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* BlessedWithSuck: Being a dryad gives her a long life, and leaves her humanoid form ignored by the monsters of the eighth floor, allowing her to explore every nook and cranny, while laughing and playing to her heart's content. Unfortunately, this comes at the cost of being bound to a tree at the center of the dungeon floor, and if the tree dies, so does she. She also feels pain from any damage done to said tree.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Being a dryad gives her a long life, and leaves her humanoid form ignored by the monsters of the eighth seventh floor, allowing her to explore every nook and cranny, while laughing and playing to her heart's content. Unfortunately, this comes at the cost of being bound to a tree at the center of the dungeon floor, and if the tree dies, so does she. She also feels pain from any damage done to said tree.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Out of gratitude for saving her life, she gives Noir some very valuable rewards, and shows him the stairs to the ninth floor. Although Noir likes the reward, her ''smile'' is her greatest treasure to him.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Out of gratitude for saving her life, she gives Noir some very valuable rewards, and shows him the stairs to the ninth eighth floor. Although Noir likes the reward, her ''smile'' is her greatest treasure to him.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is barefoot and in flashbacks shows her not wearing any shoes.
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* ChildSoldier: She started being a mercenary soldier ''at age 7!''
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: It's intentionally left vague what happened after the massage but given that she sat on Noir "a bunch" afterwards and he got heaps of LP, let's just say the implication is obvious.
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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler: Sheds these upon freeing Olivia from her chains and reuniting with her.]]
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* NiceGuy: Very much so, to the point in Episode 10 when he actually defends the girls of his class from being seen by perverts.
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* GenerationXerox: Looks exactly like Emma, only more "grown up."
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks exactly like Emma, only more "grown up."
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* BreastExpansion: {{Inverted|Trope}}. When she complains that her huge breasts cause back pain, Noir shrinks them to mosquito bites and she demands that he undo the change.
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* DCupDistress: Briefly. She complains about her breasts being too large and causing her back pain. When Noir asks if she'd like them smaller, and says yes, she's shocked and enraged when he complies, angrily demanding that he make them big again.
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* DCupDistress: Briefly. She complains about her breasts being too large and causing her back pain. When Noir asks if she'd like them smaller, and says yes, she's shocked and enraged when he complies, makes her flat, angrily demanding that he make them big again.
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* {{Stripperific}}: Wears the most revealing default outfit among Noir's harem, sporting a CleavageWindow, BareYourMidriff and short shorts.
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-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TetsuInada (Japanese)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> '''Voiced by''': Yuki Nagano (Japanese), Creator/RyanBartley (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Romina Marroquín Payró Creator/RominaMarroquinPayro (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
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* FantasticFirearms: Her pistols fire spells rather than bullets.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Noir" means "Black" and "Stargazer" is a name one would expect from a SpaceOpera.
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* KnifeNut: She prefers to fight with twin daggers. She only rarely uses other weapons.
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* IllGirl: Her curse also causes her fits of pain, which become more frequent as she draws closer to her sixteenth birthday.
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* DudeMagnet: It's implied that Nell and his bullies had crushes on her.
** {{Invoked|Trope}} when Leila takes Noir's advice to have a common enemy for her team to unite against: [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Noir himself]].
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Just look at that dress.
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* FreudianExcuse: Tom's mother [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]] him as a child and his reason for going after Emma was because she reminds him of his mother.
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* PhantomThief: Literally their title, and they're known for being almost uncatchable.
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%% General Stey's NumberTwo and a MasterArcher who trains Noir in preparation for the defense of Hornest
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%% General Stey's NumberTwo and a MasterArcher who trains Noir in preparation for the defense of Hornest
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* RapunzelHair: As seen in the page image, her hair easily reaches her hips.
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* {{Stripperific}}: Wears the most revealing default outfit among Noir's harem, sporting a CleavageWindow, BareYourMidriff and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]].
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* {{Stripperific}}: Wears the most revealing default outfit among Noir's harem, sporting a CleavageWindow, BareYourMidriff and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]].
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* WhoWearsShortShorts: She does for better freedom of movement, especially for her {{kick|Chick}}s.
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* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Emma is an acrobatic fighter, and yet she wears a miniskirt as part of her usual outfit. This inevitably leads to more than a few PantyShots.
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* IAteWhat: Justified. One of the ways he gains LP is by eating exotic dishes. This tickles his mother greatly considering she's a CordonBleughChef who likes to "experiment."
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bubblegum pink. It makes her stand out from all the other characters, who mostly have "normal" hair colors.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Literally.
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* NightmareFuel: InUniverse. Noir alters the "illusion" aspect of his piercings to force Tom to hallucinate his own worst fears. [[spoiler: Said fear happens to take the form of Tom seeing himself as a helpless infant and Emma as TheWormThatWalks with a bunch of insects swarming out of her mouth and [[OraficeInvasion forcing their way into his]] until he cries TearsOfBlood.]] Fortunately, only Tom is subjected to this illusion. None of the other people present see it.
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* NightmareFuel: InUniverse. Noir alters the "illusion" aspect of his piercings to force Tom to hallucinate his own worst fears. [[spoiler: Said fear happens to take the form of Tom seeing himself as a helpless infant and Emma as TheWormThatWalks with a bunch of insects swarming out of her mouth and [[OraficeInvasion [[OrificeInvasion forcing their way into his]] until he cries TearsOfBlood.]] Fortunately, only Tom is subjected to this illusion. None of the other people present see it.
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! Main Characters
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* BattleHarem: Most of the girls in his harem are capable adventurers or members of the Hero Academy. Even Lola and Alice, who are usually non-combatants, show an eagerness to [[LetsGetDangerous get violent]] if [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Noir is in danger]].
* HaremPowered: Noir's abilities require an ever-growing harem to work to their fullest. He only gains Life Points by doing hedonistic things, and there's a steep value of diminishing returns for doing the same things over and over with the same girls. Also, his unique Sage skill requires kisses to make the headaches tolerable.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Why most of the girls in Noir's harem are interested in him. He's a very nice and earnest guy. Case in point, when his female classmates say that they're counting on him to protect them from peeping toms, Noir almost dies to live up to their trust, and he's thus rewarded by not only taking a bath with the girls (blindfolded) but having bare breasts rubbed against his face.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: All of Noir's harem will show up to defend him with their lives, but of special note are Emma, who has sworn [[UndyingLoyalty to stay with Noir to the end]] no matter what, Lola, who is a non-combatant but [[LetsGetDangerous is willing to use]] her monstrous SuperStrength if Noir is in danger, and Alice, who is usually a meek little sister, but is willing to ''[[{{Yandere}} murder]]'' anything that stands in the way of her brother's love.
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[[folder: Noir Stargazer]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:The Hero/Adventurer who's [[HaremGenre surrounded by girls]].]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/RyotaOhsaka (Japanese), Creator/ZenoRobinson (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diego Becerril (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
The protagonist.
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* AccidentalPervert: {{Invoked|Trope}}, {{Justified|Trope}}, {{Downplayed|Trope}} and {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. The first time, Maria fell on top of him due to her "Sixteenth Death" curse acting up while they were training. Afterward, Noir crafts a "lucky pervert" skill so he can soak up LP from simply walking around, until a gust of wind [[MarilynManeuver blows up the skirt]] of every woman in the area, including an [[FanDisservice octogenarian]], thus making Noir {{Nerf}} the skill so it only triggers A.) Rarely, and B.) Outside combat. After all, tripping into a girl's chest while fighting a fire-breathing dragon could be a very bad thing.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Combined with ChronicHeroSyndrome. There's yet another good reason why he's a ChickMagnet. He sees a cute, innocent girl in trouble, he will do anything in his power to come to her aid, even if the situation appears hopelessly suicidal.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Noir" means "Black" and "Stargazer" is a name one would expect from a SpaceOpera.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: Twice.
** He swore an oath to Olivia and himself that he would clear the titular dungeon alone. When it becomes physically impossible to cross between the 13th and 14th floor solo, he brings in Emma.
** He has a very strict internal ThouShallNotKill policy with humans and humanoid monsters, no matter how reprehensible, but when he found himself up against a dungeon synthesized impostor to Olivia who had managed to escape the dungeon and get into town, he went for the kill. [[spoiler: This breaks Olivia's curse and sets her free from the dungeon.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: At the start, the "Great Sage" ability he was born with was all but useless. In return for giving him super-human knowledge, it would give him ''massive'' debilitating migraines. Although Noir does ultimately wind up crafting a "Headache Resistance/Immunity" skill to compensate, he can still be laid low if what he asks is too taxing.
* CastFromMoney: Noir eventually crafts a skill that allows him to convert gold to LP, but the conversion rate is so horrifically poor that he prefers to stick to [[HaremPowered getting LP from his numerous attractive love interests.]]
* CategoryTraitor: His male classmates turn on him and call him a "traitor" for refusing to go along with their plan to peep on the bathing women at a hot spring.
* ChickMagnet: He's very attractive to women, and it's justified in that he's handsome, gentle, kind, and if you're a cute, innocent girl, he will move heaven and earth if need be to come to your aid.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He and Emma have known each other since they were little.
* ChivalrousPervert: Noir may have quite the imagination, even before getting his special skills from Olivia, but he would never, ever willingly take advantage of a woman without her explicit, freely-given, fully-informed, consent.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His name "Noir" literally means "Black," but he's a good and wholesome individual.
* HaremSeeker: Justified. Since he gains the LifeEnergy he needs to keep living by engaging in erotic acts with the opposite sex, and the "diminishing rate of return" is steep when just playing around with the same girl over and over again, he needs a harem of beauties to keep stirring the pot.
* HeroicRROD: Besides the headaches he gets from overusing his "Great Sage" skill, spending too much LP at once or running dangerously low on LP can leave him unconscious.
* HourOfPower: In order to gain an edge over the impostor Olivia, he crafted a [Sacrifice] skill that boosts his abilities immensely, at the price of sacrificing a skill he no longer needs, but this boost doesn't last very long. He has to sacrifice an S-ranked skill to last just five minutes.
* HumbleHero: Praise makes him very uncomfortable, despite being one of the ways to gain more LP.
* IAteWhat: Justified. One of the ways he gains LP is by eating exotic dishes. This tickles his mother greatly considering she's a CordonBleughChef who likes to "experiment."
* ImaginationBasedSuperPower: His "Create" skill allows him to create any skill he can imagine, if he's willing and able to pay the LP cost.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Dryad that looks like a child version of Emma in trouble, being attacked by a level 254 golden bee? Lure over a pack of 6 level 100 or so silver wolves and let them deal with it, killing whoever is left standing.
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler: Sheds these upon freeing Olivia from her chains and reuniting with her.]]
* MateOrDie: While it hasn't reached quite that far, he ''must'' engage in erotic acts with members of the opposite sex to keep his LP total up because if his LP reaches zero, he dies. Even using too big a percentage of his LP at once leaves him visibly shaken.
* OneOfTheGirls: When his class visits a hot spring, Noir has to choose between siding with his fellow male students and helping their plan to peep on the naked women, or honoring the trust the girls expressed in him and protecting their dignity. When he refuses to help them, the boys declare him a CategoryTraitor and fight him alongside Elna. Noir uses all but his last remaining Life Points to protect the girls, and they reward him by letting him be the ''only'' guy to accompany them during their bathing hours.
