History Characters / SoundHorizon

-->''"This melody you love rung to the skies with my harmonica.''

-->''"The interweaving harmony of bboth joy and sadness...that is the flavor of my wine, and so is life."''

The protagonist of the song "Yorokobi to Kanashimi no Budoushu". A prolific vintner, she was once the daughter of a high-standing family who [[InterclassRomance fell in love with the caretaker of her grandfather's vineyard]]. Unfortunately, she had been engaged without her consent to a higher nobleman as part of her father's last-bid attempt to save the family fortune; the tragic consequence of her attempt to escape her inevitable wedding with her secret lover led her to become the solitary woman she is now.

* {{Expy}}: TheHighQueen of a land called [[FantasyCounterpartCulture "Britannia"]]. Inherited the throne at a tender age after her tyrannical, female, predecessor died. Restored her country to a period of normalcy after years of unrest instigated by said predecessor. Bravely guided her people in a great war against a powerful empire. Hailed as a symbol of faith and nationalism. Royal insignia is a rose. Anybody else reminded of [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI the first Queen Elizabeth]]?

* AntiHero: He may be a protagonist who is wholly dedicated to protecting his country, but he is also technically a mass-murderer.

* BlingOfWar: From where else could his famous nickname come from but his lustrous silver armor? [[spoiler: Even Michèle Malebranche approves of its badassery and adds it into the collection of her antique shop.]]

* EmpathicWeather: A soft rain can be heard during his death sequence.

* PlayingTheHeartStrings: A very soothing, yet somber violin solo serves as the ending song of his saga.

* GenerationXerox: Revo singing "Kuro no Yogensho" as Lucius, Lucia's dad, in the 3rd Territorial Expansion live concert might be a subtle indication that Lucia's struggle in this album is the very same one her parents had went through.

* HeroWorship: Léon worshiped General Alvarez in his younger days. The aftermath of his failed confrontation with Flambeau makes him ponder deeper about Alvarez as a person with mistakes and flaws like him.

* DomesticAbuser: His alcoholism-induced rage led him to beat his pregnant wife one too many times until [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she finally left him to save their unborn child]]. If you contribute to the theory that [[spoiler: he is Etoile's father]], this may be a plausible reason as to why the girl was born with the condition she had.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Auguste is already critically acclaimed in life, but it is after his death that the world lauded him as "the one with the hands of God", and his angel sculpture came to be regarded as a rare masterpiece.

* AgeLift: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_oa34dffi9j1qkkbft_540.jpg His design]] in the novel makes him look ''far'' younger than any of his previous three incarnations. Novel!Auguste doesn't look to be anywhere near his fifties.

* MayDecemberRomance: In the manga, Auguste looked [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/016.png like this]], and he married Nathalie, who looked [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/005_6.png like this]].

* ReclusiveArtist: InUniverse. He holes himself up in his studio, which cannot be entered by absolutely anyone but his wife.

* BittersweetEnding: The live version veered more on the "bitter" side: he lost his wife, deserted their child away, and never managed to complete his statue, but at least he died happy with the mere thought that his child has finally forgiven him and smiled at him.

-->''The maiden who continued to challenge her oppressive fate, Loraine de Saint-laurent.''
-->''The half of a lifetime she spent in harmony with the earth...is her unknown Story.''

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Manga!Loraine delivers this to her JerkassSuitor, one across each cheek.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: From this sort of family, which is why her father insists that she marry a rich man rather than the poor vineyard-worker whom she truly loves.

The protagonist of the song "Utsukushiki Mono". She sings the song in dedication of her brother, who had died some time before due to his incurable sickness.

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[[caption-width-right:120:''Thank you, Pleut, because you were by my side, I can go anywhere.'']]

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoichiroHoshi

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Protagonist of the song "A Song Struggled Towards" (''"Tadoritsuku Uta"''), from the 9th chapter and page 883 of the Black Chronicle. She is the lover of Endymion Ballad, who perished right in the previous track after his poem enraged the ruling Queen of Britannia.

''Nein'' reveals that the two used to be together until a certain battle [[DoomedHometown separated them from their homeland]]. Earnestly believing that Endymion is still alive somewhere, [[IWillFindYou she sets out to search for him.]] Blinded on the way, she [[{{Determinator}} nonetheless]] managed to find Endymion's... remains, in the form of [[TragicKeepsake a song he dedicated to her moments before his execution.]]

