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Valkyries
In General
A group of thirteen demigoddess sisters that are charged in the guidance of souls. Under the command of Brunhilde, they support the human fighters by making a pact known as Volund, which turns them into sacred weapons for the human champions to use in Ragnarok.
- Action Girl: They take a supporting role in the battles of Ragnarok, but the series implies that they can still hold their own in a fight.
- Amazon Brigade: As valkyries (a group composed only by female deities in mythology), every single one of them is a woman.
- Anyone Can Die: Since they are connected to the soul of the human warrior to which they performed the Volund ritual, they will also die if so does their human partner.
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: While is implied they suffer the same pain as their human partner (since their souls are bonded), as the human warriors are the ones who get in the action, the Valkyries suffer little to no injuries during the matches, and if one of them dies, she usually does it as a spirit showing little damage from the fight. Even the one case where a Valkyrie was shown to receive some injuries (Randgriz during the first fight), it was only a few bruises, while her partner lost both of his arms, broke his legs, and was decapitated gruesomely.
- Empathic Weapon: The Volund ritual allows them to become the preferred weapon of the human to which they performed the Volund with, giving them their abilities and indirectly helping them in the battle.
- Equippable Ally: They become the weapons of the Einherjar thanks to the Volund ritual, also giving their partner the capacity to harm and kill gods. So far they have turned into:
- A Chinese halberd for Lü Bu (Randgriz).
- A knuckle duster for Adam (Reginleif).
- A Japanese sword for Kojiro (Hrist).
- A pair of gloves for Jack (Hlökk).
- A set of body tattoos for Raiden (Þrúðr).
- A set of shoulder plates for Qin (Alvitr).
- A mechanical armor for Tesla (Gondul)
- A Spartan round shield for Leonidas (Geirölul).
- Flight: One of them appears flying in the scene where Brunhilde summons them to assist the human warriors in the tournament. Later, Hlökk retires from the battlefield by flying after Jack wins his round.
- Living Weapon: They become these as Völundr for their respective Einherjar by linking their souls together. While powerful, these weapons have the drawback of injuring, or potentially even killing, the Valkyrie whenever the weapon is damaged.
- Magic Enhancement: Human weapons are unable to damage the Gods, so when the Valkyries turn into Volunds, they give the weapon they turn into the power to hurt or even kill deities, allowing the human fighters to fight equally against their divine adversaries.
- Meaningful Name: Most of them have their names taken from the Grímnismál of the Poetic Edda, which provides the names of 13 different Valkyries in Norse mythology. The only exceptions are Brunhilde herself (but she's likely taking the place of Hildr as their names are essentially the same, "armor battle" and "battle", respectively), Gondul, and Alvitr, (the names of these two come from a completely different source). All of the Valkyries so far have also had names that relate to either their partner or Volund form in some way.
- Minor Major Character: Though they do have an important role in the narrative as the ones allowing humans to harm the gods, in most cases, they don't receive much characterization and maintain a supporting role for the most part.
- Semi-Divine: They're only half-human after all.
- Synchronization: Once the Volund pact is made, their lives are now bound to the ones of the Einherjar they performed the pact with, so if their partner dies, so will they.
- Undying Loyalty: All of them profess great respect towards their eldest sister Brunhilde, to the point that they are willing to risk their lives for her goal to save humankind, even if that means dying forever. The only one of them so far who refused to aid Brunhilde is Hlökk, and it was due to being partnered with a depraved serial killer rather than for disliking Brunhilde herself.
- Valkyries: In this version, they are 13 sisters led by Brunhilde (the oldest of them all) that are able to turn into divine weapons by performing a ritual called Volund with human warriors, connecting the souls of both and allowing them to use their abilities. The part where they guide the souls of the best warriors known to mankind is kept too.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Since the Einherjar are the ones who receive the focus in the narrative, the Valkyries that end up dying don't tend to be fleshed out much.
Main Valkyries
The two main characters of the series. Brunhilde
Brunhilde
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Laura Post (English), María Fernanda Morales (Latin American Spanish), Blanca Hualde (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Haruna Iikubo (stage)
"The relationship that humans have with the Valkyrie goes deeper than the ones they have with the Gods. How can we forsake them?"
The oldest of the 13 Valkyrie sisters and the only divinity who stood in favor of the humans when the Gods unanimously voted to wipe them out. Using the pride of the Gods as a way to organize a tournament known as Ragnarok (who will pit 13 humans and 13 Gods against each other in individual battles to the death that will decide the fate of humankind), she is the main ally of mankind through the course of the story.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Downplayed, as she's quite pretty in the manga, but since the anime tones down her more wacky and deranged facial reactions to the events of the tournament, she ends looking more conventionally attractive there.
- Anti-Hero: Despite being firmly on the side of humankind, she will do anything to ensure they win the tournament against the Gods without thinking twice, be it either turning her sisters into weapons for the human champions to use in their respective fights (knowing that they will die along with their bearers if these are killed), summoning an infamous Serial Killer such as Jack the Ripper to represent the humans (and pitting him against Heracles, the most benign of the warriors representing the Gods) or forcing her younger sister Hlökk to become a Volund for Jack.
- Big Good: She is the one responsible for the Gods giving humanity a chance and is dedicated to saving them at all costs.
- Due to the Dead: Has a shrine dedicated to the fallen combatants of Ragnarök. Originally it seemed to (understandably) be limited to the humans and Heracles, but later on it's shown that she has included the fallen gods as well, with the exception of Hajun.
- Goblin Face: Especially prevalent during the first four rounds of the manga. As beautiful as she normally is, her face can contort into hideous, over the top expressions when she’s especially displeased or excited, bordering on Nightmare Face.
- Gold and White Are Divine: The most famous Valkyrie of them all, who wears primarily a white dress with golden ornaments, along with what looks to be a golden hairpin with the shape of a wing in the left side of her head.
- Good Is Not Nice: Despite being on the side of humankind, she's willing to resort to every kind of methods to ensure the victory of the human warriors and is not above sacrificing those dear to her if that means that humans will end victorious in Ragnarok, such as letting Jack make Hlökk his Volund without her consent or using a dirty fighter like Jack to fight against Heracles (an honorable and just warrior), which ended with Heracles's death.
- Gratuitous English: Just after Lü Bu breaks one of Thor's Jarngreipr (showing the power of Volund), she says in English that "It's party time".
- Guile Hero: Despite being a Valkyrie (implying that she knows how to fight), she doesn't participate in the tournament and leaves the human warriors to do the heavy job, using instead her wits to develop strategies able to defeat the Gods (even if they are underhanded).
- Humans Are Special: According to her, the bonds between humans and Valkyries are closer than the ones they have with the Gods, so she believes in their potential and skill to stand out against the strength of the Gods. Unfortunately, those potential and skills also include "malice", the thing that she believes is greater in humans than in the Gods.
- Jabba Table Manners: After the end of the second round of Ragnarok, when Göll and Hrist come to visit her, she's shown to eat some pies in a completely messy and unladylike way, eating the pies directly with her hands, shamelessly stuffing her mouth, talking with her mouth full and leaving half-eaten pieces of food all around the table.
- Lady of War: Massively subverted. She at first appears as the typical archetype (although not a fully action-oriented one), being calm, calculative, graceful, and dignified. However, as the manga advances, she's shown to be rude, extremely vulgar, has a terrible violent side when she gets frustrated, and expresses all kinds of behaviors that destroy everything the trope represents.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: While she can be vulgar at times, normally she does it in the form of bombastic and strange insults or dirty expressions. However, once she's frustrated or truly angry, she will leave aside all the formalities and will become incredibly foul-mouthed, not having any repair to insult and blaspheme.
- Nightmare Face: For such a beautiful woman, you wouldn't believe how much she's able to distort her face into horrible and disturbing expressions, be either from anger or excitement (usually in the shape of a Slasher Smile). The anime adaptation averts this, as her facial expressions (contrast to the male cast) are massively more subdued.
- Not Herself: According to Göll, Brunhilde is usually a kind and helpful older sister, however, the huge stakes of Ragnarok and the many losses they have to suffer through the run of the tournament are taking a toll on her, which is why she's behaving so differently from her normal self during the manga.
- Odd Name Out: Along with Gondul and Alvitr, she's the other one valkyrie whose name doesn't come from the Grímnismál. Her name comes instead from the Völsunga saga, an epic poem from the XIII century.
- Oh, Crap!: Has a massive one when she realizes that the God who is going to fight against Adam is not Shiva, but Zeus himself, effectively ruining her plans.
- Precision F-Strike: She's normally relatively well-mannered, but if she starts to get frustrated, she will start to curse for real. It goes downhill from that point on...
- The Protagonist: While the human warriors are the ones who get the fun and fight against the Gods, Brunhilde is the primary character we follow through the manga, and her efforts to avoid humanity's extermination is what drives the main plot of the series, while the human warriors are left behind after their respective battle ends (be it either because they died or because they retired victoriously from the fight).
- Post-Stress Overeating: Following the defeat of Adam (her trump card), she goes to her room and starts to furiously binge eat some pies (made of salmiakki, a candy from Northern Europe that is considered the worst tasting candy of the world) she made to relieve some stress after losing her best option against the Gods, as she curses Zeus for killing her best fighter.
- Secretly Selfish: Potentially. It is revealed in Chapter 77 that Brunhilde's lover, Siegfried, is not only alive but imprisoned in Tartarus. When Buddha asks her about him, she makes it a point to emphasize that she and him are still together and shuts down any further attempts at discussion, raising questions on whether she started Ragnarök for completely altruistic reasons or for a personal vendetta. Though, her respect for Humanity's champions and her subsequent sadness over their deaths and her sisters' seems genuine enough.
- Sibling Murder: Indirectly. Brunhilde has her fellow sisters become Völunds for the human combatants, and if they lose a battle, they're sacrificed for good alongside their partner and won't come back alive. This means for each battle lost, she effectively also sent one of her sisters to their deaths.
- Signature Headgear: She wears a wing-shaped golden hairpin on the left side of her head.
- Sophisticated as Hell: She's prone to some colorful and detailed insults, which stands in contrast to her usually composed demeanor.
- Stronger Than They Look: She looks like a normal human woman, but is able to hold the bigger and heavier Raiden with a single hand without struggling one bit.
- Tears of Joy: Buddha forming a Volund with Zerofuku that is powered up by compassion rather than misery moves her so much she begins to shed tears out of sheer happiness. Coupled with Inelegant Blubbering too.
- Trademark Favorite Food: She seems to enjoy pies made of salmiakki (despite Göll noticing that they taste awful).
- The Unfettered: She will do anything to ensure that humanity stands a chance against the Gods, even if this means potentially indirectly killing multiple of her sisters by turning them into Volunds and working with the infamous Serial Killer Jack the Ripper.
Göll
Göll
Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese), Anairis Quiñones (English), Erika Ugalde (Latin American Spanish), Alicia Valadés (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Marina Tanoue (stage)
The thirteenth and youngest of the Valkyrie sisters. Easy to intimidate and pessimistic by nature, she acts as the co-protagonist of the series, staying by the side of Brunhilde.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: In the manga, her jacket is colored as green, while the shirt she wears is white
◊. The anime instead depicts the jacket as orange and the shirt as yellow. - Anachronism Stew: Her clothing is decidedly modern, unlike the other Valkyries who wear more appropriate elegant medieval fantasy dresses.
- The Baby of the Bunch: She's the youngest out of her twelve sisters, also being the most emotional of them all and the one who tends to cry the most.
- Big Sister Worship: She looks up to her older sisters, feeling a great deal of admiration towards them (especially to Brunhilde). However, giving Brunhilde's questionable methods to win Ragnarok, part of that admiration is starting to break, though she still supports her sister regardless.
- The Cynic: Usually always assume the worst outcome, and it's not unjustified considering their predicament.
- Deuteragonist: While her oldest sister Brunhilde is the protagonist, Göll is the second main character, usually entering in conflict with her sister due to her ruthless methods to win the tournament.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her left leg presents black tights, while her right leg is not covered by any piece of clothing.
- Foil: Amusingly, to Ares, the gods' designated ignoramus for other characters to explain things to. But while Ares is a huge shirtless muscle man who nonetheless tends to get trounced a lot, Göll is small and cute enough that others tend to protect her. And while both of them ultimately wear their hearts on their sleeves, Göll is pretty open about being an over-emotional crybaby while Ares tries to hide it.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Her name was mistakenly translated as "Geir" in early fan translations before being officially established as "Göll". The kana used for her name (ゲル) are romanized as ge ru, which is similar to Geir, so it's easy to see where the mistake comes from. This distinction is crucial since both Geirölul and Göll are separate Valkyries named within the Poetic Edda, and the names of the Valkyries are quite important in this series, with Geirölul indeed appearing later on in Round 9. However, the official English subtitles for the first trailer of the anime adaptation gave her name as "Geir" once again due to the same translation error.
- Locked Out of the Loop: The only one of the Valkyries to have not known the full details of Brunhilde's plans.
- Nervous Wreck: Is constantly breaking down emotionally when things aren't in their favor.
- Signature Headgear: Just like Brunhilde, she wears a wing-shaped golden hairpin in the left side of her head, though hers is smaller than the one of her sister.
- The Watson: She generally serves as an Audience Surrogate for Brunhilde to explain the intricacies of the fighters' abilities or the strategies of the human side of Ragnarok to.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gives these a lot whenever she discovers Brunhilde's willingness of using unsavory methods to win the tournament.
Other Valkyries
The remaining eleven Valkyries (from the second to the twelfth). They act as the weapon of the Einherjar by performing with them the Volund ritual. Randgriz
Randgriz
Voiced by: Aya Kawakami (Japanese), Kayleigh McKee (English), Gaby Ugarte (Latin American Spanish), Elena Palacios (European Spanish)
The fourth Valkyrie sister. Acts as Lü Bu's Volund during the first fight of Ragnarok. She has a calm and peaceful demeanor and is fully loyal to her oldest sister.
- Armor-Piercing Attack: The main ability she grants to the weapon she turns into is the one to break any defense created. It is strong enough to break the Járngreipr of Thor (that are said to be able to stand any attack imaginable).
- Deader than Dead: Since her soul was connected to Lü Bu's one as a result of becoming his Volund, she also ceases to exist after he dies.
- Lady of War: Unlike her older sister Brunhilde (who at first sight looks like it but in truth is actually the opposite), she plays this straight. She's ladylike, graceful, and elegant, and, though she doesn't fight directly, she aids Lü Bu in his battle and even takes the shape of a polearm (a weapon that is often associated with femininity) when she becomes a Volund.
- Meaningful Name: Randgriz can translate to "Shield Breaker", which is suitable considering her Volund form's ability to pierce any defense.
- Sacrificial Lion: Just like her partner Lü Bu, her death serves to show the magnitude of Ragnarok, and that defeating the Gods is not going to be an easy task.
- Perpetual Smiler: She always has a sweet and calm smile on her face. Noticeably, the only time she's not seen smiling is when she dies after being defeated by Thor along with her partner Lü Bu.
- Proper Lady: She's presented as a polite and well-mannered woman, completely loyal to her older sister.
Reginleif
Reginleif
Voiced by: Rina Kawaguchi (Japanese), Artemis Snow (English), Amanda Hinojosa (Latin American Spanish), Laura Barriga (European Spanish)
The seventh Valkyrie sister. Acts as Adam's Volund during the second fight of Ragnarok. A serious young woman who was Göll's tutor in the past.
- Deader than Dead: Since her soul was connected to Adam's one as a result of becoming his Volund, she also ceases to exist after he dies.
- Dynamic Entry: Unlike other of her sisters, she doesn't perform the Volund with her partner before the fight. Instead, she appears riding a flying horse and jumps from it to Adam's side, where both of them fulfill the ritual.
- Forehead of Doom: Possesses an ample one that even shines.
- Go Out with a Smile: As she dies and disintegrates into nothing along with Adam, she sweetly smiles to him while reaching to his hand before dying, as a way to show her respect to him.
- Meaningful Name: Reginleif translates to "Daughter of the Gods", which partners well with Adam's status as the first man created by the gods. Her name can also mean "Power Trace", referencing Adam's Eyes of the Lord ability.
- Power Fist: When acting as Adam's Volund, she takes the form of a single knuckle duster, taking by surprise the spectators from both sides. Adam ends delighted with this.
- Sacrificial Lion: Just like her partner Adam, her death serves to show that if a Volund's wielder die, they'll also perish as well.
- Sistine Steal: The scene where she becomes Adam's Volund is an obvious reference to The Creation of Adam, one of Michelangelo Buonarroti's (who is also one of the spectators of the audience) Sistine Chapel pieces.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Gets dressed as a scholar and is the one who educated Göll in the past. To show this, she's also the only one of the Valkyries shown wearing glasses.
- Stern Teacher: Was one for Göll in the past. In a flashback, she's seen punishing her little sister by hitting her with a book, but also congratulating her affectionately after she resolves her homework right.
- Throw the Book at Them: When Göll remembers all the time she spent with her shortly after her death, in one of the flashbacks she appears in a library hitting Göll with a book in annoyance for reasons unknown.
- The Unreveal: Despite Brunhilde saying she's the Valkyrie who fits Adam the most, her special ability is never revealed at any point of the second battle, with Adam doing most of the fight and no mention of her capabilities being made through it, leaving ambiguous how big her involvement in the fight was. With her death alongside Adam at the end of the match, is likely we'll never receive an answer unless an external source reveals it.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She receives next to zero characterization or dialogue before her death.
Hrist
Hrist
Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi (Japanese), Mela Lee (English), Gabriela Ortiz (Latin American Spanish), Inmaculada Gallego (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Himeka Araya (stage)
Hrist, Trembling in Fear
Click here to see her "Trembling in Anger"
The second Valkyrie sister. Acts as Kojiro's Volund during the third fight of Ragnarok. Has a double personality: one being restful and quiet, the other being wrathful and hot-blooded.
- Bifurcated Weapon: Her special ability as a Volund is the capacity of dividing herself into two weapons representing both of her personalities. Since Kojiro's main weapon in his fight is a Japanese sword, she splits into two different swords when Poseidon breaks it, allowing Kojiro to dual wield them.
- Braids of Action: Sports a single braid and, though she doesn't personally partake into any kind of fight, she aids Kojiro in his battle. A good way to see what personality is in control is to check the direction where the braid is situated (right for the fear part; left for the anger part).
