History Characters / DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai has a very large cast, with most of the characters being [[HiddenDepths well developed]] and that experience [[CharacterDevelopment some growth]] over the course of the story. The cast is big enough to be split into multiple pages.

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!Allies
[[folder: Avan]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese/2020 series), Luis Fernándo Ríos (European Spanish/1991 series)
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A BunnyEarsLawyer [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who acts buffoonish and eccentric while being genuinely powerful]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity or just be pretending to be buffoonish]]. In truth, he is the hero that defeated Hadlar years ago and would later train Dai to defeat the revived Hadlar and his master, Vearn, but resorts to a HeroicSacrifice in order to kill his ArchEnemy, [[SenselessSacrifice only to be the only one to be killed]]. [[{{Revenge}} Avenging his death]] as well as [[TakeUpMySword inheriting his desire for justice]] is what motivates his disciples going into their quest.

[[spoiler: It later turns out that he's NotQuiteDead and was secretly aiding them all along until the final arc, in which he reveals himself to aid his disciples to take down Vearn once and for all.]]
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* TheAce: At the beginning, he's considered the best at everything. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end, since every single one of his disciples has become way stronger than him in his or her speciality.]]
* BackForTheFinale: He disappears for most of the main plot...[[spoiler:but just before the final battle, the heroes discover he was NotQuiteDead.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Downplayed. He's a childish, odd-looking goofball with a well-deserved reputation as the WorldsBestWarrior, but he tends to exhibit both at the same time rather than letting one hide the other. He does get a bit more dangerous when he gets completely serious, but he's so obviously capable despite his general lack of dignity that nobody's ever especially surprised.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's extremely competent in pretty much every field, but pays zero regard to his own dignity, and will happily be as strange and childish as he wants while performing phenomenal feats of strength, speed, and magical power.
* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:Avan knew he was outclassed by the new Demon Army and that his disciples had the potential to be far stronger than him, so he let them travel on their own to avenge him while he acquired as many support spells and items as possible in secret to help them out later. Thanks to this, on top of holding his own at Vearn's Palace, Avan disables most of the fortress' barriers and traps to let Dai reach Vearn in top condition.]]
* CrazyPrepared: He always seems to have the right magic item with him.
* DidNotSeeThatComing: While he had his suspicions that Hadlar had come back or someone else stepped up to his position, he didn't expect the dark god Vearn to have resurrected Hadlar and for the returning Dark Lord to be even stronger than fifteen years prior. The result is getting caught right after he had used the intensive and draining Puff spell to help train Dai, and requiring his HeroicSacrifice for Dai and Popp to even hope to survive the encounter.
* DisneyDeath: His HeroicSacrifice against Hadlar is the climax of the first real PlotArc. [[spoiler:Turns out, he wasn't dead at all]].
* TheDreaded: Is this to Vearn and Kill-Vearn, and many of their underlings.
** To put things in perspective: Vearn's first order to Hadlar in the plot was explicitly to kill Avan, before starting anything else, and Hadlar getting rid of him was judged enough of a worthy accomplishment that he was granted a consequential PowerUp.
** When Hadlar screwed up killing Avan's disciples several times, and committing a major screw-up [[spoiler:with his plotting to keep his position, and not disclosing vital information such as Dai being a Dragon Knight, eventually leading to Baran's (the strongest General by far) betrayal and potential threat towards Vearn]], he is on the verge of a YouHaveFailedMe scenario, yet [[PragmaticVillainy Vearn]] still commends Hadlar's achievement in killing Avan, considering it worthy enough that he grants him a final chance and an eventual pardon. For Hadlar, defeating Avan was the gift that kept on giving.
** [[spoiler:When it is revealed that he actually did not die at all, everyone in the room [[DidNotSeeThatComing observing the scene]] goes [[OhCrap dead silent]], including the [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness usually wise-cracking Kill-Vearn]], who promptly switches to a no-nonsense mindset, going after him relentlessly, undergoing EvilMakeOver to drive the point home that he is taking him very seriously after getting his smiling mask broken, and pulling every nasty trick in the book to try to get rid of him for good, because he is THAT [[SpannerInTheWorks unpredictable]]. THIS is how feared he is by Vearn and his associates, as a mere human.]]
* DubNameChange: His name was changed to "Ivan" in some dubs of the 1991 anime adaptation.
* EccentricMentor: Being a BunnyEarsLawyer and TheMentor at the same time, he ends up as this.
* GratuitousEnglish: Part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* GratuitousFrench: Part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* HappilyMarried: Implied at the end: [[spoiler:he is shown ruling Carl with Flora]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He was the hero who defeated Hadlar the first time. At the time of the story, he's the mentor.
* HeroicSacrifice: He uses a suicide spell to try to protect his disciples from Hadlar. [[spoiler: Subverted: it is later revealed that he survived the blast]].
* HowDoIShotWeb: The prequel establishes the first Strash that blew Hadlar off Flora's castle was done in the spur of the moment and as such Avan couldn't perform it correctly afterwards, though he intuited it required expertise in all aspects of combat and set off to master them.
* MagicKnight: Very proficient in both physical combat and various kinds of magic.
* MasterSwordsman: He has no superhuman strength, speed or endurance, but he ''does'' have absolutely flawless technique.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: He's forced to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] before he can complete Dai's training. [[spoiler:Subverted: he actually survived and went into hiding]].
* NerdGlasses: Given to him by Flora. They help him [[ObfuscatingStupidity hide his intelligence]]. He typically takes them off [[TheGlassesComeOff when talking seriously]] and even left them with Flora for the duration of his journey to defeat Hadlar.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:Avan survives his own Megante thanks to an amulet gifted to him by Flora, without even knowing it had such an effect. He then survives another Megante from a duel judge robot, much to Kill-Vearn's shock, just because he's that tough.]]
* NotQuiteDead: Normally, the Megante spell kills the user. [[spoiler:Without knowing, Avan had just the right magic amulet to survive it]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He likes to keep his skills and intelligence hidden, for various reasons.
* ThePaladin: Fights for good? Check. Swordsmanship skills? Check. Use of defensive White Magic? Check! Avan's a more eccentric version but fits the archetype nevertheless.
* PassingTheTorch: To his disciples and their allies.
* RedIsHeroic: His standard outfit.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Occasionally when he's about to get serious.
* SenselessSacrifice: He gives his life to kill Hadlar, but the latter survives the attack with no major damage - although he ''is'' weakened to the point that Dai manages to drive him off. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Avan survived the blast as well.]]
* SupremeChef: When he's not fighting demons or chasing butterflies, he's teaching the castle cooks how to cook meals that not just taste amazing but also improve the body's health.
* TakingYouWithMe: Tries this on Hadlar, but it fails. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he survives as well.]]
* TricksterMentor:
** He'd rather make his disciples figure out how to use new skills themselves than explain them the details.
** [[spoiler:One of the reasons he doesn't tell Dai and Popp he's not dead is that he thinks they would subconsciously rely on him and stunt their own growth.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: His ill-fated battle with Hadlar was right after he had used the [=MP=]-intensive Puff to transform into a dragon for training Dai, on top of the fifteen year passage of time where despite spreading his teachings the years of peace rusted his capabilities.
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[[folder: Queen Flora]]

Flora is the queen of the kingdom of Carl, which is among the nations destroyed by the Dark Army. She's absent when Leona tries to gather the remaining human nations, but appears late in the story to help the heroes to fight back.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Nobody is ever shown disagreeing with her.
* BalconySpeech: Needed to bring humanity to raise again when [[spoiler:Dai seems dead and all hope seems lost]].
* TheHighQueen: A strong, dignified and determined woman.
* HopeBringer: She was this to people back in the prequel when Hadlar raised his own demon army to conquer the world.
* LadyOfWar: When necessary, she can [[WhipItGood bring out her whip]] and kill some monsters. In fact, the prequel shows that she is no stranger to fighting at the front to rally people.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She does everything she can to support the heroes, aware they are the only ones that can actually defeat Vearn.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While the heroes fight on the front line, she helps gather all the remaining forces of humanity.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the prequel story, she could not join Avan in his quest to save the world due to having to take care of the kingdom in her sick father's stead. In the present, she actively contributes to saving the world and even briefly joins the heroes in acquiring the sacred spell.
* {{Tsundere}}: Makes a couple of passive aggressive comments at Avan when she sees him again, as he's been avoiding her for years.
* WhipItGood: Her weapon of choice. She can defeat a lot of weak monsters in a single strike.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: She's actually very shaken from Avan's death, but she can't let it show.
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[[folder: Lon Beruk]]

A demon that resides deep in a forest outside Lankarks, he's renowned for his skill as a blacksmith. The heroes seek him out when they need to secure a weapon that's suitable for Dai.
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* TheAlcoholic: He's very rarely seen without a good bottle of wine.
* TheHermit: He lives within a forest, far away from many a human presence. The heroes find him only through the help of Junk, who corresponds with him as a fellow blacksmith.
* LonersAreFreaks: He doesn't have many friends because of his snarky and abrasive nature.
* PointyEars: They show his demonic nature.
* ScarsAreForever: He lets Myst-Vearn scar him as punishment for insulting Vearn.
* UltimateBlacksmith: He created every [[InfinityPlusOneSword ultimate weapon]] in existence except for the Demon Dragon Sword, which was created by the Gods.
* WeaponOfChoice: He's one of the best swordsmen in history.
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[[folder: Matoriv]]
!!!Voiced by: Shin Aomori (Japanese/1991 series), Antonio Inchausti (European Spanish/1991 series)

A lecherous old mage who accompanied Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar, he lives alone in a cave on an uninhabited island sometime after Hadlar's defeat. He trains Popp after the heroes encounter him.
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* TheArchmage: His official, in-universe title.
* BloodFromTheMouth: He coughs up blood periodically, to show that [[YourDaysAreNumbered he won't have long to live]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Almost as much as Avan.
* CastFromHitpoints: Some of the spells he used when he was younger. It's taken a dramatic toll on his health as he grew older.
* CoolOldGuy: He's basically the strongest mage ever, but his age prevents him from using too much magic power. Even with his limitations, [[BigDamnHeroes he saves the day several times]].
* DirtyOldMan: The first thing he does after meeting the heroes is trying to feel Maam up.
* TheHermit: He lived alone in isolation after [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer he was bullied once too many]] -- he was a council member at the time, at that -- before the heroes encounter him for the first time in the main story.
* NiceHat: His hat is almost as big as himself.
* SadistTeacher: His teaching style is quite different from Avan's, and way more effective if the student is Popp.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Illustrated with BloodFromTheMouth when he coughs. [[spoiler:He's still alive at the end of the story, though.]]
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[[folder: Brokeena]]

A BareFistedMonk who aided Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar, he's the mentor to Maam and Chiu.
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* BadLiar: He constantly lies about being deadly sick, and wears a painted bedsheet to pass himself as a monster so he could help the heroes in secret. No one is ever fooled.
* BareFistedMonk: His signature style.
* BrilliantButLazy: He tries to appear as this, though he probably went through TrainingFromHell in the past.
* CoolShades: He's never seen without his small sunglasses.
* CoolOldGuy: Even when he's not fighting, he helps the heroes by giving them ideas.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: He's always barefoot, with or without disguising himself.
* EccentricMentor: Having an unconventional character while giving the heroes advice qualifies him for this.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: PlayedForLaughs as a running gag, as he's always coughing and talking about how he's soon going to die from an obviously fake illness. Some flashbacks revealed he has been doing this since Avan's early hero days.
* OldMaster: He's even called "the martial arts legend" in-universe. His age doesn't let him fight for long, but he compensates with experience.
* PaperThinDisguise: Covered himself with a bed-sheet with a hand drawn monster face as a disguise to join Chiu's army. No one was fooled, but he was allowed to join the group anyway.
* RoundHippieShades: His CoolShades are dark and spherical-shaped, which help to indicate his unconventional character.
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[[folder: Nova]]

The son of a general of the fallen kingdom of Ringaia, Nova meets Dai and the others before the battle between the forces of the nations and the Demon Army. He is initially an arrogant {{Jerkass}} to the heroes but quickly changes his tune upon finding out how outclassed he is.
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* CastFromHitPoints: He can make his Aura Sword extremely powerful... at the cost of his own life.
* {{Determinator}}: He manages to impress even [[TheHero Dai]] with this, during their first fight against the Royal Guard.
* HeroicWannabe: He thinks he's the "true hero" and Dai is a fake. He changes his mind pretty quickly.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's implied that while Dai was fighting his battles, Nova was having other adventures in the North.
* HumblePie: His utterly humiliating defeat (and potential near death) by the Shinei Kidan yanks him out of his HeroicWannabe attitude.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's quite the {{Jerkass}} when he first meets Dai and the others, but they're still quite impressed by his determination and willingness to sacrifice himself to save people from demons.
* OddFriendship: At the end, he develops one of these with Lon Beruk.
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[[folder: Merle]]

A young girl with strong PsychicPower, she travels with her grandmother Nabara prior to meeting up with the heroes and joining them soon afterwards.
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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Who her parents are/were or what happened to them has never been revealed.
* CameBackStrong: She dies on Popp's arms, only to be revived by Popp's awakened magic power. She wakes up many chapters later, with her seer abilities increased many times over.
* CannotSpitItOut: She loves Popp, but can't say it to his face, even when she's literally dying on his arms.
* CombatMedic: She can use the most basic healing spell, though she doesn't get to do it often, as Leona is more proficient in this role.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Merle uses her own body to shield Popp from a cursed projectile and dies in his arms after finally declaring her love for him.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Merle uses her body to block a cursed projectile aimed at Popp, and confesses her true feelings to him with her last words.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: She keeps her feelings for Popp to herself because she's afraid of ruining the relationship she already built with him.
* InsecureLoveInterest: She loves Popp, but considers herself unworthy of him, mostly because she knows she's completely useless in battle.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her eyes are drawn with huge irises and almost no sclera to cue the reader about her powerful seer abilities.
* PsychicPower: She's better than her grandmother in this department. Her contribution to the heroes is mostly through warning her teammates of some impending danger with her premonitions so the others can try to take care of it before it's too late.
* PutOnABus: She stays behind in Teran after the heroes leave, but [[TheBusCameBack rejoins them later on and remains in their team for the rest of the story]].
* RaisedByGrandparents: Presumably, she's raised by her grandmother, Nabara, if the facts that she's seen following Nabara around prior to joining the heroes and that [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent her parents have neither made any appearance nor been given any mention at all]] are any indication.
* ShrinkingViolet: She's quite gentle and discreet.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirl to Maam's Tomboy.
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[[folder: Chiu]]

A mouse monster who trains under Brokeena alongside Maam, he joins the heroes when Maam rejoins them.
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* BareFistedMonk: Not as strong as Maam, but he is one nonetheless.
* BenevolentBoss: Chiu treats his underlings with nothing but respect, never asks them to do something impossible and he's always willing to risk his own life to protect them from serious harm. Because of this, his underlings practically worship him, and even Crocodine thinks he will be a better Beast King than him.
* CrazyPrepared: PlayedForLaughs with regard to the assorted items he carries with him all the time. Having said that, this allowed him to help Dai and win a hopeless battle during his introduction.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: With the aid of the Beast King's Flute, monsters that are summoned by it serve as his teammates/underlings after Chiu defeats them.
* TheDeterminator: He tries relentlessly to attack the transformed Zamza, not stopping no matter how times he gets knocked down. This serves a benefit, as it actually tires Zamza out and helps Popp notice that his second mouth is also needed to breath, allowing them to rescue die by flinging a fire spell at his and suffocate to the point of opening his second mouth.
* {{Foil}}: To Crocodine.
** Size is the first, and most easily recognized contrast: Crocodine is a GentleGiant, while Chiu is FunSize.
** Crocodine is a strong fighter, even if he becomes OvershadowedByAwesome by the end of the series, whereas Chiu proves to be lacking in fighting capacity and eventually finds his real talent in leadership skills instead.
* FunSize: He's one head shorter than even [[KidHero Dai]], who's the smallest and shortest among the main heroes.
* FunnyAnimal: With a [[PluckyComicRelief heavy emphasis on "funny"]].
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: He wished to be a powerful martial artist, but eventualy had to accept he had no talent for that. Instead, his true talent turned out to be his amazing strategy and leadership skills, which allowed him to turn his small army of weak monsters into a very effective unit that helped to save the day more than once.
** His leadership skills are so great that with just a few words he can dispell fear and boost his army's morale through the roof, and he can be so inspirational than even enemy monsters feel touched by his words. At the end of the story, he ends up recruiting the powerful Hym, aka Hadlar's reincarnation into his army.
* InterspeciesRomance: Towards Maam. It's entirely one-sided on his part, as Maam sees him as a teammate and a friend -- nothing more. He moves on eventually.
* PluckyComicRelief: His role outside of battles is mostly this.
* ReformedCriminal: More like "reformed monster", as Chiu is a mouse monster that used to cause mischief in a village somewhere in Romos before Brokeena caught him, trained him, and helped him reform.
* TeamPet
* UseYourHead: His headbutt can dent/damage standard armor. He also proves how sturdy his head is when a sword-wielding AnimatedArmor strikes him on the head using its sword, with the sword breaking from the impact as the result.
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[[folder: Brass]]
!!Voiced By: Creator/IsamuTanonaka (Japanese- 1991 Series), Creator/JunpeiTakiguchi (Japanese- 1991 Film), Creator/KenichiOgata (Japanese- 2020 Series), Daniel Palacios (European Spanish/1991 series)
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A monster who [[MosesInTheBulrushes found Dai when he was washed ashore on a remote island where he himself resides]], Brass raised Dai as his own grandson.
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* AscendedExtra: Brass barely appears in the main story after being taken home from Romos, but the prequel builds on a brief remark of him being familiar with Hadlar by making him one of his four top enforcers.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's subjected into attacking Dai during Dai and Maam's battle against Crocodine inside Romos castle, as the result of Zaboera's spell-work. Popp has him returned back to normal with some spell-work of his own.
* OrWasItADream: Given Dai's inability to cast spells despite his best effort to make Dai a spell-caster throughout most of the [[OriginsEpisode introduction arcs]], he's understandably shocked to witness Dai casting high-level spells successfully near the end of said arcs[[note]] (courtesy of Dai's [[PowerGlows "draconic aura" that is activated through his crest]])[[/note]] and, after Dai reverts back to normal (and back to his old, magically-inept self), wonders whether what he witnessed from Dai was real.
-->'''Brass''': Maybe I was hallucinating after all...
* PutOnABus: Once Dai and the others leave Romos, he only makes TheCameo once for plot-related purpose before coming BackForTheFinale.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Throughout the [[OriginsEpisode introduction arcs]], he berates Dai for his lack of progress in spellcasting, having wished for Dai to be a great mage, while Dai himself wants to be a sword-wielding hero instead. [[DownplayedTrope They still love each other all the same, though.]]
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[[folder: Junk and Steenue]]

Popp's parents, who reside in the town of Lankarks, where Popp was born and raised.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: After seeing Popp for the first time after Popp ran off, he ''really'' lets loose on Popp -- violently[[note]] -- for starters, his initial reaction is to grab unto Popp, lifts him up, and then slams him onto the ground[[/note]]. Steenue and the heroes accompanying Popp end up having to intervene to stop him from inflicting more injuries on Popp than he already has. This also overlaps with CallingOutForNotCalling, as Popp had left for over a year without sending any news home in the meantime.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Junk appears in the first opening of the 2020 anime a few stories arc before we officially get to meet him.
* TheBlacksmith: Junk's profession, both before and after settling down in Lankarks, where he specializes in selling weapons.
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: Steenue provides the "gentle touch", while [[ToughLove Junk is a firm believer in "firm hand"]].[[note]]We don't see much of Steenue, but Popp's limited on-screen interaction with her seems to show that she's much nicer to Popp than Junk is.[[/note]]
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Junk is TheBlacksmith in their village, with the physical strength and knowledge about weaponry required for such a job, whereas Popp is a SquishyWizard whose specialty is on spell-casting instead of fighting with brute physical strength or weaponry.
* ToughLove: Junk is a firm practitioner when it comes to parenting.
* WeSellEverything: His weapon shop specializes in weaponry-related wares.
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[[folder: Loka and Leyla]]

Maam's parents. They accompanied Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar in the past. After Avan accomplished it, they settled down in a village, where Maam was born and raised.
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* DisappearedDad: Loka [[PosthumousCharacter had already passed away prior to the start of the main story]].
* IWasQuiteALooker: While Leyla is by no mean ugly in the present, she was quite [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/layla_younger.png stunning]] back in the day when she traveled with Avan and Loka as the prequel shows.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: "Daughter" in this case. Maam, despite never having been a warrior like Loka, has strength reminiscent to his own, as Matoriv remarks. Meanwhile, Maam has capacity for some healing spells, which Leila, who fought alongside Loka as a cleric, could wield. The weapon Maam wields when she joins Dai and Popp was given to her by Leila, who wielded it when she joined Avan alongside Loka.
* PosthumousCharacter: Loka, who is also a DisappearedDad.
* RetiredBadass: They were among Avan's teammates in his journey to defeat Hadlar. Afterwards, they settled down in a village in the kingdom of Romos, got married, and became a family.
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[[folder: Aimi, Apollo, and Marin]]

The three sages who serve under Leona.
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* ActionGirl: Both Aimi and Marin are spell-casting sages.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with regarding Marin. She suffers severe burns in the face when Flazzard grabs her by the face with his fiery hand. After the heroes rescue Leona, she uses her healing spell to restore Marin's face back to its original state.
* OutOfFocus: Apollo and Marin tend to get less attention when compared to Aimi, especially once Aimi gets entangled in a TriangRelations that involve herself, Maam, and Hyunckel.
* SatelliteCharacter: Apollo and Marin basically revolve around serving Leona. Once Leona joins the main heroes, they are more or less OutOfFocus, [[OutOfFocus appearing only occasionally for plot-relevant purposes]].
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[[folder: Baduck]]

An aged fencer in Papnica, he's the first person from said kingdom that Dai, Popp, and Maam meet after entering its borders. He can put up a decent fight despite his old age and lack of magical skills, also has a knack for crafting useful items and is surprisingly good at repairing magic weapons.
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* BadassMustache: He has quite a mustached look.
* BadassNormal: He's just an old fencer wearing normal equipment, but he can put up a really decent fight against powerful enemies and can survive through crazy dangerous battles without becoming a burden.
* CoolOldGuy: He's old, but he can support the heroes with his decent fencing skills, can craft/repair special items for them when the need arises and is also a pretty fun person to hang around with. On top of that, he is pretty good spotting when someone is on the need for some encouraging words.
* MasterOfNone: He has considerable breadth of talent, but not much depth, and while he's minimally capable of pretty much anything and everything, and always finds some way to be of use, there's nothing he's truly great at.
* MilesGloriosus: Downplayed. While he is obviously inflating his own abilities to try sounding impressive, he's always at least somewhat competent in every field he claims to be a genius at, from combat to engineering, and that's useful in its own right.
* OldSoldier: He's old, and his armor/sword are in bad shape, revealing his experience on the battlefield. He still can put up a good fight and share his experience to guide the heroes when they feel lost.
* RenaissanceMan: Downplayed. He's not the genius polymath he claims to be, but he's moderately capable at absolutely everything. If there's a task that needs doing and everyone else is either incapable or otherwise occupied, then Baduck can be relied upon to do a reasonably OK job.
* RidiculouslyPotentExplosive: Has the knowledge and ability to create two crazy powerful bombs able to destroy a magic tower. The only reason why this skill isn't brought up a second time is because Baduck simply never again has access to the components needed to create more bombs.
* TheBlacksmith: While it's not his official title or main line of work, he has some capacity for it.
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[[folder: Nabara]]

