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[[folder: Heroes]]
* ScrewDestiny: Cisna states in the narration for the second game that they are fighting against some sort of cruel fate.

!!The Avatar
A character that the player can customize and accompany Leonard and his allies with throughout the game. He or she is also the character used by the player for online multiplay. He or she was a new employee at Rapacci's wineshop and was told to acompany Leonard on their wine delivery to the palace.

The Avatar also takes center stage in the "Avatar Storyline" DLC, and Cyrus even comes along for the ride. [[NoExportForYou Good luck getting it without a Japanese console and disc.]]
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* TheAce: The only character able to use all weapon types.
* AHomeownerIsYou: Can become the mayor of a town which they can customize and populate to their liking through the Georama.
* CharacterCustomization: Absolutely everything about the avatar is customizable; hair color, body type, gender etc.
* TheChosenOne: The Avatar in ''Origins'' at least. He or she is tasked with finding the lost heir to the kingdom of Marhk by the spirit of its first king.
* HeroicMime: Never speaks except for a person's name or "Verto".
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the sidequests, but most notably the last one of the second game, where ''only'' the avatar (and other avatars, should you have an internet connection and some friends with the game) is able to ascend castle Vellgander in order to [[spoiler: defeat Madoras once and for all, and then kill the goddess who gave Madoras his crazy powers in the first place in the Avatar Story DLC.]] There's also the events of ''Origins'' for the PSP, if you count that avatar as the same as this one.
* HumbleHero: Perfectly content with not taking the spotlight, but still fights to save the world along with the rest of the party despite not being bound by the "cruel fate" Cisna mentions.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: The Avatar killing Madoras atop Vellgander cleared the way for the Biggest Bad of the whole series, the dark goddess Ideya, to finally make her bid to destroy the world. Madoras raised Vellgander and attempted to conquer the world in order to close off the rifts Ideya and her cronies were opening to weaken the fabric of reality. Madoras had failed her 10,000 years earlier, despite being granted control over the Knights, and would be punished for that failure and destroyed along with all the rest]]. However, [[spoiler:the avatar get to work unraveling her scheme very quickly, eventually storming the other world with Framboise to fight and kill Ideya themselves]].
* TheOnlyOne: Able to ascend Castle Vellgander and [[spoiler: finish off Madoras once and for all.]]
* TheStoic: The only feature ''not'' customizable is their expression; very little emoting.
* TheQuietOne: Save for the Avatar yelling out party members names when they are HP Critical and battle cries, they don't say a single word during the story. Although during the beginning, he/she is implied to be talking to Leonard.
* SayMyName: In-game, the Avatar will shout out the names of party members who are near-death.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In combat, due to the side quests, your Avatar is likely going to be the most devastatingly powerful character. The game makes a clear point of emphasizing your Avatar before the FinalBoss, which becomes even more poignant if [[spoiler:you complete the Ark Knight side quest and gain access to the Avatar's own Incorruptus. With the five Yshrenian Knights absorbed into the Demon Knight, the Ark Knight is the only useable Incorruptus left to take on Ledom and Madoras--a fact that both villains [[ThisCannotBe lose their shit over]], if you pay attention to their in-battle dialog]]. Your Avatar is also the ''only'' one [[spoiler:able to ascend Castle Vellgander and defeat Emperor Madoras once and for all. Then they go on to kill the dark goddess who empowered Madoras in the first place]]. Not too bad for the newbie wine seller whom no-one gave a second glance, huh?
* TheUnchosenOne: The only character in the game that has no obligation to help out whatsoever, but it still there the entire way.

!!Leonard
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->'''Voiced by''': Daniel Taylor (English)