- Coat Cape: Wears her military coat like this.
- The Dreaded: Played for Laughs. Göll is very terrified of her unstable, angry personality, even stating it's more terrifying than Brunhilde (who seconds ago threatened her with removing her head if she didn't shut up).
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Her hair covers one of her eyes. This also helps to distinguish which personality is in control, as depending on this, it will cover one eye or the other. If the right eye is the one covered, it will be the "fear" personality, if it is the left one, the one in control will be the "anger" personality.
- Katanas Are Just Better: As the Volund of Kojiro, she adopts the shape of a long, Japanese sword (his predilect weapon), that proves to be effective thanks to Kojiro's skills. Thanks to her special ability, she's able to split into two Japanese swords if broken.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: In contrast with her mild-mannered other half, the "anger" personality is very foul-mouthed, being unable to articulate a phrase without saying profanities.
- Meaningful Name: Hrist can be translated as either "the Trembling One" or "the Thundering One", referring to her split personalities that both tremble with either fear or anger.
- Mood-Swinger: Because her Split Personality, she's always changing between her fear side and her anger side without any warning. An example is during her debut, where she sweetly comforts Göll after the death of Reginleif, then almost accidentally strangles her with her arms when she gets furious at the Gods for killing her kind without feeling remorse.
- Motherly Side Plait: Wears her braid on her shoulder and is a kind and sympathetic soul (at least when she's in her "fear" mode; her "anger" mode is a different story...)
- Only Sane Man: In a later contest, she laments being surrounded by battle-loving maniacs while watching the match with Kojirou, Okita, and Kodou, all of whom wish they could fight the other competitors.
- Split Personality: Has two different personalities that symbolize fear and anger. The "fear" part is shown as calm, melancholic, and mother-like, while the "anger" part is portrayed as violent, quick to anger, and foul-mouthed.
- Split-Personality Makeover: In the anime, apart of the differences present in the manga, what aspect of her two personalities Hrist is displaying at the moment can be identified for her eye color (green while trembling in fear and yellow while trembling in anger). Additionally, Hrist trembling in fear is given big, droopy eyes, while the ones of Hrist trembling in anger are sharper and narrower.
- Statuesque Stunner: She is almost as tall as Kojiro himself (already a fairly tall man), and is a beautiful, curvy woman.
- Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: While a heroic character, the violent and savage angry personality of Hrist is given yellow eyes to differentiate herself from the other mellow personality.
Hlökk
Hlökk
Voiced by: Honoka Inoue (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
The eleventh Valkyrie sister. Acts as Jack the Ripper's Volund during the fourth fight of Ragnarok. Very girly and childish, has a bratty personality.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: More or less. Since she didn't want to become Jack's Volund (as the idea of becoming the weapon of a serial killer disgusted her), Jack forced her to perform the Volund ritual, ending with her in a coma state, while Jack can use the full extent of her abilities.
- Bratty Half-Pint: The short time she's featured on screen, she's portrayed as bratty, hot-tempered, and uncooperative (though the reason why she behaves like that is understandable).
- Covered in Gunge: Since she became Jack's gloves, she returns to her human form utterly coated in the blood they were soaked with by the end of his fight with Heracles, which she's quick to complain about.
- Cute Little Fangs: Sports two of them, keeping with her cutesy style respecting her other sisters.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: Gives this image, with her fancy dark dress, pigtails, and headband.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Despite getting off on the wrong foot with Jack, she's shown eating sweets and drinking tea with him as they watch Qin Shi Huang and Hades's match together, showing that their bond did ultimately extend beyond its questionable starting place.
- Girlish Pigtails: Matched with her childish personality, she wears her hair into two small pigtails.
- Hidden Depths: She's stronger than she looks mentally, seeing as after Jack's victory, she takes being made a Volund against her will fairly well. She also manages to see Jack's dissatisfaction and sadness despite winning the battle and even calls him out on it.
- Jerkass Has a Point: A Bratty Half-Pint she may be, but Hlökk is understandably against partnering up with a depraved serial killer, even if it's her elder sister asking her. Too bad Brunhilde is willing to go into the moral gray areas in order to win the tournament.
- The Magic Touch: Though her true abilities are questioned through the fight of Jack against Heracles, it turns out that the main ability she gives to the weapon she turns into consists in turning whatever her partner touches into divine weapons able to slay supernatural beings such as Gods.
- Meaningful Name: Her name means "the Unsettled One", which is suitable for her fearful reluctance towards working with the notoriously evil Jack. It also plays into her Volund ability to create divine weapons out of mundane objects, as the opponent would become uncertain of what could be a deadly weapon.
- Older Than He Looks: She looks younger than Göll (and acts more immaturely), despite being slightly older than her. Also, being a divine being, it's probable that she's hundred years old despite looking like a little girl.
- Secret-Keeper: Implied. Considering Jack's real identity in his spinoff, she's all but explicitly privy to it after becoming his Volund.
- Tricked-Out Gloves: Though Jack lies multiple times in his fight about what his Volund truly is, it's eventually revealed that the true one are the gloves he's wearing, which is what allows him to use Hlökk's power.
- Tsundere: Eventually towards Jack. Even though she at first refused to become his Volund, by the time his battle ends, despite still talking to him harshly, she shows care for him and tells Jack to treat his injuries in the infirmary. They're eventually shown enjoying tea and cakes together as they watch a later match.
- Walking Spoiler: As the ability of Jack’s Volund isn’t revealed until the last stage of the fight and the circumstances behind their Volund pact aren’t made known until that, knowing about her can ruin the reveal.
Þrúðr
Þrúðr
Voiced by: Akira Miki (Japanese), Marin M. Miller (English)
The third Valkyrie sister. Acts as Raiden Tameemon's Volund during the fifth fight of Ragnarok. Despite her huge and intimidating appearance, she's actually quite shy and pure in what refers to love.
- Amazonian Beauty: She doesn't considers herself to be one, instead thinking that people will react to her with the less attractive version of the trope, but Raiden ends developing a very different opinion about her physique.
- The Big Girl: Is this among her sisters. She's not only insanely tall (being taller than Raiden, who is himself a very big man taller than the likes of Shiva, and being able to hold Hlökk with a single hand), but she's also VERY muscular too.
- Big Little Sister: She's younger than Brunhilde and Hrist, but easily towers over them... and over nearly everyone else in the cast.
- Braids of Action: Like Hrist, she also wears her hair combed into a single braid.
- Brawn Hilda: Compared to her more conventionally attractive sisters, she's tall and insanely muscular. Bonus point for being a deity from the Norse mythology and having her hair braided and light-colored. In an unusual example of this trope, this doesn't stop Raiden from liking her, if anything, it makes him like her more.
- Deader than Dead: Since her soul was connected to Raiden's one as a result of becoming his Volund, she also ceases to exist after he dies.
- Expressive Hair: Her braid takes the shape of a heart after she falls for Raiden's fancy words when he tells her that he genuinely likes big girls and is not joking when he said he was attracted to her.
- Meaningful Name: Þrúðr translates as "the Strong One", suitable for the largest and strongest of the Valkyries. It also references her Volund form's ability to control the overflowing muscle mass of Raiden.
- No Guy Wants an Amazon: In her debut scene she tries to test Raiden by asking him if he finds her freaky due her abnormal musculature and huge proportions, but to her surprise, Raiden ends actually liking her a lot more than what she expected.
- Power Tattoo: Her Volund form visually manifests as the red markings that cover Raiden's body, acting as regulators to control his incredible strength and muscle mass. This prevents him from being crushed by his own muscles after releasing his personal seals and allows him to fight freely with his full strength.
- Together in Death: When the fight has been decided and Raiden concedes defeat, he tells Þrúðr to undo the Volund ritual so that she may continue living, but she refuses, saying that she would never leave the side of the man she fell in love with.
Alvitr
Alvitr
The tenth Valkyrie sister. Acts as Qin Shi Huang's Volund during the seventh fight of Ragnarok. Though she dislikes Qin's personality at first, she eventually falls to his charms and becomes his Volund.
- Ambiguously Related: Played with. The Valkyries are all sisters, but Alvitr looks exactly like Hlokk except for her hairstyle and hair color, sharing similar clothes and wearing the same tiara. She even comes before her in the valkyrie order. All of this heavily implies she's the older twin of Hlokk, but nothing has been confirmed so far.
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Downplayed, which is notable amongst her sisters playing it straight. When Qin gets a chunk torn out of his shoulder by Hades, the resulting damage is reflected by a cracked gouge in Alvitr's shoulder as well due to the Volund link, though no blood comes out as a result... at first. Once she releases the Volund upon Qin's victory, she's riddled with cuts and bruises and the shoulder wound bleeds as it should, but she's still otherwise whole and nowhere close to Qin's battered state, considering his entire left arm was ripped off.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: She's the valkyrie who has to put up with Qin's irresponsible and eccentric behaviour, so she ends greatly exasperated dealing with the antics of the emperor, including Qin not bothering with practicing their Volund or waiting for him for ages for his presentation in the arena.
- Cute Little Fangs: Just like Hlokk, she sports two small but noticeable fangs fitting her cute looks and her irritated personality.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: Like Hlokk, she gives this image thanks to her clothes and accesories. She adds a bit more of black thanks to her stockings.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her right leg is fully covered by a stocking, while she wears a stocking of a lesser size on her left one that only covers from a point a bit after her knee onwards. Additionally, the stocking on her left possesses a white circle the right one lacks.
- Instant Armor: Her Volund form is a set of shoulder armor called the Almighty Spaulders.
- Meaningful Name: One of the translations of her name is "Host Guard", which is appropriate as she transforms into a set of armor that maximizes Qin's defensive capabilities. Additionally, "Host" is a synonym of army which fits with Qin's martial arts moves being named after Chinese weapons.
- Odd Name Out: Along with Brunhilde and Gondul, she's the other one valkyrie whose name doesn't comes from the Grímnismál. Her name comes instead from another ancient Norse poem called Völundarkviða.
- Tsundere: She at first acts like she hates Qin and doesn't want anything to do with him, but all it takes for Qin to convince her is to act gentlemanly. Alvitr performs Volund with him instantly due to falling in love with the emperor. She remains somewhat naggy after the fight is over, but instantly shifts to fear and concern when Qin outright collapses from his injuries, despite sustaining a number of wounds herself.
Gondul
Gondul
The ninth Valkyrie sister. Acts as Nikola Tesla's Volund during the eighth fight of Ragnarok. She’s cold and distant at first, but gets warm and approachable if someone manages to impress her.
- Deader than Dead: Due to the link between their souls, she fades into Niflhel alongside Nikola Tesla after his defeat against Beelzebub.
- Eyes Always Shut: She maintains her eyes closed for the most part. In her case, it serves to show her a dignified cool beauty. It’s not until she gets convinced to perform the Volund ritual with Tesla that she opens them, showing a kinder and sweet expression.
- Living Battery: Her own divine life force is converted into energy that powers the various functions of Tesla's Powered Armor.
- Meaningful Name: Her name translates to "Magic-wielder", fitting with Brunhilde's declaration of Tesla being "Humanity's One and Only Sorcerer".
- Odd Name Out: Like Brunhilde and Alvitr, she isn’t a valkyrie from the Grímnismál. Her name comes instead from another ancient Norse poem called Völuspá.
- Powered Armor: As Tesla’s Volund, she takes the shape of a complex, huge mechanical armor that covers the entire body of the scientist sans the head.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Is introduced as a cold, emotionless woman. However, when Tesla “examines” her to test if she’s fit to be his partner, she quickly shows a kinder, sweeter side and accepts the offer of the inventor.
Geirölul
Geirölul
The fifth Valkyrie sister, acting as Leonidas I's Volund during the ninth fight of Ragnarok. A proud valkyrie who will not stand for being disrespected.
- Berserk Button: Do not show disrespect to her or her partner. This was what made her and Leonidas step up in their battle against Apollo.
- Deader than Dead: After Leonidas' defeat at Apollo's hands, she is sent to Niflhel alongside him.
- The Dreaded: Played for Laughs. Like Brunhilde and Hrist before her, Geirölul has a reputation among her younger sisters for her pride and temper, with Valkyries like Göll and Hlökk expressing equal parts fear and admiration when she's angry.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Her Volund form in Leonidas's hands is an extremely thick, heavy-looking Spartan aspis, able to reconfigure into different weapons.
- Meaningful Name: One translation of her name is "The One Who Charges Forth with the Spear", which fits nicely with her partner's status as a Frontline General renowned for charging into battle with a spear.
- Morph Weapon: She can reconfigure herself into new weapons for different uses.
- She can turn into a circular set of blades to turn herself into effectively a buzzsaw.
- She can turn into an enormous, smooth-headed mace linked by a chain to the shield. The shield itself becomes much smaller while in this state, more like a targe for a man of Leonidas's size.
- She can be thrown out and retracted on a chain.
- Her final form has her shedding the silvery outer coat of the shield in favor of a more simplistic version of the aspis, comprised of bronze and described as embodying the true essence of a Spartan.
- Pride: Described by Göll to be the proudest of the Valkyries, making it easy for the equally prideful Apollo's condescension to anger her.
- Sexy Backless Outfit: Her dress notably exposes her back in a rather fashionable way. This makes her a fitting partner for Leonidas, the man described as having the most inspiring back in the world.
- Slasher Smile: Flashes a fairly intense one once she and Leonidas resolve to make the Sun God kneel before them.
- Throwing Your Shield Always Works: With a thick chain connecting the primary mass of the shield to the handle to reel it back in, it definitely works.
Spectators from the God Side
In General
Other gods that are not participating in the tournament and are only watching it.- Fantastic Racism: Other than their less than stellar opinion on humans, they don't seem to view demigods with good eyes, as several of them insulted Brunhilde just for daring to step on their holy council.
- Jerkass Gods: Almost as much as the Gods that are fighting in the tournament, though some of them begin to respect some of the human champions as the tournament goes on.
Specific
Hermes
Hermes
Voiced by: Jun'ichi Suwabe (Japanese), Cory Yee (English), David Bueno (Latin American Spanish), Luis Miguel Cajal (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Hisanori Sato (stage)
The tenth of the 12 Gods of Olympus and the Messenger of the Gods. Acts also as Zeus's assistant and butler. Despite this, he can be devious and treacherous given the chance.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: He appears for the first time in the manga in chapter 3, watching the first match along with Zeus. By comparison, in the anime he's present in the council of the gods at the beginning of the story, a bit earlier than his manga debut.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Hermes, though not without his moments of selfishness, was a prankster and was fairly talkative and had no desire to wipe out any mortals. Here, he is evidentially serious and loyal to Zeus above all else.
- Beleaguered Assistant: While he doesn't mind getting involved in Zeus's antics from time to time, he's usually portrayed as being more professional and responsible than his childish and easily excited boss.
- The Dragon: Among the Gods, he acts as Zeus's right hand, though he himself doesn't fight in the tournament.
- Due to the Dead: Is later revealed to have composed musical requiems dedicated to each of the fallen combatants of Ragnarök, both his fellow gods and the Einherjar. The only exception is Hajun.
- Elegant Classical Musician: Debuts Zeus' entrance to battle by playing Bach's "Air on the G-String" on multiple violins, beautifully enough to make its composer weep. A case of Shown Their Work, as while Apollo is regarded as the Greek god of music, Hermes is sometimes depicted as the one who invented the art by stringing cow sinews onto a turtle shell as a child to create the world's first lyre, for which Apollo gave him his Caduceus scepter and role as the watchmen of shepherds to Hermes in return for the lyre.
- Enigmatic Minion: He doesn't stand out much, preferring to comfortably watch the fights of Ragnarok from the security of the box of the stadium, and his loyalty to Zeus is shaky, as he supported Adamas' rebellion in the past (more or less).
- Episode 12 of the anime has an original scene of him talking to Brunhilde from the shadows but when Goll saw it, he simply bowed and left, making his allegiance even more questionable.
- Expy: His Manga/Anime appearance resembles that of Sebastian Michaelis sans face tattoo. Both are butlers for influential person and seem to know more than they show.
- Facial Markings: Possesses two tattoos on his face. One is situated above his left eye, while the other is placed below his right eye.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: His tattoos are situated in different positions from his face. Additionally, he also has a small mole on the right side of his chin.
- Mr. Exposition: Hermes often has to explain how various techniques work to the ignorant Ares, which also serves to explain how these concepts work for the readers.
- Not So Above It All: He's usually serious and responsible, but he clearly enjoyed helping Zeus with his entrance to his battle by playing Bach's "Air on the G String" in his violin. He gets back into it during the climax of the fifth round, flamboyantly playing his violin as the action reaches its peak.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: In contrast to his brethren, Hermes wears a tailed suit rather than a toga or tunic.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Compared to Ares (who is emotional and hot-blooded), he's cool-headed and less prone to show his feelings.
- The Starscream: Zigzagged. Despite being Zeus's butler, in the past is shown that he supported Adamas's rebellion, planning to overthrow his current master... Though this was at the request of Zeus himself, who loved the prospect of fighting his brother. He, however, quickly abandoned the plan once Poseidon killed Adamas, realizing that opposing him wasn't a good idea.
- The anime added an original scene of him talking to Brunhild in the shadows in Episode 12, bringing up even more questions about his loyalty to Zeus.
- Those Two Guys: Shares this dynamic with Ares during the second and third fights, as they are almost always seen together commenting the battles. This is temporally broken during the fourth fight, where Zeus and Loki briefly join them.
Ares
Ares
Voiced by: Hinata Tadokoro (Japanese), Tim Friedlander (English), José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin American Spanish), Alejandro Peyo García (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Hironori Katayama (stage)
The sixth of the 12 Gods of Olympus and the Greek God of War, who greatly admires Heracles for his tenacity and strong will. Despite his title and presence in mythology, he's a snobbish and perpetually-confused god whose luck is... subpar at best. He's prone to getting thrown around, insulted, and generally ending up as the series' Butt-Monkey.
- Affably Evil: Though arrogant and skeptic of humanity's success in Ragnarok like most of the gods, Ares comes across as less cruel and malicious than others of his kind. He's shown to develop genuine respect towards the Einherjar when they showcase their strength and determination and his friendship with Heracles is completely genuine, not having any prejudice against him despite his past as humans. He's also shown to try to be polite even with the humans he doesn't knows, as he tries to personally escort Qin Shi Huang to the human spectator section (albeit a bit abruptly) when he and Hermes mistake him for a random human that got lost in the VIP room of the Chief Gods.
