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[[folder: Elementals]]
Elementals are rare individuals, almost always human, who can cast magic of a particular element without incantations, planning, or even having anything but a vague idea of what they want the magic to do. Those with enough experience to know what they're doing are incredibly dangerous, though they can be defeated by someone who prepared for the fight ahead of time. For Max Linell the Fire Elemental see the "Teachers And Staff" folder; for Okochi Akira the Water Elemental and Murakami Natsumi the Queen of Light, see the "The Old Class" folder. For Ruden the King of Earth and Ava Grace the Water Elemental, see the "Misora's Group In Book 1" folder.

!General Tropes For All Elementals
Elementals are people with an abnormal connection to an element, who possess the ability to manipulate their magic element with little more than a thought or a gesture rather than a spell, and possess tremendous magic capacity compared to the average mage, which they come by as a natural by product of being an elemental. There are ten elements: [[LightEmUp Light]], [[CastingAShadow Shadow]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[BlowYouAway Air]], [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[GreenThumb Wood]], and [[ExtraOreDinary Metal]].
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* ElementalAbsorption: This is a common ability of elementals, though some have it to a higher degree than others.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: This is very important among the elementals when it comes interaction between individuals, and while individual relationships may vary, their first instinct when meeting a new elemental tend to be dictated by this.
* ElementalShapeshifting: Some of the more powerful elementals are able to change their body into their particular element, such as Akira did in Still Waters 1. This acts as a SuperMode for them, freeing up all their power for them to use.
* {{Flight}}: This seems to be a side effect of ElementalShapeshifting; while only two elementals have shifted thus far in the series (Still Waters 3, book 2), both (Queen of Water, Queen of Light) have demonstrated the ability to float in the air.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: All elementals are considered to be this to one degree or another, though water elementals suffer from it the most.
* PowerGivesYouWings: This seems to be a common addition when an elemental [[ElementalShapeshifting shifts]].


!!Elemental Kings
These are the strongest of the elementals, chosen by their predecessors to lead weaker elementals of the same element.
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* LegacyCharacter: This is how the Elemental Kings are seen by the few who know the truth of how they operate. Every Elemental King of the past was a hero in their own time who eventually died, only to wait around for the next Elemental King of their element to be born, mature, and become worthy of the title, after which they can finally pass on to Whatever Comes Next.

!!!Guy Sculler, Elemental King of Wind
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* BlowYouAway: His elemental power is wind.
* [[spoiler: DivineIntervention]]: [[spoiler: in the intro to Still Waters 3, Book 1, it is revealed that the then-Elemental Queen of Light removed his soul from his body in the instant before his death, saving his life, though not his body; it is implied that this is not approved of. He was last seen on some strange elemental plane.]]
* {{Expy}}: He looks a lot like Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.
* [[spoiler: NakedOnRevival]]: [[spoiler: This is how he wakes up after the former Elemental Queen of Light saves his life]].
* RazorWind

!!![[spoiler: Former]] Elemental Queen of Earth
She appeared to Ruden at the end of the Misora arc, where it is revealed she's stayed around him all his life. [[spoiler: She gave up her position to Ruden at the end of Misora's arc in Book 1 of Still Waters 3]]. Doesn't appear to have a physical body.
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* InvisibleToNormals
* TheLadette

!!![[spoiler: Former]] Elemental Queen of Light
She first appeared in the side story ''The Queen of Light'', and later appeared briefly in Still Waters 3. [[spoiler: She gave up her position to Natsumi at the end of ''The Queen of Light'']]. Doesn't appear to have a physical body.
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!!Elementals
These characters are elementals who were not strong enough to be chosen as Elemental Kings. Any elemental is worth a dozen regular mages, however, so each one is still a serious threat.