The protagonist, and pactmaker of Wizel, the White Knight. Originally an apprentice wineseller, he was on a delivery and chose to sneak into the palace with his friends. When the Yshrenians attack, he takes matters into his own hands and takes up the White Knight in order to rescue Princess Cisna. [[spoiler: He was found as an infant in some ruins which had been uncovered 17 years earlier.]]
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* AndIMustScream: If what Madoras said is any indication... [[spoiler: Thankfully, it only takes one boss fight to free him.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: The child has been cast into the darkness.]]'''
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Caesar in generally all departments of characterization; more perception, more resourceful, more charismatic, but he doesn't appear to care.
* CantCatchUp: Despite being the protagonist of the story, he will eventually become the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Yamcha]] of any player's party thanks to [[spoiler:him falling into a coma for half of the second game and returning to the party at the same level he left it at, while everyone else has leveled up significantly in the intervening time]].
* TheChosenOne: The White Knight's chosen pactmaker.
%%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Because he wears the White Knight, he goes through this by Madoras before the FinalBoss. You have to defeat him to free him.]]
* FailureHero: Thanks to his inability to plan ahead or consider the consequences of his actions, Leonard repeatedly fails at his goals and gets manipulated by the villains often. By the end of the second game, he's become a significant liability to the rest of the party thanks to insisting on diving into a critical battle despite being in no condition to fight and [[spoiler: is used by the BigBad to become the final boss]].
* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: Right after Ceasar uses the Wyrmbuke to stab the Netherwyrm, after it shakes him and the spear off, he's sent flying backwards, Leonard catches him in White Knight form, then grapples with the undead dragon and make an opening for Ceasar to finish it off properly.
* TheHero: At the start of the first game, he becomes this trope. As the pactmaker of the White Knight, he accepts the mission of rescuing his kingdom's princess from the Magi, presumably for her sake and the kingdom. There is no reward mentioned. That's the theory, at least. In practice, he usually defers to Eldore or Caesar. He falls out of this trope in the second game due to a HeroicRROD.
* HeroicRROD: Goes through one in the second game due to overuse of the White Knight. It's temporary [[spoiler: and is actually a side-effect of Madoras slowly taking over his body. Once the only necessary factor to facilitate the possession is the Knights being together for a bit, he temporarily returns to normal.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: In a way, seeing as [[spoiler: the Knights and those capable of using them were originally Yshrenian weapons.]] ''Origins'' also states that Mureas had been captured by the Yshrenians during the original Dogma War and [[spoiler: the White Knight was supposed to publicly execute her, but chose to free her and run off instead.]]
* HeroOnHiatus: Suffers a case of this in the second game. And when he comes back, [[spoiler:it's ''during'' a boss battle. And worse, he hasn't leveled up since leaving, making the battle that much more '''''frustratingly''''' difficult for you.]]
* IdiotHero: Rarely plans ahead, considers the consequences of his actions, or moves to countermand incredibly obvious actions of the villains. [[spoiler:Gets possessed by Madoras at the end of the second game because he (and everybody else, admittedly) forgot about that whole "never put all five Knights in one place, ever" thing]].
* JumpedAtTheCall: Taking advantage of their chance to sneak into the palace was really his idea, and he needs zero convincing to go on the rescue arc.
%% * LoveAtFirstSight: Leonard once met Cisna ten years ago before the start of the game while he and Rapacci were at the castle once and they encountered her and her handmaidens. He's been smitten ever since.
* OnRideOnFootCombat: Technically, Leonard ''turns into'' his White Knight Wizel, but it still counts since you can switch to your "mecha" in battle whenever you like, and there are giant enemies you'll encounter (including RandomEncounters) that makes this necessary (or not, given the many issues the game has).
* OutOfFocus: Steadily falls out of focus in terms of character development and plot relevance mid-way through the first game, culminating in him literally falling into a coma and not even appearing on screen for half the second game. [[spoiler: Shortly afterward, he is possessed.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Leonard is, simply put, an ''incredibly'' blunt instrument, Knight or no Knight.

!!Yulie
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->'''Voiced by''': Dannah Feinglass (English)

A girl who comes from the same village as Leonard and was Leonard's childhood friend. She decides to come along for the latter half of that fateful wine delivery. [[spoiler: Hints in the story indicates that she could be the pactmaker of Luthia, the Moon Maiden.]]
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%%* ActionGirl
* ActionSurvivor: She admits to Miyu that she basically "fell into" the quest instead of choosing it, but she's managing.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: The Moon Maiden's pactmaker.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* GenreSavvy: One her quotes, while exploring a dangerous areas, is "This has bad idea written ''all over it.''"
* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler: Her desire to help and defend her friends is what endears her to Luthia, and enables her to become a pactmaker.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Shades of it in the second game [[spoiler: as she struggles with accepting the fact that Leonard will never love her, and feelings of uselessness over the quest.]]
* TagalongKid: In the first game, she had little to no involvement and is basically there to support Leonard. It's the second game that gives her character development and [[spoiler: a knight.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: A good portion of the second game is devoted to displaying her go through this because she wants to be more useful. [[spoiler: Her resolve earns her a Knight.]]
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: It's too bad for her that Leonard only has eyes for the princess...

!!Eldore
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->'''Voiced by''': Charles Shaughnessy (English)

A mysterious man who travels with Leonard and a skilled warrior.
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* CoolOldGuy: He may be past his prime but he is still a good warrior, a capable mage, and a wise mentor.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Play ''Origins'' just to see how pretty he was in his youth.
* TheMentor: Guides and gives advice to Leonard, Yulie, and Caesar.
* MrExposition: To the point of Yulie nicknaming him Eldorepedia.
* TheSmartGuy: Easily one of the savviest characters in the game, and certainly in the hero group, [[spoiler: because he is an Ancient and thus especially knowledable of the Dogma Era]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Is willing to [[spoiler: sacrifice his youth in order to travel ten millennia into the future]] if it means serving his queen, [[spoiler: and this is with the knowledge that she's already been reincarnated and is a completely different person.]]
* QuicklyDemotedLeader: Appoints himself head of the mission to rescue Princess Cisna from the Magi at the start of the first game, but quickly drifts away from the helm until Caesar steps in and takes over the party completely.

