The characters of
Half Minute Hero and its XBLA port
Super Mega Neo Climax. Thankfully, we have far more than 30 seconds to describe everyone in the game; otherwise, we'd probably ruin the economy paying the Time Goddess every so often.
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Main Protagonists
The Time Goddess
A goddess who had fought a great battle with the Ultimate Evil Lord for eons, eventually sealing her away. She helps the Hero on his journey to stop the evil lords from casting the 30-second spell of destruction by rewinding time (for a fee, of course). She also assists the Evil Lord and the Princess,
as well as the Knight in the form of the Sage.
The Hero
A young traveler living in
Goddess Era 100, tasked with saving the world from being obliterated in 30 seconds by the spell of destruction. Thanks to the Time Goddess, he doesn't need to break a sweat.
The (Beautiful!) Evil Lord
Unlike the other Evil Lords from
Hero 30, this Evil Lord only learned and cast the spell of destruction out of grief of losing his lover Millenia. However, thanks to the Hero's kindness, he regains his sanity and stops the spell. Now (in GE 200) he sets out to break the curse placed upon her, fighting and punishing the humans that dare stand in his way.
The Princess
The princess of the World Nation, which was established prior to the current era of GE 300. Armed with her crossbow, her loyal troupe of knights, and her determination, she sets out to try and find cures for her father, the ailing King.
The Knight
The last surviving knight after the awakening of the Ultimate Evil Lord and the ensuing monsters' rampage, revived by a benevolent Sage. In the desolate year of GE 500, he accompanies the Sage through the ruined World Nation, defending him from the now-dominant monsters.
The Sage
A mysterious wizard who revives a Knight and has him serve as his bodyguard. With his help, he goes around the ruined world, purifying it of monsters as he seeks the three brave souls of times past.
He is actually the reincarnation of the Time Goddess.
Main Antagonists
Noire
The overarching antagonist of the game, he seeks to revive the Ultimate Evil Lord
so that he can use her power for his own. He has taught the spell of destruction to various evil overlords in
Hero 30, antagonized the Beautiful Evil Lord by kidnapping and cursing his lover prior to
Evil Lord 30, cursed the King of the World Nation in
Princess 30, and finally
killed the Time Goddess to awaken the Ultimate Evil Lord, allowing the events before
Knight 30 and
Hero 300 to pass.
Black Knight Lord Zain
Reaper Lord Lamde
Overlord Hol
Grillade
One of Roseir's servants, Grillade pesters the Knight and Sage as they travel the ruined world.
Bullwood
Roseir
Ultimate Evil Lord
Other
The Evil Lords
A collective of
evil lords who have learned the spell of destruction and will use it for their own ends. This excludes the Beautiful Evil Lord, Black Knight Lord Zain,
The Goddess of Judgement, Lord Larrie, Reaper Lord Lamde,
Overlord Hol, and Noire, who all have their own sections.
The Bandit Trio
A trio of misfits who cause mischief across the lands the Hero travels.
Tropes shared by all three characters:
Larrie
The young brat of the trio.
Cully
The stout one of the trio.
Mo
The sneaky one of the trio.
Millenia
A young human woman who the Evil Lord fell in love with. They shared a happy life together until Noire kidnapped her and turned her into a bat. After the Hero rescued her, The Evil Lord set about finding Noire to make him remove the curse.
- Little Bit Beastly: After the Evil Lord finds Noire and defeats him, making his curse go away partially. Too bad it doesn't stick.
- Morality Chain: The minute her curse worsens, The Evil Lord completely loses it.
- Weakened By The Light: As a bat undergoing monsterization, she is averse to sunlight. The Evil Lord only has so much time to accomplish his objective before the sun rises.
- You Gotta Have Violet Hair: Deconstructed. She was the target of Fantastic Racism because of her hair color, and would have been made a human sacrifice for her village had she not attempted to drown herself.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Which makes little sense once you realize that she started this whole "sacrifice" mess to begin with. Basically, she complained to Mr. Bat, who pretended to be a God and terrorized her village, who demanded the "sacrifice" of violet haired girl (aka Millenia), who proceeded to attempt suicide in an attempt to escape the redoubled discrimination against her.
The Goddess of Judgement
The Big Bad from Valhalla Knights 2 (another game developed by XSEED), she reprises her role in the Bonus Dungeon Another Goddess, while acting as a Walking Spoiler. The King
The king of the World Nation, who united it under his rule and proceeded to live a happy life with his queen and daughter, the Princess. Unfortunately, at the beginning of
Princess 30, he falls ill and becomes bedridden, causing the Princess to go out and find a means to cure him of his sickness.
Johnny and Max
The Princess's two most loyal guards. They (along with up to 28 others) carry her across the land while she rains arrow-shaped death at whatever monsters stand in her way.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Max distracts the volcano's fire spirit with a princess effigy so that the real Princess and her guard can escape to safety, much to everyone's distress. He does get better, but in the meantime his position is filled by his brother Hugh.
- Those Two Guys
