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[[folder:Or-Gaule (UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]
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The puppeteer of Reisen Hiraga and the leader of Team Cradleland.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's a sociopath with a bizarre fixation on Stella.
* AnimalMotifs: A spider. Fittingly, his Device is named Black Widow.
* ArcVillain: The primary antagonist of the Vermillion Empire Arc.
* AutoRevive: [[spoiler: In Volume 15, after Johann smashes his skull, he unveils his strongest Noble Art, Dance Macabre, which reconstructs his body with flesh and [[BodyHorror bits of debris from whatever is around]].]]
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Iris' Abel.
* EnfanteTerrible: Even as a child, he could only derive pleasure from [[EvilFeelsGood bullying other children and, after his powers awakened, injuring people and breaking up relationships]] with his PeoplePuppets abilities.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: His sister Iris still loves him deep down, but she knows he must be taken down for the horrible things he does.
* EvilWearsBlack: He wears a black hooded coat to make even more obvious that he's a bad guy.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: In volume 15, he [[CruelAndUnusualDeath butchers Ikki Kurogane]]. If it wasn't for Shizuku, Ikki would have stayed dead.]]
* InTheHood: He's dressed in a black hooded coat.
* KarmicDeath: He wishes to "break" Stella and take everything away from her. He does so by [[spoiler:killing her boyfriend Ikki, and Stella burns him to ashes as revenge]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: To Reisen Hiraga, who was actually a puppet he created.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Aside from the PeoplePuppets deal, [[spoiler:he exploits Iris' long-repressed BigSisterInstinct to turn her against Ikki and Stella, which ends up getting her killed.]]
* MarionetteMaster: He has both artificial puppets and PeoplePuppets to fight for him, though he is definitely no slouch in one-on-one combat either.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: He has heterochromatic eyes, with his left eye being red and the right one being blue, as a hint that he isn't a regular human. [[spoiler:He's a Desperado, a person that has broken the chains of fate and possesses an incredible amount of mana.]]
* MasterOfThreads: His Device, Black Widow, takes the form of a multitude of strings, which he can use for slicing people up or controlling puppets.
* MeatPuppet: [[spoiler: Dance Macabre turns him into one.]]
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: [[spoiler: His Dance Macabre resurrects him after death by piecing his body back together with his threads. This explicitly gives him an exponential power boost, as well as making him immune to most forms of harm by virtue of being a living meat puppet running on magic.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair is an indicator of his special nature [[spoiler:as a Desperado that can break and alter fate]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:His murdering Ikki [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening triggers Stella's Excessive Awakening]], which she uses to utterly annihilate him]]. He'd been doing a good job giving hell to the protagonists up until that point.
* PeoplePuppets: One of his favorite applications of his powers. He can insert his strings into the bodies and ''brains'' of his victims to control their every move while they are [[AndIMustScream conscious and unable to stop themselves]].
* RazorFloss: The threads of his Black Widow are sharp enough to cut through people.
* {{Sadist}}: He has stated more than once that the only way for him to feel any joy is by inflicting pain on other people.
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler: Does this when Stella's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him as she is burning him to a crisp causes him to realize that Iris loved him the whole time.]]
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He starts pleading for his life as Stella is [[KillItWithFire incinerating him]] at the climax of Volume 15. Stella [[ShutUpHannibal tells him where he can shove it]].]]
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler: On his tenth birthday, he used his powers to control all of the residents of his village, [[SelfMadeOrphan including his parents]], and make them kill one another, leaving only his sister Iris alive. The incident became known as La Croix Sanglant.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a sadistic villain with white hair.
* WildCard: He seems to have no concrete goal in mind for his atrocities other than [[ForTheEvulz amusement]]. [[spoiler: The start of the Vermillion Empire Arc has him and his team betraying and slaughtering most of Rebellion's leadership despite being one of their executives just so he could pursue his interest in Stella.]]
* WindsOfDestinyChange: [[spoiler:As a Desperado, he's capable of forcing the fate of what he desires to happen upon other people.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ein Abgrund]]
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A member of Team Cradleland.
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* CleavageWindow: She wears a black dress with a huge opening on the chest area.
* GreenThumb: Her device allows her to control plants.
%%* RapunzelHair
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Iris Ascarid]]
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An A-Ranked Blazer in the League of Mage-Knight Nations and also a former fourth-ranked in KOK A-League known as the Black Knight. She's also Or-Gaule's sister.
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!Rebellion
A group of terrorists that wants to destroy the current social order so that Blazers will rule over normal humans.

[[folder:General Tropes]]
* BoomerangBigot: Ironically, most of their followers are ordinary humans armed with guns.
* EvilVersusEvil: Their SocialDarwinism is despicable and resulted in the deaths of countless innocents, [[spoiler:but their collective power keeps the League and Union in a three-way deadlock. If Rebellion were to weaken with the loss of their leader, the Tyrant, the League and Union would start a world war.]]
* FantasticRacism: Against non-Blazers.
* WesternTerrorists: Though they seem to have members from all over the globe.
* WouldHurtAChild: They nearly killed a child in the mall for throwing ice cream at them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wallenstein]]
->Rank: Unknown\\
Device: Unknown
One of the 12 Apostles of Rebellion. He has the ability to control friction in the surrounding area.