Merle's grandmother. Merle traveled alongside her prior to meeting the heroes.
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* CrystalBall: Her prop of choice when working as a FortuneTeller.
* FortuneTeller: Her profession.
* OutOfFocus: She shows up occasionally in plot-related scenes once Merle [[TheBusCameBack rejoins the heroes]].
* PsychicPower: Which she utilizes in her work as a FortuneTeller, though Merle surpasses her within the main story.
* PutOnABus: She and Merle stay behind in Teran after the heroes leave. When Merle [[TheBusCameBack rejoins the heroes]], she is OutOfFocus instead.
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!Dark Army
[[folder: Dark Lord Vearn]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiUtsumi (Japanese 1991 series), Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese 2020 Series)
The BigBad of the series and the GreaterScopeVillain that revives Halder. An [[TimeAbyss extremely ancient]] demon lord with aspirations of conquering the sun by destroying the land of the human world, he creates his armies with the intention on following through with this desire.
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* ArchEnemy: He becomes Dai's greatest enemy after he [[spoiler: desecrates Baran's body and kills Gomechan in front of him]]. Similarly, Vearn views Dai as a dangerous threat and takes several measures not to underestimate him.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Most demons aren't a very obedient bunch, but they're all too scared of his power to disobey him.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is the ruler of the organization and he has the immense power and vast wellspring of knowledge gathered from eons of existence to back it up.
* AGodAmI: He is called the God of the Demon World. Though he himself is aware that he pales compared to actual Gods, and will only claim that title for himself once his plan to bring sunlight to the Demon World comes true. He is also so many leagues above everyone else, and such a TimeAbyss that the difference is barely a technicality at this point.
* BeardOfEvil: As a typical evil wizard, he has one of those. [[spoiler:His old body does, at least]].
* BigBad: He created and commands the whole demon army and it is his ambition to make the sun accessible to the demon world by destroying the land of humanity to accomplish this that drives the plot.
* {{Bishonen}}: When he was young, he was pretty good-looking.
* BreakingSpeech: Makes it an art form, in which he deconstructs every argument used against him to break his foes' spirits, made all the more gloomy in that he is usually right.
* BrokenPedestal: To Hadlar, after [[TheStarScream planning to overthrow Vearn for years]] only to [[OhCrap realize how outclassed he was]], he swears his loyalty to him and relents to being his loyal subordinate. When it is revealed that [[WhyAmITicking he placed a bomb inside him of him in order to kill off the heroes without Hadlar's knowledge]]. He understandably turns on him and stops viewing him so highly.
* TheChessmaster: He strings his enemies and allies like pieces on a board and it's taken more literally as he has Halder utilize minions made from chess pieces to be his subordinates. This line says it all:
-->"As it is in chess, the true victor moves his pieces such that his last move cannot be discerned by the opponent until this is already too late."
* CounterAttack: The "Tenchi Matou" (Demonic Stance of Heaven and Earth) stance allows him to use three different techniques ([[AttackReflector Phoenix Wing]], [[RazorSharpHand Calamity End]] and [[PlayingWithFire Kaiser Phoenix]] at the same time, in order to counter up to three enemy attacks. The drawback is that, afterwards, he's left open for an instant - something that doesn't happen when he uses each technique individually. Additionally, as pointed out by the heroes during the final battle, Tenchi Matou is a ''counter-attack'' that uses the flow of the enemy's attack to the user's advantage. [[LogicalWeakness Vearn cannot use it if he's not attacked]].
* DeathByIrony: His major goal was being closer to the sun. [[spoiler: His remains after his death, is positioned at the sun.]]
* TheDreaded: Both his allies and his enemies are afraid of his overwhelming power.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a demon who casually talks about "waiting a few centuries" for something. [[spoiler: He keeps his young body around just in case, he's facing an enemy that's too strong for his wizened body and needs to be at his prime in order to defeat him]].
* EvilOverlord: His underlings even call him "Dark Lord Vearn".
* EvilSorcerer: He fights using a staff that concentrates his energy into various attacks [[spoiler: in his younger form, he discards the staff in favor of [[KungFuWizard utilizing his sorcerous attacks in direct hand to hand combat]].]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He does respect his enemies and seems very laid back, but it's only because he's completely sure of his eventual victory. He's actually a StrawNihilist and a {{Sadist}}.
* AGlassOfChianti: He's almost never seen without one until the final battle.
* GeniusBruiser: What makes him so deadly is that he's not only immensely powerful, but very intelligent, having strategies taking place to succeed in his plan even when the heroes are fighting him. Justified in that he's had eons to refine his wit and power.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He served as this during Avan and Haldar's time, being a greater threat behind the shadows until he revived the latter and became the BigBad in the main story.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: He was obscured behind a veil until the final arc of the series.
* HornedHumanoid: Except for the horns, his body is pretty similar to a human body.
* HumanoidAbomination: If he truly has no other choice, he can turn into one of those [[spoiler: a huge crustacean like humanoid]].
* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:The fate of his remains.]]
* MagicStaff: His ultimate weapon. [[spoiler: Until he regains his young body and doesn't ''need'' one anymore]].
* ManipulativeBastard: He strings others like Halder for his own benefit and discards them when their deaths would lead to a greater benefit for himself in the long run.
* MightMakesRight: Basically his mindset as a demon. Combines this with a BreakingSpeech when called out on being a Sadist.
* OneWingedAngel: He can use his ThirdEye to turn into [[spoiler:a crustacean-like HumanoidAbomination to defeat Dai's own OneWingedAngel]].
* OmnicidalManiac: Wants to destroy the Human World to get a glimpse of the sun for the Dark World. [[spoiler: He comes dangerously close to succeeding]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Though unlike most examples, he's able to maintain his plans and [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking is able to show why he can sit on the throne without worry]].
* SatanicArchetype: The leader of a large faction in the Demon World, he desires the light of the sun after leaving in a world of darkness, planning to destroy the realm of humanity to make the sun available to demons with the additional goal of it leading to a hellish dystopia where the strong prey on the weak, and to prove his superiority to the gods out of spite and vanity. He gathers subordinates through promises that ultimately doom them in the end and has a suave, charismatic veneer that conceals his truly nihilistic and sadistic nature.
* ThirdEye: He can use it to imprison lower-level characters inside magic pearls or cause minions to have an upgrade in power. [[spoiler: He can even apply it to himself to make himself into an even larger and demonic form]].
* TimeAbyss: Popp points out that to Vearn, human lives have to seem like a small flash of light.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** First, when he realizes what Gomechan really is.
** Then, when [[spoiler:his plan to blow up the Human Realm fails because of Gomechan and Dai managing to get help from basically every human in the world]].
* WickedCultured: For an evil OmnicidalManiac, he's quite the gentleman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kill-Vearn]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Kill Vearn and his assistant]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Japanese/1991 Series), Creator/HiroyukiYoshino (2020 Series)
Vearn's reaper. He's a armored knight-like being with a grin, with a little imp as a sidekick.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: He has 13 swords that he keeps hidden within his hat and pulls out to trap his opponent(s). They're invisible to all but Kill-Vearn himself.
* ActuallyADoombot: His body is basically a magic machine... [[spoiler:controlled by his apparent sidekick]].
* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:Kill-Vearn could've killed everyone and won the surface for Velther if he had just shut up instead of revealing his true self and the Black Core inside his decoy to Dai's team, who kill him and take the Black Core out of orbit in a hurry.]]
* CoDragons: Serves as this with Myst-Vearn in the latter half of the series, with Kill-Vearn himself [[DragonWithAnAgenda serving the Demon Lord out of his own self-interests for a hellish world that Vearn would create]].
* CoolMask: Hides the fact that [[spoiler:he is [[ActuallyADoombot a robotic decoy for the real Kill-Vearn, the little imp on his shoulder]].]]
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The reason he follows Vearn is in hopes that it leads to a hellish world where the weak are preyed upon the strong.
* EnigmaticMinion: He's Vearn's loyal follower... until he sees an opportunity for backstabbing. Vearn knows this, and accepts the challenge.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Even more than Vearn; Vearn at least respects his enemies to an extent that's partially genuine, while Kill Vearn likes to watch them struggling before they die under a facade of joviality.
* {{Shinigami}}: It's his in-universe nickname.
* MalevolentMaskedMen:
** The smiling mask he wears while killing and torturing underlines his sadistic nature.
** When [[spoiler:Avan]] makes him ''really'' angry, he discards his broken smiling mask and wears an angry one.
* MeaningfulName: His name means that he is an assassin for Vearn, but [[spoiler:also that he's an assassin sent by Velther to kill Vearn when his guard is down.]]
* MyBloodRunsHot: His "blood" is actually extremely hot magma from the Demon Realm.
* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:After Vearn is defeated, Kill-Vearn confronts the heroes and reveals himself as the little imp instead of the masked body and that it contains a Black Core bomb. Marm swiftly kills him but Dai gets blown into parts unknown carrying the Core into outer space, ending the story on a bittersweet note.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: He often states that his job is not to fight, but to kill.
* RoyalRapier: When he needs to fight one-on-one, as [[spoiler:in his final confrontation with Avan]], he uses one of these.
* {{Sadist}}: More apparent than Vearn, Kill-Vearn likes to see others suffer and personally wants to see Vearn's goal succeed as it would result in a [[HellOnEarth a hellish dystopia where the weak die and the strong survive]].
* SinisterScythe: His usual weapon, fitting his grim reaper motif.
* TheStarScream: [[spoiler:He's actually an assassin sent to kill Vearn when his guard was down having been sent by Baran's [[ArchEnemy dreaded enemy, Velther]] in order to get rid of the competition in the off chance he got revived in the future.]]
* TrapMaster: His modus operandi is to ambush his targets with traps, either to kill them outright or to immobilize them enough for him to deal the finishing blow.
* {{Troll}}: He shows himself in front of Vearn, stating he'll be his loyal follower... while calling himself ''Kill-Vearn''.
* VillainousBreakdown: For the most of the story, he was a jovial yet sadistic individual. [[spoiler:After Avan manages to prove himself to be alive and manages to subdue Kill-Vearn's trap. Kill-Vearn drops his gleeful facade, immediately tries to kill him and when it results in him being humiliated, he makes it his personal goal to kill Avan painfully. It results in such a change that he discards his usual smiling mask for a more serious, angry one to reflect his mood, being much less jovial from that moment onwards.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Orihalcon King Maximum]]

The piece of the chess king brought to life via forbidden magic, he prides himself as the ultimate defender of the Vearn Palace. He commands the remaining chess pieces to do his bidding.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Originally a chess piece made of orihalcon, he has been given life through magic. The other chess pieces that he commands have been ikewise created the same way.
* ChessMotif: He and his {{Mook}}s are all chess pieces, brought to life via magic.
[[/folder]]

!!The Generals

[[folder: Hadlar]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiAono (Japanese 1991 Series), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese 2020 Series), Jorge Tomé (European Spanish/1991 series)
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[[caption-width-right:350: First Look]]

The PredecessorVillain of Avan's generation turned [[DemotedToDragon commander of Vearn's armies]]. He causes Avan's death and then becomes Dai's ArchEnemy for the majority of the series before Vearn takes centerstage.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He initially subverted as a BadBoss, but by the time he gained the Guardian Knights, he valued them immensely. Justified in that they were creations born from his energy, but his CharacterDevelopment made it so he treasured them as their own individuals.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has bluish-green skin, which signify his demon traits.
* ArchEnemy: For a while after defeating his own ArchEnemy in Avan, he was Dai and company's main enemy for [[spoiler: supposedly]] killing Avan, while Vearn was the ultimate goal. On Hadlar's part, he viewed Dai as a greater threat than Avan to the point he wanted to launch all of the Six Generals at him when he was defeated by him. Over the course of the series, it leads into a WorthyOpponent like relationship.
** He is Hyunckel's enemy after it's revealed that he killed his adopted father, personally fighting him for this reason when he first joins the heroes.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: After his latest PowerUpgradingDeformation, he would actually have the physical power to justify his rank as the commander of Vearn's armies.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Initially, while he was a BigBad that the world considered TheDreaded, and even given the rank of commander of Vearn's armies; it was actually a formality as [[AlwaysABiggerFish every one of the Generals including a creation from himself outclassed him in powers]]. He would later subvert this through several PowerUpgradingDeformation to make his rank equal AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.
* BigBad: He was this to Avan, being his ArchEnemy when he was younger, but since his revival by Vearn, he's been DemotedToDragon, [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex something he's secretly aware of]].
* BloodKnight: His final PowerUpgradingDeformation awakens this trait.
* CardCarryingVillain: He started out as a very psychotic, fiendish and underhanded person, but through CharacterDevelopment, he gradually becomes a NobleDemon.
* CombatPragmatist: He started off as a very underhanded fighter with no scruples on how he would defeat his enemies. With CharacterDevelopment, he grows out of this and becomes a NobleDemon.
* CharacterDevelopment: With each PowerUpgradingDeformation, he gets more and more honorable and less [[CardCarryingVillain of a fiend that he started off as]].
** His creations, Flazzard and the Guardians Knights reflect the two distinct stages of his life when he created them as the former represents his earlier [[CombatPragmatist underhanded]], [[AxCrazy psychotic]] self and the latter, with [[TokenEvilTeammate one exception]] are all [[NobleDemon noble, but still dangerous]] with [[EvilVirtues virtuous traits]], representing his later self.
* DeathIsCheap:
** Played with. His first PowerUpgradingDeformation, a demonic body granted to him by Vearn, enables him to be resurrected each time he dies, though even HE did not know it NOR expect it. He faced his first death at Hyunckel's hands, going from EvilGloating to being dealt a lethal wound by a drained Hyunckel, recognizing Hyunckel's {{Determinator}} side with his dying breath. He is notably QUITE troubled and nearly upset at being resurrected after this, and this starts his CharacterDevelopment. Ultimately subverted when his power-ups end up nullifying that ability, and the fact that Hadlar of all people WILLINGLY chooses this even impresses Myst-Vearn and Vearn greatly, further cementing his CharacterDevelopment.
** This trope prompts Hadlar to greatly question his own position in the grand scheme of things, and who the hell Myst-vearn really is, since after bringing him BackFromTheDead, Myst-Vearn states that only him or Vearn have the power to resurrect him.
* DemotedToDragon: He was initially a BigBad to Avan, but following his resurrection, he was made made commander of Vearn's armies, while initially being painfully aware that all of the generals beneath him being much stronger than him. He knows [[AuthorityInNameOnly it's a formality based on his effort against Avan]] and undergoes several PowerUpgradingDeformation in order make the rank actually match AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.
* TheDragon: He ''thinks'' he's Vearn's Dragon but knows he's not the strongest warrior in the Demon Army, and spends his pre-CharacterDevelopment screentime worrying about his position.
* EtTuBrute: After realizing he couldn't defeat Vearn, he decides to be loyal to him until it [[WhyAmITicking turned out that Vearn placed a bomb in him in order to kill Baran and Dai for him without his knowledge]]. This justifiably caused him to turn on Vearn and attempt to kill him before Dai.
* FangsAreEvil: Being a demon, it was to be expected.
* HeroKiller: The first thing he does after appearing in the story is [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead supposedly]]]] killing Avan.
* HonorBeforeReason: After becoming a NobleDemon, he and Dai have the same goal to defeat Vearn, but he decided it was better to settle his fight with Dai before fighting Vearn, in the midst of invading Vearn's flying base.
* KneelBeforeZod: He tried to do this for the longest time to get others to fear him, even though he was not only DemotedToDragon, but also [[AlwaysABiggerFish painfully outclassed by the other generals at first]]. After a while, he [[CharacterDevelopment stops caring about his standing in the army]] and decides his only goal is defeating Avan and his disciples in battle.
* NobleDemon: After [[TookALevelInKindness becoming kinder]], he foregoes his CombatPragmatist mindset to become a honorable BloodKnight.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: During his time as a world conqueror he would frequently avert this and fight on the front lines, to the extent that even Avan finds him worthy of respect.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Much of his gripe in his ranking was that while he was TheDreaded and the ArchEnemy of Avan, Dai and co. managed to outclass him at every opportunity. And to add insult to injury, he was initially weaker than the generals he commanded including Zaboera until he underwent PowerUpgradingDeformation to circumvent this situation to become a powerful threat to Dai and co.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Ironically, he becomes nobler in spirit each time he becomes more demonic in appearance.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: A long process, but by his death [[spoiler:he has become an honorable warrior worthy of respect]].
* ShouldersOfDoom: Gains these with his PowerUpgradingDeformation, and they possess the ability of {{Flight}}.
* TheStarScream: He planned on usurping Vearn until he met him in person, giving up on the idea. He ultimately turned on him, but [[EtTuBrute entirely different reasons]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Initially, while he was TheDreaded to Avan, he was not only DemotedToDragon, but [[AuthorityInNameOnly he was outclassed by each of the generals that he was in charge of at first]]. He undergoes several PowerUpgradingDeformation in order to counter this and eventually becomes a threat to Dai and Baran.
* TookALevelInKindness: With each upgrade, he becomes more honorable.
* WolverineClaws: His primary weapon... [[spoiler:Before switching to a CoolSword made of Orihalcum]].
* WorthyOpponent: Viewed Avan as this, and later Dai [[spoiler: after the former supposedly died]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Myst-Vearn]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (Japanese 1991 Series), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (2020 Series)
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[[caption-width-right:350: Cloaked]]
The mysterious leader of the Shadow Legion who hardly says a word. Served as Hyunckel's teacher after rescuing him from death, a generally serves as the most loyal follower of the Demon Lord. [[spoiler:In truth, he a shadow ghost possessing Vearn's true body while at the same time protecting it. Though he has no fighting capabilities in this form, he can [[DemonicPossession possess anyone and turn them into his new vessel]].]]
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* CastingAShadow: His whole combat style is based on manipulating dark energy. [[spoiler:He actually ''is'' a bundle of dark energy whose physical body is the SoulJar for Vearn and Myst-Vearn actually needs to pull a GrandTheftMe in order to physically fight]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: During the fight of Baran and Hadlar, he briefly shows a handsome face beneath his hood and causes the scenario that results in Baran's death. And earlier, he stopped speaking when Hyunckel got suspicion of this trait. It's not until several chapters later, that this is hiding the fact that he's currently the safeguard of Vearn's body and needed to keep it a secret so it wouldn't get destroyed before Vearn would have need of it.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: He has been grooming Hyunckel to be a powerful host, only by the time it's needed that he's gotten too powerful and filled with good energy that, when he attempts it, Myst-Vearn ends up dying for it.]]
** Myst-Vearn's entire schtick is his unwavering loyalty to Vearn, doing anything to please his master. [[spoiler: His one desire entirely of his own will ends up being his undoing.]]
* TheDragon: One of Vearn's most trusted underlings. [[spoiler: He is actually Vearn's only ''true'' Dragon, and has been for millennia]].
* EnigmaticMinion: Nothing was known about him except he's been Vearn's NumberTwo man since TimeAbyss... [[spoiler: Until it is revealed that he is a part of a complex plan to be the SoulJar for Vearn's true body]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Finds Zaboera's methods very distasteful and makes no attempt to hide that contempt for him, especially when the coward starts to badmouth the dead.
* EvilMentor: To Hyunckel, [[spoiler: grooming him to be his next host after returning Vearn's true body to its master.]]
* FlashStep: He can be ''very'' fast, apparently even without moving his limbs.
* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Briefly possesses Maam to attack the heroes before going to Hyunckel.]]
* GrandTheftMe: His modus operandi. [[spoiler:Invoked for Vearn, who uses Myst as a ''caretaker'' for his young frozen body]].
** [[spoiler: Myst-Vearn has his own agenda in grooming Hyunckel to be his next host. He briefly possesses Maam before taking over Hyunckel, only to be HoistByHisOwnPetard when the latter manages to destroy him from the inside.]]
* HighCollarOfDoom: A very noticeable part of his uniform.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Disparages Zaboera for his dishonorable tactics, [[spoiler: but it's later revealed that he's actually an intangible spirit that requires to take another's physical body and utilize their strength as his own, which is underhanded in its own right.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He possesses Hyunckel, the host he's been grooming for his next body, but he ends up being destroyed from the inside due to the positive energy Hyunckel had acquired through his change towards good.]]
* InTheHood: And he ''cannot'' under any circumstances remove it... [[spoiler: Since it hides Vearn's true face.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He kills Flazzard after failing, even after he gave the latter a power-boost to aid him in a callous manner. While the context makes it pitiful to the heroes for his death, Flazzard was still a psychotic, mass-murderer and an arrogant GlorySeeker who [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicks people while they're down]], so he had his death coming.
* LivingShadow: [[spoiler: His real body is literally made of dark energy, but one unable to fight on its own, thus needing to pull a GrandTheftMe in order to attack physically.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: "The Demon Lord's wishes are the only priority". Myst-Vearn says this earlier in the series during a meeting among the Demon Army generals there when Flazzard complains about being held back while Hyunckel is sent out to face Avan's disciples, which succeeds in getting Flazzard, a GloryHound that seeks Vearn's approval, to consent. Late in the series, when [[DirtyCoward Zaboera]] tries to get Myst-Vearn to protect him when the chips are down, Myst-Vearn gets him to remember this line, making it clear that any UndyingLoyalty Myst-Vearn harbors is for Vearn, and Vearn alone.
* MeaningfulName: Myst-Vearn refers to his mysterious nature and also the fact that [[spoiler: he is the secret safe-guard of Vearn's physical body in its prime and he's keeping this truth a mystery.]]
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Can change his hands into swords.
* SoulJar: [[spoiler: His current body is Vearn's true physical body, which he keeps hidden at all times so no one realizes and potentially destroys it before the real Vearn is ready. While the real Vearn gathered knowledge and experience, Myst-Vearn would preserve the physical body in its prime so in the case the true Vearn needed it against a foe he couldn't defeat in his older form, Myst-Vearn would return it and have Vearn be restored to his youth and having the knowledge of his years of existence to be a formidable threat.]]
* TheQuietOne: To the point it was rare to hear him speak at all for years. [[spoiler: This becomes a plot point as his voice was that of the true Vearn's body, thus justifying his silence as it would expose the SoulJar plan too early.]]
* TheStoic: He is mostly always reserved and silent except when it is of importance [[spoiler: justified as speaking would alert others that he's currently the SoulJar of Vearn and could jeopardize his master's convoluted plan in the long run.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: To Vearn, serving him for eons as his own most trusted servant, to the point that he willingly served as the SoulJar for Vearn's younger body in order to keep it safe in the case he would need it against a particularly strong enemy and preserve it in its prime so Vearn could go at full strength, without any intention of using it against his master.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: His body's true identity reveals vital information on himself as well as Vearn's purpose for him.
* YesMan: To Vearn.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Baran]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Japanese 1991 series), Creator/ShowHayami (Japanese 2020 series), Daniel Palacios (European Spanish/1991 series)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baran.jpg]]
Leader of the Super Dragon Legion, he's a powerful warrior with strong morals, but a burning hatred for mankind. [[spoiler:In truth, he was the original Dragon Knight, born to deal with the threat of the last intelligent dragon Velther. Afterwards he met Soala, the princess of Alkeed. But when her father was convinced by other humans who feared his power to execute him, Soala died trying to save Baran from it, and he promptly wiped all of Alkeed off the map. His only child was Dino, better known as Dai.]]
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* AbusiveParent: [[spoiler: While he initially wants to recruit Dai and have him help wipe out humanity, that doesn't stop him from attacking Dai and trying to kill him if he insists on resisting. Then there's him resorting to giving Dai amnesia...]]
* ArchnemesisDad: To [[spoiler:Dai]] after his FaceHeelTurn, culminating in him fighting his own son personally.
* AntiMagic: As Crocodine points out, Baran is immune to magic and can only be damaged through physical means, which isn't any easier when he uses Draconic Aura, which gives him SuperToughness.
* BadassMustache: The strongest general, and the most moustached one.
* CoolSword: The Demon Dragon Sword, a singled-edged {{BFS}} with a pommel resembling a Dragon's head created by the gods themselves and one of the ''very'' few weapons that can withstand a Dragon Knight's Draconic Aura.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: After his first proper loss to Dai, Hyunkell quickly realizes that he has regained his human heart, [[IveComeTooFar but feels that he's done too much to turn back now]], and so instead hopes Dai will kill him so he can atone.]]
* DragonRider: Famous for fighting while riding a dragon, though he never does it onscreen.
* EnergyWeapon: Can shoot a magic laser beam from the crest on his forehead.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Upon seeing him for the first time, you think he is a human working for the Demon Army just like Hyunckel, except... Flazzard lashes out at Hyunckel for being allowed to be a General as a "mere human"... Baran merely comments that his anger is making the room too hot. This is the first hint dropped at Baran's true nature.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: During his second fight with Crocodine, he can't comprehend why Crocodine is willing to sacrifice himself for humans and how his faith in them is allowing him to withstand his attacks.]]
* FlashStep: [[spoiler: Capable of this as a Dragonoid.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:After settling down with Soala, her father tried to execute him for being a powerful non-human, but this led to Soala getting caught in the crossfire. Baran then came to hate humanity and vowed to destroy them in revenge.]]
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler: As the arc goes on however, despite knowing his DarkAndTroubledPast at that point, the party progressively lose sympathy for him as he commits more monstrous acts, with Hyunkell outright calling him a monster and beyond redemption when he tries to kill Dai and breaks into EvilLaugh when he thinks he's done it.]]
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Having regained his human heart in the process, he takes his loss to Dai rather well, even helping in reviving Popp before leaving and calling Dai by his human name.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He uses all his Draconic Aura in one shot [[spoiler:to save Dai from a bomb implanted by Vearn into Hadlar]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Prior to his FaceHeelTurn, he had faced an evil dragon that threatened humanity, but since Avan's victory over the much weaker, but more well-known Hadlar was more prominent in the eyes of the public, it led to his own victory being OvershadowedByAwesome, [[DudeWheresMyRespect something he slightly has an issue with]].
* HumansAreBastards: What he believes in and one of the reasons why he joined Vearn.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He claims that it's a Dragon Knight's duty to wipe out anyone with aspirations of WorldDomination or otherwise threatens the balance. But when Dai quickly points that's what Vearn, whom he follows, is trying to do, [[NeverMyFault Baran tries to defend his actions by deflecting the blame onto humans.]] In short, he's aware of the Dragon Knights' duties, but [[spoiler: is opting to ignore his duty and even follow the guy said duty dictates he should destroy out of his hatred of humanity.]]
** As Hyunkell points out later to convince him out of his hatred for humanity, [[spoiler: he wants to kill all humans due to viewing them as evil, yet his wife Soala, whom he loved and who gave her life to save his, was also human, disproving his viewpoint before it even formed.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: A rather tragic example. [[spoiler: He does love both Dai and Soala, but his anger at humans for their AccidentalMurder of the latter prompts him to disregard her LastRequest to not hate humans in favour of trying to wipe them out, making him an AbusiveParent who disregards Dai's wishes to protect them, doing everything from attempted kidnapping to inflicting him with LaserGuidedAmnesia, so he can force him to help in his conquest to wipe out humanity.]]
* KamehameHadoken: His most powerful spell, Doraura.
* KnightOfCerebus: His appearance to Dai causes a significant defeat for the boy, as well as introduce darker elements to the story such as [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity's darker side]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** [[spoiler: Weakened from the fight and from stealing Dai's memories, he opts to retreat and rest before coming back to take Dai.]]
** [[spoiler: After taking a full Avan Strash and losing his Demon Dragon Blade, he recognizes that he no longer has the strength to fight and surrenders, even going as far as [[GracefulLoser revive Popp]], before leaving.]]
* LightningBruiser: Being a Dragon Knight, both his strength and his speed are at a superhuman level.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: The reason he joined the Demon Army is [[spoiler:his tragic lovestory with Soala]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: One of his the most dangerous villains, [[spoiler:and Dai's real father]].
* LoveRedeems: After [[LoveMakesYouEvil making him evil]], he's redeemed by [[spoiler:parental love for Dai]].
* OhCrap:
** [[spoiler: Has one when Dai coordinates an attack with Crocodine that pierces his Draconic Aura and causes him to bleed]]
** Has another, larger one when [[spoiler: Popp tries to take him out using Megante.]]
** [[spoiler: His most visual one occurs when Dai tanks his Doruora, with his mouth agape in shock.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: He manages to keep frowning even WhenHeSmiles.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He's powerful enough to destroy an entire nation and everyone within its borders, [[spoiler:as the denizens of the kingdom of Alkeed found out the hard way.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: His redemption ends with him [[spoiler:sacrificing himself to save Dai]].
* RespectedByTheRespected: He admits to having respected Hyunkell and Crocodine before they left the Dark Army and sided with the humans. This respect still stands somewhat even after their HeelFaceTurn, with him warning his three Dragon Riders to be wary of them.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: When Soala [[TakingTheBullet Takes the Fire Ball]] for him, she used her last words to beg him to not hate humans, only for him to vow to destroy them and side with Vearn for this end. Granted, it probably didn't help that her own father [[SpeakIllOfTheDead called her a disgrace]] for sacrificing her life for him.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:By inheriting Baran's Dragon Crest, Dai understands his father's true feelings for his family, has visions of his mother and receives advice from Baran's spirit at key moments.]]
* SuperMode: [[spoiler: His Dragonoid form, which combines the strenth of humans, darklings and dragons to increase his already impressive power.]]
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: He's baffled that Popp and Hyunkell beat his three Dragon Riders, and more so when Hyunkell states Larhart gave him his armour of his own free will.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: After being defeated by Dai and having discovered Vearn's true objective.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After fighting for the world's sake for years, he decides to settle down with a wife. Unfortunately... [[spoiler:her father didn't like his true nature and decided to kill him, but his wife got in the crossfire]]. So he decided to just destroy everything.
* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler: In the final clash, Dai is able to break his Demon Dragon Blade with an Avan Strash using Hyunkell's Dark Armour Sword, winning the fight.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Zaboera]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/NaokiTatsuta (Japanese 1991 series), Creator/MitsuoIwata (2020 Series), Mariano Fraile (European Spanish/1991 series)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zaboera.jpg]]
Leader of the Mystic Legion, he is an ancient, small, and highly intelligent, relying on trickery to get what he wants. He does not care for anybody and regards everyone as his tools, including his son Zamza, who he used to acquire essential information on the development of Hyper Demons. He has his troops fight for him since he does not like to get his hands dirty. He hides in the shadows and will claim anyone's accomplishments as his own if it helps further his plans.
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* AbusiveParents: Zaboera considers his own son no more than a tool, which he tells him right in his face. He goes as far as to say that, if he can't be useful to him, he's just trash. This causes a lot of problems in Zaboera's son's behavior.
* ArchEnemy: He becomes Crocodine's, having manipulated him into discarding his honor and thus making it his personal goal to kill him. [[spoiler:It culminates in Crocodine killing him after the latter attempted to flee for another time after being defeated by Lon.]]
* DirtyCoward: He actually takes pride in leeching off other people's accomplishments without taking risks himself.
* EvilGenius: Zaboera is the weakest general in single combat, but he knows ''a lot'' of ways to fight indirectly.
* EvilSorcerer: He commands a legion of evil sorcerer minions.
* EvilOldFolks: The oldest-looking general, and the most [[EvilIsPetty despicably evil]].
* HateSink: Unlike the other villains of the series, Zaboera has no redeemable qualities like a sympathetic motivation or sense of honor. Instead he's an [[AbusiveParents abusive parent]], [[DirtyCoward a coward who fights in the most underhanded way possible in order to claim anyone's accomplishments as his own while using them as powers]] and [[SmugSnake not nearly as clever as he actually thinks he is]]. Even villainous characters like [[GrandTheftMe Myst-Vearn]] think he's absolute scum.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's probably the most despicable character in the whole story, being an [[AbusiveParents abusive parent]], [[SmugSnake disproportionately overconfident]] and [[DirtyCoward cowardly person who lets others do his dirty work]].
* MadScientist: When he's not doing evil things, he's in his lab creating other evil beings.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manages to manipulate Crocodine into accepting his help during his fight with Dai, using Brass, Dai's [[ParentalSubstitute adopted father figure]] as a means to undermine the boy.
* MasterOfIllusion: He manages to get a surprise attack on Popp by disguising himself as Maam with magic.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He can't be taller than a meter.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: His ultimate fate after [[spoiler:Crocodine kills him.]]
* OneWingedAngel: He's able to merge his minions together to form a demonic Hyper-Demon exoskeleton over himself that's so strong that it required a [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique dangerous sword that Lon had sealed until that moment]] in order to harm it.
* PoisonousPerson: He keeps several deadly poison inside his own body as a last-resort weapon.
* ShutUpHannibal: On the receiving end of this, but it's always well-deserved.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He is a very cunning manipulator, but he's not as skilled in sorcery or even possessing as much smarts as the other generals, let alone Vearn himself.
* SmugSnake: He's very confident in his planning and manipulating ability, but he's not as smart as he thinks he is.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler:After Baran's death, he speaks dismissively of him. Everyone including [[EvenEvilHasStandards Myst-Vearn]] find this repulsive]].
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:After barely managing to escape Lon's attack, Crocodine shows up one last time to finish him off one last time before he scurried off to regroup and pester the heroes more. When Zaebora attempts to attack his former fellow general, he gets squashed like a bug when Crocodine pushes the axe down, being fully aware of how treacherous he is at this point, before Crocodine [[NoBodyLeftBehind disintegrates his body]].]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Flazzard]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenYamaguchi (Japanese 1991 Series), Creator/ToruNara (Japanese 2020 Series), Juan Fernández Mejías (European Spanish/1991 series)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flazzard.jpg]]
Leader of the Blizzblaze Legion, he was created by Hadlar using forbidden magic. His body is a combination of fire and ice and he can uses both elements to attack. Flazzard [[GlorySeeker cares only for glory]] and [[CombatPragmatist winning, doing whatever to achieve it and taking no interest in fair fights]].
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* AintTooProudToBeg: When Dai manages to destroy half of his body and is on the verge of death, he begs for Myst-Vearn to give him another body, even if it means turning him into a subordinate.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite Flazzard being a psychotic and sadistic being, seeing Myst-Vearn [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown nonchalantly disposing of him]] [[VillainsWantMercy while he begs for one more chance]] causes Popp to shed some sympathy for him.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Everything about his actions is about getting the most glory, even it means undermining his allies to do so. Justified as he embodies Hadlar's self-destructive desire to have his ambitions fulfilled even at the cost of his pride and life.
* AntiMagic: His Curse Field works in this manner. Using the polarities of Fire and Ice's opposing elements, he's able to negate the magical powers and physical abilities of everyone within the barrier other than himself.
* AxCrazy: Flazzard is sadistically cruel to his enemies and very easily angered. Justified since he was created by Hadlar while he was ambition at his most, making Flazzard the incarnation of a Hadlar's lust for glory.
* BondVillainStupidity: When he ambushes the party after they defeat Hyunkel, he floods the arena with lava but warps out before he can confirm that they died. [[spoiler: This allows Hyunkel to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save them.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Is filled with the same psychotic evil spirit as Hadlar before he went through CharacterDevelopment.
* CombatPragmatist: As he puts it, he doesn't like fighting but he really likes winning. Any tactic is on the table as long as it lets him secure victory.
* DirtyCoward: While he would be reckless and endanger himself, when it actually seems that he'd die, he throws away his pride and rank as a General in order to become Myst-Vearn's lackey, just so he'd live a bit longer. [[note]] To be fair, he's literally on his last leg at that point: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe His two halves are separated]] following the destruction of his [[AttackItsWeakPoint core]] at Dai's hand, and then Popp destroys his [[AnIcePerson icy half]] with his spell-work, and Hyunckel is in the process of landing the finishing blow before Myst-Vearn appears at that precise moment to repel his attack.[[/note]]
* DishingOutDirt: Despite his [[PlayingWithFire elemental]] [[AnIcePerson affinities]], his ultimate attack is effectively him turning himself into a flurry of stones he can use to barrage enemies.
* DubNameChange: In some dubs of the 1991 anime adaptation, his name was changed to "Santor".
* EvilIsBurningHot / EvilIsDeathlyCold: He's half-fire, half-ice and full-evil. Fortunately for the heroes, he can't use both elements at the same time.
* EvilIsPetty: He likes to pepper his major villanous acts with some small villainous acts.
* FatalFlaw: Ambition. Flazzard does increasingly reckless things such as risking his life for the sake of his ambition and even willing to throw away his pride to become Myst-Vearn's subordinate, just to continue living for his ambitions. The latter decision gets him killed.
* FlippingTheBird: To the camera (and indirectly Hyunckel).
* {{Foil}}: To Halder's later creations, the Shinei Kiden, made after his [[CharacterDevelopment maturity into a more noble fighter]], signifying the two stages of his character of prior and after this development. Flazzard represents his earlier characterization as the [[CombatPragmatist dirty]] [[AxCrazy psychotic]] [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious side]] at the start of the series. The Guardian Knights represents his [[NobleDemon more noble side]] who with [[TokenEvilTeammate one exception]] represent [[VillainousValor his more courageous and respectful aspect]] of his later characterization.
* ForTheEvulz: Oppression and domination is what he lives for. When he's fighting clearly inferior opponents, he toys with them and teases them to savour the moment.
* GeniusBruiser: He's famous for combining fiery passion with cold-blooded calculation, and his feral appearance and cocky attitude do indeed conceal a surprisingly keen tactical mind.
* GlorySeeker: His whole reason of being. He doesn't hesitate an instant before almost killing himself just to win Vearn's favor.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His state once his [[AttackItsWeakPoint core]], which holds his [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] halves together, is destroyed.
* HateSink: He is a shameless [[GlorySeeker glory seeker]] who likes winning at all costs- preferably through underhanded methods- especially kicking his enemies while they're helpless, being incredibly obnoxious, and sadistic.
* HiddenDepths: Seeing the wounds on Crocodine from his fight against Dai, he immediately properly assesses Dai's threat level: he wields power far beyond what the laws of physics would allow. Zaboera lampshades the insight immediately, stating it is his cold analytical mind at work stemming from his ice aspect.
* HotBlooded: His fiery temper is represented by his flame based left half as he's constantly screaming and being passionate.
* JaggedMouth: He has this type of mouth perpetually, usually in a perpetual [[SlasherSmile fiendish smile]] unless disturbed.
* {{Jerkass}}: Whereas Zaboera can be FauxAffablyEvil when the situation calls for it, Flazzard is an abrasive dick 24/7. When you see life as a contest where everyone else is a rival, there's no reason to feign politeness to people you intend to crush.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: On both sides of this. When he has the upper hand, he's the one doing the kicking. When he [[AintTooProudToBeg begs]] Myst-Vearn for one more chance after Dai defeats him in his armored mode, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Myst-Vearn sees no more use for him]] and snuffs his life out by stomping and grinding him with his foot.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't know what empathy is.
* NoSell: Within his Curse field, all physical strength is halved and magical abilities are negated, with the exception of himself.
* OneWingedAngel: With Myst-Vearn's help, he encased in a huge knight armor that boosts his physical strength further.
* OxymoronicBeing: Appearance and ability wise, he's a split of flame and ice, two normally incompatible elements. Justified as his core keeps him together.
* RockMonster: He's made of hundreds of little rocks, but it's usually hidden by his exaggerated fiery/icy look.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: He certainly seems to enjoy himself when he kills people.
* PuzzleBoss: The heroes can't hope to kill Flazzard due to his sheer power and his regenerative ability even after his Curse Field has been stopped, and with using his self-destructive technique he'd wipe them out before he ends himself. [[spoiler:It requires Dai having to master the Air Slash technique and actually finding Flazzard's core with his inner senses rather than relying on pure sight to finally put him down, and this discovery allows him to take down Flazzard even after the latter bonded with Myst-Vearn's armor.]]
* PsychoForHire: With the exception of [[SmugSnake Zaebora]], most of the Leaders are [[NobleDemon varying degrees of honorable]], wanting to work out of personal desire to enact vengeance for their past or out of loyal obligation to their superiors. Flazzard on the other hand, wants to win for the sake of glory and enjoys massacring others for the sake of it.
* SlasherSmile: Flazzard's default expression is a wide, twisted smile.
* TheSocialDarwinist: He sees life as one big competition on who's the strongest, and enjoys being as high on pecking order he is.
* StoryBreakerPower: His Curse Field, by summoning a tower of fire and one of ice, he is able to reduce the strength of his enemies, including the negation of their magical powers while he retains all of the benefits. It's telling that the first thing the heroes do is go after the towers to regain the advantage rather than facing him first, even after learning new powers to defeat him. Due to his inherent dual nature, he is able to utilize two types of Elements simultaneously at the same time, while others, even with mastery over elements have to utilize one element at a time.
* VillainsWantMercy: Done twice.
** When Myst-Vearn arrives just as he's on his last leg, he begs Myst-Vearn to save him, and Myst-Vearn obliges by offering him the strongest armor in his branch, in exchange for serving as Myst-Vearn's underling. Flazzard refuses at first, but relents when Myst-Vearn turns to leave and his drive for victory gets the better of him.
** After Dai manages to shatter the armor he wears (and himself as well) and he's nearer death than he was before donning the armor, he begs Myst-Vearn for another chance. Unfortunately for him, however, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Myst-Vearn sees no more point in keeping him around this time]] and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown snuffs his life out instead]].
* UndignifiedDeath: He's finally reduced to a single ember that continues to beg for an additional chance, but is then squashed underneath Myst-Vearn's foot like a bug.
* WouldHitAGirl: He is more than willing to attack and/or kill any female human who's unlucky enough to be in his path, as Leona, Marin, and Maam can attest. [[note]]All three mentioned above survive, thankfully.[[/note]]
* YinYangBomb: By utilizing the opposing elements of Fire and Ice together, he can make a barrier that negates the abilities of his enemies while he retains all of his advantages.
** It also counts on a fundamental level as he's composed of Fire on one side and Ice on the other, leading to him having the advantages of the strongest of both elements by natural composition alone. This theoretically makes him naturally gifted with the potential to use Medoroa, an ultimate spell combining the polarizing elements of Ice and Fire to annihilate everything in its path due to the composition of his being, according to Matoriv. Thankfully, he dies before leveling up and gaining the experience and knowledge to use such a power.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: On the receiving end of this due to Myst-Vearn's actions.
[[/folder]]

