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* HeroesPreferRedheads: The woman to whom he's completely devoted and would happily marry if he could is Altina, who has flaming red hair.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Is a firm believer in this approach.
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* ShipTease: With Bastian. It goes UpToEleven in the volume 7.5 ADayInTheLimelight chapter for her and Bastian.
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* BladeEnthusiast: His weapon of choice is a dagger, granted to him by the Emperor when he was sent to Britannia.
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* MoralityPet: To [[AxeCrazy Franziska.]] He's the only one she considers a friend outside Renard Pendu, and the friendship is genuine [[BecomingTheMask though it doesn't start out that way.]]
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* SweetPollyOliver: Heavily implied in volume 3. Eric questions Regis a great deal about "an acquaintance" that is worried because she's a female from a noble house with no male heirs, and also shows many hints like bathing/changing alone, and being embarrassed when Regis changes in the same room.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Heavily implied in volume 3. Eric questions Regis a great deal about "an acquaintance" "[[IHaveThisFriend an acquaintance]]" that is worried because she's a female from a noble house with no male heirs, and also shows many hints like bathing/changing alone, and being embarrassed when Regis changes in the same room.
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* {{BFS}}: Her weapon, Grand Tonnerre Quatre is bigger than she is, and almost as heavy.
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* PoliticallyActivePrincess: She means to seize the throne from her older half-brothers (her main rival being Latrielle) and change Belgaria to a more compassionate country from the top down.
* RankUp: She starts as the AuthorityInNameOnly over the Beilschmidt Border Regiment: the troops like her and consider her something like a mascot, but it takes her defeating Jerome in a duel for them to take her seriously as an actual commander. Over the next few books she adds additional troops to her forces, then is field-promoted by Latrielle during the war with Britannia to become the commander of the Fourth Army.
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* StockLightNovelCalamityPrincess: Marie is a [[ReassignedToAntarctica disgraced]] princess whose descent from the ancient conqueror ''L'Empereur Flamme'' gives her both tremendous power and fiery red hair, and she charges into battle wielding [[{{BFS}} an enormous sword]] forged from legendary [[FantasyMetals "faerie steel"]]. Being a LowFantasy setting, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether her abilities are actually "magic" is left ambiguous]], but she still has [[GlacierWaif monstrous strength and stamina]] which allow her to [[OneManArmy wreak havoc on the battlefield]] (and by extension, [[SpannerInTheWorks throw politics across the continent into chaos]]). She's bound to [[POVBoyPosterGirl the male protagonist]] both romantically and through a formal contract, though unusually he's a NonActionGuy hired as her [[TheStrategist strategist]]. She ''sort of'' has a RedBaron title in the form of "Arrow-Sparrow Princess", but it's more of an EmbarrassingNickname.[[note]]She received it because people thought that the teenage girl running around with a {{BFS}} belted to her waist looked like a little bird impaled on an arrow[[/note]].
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* CripplingOverspecialization: He's an absolute demon when it comes to strategies and tactics, even being able to flawlessly navigate a DeadlyDecadentCourt, and completely helpless in just about everything else. In volume 9, he ''literally'' trips over the front lines and has to be carried on a medical stretcher to avoid being trampled to death by the infantry.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: He's an absolute demon when it comes to strategies and tactics, even being able to flawlessly navigate a DeadlyDecadentCourt, DecadentCourt, and completely helpless in just about everything else. In volume 9, he ''literally'' trips over the front lines and has to be carried on a medical stretcher to avoid being trampled to death by the infantry.
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* ObliviousToLove: Altina is clearly falling for him, yet he's clueless due both to their differences in social status (not realizing that if Altina succeeds in becoming Empress she'll have the [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem power to choose whomever she wants as her husband]]) and his extreme SelfDeprecating nature that causes him to think no woman could ever want him.
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-->''"You are trash. But you are a useful trash. And my principle is to use anyone that is useful, even if they are just a speck of dust."''
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes across as brutish and brash, but there's no one else you'd want at you'd want more at your back on the battlefield. [[spoiler: He even forfeited the duel with Altina when his sparring weapon broke, despite being easily able to defeat her.]]
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Though she never says that she loves him, she makes explicitly clear in volume 8, chapter 2 that she does ''not'' want to separated from Regis, for any length of time, and clings to his back as she's saying it. [[InnocentInnuendo Even going so far as to ask Regis to "sleep with" her because she's afraid to let him go.]] Note that she's wearing her night clothes, and by necessity is GoingCommando.
* ArrowCatch: An unusual variant. She slices a crossbow bolt flying at Regis from an unseen assailant in volume 5.
* {{BFS}}: Her weapon, Grand Tonnerre Quatre is bigger than she is, and almost as heavy.
* BookDumb: Chapter 3 of volume 6 shows that Altina considers reading a horrific chore. As a result, she is completely ignorant on most naval terms, military tactics and formations, and even publicly available technological achievements.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Regis' brains.
* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: She is insanely strong, as befits those of her bloodline.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She ''really'' does not like other women getting close to Regis. The prank that Elanora played on Regis in Volume 3, still chafes her in volume 6, several months later.
* [[SonOfAWhore Daughter Of A Whore]]: Her mother was an imperial "consort."
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In her rage for Latrielle falsely claiming Regis dead, she comes out to face Latrielle, in force, to find herself outnumbered at least 2 to 1 with no idea what to do. In fact, she rides out so quickly that she misses Regis's letter instructing her in the best strategy to deal with him. Fortunately, Regis was able to recover.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Her sword's hilt breaks at the beginning of volume 5, forcing her to go get it repaired, and keeping her out of the fight for the rest of the volume.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Arrow Sparrow Princess" is the derogatory name given to her by the nobility. She doesn't understand why until Regis points out that the way she carries, Grand Tonnerre Quatre, (the only way she feasibly can) makes her look like a sparrow shot with an arrow through the midsection.
* FieryRedhead: Although magic doesn't exist in the world setting, she fits every other aspect of this trope to a T.
* GlacierWaif: She carries and ''easily'' wields a sword as big as she is (if not bigger), and almost as heavy.
* GoingCommando: In volume 7.5, it is revealed she sleeps without wearing underwear, though not by choice. Being in a border fortress, she simply doesn't have access to feminine undergarments, at least not those in her size.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Although she's not well versed in many things, aside from swords-fighting and horse riding, she's a very, very quick study, and can grasp complex concepts with frightening ease.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: She can cut arrows and bolts out of the air, at night, from an unseen assailant, just by detecting the killing intent.
* KingIncognito: She is introduced pretending to be a coach driver, so she can recruit Regis to be her strategist.
* LeeroyJenkins: She is easy to provoke and quick to enter the fray. The effectiveness of this aspect of her personality varies wildly.
* MartialPacifist: While she loves fighting, almost to BloodKnight levels, she '''hates''' war.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: As seen in the illustration on the cover page, she's as thin as a reed, yet she has the strength to wield a weapon that weighs over a hundred pounds.
* OneHandedZweihander: She can wield Quattre Tonne one handed if she has to.
* OppositesAttract: The one and only guy she'd be willing to marry is her strategst, Regis, who is her polar opposite in just about everything both physically and mentally.
* OverlyLongName: Marie Garter Argentina de Belgaria
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Despite being only 14, she's more powerful and experienced than most knights twice her age and leads the battle on the front lines..
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Treats the captured Diethart as an invited guest as opposed to an enemy prisoner, despite not being compelled to do so. Especially as "barbarians" have no rights, and are routinely executed. Further, when dealing with commoners, she doesn't stand on title or ceremony, but takes people as they are.
* RebelliousPrincess: Combined with PrettyPrincessPowerhouse. Volume 7.5 shows that she would have been perfectly safe if she let herself be treated as an ornament immediately after being sent to the front lines. She views such treatment as being nothing more than a prisoner.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Takes to the front lines, personally. In fact, she doesn't like it when Regis tries to hold her back.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: She gives Regis one at the start of the story by pretending to be a coach driver.
