Kingdom of Liberl: Estelle's Party | Liberl Royalty and Military | Liberl Civilians
Crossbell State: Crossbell Government and Influential Groups | Crossbell Police and Military | Special Support Section | Crossbell Civilians
Erebonian Empire: Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses | The Ironbloods | Erebonia Military | Thors' Staff and Instructors | Thors Class VII (Rean Schwarzer | Original Class VII (Part One, Part Two) || New Class VII) | Main Campus Classes | Branch Campus | Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups | Imperial Liberation Front
Republic of Calvard: Calvard Miscellaneous | Arkride Solutions Office
Other Nations: Remiferia Miscellaneous | Elsaim Miscellaneous
Notable Groups: The Bracer Guild | Ouroboros (The Seven Anguis | Enforcers) | Jaeger Corps | Septian Church
Others: Ancient Zemurian Civilization | The Sept-Terrions and the Holy Beasts | Posthumous Characters
The Crossbell Police acts as the main law enforcement agency within the borders of the country. However, it is lacking in power because of the growing influence of mafias and politicians from the Empire of Erebonia and Republic of Calvard.
Due to its buffer state status, Crossbell is only allowed a relatively small Self-Defense Force of their own, in the frontier gates of both Erebonia and Calvard. They are more or less an army In Name Only, as they don't have the technology to counter the Empire's dreaded railway guns and the Republic's airship fleet. As such, they are often associated with the Crossbell Police and the local Bracer Guild during national incidents.
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Crossbell Police Department (CPD)
In General
- Dirty Cop: Several officers, up to the commissioner, as revealed in Zero are on the take of several mafia and Corrupt Politicians, which does not help with their reputation. A good chunk of them are discharged following the end of Zero due to the massive political upheaval caused by the Gnosis incident.
- Leitmotif: "C.S.P.D. −Crossbell State Police Department−" from Zero.
- Police Are Useless: They have this reputation. Due to Crossbell's status as a buffer state, the political need to keep a balance between the pro-Empire, pro-Republic, and anti-both factions, and the fact that many of the major criminal groups have ties to one of those factions to allow them to bribe their way out of trouble (and the government's limited ability to arrest and hold foreign nationals), the police basically isn't allowed to be useful. This has resulted in the public putting more trust in the bracers, who aren't hamstrung by the highly corrupt government, than in the police force, much to the frustration of several competent members of the force. Even in Azure, a Terrible Trio of Upper-Class Twits are allowed to rampage across Crossbell's roads with little more than fines and slaps on the wrist for most of the game because they're Calvardian, and karma only catches up to them because of Dieter's reforms.
Alex Dudley
Dudley, as depicted in Azure Evolution
Dudley, as depicted in Reverie
- Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese), Christopher Corey Smith (English)
An investigator in the elite First Division, he and the SSS clash over jurisdiction and he is one of many police officers who dismiss the SSS as nothing more than a publicity stunt.
- The Ace: Of the First Division.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Almost constantly in his detective's uniform, even in battle.
- Baritone of Strength: He's a detective with a lot of combat experience and Kazuya Nakai gives him a low voice to match his prowess.
- Birds of a Feather: Reverie shows him getting along swimmingly with Machias, another guy with green hair, a blue suit, glasses, and a serious demeanor. The two also look alike.
- Blue Is Heroic: Dresses primarily in his blue detective's uniform, and while harsh outwardly, is still a fair and heroic cop with a strong sense of justice.
- By-the-Book Cop: Takes regulations and procedures very seriously, which put him at odds with Guy Bannings and later on the SSS who were more willing to bend the rules to do what was right.
- Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them: Guy and Dudley respected one another but never really got along as a result of their opposite demeanors. When Guy was killed, it hit Dudley harder than he thought it would and he desperately searched for any leads regarding the killer.
- Combination Attack: His Combo Craft with Lloyd is Hearts of Iron.
- Crutch Character: As a result of his experience, he tends to have this role when he joins the party as a Guest-Star Party Member. Notable examples in Azure are in the Prologue (where he serves as this while being overshadowed by Arios) and in Chapter 2.
- Coat Over the Shoulder: He sometimes poses like this in official artwork and the coat comes off dramatically when executing his S-Crafts.
- Curtains Match the Windows: His hair and eyes are both dark green.
- Defrosting Ice King: After seeing their determination and ability to get results, he warms up to the SSS and starts working with them instead of against them.
- Demoted to Extra: Despite his return in Reverie, he is not a playable character.
- 11th-Hour Ranger: He is the last playable character to officially join the party in Azure.
