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[[folder:Playable Characters (in order of appearance)]]
!!'''Shion Uzuki'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Ai Maeda in Japanese and Lia Sargent (Episode I & III), Olivia Hack (Episode II), and Stephanie Wittels (anime) in English.

Shion is the iron-willed but [[BunnyEarsLawyer fairly ditzy]] head of Vector Industries First R&D Division's KOS-MOS project. She is the character around whom most of the events of the games revolve. She is the main protagonist of the series.

* ActionGirl: Shion is described as a very competent martial artist, though this really only shines in episode three. Put her in a AWGS, however, and she kicks all kind of ass regardless.
* BadassNormal: She's the only vanilla human in the first game's party. She quickly crosses over into BadassAbnormal though.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Shion seems to be a pretty competent scientist when not needlessly risking her own life or forgetting important documents.
* [[spoiler:CosmicKeystone: She has it for the entire series without ever knowing it.]]
* DeusAngstMachina: So very, very much. See the trope page for the full story.
* CustomUniform: Shion's Vector uniform has blue highlights, unlike the green or red uniforms everyone else wears. {{Justified|Trope}} in that Kevin also wore a blue uniform, suggesting that blue denotes the project chief while everyone else in red and green are just regular members of the dev team.
* FearOfThunder: Understandable, since [[spoiler:her nanny, parents, and lover were all brutally killed in front of her during two different thunderstorms.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: After finding out she's the one who called the Gnosis into the real number domain and summoned Abel's Arc.]]
* HotScientist: Ironically, her attractiveness increases the further she drifts from her job, going from an awkward and nerdy woman who's shackled to her job in Episode I to a veritable (unemployed) fashion model in Episode III. Unfortunately, her mental faculties seem to regress somewhat to make up for it...
* ImprobableAge: She's the head of an extremely prestigious and cutting-edge research group belonging to the largest company in the galaxy while in her early twenties. And the average lifespan of humans in this universe is in hundreds of years. [[spoiler: Probably justified in that Wilhelm needed her close so that he could keep track of her and make sure that she was in the right spot at the right time. This was mostly accomplished by Kevin hand-picking her to be his NumberTwo, and then committing his ThanatosGambit, leaving her as his successor by default.]]
* InnerMonologue: Shion does this every once in a while.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hoo boy, she has a big one. [[spoiler: A little over halfway through ''Episode III'', there's a Class X-2 or X-3 ApocalypseHow going on. Shion wants to find her boyfriend very very badly.]]
* {{Magitek}}: Shion's special attacks apparently use an "Ether Circuit."
* {{Meganekko}}: For the first game only. Sadly, she explains that she has perfect eyesight, and only uses the [[ChekhovsGun glasses to collect and analyze visual data]] in Episode III.
* MiniDressOfPower: Her Vector uniform in Episode I. It returns as an alternate outfit in III.
* NoSocialSkills: She has ''moments'' of empathy for others, like her little chat with MOMO on the ''Durandal'' and her mercy killing of Cecile and Cath, but beyond that she's black hole of self-interest from which no light can escape.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: While she's a very capable engineer, the background details imply she's only the chief of the KOS-MOS project because she was banging Kevin and then inherited his position after the KOS-MOS archetype murdered him.
* [[spoiler:PalsWithJesus: Shion, in a past life, was called the Maiden of Mary. It seems that she and Mary Magdalene (yes, ''that'' Mary Magdalene) were very close.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Allen tries to ask Shion out and/or just get across that he loves her several times in the series and she just doesn't get it. [[spoiler: He finally gets the girl, only because he decided to stand up to Kevin to win her back from him.]] To think what would have happened if that never occured.
* PrettyInMink: Her jacket in ''III'' has a fur collar.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Jin's and KOS-MOS' blue.
* {{Stripperific}}: Her outfit in Episode III (above), although her outfits in I and II weren't exactly conservative either.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Shion's M.W.S. It's nerfed into a standoff weapon in ''Episode II'', but is rebuffed in ''Episode III'''
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: She made contact with the Zohar and summoned the Gnosis.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Curry. It's her specialty dish to make.
* {{Tsundere}}: Particularly to her brother Jin, but also to just about everyone in her life other than KOS-MOS.
* TVGenius: The alleged robotics genius, is thicker than a brick on an interpersonal level and says and does a lot of really dumb things throughout all three games. Most obvious in the third game.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Episode III only.
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!!'''KOS-MOS'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Mariko Suzuki in Japanese and BridgetHoffman (Episode I & III), ColleenOShaughnessey (Episode II), and LuciChristian (anime) in English.

KOS-MOS is an android built by Shion and Kevin Winicott in order to battle and destroy the Gnosis threat. She can use UMN transport to manifest absurdly powerful weapons. She is capable of generating the Hilbert effect (which draws Gnosis into Real space so they can be fought) at a range wider than even 100-series Realians can do with an amplifier. Her inner workings are described as a black box, and she sometimes acts in ways that go outside her programming.

* ActionGirl
* [[spoiler:AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the power of Animus, which controls the power of Anima and the relics of God.]]
* ArmCannon: Her R-Cannon special attack.
* ArtificialHuman
* [[spoiler:BecomeARealBoy]]
* BoobsOfSteel: She's the strongest female party member by far, and often the strongest party member, period. She's also the most built.
* {{BFG}}: Many of her special attacks, including shoulder mounted rail guns.
* BlackBox: Her internal functions are even described by the characters as a black box.
* ChestBlaster: Her X-BUSTER located at the belly-region and (Form 4) D-TENERITAS is fired from just above her chest.
* EmotionlessGirl
* FunWithAcronyms: Her name is a recursive acronym meaning Kosmos Obey Strategic Multiple Operation Systems.
* GatlingGood / GunsAkimbo: Subverted, it is one of her weakest special weapons. However, they're her most [[IconicItem iconic weapons]].
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Repeatedly, thanks to her MadeOfIron mechanical construction and the skill of Shion, the Professor, and other engineers.]]
* HyperspaceArsenal: Justified since she uses UMN transport to access her arsenal, most of which is ''ridiculously huge''.
* MechaExpansionPack: The Third Armament equipment.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Shion's red.
* RobotGirl: One of the most iconic robot girls in video games.
* SeriesMascot: Even people who've never played Xenosaga has at least heard of [=KOS-MOS=]
* SinisterScythe: Her ultimate weapon in Episode I.
* [[spoiler: [[HesBack She's Back]]: When she awakens in her 4th form and saves everyone from Voyager in Episode III, following her defeat against T-Elos. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And it's awesome]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[UpToEleven Hell]], [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome even the BGM that plays during the scene is titled]] "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8j17cxf1U&hd=1 She's Coming Back]]".]]
* SmallGirlBigGun
* [[spoiler: SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: The conscience of Mary Magdelene is stored within KOS-MOS and is used to oppose the power of Anima (should anything bad happen) whom is chaos.]]
* [[spoiler:SoulJar]]: To T-Elos, to a degree. [[spoiler: KOS-MOS' body was supposed to only be a temporary container of the Soul of Mary Magdalene, which was meant to be eventually absorbed by T-Elos]].
* {{Stripperific}} A constant across all her various bodies and outfits... and apparently in direct proportion to Shion's role in designing them.
* SwissArmyWeapon: KOS-MOS herself. Specifically her arms.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Her very light blue hair in Episode I and III definitely evokes the spirit of this trope. Not so much when it is darker blue in Episode II.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* ZettaiRyouiki: All of her costumes except her optional swimsuit.
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!!'''chaos'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by SoichiroHoshi in Japanese and DerekStephenPrince (Episode I), Joshua Seth (Episode II & III), and Clint Bickham (anime) in English.

