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The cast of ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'', which is expanded from the storyline of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'', and includes tropes from that game, and the later remake, ''Adventures of Mana''.

Very much a Work In Progress. '''All spoilers are unmarked. ''Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''''

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!Party Members
[[folder:Hero]]
!!Hero
Originally the child of a noble family, his parents were killed in Dark Lord's coup for the crime of sheltering the fugitive heroine. The hero himself was captured, but trained as a gladiator instead of being executed. At the beginning of the game, he attempts to escape from the arena; when caught by Dark Lord himself, he winds up knocked into the river, and washes up near the village of Topple in time to meet up with the heroine and join her on her journey. Both out of his desire for revenge and from his friendship with the heroine, he winds up dragged into the quest to protect the Mana Tree and save the world.

His default weapon is the sword, and his default magical spirit is Salamander. If he is the protagonist, he has a broader array of weapons and magic to choose from.

He has [[HelloInsertNameHere no default name]] in ''Sword of Mana'': the Japanese strategy guide, manga anthology, novelization, and ''Circle of Mana'' card call him Duke; the English strategy guide and promotional comic both refer to him as Matt. His ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' counterpart also has two separate names: in Japan, he is simply known as "Hero" in the original manual, direct remakes, and a ''Rise of Mana'' collaboration; gameplay screenshots in the English manual instead show the name Sumo, which got carried over to the official translation of ''Adventures of Mana''.
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* BestServedCold: Wants revenge on Dark Lord for killing his parents, Consul Hermann and his wife, when he was just a kid.
%%* CoolSword
* DeadpanSnarker: Near the beginning after defeating Jackal, we get this gem.
--> '''Hero:''' Long live Granz Realm! (Under new management...)
* HelloInsertNameHere: Like his counterpart in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', you can give him any name.
* HeroesPreferSwords: The Hero's personal weapon is a sword whereas the Heroine's is a staff.
* IdiotHero: Being raised from childhood to fight to the death against whatever monsters the Dark Lord opts to toss the gladiator's way doesn't make much opportunity for any sort of book smarts.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Doesn't hesitate to ally with the Gemma Knights since it means he can fight Dark Lord.
* TheResenter: Reveals at the end of the heroine's route that there was a time that he blamed his family's deaths on her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Blames Devius for Amanda's death and charges off to fight him, which ends badly.
* PlayingWithFire: In the heroine's route, he has his own Salamander to attack enemies with fire magic.
* ShipTease: With both Amanda and the heroine in his route. Unfortunately, we know how that goes for him...
* SpannerInTheWorks: Unlike the heroine, he has no real connection to the previous Vandole war--he just happened to get dragged into things after meeting her. He nevertheless winds up one of the heroes of the new generation.
* YouKilledMyFather: Dark Lord killed his parents when he was a kid, and he's been waiting for a chance at revenge. Takes a chance on it when he and Will get caught trying to escape, but falls down a waterfall into the realm below.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Heroine]]
!!Heroine
A survivor of the Mana Tribe. At the time of Dark Lord's coup, she was about to leave her village on a journey with the knight Sir Bogard, but when Dark Lord and Julius attacked the two of them had to flee for their lives. She was sheltered for a short time at the hero's house, but the two of them wound up separated when Dark Lord's soldiers found out about her. Now living outside of Topple with Bogard, she is about to embark on a journey to search for other Mana survivors when she bumps into the hero, and the two of them join forces. Along the way, she begins to discover the secrets of her true heritage and the motivations of her enemies.

Her default weapon is the staff, and her default spirit companion is [[WillOTheWisp Wisp]], though as the protagonist she has a much greater arsenal at her disposal.

