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!!Fayt Leingod
!!!Voiced by: SoichiroHoshi (JP), SteveStaley (EN)
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TheProtagonist. Fayt Leingod is a laid-back teen who enjoys his time with his family and friends, especially Sophia. All goes wrong once an alien invasion attacks the resort planet he, his family, and Sophia were staying at. From there, they are all separated when escaping to different places of the galaxy. Fayt now has to fend off for himself in hopes to find his family, [[spoiler:except that he finds out eventually that he carries one of the three powers to save the universe from a much bigger threat, his power being Destruction]].

For being recently introduced into an adventure, Fayt is a skilled swordsman thanks to playing virtual reality games.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: His first name is pronounced 'fate' and his last name sounds like 'lion god'. How cool is that?
* [[spoiler:CursedWithAwesome: He possesses the power of Destruction, which allows the party to use their battle skills and magic in the 4D world. As a bonus, his power manifests in his ultimate battle skill "Ethereal Blast"...]]
** [[spoiler:GameplayAndStorySegregation: ...that you get from the BonusDungeon despite it shows up during a cutscene.]]
** [[spoiler: Actually, his "Diminsion Door" skill is also a product of this; and in the ''Director's Cut'', he gains learns a few powerful Symbology spells.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* MrFanservice
* HeroesPreferSwords: Justified by the surroundings. Also he spent his time playing in the battle simulator as a swordsman, so it reflects his abilities. Acts a foreshadowing [[spoiler:being an RPG character.]]
* HeroicBSOD: His calm behavior gets utterly shattered when he realizes that [[spoiler:he was the main target for an alien invasion that killed thousands of people at the resort planet he was visiting with his family and childhood friend, chased him down on an escape ship, and interrupted a war between two nations where a friend of his was killed off. After that, his friend's girlfriend dies in his deathbed right in front of his eyes.]] Yeah, Fayt didn't certainly want for any of this to happen.
* [[spoiler:PersonOfMassDestruction]]
* PowerStrainBlackout: Fayt faints after activating his [[spoiler: genetic Symbology ability Destruction]] for the first time. He also suffers some temporary memory loss from the event, indicating that it was especially psychologically traumatic.
* PropheticName
* [[spoiler: RealityWarper: According to the fluff, his "Destruction" gene has the ability to ''literally'' warp the fabric of space-time. He can't rewrite the laws of the universe like Maria, but he can potentially open up wormholes, control energy, or just outright [[CessationOfExistence erase things from existence]].]]
* TheScream: Fayt delivers some screams whenever he is knocked out in battle. But that's not exactly the whole history, [[spoiler:since he delivers a big one after Cliff tells him that he was the main target for the Vendeeni. Fayt then realizes all the attacks were done to capture him.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!Sophia Esteed
!!!Voiced by: AtsukoEnomoto (JP), MichelleRuff (EN)
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The main girl [[spoiler:though she joins the party late]]. Sophia has a stereotypical life as any other girl who likes to cook and have fun with his friend Fayt. All changes once she is forced to escape from an alien invasion to a colony in the space [[spoiler:and then gets kidnapped midway]]. Although she's a bit naive to the events around her, Sophia gives her all to help. [[spoiler:She has with her one of the three powers to save the universe: Connection]].

* BlackMagicianGirl: Her spells are powerful and destructive.
* [[spoiler:CursedWithAwesome: She has the power of Connection, which allows the party to "connect" to the 4D world by breaking through its barriers.]]
** [[spoiler:AwesomeButImpractical: It doesn't work well since it was developed in a short time unlike the other two]].
* MagikarpPower: Similarly to Mirage and Peppita, she has to be leveled up quite a bit to catch up with the rest once she joins the party for good. Once she does, though, she's the most versatile magic user in the game.
* NiceHat: Gets a pink kitty hat while synthetizing weapons with materials.
* {{Moe}}
* NaiveEverygirl: It's difficult for her to understand what is going on.
* SupremeChef: Describes her stereotypical young girl attitude.
* [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Unlucky]] ''or'' VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Depending on the ending.
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Peppita Rossetti
!!!Voiced by: MasayoKurata (JP), SherryLynn (EN)
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The circus girl. Peppita travels around the universe with her circus family to entertain people to become a star dancer just like her deceased mother. When Fayt and Sophia meet her, she was about to put up her debut on the stage until the resort planet was invaded by aliens. She briefly assists the duo in two forced fights until they're all separated. Much later, she reunites and assists Fayt in liberating Moonbase and joins the party if the player chooses her. Otherwise, she will remain behind.

