Back from the Dead: When Alone killed him in the first battle of the Holy War; thanks to Athena's divine protection in the flower leash, his soul was kept alive and subsequently rescued by Yato and Yuzuriha from Yomotsu Hirasaka.
Break the Cutie: Not very rare. Learning that the place where he grew up was ravaged by Specters and that his childhoold friend is behind it all. Aldebaran's death, while he was unconscious. Dohko's apparent death, and the fact that he blames himself (and Degel doesn't help by agreeing that it's his fault). Yato and Yuzuriha turning into stone. Finding himself face to face with his beloved mother, who came back as a Specter.
The Chosen One: According to legends, the Pegasus Saint is always a key character in the Holy Wars against Hades, so everyone seems to think Tenma is some kind of chosen one and must make it through the war and face Hades. Tenma initially seems to think this means he's Blessed with Suck.
Attack Animal: Youma sees him as this, and intends to harvest his soul to use it as a weapon against Olympus.
Enemy Mine: He ends up fighting Partita alongside Pandora (although she claims he will be the next one to die). After he saves her life and protects her, they become almost friendly towards each other. Still enemies, though.
Jumped at the Call: When his older sister falls ill and he tries to take her to town to see a medic, they're attack by a Specter, and kid Yato tries to fight him despite being a child with zero experience! Big Damn Hero Scorpio Kardia shows up to save the day and (after the older sister is cured) takes Yato with him to the Sanctuary to become a Saint, something the young boy seems very eager about.
Expy: Of Hyoga, in a really vague way. She has, at least, killed someone close to her, which was practically a Running Gag for Hyoga. The personalities are also similar.
Survivor Guilt: Being one of the survivors of the previous Holy War.
Twin Switch: As he and Sage are twins and he isn't very well-known, preferring to work behind the scenes, he poses as his brother after the latter's death, so the morale of the army won't decay over the loss of its leader.
Cerberus, Auriga and Sagitta
Adaptation Expansion: The anime shows them on the trail of Skeleton Soldiers in Italy, on a mission to locate the Forest Cathedral.
Batman Gambit: Pandora lured them into a trap. She knew they would leave at least one Skeleton alive so he would run back into the Forest Cathedral and they could follow it and discover the location; the moment they arrive there, however, they're immediatly surrounded by strong Specters and killed.
Barrier Warrior: He still has really powerful offensive abilities however.
Big Damn Heroes: Pulls one saving Agasha from Minos. Too bad Shion himself is almost killed by Minos and needs another Big Damn Heroes moment to ensue (see Albafica's entry).
Every Scar Has A Story: Two important scars. One in the back of his neck from when he was almost beheaded by Balron René as a child; another in his arm, inflicted by Hakurei shortly after in order to pour some blood into the dying boy.
Badass Boast: When confronted by Spectres and told he's outnumbered, lacking the advantage Albafica had and can't win, he crosses him arms and says he will fight them ALL as is. He backs it up (in a single attack and never unfolding his arms)!
Mentor Archetype: To Regulus, Dohko, Tenma, Teneo, Salo and Celintha.
That Man Is Dead: In a variation of this, Aldebaran claimed that he abandoned his real name, Rasgado, to dedicate himself to being a Saint. Thus he adopted 'Aldebaran', the name of one of the stars in the Taurus constellation.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Originally, he's portrayed as an Expy of Guilty from the original series, but just about everyone could tell he was really an Expy of Gemini, just not exactly which one.
Evil Counterpart: To Tenma, although he isn't really evil. Both are young men raised in Italy who lost their families very early on, faced a difficult life, were recruited by Gold Saints, brought into the Sanctuary to train and ultimately became talented Saints themselves. Lampshaded by Athena and Pope Sage.
Take Care of My Son: Knowing that he won't survive, he entrusts child Regulus to Aldebaran.
Leo Regulus
All Your Powers Combined: His trump card is a technique consisting of the signature moves of all the Gold Saints combined. But also deconstructed, leading to....
Mega Manning and Awesomeness by Analysis: Nothing escapes him. Once he sees an attack, he's able to fully understand how it works and proceed to perform it better than its original user.
Child Prodigy: Discovered to be one during early trainings.
Teen Hero: The same age as Tenma and Yato, i.e. significantly younger than the other Gold Saints.
Let Them Die Happy: Rhadamanthys Faking the Dead so Regulus could die happy as he vanished. Regulus did, however, kill the godly part of Rhadamanthys and left him almost dead entirely, as stated by Alone.
Depower: In order to fulfill his role as guardian of the Sealed Land until the next Holy War begins, he is given the Misopethamenos, a technique that greatly extends his lifespan, but severely weakens him physically.
Big Damn Heroes: Shows up to save child Yato from a huge Specter and takes him along to the Sanctuary to train and become a Saint.
