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Liberators: Dx2
The Player
Name unknown / Code name: Determinate
Their lives are definitely more exciting now.
Your character who becomes caught up in a conflict with the Liberators and the Acolytes shortly after downloading a game app. Can be either male or female.
- Experience Booster: One of their Liberator skills is the passive ability to increase Experience gained after battle. This makes them the ideal character to run Leveling Quests.
- Face–Heel Turn: In the Alternate Chapter 7, which even requires you to replay part of Chapter 6 to choose the possibility of joining the Acolytes to save your own skin.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: They lack an official name.
- Heroic Mime: In true SMT tradition, their personality depends foremost on your actions and decisions.
- Jack of All Trades: Their stat boosting skills don't focus on any specific stats, but rank up twice in every stat. Their other skills also don't favor any type of demons, but are the kinds that help anyone, like increasing MP regeneration or recovering HP.
- Jumped at the Call: They instantly join the Liberators.
- Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here: Thinks about this shortly before getting dragged into a quite a bit of a mess.
- Purely Aesthetic Gender: You can choose to play as a male or female. Aside from some slight dialogue changes, there is no difference playing as either. The Interlude shows that the MC that chose the Alternate events of Chapter 7 is the opposite gender of the player's.
- Suddenly Voiced:
- Late in the normal Chapter 7, s/he gets two lines independent of player control. The beginning of battle 15 has them say "Leave it to me!" when tasked with destroying Vanitas, and the end cutscene of battle 16 has them say "Devil Download!" right before killing it once and for all.
- At the end of the alternate Chapter 7, you mutter the word "Aion" after humanity is obliterated.
Templar Dragon
Rika Ryuzouji / Code name: Templar Dragon
She thinks you'd make a good target.
A very hard to read ally for the protagonist with whom she works on a certain case.
- Brutal Honesty: She basically eschews the idea of having any reservations while talking.
- Charged Attack: Her skills can increase the power of Charge and Concentrate skills, which greatly increase the damage of the next attack used (physical and magical, respectively).
- Damsel in Distress: Ends up as one alongside Ririn in Chapter 4, though this doesn't exactly last long; Gakuto's intervention entertains their would-be torturer so much that he puts off doing so.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father was also part of the Liberators, and lost his life while fighting the Acolytes.
- Dual Boss: Fights you alongside Jeng Yun in the alternate Chapter 7.
- Gun Nut: Shows unnerving levels of enthusiasm for firearms. When the Acolytes attack Akihabara in force, she defends the Church of False Gods, all the while pestering Vagit for guns he doesn't have.
- The Gunslinger: Natch. She IS a Gun Nut after all.
- Item Caddy: One of her skills allow her to use items for only half a turn.
- Lightning Bruiser: Her boost to charge skills and the ability to boost all her demon's stats if one of them misses an attack, along with skills that help out healer demons, it's no wonder most players choose her as their go to Dx2.
- Serious Business: Often takes almost anything way too seriously. In her interlude, she, the protagonist and Meat Balloon are lured into a Death Trap in the guise of an Airsoft tournament. She makes it a point to abide by the rules of the game as she takes down the attackers, to her companions' and even the Acolyte organizer's nonplussed stares.
Megakin
Taro Fuse / Code name: Megakin
This is the leader. No, seriously.
The Leader of the Tokyo division of the Liberators. Taro is also a popular video maker at MegaTube (yes, a YouTube Expy), using the handle Megakin.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: The guy's an enthusiastic internet celebrity, yet he's effective as the leader of Liberators.
- Cool Shades: Wears enormous mechanical goggles.
- An Ice Person: Owns a Level 15 Jack Frost.
- The Leader: For the Tokyo division of Liberators.
- Meta Power-Up: A majority of his Liberator skills don't help much in battle, but they do help in getting demons to join you.
- Uncle Pennybags: His interlude reveals he makes quite a pretty chunk of cash, and he certainly isn't shy about using it to hold a fairly expensive event for a large group of kids. He also financially supported Kazufumi for a while. That said, his resources have limits and he's shown to slightly blanch at the final tab, though he still pays in full.
Chalk Eater
Shiang Sun / Code name: Chalk Eater
Just don't ask him about horror movies...
A college student from Shanghai who is studying super computers. He joins your party in Chapter 2.
- Asian and Nerdy: He is a Chinese student specializing in super computers.
