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Akashic Records of Bastard Magic instructor
Rezalia
Rezalia is a neighboring kingdom besides Alzano. Originally it was ruled by a monarchy like it's neighbor, but after a revelation, the church rebelled against the monarchy and took over the kingdom. It then went to war against Alzano which ended in a peace treaty, but in the present it can break out at any moment. Funeral Hauser
The pope of the church.
Fais Cardis
A high-ranking priest who wants peace between Rezalia and Alzano.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: If he truly is Maria's father, it is most likely he had to abandon her due to poverty. Later it is implied that the actual reason is that Maria is an Apocalypse Maiden for an evil god.
- Good Shepherd: He is a priest who wants peace between Rezalia and Alzano to prevent horrible war like the one from the past to happen.
- Long-Lost Relative: It is implied that he's Maria's father who abandoned her.
Archbolt Ambis
A high-ranking priest who wants to war against Alzano for "believing" in devils and as a result is the boss of the 13th sanctuary.
- Asshole Victim: Considering the fact the forced Luna and Chase to work for him by taking the latter hostage and wants to wage war against Alzano, it is hard to feel sorry for him when Angel Dust finally kills him.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Luna notes that he acts very cordinial and friendly towards Jatice which is odd since Archbolt himself is known as someone who does not trust anyone which shows he is under the influence of Angel Dust.
- Your Head Asplode: He dies from Angel Dust which caused his head to explode.
Luna Flair
Luna Flair
- Back from the Dead: She died 4 years ago as a human, but was ressurected into an angel.
- Came Back Strong: As a human she was just a weak third rate magician like Glenn, but after her ressurection she became an angel powerful enough to defeat armies by herself.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She was a the weakest member of the 13th sanctuary and died in a missions alongside her comrades who were also her family and friends. She was then reincarnated into an angel and although she now has the power to complete her missions, she's still alone since most people see her as a monster.
- Death Song: The aptly named "Funeral Song" kills people who listen to it.
- Foil: To Glenn Radars since they both are considered third rate magicians as humans, but while Glenn was able to save people despite his supposed weakness, Luna was not unable to do the same and even died in a mission alongside her teammates and family.
- Forced into Evil: She and Chase have no choice, but to listen to Archbolt's and later on Jatice's orders due to Chase being strapped with an Explosive Leash.
- Hoist by Her Own Petard: The reason Glenn was able to stop Chase from attacking Sistine with the dragon is because of her comment that he likes to drink blood which allows Glenn to realize he's a vampire and a way to find him. On top of that she didn't even need to meet Glenn and only did that, because of her personal reasons.
- I Am a Monster: She is aware that she is not seen as a human by others and sees herself as a monster.
- Immune to Bullets: Glenn's bullets which can punch huge holes in walls don't even leave a mark on her, but she can be knocked down once he fires several at her.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: Despite being an angel and on paper being much more powerful than Glenn, she desperately wants to defeat him to prove that her choice of becoming an angel is correct.
- It's Personal: Played with since she never met Glenn before the Magic Festival, however she takes their battle very personally, because she sees him as what she couldn't achieve as a human. However in the end this is subverted sice she is just projecting her past frustations on Glenn.
- Life Isn't Fair: She outright says this due to Glenn being able to save people and achieve his goals despite being a third rate mage, while she couldn't and even died in a mission back when she was human although on paper their skills should technically be on the same level.
- Magically Inept Fighter: As a human her skills as a magician were the same as Glenn, but this isn't the case now she's an angel.
- "Not So Different" Remark: In her fight against Glenn, she said she also had someone to protect who later turns out to be Chase who was implanted with a stake that can kill him.
- Punch-Clock Villain: She along with Chase only interfered with Alzano's team under orders from Archbolt, but this is a bit downplayed in her cause since she has a rather personal reason for fighting Glenn.
- Shadow Archetype: Just like Glenn she's a third rate magician when she was a human, but unlike him she was unable to save people and even died in a mission. As a result she can be seen as Glenn if he was unable to save people with his own power or in Jatice's words was unable to find the 1 percent of victory on his first try. She's aware of this and wants to defeat Glenn to prove her choice of becoming an angel is correct.
- Underestimating Badassery: She dismisses Glenn as a threat, because of his lack of magician skills and ability and writes his achievements of as luck. Although it's rather implied this stems from her complex.
- Was Once a Man: She was a human until her death and resurrection into an angel.
