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| 3 | %%"In the movie" or "in the series" is not context. |
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| 7 | [[folder:Hitomi Kanzaki]] |
| 8 | [[quoteright:188:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kanzaki_hitomi.png]] |
| 9 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MaayaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/KellySheridan (Ocean Group), Creator/CaitlinGlass (Funimation) (English), Creator/IlariaLatini (Italian), Julia Meynen (German), Pilar Morales (Catalan, series and Spain, movie), and Alma Wilhelme (Latin America) |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The heroine and focus character of the series. Hitomi was just a normal high school student with a schoolgirl crush on her track team senior Amano when a string of events leaves her stranded on Gaea. To add to her problems, her latent psychic abilities (manifesting before only as hunches and surprisingly accurate Tarot readings) begin to explode in power, frequently barraging her with disturbing images of what is to come. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * ActionSurvivor: Being on the track team sure comes in handy when you have to do things like, say, leaping ''six'' meters across a gaping chasm to save Van. |
| 14 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the movie, she suffers from depression, to the point it's [[BarefootSuicide implied]] she was contemplating suicide before ending up in Gaea. |
| 15 | * AdaptationalCurves: In the movie, while her design is closer to the series than the original manga, Hitomi is less lank and a bit curvier. |
| 16 | * AdaptationalUgliness: In the first manga (released two years before the anime premiered) Hitomi was quite curvaceous with softer features and long hair. In the anime however; she's considerably thinner and more boyish. |
| 17 | %%* AudienceSurrogate : Hitomi Kanzaki is considered as one. |
| 18 | * BoyishShortHair: Probably to indicate her athleticism. |
| 19 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Hitomi goes back to Earth at the end of the series.]] |
| 20 | * TheChosenOne: In the movie, Folken refers to her as "the Wing Goddess" and believes she will help him end the world. |
| 21 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: What's actually behind the accuracy of her fortune-telling. [[spoiler:Her talisman is an Atlantean artifact that can change fate, realizing the dreams of its user. However, her anxiety always makes her imagine bad fates. Yes, whenever she predicted a disaster, she actually ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero made it happen]]''.]] |
| 22 | %%* CrashIntoHello: A ''dramatic'' variant, with Van. |
| 23 | * DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Hitomi actually dies twice in the series for several minutes.]] |
| 24 | * DidNotGetTheGuy: [[spoiler:Hitomi chooses to go back to Earth while Van stays behind on Gaea to help his world heal from the war it just endured.]] |
| 25 | * GenericCuteness: Has rather plain looks, which once or twice trouble her. |
| 26 | %%* GirlNextDoor: At first. |
| 27 | %%* FaintingSeer: A rare case where said character is ''TheHeroine''. |
| 28 | %%* FriendlyRivalry: With Merle. |
| 29 | * HairAntennae: Symbolizes her sunny disposition (and is not present in The Movie version where she is an EmoTeen, except in a childhood flashback) |
| 30 | * IdenticalGranddaughter: She and her grandmother [[http://escaflowne.anime.net/images/characters/y/yuri.gif Yuri]] (when the latter was younger, that is) look exactly alike. Appearance-wise, the young Yuri was basically a long-haired Hitomi. The name Yuri is from the manga but is applied to the anime as well. |
| 31 | * InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:With Van, since he is a half Draconian.]] |
| 32 | * {{Joshikousei}}: She wears her very cute uniform like, 70% of the time. |
| 33 | %%* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Eventually she becomes this to Van.%%How? |
| 34 | * LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler:After she is briefly sent back to Earth, Hitomi finally realizes that the one she really loves is Van.]] |
| 35 | * LovingAShadow: Hitomi's crush on Allen is based on the fact that he looks, acts, and even ''sounds'' like her beloved Amano-sempai. |
| 36 | * MagicSkirt: The animators were explicitly instructed to keep away from giving her any {{Panty Shot}}s. |
| 37 | * MementoMacGuffin: Her pendant, given to her by her late grandmother. |
| 38 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Varie explains that Hitomi's anxiety amplifies the worst possible outcomes of her tarot readings.]] |
| 39 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: A completely normal schoolgirl who ends up TrappedInAnotherWorld. |
| 40 | * PassionateSportsGirl: Subverted, as it's hinted that she joined her school's track team because she had a huge crush on the team captain Susumu Amano rather than her love of sports. Her running skills do come handy later in the story, though. |
| 41 | * PhysicalGod: By the end of the series, Hitomi is practically this. She is able to not just predict, but directly alter the future on a whim. Because of this, she ''cannot'' stay in Gaea and returns to Earth. |
| 42 | * PluckyGirl: Starts as a GirlNextDoor, then must develop a stronger will as time passes. Eventually, she becomes a textbook example of this trope. |
| 43 | * PowerStrainBlackout: Her ability to see into the future, via Tarot Cards, often has this effect on her afterwards. It's eventually revealed that both the duration and the severity of her fainting spells is determined by her emotional state. Meaning, the greater her anxiety, the greater its toll on her following her vision; not to mention the part about [[spoiler: her anxiety making those visions come true!]] |
| 44 | %%* {{Protectorate}}: To Van. |
| 45 | %%* SayMyName: "VAAAAAAN!" |
| 46 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: She wears her school uniform despite being on a completely different planet. Justified in that the only other clothes she has with her are her running clothes. |
| 47 | * SheCleansUpNicely: When Millerna dolls her up in a dress in Asturia, Van is left dumbstruck. |
| 48 | * {{Shorttank}}: Is kinda tomboyish, but not to [[TheLadette Ladette]] extremes. |
| 49 | * SpannerInTheWorks: The only thing that puts the Destiny Prognostication Engine through more hell than Escaflowne: [[spoiler:the love between her and Van]]. |
| 50 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Not only does Hitomi resemble her grandma, but she looks a LOT like [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/doblaje/images/1/10/Madre_de_Hitomi.png her unnamed mother]]. |
| 51 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: She is stuck on Gaea. |
| 52 | * {{Tsundere}}: Sweet type. Hitomi is friendly and easygoing, but Van's rude attitude gets on her bad side. |
| 53 | %%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Merle. |