- BFS: Ares is seen wielding a large broadsword that suit his huge frame when he appears at Thebes.
- The Big Guy: Ares is a massive god, resembling the size of Zeus in his muscle form. He's so large that Loki is able to comfortably perch on his shoulder.
- Butt-Monkey: The poor guy cannot catch a break. Most of the comedic scenes involving him revolve around him getting little to zero respect, usually being mocked by Hermes for not being able to understand what happens in the battles of Ragnarok. Furthermore, when Hades appears for the first time, he tells Ares to leave his seat, prompting the God of War to quickly get up from the seat out of sheer terror. To further his humiliation, he is seen getting manhandled by Qin Shi Huang, a human, when he tries to escort him out of the VIP section before the seventh round.
- Cool Helmet: Above his head wears a helmet with elaborated ornaments, possibly representing his status as the God of War.
- Cool Horse: When Ares arrives to smite the city of Thebes, he descends from the heavens on an impressive steed with a flaming mane.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He professes great love for Heracles (whom he considers his best friend) and is shown cheering for him through his battle against Jack the Ripper. He is understandably distraught after he ends up dying at the end of the round.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Ares asserts early into the tournament that as the God of War, he's privy to all forms of violence and can comprehend all the techniques the combatants may take. He's thoroughly proven wrong at every turn and covers up his invariable shock with some variation of "I knew that!" when somebody else has to explain it to him.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Zigzagged. He presents a noticeable butt-shaped chin, which at times makes him look like a parody of the portrayal of figures from the ancient Greece, but he's not a heroic character. However, compared to other Gods, he can be sympathetic.
- Laughably Evil: While Ares himself isn’t outright malicious, he’s on the side of the gods and his wacky expressions, obliviousness and thoroughly shit luck offer plenty of entertainment.
- Loser Deity: Frequently mocked by other gods (ESPECIALLY Hermes), gets no respect despite his station, is easily cowed, and is on the receiving end of being thrown around like luggage more than once… and one time by a human. Even Göll can push this guy around! (Albeit accidentally; while looking for Qin Shi Huang she slams open the doors of the VIP section, hitting Ares in the face.)
- Manly Tears: Sheds lots of these through Heracles's fight, especially when the God of Fortitude eventually meets his end.
- No-Respect Guy: Despite being one of the Olympians (thus having a high status in the god hierarchy) barely no one takes him seriously, to the point he can come across as The Friend Nobody Likes. Hermes teases him due his lack of understanding of the battles, and even jokingly suggest for Ares to participate in Ragnarok just to mess with him; Zeus punches him hard when Ares shows doubts of Heracles winning his fight, and Hades no only makes him leave his seat (that Ares was occupying prior) but later calls him an oaf to his face for thinking Buddha has given up in his fight against Hajun.
- Oddly Visible Eyebrows: His right eye and eyebrow are visible through his hair.
- Paper Tiger: Like most classical portrayals, despite the fact that he's a War God and a massive wall of muscle he can be quite cowardly when faced with something capable of being a threat to him. Most notably, he's explicitly not a participant in the fights and is actively terrified of the idea of being forced to join after Humanity shows that they are capable of fighting back.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Downplayed, but when Qin She Huan took Hades' chair, he assumed that the blindfolded mortal had gotten lost, calmly but firmly told him he was in the gods' area, and tried to help him to humanity's side of the ring.
- Shoulder Teammate: Ares spends the latter half of the fourth round with Loki perched on his shoulder as they commentate on the fight.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Compared to Hermes (who is cool-headed and less prone to show his feelings), he's much more emotional and hot-blooded.
- Those Two Guys: Shares this dynamic with Hermes during the second and third fights, as they are almost always seen together commenting on the battles. This is temporally broke during the fourth fight, where Zeus and Loki briefly join them.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: The only pieces of clothes he possesses are a cape and a loincloth, usually exposing his impressive body.
- Worthy Opponent: After facing Heracles as Alcides, Ares has nothing but respect for the fellow god and considers him a mighty warrior.
Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Reba Buhr (English), Karla Falcón (Latin American Spanish), Yolanda Portillo (European Spanish)
One of the 12 Gods of Olympus and the Greek Goddess of beauty, sex, recreation, love, fertility and prosperity. She's a very voluptuous deity always seen with a group of golem servants.
- All Women Are Lustful: True to her portrayal in the myths, she's shown to be quite lustful, eyeing Adam's naked body with a delighted face when he appears in the arena. However, this is apparently averted, as an original scene in the anime after Lu Bu's death has her mention that the Gods winning first bout has made her aroused for the first time in several millennia.
- Boob-Based Gag: Aphrodite's breasts are so huge and heavy that she often has servants hold them and keep them out of the way. At one point, a Kung-Fu Sonic Boom from a fight makes her breasts fly up, hit her, and block her vision.
- Fanservice Extra: She has very little bearing on the story; she's just here to look hot and occasionally make ribald comments about the champions. Ironically said fanservice has a considerable amount of Shown Their Work to it; Written depictions of Aphrodite, while rare, tended to have her be impossibly shapely, a garland of beautiful flowers in her hair, statuesque facial features and clad in a golden-white robe "outshining the brightness of fire" that was known for getting blown to the side by Zephyr, the western wind to reveal her privates, or blow on her garments so that they clung to and highlighted her shapely body even more.
- Flowers of Femininity: Befitting her status as Goddess of Beauty and femininity, her hair is decorated with many flowers. Aphrodite is also strongly associated with the natural world and its beauty generally; when she casts the second vote to wipe out mankind she cites the ugliness of the mass environmental destruction and degradation human beings are subjecting the Earth to as her motive.
- Gaia's Lament: When she's the second god to vote for mankind's destruction, it's because of her sorrow over watching human beings making the world an uglier place with pollution.
- Golem: She possesses some golem servants whose main function is to hold her humongous rack in place. These are probably meant to be her Erotes servants. Strangely, when she was "younger", she was instead surrounded by little cherub-like beings that performed the same duty. While they are identical in skin texture to the ones she has in the present day, it is unknown if they are her golem servants before they grew up or are a different kind of being.
- Hot Goddess: It's Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, Femininity, and Sex. This should come naturally.
- Impossible Hourglass Figure: In addition to being incredibly buxom in proportions, Aphrodite sports a waist only slightly thicker than her neck over hips wider than her shoulders.
- Ms. Fanservice: As expected from Aphrodite, she's shown like this, with a great emphasis put on her huge breasts and shapely legs.
- Nightmare Face: She displays an impressively terrifying expression and needs to be held back by her golems after Buddha declares his intent to fight for humanity. Averted in the anime, where she never loses her composure over this.
- Sinister Schnoz: Aphrodite has a very defined, almost statuesquely sharp nose despite having an otherwise picture-perfect face, making her look more menacing when her face is shadowed.
- The Smurfette Principle: While she's not the only female deity presented in the manga (as the Valkyries are also deities, even if half human ones), she's the only named villainous Goddess and the only one who has some prominence.
- Your Size May Vary: Applied to her breasts of all things in the anime. In some shots, they look way smaller than the ones she has in the manga, while in others she appears with her signature humongous breasts.
Heimdall
Heimdall
Voiced by: Yukihiro Nozuyama (Japanese), Kellen Goff (English), Elliot Leguizamo (Latin American Spanish), Txema Moscoso (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Keizo Nagashima (stage)
A Norse God and the Watchman of the Apocalypse. He oversees and comments on the fights during Ragnarok, acting as the host of the tournament.
- Adaptational Wimp: The Heimdall of the manga is not nearly as badass as the one in the Norse mythos (who was a competent fighter and even got to kill Loki in the mythological Ragnarok), being instead the commentator of the tournament without possessing any kind of fighting abilities. Furthermore, his title as watchman of the gods in mythology is him merely hosting the Ragnarok tournament, instead of also looking out for enemy invasions.
- Blow That Horn: Just like his counterpart from the Nordic mythology, this version of Heimdall also possesses the Gjallarhorn, and blows it to announce the beginning of Ragnarok (though in this case is more like a way to announce the beginning of a tournament that will decide the fate of humanity, rather than to announce the end of the world for both humans and Gods).
- Combat Commentator: While there are other combat commentators in the series, he serves as the official one for the entire tournament as a whole, and his commentaries are heard by the entire audience instead of a handful of people.
- Combat Referee: In addition of hosting the tournament, he also functions as a referee when the situation needs one, trying to make that the rules of Ragnarok are not violated, though usually with not much success.
- God Is Neutral: Despite being a God, he doesn't picks sides in the tournament, and shows equal support to the mortals and his fellow Gods in his speeches.
- The Host: Serves as the announcer of Ragnarok, fitting since his horn announces the mythic one.
- Large Ham: As expected, as he's the commentator of the tournament. His over the top speeches introducing the combatants and commenting the fights are more appropriate to a wrestling match than to the gladiator-esque fights to the death of the series.
- Our Dwarves Are All the Same: While not a dwarf himself, he possesses some of the elements usually associated with them, like a very small stature (to the point Adam is taller than him), and some differences with the Tolkien-like variations, such as having a face made of steel.
Minor Gods
Forseti
Voiced By: Satoru Itou (Japanese), Paul Castro Jr. (English), Alberto Bernal (Latin American Spanish), Sergio Liébana (European Spanish)
The Norse God of Justice. A big fan of Thor, who saved him when the Jotun giants attacked Asgard, appears in Ragnarok cheering for the God of Thunder.
- Adaptational Jerkass: The mythological Forseti was a just God that treated everyone he judged fairly. This version is shown to be as prejudiced towards humans as the rest of the other divinities.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Well... more like Evil Cannot Comprehend Bloodthirstiness as, during the battle between Thor and Lu Bu, Forseti expects the latter to quiver in fear at the idea of facing a god rather than the fact that Lu Bu shows joy in the fight instead.
- Evil Counterpart: Of Chen Gong. Both are rooting for their respective "boss" in the first fight, and most of their screentime consists of cheering loudly for their champion.
- Fanboy: He became one for Thor ever since he saved his life during the attack of the Jotun. All of his appearances in Ragnarok are either him cheering for the God of Thunder or complaining about Zhang Fei's vulgar manners.
- Non-Action Guy: In spite of being a God, he lacks any kind of power, as he was unable to do nothing against the Jotun giants unlike Tyr (who tried to battle them) or Thor (who killed them all with ease). This is surprisingly accurate with his portrayal in mythology, as Forseti was a peaceful God that never got himself into conflicts.
- Sitcom Archnemesis: Maintains a short-lived enmity with Zhang Fei, finding his vulgar behavior obnoxious.
Shiva's family
Parvati voiced by: Chikako Sugimura (Japanese), Anjali Kunapaneni (English)
Kali voiced by: Moe Nagamuta (Japanese)
Durga voiced by: Misato Matsuoka (Japanese), Lipica Shah (English)
Ganesha voiced by: Naoko Komatsu (Japanese)
Left to right: Durga, Parvati, Kali; Front: Ganesha.
The family of Shiva, comprised of his three wives Parvati, Kali and Durga, and his elephant headed son Ganesha, who is also the Hindu God of Fortune. They appear during the fifth round supporting their husband and father.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Kali is often depicted as a horrible-looking goddess with four arms who sports a terrifying grin and holds a severed head while she dances in a battlefield filled with corpses. The Kali from Shuumatsu no Valkyrie looks like a stunning scantily-clad woman with a docile personality and only possesses a pair of arms.
- Adaptational Wimp: Kali in mythology is a insane, horrifying deity known to have killed entire armies of demons and, in order to stop her rampage, it was necessary for Shiva to let himself be stepped by her for her to realize what she did. This Kali is quiet and melancholic, and in her brief screentime nothing indicates she is as powerful or pugnacious as her mythological counterpart.
- Age Lift: Ganesha is commonly portrayed as portly adult man with the head of an elephant, but here is depicted as a small child god to emphasize his role as Shiva's son. While he is portrayed as a child in some Indian art, it is not nearly as prevalent or well-known as his adult form.
- Characterization Marches On: In the first chapter, Ganesha is shown to be fearful of his father, nervously sweating as he spoke at the Council. When he is properly introduced in chapter 32, he lacks that nervousness and is shown enthusiastically cheering on Shiva. Shiva is later established to be a very easy-going, friendly and lax god, making the fear that Ganesha and the other Hindu gods expressed seem very odd.
- Decomposite Character: In Hindu mythology, Parvati, Kali and Durga are considered to be the same as the Supreme Goddess Shakti, just in different aspects (Parvati representing the maternal aspect, Durga representing her warrior side, and Kali represents her horrifying aspect). In the manga, they are portrayed as completely different characters.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Ganesha can be seen next to Shiva in the first chapter of the manga, but is not properly introduced until 30 chapters later.
- Genki Girl: Parvati is portrayed as being very cheerful and energetic, contrasting the quieter Kali.
- Lady of War: As the Hindu Goddess of War, Durga is shown as confident and dignified, even carrying a variation of a spear (a traditionally feminine weapon).
- Not Drawn to Scale: Ganesha's size is very inconsistent through his brief screentime. In some panels, he appears as big as Parvati, while in others, he barely reaches her waist.
- Prongs of Poseidon: Durga carries with her a trishula (a Hindu trident considered a symbol of divinity), probably cause she's the warrior aspect of Shakti. Her carrying one may be a reference to her being married to Shiva, as Shiva in mythology was known to use a trishula as his weapon.
Rudra
Voiced by: Shuhei Sakaguchi (Japanese), Kamran Nikhad (English)
- But Now I Must Go: After losing to Shiva, he decides to step out of the eye of India and let his best friend take place as the rightful champion of Gods.
- Fate Worse than Death: Rudra calls Shiva out for not giving opponents his full respect by fighting with his true strength, saying that going easy on his enemies while defeating them would give them a feeling even worse than death.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Like Shiva and other Hindu deities, he has four arms.
- Power Tattoo: Rudra transfers his tattoos onto Shiva's arms before he leaves Svarga, signifying that he passed his God of Storms title onto Shiva.
- Scars Are Forever: Rudra gained a large wound on the left part of his face during his fight with Shiva, which had healed into an impressive looking scar in his time since leaving Svarga.
- To Be a Master: Their goal of fighting their way to the top of the Indian Pantheon was originally Rudra's idea. Unfortunately, if he wanted to truly stand on top he would eventually have to fight his oldest and dearest friend.
- Walking the Earth: More like Walking the Heavens; after his defeat against Shiva, Rudra chooses to leave Svarga and goes on his own journey alone to wander the realms of the heavens. He only returns during Ragnarok to watch Shiva's battle.
Hindu Devas
Varuna voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese)
Brahma voiced by: Yuji Murai (Japanese), Noshir Dalal (English)
Vishnu voiced by: Shuichi Uchida (Japanese), Maaz Ali (English)
Left to right: Indra, Vishnu, Varuna (front), Agni (back), Brahma
The top Gods of the Hindu pantheon, who appear to support Shiva during the fifth round. They are Indra, God of Lightning; Vishnu, God of Preservation; Varuna, God of Water; Agni, God of Fire; and Brahma, God of Creation.- Bald Head of Toughness: The bald-headed Brahma is among the top four strongest gods in his pantheon.
- Beast Man: Agni has a wild and bestial appearance compared to his fellow Hindu gods.
- The Big Guy: Agni and Brahma are both massive gods.
- Cool Mask: Vishnu wears an intimidating mask that covers the lower half of his face, contrasting with his delicate facial features.
- Defeat Means Friendship: All were originally enemies of Shiva and Rudra, but became close friends after suffering defeat at their hands.
- Eyes Out of Sight: Indra's shaggy hair covers his eyes, with them being visible in only a few panels.
- Flaming Hair: Agni's wild hair resembles burning fire.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Vishnu wears a modern-looking leather outfit, complete with Badass Longcoat, that clashes with the more traditional clothing of the other Hindu gods.
- Lizard Folk: Varuna has slightly reptilian features, likely a reference to the Makara, the legendary sea-creature that he is associated with in Hindu mythology.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Vishnu is a slender Pretty Boy with very long hair.
- Making a Splash: Varuna can apparently manipulate water, as the ground is soaked in the aftermath of his battle with Shiva.
- Mr. Exposition: Vishnu is the one to explain how Shiva's Tandava Karma works, noting that he is burning away his own atman (soul) to power the technique.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: All of their fights with Shiva and Rudra happen offscreen, with only the face-off and aftermath of each battle shown. They all appeared to put up quite the fight, based on Shiva and Rudra's physical conditions after each battle.
- Playing with Fire: Agni surrounds himself with a ring of fire as he is about to fight Rudra.
- Shock and Awe: Indra calls upon a severe lightning storm as he prepares to face Rudra, with bolts striking the area around him.
- Smoking Is Cool: Indra is always seen with a cigarette crooked into the shape of a lightning bolt in either his mouth or hand. The anime shows him lighting one up with a tiny thunderbolt.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: With the exception of Vishnu, they all have little or nothing covering their upper bodies.
- You No Take Candle: Agni slowly speaks in short and broken sentences, but doesn't appear to be particularly unintelligent despite his speech patterns.
Proteus
- Avenging the Villain: He's determined to avenge his fallen lord by any means, giving what remains from his trident to Hades so it can help him in his revenge.
- Broken Tears: While meeting Hades before he goes to the arena to fight, he cries bitterly for the death of his boss, telling Hades in tears to avenge him by winning the 7th fight of Ragnarok.
- Undying Loyalty: He is deeply loyal to his fallen master and begs Hades to avenge him.
- Unrelated in the Adaptation: Proteus is generally regarded as the son of Poseidon in Greek mythology, but in this series he is simply a servant of Poseidon.
- Wrecked Weapon: He kept the remains of Poseidon's trident and gave it to Hades prior to the seventh round, which Hades promptly fused with his own bident.
Kanayagoshin
- Covered with Scars: She has notable burn scars visible on her neck and chest, presumably from her many years of working in heavenly forges.
