History Characters / SuperRobotWarsAlpha3

* OutsideContextVillain: Inverted. Nobody knows who Selena really was or where she came from. To the Golar Golem she was just another face in a squadron obliterated by them. She nevertheless makes her presence known and plays a critical role in toppling the Balmarian Empire.

Cobray makes a few appearances in ''Original Generation''. In ''Divine Wars'', he is shown fighting against [[spoiler:another Ingram in the Astranagant]]. The two are separated by the combined forces of their machines' strongest attacks directed at each other, [[spoiler:but Cobray reappears again during Operation SRW against Septuagint, where he frees the damaged SRX and temporarily merges the Dis Astranagant with it, forming the "[[FanNickname DiSRX]]]]". He also appears once in ''Original Generations'', telling that version of [[spoiler:Ingram]] it's not yet time for him to make his appearance. [[spoiler: He returns in ''Moon Dwellers'', under his "Ayin Balshem" persona.]]

Cobray makes a few appearances in ''Original Generation''. In ''Divine Wars'', he is shown fighting against [[spoiler:another Ingram in the Astranagant]]. The two are separated by the combined forces of their machines' strongest attacks directed at each other, [[spoiler:but Cobray reappears again during Operation SRW against Septuagint, where he frees the damaged SRX and temporarily merges the Dis Astranagant with it, forming the "[[FanNickname DiSRX]]]]". He also appears once in ''Original Generations'', telling that version of [[spoiler:Ingram]] it's not yet time for him to make his appearance, but knowing Banpresto, expect Cobray to make one DynamicEntry in the sequels.

Touma makes a cameo in ''Original Generation Gaiden'', but had yet to meet his machine, though he gets himself in trouble when Shura General Magnaz Ald harasses him for being too defiant on his beliefs during the initial invasion by the Shura. He's saved by Kouta Azuma and never seen again in the game. He reappears in the ''Second Original Generation'', still performing delivery jobs, but after reuniting with Kouta and seeing the mass-produced [=JinRai=] rampaging through Asakusa City, he tags along with the Steel Dragon Battle Group as a civilian volunteer. It's by chance he becomes acquainted with Minaki, who is distressed her father Kaoru Tomine built the [=JinRai=] for his own ambitions and hurting innocents. Touma insists she come along with him, and after much convincing, hea gets Minaki to devise a plan to capture the [=JinRai=], then modify it into the [=RaiOh=] for him to use and he officially joins the team as a pilot. Upon meeting Kaoru, he calls him out for his sociopathic actions, even overcoming the deadly LIOH System built into the [=RaiOh=]. Throughout the game, he's trained by [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]] [[spoiler:and continues his training with him aboard the ''Kurogane'' at the end of the game]].

Players often she Selena as a FlatCharacter, and her ending is [[GainaxEnding so vague]] it leads to many {{Epileptic Tree}}s, because she just vanishes. The [[WildMassGuessing most popular theory]] is she's a member of the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]], but nothing has been proven.

She somehow returns in ''The Moon Dwellers'', but only in [[TheCameo a cameo]], [[spoiler:much like Hugo Medio in Original Generation Gaiden, the game shows the event of the slaughter of Team Jelba by Spectra and the Balmar forces, once again rendering her the SoleSurvivor. After managing to crack Spectra's mask, she was incapacitated and was taken out of battlefield by her superiors, without being drafted to the Steel Dragons Battle Group]]

* BadassNormal: Out of the ''Alpha 3'' protagonists, the Soleares/AS Alegrias is the only unit that really qualifies as a RealRobot. On foot, she's able to keep up with the likes of [[NewMobileReportGundamWing Duo Maxwell]], Viletta Vadim, and even [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Primevals]].

* ThePromise: He makes Shu promise that he comes back to Earth when the Earth is in danger again. [[ForegoneConclusion Time will tell whether Shu comes back and he's still alive though...]]