| 54 | %%* WhatTheHellHero:%%Quotes are not context. |
| 55 | %%-->'''Hitomi:''' I saw it -- you ''[[BloodKnight enjoyed]]'' fighting! I don't want you protecting me if [[HeWhoFightsMonsters this is what it does to you]]. |
| 56 | * YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:Hitomi's visions are not set in stone -- it's her ''anxiety over them'' that makes them come true.]] |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Van Slanzar de Fanel]] |
| 60 | [[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/van_de_fanel.png]] |
| 61 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TomokazuSeki and Yoshiko Kamei [child] (Japanese), Creator/KirbyMorrow (Ocean Group), Creator/AaronDismuke (Funimation) (English), Creator/FabrizioManfredi (Italian), Bjorn Schalla (German, Series), Robin Kahnmeyer (German, Movie), Angel de Garcia (Spain, Movie) and Creator/JesusBarrero [child] and Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis [teenager] (Latin America) |
| 62 | |
| 63 | TheHero, pilot of the [[HumongousMecha Escaflowne]] and newly crowned king of the country of Fanelia. Van has the misfortune of having his kingdom burned to the ground on the day of his coronation, and is now forced on the run from the Zaibach Empire. |
| 64 | ---- |
| 65 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Gets one in the movie like Hitomi; Van is much more embittered and haunted by his past and far more quick to anger with a borderline MurderIsTheBestSolution mentality when dealing with his enemies. |
| 66 | --> '''Van:''' ''I will slay all of my enemies!'' |
| 67 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: He deals a very important one to [[spoiler:Folken]] as [[ChildrenAreInnocent a little boy]]. [[spoiler:When a pre-FaceHeelTurn!Folken was explaining the Dragon-killing Ritual, little Van innocently asked "Why does the dragon have to die? Poor him!" Folken was taken aback, then agreed with little Van's sympathy for the dragon.]] |
| 68 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: He is crowned king just moments before TheEmpire invades his kingdom. |
| 69 | * AwfulTruth: He finds out that his older brother Folken was the one responsible for Fanelia being burnt to the ground. |
| 70 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: Van believed, for 10 years, that his older brother Folken had been killed by a dragon (during the dragon-slaying ritual to become king of Fanelia). He also never believed that Folken had run away or abandoned Fanelia. |
| 71 | * BerserkButton: A past poster boy. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do. Not. Hurt.]] [[{{Protectorate}} Hitomi.]] |
| 72 | * BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Allen's Betty for Hitomi's Archie. |
| 73 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Once after a dragon-induced concussion, and once when the Zaibach sorcerers start dismantling Escaflowne, heart first, while he's still synchronized to it. |
| 74 | * BreakTheCutie: Van probably goes through more physical and emotional torture than any other character in the series. |
| 75 | * BringMyRedJacket: Wears a red shirt. It's often covered in blood. |
| 76 | * BrokenPedestal: As a child, Van idolised, trusted and loved his older brother Folken. But Van found out, to his shock and horror, that his older brother Folken was alive - and had betrayed Fanelia. This caused Van to lose the trust and affection he had for his older brother. |
| 77 | * CainAndAbel: With Folken. [[spoiler:They make up at the end. And then, Folken ''dies''.]] |
| 78 | * CannotSpitItOut: He comes ''very'' close to confessing to Hitomi in Episode 19... [[MomentKiller and then he fucks it up]]. [[spoiler:Luckily, he gets it right at the end of the series.]] |
| 79 | * CorruptTheCutie: He eventually starts enjoying the fighting, to the point Hitomi becomes ''terrified'' of him. |
| 80 | * DeclarationOfProtection: He swears to protect Hitomi several times. |
| 81 | * DefrostingIceKing: He comes off as aloof and somewhat cold at first. Hitomi defrosts him ''fast''. |
| 82 | * {{Determinator}}: "I...I can ''[[ICanStillFight still fight!]]'' |
| 83 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: Averted with ‘death’ part. When Van was captured by the Zaibach Empire and reunited with his older brother Folken (who he didn’t recognise at first,) Van refused to be used by Zaibach and attempted to kill himself by putting his own sword to his neck. Fortunately, Folken stopped him. |
| 84 | * FreakinessShame: [[spoiler:He is ashamed of his wings because they marked him as a descendant of the Atlanteans, who are universally disdained in the setting, but Hitomi (who comes from another world altogether) just finds them beautiful.]] |
| 85 | * HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Half Draconian on his mother's side.]] |
| 86 | * HeroesPreferSwords: He’s only seen wielding a sword. |
| 87 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: As the series progresses, Van starts cracking from the strain of the BreakTheCutie process and gradually goes from a borderline MartialPacifist to an all-out BloodKnight. Thank God for the PowerOfLove, or he might have gone off the deep end. |
| 88 | * HotBlooded: He's voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki. What else do you expect. |
| 89 | * IllKillYou: In the movie, [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade Van]] recites this multiple times. Devolves into MadnessMantra in his final battle with Dilandau when his armor's flamethrower triggers Van's TraumaButton. |
| 90 | --> '''Van:''' '''''I'LL KILL YOU!!!''''' (impales Dilandau's armor) ''NOW DIE!'' (impales him again with his spear) ''My enemies die!'' (starts stomping on the armor) ''I'll kill you!'' |
| 91 | * InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:With Hitomi, since he is a half Draconian.]] |
| 92 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: His stance on his relationship with Merle. Her feelings are clearly beyond that, though. |
| 93 | * LastOfHisKind: After his older brother Folken’s death, Van is the only one left of the royal Fanel bloodline. |
| 94 | * LoveHurts: Seeing Hitomi preferring Allen over him deeply hurts him, especially when [[spoiler:he sees them kissing under the influence of the Zaibach Empire.]] |
| 95 | * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: In Episode 19, resulting in a slap from Hitomi. |
| 96 | * ModestRoyalty: Or to quote Hitomi, "''He's'' a prince?!" |
| 97 | * MommasBoy: Van was very close to his mother when we was a child. |
| 98 | * NobleFugitive: Despite being a king, he spends most of the series on the run from the Zaibach Empire, who need him so they can take control of Escaflowne themselves. While the royalty of countries like Asturia are at least somewhat sympathetic to his plight, they're not entirely willing to risk their asses by truly granting him refuge. |
| 99 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish Male to Allen's Noble Male. |