* ActionGirl
* DisappearedDad: It is told by her that her father abandoned her family, believing that he was a strong soldier fighting for the federation. She never got to meet him. [[spoiler:It is theorized that her father might have been Commander Wittcomb judging that he has the same skin color, wears the same earrings, and has books about circuses in his room. Now when you think that he was brutally killed in a dogfight...]]
* DubNameChange: She is known as Souffle in the Japanese version.
* DanceBattler
* DarkSkinnedBlond
* GenkiGirl
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Shoes and bangles.
* MagikarpPower: If chosen for your final party, she joins the group at a low level. However, she has the potential to become the strongest party member if properly leveled to the max.
* {{Moe}}
* OptionalPartyMember

!!Cliff Fittir
!!!Voiced by: HirokiTochi (JP), DaveWittenberg (EN)
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The former leader of Quark until lending his place to Maria [[spoiler:because of her power of Alteration]] thinking that she is more fitting for the role. Cliff is the one who abducts Fayt in order to protect him and make sure he doesn't get killed or captured alive. Being a Klausian, Cliff has a big amount of stamina and strength, being able to achieve harder feats than Earthlings can. His partner in crime is Mirage whom Cliff has commented to be as strong as him, possibly because they grew up attending their homeworld's dojo. He acts like an advisor for both Fayt and Maria whenever they are facing trouble, eventually taking a supporting role.

* TheBigGuy
* DaveWittenberg
* TheEngineer: One of his Item Creation's highest levels and the job he claims during most of Disc 1.
* HeavyWorlder
* MrFanservice
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Cliff boasts that even a gun like Norton's won't do much damage in a Klausian. Now when the battle starts, and in higher difficulties, Cliff can get mauled alive. Giving he [[PrinceOfSpace dodges the weapon that won't affect him]], there is always the option he is bluffing or referring to his ability to dodge it.
* GeniusBruiser: He's a lot smarter than his appearance suggests.
* PowerFist
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Fists of Fury.
* ShoutOut: His fourth costume makes him look like [[{{FinalFantasyVIII}} Squall Leonhart]].

!!Nel Zelpher
!!!Voiced by: YuuAsakawa (JP), WendeeLee (EN)
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Nel is one of the residents of the Kingdom of Aquaria of Elicoor II and leader of the Secret Legion, which is charged to gather intelligence to report to the queen. Even though she shows a serious side, her kind heart gets in the way to change the way she performs in her missions no matter how dangerous it is for her even at the cost of her life. She is one of the three residents of Elicoor II that can go with Fayt for the rest of his journey.

* ActionGirl
* DemotedToExtra: Once she becomes an optional party member.
* LadyOfWar
* MagicKnight: Ninja actually. Nel has a decent attack power; but she learns quite a few symbological spells that make her the game's mage for the majority of Disc 1. Despite having less spells than Adray, she's ''still'' pulls the role off statistically better than he does.
* MagicSkirt: Averted.
* NinjaMaid: One of her bonus costumes.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Specifically, ninja wizard special forces agent.
* OptionalPartyMember: A rather jarring example, given that she's an important character for the majority of Disc 1.
* PantyShot
* RedHeadedHero
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* ShockAndAwe: Her AI certainly seems to like lightning-based attacks and symbols more than any others.
* SupremeChef: While cooking stuff in Item Creation, she cuts lettuce nimbly. [[FridgeBrilliance Then again, her main weapons are dual blades.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Roger S. Huxley
!!!Voiced by: Mari Maruta (JP), MonaMarshall (EN)
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A bratty kid Menodix who lives in the Sanmite Republic of Elicoor II. Roger is part of a small band of children band who cheers him on in "Real Men Contests" against the rival group of his hometown, said contests being very ridiculous like stealing a trophy from a dangerous bandit. Albeit really small, Roger doesn't let his size be a problem when facing enemies bigger than him. His biggest dream is to become a real man one day through the tests he is given by his peers. He is one of the three residents of Elicoor II that can join Fayt's journey [[spoiler:and in Roger's case, leave him behind without ever meeting him at all]].

