The cast of ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII''. '''As with many character pages, some spoilers will be unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned'''.

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!!Playable Characters
[[folder:Yuki]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze (Japanese); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)

An aspiring young pilot, who idolises the legendary Sky Captain Schmidt, and wants to replicate his achievement of crossing the ocean on a his own plane. One day, he meets a strange girl, pursued by soldiers, and decides to help the girl - Alfina, on her journey.
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* BlowYouAway: Two of his Specials, Whirlwind and Blade Storm, are Wind-based.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: He almost always calls Miranda by her name. According to him, it just feels right, and she doesn't mind. When he ''does'' call Miranda "mom", [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious it's a big deal]].
* CallingYourAttacks:
-->"Feel the bite of my blade! WHIRLWIND!"
* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: Yuki wants to become a pilot, and has already built and crashed eighteen planes before the start of the story. There's also his dream of repeating Schmidt's crossing of the ocean on a plane, but he still wants to fly even without it. Tellingly, [[spoiler:when Xorn's power shuts down flight units, Yuki seems desperate not only because he can't save Alfina, but also because he can no longer fly]].
* CompositeCharacter: Of [[VideoGame/Grandia1 Justin's]] idealism and craving for adventure and [[VideoGame/GrandiaII Ryudo's]] physical appearance and fighting style.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He, like all protagonists in the series, uses swords as his weapon. He actually starts with a wrench, but his model still has him wielding a sword.
* OfficialCouple: With Alfina, as shown in the DistantFinale.
* WrenchWhack: He starts the game with the Silver Wrench as his weapon, even if his model [[AllSwordsAreTheSame shows him with a sword]]. All of his following weapons are swords, but at least you can sell the wrench for a nice amount of money.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He doesn't look nor sound like a sixteen-years old, but rather as twenty-something.
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[[folder:Miranda]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Mayumi Wakamura (Japanese) and Creator/MichelleRuff (English)

Yuki's mom, who raised him alone since her arrival to Anfog village. While her and Yuki's relationships may be closer to those of siblings, instead of parent and child, she cares for him deeply.
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* ActionGirl: She fights with dual daggers, and is quick to jump in action. She basically kickstarts the whole game when she spots Alfina being threatened by Raven, and attacks him without a second thought.
* ActionMom: She's the protagonist's mother, and a party member.
* CrutchCharacter: A minor example; she starts out the game four levels higher than Yuki, and while the rest of the party quickly catches up to her, she remains the most powerful for quite some time, helped by the fact that she comes with a skill that does extra damage to the type of monsters fought in the first area.
* DishingOutDirt: Her second special move, Force Slash, is Earth-based, and she comes equipped with the Tremor spell by default.
%%* DrowningMySorrows
* DualWielding: Her weapon is dual daggers, although she usually leaves one dagger in sheath, and draws it only for her Specials.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/Grandia1 Lily]], if she'd been a playable character rather than just a RetiredBadass.
* KickChick: Her Aerial Combo has her kicking the airborne enemy several times, tossing them higher and higher.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She doesn't look old enough to be a mother, period, much less a mother of a teenage boy.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She and Alonso leaves the party and are [[LongBusTrip never seen again]].]]
%%* SheFu
%%* TeamMom
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[[folder:Alfina]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Haruka Kinami (Japanese) and Creator/StephanieSheh (English)

A Communicator, a priestess who can speak with Guardians, who's heading back to the Arcriff Sanctuary. However, en route she was attacked by mysterious soldiers, forcing her to rely on Yuki and Miranda for protection. She wants to find her brother, Emelious, who disappeared several years ago.
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* ApologeticAttacker: When using Stun Force, she says "Sorry, this might hurt!" to the enemy.
* DamselInDistress: Near the climax of the game Alfina [[spoiler:reaches out to Emelious, who seems to finally heed her plea, but then ''something'' changes, and he kidnaps her and gets away on a dragon. She spends next few hours tied up with a nice view on Xorn's cocoon, until the party frees her just in time for the final battle]].
* EleventhHourSuperpower: She learns Armageddon right before the final boss.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/GrandiaII Elena]], only with PointyEars instead of singing. She even plays a similar role in the world's church.
* MagicStaff: She fights with various staves, and can create spheres and circles of light with its head to use as projectiles.
* MysticalWaif: She is a young girl with a unique power to speak with Guardians - basically gods of the world. Surely, villains want her power [[spoiler:because Emelious needs it to feel "complete", as Communicator's power was split between two siblings in this generation, while Xorn needs it to destroy his seal and break free]].
* OfficialCouple: With Yuki, as seen in the DistantFinale.
* RepressedMemories: She turns out to have repressed a memory of [[spoiler:Emelious snapping and carving the other half of the Communicator mark on his hand]]. In a sequence where she explores her subconscious her normal memories are represented by doors, while this one is a secret passage, hidden behind a curtain.
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[[folder:Alonso]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Shingo Katsurayama (Japanese) and Creator/BobBuchholz (English)