| 100 | * OrphansOrdeal: The deaths of both of his parents, and the disappearance of his older brother Folken, caused him to be a orphan. Or so Van believed, only to find out his older brother Folken was alive. But then he becomes an orphan for real when his older brother Folken dies. |
| 101 | * OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: If this were the real world, there would have been no chance in hell of Van surviving episode 14, [[spoiler:Draconian heritage]] notwithstanding. |
| 102 | * ParentalAbandonment: Father is dead, while his mother disappeared in search of his missing brother and is strongly implied to have died. |
| 103 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: [[AllThereInTheManual Official]] [[UniverseBible sources]] list him as 165 cm and 51 kg (5'5" and 112 lbs, just about) -- in other words, absolutely ''tiny''. [[MusclesAreMeaningless He is introduced killing a dragon the size of a small building]] [[Awesome/MechaAnime in single combat]]. |
| 104 | * RedOniBlueOni: The red to Allen's blue. It's even ColorCodedForYourConvenience. |
| 105 | * SayMyName: "HITOMIIIII!" |
| 106 | * ScreamingWarrior: The inevitable result of letting [[Creator/TomokazuSeki Tomokazu]] '''''[[HotBlooded "THIS HAND OF MINE]] [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!"]]''''' [[Creator/TomokazuSeki Seki]] voice your HumongousMecha pilot. |
| 107 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Hitomi is the only woman he’s shown a romantic interest in. |
| 108 | * SleevesAreForWimps: Thanks to his minimal shirt. |
| 109 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Escaflowne's existence plays absolute ''hell'' on the Zaibach Empire's Destiny Prognostication Engine, which is why they're investing so much into capturing both it and its pilot. |
| 110 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Comes off as this at first. |
| 111 | * {{Synchronization}}: Halfway through the series, Van applies Hitomi's dowsing technique to gain more control over Escaflowne. Unfortunately for him, the link works both ways -- mentally ''and'' physically. |
| 112 | * UnstoppableRage: |
| 113 | ** [[spoiler:Van just goes utterly ''apeshit'' on the Dragonslayers]] in the 14th episode. |
| 114 | ** In the movie, Van similarly goes completely berserk against Dilandau (screaming multiple times IllKillYou in mad rage) after the latter's flamethrower triggers Van's memory [[spoiler:of the night his parents were killed by Folken and his kingdom was destroyed]]. |
| 115 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: TV Van is not a case of this, despite the frequent ClothingDamage. ''[[TheMovie Movie]]'' Van, [[LoinCloth on the other hand...]] |
| 116 | * WarriorPrince: You are not allowed to be King of Fanelia until you kick dragon ass in single combat. This is precisely what Van does in the first episode. |
| 117 | * WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler:Due to being a HalfHumanHybrid of the Draconian race, Van has wings that he can "summon" when he needs to.]] |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Allen Schezar]] |
| 121 | [[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allen_schezar.png]] |
| 122 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Creator/BrianDrummond (Ocean Group), Creator/SonnyStrait (Funimation) (English), Peter Fletchner (German), and Creator/OscarFlores (Latin America) |
| 123 | |
| 124 | A member of the Knight Caeli that happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to Hitomi's crush, Amano. Allen is the sole, impeccable gentleman among a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that guard one of Asturia's outposts. Despite his near perfect outward appearance and demeanor, he's hiding quite a number of abandonment issues just below the surface. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | And yes, the Goliath's hero unit in ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' is named after him. |
| 127 | ---- |
| 128 | %%* TheAce: Among the biggest ones in the series. |
| 129 | %%* BadassCrew: He is the Captain of one. |
| 130 | * BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Van's Veronica for Hitomi's Archie. |
| 131 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Allen has a thing for attaching himself to barely legal ingenues out of misplaced filial instinct. |
| 132 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Allen wants to do this to Leon, his DisappearedDad. [[spoiler:Turns out Leon was ''DeadAllAlong''.]] |
| 133 | * TheCasanova: He even has [[spoiler:the bastard son to prove it]], though he doesn't seem to do it on purpose. He just has a tendency to fall for women [[StarCrossedLovers he can never be with]], even if they ''do'' reciprocate, which they usually do. |
| 134 | * ChekhovMIA: Both his father and little sister. [[spoiler:His father Leon was DeadAllAlong, and his little sister Selena was forcibly turned into ''[[AxCrazy Dilandau]]''.]] |
| 135 | * ChickMagnet: How many girls have fallen for him? There's Hitomi, Millerna, [[spoiler: Marlene, Eries]]... |
| 136 | %%* DaddyIssues |
| 137 | * DisappearedDad: It turns out that he's [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong. He also ''is'' one to Prince Chid, though it's likely Chid doesn't know it.]] |
| 138 | * DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Hitomi feels attracted to him because of his incredible resemblance to her senpai. |
| 139 | * FailureKnight: [[spoiler:For not protecting his mom and Selena, and later for what happened between him and Marlene.]] |
| 140 | * GiantPoofySleeves: Contrasting with Van's [[SleevesAreForWimps chronic lack of sleeves]]. |
| 141 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Certainly a noble and knightly kind of character. He has a bit of trouble with the ''chaste'' part of the trope, though. |
| 142 | * KnightInShiningArmor: From start to finish. He always does the right thing, even when it hurts. |
| 143 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Just look at his picture! |
| 144 | * LovingAShadow: He's not [[LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces looking for love]] so much as for a ReplacementGoldfish for his missing younger sister. |
| 145 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble Male to Van's Roguish Male. |
| 146 | * OfficerAndAGentleman: A well-spoken, clean-shaved gentleman commanding a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. |
| 147 | * OutOfFocus: In the movie he is downplayed to a secondary character and the LoveTriangle between him, Van, and Hitomi is nonexistent. |
| 148 | * RedOniBlueOni: The cool, collected Blue Oni to Van's hotheaded, impulsive, borderline-BloodKnight Red. |
| 149 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: His reason for leaving his post as a Knight Caeli and accompanying Van and Hitomi. |
| 150 | * StayInTheKitchen: He seems rather chauvinistic at times towards Princess Millerna and Hitomi, though this is somewhat explained through his traumatic backstory [[spoiler:in which his mother died of a broken heart ''and'' his sister disappeared.]] |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Merle]] |