%% Please don't make chaos's name lowercase if it starts a sentence.
Chaos is a very mysterious young man working aboard the tramp freighter Elsa. He seems to have connections to Jr. and Jin that date back decades. He also has some sort of connection to KOS-MOS as well as the Testaments and Wilhelm. He can destroy Gnosis with a touch.

* [[spoiler:AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the power of Anima, a failsafe built into the Universe to destroy the "lower number domain" (the "real" universe) if the dispersal of consciousness ever threatened to destroy the "upper number domain." Naturally, chaos doesn't really want to do that.]]
* BareFistedMonk: More apparent in the third game. In the first two, his fighting style is more like FullContactMagic.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: ''The'' nice guy of the series. Also the one with the power to destroy Gnosis with a touch. [[spoiler: And is an immortal, and implied to be the one behind Jesus' miracles. Oh, and he's the harbringer of the Apocalypse, if it ever comes to that.]]
* {{Bishonen}}
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: His power of Anima is to ensure that the dissipation of the Collective Unconscious doesn't engulf both the Upper and Lower Domain and destroy the universe.]] While this sounds all well and good, the alternative is that his power actually [[spoiler: Only contains the dissipation inside the Lower Domain, that is, the world the characters live in and the world where the Collective Unconscious reside, meaning, the Lower Domain is sacrificed to save the Upper Domain.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Deuteragonist}}: Debatably]]
* EnigmaticMinion: A protagonistic example. Just look at all the spoilers here...
* FeatherMotif: In this case, the feathers hint at a connection to the divine/angels.
* [[spoiler:GodWasMyCopilot: See AnthropomorphicPersonification]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicNeutral: He acts like a BadAssBystander during the majority of the plot (with only a declaration of...something at the end of Episode 2) and only reveals his full power at the end]].
* [[spoiler: KungFuJesus: This is almost as literal a case you can get. He fights with his fists and was the ManBehindTheMan to Jesus. i.e. chaos did Jesus' miracles while Jesus got the credit. Also, Wilhelm once called chaos "Yeshua," a name which, in some circles, is synonymous with Jesus.]]
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Inverted: Chaos is supposedly the man who worked the miracles for "TheMessiah" (read: Jesus) while said Messiah was the public figure who everyone thought was doing them. Not really all that evil.]]
* TheMessiah: Fits personality-wise.
* NiceGuy
* [[spoiler: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Or TimeAbyss. He's been around since Jesus, making him ''at least'' 7000 years old. (Xenosaga taking place almost 5000 years after present day.)]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Jr.'s red.
* TheStoic: He doesn't emote much. [[spoiler:It's especially jarring when KOS-MOS awakens as Mary and he...just...stands there. And he's supposed to be Mary's soulmate.]]
* TooManyBelts: His costume in Epsiodes II and III.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
** DarkSkinnedBlonde: Well, white hair, but the principle is the same.
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!!'''Ziggy'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by MasashiEbara in Japanese and RichardEpcar (games) and Jason Douglas (anime) in English.

Ziggurat 8, dubbed "Ziggy" by MOMO, was a police man named Jan Sauer in life. He committed suicide after losing his wife and child and was resurrected as a cyborg. He was hired to rescue MOMO from the U-TIC organization. He seeks to have all the organic parts of his brain replaced with machines so he can finally die. Eventually becomes a father figure to MOMO.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: A fold-out one that stays sheathed in [[ArtificialLimbs Artificial Arms]] most of the time. He uses it for melee attacks.
* {{BFG}}: All of his special weapons.
* {{Cyborg}}: He is one, but is considered obsolete by the time the series starts. Doesn't stop him from kicking ass all over the place.
* {{Expy}}: Ziggy has a great deal in common with {{Robocop}}, from the RoboCam to denying his previous identity[[spoiler: until after some CharacterDevelopment]], and also looks more than a bit like Rutger Hauer as [[Film/BladeRunner Roy Batty]].
* {{Hammerspace}}: Presumably he uses UMN transport for his {{BFG}}s, just like KOS-MOS.
* NotSoStoic: After he sees [[spoiler:Voyager]] in Episode II, we get to see him get ''pissed''. Which leads to...
** HypocriticalHumor: Invoked by Jr. Ziggy spends a lot of time lecturing Jr to never let his emotions get the better of him during a high stress situation.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: His self preservation directives prevent him from killing himself.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His looks and attitude were based on DavidBowie and his Ziggy Stardust persona.
* PowerFist
* PunnyName: His human name was Jan Sauer. Who's demeanour can easily be described as "sour"? You guessed it!
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He is frozen at the age of his death, which is his early thirties. However, he is about 130 years old.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Ziggy himself.
* TakeAThirdOption: At the end of Pied Piper, Voyager offers Jan the choice of becoming a Testament like him, or being absorbed into his consciousness like all his other victims. Jan [[spoiler: puts his service pistol to his head and blows his brains out.]]
* ToBecomeHuman: Inverted. Ziggy is a human who wants to become a machine.
** Eventually subverted. He stops his mechanizing after some CharacterDevelopment from meeting MOMO and [[spoiler:finding out Voyager is alive.]]
* WeCanRebuildHim: Not that he ''wanted'' to be rebuilt...
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!!'''MOMO'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by RumiShishido in Japanese and SherryLynn (Episode I), Christina Puccelli (Episode II & III), and BrittneyKarbowski (anime) in English.

MOMO is the prototype 100-series Realian (a type of organic android) who is widely sought after for the data her "father," Joachim Mizrahi, left inside her. She regards council member Juli Mizrahi as her mother and is visibly distressed when her mother doesn't want anything to do with her. She has the appearance of a 12-year-old girl.

* AgeInappropriateDress: Her ''Episode I'' outfit is prone to giving the viewer many a PantyShot and she's twelve. She may be a Realian, but still.
* ApologeticAttacker: Episode I only. "I'm sorry, are you okay?" is one of her standard battle ending phrases.
* ArtificialHuman
* CherryBlossomGirl: She's based on Sakura Mizrahi, who is strongly associated with Death (since she was a terminally IllGirl and PosthumousCharacter) and who was Jr.'s first love interest. MOMO's pink hair and status as a WhiteMagicianGirl (at least in the first two games) seems to be a reference to this trope.
* DaddysGirl: MOMO is really fond of her father, from what she can remember of him. She doesn't believe the rumors of his insanity when they pop up, even when they're seen as the common opinion. It is believed (even by her sisters) that she was Joachim's favorite.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: During ''Episode II'''s ChaseScene. {{Justified|Trope}} in that she was driving away from people who were trying to capture her.
* FunWithAcronyms: Her name means 'Multiple Observative Mimetic Organicus'.
* MagicalGirl: In ''Episode I'', MOMO has in-battle {{Transformation Sequence}}s that give her special abilities. Seriously. Her name is also a ShoutOut to a classic magical girl, Minky Momo.
* MagicKnight: Due to gameplay mechanics in Episode III, she can be the best at dealing the most single target physical damage of all playable characters, even if her actual strength is actually dishing magical attacks and heals. Of course, she's not able to take damage as well as other characters, and takes certain gearing to bring her to average defensive wise.
** CuteBruiser
** GlassCannon
* TheMedic
* MindRape: By Albedo.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: One of her techs in Xenosaga III is her own version of Ziggy's basic attack, Sword Fish, identical in animation and name. Since it does more damage and includes a heavy breaking effect, this pretty much reveals that MOMO punches harder than ''[[TheBigGuy Ziggy.]]'' Mull that one over. Possibly justified by her being a super-advanced Realian.
* PantyShot: Disturbingly often in episode one.
* ReplacementGoldfish: To Ziggy for his dead child, presumably to Joachim for his daughter Sakura, and possibly to [[spoiler: Jr. for Sakura]].
** [[spoiler: Joachim and, eventually, Juli come to see her as a second daughter than a ReplacementGoldfish for Sakura. It's even mentioned that their personalities are very different.]]
* RobotKid: Though not technically a robot.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Since her bow channels Ether energy, and she is an ether attacker in almost all of her skill paths, the bow actually ''is'' a better choice for a weapon than a more "modern" weapon, at least in game logic.
* ToBecomeHuman: Dr. Mizrahi told her that if she did many good deeds, she'd become a real person.
** Indeed, she gets closer than most after the end of Episode III - the Encyclopedia mentions that she [[spoiler:gained an upgrade that would allow her to carry a child]].
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Fits to a T in the first game, being primarily a support character, very feminine, a MysteriousWaif, and wielding a [[MagicWand rod]]. Her skillset is player defined in the second, and in the third, you can choose to make her a BlackMage or a [[BreakMeter break attacker]].
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Episode I and II. We can only conclude that the character designer likes this trope.
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!!'''Jr.'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by BrianneSiddall (games) and GregAyres (anime) in English.

