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!!Historical Characters

[[folder:Theresia van Astrea]]
!!Theresia van Astrea
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinamiTakahashi (Japanese), Creator/XantheHuynh (English)
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The previous generation's Sword Saint and one of the heroes who ended the Demi-human War 40 years ago. She was Wilhelm's wife and Reinhard's grandmother.
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* ActionGirl: She was an incredible swordswoman and is known as a legendary warrior to this day.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the fifth arc, she is revived by the Witch's Cult. Wilhelm faces off with her, attempting to bring her back to rest.]]
* BadassAdorable: She's beautiful and deadly at the same time.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: Did this against Wilhelm in the past with ease, demonstrating her perfect affinity with swords.
* BigDamnHeroes: She saves Wilhelm from being killed, slaughtering countless enemies with ease in the process.
* BlessedWithSuck: While she was easily the strongest swordsman of her time, she never wanted that lifestyle, with the duty being mostly forced upon her due to her blessings and her lineage. [[spoiler:She also has a blessing that makes all wounds she inflicts impossible to heal, which is dangerous as it will even be applied to ''accidentally'' injuring someone.]]
* BornWinner: She inherited the Sword Saint blessings despite having qualms with it.
* CurbStompBattle: She does this to Wilhelm. She also ''crushed'' the Demi-humans single-handedly in the Demi-human war 40 years prior to the events of the story.
* FlowerMotifs: Yellow daisies remind her husband of her. She loved flowers and the two met while near a field of daisies.
* FlowersOfFemininity: She was a noble lady who wore flowers on her hair because she loved to admire flowers.
* GirlishPigtails: She wore her hair in twin tails in her casual attire.
* GirlyBruiser: She was so powerful with the sword that she could easily kill her opponents with a single attack. She also liked to wear pretty dresses and loved flowers more than anything.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She never wished to become the Sword Saint; she only wanted to live like a normal girl.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Before she dies for good during Arc 5, she wished that her family would reconcile, especially Wilhelm and Reinhard. Her second death broke their family further.]]
* TheLostLenore: Wilhelm hasn't gotten over her death. This is what fuels his desire for revenge against the White Whale and the reason his relationship with Reinhard is strained.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was the Sword Saint, whose blessings made her the strongest swordsman of her time.
* NiceGirl: She had an open and caring personality where she puts the concerns of others over herself. [[spoiler: In fact, prior to her death, she wished for Reinhard and Willhelm to reconcile.]]
* OneHitKill: When she inherited the Sword Saint blessing, it included the Blessing of the Death God where wounds she inflicts can be fatal.
* OneWomanArmy: Due to her Sword Saint Powers, she could easily take down an entire army by herself.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died fourteen years before the start of the main storyline and we only get to know her through her husband's flashbacks.
* RedHeadInGreen: She had her family's characteristic red hair, and wore a green and white dress.
* RedIsHeroic: She was red-haired and a heroic young woman.
* ResignedToTheCall: All she wanted to do is live like a normal girl, and yet she was given the Sword Saint's blessings, resigning her to a life of fighting.
* StockLightNovelCalamityPrincess: She isn't the heroine of the main storyline, but she fits otherwise, especially in the prequel centered around Wilhelm, where she's the love interest. She's a noblewoman with red hair in the half-up-half-down style. Having been born with the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint, she was extremely powerful, yet she yearned for a normal life.
* TomboyishPonytail: She wore a ponytail during battle.
* UptownGirl: Theresia was the daughter of the noble House Astrea, who are direct descendants of the First Sword Saint. Wilhelm is the third son of the Trias family, an old house of nobility situated in one of the Kingdom's most remote northern province. After he was able to defeat her in a swordfight, Wilhelm was accepted into the House Astrea and married Theresia.
* TheVonTropeFamily: Her family name is van Astrea.
* WaifFu: Her fighting style involved as many acrobatic flips and graceful twirls as horrendously powerful strikes.
* WorldsBestWarrior: As her generation's Sword Saint, she was known as the most powerful swordsman of her time.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler: Why she hates her powers is because she can inflict these. Even scratches made by her will not heal, making every contact with her lethal.]]
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[[folder:Kurgan]]
!!Kurgan
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A member of a race of giant multi-armed people. He was War Hero in Vollachia Empire and the strongest Knight whom Wilhelm fought 20 years ago to settle a territorial dispute. He was later killed by Regulus in one of Vollachia's trade fort cities, Garkla.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has blue skin.
* AnArmAndALeg: The result of his duel with Wilhelm left him with only two of his eight arms. Ouch.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: He is brought back as a puppet under Pandora's control along with Theaseia.]]
* {{BFS}}: Carries two twin Greatswords.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Kurgan had eight arms which are known in his race for being particularly special. [[spoiler:He ends up losing six of them in his duel with Wilhelm.]]
* RedBaron: "Kurgan of the Eight Arms".
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[[folder:Reid Astrea]]
!!Reid Astrea
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The original Sword Saint who helped seal Satella 400 years ago and the ancestor of the Astrea family lineage. He's a rough, frank, arrogant & rather lecherous person who is hard to get along with but he is not a completely bad person.
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* BarbarianLongHair: He has waist-length, messy red hair that gives him a wild look.
* DirtyOldMan: He doesn't attempt to hide his lust towards Emilia and Anastasia, even mentioning that he would've had Emilia in bed if he was still alive.
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[spoiler:As the group bartered him down to bragging that he'd beat them all without moving a step, and whilst Emilia was swinging at him close-range, he took the opportunity to fondle her chest with his chopsticks. Thanks to her sheltered upbringing and childlike mentality towards romance or the like, Emilia didn't react at all to his shameful groping and just smashed him on the head, taking Reid by surprise and making him move]].
