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%%!!Wetlings
!!Elfs
[[folder:Nikoroi]]
The King of Kamiharmui who has recalled a grave task he must carry out.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: He doesn't realize until it's too late that something is up with his sister Rita. [[spoiler:She was protecting her family from her imposter mother, and thanks to the lack of communication between the two, Nikoroi ends up falling for Ariadne's trap after he unseals her]].
* ShesAllGrownUp: A case where the audience is already familiar with the older version. In the abandoned castle, there are flashbacks to a young and spirited Nikoroi and his sister Rita. Contrast that with the SilverFox that reigns over Kamiharmui and its like night and day.
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!!Dwarfs
[[folder:Chiri]]
Dustin's adoptive daughter who he had a falling out with.
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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:Once the Sun Stone in the Dolworm Throne Room begins to violently shatter, every member of the royal family is needed to stop it's destruction. This forces Chiri to reveal that she is in fact the long-lost child of the Dolworm royal family.]]
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!!Poppets
[[folder:Nabbit]]
The ringmaster of the Nabbit circus and acting mayor of Orphea.
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:His first scene is him kidnapping all of the children in Orphea and subsequent scenes have him seemingly doubling-down on his actions. Turns out if he didn't do this, the demon that his sister Aruu~e was forced to bargain with, Duke Sigras, would have eaten all the children in the village.]]
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[[folder:Hero/Heroine]]
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The chosen savior of humanity from the monsters led by the evil Netherlord Nelgel, who had kidnapped their sibling... Or at least, they should have been. Instead they and their village, Tenton, is destroyed by Nelgel himself before placing it in a barrier of darkness. Fortunately, they are given a second chance to save Tenton by reincarnating in world's five civilized races: an Ogre, Elf, Dwarf, Poppet, or Wetling. Once restored to the land of the living in the territory of their new race, the Hero must adjust to their new body, reunite with their siblings, and avenge Tenton.

* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:Version 4 has Padre, the Hero's father, who is leading the main forces of the part thanks to being brainwashed by Kyronos. Later becomes Mom as well, as Melona is later possessed by Kyronos after Padre is freed so to complete his ascension.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Becomes the newest King of the Netherworld, and still helps their allies like Anlucia and Estelle]]
* FirstEpisodeResurrection: They're killed in the end of their prologue. Fortunately, Galapagod was still around to rescue their soul and allow them to be reborn in a non-human race by using a recently deceased corpse, such as an Ogre dying in a snowstorm, or an Elf dying by accidentally messing up a magic seal they were painting. [[spoiler:You eventually have the chance to regain your original body thanks to the gods so that you can travel in time.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: In Version 4, using a strange silver cube called the Etheniel Cube, they find themselves in 5000 years into the past. [[spoiler:In truth, they originated from there, but were sent to the present to fulfill their destiny.]]
* TheHero: But of course!

[[folder:The Sibling]]
The brother/sister of the Hero/Heroine. Although they are foretold as a legendary alchemist in the making, they can barely create anything without it blowing up on them.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:In Version 3, they're revealed to be under the control of Nadraga, who uses them to kidnap Anlucia and several other characters.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:They're inadvertently sent back 100 years in the past by the Hero/Heroine in a desperate attempt to reach out to them during the attack on Tenton.]]
* GiftGivingGaffe: They ''really'' want to give you something nice that they've made out of alchemy, however pitiful their attempts are. They can't help but show off a goofy grin when they finally give you what they've been working hard on: a silly-looking flower spring hat.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: At first glance, it appears that the Sibling as the Demon Oracle is weakening Jagonuba's seal, but when the Hero is blocked off by the debris, it turns out [[spoiler:they are trying to strengthen the seal since Jagonuba is close to breaking free.]]

[[folder:Anlucia]]
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A princess and ally to the Hero/Heroine. Found in the illusionary Rendacia as a simple girl living in a village, she lost her memories of her time as a princess thanks to Zerudorado, a general of Maldragora.