A gung-ho young man who commands the starship Durandal. He is second in command of the powerful Kukai Foundation, although his exact relationship to the owner, Gaignun, is the matter of some speculation. His weapon of choice is antique [[GunsAkimbo dual pistols]].

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He looks like he's in his preteens, but acts much more mature. His design is obviously intended to play up the cute aspect of this. However, it's later revealed that he's actually ''immature'' for his chronological age, which somewhere around 30.
* ArtificialHuman: Jr. is a URTV, a human specifically designed and created to fight U-DO.
* BadassLongcoat: In ''Episode I'' and ''Episode II''. In ''Episode III'' he gets a Badass ''Short''coat.
* BondOneLiner: Usually as part of his victory pose after battle:
** ''Episode I'': "Sayonara, baby!"
** ''Episode II'': "I'll be sure to send you some flowers."
** ''Episode III'': "[[YearsTooEarly Try again in ten years]]!"
* BottomlessMagazines: In multiple scenes, Jr. is seen firing many more shots then what would be possible from a pistol.
* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: He, like the rest of the URTV army, is a child clone of mad scientist Dmitri Yuriev.]]
* CompensatingForSomething: Shelley implies this is why he uses guns.
* CulturedWarrior: In contrast to Albedo who is just WickedCultured.
* {{Expy}}: He has the same weapons and similar attacks to Billy Lee Black from ''Xenogears'', which may also be where his religiously-themed clothing and Angelic Requiem attacks come from. His personality and role, however, is closer to Bart Fatima.
* GunsAkimbo
* TheGunslinger: Jr. is the perfect example of when this trope is used outside of Westerns and ''works''.
* HotBlooded
* ImprobableAimingSkills
* RealMenWearPink: He has a pink shirt (or sweater) under his BadassLongcoat in ''Episode II''
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld / NeverGrewUp: Jr's powers have frozen his physical age in his late preteens or early teens. He's really in his twenties and the oldest of the variants (including Gaignun). It's also implied he can live as long as he wants, having TheAgeless type {{Immortality}}.
* RedheadedHero
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to chaos' and Gaignun's blue.
* [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide: Or rather, Superpowered [[TheBerserker Berserker]] Side]]
* TwinTelepathy: Between all the remaining [=URTVs=], but especially strong with his formerly conjoined twin, Albedo.
* WarriorPoet: Jr. likes to quote from ''books'', which are considered antiques by Xenosaga's time. One 4Koma pokes fun at this by having Allen being bewildered at how to even start reading one.
* WeaponOfChoice: Jr. wields dual pistols because he's so fond of [[TheGunslinger Gunslinger heroics]].
* YouAreNumberSix: He is URTV [[NumberOfTheBeast #666]], also codenamed Rubedo.
* YoungGun: In addition to being TheGunslinger, Jr. completely fits this role as well. [[spoiler: He's both, because he is actually over twenty years old and is definitely experienced enough to be an actual [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]]. However, since he looks and acts like a typical YoungGun, he fits this too.]] The only difference is that he's not attached to any sort of older mentor.
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!!'''Jin Uzuki'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman (Episode I), Michael Gough (Episode II & III), and ChrisAyres (anime) in English.

Shion's brother, a slacker who abandoned medical practice shortly after completing his training and bounces from obsession to obsession. He currently runs a book shop full of actual paper books, which baffles and infuriates Shion. He has a history with chaos, and was deeply involved with the incident on Old Miltia that led to it being sealed away.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Jin's sword can cut through just about anything.
* AloofBigBrother: To Shion. He admits he does this out of fear of her completely rejecting him.
* ApologeticAttacker: "Forgive me."
* BadassBookworm: Jin is this to the point that he owns his own bookstore. Jr. is a subversion of this. He loves reading to the point where he still caries around paper books in an age where they're considered antique (and acting like a kid in a candy store with Jin's bookstore), but is also very emotional and TriggerHappy.
* BadassNormal: Jin is perhaps the only "normal" human in the group, and only KOS-MOS can rival him at being the biggest badass.
* {{BFS}}: Subverted by his normal sized katana in melee combat, but played dead straight while in his ES (giant mecha).
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Jin can slice through giant mecha with a sword, while ostensibly being a normal human.
* CounterAttack: One of Jin's skill trees.
* {{Expy}}: Of Citan Uzuki from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
** [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
** [[spoiler:TheLastDance]]
** [[spoiler:ObiWanMoment]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* RenaissanceMan: He usually changes careers once every six months out of [[BadAssBookworm sheer boredom with civilian life]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Curry.
* UpgradeArtifact: He gets one in Episode III, [[spoiler: after Margulis dies]].

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[[folder:Non-playable Characters]]
!!'''Nephilim'''
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A mysterious girl who appears before Shion many times, starting when she first encounters the Zohar. She seems to have a connection to chaos.

* CrypticConversation: [[LampshadeHanging She gets called out on it at one point. ]]
-->'''Shion:''' What do you want? Are you here to say a bunch of cryptic things again and confuse me? You're always like that. You just appear in front of me, say whatever you feel like, then just watch without actually doing anything!
* {{Expy}}: She looks remarkably like Elly from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. [[spoiler: Given the ending with her and Abel, this was probably very deliberate.]]
* MeaningfulName: Nephilim means "watchers" or "those who have come down."
* OracularUrchin
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Due to being a VirtualGhost.]]
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler:Nephilim's name follows along nicely with Albedo and the other Testaments.]]
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost: Made possible since the consciousness of the dead can be found within the UMN.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Her necklace is in the shape of a cross, her name is a direct reference to the giants from the Bible who created the Great Flood...let's not get started on the symbolism behind the white and her possible relation to Elly.
* WomanInWhite
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!!'''Allen Ridgeley'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by DaveWittenberg (games) and Blake Shepard (anime) in English.

Shion's subordinate, who has a hopeless crush on her. He has a tendency to whine and get weepy and emotional when faced with adversity.