** {{Gainaxing}}: Part one of her {{Fanservice}} qualities is largely due to her [[SuperMovePortraitAttack pilot cut-ins]]. Her breasts bounce A LOT ([[MaleGaze with the camera zooming at her chest, too]]), leading this into FetishRetardant for some players. Naturally, this has led her to become [[Pantheon/PersonalAppearance the trope goddess for this site]]); ''Dark Prison'' ups the ante by giving an additional cut-in with the same amount of bounce.

* BoisterousBruiser: [[TitleThemeTune Ware Koso Wa... Ware Koso Wa... BARAN DOBAN!]]

* EpicFlail

* BlondGuysAreEvil

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[[caption-width:256: [[GoMadFromTheRevelation He's going to turn your life into a living hell]]. And that's not even his real face.]]

** BadassNormal: Compared to other ''Alpha 3'' protagonists, Touma has the most plain and unlikely background for a HumongousMecha pilot. Compared to Kusuha and Bullet (two powerful Psychodrivers), Cobray ([[spoiler:a Balmarian clone of Ingram with a RealityWarper mecha]]) and a professional spy (Selena), Touma is a simple delivery boy with knows some karate. After tons of TrainingFromHell, he becomes one of the biggest badasses in the setting.

During his reign, however, Augustus' personality began to change dramatically. He felt left out of the circle of death and rebirth by [[SpaceRunawayIdeon the Ide]] and wishing to surpass the supernatural power, Augustus left the throne and the Gebel Gan Eden, putting Ruach on the throne. In his abscence, Augustus began devouring souls of those sacrificed in his name. By the time the Alpha Numbers encounter him in ''Alpha 3'', he had become a GodOfEvil, with a near infinite legion of corrupt spirits called the "Neshama" at his beck and whim. Calling himself "Keisar Ephes", he intends to destroy and recreate the universe in his image as a hellish dimension of infinite suffering.

* BadassAbnormal: Despite being listed as a RealRobot pilot, [[spoiler:the Dis Astrangant is more akin to a LovecraftianSuperpower HumongousMecha crossed with the abilities of a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]]]]. However, he does initially pilot a [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack mass-produced Nu Gundam]], after the Alpha Numbers are uncertain of the Werkbau's capabilities.

After the destruction of Balmar, Keisar Ephes pursues the Alpha Numbers in hopes to add their souls to his Neshama, since theirs are the most powerful in the universe. Despite his seemingly invincible powers, the Alpha Numbers are able to weaken his hold on the Neshama from [[{{Macross 7}} Fire Bomber vocalist Basara Nekki]], who turns the tide by playing a new song entitled "Gong". With the help of a returning Nashim Gan Eden, who was not destroyed at the end of ''Alpha 2'', Keisar Ephes is defeated and the primary conflict of the ''Alpha'' series is concluded.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Holy ''fuck''. The fact that so little of Selena's backstory has led to all sorts of guesses being made about where she really comes from. The Shadow Mirror theory -one of the more popular ones- is also one of the most implausible.

Keisar Ephes was once the Psychodriver Augustus, a member of the [[{{Precursors}} First People]] who sired Earthlings and Balmarians in the ''Alpha'' universe. Augustus was the biological core of the immense Gebel Gan Eden, a mobile weapon meant to defend his people from the [[{{Gunbuster}} STMC]] (Space Terrible Monster Crowd). He, along with Irui, took the two Gan Edens and left the Earth for the planet Balmar in the ancient past to escape the STMC, along with a vast majority of the First People; the remnants stayed on Earth and became humans. Nashim and its pilot would later return to Earth to become its guardians, while Augustus stayed and ruled the fledgeling Balmarians, deified as Zfylud and the Spirit Emperor.

* TrainingFromHell: [[DrillSergeantNasty Tetsuya]] [[GreatMazinger Tsurugi]] is his primary instructor; later, Touma's training basically amounts to "getting punched by everyone in the Alpha Numbers".