* AnAxeToGrind: The helmets are actually his main weapon of choice, though.
* BrattyHalfPint
* CoolHelmet: Also includes a shark helmet.
* OptionalPartyMember
* PettingZooPeople
--> ''Cliff: What the- He's got a tail!''
* PuppyDogEyes: His method to convince the party to save him from the thief that put him in the cage. Naturally, he gets annoyed too early and drops off his sweet side for his true behavior.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To Roger?:]] [[spoiler: Subverted. If Fayt never gets to meet Roger in the story, after the credits, Roger will be given a scene where he is seen crying inside the cage with no hopes of being rescued.]]
* WildChild: One of his costumes.

!!Maria Traydor
!!!Voiced by: MichikoNeya (JP), DorothyEliasFahn (EN)
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The young, enigmatic and beautiful leader of Quark. Maria Traydor is the one who commands the entire anti-Federation group [[spoiler:because of her power of Alteration; one of the three powers given through experimentation by scientists]]. Orphaned at a young age, Maria grew up thanks to Cliff and Mirage acting as her guardians. [[spoiler:During an incident while on a mission, her genetic powers allowed the crew to escape certain death]]. From that point onward, she developed an intelligent mind though she does have a rather strong and blunt personality while seeking out her origins.

* ActionGirl
* BrutalHonesty: One of her defining traits, though she gets called out more then once about how rude or downright insensitive she comes off as.
* [[spoiler:CursedWithAwesome: She possesses the power of Alteration, which allows the party to exist in the 4D world. As a bonus, her power manifests in battle in that it allows her to use support magic for the party.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, a few of her high end skills are implied to be making use of this power.]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: Most of her attacks involve lasers. The one that takes the cake is Energy Burst.
* KickChick: Averted. Not her main method of fighting but her second one taught to her by Mirage. It's more obvious since they share some of the attacks together.
* LadyOfWar
* [[spoiler:PersonOfMassDestruction]]
* PowerStrainBlackout: Like Fayt, she passed out after she [[spoiler: used her power of Alteration]] for the first time. It's implied the event was wiped from her mind.
* RayGun: Her main weapon choice.
* [[spoiler: RealityWarper: Her "Alteration" gene allows her to alter any form of matter or energy, and could potentially be used to rewrite the laws of "our" universe.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!Adray Lasbard
!!!Voiced by: UnshoIshizuka (JP), BeauBillingslea (EN)
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A extra character added to the ''Director's Cut'' version of the game. Adray is Clair's father, a hot blooded Aquarian whom along with Nel's father helped in the growth and foundation of the kingdom. Other than that, he is an adept in Runology and an average fighter. Whenever he gets the chance, he asks any young man he finds to marry his daughter, much for her dismay. He is always sent away to dangerous missions from the kingdom to avoid having him around during diplomatic matters.

