History Characters / Overgeared

* ArcherArchetype: Some of the orcs are seen using bows. Particularly, those that watch over their villages from the watchtowers they've set up.

Character list for {{Literature/Overgeared}}: Warning, spoilers are unmarked.

* DropTheHammer: Given that he's a blacksmith, Smith's usually seen using a smithing hammer during work. He also provided Grid with a Normal-rated [Blacksmith’s Hammer] early on.

* DropTheHammer: Given that he's a blacksmith, Khan's usually seen using a smithing hammer during work.
** At the Winston smithy, Khan's primary smithing hammer was a Rare-rated [Excellent Blacksmith’s Hammer] left to him by his father that increased the chance of the user making a Rare-rated item by 10%. In addition, Grid used his Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal Skill on it in order to learn how to make blacksmithing hammers for himself.

* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon is the blessed Raphael's Spear.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: He becomes a hero to Winston Village after the residents found out that he chose to betray the Mero Company, and bring Valmont and Baron Lowe to justice.

* {{Envy}}: It was only for a brief moment, possibly at the fact that he was beat out by a fellow Blacksmither, but Steng did show a bit of envy towards Grid at the fact that master Razvan's Rare-rated [Long Sword That Easily Harmonizes With Magic], which was sold at the knight auction for 1,900 gold, got beat out by Grid's two Epic-rated items, the [Very Delicate Plate Armor] and the [Seemingly Plain Gauntlets]. Both of which sold for 3,500 gold and 2,000 gold respectively.

* OverprotectiveDad: Justified. Irine is his only child, she's the daughter of an Earl, thus the target of manipulation, envy, and all sorts of pitfalls, plus she's been kidnapped and marked for VirginSacrifice by the Church of Yatan, ''twice''.

* UnwittingPawn: What he was looking for. The entire reason he recruits Grid to find the Legendary Crafstman's Rare Book is because Grid is [[DumbButDiligent SO dumb, but persistent, that he makes the perfect pawn to find it for him]]. As we saw in a CutAway to the Satisfy staff, the explicit requirements to begin the quest are to have an intelligence less than 50.

* HotScientist: If his manhwa portrayal is anything to go by, Cheolho doesn't look all that shabby.

* AnAxeToGrind: He provides players with [Smith’s Old Axe] when firewood is needed.

* AnAxeToGrind: Johnson is seen using an axe against Grid.

* AnAxeToGrind: Some are seen wielding axes. Particularly, [Crude Hand Axes].

* {{BFS}}: Fights with a [[AnAxeToGrind much larger axe]] compared to the lesser frostlight orcs.

* PyrrhicVillainy: He does manage to kill off Khan for the intended purpose of driving a grief-stricken Grid into a collision course with Agnus, just to see how Agnus would react, but not only does he die himself in the process, screwing up his own hidden quests, but he has earned the eternal undying hatred of the entire Overgeared Kingdom against everyone in his guild and Grid retaliates, not with a hysterical frenzy like he expected, but with a cold, righteous, TranquilFury, bringing in all '''the 2 billion other users''' to eternally PK every last member of the Immortal Guild without rest until they're driven out of the game, permanently.

* ChildProdigy: UpToEleven. Unlike Grid, he's actually a genius and masters his studies at an alarming speed. He actually recognizes human speech and responds before he's even ''two weeks old!''

* ProngsOfPoseidon: The Canyon Mermen's primary weapons are long 2 meter tridents.

* KnifeNut: He favors daggers.

* KnifeNut: His primary means of combat appears to be using knives.

* KnifeNut: He's seen using a dagger.

* {{Meganekko}}: She wears glasses.

* AdultFear: Imagine, you're a marquis, and have to constantly worry about political rivals. You're a widower, and have only one child, a sweet, innocent girl you want to see happy. Then you hear that she's been kidnapped by a cult that wants to sacrifice her to an evil god, and she's rescued, at the cost of her best bodyguard, only for some time later, for her to be kidnapped ''again'' with your best knights and soldiers helpless in the face of the kidnappers. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Marquis Steim's life.

* SpotOfTea: Drinks tea made of boiled Lunol leaves.

* WorfHadTheFlu: When Greed fought Madra, he fought him as an undead lich who no longer had a master to provide him energy. Madra was unable to use most of his skillset and even trying to use some of his stronger attacks caused damage to his undead body.

* UndyingLoyalty: Pretty much all of the Yatan Church followers, especially the NPCS, are this towards God Yatan.

* MasterSwordsman: Muller is considered THE master swordsman of Satisfy. Even though there are swordsman greater than him, like his master Biban, Muller is the first name that comes to mind when asking Satisfy NPCs who the greatest swordsman was.

* TheGoodShepherd: As pope, he's the epitome of what the leader of a religious movement ''should'' be like.

* StatusAilment: The dark power Malacus gives off is enough to surprise his enemies by hitting them with fear, weakness, and immobilization effects. Upon first meeting Malacus, Grid isn't affected by the dark power given his passive skills that basically make him immune to abnormal conditions, but Regas isn't so lucky.

* {Necromancer}: Becoming Baal's Contractor granted Pagma the ability to raise the dead. He used this ability to raise his fellow legends as lichs against their wills and placed them as guardians of the Behen Archipelago.
* NotSoDifferent: Despite hating his fellow yangbans and refusing to act like a god, Pagma was selfish and sacrified others in his pursuit of protecting the world.

[[folder: As a whole]]
* BadassCrew: Starts off as one of the strongest guilds in the game with a total of less than 20 users and some powerful NPC. Upgrades to BadassArmy when Peak Sword merges his 200 man guild with theirs.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: They are all experts in their respective classes and very powerful, but they've all got some serious screws loose.
* CharacterLevel: The Overgeared Guild consists of many high level players. A large majority of them, such as everyone from the Tzedakah Guild, are within the Top-100 on the unified player rankings.
* TrueCompanions: They may love to bicker, argue, and give each other grief, but they are always there for each other through thick and thin.
* WeDoTheImpossible: If there's something bothering you that nobody else can deal with, and you manage to gather their support, they will triumph, especially when Grid takes to the stage. In the [Golem Invasion] event, Giant Guild was utterly flattened, and over 100,000 high level knights from the Eternal Kingdom couldn't do squat. When Grid rushed over to the capital, as a quest to rescue his father-in-law, Earl Steim, with what was then Tzedakah guild following close behind, they managed to rescue the capital city, then after reorganizing into Overgeared Guild, with Grid in charge, with a population of less than 20, completely owned the golem army, including the "invincible" ancient weapons. It's only when said ancient weapons started whipping out an AdaptiveAbility and DefeatEqualsExplosion that the guild started to struggle, and even then they were still victorious.
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!! Players/Users

* [[Characters/OvergearedGrid Grid]] [[note]]The main character.[[/note]]

!!!Tzedakah Guild Recruits

[[folder: Jishuka]]
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[[caption-width-right:291:I will strike down anyone who dares lay hands on my guild!]]
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[[quoteright:291:[[labelnote:Click here for Jishuka's novel illustration.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jishuka___overgeared.png]][[/labelnote]]

The beautiful leader of the 17-member Tzedakah Guild that have been playing together since the days of L.T.S., and Satisfy's #1 Archer class player. Jishuka is the first to scout out Grid to craft the guild's gear after she notices and buys from the auction house the first ever Epic-rated [Special Jaffa Arrows] that were crafted by him. However, Grid remained an unknown at the time, which results in Jishuka mistaking Euphemina as the blacksmith she was looking for when she hears of the Mero Company blacksmith competition. The guild's top assassin, Faker, is defeated in a fight against Euphemina when they try to confront her, which Jishuka swears vengeance.
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While tracking down Euphemina, her guild mate, Regas, makes contact with Grid trying to help him recover his stolen Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield]. The result is Jishuka and the rest of her guild winding up in a raid battle with the Yatan Church's 6th Servant, Malacus. It is during this boss raid that Grid notices her using his [Special Jaffa Arrows] and thanks her for buying them. At this point, she realizes Grid is the guy she's been looking for, and when Grid, of all people, winds up taking down the boss, she concludes that she must get him into their guild and have him upgrade their gear, whatever it takes.

* ArcherArchetype: Easily the biggest example of an Archer player in the game.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: The only thing we know about her ethnicity is that she comes from Brazil. Everything else is still up in the air.
* ArtEvolution: As can be seen in the page images. Her most recent appearance is far closer to her original web-novel hi-res art than her initial appearance.
* CharacterLevel: Around the time of the Malacus raid, Jishuka was mentioned to be the 19th highest level player in the unified player rankings.
* EnlightenedSelfInterest: She is good and kind to Grid because his smith talents are mission critical for the guild to continue prospering.
* FieryRedhead: She's red-headed and is loud, hot-blooded, and her special attack involves an arrow of pure flames.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Averted. She once tries to tempt Grid into doing her a favor by bending over low enough that he can see right down her cleavage. Unfortunately for her, by this time he was already married and faithful to Irene, so he doesn't even notice and angrily shoos her out of the smithy so he can get to work.
* HopelessSuitor: By the time she starts to develop feelings for Grid, he's already in a faithful relationship with someone else.
* IWillFindYou: After spotting the Epic-rated [Special Jaffa Arrows] in the auction house, it becomes her goal to find the unknown blacksmith (Grid) who crafted them, and recruit said blacksmith into the Tzedakah Guild before he/she is swooped up by some other guild. Thus, she quickly orders her fellow guild members to begin the search. She eventually succeeds.
* TheLeader: Jishuka's the leader of the 17-member Tzedakah Guild that have been playing together since the days of L.T.S. (the most popular game before the days of Satisfy). She slides into the role of SupportingLeader after her Tzedakah Guild folds into Grid's guild, and he becomes their new overall leader.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Her initial meeting with Grid is basically the two of them arguing like children over who is more desperate for Regas' help. Grid needing him to help search for his stolen [Perfect Divine Shield], or Jishuka needing Regas to help the guild locate the potential unknown blacksmith (not knowing that it's the Grid person right in front of them).
* MasterArcher: She's the #1 Archer of Satisfy to the point of people calling her an expert, and has the strength and skills to back up said status.
* MeanBoss: She is loud, abrasive, and often makes death-threats to make her guild members bend to her will, but they are loyal to her because she watches over them, and because they know that she only yells at them in an effort to bring out the best of their capabilities.
* AMotherToHerMen: She may be loud and threatening, but when push comes to shove, she will avenge her guild-mates, whatever it takes, and looks out for their well-being.
* MsFanservice: She is one of the two top attractive female users of Satisfy and isn't afraid to flaunt it. The other is Yura, the #5 top player in the world.
* MundaneUtility: At one point, she has to use her trump card so Grid can use the flames like a furnace to forge a lock-pick. She was not happy having to do this.
* PlayingWithFire: Her trump card "phoenix arrow" manifests as a huge arrow of flames.
* ProperlyParanoid: For a long time, she was firmly insistent that the Tzedakah guild should not accept new recruits, for several good reasons. In the aftermath of the most recent skirmish with Giant Guild over Grid, she loosens the restrictions and brings in several promising recruits. Among them, three of them are spies and saboteurs, Box, Black Teddy, and Asuka. Although she never heard about it, the three spies are directly responsible for nearly causing a major rift in the guild between several key members.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She backs up Grid's requests as well as she can because they're not unreasonable and he does need her support to fulfill the crafting requests her guild is giving him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In order to keep Malacus' focus off Grid, Jishuka goes about taunting the former. She calls out Malacus for being incompetent and weak for not managing to kill her and her guild with the powerful dark magic attack that he just used against them, and that thanks to the information they've gathered, he's actually the weakest of Yatan's Eight Servants. The badmouthing is enough to turn Malacus red in anger.
* RevengeMyopia: She once tries to hunt down Euphemina for beating up on Faker when he's the one who antagonized Euphemina first. Fortunately, she gives up the grudge when she encounters and manages to recruit Grid to her guild and have him upgrade their gear.
* TheRival: Has rivalries with several people.
** Her overall Tzedakah Guild is this towards the Giant Guild having gone up against them since the days of the L.T.S. game that came before Satisfy. The Giant Guild's Chris in particular is Jishuka's primary rival given that they're both guild leaders.
** She and Yura eventually start to compete over Grid's affections in the real world.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: She's viewed as such amongst the masses. Particularly when it comes to Brazilian women.
* YouNeverDidThatForMe: Much more pronounced in the light novel than the manwha, but Jishuka nearly goes crazy in the Target Processing event in the first national competition where, after totally ignoring Jishuka for days and not responding at all, Grid [[BigDamnHeroes suddenly shows up and saves Yura]], making Jishuka stop dead and demand her teammate tell her which of them he thinks is prettier.

[[folder: Regas]]
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The Tzedakah Guild's second strongest member, and the #1 Martial Artist class player of Satisfy. Regas is an all-around NiceGuy, and because he's a taekwando expert, he chooses to fight either with metal knuckles or no weapons at all. Regas is introduced coming to Grid's defense from people accusing Grid of attempting to sneak into the Guardian of the Forest raid near Bairan Village by pretending to be a strong player. He comes across Grid again in Winston Village during a time when the guild was searching for the unknown blacksmith that forged the Epic-rated [Special Jaffa Arrows], which he sees that Grid has become depressed after his Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield] had been stolen away by a Yatan supporter. Thus, Regas decides to help out Grid once more by helping him find his lost shield; not knowing that he's actually helping the unknown blacksmith his guild is looking for.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Has the Penetration Skill when striking enemies with his fists, which is implied to be a strike that bypasses defenses.
* BareFistedMonk: Usually fights with no weapons, but if pressed, can equip metal knuckles.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Regas is not the smartest fellow, and is very easy to fool when it comes to asking him for help, but he makes up for it by kicking peoples butts as a martial artist.
* TheCape: Given his NiceGuy persona, Regas will go out of his way to help those that are in dire need. He will even ignore the current objectives provided by his guild if he happens to come across someone in trouble.
* CharacterLevel: At the time of the Malacus raid, Regas is mentioned to be 2nd highest level Tzedakah member after Jishuka, and is within the Top-30 of the unified player rankings, which put him somewhere between Jishuka (19th) and Pon (23rd).
* DistressedDude: During the raid battle against Malacus, Regas ends up being taken hostage after said video-game boss strikes him with 5 black spears that keep him immobilized.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Grid trying to join the Guardian of the Forest raid near Bairan Village definitely highlighted Regas' NiceGuy persona. Toban and Vantner remained suspicious of Grid trying to get in when he was not revealing his level (he was level -3 at the time), which also started to anger all the other players who were about to take part in the raid. However, Regas stepped in to defend Grid, and even made it clear that Grid's allowed to join. In the end, Grid decided to back out knowing that he didn't have anyone else's trust, but that didn't stop Regas from hoping to see Grid again somewhere down the line.
* ExtremityExtremist: Since he's the Martial Artist class, a lot of Regas' skills rely on him using his body parts, such as his arms and legs, to deal damage to his opponents.
* ForeignCultureFetish: He is British, but favors Korean cuisine and Asian martial arts. In the aftermath of the first yearly Satisfy Olympic games, he is among the first of the users to move to South Korea and build fund the creation of an apartment complex just so he can live near Grid.
* FunPersonified: He tends to be the funnest and easygoing person to be around when it comes to the Tzedakah Guild.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a sweetheart, but mess with his friends and he won't hesitate to beat you to death.
* GreenEyedMonster: After being saved by Grid during the Malacus raid, he shows a tad of envy towards the former because despite Grid still being an unknown at the time, he's already displaying greatness in front of many people who are high Rankers, including Regas.
* HonorBeforeReason: His NiceGuy antics tend to get in the way of being reasonable.
** If someone is in need of help, or a villain needs to be brought to justice, Regas will ignore his current objective to perform such deeds, even if it means that he has to put aside the goals of his guild.
** He refuses to use weapons outside of very limited circumstances, like the official Satisfy Olympic tournament, where weapon use is sanctified by the competition rules.
* IChooseToStay: Given his competitive nature, Regas will choose to not run. He will stick around to continue fighting even if it's looking like they're not going to win.
* InSeriesNickname: He became known as the "Taekwon Master" amongst the players due to his taekwando skills.
* LeeroyJenkins: Due to his lack of intelligence when it comes to planning ahead, Regas tends to just charge in right away and begin fighting without any plan. One example is when he suddenly charged at a group of Yatan supporters during the search for Grid's stolen [Perfect Divine Shield].
* NiceGuy: He's without a doubt one of the nicest people this series has to offer. If someone needs help, or justice needs to be served, he will drop everything he's currently doing to go and solve said issues.
* PowerfulButIncompetent: He's one of the Tzedakah Guild's top fighters, 2nd highest even in terms of level, but lacks somewhat in the intelligence department, which almost always gets in the way of the goals set by his guild. This usually results in Regas going off and doing his own thing, which can sometimes get on guild leader Jishuka's nerves. Later on when he's held captive by Malacus and tries to explain to Pon and Vantner that he just wanted to fight someone who looked strong for the sake of his training, they both end up viewing Regas as an idiot, and just order him to die.
* PowerPalms: He has the Force Palm Skill, which is striking enemies with the palm of his hand.
* PrettyBoy: So much so that he's said to be a complete heartthrob amongst the women. The fact that he's always shirtless, which shows off his huge muscles, helps a lot.
* RedOniBlueOni: The energetic NiceGuy Red to Grid's depressed Blue as the two of them go about working together to search for Grid's Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield] that was stolen by a Yatan supporter.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: He puts his quest to find "the mysterious blacksmith" on hold to help Grid recover his Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield]. Just so happens Grid is the "mysterious blacksmith" his guild tasked him to find, and helping him in his hour of need is bound to score points to help win him over.
* RoundhouseKick: He has the Gale Attack Skill, which appears to be striking enemies with kicks that are enhanced with the wind-attribute.
* SkilledButNaive: He's a powerful user, but he's very easy to exploit.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He fights strong foes purely for the thrill of the challenge, and calls it "training."
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Constantly.

[[folder: Faker]]

The #1 Assassin class player of the Tzedakah Guild who's considered to be a genius. Faker proved his ability and intellect by becoming the best Assassin in the game after playing in Satisfy for just 8 months. He's introduced getting in a fight with Euphemina when the guild believed that she was the potential great blacksmith that they were looking for. However, Faker ends up dying to her due to being caught off-guard by her Duplicator class, which results in Jishuka and the guild swearing vengeance on her. Once Grid officially joins their guild and their beef with Euphemina is put to rest, Faker continues fighting from the shadows as one of Grid's main supports.

* BigDamnHeroes: He tends to pull this often as that invisible member of the guild who will remain in hiding, but will go in to protect his teammates if such a need arises. During the Malacus raid, Faker blocked a black magic spear attack from reaching Grid and Regas as they were escaping from danger.
* DoppelgangerAttack: He has a cloning Skill where at least a dozen of himself can attack the enemy at once.
* FragileSpeedster: Faker's a really fast and skilled Assassin player, but doesn't seem to have much durability as he actually didn't last all that long in his fight with Euphemina.
* HavingABlast: One of his daggers is said to have a hidden ability to explode upon impact.
* {{Invisibility}}: Common to rogue classes, Faker has the Stealth Skill to remain invisible while moving.
* KnifeNut: Seen fighting with daggers, which makes sense considering his Rogue-like Assassin class. He also has the ability to throw said daggers at enemies.
* {{Ninja}}: A lot of his game characteristics is basically that of a ninja.
* NinjaLog: He has a skill to make a body decoy of himself that takes all the damage while he gets away completely unharmed, such as making a copy of himself to take all the damage of one of Euphemina's copied fire spells.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Faker is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faker_(gamer) Lee Sang-hyeok]], a real life South Korean gamer who's a professional at ''[[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends League of Legends]]''.
* ProfessionalKiller: His Assassin class. Faker is basically a rogue player who's ''really'' good at killing people.
* TheSmartGuy: One of the more intellectual fighters of the guild. Faker's mentioned to be a genius to the point that he rose up to the #1 spot for the Assassin class after playing Satisfy for just 8 months.
* TheSneakyGuy: Faker fills the role of being the Guild's damaging dealing rogue character that sneaks around in Stealth to kill people from the shadows.
* SpeedEchoes: His movements tend to leave behind afterimages. Possibly a result of an Assassin skill as Euphemina is shown doing this as well when she chooses to copy one of Faker's movement skills during their duel.
* SuperSpeed: Possibly a result of his Assassin skills, Faker's able to move really quickly to the point of leaving behind afterimages. Faker is so fast that he was able to swipe off Euphemina's disguise hat when she was pretending to be "Erina" before she could even react.
* StealthExpert: A lot of his Assassin and rogue skills play into this. Not to mention that he's ''the'' #1 Assassin.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Has the ability to throw his daggers at enemies.

[[folder: Toban]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Stop fighting, he's a guild mate!]]

