These are the characters from the Gaiden prequel of manga/anime series Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas. Warning: All spoilers are unmarked.
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Chapter Pisces
Pisces Lugonis
- Always with You: Declares this to Albafica as dies, saying that he will always be with him through their shared poisonous blood.
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Mostly because the poison in his blood is stronger.
- Poisonous Person: Like all Pisces saints, he possesses poisonous blood.
- Posthumous Character: Due to the manner by which an apprentice Pisces Saint completes their training.
- Power Incontinence: His poisonous blood will hurt anyone it lands on.
- The Power of Blood: Type A.
- Sink or Swim Mentor: The Red Bond ritual was eventually gonna end with either Albafica or Lugonis dead.
- Take Up My Sword: By means of creating a poison stronger than the predecessor's immunity.
Dryad Luko
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Pisces.
- 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).
- Deal with the Devil: Or Hades or maybe one of the other Underworld gods...
- Evil Twin: Pisces Rugonis's younger Specter brother, who bears a striking resemblance to him.
- Evil Uncle: To some extent, as Lugonis raised Albafica as his own child, and Luko is the former's younger brother.
- Foreshadowing: Notice that one of the key plants he uses for healing is lilies. Lilies are actually toxic.
- Love Makes You Evil: Although his motives are different on each version:
- In the Drama CD, Luko became a Specter was to achieve the power to lift his brother's curse, his poisonous blood.
- In the Anecdote adaptation, it's revealed he did it to save his beloved apprentice Pefko (an character exclusive to the manga) when he was about to die due to an unknown disease his remedies had no affect on.
- The Medic: Widely known as a miraculous healer.
- Mook Maker: The people he cures are transformed into Skeletons, Hades's foot soldiers.
- Green Thumb: As Dryad, he can control any plants around him... including the Pisces Saint's Demon Roses.
- Signature Move: Curse of Lily.
- Villain's Dying Grace: Turned all the Skeletons on his island back to normal people, sans disease and injury, after Albafica defeated him.
Chapter Scorpio
Carbella
- The Bartender: Owns and operates a bar.
- The Big Gal: About as tall as Kardia.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: By Wesda for Hypnotize the Captive purposes.
- Cool Big Sis: Acts as one to Sasha (aka Athena).
- Indian Maiden: Hinted at.
- One of the Boys: She generally acts more like a brute and speaks quite rudely.
- Physical God: Hinted to be the Soul Jar for Quetzalcoatl from the Aztec Mythology.
- Amnesiac God: And she never fully regains those memories.
- Power of the Sun: Gains access her powers from the rays of the morning sun.
- Stripperiffic: Her ritual outfit.
Sun Priest Wesda
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Scorpio.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Really can not grasp feelings of any kind.
- Magical Native American: of the Aztec variety
- Our Werebeasts Are Different: Commands an army of were-jaguars
- Skin Walker
- Physical God: Hinted to be the Soul Jar for Tezcatlipoca from the Aztec Mythology.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Of the kind intending to create a new one from the ashes...
- Playing with Fire: Namely, Kardia's heart fire.
- 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
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Refuses to skin or recapture Sasha because she previously stopped
- Death Equals Redemption: Showed signs of it when thinking he's going to die at the hands of Kardia.
- Redemption Equals Death: When he ultimately decided to save Sasha.
- The Dragon: To Huesuda.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Dies protecting Sasha from an attack by Wesda.
- I See Dead People: The souls of all the people he flayed stay around him.
- Overly Long Name: Just look at it.
- The Unpronounceable: Somehow subverted, Kardia managed to remember it and correctly pronounce it on the very first try!
- The Savage Indian: Again, the Aztec variety.
- Scary Teeth: Has very sharp ones.
Chapter Aquarius
Fluorite
Fluorite
- Bodyguard Crush: Fluorite developed romantic feelings for Dégel
- Clueless Detective: Despite trying to solve the mystery of her father's disappareace, Fluorite would never imagine what really happened. Or if she discovered the truth by herself, more likely she would be killed.
- Cute Bookworm: Fluorite likes writting and reading books. Her own father was a famous writer.
- Cute Clumsy Girl: She is quite clumsy as a maid.
- Disappeared Dad: The reason that she infiltrated in the castle as a maid was to search for her father.
- France: Country of origin.
- French Maid: The female lead of the plot is working as a maid.
- Masquerade Ball: She wears a mask in the ball of the story, despite being a servant.
- Scullery Maid: She infiltrated the castle as a maid, to solve the mysteries of the place.
- Spirited Young Lady: Fluorite is outspoken, energetic, curious and likes to read and write.