* SemanticSuperpower: All three of the skills he gained from Olivia basically work by adding or changing the wording or meaning of a term or phrase. For example, by changing a skill's cost from [[CastFromLifespan lifespan]] to [[CastFromMoney money]], you can completely alter what that skill does. In addition, Noir also seems to have a lot of leeway to decide what a "skill" is; he "edited" Emma's body to give her small breasts and then "created" new ones to replace them.
* StoryBreakerPower: The skills he gains from Olivia, "Create", "Edit" and "Grant" can allow him to come up with whatever skill he pleases and empower those around him to boot. It's held back by its CastFromHitPoints factor, as more dramatic alterations are more costly and can threaten his life.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Several times, probably thanks to "Lucky Pervert" skill mentioned prior.
** When he catches Elna after being knocked back in the hot springs arc, his hands wind up on her chest.
** While training with Leila, he accidentally slips and lands right on top of her with one hand on her breast. The other girls see this and allow Noir to grope them as well.
* ThouShallNotKill: While he has no issue killing mindless beasts or inhuman monsters that can not be reasoned with, he is extremely reluctant to kill any humans or humanoid monsters, no matter how AxeCrazy or how much of a CardCarryingVillain they are, even if they come at him and his with lethal force. Even he occasionally admits, internally, how StupidGood a stance that is.
* UptownGirl: His father's a bottom-ranked baronet while Emma and Maria are from higher-ranked and much wealthier noble families.
* YoungEntrepreneur: His dream is to set up a shop selling monster materials he gleans from clearing the titular dungeon. At age 16, after a few heroic accomplishments, he does finally get to make that happen, and the shop's goods sell out ''within a few hours'' of the grand opening.
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[[folder: Alice Stargazer]]
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[[caption-width-right:230:I'll always be here for you, big brother!]]
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Noir's younger sister.
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* {{BFS}}: In the anime, she never uses it in battle, but draws out a ''huge'' broadsword when she thinks she needs to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill the other girls]] to keep them from taking Noir.
* BigBrotherAttraction: She wants very much for her relationship with Noir to be more than brother/sister. Noir is aware of it, but does his best to delude himself otherwise.
* BigSisterInstinct: Despite being the younger sister, she's very possessive and protective of Noir.
* CasualKink: Noir finds himself liking it when she steps on him. How that came to be is anyone's guess.
* ClingyJealousGirl: You wanna join Noir's harem? You've got to pass her smell test first.
* CrazyPrepared: Later chapters reveal that she keeps her feet clean and sweet smelling in the unlikely event Noir develops some kind of foot fetish. Even Noir's SelectiveObliviousness has problems tuning that out.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{ZigZagg|ingTrope}}ed. At the beginning of the series, she's way ahead of her older brother, already set for life after she graduates from the Hero Academy and even promises to take care of him afterward. However, she [[HardWorkHardlyWorks coasts through her studies]] while Noir starts racking up accomplishments and money after learning to properly utilize his skills.
* LittleSisterHeroine: She's completely affectionate towards her big brother.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: PlayedForLaughs. In the omakes, she can sense when Noir is getting intimate with other girls.
** When Maria was partnered up with Noir at the academy, in her classroom, she wakes up, voices concern that some other girl is trying to snatch Noir away, and then plops right back down to sleep. The teacher tells the rest of the class to leave her be because he's seen it way too often.
** When Noir tries to increase his life points at the harem competition, she could feel it, and then felt another surge when Maria falls in love with him.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Almost never seen without her school uniform.
* TeenGenius: She can, and does, get straight A's in school, despite sleeping through class.
* WorthIt: In an omake, Noir catches a cold and {{accidental|Kiss}}ly kisses her right before falling unconscious. She gets his cold too, but takes it with a smile.
* {{Yandere}}: When she catches Noir getting too "comfortable" with his harem (in particular, getting a kiss from Emma), she draws a sword and proclaims that it's time for everyone to fight to the death over him, complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] and a SlasherSmile.
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[[folder: Emma Brightness]]
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[[caption-width-right:230:Noir's primary love interest.]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MiyuTomita (Japanese), Creator/LizzieFreeman (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Erika Ugalde (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
Noir's ChildhoodFriend.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Learns how Noir's power works when she off-handedly asked to have smaller breasts, and he granted her wish.
* BigBreastPride: Downplayed as she doesn't exactly show off her large breasts, but she seems pretty aware of them being her strongest physical appeal point compared to the other girls, and is heavily mortified when Noir shrinks them.
* BlowYouAway: Uses wind magic in addition to her dagger skills.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Grew up alongside Noir, openly asks him to kiss her, on the lips, and at the drop of a hat.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She may be resigned to the fact that Noir needs a harem to stay alive, but she clearly does not like it and insists on [[TopWife being in first place]].
* ConflictBall: For no readily apparent reason, she snaps and runs off when she catches Noir helping Nell Overlock, and sees Nell's sister Leila Overlock thank him for his aid, asking if he'd be even the tiniest bit concerned if she were to go off and mess around with another guy. Noir is so stunned, he can't even react properly. The light novel indicates this isn't the first time it's happened, and Noir's learned she's entirely irrational at this point and can only be reasoned with once she's cooled down.
* DCupDistress: Briefly. She complains about her breasts being too large and causing her back pain. When Noir asks if she'd like them smaller, and says yes, she's shocked and enraged when he complies, angrily demanding that he make them big again.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Emma is an acrobatic fighter, and yet she wears a miniskirt as part of her usual outfit. This inevitably leads to more than a few PantyShots.
* DualWielding: She wields dual daggers in combat.
* GreenEyedMonster: Upon seeing Luna for the first time, she's envious of her beauty and wishes Noir had never met her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Golden haired blonde, NiceGirl.
* ItWasAGift: The hairpin she wears was given to her by Noir as a birthday present.
* KnifeNut: She prefers to fight with twin daggers. She only rarely uses other weapons.
* LightIsGood: Her name "brightness" means light and she's a nice, upstanding, young girl.
* NiceGirl: As long as you're not a pretty girl trying to take away her spot as Noir's number one, she's unflinchingly gentle and kind.
* UndyingLoyalty: When they were kids, Noir proclaimed that he and Emma would be "[[ChildhoodMarriagePromise together forever, til death do us part]]", though it's clear he meant it in a naïve, platonic way. Over the years, Noir forgot he ever said that, but Emma ''never'' forgot and continuously vows to stay by Noir's side, no matter the hardship or the danger.
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[[folder: Maria Fianna Albert]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Noir, will you take my hand?]]
->'''Voiced by''': Saika Kitamori (Japanese), Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Montserrat Aguilar (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
A daughter of a local duke that Noir meets upon entering the Hero Academy, and who seeks him out, to his shock.
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* BlueBlood: Daughter of a duke, but a nice and sweet girl.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: She takes her duties as the duke's daughter seriously and cares deeply for her subjects.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Literally has a curse that will kill her when she turns 16.
* GoodParents: Her parents are also fine, upstanding people, despite being dukes, the highest rank. They don't let something as trivial as title get in the way of Maria's social circles. To top it all off, [[IWantGrandkids they openly ship Maria and Noir together.]] The fact that he's directly responsible for breaking the lethal curse on her was [[StandardHeroReward more than good enough for them to consider him a future son-in-law.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Of a lighter shade of blonde than Emma, but just as sweet and nice, if not moreso.
* IOweYouMyLife: Thanks to Noir and Luna, she gets to live past her sixteenth birthday and [[RescueRomance promises to repay him for the rest of her life]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: She remains kind and optimistic as ever, living her life to the fullest despite her impending death.
* IllGirl: Her curse also causes her fits of pain, which become more frequent as she draws closer to her sixteenth birthday.
* TheMistress: Despite Noir being anything but monogamous, he prefers to do erotic stuff with Maria away from the eyes of the rest of his harem, purely for the thrill of being secret lovers. She finds the idea charming and happily plays along.
* RapunzelHair: As seen in the page image, her hair easily reaches her hips.
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: On her way to Hero Academy, she spots Noir taking down a thief, ''who robbed an orphan child'', with a custom "rock bullet." This is the primary reason she started being interested in him.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The reason she approaches Noir in the Hero Academy is that she was watching from the shadows of the adventurer's guild, Odin, and witnessed how he carries himself. She'd rather hang out with a "beggar noble" Baronet who is sincere than high-ranking nobles who are only good for waving their titles around.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: A curse cast [[SinsOfOurFathers upon her ancestor]] would kill her on her sixteenth birthday. Thankfully, Noir and the others manage to remove it just in the nick of time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lola Meltrose]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:A wager is a wager...]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/RumiOokubo (Japanese), Creator/AnneYatco (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Alessia Becerril (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
The receptionist Noir meets at the adventurer's guild and to whom he exclusively goes, by contract.
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* TheBet: Not believing that Noir is a disciple of Olivia, she bets that she will flip her skirt in his face if the "appraise" orb says he is, and he'd be banned if he's lying. When she finds out the truth, she not only flips her skirt, as promised, she bashfully says "I love you, Noir."
* CassandraTruth: Inverted. She doesn't believe Noir is Olivia's disciple, and denies it strongly. At least until she gets hard evidence.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Enforced. Noir's her exclusive adventurer! No other receptionist is to meet him, especially that ... Sarah!
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the manga, she interrupts a romantic moment between Emma and Noir by [[ThrowTheBookAtThem throwing a book]] at them with surprising force, and effortlessly hip checks Emma out of the way, hinting at her SuperStrength.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Is not only Luna's best friend, but sees nothing wrong with comforting the latter by nesting her head in her bosom.
* InformedAttribute: We're told that she wears a lot of makeup, particularly on days when she expects Noir to visit, and runs away in a desperate attempt to hide her looks when he accidentally catches her without it. Noir himself says that she looked pretty different (but still cute) without her makeup, and Emma later mockingly calls her "[=CakeFace=]". We've never seen Lola's face without makeup, and even with the amount we're told she wears, [[OnlyOneFemaleMold she doesn't actually look any different than the rest of the female cast]].
* SelectiveObliviousness: She spent her entire guild receptionist career doing her best to ignore that she has super-human strength. She even tries to deny it when being escorted by Noir, Luna, even Leila, she takes down a monster the three of them together couldn't even scratch as their strongest blows, combined, just bounced right off, by ''slicing it in half''!
* SexForServices: Downplayed but present. In exchange for Noir being her exclusive adventurer, she offers all sorts of erotic bonuses, in addition to the normal rewards, for a job well done on guild requests. It's a win-win as far as Noir is concerned.
* SexySecretary: Sexy receptionist, close enough.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: She may look like a frail girl, and even believe she is, but she's not. She's got the "Monstrous Strength" skill ''at rank S!''
* UnskilledButStrong: She's got [Monstrous Strength] at rank S, the highest rank, but no corresponding martial skill to go with it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Luna Heela]]
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[[caption-width-right:230:Curses are scary!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AkariKitou (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Erika Langarica (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
A powerful healer Noir recruits to help rescue Maria from the "sixteenth death" curse.
