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This page is a collection of tropes for the characters affiliated with the other various nations of the Eastern Continent in the Light Novel In Another World with My Smartphone and its adaptations. Fans of only the anime and manga must beware of spoilers.
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The Roadmare Union
Doge Audrey Leliban
The Doge of Roadmare and former Governor of the Highland Province.
- Iron Lady: She quickly takes charge of the situation after Edgar Bowman's Golems go berserk, and even intimidates the Doge into submission. Naturally, this gets her chosen as the new Doge.
- Master of All: She briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers a particularly scathing one to Edgar Bowman after he recklessly caused his Wood Golems to go berserk in Roadmare's capital city.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: She was fully prepared to work with Touya and evacuate her people to protect them from the imminent Phrase invasion, even if the Doge ordered her not to.
Limit Limitex
The commander of Roadmare's knight order.
- Alliterative Name: Limit Limitex.
- Break Them by Talking: When Edgar Bowman tries to worm his way out of taking responsibility for the rampaging Golems, Limit reads a series of lab notes she recovered, revealing that Bowman authorized reckless modifications to his Golems because people started to question the effectiveness of his research after one of Brunhild's Frame Gears soundly thrashed one of his Golems in a duel.
- Love Confessor: Touya once saw her getting love advice from Karen during a banquet.
Volk Ragil
The former Doge and former Governor of the Central Province.
- Accomplice by Inaction: He's relieved of his position after his enabling allowed Bowman to perform dangerous experiments on his Golems.
- Break the Haughty: He can do nothing but stew in his own shame as Audrey verbally eviscerates Bowman, whom Volk had supported and enabled.
- Smug Snake: His tone when speaking to Touya, the King of Belfast, and the Emperor of Regulus is noted as sounding backhanded, constantly doubting their warnings about how much of a threat the Phrase pose.
Edgar Bowman
A magic engineer who was in charge of developing a method for Roadmare to defend themselves against the Phrase.
- Ambition Is Evil: He wanted to prove that his magitechnological knowledge was the best, even if it meant endangering his fellow citizens or joining an organization of Magic Supremacists.
- Arc Villain: One of the three main antagonists along with Galzeld and Chieh Xiaofah in the Golden Order arc of the light novel.
- Big Bad Slippage: Of the Arc Villain variant. After being arrested for causing damage within Roadmare's capital city from his malfunctioning Golems, Bowman later becomes obsessed with revenge against Touya and Brunhild that he later joins with the Golden Order and Yulong's fake Emperor Chieh to take over Felsen with his army of Steel Battalions.
- Gone Horribly Wrong: Unable to accept that his Golems were ineffective at defending Roadmare, he went through with a reckless experiment that outfitted the Golems with parasitic plants that were intended to unleash the Golems' full potential. In his haste, he failed to realize that the plants were sentient, and were able to hijack the minds of the Golems. The Golems then went berserk and caused significant damage to Roadmare's capital city before Elze took them all out with her Frame Gear.
- Grand Theft Prototype: With the assistance of the Golden Order, he steals the broken parts of a Frame Gear and creates a shoddy offshoot known as the Steel Battalion.
- Insufferable Genius: His smug prattling about the supposed effectiveness of his Golems manages to piss off Touya, the King of Belfast, and the Emperor of Regulus. Touya gets him to shut up by pitting one of Bowman's Golems against a Frame Gear; a fight the Golem loses in a rather spectacular fashion.
- Older Than They Look: Between his unhealthy complexion and receding hairline, it's hard to believe this guy is only twenty-five.
- Public Execution: After being captured following the fall of the Golden Order.
- This Cannot Be!: Said almost verbatim when he realized that his Golem was no match against a Frame Gear.
- Villain Team-Up: Bowman later becomes part of the Big Bad Ensemble in The Golden Order arc of the novel. He joins forces with Gordian the Golden Order and Yulong's current Heavenly Emperor to build thousands of Steel Battalion bots, of whom which to be used to take over Felsen.
