History Characters / Ys

* SinkingShipScenario:
** Adol gets shipwrecked in the beginning of ''I'' and ''VIII'' and manages to survive all them. This later gets {{Lampshaded}} in ''Ys IX'' during his interrogation by Roman authorities.

* SinkingShipScenario: Many ships sink whenever they are near Adol for various reasons:
** Adol often gets shipwrecked before the start of the games, and manages to survive all them. This later gets {{Lampshaded}} in ''Ys IX'' during his interrogation by Roman authorities.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:She lives in the OVAs.]]

* PalsWithJesus: She's good friends with the Goddesses ever since she was a child, and often sneaked into their dependences to be near them. In fact, it was Reah and Feena that motivated her to become a Knight of Ys, and it's her friendship with the two that pushes Yunica to join the mission to find and bring them home despite being a rookie knight.

* PaperThinDisguise: As a fugitive in ''Monstrum Nox'' and best-known for his standout red hair, an exceptionally rare trait in the ''Ys'' setting, Adol simplye dyes it black to be incognito as well as wearing a scarf. This mostly works on people who don't already know of Adol (either personally or by reputation). [[spoiler:Not hurt by the fact there exists another "Adol" still in prison to divert suspicion]].

* DubNameChange: In the English UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem version of ''Ys I'', Adol is known as "Aron", presumably because "Adol" was considered too close to "UsefulNotes/{{Adolf|Hitler}}". The MS-DOS version follows suit, renaming him "Arick".

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MinamiTakayama (''Ys I & II'' OVA), Creator/KyokoHikami (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/MayumiIizuka (''Ys I: Megami no Kioku'' Drama CD), Creator/AyakoKawasumi (''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), Naoko Watanabe (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version), ''Ys IV'' (TG-16 version))
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DebiDerryberry (UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 version), Creator/MelissaFahn (OVA)

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The North American UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD localization names her as "Lair".

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaDoi (''Ys I'' OVA), Creator/AtsukoTanaka (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/MasakoKatsuki (''Ys I: Megami no Kioku'' Drama CD), Creator/HaruhiNanao (''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD)

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Falcom's own Romanization of his name is "Luther Gemma". His name was a victim of BlindIdiotTranslation in the [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 TurboGrafx-CD]] version which was mistranslated into "Luta", and XSEED decided to keep the mistranslation. The iOS and Android versions of ''Ys I'' use the correct translation.

* CleanDubName: Japanese materials transliterate his name as "Dalk Fukt". The English UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem version renames him to "Dulk Dekt", the MS-DOS version to "Malificus", the iOS and Android version to "Dark Fakt", and all other English versions to "Dark Fact".

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/YokuShioya (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/DaisukeOno (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/KoichiTochika (''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Chie Sasaki (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/YurikoYamamoto (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/SachikoKojima (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/ChiwaSaito (''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Eiko Yamada (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Mae Watanabe (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/KumikoWatanabe (''Ys II'' OVA)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HideyukiTanaka (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/HideyukiHori (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Masakazu Suzuki (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story'')

* DistressedDamsel: In all appearances for ''Ys I'', ''Ys II'', and ''Ys Origin'', she's captured by the villains.

* DistressedDamsel: {{Subverted}} in ''Ys I'' - Reah deliberately allows herself to be captured and taken to the Darm Tower in order to meet Adol and warn him about the Cleria Cloak the BigBad uses. Played straight in ''Ys II'' when she and Feena are unwillingly captured by Darm and Adol has to play the silver harmonica to free them.

* DistressedDamsel: She's kidnapped by the demons to be sacrificed to Darm. Dalles later petrifies her and other runaways, and Adol has to cure them by finding the Dreaming Idol and miniature Black Pearl.

* SinkingShipScenario:
** Many ships sink whenever they are near Adol. Adol often gets shipwrecked before the start of the games, and manages to survive all them. This later gets {{Lampshaded}} in ''Ys IX'' during his interrogation by Roman authorities.

* SinkingShipScenario: Many ships sink whenever they are near Adol. Adol often gets shipwrecked before the start of the games, and manages to survive all them. {{Lampshaded}} in ''Ys IX'' during his interrogation by Roman authorities. In VideoGame/YsXNordics, he also engages in EpicShipOnShipAction that causes him to sink a lot of enemy ships.

* SinkingShipScenario: Adol often gets shipwrecked before the start of the games, and manages to survive all them. {{Lampshaded}} in ''Ys IX'' during his interrogation by Roman authorities.

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** Games since ''Ys VIII'' seem to play a little more fast and lose with this. He's still fundamentally a silent protagonist, but he has an increase in battle-focused dialogue in all three games; ''Ys VIII'' gives him a handful of voiced dialogue choices, ''Ys X'' voices his first dialogue choice and has non-intrusive cutscene voicing, and ''Ys IX'' [[spoiler:gets around the restriction entirely by having [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent Crimson King]] be the one to speak.]]

** Games since ''Ys VIII'' seem to play a little more fast and lose with this. He's still fundamentally a silent protagonist, but he has an increase in battle-focused dialogue in all three games, ''Ys VIII'' gives him a handful of voiced dialogue choices, ''Ys X'' voices his first dialogue choice and has non-intrusive cutscene voicing, and ''Ys IX'' [[spoiler:gets around the restriction entirely by having [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent Crimson King]] be the one to speak.]]

* RedBaron: "Adol The Red" is his primary epithet, but he picks up quite a lot over his travels, such as the "[[VideoGame/YsSeven The Dragon Knight]]" and "[[VideoGame/YsIXMonstrumNox The Crimson King]]".

