Line #423 Characters/KnightsInTheNightmare


1	Character sheet for ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare''. Unmarked spoilers abound, so be warned.
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7	[[foldercontrol]]
8	!Main characters
9
10	!!!The Protagonist
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12	[[folder:The Wisp / King Wilmgard Ron Dragan d'Gleivnir]]
13	[[quoteright:352:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wilmgard_webp.png]]
14
15	The "Lion Heart King" ruling over Aventheim Castle, thirty-eight years old. He carries the blood and powers of the Arbitrator, but because the Arbitrator line's knowledge of their role was sealed generations ago, he does not know how to use these powers. He is an active fighter known for his prowess in battle, and because of this he is very well-liked amongst his knights and citizens. He does, however, receive criticism from political opponents--including his own son--for doing nothing to change the enslavement of the Mehse and the discrimination towards the Tiamat race, among other things. He's also a bit on the gullible side. He took Algiery as a lover out of loneliness, since his queen died not long after his son was born.
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17	Right before the beginning of the game, Wilmgard is killed by Melissa (or Marietta) when he stumbles upon her and Zolgonark. With his nation in shock and Capehorn free to act on his plans, Maria (or Mellia, or Yggdra) steals the vessel containing his soul and releases it as the Wisp, helping it fight monsters and working together with it for her own purposes.
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19	%% * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
20	%% * BackFromTheDead: In certain endings.
21	* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: He's a member of royalty whose kingdom was taken over by enemy forces and is now trying to get it back, [[TheUnfettered no matter how many people he must kill along the way]], guided by what he believes to be his destiny; much like Yggdra in her ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' appearance. The difference lies with [[spoiler:his "destiny" being a real manifestation of the powers granted to him as an Arbitrator, whereas Yggdra's destiny is a fake ploy designed to get her to kill as many people as possible with her UnholyHolySword]]. Wilmgard is also twenty years her senior and is already a king by the start of the game, whereas Yggdra starts off her game as a princess.
22	* DeadToBeginWith: He dies shortly before the events of the game, though he's technically OnlyMostlyDead- his soul (which you control) has been separated from his body, but can (and does in some endings) return to it.
23	%% * {{Determinator}}
24	* FailedASpotCheck: Algiery seems incredulous that he managed not to notice the scars from her amputated horns and wings, considering that they have seen each other naked often.
25	%% * FateWorseThanDeath: In Ending I and Ending G.
26	* TheGoodKing: For the most part. His heart's in the right place, and he is powerful and charismatic, but he hasn't been doing much to resolve the persecution of the Tiamats and the Mehse, and has been rather easily tricked by his opponents in numerous parts of the game's backstory.
27	* GrandTheftMe: His powers as the Arbitrator are still tied to his physical body, so several interested parties wind up fighting over, stealing, and even possessing it for their own ends.
28	* HeroicMime: Except for a few of the flashbacks and two of the bad ends. Granted, he's in spirit form most of the time and physically ''can't'' talk.
29	%% * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
30	%% * InterspeciesRomance: With Algiery.
31	* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:In the NonstandardGameOverEnding of Mellia's route (should you side with her against Marietta but lose the boss fight), Wilmgard will be returned to his body but will be abandoned by Marietta and left to rule over a devastated kingdom with almost everyone in it remaining dead. Upon realizing the extent of his failure, the disheveled king breaks out in mad laughter.]]
32	%% * LaserGuidedAmnesia
33	* MacguffinSuperPerson: Although he doesn't initially know it, he is an "Arbitrator"- an entity granted absolute dominion over the Surface World, with the power to protect its order and separate the surrounding Asgard and the Underworld from each other. Many of the villainous parties are interested in getting this power for themselves, for varying reasons.
34	* ManlyFacialHair: Sports a very, very impressive bread.
35	* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:He kills "Jamie", the werewolf terrorizing the woods, ignorant of the fact that he's actually Prince Nordich, his own son, having been transformed into this state by Yelma.]]
36	%% * OurSoulsAreDifferent
37	%% * OverlyLongName
38	%% * OddNameOut: Wilmgard ''Ron'' Dragan d'Gleivnir.
39	%% * PosthumousCharacter
40	%% * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
41	* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:His forefather abused the powers of the Arbitrator, leading the knowledge of said powers to be sealed away from future generations. The lack of an active Arbitrator ended up causing a lot of the problems seen in the game. The Tiamats even acknwoledge that their issue is less with Wilmgard and more his ancestor.]]
42	%% * YinYangBomb
43	* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:He is very dedicated to his goal of returning to his rightful throne, and doesn't hesitate to kill a lot of relatively innocent people on his way there, including tragic figures that were victimized by his kingdom even before the events of the game. The narrator often calls him out on this.]]