The Kingdom of Palouf
King Ernest Din Palouf
The young King of Palouf.
- Child Prodigy: At Shogi. He managed to beat several grown adults and win an international Shogi tournament in Brunhild.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: A ten year old boy who was thrust into the position of King after his father died from an illness.
- I'm Your Biggest Fan: He's a huge fan of Touya's, and can barely speak when he finally gets to meet him.
- Kissing Cousins: His fiance Rachel is the daughter of his father's younger brother, making them first cousins.
- Master of All: He briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
- My Sister Is Off-Limits: Downplayed. He knows that his sister has feelings for King Cloud, and he wants her to be happy, but he doesn't want her to go away out of fear of feeling lonely.
- Non-Action Guy: He's not very skilled in magic or swordplay, and much to his disappointment this practically destroys his dream of being able to pilot his own Frame Gear.
Rachel Rembrandt
The daughter of Duke Rembrandt and King Ernest's fiance.
- Bratty Half-Pint: A ten year old girl and child prodigy who makes her displeasure known when Touya's sudden visit to Palouf infringes upon her personal time with Ernest. She then challenges Touya to a duel, and constantly yells at him on throughout the fight for refraining to attack her.
- Break the Haughty: She was exceedingly arrogant about her combat prowess until Touya took her down a peg.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She acts like this even toward boys.
- Child Prodigy: In both swords and magic(4 attributes). She's even able to take down trained knights.
- Epiphany Therapy: Leen tells her that while any old knight can physically protect King Ernest, only she, as his fiance, can safeguard his heart from the struggles of being a ruler.
- The Glomp: She does this to Ernest after he wins the international Shogi tournament.
- Hidden Depths: She confesses to Touya that her arrogance spawned from her desire to protect Ernest.
- Kissing Cousins: She's the daughter of the former king's brother, making her and Ernest first cousins.
- Urine Trouble: Touya ends their duel by sending her several hundred feet up in the air with a Gate. He notices she had an accident in her panic, and quickly uses a water spell on her to hide the fact and preserve her dignity.
Lucienne Dia Palouf
The Princess of Palouf and older sister of King Ernest. She's engaged to King Cloud of Lihnea.
- Girl Next Door: Touya notes that she gives off the impression of one.
- Promotion to Parent: With both of their parents dead, she took it upon herself to help raise Ernest.
- Women Are Wiser: She was quickly able to figure out why Touya drenched Rachel with water magic after her rather frightful ending to their duel, and thanked him for trying to protect Rachel's decency.
Duke Donovan Rembrandt
The Duke of Palouf and uncle of King Ernest.
- Mentor Archetype: Act like this to Ernest and to his daughter to a degree.
- Misery Builds Character: He encouraged Touya to go all out in his duel against Rachel so that she might learn some humility.
The Knight Kingdom of Lestia
King Reinhard Yunas Lestia
The King of Lestia and the older brother of Hilde.
- Ancestral Weapon: As the current king he can wield the sacred sword Lestia, a magical sword found by the founding king that has the ability to heal its user.
- Birds of a Feather: He's this with both Touya and the King of Lihnea, as they're all young men who only recently took up the thrones of their kingdoms.
- Happily Married: has a wife named Sophia and an incoming daughter named Beatrice.
- Master of All: He briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
- Now I Know What to Name Him: Freigard accidentally reveals the name of his daughter after Reinhard learns that his wife Sophia is pregnant.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: He's the leader of a kingdom of knights, so this comes naturally. He frequently asks Touya if he and his knights can participate in joint training sessions with Brunhild's knights.
- The Rival: He sees Touya's sister Moroha as this, and often challenges her to a duel whenever they're in the same place.
- Shipper on Deck: For King Cloud and Princess Lucienne. He approaches Touya for help in getting the two of them together.