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Despite his [[TheSocialDarwinist beliefs]], he begs for his life when Shizuku finally gets the upper hand, which [[GoodIsNotSoft she doesn't oblige.]]]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Considering how he nearly killed Shizuku, it's obvious that he's as strong as his position implies.
* {{BFS}}: His device is a massive sword, which he has to wield with one arm.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Along with foam and spittle.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:He reached out to Alice during her darkest moments in order to recruit her.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Wallenstein acts like a fairly friendly guy in order to lull [[spoiler:Alice]] to his side, only to go apeshit upon her betrayal, showing his sadistic nature.
* HandicappedBadass: Despite lacking an arm, he's still a MasterSwordsman with an incredibly powerful Noble Art.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Beats down and butchers assassins who show mercy, but begs for mercy when he's on the receiving end.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: From the inside!
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He delivers a brutal one to [[spoiler:Alice]] due to her betrayal.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He makes perfectly clear to Alice that his "invitation" to join Rebellion was a mere formality. Refusal would have meant being kidnapped and ''forced'' to join.
* RedBaron: "The One-Armed Swordsman".
* TheSocialDarwinist: Lampshaded by the man himself.
---> Wallenstein: "That is the undisputed truth of the world. The strong always devour the weak. Everything else is lies."
* VillainsWantMercy: Begs for his life when he finds himself in an unwinnable battle.

[[folder:Bishou]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese), Mark X. Laskowski (English)

Device: Judgement Ring
A terrorist who attacks the mall that Ikki and his friends are visiting in Volume 1.

* AnArmAndALeg: Courtesy of Ikki, who cuts off his hands both to disable his device and to punish him for humiliating Stella.
* AttackReflector: His rings can be used to absorb and fire back attacks from an A-ranked Blazer.
* HostageSituation: He uses one to force Stella to strip. He also plants one of his mooks among the hostages just in case he and his other mooks are defeated.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not satisfied with merely defeating Stella and proceeds to force her to publicly humiliate herself.
* PragmaticVillainy: He was explicit in his orders to not touch the hostages, which he admonishes one of his underlings for after hey shoot at Stella. Not out of any sort of morality, but because it's counterintuitive to what Bishou wants.
* WakeUpCallBoss: His ability and the way he reflected Stella's attack firmly establishes that a LeeroyJenkins approach is foolish when fighting Blazers with unknown abilities.

!Others

[[folder:Kaito Ayatsuji]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiOno (Japanese), Luis Galindo (English)

A normal human who is famous for being able to match Blazers with just pure swordsmanship.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: When he finally wakes up from his coma, he immediately asks Ikki to marry Ayase and take over the dojo. Ayase immediately issues a DopeSlap.
* BadassNormal: Unlike Ikki, who at least has some minor physical enhancing abilities; Kaito is a true example due to being an ordinary human who is able to fight Blazers with his own swordsmanship skills.
* BloodKnight: Being a RetiredBadass, he doesn't get to participate in many sword fights. When he fights Kuraudo, he's actually thankful he can fight once more.
* CounterAttack: His swordsmanship is based on countering the enemy.
* GoodParents: One of few known examples in the series, while Kaito trains Ayase in order for her to takeover the dojo, he is nevertheless a caring father towards her.
* HandicappedBadass: Is still able to land a hit on Kuraudo despite his heart disease which has been severely weakening him.
* HiddenDepths: Although his sword style is for the purpose of protecting others, he's been longing for a WorthyOpponent.
* MasterSwordsman
* RedBaron: Is known as "The Last Samurai", which is appropriate in the setting of the story.
* WeakButSkilled: The ultimate example due to being an ordinary human.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Downplayed. Even if he was in his prime, beating Kuraudo might be out of the question due to the latter's insanely fast reflexes.

[[folder:Edelweiss]]
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->Rank: Unknown\\
Device: Unknown\\

The strongest Blazer and swordswoman in the world, as well as an invincible criminal. [[spoiler:She's also one of the strongest Desperados.]]