A hapless sailor, who lost his ship in a gambling game. After the party helps him regain his vessel, he transports them across the ocean, and sticks with them for some time.
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%%* LoveableRogue
* ProngsOfPoseidon: He is a sailor, who fights with tridents.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Goes on a travel with Miranda and [[LongBusTrip disappears]] from the plot.]]
%%* TeamDad
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers an impressive one to Yuki [[spoiler: after he jumps into a Versephere after Alfina and worrying both him and Miranda]].
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[[folder:Ulf]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Takeru Shibaki (Japanese) and Creator/BrianBeacock (English)

Alonso's acquaintance, Ulf hails from the Dragon Valley, and has a pet dragon to ride on. Quickly becoming friends with Yuki, he decides to help him on his journey.
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* TheBigGuy: While he's actually somewhat short, he has the highest attack and health among playable characters, but weak magic.
* BigEater: During camp interactions he will often empty his bowl in one go. If he lands a final hit in a hard battle, he will also say that he wants to eat.
* CallingYourAttacks
-->"Get ready to fry, maggots! INFERNO SPIKE!"
* DragonRider: He comes from the Dragon Valley, where everyone has a dragon partner to ride on. Ulf's dragon is called Shiba, and some cutscenes show him riding her, while Yuki and Alfina fly on the airplane.
* EpicFlail: Ulf wields a realistic flail as his weapon. What sets it apart is that he spins it ''constantly'', stopping only when he's hit or uses his Specials.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/Grandia1 Rapp]], albeit a bit more of a heavy physical hitter compared to Rapp's FragileSpeedster.
%%* HotBlooded
* KillItWithFire: Three of his Specials, Flame Spike, Inferno Spike, and Red Lotus, are Fire-based.
* LittleBitBeastly: He has a tail, slitted pupils, and patches of fur on his arms and legs. It's apparently normal for people of the Dragon Valley, and the game's definition of "human" is already [[OurHumansAreDifferent pretty lax]].
* PitifulWorms: A rare heroic example. He has a penchant for calling enemies "maggots", as seen in his attack call for Inferno Spike.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Since he ran away from the Dragon Valley, its people claimed him a traitor, and attack him on sight. While the party's visit to Valley's Guardian probably patched things up, he's still not at home in the ending stills.
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[[folder:Dahna]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Sayaka Yoshino (Japanese); Creator/JessicaStraus (English)

The chief of the Baccula settlement, who has been appointed its head since her lover, Raven, encountered Emelious and mysteriously disappeared several years ago. Since then, she's grown cynical, trusting her cards more than she does people.
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* DeathDealer: Dahna uses Tarot-like cards as projectiles, in both her normal attacks and skills. Somehow, they can strike with enough force to send the enemy flying.
* FortuneTeller: She uses Tarot-like cards in combat, and even recites their readings when she casts spells.
* GlassCannon: Given the right magic, she can do ''a lot'' of damage, but she can't really take a hit.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: After [[spoiler:her lover Raven is killed by Emelious]].
* LoveHurts: Her opinion when you first meet her.
* SquishyWizard: Without equipped skills, she's guaranteed to have the lowest HP in the party, and will easily go down from certain enemy attacks. In exchange, she has the highest MP and MAG to effectively use them. You can even save on skill slots by not installing [[ReducedManaCost [Element] Mastery]] skills, as she has MP to spare even without them.
* MsFanservice: Dresses as a gypsy-like fortune teller's outfit, with a bare midriff and a [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline prominent cleavage]].
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[[folder:Hect]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Ayaka Maeda (Japanese); Creator/RebeccaForstadt (English)