44	[[/folder]]
45
46	!!!The Heroines
47
48	[[folder:Maria]]
49	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_knights_webp.png]]
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51	An armor-clad valkyrie who appears to be about twenty years old. She is a fragment of the archangel Marietta's personality, split from Melissa in the main route of the game. Maria steals the king's soul from the castle and frees it in the abandoned church, and occasionally aids him in his quest to regain his body. Her main goals are to find Marietta's staff, Ancardia, and to find a way to atone for Marietta's desire for power and its disastrous consequences. Halfway through the game, Maria is trapped in the throne room of Aventheim after shielding the Wisp from Zolgonark's attacks; she only reappears in the final two scenes. In the canonical ending of the game, she triumphs over Melissa, becomes one with her to return to being Marietta, and returns to Asgard despite knowing that she will be castigated and exiled. She restores Wilmgard and Algiery to life in return for Wilmgard's help.
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53	Maria is reticent and downcast, endlessly blaming herself for Marietta's actions. She is also very kindhearted and a worrier, and does her best to help the Wisp whenever she can.
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55	%% * TheAtoner
56	* CharacterBlog: She has her own Twitter [[http://twitter.com/maria_kin here]]. It's ''ridiculously adorable.''
57	%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow
58	%% * ExtremeDoormat
59	%% * FaceOfAThug: She has a very stern, statuesque beauty that's best depicted in the PSP key visual and Tobe's portrait art, but is a complete ShrinkingViolet in personality.
60	%% * GlassCannon: 7.77 VIT is not a lot. Especially on the more vicious difficulty levels.
61	%% * ItsAllMyFault
62	%% * LadyOfWar
63	%% * LethalChef: Not quite ''lethal'', but she seems to be having a lot of trouble trying to learn how to cook.
64	* {{Mascot}}: She's essentially the face of the game, appearing prominently on its box art and in various promotional artwork, instead of the slightly less photogenic King Wilmgard.
65	%% * OneNoteChef: Graduates to being one of these after [[TrainingFromHell training extensively]].
66	* OneManParty: Maria (and the other Heroines) are the only units that can level up by themselves, attack in all directions, jump, use all weapons, restore their VIT after every level, and even have access to unique power-ups. The downside is that they have very low VIT- a grand total of 7.77- and if you use all of it in one battle, [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou you automatically lose.]]
67	%% * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Poor thing.
68	%% * NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Seems to have this misconception according to some of the stuff she's been tweeting.
69	%% * PowerGivesYouWings: Even if it only works for a few seconds.
70	%% * SpiritAdvisor: To Yggdra in Yggdra's route. [[MindScrew It's, uh, complicated.]]
71	%% * SugarAndIcePersonality
72	%% * TakingTheBullet
73	%% * ThemeMusicPowerUp
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Mellia]]
77	[[quoteright:600:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mellia_webp.png]]
78
79	Heroine of the game's alternate route, accessible only as a NewGamePlus bonus. She is an armor-clad Astarte who appears to be about twenty years old, and a fragment of Marietta's personality, split off from Marietta herself. She takes Maria's place in the story, rescuing Wilmgard's soul from Aventheim and helping him get back to the castle to confront Zolgonark. Unlike Maria, though, Mellia is the embodiment of everything Marietta hated about herself; ambitious, power-hungry, and wants to be free of the shackles of Asgard.
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81	%% * AffablyEvil: She's crazy, but in the fun kind of way.
82	%% * AxCrazy
83	%% -->''"Just tell me... Tell me who needs to die."''
84	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Should you side with her and win, she'll merge with Zolgonark and lead to an age of Chaos, burning the existing world down in flames and creating a world where only the strong may survive.]]
85	%% * {{BFS}}
86	%% * SelfishGood
87	* CharacterBlog: She has [[http://twitter.com/mellia_kin started using Twitter]], apparently feeling that Maria and Yggdra have been [[HostileShowTakeover getting way too much attention compared to her]].
88	%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow
89	%% * EverythingIsBetterWithExplosions
90	%% * EvilerThanThou: GTFO, Zolgonark.
91	* EtTuBrute [[spoiler:She's clearly taken aback should the Wisp choose to side with Marietta- the person who killed him- rather than herself, the person who's been fighting alongside him all this time.]]
92	%% * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: To the Wisp, several times (verbally, since it's hard to slap a little ball of light).
93	%% * GlassCannon: 7.77 VIT? Meep.
94	* IJustWantToBeFree: Her ultimate goal is to obtain enough powers to gain independence from Asgard and do whatever she wants.
95	%% * ItsAllAboutMe: She makes this clear from square one.
96	%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's deep in denial about the "heart of gold" part, but it's still there.
97	%% * PluckyGirl
98	%% * PsychoticSmirk
99	%% * RebelliousSpirit
100	* ShadowArchetype: Embodies Marietta's hidden desire for freedom.
101	%% * TakingTheBullet: And watching devil-may-care, me-first Mellia do it without a second thought is quite a PlayerPunch.
102	%% * ThemeMusicPowerUp
103	%% * [[{{Tsundere}} Tsungire]]: While this was commonly found in {{fanon}}, this has now been confirmed by Sting.