* ButtMonkey
* CannotSpitItOut: He has a crush on Shion, but can't work up the nerve to tell her. Justified: Shion hasn't had the nicest of lives, especially with people that are close to her. He's afraid that in getting close to her, he'll end up hurting her more by reopening old wounds or otherwise. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome When he ''does'' work up the courage to say it, however...]]
* {{Determinator}}: During his CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Uses a cross-bow weapon in battle, when he briefly joins the party in Episode III.
** JokeCharacter: Sadly but [[ButtMonkey fittingly]], he's got [[SquishyWizard MO]][[FragileSpeedster Mo]]'s frailty and lack of attack power, and [[TheBigGuy Ziggy's]] low Ether Points and Ether Attack.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:To Kevin]].
** It actually reads more like a ReasonYouSuckSpeech with hints of WorldOfCardboardSpeech and a dash of ShutUpHannibal.
* NiceGuy
** DoggedNiceGuy
* NonActionGuy: Then subverted when he [[spoiler: finally stands up to Kevin]]. And kills a Gnosis. With a rifle's ''butt''!
** You also get to have him in battles in the third game where he wields a crossbow.
* OnlySaneMan: The only vanilla human who tags along with the party.
* SecretlyWealthy: Evidently, Allen comes from a wealthy family but he never flaunts it and prefers not to rely on their help.
* [[spoiler: SpannerInTheWorks: Maybe, depending on your interpretation of Wilhelm's ultimate goals.]]
* TheSoCalledCoward
* TookALevelInBadass: In the end, he ''bludgeons'' a Gnosis to death with a rifle butt, after delivering a ShutUpHannibal to [[TheDragon Kevin]].
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!!'''Miyuki Itsumi'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Emi Uwagawa in Japanese and MichelleRuff (Episode I) and Heather Hogan (Episode II & III) in English.

Miyuki is a systems programmer for Vector and an amateur inventor. She is very fond of Shion and goes out of her way to help her out with her inventions when she can.

* ButtMonkey: Played for laughs.
* {{Flanderization}}: She suffers from this horribly in the third game, turning her into a ButtMonkey [[TheDitz ditz]] with everyone showing little faith in her doing ANYTHING right and treating her pretty horrible as a result, especially by Shion.
* GadgeteerGenius: Of a slightly toned down variety. She's invents all of Shion's [=MWSs=], including her InfinityPlusOneSword version, plus KOS-MOS's [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One]] [[SinisterScythe Scythe]] in Episode I. Her hobby is sending off patent applications to the Federation Patent Office.
* GeniusDitz
* GuestStarPartyMember
* {{Otaku}}: For weaponry.
* SwissArmyWeapon: She designed the MWS, Shion's weapon in the game. When she joins you she fights with the older version Shion used in Episode I.
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!!'''Canaan'''

!!!!!!Voiced by HiroshiKamiya in Japanese and Beng Spies (Episode II) and SteveBlum (Episode III) in English.

A specialized Realian built with enhanced memory, reflexes, and suppressed emotion. He pilots the ES Asher.

* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
* GuestStarPartyMember
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: With some marks for being a GuileHero by using the otherwise nigh-unbeatable Voyager's power-lust against him.]]
* KnifeNut
* NeuroVault
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: Although he is not aware of it.
* [[spoiler: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Canaan's mind is actually that of Lactis, the Realian that helped Ziggy back when he was alive. He doesn't remember this.]]
* TheStoic

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!!'''Doctus'''

!!!!!!Voiced by MaryElizabethMcGlynn in English.

Leader of the anti-Vector terrorist organization Scientia. Doctus helps co-ordinate Shion and the party's quest to uncover Vector's dirty secrets in ''Episode III''.

* AnArmAndALeg: She's introduced in ''A Missing Year'' by picking a fight with KOS-MOS and having her arm torn clean off. This is also how it's revealed she uses [[WeHaveReserves android body doubles]].
* ArmCannon: One of her many hidden weapons.
* BadassLongCoat
* BigGood: For the first half of the game.
* CoolOldLady: MaryElizabethMcGlynn plays her as one in the English dub.
* CoolShades
* CynicalMentor
* DissonantSerenity: Almost on par with Wilhelm's.
* FantasticRacism: At first it seems like she hates Realians. Later it's revealed she just hates ''Canaan''. Though if {{fanon}} is to be believed, [[DeadPartner he deserves it]].
* GratuitousLatin
* HackerCave: She as a modest one glimpsed in ''A Missing Year''.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Bit of an enforced example. If she appears out in public, Vector will have her assassinated.
* TheMentor: To Shion (and Miyuki).
* MissionControl
* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]
* TheObiWan
* OutOfFocus: After playing a major role in the ''A Missing Year'' and the ''Episode III'' prologue, she all but disappears after that, putting in sporadic appearances here and there before resurfacing in time for the epilogue.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: The real Doctus never appears until the denumont of ''Episode III''. Up to that point, she's been in hiding in an undisclosed location operating through remote controlled body doubles. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Vector apparently has a kill-on-sight order on her.
* QuicklyDemotedLeader: She's the leader of Scientia, but Shion seems to do all its legwork.
* RememberTheNewGuy: In all fairness, she's introduced in a canon interactive comic prior to her appearance in ''Episode III''. It was simply [[NoExportForYou never localized for North America]].
* SendInTheClones: She has a veritable army of android body doubles which she uses to interact with the outside world.
* TheStoic
* SurroundedByIdiots: While she points out "to err is human," her patience for Miyuki's constant screw ups is limited.
* [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Voice With A UMN Connection]]: ...And an android body-double.
* WomanInWhite: Sure, it's more of an off-white, but the trope still stands.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Scientia has been branded an anti-Vector terrorist organization by the Galaxy Federation Government.

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!!'''Kevin Winnicott / [[spoiler:The Red Testament]] / [[spoiler: Roth Mantel]]'''

The former head of the Third Division, KOS-MOS's original designer, and Shion's fiance. Deceased at the time the game opens.

[[spoiler: Or so you are meant to think. He orchestrated his own demise at the hands of the KOS-MOS archetype in order to become a Testament and help Wilhelm. His reasons for doing so is so that his time with Shion can last forever.]]

* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's initially presented to the player as an otherwise upstanding guy who became the innocent victim of circumstance. [[spoiler:Hints about his dark side start slipping out as the series progresses until the vernier of likeability is torn clean off halfway through ''Episode III'' and you see what a completely messed up domineering creep he really is]].
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: He betrays Wilhelm only when the guy ''starts'' to tell him how much he failed at his role in his EvilPlan and tortures Shion by ''karate chopping his arm off''. When that doesn't work, he literally stabs Wilhelm InTheBack, killing the both of them so the party can save the universe.]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Arguing that everything he did was to save Shion's life, even if it meant [[BreakTheCutie breaking her]] and [[UnwittingPawn use her]].]]
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil: Kevin becomes a Testament to save Shion, who briefly returns the favor by becoming his minion in a boss fight.]]
* MementoMacGuffin / TragicKeepsake: The pendent his mother gave him right before she gnostified, which he in turn passes on to Shion.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Or so you think.]]
* PunnyName: [[spoiler: Roth Mantel means Red Cloak]]
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]] Though YMMV on how "redeemed" he really is...
* [[spoiler: SecretIdentity: Two of them.]]
* ShirtlessScene
* [[spoiler: StalkerWithACrush]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Subverted to hell and back: [[spoiler:He was a rotten, duplicitous little bastard even as a kid. Heck, [[UsedToBeASweetKid he used to be a bad kid]] by comparison because at least he was a lot better at hiding it as an adult.]]
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!!'''Lt. Luis Virgil[[spoiler:/Blue Testament]]'''

!!!!!!Voiced by TomokazuSeki in Japanese and Creator/LexLang in English.