!!Kara
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->'''Voiced by''': Catherine Cavadini (English)

A dancer from the desert village of Albana. [[spoiler:She is the pactmaker of Dinivas, the Black Knight. She is one of many warriors to don the armor of Dragias. She was found as an infant at the same time as her older brother Grazel, Caesar and the other pactmakers. She is shown getting killed by Shapur after turning her back on the Magi, but is resurrected by Father Ygdra in the second game.]]
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* ActionGirl: She's introduced trying to kill Leonard as part of a dance.
* TheAtoner: After she [[spoiler: is given a second chance at life by Father Yggdra]], she's determined to right the wrongs she's done.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the second game, she is revived by Father Ygdra but spends most of it as Scardigne.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: ''Scads'' of passionate bickering with Caesar. [[spoiler: Ultimately resolved after her second disguise is revealed.]]
* BlackKnight: Played with. [[spoiler: She is the contractor of Dinivas, the Black Knight, but when it comes to her double-life as Dragias, she is only one of several Yshrenians to don his armor.]]
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: The Black Knight's pactmaker before it was stolen from her by Shapur.]]
* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:It's insulting how she's able to get away her [[TheMole Mole]] act for about 80% of the first game, including transforming into the Black Knight (repeatedly!) without anyone noticing, and even slipping off a bus-sized gondola mid-flight to go report back to Grazell. Eldore was suspicious of her, but didn't do anything. Caesar ''knew'' she was the Black Knight immediately from his Dragon Sight, but wanted to redeem her instead of exposing her.]]
* DeusExMachina: How she [[spoiler:came BackFromTheDead to begin with, courtesy of Father Yggdra]].
* GoodCostumeSwitch: It's a weird one to be sure; [[spoiler: when she was evil and a mole, she was the black knight General Dragias. When she becomes good and a protector of Miu, she wears the blue armor of General Scardigne.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Starts off bad but that was because she was being coerced and so she turns good, but then [[spoiler: turns out to have been TheMole all along]]. Then towards the end she becomes [[HeelFaceTurn good again]] through affection for the group and doubt in her purpose. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceDoorSlam it doesn't last]] and she attacks the party outright. Then she is good again in the second game.]]
* LadyAndKnight: [[spoiler: As General Scardigne, she is a valiant knight dedicated to the protection of the benevolent princess Miu. It's ironic as she would be a ''White'' knight by the trope, in contrast to her previous possession of the Black Knight arc.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Throughout the first game, she can act rather hostile to the other party members at times.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: She does this ''twice.'' Once as the Black Knight and once as Scardigne.]] Albeit, anyone paying attention to the latter's figure could have guessed that this trope was going to manifest at some point.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her true motivations for accompanying the party, and what happens to her, are both major twists.

!!Caesar
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->'''Voiced by''': Vince Corraza (English)

Leonard's questmate and friend, originary from the Free City of Greede and pactmaker of Larvayne, the Dragon Knight. He was adopted by the Mayor of Greede as a boy and, after hearing their story, decides to help out Leonard and co.
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%%* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BigDamnHeroes: Right after the party's battle with the Wyvern Rex in the second game, just as it's gearing up for round two, he as the Dragon Knight (whom they were looking for) makes his entrance and finishes off the beast, pullling off this trope in an epic fashion.
* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: When Kara turns out to be alive again in the second game, all he can bring himself to say is that he owes Father Ygdra for bringing her back to him. "Please don't ask me to get mushier than that." She doesn't; she just leans against him so he can put his arm around her.]]
%%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DudeNotFunny: Interestingly, his question about how "hot" Cisna is elicits a disinterested shrug from the Avatar. A lot of his other, more biting jokes, land conspicuously flat with the likes of Yulie, Kara, and Eldore.
* HappilyAdopted: The Mayor of Greede is not his birth father but [[spoiler: someone that Medius entrusted him with when he was an infant in the hope of a happy life.]] The relationship is rocky when the party first meets him but it is solid father-son bond.
* HiddenDepths: While initially coming across as an airheaded fratboy, Eldore quickly points out not just his skill at crafting to create a near-perfect replica of his father's goddess statue, but also his courage to fight a boss-level monster not once, but twice, to obtain the gemstones needed for its eyes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He forges an incredibly rare statue, but this was just because he wanted to make his sick father feel better. He also puts up an aloof and blase front to mask his various emotional insecurities and traumas.
* LonelyRichKid: Downplayed. He doesn't seem to be lonely, but he doesn't seem to have any friends besides the main party.
* TheChosenOne: He's the pactmaker of Larvayne, the Dragon Knight.
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3597149&perpage=40&pagenumber=36#post432535401 Reasons he could've been the main character instead of Leonard]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Villains]]
!!Belcitane
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->'''Voiced by''': Dana Snyder (English)

Early antagonist that deters Leonard and his friends. He seems to be at least in his late 40s and his nationality is unknown. He seems to be the lowest in command hierachy amongst the Magi.
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%%%* BaldOfEvil
%%%* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Or rather, Evil is Ugly.
* ButtMonkey: Not content with the two concurrent beatings he receives in the first game, when the heroes travel back in time to the start of the first game, they gladly take the opportunity to make it a hat-trick and beat the crap out of him a ''third'' time.
* CardCarryingVillain: He knows he's evil, he's proud of it, and he always looks like he enjoys every second of it.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: ''Grazel'' kills him for failing to often]].
%%%* DastardlyWhiplash
%%* DepravedDwarf
%%* FatBastard
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His boss fight is rather tough, and topped off with [[spoiler: his becoming a particularly powerful Gigas.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes look gold in-game, but his official bio states that they are red.
* SquishyWizard: Surprisingly averted. Despite his less-than athletic appearance, be prepared for a gruelling boss fight.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: ''Grazel'' quickly kills him once he is no longer necessary. Besides, he was incompetent.]] [[spoiler: The whole TimeTravel arc in the second game has him make a brief return.]]

