History Characters / Madlax

* ZettaiRyouiki: In her school uniform.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Episode 14. The only other episode that she wears something ''other'' than her maid uniform.

* TheUnfettered: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She seems to be completely matter-of-fact with regards to her job (and the body count it entails), and when Vanessa [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out]] on her apparent callousness, she calmly defends herself saying it's what she [[IDidWhatIHadToDo needs to do]] to survive. [[spoiler:In the final episode, however, Margaret states that Madlax actually [[TheFettered torments herself]] over person she's killed, which is what makes her a "kind killer"]].

-->''Voiced by: Creator/SatsukiYukino (Japanese), Kelly Manison (English)''

* BadassLesbian: She can kick ass along with Madlax and she's very much dedicated [[spoiler: to her master Margaret]].

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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The red and [[WomanInWhite white]] cocktail dresses.

!Supporting Characters

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The characters of Anime/{{Madlax}}.
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%%* AwfulTruth

%%* HiddenEyes: Dark Margaret.]]

[[folder:Friday Monday]]
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-->''Voiced by: Creator/MasashiEbara (Japanese) Creator/MikeKleinhenz (English) ''

The enigmatic founder and head of the Enfant organization. Very little is known about his past before 1999, when he used his Gift to open the Door of Truth in a failed attempt to plunge the world into a total war, which, as he believes, is it's natural state.

* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: By brainwashing Richard Burton into trying to murder Margaret, he indirectly contributed to Madlax's creation- who ultimately kills him.]]

* LightIsNotGood: He wears white clothes. He's also the BigBad

* StrawNihilist: He believes that things like peace, love, and even basic human decency are all lies and only war is real.

[[folder:Carrossea Doon]]
-->''Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese), Creator/VicMignogna (English)''

Officially an independent contractor working for Bookwald Industries, and secretly one of Enfant's best operatives and the right-hand man of Friday Monday himself.

* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: As Poupee.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:He only was alive due to his Gift and his unyielding wish to protect Margaret. Once he realizes this... he fades away out of existence.]]
%%* TheDragon: To Friday Monday.
%%* DragonWithAnAgenda
* EnigmaticMinion: Before it's made clear that he has his own agenda separate from Friday's plans, he comes off as this.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:When he realizes that he's been DeadAllAlong]].
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Sort-of, to Margaret. Poupee was another survivor of the plane crash, fell for Margaret, vowed to protect her... and died TakingTheBullet for her. His Gift kicked in and he sort-of lived on. Then, Friday took the amnesiac kid in and named him Carrossea, with his Poupee self remaining stuck at the Sanctuary.]]

[[folder:Quanzitta Marison]]

A mysterious woman who knows about the true cause of the civil war in Gazth-Sonika. She is later revealed [[spoiler: to hold the third of the three Books of Truth, Thirstari]].

* BareYourMidriff
* MysteriousWatcher
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[[folder:Nakhl]]

A woman who serves under Quanzitta. Much like her master, she also knows about the true cause of the civil war in Gazth-Sonika.

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* BigBad: He's the leader of Enfant, the most dangerous opposition to the protagonists. [[spoiler:He's also behind everything that happened in the series, including the civil-war]].

* MeaningfulName: She's named after both a character in Mashimo's favorite movie and the Roman Goddess of gaiety

* [[spoiler:ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: He ultimate goal, in a nutshell, is to brainwash humanity into starting a global warfare]].

* BullyingADragon: [[spoilerHe apparently thought that shooting at the most powerful RealityWarper in the series was a good idea. [[CurbStompBattle It didn't end well.]]]]

!Madlax [[spoiler:(The Gatekeeper of Hell is All Alone)]]

!Margaret Burton

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: PASTA! Yeah, Pasta!

!Elenore Baker [[spoiler:(Everyday Gatekeeper)]]

!Vanessa Rene [[spoiler:(Gatekeeper of Happiness)]]

!Friday Monday

Friday Monday is the enigmatic founder and head of the Enfant Organization. Very little is known about his past before 1999, when he used his Gift to open the Door of Truth in a failed attempt to plunge the world into a total war, which, as he believes, is it's natural state.