!!!Linda Cale
A mysterious swordswoman and light elemental, she was sent to find the "Queen of Light", Murakami Natsumi, by none other than the Great Vampire Lord Sir Alexander Stratos.
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* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: She's a Type 4.
* TheChampion: For Natsumi.
* CoolSword
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: During a fight at the Youkai Festival in Book 2, Linda is up against another highly skilled swordswoman. She ends up impaled by the woman's sword, but manages to grab the woman's hand, pull herself up the blade, and punch her in the face several times until the opponent managed to block a hit, only to receive a headbutt for her trouble.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her introduction involves ambushing Kotarou, who was caught so off guard that only Natsumi's quick intervention kept him from getting grievously injured. It was a SecretTestOfCharacter on Linda's part; when she is defeated moments later, she immediately swears to serve Natsumi.
* FightsLikeANormal: She is a light elemental, but she prefers to use a sword rather than magic.
* GoodIsNotNice: She may be on Natsumi's side, but when her suggestion on how to deal with a potential enemy involves a quick assassination, you can tell she's not a very nice person.
* HealingFactor: She heals quickly due to her abilities as a light elemental.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* LaserBlade: She can use her magic to create one of these; it is described as looking a lot like a light saber.
* LightEmUp: She is a light elemental
* LightningBruiser: Her status as a light elemental gives her a minor form of regeneration, allowing her to recover from injuries or power through them far more easily than the average combatant.
* MagicKnight
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When she, Natsumi, and Kotarou start talking about Masashi and the problems he's causing among the youkai, the first thing she does is casually suggest murdering him.
* MysteriousPast

!!!Cyrr
A young fire elemental from the city of Vulcan, in Mundus Magicus; he seems to have developed a friendship with Anya.
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* CovertPervert: One of the first things he does when meeting Anya is check her out and decide she's probably underage.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone but him seems to think he's a perfect match for Anya.
%%* FieryRedhead
%%* HiddenHeartOfGold
%%* HotBlooded
%%* MightyGlacier
* PlayingWithFire: He's a fire elemental.
* PunnyName: "Cyrr" is pronounced a lot like "Sear", meaning "to burn". He's a fire mage.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: He does this with Anya soon after arriving in Mahora during the festival in Book 2.



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[[folder: Misora's Group in Book 1]]
The group Misora put together during the mission the church gave her in the Magic World.
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* BadassCrew

!Ava Grace
An attractive, innocent-seeming woman picked up along the way during Misora's travels, she is capable of great violence.
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* BattleCouple: With Ruden
* BerserkButton: You know that big, tough looking guy she travels with? Yeah...just stay away from him. God help you if you actually manage to hurt him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's one of the sweetest people you'll ever meet, but she's [[spoiler: often used her magic to rip people apart]].
* BigFancyHouse: She lived in one for a long time after her parents died.
* DarkMagicalGirl: ''Much'' older than most examples of this trope.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: She had quite an empty life, always feeling to need to find something or someone she didn't even know. As seen during the festival arc in book 2, [[spoiler: she finally found it in the form of Okochi Akira, the strongest water elemental]].
* GlassCannon
* InTheHood: She wears a ragged, hooded robe in her travels across Europe and Asia to reach Japan.
* KingIncognito: She is one of the last remaining members of one of the original royals families of Mundus Magicus.
* MakingASplash: Her magic is all water based, mostly used to attack.
* MeaningfulName
* OneWomanArmy: Her powers allow her to take on large amounts of people at once.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents are both dead.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: While all elementals are considered this, water elementals in particular are feared because of their ability to manipulate the human body. Ava has shown willingness to do this several times.

!Gilles
A mysterious young man with some dark secrets. Assigned to Misora by agents of the Church in Mundus Magicus, he is competent at almost everything.
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* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: A secret of his family]].
* BloodyMurder: via [[spoiler: creating a sword out of his own blood]].
* CombatPragmatist
%%* FragileSpeedster
* MagicKnight
* MoralSociopathy
* NervesOfSteel
* OnlySaneMan: When a part of Misora's group. Considering [[PsychoSupporter his]] [[SociopathicHero personality]], that says a lot about the makeup of Misora's group.
* PsychoSupporter: To Misora. He'll secretly do whatever it takes to support her, no matter how vicious.
* SociopathicHero

!Ruden
A huge man of tremendous strength, he is not the sort of guy to take lightly.
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%%* BattleCouple: With Ava Grace
%%* BewareTheQuietOnes
* TheBigGuy: Easily the physically strongest of the group, he once beat an Oni, a race well known in-universe for their toughness, to death in a pit fight.
%%* BruiserWithASoftCenter
* [[spoiler: DishingOutDirt]]: [[spoiler: He is the Elemental King of Earth (the element, not the planet)]].
%%* MightyGlacier
%%* [[spoiler: PersonOfMassDestruction]]

!Sarah [=McDougal=]
A lively young woman who was accidentally separated from her archaeologist father, she bumped into Misora a fairly short time ago. From Manga/LoveHina.
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* ActionGirl
* BareFistedMonk
* BattleAura: Kagetaro describes it as making her look like she's in the middle of a "pink fireball".
* CuteBruiser
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sir Robert the Dragonslayer.
* FragileSpeedster
* KiManipulation
* MissingMom: Her mother died, though her father has since remarried.