| 154 | [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/merle_escaflowne.png]] |
| 155 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/IkueOtani (Japanese), Jocelyne Loewen (Ocean Group), Creator/AlexisTipton (Funimation) (English), Christin Marquitan (German), and both Claudia Mota and Mayra Arellano (Latin America) |
| 156 | |
| 157 | Van's closest, and [[ClingyJealousGirl clingiest]] friend. She has quite the love-hate relationship with Hitomi, thanks to Van's feelings for her. |
| 158 | ---- |
| 159 | * AgeLift: Was a preteen in the series, was roughly the same age as Van and Hitomi in the movie. |
| 160 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: While she certainly wasn't ugly in the anime, she was still a preteen girl. Come the movie and she's been aged up to Van and Hitomi's age which leads to a more developed build. |
| 161 | * CatGirl: She has a cat's ears and tail, along with stripes on her face and legs. She also has catlike mannerisms, such as {{running on all fours}} as fast as Hitomi can sprint, licking and grooming, puffing up her fur when angry, and being prickly towards Hitomi at first before warming up to her. |
| 162 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: She's a friend of Van's since early childhood, and makes no secret of the fact she's got a crush on him. Unfortunately for her, Van only views her as family. |
| 163 | * ClingyJealousGirl: The main reason she's so hostile towards Hitomi, in the beginning, is because she's afraid she'll try and steal Van from her. [[spoiler:Which she sort of does, but unintentionally.]] |
| 164 | * CuteLittleFangs: She has a small pair of fangs, which add to her cuteness as well as emphasize her [[CatGirl catlike traits]]. |
| 165 | %%* FriendlyRivalry: With Hitomi. |
| 166 | * GenkiGirl: Though not incapable of being serious. |
| 167 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Merle manages to (literally) slap Hitomi and (not-so-literally) Van out of [[spoiler:a dark vision, which saves their lives.]] |
| 168 | * TheGlomp: Has a tendency to bodily launch herself at Van, especially when she's relieved that he's survived a dangerous situation. |
| 169 | * GoingCommando: Merle doesn't wear underwear, a fact that is shown quite often. |
| 170 | * HopelessSuitor: To Van; she's blatantly in love with him, but he has no interest in her that way and later falls for Hitomi instead. |
| 171 | * IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHim: Merle begins taking this approach after it becomes obvious that Van is in love with Hitomi. Her anger at Hitomi in the second half of the series isn't because Van likes her more, but because Hitomi's LoveTriangle indecisiveness is hurting him. |
| 172 | * InconsistentSpelling: Early fansubs had "Meruru" as her name, now mostly forgotten. |
| 173 | %%* InterspeciesRomance: She wants this with Van. |
| 174 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She eventually accepts the fact Van loves Hitomi and backs off. |
| 175 | * KleptomaniacHero: She steals Hitomi's pendant right in front of her, and is later shown to have a number of other items, some of them definitely not hers, in her pockets. |
| 176 | * MoralityPet: Shares this role with Hitomi to Van. |
| 177 | * MouthyKid: She always has her heart on her sleeve... and that's not necessarily a good thing. |
| 178 | * OrphansOrdeal: Merle lost her family, most likely due to war. Fortunately she was found by Balgus, she was brought to Fanelia and Van’s family took her in. |
| 179 | * PluckyComicRelief: Merle's straightforward and child-like personality provides some... funny moments. |
| 180 | * RoseHairedSweetie: She has pink hair and is very energetic. She also fits the FieryRedhead variety. |
| 181 | * SecretKeeper: She's one of the few people alive who knows [[spoiler:Van is a half Draconian]]. |
| 182 | %%* ThirdPersonPerson: In the original at times. |
| 183 | %%* TokenMiniMoe: She's just 12-13, so... |
| 184 | * TheUnreveal: It’s never revealed, if Merle is her birth name or if her name, was given to her by Van’s family and her family, her parents or siblings if she had any are never seen. So we don’t know, what Merle’s family looked like. |
| 185 | * TokenNonhuman: A CatGirl traveling alongside humans, except [[spoiler:Van [[HalfHumanHybrid isn't quite human either]].]] |
| 186 | * VictoriasSecretCompartment: She uses her cleavage to store several of Hitomi's belongings in Episode 8. |
| 187 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Hitomi. Although they have a rivalry over Van, and Hitomi doesn't like Merle's tendency to steal, they also bond over some things, such as their intense desire to make sure Van is safe. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Princess Millerna Sara Aston]] |
| 191 | [[quoteright:154:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princess_millerna.png]] |
| 192 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MayumiIizuka (TV series), Aki Takeda (Film) (Japanese), Creator/VenusTerzo (Ocean Group), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (Funimation) (English), Antje von der Ahe (German) and Martha Ceceña (Latin America) |
| 193 | |
| 194 | The youngest princess of Asturia who happens to be quite smitten with Allen, but is betrothed to Dryden Fassa. Millerna is not quite comfortable being royalty, particularly since it she was forced to abandon her medical studies because of it. |
| 195 | ---- |
| 196 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, Millerna serves as the first mate aboard Allen's land ship and is a proficient fencer. |
| 197 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Golden Blonde hair in the TV series, strawberry blonde in the movie. |
| 198 | * BelligerentSexualTension: To a very mild degree, with Dryden. |
| 199 | %%* FashionableAsymmetry: In the movie. |
| 200 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A beautiful and young princess with blonde hair, who wants nothing more than to help people. |
| 201 | * LovableAlphaBitch: She is introduced as a mild AlphaBitch, but she mellows out soon. |
| 202 | * MarryForLove: What she wants. [[spoiler:It doesn't quite go as planned.]] |
| 203 | * TheMedic: And one that's ''not'' a WhiteMagicianGirl. |
| 204 | * MedicalMonarch: Is studying medicine in contrast to her station. |
| 205 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Played with. She and Dryden are a mild version of BelligerentSexualTension. They grow fond of each other as the series advances. [[spoiler:The trouble starts after their disastrous wedding. Dryden decides he cares for Millerna, and might be in love with her at that point, but he feels he still has to work hard to become truly worthy of marrying a girl like her.]] |
| 206 | * PimpedOutDress: Wears some of these and dolls up Hitomi in one, too. |
| 207 | %%* PluckyGirl: So much. |
| 208 | * PrincessesPreferPink: Her dresses are pink. |
| 209 | * RebelliousPrincess: She'd rather be a medic and MarryForLove than a traditional princess. |
