The list of characters in Trials of Mana.
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Mana Sanctuary
Faerie
Voiced by Maaya Uchida (Japanese), Stephanie Panisello (English)
Spiritual seed of the Tree of Mana
- "We are searching for the elementals that reside near the Mana Stones of the world."
- Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence: Becomes the new Goddess of Mana after the Mana Tree has been destroyed.
- Ball of Light Transformation: She appears as one when arriving at the lake near Astoria, but then reverts to her faerie form for the rest of the game.
- The Chooser of the One: She, like the rest of her kin, was assigned to pick someone worthy to be the Mana Tree’s new hero. Her choice was out of desperation, but it still worked.
- Closest Thing We Got: She imparts herself on whomever is chosen as the main character not because of any personality trait or because of some previous goal. It's because they happened to be the closest person nearby.
- A Dog Named "Dog": A faerie apparently named Faerie. At least, she never gives a personal name.
- Exposition Fairy: She knows a lot about the Mana Holyland, why it's in every hero's best interest to get there, and how to do so, so she serves as your guide.
- Fairy Companion: She's your companion, regardless of the hero that the player chose, and she is, of course, a faerie.
- Heroic Sacrifice: No matter which of the three villains is defeated, the power of the world's Mana is drained and the Mana Tree is dead. This will in turn lead to Faerie's death as well, but because of the bonds of friendship and belief she made with the characters over the journey, she will someday in the future be reborn as the new Mana Goddess to restore the world.
- Hostage for MacGuffin: About the time the Sword of Mana is first claimed by the protagonists, the Faerie gets kidnapped by their hostile party and used as a bargaining chip to turn the Sword over.
- Last Request: No matter who the Big Bad is, he kills Faerie before taking out the heroes. Before all was lost, Faerie uses up the last of her strength to deal a crippling blow to the final boss, then revives the party to full strength. She begs them that no matter what, they must win and save the world. The heroes make sure to grant her final wish.
- Mr. Exposition: Serves to detail a lot about the world and Mana itself.
Mana Goddess
Voiced by Maaya Uchida (Japanese), Stephanie Panisello (English)
The Goddess of Fa'Diel.
She used the Mana Sword to slay the Benevodons and sealed them away into the Mana Stones, then used the sword as a staff to create the world. Upon completing the world's creation, she transformed into a tree and fell into a deep slumber.
Faerie is on a mission to find a hero that can make it to the Sanctuary of Mana and obtain the sword, which would also awaken the Goddess from her slumber.
- All-Loving Hero: Despite being a warrior goddess, she's also benevolent and healed the world for its residents.
- Garden Garment: The remake has her wear a leaf-based kind of dress, with vines as accessories.
- God's Hands Are Tied: She is a supreme goddess, but when the Big Bad syphons the energy she infuses in all things and people, it drains her very essence to keep sustaining the world, so she grows too weak and them too powerful for her to do much.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Uses the last of her life to save the corrupted Heath, after he used his own life to heal the Priest of Light, so he would have another chance. The Goddess herself was already dying, anyway.
- Lady of War: Don't let her unassuming looks fool you, she did not create the Mana Sword to make a pretty ornament.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: And braided in long plaits to make it longer.
- Mother Goddess: The Creator Deity of the world whose power infuses and nurtures life in all its forms.
- Mother Nature: Between her Garden Garment, green hair and being incarnated as a World Tree, she has a strong nature theme.
- Retired Badass: She does not has much chance to shine, but in the Dawn of Time she fought all eight of the monstrously powerful Benevodons at their mightiest and handed them their asses on a silver platter.
- World Tree: Incarnated herself as the Mana Tree, diffusing magic and life-force all over. The problem being that weakening the tree means weakening her and that killing the tree... Well.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green, fitting her Mother Nature theme.
Elemental Spirits
Magical beings that represent an element that makes up the world. In General
- Elemental Powers: Each spirit is associated with a different element, with there being eight in total.
- Gotta Catch Them All: As usual, the eight Elementals (plus Faerie) are needed to unlock the Sanctuary.
Sylphid
The elemental spirit of Wind.
Sylphid and the Windstone are found in the Gusthall, located near the Laurent Citadel. He joins the party and proves vital to taking back the Citadel from the invading Navarlean forces.
- Blow You Away: As the spirit of wind, his powers revolve around it and he unlocks the Wind Saber, as well as the Cyclone spell.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: The Darkshine Knight subdued Sylphid and was draining his power, using it to summon Harcypete.
- Dub Name Change: His Japanese name is 'Jinn', but gets officially translated as Sylphid.
- I Owe You My Life: After Faerie heals him, Sylphid agrees to join the party out of gratitude.
