Characters / Legend of Mana

Character Encyclopedia entries 1- 10

Niccolo

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Anime)

"He believes that he brings happiness to his customers with his transactions, but he sometimes plays dirty tricks on them. Dislikes the Sproutlings and Flowerlings."

• Acrofatic: He is quite large and quite surprisingly light on his feet. As a gloves-type user he will slide or even somersault his way all over the battlefield to do up close damage to enemies.
• Amnesiac Dissonance: During his short bout with memory loss, Nic's personality does a full 180 and he becomes a selfless, honest-to-goodness man for once in his life. As soon as the amnesia wears off, he goes back to his conniving ways.
• Beast Man: A rabbit-man.
• Eyes Always Shut: Of the "shifty" type, symbolizing his duplicitous nature.
• Fantastic Racism: As stated in his encyclopedia entry, he dislikes Sproutlings and Flowerlings, calling them "worthless" and all sorts of other derogatory names.
• Fat Bastard: Word to the wise: never, ever trust this furry tub of lard. He'll rob you of your hard-earned coins, dupe you into commiting crimes for him, gorge through your food without even asking permission, and just about any kind of unpleasant act he could think of just to satiatiate his avarice.
• Honest John's Dealership: Outright swindles and lies his way to profit.
• Karma Houdini: If you finish all his quests, Niccolo ends up a millionaire, free to enjoy an easy life "earned" through cons and treachery.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Suffers from it, but only temporarily.
• Leonine Contract: His "agreement" with Kristie in his final quest is this: As Niccolo is the only one who can save her life, she has no real choice but to acceed to his exorbitant terms.
• Nouveau Riche: He becomes one at the end of his storyline by cheating Madam Kristie out of her fortune and claiming her entire property for his own. Niccolo succeeds in joining the upper echelons of society, but only because he conned his way to get there, and remains the same sleazy, shameless bastard he started out as.
• Nominal Hero: Nic is a dirty, rotten con-man at his core. The only reason he can technically be described as a "hero" lies in the fact that he's willing to stop a madman from destroying the world (if he was taken along the fight against Irwin). And only because he sees the world as his cash cow. He's a living epitome of greed and selfishness, without redeeming qualities.
• Piñata Enemy: His synchro ability causes enemies to drop more Lucre upon defeat.
• Slimeball: Niccolo fits the textbook definition almost word for word. His sole motivation is petty personal gain, approaches people under the guise of friendliness and the desire to "make them smile", only to then take advantage of them in the worst ways. He also lacks class and sophistication (despite efforts to appear otherwise) through his tactless disrespect of others' property and jerkass behavior towards anyone not part of his con circle.
• Token Evil Teammate: Of all the player's potential companions, Niccolo stands out for lacking any sort of good intentions or sympathetic qualities. His full story chronicles his rise from petty snake-oil salesman to upper-class Nouveau Riche, lying and swindling his way to get there without shame.

Escad

"Born into the Liotte family of Holy Knights. He fights for the cause of justice with an overbearing sense of righteousness."

• Anti-Hero: It's no secret that while Escad is indeed fighting for the side of good and hoping to save mankind from extinction due to Fa'Diel's destruction at Irwin's hand, Escad is doing this because he really can't stand Irwin or his demonic race at all. This might be because Matilda fell for Irwin rather than Escad. All in all, Escad is motivated by petty jealousy, if that is the case.
• Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Among the triangle of friends of Escad, Daena, and Matilda, Escad is more of the brawny type who'd rather take charge than sit down and organize a plan.
• Blade Spam: His ultimate attack is a very rapid series of slashes in all directions while surrounded by a pillar of shadow.
• Casting a Shadow: Escad's unique special attack has a clear shadow theme. Irwin is also a shadow elemental character.
• Cool Sword: His weapon is a two-handed greatsword.
• Fantastic Racism: Escad seems to hate demons and/or their sympathizers, esp. Irwin, despite the fact that Irwin is half of his race, too. It's all but outright stated that what really spurs Escad's hatred is his unrequited feelings for Matilda and intense jealousy over the fact that Matilda fell in love with a demon over him.
• Hypocrite: If Escad truly does hate demonic sympathizers, then logically speaking, Matilda should be part of that list given the fact that she's in love with a demon. Yet he never speaks ill of her at any point, making it clear that his Fantastic Racism is nothing more than an excuse to hide a far more shameful fact about himself...
• Jerkass: Although brave and chivalric, Escad is also a pompous and very entitled man driven by selfishness and ego.
• Killed Off for Real: There are two different points in the game where this can happen to him. Should the protagonist side against him^note or attempt to claim neutrality after having been nicer to him than to Daena in the previous missions in Star-Crossed Lovers, then he will attack and get killed in self defense. If he survives the events of Star-Crossed Lovers, but the player doesn't take him as a companion to Lucemia and the final confrontation with Irwin, he'll run off and try to do it himself. You'll arrive just in time to see him collapse.
• Love Makes You Evil: Claims he wants to kill Irwin because the latter is a dangerous demon (which is indeed true) but Escad comes off more as wanting to Murder the Hypotenuse.
• Loving a Shadow: Escad has a very idealized image of Matilda, and brushes off anything he doesn't like about her as being Irwin's manipulation. Escad ends up causing a lot of trouble not because he is wrong about Irwin, but because he is so astonishingly wrong about Matilda.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Whereas Daena is the more level headed of the three friends, Escad is a reckless, headstrong fighter; he prefers violence over logic and rational thinking. Also, whereas Daena is an optimist, Escad is a pessimist. This is probably what causes him to run off by himself and try to kill Irwin.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: While it's true that Escad is fighting to save the world from a genocidal madman, it's also true that his motivations for doing so are largely rooted on selfishness, petty hatred towards said madman, and entitlement to have Matilda for himself.
• Small Name, Big Ego: And how. He also claims that by simply traveling with him, Escad could make anyone a hero, they just simply had to stay out of his way. Although, given that he was born into a family of prestigious knights, well known in Fa'Diel, this could be the reason why he acts like such an overbearing jerk with a huge ego.
• Would Hit a Girl: He and Daena fight each other to the death at the start of the Star-Crossed Lovers, the penultimate mission of the Faerie Arc. And should the Hero be female and side with Daena, he'll have no qualms about throwing down with her too.

Daena

"A monk soldier who protects Gato's temple. She grew up with Escad, Matilda, and Irwin, but especially adores Matilda like her own sister."

• Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Among the threesome of Matilda, Escad, and Daena, Daena is more of the logical and careful type.
• Cat Girl: Cat ears, cat tail, cat-like face.
• Disney Death: If the protagonist chooses Escad's side^note or tries to claim neutrality after having been nicer to her than to Escad in the previous missions in the Star-Crossed Lovers mission and they win, her unconscious body lying there after the fight will be the last you will ever see of Daena in-game. Escad later tells Selva that he doesn't know if she survived or not.
• Dual Wielding: She fights with two nunchucks as her weapons. She can get some fairly long combos in with them.
• Foe-Tossing Charge: Her signature attack is to charge all the way across the screen an out the side, then come back to where she was standing from the other side of the screen as though her charge took her all the way around the world.
• Meaningful Name: Her name, Daena, is also a Zoroastrian concept relating to insight. This makes perfect sense since she's the only one throughout the Seven Wisdoms arc actually trying to figure out a proper solution to everyone's problems rather than do nothing or make boneheaded decisions.
• Only Sane Man: Of the four central characters in the entire Fairy story arc, Daena is the only person to show earnest and sensible efforts in trying to resolve the conflict between all involved, given how irrational, self-absorbed, and ridiculously narrow-sighted the other three are.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Whereas Escad is clearly the reckless, pessimistic, headstrong warrior, Daena is the brains, optimism, and voice of reason among the triangle of friends. This is further proven given that, if you didn't take her along to the fight against Irwin, she doesn't just go and get herself killed like Escad did because of his recklessness and thinking he could take on Irwin by himself and win.

Larc

"A beast-warrior who once was a famous hero. He became Drakonis's dragoon after he died."

• Anti-Villain: While Larc was loyal to Drakonis,as is the code of dragoons, and slayed the dragons Akravator and Jajara, he cannot truly be called evil. Larc wanted to be with his sister; he was willing to do whatever it took to be with Sierra again. Ultimately, he gets his wish after the fall of Drakonis in the Crimson Dragon.
• Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Larc's reptilian tail is covered in reddish scales and he wears red armor, symbolizing his affiliation with Drakonis the Crimson Dragon.
• Deal with the Devil: He made one with Drakonis in order to come back from the Underworld, trapping him in servitude to the ambitious, evil dragon of hell. The protagonist also ends up being roped into this trope, no thanks to Larc.
• Love Makes You Evil: Sold his soul to be as strong as his sister. He was even willing to fight her just to be at the surface with her again, and he and the protagonist would have likely injured her severely had Vadise not intervened.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: A werewolf with a dragon's tail.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The definite red to Sierra's blue. He worked for an evil mastermind, however he did it because he simply wanted to be back at the surface with his sister, not exactly for evil purposes.

Sierra

"A beast-warrior who is Vadise's dragoon. Never compromises, and always hard on herself as well as others."

• Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Sierra's fur is mostly light-colored blue and white, symbolizing her link to Vadise, the white-furred Dragon Princess.
• Dual Wielding: She uses two knives as her weapon.
• Dub Name Change: Ciel in Japanese, making her and her brother a reference to L'arc-en-Ciel. While the term is also French for "rainbow", it's possible the name was changed to avoid copyright drama.
• The Kingslayer: She killed the Deathbringer when he was still living according to supplementary material.
• The Needs of the Many: Sierra was willing to slay her own brother for this reason; if Drakonis had gotten out and wreaked havoc in Fa'Diel, he'd likely take every life on the planet as his sustenance, just like he did with Larc, as well as protecting her master's life.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The definite blue to Larc's red.
• Sibling Rivalry: Even if Larc is her brother, she was willing to defeat him because he knew all too well what he was doing for Drakonis and why it was detrimental to Fa'Diel, if not the whole planet in general. However, she did ambush the protagonist at Bone Fortress with the idea that if she killed them, Drakonis would lose all hope. In return, she wouldn't have to kill Larc.

Pearl

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Anime)

"Elazul's partner. She sometimes has a tough time speaking clearly, and is also very shy. Has a tendency to wander off and get lost while thinking."

• Beware the Nice Ones: There's a lot more to this girl than meets the eye, especially if Elazul is harmed...
• First Friend: Elazul's first friend technically Blackpearl is his first friend.
• Helpless Good Side: Pearl can't fight, and can't use magic. If you take her as a companion, she'll only cower during fights.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Has it because Sandra scratched Blackpearl's core.
• Light Liege, Dark Defender: The Light Liege to Elazul's Dark Defender.
• Shrinking Violet: She regularly blushes when talking to The Hero.

Lady Blackpearl

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Anime)

"A Jumi knight who devotes herself to leading the Jumi through the threat of extinction. A very logical and level-headed individual."

• The Ace: She is considered the strongest Jumi Knight and is assigned to be Florina's knight, and for good reason, the Teardrop Crystal anime shows that she was able to defeat the Deathbringer single handily and she destroys multiple Jewel Beasts in seconds.
• The Exile: Subverted. She is willingly exiled by Diana and Florina as a cover, so she can look for the Sword of Mana in her quest to save her race and city.
• Good Is Not Nice: She intends to save her race from oblivion, even at the cost of Florina's life.
• Ground Wave: Her special technique has her launching multiple ground waves by striking the ground with her warhammer.
• Lightning Bruiser: She is both fast and possesses superhuman strength, this is promiently shown in the the Teardrop Crystal anime where she has the speed to outmanuever multiple Jewel Beasts and has the strength to cause the ground around her to break apart in response to her blows with a warhammer.
• Light Liege, Dark Defender: The Dark Defender to Florina's Light Liege.
• The Needs of the Many: Is willing to have Florina shed healing tears so the Jumi race can countinue. She is willing to sacrifice herself completely for her people, going as far as trying to become a Clarius Guardian herself so she can shed healing tears for her people.
• Mutual Kill: In a flashback during the Teardrop Crystal anime, she is mortally injured after striking down the Deathbringer in a battle. Subverted as she gets better thanks to Florina's healing tears and the Deathbringer himself is immortal due to being an undead dragoon.
• Not So Stoic: If you bring Pearl/Lady Blackpearl as your companion to the Bejeweled City instead of Elazul during the events of Teardrop Crystal, she reacts in anger when she finds out that Elazul's core is taken by Sandra and it is consumed by the Lord of Jewels. She also shows notable displeasure when Alexandre calls her a puppet in the Teardrop Crystal anime.
• Really 700 Years Old: Although this applies to many of the Jumi, Blackpearl is possibly the oldest living Jumi as she is said to have lived for thousands of years and has served a number of Clarius other than Florina in the distant past despite her appearance of a 26-27 year old woman.
• The Stoic: She is noted to be very level-headed. In the the Teardrop Crystal anime, Alexandre calls her a battle puppet who only lives to follow orders due to her stoicism even when amongst her Jumi Knight comrades.
• Superpowered Evil Side: Not so much evil as ruthless, but she's a lot more powerful and a lot more violent than Pearl.
• The Worf Effect: She has her core taken by Sandra (and Serafina in the anime) if she is not the chosen companion taken to the Bejeweled City during the events of Teardrop Crystal.
• World's Strongest Man: Considered to be the strongest Jumi Knight and she has the feats to back it up.

Elazul

Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara (Anime)

"Pearl's knight, and one of the youngest Jumi. He speaks and acts in a rough manner and thus starts the occasional fight."

• Adaptational Nice Guy: Elazul's jerkass behavior is noticeably toned down in the Teardrop Crystal anime. While still needlessly rude and aggressive at times, he's also quick to reflect on his actions and make amends for them (a trait he never displays in the game), such as apologizing to Rachel for his bad treatment of her earlier.
• Cool Sword: A 1-handed sword user, he carries "the Sword of Fate," which was given to him by Blackpearl and has the power to cut through anything, but only once. None of this backstory on the sword winds up being relevant to the plot in the slightest. Should the player character elect to take Pearl instead of Elazul to the Bejeweled City during the events of Teardrop Crystal, Elazul will bequeath the sword to them. It's more impressive for the implied sentiment than for the sword's actual (mediocre) stats, unfortunately. Averted in the Teardrop Crystal anime where its power is used to destroy a Jewel Beast in one strike by Shiloh.
• Defrosting Ice King: He's rude, suspicious, and borderline hostile when he's first encountered, but he starts to be won over by the player character's compassion and willingness to help the Jumi out. As the Jumi arc progresses he increasingly comes to view you as trustworthy, and his dialogue toward you likewise becomes noticeably calmer and more respectful. By the end he regards you as a kind of True Companion and is openly happy to see you show up.
• Gender-Blender Name: In the Japanese version, his name is Ruri (an Engrish play on Lapis Lazuli), which sounds much more feminine than the one given to him by the localization team (also a play on Lapis Lazuli, but masculine).
• Grudging "Thank You": He will verbally state his gratitude whenever the player character volunteers to help find or protect Pearl or is met having successfully done so, but for the first couple of times he's clearly still wary and unfriendly even as he acknowledges you.
• Hates Being Alone: It is implied he was born into a life of loneliness and why seeks to gain friends. He becomes Pearl's knight so he can have a friend and supplementary material notes that he fears that one day she will leave him when she regains her momories.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: This is his major driving force in life and why he seeks out other Jumi, having friends is what he requests of Lady Blackpearl when he first meets her but she tells him that is beyond her power and he instead asks for the ability to defend himself which leads to her giving him the Sword of Fate.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Emerges as a far more likable character than his earliest appearances might lead one to believe. He starts of as a rude and impatient man, but the more the player gets to know him, the more it becomes clear that Elazul's abrasiveness mainly stems from the stress of needing to be on high alert all the time knowing that his people are being hunted to extinction, including his ditzy, trouble-prone partner, Pearl. He drops the jerk act altogether once The Hero has earned his full trust.
• Laser Blade: His unique special technique creates a giant laser blade that he swings forward.
• Light Liege, Dark Defender: The Dark Defender to Pearl's Light Liege.

Elle

"A siren who refuses to sing as the result of an accident. Friends with Flameshe and Monique."

• Aborted Arc: She was originally going to be part of a storyline involving Flameshe, Thona, Thesenis, and the Deathbringer if the Siren Arc of Echoes of Mana is anything to go by. The story ends with Elle being mortally wounded from stopping a burning Flameshe, the two trade away their memories and their beings (siren for Elle and mermaid for Flameshe) to reincarnate into new lives through Thesenis's magic. Despite being reincarnated as humans living seperate lives with no memories of their previous lives, the two find each other again.
• Elemental Powers: Uses Undine and Jinn magic.
• Winged Humanoid: She's a siren, which in Legend of Mana means she has a human face and torso, but wings and bird's feet.

Bud

Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Anime)

"Lisa's twin brother. He thinks he is a great sorcerer, though he still has much to learn. He was run out of the Academy of Magic because he was too mischievous. His magic frying-pan was once his mother's."

• Elemental Powers: Bud uses Gnome and Dryad magic.
• Improbable Weapon User: He fights with a frying pan (the game considers it a two-handed sword).
• Pointy Ears: He and his sister both seem to be of elven descent, hence the ears.
• Theme Naming: In the Japanese version, he and his sister are both named after brands of beer and/or flower parts.

Character Encyclopedia entries 11- 20

Lisa

Voiced by: Shino Shimoji (Anime)

"A better sorcerer than her twin brother. She carries around her father's broomstick."

• Elemental Powers: Lisa uses Salamander and Aura magic, and also has the light-themed staff special attack.
• Improbable Weapon User: She fights with her father's broomstick (the game considers it a staff).
• Pointy Ears: Her ears are noticeably pointy, just like Bud's.
• Theme Naming: In the Japanese version where she's named Corona, she and her brother are both named after brands of beer and/or flower parts.

Irwin

"A half-demon who is a childhood friend of Daena, Escad, and is particularly close to Matilda. He took away Matilda's elemental powers when he saw her suffering from her fate. This caused Matilda to age much more rapidly then she was supposed to."