Galen Yunas Lestia
Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese)
The former King of Lestia and the grandfather of Hilde and Reinhard.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He comes from a kingdom of knights, and he's an accomplished hero. This doesn't stop him from harassing any attractive woman in his vicinity.
- Dirty Old Man: It's mostly Played for Laughs, as he shows off bizarre and otherworldly abilities whenever an attractive woman catches his eye. He frequently badgers Touya for pictures of hot women from the internet once he's given his own smartphone.
- Engagement Challenge Reconstructed: He challenged his granddaughter Hildegard for the right to marry Touya.
- Eyes Always Shut: He has his eyes closed at all times.
- Flash Step: He does this to grope women's butts.
- Master of All: He briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones. Although it's unknown if he ever utilized it.
- Pervert Revenge Mode: He attempts to grope Touya's sister Karen (read: The Goddess of Love) and she manages to send him flying backwards without moving a muscle.
- Retired Badass: He's the former King of Lestia, and he was the first person in history to reach the usually unattainable Gold Rank in the Adventurer's Guild.
The Sea of Trees
Pam
- All Amazons Want Hercules: In a literal sense, Touya directly compares her tribe to Amazons, and Pam wants Touya because of how powerful he is.
- Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: Wields an axe in combat and according to Touya her movements are unrefined but talented.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: According to Touya, her breasts are even larger than Yae's. In fact, the reason he doesn't even speak up during the Bride Conference's judgment is because he's afraid anything he says will be twisted to assume he wants Pam because of her boobs.
- Darwinist Desire: She wants to have Touya's child because her tribe needs to be strengthened. It's implied that she's also physically attracted to him, but that's a secondary concern.
- It's All About Me: Using her eye, Yumina determines that Pam is unsuitable to be a wife, or even a mistress, of Touya because Pam doesn't really love or care about him. She just wants his baby.
- Forest chief: She is the leader of the Rauli tribe, and after the Pruning, she became the King of the Sea of Tree tribes.
- Man Bites Man: She bites Touya on the neck to mark him as her mate the first time they met.
- Nubile Savage: A beautiful, scantily-dressed tribal girl with a noticeably huge rack.
- Romantic False Lead: She is the first girl to outright get rejected by Touya and the rest of his brides.
- Women Prefer Strong Men: She marks Touya as her mate because of his absurd power, and she wants a powerful child.
The Great Tree Spirit
A guardian tree spirit and the avatar of the Great Wishing Tree.
- Been There, Shaped History: She's been around since before the battle that led to the creation of the Pruning ceremony.
- Crystal Dragon Jesus: She's worshipped as a deity by the tribes of the Sea of Trees.
- Guardian Entity: She protects the people and animals living within the Sea of Trees.
- Make a Wish: At her discretion, she grants a wish to whichever tribe wins the Pruning ceremony.
- Nature Spirit: A spirit that takes the form of an enormous sacred tree.
The Unicorn
- Armoured Closet Gay: It turns out that the unicorn's hostility towards men was its attempt at hiding behind its own insecurities.
- Black Comedy Rape: He's locked in a prison cell with Caezar Nortelis and begins to forcibly strip the man. It's no secret what happens next.
- The Bus Came Back: Touya's fiances bring him in for assistance in punishing Caezar Nortelis for his misogynist attitude and attempted takeover of Nokia.
- Entitled to Have You: He bemoans guys like Touya who have women fawning over him, believing that he's more deserving since he's such a nice guy.
- Forced Out of the Closet: Touya traps it inside his Prison spell with various muscly male spirits as payback for its shitty behavior. This ends up awakening something in the Unicorn, and afterwards, the local tribes begin to report sightings of a bizarre unicorn that's frightened of women, but enjoys the company of men.
- MacGuffin Guardian: Touya needed his horn as an ingredient for the Puretree.
- Stop, or I Shoot Myself!: Threatens to kill himself and make his horn useless if Touya doesn't leave him alone.