!!Subordinates

[[folder: The Orihalcon Royal Guards]]
Originally different chess pieces from the set that was made of orihalcon, Vearn gives five pieces of them to Hadlar, who then gives said pieces life with the same forbidden magic that birthed Flazzard.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: They're chess pieces made of orihalcon, given life through magic.
* ChessMotif: They're chess pieces given life, and each of them is a different one. This gives everyone a different ability and power based off the respective chess piece.
* {{Foil}}: To Flazzard, which was made by Hadlar before his [[CharacterDevelopment maturity into a more noble fighter]], signifying the two stages of his character of prior and after this development. Unlike Flazzard, which represents Hadlar's earlier characterization as the [[CombatPragmatist dirty]] [[AxCrazy psychotic]] [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious side]] at the start of the series, the Guardian Knights represents his [[NobleDemon more noble side]] who with [[TokenEvilTeammate one exception]] represent [[VillainousValor his more courageous and respectful aspect]] of his later characterization.
* UndyingLoyalty: Each of them is fully loyal to Hadlar and everything they do is for his sake.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Zamza]]
!!!Voiced by: Akio Suyama
Zaboera's son.
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* AGoodWayToDie: He's satisfied when he's killed, glad he got to achieved the power of a Superior Being for even a brief time and to have been useful to Hadler and his father.
* AlasPoorVillain: The party can't help but pity him as he dies, recognizing that he just wanted his father's love.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler: He's able to figure that Maam can only use her Refractor Fist on her hands, and so covers them in a special mucus to prevent her from using it.]]
* EvilChancellor: Zamza infiltrates the humans kingdom and acts as King Romos' cancellor with the intention to gather more subjects for his and his father's research. With his position, Zamza suggest king Romos to organize a martial arts tournament with the strongest human warriors.
* EvilSorcerer: [[LikeFatherLikeSon Just like his father.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Has demonic looking wings as a Superior Being.
* HealingFactor: As part of turning himself into a Superior Being, he has one.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: It's evident his SmugSnake nature is partially because of how his father demeaned him constantly as a tool and nothing more than trash if he didn't make himself useful to him.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zigzagged. While both Zamza and his father are ArchMages loyal to the Demon Army and cruel, {{Smug Snake}}s, the latter is completely irredemable while Zamza has some good qualities.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Whereas Zaborea is an ugly gremlin and a DirtyCoward who'd rather not put himself at risk, Zamza is at least normal-looking enough to pass for a human with the help of a spell and is comparatively much braver, experimenting on himself and even fighting Dai head on despite him being a Dragon Knight.
* MadeOfIron: During their initial confrontation, Dai is able to wail into him and while it certainly hurts, he comes out of it relatively unscathed. Turns out this is because he made ''himself'' among the first test subjects for his Superior Being project, combining himself with a bunch of monsters and giving him to strength to withstand a Dragon Knight's power.
* PowerPincers: As a Superior Being, one of his arms has a giant crab pincer.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: He's utterly baffled when Maam's Refractor Fist breaks one of her horns, and actually does damage to him.]]
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: His clothes are destroyed when he turns into a Superior Being, and when he's bested and turns back he's naked. Thank goodness he had BarbieDollAnatomy...
* WellDoneSonGuy: Everything Zamza does is for the hope of gaining his father's approval. Too bad his father is [[AbusiveParents Zaboera]] -- he does praise Zamza, but it's only because Zamza manages to deliver his knowledge on the Hyper Demon research to him, right after Zamza has died.
[[/folder]]

!!!The three Dragon riders

Baran's loyal subordinates; they control the dragons of the sky (Galdandy), the sea (Borahorn), and the land (Larhart). They are extremely royal to his master and share his hatred for humaninty. It's said that they are about as strong as the generals of the Demon Army.
[[folder: In General]]
* DragonRider: As high-ranking of the Dragon Legion, they are dragon riders, with each of them specializing in a different kind of dragon. Galdandy rides a flying dragon, Borahorn a sea tortoise-like dragon and Larhart a land dragon.
* FantasticRacism: Just like Baran, all three look down heavily on humans and enjoy killing them, though Larhart is the only one with a FreudianExcuse. The latter is also the only one to change his idea on humans after seeing Popp and Hyunckel.
* FreudianTrio: The three have this contrast in regards to their morality. Galandy is the id, being the most arrogant and sadistic among the three. Borahorn is the ego, being more cautious and respectful, but no less cruel when facing an enemy of Baran. And Larhart is the superego, being the most moral and honourable of them, disliking needless violence and [[spoiler: the only one to make a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* LandSeaSky: Galdandy, Borahorn and Larhart are respectively known as the Dragon Rider of the Sky, the Sea and the Land. Fittingly, Galdandy is a anthropomorphic bird that rides a flying dragon, Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus who rides a sea dragon and Larhart rides land dragons.
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Morality-wise, Larhart is "the good one" as the most honorable of the three and opts to give Popp and Hyunckel a quick and painless death, [[spoiler:and is the only one to join the heroes in the final arc]]; Borahorn is "the bad one" because, while not as cruel as Galdandy, he's not above using Popp to threaten Hyunckel, which Larhart finds disgraceful for a Dragon Rider; Galdandy is "the evil one" because he's the most cruel of the three, in his introductory scene he flies off to burn down a human village just for kicks and, when Borahorn and Larhart decide to put Popp out of his misery, Galdandy opts to torture him some more.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're all loyal to Baran and everything they do is for his sake, with Larhart as the most loyal of the three because he [[spoiler:grew up with him. After Baran's death, Larhart, the only one Baran manages to resurrect while he was alive, swears loyalty to Dai in accordance to Baran's wish.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Galdandy]]
! Galdandy
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SubaruKimura
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/galdandy2020.png]]

The dragon rider of the sky. Galdandy is an anthropomorphic bird and the most cruel of the three, with a huge hatred toward humans, even bigger than Baran's. He fights using a sabre and magical feathers that drains the opponents of his mana or stamina.
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* ASinisterClue: Galdandy is lefthanded, as evidenced by him wielding his sword with his left hand. [[FantasticRacism He, like his fellow Dragon Riders, also shows strong disdain for the humans]], personally kills some along with his own pet dragon just for kicks, and nearly kills Popp when he tries to stop their advance into Teran -- the only reason he doesn't manage it is because Hyunckel intercepts at the last moment.
* BirdPeople: Galdandy is an anthropomorphic human-size bird.
* BlatantLies: While Baran has gone to heal himself, Galdandy goes against his orders and quickly burns down a human village for pure sadism but comes back before Baran. The latter, however, notices the smoke coming from the village, Galdandy tries to act innocent wondering what could have happened and Baran immediately realizes it was his doing.
* ClipItsWings: When Hyunckel hits Galdandy with a Bloody Scryde, he also cuts off one of his wing without the latter noticing it. Popp notices it and flies off with ruura, wich forces Galdandy to spread his wings and lose his right one, making him vulnerable for a final attack.
* CoolSword: Galdandy wields a sabre.
* ManaBurn: The feathers on Galdandy's head can deplete their target's magic power. [[SquishyWizard Popp]] is severely disadvantaged after some of these connect on him, but he remains with enough mana to cast two spells.
* MulticoloredHair: Galdandy's head has feathers of two colors: white on the left side and red on the right side. They can be detatched and thrown as darts, the white ones drain the target's mana while the red ones drain the target's stamina.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Galdandy is the most evil of the three Dragon Riders, but he's actually the only one of them to be upset, and even cry when his own dragon, Ruudo, is killed by Popp whereas Baran and the other two more or less shrug off the deaths of theirs, with Borahorn even calling them weak. This does not move Pop however, [[MoralMyopia who calls him out on grieving for his dragon despite all the humans he's killed]], with Galdandy getting enraged that he'd dare compare his dragon to "filthy humans".
* {{Sadist}}: Galdandy despises humans and finds great joy with inflicting them pain. He disobeys Baran's order to wait for him just to destroy an entire human village, getting a lot of fun from the devastation he caused, and when Larhart tells Borahorn to just finish Popp so to give him a painless death, Galdandy stops the execution for the sake of torturing him more.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite Baran's frequent warnings, Galdandy severly underestimate his opponents, which gets him killed by Popp with some help from Hyunckel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Borahorn]]
! Borahorn
!!!Voiced by: Kenji Sugimura
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/borahorn.png]]

The Dragon Rider of the Sea. Borahorn is a humanoid Walrus who tames sea dragons. He fights using a chained axe.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Borahorn is a walrus-man with blue skin, giving him a supernatural look for his fantasy race as well as reinforcing his association with the sea.
* AnIcePerson: Borahorn's main tactic is freezing his enemies with his Glacial Breath and then shattering them with his chain.
* AttackTheMouth: Larhart finishes him off by throwing his spear into his mouth.
* BadassCape: Borahorn is already large and imposing, but his cape make him appear even larger and indicates that he's not just a mook.
* BeastMan: Although his race is never named, Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus with blue skin.
* BreathWeapon: Borahorn can spew [[AnIcePerson Glacial Breath]] from his mouth to freeze the opponent.
* ChainPain: He wields a chain in combat, which he often uses in conjunction with his Glacial Breath to shatter his enemies.
* CurbStompBattle: Suffers a devastating defeat from Hyunckell, who cuts off his fangs with a RazorWind, blocks his punch, kicks him in the stomach, tanks his Glacial Breath, which is supposedly as strong as Kacrackle, with his Dark Armour, and then finishing him with his Bloody Scrythe.
* DirtyCoward: After revealing he's NotQuiteDead after his CurbStompBattle from Hyunkelle, he takes Popp hostage and threatens to crush his skull unless Hyunkell surrenders. Larhart has none of this.
* NotQuiteDead: Borahorn gets impaled by Bloody Scrythe and falls down, seemingly dead, but after Hyunckel defeats Larhart, Borahorn is up on his feet again. Larhart then kills him for good for using an unfair tactic that dishonor the Dragon Riders.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Borahorn, in his last attempt to defeat Hyunckel, forces him to drop his sword by holding Popp, whose magic power is entirely spent at this point, hostage, so that he can deliver the killing blow onto Hyunckel. However, Larhart kills Borahorn first, disappointed that his former comrade resorted to a vile trick.
* WilyWalrus: Borahorn is a villainous walrus-man who holds a dim view towards humans.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Larhart]]
! Larhart
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/larhart.png]]

The Dragon Rider of the Land. Larhart is a human-darkling hybrid who suffered from discrimination as child, leading to his grudge toward humans. He's an honorable fighter and the Rider most loyal to Baran. He fights using a magical spear-armor, similar to Hyunckel sword-armor.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Lahart has purple skin that denotes his inhuman heritage.
* BladeOnAStick: He wields the Dark Armour Spear, which was forged by the greatest craftsman in the Underworld, which has similar abilities to Hyunkell's Dark Armour Sword.
* EvilCounterpart: To Hyunkell, both being honourable warriors who wield weapons forged by the Underworld's greatest craftsman that has the ability to give them powerful armour.
* HappilyAdopted: After Larhart's mother died of an illness, Baran adopted him and treats him as if Larhart were his own flesh-and-blood family. This helps Larhart, in return, to serve Baran with UndyingLoyalty.
* HeelRealization: Has one when Hyunkell and Popp shed tears upon hearing his DarkAndTroubledPast, entrusting Baran and Dai to them.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: Larhart, like Dai, is a HalfHumanHybrid. In Larhart's case, [[DisappearedDad his father was a demon that died not long after Larhart's birth]].
* MotiveRant: Does one on behalf of Baran, ranting to Hyunkell about how HumansAreBastards for trying to kill him because of his power and killing his wife, Soala, in the process.
* NobleDemon: Lahart compared to his more dishonorable allies to the point he fatally stabs Borahorn when he attempts a hostage situation on Pop to make Hyunkel lower his guard. He also is very respectful towards Hyunkel during their brief fight.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He's not fond of Galdandy and Borahorn's sadism, outright ordering the latter to stop messing him Popp and just impale him on his spear.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's not fond of the other two's sadism, but when Hyunkell claims to be NotSoDifferent from Baran and wishes to save him from himself, he's so insulted that he opts to make him suffer by finishing him with his Sunder Claw.
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!Other Characters
[[folder:Derolin, Zurbon, Masopho, and Herohero]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroShimono (Derolin), Creator/YokoHikasa (Zurbon), Hiroshi Iwasaki (Masopho), Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Herohero)
A group of fakes, they appear to be heroes but are really scheming and acting for their own greed.
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* ArcVillain: For Dai's OriginsEpisode.
* BackForTheFinale: They get to disable the last Black Core with Matoriv's help at the end of the story.
* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that Masopho was a co-disciple to [[TheArchmage Matoriv]] during their younger years, decades prior to the start of the story.
* EveryoneHasStandards: They're fakes and not really good people until much later on, but they still fight monsters, protect the lands and do what they can, even if it's for their own reputation. [[JacobMarleyWarning Masopho himself is entirely aware of his low morals and would rather Popp not end up on the same road.]]
* FakeUltimateHero: All of them.
* {{Greed}}: Their raison d'etre, until they start developing out of it.
* IronicName: Herohero, despite his name, is actually a malevolent person who fakes to be a hero, just like the rest of the team. Even after he turns good, he remains hardly heroic.
* JacobMarleyWarning : Masopho points out that he himself was a coward like Popp, running away and abandoning his companions, with the implication that it is a dark mark on his past that he is not proud of, all so that he can make the young man follow a different route than himself and actually save Dai and Maam from Crocodine.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Thanks to them Dai meets the King of Romos, leading to him being recommended as a disciple for Avan, and Masopho sets the then wimpy Popp on the path of heroism. After some sporadic minor appearances, they save the world with Matoriv's help.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Zurbon is the only female in the group.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Temujin and Baron]]
Temujin and Baron are bishop and sage, respectively, from the kingdom of Papnica. They accompany Leona to the island where Dai and Brass reside for Leona's baptimal ritual in her [[OriginsEpisode introduction arc]], but they harbor a nefarious scheme regarding said ritual that they hide from everyone else.
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* ArcVillain: For Leona's [[OriginsEpisode introduction arc]].
* SinisterMinister: Both of them are part of Leona's baptimal ritual, but in truth, they want her dead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Baron tosses Temujin aside once he feels certain Temujin isn't needed for his scheme to succeed.
[[/folder]]

