Characters / Phantasy Star III

This is the character sheet for Phantasy Star III, sorted according to the generation the characters first appear in. Spoilers are unmarked.

First Generation Characters

Rhys

Prince of Landen, and descendant of the legendary Orakio.

• Badass Normal: Like all other Orakians, he mostly relies on his strength as a swordsman.
• Going Native: Can potentially give up his lineage and become king of a Layan country.
• This Is Unforgivable!: In a moment of anger, he pledges to lead his army against the Layans to take back Maia. His father sticks him in the dungeon for being so willing to go to war, and in the end he doesn't kill a single person.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Using the Alisa III's control tower to bring its moons in closer, just so it will open up the land bridge and allow Rhys to reach the castle where Maia is held, allows the exiled generals on those moons to return a few years later. The strife they end up causing weakens the seal on Dark Force, just as the evil people of Lashute planned.

Mieu

A combat android who was created by Orakio 1,000 years ago and later serves his descendants.

• The Constant: Remains in the party as generations and protagonists come and go.
• The Medic: She is a reliable user of healing techniques.
• Ridiculously Human Robot: Looks almost completely human. Although it is noted that she never blinks.
• Robot Girl: She has the appearance of a young woman.
• Sexbot: Her bio in the character book reveals that she's also a "sexdroid" capable of performing any human functions except blinking and giving birth.
• Wolverine Claws: Her weapon of choice.

Wren

A combat and technician android who was created by Orakio 1,000 years ago and later serves his descendants.

• The Constant: Remains in the party as generations and protagonists come and go.
• The Gunslinger: His weapon of choice is various guns and cannons; they have the benefit of targetting any enemy regardless of row.
• Mage Marksman: Along with his guns, he brings melee and time techniques to the table.
• Transforming Mecha: Can change into a submarine, a skimmer, and a plane, once you find the appropriate parts for him.

Lyle

A seemingly mysterious ally who joins up with Rhys.

• Carry a Big Stick: Unlike the typical spellcaster archetype, Lyle hits very hard with his staves.
• Duel Boss: Challenges Rhys to one at one point. Interestingly, his abilities as a boss do depend on what he was equipped with as a party member.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: During the third generation, if you play as Aron or Adan, a person in Endora claims to have seen a wounded, one-eyed dragon die and fall into the sea. This implies Lyle perished fighting Siren.
• Enigmatic Minion: Introduced as a thief who gives up his stolen legendary artifact immediately, joins up with Rhys later on, reveals he's been keeping another of Rhys' allies prisoner and fights him over her, is actually the dragon Rhys was hunting, but ends up on Rhys' side till the end of his arc and beyond.
• Magic Knight: Specializes in attack techniques and hitting people with sticks.
• Really Royalty Reveal: The prince of Shusoran, and brother to Maia.
• Welcome Back, Traitor: His defection lasted the length of a single hallway and throne room.

Lena

An ally of Rhys who does whatever she can to assist his search for Maia.

• Arranged Marriage: Apparently Rhys' former fiance, according to the first arc's end. But there had been no indication that they knew each other when she breaks him out of his own castle.
• Damsel in Distress: Held "captive" (unguarded next to the castles exit) by Lyle in her second appearance. How she came to be in that position, and when Lyle had time to catch her are never explained.
• Doomed Hometown: Satera is sacked by Lune's forces no matter who you marry; only one lone guardsman is left in the ruins if you opt to visit.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: One explanation for her behavior.
• Not Good with Rejection: If Rhys marries Maia, she doesn't take the rejection well and later dies of heartbreak.
• Really Royalty Reveal: The princess of Satera, an Orakian country — something which Rhys apparently should be aware of, but that the player is told by the king of Cille.

Maia

An amnesiac woman who caught the eye of Prince Rhys, then was kidnapped by a Layan dragon on their wedding day.

• Mysterious Waif: Part of her history can be pieced together, but not all of it.
• Really Royalty Reveal: She is the princess of Cille, a Layan country.
• "Shaggy Dog" Story: If Rhys decides not to marry her after all.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: ...in which case later arcs never mention her again.

Second Generation Characters

Ayn

Son of Rhys and Maia (and is thus of mixed Orakian-Layan blood), he is sent on a mission by his father to seek the rumored peaceful land of Azura.

• Kid Hero: He undertakes his quest at the age of 15.
• Magic Knight: Of The Paladin variety. He wields healing magic in addition to swords.
• Rightful King Returns: If he chooses to marry Sari, he becomes king of Landen, taking up the throne Rhys renounced.
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: He dies at the beginning of Sean's story with the destruction of the Azure Moon, opting to go down with his people instead of evacuating with his son.

Thea

The daughter of King Lyle (which actually makes her and Ayn 3rd cousins), she is kidnapped by the androids when Shusoran was attacked.

• Childhood Friend Romance: If Ayn opts to marry her.
• Killed Offscreen: If you marry Sari and play as Crys in the Japanese game, King Ayn tells you that Siren hunted down Thea and killed her during the third generation opening.
• Precision-Guided Boomerang: The first slicer user you have access to.
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: She opts to stay behind with Ayn when the Azure Moon is destroyed.

Sari

Lena's daughter, if Rhys marries Maia. She acts as the Orakian queen of Landen and Satera.

• Parental Abandonment: Her mom died of heartbreak after being dumped by Rhys for Maia. This makes Sari angry at Ayn... until she is defeated by him, and the two join forces.
• Tomboyish Ponytail: The strongest melee fighter in the second generation, and she ties up her brunette hair this way.

Siren

An Orakian combat android seeking revenge against the Layans for banishing him to Azura.

