History Characters / TalesOfBerseria

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!!Magilou's Menagerie
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* AntiHeroTeam:
** While they're the good guys in all of this, most of them aren't particularly pleasant people. Velvet is a ByronicHero, Magilou [[UsedToBeASweetKid is cynical and jaded]], Eizen's a lifelong pirate, Rokurou is a BloodKnight who turned into a daemon just to gain power, and Laphicet gradually adapts to Velvet and Eizen's influences, due to [[ParentalSubstitute his growing attachment to them.]]
** Eleanor is noted by Eizen and Laphicet as being [[TokenGoodTeammate the exception of their group.]] While her actions are considered treasonous by the Abbey, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she's motivated by her moral conviction]] and her search for the truth.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Velvet has to fight every party member except Magilou at least once before they join.
* EmbarrassingNickname: In order to get into Loegres the first time, Magilou convinces the guards that the group is a traveling magic show called "Magilou's Menagerie," something that unfortunately sticks.
* FireForgedFriends: More so than any previous Tales party. Most of them stick together either out of self-interest or to uphold promises rather than out of loyalty or camaraderie. However, they genuinely become friends as the game progresses. In an optional skit, even Eizen admits he was glad to have been able to draw out a map of the oceans with them. Towards the second half of the game, Velvet herself even says "No matter how selfish you are, life's empty without having someone to share it with".
* FiveManBand: The party generally follows this formula like most games in the series.
** TheHero: Velvet, whose personal quest frames the story.
** TheLancer: Laphicet, who helps contribute to Velvet's personal story.
** TheSmartGuy: Eizen, who is a weary traveler and knowledgeable about the world.
** TheBigGuy: Rokurou, a BloodKnight who loves the thrill of battle.
** TheChick: Magilou, a self-proclaimed "great witch" who acts as the comic relief.
** TheHeart: Eleanor, which is [[PurityPersonified why she was chosen]] to be Laphicet's vessel.
* GossipEvolution: Their exploits are frequently exaggerated by the [=NPCs=] and in some cases, the description of Velvet as the Lord of Calamity gets mixed up with Magilou's description as a witch.
* HitchhikerHeroes: Velvet was entirely content to go about her quest all by herself, but she lets the party members join her on her way as long as they prove their worth to her and/or don't impede her progress.
* {{Pirate}}: Even though Eizen is more of a straight example, all of the main cast could be considered as pirates because they sail with Aifread's crew on the Van Eltia to fight against the Abbey. This even gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Eizen in a DLC skit where he recommends everyone to dress and act properly as pirates, which can be invoked by the player with the DLC pirate costumes.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Aptly described as "a therion, a daemon, a malak, a pirate, a witch, and an exorcist". Lampshaded by Magilou in a skit at Titania, where she tells Laphicet that there was no way any of them were going to get along in the first place.
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[[folder:Velvet Crowe]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/RinaSato (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)

->''"But even in the depths of despair, only two things mattered to me. The taste of blood-soaked flesh... and revenge upon one man."''

Originally a kind and family-oriented girl, Velvet became a vengeful woman fueled by hate due to the traumatic events she went through on the Scarlet Night three years prior to the events of the story. She fights with a blade mounted on her right-hand gauntlet, [[KickChick her feet]], and her left arm as a daemonic weapon to devour daemons, humans, and malakhim alike.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: A rare case where both sides are roughly the same level of ambiguous. It's implied she had a crush on Arthur back in her younger years, as Magilou correctly deduced (based on Velvet's surprise and corresponding blush) that Velvet once liked a guy who "[[UnrequitedLove was always on the other side of the door, so you could only look at his feet]]." The anime also plays it up a bit by having her flirt more obviously with Rokurou, but the game itself has her teasing Laphicet about how "I didn't cover my eyes" when she got an eye-full from Rokurou at the bath scene in the BonusDungeon, and her frequent checking of him out when he's training even as she admits she has no reason to by the third time. One the girl side, many of her interactions with Eleanor also veer into LesYay given their status as HeterosexualLifePartners, such as her happily offering to massage Eleanor with sun screen in a summer DLC skit, but it's Velvet's relationship with Niko that seals it. She once remarked how she'd marry Niko if she were a guy; Niko said the same to her. In [[spoiler: Melchior's illusions in Aball]], it's revealed her version of an ideal life has (a very affectionate) Niko refusing to marry anyone or even leave the village until Velvet returns, and that's with Velvet in full awareness of Niko having a crush on a young male vet who works out of town.
* ActionGirl: As the franchise's first solo female protagonist, it's fitting that Velvet is a vicious fighter.
* {{Adorkable}}: When she's not being a badass, she can also be seen enthusiastically cleaning, getting stage fright, blushing in embarrassment when told to act like a dove, and other such adorable acts of dorkiness.
* AdrenalineMakeover: From keeping her hair tied in the prologue to basically letting it loose in the main game proper.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Does give off this vibe as she doesn't want people to get close to her, and has told the party several times that they could leave her alone.
* AnArmAndALeg: She lost her normal left hand after Artorius cut it off while she's holding onto the ledge and falling towards the hole. She gains it back [[RedRightHand with extra things.]]
* AntiHero: Velvet is not a pleasant person. She frequently says "I'll use any tool at my disposal," even if that tool is other people. She's cold, bitter, and driven by revenge, and she isn't on a quest to save the world; she's out to kill one man, damn the consequences to anyone else. This changes the further into the game she goes, and while she's still ruthless, CharacterDevelopment mellows her out greatly.
* ArchEnemy: Her greatest enemy, and the target of her rage, is Artorius Colbrande, her brother-in-law and "holy" Shepherd of the Abbey. Her desire to kill him and avenge the death of her brother forms the premise of the game and drives most of her actions in the story. However, her overall feelings toward him are more complex than at first glance. Velvet still respects Artorius enough to defend his honor when the party erroneously believes he's just a two-bit OmnicidalManiac when they learn more about Innominat from Grimoirh in the Titania prison. Later on in the game, [[spoiler:she is confronted with images of Artorius' life before his StartOfDarkness, and after denying it at first, finally and tearfully admits that in spite of everything he's done, she still loves her brother-in-law, and says that her image of the man she knew as Arthur was the compassionate NiceGuy who married her older sister, not the dogmatic and delusional KnightTemplar of modern day. When she finally kills him, she doesn't roar with triumph or howl maniacally; she instead cries, mourning the loss of the Arthur she loved.]]
* TheAtoner: It becomes increasingly clear that Velvet is wracked with pretty intense guilt and remorse over her actions, to the point of self loathing, and she struggles to reconcile her need for revenge with her loyalty to the party and her allies. She even says privately to Eleanor that part of her wants to give hope to the world. At the very end, once she finally gets her revenge, Velvet [[spoiler:undergoes a DeepSleep to seal Innominat away and]] allows the party to "help the world I ruined," imploring Laphicet to "help people like me. Help the weak." Daemon or not, her conscience never left her even to the very end.
** One of her biggest examples of this is shown when [[spoiler: she meets Niko's dogs; she understands why they're mad at her killing their owner, and says they can RIP her apart however they want after she kills the man who indirectly caused her to kill Niko by turning her into a therion. In her side quest, she makes a quiche with a special recipe that she always wanted to teach Niko to cook, but never could. She gives it to the dogs and says they should take that with them when they reunite with Niko in a world Velvet freely admits she can't ever go. Velvet even politely rejects Laphicet trying to console her because she doesn't think Niko would approve.]]
%%* AwesomeMcCoolName
* BadassAdorable: She is a beautiful woman who is both an badass and {{Adorkable}} mixed together.
* BadassAndChildDuo: The badass to Laphicet's child. She will gut you if you decide to harm him, as Rokurou found out.
* BadassBoast: ''"Velvet Crowe. That is my name; make sure Artorius knows. Velvet Crowe is coming for him. I will destroy all daemons, all malakhim, all exorcists. I am a therion!"''
* BadassLongcoat: It's tattered, but she wears a black one.
* BandagedBabe: Wraps her left arm with a lot of bandages. Even after unleashing her demonic arm, the bandages always come back.
* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit leaves an opening on her stomach. Her "Tales Of Series" costume DLC gives her [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Rutee Katrea's]] original outfit, which also exposes her stomach.
* BarrierMaiden: It is revealed that being turned into a therion made Velvet into this. While in Titania, she was being used to consume a massive amount of malevolence there.
** [[spoiler: When Kamoana was removed from Palamedes, Haria Village's residents turned into daemons very quickly. Velvet finds out that there were similar consequences after she escaped from Titania upon her return]].
** [[spoiler: She seals herself with Innominat, constantly feeding it malevolence while Laphicet's busy being Maotelus]].
* BerserkButton: Whenever she hears people praising Artorius for his actions in the past, she starts to ''lose it''. If she keeps hearing the praises even longer, she's prone into going berserk. She also brutally kicked Oscar into a wall when he tried to justify turning a child into a therion to Eleanor under claims it was for the greater good.
* BigSisterInstinct: Towards her brother and the other Laphicet.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Her primary weapon is a wrist blade that she can use to slice or stabs her enemies, depending on the attack.
* BladeLock: Engages with this a few times with Oscar, Artorius, [[spoiler: and her brother Laphicet]].
* BoobsOfSteel: The one with the most noticeable bust size and the one who can do the most heavy lifting. Seriously, that bust is huge.
* BreakTheCutie: Goes from a cheerful and sweet young woman to a quiet cynical revenge-hungry ball of anger after witnessing her little brother's murder and Artorius cutting off her arm.
* BrokenBird: As a result of her brother's murder, Velvet turned from a happy and kind girl into a bitter loner.
* BrutalHonesty: She will not hold back how she really feels, what she wants, or what she'll do to reach her goals. If she has to kill, she'll freely and coldly let everyone know about it in case she reaches a point where it's necessary to sacrifice anyone.
* ButtMonkey: Shared between her and Magilou, with the two of them going tit-for-tat pushing each other's buttons during skits (see DudeWheresMyRespect).
* ByronicHero: She's cunning, powerful, and intelligent, but she's also very cynical, brooding, and spiteful. It's her intense passion for revenge that drives the events of the game.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Artorius' Cain, as Artorius is her brother-in-law.
* CannibalismSuperpower: Her left hand can absorb powers from things that she eats, like [[spoiler: how she gains fire powers and destroy seals when she eats Seres.]] In-game, she recovers some HP if her left hand is out and she kills enemies.
* CardCarryingVillain: Played with, as she's actually TheHero. Despite that, her ArchNemesis is a VillainWithGoodPublicity, and she's basically the BigBad as far as society is concerned. Seeing no other way around it, she decides to cultivate the image of a ChaoticEvil enemy of humankind, and basically decided "ehh, fine, ThenLetMeBeEvil."
* CastFromHitPoints: In gameplay, bringing out her red left hand will drain her HP till it drops down to one.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "[*Velvet telling someone not to do something*], or I'll eat you."
* CharacterDevelopment: Velvet undergoes the most changes of any character in the party not named Laphicet. She starts off as a cold, aloof, and bitter revenge-driven older sister, spurned only by her hatred for one man and uncaring of the consequences of her actions as long as they get her to him. As she grows more attached to Laphicet, she becomes a slowly DefrostingIceQueen with a slight Tsundere streak, a TeamMom outlook despite herself, and an emphasis on a JerkassFacade to keep people from getting close to her. [[spoiler: After facing the lowest moment of her life with Innominat, she descends into a raving lunatic, violently lashing out at anything and everyone, while maniacally denying every image shown to her about Artorius' StartOfDarkness. Thanks to Laphicet, she snaps out of her predicament and finally reconciles her lingering love and seething hatred for Artorius and Innominat (whom her brother was used to reincarnate), and becomes more at peace with herself. She still wants revenge, but does it for her own sake, not for the sake of the men who tormented her all these years; her revenge becomes paired with ultimately saving the world from Innominat by arguing in favor of TheEvilsOfFreeWill; her selfishness becomes more about finding her own identity and maintaining her free will; and her ruthlessness, while still there, is toned down considerably, as she both TookALevelInKindness and TookALevelInCheerfulness.]] By the end, she's almost completely back to being the snarky NiceGirl she used to be as a kid, and it's a change many characters, from Tabatha and the Prince to the party all note.
* CharacterTics: She taps her index finger against her left arm when she is confused or flustered during conversations.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Niko.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Of the non-romantic sort towards Laphicet when he becomes Eleanor's malak. She even makes him swear she is number one, while Eleanor is number two, before realizing how dumb she is acting.
* ClothingDamage: A rather extreme example due to wearing only one set of clothes for three years and needing to fight whatever monsters sent down into her prison.
* CombatPragmatist: Velvet keeps a hidden blade in her shoe just to have an extra weapon should she need it. She'll also kick the crap out of her enemies while they're in the middle of a conversation or distracted by something.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice noticeably deepens and becomes more gravelly after her transformation. During the HotSpringsEpisode, where a FreakyFridayFlip places Laphicet in her body, her voice lightens up a lot more to make it sound similar to his own.
* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: Sorey is a hero raised by Seraphim, becomes the Shepherd, and faces the Lord of Calamity before [[spoiler: becoming a Seraph]]. Velvet is an AntiHero raised by humans, becomes a daemon, and [[spoiler: fights a [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade "legendary Shepherd"]] while going down in history as a Lord of Calamity]].
* CoolBigSis: She was this to her younger brother. She appears to try taking on this role for Laphicet, [[spoiler:which becomes more of a [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]] situation once Laphicet's origins are revealed]].
* TheCorruption: Her chopped arm became a giant dark claw that devours people. As the story continues and she keeps doing her deeds, [[spoiler:there is a malevolent aura slowly growing that is hinted to be dangerous in her own words, which signifies her ascension to the first Lord of Calamity]].
* CovertPervert: A more Downplayed version. There are three different Inn Skits where Rokurou gets a ShirtlessScene as he trains his Rangest Style. In the third skit, she looks at him and hums with interest. He notices and asks if she has anything in mind for him. She says she doesn't, basically admitting she just stared at his ShirtlessScene for the sake of it. This is more pronounced after the Bath Scene in the EX Bonus Dungeon, when everyone's souls are transferred to different bodies in the hot spring, Eleanor, who's in Rokurou's body, stands up in outrage, insisting that Rokurou quit checking her figure out. This happens right in front of Velvet, who's in Laphicet's body, and she gets an eye-full of Rokurou's body. She blushes, looks away, and says "don't stand up!" When Laphicet discusses it with her, Velvet coyly admits she didn't cover her eyes at all when she saw the guys, much to Laphicet's chagrin.
* CursedWithAwesome: She can't taste anything but blood anymore and is constantly hungry, but she gets a red left hand that can eat things and absorb whatever powers that the person has.
* DarkIsNotEvil: DoubleSubverted. She wears mostly dark clothing, has terrifyingly dark powers and is both a NominalHero and a ByronicHero that can be very ruthless and makes her sometimes look villainous. However, her main opposition are examples of LightIsNotGood like Artorius that has wronged her greatly, and compared to him, she definitely is heroic. Not to mention she eventually used her dark powers to save the world after a bit of development about her goals.
* DCupDistress: Downplayed, especially since Velvet's bust is only ever referred to indirectly, but she does get noticeably defensive and snippy (even for her) whenever the size of her breasts is mentioned.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her go-to attitude for the general absurdity that often surrounds her is to lay on the snark. Magilou gives her ''plenty'' of ammo.
* DeepSleep: In order to help save the world, [[spoiler:Velvet seals herself away with Innominat so that Laphicet, as Maotelus, can purify the planet]].
* {{Determinator}}: She ''will'' kill Artorius, no matter what! [[spoiler:She eventually succeeds by stabbing Artorius with his own sword.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: It starts pretty early on once she meets Laphicet, and through her interactions with him, Velvet starts growing less vicious and cold hearted, culminating in her giving him a nickname, Phi, to reflect her increasing willingness to soften herself up to the party. While still ruthless, she mellows out considerably and becomes a full fledged friend to the party, especially after Laphicet snaps her out of a HeroicBSOD.
* DoubleThink: She's fully aware the illusion of Aball is just that, an illusion, but she so desperately wants it to be real that she gives in once she sees a seemingly alive Laphicet in her house. It doesn't last long as reality hits her in the face, after which she removes the illusion for good.
* DramaticDislocation: After jumping from the top of the watchtower to a pathway, injuring her right shoulder in the process, she smacks her shoulder on the cliff and partially fixes it. Seres fixes the rest by healing her.
* TheDreaded: Becomes this as the story progresses as her deeds become more noticeable eventually culminating in earning the title of "Lord of Calamity". In a more comical way, she is this to White Turtlez who soils himself whenever they encounter.
* DualWielding: An interesting variant, she wields an arm blade and a foot blade.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: You'd think being [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the 'Lord of Calamity']] would be enough to make Magilou think twice about trifling with her. Not happening. Magilou repeatedly [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd-psRmGU4o uses Velvet]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxbDsLTMT2Y for her own amusement.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Velvet appeared in Episodes 5 and 6 (or 6 and 7 if you include the prologue episode) of [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Tales of Zestiria the X]], before Berseria was released on August 18 in Japan.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: She could already kick ass before becoming a daemon, able to effortlessly take down wild prickleboars.
* EnergyBall: After absorbing [[spoiler: Melchior,]] she forms a ball at her left hand and smashes it towards rising lava, [[spoiler: awakening the four elemental Empyreans and freeing all the malakhim in the world.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her personality post-imprisonment is neatly summed up when she reaches the supply room: she puts together an outfit that simply serves to cover up her lady parts with nary a thought for how she looks, takes a thing of rope with her because it could be useful, and leaves behind an insanely famous and valuable sword because it's not going to be convenient for her to use.
* EveryoneHasStandards: PlayedForLaughs. The AntiHero Velvet, who has no qualms killing anyone who gets in her way, won't drink alcohol because she's 19, i.e. under the legal drinking age.
** PlayedForDrama everywhere else. She still has a strong conscience and expresses genuine remorse over what she does at several points throughout the course of the game, and she often speaks out against the actions of Artorius, the Abbey, and anyone else who crossed a red line even she won't agree with.
* {{Expy}}: She is basically a female version of [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]]. Both are [[AntiHero Anti Heroes]], suffered a DarkAndTroubledPast, got an arm cut off by their ArchEnemy who also happened to be an [[JerkAss asshole]], got a [[RedRightHand powerful replacement]], and [[spoiler: became a deity in order to save the world.]] She also has traits of [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]].
** She's also similar to [[Anime/CrossAnge Ange]] as they're both betrayed by their brother, forced to watch a precious family member die, is sent to prison, is forced to fight monsters and [[TookALevelInCynicism gaining a darker outlook on life]].
** WordOfGod puts her also as an expy to [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]]. Something which even gets [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when the two meet during the sidequest with the Xillia cameo bosses.
** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]] To some degree. [[spoiler: Her prologue has her black hair with a pigtail, check. Failed to save someone? Double Check. Becomes the [[GodOfEvil god of evil in end?]] Oh yes. She's already a demon to begin with.]] May be more of an [[ActorAllusion Actor Allusion]] that one who voiced her is non other than [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee herself!]]
* {{Facepalm}}: One of her emotes in the skits involve her placing her hand on her head irritably, similar to Eleanor, who looks up while Velvet looks down. The difference is that this same pose has been used to indicate frustration (like when she's trying to figure out Artorius' motive) or embarrassment (usually whenever Magilou trolls her).
* FacePalmOfDoom: In her second Mystic Arte she does this after stabbing her enemy with her wrist blade. She also does it to Seres when she first meets her after the time skip.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Especially on her legs, where she has one armored boot and the other leg completely exposed. One of her arms is also covered in bandages to cover her demonic arm. They come off when she fights with it.
* FireForgedFriends: Combined with OddFriendship, her best friend and most trusted teammate is not her MoralityPet Laphicet, but her erstwhile rival and foil Eleanor Hume, who befriends her after becoming uneasy companions by circumstance. While it applies to the whole party, it especially counts for Velvet and Eleanor as they become TheConfidant to one another. Once Eleanor's side quest is finished, she has one final talk with Velvet just before the final dungeon, and in it, Velvet even says, with complete sincerity, "We're a lucky to have you with us, Eleanor."
* FriendToAllChildren: Even as the Lord of Calamity, she still cares deeply about kids. This goes beyond her brother and Laphicet. She grows to care for Kamoana, consoles her with a hug once she cries about her mom, and willingly finds and opens her chest at her request. She also encourages Laphicet to help cure Videl of his illness, and immediately insists that he should go inside his house so he doesn't get colder once she finds out he even has an illness. She also never raises her voice at the kid {{Non Player Character}}s, unlike all the other times she does to adults and authority figures.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the prologue, a sweet CoolBigSis from a small, quaint village. In the present, the [[RedBaron Lord of Calamity]] who everyone [[TheDreaded fears]].
* GagBoobs: There isn't much breast-related humor in the game, but what's there comes at Velvet's expense, and about the only time she cares about her outfit is when someone mentions them.
* {{Gainaxing}}: In her [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] summer outfit.
* GlassCannon: Velvet's array of damage is insane, capable of very strong combos and damage with not much difficulty. However she's fairly fragile and, if grouped up on, can die very quickly. Her RedRightHand enforces this by allowing huge amounts of damage but at the cost of her losing HP every second, draining faster the higher her damage output is. While she can't be [=KOed=] while her demon arm is out since she can't fall below 1 HP, it'll leave her very vulnerable as soon as her combo ends.
* GreaterScopeVillain: An InUniverse example, being [[spoiler: the first Lord of Calamity]].
* GrinOfAudacity: She flashes one of these in the aftermath of the thrashing she received by Artorius in their first fight, signaling her quest for revenge is far from over. It's the first time she smiles since the prologue.
* HadToBeSharp: She was BookDumb during the prologue as she didn't understand things that Laphicet was introducing her to, like the compass. After the time skip, however, she'll think of what to do before executing her plan.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Before going to prison: a woman in high spirits and a fun-loving big sister to everyone. After being imprisoned for three years: jaded, cynical, and wants nothing but revenge.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Subverted, Velvet uses a hidden wrist blade and shoe blade in combat, though she also [[KickChick uses her legs]] and [[TheRightHandofDoom Demonic arm]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:When Velvet learns the truth of what happened on the second Scarlet Night from Artorius and Laphicet/Innominat, and sees flashbacks of what caused Artorius' StartOfDarkness, she becomes distraught to the point of despair. Her desire for revenge turns out to be all for nothing. As Laphicet/Innominat tries to suck her into a portal, Malak Laphicet grabs her and gives her a big lecture about the will to live that snaps her out of it.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: More 'Anti''-Heroic, but the point remains. Her deep guilt and remorse over what she's done, and her sincere belief that she's just a "selfish, horrible girl" for being so willing to sacrifice even the ones she loves for revenge, take a toll on her mind, as it's the one thing she can't reconcile or accept and the one thing she can't fully come to terms with. It becomes closer to self-loathing, as she rejects Laphicet's offer to turn her back into a human because she believes she doesn't deserve that humanity. The rest of the party, Eizen and Rokurou among them, argues it's that exact trait (along with her determination and ability to love and hate at once) that makes her human to begin with. Laphicet even forgives her for it, and Velvet looks just about ready to cry before thanking him.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Though her [[AntiHero heroic]] status is debatable, she does go on to defeat the real BigBad and save the world. But all she will be known for is as [[TheDreaded The Lord of Calamity]], outside of the few people who really got to know her.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** She was very close to Niko, her childhood friend, to the point of RomanticTwoGirlFriendship given how often they flirted with each other. This sadly doesn't last long on the life part, due to Velvet unwittingly causing Niko's death in the prologue.
** Despite a rocky start, Velvet befriends Eleanor, and the two form arguably the closest bond in the party; Velvet entrusts Eleanor with very private information the rest of the party doesn't know about her. Their [[NotSoDifferent eerie similarities]] help ease some tension in the second half of the game, where their initial animosity is replaced by more playful and friendly banter. They stop pretending not to care for one another, they drop their initial jealousy over Laphicet, and they each become TheConfidant to the other. Even when they were still uneasy allies, Velvet went out of her way to ensure Eleanor was safe [[spoiler:though that may have been because [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou Eleanor was Laphicet's vessel]]]], defended her honor against Oscar, and often did what she could to make sure Eleanor was feeling better about herself. All this long before she learned about malevolence and how it affected Laphicet. They're both even shown standing next to each other in skits much more often than before to reflect that, and each gives the other either YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre or YouAreNotAlone speeches to the other. The game even pokes fun at the "heterosexual" part by having an achievement poke fun at how Eleanor is checking Velvet out after completing a side quest.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Although she's the Lord of Calamity, the sweet kid she used to be is still there, and manifests in different ways at different points behind that aloof, detached, and aggressively sarcastic demeanor. Long before she ever fully befriends Eleanor, Velvet voluntarily checks in on her status after eating saleh'toma, and shows relief when told she's doing well, but when confronted about it, immediately says [[{{Tsundere}} it's not like she cares about her or anything]]. She's also mightily disturbed at some of her actions, like accidentally plunging malevolence to Haria Village after removing Kamoana, and empathizes with even her enemies once finding out they have families to care for. She finally drops the "hidden" part after recovering from a HeroicBSOD and coming to terms with her chaotic heart.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[spoiler:Velvet goes down in history as a Lord of Calamity, despite being the hero who saved the world from the true villains, the Exorcists. Mind you, Velvet herself embraced the title and made sure her enemies and the masses would call her that.]]
* HowDoIShootWeb: Played with. She can use her powers just fine, she just doesn't understand why she can temporarily adsorb the attributes of her victims, which is unique even among therions. The answer is given in a late-game sidequest: [[spoiler:when she ate Seres, she also consumed an unfinished experimental armatus along with her. What she does all game is a brutal, one-sided proto-Armitization.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: She's a daemon who feeds on other daemons. Her transformation also made it so the only thing she can taste is blood.
* IdiotHair: She had this hairstyle when she was younger, before being imprisoned on Titania.
* IfIDoNotReturn: [[spoiler:Prior to the final battle, Velvet confides to Eleanor the likelihood of her not surviving the aftermath. She asks Eleanor to look after Laphicet if anything happens to her, and Eleanor accepts.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Artorius impales her in his HopelessBossFight, though that still doesn't stop her from trying to pull off a surprise attack on him. [[spoiler: She later returns the favor after the final boss battle by impaling him with the same sword.]]
* {{Irony}}: While Velvet Crowe is the Chaos and Emotion to Artorius' Order and Reason, much of her decisions follow a coldly logical and pragmatic way of thinking. When she goes to Meirchio, she needs the nearby volcano to use as a launch pad [[spoiler:to reincarnate the Empyreans to suppress Innominat]]. She also needs to goad the Legates, the two strongest Exorcists behind Shepherd Artorius, so she can devour them and use their souls as sacrifices to that end. She reveals she's the Lord of Calamity and scare the entire town, thereby forcing the Legates to respond. Eleanor compliments Velvet for choosing not to get the villagers involved, but Velvet points out that it wasn't entirely for their sake and she upended their livelihoods already. Eleanor still thanks her for it anyway. By all measures, it was a success, as Melchior and Shigure both arrive at Meirchio, which becomes the new home of the Therions and pirates working with Velvet, and the sacrifices are enacted in the volcano with no civilian casualties
* ItsAllMyFault: Zig-zagged. [[spoiler:Velvet owns up to the fact that removing Kamoana from Palamedes caused the villagers of Haria Village to succumb to malevolence, but the group does point out the malevolence is generated by the people themselves, so they are to blame as well.]]
* ItsPersonal: Towards Artorius for killing her brother. [[spoiler:Eventually, towards Innominat too, once he tries to psychologically break her.]]
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: She had this reaction with human Laphicet toward the compass.
* JerkassFacade: She acts like a huge jerk so nobody gets close to her, reasoning that she's not someone worth having friends in not as many words. The party doesn't really buy it, because she takes it upon herself to be the TeamMom even if it's done in a slightly {{Tsundere}} way. She later drops it after her CharacterDevelopment fully kicks in.
* KickChick: She frequently attacks with her feet, either by kicking her enemies or using a hidden blade in her shoe to cut them.
* TheLeader: Thanks to her motivation being her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Artorius. She more or less gains a leadership position on the Van Eltia with Benwick looking to both her and Eizen for orders. The skills she provides the scout ship of the Van Eltia even refers to her as 'Mistress'.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkwZEsGho40 Theme of Velvet]], a somber rendition of the main theme to highlight an individual with an unwavering will who is also broken by her past.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: She gets less abrasive and stiff as time goes on thanks to the rest of the party. Notably, she stops threatening to kill Magilou for annoying her, just accepting her eccentric personality for what it is.
* LotusEaterMachine: To beat Innominat, [[spoiler:she seals herself with him; she eternally devours him and he eternally devours her. In this state, Velvet dreams of an ideal world, where her allies don't have the baggage they do in the real world (Aifread is not turned into a daemon, Eizen is still seen by his crew, Magilou isn't under Melchior's thumb, Niko is alive, etcetera), and where even her enemies are living happy, normal lives (Oscar and Teresa are both alive and friends with Eleanor, Shigure and Rokurou actually bond like brothers, and even Artorius himself is living peacefully with his wife and son). Phi's appearance at the end of the dream, where modern-day Velvet and Innominat are staring at the sky, implies the dream may be maintained by him and that it's not a product of the sealing itself.]]
* MamaBear: Is ''very'' protective of Laphicet mainly, which is shown in some skits when she makes Magilou back off from her pranking or confiscating Bienfu's books because he was sharing inappropriate material with him.
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: [[spoiler:All those she consumes continue to reside within her afterwards and can even converse with her. The four Praetors are released in the ending to reincarnate as the four elemental Empyreans.]]
* MoralityPet: The entire rest of the party and particularly Laphicet serve this role for Velvet. While she remains generally ruthless, aggressive, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking snarky]], her CharacterDevelopment stems from her interaction with the party, and she becomes noticeably softer, happier, and generally kinder towards the party and people in general, and is more willing to use less destructive and suicidal means to accomplish her goals if someone in the party offers her an alternative.
* MsFanservice: Velvet in accompanied by a number of fan-servicey design choices, perhaps most notably {{underboobs}} in her barely there outfit. Justified due to how she was imprisoned for three years without a change of clothes. The best she could do after she escaped was putting together the scraps of another prisoner's clothing. Since Velvet doesn't care how she looks and also isn't affected by natural heat or cold she feels no need to get something more conservative to wear later either.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Killing Oscar and Teresa completely rattles her, as she believes she's become no better than Artorius.]]
** [[spoiler: She gets another moment of this after finding out the AwfulTruth of the second Scarlet Night, as she realizes all the horrible things she's done and her quest for revenge has been AllForNothing]].
** This is a consistent trend with her, as it is paired with ThenLetMeBeEvil. It's the one thing she can't really reconcile about herself, and she grows to hate herself for being TheUnfettered. She accepts the AwfulTruth and reconciles that with her conflicting feelings of Artorius and her brother, but her conscience never let her rest, because much of what she does, [[spoiler:from Aball to Haria and Meirchio, to Seres, Oscar, Teresa, and Niko, just to name a few, eat at her mind as guilt seeps in and she feels she's not worth saving. She's genuinely sorry at what she's done, even before she learns it was AllForNothing as seen by how much her actions in Aball and Haria disturbed her the moment she realizes what she's done. While it nearly gets her killed in a HeroicBSOD, she's spurned back into action by Phi and eventually becomes TheAtoner who helps save the world from Innominat after finally getting her revenge, even if she's never remembered for her deeds except by the few who knew her personally.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: Magilou never lets her forget the time she had to imitate a dove to get into Loegres. Never.
* NoSympathy: Just before absorbing Seres, she says she offers no thanks or apology for what she is. One of her victory quotes even has her state her enemies won't get any compassion from her.
* NotHyperbole: When Velvet says she'll use any tool at her disposal she is not exaggerating. At all.
* NotSoAboveItAll: There are numerous times when her stoic, angry persona crumbles and some of her old self is brought out, mostly whenever she interacts with Laphicet or teases Magilou.
* NotSoDifferent: Velvet eventually realizes that she is like this with [[spoiler:Artorius. Both of them developed their attitudes to prevent them from succumbing to their overwhelming despair]].
* NinetiesAntiHero: Broods a lot about what had happened to her brother, can be sarcastic on the occasion, and is willing to dirty her hands just to get to Artorius.
* NotSoDifferent: Of all people, she's most similar to Eleanor, who has her same interests in cooking and cleaning, her same motherly nature, her same UnstoppableRage when confronted by the target of her revenge, her same liking of children, her same motivation being borne of a murdered relative, and her same guilt at accidentally [[spoiler:killing loving family members when they opposed her]], among other such traits. They were even both fans and supporters of Artorius and his ideals, of which they grew disillusioned with as reality hit them square in the face about who he really became.
* OffhandBackhand: What she does to a daemon when she first gets her left hand.
* OddFriendship: With [[TokenGoodTeammate Eleanor]]. An exorcist [[spoiler: not to mention future [[TheChosenOne Shepherd]] being friends with a daemon, much less [[TheDreaded the Lord of Calamity]] is highly unlikely and yet they become [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friends]]]].
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She's a Therion class Daemon, being able to consume anything with her daemon transformed hand.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When [[spoiler:the party is led to believe the people of Aball survived the Scarlet Night event]], Velvet starts behaving like she did before she was broken apart. Some of them are put off by how nice she is.
** Later on, [[spoiler:Velvet is utterly broken into a berserk state that she becomes really violent and thirsty for revenge against Artorius and Innominat showing her visions of the past]].
* PerpetualFrowner: Although she does smile a few times, flashbacks notwithstanding, this is her default expression in the game. She does smile more later in the game. [[spoiler:When Velvet starts smiling in the fabricated Aball, Eleanor points out her surprise that Velvet is capable of smiling.]]
* PirateGirl: Velvet ends up one by affiliating herself with Aifread's crew.
* PlayingWithFire: As a result of devouring Seres in Titania, a lot of her artes are fire-based.
* PoisonousFriend: Magilou believes Velvet has this effect on the more moral members of the party.
-->'''Magilou''': How quickly one falls when entering Velvet's dark orbit.
* ThePowerOfHate: Figuratively in that it's what motivates her. Literally in that she eats malevolence, which encompasses negative emotions including hatred, in order to get stronger.
* RapunzelHair: Both before and after her transformation. Originally it went to her mid-thigh and was neatly braided. Three years later as a Therion, it's in a very loose, unkempt braid that reaches her ankles.
* RedBaron: Creates the title and dubs herself the Lord of Calamity. Once it spreads far enough, the Abbey begins calling her that until history labels all figures with powerful malevolence as a Lord of Calamity, including ones that predate her. Before that, there's also Velvet the Daemoneater.
* RelativeButton: The murder of her brother, along with being told that her brother's murder was a necessary evil, only fuels her rage.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Downplayed. While she's not too bothered by her state of dress, she does gets rather annoyed when a guy points it out.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Already there are jokes about Velvet being related to the [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Gilchrists/Katreas]] or to [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]].
** WordOfGod confirmed that she is indeed based on [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]] in one of the interviews.
* TheReveal: Her brother [[spoiler:willingly sacrificed himself to make a better world where she could live in peace]]. Velvet doesn't take it well.
* {{Revenge}}: Her goal, agqainst [[spoiler:her brother, the shepherd Artorius]].
-->'''Velvet''': You have to be tough, if what you seek is revenge.
* TheRightHandOfDoom: Velvet's left arm is usually covered in straps. If she releases it the arm turns into an enormous spiky hand like it belonged to a giant werewolf.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Towards Artorius after witnessing him kill her brother.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: She appeared to have this with Niko. The two even 'jokingly' said if they were the other gender they'd fall in love with the other.
* RummageSaleReject: What with her very raggedy, torn-up clothing, plenty of belts, and lack of coverage.
* SanitySlippage: After she discovers that [[spoiler: Innominat is actually her brother and he sends her to the earthpulse without remorse, she turns batshit insane after the betrayal, screaming about how she is going to kill both Artorius and Innominat, and basically anyone who gets in her way, realizing that she is a monster who kills everyone who opposes her and causes misery wherever she goes.]] Thankfully, she snaps out of it thanks to Laphicet.
* SayMyName: Continuing the proud tradition of the ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' love for this trope, ''ARTORIUS!!!''
* ScreamingWarrior: In Artorius' presence. Also, several of her finishing moves see her scream with fury.
* SenseLossSadness: After trying to eat an apple and finding out that she can't appreciate the taste anymore.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She's often cited by others as being very beautiful, especially her hair. You don't realize it because her normal outfit is torn to shreads and her villager outfit doesn't really highlight this. However, some costumes such as her Idolmaster dress and many supplementary materials help show this off very well.
* SheFu: Quite a few of her artes have her cartwheel and use the knife in her foot.
* SheIsTheKing: [[spoiler: The Lord of Calamity's first titlebearer was the female Velvet]].
* {{Stripperific}}: Her outfit is pretty ridiculous all things considered. Somewhat {{Justified}} given she was imprisoned for three years without a change of clothing.
* ShutUpHannibal: Her response to Oscar's attempt to justify turning Kamoana into a therion and imprisoning her in Palamedes is to swiftly kick him into a wall.
* SuicideIsShameful: Downplayed. When a price-gouging dock merchant is afflicted by Innominat's free will suppression, he goes on about how he "has" to die. When she stops him, she says she doesnt much care if he wants to die, but really hates all the talk of him "needing" to die.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: A trait she shares with her siblings.
* SwordAndFist: Sword and Foot actually, with most of her non-katar attacks being kick-based.
* TalkingInYourDreams: [[spoiler: In Episode 23 of ''Tales of Zestiria the X'', she meets Sorey in his dream and encourages him to walk down the path he believes in.]]
* TaremeEyes: Before the Advent, [[spoiler:where her brother Laphicet was sacrificed]], Velvet had much more rounded and delicate eyes. While she was still considered a {{Tomboy}} by most, she is comparatively softer and more delicate in both appearance and personality than she is three years later.
* TeamMom: In two inn skits, she reveals she's a very good resourceful person when it comes to cleaning (going as far as to dress up appropriately) and using food resources that Laphicet comments she would be a good mom. Additionally, despite her attempts at trying to come off as a jerk, she has voluntarily checked in the well-being of the other party members and even helped Kamoana cope with the loss of her mother by hugging her.
** SuperOCD: ...But when she gets going, she starts nagging others how wasteful they are in comparison. Eizen comments she went from good mom to ObnoxiousInLaws material.
* TheTease: Less so compared to Magilou, but still present. She's rather playful, with an occasional flirtatious streak (saying she'd marry Niko if she were a guy being a standout case), and very much enjoys making people sexually uncomfortable. While the anime plays it up more by having her shoot a pair of seductive-looking glances at Rokurou, in the game, she especially gets a kick out of teasing Eleanor and Laphicet, the latter of whom had the misfortune of having his soul leave his body and join Velvet's in the bath house in the BonusDungeon. He made sure to cover his eyes so he wouldn't see the girls' bodies, unlike Bienfu. Smirking, Velvet coyly says "But I didn't cover mine~," much to his embarrassment. In Eleanor's side quest, as Velvet and Eleanor were discussing motherhood, Medissa indirectly brings up sex in a way that embarrasses Eleanor by noting ''when'' Eleanor gets kids, she'll understand, leading to Eleanor bashfully saying that's not exactly on her radar as of that moment, but she'll keep it in mind. Laphicet suddenly arrives and asks why Eleanor is blushing. Velvet says they're having "girl talk," and he's "welcome to join in," to which Laphicet immediately blushes and walks away, with Velvet almost bragging about how much she enjoys screwing with him.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Velvet bases her identity in this, knowing that her desire to kill Artorius is based in a selfish desire for revenge, and that's before she learns he's become a VillainWithGoodPublicity that effectively controls the world. She knows her motives are a [[HeroWithBadPublicity PR nightmare]] and isn't afraid to tell anyone who offers her aid that she fully intends to murder the Shepherd with [[AndThenWhat no real long-term goal beyond that]]. She so completely thinks of herself as a monster that she'll often [[MetaphoricallyTrue doctor the facts]] ''against'' herself - when recounting her escape from [[HellholePrison Titania]], she says she was freed by a rogue Malak, and [[HorrorHunger consumed]] her rescuer on the way out to awaken her powers. She leaves out that Seres was [[TakingTheBullet mortally wounded protecting Velvet from an attack]] and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled begged to be consumed so her death would tangibly help]]. Velvet thinks her goals make her inherently unsympathetic, but when her full picture is finally made clear, an antagonistic teammate-by-circumstance completely loses any resolve to betray her.
* TheUnfettered: There's literally nothing Velvet wouldn't do to kill Artorius, and it can get rather frightening. Trapped in a prison filled with daemons? Just start a riot and use the prisoners as a distraction. Reach the very top of the prison and find there's no way down? Just jump down using the mountain wall as balance. Dislocated shoulder on the way down? Just pop it back into place. Lose a HopelessBossFight against Artorius? Just try again, grinning eagerly audaciously at the challenge. Even if it's her own well-being, it doesn't matter to her. This actually fascinates Rokurou, Eizen, and Seres, who all find her intense passion and relentless drive to push through every obstacle inspiring.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to her childhood friend Nico's, and Eleanor's, girly girl.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While she's a massive Tomboy otherwise, she's quite the SupremeChef, is very serious about cleaning, and would basically make the ideal housewife.
* TooManyBelts: One as a cape clasp, three on her thigh, two around her waist, and a smattering of shorter ones strewn about her outfit.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: While it starts right about the time she starts calling Laphicet "Phi," it really settles in by the second half of the game. Velvet is more at peace with herself and all the contradictions felt in her heart and head; she smiles more often, is more willing to indulge in silliness from her party or Kamoana, has more frequent bonding sessions with Eleanor, and becomes generally more outgoing like she used to be as a kid.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Her brother's murder and her being imprisoned for three years made her rather cold to others.
* TookALevelInKindness: It takes the entire first half and a quarter of the game, but she finally gets there, thanks to [[spoiler:Phi breaking her out of her HeroicBSOD and accepting the AwfulTruth]]. Her genuine friendship with the party, but especially her relationship with Phi and Eleanor, causes her to change considerably. Her hard edges smooth considerably, and she's happier, softer, and nicer, especially to Eleanor, Phi, and Kamoana. She's almost a completely different person by the end of the game.
* TragicKeepsake: Two of them from different people. Her little brother Laphi's comb and [[spoiler: Seres's ring after devouring her. She discards the comb in the final battle, where Innominat breaks it.]]
* TragicDream: [[spoiler:She dreams eternally of a better world in her sealed state in the ending. A dream of her family being alive and her childhood friend as her and Laphi travel the world and encounter the other characters on the way.]]
* TsurimeEyes: Her present day, post-daemon transformation appearance gives her harder, edgier eyes of this style, with the edges slanted inwards. This is used to demonstrate just how much her personality has changed after the [[spoiler:her betrayal and watching her brother die]].
* {{Underboobs}}: Her outfit [[http://i.imgur.com/Eiz7jil.jpg bares quite a bit of cleavage]].
* UnscrupulousHero: Best exemplified from her "confession" to a priest:
--> "I caused a riot in a prison and escaped. Then I set a city's warehouse on fire and stole a ship to escape. Then I worked with pirates and destroyed a military's fortress. I killed everyone who got in my way."
* UnstoppableRage: After the ritual that kills her brother, she flies into a rage that makes her slaughter scores of daemons with ease. It only stops when Artorius strikes her down.
-->''RAAAAGH! Why did you kill him?! His blood... on your hands... Answer me! Answer me! WHY?! He was my brother! My Laphi! What did he ever do?! Get out of my way!''
* UnwittingPawn: The Abbey intentionally fostered hatred and despair in her so that they could offer these two types of malevolence to Innominat. Thankfully, Laphicet manages to save her from despair, allowing her to fight back for real.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Velvet used to be a perfectly sweet and happy person, but the trauma of watching her younger brother die at Artorius' hands on the Scarlet Night, as well as her arm getting infected with the power of a daemon, left her in a ''very'' bad place.
* UseYourHead: How Velvet overpowers [[spoiler: Artorius after the FinalBoss fight.]]
* WaifFu: Is powerful enough to lift daemons with her left hand.
* WeakButSkilled: Downplayed. She's far from weak, but she's not a FinalBoss level fighter that one would expect from a Lord of Calamity. [[spoiler:Despite that, she defeats the much stronger Shepherd of her era by staying determined, gathering allies, and learning how to counter his plans.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: Even with all her bitterness and cynicism, she still manages to give some genuinely heartwarming smiles, such as [[spoiler:when she saves Laphicet from the Fortress Daemon's [[TakingYouWithMe suicide attack]].]] A more comical example happens in one skit where she gets revenge on Magilou by forcing her to drink sale'tomah.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: She does as a Therion, and tattered ones at that.
* WeaksauceWeakness: PlayedForLaughs. She is allergic to cats and is vulnerable to stage fright.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Tries taking on Teresa while she's heavily injured from getting stabbed by Artorius in their first encounter and Laphicet barely finishes healing her. It ends poorly for Velvet.
* WreckedWeapon: Artorius manages to destroy her wrist blade [[spoiler: in their final bout. Doesn't slow her down at all.]]
* YouAllLookFamiliar: Velvet looks a little too much like a black-haired [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]]. Some have joked she's the daughter of Milla and Jude.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While she gives one of these moments to Eleanor, Velvet is herself a target of this from various members of the party, who all separately say she's not an irredeemable monster, she's not an evil mass murderer, she's just another complicated human with her own complicated heart. Rokurou, himself a daemon with no qualms about killing a family member, thinks Velvet, a daemon-eating daemon, still has a kind of humanity that he admires, while Eizen thinks her "foolishness" is inspiring, and Laphicet says she's "also kind, and full of life," so he'll never abandon her no matter how much she scares him. Magilou even praises her for helping to give Laphicet a sense of identity, and Eleanor loses all willingness to betray Velvet after both finding out the truth of the Abbey's goals and bigger picture of Velvet's motivations and past life, reasoning that the "real" Velvet is the "normal, ordinary, loving sister" she used to be in Aball.
* YoureInsane: Eleanor says this word for word after seeing Velvet cut her wounded, bandaged hand to demonstrate how little she believes an illusion is real.
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[[folder:Laphicet]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/AzumiAsakura (JP), Amber Connor (EN)