104	%% -->''"Looks like on the PSP homepage, there are lots of different wallpapers. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-it doesn't make me happy or anything!!]] [[BlatantLies It's got nothing to do with me!!]]"'' (Twitter post concerning the wallpaper featuring her)
105	* VillainProtagonist: While not as overtly evil as some of her opposition, her intentions and her plans for the world are impure, to say the least.
106	* WhatIf: She's essentially what would've happened if Marietta's dark side was the one that sided with the Wisp while the good side stayed under Zolgonark's control (though Mellia and Melissa are not actually the same person). Maria muses about the possibility of such a timeline at one of the endings of her own route.
107	* WhosLaughingNow: If you find Ancardia for her, she breaks it solely to get back at Marietta and gloats about it.
108	[[/folder]]
109
110	[[folder:Yggdra Yuril Artwaltz]]
111	[[quoteright:241:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melissa_icon_png_webp.png]]
112
113	The heroine of ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'', who has a route of her own in the PSP and Switch/mobile remakes. She trades places with Maria at the release of the Wisp in what appears to be a freak time-space accident; though she wanders off on her own quickly afterward, Yggdra is understandably rather disconcerted at being suddenly plopped into a completely different continuity, and winds up allying with the Wisp, much like Maria and Mellia before her. Thus far, any other details are unknown, although it's likely her path of the story will play out similarly to theirs.
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115	%% * TheArtifact: DS version.
116	%% * {{BFS}}
117	* ContinuityNod: She mentions that she was trying to prevent the resurrection of a dragon before being transported into this world, placing her at around the mid- to late-game point of her own game.
118	%% * CuteClumsyGirl
119	%% * IdiotHero
120	%% * NaiveNewcomer
121	* OutOfCharacterMoment: During the tutorials, she has a lot of disparaging stuff to say about Maria, complaining that heroines without catchphrases are lame, and that heroines who aren't also the protagonist like Yggdra herself are out-of-date. This seems to be around for the sake of RuleOfFunny; much {{Flanderization}} has since occurred within the fandom.
122	%% * TookALevelInJerkass
123	* SharingABody: With Maria. Yggdra is in control starting from the moment Wilmgard is released from his SoulJar, but Maria seems to still be around as a SpiritAdvisor.
124	* ThemeMusicPowerup: A remix of "Yggdra Sortie!" from her own game plays in place of Maria or Mellia's battle themes.
125	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: She's been called over by Maria into this Surface World from her own, and is very confused about what's going on.
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	!The Surface World
129
130	!!!Aventheim Castle
131
132	[[folder:Cardinal Capehorn Mirza Lucius]]
133	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capehorn_webp.png]]
134
135	The cardinal of Wilmgard's kingdom, and secretly one of his political opponents. Sixty-five years old, Capehorn is actually one of the Tiamat; he was exiled for researching the forbidden Written Law in order to restore the Tiamat race to power. Disillusioned by this, he swore revenge on everyone and everything that had done him ill in his life, and worked to ruin both the humans and the Tiamat race by undoing the separation of the worlds; he summoned Zolgonark and recruited Yelma as part of his plan to accomplish this. The only person he genuinely cares for is his granddaughter, Piche.
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137	* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:He is the first of the BigBadDuumvirate to be defeated, and his death is portrayed in a more somber fashion, given that his motivations are, at least on a surface level, [[WellIntentionedExtremist relatively sympathetic]].]]
138	%% * DealWithTheDevil
139	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's defeated relatively early on, in Scene 31.]]
140	%% * DisproportionateRetribution: So you researched the forbidden Unwritten Law in order to let the Tiamat people reclaim their dominion, and they punted you out on your ear because you broke the law. Your reaction is... to return all the worlds to chaos and remake them in your image, no matter who you have to kill? ...Um?
141	%% * EvilIsNotAToy
142	%% * EvilLaugh
143	%% * EvilSorcerer
144	* TheExile: [[spoiler:He was once a Tiamat before he was banished for committing the grave sin of trying to find the written version of the Unwritten Law. As is Tiamat tradition, his horns were severed and his immortality was taken away.]]
145	%% * FantasticRacism
146	%% * KickTheDog
147	%% * OrcusOnHisThrone
148	* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:He hates Asgard and the natural order they've imposed on the world, and seeks to undo it to emancipate the Tiamat race (who, for their part, think Capehorn is going way too far and will only get them in further danger.)]]
149	* SinisterSchnoz: Not so much his regular portrait, but his boss portrait makes him look like a tengu.
150	%% * TreacherousAdvisor
151	[[/folder]]
152
153	[[folder:Yelma Ul Varomone]]
154	[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yelma_webp.png]]
155
156	Said to come from a ne'er-do-well Ingeid family, Yelma was found by Capehorn and quickly recruited to the Third Order, then made a general. She is thirty-six years old. Despite what she owes Capehorn, she has no loyalty to or respect for him; she makes a contract with Zolgonark for power, and tries to manipulate everything in sight in order to obtain as much power as she possibly can.