- The Klutz: She is really clumsy and stumbled in the guests that she was serving.
- The Pollyanna: Despite discovering that her dad was killed, she decides to not succumb to depression.
Garnet
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Aquarius.
- Aristocrats Are Evil
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Krest, Degel's master and the former Aquarius Saint before him. Garnet watches the duel between Krest and Degel, and when the pupil defeats the master, she uses the jewel that gives her her powers, saving Krest from instantly dying and revealing her true feelings for him. Because her jewel is destroyed, she loses her youth and starts aging to death, so Krest freezes both her and himself in his last act, preserving both their bodies within the ice.
- Evil Matriarch
- Femme Fatale
- France: Country of origin.
- Human Popsicle: Frozen alongside Krest while aging to death.
- Graceful Loser: Doesn't actually mind aging to death and crumbling so long as Degel gives her and Krest an answer to the "game" they've been playing.
- Life Drinker: With an Immortality Inducer.
- Really 700 Years Old: Had the very same age when Krest met her fifty years ago.
- Vampiric Draining: Her method to be young and beautiful forever.
- Magic Music: Her voice is able to mesmerize males who hear it, and severely weaken male warriors.
- Mineral MacGuffin: The source of her power, the Vouivre's Garnet, and she was using it as a pendant the whole time.
- No Immortal Inertia: As soon as her magical stone is destroyed, she begins to rapidly age.
- Ms. Fanservice
- Princesses Prefer Pink
- Together in Death: Forever frozen in an ice coffin with Krest as both their bodies start crumbling apart.
- Villain's Dying Grace: Uses her garnet to shield Krest when he loses the duel with Degel. She saves him from dying instantaneously from Degel's Aurora Execution at the cost of her own power.
Koh-i-Noor / Krest
- The Dragon: To Garnet, after his Face–Heel Turn.
- Enigmatic Empowering Entity: To young Kardia.
- Fountain of Youth: Thanks to the 13th century Athena's blood, he can return to his youthful self.
- Hermit Guru: Implied to be so, in Degel's flashbacks.
- Human Popsicle: Frozen alongside Garnet.
- Improbable Weapon User: A conductor's baton.
- 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".
- Old Master: Aquarius Degel's really old master.
- Really 700 Years Old: Even as an old man, he's far older than he looks. He was then made young again thanks to Athena's blood.
- Together in Death: As their bodies start crumbling away after their defeat, he freezes both himself and Garnet in an ice coffin, posed as though he were kissing her hand.
Carnelian, Tourmaline, Chalcedony and Flint
- Elite Mooks: Garnet's personal guard.
- Enfant Terrible
- Combination Attack: Chalcedony and Tourmaline.
- Humanoid Abomination: Only Koh-I-Noor that was truly human, the rest are gems with souls.
- Master of Illusion: Chalcedony.
- Playing with Fire: Flint.
- Shock and Awe: Tourmaline.
- The Unfought: Carnelian.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade
- Ambiguously Brown
- Bloody Murder
- Rapid Aging: When Garnet "drained" him.
- Theme Naming: All named after stones, just like Garnet herself.
Chapter Cancer
Don Avido
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Cancer.
- Deceptive Disciple: Was Hakurei's student.
- The Don: Leader of the Black Saints.
- Evil Twin: Looks almost exactly the same as Sage and Hakurei, and dons the Black Altar Cloth.
- Evil Counterpart: To the Silver Altar Saint.
- Face Death with Dignity: Once he found himself cornered and defeated, he killed himself.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Frequently shown chain smoking cigars. In fact, when he briefly appears at the Sanctuary, the first thing he comments his how he prefers the smell of some to fresh air. And for added villainy, it's later revealed that the cigars he smokes are made of human souls.
- Greed: His main motivation, the reason why he left the Sanctuary and became a Black Saint.
- Gold Digger: Seems to be very interested in the Gold Cloths. Not the Saints, just the Cloths.
- I Regret Nothing: Proudly declares this as he dives right into Hell.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Unlike his fellow Anecdote villains, he gets no Freudian Excuse or anything close to redemption.
- Meaningful Name: Italian for "greedy".
- Theme Naming: All the Black Saints are named after a trait of personality.
- Soul Power: Handles souls in much the same way the Cancer Saints does. Helps that he was taught by the twin brother of Manigoldo's teacher...
- Having a Blast: By using the souls he controls as gun powder...
- Technicolor Fire: Blue flames. Again, using souls as a fuel...
Allègre
- Badass Longrobe
- Beard of Evil
- Boisterous Bruiser
- The Coats Are Off: Removes his priest robes and reveals his Black Cloth upon switching to offensive.