• Always Chaotic Evil: He's a demon, and outright says that all he wants and will ever want is to destroy. Matilda is the only thing he's ever cared about, and he can't handle it.
• Arc Villain: Of the Faerie storyline. Regardless of which side you're on, stopping Irwin from annihilating all of Fa'Diel becomes your main task.
• Casting a Shadow: When Irwin makes a cameo as an enemy-only summon in Sword of Mana, he functions as an unofficial eight wisdom with power over darkness.
• Developer's Foresight: Every companion you bring with you has their own quotes when fighting him, not just the two who are involved in the Faerie storyline.
• Half-Human Hybrid: As mentioned in his encyclopedia entry, he is half-demon.
• Raise Him Right This Time: The manga adaptation completely changes the conclusion of the Fairy Arc and, in turn, Irwin's ultimate fate. Using the Sword of Mana, the hero Toto reincarnates (or revives and de-ages) both Irwin and Matilda after their deaths. Escad, rather than choose to kill Irwin once more at his most vulnerable, instead declares that he'll make sure that he properly rehabilitates during his second chance at life.
• Take a Third Option: At the end of the arc, he chooses to completely stop existing rather than choose between his human and demon sides.

Matilda

"Born into a family of priests in Gato, she began to question the life that awaited her. Matilda became attracted to Irwin and his free way of life. A decade ago her powers were taken by Irwin after their temple escape was stopped by Escad. She has aged drastically since then."

• Gilded Cage: How Matilda sees her life, especially since her title of Priestess means she can't be with Irwin.
• Irony: She's so in love with Irwin that she won't stop him from destroying the world because she thinks it'll make him happy; meanwhile, Irwin is only doing it because he thinks it'll make her happy. Neither of them seem to realize that Matilda could've simply renounced her title and eloped with Irwin, consequences be damned and when Daena tries to get Matilda to do exactly that, Matilda seems to prefer being Star-Crossed Lovers.
• Hypocrite: She claims it's wrong for her to try and stop Irwin from destroying the world because that would be infringing on his freedom to make his own choice, yet fails to acknowledge that in sitting on her hands, she's also effectively depriving the rest of Fa'Diel their own right to live and choose for themselves. Not once does Matilda ever reflect on the contradictory nature of her stance.
• Light 'em Up: When Irwin steals Matilda's elemental powers, they are shown in the form of the light spirit Wisp. When Matilda makes a cameo as a summon in Sword of Mana, her attack is light elemental.
• Love Makes You Evil: She's in love with Irwin and won't try to stop him from doing horrible things because she loves him. To be fair, the game repeatedly drops a Clueless Aesop about "freedom to be yourself is the most important thing" and doesn't act as though Matilda is in the wrong for refusing to try and help stop Irwin despite the self-contradictory nature of her position.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: A bizarre case with Irwin. Despite being given all the chances in the world to simply let go of the priesthood and start life fresh with the one she loves, she instead willfully and stubbornly clings to her unhappy lot while doing nothing but waste away. Matilda and Irwin are ironically kept apart less due to circumstances beyond their control but more because of their own foolish actions (or inactions), backwards beliefs and terrible grasp in logic.
• Stupid Neutral: This is how she comes across. She doesn't want to stop Irwin from ending the world because she doesn't want to impose on his freedom. She also doesn't want to stop Escad and/or Daena from killing him because that would impose on their freedom. Neither does she have any interest in trying to save her own life or elope with Irwin.
• Younger Than They Look: As a result of Irwin stealing her elemental powers, she appears as an elderly woman but is in fact only 26.

Inspector Boyd

Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (Anime)

"A little man with a really loud voice that could even reach a nearby land. He might be the most honest and kind-hearted person you'll ever meet."

• High-Pressure Emotion: If upset or angered, steam will explode from his ears while he stomps rapidly.
• My Greatest Failure: According to the Ultimania guide, he was an admirer of Sandra before he realized she was killing Jumi rather than just stealing jewels. Part of the reason he takes trying to capture her so seriously is because he's so ashamed of that.
• Rat Men: Or to be more precise, a mouse-man.
• Sherlock Homage: In appearance, at least.

Sandra

Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Anime)

"The notorious jewel hunter who steals only the most brilliant jewels. Her daring thefts resulted in secret admirers of her work."

• Adaptational Badass: Compared to the game where she is The Unfought, Sandra is more willing to fight in the anime adaptation. And she kicks Shiloh (the anime's version of the male protagonist)'s ass multiple times including the final time, though this is equally due to his Adaptational Wimp status.
• All for Nothing: Teardrop Crystal ends with the Lord of Jewels failing to revive the Jumi like he promised, rendering Sandra's killing sprees a worthless effort. Although it does end up working out in the end thanks to the hero and heroine shedding tears and turning to stone for everyone's sake, the credit goes strictly to their self-sacrifice and not Sandra's own monstrous actions.
• Classy Cat-Burglar: Perceived as this by those who aren't aware of her genocidal intentions against the Jumi.
• Combat Pragmatist: She defeats both Rubens and Lady Blackpearl with underhanded tactics.
• Devious Daggers: Utilizes daggers as her main weapon in the Teardrop Crystal anime. She originally wielded nunchucks when she was Alexandre.
• Dirty Coward: Sandra generally targets Jumi who are far weaker than her, especially noncombatants. She also flees in every encounter after her Jewel Beasts are defeated in the game. In the Teardrop Crystal anime, the moment she's confronted by Lady Blackpearl, she chickens out and summons monsters to do the fighting in her stead.
• The Dragon: To the Lord of Jewels.
• Evil Former Friend: To Lady Blackpearl, the Teardrop Crystal anime even shows that Blackpearl once confided in Alexandre about her backup plan of becoming a new Clarius to relieve Florina of her burden if it came down to it.
• Gender Flip: A bit of an odd case for the manga adaptation. Rather than have both of Alexandra's forms be fully biological transformations like in the original game and anime adaption, the manga downgrades Sandra to a mere disguise and makes Alex the primary/"true" form instead. To drive the point home, he's even given the male equivalent of Sandra's qipao after the reveal - a sleeveless vest reminiscent of a tangzhuang top. The Teardrop Crystal anime does show that Alexandre's original form was more similar to the Alex persona.
• Genocide from the Inside: It turns out that the one hunting Jumi to extinction is a Jumi herself.
• The Heavy: Of the Jumi arc.
• Improbable Weapon User: Sandra uses cards - the same little note cards she likes to leave to announce her thefts. Specifically, she's learned to throw them so precisely that she can scratch a Jumi's core badly enough to incapacitate them without killing them.
• Latex Perfection: She can impersonate anyone flawlessly, even Boyd, who isn't even the same body type.
• Leg Focus: A Mad Mallard you encounter in the caves describes her legs as "just fantastic." She also uses quite a bit of kicking attacks in the Teardrop Crystal anime.
• Light Liege, Dark Defender: The Dark Defender to Florina's Light Liege. In her case, Dark is Evil.
• Love Makes You Evil: She turned against the Jumi and hunted them to near extinction because she didn't want Florina to die and felt like the whole Jumi race was sacrificing Florina for their own survival. Instead, Sandra believes that it should be the other way around, the Jumi who had lost their ability to care for others should die so Florina can live.
• Master of Disguise: Takes the guise of multiple people throughout the game.
• Meaningful Name: Sharp-eyed people will notice that Sandra is short for Alexandra/Alexandre.
• Parental Substitute: Sandra is the adoptive parent of Serafina in the Teardrop Crystal anime, who found the girl as a baby and raised her as her own.
• Pet the Dog: After the end of the Jumi story arc, she throws a note to the player just like the ones she'd been leaving during her cat and mouse jewel stealing, Jumi killing game. The note reads "Please take care of Florina for me." Averted in Teardrop Crystal, where she just walks away and doesn't even bother to help un-petrify Shiloh and Serafina like the other Jumi do despite everything the two did for her and the entire Jumi race. A scene was later added to the Director's Cut of the final episode, where Sandra is shown tearing up after leaving the Bejeweled City.
• Sadist: She seems to enjoy watching her victims suffer, smiling as she tries to break them physically and mentally.
• Self-Imposed Exile: After being revived with the other Jumi following the events of the Teardrop Crystal, Sandra is too ashamed to look Florina in the eye after everything she's done in the Jumi Arc or call herself Florina's knight. So, instead of returning to the Bejeweled City, she banishes herself and says to Blackpearl in a note to take care of Florina in her steed. It also doesn't help that she's still on the run from Inspector Boyd, given her crime of hunting and killing other Jumi for their cores.
• Super-Strength: The Teardrop Crystal anime shows off her superhuman strength, she's able to kick and throw people across a room with ease, and her kick is powerful enough to break a metal sword.
• The Unfought: She mostly sends her Jewel Beasts after you instead. The final boss fight of the story arc is actually her master, The Lord of Jewels. Averted entirely in the Teardrop Crystal anime, where she is shown to be an extremely competent fighter and consistently gives a Curb-Stomp Battle to the protagonist in all of their encounters.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: The audience later learns why Sandra is hunting down other Jumi and killing them for their cores when they refuse to or cannot cry. The Lord of Jewels promised to heal Florina and revive the Jumi by consuming Jumi cores. Despite the Lord of Jewels's plan failing in the end, Sandra was desperate for any other alternative other than Florina sacrificing herself for the Jumi. So Sandra took the most gruesome path since it was the only one that ensured Florina's survival. As Blackpearl points out, however, Sandra was never acting on Florina's own wishes and was just selfishly pursuing her own desire to keep Florina around at the expense of everyone else's lives.
• You Hate What You Are: It's suggested that Sandra hates the Jumi as she calls all the Jumi, other than Florina, stone puppets as she believes that the Jumi's inability to cry is caused by their loss to care for others. Due to this, she believes that all the Jumi should die rather than Florina.

