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!Argonaut Story

[[folder:Argonaut]]
!!Argonaut
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/danmemo_argonaut_2.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka\\\

A boisterous young lad with dreams of becoming a hero who can act as a beacon of hope to a world with none of it. He rushes off to the capital with his adopted sister Fina when he hears that the king plans on crowning whoever can pass the Ritual of Selection a hero. Unfortunately, he's foolhardy and utterly incompetent at fighting, forcing Fina to pick up the slack.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: His heroic instincts and skirt-chasing tendencies compel him to attempt this every time, even though he's only good as a decoy.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Even after gaining incredible power from forging a contract with Jupiter, Elmina still kicks his ass as the superior warrior.
* BlingOfWar: For his debut as the hero, he pilfers a set of valuable armor from the castle's armory. The bling is intentional, as Argo knows that people ''will'' judge a book by its cover and will be more likely to listen to a person who is impressively dressed than someone who isn't. [[spoiler:This proves essential in convincing others that he's the successor of "General Minos", as his armor, the lightning powers granted by Jupiter, and the "general's" bloody helmet sell his story to the citizens.]]
* CasanovaWannabe: He hits on girls constantly, but they almost always rebuke his flirtations.
* ChildishOlderSibling: While Fina is polite, responsible, and a skilled mage, Argonaut is a shameless skirt-chaser who is useless in battle and never seems to be able to keep his mouth shut. As a result, Fina is usually the one to rein him in when he's acting foolish in public. This becomes increasingly downplayed as the story goes on, as while Fina is thinking solely about the present, Argonaut is thinking about the future and how best to make everyone smile.
* ChivalrousPervert: He's a shameless skirt-chaser and can't help but flirt with every pretty girl he meets, but he's disturbed when he discovers women who aren't smiling and never disrespects them.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome:
** Throughout the hero selection ritual, the other challengers distract him by sending him after people who may or may not actually be in need of help. While he's aware that they're trying to impede him, he can't turn a blind eye in case someone is actually in trouble.
--->'''Argo:''' Fina told me they were deceiving me, but... what if there really is someone in need of a helping hand? Then, I shall by the moronic and ignorant jester. I'd rather be a joke than leave someone behind!
** This has been a habit of his for a while, and he acknowledges his inability to leave a crying person behind while convincing Fina to help Aria escape.
--->'''Argo:''' It'll be just like old times, Fina. Perhaps I'll never learn to leave a crying person behind. It's my selfish desire to make them smile.
* ClassicalAntiHero: He's pitifully weak in a brawl, comes from the sticks with no notable parentage, and struggles to get respect from others even as a MagneticHero.
* ConsummateLiar: He's an excellent storyteller and it's hard for people to tell if he's lying or just being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. This proves essential when he [[spoiler:spins a story of him being "General Minos'" successor. Anyone present at the battlefield knows he's telling BlatantLies, but they can't expose him without revealing the truth behind the general's identity.]]
* {{Determinator}}: When he sets out to do something, nothing will make him back down. Not even a broken knee, not being branded a traitor to be captured, not even the threat of execution will deter him from trying to make a girl smile.
* DistressedDude: Due to his complete lack of combat ability, he's often the one in need of being rescued despite being the LeeroyJenkins who rushes in first.
* DualWielding: He's usually depicted wielding both the Radiant Sword of Thunder and the Magic Fire Sword (aka Minotan).
* TheDulcineaEffect: If Argo sees a girl down in the dumps, he can't help but try to cheer them up, even if it means staring down the most fearsome assassin in the kingdom. Fina lampshades this, but he remains set on helping Aria no matter what.
-->'''Fina:''' Why would you risk yourself for someone you just met...?\\
'''Argo:''' Indeed, I know nothing about her background. But I know she has fled from her fate! A home without a smile - that's not the place she should go back to!
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Well, he was a NonActionGuy prior to receiving the Radiant Sword of Thunder, but he's overwhelmingly strong against normal people with it in hand. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the backlash of using such a weapon ends up blinding him, and he fails to defeat the Minotaur on his own even with it and the Fire Magic Sword in-hand.]]
* FamedInStory: Long after his death, his story became immortalized as the "Heroic Legend", an extremely popular fairy tale of tragedy turning into comedy. Argonaut himself became known as the "hero of the dawn" for uniting people once and for all against the monsters. The gods, entertained by Argo's story, decided to descend to the lower world, ending the ancient times and beginning the age of gods.
* FragileSpeedster: The only thing he's good at is running away. A single punch from Fina sends him flying, and he generally spends most fights fleeing and ducking for cover. Even while carrying Aria in a bridal carry, he easily outpaces the royal guard. He gains outright SuperSpeed with the Radiant Sword of Thunder in-hand, easily cutting down an entire line of soldiers in the blink of an eye, surprising even himself.
-->'''Argo:''' Mwahahahahahah! Do not underestimate the speed of Argonaut! He's as fast as a wild rabbit!
* GuileHero: Despite acting like he always has his head in the clouds, Argo is keenly perceptive and an excellent con artist. For instance, when thrust into a combat trial to determine the hero, he uses Fina as a distraction before simply running away until time ran out, leaving him and Fina as two of the last people standing. Later on, he makes a show of dancing and flirting with Aria in the street to draw massive crowds of jealous townsfolk that would impede the search parties coming after them.