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158	%% * DealWithTheDevil
159	* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:On the giving end to Capehorn, and on the receiving end to Zolgonark.]]
160	* HateSink: The least sympathetic of the BigBadDuumvirate, she's a scheming, callous sadist who has no higher calling besides wanting power for herself, and directly causes a lot of the atrocities seen in the game, such as [[spoiler:turning Prince Nordich into a werewolf and brainwashing Gunther.]]
161	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Not only does she get manipulated and nuked by Zolgonark, who she tried to control, but she herself is ripped out of her body and turned into a Wisp... and then ''torn apart.''.]]
162	%% * LetsYouAndHimFight
163	%% * NoblewomansLaugh
164	%% * ObviouslyEvil
165	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Neither her fellow generals nor her co-conspirators particularly like her, and are merely working with her because she's reasonably good at what she does.
166	* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:She very briefly tries reasoning with Zolgonark [[DirtyCoward after realizing she lacks the power to kill him]], but is KilledMidSentence for her trouble.]]
167	* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The player only directly encounters her once, whereupon she sics some lesser monsters on you while going off to get killed by Zolgonark in a cutscene,]]
168	%% * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She tries to pull this on Zolgonark. It backfires spectacularly.
169	[[/folder]]
170
171
172	[[folder:Prince Nordich Raoul Dennis d'Gleivnir]]
173
174	Wilmgard's sixteen-year-old son and only heir. Although his mother died when he was a baby, he was spoiled by his servants and the people of the castle, and so he's grown up to be rather self-centered. He does, however, have strong political ideals. He has feelings for Capehorn' granddaughter Piche, but he and his father arranged his marriage to the princess of the Tiamat race in order to create an alliance between their peoples. Although Capehorn is Nordich's advisor, Nordich only gets annoyed with the cardinal's attempts to control him.
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176	* ArrangedMarriage: Has to marry Arlier, for the sake of a political alliance, though his heart really belongs to Piche.
177	%% * BrainwashedAndCrazy
178	%% * DyingAsYourself
179	%% * ItsAllAboutMe: Somewhat justified during the one scene we actually see him.
180	%% * LoveTriangle: With Piche and Arlier.
181	%% * NoIndoorVoice
182	%% * OverlyLongName
183	%% * OddNameOut: Nordich Raoul ''Dennis'' d'Gleivnir. Like father, like son.
184	%% * ShelteredAristocrat
185	%% * StarCrossedLovers: With Piche.
186	* RebelPrince: He leads the anti-Wilmgard faction, if only as a figureheard under the real decision maker, Capehorn.
187	* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:After realizing what Yelma's up to, the latter turns him into a werewolf, leading to him being unknowingly slain by his own father shortly afterwards.]]
188	%% * TransformationTrauma
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	[[folder:Piche Pianotte Lucius]]
192
193	Capehorn' sheltered granddaughter, eighteen years of age. Although Piche lives in Castle Aventheim, she rarely sees her grandfather, and does not know very many people. The knight Rosa looks after her. She's rather naive, and loves Prince Nordich wholeheartedly despite the fact that they cannot be together for political reasons. She never learned of his death, and not long into the game, Zolgonark turns her into a harpy to punish Capehorn for not warning him that Wilmgard is the Arbitrator. After this, Yelma attempts to use Piche as her pawn; Piche flees to the ruined tower built by the Mehse and lives there until she is killed by the Wisp.
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195	%% * CuteMonsterGirl
196	%% * DyingAsYourself
197	%% * TheIngenue
198	%% * GodivaHair: In her harpy form.
199	%% * ParentalNeglect: Capehorn does love her, but he's barely ever around.
200	%% * PimpedOutDress
201	%% * StarCrossedLovers: With Nordich.
202	%% * TragicMonster
203	%% * TransformationTrauma
204	[[/folder]]
205
206	[[folder:Aquina Ariel Lutia]]
207
208	An apathetic knight of the Third Order; one of Capehorn' top generals. She is twenty-five years old. Capehorn is the only person she fully trusts, but she especially dislikes Yelma, and is constantly bickering with her comrade Leonil. She wields a rapid-fire crossbow, and is a renowned shot. Aqueline strongly believes that the gods have abandoned the world, and it's up to people to create a new order. She is infamously racist and others often remark on her cold demeanor; the only person that actually cares about her is the knight Elizabeth.
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210	%% * CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: With Leonil.
211	%% * EmotionlessGirl
212	%% * FaithHeelTurn: Implied in her backstory.
213	%% * FantasticRacism: The sheer number of people who complain about her racist ways is astounding.
214	%% * RedOniBlueOni: She's the Blue to Leonil's Red.
215	%% * SeriousBusiness: ''Everything.''
