!The Ardygun Family
A family of Trailers (a catch-all term for guys who pretty much do everything in space other that salvage (The [[Main/GundamSEEDAstray Junk Guild]]'s job) and battle) who operates the spaceship ''Valstork''. They're friends with Lowe Gear's crew.

!! Blessfield Ardygun
Blessfield "Hawkeye" Ardygun was a former SpacePirate, and had many run-ins with law enforcement agents such as [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Heinrich Freeman]] and [[GaoGaiGar Kotaro Taiga]]. At one point, he and Taiga even clashed over the same woman. Bless won.

Bless gave up the life of a Pirate, and they instead became Trailers. They had three daughters (Shihomi, Akane, and Mihiro), and a son (Kazuma, natch).

[[spoiler:Unfortunately for Bless, he ended up 'dying' against the Database, sending Kazuma into a HeroicBSOD. However, turns out Bless was from Mars, thus executed a [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Boson Jump]] where he is flunged to a VERY VERY distant past (Shortly before the Big Crunch that proceeded this universe's Big Bang) where he created his family legacy machines as well as the Database. He obviously didn't live to see his creations go awry.]]

* BigGood: Co-BigGood with [[GaoGaiGar Kotaro Taiga]]. [[spoiler:This traits is carried on well after his apparent death.]]
* BrickJoke: According to Kazuma, Yuumi was a famous masked Trailer woman. In addition, Blessfield's description of Yuumi practically screams CharClone. [[spoiler:When he created Applicant and Regulate, he reversed the position with Aplicant as the mask wearing CharClone based on himself, while the mask-less Regulate is based on Yuumi]].
* TheCaptain
* [[spoiler:CrazyPrepared]]:[[spoiler: He knew that sooner or later that the Database would become a threat to other cultures in the new universe, He created 2 failsafes: The first was to copy himself as Applicant to oversee them, the second was to create Valstork with the ability to combine with the Arm units if 2 of the Database personalities break down.]]
* CrutchCharacter: A battleship with 4 pilot, a MAP weapon, and a good stats, combined with his superb seishin list that surprisingly is filled by a lot of late-game seishin. He is perhaps the best battleship commander in the series and for good reason. [[spoiler:He is usable only for the first part. By the second part, the main mecha and battleship can combine, and he is essentialy replaced by Kazuma.]]
* FakeSpecialAttack: Supposedly has 2000 special techniques, but they're all mundane and basic. Examples include "[[StealthHiBye Hiding in the Clouds]]", "Kidnapping", "[[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject Reversed Grudge]]", and [[spoiler: "[[PlayingPossum Playing Dead]]"]].
* GoodParents
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Departure ~ To the Endless Sea of Stars"
* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter: A complicated version of this as revealed during the TimeSkip.]]
* RedBaron: Hawkeye

!!Kazuma Ardygun
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The main character of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' (Stands for "Double U", as per the sthick of naming game's subtitles with something near the word "DS"). Kazuma's a Trailer, a type of jack-of-all-trades people in space hire to do various things, and travels around with his family in their [[Main/CoolShip big fancy ship Valstork]] and piloting their [[Main/TransformingMecha Valhawk]] with cute little sister, Mihiro. Kazuma's extremely [[Main/HotBlooded hot blooded]] and determined to help get rid of the common stereotype that Trailers = space pirates by kicking the asses of said space pirates and generally doing good and making a name for himself. They eventually hook up with the [[Main/GaoGaiGar GGG]] and [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Space Knights]] in a project to help protect the Earth from [[Main/TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed a ridiculous number of threats]] because Kazuma's dad was an old rival of their leaders, and hey, the Valstork's [[Main/WaveMotionGun Big Gun]] is a good thing to have on your side.

Eventually, he and his family are attacked by a girl named Aria Advance and a bunch of stuff happens. [[spoiler: His dad goes missing after a [[Main/MartianSuccessorNadesico Boson jumping]] accident caused by [[Main/DetonatorOrgun Detonator Orgun]] firing his most powerful weapon at Inference, the leader of the Database, after being goaded sufficiently by him]], which results in him going into a period of [[spoiler: [[Main/HeroicBSOD Herioc BSOD]]]] and [[spoiler: causes him to run away]].

After a time skip, a new and much more handsome Kazuma rejoins his family and kicks ass again in their shiny new [[Main/CombiningMecha Combining Mecha]]. This time with [[spoiler: [[Main/DefectorFromDecadence Defectors From Decandence]] Regulate and Aria, who had [[Main/YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness and were tossed away]] [[Main/YouHaveFailedMe after failing their masters one too many times]], joining them]].