- Evil Counterpart: To the Silver Whale Saint.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: By Manigoldo's Acubens.
- Improbable Weapon User: He uses wine in a technique.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: By fellow Black Saint Rusé, to prevent him from talking too much.
- No-Sell: Being able to purify and release spirits with his Holy Spout, he's immune to Sekishiki (spirit-based) techniques.
- Shout-Out: His offensive technique is a martial art invented by Arthur Conan Doyle, appearing in Sherlock Holmes.
- Sinister Minister: Dresses like one, and preaches indulging in decadence.
- Theme Naming: All the Black Saints are named after a trait of personality. Allègre means "jolly".
- Wine Is Classy: And can even be used for exorcism!
Rusé
- Badass Longcoat
- Barrier Warrior: His defensive technique "Black Feather Defense".
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Moreso than Albafica himself.
- Establishing Character Moment: During the reunion of the Black Saints, he spends the whole time looking into the mirror and playing with his hair.
- Evil Counterpart: To the Silver Crow Saint.
- Feather Motif: Black feathers.
- Feather Flechettes: His offensive technique.
- The Fighting Narcissist: Very much in love with himself, and declares he'll prove he's the most beautiful by killing Albafica.
- It's All About Me
- 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.
- Pride: In the sense of vanity.
- Theme Naming: All the Black Saints are named after a trait of personality. Rusé means "cunning".
Lemargos
- Big Eater: His associated sin is gluttony.
- Evil Counterpart: To the Silver Hercules Saint.
- Theme Naming: All the Black Saints are named after a trait of personality. Lemargos means "glutton".
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Because Albafica defeats him offscreem.
Yudo
- Ambiguously Brown
- Double Entendre: "I can see everything you're trying to hide."
- Evil Counterpart: To the Silver Hound Saint.
- Faux Affably Evil
- High-Class Glass
- In the Back: Albafica strikes him from behind to kill him.
- Lust: He's seen surrounded by women early on.
- Telepathy: Thanks to a technique called Satori.
- Theme Naming: All the Black Saints are named after a trait of personality. Yudo means "guidance".
- Would Hit a Girl
Chapter Capricorn
Mine
- The Blacksmith
- Childhood Friend: With Felser and Elcid.
- Cool Sword: Her magical sword Zan'ōki, stronger even than Excalibur.
- Dead All Along
- Faux Action Girl: When she first appeared with that long sword, one had hopes she'd be doing some good fighting. Unfortunately, it didn't pan out.
- Damsel in Distress: Shows in full during the flashback: when they are running of a volcano eruption, she hurts her ankle and Elcid has to carry her to safety. She even passes out!
- The Heavy: It's her tournament that sets the Capricorn Anecdote in motion.
- The Lost Lenore: Her death really affects both Elcid and Felser, specially the latter who fell into a strong depression after her death, which eventually led him into the path of villainy.
Felser
- BFS
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: His blade can cut Elcid's body, without damaging the Cloth covering it.
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Capricorn.
- The Big Guy: He towers over Elcid.
- Gentle Giant: In the past, he's seen playing around with birds.
- Black Knight
- Childhood Friend: With Elcid and Mine.
- Evil Former Friend
- Grand Theft Me: Possessed by the dream god Phobetor.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He gravely burns his hands, and turn losing his chances to become a Saint, to save Elcid and Mine. He himself didn't mind it much, as he had no motivation to go for it.
- Walking the Earth: After Phobetor is expelled and he realizes that his method of trying to give Mine her dreams was wrong, he just walks out of the crumbling city for parts unknown.
Dream God Phobetor
- Grand Theft Me: Took over Felser's.
- Emotion Eater: He fed off people's dreams, excitement, and passion to accelerate his awakening.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: He doesn't fully awake, though.
Chapter Libra
Hui
- Bad Boss: Has no problem causally killing and burning his own men.
- Couldn't Find a Pen: He wrote a poem with the blood of people he just murdered.
- Meaningful Name: His name is Chinese for "ashes".
- Playing with Fire: Blue Fox Flames.
- Power Tattoo: Has a nine-tailed fox tattoo.
- The Rival: He was Dohko's training partner.
- Scary Teeth
Muudan
- The Beastmaster: Controls birds.
- Dark Action Girl
- The Dragon
- Heel–Face Turn: Once Dohko tries to save her brother.
- Ms. Fanservice
- Power Tattoo: Has a flower tattoo.
- Sonic Stunner: She used a set of bells to paralyze people.
Hakutaku
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Libra.
- Heel–Face Turn: After Dohko saves him.
