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Spider Riders
Hunter Steele
Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (Japanese), Julie Lemieux (English)
The excitable Hero, who gets transported to the Inner World, something he takes extremely well. Impulsive and sometimes irritating, his boundless enthusiasm can be an asset.
- Anime Hair: Of the blistering pink variety.
- Audience Surrogate: He's new to the Inner World, thus things need to be explained to him, as well as viewers.
- Bad "Bad Acting": Hunter's performance during the play about the hero Brade/Quake; he gets so nervous that his speech turned monotone.
- Battle Couple: With Corona. While not a couple, they consider themselves battle partners (in the dub, as the term doesn't exist in the Japanese version) and clearly have feelings for each other.
- Beginner's Luck: Refreshingly subverted. He's not very skilled in the early episodes, nor should he be as an Earthen with no fighting experience. In his first battle with one of the Big Four, Corona deals the final blow, and he gets trashed in his fight with Igneous in episode 3.
- Big Eater: Especially in the dub where he apparently eats plates.
- Bold Explorer: He states several times in the sub that he's an adventurer. This is why he pursued the Inner World in the first place. However, since he fulfills his goal of finding it in the first episode, this stops coming up much, and he focuses more on being a hero.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: It gets to the point that he wants to save the Invectids/Insectors, after realizing that they're being oppressed.
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: Hunter has not one, not two, but possibly three girls after him. And he doesn't notice it.
- Deadpan Snarker: Occasionally, though he's not nearly as bad as Shadow."(To Shadow) Yes mother."
- Ditzy Genius: Hunter has little in the way of common sense, but he's shown himself to be surprisingly perceptive of others, and incredibly proficient when it comes to creating strategies in the heat of battle.
- Family Theme Naming: Only in the Japanese version. His grandfather's name is Trigger, which keeps up the hunting theme. However, the dub renamed him Digger.
- Fearless Fool: He was one at the start of the series, but displays true courage when trying to protect the people of Nuuma from Stags, allowing him access to the third Oracle Keys power.
- Magnetic Hero: The Spider Riders would fall apart without him. It also makes him something of The Heart.
- Oblivious to Love: He's clueless to romance in general.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: With Corona. These are their color schemes down to their spiders.
- Red Is Heroic: He's a redhead (well, pinkish red) and wears a red vest when un-transfomed. Subverted when he transforms, where he wears mostly blue and has a blue spider as well.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: He and Corona will both deny this.
- Spiders Are Scary: Hunter initially suffered from severe arachnophobia; though this is more prominent in the novels than the anime. This kicked into high gear when he encountered the giant spiders of the Inner World, and was forced to overcome his fear in order to become a Spider Rider.
- Super Mode: Undergoes this along with Shadow when they use the Oracle Keys.
- Turn the Other Cheek: He's willing to forgive anyone and give them a second chance, including Grasshop, Buguese, Beerain, Stags, and Mantid.
- Verbal Tic: "Arachna Power!", though "Never Give Up!" is more like his Catchphrase. In the Japanese version, it's "Kekka Orai" (It's alright).
Corona
Voiced by: Saeko Chiba (Japanese), Stacey DePass (English)
The first person Hunter encounters in the Inner World. She provides invaluable help to him from the start. She's often very unsure of herself, and is constantly worried about Hunter. She will go to almost any length to know that he's safe.
- Battle Couple: With Hunter. While not explicitly a couple, they consider themselves battle partners (in the dub, as the term doesn't exist in the Japanese version) and clearly have feelings for each other.
- Berserk Button: You should never insult her cooking.
- Beware the Nice Ones: In battle she's a force to be reckoned with. Particularly if angry.
- Deuteragonist: The show revolves around her as much as it does Hunter. The later half shows this especially, which devotes a lot of time to her learning about and coming to terms with her past and her powers. The second Japanese ED theme is similarly devoted to her.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Her seiyuu sings the second OP theme.
- Everyone Can See It: She has a massive crush on Hunter. He's the only one not to notice, at least until the finale.
- He Is Not My Boyfriend: She and Hunter will both deny this.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: She says it often in one episode when growing weary of the war. It comes up now and again.