* LargeHam: He makes a show of everything he does and spontaneously bursts into laughter when he's feeling boastful or pleased.
* LoserProtagonist: He starts out as a pathetically weak skirt-chaser who seems to be unable to divorce dreams from reality and constantly has to be saved by his sister, the only person to give him any kind of respect. He doesn't even deny it when others call him a failure or scum.
* MagneticHero: Others repeatedly point out that one of his only strengths is to make others want to help him with his grandiose speeches and unerring optimism. Even the most cynical, nihilistic people find themselves swayed by his silver tongue, kindness, and ability to cling to hope at a time that had none. He needs it too, as without allies, he would have never accomplished a fraction of what he did.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Defied. Aria points out that Argo could become a hero by turning her into the king, and that it would be the most logical thing to do: sacrificing one person for glory and the good of the many. Argo flatly disagrees and tells her that this is not the kind of hero he wants to be. Instead, he wants to be the person who saves one person who saves ten more.
-->'''Argo:''' How can I call myself a hero if I can't make even one girl smile? I must try.\\
'''Aria:''' Wrong... A hero will sacrifice one life for the greater good. That is the choice they must make for their glory.\\
'''Argo:''' That is the one way of thinking, but that's not the kind of hero I want to be! I must save one life to save the next ten! "Sacrificing one life to save many" does not sit well with me. Something about it is... flawed. You may call me a loon! But I truly believe saving one life one day will save hundreds!
* NonActionGuy: He's pathetically weak to the point that Fina is able to floor him with a single punch. As a result, he's only good for rallying people together and acting as a decoy. This ends when he takes up the Radiant Sword of Thunder and the Magic Flame Sword.
* ObfuscatingStupidity:
** At least part of his foolishness is an act designed to stop conflict and get people to laugh. During the hero selection trial, he runs off into the distance screaming about how he's going to find the princess before anyone else, breaking up a fight between Yuri and Galmus in the process.
** When backed into a corner, the reader gets to see more of Argonaut's inner thoughts, which has him meticulously analyzing the encirclement he, Fina, and Aria are trapped in and considers all possible outcomes before moving.
** He acts unusually somber and serious after Fina gets captured to protect him and he has to be rescued by Orna and Crozzo. Orna lampshades this, prompting Argo to snap back to his usual, cheery self.
--->'''Argo:''' Hmm? What's wrong? You look like you're mad at me.\\
'''Orna:''' You have been acting different since you woke. What are you trying to pull? Where is the foolish clown, Argonaut? [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness It... isn't like you.]]\\
'''Argo:''' Mm... have I? [[BeneathTheMask Perhaps I have... Maybe it's the fatigue...]] A moment, please. I will return to my normal self in a second. Testing, testing! One, two!\\
'''Orna:''' So you were not born a clown... It's more like a facade you act.\\
'''Argo:''' Haha! I have no idea what you mean! I am, and always have been, the same old Argonaut! Now I'm back!
* ThePollyanna: He's actually referred to as this in the story, with his inability to succumb to despair no matter how many setbacks he faces.
* ThePowerOfLove: Invokes this during his final duel with the Minotaur, claiming that there's nothing he can't do now that Princess Ariadne has declared that she loves him and wants to marry him. She denies the last part.
* RescueRomance: His efforts to rescue Princess Aria and get her to smile are what earn him her affections. [[spoiler:In the end, it's she who rescues him from the minotaur, which he bitterly lampshades.]]
* RichesToRags: Orna insinuates that Argo is far too educated, eloquent, and idealistic to have been born in "nowheresville" like he insists, asking if he was the crown prince of a fallen country. He deflects the question rather than answering, saying that the tale of Argonaut needs no tragedies or misery, only comedy.
* {{Reincarnation}}: He's all but said to be Bell's previous life.
* SadClown: For all his comedic antics, it's implied that he's incredibly frustrated with his inability to save others directly, forcing him to resort to trickery and roundabout methods to help people and stop conflict. The story makes it increasingly clear over time that most of Argo's weirdness and stupidity is a carefully crafted act to hide this frustration and make others laugh. Crozzo also mentions that Argo has far too many responsibilities and burdens for any one man to hold, which is why he decides to help him out with whatever means necessary.
-->'''Argo:''' Stay strong... I must be the clown for a little bit longer... A little bit longer...
* ShoutOut: His attacking the windmills as "giants" is a not-so-subtle reference to the most famous scene in ''Literature/DonQuixote'' and serves as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for him.
* SkywardScream: Combined with a BigNo after he fails to stop the royal guard from taking Aria back to the castle.
* TheSocialExpert: Despite his buffoonery, Argo is an incredibly gifted orator who is unmatched in his ability to get others to help him, turning people who mocked him as a failure into staunch allies through careful word choice and his inability to back down when people's lives are on the line. Galmus even accuses him of having a silver tongue.
* ThirdPersonPerson: He often refers to himself in the third-person while boasting to others, though he tends to bounce back and forth between pronouns.
-->'''Argo:''' ''[to Aria]'' Don't worry about a thing, Princess! Just leave everything to this Argonaut! I will save you from your sorrow and fear!

