History Characters / WolfsRain

* HeroKiller: Not at first, but his appearances in the final episodes and OVAs are marked with CharacterDeath.

* PeopleJars: Cheza was in a jar being studied by Cher Degre before she got busted out by Darcia. In this case, she's not being imprisoned — just studied and kept alive. The second time she gets put in a jar, it follows the trope much more closely because 1) she's been forcibly taken, 2) her most zealous bodyguard Kiba has also been locked in a nearby jar and is having his blood drained out, and 3) [[spoiler:Jaguara and her guests are drinking WOLF BLOOD in front of her, which may or may not be Kiba's]].

[[folder:Cher Degre]]

A police detective and ex-husband of Cher Degre.

A police detective and ex-husband of Cher Degré.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: His village was destroyed and family was killed by what he was thought were wolves.
* DrowningMySorrows: As noted in the above, he's an alcoholic and, from what we can guess, after some serious moments, he drinks to deal with the aftermath of losing his family.
* FantasticRacism: His character arc revolves around his hated of wolves. [[spoiler: He eventually overcomes this after finding out his beloved "dog" is part wolf. When another wolf dies to save him, it puts the final nail in the coffin of his racism.]]

* GrumpyOldMan: While he's not quite old (he's closer to middle-age), he's definitely up there and he's pretty bad tempered

The leader of the recapture party who is in charge of getting Cheza back to the lab.

* AgentScully: He maintains that there are no such thing as wolves in contrast to Cher and even his own soldiers. He finally does believe in episode 21 after they save him.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He leads his troops off to fight Jaguara's soldiers and is never seen again. Later on a few are drinking in a bar and remark to Quent that they mopped up the last of the resistance, implying that he was killed, but we never find out [[spoiler:considering the ending it's likely he was killed one way or another]].

* MauveShirt: He appears the most out of all the soldiers and one off characters, he even made it onto the image on the main page.
* MenOfSherwood: His soldiers while out numbered and out gunned make a pretty successful stand against Jaguara's army, blowing up airships and routing their soldiers from an occupied City.
* MookLieutenant: He commands Lord Orkham's troops and, as befitting the trope, has a uniform that distinguishes himself from the others.
* NobleTopEnforcer: Especially when compared to Jaguara's soldiers. The Commander is rough, but willing to fight for his home. When the wolves save him he gladly points out Jaguara's keep, and has no real grudge against them.

* RousingSpeech: When asked why he's still fighting in-spite of Orkham's death he gives one that puts the vigor back into his soldiers.

* BreastPlate: One can say that hers is deconstruction, as, while it shows off her "assets", it's not very practical, as [[spoiler: that's where Darcia skewers her]].

* CoolMask: Her helment is equipped with a white and gold mask that covers the top half of her face.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Initially, she was set up mostly as the main antagonist and she was for half of the series but really, it's [[spoiler:Darcia]] that's real antagonist of the series.
* EvilTwin: Quite literally, as, she causes much of trouble for the wolves (like hunting them down) and even kills her [[spoiler: twin sister because she wanted Darcia's love]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After killing her sister out of jealously. It ultimately led to her death, including the entire main cast, and the BigBad.

** BigBadSlippage: Darcia doesn't start out as the BigBad of the series. He initially begins as an AntiVillain trying to bring his true love back to life who happens to oppose the heroes on a few instances. Then [[spoiler:Hamona is killed and he takes revenge by killing Jaguara]], which sends him into severe SanitySlippage. Finally, he emerges as the BigBad during the last four episodes of the series.

* TheCorruption: Possibly. [[spoiler:He tries to enter Paradise at the end, but his entire body disintegrates except for his wolf's eye. Cheza's body dissolves into lunar seeds that presumably creates Paradise, but Kiba crosses the DespairEventHorizon and [[DyingAlone dies alone]] outside their gates. Darcia's wolf's eye is seen in Paradise, where it disolves into an evil black goo that seeps into the soil and corrupts the surrounding lunar flowers. Then Kiba awakes in our modern world, with the implication that our world is foul and corrupt [[JustSoStory thanks to Darcia's eye]].]]

* DualityMotif: He has one blue eye and one golden wolf's eye, to show that [[spoiler: he's found a way to turn himself into a wolf so that he can enter the Paradise forbidden to humans. Fortunately his plan is thwarted by Kiba and Cheza, but his evil wolf eye lives on...]]
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Darcia was already dangerous as a sword wielding normal human, then [[spoiler:he became a wolf]]...

* HeroKiller: Not at first, but his appearances in the final episodes and OVA's are marked with CharacterDeath.