She has [[HelloInsertNameHere no default name]] in ''Sword of Mana'': the Japanese strategy guide, manga anthology, novelization, and ''Circle of Mana'' card call her Erena/Elena; the English strategy guide and promotional comic both refer to her as Rose. Her ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' counterpart also has two separate names: in Japan, she is simply known as "Heroine" in the original manual, direct remakes, and a ''Rise of Mana'' collaboration; gameplay screenshots in the English manual instead show the name Fuji, which got carried over to the official translation of ''Adventures of Mana''.
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* ActionGirl: An upgrade from ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', as this one is not only able to fight, but has her own route through the story, some of which she shares with the hero, though those parts are altered to match the route.
* AdaptationExpansion: While the hero's storyline is more or less lifted from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'', the heroine's route was freshly written for this game. One of the consequences of this is that she is privy to a lot more of the other characters' backstories and the secrets of the world than he is. This arguably makes her the central protagonist of the game, whereas in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' the heroine was a much more traditional DamselInDistress.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Becomes the new Mana Goddess after Julius' defeat, in order to revitalize the dying Mana Tree and preserve Mana in the world.
* BlackMagicianGirl: Is much more proficient at magic than other characters, due to the staff's auto-targeted spells.
%%* TheChosenOne
%%* GenerationXerox
* HealingFactor: With her own Wisp, she sometimes heal you in hero's route.
* HelloInsertNameHere: Just like in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', she can be given her own name.
%%* HeroicLineage
* LightEmUp: In hero's route, she uses light magic via Wisp.
* OnlySaneMan: Would rather solve problems with words than with weapons. Unfortunately, this method doesn't seem to have occurred to the rest of the cast.
%%* QuirkyCurls
* TheResenter: Reveals in the hero's route that when she was hiding at his house, she was jealous of his happy family.
%%* SaveTheVillain: She tries very hard, at least.
* ScrewDestiny: Her route features her having this attitude, and yet, see YouCantFightFate below.
* ShipTease: With Devius and the hero. Sadly, we know how that ends...
* ThereIsAnother: Believes herself to be the SoleSurvivor of the Mana village until she meets up with Willy.
* {{Transflormation}}: Becomes part of the Mana Tree, revitalizing it and replacing her mother Mana as the new Mana Goddess.
* YouKilledMyFather: Initially holds a strong grudge against Dark Lord and Julius for wiping out her people, but mellows out a bit as she learns more about their circumstances.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Takes this role in the Hero's route, sticking to Wisp spells.
* YouCantFightFate: Knows deep down that she is fated to become the new Mana Goddess, but tries to [[ScrewDestiny subvert it]] during her route, but comes to accept her fate after Julius is defeated.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sir Bogard]]
!!Sir Bogard
The heroine's guardian, also one of the Gemma Knights who defeated Vandole in the past. He seems to know a lot more about what's going on than he's willing to tell, and winds up dragged into the fight to save the world when the heroine is captured. He serves as an adviser to both of the protagonists, and is eventually revealed to be the heroine's true father.

Only joins the party in the heroine's route. Wields a sword and uses earth magic.
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%%* CoolSword
* DishingOutDirt: He can use Gnome's earth magic.
* DistressedDude: Winds up kidnapped by Devius after Medusa is killed. Defeating him sets Bogard free.
* IncestSubtext: In his grief over his wife's death, he initially perceived his daughter to be her reincarnation. Doesn't help that, growing up, he and his wife [[NotBloodSiblings were raised as siblings]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: He was the heroine's dad all along, but hid it because it made him think she was her mother's reincarnation, and [[IncestSubtext all the discomfort that caused]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Being unable to save his wife Mana from sacrificing herself to save the Mana Tree.
* NotBloodSiblings: His wife Mana was originally raised as his little sister, which may have influenced his initial feelings for their daughter, the heroine.
* ParentalSubstitute: Ironic, seeing as she ''is'' the heroine's father. Not that she knows this at first.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Was in love with the heroine's mother, and is the heroine's father in ''Sword of Mana''. The mutual love between Bogard and the heroine's mother carried over to ''Adventures of Mana''.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: See LukeIAmYourFather above. He was just one of the Gemma Knights in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', while ''Adventures of Mana'' downplayed Bogard being the heroine's father to just implying it.
* TeamDad: To the hero and the heroine, in the latter's case before she finds out he ''is'' her father.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Amanda]]
!!Amanda
One of the hero's fellow gladiators, originally an inhabitant of Menos Village. After the hero fails spectacularly in his attempt to save the heroine, she is revealed to have been freed, and takes care of him. When she winds up having to trade away the heroine's OrphansPlotTrinket for medicine to save his life, she winds up involved in the lives of Devius and Medusa--and while investigating the disappearance of her brother Lester, she is poisoned by Medusa's bite and dies.

Only joins the party in the hero's route. Wields a lance and uses wind magic.
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* BlowYouAway: She can use Jinn's wind magic.
%%* PinkMeansFeminine
* ShootTheDog: Infected with Medusa's venom, she starts turning into a monster, forcing the heroes to put her down while she can still let them.
* SwissArmyTears: Her blood acts as the antidote to cure Lester and the other minstrels that Medusa turned into birds.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Was interested in the hero, but he only has eyes for the heroine. And then she gets killed.
* TheVirus: Medusa's venom causes her to start attacking the protagonists, forcing them to put her down.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lester]]
!!Lester
Amanda's younger brother, a minstrel who admires Granz. His skills attract the attention of Devius, who adopts him and brings him back to Jadd--where Medusa winds up turning him into a bird, like all the other minstrels her son has brought home. Once returned to his true form by his sister's sacrifice, he accompanies the protagonists on their quest to stop Dark Lord's party from getting their hands on the power of Mana.