| 210 | * {{Shorttank}}: Even more noticeable due to how her sisters are all much more quiet and {{Ojou}}-like. |
| 211 | * TomboyishPonytail: In the movie. |
| 212 | * {{Tsundere}}: More towards Dryden than towards Allen. |
| 213 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter : King Aston is fat, beady-eyed, balding, and generally not at all attractive; Millerna and her sisters, by comparison, are exceptionally beautiful, being archetypical PrincessClassic types with flowing golden hair, big blue eyes, and willowy physiques. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Dryden Fassa]] |
| 217 | [[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dryden_fassa.png]] |
| 218 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JurotaKosugi (Japanese), Creator/MichaelDobson (Ocean Group), Creator/EricVale (Funimation) (English), Stefan Gossler (German), and Jorge Ornelas (Latin America) |
| 219 | |
| 220 | Millerna's fiance. A brilliant and successful merchant with a frank, laid-back demeanor and a massive generosity streak. |
| 221 | ---- |
| 222 | * ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: The repair bill for Escaflowne? 50 million, which one of the crew calculates is equivalent to two thousand years worth of their salaries. Dryden casually offers his entire fleet, causing his assistant to choke and sputter that the fleet is worth at least ten times that. |
| 223 | * BelligerentSexualTension: To a very mild degree, with Millerna. |
| 224 | * BrutalHonesty: Dude never sugarcoats his words. |
| 225 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 226 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene is in his airship, after purchasing a mermaid that he is transporting back to her home. |
| 227 | * GuileHero: Very kind-hearted and rich, but also very cynical and manipulative when needed. See how he completely owned Allen with words alone ''and'' [[spoiler:how he dealt with the creators of Escaflowne and got them to fix it, thus saving Van's life.]] |
| 228 | * InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Dryden gives Millerna back the wedding ring after their disastrous wedding, claiming that he's not worthy of her quite yet.]] |
| 229 | * InsufferableGenius: He is quite aware of how awesome he is, and is quick to point it out. |
| 230 | %%* IntrepidMerchant: To the T. |
| 231 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Abrasive, hedonistic, kinda selfish. Also generous, kindhearted, and quick-thinking. |
| 232 | * MadDictatorsHandsomeSon: Dryden's father makes an appearance before him in Episodes 6 and 7, where he pays to have Hitomi kidnapped. Dryden thankfully doesn't take after him in any way. |
| 233 | * MerchantPrince: His father's connection to the king means he's betrothed to Millerna and thus will be Asturia's future king. |
| 234 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Played with. He and Millerna are a mild version of BelligerentSexualTension. They grow fond of each other as the series advances. At the end, [[spoiler:Dryden decides he cares for Millerna, and might be in love with her, but after their disastrous wedding, he feels he still has to work hard to become truly worthy of marrying a girl like her.]] |
| 235 | * PermaStubble: For the most part until [[spoiler: the botched wedding episode]] where he, surprisingly, [[SheCleansUpNicely looked quite dashing]]. Seriously, who would've [[BeautifulAllAlong thought]]? |
| 236 | * RoundHippieShades: In a medieval-like environment, to go along with his laid back yet hedonistic personality. |
| 237 | * TheTeamBenefactor: An IntrepidMerchant, with zero fighting skills, who manages to join Hitomi and Van's little gang by providing funding (read: an ungodly sum of money) for the eponymous mech's mid-season repairs. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Balgus]] |
| 241 | [[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/balgus_escaflowne.png]] |
| 242 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TesshoGenda (Japanese), Don Brown (Ocean Group), Creator/ChrisGuerrero (Funimation) (English), Thomas Kastner (German) and Jorge Fink (Latin America) |
| 243 | |
| 244 | One of the "three master swordsmen of Gaea" and Van's retainer/surrogate father. Balgus dies while covering Van's escape from Fanelia, but he nonetheless shows himself to be a major influence on both Van ''and'' Allen in the past. |
| 245 | ---- |
| 246 | * CoolOldGuy: Balgus took out a [[HumongousMecha Guymelef]] ''on foot''. |
| 247 | %%* MentorOccupationalHazard |
| 248 | %%* ParentalSubstitute: To Van. |
| 249 | * PosthumousCharacter: Most of what we learn about Balgus comes after his death. |
| 250 | %%* SternTeacher: To both Van and Allen. |
| 251 | [[/folder]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | [[folder:Emperor Dornkirk]] |
| 254 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emperor_dornkirk.jpg]] |
| 255 | --> '''Voiced by''': Masato Yamanouchi (Japanese), Creator/RichardNewman (Ocean Group), Jeremy Schwartz (Funimation) (English), Horst Lampe (German), and Federico Romano (Latin America) |
| 256 | |
| 257 | Emperor of the Zaibach empire. Through Atlantean technology and a {{Magitek}} device known as Destiny Prognostication Engine, Dornkirk seeks to create a future for Gaea free of war -- Even if it means burning down a city-state every now and then. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * AdaptedOut: He doesn't exist in the movie, so his BigBad status is relegated to [[spoiler:Folken]] instead. |
| 260 | * BigBad: The series' main villain. |
| 261 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Confirmed by WordOfGod to be Sir Isaac Newton. In RealLife, Newton did have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studies quite an interest in alchemy and the occult]], though of course he never took it to the horrific ends Dornkirk does. |
| 262 | * DarkLordOnLifeSupport: [[BigBad Dornkirk]] is perpetually hooked up to a massive life-support machine keeping him alive well past when he should have died of old age. In the last episode, [[spoiler:he rips free of it and lets Folken kill him to set in motion his ThanatosGambit.]] |
| 263 | * EmperorScientist: He is actually [[spoiler:Sir Isaac Newton]] magically transferred to the fantasy world. |
| 264 | * MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:As part of his plan to activate his fate engine.]] |
| 265 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He seeks an Instrumentality where there would be no war or fighting, even if it involves [[KickTheDog kicking a few puppies]] along the way. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Dilandau Albatou]] |
| 269 | [[quoteright:207:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dilandau_albatou.png]] |
| 270 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese), Creator/AndrewFrancis (Ocean Group), Creator/JoelMcDonald (Funimation) (English), Creator/LauraLenghi (Italian), Claudia Urbschat-mingues (German), Albert Trifol Segarra (Spain, Movie), and Creator/VictorUgarte [[spoiler: and Rebeca Gómez [as Selena] ]] (Latin America) |