As far as mecha goes, he starts out with the Valhawk, and it later combines into the Valguard, and then combines ''again'' with Aria's Arm Arcus and Applicant's Arm Stoma into the Valzacard, probably one of the [[Main/GameBreaker most broken]] originals in SRW history, on par with the SRX Altered Banpreios. These tropes apply to Kazuma:
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* TheAce: TimeSkip Kazuma is this.
* AloneAmongTheCouples: It's okay, Kazuma. At least you're popular among the fanbase.
** His possible love interests amount to [[BrotherSisterIncest his sisters]] (which is very much wrong) and Aria ([[ScrewYourself which is EVEN MORE wrong]]). We're kind of lucky he didn't end up with one of them.
* Main/AncestralWeapon: The Valstork and Valhawk are handed down generation after generation in the Ardygun family, with no-one knowing where it really comes from. Turns out [[spoiler:Kazuma's dad built them with some aliens after being sent back in time 15 billion years ago into the ''previous universe'']]
* ArmedLegs: The Valhawk has a pair of spikes on top of its feet that form the tip of its nose when it transforms into Air Force mode. It uses them in its rifle and sword combo attacks, and in the latter combo [[IncendiaryExponent the spike gets set on fire]].
* BerserkButton: Pirates. Also, implying that Trailers are pirates. When he was young his mother died in a pirate attack.
* {{BFS}}: Valzacard's Dimension Breaker where it wield another(crystalized) mecha as its weapons.
* BigBrotherMentor: Become a kind of this to [[GundamSEED Kira Yamato.]]
* Main/{{Bishounen}}: After the Main/TimeSkip
* Main/BrotherSisterTeam: Him and Mihiro
* ButtMonkey: The 4komas do not treat him kindly
* ChefOfIron: The first thing he is asked to do after his return is to cook for the Trailers. Of course, being his daily routine he is experienced in this subject.
* ChickMagnet: Rather ironic, while he is not in a relationship throughout the course of the game, he is REALLY good with girls especialy in the TimeSkip.
* CombinationAttack: In essence, the Combo beetwen Valhawk and Valstork, and 3 out of 4 of Valzacard's attack is this.
* CombinedEnergyAttack: The entire family rallies behind Kazuma and combine their strength in the Valzacard's final attack
** The CombinationAttack beetwen Valstork and Valhawk.
* Main/CombiningMecha: Valguard and Valzacard
* {{Expy}}: The Val-mecha can be considered as W's version of SRX. Bonus point for the fact that at the end of the game, both Banpreios and Valzacard is [[spoiler:an incomplete version of its full capability.]]
* GenerationXerox: Not only his appearance is simmilar to Blessfield, the cast even noted that he has a lot of similarity with him especially after the TimeSkip.
* [[spoiler:Main/HeroicBSOD]]
* Main/HotBlooded: Actually, Kazuma ''learns'' to be Main/HotBlooded over the course of the game. Near the beginning, he's overwhelmed a bit by the attitudes of heroes like [[Main/GaoGaiGar Guy Shishioh]], [[Main/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]], and [[strike:[[Main/MartianSuccessorNadesico Jiro Yamada]]]] [[Main/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji]]; by the end, he's screaming with the best of them, occasionally scaring little sister Mihiro
* Main/HotWings: Valhawk Air Force mode's Heat Edge Exploder
* HumongousMecha: The Valhawk may only be size M, but at 30 meters tall it's at the very upper limit of that size class. More notably, the Valzacard is 212.7 meters tall, making it by far and away the largest [[OriginalGeneration Banpresto original]] mecha the player is allowed to control in the entire series. By how far? The next-largest mecha, the Geant Chevalier, is 110.3 meters tall, but even its tallest wings only come up to the Valzacard's knees.
* Main/InstantRunes: Part of the Valzacard's Exa Nova Shoot OVER's Dynamic Kill animation
* JackOfAllStats: The Valhawk. It's fairly fast, fairly dodgy, not extraordinarily powerful (albeit fairly high level in term of Reals), but strong enough to be effective at all ranges, it has all three basic defensive abilities, have a multiform function and it can fly. Not great in any aspect, but unlike most other units it has no real weaknesses
* Main/{{Leitmotif}}: "Bullet Striker" (Pre TimeSkip), "Sail On Future" (Post TimeSkip), and "Just One Chance" (Valzacard's EXA Nova Shoot Over)
* Main/MissingMom: His mother died when he was a child
* Main/OppositeSexClone: [[spoiler:Aria Advance]], who actually seems more interested in Mihiro than him
* Main/PlotRelevantAgeUp
* Main/ThePowerOfLove: In this case, the love between a family, which leads to...
** Main/UnluckyEverydude: Kazuma has the dubious honor of being the first original to have the "Love" Spirit Command and ''not'' be in a relationship by game's end. He spends a good portion bemoaning this last part, too
*** In response to this, fanart and {{doujinshi}} opts for [[spoiler:[[ScrewYourself him with Aria]]]]
* ShipTease: Has some with [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Ryoko]] and [[GundamSEED Flay Alster]] to the point that Kira Yamato ask him for tips to deal with the latter.
* StoryBreakerPower: He commands a mecha that counts as this
* Main/SwordsAkimbo: In one of the Valhawk's attacks, it uses a standard DualWielding beam saber, but it follows up with an additional saber stored in its knee
* Main/TenMinuteRetirement
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He deliveres one to [[GundamSEED Natarle Badigruel]] of all people.
* Main/ThereWillBeToiletPaper: Judging by the bandage on his face, Kazuma consistently cuts himself while shaving, in the exact same spot, throughout the entire 21 months that W spans.
* [[spoiler:Main/UnskilledButStrong: The Valzacard is unquestionably one of the most powerful mechs in any SRW game. However, it only has four attacks, counting the MAP weapon, so you won't get a lot of variety out of it. Or put another way, it only has four because it only needs four]]
** [[spoiler:In fairness, the Valzacard was nearly broken during the time where it is usable.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: As Horis pointed out He left as a child, but he returned as a Man in the TimeSkip, and it shows.
* Main/TrainingFromHell: At the hands of [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Melissa Mao]] and [[Main/GundamWing Lucrezia Noin]]
* Main/WeakButSkilled: His stats are slightly above average for a real robot pilot, however, most of them has a stats increasing ability or a mecha ability to cover them. He makes up for it by having the best native skill set of any series main character in the game
** Count as MagikarpPower as well. His starting unit are pretty good, however it quickly gets outclassed by the games numerous GameBreaker mecha, and its saving grace are its upgrade sharing. Its MidSeasonUpgrade gives it a notable boost in power and match ups better than the previous machine, but by later parts of the [[spoiler:TimeSkip]], its pretty outclassed if only for its relatively weak attacks. [[spoiler:After the second MidSeasonUpgrade its undeniably the best unit in the game.]]