Joins the party in both routes. He wields a bow and uses wood magic.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Shows up in Wendel early in the game, and leaves with Devius after meeting the heroes.
* GreenThumb: He can use Dryad's wood magic.
* MagicMusic: Plays a song to banish a cloud of poison mist north of Jadd.
* MyBelovedSmother: Found his sister's overprotectiveness irritating, which he regrets deeply after her death.
* {{Sidekick}}: Is the hero's default partner in the later stages of the game.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Willy]]
!!Willy
The heroine's childhood friend, as well as one of the hero's fellow gladiators. Known amongst his friends for his wisecracking and endless wacky escape plans. When the protagonists storm Dark Lord's fortress, he is rescued, and winds up accompanying them on their quest to stop Julius.

Joins the party in the heroine's route. He wields the knucks and uses water magic.
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%%* BigEater
* DirtyCoward: Ran away in terror during the attack on the Mana Village.
%%* PluckyComicRelief
* {{Sidekick}}: Is the heroine's default partner in the later stages of the game.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Was the first character to die in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', whereas in ''Sword of Mana'' he is one of the few survivors.
* SurvivorGuilt: [[MyGreatestFailure Still blames himself]] for running away during the attack on the Mana Village.
* ThereIsAnother: Believes himself to be the SoleSurvivor of the Mana village until the hero brings up the heroine in conversation.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sage Cibba]]
!!Sage Cibba
An ancient sage who lives in Wendel. He aided the fight against the original Vandole, who was once his apprentice. Now, he gives the protagonists advice and helps to support them in their quest.

Joins the party briefly in the hero's route, where he wields a staff and uses light magic.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: It's unclear exactly ''what'' he is in ''Sword of Mana'', but in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'' he was just an old human.
* CoolOldGuy: Decades after the fall of Vandole, he is still able to fight.
* LightEmUp: He can use Wisp's light magic.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Is a bit small for an adult, and is quite old.
%%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Watts]]
!!Watts
A dwarf and legendary craftsman, who helps the protagonists forge weapons, gives the heroine her sickle, and briefly accompanies the hero in a search for mithril. Very similar to every other Watts in the series.

Joins the party once in the hero's route, where he uses an axe.
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* LegacyCharacter: Originally from ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy 1]]'', he came over to the VideoGame/WorldOfMana and only went back once as a human for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''.
%%* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame
* UltimateBlacksmith: His signature trait even back in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy 1]]''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marshall / Marcy]]
!!Marshall / Marcy
A very lonely Vandole-era robot who joins the party when the heroes trek through Dime Tower. Joins the party in both routes.
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* AdaptationNameChange: From "Marcie" in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' ("Marcy" in ''Adventures of Mana'') to "Marshall" in ''Sword of Mana''.
* DubNameChange: From Mummy Seeker.
* HeroicSacrifice: Saves the hero (the heroine in ''Sword of Mana'') when the tower begins to break down, and doesn't even try to jump the gap itself. The reason differs between ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''[[note]](Marcy's rocket thrusters are damaged and the hero would have wasted precious time trying to save it)[[/note]] and ''Sword of Mana''.[[note]](Marshall can't function outside of Dime Tower))[[/note]]
* HulkSpeak: Albeit more pronounced in Japanese than in English.
%%* IAmNotAGun
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Joins the heroes in ''Sword of Mana'' because it's lonely.
* RobotBuddy: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A robot who befriends the party.]] Pretty straightforward.
[[/folder]]

!Primary Antagonists
[[folder:Dark Lord]]
!!Dark Lord
One of the sons of Lord Granz. His given name is "Stroud", but [[ThatManIsDead he generally prefers not to be called that]]. He took over his father's land in a coup d'etat, and has since oppressed the Mana tribe and believers in the goddess out of bitterness that [[ReedRichardsIsUseless none of them were willing to help his mother]]. He is trying to create a country that does not rely on magic or religion to get by, but at the same time seeks the power of the Mana Tree in hopes of saving Medusa and Julius.