* TheJuggernaut: The destruction of his Fortress, being impaled by a poisoned sword, being shot at point blank and being viciously mauled the protagonists. None of this killed him. [[spoiler: Only when he tried to enter in Paradise that he meet his death.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After [[spoiler:his lover's death]], he becomes extremely mentally unstable and, by the end of the series, he doesn't give a damn to anything other than himself.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: While we can't gauge his age, it's clear he's an example of this as he's been searching for a cure to Hamona's illness for centures.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He was the one who killed Quentin's family, in wolf form some time ago.]]

* TheUnfettered: ''Nothing'' will stop him from kidnapping Cheza to heal his beloved Hamona, and [[spoiler:after Hamona dies]] he throws that same tenacity into [[spoiler:accelorating the apocalypse and preventing everyone but himself from reaching Paradise]].

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Might have this attitude toward Cheza, the artifically created flower maiden. He kidnaps her to heal his fatally ill beloved Hamona, fine, yet often treats her like she's not there and casually hits and shoves her around the few times when he does. [[spoiler: After Hamona dies, he completely loses it and ''savagely'' beats into Cheza every time they encounter each other, if he acknowledges she's there at all.]]

** Even while kneeling over the comatose body of his beloved Hamona, Darcia doesn't hestitate to hit or knock Cheza around. After [[spoiler:Hamona]] dies he ''completely'' loses it and savagely beats into Cheza every chance he gets. [[spoiler:To the point that in the finale, in wolf form he ''grips her spine'' and shakes her around like a rag doll.]]

* DevotedToYou: Even in her catatonic state, Darcia deeply loves her and has devoted many years of his life to find a cure for her.
* FlowerMotifs: Stongly associated with white flowers as a symbol for her kindness and purity as well as the genuine love she shared with Darcia.

* KilledOffscreen: It is unspecified how [[spoiler: Jaguara killed her]], but in the manga, in which Jaguara was AdaptedOut from, we see something stabbed through her chest, which was not seen in the anime. In the anime, Neige tells Darcia that, "Jaguara's reach extended even here", which implies that due to Hamona being ill, it weakened her light, therefore Jaguara's darkness overpowered.

* PosthumousCharacter: In a sense. The only time we ever have a chance to see her out of her coma is in a flashback at the beginning of episode 7, and is introduced to us in her catatonic state.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Her name means "Harmony" and she's a LivingEmotionalCrutch to Darcia. [[spoiler:She's murdered by her jealous sister Jaguara, whose other self actions accelorate the literal apocalypse. Darcia's grief over Hamona's death drive him to [[PutThemAllOutOfTheirMisery accelorate the apocalypse]] and [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum prevent anyone]] but ''[[ItsAllAboutMe himself]]'' from reaching Paradise, and in the show's final scenes his evil wolf's eye is shown to taint and corrupt the new Paradise.]] In other words: Hamona's [[spoiler:literal death]] is the symbolic death of any hope of a harmonious world or Paradise.

* TokenGoodTeammate: the only good noble in the series. She is also not racist against wolves.

* VirginInAWhiteDress: Subverted. She wears a white maxi-dress (as opposed to Jaguara's brown and black armored suit) with [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple undertones]] that do symbolize her good heart but not her virginity.

The leader of Freeze City, and of one of the three Leading Noble families of the House of Lords. He stole Cheza from the Darcia Family in order to perform experiments and awaken her so she could lead the way to Paradise.

* TheCaligula: He demonstrates his lifestyle and riches while the people in Freeze city live in slums.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Before she even has a single line, Kiba vows to protect Cheza and bring her with them. This is justified, because wolves and the Flower Maiden has an instinctual connection anyway.

* HonorBeforeReason: His drive to achieve his goals and his pride often lead him to act recklessly, such as not thinking that Lady Jaguara captured Cheza as a way to lure him in her castle.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The other wolves' human illusion's hair and eye colors match their fur and eye color as wolves. He has brown hair and blue eyes in his human illusion, but is a white furred and yellow eyed wolf.

* WhiteWolvesAreSpecial: A white wolf destined to fine Paradise.

A Grey Wolf with a large X shaped scar across his chest, not counting many others. Rough and self-reliant, Tsume is a strong fighter who keeps his true feelings to himself. He joins the others after his human gang in Freeze City betrays him. He does not initially believe in Paradise, but eventually starts to believe in their goal and choses to follow them not because of a lack of a better option but out of trust.

