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12[[foldercontrol]]
13!!Esperanza
14[[folder:Giulio Raguel]]
15!!Giulio Raguel (''Julio Raguel'')
16The protagonist of the game, a Leonica boy who is fifteen at the story's start. He is the youngest child of the Raguel family, and has trained as a soldier in Esperanza since he was very small. He has a kind nature and idolizes his father Ricard, who he has no memory of but is told that he resembles. Because of this, Julio suffers from something of an inferiority complex, downplaying his own achievements in the face of his brother Ragnus'.
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18After nearly dying in battle, he makes a contract with Elise and gains the power of Gungnir, which raises his standing in Esperanza greatly.
19----
20%% * AlwaysSaveTheGirl
21%% * AntiChrist
22* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: His mother apparently died from grief not long after his father.
23%% * DullEyesOfUnhappiness
24* FamousAncestor: The Raguels have always been knights who protected the Leonica race.
25%% * HeroicBSOD: After Scene 10.
26%% * HeroicSelfDeprecation
27%% * KidHero
28%% * NobleBigot
29%% * NotQuiteDead
30%% * PostVictoryCollapse
31* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Swears to wipe out the Daltania in revenge for the second Espada Massacre. Whether he eventually carries this out or not depends on the route.
32* SpellMyNameWithAnS: To make it explicit that Julio is pronounced with a hard J, Atlus used the name's Italian counterpart "Giulio", which can ONLY be pronounced with a hard J, in the localization.
33%% * TellMeAboutMyFather: Ricard died fifteen years ago, when Julio was just a newborn.
34* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Tries to get this across to Ragnus, but since he's fighting against fifteen years of discrimination by the rest of Espada, it doesn't work too well.
35* YoungestChildWins
36[[/folder]]
37
38[[folder:Alissa]]
39!!Alissa (''Alyssa'')
40The main heroine of the game, a Daltania girl who is 16 at the beginning of the narrative. Julio and company rescue her from a slave caravan and adopt her into Esperanza, although she is reluctant to explain her true identity. She is the sole surviving Imperial princess, and is being targeted by Zaird; her real name is Alessandra Dlacroa. She is very sheltered due to her mother raising her in secret to protect her, and comes off as shy, but is actually very stubborn. She wishes for a world without racial discrimination.
41----
42%% * BattleBallgown: Her empress outfit.
43%% * CannotSpitItOut
44%% * {{Deuteragonist}}
45%% * FlowerMotifs
46%% * GoingNative
47* HeroicBastard: It is vaguely implied in-game (and more strongly hinted by WordOfGod) that she may be the result of an affair between Robertus and Orlienne, and hence not really of the Dlacroa lineage at all.
48%% * {{Leitmotif}}: "Alyssa's Theme".
49%% * MusclesAreMeaningless: ''Her lances are '''huge'''.''
50* MoralityPet: To the player, as about half of the game's choices have to do with how nice you want to be to her.
51%% * OddFriendship: With Elise.
52%% * PimpedOutDress: Her empress outfit.
53%% * PrincessesPreferPink
54%% * RedMage
55%% * ShrinkingViolet
56%% * SomethingAboutARose
57%% * WhatTheHellHero: Calls Julio out specifically on his racist attitude.
58%% * WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou
59%% -->''"I didn't want to fight... '''Why were you in such a hurry to die?'''"''
60%% * YoungestChildWins
61[[/folder]]
62
63[[folder:Ragnus Raguel]]
64!!Ragnus Raguel
65The oldest Raguel child, actually a Daltania who was adopted by Ricard. Age 22 at the story's start. He witnessed his father's death during the Espada Massacre, which traumatized him deeply and has left him with a deep desire for revenge against Gargandia as a whole. In the present day, he is the captain of Esperanza. Knowing the history of the Raguel family as great knights, he developed a complex about his actual race and has become a hyper-competent leader in order to compensate. He's very emotional, but tries to suppress that side of himself to be a good leader.
66----
67%% ** MultiMeleeMaster: Can also wield [[CoolSword swords]].
68%% * BestServedCold
69%% * BigBrotherMentor: To Julio, who he's not ashamed to show affection for.
70%% * CannotSpitItOut
71* ChangelingFantasy: He's implied to be Alyssa's blood brother, the prince who escaped Wolfgang III's infanticide by being taken to Espada, although it's never quite confirmed until the very end.
72%% * ChickMagnet
73* TheChosenOne: Heavily implied to be the prophesied ruler who will bring about paradise and do battle with Julio, who is the harbinger of the apocalypse.
74%% ** MessianicArchetype
75* DespairEventHorizon: He holds up under the TraumaCongaLine pretty well until his faith in his father is shaken--and then [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds he finally breaks]].