- Insecure Love Interest: She always has trouble when trying to talk to Hunter about her feelings for him.
- Large Ham: Corona is a fine actress, but can over do it during dramatic scenes.
- Lethal Chef: Anything she cooks is guaranteed to make you sick.
- Long-Lost Relative: She is revealed to be Aqune's long lost sister.
- Long-Range Fighter: Type 3, as she can blast away any frontal assaults with her arrows.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: With Hunter. These are their color schemes down to their spiders.
- Ship Tease: She gets teased to hell and back again with Hunter, even by the other characters.
- Synchronization: Since she's a handmaiden, hurting the Oracle will also cause her pain.
- Tomboyish Ponytail
- Tsundere: Not an extreme case, but she's quite insecure about her feelings for Hunter, and has lashed out at him on a few occasions because of this.
Igneous
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Tim Hamaguchi (English)
Igneous is one of Arachna's greatest knights. Together, with his friend Grey/Slate, they make up the Claw and Fang of Arachna. He takes pride in protecting his kingdom, as well as the prince and princess. While Igneous can be serious to a fault, he's completely hopeless when it comes to love and hairstyling.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: He had white hair in the novels. Rather than his spiked-up 'do, he wore it in a bun.
- Big Brother Mentor: He's one to Hunter after they first meet.
- Chick Magnet: He even has his own fan club, until he went to Nuuma and all of his fans found boyfriends.
- The Comically Serious: Igneous is serious, composed and dignified, but he can act silly when put into the right kind of situation.
- Straight Man: Especially when paired with Prince Lumen.
- Supporting Leader: He's the captain of the Spider Riders, but Hunter is the one who does most of the fighting.
- The Stoic: Usually he's the most quiet and serious of the Spider Riders.
- Not So Stoic: Igneous gets quite upset when people mention ghosts, and is heartbroken when he discovers Queen Illuma/Elma is currently in love with her royal page.
- Team Dad: Perhaps more like a Team Big Brother given his age. But he's roughly the mentor to the younger Riders and does take a fatherly pride in them.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's terrified of ghosts.
Magma
Voiced by: Kinya Kotani (Japanese), Lyon Smith (English)
Magma was originally a wanderer, but later became a full-fledged Spider Rider. He despises the Insectors/Invectids, due to the fact that they killed his family, and that his spider's sister is under their control. He's a fan of the hero Quake. He's very calm and laid back.
- Badass Normal: He's one of the series strongest humans, even without his rider armor.
- The Big Guy: Mamga's the strongman of the team.
- Doomed Hometown: His village was destroyed in a fire created by the Insectors. He was the only survivor.
- Fan Boy: For the hero Quake, complete with Manly Tears of happiness.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: He proved himself the physically strongest of the riders in his first appearance. This achievement is later glossed over whenever Hunter gets powered up by the Oracle Keys.
- Race Lift: Although his actual race is unstated, he had dark skin in the novels.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: "I will find Portia! That's a promise."
- Shipper on Deck: He knows Corona likes Hunter and appears to try and help her get his attention.
- The Worf Effect: Despite how strong he is, Stags defeated him twice.
Lumen
Voiced by: Kumiko Higa (Japanese), Cameron Ansell (English)
Lumen is the prince of Arachna, though you wouldn't know it by looking at him. He's an incredibly lazy flirt who likes to sleep. He's very protective of Sparkle and becomes jealous of anyone that impresses her.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: He had blue hair in the novels.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: It doesn't seem to bother Lumen that people rarely take him or his skills seriously. In fact, he seems to prefer it.
- Brother–Sister Team: He and Sparkle rarely fight together, but when they do they are a formidable pair.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Lumen makes it difficult to believe he's a prince. Even Hunter is surprised.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Lumen can't go a day without asking a pretty girl for a date. You'd think a prince wouldn't have such a big strike-out record.
- Knight Templar Big Brother: Not as violent as most.
- Non Chalant Dodge: Lumen once spent nearly an entire fight doing nothing but dodging. And it was ''very'' awesome.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Though it can be hard to tell at times.
- Warrior Prince: Prince of Arachna and one of the Spider Riders.