->''"It just seems too lonely for her to bear all of it alone."''

Originally dubbed "Number Two," Laphicet is a young, innocent malak who has never known freedom since his creation. Through his travels with Velvet and company, he eventually develops a mind of his own. He fights using sheets of paper to channel his malak artes.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He perks up when it comes to learning and is always polite to people. He has quite a lot of interesting knowledge and proves to have a knack for languages, even difficult ones like the old tongue.
* AffectionateNickname: Velvet calls him 'Phi' after he tells her to stop treating him as her brother's replacement. He later admits to her he thinks it's childish before going to the final dungeon.
* {{Ahoge}}: One that's curled to look like a halo.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Gives one to Velvet at the end of the game, which she returns. She meant it in a familial-bond sense, but Laphicet [[PrecociousCrush might have meant otherwise.]]]]
* BadassAdorable: Aww, look at that adorable little boy destroy a bunch of dudes with Indignation.
* BadassAndChildDuo: The child towards Velvet and Eleanor as both of them really want to take care of him in their own way.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a soulless shell to a sweet kid to [[spoiler: someone strong enough to be able to snap Velvet out of her despair]].
* CollaredByFashion: He wears a black collar with a gold egg-shaped tag.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: When it comes to reading, deciphering ancient texts, and exploring ruins, which quickly becomes his favorite hobbies as he develops his own identity. Eizen finds it to be an admirable trait, whereas Magilou finds it to be a constant source of amusement.
-->'''Magilou:''' ''(grinning)'' "Wow. Your curiosity knows no bounds. Does it, kiddo?"
* DeadGuyJunior: Velvet names him after her dead brother.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: His surrogate little brother relationship with Velvet helps a bit with her CharacterDevelopment. There's also the fact that [[spoiler: as opposed to Velvet becoming the Lord of Calamity (as in, the GreaterScopeVillain from history's point of view of the era), he becomes Seraph Maotelus (basically, {{God}})]]. This is on top of the fact that [[spoiler: both his past life (Velvet's unborn nephew), and the person he's named for and looks like (Laphicet Crowe) were sacrificed to manifest half of the BigBadDuumvirate]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Literally punches Innominat square in the face while the rest of the party has to fight a dragon.]]
* DragonsAreDivine: [[spoiler:Becomes a dragon as testament to his newly ascended power of an Empyrean. It's actually the condition of an oath he made for greater power and control over his Silver Flame.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: The dress and voice do not help.
* EmptyEyes: When he is first met, his eyes are very vacant. During a story skit, his eyes suddenly regain definition, signaling his reawakened emotions. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration He also starts chanting during battles]].
* ExpressiveHair: In skits, his {{Ahoge}} can move to display what Laphicet is feeling, from curving into a question mark to standing straight up like an exclamation mark.
* {{Familiar}}: He acts as one for Eleanor after she becomes his vessel.
* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:At the end of Berseria, he becomes Maotelus, the god of the world, but, as Zestiria reveals, Sorey has to purify him for hundreds of years due to being corrupted twenty years prior to Zestiria.]]
* HasTwoMommies: Much of the initial friction between Velvet and Eleanor is because they're both overly protective of Laphicet and each sees the other (and Beinfu) as a bad influence on him. A fact which Magilou frequently delights in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WlFauV9pRo teasing them about.]] As the two of them grow closer, they begin agreeing on what's best for Laphicet, with Velvet entrusting Eleanor to [[spoiler: look after him once she's gone]].
** Counting [[spoiler:Seres]], he has ''Three''.
* TheHeart: Being Velvet's MoralityChain as well, he endears himself to everyone in the party and keeps them together.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[spoiler:He has the power of the Silver Flame, which can turn daemons back into humans, thought to be otherwise impossible. He ends the game using a massive Silver Flame as a WorldHealingWave.]]
* HornyVikings: His DLC pirate costume dresses him up as a viking.
* IdiotHair: The long cowlick on his head is very expressive.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Laphicet uses paper sheets like Lailah in ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria''.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfzHbijwQQ Theme of Laphicet]]. A string piece that brings to mind a child setting out on a journey of self-discovery, which is precisely what Laphicet does over the course of the game. The lighter string instruments and flute highlight his innocence as a child while the darker string instruments and drums highlight his growing confidence as an individual.
* LiteralMinded: Before is suppressed emotions came out, he would take someone's words at face value. When Velvet tells him to be quiet, he stops speaking entirely, even when he's about to be fatally attacked by a monster. Luckily for him, he grows out of it.
* ManInWhite: Wears a white sailor dress.
* MeaningfulName: In the game, Laphicet means 'The one who lives'. [[spoiler:His true name Maotelus, given to him by Eleanor, means the same thing, but in the ancient tongue.]]
* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler:Becomes Maotelus at the end of the story and is able to purify the world once from malevolence to give most of the daemons a second chance at a normal life]].
* MoralityPet:
** Despite Velvet's initial indifference toward him, his resemblance to her dead brother steadily draws out [[BigBrotherInstinct her kinder, maternal side]], causing her to become protective of him.
** He also acts as one for the whole group, who treat him noticeably nicer than the other party members. While this does involve a lot of teasing and speaking down to him, it's mostly good-natured. Rokurou and Eizen both help Laphicet learn how to "be a man" and find his own identity, Eleanor's BlackAndWhiteMorality starts fuzzing thanks to his suggestions, and Magilou comes to appreciate his naivete and innocence, bouncing lots of her jokes off of him.
* NiceGuy: He's such a sweet kid, which is why all party members and [=NPCs=] in the game (even Zaveid) are so kind to him. This even wins him appeal when it was his turn in the Magilou's Menagerie skits.
* NoSell: [[spoiler:As he is directly connected to Innominat, Laphicet is immune to malevolence-inducing blows and can repel it altogether by force of will. However, he could have still become a daemon if Eleanor did. And should Eleanor die, he'd have become a dragon. Luckily for them both, neither one happens.]]
* PintSizedPowerHouse: He's the shortest playable character in the entire franchise.
* PrecociousCrush: [[spoiler: It's implied he has this towards Velvet.]]
* RedBaron: [[spoiler:Gains the title of the Silver Flame and the Dragon of Light as Maotelus.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The player may be led to think Laphicet is really the reincarnation of Velvet's brother given his rather extreme similarities to the first Laphicet. However, it all turns out to be a huge coincidence. This Laphicet is really the reincarnation of Celica's unborn child, who was Arthur's child. The first Laphicet did turn out to become Innominat, albeit a tad crazy]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:While he looks like Velvet's brother, he's actually her unborn nephew]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: To Velvet's younger brother. As he gains emotions he wishes for her to stop treating him as a replacement, leading her to give him the nickname Phi.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: Laphicet bears a strong resemblance with [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Emil Castagnier]] appearance wise, but also bears a resemblance towards [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Edna]] in terms of hairstyle due to Edna and Laphicet having the same character designer.
* TheReveal: Twofold. [[spoiler:Laphicet is Artorius and Celica's, a.k.a. Seres', unborn child reincarnated as a Malak. He also goes on to become the Empyrean Maotelus ruling alongside the four elemental Empyreans.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: The Omega Elixir sub quest reveals [[spoiler:a malak's tears are Omega Elixir. However, it's unclear if all malakhim can pull this off or Laphicet just can because he happens to be connected to a higher malak deity]].
* RogueProtagonist: [[spoiler:Long after he becomes Maotelus, he becomes part of ''Zestiria'''s BigBadDuumvirate alongside Heldalf]].
* ShockAndAwe: Has the honor of learning Indignation as his third Mystic Arte. [[spoiler: [[CallForward This is a hint to his identity as Maotelus as Heldalf can use this arte when armatized with him.]]]]
* SoullessShell: Starts out the game as one with no free will.
* SuicideAttack: Teresa orders him commit one to try to kill Velvet and Rokurou. It fails and he gets taken in by Velvet afterwards.
* SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler:They provide Omega Elixir doses that can completely cure the 12 Year Disease and any other disease]].
* TokenMiniMoe: The youngest playable character in the cast and the shortest. In fact, barring [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke fon Fabre]]]], he's the youngest playable character the series has ever had being 10 years old.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:He turns into Maotelus at the end of the story, effectively becoming God.]] Can't take many more badass levels than that.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He likes to eat, but he seems to have a fondness for mabo curry.
* {{Tykebomb}}: A literal example, he tries to catch Velvet in an explosion after being ordered to, nearly killing himself in the process.
* VocalDissonance: [[spoiler:After he assumes dragon form as Maotelus, he retains the voice of a young boy.]]
* YinYangBomb: His second mystic arte, Chaos Bloom.
* YouAreNumberSix: Begins the game as a SoullessShell with no free will or name, referred to as Malak Number Two.
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[[folder:Rokurou Rangetsu]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeKishio (JP), Creator/BenDiskin (EN)