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* CastFromLifespan: Like her mother, her curse breaking ability shaves away her lifespan in return for its use.
* CastFromMoney: Noir alters her skill to cost gold instead of lifespan, allowing her to save Maria without dying in the process.
* CasualKink: She wants to be Noir's [[FreudianSlip slave...err]] one of his party, and be dominated by him.
* CowardlyLion: She has the ''cowardice'' skill, which causes her to turn into a huge coward when her mana runs out.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Is half-elf. Her mother was full elf.
* HealingShiv: Her "Heal Shot" skill allows her to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin heal others by shooting them]].
* InTheBlood: Her curse-breaking ability was inherited from her mother's side of the family.
* MageMarksman: Fights with a gun that shoots bullets made of magic.
* MeaningfulName: Her surname sounds like "Healer".
* MissingMom: Her mother died due to using her curse-breaking ability too much.
* TheRival: She wants to be Noir's number one love interest, usurping Emma. Emma is not amused.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Pink hair, nice girl.
* {{Stripperific}}: Wears the most revealing default outfit among Noir's harem, sporting a CleavageWindow, BareYourMidriff and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]].
%%* WhoWearsShortShorts : Luna wears them.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bubblegum pink. It makes her stand out from all the other characters, who mostly have "normal" hair colors.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Toramaru]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Let's be friends]]
A monster Noir befriends on the fifth level of the hidden dungeon.
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* DubNameChange: He's called "Tigerson" in the English version.
* FantasticArousal: That flower on his head is ''very'' sensitive.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: He's had an incredibly lonely existence in the dungeon, and is desperate for company that doesn't immediately point swords at him. Vasiel, the elf, and Noir, are the only two out of 990,000 existences to do so.
* IWillWaitForYou: Noir encountered him waiting for his friend Vasiel for 350 years. The poor elf had been turned into a zombie during that time. When Noir restores and brings Vasiel back to him, he's very grateful.
* ItCanThink: Unlike all the other dungeon monsters, he actually can be reasoned with.
* PantheraAwesome: A giant and powerful black lion.
* PetMonstrosity: Is viewed as such by the rest of society. Noir considers him a friend, peer, and equal.
* PunnyName: The "Tora" in Toramaru means "Tiger." He's a lion. So he's a lion named "Tiger."
* UndyingLoyalty: For him to have guarded the dungeon for three and a half centuries for his friend, definitely.
[[/folder]]
! Guild Odin
[[folder: Sarah Longhram]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:It's not cheating if you don't get caught! BWAHAHAHAHA!]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ReinaUeda (Japanese), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (English)
Lola's rival receptionist.
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* BadBoss: Unlike Lola, she does not care about her adventurers' well being in the slightest. Half-way through the contest, she boasts about having a much higher score and then ''brags'' that Lola's not desperate enough, showcasing a group of adventurers so exhausted that it looks like a gentle breeze would kill them.
* TheBet: After a great deal of goading, to the point Lola's so angry, she has to be physically restrained from punching Sarah in the face, she puts forward a bet that if her pool of adventurers can beat Lola's, then Noir would become another one of her adventurers (read submissive sex-toys), with Lola's blessing. Lola's victory would only be a ''promise'' that Sarah would keep her hands off Lola's adventurers from then on. If Lola wasn't too angry to think straight, it's unlikely she would have agreed to it.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: All smiles in public, sheer terror behind closed doors.
* CasualKink: Among her titles in the manga are "{{Sadist}}", "[[{{Dominatrix}} Dominate Person]]", and her "Golden Shower" skill is ''Rank A''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After [[spoiler: losing the competition to be the top-ranked receptionist]], ''she's'' quick to accuse Lola of cheating.
* LoopholeAbuse: She steals adventurers from Lola's pool, and the adventurer's accomplishments, purely to raise her own rank, by bribing them with the gifts she's supposed to offer her own adventurers for a job well-done, but since Lola has no proof, continuously gets away with it [[SmugSnake and rubs Lola's nose in it.]]
* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: What she loves to do to Lola. She steals the accomplishments of Lola's adventurers, boasts how much "better" a receptionist she is, puts down Lola about it, and then acts like the wounded party if Lola so much as complains.
* ReallyGetsAround: She has so much sex, her "Cow Girl" and "Doggy Style" skills have reached Rank A. In story, this means she has ''a lot'' of bed partners.
* RefugeInAudacity: She is completely shameless in provoking Lola. [[spoiler: After Lola wins the competition, she goes and tempts Noir, right in front of her, and everyone else, by dropping an erotic "reward ticket" right in his hands.]] Noir's too busy overheating to react.
* SmugSnake: Loves to flaunt her "accomplishment" of poaching Lola's adventurer pool for herself, confident that Lola can't prove it.
* TheVamp: As far as she's concerned, sex exists for one thing, and only one thing, to be used as a weapon to browbeat and crush any enemies or rivals. The thought that sex could be mutually enjoyable experience is a joke only a NaiveNewcomer would believe.
[[/folder]]
! Guild Ramuh
[[folder: Leila Overlock]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4_62.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Watch out, Noir. I'm coming!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Yurie Funato (Japanese)
The most promising member of Odin's rival guild, Ramuh.
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* TheAce: The most promising of Ramuh's adventurers, with rank A in martial arts and "Magic Fist."
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the anime, she is first introduced at Count Bourne's party, providing bodyguard duties. She later becomes a NewTransferStudent to the Hero Academy though in previous adaptations, she was already a student there.
* BareYourMidriff: Abs completely exposed.
* BareFistedMonk: Fights primarily without weapons and can apply magic to her fists for greater impact.
* BigSisterInstinct: Don't mess with her little brother, Nell.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Deadly up close but lacks any long-range combat options. This puts her at a disadvantage against Phantom Thief's summoned Flame Bird, which can fly out of her reach.
* DatingCatwoman: When she's finally introduced in the light novel, she develops romantic feelings for Noir, despite being a high-ranking member of a rival adventurer's guild, and Noir happily reciprocates [[MateOrDie for obvious reasons.]]
* EnemyMine: Although she and Noir are from rival guilds, they do occasionally work together. The most prominent example is when a pair of bandits known as "Phantom Thief" target the estate of a Count where Layla is the bodyguard and Noir is the invited guest. When said thieves decide to make Emma a LivingMacGuffin, Leila and Noir chase down and and battle them, defeating them after a very tough fight.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: If not for her guild and Noir's being rivals, she wouldn't have any issue hanging out with him, and she's a good, kind woman who happens to be blonde.
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: She begins having feelings for Noir because he came to her littler brother's rescue, destroyed the Misfortune debuff, and refused any reward.
* ShipperOnDeck: Amazingly, she's a Emma+Noir shipper. She sometimes gives him romantic advice on their relationship.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Fights for the thrill of the challenge.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the entirety of adventurers from the guild Ramuh, she's the only one who acts decently on a consistent basis. It's at the point that Noir has repeatedly invited her to Odin, promising to sponsor her, but she declines, for fear of being seen as a traitor by Ramuh, and being viewed with suspicion at best by Odin.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: She doesn't get along with her guild mates.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: She does for better freedom of movement, especially for her {{kick|Chick}}s.
[[/folder]]
! Hero Academy
[[folder: Lenoir Blue Don]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lenoir.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You! Where did you get this Death Reaper skull?]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Saika Kitamori (Japanese), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (English)
A rather uppity count who briefly joins Noir's party, alongside Emma, so the three of them could qualify for Hero Academy.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Like most of the contenders, she bought the monster materials required for the entrance exam.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's rather rude and abrupt to Noir, like most nobles, but beneath it all has a genuinely decent personality.
* StealingTheCredit: Justified. Noir gives her the credit for defeating the Death Reaper and collecting its materials, so he could hide the fact that he's dungeon diving in a hidden dungeon. She's genuinely grateful to him for it, and becomes much, much less vitriolic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amane]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Fumiko Uchimura (Japanese), Creator/SarahWilliams (English)
Maria's bodyguard.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair, and very aloof, aside from her relationship with Maria. She becomes ''much'' nicer once Noir manages to save her mistress.
* CanNotKeepASecret: Blabbed Maria's embarrassing admiration of Noir to ''Noir and company'', while Maria was in the same room, when she thought Maria was unconscious, ''despite being told to keep it secret''.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Maria.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nell Overlock]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nell_7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Alice, is.. is he your boyfriend?]]
The younger brother of Leila Overlock.
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* ButtMonkey: Was cursed with a "Misfortune" debuff by Ghijis, until Noir removed it.
* HopelessSuitor: He apparently has feelings for Alice. She's a total bro-con.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: He's Alice's fellow student, and her friend.
* ShrinkingViolet: Rare male example. He's incredibly meek and shy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ghijis Ovatria]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghijs.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Shake my hand, I dare ya! (Snerk)]]
A guy who, along with a gang, loves to bully Nell, and woe to whoever comes to Nell's aid.
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* BullyingADragon: Nell is way stronger than him and his whole gang. If not for Nell's shyness and moral fiber, he'd be cleaning the floor with them on a regular basis.
* FatBastard: Overweight and a major jerk.
* TheJinx: Exploited. If he touches you with his left hand, he can inflict a permanent "Misfortune" debuff on you at will. At least until Noir came along and "fixed" that.
* MuggingTheMonster: When Noir outed him, he fired a "rock bullet" at Noir, trying to bully him into silence. Noir retaliated with a "Rock Bullet 40" which is a bigger, heavier, and faster version, not only deflecting the original attack, but hitting his stomach so hard he was forced to vomit by the impact.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When they realized they didn't have a prayer of beating Noir in a straight up fight, he and his gang fled the scene, promising to behave. Noir happily brags that they won't be able to do the "misfortune" mischief again, ever.
[[/folder]]
!! Faculty
[[folder: Elna Stongs]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Love my ass, don't you? Does it smell good?]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/SoraAmamiya (Japanese)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Mildred Barrera (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
Emma, Maria, and Noir's Academy instructor.
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* BerserkButton: Do NOT goof off in class, even if she tells you to take a break. She catches you, and consider yourself lucky to find yourself running laps around the entire academy until you drop.
* BoyfriendBluff: With Noir in an omake, when she's called in for a marriage interview.
* CasualKink: Her idea of "rewarding" students is to sit on them, as seen in the page image. Noir grows to like it...
* ChildSoldier: She started being a mercenary soldier ''at age 7!''
* DrillSergeantNasty: Her training method is harsh, but the adventuring world is harsher, and you need the skills she teaches you to survive.
* HappyEndingMassage: Noir gives her shoulder rubs and in return, she grinds her butt on him. Otherwise it's mostly non-sexual. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Her reactions]] on the other hand:
--> '''Elna''': Yes! Right there! Harder!!!
* RetiredBadass: Former mercenary turned teacher.
* SexyMentor: Doesn't mind using her sex-appeal to motivate the male students. The female students tend to get put off by it.
* TheSlacker: Outside of her teaching duties, she prefers to just lounge about at home and drink lots of booze.
* SternTeacher: Messing around in her class is her BerserkButton and the consequences are seldom pretty.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Noir goes and gets erotic "rewards" from her, behind everyone's back, from time to time.