* ShipTease: Almost constantly with Regis.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She is completely head over heels for Regis because he's honest, hard working, kind, and ''completely loyal'' to her.
* SingleTargetSexuality: She's the only one that recognized Regis in disguise, even when they were both at a distance too great for either side's army to see each other clearly.
* SkilledButNaive: She's ''very'' skilled in battle. Still, there's a great deal about the world that she doesn't fully understand. Being well aware of this, she snatches up Regis, in a hurry. This is a decision she does not regret.
* SubordinateExcuse: Inverted. She will use the fact that Regis is her direct subordinate to place him in intimate situations with her at any opportunity.
* TenderTears: She has a really hard time stopping her tears from flowing when some petty bureaucrats use official military orders to separate her and Regis in volume 8.
* ThatCameOutWrong: At the very beginning of Volume 6, on the way to regroup with the First Army, she suggests "sleeping with" Regis to make sure he gets enough rest, considering the fact that she knows he neglects sleep in favor of reading books. To her credit, she realizes the implications immediately. [[ShipTease Although going by their respective]] LuminescentBlush, [[ShipTease neither of them would be opposed to the idea under better circumstances.]]
* TitleCharacter: The story concerns her.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's so much into this trope that she can almost pull off TomboyAndGirlyGirl with herself.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the end of Volume 7, she can match Mercenary King Gilbert in melee combat, and that's something not even Latrielle could do. [[spoiler: When she got Grand Tonnerre Quatre back from the blacksmith, Enzo, she utterly destroyed Gilbert's trident and forced his surrender.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: When provoked into battle [[spoiler: with Latrielle]], he boasts about how vastly superior his swordsmanship is. What he doesn't realize is that she's fighting him on equal terms with a broken hand. Further, Volume 5 reveals that Grand Tonnerre Quatre wasn't even in its ideal state. The previous Emperor ''could not wield it'' and had it altered from its original form into a purely decorative sword. The fact that Altina could wield it at all speaks volumes.
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* TheAce: Though he isn't really willing to believe it, he was '''the top strategist''' in the military academy. He only lost a strategic debate ''once'' with a rival academy, and that defeat was rather suspicious, as the one judging the match was firmly indentured to the victor. As is revealed in Volume 7.5 ''even academy instructors could not match him.''
* AlmightyJanitor: Even after his field promotion at the beginning of Volume 6, his rank and title don't come anywhere near close enough to match his talent and accomplishments. In fact, when he had to be the ''acting admiral'' of the Belgarian fleet, due to the actual admiral being sidelined by a war injury, the sailors under his command did not hesitate to say he's the ''best admiral they've ever had.'' By the time of Volume 10, Latrielle thinks he should be a full-blown general, and anything less is beneath him.
* BadassBookworm: He can't swing a sword without nearly cutting off his own legs, and has to be held while riding a horse, but his encyclopedic knowledge of tactics and strategies both real and fictional, for the world setting, from the books he's read, have led him and Altina to victory, repeatedly, against overwhelming odds.
* BadDreams: He starts showing signs of PTSD in the volume 8 prologue. He awakes from a nightmare where dead Belgaria soldiers are grabbing at him and angrily accusing him of leading them to their deaths. Clarisse was there to calm him down.
* BatmanGambit: He tears the Leonbalt army appart in volume 10, by predicting his each and every move, five steps in advance. The king of Leonbalt had an epic VillainousBreakdown in response.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat: He was this for most of Volume one, and a significant part of Volume 2. The reason, he was forced to maintain the finances, quarter mastering, and account keeping for the entirety of Altina's fortress base, alone, because all the other accountants, book keepers, and quartermasters were caught red-handed stealing from the military, and any incoming replacements were found to be just as wanting, if not worse. He had to literally collapse from overwork before anyone competent could be found.
* BerserkButton: Suggesting censorship or banning books is one of the few things that will piss him off.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Meek, gentle, almost shy with little to no confidence in himself, make him an enemy, however, and woe be onto you.
* BigDamnHeroes: He manages to come to Clarisse's aid in Volume 2 and save her from an AttemptedRape.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brains to Altina's Brawn.
* BreakThemByTalking: Is an absolute expert in this. In volume 1, he earns the respect of the barbarian chief, Diethart, by being completely fearless in negotiations. In volume 2, he manages to terrify a corrupt army inspector armed with a gun and a sword, and willing to use them, simply by talking to him, and shortly after that, gathering the intel on the Varden Duchy Fort Volk from a captured patrol simply by questioning the captured patrol, without using torture of any kind, trounced an entire DecadentCourt in volume 3, and in volume 5, utterly humiliated a rude messenger that had insulted his army unit. We find out from his sister in Volume 5, that he's been good at this since age 10.
* ButNowIMustGo: To the chagrin of both Altina and himself at the end of Volume 8, he, sadly, heads to the Belgaria capital to pass the tests required to claim the Chevalier title Latrielle gave him in volume 6. He briefly considers resigning his military career so he could stay at her side, but ultimately decides that his going to the capital is a quicker and more effective method of meeting Altina's goals.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He takes the casualties that result from his strategies and tactics very hard. Even when those casualties result from things beyond his control, like the SuicidalOverconfidence of the troops.
* ChekhovsGun: The very expensive book he purchases in the first volume becomes a critical plot device in volume 2. [[spoiler: It contains an original blueprint to Fort Volk, and is instrumental in the fort's capture.]]
* ChickMagnet: Although Altina is the one most smitten with him, there are numerous other women showing quite a bit of interest. He's absolutely baffled by this.
* CombatMedic: His penchant for reading any book he comes across includes medical texts. So much so, that he can perform field surgery to save Queen Margeret Steelheart from a self-inflicted stab wound. He later proves his expertise in diagnosing Franziska's injuries when she's attacked by Becker.
* CombatPragmatist: Isn't above turning to some dubious methods to secure military victory.
* CrazyPrepared: After the end of the naval battles in Volume 6, he reveals that he had strategy on top of strategy on top of strategy prepared for the battle. Fortunately, the first strategy of the second battle was more than sufficient.
* CreepyChild: His older sister tells Altina a story of how when Regis was no more than seven years old, he completely, and thoroughly saw through and terrified a con artist that was selling "roof repairs" for their family home. Note that the con man in the story was very skilled at ExactWords and LoopholeAbuse.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He's an absolute demon when it comes to strategies and tactics, even being able to flawlessly navigate a DeadlyDecadentCourt, and completely helpless in just about everything else. In volume 9, he ''literally'' trips over the front lines and has to be carried on a medical stretcher to avoid being trampled to death by the infantry.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He doesn't look like much, and is often presumed to be unreliable, even by himself, but when his strategies are actually employed, woe be unto the enemy!
* CruelMercy: He saves Margaret's life by performing field surgery on her self-inflicted knife wound, so that she's alive to answer for starting her unprovoked war on Belgaria.
* DidNotSeeThatComing: His brilliant strategic mind is not infallible. He both failed to recognize Franziska and prepare for Latrielle to try killing him in the First Army warcamp ''in the middle of the celebration'' of the victory over High Britannia. He also failed to see Gilbert countering his "Fog" strategy, but that was more a lacking in the soldier's training than his shortcoming.
* DissonantSerenity: He has a tendency to be eerily calm in battle, and many characters have not only taken note, but commented on it.
* DraggedIntoDrag: Franziska, Jessica, and Fanrine assemble the "perfect" disguise for Regis to infiltrate the Imperial Capital while Latrielle is looking to kill him. ''Put him in a dress!'' To his chagrin and their amusement. It's so surprisingly effecive, soldiers from the First Army try out their best pick-up lines on him.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He was once known as "The Green Turtle."