!Scarlet
A mysterious woman who is much older than she looks. What is her connection to the demons...?
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* ActionGirl
* DeadpanSnarker: She is the main supplier of snark in Misora's group.
* DemonSlaying: She was created to hunt demons.
* HiddenHeartOfGold
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: To a wall. By a Demon. With her own sword.]]
* LadyOfWar: Though Misora and Sarah love trying to shake her composure.
* LightningBruiser
* MysteriousPast

!Sir Robert The Dragonslayer
A famous hero who is past his prime, he wishes to atone for his sins.
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* TheAtoner: He is on a quest to find the legendary King of Dragons and apologize for ''decades'' of dragon slaying. He doesn't expect to survive the meeting.
* BadassBoast: he delivers one to Rhett during their fight in chapter 32a.
%%%%* BadassNormal
* BerserkButton: For the longest time, any hint of a dragon's presence was enough to make him hunt it down mercilessly. This has faded over time, however.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He kills dragons with a sword.
* CoolSword: [[spoiler: None other than {{Excalibur}} itself]].
* TheDragonslayer: So much so that it's what people call him. He has hunted dragons most of his life due to the death of his young wife.
* FamedInStory: He was once one of the most famous people around.
* HadToBeSharp: He was hunting dragons all his life, after all.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: He's hunted dragons all his life with a ''sword''.
* InHarmsWay: In spite of being of an age to retire, he's still out there, wandering the world.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sarah [=McDougal=].
* LetsGetDangerous: Indicated in his fight against Rhett in Misora's arc in Book 1 by the phrase "Don't you think it's time for the counterattack?" [[spoiler: He then proceeds to wipe the floor with Rhett]].
* TheMagnificent: He killed so many dragons, everyone started calling him The Dragonslayer.
%%* MasterSwordsman
%%* MightyGlacier
* TheMourningAfter: He has never gotten over the death of his wife decades ago...she was killed by a dragon, so he went off and killed every dragon he could find. ''For nearly forty years''. He has only recently seen the error of his ways, but feels he is too old and tired to start over again.
* OldMaster: As Rhett found out the hard way; [[spoiler: he was the only member of Misora's group not to receive serious wounds]].
* PapaWolf: It's heavily implied he would be this for Sarah's sake.
* RecruitmentByRescue: Misora's group found him wounded in the road and nursed him back to health; he's been with them ever since.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: This is what he tells Sarah when she suggests they run away and get their friends to help when Rhett challenges him to a duel between [[MasterSwordsman Master Swordsmen]].
* WalkingTheEarth: He's been doing this since his young wife's death, years ago.
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[[folder: Fate's Group in Book 1]]
!Fate
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* AffablyEvil: Until you get on his nerves, anyways.
* {{Archenemy}}: Of Negi
* ArtificialHuman
* DishingOutDirt
* TheDragon: To Ocali.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Becomes apparent after Book 1 and [[spoiler: his interaction with Chisame at the end of Misora's arc]]. Exactly why he is even following Ocali is unknown at the moment.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Tertium. Addressing him by this name is a good way to get on his bad side quickly.
* EmotionlessBoy
* AFatherToHisMen
* ItsPersonal: He normally avoids this; it takes [[spoiler: Hasegawa Chisame]] dropping a mountain on him to get him to sit up and take notice.
* LightningBruiser
* MagicKnight
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* SupernaturalMartialArts
* TakenForGranite: One of his favorite methods of attack.
* TeamDad
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Coffee
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[spoiler: As seen at the beginning of the Misora arc when Chisame dropped a mountain on him, and again at the end when Misora's group wiped the floor with his group, coming out of it almost without a scratch, again thanks to Chisame's intervention]].

!Foloren Doubt
A demon and longtime friend of Fate.
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* ILied: His response when Scarlet acuses him of lying? "Demon."
* JackOfAllStats
* WalkingTheEarth: This is what he would rather do than more stereotypically demon-ish things.

!Kagetaro
A mysterious shadow mage; what is he hiding?
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* CastingAShadow: His magic is shadow based.
* CoolMask: He wears one at all times, though apparently it is for protection rather than just to look cool. When it was cracked in combat, the sunlight shining through the cracks burned his skin.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a member of a group including murderers, evil vampires, and demons, he's not evil.
* OneManArmy
* PersonOfMassDestruction

!Raddyn Sayard
Somewhat psychotic, he's a mercenary for hire in it for the violence. He works for Tregani Mullin.
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* FragileSpeedster
* PsychoForHire
* SlasherSmile: He can pull this off perfectly.