Sparkle
Voiced by: Kaori Shimizu (Japanese), Melanie Tonello (English)
She is the princess of Arachna and the youngest Spider Rider. She is often protected, which she hates. She's very brave and wants to be able to fight like the other riders.
- Badass Adorable: Sparkle can hold her own in a fight, despite only being 8 years old.
- Cheerful Child: She's just a kid, which is especially apparent when she plays ball with Hunter in episode 6.
- Combination Attack: Towards the end of the series, she and Grasshop create one.
- Cute Bruiser: She's adorable and will pound you with her Killer Yoyo.
- Friend to All Living Things: Sparkle has an amazing tendency to befriend even Insectors/Invectids like Grasshop and Beerain.
- Improbable Weapon User: She fights with a yo-yo.
- Killer Yoyo: Her signature weapon in battle.
- Morality Pet: She serves as one for Grasshop, and is a big reason for his Heel–Face Turn.
- Naïve Everygirl: Subverted. Sparkle is sweet, kind and gentle, but tries her best to hold her own in battle.
- Plucky Girl: Sparkle can't seem to go a day without smiling.
- Pretty Princess Powerhouse: As a Spider Rider, she gets onto the front lines of battle as often as she's allowed, and smacks Insectors to a pulp with her Killer Yoyo.
- Tagalong Kid: She went to great lengths to follow the other Riders to Nuuma.
Aqune
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Alyson Court (English)
Aqune is a Spider Rider in the Insector's/Invectid's service. She was taken in by Buguese when she was young. She willingly uses her powers to help restore the Insector's/Invectid's sun, but dislikes fighting. Therefore, she's controlled by a mask in order to fight against the Spider Riders. Aqune cares deeply for Hunter, much to Corona's dismay.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: She had brown hair in the novels. It was also spiked up in a different style.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the novels (at least the original three), she's an unrepentant traitor. In the anime, however, she's noticeably more noble. The dub actually states that she's pure.
- Anti-Villain: Type IV.
- Beast and Beauty: With Buguese. Even if Buguese is the most humanoid Insector, he's still not exactly... human. Aqune is the gentle, empathetic one who tries to see the good in everyone. Buguese is the brooding, cynical one. Despite his hatred of humans, it's clear he has a soft spot for Aqune. Freeing her is the last thing he does before confronting Mantid, which he expects will lead to his demise.
- Combat Medic: A downplayed example. She is shown to have healing powers, and took care of an injured Hunter in one episode. However, she's also a powerful fighter. Her healing abilities are never brought up again later in the series.
- Combination Attack: Pulls this off on a few separate occasions, with Buguese, Hunter and Corona.
- Cursed with Awesome: It's easy to tell she doesn't enjoy her responsibilities.
- Curtains Match the Windows: Has purple hair and eyes.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Her seiyuu (along with Shadow's) sings the 3rd ED theme.
- The Dragon: The Insectors/Invectids consider her their secret weapon. Which is completely understandable when you see her in action.
- Easy Amnesia: Averted. It's never really explained how she and Corona got their amnesia. Falling from an attacked airship likely had something to do with it.
- Expy: To the title character of Madlax. Both are amnesiac action girls with a mysterious connection to the other female lead, and are voiced by Sanae Kobayashi.
- Friend to All Living Things: She had to emphasize to Hunter that it is her duty to help all living things, including the Insectors/Invectids.
- Long-Lost Relative: She is revealed to be Corona's long lost sister.
- Promoted to Love Interest: In the novels, she had no romantic interest in Hunter, and vice versa.
- The Quiet One: She grew up sheltered and alone. However, she does become more talkative later on.
- The Sixth Ranger: More like the eighth.
- Synchronization: Since she's a handmaiden, hurting the Oracle will also cause her pain.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Despite being willing to forgive everyone, she says this to Mantid after learning that he betrayed the Insectors, and watching Buguese crash to his possible death to stop him. Granted, she's still distressed at the thought of Hunter actually killing Mantid.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: She's mature, loyal, has the proper skills of a housewife, and can kick your ass gracefully. She even wields a naginata when un-transformed.