- Embarrassing Nickname: KeA calls him "Doodles".
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: His Tough Love Craft invokes this, punching an ally and restoring their health and CP in the process.
- Guest-Star Party Member: In Zero, he temporarily joins the party to investigate Revache's building.
- The Gunslinger: He is the only male playable character of the Crossbell Arc who fights with firearms, whereas the others all fight primarily in melee. That said, he isn't above getting up close and personal as his Victory Charge Craft has him striking the enemies with a souped-up rugby tackle, while his S-Craft Justice Hammer consists of a Megaton Punch.
- Hand Cannon: He uses a military-grade orbal pistol, noted to be rather heavy but with incredible stopping power.
- Jaded Professional: It's made clear that a strong part of his prickly demeanor is a result of having to deal with the rampant corruption in Crossbell's government that has reduced the police to be ineffective and allowed several criminals to walk free without consequence for years.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is initially rude and standoffish to the SSS, seeing them as naive rookies way in over their heads. But as time goes on, and they prove their capabilities and convictions, he starts to warm up to them.
- Jurisdiction Friction: Comes into conflict at times with the SSS over jurisdiction, outright taking over a case from them in Chapter 1 of Zero involving a mafia-backed plot to assassinate the mayor as it falls under the 1st Division's purview. Conversation with other officers confirms that he has done so with other cases in the past, and also clashes with the Bracer Guild over this as well.
- La RĂ©sistance: Forms one with other CSPD members following the awakening of Azure Demiourgos, which is folded into the larger anti-Erebonian resistance after the end of the game.
- Last-Name Basis: He calls everyone in the SSS by their last names, in contrast to the much more informal First-Name Basis that most everyone else is on.
- Limit Break: His S-Craft in Zero is Justice Hammer, with Azure throwing in Justice Magnum.
- Ma'am Shock: Did not take it well when KeA called him a grumpy old man.
- Meaningful Name: His first name Alex is a shortened form of Alexander, which means 'defender of the people.' Fitting for a no-nonsense police officer.
- Megaton Punch: His Justice Hammer S-Craft consists of one.
- The Mentor: During the period between Zero and Azure, he mentors Lloyd while he is training with the First Division.
- Not So Above It All:
- About shoes. He is quite picky about his leather shoes and has them tailor-made, and when Lloyd comments that he mostly wears sneakers, he explains the advantages of his shoes compared to Lloyd.
- Despite his veneer of stoic professionalism, he's very much a Large Ham as a party member, with his attack calls being especially dramatic.
- His reactions when KeA gets his name wrong and calls him a grumpy old man are utterly comical.
- Out of Focus:
- He's really lacking in screen time during Azure, being playable in the first dungeon and then only appearing sporadically after that until almost the final dungeon. He's also absent from both the Michelam Wonderland intermission and the special bond scenes at the end of the game.
- Taken even further in Reverie, where he became the only playable member of the Crossbell arcnote to be cutscene-only.
- Shotguns Are Just Better: He carries a shotgun for use in one of his Crafts. It comes with the enviable bonus of lowering DEF by 50% and having a huge effect area.
- Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Years of dealing with the rampant corruption in Crossbell's government and legal system have left him rather jaded and frustrated, which caused some of his earlier clashes with the SSS as he saw them as naive and idealistic rookies.
- Take Your Time: When he tags along during Zero to investigate the Revache building, he will lampshade this trope if you do the Absolute Zero side-quest.Dudley: A weapon modification, then ? Lucky me, being here to witness such a rare spectacle.
Randy: Hey, so you're getting into it after all. I'm proud of ya, Specs!
Dudley: You idiot. I was being sarcastic! Why are we involving ourselves with trivial requests in the middle of a huge situation?! - That One Case: As he reveals in Zero, Guy Bannings's murder is this to him as the man was essentially his rival.
- Two First Names: His last name, Dudley, is a common English first name.
Fran Seeker
Fran during Zero and Azure
Fran depicted in Reverie
- Voiced by: Moyu Arishima (Japanese), Kayli Mills (English)
Noel's younger sister (and biggest fan), she works as a receptionist at CSPD Headquarters and coordinates the SSS' assignments.
- Big Sister Worship: She adores her older sister. A lot.
- Company Cross References: Her beloved stuffed animal Ban Ban originated in the Gagharv Trilogy, another game series by Falcom.
- Genki Girl: She is frequently in a rather cheerful mood.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: She has a stuffed teddy bear she's rather fond of named Ban Ban.
- Girlish Pigtails: She wears her hair in a pair of pigtails in contrast to her tomboyish older sister who has Boyish Short Hair and to emphasize her childish personality.