* AloofAlly: At first. His tendency to rely solely on himself makes him reluctant to join the pack and search for the Flower Girl. And even when he does decide to join the party for good, he's still quite blunt with the others and seldom expresses concern, even though he prefers

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Lady Jaguara's wolf hunting troops attacked his pack, killing most of his family and friends. As Tsume attempted to flee from the battle, he was cast out by his pack and the alpha male attacked him, leaving him with his X-shaped scar, branding him as a coward.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Jabs mercilessly at his mates, often times pointing out at the foolishness.
* {{Delinquent}}: Used the be a gang-leader before getting expelled by the members of said gang at the beginning of the story.
* DirtyCoward: His back story has him being one of these, [[spoiler:with him running away leaving his friends to die]]. He's a unusual example in that he's portrayed as ultimately a good person, having grown out of his cowardice by the time the show starts.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite is gruffness and his blunt jabs, he's actually very considerate but doesn't like to show it.

* MrFanservice: The one whose outfit displays the most skin, namely low-cut leather pants, a tight tank-top and a leather jacket that expose his navel.

* PetTheDog: Towards Gehl (the red headed kid in episode one, [[spoiler:whom Tsume failed to save]]) serves as one, dispute Tsume's refusal of his friendship.

* SourOutsideSadInside: His {{Jerkass}} behavior is a defense mechanism for himself to protect himself from getting close to others because he doesn't want to get close to others in fear of betraying and losing them again.

* {{Stripperific}}: RareMaleExample. His outfit consists of a shredded vest, and skin tight low rise leather pants.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Has shades of his at first, but time reveals him to have good in him.
* XMarksTheHero: Has X shaped scar across his chest.

* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler: His collar is actually a signal transmitter for Jaguara's troops that leads them to wolves' den so they can exterminate wolves more easily.]]

* BewareTheSillyOnes: It's kinda easy to underestimate him, what with him always beaing easy and goofing around. But once threatened or challenged, he's actually a quite fierce combattant and doesn't back down
* BigEater: Food is a big motivation for him and he's by far the one who constantly forages for food.

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: His ever present collar, that doesn't disappear when he turns into wolf form is never remarked upon by anyone all along the story until they enter Lady Jaguara's castle and the collar starts giving him intense headaches.]]

* EruditeStoner: It's never outright said that he enjoys recreational drugs but he has all the attributes otherwise, being knowledgeable, easy-going, very good at reading other people's motivations and reactions and often says the right words at the right time.

* AndCallHimGeorge: Tying into DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength, he [[spoiler:accidentally killed his owner by greeting her a little vigorously, suffocating her]]. He's a variant in that he's a child (in a sense) who does this with an elderly person
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He's the youngest in group, often behaving more like a puppy than a wolf.

* TheCutie: His naivete and childish determination is absolutely ''endearing''.

* RaisedInCaptivity: He was raised by an elderly woman who mistook him for a dog. As a result, he's more people friendly than the other wolves.

* ChainedByFashion: Has golden manacles and a neck chain from her time in the scientist's {{People Jar|s}}. Subverted in that they're so not chain-like that they look like a matching necklace and bracelets.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Kiba acts as her main protector and they're physically affectionate to each other, but it's somewhat hard to tell for sure whether they're a romantic couple since they're a wolf under the illusinary disguise of a human and a magic flower given a human body through alchemy. Kiba and her seem to be more united by fate than by any feeling they may harbor for one another.

* NoSocialSkills: She has grown up in a laboratory, spending most of her time semi-comatose in a glass vessel. As a result, she has little to no knowledge of the real world, less of how to interact with other people.

A melanic wolf-dog mutt with blue eyes.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Much like Tsume, she has dark skin but her ethicity is never mentioned.

* BoyishShortHair: To constrast with Cheza and Cher's more feminine hairstyle.

* HunterOfHerOwnKind: Untill she meets Cheza and realizes that she's not just a regular dog.
* IChooseToStay: Upon realizing her ancestry, she was presented with the possibility to join the pack or remain at Quent's side. She chose to remain with the wolves who have accepted her as one of theirs.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Begs Hige to remain with her as long as is possible since she knows she won't be able to go to the wolf Paradise. [[spoiler: She eventually dies at his side.]]

* SamusIsAGirl: She's not revealed to be female for quite some time in the series, as Quent refers to her only by her gender ambiguous name or as "my dog."

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Has green hair to symbolize her [[{{Envy}} jealous and hateful]] personality. Her sister Hamona embodies the other side of the colour, see below.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Brought to you by Creator/AtsukoTanaka and Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn.

* TheChick: The one that the pack protects at all times.

* BareYourMidriff: A RareMaleExample: his leather jacket looks too small for him and exposes his midriff indeed and lower back indeed.

* KKickThemWhileTheyAreDown: She [[spoiler: murders Hamona]]while the latter was on life support.