Spiders
Shadow
Voiced by: Takashi Kondo (Japanese), Joseph Motiki (English)
Hunter's spider partner, a prideful warrior who thinks he doesn't need help from anyone. He hates crowds.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Is far more hot-tempered, far less mature and much more prone to bickering with Hunter compared to his novel counterpart.
- Deadpan Snarker: Makes up about 90% of his dialogue, and always directed towards Hunter. The two go back and forth quite a bit, especially in the dub.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: His seiyuu (along with Aqune's) sings the 3rd ED theme.
- Fire-Forged Friends: How he and Hunter eventually become friends.
- Hero Harasses Helpers: When they first meet, Shadow is a complete jerk to Hunter, with their conversations often leading to Shadow stating I Work Alone.
- Hot-Blooded: Like Hunter, he'll rush headlong into battle. He prides himself as a warrior and seems to enjoy a good fight.
- Not So Above It All: Shadow often acts put out by Hunter's antics, but it doesn't take much to persuade him into taking part in something trivial.
- Reckless Sidekick: Shadow will sometimes rush into a situation before Hunter can, which makes him a bit of a hypocrite when he calls Hunter out for endangering them.
- Weaponized Animal: Moreso than the other spiders, thanks to the power of the Oracle Keys.
Venus
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Caroly Larson (English)
Corona's spider partner. She is soft-spoken and polite, but a fearless fighter.
- Cool Big Sis: Venus often encourages Corona to relax and have fun during their off hours.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Venus is the pink girl to Shadow's blue boy.
- Ship Tease: She gets minor one with Shadow, although it goes nowhere.
Flame
Igneous' battle spider, who has the ability to shoot webs made of fire.
- Fire-Breathing Weapon: He has the ability to shoot webs made out of fire.
- Flat Character: Admittedly, all of the spiders suffer from this from time to time but Flame gets the worst of it.
- Satellite Character: At least compared to most of the characters, though almost all of the spiders suffer from this.
- The Voiceless: He never speaks, ever.
Brutus
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese), Darren Frost (English)
Magma's spider partner. He has tremendous strength, and is looking for his long lost sister, Portia.
- Bit Character: Other than looking for his sister, he doesn't do much for the plot.
- Mandatory Line: "Right!" seems to be about the only thing he ever says.
Ebony
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese)
Lumen's battle spider. He's said to be very powerful and destructive. Lumen doesn't call him out much, for fear of accidentally hurting someone.
- Hidden Depths: He finally speaks (much to everyone's shock) when persuading Lumen to take Sparkle into battle.
Hotarla
Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (Japanese), Grace Fulliton (English)
Sparkle's battle spider. Unlike the other spiders, she's still a baby.
- Gentle Giant: Not as big as the other spiders, but she still counts.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: She's a round, colorful baby spider who only says "kyu" (but in the English dub can sometimes speak in normal sentences.) This is notable compared to the rest of the spiders, who aren't meant to be so adorable.
Portia
Voiced by: Kumiko Higa (Japanese), Alyson Court (English)
Aqune's battle spider. She is Brutus's missing little sister. Like Aqune, Portia wears a mask that controls her.
- Long-Lost Relative: She's Brutus's long lost little sister.
- Purple Is Powerful: Portia is known for her unique purple color and is easily one of the strongest spiders.
Invectids/Insectors
Mantid
Voiced by: Hiroshi Yanaka (Japanese), Lawrence Bayne (English)
Lord Mantid is a mantis-type Insector/Invectid. He directs the Insector/Invectid troops to remove the hated humans from the Inner World and find the Oracle Keys to sustain himself. His reason for taking the Oracle's power is revenge upon the Inner World and the Oracle herself.
- Big Bad: He's the leader of the Insectors/Invectids.
- Break the Cutie: In his backstory, he lost his lover after fighting for the Oracle for years. Some fans speculate he lost other friends and comrades.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Not in the actual show, but in the gag next episode previews. He even introduces himself as "the terrible Mantid."
- The Chessmaster: The Insectors/Invectids don't realize that they're serving his master plan, and he plans to kill them all when it's completed.
- Evil Laugh: Done very often.
- Fallen Hero: He once was one of the Oracle's chosen warriors, but is now a rampaging psychopath.