Alex

Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki (Anime)

"A mild-mannered geologist who also has a shop in Geo. He only keeps the shop for income to fund his research."

• Frames of Reference: Wears round glasses that reflect his gentle and slightly nerdy nature. It's an act.
• Interface Spoiler: Not only are Sandra and Alex's journal entries right next to each other, but the portraits are placed so that their identical-looking heads and faces are at the exact same spot.
• Meaningful Name: Sharp-eyed people will notice that Alex is short for Alexandra/Alexandre.
• Not Quite Human: Contrary to his appearance, Alex is not really a human. It's merely a cover for Alexandra/Sandra, who is really a Jumi. Sandra dons this disguise to draw attention away from herself.

Florina

Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Anime)

"A Guardian who was the Clarius in the Bejeweled City of Jumi. The burden of healing all the wounded cores of the Jumi has caused her own core to fall apart."

• And I Must Scream: Played with. Alexandre locked her in Pandora's Box to keep her from shedding anymore healing tears for the Jumi, and Florina was quite comfortable there at first and even slept through most of it. But then she starts having nightmares so horrible it upsets the Dream Witch, and she can't leave on her own.
• Cast from Hit Points: Creating healing tears has slowly caused her core to fall apart and will eventually cause her death.
• Forced Sleep: Alexandra puts her to eternal slumber so she would no longer hurt herself creating healing tears.
• Healing Hands: Her tears have the ability to heal any injury, and the Teardrop Crystal anime shows that her tears can even bring Jumi back from the dead as long as their core is relatively intact.
• Light Liege, Dark Defender: The Light Liege to Lady Blackpearl's (and later, Alexandra's) Dark Defender.
• Nice Girl: Not only is she willing to sacrifice herself to create healing tears for her people, but she pleads with Lady Blackpearl to show mercy to Alexandra despite the fact the latter had betrayed their own people.
• Powered by a Forsaken Child: As the only known living Jumi who can still shed healing tears, she's endured a lot of suffering as a result.
• Shrinking Violet: Not to the extent of Pearl, but her naturally mild personality combined with the weakness from her disintegrating core makes her very unconfrontational and apologetic about everything. The Teardrop Crystal anime does show that she's willing to sacrifice herself for her race though.
• White Magician Girl: What her position as Clarius essentially makes her, as her primary duty is to provide healing for her race. Taken to the logical extreme in that some (such as Blackpearl and Diana) believe she should die for the sake of healing the Jumi.

Flameshe

Voiced by: Ayaka Ohashi (Anime)

"A teenage mermaid who is sometimes a little hard to deal with. She sneaked out of her family one day and went to the beach, where she met and befriended Elle."

• Aborted Arc: She was originally going to be part of a storyline involving Elle, Thona, Thesenis, and the Deathbringer if the Siren Arc of Echoes of Mana is anything to go by. The story ends with Elle being mortally wounded from stopping a burning Flameshe, the two trade away their memories and their beings (siren for Elle and mermaid for Flameshe) to reincarnate into new lives through Thesenis's magic. Despite being reincarnated as humans living seperate lives with no memories of their previous lives, the two find each other again.
• Jerkass: Even her friends think she's got a nasty streak. At one point she tells Elle that she shouldn't care how many people die if she sings. Then when Elle apologizes for it, she gets mad at her for that, saying "Don't apologize! It's who you are!"
• Playing with Fire: According to the Siren Arc of Echoes of Mana, mermaids who are deprived of water for too long become engulfed in flames and are called Anima Sola.

Pelican

"The mail carrier who delivers practically everything. She often makes mistakes, and is not always on time, but she does not seem to care."

• Funny Animal: A pelican.
• Flying Postwoman: Her primary role in the story.

Li'l Cactus

Voiced by: Yurika Kubo (Anime)

"A shy little cactus. He is a cactus of few words, but he happens to be thinking about many things."

• Animate Inanimate Object: He's a sentient, walking cactus.
• Greek Chorus: He comments on the events of the game via his Cactus Diary.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: An adorable little plant creature that looks, sounds and acts like a young child.
• Trademark Favorite Food: A few entries show that he really likes fish.

Character Encyclopedia entries 21- 30

Pokiehl

Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa (Anime)

"The poet of Truth. He is one of the Seven Wisdoms, and was a hero who was called "the Messenger of the Cosmic Truth.""

• The Bard: He's an accomplished poet and is even of the Seven Wisdoms.
• Bird People: Judging from his beak and feathers for hands, he's a humanoid avian.
• Playing with Fire: When he makes a cameo as a summon in Sword of Mana, Pokiehl attacks the enemy with fire.

Tote

"An ancient turtle who is one of the Seven Wisdoms. He only introduces himself as "Turtle," and always speaks in a mild manner."

• Funny Animal: An elderly turtle that looks more like a geriatric old man.
• Making a Splash: When he cameos in Sword of Mana as a summon, Tote attacks with water.
• Wise Old Turtle: He's one of the Seven Wisdoms and has the typical sage-like appearance down pat, though he doesn't actually offer much advice for anyone except some vague one-liners, making him a Downplayed Trope.

Olbohn

"The keeper of the Underworld and one of the Seven Wisdoms. In the era of the Faeries' War, he went to the Underworld to defeat the Faeries' leader."

• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Became the ruler of the Underworld after defeating the previous ruler.
• Extra-ore-dinary: When he makes a cameo in Sword of Mana as a summon, Olbohn attacks with the power of the moon, which in Legend of Mana is replaced with the metal element.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Has six arms, and is a great warrior.

Gilbert

"The poet of love who even sings during regular conversation. He travels in search of love everywhere."

• Casanova Wannabe: He hits on every woman he meets, but only Monique loves him back, and it's despite his womanizing ways, not because of them.
• Double Entendre: While attempting to woo Kathinja (whose gaze can turn anyone into stone) he sings, "Yeah, baby! I'm gettin' hard! So hard for you, baby!"
• Taken for Granite: At the end of the "Gilbert: School Amour" event. He gets better, if you don't screw up the cure so badly he blows up.
• The Power of Love: His fickle womanizing gets him turned to stone, but, with a little help from the player, is redeemed when his original girlfriend Monique decides to rescue him. He mends his ways, and they get a Happily Ever After. Alternately, however, he can get blown up if the player prompts Monique with the wrong lines to use in her magic song, subverting the trope instead.
• Wandering Minstrel: He's constantly traveling looking for love while playing on his little lute (which helps him serenade women, supposedly).

Watts

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio (Anime)

"A master blacksmith who becomes so absorbed when working that he often forgets things."

• Our Dwarves Are All the Same: Although not explicitly called a dwarf, he is very short, is a master blacksmith, and talks like a Scot. His lack of a beard however makes him look more like a caveman toddler.

Rosiotti

"One of the Seven Wisdoms, he was once a hero. Rosiotti now quietly resides in the Jungle as the guardian of the creatures there."

• Green Thumb: When he makes a cameo in Sword of Mana as a summon, Rosiotti displays power over wood.

Duelle

Voiced by: Sachi Kokuryu (Anime)

"An onion warrior. He likes everything straight-forward, and hates people like Niccolo with a passion."

• Adaptational Badass: Duelle's self-proclaimed "warrior" status is more of an Informed Ability in the game since he never actually engages in combat at any point. The Teardrop Crystal anime averts this by having him demonstrate some fighting skills on Elazul.
• Ambiguously Human: Is that some kind of onion-shaped helmet, or is it actually a part of his head? Teardrop Crystal adds some close up shots of Duelle's face that show he's got human eyes under the holes of his onion "head," further indicating that it's just a helmet.
• Mr. Exposition: Duelle serves as your in-game tutorial guide, explaining various game mechanics such as basic combat and monster raising.
• Vague Age: Duelle looks like a small boy wearing an onion helmet, but behaves like a mature adult. Whether this is a case of Wise Beyond Their Years or because he's some kind of Cutesy Dwarf, nobody knows. His age and species are never stated.

Miss Yuka

Voiced by: Misaki Kuno (Anime)

"The owner of Domina's only inn. She insists that she is a canary, but there are rumors that she is really a Chocobo. Addressing her as "Miss Yuka" is a must."

• Funny Animal: She's a large, sentient plump canary.

The Manager/Master

"The bar manager in the town of Lumina. He is a gentleman who feels joy in communicating with people."