A Tzedakah Guild member who is the #1 Paladin class player, which makes him tank support for his guild mates. In addition, Toban serves as the guild's chief of staff, and is a member of the Judar Church. Due to initially being rude to Grid when the latter tried to join the Guardian of the Forest raid at Bairan Village, Grid decides to put him last on the que of equipment upgrades. By sheer coincidence, Toban's class quest puts him at odds with Grid's class quest due to the fact that Grid wound up looting the armor set that Toban's pope wanted to acquire.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original novel, he's listed as having black hair. In the manhwa, he's illustrated as blonde.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: It's never truly explained why his game avatar within Satisfy is darker skinned compared to everyone else.
* BadBadActing: He tries to dupe Grid by pretending he's under Box's control, but his actions are so hammy and over the top that he doesn't fool anyone.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Grid was already pissed at him for being attacked without provocation by Asuka, Black Teddy, and Box, and Toban's attempts to stop the fight failed epically. So when Toban offers to buy the armor set, at a ridiculously lowballed amount, refusing to budge, Grid gives up all thoughts of further negotiation and pulls out all the stops, killing Asuka, Box, and Black Teddy, and then extorting Toban into working for him, for free.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Given that he's a Paladin tanker, Toban's usually seen using a shield.
** At the start of the series, he and the rest of the Tzedakah Guild were trying to raid Bairan Village's Guardian of the Forest in the hopes that it drops the [Amethyst Shield] for Toban.
** He has the Patience Shield Skill, which allows him to try to block the damage of certain attacks with whatever shield he currently has equipped.
* NumberTwo: Seems to serve as this for Jishuka, especially since he works as the Tzedakah Guild's chief of staff. If Jishuka winds up in trouble during combat, Toban will be the one giving the orders to protect the leader.
* ThePaladin: He's the first paladin of the Judar church.
* PeoplePuppets: Box uses his class's special abilities to force him to attack Grid.
* TheSmartGuy: Seems to fill this role for the Tzedakah Guild since he's been assigned to be their chief of staff. Basically, he keeps everything regarding his guild in order, and helps set up raids and such for them to take on.
* StoneWall: Serves as a Paladin tanker for his guild. Toban usually had to act as the main tanker early on due to Vantner messing up his stat distribution for his Guardian Knight class, which made it difficult for the latter to properly tank. However, once Vantner started to fix his class, such as him finally receiving a high-rated armor from Grid, Toban fell into more of the tanking support role that was supposed to be his role to begin with.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Lawful means carrying out his quest to take the Holy Armor Set from Grid, by force if need be. To be good means siding with his guild-mate and maybe failing the quest. The choice is stripped from him when Asuka, Box, and Black Teddy attack Grid and refuse to stand down.

[[folder: Pon]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Wow! This spear is fantastic!]]

A [[{{Bishonen}} good-looking]] Tzedakah Guild player who is the #1 Spear Knight class player of Satisfy. Thus, making him one of the top guild mates when it comes to dishing out damage. Pon has a rivalry with Vantner where they constantly try to argue and one-up the other, but is also done in such a way that brings out the best of both of them.

* AchillesHeel: Early on, Pon was stuck using a Level-190 Unique-rated spear despite his character being Level 243 as he hadn't been able to find a good replacement, which really lowered his potential damage output. However, he finally gets his much desired spear once Grid joins the guild, and makes a better one for him.
* AttackAttackAttack: His class is almost sheer offense, so once the battle starts, he concentrates on dishing out as much damage as he can to end the fight as quickly as possible.
* {{Bishonen}}: He's described to be handsome and has a sleek physique. So much so that his game character makes him look younger than he actually is.
* BladeOnAStick: Pon fights with a spear to the point of building himself up to becoming the #1 Spear Knight class player in Satisfy. Thus, he's famous as the best spearman in the game.
** Before meeting Grid, he was using a Level-190 Unique-rated spear for combat, which Pon was in desperate need of an upgrade since his game character was as high as Level 243 by the time of the Malacus raid.
* CharacterLevel: At the time of his introduction, Pon was mentioned to be the 23rd highest level player in the unified player rankings.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His introduction during the Malacus raid. Pon threw a surprise spear at Malacus with such immense strength behind it that it caused said raid boss to take several steps back despite him using his black magic shield Skill to block the spear's damage. Malacus is forced to admit that Pon is fast and strong compared to the weaker Vantner that just tried to attack him before Pon's surprise attack.
* InSeriesNickname: Vantner calls Pon a "chicken head" multiple times as a part of their VolleyingInsults.
* JavelinThrower: Given that Pon's a type of Spearman class, throwing his spear at the enemy is pretty common for him.
* JoustingLance: In the later chapters, he upgrades his class to mounted cavalry, giving him a powerful boost when he rides a mount.
* ManChild: He and Vantner's constant arguing make it quite clear that they don't act anywhere near their actual adult age. Jishuka however views this as a good thing as the two of them found value in disliking each other.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's introduced as a 36 year old man in real life, yet his {{Bishonen}} game character makes him look like a younger man in his late 20s.
* PlayingWithFire: Pon's powerful Mach Spear Skill surrounds the head of his spear in intense flames, which is then thrown at the enemy at such high speed and explosive power.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Pon tends to call out Vantner for failing to properly play out the tanking role of his Guardian Knight class, which always leaves Vantner annoyed and angry.
* RedOniBlueOni: The calm Blue to Vantner's more aggressive Red.
* TheRival: He and Vantner have a rivalry to the point that they often argue with one another during battles. Despite said rivalry, he actually does want Vantner to succeed as Pon provides advice to his rival to start dumping stats into Stamina instead of Strength in order for Vantner to fix his tanking class.
* VitriolicBestBuds: As much as Vantner and Regas love to quarrel, he loves to quarrel with Vantner just as much. Later deconstructed because while the two are trapped in a vampire city, their bickering almost caused them to lose a fight with some powerful vampires until Grid stepped in and rescued them. He went and lectured them about it.
* VolleyingInsults: Tends to get into these kinds of arguments with Vantner.

[[folder: Vantner]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Grid, when are you going to forge my armor like you promised, damn it!]]

A large and bald Tzedakah Guild player who, as the eventual #1 Guardian Knight class player of Satisfy, serves as the guild's main tanker. Vantner has a rivalry with Pon where they constantly try to argue and one-up the other, but is also done in such a way that brings out the best of both of them. When he used to play L.T.S. with the rest of the guild, he was a powerful DPS player, but for a change of pace went with one of the well known tank classes. Unfortunately, his original game-play style stuck with him and he put too much into his Strength stat; neglecting his Stamina stat, and leaving him somewhat crippled. After Grid finally has the chance to give him that sweet, sweet armor he's been needing, this turns around in a hurry, and he becomes a whirling juggernaut of destruction.

* AchillesHeel: Dumping all his early stats into Strength left Vantner as a [[GlassCannon damage-dealing tank with low Defense]]. Thus, he couldn't properly tank as he was lacking the Stamina required for his class' more advanced protection skills. However, it starts to get better for him once he begins to properly distribute his stats, and eventually receives a great tanking armor from Grid.
* AnAxeToGrind: He wields powerful twin axes.
* BadassBeard: Although he has little hair on the top of his head, he does have a full beard, and he's a mighty player.
* BaldOfAwesome: Very little hair on his head and is one of Satisfy's most powerful users. In fact, he's officially listed as the strongest user of his chosen class, Guardian Knight. Pon tends to make fun of him believing that this is a sign that Vantner is bald in real life, but Vantner claims that he designed his game character to be bald on purpose.
* BerserkButton: Nothing angers Vantner more than having to put up with Pon. Particularly when Pon is bad-mouthing him, or when Pon is doing better than him in battle.
* CharacterLevel: At the time of his introduction, Vantner was mentioned to be the 66th highest level player in the unified player rankings.
* DamageReduction: As a tanker class, he comes with different types of defense skills, such as the passive Reduce Damage Received Skill.
* DualWielding: He fights holding one axe in each hand.
* DumbMuscle: Pon calls him out as such for not effectively playing out his role of being the guild's tank, such as not even using a shield, which is a main component of being a tank. The problem comes from Vantner failing to adapt after switching to a tank class in Satisfy after he played as a damage-dealer class in L.T.S.
* GlassCannon: Vantner's biggest downfall early on was being a tank who couldn't actually tank. By dumping all his stats into Strength early on, Vantner turned himself into a frail tanking class that while he was able to dish out a lot of damage compared to what tanks are normally able to do, it left him with very little Defense. The fact that Vantner doesn't even use a shield didn't help matters. However, it starts to get better for Vantner once he settles into the role of being the tank, and starts to distribute his stats more properly. Finally receiving a high-rated tanking armor from Grid also helped.
* GreenEyedMonster: Despite being the same age as Pon, he's jealous of the fact that Pon's game character makes him look like a young heart-throb while his game character makes him look like an unappealing older man.
* HealingFactor: The Guardian Knight class comes with healing skills to help Vantner with tanking.
* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: Throwing weapons is one of the few offensive skills of a Guardian Knight, which Vantner is seen throwing his axe at Malacus.
* TheJuggernaut: Once his stats are better balanced, and finally receives his high-rated armor from Grid, he can both hit hard and tank a lot of damage.
* ManChild: He and Pon's constant arguing make it quite clear that they don't act anywhere near their actual adult age. Jishuka however views this as a good thing as the two of them found value in disliking each other.
* RedOniBlueOni: The aggressive Red to Vantner's more calm Blue.
* TheRival: He and Pon have a rivalry to the point that they often argue with one another during battles. It's why it annoys Vantner greatly that he fell behind Pon early on due to his poor stat distribution.
* SpinAttack: He can spin his twin-axes in such a way to perform a spin attack.
* StoneWall: Vantner has trouble tanking at first due to his poor stat distribution, but he eventually falls into this role as being a true main tank for the guild once his stats are fixed, and finally getting a much needed armor upgrade from Grid.
** The Guardian Knight class has a one-time invincibility Skill where along with making Vantner invulnerable, he can also neutralize the opponent’s movements for a brief time.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Grid finds a locked hidden ability to his axes while making repairs and unlocks it, making Vantner considerably more powerful.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Regas fight just for the sake of it all the time. The two of them are best friends.
* VolleyingInsults: Tends to get into these kinds of arguments with Pon.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's introduced as a 36 year old man in real life, yet his game character makes him look like a older man in his late 40s. The baldness and the beard is supposedly what makes him look older than he is.

[[folder: Ibellin]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:I wonder how my new flamberge is going to be.]]

The second member of the Tzedakah Guild to get an equipment upgrade commission from Grid after he joined the guild and the first to get a legendary piece of equipment.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Prior to the guild reorganizing into Overgeared and the joining of Ruby, he was the youngest on-screen member.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: He specializes in using a flamberge. A delicate, yet powerful sword that has a jagged blade designed to tear flesh and leave bleeding, festering wounds.
* GenreSavvy: He's savvy enough to haggle with Grid regarding the commission price of the legendary ranked flamberge and get Grid to offer a fair price.
* HoldTheLine: Despite being overwhelmed by Giant Guild 14 to one, he did his duty to protect Khan's blacksmith while Grid was at work, even managing to take down several of the attackers. An enraged Grid avenged his humiliation by curbstomping the rest.

[[folder: Laella]]

A young Magician class member of the Tzedakah Guild who specializes in [[PlayingWithFire fire spells]]. Laella is amongst the top rankers having been playing alongside her guild mates since the days of L.T.S, and is an international-renown global singer in the real world.

* BigDamnHeroes: Laella's introduction has her casting an explosive fire spell that hits and distracts Malacus long enough for Grid and Regas to escape from danger.
* HavingABlast: Since her spells center around fire, she'll usually cast spells that give off powerful flame explosions.
* HeadTurningBeauty: She's quite the beauty in Satisfy, which is obviously going to be the case in real life as well since Laella definitely needs the looks when it comes to being a famous idol. Grid first meeting her in Satisfy leaves him so distracted by her beauty and large breasts that he glossed over that they're currently fighting in a raid against Malacus.
* IdolSinger: In the real world, Laella's a famous international-renown British global singer. Even Grid instantly recognizes Laella the moment he first meets her during the Malacus raid. She was also only 18-years-old at the time that Grid met her, which basically makes her a TeenIdol since she was already quite a famous idol by that point.
* OutOfFocus: Compared to the other members of the Tzedakah guild, you don't get to see Laella all that much.
* PlayingWithFire: The spells she uses as a Magician are primarily centered around the use of fire.
* SquishyWizard: Plays the role of damage-dealing mage support for her guild. Laella starts off as a basic Magician class player, but she eventually became a Fire Magician due to fire being the primary element that she uses throughout the series.

!!!Other Recruits

[[folder: Euphemina]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Manhwa version]]
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A short beautiful girl who, unbeknownst to the characters in-story, was the 1st of three players to discover an Epic-rated class early on. Her Epic class being [[PowerCopying Duplicator]]. Euphemina's introduced hunting Piaro on behalf of Asmophel, but comes up empty due to Piaro proving himself to be a tough NPC. She's then hired by the Mero Company to challenge Grid in the Winston blacksmithing game; deciding the fate of Khan's smithy. After the contest ends with her victory, only because Grid was arrested on false charges, Euphemina gets a quest from the top merchant of the Mero Company, Rabbit, to free him as Rabbit has decided to end his work with the corrupt company for greener pastures by instead working for Grid. She accepts the quest, and breaks into the Winston Castle dungeon to free Grid.
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Having witnessed Grid's incredible blacksmithing skills forging the Unique-rated [Ideal Dagger] during the blacksmithing duel, Euphemina only agrees to help Grid out if he does something for her in return. She asks him to forge her a powerful mage orb that will allow her to store within it her one-off copied skills as doing so will finally give Euphemina a method to keep her copied skills permanently, which Grid accepts. The result is Euphemina working alongside Grid against the Mero Company until said company is disposed of. Following the quest, several months go by as she seeks out the blueprint and materials for the best possible mage orb. When she finally finds it, she returns to Grid's side so he can craft it for her.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: As a result of helping the Winston residents dispose of the Mero Company, she becomes a hero of Winston Village.
* AccidentalHero: While searching around the Winston Castle dungeon to free Grid, she unintentionally stumbled upon the imprisoned Khan, and frees him.
* AchillesHeel: The biggest drawback to her Duplicator class is that her copied spells or skills are only one-time use, which leaves Euphemina a sitting duck if she goes through her arsenal of one-off abilities during a battle. This is particularly why Euphemina's seeking out a high-rated mage Orb as orbs have a mechanic to store spells within it for permanent use. Meaning that Euphemina storing her one-time spells within it would make them infinite use.
* ActionGirl: Thanks to her Duplicator class, she's able to handle things quite well on her own as displayed by her battling with the guards within Winston's castle dungeon, and her fight against the #1 Assassin player, Faker. The amount of copied spells surprised Faker so much that she actually managed to kill him along with the 3 Tzedakah Guild members who tried to support him.
* AllForNothing: She spends 63 in-game days preparing to face Piaro, and loses it all in a matter of minutes when her over-use of copied skills turns on her.
* TheBait: She ended up in this position being forced to hold off the Winston Castle prison guards while Grid goes off on his own to rescue Huroi. Euphemina didn't appreciate this one bit.
* BerserkButton: Being treated as a kid tends to really tick her off. When Euphemina breaks into Winston Castle to free Grid from prison, one of the conditions she drops on him before release is to make sure that Grid stops calling her a kid.
* TheBlacksmith: While she doesn't have the Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill, she's able to pretend to be one thanks to her Duplicator class, which she will copy a player or NPC's Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill in order for her to make at least one item as a Blacksmith. This comes into play when she's hired by the Mero Company to take part in the Winston blacksmithing duel against Grid.
* DifficultButAwesome: Her class is one of the strongest in the game, but comes with a lot of drawbacks and pitfalls, not the least of which is the over-reliance on one-use copied skills and spells.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory: She was declared the winner of the Winston blacksmithing duel, but only by default because Grid was arrested by Valmont before his much better crafted knife was able to be judged.
* TheDragAlong: In a way, Euphemina got dragged along by Grid to help him rescue Huroi in the Winston Castle dungeon. Euphemina had no connection whatsoever to Huroi, and the quest she was given was only to free Grid. However, Grid had his own quest needing to save Huroi, which she ends up following along since she has to keep Grid alive for her quest.
* DropTheHammer: She buys herself an Epic-rated [Blessed Blacksmith Hammer] to use for the blacksmithing duel against Grid.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Euphemina's introduction has many male players enjoying the sight of her, which they ask to form a group with her, or show off their skills trying to impress her. Meanwhile, the female players are all [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] that she's getting all the attention.
** It happens again at start of the Winston blacksmithing duel against Grid where many male players become interested in watching just because of Euphemina participating.
* FightingSpirit: Obtained the Fighting Spirit stat from earning the 'Competitor' Title. The lower her health gets, the greater her attack power and mental state.
* {{Flight}}: Has an unknown skill that allows her to fly, which she's seen using flying around in her introduction fight against Piaro.
* ForWantOfANail: Had she succeeded in her S-class quest to defeat Piaro, the story would be very, very different.
* GirlishPigtails: How she sports her hair.
* InSeriesNickname: Due to her Duplicator class, Euphemina can take on any job to make herself look like any type of worker. Thus, she gives herself a useful nickname for any job she works so others would know about her.
** One example is after copying the skills of an advanced Blacksmith NPC, she took on the nickname as a blacksmith named Erina. The result was the Mero Company hiring Euphemina as "Erina" to take on Grid in the Winston blacksmithing duel.
* ItemCrafting: The knife she forges for the Winston blacksmith duel ended up as an Epic-rated [Dagger of Bewitchment]. The main benefit of the dagger is that it has a Bewitchment option giving the user a chance to turn a target into a non-resistant state for 3 seconds.
* LuckStat: Obtained the Good Luck stat from earning the 'Competitor' Title. The likelihood of lucky phenomenons happening to Euphemina will increase.
* MagicalEye: Her Skill Observation skill. It allows Euphemina to look upon a player that's currently using one of their skills. If she's able to see the person's skill thanks to Skill Observation being a high enough level, then she can copy it with her Skill Duplication skill.
* TheMagnificent: She's introduced having already obtained two unknown Titles.
** She tried to get a 3rd Title, 'Agent of Revenge,' from attempting to complete a S-ranked quest given from Asmophel to kill Piaro, but she ends up not getting the title due to failing said quest.
** She gets another chance at a 3rd Title, 'Competitor,' after the Mero Company hires her for a quest to take on Grid in the Winston blacksmithing duel, which due to a technicality of Grid getting arrested before he's announced the winner, she ends up the winner by default. As a result of obtaining the 'Competitor' Title, Euphemina gains the Fighting Spirit stat, the Good Luck stat, and the Rolling Dice Skill.
* NecessaryDrawback: Her class has many pitfalls. The list below his hardly exhaustive.
** 1.) She can only copy a new ability three times a day. (Once every eight hours).
** 2.) Abilities she copies can only be used once, unless stored in a mage orb.
** 3.) She has to see the ability used and analyze it before she can copy it.
** 4.) She can not copy an ability that comes from a higher class than her own.
** 5.) If she overuses copied abilities in battle, or she runs out, her body's already poor stats are weakened even further.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks like a kid but is over 20.
* OurMagesAreDifferent: While Euphemina's Duplicator class allows her to copy ''any'' skill, she seems to prefer fighting like a mage as the copied spells she uses throughout the series tend to be high-level mage-like spells. In addition, the gear she wears is usually for that of a mage, such as cloth robes and holding onto a spell orb.
* PowerCopying: The nature of her class, but this has powerful drawbacks as seen above. Some of the skills she copied with her Skill Duplication skill, and went about using throughout the series, include the following:
** Swirling Frenzy, a swirling storm skill that deals 1,530-2,380 damage per second for five seconds. The agility of the target caught in the vortex will decrease by 80%. She uses it in the quest fight against Piaro.
** Tartan, the strongest defensive skill known by the #1 Guardian Knight player, Bump. A huge steel giant appears out of thin air and then embraces the user to defend from all incoming attacks. She uses it in the quest fight against Piaro.
** Counter Barrier, a skill of the strongest Assault Knight player, Miared. When struck by an enemy, Counter Barrier returns all the damage from said attack back upon the enemy. She uses it in the quest fight against Piaro.
** Other copied skills that she uses in the quest fighting Piaro include Scorching Heat Wave, Tyrant’s Majesty, Mace of Light, Spear of Darkness, and Prelude to Destruction.
** Nightmare Projection, a skill that forces the enemy into a hallucination. Euphemina used this on Piaro to counter his Fated to Perish trump card, which resulted in him fighting an image of his most painful memory, Asmophel.
** Blacksmith's Craftsmanship, she copied Khan's Advanced level blacksmithing skill in order to take on Grid for the Winston blacksmithing duel.
** Spear of Destruction, a skill where she summons out a large spear from her fingertip to strike her enemies. She uses it against a bunch of Winston soldiers (killing 30) during the quest to free Grid from the Winston Castle dungeon.
** Sword of Light, a skill that summons out a large shining white sword. She casts out the sword specifically to kill a group of Winston Castle guards that were going to chase after Grid, who ran off to search for the caged Huroi.
** Demon King's Tail Fire, a skill that causes blue flames to erupt on the bodies of her enemies; dealing massive damage to them. She uses it on Baron Lowes' bodyguards (killing all 16) after her and Grid escape from the Winston Castle dungeon.
** Angel's Scream, a skill that releases ultrasound waves that rattle the ears of her enemies. She uses it against Faker to make him drop out of Stealth when the Tzedakah Guild believed that she was the great blacksmith they were looking for.
** She's seen using powerful copied lighting and fire spells against Faker, but he easily dodges the lightning spell, and his clone takes the damage of the fire spell instead of him.
** Ancient Queen’s Knight, a skill that summons out a knight in black armor familiar to fight for her. She uses it in her fight against Faker.
** During the fight with Faker, she copied one of his Assassin movement skills that allowed her to easily dodge the 3 daggers that he threw at her.
** Dragon Claws, a skill that raises large stone pillars from the ground while a rain of fire comes down from above. She uses it against Faker and the 3 other Tzedakah Guild members that tried to support him.
* {{Pride}}: Very prideful of her good looks, which she will always use to her advantage. After befriending Grid and becoming part of his Overgeared Guild, she doesn't really pull this stunt anymore.
* ProudBeauty: She knows full well the effect her good looks have on men, whether it be player or NPC, and takes full advantage of it. It's why Euphemina's so confused when she first meets Grid as it turns out that he's the first man she ever met who didn't go gaga over her at first sight.
* RandomNumberGod: Obtained the Rolling Dice Skill from earning the 'Competitor' Title. Said skill revolves around Euphemina rolling a 6-sided dice, which a [[StatusBuff buff]] or [[StatusAilment debuff]] phenomenon will occur depending on the number that is rolled.
** If the target is yourself or an ally: There will be a beneficial effect if the roll is 4 to 6. There will be a harmful effect if the roll is 1 to 3.
** If the target is an enemy: There will be a beneficial effect if the roll is 1 to 3. There will be a harmful effect if the roll is 4 to 6.
* RunningGag: Grid came to fear Euphemina early on due to how powerful and angry she came off during their time together in Winston Village dealing with the Mero Company. Thus, his fear of her still pops up from time to time even after they became friends, much to her ongoing confusion.
* SpiderSense: Because of her unusually high Insight stat as a result of constantly needing to use her Duplicator skills, Euphemina became able to sense people trying to approaching her. Her Insight sensing is so strong that she's able to notice Faker, the #1 Assassin player, trying to sneak up on her while he's in Stealth mode during the time that the Tzedakah Guild believed that she was the hidden great blacksmith they were looking for.
* StatusAilment: Her Rolling Dice Skill has a 50% chance of performing this. When used on herself or her allies, rolling a 1 to 3 will provide a harmful effect. When used on enemies, rolling a 4 to 6 will give them a harmful effect.
* StatusBuff: Her Rolling Dice Skill has a 50% chance of performing this. When used on herself or her allies, rolling a 4 to 6 will provide a beneficial effect. When used on enemies, rolling a 1 to 3 will give them a beneficial effect.
* TheTease: Early on, Euphemina would use her good looks and flirt a bit to get men to do her bidding. It comes as a huge shock to her when she realizes that such efforts had no affect on Grid during the Winston blacksmithing duel.
* ThisCannotBe: It comes as a complete shock to Euphemina when she sees during the Winston blacksmithing duel against Grid that her Skill Observation skill, which is as high as Level 7, is unable to copy Grid's Blacksmith Craftsmanship Skill. Unbeknownst to her, this is due to his Pagma's Successor class making the level of his normal Blacksmith Craftsmanship Skill instantly max out, and instead being given a second Blacksmith Craftsmanship Skill to level up that's Legendary-rated. Thus, she has to settle for copying Khan's Advanced Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Level 2 skill for the duel.
* TokenMiniMoe: The cute and smallest girl of the group.
* VolleyingInsults: Falls into this against Grid viewing him as gay trash for not succumbing to her good looks while Grid goes about viewing her as a bratty child.