- It's All About Me: Beerain discovered that all he really cares about is getting his revenge.
- Laughing Mad: Often breaks into maniacal laughter.
- Manipulative Bastard
- One-Winged Angel: His Oracle Key powered transformation.
- Redemption Earns Life: Hunter not only spares Mantid's life, he asks Mantid to let him help and Mantid is able to make a Heel–Face Turn.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He tells everyone the real reason he wants the Keys is because he wants revenge on the Oracle for all the suffering he's endured over the years.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He lost the love of his life in war; perhaps many friends the same way. With all that, it's no wonder he went off the deep end.
Grasshop/Larva P. Grasshop
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese), Carman Melville (English)
Member of the Big Four, he's a grasshopper-type Insector/Invectid who uses gadgets and devices to defeat enemies. He doesn't really like to fight the Riders, letting his minions do the fighting for him.
- All of the Other Reindeer: This is how he feels about being in the Big Four. It doesn't help that the other members agree with the sentiment.
- Affably Evil: At first, anyway.
- Butt-Monkey: Whenever something goes wrong, he's usually the one to get punished, even if it has nothing to do with him.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: He does this at least once, in regards to the heroes' transformation sequence. In the Japanese version, he breaks the fourth wall constantly, such as when he thanks the sound crew for playing fitting music.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He may seem like a fool, but there have been occasions where he accomplishes something impressive. Usually after his side switch.
- Dirty Coward: Before his Heel–Face Turn.
- Dub Name Change: In a bizarre case, the dub turns his first name, Grasshop, into his last name, and gives him the first name "Larva." He never had a last name originally.
- Huge Girl, Tiny Guy: Grasshop is much shorter than his wife.
- Lovable Coward: Grasshop does everything he can to avoid combat, but is a Friend to All Children who ultimately sides with the heroes in an effort to end the war without either side unnecessarily suffering.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Ridiculous he may be, he's actually a cunning strategist. His intense battling in the finale shows that there's a good reason he was allowed to join the Big Four.
- Token Heroic Orc: After joining the Spider Riders.
- You Can't Go Home Again: He assumes this once he's officially kicked out of the Big Four. It happens for real later on, after he throws in his lot with the humans. At least until the finale anyway.
Buguese
Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese), Jack Langendijk (English)
Mantid's right hand man, with many plans to defeat the Spider Riders. He is the leader of the Big Four. He despises the Oracle. Buguese claims to care little for his comrades, but has shown respect for Stags, and concern for Aqune and Beerain.
- Aloof Ally: He claims he's this towards the rest of the Big Four. As it turns out, he really does care about them.
- Authority Equals Ass Kicking: He may not always act like it, but there's a reason why he's the leader of the Big Four.
- Badass Cape: He never removes it, though production art of him exists with the cape off.
- Beast and Beauty: With Aqune. Even if Buguese is the most humanoid Insector, he's still not exactly... human. Aqune is the gentle, empathetic one who tries to see the good in everyone. Buguese is the brooding, cynical one. Despite his hatred of humans, it's clear he has a soft spot for Aqune. Freeing her is the last thing he does before confronting Mantid, which he expects will lead to his demise.
- Cooldown Hug: Does this for Aqune twice. Once to calm her when her mask breaks. Another to stop her from attacking when she's Brainwashed and Crazy thanks to Mantid.
- The Dragon: To Mantid.
- Driven to Suicide: After finding out the truth and realizing how much he wronged his comrades in his efforts to capture the Oracle Keys, he decides to crash Dark Opal into Mantid's castle, taking out Mantid with him. When he fails, he admits that he doesn't feel he deserves to live.
- Four Is Death: Leader of the Big Four.
- Horrible Judge of Character: The ease with which he allowed himself to be manipulated by Mantid is astonishing.
- I Did What I Had to Do: Tends to say things like this to justify his actions which is mainly for himself as he realizes what he's doing is wrong and it's slowly eating away at him. It's just that he wants to restore the Insector sun no matter what.