[[/folder]]
! Others
[[folder: Olivia Servant]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olivia_14.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Hello again, Noir-kun]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuiHorie (Japanese), Creator/JaniceKawaye (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Creator/LilianaBarba (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
The woman trapped in the titular dungeon, and the one who gifted Noir with the LP consuming "Create", "Edit", and "Remove" skill.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the original source, she's buck naked, due to all her clothes having rotted away. In the manga and anime, she wears a simple dress that somehow survived the ravages of time, and looks hardly practical for dungeon diving.
* AndIMustScream: Chained to a dungeon wall for two centuries, and Noir is the first person she's seen in all that time.
* TheAtoner: It's revealed that she shared her wisdom, and chose Noir to be her apprentice, not just because it's the only form of human contact she has, but because she deeply regrets not teaching a similar boy properly 200 years ago, before she became trapped in a dungeon, and the poor boy might have lived if she taught him better.
* BlessedWithSuck: No need for food, water, or worrying about her biological functions, but chained to a dungeon wall, starved for company. Fortunately, Noir came along...
* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed. Though ''she'' is the one that encourages Noir to be a hedonist in order to maximize his LP, when he spends too much time enjoying himself in female company, she becomes upset about it. At one point she even tells him that he "reeked" because of the smell of girls lingering on him, and demanded a kiss because he gave the other girls one. But then, not satisfied with the mild peck on the forehead he gave her, she tells him to "get lots of practice" with other girls so that when the time comes, he can give her a kiss that ''really'' satisfies her.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is barefoot and in flashbacks shows her not wearing any shoes.
* EvilKnockoff: A carbon-copy of Olivia made by the very chains binding her is one of the ArcVillain before she can finally free, and the FinalBoss of the anime adaptation.
* HaremSeeker: Like Noir, she had a large harem of her own in her heyday, and for the same reason. She doesn't hesitate to boast about it, to Noir's chagrin.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In her heyday, she was a powerful adventurer who founded the adventurer's guild, Odin, that Noir signs up with.
* InformedAbility: Olivia is supposedly an all-powerful person, but the one time we see her in action, she gets completely dominated.
* LevelDrain: Over the 200 years that she's been trapped in the dungeon, the cursed chains kept her alive at the price of copying her powers and draining her strength. By the time Noir frees her, she's basically an ordinary civilian, aside from the Edit, Create, and Grant skills that mark her unique existence.
* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: When in the town of Hornest, Noir finds out that the people of Hornest view her as a monster for "attacking" their local hero. After a bit of investigation, including an encounter with said "hero's" home village full of cannibals, and the guy's own diary, Noir learns that Olivia is the one who was attacked and was defending herself, but before Olivia could land the final blow, the townsfolk showed up and chased her off and then Gaien, the ImmortalitySeeker so-called "hero" made himself look like the victim saying she attacked him for unknown reasons.
* MyGreatestFailure: In Volume One's first extra chapter, she deeply regrets not teaching a boy properly in adventuring. She believes that if she had, the boy would have lived.
* ThePollyanna: She has a remarkably cheerful and positive outlook, which almost never goes away. [[spoiler:Except after the death of her first student.]] Even after Noir finds out that the chains holding her have been causing her pain this entire time, Olivia never once shows distress or concern. She says she kept up the act so that Noir wouldn't push himself to try and save her.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: The dress she wears in the manga doesn't cover her back.
* SexyMentor: Which she plays to the hilt. She explicitly states an intent to kiss (and more) with Noir at a future date, and constantly flirts and teases with him.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Loves to tease, taunt, and sexually entice Noir every chance she gets.
* TheTease: She frequently teases Noir and likes to know that he finds her attractive.
* {{Telepath}}: The cursed chains left her unable to move or even speak, so the only thing she can do is communicate using her mind.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Literally.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dori]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dori.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Thank you, Noir! Thank you very much!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Nana Harumura (Japanese)
A dryad Noir meets in the dungeon's 8th floor.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Being a dryad gives her a long life, and leaves her humanoid form ignored by the monsters of the eighth floor, allowing her to explore every nook and cranny, while laughing and playing to her heart's content. Unfortunately, this comes at the cost of being bound to a tree at the center of the dungeon floor, and if the tree dies, so does she. She also feels pain from any damage done to said tree.
* DamselInDistress: Noir encounters her because she asks for help dealing with a "Golden Bee" monster that stung her tree at least twice a day to suck out her life for its own ends.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She doesn't just look like a younger version of Emma, she thinks like one. As such, she doesn't comprehend why crawling into a hole in a way that allows a guy to see up your dress is a bad idea.
* IOweYouMyLife: Out of gratitude for saving her life, she gives Noir some very valuable rewards, and shows him the stairs to the ninth floor. Although Noir likes the reward, her ''smile'' is her greatest treasure to him.
* WhenSheSmiles: Oh, her smile is precious, on either side of the fourth wall.
* YouRemindMeOfX: She's a spitting image of Emma when Emma was younger. Initially, this made Noir suspect that she was gleaming the image from his mind.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Rommy Brightness]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rommy.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Be Emma's Knight, Noir!]]
Emma's mother.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Just look at that dress.
* GenerationXerox: Looks exactly like Emma, only more "grown up."
* ShipperOnDeck: Really pushes for Emma + Noir, though she doesn't say it out loud.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Phantom Thief]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phan.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You brats will never stop us! What we want is ours, and there's nothing you can do about it!]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_2.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:I will get my name and face in the history books, forever! That Mike guy owes me a favor!]]
A BrotherSisterTeam of burglars that target nobles, ''openly announce'' that said nobles are being targeted, and then burst in, making it a flashy performance, stealing whatever they want and leaving said noble and his guards humiliated.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: In the manga, Tom is introduced [[LecherousLicking slobbering over]] a portrait of Emma. It only gets worse from there.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the original novel, Tom was K'O'd when Emma blasted him. In the manga, he's dazed and confused that Emma would spurn his "love," but is otherwise still fully conscious so Noir has to take him down.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Tom is much worse in the manga than the original web-novel. In the web-novel, he doesn't smack Emma around because he doesn't get the chance. In the manga, after he uses gravity magic to pin down Noir, Emma, and Leila Overlock, he smacks a helpless Emma around, yelling at her for "turning her back on her husband", himself, cuts off her dress with a knife, as a bit of CruelMercy, showing Noir the body he's never going to enjoy, and takes Emma's prized hair-pin, because Noir gave it to her as a gift when both were children, throws it away, and loudly proclaims that it's not "worthy" of her, planning on forcing her to wear some gaudy, stolen jewelry later.
* AdaptationExpansion: Tom has a much larger role in the manga than the original novel.
* DomesticAbuse: His idea of a "happy marriage" is slapping his intended wife around for disagreeing with him, or just for kicks.
* TheDividual: The brother Tom and the sister Phan work and are almost always seen together.
* EntitledBastard: And EntitledBitch. Once they set their sights on some object ''or person'' of value, they automatically presume it's rightfully theirs, no objections tolerated.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Tom to Emma. He pointedly insisted she was going to be his wife, no objections. If she refused, a little MindRape wouldn't hurt. Of course, Emma heard that and was clearly ''not'' amused.
* GlorySeeker: In the manga, Tom is desperate to be as famous, or infamous as possible.
* {{Gonk}}: Tom is so gaunt, he looks like a skeleton with an ill-fitting latex suit slapped over it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Shutting off his gravity manipulation magic is too high an LP cost for Noir, but when Tom shouts "I will give you your worst nightmare!", Noir gets the idea to use Tom's MasterOfIllusion ability against himself, which is not only much cheaper, but has much, much more horrifying prospects...
* MasterOfIllusion: The manga has him use a magical piercing to project illusions, visual and auditory, so he can impersonate just about anyone he wants.
* NightmareFuel: InUniverse. Noir alters the "illusion" aspect of his piercings to force Tom to hallucinate his own worst fears. [[spoiler: Said fear happens to take the form of Tom seeing himself as a helpless infant and Emma as TheWormThatWalks with a bunch of insects swarming out of her mouth and [[OraficeInvasion forcing their way into his]] until he cries TearsOfBlood.]] Fortunately, only Tom is subjected to this illusion. None of the other people present see it.
* PsychologicalProjection: Tom is obsessed with glory and fame, so everyone else must be. He views framing people for heinous crimes as doing them a favor because of the infamy they will suffer, thanks to him.
* RefugeInAudacity: It's precisely because their burglaries are so brazen, flashy, and theatrical, that they get away with it, until they made the mistake of kidnapping Emma and trying to cuckold Noir, at which point, he turned their own theatrics against them, though even that was a tough fight.
* SmugSmiler: Their default expressions.
* SummonMagic: Combined with FlunkyBoss. Phan is a summoner who summons monsters she's captured and tamed to help her in battle.
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! Hornest and surrounding areas
[[folder: For the area at large]]
* CycleOfRevenge: The criminal group runs by S wants to destabilize the country and bring down those Nobles that run a ForcedPrizeFight by kidnapping the weak and unkilled women, children, elderly, and frail men, forcing them to fight each other to the death and taking bets on it. In turn, the nobles want vengeance on the criminal group for the crimes against them, killing off the nobles that participate one by one.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While the world wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows before, the arc got considerably darker.
* WretchedHive: The country is a mess. The home village of "Hero" Gaien is a den of cannibals, with the self-proclaimed "hero" being an ImmortalitySeeker GloryHound who rigged his memorial to be a perpetual monster magnet, so he'd always be remembered by the city being in constant danger. The nobles kidnap commoners and force them to fight to the death and make wagers on who would be the winner for their own amusement. The friends and relatives of the losers establish a crime ring, willing to brainwash and murder to retaliate. The king takes genuine heroes and forces them to be assassins, even trying to force Emma to be his concubine against her will because he HasAType, and Emma is it.
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[[folder: Gillan Stargazer]]
Noir's older brother.
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* TheCasanova: He's a shameless skirt chaser who happily plays around with girls, wooing and wowing them, but dumps them like crap the moment he thinks the relationship turns serious, leaving behind a lot of grudges and broken hearts.
* {{Foil}}: To Noir. They're both skirt-chasing perverts, and admit it, but that's where the similarity stops. Noir is actually faithful to the girls he woos and treasures their well-being. Gillan only sees girls as toys to play around with and dumps them, harshly, the moment he gets bored or the relationship gets serious.
* HoYay: InUniverse. The way he chooses to show affection to Noir goes way beyond normal brother-brother affection and is heavily sexually charged. Noir pointedly does not like it.
* MilesGloriosus: As part of wooing girls, he's fond of boasting and bragging of being a mighty warrior who will never abandon them, but the moment a genuine threat is on the horizon, he flees.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He's introduced in chapter 100+ of the web-novel, yet all the characters act as if he's been around since before chapter 1.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite neglecting his training to the point his level ''actually drops'', he sees himself as vastly superior to his little brother Noir, who has been grinding levels in badass like there's no tomorrow.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gaien]]
The top alchemist in the town of Hornest, who is commemorated with a statue.
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* AlchemyIsMagic: His skill with alchemy was heralded as nearly magical, capable of feats indistinguishable from divine miracles.