[[folder: Huroi]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:My Lord, Grid. I will follow you forever.]]

An Orator class player named Allunbatar in the real world. Huroi originally sided with the Mero Company for a quest to help them win over the Winston citizens, but he ends up switching sides after learning of said company's corruption from Khan. Instead, he takes on a new quest to inform Earl Steim of the Mero Company's villainous actions. Rabbit winds up learning of the betrayal, and has Huroi dragged to a dungeon. Instead of logging out to wait out the sentence however, Huroi chooses to take on a life-threatening hidden quest where he has to stay in his cell and logged in to Satisfy for 200 hours (50 hours real-time). The quest was originally programmed to be interrupted by an "Apostle of Justice" NPC, who would free him, but because he shared the quest with Grid, who Huroi had a brief talk with moments after receiving Khan's quest, Grid unknowingly GotVolunteered to play the role instead.
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After Grid succeeds in rescuing him, Huroi completes his quest, and is rewarded with the secondary Apostle of Justice’s Partner class; resulting in Huroi becoming famous as the first ever Satisfy player to have two classes at once. Huroi swears unconditional loyalty to Grid knowing that he will never be able to repay Grid for providing him such greatness, which Grid quickly put him to use to raid frost orcs for blacksmithing materials. Since then, Huroi has remained one of Grid's most trusted and capable subordinates.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Because he completed his "Apostle of Justice" quest the way he did, he is the first player, ever, to get the coveted ability of having two classes at once. Along with starting off as the Orator class, he also becomes the Apostle of Justice’s Partner class.
* AchillesHeel: His time when he was just the Orator class brought him a lot of downsides. His use of weapons were extremely limited, his health is the lowest of all classes, and his basic combat stats and skills were poor. A lot of these issues are resolved after obtaining a second class that's more combat oriented.
* AdventureDuo: With Grid. Due to the affect of Apostle of Justice’s Partner class, Huroi's stats rise by 20% when he's fighting alongside the one classified as the "Apostle of Justice," which Grid has the Title for.
* AndIMustScream: Huroi starts screaming in pain during the final hours of his 50 hour prison holdout quest.
* TheBard: Huroi's Orator class is based around this. Particularly, the part where he uses his words to influence those around him.
* CantCatchUp: The major downside of the Orator class is his inability to properly hunt and level-up. Huroi had to level through quests that revolved around talking with [=NPCs=]. The result is that while Huroi started the game alongside many other notable players that are now high level, Huroi's leveling fell behind since talking quests provide less experience the higher he went up in level. This changes once he obtained a second combat-oriented Apostle of Justice’s Partner class that allows him to properly hunt and level up at a much more normal pace.
* CastFromHitPoints: His Sacrifice for Justice Skill when activated consumes most of his health to the point of basically being a death sentence. In return, Sacrifice for Justice dishes out a lot of damage while dropping the enemy's Defense for a brief time.
* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Enemies struck by his Sacrifice for Justice Skill are hit with a lowered Defense debuff for a brief time.
* DamageReduction: After gaining the 'One who Overcomes Hardships' Title, Huroi obtains the Indomitable stat, which has a chance of invalidating a portion of incoming damage. The lower the health, the higher the probability.
* {{Determinator}}: Believed to have taken care of his body really well, Huroi remains extremely confident that his body can last to take on the life-threatening quest of remaining logged into Satisfy for 50 hours of real time. While he does eventually start to fall out of consciousness near the end, he does manage to make it through the quest as Grid manages to rescue him from his cell in time.
** Later on, he becomes greatly determined to serve as Grid's loyal follower, which Grid eventually accepts.
* DrawAggro: Given that his Orator class language skills can be used to gain the attention of whomever he's talking to, Huroi tends to use this in combat to draw the enemy into attacking him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Huroi's introduction that has him using his words to say a speech to the people of Winston to try to calm down their rage towards the Mero Company, and succeeds at first before Khan stopped him in his tracks, shows off the language influence of his Orator class quite effectively.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He starts to fight with a sword after obtaining his Apostle of Justice’s Partner class.
* HonorBeforeReason: At the time, Grid had a very poor opinion of people, and repeatedly tried to chase him away, but he persisted on following "his liege" around to repay what he considers his debt. Eventually, he manages to get through to Grid, who then starts to treasure his loyalty and ability.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He starts to make use of using a shield after obtaining his Apostle of Justice’s Partner class.
* MagikarpPower: His Orator class is a poor class for combat, and difficult to raise, but at the high levels is greatly sought after by NPC nobles, politicians and merchants due to its effects.
* TheMagnificent: Obtained the 'One who Overcomes Hardships' Title after completing the quest to remain logged into Satisfy, and holding out within Winston Castle's for at least 50 real time hours until the "Apostle of Justice" arrives to free him. Huroi permanently obtains the Indomitable stat, and the Strong Will Skill.
* MolotovCocktail: In order to help Grid battle with the frostlight orcs, Huroi purchased up to 50 [Firebombs] from a Winston store beforehand given that frostlight orcs are weak to fire. The [Firebombs] are all put to use against the Frostlight Orc Chief field boss.
* NiceGuy: He's an all around nice dude when he's around Grid and his friends. His actions are also noble. He gladly accepted to change quests from helping the villainous Mero Company to supporting the suffering Winston Village residents after hearing about the company's actions towards them.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He suffered being stuck logged in to the game for 48 hours, real-time, in a cell, because he shared quest info that he shouldn't have.
* ThePowerOfLanguage: His Orator class is centered around this having a bunch of language based skills to provide buffs to his friends, or debuffs to his enemies. Just making fun or saying curse words at the enemy is usually enough to debuff or taunt the enemy.
** Connected to his Orator class, Huroi has the Persuasion passive skill, and the Persuasive Power stat. Both of which he's leveled up greatly, which increases his ability to move [=NPCs=] according to his will if he does it well.
* SignatureMove: His trump card as an Orator is the Spiteful Tongue debuff skill. You can always tell when Huroi's using it the moment he starts saying curse words or making fun of the enemy.
* SirSwearsalot: He's usually seen swearing a lot at his enemies due to his Spiteful Tongue Skill.
* SomeoneHasToDie: During the escape from Winston's castle dungeon, he stays behind to face off against 4 high level Winston Knights in order for Grid and Euphemina to escape. Instead of dying, he just chooses to log out of Satisfy since he was desperate for rest after making it through the 50 hour "Wait" quest.
* StatusAilment: His Spiteful Tongue Skill. Huroi goes about making fun of the enemy during combat, usually to the point of saying swear words at them. If the enemy reacts to such words, some sort of debuff gets applied to them.
* StatusBuff: The Unbreakable Justice Skill increases his Attack Power by 300% for a brief time.
* StoneWall: Whenever he activates his Strong Will Skill, Huroi's able to resist any attack for 10 seconds (The cooldown is 2 and a half hours).
* SuicideAttack: His Sacrifice for Justice Skill is basically this. At the cost of almost all his health to the point that the next hit would pretty much kill him, he can strike a target for massive damage while also dropping a Defense lowering debuff on said target.
* SupportPartyMember: When he's fighting with Grid, or in a group, Huroi tends to act as party support providing buffs and debuffs using his Orator language skills. Though thanks to his second Apostle of Justice’s Partner class, he can also act as a support fighter.
* TakingTheBullet: During the escape from Winston's castle dungeon, Huroi steps in front of Grid to take the sword swing from Knight Rupert. Thanks to Huroi activating his [[StoneWall Strong Will]] Skill, he takes no damage.
* TookALevelInBadass: Huroi becomes able to fight properly on the front lines after obtaining his second class, Apostle of Justice’s Partner. Gaining the class also rewards him with the Courage stat, the Unbreakable Justice Skill, and the Sacrifice for Justice Skill.
* UndyingLoyalty: He's unflinchingly loyal to Grid due to the latter doing many useful things for Huroi.

[[folder: Toon]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:I came to fight that crazy masked bastard who trashed Giant guild. You met him? (Ptoie)]]

One of the newest recruits to Tzedakah guild, scouted by Jishuka. He only joined the guild in the hopes of fighting, and beating, "the slaughter psycho" that trashed 11 members of Giant Guild. After fighting Grid in the smithy, not realizing they're one and the same, and losing, he grows genuinely fond of the guild, eventually moving to South Korea and taking up the job of being the real-life bodyguard of the Shin estate.

* {{BeastMan}}: He completed a class-change quest that allowed him to become a theriantrope in Satisfy.
* BodyguardingABadass: Justified. He gets room, board, and a handsome salary for guarding Grid's family, inlcuding Grid himself in reality, even after Grid becomes a better fighter than himself.
* CharacterTic: He has a rather disgusting habit of ending his sentences by spitting on something, and it doesn't seem like he's aware that he's doing it.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, he grew up on crime-ridden streets, forced to steal to survive, then he was snatched up by the mafia, and as an adult, finally managed to escape a life of crime, but lost one of his eyes in the process.
* DramaticIrony: He marches up to Grid, working in the smithy, asking for information on "the crazy masked bastard" who trashed a dozen members of Giant Guild. He gets the fight he wanted by going around spitting on several parts of the smithy as part of his CharacterTic.
* EyeScream: He's missing an eye, as that was the price he had to pay for leaving organized crime in his home country.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rude, crude, and unpleasant, but deep down, he's a good guy who is genuinely grateful Yura set him up as the Shin family's bodyguard in reality.
* WolverineClaws: He has claws that come out of the back of his hands as primary weapons in the game of Satisfy.

[[folder: Peak Sword]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[CatchPhrase "Do you know God Grid?"]]]]

Originally the guild leader of Silver Knights, he meets Grid when the latter intrudes on the guild raid on Hell Bao. Grid wanted no part of the battle and was only there to mine for a mineral he needs to craft a shield commissioned by a member of Tzedakah. He and grid had to trade places when the raid boss proved too difficult for Silver Knight and would constantly keep going after Grid, to prevent the mineral from being mined. The two users quickly become on good terms when Grid not only defeats Hell Bao, after the boss was weakened by the mineral being mined, but Grid goes on to defend Peak Sword from the invading Sakura Guild [[TruthInTelevision that attacked out of nothing more than self-perceived Japanese superiority against the Silver Knights, who were composed of Korean users.]] When Grid becomes Duke Grid, he goes out of his way to merge The Silver Knights and Overgeared guilds together under Grid's leadership.

* CatchPhrase: "Do you know God Grid?" or "Do you know kimichi?"
* CharacterLevel: At the time of his introduction, Peak Sword was mentioned to be the 16th highest level player in the unified player rankings.
* EnlightenedSelfInterest: He and his guild-mates happily serve under Grid, not just because Grid is a good man who deserves their loyalty, but because he provides them the best equipment in the game, making them a force to be reckoned with.
* FireForgedFriends: Literally. He and Grid become best friends forever after fighting side by side in the Hell Bao raid. (Rather one fought while the other weakened the boss by mining away the mineral that the boss was using for power.)
* PatrioticFervor: He is very, very pro-South Korea, but while he does play up Korea's virtues whenever possible, he at least has enough sense to not go into CulturalPosturing about it. Especially when he joins with Overgeared, a multi-national guild. This seems to come from his family - his sister's name translates literally to 'South Korea'.

[[folder: Ruby]]
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[[caption-width-right:311:Manhwa version]]
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Grid's younger sister, Shin Sehee. The favored child of the family, due to having excellent grades and prospects. She initially condemns Grid's seeming addiction to the VR game Satisfy, until he starts making serious bank from his gameplay. After the Satisfy Olympic Games, she signs up and starts to play, just to see what the fuss is about. Unfortunately, not only does this coincide with the Golem Invasion event, but the golem army is heading right to the Eternal Kingdom capital which the game chose as her starter city. Seeing an NPC child in danger, she rushes in to save the child, which unlocks the hidden Saintess class. With the perks of this class, she helps her elder brother fight off the golem army, not only earning over 20 levels in minutes, but being rewarded with an Earl title.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: While Grid is the most famous user of Satisfy, Ruby is the most beloved, with Titles such as 'Angel without Wings,' 'Rebecca's Reincarnation' and so on.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original novel, she's illustrated with black hair. In the manhwa, she's a brunette.
* BigBrotherAttraction: While it's not certain if she wants Grid to be closer to her than the normal brother-sister levels of affection, she does get jealous when other women get too close to him.
* BigBrotherWorship: She hides it pretty well, but even at his least sympathetic, she always looked up to her big brother.
* TheCaretaker: She's basically in this role for her family early on making sure that her brother, who's still jobless and unhygienic, stays healthy. This role lessens for Sehee once it became clear that her brother can make a ''really'' good living for himself using Satisfy.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Invoked. Her Saintess class requires her to do at least 50 good works a month, not specified if it's game time or real-time.
* DisappointedInYou: She clearly doesn't like it when her brother is performing bad behavior, such as when she spotted the nasty and untrue internet comments that her brother wrote about Yura.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Men other than her older brother annoy her, at best.
* TheDreaded: As the Saintess, great demons fear her because she can ensure their permanent demise just by being nearby when they die.
* GoodFeelsGood: She plays as a Saintess because she enjoys doing good works.
* HealingHands: Her class grants her a powerful healing ability that heals 20% of the maximum HP of her intended targets. While this may not be much for another low level character, when used for a high-level character with a large HP bar, this is a major aid.
* InformedAttractiveness: She's supposedly so beautiful that she could be a teen idol if she wanted, with ease. Illustrations of her would beg to differ.
* NeatFreak: Has moments of this where she feels the need to clean her brother's room for him early on. Even spraying some air-freshener in it.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's an Earl, but her class requires her to do at least 50 good works a month, so she's always out and about doing good deeds, at least twice a day.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: As one of the two top beauties of her class, boys hover around her like flies and she hates it.
* SoProudOfYou: Just like her parents, she starts to have a much better view of her older brother once he proves to the family during their DarkestHour that he can make money and start his own life by playing Satisfy and becoming a famous player.
* SuperIntelligence: She's exceptionally smart, acing every subject in her all-girls school.
* UnluckilyLucky: She signs up to play Satisfy and within minutes finds the starter city she's in under attack from an army of powerful golems, but because she rushes to aid an NPC child, she unlocks the hidden Saintess class and then because she aids her older brother defend the city, gains an Earl title, and a bunch of levels in a hurry, quickly becoming one of the most beloved users of the game.

[[folder: Sexy School Girl]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Wow, Sehee! Look at all the boys drooling over us! Isn't it cute!]]

Shin Sehee's best friend and the second of the most beautiful girls in the school named Young Girl's Highschool. Known in the real world as Park Yerim, she signs in to Satisfy at the same time as Ruby and is also caught up in the Golem Invasion event. When a golem tries to attack Ruby, she grabs Ruby and drags her to safety. This unlocks the hidden Saintess's Knight class. Once the event is over, she changes her class to be Ruby's knight and follows her along on adventures.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She's smitten with Grid, but it's completely one-sided.
* AttentionWhore: Unlike Ruby, she actually likes it when boys fawn all over her, but Ruby's well-being is paramount to her.
* EthicalSlut: She's a sweetheart, but she goes through boyfriends almost as fast as she changes her wardrobe, about once every three months, at the longest.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: She likes boys, but she's bonded to Sehee, for life.
* LadyAndKnight: She's the knight to Ruby's lady.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Since she was in Grid's party along with Ruby during the Golem Invasion event, she also gets an Earl title, but her top priority is being Ruby's bodyguard, so as Ruby adventures, so does she.