Wears a golden DominoMask to conceal his resemblance to his brother Devius, apparently solely out of bitterness over his father's decision to split up their family. Is half-Mavole, but seems not to have inherited any specific Mavole powers. Wields a sword.
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* AdaptationExpansion: His backstory (not coincidentally exclusive to the heroine's route) was reworked heavily for this game; the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' version of his character was a flat villain who just wanted more power.
* AntiVillain: He's just mad the only people who ''could'' save his mother ''[[ReedRichardsIsUseless refused to]]'', and decides to wipe them out.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: When the hero takes a swing at him after he catches him and Willy escaping, he catches the blade and sends the hero down the waterfall.
%%* CoolSword
* DevilInPlainSight: Just look at his title! Even his Japanese title "Shadow Knight" sounds sinister at face value.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: While his is the first fight to use "Touched by Courage and Pride" as a boss theme, it's also the end of the arc surrounding his terrible rule. After his death, the party moves on to getting the Mana Sword and stopping Julius.
* DubNameChange: Goes by the slightly less sinister "Shadow Knight" in Japan.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: To the point that he became a villain because she got sick and the ones who could save her [[ReedRichardsIsUseless refused to]].
* HalfHumanHybrid: His parents are the human Lord Granz and the Mavole Medusa.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Hates the Mana Tribe for what he believes to be their prejudice against Mavoles and half-bloods like himself, but his persecution of them sure looks a lot like prejudice too, as they had [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope good reasons]] for not wanting to use the power of Mana willy-nilly, not that he cared.
* PetTheDog: Still very protective of Marley, even though she's a spy from Lorimar.
* PureIsNotGood: Referred to as "pure-hearted" by WordOfGod, which makes his misguided actions all the more dangerous.
* MadeOfIron: Resistant to all forms of attack. And if the animations are taken literally, the BarehandedBladeBlock listed above was done by holding it up and letting the hero's sword ricochet off of it.
* MoralityChain: Literally the only person who can get Julius to behave.
* RaceLift: Was just a normal human in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His mother got sick, and those who could save her [[ReedRichardsIsUseless refused to]], so he wiped out as many as he could to pay them back.
* ShipTease: With Isabella and Julius. He initially hooks up with Isabella, then Julius reveals he was just a pawn to Julius, and he gets killed.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Prefers to fight with his sword while Julius prefers magic.
* TemporaryBlindness: One of his attacks can cause blindness.
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: {{Discussed|Trope}} by Lee if you visit him after Dark Lord's death. (Would that we knew what Lee actually said.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Julius]]
!!Julius
Dark Lord's eccentric and flamboyant [[TheDragon sidekick]], and the SoleSurvivor of the Vandole regime. Julius helped him overthrow Granz; now, he aids Dark Lord in his search for the heroine. Whereas he plays a largely supportive role in Dark Lord's plans, he seems to know a lot more about mana and about the heroine than Dark Lord does. Once Dark Lord has died, Julius [[DragonAscendant continues to seek the Mana Tree alone]], now planning to follow in the first Vandole's footsteps.