Rank Lieutenant. He is a A.G.W.S. pilot stationed on the Woglinde and a veteran of the Miltian Conflict. A JerkAss who actively insults Shion's optimism and belief that Realians count as people. [[spoiler: Is eventually killed by KOS-MOS because he kept getting in line of her fire.]]

[[spoiler: [[BackFromTheDead Or he would have if he wasn't brought back by Wilhelm]]. He then becomes the Blue Testament, personality intact. His reason for becoming a Testament is tied into the Miltian Conflict. During the period, he lost his whole squad to Realians and would have died if he didn't get a transplant from a Realian named Febronia, who also took care of Shion. While recovering, the formerly hard-assed soldier eventually softens and the two fall in love. However, when all things went to hell, Febronia died. He blames himself for being too weak and not being able to protect her. Because of this, he rejected love and developed an intense hatred towards Realians. The reason he hates Shion's optimism so much is because she reminds him of Febronia.]]

* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Justified by Wilhelm's power]]
* BossBanter
* [[spoiler: HiddenDepths: Wouldn't have pegged him for a guy who'd been deeply in love, huh?]]
* FantasticRacism / JustAMachine: How he views Realians.
* GuestStarPartyMember
* {{Jerkass}}: Mainly towards Shion and Realians.
* [[spoiler: LoveHurts: This and SurvivorGuilt is his whole reason for being the way he is. However...]]
** [[spoiler: LoveRedeems: He meets Febronia again during the events of Episode III. He initially rejects her due to his guilt but eventually relents when she tells him she still loves him regardless. A CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and a TearJerker.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Between him and Shion. One way he tries to break her optimism.
* LikableVillain: It takes a long while for you to see what his deal is, but once you do, it's [[TearJerker time to cry...]]
* [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When the out-of-control combat Realians kill Febronia, goes along with his TearJerker.]]
* [[spoiler: SchrodingersCast: In ''Xenosaga: The Animation'', Virgil survives the attack on the Woglinde in place of Commander Cherenkov, only to be killed later by KOS-MOS (for the same reason as in the game).]]
* [[spoiler: SurvivorGuilt: A major part of his character.]]
* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath: With Feb.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Virgil was the name of Dante's guide from ''TheDivineComedy'' and the writer of ''Literature/TheAeneid''.
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!!'''Gaignun Kukai'''

!!!!!!Voiced by KoichiYamadera (adult) and MikakoTakahashi (child) in Japanese and Creator/CrispinFreeman (adult, games), JenniferHale (child, Episode II), WendeeLee (child, Episode III), and John Gremillion (anime) in English.

The head of the Kukai foundation and [[spoiler: actually Jr.'s "brother" of sorts.]]

* ArtificialHuman: He is a URTV.
* {{Bishonen}}
* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe: And eventually steals Albedo's body in Episode III, and himself gets hijacked by Dmitri Yuriev]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Kills himself and grants Albedo's wish of reuniting with Rubedo.]]
* YouAreNumberSix: He is URTV #669, also codenamed Nigredo.
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!!'''Tony'''

!!!!!!Voiced by TakehitoKoyasu in Japanese and Henry Dittman (games) and ChrisPatton (anime) in English.

The pilot aboard the Elsa who has "immaculate piloting skills." At least, according to him.

* CasanovaWannabe
* ImprobablePilotingSkills
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!!'''Hammer'''

!!!!!!Voiced by TaikiMatsuno in Japanese and MichaelLindsay (Episode I), Jason Spisak (Episode II & III), and JoshGrelle (anime) in English.

Tony's childhood friend and the navigator of the Elsa. His hacking skills are reportedly top-notch, and Vector has tried repeatedly to hire him.

* {{Expy}}: Of Hammer from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', minus the anthromorphic rat aspects.
* PlayfulHacker: So good that Vector scouted him but he always declined.
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!!'''Captain Matthews'''

The captain of the Elsa.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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!!'''Mary and Shelley'''

A pair of sisters rescued from cruel experimentation by a pharmaceutical company by the Kukai foundation. They serve as Gaignun and Jr.'s secretaries and seconds-in-command.

* BreakTheCutie: Their back story before Gaignun rescued them.
* BridgeBunnies
* MeaningfulName: They are named after Creator/MaryShelley, the author of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. Which makes sense, considering the cybernetic and genetic modifications done to them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Mary is the red to Shelley's blue.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Shelley.
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!!'''U-DO'''

!!!!!!Voiced by HikaruMidorikawa in Japanese and DougErholtz in English.

Pronounced "oo-doo". It's an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] for '''U'''nus-Mundus '''D'''rive '''O'''peration. Despite the deception, it is not a computer program.

An [[EldritchAbomination indescribably powerful and alien entity]], U-DO is an EnergyBeing that lives in UMN space, discovered by Dimitri Yuriev. [[MindRape Able to drive people insane]] [[BrownNote through mental contact alone]], it is a malevolent creature with no regard for humans...

[[spoiler: Except for the part where all that turns out to be [[BlatantLies boldface fabrications]] by Yuriev. While it does drive people insane-see Albedo-this is mostly accidental on it's part. In reality, it is the sentient avatar of the mind of the universe, a Gnostic {{God}} who possesses a benign, scientific interest in humans. Unfortunately, it's mind is so powerful it literally destroys the minds of most people it attempts to contact. As shown throughout it's interviews with Shion in game #3, it seeks to understand the goals and psychology of humans and the nature of the universe. To do that, it created two [[GodInHumanForm observational units]]-Abel, a [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Fei]] {{Expy}} who gathers information in physical space, and Abel's Ark, a colossal-star system sized-living ship who observes spiritual space. It is an important element in all three games.]]

* BrownNote / MindRape: Coming into contact with U-DO has this effect. [[spoiler: The exact effects is the individual learning what U-DO has seen. Namely, isolation enough to drive a person mad and the end of the universe.]]
* [[spoiler:CoolShip: Abel's Ark, which is absolutely fuggin' huge, having a ''solar system'' as an interior decoration]]
* CounterpartComparison: In-universe example. [[spoiler:Since Abel's Ark lives in the same spiritual dimension as the Gnosis, people initially assume it to be a Gnosis MotherShip like the Cathedral Ship]].
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler:Subverted. It's simply a completely alien existence from a higher dimension. And it's curious about humans in a scientific way.]]
* CrystalDragonJesus
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Benign or not]], it's still [[Creator/HPLovecraft Yog-Sototh]] lite.
* FunWithAcronyms
* GodInHumanForm: Well [[spoiler:God In Human And CoolShip Form, anyhow]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Antagonists]]
!!'''Albedo'''[[spoiler:/'''White Testament]]'''
[[quoteright:230:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Albedo_7949_1627.jpg]]

!!!!!!Voiced by KoichiYamadera in Japanese and Creator/CrispinFreeman in English.

The extremely creepy and AxeCrazy recurring villain who delights in tormenting Jr. He has an obsession with MOMO that goes above and beyond seeking the data locked inside her.

