LiGHTs | IV Klore | Ray
Come play, Creatures of Folklore
A group composed entirely of demihumans, they take full advantage of their unique talents and features for some literally inhuman feats on-stage. open/close all folders
In General
- Absurdly Divided School: They are Noire rank.
- Alternate Character Reading: They're fond of this for their songs, as with "禁忌の寓話 (メルヘン)"
where the latter half is read as "Marchen" than "Guren". - Amusing Injuries: Thanks to their Super-Toughness, few things are capable of seriously injuring them and violence is frequently used as a gag. Some examples include α trying to slap Salsa awake after Lynnette casts a sleep spell on her, or the frequent Dope Slaps Emilia hands out to α when she annoys her. It should be noted this is strictly limited to within their group as any regular human is getting sent to the infirmary, at least.
- Childhood Friends: Emilia, α, and Salsa were all friends long before they enrolled in the academy.
- Cleavage Window: Present in all of their stage outfits.
- Cute Monster Girls: They all resemble normal, attractive girls save for their obviously inhuman traits like Salsa's fangs and hair "ears", Emilia's red eyes, Garnet's partial transparency, and α's cold, emotionless behavior (most of the time). Some art and merchandise alludes to Salsa and Emilia having much more monstrous forms they could transform into, however.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite their villainous powers like Energy Drain (Emilia), the danger they pose to others due to their supernatural strength and speed (Salsa), or how unsettling and creepy they can be (Garnet and α), they are unquestionably good guys just like the rest of the units, and train to protect and inspire the people and other witches. In fact, Eliza praises them for embracing this and using it as their group's unique hook in the Our Prelude manga.
- Dark Magical Girl: An entire group of them. Their stage costumes and special effects deliberately play this up with motifs like thorned roses, chains, and the lyrics that oftentimes reference horror and supernatural mythology and literature.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: Deliberately Invoked as their main aesthetic along with being twists on classic "horror" monsters like werewolves, demons, and ghosts, to set them apart from other witch units.
- Fantastic Racism: It's heavily implied that they suffer from this as demi-humans, due to the numerous dangers they pose to regular humans. In Our Prelude, Camilla orders them to investigate rumors of a ghost causing trouble in Flora Girls' Academy in order to protect the reputation of demi-humans as a whole.
- Flower Motifs: Roses. Their stage outfits have at least one red rose as accessories and some of the stages they've performed on feature red and purple roses as decorations. The flower has a prominent role in many classic fairy tales, such as Sleeping Beauty, in line with their theme of horror, mythology, and monsters. It could also be alluding to the fact that no matter how cute/beautiful many of them are, as demihumans and witches, they are dangerous.
- Gratuitous English: Their song "Midnight Sapphire" is both explicitly spelled in English and has numerous English words in it.
- Gratuitous Foreign Language: "禁忌の寓話 (メルヘン)" ("Forbidden Fairytale") features numerous Foreign languages like German (märchen)*, Latin (psyche)* French (raison d'être)* and Spanish (lamento)*.
- Horrifying the Horror: Emilia can make fully-grown, vicious black bears run away in terror with just a look. Garnet can turn the normally composed Emilia into a shivering, crying, frightened mess who loses almost all control.
- No-Sell: They are all immune to Emilia's Energy Drain which can nigh-instantly render someone unconscious to outright killing them. Salsa has also been shown to be unaffected by ingesting poisonous mushrooms and can easily share this information with her much more vulnerable human friends and classmates.
- Of Corsets Sexy: Their stage outfits prominently feature corsets worn on the outside of their dresses.
- Our Demons Are Different: "Demi-human" is a catch-all term for numerous wildly different forms of human "subspecies" such as Succubus, Werewolves, Ghosts, Vampires, and even artificially constructed beings like enchanted dolls. They seem to originate from Dortdgard or made the center of their societies there.
- Punny Name: "Four Klore" = Folklore.