* BadassNormal: Out of the ''Alpha 3'' protagonists, the Soleares/AS Alegrias is the only unit that really qualifies as a RealRobot. On foot, she's able to keep up with the likes of [[NewMobileReportGundamWing Duo Maxwell]], Viletta Vadim, and even [[GaoGaiGar Primevals]].

* BadassAbnormal: Despite being listed as a RealRobot pilot, [[spoiler:the Dis Astrangant is more akin to a LovecraftianSuperpower HumongousMecha crossed with the abilities of a [[DoctorWho TARDIS]]]]. However, he does initially pilot a [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack mass-produced Nu Gundam]], after the Alpha Numbers are uncertain of the Werkbau's capabilities.

!Minaki Tomine (Voiced by MiyuMatsuki)

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!!Touma Kanou (Voiced by YasuyukiKase)

!!Kaoru Tomine

Creator and developer of the [=RaiOh=], Doctor Kaoru Tomine wanted to create a world where the perfect soldier could exist to fight. He would use the "Lead Innovation Organic Harmony" (LIOH) System built into the [=RaiOh=] to do it.

In an effort to take revenge on Bian Zoldark for neglecting the LIOH System, Dr. Tomine creates the third Dynamic General Guardian using Bian's third [=DGG=] plans given to him by Shu and programming it to destroy the Dygenguard and Aussenseiter. In ''Alpha 3'', upon seeing the Dygenguard, its test pilot Touma [[BerserkButton goes on a rampage]]. In the ''Second Original Generation'', Dr. Tomine builds the third [=DGG=] called the "[=JinRai=]" instead, programmed with an artificial intelligence called the "S-ZLAI". [[spoiler: In addition, Kaoru also took elements of the GEIM System and the ODE System, implementing it with the LIOH System. Eventually, the [=JinRai=] is confiscated by the Steel Dragon Battle Group and extensively modified into the [=RaiOh=]]].

* TheGhost: Only referenced in ''Alpha 3''; averted following his first on-screen appearance in the ''Second Original Generation''.
** AdaptationalVillainy: ''Alpha 3'' never made it clear what his intentions were. We are told he despises Bian and wished to surpass him with the [=RaiOh=], regardless of the costs. The ''Second Original Generation'' reveals a sociopathic obssession to achieve his goals, without considering the suffering of innocents. Naturally, this didn't sit well with his daughter.
* GoodHairEvilHair
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* MadScientist
* ObviouslyEvil: Once he's made his on screen appearance, you can easily guess that he's downright evil, since he probably takes tips from the likes of [[Anime/MazingerZ Doctor Hell]], appearance-wise.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Kaoru went down with his ship screaming off how he's supposed to be better than... Bian, Kisaburou and even Juergen combined.]]

!!Minaki Tomine (Voiced by MiyuMatsuki)

Head of the Tomine Labs, Minaki is Kaoru Tomine's daughter and the systems developer for the [=RaiOh=]. She serves as Touma's MissionControl and LoveInterest.
[[hardline]]

!!Princess Almana Tiqvah

!!Luria Kayitz (Voiced by Natsuki Katou)

!!Baran Doban (Voiced by Tadashi Miyazawa)

!!Albharda (Voiced by Susumu Akagi)

!![[spoiler: Keisar Ephes]][=/=][[spoiler: Augustus]] (voiced by [[JAMProject Ichiro Mizuki]])
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[[caption-width:256: [[GoMadFromTheRevelation He's going to turn your life into a living hell]]. And that's not even his real face.]]
[[spoiler:The true ruler of the Ze Balmary Empire, and the real Spirit Emperor who was once the spirit of the Gebel Gan Eden. He's known as the existence that created the world of Balmar, its god of creation, Zyflud. Meeting with him was forbidden, so only the current Spirit Emperors were allowed to know of his existence]].