- Shock and Awe: His stronger magical spell to unlock is Thunderstorm, a lightning-based attack.
Gnome
The elemental spirit of Earth.
Gnome is the patron of the dwarves and rather easy-going. The Earthstone is found in the Gem Valley, but Gnome himself usually resides at an altar near the dwarven village.
- Dishing Out Dirt: As the elemental spirit of Earth, he unlocks offensive spells like Diamond Shards and Earthquake, as well as the Earth Saber and Defense buff.
- Major Injury Under Reaction: Cares little that he was almost eaten by the Jewel Eater and considers it a lucky coincidence that he avoided it in time.
Undine
The elemental spirit of Water.
Undine and the Waterstone are located in the Labyrinth of Ice on the cold continent near the Kingdom of Altena.
- An Ice Person: Mostly associated with ice in Trials of Mana, with her being found in the Labyrinth of Ice. She unlocks the Ice Saber buff and the offensive magic spells Ice Smash and Spike Freeze.
- Making a Splash: Commonly associated with water in most World of Mana games, but downplayed in this game. The Spike Freeze spell does initially show a whirlpool of water, before a stalagmite bursts out of it.
- Tender Tears: Moved to tears when hearing the party's resolve to save the world. She states that the decrease in mana has made her more emotional.
- Water Is Womanly: A kind and caring spirit that takes on the appearance of a mermaid.
Dryad
The elemental spirit of Wood.
Dryad is the final elemental spirit to join the party, found in the Lampbloom Woods. The Woodstone is located in the Woods of Wandara.
- Green Thumb: As the elemental spirit of Wood, also said to be the one closest and most important spirit because of its close assosciation to the Mana Tree itself. Dryad unlocks the Leaf Saber and Sleep Flower spell.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: Can barely get through a sentence without apologizing for her actions causing trouble or otherwise putting herself down. It's a consistent trait across the World of Mana series, considering herself incredibly weak because of the decrease in Mana.
- Plant Hair: Her hair is put back into a wild ponytail that amplifies her appearance as a sentient palm tree.
Salamando
The elemental spirit of Fire.
Salamando resides in the scorching desert of Burning Sands, inside the aptly named Fire Gorge. The Firestone is located at the same spot.
- Burning with Anger: In the original version, prior to joining the party, Salamando expresses his anger at Belladonna releasing the seal on the Firestone by casting Fireball unto himself.
- Fiery Salamander: Commonly depicted with a lizard-like appearance.
- Playing with Fire: As the elemental spirit of Fire, his offensives spells are Fireball and Explode. He also unlocks the Fire Saber spell and the Strengthen buff.
- Spell My Name With An S: His name is spelled as Salamander in the Japanese version and Salamando in the official translations.
Luna
The elemental spirit of the Moon.
Luna is found right outside the Chartmoon Tower and joins the party, with her powers needed to unlock paths in the Lampbloom Woods. The Moonstone is inside the tower itself.
- Lunacy: As the elemental spirit of the Moon, with her poweres being moon-based. She unlocks the Moon Saber and the Change Form spell, along with powers like the Half Eclipse.
- Raise Him Right This Time: Reveals that the only way she can help save Ludgar is to reincarnate him into a baby, giving him another chance at life. He does manage to survive in the Duskmoon Forest long enough to be trained by Kevin in the ending.
Lumina
Voiced by Aiko Ohno (Japanese), Dave Volpe (English)
The elemental spirit of Light.
Lumina is the first spirit to join the party, being found inside the Cascade Cavern near the Holy City of Wendel. The Lightstone is located in the Shimmering Ruins.
- Dub Name Change: Their Japanese name is Will O' Wisp, but gets officially translated as Lumina.
- Gender-Blender Name: Lumina is a female name, but gets used even when the spirit is considered male.
- Light 'em Up: As the elemental spirit of Light, they bestow light-based powers onto the party. They unlock the Saint Saber and healing magic like Heal Light and Twinkle Rain, with their offensive spells being Holy Bolt and Lucent Beam.
- Light Is Good: The light elemental is a force of good.
- She's a Man in Japan: Inverted, as Lumina is voiced by a woman in Japanese and considered female. It's the English version that had them voiced by a man and labelled as male.
- Swallowed Whole: Was trapped inside the belly of the Fullmetal Hugger.
Shade
The elemental spirit of Darkness.
Shade is trapped on the Ghost Ship, which ceases to exist after the elemental is freed. The Darkstone is said to have been lost in a long-gone war, though it does make an appearance in the Crystal Desert, the Night Cavern, or the Jungle of Visions.