76%% * DistressedDude: Spends roughly a third of the game locked up and seriously injured.
77%% * GuestStarPartyMember: In the end, he's only around for six fights.
78%% * HeroicSelfDeprecation
79%% * HotBlooded
80%% * KillTheOnesYouLove: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]].
81%% * LaserGuidedAmnesia: As a child, courtesy of Paulo.
82%% * {{Leitmotif}}: "Raguel".
83%% * MoreThanMindControl
84%% * MusclesAreMeaningless: Specifically mentioned in his profile.
85%% * NotQuiteDead
86* NumerologicalMotif: In Starcry reckoning (which is a little different from the Imperial calendar), he was born in the year 777, which is a holy number in Christianity.
87%% * WasItAllALie: To Paulo.
88%% * WutaiTheft
89%% * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: To Julio, several times.
90%% * YouShallNotPass
91%% * YoungestChildWins: The only one of Wolfgang's sons to survive.
92[[/folder]]
93
94[[folder:Elise]]
95!!Elise
96The mysterious guardian of Gungnir, who accompanies it to Julio's world after he makes the contract. She fights alongside Julio not for the sake of his ideals, but because he's TheChosenOne. Elise claims to be from Asgard, but much about her remains shrouded in mystery all throughout the game.
97----
98%% * BigEater: But also a PickyEater, as like [[Videogame/YggdraUnion Nessiah]] she isn't a big fan of surface world food.
99%% * BowAndSwordInAccord
100* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The draft of her character settings states that she's a glutton who cannot be inspired to actually do anything to help out [[HeroismIncentive unless plied with her]] TrademarkFavoriteFood. Only her love for Kokori nuts remains in the finished product.
101%% * CrypticConversation: Usually about whatever Isabeli is up to.
102%% -->'''Paulo:''' [[LampshadeHanging Try to explain it so that we'll understand!]]
103* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Justified in that she is self-admittedly ''far'' too lazy to go all-out for anything but a serious crisis.
104%% ** IAmNotLeftHanded
105%% * DeadpanSnarker
106* DramaPreservingHandicap: Sealed her own powers and hid her own wings so that she wouldn't be able to step outside her decided role.
107%% * EmotionlessGirl
108* FluffyFashionFeathers: Her outfit is just loaded with white feathers.
109%% * HiddenDepths: Part of the anti-Magi faction in Asgard.
110%% * MysteriousPast
111%% * OurAngelsAreDifferent
112%% * OddFriendship: With Alyssa.
113%% * TheTease
114%% * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kokori nuts.
115%% * UndyingLoyalty: Proclaims hers to Julio in Scene 15.
116%% * TheWatcher: Perceives herself as this.
117[[/folder]]
118
119%% [[folder:Paulo]]
120%% !!Paulo
121%% An ex-court adviser who was exiled to Espada over a NoodleIncident. 63 at the story's start. He was friends with Ricard, and one of the original founders of Esperanza; he acts as a surrogate parent to the three Raguel children and is the army's strategist. He puts on airs as a kindly old man, and his age has not dampened his love of alcohol and pretty girls.
122%% ----
123%% * TheAlcoholic
124%% * DirtyOldMan
125%% * {{Leitmotif}}: "Theme of Alchemy".
126%% * ParentalSubstitute: To the Raguel kids.
127%% * TheMedic
128%% * MysteriousPast
129%% * TheStrategist
130%% * ThrowTheBookAtThem
131%%[[/folder]]
132
133[[folder:Valerie Brigid]]
134!!Valerie Brigid (''Valery Brigid'')
135Daughter of the Republican faction's former leader, and its de facto leader now that her father has been killed. 17 at the story's start. After meeting Esperanza, she decides to unite their forces in order to bring down her political opponents and the people who betrayed her father. She is sometimes self-centered, but always straightforward.
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137%% * BrutalHonesty
138%% * FieryRedhead
139%% * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: To Julio.
140* HiddenDepths: Actually an accomplished pianist and extremely knowledgeable about music.
141* PickyEater: She became a vegetarian because ever since her family was killed, meat has reminded her too much of corpses.
142%% * RebelliousRebel
143%% * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: For quite a while. She was ''not'' happy with Esperanza's treatment of Ragnus.
144%% * WhatHappenedToTheMouse
145%% * WhatTheHellHero
146%% * WutaiTheft
147[[/folder]]
148
149[[folder:Natalia Raymont]]
150!!Natalia Raymont (''Natalia Raymond'')
151Daughter of Robertus, and an Imperial knight. 21 at the story's start. She is very protective of Alyssa, as her family has aided the Empress in keeping her hidden, and joins Esperanza to protect her. She is very preoccupied with honor and dignity. While she does support Alyssa's desire to grant citizenship to the Leonica, Natalia is much more preoccupied with the state of the Empire as a whole, and tries to make sure that Alyssa focuses on all citizens equally instead of just the discrimination against the Leonica.
