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Esperanza
Giulio Raguel
Giulio Raguel (Julio Raguel)
The protagonist of the game, a Leonica boy who is fifteen at the story's start. He is the youngest child of the Raguel family, and has trained as a soldier in Esperanza since he was very small. He has a kind nature and idolizes his father Ricard, who he has no memory of but is told that he resembles. Because of this, Julio suffers from something of an inferiority complex, downplaying his own achievements in the face of his brother Ragnus'.After nearly dying in battle, he makes a contract with Elise and gains the power of Gungnir, which raises his standing in Esperanza greatly.
- Conveniently an Orphan: His mother apparently died from grief not long after his father.
- Famous Ancestor: The Raguels have always been knights who protected the Leonica race.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Swears to wipe out the Daltania in revenge for the second Espada Massacre. Whether he eventually carries this out or not depends on the route.
- Spell My Name With An S: To make it explicit that Julio is pronounced with a hard J, Atlus used the name's Italian counterpart "Giulio", which can ONLY be pronounced with a hard J, in the localization.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Tries to get this across to Ragnus, but since he's fighting against fifteen years of discrimination by the rest of Espada, it doesn't work too well.
- Youngest Child Wins
Alissa
Alissa (Alyssa)
The main heroine of the game, a Daltania girl who is 16 at the beginning of the narrative. Julio and company rescue her from a slave caravan and adopt her into Esperanza, although she is reluctant to explain her true identity. She is the sole surviving Imperial princess, and is being targeted by Zaird; her real name is Alessandra Dlacroa. She is very sheltered due to her mother raising her in secret to protect her, and comes off as shy, but is actually very stubborn. She wishes for a world without racial discrimination.- Heroic Bastard: It is vaguely implied in-game (and more strongly hinted by
Word of God) that she may be the result of an affair between Robertus and Orlienne, and hence not really of the Dlacroa lineage at all.
- Morality Pet: To the player, as about half of the game's choices have to do with how nice you want to be to her.
Ragnus Raguel
Ragnus Raguel
The oldest Raguel child, actually a Daltania who was adopted by Ricard. Age 22 at the story's start. He witnessed his father's death during the Espada Massacre, which traumatized him deeply and has left him with a deep desire for revenge against Gargandia as a whole. In the present day, he is the captain of Esperanza. Knowing the history of the Raguel family as great knights, he developed a complex about his actual race and has become a hyper-competent leader in order to compensate. He's very emotional, but tries to suppress that side of himself to be a good leader.- Changeling Fantasy: He's implied to be Alyssa's blood brother, the prince who escaped Wolfgang III's infanticide by being taken to Espada, although it's never quite confirmed until the very end.
- The Chosen One: Heavily implied to be the prophesied ruler who will bring about paradise and do battle with Julio, who is the harbinger of the apocalypse.
- Despair Event Horizon: He holds up under the Trauma Conga Line pretty well until his faith in his father is shaken—and then he finally breaks.
- Numerological Motif: In Starcry reckoning (which is a little different from the Imperial calendar), he was born in the year 777, which is a holy number in Christianity.
Elise
Elise
The mysterious guardian of Gungnir, who accompanies it to Julio's world after he makes the contract. She fights alongside Julio not for the sake of his ideals, but because he's The Chosen One. Elise claims to be from Asgard, but much about her remains shrouded in mystery all throughout the game.- Characterization Marches On: The draft of her character settings states that she's a glutton who cannot be inspired to actually do anything to help out unless plied with her Trademark Favorite Food. Only her love for Kokori nuts remains in the finished product.
- Cutscene Power to the Max: Justified in that she is self-admittedly far too lazy to go all-out for anything but a serious crisis.
- Drama-Preserving Handicap: Sealed her own powers and hid her own wings so that she wouldn't be able to step outside her decided role.
- Fluffy Fashion Feathers: Her outfit is just loaded with white feathers.
Valerie Brigid
Valerie Brigid (Valery Brigid)
Daughter of the Republican faction's former leader, and its de facto leader now that her father has been killed. 17 at the story's start. After meeting Esperanza, she decides to unite their forces in order to bring down her political opponents and the people who betrayed her father. She is sometimes self-centered, but always straightforward.- Hidden Depths: Actually an accomplished pianist and extremely knowledgeable about music.
- Picky Eater: She became a vegetarian because ever since her family was killed, meat has reminded her too much of corpses.