[[folder:Fina]]
!!Fina
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fina_danmachi.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/JuriKimura\\\

Argo's adopted little sister and a half-elf. Although she's physically the younger of the two, she's often the one keeping him in check and doing most of the fighting because of how weak he is.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: She often acts like this because of Argo's flirting and clownish antics, apologizing to others on his behalf.
* HalfHumanHybrid: A half-elf.
* KungFuWizard: Although her greatest asset is her ability to use magic, she isn't averse to hand-to-hand combat. A single punch from her is enough to leave Argo on the ground or send him flying across a room.
* PointyEars: She has long, pointed ears due to being a half-elf.

[[folder:Yuri]]
!!Yuri
->Voiced by: Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto\\\

A werewolf who comes to participate in the Ritual of Selection.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He keeps a cold and aloof attitude towards everyone, but it's blatant to anyone who's gotten to know him that he cherishes friends and family.
* {{Reincarnation}}: He's almost certainly Bete's previous life.

[[folder:Elmina]]
!!Elmina
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elmina_danmachi.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/MinamiTakahashi\\\

The strongest warrior of the kingdom and the king's personal assassin, she stakes everything she has to protect her little sister Orna, who doesn't reciprocate her feelings at all.

* MalevolentMaskedMan: Er, woman. Elmina is always wearing a veil on her face and the story takes a turn for the worse whenever she confronts Argo.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Although she wields a pair of daggers in combat, she's more than capable of beating her foes to death with her bare hands through her raw strength as an Amazon.
* {{Reincarnation}}: She's heavily implied to be Tione's previous life.
* StrongAndSkilled: What makes her the most dangerous is that she's just as skilled as she is strong. Not only does her raw strength outclass even Argo's falna-backed abilities, but she's also been trained in constant fights to the death on Teleskyura. She can be stealthy, tricky, and overwhelmingly brutal all at once.
* WorldsBestWarrior: Elmina is the strongest warrior of the kingdom with the exception of "General Minos". Even after Argo receives as falna from his contract with Jupiter, Elmina utterly thrashes him. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, she's also the strongest Amazon of her generation.]]

[[folder:Galmus]]
!!Galmus
->Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNomura\\\

An honorable Dwarf warrior.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: He looks like a middle-aged man, but he's still 18 years old.

[[folder:Ariadne]]
!!Ariadne
->Voiced by: Creator/SaoriOnishi\\\

The crown princess of the kingdom and Lucrious' only daughter. The participants in the Ritual of Selection are ordered to find and bring her to the palace, but Aria doesn't want to be found.

* AffectionateNickname: Argo calls her "Aria" for short while trying to help her keep a low profile. It sticks when the story is finally written down by Orna, with all remembering her as "Princess Aria".
* DamselInDistress: She's the object of Argo's affections and the princess he always dreamed of rescuing. Her desperate desire to live a normal life unshackled by duty is what draws him to her. [[spoiler:And yet, at the very end, she's the one to rescue him from the minotaur when his overuse of the Radiant Sword of Thunder blinds him. He bitterly lampshades this but accepts her help anyways.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of the Ariadne of Greek myth, the maiden doomed to be fed to the minotaur until rescued by the hero Theseus.

[[folder:Ryulu]]
!!Ryulu
->Voiced by: Creator/SaoriHayami\\\

A bard participating in the Ritual of Selection.

* ACupAngst: Her violent response to having her chest called "flat as a piece of paper" is a not-so-subtle giveaway of her gender.
* AmbiguousGender: Subverted. When Argo asks whether Ryulu is a man or a woman, "they" laugh it off and say that "their" gender is shrouded in mystery. Argo is satisfied with that answer, as Ryulu's chest is as flat as a piece of paper. Ryulu responds by putting Argo in a painful arm lock, indicating that she's almost definitely a woman.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Light green hair and eyes.
* MinoredInAsskicking: Ryulu insists she's merely a bard observing the events of the Ritual of Selection, but the fact that she's able to last through every single trial indicates that she's more than capable of handling herself.
* NiceHat: She wears a green fedora hat decorated by a feather.
* PointyEars: She has the long and pointy ears that are characteristic of the elf race.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair flows down to just above her knees.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is green, much like her much implied {{Reincarnation}}, Ryu.

[[folder:Orna]]
!!Orna
->Voiced by: Creator/RieMurakawa\\\

The Kingdom's fortune-teller and a personal aide to the king. She's dismissive of Argonaut at first, expecting him to fail miserably, but soon finds herself drawn to the helpless young lad.

* TheCynic: She's thoroughly cynical about the fate of the Kingdom and Argonaut's chances of becoming a hero.
* FortuneTeller: She is able to "read the stars".
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:She spends most of the story acting as Elmina's sister despite thoroughly disliking her, and only near the climax is it revealed that Elmina has been using her as a replacement for her actual sister, whom she killed in cold-blood as part of the Amazons' bloodthirsty rituals.]]

[[folder:King of Lucrious]]
!!King of Lucrious

The king of the kingdom.
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* NoNameGiven: He's only referred to as "the king" because there's no actual name revealed for him.
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[[folder:Crozzo]]
!!Crozzo
->Voiced by: Creator/YoshimasaHosoya\\\

The first Crozzo said to have been saved by a Spirit.
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* TheBlacksmith: Due to receiving some of Urus' blood, Crozzo is able to create magic swords.
* CastFromLifespan: Overusing his ability to make magic swords causes his lifespan to become shorter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jupiter]]

A powerful Spirit who refers to himself as the "Great Spirit", he waited for ages in a shrine looking to contract with someone worthy of his power. Unfortunately, he sounds like a creepy old man and prefers hot babes to heroes. But he begrudgingly decides to lend Argonaut his power... whether Argo wanted it or not.
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* DirtyOldMan: He'd much prefer it if his contractor was a beautiful young girl rather than a boy like Argonaut. Regardless, he finds Argonaut to be just androgynous enough to be acceptable and lends him his power anyways.
* ShockAndAwe: True to his name, his sword form is imbued with lightning, crackling with it wherever it's swung.
* SuperEmpowering: Anyone who holds him with be bestowed with physical abilities akin to an adventurer with a divine falna. Even when applied to the pathetically weak Argonaut, it's enough to make him move at lightning speed compared to everyone else and cut down armored knights in a single blow.
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! VideoGame/MemoriaFreese

[[index]]
-> [[Characters/MemoriaFreese See here for more details.]]
[[/index]]

!Others
[[folder:Goibniu]]
!!Goibniu
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goibniu_danmachi.png]]
->Voiced by: Eizou Tsuda (JP), Creator/JayHickman (EN)\\\