- Unicorn: In this setting, Unicorns will only approach virgin women, and will attempt to violently kill non-virgin women or men. Their horns are potent ingredients in holy mixtures, but the unicorn has to give up its horn willingly, otherwise the unicorn will kill itself, and its lingering regret will corrupt the horn.
- Unicorns Prefer Virgins: At least, that's how unicorns in this world are supposed to work. This one acts hostile towards Touya's fiances (all of whom are pure) simply because of their association with Touya.
The Kingdom of Elfrau
Queen Fortuna Tierra Elfrau
The elven Queen of Elfrau and aunt of Guildmaster Relisha.
- Humans are Leaders: Subverted. She's an Elf ruling over a nation composed mostly of humans.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: She was unable to get pregnant before her husband died, even with the use of the Life Blesser artifact.
- Long-Lived: Naturally, as an elf. She's well over 1200 years old, as she's been around since the country was founded.
- Master of All: She briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
- Retired Badass: Use to be an adventurer.
- Succession Crisis: She currently has no heirs, as she and her husband were unable to conceive before his death.
- Younger Than They Look: She looks like she's in her late twenties, despite being over a thousand years old.
El Carterede
The founder and first King of Elfrau.
- Founder of the Kingdom: He united the local tribes 1200 years ago to create the country of Elfrau.
- The Ghost: Long dead by the time the story starts.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: He and his wife were unable to conceive before he passed away. Touya hypothesizes that he may have been shooting blanks.
The Kingdom of Ryle
King Balstra Dverga Ryle
The dwarven King of Ryle.
- Master of All: He briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
- Our Dwarves Are Different: He's a rather atypical example of his race, as he's fairly timid, doesn't like drinking, and not very skilled at crafting. The other dwarves are closer to standard depictions.
The Kingdom of Hannock
King Carlo Ol Hannock
The King of Hannock.
- Bit Character: Despite being a world leader, he doesn't really do much in the story. He accepts Touya's help to repel Yulong's invasion early on, but doesn't make any other appearances until Hannock is invited to join the League of Nations many volumes later.
- Master of All: He briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
Kingdom of Palerius
Queen Mentor Central Palerius
The Queen of Palerius Island and descendant of Alerius Palerius.
- Benevolent Mage Ruler: Being the descendant of the Sage of Hours, she possesses a deep mana pool.
- Famous Ancestor: She's descended from Alerius Palerius, the Sage of Hours. He was a famous space-time mage from the Partheno Civilization.
- Location Theme Naming: Her middle name of Central comes from the fact that she oversees the central province of Palerius Island.
- Master of All: She briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
The Four Representatives
The Lords that rule over the cardinal cities of Palerius Island. They are Dyent South, Morgan East, Sagitta North, and Millie West.
- Location Theme Naming: Their surnames represent the provinces of Palerius that they rule over.
The Kingdom of Egret
King Lefang Letra
The King of Egret.
- Birds of a Feather: He is this with Touya in regards to being polygamists.
- Henpecked Husband: When Touya brought up his harem in a conversation he immediately turn gloomy and warned Touya to resolve any signs of his fiancees being upset should be resolved immediately with his soldiers sympathizing in the background.
- Marry Them All: He has seven wives.
- Master of All: He briefly gains all of Touya's powers during the final battle against the Mutant Phrase through the use of a magic app that had been distributed to everyone's smartphones.
- Shirtless Scene: His typical outfit lacks a shirt.
- Surfer Dude: Shown to be a surfer in the Brunhild water park.
- Tattoo as Character Type: His upper body is covered with intricate tribal tattoos. It's implied that these tattoos are given to warriors in Egret.
Totola and Lilicala Luphu
Siblings from Egret who raise and ride giant Luphu Birds.
- Horse of a Different Color: They ride on the backs of enormous birds called Luphus.
- Meaningful Name: Their surname matches the birds they ride.
The Sea Serpent
An ocean-dwelling dragon who acts as the guardian of Egret. He's one of Luli's subordinates.
