History Characters / MapleStoryNPC

WhenTreesAttack: Well, uh, the spirit of a tree in a {{Golem}}’s body, sort of.

Lone Wolf Boss: Maybe again. Much like Zakum, two Black Mage minions appear when he’s defeated on Chaos Mode.

CollapsingCeilingBoss: Originally, this occurred through the entire fight; after the upgrade, only when his arms are blown off, but they do much more damage.
ConvectionSchmonvection: Ironically enough, its lair is one of the few places in the Dead Mine where lava can’t hurt you at all, being there just for show.
DidntNeedThoseAnyway: It’s actually far more dangerous without its arms.
ElementalPowers: Originally, it attacked with lightning, fire, and ice. It uses mostly physical attacks after the revamp, but can still set the floor on fire, which can kill you quickly unless you hop on the platforms.
GiantFootOfStomping: Giant hands of stomping! And once it loses them, it doesn’t need limbs to do it at all! He can also smash a player between them once he loses about 50% health.
MultiArmedAndDangerous: Zigzagged. Originally, its six arms were destroyed fast, and he could only be hurt then. However, after the most recent upgrade, they cannot be blown off until his health is reduced to about 25%, and before that, are lethal, able to squash even high level characters flat instantly.
StarterVillain: Seeing as you can access Easy Mode as early as Level 50, it’s likely the first major Boss you’ll come across.
StationaryBoss: Originally, it was this, given its size and shape. Post-revamp, he can move clumsily once its arms are blown off, and can crush a player under its bulk.
TookALevelInBadass: AND HOW! Originally a joke villain, the latest upgrade made his Chaos form far deadlier, far harder to hurt and able to crush six foes at once with all its arms.

!Velderoth
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Kaiser's and Angelic Buster's childhood friend. After being trashed by Magnus even with the backup of Kaiser and Angelic Buster (though there weren't near their full power yet), he leaves Pantheon to become stronger to defeat Magnus. Unfortunately, he loses sight of his goal and instead joins Magnus's forces, becoming what he hated most.

!Velderoth
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Kaiser's and Angelic Buster's childhood friend. After being trashed by Magnus even with the backup of Kaiser and Angelic Buster (though there weren't near their full power yet), he leaves Pantheon to become stronger to defeat Magnus. Unfortunately, he loses sight of his goal and instead joins Magnus's forces, becoming what he hated most.

!Velderoth
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Kaiser's and Angelic Buster's childhood friend. After being trashed by Magnus even with the backup of Kaiser and Angelic Buster (though there weren't near their full power yet), he leaves Pantheon to become stronger to defeat Magnus. Unfortunately, he loses sight of his goal and instead joins Magnus's forces, becoming what he hated most.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Being a lion, he has a powerful sonic roar, that's an [=AoE=] attack.

* OneHitKO: One of his attacks is an [=AoE=] attack that can potentially do [[NoKillLikeOverkill 999,999 damage.]] (Even more in Hard Mode. If she's about to use it, [[ExpositionFairy Medina]] will scream a warning and set up a protective dome; your players are safe from the blast if they get under it in time.

* {{SubmarinePirates Submarine Pirate]]: ''[[CoolShip The Nautilus]]'' is both a submarine and town, shaped like a huge whale.

* CoolSubmarine: ''The Nautilus'' is both a submarine and town, shaped like a huge whale.

* GoodIsNotNice: Despite being a hero, she's still greedy and even contemplated selling Jett either into slavery or to scientists for study, thinking an alien would be worth something to someone.

* ThePowerOfRock: In Friend Story, he can do this, his band turning most students and some faculty (even Cyrus) into blindly loyal "rock zombies". Your weapon is converted into a HealingShiv in order to fight them.

* AttackReflector: He's likely the first Boss encountered with this ''incredibly'' annoying ability. (Far more will follow.) Trying to attack while its active will damage (and probably instantly kill) the attacker rather than him. Fortunately, he can only hold it a few seconds at a time.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Her Friendstory version has this with Magnus, with the goal of one arc of the story being to [[ShipperOnDeck ship them together]] in order to get them off the students' backs.