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder:Leonil Legid Fernando]]
219
220	A bloodthirsty knight of the Third Order; one of Capehorn' top generals. He is twenty-two years old. Leonil is unabashedly in on Capehorn' plans just so that he can fight and kill worthy opponents, and often whines about his orders to attack people that he doesn't believe are worth his interest. He often gets in trouble with Aqueline because of his lax attitude, and bickers with her over quite a lot of things. Leonil is famous for his skill with many different kinds of swords, along with his lack of remorse; there are quite a few knights in other orders who are terrified of him.
221
222	%% * AxCrazy
223	%% * {{BFS}}: He has a few of them.
224	%% * BloodKnight
225	%% * CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: With Aqueline.
226	%% * EvilRedhead
227	%% * LonersAreFreaks
228	%% * RedOniBlueOni: He's the Red to Aqueline's Blue.
229	%% * SlasherSmile
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:Gunther F. Albandor]]
233
234	The fifty-year-old Grand Marshal of the kingdom, and commander of the Second Order. Gunther was one of Wilmgard's top lieutenants and a well-respected man, but after the king's death, he fell into a deep depression and blamed himself endlessly for not being there to help. Capehorn and Yelma gave him a cursed suit of armor resembling Wilmgard's, and told him to wear it in remembrance of the king; once Gunther put it on, his personality changed drastically and he came under suspicion by many of his own knights. Gunther is one of the first bosses of the game, and can only be freed from the armor's curse through death.
235
236	%% * BodyHorror
237	%% * BrainwashedAndCrazy
238	%% * DyingAsYourself
239	%% * MeaningfulName
240	%% * UnwittingPawn
241	%% * WakeUpCallBoss
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:Lord of Aventheim Castle]]
245	[[quoteright:460:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hsfgh.png]]
246
247	A mysterious, godlike presence taking the form of a skeletal man in a red rocking chair. He is the narrator of the story, and only appears in special cutscenes at the end of Maria's route. He reveals that he created Aventheim when the worlds became separate so that no matter what political nonsense went on in Asgard and the Underworld, he could observe the behavior of mortals in this world uninhibited. So far all he has noticed is that humans are inexplicable and never learn from their mistakes, causing history to repeat itself endlessly, but he still finds humans fascinating.
248
249	He is accompanied by a raggedy black cat, even more mysterious than he is.
250
251	* AgeWithoutYouth: He's kept alive by using Transoul on himself, but it hasn't done much for his physical appearance, given that he is a skeleton man.
252	* AllThereInTheManual: His role is discussed in a bit more detailed in the ''Dept. Heaven World Guidance'' book.
253	%% * TheFatalist
254	%% * GodsHandsAreTied: Because if he interfered, it would ruin his experiment.
255	%% * LonersAreFreaks
256	%% * ManBehindTheMan: Of a sort; this particular world is his experiment in observing human nature.
257	* {{Narrator}}: He's the one delivering the poignant exposition in every mission.
258	%% * PassThePopcorn
259	%% * PhysicalGod: Very probably.
260	* TheSpook: Very little is known about him beyond the surface details, though he has apparently allied with the Tiamats at one point.
261	* StrawNihilist: He isn't too bothered by what ends up happening in the game or what choices you make, since he's seen the world go through many cycles of Law and Chaos, and this is just one of them.
262	%% * WhatTheHellHero: He gets rather disapproving when you start attacking the Mehse and Tiamat races, and calls you out directly on attacking Piche.
263	[[/folder]]
264
265	!!!Other Territorries
266
267	[[folder:Princess Alier Ciel Graceheize]]
268
269	Eighteen-year-old princess of the Tiamats. She is a wise leader who struggles to ensure the survival of her people in times when their race is small in number and persecuted viciously by the humans nearby. She is an occasional ally to the Mehse, and her people helped them build the tower that drew Asgard's attention. Because her people found the Written Law, she believes that not even they are innocent of breaking the law of the multiverse. Arlier agreed to an arranged marriage with Prince Nordich to give her people a voice in court and political standing, although the contract fell through when Capehorn tried to murder her. Arlier orders her people to capture Wilmgard's corpse and [[TemptingFate places a seal on it which is linked to her life]]. She is very close to Sacchito, and is more understanding of the big picture than most other characters in the game.
270
271	* ArrangedMarriage: To Nordich, although it fell apart when Capehorn used it to try to kill her.
272	%% * BerserkButton: The easiest way to seriously piss her off is to hurt or scare her pet dragon.
273	%% * CoolSword
274	%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow
275	%% * DragonRider
276	%%
277	%%
278	%% * TheHighQueen
279	%% * LadyOfWar
280	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Tiamat clan seems to have thicker dragon blood than [[VideoGame/YggdraUnion Brongaa's descendants]].
281	%% * PlayingWithFire: Uses a fireball reflected through the screen
282	%% * PimpedOutDress
283	%% * PrincessesRule
284	%% * SomethingAboutARose: She uses a HUGE rose on the screen which then slowly scatters its petals.