!Rhett Reaker
A natural swordsman, he was often called a genius growing up. Currently works as a mercenary for Tregani Mullin.
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* AffablyEvil
* AlliterativeName
* {{BFS}}
* HalfHumanHybrid: His family tree features a dragon or two.
* JackOfAllStats
* MasterSwordsman: He is really, really good.
* NothingPersonal: This is his way of rationalizing what amounts to murder.
* PunchClockVillain: The way he treats Sarah and Sir Robert before their fight indicates that he is just doing his job, rather than being purposely evil.
* WorthyOpponent: He appears to be this for Sir Robert until he lets slip several things he's done in the past.

!Shirabe
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* AffablyEvil
* CuteMonsterGirl
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DreadfulMusician
* EyesAlwaysShut
* GlassCannon
* HornedHumanoid
* InstrumentOfMurder: Her pactio artifact is a violin.
* MusicalAssassin
* UndyingLoyalty: To Fate.

!Tregani Mullin
One of the very few that can keep the dangerously violent Raddyn under control, he is a mercenary who has worked with Fate before.
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* AffablyEvil
* JackOfAllStats
* MagicKnight: He is highly skilled with both physical combat and magic use, though WordOfGod says he prefers a straight up sword duel to anything else.
* [[MagneticHero Magnetic Villain]]
* PunchClockVillain
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[[folder: Magic World Characters]]
!The Adversary
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* HumanoidAbomination
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PhysicalGod
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: She looks just like a little human girl, if one that smiles a little too much.

!Kurt Godel
A prominent politician in the Megalomesembrian Senate, he is working hard to create a lasting peace in the world.
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* BadassInANiceSuit
* BeleagueredBureaucrat
* DemonSlaying: He ''was'' trained by Eishun, after all.
* FragileSpeedster
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: It is widely known that he is suffering from a terminal disease of some sort.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* KiManipulation

!Ocali Kaunt
The mysterious man giving Fate his orders, little is known about him beyond his appearance, his strange ability to manipulate everyone around him, and the fact that Fate finds him strangely unsettling to be around. A highly powerful member of the Megalomesembrian Senate.
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* BigFancyHouse: He lives in a big fancy house on a ''street'' of big fancy houses.
* TheChessmaster
* CorruptPolitician: And a very intelligent one as well; his corruption is all but untraceable.
* EvilChancellor
* GovernmentConspiracy: He has a part in a great many of these.
* HiddenAgendaVillain
* TheNondescript: He is so utterly ''generic looking'' that most people can't even describe what he looks like after meeting him.
* SlaveToPR
* VillainWithGoodPublicity

!Saro Pendragon
Another mysterious man, all that is known of him is that he is the one who gave Scarlet her body.
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* {{Necromancer}}: He seems to be one, judging by what is said about Scarlet's past.
* PersonOfMassDEstruction

!Mayor Gren
The mayor of Aris, a major port city in Elysium.
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* CorruptPolitician
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Local mafia trying to scam you? Sent your assistant's head to you without the rest of his body when you sent him to warn them to stop? Have people murder ten women related to the mafia boss and send their heads back the same way! Problem solved!

!Dorsey
Proprietor of a popular tavern in Hecates, he is instantly recognizable by the small tuft of black hair on the very top of his head.
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* TheBartender

!Cult Godanger
Leader of the Hecatean Mafia, he frequently clashes with Dorsey over attempts to extort protection money.
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* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Cult has a big case of this.
* JumpedAtTheCall: When his old boss died and he saw a chance for an exciting life, he jumped in head first.
* MeaningfulRename: When he took over the Hecatean Mafia, he changed his name from [[spoiler: Alfred Pennywhistle]] to Cult Godanger, which he feels is more suited to someone living the life of a guy who leads his own mafia group.
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: A mafiosi who always wears a white suit, "30 years out of date"; he wears it because the previous mafia boss wore one before his death, and he thinks it helps bring respect.

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[[folder: Hodge's Bar]]
The mysterious people who are always present in Hodge's bar.

!Hodge
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* TheBartender
* OnlyOneName: He's Hodge; no one knows if it's a family name or a given name.

!Elle
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* TheChanteuse

!The Boy
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!The Old Man
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!The Old Woman
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!The Cat
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