- Eye-Obscuring Hat: Kanaygoshin's headdress has a veil which completely obscures her eyes.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: As Japan's Goddess of Smelting and Technology and one of the individuals responsible for reforging and strengthening the Ame-no-Murakumo, she is most certainly an example. In her case, she specifically mentions how she was the one to return it to smelting iron; in real life, smelting is a complex process that is easy to mess up and can result in the irreversible loss of material. Doing so to a divine weapon of the Ame-no-Murakumo's caliber makes this all the more impressive.
Hephaestus
- Minor Major Character: Despite the fact that Olympus is one of the most important factions in the entire series, Hephaestus has never been mentioned prior to his appearance during Round 10. It has not been stated whether he participated in the Gigantomachy alongside the other younger Olympians (namely Hermes, Ares and Apollo) nor has his relationship to characters like Hera, Zeus or Aphrodite been elaborated on. When he finally does appear, his role in the reforging of Ame-no-Murakumo is given more focus than his status as an Olympian and Hephaestus himself appears in the normal spectator section rather than the V.I.P section that the other Olympians have been watching from.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: Naturally, the God of Blacksmithing is one of these. As one of the individuals who reforged the Ame-no-Murakumo, his skills are enough that he, alongside a fellow god and three of Japan's greatest swordsmiths, was able to strengthen an already powerful divine weapon. Perhaps made more impressive by the fact that, as a Greek God, Hephaestus presumably has less experience when it comes to the forging of Japanese-style weapons. This still didn't stop him from being an integral contributor to the reforging project.
Spectators from the Human Side
In General
Humans from the past that have been summoned to Ragnarok as the audience. They are usually linked to the Einherjar fighting in the tournament and act as elements to give more light to the past of the human warrior they are rooting for.- Dead to Begin With: Like the human fighters they support, they are also long dead.
- Put on a Bus: Once the battle of the human they support ends, they are not seen again.
- Satellite Character: In the end, their main role is to provide some extra information about the background of the human fighters, disappearing once their battle ends.
Specific:
Supporters of Lü Bu
Chen Gong
Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese), Stephen Fu (English), Eduardo Garza (Latin American Spanish), Néstor Moreno (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Takuto Omi (stage)
A strategist from Lü Bu's army. Professes a great loyalty to his commander, and is shown to become really excited whenever his lord does something impressive. Naturally, he appears on the human side of the audience of the tournament, cheering for his lord.
- Deader than Dead: Believing that a life without his lord is meaningless, he along with Red Hare and the rest of the army of Lü Bu attempt a suicide charge against Thor, knowing well none of them will survive a strike from the God. As a result, all of them end up vanishing into inexistence after being killed.
- Eye Scream: Chen Gong's corpse possess that when he died trying to fight Thor.
- Fanboy: Of Lü Bu, big time. He barely can articulate a sentence without mentioning his name and holds nothing but the utmost respect for his lord.
- Go Out with a Smile: As he charges against Thor mounted in Red Hare, he smiles to his death as he comments how incredible it is to hear Lü Bu's name resonating with Thor's thunder. His corpse later can be seen smiling as it vanishes to nothing.
- Manly Tears: Gets into this most often than not, often when he reacts to a display of awesomeness of his commander.
- Not So Stoic: In his very first appearance he appears with a serious face, only to show a ridiculous expression once he starts cheering for Lü Bu.
- Number Two: Amongst the member of Lü Bu's army, he seems to be the second in command, being also the one who is given some personality of them all.
- Undying Loyalty: His loyalty for his lord is so great than for him and the rest of Lü Bu's army, a life without their boss has no value. For that, he and the other members of the army charge against Thor after Lü Bu's death with the intention of dying alongside him.
Generals of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Bei Voiced By: Aleks Le (English), Edson Matus (Latin American Spanish), Juan Amador Pulido (European Spanish)
Zhang Fei Voiced By: Kouji Ishii (Japanese), Donald Li (English), Hiram Cardenas (Latin American Spanish), Jon Ciriano (European Spanish)
Guan Yu Voice By: Akihiro Tajima (Japanese), Keone Young (English), Victor Covarrubias (Latin American Spanish), Nacho Aramburu (European Spanish)
Zhang Fei (upper left), Liu Bei (lower left), Guan Yu (right)
A trio of renowned generals from the Three Kingdoms era of China. They are formed by the warlord Liu Bei and his two closest generals Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. Despite having being enemies of Lü Bu in the past, they appear in the audience cheering for him.
- The Alcoholic: Zhang Fei is always seen drunk and with a barrel of alcohol near him.
- Big Fun: Zhang Fei is a portly man that is as jolly as he's wide.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Like his beard, Zhang Fei's eyebrows are wild and thick.
- The Bus Came Back: Liu Bei returns as a spectator for the seventh round as one of many former Chinese emperors who appear to support their progenitor Qin Shi Huang.
- Friendly Enemy: The three of them wholeheartedly support Lü Bu through his fight, despite having been his enemies when they were alive.
- Gentle Giant: In spite of his towering proportions, Guan Yu is portrayed as a calm, peaceful, and humble warrior that doesn't have problems admitting the strength of a former enemy.
- Manly Facial Hair: The three of them sport a different kind. Zhang Fei has a wild, fierce, disheveled one, Liu Bei sports the traditional Fu Manchu mustache along with a goatee, while Guan Yu features an impressively long beard.
- Monochromatic Eyes: Guan Yu's eyes are normally pupilless, the thing that, combined with the strange marks around his eyes and the little stitches he has under them, make him look like some kind of robot. He's only shown with pupils in a few panels.
- Not So Above It All: Compared to his more boisterous brother Zhang Fei, Liu Bei is shown to be more serious, but from time to time he's shown to get into the fun and starts making victory poses anytime Lü Bu gets the upper hand in his battle.
- The Stoic: Compared to his more boisterous brother Zhang Fei, Guan Yu is more subdued and quiet in his dialogues.
- To Absent Friends: After the end of the first battle, the three of them have a toast in honor to Lü Bu, who stood against the power of the Gods until the very end.
- Sworn Brothers: Just like in the legend, after years of fighting in the war together, the trio become sworn brothers.
- World's Strongest Man: Liu Bei at first is seen doubting of Lü Bu's status as the strongest man of his time, asking Guan Yu if that title should belong to him. Guan Yu responds to him that he is indeed the strongest in what refers to tactical and strategical abilities, but in the matter of raw strength, Lü Bu surpasses him by a large margin.
Supporters of Adam
Eve
Voiced by: Naoko Komatsu (Japanese), Xanthe Huynh (English), Lion Ollivier (Latin American Spanish), Cristina Yuste (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Himeka Araya (stage)
The wife of Adam, the first human woman to ever exist, and the Mother of Humanity. Was falsely accused of eating the fruit of the Knowledge by the Serpent, thing that caused the expulsion of humans from the Garden of Eden. Appears later as one of the spectators from the human side, cheering for Adam along with her children Cain and Abel.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: In The Bible, Eve's physical appearance was never really described, with the earliest description that she looks "tawny", and tends to vary between different cultures. Here, she has the physical appearance of a caucasian woman with blonde hair and blue eyes.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the original Genesis account, Eve was tempted by the Serpent and ate from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge herself, originating the Original Sin. Here, she didn't eat from the fruit and was falsely accused by the Serpent, who wanted to get revenge on her because she refused to accept his advances on her.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When she was living in the Garden of Eden, she didn't wear any kind of clothes. For that, her nipples are not drawn and her genitals are covered by the sceneries or the bodies of other characters, as there is hardly any way to properly censor any of her body parts. This is fixed in the current time frame of the series, where she appears wearing (revealing) clothes made of leaves.
- Flowers of Femininity: Like Aphrodite, her hair is adorned with many flowers, showing her identity as the first human woman to ever exist.
- Friend to All Living Things: Just like Adam, she's friends with the animals from the Garden of Eden, and a flock of birds helped her to escape from the embrace of the Serpent when he was assaulting her.
- Idiot Hair: She possesses a small forelock of hair slightly rising above the rest.
- Innocent Fanservice Girl: Has no problem showing her half-naked body to other people, as a result of being raised in an environment where nudity is not taboo.
- Nice Girl: She's shown as a lovely and sweet woman fully supportive of her husband no matter the situation.
- Only One Name: Justified. She's only called and known as Eve, similar to her husband Adam. This makes sense as her existence predates the concept of surnames.
- Original Man: Like with Adam, she's the first human woman to be born. Unlike in the Bible, it is never made clear if she was created from Adam's rib or through a different method.
- Race Lift: Played with. Like Adam, Eve is also depicted as a blue-eyed blonde with pale skin, similar to the artworks created in European Catholicism, unlike the more tawny color in the earliest description of her in Ancient Hebrew. However, as the Original Man alongside Adam, Eve's "race" is unimportant due to her being one of the progenitors of mankind.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Has this dynamic with Adam, surprisingly. Eve is not exactly very tall, but Adam is noticeably shorter than her.
Cain and Abel
Cain Voiced By: Shuichi Uchida (Japanese), Aleks Le (English), Victor Ruiz (Latin American Spanish), Juan Enrique Palacios Fernández (European Spanish)
Abel Voiced By: Paul Castro Jr. (English), Miguel Angel Ruiz (Latin American Spanish), Víctor Martínez (European Spanish)
Abel (left) and Cain (right)
The children of Adam and Eve, and the first humans to ever be born by natural means. Despite their constant bickering with each other, they appear in the audience as two of the spectators from the human side, cheering for their father along with their mother Eve.- Adaptation Dye-Job: Like their parents, neither Cain nor Abel had their physical attributes described in The Bible, with the implication that they would also look "tawny" given the earliest description of Adam and Eve, and tends to vary between different cultures. Here, they both look like caucasian men with blond hair and blue eyes.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the Bible, Cain killed his brother due to jealousy, becoming the first murderer in human history. Here, his relationship with his brother seems to be more lighthearted and Played for Laughs, and their fights look like a simple quarrel between brothers rather than a display of envy.
- Big Little Brother: Despite being younger than Cain, Abel is shown to be slightly taller than his older brother.
- Cain and Abel: The Trope Namers themselves no less, though their relationship here is less antagonistic than what you may imagine.
- Gentle Giant: Despite his stature, Abel is shown to be subdued and nice (contrasting his brother).
- Last of His Kind: Inverted. Cain and Abel are the first humans to be born through natural means, unlike their parents.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Cain is depicted as being kinda rude and picking fights with his younger brother, but he holds nothing but respect for his parents, cheering for Adam all the time and treating his mother respectfully. It goes to a point that, when Adam starts to suffer the effects of copying Zeus's power, Cain mentally begs him in tears to surrender and at least live than to extenuate himself to death.
- Manly Tears: Both brothers shed these when their father starts to succumb to the power of Zeus, and later when he dies for good. After that, both of them along with their mother shed more tears as they pay respect to Adam, as a way to voice that, even if he died, they are not going to give up winning Ragnarok.
- Only One Name: Justified. Like their parents, they're only called and known as Cain and Abel, which makes sense as their existence predates the concept of surnames that their descendants would later invent.
- Perpetual Frowner: Cain has a perpetual scowl on his face, looking as if he's angry all the time (even in moments when he isn't).
- Race Lift: Played with. Like Adam and Eve, both Cain and Abel are depicted as blue-eyed blond men with pale skin, similar to the artworks created in European Catholicism, unlike the more tawny color in the earliest description of their parents in Ancient Hebrew. However, given that their parents are the Original Man, Cain and Abel's "race" is unimportant due to them being the first humans who were conceived naturally and predating the modern concept of race that their descendants would later invent, with all the
Unfortunate Implications that would entail to it. - Sibling Yin-Yang: Cain is short-tempered, screams a lot, and has an expression of perpetual anger on his face, while Abel is peaceful, quiet, and is generally shown smiling.
Supporters of Kojiro Sasaki
Musashi Miyamoto
Voiced By: Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Ben Diskin (English), Ulises Maynardo Zavala (Latin American Spanish), Gabriel Jiménez (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Shigemi Tanaka (stage)
- Badass Armfold: Is introduced with this posture, and drops it once he realizes that Kojiro has reached enlightenment and is "unparalleled beneath the heavens".
- The Bus Came Back: Musashi and the rest of the Sengoku-era swordmasters return to the audience for the first time since Round 3 to bear witness to the battle between Souji Okita and Susano'o no Mikoto, with Musashi watching the round alongside Kojiro and Hrist.
- The Cameo: He shows up briefly in Lü Bu's spin-off, where the narration mentions he would eventually complete Sun Jian's sword technique with his Niten-Ichi-Ryu swordsmanship style.
- Carpet of Virility: Holds the first type. His chest is noticeably hairy, and, combined with his impressive musculature, it makes him look badass and manly. It also makes his contrast with the (by that time) youthful Kojiro, who was basically a Longhaired Pretty Boy when he was alive.
- Friendly Rival: Oh so much. Despite being the one that killed Kojiro in life, he holds absolute respect for him and supports him at every moment of his fight. Kojiro returns the feeling, and he isn't angry at all with Musashi for killing him.
- Historical Hero Upgrade: It's historically recorded that Musashi did plenty of tricks to unnerve Kojiro before their duel such as arrive late. Here it's stated the records were written centuries after the duel and it was a completely honorable duel.
- Manly Facial Hair: His beard is wild, spiky, and makes him more imposing.
- Manly Tears: If Kojiro does something impressive on his fight, you can bet that Musashi will shed the copious amount of tears, all in admiration for his rival.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: The manga still regards him as a skilled and powerful swordsman, but, unlike Kojiro, who is able to analyze completely the movements of his opponents and eventually use their fighting techniques, he lacks a special ability able to fight against the Gods, so Kojiro got picked to represent humanity instead.
- Samurai Ponytail: He also wears one although, with his spiky hair, his ponytail is less refined than the one of Kojiro.
- Scars Are Forever: He still holds the x-shaped scar that Kojiro gave him during their fight in Ganryujima.
- Worthy Opponent: He was just as thrilled to fight Kojiro during Kojiro's final battle as a living man as Kojiro was, and readily pronounces Kojiro as his better after seeing how much he's improved by the time he sets foot in the Ragnarok arena.
Supporters of Contestants from Round 4
Arthur Conan Doyle
Voiced by: Yuji Murai (Japanese), Tony Curran (English)
- Adaptational Attractiveness: While the actual Conan Doyle wasn't ugly per se, the manga depicts him younger and more handsome of what he was in the real life, also lacking his iconic moustache.
- Cool Chair: He spends the entire fight seated in a fancy armchair.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He can be seen briefly at the end of the last episode when Heimdall introduces Jack the Ripper as he walks into the arena, being easy to confuse with a generic human spectator if you don't know about the manga.
- Expy: For the intents and purposes of this series, he is Sherlock Holmes. He has many of the habits and behaviors you'd expect of his greatest creation.
- Great Detective: He is presented as a detective in addition to a novelist, having taken on the Jack the Ripper case with no success. While the real-life Doyle did indeed partake in investigative work, it was not to the extent implied in this series.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: He is dressed in an immaculate suit typical of late 19th century fashion.
- Smoking Is Cool: He is seen smoking a tobacco pipe while commenting on the fight. Bonus points for being a briar pipe and not a calabash, the sort of pipe that is often mistakenly associated with Sherlock Holmes.
- Those Two Guys: Ends up forming this dynamic with William Shakespeare of all people during the fourth round, after the Bard joins him in his commentary. They have differing opinions on the nature of Jack the Ripper, with Doyle having a cold and analytical take that causes him to view Jack as nothing more than an inhuman monster, while Shakespeare has a much more sympathetic viewpoint, considering Jack to be just as human as everyone else present.
Castor
Voiced by: Makoto Koichi (Japanese), Reba Buhr (English)
- Adaptational Wimp: In Greek mythology, Castor was a capable hero in his own right alongside his twin brother Pollux, who were both prized crewmates on the Argo. Here, he's basically a young Alcides' even wimpier friend.
- Bully Magnet: Thanks to his wimpy physique, he was the preferred victim of a pair of bullies from the city that tormented him with frequency. Luckily for him, Alcides was always there to defend him, though not with much success at first.
- In the Hood: When he appears in the human audience of Ragnarok, his face at first appears hidden in a cloak, later revealing him after a few panels.
- Muggle Best Friend: He became this for Alcides (who would eventually become Heracles) after he became a God due to drinking from the Ambrosia.
- The Quisling: He (along with the rest of the citizens of the Thebes of the times of Alcides) is rooting for Heracles in his fight against Jack the Ripper, despite that his victory could advance the extinction of humankind. This is not out of malice, but because he has faith that, if his friend wins, he will convince the Gods to spare the humans.
Anne
Voiced by: Akari Kikunaga (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- The Alcoholic: Almost always seen drinking liquor in all of her appearances. Jack warns her that if she keeps drinking like that, her health may take a turn for the worse, but Anne doesn't care and just tells the boy if he can check how bad her condition is.
- The Cynic: Unlike Mary, she's well aware of how bad their situation is, and considers the hopes and dreams of her co-worker and her son to be fruitless in the kind of world they live in.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Though a bit snarky and blunt, she's a really good person on the inside despite her job, and she genuinely cared for the son of her co-worker.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Had one with Mary's son before he became a serial killer. Despite her being an adult and him a young kid, they got along well, even with the occasional snark.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Anne may be blunt and cynical, but she still means well. She genuinely loved Jack and was horrified to learn that he went through a path of darkness, regretting not giving him the support and love he needed in his life.
- Meaningful Name: Though it is never stated, she's probably named after Annie Chapman, who was the second confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. Unlike her, is heavily implied that this Anne at least wasn't a victim of Jack.
- Ms. Fanservice: Played for Drama. Anne is definitely an attractive woman, but being stuck in a degrading occupation with no hope of escaping would leave anyone in a bad state.
- My Greatest Failure: A quick flashback at the start of chapter 29 reveals that she never forgave herself for not being there to stop Jack from embracing his twisted inner desires.
- Only Friend: Since Jack's childhood was lonely and didn't interact with many people who didn't consider him a street rat, it can be said she was this for him. It went to a point where Anne is the only person from Jack's background to watch his fight in Ragnarok, with his parents being absent through it. Which, you know, as rotten as they were, fair.
- Surprisingly Happy Ending: Downplayed. She still probably lived and died as a lowly prostitute, but compared to the numerous victims that Jack killed in many gruesome ways, it's safe to say that Anne was never targeted by Jack for the kindness she has shown to him prior to his descent into darkness.