Natalia Raymont
Natalia Raymont (Natalia Raymond)
Daughter of Robertus, and an Imperial knight. 21 at the story's start. She is very protective of Alyssa, as her family has aided the Empress in keeping her hidden, and joins Esperanza to protect her. She is very preoccupied with honor and dignity. While she does support Alyssa's desire to grant citizenship to the Leonica, Natalia is much more preoccupied with the state of the Empire as a whole, and tries to make sure that Alyssa focuses on all citizens equally instead of just the discrimination against the Leonica.- Picky Eater: Loathes bitter things to the point of being unable to drink tea without first adding at least three spoonfuls of sugar.
Fiona Raquel
Fiona Raguel
Julio and Ragnus' sister. Age 19 at the story's start. She runs the only tavern in Espada's slums and is very popular for her outgoing personality alongside her cooking. Due to the loss of her parents, she's zealously protective of Julio, the only blood family she has left.- Supreme Chef: Fiona is an excellent cook, to the point that her cooking is the main incentive to join Esperanza.
Noah, Claude, and Teresa
Noah, Claude, and Teresa
Julio's friends, who initially make up the party. Ages 16, 27, and 17 respectively. All three are killed in Pierre's attack on Espada.- Bromantic Foil: Noah, who is brash and rude in comparison to Julio's quiet personality.
Gargandia
Ziyad Berlioz
Ziyad Berlioz (Zaird Berlioz)
Prime Minister of Gargandia. Age 70 at the story's start. He is trying to wrest control of the country from Wolfgang III, but is a poor governor and has gained the fear and resentment of even the Daltania he rules. Coworkers with Isabeli, and wants to gain the power of necromancy (and with it, immortality) like her. A failed attempt to do so resulted in his becoming paraplegic, but this hasn't slowed his plans down even remotely.- Handicapped Badass: Accomplishes all his evil and is a pretty tough final boss from his seat in a really bitchin' wheelchair.
- The Sociopath: He's secretly not bigoted... because what his subjects are and believe in is irrelevant to him. All he cares about is total control of the empire by any means, which includes inciting race wars to distract them from who really controls the country.
Robertus Raymont
Robertus Raymont (Robertus Raymond)
The leader of all Gargandia's knights. Age 53 at the story's start.- Alliterative Name: Robertus Raymont — his name and surname start with the same sound.
- Batman Gambit: Seems to hope that Ragnus or Alyssa will be usable in a coup.
- The Chains of Commanding: Off-screen; commentary from his family implies that administrating a country with bigoted ideals is taxing on his health. Losing the affection of his daughter from his bigoted policies was likely a severe blow.
- Honor Before Reason: Won't stand up to deal with a tyrant because it would mean betraying his friend.
- Manipulative Bastard: Takes control of the country by zealously bending the knee to Alicia, effectively convincing the nobility to accept him as Regent, then scapegoats Esperanza for high treason and has them 'mercifully' pardoned with honors to ensure they can never get into politics.
- Moment Killer: Pretty much exists to keep Alyssa and Julio apart and the Leonica from getting equal opportunities.
- Parental Substitute: Acted as a surrogate dad for Alyssa.
- Ungrateful Bastard: His idea of thanking Esperanza for saving him from Regina and protecting Alyssa is to try to frame them for Wolfgang's death and have them all executed for high treason.
Isabeli
Isabeli
A Gargandian court magister. Despite entering court at the same time as Paulo and Zaird, she still has the physical appearance of a young girl. (Isabeli is actually 55 years old.) She can use necromancy, which is a kind of magic not native to this world; this leads Elise to suspect that she may have had contact with demons.- It Amused Me: Trying to open the Hades Gate with Gungnir pretty much because she can.
- Staying Alive: Has been declared "not necessarily Killed Off for Real" by Word of God.
The Imperial Commanders
Imperial Commanders
Pierre (44), Bacchus (29), Albert (27), Wallace (34), Nelson (35), Conrad (30), and Regina (29).- The Smurfette Principle: Regina is the only woman, and of course she's a sorceress.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Albert and Conrad die during their first appearances.
Others
Rodrigues
Rodrigues (Rodriguef)
A mountain bandit who only cares about money and booze. 35 at the story's start. He considered Ricard his rival, and is interested in fighting Esperanza for the sake of their old grudge. Griselda
Griselda
Rodriguef's sidekick. 29 years old. Pamela
Pamela
The Dept. Heaven series mascot. Through unusual circumstances, she winds up tagging along with Rodriguef and Griselda for a time. Supposedly looking for something she lost.- The Fog of Ages: Her arrival in this world was so rough that her memory has been temporarily damaged, and she can barely retain information that's not relevant to her search. This leads to her constantly forgetting who Griselda is, much to Griselda's annoyance.
Heramia
Heramia (Hierameir)
A Millenian prophet and priestess of the star-based religion observed in Gargandia. She is unaging, but not immortal. Will in the future serve as the Elise to Ragnus' Julio. Belgius