* CrazyPrepared: He rigged the "gem of Peace" to release a powerful monster if it was shattered, just in case someone got wise to his scheme, not only to eliminate the individual, but eliminate all the evidence by attacking the town. Fortunately, by the time Noir is forced to destroy this gem, he had already earned the favor of the town's defenders through many actual heroic deeds.
* EngineeredHeroics: The end of the Hornest arc reveals that his statue, holding a gem ironically named "The gem of Peace" is EncounterBait that actually attracts monsters by the horde in more or less regular intervals after accumulating a certain level of mana, not only for the original wave of monsters he "rescued" the town from, but so his memory would never fade as the waves of monsters would be a recurring reminder.
* AHeroToHisHometown: He is held up as a "hero" in the city of Hornest for presumably fending off a wave of monsters.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Not only is his home village a nest of cannibals in the present day, but his own diary sings the praises of eating human flesh, with his hidden lab having piles of human bones and his diary splashed with long ago crusted human blood.
* ImmortalitySeeker: According to his own diary, he attacked Olivia when she refused to use her abilities to give him immortality, trying to compel her by force.
* MookMaker: His own diary reveals that he launched several "creations" at Olivia and was shocked that she easily cut them down.
* PostHumousCharacter: Long dead by the time Noir learns about him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: For starters, he's an ImmortalitySeeker cannibal, and hatched some kind of plan to make his memory immortal when he learned he could never actually become immortal.
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[[folder: S/ Midcarda]]
The leader of a criminal gang that's universally hated by the capital city of the same country as the town of Hornest, but as loathed as they are, it's a close second to the king and his crew.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Combined with FakingTheDead. Noir chops off his arm in battle and then turns that over to the king, saying "S died cursing the fact that he couldn't topple the royalty."
* FreudianExcuse: His younger sister was snatched up in [[DeadlyEuphemism "nobles' entertainments"]] and died.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The royal guards are the ones who kidnapped his sister to put into a ForcedPrizeFight, to the death, with a bunch of other unskilled women, children, and the elderly. Obviously, she was not the victor.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He runs a stall, and lets the guards kick him around to hide the fact that he's a criminal mastermind.
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[[folder: Natania]]
An innkeeper that Noir meets in the capital and who leads a group that has a grudge with S's group.
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* HulkingOut: When she activates her "Oni" abilities, she grows larger, becomes level 150 as opposed to her normal level 18, and becomes so much stronger, simple pebbles hit like bullets.
* RevengeMyopia: Her little brother was a sadistic mass-murderer, yet she considers S a monster for killing him and wants revenge for it, calling the kidnappings and blood-sports known as Noble Fight "his little shortcomings." Getting enraged when Noir calls her out on it.
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! Main Characters
[[folder:In General]]
* BattleHarem: Most of the girls in his harem are capable adventurers or members of the Hero Academy. Even Lola and Alice, who are usually non-combatants, show an eagerness to [[LetsGetDangerous get violent]] if [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Noir is in danger]].
* HaremPowered: Noir's abilities require an ever-growing harem to work to their fullest. He only gains Life Points by doing hedonistic things, and there's a steep value of diminishing returns for doing the same things over and over with the same girls. Also, his unique Sage skill requires kisses to make the headaches tolerable.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Why most of the girls in Noir's harem are interested in him. He's a very nice and earnest guy. Case in point, when his female classmates say that they're counting on him to protect them from peeping toms, Noir almost dies to live up to their trust, and he's thus rewarded by not only taking a bath with the girls (blindfolded) but having bare breasts rubbed against his face.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: All of Noir's harem will show up to defend him with their lives, but of special note are Emma, who has sworn [[UndyingLoyalty to stay with Noir to the end]] no matter what, Lola, who is a non-combatant but [[LetsGetDangerous is willing to use]] her monstrous SuperStrength if Noir is in danger, and Alice, who is usually a meek little sister, but is willing to ''[[{{Yandere}} murder]]'' anything that stands in the way of her brother's love.
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[[folder: Noir Stargazer]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c1_4.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:The Hero/Adventurer who's [[HaremGenre surrounded by girls]].]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/RyotaOhsaka (Japanese), Creator/ZenoRobinson (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diego Becerril (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
The protagonist.
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* AccidentalPervert: {{Invoked|Trope}}, {{Justified|Trope}}, {{Downplayed|Trope}} and {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. The first time, Maria fell on top of him due to her "Sixteenth Death" curse acting up while they were training. Afterward, Noir crafts a "lucky pervert" skill so he can soak up LP from simply walking around, until a gust of wind [[MarilynManeuver blows up the skirt]] of every woman in the area, including an [[FanDisservice octogenarian]], thus making Noir {{Nerf}} the skill so it only triggers A.) Rarely, and B.) Outside combat. After all, tripping into a girl's chest while fighting a fire-breathing dragon could be a very bad thing.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Combined with ChronicHeroSyndrome. There's yet another good reason why he's a ChickMagnet. He sees a cute, innocent girl in trouble, he will do anything in his power to come to her aid, even if the situation appears hopelessly suicidal.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Noir" means "Black" and "Stargazer" is a name one would expect from a SpaceOpera.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: Twice.
** He swore an oath to Olivia and himself that he would clear the titular dungeon alone. When it becomes physically impossible to cross between the 13th and 14th floor solo, he brings in Emma.
** He has a very strict internal ThouShallNotKill policy with humans and humanoid monsters, no matter how reprehensible, but when he found himself up against a dungeon synthesized impostor to Olivia who had managed to escape the dungeon and get into town, he went for the kill. [[spoiler: This breaks Olivia's curse and sets her free from the dungeon.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: At the start, the "Great Sage" ability he was born with was all but useless. In return for giving him super-human knowledge, it would give him ''massive'' debilitating migraines. Although Noir does ultimately wind up crafting a "Headache Resistance/Immunity" skill to compensate, he can still be laid low if what he asks is too taxing.
* CastFromMoney: Noir eventually crafts a skill that allows him to convert gold to LP, but the conversion rate is so horrifically poor that he prefers to stick to [[HaremPowered getting LP from his numerous attractive love interests.]]
* CategoryTraitor: His male classmates turn on him and call him a "traitor" for refusing to go along with their plan to peep on the bathing women at a hot spring.
* ChickMagnet: He's very attractive to women, and it's justified in that he's handsome, gentle, kind, and if you're a cute, innocent girl, he will move heaven and earth if need be to come to your aid.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He and Emma have known each other since they were little.
* ChivalrousPervert: Noir may have quite the imagination, even before getting his special skills from Olivia, but he would never, ever willingly take advantage of a woman without her explicit, freely-given, fully-informed, consent.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His name "Noir" literally means "Black," but he's a good and wholesome individual.
* HaremSeeker: Justified. Since he gains the LifeEnergy he needs to keep living by engaging in erotic acts with the opposite sex, and the "diminishing rate of return" is steep when just playing around with the same girl over and over again, he needs a harem of beauties to keep stirring the pot.
* HeroicRROD: Besides the headaches he gets from overusing his "Great Sage" skill, spending too much LP at once or running dangerously low on LP can leave him unconscious.
* HourOfPower: In order to gain an edge over the impostor Olivia, he crafted a [Sacrifice] skill that boosts his abilities immensely, at the price of sacrificing a skill he no longer needs, but this boost doesn't last very long. He has to sacrifice an S-ranked skill to last just five minutes.
* HumbleHero: Praise makes him very uncomfortable, despite being one of the ways to gain more LP.
* IAteWhat: Justified. One of the ways he gains LP is by eating exotic dishes. This tickles his mother greatly considering she's a CordonBleughChef who likes to "experiment."
* ImaginationBasedSuperPower: His "Create" skill allows him to create any skill he can imagine, if he's willing and able to pay the LP cost.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Dryad that looks like a child version of Emma in trouble, being attacked by a level 254 golden bee? Lure over a pack of 6 level 100 or so silver wolves and let them deal with it, killing whoever is left standing.
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler: Sheds these upon freeing Olivia from her chains and reuniting with her.]]
* MateOrDie: While it hasn't reached quite that far, he ''must'' engage in erotic acts with members of the opposite sex to keep his LP total up because if his LP reaches zero, he dies. Even using too big a percentage of his LP at once leaves him visibly shaken.
* OneOfTheGirls: When his class visits a hot spring, Noir has to choose between siding with his fellow male students and helping their plan to peep on the naked women, or honoring the trust the girls expressed in him and protecting their dignity. When he refuses to help them, the boys declare him a CategoryTraitor and fight him alongside Elna. Noir uses all but his last remaining Life Points to protect the girls, and they reward him by letting him be the ''only'' guy to accompany them during their bathing hours.
* SemanticSuperpower: All three of the skills he gained from Olivia basically work by adding or changing the wording or meaning of a term or phrase. For example, by changing a skill's cost from [[CastFromLifespan lifespan]] to [[CastFromMoney money]], you can completely alter what that skill does. In addition, Noir also seems to have a lot of leeway to decide what a "skill" is; he "edited" Emma's body to give her small breasts and then "created" new ones to replace them.
* StoryBreakerPower: The skills he gains from Olivia, "Create", "Edit" and "Grant" can allow him to come up with whatever skill he pleases and empower those around him to boot. It's held back by its CastFromHitPoints factor, as more dramatic alterations are more costly and can threaten his life.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Several times, probably thanks to "Lucky Pervert" skill mentioned prior.
** When he catches Elna after being knocked back in the hot springs arc, his hands wind up on her chest.
** While training with Leila, he accidentally slips and lands right on top of her with one hand on her breast. The other girls see this and allow Noir to grope them as well.
* ThouShallNotKill: While he has no issue killing mindless beasts or inhuman monsters that can not be reasoned with, he is extremely reluctant to kill any humans or humanoid monsters, no matter how AxeCrazy or how much of a CardCarryingVillain they are, even if they come at him and his with lethal force. Even he occasionally admits, internally, how StupidGood a stance that is.
* UptownGirl: His father's a bottom-ranked baronet while Emma and Maria are from higher-ranked and much wealthier noble families.
* YoungEntrepreneur: His dream is to set up a shop selling monster materials he gleans from clearing the titular dungeon. At age 16, after a few heroic accomplishments, he does finally get to make that happen, and the shop's goods sell out ''within a few hours'' of the grand opening.
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[[folder: Alice Stargazer]]
[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c6.png]]
[[caption-width-right:230:I'll always be here for you, big brother!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Yuki Nagano (Japanese), Creator/RyanBartley (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Romina Marroquín Payró (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
Noir's younger sister.
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* {{BFS}}: In the anime, she never uses it in battle, but draws out a ''huge'' broadsword when she thinks she needs to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill the other girls]] to keep them from taking Noir.
* BigBrotherAttraction: She wants very much for her relationship with Noir to be more than brother/sister. Noir is aware of it, but does his best to delude himself otherwise.
* BigSisterInstinct: Despite being the younger sister, she's very possessive and protective of Noir.
* CasualKink: Noir finds himself liking it when she steps on him. How that came to be is anyone's guess.
* ClingyJealousGirl: You wanna join Noir's harem? You've got to pass her smell test first.