- Attack Its Weak Point: His specialty as a Liberator. His skills confer various boons when a demon hits the enemy's weakness, such as status buffs or giving an extra turn.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He's harboring a lot of repressed anger, particularly from parental neglect as a child. In his character story, he briefly becomes victim of demonic possession due to this.
- Everybody Has Standards: While he loves horror movies, when he learns a serial killer is uploading videos of their murders, he's utterly disgusted, insisting that people shouldn't act out horror films in real life.
- Making a Splash: Likes surfing, also has Forneus as his primary demon.
- Nice Guy: Despite his er, grim interests, he's quite laid-back and approachable.
- Nightmare Fetishist: While he likes surfing too, he is especially indulgent when it comes to horror movies.
- Playful Hacker: Hacking is one of his hobbies, and a small part of his studies too. When hacking, he occasionally mumbles to himself as if he's a horror movie monster chasing down a hiding victim...
Eileen
Ririn Ueda / Code name: Eileen
No shortage of story ideas around here!
An aspiring author working on a light novel who comes from a poor family. She enjoys cosplay, and works at a swimsuit themed café.
- Big Sister Instinct: Has a younger brother and sister whom she cares deeply for, and is determined to secure a good future for.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Her flirting can be a bit aggressive sometimes, but if you dare lay a finger on a pretty girl she likes you will regret it.
- Damsel in Distress: Ends up one alongside Rika in Chapter 4, though only temporarily. Gakuto's timely intervention entertains her would-be torturer so much that he just puts off doing so.
- Interspecies Romance: In her character story, she ultimately concludes on writing a Girls Love story between a human and a demon. Notably, she also seeks out Leanan Sidhe, as those who become her lovers are granted incredible creative inspiration in exchange for a shortened lifespan, not knowing the latter half of the deal at first. While Leanan Sidhe reciprocated her feelings, Eileen ultimately declined, as she still has much more life to live.
- Lipstick Lesbian: She makes her preference for girls very clear, and has many traditionally "girly" interests.
- Loophole Abuse: Some of her skills trigger if your demons manage to get the maximum number of hits from their random target attacks. Some demons, however, have attacks that deal a fixed number of hits, meaning that they always deal the maximum number of hits; Eileen's ability work for these demons just fine.
- Money Fetish: Quite fixated on earning cash, and several of her combat abilities are dedicated to increasing your macca and item gain.
- Money Multiplier: She has the ability to increase Macca gain after battle.
- Random Drop Booster: One of her skills can add one more item drop after battle. This makes her the ideal character for farming Aethers in Strange Signals.
- Randomized Damage Attack: The other half of her skillset specializes in boosting the effects of random target attacks. This includes giving buffs when using them or increasing the number of hits or random attacks.
- Yuri Fan: She claims that her interest in other women falls more along these lines if the player character straight-up asks if she bats for the other team during the Chapter 1 Interlude.
Kangaroo Boxer
Jeng Yun Tsai / Code name: Kangaroo Boxer
An artist in more ways than one.
A member of Liberators who happens to be of Chinese-Taiwanese descent. Aside from being a martial artist, he is also talented in drawing.
- Action Initiative: His Position Hack skill gives his party a chance to go first even if they're slower than the enemy.
- All Asians Know Martial Arts: To the point that he is actually even seen shadow boxing in the opening.
- Ambiguously Gay: In his character story, when Eileen asks if he's in a relationship with his long-time friend, Vagit, after a somewhat intimate sounding comment, he responds "Together? Hmm... I wouldn't say no if it was on the table!"
- Critical Hit Class: Specializes in going first and scoring critical hits. His skills include increasing critical rate when going first, or giving a speed buff when scoring a critical.
- Dual Boss: Fights you alongside Rika in the alternate Chapter 7.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Has a tattoo of a spider outline on his left arm.
- Foreign Fanservice: Well, nobody is complaining about having a tanned, buff martial artist in the cast...
- Heroic Build: Justified, as he is a martial artist.
- Hunk: Just look at him!
- Muscles Are Meaningful: A young martial artist having an above-average physique is... nothing to be surprised about. So meaningful, in fact that in his character story, he is capable of slaying a demon with his bare hands!
- Narcissist: He is very proud of his well-built physique...
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: Has a Level 10 Ammut when he joins your party.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Wears sandy pink cargo pants. Still easily one of the manlier guys in the game.
- Shameless Fanservice Guy: Taking his shirt off is one of the things listed as his likes. One of his talk animations
is even him slowly unzipping his top and staring into the camera! - Sleeves Are for Wimps: Even when he wears some clothing, he still leaves his muscular arms visible.