[[folder: Yura]]
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[[caption-width-right:242:Most recent manhwa appearance.]]
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A beautiful woman who's introduced as South Korea's highest level player as a Black Magician for the Yatan Church. Yura met Grid during the quest to rescue Irene, which she was given the opposing quest to protect the temple of Yatan where Irene was being sacrificed. She initially presumes Grid is a very, very high-level player because he tanked her strongest attack and survived, not knowing about his class's LastChanceHitpoint passive ability. So when Grid dies in the process of rescuing Irene, she presumes he let her win. Her questing for the Yatan Church eventually earns her the high-ranking status of Yatan's "Eighth Servant," and still believing that Grid let her win, she finally returns the favor by pretending to be his girlfriend during his most recent alumni reunion. She also gives a quick heads-up, in reality, when the Yatan Church is launching an all-out attack on the village of Bairan, while it was being guarded by Tzedakah guild. In return for this, Grid comes to her aid in the target-practice event when she was being bullied by all the other national teams. At that point, she genuinely develops feelings for him. She's eventually expelled from the Yatan Church when her class quest chain has her meet the First Servant of Yatan and he tries to kill her. After that, she signs on as Grid's knight in the city of Reidan.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: While there are some out there who are envious of Yura, a vast majority of people and players love and adore her thanks to her superb beauty, perfect gaming skills, and ideal image in the media. Even overseas, it's said that she's got thousands of fanclubs, and is even more popular than Hollywood’s top actors.
* ArcVillain: For the early Yatan Temple chapters where she faces off against Grid trying to keep him and the NPC, Doran, from rescuing Irene. Yura was given the opposing S-rank quest to protect said temple from their intrusion. She technically wins, but she's left feeling like Grid let her win.
* TheAce: She's this for South Korea being the #1 Korean player in the world. Yura eventually loses this status to Grid, but still remains one of the best Korean players, even after the class switch to Demon Hunter.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Possibly as a result of her hunting experiences, she can figure out the strength of her enemies, and the strengths and weaknesses of her surrounding environment pretty quickly.
** An example would be during Grid's attempt to rescue Irene with Doran where she could tell based on Doran's strength and skills that he was a powerful NPC that went through several stat awakenings, and that based on the level of Grid's gear, she theorized that he was around level 80 (which he was as a Warrior before his class reset).
* BarrierWarrior: When Yura reached Level 230 as a Black Magician, she learned her first defensive skill, Diamond Barrier. She creates a shield by materializing mana with a hardness comparable to that of a diamond. She's shown first using this skill against Grid during his Irene rescue quest casting out the Diamond Barrier to protect the Yatan supporters from harm.
* BlackMagic: Her magic as a Black Magician revolved around this.
** One of her most powerful black magic abilities was her Dark Storm Skill, a massive silent storm of magic that surrounds the area in darkness.
** After reaching 100,000 Faith with the Yatan Church, Yura was rewarded with the more powerful Darkness Skill from God Yatan, which she first shows off against Sir Phoenix and his Eternal Kingdom soldiers.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: After completing the quest to become the Yatan Church's "Eighth Servant," Yura gains the Divine Punishment Skill. She can summon down a massive lightning bolt that deals 15,000 to 23,000 damage within 10 meters of herself, and has a 3 meter area-of-effect. Any enemy killed by this spell increases Yura's Faith stat by 50. However, [[NecessaryDrawback it costs a lot of mana, and has a 20 minute cooldown]].
* CharacterLevel: During her time as a Black Magician, Yura was mentioned to be the 5th highest level player in the unified player rankings. Later on however, she dropped off the unified player rankings list and has to work her way back up from the bottom due to her level reset from changeing classes to Demon Hunter.
* DarkActionGirl: She is a powerful practitioner of dark magic and was allied to a cult that sacrifices virgins and does atrocity, for fun.
* DatingCatwoman: She and Grid were dating, in the real world, while she was still allied to the church of Yatan. This is a major contributing factor in her eventual HighHeelFaceTurn.
* DebtDetester: If she feels she owes you a favor, she will bend over backwards to repay it.
* DemonSlaying: Her class after being expelled from the church of Yatan.
* ExactWords: She once promises to Grid that he would be spared from the church of Yatan when the cult attacks Tzedakah guild in revenge for the death of Malacus. She does this by luring him out of Satisfy and then telling him about the attack after she thinks it's over, underestimating the guild's sheer tenacity.
* FlamingSword: She's shown using one against Grid during the Irene rescue quest.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: She starts the story allied with the church of Yatan. She ends up as Grid's knight and helps to protect the innocent.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: In reality, she takes to being Grid's secretary and hooks him up with accountants to deal with the "tax bombs" that come from his massive Satisfy income, sets up the press conferences, and helps manage his real-estate dealings, especially the apartment rentals for his family's high-rise.
* IveComeTooFar: She quickly comes to realize the church of Yatan are rotten to the core, and regrets taking her Servant of Yatan quest chain, but she's come too far along on the quest to abandon it by that point.
* IWorkAlone: Whether it be as a Black Magician or a Demon Hunter, Yura tends to be off hunting and doing things on her own, which is justified considering that being a Black Magician of the Yatan Church made her an enemy to a lot of people, and that no one can really support her hunting in Hell as she levels up her Demon Hunter class. Though she does start to join in with groups once she becomes part of Grid's Overgeared Guild.
* LadyAndKnight: She's the knight to Grid's lord, after novel chapter 296.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Basically what she is regarding her Black Magician class. She loses this after the class switch to Demon Slayer.
* MageMarksman: The Demon Slayer class comes with a magical gun that fires pure magic. This is especially deadly to all demon-kin.
* MagicalIncantation: Some of her Black Magician magic, like when she's using Dark Storm, required her to say some sort of incantation, such as calling out to God Yatan to support its loyal servant, before casting out the spell.
* TheMagnificent: She obtained the ‘Guardian of Yatan’s Temple’ title from completing the S-rank quest to defend the Yatan Temple from Grid and Doran. The title rewarded her with +300 Faith, +1,000 Health, and +60 Intelligence. However, she ended up losing this title due to the Demon Hunter class reset.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After she's expelled from the church of Yatan, because the First Servant of Yatan tried to kill her, she goes with her conscience and turns on them, becoming the hidden legendary Demon Slayer class.
* MsFanservice: She features in many advertisement because of her beauty.
* NecessaryDrawback: The biggest drawback during her time as a Black Magician was her attack power being far inferior compared to other magician classes. However, that was no longer the case after she became the Yatan Church's "Eighth Servant," and was rewarded with a powerful lightning skill in Divine Punishment.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Yura is said to always appear calm when she appears on TV, which is why Grid is surprised when he sees her completely flustered not being able to understand how he survived her powerful black magic attack. Unbeknownst to her, Grid survived thanks to his LastChanceHitPoint skill where he becomes invulnerable for 5 seconds after dropping to 1 health. This was also the precise moment where Yura takes an interest in the player known as Grid, and just the sight of Sir Phoenix blocking her attacks as if he's invulnerable causes her to remember back to the incident with Grid that threw her off.
* PlayingWithFire: Shown using fire spells during her time as a Black Magician.
* PrayerPose: As a member of the Yatan Church, Yura sometimes had to pray to God Yatan in order to use its black magic.
* {{Pride}}: At the start of the series, she prided herself as smart and powerful Black Magician, and as one of the highest level players in the game. However, that pride was shattered the moment she wasn't able to understand why none of her black magic attacks had any affect on Grid (not knowing about his 5 second invinsibility passive when he drops to one health). Despite Grid eventually dying, she ends up viewing this moment as Grid letting her win, and as the worst day of her life.
* RedBaron: As the #1 Black Magician in the game, Yura became known as the "Blood Witch" amongst the players.
* RedemptionDemotion: The moment she tells the First Servant of Yatan, an actual demon, "screw you," she gets the Demon Slayer class, at level 1, thus dropping out of the rankings, to the shock of the entire Satisfy community.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In chapter 969, she gives Grid a LoveConfession ''at a press conference''. They begin offically dating from that point on.
* ReligionIsMagic: A lot of her development as a Black Magician revolved around her having a high Faith stat so that she would be noticed by the Yatan Church. After obtaining the status of "Eighth Servant" from completing the quest to become it, she's rewarded with the passive Infinite Faith Skill where her Faith stat will now grow at double the speed.
* RomanticFakeRealTurn: She starts out faking being Grid's girlfriend for a laugh. She winds up liking him for real.
* ShockAndAwe: She obtains the powerful lightning-based [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Divine Punishment]] Skill after becoming the Yatan Church's "Eighth Servant."
* TheSmartGirl: Amongst the players, she's shown to be one of the more smarter ones. Yura is said to have been viewed as a smart, insightful and logical girl growing up. That for the first 21 years of her life, she had been praised by everyone she met for her beauty and intelligence. Thus, she earned a reputation of a talented person that could go up in any field. In the end, she chose to become a player in Satisfy, which has worked out wonders for her.
* SquishyWizard: When she was a mage allied with the church of Yatan, she had powerful magic but poor physical defenses. Once she becomes Grid's knight this is reversed.
* StatusAilment: Gained the Teaching Doctrines Skill after becoming the Yatan Church's "Eighth Servant." Yura preaches the doctrines of the Yatan Church at a target, which said target gets covered in the property of darkness. A target hit by Teaching Doctrines is given a debuff where they can't use divine spells for 4 seconds. It's mainly useful against mages that rely on divine magic.
* StatusBuff: Gained the Teaching Doctrines Skill after becoming the Yatan Church's "Eighth Servant." Yura preaches the doctrines of the Yatan Church at a target, which said target covered in the property of darkness. A target hit by Teaching Doctrines is given a 2 second buff where the damage they dish out is multiplied by 1.5 times their original damage output.
* SupernaturalFearInducer: As a Black Magician, her Hell Skill is a single-target fear curse that makes whomever she's targeting defenseless by covering said target in a black powder magic.
* TrappedInVillainy: Until she's expelled from the church of Yatan, she was bound to complete her class quest chain as much as possible, under orders from the South Korean government who was sponsoring her as the fifth top ranker of the game.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: She's viewed as such amongst the masses. Particularly when it comes to Korean women.

[[folder: Katz]]

An arrogant rich celebrity, and one of the lead players of Satisfy. As a result of obtaining the 3rd newly discovered Epic-rated class, Blood Warrior, Katz's leveling speed shot up like wildfire early on, which brought him a lot of attention. When he first meets Grid early on, Katz was very dismissive of the rising young talent, and a total braggart. Katz eventually meets a wall in his hunting capability, because he couldn't gain equipment corresponding to his level. Thus, he joins Overgeared and becomes one of Grid's strongest allies.

* AttackReflector: The Unique-rated [Armor of Great Sorrow] that Katz wore during his early leveling phase had the ability to reflect 10% of incoming damage back at the attacker.
* BadassBoast: After obtaining the Epic-rated Blood Warrior class around the time that he was 53rd in the unified rankings when it comes to highest level player, Katz announces to the world in an interview that he will rise up to #1...[[LaserGuidedKarma it didn't really work out]] for him due to eventually hitting a wall that stalled his leveling speed.
* BlackSheep: As one of 3 siblings in his real world family, Katz is the one looked down on due to being the one lacking in intellect compared to his brother and sister, who are both considered geniuses. The one thing he does have over them is his better ability at being good at video games, but that's still apparently not enough for his parents to make him a successor of the family.
* BloodMagic: With the right preparations, he can control the shed blood on the battlefield.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: During the Eternal War, he promised a large real-money reward to users who struck at and defeated a powerful opponent he could not deal with. ''Thousands'' of users took him up on it, and unleashed hell on the poor sop. Of course, he didn't pay a cent because he asked for proper video proof, so he could be fair in the distribution, and the users involved couldn't provide it.
* CantCatchUp: Katz's biggest downfall early on was his inability to acquire the right high-rated gear that come with special characteristics to help push his leveling speed to the next level. His two Unique-rated items, the [Armor of Great Sorrow] and the [Black Wind Gauntlets], when he stalled out around the 40th rank were considered to be quite bland despite being at the level of Unique. As a result, Katz comes to realize that he's not going to be able to go any further until he's able to get his hands on some top notch gear, which he does when he joins up with Grid's Overgeared Guild in order to have Grid forge for him some special gear.
* CharacterLevel: At the time of his introduction, Katz was mentioned to be the 53rd highest level player in the unified player rankings.
** His leveling speed skyrocketed early on after obtaining the Blood Warrior Epic-class, but he stalled out around the 40th unified player rank due to his hunting hitting a wall.
* CriticalStatusBuff: The Unique-rated [Armor of Great Sorrow] that Katz wore during his early leveling phase had the ability to buff all his stats by 5% when the armor drops below 100 durability. The overall durability of the armor is 310.
* EvilWeapon: In a sense that his class ''makes'' his weapons look evil. Katz has a passive from his Blood Warrior class that's capable of transforming any weapon he's currently holding in his hands into a much more powerful, bizarre, and disgusting appearance. Almost as if he makes the sword come alive as some sort of hideous monster.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Seen using a sword.
* {{Jerkass}}: There's a lot of rich arrogance to him early on, and it's clear that he's part of the Japan right-wing that looks down on Koreans as he's introduced calling out Yura and her fellow weak Korean players that the era of Korean gaming experts is over. Though he does eventually calm down somewhat once he becomes a part of the Overgeared Guild.
* JerkassRealization: He eventually realizes he was wrong to treat Grid dismissively and flex his then higher-enchanted sword against a newbie who managed to successfully enchant a weapon for the first time and was simply celebrating his achievement quietly.
* LargeHam: He's a total braggart who wants all the attention on him. Katz brags to the media over how glorious he is after obtaining the Blood Warrior Epic-class, and when he encounters Grid in Winston, he butts into the spotlight by showing off his upgraded +8 sword to the nearby watchers moments after Grid got excited that he managed to upgrade his [Ideal Dagger] with weapon enhancement stones to +6.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After arrogantly boasting about how he will claim the #1 leveled player spot in the unified rankings thanks to his newly received Epic-rated Blood Warrior class, he stalls out around the 40th rank due to hitting a wall when it comes to his leveling speed compared to those still above them. The result is everyone watching his progress laughing at his failure to go any higher.
* LifeDrain: When Katz is using his EvilWeapon passive, all attacks gain a life-draining effect by returning some health to the user. The higher the attack power, the more health is returned.
* LightningBruiser: The high attack power and battle speed of his Blood Warrior class is said to be unmatched, which he displays by quickly going around hunting high-level monsters, and results in rising him up in the unified rankings from 53rd to 40th. In addition, the Unique-rated [Black Wind Gauntlets] that he wore during this early leveling phase increased his Attack Speed by 5%, and Accuracy by 10%.
* {{Pride}}: He prides himself as one of Japan's strongest, richest, and best players having grown up as the son of a leading Japanese conglomerate. He goes through a bit of humbling after he hits a wall trying to speed-level as his Blood Warrior class.
* RichPeople: He's extremely rich, which he uses to his advantage within game to get what he wants.
* ThisCannotBe: His reaction to stalling out around the 40th rank in the unified player rankings. Katz refuses to accept the fact that he hit a wall around the 40th rank in the unified rankings as doing so would mean that just like he did in the real world, he failed to bypass the wall of his two genius siblings.
* TookALevelInKindness: Inspired by the multi-national nature of Overgeared Guild, he expanded his real-life conglomerate and ignored the extreme right-wing Japanse faction, of which he was a member, to give the Korean immigrants, visa holders, and naturalized citizens of Japan in his territory jobs and fair treatment, giving him a huge PR bonus and making his business ventures prosper.

[[folder: Bullet]]

Formerly the number 2 necromancer of Immortal under Veradin, he joins Overgeared after Veradin throws the guild under the bus and Grid scouted him.

* BrokenPedestal: He admired Agnus and Veradin, but after seeing that neither Agnus nor Veradin actually cared about the members, he became disillusioned.
* HeelFaceTurn: He went from being in a group very antagonistic to Grid to serving Grid faithfully.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: When Veradin tried to throw Immortal under the bus to save himself, he turned on Veradin and fought back, almost losing his life in the process.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Which he passed with flying colors. Grid sat back and watch Bullet and Veradin argue, and when it became obvious that Bullet was unaware of the plan to attack Khan, and actually tried to apprehend Veradin, Grid recruited Bullet to Overgeared.

!! NPC

[[folder: Piaro]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:His personality's rough, but he's got unlimited potential.]]

A powerful NPC who was once the best Knight of the Saharan Empire, but was forced into hiding within the Eternal Kingdom after being framed for treason by his second-in-command, Asmophel. Since then, Piaro has spent his time dreaming of one day getting his vengeance. He's first introduced when Euphemina is undertaking an S-ranked quest to hunt him down, which she ends up failing. Piaro then encounters Grid in Kesan Canyon, and tasks him to be his agent of vengeance after being impressed by Grid's ability to solo a Canyon Spider. Grid initially refuses due to lacking the time and skill to carry it out, but once Grid becomes a Duke of the Eternal Kingdom and is provided the Reidan territory near the border of the Saharan Empire, he comes back to take Piaro up on it. Piaro winds up becoming one of Grid's top Knights, and trains the Overgeared Guild in the ways of battle.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Piaro found Grid calling him a "beggar" due to the formers's shoddy look when he was hiding out in Kesan Canyon really funny.
* BerserkButton: Endangering the innocent is an easy way to tick him off since people who do such actions are those that Piaro hates most.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: He makes Grid and various other members of Overgeared stronger, not by raising their levels or giving them new skills, but by teaching them how to use their skills more effectively. Unsurprisingly, Grid is his most difficult pupil.
* CallToAgriculture: While Grid is off avenging him with Asmophel, he winds up tending Reidan's wheat fields, and he not only excels at it, but actually likes it. He also invokes this in others, as he challenges several users to combat, beats them, and generates a quest to tend the fields as well, which also boosts their combat classes as a fringe bonus.
* CursedItem: The Unique-Rated [Piaro's Longsword] that Piaro used as a weapon early on was technically a cursed item because it contains Piaro’s strong grudge. While it increases Accuracy by 10% and provides the Hatred Skill, the longsword also lowers the Stamina stat by 100. It's also said that there's a risk to using the sword.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's introduced holding off Euphemina, a strong player with the Epic-rated class, Duplicator. Despite all the powerful copied skills Euphemina kept throwing at him, he stays strong to the point of forcing her to retreat and give up the quest to kill him. Overall, it displays quite effectively that Piaro is quite the badass.
* FinishingMove: Whenever he uses the Fated to Perish skill. It's said to be a death sentence whenever someone is hit by it.
* FlamingSword: In his introduction fight against Euphemina, he's seen using a flame sword against her.
* FrameUp: Due to Piaro coming across a secret shady meeting regarding the Saharan Empress, Piaro and his other Red Knight comrades end up getting framed as traitors of the Saharan Empire by his second-in-command, Asmpohel, which drives them out of the empire and put on the brink of ruin. As a result, Piaro remains in hiding within the adjacent Eternal Kingdom seeking out an agent who will one day go through with his revenge quest against Asmophel.
* GreenThumb: Once he becomes a farmer, he has somehow gained the ability to grow crops at incredible speeds [[MundaneMadeAwesome and weaponize them]].
* HeroesPreferSwords: Early on, Piaro was usually seen fighting with a longsword, the Unique-Rated [Piaro's Longsword]. He switches to farming equipment after farming becomes his second calling.
* TheLeader: Piaro was the original leader of the Saharan Empire's Red Knights before he was forced out.
* MasterSwordsman: He was said to have peak swordsmanship amongst all of the Saharan Empire's Knights, which he displays early on using a sword as his main weapon. He drops becoming the master of the sword after taking up farming, and becomes the Farmer class, much to Grid's annoyance since the latter wanted Piaro to become a master of the sword. In the end, Grid is forced to accept Piaro's change of path, especially when Piaro proves himself as a powerful Farmer fighter.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: He's managed to make his Farmer class a valid and lethal form of combat, once taking out an army of over 2000 soldiers with a field of wheat. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* MysteriousWatcher: When Piaro was hiding out in Kesan Canyon, this was basically his role watching over everything going on within the canyon. It's for this reason that Grid first got noticed by Piaro, who witnessed Grid solo a powerful Canyon Spider, and deemed Grid worthy to complete his revenge quest against Asmophel.
* OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement: He's killed Satisfy users by flinging beans, rice, and peas at them, in addition to once spitting out some bones from his chicken dinner in a guy's face with so much force that the damage was fatal.
* OneManArmy: He is such a powerful and skilled swordsman that he has wiped out multiple guilds all by himself.
* PastExperienceNightmare: As a result of Euphemina casting a copied Nightmare Projection spell on him, Piaro ends up in a painful fight against a hallucination of Asmophel, which Piaro goes all-out against. Once Piaro breaks out of the spell, Euphemina is forced to retreat, and give up on the quest to kill him.
* ThePowerOfHate: While how it works remains a mystery, the Hatred Skill provided from equipping [Piaro's Longsword] is heavily implied to center around this.
* QuestGiver: He's an NPC shown to give out quests.
** S-rank Quest: ''The True Traitor of the Red Knights'' - In order to get revenge on Asmophel for framing Piaro and other Red Knights as traitors to the Saharan Kingdom, Piaro offers Grid a quest to get revenge for him by punishing Asmophel. Grid refuses due to not believing he has the time and ability to do it, which Piaro adds his Unique-rated [Piaro's Longsword] as an additional reward. However, Grid once more rejects the quest for the same reason as before. The rejection angers Piaro, but instead of killing Grid due to believing that there's still a shred of hope, Piaro gives him an opportunity to return later if Grid ever feels capable enough to take on the quest.
* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Grid recruiting him to work for the Overgeared Guild has greatly improved his outlook on life.
* {{Revenge}}: Desires this against the Saharan Empire's imperial family due to them being behind his FrameUp. Originally, he desired revenge against Asmophel for being the one who forced him out of the Saharan Empire. However, he reconciles with Asmophel after Grid's questing gets the two of them to meet, and explain how the situation happened.
* RunningGag: As he's tending the fields in Reidan, rather than a gate-keeper, he challenges uninvited guests, duels them, and then forces them to work in the fields with a hidden quest.
* TheScapegoat: During his time in Kesan Canyon, Grid uses Piaro as a scapegoat to take the attention of 11 Canyon Mermen that were attracted by Piaro's laughter to their location. However, it comes as a shock to Grid when he witnesses Piaro easily kill the 11 mermen with his swordsmanship. Piaro then calls out Grid as the type of person who will sacrifice innocents to survive, which is the type of person Piaro hates the most in the world. In return, Grid apologizes for using Piaro as a scapegoat.
* SeriousBusiness: He once duel Grid over the right to remain as the "Legendary Farmer."
* SignatureMove: His trump card is the Fated to Perish skill, which death is inevitable should one be hit by it.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: He hates Asmophel and the Saharan Empire's imperial family for driving out Piaro and his fellow Red Knight comrades to the brink of ruin. Though he does end up forgiving Asmophel once Piaro learns that Asmophel was also a victim of the Saharan Empress' schemes.
* TrapMaster: When Euphemina tried to kill him for her quest, Piaro is shown to be able to set up traps, such as spike floors, or walls that shoot arrows.
* WorldsBestCharacter: He was considered the strongest Knight of the Saharan Empire.