285	%% * TemptingFate
286	%% * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Exactly the same. Hear that, Sacchito?
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	[[folder:Sacchito]]
290
291	A magically animated puppet created to protect the barrier that hides the Tiamat race's hidden sanctuary. She is very dutiful, but her loyalty is to Arlier rather than the Tiamat race as a whole. Because she's only a puppet, she doesn't place a very high value on her own life, something that Arlier admonishes her for. Sacchito is killed by Yelma, but then reanimated by her both to act as a barrier against Wilmgard and so that the Tiamat people won't realize that she has infiltrated their realm.
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293	%% * BarrierMaiden: Quite literally.
294	%% * BattleButler
295	%% * ExtremeDoormat
296	%% * ImprobableWeaponUser
297	%% * RedEyesTakeWarning
298	[[/folder]]
299
300	[[folder:Algiery Mirza Ector]]
301
302	A twenty-six-year-old Tiamat woman chosen by their late elder to become a spy in the Gleivnir court. She is praised both by her people and the knights for her beauty, intelligence, and skill in battle; she was also chosen specifically to seduce Wilmgard, but although she was warned to keep her emotions separate from her job, she fell in love with him anyway. He made her commander of the Sixth Order. As part of Capehorn' removal of all those close to the king, Algiery was accused of regicide; although she rightly guessed the intentions of her accusers, she was forced to flee the castle and captured by Yelma. She spends most of the game under Yelma's mind control, and what little she doesn't, she spends moping over the loss of her king and the feeling that she doesn't fit in with her people anymore. She also believes quite firmly that Wilmgard was the only person to genuinely care about her despite the fact that she has many friends and admirers amongst the knights.
303
304	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Should you recruit her and not lose her in battle later on, her soul will be revived alongside Wilmgard and implicitly the rest of the fallen knights.]]
305	%% * BrainwashedAndCrazy
306	* GlassCannon: She's ridiculously powerful--her Law Index starts at 100 when Priestesses' most powerful attacks are their law ones--but her base Vitality is very low and like all knights, she's only got so many levels she can gain.
307	%% * InformedAttribute: We see that she's intelligent and resourceful, but don't get to see any other reasons why she's constantly praised by everyone.
308	%% * InterspeciesRomance: With Wilmgard.
309	%% * MeaningfulName: Her first name is a feminized version of Dante's last name. (Yes, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy that Dante]].)
310	* TheMole: She was ''supposed'' to be the Tiamats' spy, but she ended up catching actual feelings for Wilmgard.
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	[[folder:Azhan Donier Gaudy]]
314
315	The former elder of the Tiamat race, and Princess Arlier's chief advisor. He was seventy-seven years old. Azhan was the one who decided that the Written Law be hidden in the past, and also orchestrated Arlier and Nordich's arranged marriage. He was the one who decided to send Algiery to spy for them in the Gleivnir court.
316
317	%% * TheChessmaster
318	%% * HeroicSacrifice
319	%% * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His plans were well-reasoned, but they still wound up boxing the entire world in. And killing him.
320	%% * PosthumousCharacter
321	%% * TooCleverByHalf
322	[[/folder]]
323
324	[[folder:Vilgo]]
325
326	The leader of the Lemonoug race (also known as the Mehse or "those westerners"), an impossibly old man. After their first attempt at building a tower to Asgard, he and his race were cursed with technical immortality--only fatal injuries will kill them, but their bodies age and decay--and were cast out and enslaved by the Gleivnir kingdom. Vilgo and his people tried to build a second tower to plead for Asgard's intercession, but all they got was Marietta and a very destroyed tower as a result. Vilgo hates the kingdom with all his soul, but feels powerless to oppose them after all the atrocities they've put his tribe through. He raised Vienna after the deaths of her parents.
327
328	After Capehorn' death, Yelma transforms Vilgo into a lich and sets him against the Wisp to buy time for herself to find Wilmgard's corpse.
329
330	%% * BestServedCold
331	%% * DemotedToExtra: He's one of only two human characters ''in the entire game'' who doesn't have a full name.
332	%% * FantasticRacism: Poor guy.
333	%% * FateWorseThanDeath
334	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: ...especially if it means watching your body fall apart and decay?
335	[[/folder]]
336
337	[[folder:Vienna]]
338
339	A very young Mehse girl. Although she is a talented witch, due to the bondage of her people and her own poor living conditions, she tends to appear very scruffy and bedraggled; she has a crow named Moja as a familiar, which is often seen [[HeadPet sitting on her head]]. Vienna's parents were murdered by a knight from one of the orders, after which she was raised by Vilgo, the chief of her tribe--so it's no surprise that she hates the kingdom as much as he does. Vienna is eventually revealed to be suffering from starvation; she picks the pockets of what few travelers come through the Mehse lands for food.