* EyepatchOfPower: He wears an eyepatch on his right eye for literally no reason other than to look more badass.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: During a trial in Arc 6 he duels and handily beat both Julius and Anastasia with... nothing but a pair of chopsticks. He's so good he can use them like they were actual swords, complete with slashing others and even unleashing powerful [[SwordBeam flying slashes]] with them. Despite this seeming to be a self-imposed handicap, [[spoiler:when Julius manages to convince him to fight him a bit more seriously using the actual sword provided in the trial room, he finds out that Reid's strength hasn't increased or decreased from changing his weapon. Rather, Reid was so good that he was able to fight with his full strength even whilst using seemingly asinine or weaker weapons]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his rough nature and almost barbarian-like manners, there is some good in him.
* LightningBruiser: An incredible swordsman with inhuman strength & skill. Whether one comes at him with magic or martial prowess matter not, he can defeat most just the same.
* NoHeroToHisValet: While famous to most people for sealing Satella, Shaula considers him to be human trash who liked to bully people. Upon meeting the memory version of himself summoned for the trial and finding out that his mannerisms and personality were basically the exact opposite of his future descendant Reinhard, Subaru and the rest are [[BrokenPedestal forced to agree]] with her assessment.
* RedBaron: Known as the first historical Sword Saint & the 2nd strongest to exist, only surpassed by Reinhard.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler: The memory version of himself summoned for the second trial of the Pleiades Watchtower gets eaten by Roy Alphard. However, instead of Roy being able to possess Reid's abilities, Reid ends up possessing him and essentially resurrects himself from the dead, in this state no longer being restricted to the trial room and able to interfere in other locations around the watchtower, which causes Subaru's death in several loops due to him appearing unexpectedly and still prioritising fighting them for his own reasons/amusement.]]
* UselessAccessory: It should be noted that there is nothing wrong with his right eye; he just wears an eyepatch as a handicap to avoid easily defeating his opponents ''too'' quickly.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He only wears one sleeve of his kimono to reveal his muscular chest.
* WorldsStrongestMan: In his time he reached the peak state of swordsmanship & martial arts known as "Heavenly Sword" which was his other title. [[spoiler:Upon technically defeating him in the trial by successfully landing a blow on him with his strongest move (though a greater reason what that Reid's possession to Roy's body was unstable and came undone after a while due to his immense power being too much for Roy to contain) Julius expresses interest in his unique opportunity to have a serious duel with Reinhard, the present Sword Saint, having crossed blades with the man who invented the title]].
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[[folder:Flugel]]
!!Flugel
The Great Sage who helped seal Satella 400 years ago along with the Dragon and Sword Saint.
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* LegendFadesToMyth: He was one of the people who sealed away Satella, but is only remembered by the tree he planted after the credit goes to Shaula.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler: Implied to be from Subaru's world based on the trials he left that require information only available on Earth.]]
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[[folder:Volcanica]]
!!Volcanica
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The dragon who helped seal Satella 400 years ago with Reid, Flugel & Shaula.
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* DragonsAreDivine: Volcania is an extremely powerful dragon. He's deified in Luguinca as the country's guardian deity who has bestowed blessings on the land and gifts to its people that has brought the nation prosperity for centuries. The decline of the royal family statesmanship for several generations has lead people to look to him as the true ruler of Luginica. His very presence can instinctively compel others to kneel before him.
* HealItWithBlood: His blood has powerful restorative properties that can create miracles, like curing famine or breaking powerful curses and magic afflictions.
* LivingLegend: To the citizens of Lugunica for sealing away Satella and establishing the covenant with Farsale Lugunica which has protected and supported the kingdom until the death of the royal bloodline.
* RedBaron: "The Divine Dragon"
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[[folder:Shaula]]
!!Shaula
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The disciple of Flugel as well as the Sage. She was a key figure in sealing away Satella 400 years ago.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: Shaula has a built-in program that forces her to maintain the rules of the Pleiades Watchtower even if it would be detrimental to her own interests and those of her friends.]]
* TheAloner: Guarded the Pleiades Watchtower for 400 years, with her only interaction being the Witch Cult members that she has to kill every so often.
* AncientKeeper: She watches over the Pleiades Watchtower and maintains the trial there.
* {{Animorphism}}: Any time a rule of the tower is broken, Shaula can transform herself into a colossal scorpion.
* BraidsOfAction: She ties her hair back in a braid. It's meant to resemble a scorpion tail.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite acting as frivolous as Subaru, Shaula holds the answers to many ancient mysteries.
* CannotTellALie: She cannot tell a lie, but that won't stop her from keeping certain pieces of information to herself.
* CharacterTics: She tends to talk using a lot of modern words. She is noted to talk and pose similarly to Subaru.
* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:Turns out Flugel had left all his accomplishments and his title to her while he disappeared somewhere, leaving scant traces of his own existence.]]
* GirlyBruiser: She has incredible physical strength despite her looks. At one point in Arc 6, she carried a Dragon Carriage and its Land Dragon down to the 6th floor of the Pleiades Watchtower for storage.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: After turning into her scorpion form, Shaula can't even kill herself to stop rule breakers even if she wants to.]]
* MagicLibrarian: Shaula is the caretaker of Flugel's library.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Though she won't tell a lie, she won't give the whole truth. This can be seen how she doesn't explain that there are actually [[spoiler: 5 rules for the Pleiades Watchtower.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: She's constantly hugging (or attempting to) Subaru almost anytime she sees him. Even tries to steal a kiss from him during his [[spoiler: amnesiac episode]].
* ScaryScorpions: In her scorpion form, she can fire stingers at people with tremendous speed, as well as giving her the ability to attack people with her pincers. In addition, she can detach her tail and use it as a detonator device.
* SpaceMaster: Shaula has shown the ability to manipulate space such as when she sent Subaru and his group to separate locations by distorting space.
* StellarName: Shaula, also known as Lambda Scorpii, is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation Scorpius.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: She goes around wearing a black bikini top and mini shorts.
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* BornWinner: As she inherited the Sword Saint blessings despite having qualms with it.