• A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Averted. He's not malfunctioning or evil. Problem is, he's programmed to fight a war that ended 1,000 years ago, and it isn't until late in the third generation that he realizes that.
• Climax Boss: He concludes Ayn's quest, having holed up on Azura to send his mech forces out to defeat the Layans. His sole presence in Nial's son's quest is to immediately keel over and relinquish his legendary weapon.
• He Who Fights Monsters: His hatred of Laya and her descendants that lasts for 1,000 years makes him no better than the Layans themselves. Fortunately, he expresses his regret for his actions as he disintegrates on Sage Isle.

Nial

Son of Rhys and Lena (and thus keeps his pure Orakian bloodline), he is sent on a mission by his father to discover the mastermind behind the destruction of Lena's homeland, Satera.

• Badass Normal: Like Rhys, he's an adept swordsman, but cannot use techniques.

Ryan

The leader of a group of Layans who resist Lune's continuation of the Orakian-Layan War.

• Carry a Big Stick: Like Lyle, Ryan uses staves in combat.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: One of the few party members who the game completely forgets about, no matter who Nial chooses to marry, but it makes sense considering Nial managed to broker peace with Lune.

Laya('s sister)

Actually not the Laya of legend, but her little sister. Her older sister left her a thousand years ago to fight Orakio.

• Facial Markings: She has a large red bindi in the middle of her forehead; her children sport smaller ones.
• Good Parents: If Nial marries her, her one line to them before Adan and Gwyn go on their quest is wishing them well, along with a motherly note to mind their manners.
• Human Popsicle: Put in stasis by her sister as a contingency plan. If she doesn't marry the second-generation hero, she goes back into stasis; depending on circumstances, the third-generation hero may wake her back up.
• Legacy Character: Besides sharing the same name with her older sister, the younger Laya also comes equipped with her older sister's bow.

Alair

Alair was once one of the commanders of Laya's army. Orakio, however, sealed her along with her brother Lune on the satellite Dahlia in order to weaken the Layans' offensive.

• Defector from Decadence: She is one of the first characters to realize the futility of the Layans' warmongering.

Lune

The high commander of the Layan forces, he was sealed alongside his sister Alair on the satellite Dahlia by Orakio. He awakened 1,000 years later via Rhys' unsealing of the satellites.

• Climax Boss: He caps off the conclusion of Nial's quest; while he also meets with Ayn's son, Lune has mellowed out considerably by then.
• Parents as People: In Ayn's storyline, he spends Kara's formative years fighting an empty war and didn't have the time or energy to raise her as a princess. She grows up bitter and hostile toward him, instead of the sweetheart she could have been if Lune had made peace earlier.
• Precision-Guided Boomerang: His slicer is one of the legendary weapons of old.

Third Generation Characters

Adan

Son of Nial and Laya (and is thus of mixed Orakian-Layan blood), he is the prince of Landen and Satera and is also Gwyn's twin brother.

• Magic Knight: Of The Paladin variety. He wields healing magic in addition to swords.

Gwyn

Daughter of Nial and Laya (and is thus of mixed Orakian-Layan blood), she is the princess of Landen and Satera and is also Adan's twin sister.

• Tagalong Kid: She joins her brother on his quest, becoming her mother Laya's replacement in the party.

Aron

Son of Nial and Alair (and is thus of mixed Orakian-Layan blood) and cousin to Kara, he is sent by his father to investigate the incident where the Alisa III was fired at by a similar-looking spaceship.

• Magic Knight: Of The Paladin variety. He wields healing magic in addition to swords. Once his team defeats Dark Force, he also learns the Megido technique to destroy Lashute.

Kara

The daughter of Lune. Depending on how her father's Heel–Face Turn came about, she can have been raised in very different ways.

• Ancestral Weapon: She wields her father's slicer, one of the five weapons of legend.
• In Spite of a Nail: No matter who the last hero is or what kind of person Kara has become, she will be a member of the endgame party.
• Magikarp Power: The sweeter Kara understandably starts at level one, but grows quickly and has a better selection of spells.
• Precision-Guided Boomerang: Both versions of Kara fight with slicers.
• Warrior Princess: If Lune was never fought, he raised her this way as the war continued on. She's less than impressed with his lack of resolve, but is a just person at heart.

Crys

Son of Ayn and Sari (and thus has 3/4 Orakian and 1/4 Layan blood), he is the prince of Landen and Satera sent to stop Siren's rampage.

• Magic Knight: In addition to swords, he wields time magic.
• Uneven Hybrid: The character with the highest concentration of Orakian ancestry possible in the third generation.

Sean

Son of Ayn and Thea (and thus has 1/4 Orakian and 3/4 Layan blood), he and his parents lived in peace on Azure until the Alisa III opened fire on the satellite, destroying Azure and killing his parents. He starts the journey seeking answers on who killed his parents and destroyed his home.

• Magic Knight: Being 3/4ths Layan, he's the most competent in using techniques of all the available protagonists, having access to Healing, Melee and Time.
• Parental Abandonment: His parents bite the dust at the start of his story.
• Uneven Hybrid: Just one quarter shy of being a full Layan by ancestry.

Other Important Characters

Miun

Another android who looks like Mieu, she searches the deserts of Aridia looking for Orakio and his black sword.

• Early-Bird Cameo: She can be found wandering the Aridian desert long before she gains any plot relevance.
• Wolverine Claws: Her legendary weapon, Miun's Claw. She might be coerced into parting with it if she can just see Orakio's sword once more.

Rulakir

Orakio's twin brother, believed dead in the past 1,000 years.

• Dying as Yourself: When the party defeats him, he reveals that he had been under Dark Force's control.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: One that occurs surprisingly late into the game, but unless the party is really well leveled up, he can't be just beaten by selecting the auto battle option.

Orakio

Laya