* AffablyEvil: Subverted. If it weren't for her temporary alliance with Rebellion, it'd be hard to tell that she was a rogue Blazer rather than an ideal knight. Although, she couldn't care less about their plans and is just returning a favour. She's not exactly evil, per se. She just happens to be a criminal.
** Outside of battle, she's actually a nice person. It really makes you wonder what exactly happened 15 years ago that made such a person become the no. 1 criminal in the world, [[spoiler: considering she actually let Ikki, Stella and co. stay at her cottage when they went looking for her.(After she put them in a contract that is.)]] and one of her hobbies is making sweets during her free time. On the other hand, she's probably killed a lot of people for varying reasons. And when asked why she took up swordsmanship, her answer? She needed it for diet. Yep, you read it right people, the Best Swordsman in the World picked up the Way of the Sword because she was getting fat as a kid.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: When Ikki tries a Vibroweapon technique on her, she sees through it and uses a stronger version of that technique, meaning she essentially used [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Blade Steal]] on ''him''.
* ChristmasCake: [[spoiler:She's concerned about becoming one]].
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Ikki, who knows he can't win and only tries to stall her so Shizuku can save Alice.
* CurbstompCushion: [[spoiler: Ikki not only manages to survive her strongest attack, he actually manages to wound her. A few drops of her blood are found on the pavement where she stands.]]
* TheDreaded: Even Kurono is terrified of her.
* DualWielding: She wields two swords gracefully, giving her the illusion of having wings.
* LightningBruiser: Even Ikki can't follow her movements, despite being able to see through the techniques of some A-rank Blazers.
* MasterOfYourDomain: Her swings are faster than most people can perceive because she moves all her muscles in a specific way. Just partially copying this technique allowed Ikki to become achieve SuperSpeed without Ittou Shura.
* MasterSwordswoman: This is an {{understatement}} considering Ikki could only scratch her at best.
* MeaningfulName: Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is a white flower that grows in the Alps and is a symbol in that location.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: While she's not evil, her favor to Rebellion causes her to fight Ikki, which resulted in him learning her swordplay and muscle techniques. [[spoiler:Several of his opponents would have been impossible to beat if it weren't for these skills.]]
* NobleDemon: She actually doesn't care about Rebellion's agenda and is only helping them out because of a favor they did for her. She offers to let Ikki and Shizuku retreat because they have no hope of winning.
* RazorWind: She can create damaging vacuums in space with nothing but strength and precise swordplay.
* SuperpowerLottery: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:She's a Desperado, but her Noble Art doesn't enhance her combat ability.]]
* SupremeChef: Her pastry skills are good enough to impress Ikki, who normally doesn't like sweets.
* SweetTooth: A very big one. [[spoiler: In fact, the reason why she picked up swordsmanship was because her family was worried she was getting fat because of all the sweets she ate when was younger.]]
* VillainRespect: Edelweiss uses her strongest technique to defeat Ikki, out of respect for his swordsmanship and determination. [[spoiler: He manages to see through it, survive and draw her blood.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Downplayed in comparison to other [[spoiler:Desperados. Her Noble Art can only make death contracts, which have little application in battle, meaning she can only rely on her swordsmanship and powers common to all Desperados.]]
* WingedHumanoid: Takes on metallic "wings" as part of her ultimate attack.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: In terms of wielding a sword, though it's unknown if she's the strongest Blazer period.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Prime Minister Tsukikage Bakuga]]
The current prime minister of Japan.
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* AffablyEvil: Nobody who meets him in person would ever think he'd be a man who would side with terrorists [[spoiler:as part of a convoluted plan to join the Union]]. Even Kurono, who has hard evidence, found it hard to believe. He uses this to his maximum advantage to give Akatsuki good PR.
* CrystalBall: His device is a crystal ball that can see past and future events.
* DevilInPlainSight: He happily acknowledges his horrific behavior, but nobody believes him until it's too late.
* EvilOldFolks: He was Kurono's teacher when she was in the Blazer academy.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Despite Akatsuki's loss, he's hopeful that Ikki's potential as a Desperado will increase Japan's chances of surviving the next world war.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:His plan hinges on the unlikely event that the Union welcomes Japan despite his collusion with Rebellion, a terrorist organization.]]
* KnightTemplar: He is so absolutely convinced in Japan's utter superiority to the rest of the world that he truly believes igniting world war three by engaging in horrific criminal activity is truly in the best interests of Japan and its citizens, going so far as to say the territories conquered by Japan in world war two (Hawaii, the Philippines, and large swathes of Chinese soil, among other things) are Japan's territory by birthright. He is then completely incredulous when anyone points out the obvious flaws in this world view. (Like the fact that the "Japanese strength" he's boasting about is actually the strength of an international group of terrorists, most of whom aren't Japanese to begin with, and that the "weak" students who were brutalized were the very Japanese, he boasts are superior.) [[spoiler:This is a facade for his true goal of getting Japan to join the winning side of the next World War, though he fails to see a [[InsaneTrollLogic major flaw in his plan]].]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: He can't begin to comprehend how ordering a terrorist attack on a school in his own country, and on students composed almost entirely of his own citizens is a bad thing. He does acknowledge that it's unpleasant to be attacked but completely fails to see how the attack itself is wrong.
* PresidentEvil: He was elected Prime Minister, and Kuruno points out in volume 5, chapter 1 that his personality is exactly the same as Prime Minister as it was when he was her teacher.
* ShutUpKirk: Pulls this on Kurono when she confronts him regarding his plans to ignite world war three by using Rebellion and Akatsuki to commit terrorist acts.
--->'''Tsukikage Bakuga:''' "Things have reached the point where I can not be stopped by a simple school teacher like you. Know your place, and do your duty as a school teacher should!"
* StoicSpectacles: He wears glasses, and does not show emotion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:His Noble Art predicted that the Union and League would go to war, resulting in the Union winning and destroying Japan. By forming Akatsuki, he hoped to ditch the League and join the Union to prevent Japan's destruction.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Or-Gaule (UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]
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The puppeteer of Reisen Hiraga and the leader of Team Cradleland.
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!Donrou Academy

[[folder:Kuraudo Kurashiki]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kurashiki_kuraudo_anime.jpg]]
->3rd Year\\
Rank: C\\
Device: Orochimaru\\
Nickname: Sword Eater

