The Main Duo
Dimitri
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
The crown prince of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.- Dragon Rider: Unlike his canon counterpart, he's this, due to spending the timeskip in Almyra.
- Red Oni: To Claude's Blue. He's more impulsive and is more willing to ignore social graces.
Claude
Claude von Riegan
Heir to House Riegan.- Blue Oni: To Dimitri's Red. He's calmer and more laid-back.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Hilda.
Returning Characters
Adrestian Empire
Edelgard
Edelgard von Hresvelg
Heiress to the Adrestian Empire.- Demoted to Extra: Unlike her canon self, she's less relevant, and does not physically appear after the first story, except in flashbacks.
- Disc-One Final Boss: What she ultimately amounts to.
- The Lost Lenore: She's this to Dorothea.
Hubert
Hubert von Vestra
Heir to House Vestra, and Edelgard's loyal servant.- Body Horror: His hands are blackened and withered underneath his gloves. His remains in Wear Your Colours are also described as horrific.
- Posthumous Character: He dies in the first story, but remains relevant, with one even being told from his point of view.
- Undying Loyalty: Like his canon self, he has this towards Edelgard. The Colours of Our Banners even suggests he was willing to become a literal monster.
Ferdinand
Ferdinand von Aegir
Heir to House Aegir.- Ascended Extra: He's the primary Adrestian focus.
- Ambiguous Disorder: He seems to have an untreated trauma disorder due to the Sacking of Aegir.
- Beta Couple: With Lorenz, being a more stable couple than Dimitri and Claude.
- Heel–Face Turn: He's one of two Black Eagles to leave the Empire, although in his case it's due to the Sacking of Aegir leaving himself and people homeless.
- Good Is Not Soft: He's described as being sweet, but not gentle.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Like his canon counterpart, he becomes this. However, his long hair is symbolic of his trauma.
- Mark of the Supernatural: His pegasus mark.
- The Mentally Disturbed: Averted. He struggles with his trauma and House Gloucester has to make sure he doesn't self-destruct.
- Playing with Fire and Shock and Awe: Like his canon counterpart, his Reason spell list consists of fire and thunder magic. Unlike his canon counterpart, his talent is attributed to his pegasus mark.
Linhardt
Linhardt von Hevring
Heir to House Hevring.- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: He loses Caspar in the first story and is troubled by something he helped with after. He's even more antisocial compared to his counterpart.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He's helped with... something. While he's reluctant to cooperate with Dimitri and Claude after Edelgard's death, it's clear he regrets it.
Caspar
Caspar von Bergliez
Second son of House Bergliez- Demoted to Extra: He's killed off in the first story.
Bernadetta
Bernadetta von Varley
Daughter of House Varley- Demoted to Extra: She's killed off in the first story.
Dorothea
Dorothea Arnult
Former singer of the Mittlefrank Opera Company.- Broken Bird: She's this as of A Host of Many Colours. Losing the love of your life and being stuck in a cell under constant Silence will do that.
- Defiant to the End: She refuses to help the Alliance and Kingdom forces even after Edelgard's death.
- Undying Loyalty: To Edelgard, which is why she refuses to cooperate with the Alliance and Kingdom forces even after the Empire's fall.
- We Used to Be Friends: With Ferdinand and Manuela.
Petra
Petra Macnary
Princess of Brigid- Heel–Face Turn: She leaves Edelgard to fight for Claude and Dimitri by her own choice.
Holy Kingdom of Faerghus
Dedue
Dedue Molinaro
Dimitri's vassal and a survivor of Duscur.- Beta Couple: With Byleth. Their relationship is far more stable than Dimitri and Claude's.
- Undying Loyalty: To Dimitri, just like his canon self.
Felix
Felix Hugo Fraldarius
Heir to House Fraldarius.- Honest Advisor: To Dimitri, as he tells him what he needs to hear, not what he wants.
Ashe
Sylvain
Sylvain Jose Gautier
Heir to House Gautier. Mercedes
Mercedes von Martriz
Former Adrestian noblewoman. Annette
Annette Fantine Dominic
Niece of Baron Dominic. Ingrid
Gilbert
Gilbert Pronislav/Gustave Eddie Dominic
Annette's father.Leicester Alliance
Lorenz
Lorenz Hellman Gloucester
Heir to House Gloucester.- Adaptational Heroism: He's firmly on Claude's side from the start of the war.
- Ascended Extra: As Claude represents Almyra instead of the Alliance, Lorenz serves as the main Leicester focus.
- Declaration of Protection: Towards Ferdinand, although he delivers this declaration not to him, but rather to Dimitri and Claude.
- Living Emotional Crutch: Downplayed, but he's this to Ferdinand after the Sacking of Aegir.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Hilda.
- Second Love: Becomes this to Ferdinand.
Raphael
Ignatz
Lysithea
Lysithea von Ordelia
Heir to House Ordelia. Marianne
Marianne von Edmund
Adopted daughter of Margrave Edmund.- Lipstick Lesbian: She's romantically involved with Hilda.
- Took a Level in Badass: She's more involved with the war effort than her canon self.
Hilda
Hilda Valentin Goneril
Only daughter of Duke Goneril.—-- Career-Ending Injury: A variant. She takes an injury during the war that makes it difficult for her to make accessories.
- Lipstick Lesbian: Or possibly Bisexual. She's romantically involved with Marianne.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Claude and Lorenz.
Leonie
Leonie Pinelli
Daughter of a hunter.Church of Seiros
Byleth
Byleth Eisner
Mercenary-turned-professor of the Officer's Academy.- Ambiguous Gender: Always referred to with they/them pronouns.
- Beta Couple: With Dedue.
- Demoted to Extra: While they're around regardless, they're not a main protagonist their canon self.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: They become the Archbishop of the Church of Seiros.
Seteth
Seteth aka Saint Cichol
Assistant of the archbishop.- Reasonable Authority Figure: Like his canon self.
Flayn
Flayn aka Saint Cethleann
Seteth's younger sister. Hanneman
Hanneman von Essar
Crest Scholar and professor of the Officer's Academy.- Adaptational Villainy: Downplayed, but he's more involved with Edelgard's inner circle than his canon self.
- Face–Heel Turn: He defects to the Empire.
- We Used to Be Friends: With Manuela.
Manuela
Manuela Casagranda
Professor of the Officer's Academy, former diva of the Mittelfrank Opera Company.- Older Sidekick: She's one of Ferdinand's spies and reports to him, despite being over 15 years his senior.
- We Used to Be Friends: With Hanneman and Dorothea.
Alois
Catherine
Catherine aka Cassandra Rubens Charon
Holy Knight of Seiros Shamir
Shamir Nevrand
Mercenary-turned-Knight of Seiros. Cyril
Cyril
Almyran war orphan and personal assistant to the archbishop. Rhea