Is [[InformedAttribute apparently]] a skilled swordsman, but primarily fights using magic. Like the original Vandole, he is no longer considered to be human.
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%%* AsLongAsThereIsEvil
* BlowYouAway: During the second part of his battle, can conjure whirlwinds that turn the characters into snowmen (this game's equivalent of HarmlessFreezing).
* Camp: Looks ''very'' flamboyant, especially with his hair.
* CastingAShadow: Seen using dark-elemental spells repeatedly in the story, but never uses them during his boss battle.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Prior to Dark Lord's death.
* DepravedBisexual: Gets some ShipTease with Dark Lord, is attracted to the heroine, and is ''very'' evil.
* DoppelgangerSpin: During the second part of his battle, he'll zip around the battlefield and create illusionary copies of himself. They disappear while the game is paused.
* DragonTheirFeet: Like all of Dark Lord's other allies when it comes time for you to fight.
* EvilRedhead: Has red hair in ''Sword of Mana'', and is still just as evil.
* EvilSorcerer: Wields powerful magic? Check. Is the villain and even the FinalBoss? Check.
* FinalBoss: Just like in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', but without the third form from that game.
* FlunkyBoss: During the first part of his battle, he summons four of a yellow PaletteSwap of the Gray Ox and will periodically summon another to replace one that you've killed.
%%* GenerationXerox
* HijackedByGanon: After Dark Lord's death, he assumes Vandole's (drastically more serious) personality and goals. The Gemma Knights and their allies start referring to him as the real Vandole at this point. It's left ambiguous as to whether [[TheVirus the original Vandole has literally hijacked his body]] or whether his "Julius" persona was a façade to start with.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulated Dark Lord and Devius to their doom in ''Sword of Mana''. He even mocks Devius in his death throes.
* MagmaMan: One of his attacks in his second battle is to send out bursts of lava in a + or x pattern to inflict burn or petrification.
* MeteorSummoningAttack: His ultimate attack in his OneWingedAngel form is to drop a meteor that explodes to cause high percentage-based damage.
* MysteriousPast: Might be Emperor Vandole's reincarnation; might be his son or even more disturbingly it might be that the "Vandole" killed by the Gemma Knights was actually a Shadow (Julius's Shadow speaks to Bogard and Cibba as if ''he'' was the one the Gemma Knights fought) and the real Vandole was hiding only to later show up as "Julius". Nobody really seems to know what Julius' deal is aside from Dark Lord, who [[TheUnreveal never really explains]].
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'', he's unambiguously just the Crown Prince, and last survivor, of the Vandole Empire, and seeks to return it to glory. He was found as a baby in a cave at the waterfalls near Glaive by Dark Lord and was presumably raised by him, so it's unknown how he learned about his heritage.
* MysticalWaif: A {{Gender Inver|tedTrope}}sion for Dark Lord, who trusts him implicitly. Just a shame Julius didn't reciprocate.
* OneWingedAngel: Has two transformations: one is a large demon and the other is a demonic head and hands coming out of dark portals.
* PlayingWithFire: Uses different fire attacks in different parts of his battle.
* PercentDamageAttack: His ultimate attacks in his second and third phases deal proportional damage. During his second phase, his eclipse attack and the flames he uses to telegraph it drain half of your current health. During his third phase, his MeteorSummoningAttack deals damage equal to 71% of your maximum health.
* SequentialBoss: The first two part of the final battle have him in human(oid) form with different ability sets.
%%* ShadowArchetype: To the heroine.
* ShipTease: With Dark Lord. Too bad it's just a façade, and Dark Lord is nothing but a pawn to him.
%%* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead
* SwordAndSorcerer: He's the "Sorcerer" and the "Sword" is Dark Lord.
* TechnicolorFire: He telegraphs his attacks with this during the second phase of his boss fight, with the fire having the same effects as the attack itself. Red fire means he's using his lava attack. Blue fire means he's casting a homing whirlwind. Black fire means he's using his draining eclipse attack.
%%* TheTrickster: Prior to Dark Lord's death.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: According to [[AllThereInTheManual the canon bible]], a good deal of Julius' obsession with the Mana Tree comes from the original Vandole's feelings of romantic love for the goddess. Julius himself doesn't understand the true nature of the compulsion, but cannot help acting on it.
* {{Yandere}}: His violent side peeks out during the sequence where [[ColdBloodedTorture he interrogates the heroine]], as well as when he [[GreenEyedMonster goads Devius into dying]]. Like his trolling and general sassy nature, any trace of ''dere'' goes straight out the window after Dark Lord dies.
[[/folder]]

!Supporting Characters
[[folder:Lord Granz]]
!!Lord Granz
One of the three Gemma Knights, a minstrel who settled down to rule his country after the war. He was a beloved leader until Dark Lord's coup; at that point, he went missing and is now presumed dead.

His sons don't think much of some of his parenting decisions.
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* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost: Although he's mistaken for one until TheReveal.
* TheBard: Was a minstrel who was teaching music to the hero the day Dark Lord killed his parents. Willy recognizes him disguised as a soldier when he sings a tune after offering Willy a tip.
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Did not appear in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the hero, in his own prologue, as he would teach songs to the boy.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Medusa, which didn't end well at all.
%%* MagicMusic
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Count Lee]]
!!Count Lee
A Mavole who lives in a mansion between Topple and Wendel. He is the subject of many ill rumors, but is actually quite polite, and was a friend of the Gemma Knights. He is apparently mourning some lost love, much to the frustration of his old friend Isabella (who flirts with him) and his butlers (who want to get him married off).
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', he was pretty much just a vampire who collected a bunch of girls in coffins for... no apparent reason, and was killed by the hero. However, this game changes him to a ''much'' more sympathetic character.
* BarrageOfBats: Count Lee can turn himself into a swarm of invincible bats if you avoid him for too long. The bats can all dish out smaller hits that can add up very quickly. You're also slowed down for the duration of the attack.
* BatPeople: His OneWingedAngel form is a blue humanoid bat that can turn into a swarm of regular bats at will.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Despite the rumors about him, Count Lee never drinks anyone's blood. The women in the coffins in his basement are there because he's protecting them from Dark Lord's purges.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Medusa, [[AllThereInTheManual apparently]].
* NotBloodSiblings: Despite being LikeBrotherAndSister above, he still pines for her, even permanently relocating to the human world despite her choosing Granz and her later mental degradation.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Very much so. That basement filled with girls in coffins? Those are sleeping Mana women he's sheltering from Dark Lord at the behest of Granz. The butlers who remark about how the heroine and Isabella are "the perfect woman" and try to present them to Lee like a stereotypical vampire B-movie? They're a little overly enthusiastic about bride-shopping for their master, and are doing it against his will. Isabella is floating motionless in the air when the hero bursts in? She was harassing Lee, so he put her to sleep. It takes Granz's intervening to get things sorted out in the end.
* OneWingedAngel: A giant humanoid bat, just like in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Isabella]]
!!Isabella
An old friend of Lee's who is visiting him at the time that the protagonists drop by his mansion. After discovering that Lee has more or less settled down in the human world, she seeks out Dark Lord on her journey to find adventure and romance. She is part of the Bigieu clan of Mavoles, and even though she's ostensibly a part of Dark Lord's party, she is never overtly malevolent towards the protagonists and is never actually fought.