* BreakoutCharacter: She's become the face of ''Dragon Quest X'' in spinoff representation in a similar manner to Y'shtola from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
* BreakTheCutie: The death of the Hero at the hands (Or rather tail) of [[spoiler:Patriarch Orstov]] while hopelessly trying to revive them with Kazing, causes her to [[DriventoSuicide nearly kill herself]] though the Regional Gods of Astoila manage to revive the Hero.
* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:The final boss of version 2.0 is an evil clone of herself, called Anlucia the Maluminary. She was created to keep the real Anlucia from realizing she was the original.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Despite being defeated by Valeria after the Netherworld's doors were opened, after Anlucia gets a full understanding of the problems facing the Netherworld and Asotila, [[EnemyMine being that they need to put their differences aside]] to defeat [[spoiler:Jagonuba]], she eventually becomes friends with Valeria, even offering to have a friendly spar with her after the Great Source of Darkness is defeated.
* FusionDance: Her two personalities of her princess self and villager self fuse when she reclaims her memories and power.
* IdentityAmnesia: Thanks to Zerudorado, she loses her memories and is instead turned into a simple villager. They're restored thanks to 3 magic butterflies.
* MsFanservice: Illustrations and events often have her appearing in swimsuits and other revealing outfits, such as the Crimson Catsuit.
* MythologyGag: Her red garb is very reminiscent of the Hero vocation outfit from the remake of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII''.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Anlucia breaks through the slab blocking her from the Hero and their Sibling [[InterruptedCooldownHug just when they were starting to understand their true intentions]], allowing Illusia and Nalasia to walk through, which slightly awakens Jagonuba, who summons Daviyaga the Tyrannical Deity, when the Great Source of Darkness detects his avatar body as well as the avatar body of his arch enemy.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Anlucia isn't just any badass ''Dragon Quest'' princess, she also falls under the ''Hero'' class; which means she has all the skills and magic sets that traditional ''Dragon Quest'' Heroes can learn.
* TakenForGranite: Or Taken for Crystals in this instance. During the attack on the Crystal Tower, she gets turned into a crystal statue, despite trying to block the beam that also turned some Ogre soldiers into crystal statues. [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath She gets better after the Jia Kut Clan's monster minions are banished after the defeats of Jia Lumina and Jia Leone, though.]]]]