* HeroesPreferRedheads: The woman to whom he's completely devoted and would happily marry if he could is Altina, who has flaming red hair.
* HeroicSelfdeprecation: He considers himself completely worthless as a human being. No matter how effective his strategies are, he doesn't think himself worthy of praise, as he wasn't the one actually fighting, and although he's fully aware of how much a ChickMagnet he is, he doesn't feel deserving of their affection. It isn't until he's confronted by Clarisse, Altina's maid that we find out why. He has the perception that being "manly" means suffering from a terminal case of TestosteronePoisoning. Even his ''older sister'' was more manly than he. The true cause gets revealed in volume 5, and it's quite tragic. This is beginning to fade in later volumes as his strategic victories begin to boost his confidence.
* HiddenDepths: His encyclopedic knowledge of books is very valuable outside the battlefield as well. He had Altina and Clarisse completely enthralled by reciting a book similar to Tales of the Arabian Knights, from memory, while they were all waiting for Jerome's arrival in volume 7. Jerome goes so far as to accuse him of being a bard.
* HumbleHero: Goes with his HeroicSelfdeprecation. He feels ''more'' uncomfortable getting awards, titles, and praise than he does going into live combat, or navigating a DeadlyDecadentCourt.
* IgnoredExpert: Had the seventh division heeded his warnings, volume five would have turned out very differently. It is not the first time either. His previous benefactor, Marquis Thénezay, also ignored his repeated warnings about an impending ambush. Regis was left helplessly watching the man turned into a HumanPincushion.
* ILied: A heroic example in volume 2. He promised the corrupt military inspector that he, Eric, and Clarisse would happily forget all about the attempted rape, and attempted murder if he stood down. The moment Altina showed up on the scene, Regis sold him out immediately.
* ItsAllMyFault: Regis blames himself for the death of his former benefactor, Marquis Thénezay. Thinking that if he had somehow warned him, a ''third time'', about an impending ambush, the man might still be alive, despite ''literally'' getting thrown out of the officer's tent, and being branded a coward for not being full of SuicidalOverconfidence.
* MisanthropeSupreme: He has a very dark and jaded view of humanity. He happens to be right.
* MyGreatestFailure: In addition to the loss of his former benafactor, Marquis Thénezay, he views his failure to predict the death of Belgaria's Emperor and the ascension of Latrielle this way.
* NervesOfSteel: HeroicSelfdeprecation aside, he is not an easy man to scare. Clarisse manages to terrify him only because she's a master of TranquilFury and knows all his weak spots. On the battle field, it takes Altina slicing a crossbow bolt aimed at him in mid-air to startle him. Even when he's absolutely terrified, he never loses his cool, and always calmly analyzes the situation to find a solution.
* NiceGuy: He's genuinely very gentle and kind, and truly treasures his comrades.
* NoBadassToHisValet: When Bastian hears of his exploits in Volume 7.5, he can't bring himself to believe it.
* OppositesAttract: While he's well aware of the affections, many, many women show him, although failing to comprehend why due to horrifically poor self-esteem, the only one whose hand he'd take in marriage, if he could, is princess Altina, his polar opposite in just about everything, both physically and mentally.
* OrphansOrdeal: His parents both died from illness when he was very young, and his older sister did her best to raise him, but unsurprisingly, did not do a very good job.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives a truly cathartic one to Queen Margaret when clinically, and accurately, describing the symptoms of her narcissism. She [[DrivenToSuicide does not take it well.]]
* RedBaron: He has two. To his allies in Belgaria he's known as "The Wizard," a title he unwittingly chose himself in volume 5. To his enemies, he is known as "The Demon of Belgaria" due to his highly unorthodox, morally ambiguous and ''highly effective'' tactics and strategies. He picks up a few more by volume 8 without his notice. ‘Hero who saved the nation’, ‘Wizard of the battlefield’, ‘Monster Strategist’, ‘The Princess’ Shield of Wisdom’ [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Titles that only appear in entertainment novels.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Place a book in his hands, and he will forget to eat or sleep. He equates reading with the need to breathe.
* SlasherSmile: He shows this on occasion. Most notable in volume 3 when his strategy to deal with Prince Latrielle really comes together. When Altina saw it, she was scared stiff.
* TheSoCalledCoward: Is openly accused of cowardice by Vincent, the strategist of the seventh division, because he advocated against clashing with the Britannia army head on in volume 5. Since Vincent is the one strategist to actually defeat Regis in mock strategic debates, Regis was not able to give a rebuttal. [[spoiler: Regis would turn out to be proven right as Vincent's "brilliant" strategy wound up leading the seventh division into a meat grinder that all but completely annihilated them, and would have if not for Regis's quick strategic and tactical thinking.]] Vincent is not the first one to brand him a coward, and forcefully eject him from the officer's tent either. What's worse about Vincent is that he's convinced that cowardice is somehow contagious, like a disease, and convinces his superior officer to completely sideline Regis, Altina, and her entire unit to keep it from spreading. [[spoiler: Many troops died needlessly because Altina could not intervene until the commander of the seventh division performed a HeroicSacrifice.]]
* TheStrategist: This is his role in the story, in a nutshell.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: There is something just so immensely gratifying about "seeing" his strategies in action.
* SuperDrowningSkills: He can't swim, and even almost drowned in a basin of water once, and not as a small child.
* TaughtByExperience: By the time of Volume 10, he's begun crafting his own strategies, as opposed to copying what he's learned in books, due to evertyhing he's experienced, both good and bad over the course of his life. These strategies are no less effective than what he's done before.
* TearsOfJoy: When he receives a hero's send-off in chapter 3 of volume 8, he's confused, chagrined, and cowed, honestly believing that he doesn't deserve it, but when [[ActionSurvivor Ducasse]] comes along and cheers him, he gets all misty-eyed, knowing full well that Ducasse means it.
* WeCanRuleTogether: He makes this offer to Jessica of Renard Pendu in volume 11, ''and she accepts with only token hesistation.''
* WeDoTheImpossible: Almost constantly. Only Altina has enough faith in him to believe his ''extremely'' unorthodox tactics and strategies are going to work before seeing them in action, and this is against ''impossible'' opponents that have already beaten soldiers with '''far''' more rank, training, and experience than himself. Her faith is well justified.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: More like "what do you see in me?!" He asks Clarisse, point blank, when she comes on to him a bit too strongly. Amusingly, she actually tells him that contrary to his perceptions, women ''actually like men who are gentle and kind,'' not the over-machismo fools Regis associates with manhood.
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[[folder:Clarisse]]
Altina's maid, and long-time friend and companion.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is gentle and kind, but she's a master of TranquilFury and easily terrifies Regis into doing what she wants.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Altina.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: She is described as having brown hair and brown eyes.
* TheGadfly: Volume 7.5 shows that she loved to tease and torment Altina when the two were alone prior to the arrival of Regis. Once Regis came into the picture, he became her new chew toy.
* MarshmallowHell: In the volume 8 prologue, she catches Regis having a PTSD nightmare and holds his face to her chest to calm him down, then goads [[ClingyJealousGirl Altina]] into doing it. Unfortunately for Regis, Altina was still wearing her armor at the time.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In volume 14, [[spoiler: she detects a strange odor in the water source for the Belgaria war-camp. Rather than report it, she covers the odor with some kind of perfume fragrance. Said odor turns out to be poison placed in the water by Hispania's forces.]]
* RapeAsDrama: She gets sexually assaulted in Volume 2 by a very corrupt military inspector, and his brutish bodyguard. When she runs to Regis for aid, Regis keeps them occupied until Altina shows up, and kicks the ass of the inspector who is armed with a gun, with one arm in a sling! Eric, Regis's bodyguard and retainer (appointed by Altina) took out the inspector's bodyguard with a sword.