In ''Nein'', she reappears on track 2, “Na mo Naki Onna no Uta”.

* DoomedHometown: Her hometown and Endymion’s was most likely destroyed in a war, which would explain their separation.

!!Endymion Ballad

[[caption-width-right:185:Shin-Imayama as Endymion in the ''Nein'' live concert.]]

* DeathSeeker: After withdrawing from Whitehaven following his HeelFaceTurn, Albers just wants someone to kill him to atone for his foolish mistakes. [[spoiler: Queen Rosa]] quickly snaps him out of it. [[spoiler: He got exactly what he wished just after he stopped being this trope and during a ceasefire agreement that was meant to stop the whole schtick he made worse.]]

* TheDragon: Initially, of Emperor Childebert VI. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes TheLancer of Queen Rosa.]]

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse. After he died, the world hailed him far and wide as a hero, a symbol of struggle against tyranny, forgetting altogether his ruthlesness. Not only that, he had himself confessed to Queen Rosa that he used to massacre thousands of innocents to satisfy his own belligerent impulses.

* PyrrhicVictory: He managed to avenge his hometown by shooting Alvarez...in a heavily-guarded ceasefire meeting. Well, Gefenbauer succeeds, but he was naturally caught and murdered on the spot by security--in this case, Sir Parsifal, Queen Rosa's bodyguard.

!!Rosa Guine Avalon / "The Supreme Rose"

The [[AChildShallLeadThem very young]] Queen of Britannia, having known to hold the throne since track 5, "Knights of the Rose" (''"Bara no Kishidan"''). She is the niece of the previous Queen, who was so infamous for her cruelty, Rosa herself gave her the nickname [[TheDreaded "The Winter Rose"]]. An optimist charismatic, she earnestly believes that she can become a beacon of hope for her people under the guidance of her Goddess, Brigid.

** Also, note her last name--''Avalon''. She is surrounded by knights with names such as "Parsifal"/Percival and "Tristram"/Tristan. Rosa is clearly a subtle homage to [[Myth/KingArthur the famed King of Britain]].

* MeaningfulName: A sweet, graceful and demure lady, her name means "Peace" in Greek.

-->'''Played by:'''Yoshimi Iwasaki (original recording), Azumi Inoue (LIVE)

!!Elefseus ("Elef") / Amethystos
-->'''Played by:''' Revo (adult), Creator/{{Yukana}} (child)
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[[caption-width-right:150:''Life is something to be lost.'']]

-->''"Despite all mortals being pitiful slaves of Fate,''
-->''They enslave each other nonetheless; what a dry farce!"''

The protagonist of the whole album. He used to lead a happy life with his twin sister, Misia, and his parents, Polydeuces and Elphina, until [[BigBad Scorpius]] suddenly barged into their home, killed them, and sold the kids into slavery. [[CosmicPlaything Ever since then, his life has been nothing but endless misery]] with very little moments of refuge. That's certainly one way to put it.

In ''Nein'', he reappears with Misia on track 7, "Ai to Iu Nano Toga".

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Her hair's got...bits of [[MulticoloredHair purple streaks]]...but she fits in nonetheless.

!!The Harmonias / Six Sister Goddesses of Poetry
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI (Ionia), REMI (Doria), Haruka Shimotsuki (Phrygia), Ayaka Naitou (original recording)/Mari Endou (LIVE) (Lydia), KAORI (Aeolia), YUUKI (Locria)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''The Genesis had begun to be played, in an era where Mythos flourished.''[[note]]From left to right: Ionia, Doria, Phrygia, Lydia, Aeolia, Locria[[/note]]]]

-->''"Who are the narrators? We are the narrators.''
-->''Who are the singers? We are the singers."''

The six goddesses of poetry who are daughters of Harmonia, one of the oldest goddesses in ''Moira'''s pantheon. They serve little purpose to the story proper besides singing of the events that transpired within it.