[[folder: Braham]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Idiot Grid, you are so, so unworthy to be in my compnay, [[{{Tsundere}} Baka!]]]]

Formerly the best friend of Pagma. His disembodied soul lay in wait at the bottom of a golem filled dungeon. When Grid cheated the treasure chests by forging a master key, he popped out and attacked the moment Grid opened the third chest. At that point, he gives an exposition dump that continues Grid's quest chain regarding [Pagma's Descendant].

* TheArchMage: Not only has he mastered just about every magic in Satisfy, but most of the spells were produced by him. The spells used by the player base are all degraded versions.
* TheAtoner: Deconstructed. He tries to atone for mistreating and murdering Muhmud out of paranoia by turning the guy into a lich and giving him eternal life, but Muhmud as a lich is suffering a FateWorseThanDeath and has no control over his agency, even being compelled to commit terrible atrocities under the control of Agnus.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: After Agnus forces him and Grid into repeated mandatory "Kill Muhmud" quests, he abandons Grid and flies off to parts unknown, looking for the sword grave where his body is buried, even though this causes his soul to splinter like a comet too close to the sun.
* BroughtDownToNormal: He was born a True Descendant vampire, but was cast out of Vampire society by Marie Rose and turned into a human by his mother Beriche, after he killed one of his clan in an attempt to break Yatan's [Curse of Sloth] that the GodOfEvil placed on vampires as a whole.
* HeelFaceTurn: He came into the story as a major antagonist, but after bonding with Grid has become one of the biggest forces of good in the setting.
* {{Hunk}}: His robes hide it, but he's got bulging biceps, six-pack abs, the works.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He loathes and will never forgive Pagma for betraying him as Baal's contractor and killing him in the quest to save humanity from Yatan, but he is guilty of murdering several allies, including his own disciple Muhmud.
* ImmortalitySeeker: He woked with Pagma to create Pravranium, a completely indestructable mineral, so he could use it as a phylactery and thus be able to completely avoid death. Unfortunately, Pagma died of old age before the process was completed. His part of the quest chain has Grid pick up where Pagma left off.
* MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair serves as proof of his immense magical power.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His "indestructible" golem army led the way for Grid to take the reigns of the guild to be known as Overgeared and set him on the path to become a king in his own right.
* OnlyFriend: Inverted. Grid's the only friend he's got, and Grid's the only friend he ever wants. Satsify even sent a World Message to that effect.
* RedemptionDemotion: Joining up with Grid and getting his body back has greatly weakened him. He is slowly, but surely working to recover. Even so, he is still very dangerous if provoked.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are red and not only is a powerful archmage, but he has little compuction about using his powers to annihilate people who offend him.
* SmugSuper: He is a powerful archmage and knows it. This is something he loves to go around browbeating into everyone he meets.
* StealingTheCredit: Many, if not most, of the spells and accomplishments accredited to him were actually done by Muhmud, but Braham stole the credit out of fear that Muhmud, who was more talented, would turn on him.
* SymbioticPossession: For a significant part of the story, his soul dwelled in Grid's body, and he would take control at key points, taking away Grid's agency in exchange for immense power, destroying Grid's enemies in the process.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: Every time he took control of Grid's body, Grid's hair turned white, irises turned red, and Grid became a total hunk.
* {{Troll}}: He frequently inconveniences Grid just for his own amusement.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Grid bicker and argue just for the heck of it all the time, but push comes to shove and they are truly fond of one another.

[[folder: Kassim]]

The top assassin NPC and last survivor of the Nero clan, he takes an immediate interest in Grid long, long before he even married Irene, and has been watching over Lord since the boy was born. He has an unquenchable hatred for all things Saharan Empire, especially PrinceCharmless Dulandal.

* BerserkButton: Anything that implies he and his people are "beasts" will drive him into an UnstoppableRage since his entire race was massacred by Dulandal while the asshat called them beasts and loudly proclaimed they don't have any right to be treated like people, and ''that was the least offensive thing the empire did.''
* CastingAShadow: One of his many assassin techniques is making soldiers from the shadows in the area and using them to fight.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dresses all in black, uses shadows as weapons, has dark skin, but he's a good man who treasures and is treasured by Lord Steim.
* HitmanWithAHeart: He may be an assassin by trade, but he's a good, kind man and is adored by Lord Steim.
* LastOfTheirKind: He is the very last person of the Nero race, the rest having been treated as wild animals in a zoo and killed off by imperial nobles for a laugh.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: The genocide of his people for a laugh is an unforgiveable crime from the empire and when Duke Grenhald is in the audience chambers with King Grid, offering the empire's hand of friendship and condemning their attrocities, Kassim flies into a rage, brings a poisoned blade to the duke's neck and demands a duel to the death. Fortunately, cooler heads prevail, but Kassim is left on the floor a total mess, and Grenhald walks away chagrined.

[[folder: Asmophel]]
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[[caption-width-right:310:Piaro, I have failed you. Please kill me!]]

A powerful NPC who was Piaro's second-in-command Knight and best friend during their days in the Saharan Empire. Asmophel frames Piaro for treason and tries to have the latter repeatedly killed, such as his attempt to send Euphemina after him. However, when Grid is questing to carry out Piaro's vengeance, he learns that Asmophel was also a victim of Empress Marie and the Church of Yatan. That they drugged and brainwashed Asmophel into doing it, and kept him in a drugged and brainwashed state for years. When Asmophel's freed from this state, he remembers all he did and is completely suicidal with guilt. Grid brings him back to his Reidan territory and has both Piaro and Asmophel reconcile, making both men co-captains in training up a new Knight order for the city's defense.

* TheAtoner: Even though he remembers all of the vile things he did while drugged against his will, he still feels guilty for it and is trying to make amends working with Piaro under Grid.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Drugged by the Seventh Servant of Yatan, he did a great deal of villainy in the Sahara Empire against his will.
* DefensiveFeintTrap: By accident. During the Eternal War, he dressed as an enemy infantry-man, and tagged along with King Aslan's army, so he could sabotage them, playing a huge role in the defense of Bairan's citizens, taking out several commanders so Grid could successfully rout a 100,000 man army in protecting the citizens. He did not get a chance to change into his official knight armor before Grid's coronation, so he was in attendance wearing a simple leather jerkin. Some visiting barons from the neighboring kingdoms got all haughty and tried to browbeat Grid into giving each of them 36% of the GDP as a tribute, committing lese majeste in the process, by their very own standards. For the sake of diplomacy, Grid gave them a chance, "choose the guy you want to duel, and if you win, you're forgiven, lose and your country withdraws its demands." The first baron chose "the simple soldier" Asmophel and got wrecked, dying on the spot.
* NumberTwo: Was this for Piaro back during their days as Knights of the Saharan Empire. After becoming a subordinate of Grid, he sorta falls back into this role being alongside Piaro again. However, Asmophel's usually off doing his own thing.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: He brings sword to his own throat and begs both Grid and Piaro to kill him as payback for all the crimes he's done. Grid and Piaro decide to forgive him since he clearly was not in control of his actions.
* QuestGiver: He's an NPC shown to give out quests.
** S-rank Quest: ''Traitor of the Red Knights'' - At some point prior to Euphemina's introduction in the story, Asmophel, who's too ill to do it himself, gave Euphemina a quest to kill a powerful NPC named Piaro, who was deemed a traitor. Euphemina fights Piaro in the Eternal Kingdom's Kesan Canyon, but she fails the quest due to being unable to kill him.
* RedemptionEqualsLife: He's grateful to Grid from helping him reconcile with Piaro and getting to live a new life.
* {{Revenge}}: Originally, he desired revenge against Piaro believing the latter to be a traitor of the Saharan Empire. After Grid's questing gets the two of them to meet, Asmophel reconciles with Piaro upon learning that he was manipulated by Empress Marie and the Church of Yatan.
* RunningGag: He repeatedly tries to tell people he's a talented Knight, but they just think he's a powerful, yet low-ranked soldier, and flee Reidan in terror, thinking that if the common soldiers are that powerful, how scarily strong must the knights be, leaving him in tears.
* SarcasmBlind: He's completely incapable of telling when people are joking, so when even Grid calls him a very capable soldier, he breaks down completely and stops seeing himself as a knight, instead choosing to be a legendary soldier to please his new lord.

[[folder: Bland/Brand]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:I will not let you have Irene, you scheming bastard!!]]

Earl Steim's top bodyguard and son of Earl Ashur. Completely unaware of his father's animosity towards Grid, he takes an immediate dislike towards our protagonist for winning over Irene's heart. He is eventually used as a hostage to ensure Ashur's good behavior, but eventually comes around to serve King Grid faithfully after tasting Reinard's cash-crop, the rainbow potatoes and growing to love them.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He's carried a torch for Irene since the two of them were children. She winds up loving and marrying Grid instead, never returning his affections.
* CallToAgriculture: When he gets to Reinard, Piaro puts him to work in the fields. He grows to like it when he's fed rainbow potatoes, and is always seen snacking on them, as tending the fields allows him to eat as many of them as he wants.
* EngagementChallenge: When Grid is invited to an audience with Earl Steim, he demands a duel with Grid to keep Irene out of Grid's hands. Grid wins the duel handily despite being over a 100 levels lower.
* HeelFaceTurn: Originally very antagonistic to Grid, he comes around after being in Grid's service for a while, trained by Piaro in the fields of Reinard.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Literally. He starts the story as a Steim knight and wears sparkling plate-mail.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name in the novel and on the other wiki is translated as "Bland." His name in the manhua is translated as "Brand" as seen in the page image.

[[folder: Mercedes]]
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[[caption-width-right:311:King Grid. I will now outline your sins against the Sahara Empire!]]
* TheAce: She is the #1 knight in the entire Sahara Empire.
* AggressiveNegotiations: In the form of "do as we want, or our army will trample your kingdom to the ground."
* {{Ambadassador}}: She's the envoy sent to "negotiate" with the Overgeared Kingdom.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Completely loyal to the Sahara Empire and turns a blind eye to the country's nastiness, until it slaps her in the face.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: She always swears complete obedience to whomever she sees as master until she's summarily dismissed.
* RevengeMyopia: She wants bloody vengeance against the successor "The Undefeated King Madra" because he destroyed an army of 50,000 and the top commanders, members of her knight order. Problem is, that army were the aggressors and initiated the fight by marching on a country that didn't want to suffer ''genocide'' under the empire's heel.
* WrongSideAllAlong: When she meets Piaro and Asmophel, hearing from Asmophel's own mouth how Piaro was framed and Asmophel was played by Marie, her faith in the Empire was horribly shaken.

! Allies:

[[folder: Smith]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Production methods that will sell well? Are you looking down on blacksmiths, boy?]]

The blacksmith NPC of Bairan Village, who's the first "friendly" NPC that Grid meets. When Grid was stranded in Bairan, Smith's the only NPC that gave the low-level Grid some novice blacksmith related quests that didn't involve going up against level 100 monsters. When Grid completed said blacksmith quests, it proved his worth to become Smith's apprentice. Smith gave Grid the first of his blue-prints, the [Jaffa Arrow], putting him on the path to greatness.

* AccidentalTruth: When he sees Grid forge the Epic-rated [Special Jaffa Arrow], he proclaims "It's like Pagma is reborn!" He didn't know it at the time, but Grid's class is Pagma's Successor.
* AnAxeToGrind: He provides players with [Smith’s Old Axe] when firewood is needed.
* BitCharacter: His appearances are few and far between.
* TheBlacksmith: The Beginner-level blacksmith NPC of Bairan Village.
* DropTheHammer: Given that he's a blacksmith, Smith's usually seen using a smithing hammer during work. He also provided Grid with a Normal-rated [Blacksmith’s Hammer] early on.
* GetOut: Says this to Grid when the latter enters his Bairan smithy trying to boast about his awesomeness, much to Grid's surprise that his blacksmith adoration effects didn't have an effect on Smith. This is due to the fact that Grid's Blacksmith adoration effects only affect Intermediate and Advanced level Blacksmiths, which tells Grid right away that Smith is just a low Beginner-rated blacksmith who views Grid as a nobody. Grid instead offers to chop firewood to prove his worth, which Smith provides the quest for it.
* HowIsThatEvenPossible: At first, he refuses to believe that Grid was able to chop as many as 1000 pieces of firewood despite witnessing the large stacks of firewood now outside his smithy. It's only when Grid shows off his perfected wood-cutting technique on another piece of firewood in front of him that he's willing to believe that he completed the firewood quest. Smith then provides Grid a quest to mine [Iron Ore] still not fully convinced in Grid's skills, but finally accepts it when he sees Grid return with 170 of said ore.
** It happens again once Smith witnesses Grid perfectly prepare his smithy's furnace to begin the smelting for the [Jaffa Arrow]. He's so shocked to hear that this is Grid's first time preparing a furnace that he questions if Grid is the reincarnation of Pagma.
* ItemCrafting: A given since he's a blacksmith.
** He showed Grid the steps to make a [Jaffa Arrow] before Grid started working on his own.
* MachoCamp: As a blacksmith, he's very muscular, but he's as flamboyantly gay as they get, frequently hitting on Grid, to his annoyance.
* MeaningfulName: His name is Smith and he's a blacksmith.
* MentorArchetype: For a brief time when Grid was still a blacksmith novice, Smith served as his blacksmith mentor teaching him how to make the [Jaffa Arrow]. He becomes convinced that Grid is destined for greatness after witnessing the latter easily craft the arrowhead and wooden shaft that make up the [Jaffa Arrow] just learning from observation.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: His tearful goodbye to Grid after the latter completed the [Special Jaffa Arrow] basically amounted to this.
* PowerfulPick: He provides players with [Smith’s Pickaxe] to mine [Iron Ore] from the mountain mine near Bairan village. After Grid completed the firewood quest, he sends Grid off to said mine to gather up 80 [Iron Ore]. Grid returned with 170.

** E-rank Quest: ''Chop Firewood'' - In order for Grid to prove that he's capable of working as a blacksmith at Smith's Bairan smithy, Smith provides Grid a quest to chop at least 500 pieces of firewood. To Smith's shock, Grid chops as much as 1000 pieces. However, Smith remains unconvinced.
** E-rank Quest: ''Mine Ore'' - Smith sends Grid off to mine 80 pieces of [Iron Ore] from the mountain near Bairan Village for in order for Grid to further prove that he's capable of working for Smith. He's once again shocked to see Grid return from the mountain mine with 170 pieces of [Iron Ore], and accepts Grid into the smithy.
** E-rank Quest: ''Mineral Smelting'' - Beginning work in the smithy, Smith provides Grid a quest to learn how to smelt a jaffa ore as doing so is required for Grid to forge the [Jaffa Arrow]. Thanks to Grid observing Smith making a jaffa ore beforehand, Grid doesn't have much struggle working the furnace and making one of his own.
** D-rank Quest: ''Create a Jaffa Arrow'' - Smith provides Grid the production method to make at least 100 [Jaffa Arrows]. Grid chooses to make the arrow shafts himself along with forging metal arrowhead, which his efforts are rewarded with finishing 100 Epic-rated [Special Jaffa Arrows].
* SecretTestOfCharacter: He gives Grid a lot of grief when they met and then assigns him to chop 500 wooden logs, just so Grid would stop crying against the walls of the smithy. When Grid completes the quest perfectly, and repairs the worn-out axe, he teaches Grid how to make the jaffa arrows that would ultimately lead Grid to meeting Tzedakah guild and joining as their smith.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If not for him giving Grid the wood-chopping quest and then teaching him the basics of smithing, Grid would never have found his niche and his destiny, or at the very least, it would have been much, much harder.
* TookALevelInKindness: He was very dismissive of Grid at first viewing said player as a nobody since Grid's adoration passives don't work on Beginner-level blacksmiths such as Smith. However, due to Grid increasing his affinity with him, he completely changes attitude and views Grid as a worthy blacksmith after completing the novice quests to chop firewood and mine ore. Both of which Grid went well beyond the needed amount to complete said quests. By the time Grid crafts the Epic-rated [Special Jaffa Arrow], Smith is pretty much at the point of worshipping him due to maxed out NPC affinity.

[[folder: Khan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Can it be? Have I met Pagma's descendant, just like my ancestor met Pagma?!]]

The blacksmith NPC of Winston Village. When Grid arrives at the Winston smithy for work, he finds it in an almost abandoned state, and Khan himself remains in a corner depressed and unhealthy surrounded by empty liquor bottles due to his failing business, and being the only one left alive of his family. While the two are talking, Grid learns how Mero Company flooded the market with cheap, inferior goods, driving Khan out of business. Shortly after, 5 outlaw criminals walk in demanding that Khan sign over the smithy to the Mero Company, and to kick the dog a bit further, demand half of the selling price on the contract. As a final insult, they mock the death of Khan's only son. At this, Grid becomes engulfed with rage and is pushed into an automatic quest to defend the smithy and kill the crooks. In gratitude for being rescued, and seeing that Grid can equip the store's two treasured Unique-rated items, the [Valhalla] armor and the [Dainsleif (Reproduction)] sword, Khan makes Grid his heir. The result is Grid setting up permanent shop at the Winston smithy with Khan working as his primary support.