The God of the Goibniu Familia.
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* ElderlyImmortal: The first amongst the gods seen to look rather aged. He still has well-toned muscles from working in the forge though.
* UltimateBlacksmith: He's derived from the smithing and hospitality god who was the personal blacksmith of Tuatha De Denann, the premier god of Myth/CelticMythology. His familia is smaller and not as well-known as Hephaestus's, but is full of high-level blacksmiths who create extremely powerful equipment to such an extent that it is the preferred choice for high-leveled members of Loki's familia. The familia's creations include Tiona's Urga (which had the property of being able to cut through nearly anything) and Ais's Desperate (which would never chip, break, melt, or otherwise falter thanks to its Durandal property, but it could dull.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Surprisingly enough. All he wears is a pair of trousers and an apron wrapped around his waist.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Demeter]]
!!Demeter
[[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demeter_danmachi.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/HarumiSakurai (JP), Creator/KellyManison (EN), Vanessa Andrade (Latin America)\\\

The Goddess of the Demeter Familia.
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* GagBoobs: She has a massive pair of knockers that drives Loki insane.
* GreenThumb: Same as her basis in Greek Mythology. Her Familia specializes in the creation of high-quality produce rather than fighting monsters.
* HotGoddess: She's incredibly curvaceous and is considered beautiful like the other goddesses.
* OddFriendship: She's good friends with Freya, the leader of the most powerful familia in Orario, despite their familia's drastically different methods and goals. In Memoria Freese, the fact that Freya forgot about a spa appointment they made centuries ago was enough for Demeter to concoct a highly convoluted plan to "kidnap" Freya just to tell her that YouAreNotAlone.
* PaperThinDisguise: As the "Queen-Colonel", she disguises herself by wearing a pair of tacky sunglasses. Virtually ''everyone'' sees right through it, but she continues as if her identity was perfectly concealed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zeus]]
!!Zeus
->Voiced by: Creator/AtsushiOno (JP), Chris Gibson (EN), Jonatán Florit Rozas (Latin America)\\\

The former god of the now defunct Zeus familia. After being forced out of Orario, he raised Bell as his grandson.
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* DirtyOldMan: All of Bell's perverted tendencies, and even the reason he initially wanted a harem, is because of Zeus teaching him those things.
* FakingTheDead: Bell thinks he's dead, but Hermes reveals he faked his death for a currently unknown reason.
* LovableSexManiac: He's very interested in the opposite sex, to the point of teaching Bell that all men should peek at women bathing in a hilariously over-the-top manner.
-->'''Zeus:''' Bell, peeking is part of a man's romance.\\
'''Bell:''' Grandpa?\\
'''Zeus:''' [[TrrrillingRrrs RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROMANCE!]]
* SpitTake: It happened off-screen, but Zeus spat out his tea upon learning Bell levelled up so quickly.
* WalkingSpoiler: The mere fact that Bell's grandfather is ''Zeus'' was a huge WhamLine when it was revealed, but it also made a lot of sense in retrospect, because what other person, god or not, would actively encourage their grandson to be a HaremSeeker?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Levis]]
!!Levis
[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/revis_zenshin.png]]
->Voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara (JP), Creator/CarliMosier (EN) \\\

A Creature who works for Enyo.
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* TheBeastmaster: She's capable of taming monsters, such as Violas, to do her bidding and was able to lend them to others like Olivas to use.
* {{BFS}}: Her weapon is a longsword.
* CleavageWindow: Her red leotard has a cutout in the chest area that exposes her cleavage.
* EvilRedhead: She has red hair and is one of Enyo's cronies.
* LeotardOfPower: Her outfits are leotards.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name has been translated either as Levis or Revis.
* SuperHearing: As a Creature, Levis has incredible hearing, being able to hear fighting in another section of Knossos.
* UndyingLoyalty: She thinks of herself as nothing more than a tool of her master, following missions to her fullest extent.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Either Grade B or A depending on her outfit. She wears leotards and knee-high or thigh-high stockings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ein]]
!!Ein
Another subordinate of Enyo.
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* BlackCloak: Ein's body is completely covered by a black robe.
* InTheHood: Ein wears a hood over the head.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Ein wears a black and red mask with an eerie design.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Ein is dressed in a black robe with red accessories. The mask Ein wears is black with red details too.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:Her true identity is the elf Filvis Challia, the captain of Dionysus Familia.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jura Hammer]]
!!Jura Hammer

A member of the Rudra Familia, one of the familia that form Evilus.
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* AnArmAndALeg: His right arm was cut off by Ryuu.
* TheBeastmaster: He's a tamer.
%%* DirtyCoward
* EarAche: Ryuu cut off his left cat ear.
* LittleBitBeastly: He's a cat man who looks human except for the cat ears.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Enyo]]
!!Enyo
[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enyo_cropped.jpg]]

Levis's superior.
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* BigBad: Seeks the destruction of Orario.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: He wears a theatre mask.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: According to Ouranos, Enyo means "destroyer of the city" in the Gods' language.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:Enyo's true identity is no other than Dionysus.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mord Latro]]
!!Mord Latro
->Voiced by: Kouichi Souma (JP), Rob Mungle (EN), Aldo Lumbia (Latin America) \\\

A Level 2 Adventurer who initially resented Bell's rise to fame but grows to respect him
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* CombatPragmatist: He makes himself invisible during his fight with Bell to gain the advantage.
* InvisibilityCloak: He can turn invisible with the magic item Hades Head.
* KarmicJackpot: Almost literally. Mord's respect for Bell and the Hestia Familia leads him to be one of two people who bet on the Hestia Familia in the War Game between them and the Apollo Familia. Mord is richly rewarded for his confidence in them when they win -- the hefty amount of money he bet and the low odds set for the Hestia Familia's victory means he gets a ''very'' large payout.
* TheResenter: Resented Bell's rapid advancement and even went so far as to attack him in the dungeon over it. He gets over it after Bell defeats the Black Goliath.
* RuggedScar: He has two long scars on his face, one on his left cheek, and the other across his forehead.
* TookALevelInKindness: He starts out as a jealous jerkass who eventually becomes a supporter of Bell.
[[/folder]]

* MesopotamianMonstrosity: Originates from Myth/MesopotamianMythology, and while not ''physically'' monstrous, her moral vileness more than makes up for it, as she's easily worst than any other deity introduced before her (even Apollo)

* VillainessesWantHeroes: She attempts to charm Bell into joining her, and unlike Freya, a lot of the things she does are unambiguously wrong.