Eccentric Mentor: Usually, the Saint who takes a newcomer to the Sanctuary (one way or another) is the one who trains him (Taurus Aldebaran, Libra Dohko, even Pope Sage), so he's implied to be this to Yato.
Living on Borrowed Time: He received a drop of Athena's blood the age of 10 to prolong his life, since then he was given the choice of longevity through Misopethamenos or suffer the burn of the divine blood until his ultimate death. No points for guessing what he choose.
Angst Coma: Hypnos gets him trapped deep inside the Dream World as soon as he falls into a coma, but he doesn't make any effort to get out. Out of guilt (see entry below).
The Archer: Bundled with the Sagittarius Cloth, couldn't be otherwise.
Combination Attack: Twice. Once with El Cid, the other instance with Shion and Regulus.
Determinator: His eyes were blinded, his body was broken, his heart ripped out, his consciousness fading away, but through sheer willpower, his body still moves and is able to perform the Athena Exclamation.
It's All My Fault: Thinks it was him who caused the Holy War by taking away Athena from Hades' side.
Stupid Good: Even worse than Aldebaran. He let Sphinx Pharaoh rip his heart out just to prove that he was completely loyal to Athena when he could have kicked his ass easily (I mean, if he manages to do it without his heart in place...). Even if he does manage to perform Athena's Exclamation to allow everybody else to pass as a last stand, it still feels like a pointless death.
Meaningful Name: Sisyphus was a king punished by the Gods for his arrogance: they made him roll a boulder up a hill to redeem himself, but before the boulder got to the top, it would always roll back down, no matter how many times he tried.
Major Injury Underreaction: Not a single ouch when his arm is cut off. Icelus taunts him about this, to no avail.
Named After Somebody Famous: After Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar or El Cid Campeador, the famous Spanish soldier and General who fought against the Moors.
Taking the Bullet: He is killed by Oneiros's self-destruction while pushing the dream god away so the explosion couldn't reach and kill Tenma as Oneiros intended.
Beneath the Mask: Although he tries so hard to act cold and distant - to some success when interacting with people who aren't very close to him - deep down he's somewhat passionate and impulsive.
Berserk Button: His aloof demeanour is magically gone if someone close to him is injured or in trouble.
Meaningful Name: It means "to thaw" or "to unfreeze". A subtle reference to his true nature, and how his stern facade "unfreezes" when personal matters are involved.
Cast from Hit Points: His Crimson Throne technique, and a variation with his white rose attack which he used upon himself first before using it to fatally poison Minos.
Implacable Man: Survived getting pierced and his heart burnt by Kardia; getting part of his chest ripped out by Regulus; and survived long enough, after being cut in half by Alone, to unseal Athena's power, and still save Pandora as his last act as an Specter.
Disney Death: TWICE. First, on his fight against Scorpio Kardia, then on his fight with Leo Regulus.
Advancing Boss of Doom: He effortlessly slays all of the Saints and soldiers who appear in his way trying to stop him as he advances towards the Sanctuary. Albafica's poisonous garden halts him, eventually.
People Puppets: His technique Cosmic Marionettion gives him free control over the victim's body through energy strings. He can manipulate them or simply break them. Slowly.
Glass Cannon: Terrifically strong, quite fast (and quite fast to attack with terrifically strong techniques), but kinda fragile when one manages to land a hit on him. When Sisyphus is finally able to hit him, it's One-Hit KO.
Mercy Kill: He claims to have killed his partner Gordon so he wouldn't have to live with the humiliation of having been defeated and rendered powerless.
The Nose Knows: He's able to smell blood to the point of distinguishing the particular odor of each person's blood. That's how he discovers that Dohko is hiding a vial with Athena's blood, and that the Gold Saint himself was infused with the divine blood.
Off with His Head!: His preferred method of killing. He does this to countless soldiers in the Sanctuary and attempts to finish Dohko this way.
Also the way he kills Minotaur Gordon.
Razor Wind: His signature move seems to consist on this.
Disproportionate Retribution: Could be summarized as: "You don't know immediatly if you wanna come with me, so I'm gonna slash your neck and leave you bleeding to death".
We Can Rule Together: Proposed this to a young Shion because he saw a bit of himself in the boy. He didn't take it well when a hesitant Shion asked some time to think about it.
Proposes it again in the Lost Canvas and Shion turns him down immediatly.
Lonely at the Top: His natural ability is enourmously strong... so much that it kills anyone near him. His Undying Loyalty to Rhadamanthys is due to Rhadamanthys being the only one he ever met who's strong enough to not be affected by his poison.
From Nobody to Nightmare: She imples to have begun as an unimportant soldier and steadily made her way to the top. That's why she despises Regulus, whom she sees as "special from the start, effortlessly".
People Puppets: Her corpse is briefly manipulated by Hades to try to execute Aiacos. It doesn't work, because she somehow stops herself.
Samus Is a Girl: Introduced as a tough and brutal Specter way before being revealed to be a female.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He is last seen when Alone summons the Star Guardians of the Lost Canvas and sends them to their respective temples. Never again.