- When He Smiles: Downplayed. Even though he usually has a cocky grin, he can also make a surprisingly sweet smile like this◊.
Shionyan
Shiori Koden / Code name: Shionyan
Just as much bark as her bite.
An intellectually gifted high school student, Shionyan is an underground idol whose prickly personality is making it difficult to get her career off the ground.
- Alpha Bitch: Everyone is below her and she really makes a point of letting everyone else know it. All of her fellow Liberators except Gakuto tend to have to suppress the urge to sock her upside the head, whether figuratively or literally.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Her idol routine is cheerful and super sweet, but the second she drops the persona she starts doling out insults.
- Brutal Honesty: Except, unlike Templar Dragon, it's less that she doesn't realize that she's hurting people's feelings, it's more that she just doesn't care.
- Idol Singer: An underground idol, she just hasn't found her fanbase yet. Right...
- Improbably High I.Q.: Her IQ is above 180, and she's not shy to tell you!
- Insufferable Genius: There's no doubt she's very smart, but she thinks of everyone else as beneath her and makes no attempt to hide it.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Ultimately, she fights for the Liberators because it's the right thing to do, and that she does care in her own way, though you'd be hard pressed to get her to admit it.
- Status Effects: Her skills improve their potency, such as increasing Poison damage, increasing the duration of Mute, or adding extra MP when enemies are hit by any effect bar Curse.
- Suicide Dare: Can tell the player to off themselves at the base as a random quip.
Meat Balloon
Gakuto Inoue / Code name: Meat Balloon
Don't underestimate him.
A retired SDF and PMC soldier, Gakuto's recent hobbies have caused him to fall out of shape, but don't let that fool you; he's still a soldier through and through. Also Shionyan's one and only dedicated fan.
- Ascended Fanboy: Imagine his surprise he'd get to work alongside his beloved Shionyan!
- Beware the Silly Ones: It's easy to forget this man has killed people before. When talking about his past, his face takes on a darker look and he speaks much more monotone. On the flipside, when talking about Shionyan, his face lights up, complete with big sparkly cartoon eyes.
- Big Fun: Round, friendly, and quick to help anyone in need.
- Big Damn Heroes: First shows up doing this in Chapter 4, ramming the underground fight club's entrance with a rigged car while the protagonist, Shiang, and Taro are being forced to fight demons by Hayate to entertain said fight club.
- The Big Guy: He's the largest member of the team, and gameplay-wise he's all about tanking the enemy's attacks.
- Critical Status Buff: Some of his skills are more likely to go off the more of his party members are downed.
- Private Military Contractors: He used to be one. Jolly as he may seem, he's one of the few Liberators who has actual military experience.
- Stone Wall: His skills specialize in increasing survivability, like granting defense buff or attack debuff. He also increase the potency of Counter Attacks.
Seiran Saikawa
Seiran Saikawa
A fung shui master who works with the Liberators and manages the Aura Gate, which is influenced by the Dragon Stream.
- Due to the Dead: After the disastrous Aura Gate expedition, she visits the families of the five members of the Exploration Team and gives them some small help to ease the grief of their family members' passing, while also dealing with an obsessed researcher who was passed over for the same expedition.
- Foreign Culture Fetish: She's Japanese by birth, but utterly captivated by Chinese culture.
- The Medic: Her skills revolve around healing, and she can revive a demon once with 10% HP.
- Optional Party Member: She joins you after you complete the Aura Gate dungeon, instead of progressing through the story.
- Playing with Fire: Her default demon is Feng Huang.
- Sexy Backless Outfit: Her pre-fight portrait shows that her qipao doesn't cover her back.
- Situational Sword: Her second set of skills provides bonuses when traversing the Aura Gate 1, such as revealing parts of the map or reducing MP consumption within.
- Sixth Ranger: Becomes playable after completing the Aura Gate dungeon.
Liberators: other members
Arisa
An orphaned girl with dark interests and no filter in talking about them, Arisa manages the summoning portal for the Liberators.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Even among the quirky members of the Liberators, she's considerably weirder than them.
- False Reassurance: During the Acolyte attack, she proposes entering the Summoning Portal to Kangaroo Boxer. Surprised, he says he didn't know it was safe. She replies that her parents entered it, screaming and saying how all was lost, and never came out again. Irritated, he discards the suggestion.
- Freudian Excuse: Her obsession with the Summoning Portals stems from having her parents disappear into them.
- Gothic Lolita: Definitely matches this aesthetic.