* MesopotamianMonstrosity: Originates from MesopotamianMythology, and while not ''physically'' monstrous, her moral vileness more than makes up for it, as she's easily worst than any other deity introduced before her (even Apollo)

* CoolBigSis: She takes good care of the younger Berberas, especially Haruhime. Even after [[spoiler:the Isthar Familia's breakup]], she continues to call Haruhime her little sister and supports her

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: She is strong so she becomes the captain, the qualification stops there and overall, she is unpopular among her familia.
* {{Acrofatic}}: She is incredibly fast and agile despite her disproportionately short limbs, Justified as she is a level 5 with much higher agility stats than Bell.

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: The reason she thinks she's "beautiful" is purely going by the sheer number of notches she has on her bedpost. She cares not a whit that said "notches" were kidnapped, dragged into her self-proclaimed love-nest against their will, pumped full of terror and/or aphrodisiacs, and horribly tortured until they can't perform, ever again. She calls Haruhime "ugly" because she's aware that Haruhime's ''a virgin'' since Haruhime's clients leave when she passes out from ParalyzingFearOfSexuality.

* BlasphemousBoast: She's so delusional, she'd compare [[{{Gonk}} her own "beauty"]] to that of [[HotGod Freya]]. Saying this in front of Freya's children bites her royally in the ass, as they do ''not'' take kindly such blasphemy about his goddess.

* HateSink: She is a [[{{Gonk}} giant toad-like woman]] who has deluded herself into thinking she's [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the most beautiful woman to ever live]], even more than both goddesses of beauty. She [[AxCrazy enjoys beating her fellow familia members half-to-death]] whether Ishtar orders her to do it or not, and also does the same to whoever crosses her, especially those men who escape her "affection". Said affection consists of kidnapping men either off the street or in the Orario dungeon, dragging them to a torture chamber in the basement of the Ishtar estate, pumping them full of terror and aphrodisiacs, and then torturing them until she gets bored, leaving them a broken, bloody, and permanently impotent mess. She not only happily chains up Haruhime and tries to kill her in a HumanSacrifice ritual, but slaps her around for the tiniest resistance, real or imagined. A woman so disgusting that even her own familia members would kill her if they could, Phyrne Jamil is written to be loathed by both the fanbase and her many victims.

* DumbMuscle: Both are seen by Loki as this in ''Sword Oratoria''.

[[folder:Aiz Wallenstein]]
!!Aiz Wallenstein

Aiz is introduced at the start of the story saving the protagonist, Bell Cranel, from a high-level minotaur that had escaped her familia's grasp while returning from a dungeon expedition. Unbeknownst to her, this event would set Bell off on a journey to one day catch up to his savior, and fight at her side.

* FamedInStory: Due to her strength, she's very well known.

* ShipperOnDeck: In contrast to the majority of her familia, she's in fact very encouraging of Bell/Aiz since the former is able to make Ais feel emotions other than a desire to become as powerful as possible.

* ClingyJealousGirl / CrazyJealousGuy: The majority of them are ''extremely'' jealous of Bell due to Aiz giving him attention, and makes no effort to hide their hostility even when Aiz is there.

* BeautifulDreamer: When she takes a nap during her break in Bell's training, Bell admires her sleeping face and has an inner struggle over whether to kiss Aiz in her sleep.

** This isn't very obvious in the main series, but Aiz has a complex over the fact that the main reason she became as strong as she is now is because part of her came to really, ''really'' enjoy bloody combat and struggles to keep her "[[RuleOfSymbolism black flame]]" under control.
** This trope is also a big part of her attraction to Bell. Even if too [[ObliviousToLove socially inept to understand the reason]], Aiz realized that interacting with him allows her to switch off from combat mode and thus have an easier time feeling and expressing positive emotions.
** Also, Aiz is deadly afraid that Bell's drive to become stronger will make him slip down the same dark path she fell into. When he asked her to stand aside during his fight with the Minotaur, she thought for a moment that it was already too late for him, only to realize that he was standing up to an overwhelming foe like the living embodiment of the ideal hero that every adventurer at some point of their lives aspire to be.
* BlowYouAway: The only magic Aiz is capable of using is a type of wind barrier, Airiel. Then again, it's all she needs as it cuts everything around her apart while simultaneously dispersing projectiles and liquids that would harm her.

* DecoyProtagonist: Billed as the protagonist of the ''Sword Oratoria'' spin-off, but really the main focus of the story is [[SpotlightStealingSquad Lefiya]]. [[note]]This is mostly only in the anime adaptation of said story, as the novel and manga focus far more on Aiz and Lefiya was more of a point-of-view character for the Loki Familia in general.[[/note]]
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: While it seems like she is a DrillSergeantNasty who puts Bell through TrainingFromHell, in reality this happened completely accidentally. She wanted to be stern, but she never aimed to seriously hurt Bell. Aiz does not know how to restrain herself, so she ends up seriously hurting Bell without meaning to.
* DorkKnight: Though elegant and poised in combat, Aiz is just as socially and emotionally awkward as Bell, with her head halfway in the clouds. Bell even notes to himself "Is she an airhead?" When she spontaneously starts making [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing impractical martial arts poses]] at the start of training him.