- Badass in Distress: Touya finds him on the verge of death following the serpent's Hopeless Boss Fight against the Tentaculars.
- Delightful Dragon: He's protecting the people of Egret of his own volition, and is perfectly friendly with Touya when they first meet.
- Sea Serpents: In this setting they're enormous aquatic dragons that grow larger than the Azure Monarch herself.
- The Worf Effect: He's defeated by a group of Tentaculars to illustrate the threat they pose to the people of Egret.
The Kingdom of Nokia
King Luhm Ladeaux Nokia
The King of Nokia.
- Demonic Possession: Caezar had one of his wraiths possess the king's body, prepped to kill him at Caezar's word.
Lefia Lada Nokia
The first princess of Nokia.
- Damsel in Distress: She was almost forced into a marriage with Caezar, after which he would dispose of her. Touya's fiances and Pafia teamed up to bring Caezar down and save her.
- Relative Error: She mistook Grandma Tokie as one of Touya's fiancés when they first met.
Pafia Lada Nokia
The second princess of Nokia.
- Action Girl: For a regular human, she's incredibly skilled in both swordplay and magic. Thus far, she's the only character outside the main cast to have mastered the use of combination spells. That said, she quickly finds herself lacking compared to Touya's overpowered fiancés.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: If she had just asked Touya for his help upfront, she would've avoided having to prove herself worthy to his fiances.
- Gossip Evolution: She had heard that the Grand Duke of Brunhild was a "notorious lover of women" and mistakenly thought the best way to secure his help in saving Nokia was by getting engaged to him.
- Mistaken for an Imposter: One of Caezar's possessed guards shows up in Brunhild claiming that Princess Pafia was an impostor, as the real Pafia had died three months prior. Touya nearly buys it, but his fiances' show up and tell him that they heard the truth from Pafia.
Caezar Nortelis
The former Marshal of Nokia, who sought to overthrow the royal family after obtaining a mysterious power.
- Arc Villain: The Big Bad of the light novel's Nokia arc, where he plots a coup d'etat and plans to overthrow the royal family after finding the Elks' Legacy box to take over the country.
- Black Comedy Rape: Ends up on the receiving end of this from a gay unicorn.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: His anger issues are so bad that he's compared to a volcano that's constantly on the cusp of erupting.
- Hate Sink: Like a lot of the other villains, he has no redeeming qualities to speak of.
- Infinity +1 Sword: The Elks' Legacy box. He started as a regular soldier, but with the power contained in the box, he managed to quickly ascend the ranks to the position of Marshal. The box contained various items that he would use in his plot to take over Nokia, including:
- Zebeta the Wraith, who was instructed by Deborah Elks to assist whoever found the box.
- A bangle that granted him vast magic potential, allowing him to summon more Wraiths to possess everyone in Nokia's government.
- A Steelhusk Dragon, a dragon that was outfitted with cybernetic enhancements.
- Various suits of armor that negated the power of banishing spells, allowing the Wraiths to stat attached to their hosts.
- A suit of armor and sword made of Phrasium.
- Karmic Rape: He was a notorious rapist, and he later ends up getting raped himself.
- Public Execution: After his encounter with the unicorn, he was put to death for his crimes.
- Straw Misogynist: It's practically his defining personality trait.
The Region of Sandora
Abdul Jafar Sandora III
The former king of Sandora.
- Arc Villain: Serving as the Big Bad of the Region of Sandora arc.
- Back from the Dead: His lingering resentment towards Touya was so strong that it allowed him to rise from the grave as a zombie.
- Battle Thralls: He has an army of enslaved fighters mounted on magic beasts called Magic Beast Knights.
- Blunt "No": When Touya (under the guise of a messenger from Bunhild) presents the request to free the captured tribespeople from the Sea of Trees.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: As a zombie. Touya submerged his head into a tank filled with flesh-eating fish that had been enchanted with Light magic.