- Humans Are Bastards: Is wholly convinced of this.
- Power Tattoo: Has a Bai Ze (mythological Chinese beast) tattoo.
- Power Dyes Your Hair
- Shock and Awe
Chapter Leo
Conner
- Disappeared Dad: Hers is killed right at the beginning of the chapter.
- Divine Parentage: Descended from Lugh Lamfhada, a warrior from Celtic Mythology.
- Go Through Me: to protect Regulus.
- Living MacGuffin
Balor Cruiach
- Arc Villain: of Chapter Leo.
- Beard of Evil
- Magical Eye: Provides him with his powers.
- Casting a Shadow
- The Plague: When someone touches the shadows he casted, it'd act like a spreading plague that destroyed the senses.
- Our Gods Are Different: He's the actual Balor from Celtic Mythology.
- Sins of Our Fathers: He wants revenge over Lugh's descendant for having been betrayed in the past.
Banshee Shelley
- The Dragon: To Balor.
- The Fair Folk: She is summoned by Balor to kill Regulus and the Failinis family.
- Fairy Sexy
- Flechette Storm: Her Lamentation Rain technique, which is powerful enough to pierce a Gold Cloth.
- Our Fairies Are Different
- Tears of Blood: She is always seen shedding bloody tears over people that are about to die, while displaying a terrible smile on her face.
Chapter Virgo
Ahimsa
- Ambiguously Brown
- An Arm and a Leg: Doesn't last too long, though.
- Posthumous Character: But since the whole chapter happens in Hell anyway, it's not an issue.
- Street Urchin: In his life, he survived off stealing offerings from Buddha statues.
Atavaka
- Ambiguously Brown
- Arc Villain: Of Chapter Virgo.
- Bald of Evil
- Enlightenment Superpowers
- Evil Counterpart: He's practically the Spectre version of a Virgo Saint.
- Fangs Are Evil
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He's got no past relationship with Asmita and is just pure evil.
- Master of Illusion
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: His Surplice has several, and he can use them all.
- Soul Power
- Treacherous Spirit Chase: He uses Ahimsa's mother to trick him and absorb his soul.
- Visionary Villain
Chapter Taurus
Cor Tauri
A giant man who lives on Crete along with several children he adopted. He is actually a golem created by Daedalus to protect "Europa's Children." Aldebaran enlists his aid to seal away the Gigante Enceladus.- Artificial Human: Based off Talos from Greek Mythology.
- The Big Guy: He's actually taller than freakin' Aldebaran!!
- Friend to All Children: He protects the "children of Europa", aka the children in Creta Island.
- Gentle Giant
- Good Old Fisticuffs
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: His face is covered in scars.
- Last of His Kind: The final golem created by Daedalus that still exists in this world
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: Celintha's first teacher. He does a Heroic Sacrifice against Enceladus
- Power Up Full Color Change
- The Quiet One
- Super Mode: When he's enraged, he releases red energy that engulfs his body.
- Unstoppable Rage
- Your Days Are Numbered: Fighting in his Super Mode will eventually break his body down.
Typhon
An ancient monster sealed away in Mount Etna.- Sealed Evil in a Can
- The End of the World as We Know It: If he awakens, the world's gone...at least according to Pope Shion.
Enceladus
The elder brother of Typhon, sealed away on Crete.- Omnicidal Maniac
- Sealed Evil in a Can
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Cor Tauri sacrifices himself to take the giant down, but several years after the Holy War, he breaks out again, this time using the parts of Daedalus' golems, including Cor Tauri's heart.
Chapter Sagittarius
Centaur Spectre
- Annoying Arrows: His Centaur hordes uses them.
- The Beast Master: Controls Centaurs.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He was first seen in one panel of the original manga.
- No Name Given
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Only lasts for a couple pages.
Arkhes
- Chekhov's Gun: Inverted. The pendant Illias uses to keep his illness in check? She owned it.
- Emotionless Girl: All the way through the end of the chapter, she barely shows any.
- Healing Hands: She can heal through her magic stones.
- Facial Markings: She has two black markings at the side of her eyes.
- Figure It Out Yourself: The scroll Sisyphos was sent to retrieve turned out to be a map to find Athena. Said map ended up being a non-descript map of some Italian city with a circle.
- Fortune Teller: She's the Oracle of Delphi.
- Friend to All Living Things: Just like Illias, animals love her.
- Master of Illusion: She creates illusions in order to test Sisyphos.
- Mind-Control Eyes: When she communicated with others via animals, little markings appeared below their eyes.