• Animate Inanimate Object: He's a sentient talking jigsaw puzzle.
• Palette Swap: He and the Bartender are basically the same model, only distinguished by their different coloration and his having a "mustache" of some sort.

Bartender

"A young man who has a tendency to feel the blues a bit too often. Sharing sob stories with the Manager seems to make him feel a bit better."

• Animate Inanimate Object: Just like the Manager, he's a sentient talking jigsaw puzzle.
• Palette Swap: He and the Manager are basically the same model, only distinguished by their different coloration and his lack of something that resembles facial hair.

Character Encyclopedia entries 31- 40

Mark

Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura (Anime)

"The owner of Domina's item shop and also Rachel's father. He really loves his family, but they seem to be a little sick of his overdose of love."

• Ambiguously Human: Is that a suit of armor or is he actually part beetle? It appears to be the latter due to Jennifer and Rachel's own animal features.
• My Beloved Smother: Mark is a sweet, loving dad. But in this case... perhaps a little too sweet. His constant adoration for his daughter has reached the point where it only causes her to (quietly) resent him, something he's blissfully unaware of.

Jennifer

"Mark's wife, who likes spending time outside his shop. She says anything that crosses her mind."

• Just Ignore It: She's creeped out by her husband's smothering affection for her daughter. Her solution is to spend as little time in their home/store as possible.
• Winged Humanoid: She has butterfly wings.

Rachel

Voiced by: Minami Takahashi (Anime)

"The daughter of Mark and Jennifer. She hardly talks, and does not become too friendly with anyone. She is sick of her Faerie-like appearance and the room decor."

• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Her father still treats her like a small child, making her wear an adorable fairy costume, filling her room with little-girl stuff, and going so far as to refuse to let her outside, even though she's almost an adult.
• Changeling Fantasy: Hates her mundane life and wishes to be somewhere else.
• Gadgeteer Genius: One quest reveals that she's turned her family's Teapo into a rocket ship in order to support her father's dream of going into space.
• Winged Humanoid: It's hard not to notice her large, fairy-like wings.

Rev. Nouvelle

Voiced by: Hiroshi Yanaka (Anime)

"The caretaker of the church on Domina's outskirts. He is a kind-hearted man who is full of knowledge, from how to catch Rabites to the history of this world."

• Creepy Good: Although a kind and benevolent figure, his appearance can be quite disturbing at first, given the fact that he's a noseless humanoid with a sewn up mouth.
• Good Shepherd: He's the resident priest of the town of Domina and a humble and caring one, too.
• Translator Buddy: He fulfills this role when you find the Lillipea village.
• Winged Humanoid. He appears to be at least part bird, looking more human than Miss Luka but less human than Monique and Elle.

Meimei

"A glamorous fortune teller. She led a luxurious and exciting life, but now she seems to be saving money for her old age."

• Fortune Teller: Uses fruit to give aphorisms that sometimes help point the way to the future.
• Smoking Is Glamorous: Her description actually uses the word glamorous to describe her, and her long pipe indicates a certain degree of elegance.

Capella

Voiced by: Ayaka Ohashi (Anime)

"An itinerant performer. He was inspired by Pokiehl's verses and decided to go on a journey to send his audiences a message of some sort."

• Cheerful Child: He lives to make people smile, and unlike Niccolo, says it with 100% sincerity.
• Free-Range Children: Alongside Diddle. Seriously, looking at all the shenanigans they keep stumbling into (granted, it's always Diddle's fault), one has to wonder... just what kind of parents reared these two kids, anyway?
• Funny Animal: A cute, anthropomorphic monkey child.
• Odd Friendship: With Diddle. Doesn't get stranger than watching a carefree, fun-loving boy tirelessly play mood therapist for someone best described as a "floating pile of resentment."
• Walking the Earth: It's unclear just how far they're willing to trek, but he and Diddle can be found in just about every settlement besides Domina.
• Wide-Eyed Idealist: Genuinely believes that the cure for world problems starts with a smile, hence his journey.

Diddle

Voiced by: Honoka Inoue (Anime)

"Plays music for his performing partner, Capella. A kind-hearted, sensitive boy who speaks very slowly."

• The Eeyore: And how! Sometimes it gets so bad that he crosses over into Emo Kid territory, reaching absolute lowest point in "Diddle Had It!" Poor Capella just couldn't catch a break...
• Funny Animal: He's a floating tadpole pushing around a gramophone on wheels.
• Free-Range Children: Along with Capella. He even writes to his mother at one point, thinking about calling it quits and go home.
• The Load: He primarily exists to cause unnecessary problems for both Capella and the player, all brought upon by his own neurotic issues.
• Walking the Earth: Capella's sole traveling companion (and hazard bringer).

Rubens

Voiced by: Shogo Yano (Anime)

"A man who has given up everything. He is hiding the fact that he is the Jumi of Ruby."

• Ascended Extra: In the Teardrop Crystal anime, he is revealed to have been the leader of the Jumi Knights of the Bejeweled City that Diana leads. He even gets a few battle sequences in the anime, despite never fighting in the games (as Sandra ambushes and mortally wounds him before he has any chance to fight back).
• Bodyguard Crush: Is in love with Diana, his Jumi Guardian.
• Lady and Knight: Has this dynamic with Diana, probably moreso than the other Jumi Guardian and Knight pairings.
• Locked Out of the Loop: He doesn't appear to know that Diana willingly petrified herself as a disguised Sandra mentions that he is looking for a cure of sorts in Gato and the Teardrop Crystal anime has him horrified to find a petrified Diana.
• Magic Knight: He is shown wielding a sword and conjuring fire to attack his enemies in flashbacks in the Teardrop Crystal anime.
• Nice Guy: Refuses to harm a Sproutling even if doing so would help free his love from petrification and commends Esmeralda for trying to earnestly help out.
• Nominal Importance: Subverted. He's got an name, an encyclopedia entry, a unique sprite... and dies about five minutes after you meet him. He appears to have commanded some respect as part of the Jumi however. It's revealed in the Teardrop Crystal anime that he was the leader of the Jumi Knights and served directly under Diana.
• Playing with Fire: Is able to conjure flames to attack his foes, although it is unknown if his mastery over fire is due to his prowess with magic or if it is an innate ability of his Jumi core.
• Worf Had the Flu: Despite being an experienced Jumi Knight (and the leader of the knights), he is taken out by Sandra easily because she ambushes him and damages his core before he is able to fight back.

Prof. Bomb/Bon Voyage

"The leading pioneer of Golem development, who toils in a small laboratory in the Junkyard. Also a woman-chaser."

• Barefoot Poverty: When you find him, the poor man has become so destitute that he can't even afford decent shoes. Might actually be closer to "bare-naked poverty" since the rest of his "clothes" amount to nothing but his thick, bushy beard.
• Cephalothorax: Is he even "human"? He's basically a rotating head with a pair of stubby arms and feet.
• Dirty Old Man: Not that it's shown in-game, but apparently, the old professor is quite the skirt-chaser.
• Gasshole: Randomly blasts a huge one, much to his surprise and embarrassment.
• Punny Name: In the Japanese version, his name (Bonboyaji) is a pun on "bon voyage" and "bomb uncle".
• Riches to Rags: The professor had a lavish life once, but he ended up blowing all his money into Golem research. By the time Bomb finally called it quits, he's been reduced to eking out a living in the dumps (with the hero's help).
• Shout-Out:
  • Design wise, he's basically a human version of a Bomb enemy from Final Fantasy.
  • Bonboyaji/Bon Voyage was the Japanese name of Professor Bow-wow in Seiken Densetsu I/Final Fantasy Adventure, making his presence a shout-out to the first game in the series. This is Lost in Translation, naturally.

Roger

Voiced by: Taiki Yamashita (Anime)

"He met his true fate when he found divinity within his pet dog, Putty, while working as a miner with Dudbears. Since then he has become a man of faith."

• Arch-Enemy: Of the SS Buccaneer crew. Roger and his Dudbears are always competing against Cap'n Tusk and his Pirate Penguins for buried treasure.
• Contemporary Caveman: He has the look of a stereotypical Neanderthal, yet exists in a High Fantasy setting.
• Cloudcuckoolander: The man worships his ordinary pet dog, and even starts a cult around it. 'Nuff said.

Character Encyclopedia entries 41- 50

Putty

"Roger's pet dog. He was made into a religious icon, but he is just a dog."

• Physical God: Subverted. This is how Roger sees him, but it's all too obvious that Putty's just a simple dog, his alleged divinity being nothing but a product of his master's own strange mind.

Count Dovula

"Guardian of the ruins, he is also the leader of the Succubus clan."

• Casting a Shadow: Uses Shade magic.
• Punny Name: His Japanese name is the same as the word for vampire, but with the kanji for "intake/suck" replaced with the kanji for "pigeon".
• Trademark Favorite Food: Dove blood.
• Succubi and Incubi: LOM succubi appear to be just another type of vampire.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Shows up as the end boss of one very minor subquest, then promptly gets shanked. That's it. However, since he simply disappears once defeated instead of exploding like most enemies, he may have simply teleported to Uncertain Doom. Either way, he doesn't show up again.