* CrazyPrepared: Later chapters reveal that she keeps her feet clean and sweet smelling in the unlikely event Noir develops some kind of foot fetish. Even Noir's SelectiveObliviousness has problems tuning that out.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{ZigZagg|ingTrope}}ed. At the beginning of the series, she's way ahead of her older brother, already set for life after she graduates from the Hero Academy and even promises to take care of him afterward. However, she [[HardWorkHardlyWorks coasts through her studies]] while Noir starts racking up accomplishments and money after learning to properly utilize his skills.
* LittleSisterHeroine: She's completely affectionate towards her big brother.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: PlayedForLaughs. In the omakes, she can sense when Noir is getting intimate with other girls.
** When Maria was partnered up with Noir at the academy, in her classroom, she wakes up, voices concern that some other girl is trying to snatch Noir away, and then plops right back down to sleep. The teacher tells the rest of the class to leave her be because he's seen it way too often.
** When Noir tries to increase his life points at the harem competition, she could feel it, and then felt another surge when Maria falls in love with him.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Almost never seen without her school uniform.
* TeenGenius: She can, and does, get straight A's in school, despite sleeping through class.
* WorthIt: In an omake, Noir catches a cold and {{accidental|Kiss}}ly kisses her right before falling unconscious. She gets his cold too, but takes it with a smile.
* {{Yandere}}: When she catches Noir getting too "comfortable" with his harem (in particular, getting a kiss from Emma), she draws a sword and proclaims that it's time for everyone to fight to the death over him, complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] and a SlasherSmile.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Emma Brightness]]
[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c2_24.png]]
[[caption-width-right:230:Noir's primary love interest.]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MiyuTomita (Japanese), Creator/LizzieFreeman (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Erika Ugalde (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
Noir's ChildhoodFriend.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Learns how Noir's power works when she off-handedly asked to have smaller breasts, and he granted her wish.
* BigBreastPride: Downplayed as she doesn't exactly show off her large breasts, but she seems pretty aware of them being her strongest physical appeal point compared to the other girls, and is heavily mortified when Noir shrinks them.
* BlowYouAway: Uses wind magic in addition to her dagger skills.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Grew up alongside Noir, openly asks him to kiss her, on the lips, and at the drop of a hat.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She may be resigned to the fact that Noir needs a harem to stay alive, but she clearly does not like it and insists on [[TopWife being in first place]].
* ConflictBall: For no readily apparent reason, she snaps and runs off when she catches Noir helping Nell Overlock, and sees Nell's sister Leila Overlock thank him for his aid, asking if he'd be even the tiniest bit concerned if she were to go off and mess around with another guy. Noir is so stunned, he can't even react properly. The light novel indicates this isn't the first time it's happened, and Noir's learned she's entirely irrational at this point and can only be reasoned with once she's cooled down.
* DCupDistress: Briefly. She complains about her breasts being too large and causing her back pain. When Noir asks if she'd like them smaller, and says yes, she's shocked and enraged when he complies, angrily demanding that he make them big again.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Emma is an acrobatic fighter, and yet she wears a miniskirt as part of her usual outfit. This inevitably leads to more than a few PantyShots.
* DualWielding: She wields dual daggers in combat.
* GreenEyedMonster: Upon seeing Luna for the first time, she's envious of her beauty and wishes Noir had never met her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Golden haired blonde, NiceGirl.
* ItWasAGift: The hairpin she wears was given to her by Noir as a birthday present.
* KnifeNut: She prefers to fight with twin daggers. She only rarely uses other weapons.
* LightIsGood: Her name "brightness" means light and she's a nice, upstanding, young girl.
* NiceGirl: As long as you're not a pretty girl trying to take away her spot as Noir's number one, she's unflinchingly gentle and kind.
* UndyingLoyalty: When they were kids, Noir proclaimed that he and Emma would be "[[ChildhoodMarriagePromise together forever, til death do us part]]", though it's clear he meant it in a naïve, platonic way. Over the years, Noir forgot he ever said that, but Emma ''never'' forgot and continuously vows to stay by Noir's side, no matter the hardship or the danger.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maria Fianna Albert]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/26_4.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Noir, will you take my hand?]]
->'''Voiced by''': Saika Kitamori (Japanese), Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Montserrat Aguilar (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
A daughter of a local duke that Noir meets upon entering the Hero Academy, and who seeks him out, to his shock.
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* BlueBlood: Daughter of a duke, but a nice and sweet girl.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: She takes her duties as the duke's daughter seriously and cares deeply for her subjects.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Literally has a curse that will kill her when she turns 16.
* GoodParents: Her parents are also fine, upstanding people, despite being dukes, the highest rank. They don't let something as trivial as title get in the way of Maria's social circles. To top it all off, [[IWantGrandkids they openly ship Maria and Noir together.]] The fact that he's directly responsible for breaking the lethal curse on her was [[StandardHeroReward more than good enough for them to consider him a future son-in-law.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Of a lighter shade of blonde than Emma, but just as sweet and nice, if not moreso.
* IOweYouMyLife: Thanks to Noir and Luna, she gets to live past her sixteenth birthday and [[RescueRomance promises to repay him for the rest of her life]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: She remains kind and optimistic as ever, living her life to the fullest despite her impending death.
* IllGirl: Her curse also causes her fits of pain, which become more frequent as she draws closer to her sixteenth birthday.
* TheMistress: Despite Noir being anything but monogamous, he prefers to do erotic stuff with Maria away from the eyes of the rest of his harem, purely for the thrill of being secret lovers. She finds the idea charming and happily plays along.
* RapunzelHair: As seen in the page image, her hair easily reaches her hips.
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: On her way to Hero Academy, she spots Noir taking down a thief, ''who robbed an orphan child'', with a custom "rock bullet." This is the primary reason she started being interested in him.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The reason she approaches Noir in the Hero Academy is that she was watching from the shadows of the adventurer's guild, Odin, and witnessed how he carries himself. She'd rather hang out with a "beggar noble" Baronet who is sincere than high-ranking nobles who are only good for waving their titles around.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: A curse cast [[SinsOfOurFathers upon her ancestor]] would kill her on her sixteenth birthday. Thankfully, Noir and the others manage to remove it just in the nick of time.
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[[folder: Lola Meltrose]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:A wager is a wager...]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/RumiOokubo (Japanese), Creator/AnneYatco (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Alessia Becerril (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
The receptionist Noir meets at the adventurer's guild and to whom he exclusively goes, by contract.
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* TheBet: Not believing that Noir is a disciple of Olivia, she bets that she will flip her skirt in his face if the "appraise" orb says he is, and he'd be banned if he's lying. When she finds out the truth, she not only flips her skirt, as promised, she bashfully says "I love you, Noir."
* CassandraTruth: Inverted. She doesn't believe Noir is Olivia's disciple, and denies it strongly. At least until she gets hard evidence.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Enforced. Noir's her exclusive adventurer! No other receptionist is to meet him, especially that ... Sarah!
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the manga, she interrupts a romantic moment between Emma and Noir by [[ThrowTheBookAtThem throwing a book]] at them with surprising force, and effortlessly hip checks Emma out of the way, hinting at her SuperStrength.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Is not only Luna's best friend, but sees nothing wrong with comforting the latter by nesting her head in her bosom.
* InformedAttribute: We're told that she wears a lot of makeup, particularly on days when she expects Noir to visit, and runs away in a desperate attempt to hide her looks when he accidentally catches her without it. Noir himself says that she looked pretty different (but still cute) without her makeup, and Emma later mockingly calls her "[=CakeFace=]". We've never seen Lola's face without makeup, and even with the amount we're told she wears, [[OnlyOneFemaleMold she doesn't actually look any different than the rest of the female cast]].
* SelectiveObliviousness: She spent her entire guild receptionist career doing her best to ignore that she has super-human strength. She even tries to deny it when being escorted by Noir, Luna, even Leila, she takes down a monster the three of them together couldn't even scratch as their strongest blows, combined, just bounced right off, by ''slicing it in half''!
* SexForServices: Downplayed but present. In exchange for Noir being her exclusive adventurer, she offers all sorts of erotic bonuses, in addition to the normal rewards, for a job well done on guild requests. It's a win-win as far as Noir is concerned.
* SexySecretary: Sexy receptionist, close enough.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: She may look like a frail girl, and even believe she is, but she's not. She's got the "Monstrous Strength" skill ''at rank S!''
* UnskilledButStrong: She's got [Monstrous Strength] at rank S, the highest rank, but no corresponding martial skill to go with it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Luna Heela]]
[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c5.png]]
[[caption-width-right:230:Curses are scary!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AkariKitou (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Erika Langarica (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
A powerful healer Noir recruits to help rescue Maria from the "sixteenth death" curse.
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* CastFromLifespan: Like her mother, her curse breaking ability shaves away her lifespan in return for its use.
* CastFromMoney: Noir alters her skill to cost gold instead of lifespan, allowing her to save Maria without dying in the process.
* CasualKink: She wants to be Noir's [[FreudianSlip slave...err]] one of his party, and be dominated by him.
* CowardlyLion: She has the ''cowardice'' skill, which causes her to turn into a huge coward when her mana runs out.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Is half-elf. Her mother was full elf.
* HealingShiv: Her "Heal Shot" skill allows her to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin heal others by shooting them]].
* InTheBlood: Her curse-breaking ability was inherited from her mother's side of the family.
* MageMarksman: Fights with a gun that shoots bullets made of magic.
* MeaningfulName: Her surname sounds like "Healer".
* MissingMom: Her mother died due to using her curse-breaking ability too much.
* TheRival: She wants to be Noir's number one love interest, usurping Emma. Emma is not amused.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Pink hair, nice girl.
* {{Stripperific}}: Wears the most revealing default outfit among Noir's harem, sporting a CleavageWindow, BareYourMidriff and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]].
%%* WhoWearsShortShorts : Luna wears them.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bubblegum pink. It makes her stand out from all the other characters, who mostly have "normal" hair colors.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Toramaru]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Let's be friends]]
A monster Noir befriends on the fifth level of the hidden dungeon.
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* DubNameChange: He's called "Tigerson" in the English version.
* FantasticArousal: That flower on his head is ''very'' sensitive.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: He's had an incredibly lonely existence in the dungeon, and is desperate for company that doesn't immediately point swords at him. Vasiel, the elf, and Noir, are the only two out of 990,000 existences to do so.
* IWillWaitForYou: Noir encountered him waiting for his friend Vasiel for 350 years. The poor elf had been turned into a zombie during that time. When Noir restores and brings Vasiel back to him, he's very grateful.
* ItCanThink: Unlike all the other dungeon monsters, he actually can be reasoned with.
* PantheraAwesome: A giant and powerful black lion.
* PetMonstrosity: Is viewed as such by the rest of society. Noir considers him a friend, peer, and equal.
* PunnyName: The "Tora" in Toramaru means "Tiger." He's a lion. So he's a lion named "Tiger."
* UndyingLoyalty: For him to have guarded the dungeon for three and a half centuries for his friend, definitely.
[[/folder]]
! Guild Odin
[[folder: Sarah Longhram]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sylvia.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It's not cheating if you don't get caught! BWAHAHAHAHA!]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ReinaUeda (Japanese), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (English)
Lola's rival receptionist.