* ShipperOnDeck: She ''really'' wants Regis and Altina to get together, but knowing the direct route is not going to work, she [[TheGadfly shamelessly teases them into it.]]
* TheStoic: In times when she's around people she doesn't know or particularly like, she shuts down her ability to emote, and says very little.
* TheTease: She comes on to Regis very strongly, and she can get him really worked up without even removing one stitch of clothing.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Altina. Volume 7.5 reveals that she ''outright volunteered to follow Altina to the front lines.''
* YouAreNotAlone: She says this word for word to Regis to help him cope with the burden of his position.
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[[folder:Jerome]]
The former commander of the border regiment assigned to Altina. He does not like being under her command one bit. Still, he submits to her authority, not because of her rank or title, [[spoiler: but because she beat him in a duel.]]
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Is a firm believer in this approach.
* BlackKnight: Fits most aspects of this trope. He even paints his armor black.
* BladeOnAStick: His weapon of choice is a spear.
* CombatPragmatist: He will do just about anything to win on the battlefield, and actually likes Regis's more morally ambiguous strategies.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He plays this as straight as they come. He calls Regis "trash" constantly, but Regis is ''useful'' trash.
* AFatherToHisMen: If you can make it through his training regimen, he will provide and protect you. He even treated Regis kindly when the latter had a very high fever, due to collapsing from overwork. Still, he doesn't like it when people point it out.
* InsultBackfire: Receives one in Volume 3. An imperial knight accuses him of abandoning all chivalry after Jerome set his men on fire before attacking him. [[spoiler: Said knight just moments prior lead 1000 cavalry men on horseback to attack Altina, Regis and three other people on three horses.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes across as brutish and brash, but there's no one else you'd want at you'd want more at your back on the battlefield. [[spoiler: He even forfeited the duel with Altina when his sparring weapon broke, despite being easily able to defeat her.]]
* KnightInSourArmor: He doesn't suffer from HonorBeforeReason, but he is still an official knight of Belgaria.
* NoodleIncident: Something in his past, that he doesn't want to talk or hear about, caused his family to lose their noble status.
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[[folder:Eric Michael de Blanchard]]
A knight in training that gets assigned to be Regis and Altina's bodyguard. He specifically requests the position because he has admired Regis since being saved by his tactics during a losing battle.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Regis's life by taking down the bodyguard of a corrupt military inspector who was chasing and trying to kill Regis to stop him from testifying about an attempted rape.
* BodyguardingABadass: Guarding Altina certainly counts..
* GameBreakingInjury. It is revealed in Volume 8, that the crossbow bolt he took to the shoulder caused nerve damage, making him unable to wield a sword, or any heavy weapon, again. In fact, he equates his arm-strength to that of a child.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He wields a sword very well as his weapon of choice.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: He was able to defeat a professional, military trained bodyguard with a single sword strike without killing the latter.
* SweetPollyOliver: Heavily implied in volume 3. Eric questions Regis a great deal about "an acquaintance" that is worried because she's a female from a noble house with no male heirs, and also shows many hints like bathing/changing alone, and being embarrassed when Regis changes in the same room.
* TakingTheBullet: Took a crossbow bolt aimed at Regis and Altina in volume 5. Although he lives, it takes him out of the action for the rest of the book, much to his annoyance.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: He described to Regis how he was enraged at the behavior of the military inspector and the bodyguard that were sent to audit Altina's forces, and deliver orders to capture [[spoiler: Fort Volk]] in volume 2.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Regis and Altina.
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!Secondary Protagonists
[[folder:Bastian]]
Third born child of the emperor, Bastian left the DecadentCourt of Belgaria to go and become a student in Britannia's school system.
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* BadassBookworm: Surprisingly, he gets this from Regis. A flashback shows that Regis introduced him to the joys of reading. Bastian becomes inspired to be an author as a result. (Which is what he was studying in Britannia.)
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Comes to princess Elizabeth's aid when she's targeted by her government because she, as a classmate, was nice to him.
* BrokenTears: [[spoiler: Upon the death of his friend, Roland.]]
* BullyingADragon: Is on the receiving end of this frequently from his classmates. It is only because he promised his maternal grandfather that he'd return home if he got violent that he doesn't retaliate.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Just like his sister, Altina, he's got enormous strength. Enough that he can stop a charging bull, bare-handed.
* GenreBlind: He's almost completely ignorant of the movers and shakers in the world setting and fails to recognize the primary antagonists [[spoiler: namely Renard Pendu.]]
* {{Hotblooded}}: Like his sister, he's quick to anger. He's been in numerous fist fights prior to coming to Britannia.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: When he gets his hands on a gun in volume 4, his aim is so acute that he can hit anything he shoots at regardless of distance, cover or movement. In fact, he saves Eliabeth's life by shooting an assailant from a roof top into a nearly shut window, in a tower, across a courtyard several meters wide, and he's using single shot rifles, not a modern sniper rifle with laser sighting.
* KingIncognito: Shown twice in Volume 4. The first, he's shown as a student in Britannia, with nobody knowing about his royal lineage, and the second, he met Regis while "playing hooky" from his royal duties while Regis was in the library engrossed an a book, ''also playing hooky'' from the military academy's physical regimen (at which he sucks). Bastian was so amenable that Regis never realized he was talking to royalty.
* KnifeNut: His weapon of choice is a dagger, granted to him by the Emperor when he was sent to Britannia.
* LargeHam: He loves to make big, dramatic entrances. Even in the heat of battle he makes some really loud and wild gesticulations.
---> '''Bastian:'''"Don't shoot your own princess, you foolish soldier!" (Punches the soldier through a brick wall.)
* MoralityPet: To [[AxeCrazy Franziska.]] He's the only one she considers a friend outside Renard Pendu, and the friendship is genuine [[BecomingTheMask though it doesn't start out that way.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: He sees Roland's death as this because he only crippled, not killed, the "Loyal Soldier" thug that swore to kill Belgarian civilian refugees, and the thug pulled out a gun, aiming it at Elizabeth as Bastian was walking away.]]
* OneManArmy: It takes an entire Britannia army regiment, armed with the latest guns and cannons to match him in combat, and he still wins.
* ThePromise: Makes one with Elizabeth so that she reads his adventure book, that he is currently writing, after it gets published.
* PyrrhicVictory: Sure, Bastian manages to save Princess Elizabeth, and keep his own life, [[spoiler: but they never make it to Britannia's capital, Margaret takes the throne, and immediately launches war on Belgaria without cause or provocation purely for her own amusement.]]
* ShamMarriage: Pretends to be engaged to Elizabeth as they're running the countryside, trying to get to Britannia's capital.
* SkewedPriorities: While rescuing Princess Elizabeth, using a BridalCarry, he suddenly realizes that a similar scene in his adventure book features the main character doing the same thing, and fighting enemy soldiers, by swinging his sword, at the same time. He then fixates on the fact that if he, with super-strength, can't do it, then how is his character supposed to, almost ignoring the life or death struggle he's currently in, much to Elizabeth's chagrin.
* UnskilledButStrong: He has little official military training, yet he can mow down an entire army purely by using his enormous strength. This tactic fails him in the battle with Margret's bodyguard. See WorfHadTheFlu.
* WorfHadTheFlu: He gets defeated easily by Margaret's bodyguard just to show how ridiculously strong that guy is. Still, this is after he's just fought an entire Britannia army regiment, is covered in wounds, and is holding Princess Elizabeth in one hand, because if he lets go, the Britannia army would shoot and kill her. [[spoiler: He escapes certain death by jumping off a bridge into a river, taking Elizabeth with him.]]