* BadassGrandpa (in appearance if not reality, [[IWantGrandkids so far]]).
* ButThouMust: You ''cannot'' get rid of him or even avoid him. He will join your party no matter what you do.
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Subverted. Sure, Adray is proud and loves Clair so much, but we know for sure how she would react if she saw herself as a chibi version surrounded by roses...on her father's back, no less.
* HotBlooded
* JokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, Adray is rather useless otherwise. His stats work against him since 90% of his weaponry does ''not'' improve his INT and he has the lowest Defense potential in the game. Plus, his attacking style is very awkward and leaves him open to enemy interruption. And his unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP damaging Chaos Tide. [[spoiler:However, since Sophia doesn't join until late in the game, and Nel only has a few spells, he's the only option for most of the game if you want a dedicated magic user.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* MagicKnight: He is basically this since he learns both Symbology and physical battle skills. Too bad he doesn't excel in either.
* ShoutOut: His samurai outfit vaguely resembles the [[{{Final Fantasy}} White Mage class]].
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Compared to all the playable characters in general, Adray likes to talk a lot whenever he levels up.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Looking pretty good for almost sixty, too.

!!Albel Nox
!!!Voiced by: IsshinChiba (JP), Creator/CrispinFreeman (EN)
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Leader of the Black Brigade, one of the three brigades of the Kingdom of Airyglyph. Albel is known as "Albel the Wicked", deciding to take no prisoners or survivors from the battles he fights. He acts as an antagonist for the first part of the game until he is forced to join the group in exchange for his deeds. He heavily dislikes working alongside Nel for being an Aquarian. He is one of the three members of Elicoor II that can join Fayt's journey permanently [[spoiler: though he can be fought if he didn't show up to save the party in the training facility.]]

* ArtificialLimbs: The gauntlet over his left arm seems to be one. [[spoiler:He lost at least part of his real arm when he failed to bond an air dragon.]]
* BloodKnight
* Creator/CrispinFreeman
* DemotedToExtra: Once he becomes an optional party member.
* {{Dude Looks Like a Lady}}
* EnemyMine -> HeelFaceTurn (at least if recruited).
* EnsembleDarkhorse
** Following from this, DracoInLeatherPants and/or JerkassWoobie.
* [[spoiler: {{Its All My Fault}}: A part of Albel's backstory is him blaming himself for failing to make a pact with a dragon and his father sacrificing himself despite failing. Albel even admits that in his sidequest.]]
* MrFanservice
** FetishFuelStationAttendant: Let's see here. He's a {{bishonen}} in a skirt with ZettaiRyouiki and ''nice'' legs. Occasional {{panty shot}}s (mostly if you use him for smithing). [[JerkassWoobie Possible woobie appeal]]. A decent amount of HoYay with the main character. He's ''chained to the wall in a dungeon'' when he first joins the party. Yeaaah, it's easy to see how he got to be the EnsembleDarkhorse. Plus you know, his English voice actor is none other than Crispin Freeman.
* FashionableAsymmetry
* {{Fragile Speedster}}: He's incredibly fast in battle and most of his attacks require being in a combo. His HP is low and often gets MP killed given his low MP value.
* IneffectualLoner
* JerkassFacade
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* MulticoloredHair
* OptionalPartyMember: Becomes this once the EnemyMine bit is done.
* PitifulWorms: ''Constantly.''
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* {{Sarashi}}: One of his bonus costumes.

!!Mirage Koas
!!!Voiced by: EmiShinohara (JP), KariWahlgren (EN)
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An extra character for the ''Director's Cut'' version of the game although she was already in the original version. Mirage is the calm and collected partner of Cliff. It is said by Cliff that she is strong enough to hold her own since she is also a Klausian, wishing luck to any unlucky enemy who tries to do harm on her. She happens to be the daughter of a dojo owner, the same dojo where she and Cliff trained their skills. She also taught Maria how to fight.