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153%% * BodyguardCrush: On Alyssa.
154%% * CoolBigSis: To Alyssa.
155%% * CoolSword / RoyalRapier
156%% * HappilyAdopted
157%% * NobleBigot: [[CharacterDevelopment Outgrows this.]]
158* PickyEater: Loathes bitter things to the point of being unable to drink tea without first adding at least three spoonfuls of sugar.
159%% * PimpedOutDress
160%% * SeriousBusiness
161%% * ShowgirlSkirt
162%% * TheStoic
163%% * UndyingLoyalty
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder:Fiona Raquel]]
167!!Fiona Raguel
168Julio and Ragnus' sister. Age 19 at the story's start. She runs the only tavern in Espada's slums and is very popular for her outgoing personality alongside her cooking. Due to the loss of her parents, she's zealously protective of Julio, the only blood family she has left.
169----
170%% * CoolBigSis
171%% * NeverFoundTheBody: So of course she pops back up eventually.
172* SupremeChef: Fiona is an excellent cook, to the point that her cooking is the main incentive to join Esperanza.
173[[/folder]]
174
175[[folder:Noah, Claude, and Teresa]]
176!!Noah, Claude, and Teresa
177Julio's friends, who initially make up the party. Ages 16, 27, and 17 respectively. All three are killed in Pierre's attack on Espada.
178----
179* BromanticFoil: Noah, who is brash and rude in comparison to Julio's quiet personality.
180%% * TheGenericGuy: Claude.
181%% * MauveShirt
182%% * NobleBigot: Noah.
183%% * WeHardlyKnewYe
184[[/folder]]
185
186!!Gargandia
187%% [[folder:Emperor Wolfgang III]]
188%% !!Emperor Wolfgang III
189%% Current Emperor of the Gargandian Empire. Age 61 at the story's start. He used to be a feared warrior and was called the War Emperor, but right now he is bedridden from illness and can barely sit on his throne. Known for his harsh discrimination against the Leonica and for ordering all his children slaughtered after hearing a prophecy that he would be killed by his heir.
190%% ----
191%% * TheEmperor
192%% * GenreBlind
193%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Robertus.
194%% * OffingTheOffspring
195%% * RetiredBadass: Due to illness.
196%%[[/folder]]
197
198[[folder:Ziyad Berlioz]]
199!!Ziyad Berlioz (''Zaird Berlioz'')
200Prime Minister of Gargandia. Age 70 at the story's start. He is trying to wrest control of the country from Wolfgang III, but is a poor governor and has gained the fear and resentment of even the Daltania he rules. Coworkers with Isabeli, and wants to gain the power of necromancy (and with it, immortality) like her. A failed attempt to do so resulted in his becoming paraplegic, but this hasn't slowed his plans down even remotely.
201----
202* HandicappedBadass: Accomplishes all his evil and is a pretty tough final boss from his seat in a [[SpikesOfVillainy really bitchin' wheelchair]].
203%% * IShallTauntYou
204%% * ObviouslyEvil
205%% * TreacherousAdvisor
206* TheSociopath: He's secretly not bigoted... because what his subjects are and believe in is irrelevant to him. All he cares about is total control of the empire by any means, which includes inciting race wars to distract them from who really controls the country.
207[[/folder]]
208
209[[folder:Robertus Raymont]]
210!!Robertus Raymont (''Robertus Raymond'')
211The leader of all Gargandia's knights. Age 53 at the story's start.
212----
213* AlliterativeName: '''R'''obertus '''R'''aymont -- his name and surname start with the same sound.
214* BatmanGambit: Seems to hope that Ragnus or Alyssa will be usable in a coup.
215* TheChainsOfCommanding: Off-screen; commentary from his family implies that administrating a country with bigoted ideals is taxing on his health. Losing the affection of his daughter from his bigoted policies was likely a severe blow.
216%% * {{Jerkass}}
217%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wolfgang.
218* HonorBeforeReason: Won't stand up to deal with a tyrant because it would mean betraying his friend.
219%% * KarmaHoudini
220%% * MagicKnight
221* ManipulativeBastard: Takes control of the country by zealously bending the knee to Alicia, effectively convincing the nobility to accept him as Regent, then scapegoats Esperanza for high treason and has them 'mercifully' pardoned with honors to ensure they can never get into politics.
222* MomentKiller: Pretty much exists to keep Alyssa and Julio apart and the Leonica from getting equal opportunities.
223%% * NobleBigot: Extra emphasis on "bigot".
224* ParentalSubstitute: Acted as a surrogate dad for Alyssa.