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* BadBoss: Unlike Lola, she does not care about her adventurers' well being in the slightest. Half-way through the contest, she boasts about having a much higher score and then ''brags'' that Lola's not desperate enough, showcasing a group of adventurers so exhausted that it looks like a gentle breeze would kill them.
* TheBet: After a great deal of goading, to the point Lola's so angry, she has to be physically restrained from punching Sarah in the face, she puts forward a bet that if her pool of adventurers can beat Lola's, then Noir would become another one of her adventurers (read submissive sex-toys), with Lola's blessing. Lola's victory would only be a ''promise'' that Sarah would keep her hands off Lola's adventurers from then on. If Lola wasn't too angry to think straight, it's unlikely she would have agreed to it.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: All smiles in public, sheer terror behind closed doors.
* CasualKink: Among her titles in the manga are "{{Sadist}}", "[[{{Dominatrix}} Dominate Person]]", and her "Golden Shower" skill is ''Rank A''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After [[spoiler: losing the competition to be the top-ranked receptionist]], ''she's'' quick to accuse Lola of cheating.
* LoopholeAbuse: She steals adventurers from Lola's pool, and the adventurer's accomplishments, purely to raise her own rank, by bribing them with the gifts she's supposed to offer her own adventurers for a job well-done, but since Lola has no proof, continuously gets away with it [[SmugSnake and rubs Lola's nose in it.]]
* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: What she loves to do to Lola. She steals the accomplishments of Lola's adventurers, boasts how much "better" a receptionist she is, puts down Lola about it, and then acts like the wounded party if Lola so much as complains.
* ReallyGetsAround: She has so much sex, her "Cow Girl" and "Doggy Style" skills have reached Rank A. In story, this means she has ''a lot'' of bed partners.
* RefugeInAudacity: She is completely shameless in provoking Lola. [[spoiler: After Lola wins the competition, she goes and tempts Noir, right in front of her, and everyone else, by dropping an erotic "reward ticket" right in his hands.]] Noir's too busy overheating to react.
* SmugSnake: Loves to flaunt her "accomplishment" of poaching Lola's adventurer pool for herself, confident that Lola can't prove it.
* TheVamp: As far as she's concerned, sex exists for one thing, and only one thing, to be used as a weapon to browbeat and crush any enemies or rivals. The thought that sex could be mutually enjoyable experience is a joke only a NaiveNewcomer would believe.
[[/folder]]
! Guild Ramuh
[[folder: Leila Overlock]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4_62.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Watch out, Noir. I'm coming!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Yurie Funato (Japanese)
The most promising member of Odin's rival guild, Ramuh.
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* TheAce: The most promising of Ramuh's adventurers, with rank A in martial arts and "Magic Fist."
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the anime, she is first introduced at Count Bourne's party, providing bodyguard duties. She later becomes a NewTransferStudent to the Hero Academy though in previous adaptations, she was already a student there.
* BareYourMidriff: Abs completely exposed.
* BareFistedMonk: Fights primarily without weapons and can apply magic to her fists for greater impact.
* BigSisterInstinct: Don't mess with her little brother, Nell.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Deadly up close but lacks any long-range combat options. This puts her at a disadvantage against Phantom Thief's summoned Flame Bird, which can fly out of her reach.
* DatingCatwoman: When she's finally introduced in the light novel, she develops romantic feelings for Noir, despite being a high-ranking member of a rival adventurer's guild, and Noir happily reciprocates [[MateOrDie for obvious reasons.]]
* EnemyMine: Although she and Noir are from rival guilds, they do occasionally work together. The most prominent example is when a pair of bandits known as "Phantom Thief" target the estate of a Count where Layla is the bodyguard and Noir is the invited guest. When said thieves decide to make Emma a LivingMacGuffin, Leila and Noir chase down and and battle them, defeating them after a very tough fight.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: If not for her guild and Noir's being rivals, she wouldn't have any issue hanging out with him, and she's a good, kind woman who happens to be blonde.
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: She begins having feelings for Noir because he came to her littler brother's rescue, destroyed the Misfortune debuff, and refused any reward.
* ShipperOnDeck: Amazingly, she's a Emma+Noir shipper. She sometimes gives him romantic advice on their relationship.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Fights for the thrill of the challenge.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the entirety of adventurers from the guild Ramuh, she's the only one who acts decently on a consistent basis. It's at the point that Noir has repeatedly invited her to Odin, promising to sponsor her, but she declines, for fear of being seen as a traitor by Ramuh, and being viewed with suspicion at best by Odin.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: She doesn't get along with her guild mates.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: She does for better freedom of movement, especially for her {{kick|Chick}}s.
[[/folder]]
! Hero Academy
[[folder: Lenoir Blue Don]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lenoir.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You! Where did you get this Death Reaper skull?]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Saika Kitamori (Japanese), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (English)
A rather uppity count who briefly joins Noir's party, alongside Emma, so the three of them could qualify for Hero Academy.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Like most of the contenders, she bought the monster materials required for the entrance exam.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's rather rude and abrupt to Noir, like most nobles, but beneath it all has a genuinely decent personality.
* StealingTheCredit: Justified. Noir gives her the credit for defeating the Death Reaper and collecting its materials, so he could hide the fact that he's dungeon diving in a hidden dungeon. She's genuinely grateful to him for it, and becomes much, much less vitriolic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amane]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Fumiko Uchimura (Japanese), Creator/SarahWilliams (English)
Maria's bodyguard.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair, and very aloof, aside from her relationship with Maria. She becomes ''much'' nicer once Noir manages to save her mistress.
* CanNotKeepASecret: Blabbed Maria's embarrassing admiration of Noir to ''Noir and company'', while Maria was in the same room, when she thought Maria was unconscious, ''despite being told to keep it secret''.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Maria.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nell Overlock]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nell_7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Alice, is.. is he your boyfriend?]]
The younger brother of Leila Overlock.
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* ButtMonkey: Was cursed with a "Misfortune" debuff by Ghijis, until Noir removed it.
* HopelessSuitor: He apparently has feelings for Alice. She's a total bro-con.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: He's Alice's fellow student, and her friend.
* ShrinkingViolet: Rare male example. He's incredibly meek and shy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ghijis Ovatria]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghijs.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Shake my hand, I dare ya! (Snerk)]]
A guy who, along with a gang, loves to bully Nell, and woe to whoever comes to Nell's aid.
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* BullyingADragon: Nell is way stronger than him and his whole gang. If not for Nell's shyness and moral fiber, he'd be cleaning the floor with them on a regular basis.
* FatBastard: Overweight and a major jerk.
* TheJinx: Exploited. If he touches you with his left hand, he can inflict a permanent "Misfortune" debuff on you at will. At least until Noir came along and "fixed" that.
* MuggingTheMonster: When Noir outed him, he fired a "rock bullet" at Noir, trying to bully him into silence. Noir retaliated with a "Rock Bullet 40" which is a bigger, heavier, and faster version, not only deflecting the original attack, but hitting his stomach so hard he was forced to vomit by the impact.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When they realized they didn't have a prayer of beating Noir in a straight up fight, he and his gang fled the scene, promising to behave. Noir happily brags that they won't be able to do the "misfortune" mischief again, ever.
[[/folder]]
!! Faculty
[[folder: Elna Stongs]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eluna.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Love my ass, don't you? Does it smell good?]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/SoraAmamiya (Japanese)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Mildred Barrera (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
Emma, Maria, and Noir's Academy instructor.
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* BerserkButton: Do NOT goof off in class, even if she tells you to take a break. She catches you, and consider yourself lucky to find yourself running laps around the entire academy until you drop.
* BoyfriendBluff: With Noir in an omake, when she's called in for a marriage interview.
* CasualKink: Her idea of "rewarding" students is to sit on them, as seen in the page image. Noir grows to like it...
* ChildSoldier: She started being a mercenary soldier ''at age 7!''
* DrillSergeantNasty: Her training method is harsh, but the adventuring world is harsher, and you need the skills she teaches you to survive.
* HappyEndingMassage: Noir gives her shoulder rubs and in return, she grinds her butt on him. Otherwise it's mostly non-sexual. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Her reactions]] on the other hand:
--> '''Elna''': Yes! Right there! Harder!!!
* RetiredBadass: Former mercenary turned teacher.
* SexyMentor: Doesn't mind using her sex-appeal to motivate the male students. The female students tend to get put off by it.
* TheSlacker: Outside of her teaching duties, she prefers to just lounge about at home and drink lots of booze.
* SternTeacher: Messing around in her class is her BerserkButton and the consequences are seldom pretty.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Noir goes and gets erotic "rewards" from her, behind everyone's back, from time to time.
[[/folder]]
! Others
[[folder: Olivia Servant]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olivia_14.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Hello again, Noir-kun]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuiHorie (Japanese), Creator/JaniceKawaye (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Creator/LilianaBarba (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
The woman trapped in the titular dungeon, and the one who gifted Noir with the LP consuming "Create", "Edit", and "Remove" skill.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the original source, she's buck naked, due to all her clothes having rotted away. In the manga and anime, she wears a simple dress that somehow survived the ravages of time, and looks hardly practical for dungeon diving.
* AndIMustScream: Chained to a dungeon wall for two centuries, and Noir is the first person she's seen in all that time.
* TheAtoner: It's revealed that she shared her wisdom, and chose Noir to be her apprentice, not just because it's the only form of human contact she has, but because she deeply regrets not teaching a similar boy properly 200 years ago, before she became trapped in a dungeon, and the poor boy might have lived if she taught him better.
* BlessedWithSuck: No need for food, water, or worrying about her biological functions, but chained to a dungeon wall, starved for company. Fortunately, Noir came along...
* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed. Though ''she'' is the one that encourages Noir to be a hedonist in order to maximize his LP, when he spends too much time enjoying himself in female company, she becomes upset about it. At one point she even tells him that he "reeked" because of the smell of girls lingering on him, and demanded a kiss because he gave the other girls one. But then, not satisfied with the mild peck on the forehead he gave her, she tells him to "get lots of practice" with other girls so that when the time comes, he can give her a kiss that ''really'' satisfies her.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is barefoot and in flashbacks shows her not wearing any shoes.
* EvilKnockoff: A carbon-copy of Olivia made by the very chains binding her is one of the ArcVillain before she can finally free, and the FinalBoss of the anime adaptation.
* HaremSeeker: Like Noir, she had a large harem of her own in her heyday, and for the same reason. She doesn't hesitate to boast about it, to Noir's chagrin.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In her heyday, she was a powerful adventurer who founded the adventurer's guild, Odin, that Noir signs up with.
* InformedAbility: Olivia is supposedly an all-powerful person, but the one time we see her in action, she gets completely dominated.
* LevelDrain: Over the 200 years that she's been trapped in the dungeon, the cursed chains kept her alive at the price of copying her powers and draining her strength. By the time Noir frees her, she's basically an ordinary civilian, aside from the Edit, Create, and Grant skills that mark her unique existence.
* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: When in the town of Hornest, Noir finds out that the people of Hornest view her as a monster for "attacking" their local hero. After a bit of investigation, including an encounter with said "hero's" home village full of cannibals, and the guy's own diary, Noir learns that Olivia is the one who was attacked and was defending herself, but before Olivia could land the final blow, the townsfolk showed up and chased her off and then Gaien, the ImmortalitySeeker so-called "hero" made himself look like the victim saying she attacked him for unknown reasons.