- Culture Justifies Anything: He accuses Touya of infringing upon his life and culture by freeing all of Sandora's slaves, when most of them were innocent people that had his culture forced upon them.
- Desecrating the Dead: After his beheading his head flew to Touya in which he respond by kicking it followed by his former slaves to kick it around to vent their anger.
- Hate Sink: Has absolutely zero redeeming qualities.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He's killed by one of his former slaves with his own sword.
- Losing Your Head: After he turns into a zombie, he holds his head in his hands.
- Off with His Head!: After Touya disables every Submission Collar, one of King Abdul's slave girls grabs a sword and decapitates him.
- Revive Kills Zombie: Anything enchanted with Light magic causes excruciating pain for him.
- Royal Harem: He had a whopping 26 wives.
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: He would send his slavers into other countries to kidnap people and bring them to Sandora to turn them into slaves.
- Underestimating Badassery: He thought he stood a chance against the full forces of Brunhild, even with their Frame Gears.
- Unsexy Sadist: He was a disgusting lecher described as resembling a pig-man orc.
- Zombie Apocalypse: When he returns to life as a zombie, he turns every remaining person in Sandora's capital, completely wiping out the city's population.
Javert
A slaver from Sandora who attempted to kidnap rookie adventurers from Brunhild's dungeon islands and sell them into slavery.
- Culture Justifies Anything: He attempts to use this as an excuse when Touya catches him enslaving people in Brunhild's territory.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: His exact fate is never explained, but it's subtly implied that Touya had him executed for his crimes.
The Yulong Remnants
The Holy Emperor
The former Holy Emperor of Yulong.
- The Ghost: He never once made a physical appearance before his death at the hands of the Phrase.
- No Name Given: Touya never learns his name.
- Royal Harem: According to Touya he has hundreds of concubines and slept around with a lot of women, which lead to a lot of nobles supporting illegitimate heirs, in their claim.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Just as it looked like he'd become a somewhat active character in the story, a freak Phrase invasion led to his death.
Chieh Xiaofah
An adventurer who stole an ancient relic and attempted to pass himself off as a descendant of the Holy Emperor.
- Arc Villain: Serving as part of the Big Bad Ensemble with Galzeld Goldie and the Order and Edgar Bowman in the Golden Order arc.
- Tyrant Takes the Helm: Not like the actual Holy Emperor was any better, but Chieh is notably ruthless in his rule, murdering any who dare to oppose him.
- Villain Team-Up: He joins forces with Edgar Bowman and Gordian the Golden Order to build an army of Steel Battalion warriors.
Qulau
A group of assassins who functioned as Yulong's intelligence division. After the country fell, they became an independent group and carried out their nefarious plots in secret.
- Anti-Climax Boss: Their leader was an in-universe example. Touya, Ende, and Takeru stormed Qulau's base, and before the leader could finish monologuing, Ende took him out with a single punch.
- Assassination Attempt: Infamous for this. Notable examples include their initial attempt on Sakura's life in Xenoahs, and their introduction when they attacked Touya within Brunhild's borders in an attempt to steal the Frame Gears.
- False Flag Operation: They attempted to cause a civil war in the Kingdom of Horn so they could claim the remains of the country for themselves.
- Ninja: They operated like these.
- Poisoned Weapons: They would make frequent use of these.
- Schizo Tech: They gained access to the Steel Battalion through the Golden Order, and later kidnapped a group of gollem technologists to upgrade them with Soldat gollem parts.
- Self-Destructing Security: Instead of a Cyanide Pill, their masks are explosive, and they set them off to kill themselves and anyone else nearby.
- Spy Versus Spy: Some Qulau agents at one point mention that they've sent countless assassins to Brunhild, only for every single one of them to get taken out by Brunhild's shinobi before they could even reach its borders.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: One of Qulau's agents had the Mimicry Null spell that allowed him to copy people's appearances. He used this during his attempt at starting a civil war in Horn.