->''"This blade is my life. I owe you a great debt, one I vow to repay."''

Once a samurai of the renowned Rangetsu clan, Rokurou is now a daemon who retained his sense of reason, and accompanies Velvet in her journey in order to repay a debt to her. Despite carrying a longsword he claims to be his life on his back, he wields dual blades in battle.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: There are hints and dialogue sprinkled throughout the game that show he felt this towards Shigure and the damaging effect always being second best had on Rokurou.
* AndThenWhat: [[spoiler:He admits he doesn't know what to do with himself after finally killing Shigure. Eleanor points out that if there really are others with his philosophy, another swordsman will make it their mission to slay him one day, which perks him right back up.]]
* BadassBoast: Says a good one when unleashing his third Mystic Arte.
-->"All life is ephemeral when kissed by my blade!"
* BashBrothers: With Eizen. Their dual Mystic Arte has them both commenting on seeing who is the better fighter, and the two are frequently turning things into a competition.
* BerserkButton: Losing to Shigure, or whenever fighting him doesn't give him clear progress.
* {{BFS}}: The sword on his back is about as tall as he is, though he can't draw it for personal reasons. [[spoiler:It was actually broken when he first drew it in the first shown fight against Shigure, and objects towards having it repaired as Rokurou keeps it as a sign of his weakness towards Shigure. Kurogane later forges him an orichalcum sword that sadly, also broke once more when Rokurou first fought against Innominat. The final version of his BFS was eventually formed out of Kurogane turning himself into it, which Rokurou eventually keeps around and uses for his Third break soul and third Mystic Arte]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Laphicet.
* TheBigGuy: By virtue of being the one most likely to resolve issues by cutting through them with his swords, despite not being entirely dumb muscle.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: It is revealed in a sidequest that the Rangetsu clan achieves succession as the head of the family, the "Shigure" title, through a series of assassinations on the current heads throughout the generations. Rokurou's mother slain her father to become Shigure, and later, Rokurou's older brother who's real name is Ichirou, done the same to his mother, becoming Shigure and the one swordsman Rokurou wants to kill. The reveal shocks the party, especially Eleanor, but Rokurou is not bothered by it seeing as how this had been going on for generations. [[spoiler:Rokurou's mother somehow survived though, seeing as she's the Dragonfolk Code: Red Daemon fought in the Empyrean's Throne. This also implies that she was probably reborn as a Malakhim, since she was on the verge of becoming a full Dragon. The reason Shigure couldn't slay her in this state was not because he couldn't, but because he chose not to knowing full well that it was his mother.]]
* BloodKnight: He loves a good fight, which his daemon nature amplifies to the point he'll hurt his allies if they get in the way.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Due to being from an entirely different culture and society than the others, Rokurou views things in a rather odd way. For example he doesn't see anything wrong with [[CainAndAbel him wanting to kill his brother]], nor does he understand why everyone seemed shocked that he would [[BerserkButton be so mad at Laphicet]] for [[HelpingWouldBeKillStealing trying to help him fight Kurogane]]; he does apologize for the latter and tries to warn them not to get too wrapped up in it.
* CainAndAbel:
** As a human he was the Cain to Shigure's Abel. [[spoiler:While their clan always had a custom that the clan head must be killed in combat to pass the title down, Rokurou was motivated by his jealously towards his superior brother, spreading a lie that Shigure was planning a coup to have a chance to kill him. He lost and his emotions boiled over till he became a daemon.]]
** As a daemon he ultimately averts this trope. [[spoiler:Though he is motivated by a desire to best Shigure, many of the issues that lead to his current state disappeared upon becoming a daemon, and even in their final battle the brothers had nothing but respect towards each other. The two even share a drink just before the fight.]]
* TheCorruption: His is so much stronger than an average daemon that [[spoiler:not even the gift of the Silver Flame from Laphicet's new form is able to purify him, unlike the rest of the world. He laughs it off by saying his sins are so bad that he couldn't be purified]].
* CounterAttack: His Break Soul works like this. Upon activating it, Rokurou will enter a stance and a counter will be triggered if he is attacked in this state. A successful counter will also result in Rokurou gaining back some HP.
* CripplingOverspecialization: His normal attacks are all Non-Elemental while his Hidden Artes are all elemental. This means he's going to be unreliable against enemies resistant to Non-Elemental. Furthermore his artes are all very good at single targets, but he lacks AOE based artes that make clearing waves of enemies very difficult.
* DissonantSerenity: So much, that he casually jokes about his intention to kill his brother, Shigure, despite being dead serious about it. A fact which even Velvet finds unsettling about him, when the group was duscussing little brothers.
-->'''Eleanor:''' "I guess... little brothers can be adorable sometimes."
-->'''Magilou:''' ''(smirking)'' "Oh? Like Rokurou, you mean...?"
-->'''Velvet:''' ''(in shock)'' "I don't think a little brother who wants to kill you is "adorable" at all!"
* {{Determinator}}: He has fought Shigure over ''1000 times'' and still hasn't given up on trying to defeat him.
* DifficultButAwesome: His combat style is this, both for his normal moves, and his Break Soul.
** His normal artes are all Non-Elemental and revolve around moving around when he strikes. However his Hidden Artes are all elemental but require specific placement to use them. As a result he's very hard to learn because you have to balance placing down elemental artes, and comboing them. Once mastered however, Rokurou can rack up a high damage and combo chain that will allow him to keep enemies in their place.
** The timing of his Break Soul can take some getting used to but once properly mastered Rokurou will be able to break out of enemy attacks, deal damage, and heal a small amount of HP all at once. Furthermore, with practice, players can even use the properties of the Break Soul to their advantage by activating it mid-combo to allow Rokurou to continue his attacks where other characters can't.
* DualWielding: He fights with twin daggers in battle rather than the sword he has strapped to his back. [[spoiler: In the ending, he dual wields Stormquell and Stormhowl.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even though he wants to gain power to beat Shigure, he states he would never lower himself to do the Venomization to become stronger. That, and despite his happy-go-lucky attitude, even he shows deadpan-annoyance at Magilou's antics.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His right side is all purple armor. According to his character design notes, it's meant to represent his two-sided nature.
* HelpingWouldBeKillStealing: His belief that if it's his prey, he gets to kill it. He quickly got angry towards Laphicet when he helped him.
* IGaveMyWord: He fights for Velvet to repay her for helping him regain his sword (ohh, and breaking him out of prison, that too).
** Ironically, in the anime adaptation, [[spoiler:Velvet holds the sword for ''ransom'' to convince Rokurou to aid them in their prison escape]].
* JapaneseRanguage: Notably, he's one of the few members of the main party that properly pronounces the "between R and L" sound in the Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, and Ro syllables. Rather appropriate, since he's the only one who's ostensibly Japanese (and heck, he's from the world's rough equivalent to Japan).
* KukrisAreKool: He dual wields them. The Rangetsu style he wields normally favors a large sword, but uses kukris as training weapons. Rokurou just trained with them so long to beat Shigure that they're what he's used to.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpbaPQrb3cA Rokurou Rangetsu]], which plays in the first encounter with him. A fast-paced guitar piece accompanied by a Japanese flute to portray a HotBlooded samurai who lives for the thrill of the battlefield.
* ManChild: While he's not outright immature, Rokurou does have a fairly simple outlook on life, being largely unconcerned about anything but fighting, showing a childish glee where swords are concerned, and being entirely on Laphicet's level when it comes to things like arguing over bugs. It comes down to a combination of being a Yaksha and having some InUniverse ValuesDissonance.
* MyGreatestFailure: Prior to being sent to prison, he was tasked by the lord of his clan to exterminate Shigure, as there were rumors of Shigure planning an insurrection. Despite planning out everything, Rokurou got beaten to a pulp, got insulted by Shigure, and finally drove him to trying to end his own life that he turned into a daemon. Afterwards, for failing his mission, he was imprisoned and highly regretted not killing his brother.
* OddFriendship: With Eleanor. Normally a daemon wouldn't be capable of befriending an exorcist after all.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: How Rokurou feels in regards to defeating Shigure, since he believes that he should be the only one to kill him. So much so that he does not like the party to interfere (though he mellows out from it later on), and when BonusBoss Lancelot announces that he'd be the one to take down Shigure, Rokurou does not take it very well.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The few times that smile of his drops is for very serious situations or for things he finds particularly important.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: He is a Yaksha daemon, which heightens his senses to further enjoy battle.
* PeekABangs: His hair covers the right side of his face. According to the description for his hairstyle it's not to hide the Daemon markings, he just likes the style.
* PerpetualSmiler: Is almost ''always'' smiling - his skits always have him speaking with a grin on his face.
** ThePollyanna: That said, Rokurou is often the one to give out the most amount of positive encouragement and/or dismissal, especially towards Eleanor.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His outfit consists of a lot of purple, and he is a member of House Rangetsu, a well-known clan.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His right eye has been taken over by Daemonblight, turning it red, along with most of the right side of his face.
* SiblingRivalry: His desire to win against [[spoiler:Shigure is the reason why he became a Daemon.]]
* StoneWall: Subverted. While his insane mobility and fast attacks enable him to deal large amounts of damage, he also has the highest HP and Defense values of the entire party, which is unusual for someone of his archetype.
* SweetTooth: Has a fondness for candied sweet potatoes and has an urge to eat Yozakura Anmitsu [[spoiler:which is Shigure's favorite dish]].
* TeamDad: Has shades of this, being one of the nicest party members, but also strict. He looks out for the others, and is often a voice of reason when there's not culture clash and is happy to dole out advice.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Candied sweet potatoes and drinks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Velvet due to helping him get his sword back. [[spoiler:When Innominat tries to eat her, he is the first to jump in between them.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, where he embraces his thrill of combat by killing daemons. The official guide reveals he eventually died fighting daemons.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is the only party member [[spoiler: left unanswered for by the time Zestiria rolls around, as well as being the only non-human one who isn't DoomedByCanon. There are hints he's somehow involved with how Rose's fighting style came to be, but it's never explained.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Once tries to harm Laphicet for stealing his prey before Velvet and Eleanor stop him from doing so. He quickly apologizes for it.
* YouAreNumberSix: Rokurou explains in a skit that he is the sixth brother of the Rangetsu clan. (Roku is six in Japanese.)
* YoungestChildWins: He's the youngest Rangetsu sibling, and mentions that brothers 2-5 are already dead. [[spoiler:After he defeats Shigure, he's the last one standing.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Magilou]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/SatomiSato (JP), Creator/EricaLindbeck (EN)

->''"I suppose you'll never understand. People can be so miserable. Not that it matters, really."''

A self proclaimed witch who does as she pleases, and whose loyalty is as flimsy as her numerous claims of great life deeds. Despite her chatty and eccentric persona, there seems to be something more sinister about her. She uses guardian dolls that can freely change size in battle, along with fire and water artes.

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* ActionGirl: As expected from a self-proclaimed "great witch."
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: From time to time, Magilou will use alliteration in her LargeHam moments.
* AlmightyJanitor: It turns out she's actually [[spoiler: a former Legate level exorcist. Meaning, she outranks Eleanor, Teresa, and Oscar]]. However, she has no sentiment towards the title and prefers to think of herself as "a witch" instead.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: One of the more confusing elements about Magilou is that the game implies she might not be human, or at least, not fully human anymore. For starters, she has pointed ears, constantly refers to humanity in the third person, is much older than she looks, is extremely skilled in magic, and is seemingly immune to a disease that only affects humans. At the same time however she is effected by the cold, something Malakhim and Therions are explicitly shown to no longer be affected by, and requires normal food like anyone not a Daemon or Malak. She also was adopted by [[spoiler: Melchior, who had been using an Oath to extend his life, and was, prior to being adopted, apparently a normal human girl (abet with powerful resonance)]]. Adding to the ambiguity is the fact that she requires Bienfu to cast artes like an Exorcist, which comes from [[spoiler: being the lost Legate, and being Melchior's student]]. Regardless of if she truly isn't human anymore in some capacity, or is just an extreme narcissist who thinks too highly of herself to consider herself human, she ends the game mysterious for sure.
* BadassAdorable: {{Zigzagged}}. She initially seems to be a kid who's all talk, but she's [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]], has power to command [[AllYourColorsCombined all four elements]], and can casually annihilate entire fields off enemies -- [[LetsGetDangerous when she feels like it.]]
* BadassBoast: During her introductory scene, she refers to herself as: "She who scoffs at the might of dragons."
* BadassBookworm: She even wears a collection of tomes as her skirt, though she says the one in back is just a pop-up book. So it's no wonder that she's as knowledgeable about spells, the Abbey, the Malakhiem, and practically anything else essential to their quest.
* BeneathTheMask: Magilou is actually very cynical and jaded, but puts up the front of being an eccentric witch.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Her Magilou's Menagerie acts across the cities are basically this. Much to her chagrin, results greatly vary from what she wants.
* BreakTheCutie: In her past, [[spoiler:Grimoirh hints that her heart didn't break because of being overwhelmed by Melchior's test, but rather because he abandoned her when she had no family]].
* BullyingADragon: Her favorite trolling target aside from Laphicet is [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Velvet]], and she does it ''frequently''. Downplayed in that the worst Velvet will do is either shove her or force her to drink sale'tomah.
* ButtMonkey: Zigzagged between her and Velvet, though Magilou usually brings it on herself by poking fun at her her.
** Such as when she teases Vlevet about her inability to taste anything [[spoiler: besides blood]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73UvlrEtm1o ends up getting a mouthful of of Sale'tomah]] for it.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV15rWHar6U "serious organization" skit]] has her scare Laphicet by joking about an unfortunate spy who was eaten by a crocodile. So Velvet says she's tempted to feed ''her'' to one, with Rokurou and Eizen agreeing with her. Magilou decides to push her luck, prompting Velvet to [[ToonPhysics smack her offscreen!]]
** And when she tries to trick Velvet into talking about her love life, during her guest panel, Velvet and the others [[LaserGuidedKarma pay her back]] [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine by making her]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoV440TksDA pick the same card.]]
* CatchPhrase: "It doesn't matter/I don't care," as well as "Magikazam."
* CharacterDevelopment: Despite herself, the self-proclaimed indifferent witch slowly grows fond of the party and becomes less apathetic in general, to the point where she doesn't even think of collecting any money from the last bet she made to Velvet at the end of the game. She acts like a massive {{Tsundere}} whenever the party notes that about her nonetheless.
* ChekhovsGun: The first clear indicator that Magilou is stronger than she lets on, is when she casually 1-shots a group of exorcists [[OffhandBackhand with a wave of her hand.]] The very same exorcists that Velvet and the others were struggling against only moments prior. There's a reason for that: [[spoiler: she was personally trained by Melchior to eventually become his replacement]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In one skit, she tries to claim Rokurou should be put on a witch trial and burned at the stake for workplace discrimination, only to be reminded by Velvet that isn't how they work. Velvet later notes how bizarre her imagination is and that she is "too weird for this world".
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Magilou is one of the least serious party members and spends most of her scenes being silly or over the top. However, this doesn't change the fact she is a very powerful magic user and is able to effortlessly sneak up on the likes of Velvet.
* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Is both extremely quirky and quite snarky.
* CuteWitch: She's a petite blonde, in a pink and black harlequin's outfit. A stark contrast to the stringy haired, wart-nosed crones one typically imagines when thinking of a witch.
* TheCynic: Magilou expects the worst out of people, often shown through a very dark sense of humor, like cracking jokes about Velvet eating people and how Laphicet is going to be her next meal. Her few speeches about the human heart also state that she thinks people are naturally deceitful.
* DanceBattler: Literally. When Magilou's chaining her spells, she can be seen rhythmically tapping her foot in place, and actually dances during her first Mystic Arte (seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ey4wMUZV0U @0:42-0:56).]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hints are only dropped in the story, can be mentioned by Grimoirh later on, but her full backstory is revealed in the [[AllThereInTheManual Berseria World Guidance]] book. The gist of it is: [[spoiler:Magilou had been abandoned by her parents when she was a child due to her strong resonance to malakhim, then taken in by a circus troupe who mistreated and eventually abandoned her when she was proclaimed to be practicing witchcraft, and finally ended up being taken in by Melchior to become his successor as Artorius' shadow. During her final test, she was placed in an illusion that showed her heart's desire, but instead of escaping the illusion of her loving parents, she embraced it. Her heart eventually broke from the illusion and left her in a catatonic state with an inability to feel emotions, and would then be taken care of by Bienfu. When Bienfu stopped coming to care for her, she eventually regained consciousness and set out to find him, before getting locked away in Titania.]]
* DramaQueen: She tends to explain stuff very dramatically, which gets on everyone's nerves.
* TheDreaded: To Beinfu, who describes Magilou as a harsh mistress and a slave driver. When Eleanor first summons him to fight Velvet, he immediately retreats [[OhCrap the moment he hears Magilou's voice]]; leaving Eleanor to fight on her own.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: One of her skit portraits has these. Whenever they show up, it's a sign that she's being honest for a change.
* EnergyAbsorption: Her Break Soul, Spell Absorber, allows her to stop an enemy from casting magic and absorb their spiritual power. Accumulating a certain amount of spiritual power (as indicated by the bar next to her battle portrait) will result in Magilou casting an arte of her own.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing we see her do is effortlessly pull a StealthHiBye on Velvet with the implication of having followed her for a long while. Following this, she introduces herself in a very grandiose manner and then walks off without a care in the world, despite being in a HellholePrison.
* FashionableAsymmetry: The left side of her outfit is a palette swap of the right side, and the left side of her hat appears to have a checker pattern on it. She also wears differing sleeves and stockings.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: She starts off as this. Velvet and Rokurou are rather annoyed by her bizarre personality, and don't feel like her leaving is much of a loss. After she [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass steals Bienfu back from Eleanor]], they finally start considering her less of a [[TheLoad load]]. However, they still find her extremely annoying.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When she first appears, she's awfully casual despite being stuck in a HellholePrison. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass There's a reason for this]].
** When the party first encounters Artorius at the Empyrean's Throne, she and Melchior quickly exchange looks. [[spoiler:It seems insignificant at the time and could easily be forgotten, but it turns out she has a personal history with him.]].
** Magilou's behavior during the group's time in [[spoiler: the fake Aball]] implied she has has a deeper understanding of the kind of illusion Velvet's trapped in than most others. [[spoiler: This is because her backstory involved being subjected to one as a test that she ended up falling for.]]
* TheGadfly: She knows exactly what to say to get under people's skin.
** She suggests to Eizen that his sister might have found a (male) confidant with whom to talk about her troubles and loneliness, since Eizen won't go home and visit her.
** She brings up Laphicet's true name in front of Velvet after sensing her jealousy, knowing Velvet will ask Laphicet what it is and fluster him.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:She was "the lost legate" raised by her foster parent Melchior and had great potential, but after she was viewed as a failure and abandoned by Melchior she left behind her exorcist self and turned against them]].
* [[HunterOfHisOwnKind Hunter Of Her Own Kind]]: Gameplay-wise she is a witch that excels at fighting other magic users.
* InexplicablyAwesome: She's not an exorcist or a malak. She was just naturally gifted with high resonance.
* InsistentTerminology: She's not a malak, nor is she an exorcist! She's a ''witch''! She'll always state it when people notice she has abilities that belong to non-witches, such as the pacts made by exorcists.
* ItAmusedMe: She claims to be going along with the group because she "has to know what happens."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In very rare instances she shows signs of this under heavily sugarcoated speeches, but she never tries to outright admit it.
** In particular, while she's often teasing Laphicet or outright pranking him, but at the same time she's the one most vocal about pointing out when others treat him as a mere thing or a ReplacementGoldfish rather than his own person.
** As noted in YouShallNotPass, [[spoiler: she endures a very lengthy mental assault on Melchior that bordered on MindRape to buy enough time for the group to escape. At first, Magilou insists nothing happened, but when the truth comes out, she denies doing it for benevolent reasons, saying she wanted to cash in on her bet with Velvet]].
** Grimoirh believes she went to the effort of tracking down Bienfu because she sees him as more than a mere servant, given she is normally apathetic.
* JerkassHasAPoint: A lot of her trolling remarks and tease to other characters point out their own hypocrisy. For example her pointing out to Velvet that despite her giving Laphicet a name, she's still using him as a tool to an end and not a person, much like an exorcist.
* LargeHam: Just look at the way she introduces herself! It's only the tip of the iceberg with how much she loves to throw around overly poetic descriptors.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After the sale'tomah sidequest, Magilou makes an indirect joke about Velvet's inability to taste to Eleanor. Velvet, in a rare instance of amusement, responds by forcing Magilou to drink some leftover sale'tomah.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: Revealed to be part of the Mayvin historian recorders and a direct ancestor to Mayvin in Zestiria. At the end of the game, she's even seen recording on a book.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXurb0fpFnY Magilou, the Great Sorceress]], which plays whenever Magilou decides to be Magilou and steal the spotlight. The perky, upbeat tempo combined with the whimsical jazz instruments are only complemented further by Magilou's silly attitude and showmanship.
* TheLoad: She starts off as this, until she obtains Bienfu, and then she joins in and starts fighting. Velvet even lampshades this, pointing out that a malak is far more useful than Magilou. Though Velvet still thinks she's the load as she doesn't do too much to help.
* NamesTheSame: Sounds very close to the more popular Majelu, a popular dancer. Magilou protests Majelu stole her name and is tarnishing her reputation (which is completely false).
* NiceHat: A jester's hat, though a few costume choices remove it.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Gets this treatment frequently in a number of skits when the subject of party member contributions get brought up.
* NotBad: [[spoiler:When Velvet breaks out of Melchior's illusions by willingly turning her back on her brother Laphicet, Magilou is genuinely impressed. Makes sense, given she was unable to do so herself in the past.]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Magilou says she's travelling with the party not out of any sense of revenge, justice, debts of gratitude or wanting to save the world. She's doing it because she just has to see how it all ends.
* NotSoDifferent: In regards to Majelu, [[spoiler:deep down Magilou doesn't want Majelu's relationship with her dance teacher Valta go sour like her own relationship with Melchior. She forcibly spurs Majelu to keep on training with her teacher by faking a loud complaint how she doesn't deserve to be her rival, reigniting Majelu's passion]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Magilou is a lot more knowledgeable and savvy than what her persona suggests. She knows quite a bit about malak, demons, and the inner workings of the Abbey.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Magilou is '''much, much''' older than she looks. As to how much older, see VagueAge below.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler: Her real name is Magillanica Lou Mayvin.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She's so over the top that whenever she starts speaking normally, it's a sign that something bad is afoot. [[spoiler: Magilou is unusually somber during the entire trip to the illusory Aball. When Velvet realizes the town is a trick and demands Magilou explain what's happening, she does so immediately, clearly, and without any pretense.]]
* OverlyLongName: Introduces herself as Mazhigigika Miludin do Din Nolurun Do. Magilou for short.
* PluckyComicRelief: Her consistent joking and apathetic trolling puts her in this spot. An after-battle quote sees Magilou insisting to Velvet that she's "serious about [her] fooling around!"
* PointyEars: Stands out for having these, which only supports the ambiguity on her human status.
* PrettyInMink: Wears a fuzzy collar.
* PungeonMaster: Prone to making puns when encountering a new enemy in battle, not unlike [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Lailah]].
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is long enough that it's near equal to her body-length.
* RedBaron: It turns out she's [[spoiler: "The Lost Legate"]].
* RedHerring: By all accounts, Magilou screams of being the game's [[TheMole traitor]] [[RecurringElement character]], with her MysteriousPast, ObfuscatingStupidity, and lack of any real reason to stick with Velvet. When Eizen suspects a spy in the group after the events at Aball, Rokurou is quick to point out that Magilou is easily the most suspicious person in the group, more so than Eizen's main suspect Eleanor. There was even precedence for it, since Magilou actually had sold out Velvet and Rokurou once already to Teresa in Hellawes. [[spoiler: However, Magilou turns out not to be the game's traitor. She's mysterious, but it's ''Bienfu'' of all people, and even then, he was under a {{Geas}} that made him do it]].
* TheRedMage: While she leans more towards offensive magic, she comes with series staples Healing Circle and Fairy Circle. Even then, the latter also deals damage to any enemy caught within it.
* TheReveal: Though she claims to be a witch, Grimoirh knows the truth about her past and eventually explains that Magilou is [[spoiler: a former Legate level exorcist, who served as Melchior's pupil until he abandoned her. Magilou [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cut ties with the Abbey]] soon afterward and thus became known as "the Lost Legate"]].
* RummageSaleReject: The girl is wearing a skirt made of ''books''.
* RunningGag: Her Magilou's Menagerie acts tend to end in failure, with their sponsors saying variations of "I'll just say one thing..."
* RhymesOnADime: Is apt to do this as much as AddedAlliterativeAppeal during her LargeHam moments. Her first appearance alone has her repeatedly throw quick rhyming dialogue at Velvet and Seres.
* SadClown: Underneath the comedic witch persona, Magilou is shown to be weighed down by personal baggage with a very long cynical streak. She also doesn't really care about anything, going along with Velvet and crew out of pure curiosity.
* SarcasticConfession: Magilou is fond of telling people precise truths about both the exorcists' plans and her own mental state, but mixing the truths with statements so outlandish that no one can take her seriously anyway.
* ShutUpHannibal: To [[spoiler:her old mentor, Melchior]]. Doubles as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It's one of the few times Magilou expresses genuine rage, and it's implied she's wanted to get it off her chest for a ''long'' time.
--->[[spoiler:'''Melchior:''' It's a world of order, built on righteous ideas.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Magilou:''' Those ideals are twisted! Can a flower hold beauty if it does not wilt?! Can a wolf be satisfied with eating grass?! The thought makes me retch! As do those who wish for it, and those content to live in shackles! Let the biting bugs go ahead and eat what they wanna eat! Let the weeds grow where they wanna grow! Some may look down at them and scoff at their foolishness, but their unwavering wills are proof they're alive! If that's what you call "evil", then I will live and die with evil as my mantra!]]
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Can be subject to some of the usual ''Tales'' of comic relief tropes, often getting quite a bit of [[DudeWheresMyRespect disrespect]].
* TheSmartGuy: Having great, if suspicious, information involving the movements of the Abbey as well as the magic and power that they wield.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Some of the skits involve her performing this type of comedy act with various members of the party. Hilariously, in one of them, Eizen wanted to be the Wise Guy.
* SupremeChef: Magilou terrifies Bienfu while cooking strawberry jam because she puts such things as soy sauce, cooking wine, and liquor into it in a big cauldron, cackling like she's making some sinister witch's brew. However, Bienfu actually thinks everything she's ever made for him only once tastes excellent, but mechanically this doesn't effect the food she makes the party.
* ThatManIsDead: She says this to Grimoirh regarding [[spoiler:her life as Magillanica Lou Mayvin]].
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: A conversation with Melchior sees Magilou saying that she hates the idea of the world the Abbey is trying to create. If that means she's labeled as "evil," she's fine with it.
* TheTrickster: Fits all the marks of being one, even having a title named 'Trickstar'. She even slides into TricksterMentor at times when she calls out the party's faults through her normal means of mockery and snark.
* {{Troll}}: She loves to tease other party members, especially Laphicet. It annoys Velvet to no end, who constantly wonders if she should just kill Magilou for annoying her. Not helped that Velvet is Magilou's favorite jabbing target.
* UnknownRival: To Majelu, the dancer. To her exasperation, Magilou fails at making a name for herself with her Magilou's Menagerie acts.
* VagueAge: The only playable character whose age is never specified. Her age estimate is given in the guidance book as somewhere in her late twenties.
** The way she refers to herself might indicate her age. People who use "[[JapanesePronouns washi]]" are generally old men and considering who she is there is definitely more to Magilou than what we normally see.
** [[spoiler:She was once a legate with a decade-old reputation. This hints that Magilou is most likely an adult.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: What her relationship with the party slowly becomes.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate after the game is left vague. [[spoiler: Given that a woman also named Mayvin was buried near Lohgren's in ''Zestiria'', it's implied Magliou eventually dies years after Berseria.]]
* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Is hinted to be one of the older party members, but tends to revel in acting childish.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:When the rest of the party got trapped in the earthpulse after encountering Innominat the first time, she defended the earthpulse rift from Melchior long enough for them to escape through it.]]
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[[folder:Eizen]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP), Creator/TaliesinJaffe (EN)