- Sympathy for the Devil: She really feels sorry for Jack despite his (deservedly) bad reputation, understanding the loneliness inside his heart and even defending him of those who were criticizing Jack for (apparently) losing in his fight.
- When She Smiles: Contrasting her usual sour behaviour, she's shown with a heartwarming smile once Jack retires victorious from the stadium, maintaining his dignity as he leaves even while being despised by the Gods and the citizens of Thebes for killing Heracles.
Supporters of Raiden Tameemon
Kajinosuke Tanikaze
Voiced by: Satoru Itou (Japanese), SungWon Cho (English)
- Badass Armfold: He is introduced in this pose, as are many of the other sumo wrestlers.
- Carpet of Virility: He displays slight chest hair, but despite being very fat as a result of being a sumo wrestler, it serves to show Tanikaze as a powerful, stout badass rather than an unhygienic slob.
- David vs. Goliath: The real-life Tanikaze was only two-and-a-half inches shorter than Raiden, but here he is portrayed as being significantly shorter than him to emphasize Raiden's legendary height. Despite their size and strength difference, Tanikaze easily dominated Raiden every time they trained thanks to superior technique and experience.
- First-Name Basis: He continues to refer to his student as Tarokichi even after he changed his name to Raiden Tameemon, emphasizing the close bond they shared.
- Manly Facial Hair: He has quite the impressive facial hair, and is badass enough to defeat Raiden countless times in training.
- Manly Tears: Tanikaze is the only person besides Raiden's own mother to witness the despair that he suffered from after hurting those weaker than him, so he knows more than anyone how much it means for Raiden to truly fight without limits. Seeing his prized student fight to his truest potential in Ragnarok versus an opponent he could finally go all out against moves Tanikaze to tears.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Tanikaze and Raiden's first training session turned into this, as Tanikaze had attempted to break Raiden's spirit and send him back home due to some unintentionally disrespectful comments. Tanikaze beat the hell out of Raiden, but he kept getting up every time, eventually earning Tanikaze's respect when he described the experience as being fun. Tanikaze took Raiden as his student immediately afterwards.
- Stout Strength: As the quintessential sumo wrestler, Tanikaze has the look you'd expect, being quite fat yet muscular and incredibly strong. He sold Raiden on professional Sumo and got him to take training seriously when he joined Tanikaze's stable by beating his ass until he couldn't get back up again.
- What the Hell, Hero?: In Raiden's backstory, he comes to confront him angrily after he throws a match against a sumo wrestler who was completely scared of his power, saying that what he did was an insult to sumo himself. However, after a tearful Raiden tells the reason why he surrendered (he felt ashamed of himself for picking on the weak ones after promising his mother he would use his strength for their sake), Tanikaze becomes more understanding and expresses sympathy for his grief.
Ken Seki
Voiced by: Chikako Sugimura (Japanese), Anne Yatco (English)
A Japanese farmer and the mother of Tarokichi Seki, later known as Raiden Tameemon. She appears to cheer on her son near the climax of the fifth round.- Be Yourself: She encouraged her son to accept his great strength as a gift given from the gods to help others, rather than consider himself a freak for being different.
- Good Parents: She was a very loving and supportive mother. After young Tarokichi expressed his despair at being born a freak who only hurts others, she comforted her son and gave him his life-long dream of using his incredible strength to help the weak.
- Motherly Side Plait: Wore her hair in this style to emphasize her role as a loving mother.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Tragically, both she and her husband were forced to watch their son fight a brutal battle for his life that he ultimately lost. She's understandably weeping by the fifth round's end.
- Rags to Riches: She and her husband were poor farmers in Tarokichi's youth, but that changes after he becomes a successful sumo wrestler and sends his earnings back to his family and hometown so they would no longer starve.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Though she only appears in brief scenes and is mainly relevant to Raiden's backstory, is undeniable that her way of raising her son shaped Raiden into the man he is today.
- So Proud of You: She is very proud of her son after he finds success in Edo as a sumo wrestler and uses his newfound wealth to feed their formerly poor village.
- Trauma Conga Line: This poor woman was put through a ringer in her son's early life. For nearly the first three years of his life, Tarokichi could not walk, causing her to fear for his health and pray for the gods to bless him with the strength to move. A week later Tarokichi first stood up, but his powerful muscles almost destroyed his body as he attempted walking. She then feared he would end up crippled by his own strength, but he was too stubborn to quit and eventually persevered.
Supporters of Round 6's Contestant (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
The Four Sages
From left to right Jesus, Socrates and Confucius
Three of the four sages and compatriots of Buddha, men whose teachings have helped influence moral philosophy and ethics throughout human history. They appear during the sixth round for commentary on Buddha's match.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: In The Bible, Jesus' physical appearance was never really an important part of the New Testament and tends to vary between different cultures. Here, he has the physical appearance of a caucasian man with dark hair and dark eyes.
- Adapted Out: The Four Sages' appearance has been omitted in the anime adaptation. Some of their dialogues have been stated by other characters as well, such as Socrates' philosophy about the law being said by Hermes instead.
- Asian Buck Teeth: Confucius is shown to have very prominent front teeth when he smiles.
- Catchphrase: Confucius tends to say "I suppose" at the end of his lines.
- Kung-Fu Jesus: Subverted; Jesus is treated as just a normal human rather than a divine figure, much less one capable of kicking ass.
- Not So Stoic: Confucius starts observing the fight with a quiet smile, which at first may someone believe he's quiet and contemplative like Jesus, but then he shows an excited grin at the prospect of seeing Buddha fight. Jesus himself does crack quite a grin and pumps his fist when Buddha pulls out a victory.
- Only One Name: Justified. Aside from Buddha, the rest of the sages have only one name, which makes sense as they lived in different periods where surnames were only a privilege to the nobility and royalty.
- The Quiet One: Jesus is the least talkative member of the trio, and spends his screentime watching the fight of Buddha without saying anything.
- The Stoic: Jesus spends most of the Buddha's match silent and stolid. The other two sages are subversions, who try to present themselves as dignified figures but quickly get worked up from watching the combat.
King Jataka
The King of Malla and big-brother figure to Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha. He appears to support his friend near the climax of round six.
- Brutal Honesty: When he is near death due his sickly condition, he confides in Buddha that he was truly unhappy with the life that was forced upon him, despite being considered a good king who was kind to his people. His honesty shatters Buddha's worldview, but helps him realize that his own life was also forced upon him, and later leads to him abandoning his responsibilities as a future king to pursue his own path.
- Gilded Cage: Despite having all the best things in life readily available, Jataka felt it was all handed to him and that he had no choice in the matter, essentially being a prisoner unable to leave or experience the outside world. After his death, Buddha takes his coffin and places it in the Kushinagar river to flow out of his kingdom, finally allowing Jataka to explore the world.
- The Good King: He was a kind and just ruler who ran a very prosperous kingdom. He humbly believed that he was simply fortunate to not have ruled during times of war.
- Incurable Cough of Death: He suffered from a terminal illness that caused him to cough up blood.
- Stepford Smiler: He always wore a gentle smile and was thought to be a happy man due to ruling a prosperous kingdom with happy citizens, but in truth he was deeply unhappy with having a life that was forced upon him.
Supporters of Qin Shi Huang
Chun Yan
The caretaker and bodyguard of Ying Zheng, the boy who would grow up to become Qin Shi Huang. His promise to her was the basis of his entire philosophy as a king.
- Action Mom: Was a highly capable fighter in life, on top of being a mother.
- Amazonian Beauty: While her physique isn't quite up to the standard of Þrúðr, she's still got heavy, visible muscle tone on her arms and legs, along with battle scars.
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Like Qin Shi Huang, she fights exclusively using martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.
- Becoming the Mask: She initially became Ying Zheng's bodyguard to get close to the boy she deemed indirectly responsible for her son's death, but over time came to see the child as her second chance at being a mother.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: How she died, cradled by Ying Zheng as she died from injuries sustained protecting him.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Died like this in life, protecting Qin Shi Huang from people who wanted to kill him for what his family had done during the war.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She was slightly abrasive at first, but she still couldn't conceal her rage seeing how the people of Zhao treated Ying Zheng.
- Mama Bear: Would fight to the death to protect a child, even if the child isn't technically hers. She even briefly considered harming or killing Ying Zheng as revenge before she grew to care for him.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Her first son, Chun Ou, died at the hands of the Qin Army.
- Parental Substitute: Qin Shi came to love her like his own mother after their many years together, a sentiment she returned.
Supporters of Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla's Supporters
From left to right: Galileo Galilei, Alfred Nobel, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein
Six scientists from different time and lands that collaborated with Nikola Tesla to create and design the latter's suit of armor, the Super Automaton β. They all appear at Round 8 to show their support to Tesla, as well as provide commentaries during his match.
- Adaptational Curves: In life, Alfred Nobel and Isaac Newton are lean guys, but here, those two are very muscular, and also tall enough to tower the others.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Tesla and Edison's history consists of brutal rivalries and animosities. Here, the two are good friends with Edison even admitting that Tesla's genius surpasses his. During Tesla's flashback, it also shows that while the two argue over something, it's more of a bickering between friendly rivals, completely different from their historical counterparts.
- Anime Hair: Thomas Edison. It looks like it was stylized similar to the wire of a lightbulb.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: Albert Einstein.
- Multinational Team: They are a team of scientists from different parts of the world. That said however, with exception of Thomas Edison that is American, the rest are from European countries, with Alfred Nobel being Swedish, Albert Einstein is German, Marie Curie is Polish, Isaac Newton is English, and Galileo Galilei is Italian.
- Shout-Out: Issac Newton's design is a clear reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, looking like a combination of Jotaro Kujo and Part One Speedwagon.
- The Smurfette Principle: Marie Curie is the only female among the team of scientists.
Dane Tesla
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: The real-life Dane Tesla was killed in a horse riding accident that was witnessed by the young Nikola Tesla, but in this series is instead killed on horseback by a lightning strike, the very force of nature that his brother would dedicate his life to controlling.
- Teen Genius: Dane was considered a scientific prodigy from a young age and helped out the entire village with his work, something which heavily inspired Nikola.
- Tragic Keepsake: He wore a pair of goggles that his brother would keep for the rest of his life.
Supporters of Leonidas
Hagis
One of the 300 Spartan soldiers who joined Leonidas' battle at Thermopylae.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The Battle of Thermopylae was fought to the last Spartan, Hagis included, but thanks to their act, Greece had the chance to prepare for the Persian Invasion and ultimately triumphed.
- Hero-Worshipper: While originally dismissive of Leonidas' decision to defy the elders and march to Thermopylae, he would end up joining him out of respect for his resolve. By the time of Ragnarök, he and the rest of the 300 have unwavering pride and faith in their king. After Leonidas' death, Hagis rallies the Spartans by telling them to stand stalwart in emulation of their leader's own inspiring back.
- Manly Tears: He and the rest of the 300 shed tears as they mourn Leonidas' death.
Supporters of Contestants from Round 10
Isami Kondo
Voiced By: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Paul Nakauchi (English)
- BFS: In chapter 33, his weapon when coming to Buddha's aid is revealed to be a huge cleaver with holes on it.
- Eyes Always Shut: He has his eyes closed most of the time. Since this trope is often associated with wisdom, it may indicate Kondo's position as the commander of the Shinsengumi.
- Perpetual Smiler: He always has an smile on his face no matter the situation. Even confronting Loki and the 7 Lucky Gods doesn't stops him from dropping his smile.
- Samurai Ponytail: Like Okita, he possesses one, though he has it furled rather than loosed.
- Scars Are Forever: He has a thin but long scar that goes from his left cheek to the inferior left part of his chin, which he gained from a kendo duel against Hijikata Toshizou in Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem.
- Transplant: Like with Okita, his design and personality come from Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem, another work of Shinya Umemura (one of the authors of Shuumatsu) and that also runs in the same magazine as Shuumatsu no Valkyrie. He's even voiced by the same voice actor who portrayed Kondo in the chibi comedic spin-off Chiruran animation in the anime of Record of Ragnarok.
The Shinsengumi
Clockwise, starting at top right: Keisuke Yamanami, Sanosuke Harada, Genzaburo Inoue, Hajime Saito, Shinpachi Nagakura, Eisaburo Abiru, Heisuke Todo, Kai Shimada
The notorious Shogunate special police force of Bakumatsu-era Kyoto. Reuniting in Valhalla long after their involvement during the end of the Edo period, they lend their enthusiastic support to Souji Okita.- Badass Crew: Practically every major member of the Shinsengumi were, at the very least, talented swordsmen in life. Together, they were one of the most feared and respected factions of the Bakumatsu for good reason.
- Blood Knight: Just like their commander and representative in Ragnarok, all of the Shinsengumi are eager for a good fight.
- Not Afraid to Die: In the midst of Souji and Susano'o's battle, Saito cheerily notes that their comrade is having a bit too much fun with the duel even though a moment's distraction could mean instant death, to which Kondo remarks that they've all been fighting for their lives for so long, brushes with death have become second nature to them.Kondo: To we, the Shinsengumi, a "fight to the death" is "just another day".
- Transplant: As with Okita and Kondo, their personalities and appearances are directly lifted from Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem.
The Master Swordsmiths
From left to right: Kunitsuna Awataguchi, Yasutsuna Hoki, Munechika Sanjo
A trio of some of Japan's most skilled and respected swordsmiths who, along with the gods Kanayagokami and Hephaestus, reforged Susano'o's Ame-no-Murakumo into the Onikiri-Ame-no-Murakumo. They appear in the stands of Round 10 on the Humans' side but proudly shed light on the circumstances behind Susano'o's new sword.- Beyond the Impossible: Per Hrist's own words, the idea of strengthening a divine weapon of Ame-no-Murakumo's caliber is unthinkable. Yet, with the help of two gods of blacksmithing, this trio did just that with the result being a sword that Susano'o himself considers to be the best in all of existence.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: These three have not only forged some of Japan's most sacred swords but were also able to reforge and strengthen the already powerful divine weapon, Ame-no-Murakumo. Even knowing that they worked alongside two gods of the same profession, it is a truly remarkable feat for mortal men.
Toshizo Hijikata
The Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi and a close comrade of Souji who has nonetheless decided to watch the fight alone from outside the arena.- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: A carry over of his characterization from Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem. Toshizo seems to believe himself to be one of, if not the most skilled swordsman of the Shinsengumi. Assuming that the events of his home series are canon to Ragnarök, it is accurate to say that he is among the upper echelon of the Shinsenguminote , but just like with Kojiro and Musashi, it is likely that he was not chosen to represent humanity despite that because he lacks a special ability or attribute (in this case, Souji's Demon Child) that would give him an extra edge against the gods.
- Sore Loser: The reason that he has opted to stay away from the spectators stand despite his friendship with Souji is out of irritation for not being chosen to represent humanity in Ragnarök, much to the collective chagrin of the rest of the Shinsengumi. Despite that, he does express his full support for his old friend, if in his own abrasive way.Toshizo: Tch... fucking win, Souji.
- Transplant: As with Okita and Kondo, his personality and appearance is directly lifted from Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem. Specifically, it depicts his "prime" as his younger, hot-headed and foul-mouthed self.
Others
Incubus
Incubus
- Adapted Out: He's completely absent in the anime, with Ragnarok starting right after Zeus approves it.
- Always a Bigger Fish: When he was causing problems to Brunhilde and Göll, the more powerful and imposing Thor quickly dispatches him with a hit from his hammer, showing how much more powerful he is compared to the likes of Incubus.
- Ambiguous Situation: Given the usual hostilities between gods and demons, the fact he was allowed to roam freely in Valhalla is a mystery. No explanation is given for that at any point.
- Asshole Victim: As brutal as his death was, he had it coming for trying to rape Brunhilde.
- Attempted Rape: Tries to molest Brunhilde when she (apparently) bows to him, but Thor's appearance quickly puts an end to his intentions.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Thor crushes his upper half with his Mjolnir, leaving only the lower half and a couple of his guts.
- Lecherous Licking: Gives one to Brunhilde when she bows to him (in truth bowing to an approaching Thor).
- Lens Flare Censor: If you are keen enough, you will see that, after licking Brunhilde, a stream of light with a suspicious form appears in the middle of his pants. Yeah, he actually pulled out his "thing" at that moment.
- Lust: His only remarkable trait is his intense lust towards Brunhilde, to the point of going to confront her with lustful intentions without bothering to think of the consequences of molesting a member from the Norse Pantheon. He ends up paying the price when Thor appears.
- Our Demons Are Different: Despite being a demon, he has a pair of small, white angel wings, evoking the image of fallen angels. He also seems to be on relatively good terms with the gods despite not being one of them.
- Smug Snake: Acts high and mighty to Brunhilde and gets cocky when she kneels before him, thinking she did that for him, but once Thor (the person Brunhilde was kneeling to) appears behind him, he kills Incubus easily with a single strike of his hammer, showing he was just all talk. Even further, Brunhilde is just as capable of defending herself by easily hoisting Raiden Tameemon with just one hand. So even if he tries to rape her, it'll probably be a one-sided beatdown for him.
- Squashed Flat: His fate at the hands of Thor. Unfortunately for him, cartoon physics was not applied here...
- Succubi and Incubi: He's one of them and is as lustful as the ones depicted in legends. However, given that his name is Incubus rather than stated to be a member of a species, it is likely that he was a single individual who inspired the legends.
- Suicidal Overconfidence: Assuming that he wasn't just bullshitting to get into Brunhilde's pants, his claim to "protect" her from the gods' wrath is pretty absurd, especially considering that Thor alone was able to kill him with a casual swing of Mjolnir.
- Undignified Death: Not only was he casually killed by Thor as if he was a harmless bug, but his corpse is left with his penis unsheathed form in all its full glory.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Ends up killed in his very first appearance, with his biggest role being introducing Thor to the audience. His role was so insignificant the anime adaptation flat out Adapted Out him.
The Jötnar
Jötnar Giants
The giant Jötnar
The popular mythological enemies of Asgard, who were all slain by Thor.- Adaptational Dumbass: Compare to the original depiction of being tricksters in Norse Mythology, they're portrayed as nothing but Dumb Muscle whose only purpose is to eat everyone in sight.