- Letting Her Hair Down: The first time she's shown with her hair down was while she was hospitalized at St Ursula's following the Red Constellation's attack on Crossbell in Azure.
- Mission Control: She's responsible for supporting the SSS from headquarters and doesn't do field work. This eventually gives her the opportunity to support her beloved Noel directly.
- Bridge Bunny: When she joins you onboard Wazy's Merkabah.
Pierre
Pierre, as depicted in Akatsuki no Kiseki
- Voiced by: Yusei Oda (Japanese, Evolution games)
A senior officer in the Crossbell Police Department.
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: At one point, he wakes up after a drunken stupor to find he's lost his wedding ring. Lloyd and Tio are forced to ask Zeit to use his scent to retrace his steps, finding a wild and meandering journey around the Entertainment District and Back Alley with stories of incoherent babbling about his wife that ends with him flirting with a hostess and giving her the missing ring.
- Henpecked Husband: Is shown to be this to his wife, who is capable of intimidating him into submission with just a few words, and has no trouble badmouthing him to his face or behind his back without batting an eye, which even made the SSS members wince.
- Mistaken for Cheating: A sidequest in Azure has him talk the SSS into trailing his wife, thinking that she was cheating on him with another man. It turns out the man she was meeting was a real estate agent offering her a new property near Mishelam so she could live on her own.
- Jerkass: Corrupt and not very appreciative of the SSS. He does soften up a bit by the end of Azure, though.
- Number Two: He's somehow the police department's second-in-command.
- Pet the Dog: In the final chapter of Azure, he seems truly concerned about the SSS putting themselves in danger. It's one of the few moments showing that he does have some decency in him. He can later be seen in Reverie giving a genuinely heartfelt speech to a group of Crossbell PD officers.
- Pointy-Haired Boss: Shows little in the way of competence, yet remains the police department's second-in-command. It's implied that while he's next to useless in a crisis, he is still a skilled administrator.
Donovan and Raymond
Donovan and Raymond, respectively
A pair from the Second Division often seen together, consisting of a gruff but well-meaning inspector and a flirty and easy-going detective respectively.
- Guest-Star Party Member: During a sidequest to (once again) arrest the elderly counterfeiter, Raymond briefly assists the player in battle as an NPC ally, armed with his gun.
- Taking the Bullet: During the Red Constellation's raid on Crossbell, Donovan jumps in the way of a grenade to shield Raymond and Fran from the blast. This sacrifice lands him in the hospital, on a ventilator.
Guy Bannings
See his entry in Posthumous Characters.
Crossbell Guardian Force (CGF)
In General
- Brainwashed and Crazy: The entirety of Bellguard Gate, including Mireille, was unknowingly given Gnosis during Zero's Final Chapter so that they could be controlled by the Cult and attack the Crossbell Police.
- My God, What Have I Done?: In "Road to the Future", the atmosphere at Bellguard Gate in the aftermath of the Cult incident is noted to be morose, the personnel too traumatized and terrified of a repeat to keep up with their training.Randy: The only damage was to the police and some buildings, right? 'Sides, you were all drugged. It wasn't your—
Mireille: There's no excuse for it! And the citizens aren't so forgiving.
Second Lieutenant Noel Seeker
See here.
Commander Preston
Preston, as depicted in Akatsuki no Kiseki
- Appearances: Zero
Commander of the CGF, responsible for kicking Randy out. Completely inept and corrupt, he's the main source of morale problems in the CGF.
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: At one point, he gets so drunk he loses the key to an armored car - a new model with vulcan cannons and other such weaponry - resulting in it being stuck in full view at the Erebonian border checkpoint. During the biggest tourist week of the year, and on the doorstep of an expansionist state. The CGF soldiers stationed there have to cover it in a tarp until it can be moved to prevent an international incident and possible invasion, and that just results in people becoming curious as to what's under the tarp, meaning it's a race against time to find the key before curiosity gets the better of a tourist.
- General Failure: He's rarely at his post, and Bellguard Gate personnel prefer it that way because he causes nothing but trouble, including potential international incidents with Erebonia, when he does bother to show up. Late into Zero, he lets Guenter trick him into distributing Gnosis, leading to all Bellguard Gate personnel ending up Brainwashed and Crazy. All of this gets him fired come Azure.
- The Ghost: While mentioned, he was never seen or even named in the main series. The non-canon mobile game, Akatsuki no Kiseki, provided him with a character design and one name.