!!Ogres
[[folder:Mjoll]]
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* AscendedExtra: ''Dragon Quest X Offline'' turns her into a playable party member.
* BlowYouAway: Mjoll can learn Pink Typhoon as one of her Coup de Graces, in addition to Propeller Blade and Air Raiser, 2 of her claw skills.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: She can learn various skills from her Fisticuffs skill tree, such as Knuckle Sandwich, Multifists, and Glove Bomb. In addition, two of her [[LimitBreak Coup de Graces]] are Multifeet and Heavenly Flurry.
* StatusBuffDispel: One of the skills she can learn is Rake 'n' Break, a claw skill that damages one enemy in addition to removing buffs.
* WolverineClaws: One of her weapon choices, she can learn various claw skills such as Hardclaw, Can Opener, Hawkeye Claw, and Wild Animaul, in addition to the aforementioned Propeller Blade, Air Raiser, and Rake 'n' Break skills.
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!!Wetlings
[[folder:Hussar]]
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An aspiring trainee from Lane Village.
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* AccidentalMurder: He's accidentally responsible for the Wetling player character's death during a sparring match gone wrong.
* AscendedExtra: ''Dragon Quest X Offline'' turns him into a playable party member.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's subject to this by Principal Nadia during the first half of 3.5 and is fought by his former ally.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts stubborn and standoffish to others, but he does mean well and ultimately becomes a wandering hero after being passed over for Shellner.
* ShockAndAwe: Burred Blade, which damages one enemy with lightning 4 times while having a chance to reduce its resistance to all elements, though the Offline version of the game nerfs it to potentially reducing its fire resistance.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A direct translation of his name is "Hyuza" while various official merchandise name him Huzer.
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!!Elfs
[[folder:Fuura]]
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The young daughter of wind town Azlan's lord and reluctant heir of the Wind Rider ritual.
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* AscendedExtra: ''Dragon Quest X Offline'' turns her into a playable party member.
* BlowYouAway: She can learn the entire line of Woosh wind spells and possesses various other wind-related abilities, such as Wind Sickles, Backdraft, and Thin Air.
* CastingAShadow: She's able to learn the entire line of Zam darkness spells.
* DelayedReaction: She walks into the Elf player character's room to find them dead, checks to make sure while stone-faced, then starts screaming at their death. Immediately afterwards the Elf player character is revived, causing Fuura to scream again that they're now ''alive''.
* NatureHero: An unwanted example. Fuura dislikes the Azlantelopes for being the cause of her mother's death, but ultimately she warms up to them and fulfills her role as the Wind Rider. In battle, she also has some of the Druid's skills, such as [[DishingOutDirt Fissure]] and [[MagmaMan Magma Blast]].
* PlayingWithFire: Fuura can learn the Sizz, Sizzle, and Kasizz fire spells by leveling up.
* TheRedMage: She's able to cast both offensive magic and healing/support magic like a Sage.
* StatusBuffDispel: Clear Your Mind, a single target version of Disruptive Wave, can be learned by her after clearing the 2nd Skill Panel Expansion sidequest.
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[[folder:Nikoroi]]
The King of Kamiharmui who has recalled a grave task he must carry out.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: He doesn't realize until it's too late that something is up with his sister Rita. [[spoiler:She was protecting her family from her imposter mother, and thanks to the lack of communication between the two, Nikoroi ends up falling for Ariadne's trap after he unseals her]].
* ShesAllGrownUp: A case where the audience is already familiar with the older version. In the abandoned castle, there are flashbacks to a young and spirited Nikoroi and his sister Rita. Contrast that with the SilverFox that reigns over Kamiharmui and its like night and day.
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!!Dwarfs
[[folder:Dustin]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dqx_duston.jpg]]
A junk collector who collects various treasures from an empire long gone.
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* AscendedExtra: ''Dragon Quest X Offline'' turns Dustin into a playable party member.
* CombatMedic: He can heal the entire party with Hustle Dance, which he can learn through his Junk skillset.
* DishingOutDirt: He's able to learn the entire line of Rubblerouser earth spells on his own.
* FightingClown: Of the party members that join in ''Offline'', Dustin has the most unusual set of combat abilities, learning skills from many different vocations, such as being able to steal, goof-off like a Gadabout, use various support abilities, and debuff enemies with spells such as Blunt and Deceleratle.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Recovers the missing component for a door that Chile was throwing into the lava and opens it against his adoptive daughter's wishes, accidentally stumbling upon the Ulbea Genie Soldier, which he mistakes for inactive junk that would pay big money. The robot reactivates, forcing Chile to save her adoptive father and have her identity revealed, while the Hero and their allies put it down in a boss fight.
* ParentalNeglect: Adoptive in his case, since he neglects Chile in favor of collecting junk.
* VideoGameStealing: Gains access to the Half-Inch ability used by Thieves.
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[[folder:Chiri]]
Dustin's adoptive daughter who he had a falling out with.
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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:Once the Sun Stone in the Dolworm Throne Room begins to violently shatter, every member of the royal family is needed to stop it's destruction. This forces Chiri to reveal that she is in fact the long-lost child of the Dolworm royal family.]]
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!!Poppets
[[folder:Raguas]]
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The Poppet prince of the Kingdom of Megistris. He inherited precognitive abilities from his late mother.
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* AscendedExtra: ''Dragon Quest X Offline'' turns him into a playable party member.
* BlowYouAway: Like the Priests of the series, Raguas has access to the entire line of Woosh wind spells.
* CombatMedic: He is able to learn many different healing spells, such as Multiheal, Reheal, and Fullheal on his own.
* HolyHandGrenade: His Grand Light Coup de Grâce smites enemies with holy light.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's the prince of Megistris and the son of Queen Aruu~e, the kingdom's previous ruler, yet just like previous royals in the series, he aids the Hero and their allies in their quest to save the world.