- Meido: She's wearing a maid outfit any time you see her.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: She often says things that unnerve the rest of the cast, including Nightmare Fetishist Shiang Sun.
- Parental Abandonment: Her parents disappeared into a Summoning Portal one day and haven't come out of it yet. Turns out this is because they tried to bring back Arisa, who died when she was a toddler, and being swallowed by the portal was the cost of that ritual.
Vagit
A priest from Russia who runs the Church of False Gods underneath the Liberators' hideout. In there you can conduct demon fusion.
- Fusion Dance: His main role is to help on with this.
- Gratuitous Russian: Even after arriving to Japan, he still adds a few Russian words in sentences.
- Humanoid Abomination: He later reveals that he's part of an experiment that turns him into half-demon.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Related to the above, his half-demon constitution allows him to detect the presence of demons.
- Pretty Boy: He's quite a looker. Megakin even introduces him as the team pretty boy.
- Recurring Element: Has obvious similarities to the Velvet Room Attendants: blond hair, carries a large book and assists in fusions, and is not a normal human.
- Sensual Slavs: Downplayed, but he is still easy on the eyes alright.
Kazufumi
A history student working as a butler, Kazufumi runs the hideout's shop, where he sells rare and powerful occult items.
- Badass Bookworm: A history student and an overall competent Battle Butler.
- Battle Butler: While he does not battle directly as a Dx2, Kazufumi is quick with spell scrolls and demon traps for anyone foolish enough to attack his shop. Though he still expects someone to pay for them.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Appropriate for a Battle Butler.
Himika
A beautiful shrine maiden with surprisingly geeky interests, Himika presides over Pandemonium, an area dedicated to strengthening demons.
- Otaku: Quite passionate about anime and manga.
- Sexy Whatever Outfit: Her miko outfit is quite revealing.
- Shout-Out:
- All but namedrops Yuri!!! on Ice in her first conversation with the player.
- The MC's Interlude is the Liberators basically enacting a mini-Holy Grail War to amuse her.
Acolytes
As a group
The main villain of the story.
- Apocalypse Cult: They want to summon Vanitas to destroy civilization. They start off pretty sophisticated, using technology and gullible minions to do their dirty work, but loss after loss turns them into unhinged cultists hellbent on doing as much mayhem as possible to summon Vanitas then and there.
- Arc Villain: They are primarily active in season 1.
Hayate
A Former Professional Fighter that was banned for using dirty tactics. Runs the Holy Land Union Gang that are partners with the Acolytes.
- Back from the Dead: Makes a surprise reappearance in the Aura Gate 2 dungeon.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Fuses with Homunculi in Chapter 6 to gain the powers of a Demon, even if it means him dying no matter if he wins or loses.
- Disc-One Final Boss: In his half-demon form in Chapter 6, he's the first final boss of the Story Mode.
- The Dragon: Serves as this to Hawke. In the Aura Gate 2, he has a Tam Lin, who Xana inherits after his death.
- Taking the Bullet: Ixaya tries to have both him and Xana killed at Level 40 of Aura Gate 2, only for his Hollow minions to stop the attack with their bodies in one of their few acts of true free will. After Orcus is dealt with, Ixaya tries to gank Xana with a White Rider, only for Hayate to absorb the blow and allow for a counterattack. As he lays dying, he makes it clear it's not a Heroic Sacrifice - if anything, he simply wasn't going to let the Hollows outshine him.
Joshua Hawke
An Australian who used to be the leader of a radical environmental group. Shows abnormal love for nature.
- Big Bad: He's the highest-ranking Acolyte shown in the game so far.
- Climax Boss: He's the final enemy of the normal Chapter 7.
- Eco-Terrorist: Natch. He uses violent methods to cause the destruction of humanity because he believes this will save the planet.
- Enemy Mine: In Chapter 7A-9, he teams up with the Liberators for one fight to drive off hostile demons in the Bad Future.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: While he intends to use Vanitas to reset humanity to the Stone Age, it's clear he's toying with forces he can't truly control. In the normal Chapter 7, he is absorbed by Vanitas, while the alternate Chapter 7 reveals Vanitas will completely annihilate humanity, which is going too far even for him.
- Heroic Sacrifice: For a very loose value of the word "heroic". At the end of the alternate Chapter 7, he sacrifices himself to give you the opening to defeat Einherjar.
- Humans Are Bastards: He firmly believes that humans will destroy the planet if given enough time, and wants to use Vanitas to bring humanity back to the Stone Age.