340
341	Although she is unable to pickpocket Yelma, she does learn from the witch that Wilmgard is coming, and decides to fight the Wisp to avenge Vilgo and her parents. Vienna is a selective mute--probably due to the trauma of losing her parents--and communicates telepathically with Moja, who interprets for her as best he can.
342
343	%% * BlackMagicianGirl
344	%% * CuteMute: She's quite talkative in her own head, but never actually speaks to other people.
345	%% * CuteWitch
346	%% * DemotedToExtra: Like Vilgo (and no one else), she has no full name.
347	%% * TheFaceless
348	%% * FantasticRacism
349	%% * HulkSpeak: The way Creator/{{Atlus}} chose to translate Moja's dialogue (which, in Japanese, used only kanji and katakana).
350	%% * MessyHair
351	%% * PollyWantsAMicrophone: Moja, of course.
352	* TalkingAnimal: Her familiar, Moja, speaks (VERY LOUDLY) in simple sentences.
353	[[/folder]]
354
355	[[folder:Pamela]]
356
357	The VideoGame/DeptHeaven series mascot, a witch who originally appeared in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' and will show up in a randomized stage at a randomized level if the player has ''Yggdra Union'' in the GBA slot of their DS/''Yggdra Union'' save data on their memory card. She is accidentally pulled into Aventheim while trying to travel to another dimension for her research, and decides to side with the Wisp to get rid of Zolgonark's corruption so that she can go home.
358
359	* AwesomeButImpractical: Her Chaos Index is through the roof and her level cap is 99, the highest in the game. Her Law Index leaves a lot to be desired, and Gram traps can't be used against a number of bosses, even with the added hassle of having to map out enemies' movement patterns first to make sure the right enemy will step on them at the right time.
360	%% * CloudCuckoolander: A little bit less so than in the Episode II games, but still in effect.
361	%% * ContinuityPorn
362	%% * CuteWitch
363	%% * ImmortalImmaturity
364	%% * TrappedInAnotherWorld
365	[[/folder]]
366	----
367
368	!Asgard and the Underworld
369
370	[[folder:Melissa]]
371	[[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melissa_icon_png_webp_9.png]]
372
373	A fallen angel who seems to be in her twenties. She is a fragment of Marietta's personality, split off from Maria in the main route of the game. Melissa remains in bondage to Zolgonark, but despite being bullied and ordered around by him and his human flunkies, her main prerogative is finding Marietta's staff Ancardia. To this end, she hassles Maria and the Wisp multiple times over the course of the game.
374
375	Instead of being presented as an evil character, Melissa is characterized as aimless and mercurial, neither wholly good nor wholly evil. However, she is also unable to stop herself from lusting after power and trying to get hold of it at any given opportunity. She killed Wilmgard when he stumbled upon her and Zolgonark prior to the beginning of the game, but does not seem to have any particular ill feelings towards either Wilmgard or Maria.
376
377	%% * AffablyEvil: She's not actually that bad a person. God help you if you're between her and something she wants, though.
378	%% * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Mildly implied in-game; often {{Flanderized}} in fandom.
379	%% * BlackMagicianGirl
380	%% * CardCarryingVillain
381	%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow
382	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After being whacked around by Maria for the entire game and generally abused by Zolgonark all the time, as soon as Zolgonark is defeated, she eats his power to become an out-of-control demigod.]]
383	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of Maria's route, as "Melod Melgis", her merged form with Zolgonark's remains.]]
384	%% * MsFanservice
385	* ShadowArchetype: The embodiment of Marietta's lust for power, sans the guilt over feeling this way.
386	%% * {{Stripperiffic}}
387	[[/folder]]
388
389	[[folder:Marietta]]
390	[[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gdfgj.png]]
391
392	A recurring character in the VideoGame/DeptHeaven series, Marietta is an archangel who appears to be in her twenties but is much older than that. She is one of the most devout servants of the gods, and in the story of Knights, she is sent down to punish the world of Aventheim for building a tower that almost reaches Asgard. Wishing for more power so that she can serve Asgard better, Marietta makes a DealWithTheDevil with Zolgonark, who of course just manipulates her into helping lift his barrier and then splits her soul in two and hides her staff, intending to make her his pawn.
393
394	In Maria's route, where the two halves of her soul are Maria and Melissa, Marietta's role ends here. In Mellia's route, however, Marietta serves as the "good" half and Zolgonark's pawn while Mellia is the "bad" half and the heroine. Marietta assumes Melissa's role as the one to kill Wilmgard and act as the proverbial thorn in the protagonists' sides.
395
396	More of her story can be seen in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' and ''[[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Riviera]]''.
397
398	%% * TheComputerIsACheatingBastard
399	%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow
400	* DealWithTheDevil: She made a deal with Zolgonark for more power, who in turn splits her in half and enslaves one of the resulting entities.