* SupportPartyMember: Along with his healing magic, Raguas learns many different spells for supporting the party such as Kabuff, Acceleratle, and Insulatle.
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[[folder:Nabbit]]
The ringmaster of the Nabbit circus and acting mayor of Orphea.
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[[Characters/DragonQuestXMainCharacters Main Characters]] | '''Antagonists''' | [[Characters/DragonQuestXDemonLords Demon Lords]]]]-]]]
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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Razerburn]]
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A demon in charge of ensuring Nelgel the Netherlord is revived in the Reidametes Temple.
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* BackFromTheDead: Despite his defeat in Version 1 of the game, he returns during the 10th Anniversary quest where he has Kate collect the Dark Key Emblems in order to revive Nelgel again.
* TheDragon: To Nelgel the Netherlord. [[spoiler:He's also one to Demon King Nerodus.]]
* FlunkyBoss: He's aided by Razukeepers during the Strong version of his fight, in addition to a Living Statue, a Grim Keeper, and an Alarmour during his Revived form's boss fight.
* StatusBuffDispel: Just like various midway story bosses, he uses Disruptive Wave to erase the party's buffs.
* ThirdEye: He's revealed to have one during the game's 10th Anniversary storyline, just like [[spoiler:Nerodus.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During Nelgel's resurrection, he blows up the Reidametes Temple, which damages the shrine that sealed Pujyu, accidentally freeing one of Jagonuba's 7 Dark Deities and causing more problems down the line, such as creating an imposter of Sage Marine and stealing Kyronos's Shock Seed to open the Netherworld's doors.
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[[folder:Zerudorado]]
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The Demon Marshal aiding Maldragora in replacing Rendacia with his Fake Rendacia. He was also responsible for killing Toma, Anlucia's brother, in addition to making the Hero of Grand Zetannia lose her memory.
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* CastingAShadow: Cast Kazammle during his boss fight.
* TheDragon: To Maldragora.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Just like his boss, Zerudorado is revealed to have a child of his own, a daughter named Jilldrana, who he left behind in the Netherworld because she wasn't strong enough to master the manifestation of the Demon Sword.
* FlunkyBoss: Summons living copies of his weapon to fight alongside him with Magic Sword Call.
* ShockAndAwe: Casts Kazapstrophe during his boss fight.
* StatusBuffDispel: Uses Disruptive Wave to cancel the enemy party's buffs.
* StuffBlowingUp: Casts Kaboom during his boss fight.
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[[folder:Pujyu]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pujyu.png]]
A jester that performs tricks for Gardlund's citizens... as well as disappearances and stealing for kicks. However, under those mischievous acts hides a more sinister side to him...
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* ChekhovsGunman: He shows up various times throughout the game, causing trouble in the Ogre region and stealing a seed, though he turns out to be more important than the Hero and their allies could ever imagine...
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Out of all the Dark Deities, Pujyu is Jagonuba's most trusted agent, aiding his master in freeing his body and fighting the Hero and their allies on his behalf.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are several hints throughout the game that Pujyu is more than just a human jester with a knack for trouble.
** After the Nadragle boss fight, he collects a strange seed with demon miasma. Later, the Hero collects a nearly identical seed after defeating Kyronos, which also has demon miasma.
** During an ExpositionDump of Luciana and Jagonuba's battle through the ages, one of the Dark Deities is a grotesque clown-like turtle creature with a snake for a tail.
* MasterOfIllusion: One of Pujyu's abilities is to turn the Cake God Doll into decoys of Marine and Anlucia to perform dirty tricks in his stead, such as kidnapping people and pushing the Hero off the hot air balloon during their retirement party.
* MesACrowd: Creates duplicates of himself to aid him in a fight, as well as quick getaways.
* PlayingWithFire: Casts Kafrizz during the initial boss fight, as well as Kafrizzle in his [[spoiler:Dark Deity form]].
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Pujyu was sealed in a holy temple years before the events of the game, but got out due to Razerburn blowing up Reidametes Temple, which damaged the shrine.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Uses Lightning Storm in his [[spoiler:Dark Deity form]] to damage enemies while potentially paralyzing them.
* SnakesAreSinister: [[spoiler:The tail of his Dark Deity form, which is implied to have killed the Original Poppet Owner.]]
* VillainousHarlequin: What he initially is, since the worst he does is cause disappearances and instigate a separatist crisis. By Version 5, however, his actions take a much darker turn, starting by opening the door to the Netherworld using the combined Shock Seed and later oneups this by fighting the Hero twice, the last of which is in his [[spoiler:Dark Deity form.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's pretty impossible to talk about him without mentioning he's [[spoiler:one of Jagonuba's Dark Deities and a major player in the game's story.]]
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!!Demon Lords (Spoilers for later versions)
[[folder:Nelgel]]
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The Netherlord who sent monsters to destroy the sacred town of Tenton and decimate everyone in it, including the main protagonist, while also kidnapping his or her partner and taking them to the world of darkness.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: During the original Online version of the game, Nelgel just chills out at the Heart of Hell after the Heavenly Ark is created and can be fought anytime, while collecting the other Key Emblems was completely optional. In the Offline remake of the game, he immediately neutralizes the Ark right after it's created, forcing the Hero to collect more Key Emblems just to bring it back.
* AnIcePerson: Casts Kacrack and Kacrackle in his Netherfiend form.
* BackFromTheDead: He's revived by Razerburn during the [[spoiler:10th Anniversary quest's 4th episode via the Dark Key Emblems.]]
* BreakoutVillain: He’s the villain face of ''Dragon Quest X'' in various spinoff games, with Nelgelas being the Past Master representing him in the [[VideoGame/DragonQuestXI next game]].
* DarkIsEvil: In addition to sealing Rendacia with a dark barrier, he uses Miasma Pellet and Gate of the Underworld in his Netherlord form, as well as his Netherscythe. He can also cast Kazam and Kazammle, in his Netherfiend form, in addition to Consecutive Dolmadon by his revived form.