* AffablyEvil: While he may be villainous to the point that he injured Kaito, he considers Ikki a WorthyOpponent.
* BloodKnight: Always tries to provoke strong people into fighting him. He will break the law to do so.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: After losing to Ikki, Kuraudo learns Ayatsuji style swordsmanship from Kaito, which has great synergy with Marginal Counter.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ikki notes that Kuraudo couldn't possibly change his device's form so drastically without similarly drastic changes to his philosophy and lifestyle. Indeed, Kuraudo only respected swordsmen when they were strong opponents, but he didn't care at all about the discipline or finesse involved when he could just get by with brute force and superior reflexes, which is reflected in his delinquent and dojo-busting lifestyle. After being humbled by Ikki's use of Ten'i Muhou, he decides to take swordsmanship seriously to the point of learning from the dojo that he once mocked. While he's still very rude, Ikki notes that he's actually less of a delinquent than before due to all the training he went through.
* DualWielding: He changes from using a single bone-whip sword to wielding two smaller ones. This is somewhat deconstructed because wielding both swords requires more mental effort than just one.
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. Kaito had to train him in secret because Ayase hasn't forgiven him for putting her father in a coma.
* {{Expy}}: Many fans note a great many similarities between him and Renji from Bleach.
* GracefulLoser: Downplayed. He clearly respects Ikki for defeating him, but he admits that he can't let the loss go, causing Kuraudo to go as far as to abandon his previous brute-force style.
* {{Jerkass}}: He goes to extremes to anger strong people in order to get a good fight and isn't afraid to hospitalize them. While he does display some noble traits, he's still far from qualifying for a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold.]]
* HopeSpot: He manages to beat one Ikki clone with his improved swordsmanship and thinks he has a shot at beating Sara, but the other two overwhelm him.
* NobleDemon: At the same time, he some respect for his opponents, such as when he takes Ikki's reproduction of Kaito's technique head on, regardless if he could have [[HonorBeforeReason won by fighting more cautiously.]]
* RepetitiveName: '''Kura'''udo '''Kura'''shiki
* SpamAttack: With his Marginal Counter he can strike multiple times in rapid succession.
* SuperReflexes: He has an ability called Marginal Counter that gives him insane reflexes in exchange for his [[CastFromHP stamina.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: His actual sword technique is not that good, but his reflexes make up for it. Downplayed when he realizes that reflexes alone aren't enough against sufficiently skilled swordsmen like Ikki, causing him to train seriously.
* WhipSword: One made of bones. The sword's range, along with his reflexes, gives him an advantage over Ikki and other melee specialists in general.
* TheWorfEffect: Even after all his sword training with Kaito Ayatsuji, Kuraudo loses to Sara when she summons more Ikki clones than he can handle.
* WorthyOpponent: He realizes Ikki is a powerful foe because the latter didn't take his bait like most people. He also considers Kaito Ayatsuji one and somewhat regrets being unable to see his ultimate technique.

!Bunkyoku Academy

[[folder:Yudai Moroboshi]]
->3rd Year\\
Rank: B\\
Device: Koou

* AntiMagic: His Noble Art, Tiger Bite, can also cancel an A-ranker's Noble Art. This also extends to ''devices'', which are also made from magic.
* BigBrotherInstinct: His motivation for participating in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and proving his strength is to get his sister to stop blaming herself for what happened to his legs.
* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Ikki from being killed by Ouma.
* BladeOnAStick: His device is a spear, giving him a range advantage over sword users like Ikki and Toka.
* {{Determinator}}: Yudai lost both his legs in a train accident and had to be treated by Kirko Yakushi, who used her water magic to create new legs from flesh from the rest of his body, causing muscle and bone atrophy all over his body. Despite this, he managed to make it through rehabilitation and rebuild his muscle mass to the point of regaining his combat capabilities.
* FriendlyRival: He treats most of his tournament rivals to his family's okonomiyaki restaurant in order to motivate them for the upcoming match in top condition. [[spoiler:And he's not too pleased when he realizes Ikki came into battle with some sort of condition that causes him to freeze up.]]
* GeniusBruiser: He averts being TheIdiotFromOsaka when he matches wits with Ikki of all people.
* HitAndRunTactics: In order to beat Toka, Yudai had to use his range advantage to avoid Raikiri.
* JavelinThrower: Yudai's last gambit is to throw his device at Ikki while the latter is moving TooFastToStop while using it with Tiger Bite to prevent any attempts at blocking it. [[spoiler:Though Ikki saw it coming and fools him with an afterimage.]]
* KansaiRegionalAccent: All of his dialogue seems to indicate that he has an accent, not to mention that he's from Osaka.
* MartialArtsHeadband: He sports a black hachimaki and is indeed a skilled martial artist.

[[folder:Byakuya Jougasaki]]
-> 3rd Year\\
Rank: C

* AwesomeByAnalysis: His ability to read his opponents is better than Ikki's, to the point where he's known as ''Eye of Heaven''. He also extensively researches his opponents before their matches.
* CrazyPrepared: While researching opponents, he'll look into their everyday habits in addition to their combat behavior.
* DidntSeeThatComing: He thinks Ikki will try to save Ittou Shura/Rasetsu for the match with Sara Bloodlily, who recently got designated as an A-Rank Blazer and revealed near StoryBreakerPower. [[spoiler:What he didn't realize is that Ikki already gave up on trying to beat him in a normal battle of wits, resulting in the latter using Ittou Rasetsu to instantly win the match.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Byakuya actually feels up Ikki's muscular body in order to describe how he's ideally built to be a swordsman.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: His "God Hand" Noble Art can teleport immobile objects or people within a 50-mater radius of himself. If he manages to wound his opponent with his device, he can teleport them regardless of where they're moving.
* WeakButSkilled: He's a C-Rank Blazer, but he's so good at researching his opponents [[spoiler:that Ikki was forced to use Ittou Rasetsu to avoid being checkmated]].