->''"I bring ill fortune to all those around me. The "Reaper's Curse". If you join up with me, I can't guarantee your safety."''

The first mate of Aifread's pirates and [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Edna's]] older brother, Eizen is one of the few free malakhim wandering in Midgand. He inflicts a curse of ill fortune on all those he accompanies, thus he is known as [[RedBaron the Reaper]]. He wears bracelets to enhance the power of his fists and kicks in combat.

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* {{Adorkable}}: His joy and fascination with ancient relics can sometimes be compared to that of ''Sorey and Mikleo''. After refashioning Titania into a home base, he's ''really'' giddy about improving it.
* BadassLongcoat: His fancy longcoat was one of the first things noticeable about him.
* BareFistedMonk: Uses his fists and kicks in combat. His first Mystic Arte Wasteless/Perfect Mayhem consists of a series of haymakers and a uppercut, while his last one the Venom Strike is just one big MegatonPunch. A skit with Rokurou reveals he does it because his curse tends to destroy or dismantle any wielded weapon he possesses.
* BashBrothers: With Rokurou.
* BerserkButton: The Abbey robbing their malakhim of free will. Given that a central part of Eizen's character [[BeYourself involves others finding their own paths]], the Abbey robbing malakhim their free will flies in the face of his entire philosophy. A good example comes from a sidequest from when the group finds an experimental malak created by [[BodyHorror combining multiple mindless malakhim to form a massive monster head]] leaves him ''enraged''.
* BeYourself: Very subtle through his word choices in skits and dialogue. Eizen is very adamant about his individuality and is very encouraging of others, notably Laphicet, to be this way. This is most notable in refusing to be defined by his curse and in a skit where Laphicet asks the group what they prefer between cats and dogs, Eizen replied that he isn't a dog person because dogs sell away their freedom for safety.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Big Brother Had A Good Reason Abandoning You]]: He has essentially distanced himself from his beloved sister because his Reaper's Curse has put her life in danger multiple times.
* BigBrotherMentor: Although not real brothers, Eizen answers many of Laphicet's questions about words and things he doesn't know about. Fitting, considering they are both malakhim.
* BittersweetEnding: Eizen makes an appearance in Zestiria, albeit as a dragon, so it can be concluded that he survives the events of this game no matter what. However, because the world is put back into balance due to [[spoiler: Maotelus/Laphicet becoming the new God, people can no longer see malakhim. The epilogue cutscene shows Benwick can no longer see Eizen resting on the mast]].
* BlessedWithSuck: Was born with the Reaper's Curse as his malak blessing.
* BoringButPractical: His first Mystic Arte is him just punching and kicking a few times before doing an uppercut. Nothing overly amazing and yet still awesome. His third Mystic Arte is similar in that it's essentially one powerful punch.
* BornUnlucky: He was born with the Reaper's Curse and he's lost more than 50 comrades in three years because of it. [[spoiler:This is just an effect of his personal domain, born out of a desire to grow stronger to in order to protect his sister]].
* CallForward: Eizen's Draconic Drive gives him a dark appearance with wings, which foreshadows his fate before VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria. Several of his break and mystic artes' names reference dragons (Draconic Drive, Dragon Dive, and Howling Dragon)
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: While he's cool, stoic, and collected like Edna, he's far more of a straight-man than her, who is a prankster and very sarcastic. He's also far more appreciative of humans while Edna loathes them.
* CoolBigBro: Towards Edna. He's held in high regard by her to the point she never has any snarky remarks for him. Towards the party he shows a older brother type attitude towards Laphicet, and, likely to go along with Velvet's TeamMom status, tends to be the one looking out for everyone.
* CreatureOfHabit: Fitting for his elemental affinity, even bordering on SuperOCD. According to his crew, he is ''extremely'' nitpicky with where they dock, how the food is cooked, goes to the exact same store to get his clothes worked on, and lives his life like clockwork.
* CulturedBadass: A Greater Malak and first mate of a dreaded pirate group who beats up enemies with kicks and punches. He's also incredibly versed in history and has a passion for art such as paintings or statues. According to himself, it comes with the job. Pirates need to know what is valuable and what not, so they won't stuff their ships with worthless loot.
* {{Curse}}: One has been placed on him called the Reapers curse, the consequences ranging from killing his friends, turning others into daemons, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking always landing tails on his coin tosses]]. He's avoided seeing his little sister Edna to prevent it from harming her. The party seems to treat it as a mild annoyance at worst and even makes jokes about it.
* CursedWithAwesome: {{Deconstructed}}. While the Reaper's Curse has allowed him to get stronger, it has done nothing more than hurt Eizen, his friends, and the members of Aifread's crew. Even with all his attempts of trying to downplay it, the curse has negatively affected his life and forced him to alienate his sister for her own protection. Part of his growing appreciation for Velvet and the group is that they are willing to handle the curse.
** One example that is acknowledged by Velvet. One of the many nasty effects of his curse is that it causes outbreaks of daemonblight to spread faster and cause more daemons to crop up. While this can be really inconvenient in most cases, it is what allows the group to ransack Vortigern more efficiently because the mass confusion of daemon transformations throws the fortress into disorder.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's hardly a surprise given who his sister is, but is nowhere near to the volume. A good example is early in the game when Laphicet describes having a strange feeling in regards to Magilou:
-->'''Eizen''': The witch has no friends, no home, and no purpose. I think what you're feeling is pity.
* DishingOutDirt: As a malak born from the earthpulse onto a mountain, he has a natural affinity for the earth.
* DoomedByCanon: Zigzagged. He shows up in ''Zestiria'', so he obviously survives the events of ''Berseria''. However, at some point, he succumbs to malevolence and turns into a dragon, which is given a couple of subtle nods in-game.
* DressedToPlunder: While Eizen is already a pirate, his DLC pirate costume gives him a more classic look with a HookHand, a [[NiceHat big pirate hat]], and an EyepatchOfPower. The only thing that's missing is a peg leg.
* FaceOfAThug: His stature, black clothing, and habit of not smiling tend to intimidate people even when he's in a good mood. This is particularly visible in Magilou's sidequest. While he's the only one able to properly sell a comedy routine with her (by [[AllPartOfTheShow rolling with their on-stage argument]] to [[TheGadfly wind her up]], no less) the promoter comments people are too intimidated by Eizen to laugh at him.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Has a dagger looking thing on the left lapel of his jacket and the top part of his right boot is sticking up.
* ForegoneConclusion: No matter what happens in-game, Eizen eventually succumbs to malevolence and becomes a Dragon that is ultimately put down by his sister and the Shepherd Sorey. [[spoiler: Specifically, being exposed to malevolence briefly from Theodora during Zaveid's sidequest was the first step despite Laphicet burning it away]].
* GeniusBruiser: Eizen is as savvy about history as much as he is powerful. Multiple skits reveal his knowledge is ''very'' expansive.
* GlassCannon: Hits like a truck with both his fists and his spells, but he has the lowest Defense stat among the team, along with middling HP and Arte Defense.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: He cites this as the main reason for why the truth behind daemonblight became taboo - for the protection of humans]].
* HeroicSacrifice: The World Guidance book reveals [[spoiler: he becomes a dragon battling the Lord of Calamity that appeared 200 years before Zestiria, where he and Zaveid defeat him after he kills the Shepherd who died in the final battle.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Subtle example. Eizen is one of the few malak Velvet meets that is not under the Abbey's control [[spoiler: with the help of Innominat]] and looking through his backstory shows no signs his free will was stripped away at any point, unlike Zaveid.
* HiddenDepths: Under his gruff exterior, Eizen has a near fanboy-level fascination with artifacts and other objects. As the game progresses, you learn it wasn't just for practical purposes as a pirate either.
* HumansAreBastards: Downplayed. Eizen has shown heavy implications of having this mindset early on due to the Abbey's treatment of malakhim as slaves, but he mainly reserves it to them and is very appreciative of his crew. Interestingly enough, he's also learned to [[HumansAreSpecial admire humans]], due to his time on the Van Eltia.
* InvisibleToNormals: Originally, being a Malakhim, Eizen could not be seen by normal humans, including Aifread's crew. This changed after the Advent where he became visible to everyone. [[spoiler:By the end of the game, Eizen returns to being the unseen, but still hangs around the Van Eltia watching over the crew as they sail.]]
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Eizen's Break Soul can only be activated if the enemy is stunned or knocked down. Fortunately, the player can mitigate this restriction somewhat by using certain artes at Eizen's disposal that have a high chance of stunning the enemy.
* TheLancer: As the First Mate of the Van Eltia, with shades of TheSmartGuy due to his expansive knowledge about the world beyond the seas. He's usually the first person to go to Velvet about any issues and generally defers to her.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CVUbWL4K88 That's My Way - Eizen the Reaper]], which notably plays in the party's first encounter and battle with him. The confident tone of the orchestra, drums, and trumpets make this song fitting for the first mate of Aifread's band of pirates who is also an individual who takes control of his own life.
* MagicKnight: Like Eleanor, he's a hybrid melee fighter with a respectable repertoire of spells at his arsenal.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: His blessing gives him and those around him "strict but adequate trials" to make them grow stronger, which results in bad luck.
* MrExposition: Being a long-lived malak with knowledge in many fields, Eizen is the go to source for the characters when it comes to knowing anything from the area to malak things. [[spoiler: He's also the one who breaks the taboo and spills it to the group about the truth of malevolance]].
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Magilou's mere ''suggestion'' that his lonely sister Edna might be confiding to a guy has Eizen screaming and his voice cracking in indignation.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: His level 1 Mystic Arte "Perfect Mayhem" has him beat the enemy senseless before sending it flying with an uppercut, complete with a coin flip from beginning to end.
* NotBloodSiblings: In a non-romantic sense. Eizen explains to the party about how malakhim do not have blood family. Instead, they are born from the earthpulse or reincarnated from humans. Eizen was born from an earthpulse on a mountain (most likely what is Rayfalke Spiritcrest in ''Zestiria'') as were many other malakhim, but he only felt any sort of connection with Edna. One day, without even bringing up the idea to each other, they both created lucky charm pendants for one another. From that moment forward, they were brother and sister.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He has a soft spot for antiques and archaeology, as revealed when he starts fanboying over an ancient urn Velvet fishes out of the ocean at one point, claiming it's the famous [[VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia Grune's Pot]]. While Eizen insists it's to know what to keep and what to leave as a pirate, he clearly goes way beyond just practical application. Then there is his ridiculous ideas for secret bases...
* PerpetualFrowner: He almost always looks like he's frowning, the exception being when he gets giddy over treasures.
* {{Pirate}}: He's the first mate of the Aifread pirates.
* RealMenWearPink: If his letters to Edna are anything, he supposedly has very refined handwriting and is highly selective about wrapping paper patterns.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's about 1000-years-old but still young by malak standards.
* RedBaron: Known as The Reaper due to his curse.
* TheRedMage: Learns both offensive and defensive magic, while also being capable in melee combat.
* RelativeButton: The quickest way to irk him is anything related to Edna that isn't in a positive way. When [[{{Troll}} Magilou]] joked the threatening letters he was receiving was the writer was in a relationship with Edna, Eizen was ''furious''.
* RogueProtagonist: Becomes this in ''Zestiria'' due to becoming a dragon.
* SeriousBusiness: When discussing how to refurbish Titania, Eizen is the most gung-ho about creating underground passageways to the point ''he seriously would consider creating an entire island as an escape route''. Then there are the skits with debating with Rokurou whether the therion beetle Laphicet owns is a Stag or a Rhinoceros...
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:He survives the events of ''Tales of Zestiria the X'' and although he still remains in his dragon form, it is implied that he has regained his senses and is slowly being purified.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Eizen and Edna have similar hairstyles with the same two-tone colors as well as the same eye color.
* SuperDrowningSkills: He reveals in a skit that Earth malakhim cannot swim due to their elemental affinity and has been struggling to overcome this trait.
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood
* TeamDad: To Velvet's Team Mom.
* UnskilledButStrong: His attacks are pretty wild, even by the standards of other users of GoodOldFisticuffs (to the point where two of his Mystic Artes are just him beating the crap out of someone). He's also the MightyGlacier of the team.
* WhenHeSmiles: Mostly when he's in proximity to treasure with history. When he does, it's adorable.
* WipeTheFloorWithYou: His second Mystic arte, the Howling Dragon has him dragging his hapless victim through a rocky place before blasting them away in a torrent of energy.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:After being exposed to Theodora's malevolence, Eizen realizes he doesn't have long before he becomes a dragon too.]]
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[[folder:Eleanor Hume]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/AmiKoshimizu (JP), Creator/EricaMendez (EN)

->''"I won’t turn a blind eye to the consequences of my actions. I chose this path to seek the truth, not to deny it."''

A naive, idealistic, but powerful exorcist with an unwavering drive to protect humanity from the dangers of daemons. Despite her affiliation with Abbey, she eventually joins Velvet in order to learn the truth behind the organization and the daemons. She wields a spear in battle.