Chase Foster
Chase Foster
- Back from the Dead: He died 4 years ago and was resurrected as a vampire, but this may be subverted, because he himself says he's a copy of the original.
- Childhood Friend: The original Chase was this to Luna which is why the original's death hit her hard and why she desperately wants to protect him.
- Explosive Leash: He is strapped with a stake when activated hurts and potentially can kill him which is why he and Luna listen to Archbolt's and Jatice's orders.
- Forced into Evil: He and Luna have no choice, but to listen to Archbolt's and later on Jatice's orders due to him being strapped with an Explosive Leash.
- Know When to Fold Them: When it's clear that he and Luna lost the fight, he opted to retreat alongside her after convincing her it's the better option.
- Only Friend: He is the only friend of Luna since everyone else sees her as a monster.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He and Luna only interfered with Alzano's team under orders from Archbolt.
- Undeathly Pallor: He is a vampire and his skin is very pale.
- Undying Loyalty: Towards Luna since they both are both the last kind of family they have.
Memory Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
Volume 1
Appearing in "Heavens, the Lonesome Witch"
Illas, Turi and Crea
Illas, Turi and Crea
Three of the four magicians send to investigate and eventually terminate a Lich threat which would end with their deaths.- Killed Off for Real: All three of them were and turned into thralls and killed by Celica when she arrived in the village.
- Posthumous Character: They died around a decade before the story.
- Tarot Motifs: Their code names were The Strength, The Temperance and The sun respectively.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: They don't get much characterization aside from the fact that they were first-rate magicians and among the strongest of them.
- The Worf Effect: It was stated that they were three of the four strongest magicians they had, but they all got killed and turned into thralls off-screen.
Henrietta Dool (Warning Spoilers)
Henrietta Dool
One of the magicians send to investigate the Lich and supposedly died alongside her teammates in the magician. In truth she actually is the Lich and orgastrated everything to kill Celica for humiliating her in the past.- Arc Villain: Of the side story "Heavens, the Lonely Witch".
- Green-Eyed Monster: She hates Celica for being a better and stronger magician than her and being immortal.
- Killed Off for Real: She was apparently killed by a Lich she was sent to exterminate. She actually is the Lich herself and orchestrated everything in order to try and kill Celica. This causes her actual death when Celica recomposed herself and used Extinction Ray against her.
- Posthumous Character: She turned herself into a Lich and was then killed by Celica a decade before the story.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She only appears in a side story, but without her Celica wouldn't have the desire for company or Glenn wouldn't be orphaned which caused Celica to adopt Glenn and raise him as her own child. Meaning we wouldn't have the story we know without her.
- Tarot Motifs: The Tower, which was also her code name. The card means danger during a journey. Henrietta's plan to kill Celica caused the latter to meet Glenn which caused a huge change to her eternal journey.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about her without bringing up that she's the Arc Villain of Celica's side story especially since it reveals that the 'Glenn Radars' we got to know in that story is her minion and isn't the one everyone knows.
The Orphaned Kid
'Glenn Radars'
An orphaned kid who only appears in the Side Story "Heavens, the Lonesome Witch". He admires Magicians and especially Celica a lot and tries gets closer to her during her stay in his village. However doesn't this sound to good to be true?- Dead All Along: He was a thrall all the time.
- Foreshadowing: In the only illustration in which he is shown, we only get to see his back, but not his face. This foreshadows that he isn't the Glenn we know in the main story especially since an earlier illustration of Memory Records volume 1 shows an image of Glenn as a kid.
- Hero-Worshipper: He admires magicians a lot and sees Celica as his hero which later turns out to be a ploy in order to lure Celica in a trap.
- Honey Trap: A non-romantic example, but more parental example. Henrietta send him to get close to Celica so that he can lure her in a trap to kill her.
- Killed Off for Real: He already died when he was turned into a thrall, but Celica truly finishes him off alongside his master Henrietta after his true allegiance was revealed.
- Parental Abandonment: He says that both his parents are dead.
- Posthumous Character: He died before the main story began.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appeared in a side story, but he was one of the causes that made Celica desire for company, which is what caused her to adopt Glenn. He's also where Glenn gets his name from.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about him without revealing that he isn't the same Glenn Radars we know in the story till a point that even mentioning his name is a spoiler and his entire folder used to be completely white.