* {{Foil}}: ''Sword Oratoria'' reveals she's very similar to Bell. They both became adventurers when they lost their family. They both grew up on stories of a hero meeting a girl and grew strong at a ridiculous rate (though Bell is even ''more'' ridiculous due to his rare skill). But Bell kept his ideals with him while Aiz has thrown them away.

* HerosMuse: Aiz is Bell's inspiration to become a hero as he wants to reach her level in order to stand by her side as her equal and lover. She's the reason why his Realis Phrase skill activated and is increasing his stats so fast since it's powered by Bell's wish of catching up to Aiz.

* IdealHero: Aiz never hesitates to protect the weak, support the emotionally vulnerable or at the very least lend a caring shoulder to cry on.

* PerspectiveFlip: The ''Sword Oratoria'' spin-off retells the story as the main series but from the perspective of Aiz and the Loki familia. Bell and Hestia are still there, but they are now DemotedToExtra.

* StoryBreakerPower: The author's editors feared that once Aiz teamed up with Bell, nothing would challenge them. This was ultimately {{averted|Trope}}, however: by ramping up the threat level of the monsters that Aiz fights in her own story, she ends up nearly dying several times. It's still clear she's quite strong, even among adventurers of the same level.[[note]]She ended up fighting an Irregular who was the size of a floor boss entirely by herself. Admittedly, this was largely thanks to the fact that she was the best for the job. Part of the reason that the Irregular was so dangerous was that it could dissolve weapons, and Aiz's sword is indestructible. The Irregular still challenged an entire party of Level 5 and 6 adventurers, so this cannot be excused by her advantage alone.[[/note]] However, she is not invincible.

* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: When she started to train Bell, Aiz hilariously starts making striking awkward martial arts poses not out of place in a bad 1970's blaxploitation film, prompting Bell to wonder if she's an airhead.

Known as the Goddess of Mischief, Loki is the head of one of the largest familias in the lower world, and strives to make Aiz one of the greatest adventurers in history, while also at odds with Hestia due to their differences in breast size.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Aiz always turns away Loki's lecherous advances, often violently.

** She's supposed to be the head of her familia, but it's quite apparent she's not the one in charge. Her far more mature subordinates like Aiz and Riveria are the ones who tell her what to do while she's busy goofing around like a child.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Much like Hestia, Loki doesn't want anyone getting near her favorite Familia member, in her case Aiz.

** Brash and rude, obnoxiously clingy to the girls in her guild especially Aiz, goes out of her way to bully Hestia and her familia, is a DirtyOldWoman who enjoys [[SkinshipGrope groping]] the girls of her familia, makes very little contribution to her familia with Aiz and Riveria running the show. It appears even her own familia can't stand her and just barely tolerates her presence while learning to deal with her antics.

* HopelessSuitor: Makes it no secret how infatuated she is with Aiz, but Aiz always shoots every one of her moves down.

* ImmortalImmaturity: Even more immature than Hestia, who at least knows restraint and will become serious when the time calls for it. Loki acts like a little child who needs to be kept on a leash by Aiz or Riveria. She can easily be bribed with petty things like wine.
* InVinoVeritas: She's actually even MORE perverted when she's drunk. Aiz Wallenstein is seen brandishing a dagger before Loki updates her Falna for this reason. She only puts it away when Loki confirms that she's not drunk.

-->'''Loki:''' ''[grinning maliciously]'' That new species of monster went and hurt Aiz-tan and everyone. It went an' hurt my children. I'm goin' to drag out whoever made it bloom, and make 'em '''pay''' for it.

* SlapStickKnowsNoGender: Frequently violently punished by Aiz, when she gropes her.
* SmarterThanYouLook: While she acts like a goofball most of the time, she is still the goddess of trickery, mischief, and scheming, instantly pointing out all of the aches, pains, and injuries Aiz sustained from her expedition to the 50th floor despite not showing any signs of discomfort. She also correctly deduces that Bell has a special skill that allows him to level up dramatically through her suspicion alone.

Bete looks down on low-level adventurers, and considers himself the only one worthy enough to be with Aiz.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Gets quite jealous of Bell in episode 12 after finding out he saw Aiz naked briefly due to Hermes luring him to a spot to watch the women bath.

* HopelessSuitor: In love with Aiz, but has the least chance of any of her would be suitors.

* SuperSpeed: Bete's primary trait. He's considered to be the fastest member of the Loki Familia, surpassing even Aiz when it when it comes to pure speed. He's so fast that not even Loki, a Goddess, can properly track his movements when he's going all out.

** Referred to this by Loki in regards to his relationship with Aiz and his motives for fighting. Best exemplified by this little tidbit.

A Pair of Amazon sisters and good friends with Aiz. They, like Aiz, are first-class adventurers.

* {{Glomp}}: Tiona's favored way of greeting Aiz.

* RedOniBlueOni: Tiona's Red to Aiz's Blue. Tione gives the impression to be Blue to Tiona's Red but it's actually the opposite.

* ShipperOnDeck: Both are very supportive of Lefiya getting closer to Aiz. Whether they're aware Lefiya has feelings or just encouraging them to be friends is left vague.

An elf mage and second-class adventurer introduced in ''Sword Oratoria''. She admires Aiz in much the same way Bell does.

* ClingyJealousGirl: While she denies it a great deal, her extremely hostile reaction to Bell's close relationship with Aiz says otherwise.

* DistaffCounterpart: She is essentially a female version of Bell, being a relatively weak adventurer inspired to be greater by Aiz. She also has amazing potential and is working on trying to win the affection of Aiz.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: The most girly of Aiz's circle of friends, and the one most capable in cooking.

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Filvis]]'s death in Book 11 of ''Sword Oratoria'' is, to date, the most serious example of this in this franchise--Lefiya received so much shock that she completely unresponsive, even to Aiz.
* ImagineSpot: She often has fantasies of being with Aiz.
* JerkassToOne: With any other person, she's more or less a NiceGirl. When it comes to Bell and how close he is to Aiz, she goes all ClingyJealousGirl and goes to extremes in keeping Bell away.