* TheLostLenore: Her husband hasn't gotten over her death. [[spoiler:This is what fuels his desire for revenge against the White Whale and the reason his relationship with Reinhard is strained.]]

* DirtyOldMan: He doesn't attempt to hide his lust towards Emilia and Anastasia, even mentioning that he would've had Emilia in bed if he was still alive. [[spoiler:This is actually what allows Emilia to pass his trial, as the group bartered him down to bragging that he'd beat them all without moving a step, and whilst Emilia was swinging at him close-range, he took the opportunity to fondle her chest with his chopsticks. Thanks to her sheltered upbringing and childlike mentality towards romance or the like, Emilia didn't react at all to his shameful groping and just smashed him on the head, taking Reid by surprise and making him move]].

* RoseHairedSweetie: Red-haired, and a sweet young woman.

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* DragonsAreDivine: Volcania is an extremely powerful dragon. He's deified in Luguinca as the country's guardian deity who has bestowed blessings on the land and gifts to its people that has brought the nation prosperity for centuries. The decline of the royal family statesmanship for several generations has lead people to look to him as the true ruler of Luginica. His very presence can instinctively compel others to kneel before him and his blood has powerful restorative properties that can create miracles like curing famine or breaking powerful curses and magic afflictions.

* DirtyOldMan: He doesn't attempt to hide his lust towards Emilia and Anastasia, even mentioning that he would've had Emilia in bed if he was still alive.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: During a trial in Arc 6 he duels and handily beat both Julius and Anastasia with... nothing but a pair of chopsticks.

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* BareYourMidriff: She wears a bikini top and shorts, leaving her midsection exposed.

* DirtyOldMan: Doesn't attempt to hide it towards Emilia and Anastasia.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one on his right eye. It should be noted that there is nothing wrong with his right eye, he just wears it as a handicap to avoid easily defeating his opponents ''too'' quickly.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his rough nature and almost barbarian like manner there is some good in him.

* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one on his right eye. It should be noted that there is nothing wrong with his right eye.

* NoHeroToHisValet: While famous to most people for sealing Satella, Shaula considers him to be human trash who liked to bully people.

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler: Gets eaten by Roy Alphard. However, instead of Roy being able to possess Reid's abilities, Reid ends up possessing him and essentially resurrects himself from the dead.]]
* WorldsStrongestMan: In his time he reached the peak state of swordsmanship & martial arts known as "Heavenly Sword" which was his other title.

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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: After turning into her scorpion form, Shaula can't even kill herself to stop rule breakers even if she wanted to.]]

* ScaryScorpions: Any time a rule of the tower is broken, Shaula can transform herself into a colossal scorpion. In this form, she can fire stingers at people with tremendous speed, as well as giving her the ability to attack people with her pincers. In addition, she can detach her tail and use it as a detonator device.

* WalkingSwimsuitScene: She goes around wearing a black bikini top.

* RapunzelHair: Long red hair that reached down her hips.

* RapunzelHair: Her braid reaches past her back.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: She wears hot pants.