!The Main Party

[[folder:In General]]

* CharacterDevelopment: During their journey, the members of the party share a lot of experiences that change them, and by the end of the story they're different people than what they are in their introduction.
** Dai becomes more mature and less naive, while learning to become a proper hero able to lead the others. Also, he learns to reconcile [[spoiler:both his Dragon Knight and human sides]].
** Popp gets more development than anyone else. He starts out as a coward with very low self-esteem but, realizing his behaviour endangers his friends, slowly becomes braver. His self-esteem issues take longer to improve, and they hold up his full potential for a long while. By the end of the story, Popp is a brave and strong-willed hero, arguably even more so than Dai.
** Maam becomes a strong warrior and loses her initial arrogance, becoming compassionate, but unwavering.
** Leona starts the story as a RoyalBrat, but her interactions with Dai makes her to become more mature and considerate to others. Also, through her battles, she becomes a leader capable of inspiring loyalty and hope in the hearts of her subjects, staunchly believing in the ideal of justice and righteousness.
** Hyunckel, [[HeelFaceTurn aside from changing factions]], gains a stronger sense of honor and becomes more empathetic toward others, learning to understand their feelings. He also proves to become the embodiment of [[{{Determinator}} combative spirit]].
** Crocodine is initially a brute of a fighter, albeit with a strong, albeit misguided sense of honor, who despises humans and looks down on everyone who appears weaker than him. After [[HeelFaceTurn joining the heroes]], Crocodine becomes very protective toward his weaker companions, to the point he sacrifices himself for the main heroes multiple times, and even grows a soft spot for the much weaker Chiu.
* ChromaticArrangement: Each member of the party has a main color that distinguish them from each other.
** Dai mostly wears [[BlueIsHeroic blue]] clothes, as the main hero of the story.
** Popp always wears a green suit.
** Although she initially wear an orange suit, since saving the kingdom of Romos, Maam main color is [[PinkIsFeminine pink]].
** Hyunckel is mostly associated with white and grey.
** Crocodine's main color is pink, from his scales, mixed with gray, from his armor.
** Leona's main colors are white and yellow. The 2020 animated adaptation gives her more shades of pink.
** Gome, a golden metal slime, is, of course, golden/yellow.
* FiveManBand: The members of the party complete the classic set of interactions in a team:
** Dai is TheHero, as the main protagonist of the story. He's also literally the hero "class".
** Hyunckel is TheLancer. While he's not the deuteragonist (that role goes to Popp), his personality covers more the character archetype.
** Popp is the SmartGuy. Although importance-wise he can be the lancer, he's a mage and not a physical fighter, while his fights are the most strategy-focused ones.
** Crocodine is TheBigGuy. He's the largest member of the party and the strongest when it comes to physical strength.
** Maam and Leona are TheChick. They're the only female members of the party and play more a role of support than of a fighter (until Maam learns martial arts and changes class).
** Gomechan is the TeamPet. He doesn't have any particular skills but follows the party everywhere, and sometimes play some minor support role.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** A half-dead Crocodine tries holding Hyunckel off while Popp escapes with Dai, while also encouraging Hyunckel to accept his own humanity.
** Hyunckel tosses Dai, Popp and Maam out of the volcano Flazzard had trapped them all in. He's saved by a restored Crocodine in just the nick of time.
** Popp uses Megante to attempt to kill Baran and, although he fails to land the hit, his sacrifice brings back Dai's memories. Even in death he manages to fire a spell that lets Dai score a decisive blow on his father, and so Baran helps the heroes revive Popp as a display of respect.
** Dai gets blown up while [[spoiler:taking the last Black Core into orbit]], knocking Popp out of the way as he does so. This doesn't kill the boy, but sends him into parts unknown.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Their bond is their main driving force and they fight at their best when they're doing it for each other. More specifically, Dai initially tends to activate his crest when his friends are in danger while protecting his friends is the reason Popp begins his development and gains more courage. Baran himself tries to stop this power by [[spoiler:deleting Dai's memories, but ends up reinforcing it as everyone fight him to protect Dai]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Justified, since it's a manga based off a JRPG. Over the course of the story, the heroes level up and become stronger by learning new skills or getting more powerful equipment.
** A particular case is Maam, who [[spoiler:invokes this trope on herself after realizing she's fallen behind. She changes class to become a martial artist and becomes a very competent fighter]].
** Popp also stands out from the rest of the party, and has arguably the biggest increase in badassery in the entire cast when compared to [[LovableCoward how he is at the start of the story]]. As a matter of fact, at the end of the story, [[spoiler:albeit Dai is still the most powerful warrior overall, Popp ends up far outclassing him when it comes to magic spells, specially long-ranged ones... even when Dai uses the Dragon Crest. To the point that Vearn considers [[TheArchmage Popp to be just as dangerous to his plans as Dai himself]]]].

[[folder: Dai]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToshikoFujita (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese/2020 series), Marina Huerta (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Ana Cremades (European Spanish/1991 series)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dai_2020_6.png]]

A boy [[RaisedByWolves raised by the now peaceful monsters on a remote island]], brought into the greater battle against the Dark Army after Avan's sacrifice against the previous Dark Lord, Hadlar fails.

Dai is a nice and sweet person thanks to his uprising but can be a fierce warrior in combat. He's not very good with spells so he prefers fighting with a sword. When he gets angry, Dai activates a crest on his forehead which makes him much stronger.
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* AdoptiveNameChange: Brass, his adoptive grandfather, named him "Dai" after [[MosesInTheBulrushes spotting him washed ashore as a baby]], but his actual name is [[spoiler:Dino. Even after learning of his heritage and birth name, he insists on being called "Dai" while his biological father, Baran, keeps calling him Dino. Eventually Baran accepts him and calls him Dai]].
* BadassAdorable: Dai is a cute, friendly and energetic kid who can take on monsters, armored warriors and giants. His cute appearance makes Hadlar and Crocodine underestimate him at first, before finding out his true strength.
* BadassInDistress: After [[spoiler: his duel against Hadlar, who has just become an hyper-demon, Dai ends up stuck in an iceberg and all of his friends go to his rescue]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dai is a nice and friendly boy, but becomes a very dangerous fighter when angered, especially when he uses his Dragon Crest.
* BlueIsHeroic: Dai's main clothing color is blue, further accentuated by his BattleAura and even the Dragon Crest's glow, signifying his role as the hero of the story.
* BookDumb: Having been raised in a monster island, Dai has very little knowledge of the outside world, such as when he makes all the fireworks of Papnika kingdom blow up because he doesn't know that fire lighten up firepowder, or when he has trouble reading Avan's book.
* BringIt: [[spoiler: During his final fight with Baran, he outright tells Baran to stop holding and fight him full-power like he did the others. Baran, in his anger combined with his Dragonoid form, obliges.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: With some training from Avan, Dai manages to cut a boulder in half once he's exhausted enough to do a simple cut with no overthinking it, despite it being more than twice his size. As the primary sword-user of the party, he's also physically the second-strongest even as a kid compared to Crocodine, and that's ''before'' his [[SuperMode Dragon Crest]] and his later overall power growth is taken into account.
* ChargedAttack: Lon Beruk makes Dai a orichalcum sword that [[spoiler:when sheathed, it concentrates its energy, such as a raiden spell, inside the sword and makes the attack much stronger]].
* DiagonalCut: The Avan Strash Cross is an explosive cross-shaped cut created by launching a diagonal [[SwordBeam Avan Strash Arrow]] and then following with a perpendicular [[DashAttack Avan Strash Break]] right at the time of impact.
* DorkKnight: Dai grew up on an island inhabited by monsters and is still very young, therefore he isn't very good when it comes with human interactions. Many characters, especially Leona, find this trait endearing.
* DubNameChange: The French, Spanish and Portuguese dubs of the 1991 anime change his name to "Fly" while the Italian dub changes his name to "Tom".
* ElementalWeapon: Dai can channel his elemental spells, specifically fire and lightning spells, into his sword, making his weapon much stronger than before. The sword made by Lon Beruk [[spoiler:can also charge every spell loaded in it to unleash a slash powerful enough to cut down a mountain-sized colossus]].
* {{Expy}}: Naturally, in a manga inspired by the Dragon Quest series, Dai is based off the hero from VideoGame/DragonQuestIII.
* FlamingSword: When fighting Hyunckel a second time, Dai notices he can't use spells because Hyunckel's armor neutralizes spells, but at the same it is too hard to be taken down with physical attacks. After being knocked semi-unconscious, Dai realizes that the only way to hurt Hyunckel is to combine magic and sword and engulf his swords in flames, becoming able to break Hyunckel's armor.
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: He learns to detect other people's presence in order to execute the Air Slash, and by extension, the true Avan Strash.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Having been raised by monsters, Dai doesn't have any kind of prejudice and is friendly with every creature he meets, unless they are hostile. This extends even to living objects such as [[spoiler:the god tear. The first thing Dai asks upon seeing it if it could be his friend]].
* FunSize: He's one head shorter than his human companions, who are about roughly similar to each other in height. This is most definitely PlayedForLaughs when he purchases a full-body armor -- it looks presentable to standard-sized people but nearly buries him in armor when he dons it. Even in-universe, Leona bursts in hearty laughter as her initial reaction at the sight of him in full armor.
* HappilyAdopted: His adoptive grandfather Brass raised him as well as any family could have. Dai never stops loving him, [[spoiler:even after meeting his real father, Baran]].
* HeroesPreferSwords: Dai can use other kinds of weapons, but his main one is a sword. Over the course of the series, Dai changes various swords, especially since most are too weak to handle his full power.
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: When Baran attempts to wipe out Dai's memories again, Dai is able to not only resist, but move Dragon Crest on his fist, allowing him to break through Baran's Draconic Aura.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: Despite the Dark Flame Tower and Dark Ice Spires that weaken anyone's but Flazzard and nullifies the magic, Dai insists on not running and fighting Flazzard to save Leona, despite the other's warning. Maam is forced to knock Dai out so they can escape.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: [[spoiler:Dai's mother was a regular human, while is father is Baran, the legendary Dragon Knight, who is an human-dragon-demon hybrid. Because he's a hybrid, Dai can't turn into a Ryumajin but has the ability to move his dragon crest and concentrate his power into his hand. After Baran dies and he gives Dai his own spirit, Dai becomes a full Dragon Knight and can become a Ryumajon]].
* HumbleHero: Even when the whole world starts relying on him, Dai never gets conceited. He also has no problems with Nova calling himself "the true hero".
* IconicLogo: The most iconic element of Dai Dragon Crest, which signals him as a Dragon Knight, and is the symbol of the series.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: Dai has a clear crush on Leona, and the latter appears to reciprocate his feelings. While the two share many tender moments together, [[spoiler:the story never focuses on it too much and, by the end, it's never shown if Dai and Leona end up together]].
* IncompletelyTrained: Dai learned the Earth and Wave Slashes from Avan, managing to perform an unfinished version of the Avan Strash - but as Hyunckel points out, Dai failed to learn the third step that was Air Slash, which keeps him from his ultimate potential with the attack. This is entirely due to Avan's HeroicSacrifice cutting their training short, and becomes one of Dai's goals to accomplish during the Flazzard arc.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: "Purity" is his trademark as a disciple of Avan. Dai is the most humble and nice of the party and is never negatively influenced by the bad things that occur during the story.
* IneptMage: Despite Brass' efforts to teach magic to Dai, the boy is absolutely terrible at it and can barely cast a minor spell; for this reason he prefers fighting with the sword. At the beginning of the story, Dai can only cast spells when he activates his Dragon Crest, but once the power-up fades he becomes inept again. Dai learns his first spell after his first encounter with Crocodine, and over the course of the story he gradually learns more spells, while keeping the sword as a main mean of combat.
* KidHero: Dai is the youngest of the main cast, and is about 12 years old when he leaves his home island to begin his adventure, during which he becomes the hero of the story.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: After Dai manages to harm him through his Draconic Aura, Baran resorts to resonating their Dragon Crests and give him amnesia so he can later attempt another capture and raise him from the ground to a loyal servant to Vearn. He's able to break out after Popp attempts a HeroicSacrifice, using the same spell Avan used to try and take out Hadler, to try and take out Baran.]]
* LastOfHisKind: Dai is [[spoiler:the son of Baran, the Dragon Knight, a legendary hero that exists in every generation to prevent any conflict between the three main races: humans, demons and dragons. When a legendary knight dies a replacement would be born somewhere. However, with Baran's death, who passes his own power to Dai, and the mother dragon who can't birth Dragon Knights anymore, unless Dai chooses to have children, he'll be the last Dragon Knight]].
* MagicKnight: In-universe, "heroes" can use both weapons and magic. Dai uses both at the same time, sometimes combining the spells into his sword. However, he's not as good with spells as Popp and not as skilled as Hyunckel.
* MissingMom: Soala, his mother, died before the main story begins.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Dai is the son of [[spoiler:Baran but, after the latter destroys an entire kingdom out of sheer rage, a baby Dai is sent away in the sea, washing ashore in Monster Island. He's found by Brass, who adopts him]].
* NatureVersusNurture: This theme becomes the central thesis of his character [[spoiler:after Baran shows up]]. That arc centers around Dai's struggle between [[spoiler:his monster side, both from being a Dragon Knight and raised by monsters, and his human side. The story clearly leans on both sides being important, drawn home when Dai develops his most powerful attack by combining the most powerful technique he received from his father (nature) with the most powerful technique he learned from his master (nurture)]].
* NeverLearnedToRead: Downplayed. Dai is not completely illiterate, but he struggles with pretty much any text above elementary school level, so he has to ask his friends to read things for him from time to time.
* NiceGuy: Dai is by far the nicest member of the party, he's friendly to everybody and everything and his niceness is even recognized as the source of his strength.
* PowerGlows: When Dai activates his Dragon Crest, he becomes immensely stronger and his body gets visibly covered by energy.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Dai is the smallest of the main characters but also the most powerful when he activates the Dragon Crest.
* PlayingWithFire: The first spell Dai learns to use properly without the need of the Dragon Crest is ''Mera'', a basic fire attack. However, at first Dai has to cast it and then literally slap the flame toward the target.
* RaisedByWolves: Dai grew up in Monster Island. Luckily for him, the Dark King was already dead by the time he ended up there, so the monsters weren't evil.
* ShockAndAwe: The Hero class is the only one that can cast lightning spells. Dai learns "Raiden" to defeat Hyunckel, but he needs Popp to summon a storm first in order to do so. Eventually, Dai learns to do it on his own and without relying on the Dragon Crest, and also to channel his lightning in his sword.
* SingleStrokeBattle: Flazzard is a being made of spirit that possesses multiple stones to have a body, the only way to defeat him is to cut his core. After a lot of struggle, Dai manages to beat him cutting the core with a single slash, right after he mastered the Air Slash.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Dai has several outfits, none of which include sleeves, as they could hinder his swords technique. The exposed arms also give Dai a tougher appearance to balance being a short 12 years old boy.
* SuperMode: When the Dragon Crest appears on his forehead ([[spoiler:and later on, on his fist]]), it allows Dai to access to his powers as a Dragon Knight, which boosts his strength, both physical and magic, to an unbelievable degree, and lets him to use spells and sword techniques he would be otherwise incapable of. With it, Dai becomes strong enough to curbstomp enemies that are otherwise out of his league.
* XMarksTheHero: Dai has a X-shaped scar on his cheek, marking him as the hero of the story as well as a fighter.
* YoureNotMyFather: [[spoiler: After Baran reveals that he's Dai's father, Dai is quick to renounce him out of disgust of his desire to destroy humanity. He does this again after recovering his memories and seeing Popp almost die to take out Baran.]]

[[folder: Popp]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga (Japanese/2020 series), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish/1991 series), Creator/ReneGarcia (Latin American Spanish/1991 series/eps. 4-14), David Arnaiz (European Spanish/1991 series)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pop_2020.png]]

A disciple of Avan before they meet Dai, a bit arrogant and slightly cowardly, Popp become a valuable ally to Dai while undergoing CharacterDevelopment into a more courageous and competent mage.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Popp's main strength is his wit, which he uses in battle to find a counter-strategy to the enemy's attacks. Notably, he manages to determine the weaknesses in Vearn's attacks by observing them a few times. He can also copy his enemies attacks after seeing them in action.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Many of his spells are incredibly powerful, but they come with so many drawbacks that they are almost not worth using, or simply cannot be used unless Popp could create the right conditions. For example, his ultimate spell is Frizz Cracker/Medoroa, which creates a beam of light that immediately annihilates everything it touches, but it's also slow to prepare, consumes a ton of magic power and it can be reflected back to him.
** Other examples are Donk/Betan (a powerful gravity spell that crushes his enemies to death) that drains all of his magic power and leaves him unable to use more spells, while his Finger Flare Bombs reduce his lifespan; and then there's Megante, which uses up all of his life force to create a brutally powerful explosion at the cost of Popp's life.
* BadassCape: As a proof for having passed his training, Matoriv handles Popp his own cape, which gives him a more wizardy appearance. He later sacrifices it against Baran.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: After coming BackFromTheDead, he immediately cast Zapple on Baran to give Dai an opening to use Avan Strash on him, winning the fight.]]
* ButtMonkey: Popp is the main source of comic-relief of the series, always at his expenses because of his goofiness. When a scene needs a character to fall on his face, he will be that character. Even after he becomes strong and brave, Popp remains the most common butt of the joke but it doesn't detract any from his badassery or CharacterDevelopment.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: Popp sacrifices his life against Baran, who felt so impressed by his courage that he used his own blood to bring Popp back to life. After that, Popp's control over his magic power improved greatly, which allowed him to use way more complicated spells without much problem.]]
* CannotSpitItOut; He falls in love with Maam, but can never say it to her face. This will come back to bite him in the ass near the end of the manga.
* CastFromLifespan: Some of his most powerful spells (like the Finger Flare Bombs he copied from Flazzard) act like this, and he has been warned to never use them for a second time.
* ChivalrousPervert: Popp is a bit of a pervert, just like a typical teen, but would never make a girl uncomfortable. He "accidentally" gropes Maam and risks his life to help her with about the same frequency.
* CowardlyLion: Mostly at the beginning of his CharacterDevelopment, Popp is still too afraid to confront the leaders of the Demon Army or the strongest monsters and will want to flee at the first chance but, to help his friends in danger, would also run back and fight. After a while, Popp grows confident enough in his ability to lose this trait wholesale.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler: With Baran coming with his three Dragon Riders, he acts like he reverted to being a DirtyCoward and flees to make the others disgusted with him, so they wouldn't stop from going to deal with them on his own.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Popp certainly has his moments of dry wit.
--> '''Popp''' (After seeing the failure of Chiu's boulder busting "Rattus Fastus Fist") A boulder doesn't hit back after all...
* {{Determinator}}: Every major character is one, but Popp manages to [[spoiler:''force his dead body to use a spell while his soul is going towards the other world'']].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Popp gets about as much focus as Dai and is present from the beginning of the journey to the very end. Notably [[spoiler:he and Dai remain the last two in the final battle against Vearn]].
* GlassCannon: Very noticeable during the fights against the Royal Guard. Popp could end the fight with a single spell, but the others have to protect him and give him the chance to use it.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the fight against Baran, he attempts to take out Baran using [[ActionBomb Megante]], just like Avan used against Hadler. Thankfully, he survives.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Even after overcoming his cowardice Popp maintains his inferiority complex and keeps viewing himself as the weakest and most disposable member of the party. It causes problems as he constantly pulls dangerous suicidal stunts. Also, Popp never lets himself forget how much of a DirtyCoward he is at the beginning of the story, even long after his friends fully forgive him for it.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Downplayed. Popp is fifteen years old and has some pervy moment, but it's far from his defining trait and shows it very rarely.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Popp falls in love with Maam shortly after meeting her but, consistent with his self-esteem issues, thinks he's unworthy of her, especially when he compares himself to Hyunckel.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Junk, Popp's father, is a blacksmith, with the physical strength and knowledge about weaponry required for such a job, whereas Popp is a physically-weak wizard whose specialty is on spell-casting instead of fighting with brute physical strength or weaponry.
* LovableCoward: Despite being on the hero's party, Popp is initially scared of every monster he faces and needs proper motivation just to fight, despite being already a pretty strong mage. Over the course of the series, Popp slowly gains confidence, to the point he even ends up becoming too fearless and goes to face enemies too strong for him. He also learns from this mistake, becoming the second best fighter of the party besides Dai.
* LoveTriangle: With Maam and Hyunckel. Popp likes Maam but she doesn't notice his feelings and initially is attracted towards Hyunckel, which exacerbates Popp's inferiority complex. [[spoiler: However, as the story goes on, Maam starts to appreciate Popp more and more, albeit she doesn't decide until the very end of the story.]]
* MadeOfIron: Even without specific combat training, Pop has a great durability and survives things that would kill most normal people.
* MagicStaff: Popp's weapon is a magic staff. Over the course of the story, he changes his weapon multiple times for a stronger one. During his fight against Crocodine, Popp intentionally breaks it so that he can use the orb pieces to make a magic circle.
* PowerCopying: During the fight against Zamza, he's able to mimic Flazzard's "Five-Finger Flares" spell, albeit with only three Kafrizz's instead of five.
* SquishyWizard: Out of all of Dai's team, Popp [[GlassCannon packs the most power but is the most vulnerable to a hit]], and all the CharacterDevelopment and HeroicWillpower in the world can only do so much to compensate. Dai and Crocodine aren't human and can tank hits, Hyunckel with his armor has the highest defense of the team and Leona and Maam can heal. Mitigated when [[spoiler: he becomes a Sage and learns healing spells]].
* SurpassedTheTeacher: By the end of the story, Popp [[spoiler:becomes the strongest mage of the story, and surpasses both Avan and Matoriv]].
* TeamDad: If the name isn't a giveaway. Once he overcomes his cowardice, Popp acts as the voice of reason and caution for his more reckless and HotBlooded team members. He also shows his protective side towards Maam, Dai and Merle.

[[folder: Maam]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MinaTominaga (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Japanese/2020 series), Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (Latin American Spanish), Mercedes Hoyos (European Spanish/1991 series)
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A daughter of two of the heroes that aided Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar years ago. She became a disciple of his some years ago and joins Dai and Popp in their quest in following their master's mission.
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* AllLovingHero: Maam sees the good in everyone as much as Dai. She's the first person to feel compassion for Hyunckel and other villains, and delivers them a lot of affection. In fact, she's the soul of charity.
* ActionGirl: While Maam is initially a competent fighter, she falls short compared to the other team members and [[spoiler:temporarily leaves the team to train. After she comes back as a martial artist, Maam becomes one the strongest front-line fighters of the team]].
* AnimeChineseGirl: Her appearance [[spoiler:as a fighter consists of a stereotypical Chinese fighting outfit, just like the monk-class in the games]].
* BadassAdorable: Maam is ''very'' strong physically and able to take down terrifying monsters, but remains an adorable girl.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Both she and her martial arts master, Brookeena, find his style's ultimate attack, the Refraction Fist, extremely disturbing, and only appropriate to be used for the noblest of causes. It combines a physical blow with a burst of healing magic that dangerously overstimulates the body's natural regenerative abilities - or, to put it another way, it's a punch that gives you fast-acting cancer.
* BareFistedMonk: [[spoiler:After losing her Magic Bullet Gun and realizing she's too weak, Maam changes class and becomes a monk. With Brukeena's training, Maam becomes a master at hand-to-hand combat, and can even use her healing spells to make her hits more deadly]].
* BoobsOfSteel: Both Maam and Leona are pretty well endowed but Maam's tend to be more obvious, partly because she wears tighter clothes.
* CuteBruiser: Outside of battle she's a cute, gentle and caring girl.[[spoiler: Further emphasized when she becomes a BareFistedMonk, where she tears her way through the tournament and manages to go toe-to-toe with a transformed Zamza, someone who gave ''Dai'' trouble, with the help of her Refractor Fist.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: When captured by Hyunckel, she manages to escape on her own with [[PetGetsTheKeys some help from Gomechan]].
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Briefly a victim of Myst-Vearn's GrandTheftMe before he went to Hyunckel and getting destroyed from the inside.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father died some time before the start of the main story.
* DubNameChange: In the 1991 anime adaptation, in some dubs her name was changed to "Sam".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She's got a surprising amount of physical strength despite being TheGunslinger, notable when she slams Popp into a wall for his cowardice and craters it like he just got punched by Dai. [[spoiler:Turns out she's a perfect fit for the martial artist class.]]
* TheGunslinger: Until her gun breaks, justifying [[spoiler:her switch to a KungFuWizard]] to compensate.
* HairTriggerTemper: Mostly towards Popp, who really likes teasing her.
* KungFuWizard: Maam can use both healing spells and martial arts. She also combines the two to make her attacks more devastating.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: "Daughter" in this case. Maam's physical strength, as Matoriv remarks, is reminiscent of her father, Loka, while Maam has access to some healing spell capacity Leila, Maam's mother possesses. She also fights with the weapon Leila used to wield[[spoiler: -- until she leaves to have herself trained to become a BareFistedMonk]].
* LoveTriangle: With Popp and Hyunckel, with her being the axis. It's a type 3 at first, although [[spoiler:Maam seems to lean more towards Hyunckel at the beginning. However, as the story goes on, Maam starts to appreciate Popp more and more, albeit she doesn't decide until the very end of the story]].
* SleevesAreForWimps: Her monk outfit is sleeveless to give more mobility for her attacks.
* ShesGotLegs: Her [[spoiler:monk outfit and armor]] don't include pants of any sort, which Popp appreciates.
* TeamMom: Expecially towards Hyunckel. She also can't (yet) return Poop's love because she feels like a mom/older sister to everybody on her team.
* {{Tomboy}}: Strangely, this is more pronounced ''before'' she actually becomes a fighter.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Merle's GirlyGirl.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Popp, she's always verbally and violently aggressive towards him in normal situations, but deep down cares for him.