- Hunk: Buff and fairly attractive.
- Nature Lover: To abhorrent extremes.
- Take Up My Sword: At the end of the alternate Chapter 7, he leaves the task of saving the planet and the leadership of the Acolytes in your hands before perishing.
- Tattooed Crook: Has a red tattoo on his upper body.
- The Unfettered: Not exactly picky about his methods to save the planet...
- Walking Shirtless Scene: His shirt is constantly open, showing his abdominal muscles and most of his chest.
- Workout Fanservice: In the opening he is fully shirtless while exercising.
Carbon Black
Real name Vince. A mercenary under the Acolyte's paycheck who first harasses the Liberators during the Intermission.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: A very snazzy dresser and a very dangerous Dx2.
- Critical Hit Class: Increases the damage enemies take from Physical attacks.
- Nay-Theist: He's not very fond of God. To his annoyance, he's the one who has to deal with Sandalphon twisting his partner into Ose Hallel and being drawn into an Alternate Dimension conflict in which he has to confront multiple instances of Elohim.
- Panthera Awesome: His main demon is Ose. It's also the demon he brings once he joins forces with Megakin & co.
- Papa Wolf: He dotes on Honey Sweet, and is quite agitated early in Season 2 after the Brotherhood of Harmony kidnaps her.
- Smoking Is Cool: Can be seen smoking in one potrait.
Honey Sweet
A mercenary under the Acolytes' paycheck who antagonizes the Liberators along with Vince.
- Artificial Human: She is a special Homunculus. Her original designation, HS-1, was supposed to stand for her role as the first Homunculus Supernormal.
- Creepy Child: Looks like a child, but is a Homunculus who has no problem dealing with gritty mercenary life.
- Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: When reprogrammed by Lindsey in chapter 10, she sports dull eyes on top of acting like a Killer Robot. Alternate MC later snaps her out of it.
- The Empath: She is able to sense the emotions of people around her.
- Hybrid Power: Her Homunculus composition makes her different from both human and demon, and renders her immune to Nyarlathotep's illusions, which are tailored to either.
- An Ice Person: Her primary demon is Tiamat when fought. Unlike Vince, she doesn't bring it to the team upon joining, partly because her own skillset doesn't support Tiamat.
- Status Effects: Her skillset revolves around buffs and debuffs triggered by Charming or Binding enemies. While she uses Tiamat as her initial demon, by the time she becomes playable she's more closely associated with Mothman; she even carries a Mothman doll with her.
- Super Prototype: She was meant to be only the first of a series of more advanced homunculi, meant to be indistinguishable from humans. Unfortunately for her maker, she was the program's sole success.
- They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: Her original role as a homunculus.
Organ (Season 2 spoiler)
An Acolyte member who's hellbent on summoning Vanitas to kill all humans.
- Ax-Crazy: As Honey puts it, "she has 2000 screws loose".
- Dem Bones: Her main demon is Matador.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: The fact that she has orange hair, is batshit insane, comes from "Nation A", and storms a government building may remind people to what happened in the US early 2021.
- Misanthrope Supreme: She wants all humans dead, with or without Vanitas. Case in point: She has no issue ordering her henchmen to open fire on innocent civilians at a public place just to cover her escape.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She is first introduced in-medias-res in Chapter 11 as a major threat, but she only appears on the second half on that chapter and dies by the end of it.
Brotherhood of Harmony (Season 2 spoiler)
As a group
A mysterious group who is driven by their dogma of "Unity" to, in their own words, save humanity from Vanitas.
- The Evils of Free Will: Similar to the classical SMT Law faction, the Brotherhood believes that stripping humanity of their free will is necessary to stop the spread of malice and prevent Vanitas from ending humanity.
- Make Way for the New Villains: They massacre a gathering of the Acolytes, decapitating the group and taking their place in the grand scheme of things.
Lindsay Altskan
A top member of the Brotherhood. She is first seen in Intermission trying to abduct Princess Himiko, who is possessing Himika at that time.
- Coat Cape: Wears a white coat over her turquoise military outfit.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: The left side of her face appears to have been ravaged.
- Historical Domain Character: Season 2 establishes that her main demon is Jeanne D'Arc.
- Riches to Rags: She was born to a wealthy family, but several political catastrophe sent her family straight to poverty, forcing her to survive by any means necessary such as becoming an international terrorist.
- Undying Loyalty: Phanuel was aware of her suffering and hatred towards the world, and so saved her from death and elected her as the archangel's champion. For this second chance in life, Lindsey is eternally grateful to Phanuel and will do everything as the archangel says.