- Baritone of Strength: Shade speaks in a deep voice, a stark contrast to the other elementals.
- Casting a Shadow: As the elemental spirit of Darkness, he unlocks offensive spells like Evil Gate and Dark Force. There is also the Dark Saber spell.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite his role, he is nowhere near evil and quite pleasant.
Valsena
Hero-King Richard
Voiced by Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese)
The current King of Valsena. In the past, he fought against the Dragon Lord alongside Duran's father Loki.
- Big Good: Even if Duran isn't part of the party he still gives the party instructions on finding the elementals needed to help the Mana Tree.
- The Good King: The King of Valsena and lives up to the Hero-King title.
- Retired Badass: Once fought the Dragon Lord along with Loki, the Golden Knight.
Stella
Duran and Wendy's aunt, the sister of their mother Simone.
- Parental Substitute: After the disappearance of Loki and Simone's death from illness soon after, she took on the duty of raising their children.
Wendy
Duran's younger sister.
- Big Brother Worship: She adores Duran.
- Nephewism: Like her brother, Wendy was raised by her maternal aunt, Stella, after her parents' deaths.
Bruiser
A junior-rank fighter that spars against Duran in the sword mastery tournament.
- Ascended Extra: Originally not appearing past Duran's tutorial, he shows up again in the remake's postgame, in another tournament that awards the Valor Sphere.
Altena
Victor
An old friend of Angela, he works in the castle as a messenger.
- The Scapegoat: Downplayed, but when Angela skips out on lessons, José takes his frustration out on Victor.
José
A master magic teacher, tasked with Angela's education.
- Mentor Archetype: He teaches Angela her spells, although she doesn't actually learn anything. He also tries to tell her that she relies far too much on form rather than on spirit.
Ferolia
Karl
A wolf, and Kevin's sole friend.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: He attacks Kevin during the intro due to Goremand's handiwork.
- Plotline Death: Kevin's involvement in the story gets kick-started after fighting and killing Karl. Unbeknownst to Kevin, King Kauser has Karl revived during the story-line events.
Wendel
Priest of Light
Wendel's governor, who took in Charlotte and Heath as his wards.
- High Priest: The head of Mana Goddess worship.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He deeply regrets his opposition to his son's marriage, and is raising Leron's daughter to atone.
- Outliving One's Offspring: His son, Leron, died at a young age after using forbidden magic to marry an elf.
- Parental Marriage Veto: He strongly objected to his son marrying an elf.
- Parental Substitute: He is raising his granddaughter in her parents' place.
Laurent
King Joster
Laurent's blind leader, and father of Riesz and Elliot.
- Plotline Death: He dies in the Navarl invasion.
Elliot
The younger brother of Riesz and sole prince of the Kingdom of Laurent. His mother died while giving birth to him, with his sister taking on a mentor and maternal role for him. He gets tricked by Bil and Ben to turn the protective winds around the Citadel off, allowing the Nervarlan thieves to invade and take over, and gets kidnapped in the process.
- Distressed Dude: Gets kidnapped during the siege on Laurent. Trying to find and rescue him is one of Riesz' main goals.
- Grand Theft Me: The Dark Majesty planned to eventually discard his current body and rule over the Mavolia-infested Fa'Diel by taking over Elliot. If Riesz or Hawkeye are the main character, they arrive in time to thwart him.
Alma
A former amazon, and friend of Riesz and Elliot's mother Minerva, who became their nanny after Minerva died giving birth to Elliot.
- Retired Badass: She was a playable character in Heroes of Mana in the fight against the Ancient Kingdom of Pedda and ultimately Anise herself.
Liza
Liza in disguise
The captain of Laurent's guard forces and second-in-command after Riesz. She survived the siege on Laurent alongside some other guards, and then infiltrated Palo in disguise to learn their movements. She takes the lead when it comes to retaking Laurent.
- Number Two: She's second-in-command in the army after Riesz and stands in for her, when Riesz isn't around. She even runs Laurent and the guards while Riesz is off to search for Elliot.
Nevarl
Jessica
The younger sister of Eagle and shares a strong bond with Hawkeye. She was given a cursed necklace by Belladonna, not knowing that it would tie their lives together.
- Human Sacrifice: She was going to be used as one to remove the seal on the Firestone, but the hasty intervention of Hawkeye and/or Nicoolo prevented it.
- Implied Love Interest: The narrative portrays her as Hawkeye's love interest, though it never goes anywhere onscreen.
- No-Sell: Jessica is cursed with a necklace that will strangle her if Hawkeye tells her the truth about Isabella. This curse, however, renders her immune to Isabella's mind-control, as a person may only be under one curse at a time. It's also stated that Jessica could not be used as a Human Sacrifice to unseal a Mana Stone because of the same curse, so Isabella had to remove it before trying.