225%% * ThrowTheBookAtThem
226%% * UndyingLoyalty
227* UngratefulBastard: His idea of thanking Esperanza for saving him from Regina and protecting Alyssa is to ''try to frame them for Wolfgang's death and have them all executed for high treason.''
228%% * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Orlienne.
229%% * YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle
230[[/folder]]
231
232[[folder:Isabeli]]
233!!Isabeli
234A Gargandian court magister. Despite entering court at the same time as Paulo and Zaird, she still has the physical appearance of a young girl. (Isabeli is actually 55 years old.) She can use necromancy, which is a kind of magic not native to this world; this leads Elise to suspect that she may have had contact with demons.
235----
236%% * CutsceneBoss: Gets one-hit-KO'ed by Elise in a cutscene.
237%% * CreepyChild
238%% * ImmortalImmaturity
239%% * ImprobableWeaponUser
240* ItAmusedMe: Trying to open the Hades Gate with Gungnir pretty much because she can.
241%% * {{Leitmotif}}: "Corpse-Eater Isabeli".
242%% * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
243%% * ObviouslyEvil
244%% * OlderThanTheyLook
245%% * RealityWarper
246%% * ScaryShinyGlasses
247* StayingAlive: Has been declared "not necessarily KilledOffForReal" by WordOfGod.
248[[/folder]]
249
250%% [[folder:Orlienne]]
251%% !!Orlienne
252%% Ragnus and Alyssa's mother. 52 at the story's start.
253%% ----
254%% * TheChessmaster
255%% * HeroicNeutral: Really only cares that Alyssa, Robertus, and Natalia are all alive at the end of the war.
256%% * PimpedOutDress
257%% [[/folder]]
258
259[[folder:The Imperial Commanders]]
260!!Imperial Commanders
261Pierre (44), Bacchus (29), Albert (27), Wallace (34), Nelson (35), Conrad (30), and Regina (29).
262----
263%% * FalseFriend: Bacchus to the Republicans in the backstory.
264%% * NobleDemon: Nelson. In the best endings he and Julio wind up working together.
265%% * {{Sidekick}}: Wallace, to Robertus.
266* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Regina is the only woman, and of course she's a sorceress.
267%% * SmugSnake: Pierre and Regina.
268%% * TurnCoat: Bacchus.
269* WeHardlyKnewYe: Albert and Conrad die during their first appearances.
270[[/folder]]
271
272!!Others
273 [[folder:Rodrigues]]
274 !!Rodrigues (''Rodriguef'')
275 A mountain bandit who only cares about money and booze. 35 at the story's start. He considered Ricard his rival, and is interested in fighting Esperanza for the sake of their old grudge.
276%% ----
277%% * FreudianExcuse
278%% * {{Leitmotif}}: "Gold and Pride"
279%% * PapaWolf
280%% * RapePillageAndBurn
281 [[/folder]]
282
283 [[folder:Griselda]]
284 !!Griselda
285 Rodriguef's sidekick. 29 years old.
286%% ----
287%% * AmbiguouslyBrown
288%% * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Pamela. ''Very'' begrudgingly.
289%% * EyepatchOfPower
290 [[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Pamela]]
293!!Pamela
294The VideoGame/DeptHeaven series mascot. Through unusual circumstances, she winds up tagging along with Rodriguef and Griselda for a time. Supposedly looking for something she lost.
295----
296%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
297%% * CuteWitch
298* TheFogOfAges: Her arrival in this world was so rough that her memory has been temporarily damaged, and she can barely retain information that's not relevant to her search. [[RuleOfFunny This leads to her constantly forgetting who Griselda is, much to Griselda's annoyance.]]
299%% * GeniusDitz
300%% * ImmortalImmaturity
301[[/folder]]
302
303 [[folder:Heramia]]
304 !!Heramia (''Hierameir'')
305 A Millenian prophet and priestess of the star-based religion observed in Gargandia. She is unaging, but not immortal. Will in the future serve as the Elise to Ragnus' Julio.
306%% ----
307%% * TheCassandra
308%% * DamselInDistress
309%% * LastOfHerKind
310%% * {{Leitmotif}}: "Prophecy of the Stars"
311%% * TheOphelia
312%% * ThrowTheBookAtThem
313%% * VagueAge
314 [[/folder]]
315
316 [[folder:Belgius]]
317 !!Belgius
318 One of the hireswords the party hires from Millenia. Age 38. He was originally Gargandian, but was captured and used as a slave; it takes Esperanza a while to gain his trust.
319%% ----
320%% * {{Gonk}}
321%% * HeroicSacrifice
322%% ** YouShallNotPass
323%% * ScaryBlackMan
324%% * UndyingLoyalty: To Julio.
325 [[/folder]]

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