* FinalBoss: Of 1.0. In the context of the whole game, however, he's just a DiscOneFinalBoss.
* FlunkyBoss: Accompanied by 2 Archdemon bodyguards during the attack on Tenton. He also summons them and a Belial during his boss fight, but unlike other villains in the series, he just sits on his throne while they fight his enemies. [[note]] That’s not to say he doesn’t support them with healing spells, though. [[/note]]
** In the strong version of his boss fight, he summons Atlas and Pazuzu, as well as Belial.
* MightyRoar: Uses War Cry and Total War Cry in his Netherfiend form, the latter of which damages enemies in addition to stunning them.
* PlayingWithFire: Casts Kafrizz and Kafrizzle, in addition to breathing Purgatory Fire in his Netherfiend form. His revived form can also cast Godspeed Melagaia.
* SinisterScythe: Similar to [[VideoGame/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]], he wields his own scythe, the Netherscythe, as his main weapon. Unlike Ladja's scythe, it can cut through dimensions, threaten the Hero in their dreams, and even [[spoiler:summon 2 giant Dark Hands that transforms him into his [[OneWingedAngel final form]]]].
* SlouchOfVillainy: Does the classic head-resting-on-hand pose before and during his boss fight, though the latter is only him letting his 2 Archdemon bodyguards and a Belial do the fighting until they’re defeated.
* StatusBuffDispel: Just like other Dragon Quest villains, he uses Disruptive Wave to remove the party's buffs.
* StuffBlowingUp: Casts Kaboomle in his Netherfiend form.
* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:By the time the Hero confronts him in the Revived Reidametes Temple, he has grown to respect the Hero as his personal adversary, even using his Netherscythe to kill the apparitions of Razerburn, Mystical Julanite, Id, Tyrant Basagrande, Aranid, and Sludgeball to ensure only he could face the Hero and their allies himself. Even after being defeated, he doesn't mind his loss, since if more people died, he could be revived again and again.]]
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim:
** Averted. When the Hero reaches him in the Heart of Hell’s main throne room, he traps and prepares to kill them, but they’re saved by the Original Owner who frees them so they can fight Nelgel.
** Played more straight during the 10th Anniversary Quest storyline, where despite the apparition of Razerburn, [[TheDragon his right hand man]], doing the same thing he did, he kills him and the apparitions of Mystical Julanite, Id, Tyrant Basagrande, Aranid, and Sludgeball with his Netherscythe so only he could fight the Hero and their companions.
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[[folder:Maldragora]]
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Maldragora is the mastermind of the first Version of Dragon Quest X, and the main villain in Version 2. Ruler of the Netherworld, he made a pact with Nelgel, giving power to the Netherlord in order to destroy the Hero's hometown, Tenton. His end goal is to claim the Spirit of Creation and replace Rendacia with his Fake Rendacia.
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* AnIcePerson: Casts Kacrackle in both his Worldbreaker and Worldmaker forms.
* BreathWeapon: His Worldmaker form has Impure Breath, which damages all enemies and inflicts them with a variety of status conditions, such as poison/envemonation, paralysis, dazzle, and curse.
* CastingAShadow: Casts Continuous Dolmadon in his Worldmaker form.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Of the posthumous variety. He created a garden full of Shiny Melons that could end world hunger in real life, but was unable to finish it in time due to being killed by the Hero and Anlucia.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Revealed to have a grandson Pepelagora when the Hero reaches the Netherworld.
* FinalBoss: Of 2.0.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Masterminded the destruction of Tenton and is the ruler of the Netherworld.
* JapaneseBeetleBrothers: The Kuwagata to his grandson’s Kabuto.
* MadArtist: He created various paintings when he was the Netherworld's king, including that of Demon Dragon Jaomanda, which he sealed in the deepest part of his art museum when beginning his plan to invade Astoltia. He plans to make the False Rendacia replace the real one, even calling it his masterpiece.
* PlayingWithFire: Casts Kafrizzle in his Worldbreaker form and Godspeed Melagaia in his Worldmaker form, as well as Sizzling Sketch in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestTact''.
* StatusBuffDispel: Uses Disruptive Wave in both his Worldbreaker and Worldmaker forms.
* VillainousFriendship: He's good pals with Zerudorado, even allowing him to become the new commander of his armies after Nelgel and Anlucia the Maluminary are defeated. This sentiment is also shared by Pepelagora and Jilldrana, the former's grandson and the latter's daughter.
* WickedCultured: The same guy who sends the Netherlord Nelgel to try and kill the Hero while destroying Tenton in the process is a pretty damn good artist, with many people speaking fondly of his artistic talent.
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[[folder:Nadraga]]
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The Dragon God, who sought to have his race of Dragons rule over the other races. When his siblings refused, he aligned himself with the Great Source Of Darkness to fight them. When he lost, his body was destroyed, and the Dragon race was sealed with him in Nagaland. His end goal is to reclaim his body to destroy the rest of the world.
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* AnIcePerson: Attacks with Natural Disaster Ice in his initial form and breathes an Icy Exhale attack during Phase 3 of his boss fight, as well as Icy Veins to freeze his targets.
* BlowYouAway: Uses Natural Disaster Wind in his initial form to damage enemies with a tornado that potentially stuns them.
* BreathWeapon: In his Dragon God Form, he uses Infernal Breath, Icy Exhale, Breath of Darkness, Heavenly Water Breath, and Green Storm Breath.
* CastingAShadow: Breathes a Breath of Darkness in his Dragon God Form that damages enemies and can potentially blind them.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** To Malroth from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII''. Both are evil gods that are worshipped by an antagonistic cult that seeks their revival by a priest leading them and who sacrifice themselves to ensure their return even after being beaten (Children of Hargon and Hargon, The Nadraga and Patriarch Orstov). Though while Malroth is genuinely evil, Nadraga was once a benevolent god of the Dragon race until he allied himself with Jagnouba to make them rule over the other races.