She has more appearances in the heroine's route, and is implied to have feelings for Dark Lord. Her Mavole form is that of an anthropomorphic white cat.
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* CatStereotype: Her monster form fits the general white cat archetype.
* CuteMonsterGirl: At very least in some spin-offs her monster form [[https://mana.fandom.com/wiki/Isabella_(Sword_of_Mana)?file=SSUR_0861.jpg is actually pretty cute]].
* DualWielding: Her battle-ready sprite shows her holding a pair of knives.
* FieryRedhead: She has red hair and will cut you if you piss her off.
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Did not appear in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* LegacyCharacter: Shares more than a passing resemblance to the Belladonna of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', but their personalities are quite different.
* OddFriendship: With the heroine. Despite being on opposite sides, they actually get along well.
* OneWingedAngel: As she gears up to fight Goremand, she turns into a vaguely feline creature before the hero and the heroine fall off the tower.
* ShipTease: With Lee and Dark Lord. The latter hooks up with her, but then he gets killed.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Stays out of Dark Lord's fight with the heroes, only intervening when Goremand eats his soul after they defeat him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Though she joins Dark Lord's side, she's never hostile toward the heroes, and never fights them.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: She and Goremand fight after Dark Lord's death. Though she defeats him, she never reappears, but Goremand does, yet he doesn't comment on the fight at all.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Devius]]
!!Devius
Dark Lord's elder twin brother, caretaker of their ill mother and ruler of the desert town Jadd. May also be the prince of Mavolia. Devius is generally more calm and well-mannered than his brother, but shares his dislike for being addressed by his given name (Gurnda). After his mother's death at the hero's hands, he winds up in a confrontation with the protagonists.

His demeanor is very different based on route, which may have to do with the fact that like Dark Lord, [[AdaptationExpansion his character was heavily rewritten for this game]]. His Mavole form is that of a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Mindflayer]].
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Appears in Wendel toward the start of the game, and meets Lester there as well, which is when the latter ends up in his care.
* AdaptationalHeroism: ''Sword of Mana'' makes him an AntiVillain. In ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', he was just a named crony of the Dark Lord.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Goes from not liking having strangers in his town, and forbidding music in Jadd, to the town's UniversallyBelovedLeader and getting along with the heroes when he meets them in Wendel.
* AdaptationNameChange: His name is Davias in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* AllThereInTheManual: Devius got shipped back to Mavolia along with his mother because his magical energy was too uncontrolled and caused him to be born prematurely and continued to threaten his life afterwards, which couldn't be treated in the human world.
* BenevolentBoss: Doesn't mistreat Lester at all while the latter is in his care.
* BerserkButton: Very kind and reasonable... [[YouKilledMyFather unless his mother is harmed]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: ''Sword of Mana'' has him as a nice enough guy, but then his mother dies and is not happy.
* TheCaretaker: To his mother Medusa. [[BerserkButton Harm her at your own peril.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Early on in ''Sword of Mana'', the heroine explains that spirits don't appear before inherently evil beings, which reinforces Devius' AdaptationalHeroism.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: His OneWingedAngel form is based on the Mindflayer, but his head looks more like a nautilus. Li'l Cactus lampshades it by calling him "ol' squidface."
* DontYouDarePityMe: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Julius, possibly out of [[{{Yandere}} jealousy]], which results in Devius's death.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Gives off this impression with his birds; though it's later discovered that [[ForcedTransformation some of them weren't always birds]].
* HalfHumanHybrid: His parents are the human Lord Granz and the Mavole Medusa.
* NotSoStoic: After Medusa's death, he gets loud and angry.
* OneWingedAngel: His demon form is a {{Cthulhumanoid}} called the Mind Flayer.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He was just a crony for the Dark Lord in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''. In ''Sword of Mana'', he's Dark Lord's twin brother.
* RevengeBeforeReason: He doesn't take that fact that you killed Medusa very well, to the point that he doesn't care that ''she'' attacked ''them'' in a fit, and she only stopped when she was mortally wounded.
%%* ShipTease: With the heroine.
* TheStoic: Doesn't emote all that much, but isn't completely taciturn.
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: The people of Jadd love him, and so do the Luna spirits, with which he's affiliated.
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[[folder:Marley]]
!!Marley
Dark Lord's attendant, who has taken care of him for most of his life. She and the heroine meet during the heroine's stay on Dark Lord's airship. Marley is privy to the Granz family's history. While she has a number of appearances in the heroine's route, in the hero's she only appears in the short arc that explains her origins.
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%%* IWasQuiteALooker
%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the heroine.
* MoralityPet: To Dark Lord, as she is one of the few people he actually listens to.
%%* ParentalSubstitute: To Dark Lord.
* ThatManIsDead: Her real name is Pamela, an identity which she abandoned after Lorimar Castle was frozen. When Prince Durac recognizes her after Lorimar unfreezes, she denies it.
* SecretKeeper: Knows the connection between Dark Lord and Lord Granz, but doesn't broadcast it.
* SoleSurvivor: The only person who wasn't frozen with the rest of Lorimar aside from the king.
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[[folder:Medusa]]
!!Medusa
Dark Lord and Devius's mother, a Mavole noblewoman whose true name is Anise. Due to the powerful geas meant to prevent Mavoles from intermarrying with humans, she has been steadily losing her memories of her husband and children, and will eventually die. Granz chose to separate from her in hopes of slowing her illness down, which also forced their sons apart. She now lives with Devius in Jadd, where he continually brings minstrels to perform for her because they help her remember her husband. [[ForcedTransformation If only she would stop turning them into birds.]]