* AGodAmI: In heaping plates of ham.
* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
* AxCrazy: And then some. Also one of the most pure examples of "crazy" in media. Most of the time, AxCrazy is simply extremely vicious sociopaths with little regard to human life. Albedo personifies the truly insane elements by making semi-coherent references to various works, often randomly and with the loose relevance to the current issue and has a warped pattern of speech ("I am the ultimate telomerase!" when he's referencing his immortality). [[spoiler: To be fair, though, this is due to being corrupted by U-DO.]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: No less than ''three'' times in Episode II, for a given amount of "dead."]]
* BigBrotherAttraction: To Jr.
* BigNo: Does one when he finds out he's immortal and will outlive his brothers... [[TearJerker and then he hugs Rubedo...]]
* BilingualBonus: He makes a [[JustForPun cool pun]] in French at one point, using "pêche" to refer to MOMO - pêche and momo mean "Peach" in French and Japanese, respectively - and then calls himself a "péché," meaning "sin."
* BlackCloak: Although it is technically white, the usage and effect is the same.
* BlessedWithSuck: His immortality.
* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: To Jr., especially as a kid.
* CombatSadomasochist
* CreepyChild: Boy, was he ever.
* [[spoiler:DeathSeeker]]: All he ''thinks'' he wants is [[spoiler: for Jr. to kill him at last.]]
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Albedo firing [[spoiler: Proto Merkabah at Second Militia]] definitely qualifies. Also, this trope is a part of what he wants, overall, since [[spoiler: he wants to link up with U-DO again so badly.]] Also, commenting on his [[spoiler: first link up with U-DO]]...
-->'''Albedo''': [[spoiler: I experienced but a fragment of my true power that day. ''The waves that inundated my body, are now apart of me.'' I've reached a higher stage of existence, compared to you incomplete mortals. I am the Alpha AND the Omega of perfect consciousness!]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While he's featured in several scene's beforehand, Albedo's infamous MindRape scene is this ''in spades''.
* EvilAlbino
* EvilLaugh: Albedo's even dwarfs [[FinalFantasyVI Kefka's]] in sheer insanity. Kefka's was jolly, jovial wickedness. Albedo's is the kind of thing you'd expect to hear in a mental institution. It's safe to say Albedo's runs laps around Kefka's and has energy (and lunacy) to spare.
* EvilTwin / CloningBlues: To Jr. More-so than Gaignun as Jr. and Albedo were conjoined twins.
* EvilTastesGood: "Feed me your hostility! Pierce me with your hatred!"
* {{Foil}}: To both Gaignun and Jr.
* {{Expy}}: Sociopathic, a God of raw martial arts, and has a Freudian complex with another side of "himself"...real subtle, [[{{Xenogears}} Id]].
* FromASingleCell: Technically, from a single particle.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation[=/=]FreakOut: Twice; first one was when he learned that his brothers lack his infinite regeneration and could die, and the second is when he [[spoiler: came into contact with U-DO]].
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Frankly, having Albedo die from [[spoiler: tearing his head off]] would've saved MOMO from the carnival of BodyHorror. [[WorldHalfEmpty It's just not one of those games]].
* HealingFactor: Arguably his defining characteristic.
* TheHedonist: His quest [[spoiler: to tap into U-DO again and to be killed by Jr. and, arguably, to then be reunited with Jr.]]
* ICanNotSelfTerminate: No, seriously. He can (and does) blow off his own head (repeatedly) and survive without a scratch.
* LaughingMad: Especially as a kid.
* LargeHam
* ManipulativeBastard: He is able to make both MOMO and Jr. dance to his tune, usually by [[BatmanGambit predicting their responses with near perfect accuracy.]]
* MindRape: Is ''very'' fond of this when around MOMO and Jr.
* NietzscheWannabe: Justified. You'd be pretty damn nihilistic too if you were so unkillable that'd you'd get to see the heat death of the universe first-hand ''and'' got a preview of it from [[spoiler: the local cosmic entity]].
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
* [[spoiler: NobleDemon: While he doesn't pull a full-on HeelFaceTurn, he does just as much good for the party as he does acts of indiscriminate evil. This is most evident as the White Testament.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: Albedo tries to blow up a planet. When that gets foiled, he just tries to [[ColonyDrop drop the giant space station on it]]. [[spoiler: However, this all may have been an act to get Jr hate him enough to kill him, as Jr is the only one who actually can neutralize U-DO's waves. Albedo would prefer getting killed than watch his brothers, mainly Jr, die.]]
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Rubedo, don't leave me behind!"
* PsychoForHire: Though this trope alone wouldn't encompass his craziness.
* PsychopathicManchild: Type C
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: He does this '''three times''' and every time it looks like he's gone for good, however, he just won't stay dead-- He's molecularly reassembled by the Testaments, killed again by Jr., brought back as a Testament himself and dies again when his mind is absorbed by Jr. and his body is obliterated]].
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: His HealingFactor.
* [[spoiler: SuicideByCop: He [[ICanNotSelfTerminate Can Not Self Terminate]], so he repeatedly attempts to provoke Jr. into killing him.]]
* TermsOfEndangerment: His frequent referral to MOMO as ''Ma belle péche'' or a variant of said phrase.
* TwinTelepathy: Although all the [=URTVs=] can communicate telepathically, the link between Jr. and Albedo is especially strong, with Jr. even able to sense [[spoiler: when Albedo is reduced to particles.]]
* TooKinkyToTorture:
--> "This pain. It's SO GOOD! SO GOOOOD!"
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: For a given amount of "pretty."
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler: Albedo has infinite regeneration, meaning he absolutely cannot die. Even if he is reduced to mere particles. Needless to say, upon learning that his brothers lack this regeneration, he takes it very badly. It goes FromBadToWorse after contact with U-DO.]]
* WickedCultured: Tosses literary references left and right in some of his more prominent scenes. Played with too; the way he makes references doesn't make him seem so much as "cultured" as ''completely insane''.
* YouAreNumberSix: He is URTV #667.
* YourHeadAsplode: Repeatedly but to little effect.
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!!'''Margulis'''
[[quoteright:210:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/margulis_3320.jpg]]

!!!!!!Voiced by JojiNakata in Japanese and Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (games) and Andy [=McAvin=] (anime) in English.

The Grand Inquisitor of the Ormus religion, Margulis is ultimately only answerable to the Ormus Pope. He seeks the Zohar as a source of power and a relic of his religion. He is driven by a fiery faith, which ultimately burns himself as often as it smites his enemies.