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[[folder:Princess Elizabeth]]
The [[spoiler: former]] crown princess of High Britannia, and fellow student of Bastian. The plot of volume 4 revolves around her trying to reach the Britannia capital city and claim the crown while the Britannia army is trying to kill her so that her relative, Margaret can take the crown instead.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Ooh boy. She lets her feelings slip a bit when she catches Bastian with some books that have rather "racy" illustrations loaned to him by Roland.
---> '''Elise:''' “You never did anything to me, so why are you looking at such things!?”
* AssassinOutclassin: She survives several assassination attempts ''before'' Bastian shows up to rescue her.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She, and she alone, was able to figure out that Basitin is a prince of Belgaria purely from his own behavior and personal facts that he could not hide, like his red hair and red eyes.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: She ''really'' did not want to take the throne, but she chose to do so for the sake of her country, as a sacred duty. Her relative, Margaret, does not have such lofty reasons.
* FallenPrincess: Through no fault of her own, she is hunted by the entire Britannia army.
* HighPressureEmotion: Immediately after the line in the ArentYouGoingToRavishMe entry, she is so utterly embarrassed that her blush goes all the way to her ears, turning them beet red.
* LivingMacGuffin: Almost throughout the entirety of Volume 4, Margaret had the Britannia army hunting her down, to make sure she would have an "accident" and therefore never become queen.
* MementoMacGuffin: Her royal ring is seen as this in Volume 7.5.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Combined with MoodKiller. Roland walks in on her straddling Bastian as she was trying to confiscate what she considered "erotic" literature.
* ThePromise: Promises to read Bastian's adventure book, and give an honest critique, should he ever get a chance to actually publish it.
* ShamMarriage: Agrees to pretend to be Bastian's fiance while running across Britannia to try and reach the capital city. [[spoiler: They keep up the facade even when there's no longer any point in doing so at the end of Volume 4, implying that the engagement is now real.]]
* ShipTease: With Bastian. It goes UpToEleven in the volume 7.5 ADayInTheLimelight chapter for her and Bastian.
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!Primary Protagonists
[[folder:Altina]]
Altina, fourth child of the emperor. Famous for having flaming red hair and crimson eyes.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Though she never says that she loves him, she makes explicitly clear in volume 8, chapter 2 that she does ''not'' want to separated from Regis, for any length of time, and clings to his back as she's saying it. [[InnocentInnuendo Even going so far as to ask Regis to "sleep with" her because she's afraid to let him go.]] Note that she's wearing her night clothes, and by necessity is GoingCommando.
* ArrowCatch: An unusual variant. She slices a crossbow bolt flying at Regis from an unseen assailant in volume 5.
* {{BFS}}: Her weapon, Grand Tonnerre Quatre is bigger than she is, and almost as heavy.
* BookDumb: Chapter 3 of volume 6 shows that Altina considers reading a horrific chore. As a result, she is completely ignorant on most naval terms, military tactics and formations, and even publicly available technological achievements.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Regis' brains.
* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: She is insanely strong, as befits those of her bloodline.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She ''really'' does not like other women getting close to Regis. The prank that Elanora played on Regis in Volume 3, still chafes her in volume 6, several months later.
* [[SonOfAWhore Daughter Of A Whore]]: Her mother was an imperial "consort."
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In her rage for Latrielle falsely claiming Regis dead, she comes out to face Latrielle, in force, to find herself outnumbered at least 2 to 1 with no idea what to do. In fact, she rides out so quickly that she misses Regis's letter instructing her in the best strategy to deal with him. Fortunately, Regis was able to recover.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Her sword's hilt breaks at the beginning of volume 5, forcing her to go get it repaired, and keeping her out of the fight for the rest of the volume.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Arrow Sparrow Princess" is the derogatory name given to her by the nobility. She doesn't understand why until Regis points out that the way she carries, Grand Tonnerre Quatre, (the only way she feasibly can) makes her look like a sparrow shot with an arrow through the midsection.
* FieryRedhead: Although magic doesn't exist in the world setting, she fits every other aspect of this trope to a T.
* GlacierWaif: She carries and ''easily'' wields a sword as big as she is (if not bigger), and almost as heavy.
* GoingCommando: In volume 7.5, it is revealed she sleeps without wearing underwear, though not by choice. Being in a border fortress, she simply doesn't have access to feminine undergarments, at least not those in her size.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Although she's not well versed in many things, aside from swords-fighting and horse riding, she's a very, very quick study, and can grasp complex concepts with frightening ease.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: She can cut arrows and bolts out of the air, at night, from an unseen assailant, just by detecting the killing intent.
* KingIncognito: She is introduced pretending to be a coach driver, so she can recruit Regis to be her strategist.
* LeeroyJenkins: She is easy to provoke and quick to enter the fray. The effectiveness of this aspect of her personality varies wildly.
* MartialPacifist: While she loves fighting, almost to BloodKnight levels, she '''hates''' war.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: As seen in the illustration on the cover page, she's as thin as a reed, yet she has the strength to wield a weapon that weighs over a hundred pounds.
* OneHandedZweihander: She can wield Quattre Tonne one handed if she has to.
* OppositesAttract: The one and only guy she'd be willing to marry is her strategst, Regis, who is her polar opposite in just about everything both physically and mentally.
* OverlyLongName: Marie Garter Argentina de Belgaria
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Despite being only 14, she's more powerful and experienced than most knights twice her age and leads the battle on the front lines..
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Treats the captured Diethart as an invited guest as opposed to an enemy prisoner, despite not being compelled to do so. Especially as "barbarians" have no rights, and are routinely executed. Further, when dealing with commoners, she doesn't stand on title or ceremony, but takes people as they are.
* RebelliousPrincess: Combined with PrettyPrincessPowerhouse. Volume 7.5 shows that she would have been perfectly safe if she let herself be treated as an ornament immediately after being sent to the front lines. She views such treatment as being nothing more than a prisoner.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Takes to the front lines, personally. In fact, she doesn't like it when Regis tries to hold her back.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: She gives Regis one at the start of the story by pretending to be a coach driver.
* ShipTease: Almost constantly with Regis.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She is completely head over heels for Regis because he's honest, hard working, kind, and ''completely loyal'' to her.
* SingleTargetSexuality: She's the only one that recognized Regis in disguise, even when they were both at a distance too great for either side's army to see each other clearly.
* SkilledButNaive: She's ''very'' skilled in battle. Still, there's a great deal about the world that she doesn't fully understand. Being well aware of this, she snatches up Regis, in a hurry. This is a decision she does not regret.
* SubordinateExcuse: Inverted. She will use the fact that Regis is her direct subordinate to place him in intimate situations with her at any opportunity.
* TenderTears: She has a really hard time stopping her tears from flowing when some petty bureaucrats use official military orders to separate her and Regis in volume 8.
* ThatCameOutWrong: At the very beginning of Volume 6, on the way to regroup with the First Army, she suggests "sleeping with" Regis to make sure he gets enough rest, considering the fact that she knows he neglects sleep in favor of reading books. To her credit, she realizes the implications immediately. [[ShipTease Although going by their respective]] LuminescentBlush, [[ShipTease neither of them would be opposed to the idea under better circumstances.]]
* TitleCharacter: The story concerns her.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's so much into this trope that she can almost pull off TomboyAndGirlyGirl with herself.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the end of Volume 7, she can match Mercenary King Gilbert in melee combat, and that's something not even Latrielle could do. [[spoiler: When she got Grand Tonnerre Quatre back from the blacksmith, Enzo, she utterly destroyed Gilbert's trident and forced his surrender.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: When provoked into battle [[spoiler: with Latrielle]], he boasts about how vastly superior his swordsmanship is. What he doesn't realize is that she's fighting him on equal terms with a broken hand. Further, Volume 5 reveals that Grand Tonnerre Quatre wasn't even in its ideal state. The previous Emperor ''could not wield it'' and had it altered from its original form into a purely decorative sword. The fact that Altina could wield it at all speaks volumes.