- Super-Strength: Except for Garnet, all of them have been shown or mentioned to have incredible strength far beyond that of normal humans, such as Salsa effortlessly uppercutting a Magical Monster several times larger than her straight into the atmosphere. During the bumpball match in Episode 3, all of them were capable of throwing a ball so hard it ricochets several times off the field's magic barriers without losing speed and forcing the rest of the players to duck for cover, catch and stop said ball (and with visible smoke from the friction, at that), or powering their way through a thick wall made of enchanted and intertwined grass.
- Super-Toughness: As a result of their nature as Demi-Humans or their incredibly high-quality construction, they are extremely resilient to physical damage and immune to their more dangerous quirks like Emilia's Energy Drain.
- There Was a Door: α and Salsa are both shown to consider things like walls and doors as minor obstacles to be busted down or smashed through, either intentionally (α) because it's faster and more efficient that way or accidentally (Salsa) because she has trouble controlling her super-strength.
Emilia
Hmph. Don't you dare come near me, you pervert.
Voiced by: Hazuki Hoshino
- Country of Origin: Dortdgard
Age: 16
School Club: Public Morals Committee
The leader of IV KLORE, Emilia is a succubus of class, a proper Dortdgard lady, and a high-achiever.
- The Ace: The best singer of their group and thus their leader.
- Bad Powers, Good People: Though her innate magic Energy Drain is unquestionably harmful and potentially lethal to regular humans (as Tiara, Tsubaki, and Champe have all experienced), Emilia herself is far from a villainous person and regularly goes out of her way to help her fellow witches.
- Butt-Monkey: She likes to present herself as a mature, put-together, and dignified noble and model student, which she is. However, her friends, her personal maid, and the universe seem to love doing everything it can to make sure she's constantly terrorized, humiliated, and annoyed, such as during the events of Episode 5 & 6 and the frequent jokes about Garnet stalking and harassing her from Episode 7 onward.
- Childhood Friends: With Camilla of Ray. However, it was Salsa who became Camilla's apprentice.
- Does Not Like Men: As a succubus from a prominent noble family, one has to imagine she received no shortage of unwanted attention from men which led to her current misandry.
- Dope Slap: Frequently hands these out to α when she annoys her or intentionally riles her up in some way.
- Empty Eyes: When she drains the life energy from someone, her victims' bodies go limp and we get a shot of these as well.
- Hates Being Touched: Because she might accidentally kill you if you do, if you're not another demi-human.
- Hidden Depths: She loves wholesome romance manga, especially about witches. It's heavily implied this is why she joined the Public Morals Committee and wishes to "regulate" romances between her school mates.
- Ice Queen: Thanks to her noble upbringing, her perfectionism, and her less than ideal history with men, Emilia has grown up to be a very aloof, proper, and harsh individual. She also frequently accuses those who annoy, disgust, or offend her of being perverts, something she considers a very strong insult.
- Irony: She is a succubus but despises men, hates physical contact with others outside of other demi-humans, and is shockingly innocent and inexperienced when it comes to sexual matters. A one-panel comic reveals that she legitimately believes she could get pregnant from a kiss (though α is to blame here).
- Power Incontinence: She has no control over her Energy Drain ability, accidentally sucking the life out of anyone that she touches or who touches her. The only exceptions are other demi-humans.
- Properly Paranoid: Downplayed. She develops this after Garnet is recruited into IV KLORE, unsurprisingly because of the latter's tendency to stalk her and use her Intangibility to avoid detection.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: While she's not outright evil nor violent, it's dangerous for humans to touch her because of her uncontrollable Energy Drain that can easily kill someone (and almost has, on several occasions). She's also got incredible strength and resilience and can easily severely injure someone.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: She claims her kindness and generosity to others such as helping Tiara and LiGHTs with their first Opera or letting Garnet join IV Klore and become her friend are all part of Noblesse Oblige and just her duty as a Dortdgard noble.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: Similar to Tiara and Yue, she has less-than-ideal social skills due to being isolated and sheltered by her aristocratic family.