Warm Up Boss: The first Specter to be taken out by Tenma, Yato and Yuzuriha's team work. He's strong, but far from enough.
Mephistopheles Youma Kairos
Bad Habits: Took a leaf out of Hypnos's book and disguised himself as a priest in order to find the perfect "hiding place" for the child with the purest heart on Earth, the one destined to be Hades's Soul Jar.
For the Evulz: Arguably, the whole reason behind his Xanatos Roulette. Between instigating the holy war and messing with Aspros and Defteros, there's the little fact of wanting to harvest Tenma's soul and use it as a weapon against the GODS, ALL OF THEM.
Subverted, it turns out he actually has a palpable motivation, being that he was banned by his older brother, Kronos, and wants to kill him for it (there's no explanation for WHY he was banned though). By extension, he harbours a hatred against ALL older brothers; that includes Aspros.
The Power of Love: The flower leashes she made are imbued with this. Strong enough to keep Tenma's soul alive and allow him to be rescued from the Underworld and to prevent Hades from taking over Alone's body until its effect fades after it's destroyed.
Bigger Bad: Although Alone pretends to be possessed by Hades and the characters buy into it, he is really just Alone. Hades only wakes up and takes over the Big Bad role after Alone's defeat at the hands of Tenma.
Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: Thanks to Athena's flower leash, Hades became trapped inside of Alone, unable to take over his body. Once the leash is destroyed, its protection begins to gradually fade and Hades's awakening becomes a matter of time - and Alone keeps track of it via the Star Clock.
Person of Mass Destruction: Hypnos and Thanatos wiped out the entirety of Athena's army when the last Holy War ended, as an act of retaliation for Hades's defeat. Sage and Hakurei were the only survivors.
Adaptation Dye Job: His hair is jet-black in the anime. Actually, they were pretty faithful to his only colored image from the manga... too bad his hair color on it was wrong.
Person of Mass Destruction: Hypnos and Thanatos wiped out the entirety of Athena's army when the last Holy War ended, as an act of retaliation for Hades's defeat. Sage and Hakurei were the only survivors.
Human Chess: As Manigoldo interrupted his chess match with Hypnos, Thanatos transforms the pieces into gigantic warriors and makes them viciously attack the Saint.
Meaningful Name: Comes from Greek Mythology word, Oneiroi. Oneiroi means Dreams and is the combination of the sons of Nyx and were Hypnos's brothers and/or children.
Meaningful Name: Comes from Icelus, the true name of Phobetor(frightening) of the Oneiroi in Greek Mythology. He is the personification of nightmares and appears in dreams in the form of animals or monsters.
Meaningful Name: Comes from Morpheus (shaper of dreams). In Greek Mythology he is the God of Dreams and Leader of the Oneiroi. He has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams.
Heroic Sacrifice: Alongside Tenma and Sasha, to banish Hades back into the Underworld and keep him trapped there.
Insane Troll Logic: Why he decided to kill everyone. You only suffer if you're alive, if you're dead then you will not suffer anymore, therefore death is salvation from suffering.
Awful Truth: So Pandora's dear best friend, whose death she explicitly ordered, wasn't the one who took away her brother after all. She was innocent. Oh well.
The Dragon: The purpose of her life is serving as Hades's Dragon every Holy War.
To Alone until she discovers he was never possessed by Hades in the first place.
Enemy Mine: She ends up fighting Partita alongside Tenma (although she claims he will be the next one to die). After he saves her life and protects her, they become almost friendly towards each other. Still enemies, though.
Evil Counterpart: To Athena herself, although her role in Hades's troops mirrors that of Athena's Pope.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Offers his help to Albafica, when his real intention is to strip him of his powers. The reason why he cures everyone who asks his help isn't very noble, too (see below).
Evil Twin: Pisces Rugonis's younger Specter brother, who bears a striking resemblance to him.
Evil Uncle: To some extent, as Rugonis raised Albafica as his own child, and Ruko is the former's younger brother.
Love Makes You Evil: The reason why he became a Specter was to achieve the power to lift his brother's curse, his poisonous blood.
Taking You with Me: When his physical body was destroyed by Kardia's Suicide Attack, he attempted to wipe out everyone in sight before fading away. Thwarted by Sasha/Athena.
Youaltepuztli Nahualpilli
Death Equals Redemption: Showed signs of it when thinking he's going to die at the hands of Kardia.
Nietzsche Wannabe: Having seen so many Holy Wars against greedy gods, peace being achieved only to be disrupted by the arrival of a new threat, he decided that it's worthless, "just a frail, fleeting dream".
No Sell: Able to manipulate air currents as a defense, rendering him immune to Albafica's poison, which spreads through the air, and his roses, that travel through it.
Theme Naming: All the Black Saints are named after a trait of personality. Rusé means "cunning".