* MyGreatestFailure: In Volume One's first extra chapter, she deeply regrets not teaching a boy properly in adventuring. She believes that if she had, the boy would have lived.
* ThePollyanna: She has a remarkably cheerful and positive outlook, which almost never goes away. [[spoiler:Except after the death of her first student.]] Even after Noir finds out that the chains holding her have been causing her pain this entire time, Olivia never once shows distress or concern. She says she kept up the act so that Noir wouldn't push himself to try and save her.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: The dress she wears in the manga doesn't cover her back.
* SexyMentor: Which she plays to the hilt. She explicitly states an intent to kiss (and more) with Noir at a future date, and constantly flirts and teases with him.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Loves to tease, taunt, and sexually entice Noir every chance she gets.
* TheTease: She frequently teases Noir and likes to know that he finds her attractive.
* {{Telepath}}: The cursed chains left her unable to move or even speak, so the only thing she can do is communicate using her mind.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Literally.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dori]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dori.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Thank you, Noir! Thank you very much!]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Nana Harumura (Japanese)
A dryad Noir meets in the dungeon's 8th floor.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Being a dryad gives her a long life, and leaves her humanoid form ignored by the monsters of the eighth floor, allowing her to explore every nook and cranny, while laughing and playing to her heart's content. Unfortunately, this comes at the cost of being bound to a tree at the center of the dungeon floor, and if the tree dies, so does she. She also feels pain from any damage done to said tree.
* DamselInDistress: Noir encounters her because she asks for help dealing with a "Golden Bee" monster that stung her tree at least twice a day to suck out her life for its own ends.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She doesn't just look like a younger version of Emma, she thinks like one. As such, she doesn't comprehend why crawling into a hole in a way that allows a guy to see up your dress is a bad idea.
* IOweYouMyLife: Out of gratitude for saving her life, she gives Noir some very valuable rewards, and shows him the stairs to the ninth floor. Although Noir likes the reward, her ''smile'' is her greatest treasure to him.
* WhenSheSmiles: Oh, her smile is precious, on either side of the fourth wall.
* YouRemindMeOfX: She's a spitting image of Emma when Emma was younger. Initially, this made Noir suspect that she was gleaming the image from his mind.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Rommy Brightness]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rommy.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Be Emma's Knight, Noir!]]
Emma's mother.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Just look at that dress.
* GenerationXerox: Looks exactly like Emma, only more "grown up."
* ShipperOnDeck: Really pushes for Emma + Noir, though she doesn't say it out loud.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Phantom Thief]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phan.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You brats will never stop us! What we want is ours, and there's nothing you can do about it!]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_2.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:I will get my name and face in the history books, forever! That Mike guy owes me a favor!]]
A BrotherSisterTeam of burglars that target nobles, ''openly announce'' that said nobles are being targeted, and then burst in, making it a flashy performance, stealing whatever they want and leaving said noble and his guards humiliated.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: In the manga, Tom is introduced [[LecherousLicking slobbering over]] a portrait of Emma. It only gets worse from there.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the original novel, Tom was K'O'd when Emma blasted him. In the manga, he's dazed and confused that Emma would spurn his "love," but is otherwise still fully conscious so Noir has to take him down.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Tom is much worse in the manga than the original web-novel. In the web-novel, he doesn't smack Emma around because he doesn't get the chance. In the manga, after he uses gravity magic to pin down Noir, Emma, and Leila Overlock, he smacks a helpless Emma around, yelling at her for "turning her back on her husband", himself, cuts off her dress with a knife, as a bit of CruelMercy, showing Noir the body he's never going to enjoy, and takes Emma's prized hair-pin, because Noir gave it to her as a gift when both were children, throws it away, and loudly proclaims that it's not "worthy" of her, planning on forcing her to wear some gaudy, stolen jewelry later.
* AdaptationExpansion: Tom has a much larger role in the manga than the original novel.
* DomesticAbuse: His idea of a "happy marriage" is slapping his intended wife around for disagreeing with him, or just for kicks.
* TheDividual: The brother Tom and the sister Phan work and are almost always seen together.
* EntitledBastard: And EntitledBitch. Once they set their sights on some object ''or person'' of value, they automatically presume it's rightfully theirs, no objections tolerated.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Tom to Emma. He pointedly insisted she was going to be his wife, no objections. If she refused, a little MindRape wouldn't hurt. Of course, Emma heard that and was clearly ''not'' amused.
* GlorySeeker: In the manga, Tom is desperate to be as famous, or infamous as possible.
* {{Gonk}}: Tom is so gaunt, he looks like a skeleton with an ill-fitting latex suit slapped over it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Shutting off his gravity manipulation magic is too high an LP cost for Noir, but when Tom shouts "I will give you your worst nightmare!", Noir gets the idea to use Tom's MasterOfIllusion ability against himself, which is not only much cheaper, but has much, much more horrifying prospects...
* MasterOfIllusion: The manga has him use a magical piercing to project illusions, visual and auditory, so he can impersonate just about anyone he wants.
* NightmareFuel: InUniverse. Noir alters the "illusion" aspect of his piercings to force Tom to hallucinate his own worst fears. [[spoiler: Said fear happens to take the form of Tom seeing himself as a helpless infant and Emma as TheWormThatWalks with a bunch of insects swarming out of her mouth and [[OraficeInvasion forcing their way into his]] until he cries TearsOfBlood.]] Fortunately, only Tom is subjected to this illusion. None of the other people present see it.
* PsychologicalProjection: Tom is obsessed with glory and fame, so everyone else must be. He views framing people for heinous crimes as doing them a favor because of the infamy they will suffer, thanks to him.
* RefugeInAudacity: It's precisely because their burglaries are so brazen, flashy, and theatrical, that they get away with it, until they made the mistake of kidnapping Emma and trying to cuckold Noir, at which point, he turned their own theatrics against them, though even that was a tough fight.
* SmugSmiler: Their default expressions.
* SummonMagic: Combined with FlunkyBoss. Phan is a summoner who summons monsters she's captured and tamed to help her in battle.
[[/folder]]
! Hornest and surrounding areas
[[folder: For the area at large]]
* CycleOfRevenge: The criminal group runs by S wants to destabilize the country and bring down those Nobles that run a ForcedPrizeFight by kidnapping the weak and unkilled women, children, elderly, and frail men, forcing them to fight each other to the death and taking bets on it. In turn, the nobles want vengeance on the criminal group for the crimes against them, killing off the nobles that participate one by one.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While the world wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows before, the arc got considerably darker.
* WretchedHive: The country is a mess. The home village of "Hero" Gaien is a den of cannibals, with the self-proclaimed "hero" being an ImmortalitySeeker GloryHound who rigged his memorial to be a perpetual monster magnet, so he'd always be remembered by the city being in constant danger. The nobles kidnap commoners and force them to fight to the death and make wagers on who would be the winner for their own amusement. The friends and relatives of the losers establish a crime ring, willing to brainwash and murder to retaliate. The king takes genuine heroes and forces them to be assassins, even trying to force Emma to be his concubine against her will because he HasAType, and Emma is it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gillan Stargazer]]
Noir's older brother.
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* TheCasanova: He's a shameless skirt chaser who happily plays around with girls, wooing and wowing them, but dumps them like crap the moment he thinks the relationship turns serious, leaving behind a lot of grudges and broken hearts.
* {{Foil}}: To Noir. They're both skirt-chasing perverts, and admit it, but that's where the similarity stops. Noir is actually faithful to the girls he woos and treasures their well-being. Gillan only sees girls as toys to play around with and dumps them, harshly, the moment he gets bored or the relationship gets serious.
* HoYay: InUniverse. The way he chooses to show affection to Noir goes way beyond normal brother-brother affection and is heavily sexually charged. Noir pointedly does not like it.
* MilesGloriosus: As part of wooing girls, he's fond of boasting and bragging of being a mighty warrior who will never abandon them, but the moment a genuine threat is on the horizon, he flees.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He's introduced in chapter 100+ of the web-novel, yet all the characters act as if he's been around since before chapter 1.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite neglecting his training to the point his level ''actually drops'', he sees himself as vastly superior to his little brother Noir, who has been grinding levels in badass like there's no tomorrow.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gaien]]
The top alchemist in the town of Hornest, who is commemorated with a statue.
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* AlchemyIsMagic: His skill with alchemy was heralded as nearly magical, capable of feats indistinguishable from divine miracles.
* CrazyPrepared: He rigged the "gem of Peace" to release a powerful monster if it was shattered, just in case someone got wise to his scheme, not only to eliminate the individual, but eliminate all the evidence by attacking the town. Fortunately, by the time Noir is forced to destroy this gem, he had already earned the favor of the town's defenders through many actual heroic deeds.
* EngineeredHeroics: The end of the Hornest arc reveals that his statue, holding a gem ironically named "The gem of Peace" is EncounterBait that actually attracts monsters by the horde in more or less regular intervals after accumulating a certain level of mana, not only for the original wave of monsters he "rescued" the town from, but so his memory would never fade as the waves of monsters would be a recurring reminder.
* AHeroToHisHometown: He is held up as a "hero" in the city of Hornest for presumably fending off a wave of monsters.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Not only is his home village a nest of cannibals in the present day, but his own diary sings the praises of eating human flesh, with his hidden lab having piles of human bones and his diary splashed with long ago crusted human blood.
* ImmortalitySeeker: According to his own diary, he attacked Olivia when she refused to use her abilities to give him immortality, trying to compel her by force.
* MookMaker: His own diary reveals that he launched several "creations" at Olivia and was shocked that she easily cut them down.
* PostHumousCharacter: Long dead by the time Noir learns about him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: For starters, he's an ImmortalitySeeker cannibal, and hatched some kind of plan to make his memory immortal when he learned he could never actually become immortal.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: S/ Midcarda]]
The leader of a criminal gang that's universally hated by the capital city of the same country as the town of Hornest, but as loathed as they are, it's a close second to the king and his crew.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Combined with FakingTheDead. Noir chops off his arm in battle and then turns that over to the king, saying "S died cursing the fact that he couldn't topple the royalty."
* FreudianExcuse: His younger sister was snatched up in [[DeadlyEuphemism "nobles' entertainments"]] and died.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The royal guards are the ones who kidnapped his sister to put into a ForcedPrizeFight, to the death, with a bunch of other unskilled women, children, and the elderly. Obviously, she was not the victor.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He runs a stall, and lets the guards kick him around to hide the fact that he's a criminal mastermind.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Natania]]
An innkeeper that Noir meets in the capital and who leads a group that has a grudge with S's group.
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* HulkingOut: When she activates her "Oni" abilities, she grows larger, becomes level 150 as opposed to her normal level 18, and becomes so much stronger, simple pebbles hit like bullets.
* RevengeMyopia: Her little brother was a sadistic mass-murderer, yet she considers S a monster for killing him and wants revenge for it, calling the kidnappings and blood-sports known as Noble Fight "his little shortcomings." Getting enraged when Noir calls her out on it.
[[/folder]]
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