Her Mavole form is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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* EyeBeams: She fires petrifying beams that bounce off of the battlefield's mirrored spires from her third eye.
* FlunkyBoss: Summons snakes as allies.
* FlyingFace: Her OneWIngedAngel form is a three-eyed head with snakes for hair that levitates just off the ground.
* ForcedTransformation: She turns visiting minstrels into birds. Amanda's blood can change them back thanks to being laced with Medusa's venom.
* MoralityPet: To Devius in particular, although both her sons care for her very much.
* OneSteveLimit: Her true name, Anise, is an {{aver|ted Trope}}sion. She shares a name with Anise The Witch from ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', and ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'', but otherwise has no connection to her.
* OneWingedAngel: A giant head with snakes for hair [[VideoGame/TrialsOfMana that looks disturbingly alot like the third head of Zable Fahr]](if that ''was'' one of Zable Fahr's heads which is hard to decipher considering the 3rd head looks ''nothing'' like the other 2).
* TheOphelia: Slowly losing her memories and sanity to a curse meant to prevent Mavoles from marrying humans. She also hasn't visibly aged since her time with Granz.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Is the mother of Dark Lord and Devius ''Sword of Mana''. Just another boss monster in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Mavoles and humans don't age at the same rate.
* TakenForGranite: A beam fired from her OneWingedAngel form's third eye can cause petrification.
* TheVirus: Her venom has a corrupting influence on humans, changing Amanda into a monster and forcing the hero to MercyKill her.
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[[folder:Goremand]]
!!Goremand
A Mavole who follows Dark Lord and Julius around for kicks. Has a sadistic personality, prioritizes himself, and eats souls. Due to his flippant disregard for who will eventually triumph, he actually winds up helping the protagonists now and again.
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* ChaoticEvil: {{Discussed|Trope}} InUniverse.
* DragonTheirFeet: As with Julius and Isabella. Unlike them, in Goremand's case it's explicitly out of opportunism.
* EvilLaugh: Lets one out after nearly every line.
* ForTheEvulz: Wants only one thing: to eat souls. Whether it's the heroes', Julius', it doesn't matter to him.
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Did not appear in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmaHoudini: Isabella beats him in battle offscreen, but he survives.
* LegacyCharacter: Takes after his namesake in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', and may or may not be the same character.
* MonsterClown: Keeps his looks from ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Gives the Hero and the Heroine information because he wants to eat Julius's soul.
* PunnyName: Loves death and harm, and enjoys eating souls like a gourmand.
* SinisterScythe: Wields one just like in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''.
* TheUnfought: Unlike in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', he never engages the heroes himself.
* YourSoulIsMine: Does this to Devius and Dark Lord after their respective defeats.
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[[folder:Mana]]
!!Mana
The heroine's birth mother. Disappeared when she was very young.