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* ActionGirl: A praetor-rank exorcist who can certainly put up a fight.
* {{Adorkable}}: She's a rather sensitive soul who tries to be professional and sane in a party of weirdos, and her [[NeverLiveItDown "crybaby" tendencies]] are both very dorky and endearing, as it marks her as the unambiguous yet naive hero of the party.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She has more knowledge on archaeology, antiques, and architecture than Eizen does. Several times she even reveals his facts to be wrong.
** On the other side of this as well, when she mentions in a mid-game skit that no matter how often she sparred against Oscar or Teresa, she could never overcome the former's swordsmanship or the latter's malak artes.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis:
** Happened off screen, but conveyed nonetheless the second time she confronts the party. Eleanor reveals, without much prompt, that she figured out the High Priest was disguising a highly addictive drug as medicine in her investigation of Velvet's attempt to assassinate the High Priest, and even found out it was the High Priest who was being targeted by Velvet. Nevertheless, she still resolved to fight the party so the Abbey could put the High Priest on trial instead of allowing a party of daemons and outlaws kill him.
** On a sillier note, she instantly realizes that Velvet's clothes are bizarre and impractical, and identifies several parts of it as being designed for people of entirely different body types than Velvet. She ultimately decides that Velvet must be keeping the clothes as a memento from a man, and is careful to treat the outfit with respect. The truth of course is that it's just a bunch of random junk Velvet found and hasn't cared to replace.
* TheAtoner: She all but confirms this to Velvet towards the end of the game, in a more Downplayed example compared to Velvet. During a private scene between the two, Velvet dismissively suggests to "blame all the wickedness of the world" on her, but Eleanor immediately says no, because "We Exorcists are just as much at fault" for the state of the world. Her initial BlindObedience to the Abbey is something she frequently brings up, and points out that she would've fully backed everything wrong about their methods had it not been for the party letting her know the truth. So her helping Velvet defeat Artorius and ultimately save the world from Innominat is her way to make up for her time as a loyal Praetor.
* BadassAdorable: Despite her unfortunate nickname ("crybaby exorcist") and approachable appearance, Eleanor is a very competent fighter.
* BadassAndChildDuo: With Laphicet, as they have a pact together and she takes great care of him.
* BadLiar: According to Laphicet, she starts sweating a lot when she lies. Even before she formally confessed to the party that she was planning to betray them, it turns out they'd already been suspicious of her. Laphicet consoles her by saying being bad at lying just means she's a good person.
* BenevolentBoss: Bienfu notes how Eleanor always treats him right unlike Magilou and was implied to have been this way with her other malakhim as well. While Eleanor saw malakhim as tools before her CharacterDevelopment, she did not see them as expendable, unlike Teresa.
* BladeOnAStick: She fights with a spear in battle.
* BlindObedience: She starts off fully believing that the Abbey and her leader were doing good in the world. After she is taken in by Velvet, she tries to steel herself to turn in Laphicet to them as ordered but can't deny the atrocities the Abbey has been doing behind her back. Ultimately, [[spoiler:she completely averts this when she passes on an excellent opportunity to turn Laphicet in, defects from the Abbey, and commits to the party's cause]].
* TheConfidant: By late game, she's this to Velvet and vice-versa, seeing her as the only other sane adult in the party despite their initial antagonism. Case in point, Velvet trusts Eleanor to take care of Laphicet if anything were to happen to her. In an optional skit, Eleanor lampshades Velvet is all she's got in certain discussions.
* CoolBigSis: Acts this way towards Laphicet and Kamoana.
* TheCorruption: She made a pact with Laphicet in order to save him from falling to malevolence after Velvet's encounter with Artorius. [[spoiler:Then during the sub quest to cure Kamoana's fever, she nearly succumbs to it herself even after she finally managed to exact her vengeance on the troll daemon that killed her mother]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her village was destroyed and her mother was killed by a troll daemon when she was a child.
* DudeMagnet: Male [=NPC=]s hit on her the most. An elderly man even asks her to marry his son.
* DuelBoss: Her one-on-one fight with Velvet before she officially joins.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Was stuck with the name "Crybaby Exorcist" courtesy of Velvet.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Most of her attacks involve her twirling her spear a lot, often with only one hand.
* EveryoneHasStandards: It is ultimately why she aligns with Velvet's group.
** She becomes disgusted by the Abbey's methods of sacrificing "one for the sake of many" and imposing their will on everyone.
** She is further shocked when she finds out that Artorius is responsible for not only turning Velvet, his sister-in-law, into a Therion but also imprisoning her for three years.
** [[spoiler:She is also the most horrified by how the villagers of Aball sold out Velvet's family, resulting in the death of Velvet's older sister.]]
* TheFace: Because she's an exorcist, the party usually gets Eleanor to do most of the talking when it comes to civilians.
* {{Facepalm}}: This is a fairly common gesture of hers, generally placing it on her forehead. For example, in a skit...
-->'''Rokurou''': I've got it. You hate spinach, don't you?
-->'''Eleanor''': (''facepalming'') I suppose there's no point in denying it.
* FieryRedhead: Despite trying to keep rational like the Abbey preaches, Eleanor is by nature an emotional person.
* FingerlessGloves: She wears them on both hands.
* {{Foil}}: A skit is dedicated to [[DiscussedTrope discussing]] Eleanor's status as this to Velvet, where Bienfu describes the stark contrast between the two women, while Laphicet points out their similarities.
* FriendToAllChildren: While she is the kindest and most humane party member, she is especially friendly towards children as shown with her interactions with Laphicet and Kamoana.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:When Velvet is going through massive SanitySlippage after their encounter with Innominat at Titania, going as far as to scream at and threaten Laphicet, she stands up to Velvet and slaps her straight across the face. While she isn't able to snap Velvet out of her HeroicBSOD completely, she manages to get her to calm down enough to fight.]]
* GirlishPigtails: Which hide how long her hair really is (especially since it seems to be braided into the twin tails). They complement her prim and proper image as an exorcist, yet still indicate her feminine and sensitive soul.
* GreaterScopeParagon: An InUniverse example, becoming [[spoiler:the Shepherd after the events of Berseria]].
* HairDecorations: Bunches of crystals, which tie back her twin tails.
* HeelFaceTurn: Eleanor originally opposes Velvet but later joins her after being trapped in the Earthpulse and Artorius tasking her with protecting Laphicet, eventually learning truths about the Abbey that lead her to rebel against it. [[spoiler:Learning that Daemons, Malakhim, and humans are all the same is the final straw that leads her to accept that she and the Abbey are in the wrong.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Before her HeelFaceTurn she is this, as a genuinely heroic person who wants to protect people and simply didn't realize that the organization she served was more nefarious than she could have imagined. Once she puts the pieces together, she drops the 'Antagonist' part.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: After initially wanting her dead, and becoming a reluctant ally intending to betray the party, Eleanor bonds with Velvet anyway, and their odd pair slowly become friends the more they travel together and learn about each other. They bond early over Velvet's clothes in the "A Virtuous Spy" skit, and both go out of their way to be considerate of one another even when they're still at overall uneasy terms. Both become TheConfidant to one another, with Velvet entrusting even her brother Laphicet to her, and Eleanor admitting in an optional skit that Velvet is "all I've got" when it comes to idle chat since the rest of the party is bonkers. They stand together in skits more often, they're more playful towards one another, they separately give YouAreNotAlone speeches to each other, and the game even pokes fun at the "heterosexual" angle by invoking MyEyesAreUpHere to Eleanor in an achievement she gets while looking at Velvet.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Before, and even a little bit after, joining the party Eleanor sometimes comes across as a self righteous hypocrite who hides behind the Abbey's ideals to justify her actions or judge the rest of the party. Part of her CharacterDevelopment is acknowledging this and changing for the better. Lampshaded during her confession to a priest where she admits as such.
* InterruptedSuicide: Before she joins the party, Eleanor [[spoiler:forms a pact with Laphicet to save his life and becomes his vessel. Later, she challenges Velvet to a battle, swearing to follow her every command until her last breath should she lose. When she ''does'' lose, aware that Velvet would force her to join them and betray the Abbey, she tries killing herself with her own lance. However, Laphicet, who was inside her body at the time, stops her and makes her drop unconscious.]]
--> '''Eleanor:''' I'll... I'll keep my word. I will follow your orders... [[ExactWords To the day I die!]]
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: On a regular basis, due to [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1820010 her default exorcist attire.]] She fights while garbed in regal looking white dress with gold trim and matching thigh-high boots.
* LadyOfWar: Her artes gives new meaning to [[NaginatasAreFeminine "pole]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxKR-SDrYMk dancing"]], as she's easily the most proficient and fluid spear wielder in the 'Tales Of' series, to date. And she does it while garbed in white with gold trim.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kk-kbX0qs Eleanor Hume]]. A melody comprised of strings, a harp, and a flute, it's one of the more peaceful songs in the game, highlighting that despite being an exorcist from the Abbey, Eleanor is still a good person at heart.
** She also has her own unique remix of "The Will That Opposes Reason", which tones down the OneWomanWail while adding a rock remix to the main music.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Relies only on her own strength during her duel with Velvet, refusing to use Laphicet to help her fight. Unfortunately for her Velvet is a CombatPragmatist, although she did manage to catch Velvet off-guard and could have won.
* MagicKnight: Eleanor learns various elemental spells to go along with her spear techniques, as well as a few healing artes.
* MeaningfulName: Eleanor means "light" and is associated with the same gem.
* MissingMom: Lost her mother to daemons when she was eight years old.
* MoralityPet: Laphicet and Kamoana bring out her better side, especially as Kamoana reminds her of her younger self.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:She fatally wounds Mahina, which causes Mahina to turn to her therion daughter Kamoana and offer herself to satiate her hunger. This starts her complete HeelFaceTurn from the Abbey.]]
* NiceGirl: She's very kind and empathetic, with a strong sense of right and wrong, and often shows compassion for even those she dislikes or disagrees with. The party is especially perplexed by how polite and considerate she is even to them, a group of daemons and outlaws whom Exorcists find as lower than trash, and she's often the one who speaks in place of the party so they don't accidentally scare or weird people out. Even when she thought Malakhim were just mindless tools, she never once mistreated Bienfu, something he praises her for.
* NeverLiveItDown: As a native of Southgand, Eleanor regularly ate [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter pengyon]] growing up. The rest of the party think this is [[FelonyMisdemeanor absolutely barbaric]] and frequently ask how she could eat something so cute.
-->'''Velvet''': You'd eat that poor thing? Savage.
-->'''Eleanor''': You're one to talk, daemon.
* NotSoDifferent: Eleanor and Velvet are so much alike it's rather frightening. A kind young woman taught by her idol, Artorius, raised on his maxims and ideals, who is motivated by [[spoiler:the horrific murder of a loved one. When she sees said murderer, she flies into a blind, unstoppable rage that cannot be stopped or quenched until the murderer is dead and buried.]] She grew disillusioned with her idol and those old ideals, and seeks to carve out her own identity based off her own free will. She feels immense guilt for [[spoiler:killing someone who was only trying to protect a family member they loved]], and seeks to atone for all the sins she feels she facilitated or committed no matter how small or how little agency she actually had in those same sins. She becomes a CoolBigSis to Laphicet, just like Velvet; she is a FriendToAllChildren, just like Velvet; she enjoys cooking and cleaning, just like Velvet; and despite herself, develops an OddFriendship with her total foils despite their enmity, just like Velvet.
* OddFriendship: With the rest of the party, particularly [[BloodKnight Rokurou]] and [[ByronicHero Velvet]]. Being the stand up exorcist that she is, her association and genuine friendship with the rest is remarkable. It's especially noticeable with Velvet, because Eleanor [[spoiler:is the future Shepherd, while Velvet is the original Lord of Calamity, the daemon lord that Shepherds are supposed to kill.]][[note]][[CheerfulChild Laphicet]] counts too, as most exorcists just see malakim as mere tools while Eleanor develops into a CoolBigSis to him[[/note]].
* OnlySaneMan: In the party, she's the most empathetic member and is questioning a lot of things they do.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In an optional sidequest. When she finds the daemon that killed her mother, Eleanor goes absolutely ballistic. [[spoiler:Even after the beast is dead, she starts exuding so much malevolence that the party fears it will turn Laphicet into a daemon. Luckily, they talk her down before it gets that far.]]
-->'''Eleanor:''' "You killed my mom! I hate you! I HATE YOU!"
* ThePaladin: Let's count the ways. She's a holy knight for an organization that uses angelic analogs to empower themselves, much like how other Paladins use the divine might granted to them by the gods. If she were any alignment, LawfulGood would likely be the first one to come to mind, and is what sets her apart from all her companions besides Laphicet. She has access to some healing magic, and her job and ''specialty'' is fighting Daemons.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Although it's [[InformedFlaw never seen happening]], a skit reveals that she was apparently prone to fainting until she grew accustomed to Laphicet's powers.
* ThePromise: Prior to the final battle, Velvet confides in Eleanor that [[spoiler: there's a good chance she might not survive the aftermath and asks her to look after Laphicet should anything happen to her. After Laphicet becomes the new Empyrean, Eleanor more or less does her best to fulfill this promise by becoming the new Shepherd]].
* ProperLady: The others repeatedly note that she's polite and well-mannered, despite the fact that they're Daemons, Malakhiem, and Therions, whom the rest of the Abbey looks down on.
* PunnyName: The TokenHuman of the group has the last name of ''Hume''.
* PurityPersonified: Which is why she was chosen to be Laphicet's vessel. At one point, Eizen notes that while most feign sincerity, that Eleanor's is genuine.
-->'''Eizen:''' "To the Abbey, she's a traitor. Yet, that girl is bearing her shame with grace in order to search for the truth."
* RecurringBoss: She has to be fought three times before she joins the party for good - first in Port Zekson, second in the Loegres Villa, and the last time in the Yvolt Ruins, against [[DuelBoss Velvet alone]].
* RelativeButton: A sub quest later in the game reveals that [[spoiler:deep down, she really wanted revenge on the troll daemon that killed her mother; she just bottled it up very well. When she finally encounters it again, she promptly ''loses it'']].
* RockThemeNaming: She shares her name with a precious gemstone also called "Eleanor" that her DoomedHometown had previously passed down and guarded for generations.
* ScarsAreForever: She has a large scar on her chest from the incident where she lost her mother.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When she intercepts the party, it's revealed she took the liberty of investigating into the Nectar Gideon was distributing and intended to arrest him (her superior) after thwarting his assassination.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedHead: [[spoiler: She becomes the first "true" Shepherd in history.]] Funnily enough, one of her Mystic Artes (Lost Fon Drive) was once exclusive to the green-eyed redhead in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.
* SixthRanger: The last member of the team to join.
* StockYuck: She doesn't like spinach. Actually justified, as she used to like it when she was little, but tasting sale'tomah ruined spinach for her forever.
* StraightMan: Eleanor is often this to everyone else, who take turns at playing the FunnyMan.
* SparingTheAces: Initially, Velvet and Eizen allow her to become Laphicet's vessel only to save his life in a pinch. Velvet later asks Magilou to take him instead so they can drop Eleanor, but she refuses by using Bienfu as an excuse and claiming that not even she can handle a malak as powerful as Laphicet. Ultimately, the party is forced to accept her as the ideal vessel for Laphicet and accommodate her accordingly.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Bienfu has never blown on her tears to dry them before, never. It never happened.
* TenderTears: The first time she ever met Velvet, she had tears in her eyes and was promptly mocked as a "crybaby exorcist". It gets a little better after she joins the party, but she [[NeverLiveItDown can't really escape it]]. [[spoiler:In the endgame, she cries for Rokurou after Velvet absorbs Shigure, and again when she witnesses Velvet committing her HeroicSacrifice and entering a DeepSleep to seal Innominat.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: For the Abbey before her HeelFaceTurn, as a genuine HeroAntagonist, and then for the party afterwards.
* TokenHuman: While everyone else ''looks'' human, amongst a party of two daemons (Velvet and Rokurou), two Malakhim (Laphicet and Eizen), and an AmbiguouslyHuman (Magilou), Eleanor is the only one who was either born human or remained human her entire life [[spoiler: (unless her tenure as a Shepherd ended with her becoming a Seraph, as was implied with Sorey much later)]].
* TokenWholesome: Compared to Velvet's super bare outfit and Magilou's shoulder-exposing top and book miniskirt combo, Eleanor is very modestly dressed. Even her DLC costumes, including the swimsuit, are rather modest compared to the other two females'.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Velvet's Tomboy.
* TragicKeepsake: Her mother's compact mirror.
* {{Tritagonist}}: She starts off as an enemy to the party before she eventually is forced to transition to an 'uneasy' ally after she becomes Laphicet's vessel. Throughout the game, she learns more about how the Abbey isn't as ideal as she thought it was and becomes loyal to Velvet's group. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the game, she becomes Velvet's confidante. She becomes the Shepherd following the events of the game, and it is revealed she gave Laphicet the true name Maotelus.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her jacket is blue, her hair decorations are blue, and some of her DLC outfits are blue.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: In her side quest, she reveals [[spoiler:a giant troll with a big club killed her mother, stole the jewel her family protected, and wiped out her village. She finally gets payback, but feels... nothing. What she thought would be triumph was only hollow, and indeed, malevolence starts emanating from her body once she realizes the anger she displayed at the troll is the exact same anger Kamoana would feel at her for killing her mother. She said she wouldn't blame Kamoana for trying to kill her, but admits she would probably still try to defend herself to the death if Kamoana attacked her, and she ''hates'' herself for it. It takes quite a while before both Velvet and Rokurou calm her down after reading a letter on how to take care of Kamoana by Mahina. She recovers and accepts full responsibility for taking care of Kamoana in Mahina's place.]]
* WomanInWhite: Her exorcist outfit is predominantly white.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Eleanor curses herself for being emotionally and psychologically weak because of her inability to keep a clear mind or keep her heart in order after killing the troll who clubbed her mom to death. Velvet disagrees, saying she's plenty strong as she is now. Eleanor is caught off guard and presses for a clearer answer, but Velvet says it's the things she doesn't know that give her strength that makes her strong.
* YouAreNotAlone: Prior to the battle with the Legates, Eleanor talks to Velvet privately on the Van Eltia. When Velvet tells her that she can just blame everything on the 'Lord of Calamity', Eleanor insists that Velvet doesn't have to shoulder all the burden on her own, much to Velvet's surprise. She makes it clear that despite what Velvet's done, plenty of other people, including the exorcists, are equally to blame for the state of the world.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Wears white ThighHighBoots with gold detailing as part of her uniform.
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[[folder:Bienfu]]
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->Voiced by: Naomi Nagasawa (JP), Creator/MonicaRial (EN)

->''"Bieeeeen! The bad bad days are here again!"''

An Abbey Malak that stands out for having his own free will, first seen accompanying Eleanor. He has a history with Magilou.
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* BrokenPedestal: Played for laughs with Eleanor having her opinion of him sour a bit after the incident in CovertPervert.
* ButtMonkey: Magilou's favorite pastime is mocking or belittling him, and a lot of other characters don't hold a particularly high opinion of him. The only ones who don't pick on him are Laphicet and Eleanor.
* CatchPhrase: "Bien" or "Bad".
* CannotKeepASecret: Blabs secrets about others in public, embarrassing Eleanor when he mentions having previously blown away her tears. [[spoiler: It ends up being subtle foreshadowing when he was leaking secrets to the Abbey]].
* CovertPervert: When Laphicet asks him what kind of books he reads in a skit, it turns out he prefers such titles as "How to Talk a Human Female into Becoming Your Vessel" and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Physically Escalating with Cuties"]]. [[PervertRevengeMode Eleanor is not amused]]. In another, it turns out he has even more of such books stored away.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: He's seen briefly with sylphjays off to the side away from the group before he's revealed to be TheMole.]]
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler: Part of what took a long while before everyone caught on to his Mole status, given the group was suspicious of Eleanor's loyalty due to being a former exorcist and Magilou's questionable behavior. Rokurou lampshaded it by comparing to hiding a tree in a forest]].
* {{Geas}}: [[spoiler:Placed under one by Melchior that forces him to spy on the party.]]
* IronicName: His true Normin name is revealed to be Breyve (Brave). [[NeverLiveItDown The party certainly doesn't]] let the irony of such a name be forgotten.
* MeaningfulName: If written with the right characters in Chinese, "Bienfu" can mean "bat," which matches his dark colors and wings on his back.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: He's the game's [[RecurringElement traitor]] and provides the Exorcists with information about the group's travels. Justified, as he has a geas placed upon him by Melchior.]]
* NiceHat: He wears a purple top hat laced with a red ribbon on top. It also doubles as a CoolMask because it's big enough to cover half of his head and it has two eye holes to see out of. When asked why he wears the hat, apparently Bienfu doesn't like to be seen without it for personal cosmetic reasons.
* OcularGushers: Whenever he gets upset, which happens rather frequently.
* OutOfFocus: Despite being a fairly important character, Bienfu slowly moves into the background of the story as time goes on. In fact, the last major event he is involved in [[spoiler:is Magilou finding out he's TheMole]]. After that, Bienfu is relegated to only appearing in skits with no impact on the story.
* PokemonSpeak: He exclaims "Bien!" as a VerbalTic when surprised or shocked or excited.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Laphicet seems to think so when he first meets him.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Teases Eleanor about how Eizen's Reaper's Curse has resulted in multiple unfortunate disasters. Eizen not only informs him they're true, but that there were actually ''more'' casualties than he mentioned.
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Bienfu is forced via a geis to supply the Abbey with information on Velvet's party's movements.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Eleanor. Even after being forced back into a contract with Magilou, he still addresses Eleanor as Madam Eleanor and is very fond of her. Though he is first and foremost loyal to Magilou, [[spoiler:having known her since she was a child and taken care of her after she was discarded by Melchior]].
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!!The Abbey
[[folder:In General]]
* CoolHelmet: Low-ranked exorcists wear one.
* CoolMask: Malakhim under the Abbey's command wear a mask with the shape of the head of a dragon.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:The high ranking members of the Abbey and their direct subordinates know the truth about Daemons, Daemonblight, Malevolence, the Therions, and their Empyrean Innominat.]]
* {{Determinator}}: They may be the antagonists, but many of them continue to do their job [[spoiler:despite their enslaved Malaks jumping ship near the end of the game.]]
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Their ultimate goal is [[spoiler:the removal of emotions, with free will effectively disappearing]] as a result so that the world can be "pure".
* FacelessGoons: The exorcists of lower ranks wear helmets.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: All the high ranking exorcists, except Shigure, are defeated when they let their emotions get the better of them. All despite preaching reason over emotion.]]
* LightIsNotGood: The uniforms of the exorcists are white with golden lines, but their intentions are sinister.
* MadScientist: The Abbey regularly engages in inhumane experimentation like [[FusionDance fusing their mindless malakhim together]], arte formulas that take the subjects' life, and the [[CannibalismSuperPower Venomization]] of daemons.
* NonUniformUniform: Not a single named Abbey member wears the standard uniform. Oscar's is closest, but he has some extra tassels and a longer cape. Meanwhile, Shigure's is basically a CustomUniform.
* NotSoDifferent:
** Even though this organization is aligned with the Shepherd, their goal to end suffering through any means is similar to Heldalf's, a Lord of Calamity.
** Additionally, they're not above using Malevolence to accomplish their goals [[spoiler:as shown when they use the Therions to revive Innominat and when they turn Malaks into dragons to continue feeding him.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Exorcists want to purge the world of monsters and create peace and will do anything to do so. When Velvet outright tells Oscar that Artorius crossed the MoralEventHorizon for killing a child, Oscar more or less makes it clear it was necessary for the sake of the world. Melchior later acknowledges that the Exorcists' mission can't be accomplished through good deeds alone, and is willing to do unpleasant things (to a point).
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Artorius and the Exorcists under him seek to make a world free of suffering. They'll do anything to stop it, even downright horrible extremes to do so.
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[[folder:Artorius Colbrande]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (JP), Creator/RayChase (EN)

The leader of the Abbey, considered a savior for exterminating a large number of Daemons three years ago. He used to live with Velvet as family, but isn't related to her by blood - he was, for a brief and wonderful time, married to Velvet's sister and so is her brother-in-law.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Velvet cries as she kills him, and acknowledges that she now knows that had it been her and Laphicet who had died during the first opening, Artorius would've tried to save everyone in their name.]]
* AllEncompassingMantle: Wears one to cover his right arm.
* AntiVillain: Artorius wants to create a world of peace but he is perfectly willing to kill anyone who would get in his way, or be more useful dead.
* ArchEnemy: To Velvet, who is hell-bent on killing him ever since he murdered her brother.
* TheAtoner: In a late sidequest, the party learn Artorious is ''extremely'' guilty for Celica getting sacrificed and [[spoiler: causing the death of his mentor Claudin, who broke the condition on his oath to save his life at the cost of his own]]. He actually [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructs]] it to a heavy extent as this is a major reason why he's a villain.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the leader of the Abbey, and as noted below, he held off Velvet's entire party ''by himself'' without breaking a sweat.
* BadassBaritone: His voice is deep, calm and commanding, befitting his role as the Abbey's leader.
* {{BFS}}: His sword [[spoiler: when he's armatized with Innominat]]. He even wields it with [[OneHandedZweihander one hand]].
* BigBad: As the leader of the Exorcists and the one who caused Velvet's crusade, Artorius is the main antagonist of the game.
* BrokenPedestal: Several characters idolized Artorius but the Scarlet Night broke their trust in him. Velvet and Seres outright go against him for it, and Eleanor, upon learning of the darker side to him, goes rogue as well.
* CatchPhrase: "Why do birds fly?" A question that he constantly asks towards people as a SecretTestOfCharacter. [[spoiler:Only Velvet and Laphicet figure it out prior to the final battle.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. [[spoiler: It was his desire to save everyone, failing in that, which twisted him into the man he is now.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** Played with due to this game being a prequel to ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' while being released later. Unlike Heldalf, who is an ObviouslyEvil [[DarkIsEvil Lord of Calamity]] with few allies, Artorius is a popular [[LightIsNotGood Shepherd]] who leads an entire organization of {{Knight Templar}}s. This trope is also downplayed due to their similar goals of ending the world's pain while choosing different methods to do so. Heldalf plans on accomplishing this by corrupting everyone with Malevolence while Artorius wants to [[spoiler:feed everyone's Malevolence to Innominat in order to make them "pure."]]
** He also contrasts interestingly with a few previous antagonists. Take [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Yggdrasil]], for example. Both effectively lead an army of angels, but while Yggdrasil [[spoiler:simply wants to bring his sister back and doesn't particularly care what else happens to the world]], Artorius [[spoiler:knows he's already destroyed any and all family he could ever hope to have, and does what he does solely for the sake of the greater good]].
* CurbstompBattle: The groups first fight against him ends in utter defeat for them. Their attacks do more or less the ScratchDamage equivalent to ScratchDamage. To add insult to injury, he didn't even use Innominat's power until the cutscene that followed.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Once TheReveal comes out he is is this for [[spoiler: the traditional ChronicHeroSyndrome [[TheCape cape wearing]] hero. Not to mention those that lean towards HeroicSelfDeprecation and put the weight of the world on their shoulders. Artorius is what happens when that kind of hero [[FallenHero falls]].]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Crossed it when his wife and unborn son were sacrificed in the Advent. He's been meditating for years to barely keep his overwhelming despair from turning him into a Daemon.]]
* DualBoss: [[spoiler:With Innominat]] in the first part of the final battle.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Gideon believes Artorius was the one who ordered a hit on him. If this was true, then Artorius has no intent to turning a blind eye to any activities in the Church that involved exploiting people.
* EvilMentor: He taught Velvet on a lot of things and then broke the pedestal personally.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: He wasn't always secretly a nasty guy; he originally was as genuine as his distant successor to his title [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Sorey]].]]
* FieldOfBlades: Combines this with StormOfBlades in his LimitBreak.
* FinalBoss: Along with [[spoiler:Innominat.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Regardless of his status as the Big Bad, he eventually becomes worshiped as a Seraph and his shrine is used by Maotelus and many other power Seraphs.
* FusionDance: Armatizes with [[spoiler:Innominat]] in the final battle.
* HandicappedBadass: Lost the function of his right arm in the past, implied to be the first Scarlet Night. [[spoiler: Gets out of this trope when he armatizes with Innominat in the final battle.]]
* HiddenDepths: A sidequest reveals that for a man is advocates cold reason, Artorius sometimes visits Aball to place flowers on the grave of his wife. He also has [[spoiler: the pendant he made Celica and gave to her the day he found out she was pregnant]] attached to the pommel of his sword.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: As a contrast to Velvet's HistoricalVillainUpgrade, Artorius goes down in history as a legendary Shepherd who was beloved by the people.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He's killed when Velvet stabs him with his own sword, the same way he killed Laphicet and injured Velvet in their first encounter.]]
* HopelessBossFight: The first time he is encountered, Artorius is at least forty levels stronger than the party could reasonably expect to be through normal level progression, and attacks only do ScratchDamage to him. The battle ends with him unleashing his Mystic Arte on Velvet. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration The "hopeless" part even extends to the following cutscene]], where Velvet can't so much as ''hit him''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Preaches how emotion is ultimately what will lead to humanity's downfall. [[spoiler: His own quest is driven by both grief at Celica and his unborn son's passing and SurvivorsGuilt that Melchior played on.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How he kills Laphicet at the beginning of the game. [[spoiler: This is how Velvet kills Artorius at the end of the game, with Velvet using Artorius' sword.]]
* {{Irony}}:
** [[spoiler:He started his crusade the moment his lost his wife and unborn son, both of whom as Malakhim come to oppose him and everything he stands for.]]
** His logic is that reason trumps emotion. [[spoiler: During the final battle Artorius starts [[LargeHam hamming it up]] and ends up being defeated by his own emotions getting the best of him]].
** A meta example: Artorius is a man who strives for a world of order and reason at the cost of free will. His Mystic Arte is Savage Wolf Fury, which is shared with the rebellious vigilante [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]].
* {{Jerkass}}: For all his supposed noble intentions he treats [[spoiler:his sister-in-law, Velvet as trash the moment she became a Daemon Eater on the Scarlet Night, despite having convinced Laphi to sacrifice himself to make a world where she can live and be happy. He also treats the Malak reincarnations of his son and wife as disposable SlaveRace tools. To fully cement it he even wanted what was left of his family to die in their place, and proceeded to manipulate one and break the other.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzM-yBUocVk Artorius Collbrande]], a low pitched menacing orchestra of violins and wind instruments that first symbolizes his betrayal of Velvet and later his power and authority as head of the Abbey.
* LightIsNotGood: While he appears as the inverse to many people with his white and gold clothing, princely looks, and good publicity, his true nature is far more sinister.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:During the WhamEpisode where Innominat traps the party in the Earthpulse, the Earthen Historia reveals in one of the flashbacks that Malak Laphicet is Celica's unborn child, making Artorius his actual father.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Not being able to save Celica and their unborn child haunted him for years. His despair about the event was so bad, that he was secretly always on the brink of turning into a Daemon. And as much as he wished that it had been Velvet and Laphicet who died, he would have felt the exact same way because his biggest regret was not being able to save all of his family. Even earlier, he feels massive guilt for being involved in the death of his mentor Claudin and running away.]]
* NecessaryEvil: How he seems to view his actions on the Scarlet Night. He outright tells Velvet it is his sin to bear, not hers.
* OffhandBackhand: He does this to a daemon near the end of the prologue.
* ParentalAbandonment: He originally grew up in an orphanage before meeting his mentor.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Really his entire plan falls into this trope. [[spoiler: While Velvet would never agree to sacrifice Laphi, the fact he tells her nothing of his plan before sacrificing him, and then seems almost annoyed that she would go great lengths against him show why his plan would fall apart.]]
** To be fair, [[spoiler:it was Laphicet who personally requested him to keep it a secret from Velvet. Although he didn't ask for her to become a Therion.]]
* SecretlySelfish: As Eizen notices, Artorius is always going on about ''changing'' the world, but not ''saving'' it. This key difference in words shows that he is ultimately one of the most selfish people and seeks to impose his desires on everyone else.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: His question "Why Do Birds Fly?" is his way of assessing someone, but most fail on account of taking it literally. On-screen, the only person to give him a satisfactory answer was [[spoiler: the human Laphicet]].
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Losing Celica on a previous Scarlet Night, especially after learning she was pregnant with their child, ultimately set him on his path. It didn't help that Melchior pushed him further.]]
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Sidequests and later revelations during the main plot reveal that during the time of the prologue, he was this. He drops that in favour of feigning being entirely [[TheStoic stoic]] in the present.]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler: During his life with Celica, he stated that he never thought he could be so happy. Soon afterwards, Celica got sacrificed in the first Scarlet Night.]]
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:During his FinalSpeech, he admits that the Arthur Velvet knew and loved died along with Celica during the Opening. Interestingly for this trope, nobody disagrees with him with the small exception of Velvet crying for Arthur after killing Artorius.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He murdered Velvet's brother and imprisoned her for years after causing her to become a Therion. [[spoiler: Later revelations twist this around; he did this because he believes in reason and NecessaryEvil to reach his goals.]]
* VillainousValor: [[spoiler:The final battle reveals that the death of Celica and her unborn child, as well as the weight of the world's hopes has filled him with such despair that anyone else would instantly transform into a Daemon. He managed to keep it in check through sheer force of will and determination, only wavering to allow Innominat to feed on his despair to fuel his OneWingedAngel form.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Unlike most of the main antagonists in the series, Artorius is seen as a hero and idolized by the world. [[spoiler: Even afterwards, it is Velvet who will go down as a villain while Artorius remains a legendary heroic figure.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Killed Velvet's brother in a HumanSacrifice. [[spoiler: It turned out her brother wanted it to happen]].
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: [[spoiler:As he lays dying from the stab wound, he admits he always wanted Velvet and Laphi to die in the place of his wife and son. That said, he would have still felt the exact same either way since they were just as much family to him.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Subverted. After losing Celica and her unborn child during the Advent, Artorius become full of despair that throughout the whole game, he was on the brink of becoming a Daemon. However, he prevents the transformation from happening by learning to suppress his emotions. It also helps that Innominat feeds off his malevolence.]]
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[[folder:Oscar Dragonia]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomoakiMaeno (JP), Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas (ENG)