Volume 2
Appearing in "Two Idiots"
Nina Venus
Nina Venus
A girl who only appears in the Side Story "The two fools" which happens 7 years before the story. She saves Glenn from some thugs and takes him to the orphanage she lives in. A meeting she would consider fate.- Big Damn Heroes: In her first meeting she saves Glenn from some thugs. He returns the favor later when her cousin attempts to kill her.
- Call-Forward: She tells Glenn, he could become a good teacher in the future, but Glenn says he wants to become a "Magician of Justice". And everyone knows how that went.
- Childhood Friends: Is one of the only friends Glenn had in his childhood.
- Cool Big Sis: Towards the other orphans at the orphanage.
- Foil: Towards Glenn. They are both orphans who were picked up by someone, but while Glenn was picked up by a single foster parent who is financially well or rather loaded with money, Nina is taken into an orphanage that was falling on hard times.
- Heartwarming Orphan: She is an orphan whose goal is to save the orphanage she lives in.
- Heroic Bastard: She's a bastard child of the head of the Venus Chamber, but is a good person who wants to help her orphanage.
- Internal Reformist: What she intends to become when her biological father came to pick her up after his other heir died. She succeeds in the present and managed to turn the notorious "Venus Chamber" into a more legal company that funds orphanages.
- Irony: She is technically Glenn's first student way before he became a magic instructor and aside from basic school subjects she also wanted to learn magic from him, but he was not allowed to since academy rules forbid students from teaching magic to people outside the school.
- Mistaken for Romance: She tells Glenn, she felt their meeting was like fate and that she doesn't care about age. This kind of wording causes the young Glenn to think it was a love confession, but it turns out she was only asking him if he could teach her some school subjects she couldn't get as an orphan.
- Never Learned to Read: A justified example, because being an orphan made her unable to go to school. This causes her to ask Glenn to help her learn how to read, write and do basic mathematics.
- Saving the Orphanage: This is her life goal. She succeeds as an adult after she took over her father's business and turned it into a more legal company instead of a notorious corrupted one. She also supports several other orphanages besides the one she grew up in.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She only appears in one side story, but she is the reason Glenn started creating "The Fool's World", because of her speech that every kind of power is okay so long she's able to protect what's dear to her.
- The Tease: She sometimes teases Glenn to see his reactions.
- Younger Mentor, Older Disciple: Downplayed since she and Glenn only have an age difference of 3 years and Glenn only taught her how to read, write, and basic mathematics, but she is the older disciple towards Glenn's younger mentor.
Danny
Danny
The cousin of Nina and the would-be heir of the Venus Chamber if it wasn't for Nina.- Arc Villain: Of the side story "The Two Fools".
- Cain and Abel: While they aren't siblings, but cousins. He still falls under this since he's the Cain to Nina and her unnamed half-brother's Abel since he killed the latter and tried to kill the former.
- Clashing Cousins: He tried to kill both of his cousins so that he could inherit the "Venus Chamber".
- Starter Villain: Technically he is this to Glenn since he was the first evil magician he fought against and managed to defeat thanks to his newly created magic "The Fool's World" and martial arts skills.
Volume 3
Appearing in "The Case-Book of Rosalie Detert"
Rosalie Detert
Rosalie Detert
A junior of Glenn during his academy days and the second daughter of the Detert family. She left her house when her parents tried to arrange a marriage for her and pursued her dream of becoming a magical detective. She's a recurring character in side stories that feature the (mis)adventures of her cases with Glenn tagging along to give her guidance.- Arranged Marriage: Her parents tried to make one which is why she ran away from home.
- Born Lucky: The cases Glenn tags along were mostly solved due to her doing something coincidental that somehow helps solve the case.
- Canon Immigrant: She makes her debut in Volume 21 of the main series as one of the many people defending Fejite from the widescale attack from the Researcher of Divine Wisdom.
- Defective Detective: A case in which she's rather defective in both daily life and being a detective. She tends to recklessly spend her money on expensive magical detective gear instead of living expenses and her detective skills are rather lacking.
- Distaff Counterpart: She is one of Glenn. As a result of reading a book they got inspired to pursue a certain dream that may seem impossible, they both have money problems, lack magical talent, and are quite shameless people.
- Fake Ultimate Hero: Due to taking down a criminal group, which even the authorities had problems locating. She uses this to her advantage by claiming that she was able to solve the case thanks to detective skills. In reality, her detective skills are sub-par at best, which causes her to try and get Glenn's help for cases that are harder than locating items or pets.