!!Grazel
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CrispinFreeman (English)

Magi Organization Leader, Pactmaker of Aldomaea, the Sun King. His goal was to unite all the Knights together to bring forth the ancient prophecy, which was said to cause the Dogma War to begin anew. His reasons for doing so aren't clear. To meet his goal however Grazel has proven ruthless, willing to sacrifice even his more valuable pawns to succeed.
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* BigBad: Magi Organization Leader, [[spoiler: emperor of the new Yshrenian]] and thus the cause of all the story's troubles. [[spoiler: At least, that is what he appears to be.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Fond of calling the heroes "friends" when threatening their lives.
* HopelessBossFight: Played with. It's averted in the first fight with the Sun King, thanks to Cisna's magic restraining him, but when fighting him with Yulie and Ceasar, the Sun King is at it's full potential and cannot be severely damaged. The player just has to survive until the cutscene where Leonard shows up with the one sword that can actually damage him starts.
* NighInvulnerability: Without Cisna's magic, or a special sword she creates, the heroes can barely scratch him even as Knights.
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* LukeIAmYourFather: Claims to be brother to [[spoiler: the other pactmakers. They don't care.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Spent half of the first game on the sidelines, only to be an AntiClimaxBoss at the end. He becomes a legitimate threat as of the second game.
* SpikesOfVillainy: His armor in the second game is covered in spikes and shiny metal.
* VillainousBSOD: Gets a brief one once he realizes that [[spoiler: he isn't the reincarnation of Emperor Madoras. However, he still firmly believes that he's the Emperor even after said Emperor is revived. [[KarmicDeath It's what causes his death.]]]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: Is very fond of offering the other pactmakers chances to join the Yshrenian cause.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[spoiler: His original personality, Setti, has black hair. Grazel, the artificial one created to be nasty, has white hair.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Madoras [[spoiler: kills him at the end of the second game because he's no longer of use; that use was gathering the knights.]]

!!Shapur
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->'''Voiced by''': Joe Smith (English)

A Magi warrior and Farian. He [[spoiler:kills Kara and steals the Black Knight from her]], becoming far more of a major antagonist in the second game.
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* BerserkButton: Traitors rile him up.
* BlackKnight: [[spoiler: Kills Kara and becomes Ebonwing's pactmaker in the second game.]]
%%%%* ChromaticArrangement: Green.
* DeathByIrony: He's [[spoiler: killed by the very being he was serving, even when said being ''wasn't even trying to kill him''.]]
* DestinationDefenestration: After [[spoiler:killing Cisna's mother years ago]], he makes his escape from Valtos and his guards this way.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Of the first game, technically speaking, by mutating the Black Knight into the Black Usurper.]]
* HornedHumanoid: Notable because most male Farians have antler-like horns, whereas his are a shorter, more curved variety closer to that of female Farians.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary materials reveal that]] little is known of his backstory because he killed everyone who would reveal such information.
%%%* ObviouslyEvil:
* TheRival: A straighter example to Leonard in the second game, possibly due to [[spoiler: the Black Knight's influence on his mind]].
* UndyingLoyalty: He'll do anything for the Yshrenian cause.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Downplayed. The trope only really manifests [[spoiler: after Madoras begins to awaken and the Black Knight falls dormant.]] Then he goes batty.
%% Is clearly a better fighter than Leonard or Ceasar, but he's trying to toy with them and fighting lazily, which is why he ends up losing.

!!High Priest Ledom
Priest of the Yshrenian Empire who plots Madora's resurrection. [[spoiler: Later revealed to be Sarvain]]
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%%%* AxCrazy
* {{BFS}}: Wields a big swod when you fight him. [[{{Hammerspace}} He seemingly pulled it out of nowhere.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The reasonable chancellor is actually the evil emperor's priest. ]]
* TheChessmaster: Manipulates ''both'' sides to further his goals to [[spoiler: revive Emperor Madoras.]]
* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler: Summons several Assassins to attack you.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Provides some when he's concerned about how [[spoiler: Leonard wasn't with the main party. His plan wouldn't work if that happened.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: A spy inside Balandor for the Magi]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Ledom aka Sarvain manipulated Grazel to seek the Knights and declare war on the world by convincing him that he was Magoras' reincarnation.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Ledom killed Queen Floraine as Dragias and helped foster further animosity between Balandor and Faria doimng this during a Farian attack on the castle so that everyone would assume a Farian assassin did the deed and thereby further weakened the states of both nations by prolonging the War of the Two Kingdoms for at most another ten years.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: He takes offense at Cisna's notion that he is "wasting" lives with his EvilPlan. "Lives spent in service of my master are well spent indeed!"
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Madoras didn't kill him. He's waiting for you in Vellgander.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Sure, he gets a bunch of Yshrenian assassins to help him out in his fight, but he's a very formidable fighter and is even the one [[spoiler: who actually killed Cisna's father and mother.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Emperor Madoras; [[spoiler: He spent 10,000 years working towards his resurrection!]]