A mysterious girl, who Yuki and Alfina first meet after falling into a Versphere. Eventually, she turns out to be the mayor of Terrarium, the last town in the Verse Realm.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: She's notably young, and is even called a child by other inhabitants of Terrarium. It's never made clear how she ended up in the position, but [[spoiler:her Communicator power]] may have something to do with it.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Alfina notes that Hect has "such lonely eyes", wich is not surprising, as [[spoiler:she has to rule a doomed town with little, if any, hope of salvation]]. She gets better when the party convince her to not give up hope.
* {{Expy}}: Has more than a bit in common with [[VideoGame/Grandia1 Liete]].
* GuestStarPartyMember: She joins the party [[spoiler:for what is essentially the last dungeon of the game before switching out with Alfina once you reach Xorn]].
* MagicMusic: She plays her violin to close Verspheres, and also uses it to summon her ultimate Special - Armageddon.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: Hect is a notably strong party member, so you can effectively use her without having to learn another character's playstyle so late into the game. Even her basic Special, Crimson Shock, is a battlefield-wide Cancel attack, a godsend against hordes of enemies. Her other skills, magic, and even basic attacks are also pretty strong and useful.
* SquishyWizard: She has even lower HP than Dahna, but comes equipped with very powerful skills and LastDiscMagic.
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!!The Guardians
[[folder:In General]]

* AnimalMotifs: Bird, dragon, goat, horse, dolphin [[spoiler:and ''seemingly'' bird again]].
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: They are killed by Emelious.]]
* DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:How they are shown to die.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Gryph's and Seiba's deaths are the only two directly seen, and Emelious beheaded them both. There is no reason to believe he didn't decapitate Drak and Yoat as well.]]
* PhysicalGod: They're the gods of the Grandia III world.
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[[folder:Gryph]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Chieko Baisho (Japanese) and Paula Tiso (English)
The first Guardian seen and their leader, she appears as a massive bird.
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* ChekhovsGun: In the end, it really is Alfina's love that [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn turns]] Emellious.]]
* GiantFlyer: A massive bird.
* ThePowerOfLove: Tells Alfina to never stop loving her brother [[spoiler:right before she gets killed by said person.]]
* TopGod: She is the leader of the Guardians.
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[[folder:Drak]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Douglas Rye (English)
The second Guardian seen, Drak is known as the Dragon King and resides in Dragon Valley, which is Ulf's old home.
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* BlowYouAway: He's heavily associated with wind.
* PlayingWithFire: His orb's ability is a powerful, multi-hitting AOE attack that does Fire damage.
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[[folder:Yoat]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Kim Strauss (English)
The third Guardian the party meets, he is a massive goat that is stated to guard the entire mainland by a girl in the Baccula Settlement, but likely only takes care of the Baccula region.
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* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Emelious kills him too, but his death is never seen.]]
* TheMedic: Yoat's Orb is described as the "ultimate healing power," and indeed heals the entire party and revives anyone who has happened to bite it back to full health when used.
* PunnyName: Yoat is a giant goat.
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[[folder:Seiba]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Douglas Rye (English)
The fourth Guardian the party meets, he is a giant horse-like being that guards the Vejas Jungle area.
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* PlayingWithFire: Fire appears under him as he creates his orb to give to the party.
* StatusBuff: His orb gives the effects of WOW! (fire-elemental Attack raising spell), Diggin' (earth-elemental defensive spell), and Runner (wind-elemental speed spell) to the entire party.
%%* {{Unicorn}}
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[[folder:Unama]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SherryLynn (English)
The last Guardian met by the party.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Remarked on by Alfina after receiving Unama's Orb, in which she states how Unama will be able to rest now.]]
%%* HeroicDolphin
* TimeStandsStill: The effect of Unama's Orb. It works on ANYTHING that's not the player characters, even bosses.
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!!Villains
[[folder:Emelious]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Takashi Hagino (Japanese) and Fleet Cooper (English)