- Odd Name Out: Her brother, half-sister, and nephew are all named after birds of prey, while Jessica's name is completely normal.
- Put on a Bus: After she is rescued in Fiery Gorge, she's never seen again unless you're playing as Hawkeye.
- Practically Different Generations: Jessica is much younger than her half-sister Falcon, and is the same age as Falcon's son.
- Surprise Incest: She is Hawkeye's Implied Love Interest, and unbeknownst either of them, Hawkeye's half-aunt through Hawkeye's mother and Jessica's half-sister Falcon. In Jessica's defense, she is unaware that she even had a sister. Fortunately Hawkeye and Jessica's relationship is restricted to Ship Tease.
Niccolo
A merchant cat that works for the thieves' guild, and Hawkeye's best friend.
- Beast Man: He's an anthropomorphic cat.
- Dub Name Change: His Japanese name is Nikkita, but changed to Niccolo in the English localization.
- Legacy Character: He shares his Japanese name and appearance with another cat man from Secret of Mana, though that one's English name is Neko.
- Mr. Exposition: If Hawkeye is in your party, he explains what Belladonna had been up to after Laurent is liberated.
- Pungeon Master: Makes a lot of cat puns.
Eagle
The son of Lord Flamekhan, who treats Hawkeye like a brother due to their shared upbringing.
- Best Friend: Eagle has been Hawkeye's closest friend since they were children.
- Cool Uncle: Neither of them know about their relationship, but Eagle is his nephew's best friend.
- Crazy-Prepared: He managed to smuggle Nevarl's treasure into a hidden hiding spot to keep it from Belladonna.
- Dramatic Irony: In the remake, Eagle's last message to Hawkeye notes how much he trusts Hawkeye because he's "as good as family". Players familiar with the prequel, Heroes of Mana will know that Hawkeye is family, being Eagle's nephew through Falcon, who Eagle doesn't even know existed.
- Practically Different Generations: Eagle is much younger than his half-sister Falcon and was essentially a surrogate brother to Falcon's son.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: In the remake, he gets red eyes while under Isabella's spell.
Other NPCs
Donperi
A sage of the koropokkur tribe, who was responsible for planning an attack on the Dragon Lord that resulted in the villain's defeat at the hands of Loki.
- Actually, I Am Him: Toys with the heroes by pretending not to know where Donperi is, and his "explanation" that "I didn't know where I would be at any given time" clearly irritates them.
- It Amused Me: He knew that the party aren't Koropokkur but decided to toy with them for laughs.
- Fantastic Racism: He doesn't like humans, and only helps out the party because if Faerie is involved, the situation must be really bad.
La Famille Von
A family of cannon operators that provide fast-travel services all over the world. Consists of Von Boyage, Von Soir, Von Jour, and their cousin Mercie.
- Absent-Minded Professor: Von Boyage keeps forgetting the name of his cannon and the identities of the only people in the world interested in using it.
- Family Theme Naming: Their names are all based on French words and phrases.
- Gadgeteer Genius: His misaimed first attempt notwithstanding, Von Boyage's cannon travel actually works and somehow doesn't cause any real harm to the users.
- Insistent Terminology: Von Boyage considers himself an alchemist, but several NPCs (including Von Soir) point out that he's really more of an inventor.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Von Boyage and Von Jour look identical and have the same voice actor. The women of the family, however, look nothing whatsoever like the men.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Though their designs are quite different, the identical brothers running a cannon travel service are very reminiscent of the ones from Secret of Mana.
Vuscav
A giant, reclusive, amphibious creature. When summoned with the Ferry Flute, he can transport the party across the sea.
- Warp Whistle: He ferries the party across the seas and takes them to anywhere that has a shore. After getting the Flammie Drum he effectively becomes obsolete.
Flammie
The last of the white dragons that resided on Celestial Peak.
- Samus Is a Girl: The Winged Defender was depicted as male by the Amazons of Laurant. Upon meeting, she gets annoyed being referred male, making the party realize the Winged Defender is female. Riesz or Fairy then rename her Flammie to make up for the mistake.
- Warp Whistle: When summoned with the Flammie Drum she can carry the party anywhere they need to.
Chikeeta & Josephine
Chikeeta (left), Josephine (right)
A pair of merchant cats, and former friends of Niccolo.
- Intrepid Merchant: They're always stationed outside of the Benevodon dungeons selling endgame gear.
- Pungeon Master: Like Niccolo they pepper their dialog with cat puns.