[[folder: Leona]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AyaHisakawa (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese/2020 series), Ana Fernández (European Spanish/1991 series)
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The young princess of Papnica, a land of mages, she came to Dai's island to receive a ritual to complete her training, but was saved by him, foiling a failed assassination attempt. She later returns as a valued ally as well as [[ShipTease a potential love interest]] to Dai.
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* BlingOfWar: Somehow appropriately, since she's more a leader than a fighter.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Gets drunk pretty quickly, as shown in the aftermath of the Flazzard arc.
* TheChick: Out of the five disciples, she specializes in healing spells and anti-evil spells instead of physical combat, which also makes her the weakest in that regard.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Is the official ruler of her country after the death of her father.
* CombatMedic: Since healing spells need her to touch the target, she needs to be on the front line.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler: To keep the amnesiac Dai away from [[ArchNemesisDad Baran]], she and the others lock him in the deepest, most impenetrable part of Teran's dungeons. Not that it keeps a BrainwashedAndCrazy Dai from escaping...]]
* DamselInDistress: She's stuck with this status thrice: throughout much of her [[OriginsEpisode introduction arc]], during the Flazzard arc, and when she gets captured by the core of the Vearn Palace.
* [[DontCallMeSir Don't Call Me "Princess"]]: Leona will insist on making this statement to those she considers her equal.
* TheFace: As a very charismatic leader (she's basically a mini-Flora), Leona serves as this in several situations.
* FilleFatale: She tries to use her charms to get what she wants in several situations.
* TheHighQueen: After being rescued by Dai in the Flazzard arc, Hyunckel soon confesses to her that he's the former commander of the Undead Legion and direct responsible for her kingdom's destruction, and asks her to pass judgment on him... being even willing to accept being executed. On the spot, Leona accurately assesses his motives, his character as TheAtoner, and DeathSeeker tendencies, and the sentence she passes on him is for him to keep on fighting for justice as a disciple of Avan for as long as his life lasts, and to never seek out death or to blame himself excessively. Even [[TheCynic Matoriv]], who was chewing out the royal family just a mere few episodes back, was properly impressed at her character and wisdom noting she would be an able leader and that her country would certainly recover.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Dai. The main reason why it is mostly implied is because [[spoiler:the story never focuses on it as much as it does the Popp, Maam and Hyunckel LoveTriangle]].
* MagneticHero: Leona is very charismatic and she often uplift the spirits of her people and teammates through inspiring speeches.
* MeaningfulName: Her name means "female lion" in Spanish, which signifies both her fighting nature and her royal upbringing.
* PluckyGirl: Probably the most positive and upbeat of the five disciples. She has to be, since her role is TheHeart and TheFace of the group.
* RoyalBrat: She starts out as this in her [[OriginsEpisode introduction arc]], but [[CharacterDevelopment gets better]] afterwards.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She does her best to unite the forces of the main kingdoms against the demon army, and fights on the front line during the last assault.
* ShipperOnDeck: She supports Popp in his pursue for Maam's affections, and actively encourages him to fight for her in their LoveTriangle with Hyunckel, although, as Dai quickly realizes, [[ItAmusedMe she does it in large part for her own amusement]].
* {{Tsundere}}: To Dai, at the very beginning, before becoming much more honest with her feelings towards him.
* WhiteMage: Is the healer and support of the group. She even knows very powerful resurrection magic.

[[folder: Hyunckel]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese/2020 series), Antonio Villar (European Spanish/1991 series)
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Former leader of the Undead Legion, a legion of soldiers who have transcended death. He lost his parents when he was just a baby, but was taken in by an undead soldier. He held a grudge against Avan, whom he believes killed his foster father. He became his pupil under the pretense of killing him, but failed. He was then taken in by Myst-Vearn who brought him up to be a general in the army. [[spoiler: In truth, his adopted father's murderer was in fact Hadlar, and, after learning this fact, he left the army to join Dai]].
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* TheAtoner: After realizing how mistaken his hatred for Avan is, Hyunckel is ordered by Leona to make amends for his actions as leader of the Undead Legion. Hyunckel spends the rest of the series as a hero with the intent to fullfill that request.
* {{Bishonen}}: Hyunckel is the most good-looking of the heroes, and has the appearance of a very pretty boy.
* BladeOnAStick: After losing his CoolSword, he retrains himself from scratch as a lancer.
* CastingAShadow: Has learned to manipulate dark energy from Myst-Vearn, though he eventually stops using this skill after becoming a good guy.
* CastFromHitPoints: Grand Cross is a less dangerous version of this. Using it leaves him exhausted instead of killing him outright. That being said, he's still vulnerable after using it should any enemy manage to survive it, so he saves it as a last resort.
* CoolSword: Hyunckel wields a magic sword that is part of his special armor.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Both on the defeating and defeated end of this.
* {{Determinator}}: Every main character in the series is pretty much this, but of note is his first use of Grand Cross, converting his full store of fighting spirit into offensive power as a last stand, and nearly draining himself to death. This left him in a very precarious position, ripe for the killing by an EvilGloating Hadlar pointing out he doesn't even have the energy left to move, but the very last dregs of his fighting spirit managed to will his sword into Hadlar's heart, dealing him a lethal wound (though DeathIsCheap in Hadlar's case). Hadlar acknowledges his {{Determinator}} credentials with his dying breath.
* DentedIron: Hyunckel is famous for always recovering from attacks that could kill any normal warrior, but near the end of the manga, his bones accumulated so much damage that not even the strongest magic spells can restore them anymore, so he has to leave the battlefield for good.
* DontYouDarePityMe: He is ''not'' amused when both Crocodine and Maam pity and cry over his attempts to ignore his humanity in favor of dishonorable vengeance. It does dig into him enough to lay the seeds for his HeelFaceTurn, however.
* DrivenToVillainy: First by his father's death, then by [[EvilMentor Myst-Vearn's training]].
* DubNameChange: In the 1991 anime adaptation, his name was changed in some dubs to "Henky".
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even when he's part of the Demon Army, Hyunckel hates the idea of using violence against women. When Zaboera suggests him to use a spell to turn a captured Maam into Hyunckel's sex slave, Hyunckel almost kills him on the spot.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: Justified. Initially, as a General for the Dark Army, Hyunckel wears intimidating armor that hides his face when he's not using the sword and keeps it even after joining Dai's party. However Hyunckel destroys his armor while fighting Larhart who, as a sign of respect, gives Hyunckel his own armor, which is more traditionally heroic looking, and keeps it [[spoiler:until Hyunckel meets Larhart again and gives him the armor back]].
* HappilyAdopted: His father was a pretty nice guy, for a skeleton and the top fighter for Hadlar.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being defeated and learning the truth about Avan and his father's death, Hyunckel leaves the Dark Army and joins Dai's party.
* HonorBeforeReason: Hyunckel falls into this occasionally. He insists on taking out Baran's subordinates in a fair fight and uses a spear even though he's much more effective with a sword.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler: He admits to Larhart that he was holding back against him and saving his full strength for Baran. The moment he hears about Baran's DarkAndTroubledPast, he stops holding back and is able to better match Larhart, much to his bafflement.]]
* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler: He initially has an IgnoredEpithany despite hearing his father's last words through the Soul Shell because of this, attempting to kill Dai when he miraculously gets up and fights back. It's only after [[DefeatMeansFriendship he's defeated and he's spared thanks to Maam that that he pulls a]] HeelFaceTurn.]]
* LastChanceHitPoint: During the fight against the remaining chess pieces at Vearn's fortress, the King measures Hyunckel's remaining life at a mere 21 and sends pawns to kill him, but Hyunckel survives with a single HP and no amount of CherryTapping is able to finish him off.
* LoveTriangle: With Maam and Popp. It's a type 3 at first, although [[spoiler:Maam seems to lean more towards Hyunckel at the begining, but he keeps some distance out of shame of his evil past. However, as the story goes on, Maam starts to appreciate Popp more and more, albeit she doesn't decide until the very end of the story]].
* MadeOfIron: The best way to describe his durability is ''superhuman''. Even Crocodine doesn't quite endure the same amount of things Hyunckel does, and the latter is still only a human student of Avan. His seeming HeroicSacrifice after his defeat even has him '''completely engulfed in molten magma''', and he still gets pulled out with only moderate injuries afterwards.
* MasterSwordsman: Lon Beruk mentions that Hyunckel would be his equal with a sword and that [[IAmNotLeftHanded he's hobbling himself with a spear.]]
* MosesInTheBulrushes: He was found in a village that was destroyed in an demon invasion sent by Hadlar, back when he was the Demon King. Bartos, an undead knight, found him and adopted him.
* NobleDemon: When he's a member of the Demon Army, Hyunckel would heal enemies that he respects and [[WouldntHitAGirl prefers to not hit a woman]].
* NotSoDifferent: Even when they're enemies, Dai can't bring himself to hate Hyunckel because they've both been raised by monsters and realize he would've probably become like him if someone had killed Brass.
* NotSoStoic: Hyunckel rarely shows any emotions, but he breaks down into ManlyTears from time to time at key moments of his CharacterDevelopment. The most famous examples when he accepts the truth about his adoptive father's death, and when Leona "condemns him" to keep on living and spend the rest of his days as an Avan student to atone for his past.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[WouldntHitAGirl Normally he wouldn't hit a girl]], the fact he slaps Maam shows how much her words really got to him.
* PerpetualFrowner: In contrast to the other, more cheerful and expressive heroes, Hyunckel is the most mature of the group and is constantly in a serious mood because he feels guilty of the things he has done in the past.
* TheResenter: Despite ranking under him, he often disrespects and {{Stealth Insult}}s Hadler, angered at the fact that his father [[FailureToSaveMurder died in spite of Hadler's supposed strength.]] [[spoiler: He's not wrong that Hadler was at fault, but underestimated how directly involved he was.]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: His first armor has a lot of spikes, giving him a scary look.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Hyunckel has white hair, which makes him look like a good person before revealing himself as one of Vearn's commanders. This is averted once Hyunckel becomes a good person.
* WouldntHitAGirl: His PetTheDog moment before his HeelFaceTurn has him treat Maam respectfully.

[[folder: Crocodine]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/BanjoGinga (Japanese/1991 Series), Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese/2020 Series), Ángel Corpa (European Spanish/1991 series)
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Former leader of the Furfang Legion, a tribe of complete abominations, wielding unfathomable power. After having been defeated by Dai and Pop's teamwork, he is inspired by Pop's courage and joins the party.
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* AnAxeToGrind: His main weapon is an axe with the ability to summon wind magic.
* BeastMan: Crocodine is an anthropomorphic pink crocodile.
* TheBeastmaster: At the beginning of the story, Crocodine is the leader of the Beast Army and his roar alone is enough to scare a beast. He also has a lot of beast-like monsters under his command, some of whom remains after he defects from the Demon Army.
* TheBigGuy: After joining the main party, Crocodine is the largest and most physical based fighter.
* BloodKnight: Crocodine likes to fight a worthy opponent and, since he doesn't consider humans worth fighting for, Hadlar finds him in his base.
* BoisterousBruiser: Post HeelFaceTurn.
* BreathWeapon: He can fire Burning Breath out of his mouth, either to paralyze his opponent or to thaw out ice.
* BringIt: [[spoiler: During his second fight with Baran, he dares him to use his Gigabreak against him, claiming he'd be able to withstand it. He does, albeit heavily injured but is quickly healed by Leona, and is able to tank it a second time. This however is a ploy to get Baran to use up his Mana to weaken him to make him easier for the others to fight.]]
* CantCatchUp: After his HeelFaceTurn he's Dai's strongest ally near the start of the series. By the finale, the rest of the main team has surpassed him by far, though he's still a solid fighter.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted. After being defeated by Dai, Crocodine topples out of Romos castle and falls a considerable distance onto solid stone and dies. However, the members of the Dark Army brings his body to the base where he's resurrected.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After being defeated by Dai, Crocodine realizes how great humans can be and leaves the Demon Army.
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler: Despite being on the receiving end of a brutal CurbStompBattle by Baran, he insists on fighting despite having only one good arm and being partially blinded.]]
* EyeScream: Dai permanently scars his eye in their first battles. It impresses Crocodine and damages his honor, making him leave the fight to swear revenge on Dai. [[spoiler:Baran then almost break his other eye, meaning he almost blinds Crocodine]].
* FantasticRacism: Initially, Crocodine looks down on humans and consider them not even worth the trouble to fight but he loses it after seeing the strength of Dai and his friends. While facing Hyunckel, Crocodine tells him that, even if they might be weaker, humans can be great as well.
* {{Foil}}: To Chiu.
** Size is the first, and most easily recognized contrast: Crocodine is a GentleGiant, while Chiu is FunSize.
** Crocodine is a strong fighter, even if he becomes OvershadowedByAwesome by the end of the series, whereas Chiu proves to be lacking in fighting capacity and eventually finds his real talent in leadership skills instead.
* GentleGiant: Post HeelFaceTurn. More assertive than average, though.
* HonorBeforeReason: By far, the most honorable of the Six Generals, foregoing it to get an edge over Dai led to his immediate regret and into his switchover to the good guys' side.
* LargeHam: Especially in the anime.
* MadeOfIron: While he sometimes needs a bit of healing magic to get back on his feet, he's incredibly durable. If something looks like it's killed him, it's safe to assume it hasn't.
* ManlyTears: ''Very'' often, especially when Hyunckel is involved.
* MonsterKnight: A crocodile knight that values honor.
* MyGreatestFailure: He hates himself for foregoing his honor by engaging in Zaboera's scheme to undermine Dai and takes great pains to make up for it.
* NiceGuy: He develops several [[OddFriendship Odd Friendships]] after his HeelFaceTurn.
* NobleDemon: Before his HeelFaceTurn, he put a strong emphasis on fighting fairly. It's a sore point for him that he resorted to foregoing it in order to undermine Dai.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: By the end of the series, while a powerful fighter, he is severely outclassed by Dai and the others.
* ScarsAreForever: After Dai scarred his face, leaving him with one eye.
* TokenHeroicOrc: Downplayed. He's far from the only noble or kind-hearted monster, but he's one of the very few who can completely ignore Vearn's evil influence and stay noble and kind-hearted enough to be a full-time hero and defender of the world, and is the only non-human member of the party.
* TheWorfEffect:
** He's strong, but always loses to relevant opponents... [[spoiler: except Zaboera]].
** Even his axe gets routinely cracked or destroyed to show just how tough the opponent's defense is.
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[[folder: Gome]]

A golden Slime with the ability to fly, Gome has been Dai's friend for some time by the time of the series' start. It appears to have no fighting capacity at all, but there may be something unusual about it beyond its one-of-a-kind appearance...

* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler:After its physical form is destroyed by Vearn, Gome explains to Dai that it will eventually revive without any of its memories. Dai hopes he can fix that by finding Gome and once again asking for its friendship.]]
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Gome unknowingly uses its power of miracles to save its friends from certain death throughout the series, even motivating Popp into struggling against the pull of the afterlife when he sacrifices himself with Megante. Towards the end, this weakens Gome until it shrinks in size and is helplessly crushed by Vearn while asleep. The final request it grants to Dai is making everyone in the planet aware of the Black Core bombs and how to stop them.]]
* HopeBringer: [[spoiler:At the end, Gome is revealed to be a relic made by the Gods that represents hope and helps mankind by granting their wishes.]]
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Its speech is basically variations of "pii", but every character can understand its intended messages just fine. [[spoiler:It only speaks properly in the afterlife when Popp is briefly killed and when Gome has his final conversation with Dai after being crushed by Vearn.]]
* TeamPet

!Allies
[[folder: Avan]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese/1991 series), Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese/2020 series), Luis Fernándo Ríos (European Spanish/1991 series)
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A BunnyEarsLawyer [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who acts buffoonish and eccentric while being genuinely powerful]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity or just be pretending to be buffoonish]]. In truth, he is the hero that defeated Hadlar years ago and would later train Dai to defeat the revived Hadlar and his master, Vearn, but resorts to a HeroicSacrifice in order to kill his ArchEnemy, [[SenselessSacrifice only to be the only one to be killed]]. [[{{Revenge}} Avenging his death]] as well as [[TakeUpMySword inheriting his desire for justice]] is what motivates his disciples going into their quest.

[[spoiler: It later turns out that he's NotQuiteDead and was secretly aiding them all along until the final arc, in which he reveals himself to aid his disciples to take down Vearn once and for all.]]
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* TheAce: At the beginning, he's considered the best at everything. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end, since every single one of his disciples has become way stronger than him in his or her speciality.]]
* BackForTheFinale: He disappears for most of the main plot...[[spoiler:but just before the final battle, the heroes discover he was NotQuiteDead.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Downplayed. He's a childish, odd-looking goofball with a well-deserved reputation as the WorldsBestWarrior, but he tends to exhibit both at the same time rather than letting one hide the other. He does get a bit more dangerous when he gets completely serious, but he's so obviously capable despite his general lack of dignity that nobody's ever especially surprised.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's extremely competent in pretty much every field, but pays zero regard to his own dignity, and will happily be as strange and childish as he wants while performing phenomenal feats of strength, speed, and magical power.
* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:Avan knew he was outclassed by the new Demon Army and that his disciples had the potential to be far stronger than him, so he let them travel on their own to avenge him while he acquired as many support spells and items as possible in secret to help them out later. Thanks to this, on top of holding his own at Vearn's Palace, Avan disables most of the fortress' barriers and traps to let Dai reach Vearn in top condition.]]
* CrazyPrepared: He always seems to have the right magic item with him.
* DidNotSeeThatComing: While he had his suspicions that Hadlar had come back or someone else stepped up to his position, he didn't expect the dark god Vearn to have resurrected Hadlar and for the returning Dark Lord to be even stronger than fifteen years prior. The result is getting caught right after he had used the intensive and draining Puff spell to help train Dai, and requiring his HeroicSacrifice for Dai and Popp to even hope to survive the encounter.
* DisneyDeath: His HeroicSacrifice against Hadlar is the climax of the first real PlotArc. [[spoiler:Turns out, he wasn't dead at all]].
* TheDreaded: Is this to Vearn and Kill-Vearn, and many of their underlings.
** To put things in perspective: Vearn's first order to Hadlar in the plot was explicitly to kill Avan, before starting anything else, and Hadlar getting rid of him was judged enough of a worthy accomplishment that he was granted a consequential PowerUp.
** When Hadlar screwed up killing Avan's disciples several times, and committing a major screw-up [[spoiler:with his plotting to keep his position, and not disclosing vital information such as Dai being a Dragon Knight, eventually leading to Baran's (the strongest General by far) betrayal and potential threat towards Vearn]], he is on the verge of a YouHaveFailedMe scenario, yet [[PragmaticVillainy Vearn]] still commends Hadlar's achievement in killing Avan, considering it worthy enough that he grants him a final chance and an eventual pardon. For Hadlar, defeating Avan was the gift that kept on giving.
** [[spoiler:When it is revealed that he actually did not die at all, everyone in the room [[DidNotSeeThatComing observing the scene]] goes [[OhCrap dead silent]], including the [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness usually wise-cracking Kill-Vearn]], who promptly switches to a no-nonsense mindset, going after him relentlessly, undergoing EvilMakeOver to drive the point home that he is taking him very seriously after getting his smiling mask broken, and pulling every nasty trick in the book to try to get rid of him for good, because he is THAT [[SpannerInTheWorks unpredictable]]. THIS is how feared he is by Vearn and his associates, as a mere human.]]
* DubNameChange: His name was changed to "Ivan" in some dubs of the 1991 anime adaptation.
* EccentricMentor: Being a BunnyEarsLawyer and TheMentor at the same time, he ends up as this.
* GratuitousEnglish: Part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* GratuitousFrench: Part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* HappilyMarried: Implied at the end: [[spoiler:he is shown ruling Carl with Flora]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He was the hero who defeated Hadlar the first time. At the time of the story, he's the mentor.
* HeroicSacrifice: He uses a suicide spell to try to protect his disciples from Hadlar. [[spoiler: Subverted: it is later revealed that he survived the blast]].
* HowDoIShotWeb: The prequel establishes the first Strash that blew Hadlar off Flora's castle was done in the spur of the moment and as such Avan couldn't perform it correctly afterwards, though he intuited it required expertise in all aspects of combat and set off to master them.
* MagicKnight: Very proficient in both physical combat and various kinds of magic.
* MasterSwordsman: He has no superhuman strength, speed or endurance, but he ''does'' have absolutely flawless technique.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: He's forced to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] before he can complete Dai's training. [[spoiler:Subverted: he actually survived and went into hiding]].
* NerdGlasses: Given to him by Flora. They help him [[ObfuscatingStupidity hide his intelligence]]. He typically takes them off [[TheGlassesComeOff when talking seriously]] and even left them with Flora for the duration of his journey to defeat Hadlar.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:Avan survives his own Megante thanks to an amulet gifted to him by Flora, without even knowing it had such an effect. He then survives another Megante from a duel judge robot, much to Kill-Vearn's shock, just because he's that tough.]]
* NotQuiteDead: Normally, the Megante spell kills the user. [[spoiler:Without knowing, Avan had just the right magic amulet to survive it]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He likes to keep his skills and intelligence hidden, for various reasons.
* ThePaladin: Fights for good? Check. Swordsmanship skills? Check. Use of defensive White Magic? Check! Avan's a more eccentric version but fits the archetype nevertheless.
* PassingTheTorch: To his disciples and their allies.
* RedIsHeroic: His standard outfit.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Occasionally when he's about to get serious.
* SenselessSacrifice: He gives his life to kill Hadlar, but the latter survives the attack with no major damage - although he ''is'' weakened to the point that Dai manages to drive him off. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Avan survived the blast as well.]]
* SupremeChef: When he's not fighting demons or chasing butterflies, he's teaching the castle cooks how to cook meals that not just taste amazing but also improve the body's health.
* TakingYouWithMe: Tries this on Hadlar, but it fails. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he survives as well.]]
* TricksterMentor:
** He'd rather make his disciples figure out how to use new skills themselves than explain them the details.
** [[spoiler:One of the reasons he doesn't tell Dai and Popp he's not dead is that he thinks they would subconsciously rely on him and stunt their own growth.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: His ill-fated battle with Hadlar was right after he had used the [=MP=]-intensive Puff to transform into a dragon for training Dai, on top of the fifteen year passage of time where despite spreading his teachings the years of peace rusted his capabilities.
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[[folder: Queen Flora]]

Flora is the queen of the kingdom of Carl, which is among the nations destroyed by the Dark Army. She's absent when Leona tries to gather the remaining human nations, but appears late in the story to help the heroes to fight back.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Nobody is ever shown disagreeing with her.
* BalconySpeech: Needed to bring humanity to raise again when [[spoiler:Dai seems dead and all hope seems lost]].
* TheHighQueen: A strong, dignified and determined woman.
* HopeBringer: She was this to people back in the prequel when Hadlar raised his own demon army to conquer the world.
* LadyOfWar: When necessary, she can [[WhipItGood bring out her whip]] and kill some monsters. In fact, the prequel shows that she is no stranger to fighting at the front to rally people.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She does everything she can to support the heroes, aware they are the only ones that can actually defeat Vearn.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While the heroes fight on the front line, she helps gather all the remaining forces of humanity.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the prequel story, she could not join Avan in his quest to save the world due to having to take care of the kingdom in her sick father's stead. In the present, she actively contributes to saving the world and even briefly joins the heroes in acquiring the sacred spell.
* {{Tsundere}}: Makes a couple of passive aggressive comments at Avan when she sees him again, as he's been avoiding her for years.
* WhipItGood: Her weapon of choice. She can defeat a lot of weak monsters in a single strike.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: She's actually very shaken from Avan's death, but she can't let it show.

[[folder: Lon Beruk]]

A demon that resides deep in a forest outside Lankarks, he's renowned for his skill as a blacksmith. The heroes seek him out when they need to secure a weapon that's suitable for Dai.

* TheAlcoholic: He's very rarely seen without a good bottle of wine.
* TheHermit: He lives within a forest, far away from many a human presence. The heroes find him only through the help of Junk, who corresponds with him as a fellow blacksmith.
* LonersAreFreaks: He doesn't have many friends because of his snarky and abrasive nature.
* PointyEars: They show his demonic nature.
* ScarsAreForever: He lets Myst-Vearn scar him as punishment for insulting Vearn.
* UltimateBlacksmith: He created every [[InfinityPlusOneSword ultimate weapon]] in existence except for the Demon Dragon Sword, which was created by the Gods.
* WeaponOfChoice: He's one of the best swordsmen in history.

[[folder: Matoriv]]
!!!Voiced by: Shin Aomori (Japanese/1991 series), Antonio Inchausti (European Spanish/1991 series)

A lecherous old mage who accompanied Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar, he lives alone in a cave on an uninhabited island sometime after Hadlar's defeat. He trains Popp after the heroes encounter him.

* TheArchmage: His official, in-universe title.
* BloodFromTheMouth: He coughs up blood periodically, to show that [[YourDaysAreNumbered he won't have long to live]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Almost as much as Avan.
* CastFromHitpoints: Some of the spells he used when he was younger. It's taken a dramatic toll on his health as he grew older.
* CoolOldGuy: He's basically the strongest mage ever, but his age prevents him from using too much magic power. Even with his limitations, [[BigDamnHeroes he saves the day several times]].
* DirtyOldMan: The first thing he does after meeting the heroes is trying to feel Maam up.
* TheHermit: He lived alone in isolation after [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer he was bullied once too many]] -- he was a council member at the time, at that -- before the heroes encounter him for the first time in the main story.
* NiceHat: His hat is almost as big as himself.
* SadistTeacher: His teaching style is quite different from Avan's, and way more effective if the student is Popp.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Illustrated with BloodFromTheMouth when he coughs. [[spoiler:He's still alive at the end of the story, though.]]

[[folder: Brokeena]]

A BareFistedMonk who aided Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar, he's the mentor to Maam and Chiu.

* BadLiar: He constantly lies about being deadly sick, and wears a painted bedsheet to pass himself as a monster so he could help the heroes in secret. No one is ever fooled.
* BareFistedMonk: His signature style.
* BrilliantButLazy: He tries to appear as this, though he probably went through TrainingFromHell in the past.
* CoolShades: He's never seen without his small sunglasses.
* CoolOldGuy: Even when he's not fighting, he helps the heroes by giving them ideas.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: He's always barefoot, with or without disguising himself.
* EccentricMentor: Having an unconventional character while giving the heroes advice qualifies him for this.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: PlayedForLaughs as a running gag, as he's always coughing and talking about how he's soon going to die from an obviously fake illness. Some flashbacks revealed he has been doing this since Avan's early hero days.
* OldMaster: He's even called "the martial arts legend" in-universe. His age doesn't let him fight for long, but he compensates with experience.
* PaperThinDisguise: Covered himself with a bed-sheet with a hand drawn monster face as a disguise to join Chiu's army. No one was fooled, but he was allowed to join the group anyway.
* RoundHippieShades: His CoolShades are dark and spherical-shaped, which help to indicate his unconventional character.

[[folder: Nova]]

The son of a general of the fallen kingdom of Ringaia, Nova meets Dai and the others before the battle between the forces of the nations and the Demon Army. He is initially an arrogant {{Jerkass}} to the heroes but quickly changes his tune upon finding out how outclassed he is.

