This is a list of characters from the Atelier Arland subseries who made their first appearance in ''[[VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland Atelier Totori]]''.
->For Totori, Rorona, Sterk, Mimi, Pamela, Hagel, and other major Arland characters, see '''[[Characters/AtelierArlandSeries the main Arland character page]]'''.\\
For Piana, see the ''[[Characters/AtelierLuluaTheScionOfArland Lulua]]'' character page.\\
For other characters who made their debut in ''[[Characters/AtelierRoronaTheAlchemistOfArland Rorona]]'', ''[[Characters/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland Meruru]]'', and ''[[Characters/AtelierLuluaTheScionOfArland Lulua]]'', see their respective character pages.

'''Due to [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers our spoiler policy]], some spoilers may be unmarked in trope names.'''
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!Playable Characters

[[folder:Gino Knab]]
!!Gino Knab
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoSanpei (JP), Tyler Shamy (EN)
Totori's childhood friend. He wishes to become the world's greatest adventurer and drags Totori along with him. Tends to be hyper and very loud.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Feels this way regarding Totori. [[spoiler:Which is why losing to her wounds him deeply, though it brings them closer in the end.]]
%%* ChildhoodFriends: with Totori
* CrossdressingVoices: In the Japanese dub. Even as an [[VocalDissonance adult]].
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Puberty has been very kind to him by the time he's 20 in ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland''.
%%* HeroesPreferSwords
* InnocentlyInsensitive: All the time. He doesn't seem to have any concept that people don't like being called old or weak or other derogatory terms ([[{{Jerkass}} unless he does]]).
%%* {{Keet}}
* OlderAndWiser: He's a lot more level-headed and less impulsive in Atelier Meruru.
* PlatonicLifePartners: After Totori left to teach Meruru, he became Mimi's adventuring partner.
* RealMenWearPink: Wears a pink shirt in Atelier Meruru.
%%* ShipTease: Gets loads with Totori in his ending and character events.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Despite being "thrown" as a result of tripping and dropping it during his final super move, it works quite well and can easily dish out 4-digit damage.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Mimi in the third game.
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[[folder:Melvia Siebel (Mel)]]
!!Melvia Siebel (Mel)
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokoShintani (JP), Creator/CarrieKeranen (EN)
Ceci's childhood friend and adventurer mentor to Totori. Despite her looks, she is abnormally strong and powerful
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%%* ActionGirl: She's an adventurer.
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: As the physically strongest party member, Mel wields a gigantic battle axe about as big as she is.
%%* ChildhoodFriends: With Ceci and [[spoiler: Peter]]
* CoolBigSis: To Totori and Gino, they even call her Mel-oneechan in the Japanese dub.
* CrutchCharacter: In the beginning of the game she has the most HP and takes very little damage from the enemies surrounding Alanya. Without her, Totori and Gino wouldn't be able to handle a good deal of exploration first.
* MsFanservice: Along with Pamela, she's the only one gleefully showing herself off during the beauty contest.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: She doesn't look all that muscular, but she can life a dinosaur with ease.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Her LimitBreak has her throw aside her axe in favor of beating up the target with her bare hands.
%%* SkinshipGrope: Does this to virtually every female she meets.
* {{Stripperific}}: It's telling that during one of her specials her very tiny skirt reveals she's wearing black panties.
%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Ceci's girly girl.
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[[folder:Marc [=McBrine=]]]
!!Marc [=McBrine=]
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusumuChiba (JP), Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith (EN)
A scientist living in Arland.
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%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
%%* ForScience: His main motivation for everything.
* FriendToAllChildren: To the point where he's saddened that not all children seem to be fond of him and his robots.
%%* MadScientist: While not particularly dangerous, he certainly fits the 'mad' part.
%%* RocketPunch: His main attack
%%* {{Troll}}: He loves to tease Totori.
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[[folder:Cecilia Helmold (Ceci)]]
!!Cecilia Helmold (Ceci)
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsamiImai (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)
Totori's elder sister. Since their mother disappeared, she's taken charge of the household. She was initially opposed to Totori becoming an adventurer, but she eventually relented, though she still doesn't approve much.
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%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CombinationAttack: If Totori uses an attack item, Ceci can join in to double its effectiveness.
* CoolBigSis: She tries and succeeds most of the time.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Melvia and [[spoiler: Peter]].
* CrutchCharacter: Averted. Since she can't actually be recruited until near the end of the game, she starts of at Level 50 when first unlocked. Once she is, she can be recruited at any time on any other file, where she starts back at Level 1.
* CutenessProximity: She becomes this when she sees Chim [[spoiler:and Piana]].
* DudeMagnet: One of the reasons Gerhard hires her is because guys come to the store just to be around her.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: In her DLC, she uses a feather duster as her weapon.
* NeverGetsDrunk: She single-handedly drank almost all the beer Gerhard had in his tavern, and other than having a flushed face, still acts the same, and still wants more. Gerhard is not amused as its his treat.
* PromotionToParent: Even though their father is still alive, Ceci is pretty much like a mother to Totori. It doesn't help that their father is mostly useless.
* PromotedToPlayable: As DownloadableContent in the original game and programmed into the game in ''Plus'', but can't actually be recruited until Melvia's ending flag is triggered on any file.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Melvia's Tomboy.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She cooks, cleans, and has a normally sweet demeanor.
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!Other Characters