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[[folder:Regis [[spoiler:du]] Aurick]]
A young boy with almost no martial prowess who loves to read books. He has almost no sense of self-worth and if sent to the front lines, he would likely trip over them. Still, he has encyclopedic knowledge of numerous tactics, strategies, and the various active factions of the world setting.
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* TheAce: Though he isn't really willing to believe it, he was '''the top strategist''' in the military academy. He only lost a strategic debate ''once'' with a rival academy, and that defeat was rather suspicious, as the one judging the match was firmly indentured to the victor. As is revealed in Volume 7.5 ''even academy instructors could not match him.''
* AlmightyJanitor: Even after his field promotion at the beginning of Volume 6, his rank and title don't come anywhere near close enough to match his talent and accomplishments. In fact, when he had to be the ''acting admiral'' of the Belgarian fleet, due to the actual admiral being sidelined by a war injury, the sailors under his command did not hesitate to say he's the ''best admiral they've ever had.'' By the time of Volume 10, Latrielle thinks he should be a full-blown general, and anything less is beneath him.
* BadassBookworm: He can't swing a sword without nearly cutting off his own legs, and has to be held while riding a horse, but his encyclopedic knowledge of tactics and strategies both real and fictional, for the world setting, from the books he's read, have led him and Altina to victory, repeatedly, against overwhelming odds.
* BadDreams: He starts showing signs of PTSD in the volume 8 prologue. He awakes from a nightmare where dead Belgaria soldiers are grabbing at him and angrily accusing him of leading them to their deaths. Clarisse was there to calm him down.
* BatmanGambit: He tears the Leonbalt army appart in volume 10, by predicting his each and every move, five steps in advance. The king of Leonbalt had an epic VillainousBreakdown in response.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat: He was this for most of Volume one, and a significant part of Volume 2. The reason, he was forced to maintain the finances, quarter mastering, and account keeping for the entirety of Altina's fortress base, alone, because all the other accountants, book keepers, and quartermasters were caught red-handed stealing from the military, and any incoming replacements were found to be just as wanting, if not worse. He had to literally collapse from overwork before anyone competent could be found.
* BerserkButton: Suggesting censorship or banning books is one of the few things that will piss him off.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Meek, gentle, almost shy with little to no confidence in himself, make him an enemy, however, and woe be onto you.
* BigDamnHeroes: He manages to come to Clarisse's aid in Volume 2 and save her from an AttemptedRape.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brains to Altina's Brawn.
* BreakThemByTalking: Is an absolute expert in this. In volume 1, he earns the respect of the barbarian chief, Diethart, by being completely fearless in negotiations. In volume 2, he manages to terrify a corrupt army inspector armed with a gun and a sword, and willing to use them, simply by talking to him, and shortly after that, gathering the intel on the Varden Duchy Fort Volk from a captured patrol simply by questioning the captured patrol, without using torture of any kind, trounced an entire DecadentCourt in volume 3, and in volume 5, utterly humiliated a rude messenger that had insulted his army unit. We find out from his sister in Volume 5, that he's been good at this since age 10.
* ButNowIMustGo: To the chagrin of both Altina and himself at the end of Volume 8, he, sadly, heads to the Belgaria capital to pass the tests required to claim the Chevalier title Latrielle gave him in volume 6. He briefly considers resigning his military career so he could stay at her side, but ultimately decides that his going to the capital is a quicker and more effective method of meeting Altina's goals.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He takes the casualties that result from his strategies and tactics very hard. Even when those casualties result from things beyond his control, like the SuicidalOverconfidence of the troops.
* ChekhovsGun: The very expensive book he purchases in the first volume becomes a critical plot device in volume 2. [[spoiler: It contains an original blueprint to Fort Volk, and is instrumental in the fort's capture.]]
* ChickMagnet: Although Altina is the one most smitten with him, there are numerous other women showing quite a bit of interest. He's absolutely baffled by this.
* CombatMedic: His penchant for reading any book he comes across includes medical texts. So much so, that he can perform field surgery to save Queen Margeret Steelheart from a self-inflicted stab wound. He later proves his expertise in diagnosing Franziska's injuries when she's attacked by Becker.
* CombatPragmatist: Isn't above turning to some dubious methods to secure military victory.
* CrazyPrepared: After the end of the naval battles in Volume 6, he reveals that he had strategy on top of strategy on top of strategy prepared for the battle. Fortunately, the first strategy of the second battle was more than sufficient.
* CreepyChild: His older sister tells Altina a story of how when Regis was no more than seven years old, he completely, and thoroughly saw through and terrified a con artist that was selling "roof repairs" for their family home. Note that the con man in the story was very skilled at ExactWords and LoopholeAbuse.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He's an absolute demon when it comes to strategies and tactics, even being able to flawlessly navigate a DeadlyDecadentCourt, and completely helpless in just about everything else. In volume 9, he ''literally'' trips over the front lines and has to be carried on a medical stretcher to avoid being trampled to death by the infantry.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He doesn't look like much, and is often presumed to be unreliable, even by himself, but when his strategies are actually employed, woe be unto the enemy!
* CruelMercy: He saves Margaret's life by performing field surgery on her self-inflicted knife wound, so that she's alive to answer for starting her unprovoked war on Belgaria.
* DidNotSeeThatComing: His brilliant strategic mind is not infallible. He both failed to recognize Franziska and prepare for Latrielle to try killing him in the First Army warcamp ''in the middle of the celebration'' of the victory over High Britannia. He also failed to see Gilbert countering his "Fog" strategy, but that was more a lacking in the soldier's training than his shortcoming.
* DissonantSerenity: He has a tendency to be eerily calm in battle, and many characters have not only taken note, but commented on it.
* DraggedIntoDrag: Franziska, Jessica, and Fanrine assemble the "perfect" disguise for Regis to infiltrate the Imperial Capital while Latrielle is looking to kill him. ''Put him in a dress!'' To his chagrin and their amusement. It's so surprisingly effecive, soldiers from the First Army try out their best pick-up lines on him.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He was once known as "The Green Turtle."
* HeroesPreferRedheads: The woman to whom he's completely devoted and would happily marry if he could is Altina, who has flaming red hair.
* HeroicSelfdeprecation: He considers himself completely worthless as a human being. No matter how effective his strategies are, he doesn't think himself worthy of praise, as he wasn't the one actually fighting, and although he's fully aware of how much a ChickMagnet he is, he doesn't feel deserving of their affection. It isn't until he's confronted by Clarisse, Altina's maid that we find out why. He has the perception that being "manly" means suffering from a terminal case of TestosteronePoisoning. Even his ''older sister'' was more manly than he. The true cause gets revealed in volume 5, and it's quite tragic. This is beginning to fade in later volumes as his strategic victories begin to boost his confidence.
* HiddenDepths: His encyclopedic knowledge of books is very valuable outside the battlefield as well. He had Altina and Clarisse completely enthralled by reciting a book similar to Tales of the Arabian Knights, from memory, while they were all waiting for Jerome's arrival in volume 7. Jerome goes so far as to accuse him of being a bard.
* HumbleHero: Goes with his HeroicSelfdeprecation. He feels ''more'' uncomfortable getting awards, titles, and praise than he does going into live combat, or navigating a DeadlyDecadentCourt.
* IgnoredExpert: Had the seventh division heeded his warnings, volume five would have turned out very differently. It is not the first time either. His previous benefactor, Marquis Thénezay, also ignored his repeated warnings about an impending ambush. Regis was left helplessly watching the man turned into a HumanPincushion.
* ILied: A heroic example in volume 2. He promised the corrupt military inspector that he, Eric, and Clarisse would happily forget all about the attempted rape, and attempted murder if he stood down. The moment Altina showed up on the scene, Regis sold him out immediately.