Alfina's brother and another Communicator, who suddenly disappeared several years ago. Now, he reappears, wielding a sword of unimaginable power, and seemingly wanting nothing more than speading death and destruction.
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* AloofBigBrother: Alfina looks up to him, and wants him to return. Emelious, meanwhile, treats her as if she didn't exist at all. He still has a soft spot for her, but [[spoiler:being a follower of Xorn, who wants to eradicate all love, he suppresses his feelings.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Seemingly so, but only for the earlier portions of the first disc. Then [[EldritchAbomination Xorn]] comes along.]]
* {{BFS}}: His Godslayer sword, seen on the cover of the game, is a huge, jagged blade, capable of killing Guardians. [[spoiler: It's formed from the remains of Xorn, which explains its power.]]
* BrokenAce: Emelious is very talented, highly knowledgeable person, and a swordsman without equal. And yet, [[spoiler:he has always felt "incomplete" due to sharing his Communicator's mark with Alfina. This led to him eventually snapping and allowing Grau to corrupt him]].
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Xorn.]]
* {{Expy}}: He's pretty much exactly like [[VideoGame/GrandiaII Melfice if he was Elena's brother instead of Ryudo's]], right down to being [[spoiler:the unwitting puppet of an evil god]].
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* HeroicSacrifice:
* LoveRedeems: A platonic example. His love for Alfina [[spoiler:forces him to finally abandon Xorn's nihilistic worldview, after he witnesses a vision of Alfina turning into glass]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Moments after reconciling with Alfina, [[spoiler:he suicidally attacks Xorn, and ends up turned into glass for his troubles]].
* ScarsAreForever: He still has [[spoiler:a Communicator mark-shaped scar on his hand, which he carved himself in an attempt to "become complete". But then again, that's probably what he wanted anyway]].
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[[folder:Kornell]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JBBlanc (English)

A large man, who works under Emelious's command.
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* BerserkButton: He ''hates'' when somebody insults his intellect. Miranda accidentally pushing it leads to his second boss battle.
* TheBrute: A large man with heavy weapon, who works for a more powerful villain, and is not very bright. He can be pretty nice when he doesn't fight you, though.
* DualBoss: He fights alongside Violetta for one boss battle.
* FlunkyBoss: He is assisted by two henchmen during the first battle against him.
* PowerFist: He wields a large metal gauntlet alongside his enormous axe. It has a separate cooldown, making its own attacks, and can us a CombinationAttack with Violetta's SinisterScythe.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He seems like a pretty nice dude, who happens to work for the wrong side. He isn't mad when Miranda foils him with a trap, and [[spoiler:he [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse dissapears from the plot]] when villains start to commit truly apocalyptic deeds]].
* WarmUpBoss: He is also the first boss battle in the game, and is also fought during a ForcedTutorial on cancelling enemy attacks.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After being defeated by the party in front of Yoat, he disappears and is never seen again.]]
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[[folder:Violetta]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WendeeLee (English)

A young woman with a crush on Emelious, who follows him no matter what.
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* AxCrazy: She laughs maniacally when Kornell wonders about Emelious killing them.
* CardCarryingVillain: She brags about being "a bad girl" in voiceover for one of her attacks.
* DualBoss: She fights alongside Kornell for one boss battle.
* TooDumbToLive: She tries to awaken Xorn, using her love for Emelious as a catalyst. [[spoiler:Xorn wants to eradicate all love. [[LiterallyShatteredLives Do the math]].]]
* SinisterScythe: She carries a large scythe for combat. It has a separate cooldown, making its own attacks, and can us a CombinationAttack with Kornell's PowerFist.
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[[folder:La-Ilim]]
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A {{Necromancer}} who serves Emelious and confronts the party.
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* CrystalSkull: His weapon, seen in the second battle with him. It has a separate cooldown, making its own attacks, and can ressurect his pet undead dragon.
* FlatCharacter: He never speaks in cutscenes, and his only on-screen actions only serve to confront the party, making his motivation (if it exists) unclear at best.
* {{Necromancer}}: He raises an undead dragon to fight the party.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: When defeated, the only thing that remains of him is his mask[=/=]helmet[=/=]skull.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He can flee from his first battle if it takes long enough, depriving the player of sweet sweet EXP.
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[[folder:Grau]]
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Emelious's henchman, abd seemingly the brains of the group.
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* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:He meets his end when he attempts to control Xorn with the broken Godslayer. Considering how Xorn [[LiterallyShatteredLives dealt with Violetta]] not long ago, he really should have seen it coming.]]
* TheUnfought: The only villain who is never confronted by the party, mainly because he always stays on the sidelines, and then [[spoiler:Xorn kills him when he (literally) backstabs Emelious and attempts to control Xorn]].
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[[folder:Xorn ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Douglas Rye (English)