** To Rhapthorne from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Both are ancient evils that were sealed away after a long and bloody battle (Rhapthorne being sealed away in the Godbird Sceptre by the Seven Sages while Nadraga was sealed in Nagaland), and both manipulate their stories' respective events to reclaim their bodies (Rhapthorne possessing Dhoulmagus, Jessica, Sir Leopold, and Marcello to murder the heirs of the Seven Sages while Nadraga brainwashes the Hero's sibling to abduct the current Divine God Vessels in the form of Mjoll, Hussar, Dustin, Fuura, and Prince Raguas) What really sets them apart however, is that when Rhapthorne is fully revived, he repeats his plans to conquer the World of Light and merge it with the World of Darkness, while Nadraga wants to destroy Astoltia as well as the Dragon race for not supporting him in his ambitions.
*** This also extends to their boss fights as well. While they are faced in small, but powerful sorcerer forms in the first phase, their second phases are different. (Praying to the Godbird Sceptre 7 times to break Rhapthorne's shield of darkness and then fighting him on Empreya, while Nadraga is faced in a long battle [[MarathonBoss totaling 6 phases]] with the various territories of Nagaland as both backgrounds and attacks while his enemies fight him on a big rock platform).
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: After his defeat, he wonders why the Dragon race would not support his ambitions to rule over all the others, since he's doing it for them. Estelle tells him it's wrong and the Dragon race should help and coexist with the other races, rather than fighting them.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Various stained glass windows seen throughout Version 5.4 and 6.3 showed that he once fought against Jagonuba and his Dark Deities to protect Astoltia before he joined up with the Great Source of Darkness himself to have the Dragon race rule over the other races, and the rest is history. The Hero even encounters his pre-evil self during 6.4!]]
* FlunkyBoss: Calls in 2 Ash Lizards and a Black Flying Dragon to aid him during the Dark Nagaland territory phase of his boss fight.
* FinalBoss: Of 3.0.
* FormerlyFit: [[spoiler:He once had a slim body when encountered by the Hero in 6.4 of the game, long before he allied himself with his mother's sworn enemy and [[EvilMakesYouUgly got his current appearance via demonic miasma]].]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His ultimate fate after being revived.
* MakingASplash: Breathes the Heavenly Water Breath attack in his Dragon God form to damage enemies and removes negative status debuffs from himself.
* MightMakesRight: Believes in this, and is the reason why he wanted his race of dragons to rule over the other.
* PlayingWithFire: In his initial form, he uses Natural Disaster Fire to attack his enemies with a huge fireball and breathes an Infernal Breath in his Dragon God form.
* SatanicArchetype: He was Goddess Luciana’s first born child who sided with Jagonuba when his siblings refused to help the Dragon race rule over the others. Even after being sealed away, a cult led by Orsotv, who [[spoiler:turns out to be a part of him before he was sealed]], revives him using Estelle as a host while he [[HumanSacrifice offers himself up]] to complete the ceremony and invokes the Biblical Dragon of Discord of being on top of a mountain after his revival is complete.
* SealedEvilInASixPack: His body was destroyed and each of his five parts were sealed away.
* ShockAndAwe: Uses Natural Disaster Lightning in his initial form to damage enemies while dealing an electric shock and paralysis to them, as well as Green Storm Breath in his Dragon God form.
* SuperScream: Uses Cry of the Evil Dragon God in the 1st, 4th, and 6th phases of his boss fight to damage all enemies, in addition to knocking down, cursing, and/or confusing them.
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[[folder:Kyronos]]
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The living manifestation of power hidden with the Tokime Box, warped by evil human desires. Manipulating Padre, the Hero's father, who by awakening certain evils sealed away in the past, becomes a god of time.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Uses the various skills from the final bosses of the Version 4 storyline, namely Infinite Beast Nerosgogue's [[EyeBeams Evil Light Trinoculars]], Mourning Beast Zontedor's [[ShockwaveStomp Crackerwhack]], Ulbea Grand Genie's Blood Tears and Meteor of Destruction, and Breeding beast Byrogogue's Blessed Breath and Reactor Flare, in addition to the usual [[ManaDrain Mind Drain]] of the Hemographic Beast monster family.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: He is the time powers of Curex sealed away in the Tokime Box, and then mutated by evil human desires that used it.
* BishonenLine: First as the Tokime Box itself, then as the Time Beast, a massive, Freeza-like monster, and finally as the Time God, an angelic being with mechanical wings.
* DeathByIrony: Dies at the hands of the child of the man he used to ascend himself, with a vision of Padre appearing to help you finish him off.
* FinalBoss: Of 4.0.
* FinalBossPreview: By fighting an ever-evolving villain near the end of every story who gets harder and harder to beat, [[YouCantThwartStageOne he's still one step closer to succeeding in his goal]]. The fact that the Hero's [[LukeIAmYourFather biological father, Padre]] helping him get stronger and stronger [[HeelFaceTurn before he later helps you near the end]], is just the icing on the cake.
* KingMook: To the Hemographic Beasts and their variants. Justified, since they were created in Tenton’s Alchemy Lab and his ever evolving body is based on them.
* LightIsNotGood: He breathes a [[BreathWeapon Blessed Breath]] in his Time Beast form, while his last form resembles an angelic being, but it's certainly not benevolent.
* LoneWolfBoss: He’s the only main villain of the game not to be another one of [[spoiler:Jagonuba’s followers]].
* {{Unperson}}: After his defeat at the Hero’s hands, he is no longer remembered by anyone in Astoltia.
* UnwittingPawn: While he is a powerful villain in his own right, he is unaware that even if he [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt successfully destroyed Astoltia]], Kyronos is just a puppet on Jagonuba’s strings, waiting to be killed by the Hero due to the [[spoiler:Shock Seed inside him]].
* VillainousLegacy: Even after his death and memories of him are erased from people’s recollections, his Shock Seed, combined with the one from Nadragle, opens the door to the Netherworld, which would eventually cause more pain and suffering for Astoltia, as well as the Netherworld itself.
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[[folder:Jagonuba]]
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The REAL main villain of the game, he is responsible for everything that happens to Astoltia, from Maldragora contracting Nelgel to attack Tenton and Nadraga allying with him when his siblings refused to help the Dragon race rule over the others.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Manages to sneak into Astoltia just before the Shield was completed to repel the Jia Kut Clan.]]
* AnIcePerson: Casts Ice Block Mahadedos in his God of Destruction form.
* ArchEnemy: To various characters throughout the game's history:
** To the Hero. Indirectly and directly being the cause of their problems from Nelgel attacking Tenton and trying to kill them via his Dark Hands after the Netherlord's defeat, to powering up the next two villains they had to face during Versions 2 and 3, Maldragora and Nadraga, in addition to using their sibling as their puppet servant, the Demon Oracle, in the Netherworld.
** To Estelle. Jagonuba enlisted Nadraga, the God of her people, the Dragons, into his service after his siblings refused to help the Dragon race rule over the other races of the game's setting after his mother disappeared trying to fight him, causing a lot of deaths and parts of him being sealed away in the 5 territories, in addition to Nagaland being a pocket dimension as punishment.
** To Luciana. Since she got her children, including his future lackey, Nadraga, safely away from the Jia Kut Clan's attack on the Eternal Cradle, he managed to get into Astoltia just before the Shield was completed to repel his family and tried to rule over Astoltia with an army of monsters, while desiring to return it to nothing but a place for monsters, going against the Jia Kut Clan's wishes of wanting the Spirit of Creation.
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Keeps tabs on the Hero's Sibling after they survive an attack from Daviyaga, as well as the Hero themselves ever since they defeated Nelgel and fled from the Heart of Hell.
* BigRedDevil: [[spoiler: After eating the giant dark soul ball with Nalasia in it. The Hero, their allies, and Shaka even first fight him in that form]].
* BlowYouAway: Uses Thin Air and casts Gekifu Bagimucho in his God of Destruction form.
* TheCorrupter: Turned Nadraga towards his side with demonic miasma to help him achieve his goal of having the Dragons rule over the Human, Ogre, Wetling, Poppet, Elf, and Dwarf races, in addition to turning said races into Demons, and corrupted even the most benevolent rulers of the Netherworld into invading Astoltia.
* DarkIsEvil: Casts Kazammle during the first phase of his boss fight, and spews an Eldritch Eclipse in his final form, in addition to casting Continuous Dorumadon, having a Cloth of Darkness to boost his power, summoning Dark Hands to aid him, and his Dark Palm attack, which damages an enemy 8 times while potentially cursing them.
* DevourTheDragon: Absorbs Daviyaga after the Tyrannical Deity is defeated, and later absorbs Megoa and Garzand, the Dark Deities of Wrath and Thirst, during his fight with Luciana.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: A villainous variant, since he takes down Luciana in a deadly fight despite her reawakening from [[IdentityAmnesia Illusia]] after defeating the Shrine Guardians, as well as permanently kill her before facing the Hero and Shaka in his new form.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is responsible for the creation of the Demon race as revealed in 5.2, as well as Nelgel, Maldragora, and Nadraga's actions throughout Versions 1, 2, and 3.
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:He's later revealed to be formerly of the Jia Kut Clan, a group of alien invaders who once attacked Luciana, but took matters into his own hands to fight the Goddess herself, thus kickstarting the events of the entire game.]]
* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Suffers this from Kazapple after the Hero, all their allies, the people of Astoltia, Nagaland, and the Netherworld pour their support into it.]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: After absorbing some more light from Luciana's butterfly body, he turns into a [[MultiArmedAndDangerous eight armed]] ghost like skeleton demon.]]
* SatanicArchetype: A giant demon who is responsible for all the bad stuff to Astoltia? Check. Has an army of monsters and various agents like Pujyu to wreck havoc? Check. Sealed in a temple until Nalasia wanders too close to his body similar to a massive, cold lake of frozen water on which Satan himself is imprisoned until something breaks him free as depicted in [[Literature/TheDivineComedy The Divine Comedy]]? Check. Has hooves and a devilish red body? Check. Lives in a lair that is at the very bottom of the Netherworld? Check. [[DealWithTheDevil Bounds someone to deals and servitude?]] Check. This villain ticks most, if not all of the boxes, and gives [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVII Orgodemir]] a run for his money.
* ShockAndAwe: Uses Lightning Storm in his God of Destruction form to damage enemies, in addition to paralyzing them and reducing their resistance to paralysis.
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[[folder:Jia Red Genos]]
The real, REAL main villain of the game, he is Jagonuba[[note]]Jia Gonuba, as he was formerly known as.[[/note]]'s father and the leader of the Jia Kut Clan.
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* AbusiveParents: Gives Jia Rube and Jia Saphir a bomb in their crown to use in case they lost against the Hero, secretly dismissing them as useless. [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Unfortunately, this would cause Jia Rube to help the Heroes of Astoltia defeat the Jia Kut Clan and destroy the Evil Eye Moon out of anger for being discarded.]]
* FalselyReformedVillain: [[spoiler:Takes over Jia Rube's body and consciousness after his defeat and becomes Jia Rube Genos, claiming he wants to be divinitized and learn about Astoltia peacefully. The Hero doesn't buy it and proceeds to kill him with the Lectalis Sword, though.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Despite him and his Clan getting blocked off from Astoltia by Luciana's Shield, he's indirectly responsible for his son's actions throughout the whole game up until his death.
* OneWingedAngel: Fuses himself with the Evil Eye Moon to become Jia Meld Genos, his final form.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Rhapthorne from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Both are ancient evils that were sealed away after a long and bloody battle (Rhapthorne being sealed away in the Godbird Sceptre by the Seven Sages while Nadraga was sealed in Nagaland), and both manipulate their stories' respective events to reclaim their bodies (Rhapthorne possessing Dhoulmagus, Jessica, Sir Leopold, and Marcello to murder the heirs of the Seven Sages while Nadraga brainwashes the Hero's sibling to abduct various characters such as Anlucia) What really sets them apart however, is that when Rhapthorne is fully revived, he repeats his plans to conquer the World of Light and merge it with the World of Darkness, while Nadraga wants to destroy Astoltia as well as the Dragon race for not supporting him in his ambitions.
** This also extends to their boss fights as well. While they are faced in small, but powerful sorcerer forms in the first phase, their second phases are different. (Praying to the Godbird Sceptre 7 times to break Rhapthorne's shield of darkness and then fighting him on Empreya, while Nadraga is faced in a long battle [[MarathonBoss totaling 6 phases]] with the various territories of Nagaland as both backgrounds and attacks while his enemies fight him on a big rock platform).