!!Mihiro Ardygun

The youngest member of Valstork family, usually work as Valhawk support pilot. She's very attached to Kazuma since he's one who take care of her after their mother's death and everyone else are too busy (although never [[BrotherSisterIncest gone too far]], offcially).

* BrotherSisterTeam: With Kazuma
* [[spoiler:{{Leitmotif}}]]: [[spoiler:When she pilots the Valhawk by herself, she uses her sister's theme]].
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler:She piloted the Vahawk alone while Kazuma was missing and did pretty well against the [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam Beasts]]. She eventually messed up when fighting group of [[GundamSEED Moebius MA]] because she [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman didn't want to kill fellow humans.]]]]
* PlotRelevantAgeUp
* TokenMiniMoe

!!Shihomi Ardygun

* [[spoiler:TheCaptain: After Blessfield's dissapearance]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Though according to one 4koma, she opens them when deep in thought
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[spoiler:"Determination ~ Pride and Memory in the Heart", once she takes over the Valstork]]
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Slapped Kazuma when he was confused after realizing that [[spoiler:Applicant might be his father]]
* TeamMom

!!Akane Ardygun

* ACupAngst: This is her problem. Why she hadn't joined Ibis in the related MemeticMutation is anyone's guess
* {{Fangirl}}: Of [[GaoGaiGar Uppo-kun]], surprisingly enough. She even has a ''hug pillow'' (or at least, a large stuffed animal version) of the guy
** This gets played with as [[spoiler:Akane's fangirl side nearly retcons EI-13, the Zonder based off of Uppo-kun. Then, [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Sousuke Sagara]] shows up as Bonta-kun and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ruins the moment]]]]
* LethalChef: So much that the first thing that Horis asked of Kazuma [[spoiler: after he returns from his [[TenMinuteRetirement six month absence]]]] is to replace her position as the chef
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mayonnaise. Anything she cooks is drowning in it

!!Horis Horion

* [[spoiler:TheMole, TheReveal]]: Horis reveals that [[spoiler:he was sent to infiltrate the Trailers by [[GundamWing The Organization of the Zodiac]]. However, the kindness of the Ardygun family eventually made Horis abandon his mission]]
* OfficialCouple: With Akane, he does propose her in the ending
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Horian? Horion? Horaian? The latter is closest to the original, but looks odd. Horion fits better, if it's pronounced like the constellation Orion

!!Carret
* BlackBox: [[spoiler: Containing data on the Valstork's origins]]
* RobotBuddy

!DATABASE

The Scribes of Knowledge, more commonly referred to as the Database, are the main enemy of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW''. They were originally created to seek out and preserve all knowledge in the universe [[spoiler: by the civilizations of the previous universe who were at that point just waiting for the Big Crunch. They were inspired to do so by Blessfield Ardygun teaching them the importance of memories, after he was [[StableTimeLoop thrown back in time during a battle with the very same group which he helped create]]]]. Led by Inference, with Critic, Applicant and Regulate as his advisers, and Aria Advance as their field commander. Their modus operandi is to go from civilization to civilization, assimilate all the knowledge each possesses, and then eliminate them to make that knowledge rarer and therefore more valuable. Tropes associated with the Database:

* AIIsACrapshoot: Beings created [[spoiler:by the last civilizations of the previous version of the universe to store all knowledge and let their civilizations survive in some fashion? Of course they turn evil]]
* TheDreaded: The other enemy factions are terrified of them, with good reason.
* MusicalSpoiler: If you listen closely, Eternal Memory is a rearrangement of Bullet Striker. [[spoiler:Now read something about Aria and Kazuma.]]
* PlanetLooters
* WeWait: They lie in wait for 8 months before commencing their plan

!![[spoiler: Recorder]]/Inference

* BigBad
* [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger]]: [[spoiler: In the 2nd half of the final battle of NewGamePlus]]
* ItAmusedMe: Hearing that [[GoLion Sinclyne]] would sell out his own father to save his own skin lets him look the other way about executing him, perhaps the only non-evil laugh he had in 10,000 years.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Knowledge Recorder" [[spoiler:and "Eternal Memory" if he is the FinalBoss]].
* NotSoStoic: His original personality may have been TheStoic, but once he [[spoiler: changed his name to Inference]] [[AxCrazy the slightest thing can set off his rage]], [[OmnicidalManiac he takes a liking to exterminating civilizations after their data is recorded]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he gains a pretty foul mouth to boot]].
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter
--> "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaa!! Vanish, bitches!!"
* WaveMotionGun: Scientia's Salus Lumen
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

!!Aria Advance

* BeamSpam: Arm Arcus' Totoum Schlopetum, combine that with WaveMotionGun at the end. Featuring both over-the-shoulder and hip-mounted cannons, it bears more than a passing resemblance to the [[GundamSEED Freedom Gundam's]] Hi-MAT Full Burst attack
* CloningBlues: She is described as being a "personality clone" of Kazuma, and wants to get rid of him so she can join the Ardygun family in his place.
* DeadlyDisc: Arm Arcus' Lumen Circulus
* DoppelgangerAttack: Arm Arcus' Luna Gladius: has a GoryDiscretionShot also
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler: Before changing sides]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's hard to notice, but during the one mission when she fights alongside your team Aria's stats and spirit commands are identical to Kazuma's. This is long before she is revealed to be his [[OppositeSexClone opposite sex personality clone]].
* Gainaxing: Her Cut-in
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Soul Stranger"
* MesACrowd: The Arm Arcus can split itself into five solid copies for short periods during its attacks. [[spoiler: Presumably, this ability is integral to how it transforms into the the Valzacard's sword and bow, considering the tremendous difference in size between the two.]]
* NoSocialSkills: Very ignorant of relationships due to the Databases' mechanical views
* SendInTheClones: Clones of Aria called Deceiver are made to pilot mass produced versions of Arm Arcus and Arm Stora after Aria and Regulate defect.
* WaveMotionTuningFork: Quite literal as the blades of Arm Arcus look like Tuning Forks which also double for melee use.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!Applicant

* CharClone
* [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger]]: [[spoiler:In the 2nd half of the final battle of NewGamePlus]]
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather]]: [[spoiler:He is an android based on the mind and memories of Blessfield Ardygun.]]
* MaskPower
* PlayingPossum: How he defeats the Valguard. [[spoiler: Taken from Bless's playbook of 2000 special techniques.]]
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Arm Stora's Linear Lector involves it making 2 [[HardLight copies]] of Arm Arcus which hold down the enemy while it charges the prongs on the front and rams all 3 of them.
* RocketPunch: Valarm's Remote Drill Burst combined with ThisIsADrill
* TheEngineer: Considered to be the Database's mechanic
* WaveMotionGun: Arm Stora's Latum Ladius

!!Regulate

* BuxomIsBetter: In Fanart she is considered to be well endowed.
* {{Foil}}: To Applicant as they always fight alongside each other. [[spoiler: More or less a BattleCouple, as she's based on Bless's lated wife.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Her designated role, [[MeaningfulName a regulator]]. She did aware that something is wrong with the Database's method, and make HeelFaceTurn along with Aria.
* TeamMom: Has a motherly personality that developed over time
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple Hair

!!Critic

* AIIsACrapshoot: Even moreso than other members for two reasons. First, he's one who suggested to destroy the recorded civilizations. Second, he was created ''without'' emotion or personality at first.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[spoiler:"Eternal Memory", if he is the FinalBoss]].
* [[spoiler:TheStarscream]]
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]]
* TreacherousAdvisor [[spoiler:NewGamePlus]]
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]]: [[spoiler: On a NewGamePlus]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: He was only keeping Inference around because he didn't know how to control the Sapientia.]]