* AffectionateNickname: Ruby was fond of calling him "Grandpa."
* TheBlacksmith: He's the Advanced level blacksmith NPC of Winston Village.
* BreakoutCharacter: His influence on Grid, turning the latter from an angry ball of hate, cowardice, and misanthropy, to a good and benevolent man, endeared him not only to a significant part of the cast but to the fanbase as a whole. His death as a result of Veradin's cowardly sneak attack while Overgeared was at the Satisfy Olympics made the fanbase erupt with rage, and it's still a tear-jerking topic almost 600 chapters later.
* CharacterDeath: He succumbs to the wounds inflicted on him by Veradins cowardly attack in chapter 777. Even Ruby's mightiest healing was innefective.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His wife died when his son was young. His son died of illness. His business was driven under by Mero Company flooding the market with cheap goods, a scammer hired by the Mero Company put him at least 600 gold in debt, and he almost drank himself to death to escape the pain of having criminals pound on his door, trying to steal away his family business that has existed for generations.
* DarkestHour: Khan was on the verge of losing everything to the Mero Company the moment the 5 Winston Outlaws arrived at his smithy demanding that he hand over ownership of the smithy to said company...then Grid appears.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Due to the lag and usage restrictions on Grid's Satisfy capsule, Grid arrived ''one second'' before Khan died, just barely enough time for a hug before Khan turned grey and dissolved into ash. Grid declared war on Immortal in response, and didn't quit until the guild disbanded and Veradin was forcefully logged out, permanently.
* DropTheHammer: Given that he's a blacksmith, Khan's usually seen using a smithing hammer during work.
** At the Winston smithy, Khan's primary smithing hammer was a Rare-rated [Excellent Blacksmith’s Hammer] left to him by his father that increased the chance of the user making a Rare-rated item by 10%. In addition, Grid used his Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal Skill on it in order to learn how to make blacksmithing hammers for himself.
* DrowningMySorrows: Deconstructed. Drinking himself to an early grave did nothing to solve Khan's problems, only making them worse.
* FamilyBusiness: His Winston smithy has gone through seven generations in his family. However, the streak ends with Khan due to being the final living member of his bloodline. He ''did'' have a son, but he died of illness long before Grid's arrival to Khan's smithy.
* GrumpyOldMan: Khan's introduced as an irritable drunk due to the loss of his family, and the Mero Company ruining his business. He gets out of hit upon meeting Grid.
* HeroicLineage: He's a descendant of Albatino, a blacksmith who displayed a lot of potential from the era of Pagma. Albatino was the creator of the Unique-rated items, the [Valhalla] armor and the [Dainsleif (Reproduction)] sword, that remain within Khan's smithy as its precious treasures.
* AHeroToHisHometown: Due to the fact that he's standing up to the Mero Company, the people of Winston respect the hell out of him. Usually when he's providing speeches, especially his hatred for the Mero Company, it easily hypes up the residents of Winston to listen to whatever he says.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: It's said that he was once an incredible blacksmith back in the day. His Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Skill early on is actually at the Advanced level. However, he became a drunk incompetent old man due to the Mero Company ruining his business. Thankfully, he becomes a great blacksmith again once he starts working alongside Grid.
* InTheBlood: Outside of his DarkestHour troubles with the Mero Company, Khan has always been a potentially great blacksmith due to being a descendant of Albatino.
* ItemCrafting: A given since he's a blacksmith.
** Using the stack of [Frostlight Orc Leather] that Grid provided for him, Khan forges the Epic-rated [Khan's Masterpiece] armor. The armor has the added effect of reducing damage from physical attacks by 20% due to the orc leather being able to absorb impacts. Khan gives the armor to Grid to protect help him for his journey to Kesan Canyon.
* LikeASonToMe: He sees Grid as a welcome adoptive son.
* MakingTheMasterpiece: He views the [Khan's Masterpiece] armor that he forged using leather from frostlight orcs to be this.
* MentorArchetype: Most of his mentoring towards Grid was when the two of them were preparing for the blacksmithing duel with the Mero Company. Afterwards, Khan serves as Grid's main support and blacksmith helper once Grid becomes further developed and sets up shop in the Winston smithy.
* MrExposition: Given that he's a quest NPC, he usually provides a lot of helpful info to Grid.
** During the Mero Company chapters when Huroi is trying to get the people of Winston to like said company for his quest, Khan goes into great detail regarding Earl Steim, and how the people of Winston follows the Earl's ‘Rights of the People’ law. That the Earl cares for its people, and should be informed should something at Winston go wrong. Thus, Huroi is given a new quest to inform Earl Steim about the Mero Company's poor treatment of the people of Winston, and not allowing them to properly develop when Winston Village has the potential to become grand. In the end, Huroi agrees to go inform Earl Steim about the Mero Company's actions, and accepts the new quest.
* NailedToTheWagon: Grid confiscates (and sells) all his liquor and stops him from getting any more, as he's been so overburdened by booze that another drop crossing his lips might kill him.
* NumberTwo: After Khan hands ownership of his Winston smithy over to Grid, he becomes Grid's main blacksmith support from then on providing him mentorship and advice while also acting as the shopkeeper to help sell off the items that Grid creates.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His very talented son died of illness as a young man.
* PassingTheTorch: He officially names Grid his successor in order to take on the blacksmithing duel against the Mero Company, which Grid fights in his place due to Khan being unhealthy at the time. Even after the duel is over, Grid accepts the role as the successor of Khan's smithy. Following the disposal of the Mero Company from Winston Village, Khan officially transfers ownership of his Winston smithy over to Grid, much to the latter's excitement.

** B-rank Quest: ''Blacksmith’s Rage'' - Due to Grid overhearing the blacksmith NPC, Khan, being harrassed by the 5 Winston Outlaws, Grid is provided a quest by the game to dispose of the 5 Outlaws. Utilizing the one [Special Jaffa Arrow] he kept, and convincing Khan to let him borrow the smithy's Unique-rated sword, [Dainsleif (Reproduction)], Grid completes the quest by killing the 5 Winston Outlaws, which results in Grid befriending Khan.
** Class Quest: ''Pagma's Successor'' - Grid is interested in obtaining the two Unique-rated treasures of Khan's smithy, the [Valhalla] armor and the [Dainsleif (Reproduction)] sword. As a result, Khan provides Grid a special class-specific quest to prove to Khan that he's truly Pagma's Successor.
*** ''Pagma's Sword Dance'' - The first step of the Class Quest is for Grid to go out and discover Pagma's swordsmanship. Upon visiting the gravesite for Khan's family, Grid is given a hint from one of Khan's ancestor ghosts that it witnessed Pagma's swordsmanship, and carved the sword dance images onto a cliff in Kesan Canyon. Upon exploring Kesan Canyon, Grid locates the mural of Pagma's Sword Dance in a hidden cave behind the Loran Falls waterfall. Grid learns the Pagma's Sword Dance Skill and its 5 sword techniques (Wave, Restraint, Link, Kill, and Transcend) after looking at all the mural pictures. Grid then shows off Pagma's Sword Dance to Khan, which he rewards Grid with the [Dainsleif (Reproduction)] greatsword, and completes this part of the Class Quest.
** A-rank Quest: ''Item Production Game with the Mero Company!'' - Rabbit arrives at Khan's smithy and challenges him to a blacksmithing duel against the Mero Company with the smithy on the line. However, Khan announces Grid as his successor to take his place in the duel, which Grid is given the quest. In the end, Grid made a Unique-rated item, the [Ideal Dagger], that would have won blacksmithing duel against Euphemina, but he's arrested by Valmont before said item is judged; resulting in Euphemina technically winning by default.
** A-rank Quest: ''For the Residents of Winston'' - As a result of Huroi trying to calm the residents' anger towards the Mero Company, Khan provides him a speech regarding how said company is the true villain causing the Winston residents to suffer. Thus, he provides Huroi a quest to go and inform Earl Steim of the Mero Company's actions. Huroi moves to do so, but is captured by Rabbit before he's able to leave Winston Village.
*** For Huroi however, the quest chains into the S-rank Quest: ''Wait (S)'' where he has to wait in jail until he's rescued by the "Apostle of Justice, " who turned out to be Grid due to him receiving the S-rank Quest: ''Apostle of Justice'' when he got thrown into the same dungeon as Huroi. In the end, both Huroi and Grid succeed in their S-rank Quests, which they're both rewarded handsomely by the game.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The moment it looks like the Winston residents, and even Grid, are about to change their views that the Mero Company are good people just because Rabbit challenged Khan to a fair blacksmithing duel, Khan provides them all a reminder as to how much said company truly sucks monopolizing their land, and being deprived of everything to the point of becoming poor and hungry.
* RebelLeader: He serves as one for the Winston Villagers towards the villainous Mero Company. If Khan states that he's going against the Mero Company, the villagers will glady follow.
* SpotOfTea: Drinks tea made of boiled Lunol leaves.
* TragicKeepSake: His entire smithy is one.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Grid ever since he saved Khan's smithy from the Mero Company.
* YouRemindMeOfX: He reminds Grid of his own grandfather, and their relationship is very positive as a result.

[[folder: Rabbit]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Mero company is doomed to fail sooner or later. I wonder about that boy Grid. He seems rather talented...]]

A highly intelligent NPC who originally worked as Valmont's top strategist for the Mero Company. During his time working for Valmont, Rabbit remained loyal due to the Mero Company providing him good money. However, Rabbit starts to question his loyalty once he starts to get abused by Valmont, and sees that his boss' growth has reached its limit. As a result, Rabbit quickly realizes that the company is doomed, and so is he, if he remains with Valmont. Upon seeing Grid's potential forging the Unique-rated [Ideal Dagger] during the Winston blacksmithing game, Rabbit finally sees an out to move on from the company to work for someone better. Thus, he secretly schemes with Euphemina to out Valmont and dispose of the Mero Company. After breaking away, Rabbit pledges his support to Grid, but before he can work for his new boss, Earl Steim throws Rabbit in jail as punishment for his work with the Mero Company; meaning that [[PutOnABus it will be awhile]] before Rabbit can truly start working for Grid.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: He becomes a hero to Winston Village after the residents found out that he chose to betray the Mero Company, and bring Valmont and Baron Lowe to justice.
* AssumedWin: He (and Valmont) assumed victory for the Winston blacksmith duel believing that Euphemina was better than the incompetent looking Grid. Thus, it comes as a shock to him when he realizes that the knife forged by Grid was better.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's got incredibly keen observation abilities. An example would be that Rabbit could tell that Euphemina wasn't actually a real Blacksmither being able to put together that she doesn't have the traits of actual blacksmithers (work hands and working the bellows), and that she must have some sort of copy ability since she was just copying Khan's techniques during the Winston blacksmith duel.
* TheBet: To resolve the issue regarding Valmont's Mero Company trying to take over Khan's smithy, he challenges Khan to a blacksmithing duel. If Khan wins, he keeps his smithy and the Mero Company will leave him alone. If the blacksmith hired by the Mero Company wins, they take over the smithy.
* BoxedCrook: He is given relative freedom in exchange for helping Grid manage the city of Reinard that is his reward for defeating the massive golem army sent by the undead mage Braham.
* TheBusCameBack: With no buildup or mention for almost 200 chapters, when Grid is given authority over Reidan, he equally as abruptly has Rabbit freed from prison and made administrator of Reidan.
* TheDragon: He was Valmont's #2 during the chapters surrounding the Mero Company.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's not exactly evil, but he is amoral and ruthless, and he wears glasses.
* HeelFaceTurn: He's introduced to the story being highly antagonistic to Khan and Grid, but upon seeing Grid's potential forging the Unique-rated [Ideal Dagger], Rabbit comes to realize that his life will be much more grand if he switches to serving Grid. Thus, shortly after Grid is falsely accused and arrested by Valmont, he turns to Eupheminia and has her break him out. Following the breakout, Rabbit's speech to Grid regarding using all his merchant skills and connections to build up Grid's reputation as a great blacksmither who will be selling items for all the Kingdoms from Khan's smithy makes it quite clear to Grid that the future goals Rabbit's striving for are legit. Thus, Grid accepts Rabbit's support.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Seen wielding a sword.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: It was quite clear that he was the reason Valmont's Mero Company got as far as it did. Thus, Rabbit bailed once he realized that the company was doomed to eventually fall to Grid.
* MoralPragmatist: He takes the moral stance that is most likely to bring success. If he has to be cold and ruthless to collect outstanding invoices, he'll do it. If he can win good will by charity and benevolence, he'll do that too.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Because he turned state's witness and helped Grid, Huroi, and Euphemina bring down Valmont and the corrupt lord of Winston, he does get leniency, but all his past crimes still mandate a jail sentence, so he wasn't able to advise Grid on how to bring Khan's smithy back to solvency.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He follows whatever he believes will provide him the most money. After witnessing Grid's potential during the Winston blacksmithing duel, Rabbit decides to bail on the Mero Company believing that working for Grid will provide much more money. Rabbit also makes it quite clear when he's trying to convince Grid to work together that their skills combined will bring the both of them a lot of money. Grid is of course won over by this claim given that this was early in the series when Grid was still a poor man.
* PutOnABus: After his part in freeing Grid and Huroi, he is abruptly thrown in prison for 10 years by Earl Steim and is not mentioned in the next few arcs.

** It's implied heavily that Rabbit provided Huroi a quest to calm the Winston residents that are gathering at Khan's smithy. However, the quest fails due to Huroi betraying the Mero Company, which Rabbit proceeds to throw Huroi in the dungeon of Winston Castle.
** Unknown Difficulty Quest: ''Item Production Game with the Mero Company!'' - It's implied heavily that Rabbit sent a messenger from the Mero Company to hire Euphemina for the blacksmithing duel against Grid. During the duel, Grid is arrested by Valmont before his Unique-rated [Ideal Dagger] can be judged as the winner, which Euphemina completes the quest being declared the winner by default, and is rewarded.
** S-rank Quest: ''Help Rabbit’s Job Seeking Plan'' - Due to Rabbit deciding to move on from the Mero Company to work for Grid, he provides Euphemina a quest to free Grid from prison, and bring an end to the Mero Company and the corrupt Baron Lowe. The result is Euphemina breaking into the dungeon of Winston Castle to free Grid, and while she gets a bit sidetracked due to Grid needing to free Huroi for his quest, she eventually succeeds getting Grid out of the dungeon, disposing of many of Baron Lowe's guards, and capturing Lowe and Valmont. In the end, Euphemina is rewarded, but Rabbit is still thrown in jail by Earl Steim as punishment for working with the Mero Company, so Rabbit has to wait to eventually be able to work with Grid.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He dishes this out to Baron Lowe when the latter is begging Rabbit for help. Rabbit tells him that he's decided to betray the Mero Company because of Valmont's oppressive nature caused by his partnership with Lowe, as well as his inability to read the mood of Winston Village. Thus, he's come to the conclusion that the Mero Company will fall thanks to the actions of Lowe and Valmont.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Bailed on Valmont's Mero Company once he realized that it was doomed to eventually fail. Rabbit finally puts together a plan to leave it after seeing Grid's potential during the Winston blacksmithing game.
* TheStrategist: Among his many skills is strategy, both economic and martial.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite bringing Valmont and Baron Lowe to justice, Earl Steim doesn't let Rabbit off the hook as he was working as the #2 guy of Valmont's Mero Company that caused many residents of Winston Village to suffer. Thus, Earl Steim sentences him to [[PutOnABus 10 years in prison]] (much to Grid and Rabbit's disappointment as they had ''just'' decided to partner up).

[[folder: Kreugel]]
The well-known first place ranker of Satisfy. He and Grid meet when Kreugel had just finished losing a spar to Piaro, after previously having been subdued and working the fields.

* CerebusRetcon: When first introduced, he would often go "sorry, my mother is calling, I have to go" and log-out. Most believed he was just shy and used a silly excuse to avoid social contact. In fact, his mother ''was'' calling, because he's watching over her in a hospice as she slips slowly away due to Alzheimer's.
* TheDogBitesBack: He may be stuck in Russia because of his sick mother, but he doesn't have to like it. When his murderously racist "teammate" Alexander mocked his mother's fate one time too often and tried to bully him in reality, he retaliated to the latter's with extreme force, even going so far as to step on the guy's throat, to show him he's no "yellow monkey" because of his Korean ancestry.
* DramaticIrony: In the second Satisfy Olympics, he runs across and fights Yura, and would have defeated her if not for Grid's intervention. Just so happens Yura is a [Legend] and he has to defeat one for his class quest.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: He prefers to play solo, so most players think he's cold and aloof, but he's actually desperately lonely and plays solo only because he's watching over his sick mother and could need to log-out at any point with little to no warning.
* TheRival: He and Grid develop a friendly rivalry after their spar in Reinard.
* ToBeAMaster: His goal, as it currently stands, is to become a Sword Saint, the pinnacle of swords-mastery. He is currently stuck trying to fight and defeat a [Legend].
* WorfHadTheFlu: Lampshaded. Grid insists that he wouldn't have won their spar if it weren't for the fact that Kreugel wasn't in top condition due to his earlier spar with Piaro, even though Grid had Kreugel healed up by Ruby before their fight.

[[folder: Noll]]
The vampire boss of the seventh vampire city. He gives the entirety of Overgeared's top fighters so much grief Grid summons the royal army to deal with him, which prompts his allies to rally and his enemies to be wary. Just before the final blow, Grid's passive Pangea's Virtue skill triggers, sparing his life. As a direct result, he abandons his superiority complex against Grid and swears allegiance, going from being a monster to an NPC, and dragging his vampire city with him.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: He loves it when Grid rubs his head.
* FaceMonsterTurn: Inverted. Goes from being a named monster boss to an NPC loyal to Grid.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Not at first, but once he swears allegiance to Grid, this applies to Grid and the members of Overgeared, with Grid replacing Noll's long-lost mother in his heart.
* HappilyAdopted: He sees Grid as a father figure and wants to spend time with him.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Unlike the rest of Grid's NPC heavy hitters, when his HP reaches 10% of max, he focuses on trying to escape, while the others like Piaro will fight to the death, even though for NPC AllDeathsAreFinal.
* LoveRedeems: Because Grid treats him with affection, he grows from being a raving, ranting monster that has to die to a decent upstanding NPC that's completely loyal to Grid.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: He may be thousands of years old, but he has the body of an angsty teen and acts like one.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: He wants to spend as much time with Grid as possible and hates it when Grid's duties take him elsewhere.

! Church of Yatan

[[folder: As a whole]]
* CardCarryingVillain: They are all despicable and proud of it.
* DarkIsEvil: They all practice dark magic and are horrible, horrible people who happily spread misery and terror.
* TheFundamentalist: They are all fanatic worshippers of Yatan, and everyone who isn't is a "heretic," so it's perfectly okay to harm them.
* GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood: They genuinely believe their vile acts are the epitome of righteousness.
* ObviouslyEvil: As if their getup and attitude wasn't enough of a clue, they all wield black magic, and worship an evil god.
* QuestGiver: The church itself will give out quests.
** S-rank Quest: ''Guardian of the Temple'' - Due to Yura being in the area of a Yatan Temple being assaulted by Grid and Doran, the church provides her a quest to repel them, or to at least defend the woman (Irene) that's in the middle of being sacrified for one hour. While Irene ends up escaping, Yura succeeds in the quest due to the deaths of Grid and Doran.
** SS-rank Quest: ''Eighth Servant'' - Due to Earl Steim's war against the Yatan Church in the northern lands of the Eternal Kingdom, the church gives Yura a quest to join the war by rescuing at least 300 stranded Yatan followers. Doing so would grant Yura the high-ranking Yatan Church position of Eighth Servant, which she does eventually succeed.
* ReligionOfEvil: They worship the god Yatan, who they all boast lives in hell.
* RevengeMyopia: They happily do terrible things, including kidnapping virgins and offering them ups as sacrifices, but their intended victims dare to fight back, especially if they win, and the entire group wants bloody vengeance.
* StupidEvil: Their cult only works because Yatan wants it to. With the entire world as their enemy, and constantly trying to out-do each other in vileness, their organization should have torn itself apart long ago.
* UndyingLoyalty: Pretty much all of the Yatan Church followers, especially the NPCS, are this towards God Yatan.
* VirginSacrifice: They kidnap virgin women and sacrifice them to Yatan for power, and use that power to do heinous things.
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[[folder: Malacus - The Sixth Servant of Yatan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Me, the conduit of Yatan, is suffering so much before these [[HumansAreInsects human insects!]]]]

The 6th highest ranking NPC of the Church of Yatan. Malacus' primary job as a priest for the Church is to provide virgin sacrifices to God Yatan, which led to him kidnapping the virgin, Irene Steim, and attempted to sacrifice her in the Rolf Mountain cave near Winston Village. He also came up with the idea of controlling Administrator Vladi to hire Grid into forging a [Divine Shield] of Goddess Rebecca as Malacus plans to then corrupt said shield with his black magic to further strengthen the Church of Yatan.
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Grid and Regas eventually stumble upon said cave by accident while the two of them were looking around for the Yatan cultist who stole Grid's Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield], which was brought back to Malacus. The result is Grid and Regas ending up in a raid battle against Malacus and his lesser Yatan supporters, which forces Regas to call upon the rest of his Tzedakah Guild to help with the raid. At first, Malacus completely dominates the fight, but he's caught off-guard when it turns out that Grid still had a Rare-rated [Divine Shield] up his sleeve. Grid then realizes that he's getting a party field boost and turns the tables, killing him.