* ItsAllMyFault: Regis blames himself for the death of his former benefactor, Marquis Thénezay. Thinking that if he had somehow warned him, a ''third time'', about an impending ambush, the man might still be alive, despite ''literally'' getting thrown out of the officer's tent, and being branded a coward for not being full of SuicidalOverconfidence.
* MisanthropeSupreme: He has a very dark and jaded view of humanity. He happens to be right.
* MyGreatestFailure: In addition to the loss of his former benafactor, Marquis Thénezay, he views his failure to predict the death of Belgaria's Emperor and the ascension of Latrielle this way.
* NervesOfSteel: HeroicSelfdeprecation aside, he is not an easy man to scare. Clarisse manages to terrify him only because she's a master of TranquilFury and knows all his weak spots. On the battle field, it takes Altina slicing a crossbow bolt aimed at him in mid-air to startle him. Even when he's absolutely terrified, he never loses his cool, and always calmly analyzes the situation to find a solution.
* NiceGuy: He's genuinely very gentle and kind, and truly treasures his comrades.
* NoBadassToHisValet: When Bastian hears of his exploits in Volume 7.5, he can't bring himself to believe it.
* OppositesAttract: While he's well aware of the affections, many, many women show him, although failing to comprehend why due to horrifically poor self-esteem, the only one whose hand he'd take in marriage, if he could, is princess Altina, his polar opposite in just about everything, both physically and mentally.
* OrphansOrdeal: His parents both died from illness when he was very young, and his older sister did her best to raise him, but unsurprisingly, did not do a very good job.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives a truly cathartic one to Queen Margaret when clinically, and accurately, describing the symptoms of her narcissism. She [[DrivenToSuicide does not take it well.]]
* RedBaron: He has two. To his allies in Belgaria he's known as "The Wizard," a title he unwittingly chose himself in volume 5. To his enemies, he is known as "The Demon of Belgaria" due to his highly unorthodox, morally ambiguous and ''highly effective'' tactics and strategies. He picks up a few more by volume 8 without his notice. ‘Hero who saved the nation’, ‘Wizard of the battlefield’, ‘Monster Strategist’, ‘The Princess’ Shield of Wisdom’ [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Titles that only appear in entertainment novels.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Place a book in his hands, and he will forget to eat or sleep. He equates reading with the need to breathe.
* SlasherSmile: He shows this on occasion. Most notable in volume 3 when his strategy to deal with Prince Latrielle really comes together. When Altina saw it, she was scared stiff.
* TheSoCalledCoward: Is openly accused of cowardice by Vincent, the strategist of the seventh division, because he advocated against clashing with the Britannia army head on in volume 5. Since Vincent is the one strategist to actually defeat Regis in mock strategic debates, Regis was not able to give a rebuttal. [[spoiler: Regis would turn out to be proven right as Vincent's "brilliant" strategy wound up leading the seventh division into a meat grinder that all but completely annihilated them, and would have if not for Regis's quick strategic and tactical thinking.]] Vincent is not the first one to brand him a coward, and forcefully eject him from the officer's tent either. What's worse about Vincent is that he's convinced that cowardice is somehow contagious, like a disease, and convinces his superior officer to completely sideline Regis, Altina, and her entire unit to keep it from spreading. [[spoiler: Many troops died needlessly because Altina could not intervene until the commander of the seventh division performed a HeroicSacrifice.]]
* TheStrategist: This is his role in the story, in a nutshell.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: There is something just so immensely gratifying about "seeing" his strategies in action.
* SuperDrowningSkills: He can't swim, and even almost drowned in a basin of water once, and not as a small child.
* TaughtByExperience: By the time of Volume 10, he's begun crafting his own strategies, as opposed to copying what he's learned in books, due to evertyhing he's experienced, both good and bad over the course of his life. These strategies are no less effective than what he's done before.
* TearsOfJoy: When he receives a hero's send-off in chapter 3 of volume 8, he's confused, chagrined, and cowed, honestly believing that he doesn't deserve it, but when [[ActionSurvivor Ducasse]] comes along and cheers him, he gets all misty-eyed, knowing full well that Ducasse means it.
* WeCanRuleTogether: He makes this offer to Jessica of Renard Pendu in volume 11, ''and she accepts with only token hesistation.''
* WeDoTheImpossible: Almost constantly. Only Altina has enough faith in him to believe his ''extremely'' unorthodox tactics and strategies are going to work before seeing them in action, and this is against ''impossible'' opponents that have already beaten soldiers with '''far''' more rank, training, and experience than himself. Her faith is well justified.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: More like "what do you see in me?!" He asks Clarisse, point blank, when she comes on to him a bit too strongly. Amusingly, she actually tells him that contrary to his perceptions, women ''actually like men who are gentle and kind,'' not the over-machismo fools Regis associates with manhood.
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[[folder:Clarisse]]
Altina's maid, and long-time friend and companion.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is gentle and kind, but she's a master of TranquilFury and easily terrifies Regis into doing what she wants.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Altina.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: She is described as having brown hair and brown eyes.
* TheGadfly: Volume 7.5 shows that she loved to tease and torment Altina when the two were alone prior to the arrival of Regis. Once Regis came into the picture, he became her new chew toy.
* MarshmallowHell: In the volume 8 prologue, she catches Regis having a PTSD nightmare and holds his face to her chest to calm him down, then goads [[ClingyJealousGirl Altina]] into doing it. Unfortunately for Regis, Altina was still wearing her armor at the time.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In volume 14, [[spoiler: she detects a strange odor in the water source for the Belgaria war-camp. Rather than report it, she covers the odor with some kind of perfume fragrance. Said odor turns out to be poison placed in the water by Hispania's forces.]]
* RapeAsDrama: She gets sexually assaulted in Volume 2 by a very corrupt military inspector, and his brutish bodyguard. When she runs to Regis for aid, Regis keeps them occupied until Altina shows up, and kicks the ass of the inspector who is armed with a gun, with one arm in a sling! Eric, Regis's bodyguard and retainer (appointed by Altina) took out the inspector's bodyguard with a sword.
* ShipperOnDeck: She ''really'' wants Regis and Altina to get together, but knowing the direct route is not going to work, she [[TheGadfly shamelessly teases them into it.]]
* TheStoic: In times when she's around people she doesn't know or particularly like, she shuts down her ability to emote, and says very little.
* TheTease: She comes on to Regis very strongly, and she can get him really worked up without even removing one stitch of clothing.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Altina. Volume 7.5 reveals that she ''outright volunteered to follow Altina to the front lines.''
* YouAreNotAlone: She says this word for word to Regis to help him cope with the burden of his position.
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[[folder:Jerome]]
The former commander of the border regiment assigned to Altina. He does not like being under her command one bit. Still, he submits to her authority, not because of her rank or title, [[spoiler: but because she beat him in a duel.]]
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Is a firm believer in this approach.
* BlackKnight: Fits most aspects of this trope. He even paints his armor black.
* BladeOnAStick: His weapon of choice is a spear.
* CombatPragmatist: He will do just about anything to win on the battlefield, and actually likes Regis's more morally ambiguous strategies.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He plays this as straight as they come. He calls Regis "trash" constantly, but Regis is ''useful'' trash.
* AFatherToHisMen: If you can make it through his training regimen, he will provide and protect you. He even treated Regis kindly when the latter had a very high fever, due to collapsing from overwork. Still, he doesn't like it when people point it out.
* InsultBackfire: Receives one in Volume 3. An imperial knight accuses him of abandoning all chivalry after Jerome set his men on fire before attacking him. [[spoiler: Said knight just moments prior lead 1000 cavalry men on horseback to attack Altina, Regis and three other people on three horses.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes across as brutish and brash, but there's no one else you'd want at you'd want more at your back on the battlefield. [[spoiler: He even forfeited the duel with Altina when his sparring weapon broke, despite being easily able to defeat her.]]