The Enlightened One
Amane Misaki, leader of the Brotherhood of Harmony.
- Affably Evil: She's actually a very nice person, reining in the more bloodthirsty Lindsay whenever the situation calls for it, caring for the people who follow her dogma, and in general not particularly thrilled to resort to bloodshed. The only thing evil about her is that she leads a group who has no qualms about massacring for greater good.
- Alien Non-Interference Clause: Defied. While the rest of the archangels such as Michael stay their hands with regards to the Vanitas problem, she decided to confront the issue head on by establishing the Brotherhood.
- Anti-Magic: When the last of the Acolytes try to use a magical field to set up a Home Field Advantage, Amane dispels the field with little effort.
- Brainwashing for the Greater Good: This is her modus operandi in combating Vanitas; forcibly remove any ill-will from humans so that they will stop spreading malice.
- Did Not See That Coming: She is aware that there are several Key Factors among humanity, initially singling out the MC and Kokoro as such people. She does not expect, however, that the entire Tokyo branch Neo-Liberators turn out to be all Key Factors, which leads to her defeat.
- Magic Music: She can sing a song that pacify humans globally. Alternate MC uses a few Demonites to shield the Neo-Liberators from its effect, but during the final battle with her, she focuses her song towards only the Neo-Liberators to bypass any protection. It is only because Ririn gains a Heroic Second Wind that she is foiled.
- Our Angels Are Different: Her true identity is Phanuel, the archangel of penance.
The Elements (Season 2 spoiler)
As a group
A mysterious groups of hackers who directly opposes Brotherhood of Harmony using their dogma "Stand Alone".
- Armor-Piercing Question: They outright ask Megakin what's the point of the Liberators now that the enemies they were formed to combat have been killed.
- Hollywood Hacking: Their hacking prowess is quite ridiculous. Chapter 12 reveals that they have a special demonic supercomuter Tupsimati which helps them with this task.
- I Gave My Word: They honor their deal with Megakin after the Liberators do what they request.
- Malevolent Masked Man: The few members we've seen so far are hiding behind white masks. The only exception so far is their leader, Period.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: After the Brotherhood frames the remaining Liberators as terrorists, The Elements offers their help to clear the Liberators' name in exchange of attacking a Brotherhood facility.
Period
Leader of the Elements.
- Ambiguously Human: His introduction sees him do things normal humans should not be able to do, such as dismissing the Liberators' barrier with little effort, summoning demons without app, and emitting strange dark aura. He later admits he is a demon, though his true identity has not been revealed.
Hollows
As a Group
A mysterious group that inhabits the Aura Gate 2 (or Hollow World) dungeon.
- Artificial Human: They are tiny soul fragments carried by the Dragon Stream that coalesced into solid shapes with a burning desire to become human.
- Intrigued by Humanity: They're terrible at it, but they keep aping human behavior.
- Theme Naming: Quite a number of Hollows have X somewhere in their name, such as the named Hollows below and Axihira who appears in Luminous Realm.
Xana
An unusual Hollow who, despite being interested in humans, isn't driven by the desire to become one.
- Bequeathed Power: Inherits Hayate's smartphone, and unusually, his contract with Tam Lin.
- Damage Over Time: One of her unique skills inflicts up to 1000 unblockable damage per turn to Hollow World enemies.
- Emerald Power: Has brilliant green eyes.
- Forgiven, but Not Forgotten: She's well aware the Liberators were the ones to kill Hayate in the first place. She's willing to fight and pull her weight, but the fact remains he was her biggest inspiration and savior, even above the MC.
- Last of His Kind: The last Hollow still alive after Ixaya consumed all others at the end of Aura Gate 2's fiftieth level.
- Optional Party Member: After clearing Aura Gate 2's fiftieth level.
- Situational Sword: Just as Seiran has skills tailor-made for Aura Gate 1, Xana has skills that helps your exploration in Hollow World.
Ixaya
A mysterious Hollow that knows a lot more than she's willing to say about the Hollow World.
- Assimilation Plot: Her ultimate goal is to absorb all of the stray soul fragments that make up the Hollows and become a real human.
- Become a Real Boy: Her endgame. Unfortunately, achieving it will kill all other Hollows and the MC.
- Big Bad: She shows her colors when unleashing White Rider as early as Floor 10 of the Hollow World, and keeps goading and taunting the MC and Xana to go further and deeper into the Hollow World.