- Adaptational Villainy: While the Jötnar was already portrayed as villains, antagonists, and tricksters in the original Norse Mythology, these versions are outright malevolent beings who only invade Asgard with the purpose of consuming everyone in sight.
- Always a Bigger Fish: They were this to everyone in Asgard until Thor came along after a long nap and slaughtered all of them like animals.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: It's pretty much exaggerated compared to the original Norse myths. That without counting the biggest one of them, who is even taller than the walls of Asgard.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: They can easily slaughter any of Asgardians with their sheer strength, size, and numbers alone, and became on the opposite side of this when Thor came along.
- Dumb Muscle: They're huge in size, but lacks notable brainpower.
- Flat Character: There were notable Jötnar in the original Norse myths who each play a role in the personal conflicts with the Aesir, while there's no such characterization in the manga other than being gigantic man-eating invaders.
- Humanoid Abomination: The biggest of them looks like a huge, bloated baby that easily towers over its already huge partners. It's never mentioned why it looks the way it does.
- I'm a Humanitarian: They literally outright consume anyone they find.
- Karmic Death: Nearly slaughter everyone in Asgard and get slaughtered in return by the God of Thunder himself.
- Our Giants Are Bigger: In regards to their original Norse depictions, all of the Jötnar in the manga is all huge as mountains.
- Sadist: They all kill and eat the Asgardians with sadistic glee, with scenes showing one of them stripping a woman naked before eating her and a bunch of others cornering a small family. When one of them was knocking on the door to the safe bunker, he even told the survivors that they won't do anything to them.
- Shout-Out: They're practically a direct reference to Attack on Titan, and the numerous amount of Norse references found in the series only makes this connection further.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Deconstructed. Being a giant who can overpower anyone with their sheer size and strength alone, then there's no need for skills or critical thinking. Too bad for them when Thor awoke from his nap and proceeded to slaughter all of them with his own superior power and technique.
- The Worf Effect: When invading Asgard, not a single one of them were killed by the angelic warriors defending their homeland, and even Týr wasn't able to fight against them. It's only until Forseti went to awaken Thor is where the Giants are easily slaughtered by the latter, showing just how powerful and skilled the God of Thunder is compared to everyone else.
- Zerg Rush: Deconstructed. Not only as they're tall as mountains, but a large number of them charging into Asgard at once have nearly brought the Asgardians to the brink of extinction. When Thor awoke from his nap, he was able to slaughter all of them regardless of their numbers.
Týr
Tÿr
- Killed Offscreen: His death was never shown on panel.
- Posthumous Character: Was killed by the Jötnar while defending Asgard centuries before the start of the manga.
- War God: It's in his title after all.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He only gets a single line before being killed (offscreen, no less).
Jörmungandr
Jörmungandr
The world serpent who is destined to battle against Thor in Ragnarok... except not in this version of it.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: He fought against Thor prior to the events of Ragnarok, and was killed long before that.
- Adaptational Wimp: In the original Norse myths, he and Thor were fated to die in a Mutual Kill during the events of Ragnarok. Here, they fought before the events of Ragnarok and were easily killed by the God of Thunder through the use of his Geirröd technique.
- Death by Adaptation: In mythology, the world serpent meets its end against Thor in Ragnarok. Here, it was slain by the God of Thunder before the start of the event (though the Ragnarok of the manga differs from the mythological one).
- Demoted to Extra: In a meta sense.
- The Ghost: He was only mentioned in a passing conversation when describing Thor's use of his Geirröd technique only once prior to the latter's one-to-one fight against Lu Bu in Ragnarok.
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Granted he probably was still a big threat to the Asgardians despite having a different role in the manga.
Kronos
Kronos
- Abusive Parent: It's unknown if this version is a Child Eater like in the Greek myths, but according to Zeus, Kronos wasn't a good father.
- Death by Adaptation: What happened with Cronos after the Titanomachy differs from source to source, but the most famous one tells he was banished and trapped in Tartarus along with the rest of the Titans. In the manga, Cronos is instead unceremoniously killed by Zeus after he defeats him.
- Eye Scream: His eyes pop out of his sockets from his face getting smashed in by Zeus' foot.
- Evil Is Bigger: He's absolutely titanic, towering over his son Zeus, that is not a small man by any means.
- Facial Horror: He gets his face smashed in when his son stomps his foot down to kill him.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Subverted. Like his grandchild Ares, his chin is butt-shaped, but, from the little that is told about him, he was not a heroic character.
- Posthumous Character: Was killed by Zeus during the Titanomachy, possibly millennia before the start of the manga.
- Sadly Mythtaken: Like in other portrayals of the character since the Renaissance era, this Cronos (the Titan and father of Zeus and his siblings) is mixed with Chronos (personification of time), giving him time-related powers in the process.
- Time Master: Given his status as the personification of time in the manga, Cronos is stated to be able to dominate time. The use he gave to it was a punch so fast that surpassed time itself, instantly destroying Zeus's chin with a single strike. Zeus would later inherit the same punch after reciving that strike, honoring his father for being a great fighter.
- Villainous Valor: For all his implied vileness, Zeus admits that he was one hell of a fighter, being the only participant during the Titanomachy to pose a threat to the Olympian.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: His whole screentime consists in him lying defeated in the ground, and then being killed by his son. The only thing we manage to get from his personality is that he was not a very good father (according to Zeus).
The Serpent
The Serpent
Voiced By: Bumper Robinson (English), Oscar Flores (Latin American Spanish), Héctor Garay (European Spanish)
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A God that accused Eve of eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge after she rejected him. Eventually slain by Adam when he tried to attack him and Eve when they were about to leave Eden.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the original text, though the Serpent was a negative character that caused the banishment of humans from the Garden of Eden, he limited itself to tempt Eve to eat the fruit of Knowledge. Here, he tried to molest Eve, then accused her of committing the crime of eating the fruit (when she was innocent).
- An Arm and a Leg: Adam kills him by easily cutting into pieces his four extremities, leaving his corpse limbless, mirroring the fate of the original Serpent in The Bible.
- Asshole Victim: Though his death was gruesome, considering he tried to force himself into Eve, then accused her of a crime she didn't commit because his frustration, and then tried to attack both her and Adam when the latter decided to leave Eden with his wife, he surely deserved it.
- Attempted Rape: Tried to molest Eve and have her for himself until some of the animals of Eden helped her to escape.
- Beard of Evil: In his human form, he sports a fancy shaved beard, and is a petty asshole.
- Cute Little Fangs: Possesses two of them, to show that he's a snake God adopting a human form. The "cute" part is more questionable. They become full-fledged fangs when he reveals his true, monstrous form.
- Evil Is Petty: He (unfairly) accused Eve of eating from the Tree of Knowledge after she rejected his violent advances on her.
- Green and Mean: The anime shows he's green colored just like many species of reptiles, fitting considering he's basically a snake humanoid.
- Hellish Pupils: One of his many reptilian traits are his slitted pupils, just like those some species of snakes possess in our world.
- Hate Sink: He's petty, a liar, attempted to molest Eve and even attacked the parents of humankind as a last attempt to have his way when they were leaving the court of the Gods. There's nothing positive to say about him.
- If I Can't Have You…: He thinks this phrase when Eve's punishment is decided during her trial, all while smiling maliciously.
- Jerkass: He's an extremely unpleasant individual, to put it lightly.
- Kangaroo Court: Prepared one against Eve, accusing her falsely of eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge (a forbidden taboo for humans) to banish her from Eden, knowing well that the other Gods would never side with a human. The appearance of Adam, however, foiled his plans.
- Non-Mammalian Hair: Even if his reptilian form, he keeps his hair.
- Our Demons Are Different: He's a demon too, but, unlike Incubus, he's reptilian in nature and doesn't possess wings of any kind.
- One-Winged Angel: Though he normally appears as a human with reptilian features, he's able to transform into a huge and monstrous reptilian being that towers over humans.
- Posthumous Character: Was killed by Adam long before the start of the manga.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Along with Incubus, he's the only character so far that has attempted to rape or molest another character (take in mind that not even the Greek gods, who were infamous for committing such actions in their myths, have been shown to partake in such depraved activities in the story), and is one of the most monstrous characters of the manga despite his short screentime.
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent: He's a reptilian God that is a jerk, attempted to rape the mother of all humans, and is the reason why humans were forced to leave the Garden of Eden.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Unlike other Gods, he's seen wearing a fancy suit over more traditional clothes.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He's only featured in the flashback of Adam and is long dead by the time the plot of the manga starts, but his actions lead to the banishment of humans from the Garden of Eden, thus beginning the separation between them and the Gods.
- Snakes Are Sinister: A snake God that is very unpleasant, to say the least.
- Voice of the Legion: His voice gains an echo when he transforms into his monstrous form.
Adamas
Adamas/Adamantine
Voiced By: Patrick Seitz (English), Noe Velasquez (Latin American Spanish), Roberto González (European Spanish)
A forgotten Greek God that was one of the 12 Olympians (13 when he was alive), holding the title of God of Conquest. The second son of Kronos, he was frustrated with Zeus becoming the leader of the Gods (despite being the youngest child), so he orchestrated a rebellion against him and quickly garnered an army of strong followers. He was killed by Poseidon when Adamas tried to recruit him for that cause, as his younger brother didn't see his behavior worthy of a God.
- 13 Is Unlucky: Though he probably wasn't the thirteenth God of the Olympus (being older than Poseidon and Zeus), his death was what ended reducing the number to the 12 Gods humans are more familiar with.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Though he planned a rebellion against Zeus and wasn't shown as a very sympathetic individual, his death at the hands of Poseidon and him never being recognized by his brother is portrayed in a tragic way, and serves to show how cruel and ruthless Poseidon is towards anyone who deviates of his ideal image of what a god should be, even if it is towards his own direct family.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: The anime show his skin is green, contrasting with his brothers, who possesses a humanlike skin tone.
- Avenging the Villain: Once Round 7 ends, he promptly goes to search for Qin Shi Huang to kill him after for winning against Hades, intercepting Brunhilde and Goll after they left Qin and Alvitr in a secret infirmary to ask them the location of the Einherjar. He would have killed them if wasn't for the intervention of Beelzebub.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Despite assembling a strong army (including the Titans, the Gigantes and even the fearsome Typhon), gathering supporters among other gods and preparing himself for a large scale war against Zeus, his rebellion ended before it even started thanks to his death at the hands of Poseidon when he tried to recruit him to his cause, making all his efforts pointless.
- Canon Foreigner: There are no records of a Greek God named Adamas in any of the Greek myths, with Adamas being an original creation of the authors. It is likely he was created to show how ruthless Poseidon is and how rigid his image of a God is, not even sparing his own kind.
- Character Development: By the time he returns to the story as Adamantine, he's a lot more mellow, to the point he doesn't seem to have any more plans of usurping Zeus or even getting revenge on Poseidon.
- Cool Airship: His headquarters consisted in a giant flying ship with cannons who raised an entire city at the top.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: On the receiving end during his brief fight with Poseidon. His brother kills him so quickly he barely has time to realize he was stabbed by his trident.
- Dies Wide Open: The final panel we see of Adamas' corpse shows that he died with his eyes open wide in an expression of intense hatred.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: One of the biggest sources of his frustration is that his brother Poseidon never even bothered to look him in his eyes once in his life (not even when he was a baby) despite being younger than him, treating him like an inferior being. Later, he felt the same way when Zeus ended up being the supreme God, feeling that he had no right to such a title while being the youngest son of Kronos.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Among his brothers, he loves Hades unconditionally and has an unbreakable faith in his skill. His death at the hands of Qin Shi Huang is enough to make him try to kill the Chinese emperor after the fight was over, completely enraged for the death of his eldest sibling and ignoring the honor that the gods respect so much.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: After being pierced by Poseidon's trident, he slams him against the wall of the room where they were, with his corpse being divided into two by a combination of the stabbing and the impact.
- Make an Example of Them: Poseidon makes sure to make the Gods know what would happen if they ever tried to defy him by removing every detail of Adamas's existence from the records after personally killing him.
- Meaningful Echo: Even after Thor tries to force Odin, Buddha and Beelzebub to cease their impending battle in the halls of Valhalla, the latter has no intention of leaving without getting any answers on Odin's scheme to revive the Primordial Gods and is prepared to fight him anyway... until Adamantine shows up and reminds him that it was Beelzebub who told him not to try and kill Brunhilde and Qin Shi Huang while Ragnarok is ongoing, if for no other reason than out of respect for Hades' dignity and sense of honor. He even lampshades this.Adamas/Adamantine: "Do you mean to belittle the dignity of the gods Hades exuded?" Those are the same words that you said to me.
- Meaningful Rename: After being brought back to life as a god in Helheim he now goes by Adamantine.
- Major Injury Underreaction: He basically only notices the fact Beelzebub had cut his hand off.
- Not Quite Dead: He appears in Beelzebub’s lab as a cyborg ages after his supposed death. It turns out that Hades ordered Hermes to bring him to the Lord of the Flies for healing and repair after being near-fatally wounded by Poseidon.
- Posthumous Character: Was killed by Poseidon long before the start of the manga. Subverted when it turns out he was alive all along after Hades's intervention and Beelzebub's science managed to save him by giving him a robotic body.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Upon the end of Round 7, utterly taken over by grief and rage, he immediately goes to find Qin Shi Huang to put an end to his life after the death of Hades. When he finds Brunhilde and Goll (who were returning from checking the state of Qin and his valkyrie in a secret infirmary) and sees they're not willing to reveal him the whereabouts of the Einherjar, he almost kills them until Beelzebub appears in time to stop him and discourages him from taking his revenge by telling him Hades would have never approved something like that. This convinces Adamas to stop, but not without promising he would take his revenge on the valkyries and Qin as soon as Ragnarok would finish.
- Sinister Scythe: His signature weapon is a huge scythe as tall as him. We never got to see much of what he can do with it, as he's quickly dispatched by Poseidon when Adamas attacked him. In Hades' backstory, we do get to see him use it briefly against the Gigantes, wielding it with enough skill to easily cleave through several giants.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Among all of the Olympians, especially his brothers, Adamas is the most likely to pepper his speech with multiple swears due to his short temper. Even after his revival as Adamantine and having become significantly more mellow, he still casually swears even when speaking with or about his own allies.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Poseidon sees him as this due to his attempted coup on Zeus with an army in spite of having a position amongst the then-Thirteen Olympian Gods.
- This is how Adamas sees Poseidon as well, after trying to be supportive older brother to his younger brother, Poseidon rewarded him with scorn, belittlement, lack of attention, and eventually murder when he lashes out due to years of not being treated seriously by the other Gods.
- Unperson: After his death, Poseidon made sure to remove everything regarding him and his presence, completely erasing him from the history to the point only a handful of people such as Hermes and Brunhilde know of his existence. Even younger divinities such as Göll are unaware that he existed at some point.
- Downplayed due to the fact that Zeus' ultimate technique shares the name name as him.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: If the quick flashback he has when he's about to attack Poseidon is something, he was cheerful and happier as a child, but the unfair treatment his siblings gave to him ended up turning him into a resentful, traitorous God.
Mary
Mary
Voiced by: Naoko Komatsu (Japanese), Victoria Atkin (English)
A Londoner prostitute and the mother of the boy who would become Jack the Ripper. She appears at first as a caring and kind mother, but in truth only used her child as a tool to marry a writer named Jack Smith who promised her that he would take her away from her current lifestyle once they married.
- Abusive Parent: Once she reveal her true colors following learning of Jack Smith leaving her.
- Asshole Victim: Following The Reveal of her true colors, her death was long overdue.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Is initially presented as a sweet woman that cares for her son even in the poor conditions where they live, but she in truth only views him as a tool to make his father return for her, and her caring actions towards him were a way to return to Jack Smith. Not so long after knowing that Jack Smith broke the promise he made to her and married a noblewoman, it doesn't last long until she turns on her son and starts to yell and hit him.
- Dirty Coward: When Jack first throttle her after she assaulted him, fear was sensed by him, yet once he lets her go from his grasp after she pushes him away, she then tried to retaliate in a blind rage.
- Hate Sink: She's the reason Jack the Ripper came to be, but unlike her son, she's revealed to be devoid of any genuine likable or redeeming characteristics, making it all the easier to cheer when Jack kills her.
- Hidden Disdain Reveal: She never loved Jack, only taking care of him in the hopes that the man who impregnated her would come back and save her from her current life. When she learned that he'd gotten married and left her behind, she wasted away and began showing her true colors to her son.
- I Have No Son!: Viciously lashes this out to Jack's face upon getting dumped by his biological father.
- Ironic Name: She has the same name as the biblical Virgin Mary and exhibits a pure light disposition through Jack's Aura Vision. Considering her occupation as a prostitute and the revelation of her true colors, she's anything but a good person.
- Meaningful Name: She shares the name with the first official victim of Jack the Ripper, Mary Nichols. This Mary also ends being the first victim of the serial killer (who is her own son no less).
- Nightmare Face: Her usual angelic face turns into a terrifying expression of anger once she realizes that she raised Jack for nothing.
- Offing the Offspring: She already aborted 5 kids before she had Jack and the only reason that she hadn't done the same with him is the chance to leave her poor lifestyle. Once the chance to be free of her current occupation had been thrown away after learning of the man who promised her married a noblewoman and getting strangled by her son for exhibiting the color of fear, Mary would have killed Jack if he hadn't slashed her throat quickly afterward.
- Posthumous Character: Was killed by Jack when he was still a kid. However, she doesn't appear at any moment in the audience of Ragnarok despite technically being able to watch it, with her spot as a member of Jack's background taken by her coworker Anne.
- Slashed Throat: After failing to strangle her, Jack ends her life by stabbing her neck with a knife on a nearby shelf, thus becoming the first of the many victims of Jack.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She's only relevant to Jack's background and only appears in the chapter that details his past, but she showing fear when Jack tries to strangle her, and then her death at the hand of his son is what makes Jack realize how beautiful he finds the color of fear projected by other humans, thus starting his career as a serial killer.
- Suddenly Shouting: Anytime she starts screaming in worry or in anger, expect something incredibly wrong.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her disdain towards her son after Jack Smith broke the promise he made to her is what triggered Jack (the Ripper) into becoming the most infamous serial killer known to mankind.