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: For being the star of a {{Long Runn|er}}ing ActionRPG series, Adol's only been possessed of actual innate magic twice - once in ''Ys SEVEN'' where he was made the "[[ChosenOne Dragon Warrior]]" and again in ''Monstrum Nox'' upon given Monstrum powers as the "Crimson King". [[spoiler:Played with the latter since he is Adol's alchemic [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent Homunculus]]; both would [[FusionDance merge together as one]] to stop the Grimwald Nox. By the end of the game, Adol turns back into a normal human being.]]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Ys SEVEN'', [[spoiler:he's falsely accused of assassinating the king halfway through the game.]] At the start of ''Ys IX'', the [[TheEmpire Romun Empire]] arrests Adol on a warrant due to previous times when he fought various corrupt Romun officials in previous games.

* PalsWithJesus: Adol has befriended a few deities in his adventures, but none with too much natural order intervention since these entities weren’t all-powerful to begin with. [[spoiler:However, the climax of ''Ys VIII'' reveals Earth Goddess Maia, an all-powerful creator with range over many worlds, if not all of existence, who states she is very fond of Adol’s adventures, as life itself to her is akin to a dream - Adol’s adventures are some of the best parts of her dream. Maia has directly interfered with the conclusion of ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' so it would have the best outcome for Adol and his friends.]]

* YouAreNumberSix: In ''Monstrum Nox'', during his time in Balduq Prison, he goes by "217."

* ChickMagnet: Adol has had multiple girls interested in him throughout his career;[[note]]As of ''Ys IX'', there's Feena, Lilia, Laxia, Dana, Elena, Terra, Isha, Olha, Leeza, Karna, Niena, Tia, Aisha, and Krysha[[/note]] unfortunately, the games don't reveal whether he returns their affections.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: For being the star of a {{Long Runn|er}}ing ActionRPG series, Adol's only been possessed of actual innate magic twice - once in ''Ys SEVEN'' where he was made the "[[ChosenOne Dragon Warrior]]" and again in ''Monstrum Nox'' upon given Monstrum powers as the "Crimson King". [[spoiler:Played with the latter since he is Adol's alchemic [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent Homunculus]]; both would [[FusionDance merge together as one]] to stop the Grimwald Nox. By the end of the game, Adol turns back into a normal human being]].
* ExperiencedProtagonist: By the time of the fourth chronological entry onwards, the setting doesn't shy away from establishing off the bat just how much history and ability Adol's got under his belt.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Ys SEVEN'', [[spoiler:he's falsely accused of assassinating the king halfway through the game]]. At the start of ''Ys IX'', the [[TheEmpire Romun Empire]] arrests Adol on a warrant due to previous times when he fought various corrupt Romun officials in previous games.

* PalsWithJesus: Adol has befriended a few deities in his adventures, but none with too much natural order intervention since these entities weren’t all-powerful to begin with. [[spoiler:However, the climax of ''Ys VIII'' reveals Earth Goddess Maia, an all-powerful creator with range over many worlds, if not all of existence, who states she is very fond of Adol’s adventures, as life itself to her is akin to a dream - Adol’s adventures are some of the best parts of her dream. Maia has directly interfered with the conclusion of ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' so it would have the best outcome for Adol and his friends]].

* YouAreNumberSix: In ''Monstrum Nox'', during his time in Balduq Prison, he goes by "217".

This is the character page for the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' franchise. For individual pages on specific installments, see the following:

* ''Characters/YsTheOathInFelghana''
* ''Characters/YsMemoriesOfCelceta''[[note]]includes ''Mask of the Sun'' and ''The Dawn of Ys''[[/note]]
* ''Characters/YsVLostKefinKingdomOfSand''
* ''Characters/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim''
* ''Characters/YsSEVEN''
* ''Characters/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana''
* ''Characters/YsIXMonstrumNox''
* ''Characters/YsXNordics''

* InconsistentColoring: Dogi's skin color often changes between games. Some games (like ''Oath in Felghana and ''Lacrimosa Of Dana'') depict him being tan while other games (like ''Seven'', ''Monstrum Nox'' and ''Nordics'') depict him having pale skin.

* InconsistentColoring: Dogi's skin color often changes between games. Some game (like ''Oath in Felghana and ''Lacrimosa Of Dana'') depict him being tan while other games (like ''Seven'', ''Monstrum Nox'' and ''Nordics'') depict him having pale skin.

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YokuShioya (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/DaisukeOno (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/KoichiTochika (''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), Creator/JurotaKusogi (''Ys II'' OVA)

->'''Voiced in English by:'''Bruce Lanoil (''Ys Book I and II'' TG-16 version), Creator/KirkThornton (''Ys I and II'' OVA [Credited under a pseudonym])

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YokuShioya (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/DaisukeOno (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/KoichiTochika (''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Eiko Yamada (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Mae Watanabe (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Chie Sasaki (''Ys II'' OVA), Yuriko Yamamoto (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/SachikoKojima (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/ChiwaSaito (''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD)

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's harsh to Hugo during the latter's flashbacks, but this could be interpreted as him wanting his son to succeed, at least until Toal's route reveals he only wanted Hugo to gain power so that he would make a better test subject for the Demonic Essence, and couldn't care less about his sons' wellbeing.

* PsychoElectro: Tends to favor lightning magic.

->'''Voiced by in English by:''' Creator/DebiDerryberry (UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 version), Creator/MelissaFahn (OVA)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/BanjoGinga (G-16 version), Creator/TesshoGenda (CD Drama ''Sound Theatre Ys''), Creator/YujiKishi ([=PS2=] version)

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