- Clipped-Wing Angel: After being defeated in her Seraph form, she refuses to give up and collapses into a useless Black Ooze. Despite having enormous HP tanks, she has no longer any support and no useful attacks or passives, without even any resistances - basically, she's left a sitting duck just waiting to be mauled as she fruitlessly struggles to remain alive.
- Evil Is Petty: Strictly speaking, it turns out she doesn't need Xana for her plan, but in the end she chooses to eat her anyway for shoving the MC away from her attack.
- Stone Wall / Lightning Bruiser: She manages to be both of these tropes in her boss battle. She transforms herself into a Seraph and fights alongside souped-up versions of Rama and Alilat - Rama will absorb Phys, Fire and Ice, while Alilat will repel Force, Elec, Light and Dark. Both Rama and Alilat carry a passive that punishes the attacker if any of their Drains or Repels is triggered with a 25% HP untyped attack and an additional chance to slap an additional ailment. Seraph Resists everything, auto-casts a Luster Candy at the start of her turn, uses another untyped 20% HP damage attack and an even nastier final Almighty attack when she's down to less than 30% of her HP, and as a final insult, all of them have a passive that reduces the damage Seraph takes by 33%.
Xibuki
A dim-witted Hollow that somehow keeps getting ahead of the MC and Xana as they make their way through the Hollow World.
- Dirty Coward: Whenever this guy pops up, he either guides the MC into a trap or tries to kill them himself. He's not too bright or strong.
Miscellaneous/Unaffiliated Characters
Einherjar
The mysterious benefactor for the Liberators.
- Big Good: Just about the closest thing the game has to one.
- Classy Cane: Goes well with his High-Class Glass.
- Demon Lords and Archdevils: A throwaway line by Ame no Uzume implies he's the demon Mephistopheles; as additional proof, the Mastema he summons in the alternate Chapter 7 has the unique passive Mephisto's Blessing.
- Exact Words: He uses this to justify engaging the Protagonist in the Alternate Chapter 7. He entrusted the choice of the future "to the Liberators". But since the MC has joined the Acolytes, they no longer count, leaving him free to act.
- Greater-Scope Paragon: Has a semi-neutral involvement in the story and his background is a mystery.
- High-Class Glass: Wears a monocle.
- Hypocrite: He claims to give the choice of future to the Liberators... but there's evidence that he allows it at least in part because they are following his own preferred path.
- Superboss: He's the final boss of the Alternate Chapter 7. His main demons (Trumpeter in round 1 and Mastema in round 2) can heal his party each turn, and Mastema also grants a free Luster Candy every turn. He's so damn strong that simply spamming revives with gems is not going to allow you to brute-force your way past him.
Jabo Kakuryu
A demon seeking to support Vanitas, and the Acolytes by extension.
- Actually a Doombot: He serves as the final boss in Chapter 12... except that the real him is actually away from the scene, having benefited from MC's alternate self successfully coaxing the MC to kill the body double.
- Coat Cape: Wears his coat over his shoulders. Hilariously, the MC can comment on how cool it looks, irritating the rest of the Liberators.
- Demon Lords and Archdevils: He's actually the demon Astaroth. In a case of Gameplay and Story Integration, playable Astaroth will make a reference to his Not So Omniscient After All status, wishing to see the player lead him to a future he can't see.
- Not So Omniscient After All: The Liberators goad him into admitting that while his omniscience is almost perfect, he can't see the consequences of his own actions, giving them an opening to reject him. In Chapter 12, he admits he can't predict the movements of other divine beings, as hinted in Alter World where someone has blindsided him and triggered the apocalypse sooner than he thinks.
- The Omniscient: Claims to be able to see the futures of everyone.
- Unspoken Plan Guarantee: After dealing with Blue Seed, a new Liberator being used as a disposable soldier by the angels, he's confronted on his manipulation by Alter-World MC, and insists that though he could give them the answers, he sincerely feels it will work out better if they find some answers on their own - and the time to come clean is approaching fast one way or the other.
- We Can Rule Together: Appears to create the first divergence of the story. Agreeing to head over and talk to Joshua peacefully, betraying the Liberators, leads to an alternate version of Chapter 7.
Spoiler Character
The MC's Alternate Self hailing from the future where they decided to take up the Acolytes' offer.
- Backstory Invader: A variant. After returning to the past, to match what the Liberators know about the destruction of their higher hierarchy, they introduce themselves as a Liberator from another branch, from which they're the Sole Survivor. In this capacity, they present considerable insight into the Brotherhood of Harmony, even personally intervening to input the code that stops Honey's rampage.