A fallen Guardian, who was defeated in battle with other Guardians long ago. His remains were sealed in the ruins of his former domain, but now Emelious tries to ressurect him.
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* BigBad: The ultimate force of evil in the world, who was defeated by other Guardians long ago, but survived. Now he subtly manipulates several parties to complete his rebirth and destroy the world.
* CastingAShadow: He seems to be darkness-themed, in that his body is nearly black (due to having a CelestialBody) and one of his attacks is actually called Darkness.
* CelestialBody: His body looks like a portal to space, with red nebulae covering the darkeness.
* DestroyerDeity: While this is not particularly brought to attention, Xorn was once a normal Guardian, who's still noted to "exist to destroy life". Guardians' hierarchy and jobs are never detailed, so it's quite possible that Xorn once was the designated destroyer of the group.
* DraconicAbomination: Xorn is less of a dragon, and more of a dragon-shaped hole in reality, with two giant eyes floating in the middle of his body.
* EvilCounterpart: To Gryph, since he has what appears to be feathery wings, makes a lot of black feathers appear during the windup to his Death Knell attack, and is a [[PhysicalGod Guardian]].
* {{Expy}}: Pretty much [[VideoGame/GrandiaII Valmar]] take 2, albeit one with more agency and character of his own.
* FinalBoss: The last antagonist fought before the end of the game. Unusually for an EasternRPG, he has only one form, but makes up for it with ''128 thousands'' HP and immunity to aerial combos.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Emelious seems to be the BigBad for the beginning of the game, then Xorn's name starts getting dropped.
* HellishPupils: His pupils switch between normal circle, and slitted, cat-like ones. "Switch" meaning that they stretch and contract as Xorn speaks.
* LargeHam: "'''SOON''', THIS ''WORLD'' '''WILL BE''' '' '''MINE!!!''' ''"
* LiterallyShatteredLives: He already [[TakenForGranite turns his victims into glass]] with his power. Immediate shattering is usually reserved for those who attemt to [[EvilIsNotAToy control him]].
* OmnicidalManiac:
** He believes love to be the source of hatred and suffering. In fact, he pretty much confirms that in order to wipe love out, he has to go this path.
--->'''Xorn:''' "All living things must PERISH!"
** It's explained that his main goal during his war with the other Guardians in the backstory was that he wanted to assimilate all life into himself, creating an empty world of death. His goals haven't really changed, then.
* SatanicArchetype: Basically the Grandia III version of the Devil, as he is a [[PhysicalGod Guardian]] who caused a power imbalance in the game's backstory by becoming to agressive and making too many power grabs, resulting in the other Guardians fighting him. During the battle he took the city of Surmania, which he ruled as its Guardian, hostage. The Guardians destroyed the city in order to defeat Xorn, but he wouldn't stay dead forever. In other words, he's a fallen Guardian who was thusly scorned by his peers, Gryph first and foremost.
* SealedEvilInACan: His battle with the other Guardians culminated in his defeat, but he could not be completely killed. The best the Guardians could do was reduce him to a claw and seal him in a crystal monument at the bottom of the crater in the Surmania Zero ruins. Emelious bails him out and kickstarts the plot, of course.
* TakenForGranite: A unique example in that he turns things to ''glass'' instead of regular stone. [[ApocalypseWow He did this to the entire Verse Realm]] (save for a town) and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt threatens the other characters' world with this]]. One of his attacks during the final battle even references this.
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!!Others
[[folder:Sky Captain Schmidt]]
->'''Voiced by:''' John Snyder (English)

%%* AcePilot
%%* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight
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[[folder:Rotts]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DougErholtz (English)

%%* AmbiguouslyBrown
* ChekhovsGunman: Comes back at the very end of the game to [[spoiler:help Yuki get a plane so he can go save Alfina.]]
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[[folder:Raven]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jamie Shrick (English)

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Emelious fatally wounds him and he dies in Dahna's arms]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Emelious severely wounds him when they have their last battle outside of Surmania and leaves him to die]].
%%* TeleportSpam
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