!Rebellion
A group of terrorists that wants to destroy the current social order so that Blazers will rule over normal humans.

[[folder:General Tropes]]
* BoomerangBigot: Ironically, most of their followers are ordinary humans armed with guns.
* EvilVersusEvil: Their SocialDarwinism is despicable and resulted in the deaths of countless innocents, [[spoiler:but their collective power keeps the League and Union in a three-way deadlock. If Rebellion were to weaken with the loss of their leader, the Tyrant, the League and Union would start a world war.]]
* FantasticRacism: Against non-Blazers.
* WesternTerrorists: Though they seem to have members from all over the globe.
* WouldHurtAChild: They nearly killed a child in the mall for throwing ice cream at them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wallenstein]]

Device: Unknown
One of the 12 Apostles of Rebellion. He has the ability to control friction in the surrounding area.

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Despite his [[TheSocialDarwinist beliefs]], he begs for his life when Shizuku finally gets the upper hand, which [[GoodIsNotSoft she doesn't oblige.]]]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Considering how he nearly killed Shizuku, it's obvious that he's as strong as his position implies.
* {{BFS}}: His device is a massive sword, which he has to wield with one arm.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Along with foam and spittle.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:He reached out to Alice during her darkest moments in order to recruit her.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Wallenstein acts like a fairly friendly guy in order to lull [[spoiler:Alice]] to his side, only to go apeshit upon her betrayal, showing his sadistic nature.
* HandicappedBadass: Despite lacking an arm, he's still a MasterSwordsman with an incredibly powerful Noble Art.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Beats down and butchers assassins who show mercy, but begs for mercy when he's on the receiving end.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: From the inside!
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He delivers a brutal one to [[spoiler:Alice]] due to her betrayal.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He makes perfectly clear to Alice that his "invitation" to join Rebellion was a mere formality. Refusal would have meant being kidnapped and ''forced'' to join.
* RedBaron: "The One-Armed Swordsman".
* TheSocialDarwinist: Lampshaded by the man himself.
---> Wallenstein: "That is the undisputed truth of the world. The strong always devour the weak. Everything else is lies."
* VillainsWantMercy: Begs for his life when he finds himself in an unwinnable battle.

[[folder:Bishou]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese), Mark X. Laskowski (English)
->Rank: Unknown\\
Device: Judgement Ring
A terrorist who attacks the mall that Ikki and his friends are visiting in Volume 1.

* AnArmAndALeg: Courtesy of Ikki, who cuts off his hands both to disable his device and to punish him for humiliating Stella.
* AttackReflector: His rings can be used to absorb and fire back attacks from an A-ranked Blazer.
* HostageSituation: He uses one to force Stella to strip. He also plants one of his mooks among the hostages just in case he and his other mooks are defeated.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not satisfied with merely defeating Stella and proceeds to force her to publicly humiliate herself.
* PragmaticVillainy: He was explicit in his orders to not touch the hostages, which he admonishes one of his underlings for after hey shoot at Stella. Not out of any sort of morality, but because it's counterintuitive to what Bishou wants.
* WakeUpCallBoss: His ability and the way he reflected Stella's attack firmly establishes that a LeeroyJenkins approach is foolish when fighting Blazers with unknown abilities.

!Others

[[folder:Kaito Ayatsuji]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiOno (Japanese), Luis Galindo (English)

A normal human who is famous for being able to match Blazers with just pure swordsmanship.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: When he finally wakes up from his coma, he immediately asks Ikki to marry Ayase and take over the dojo. Ayase immediately issues a DopeSlap.
* BadassNormal: Unlike Ikki, who at least has some minor physical enhancing abilities; Kaito is a true example due to being an ordinary human who is able to fight Blazers with his own swordsmanship skills.
* BloodKnight: Being a RetiredBadass, he doesn't get to participate in many sword fights. When he fights Kuraudo, he's actually thankful he can fight once more.
* CounterAttack: His swordsmanship is based on countering the enemy.
* GoodParents: One of few known examples in the series, while Kaito trains Ayase in order for her to takeover the dojo, he is nevertheless a caring father towards her.
* HandicappedBadass: Is still able to land a hit on Kuraudo despite his heart disease which has been severely weakening him.
* HiddenDepths: Although his sword style is for the purpose of protecting others, he's been longing for a WorthyOpponent.
* MasterSwordsman
* RedBaron: Is known as "The Last Samurai", which is appropriate in the setting of the story.
* WeakButSkilled: The ultimate example due to being an ordinary human.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Downplayed. Even if he was in his prime, beating Kuraudo might be out of the question due to the latter's insanely fast reflexes.

[[folder:Edelweiss]]
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->Rank: Unknown\\
Device: Unknown\\

The strongest Blazer and swordswoman in the world, as well as an invincible criminal. [[spoiler:She's also one of the strongest Desperados.]]