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* AnachronismStew: Lace incongruously adorn their white capes, which would not even be discovered late in the Middle Ages, and they have hairs that come out of modern Japanese salons (especially Lydia, Ionia and Locria, the latter two of which sports the clearly-Japanese HimeCut). [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as they are goddesses and thus do not exactly live in a fixed time like us.
* BlueEyes: All of them uniformly sport these.
* {{Expy}}: Of the Muses, who are often invoked by classical writers to help them recite their tales.
* FlowerInHerHair: Each of them wore a crown of flowers that differ by their respective color schemes.
* GreekChorus: To the whole album after "Jinsei wa Ireko Ningyou".
* HimeCut: Locria and Ionia. Ionia's is a [[{{Pun}} straight]] example, though Locria's has short, rounded sidecuts surrounding her face.
* MeaningfulName: Their names are derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia#/media/File:Map_Anatolia_ancient_regions-en.svg ancient Anatolian regions.]]
* OjouRinglets: Doria's hair, though only on the front side.
* StatuesqueStunner: If you squint, you will realize that in the picture above Aeolia (the second one from the right) is the tallest of her sisters. Her singer, Kaori Oda, [[RealitySubtext is]] the tallest female singer in Moira.
* ThemeNaming: They are all named after musical modes, as do their colors represent said modes.

!!Scorpius
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto (speaking voice), Masashi Ōyama (live performance)
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-->''"It is '''I''' who shall become King of the world."'''

One of the biggest antagonists of the story, heavily implied to be the illegitimate child of King Demetrius. He resented Leontius' royal bloodline, even going as far as to call Queen Isadora a "whore". Bottling that hatred deep inside him, he embarked on an ambitious quest to conquer the world, leaving many dead in his wake.

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* AffablyEvil: At least he had the courtesy to give Polydeuces and Elphina a decent burial after butchering them in front of their foster kids.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His ambition is to conquer all of Hellenes, maybe even ''the world'', and his way of getting it is not nice.
* BastardBastard: Born of a concubine, envious, scheming, and positively sociopathic.
* BigBad: The only character that comes closest to this trope, as you can see from everything he committed above.
* BloodKnight: His use in force stops at nothing if it gets what he wants.
* EvilRedhead: His hair is a solid, burning red, not to mention being shaped [[VisualPun like a scorpion's tail]].
* EvilLaugh: Being voiced by the great Creator/NorioWakamoto, it shouldn't be a surprise that he pulled this off magnificently. [[spoiler: Even more so in ''Nein'', seeing as he had conquered Hellenes and its neighboring territories.]]
* SonOfAWhore: He is the son of the king and one of his concubines, which is why he is not accepted as a legitimate heir.

!!Cassandra and Melissa
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI (Cassandra) and Haruka Shimotsuki (Melissa)
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[[caption-width-right:177:''Do not take us for fools; what you have there is not love!'']]

-->''"Ah, though we were once pitiful slaves...''
-->''We are now fully blooming roses--the superior courtesans, Hetaira!"''

Two [[HighClassCallGirl hetairai]] who bought young Misia from the slave market and took her under their wings.

* CuteBruiser: Melissa is implied to be one, if her boasting to Misia that her fist ''spits fire'' is indeed anything to go by.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: They used to be slaves. But it does not matter to them, because they're pretty and fabulous now!
* DontYouDarePityMe: Are not fond of being pitied for being what they are, as they ''love'' it.
* {{High Class Call Girl}}s: They are ''hetairai'', which is AncientGreece's version of this trope.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Belittles other prostitutes despite offering sexual services themselves. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as uncomfortable as it may sounds, since besides being as different from 'regular' prostitutes [[InsistentTerminology (NOT courtesans)]] as night and day are, the Hetairai possess far higher statuses among women in Greek city-states [[note]]excluding Sparta [[/note]], ''even the noble ones''. They are educated as high as a woman at that time could, and are allowed to partake in scholarly discussions and votings, to boot.
* LadyInRed: Cassandra. In the live concert at least. In official artworks, she wore [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple Tyrian purple]].
* MeaningfulName: Fans of Myth/ClassicalMythology know, or will know sooner or later, that Cassandra was that priestess who was [[CassandraTruth cursed]] by Apollo for [[DisproportionateRetribution refusing to have sex with him]]. Melissa, meanwhile, was a nymph who fed baby Zeus honey after Rhea hid him away from Kronos in the island of Crete.
* PeekABangs: Cassandra's hair.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Melissa is dressed in a bright blue tunic.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They only appear during the opening sequence of "Shi to Nageki no Kaze no Miyako - Ilion-" and was mentioned by absolutely nobody afterwards, not even Misia.

!!Alexandra
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/HoukoKuwashima

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-->''"You please me, Leontius. You will become mine someday...don't ever forget that!"''