- Secret Test of Character: She puts Sisyphos in one to help him clear his doubts.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Is unceremoniously killed by Aspros off-screen right before the start of Gemini Gaiden for giving him a prophecy he didn't want to hear.
- What Happened Tothe Mouse: What happens to her at the end of the Gaiden is unknown. Some fan theories believe she's Regulus' mother.
Chapter Gemini (Defteros)
Jamadhar Ema
- Back from the Dead: Was killed during a previous war between Ares and Athena.
- Big Brother Worship: Really admires his brother Kokkalo, specially after he saved his life in the past.
- Blood Knight: Relish on battles as part of Ares' Berserkers.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has scars all over his body.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He kills himself to release his brother from Aspros' Genrou Maouken.
- Off with His Head!: They were killed by decapitation many years ago.
- He also self-decapitates himself to save his brother from Aspros' Genro Maouken.
- Playing with Fire: He uses fire-based techniques.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: His spirit was sealed in an arena.
- Sibling Team: With his brother Kokkalo.
- Thicker Than Water: He'd do anything for his older brother, even taking out his own life.
Buhj Kokkalo
- Back from the Dead: Was killed during a previous war between Ares and Athena.
- BFS: He wields a humongous one.
- Blood Knight: Relish on battles as part of Ares' Berserkers.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Aspros uses the Genrou Maouken on him to set him loose on Defteros.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has scars all over his body.
- Off with His Head!: They were killed by decapitation many years ago.
- Playing with Fire: He uses fire-based techniques.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: His spirit was sealed in an arena.
- Sibling Team: With his brother Ema.
- Thicker Than Water: He went out of his way to save his brother from an attacker, inspiring him to continue fighting instead of giving up.
Chapter Gemini (Aspros)
Ursula Walden
- Aristocrats Are Evil
- Cain and Abel: She's the Cain to Chris' Abel.
- Self-Made Orphan: She killed her father with poison.
- Sibling Rivalry: She really hates her sister Chris for inheriting the family's wealth.
- Pirate: She descends from a family of pirates. Her introduction also shows her in quite the pirate attire.
- Take Over the World: She was promised this for her assistance with the Specters.
- Unwitting Pawn: Then it turns out her sister was the one destined to be a Specter, and she was just played with by Erhart.
Chris Walden
- Cain and Abel: She's the Abel to Ursula's Cain.
- Cute Mute: At first.
- Suddenly Voiced: Once Aspros asked her to choose whether she prefers him or the Specters to be her enemies.
- Making a Splash: Her power as a Specter.
- Mind Control: She's under control of Erhart.
- The Reveal: She's the actual Specter of Ketus, not her sister.
- Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: She's got an evil star Spectre sealed within her. Apparently, she inherited it from her family line.
Vampire Erhart
- All Your Powers Combined: He can merge his techniques with those of the Surplice he stole powers from.
- Fangs Are Evil: As the Vampire Spectre, he obviously sports a pair.
- Power Copying: Erhart can steal the powers/techniques of any Surplice nearby, but only if the Surplice in question is not being used at the time.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Once he got the Chris' Surplice, he is ready to kill Ursula since she's not needed anymore.
Upyr Leibold
- Having a Blast: He can create bat-shaped explosives with his technique.
- Mr. Exposition: Out of boredom, he explains the connection between Chris' lienage and Hades' Specters.
- We Hardly Knew Ye
Chapter Aries
Aries Avenir
- The Atoner: Is not guilty of any actual sin per se, but considers himself this for letting his Athena die, and will fight to the bitter end in the 1500s because of guilt and sadness.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He was one of the four Gold Saints from Sage/Hakurei's time who appeared in Hakurei's Seki Shiki Tenryou Ha.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: Becomes this as he is thrown from an alternative present to the 1500s.
- Bad Future: Comes from one where in the present day, Hades WON the Holy War and destroyed the world. This prompted Chronos to send back Avenir and a group of Saints back to the 1500s.
- Despair Event Horizon: Goes through this as he sees his fellow Gold Saints killed one by one, Athena and the Pope decapitated by a fully awakened Hades, and the Earth destroyed, before going back in time. It is actually SO BAD that Hakurei is afraid that Sion would DIE from the psychic backlash of synchronizing with Avenir's memories.
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Iron Woobie: With all the crap the guy went through, you really want to give him a hug. Does not make him any less badass though, as the Specters realize quickly. - Meaningful Name: Avenir means "Future" in french.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Is basically given an opportunity by Chronos to do this.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Gets hit with this as he is transported to the 1500s where Athena's forces just have suffered the loss of THEIR Aries Saint, and think this is too good to be true. This also freaks out Hades' forces to no end.