* AffablyEvil: Subverted. If it weren't for her temporary alliance with Rebellion, it'd be hard to tell that she was a rogue Blazer rather than an ideal knight. Although, she couldn't care less about their plans and is just returning a favour. She's not exactly evil, per se. She just happens to be a criminal.
** Outside of battle, she's actually a nice person. It really makes you wonder what exactly happened 15 years ago that made such a person become the no. 1 criminal in the world, [[spoiler: considering she actually let Ikki, Stella and co. stay at her cottage when they went looking for her.(After she put them in a contract that is.)]] and one of her hobbies is making sweets during her free time. On the other hand, she's probably killed a lot of people for varying reasons. And when asked why she took up swordsmanship, her answer? She needed it for diet. Yep, you read it right people, the Best Swordsman in the World picked up the Way of the Sword because she was getting fat as a kid.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: When Ikki tries a Vibroweapon technique on her, she sees through it and uses a stronger version of that technique, meaning she essentially used [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Blade Steal]] on ''him''.
* ChristmasCake: [[spoiler:She's concerned about becoming one]].
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Ikki, who knows he can't win and only tries to stall her so Shizuku can save Alice.
* CurbstompCushion: [[spoiler: Ikki not only manages to survive her strongest attack, he actually manages to wound her. A few drops of her blood are found on the pavement where she stands.]]
* TheDreaded: Even Kurono is terrified of her.
* DualWielding: She wields two swords gracefully, giving her the illusion of having wings.
* LightningBruiser: Even Ikki can't follow her movements, despite being able to see through the techniques of some A-rank Blazers.
* MasterOfYourDomain: Her swings are faster than most people can perceive because she moves all her muscles in a specific way. Just partially copying this technique allowed Ikki to become achieve SuperSpeed without Ittou Shura.
* MasterSwordswoman: This is an {{understatement}} considering Ikki could only scratch her at best.
* MeaningfulName: Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is a white flower that grows in the Alps and is a symbol in that location.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: While she's not evil, her favor to Rebellion causes her to fight Ikki, which resulted in him learning her swordplay and muscle techniques. [[spoiler:Several of his opponents would have been impossible to beat if it weren't for these skills.]]
* NobleDemon: She actually doesn't care about Rebellion's agenda and is only helping them out because of a favor they did for her. She offers to let Ikki and Shizuku retreat because they have no hope of winning.
* RazorWind: She can create damaging vacuums in space with nothing but strength and precise swordplay.
* SuperpowerLottery: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:She's a Desperado, but her Noble Art doesn't enhance her combat ability.]]
* SupremeChef: Her pastry skills are good enough to impress Ikki, who normally doesn't like sweets.
* SweetTooth: A very big one. [[spoiler: In fact, the reason why she picked up swordsmanship was because her family was worried she was getting fat because of all the sweets she ate when was younger.]]
* VillainRespect: Edelweiss uses her strongest technique to defeat Ikki, out of respect for his swordsmanship and determination. [[spoiler: He manages to see through it, survive and draw her blood.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Downplayed in comparison to other [[spoiler:Desperados. Her Noble Art can only make death contracts, which have little application in battle, meaning she can only rely on her swordsmanship and powers common to all Desperados.]]
* WingedHumanoid: Takes on metallic "wings" as part of her ultimate attack.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: In terms of wielding a sword, though it's unknown if she's the strongest Blazer period.

[[folder:Prime Minister Tsukikage Bakuga]]
The current prime minister of Japan.