| 271 | |
| 272 | A complete and absolute ''psycho'', Dilandau is the man put in charge of capturing Van and Escaflowne. He is happy to oblige to this order -- provided he gets to blow up a lot of shit along the way. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * AfraidOfDoctors: In TheMovie. Though there's a ''very'' good reason for it. |
| 275 | * TheAlcoholic: He drinks quite heavily even though he's underage by Earth standards, though InUniverse; [[ValuesDissonance 15 is considered legally an adult on most of Gaea]]. |
| 276 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: In the manga. |
| 277 | * AxCrazy: Not only gives absolutely zero fucks about the collateral damage his rampages inflict, but seems to like doing it even more because of it. |
| 278 | * BadBoss: To the Dragonslayers, but despite this they have UndyingLoyalty to him [[spoiler:even after death.]] |
| 279 | * BloodKnight: Does not care at all about Zaibach's goals or philosophy and is purely in it for the carnage. |
| 280 | * BreakTheHaughty: Oh boy, was Dilandau ever shaken up after [[CurbStompBattle that one battle]] with Van. |
| 281 | %%* TheBrute |
| 282 | * CharClone: An AxCrazy variant. He acts as TheRival to Van and even Allen to an extent, pilots custom red Guymelefs, [[spoiler:and turns out to be Allen's little sister Selena. Basically, imagine if it was [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sayla Mass]] who went nuts.]] |
| 283 | * CosmicRetcon: [[spoiler:This is basically what Fate Alteration does: it turns you into a totally different person, physically and mentally.]] |
| 284 | %%* TheDragon: To Folken in the movie. |
| 285 | * FreakOut: The BreakTheHaughty process somehow manages to make Dilandau even ''more'' fucked up. He spends several episodes freaking out in epic and continuous ways. |
| 286 | * GenderBender: [[spoiler:He's actually a girl named Selena Schezar who was subjected to Zaibach's fate alteration experiments.]] |
| 287 | * GenderFlip: In the anime, Dilandau is a guy [[spoiler:who is later revealed to be a girl magically changed into a guy]]. In the movie, Dilandau is a guy [[spoiler:with no evidence he was ever female]]. In the manga, Dilandau is a girl [[spoiler:who ''stays'' a girl through the whole story]]. |
| 288 | * AGlassOfChianti: He has a taste for red wine. |
| 289 | * HairTriggerTemper: His henchmen quickly learn that it doesn't take much to wind up on the receiving end of a beatdown from him. |
| 290 | * HatesBeingAlone: The sole idea of being alone makes him more crazy than he already is. |
| 291 | * KarmaHoudini: In TheMovie. |
| 292 | * LaughingMad: When killing and destroying, he has an EvilLaugh that would make ComicBook/TheJoker himself proud. |
| 293 | ** They're amped up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKAKjncf_BM#t=11m00s in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxLnrqo6D54#t=17m27s the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iv8nUQE5Pc#t=03m40s German]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvIQBoxiirM#t=14m42s dub]]. And they are absolutely ''bonechillingly creepy''. |
| 294 | * LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:He is Allen's [[GenderBender sister]] Selena Schezar.]] |
| 295 | * MeaningfulName: The name "Dilandau" is a pretty clear nod to Durandal, the legendary sword tainted with a curse of insanity to prevent it from being wielded by the wrong hands. |
| 296 | * MidSeriesUpgrade: Well, more like end-of-series upgrade, but. He upgrades to a Guymelef called the Oreades four episodes from the end of the series. It appears to be a souped-up, stylized Alseides with dual flamethrowers/even more liquid metal claws (his only remaining soldier Jajuka also receives one, albeit in rank-and-file blue). [[spoiler:In an aversion to this trope, however, the Oreades doesn't appear to do him much good, due to his increasingly-unstable nature, at least against main characters. Van pretty much takes it apart during the final battle with Escaflowne.]] |
| 297 | * MinorInjuryOverreaction: Dilandau has a considerable freak out over the cheek scar Van gave him. |
| 298 | -->''[[MadnessMantra "It stings... it stings... it stings..."]]''\ |
| 299 | "Cheek... cheek... cheek..."\ |
| 300 | "My face. He cut my beautiful face!" |
| 301 | * MoralMyopia: Only ''Dilandau'' is allowed to fuck with Dilandau's Dragonslayers, understand? |
| 302 | * TheOphelia: Becomes a male version post FreakOut. [[spoiler:Then again, he ''is'' actually female...]] |
| 303 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: The only thing keeping him sane. Yes, ''[[AxeCrazy that]]'' is his ''sane'' mode. He might beat the shit outta the Dragonslayers, but if one of them is wronged by somebody else, the attacker will DIE. [[spoiler: Just as a certain MasterOfDisguise.]] |
| 304 | %%* PsychopathicManchild: Oh, yes... |
| 305 | %%* PsychoSupporter: To the Zaibach Empire. |
| 306 | %%* PsychoticSmirk: One of his default expressions. |
| 307 | %%* PyroManiac: "BURN BURN BURN!" |
| 308 | %%* QuirkyMinibossSquad: His Dragonslayers. |
| 309 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: And they even seem to glow when he's feeling especially AxCrazy. |
| 310 | * ScarsAreForever: Maybe they wouldn't be if he'd stop ''scratching'' at it. |
| 311 | * SelfHarm: Has a tendency to pick at the cut on his face and reopen it, despite being warned that this will slow the healing. The {{Mook}} who first points this out to him promptly gets backhanded. |
| 312 | * SissyVillain: [[JustifiedTrope But there's a very good reason for that]]. |
| 313 | * SlasherSmile: His ''other'' default expression. |
| 314 | * SlouchOfVillainy: Does this whenever he's at his home base, usually while brooding. |
| 315 | * TheSociopath: Seems like a straight example at first, but after [[spoiler:the loss of the Dragonslayers he's shown repeating their names to himself sadly, and then we find out who he really is and how he got that way...]] |
| 316 | * SociopathicSoldier: To an ungodly degree. |
| 317 | * {{Tykebomb}}: [[spoiler:Dilandau is what you get when you kidnap innocent little girls, like Selena Schezar, and put them through Fate Alteration experiments.]] |
| 318 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Despite his horrendous treatment of the Dragon Slayers, they're devoted enough to him that their spirits show up to try and stop Van from killing him even after they all die.]] |
| 319 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Dilandau used to be a genuinely sweet little girl by the name of Selena Schezar.]] |
| 320 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When all the Dragonslayers are killed.]] |
| 321 | * VocalEvolution: The movie was dubbed after the TV series, not surprisingly. But if you watch both the series and the movie in English, you'll notice it within seconds of movie Dilandau's appearance. |
| 322 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Folken Lacour de Fanel]] |
| 326 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/folken_de_fanel.png]] |