Jack Smith
Jack Smith
Voiced by: Yuji Murai (Japanese), Tony Curran (English)
A British writer. Once struggling to have success, he went to the brothel where Mary was, making a hollow promise to her that if he shall be successful, he would take her from her lifestyle, while unknowingly conceiving a child with her (who would become Jack the Ripper). Time after, one of his plays became very popular and he married a noblewoman. After killing his mother, his son visited him and then killed him, becoming his second victim.
- Dies Wide Open: His corpse can be seen with his eyes still open after his son leaves his mansion.
- Oh, Crap!: He pretty much already had this reaction when Jack showed up unannounced while being covered in blood, but the real surprise is when the latter revealed himself as the man's birth son before getting killed.
- Porn Stache: Sports one, as it was traditional at the time. His son would later inherit it when he reached adulthood.
- Posthumous Character: He became Jack's second victim not so long after he killed his mother. Like with Mary, he also never appears watching the tournament at any point in Jack's battle despite presumably having the chance to see it.
- Rags to Riches: He started off as a writer struggling for success until making it big after one of his plays became popular and married into nobility.
- Slashed Throat: Just like Mary, he's killed in this way by his son.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Only appears in one scene, but he was responsible (without knowing it) for the most infamous serial killer of all time.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Breaking a shallow promise he made with a Londoner prostitute is what eventually set Jack the Ripper on his bloody path.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Though he is mentioned previously, the only scene in which he appears is the one where he dies.
Seven Lucky Gods
Seven Lucky Gods
Ebisu voiced by: Shintaro Ohata (Japanese), Andrew Kishino (English)
Benzaiten voiced by: Akari Kikunaga (Japanese), Marin M. Miller (English)
Hoteison voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese), Mike Haimoto (English)
Daikokuten voiced by: Mayumi Shintani (Japanese), Jenny Yokobori (English)
Fukurokuju voiced by: Tomoyuki Maruyama note (Japanese), Keone Young (English)
Jurojin voiced by: Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)
Not pictured: Bishamonten
A group of seven Japanese gods who represent prosperity and fortune in various fields, and also act as the Executioners of Heaven who punish any gods that would dare to betray the heavens. Their members are Bishamonten, who leads them and is set to participate in Ragnarok, Ebisu, Hoteison, Fukurokuju, Benzaiten, Daikokuten and Jurojin.
- Adaptational Villainy: In their mythology, the Seven Lucky Gods are benign divinities that grant luck to humans and are depicted being happy and festive. In the manga, they are portrayed as the ruthless executioners of Heaven.
- Bifauxnen: The traditionally female Benzaiten is depicted with quite an androgynous appearance.
- The Big Guy: Jurojin is absolutely massive, standing head and shoulders above even Bishamonten. Subverted with Daikokuten, who at first also appears to be a giant but is actually a smaller god in a large Daruma doll that resembles Powered Armor.
- Cane Sword: Fukurokuju's cane appears to be this, as he is seen ready to draw it like a sword during the confrontation with Buddha and the Einherjar.
- Catchphrase: The are introduced chanting tenchu ("divine retribution") as they approach Buddha to punish him for his perceived betrayal, each having a unique way of saying it. It is later chanted as they all make their entrance to the arena.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Benzaiten appears to be this towards Ebisu, attempting to rein in his outbursts and comically dragging him away from Jack after Bishamonten orders them to leave the infirmary.
- Cool Ship: As in their mythology, they pilot the Takarabune, the flying ship rode through the heavens.
- Deader than Dead: They all die along with Zerofuku when Hajun is finally killed by Buddha.
- Evil Old Folks: Fukurokuju is portrayed as a small, elderly god walking with assistance from a cane.
- Fiendish Fish: Being the patron of fishermen, Ebisu has fish incorporated into his design and is a very nasty individual. The fish at the top of his head also reacts to his mood.
- Fusion Dance: Right before their battle against Buddha, the 7 fuse back into Zerofuku, their original form.
- Hive Mind: It's implied they're a combination of this and Me's a Crowd. Jack can only see a single color surrounding the group instead of each individual having their own. Meaning that, despite their differing mannerisms and actions, they all feel exactly the same thing at the same time.
- Instrument of Murder: As the patron of musicians, Benzaiten carries a biwa that she is seen ready to use in battle.
- Judge, Jury, and Executioner: They act as the personal executioners of the heavens, choosing to punish Buddha without giving him the chance to properly explain himself. It's not like he would have, but the point still stands.
- Lucky Seven: They are a group of seven gods that represent luck in a variety of fields and professions.
- Me's a Crowd: They're actually all one being, known as Zerofuku, with the 7 fusing back into their original form right before their battle against Buddha.
- Oh, Crap!: Several of them have this reaction when Sasaki Kojiro appears to assist Buddha, clearly viewing him as The Dreaded after his victory over Poseidon. Even Bishamonten is seen grimacing upon Kojiro's arrival.
- Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Jurojin wears an animal skull as a helmet.
- Small Name, Big Ego: The group as a whole, aside from Bishamonten, seem to fall into this. They claim to be heaven's executioners, but are dismissed by Loki as a group of weirdos and get easily intimidated by other characters, even a human like Sasaki Kojiro. Ebisu in particular suffers from this, as he challenges Buddha but has his attacks effortlessly dodged and realizes that he is in way over his head before Loki steps in. He then has the gall to talk back to Odin's ravens before swiftly getting put in his place by the Allfather's mere words and presence.
- The Smurfette Principle: As in the mythology, Benzaiten is the only female member.
- The Stoic: Jurojin is the only member besides Bishamonten that is not shown getting intimidated in the same way the others are, never having a dramatic Oh, Crap! reaction panel at any point.
- Yakuza: This is Ebisu's design motif, clearly based off a yakuza thug with his clothing, guns and attitude.
- Your Size May Vary: All of them suffer from this at different points, even within the same scene, but Jurojin is the most notable. He towered over Bishamonten in their first few appearances but they are later seen to be the same height when entering the arena.
Chiyou
Chiyou
A demon god that terrorized China in the past. He made the Chinese emperors give human sacrifices to him in order to let them rule China. Qin Shi Huang was the first to resist him and fought him in a duel to the death, which Qin ended up winning after a long battle of 6 days.
- Adaptational Badass: In actual stories, Chiyou isn't a demon or a lesser deity, rather a barbarian warlord that Huang Di defeated, using the newly-invented compass to find his camp and lead the decisive attack against him. At most, he was implied to be able to summon fog at will to hinder his foes.
- Beard of Evil: He doesn’t have a beard per se, but the long tendrils that sprout from his chin are meant to evoke a beard, making him look hideous and eviler.
- Black Eyes of Crazy: As with many gods and demons from the series, his sclera are black colored, emphasizing how much of a monster he is.
- Facial Markings: His face presents two parallel lines passing through his eyes.
- Horned Humanoid: In classic demon fashion, he has two big, thick horns protruding from his skull. The horns seem to represent his mood, as they curve when Chiyou gets furious at Qin for defying him.
- Ironic Death: The emperors preceding Qin had to perform a rite known as “rite of Feng and Shan” (basically offer human sacrifices and pledge loyalty to Chiyou so he could let them rule). Qin however performs the rite of Feng and Shan after slaying Chiyou and putting an end to his reign of terror.
- Kneel Before Zod: Along with asking for Qin to give him lots of his people to eat, Chyou also told the young emperor to kneel before him to secure his position as emperor. Qin refused after giving the demon god a clay figure to mock him, proceeding to fight him and win.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: His one ability allows him to create many arms from his body. From what we saw of him, he could generate a total of six.
- Our Demons Are Different: The series acknowledges the many different interpretations the figure of Chiyou has suffered through legends. One imagines him as a monster with the head of an ox, six arms and four eyes, while another depicts him as a god of battle with a bronze head and an iron brow, who eats stone and metals. The true version in the manga is that of a huge demon god who lets Chinese emperors rule in exchange for human sacrifices and pledging loyalty to him.
- Posthumous Character: Was slain by Qin Shi Huang long before the plot of the series started.
- Scary Teeth: To show how much of a monster he is, his teeth are sharp and dirty from eating so many humans.
- To Serve Man: His preferred food is humans, as seen with the thousands of human skulls that were presented on his throne, along with demanding ten thousand of Qin’s people for him to eat in exchange of making him emperor.
- Villainous Glutton: His throne is surrounded by thousands of human skeletons he consumed, and then he demands Qin to give him ten thousand of his subjects to satisfy his hunger.
Lucifer, Samael and Azazel
Lucifer, Samael & Azazel
From L-R: Samael, Lucifer, Azazel
A trio of angels who found a lonely Beelzebub and resolved to be his friends... whether he liked it or not.- Adaptational Wimp: In most portrayals, all three are depicted as the most powerful demons in Hell. Here they're just three citizens of Valhalla of no particular importance.
- Big Eater: There's nothing Azazel loves more than eating good food. Unfortunately, this has given him some Gasshole tendencies.
- Dies Wide Open: All three of their corpses have wide-eyed stares when Beelzebub finds them. Considering that their friend suddenly murdered them, this isn't that surprising.
- Hair Wings: Lucifer has three pairs of small angelic wings sprouting from his head.
- Hates Being Alone: According to Lilith, Lucifer hated feeling lonely. It was for this reason that he went out of his way to befriend the similarly lonely Samael, Azazel, and Beelzebub.
- Nice Guy: Lucifer. From what little we see of him, he's an extremely nice person who got along with just about everyone in town. He even spends his last moments hugging the friend who killed him.
- Satan Is Good: All three are portrayed as the most evil of demons in the Abrahamic faith. Yet here, they’re at worst a bunch of delinquents who cause minor annoyances around their town. Lucifer in particular seems to get along really well with most gods who know him.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Parodied with Samael. While he does wear glasses and is shown reading, all he seems to have is useless trivia knowledge.
- True Companions: They become this with Beelzebub. Even while they were being killed by Beelzebub, Lucifer didn’t blame him and even forgave his friend, hugging him after getting pierced through the chest.
Lilith
Lilith
- Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: While their first meeting started off forcefully, Lilith eventually developed this type of relationship with Beelzebub, gently helping to calm him down whenever he suffered from the severe trauma of his friends' deaths.
- Dramatic Irony: She originally sought out Beelzebub to help find the elusive demon Satan and discover the truth behind their mutual friend Lucifer's death. She ended up falling in love with Beelzebub over the course of their time together, the man who is revealed to be none other than Satan himself, something that she only realized after suffering the same fate as Lucifer.
- Dying Declaration of Love: In her final moments, she confesses her love for Beelzebub and forgives him for all the things he did as his Satan persona.
- Facial Markings: She has a marking on the left side of her face that resembles thorny vines. After being fatally wounded, she uses the last of her strength to transfer the marking onto Beelzebub's chest.
- Hair Wings: She has two pairs of bat like wings sprouting from her head.
- Ms. Fanservice: She is a gorgeous Statuesque Stunner who wears a revealing dress with a Navel-Deep Neckline.
- Ship Tease: A romantic relationship seemed to begin developing between her and Beelzebub after their long journey together, which ended in tragedy after Beelzebub's feelings of love caused his Satan persona to emerge and murder her.
- Statuesque Stunner: She stands almost a head taller than Beelzebub. She would still be noticeably taller than him even without the high heels that accentuate her stature.
Siegfried (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Siegfried
- Adaptational Villainy: Siegfried of his own sagas is not divine, much less a demi-god, so his apparent status being split between humanity and gods for Ragnarok is new. Further, while not a morally pure individual, him ending up in Tartarus seems extreme.
- Adaptation Species Change: Siegfried is not divine in his stories. Sigurd, his alternate self from another story is a descendent of Odin, and his story has much more to do with Odin in general, but Siegfried does not.
- Crucified Hero Shot: Properly introduced to the audience chained up and bound several times over on a cross inside a jail cell.
- The Dragonslayer: Referred to as the Dragon-Slaying Hero by Buddha, presumably in reference to his killing of the dragon, Fafnir.
- Morality Pet: Chained in Tartarus and was likely one of the motivations behind Brunhilde starting Ragnarok.
Python
Python
A serpent-like demon/god from the legend of Apollo. Like the myths, Apollo battled him for terrorizing Delphi but that's where the legends deviate.
- Adaptation Deviation: Combined with Adaptational Relationship Overhaul and Spared by the Adaptation. In myths, Python was one of Apollo's most hated enemies for his relentless pursuit of his mother, Leto, and ultimately slays him to free Delphi. In here, Apollo bears no grudge against him and actually admires his tenacity, enough so that he and Python ultimately befriend one another.
- All of the Other Reindeer: It's implied that Python is actually a god, whose monstrous appearance caused the other gods to chase him out of the Heavens. Even on Earth, humans initially rejected and scorned him out of fear for his visage.
- Defeat Equals Friendship: Apollo repeatedly defeats Python for days on end after coming to Earth, but never kills him. When Python questions why, the god states that he considers Python to be beautiful for his determination and drive to achieve victory. This affirmation moves Python so much that he breaks down in tears and resolves to be worthy of Apollo's praise. He is ultimately the one to build Apollo's temple in Delphi and becomes its guardian, earning the respect of the humans who once feared him.
- Envy: Expresses this for Apollo, one of the most revered gods, claiming that he had a better life than him solely because he was born with beauty and talent, which turns out to not be true in this version. Python grows out of this when Apollo reveals his philosophy and praises Python's determination.
- Good Counterpart: To the Serpent. Both are monstrous-looking snake-like demons/gods, but that's where the similarities end. While the Serpent was allowed to reside in Heaven while being a truly heinous creature who deserved his death, Python was chased out and really just wanted others to accept him, which they did once he proved that he was more noble than his appearance and initial behavior might suggest.
- One-Man Army: While not nearly on Apollo's level, as their fights would show, Python was strong enough to single-handedly take down one of Ares' legions.
- Then Let Me Be Evil: Having been chased out of the Heavens and feared on Earth solely for his appearance, Python had resigned himself to life as a monster. It took Apollo's intervention for his self-image to improve and for him to take action to prove that he was no monster.
Primordial Gods (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Primordial Gods
A race of ancient gods, who created the universe before dying off, coming to be replaced by the current pantheons seen in the story. Buddha and Beelzebub theorize that Odin is attempted to bring about their resurrection. Two have been named so far; Gaia and Arkhé.- Ambiguously Related: If the recollection that they broke down under their own strength sounds familiar, it's because Hajun suffered the same thing.
- Greater-Scope Villain: To the gods. Gaia, started the Gigantomachy to destroy the Greek Gods, an event that took place long into the past. And Odin's motivation for Ragnarok may be to resurrect at least another, Arkhé.
- The Older Immortal: Preceded the main gods we've seen so far in the story.
- Super-Power Meltdown: They ended up physically collapsing under their own immense power.
Characters from The Legend of Lü Bu
Characters that only appear in Lü Bu's spin-off manga. Sun Jian
Sun Jian
A general and warlord from the late Eastern Han dynasty of China, as well as a skilled warrior with unmatched swordsmanship skills known as The Tiger of Jiang Dong. He forms a coalition with the Han dynasty in order to defeat the usurper Dong Zhuo. Being a skillfull warrior, he quickly attracts the attention of Lü Bu.
- Animal Motifs: He's very associated with tigers. He wears the skin of one around his shoulders, his gracile movements remind of their agility, his nickname is The Tiger of Jiang Dong and the image of a tiger appears when he's about to execute his best attack against Lü Bu.
- Anti-Climax: After managing to win his duel against Lü Bu, the Flying General leaves the Hulao Pass and tells him to go ahead, as he will be waiting for him in the capital for another match. Unfortunately, that's the last time both warriors meet each other in life, as two years after the Hulao Pass battle Sun Jian is killed in the war, not having the chance to fight Lü Bu for a second time despite wanting to avenge the death of Zu Mao.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: He has the capacity to analyze an enemy and predict in his head multiple scenarios of how would the enemy attack and the best way to respond to them, in a way reminding Kojiro Sasaki's ability. In fact, the part where he predicts all the movements Lü Bu can perform to kill him bring to mind how many times Kojiro imagined himself dying at the hands of Poseidon during the beginning of the third match of Ragnarok.
- Blood Knight: He's not usually one, but when he's about to confront Lü Bu in the Hulao Pass, he refuses to retire from battling him, as he thinks dueling against the Flying General it's too fun to let the chance pass.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Thanks to the sacrifice of his subordinate Zu Mao, he manages to wound Lü Bu in the chest after shattering his polearm and making his foot cross the line he carved in the ground at the beginning of the Hulao Pass battle, thus winning the fight and making the Flying General retire. However, he also ends severely injured by the strike of the imperfect Sky Eater, and the narration implies that even after 2 years his injury didn't completely heal, eventually leading to his death in the battlefield.
- The Casanova: He's quite popular with the ladies, as, in his introduction, he arrives late to the battlefield because (according to him) he was flirting with a woman, causing his subordinate Cheng Pu to scold him for wasting time with women in the middle of a huge war.
- Combat Clairvoyance: In a similar vein to Kojiro Sasaki from the main manga, he's also able to scan his adversaries and analyze their different patrons of attack, though he uses it using others as example before going himself to fight.
- Famous Ancestor: Like the real Sun Jian, the manga claims he's a descendant from the Chinese strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu.
- A Father to His Men: In spite of his eccentricities and at times trollish behaviour, Sun Jian deeply cares for his subordinates and treats them with love and respect, even having tattoed on his back the quote from his ancestor Sun Zu of "treat your soldiers as your children in the battlefield and they will support you to the bitter end". In fact, he's so shaken after Zu Mao dies protecting him from Lü Bu's strike that he's left a crying mess even after Lü Bu retires and the anti-Dong Zhuo coalition technically wins the battle, all due his inability to both protect his subordinate and failing to kill Lü Bu even after Zu Mao's sacrifice.
- Hero Antagonist: For all senses and purposes, he's a heroic man trying to liberate China from Dong Zhuo's tyranny, however, since the main character of the manga is Lü Bu, he ends being an antagonist in the story.
- Master Swordsman: His skill with his scimitar is unparalleled, and can kill guys way bigger than him like Hua Xiong thanks to a combination of his agility and weapon mastery. In fact, his sword technique (Toraburi), consisting in dodging a strike of the enemy and simultaneously unleash a hit so fast the enemy doesn't has time to react and gets divided into two would be later completed by Musashi Miyamoto, THE Master Swordsman among swordsmen.