* AffablyEvil: Nobody who meets him in person would ever think he'd be a man who would side with terrorists [[spoiler:as part of a convoluted plan to join the Union]]. Even Kurono, who has hard evidence, found it hard to believe. He uses this to his maximum advantage to give Akatsuki good PR.
* CrystalBall: His device is a crystal ball that can see past and future events.
* DevilInPlainSight: He happily acknowledges his horrific behavior, but nobody believes him until it's too late.
* EvilOldFolks: He was Kurono's teacher when she was in the Blazer academy.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Despite Akatsuki's loss, he's hopeful that Ikki's potential as a Desperado will increase Japan's chances of surviving the next world war.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:His plan hinges on the unlikely event that the Union welcomes Japan despite his collusion with Rebellion, a terrorist organization.]]
* KnightTemplar: He is so absolutely convinced in Japan's utter superiority to the rest of the world that he truly believes igniting world war three by engaging in horrific criminal activity is truly in the best interests of Japan and its citizens, going so far as to say the territories conquered by Japan in world war two (Hawaii, the Philippines, and large swathes of Chinese soil, among other things) are Japan's territory by birthright. He is then completely incredulous when anyone points out the obvious flaws in this world view. (Like the fact that the "Japanese strength" he's boasting about is actually the strength of an international group of terrorists, most of whom aren't Japanese to begin with, and that the "weak" students who were brutalized were the very Japanese, he boasts are superior.) [[spoiler:This is a facade for his true goal of getting Japan to join the winning side of the next World War, though he fails to see a [[InsaneTrollLogic major flaw in his plan]].]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: He can't begin to comprehend how ordering a terrorist attack on a school in his own country, and on students composed almost entirely of his own citizens is a bad thing. He does acknowledge that it's unpleasant to be attacked but completely fails to see how the attack itself is wrong.
* PresidentEvil: He was elected Prime Minister, and Kuruno points out in volume 5, chapter 1 that his personality is exactly the same as Prime Minister as it was when he was her teacher.
* ShutUpKirk: Pulls this on Kurono when she confronts him regarding his plans to ignite world war three by using Rebellion and Akatsuki to commit terrorist acts.
--->'''Tsukikage Bakuga:''' "Things have reached the point where I can not be stopped by a simple school teacher like you. Know your place, and do your duty as a school teacher should!"
* StoicSpectacles: He wears glasses, and does not show emotion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:His Noble Art predicted that the Union and League would go to war, resulting in the Union winning and destroying Japan. By forming Akatsuki, he hoped to ditch the League and join the Union to prevent Japan's destruction.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Or-Gaule (UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]
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The puppeteer of Reisen Hiraga and the leader of Team Cradleland.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's a sociopath with a bizarre fixation on Stella.
* AnimalMotifs: A spider. Fittingly, his Device is named Black Widow.
* ArcVillain: The primary antagonist of the Vermillion Empire Arc.
* AutoRevive: [[spoiler: In Volume 15, after Johann smashes his skull, he unveils his strongest Noble Art, Dance Macabre, which reconstructs his body with flesh and [[BodyHorror bits of debris from whatever is around]].]]
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Iris' Abel.
* EnfanteTerrible: Even as a child, he could only derive pleasure from [[EvilFeelsGood bullying other children and, after his powers awakened, injuring people and breaking up relationships]] with his PeoplePuppets abilities.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: His sister Iris still loves him deep down, but she knows he must be taken down for the horrible things he does.
* EvilWearsBlack: He wears a black hooded coat to make even more obvious that he's a bad guy.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: In volume 15, he [[CruelAndUnusualDeath butchers Ikki Kurogane]]. If it wasn't for Shizuku, Ikki would have stayed dead.]]
* InTheHood: He's dressed in a black hooded coat.
* KarmicDeath: He wishes to "break" Stella and take everything away from her. He does so by [[spoiler:killing her boyfriend Ikki, and Stella burns him to ashes as revenge]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: To Reisen Hiraga, who was actually a puppet he created.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Aside from the PeoplePuppets deal, [[spoiler:he exploits Iris' long-repressed BigSisterInstinct to turn her against Ikki and Stella, which ends up getting her killed.]]
* MarionetteMaster: He has both artificial puppets and PeoplePuppets to fight for him, though he is definitely no slouch in one-on-one combat either.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: He has heterochromatic eyes, with his left eye being red and the right one being blue, as a hint that he isn't a regular human. [[spoiler:He's a Desperado, a person that has broken the chains of fate and possesses an incredible amount of mana.]]
* MasterOfThreads: His Device, Black Widow, takes the form of a multitude of strings, which he can use for slicing people up or controlling puppets.
* MeatPuppet: [[spoiler: Dance Macabre turns him into one.]]
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: [[spoiler: His Dance Macabre resurrects him after death by piecing his body back together with his threads. This explicitly gives him an exponential power boost, as well as making him immune to most forms of harm by virtue of being a living meat puppet running on magic.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair is an indicator of his special nature [[spoiler:as a Desperado that can break and alter fate]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:His murdering Ikki [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening triggers Stella's Excessive Awakening]], which she uses to utterly annihilate him]]. He'd been doing a good job giving hell to the protagonists up until that point.
* PeoplePuppets: One of his favorite applications of his powers. He can insert his strings into the bodies and ''brains'' of his victims to control their every move while they are [[AndIMustScream conscious and unable to stop themselves]].
* RazorFloss: The threads of his Black Widow are sharp enough to cut through people.
* {{Sadist}}: He has stated more than once that the only way for him to feel any joy is by inflicting pain on other people.
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler: Does this when Stella's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him as she is burning him to a crisp causes him to realize that Iris loved him the whole time.]]
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He starts pleading for his life as Stella is [[KillItWithFire incinerating him]] at the climax of Volume 15. Stella [[ShutUpHannibal tells him where he can shove it]].]]
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler: On his tenth birthday, he used his powers to control all of the residents of his village, [[SelfMadeOrphan including his parents]], and make them kill one another, leaving only his sister Iris alive. The incident became known as La Croix Sanglant.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a sadistic villain with white hair.
* WildCard: He seems to have no concrete goal in mind for his atrocities other than [[ForTheEvulz amusement]]. [[spoiler: The start of the Vermillion Empire Arc has him and his team betraying and slaughtering most of Rebellion's leadership despite being one of their executives just so he could pursue his interest in Stella.]]
* WindsOfDestinyChange: [[spoiler:As a Desperado, he's capable of forcing the fate of what he desires to happen upon other people.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ein Abgrund]]
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A member of Team Cradleland.
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* CleavageWindow: She wears a black dress with a huge opening on the chest area.
* GreenThumb: Her device allows her to control plants.
%%* RapunzelHair
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Iris Ascarid]]
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An A-Ranked Blazer in the League of Mage-Knight Nations and also a former fourth-ranked in KOK A-League known as the Black Knight. She's also Or-Gaule's sister.
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* MulticoloredHair: She has white hair with light blue sidelocks.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/or_gaule.jpg]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ein_abgrund.jpg]]

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Short white hair? Check. Red eyes? Check? Stoic and quiet demeanor? Check. Has a supernatural quality that makes her stand out among regular people? Check.