The queen of Amazon. She seems to harbor an admiration for Leontius [[DefeatMeansFriendship after]] [[LoveAtFirstPunch he spared her]] in the battle between the Kingdom of Arcadia and her tribe.

* ActionGirl: Only in one track. And even in that she appears only to get herself defeated by Leontius. See FauxActionGirl below.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: She falls for Leontius after he defeats her in combat, but refuses to kill her.
* BarbarianHero: Female version. She is, after all, Queen of the ''Amazons''.
* BareYourMidriff: Complete with a nonsensical [[ChainmailBikini bikini-styled]] leather armor! This is done likely to reflect her 'barbarian queen' image.
* BladeOnAStick: The weapon she carries.
* CoolCrown: She wears her laurel crown even in battle.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Her death comes completely out of the blue.
* {{Expy}}: Possibly of Amazon princess Penthesilea, as both participated in the Trojan War (Alexandra in its {{Expy}}) yet was subsequently killed by the respective war's greatest heroes. In Penthesilea's case, it was Achilles, and in Alexandra's case, [[spoiler: it was Amethystos.]]
* FauxActionGirl: She is purportedly the warrior-queen of the Amazons, but all of her appearances (which, if combined, amounts to less than 30 seconds) showcase her only getting defeated--and later killed--by the male characters.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Her words to [[spoiler: Leontius]], as she herself marched in a rage to her own death [[spoiler: at Amethystos' hands.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Alexandra" is the feminine form of "Alexander", which bears the meaning "defender of men."
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Her introduction amounted to exactly ''15 seconds'', and she [[spoiler: kicks the bucket]] the second time we see her.

!!Milos
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang
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[[caption-width-right:111:''We shall sing of those destined to die.'']]

-->''"Stand up, o, friend of mine, and awaken to your own horizon!"''

Elef's mentor, he is a blind poet who young Elef used to accompany as the latter wandered across Greece in search of his estranged twin sister. He is the one who authored the ''Elefseya'', the epic which serves as the FramingDevice of the album.

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* {{Astrologer}}: Like Misia, it seems he also had the ability to read the stars.
* AsYouKnow: His appearance in "Haruka Chiheisen no Kanata e -Horizontas-" revolves around him explaining the mythology and pantheon of ''Moira'''s universe to Elef.
* BlindMusician: He is a blind poet.
* {{Expy}}: A poet whose greatest work is a book of epic poetry? Check. Blind? Check. Yup, there's no mistaking it--he is Revo's version of [[Creator/{{Homer}} Homer]] sans ''[[Literature/TheOdyssey The Odyssey]]'' and the ambiguous authorship.
** In an InUniverse example, he bears a great resemblance to Alexei Zvolinsky.
* EyesAlwaysShut: In artworks. In the live, he has [[ProphetEyes completely white eyes.]]
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: The ''Elefseya'' is based on historical events, told from the perspective of the poet who used to be its protagonist's mentor.
* TheMentor: The one who nurtured young Elef into adulthood. Unlike Sophia, Milos encouraged Elef to believe in his own convictions and indoctrinated into him none of his own philosophical perspectives.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He left Elef for the region of Brontesium just as Elef was about to reach his early adulthood. He is then never heard of again, though the fact that the story within ''Elefseya'' continues to chronicle Elef's life past their separation would imply that he is still alive somewhere.

!!Sophia
-->'''Played by:'''Yoshimi Iwasaki (original recording), Azumi Inoue (LIVE)
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[[caption-width-right:121:''Love is not a slave for use in bed, nor is it a tool to conceive a child.'']]

-->''"Please, become a [flower] <woman> blooming beautifully in this world, stronger than anyone, without fear, hesitation, envy, nor resentment."''

Misia's mentor, she is the famous poetess of Lesbos and a priestess of the Star Goddess Astraea, hence her epitaph, "The Holy Woman" ([[GratuitousEnglish "consecrated female"]] in the narration). Sophia is a wise woman who appreciates the world the way it is and prefers not to curse it for not being what it could be, as she believes that [[YouCantFightFate the thread of Moira is not spun by men.]]

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[[folder:''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and ''Märchen'']]
!!Märchen von Friedhof
-->'''Played by''': Revo
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[[caption-width-right:332:''[[CatchPhrase Come, sing of it to me.]]''[[note]]left: Märchen in the titular album. Right: Märchen in ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido''.[[/note]]]]

-->''[[ArcWords "At that shining era in which you are presently smiling,]]''
-->''[[ArcWords Without a grudge for anyone, without a grudge for dying, we will certainly reunite."]]''