!!General Dragias
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DanielRiordan (English)

The wielder of the Black Knight and the one responsible for [[spoiler:killing Cisna's father at the beginning of the first game]].
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* BadassCape: He wears a black cape for that knight-officer look.
* BlackKnight: An evil guy in black armor, and fairly tough too.
%%%* EvilSoundsDeep
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: Dragias is an identity that more than one Yshrenian has donned. Kara's memories were merely altered to convince her she was the only Dragias. It was actually Sarvain AKA Ledom who was the Dragias responsible for killing the king.]] And from WordOfGod, [[spoiler: When Grazel needs a powerful soldier to lead his troops, he sends in a warrior named Dragias, who is a master of swordsmanship. When some troops need someone to guide them in the battlefield, a master strategist is given the mask. There is no telling how many people have performed the role, but in the end, the Magi troops see "General Dragias" as the perfect leader that Grazel has under his command.]]
* MagicKnight: He wields a sword but he is capable of magic as well.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: You fight him without his knight only once in the second game, and it's a very grueling fight.
* ObviouslyEvil: A black-armored guy, with red eyes, and a horned helmet? Definitely evil! [[spoiler: It's by design, as "Dragias" is supposed to be scary to enemies.]]
%%* TheRival: To Leonard.
* SpikesOfVillainy: The spikes add to his fearsome appearance.
* TinTyrant: General Dragias is a leader among the bad guys and is always wearing full body black armor in a menacing design [[spoiler: because that is his purpose.]]
* VillainTeleportation: It looks like he's guilty of this during the assault on Balandor Castle, however, [[spoiler:Leonard is simply seeing two seperate Dragiases, Ledom's (the one who killed King Valtos) and then Kara's (the one leading the actual assault)]].
%%%* VoiceOfTheLegion

!!Madoras
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/LiamOBrien (English)

Emperor of the former Yshrenia Empire. Ten millennia before the start of the first game's events, he came to believe that it was his right to rule the world, and waged war for Yhrenian dominance. His technologically advanced army singlehandedly wiped the nation of Marhk off of the map before moving on Athwan. The exact circumstances of his death are vague, but we do know that [[spoiler: he was stopped at the cost of entire nations, and the Knights that acted as the keys to his success were sealed away, but not before he could hide fragments of his soul within them and place his consciousness within he White Knight Wizel]].
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* BaddieFlattery:
-->'''What's this? Mere Mortals? And you've ascended my castle unscathed? Quite impressive. Very well. I welcome you... To Castle Vellgander.'''
* BadassBoast:
** Gives one to the Avatar before their one-on-one[[note]]Should you not choose to have your friends' avatars help out via online play[[/note]] fight.
-->'''Wait... You're the mortal who fought alongside Mureas. ''[[EvilLaugh (Chuckles)]]'' I see, I see. What luck. I was in need of a diversion. Before me then, you did not bow... But before me now, you shall break!'''
** And when you make it to the second half of the fight...
-->'''Impossible... How can mere mortals touch me? ''I will reduce you to dust!'''''
* {{Camp}}: The pose he makes right before you fight him is like this. He turns to the side, smiles, and dramatically places his hand in front of his face.
* {{Expy}}: He's like a mix between [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] and [[Franchise/HarryPotter Lord Voldermort,]] but is much closer to the former.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: At the end of the second game, he possesses Leonard and fights in the Demon Knight armor.]]
* GrandTheftMe: Pulls this on [[spoiler: Leonard before the FinalBoss through the White Knight.]]
* JerkAss: The only explanation ever given for his causing the entire plot and trying to take over the world is simply that he believes that it's his right.
* LargeHam: '''DAMN YOU!''' '''''[[SkywardScream AAAAAUUUGH!]]'''''
%%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy: ''Origins'' reveals that he was this ten millenia before the first game.
* ObviouslyEvil: Lesse... Dark clothes? Check. Claws? Check. Creepy pale skin? Check. VoiceOfTheLegion? Check. Ominous scepter? Check. Incredibly immense dark powers? Practically his signature. Have fun fighting him.
* PhysicalGod: Claims to be one. His [[BossSubtitles title]] is also ''Dark God of Destruction: MADORAS.''
* SkywardScream: Screams in anguish after the Avatar [[spoiler: finally finishes him off permanently.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: Good luck figuring out [[spoiler: how he's still alive after the final battle despite lacking a host.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: He's got a reverb when he speaks, which certainly makes him ''sound'' supernatural.
* WhatTheHellHero: A villainous example towards the Avatar. His message can basically be summed up as "I've been waiting a damn long time to take over the world, and you just screwed all of that over! What the hell?" Albeit, his version is a lot more hammy. And evil.
-->'''You dare... Rabble like you have no right! Ten millennia... Ten thousand YEARS I waited! And you have ruined it all! ''DAMN YOU!'''''
** [[spoiler: Yeah....10,000 years of trying and get out of his deal with the devil with his life intact while avoiding punishment for his failure to destroy the Athwani 10,000 years earlier. Avatar inadvertently releasing the REAL big bad, who Madoras was trying to prevent from coming into the world by trying to close the rifts.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Played with. Madoras is impressed at how you managed to make it to the top of Vellgander, but he doesn't think that you'll beat him. He also seems to feel this way about Mureas, calling her a "wretched she-devil" that somehow always stops him.
* WouldHurtAChild: Perfectly fine with [[spoiler: commissioning infants to fight in the Knights]], as well as [[spoiler: hiding his consciousness within one to ensure that he could be resurrected if ever killed]].