* KnightInSourArmor: He doesn't suffer from HonorBeforeReason, but he is still an official knight of Belgaria.
* NoodleIncident: Something in his past, that he doesn't want to talk or hear about, caused his family to lose their noble status.
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[[folder:Eric Michael de Blanchard]]
A knight in training that gets assigned to be Regis and Altina's bodyguard. He specifically requests the position because he has admired Regis since being saved by his tactics during a losing battle.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Regis's life by taking down the bodyguard of a corrupt military inspector who was chasing and trying to kill Regis to stop him from testifying about an attempted rape.
* BodyguardingABadass: Guarding Altina certainly counts..
* GameBreakingInjury. It is revealed in Volume 8, that the crossbow bolt he took to the shoulder caused nerve damage, making him unable to wield a sword, or any heavy weapon, again. In fact, he equates his arm-strength to that of a child.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He wields a sword very well as his weapon of choice.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: He was able to defeat a professional, military trained bodyguard with a single sword strike without killing the latter.
* SweetPollyOliver: Heavily implied in volume 3. Eric questions Regis a great deal about "an acquaintance" that is worried because she's a female from a noble house with no male heirs, and also shows many hints like bathing/changing alone, and being embarrassed when Regis changes in the same room.
* TakingTheBullet: Took a crossbow bolt aimed at Regis and Altina in volume 5. Although he lives, it takes him out of the action for the rest of the book, much to his annoyance.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: He described to Regis how he was enraged at the behavior of the military inspector and the bodyguard that were sent to audit Altina's forces, and deliver orders to capture [[spoiler: Fort Volk]] in volume 2.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Regis and Altina.
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[[folder:Bastian]]
Third born child of the emperor, Bastian left the DecadentCourt of Belgaria to go and become a student in Britannia's school system.
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* BadassBookworm: Surprisingly, he gets this from Regis. A flashback shows that Regis introduced him to the joys of reading. Bastian becomes inspired to be an author as a result. (Which is what he was studying in Britannia.)
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Comes to princess Elizabeth's aid when she's targeted by her government because she, as a classmate, was nice to him.
* BrokenTears: [[spoiler: Upon the death of his friend, Roland.]]
* BullyingADragon: Is on the receiving end of this frequently from his classmates. It is only because he promised his maternal grandfather that he'd return home if he got violent that he doesn't retaliate.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Just like his sister, Altina, he's got enormous strength. Enough that he can stop a charging bull, bare-handed.
* GenreBlind: He's almost completely ignorant of the movers and shakers in the world setting and fails to recognize the primary antagonists [[spoiler: namely Renard Pendu.]]
* {{Hotblooded}}: Like his sister, he's quick to anger. He's been in numerous fist fights prior to coming to Britannia.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: When he gets his hands on a gun in volume 4, his aim is so acute that he can hit anything he shoots at regardless of distance, cover or movement. In fact, he saves Eliabeth's life by shooting an assailant from a roof top into a nearly shut window, in a tower, across a courtyard several meters wide, and he's using single shot rifles, not a modern sniper rifle with laser sighting.
* KingIncognito: Shown twice in Volume 4. The first, he's shown as a student in Britannia, with nobody knowing about his royal lineage, and the second, he met Regis while "playing hooky" from his royal duties while Regis was in the library engrossed an a book, ''also playing hooky'' from the military academy's physical regimen (at which he sucks). Bastian was so amenable that Regis never realized he was talking to royalty.
* KnifeNut: His weapon of choice is a dagger, granted to him by the Emperor when he was sent to Britannia.
* LargeHam: He loves to make big, dramatic entrances. Even in the heat of battle he makes some really loud and wild gesticulations.
---> '''Bastian:'''"Don't shoot your own princess, you foolish soldier!" (Punches the soldier through a brick wall.)
* MoralityPet: To [[AxeCrazy Franziska.]] He's the only one she considers a friend outside Renard Pendu, and the friendship is genuine [[BecomingTheMask though it doesn't start out that way.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: He sees Roland's death as this because he only crippled, not killed, the "Loyal Soldier" thug that swore to kill Belgarian civilian refugees, and the thug pulled out a gun, aiming it at Elizabeth as Bastian was walking away.]]
* OneManArmy: It takes an entire Britannia army regiment, armed with the latest guns and cannons to match him in combat, and he still wins.
* ThePromise: Makes one with Elizabeth so that she reads his adventure book, that he is currently writing, after it gets published.
* PyrrhicVictory: Sure, Bastian manages to save Princess Elizabeth, and keep his own life, [[spoiler: but they never make it to Britannia's capital, Margaret takes the throne, and immediately launches war on Belgaria without cause or provocation purely for her own amusement.]]
* ShamMarriage: Pretends to be engaged to Elizabeth as they're running the countryside, trying to get to Britannia's capital.
* SkewedPriorities: While rescuing Princess Elizabeth, using a BridalCarry, he suddenly realizes that a similar scene in his adventure book features the main character doing the same thing, and fighting enemy soldiers, by swinging his sword, at the same time. He then fixates on the fact that if he, with super-strength, can't do it, then how is his character supposed to, almost ignoring the life or death struggle he's currently in, much to Elizabeth's chagrin.
* UnskilledButStrong: He has little official military training, yet he can mow down an entire army purely by using his enormous strength. This tactic fails him in the battle with Margret's bodyguard. See WorfHadTheFlu.
* WorfHadTheFlu: He gets defeated easily by Margaret's bodyguard just to show how ridiculously strong that guy is. Still, this is after he's just fought an entire Britannia army regiment, is covered in wounds, and is holding Princess Elizabeth in one hand, because if he lets go, the Britannia army would shoot and kill her. [[spoiler: He escapes certain death by jumping off a bridge into a river, taking Elizabeth with him.]]
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[[folder:Princess Elizabeth]]
The [[spoiler: former]] crown princess of High Britannia, and fellow student of Bastian. The plot of volume 4 revolves around her trying to reach the Britannia capital city and claim the crown while the Britannia army is trying to kill her so that her relative, Margaret can take the crown instead.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Ooh boy. She lets her feelings slip a bit when she catches Bastian with some books that have rather "racy" illustrations loaned to him by Roland.
---> '''Elise:''' “You never did anything to me, so why are you looking at such things!?”
* AssassinOutclassin: She survives several assassination attempts ''before'' Bastian shows up to rescue her.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She, and she alone, was able to figure out that Basitin is a prince of Belgaria purely from his own behavior and personal facts that he could not hide, like his red hair and red eyes.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: She ''really'' did not want to take the throne, but she chose to do so for the sake of her country, as a sacred duty. Her relative, Margaret, does not have such lofty reasons.
* FallenPrincess: Through no fault of her own, she is hunted by the entire Britannia army.
* HighPressureEmotion: Immediately after the line in the ArentYouGoingToRavishMe entry, she is so utterly embarrassed that her blush goes all the way to her ears, turning them beet red.
* LivingMacGuffin: Almost throughout the entirety of Volume 4, Margaret had the Britannia army hunting her down, to make sure she would have an "accident" and therefore never become queen.
* MementoMacGuffin: Her royal ring is seen as this in Volume 7.5.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Combined with MoodKiller. Roland walks in on her straddling Bastian as she was trying to confiscate what she considered "erotic" literature.
* ThePromise: Promises to read Bastian's adventure book, and give an honest critique, should he ever get a chance to actually publish it.
* ShamMarriage: Agrees to pretend to be Bastian's fiance while running across Britannia to try and reach the capital city. [[spoiler: They keep up the facade even when there's no longer any point in doing so at the end of Volume 4, implying that the engagement is now real.]]
* ShipTease: With Bastian. It goes UpToEleven in the volume 7.5 ADayInTheLimelight chapter for her and Bastian.
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