| 327 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JojiNakata (Japanese), Creator/PaulDobson (Ocean Group), Creator/VicMignogna (Funimation) (English), Creator/SergioDiStefano (Italian), Bernd Vollbrecht (German), and Creator/VictorUgarte [child] and Jorge Santos [adult] (Latin America) |
| 328 | |
| 329 | Van's long-missing brother. After his disappearence ten years ago, Van finds his brother -- only to find that he's serving as TheDragon in Emperor Dornkirk's plans. |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the movie, Folken is a psychotic BigBad, while in the original series he was more of an AntiVillain or a DragonWithAnAgenda to the actual BigBad, Emperor Dornkirk (who is absent from the movie altogether). In fact, [[spoiler:in the series, he eventually has a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 332 | %%* AffablyEvil |
| 333 | * AloofBigBrother: Towards Van, as he's very cold to him. [[spoiler: In the series, he actually loves Van very much, but can only show it after his HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 334 | * AntiVillain: A deeply compassionate man, who has joined TheEmpire to protect the world... ''by any bloody means''. |
| 335 | * ArtificialLimbs: He has a mechanical arm. |
| 336 | * TheAtoner: After his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 337 | %%* AxCrazy: In the movie. |
| 338 | * BadassLongrobe: He's always wearing a robe that covers almost all of his body. |
| 339 | * BenevolentBoss: He treats all of his subordinates with respect, even the races that are despised by the general population. |
| 340 | * BigBad: His role in the movie. |
| 341 | %%* BrokenPedestal: For Van. [[spoiler: Eventually becomes a RebuiltPedestal.]] |
| 342 | %%* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Van's Abel. |
| 343 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:He defects after he finally realizes Zaibach's methods are wrong.]] |
| 344 | * {{Determinator}}: He was very determined to find and capture his younger brother Van, when Van went on the run and into hiding from the Zaibach Empire. |
| 345 | * DisproportionateRetribution: ALL his actions in TheMovie. |
| 346 | * TheDragon: His authority within Zaibach is second only to Emperor Dornkirk. |
| 347 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: While Folken was TheDragon to the EmperorScientist of Zaibach, he also had his own plans. |
| 348 | * EightiesHair: Most evident in the movie. |
| 349 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: He employs cat people and even doppelgangers -- a race even [[AxCrazy Dilandau]] despises -- and treats them with the same high standard of respect and courtesy that he does for all of his men. |
| 350 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He never tried to harm or kill his own, younger brother Van. |
| 351 | * EvilGenius: Since he's the ''Strategos'' (tactician and strategist) for the Zaibach Army. |
| 352 | * FacialMarkings: He has a purple tear drop shaped tattoo under his right eye. |
| 353 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: [[spoiler:Folken's wings are revealed to be black when he shows them the second time, and explains that they represent how the fate alteration experiments have shortened the time he has left.]] |
| 354 | * HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Half Draconian on his mother's side.]] |
| 355 | * HandicappedBadass: After he failed to kill a dragon, he lost an arm to the beast. [[spoiler: Very meaningfully, at the very end of the TV series, his soul is seen with ''both'' arms.]] |
| 356 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He defects from Zaibach and joins the good guys near the end of the series.]] |
| 357 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:He finally realizes Zaibach's methods are wrong.]] |
| 358 | * IWantThemAlive: In regards to his younger brother Van, as he had ordered Dilandau, Naria and Eriya to capture Van alive and unharmed. |
| 359 | %%* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Stupid Dornkirk. More deserved in TheMovie at the hands of Jajuka, though.]] |
| 360 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Failing to pass the Dragon Rite, Folken joined Dornkirk in hopes that he could create a world where his brother Van wouldn't have to fight as king. It’s also implied that he did things behind Zaibach’s back to ensure Van was safe and protected from Zaibach. |
| 361 | * LongLostRelative: He’s revealed to be Van’s long disappeared older brother. |
| 362 | * LukeIAmYourFather: More like, Van I Am Your Brother, as he reveals himself to his younger brother Van (after Van didn’t recognise him). |
| 363 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Intially inverted with the ‘hero’ in the beginning. By betraying Fanelia and revealing himself to his younger brother Van, this caused the latter to lose the trust, love and affection he had for Folken. But it also caused Van to become blinded by his hatred for Folken, to the point Van couldn’t see just how much Folken cared about him. Even when he was on Van’s side, Van still didn’t trust him. |
| 364 | ** He claimed the reason he joined Zaibach was because the King of Fanelia is destined to fight and he wanted to spare his younger brother Van from that awful fate. But little did he know, that by leaving Fanelia and joining Zaibach, that Van would still fall to that awful fate. |
| 365 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He treats all his employees equally and looks at their results instead of politics or race. He never considers YouHaveFailedMe. |
| 366 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: He felt like the only way to atone for his own many crimes while working under Dornkirk was death. |
| 367 | * ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:The leaders don't trust him after his HeelFaceTurn. Neither does Van, until Folken saves both of them from a dragon.]] |
| 368 | %%* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:In the movie.]] |
| 369 | %%* TheSpock |
| 370 | * StrawNihilist: In the movie. |
| 371 | * ThatManIsDead: "Folken of Fanelia is dead. I died the day that dragon ripped this arm off, and it was Emperor Dornkirk who gave me life again." |
| 372 | * The Stoic: He doesn’t show much emotion. |
| 373 | * TheUnreveal: It’s never revealed what he got to up to for 10 years while working for Zaibach. The only thing we know is Folken stated that he was a sorcerer for a time. |
| 374 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:His soul is among those who watch over Hitomi's return home in the TV series, alongside the twins' and his parents' own.]] |
| 375 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He joined TheEmpire in hopes of realizing Zaibach's ideals of a world free of war and to ensure Van would never have to shed blood, even if it involves [[KickTheDog kicking a few puppies]] along the way. |
| 376 | * WeCanRuleTogether: He pleads with his younger brother Van to join Zaibach multiple times. |