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[[folder:Knights]]
* LostTechnology: They're all 10,000-year-old weapons of war.
* FantasticNuke: Both in the Dogma era and the modern age, the Incorrupti are the apex of weapon design.
* HumongousMecha: They are suits of armor taller than some buildings.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Each Knight has a unique theme, save for the Demon Knight, which makes due with [[spoiler: the main theme of the game and the music for the final boss,]] ''The Battlefield Flower''. The Ark Knight has no unique theme of its own; it shares a theme with either the White Knight, Dragon Knight, or Black Knight depending on what type of weapon you equip it with.
* TransformationTrinket: Each Knight has one which acts as proof of the contract between Knight and pactmaker.
** a gauntlet and dagger for the White Knight
** a black sword and scabbard for the Black Knight
** a vermillion belt for the Dragon Knight
** a gold and silver mask for the Sun King
** a blue bow for the Moon Maiden
** a small metal sphere for the Arc Knight.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler:The Knights were originally constructed by the evil Yshrenian [[TheEmpire Empire]] to be their ultimate weapons in the war against the Kingdom of Athwan. While used for evil in the Dogma era, three of the five Knights {{Heel Face Turn}}ed after their pactmakers grew up to be good people]].

[[WMG:The Five Knights]]
!!Wizel, The White Knight
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Discovered by Leonard in a temple beneath Balandor and brought there 17 years prior to its awakening. The Ark is a gauntlet that fits on the Pactmaker's left hand, and it is activated by putting a knife into the top of it. weapons of war made by people known as the Ancients and used during the Dogma War. Seventeen years before the start of White Knight Chronicles it was unearthed and brought to Balandor.
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* BadassCape: The only knight to have a cape, which is distinctive and fits a chivalric theme.
* ChromaticArrangement: White and blue.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: When Leonard first takes the Ark, he has to fight a strange phantom, and it's only after defeating it does does it allow him to transform, [[EmpathicWeapon implying that Wizel has a mind of its own]]. [[spoiler:It ''might'' have been Madoras]], but it's never made clear. ''Origins'' also reveals that during the original Dogma War [[spoiler: Wizel ''could talk'', despite its pactmaker supposedly being an infant at the time.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: ''Origins'' reveals that [[spoiler: the White Knight had the chance to kill Mureas during the original Dogma War, but chose to free her instead.]]
%%* HolyHandGrenade
* KnightlySwordAndShield: The only knight to carry a shield, and it is so helpful to this knight that it was sealed in a different area from its main body.
%%* LightEmUp
* MagicKnight: More equipment amd enhancements leads to spells. In the second game he has a self-healing spell.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: As incredible as the White Knight is, it kind of gets overshadowed by its sibling Knights rather handily. The Black Knight can fly and is wielded by stone cold badasses in all three of its incarnations. The Dragon Knight can also fly and its armour was protected by an immortal dragon who ''wore it herself'' until it came time to return it to its pactmaker. The Moon Maiden can also fly and shoot down monoships with a single arrow. The Sun King can also fly and is impervious to all forms of damage. The Arc Knight can alter its appearance and armament at will and is the only Knight powerful enough to [[spoiler: kill Emperor Madoras, his Demon Knight Incorruptus, and his evil goddess boss Ideya]]. The White Knight... has a cape and a shield.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: ''Two'', in fact: Talion (to kill other knights) and Falcyos (to kill the Sun King specifically).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Barring a brief cameo a third of the way through the first game, the Phantom that Leonard fights to take control of the Knight is ''never'' brought up again.
* WolverinePublicity: The White Knight makes relatively few appearances in either game (canonically), yet is still the face of the franchise.

!!Dinivas, The Black Knight
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First seen in the Nordia Tunnels. Chosen [[spoiler: Kara as the Pactmaker, however later Shapur kills Kara (whom is later revived through an unknown source) thereby tricking and stealing the Black Knight's Ark, and in doing so mutates the knight into the "Black Usurper". It is unknown exactly how this happened,]] At some point before the start of White Knight Chronicles it fell into the hands of the Magi.
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* AnimalMotifs: Of a crow, or a raven, especially when it sprouts wings and starts flying--which is an actual attack in-combat.
* BerserkButton: It goes ''completely haywire'' when [[spoiler: Kara is murdered so Shapur can take control of it.]]
%%%* BlackKnight:
* FinalBoss: Of the first game. [[spoiler: It's actually the Black Usurper at the time, and has gone so completely batshit out of control that it has created some kind of alternate dimension you fight it in.]]
%%%* ObviouslyEvil
* TheRival: To the White Knight; sword user, you know?
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: [[spoiler:Kara is its Pactmaker, and a member of your party for about 80% of both games. Do you ever get to use the Black Knight in combat? Dream on!]]