* {{Precognition}}: [[spoiler:His device is a crystal ball that can see past and future events.]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: Starts pleading for his life as Stella is [[KillItWithFire incinerating him]] at the climax of Volume 15. Stella [[ShutUpHannibal tells him where he can shove it]].]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wishes to "break" Stella and take everything away from her. He does so by [[spoiler:killing Ikki]], and gets his ass handed to him as a result.

* MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair is a hint to his special nature [[spoiler:as a Desperado that can break and alter fate]].

* EnfanteTerrible: Even as a child, he could only derive pleasure from [[EvilFeelsGood bullying other children and, after his powers awakened, injuring people and breaking up relationships with his PeoplePuppets abilities]].

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: The Cain to Iris' Abel.]]
* EnfanteTerrible: [[spoiler: Even as a child, he could only derive pleasure from [[EvilFeelsGood bullying other children and, after his powers awakened, injuring people and breaking up relationships with his PeoplePuppets abilities]].]]

An A-Ranked Blazer in the League of Mage-Knight Nations and also a former fourth-ranked in KOK A-League known as the Black Knight as well as a Desperado.

* AutoRevive: [[spoiler: In Volume 15, after Johann smashes his skull, he unveils his strongest Noble Art, Dance Macabre, which reconstructs his body with flesh and [[BodyHorror bits of debris from whatever is around]].]]

* BigBad: The primary antagonist of the Vermillion Empire Arc.

* MarkOfTheSupernatural: He has heterochromatic eyes, with one red and the other blue, as a hint that he isn't regular human. [[spoiler:He's a Desperado, a person that has broken the chains of fate and possesses an incredible amount of mana.]]

[[folder:Donrou Academy]]
!!Kuraudo Kurashiki

[[folder:Bunkyoku Academy]]
!!Yudai Moroboshi

!!Byakuya Jougasaki

[[folder:Rebellion]]

!General Tropes

!!Wallenstein

!!Bishou

[[folder:Others]]
!!Kaito Ayatsuji

!!Edelweiss

!! Prime Minister Tsukikage Bakuga

!! Or-Gaule

[[spoiler: The puppeteer of Reisen Hiraga and the leader of Team Cradleland.]]

* MarionetteMaster: Has both artificial puppets and PeoplePuppets to fight for him, though he is definitely no slouch in one-on-one combat either.

* MismatchedEyes: One red, one blue.

* RazorFloss: Black Widow takes the form of a multitude of strings, which he can use for slicing people up or controlling puppets.
* {{Sadist}}: Has stated more than once that the only way for him to feel any joy is by inflicting pain on other people.
* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler: As a Desperado.]]

* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler: On his tenth birthday, he used his powers to control all of the residents of his village, [[SelfMadeOrphan including his parents]], and make them kill one another, leaving only his sister Iris alive. The incident became known as La Croix Sanglant.]]

!! Ein Abgrund

!! Iris Ascarid

* HeroKiller: He hospitalized Kaito Ayatsuji, who is known for defeating Blazers despite being a normal human.

->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Ono (Japanese), Luis Galindo (English)

* {{Sadist}}

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:His murduring Ikki [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening triggers Stella's Excessive Awakening]], which she uses to utterly annihilate him]]. He'd been doing a good job giving hell to the protagonists up until that point.

* Sadist

[[spoiler: The puppeteer of Reisen Hiraga and the leader of Team Cradleland]]

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[[folder:Others]]
!!Kaito Ayatsuji
->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Ono (Japanese), Luis Galindo (English)

A normal human who is famous for being able to match Blazers with just pure swordsmanship.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: When he finally wakes up from his coma, he immediately asks Ikki to marry Ayase and take over the dojo. Ayase immediately issues a DopeSlap.
* BadassNormal: Unlike Ikki, who at least has some minor physical enhancing abilities; Kaito is a true example due to being an ordinary human who is able to fight Blazers with his own swordsmanship skills.
* BloodKnight: Being a RetiredBadass, he doesn't get to participate in many sword fights. When he fights Kuraudo, he's actually thankful he can fight once more.
* CounterAttack: His swordsmanship is based on countering the enemy.
* GoodParents: One of few known examples in the series, while Kaito trains Ayase in order for her to takeover the dojo, he is nevertheless a caring father towards her.
* HandicappedBadass: Is still able to land a hit on Kuraudo despite his heart disease which has been severely weakening him.
* HiddenDepths: Although his sword style is for the purpose of protecting others, he's been longing for a WorthyOpponent.
* MasterSwordsman
* RedBaron: Is known as "The Last Samurai", which is appropriate in the setting of the story.
* WeakButSkilled: The ultimate example due to being an ordinary human.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Downplayed. Even if he was in his prime, beating Kuraudo might be out of the question due to the latter's insanely fast reflexes.

!!Edelweiss
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Device: Unknown\\

The strongest Blazer and swordswoman in the world, as well as an invincible criminal. [[spoiler:She's also one of the strongest Desperados.]]