- Tsundere: Likely as a result of her noble upbringing and her being forced to (physically and socially) keep a distance from others, Emilia has trouble expressing her honest emotions and being vulnerable around others. In the anime, she clearly sympathizes with Tiara's plight as a fellow leader but struggles to treat her with anything other than polite, almost cold professionalism.
- Vampiric Draining: Her "Energy Drain" spell lets her suck the life out of anyone who isn't a demi-human—intentionally or not.
- Worthy Opponent: She considers Tiara this when bumpball is concerned. Up till their match-up against her, she, Salsa, and α were basically untouchable and guaranteed to win by virtue of their Super-Strength and their demi-human abilities. However, Tiara was able to outplay her and score a point on her, something she considers so impressive that she personally decides to congratulate her and her team during their post-match bath.
α (Alpha)
I am a top-of-the-line magidoll. If it would please you, will you let me serve you?
Voiced by: Tomomi Mineuchi
- Country of Origin: Dortdgard
Age: 16 (mentally)
School Club: Tea Research
- Artificial Human: She is a highly advanced magidoll that's so well-made she's indistinguishable from other humans.
- Brutal Honesty: Due to having No Social Skills, she tends to speak rather bluntly. She has no issues in trying to tell Garnet that the latter is dead, and often winds up drawing Emilia's ire as a result.
- Deadpan Snarker: Whenever she is making fun of or teasing Emilia for her own amusement, she retains her calm, emotionless, and deadpan manner of speech.
- Emotionless Girl: As befitting the European ideals for servants, α barely shows much in the way of emotions except for mild annoyance and snark towards her mistress, Emilia. She does smile in amusement whenever she witnesses the normally calm and cool Emilia losing it in fear and if someone is deemed a sufficient threat to her or her friends, she can look absolutely terrifying and intimidating.
- Gratuitous Greek: In English subs, her name is spelled with the small Greek letter α.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: She decides to break the haunted doll Marianne's legs if she doesn't tell her the truth, all in her usual calm deadpan.
- Machine Monotone: Invoked as she's an enchanted marionette with flawed "Linguistic Systems", with her speech rarely going past a calm, emotionless deadpan. Subverted when she sings and is just as capable of a vocalist as the others.
- Magical Gesture: It's never shown but she audibly snaps her fingers to use the Echo Gift for her Prehensile Hair magic. She doesn't seem to need to use it, however, as shown in Episode 6 where she could carry an unconscious Emilia and do demolition work with her hair at the same time.
- Magitek: She's presumed to be made of this.
- No Social Skills: She speaks incredibly bluntly and objectively without any consideration for tact, fittingly enough for someone who's essentially a magic-powered robot with a faulty "Linguistic System". For example, when Emilia is inside their tree-tent and clearly shivering in fear, α advises her to go outside before she soils herself.
- Robot Maid: She was created to be this for Emilia but still considers herself to be her friend as well.
- Prehensile Hair: Her hair can rapidly grow, extend, and act much like a hand if she needs it to. They also have a variety of other functions such as growing so thin they can slice through pineapples, braiding together and spinning like a drill, can be set on fire if need be, and is more than strong enough for demolition work during a Dungeon Bypass.
- Serious Business: She treats tea and tea drinking much more seriously than she probably should.
- Servile Snarker: Despite serving Emilia from a very young age, she is frequently incredibly blunt, insensitive, and outright mean to her mistress. Episode 6 reveals she enjoys seeing her terrified, calling it her "cute side".
- Trademark Favorite Food: In as much as an artificial being can be said to have a favorite food, she's extremely fond of black teas.
- Troll: She is shown to enjoy riling up and scaring Emilia for her own amusement.
- When She Smiles: It's very subtle but seeing an absolutely terrified Emilia clinging to her in fear makes the normally emotionless α smile.
- Younger than She Looks: She's got the mental age of a 16-year-old but how long it has been since she was created is currently unknown.