A praetor-rank Exorcist from the Dragonia aristocracy.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the game, he fights Velvet and Seres with the aid of the malakhim under his command. In the animated adaptation of the fight in Tales of Zestiria the X, he manages to fight Velvet just by himself and beat her without any effort.
* BadBoss: Indirectly zig-zagged.
** He treats malakhim as little more than disposable tools, and has a Malak hold down Velvet while ordering another to attack them.
** On the other hand, he's hinted to be more gracious to lower-ranking exorcists. Teresa notes that he'd originally been selected for the position of patrolling inspector, but had stepped aside because he was aware of how much Eleanor wanted it.
* BandagedFace: Bandages cover his left eye and part of his face for the rest of the game after being burned by Velvet's attack during their first encounter.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason for his close attachment to Teresa. As the SpareToTheThrone, Oscar was largely neglected by the rest of the Dragonias. Teresa was the only person to treat him as if he was valuable in his own right.
* {{Bishonen}}: Compared to Rokurou and Eizen, who are both handsome hunks, he is more slender and prettier.
* BlowYouAway: [[spoiler: During the final fight against him he whips out a Wind Armatization to defeat Velvet.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: Arguably with Teresa, as their family has a ritual where they share earrings with their betrothed. He shared his with his sister when he was little, although at the time he apparently didn't know they were meant for his future fiancée. He insisted that she keep them even after Teresa told him their purpose.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Treating his Malak as an expendable pawn caused it to turn into a dragon daemon, leading Velvet to gain fire powers and burn him.
* TheDragon: Artorius' direct subordinate and one of his top disciples.
* TheDreaded: When Seres realizes Oscar is trying to stop them, she's quite shocked.
* {{Expy}}: He's been noted to look fairly similar to [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Flynn]] thus giving him his two most popular [[FanNickname nicknames]], Flynn 2.0 and Knighty. Like Flynn he's also someone who has a strong sense of morality and is determined to follow it.
* EyeScream: Velvet's fire attack damages his eye. His later appearances has a bandage over it.
* EvilCounterpart: Interestingly, he's one to [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Sorey]]. Like the future Shepherd, Oscar is a naive, innocent man who wishes to save the world, wield a sword, draws power from seraph/malak, and [[spoiler: gains the power of Armitization]]. But while Sorey is kindhearted and friendly (even to his enemies), Oscar comes off as cool, collected, and, while always civil, willingly supports Artorius' tyranny in the name of Reason and is merciless toward everyone who stands in his way. They even have similar outfits and hairstyles.
* FailureHero: Despite his rank, skill, and devout faith in the Abbey and Artorius's teachings, Oscar fails at everything he does. [[spoiler:This is even reflected in his last fight as the boss "Failed Oscar", who would have become a dragon if Velvet had not killed him]].
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Armatizes with a wind Malak in his last fight with Velvet.]]
* GracefulLoser: He takes his first loss against Velvet quite well because it reminded him of his lack of experience in combat.
%%* HairOfGold
* InformedAbility: In a skit, Eleanor mentions that she could never beat Oscar's swordplay. The siblings are also consul-rank praetors, while Eleanor is only a primus. However, they never exhibit or accomplish anything particularly special [[spoiler:until their final battles, during which they're not even fighting with their natural abilities]].
* IronicEcho: He repeats several of Artorius' teachings that were once taught to Velvet during their first fight.
* {{Irony}}: Fights to remove emotion from the world, [[spoiler:yet his anger at seeing his sister hurt nearly turned him into a dragon]].
* LightEmUp: His magic artes are light themed, befitting his status as a Exorcist.
* MagicKnight: Uses a sword and Exorcist based artes in combat.
* OhCrap: Reacts this way when he realizes Velvet has devoured Seres and has gained her powers.
* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler: The Armatization greatly increases his abilities and gives him power over wind, but due to his being an imperfect version, if the malak whom he armatized gets pressed way too far and begins to turn into a dragon, he himself will turn into one.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: It's not like Titania offered him much opportunity for advancement, but it gets even worse for the poor kid. [[spoiler:His failure to stop Velvet escaping gets him reassigned to scut work and he's not heard of again until he's seen being handed a dead-quiet governing post way out in Southgand. And when Velvet and company completely botch that for him, he ends up assigned to a barely-inhabited marshy shithole in the middle of nowhere armed with a new technique that will probably kill him.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: After being killed and devoured by Velvet, he's used as a vessel for Hyanoa, reincarnating him as the Elemental Empyrean of wind.]]
* RelativeButton: Hurting Teresa in any way. [[spoiler: He nearly turns into a dragon during his final fight against Velvet's group due the damage they did to her sister.]]
* TheRival: To Velvet.
* SpareToTheThrone: Oscar is the second son, and suffered ParentalNeglect as a result.
* StarterVillain: Even though Artorius is technically the first villain who appears in the game, he is the first boss that you confront in the current storyline.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With Teresa. Despite being half-siblings, they look almost identical.
* TookALevelInBadass: After having three unsuccesful encounters with the group (the first time he confronts Velvet in Titania, he ends having part of his face burned for his troubles and is forced to flee helped by his malak, the second time he faces the group in the Empyrean Throne along with Artorius, Teresa, Melchior and Eleanor, he is unable to do nothing, and the third time he encounters the party in the Palamides Temple, he is knocked down by Velvet before he could even fight them properly), in the fourth one, [[spoiler: he gains the Armatization arte and manages to fight against all the party just by himself, being limited by the fact that the Armatization wasn't perfected by that point and he has to face the corresponding limitations.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: His loyalty to Artorius is absolute, to the point where he ignores Velvet trying to tell him [[WhatYouAreInTheDark what Artorius really is like]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Evident in his and Teresa's backstory. He's also noted as having been a lot like Laphicet, right down to having a fascination with insects.
* TheWorfEffect: A rare example of a straight villain being the recipient of this. Despite Eleanor saying she could never best him while sparring, in his first encounter with Velvet, he needed to use every trick in the book just to keep up with Velvet, and his only clean hit on her was a cheap shot. The next time they meet, he's still at roughly the same power level, while Velvet has been traveling half the world and getting stronger. Accordingly, she unceremoniously knocks him out mid-sentence with a single kick.
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[[folder:Teresa Linares]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/YuiHorie (JP), Creator/BrinaPalencia (EN)

A praetor-rank Exorcist and Oscar's half-sister, Teresa governs Hellawes, the northern area of the Holy Midgand Empire.
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%%* {{Ahoge}}
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: She dies crying for the death of her brother, crawling towards his lifeless body in her sorry state before pass away. Even Velvet has remorse killing her (as she did exactly the same thing that Artorius did to her; kill the younger brother of another person in front of her), to a point where she even pass out as a result of the shock..]]
* BadBoss: Zigzagged. She treats her malakhim as dispensable tools, but the people of Hellawes and Yseult note that as a governor she is firm but fair.
* BastardBastard: A villain who was born as the result of an extramarital affair.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason for her close attachment to Oscar. Because she was the product of an extramarital affair, Teresa's step-mother hated her and the rest of the Dragonias considered her nothing more than a maid. Oscar was the only one to treat her as family.
* BigSisterInstinct: She cares a lot about Oscar. Upon seeing the damage Velvet did to him and realizing it was her she attempts to get revenge on her for it. [[spoiler:She later willingly become a Therion Daemon to protect his honor.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: With Oscar. The earrings she wears in the game are those given by him when they were younger and told her she was the most important person in his life.
* BroughtDownToNormal: When she questions the mission Artorius sends her brother on she has her remaining Malak taken away, leaving her as an ordinary human.
* ContraltoOfDanger: She has a much deeper voice in the English dub than in the Japanese version.
* DarkChick: Her fanatical devotion to her brother Oscar fuels her evil actions.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Almost died from Corsair's Scourge while trying to follow her brother without being well prepared.
* DontLookAtMe: Says this to Oscar [[spoiler:after she becomes a Therion]].
* {{Fanboy}}: Has a very passionate one in both Hellawes and Yseult, which is lampshaded by Velvet.
* {{Foil}}: In many ways she's Velvet's opposite number on the Exorcists, driven by an obsessive need to protect her brother and a willingness to do anything for him. [[spoiler: Teresa also becomes a Therion.]] Their similarities are not so lost on Velvet, either. [[spoiler: Velvet has a HeroicBSOD upon killing her and Oscar, wondering if she had become NotSoDifferent from Artorius.]]
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Armatizes with a Therion]] in her final fight.
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler: The party was more than willing to let her ''and'' Oscar go - her rushing to defend Oscar's honour was what caused their demise and essentially handed the Abbey their defeat]].
* ISurrenderSuckers: She pretends to let Velvet take her as a hostage [[spoiler:only to reveal this was a ploy to fuse with a succubus-like Therion and kill the party so Oscar won't have to use the experimental Armatus.]]
* IceQueen: She acts stoic and cold towards most people, only showing her more passionate side to Oscar and those who hurt him.
** DefrostingIceQueen: Subverted - Teresa starts defrosting, [[IncrediblyLamePun almost too quickly, given her]] [[spoiler: eventual fate as a fire-aligned therion]], but it's cut short.
* InformedAbility: In a skit, Eleanor mentions that she could never beat Teresa's magic. The siblings are also consul-rank praetors, while Eleanor is only a primus. However, they never exhibit or accomplish anything particularly special [[spoiler:until their final battles, during which they're not even fighting with their natural abilities]].
* InSeriesNickname: Known as the "Frozen Queen".
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Her lust towards her brother's welfare only gets stronger when she fuses with a succubus Therion]].
* ItsPersonal: The reason why she decides to fight against Velvet is because the wound she did to Oscar in Titania.
* {{Lust}}: Her admiration and protectiveness for her brother borders ''heavily'' on this due to their upbringing. [[spoiler:Ironically, she lets a Therion representing lust itself - a succubus - fuse with her to kill Velvet. Artorius' later description of the eight types of malevolence and Grimoirh discussing them in a skit confirm both her, and the succubus, embody the lust malevolence]].
* NotSoDifferent: She and Velvet are very similar regarding their love for their little brothers.
* PetTheDog: When she first appears, she takes the time to express concern over how Velvet is dressed in such a cold climate and briefly takes on a warmer tone of voice while doing so. [[spoiler:She later reveals to Laphicet she always knew about him wandering off to read books, but never punished him for it. Apparently, she also made his backpack for him so he could hold all the random stuff he would pick up. She also grabs a beetle he was interested in for him despite finding bugs disgusting.]]
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: After armatizing with the therion of Endgand, she can use fire-based artes.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: Willingly [[spoiler:armatizes with a Therion Daemon]] to stop Velvet and the heroes. Of course doing so [[spoiler:makes her a Therion Daemon herself.]]
* RapunzelHair: Her hair reaches her hips.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: After the disaster at Hellawes she is sent to the somewhat backwater Yseult. According to one townsperson, it was probably meant as a punishment. Her brother Oscar takes her place after she is recalled by the Abbey.
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: After being killed and devoured by Velvet, she's used as a vessel for Musiphe, reincarnating her as the Elemental Empyrean of fire.]]
* RelativeButton: Hurting Oscar in any way, to the point she decides to confront Velvet personally after watching the burns she did to him in Titania and [[spoiler: even willingly armatizing with a therion in order to protect his honor.]]
* StaffOfAuthority: Uses a staff with an ornate design on top as a weapon and is the leader of her own territory.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With Oscar. Despite being half-siblings, they look almost identical.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: The ice is for everyone except her brother Oscar. [[spoiler: Near the end she starts showing her softer side to Laphicet, but it's tragically cut short.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: She's completely lost it by the time of the final battle with her. Her Mystic Arte quote hammers it home as she screams in fury while madly hacking at her defenseless opponent.
--->'''Taste the pain you inflicted on him! This is your punishment!'''
* WolfpackBoss: Fights alongside Silva and Laphicet in her first boss fight.
* WouldHurtAChild: Orders Laphicet to [[spoiler:commit a suicide attack against Velvet and Rokurou.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shigure Rangetsu]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/KazuyaNakai (JP), Creator/MaxMittelman (EN)

A legate who's also Rokurou's older brother and the head of the Rangetsu family. His carefree attitude makes him unusual among the other Abbey members, and he's always looking for a good challenge.
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* AffablyEvil: A jovial guy and more friendly than other exorcists. His Malak even has free will unlike most.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is superior to Rokurou in swordfighting in every way, having won every sparring and training session the two had as kids. [[spoiler:Even after defeating him Rokurou admits Shigure was still the better swordsman, as he relied on one blade compared to Rokurou wielding three]].
* AnimalCompanion: Has Morgrim, the cat Malak from Zestiria that was Pendrago's Lord of the Land, as his personal Malak.
* BadassNormal: He's human unlike his brother Rokurou who is now a daemon, and in contrast to all of the other members in the Abbey, he's the only one who doesn't utilize malak artes of any kind. And yet he still manages to put up one heck of a fight against the entire party with nothing but the results of years of training.
--> '''Shigure:''' [[BadassBoast With enough will, humans can do anything.]]
* BenevolentBoss: His personal Malak having free will alone makes him this compared to the others who are prone to using them as cannon fodder. [[spoiler:When he dies, he requests that they spare Morgrim's life which the group honors. Morgrim even remains by where he died to mourn before eventually moving on. The fact Morgrim stuck around with him becomes more notable when the other exorcists end up paying for their behavior when the malakhim under their control regain their free will.]]
* {{BFS}}: Wields his own Stormhowl. He's broken Rokurou's using his own several times.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Shared with Rokurou.
* BloodKnight: A self admitted one. He really loves fighting, though not senseless killing. He even encourages the rest of the party to join in on the fight between him and Rokurou to make it interesting.
%%* BoisterousBruiser
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite supposedly being the official bodyguard to Artorius, he's a complete no show the first time Velvet meets Artorius since escaping Titania, has gone off on his own doing things independent from the Abbey, and wants Artorius' blood nearly as much as Velvet's. For all these quirks, he is one of a ''very small'' handful of people to hold the title of [[FourStarBadass Legate]] and shows he has earned the title after being shown to be an extremely competent fighter.
* TheBrute: The WorldsStrongestMan who doesn't give a damn about the Abbey's [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill secret agenda]] and only wants a good fight.
* CainAndAbel: He was the Abel to human Rokurou's Cain. [[spoiler:Having only followed the clan's duty of successors killing clan heads before their fight, he knew Rokurou had spread the lie about him planning a coup but never held it against Rokurou. Towards his now daemon brother he treats him with the same amount of respect and gets it returned, with the two drinking together before their final fight]].
* CatsAreSnarkers: Due to having her freedom, Morgrim acts this way but in a far more polite tone.
* TheDreaded: More subtle than most examples, but everyone who's aware of Shigure's power treats him with utmost respect. Despite his drive to beat him in a fair fight, Rokurou won't go up against Shigure without a new trick to level the field. Nobody in the Abeey, not even Melchior, even pretends they can tell him what to do. Artorias heavily implies he lets Shigure get away with it because he knows he'd be dead the moment Shigure decided he needed to be stopped.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: While everyone refers to him as Shigure, his true name is actually "Ichirou". "Shigure" is just the title given to the head of the Rangetsu clan.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Unlike everyone else in the Abbey, he permitted his personal Malak to have freedom and treats her as a living being. [[spoiler:To become Shigure he had to kill his mother, the previous Shigure, in combat. Later on he came across her as a malak turned dragon, but he could not bring himself to kill her again]]. Further digging into the sidequests revealed more information on his past [[spoiler: such as having distaste towards the clan to the point of leaving and that he loathed deceitful behavior more than anything]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Absorbed by Velvet]] with a smile on his face after being beaten by Rokurou.
* FourStarBadass: One of only two Exorcists in the entire Abbey to hold the rank of legate.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He takes his defeat with grace and accepts his fate. He even congratulates his brother on his victory.]]
* HatesBeingAlone: Sidequest dialogue reveals he was not very happy when alone, which is implied to be one of the main reasons he gave Morgrim her free will back.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Prior to the final fight with him, he reveals that his Malak, Morgrim, isn't empowering him like malakhim usually do to exorcists. In fact she's ''limiting his power'' as a training method - when she first did it he could hardly move, and he trained himself to the point of being so strong he whooped the party's ass in the previous fights with the limiter on. For the final fight he orders Morgrim to release her bindings.
* KindHeartedCatLover: He grooms and defleas Morgrim as part of their pact and the two care about each other. [[spoiler:After Rokurou finally defeats him, his last request is that the party spares Morgrim.]]
* LastRequest: [[spoiler:Before he dies, he asks the group to let Morgrim go, and they respect the request.]]
* TheMentor: Subverted in that while there are several Exorcists in the Abbey learning the Rangetsu sword style, he doesn't teach them in the conventional manner. Rokurou even says that Shigure would "never take on a student."
--> '''Rokurou:''' Let me guess. He taught you a few things one time when he was super bored, and then crushed you with them.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He doesn't care for Artorius's goal to change the world and the Abbey's agenda, even hinting at knowing that [[spoiler:Artorius is always on the verge of becoming a daemon due to his despair]]. He only stands by them just so he can [[BloodKnight fight an armatized Artorius]] when the arte is completed. Artorius even admits Shigure wants his blood nearly as much as Velvet does.
* PowerLimiter: Morgrim doesn't enhance his power but actually restricts it as a form of training. In the final battle against him he removes the PowerLimiter to have one final fight. When he reveals this, Magilou reacts [[OhCrap with horror]].
* TheRival: To his brother Rokurou.
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: After being fatally founded by Rokkurou and devoured by Velvet, he's used as a vessel for Eumacia, reincarnating him as the Elemental Empyrean of earth.]]
* ScarsAreForever: A light-hearted example. The markings on his chin are cat scratches, which he got from Morgrim when he got too affectionate with her one time and she retaliated.
* SiblingRivalry: With Rokurou.
* SweetTooth: His favorite food is yozakura anmitsu, which is a type of dessert.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Shigure is the only member of the Exorcists to be both social and relaxed about the whole thing, largely because he doesn't give a single damn about their ideals. He's also the only one who allows his Malak to have his own free will, arrives early to peacefully clear bystanders out of the area when he's ready to test Rokurou again, and in general he seeks a good challenge rather than some evil ambition.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Doesn't wear a shirt, showing his chest off at all times.
* WildCard: While he's ultimately working for the Abbey, Shigure is more often than not prone to going off and doing his own thing.
* WorthyOpponent: Craves them. He basically says out loud he's let Rokurou survive all their clashes because he knows it'll be a fight to remember when his little brother gets his act together, and supports Artoris [[NotInThisForYourRevolution not out of ideaology]] but because he'd make a legendary for when his armatization works.
* YouAreNumberSix: Rokurou explains that Shigure is the first brother, and his real name is Ichirou. "Shigure" is the title of the head of the Rangetsu clan.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Melchior Mayvin]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/NobuoTobita (JP), Creator/DarinDePaul (EN)

A legate elder, well-versed in legends and a master of alchemy, who advises Artorius.
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* AnIcePerson: In the last battle against him in mount Killaraus, he uses ice artes against the party. Magilou even says it's one of his strengths.
* ArchEnemy: To both Eizen ([[spoiler:for capturing Aifread and turning him into a Daemon]]) and Magilou ([[spoiler:for casting her aside as his pupil and breaking her heart countless times]]).
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He was able to make out the properties and nature of Siegfried within the two shots used.
* BadassGrandpa: He mostly functions as support by being a strategist, but he's still a powerful arte-wielder.
* BadBoss: He turns Malakhim into Dragons to make them strong enough to kill Velvet. Not even other Exorcists are safe when they die from [[spoiler: the faulty armatization arte]] in droves.
* CombatPragmatist: Magilou makes it very clear that Melchior will use any tricks up his sleeve in order to gain victory. Be it with illusions, turning Malakhim into Dragons, sending a Daemonized [[spoiler:Aifread]] after the party, and [[spoiler:using Armatization on himself.]] [[spoiler:Even after he's been defeated, he resorts to trying to make Mt. Killaraus erupt so that [[TakingYouWithMe he can eliminate the party with him]].]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: While being cornered by the party in his last fight, in a last effort to defeat them, he tries to erupt mount Killaraus. Luckily for the heroes, Magilou manages to cast an illusion of flowers (whom Melchior tries to not step in, as he loves flowers above all), distracting him enough to give Velvet the chance to kill him.]]
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: During a climactic confrontation with the party, he quotes a speech from Claudin expressing the hero's belief that humanity will one day overcome the emotions that cause Malevolence. [[spoiler:As a couple of Normin imply and some optional dialog later confirms, he's taking those lines ''completely'' out of context; the original speech was Claudin explaining his belief that humanity is strong enough to thrive ''despite'' constantly producing Malevolence. Whether Melchior is suffering MotiveDecay in his [[Really700YearsOld old age]] or had his own plans from the start is left as an exercise for the player.]]
* EnemyScan: He has an arte that can analyze the properties of Siegfried in order to understand the nature of the gun.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As hard as it might be for him to admit it, a part of him always had a weak spot for Magilou. [[spoiler:Even after discarding her when she failed her final test, he couldn't bring himself to kill her and let Bienfu take her. A stark contrast to his usual BadBoss tendencies]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: More specifically, Order cannot comprehend Chaos. He just can't seem to get his mind around the fact [[spoiler:Velvet could purge herself of despair by ''embracing'' the fact she's a flawed being with blood on her hands and a heart full of contradictions instead of allowing herself to be overwhelmed with guilt]] as his morality would demand.
* EvilGenius: Melchior is the oldest and wisest of the Exorcists [[spoiler:and the mastermind behind Innominat's summoning ritual]].
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler:Was once Magilou's teacher.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Is one of the older members and a BadBoss. [[spoiler: At least several ccenturies]].
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Armatizes with a water Malak in his boss fight.]]
* GeneralRipper: As a Legate, he has no problem sacrificing Exorcists or Malakhim to deal with Velvet.
* TheHeavy: While Melchior isn't the cause of things like the Daemonblight, [[spoiler:he's ultimately the one who walks Artorius down his path towards becoming an antagonist and convinced him to have Celica reincarnated as a Malak, which produced Laphicet.]]
* HeroWorshipper: He believes all his actions are fulfilling the will of his late friend and fellow Exorcist [[spoiler:Claudin Asgard]], who he often praises for his ideals for the world. Even his last words to Velvet express his anger at her for standing in the way of [[spoiler:Claudin's]] ideals rather than fear of his own death. [[spoiler:The Oath that extended his life was done to get into Claudin's good graces all those years ago. That said, the Normin companions of Claudin and Artorius suggest Melchior has in fact distorted Claudin's noble ideals into what's seen in the story.]]
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle in nearly all his appearances. Only in his final fight is it gone.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He's a master of illusions and taught Magilou everything she knows about magic.[[spoiler:He's ultimately defeated when Magilou tricks him with an incredibly simple illusion of a flower distracting him long enough to let Velvet eat him.]]
* {{Irony}}: Much like his allies, his emotions do him in despite his anti-free will ideology. [[spoiler:His love for flowers causes him to hesitate in his TakingYouWithMe attempt on the party.]]
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:His Malak taps into peoples hearts to create the illusions, trapping them in a dream of their own making.]]
* MakingASplash: Alongside with [[AnIcePerson ice]], he also uses water artes in his last boss fight, [[spoiler: as a result of armatizating with a water malak.]]
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan: To Artorius. As seen by TheHeavy, many ''many'' events in the game were orchestrated or influenced by him, mainly directing Artorius down the path he went down.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: The man's extremely cunning, having plans set years in advance to help the Abbey's agenda. [[spoiler:He was behind the accident that prevented Magilou from being executed for witchcraft to appear as a savior to her, set a trap to steal the secrets of the gun Siegfried held by Zaveid to create armatization, had planned a year in advance for Magilou to join Velvet at Titania, placing a spell on Bienfu to make him into an unwilling spy, and heavily implied to have had a hand in the first Advent that cost Celica and her unborn son's life, conveniently appearing just as Artorius was broken by his loss to corrupt him]].
* MasterOfIllusion: What he usually does to the party. [[spoiler: First, he uses his illusion power to mess with Eizen. He creates illusions of Van Aifread who is chained and Edna which leaves Eizen shocked. His second illusion attempt is with Velvet. He makes her trapped in an illusion of her village where all of her friends and the villagers are still alive with her brother Laphicet. Despite not wanting to let go of the peaceful Aball, she destroys the illusion.]]
* NatureLover: Loves to preserve nature, flowers specifically. [[spoiler:It's what does him in when Magilou casts magic that produces a flower near his feet. While he's distracted by not stepping on it, Velvet eats him with her left hand.]]
* NiceHat: Honestly, it could be described as a tasseled mushroom.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: While the other armatus wielders uses weapons to reference the ones from Zestiria, his water armatization does not. Instead, it utilizes 4 floating spheres]].
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:He took Magilou in and raised her as his daughter, before eventually abandoning her]].
* {{Pride}}: As an ancient ManipulativeBastard MasterOfIllusion, he's very confident not only of his plans but his own skills. [[spoiler: This bites him in the ass at the end as he grabs the VillainBall and goes to fight the group despite knowing that without him, they can't call on the Empyreans.]]
* PureIsNotGood: Magilou claims that he's pure of heart, which means he's just that much of a KnightTemplar in creating a world of "reason". Ironically, his resistance to gaining malevolence makes him perfect for being the "shadow" of the Abbey, since he can do their dirty work without becoming a daemon.
* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:In the final battle against him, Magilou reveals that he's been using an Oath to artificially extend his lifespan. She estimates that he's at ''least'' centuries years old at this point.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: After being devoured by Velvet, he's used as a vessel for Amenoch, reincarnating him as the Elemental Empyrean of water.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After the party defeats him, he tries to pull this off by erupting Mount Killaraus. Luckily, they managed to stop him in time.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Tries to convince Magilou to the Abbey's side, with the response being her adamant refusal]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Van Aifread]]
->Voiced by: Creator/YukitoshiHori (JP)