* BadassNormal: Margulis is to the villains as Jin is to the heroes in regards to this trope; he's an ordinary swordsman amongst {{Reality Warper}}s and he still puts out a good showing.
* BigBad: Of Episode 1. DemotedToDragon in Episodes 2 and 3.
* [[spoiler:BetterToDieThanBeKilled: To Jin, despite the fact that Jin didn't really want to kill Margulis in the first place.]]
* DragonInChief: He's always second-in-command [[spoiler:to the leader of Ormus]], whoever it maybe from one moment to the next, yet he's always the one giving the orders. [[spoiler:[[OutGambitted Until he suddenly isn't]]]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He apparently has a distaste for torture, since he refers to Albedo as having "perverse taste in hobbies."
* EvilCounterpart / {{Foil}}: To Jin. Compare their styles: Jin fights without losing his cool while Margulis fights like TheBerserker. Jin uses a Katana while Margulis uses a straight double-edged sword. During their dual, Margulis seems to have superior physical prowess while Jin is better at Ether-based attacks. [[spoiler: Jin, and Shion by extension, have the blood of the People of the Zohar, which qualifies them to join Ormus. Jin didn't join while Margulis whole-heartedly embraced Ormus' teachings.]]
* EvilRedhead: In the more realistic almost brownish-red style.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Get's a scar from one of his fights with Jin.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: Margulis is not strictly evil, and his greivences with the Federation are legitimate, especially the destruction of Michtam.
* PersonaNonGrata: Originally a colonel in the Federation military (hence the BadAssLongCoat field uniform in the above picture), he was revealed as a traitor at the climax of the Miltian Conflict and is now a wanted criminal, unable to return to Federation space. This is the reason he's usually only seen on Ormus ships/battlestations or on dead worlds like Michtam and Old Miltia.
* KnightTemplar
* LargeHam: He's usually TheStoic, but once he's into a fight, he [[ScreamingWarrior screams and roars like a beast]]. Not only that, but most if not all of his battle quotes are [[NoIndoorVoice yelled at the top of his lungs.]]
--> '''Margulis''': I'll send you all TO HEEELLLLLL!!!
* SayMyName: To Jin.
--> "'''UZUKI~~~~'''"
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: To Wilhelm]].
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He dispasionately destroys ([[spoiler:well, actually gnosifies]]) a planet of 1.5 billion people in order to conduct a Zohar link experiment. He doesn't seem to care, either, stating that the inhabitants were of no use to anyone. It's all in the name of [[spoiler:finding some way to return to [[EarthThatWas Lost Jerusalem]]]].
* VillainousBSOD: Upon learning [[spoiler:that everything he believed about Ormus was a giant pretty lie]] Margulis has one hell of a Villainous BSOD.
* WorthyOpponent
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!!'''Patriarch Sergius XVII'''
!!!!!!Voiced by Chikao Ōtsuka in Japanese and Creator/MichaelBell in English.

In public, Patriarch Sergius is the head of the galaxy's largest quasi-legal religion, the [[CrystalDragonJesus Immigrant Fleet]], in private he's also the head of Ormus, the galaxy's largest religious terrorist cult. He is the immediate superior to much of the series's antagonists, namely Margulis, Pellegri, Sellers, and Heinlien.

* BigBadWannabe
* ChurchMilitant
* [[ChristianityIsCatholic Crystal Dragon Jesus is Catholic]]: Ormus is basically the Catholic Church InSpace He's even referred to as ThePope in the Japanese version.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: He destroys Old Miltia by having the Ω System rip its way out of the planet's crust. Though Milita was uninhabited at the time, he is responsible for the largest amount of physical damage of all the villains [[spoiler:until Wilhelm kicks off the Apocalypse at the end of ''Episode III'']].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He shares Margulis' distaste for Albedo.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In ''Episode II'', anyway. Margulis mentions him by name only in passing in ''Episode III''.
* EvilOldFolks: He is the oldest-''[[OlderThanTheyLook looking]]'' character in the series. The chronologically-oldest characters have him beat by ''gigayears''. One of them is in your party, [[spoiler: and has been alive since at least Jesus' time.]]
* FirstChurchOfMecha: Ormus worships the Zohar as a holy relic and uses numerous religious-themed {{Humongous Mecha}}s as part of their arsenal, including one that actually '''is''' a church. And then there's his own personal DeusEstMachina: Proto-Ω.
* LightIsNotGood: Dresses all in white? Check. Head of a major religion? Check. Light-based attacks? Check. Army of angelic super robots? Check. Base of operations looks like a space cathedral? Check. Genocidal tendencies? '''Double check'''.
* OneSceneWonder: Although he's the primary antagonist of ''Episode II'', he's a blip on the radar in the series as a whole.
* OutGambitted: By Wilhelm, spectacularly.
* SinisterMinister
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!!'''Wilhelm'''
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Wilhelm_6373.jpg]]
!!!!!!Voiced by NobuyukiHiyama in Japanese and RichardCansino (Episode I), Jason Spisak (Episode II & III), and VicMignogna (anime) in English.

The head of Vector Industries, the largest corporation in existence. It is also revealed that he heads up [[spoiler: the second largest company, Hyams and the religious organization Ormus.]] He has some sort of connection to chaos (the guy) and commands the Testaments.

* [[spoiler: BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's heavily implied that Wilhelm was either Emperor Nero or Tiberius.]]
* {{Bishonen}}
* TheChessmaster
* CreepyMonotone
* {{Determinator}}: So it will take several [[spoiler: thousand ]] years of manipulating mankind to achieve [[spoiler: Eternal Recurrence]]? No sweat.
* [[spoiler: DeusExMachina: He acted as one for the protagonists in the ending sequence. Because the UMN had shut down, they had no way of getting away from Michtam quickly enough. Wilhelm created a gate so they could.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Wilhelm, all the time. The most emotive he ever gets is a simple gasp when he realizes [[spoiler:his GambitRoulette just backfired...[[GambitPileup maybe]]]].
* {{Fiction 500}}: He may be one of the wealthiest characters in the history of fiction, owning a company whose headquarters qualifies as an artificial ''planet.''
** Interestingly enough, he actually manages to subvert the more prominent elements of this in a roundabout way. To note:
*** Despite his status of being the CEO of Vector, very few people even seem to be aware of him (let alone of him having any status of being rich). For all intents and purposes, his office (which is a small room) on the Dammerung seems to double as his "house."
*** He is rarely (if ever) seen buying anything for personal want (let alone things that would have insane prices).
*** He funds things in his interest under the name of "Vector" rather than personally funding. This is a fair bit believable given Vector's history, scope and size. On the other hand, whenever he needs something built, he simply uses the various divisions of Vector and manipulates events in such a way that the products built have seemingly little to no relation to him. The stuff built is all relatively possible given the science used in the verse.
*** The only times he defies physics is when he's ''literally'' defying the laws of physics, which never has anything to do with money or RuleOfFunny[=/=][[RuleOfCool Cool]].
* GambitRoulette: This may be one of the very few times this trope is justified, since he has possession of a device called the Compass of Order and Chaos, which shows him the movements of consciousness. Being [[spoiler:several thousand years old]] probably doesn't hurt, either.
** He also has practically absolute control over the economy due to being the CEO of Vector [[spoiler: and Hyams, as well as being a high-ranking Cardinal in Ormus. He was also head of the government a decade before the game takes place, giving him significant clout with the Federation.]]
* [[spoiler: JudgeJuryAndExecutioner]]
* LeanAndMean: Compared to contemporaries in the ''Xenosaga'' rogues gallery, he's a little on the thin side.
* [[spoiler:TheMan: He fits this, considering that he runs/ran, at the very least we know of, two rivaling companies (Vector and Hyams), Ormus, and at least one of the Militian government's Subcommities.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Much, ''much'' more than seven hundred.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TheStoic: If he has any emotions, the best we'll ever hear of it is him literally stating it.
* [[spoiler:TimeAbyss: He is at least 4000 years old and probably a lot older than that.]]
* TheUbermensch: Considering the Nietzsche subtitles and that Nietzsche's middle name was Wilhelm, this is not surprising.
** BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler: He exists solely to prevent the destruction of the Lower Domain. He does not care for how many lives must be lost to achieve this goal.]]
*** Ironically, blue and orange are the colors of chaos' outfit in Episode I.
* [[spoiler: TheUnfought]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is to [[spoiler: save the universe.]]
* WickedCultured: Likes to refer to all the events happening as if it were an opera, apparently listens to Wagner a lot, is never seen in anything other than a plain business suit and plays chess. Apparently, [[TheChessmaster a whole freaking lot]]. He also has some elaborate and poetic titles for certain people and features ("shining wills" and refers to the White Testament as the "Weaver of the Eternal Circle of Zarathustra").
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

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!!'''Pellegri'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by ErikoHara in Japanese and KariWahlgren (games) and ChristineAuten (anime) in English.