401	* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Her reaction to the tower built by the Mehse is concern at the fact that they're breaking the Unwritten Law and over her own perceived lack of physical power to prevent such things from happening. She doesn't seem awfully concerned about the reason the tower was built; as a protest to Asgard and a cry for help at their persecution.
402	%% * EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: No, it's not. It's really really not.
403	* ForegoneConclusion: She was already revealed in ''[[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Riviera]]'' to end her life as a fallen angel acting as an Accursed of the Underworld. ''Knights in the Nightmare'' game shows what happened to her between ''Yggdra Union'' and ''Riviera'', and how she got banished from Asgard.
404	%% * GoodIsNotNice: Oh, boy...
405	%% * KickTheDog
406	* KnightTemplar: Has blind loyalty towards Asgard, which ends up serving as a catalyst for her downfall.
407	%% * LadyOfWar
408	%% * MoreDakka
409	%% * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At the very end of Mellia's ending.
410	%% * NiceJobBreakingItHero
411	%% * OhCrap: A really, ''really'' big one, if you found Ancardia for Mellia.
412	%% * OmniscientMoralityLicense: She tries to act like she has one. Mellia [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on it]].
413	%% * PerpetualMolt: she uses this as one of her attacks
414	%% * {{Stripperiffic}}
415	%% * TooDumbToLive: Yes, Marietta, ''agree'' when the [[ObviouslyEvil creepy disembodied voice]] offers you power in exchange for your assistance doing something it won't tell you about beforehand! Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong with this plan!
416	[[/folder]]
417
418	[[folder:Zolgonark]]
419	[[quoteright:352:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hsgh.png]]
420
421	The three-headed demon lord of the Underworld, summoned to this world by Capehorn and Yelma. While both intend to use him for their own means, Zolgonark is only interested in the freedom to take over the world of Aventheim. He summons three Accursed--[[BattleButler Rivulia]], Dotaurus (and his "dog" Garm), and [[EldritchAbomination Scoppio]]--to serve his ambitions, and manipulates Marietta into helping him bypass his barrier. He then proves himself despicable by bullying Melissa (or Marietta), turning Piche into a harpy, and blasting Maria (or Mellia) when she tries to protect the Wisp.
422
423	Zolgonark is eventually defeated by the Wisp and the heroine, and has his power eaten by Melissa or Mellia. He is connected to the character Hades from ''[[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Riviera]]''.
424
425	%% * TheDevil
426	%% * EvilerThanThou: As Yelma eventually discovers. He does, however, wind up on the losing end of this with Mellia.
427	%% * LegionsOfHell: His {{Mooks}}.
428	%% * ObviouslyEvil
429	%% * OrcusOnHisThrone: He was even ''ever-so-conveniently'' summoned in the throne room.
430	%% * SpellMyNameWithAnS: A few Sting books have his name written with a "c" instead of a "k".
431	%% * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Yelma tried this on him and failed. He promptly returns the favor.
432	[[/folder]]
433
434	[[folder:Hector]]
435	[[quoteright:126:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hector_kitn_portrait_1_webp.png]]
436
437	A recurring character in the VideoGame/DeptHeaven series, he is one of the Seven Magi, and is also [[strike:an arrogant prick]] extremely dismissive of the worth and rights of individuals, believing mortal creatures and the other races of Asgard to be beneath him. He appears in special cutscenes in Mellia's route, and orders the sealing of Heaven's Gate to protect Asgard (read: himself), despite protests from his Servants that he may be abandoning Marietta to die.
438
439	Hector is an incredibly important figure in the continuity of this series; see the backstory of a certain character from ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' for why we despise him, and ''[[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Riviera]]'' for a game in which he takes a major role.
440
441	%% * TheChessmaster
442	%% * ContinuityNod: The fact that Hector even shows up in this game only has two purposes--to show how everything is part of his EvilPlan, and as fanservice for people who've played the other VideoGame/DeptHeaven games.
443	%% * ContinuityPorn
444	%% * TheFaceless
445	%% * FantasticRacism
446	%% * GreaterScopeVillain
447	%% * LightIsNotGood
448	%% * OrcusOnHisThrone: ''Again!'' Ito loves this trope in this game.
449	[[/folder]]
450
451	[[folder:Primea]]
452
453	The latest, most successful result of Hector's as-yet-experimental synthetic Grim Angel creation process. She is a very young girl who is seen only in special cutscenes in Mellia's route; her real name is never revealed (if she even has one), but her registration number is 549, and the other characters refer to her by her codename, Primea. She is not a complete Grim Angel, and her fake Diviner is only a prototype. Her wings are slightly malformed at the shoulder--whether this is congenital or a result of Hector's modifications to her body is unknown.
454
455	%% Primea appears to be a rather naive and airheaded young girl; although Hector and his Servants discuss their plans around her, all their talk goes straight over her head.
456
457	%% * {{Ahoge}}
458	%% * ChildrenAreInnocent
459	%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
460	%% * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
461	%% * RedEyesTakeWarning
462	%% * YouAreNumberSix

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