[[folder:Guid Helmold]]
!!Guid Helmold
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiHamada (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (EN)
Totori and Ceci's father. He tends to be very quiet and calm, to the point people tend to not notice him when he's in a room. Spends most of his time fishing.
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%%* GoodParents
* HesBack: After Totori declares that [[spoiler:his ship will never sink]], which sparks his memories of [[spoiler:Gisela's firm declaration of the same thing]], his gaze becomes sharper and he becomes much more expressive. [[spoiler:When he gets to actually pilot the ship in Mel's ending, he's like a little kid.]]
* OlderThanHeLooks: Looks quite young for a father of two teenage girls.
* StealthHiBye: Somehow disappears right after talking to Totori at the end of the first day.
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[[folder:Gisela Helmold]]
!!Gisela Helmold
A famous adventurer and mother of Ceci and Totori. She disappeared years ago during an adventure and everyone has assumed the worst about her except for Totori, who goes looking for her.
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* ActionMom: She fought back a devil that an entire nation worked to get sealed ''twice''.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:She manages to fight both the Flaushtraut and the devil to "a draw"; the former leaving her boatless and stranded, the second on her deathbed. And, in the first case, she was only defeated because her ship sank. Had that not happened, she very likely would have won.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Subverted. You find her grave at the Frontier Village and learn that she died from her injuries after fighting the Evil Face. However, the true ending reveals that she survived thanks to Astrid's help.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Singlehandedly taking on two of the game's major bosses, still on her feet after starving and drifting for two weeks, [[spoiler:and recovering from near-death in 8 years when she was told it would take 50.]]
%%* DotingParent
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Everyone has pointed out she's rather brash, insults others, and causes problems everywhere she goes, but no one has any doubt that she was the best adventurer of the time.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The only reason the Flaushtraut sunk her ship was because it attacked the part she had secretly helped build, giving it a massive weak point.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:The true end reveals that she's still alive due to a "glasses lady" saving her shortly after she was put out to sea.]]
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[[folder:Filly Dee]]
!!Filly Dee
A receptionist at the adventurers guild. She gives out quests to Totori when Totori is in Arland. Incredibly shy, she was forced to become a receptionist when her older sister Esty (from ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}}'') suddenly quit.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: The ambiguous part is pretty much thrown out the window if she wins the beauty contest.[[note]]Though the subtext of what she says about Totori "taking responsibility" goes completely over the younger girl's head.[[/note]] However, in the third game, she mentions that she hopes to be swept off her feet by a handsome prince someday.
* ButtMonkey: A ''lot'' of events involve situations that don't end well for her.
%%* ProperTightsWithSkirt
%%* ShrinkingViolet
%%* YuriFan
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[[folder:Peter Rietz]]
!!Peter Rietz
-> '''Voiced by:''' Hidehiro Kikuchi (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)
The carriage driver in Alanya.
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%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited: His crush on Ceci.
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* CannotSpitItOut: His feelings for Ceci.
* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: With Ceci and Melvia]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Gino calls him a pansy, since his mom does it. Even [[NiceGirl Totori]] starts calling him this when his LazyBum tendencies go overboard.
%%* LazyBum
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[[folder:Gerhard]]
!!Gerhard
The owner of the local tavern and an old friend of Guid's.
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%%* TheBartender
* QuestGiver: He gives out requests that can be completed for extra money.
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