* SatanicArchetype: He was Goddess Luciana’s first born child who sided with Jagonuba when his siblings refused to help the Dragon race rule over the others. Even after being sealed away, a cult led by Orsotv, who [[spoiler:turns out to be a part of him before he was sealed]], revives him using Estelle as a host while he [[HumanSacrifice offers himself up]] to complete the ceremony. He invokes the Biblical Dragon of Discord image of being on top of a mountain after his revival is complete.

* MightyRoar: Uses War Cry and Total War Cry in his Netherfiend form, the latter of which damages enemies.

* ChekhovsGuman: He shows up various times throughout the game, causing trouble in the Ogre region and stealing a seed, though he turns out to be more important than the Hero and their allies could ever imagine...

** After the Nadragle boss fight, he collects a strange seed with demon miasma. Later, the Hero collects a nearly identical seed after defeating Kyronos

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Recovers the missing component for the Ulbea Genie Solider that Chile was throwing into the volcano and accidentally reactivates it against his adoptive daughter's wishes, forcing the Hero and their allies to put it down.

!!Demon Lords (Spoilers for later versions)
[[folder:Nelgel]]
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The Netherlord who sent monsters to destroy the sacred town of Tenton and decimate everyone in it, including the main protagonist, while also kidnapping his or her partner and taking them to the world of darkness.

The brother/sister of the Hero/Heroine. They're kidnapped by Neglel at the end of the starting game, and it's up to you to save them.

* BishonenLine: First as the Tokime Box itself, then as the Time Beast, a massive, Freeza-like monster, and finally as the Time God, and angelic being with mechanical wings.

* LightIsNotGood: He breathes a [[BreathWeapon Blessed Breath]] in his Time Beast form, while his last form resembles an angelic being, though it's not benevolent.

* BlowYouAway: She can learn the entire line of Woosh wind spells and possesses various other wind-related abilites, as well.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Recovers the missing component for the Ulbea Genie Solider that Chile threw into the volcano and accidentally reactivates it against his adoptive daughter's wishes, forcing the Hero and their allies to put it down.

* CombatMedic: He is able to learn many different healing spells on his own.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's the prince of his Poppet kingdom and the son of Queen Aruu~e, the kingdom's previous ruler, yet just like previous royals in the series, he aids the Hero and their allies in their quest to save the world.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Anlucia breaks through the slab blocking her from the Hero and their Sibling [[InterruptedCooldownHug just when they were starting to understand their true intentions]], allowing Illusia and Nalasia to walk through, which slightly awakens Jagonuba, who summons Daviyaga, the Tyrannical Deity, when the Great Source of Darkness detects his avatar body as well as the avatar body of his arch enemy.

* BackFromTheDead: He's revived by Razuban during the [[spoiler:10th Anniversary quest's 4th episode via the Dark Key Emblems.]]

* LightIsNotGood: His last form resembles an angelic being, but is anything but.