!!Larvayne, The Dragon Knight
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First seen in the Bunker Lode Caverns, Caesar is the Pactmaker of this knight. Larvayne the Dragon Knight aka the "Vermillion Drake" is one of the five Knights. Its weapon of choice is a large double-sided spear. It also has the ability to fly. Apparently, weilding this knight allows the weilder to use the "Dragon Sight" ability which shows the weilder one's "true self".
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* AnimalMotifs: Dragons.
* AirJousting: Its preferred mode of combat is flying with a lance to attack.
* ChromaticArrangement: Red and black.
* SuperEmpowering: Besides the transformation, this armor bestows a "Dragon Sight" that can see into people's hearts.
* TakeUpMySword: The dragon matriarch guarding the Dragon Knight's armour (by wearing it) offers it to Caesar upon her death. In all fairness though, [[spoiler:she was just keeping it warm for Caesar]].

!!Adolmaea, The Sun King
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Grazel's Knight, and supposedly the most powerful of the five. It originally served as Emperor Madoras' personal Incorruptus during said war, though ten thousand years later it chose Grazel as it's pacemaker. Adolmaea's appearence possesses a few unique traits when compared to the other Incorruptus. One such trait is that the Sun King is the largest and tallest of all the Knights, standing at what appears to be at least ten meters tall. As synonymous of it's nickname, the Sun King possess an appearence that is meant to display royalty and power.
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* AirJousting: Notable aversion in that it has a staff, but doesn't do this.
%%* BadassCape
* BifurcatedWeapon: It can split its lance into two swords.
* ChromaticArrangement: Gold.
* CoolMask: It's unique TransformationTrinket is a mask.
* TheDreaded: Stated in-game to be the most powerful of the five Knights.
* LightEmUp: Light-based attacks fit its Sun motif.
* LightIsNotGood: The Sun King is always wielded by a villain, first Madoras and then Grazel.
* NighInvulnerability: Can only be damaged when it's power is limited by magic or with an InfinityPlusOneSword.
* PlayingWithFire: It's native element is fire, because of the sun motif.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Sports an absolutely impressive pair, complete with evil black tassels.
* ShoutOut: Its title is possibly a reference to a certain French King.

!!Luthia, The Moon Maiden
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A Knight found in the underground tunnels of the Van Haven Waste. [[spoiler: Her Pactmaker is Yulie.]] The Moon Maiden played a great role in protecting Balandor in the Battle for Greydall Plain. The Moon Maiden is the final Knight to be introduced, if you don't count the Ark Knight. She is the only long-range knight.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Caesar from being killed in the second game.
%%* CombatStilettos
* ChainmailBikini: Not even the Knights are safe from this trope. Being the only female Knight of course means the Moon Maiden gets to sport a pair of [[NonMammalMammaries obvious armoured breasts]], among other things.
* EmpathicWeapon: One of only two Knights shown to have some sort of consciousness, the other being the White Knight.
* KillItWithFire: Custom bows that can be crafted after receiving the Moon Maiden allow it to use powerful fire-element spells.
* MagicKnight: More spells than any other Knight.
* PowerFloats: The Moon Maiden is floating when showing up to save Balandor. [[CutscenePowerToTheMax This ability is only ever once seen in that one cutscene.]]
* PowerGlows: Its hair glows, at least.
* TheMedic: Has an all party heal spell.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female-style Knight.

[[WMG:Other Knights]]

!!Ark Knight

An optional knight for The Avatar.
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* TheAce: Just like the Avatar, the Ark Knight is the only Knight capable of using all types of weapons.
* DesignItYourselfEquipment: You get a base set of armour when its first unlocked, then you can craft additional parts, colours, and weapons to create a unique looking Knight to stand alongside the party's other Knights.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Completely unacknowledged by everyone besides Framboise, its creator.
* EleventhHourSuperPower: Unlocked just in time to head into the final dungeon.
* SixthRanger: To the five Knights; it is a new addition because it is a ''modern'' knight.

!![[spoiler:The Demon Knight]]
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A devilish incarnation of [[spoiler:the White Knight]], with horns and a jewel in the middle of his chest like the Sun King. [[spoiler:The Demon Knight]] is far more powerful than the other knights, and when fought, most of his attacks can nearly kill in one strike.
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* BadassCape: Whereas the White Knight's cape is a valiant Royal Blue, this one is tattered and lets off an ominous purple aura.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Poor Leonard...He is possessed to be its vessel.]]
* EvilCounterpart: A fiendish-looking knight to contrast the noble White Knight, and you thought Ebonwing filled that role...
* FinalBoss: Even in the bonus dungeon, [[spoiler: Madoras can still become it after being purged from Leonard for some reason]]. This can serve as more evidence to[[spoiler: Madoras']] self-proclaimed status as a PhysicalGod.
* ObviouslyEvil: The [[spoiler:''Demon'']] Knight certainly looks the part.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Others]]
!!Princess Cisna
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaayaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/KariWahlgren (English)

The heir to the throne of Balandor. She spent most of her life mute due to the trauma of having witnessed her mother's assassination. The shock of [[spoiler: seeing her ''father'' murdered, and by the same person no less]] (albeit she isn't aware of that last detail), snaps her out of it. She then leads Leonard beneath the palace and to the White Knight.