- Giving the Sword to a Noob: The magic items she uses are first-rate and expensive, but her own lack of talent causes their usefulness to be rather questionable.
- Like Brother and Sister: Her relationship with Glenn can best be described as an older brother looking after his younger sister.
- Locked Out of the Loop: She is unaware of Glenn's past as an Imperial Court Mage. and on a more humorous note, it also appears she is unaware of his status as the hero of Alzano since, unlike other characters who expected his triumphant return for the final battle she was genuinely surprised at his appearance.
- Magically Inept Fighter: Her magician skills are even worse than Glenn's, but she's really good at sword fighting.
- Master Swordsman: Her swordsmanship is considered first class and she was able to win many sword fighting competitions with her skills even against opponents with magic.
- Money Dumb: Due to formerly living in a rich household, she wastes her money on maintaining her appearance and expensive detective gear instead of proper living expenses such as food.
- The Not-Love Interest: Her relationship with Glenn is more sibling-like than the other characters and when she tries to offer herself for marriage to him, he flat out rejects her and it is clear she only proposed it out of desperation due to not wanting to end up living in the streets.
- Ojou: Used to be this before she left her house and that is the reason why she's rather poor with handling money.
- Recurring Character: Unlike other side story characters she appears in several side stories.
- Wrong Line of Work: With her sword skills she is easily able to become a first-class police officer or soldier, but instead she continues to try and become a magical detective despite her lack of skills in either of them.
Appearing in "White Dog"
Camilla
Camilla
An innocent girl who was turned into a vampire.- Mercy Kill: Glenn kills her when it's clear she can't be saved.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She only appears in one side story, but she is the reason why Glenn and Sara become closer and her extermination gave Glenn the knowledge and experience on how to fight vampires which became handy in finding another vampire, Chase, during the Magic Festival.
- Tragic Monster: She was just a normal girl who was turned into a vampire against her will and has no choice but to follow her instincts as a vampire.
Volume 4
Appearing in "Sickly-Goddess-Cecillia"
Jessica Hesteia
Jessica Hesteia
The mother of school nurse Cecilia Hesteia. She came to the academy to bring her daughter back home.- Good Parents: She truly cares about her daughter since the reason she came to get her back home was because of how worried she was about her health and in the end allows her to stay after she managed to save her life.
- Silver Vixen: It was noted she looks very similar to her daughter who is also attractive, but that she has a more mature charm than her.
Appearing in "False Hero"
Aria
Aria
Adel's older sister and along him the only survivors of their village.- Cynicism Catalyst: Her transformation into a demon along with the death of the other orphans is what caused Adel to renounce his ideals and become Albert Frazer.
- Death of Personality: This is what is supposed to happen to her after becoming a demon, but she was able to hold onto her identity thanks to her own willpower.
- Heroic Spirit: Despite being turned into a demon, she was able to keep her sense of self and tries to kill Pauwell Fune to protect her younger brother Abel.
- No Body Left Behind: When she tried to kill Pauwell by destroying the building they're in, both of their bodies were not found amongst the rubble.
- Tragic Monster: She was forcefully turned into a demon against her will.
Volume 5
Appearing in "THE JUSTICE"
Zepal Dilek
Zepal Dilek
The father of Neige and director of the Raimon Institute of Forensic Medicine.- Abusive Parents: He infected his own daughter with a virus that does not kill her, but does bring her very close to death just to mass produce it into a virus and raise his ranking among the Researchers of Divine Wisdom.
- Big Bad: Of the Side Story "THE JUSTICE", but falls into Big Bad Wannabe since it is clear that Jatice is just playing with him and the story is mostly about Jatice testing Glenn.
- Killed Off for Real: He is killed by Jatice.
- Unwitting Pawn: In the end his plans only went so far because Jatice allowed it in order to test Glenn's sense of justice.
Neige Dilek
Neige Dilek
The daughter of Zepal Dilek. She was assigned to be protected by Glenn and Jatice when her life was targeted by assailants.- Because You Were Nice to Me: This is the reason why she couldn't kill Glenn since he was very kind to her.
- Becoming the Mask: She was only supposed to get close to Glenn under her father's orders, but she ended up truly caring for him and begged her father to let him live.
- Bodyguard Crush: It is implied she fell in love with Glenn who was assigned to protect her considering her happy reaction to learning that he is not in a relationship with Sara.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After being forced to carry a horrible disease from her father for what's implied to be a very long time. She is finally freed from his influence, is cured, and can now pursue her own dream of becoming a doctor.