- Rain of Arrows: He meets his end in a battle due being pierced by a large quantity of arrows, with the narration implying that the wound Lü By inflicted him during their match in Hulao Pass two years before indirectly led to his death, as it was not properly healed and reduced his fighting abilities.
- Red Is Heroic: His dark red hair and red-colored clothes contrasts with both Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo, who are black-haired and wear clothes of darker coloration.
- Tiger Versus Dragon: He's the Tiger to Lü Bu's Dragon. He's characterized as one, his nickname comes after the feline, has the skin of one around his shoulders, and his agility brings to mind one, though personality-wise, he shares more traits with the Dragon, being more laid-back, analytical and patient, though he displays some traits from the Tiger, like the enjoyment of a good fight.
- Troll: He playfully messes with his subordinate Huang Gai by dropping his pants, grabbing his penis and telling him that if his "thing" shrinks during a battle, he already lost the war, claiming he just predicted his future, to the anger of an embrassed Huang Gai and the amusement of his other men.
Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo/Anu
Click here to see him in his youth
A cruel general and warlord who usurped the throne of the Han dynasty, using the young emperor Xian as a puppet ruler to govern in the shadows. Having already the throne of China and the strongest steed Red Hare, he recruits the strongest man on China, Lü Bu, as a mean to ensure his conquest over the world.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Most depictions of Dong Zhuo portray him as a disgusting fat individual with a prominent beard. This version, in classical Shuumatsu fashion, is given a more handsome face, and even though he has a bit of a belly, has very prominent abs and a great musculature.
- Adaptational Badass: Zig-zagged, depending on the source. According to the famous but fictional Romance, Dong Zhuo was an overweight and unclean despot, hedonist and coward. But more scholarly records suggest the historical Dong Zhuo was a fearsome warrior, competent commander and charismatic leader before he seized the throne, casting claims of his incompetence and even tyranny in question in hindsight. By Romance standards, this Dong Zhuo is far more physically imposing and mentally acute. But by historical accounts, his power and cunning, while exaggerated for effect like many other human figures, is not so out of line.
- All for Nothing: At the end, all the results he obtained after decades of killing, conquering and dominating China are crushed in a single day by Lü Bu, not being able to leave China to continue his conquest of the world. At least, Dong Zhuo dies with a satisfied smile after having the chance to fight Lü Bu to the death.
- Ambiguously Human: Is not clear is he's entirely human, seeing how he looks at least into his mid thirties despite being older than 50. Furthermore, when the minister Wang Yun tries to assassinate him, the overwhelming presence of Dong Zhuo ages him up in seconds, implying Dong Zhuo can steal the life of others to remain young.
- Bad Boss: Zigzagged. He has little patience for annoying subordinates, as seen when he casually murders a bootlicker official for not shutting up or when is revealed he killed his assistant Wu Qiong for pestering him. On the other hand, he genuinely appreciates his friends from the Seven Vessels of Uruk and is seen upset when Lü Bu kills them one after another.
- Bait the Dog: In his flashback, just after having a Pet the Dog moment giving food to a starving kid, he then gives a young girl he captured in the city of some Chinese lord to an old man in exchange for a book written by Sun Tzu, showing that despite helping the kid moments ago, he's still a bastard.
- Beard of Evil: Has his beard styled into a braid, giving him a barbaric appearance.
- Big Bad Wannabe: A curious case where he's aware he's this. Dong Zhuo is a legitimate threat not only for China, but for the entire world. He's a feared individual possessing what every man of the era dreamed of: a strong army, status, beautiful women, wealth... And at some point, with emperor Xian giving him the throne of China, he becomes the most powerful man in the country, achieving the first stage of his world conquest plan. Unfotunately for him, he was born in the same world as Lü Bu, whom he considers the last big obstacle before going to conquer the world. Knowing that the Flying General will come after him upon practically becoming emperor, Dong Zhuo prepares his strongest subordinates and proceeds to confront Lü Bu in a final battle. However, Lü Bu massacres his men without problem and ends killing Dong Zhuo himself later, proving his point that the presence of the Flying General was what crushed his plans of world domination.
- Blood Knight: Like Lü Bu, he likes to fight exciting battles, and this is how he initially recruits Lü Bu into his cause. When he confronts the Flying General for a last time, he's seen enjoying the battle with an excited grin.
- Carry a Big Stick: His weapons consists of a spiked mace, and he has used them ever since his teenage years. Noticeably, just like himself, his current mace is thicker than the one he carried in his youth. For his final battle against Lü Bu, he uses a skull-shaped mace.
- Disc-One Final Boss: In spite of being hyped as the main threat of the spin-off during its early stages, he ends killed by Lü Bu just by the time the manga tells his third legendary feat (appropiately titled "The Assassination of Dong Zhuo").
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones:He maintains a genuine friendship with his subordinates from the Seven Vessels of Uruk that started since his childhood, and it's clear seeing them die gruesomely at the hands of Lü Bu one after another fills him with grief, quietly mourning their deaths.
- Evil Overlord: He's a despot ruling China with an iron fist, cruelly subjugating the population while using emperor Xian as a puppet, and people even compare him with a demon. He also has at his disposition a squad of superhumans each one able to kill dozens of men by themselves. Eventually, it's revealed his goal is not only to dominate China, but the entire world.
- Fat Bastard: Downplayed compared to other versions of the character. He has a paunch, but that pales in comparison to his muscles.
- Go Out with a Smile: He dies with a satisfied smile on his face, having the chance to fight the strongest man in China before perishing.
- Hypocrite: For all his talk during his youth about wanting to create a just, unified country, in his adulthood he's no different from the rulers he despised, being a ruthless tyrant who kills people just cause they annoy him or starting a civil war who caused thousands of casualties. If this is an example of Motive Decay or if he's just not aware of his hypocrisy is never made clear.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: After enduring his last blow to the head, Lü Bu ends killing the tyrant by piercing his heart with his right hand.
- I Was Quite the Looker: Back in his youth when he was Anu, he was a slender and handsome young man, instead of the huge Fat Bastard he's nowadays.
- Made of Iron: He can tank a punch to the face of Lü Bu of all people and survive with just a small nosebleed and losing a few teeth. Guy's a tough one.
- Manly Tears: He cries upon seeing Lü Bu entertaining himself by forming mountains of boulders by throwing them with his hands, as he understands Lü Bu's grief over not finding an opponent able to give him a good battle.
- Might Makes Right: He's a firm believer of this, expressing disgust at the current kings and emperors of the world for being corrupt, weak and incompetent rulers that are only in their position due their lineage, rather than due their talent or strength. Strangely enough, his worldmap also includes the Americas and Oceania, despite those continents being discovered centuries later after his death.
- Non-Indicative Name: As a teen, he took the name of the Sumerian God of the Sky Anu. Despite that, he's not an actual god by any means (though his humanity is ambiguous at best).
- Obi-Wan Moment: Seeing Lü Bu's face of sadness after he ends killing him easier of what he thought, Dong Zhuo's last words to the Flying General are telling him that there may be an opponent worthy of him in the Heavens, encouraging him "to devour God" too before passing away.
- Older Than They Look: He's older than 50 by the time of The Legend of Lü Bu, yet he looks at the very least in his 30s.
- Pet the Dog: In his flashback when he was a teenager, he gives a large quantity of food to a starving child in exchange for a few berries, showing a softer side.
- Red Baron: In the story, he's known as "The Demon" due his endless cruelty. Characters who interact with him see him as an imposing, horned demonic creature, quite like how people see Lü Bu as a dragon.
- Taking Over The World: His endgame consists in conquering the whole world to unify everything into a single country ruled by strong and capable people, deciding to start with China.
- Villainous Glutton: In his introductory scene, he's seen feasting on the corpse of a poorly cooked horse, then he bites an eye from the decapitated head of the animal in excitement for his meeting with Lü Bu.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: At the very least, his attempts to conquer the world are done with the intention to make it a better place where competent people can rule an unified nation with no discrimination. Unfortunately, to achieve that, Dong Zhuo is willing to commit lots of atrocities and kill thousands of people.
- Wicked Cultured: He seems to enjoy literature, as in his flashback, he gives a girl he captured to an old man in exchange for a book written by Sun Tzu.
- Younger Than They Look: At age 14 he looked like if he was at least in his early to mid 20s.
Seven Vessels of Uruk
Seven Vessels of Uruk
From left to right: Ea, Nergal, Ishtar, Dong Zhuo/Anu, Nab, Sin and Shamash
Click here to see the group (except Anu) during the past
A group of warriors named after Sumerian deities working in the shadows for Dong Zhuo (also known as Anu). They come from a marginal region of China named Keigai, and aid their friend into the conquest of China to ensure his dream of conquering the world comes true.
- Affably Evil: Despite serving an evil tyrant, Shamash is a honorable warrior who prefers to confront his enemies directly than to resort to dirty tricks. Even when he tries to tear off Lü Bu's arm before perishing, he ask the Flying General politely before attempting the deed.
- Ambiguously Human: Like Dong Zhuo, they have barely changed in 50 years, with Nab and Shamash being the only members of the group to show some signs of aging (and not enough for the time that happened between Dong Zhuo's flashback and the Three Kingdoms period), bringing into question how they managed to remain young being mere humans.
- Bald of Evil: Sin is practically bald except for a long braid, while Shamash shows in his reappearance in the present signs of balding.
- BFS: Shamash's weapon is a huge sword as big as himself, that he uses to reduce his enemies to little pieces.
- Black Eyes of Crazy: Ishtar's eyes display a black sclera in similar vein to some of the gods from the main series, like Zeus and Thor.
- The Brute: Shamash is the biggest and most physically imposing member of the group, resorting to his strength alone to fight instead of the more flashy fighting styles of the other five.
- Combat Tentacles: Nergal uses six, long skeletal tentacles to impale or restraint his enemies.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: During the beginning of the fight, the first thing they do is to take away Lü Bu's polearm to disarm then kill him in an easier way. However, this forces Lü Bu to use his superhuman strength instead, which ends with all the members of the Vessels meeting their end in gruesome and nightmarish ways that would have been avoided if they would have just been sliced or stabbed with the halberd.
- Cute and Psycho: Nab looks like an innocent young child, but he's very eager to slay his enemies in brutal ways.
- Didn't See That Coming: Really applies to the whole group during their fight with Lü Bu, but two examples stand out:
- Seeing how dangerous fighting Lü Bu in melee is, Ishtar, Nab and Sin decide to attack him from the distance to kill him when he's tired enough. However, Lü Bu takes impulse and, in seconds, charges against an unsuspected Ishtar. The archer tries to shoot him various projectiles, but Lü Bu evades them, quickly grabs him by the face, and kills him by bashing his head against a near column.
- At the climax of the battle, after Nab is killed, Sin attempts to cut one of Lü Bu's feet. However, Lü Bu proceeds to slam one of his foot on the floor so hard he rises one of the paving stones from the floor, confusing Sin in enough time to break through the paving stone and hit Sin so hard he breaks his skull and puts an end to his life.
- The Dragon: Among the six other members, Sin appears to be the closest to Anu and the second in command.
- Dual Wield: Ea is introduced having two daggers as his main weapons. Strangely enough, during his appearance in the present he seems to have replaced them for a spear.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Like Dong Zhuo, they are shown to care for each other a great deal, and they are noticeably distraught anytime Lü Bu kills one of them.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: In a span of 50/40 years, the group went from a band of criminals coming from a poor region to the shadow rulers of the country of China.
- Gender-Blender Name: The clearly male Ishtar is named after the Sumerian Goddess of Fertility.
- The Grim Reaper: Nergal is clearly based on the figure of the Grim Reaper, with his skeletal appearance, black hooded clothes, bony tentacles and using the name of the Sumerian God of the Underworld.
- Handicapped Badass: Ishtar lacks a left arm, putting his crossbow in the place of his stump and being incredibly deadly despite being one-armed.
- Hoist by His Own Petard:
- After letting himself be stabbed by the skeletal tentacles of Nergal, Lü Bu proceeds to grab and pull them on to get the Vessel close to him. Nergal cannot react in time and gets pierced by Lü Bu's fist, dying in seconds.
- In a last attempt to take off a foot from Lü Bu, Nab charges to the general with Sin behind him and covers himself with his spiked shield. Lü Bu concentrates the muscles from his leg and simply extend it forward to one of the spikes, adding so much pressure with his foot the spike ends reversing itself and stabbing Nab instead, causing his death.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice:
- Nergal tends to kill his victims using his bone tentacles to impale them. Ironically, he meets his end when Lü Bu impales him of a single punch in the stomach.
- Nab dies impaled by the spikes of his own shield when Lü Bu presses with his foot one of them so much that the spike goes on reverse and ends piercing him.
- In the Hood: Nergal is entirely covered by a black hood that completely covers his body along with a skeletal helmet.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Nab's weapon is a huge shield way bigger in size than him that he can both use to defend and to attack by releasing many spikes from its surface.
- Mook Horror Show: Their "fight" against Lü Bu shortly devolves into this after the deaths of Ea and Shamash, showing just how overwhelmed the vessels are against the strength of the Flying General and how they receive brutal, unceremoniously ends as the battle runs its course.
- Multinational Team: They come from multiple parts of the ancient world, as it is usual in the Keigai region. We only get to know that Sin served in the court of the Han dynasty and Shamash comes from the Roman Empire.
- Neck Snap:
- Ea is killed this way when Lü Bu frees himself from the steel binds his comrades wrapped him in, first grabbing the edge from his spear to bring Ea near him, then grabbing his neck with a single hand and finally twisting it until he brokes it.
- Later, Shamash suffers a similar fate when Lü Bu kicks him so hard in the neck he completely breaks it, even revealing his cervical vertebrae. Unlike Ea he manages to survive a bit longer.
- Non-Indicative Name: Despite being named after Sumerian gods, they have no relation with the actual gods of the main series, and only took the names to give renown the Keigai lands.
- Nightmare Fetishist: In their introductory scene, when the group is examining the spoils of the battle, Nergal excitedly claims he gathered all the skulls he found. Later, he's seen playing with some bones.
- Older Than They Look: They have barely aged since the time they were in the Keigai, looking exactly like they looked 50 years ago (except for Shamash and Nab, who look slightly older).
- Old Soldier: Shamash, the eldest of the group, gives this impression, having a body full of scars and displaying an honorable and direct way to fight against his enemies.
- One-Man Army: The group is introduced pillaging the city of some Chinese lord, massacring all of his soldiers with zero effort.
- Quirky Miniboss Squad: They're the strongest servants of Dong Zhuo and get fleshes out a bit more than his other men, having colorful personalities and receiving a quirky characterization. They mainly serve to give an appetizer to Lü Bu before his direct confrontation against Dong Zhuo.
- Rings of Death: Sin's weapon is a huge chakram he uses to slices his enemies to pieces.
- Supernormal Bindings: Downplayed in the sense Lü Bu is still human, but, being aware of his legendary strength, after disarming him, the group attemps to bind him with a special rope made of some kind of super hard steel from the Keigai region to have Ea kill him with his spear. After struggling a bit, Lü Bu simply breaks off the ropes holding his arms, proceeds to catch and kill Ea, and then completely shatters it with his strength.
- Taking You with Me: Several of the members of the group attempt to do this against Lü Bu when they know they're going to die, failing miserably due the sheer physical power of the Flying General. Examples include:
- Knowing he's done for after Lü Bu destroys his neck with a kick, Shamash tries at least to rip off his left arm before dying. However, despite the incredible strength of Shamash, Lü Bu is so superior physically that the arm just doesn't moves. After unsuccesfully trying to repeat the proccess, Lü Bu proceeds to lift up the huge warrior (who is way bigger and taller than him) and brutally slams him against the floor, reducing his upper half sans his arms to nothing, finally killing him.
- After Lü Bu suddenly charges towards him and grabs and bashes his head against a near column, an agonizing Ishtar reveals to him that his arrows are poisoned, thinking the general will die poisoned and having a last laugh before passing away. Unfortunately for him, Lü Bu then proceeds to bite his own arm and suck the poison inside his body, removing it completely and spitting it on the floor before proceeding to confront Nab and Sin.
- After being the only remaining Vessels with life, Nab and Sin realize that they cannot win against Lü Bu, but decide to at least cut one of his feet so Dong Zhuo can have a chance against him if they die. They create many openings for the other to inutilize the feet of the Flying General, including stabbing it with one of the spikes from Nab's shield (that Lü Bu removes with his muscles alone) or sacrificing their life so the other can deliver the blow, but Lü Bu proves to be too much for them and ends killing them without suffering any notorious damage.
- This Is Gonna Suck: After being lift up by Lü Bu and realizing he's completely screwed, Shamash proceeds to recite a Buddhist prayer before his killer slams him against the floor and turns him into a bloody puddle.
- Troll: In his debut scene, Ea fakes being a defenseless woman to attract two soldiers, with one of them quickly falling for the "woman". When the man drops his guard, Ea reveals his true identity with a mocking face and proceeds to kill both soldiers, saying how amusing is killing people like that.
- True Companions: Their bond is a genuine and sincere one, and all of them are willing to give their lives for the dream of their friend Anu.
- Underestimating Badassery: Though they are aware of Lü Bu's fearsome reputation, the Vessels demean him as a particularly strong general and confidently think they all can take him. They are proven incredibly wrong when Lü Bu proceeds to kill them one by one in horrible ways, and little by little they just realize what kind of monster the Flying General is.
- Undignified Death: Though every single one of them meet brutal deaths, after his demise, Ea's corpse can be seen lying with a few teeth missing, his tongue out and his eyes popping out from his orbits, giving him a ridiculous expression in death.
- Undying Loyalty: Towards their friend Dong Zhuo/Anu, to the point they're willing to fight a monster like Lü Bu for the sake of fulfilling his dream.
- The Worf Effect: They are introduced in the flashback depicting Dong Zhuo's past as a very deadly squad that can reduce an army easily with only 7 members, giving the reader the ilusion that they may actually be a challenge for Lü Bu. However, it's soon made clear when they confront him in the present that they only lasted that far cause the general was deprived of his weapon, and they basically served to show how strong Lü Bu is even if he's disarmed.
- You Monster!: Sin screams this at Lü Bu after he kills Nergal, horrified by the insane amount of strength and resistance of the Chinese general.