Basket Fish

Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata (Anime)

"One of the nouveau-riche who looks down on everyone, but in reality he is the one who is looked down upon by everyone else. He LOOOOOOVES Revanshe the dancer."

• Adaptational Nice Guy: The Teardrop Crystal anime expands on his backstory with Sappho, the Jumi whose core he ended up with at the time of Drowned Dreams. While you could learn the full story behind his coming into possession of the core if you were to talk to him after the event in the game, the anime gives a more detailed portrayal of their relationship. Basket Fish nursed the Jumi back to good health after finding him washed ashore, then stayed by his side until Sappho decided to end his own life out of fear of being hunted down, but not before giving his jewel to his rescuer out of gratitude for the friendship they shared.
• Abhorrent Admirer: To say Revanshe is "turned off" by his lewd advances would be putting it mildly.
• Meaningful Name: He's a fish in a basket with feet. It's not clear if the fish and legs are part of his body or if he's just a talking fish using a basket with legs to move around. Considering this is the world of Mana it could be either one.
• Nouveau Riche: Described word for word in-game. He doesn't stay rich for long...
• Tragic Keepsake: The Blue Eye becomes this for him in the anime, which is later revealed to be a Jumi core which once belonged to a Jumi named Sappho, who opted to kill himself over being hunted down by Jewel Hunters.
• Work Off the Debt: He ends up being stuck in this situation after he goes bankrupt.

Cap'n Tusk

"The dandy captain of the SS Buccaneer. He leads the Pirate Penguins with his gentlemanly seaman philosophy. Ladies, he is a real catch!"

• Arch-Enemy: Of Roger and his Dudbears. The two groups can't stand one another and are always after the same treasure.
• Expy: Of the Captain of the Thames.
• Funny Animal: A talking walrus, unlike his inspiration who was a walrus-man.

Revanshe

Voiced by: Marika Kouno (Anime)

"The dancer at Polpota's Seaside Hotel. She's always dancing, because dancing is her passion, her life."

• Ambiguous Species: She doesn't resemble an anthropomorphic version of anything or any traditional fantasy race.

Selva

"One of the Seven Wisdoms. He always knows what is happening in Fa'Diel, since he is always gathering information from the Lilipeas and birds."

• Blow You Away: As his sobriquet implies, Selva uses the wind element when he makes a cameo in Sword of Mana as a summon.

Teapo

Voiced by: Risae Matsuda (Anime)

"A magical life-form with a kind heart. She thinks she is a jewelry collector, but most of them are glass fakes that Niccolo sold to her."

• Animate Inanimate Object: She's a living teapot that moves around by hopping.
• Funetik Aksent: Her text boxes have her speaking like she's Cockney.
• You All Look Familiar: When you first meet her she'll seem as unique and weird as everyone else in Domina. When you find Geo however you'll find out that magic talking teapots are mass produced by the Magic Academy. To make things more confusing they're all named "Teapo".

Belle

Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki (Anime)

"A spirit of dreams who is in charge of managing all creature's dreams. A little too pushy at times, but she is only doing her job."

Esmeralda

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Anime)

"A very charming and sometimes childish student at Geo's Academy of Magic. There are rumors that she may be Nunuzac's magical monster, or a ghost."

• Adaptational Personality Change: In the game, Esmeralda had a rather flighty and carefree personality who didn't take the threat of the Jumi's extinction seriously enough to consider venturing outside Geo to help Elazul and the others. Teardrop Crystal turns her into a more serious and proactive person who's more than glad to lend aid to her suffering people before her tragic death at Serafina's hands.
• Ascended Extra: Downplayed case. Esmeralda plays a minor role in the game's Jumi Arc, dying shortly after her introductory quest in Geo when Sandra sneaks in and steals her core before the player could save her. The Teardrop Crystal anime adds more layers to her by exploring her and her sisters' backstory, as well as having her join the hero Shiloh's party alongside Serafina (the heroine), Elazul and Pearl on their quest to find her sisters' Jumi cores. Although she only lasts two episodes before being killed off, the anime Esmeralda still ends up being a more realized character than her game counterpart.
• The Baby of the Bunch: Is treated as such amongst her own siblings, and Rubens and Sappho also treat her in a similar manner.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the game, she was simply one of Sandra's many victims, but Teardrop Crystal adds a more tragic spin to it by changing her murderer to Serafina, an associate of Sandra who masqueraded as a fellow Geo student to get in Esmeralda's good graces, only to betray her in the worst way when she least expected it.
• Inept Mage: She never displays any usage of magic in the game despite being a student at Geo's Academy of Magic, and the Teardrop Crystal anime displays her incompetent mastery over magic when she fails to use fire magic through an instrument.

Magnolia

"A doll with a Fire Stone core which Anuella the Witch made a thousand years ago. She lives at the Junkyard, without any hope or will."

• We Hardly Knew Ye: She only appears in "The Infernal Doll", never to be seen or heard from again afterwards. All the player learns of this tragic figure is from reading their in-game encyclopedia — specifically, the "Characters" and "World History" sections. She was actually involved in a lot of the world's backstory but you wouldn't know it from her brief appearance.

Character Encyclopedia entries 51- 60

Thesenis

"A professor at Geo's Academy of Magic who is also a witch of reincarnation. She is the most avoided person there, perhaps because of her creepy behavior and appearance."

• Aborted Arc: She was originally going to have a bigger role in the storyline involving Elle and Flamshe if the Siren Arc of Echoes of Mana is anything to go by.
• All There in the Manual: She's the wife of the Deathbringer and the former empress of the Enaanshalc Empire as revealed in the events of the Siren Arc in Echoes of Mana. Her study of magic at the Geo Aacademy is for the purpose of finding a way to end her husband's immortality and give him eternal rest.
• Bandage Mummy: She's covered from head to toe in wraps, though it is anyone's guess if this is due to some kind of injury or skin condition, her being an actual mummified undead, or just something she wears for kicks.
• Out of Focus: Among the academy instructors, she's the least involved, with no development whatsoever in any quests. Her "roles" consist of nothing but a couple of one-line cameos in one or two sidequests.
• Reincarnation: She possesses the power to reincarnate people for a price as seen in Echoes of Mana, this also explains her moniker as the "witch of reincarnation."

Nunuzac

Voiced by: Joji Nakata (Anime)

"Back in the day, he was a conjurer who fought in many wars. Now he is a professor at the Academy of Magic, though his body is represented by a magic circle since his body was trapped in another dimension."

• Badass Teacher: Nunuzac may be mainly a lighthearted character, but the reason he's a summoning circle is because he spent so much time summoning monsters to fight in the wars past that he got trapped on the wrong side of it. He gets to show a bit of his true power towards the end of the game when he traps the Sproutling that is supposed to become the Mana Tree in the dream realm.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Just listen to him "teach" during class. He's even stranger than he looks.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Yes, Nunuzac does indeed treat his apprentice, Esmeralda, like garbage after being able to teleport, but he very likely has his reasons for doing it. It might have to do with the fact that Esmeralda and her sisters are a quarter of Emerald Jumi cores, known as the Lucky Clover. For this reason, giving Esmeralda more praiseworthy attention would've probably made her a target of Sandra's much sooner, who was actively hunting down the Jumi for her master.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Possibly. As Inspector Boyd informs the Hero/Heroine, Nunuzac used to buy Jumi cores from a shop in Geo, something the Inspector finds abhorrent as they're basically Jumi corpses. Why he bought Jumi cores is never explained - was he collecting Jumi cores in the hopes that a way to heal them could be found, or to fuel his magic spells? If the latter, it paints his treatment of Esmeralda in a much grimmer light.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: When near the end of the game, after the last mission of any of the three story arcs^note which are the Jumi, Faerie, and Dragon arcs and enough Artifacts have been placed on the map thus restrengthening the Mana of Fa'Diel, Nunuzac feels justified in imprisoning the Sproutling that is supposed to be reborn into the Mana Tree. The reason for such a drastic action, according to him, is that many mages, faeries, and other creatures alike have fought for the dominion over the Mana Tree and its' vast power; it would be tantamount to a second Holy War to let it return. While he has a point there, he is soon left confused after Pokiehl gives his counsel on the matter of whether or not the Mana Tree should return to Fa'Diel.

Kathinja

Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Anime)

"The most popular professor at the Academy of Magic, she has the power to explode things by staring at them. She always looks out for people, and is friends with Thesenis."

• The Dreaded: Able to keep her unruly students in line by the mere threat of being angry.
• Gorgeous Gorgon: She's a serpentine woman with a frightening power to turn people into stone, but is still considered attractive enough to grab the attention of would-be paramours.
• Half-Human Hybrid: She's half-basilisk.
• Hot Teacher: Several characters comment on how attractive she is.
• Informed Attribute: Her character bio claims "most popular teacher," but there is very little evidence to support this save for having a group of students who swear loyalty to her in her debut quest, which doesn't say much since her fellow teacher Mephianse also has just as many students (if not more) who are loyal to him. The fact that she has to deal with students actively boycotting her class also puts her alleged status into question, not to mention having a short temper and overall harsh demeanor that don't seem to earn her much favors except to emphasize her fearsome image.
• Stern Teacher: What she appears to be. It's a tough call since there's no real context to judge how much Kathinja's willing to go in the name of discipline. If she actually does follow through with her stoning threats, then she'd be a lot closer to Sadist Teacher category. If her treatment of Gilbert is any indication, she's quite willing to curse people for annoying her.
• Taken for Granite: as a half-basilisk she can cause her glare to turn people to stone, which helps keep both students and unwanted suitors in line.