It's discovered later that she fought alongside the Gemma Knights against the Vandole Empire, sealed the Great Waterfall to keep others like Vandole (such as the Dark Lord) away from the Mana Tree, and gave the Pendant to her daughter before she disappeared.

At the end of the game, she reveals that she became the Mana Tree after Vandole's defeat resulted in the loss of the old one: a situation recreated after Julius is defeated, requiring the heroine to replace her as the new Mana Tree.
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* ActionGirl: Cibba says she was a warrior when she aided the Gemma Knights against the Vandole Empire.
* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear in ''Sword of Mana'', but gets a few mentions instead.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: In ''Adventures of Mana'', before she fades, she asks the hero to deliver a message to Bogard, whom she states loved her, saying that she loved him too.
* TheLostLenore: To Bogard, who begged her to be with him, but she merged with the Mana Tree instead.
* MissingMom: For the heroine, before her fate is discovered near the end of the game.
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: A slip by Cibba in ''Adventures of Mana'' implies she hailed from Vandole before fighting against it alongside the Gemma Knights.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Was not named in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''. ''Sword of Mana'' gives her the name "Mana" which is... an interesting choice.
* NoNameGiven: Canonically unnamed in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* PhysicalGod: Became the Mana Goddess after merging with the Mana Tree. Manifests her human form when Cibba performs a ritual on the Mana Pendant, and later when the hero enters the Mana Shrine, so she can awaken Excalibur for the hero to wield against Julius.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Her romance with Bogard wasn't present in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', where the heroine's father is unknown and irrelevant, but it ''was'' carried over to ''Adventures of Mana'', per DyingDeclarationOfLove above.
* {{Transflormation}}: Became the Mana Tree after the old one was lost in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'', or merged with it in ''Sword of Mana'' after Vandole's misuse left it on the verge of death.
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[[folder:Kaseem / Hasim]]
!!Kaseem / Hasim
Kaseem is the chief of the Mana Village, who died with many of his people when Dark Lord and his Heretic Hunters attacked.

In ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', his name is Hasim, and he is the heroine's bodyguard. He falls in battle against many monsters, but the hero arrives to save the heroine, and he begs him to take her to Sir Bogard before dying.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Was named Hasim in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', and was the heroine's fallen bodyguard. His name was changed to Kaseem in ''Sword of Mana'' and he became chief of the Mana Village.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Hasim died fighting monsters in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', and the hero arrives too late to save him. Kaseem in ''Sword of Mana'' is killed by Dark Lord and his Heretic Hunters years before the game begins.
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: Could have saved Medusa with the power of Mana, but refuses to.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: In ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'', the MacGuffin is the heroine. In ''Sword of Mana'' it's the Mana Pendant, and he's the one who gives it to her before Dark Lord and his forces attack.
* PosthumousCharacter: Is long dead when the game begins, having been killed not long before the hero's parents were.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Refused to save Medusa from the {{Geas}} affecting her mind, believing it to be a grave misuse of Mana's power.
* TakeUpMySword: His LastWords in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'' are to give the hero the task of escorting the heroine to Sir Bogard.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His refusal to help Medusa caused her son Stroud to usurp his father Granz and hunt down the Mana Tribe in revenge, becoming the tyrannical Dark Lord.
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[[folder:Selah]]
!!Selah
An old ally of the Gemma Knights, who lives in the town of Ishe. Her house serves as the party's home base during the journey to recover the Mana Sword.
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%%* CoolOldLady
%%* FriendToAllChildren
* RetiredBadass: Fought alongside the Gemma Knights, but that was decades ago.
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[[folder:Niccolo]]
!!Niccolo
Representative of a race of anthropomorphic cat-bunny merchants. Rescues the hero early into the story and from then on shows up in random places to sell the protagonists items both story-relevant and ordinary.
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* BeastMan: He's a chubby anthropomorphic rabbit.
* DungeonShop: He can randomly appear in most wild areas to sell you items. Oddly enough, this includes the Mana Sanctuary.
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Did not appear in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* LegacyCharacter: Shares a name and species with a character from ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana''.
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[[folder:Li'l Cactus]]
!!Li'l Cactus
The protagonists' pet, who [[NowWhereWasIGoingAgain immortalizes your plot and sidequest progress]] in verse form if you talk to him at certain points of the game.
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* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Did not appear in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana''.
* LegacyCharacter: The jury's out on what connection, if any, he has to other appearances in the series.
* RhymesOnADime: His diary is written as if each entry was a poem.
* ShipperOnDeck: Lampshades the SlapSlapKiss dynamic of the hero and heroine at the beginning, and sagely remarks that Dark Lord "shoulda married Isabella".
%%* TerseTalker: Except in his diary.
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