* NotSoDifferent: With her attraction to Aiz and desire to become stronger, she has more in common with Bell than she's comfortable to admit. [[spoiler: Told this to a dying Filvis, saying that they’re both weak Elves that needed someone, and told Filvis that she’s the most beautiful person she’d ever met]].

* TheResenter: She can't stand how Bell is so close to Aiz and how quickly he can level up compared to everyone else.
* ShipTease: With Filvis, while Lefiya's attraction toward Aiz is more or less one-sided, her relationship with Filvis is much more genuine and mutual.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Treats Bell as this from the moment she sees him with Aiz.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: In the original Sword Oratoria light novels and the manga adaptation, she doesn't take too much focus away from Aiz, but in the anime adaptation, her own personal struggles and wanting to win Aiz's affection takes far more focus.

* TransparentCloset: Vehemently denies that she has any feeling for Aiz, while also having fairly erotic {{Imagine Spot}}s about her.

* UnknownRival: Considers Bell to be a rival for Aiz' attention. Bell is oblivious to this, but ''is'' aware that [[{{Tsundere}} Lefiya alternates between being nice to him and mean to him.]]

* MoralityPet: Because of Aiz's TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior, she was assigned to be this for Aiz so that Aiz can actually understand restraint.
* ParentalSubstitute: Of the three highest ranked members of the Loki Familia, she has the closest relationship with Aiz. Loki practically pushes all of Aiz personal problems onto Riveria due to how motherly she is. Loki even teases Riveria by calling her "mama".

* ShipperOnDeck: In contrast to the majority of her familia, she's in fact very encouraging of Bell/Aiz since the former is able to make Aiz feel emotions other than a desire to become as powerful as possible.

* WalkingTheEarth: What she really wanted to do when she left elf forest. Instead, she got caught up in Loki Familia simply because Loki really want an Elf in her Familia (much to Finn's chagrin). She fully intends to go back to this life once she retires [[spoiler:and bring [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Aiz]] along with her]].

* HeroesPreferSwords: While not his favorite weapon, he's still fully capable of wielding a sword with great dexterity, slicing off the legs of entire groups of acid-spewing monsters with ease while borrowing Aiz's Desperate. He's also the leader of the Loki Familia's field forces.

* MultiMeleeMaster: While he prefers to use his spear (since one of his skills boosts his already formidable mastery) he doesn't mind taking up Aiz's sword when confronted with monsters that would melt any other weaponry if stabbed. He is also willing to go hand-to-hand if deprived of both of these, punching other Level 6 adventurers clean across entire caves, albeit breaking a finger in the process.
* NervesOfSteel: Never really seen panicking (except when Tione is making moves on him) and always finds the best course of action no matter how bleak the situation is. He can also make hard decisions such as leaving Aiz to fight the boss alone while the rest of the Familia fled.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks no older than a human child who just entered puberty, yet is described as having over forty years of experience. In fact, his appearance has stayed the same for over ten years as seen in one of Aiz's flashbacks. Justified by the childish appearance of the Prum race (equivalent to a less hairy version of a Hobbit), and then doubled down on in Volume 8 of the Light Novels where he explains that Adventurers age slower due to their divine blessings, but it only becomes noticeable in the higher levels that most adventurers don't reach. Being a Prum just turns the effect UpToEleven.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gently scolds Aiz for breaking formation in order to save some of the other members of the Familia but is willing to rewrite entire battle plans to accommodate her request after hearing the input of his fellow Familia commanders. While he makes hard decisions sometimes, such as leaving Aiz behind to face the mutated acid-spewing monster alone, he does so with the knowledge that her indestructible sword and wind magic make her best suited for facing it and he has utmost confidence that she'll succeed. Sure enough, she does. In the ''LightNovel/DateALive'' crossover campaign of the mobile game ''Memoria Freese'', as opposed to the [[Characters/DateALiveAST Anti-Spirit Team]], he specifically ordered that both [[Characters/DateALiveShidoItsuka Shido]] and the Spirit friends that came with him are to be escorted out of the dungeon unharmed upon seeing they can be reasoned with.

* WreckedWeapon: His Fortia Spear gets melted by the unknown monsters on the 50th Floor, but he later gets it replaced by one [[MadeOfIndestructium with the Durandal attribute like Aiz's]] made by Tsubaki Collbrande, the highest level member of the Hephaestus Familia.

* LargeAndInCharge: He's fairly stout but Aiz, Bete, and Tiona kneel to him when ordered to.

* ClingyJealousGirl: When she watched Bell and Aiz dance together in a banquet hosted by the Apollo familia, she seriously considered unleashing a herd of minotaurs until Ottar informed her how bad of an idea that was. [[spoiler:And then there's what she does to Ishtar.]]

* HotGoddess: The goddess of beauty would fit this trope, but it seems just her presence will make anyone near her become enraptured, even Aiz almost fell for it.

As a loyal adventurer to Freya, Ottar subjugates a minotaur (a different one from the minotaur Aiz kills in the introduction), and sends it after Bell for training.

* BringIt: To Aiz.
-->'''Ottar:''' ''[to Aiz]'' Come, Sword Princess.

** A hefty but weathered blade almost as large as himself. It's powerful enough to chip the edge of Aiz's otherwise unbreakable sword. He leaves it behind after being confronted by Fynn and Riveria.

* TheDreaded: He's so powerful that the prospect of fighting him head-on is tantamount to a death sentence. Even Aiz is reluctant to fight him.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He bars Aiz's attempts to intervene when [[spoiler:the Minotaur he trained attacks Bell]]. He's then confronted by Bete, Tione, and Tiona who hold him off while Aiz rushes to save the younger adventurer. While he was willing to fight all of them, he backs down once Fynn and Riveria show up to intervene, knowing that even he can't take on all of them at once.
* MasterSwordsman: Fights with a sword and repels all of Aiz's attacks with only limited effort despite her status as a legendary swordswoman and genius.