The story's VillainProtagonist. A sadistic [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] haunting a mysterious well, he takes delight in bestowing horrible punishments to people, regardless whether [[DisproportionateRetribution they really deserve it]] and whether [[MisplacedRetribution the revenge is aimed at the right person]]. After all, he's simply avenging his "clients", who are similarly called forth by the Well to the boundary of life and death.

-->''[[Determinator "Until the time I fall to the ground, I will flap my wings like the moonlight."]]''

* TooDumbToLive: So you're venturing into a dark, dangerous forest with nothing but a small bag filled with ocarina and a piece of stale bread, relying only on a childhood memory you can almost barely remember? In search of a mother who you've never heard of in years? ''Sure, girl!''

One of the main characters of ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and the protagonist of the song "Kanojo ga Majo ni Natta Riyū". She is März von Ludowing's mother, implied to be an exiled noblewoman. Bearing an unknown "sin", she lives with her son as a famed [[TheMedic wisewoman]], moving from one forest to another.

* GroundhogDayLoop: He is trapped by [[spoiler: Michéle Malebranche]] in a loop of life and death, one as Noël's brother who was killed in the mine, the thief who stole the jewel into which Michéle has reincarnated, and another a child who died a stillborn. [[DownerEnding When he's finally found the mother who will bear him, perhaps the cycle will begin all over again.]] Do bear in mind that ''Roman'''s [[KudzuPlot plotline]] is [[MindScrew impossible to deduce]] [[EpilepticTrees from just a single]] [[WildMassGuessing interpretation]].

* MysticalWhiteHair: He's a white-haired man who happens to be the ghost of a stillborn baby [[spoiler:, and may or may not have lived two past lives as a treasure hunter and a jewel thief]].

-->''[[CatchPhrase "Until the time I fall to the ground, I will flap my wings like the moonlight."]]''

* GratuitousFrench: All of her songs sans "Yaneura no Shoujo" [[note]] which is only an instrumental [[/note]]--"Ori no Naka no Hana", "Ori no Naka no Yuugi", [[spoiler: "Norowareshi Houseki,]] [[spoiler: and "Seiyou Kottou Yaneuradou"]]--are all positively ''contaminated'' with this, complete with unintelligible pronunciations. Considering her background, this is to be expected.

One of the main characters of ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and the protagonist of the song "Kanojo ga Majo ni Natta Riyū". She is März von Ludowing's mother, implied to be an exiled noblewoman. But she decides that part of her life to be over, and is now a famed [[TheMedic wisewoman]] living in the forest with her son--at least until some smart crooks deduced her to be a witch and hunted her.

* ActionGirl: Wastes no time brandishing a sword after she witnessed her son being thrown down into a well. And man, is she ''pissed''.
-->'''Therese''': "Even if Therese von Ludowing falls, she ''is'' still a descendant of the Landgraves! Your unsightly head will not again reign over your body!"

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: When she is about to be burned at the stake, she reminisces about her son while a [[LonelyPianoPiece bittersweet piano tune]] plays in the background. Then the priest rallied the masses to put the torch on her, she [[DespairEventHorizon snaps]], and the piano solo is abruptly replaced by a symphonic rock riff.]] Not the first time for Sound Horizon.

* SomethingAboutARose: She has a rose accent on her head.
* WomanInBlack: Comes with a face-concealing veil, albeit with some slight blue accents.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother abandoned her at some point in her childhood for unknown reasons. She grew up questioning herself over and over what would drive such a loving mother to do that, so following the destruction of her church, she sets out to search for her and the answer.

The story's VillainProtagonist. A sadistic, vengeful [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] haunting a mysterious well, he takes delight in bestowing horrible punishments to people, regardless of whether [[DisproportionateRetribution they really deserve it]] and whether [[MisplacedRetribution the revenge is aimed at the right person]]. After all, he's simply avenging his "clients", who are similarly called forth by the Well to the boundary of life and death.

* AffablyEvil: He is very courteous and gentlemanly to the Seven Dead Princesses, his clients.

* GhostAmnesia: Not even a trace of memory was left in him when he first woke up. [[spoiler: Makes sense, since he's basically two people in one body. A memory clash must've happened at some point.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They really seem to be a loving pair of mother and daughter, their toxic attitude towards the Well Girl notwithstanding.