- Jerkass/Jerk with a Heart of Gold: More of the former in the dub and the latter in the sub. He spends most of the series treating his allies badly (ranging from cold behavior to actual cruelty), but not without a great deal of remorse and internal worrying. When it comes to his enemies, he can be outright sadistic.
- Perpetual Frowner: Default expression if he's not winning a fight or watching Aqune.
- Troubled, but Cute: This seems to be a factor in his popularity with the ladies.
Beerain
Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (Japanese), Ellen-Ray Hennessy (English)
A bee-type Insector/Invectid who uses a whip to fight. She's a member of the Big Four and commands the Buzzrays. While she can be charming, she has no regard for honor and thinks winning is everything.
- The Exile: Buguese refuses to listen to her when explaining why Mantid attacked her, and leaves her in the custody of the Spider Riders.
- Faux Action Girl: She mostly summons buzzrays, and always loses when she actually fights by herself.
- Love Hurts: Especially when the person you love throws his sword at you to shut you up.
- Manipulative Bastard: She took lessons from Mantid.
- The Smurfette Principle: The only female member of the Big Four.
- Traumatic Haircut: Some of her hair gets cut off by Mantid when he catches her eavesdropping on one of his rants. Thankfully she got away before he cut more than a few strands.
- Whip of Dominance: She's a high-ranking officer with a domineering demeanor and supremacist views who fights with a whip.
Stags
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese)
A powerful stag beetle-type Insector/Invectid loyal to the cause. He wields a short Zanbato. He is considered by many as the most powerful of the Big Four. He has a strong sense of honor, and cannot stand when it is disrespected.
- Back for the Finale: Only Beerain knew of his survival after his second fight with Hunter and Shadow. He didn't appear again until the final episodes of the series.
- The Big Guy: He's regarded as the strongest of the Big Four, and he more than lives up to it.
- BFS: It's about as big as he is.
- Blood Knight: It's made obvious from his attitude in his introductory episode.
- The Bus Came Back: After the invasion of Nuuma, he has a talk with Beerain before she heads back to the Insectors/Invectids. After that he's not seen again for over five episodes. He returns from his long absence to help Buguese and Beerain deliver the two remaining Oracle Keys to Hunter.
- The Coats Are Off: He likes to dramatically take off his cape before fighting.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Trying to fight him without an Oracle Key always ends this way.
- Determinator
- Heel–Face Turn: After the battle in Nuuma, he defects from Mantid's army.
- Honor Before Reason: During a duel with Hunter, Grasshop manages to steal the Oracle Key from him. What does Stags do? He hits Grasshop and gives the Key back to Hunter.
- Lightning Bruiser: Stags is one of the most physically strong characters in the show and moves very quickly during a fight.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: He takes his pride as a warrior very seriously, and does not approve when Grasshop interrupts his fight, even though Grasshop stole the Oracle Key and was actually helping him.
- Spared by the Adaptation: He's killed in the novels, but survives in the anime.
- The Stoic: The most stoic of the Big Four.
Others
Lily
Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Julie Lemieux (English)
Lily is Arachna's chief fortuneteller. She's often seen looking into her crystal ball, trying to spot bad omens.
- Canon Foreigner: She doesn't appear in the novels.
- Crystal Ball: Seeing how she's a fortune teller, she always has one.
- Foreshadowing: She hints that Hunter will destroy the Inner World rather than save it, which he never does, but Mantid (also an Earthen) almost accomplishes.
- I Sense a Disturbance in the Force: "A bad omen..."
- Red Herring: In her first appearance she implies that Hunter will bring about the end of the Inner World. However, she doesn't bring this revelation up again.
Brade/Quake
Voiced by: Chikao Ohtsuka (Japanese)
Better known as The Hero Brade/Quake, a legendary Spider Rider who saved the Inner World many times in the past.
- Ambiguously Brown: Noticibly, he has much darker skin than most of the characters. As they're natives of a foreign world, no one but Hunter would actually belong to any earth race.
- Badass Pacifist: He created a technique that takes away a person's desire to fight.
- Big Damn Hero: He prevents Hunter from handing over the Oracle Keys to Mantid in exchange for peace.
- Canon Foreigner: He doesn't appear in the novels at all.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He hits on Corona and Aqune quite often (though the dub downplays this), but is also very protective of them.