- Being Evil Sucks: Alter-World MC is... less than enthusiastic about the choices they've made. As leader of the Acolytes, they oversaw a particularly horrible experiment on human-demon fusion; even if they insisted the test subjects be released if no success was forthcoming and that their quality of life be preserved as much as possible, their guilt is still palpable.
- Berserk Button: Do NOT harm their Pixie companion! During Scorched Akihabara, a whole group of Hua Po can do nothing but run away in terror when they charge at them, after seeing how the demons beat her up.
- A Day in the Limelight: The Alter-World levels show what would have happened to the mainline MC had they chosen the Alternate future.
- Fallen Hero: Abandoned the Liberators in hopes of saving the world via the Acolytes' methods. While this failed, in the end they still desperately wish to help people.
- Fond Memories That Could Have Been: They are shown what would have happened had they decided to stick with the Liberators through the Interlude, though to make it clear how different the timeline would have been, Jabo shows them a timeline where they're the opposite gender.
- Fragile Speedster: They use a Hresvelgr.
- Foreshadowing: The Battle Tower MC mentions having made contact with "Aion" and something called "Mater", "an Aion" whose power they used to create the Battle Tower. This power allows them to select specific worlds to travel or pull things from by reaching into "the Truth". They know far more, but flatly refuse to give any more info to Alter-World MC.
- Future Me Scares Me: They meet yet another possible instance of themselves in Tokyo Skytree, which has turned into a weak spot allowing for connections to different instances of Alter-World. Disturbingly, this future self has made contact with Aion and gained considerable power, to the point nothing can challenge them in their home reality; bored with power, they became a Dimensional Traveler. This future self wishes to see who of the different possibilities is the strongest, so they've turned the Skytree into a battle royale where the strongest are allowed to climb up the tower to reach them, daring Alter-World MC to meet them at the tower's summit.
- Fusion Dance: One of the extremely few positive upshots of joining the Acolytes was gaining access to their Armaments technology, allowing them to fuse demons into weapons and armor, giving them the necessary power to survive the horrors of the Alter-World.
- Knight in Sour Armor: They fucked up, they know it, and it's killing them inside. They also keep trying to help others, even if they immediately drop into a grimace. The events at Alter-World Yotsuya and Akihabara don't exactly help, though they succeed in saving Shinagawa.
- Last of His Kind: The Alternate Chapter 7 ends with them being the last human alive after a nuclear war. Guess shacking up with the Acolytes wasn't such a hot idea, was it?
- Their Pixie companion is a variation. The Blasted Ueno flashbacks reveal she comes from an Alternate Universe herself, and got sucked into Alter-World by accident. In a way, she's just as lonely as the Alter-World MC.
- Living Emotional Crutch: Over the course of the Alter World missions it becomes very obvious that the Pixie they found and befriended is this for them. They were going to kill themselves by jumping of a cliff due to their guilt, till they found Pixie. This seems to be true in reverse as Pixie herself has no one else after accidentally ending up in Alter-World. Having nothing left is something the two have bonded over, as revealed during Blasted Ueno.
- Lotus-Eater Machine: Briefly gets stuck in the illusory mists of Alter-World Akihabara. They briefly experience a return to the good old days of the Liberators, though in the end they reject the illusion, to the fury of the false Liberators, who tear them for abandoning them once more. Still, they succeed in breaking the mist's hold on them to save their Pixie companion.
- Pyrrhic Victory: The Interlude shows a bit of the Alternate Chapter 7's Main Character, who has successfully worked out some of the significance behind Vanitas and Aion. A pity they're now alone in a broken timeline.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: After witnessing the Interlude, they pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and have Jabo send them back in time to fix things.
- Suddenly Voiced: During the Intermission, they're as chatty as any other NPC.
Kokoro (Season 2 spoilers)
A virtual VTuber who is interested in the fate of mankind.
- Captain Obvious: When the Liberators ask her what she is since she is so unusual, she replies that she's not a human. The Liberators' reaction is a mass "Well, duh!".
- The Empath: Her true status as a priestess of the Dragon Stream allows her to sense emotions in the Dragon Stream.
- Virtual Celebrity: She is a virtual V-Tuber.
- Wham Line: Her angry response to Organ claiming that she wants to use Vanitas to kill all humans is that Organ has no idea what Vanitas is...Kokoro: Because I am a priestess of Vanitas!