* ArcVillain: He basically acts as the FinalBoss for the stolen [Divine Shield] chapters, which resulted in Grid joining up with the Tzedakah Guild after fighting alongside them in a boss raid against Malacus. In addition, his death stalled the growing influence that the Church of Yatan had on the Eternal Kingdom.
* BarrierWarrior: He relies a lot on his black magic deflecting shields to defend himself from harm. Malacus can either summon up barrier walls, or cast the black magic shielding upon himself to protect his whole body. The latter of which is considered a broken ability by the members of the Tzedakah Guild.
* BeamSpam: Using his hands, Malacus can fire off beams of dark magic at his enemies. He can even fire off dozens of these darkness rays at once.
* TheBeastmaster: Possibly due to a contract with Hell's Noble Master, Malacus can call upon the Noble Master's aid to summon up many [[{{Hellhound}} Cerberus dogs]] that will fight Malacus' enemies.
* BlackMagic: A user of dark magic given that he's a supporter of Yatan.
* BossBattle: Grid and the Tzedakah end up in a boss raid against the Level 310 Malacus at the Rolf Mountain cave near Winston Village.
* CantCatchUp: Due to Malacus being a priest who doesn't usually engage in direct combat, it's left him at a low level compared to Yatan's other Servants. Thus, hes's considered to be the weakest of Yatan's Servants despite being as high as Level 310.
* ChainPain: He can create chains with his black magic, which Malacus will use to try to bind up his enemies.
* DeflectorShields: Malacus has hidden shield disks made of black magic that block incoming enemy attacks, but the cost is so restrictive, he can only use it just before the attack lands, so he can be blindsided.
* EvilIsBigger: He's evil and he's so tall, the top of his head rubs up against the cave ceiling.
* EvilGloating: He gloats how incredible he is that it was his efforts that made the Church of Yatan as great as it is, which makes it all the more laughable that a bunch of players are going to try to hunt someone as famous as him.
* EvilLaugh: He can't help but laugh at the thought that Jishuka and her guild are actually going to try to hunt someone as powerful as him.
* EvilPlan: Several.
** Given that it's Malacus' job to sacrifice virgins to God Yatan, he tends to go after folk who've proven themselves hostile to the church. This is why he kidnapped Irene from Winston Village in an attempt to sacrifice her to his god at a nearby mountain cave. It can be assumed that Malacus was also the one who tried to sacrifice Irene earlier at the temple where Doran had to sacrifice his life to save her. Both times however, Grid got in the way from being able to sacrifice her.
** After hearing about an upcoming potential blacksmith in Winston Village, Malacus put together a plan to control Administrator Vladi into giving Grid a smithing job to forge a [Divine Shield]. Malacus would then have the shield stolen in an attempt to corrupt it with his black magic to further strengthen the Church of Yatan. However, all this ended up doing was lead Grid and Regas right to his Rolf Mountain cave during their search for the stolen [Perfect Divine Shield], which resulted in a Grid and Tzedakah Guild boss raid against Malacus.
* EvilSorcerer: His class is Dark Sorcerer, which is a type of evil priest that specialties in black magic, debuffs, and various defense skills.
* FacialMarkings: He has triangular markings around his eyes.
* FamedInStory: Malacus played a major role in the growth of the Church of Yatan. So much so that his accomplishments were enormous enough to affect the situation of the entire continent of Satisfy, such as the Eternal Kingdom ending up at war with the church in order to push their evil influence back. There's two other large-scale sacrificial events that Malacus was particularly famous for. The first was when he sacrificed 87 virgins in order to turn the king of the Bungerst Principality into an idiot. The second was when he sacrificed 607 virgins in order to raise an epidemic in Earl Raven’s territory.
* TheFundamentalist: He's said to be one of the most brutal religious figures in Satisfy. So much so that it's considered foolish to try to communicate with Malacus, which Grid realizes right away when he tries to ask Malacus for mercy at the start of the raid battle.
* AGodAmI: He constantly keeps spouting how he's "transcended humanity as a servant of Yatan."
* HealingFactor: Thanks to his enormous amount of magic power, Malacus has a regeneration ability so strong that Jishuka's mightiest attack burning off half his body isn't enough to kill him. Grid has to follow up with Pagma's Sword Dance, Kill, boosted by the party field bonus, trigger a critical hit, and bash him in the face with Rebecca's Divine Shield to finish him off.
* {{Hellhound}}: Can summon out dozens of Cerberus dogs of hell to fight for him. These Cerberus [[NighInvulnerability can't die]] from normal attacks, they can [[PlayingWithFire burn]], [[AnIcePerson freeze]], and [[PoisonousPerson poison]] their enemies, and melee weapons they're hit by end up [[WreckedWeapon rusting]].
* HomingLasers: The rays of black magic he fires off have the ability to home in on their target.
* HopeCrusher: His favorite activity is driving people to despair.
* HostageSituation: During the raid battle against the Tzedakah Guild, Malacus manages to take Regas hostage by stabbing him with 5 spears of black magic that keep the player immobile.
* HumansAreInsects: He repeatedly calls Grid and the members of Tzedakah insects for being human.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Basically says this to the Tzedakah Guild, who claim that they're going to hunt Malacus. After Malacus shows off his power to them, he claims that it's they who became the hunted...it still didn't work out for Malacus.
* IgnoredEnemy: Pon and Vantner's constant arguing is enough for Malacus to remind them of their current predicament that he currently has their friend, Regas, held captive.
* JavelinThrower: He can create spears of black magic that he then casts out towards his enemies.
* KeystoneArmy: His death greatly weakened the Church of Yatan until another Sixth Servant was chosen.
* NecessaryDrawback: His deflector shields can't be up all the time, so he can be blindsided by an attack.
* TheParalyzer: Malacus can create spears of black magic that have the ability to immobilize an enemy in place. During the raid battle against the Tzedakah Guild, he manages to immobilize and take Regas hostage by stabbing said player with 5 of these black spears.
* PlayingWithFire: Has the Hellfire Skill, which gives Malacus the ability to summon hellfire and burn his enemies.
* {{Pride}}: He takes huge pride at the fact that his efforts greatly increased the power of the Church of Yatan. Malacus is so prideful of his own power that just the sight of Grid not being affected by his evil aura is enough to bug him.
* RasputinianDeath: He did not go down easy, he had to tank the most powerful attacks of Tzedakah guild ''and suffer a critical hit'' from Grid's Pagma's Sword Dance, Kill, before he went down for good.
* RazorWind: Malacus can fire blades of black magic at his enemies. He's shown to use this as a surprise attack at the start of the battle.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The red and black on his outfit comes from the blood of thousands of virgins, and the item description on his cloak spells that out.
* SmugSuper: He loves to brag about how powerful he is and he gave Tzedakah guild a very hard fight.
* StatusAilment: The dark power Malacus gives off is enough to surprise his enemies by hitting them with fear, weakness, and immobilization effects. Upon first meeting Malacus, Grid isn't affected by the dark power given his passive skills that basically make him immune to abnormal conditions, but Regas isn't so lucky.
* SummonMagic: He can summon [[{{Hellhound}} Cerberus dogs]] in numbers. Saying a chant where he calls upon the support of the Noble Master who controls the dogs of Hell, the sky turns dark, and a thick darkness covers the area. Dozens of shadows then come up from the ground, and take the form of dark dogs with three heads who fight for Malacus.
* ThisCannotBe: Viewing his enemies as nothing but bugs, he was left shocked and unable to understand why Grid's Restaint technique had an effect on him compared to when Malacus was toying around with the members of the Tzedakah Guild. It also annoys him after Restaint wore off where he no longer sensed any dangerous threat from Grid. Feeling that he was tricked, he angrily orders Grid to show off such skills again.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: He can create swords of black magic that he then casts out towards his enemies.
* VillainRespect: He admires Tzedakah Guild's tenacity and admits they could have beaten the Cerebus, if there was only one of them.
* VirginSacrifice: The job of the the Sixth Servant is for Malacus to be the one who oversees the rituals that provide virgin sacrifices to God Yatan, such as when he tried to sacrifice Irene Steim.
* VillainTeleportation: Has some sort of Teleportation Skill where he can appear in front of his enemy in an instant. It's as if it was a manifestation of high-level magic that allowed Malacus to leap through space itself.

[[folder: Rose]]
The player who took Yura's place as the Eighth Servant of Yatan

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: She can't understand why Yura would want to turn her back on the Church of Yatan which goes aroung grabbing and sacrificing virgins, at a minimum, but she also can't understand why Grid doesn't abuse his power as king, even though being a good and noble ruler is precisely why he became king and his kingdom is stable in the first place.
* {{Foil}}: To Yura. While Yura was reluctant in her evil ways during her tenure in the Church of Yatan, Rose ''revels'' in it and is actually looking forward to the chaos of summoning greater demons and turning the west continent to hell.
* ForTheEvulz: She has no motivation serving the Church of Yatan aside from sowing chaos and destruction for a laugh.
* JustFollowingOrders: Her first attempt at "defending" her actions in the attack on the Vatican was proclaiming that she was just following a quest and didn't know Irene and Lord would be there. Lauel calls her out on it by pointing out that Grid and Damian's friendship is public knowledge.
* PlayingTheVictimCard: When Grid gives the Overgeared Kingdom a quest to hunt her down in retaliation for her launching an attack on the Vatican and actively tried to kill Irene and Lord, she runs to the user base and whines about being a poor, helpless player being bullied by hundreds. Lauel retorts on the forums that she's neither poor, nor helpless, is allied with the Church of Yatan, and has gone around wrecking other users for shits and giggles.
* RevengeMyopia: She swears vengeance in her heart for the "humiliation" of being forced to tesify that the Church of Yatan is framing Agnus for the murders of several jewelers, by unleashing a Greater Demon and letting it wreck havoc, when she's the one who attacked Grid's interests first and tried to straight up murder Irene and Lord.

!Church of Rebecca:

[[folder: Cassus]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Goddess Rebecca has chosen this one.]]

A priest NPC of the Church of Rebecca. While the war between the Eternal Kingdom and the Church of Yatan was going on, Cassus was sent by the Church of Rebecca to Winston Village to help Grid fashion a [Divine Shield] that will help push back the Yatan supporters. Grid being the one who forges the shield while Cassus infuses the shield with Goddess Rebecca's divine power.

* {{Determinator}}: He's greatly determined to perform his role as a Priest for Goddess Rebecca. So much so that he dedicates himself to remain at Grid's side praying for good luck as Grid works on 2 [Divine Shields]. Even when Grid tells him to relax, it's the one time that Cassus truly shows displeasure not wanting to stop, which surprises Grid to the point of just letting him continue praying.
* DispelMagic: His Light of Purification Skill allows for Cassus to flash a brilliant holy light that purifies people suffering from DemonicPossession. During Grid's quest to turn in the [Perfect Divine Shield], he frees Administrator Vladi from being controlled by a demon.
* EmotionSuppression: He's almost always shown to be expressionless to the point of rarely displaying any emotion. Possibly as a result of his training as a church priest.
* ExhaustedEyebags: As a result of staying up waiting for the two days it took Grid to craft two shields for him to bless.
* GoodIsNotDumb: When the administrator of Winston refused to pay up-front for the shield Grid was commissioned to craft, he immediately realized that it was a trick from the Church of Yatan.
* GoodShepherd: He is a priest of the Church of Rebecca and is a good and kind man.
* LuckManipulationMechanic: His prayers are implied to provide good luck to whatever he's praying to. Given that one of the 2 [Divine Shields] that Grid forged ended up getting the Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield] while Cassus spent hours alongside him praying for good fortune. Cassus' good luck prayers seem to be legit.
* PrayerPose: Since Cassus is a priest, this is a given. While Grid worked on the [Divine Shields], Cassus remained at his side praying for hours in an effort to provide Grid some good luck.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's the emotionless Blue to Grid's emotional Red during the chapters that they worked together on Grid's quest to forge a high-rated [Divine Shield].
* SuperEmpowering: His prayers allow for Cassus to infuse items with the divine power of Goddess Rebecca. Hence, why he was needed to help Grid with the development of the [Divine Shields].
* WhiteMage: Along with being a priest of the Church of Rebecca, he's dressed up in a white garment that comes with the symbol of Goddess Rebecca on it.
* WhiteMagic: Cassus uses holy magic given that he's a priest of Goddess Rebecca.
* UndyingLoyalty: A priest loyal to the Church of Rebecca.

[[folder: Isabel]]

A warrior nun NPC who serves as one of the three high status "Daughters of Rebecca" for the Church of Rebecca. Isabel's introduced arriving in Winston Village where she manages to defeat the Church of Yatan underling that stole Grid's Legendary-rated [Perfect Divine Shield].

* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon is the blessed Raphael's Spear.
* DebtDetester: She openly refuses Grid's aid on several occasions because she doesn't want to find herself owing him a favor. He has to convince her that he's helping her only for his own benefit before she lets him.
* TheDreaded: The fact that she has the high "Daughter of Rebecca" church status is enough to strike fear in her enemies. The Yatan minion who stole Grid's [Perfect Divine Shield] for example instantly chose to run away the moment he realized that he was dealing with a Rebecca Daughter.
* DynamicEntry: She's introduced bursting through the wall of Administrator Vladi's office rather than use the door. Her excuse to Cassus as to why she did that is because it was the cooler thing to do.
* HeroWorshipper: After Grid's heroic save the Church of Rebecca, and herself, from enemies both within and without on a repeated basis, she begins to idolize Grid with ''religious fervor'', willing to side with him against Rebecca herself if need be.
* LawfulStupid: Starting at a young age, she and the other two "Daughters of Rebecca" underwent extreme indoctrination and brainwashing to comply with every tenet of Rebecca's faith and whatever orders the Pope gives them.
* LickingTheBlade: Hyped for battle, she licks her spear before going off to chase down the Yatan minion that stole Grid's [Perfect Divine Shield].
* ReligiousBruiser: As one of the "Daughters of Rebecca" for the Rebecca Church, she's one of said church's best fighters. Particularly, with a spear.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: The conflict she faces whenever she is given an order by the pope that contradicts the teachings of Rebecca.

[[folder: Pope Dverigo]]
Introduced as the pope of the Church of Rebecca, he was an extremely corrupt man who embezzled church funds to play with prostitutes, murdered priests and paladins who disagreed with him, and brainwashed three girls into "Daughters Of Rebecca" to then use them as disposable tools. Damian and Grid both get a quest to eliminate him.

* BelievingTheirOwnLies: He maintained his "faith" in Rebecca by lying to everyone, including himself, that he was acting on the goddess's will, and made himself believe it. The goddess eventually gets fed up with it and sends two powerful users quests to deal with him, permanently.
* CorruptChurch: The ''least'' offensive thing he did was embezzle tithes and contributions so he could fool around with prostitutes.
* FatalFlaw: Pride.
* HealingFactor: The thing that made him most dangerous was his powerful healing magic.
* HookersAndBlow: He is introduced using the church sanctum as his personal brothel.
* TautologicalTemplar: Invoked and lampshaded. He deluded himself into thinking he was doing Rebecca's will so he could brush off any complaints about his nastiness, and openly admits that's what he was doing.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's not specialized for combat, but as a named boss, he has a cosmic buttload of hit-points and a powerful healing spell that gave Grid serious grief in the fight with him.

[[folder: Damian]]
Formerly a paladin in the church, he becomes pope after the oust of Dverigo and the defeat of Pascal, both thanks to Grid. He is deeply smitten with Isabelle and nearly worships Grid as thanks for saving her life on a repeated basis.

* CategoryTraitor: Many from his home nation think he's a transplanted Korean because he sings up Grid's praises, rather than bow to the extreme Japanese right wing.
* ChivalrousPervert: He pervs out over Isabelle and the two other current Daughters of Rebecca, but their well-being is his top priority, and his love for Isabelle is reciprocated.
* TheGoodShepherd: As pope, he's the epitome of what the leader of a religious movement ''should'' be like.
* HeroWorshipper: To the point that when Overgeared Kingdom is founded, he lobbies to build '''three''' Rebecca temples in Reinheardt, the capital.
* LightIsGood: As Rebecca's pope, he wields a lot of holy magic and is a truly good and kind man.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Played for laughs. Since he's of Japanese origin, he's hit with the "Otaku" stereotype.

! Church of Judar:
[[folder: Pascal]]
The pope of Judar's church introduced comissioning Toban to collect the holy armor and vestments of the Church of Rebecca, by hook or crook. Not content with being the pope of Judar, he also schemes to be the pope of Rebecca. Calculating, cold, and cruel, his ascencion would have made the Church of Rebecca even more corrupt than under Dviergo. Like the former pope, he only views the Daughters of Rebecca as disposable tools, on a good day and wanted Isabell dead.

* AmbitionIsEvil: His desire for more and more power drove him to do progressively more and more evil acts.
* AssumedWin: He thought he was already a shoe-in to pope of Rebecca over Damian, until Grid showed up, and then presumed his Sahara Empire connections would easily squash Grid like a bug. He was wrong on both counts.
* CorruptChurch: Not only is he as fond of HookersAndBlow as Dverigo, but by becoming Pope, he was planning to make the church an arm of the most genocidal aspects of the Sahara Empire.
* FamousAncestor: He is a direct descendant of Franz, the fifth pope of the Church of Rebecca, a man who was also a close ally of Pagma.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: He had a rough childhood with a neglectful father, and had to scrape his way out of poverty, but this doesn't excuse his villainy, since his efforts rewarded him with the pope seat in the church of Judar and many accolades.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Pascal had already bought off more than enough votes to be guaranteed the election for the next Pope, and his status as clergy of Rebecca's Church meant that Grid could NOT simply attack and kill him without severe game consequences, even if Grid refused to let Pascal buy him off. [[TooDumbToLive Then Pascal was dumb enough to let the Saharan Empire and then his father send people to try and kill Grid, not only opening the door for Grid to kill him in self-defense, but giving him a quest with huge rewards to kill him and all his followers.]] If Pascal had simply sat back with his mouth shut he would have been Pope.
* HookersAndBlow: He rewards his corrupt Church of Rebecca elder accomplices with prostitutes.
* VillainousBreakdown: Literally. When Grid shows up on Damien's side and refuses to be bought, swayed, or driven off, even restoring Isabelle back to full health, he breaks down so hard, his hair falls out from the stress.
* WrongAssumption: He can do this all day.
** He presumes that since Grid is a PunchClockHero that he can be bought off. A punch-clock hero is still a hero and he won't be bought, especially since Grid is also a BullyHunter, and Pascal is a heinous bully.
** He sees Grid working on Isabelle's spear, so presumes Isabelle is dead, since he presumed she'd never give it up willingly. When he sees her alive and well, because Grid healed her and took the spear, on commission to tune it so it won't place such a burden on her body, he has a psychotic break and his hair starts falling out.
** When Grid survives an assassination event from the Imperial Knights he commissioned, he thinks he can get Grid off his back by throwing his own father under the bus. Unfortunately for him, Grid comes from a culture where filial piety is SeriousBusiness, and this act only serves to enrage Grid further.

! Dominion Church:

! Giant Guild:
[[folder: Chris]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chris_49.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Quit living in your long past glory days, Tzedakah!]]

The leader of Giant Guild, which consists of at least 530 players, and one of the top players of Satisfy. At the time of his introduction, Chris and his crew have a grudge-match going on with the Tzedakah Guild due to their previous rivalry in the L.T.S. game that preceeded Satisfy, which Chris's side ended up butt-hurt that the Tzedakah players had the gall to constantly outshine them. Even though his Giant Guild joined Satisfy a full month ahead, the smaller but elite Tzedakah Guild still ended up outshining them, much to Chris' annoyance. In order to further strengthen his guild, Chris goes about recruiting all the production class players he can get his hands on. This leads to Chris searching for the unknown blacksmith (Grid) that's been making a name for himself within Winston Village, but of course, this results in him butting heads with the Tzedakah Guild once more given that they're also seeking to recruit the unknown blacksmith.

* BullyingADragon: He's warned before he launches the attack on Tzedakah that they're "curled up dragons." He laughs and calls himself and top members "curled up dragons" too, until his entire guild is utterly smashed in retaliation for launching an attack intended to kidnap Grid.
* CharacterLevel: At the time of his introduction, Chris was mentioned to be the 3rd highest level player in the unified player rankings.
* HeelFaceTurn: Once Grid has become the first ever player King in the game, Chris realizes that his squabbles with the members of Tzedakah were petty and foolish, and signs a treaty of friendship with Grid, happy to be a subordinate.
* TheLeader: Chris is the guild leader of the Giant Guild.
* QualityOverQuantity: On the wrong end. During the war against Tzedakah to try to get Grid into his guild, Chris sends over 300 players to attack less than 20. Tzedakah cleans their clock with some injuries, but no deaths.
* RevengeMyopia: In the early chapters, he gives orders to launch an unprovoked attack on Tzedakah Guild, when the latter was openly attempting to avoid conflict, and tried to openly kidnap Grid. When Tzedakah winds up utterly cleaning their clocks, he has a breakdown and swears bloody vengeance.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In the Eternal Kingdom, he was made the Lord of Pedro for the achievements that his Giant Guild pulled off throughout the war against the Church of Yatan.
* TheRival: He and his guild towards the Tzedakah Guild. Jishuka in particular is Chris' primary rival given that they're both guild leaders.

[[folder: Kido]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kido_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, we're so sorry to have interrupted your work. Surely it can't be that hard to finish up right?]]

The Giant Guild member who tries to poach Grid from Tzedakah. After ruining Grid's commissioned flamberge for Ibellin, he puts forward a bunch of insulting "apologies" provoking Grid's ire. He then learns the hard way to respect the blacksmith class when he winds up being the first user to fall before Grid's wrath.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Manhwa only. In the original literature, he and his gang laughed at Grid in the scene where he "apologizes" for ruining Grid's work. In the manhwa, the apology looks sincere, but he's secretly annoyed that Chris ordered him to be "civil" in trying to recruit Grid to Giant Guild.
* CondescendingCompassion: After ruining Grid's commissioned work for Ibellin by trashing the smithy, knocking the door hinge with Ibellin's blood on it into the flamberge Grid was working on, contaminating the weapon in the final stages of assebly, which took 20 hours of hard labor, he smugly offers up an "apology" that has no sincerity behind it, as Kido thinks the blacksmith class is beneath him. This only serves to make Grid's ire worse.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: His condescension and arrogance after ruining Grid's work and treating it like a trivial matter only served to make Grid more and more enraged until he snapped and tore him a new one, along with the 11 other guys that came with him, after they smashed through the doors of Khan's smithy and brutalized Ibellin.
* FailedASpotCheck: He completely failed to notice that Grid was armed for bear while he was "negotiating" to try and get Grid to sign on to Giant Guild. He and his merry men wind up on the wrong end of a one-sided massacre as a result.
* KickThemWhileTheyreDown: He and his crew beat up on Ibellin after they've smashed him to the ground by force of numbers. When they provoke Grid, he returns the favor in a brutal massacre.
* MuggingTheMonster: When he and his crew bash their way past Ibellin and come face to face with Grid, they all think Grid's normally non-combat class won't be a threat. Whoo boy, were they wrong.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Though Grid only finds out about it later, because of his initial attack, where he accidentally sent a door-hinge splattered with Izbellin's blood that wound up landing on Ibellin's commissioned flamberge in the final stages of assembly, Ibellin wound up getting Grid's first ever player-commissioned [Legendary] item.
* OneHitKill: On the wrong end when he provokes Grid and Grid strikes back.
* ThisCanNotBe: As he's being "logged out" by virtue of PK, he can only mutter how dumbstruck he is that a "mere blacksmith" took him out with ease.