[[spoiler: Keisar Ephes was once the Psychodriver Augustus, a member of the [[{{Precursors}} First People]] who sired Earthlings and Balmarians in the ''Alpha'' universe. Augustus was the biological core of the immense Gebel Gan Eden, a mobile weapon meant to defend his people from the [[{{Gunbuster}} STMC]] (Space Terrible Monster Crowd). He, along with Irui, took the two Gan Edens and left the Earth for the planet Balmar in the ancient past to escape the STMC, along with a vast majority of the First People; the remnants stayed on Earth and became humans. Nashim and its pilot would later return to Earth to become its guardians, while Augustus stayed and ruled the fledgeling Balmarians, deified as Zfylud and the Spirit Emperor]].

[[spoiler: During his reign, however, Augustus' personality began to change dramatically. He felt left out of the circle of death and rebirth by [[SpaceRunawayIdeon the Ide]] and wishing to surpass the supernatural power, Augustus left the throne and the Gebel Gan Eden, putting Ruach on the throne. In his abscence, Augustus began devouring souls of those sacrificed in his name. By the time the Alpha Numbers encounter him in ''Alpha 3'', he had become a GodOfEvil, with a near infinite legion of corrupt spirits called the "Neshama" at his beck and whim. Calling himself "Keisar Ephes", he intends to destroy and recreate the universe in his image as a hellish dimension of infinite suffering]].

[[spoiler: After the destruction of Balmar, Keisar Ephes pursues the Alpha Numbers in hopes to add their souls to his Neshama, since theirs are the most powerful in the universe. Despite his seemingly invincible powers, the Alpha Numbers are able to weaken his hold on the Neshama from [[{{Macross 7}} Fire Bomber vocalist Basara Nekki]], who turns the tide by playing a new song entitled "Gong". With the help of a returning Nashim Gan Eden, who was not destroyed at the end of ''Alpha 2'', Keisar Ephes is defeated and the primary conflict of the ''Alpha'' series is concluded]].

* [[spoiler: AGodIAm]]
* [[spoiler: AsLongAsThereIsEvil]]: [[spoiler: Keisar Ephes cites this as the source of his powers; fortunately, the Dis Astranagant manages to put a stop to that]].
* BeardOfEvil: A big one, at that.
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]: Of ''Alpha 3''
** [[spoiler: BiggerBad]]: Of the entire ''Alpha'' series
* BigOlEyebrows: Yeesh, just look at those things!
* [[spoiler: DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu]]
* [[spoiler: DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans]]
* EvilOldFolks: As the above picture shows. [[spoiler:However, that's not really his true form; see OneWingedAngel below.]]
* [[spoiler: FallenHero]]
* [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}}]]: [[spoiler: Hints pertaining to Keisar Ephes' existence dated all the way back in ''Alpha'', where the protagonist was able to sense a malevolent prescence watching him/her at the end of the game. In ''Alpha 3'', at the end of the opening [=FMV=], a pulsating egg-like object containing a figure is briefly shown. This would be Keisar Ephes' same-named mobile weapon, which arrived in the final scenario of the game where the Alpha Numbers must destroy the outer shell first before damaging the Keisar itself]].
* [[spoiler: GodOfEvil]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "The End of the Galaxy"; note this also serves as the TitleDrop to ''Alpha 3'' and [[spoiler: the final attack of the Keisar Ephes]].
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: "Keisar" is a localization of the Roman word "Caesar", generally reserved for the role of an emperor, yet it can also be a derivative of the German word or an anagram of "kaiser", also meaning "emperor", while "Ephes" is "zero" in Hebrew. Mythologically speaking, "zero" denotes a concept of infinity, limitless light and energy and the origin of all]].
** [[spoiler: "Neshama" means "soul" or "spirit" in Hebrew. In Jewish lore, Neshama is meant to represent the inner-most level of the human spirit, but is not necessarily designated as evil]].

* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel]]: [[spoiler: Keisar Ephes' actual form appears during the attack animation of "The End of the Galaxy", where he appears as a three-eyed, black-skinned, horned demon with six arms]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: [[spoiler:Barring achieving the "Ideon" ending, Keisar Ephes has minimal impact on the plot of the game and does not become active until the final stage, intent on kiling the Alpha Numbers and usurping their position as those who determine the fate of the universe.]]
* [[spoiler:SatanicArchetype]]: [[spoiler:Augustus' fall from grace from his original role as an angelic protector of sorts to a demonic, tyrannical embodiment of evil makes him [=SRW=]'s equivalent of {{Satan}}]].
* WalkingSpoiler

!!Son Ganlong[=/=][[spoiler:Avot Akrav]] (voiced by Creator/NobuoTobita)
An active servant of Baral, Son Ganlong more of less works behind the scenes. Hailing from the ''[=RyuKoOh=] Denki'' manga, V.B. is an acquaintance of his, and he views her as a very important person, even more important than the [=RyuKoOh=]. His true name is Akrav, though only Irui and V.B. are allowed to call him by that. He ends up killing V.B. after she attempted to kill him.

He's told Devora several times not to call him Akrav, though she doesn't listen. She was eventually killed after she called him Akrav once more right after V.B. had died.

Many years later, he reappers with his Shin [=RyuOhKi=] once more. He fights with the current pilots of the Choukijin, Kusuha and Bullet, many times. He oftenly says that he's still a protector of the Earth, even though he's fighting against them. He was in disbelief at first when he found out that they were the ones that defeated Nashim Gan Eden, but later realized that they were strong. He also encounters Ratsel on battlefield, and quickly recognizes him as a Branstein, since he's similar in looks to his ancestor. Ratsel has also heard about him, but denies being a Branstein.

Son Ganlong talks down to Bullet and Kusuha constantly, which annoys them greatly. He was rather surprised when the souls of Buouki and Jakuouki merged with Ryukoou once more, since it's only happened once in the past.

He betrays the Nashim Gan Eden and sides with Balmar instead, since he wasn't happy about the current pilots of the Choukijin being chosen to be her current swords, rather than him.
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* AttackDrone: Shinrei [=RyuOhKi=]'s scales can be launched and become [=RyuRinKi=]
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]: [[spoiler: He's not a servant of Baral, but a herald to [[BiggerBad Keiser Ephes]]]].
** [[spoiler: TheDragon]]: [[spoiler: To Keiser Ephes, in perhaps the most literal case of this for [=SRW=]]].
** [[spoiler: DragonAscendant[=/=]TheStarscream]]: [[spoiler: Turns into this in the ''[=RyuuOu=] Gyakushu'' manga. Ganlong faked his death and absorbed ''both'' his "Master" and the Alpha Number's collective energies, evolving the Shinrei [=RyuOhKi=] into the Dragon Emperor [=OuRyuOh=]. It takes the combined forces of all the Alpha Numbers from ''all'' the ''Alpha'' games (including the alternate ''Alpha Gaiden'' future) to finally destroy him]].
* FauxAffablyEvil
* TheFourGods: Shinrei [=RyuOhKi=]
* JerkAss
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX1XVISVikQ Greatest of the Four Dragons]]"
* [[spoiler: OmnicidalManiac]]

* WeakSpot[=/=][[spoiler: BerserkButton]]: In ''Alpha 3'', the Shin [=RyuKoOh=] tells Kusuha the Shinrei [=RyuOhKi=] has a damaged scale on its back (presumably from the battle against Ryuuma Togo in ''[=RyuKoOh=] Denki''), and this allow Kusuha to defeat it with a single strike, [[spoiler: except it recovers moments later. Son Ganlong congratulates Kusuha for [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making the Shinrei RyuOhKi enraged]], as even he can't hold it back - not that he wanted to]].