Salsa
Wa-fufu...! I'm not a dog, I'm a wolf, don't you know?
Voiced by: Yū Sasahara
- Country of Origin: Dortdgard
Age: 13
School Club: Track & Field
- The Ace: Of the Track & Field club.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: She appears to be this, as evidenced by the fact that Lavie was able to easily distract her during a bumpball match by pointing to the sky and claiming to see a flying pig. This allows Lavie to score an easy point on her. She is also never seen sitting still, constantly moving her legs, her chair, or otherwise being incredibly active.
- The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest and most child-like of her group. Alongside her roommate Kaede, she is also the youngest of the named cast at 13.
- Catchphrase: In the game continuity, "I'm not a dog, I'm a wolf!"
- Cute Bruiser: She is exceptionally strong and sturdy. She is also absolutely adorable and childish.
- Cute Little Fangs: As part of her being a werewolf, she always has at least one of her two prominent canines visible when her mouth is open.
- Does Not Know Her Own Strength: She is a werewolf and thus has supernatural speed and strength. She's also so easily excitable and emotional that she frequently ends up destroying things by accident, such as breaking down Emilia's room door in her excitement to greet her.
- Does Not Like Spam: She hates dog food.
- Expressive Hair: Though she has regular human ears, her top two spikes can rise and move like a wolf's ears would.
- Genki Girl: Very active and cheerful.
- Insistent Terminology: No matter how much she acts like an excitable puppy, she is not a dog, she is a wolf.
- Monster Roommate: She is this to Kaede, who aside from their shared magical powers is a normal human being. They get along fantastically despite werewolves and demi-humans generally being very rare even in a large, international school like Flora Girls' Academy. One has to imagine Salsa's fluffiness, niceness, and cute, dog-like behavior went a long way to it.
- Mundane Utility: She uses her ability to communicate with normal canines to act as a great pet sitter.
- New Transfer Student: She was originally going to a magic school in her home country Dortdgard but ended up transferring to Flora Girls'.
- Nice Girl: She is by far the kindest and most pleasant to be around of her group. Emilia constantly keeps a physical and emotional distance from others, α can be quite cold and emotionless due to her professionalism and her nature as a Robot Maid both, and Garnet's No Sense of Personal Space and Stalker without a Crush tendencies can be off-putting, to say the least.
- The Nose Knows: Due to being a werewolf, her sense of smell is very acute. Because of this, Kaede enlists her to help track down Nadeshiko after the latter goes missing in the forest in Episode 4. She later attempts this with Maryberry in Episode 6, but Garnet's supernatural nature and her carrying Maryberry makes her lose the scent.
- Odd Friendship: With Kaede, her roommate of the same age but from a different group. Kaede is an Ojou from Yamato and acts much more subdued and polite than Salsa but they get along well regardless.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: She has yet to be shown to transform into a more monstrous form, though her messy hairstyle intentionally alludes to her having wolf ears.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: As part of her abilities as a werewolf, she can communicate with normal canines such as normal wolves and domestic dogs, which makes her an excellent pet sitter. It's not perfect, however, as she struggles to properly communicate complicated and subjective requests like said pets wanting better dog food. (On a related note, Salsa herself despises dog food.)
- Spirited Competitor: Despite her incredible innate advantage over almost all of her opponents (thanks to her nature as a demi-human), she's an incredibly good sport, wishes her opponents well, and win or lose her enjoyment is in being challenged. The only thing she doesn't appreciate is someone using underhanded tricks.
- Super-Hearing: As part of her werewolf powers, even in her humanoid form she has exceptional hearing, perfect for tracking missing persons alongside her nose.
- Pintsized Powerhouse: Despite her small stature, she can punch considerably above her weight.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: In spite of her love her sports, her use of male pronouns, and generally masculine behavior, Salsa has no problems donning a frilly dress and performing on stage.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Dortdgard Sausage. Fitting, as the country is a Fantasy Counterpart Culture to Germany who are very well known for their excellent sausages.