- Dead All Along: He's a ghost. Although this is hinted, it's not officially revealed until the last episode.
- Dub Name Change: He was called Brade in the sub and Quake in the dub. Interestingly enough, original press material in English states his name as Brade, so the change wasn't intended originally.
Word of God states that they thought Quake sounded cooler, because Brade sounds too close to "braid". However, it was probably intended to sound like "Blade." (Japan pronounces L's and R's the same.) - Dirty Old Man: He tries to flirt with Corona and Aqune. Thankfully it appears this is mostly to tease Hunter.
- Perhaps in the dub, where certain scenes were cut out. It didn't seem like teasing in the Japanese version.
- Eccentric Mentor: Of the Wax On, Wax Off variety.
- Heroic Willpower: His will was strong enough to keep him from crossing over after he died fighting Mantid until he Set Right What Once Went Wrong.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With the Sea Buff Mariner/Lost Mariner. Actually, more like Heterosexual Death Partners, because they remain close, even as ghosts.
- I Was Quite a Looker: Turns out he's telling the truth about that.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: Old age made him tiny.
- Old Master: Don't let his appearance fool you. His old age only means that he's a legendary veteran. He's very powerful and skilled.
Dagger
Brade/Quake's battle spider. He's said to be the strongest of all spiders.
- Informed Ability: Dagger is a legendary spider warrior who is supposedly the strongest, yet we never get to see him go all out.
- Last Episode, New Character: Rather, second-to-last-episode. Although he was technically sitting in Brade/Quake's manacle the whole time, he only joins in for the final battle. He doesn't even get to speak a single line.
- Red Is Heroic: He's the spider partner of the legendary hero Brade/Quake.
Lemin/Katy
Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese)
A Katydid-type Insector/Invectid pacifist who went to live among the humans of Cross Town and has since been branded a traitor.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: She is disgusted by how the other Invectids act and longs for peace.
- Token Heroic Orc: The only good Insector/Invectid in the series. Until Grasshop pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
Grey/Slate
Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese), Dan Petronijevic (English)
Igneous' best friend, and a loyal Arachnan knight. He sometimes helps the Riders in their battles.
- The Ace: Easily one of the most powerful normal humans in Arachna. The only reason the Spider Riders left for Nuuma was because he was charged with guarding the kingdom in their absence.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: There's a reason he and Igneous are known as the Fang and Claw of Arachna.
- Bash Brothers: With Igneous.
- Canon Foreigner: He doesn't appear in the novels.
- Friendly Rivalry: He and Igneous often enjoyed friendly duels when they were younger. Neither one could ever beat the other.
- Red Baron: He and Igneous are the famous "Fang and Claw of Arachna".
Queen Elma/Illuma
Voiced by: Yuko Kobayashi (Japanese), Julie Lemieux (English)
The Queen of the kingdom of Nuuma. She knew Corona and Aqune when they were younger and reveals their Mysterious Past.
- Canon Foreigner: She doesn't appear in the novels.
- The High Queen
- Only Sane Man: She seems to be the only one to realize that the Spider Riders being Child Soldiers isn't necessarily a good thing. On the other hand, the fact that she was the one who called for their help, then refused it just because she saw they were children does make her seem pretty foolish.
- Reasonable Authority Figure
Oracle
Voiced by: Saeko Chiba (Japanese), Julie Lemieux (English)
The Oracle is a beautiful woman, who united humans and spiders. Hunter first saw her when he fell down into the Inner World. She is considered the goddess of the Inner World. Little is known about her.
- Angelic Beauty
- Allergic to Evil: Destroying something made in her honor or using her power to kill causes her pain.
- Cue the Sun: She created the Inner World's Sun. Whenever it shines, she's feeling fine.
- Good Hurts Evil: She can cause pain to anyone trying to use her power to unjustly harm another.
- Light Is Good: She is essentially the light-bringing goddess over the Inner World.
- Minor Major Character: Her presence as the goddess of the Inner World makes her very important. Her appearances, however, are sporadic. Justified in-universe, as all 8 Spider Riders have to be gathered for her to be summoned.