The captain of Aifread's pirates who transformed into a Daemon. Once held in the same prison as Velvet, he was freed by Melchior but his whereabouts are unknown for a while.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:Gives the party information in regards to the Four Elemental Empyreans before dying]].
* AntiVillain: Aifread isn't a villain by choice, since he was BrainwashedAndCrazy by Melchior and turned into a Daemon against his will.
* BadassNormal: According to Zaveid, he was able to fight him on equal footing despite being a regular human. Possibly subverted in that it was implied he used Siegfried to power up.
* BareFistedMonk: Just like Eizen, Aifread fights primarily with his fists.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Broken mentally by Melchior's illusions, and later Innominat completes it [[spoiler:by consuming his will]].
* DarkIsEvil: Has pitch black skin, uses darkness, and has dark purple mixed in. Just to make it clear how he's a villainous Daemon.
* {{Determinator}}: The man managed to keep himself from breaking due to Melchior's illusions for seven days. Even after it he tries to defy him on an instinctual level.
* TheDreaded: According to Dyle, Aifread is so feared among the seas that he manages to strike fear in the hearts of both humans and Daemons alike.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Laphicet purifies him]] after his final fight.
* FallenHero: Aifread was once a pirate who defied the Abby and even as willing to help free Malakhim like Zaveid. However Melchior broke him, turned him into a Daemon, and made him fight the heroes.
* HornedHumanoid: He has two purple bull like horns on his head.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Subverted. Even though Laphicet tries hard to make Aifread realize what he's doing, the rest of the party, including Eizen, knows full well that the original Aifread is gone. However, that doesn't stop Eizen from pulling off a big speech about his creed to the Aifread pirates, and it takes that along with a single punch to his torso to make Aifread regain his will back. After he's purified by Laphicet, he [[DyingAsYourself dies as his original self]].]]
* InformedAttribute: Eizen, Zaveid, and the crew talk about how powerful and badass Aifread is - the player however does not see this. [[spoiler: in fact, when he's fought, he's actually rather easy]]. This is a pretty rare [[JustifiedTrope justification]] of this trope though - because [[spoiler: he's pretty clearly ''not'' the Aifread that others knew, he's BrainwashedAndCrazy ''and'' it is essentially a mercy kill]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What his crew seems to paint him as. He's prone to mood swings but was also the first person to accept Eizen despite his curse.
* LeanAndMean: His body has an unhealthy shape with a torso too small and thin to properly support his arms and head. He's also a brute enforcer acting on the Abbey's behalf.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Ultimately what the group does to him.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Along with black and white he is colored with purple skin as his skin, purple in his darkness element, and has two purple horns. He captain uniform as a human is also purple.
* SilentAntagonist: Due to being brainwashed, he does not speak while as a daemon aside from the occasional grunting. He doesn't even say anything when performing his Mystic Arte.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: According to Eizen, he would have never done this when he was himself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Seres]]
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seres_tvtropes.png]]

->Voiced by: Creator/SatomiArai (JP), Creator/MonicaRial (EN)

A Malak who serves Artorius, Seres has begun to question her master's motives and mission now that she's regained her free will.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Shows off quite a bit.
* AnimalMotif: Butterflies.
* CoolMask: A butterfly-shaped half-mask that goes over her eyes.
* CrutchCharacter: During the prison island level, she'll be assisting Velvet with all of the good magic and healing spells.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She frees Velvet after realizing that Artorius has crossed the line in his goals. [[spoiler:After Velvet consumes her in the game it's suggested this started from when she saw him kill Velvet's younger brother on the Scarlet Night.]]
* {{Expy}}: Seres draws heavily from [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Lailah]], having a similar hair style and color, outfit, element.
* {{Familiar}}: For Artorius, though she eventually defected.
* FieryRedhead: While calm and composed, she tells Velvet that like her, there within her is a fire that she cannot be quenched. [[spoiler:Later in the game, it's implied that the fire was her memories of her past life as Celica, which fueled her to betray Artorius and free her sister.]]
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: The memories of her shown during her death reveal she's been [[spoiler:living close to Velvet and her family for years without them ever realizing it]]. This is noticeable in the anime due to it never revealing this info.
* HeroicSacrifice: She takes a fatal blow for Velvet against the drake, then, allows Velvet to [[spoiler:devour her to help her defeat the rampaging drake]].
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Quite a bit of her chest is exposed.
* LukeIAmYourFather: She's [[spoiler:Velvet's older sister]] who was sacrificed in a previous Scarlet Night and reincarnated as a Malak along with [[spoiler:her unborn son Laphicet.]]
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Part of her vengeance is fueled by the fact that her unborn son became a sacrifice and tool of the Abbey. Even visiting Laphicet to apologize for her failures as his mother]].
* MulticoloredHair: Red with white tips. Interestingly enough it is the exact opposite of [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Lailah]], whose hair was white with red tips.
* NotSoDifferent: From Velvet, as revealed late in the game. [[spoiler:Her primary reason for betraying Artorius was a selfish one, as she wanted revenge on him for his actions, realizing on the Advent he was no longer the Arthur she loved as Celica. As a Malak who regained her free will, the unerasable memories of Celica brought her great pain and made her angry at herself for the actions she took part in.]]
* NotSoStoic: Two instances. [[spoiler:One is when she sheds a tear before Velvet devours her, telling her that she cherished the memories of her family as Celica. The second is prior to her freeing Velvet from prison, when she confided to Laphicet of her suffering as a reincarnated Malak, then apologizing as a "failed mother".]]
** There's also a lesser moment when she starts yelling upon finding Stormhowl in the equipment room in Titania. [[spoiler:It's not until [[RewatchBonus a repeat playthrough]] that one realizes she can't tell the different between the real Stormhowl and the inferior copy in front of her, and was terrified that Shigure might be somewhere nearby.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Specializes in fire-based artes.
* RedHerring: Seres bears so many similarities to Lailah that people expected her to be revealed as Lailah. [[spoiler:Instead she turns out to be Velvet's older sister, and Artorius' wife, reincarnated as a malak.]]
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Shows off quite a lot of backside, though her shoulders are covered.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Subverted. Without her mask, [[spoiler:her facial features are quite similar to Velvet, even though they are technically not related, Seres being her sister's reincarnation. This does however serve as a contrast to her former self as Celica, who more closely resembled their brother Laphicet.]]
* ThatManIsDead: She views her human life as this, seeing herself as a different person who simply carried the memories of [[spoiler:Celica.]]
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: While Zestiria the X itself spoils the fact that she dies early on, the last few trailers show Seres [[spoiler: talking to Velvet outside of the Island Prison, indicating she exists in some manner later on]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Averted. [[spoiler:Even though she gets consumed by Velvet early on, more of her backstory is eventually revealed later in the game, and it turns out that she's the reincarnation of Celica. And judging by her interactions in Velvet's dreams, she must be alive in some form inside Velvet.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:Melchior and Artorius used an oath to place the ancient arte formula in her body that would create Brunhilt, the Sorcerer's Ring, which will allow them to create armatization and control Innominat, at the eventual cost of her life.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears grade A thigh high stockings.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Characters
[[folder:Velvet's Allies]]
!!Dyle
->Voiced by: Creator/TakashiNagasako (JP), Creator/ChrisCason (EN)

A sailor framed for the smuggling done by his guild. He turns into a Daemon in order to survive their assassination and protect himself from the Abbey.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Velvet cuts off his tail to pass him off as dead. However, since he's a Lizardman Daemon it grows back, but it's never seen on his character model. One of explanation's in-game being it keeps being scared off, as lizards are known in real life to lose their tail as an escape mechanism.
* DegradedBoss: An indirect example. After defeating Dyle in Hadlow Hollow, regular Lizardman enemies resembling Dyle show up later in the game.
* FrameUp: Framed by his guild for being the one smuggling out of Hellawes. He was a participant in it, but the guild as a whole was behind it.
* HappilyMarried: The World Guidance book reveals he marries [[spoiler:Medissa and adopts Kamoana after Berseria]].
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Was a [[{{Hunk}} handsome]] sailor before becoming a Lizardman. [[spoiler:He gets to revert back to his normal form in the ending]].
* LizardFolk: He's a Lizardman Daemon.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: He starts to believe dinosaurs are his ancestors due to being a Lizardman for so long.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Turned into a Lizardman class Daemon.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted. Despite being a Lizardman Daemon, Dyle still has his own conscious thoughts and feelings and is even shown to be really friendly towards Kamoana.
* RunningGag: His tail has been subjected to numerous jokes since as a Lizardman Daemon, it's implied that his tail grows back, just like a regular lizard. Some jokes include Rokurou using Dyle's tail as cutting practice, or Dyle's tail being constantly scared off by a curious Kamoana. And at one point, Rokurou makes a suggestion about selling Dyle tails on the market, a thought that actually [[EveryoneHasStandards disgusts Velvet]].
* StarterVillain: An interesting example that highlights our heroine's pragmatism. Velvet accepts a job to fight and defeat Dyle, the town's local menace, but ends up siding with him for his usefulness and helps him to take out her benefactors.

!!Benwick
->Voiced by: Creator/TakuyaSato (JP), Ben Lepley (EN)

The younger brother of Van Aifread acting as temporary leader of Aifread's pirates alongside first mate Eizen.
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* HotBlooded: He gets riled up much more easily than Eizen or Aifread do.
* IdiotHair: Has a very long, curved, green-tipped strand of hair sticking up.
* NiceHat: Wears a pirate hat with a bird on it.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears a short red jacket that covers very little of his chest and shows off his abdomen.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He doesn't like dogs, as one bit him when he was a child. Taking in Orthie and Russ reveals this side of him.

!!Tabatha Baskerville
->Voiced by: Mari Yokoo (JP)

The leader of the shadow guild Bloodwing Butterflies hidden in Midgand's capital.
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* BadassNormal: She might be old, but she's not one to be underestimated when it comes to willpower, information, and cunning. She even manages to retain her will after Innominat's domain rises and avoid both his sub lords and exorcists by herself.
* HeroicWillpower: Well, "heroic" may be a bit of a stretch, but [[spoiler:once Innominat unleashes his Domain, she's one of the few people who manages to retain her emotions.]]
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler: After the Suppression is lifted by the Empyreans awakening, talking to the Bloodwing guard standing by the secret entrance to the villa reveals she's become drinking buddies with ''Prince Percival'' and some people in her tavern reveal they are teaming up in regards to an information network.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: As she runs a shadow guild and deals in fishy business, her group tend to partake in pragmatic actions when it comes to obtaining profit and keeping things running in a way they like. She even sends a request to Velvet and the crew to stop Zaveid as he makes spying on the exorcists even more difficult than it already is, despite being an ally of theirs.
* QuestGiver: Gave Velvet several tasks involving the stop of the addictive and poisonous medicine Nectar spread by the church. Later giving her the task to kill the High Priest Gideon behind it.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Wanted to see if Velvet realizes her tasks were related before trusting her.

!!Kurogane
->Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (JP), Creator/KaijiTang (EN)

A blacksmith that became a Daemon ages ago in his attempt to surpass the god blade Stormhowl, forging countless blades he dubbed Stormquell to one day surpass it.
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* TheAloner: Spent hundreds of years isolated from the world to hone his craft. He admits he doesn't mind being depended on by kids now that he's interacting with people again.
* AnimatedArmor: Appears as a sinister suit of red and black armor with darkness in place of a human body. The substance doesn't stop people from fitting inside him, as Kamoana once hid away in him.
* TheBlacksmith: Was famed for one as a normal human. He continues his craft as he forges new Stormquells.
* HumanResources: He uses his own head as material to forge Rokurou's daggers. [[spoiler:His final and strongest blade forged for Rokurou is made using his entire body, giving his life for his craft]].
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:If he's no longer alive in his current state, then he sacrificed his life to become Rokurou's blade that can truly match Shigure's Stormhowl]].
* IResembleThatRemark: Gets mad at Rokurou when he insults Dullahan by calling him a "headless lump of armor".
* LosingYourHead: Cuts his head off to use the resentment that flows through it.
* LuminescentBlush: Manages to blush even without a head.
* ThePowerOfHate: Uses his own hatred infused body to forge Rokurou new dual swords.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Wanted to best Stormhowl to the point he lost his humanity in the process.
* RedBaron: Known as the Swordbreaker due to breaking countless blades.

!!Kamoana (Moana)
->Voiced by: Creator/TomoyoKurosawa (JP), Bonnie Gordon (EN)

A young girl that turned into a Tree Therion Daemon and regains her reason.
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* AdorableAbomination: The therion form she takes when not a tree looks extremely adorable for a daemonic figure.
* BarrierMaiden: Being made a therion sort of makes her this.
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: After being removed from Palamedes. Since there was no therion to consume their malevolence, her ''entire'' village quickly turned into daemons as soon as the party arrives back. It later turns out the same thing happened at Titania when Velvet left]].
* DubNameChange: Her name was changed from Moana to Kamoana in the English version, most likely to avoid copyright issues with [[Disney/{{Moana}} a certain movie.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Devours her Werewolf Daemon mother in her berserk state.
* IAmAMonster: She was horrified to find she turned into a therion when looking into Eleanor's pocket mirror and broke down crying.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:In the ending, the World Guidance Book reveals she got adopted by Medissa and Dyle]].
* HorrorHunger: Her hunger for Daemons drove her temporarily mad.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone in Velvet's group and those around her go out of their way to make sure she doesn't know what actually happened to her mother, for very good reasons.
* MeaningfulName: Her Hawaiian-sounding name relates to where she grew up at a beach village.
* MoralityPet: What the Abbey did to her and her mother is the catalyst that causes Eleanor and Medissa to change sides.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Subverted. While Komoana regained her sanity after eating her mother, but she doesn't realize or remember doing that. The group decides to it would be for the best not to tell her this to avoid this trope from happening.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She is a Therion class Daemon like Velvet.
* PlantPerson: Her humanoid form is a plant girl.
* UnwittingPawn: The Exorcists trick her into becoming a Therion by saying it would make her strong, trapping her in Palamedes.
* WhenTreesAttack: Her form as a boss is a tree with her inside it.

!!Grimoirh (Ms. Grimoire)
->Voiced by: Creator/FumiHirano (JP), Creator/ElizabethMaxwell (EN)

A gray Normin Malak who the party meet and journeys with them on the Van Eltia.
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* BerserkButton: Don't ask how old she is. Her anger is terrifying enough to get [[BloodKnight Rokurou]] to apologize.
-->'''Grimoirh:''' ''(Angry)'' Ask me again and you'll get a firework in the tush.
* CharacterTic: Prone to sighing a lot, which is also her first known trait.
* FriendToAllChildren: Has a soft spot for polite kids like Laphicet.
* TheMentor: Teaches Laphicet how to read the Avarost language.
* MaamShock: She doesn't like being called ma'am.
* MsExposition: She can reveal the basics of [[spoiler:Magilou's]] backstory if talked to at a later point of the story.
* NervesOfSteel: Velvet threatening her life doesn't even make her flinch.
* NiceHat: Wear a witch's hat on her head.
* NotSoStoic: The normally nonchalant Normin loses her cool when she learns the full scope of who [[GodOfEvil Innominat]] was. It was bad enough she wanted the Van Eltia to sail ''back'' to the Abbey-invaded Titania to rescue Velvet's group.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: An extra skit has Magilou comment she's 5017 years old! [[spoiler:Episode 23 of ''Tales of Zestiria the X'' reveals that she's still alive and well even though over 1000 years have passed since the events of ''Tales of Berseria'']].

!!Zaveid
->Voiced by: Creator/KenjiroTsuda (JP), Creator/IanSinclair (EN)

A wind Malak formerly enslaved by the Abbey until Van Aifread freed him. He travels around opposing the Exorcists while trying to free Aifread.
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* BadassBoast: When preparing to take on Innominat, he gives us this one...
-->'''Zaveid''': I’m sick of murdering scum like you. I know no limits! FOR I AM ZAVEID!
* BerserkButton: Killing people is a sore spot with him alone, but [[spoiler: calling Theodora a dragon or even fighting her]] is enough to prompt him to get physical.
* BloodKnight: Loves a good fight against people he considers WorthyOpponent like Eizen and Aifread.
* BlowYouAway: As a wind Malak, he specializes in wind artes.
* CoolGun: He carries Siegfried, the gun he had in ''Zestiria''. The gun used to belong to Aifread, who retakes it temporarily for his boss fight.
* FriendToAllChildren: Spares Laphicet from his ire when he gets angry with the party and is nicer to him too, even showing gratitude for his healing aid. According to the humans he lives with, he is held in high regard by the children.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Opposes the Abbey as strongly as Velvet's group but refuses to join them on grounds that they are willing to kill and has even fought them before as a result.
* HeelFaceTurn: Was formerly enslaved by the Abbey until he attempted to capture Aifread, who used Siegfried to free him.
* {{Irony}}: Siegfried can fire bullets made of strength and sever bonds such as malevolence or [[spoiler: the connection between Heldalf and Maotelus that allows them to be armatized]]. In Berseria, it turns out [[spoiler: the armatization arte owes its existence thanks to the very same gun]].
* JustLikeRobinHood: After the death of the dragon Shenlong, Zaveid fights against the corruption of the Abbey, taking their gald to give to Ben and Saliph.
* TheKindnapper: Kidnapped the chef couple Ben and Saliph to help feed the human kids him and Theodora were taking care of. The two came to befriend Zaveid and Theodora.
* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme "Zaveid the Exile" from ''Zestiria'' returns in this game.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:His girlfriend Theodora, who became the dragon Shenlong and was killed by Eizen]].
* MacGuffin: Siegfried is highly sought after by the Abbey due to its unique nature. Unlike other examples, they didn't need to outright steal it but just scan the properties of the gun to get what they want.
* MeaningfulName: An optional sidequest reveals Siegfried is anti-dragon technology from the far continent.
* NoShirtLongJacket: He wears an unzipped black jacket.
* ParentalSubstitute: Zaveid along with his girlfriend Theodora took in human orphans Arwell, Burd, and Foo. Theodora's disappearance lead Zaveid to leave the kids with Ben and Saliph, who adopt them.
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: At one point, he shuts up Melchior by ''shooting him into an Earthpulse rift with Siegfried'']].
* ThouShallNotKill: He's firmly against killing and doesn't join the party due to them being too quick to kill others.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Averted as this game makes him wear a shirt. He still shows a fair bit of chest however and has mentioned preferring to go shirtless.
* WhipItGood: Just like in ''Zestiria'', he uses his pendulums like whips.
* WideEyedIdealist: Is far less cynical than his Zestiria self.
* TheWorfEffect: He's defeated by [[spoiler:Innominat and a Daemon Aifread to show how dangerous they are. In the case of the former, he powered himself up with Seigfried ''three times'' before fighting him.]]
** WorfHadTheFlu: In the case of [[spoiler: Aifread]], he was unwilling to resort to killing him.

!!Prince Percival
->Voiced by: Ryo Iwasaki (JP)

The prince of Midgand, who fled the capital after releasing his pet bird turned Therion.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was physically abused in his childhood to the point he bled if he didn't obediently slave away for the country.
* DisproportionateRetribution: During his time as a member of royalty, if he even so much as yawned, he would be severely punished for it.
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: He manages to resist the Suppression, even when Innominant is trying to directly sap his will he manages to resist long enough for Velvet's crew to rescue him. This incident also wakes up in him the will to actually get out and do things and live.]]
* IJustWantToBeFree: Given his backstory...
* {{Irony}}: He finally obtains freedom after taking up residence in a former prison.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Griffin is loyal to him even after becoming a Therion Daemon.
* MoralityPet: His pet hawk, Griffin, who was the only thing capable of making him defy the Abbey.
* MundaneLuxury: A variation; due to his strict upbringing, he cheerfully pitches in on chores and the like in Titania and honestly enjoys it.
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler: After the Suppression, Percival befriended Tabatha and they are now working together.]]
* PrinceCharming: A DeconReconSwitch. Though he's genuinely a NiceGuy, Percival is so restricted by his family it's only when Griffin is in danger that he does something. [[spoiler: It's after the Suppression that he starts turning his good traits into good actions.]]
* PuppetKing: When he first appears, he seems like he's going to become one with Artorius pulling his strings. This is subverted when he allies with the party instead.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Is viewed by this by the populace, but he's actually severely restricted and not really contributing. [[spoiler: After the Suppression, he starts playing it straight and works to better his people's lives.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He fled the capital after Griffin killed his exorcist guards, knowing they'd execute him.
* TheUnfought: Thanks to him, the party doesn't have to fight Griffin like they did with most of the other Therions.
!!Medissa
->Voiced by: Creator/TakakoHonda (JP)

A devout lady in Hellawes who condemned the Abbey for killing her Daemon turned daughter.
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* AntiVillain: Became a Therion by choice and sided with the Abbey with very sympathetic reasons.
* HappilyMarried: The World Guidance book reveals she marries [[spoiler:Dyle and adopts Kamoana after Berseria]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Sides with Velvet after becoming attached to Kamoana.
* HeelFaithTurn: Sided with the Abbey after learning the truth about the world and Artorius' ideals, wishing to prevent tragedies like her own from ever happening again.
* {{Irony}}: Killed her fiancé after he sold out her Daemon turned daughter, who had been against her marrying.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blamed herself for her daughters transformation, knowing her daughter thought she loved her fiancé more.
* MamaBear: Tried to hide her daughter, killed the man who sold her out, and tried to defy the Abbey out of her love. She is also willing to confront Velvet if Kamoana's well-being is in danger.
** She also fought off Armatized Exorcists while escaping from the Abbey attack on Titania.
* {{Medusa}}: Became a Medusa Daemon.
* MsFanservice: She's got bigger breasts than Velvet, and her outfit highlights them. Add in some ZettaiRyouiki and presto.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She became a Therion Medusa.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter was killed after becoming a daemon.
* ParentalSubstitute: Becomes one to Kamoana, who reminds her of her own daughter. [[spoiler:Medissa then adopts her in the ending]].
* PunnyName: Her name already sounded too close to "Medusa."
* SnakesAreSexy: Her human form as a Daemon is attractive, with snake tails for hair and reptilian eyes.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Became a Therion willingly to prevent tragedies like her daughter from ever happening again.

!!Orthie & Russ
The two pet dogs of Niko, who can fuse together into a single Therion Daemon.
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* BlowYouAway: Use wind in several attacks like Elemental Breath.
* ChekhovsGunman: They show up early in the game as Niko's pets and the player is led to believe they died like everyone else.
* CowardlyLion: According to Velvet and Niko, both Orthie and Russ are cowards who are afraid to face a Daemon. However, [[TookALevelInBadass this changes when they become Therions]], and when the Exorcists invade Titania, the dogs are shown protecting Grimoirh from them without fear or even the need to transform.
* FusionDance: They become a single massive Daemon when fused together.
* {{Hellhound}}: Therion Orthrus invokes one.
* PlayingWithFire: Uses fire breath as a boss.
* {{Revenge}}: The two hate Velvet for killing Niko, though she talks them down from seeking it until Artorius is dealt with.