- Verbal Tic: "Wafufu...!" or just "Wafu!", a dog's barking and other similar noises which probably doesn't help her insistence that she's not a dog, she's a wolf.
Garnet
I've aaaaaallllllwwwaayyysss been watching you, don't you know?
Voiced by: Yoko Nakayama
- Country of Origin: Dortdgard
Age: 15 (assumed age at time of death)
School Club: Drama
- Adaptational Backstory Change:
- Our Prelude/Manga Continuity: Garnet is a ghost haunting Flora Girls' Academy. IV Klore discover her while on a mission from their mentor and idol, Camilla, and recruit her then.
- Anime Continuity: Garnet is inhabiting a Haunted House in the woods, kidnapping people in a misguided attempt to make friends. After she meets Emilia, she is recruited to IV Klore.
- Chill of Undeath: She has this effect on anything she touches, as Emilia can attest.
- Cuddle Bug: Emilia is frequently the target of this behavior from her.
- Cute Ghost Girl: She is a poltergeist. She's completely unaware of her death and nature as a spirit. For extra irony, she is terrified of anything involving ghosts and the supernatural.
- Dead All Along: She's the only one that doesn't realize she's a spirit.
- Dramatic Irony: Played for Laughs. In Episode 11, the stress of performing at the Ceaster Festival and the impending monster attack they're supposed to stop with it is getting to her, to the point where she's worried her heart is going to stop. In her usual manner, α points out this has already happened well before this conversation.
- Ghost Amnesia: She does not seem to remember the details of her death and assumes she's still alive; about the only memory she retains is her name. A healthy amount of self-justification and dismissal helps her keep the illusion.
- I Just Want to Have Friends:
- Our Prelude/Manga Continuity: As a result of her weak powers, she could not manifest to anyone except on full moons when demi-humans are strongest. She's been trying to befriend numerous students but her lack of awareness of how terrifying her ghost powers are (and that she's dead in the first place) has caused her constant failure. It wasn't until she met the other members of IV KLORE did she start growing enough power and presence to be seen.
- Anime Continuity: She manifested in a Haunted House in the woods and had been kidnapping people in a misguided attempt to make friends. Emilia convinces her to re-enroll in Flora Girls' Academy in order to make more friends.
- Intangibility: Unsurprisingly, as a ghost, she has this as an innate trait. However, she thinks that being able to do this is simply her magic which helps uphold her Ghost Amnesia.
- Ironic Fear: She's a ghost who's terrified of other ghosts. She also doesn't like scary stories and other things related to horror which makes you wonder how she can perfectly go along with her group's main gimmick.
- No Sense of Personal Space: She is very fond of getting right up in people's faces, crawling up to them while they're on the ground or in bed, and making some very suspect faces at that. With Emilia in particular, she will frequently grab her shoulders, put her finger to her lips, and bring her face right up to hers, all while making some very interesting expressions.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Despite being a ghost, and thus having Intangibility as an innate trait, she can still physically interact with other people and objects. The latter is particularly notable in that they can phase with her so long as she's making direct contact, like when she brings in a tray full of tea and the living characters are seen interacting with it just fine.
- Stalker with a Crush: Some targets she stalks out of romantic interest alongside keeping a highly detailed notebook detailing her affections for them. (As of the time the bios were published, she's on her 44th volume.) In the anime, she calls Emilia "the only friend she needs" with some very suspicious facial expressions.
- Stalker without a Crush: She follows and watches most students in an attempt to get them to notice her and try to make friends. In the anime, she has a particular fondness for Emilia, constantly clinging to her and surprising her though honestly, the "Without" part is plenty ambiguous...
- The Team Normal: She thinks she's this, as the only "human" in a group of demi-humans.
- Verbal Tic: "Nanodesu" which has no exact English equivalent and is often used as a "cute" sentence ender.