[[spoiler: She is actually the reincarnation of Queen Mureas, the monarch of Athwan who fought against Emperor Madoras and the Yshrenian Empire ten-thousand years prior.]]
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%% * EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Joins your party in the last two boss fights of the second game, at Level ''70''. And she's a ''godsend''.]] Nope, that was just nine-gear crow's narrative using an avatar modeled after Cisna.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Witnessed the queen/her own mother get slaughtered right before her eyes. Needless to say, she obviously didn't take it well. [[TheQuietOne To the point of not speaking for ten whole years.]] Then she sees her father get murdered right before her eyes. Then she's kidnapped]].
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:She's a rare video game damsel who prospers from adversity. Though she's unable to help herself, she takes her situation mostly in stride with an uncommon resolve, even successfully managing to subvert her captors' plans at times. When she's finally rescued, she parlays what she's learned into running Balandor as her father's successor]].
* DistressedDamsel: The first game is spent trying to rescue her. Averted in the second game, where she stays safe.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Towards the end the second game, she wears an armored dress with a metal gauntlet covering her right arm.
* LadyOfWar: A bit of it towards the end of the second game. While she still doesn't join the party, she commands Balandor's troops into battle against the Yshrenian Empire.
* PimpedOutDress: Introduced and kidnapped in one. Apparently she hid one of her more comfortable outfits in it, because she switches to that after being kidnapped and stays in it after being returned to safety.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Exaggerated! The first game ends with a montage of her invoking this trope, and suddenly everything is all sugar and gumdrops in Balandor again!
* PrincessesPreferPink: Both her ball gown and her more casual clothes are shades of pink. Her BattleBallGown is actually silver.
* [[RightfulKingReturns Rightful Queen Returns]]: The epilogue vignettes of the first game show she wastes little time settling into her role as Balandor's monarch, and sorting out any problem caused in her absence.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Even when kidnapped, she is doing what she can to aid her rescuers. Afterward, she splits her time between domestic matters, international relations, and directing the heroes to where she needs them to stop the villains.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the end of the second game, she has become an assertive LadyOfWar who can give quite the RousingSpeech.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Of the thigh-high boots variety when she looses her fancy dress.

!! Cyrus
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), Creator/NolanNorth (English)

Captain of Balandor's Royal Guard. He was somewhat distrusting of the Farian Archduke due to the belief that the Queen was assassinated by a Farian, and abandons his position after Cisna's capture.

It's later revealed that the King saw the bravery he had at a young age and adopted him, supposedly taking him out of a life of poverty and making him Cisna's stepbrother.
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* AbortedArc: Remember the whole "start a war with Faria" thing he was going to do with nothing but himself and four soldiers? Well, Akihiro Hino didn't, and he's next seen in the second game having befriended Osmund before joining your party for a while, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse and his four soldiers nowhere to be seen (aside from the DLC Avatar Story)]].
* BadassCape: As a Captain of Balandor's Royal Guard, he wears a spiffy cape as a sign of his rank.
* BadassNormal: He is neither a Traveler, nor Knight, and maybe not even a mage, but he can still hold his own in the fight against Dragias.
* DrowningMySorrows: Shown at a bar, drinking, when moping around about having [[spoiler: let the king die.]]
* HeroicBSOD: By the end of the first game, he blames himself for failing both the King and Balandor.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Actually joins the Avatar for some of the Avatar storyline.
* MasterSwordsman: When he finally gets to show his stuff, he is amazing in melee combat.
* MyGreatestFailure: Letting [[spoiler: King Valtos die]] ''really'' hit him hard. Not only was the guy in charge of security, but this was his ''second father'' as well.

!!Miu
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese)

Heir to the throne of Faria. She takes the Archduke's death harder than anyone else. Her kingdomm is going through a coup d'état when Leonard and co play BigDamnHeroes for her. She forms a close friendship with Yulie and is very wise despite her young age. She is the Archduchess (beforehand princess) of Faria and granddaughter of former Faria leader Archduke Dalam.
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* HornedHumanoid: She's a Farian, so she has horns.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Unlike Cisna, she actually plays a role in combat at times and is a very good healer. However, she's a guest party member, so she fights but you can't control her, and her death means an instant game over.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She fears that she will never be as good a ruler as her grandfather, but she does a good job all the same.

!!Framboise
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AkikoYajima (Japanese)

A researcher working for the royal palace. She's the only character who directly acknowledges the avatar on more than one or two occasions within actual cutscenes. She's the one who manages to make the Ark Knight.
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%%* CatGirl
%%* CloudCuckooLander
* DistressedDamsel: Is sucked into the rift world in the seventh Avatar story mission after letting her curiosity (and stupidity) get the better of her.
* GeniusDitz: Don't let her initial demeanor fool you. She creates a ''freaking Knight.''

[[/folder]]