!!Silva (Silver)

A Malak formerly enslaved by the Abbey. Silva travels with Velvet's group for a time.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Initially appears as a mook serving Teresa, but eventually becomes important later, [[spoiler:as the one who becomes the BonusBoss in Zestiria]].
* DemBones: [[spoiler:Upon killing Silva's dragon form the body dissolves until only bones remain. These bones become the Dragon Zombie seen in Zestiria]].
* DragonsAreDemonic: [[spoiler:Became the Hellkite dragon Daemon]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Goes from being an ordinary SlaveMook to [[spoiler: a fearsome dragon who even is the BonusBoss in Zesitiria centuries later]].
* HealingFactor: His body has a strong healing factor, [[spoiler:to the point he even revives as a zombie years after Berseria]].
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Gets subjected to this after becoming a dragon. Unbeknownst to the group, he would come back as a zombie dragon in Zestiria]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:His skeleton is a bonus boss in Zesteria hundreds of years after he's seen dying in Berseria]].
* PlayingWithFire: Mainly uses fire attacks in battle, with three different flame based [[spoiler:breath attacks]].
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Silva is turned into a dragon against his will by Innominat on Calix. Velvet and the group eventually kill him to end his suffering]].
* SlaveMook: Formerly served under Teresa alongside Laphicet before being used by Melchior. He gets his freedom thanks to the heroes, [[spoiler:though it was sadly brief]].
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:His eventual change to a dragon explains a lot of stuff later on]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He spends the majority of the game tethered to Teresa, and then gets taken away by Melchior. [[spoiler:By the time the party frees him in Hexen Isle, Innominat turns him into a dragon, shattering any hope of CharacterDevelopment similar to Laphicet. He is then killed off by the party and his bony remains becomes the BonusBoss in ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria''.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: He finally is freed from the Abbey's abuse but gets turned into a dragon not long after by Innominat]].
* YouAreNumberSix: Was Number 1 when serving under Teresa.

!!White Turtlez
->Voiced by: Creator/MarinaInoue (JP)

A Turtlez the party keeps bumping into when traveling inside long dungeons.
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* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: He is constantly trying to cheat the party by increasing his prices. None of them will have any of it from him.
* ButtMonkey: Every time he tries to increase his prices, the party denies him.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Played for laughs. [[spoiler:The party constantly makes him sell at market prices, causing him to go into debt and become Dark Turtlez.]]
* RunningGag: Just about every time he gets a skit to justify any spike in his prices, one of the party members reprimands him, ending with Velvet saying he will get his smile.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:His constant failures to raise his prices for the party ends up getting him deep into debt, which forces him to ''sell himself as a meal''. He survives, but becomes everyone's favorite BonusBoss, Dark Turtlez!]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Becomes Dark Turtlez]].

!!Phoenix
->Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiHori (JP)

A normin who [[spoiler:intrudes into Eizen's and Edna's personal lives and takes it upon himself to rectify Eizen's apparent mistreatment on her sister]].
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* AllYourPowersCombined: ...which is clearly ChewingTheScenery.
* BadassBaritone: He has an unusually deep voice for a normin, and is truly a formidable fighter.
* BadassBoast: After Bienfu describes his claim of being strong as "self-styled," he declares "I am man among men. The strongest of all Normin. I am Phoenix."
-->'''Velvet''': Yeah, yeah. We covered that already.
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:He can be fought in Titania prison after collecting the Nor dolls]].
* BornLucky: His blessing has the opposite effect of the Reaper's Curse, which is why Eizen asks him to protect Edna.
* TheDreaded: His explosive personality aside, he ''does'' have the strength to back it up.
* ForGreatJustice: Truly believes himself to be working for this.
* LargeHam: Grimoirh and Beinfu can't stand the guy all because "when worked too hard, he's starts rambling about uprisings and insurrections and all that stuff..."
* ManlyTears: He is stuck up enough to believe he's manly.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: His hamminess and inability to listen causes him to intrude on Eizen and Edna's lives without understanding [[{{Curse}} the actual reason for the distance]].]]


[[/folder]]

[[folder:Velvet's Deceased Loved Ones]]
!!Laphicet Crowe

->Voiced by: Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Abby Trott (EN)

The younger brother of Velvet and Celica. His tragic death marks the start of Velvet's quest for vengeance.
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* AffectionateNickname: Velvet calls him "Laphi" which he doesn't like.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:It's ambiguous how much control he has in his actions as Innominat's vessel.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The book he copies in the prologue is used much later in the game when the party needs information from it.
* ChildProdigy: He's only a child, but he was able to fabricate an exact copy of one of Artorius's books. He also has high resonance, which made him suitable to be sacrificed. Finally, he's the first person to understand the meaning behind Artorious's question.
* ConvenientComa: Has been in a coma since the Scarlet Night according to Niko and the villagers. [[spoiler:Not the case, as Velvet realizes they're all illusions and he's a fake.]]
* DoesNotLikeSpam: He isn't a fan of spinach.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Both as a kid and ''especially'' [[spoiler: when Velvet meets him again [[TimeSkip three years later]], after he becomes part of Innominat]]. Laphicet makes [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Mit]][[BigBad hos]] look manly.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: His time as part of Innominat hasn't been good on his psyche]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** During the prologue, Laphicet acts in such a way that, on second look [[spoiler: reveals he knew that his days were numbered.]]
** The day of the Scarlet Night, Laphicet makes a point of buying Velvet a [[TragicKeepsake comb]] and has a speech on the cape about how he wishes to explore the world [[spoiler: which ends in such a way that suggests he already knows this is his last day of life.]]
** His actions just before Artorius kills him are truly odd; in that he gives the impression of resignation and acceptance, not even struggling. [[spoiler: Turns out he volunteered as a HumanSacrifice.]]
* IronicName: Laphicet means "The one who lives". Not only was Laphicet born sickly [[spoiler: and in fact terminally ill]], he was also murdered as a child. Velvet makes a comment about another character with [[spoiler: the same disease as him]] having a name similar to that, suggesting he was named such as a prayer so that he would live despite being born weak in body.
* MercyKill: Artorius sacrificing Laphicet was partially this when it comes to light [[spoiler: Laphicet was doomed to die soon in a less than pleasant manner]].
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Him being used as a HumanSacrifice fuels Velvet's quest for {{Revenge}}.
* SoapOperaDisease: Suffers from [[spoiler:the 12 Year Disease, which is known to increase the severity of fevers until the host dies at their twelfth birthday, which is what convinced him to be sacrificed to make a better world for Velvet to live in]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Although he and Velvet look a bit different, he looks quite similar to Celica [[spoiler:and to his unborn nephew who is reborn as the malak Laphicet. Even Velvet mistakes the malak for Laphi because they look so similar.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He's apparently quite fond of curry.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:He only partially translated the book about Innominat and he doesn't fully understand what his sacrifice will do for the world beyond getting rid of Daemons.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: He's dying from an incurable disease, which is why he [[spoiler:volunteered to be Innominat's sacrifice, as he knew that he will not live long enough until the next Scarlet Night.]]

!!Celica Crowe

->Voiced by: Creator/SatomiArai (JP), Creator/MonicaRial (EN)

The older sister of Velvet, Laphicet, and wife of Artorius. Her death on the first Scarlet Night sets in motion the tragedy of the second Scarlet Night.
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* TheLostLenore: For Artorius.
* NiceGirl: One of the very nicest.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's been dead for years by the time the game begins.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler: Her dying during the Opening 10 years ago is what made Artorius into the BigBad.]]
* PungeonMaster: According to Velvet, Celica had quite the knack for coming up with puns.
--> '''Velvet:''' "I have a secret to tell you," she'd say. Then she'd hand me a flower and add, "Take it to the grave."
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: Meeting Artorius had such an influence on him that he [[DespairEventHorizon fell into despair]] when she died and became the BigBad to "save" the world in her name.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With Velvet and Laphicet, but mainly with the younger Laphicet. [[spoiler: This sibling resemblance is also a reason why the malak Laphicet (who is Celica's unborn child reborn) reminds Velvet of her brother Laphi.]]
* SupremeChef: Velvet learned to cook from her and claims she was very good at it.

!!Niko
->Voiced by: Creator/ManamiNumakura (JP), Creator/CheramiLeigh (EN)

The childhood friend of Velvet. She transformed into a werewolf daemon and died on the Scarlet Night.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: At the beginning of the game, she is apparently romantically involved with a guy, but she has a bit of ShipTease with Velvet in her first scene. She comments on how much she admires Velvet's strength, and she jokingly states that if she were a man she would fall in love with Velvet. However, it is unknown if that was entirely a joke. [[spoiler:When she appears in Velvet's dream, she is depicted as holding off on her engagement until Velvet returned to Aball, and she shows strong affection for Velvet.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Is this to Velvet in the prologue, as they've known each other since they were kids.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Velvet before her death, considering their RomanticTwoGirlFriendship bordered on HoYay.
* NotQuiteDead: Velvet believes she killed her and the other villagers on the Scarlet Night, only to find her and the other villagers alive on a visit to Eastgand. [[spoiler:Subverted. She's a Daemon disguised as Niko via illusions.]]
* SacrificialLamb: Though the entire village of Aball other than Velvet perish on the Crimson Night, Niko's death is the most impactful, since she has the most original looking character model of the villagers, and get's the most character development and screen time among them. One could be forgiven for thinking she would play a role later on.
* TragicMonster: Turned into a mindless Daemon on the Scarlet Night and was unknowingly killed by Velvet.
* TwoGirlRomanticFriendship: She and Velvet appeared to have this based on their interactions in the prologue.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Fifth Empyrean]]
!!Innominat the Suppressor

->Voiced by: Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Abby Trott (EN)

The Nameless 5th Empyrean that predates Maotelus of Zestiria. He incarnated on the world after receiving two human sacrifices, with the second becoming his Malak vessel.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Conjures one that easily snaps Rokurou's new Orichalcum sword.
* AscendedExtra: He got one brief mention in Zestiria when Sorey's group finds his Crest in Artorius' Throne. Here, he is one of the main antagonists.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Played with. While he's in charge of the domain to remove free will and has his fair share of manipulation, Artorius and the Abbey developed Armatization with the intent of controlling him, meaning they see him as a pawn too.
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: His domain strips humans of free will and emotions for the "greater good"
* CainAndAbel: A sorta-kinda example, as [[spoiler: Laphicet Crowe and Celica Crowe's child (and, by extension, Celica herself technically) were sacrificed to manifest him, with him gaining Laphi's memories]].
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:Velvet decides to seal him rather than kill him because anyone who is a part of him would die too, including Malak!Laphicet who was created from Innominat during the Opening.]]
* EmotionEater: Feeds on Malevolence. Even describing it as [[EvilFeelsGood delicious]]. Additionally, he can eat someone's willpower to make them more obedient.
* EternalRecurrence: Every few thousand years he emerges to suppress the world in order to stop malevolence from destroying everything. Once the malevolence is completely gone he returns to slumber, allowing the elemental Empyreans to emerge and restore balance. [[spoiler:By the end of the story the cycle is completely ended as a new Empyrean takes his place while he feeds eternally off Velvet during their sealed state.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:He was revived from Velvet's brother, who willingly went along with Artorius's plan to sacrifice himself, and retains his memories. Zigzagged, as Laphi went with it because he wanted to make a world where his sister is happy, but his current self views her as a monster he should consume without a second thought.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: To Mithos Yggrasill from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Both are pre-teen boys with older sisters with whom they share a close bond, become godlike figures, seek to turn everyone in the world into soulless drones, opposed by their older sisters (in one way or another), and are ultimately replaced as God-figure.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Combined with SoftSpokenSadist. He's sounds disturbingly polite, well-spoken, and innocently childish even as he guilt trips Velvet with the reveal of Laphicet's sacrifice.
* FinalBoss: The Malak that's armatized with Artorius in the final battle.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Invoked by Artorius. When facing Laphicet, Innominat forgot he can digest malevolence, and that Laphicet being a fragment of Innominat would possess a similar power - the silver flames that burn malevolence. So his attempt to fill Laphicet with malevolence to turn him into a dragon would backfire spectacularly. It's also implied he never knew about the power of the silver flame, as it purifies malevolence but ''doesn't'' devour it.
* HolyHalo: His halos are also portals which can be used to summon his dragon form.
* HopelessBossFight: Similar to Artorius, he is also introduced this way in the first time fought.
* HorrorHunger: He craves malevolence for sustenance and if he doesn't get what he acquires for sustenance he will go berserk, before eventually falling into slumber.
* HumanSacrifice: He requires two humans to be sacrificed to manifest on the earth. [[spoiler: The first Scarlet Night with Celica's unborn child. Laphicet's sacrifice on the second completed the ritual.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Preaches that humanity should live a life of perfect order without the burden of unnecessary emotions. He's as calm and serene as you'd expect of a god with that agenda... as long as everything is going unconditionally right for him. As soon as anyone disagrees with him, acts against his expectations, or denies him malevolence to feed on, he turns into a ''highly'' emotional, sadistic, spoiled little ''[[SpoiledBrat brat]]''.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: He's not exactly wrong when he points out the consequences of Velvet's quest for revenge, but he still comes off as extremely hypocritical for turning her into a therion in the first place, which amplified her hatred and despair to fuel her vengefulness.
* {{Jerkass}}: Flat out tells Velvet she's a monster and should kill herself for betraying her brother's wishes for her to be safe and happy. What really cements this is that he was the one who turned her into a therion in the first place in order to use her to absorb malevolence and later eat her, meaning [[{{Hypocrite}} he betrayed Laphicet first]].
* LightIsNotGood: A Malak of light who seeks to strip the world of all emotions, individuality, and kill anyone who doesn't submit to his and the Abbey's tyrannical regime.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Exploit's Teresa's feelings for her brother by giving her the idea of armatizing with a Therion. It ends up backfiring later when her soul was one of the four needed to wake the Four Elemental Empyreans]].
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Or rather the ''vessel'' influences the Empyrean. [[spoiler: By the end, Innominat is basically a bratty Laphi and his reaction to Velvet sacrificing [[TragicKeepsake the comb her brother gave her]] shows that Laphi's memories are effecting him a lot more than they seemed to at first.]]
* NecessaryEvil: In a BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil way. [[spoiler: His power alone is what keeps the Four Elemental Empyreans' own powers from running rampant and damaging the planet, which is why they come to the party to request a replacement for Innominat since he's been permanently sealed away]]. [[spoiler: Additionally, the revelation of the Heavenly Seraphim showed more light on how necessary his role was. Until Laphicet's purification powers came along, he was the best means of handling malevolence if it ever got on a large scale.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Malak!Laphicet gained a fragment of Innominat's power that allows him to reduce Malevolence without taking away free will.]]
* NotSoStoic: Usually not very expressive unless he starts getting hungry, which usually results in him throwing tantrums.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His original form is an eastern dragon of pure light made up of eight dragon heads [[spoiler:seven of which are Daemons and his vessel a Malak]].
* PiecesOfGod: His power is separated among two sacrifices used to summon him. His vessel getting most of the power. He can devour the other sacrifice to regain his full power, however.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler: The Abbey planned on converting Hexen Isle and the Calix into a place that housed several caged Dragons as a means to assure that he can suppress the whole world while still having a reliable supply of malevolence to feed off of instead of running dry and going back to slumber]].
* PureIsNotGood: He is pure compared to others, and even devours malevolence that is supposed to corrupt his kind. His domain makes others pure by devouring their malevolence as well. [[spoiler:Even the Therions that represent his seven other heads that devour the eight types of malevolence are "a purity of impurity".]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Though he claims to be [[spoiler: the reincarnation of Laphicet Crowe]] in reality he's only his vessel and it's merely just Innominat who, due to having him as a vessel, possesses his appearance and carries his memories. He only claims to be that to [[HeroicBSOD break Velvet]].
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Sealed away by Velvet along with herself at the end of the game. He feeds off her malevolence as she converts his power into malevolence to form a eternal cycle.]]
* TragicMonster: What he ends up as by the end. Under the HolierThanThou persona and emotional manipulation, he's still a frightened, angry child who can't escape his hunger.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: [[spoiler: Smiles as he tortures Aifread and forces Silva to turn into a dragon.]]
* {{Unperson}}: Implied to have been subjected to this in Zestiria where the only proof of his existence was in the final dungeon.
* VillainousBreakdown: During the final battle, his "Innominat" personality cracks when he accidentally shatters Velvet's comb. By the time Artorius dies, he's a weeping, starving, barely coherent wreck.
* YinYangBomb: Despite being an Empyrean [[spoiler:the therion Daemons are considered a part of him.]]
[[/folder]]


[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!!The Original Seraphim

The Seraphim that reside in the heavenly realm that all earthly seraphim[[note]]Malakhim in Berseria[[/note]] are descended from.
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* FixingTheGame: They made a bet with the Seraphim that descended down to the earthly realm that they couldn't live peacefully with humans with the stakes being that if the original seraphim won they would destroy both humanity and the descended seraphim. They cheated by placing a curse that would cause humans who were exposed to too much malevolence to become daemons and seraphim who were exposed to become dragons effectively making it impossible for the descended seraphim to win the bet.
* TheGhost: Despite being the overall villains of both games they never physically make an appearance.
* GreaterScopeVillain: To both Tales of Berseria and Tales of Zestiria. They're the entire reason daemons and dragons exist to begin with meaning they're also the reason Heldalf became the Lord Of Calamity and the reason Innominat needs to exist at all.
* HiddenVillain: Their existence is hidden outside of the main story and can only be discovered by completing the BonusDungeon.
* KarmaHoudini: They have yet to receive any sort of comeuppance for attempting to commit genocide on the human race. [[FridgeBrilliance Unless all the recurrences of malevolence wiped them out.]]
* TheLonelyDoor: The entrance to their realm at the end of the BonusDungeon is one of these. You can't go through it, but there are several others like it that you do go through to reach it.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their very existence completely alters the context to the stories of both games.
[[/folder]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Averted. [[spoiler:Even though she gets consumed by Velvet early on, more of her backstory is eventually revealed later in the game and it turns out she's the reincarnation of Celica. And judging by her interactions in Velvet's dreams, she must be alive in some form inside Velvet.]]

* RunningGag: His tail has been subjected to numerous jokes since as a Lizardman Daemon, it's implied that his tail grows back, just like a regular lizard. Some jokes include Rokurou using Dyle's tail as cutting practice, or Dyle's tail being constantly scared off by a curious Kamoana.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: One of the more confusing elements about Magilou is that the game implies she might not be human, or at least, not fully human anymore. For starters, she has pointed ears, constantly refers to humanity in the third person, is much older than she looks, is extremely skilled in magic, and is seemingly immune to a disease that only affects humans. At the same time however she is effected by the cold, something Malakhim and Therions are explicitly shown to no longer be effected by, and requires normal food like anyone not a Daemon or Malak. She also was adopted by [[spoiler: Melchior, who had been using an Oath to extend his life, and was, prior to being adopted, apparently a normal human girl (abet with powerful resonance)]]. Adding to the ambiguity is the fact that she requires Bienfu to cast artes like an Exorcist, which comes from [[spoiler: being the lost Legate, and being Melchior's student]]. Regardless of if she truly isn't human anymore in some capacity, or is just an extreme narcissist who thinks too highly of herself to consider herself human, she ends the game mysterious for sure.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: One of the more confusing elements about Magilou is that the game implies she might not be human, or at least, not fully human anymore. For starters, she has pointed ears, constantly refers to humanity in the third person, is much older than she looks, is extremely skilled in magic, and is seemingly immune to a disease that only affects humans. At the same time however she is effected by the cold, something Malak's and Therion's are explicitly shown to no longer be effected by, and requires normal food like anyone not a Daemon or Malak. She also was adopted by [[spoiler: Melchior, who had been using a pack to extend his life, and was, prior to being adopted, apparently a normal human girl]]. Adding to the ambiguity is the fact that she requires Bienfu to cast artes like an Exorcist, which comes from [[spoiler: being the lost Legate, and being Melchior's student]]. Regardless of if she truly isn't human anymore in some capacity, or is just an extreme narcissist who thinks too highly of herself to consider herself human, she ends the game mysterious for sure.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: One of the more confusing elements about Magilou is that the game implies she might not be human, or at least, not fully human anymore. For starters, she has pointed ears, constantly refers to humanity in the third person, is much older than she looks, is extremely skilled in magic, and is seemingly immune to a disease that only affects humans. At the same time however she is effected by the cold, something Malak's and Therion's are explicitly shown to no longer be effected by, and requires normal food like anyone not a Daemon or Malak. She also was adopted by [[spoiler: Melchior, who had been using a pack to extend his life, and was prior to being adopted apparently a normal human girl]]. Adding to the ambiguity is the fact that she's not a daemon or a malak as shown by the fact that she requires Bienfu to cast artes and again, isn't immune to the weather. Her backstory also reveals she was adopted by [[spoiler: Melchior, who had been using a pact to extend his life, and, prior to being adopted, a normal human girl]]. Regardless of if she truly isn't human anymore in some capacity, or is just an extreme narcissist who thinks too highly of herself to consider herself human, she ends the game mysterious for sure.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: She's implied to not be human, but she's not a daemon or a malak. She has pointed ears, constantly refers to humanity in the third person, is much older than she looks, and is seemingly immune to a disease that only affects humans. Her father is human, but she's adopted and he's centuries old anyway. Considering the game already has a couple characters from other worlds, it's possible that she's an elf or a half-elf. Or maybe she's just an extreme narcissist who thinks too highly of herself to consider herself human.

** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi?]] Let see? Her prologue has her black hair with a pigtail, check. Failed to save someone? Double Check. Becomes the [[GodOfEvil god of evil in end?]] Oh yes. She's already a demon to begin with. Made it more of an [[ActorAllusion Actor Allusion]] that one who voiced her is non other than [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee herself!]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: A lot of her characteristics imply she may not be human. She isn't referred to as a malak either nor does she call herself one, making her status even odder. After making a pact with Bienfu, she insists she's not an exorcist either. She may just be an extreme narcissist who thinks too highly of herself to be referred as a human.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: During a climactic confrontation with the party, he quotes a speech from Claudin expressing the hero's belief that humanity will one day overcome the emotions that cause Malevolence. [[spoiler:As a couple of Normin imply and some optional dialog later confirms, he's taking those lines ''completely'' out of context; the original speech was Claudin exposing his believe that Humanity are strong enough to thrive ''despite'' constantly producing Malevolence. Whether Melchior is suffering MotiveDecay in his [[Really700YearsOld old age]] or had his own plans from the start is left as an exercise for the player.]]

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Velvet bases her identity in this, knowing that her desire to kill Artorius is based in a selfish desire for revenge, and that's before she learns he's become a VillainWithGoodPublicity that effectively controls the world. She knows her motives are a [[HeroWithBadPublicity PR nightmare]] and isn't afraid to tell anyone who offers her aid that she fully intends to murder the Shepherd with [[AndThenWhat no realm long-term goal beyond that]]. She so completely thinks of herself as a monster that she'll often [[MetaphoricallyTrue doctor the facts]] ''against'' herself - when recounting her escape from [[HellholePrison Titania]], she says she was freed by a rogue Malak, and [[HorrorHunger consumed]] her rescuer on the way out to awaken her powers. She leaves out that Seres was [[TakingTheBullet mortally wounded protecting Velvet from an attack]] and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled begged to be consumed so her death would tangibly help]]. Velvet thinks her goals make her inherently unsympathetic, but when her full picture is finally made clear, an antagonistic teammate-by-circumstance completely loses any resolve to betray her.
* TheUnfettered: There's literally nothing Velvet wouldn't do to kill Artorius, and it can get rather frightening. Trapped in a prison filled with daemons? Just start and riot and use the prisoners as a distraction. Reach the very top of the prison and find there's no way down? Just jump down using the mountain wall as balance. Dislocated shoulder on the way down? Just pop it back into place. Lose a HopelessBossFight against Artorius? Just try again, grinning eagerly audaciously at the challenge. Even if it's her own well-being, it doesn't matter to her. This actually fascinates Rokurou, Eizen, and Seres, who all find her intense passion and relentless drive to push through every obstacle inspiring.

* CoolBigSis: She was this to her younger brother. She appears to try taking on this role for Laphicet.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Arguably with Teresa, as their family has a ritual where they share earrings with their betrothed. He shared his with his sister when he was little, although at the time he apparently didn't know they were meant for his future fiancée.

** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi?]] Let see? Her prologue has her black hair with a pigtail, check. Failed to save someone? Double Check. Becomes the [[GodOfEvil god of evil in end?]] Oh yes. Made it more of an [[ActorAllusion Actor Allusion]] that one who voiced her is non other than [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee herself!]]

** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi?]] Let see? black hair wears a pigtail, check. Failed to save someone? Double Check. Becomes the [[GodOfEvil god of evil in end?]] Oh yes. Made it more of an [[ActorAllusion Actor Allusion]] that one who voiced her is non other than [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee herself!]]

** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi?]] Let see? black hair wears a pigtail, check. Failed to save someone? Double Check. Becomes the [[GodOfEvil god of evil in end?]] Oh yes. Made it more of an Actor Allusion that one who voiced her is non other than [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee herself!]]

** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi?]]Let see? black hair wears a pigtail, check. Failed to save someone? Double Check. Becomes the god of evil in end? Oh yes. Made it more of an Actor Allusion that one who voiced her is non other than [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee herself!]]