Commander Sonya Baelz
Sonya in her Crossbell Defense Force uniform
- Voiced by: Naomi Shindo (Japanese)Rank: Deputy Commander, Commander (Azure)
The sub-commander (later promoted to commander) of the CGF.
- Amicable Exes: She still gets along fairly well with her ex-husband, Sergei.
- Rank Up: Following the ending of Zero when her superior officer Preston is fired, Sonya is promoted from Deputy commander of the CGF to its commander in Azure.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Even after her superior officer booted Randy from the CGF, she still made the effort to recommend him to the Crossbell Police.
First Lieutenant Mireille
Mireille, as depicted in Azure
Mireille, as depicted in Reverie
- Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Allegra Clark (English)Rank: Warrant Officer, Second Lieutenant (Azure), First Lieutenant (Reverie)
A warrant officer (later ensign) in the CGF. She's a former colleague of Randy, and she still looks out for him even after he transfers to the SSS.
- Ascended Extra: In Azure, she gets her own portrait, as well as a role in the main story instead of just sidequests.
- Convenient Coma: From Lloyd's chapter 4 in Reverie all the way to the end of the game, she ends up in a coma. She only wakes up a week after the final battle of the game.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: She has this reputation among her fellow CGF members.
- Elite Mook: She appears during the defense of the IBC during the Final Chapter of Zero as a slightly stronger enemy.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Due to the commander's antics, she is basically in charge of Bellguard Gate during Zero. With Sonya moving in during Azure, she has less on her plate but still remain a critical member of the leadership.
- Implied Love Interest: It's obvious that she has a crush on Randy, and there's some hints that he might reciprocate. Confirmed in Reverie, where a scene from the credits shows him proposing to her.
- It Was a Gift: She has a brooch that Randy gave to her as congratulations for her promotion. Her deep cherishing of it is one notable example of her real feelings towards him. Granted, she'll still probably claim it's nothing special.
- La RĂ©sistance: She and the rest of the Bellguard CGF members refused to go along with Dieter's plan near the end of Azure, which led to this. Naturally, she also joins the larger group that forms the resistance against Erebonian occupation following the conclusion of the game.
- The Mutiny: She leads one during Azure after Dieter declare himself president and the CGF is reorganized into the Defense Force, taking members of Bellguard Gate along with her and forming a resistance force in Mainz.
- Official Couple: With Randy by the epilogue of Reverie. The ring on his finger in one of the ending credits' pictures confirms that she accepted his marriage proposal.
- Only One Name: Whatever her last name might be, the player never gets to hear it.
- Rank Up: Following the events of Zero, Mireille was promoted from a warrant officer to Second Lieutenant of the CGF in Azure. By the time of Reverie, she was later promoted again to the rank of First Lieutenant.
- Satellite Character: She's largely defined by her relationship with Randy.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Despite being ordered to join the newly-formed Defense Force during Azure, Mireille and many officers of Bellguard Gate choose to openly rebel against the regime and side with the SSS.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Her interactions with Randy in a nutshell, where she alternates being flustered when he compliments her and being annoyed when he starts teasing her. Beyond that, she's nothing but nice when interacting with the rest of the SSS.
- Tsundere: Towards Randy, complete with frequent adding of "Stupidnote " to his name. She cares for him, but in part due to his general attitude, she hides her interest behind her general frustration with him.
- Weak, but Skilled: When fought as one of the mind-controlled soldiers during the IBC raid in Zero, Mireille actually has slightly lower stats than the other soldiers you fight. She makes up for this by having insanely fast arts-casting speednote and using a variety of powerful weapons in her Crafts (similar to fellow CGF member Noel).
Deputy Commander Douglas
Douglas, as depicted in Akatsuki no Kiseki
- Appearances: AzureRank: Deputy Commander (Azure)
A member of the CGF, promoted to vice commander after Sonya's promotion.
- The Ace: He's considered the CGF's number one, combat-wise.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Second-in-command of the CGF, also considered the strongest fighter in it.
- Badass Teacher: Served as an instructor at the police academy for some time, during which he taught Noel and Lloyd. Also taught Randy how to use a stun halberd.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty:Is known to be this to his former students at the academy and the troops under his command for his extremely strict training regiment, granting him the nickname of Douglas the Demon.
- Number Two: Becomes Sonya's second-in-command.
- Rank Up: Following the end of Zero, Douglas was promoted from an unknown rank to Deputy Commander of the CGF.
- Saying Too Much: Accidentally lets slip to the SSS that Sergei and Sonya used to be married, having assumed they had already been informed by one of them. Upon learning that wasn't the case, he feebly asks that they not mention it.
