

[[folder:The Imperial Commanders]]
!!Imperial Commanders
Pierre (44), Bacchus (29), Albert (27), Wallace (34), Nelson (35), Conrad (30), and Regina (29).
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* {{Expy}}: In the grand tradition of [[VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare Leonel]], Bacchus is another one of [[VideoGame/YggdraUnion Leon]]. Like Leonel, he gets none of Leon's [[VideoGame/BlazeUnion sympathetic development]].
* FalseFriend: Bacchus to the Republicans in the backstory.
* NobleDemon: Nelson. In the best endings he and Julio wind up working together.
* {{Sidekick}}: Wallace, to Robertus.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Regina is the only woman, and of course she's a sorceress.
* SmugSnake: Pierre and Regina.
* TurnCoat: Bacchus.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Albert and Conrad die during their first appearances.
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[[folder:Rodrigues]]
!!Rodrigues (''Rodriguef'')
A mountain bandit who only cares about money and booze. 35 at the story's start. He considered Ricard his rival, and is interested in fighting Esperanza for the sake of their old grudge.

* AnAxeToGrind
* DarkSkinnedRedhead
* FreudianExcuse
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Gold and Pride"
* PapaWolf
* RapePillageAndBurn

[[folder:Griselda]]
!!Griselda
Rodriguef's sidekick. 29 years old.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Pamela. ''Very'' begrudgingly.
* EyepatchOfPower
* WhipItGood
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[[folder:Pamela]]
!!Pamela
The VideoGame/DeptHeaven series mascot. Through unusual circumstances, she winds up tagging along with Rodriguef and Griselda for a time. Supposedly looking for something she lost.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CuteWitch
* TheFogOfAges: Her arrival in this world was so rough that her memory has been temporarily damaged, and she can barely retain information that's not relevant to her search. [[RuleOfFunny This leads to her constantly forgetting who Griselda is, much to Griselda's annoyance.]]
* GeniusDitz
* ImmortalImmaturity
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[[folder:Heramia]]
!!Heramia (''Hierameir'')
A Millenian prophet and priestess of the star-based religion observed in Gargandia. She is unaging, but not immortal. Will in the future serve as the Elise to Ragnus' Julio.
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* TheCassandra
* DistressedDamsel
* LastOfHerKind
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Prophecy of the Stars"
* MulticoloredHair
* TheOphelia
* ThrowTheBookAtThem
* VagueAge
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[[folder:Belgius]]
!!Belgius
One of the hireswords the party hires from Millenia. Age 38. He was originally Gargandian, but was captured and used as a slave; it takes Esperanza a while to gain his trust.
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* {{Gonk}}
* HeroicSacrifice
** YouShallNotPass
* ScaryBlackMan
* UndyingLoyalty: To Julio.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Atlus changed his name in the localization to the more Italian "Giulio".

The cast of ''VideoGame/{{Gungnir}}''. This page contains '''unmarked spoilers'''.

Characters whose names were changed for the Atlus USA localization will have both versions listed in their subheading (Sting's version on the left, Atlus' on the right).

[[folder:Esperanza]]
!!Julio Raguel / Giulio Raguel

!!Alyssa / Alissa

!!Valery Brigid / Valerie Brigid

!!Natalia Raymond / Natalia Raymont

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Teresa, much to the amusement of Sting staff.

[[folder:Gargandia]]
!!Wolfgang III

!!Zaird Berlioz / Ziyad Berlioz

!!Robertus Raymond / Robertus Raymont

* '''{{Jerkass}}'''

[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Rodriguef / Rodrigues

!!Hierameir / Heramia

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* TheSociopath: He's surprisingly not racist... because what his subjects are and believe in is irrelevant to him. All he cares about is total control of the empire by any means, which includes inciting race wars to distract them from who really controls the country.

* ManipulativeBastard

* EvilAlbino: Albert.

* PurpleEyes

* BadassGrandpa