* CastFromHitPoints: He can make his Aura Sword extremely powerful... at the cost of his own life.
* {{Determinator}}: He manages to impress even [[TheHero Dai]] with this, during their first fight against the Royal Guard.
* HeroicWannabe: He thinks he's the "true hero" and Dai is a fake. He changes his mind pretty quickly.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's implied that while Dai was fighting his battles, Nova was having other adventures in the North.
* HumblePie: His utterly humiliating defeat (and potential near death) by the Shinei Kidan yanks him out of his HeroicWannabe attitude.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's quite the {{Jerkass}} when he first meets Dai and the others, but they're still quite impressed by his determination and willingness to sacrifice himself to save people from demons.
* OddFriendship: At the end, he develops one of these with Lon Beruk.

[[folder: Merle]]

A young girl with strong PsychicPower, she travels with her grandmother Nabara prior to meeting up with the heroes and joining them soon afterwards.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Who her parents are/were or what happened to them has never been revealed.
* CameBackStrong: She dies on Popp's arms, only to be revived by Popp's awakened magic power. She wakes up many chapters later, with her seer abilities increased many times over.
* CannotSpitItOut: She loves Popp, but can't say it to his face, even when she's literally dying on his arms.
* CombatMedic: She can use the most basic healing spell, though she doesn't get to do it often, as Leona is more proficient in this role.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Merle uses her own body to shield Popp from a cursed projectile and dies in his arms after finally declaring her love for him.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Merle uses her body to block a cursed projectile aimed at Popp, and confesses her true feelings to him with her last words.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: She keeps her feelings for Popp to herself because she's afraid of ruining the relationship she already built with him.
* InsecureLoveInterest: She loves Popp, but considers herself unworthy of him, mostly because she knows she's completely useless in battle.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her eyes are drawn with huge irises and almost no sclera to cue the reader about her powerful seer abilities.
* PsychicPower: She's better than her grandmother in this department. Her contribution to the heroes is mostly through warning her teammates of some impending danger with her premonitions so the others can try to take care of it before it's too late.
* PutOnABus: She stays behind in Teran after the heroes leave, but [[TheBusCameBack rejoins them later on and remains in their team for the rest of the story]].
* RaisedByGrandparents: Presumably, she's raised by her grandmother, Nabara, if the facts that she's seen following Nabara around prior to joining the heroes and that [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent her parents have neither made any appearance nor been given any mention at all]] are any indication.
* ShrinkingViolet: She's quite gentle and discreet.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirl to Maam's Tomboy.

[[folder: Chiu]]

A mouse monster who trains under Brokeena alongside Maam, he joins the heroes when Maam rejoins them.

* BareFistedMonk: Not as strong as Maam, but he is one nonetheless.
* BenevolentBoss: Chiu treats his underlings with nothing but respect, never asks them to do something impossible and he's always willing to risk his own life to protect them from serious harm. Because of this, his underlings practically worship him, and even Crocodine thinks he will be a better Beast King than him.
* CrazyPrepared: PlayedForLaughs with regard to the assorted items he carries with him all the time. Having said that, this allowed him to help Dai and win a hopeless battle during his introduction.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: With the aid of the Beast King's Flute, monsters that are summoned by it serve as his teammates/underlings after Chiu defeats them.
* TheDeterminator: He tries relentlessly to attack the transformed Zamza, not stopping no matter how times he gets knocked down. This serves a benefit, as it actually tires Zamza out and helps Popp notice that his second mouth is also needed to breath, allowing them to rescue die by flinging a fire spell at his and suffocate to the point of opening his second mouth.
* {{Foil}}: To Crocodine.
** Size is the first, and most easily recognized contrast: Crocodine is a GentleGiant, while Chiu is FunSize.
** Crocodine is a strong fighter, even if he becomes OvershadowedByAwesome by the end of the series, whereas Chiu proves to be lacking in fighting capacity and eventually finds his real talent in leadership skills instead.
* FunSize: He's one head shorter than even [[KidHero Dai]], who's the smallest and shortest among the main heroes.
* FunnyAnimal: With a [[PluckyComicRelief heavy emphasis on "funny"]].
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: He wished to be a powerful martial artist, but eventualy had to accept he had no talent for that. Instead, his true talent turned out to be his amazing strategy and leadership skills, which allowed him to turn his small army of weak monsters into a very effective unit that helped to save the day more than once.
** His leadership skills are so great that with just a few words he can dispell fear and boost his army's morale through the roof, and he can be so inspirational than even enemy monsters feel touched by his words. At the end of the story, he ends up recruiting the powerful Hym, aka Hadlar's reincarnation into his army.
* InterspeciesRomance: Towards Maam. It's entirely one-sided on his part, as Maam sees him as a teammate and a friend -- nothing more. He moves on eventually.
* PluckyComicRelief: His role outside of battles is mostly this.
* ReformedCriminal: More like "reformed monster", as Chiu is a mouse monster that used to cause mischief in a village somewhere in Romos before Brokeena caught him, trained him, and helped him reform.
* TeamPet
* UseYourHead: His headbutt can dent/damage standard armor. He also proves how sturdy his head is when a sword-wielding AnimatedArmor strikes him on the head using its sword, with the sword breaking from the impact as the result.

[[folder: Brass]]
!!Voiced By: Creator/IsamuTanonaka (Japanese- 1991 Series), Creator/JunpeiTakiguchi (Japanese- 1991 Film), Creator/KenichiOgata (Japanese- 2020 Series), Daniel Palacios (European Spanish/1991 series)
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A monster who [[MosesInTheBulrushes found Dai when he was washed ashore on a remote island where he himself resides]], Brass raised Dai as his own grandson.

* AscendedExtra: Brass barely appears in the main story after being taken home from Romos, but the prequel builds on a brief remark of him being familiar with Hadlar by making him one of his four top enforcers.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's subjected into attacking Dai during Dai and Maam's battle against Crocodine inside Romos castle, as the result of Zaboera's spell-work. Popp has him returned back to normal with some spell-work of his own.
* OrWasItADream: Given Dai's inability to cast spells despite his best effort to make Dai a spell-caster throughout most of the [[OriginsEpisode introduction arcs]], he's understandably shocked to witness Dai casting high-level spells successfully near the end of said arcs[[note]] (courtesy of Dai's [[PowerGlows "draconic aura" that is activated through his crest]])[[/note]] and, after Dai reverts back to normal (and back to his old, magically-inept self), wonders whether what he witnessed from Dai was real.
-->'''Brass''': Maybe I was hallucinating after all...
* PutOnABus: Once Dai and the others leave Romos, he only makes TheCameo once for plot-related purpose before coming BackForTheFinale.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Throughout the [[OriginsEpisode introduction arcs]], he berates Dai for his lack of progress in spellcasting, having wished for Dai to be a great mage, while Dai himself wants to be a sword-wielding hero instead. [[DownplayedTrope They still love each other all the same, though.]]

[[folder: Junk and Steenue]]

Popp's parents, who reside in the town of Lankarks, where Popp was born and raised.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After seeing Popp for the first time after Popp ran off, he ''really'' lets loose on Popp -- violently[[note]] -- for starters, his initial reaction is to grab unto Popp, lifts him up, and then slams him onto the ground[[/note]]. Steenue and the heroes accompanying Popp end up having to intervene to stop him from inflicting more injuries on Popp than he already has. This also overlaps with CallingOutForNotCalling, as Popp had left for over a year without sending any news home in the meantime.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Junk appears in the first opening of the 2020 anime a few stories arc before we officially get to meet him.
* TheBlacksmith: Junk's profession, both before and after settling down in Lankarks, where he specializes in selling weapons.
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: Steenue provides the "gentle touch", while [[ToughLove Junk is a firm believer in "firm hand"]].[[note]]We don't see much of Steenue, but Popp's limited on-screen interaction with her seems to show that she's much nicer to Popp than Junk is.[[/note]]
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Junk is TheBlacksmith in their village, with the physical strength and knowledge about weaponry required for such a job, whereas Popp is a SquishyWizard whose specialty is on spell-casting instead of fighting with brute physical strength or weaponry.
* ToughLove: Junk is a firm practitioner when it comes to parenting.
* WeSellEverything: His weapon shop specializes in weaponry-related wares.

[[folder: Loka and Leyla]]

Maam's parents. They accompanied Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar in the past. After Avan accomplished it, they settled down in a village, where Maam was born and raised.
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* DisappearedDad: Loka [[PosthumousCharacter had already passed away prior to the start of the main story]].
* IWasQuiteALooker: While Leyla is by no mean ugly in the present, she was quite [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/layla_younger.png stunning]] back in the day when she traveled with Avan and Loka as the prequel shows.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: "Daughter" in this case. Maam, despite never having been a warrior like Loka, has strength reminiscent to his own, as Matoriv remarks. Meanwhile, Maam has capacity for some healing spells, which Leila, who fought alongside Loka as a cleric, could wield. The weapon Maam wields when she joins Dai and Popp was given to her by Leila, who wielded it when she joined Avan alongside Loka.
* PosthumousCharacter: Loka, who is also a DisappearedDad.
* RetiredBadass: They were among Avan's teammates in his journey to defeat Hadlar. Afterwards, they settled down in a village in the kingdom of Romos, got married, and became a family.

[[folder: Aimi, Apollo, and Marin]]

The three sages who serve under Leona.

* ActionGirl: Both Aimi and Marin are spell-casting sages.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with regarding Marin. She suffers severe burns in the face when Flazzard grabs her by the face with his fiery hand. After the heroes rescue Leona, she uses her healing spell to restore Marin's face back to its original state.
* OutOfFocus: Apollo and Marin tend to get less attention when compared to Aimi, especially once Aimi gets entangled in a TriangRelations that involve herself, Maam, and Hyunckel.
* SatelliteCharacter: Apollo and Marin basically revolve around serving Leona. Once Leona joins the main heroes, they are more or less OutOfFocus, [[OutOfFocus appearing only occasionally for plot-relevant purposes]].

[[folder: Baduck]]

An aged fencer in Papnica, he's the first person from said kingdom that Dai, Popp, and Maam meet after entering its borders. He can put up a decent fight despite his old age and lack of magical skills, also has a knack for crafting useful items and is surprisingly good at repairing magic weapons.

* BadassMustache: He has quite a mustached look.
* BadassNormal: He's just an old fencer wearing normal equipment, but he can put up a really decent fight against powerful enemies and can survive through crazy dangerous battles without becoming a burden.
* CoolOldGuy: He's old, but he can support the heroes with his decent fencing skills, can craft/repair special items for them when the need arises and is also a pretty fun person to hang around with. On top of that, he is pretty good spotting when someone is on the need for some encouraging words.
* MasterOfNone: He has considerable breadth of talent, but not much depth, and while he's minimally capable of pretty much anything and everything, and always finds some way to be of use, there's nothing he's truly great at.
* MilesGloriosus: Downplayed. While he is obviously inflating his own abilities to try sounding impressive, he's always at least somewhat competent in every field he claims to be a genius at, from combat to engineering, and that's useful in its own right.
* OldSoldier: He's old, and his armor/sword are in bad shape, revealing his experience on the battlefield. He still can put up a good fight and share his experience to guide the heroes when they feel lost.
* RenaissanceMan: Downplayed. He's not the genius polymath he claims to be, but he's moderately capable at absolutely everything. If there's a task that needs doing and everyone else is either incapable or otherwise occupied, then Baduck can be relied upon to do a reasonably OK job.
* RidiculouslyPotentExplosive: Has the knowledge and ability to create two crazy powerful bombs able to destroy a magic tower. The only reason why this skill isn't brought up a second time is because Baduck simply never again has access to the components needed to create more bombs.
* TheBlacksmith: While it's not his official title or main line of work, he has some capacity for it.

[[folder: Nabara]]

Merle's grandmother. Merle traveled alongside her prior to meeting the heroes.

* CrystalBall: Her prop of choice when working as a FortuneTeller.
* FortuneTeller: Her profession.
* OutOfFocus: She shows up occasionally in plot-related scenes once Merle [[TheBusCameBack rejoins the heroes]].
* PsychicPower: Which she utilizes in her work as a FortuneTeller, though Merle surpasses her within the main story.
* PutOnABus: She and Merle stay behind in Teran after the heroes leave. When Merle [[TheBusCameBack rejoins the heroes]], she is OutOfFocus instead.

!Dark Army
[[folder: Dark Lord Vearn]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiUtsumi (Japanese 1991 series), Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese 2020 Series)
The BigBad of the series and the GreaterScopeVillain that revives Halder. An [[TimeAbyss extremely ancient]] demon lord with aspirations of conquering the sun by destroying the land of the human world, he creates his armies with the intention on following through with this desire.
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* ArchEnemy: He becomes Dai's greatest enemy after he [[spoiler: desecrates Baran's body and kills Gomechan in front of him]]. Similarly, Vearn views Dai as a dangerous threat and takes several measures not to underestimate him.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Most demons aren't a very obedient bunch, but they're all too scared of his power to disobey him.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is the ruler of the organization and he has the immense power and vast wellspring of knowledge gathered from eons of existence to back it up.
* AGodAmI: He is called the God of the Demon World. Though he himself is aware that he pales compared to actual Gods, and will only claim that title for himself once his plan to bring sunlight to the Demon World comes true. He is also so many leagues above everyone else, and such a TimeAbyss that the difference is barely a technicality at this point.
* BeardOfEvil: As a typical evil wizard, he has one of those. [[spoiler:His old body does, at least]].
* BigBad: He created and commands the whole demon army and it is his ambition to make the sun accessible to the demon world by destroying the land of humanity to accomplish this that drives the plot.
* {{Bishonen}}: When he was young, he was pretty good-looking.
* BreakingSpeech: Makes it an art form, in which he deconstructs every argument used against him to break his foes' spirits, made all the more gloomy in that he is usually right.
* BrokenPedestal: To Hadlar, after [[TheStarScream planning to overthrow Vearn for years]] only to [[OhCrap realize how outclassed he was]], he swears his loyalty to him and relents to being his loyal subordinate. When it is revealed that [[WhyAmITicking he placed a bomb inside him of him in order to kill off the heroes without Hadlar's knowledge]]. He understandably turns on him and stops viewing him so highly.
* TheChessmaster: He strings his enemies and allies like pieces on a board and it's taken more literally as he has Halder utilize minions made from chess pieces to be his subordinates. This line says it all:
-->"As it is in chess, the true victor moves his pieces such that his last move cannot be discerned by the opponent until this is already too late."
* CounterAttack: The "Tenchi Matou" (Demonic Stance of Heaven and Earth) stance allows him to use three different techniques ([[AttackReflector Phoenix Wing]], [[RazorSharpHand Calamity End]] and [[PlayingWithFire Kaiser Phoenix]] at the same time, in order to counter up to three enemy attacks. The drawback is that, afterwards, he's left open for an instant - something that doesn't happen when he uses each technique individually. Additionally, as pointed out by the heroes during the final battle, Tenchi Matou is a ''counter-attack'' that uses the flow of the enemy's attack to the user's advantage. [[LogicalWeakness Vearn cannot use it if he's not attacked]].
* DeathByIrony: His major goal was being closer to the sun. [[spoiler: His remains after his death, is positioned at the sun.]]
* TheDreaded: Both his allies and his enemies are afraid of his overwhelming power.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a demon who casually talks about "waiting a few centuries" for something. [[spoiler: He keeps his young body around just in case, he's facing an enemy that's too strong for his wizened body and needs to be at his prime in order to defeat him]].
* EvilOverlord: His underlings even call him "Dark Lord Vearn".
* EvilSorcerer: He fights using a staff that concentrates his energy into various attacks [[spoiler: in his younger form, he discards the staff in favor of [[KungFuWizard utilizing his sorcerous attacks in direct hand to hand combat]].]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He does respect his enemies and seems very laid back, but it's only because he's completely sure of his eventual victory. He's actually a StrawNihilist and a {{Sadist}}.
* AGlassOfChianti: He's almost never seen without one until the final battle.
* GeniusBruiser: What makes him so deadly is that he's not only immensely powerful, but very intelligent, having strategies taking place to succeed in his plan even when the heroes are fighting him. Justified in that he's had eons to refine his wit and power.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He served as this during Avan and Haldar's time, being a greater threat behind the shadows until he revived the latter and became the BigBad in the main story.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: He was obscured behind a veil until the final arc of the series.
* HornedHumanoid: Except for the horns, his body is pretty similar to a human body.
* HumanoidAbomination: If he truly has no other choice, he can turn into one of those [[spoiler: a huge crustacean like humanoid]].
* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:The fate of his remains.]]
* MagicStaff: His ultimate weapon. [[spoiler: Until he regains his young body and doesn't ''need'' one anymore]].
* ManipulativeBastard: He strings others like Halder for his own benefit and discards them when their deaths would lead to a greater benefit for himself in the long run.
* MightMakesRight: Basically his mindset as a demon. Combines this with a BreakingSpeech when called out on being a Sadist.
* OneWingedAngel: He can use his ThirdEye to turn into [[spoiler:a crustacean-like HumanoidAbomination to defeat Dai's own OneWingedAngel]].
* OmnicidalManiac: Wants to destroy the Human World to get a glimpse of the sun for the Dark World. [[spoiler: He comes dangerously close to succeeding]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Though unlike most examples, he's able to maintain his plans and [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking is able to show why he can sit on the throne without worry]].
* SatanicArchetype: The leader of a large faction in the Demon World, he desires the light of the sun after leaving in a world of darkness, planning to destroy the realm of humanity to make the sun available to demons with the additional goal of it leading to a hellish dystopia where the strong prey on the weak, and to prove his superiority to the gods out of spite and vanity. He gathers subordinates through promises that ultimately doom them in the end and has a suave, charismatic veneer that conceals his truly nihilistic and sadistic nature.
* ThirdEye: He can use it to imprison lower-level characters inside magic pearls or cause minions to have an upgrade in power. [[spoiler: He can even apply it to himself to make himself into an even larger and demonic form]].
* TimeAbyss: Popp points out that to Vearn, human lives have to seem like a small flash of light.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** First, when he realizes what Gomechan really is.
** Then, when [[spoiler:his plan to blow up the Human Realm fails because of Gomechan and Dai managing to get help from basically every human in the world]].
* WickedCultured: For an evil OmnicidalManiac, he's quite the gentleman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kill-Vearn]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Kill Vearn and his assistant]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Japanese/1991 Series), Creator/HiroyukiYoshino (2020 Series)
Vearn's reaper. He's a armored knight-like being with a grin, with a little imp as a sidekick.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: He has 13 swords that he keeps hidden within his hat and pulls out to trap his opponent(s). They're invisible to all but Kill-Vearn himself.
* ActuallyADoombot: His body is basically a magic machine... [[spoiler:controlled by his apparent sidekick]].
* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:Kill-Vearn could've killed everyone and won the surface for Velther if he had just shut up instead of revealing his true self and the Black Core inside his decoy to Dai's team, who kill him and take the Black Core out of orbit in a hurry.]]
* CoDragons: Serves as this with Myst-Vearn in the latter half of the series, with Kill-Vearn himself [[DragonWithAnAgenda serving the Demon Lord out of his own self-interests for a hellish world that Vearn would create]].
* CoolMask: Hides the fact that [[spoiler:he is [[ActuallyADoombot a robotic decoy for the real Kill-Vearn, the little imp on his shoulder]].]]
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The reason he follows Vearn is in hopes that it leads to a hellish world where the weak are preyed upon the strong.
* EnigmaticMinion: He's Vearn's loyal follower... until he sees an opportunity for backstabbing. Vearn knows this, and accepts the challenge.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Even more than Vearn; Vearn at least respects his enemies to an extent that's partially genuine, while Kill Vearn likes to watch them struggling before they die under a facade of joviality.
* {{Shinigami}}: It's his in-universe nickname.
* MalevolentMaskedMen:
** The smiling mask he wears while killing and torturing underlines his sadistic nature.
** When [[spoiler:Avan]] makes him ''really'' angry, he discards his broken smiling mask and wears an angry one.
* MeaningfulName: His name means that he is an assassin for Vearn, but [[spoiler:also that he's an assassin sent by Velther to kill Vearn when his guard is down.]]
* MyBloodRunsHot: His "blood" is actually extremely hot magma from the Demon Realm.
* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:After Vearn is defeated, Kill-Vearn confronts the heroes and reveals himself as the little imp instead of the masked body and that it contains a Black Core bomb. Marm swiftly kills him but Dai gets blown into parts unknown carrying the Core into outer space, ending the story on a bittersweet note.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: He often states that his job is not to fight, but to kill.
* RoyalRapier: When he needs to fight one-on-one, as [[spoiler:in his final confrontation with Avan]], he uses one of these.
* {{Sadist}}: More apparent than Vearn, Kill-Vearn likes to see others suffer and personally wants to see Vearn's goal succeed as it would result in a [[HellOnEarth a hellish dystopia where the weak die and the strong survive]].
* SinisterScythe: His usual weapon, fitting his grim reaper motif.
* TheStarScream: [[spoiler:He's actually an assassin sent to kill Vearn when his guard was down having been sent by Baran's [[ArchEnemy dreaded enemy, Velther]] in order to get rid of the competition in the off chance he got revived in the future.]]
* TrapMaster: His modus operandi is to ambush his targets with traps, either to kill them outright or to immobilize them enough for him to deal the finishing blow.
* {{Troll}}: He shows himself in front of Vearn, stating he'll be his loyal follower... while calling himself ''Kill-Vearn''.
* VillainousBreakdown: For the most of the story, he was a jovial yet sadistic individual. [[spoiler:After Avan manages to prove himself to be alive and manages to subdue Kill-Vearn's trap. Kill-Vearn drops his gleeful facade, immediately tries to kill him and when it results in him being humiliated, he makes it his personal goal to kill Avan painfully. It results in such a change that he discards his usual smiling mask for a more serious, angry one to reflect his mood, being much less jovial from that moment onwards.]]

[[folder: Orihalcon King Maximum]]

The piece of the chess king brought to life via forbidden magic, he prides himself as the ultimate defender of the Vearn Palace. He commands the remaining chess pieces to do his bidding.

* AnimateInanimateObject: Originally a chess piece made of orihalcon, he has been given life through magic. The other chess pieces that he commands have been ikewise created the same way.
* ChessMotif: He and his {{Mook}}s are all chess pieces, brought to life via magic.

!!The Generals

[[folder: Hadlar]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiAono (Japanese 1991 Series), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese 2020 Series), Jorge Tomé (European Spanish/1991 series)
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The PredecessorVillain of Avan's generation turned [[DemotedToDragon commander of Vearn's armies]]. He causes Avan's death and then becomes Dai's ArchEnemy for the majority of the series before Vearn takes centerstage.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He initially subverted as a BadBoss, but by the time he gained the Guardian Knights, he valued them immensely. Justified in that they were creations born from his energy, but his CharacterDevelopment made it so he treasured them as their own individuals.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has bluish-green skin, which signify his demon traits.
* ArchEnemy: For a while after defeating his own ArchEnemy in Avan, he was Dai and company's main enemy for [[spoiler: supposedly]] killing Avan, while Vearn was the ultimate goal. On Hadlar's part, he viewed Dai as a greater threat than Avan to the point he wanted to launch all of the Six Generals at him when he was defeated by him. Over the course of the series, it leads into a WorthyOpponent like relationship.
** He is Hyunckel's enemy after it's revealed that he killed his adopted father, personally fighting him for this reason when he first joins the heroes.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: After his latest PowerUpgradingDeformation, he would actually have the physical power to justify his rank as the commander of Vearn's armies.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Initially, while he was a BigBad that the world considered TheDreaded, and even given the rank of commander of Vearn's armies; it was actually a formality as [[AlwaysABiggerFish every one of the Generals including a creation from himself outclassed him in powers]]. He would later subvert this through several PowerUpgradingDeformation to make his rank equal AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.
* BigBad: He was this to Avan, being his ArchEnemy when he was younger, but since his revival by Vearn, he's been DemotedToDragon, [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex something he's secretly aware of]].
* BloodKnight: His final PowerUpgradingDeformation awakens this trait.
* CardCarryingVillain: He started out as a very psychotic, fiendish and underhanded person, but through CharacterDevelopment, he gradually becomes a NobleDemon.
* CombatPragmatist: He started off as a very underhanded fighter with no scruples on how he would defeat his enemies. With CharacterDevelopment, he grows out of this and becomes a NobleDemon.
* CharacterDevelopment: With each PowerUpgradingDeformation, he gets more and more honorable and less [[CardCarryingVillain of a fiend that he started off as]].
** His creations, Flazzard and the Guardians Knights reflect the two distinct stages of his life when he created them as the former represents his earlier [[CombatPragmatist underhanded]], [[AxCrazy psychotic]] self and the latter, with [[TokenEvilTeammate one exception]] are all [[NobleDemon noble, but still dangerous]] with [[EvilVirtues virtuous traits]], representing his later self.
* DeathIsCheap:
** Played with. His first PowerUpgradingDeformation, a demonic body granted to him by Vearn, enables him to be resurrected each time he dies, though even HE did not know it NOR expect it. He faced his first death at Hyunckel's hands, going from EvilGloating to being dealt a lethal wound by a drained Hyunckel, recognizing Hyunckel's {{Determinator}} side with his dying breath. He is notably QUITE troubled and nearly upset at being resurrected after this, and this starts his CharacterDevelopment. Ultimately subverted when his power-ups end up nullifying that ability, and the fact that Hadlar of all people WILLINGLY chooses this even impresses Myst-Vearn and Vearn greatly, further cementing his CharacterDevelopment.
** This trope prompts Hadlar to greatly question his own position in the grand scheme of things, and who the hell Myst-vearn really is, since after bringing him BackFromTheDead, Myst-Vearn states that only him or Vearn have the power to resurrect him.
* DemotedToDragon: He was initially a BigBad to Avan, but following his resurrection, he was made made commander of Vearn's armies, while initially being painfully aware that all of the generals beneath him being much stronger than him. He knows [[AuthorityInNameOnly it's a formality based on his effort against Avan]] and undergoes several PowerUpgradingDeformation in order make the rank actually match AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.
* TheDragon: He ''thinks'' he's Vearn's Dragon but knows he's not the strongest warrior in the Demon Army, and spends his pre-CharacterDevelopment screentime worrying about his position.
* EtTuBrute: After realizing he couldn't defeat Vearn, he decides to be loyal to him until it [[WhyAmITicking turned out that Vearn placed a bomb in him in order to kill Baran and Dai for him without his knowledge]]. This justifiably caused him to turn on Vearn and attempt to kill him before Dai.
* FangsAreEvil: Being a demon, it was to be expected.
* HeroKiller: The first thing he does after appearing in the story is [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead supposedly]]]] killing Avan.
* HonorBeforeReason: After becoming a NobleDemon, he and Dai have the same goal to defeat Vearn, but he decided it was better to settle his fight with Dai before fighting Vearn, in the midst of invading Vearn's flying base.
* KneelBeforeZod: He tried to do this for the longest time to get others to fear him, even though he was not only DemotedToDragon, but also [[AlwaysABiggerFish painfully outclassed by the other generals at first]]. After a while, he [[CharacterDevelopment stops caring about his standing in the army]] and decides his only goal is defeating Avan and his disciples in battle.
* NobleDemon: After [[TookALevelInKindness becoming kinder]], he foregoes his CombatPragmatist mindset to become a honorable BloodKnight.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: During his time as a world conqueror he would frequently avert this and fight on the front lines, to the extent that even Avan finds him worthy of respect.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Much of his gripe in his ranking was that while he was TheDreaded and the ArchEnemy of Avan, Dai and co. managed to outclass him at every opportunity. And to add insult to injury, he was initially weaker than the generals he commanded including Zaboera until he underwent PowerUpgradingDeformation to circumvent this situation to become a powerful threat to Dai and co.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Ironically, he becomes nobler in spirit each time he becomes more demonic in appearance.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: A long process, but by his death [[spoiler:he has become an honorable warrior worthy of respect]].
* ShouldersOfDoom: Gains these with his PowerUpgradingDeformation, and they possess the ability of {{Flight}}.
* TheStarScream: He planned on usurping Vearn until he met him in person, giving up on the idea. He ultimately turned on him, but [[EtTuBrute entirely different reasons]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Initially, while he was TheDreaded to Avan, he was not only DemotedToDragon, but [[AuthorityInNameOnly he was outclassed by each of the generals that he was in charge of at first]]. He undergoes several PowerUpgradingDeformation in order to counter this and eventually becomes a threat to Dai and Baran.
* TookALevelInKindness: With each upgrade, he becomes more honorable.
* WolverineClaws: His primary weapon... [[spoiler:Before switching to a CoolSword made of Orihalcum]].
* WorthyOpponent: Viewed Avan as this, and later Dai [[spoiler: after the former supposedly died]].