* AxCrazy: a guy who laughs like a maniac while trying to [[spoiler:turn the world into a global battlefield]] clearly isn't sane.
* BadBoss: he killed one of his henchmen for basically [[DisproportionateRetribution annoying him]]
* BigBad: he's the leader of Enfant, the most dangerous opposition to the protagonists. [[spoiler:he's also behind everything that happened in the series, including the civil-war]].
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:he apparently thought that shooting at the most powerful {{reality warper}} in the series was a good idea. [[CurbStompBattle It didn't end well.]]]]

* DiabolicalMastermind: He runs a NebulousCriminalConspiracy, which [[spoiler:incited and prolonges a brutal civil war in order to complete a mystical ritual to turn everyone on Earth into a homicidal maniac]]. Yeah, he probably counts.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: his goal is left unknown until late in the series.
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: by brainwashing Richard Burton into trying to murder Margaret, he indirectly contributed to Madlax's creation. Guess who is the one who killed him ?]]
* KnightTemplar: he really is convinced that [[spoiler:bringing out humanity's darker, self-destructive nature on a global scale is the right to do. For obvious reasons, nobody agrees.]]
* LightIsNotGood: he is wears white clothes. He's also the {{Big Bad}}.
* [[spoiler:RealityWarper: he's one of the few Gift users in the series, although he's less powerful than he was twelve years ago.]]
* StrawNihilist: the guy believes that things like peace, love, and even basic human decency are all lies and only war is real.
* [[spoiler:ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: his ultimate goal, in a nutshell, consist in brainwashing the entire humanity into starting a global warfare]].
* VillainousBreakdown: ''Margaret! What happened to you?!'' ''' YOU BITCH!!!'''
* WalkingSpoiler: Aside from the fact that he's the leader of Enfant organization, everything about him is a spoiler.
* WarForFunAndProfit: That's what appeared to be his goal when it was revealed that [[spoiler:the Enfant organization has provided both sides of the civil-war with weapons and recruits. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it was revealed that the organization did it for free.]]

!!Limelda Jorg

!!Laetitia

!!Colonel Richard Burton

!!Carrossea Doon [[spoiler: a.k.a Poupee]]

Carrossea is officially an independent contractor working for Bookwald Industries, although, in reality, he is one of Enfant's best operatives and the right-hand man of Friday Monday himself.

!!Quanzitta Marison

A mysterious woman who knows about the true cause of the civil war in Gazth-Sonika. She is later revealed [[spoiler: to hold the third of the three Books of Truth, Thirstari]].

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!!Nakhl

A woman who serves under Quanzitta. Much like her master, she also knows about the true cause of the civil war in Gazth-Sonika.

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* StealthHiBye: Pulls this off multiple times throughout the series. She's so good at this that even ''Madlax'' herself has difficulty sensing her presence.

* JerkassFacade: Kind of. Though she's definitely an [[AllLovingHero All-Loving Herione]], she claims to be indifferent to the fact that she kills people for a living. [[spoiler:However, when Margaret accepts her as [[LiteralSplitPersonality a part of her]], she says that she knows that, on the inside, Madlax is distraught over every life she's taken. Turns out this is what she meant when she called her "a kind killer"]].

* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: She has ''extremely'' honed combat instincts and, despite her young age, several years of hard combat experience under her belt, but aside from that she's pretty much normal. [[spoiler:We find out later in the series that she's also immortal, but she still qualifies for this trope because her immortality really isn't any help in combat because it doesn't heal her fast enough, and while Madlax can't die, she can still ''lose''.]] We've even [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} deified her]].

* NinjaMaid: Oh God, does she ever prove it. In fact, she did such a good job of proving it that we've made her the ''[[Pantheon/{{Combat}} Greater Goddess]]'' of {{Ninja Maid}}s.

* DepravedBisexual: She sleeps with Carrossea Doon (seemingly develops feelings for him), and becomes obsessively fixated with Madlax. She even says that she loves her later on.

* TheUnfettered: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She seems to be completely matter-of-fact with regards to her job (and the body count it entails), and when Vanessa [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out]] on her apparent callousness, she calmly defends herself saying it's what she [[IDidWhatIHadTo needs to do]] to survive. [[spoiler:In the final episode, however, Margaret states that Madlax actually [[TheFettered torments herself]] over person she's killed, which is what makes her a "kind killer"]].