Louie

"The caretaker of the magical creatures at the Junkyard. He is an old magical creature himself, and he understands the anger and the sorrow they feel."

Mephianse

"A professor at Geo's Academy of Magic who has a strong passion for magic."

• The Archmage: Mephianse is said to be the most powerful of the four academy professors, with Kathinja describing his magic capabilities as being equal to that of two sorcerers combined. He's only shown using his powers in-game once, but the brief demonstration proves why Kathinja is intimidated. With the mere gesture of a hand, he generates enough force to send her flying all the way across the other end of a desert. He's the school principal for a good reason.
• Dark Is Not Evil: He looks and dresses the part of a demonic sorcerer, sometimes even hamming up like one. But don't be fooled. This man's a lot nicer than his first appearance suggests.
• Horned Humanoid: He's a tall, slender-built man with two large, water buffalo-like horns sticking out of his head.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He holds the most respectable position among the faculty, and it shows. Between Kathinja's terror disciplinarian, Thesenis' creepiness, and Nunuzac's plain weird, Professor Mephianse comes across as the most level-headed and closest to "normal" of the four (albeit with his own eccentricity). He shows warmth towards students under his wing (seen from "Can't Look Back") and cares for their safety above his own personal interests. He even allows Pearl to take the Jumi key off his desk at no cost. One could argue that the fireworks stunt undermines his credibility, but this was merely a prank that perhaps went a little too far.
• Staking the Loved One: While escorting his students on a mountain trip, he learns that his long lost brother actually lives nearby but was tragically cursed into a dangerous, mindless monster with no hope of cure. Mephianse struggles to decide whether or not to Mercy Kill him, but is unable to bring himself to in the end, instead thanking the player for doing the deed in his place.
• Troll: Seems to enjoy messing around with his fellow teachers just for the hell of it, particularly Kathinja. Students in tow, he "steals" a spell book from the school's library to supposedly concoct all sorts of forbidden experiments, sending Kathinja on a frantic pursuit. After a long trek across the desert, she confronts him, where he then starts raving about "nuking the earth" via meteor showers and finally reduces Kathinja to hysteric panic. It turns out he was making fireworks.

Skippie

"A sly little man who is a really fast runner. He sees through everything, and is sometimes cunning. Works at Kristie's palace with Hamson."

• Cheshire Cat Grin: His character art depicts him wearing a smile like this, likely to emphasize his fun-loving and rather mischievous nature.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: When Skippie and Hamson finally part ways at the White Forest, and just before they could earn the executive position at Madame Kristie's by capturing every Lillipea in their village, the duo are not seen again...
  • Unless, of course, you have a Chocobo Racing file saved on your Memory Card, then he can be seen for the last time at the Polpota Grand Prix. Then, he truly disappears from the game after handing you the Fastest Wheel ring accessory, and is never seen again.

Hamson

"A big man who has the muscles, but not the mind for fighting. Stupidly honest and can't seem to see the obvious."

• Beard of Barbarism: The remaster added a bushy black beard (that was just his hair lazily copypasted over his big lips) to his character portrait. Between the muscles, the bear pelt outfit and the screams of RRAARGH, he is kind of barbaric.
• Dumb Muscle: Not that he even seems aware of how to make use of them.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: After he and Skippie decide to part ways and make their own destiny, Hamson runs off and the duo are not seen again. Apparently, even Sotherbee is ignorant of their skipping town.

Mr. Moti

"He is everywhere doing everything."

• Hyperactive Sprite: He is constantly dancing and spinning.

Diana

Voiced by: Manami Numakura (Anime)

"The leader of the Jumi, and a Jumi of Diamond herself. She tried to keep the Jumi from extinction, but her hard-headed dictatorship caused her to lose support."

• Despair Event Horizon: After Florina is kidnapped by Alexandra and most of the Jumi start leaving her Bejeweled City in fear of another attack by the Enaanshalc Empire without the aid of Florina's healing tears, she loses hope and willingly petrifies herself.
• The High Queen: Functions as this for the Bejeweled City, acting as its leader, although it eventually degenerates to God Save Us from the Queen! as her hard-headed dictatorship when dealing with the Enaanshalc Empire causes her to lose support.
• Lady and Knight: Has this dynamic with Rubens, probably moreso than the other Jumi Guardian and Knight pairings.
• The Leader: Of the Bejeweled City seen in the game, background material notes that there were other such Jumi cities and Diana herself wasn't a leader of the Jumi in the past.
• The Needs of the Many: What she ultimately believes in regarding Florina, she willingly pushes Florina to create healing tears so the Bejeweled City can fight off the Enaanshalc Empire.
• Really 700 Years Old: Although she looks like she's in her late twenties or early thirties, she's around a thousand years old.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Was this originally, it's noted that her willingness to take in all Jumi regardless of their social hierarchy helped the Bejeweled City under her leadership grow to become the largest Jumi city ever built.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: When she first founded the Bejeweled City over a thousand years ago she took in and saved many lower class Jumi which went against the traditions of the ancient Jumi who had a strict heirarchy.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She's in love with Rubens, who's a upstanding Jumi Knight.
• Taken for Granite: She turned herself to stone in a desperate bid to avoid the Jewel Thief, but Esmeralda and the player character restore her to Jumi form.
• Young and in Charge: She founded the Bejeweled City over a thousand years ago and was noted to be a young leader who was elected to become its leader, at the great displeasure of the other higher ranking Jumi leaders.

Crystalle

"The beautiful snow Faerie who guards the Garden of Icicle Flowers."

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Sotherbee/Sotheby

Voiced by: Mai Kanazawa (Anime)

"Madame Kristie's butler. He does everything perfectly, but inside he is still a little child. His nickname is "Mr. Fuddy-duddy."

• Elmer Fudd Syndrome: How he talks in the English version.
• Embarrassing Nickname: He greatly dislikes the name "Mr. Fuddy-duddy" and begs Skippy to stop calling him that, which Skippy is only too happy to ignore.
• Theme Naming: In the Japanese version, he and Kristie are named after famous auction houses.

Kristie

Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Anime)

"The owner of Geo's palace, which is also an art gallery. Deeply loves art, money, herself, and everything else."

• Theme Naming: In the Japanese version, she and Sotherbee are named after famous auction houses.

Monique

"A siren who works at Lumina's lamp shop. She sings to the spirits and asks them to light the lamps in return, then later sells the lamps."

• Sirens Are Mermaids: Averted. One of her best friends is an actual mermaid, and she's clearly of a different species.
• Winged Humanoid: This is how sirens are interpreted in the World of Mana — a half woman, half bird-like creature, resembling harpies.

Thoma

Voiced by: Kentaro Kumagai (Anime)

"A soldier belonging to the Deathbringer's army. His mind is being controlled by the Deathbringer, and he would do anything for his lord."

Thona

Voiced by: Reiou Tsuchida (Anime)

"One of Deathbringer's skeletal soldiers. His body had died, but his soul is still controlled by the Deathbringer."

Gaia (Gaeus)

"A huge face on a mountainside that is also one of the Seven Wisdoms. He always has answers to any questions."

• Animate Inanimate Object: A mountain.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Unsurprisingly, Gaius uses the earth element when he makes a cameo in Sword of Mana as a summon.
• Dub Name Change: Was called Gaia in the original Japanese text. His name was changed to the masculinzied form Gaeus for the PS1 version, then back to Gaia in the PS4 remake.

Trent

Voiced by: Chafurin

"The ancient tree that lives in the backyard at Home. He swallows seeds to produce fruits and vegetables on his branches."

• Animate Inanimate Object: A tree.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Made out of foliage.

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Akravator

• Breath Weapon - The typical draconic fire breath.

Jajara

• Breath Weapon: A beam of electricity.
• Our Dragons Are Different: He only has two legs and, perhaps more notably, is a skeleton.

Vadise

• Breath Weapon: Sleep-inducing flames.
• Dual Boss: Fights you accompanied by Sierra.
• Our Dragons Are Different: She has no wings and is covered in thick white fur instead of scales. Other than her lack of wings, her overall appearance is rather reminiscent of Flammie, and aside from her head, she also looks rather similar to Falkor, another mammalian-type dragon-beast.

Drakonis

• Big Bad: Of the Dragon arc.
• Expy: Of the Dragon Emperor from Trials of Mana.
• Gender-Blender Name: In the Japanese version he's called Tiamat. Tiamat is best known as a female dragon.