[[folder: Myst-Vearn]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (Japanese 1991 Series), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (2020 Series)
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[[caption-width-right:350: Cloaked]]
The mysterious leader of the Shadow Legion who hardly says a word. Served as Hyunckel's teacher after rescuing him from death, a generally serves as the most loyal follower of the Demon Lord. [[spoiler:In truth, he a shadow ghost possessing Vearn's true body while at the same time protecting it. Though he has no fighting capabilities in this form, he can [[DemonicPossession possess anyone and turn them into his new vessel]].]]

* CastingAShadow: His whole combat style is based on manipulating dark energy. [[spoiler:He actually ''is'' a bundle of dark energy whose physical body is the SoulJar for Vearn and Myst-Vearn actually needs to pull a GrandTheftMe in order to physically fight]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: During the fight of Baran and Hadlar, he briefly shows a handsome face beneath his hood and causes the scenario that results in Baran's death. And earlier, he stopped speaking when Hyunckel got suspicion of this trait. It's not until several chapters later, that this is hiding the fact that he's currently the safeguard of Vearn's body and needed to keep it a secret so it wouldn't get destroyed before Vearn would have need of it.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: He has been grooming Hyunckel to be a powerful host, only by the time it's needed that he's gotten too powerful and filled with good energy that, when he attempts it, Myst-Vearn ends up dying for it.]]
** Myst-Vearn's entire schtick is his unwavering loyalty to Vearn, doing anything to please his master. [[spoiler: His one desire entirely of his own will ends up being his undoing.]]
* TheDragon: One of Vearn's most trusted underlings. [[spoiler: He is actually Vearn's only ''true'' Dragon, and has been for millennia]].
* EnigmaticMinion: Nothing was known about him except he's been Vearn's NumberTwo man since TimeAbyss... [[spoiler: Until it is revealed that he is a part of a complex plan to be the SoulJar for Vearn's true body]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Finds Zaboera's methods very distasteful and makes no attempt to hide that contempt for him, especially when the coward starts to badmouth the dead.
* EvilMentor: To Hyunckel, [[spoiler: grooming him to be his next host after returning Vearn's true body to its master.]]
* FlashStep: He can be ''very'' fast, apparently even without moving his limbs.
* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Briefly possesses Maam to attack the heroes before going to Hyunckel.]]
* GrandTheftMe: His modus operandi. [[spoiler:Invoked for Vearn, who uses Myst as a ''caretaker'' for his young frozen body]].
** [[spoiler: Myst-Vearn has his own agenda in grooming Hyunckel to be his next host. He briefly possesses Maam before taking over Hyunckel, only to be HoistByHisOwnPetard when the latter manages to destroy him from the inside.]]
* HighCollarOfDoom: A very noticeable part of his uniform.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Disparages Zaboera for his dishonorable tactics, [[spoiler: but it's later revealed that he's actually an intangible spirit that requires to take another's physical body and utilize their strength as his own, which is underhanded in its own right.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He possesses Hyunckel, the host he's been grooming for his next body, but he ends up being destroyed from the inside due to the positive energy Hyunckel had acquired through his change towards good.]]
* InTheHood: And he ''cannot'' under any circumstances remove it... [[spoiler: Since it hides Vearn's true face.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He kills Flazzard after failing, even after he gave the latter a power-boost to aid him in a callous manner. While the context makes it pitiful to the heroes for his death, Flazzard was still a psychotic, mass-murderer and an arrogant GlorySeeker who [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicks people while they're down]], so he had his death coming.
* LivingShadow: [[spoiler: His real body is literally made of dark energy, but one unable to fight on its own, thus needing to pull a GrandTheftMe in order to attack physically.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: "The Demon Lord's wishes are the only priority". Myst-Vearn says this earlier in the series during a meeting among the Demon Army generals there when Flazzard complains about being held back while Hyunckel is sent out to face Avan's disciples, which succeeds in getting Flazzard, a GloryHound that seeks Vearn's approval, to consent. Late in the series, when [[DirtyCoward Zaboera]] tries to get Myst-Vearn to protect him when the chips are down, Myst-Vearn gets him to remember this line, making it clear that any UndyingLoyalty Myst-Vearn harbors is for Vearn, and Vearn alone.
* MeaningfulName: Myst-Vearn refers to his mysterious nature and also the fact that [[spoiler: he is the secret safe-guard of Vearn's physical body in its prime and he's keeping this truth a mystery.]]
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Can change his hands into swords.
* SoulJar: [[spoiler: His current body is Vearn's true physical body, which he keeps hidden at all times so no one realizes and potentially destroys it before the real Vearn is ready. While the real Vearn gathered knowledge and experience, Myst-Vearn would preserve the physical body in its prime so in the case the true Vearn needed it against a foe he couldn't defeat in his older form, Myst-Vearn would return it and have Vearn be restored to his youth and having the knowledge of his years of existence to be a formidable threat.]]
* TheQuietOne: To the point it was rare to hear him speak at all for years. [[spoiler: This becomes a plot point as his voice was that of the true Vearn's body, thus justifying his silence as it would expose the SoulJar plan too early.]]
* TheStoic: He is mostly always reserved and silent except when it is of importance [[spoiler: justified as speaking would alert others that he's currently the SoulJar of Vearn and could jeopardize his master's convoluted plan in the long run.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: To Vearn, serving him for eons as his own most trusted servant, to the point that he willingly served as the SoulJar for Vearn's younger body in order to keep it safe in the case he would need it against a particularly strong enemy and preserve it in its prime so Vearn could go at full strength, without any intention of using it against his master.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: His body's true identity reveals vital information on himself as well as Vearn's purpose for him.
* YesMan: To Vearn.

[[folder: Baran]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Japanese 1991 series), Creator/ShowHayami (Japanese 2020 series), Daniel Palacios (European Spanish/1991 series)
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Leader of the Super Dragon Legion, he's a powerful warrior with strong morals, but a burning hatred for mankind. [[spoiler:In truth, he was the original Dragon Knight, born to deal with the threat of the last intelligent dragon Velther. Afterwards he met Soala, the princess of Alkeed. But when her father was convinced by other humans who feared his power to execute him, Soala died trying to save Baran from it, and he promptly wiped all of Alkeed off the map. His only child was Dino, better known as Dai.]]

* AbusiveParent: [[spoiler: While he initially wants to recruit Dai and have him help wipe out humanity, that doesn't stop him from attacking Dai and trying to kill him if he insists on resisting. Then there's him resorting to giving Dai amnesia...]]
* ArchnemesisDad: To [[spoiler:Dai]] after his FaceHeelTurn, culminating in him fighting his own son personally.
* AntiMagic: As Crocodine points out, Baran is immune to magic and can only be damaged through physical means, which isn't any easier when he uses Draconic Aura, which gives him SuperToughness.
* BadassMustache: The strongest general, and the most moustached one.
* CoolSword: The Demon Dragon Sword, a singled-edged {{BFS}} with a pommel resembling a Dragon's head created by the gods themselves and one of the ''very'' few weapons that can withstand a Dragon Knight's Draconic Aura.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: After his first proper loss to Dai, Hyunkell quickly realizes that he has regained his human heart, [[IveComeTooFar but feels that he's done too much to turn back now]], and so instead hopes Dai will kill him so he can atone.]]
* DragonRider: Famous for fighting while riding a dragon, though he never does it onscreen.
* EnergyWeapon: Can shoot a magic laser beam from the crest on his forehead.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Upon seeing him for the first time, you think he is a human working for the Demon Army just like Hyunckel, except... Flazzard lashes out at Hyunckel for being allowed to be a General as a "mere human"... Baran merely comments that his anger is making the room too hot. This is the first hint dropped at Baran's true nature.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: During his second fight with Crocodine, he can't comprehend why Crocodine is willing to sacrifice himself for humans and how his faith in them is allowing him to withstand his attacks.]]
* FlashStep: [[spoiler: Capable of this as a Dragonoid.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:After settling down with Soala, her father tried to execute him for being a powerful non-human, but this led to Soala getting caught in the crossfire. Baran then came to hate humanity and vowed to destroy them in revenge.]]
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler: As the arc goes on however, despite knowing his DarkAndTroubledPast at that point, the party progressively lose sympathy for him as he commits more monstrous acts, with Hyunkell outright calling him a monster and beyond redemption when he tries to kill Dai and breaks into EvilLaugh when he thinks he's done it.]]
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Having regained his human heart in the process, he takes his loss to Dai rather well, even helping in reviving Popp before leaving and calling Dai by his human name.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He uses all his Draconic Aura in one shot [[spoiler:to save Dai from a bomb implanted by Vearn into Hadlar]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Prior to his FaceHeelTurn, he had faced an evil dragon that threatened humanity, but since Avan's victory over the much weaker, but more well-known Hadlar was more prominent in the eyes of the public, it led to his own victory being OvershadowedByAwesome, [[DudeWheresMyRespect something he slightly has an issue with]].
* HumansAreBastards: What he believes in and one of the reasons why he joined Vearn.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He claims that it's a Dragon Knight's duty to wipe out anyone with aspirations of WorldDomination or otherwise threatens the balance. But when Dai quickly points that's what Vearn, whom he follows, is trying to do, [[NeverMyFault Baran tries to defend his actions by deflecting the blame onto humans.]] In short, he's aware of the Dragon Knights' duties, but [[spoiler: is opting to ignore his duty and even follow the guy said duty dictates he should destroy out of his hatred of humanity.]]
** As Hyunkell points out later to convince him out of his hatred for humanity, [[spoiler: he wants to kill all humans due to viewing them as evil, yet his wife Soala, whom he loved and who gave her life to save his, was also human, disproving his viewpoint before it even formed.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: A rather tragic example. [[spoiler: He does love both Dai and Soala, but his anger at humans for their AccidentalMurder of the latter prompts him to disregard her LastRequest to not hate humans in favour of trying to wipe them out, making him an AbusiveParent who disregards Dai's wishes to protect them, doing everything from attempted kidnapping to inflicting him with LaserGuidedAmnesia, so he can force him to help in his conquest to wipe out humanity.]]
* KamehameHadoken: His most powerful spell, Doraura.
* KnightOfCerebus: His appearance to Dai causes a significant defeat for the boy, as well as introduce darker elements to the story such as [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity's darker side]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** [[spoiler: Weakened from the fight and from stealing Dai's memories, he opts to retreat and rest before coming back to take Dai.]]
** [[spoiler: After taking a full Avan Strash and losing his Demon Dragon Blade, he recognizes that he no longer has the strength to fight and surrenders, even going as far as [[GracefulLoser revive Popp]], before leaving.]]
* LightningBruiser: Being a Dragon Knight, both his strength and his speed are at a superhuman level.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: The reason he joined the Demon Army is [[spoiler:his tragic lovestory with Soala]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: One of his the most dangerous villains, [[spoiler:and Dai's real father]].
* LoveRedeems: After [[LoveMakesYouEvil making him evil]], he's redeemed by [[spoiler:parental love for Dai]].
* OhCrap:
** [[spoiler: Has one when Dai coordinates an attack with Crocodine that pierces his Draconic Aura and causes him to bleed]]
** Has another, larger one when [[spoiler: Popp tries to take him out using Megante.]]
** [[spoiler: His most visual one occurs when Dai tanks his Doruora, with his mouth agape in shock.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: He manages to keep frowning even WhenHeSmiles.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He's powerful enough to destroy an entire nation and everyone within its borders, [[spoiler:as the denizens of the kingdom of Alkeed found out the hard way.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: His redemption ends with him [[spoiler:sacrificing himself to save Dai]].
* RespectedByTheRespected: He admits to having respected Hyunkell and Crocodine before they left the Dark Army and sided with the humans. This respect still stands somewhat even after their HeelFaceTurn, with him warning his three Dragon Riders to be wary of them.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: When Soala [[TakingTheBullet Takes the Fire Ball]] for him, she used her last words to beg him to not hate humans, only for him to vow to destroy them and side with Vearn for this end. Granted, it probably didn't help that her own father [[SpeakIllOfTheDead called her a disgrace]] for sacrificing her life for him.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:By inheriting Baran's Dragon Crest, Dai understands his father's true feelings for his family, has visions of his mother and receives advice from Baran's spirit at key moments.]]
* SuperMode: [[spoiler: His Dragonoid form, which combines the strenth of humans, darklings and dragons to increase his already impressive power.]]
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: He's baffled that Popp and Hyunkell beat his three Dragon Riders, and more so when Hyunkell states Larhart gave him his armour of his own free will.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: After being defeated by Dai and having discovered Vearn's true objective.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After fighting for the world's sake for years, he decides to settle down with a wife. Unfortunately... [[spoiler:her father didn't like his true nature and decided to kill him, but his wife got in the crossfire]]. So he decided to just destroy everything.
* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler: In the final clash, Dai is able to break his Demon Dragon Blade with an Avan Strash using Hyunkell's Dark Armour Sword, winning the fight.]]

[[folder: Zaboera]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/NaokiTatsuta (Japanese 1991 series), Creator/MitsuoIwata (2020 Series), Mariano Fraile (European Spanish/1991 series)
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Leader of the Mystic Legion, he is an ancient, small, and highly intelligent, relying on trickery to get what he wants. He does not care for anybody and regards everyone as his tools, including his son Zamza, who he used to acquire essential information on the development of Hyper Demons. He has his troops fight for him since he does not like to get his hands dirty. He hides in the shadows and will claim anyone's accomplishments as his own if it helps further his plans.

* AbusiveParents: Zaboera considers his own son no more than a tool, which he tells him right in his face. He goes as far as to say that, if he can't be useful to him, he's just trash. This causes a lot of problems in Zaboera's son's behavior.
* ArchEnemy: He becomes Crocodine's, having manipulated him into discarding his honor and thus making it his personal goal to kill him. [[spoiler:It culminates in Crocodine killing him after the latter attempted to flee for another time after being defeated by Lon.]]
* DirtyCoward: He actually takes pride in leeching off other people's accomplishments without taking risks himself.
* EvilGenius: Zaboera is the weakest general in single combat, but he knows ''a lot'' of ways to fight indirectly.
* EvilSorcerer: He commands a legion of evil sorcerer minions.
* EvilOldFolks: The oldest-looking general, and the most [[EvilIsPetty despicably evil]].
* HateSink: Unlike the other villains of the series, Zaboera has no redeemable qualities like a sympathetic motivation or sense of honor. Instead he's an [[AbusiveParents abusive parent]], [[DirtyCoward a coward who fights in the most underhanded way possible in order to claim anyone's accomplishments as his own while using them as powers]] and [[SmugSnake not nearly as clever as he actually thinks he is]]. Even villainous characters like [[GrandTheftMe Myst-Vearn]] think he's absolute scum.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's probably the most despicable character in the whole story, being an [[AbusiveParents abusive parent]], [[SmugSnake disproportionately overconfident]] and [[DirtyCoward cowardly person who lets others do his dirty work]].
* MadScientist: When he's not doing evil things, he's in his lab creating other evil beings.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manages to manipulate Crocodine into accepting his help during his fight with Dai, using Brass, Dai's [[ParentalSubstitute adopted father figure]] as a means to undermine the boy.
* MasterOfIllusion: He manages to get a surprise attack on Popp by disguising himself as Maam with magic.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He can't be taller than a meter.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: His ultimate fate after [[spoiler:Crocodine kills him.]]
* OneWingedAngel: He's able to merge his minions together to form a demonic Hyper-Demon exoskeleton over himself that's so strong that it required a [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique dangerous sword that Lon had sealed until that moment]] in order to harm it.
* PoisonousPerson: He keeps several deadly poison inside his own body as a last-resort weapon.
* ShutUpHannibal: On the receiving end of this, but it's always well-deserved.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He is a very cunning manipulator, but he's not as skilled in sorcery or even possessing as much smarts as the other generals, let alone Vearn himself.
* SmugSnake: He's very confident in his planning and manipulating ability, but he's not as smart as he thinks he is.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler:After Baran's death, he speaks dismissively of him. Everyone including [[EvenEvilHasStandards Myst-Vearn]] find this repulsive]].
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:After barely managing to escape Lon's attack, Crocodine shows up one last time to finish him off one last time before he scurried off to regroup and pester the heroes more. When Zaebora attempts to attack his former fellow general, he gets squashed like a bug when Crocodine pushes the axe down, being fully aware of how treacherous he is at this point, before Crocodine [[NoBodyLeftBehind disintegrates his body]].]]

[[folder: Flazzard]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenYamaguchi (Japanese 1991 Series), Creator/ToruNara (Japanese 2020 Series), Juan Fernández Mejías (European Spanish/1991 series)
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Leader of the Blizzblaze Legion, he was created by Hadlar using forbidden magic. His body is a combination of fire and ice and he can uses both elements to attack. Flazzard [[GlorySeeker cares only for glory]] and [[CombatPragmatist winning, doing whatever to achieve it and taking no interest in fair fights]].

* AintTooProudToBeg: When Dai manages to destroy half of his body and is on the verge of death, he begs for Myst-Vearn to give him another body, even if it means turning him into a subordinate.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite Flazzard being a psychotic and sadistic being, seeing Myst-Vearn [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown nonchalantly disposing of him]] [[VillainsWantMercy while he begs for one more chance]] causes Popp to shed some sympathy for him.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Everything about his actions is about getting the most glory, even it means undermining his allies to do so. Justified as he embodies Hadlar's self-destructive desire to have his ambitions fulfilled even at the cost of his pride and life.
* AntiMagic: His Curse Field works in this manner. Using the polarities of Fire and Ice's opposing elements, he's able to negate the magical powers and physical abilities of everyone within the barrier other than himself.
* AxCrazy: Flazzard is sadistically cruel to his enemies and very easily angered. Justified since he was created by Hadlar while he was ambition at his most, making Flazzard the incarnation of a Hadlar's lust for glory.
* BondVillainStupidity: When he ambushes the party after they defeat Hyunkel, he floods the arena with lava but warps out before he can confirm that they died. [[spoiler: This allows Hyunkel to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save them.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Is filled with the same psychotic evil spirit as Hadlar before he went through CharacterDevelopment.
* CombatPragmatist: As he puts it, he doesn't like fighting but he really likes winning. Any tactic is on the table as long as it lets him secure victory.
* DirtyCoward: While he would be reckless and endanger himself, when it actually seems that he'd die, he throws away his pride and rank as a General in order to become Myst-Vearn's lackey, just so he'd live a bit longer. [[note]] To be fair, he's literally on his last leg at that point: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe His two halves are separated]] following the destruction of his [[AttackItsWeakPoint core]] at Dai's hand, and then Popp destroys his [[AnIcePerson icy half]] with his spell-work, and Hyunckel is in the process of landing the finishing blow before Myst-Vearn appears at that precise moment to repel his attack.[[/note]]
* DishingOutDirt: Despite his [[PlayingWithFire elemental]] [[AnIcePerson affinities]], his ultimate attack is effectively him turning himself into a flurry of stones he can use to barrage enemies.
* DubNameChange: In some dubs of the 1991 anime adaptation, his name was changed to "Santor".
* EvilIsBurningHot / EvilIsDeathlyCold: He's half-fire, half-ice and full-evil. Fortunately for the heroes, he can't use both elements at the same time.
* EvilIsPetty: He likes to pepper his major villanous acts with some small villainous acts.
* FatalFlaw: Ambition. Flazzard does increasingly reckless things such as risking his life for the sake of his ambition and even willing to throw away his pride to become Myst-Vearn's subordinate, just to continue living for his ambitions. The latter decision gets him killed.
* FlippingTheBird: To the camera (and indirectly Hyunckel).
* {{Foil}}: To Halder's later creations, the Shinei Kiden, made after his [[CharacterDevelopment maturity into a more noble fighter]], signifying the two stages of his character of prior and after this development. Flazzard represents his earlier characterization as the [[CombatPragmatist dirty]] [[AxCrazy psychotic]] [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious side]] at the start of the series. The Guardian Knights represents his [[NobleDemon more noble side]] who with [[TokenEvilTeammate one exception]] represent [[VillainousValor his more courageous and respectful aspect]] of his later characterization.
* ForTheEvulz: Oppression and domination is what he lives for. When he's fighting clearly inferior opponents, he toys with them and teases them to savour the moment.
* GeniusBruiser: He's famous for combining fiery passion with cold-blooded calculation, and his feral appearance and cocky attitude do indeed conceal a surprisingly keen tactical mind.
* GlorySeeker: His whole reason of being. He doesn't hesitate an instant before almost killing himself just to win Vearn's favor.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His state once his [[AttackItsWeakPoint core]], which holds his [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] halves together, is destroyed.
* HateSink: He is a shameless [[GlorySeeker glory seeker]] who likes winning at all costs- preferably through underhanded methods- especially kicking his enemies while they're helpless, being incredibly obnoxious, and sadistic.
* HiddenDepths: Seeing the wounds on Crocodine from his fight against Dai, he immediately properly assesses Dai's threat level: he wields power far beyond what the laws of physics would allow. Zaboera lampshades the insight immediately, stating it is his cold analytical mind at work stemming from his ice aspect.
* HotBlooded: His fiery temper is represented by his flame based left half as he's constantly screaming and being passionate.
* JaggedMouth: He has this type of mouth perpetually, usually in a perpetual [[SlasherSmile fiendish smile]] unless disturbed.
* {{Jerkass}}: Whereas Zaboera can be FauxAffablyEvil when the situation calls for it, Flazzard is an abrasive dick 24/7. When you see life as a contest where everyone else is a rival, there's no reason to feign politeness to people you intend to crush.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: On both sides of this. When he has the upper hand, he's the one doing the kicking. When he [[AintTooProudToBeg begs]] Myst-Vearn for one more chance after Dai defeats him in his armored mode, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Myst-Vearn sees no more use for him]] and snuffs his life out by stomping and grinding him with his foot.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't know what empathy is.
* NoSell: Within his Curse field, all physical strength is halved and magical abilities are negated, with the exception of himself.
* OneWingedAngel: With Myst-Vearn's help, he encased in a huge knight armor that boosts his physical strength further.
* OxymoronicBeing: Appearance and ability wise, he's a split of flame and ice, two normally incompatible elements. Justified as his core keeps him together.
* RockMonster: He's made of hundreds of little rocks, but it's usually hidden by his exaggerated fiery/icy look.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: He certainly seems to enjoy himself when he kills people.
* PuzzleBoss: The heroes can't hope to kill Flazzard due to his sheer power and his regenerative ability even after his Curse Field has been stopped, and with using his self-destructive technique he'd wipe them out before he ends himself. [[spoiler:It requires Dai having to master the Air Slash technique and actually finding Flazzard's core with his inner senses rather than relying on pure sight to finally put him down, and this discovery allows him to take down Flazzard even after the latter bonded with Myst-Vearn's armor.]]
* PsychoForHire: With the exception of [[SmugSnake Zaebora]], most of the Leaders are [[NobleDemon varying degrees of honorable]], wanting to work out of personal desire to enact vengeance for their past or out of loyal obligation to their superiors. Flazzard on the other hand, wants to win for the sake of glory and enjoys massacring others for the sake of it.
* SlasherSmile: Flazzard's default expression is a wide, twisted smile.
* TheSocialDarwinist: He sees life as one big competition on who's the strongest, and enjoys being as high on pecking order he is.
* StoryBreakerPower: His Curse Field, by summoning a tower of fire and one of ice, he is able to reduce the strength of his enemies, including the negation of their magical powers while he retains all of the benefits. It's telling that the first thing the heroes do is go after the towers to regain the advantage rather than facing him first, even after learning new powers to defeat him. Due to his inherent dual nature, he is able to utilize two types of Elements simultaneously at the same time, while others, even with mastery over elements have to utilize one element at a time.
* VillainsWantMercy: Done twice.
** When Myst-Vearn arrives just as he's on his last leg, he begs Myst-Vearn to save him, and Myst-Vearn obliges by offering him the strongest armor in his branch, in exchange for serving as Myst-Vearn's underling. Flazzard refuses at first, but relents when Myst-Vearn turns to leave and his drive for victory gets the better of him.
** After Dai manages to shatter the armor he wears (and himself as well) and he's nearer death than he was before donning the armor, he begs Myst-Vearn for another chance. Unfortunately for him, however, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Myst-Vearn sees no more point in keeping him around this time]] and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown snuffs his life out instead]].
* UndignifiedDeath: He's finally reduced to a single ember that continues to beg for an additional chance, but is then squashed underneath Myst-Vearn's foot like a bug.
* WouldHitAGirl: He is more than willing to attack and/or kill any female human who's unlucky enough to be in his path, as Leona, Marin, and Maam can attest. [[note]]All three mentioned above survive, thankfully.[[/note]]
* YinYangBomb: By utilizing the opposing elements of Fire and Ice together, he can make a barrier that negates the abilities of his enemies while he retains all of his advantages.
** It also counts on a fundamental level as he's composed of Fire on one side and Ice on the other, leading to him having the advantages of the strongest of both elements by natural composition alone. This theoretically makes him naturally gifted with the potential to use Medoroa, an ultimate spell combining the polarizing elements of Ice and Fire to annihilate everything in its path due to the composition of his being, according to Matoriv. Thankfully, he dies before leveling up and gaining the experience and knowledge to use such a power.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: On the receiving end of this due to Myst-Vearn's actions.