* NoSell: Easily repelled everything Aiz could throw at him. When facing down Phryne, a Level 5 Adventurer, he effortlessly stops her attacks, which have slain thousands of other high-level adventurers.

* RomanticWingman: At a party, he set Bell and Aiz up to dance together while preventing their respective goddesses from interrupting them for as long as possible. He does this knowing full well what the consequences are, given the goddesses' respective temperaments and their own affections toward their respective followers.

** At one point she manipulates Bell into giving her a lap pillow, and later goes on to brag about it to Aiz, who goes through a variety of emotions throughout the conversation. She likely did so, knowing about Bell's infatuation with the girl.

* UltimateBlacksmith: He's derived from the smithing and hospitality god who was the personal blacksmith of Tuatha De Denann, the premier god of Myth/CelticMythology. His familia is smaller and not as well-known as Hephaestus's, but is full of high-level blacksmiths who create extremely powerful equipment to such an extent that it is the preferred choice for high-leveled members of Loki's familia. The familia's creations include Tiona's Urga (which had the property of being able to cut through nearly anything) and Aiz's Desperate (which would never chip, break, melt, or otherwise falter thanks to its Durandal property, but it could dull.

One of Ishtar's Amazonesses.

* CoolBigSis: She takes good care of the younger Berberas, especially Haruhime [[spoiler:even after the Isthar Familia's breakup]].

* EthicalSlut: While she does enjoy the lots of sex that come with her peculiar line of work, Aisha is a decent person who cares for her fellow prostitutes as if they were her sisters. She was also the only one who actively opposed to Haruhime being made a sacrifice [[spoiler:and destroyed a Killing Stone once to save her]], but being tortured by Phryne and raped by Ishtar again is too much of a punishment for her to defy them ever again.

* KickChick: One of her defining features is her long legs which she utilizes with a brutal efficiency and ferocity in combat. [[spoiler:Bell learns it in a hard way as she could keep Bell out of reach with just her kicks.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: She often joins Bell's party whenever Bell needs some extra fighting-power. Not that she doesn't want to become a permanent member, but Hestia and Lily will not have it.

* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Bell X Haruhime post volume 7.

* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:Hermes has been watching over Bell for some time and plans to make him the "final hero" needed to bring an end to the threat of monsters once and for all. To this end, he's been manipulating Bell constantly, such as handing him an aphrodisiac in the middle of the Pleasure District to put him on the path towards rescuing Haruhime. But many of his actions, while well-intentioned, often go against what Bell wants, as he purposefully drives Gros into a mad frenzy to force Bell to kill him and save his reputation.]]

* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:In volume 6, she takes on about 1/3 of Apollo Familia members (which is about 30 people) on her own, without using magic or a magic sword, and triumphs.]] This makes "The Mysterious Adventurer" an instant hit in Orario.

* StatuesqueStunner: Official listed at 5'9"/175cm tall and a total stunner.

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* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Like her sister she has blonde hair and tanned skin like most Amazoness.

[[folder: Luan Espel]]

* MusclesAreMeaningful: He's ripped to kingdom come and can wield his BFS with just one hand.

* TheDividual: They are almost always seen together and have very similar mindsets.

* AttackAttackAttack: The final effect of his magic, Hell Finegas, which [[TheBerserker raises fighting capability at the cost of the ability to make proper judgments]]. Being the field leader, he is naturally hesitant to use this, as one mistake could lead many of his fellow Familia members to their deaths.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: In an omake where Loki makes her entire familia wear sailor uniforms after an argument with Riveria, [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/dungeon_ni_deai_o_motomeru_no_wa_machigatte_iru_darou_ka_gaiden_sword_oratoria/c033.1/7.html Finn pulls off the look incredibly well]]. It elicited a warm response:

'''Tione:''' ''[Also cheering]'' It's a real cute schoolgirl {{cosplay}}!\\

* MeaningfulName: "''Xenos''" (ξένος) is Greek for "foreign(er)" or "strange(r)".

* UnskilledButStrong: Finn notes that Asterius relies more on his natural abilities than on technique. He suspects that if Asterius trained more he'd be on par with ''Ottar'', who is ''the'' strongest Adventurer.

* BerserkButton: Don't ''ever'' claim to be more beautiful than Freya in front of Ottar.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: She's supposed to be the head of her familia, but it's quite apparent she's not the one in charge. Her far more mature subordinates like Aiz and Riveria are the ones who tell her what to do while she's busy goofing around like a child.
** However, in the Sword Oratoria spin-off, she is shown to act responsibly and with authority when her 'minders' are away or when she's dealing with the other Gods as shown when she maneuvered expertly during the Denatus and her baiting Evilus into lowering their guard right after.

* HateSink: Brash and rude, obnoxiously clingy to the girls in her guild especially Aiz, goes out of her way to bully Hestia and her familia, is a DirtyOldWoman who enjoys [[SkinshipGrope groping]] the girls of her familia, makes very little contribution to her familia with Aiz and Riveria running the show. It appears even her own familia can't stand her and just barely tolerates her presence while learning to deal with her antics.

* CatchPhrase: I am Ganesha.

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* BeastMan: He's from the Werewolf race and has the appropriate wolf-like features.

* CatGirl: She's a Cyantrope, a race of CatFolk.
* LittleBitBeastly: She looks more like a human than a cat outside of cat ears and tail.

* CatGirl: She's a Cyantrope, a race of CatFolk.

* LittleBitBeastly: She looks more like a human than a cat outside of cat ears and tail.