* ActionGirl
* ButThouMust: She will join the party regardless of what you do. However, she's still pretty useful for battles.
* DemotedToExtra: As a result of being added as a party member for the ''Director's Cut''/English versions.
* TheEngineer: Like Cliff, except just a little bit less experienced.
* HeavyWorlder
* KariWahlgren
* KickChick: She specializes more in kicks than fists while in combat.
* LightningBruiser
* MagikarpPower: Joins the party at a pathetically low level compared to the rest of them at that point, but can be very formidable once leveled up.
* {{Meido}}: One of her bonus costumes.
* PowerFist

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[[folder:Supporting Cast]]
!!Clair Lasbard

The leader of the Crimson Blade, Adray Lasbard's daughter, and long time friend of Nel. She always worries about Nel whenever she disobeys missions due to her kind heart. Clair dislikes a lot that her father asks young men to marry her soon against her wishes.
* AmbiguouslyGay: What the fans might believe she is due to her interactions with Nel.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl

!!Ameena

A young girl whom Fayt meets in the Trading Town of Peterny. She looks exactly like Sophia.
* IdenticalStranger: To Sophia.
* IllGirl
* InnocentFlowerGirl

!!Dion Landers

A young man who works for Aquaria's Runological Weapon Development as the Chief Researcher. [[spoiler:He is Ameena's childhood friend. The two meet shortly before each one of them dies; Dion dying for substaining injuries during the Vendeeni assault in the war.]]

* [[spoiler:Tear Jerker: In his last moments, he dies with Ameena beside him. What's so bad about this? Ameena dies ''at the same time he does''.]]

!!Blair [[spoiler:Lansfeld]]

One of the creators of the Eternal Sphere.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Aids the main characters against the wishes of her employers because she believes that they have a right to exist.
* SiblingYinYang: As far as the Eternal Sphere inhabitants are concerned, she couldn't be farther in opinion from her brother [[spoiler:Luther]].

!!Robert Leingod

The father of Fayt Leingod and a famous researcher at the field of Symbology. [[spoiler:He was one of the scientists who experimented on Fayt, Maria, and Sophia when they were young to give them the genetics of Destruction, Alteration, and Connections respectively for the day the 4D beings would attack them]].
* [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet]]
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[[folder:Villains]]
!!The Veendeni
A fish-like race that likes to act alone instead of working with the Pangalactic Federation. Their technology is equally matched with the Federation's, but most of it is shrouded in mystery to scientists. Up until now, they started attacking the Federation for reasons unknown. [[spoiler:The actual reason is to get a hold of Fayt because of his Destruction gene. It turns out they were aware of the existence of 4D Space and what the scientists on Moonbase were doing about it.]]

* FishEyes: Doesn't help their models' eyes are iddle forever.
* FishPeople: Just look at their pale heads. They don't move a bit.
* HumanoidAliens: Again, their pale heads leave this impression.

!! Luther Lansfeld
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The Owner, President and CEO of Sphere. The creator of the Eternal Sphere, Luther is the main antagonist of the game. He isn't actually seen face to face until the very end, but the impact of his actions affect the entire game's events.

* AGodAmI: While he's not an actual deity, he sure likes to ''think'' he's one [[spoiler:on account of having created the world the cast live in]].
* AlliterativeName
* DubNameChange: He is known as Lucifer in the Japanese version.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* LargeHam: ''Especially'' in the English version, where his voice actor masticates entire sets during his pre-battle rantings.
* OmnicidalManiac: To be fair, at first he thinks [[spoiler:the characters and their universe is just data.]] So he honestly thinks their grievances with him are justifiably nothing. But when he loses his first battle? He goes completely batshit insane and tries to kill everybody.
* {{Pride}}
* ThisCannotBe:
--> '''Luther:'''I-I don’t believe it! Data! They’re nothing but data! Why am I-I being
--> deleted!? Destroyed! ''Why!?'' Ahhhhhh!!!"
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Again, he thinks the only reason [[spoiler: the Eternal Sphere denizens can think, act for themselves, etc. is because they were programmed to act like the 4D denizens]]. But ''then'' he goes on to say that [[spoiler:no matter how thoroughly they might evolve, dataforms have no right to be ''anything'' but the playthings of their creators]]. In other words, [[spoiler: "any mortal action other than obeying the whims of the gods is a capital offense".]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Before the first fight, Luther acts like a typical company president considering Fayt and co. like something similar to an insubordinate worker. However, before the second fight, he degrades into maniacal laughter and comes off how "righteousness shall prevail!!"
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