!!Subordinates

[[folder: The Orihalcon Royal Guards]]
Originally different chess pieces from the set that was made of orihalcon, Vearn gives five pieces of them to Hadlar, who then gives said pieces life with the same forbidden magic that birthed Flazzard.

* AnimateInanimateObject: They're chess pieces made of orihalcon, given life through magic.
* ChessMotif: They're chess pieces given life, and each of them is a different one. This gives everyone a different ability and power based off the respective chess piece.
* {{Foil}}: To Flazzard, which was made by Hadlar before his [[CharacterDevelopment maturity into a more noble fighter]], signifying the two stages of his character of prior and after this development. Unlike Flazzard, which represents Hadlar's earlier characterization as the [[CombatPragmatist dirty]] [[AxCrazy psychotic]] [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious side]] at the start of the series, the Guardian Knights represents his [[NobleDemon more noble side]] who with [[TokenEvilTeammate one exception]] represent [[VillainousValor his more courageous and respectful aspect]] of his later characterization.
* UndyingLoyalty: Each of them is fully loyal to Hadlar and everything they do is for his sake.

[[folder: Zamza]]
!!!Voiced by: Akio Suyama
Zaboera's son.
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* AGoodWayToDie: He's satisfied when he's killed, glad he got to achieved the power of a Superior Being for even a brief time and to have been useful to Hadler and his father.
* AlasPoorVillain: The party can't help but pity him as he dies, recognizing that he just wanted his father's love.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler: He's able to figure that Maam can only use her Refractor Fist on her hands, and so covers them in a special mucus to prevent her from using it.]]
* EvilChancellor: Zamza infiltrates the humans kingdom and acts as King Romos' cancellor with the intention to gather more subjects for his and his father's research. With his position, Zamza suggest king Romos to organize a martial arts tournament with the strongest human warriors.
* EvilSorcerer: [[LikeFatherLikeSon Just like his father.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Has demonic looking wings as a Superior Being.
* HealingFactor: As part of turning himself into a Superior Being, he has one.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: It's evident his SmugSnake nature is partially because of how his father demeaned him constantly as a tool and nothing more than trash if he didn't make himself useful to him.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zigzagged. While both Zamza and his father are ArchMages loyal to the Demon Army and cruel, {{Smug Snake}}s, the latter is completely irredemable while Zamza has some good qualities.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Whereas Zaborea is an ugly gremlin and a DirtyCoward who'd rather not put himself at risk, Zamza is at least normal-looking enough to pass for a human with the help of a spell and is comparatively much braver, experimenting on himself and even fighting Dai head on despite him being a Dragon Knight.
* MadeOfIron: During their initial confrontation, Dai is able to wail into him and while it certainly hurts, he comes out of it relatively unscathed. Turns out this is because he made ''himself'' among the first test subjects for his Superior Being project, combining himself with a bunch of monsters and giving him to strength to withstand a Dragon Knight's power.
* PowerPincers: As a Superior Being, one of his arms has a giant crab pincer.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: He's utterly baffled when Maam's Refractor Fist breaks one of her horns, and actually does damage to him.]]
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: His clothes are destroyed when he turns into a Superior Being, and when he's bested and turns back he's naked. Thank goodness he had BarbieDollAnatomy...
* WellDoneSonGuy: Everything Zamza does is for the hope of gaining his father's approval. Too bad his father is [[AbusiveParents Zaboera]] -- he does praise Zamza, but it's only because Zamza manages to deliver his knowledge on the Hyper Demon research to him, right after Zamza has died.
[[/folder]]

!!!The three Dragon riders

Baran's loyal subordinates; they control the dragons of the sky (Galdandy), the sea (Borahorn), and the land (Larhart). They are extremely royal to his master and share his hatred for humaninty. It's said that they are about as strong as the generals of the Demon Army.
[[folder: In General]]
* DragonRider: As high-ranking of the Dragon Legion, they are dragon riders, with each of them specializing in a different kind of dragon. Galdandy rides a flying dragon, Borahorn a sea tortoise-like dragon and Larhart a land dragon.
* FantasticRacism: Just like Baran, all three look down heavily on humans and enjoy killing them, though Larhart is the only one with a FreudianExcuse. The latter is also the only one to change his idea on humans after seeing Popp and Hyunckel.
* FreudianTrio: The three have this contrast in regards to their morality. Galandy is the id, being the most arrogant and sadistic among the three. Borahorn is the ego, being more cautious and respectful, but no less cruel when facing an enemy of Baran. And Larhart is the superego, being the most moral and honourable of them, disliking needless violence and [[spoiler: the only one to make a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* LandSeaSky: Galdandy, Borahorn and Larhart are respectively known as the Dragon Rider of the Sky, the Sea and the Land. Fittingly, Galdandy is a anthropomorphic bird that rides a flying dragon, Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus who rides a sea dragon and Larhart rides land dragons.
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Morality-wise, Larhart is "the good one" as the most honorable of the three and opts to give Popp and Hyunckel a quick and painless death, [[spoiler:and is the only one to join the heroes in the final arc]]; Borahorn is "the bad one" because, while not as cruel as Galdandy, he's not above using Popp to threaten Hyunckel, which Larhart finds disgraceful for a Dragon Rider; Galdandy is "the evil one" because he's the most cruel of the three, in his introductory scene he flies off to burn down a human village just for kicks and, when Borahorn and Larhart decide to put Popp out of his misery, Galdandy opts to torture him some more.
* UndyingLoyalty: They're all loyal to Baran and everything they do is for his sake, with Larhart as the most loyal of the three because he [[spoiler:grew up with him. After Baran's death, Larhart, the only one Baran manages to resurrect while he was alive, swears loyalty to Dai in accordance to Baran's wish.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Galdandy]]
! Galdandy
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SubaruKimura
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/galdandy2020.png]]

The dragon rider of the sky. Galdandy is an anthropomorphic bird and the most cruel of the three, with a huge hatred toward humans, even bigger than Baran's. He fights using a sabre and magical feathers that drains the opponents of his mana or stamina.
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* ASinisterClue: Galdandy is lefthanded, as evidenced by him wielding his sword with his left hand. [[FantasticRacism He, like his fellow Dragon Riders, also shows strong disdain for the humans]], personally kills some along with his own pet dragon just for kicks, and nearly kills Popp when he tries to stop their advance into Teran -- the only reason he doesn't manage it is because Hyunckel intercepts at the last moment.
* BirdPeople: Galdandy is an anthropomorphic human-size bird.
* BlatantLies: While Baran has gone to heal himself, Galdandy goes against his orders and quickly burns down a human village for pure sadism but comes back before Baran. The latter, however, notices the smoke coming from the village, Galdandy tries to act innocent wondering what could have happened and Baran immediately realizes it was his doing.
* ClipItsWings: When Hyunckel hits Galdandy with a Bloody Scryde, he also cuts off one of his wing without the latter noticing it. Popp notices it and flies off with ruura, wich forces Galdandy to spread his wings and lose his right one, making him vulnerable for a final attack.
* CoolSword: Galdandy wields a sabre.
* ManaBurn: The feathers on Galdandy's head can deplete their target's magic power. [[SquishyWizard Popp]] is severely disadvantaged after some of these connect on him, but he remains with enough mana to cast two spells.
* MulticoloredHair: Galdandy's head has feathers of two colors: white on the left side and red on the right side. They can be detatched and thrown as darts, the white ones drain the target's mana while the red ones drain the target's stamina.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Galdandy is the most evil of the three Dragon Riders, but he's actually the only one of them to be upset, and even cry when his own dragon, Ruudo, is killed by Popp whereas Baran and the other two more or less shrug off the deaths of theirs, with Borahorn even calling them weak. This does not move Pop however, [[MoralMyopia who calls him out on grieving for his dragon despite all the humans he's killed]], with Galdandy getting enraged that he'd dare compare his dragon to "filthy humans".
* {{Sadist}}: Galdandy despises humans and finds great joy with inflicting them pain. He disobeys Baran's order to wait for him just to destroy an entire human village, getting a lot of fun from the devastation he caused, and when Larhart tells Borahorn to just finish Popp so to give him a painless death, Galdandy stops the execution for the sake of torturing him more.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite Baran's frequent warnings, Galdandy severly underestimate his opponents, which gets him killed by Popp with some help from Hyunckel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Borahorn]]
! Borahorn
!!!Voiced by: Kenji Sugimura
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/borahorn.png]]

The Dragon Rider of the Sea. Borahorn is a humanoid Walrus who tames sea dragons. He fights using a chained axe.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Borahorn is a walrus-man with blue skin, giving him a supernatural look for his fantasy race as well as reinforcing his association with the sea.
* AnIcePerson: Borahorn's main tactic is freezing his enemies with his Glacial Breath and then shattering them with his chain.
* AttackTheMouth: Larhart finishes him off by throwing his spear into his mouth.
* BadassCape: Borahorn is already large and imposing, but his cape make him appear even larger and indicates that he's not just a mook.
* BeastMan: Although his race is never named, Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus with blue skin.
* BreathWeapon: Borahorn can spew [[AnIcePerson Glacial Breath]] from his mouth to freeze the opponent.
* ChainPain: He wields a chain in combat, which he often uses in conjunction with his Glacial Breath to shatter his enemies.
* CurbStompBattle: Suffers a devastating defeat from Hyunckell, who cuts off his fangs with a RazorWind, blocks his punch, kicks him in the stomach, tanks his Glacial Breath, which is supposedly as strong as Kacrackle, with his Dark Armour, and then finishing him with his Bloody Scrythe.
* DirtyCoward: After revealing he's NotQuiteDead after his CurbStompBattle from Hyunkelle, he takes Popp hostage and threatens to crush his skull unless Hyunkell surrenders. Larhart has none of this.
* NotQuiteDead: Borahorn gets impaled by Bloody Scrythe and falls down, seemingly dead, but after Hyunckel defeats Larhart, Borahorn is up on his feet again. Larhart then kills him for good for using an unfair tactic that dishonor the Dragon Riders.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Borahorn, in his last attempt to defeat Hyunckel, forces him to drop his sword by holding Popp, whose magic power is entirely spent at this point, hostage, so that he can deliver the killing blow onto Hyunckel. However, Larhart kills Borahorn first, disappointed that his former comrade resorted to a vile trick.
* WilyWalrus: Borahorn is a villainous walrus-man who holds a dim view towards humans.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Larhart]]
! Larhart
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/larhart.png]]

The Dragon Rider of the Land. Larhart is a human-darkling hybrid who suffered from discrimination as child, leading to his grudge toward humans. He's an honorable fighter and the Rider most loyal to Baran. He fights using a magical spear-armor, similar to Hyunckel sword-armor.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Lahart has purple skin that denotes his inhuman heritage.
* BladeOnAStick: He wields the Dark Armour Spear, which was forged by the greatest craftsman in the Underworld, which has similar abilities to Hyunkell's Dark Armour Sword.
* EvilCounterpart: To Hyunkell, both being honourable warriors who wield weapons forged by the Underworld's greatest craftsman that has the ability to give them powerful armour.
* HappilyAdopted: After Larhart's mother died of an illness, Baran adopted him and treats him as if Larhart were his own flesh-and-blood family. This helps Larhart, in return, to serve Baran with UndyingLoyalty.
* HeelRealization: Has one when Hyunkell and Popp shed tears upon hearing his DarkAndTroubledPast, entrusting Baran and Dai to them.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: Larhart, like Dai, is a HalfHumanHybrid. In Larhart's case, [[DisappearedDad his father was a demon that died not long after Larhart's birth]].
* MotiveRant: Does one on behalf of Baran, ranting to Hyunkell about how HumansAreBastards for trying to kill him because of his power and killing his wife, Soala, in the process.
* NobleDemon: Lahart compared to his more dishonorable allies to the point he fatally stabs Borahorn when he attempts a hostage situation on Pop to make Hyunkel lower his guard. He also is very respectful towards Hyunkel during their brief fight.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He's not fond of Galdandy and Borahorn's sadism, outright ordering the latter to stop messing him Popp and just impale him on his spear.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's not fond of the other two's sadism, but when Hyunkell claims to be NotSoDifferent from Baran and wishes to save him from himself, he's so insulted that he opts to make him suffer by finishing him with his Sunder Claw.
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters
[[folder:Derolin, Zurbon, Masopho, and Herohero]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroShimono (Derolin), Creator/YokoHikasa (Zurbon), Hiroshi Iwasaki (Masopho), Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Herohero)
A group of fakes, they appear to be heroes but are really scheming and acting for their own greed.
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* ArcVillain: For Dai's OriginsEpisode.
* BackForTheFinale: They get to disable the last Black Core with Matoriv's help at the end of the story.
* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that Masopho was a co-disciple to [[TheArchmage Matoriv]] during their younger years, decades prior to the start of the story.
* EveryoneHasStandards: They're fakes and not really good people until much later on, but they still fight monsters, protect the lands and do what they can, even if it's for their own reputation. [[JacobMarleyWarning Masopho himself is entirely aware of his low morals and would rather Popp not end up on the same road.]]
* FakeUltimateHero: All of them.
* {{Greed}}: Their raison d'etre, until they start developing out of it.
* IronicName: Herohero, despite his name, is actually a malevolent person who fakes to be a hero, just like the rest of the team. Even after he turns good, he remains hardly heroic.
* JacobMarleyWarning : Masopho points out that he himself was a coward like Popp, running away and abandoning his companions, with the implication that it is a dark mark on his past that he is not proud of, all so that he can make the young man follow a different route than himself and actually save Dai and Maam from Crocodine.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Thanks to them Dai meets the King of Romos, leading to him being recommended as a disciple for Avan, and Masopho sets the then wimpy Popp on the path of heroism. After some sporadic minor appearances, they save the world with Matoriv's help.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Zurbon is the only female in the group.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Temujin and Baron]]
Temujin and Baron are bishop and sage, respectively, from the kingdom of Papnica. They accompany Leona to the island where Dai and Brass reside for Leona's baptimal ritual in her [[OriginsEpisode introduction arc]], but they harbor a nefarious scheme regarding said ritual that they hide from everyone else.
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* ArcVillain: For Leona's [[OriginsEpisode introduction arc]].
* SinisterMinister: Both of them are part of Leona's baptimal ritual, but in truth, they want her dead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Baron tosses Temujin aside once he feels certain Temujin isn't needed for his scheme to succeed.
[[/folder]]

* MegatonPunch: [[spoiler: Her Refractor Fist, which is achieved by her "Overhealing" herself to power up her punches, especially against monsters such as Zamza's Superior Being form.]]

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: As a Superior Being, one of his arms has a giant crab pincer.

* EvilChancellor: This is his debut appearance, when he's "serving" the king of Romos.

* ImAHumanitarian: He eats Dai while in his Superior Being form, hoping for the digestive fluids will melt him.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree; both Zamza and his father are ArchMages loyal to the Demon Army and cruel, {{Smug Snake}}s.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: That being said, whereas Zaborea is an ugly gremlin and a DirtyCoward who'd rather not put himself at risk, Zamza is at least normal-looking enough to pass for a human with the help of a spell and is comparatively much braver, experimenting on himself and even fighting Dai head on despite him being a Dragon Knight.

* CuteBruiser: Outside of battle she's a cute, gentle and caring girl.

* BeastMan: Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus with blue skin.

Baran's subordinates; they control the dragons of the sky (Galdandy), the sea (Borahorn), and the land (Larhart). They are extremely royal to his master and share his hatred for humaninty. It's said that they are about as strong as the generals of the Demon Army.

* DragonRider: As high-ranking of the Dragon Legions, they are dragon riders, with each of them specializing in a different kind of dragon. Galdandy rides a flying dragon, Borahorn a sea tortoise-like dragon and Larhart a land dragon.

* UndyingLoyalty: They're all loyal to Baran and everything they do is for his sake, with Larhart as the most loyal of the three because he [[spoiler:was adopted by him. After Baran's death, Larhart, the only one Baran manages to resurrect while he was alive, swears loyalty to Dai in accordance to Baran's wish.]]

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* AnIcePerson: A common tactic of Borahorn is freezing his enemies with his Glacial Breath and then shattering them with his chain.

* BreathWeapon: Borahorn can spew [[AnIcePerson Cold Breath]] from his mouth.

* CurbStompBattle: Suffers a devastating one from Hyunkell, who cuts off his fangs with a RazorWind, blocks his punch, kicks him in the stomach, tanks his Glacial Breath, which is supposedly as strong as Kacrackle, with his Dark Armour, and then finishing him with his Bloody Scrythe.

* NotQuiteDead: He's revealed to have survived being impaled by Bloody Scrythe.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: It's "sword" instead of "gun" in this case, but the premise is the same: Borahorn, in his last attempt to defeat Hyunckel, forces him to drop his sword by holding Popp, whose magic power is entirely spent at this point, hostage, so that he can deliver the killing blow onto Hyunckel. Too bad for him Larhart will have none of it.

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* ClipItsWing: When Hyunckel hits Galdandy with a Bloody Scryde, he also cuts off one of his wing without the latter noticing it. Popp notices it and flies off with ruura, wich forces Galdandy to spread his wings and lose his right one, making him vulnerable for a final attack.

** Popp uses Megante to attempt to kill Baran, but fails to land the hit. Even in death he manages to fire a spell that lets Dai score a decisive blow on his father, and so Baran helps the heroes revive Popp as a display of respect.

* AdaptationDyeJob: His skin is portrayed in the 91 anime as pink. The 2020 anime, on the other hand, depicts it as orange.

* BeastMan: Galdandy is an anthropomorphic, adult-human-sized bird, while Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus.

* {{Sadist}}: Both Galdandy and Borahorn are this, but the former is more so. Whereas Borahorn starts off torturing Popp but relents when Larhart tells him to just finish him, Galdandy stops the execution for the sake of torturing him more.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Galdandy is arguably the most evil of the three Dragon Riders, but he's actually the only one of them to be upset, and even cry when his own dragon is killed by Popp whereas Baran and the other two more or less shrug off the deaths of theirs, with Borahorn even calling them weak. This does not move Pop however, [[MoralMyopia who calls him out on grieving for his dragon despite all the humans he's killed]], with Galdandy getting enraged that he'd dare compare his dragon to "filthy humans".
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite Baran's frequent warnings, Galdandy frequently underestimate his opponents, which gets him killed by Popp with some help from Hyunkell.

* AnIcePerson: A common tactic of his is freezing his enemies with his Glacial Breath and shattering them with his chain.
* AttackTheMouth: Larhart finishes him off by throwing his spear into his mouth

[[folder: Galdandy, Borahorn, and Larhart]]
Baran's subordinates; they control the dragons of the sky (Galdandy), the sea (Borahorn), and the land (Larhart).
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* BeastMan: Galdandy and Borahorn both qualify. Galdandy is an anthropomorphic, adult-human-sized bird, while Borahorn is an anthropomorphic walrus.
* DragonRider: All three of them. They even make their debut appearance riding a dragon each.
* FantasticRacism: All three look down heavily on humans and enjoy killing them, though Larhart is the only one with a FreudianExcuse.

* UndyingLoyalty: They're all loyal to Baran and everything they do is for his sake. [[spoiler:After Baran's death, Larhart, the SoleSurvivor among the three of them due to him being the only one Baran manages to resurrect while he was alive, swears fealty to Dai, in accordance to Baran's wish.]]
!! Galdandy

[[caption-width-right:350:Galdandy]]
* ASinisterClue: Galdandy is lefthanded, as evidenced by him wielding his sword with his left hand. [[FantasticRacism He, like his fellow Dragon Riders, also shows strong disdain for the humans]], personally kills some along with his own pet dragon [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]], and nearly kills Popp when Popp tries to stop their advance into Teran -- the only reason he doesn't manage it is because [[BigDamnHeroes Hyunckel intercepts]] JustInTime.
* CoolSword: Wields a sabre.
* ManaBurn: The feathers on Galdandy's head can deplete their target's magic power. [[SquishyWizard Popp]] is severely disadvantaged after some of these connect on him.

!! Borahorn

[[caption-width-right:350:Borahorn]]

!! Larhart

[[caption-width-right:350:Larhart]]

* SquishyWizard: Out of all of Dai's team, Popp [[GlassCannon packs the most power but is the most vulnerable to a hit]]. Dai and Crocodine aren't human and can tank hits, Hyunckel with his armor has the highest defense of the team and Leona and Maam can heal. Mitigated when [[spoiler: he becomes a Sage and learns healing spells]].

* CameBackStrong: Popp sacrifices his life against Baran, who felt so impressed by his courage that he used his own blood to bring Popp back to life. After that, Popp's control over his magic power improved greatly, which allowed him to use way more complicated spells without much problem.

* CoolSword: The Demon Dragon Sword, created by the gods themselves and one of the ''very'' few weapons that can withstand a Dragon Knight's Draconic Aura.

* KamehameHadoken: His most powerful spell, Doraura.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Galdandy]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Borahorn]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Larhart]]

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Lahart has purple skin that denotes his inhuman heritage.

* BladeOnAStick: Larhart's weapon of choice.
* BreathWeapon: Borahorn can spew [[AnIcePerson Cold Breath]] from his mouth.

* HappilyAdopted: After Larhart's mother died of an illness, Baran adopted him and treats him as if Larhart were his own flesh-and-blood family. This helps Larhart, in return, to serve Baran with UndyingLoyalty.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: Larhart, like Dai, is a HalfHumanHybrid. In Larhart's case, [[DisappearedDad his father was a demon that died not long after Larhart's birth]].
* ManaBurn: The feathers on Galdandy's head can deplete their target's magic power. [[SquishyWizard Popp]] is severely disadvantaged after some of these connect on him.
* NobleDemon: Lahart compared to his more dishonorable allies to the point he fatally stabs Borahorn when he attempts a hostage situation on Pop to make Hyunkel lower his guard. He also is very respectful towards Hyunkel during their brief fight.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: It's "sword" instead of "gun" in this case, but the premise is the same: Borahorn, in his last attempt to defeat Hyunckel, forces him to drop his sword by holding Popp, whose magic power is entirely spent at this point, hostage, so that he can deliver the killing blow onto Hyunckel. Too bad for him Larhart will have none of it.
* ASinisterClue: Galdandy is lefthanded, as evidenced by him wielding his sword with his left hand. [[FantasticRacism He, like his fellow Dragon Riders, also shows strong disdain for the humans]], personally kills some along with his own pet dragon [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]], and nearly kills Popp when Popp tries to stop their advance into Teran -- the only reason he doesn't manage it is because [[BigDamnHeroes Hyunckel intercepts]] JustInTime.

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[[folder: Zamsa]]

* WellDoneSonGuy: Everything Zamsa does is for the hope of gaining his father's approval. Too bad his father is [[AbusiveParents Zaboera]] -- he does praise Zamsa, but it's only because Zamsa manages to deliver his knowledge on the Hyper Demon research to him, right after Zamsa has died.

* {{Foil}}: To Chu.
** Size is the first, and most easily recognized contrast: Crocodine is a GentleGiant, while Chu is FunSize.
** Crocodine is a strong fighter, even if he becomes OvershadowedByAwesome by the end of the series, whereas Chu proves to be lacking in fighting capacity and eventually finds his real talent in leadership skills instead.

A BareFistedMonk who aided Avan in his quest to defeat Hadlar, he's the mentor to Maam and Chu.

* BadLiar: He constatly lies about being deadly sick, and wears a painted bedsheet to pass himself as a monster so he could help the heroes in secret. No one is ever fooled.

* PaperThinDisguise: Covered himself with a bed-sheet with a hand drawn monster face as a disguise to join Chu's army. No one was fooled, but he was allowed to join the group anyway.

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* BenevolentBoss: Chu treats his underlings with nothing but respect, never asks them to do something impossible and he's always willing to risk his own life to protect them from serious harm. Because of this, his underlings practically worship him, and even Crocodine thinks he will be a better Beast King than him.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: With the aid of the Beast King's Flute, monsters that are summoned by it serve as his teammates/underlings after Chu defeats them.

** Size is the first, and most easily recognized contrast: Crocodine is a GentleGiant, while Chu is FunSize.
** Crocodine is a strong fighter, even if he becomes OvershadowedByAwesome by the end of the series, whereas Chu proves to be lacking in fighting capacity and eventually finds his real talent in leadership skills instead.

* ReformedCriminal: More like "reformed monster", as Chu is a mouse monster that used to cause mischief in a village somewhere in Romos before Brokeena caught him, trained him, and helped him reform.

** This trope prompts Hadlar to greatly question his own position in the grand scheme of things, and who the hell Myst-vearn really is, since after after bringing him BackFromTheDead, Myst-Vearn states that only him or Vearn have the power to resurrect him.

* OldSoldier: He's old, and his armor/sword are in bad shape, revealing his experience in the battlefield. He still can put up a good fight and share his experience to guide the heroes when they feel lost.

* RidiculouslyPotentExplosive: Has the knoweledge and ability to create two crazy powerful bombs able to destroy a magic tower. The only reason why this skill isn't brought up a second time is because Baduck simply never again has access to the components needed to create more bombs.

* OxymoronicBeing: Appearance and ability wise, he's a split of flame and ice, two normally incapable elements. Justified as his core keeps him together.

* CoDragons: Serves as this with Myst-Vearn in the latter half of the series, with Kill-Vearn himself [[DragonWithAnAgenda serving the Demon Lord out of his own self-interests for a hellish world that Vearn would create]

* EvilOldFolks: The oldest general, and the most [[EvilIsPetty despicably evil]].

* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: It's "sword" instead of "gun" in this case, but the premise is the same: Borahorn, in his last attempt to defeat Hyunckle, forces him to drop his sword by holding Popp, whose magic power is entirely spent at this point, hostage, so that he can deliver the killing blow onto Hyunckle. Too bad for him Larhart will have none of it.
* ASinisterClue: Galdandy is lefthanded, as evidenced by him wielding his sword with his left hand. [[FantasticRacism He, like his fellow Dragon Riders, also shows strong disdain for the humans]], personally kills some along with his own pet dragon [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]], and nearly kills Popp when Popp tries to stop their advance into Teran -- the only reason he doesn't manage it is because [[BigDamnHeroes Hyunckles intercepts]] JustInTime.

* IronicName: Herohero, despite his name, is actually a malevolent person who fakes to be a hero, just like the rest of the team. Even after he turns good, he remains hardly from heroic.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Prior to his FaceHeelTurn, he had faced an evil dragon that threatened humanity, but since Avan's victory over the much weaker, but more well-known Hadlar was more prominent in the eyes of the public, it led to his own victory being OvershadowedByAwesome,

[[DudeWheresMyRespect something he slightly has an issue with]].