- Forced into Evil: She had little to no choice in her father's scheme and was forced to participate in his experiment especially since only he knew where the cure was for the virus he infected her with.
- Holding Hands: Glenn held her hand for a whole night when her illness kicked in as a way to reassure her.
- Patient Zero: Of the Black Ghost Disease which her father wants to mass produce.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She only appears in one side story, but she is one of the reasons why Jatice has respect and fixation towards Glenn.
- Villain By Proxyfallacy: The reason why Jatice wanted to kill her despite the fact she was forced to participate in her father's plans.
Volume 9
Appearing in "The Agony Of Lane"
Viola
The manager of the first-year dorm.
- Coming-Out Story: At the end of the story, she comes clean about her sexuality.
- Does Not Like Men: She has a great dislike for men seeing all as big perverts.
- Gayngst: She is an in-the-closet lesbian and is under the belief that her dormmates will dislike her upon finding out about it, which causes the white angel she summoned to act out on her repressed sexual desires.
- Summon Magic: Just like Francine, she knows the spell on how to summon a White Angel to fight for her, but her complete lack of control causes it to run amock and act out on her repressed emotions.
- Transparent Closet: Her dormmates already knew she was a lesbian due to how poorly she hides her desires with them noticing her peeking at them during the shower and how much she stares at their undergarments.
Appearing in "What I Want To Tell You"
Unu
A young girl who desires to obtain a scholarship at Alzano Imperial Magic Academy, which causes her to seek out Glenn as a tutor.
- Adorably Precocious Child: She is thirteen years old, looks adorable, and is quite mature for her age. However, this is deconstructed since she was forced to grow up that fast due to her father's abuse.
- Blackmail: She does this to Glenn to force him to become her tutor. However, she knew full well that he could have easily gotten out of it, but knew he was kind enough to hear her request and story upon leading him to her home.
- Calling the Old Man Out: When given encouragement by Glenn, she tells her shitty father that she wants nothing to do with him and that wants to live with her mother.
- The Cameo: While not name-dropped, she appears to have a line in Volume 22 of Akashic Records, in which she tells Glenn to come back alive to continue tutoring her.
- Precocious Crush: She has a crush on Glenn, who is six years older than her.
- Psychological Projection: She is accepting of the possibility of her mother remarrying Glenn. However, this is actually done to mask her own feelings toward Glenn, which her mother realizes.
- Stalker with a Crush: She watched Glenn hang out happily with Sistine, Rumia, and Re=L before properly meeting with him. This allowed her to know he was a magic instructor and a kind person, which caused her to have a crush on him.
- Teen Genius: She is thirteen years old and is noted by Glenn to be very smart, but only needs a good tutor to ensure she will attain the scholarship she desires.
- Trauma Button: She is very scared of her father till the point she feels helpless by just hearing his footsteps. When her father forcefully took her back, she was reduced to a sobbing wreck until Glenn managed to encourage and save her.
Yumis
Unu's mother and owner of a shop that sells magic tools after divorcing her husband.
- Domestic Abuse: She was the victim of this by her former husband, which caused her to divorce him and take Unu with her.
- Good Parents: She is a very kind mother, who helped her daughter escape the abusive household led by her former husband and is willing to even sell her own body to support her little girl.
- Mom Looks Like a Sister: She looks young enough till the point Glenn mistook her for Unu's sister at first.
- The Not-Love Interest: Despite how great she got along with Glenn and even tried to offer her body in exchange for tutoring her daughter, she makes it clear that she wants to support her daughter's crush on the bastard instructor.
- Sex for Services: She tries to pay Glenn back for his tutoring by offering her body to him, but he rejects the proposition and instead decides to obtain her handmade pastries as payment.
- Supreme Chef: She is highly skilled in making pastries and sweets, which Glenn takes as payment for tutoring Unu due to their lack of money.
Daruhan
Unu's estranged father and Yumis' former husband. A noble with a violent temperament.
- Abusive Parents: Towards Unu whom he hit several times till the point the poor girl is traumatized by just hearing his footsteps.
- Domestic Abuse: He always abused his wife Yumis, which caused her to divorce him and take Unu away for their safety.
- Never My Fault: Whenever something goes wrong, he immediately blames his wife & daughter and lashes out his anger at them.