Margulus' subordinate within Ormus. Unlike her superior, she seems to have flashes of conscience about the paths they walk, but not enough to make her reconsider her choices. She has a past with Jin.

* DarkActionGirl
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Depends on which official art you're looking at.
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: She and Jin were lovers in the past. They still have feelings for each other.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She protests the fact that so many lives (1.5 ''billion'') were lost on Ariadne.
* FaceHeelTurn
* TheFundamentalist
* HeroicBSOD: Post-Ariadne Incident, her attitude had changed.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KnightTemplar: Not as much as Margulis, but enough to cause friction with [[spoiler: Jin]].
* LikableVillain
* MidSeasonUpgrade: She becomes an active antagonist in ''Episode II'' after Margulis gives her ES Isachaar to pilot.
* TheMole: Just like Margulis, she was an Ormus mole in the Federation military at the time of the Miltian Conflict (as evidenced by her picture above wearing a Federation uniform).
* WeaponOfChoice: BladeOnAStick--both on foot and in Isachaar.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
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!!'''Dr. Dmitri Yuriev'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Osamu Saka in Japanese and KeithSzarabajka in English.

The "father" and creator of the [=URTVs=]. He is obsessed with destroying U-DO for an unknown reason.

* [[spoiler:AGodAmI: Wilhelm notes this as ironic; Yuriev's fear for U-DO, what he thought was God, lead him to attempt to become one.]]
* BadassBookworm: Shortly after making his entrance, he pulls a coup and frees TheFederation from the influence of [[CorruptChurch Ormus]]. He then proceeds to build several [[WeaponOfMassDestruction weapons of mass destruction]] and leads the only fraction in the game that isn't [[spoiler: directely controlled by [[TheChessmaster Wilhelm]]]].
* BigBadWannabe: Had Wilhelm not stepped up to the plate at the last minute, he would have been the BigBad of ''Episode III''.
* BodySurf: His time as hyperspace transit test subject granted him the ability to BodySurf, hence why he's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.
* ChessMaster: Again, comes in a close second to Wilhelm in the ManipulativeBastard category.
* CreepyMonotone
* ForScience
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: What happened when he came into contact with U-DO.
* GrandTheftMe: One of the ways he's lived for so long and an acquired skill from contact with U-DO.
* MyGrandsonMyself
* PresidentEvil: In the gap between Episodes ''II'' and ''III'', he has the Salvator faction stage a coup and install him as the Executive Committee Director of the Galaxy Federation.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* SmugSnake
* TrulySingleParent: The URTV line are all enhanced clones of himself.
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!!'''Citrine'''
!!!!!!Voiced by Rena Mizuki in Japanese and ErinFitzgerald and Stephanie Mitchell (child) in English.

URTV #668, the missing unit between 667 (Albedo) and 669 (Nigredo). One of very few female [=URTVs=] produced by the Yuriev Institute, she was groomed from childhood to be Yuriev's personal aide and pointwoman for the Salvator Faction.

* TheBaroness: She's about as close as ''Xenosaga'' gets to this trope.
* CreepyChild: In ''Episode II'', at least.
* DaddysLittleVillain: To Yuriev.
* DarkActionGirl
* DistaffCounterpart: To the male [=URTVs=]. {{Justified|Trope}} in-universe.
* EvilRedhead
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Her dad ''is'' Dimitri Yuriev, after all.
* NinjaMaid: To Yuriev.
* OppositeSexClone: She was created mostly from Yuriev's X-chromosome.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: And killing people.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Yuriev, again.
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!!'''Dr. Sellers'''
!!!!!!Voiced by Masaharu Satou in Japanese and SteveBlum in English.

One of the brightest scientific minds in the post-Miltian Conflict galaxy. Dr. Sellers is known as much for his intellect as he is for his shifting loyalties.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's probably easier to list the people he ''hasn't'' screwed over.
* CoolShades: Described as "motorized sunglasses" in the ''Episode I'' database. They're apparently bolted to his face.
* TheDragon: To Yuriev in ''Episode III''.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He's not even named in-game when he shows up in ''Episode I'' for a minute or two. His proper introduction comes at the start of ''Episode II''.
* EvilLaugh: Does a little evil chuckle in his last scene.
* ForScience
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* GeniusCripple: A self-made example. He ruined Joachim Mizrahi's life, so Mizrahi shot his kneecaps off.
* JerkAss: He's mean, rude, inconsiderate and disrespectful.
* {{Kneecapping}}: Mouth off to Joachim Mizrahi, kiss your legs good bye.
* MadScientist
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: He openly admits his life's work is nothing but this, with his inspiration being Mizrahi's works.
* SinisterShades: See: CoolShades.
* TheUnfought
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's one of the few dangling threads the series left behind, as he's never actually killed on screen. [[{{Fanon}} Everyone just assumes he stayed on the Merkabah as it was absorbed by Abel's Ark]].
* YouAreTooLate: He whips this out only after the fact, telling the party that while they've wasted their time battling their way through Merkabah, Yuriev has invaded ''The Durandal'', and they're probably too late to do anything about it.

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!!'''Voyager'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Kouji Tsujitani in Japanese and DCDouglas in English.

The black testament, who has some sort of connection with Ziggy.

* BaldOfEvil
* BlackCloak
* TheCracker: Before he became a supernatural monster he was a ''GhostInTheShell''-inspired cyber-terrorist with whom Ziggy tangled during his days as a policeman.
* EnigmaticMinion
* EvilAlbino: Maybe. That or he's just frighteningly pale.
* SerialKiller
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!!'''T-elos'''
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!!!!!!Voiced by Mariko Suzuki in Japanese and BridgetHoffman in English.

A humanoid weapon system built on the same principles as KOS-MOS, and vastly more powerful. She states that she must destroy KOS-MOS in order to be complete.

* AIIsACrapshoot: T-elos is cruel and sadistic, compared to KOS-MOS's logical indifference or protectiveness.
** This could be more of the below EvilCounterpart. It's not just their personalities that's flipped, but pretty much ''everything'' along with a play on words. KOS-MOS is right-handed (dextrous, implying skill and effectiveness) while T-elos is left (sinister, implying cruelty. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obviously]]).
* CameBackWrong: She's [[spoiler:the forcibly reanimated and cybernetically enhanced corpse of Mary Magdalene. It doesn't get much more ''wrong'' than that. Her mere existence is yet another drop in the bucket of "irredeemable asshole" that is Kevin Winicott]].
* DarkActionGirl: T-ELOS fits this to a [[IncrediblyLamePun T]].
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Technically white hair.
* EvilCounterpart: To KOS-MOS, although it's a little more complicated than that.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Not in her game, but when she appears in [[EndlessFrontier other]] [[ProjectXZone games]] with KOS-MOS, T-elos usually wounds up in an EnemyMine situation OR TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, so she teams up with KOS-MOS. Her characterization as a Face is mostly a high caliber {{Tsundere}}.]]
* [[spoiler:HollywoodCyborg: Unlike KOS-MOS, who is a robot powered by Mary's soul, T-elos is a cyborg created from Mary's corpse, recovered from a time-displaced French tomb, but controlled by completely artificial computer brain]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* {{Underboobs}}
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
* ZettaiRyouiki

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