! Snake Guild:

! Blood Carnival:

[[folder: As a whole]]
A very loosely tied group of criminal users that only come together when the prospect of a crime big enough to warrant their attention occurs. For the most part, they are solo players and have little to no loyalty with each other. Even the guild leader hardly does anything on their behalf and just lets them do whatever they want, whenever they want.

* BombThrowingAnarchist: They despise all forms of decency and civility and respond with extreme violence to any kind of authority.
* CardCarryingVillain: They do terrible things with pride.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: They are all powerful players and could get far more wealth honestly, but they prefer to do heinous things for their wealth, especially when it comes to being hired killers.
* ForTheEvulz: While they are motivated by money, their primary motivation is doing heinous things for their own enjoyment.
* TrappedInVillainy: Since all of them have permanently maxed out their Infamy rating, they can't enter cities, join parties for quests, of the non-criminal variety, and can't turn away from crime if they want to, which they don't.

[[folder: Dark]]
The founder of the criminal guild. He tends to just let his members do whatever they want, enforcing only one rule, "don't start a fight with other users that you aren't highly certain to win."
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* AtrociousAlias: "Eat Spicy Jokbal."
* EntertaininglyWrong: When Peak Sword shows up in his restaurant, and has managed to ID him, he figures Grid has sent Overgeared Guild out to make him suffer in return for all the pain his guild has caused them first. In reality, Peak Sword was tasked with finding the guy ''to recruit him'' as Grid finds the Dungeon Maker class very, very useful for the development of Overgeared Kingdom.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Grid manages to track down and destroy the dungeon he built up as his base, after his guild members repeatedly wrecked Overgear Guild's assets for a laugh, he figured Grid and crew were in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, so he disbanded the guild and warned his fellow members to lay low, before leaving the world of Satisfy for a while.
* NothingPersonal: He sees Satisfy as a game and only a game.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His stated goal for participating in the third Satisfy Olympic games.

[[folder: Tarma]]
The top assassin for the guild.
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* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: He sees Grid's very existence as a personal affront.
* KnifeNut: He favors daggers.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After Blood Carnival is disbanded, he stews in his own hate and fear, as his in-game infamy has left him no prospects, and Grid hasn't even started to actively hunt him for his many crimes. So he develops a "corrosion" ability that he thinks will give him an edge against the gear-dependent Grid. Come the third Championship games, when it's their turn to fight, Grid kills him so quickly that he doesn't even have a chance to use it. At this point, he runs off, terrified, and strongly considers giving up on the game entirely.
* LaserGuidedKarma: His loss to Grid in the first Championship destroyed his street-cred, greatly diminishing his prospects, but after Dark dissolved Blood Carnival in fear of Grid's retaliation, he had nowhere to go or hide as his infamy rating and the grudges of all his many victims hounded him.
* ProfessionalKiller: His class is [Assassin] and he attacks to kill (in game) other users for a price.
* RevengeByProxy: During the Eternal War, he sneaks into Cork Island under the control of Peak Sword, and when Peak Sword manages to hold off the Eternal Navy, against all odds, Tarma destroys the victory celebration by killing Peak Sword and then destroys every single facility on the island, just for a cheap laugh and to sate his one-sided grudge against Grid.
* RevengeMyopia: He first meets Grid in the second Satisfy Olympic games, where he's participating not to gain gold medals but because he was hired to make certain Kruegel doesn't. He attacks Grid during the battle royale portion of the games, calling Grid a "small fry" the whole time. Grid defeats him, fair and square. At this point, he swears bloody vengeance and keeps trying to destroy Grid every chance he gets.

! Immortal Guild:

[[folder: Agnus]]
One of Satisfy's top users who became famous for being one of the three players who obtained an Epic-rated class early on. His Epic class being [[{{Necromancer}} Baal’s Contractor]]. Agnus "plays" the game as part of court-ordered therapy.

* ArrestedForHeroism: His RoaringRampageOfRevenge got him sent to prison.
* AxeCrazy: He's completely psychotic, both in Satisfy and in reality. He is incapable of any long-term planning aside from maximizing the number of corpses he can make.
* BloodKnight: Invoked. Because of the severe emotional and psychological trauma of the horrors he's endured, he can only calm his mind and temporarily forget his pain by undertaking battles to the death.
* BrokenBird: He's horribly traumatized and his chances of leading a normal life are basically zero.
* CharacterLevel: He's mentioned in conversation early on to be the 7th highest level player in the unified player rankings.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Which serves as a lovely FreudianExcuse. Growing up, he was horribly bullied and harassed, for no other reason than the fact that the bullies didn't like the way he spoke, with the bullies hunting him down even well into adulthood. Nobody would offer help except his girfriend Luna, but the bullies tracked her down and gang-raped her, right in front of him, driving her to suicide. At this point, Agnus snapped and delivered gruesome murderous vengeance, after which he was arrested and sentenced to 28 years in prison, but the sentence was reduced to 3 years with the condition that he undergo "therapy" which includes complete immersion in the VR world of Satisfy.
* DarkIsEvil: He's a necromancer and while he's in the world of Satisfy, there's no heinous act he'd overlook if it's available to him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be a mass-murdering psycho, but even he was seriously pissed at Veradin's little stunt that resulted in Khan's death.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His greatest sticking point with Grid is that he can't understand why Grid doesn't retaliate to his own horrific backstory by going full-tilt WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
* {{Foil}}: To Grid. Both men suffered horrible bullying as children and even adults, and turned to the immersive VR game Satisfy for relief, but that's where the similarity ends. Grid had a loving home and family with a strong support system, and chose to enter Satisfy, and then managed to find a way to turn his life around, becoming successful. Agnus had nobody except Luna, and she was taken away, the abuse he got was far worse, and to top it all off, he was court-ordered into Satisfy, so the populace can feel safe that a ticking time-bomb was locked up in a place that will never reach them.
* FreudianExcuse: He was DrivenToMadness by horrific bullying all his life and being ForcedToWatch his one friend and lover get gang-raped right in front of him, leading to her suicide.
* TheLostLenore: His girlfriend Luna.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: The horrific bullying he received, the gang rape of his girlfriend, who then committed suicide, the unjust imprisonment, the lack of therapy, and then being lynched shortly followed by being hunted for his irreplacable Stone of Life as part of another scheme by a Yatan-friendly player has made him give up on humanity entirely, caring about nothing but "punishing" the weak, and beating up on the strong.
* {{Necromancer}}: His Epic-rated class in Satisfy.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Because he came to the defense of Irene and Lord against the Church of Yatan, the Yatanists are going around mass-murdering jewelers and other craftsmen and then telling the survivors that Agnus is the reason, so they direct their ire at him, and to make certain he can't get a certain piece of jewelry he needs crafted so he can summon an avatar of his long-dead lady friend to help soothe his old wounds.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He will go and attack anyone who lays hands on his prey, whether that's Grid or Kruegel.
* RedemptionRejection: Euphemina repeatedly reaches out to him to help in his quest to (at least virtually) resurrect his long dead lover in Satisfy, albeit out of EnlightenedSelfInterest to complete her own class quest. He does begin to waver but eventually turns on her when he's lynched as a result of being framed by the Church of Yatan for the murder of several jewlers.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When his girlfriend was gang-raped and committed suicide, he turned and started hunting down the bullies, giving them all brutal, lethal payback.
* SanityHasAdvantages: During his lucid moments, he's just as vicious and ruthless, but far more dangerous.
* SlaveToPR: He's crafted an image as a psychotic villain so thoroughly that he can't bring himself to admit he protected Irene and Lord with noble intentions, so he tries to pass it off as CruelMercy. He doesn't fool anyone.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: As a result of being lynched for the FrameUp placed on him by the Church of Yatan, with even confessions by Yatan cultists being ignored, and then players trying to steal away his TragicKeepsake during Berith's rampage, he has lost all resistance to Baal's mandatory hidden quests to just rampage and kill players en masse. He even attacks Grid and the people raiding Berith to prove the point.
* TragicVillain: After all the crap he's been through that broke his mind, he should be in a padded room, so he doesn't harm ''himself'', never mind others, and receiving actual therapy so he can recover, and then a competent civil-law attorney should be on the warpath against the bullies' families, the school, and the many authorities that turned a blind eye to the complaints of Agnus and Luna, resulting in her gang rape and suicide, and leaving Agnus himself no viable option but to resort to lethal force. Instead, he's shoved into an immersive VR game that features swords and sorcery and has absolutely no restraint towards player actions, and the one and only supervision he gets is from a psychotherapist who can only see him as a lab rat.
* TroubledAbuser: Though he hates it, the only joy he gets in life, aside from fighting battles to the death with stronger foes, is going around trampling the weak, just like he was trampled.
* UnwittingPawn: Although he's too insane, as the legal term, to care, he's not receiving any on-screen therapy, at all. His one and only on-screen therapist is just treating him like a lab rat for psychological experiments. He does eventually catch on and call out Veradin on it, to the latter's horror.
* VillainousValor: When he's with the Church of Yatan on a quest to attack the Vatican, he turns on Yatan to defend Irene and Lord. This is so out of character as far as Grid's aware that Grid can't bring himself to believe it until he sees hard evidence of Mahmud protecting Irene.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In universe. His backstory is so horrific ''an international human rights organization'' moved on his behalf after hearing how he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for resorting to lethal force to defend himself from bullies that saw nothing wrong with gang-raping his girlfriend to death and the authorities would do nothing to help him or her. In Satisfy, his internal narritive points out that his primary motivation is to hurl back the pain he's received from the world back at the world.

[[folder: Black]]
First introduced attacking Euphemina at the Siren Kingdom as part of Blood Carnival, purely for a laugh, ignoring her guild's quest to go killing innocent mermen for their hearts.

* EvilLaugh: "Hit! Hihihihi! Kekekeke!"
* GlassCannon: Her illusions are very powerful and can do serious damage, but she's extremely frail and when Grid manages to catch up to her, she's taken down in a single strike of his sword.
* LeanAndMean: She's thin as a reed and is a vicious criminal who loves to sadistically torture people to death.
* MasterOfIllusion: When Grid comes to Euphemina's rescue, he uses his acquired Mana Detection skill to realize the [Black] user Euphemina was fighting is actually a magically created illusion and tracks down the real body hiding in some seaweed on the ocean floor.
* NecessaryDrawback: Her class is ''really'' not suited for combat-related crimes. Every time one of her illusions is destroyed in battle, she loses a level. At the higher levels, the exp required to recover is astronomical.
* TheResenter: She and her sister both hate beautiful women for no other reason than the fact that they are beautiful and will go out of their way to wreck everything those women have dear.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: What she appeared to have. Euphemina killed her countless times, but she'd come back good as new moments later. Had Grid not intervened, Euphemina would have died a DeathOfAThousandCuts.

[[folder: White]]
Black's sister.

* BerserkButton: She goes into an apoplectic fit any time she thinks someone is complaining about her looks.
* EverythingIsRacist: She flies into accusing people of sexism against her for any reason, or no reason at all. She's especially fond of screeching "I'm a 'pig' because I'm a woman, but for a guy it's okay to be fat!" even when nobody present has called her a pig.
* FatBitch: She's not just obese, she's bloated, and she is a vicious criminal who greatly enjoys hurting others.
* {{Gonk}}: She's hideously obese and she knows it.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She goes full-tilt SJW, saying that it's sexist to call her "ugly" for the fact that she's unattractive, but she screams at Grid to "fight like a man" when he begins spamming magic the moment he realizes she's made herself immune to physical attacks and is trying to smother him with her bloated body. Grid even calls her out on it.
--> "Fight like a man, you say? Isn't that '''sexist''' of you?"
* {{Kevlard}}: Her class skill allows her to become ''even more obese'' and as a result make herself immune to physical damage. Piaro's hoe even bounces off her flabby back at one point.
* NeverMyFault: Despite choosing an avatar and a class that's hideously obese, she claims that it's not her fault that she's obese in the first place, and her real body has a metabolism that makes her fat just by sipping ''water''.
* PsychologicalProjection: When she encounters Lord in Reidran, she presumes that the kid is being raised as a TykeBomb by Grid, because that's what she would do if she ever had a child. She then uses that as a rationalization to try and kill him.
* TheResenter: She and her sister both hate beautiful women for no other reason than the fact that they are beautiful and will go out of their way to wreck everything those women have dear.
* RevengeBeforeReason: When she's logged back in, she goes to her guild and tries to round up as many of her mates as she can to strike back at Overgeared, even after the guild master has told her "no" because it would be suicial.
* RevengeMyopia: Despite the fact that Black is the one who was sadistically attacking Euphemina and Grid in the first place, she screams for vengeance when Grid kills Black in self-defense.

[[folder: Veradin]]
One of the "hidden rankers" of the game and the one who holds Agnus's leash. While the narrative is ambiguous if he's the therapist assigned to Agnus for the court-mandated "therapy" involving him immersed in Satisfy intended to help him re-integrate into society, Veradin is a psychologist who is stringing Agnus along and leading him into attacking other users as part of a psychological experiment.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: He doesn't realize it until Agnus, of all people, spells it out for him, but his little "prank" with Khan has galvanized the player base, in its entirety, to hunt him and his entire guild down to the last, and his guild members can't even enter an in-game grocery store without fear that they won't be killed as they're stepping back out.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He led a raid into Grid's country to murder Khan, who is Grid's top blacksmith and someone near and dear to him, just to see what will happen. The retaliation is clearly far, far more than he could have imagined.
* BondVillainStupidity: When Grid retaliates against him, personally, bringing in the rest of the player base to crush Immortal, rather than just blindly charge at Agnus as planned, Veradin ''doubles down'' and attacks Grid while the latter is returning from a diplomatic visit to the emperor of the Sahara empire, trying to make Grid even more vengeful for a laugh and to boost his own sense of superiority.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: He thought killing Khan would drive Grid and Agnus into a fight, so he could sit back and watch. He didn't stop to consider that Grid would go after his ''entire'' guild as well.
* DirtyBusiness: He and his guild are introduced having taken a quest to engage in genocide on behalf of the Sahara Empire. He is actually ''grateful'' that Grid comes along and wrecks the quest due to the fact that he got the exact opposite "side-quest" as he was infiltrating the empire to deal with Asmophel.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Loathsome as he and his guild are, even he has qualms about the genocidal policies of the Sahara Empire.
* ForScience: His interest in Agnus has absolutely nothing to do with therapy. He doesn't care if Agnus recovers. Agnus is just a walking, talking guinea pig to him for his psychological experiments.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't care about the thoughts and feelings of others, aside from how he can exploit them to use in his psychological experiments.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Agnus does a lot of nastiness in the world of Satisfy, but Veradin is the one who maneuvers him into it the vast majority of the time.
* HateSink: The fact that he treats what appears to be his psychotherapy patient as nothing more than a lab-rat for his pet theories is enough reason to hate him already, but once he leads a raid into Overgeared Kingdom to attack and murder Khan and several of Khan's subordinate blacksmiths for a laugh and for another of his sick psychological experiments has completely and permanently alienated just about everyone on both sides of the fourth wall.
* LaserGuidedKarma: His petty and meaningless acts intended to ruin the lives of both Grid and Agnus for a laugh got '''both''' of them on his case like no other. As a result, his hopes and dreams to become a yangban, were permenantly crushed and he was forcefully logged out of Satisfy, permananently, leaving him in a pool of his own tears and regret.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a psychologist and he's using those skills to string along a clearly traumatized victim of abuse in extremely unethical ways, just because he wants to run an unsanctioned psychological experiment.
* PsychologicalProjection: Since everything he does is purely a sham to project a public image, he presumes Grid and his vengeance thinks the same way. He simply can't comprehend that Grid's emotions are genuine.
* PyrrhicVillainy: He does manage to kill off Khan for the intended purpose of driving a grief-stricken Grid into a collision course with Agnus, just to see how Agnus would react, but not only does he die himself in the process, screwing up his own hidden quests, but he has earned the eternal undying hatred of the entire Overgeared Kingdom against everyone in his guild and Grid retaliates, not with a hysterical frenzy like he expected, but with a cold, righteous, TranquilFury, bringing in all '''the 2 billion other users''' to eternally PK every last member of the Immortal Guild without rest until they're driven out of the game, permanently.
* RevengeMyopia: In chapter 1184, he appears in the story one last time, daring to desire vengeance on Grid for trashing his chance to become a Yangban, completely ignoring all the crap he pulled on Grid and all his fellow guild members, even changing his race to "Horse Jiangshi." After attacking Grid and being one-sidedly stomped into ash, he clicks the "Logout" button, never to return.
* TookALevelInJerkass: At first, it looked like he had ''some'' standards in regards to his play-style, but when his guild fractures under the weight of the player-base's reaction to his actions, he admits that those standards were all lies, he throws his entire guild under the bus to try and save himself, and starts howling as to how he's the one who was wronged when they take him to task for it.

! Eternal Kingdom:

[[folder: King Alsan]]

Second born son of the previous king and younger brother of Ren. He lets the latter destroy himself by attacking Grid's territory with a far too small army, kills him, and then frames Grid for the death.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: His entire country, save some corrupt nobles, turn on him the moment he offered up 9,999 virgins for sacrifice so he could summon a greater demon, just to spite Grid.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His desire to become the undisputed king of Eternal has him engage in all sorts of villainy, ending with the sacrifice of 9,999 virgins to the Church of Yatan in order to summon Greater Demon Belial.
* CainAndAbel: As bad as Ren is, he's worse.
* TheCaligula: What else can you call a king who summons a greater demon to the world by sacrificing 9,999 virgins from his own citizens?
* DealWithTheDevil: Promises 9,999 virgins to the Church of Yatan so he can summon Belial and use the greater demon to secure his throne.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: While he did a good job of making it look like the relationship between himself and Grid's territory was positive, in truth, he was slowly strangling Grid by cutting him off from the rest of the kingdom. The breaking point was reached when Winston, the territory under his father-in-law was completely isolated and left to die. At that point, it was open warfare.
* NeverMyFault: While he internally admits that it was his own foolishness and bad decisions that resulted in Grid rightly launching a coup, he verbally blames Grid for all his troubles, including selling the country out to the Saraha Empire.
* TheResenter: He's always hated being the second born, so he happily conspired with the Sahara Empire to murder his older brother and seize the crown.
* StrawHypocrite: He condemns Grid for rebelling against Eternal Kingdom after happily selling the kingdom out to Sahara Empire and killing 9,999 virgins to summon a greater demon.

[[folder: Prince Ren]]

The crown prince. He immediately becomes hostile to Grid when the latter swore UndyingLoyalty to his father, the king, not to the royal family as a whole in the wake of the [Golem Invasion] event. When his father is on his death-bed, he launches an ill-thought out invasion on Reinard, for fear that Grid would turn against him. This leads to his army being captured or killed and his own death.

* DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs: He launches an attack on Grid's rightful territory out of fear that Grid would turn on him if left alone.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Grid's soldiers in Reidran are refugees originally very grateful for the efforts of Overgeared in reclaiming and developing Reinard from ruins back into a prosperous city, but this gratitude quickly faded away in light of the harsh army training they were conscripted into. Their loyalty plummeted as a result. Because Prince Ren led an armed invasion, Grid's soldiers quickly realized that the harsh training was justified, and started to praise Grid's insight in preparing for the attack. Their loyalty reached its maximum when they saw Grid going into battle himself so they could gain a relatively easy victory over an army five times their size!
* UriahGambit: Self-inflicted. Because he herded an army of 7000 knights and several powerful users at Grid's territory, he self-destructed, just like his younger brother Alsan wanted, so Alsan could claim the throne.

[[folder: Earl Ashur]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Yes, I will reward you, '''with DEATH!''']]

A powerful mage NPC who serves as the main defender of the Eternal Kingdom's starter city, Patrian. Earl Ashur is the NPC who sent Grid on the quest to find [Pagma's Lost Book] at the start of the series. When Grid has the book in hand, he and his knights attack him, and try to steal it, due to Grid choosing to keep the rare book for himself. Just to spite him, Grid uses the book by reading it, which results in him becoming Pagma's Successor. Even though Ashur's knights succeed in killing Grid, he still holds a murderous grudge to the point that Grid is no longer allowed within Patrian.