* WhatTheHellHero: She delivers one to Madlax in regards to her apparent indifference towards killing people for a living. Madlax simply responds that she [[IDidWhatIHadTo does what she has to]] in order to stay alive.

* JerkassFacade: Kind of. Though she's definitely an [[AllLoveHero All-Loving Herione]], she claims to be indifferent to the fact that she kills people for a living. [[spoiler:However, when Margaret accepts her as [[LiteralSplitPersonality a part of her]], she says that she knows that, on the inside, Madlax is distraught over every life she's taken. Turns out this is what she meant when she called her "a kind killer"]].

* JerkassFacade: Kind of. Though she's definitely an AllLovingHerione, she claims to be indifferent to the fact that she kills people for a living. [[spoiler:However, when Margaret accepts her as [[LiteralSplitPersonality a part of her]], she says that she knows that, on the inside, Madlax is distraught over every life she's taken. Turns out this is what she meant when she called her "a kind killer"]].

* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:"Madlax" turns out to have beeen his military callsign. It's the only word Margaret and Madlax remember, because that's what Friday called him before rendering him BrainwashedAndCrazy]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After Friday reads him the Words of Awakening, he loses it and tries to [[OffingTheOffspring kill Margaret]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: She appears to grow quite fond of Luciano, and at one point tells Eleanor that she loves her. She's also heavily implied to have been in love with [[SchoolgirlLesbians her classmate Anne Morey]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: While she shows no interest in men, her relationship with Madlax is implied to develop into a mutual BodyguardCrush, and she's also, on occassion, rather flirty with Eleanor.

%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy
%%* ColonelBadass

%%* BareYourMidriff
%%* MysteriousWatcher

%%* ColdSniper
%%* DarkActionGirl

* AmbiguouslyBi: She shows some interest in a couple of men, and then there's her [[HomoeroticSubtext subtext-fueled]] relationships with Vanessa and Limelda. She also says that she loves Margaret during the final batter, [[spoiler: when the [[LiteralSplitPersonality true nature of their relationship]] is revealed]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: She shows some interest in a couple of men, and then there's her [[HomoeroticSubtext subtext-fueled]] relationships with Vanessa and Limelda.

* AmbiguoslyGay: While she shows no interest in men, her relationship with Madlax is implied to develop into a mutual BodyguardCrush, and she's also, on occassion, rather flirty with Eleanor.

* BiTheWay: Slept with Carrossea Doon in one episode and her obsession with Madlax speaks for itself.

* StalkerWithACrush: She's an interesting example of this. She starts off as a StalkerWithoutACrush, hunting Madlax after she snipes Glen MacNichol, Gazth-Sonika's Army Commander. However, after [[spoiler:discovering the truth behind Gazth-Sonika's civil war]], she decides that her life has no meaning outside her battles with Madlax

* BiTheWay: She's shown some interest in men, but her relationship with Vanessa is decidedly ''not'' platonic.

* OneManArmy: Platoons- even companies- of soldiers can do nothing but die in droves when Madlax starts fighting.

* ShipTease: With multiple characters. She has some with Guen [=McNichol=] (a person she kills later on in that episode), and Chris (a young boy she's assigned to protect in Episode 5). However, [[BiTheWay she has the most teasing]] with [[LipstickLesbian Vanessa Rene]], whom she spends protecting for a majority of the series.

* BodyguardCrush: On Madlax. It's mutual.

* LipstickLesbian: While it's never actually stated, whatever her relationship with them is, she tends to flirt with/check out Elenore and Madlax, yet she's never shown doing the same to a man.

* DepravedBisexual: She slept with Carrossea Doon and is very, VERY fixated on Madlax.

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:he apparently thought that shooting the most powerful {{reality warper}} in the series was a good idea. [[CurbStompBattle It didn't end well.]]]]

* [[spoiler:ToCreateaPlaygroundForEvil: his ultimate goal, in a nutshell, consist in brainwashing the entire humanity into starting a global warfare]].