Sappho

Voiced by: Shimba Tsuchiya (Anime)

• All There in the Manual: Side material notes he was a male Jumi Guardian with a cold demeanor and was planned to appear in Polpota Harbor, he gets a proper appearance in the Teardrop Crystal anime.
• Better to Die than Be Killed: The Teardrop Crystal anime reveals that he willingly killed himself by removing his own core rather than having his core taken by Jumi hunters and endangering Basket Fish.
• Character Development: His time with Basket Fish showed him how cold he was to his Jumi Knight Marina, something he regrets.
• Crystal Ball: What his core basically is, it allows him (and anyone who has it like Basket Fish) to see into the ocean.
• The Ghost: Is referenced by Basket Fish in the game and one of the gates of the Bejeweled City is named after him, but he doesn't show up at all. However, he gets a proper appearance in the Teardrop Crystal anime.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His overall design.
• Mystical White Hair: Has white hair and the ability to see into bodies of water.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Has this dynamic with his knight Marina.
• The Stoic: Noted to have a cold demeanor and scenes from the ending sequence of the Teardrop Crystal anime show that he maintains a cool expression although this changes during his time with Basket Fish.

Marina

Voiced by: Emiri Katou (Anime)

• Canon Foreigner: Created for the Teardrop Crystal anime, although she was in the design notes as a prototype Jumi character who was planned to appear in Polpota Harbor.
• Cool Sword: She wields a blue crystal sword in battle.
• Faux Action Girl: Despite being a Jumi Knight, she is killed off-screen by an unnamed Jumi hunter while protecting Sappho. Although this is justified as supplementary material mentions that she was originally a Jumi Guardian who forced herself to assume the role of knight to protect Sappho who couldn't fight.
• Genki Girl: From what little we see of her, she appears to be an upbeat and energitic girl in contrast with Sappho.
• Making a Splash: Has some degree of water powers as seen in the opening sequence of the Teardrop Crystal anime where she surrounds her sword with water.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Has this dynamic with her guardian Sappho.

Lord of Jewels

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Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Anime)

• All There in the Manual: The Ultimania guide states that he is a Star, and that he's using the Jumi cores to evolve into his final form.
• Big Bad: Of the Jumi arc.
• Devour the Dragon: Sandra willingly sacrifices herself by ripping out her own core for him to eat and become more powerful.
• Looks Like Orlok: To an extent. His default form is basically that of an exaggeratedly short, hunchbacked humanoid with Creepy Long Fingers, bald head (having strange crystal-like protrusions instead of hair), and an ugly, grotesque-looking face, though he's more fishman than vampire.
• Ominous Pipe Organ: In his battle theme.
• Space Whale: His final battle form resembles a whale, and you fight him on an Amazing Technicolor Battlefield IN SPACE!!
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: He actually wants to save the Jumi, and believes that if he evolves into his final form he'll gain the power to create a crystal teardrop in the process. Yet he doesn't know for a fact that it will work, and he's still willing to literally threaten genocide in hopes that it does. Yet again, he believes the Jumi are doomed anyway and that speeding up the whole thing on the chance of saving them is worth it...

Deathbringer

• All There in the Manual: The history books show how major a player he is the world, he is noted to be a major player in the Jumi hunts and his Empire invaded multiple nations in the past including Larc's and Sierra's. Without that, he's just a mid-boss that gets namedropped by others in a few quests. The Teardrop Crystal anime showcases his deep involvment with the Jumi as he sends his military forces to hunt down the Jumi for their cores.
• The Cameo: Shows up briefly in two scenes of the Teardrop Crystal anime fighting Lady Blackpearl.
• Complete Immortality: Is immortal and can return even if his physical form is completely destroyed.
• Dem Bones: He's a large skeleton.
• Dragon Ascendant: Implied when he adds Jajara's tail and skull to his body in becoming Deathbringer II.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: It seems that he still holds some affection for his wife Thesenis based on the events of the Siren Arc in Echoes of Mana as he allows her to trespass in his domain without much fuss.
• Evil Overlord: He's the undead fifteenth emperor of the Enaanshalc Empire, commands an army of both living and undead soldiers, invaded multiple nations, and is a major player behind the Jumi genocide.
• Immortality Seeker: In life he sought immortality, going as far as to attack the dragons for their Mana Stones in this pursuit. Apparently his ambition impressed Jajara so much that Jajara granted his wish for immortality by turning him into an undead and into a dragoon. Based on the events of the Siren Arc in Echoes of Mana, Deathbringer regrets this now and actively seeks a way to end his immortal undead existence.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: He's called the Deathbringer and he's a hulking undead monarch who's responsible for the deaths of thousands.
• Our Liches Are Different: He is essentially a lich, the Teardrop Crystal anime and Echoes of Mana game shows that he is truly immortal and will return even if his physical form is destroyed much like a lich.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: He's only referred to as the Deathbringer, but his real name is Irzoile Enaanshalc.
• Permanently Missable Content: Deathbringer II, if you finish the Dragon questline first.
• Took a Level in Badass: In the PS4 remake, Deathbringer II's lifebar was expanded significantly and he was given some high-octane new attacks.

Mana Goddess

Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu (Anime)

• Physical Godess
• Superpowered Evil Side: She has one that's none other than the Big Bad and the reason why Fa'Diel is such a Crapsack World.

The Player Character

Shiloh voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Anime), Serafina voiced by: Saori Hayami (Anime)

• Adaptational Backstory Change: In the game, both playable characters are simply avatars with no real personality or backstory to them, save for the heavy implication that they were specifically created by the Mana goddess herself to become saviors of Fa'Diel. In Teardrop Crystal, while the same is still implied for the male hero (named Shiloh), the female heroine (named Serafina) is given a completely new backstory, having been abandoned in an alley as a baby and found and raised by Alexandre of the Jumi, which explains the antagonistic role she ends up playing in this anime adaptation.
• Adaptation Deviation: Played with. Teardrop Crystal initially presents the male hero as the sole protagonist before later introducing the heroine as a secondary lead... only to pull a plot twist and reveal her to be an antagonist in this adaptation.
• Adaptational Villainy: The female protagonist, of all people, gets this treatment in the Teardrop Crystal anime, eventually being revealed as Sandra's cohort. Named Serafina in this adaptation, she willingly aids Sandra in killing off the other Jumi and stealing their cores, albeit very reluctantly and only because Sandra promises that it's all for the greater good.
• Adaptational Wimp: The male protagonist (named Shiloh) gets hit hard by this in Teardrop Crystal, losing every fight he gets involved in from episode 1 all the way to the last. He struggles against an early game boss that should've been easy even for beginner players, and only saves the day in the finale because it isn't the result of his losing effort against Serafina that determines the story's outcome, but something else.
• An Adventurer Is You: To a degree, as what changes how your character plays is determined by the weapon and magic equipped rather than their class.
• False Friend: Serafina in the Teardrop Crystal anime. Initially presented as a kindly fellow adventurer and Geo student who befriends Esmeralda and Shiloh, she later turns out to have been in cahoots with the murderous Sandra the whole time, and betrays everyone else to help advance Sandra's plot.
• Good Is Dumb: This is the male protagonist's characterization in both manga and anime adaptations. The manga version (named Toto) is an outright idiot who keeps blundering his way through everything but somehow manages to save the day anyway due to sheer dumb luck and rare moments of insight. The anime version (named Shiloh), while nowhere as egregiously brainless as his manga counterpart, is shown to be a naïve and gullible young man who doesn't know how to pick his battles nor think things through before taking action, suffering humiliating defeats and being played for a fool time and time again as a result, although his seemingly endless optimism and altruistic drive does sometimes pay off for him.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: And you can even press the Select button to get a random name generated for you.
  • The manga adaptation gives them names: Toto for the Hero and Imu for the Heroine.
  • In Echoes of Mana as well as the Teardrop Crystal anime, the Hero was named Shiloh and the Heroine was named Serafina.
• Heroic Mime: All interaction is handled by dialogue trees except for the end of the Jumi Arc, wherein the character declares: "I'm back!" to Bud and Lisa. Subverted in the Teardrop Crystal anime, where both Shiloh and Serafina are voiced.
• Hey, You!: Their default name.
• Improbable Hairstyle: Worn by the female character, called "hair pipes" in game.
• Interspecies Adoption: In the anime, the human Serafina was adopted by the Jumi Sandra when she found her abandoned as a baby.
• It's Up to You: You are called to do everything, including creating the very world in which you adventure.
• Named by the Adaptation: The Teardrop Crystal anime names the hero "Shiloh" and the heroine "Serafina".
• Promoted to Love Interest: Of each other in Teardrop Crystal. Basically, the two protagonists went from being simple player avatars to their own characters with their own separate backstories in the anime adaptation, and they eventually meet up, start bonding, and share moments of attraction, though it never goes deeper than a few ship teases. The show does, however, end on a Maybe Ever After note by having Shiloh (the hero) take Serafina (the heroine) to his home at the conclusion of the Jumi storyline, the implication being they'll start living together.
• Purely Aesthetic Gender: The only dialogue difference is whether the player's hat or Improbable Hairstyle gets complimented.
• Related in the Adaptation: The final episode of Teardrop Crystal explains that Serafina (the game's female player character) was abandoned as a baby and found and raised by the jewel thief, Sandra. This is an original invention by the anime since in the game, Sandra is merely an Arc Villain who's never had any prior interactions with either protagonists.
• Ship Tease: There's a bit of this between Shiloh and Serafina in the Teardrop Crystal anime.