| 377 | * WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler:He has wings due to being a HalfHumanHybrid of the Draconian race.]] |
| 378 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:When Hitomi reveals that confronting Dornkirk will kill him, Folken tells her that the result of all of his {{Deadly Upgrade}}s means that he doesn't have much longer to live anyhow.]] |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Naria & Eriya]] |
| 382 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naria_and_eriya.jpg]] |
| 383 | --> Naria -- '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuriAmano (Japanese), Creator/SaffronHenderson (Ocean Group), Creator/MichelleRojas (Funimation) (English) and Ruth Toscano (Latin America) |
| 384 | --> Eriya -- '''Voiced by''': Creator/NarumiHidaka (Japanese), Creator/SaffronHenderson (Ocean Group), Creator/FeleciaAngelle (Funimation) (English) and Rebeca Gómez (Latin America) |
| 385 | |
| 386 | Eighteen-year-old leopard girls who serve as soldiers under Folken's command. Naria (the older of the twins) is the silver one and Eriya is the golden one. Folken rescued them from a mob of humans when they were eight years old, so it is only natural that they have an attachment to him. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Strongly implied with Naria, as she let Hitomi go and didn’t take her to Folken, most likely because of kindness that Hitomi had shown towards her. |
| 389 | ** Also the reason they are so deeply attached to Folken, as he was the first person to show them any kindness after their parents' deaths. |
| 390 | * CatGirl: They are leopard girls. |
| 391 | %%* CoDragons: To Folken. |
| 392 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Their parents were murdered when they children. And when they were cornered by men who were hoping to sell them, they jumped from a cliff to escape, only to be saved by Folken. |
| 393 | * DemotedToExtra: In the movie, they're dancers. |
| 394 | * EveryoneHasStandards: They didn’t hurt or kill Merle because she was a cat like them, and reminded them of their tragic past as orphans. |
| 395 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Both Naria and Eriya were in love with Folken, but he didn’t feel the same way about them. |
| 396 | * IOweYouMyLife: As seen above, Folken rescued them in their DarkestHour. |
| 397 | * OrphansOrdeal: Both of them are orphans, due to both of their parents being killed when they 8. |
| 398 | * RapidAging: The fatal side effects of the amplified fortune (luck) intensifier cause them to age gradually and ultimately kill them. |
| 399 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: They're alive in TheMovie. Unlike the anime, they have no affiliation to Zaibach or Folken. Instead, they're dancers. |
| 400 | * TheJinx: Their amplified luck causes destruction and turmoil around everything and everyone near them. [[spoiler:And to themselves.]] |
| 401 | * TheReveal: Naria’s birth name was Narunaru and Eriya’s birth name was Belubelu. |
| 402 | * TheUnreveal: We may have seen glimpses of their (dead) parents, but their overall appearance, personalities, and even their names remain a mystery. |
| 403 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Hitomi is about to say goodbye to Van and return home, the spirits of the girls ''and'' Folken are present, finally free from their burdens.]] |
| 404 | * UndyingLoyalty: They’re in love with Folken and would give their lives for him. |
| 405 | * WhatTheHellHero: Eriya gives one to Van, angrily asking why he can’t see just how much his older brother Folken cares about him. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Jajuka]] |
| 409 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jajuka_escaflowne.png]] |
| 410 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/KoujiTsujitani (Japanese), Creator/ScottMcNeil (Ocean Group), and Creator/ChuckHuber (Funimation) (English) |
| 411 | |
| 412 | A soldier in the Zaibach army. He's an anthropomorphic canine of sorts, having the appearance of a dog (specifically, an Afghan hound). |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * AnimalStereotypes: He has the face and head of a dog, and is also as loyal and devoted as a well-trained one. |
| 415 | * AntiVillain: He's part of the Zaibach military, and thus technically on the side opposing the heroes, but he is kind, compassionate, and courteous. |
| 416 | * BeastMan: Body of a man, head of a dog. |
| 417 | * ChekhovsGunman: We see him first during [[spoiler:Dilandau/Selena's brief stunt as TheOphelia]]. Later, he reappears with a vengeance. |
| 418 | * GentleGiant: A man who is as huge as he's kind, even though he's technically on the side of the antagonists. |
| 419 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Shields Dilandau in the middle of the final battle, and dies begging him to become Selena again. His death triggers Dilandau's last VillainousBreakdown... and changes him back to Selena, the gentle girl he used to be.]] |
| 420 | * MoralityPet: His relation to Dilandau [[spoiler:from back when he was Selena]] is the only thing that humanizes that psycho. |
| 421 | * MyGreatestFailure: Jajuka feels horrendously guilty because he was powerless to [[spoiler:save Selena from the horrid treatment that turned her into Dilandau.]] He becomes Dilandau's follower in hopes that he'll be able to fix his error someday. |
| 422 | * ParentalSubstitute: He took care of [[spoiler:little Selena Schezar]] in her early Zaibach days, and was a sort of BigBrotherMentor to her. |
| 423 | %%* TokenGoodTeammate: More prominently in TheMovie. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:Gaou and Varie Fanel]] |
| 427 | --> '''Voiced by''' (Goau): Creator/AkioOtsuka (Japanese), Creator/MichaelDobson (Ocean Group), Creator/TaliesinJaffe (Funimation) (English), César Soto (Latin America) |
| 428 | --> '''Voiced by''' (Varie): Creator/YoshikoSakakibara (Japanese), Lisa Ann Beley (Ocean Group), Creator/TiaBallard (Funimation) (English), Olga Hnidey (Latin America) |
| 429 | |
| 430 | The dead parents of Folken and Van, and the RulingCouple of Fanelia. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * GoodParents: Both of them loved their boys, specially Varie. |
| 433 | * LoveAtFirstSight: On a full moon night, a young Goau saw a just as young Varie stepping into a lake [[spoiler: and extending her wings]]; he fell in love with her right there, and she liked him back as well. |
| 434 | * UptownGirl: Goau was a WarriorPrince, Varie was a non-Fanelian woman [[spoiler: and more exactly, [[AngelicBeauty a member of the]] [[WingedHumanoid despised Draconian race.]] |
| 435 | * TheUnReveal: It’s never been shown or explained how Varie died. |
| 436 | * TogetherInDeath: When Hitomi is about to say goodbye to Van and return home, she sees [[spoiler:the souls of Varie and Goau (among others), hugging happily]]. |
| 437 | * WingedHumanoid: Varie was descendant of Atlantis, giving her wings. |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
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