* CombatPragmatist: Knows he can't beat Kaiser in a straight fight even with the backup of two Transcendents, so he poisons his sword and backstabs him instead.

[[folder:Antagonists]]

!!Black Mage
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!!Black Wings

An evil group that was created with the goal of resurrecting the Black Mage.

!!Tropes associated with the Black Wings:
* AffablyEvil: The lower ranking ones are this at best, and can be quite approachable at times. However, just how evil each is can depend on which character you're using. For instance, Le Tierre comes across as a ditzy type who is overburdened by a workload given to her by the higher-ranking Black Wings (who she is deathly afraid of) and either doesn't know or doesn't ''care'' that your player is an intruder. However, [[spoiler: she's far more competent and dangerous to players using a Mercedes or Phantom character, as she attempts to lead both into a trap for one quest for each character.]]
* BadBoss: It's heavily implied that the higher ones often mistreat the lower ones; for example, when Le Tierre asks you to catch Eleanor's pet cockatrice, she's ''terrified'' of what Eleanor might do to her if it gets away.
* DatingCatwoman: Almost, but not quite. Resistance member Elex has a crush on Black Wing watchman and technician Leonore, but his attempts to woo her become {{Epic Fail}}s. (For example, he cooks Serpent Tails for her and tells the player to bring them to her, but she's disgusted because she thinks Serpents are "cute loveable creatures".) [[spoiler: Though this is mostly a ploy to try and get close to her in order to extract information out of her.]]
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Not only do most of the Black Wings in the mine trust the player entirely (most of the time) their biggest asset is also a liability. [[spoiler:They keep the Council President of Eidenstein in line by holding his daughter Gabrielle hostage, but Gabrielle is [[MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll feeding the Resistance information while still a prisoner]], going so far as to refuse rescue in order to keep most of the villains put.]]
* {{Mooks}}: ''Rabbit'' mooks!
** MechaMooks: Used primarily in Black Heaven.
* InNameOnly: Contrary to popular belief, Orchid is the only Black Mage Commander with any real affiliation with them.
* WouldHurtAChild: Xenon and Baryl were kidnapped as children to be converted into androids. [[spoiler: Not to mention poor, poor Vita. ''Black Heaven'' takes this one step further, as Gelimer is willing to bomb a park full of innocent children.]]

!!Von Leon
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!!Orca/Orchid
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The defacto leader of the Black Wings and also a commander of the Black Mage. Has a brother named Lotus who is also a commander. Her and her brother's backstories are relieved in the [[http://maplestory.nexon.com/MapleStory/Page/Gnx.aspx?URL=Community/WebtoonWing# official Webtoon comic]]. You can read an English translation of it [[http://maplf.tumblr.com/post/80148836443/maplestory-wing-master-official-webtoon-ch1 here.]]

Her official title is 'Wing Master'.

!!Tropes associated with Orchid:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Formerly she and her brother was an incorporeal shadow-spirit, given a human form by the White Mage. While she was overjoyed to have such a new body, he was more cautious, seeing a downside. [[spoiler: (As it turned out, he was more correct than even he knew; this was why Gelimer was able to control him.)]]
* BadassAdorable: She looks like the most harmless of all the Commanders, and she even has cute HairDecs to match, but in reality, she is almost as scheming as Arkarium and just as ruthless, only sparing thought for her twin brother. [[spoiler: A cutscene in the ''Black Heaven'' update gives the player a glimpse of how far she takes the badass part of this trope when she single-handedly stops Gelimer from carpet-bombing Edelstein by psychically intercepting ''all'' the warheads fired from his warship before making them explode harmlessly in the sky.]]
* BeautyMark: Has one under her left eye.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: [[spoiler:Before Lotus was reanimated by Gelimer,]] she was incredibly bossy and often made death threats to Gelimer when she felt that he needed to accelerate [[spoiler:Lotus' resurrection]]. She was also strong enough to match Mercedes in fair combat. After she was [[spoiler:{{Depower}}ed and right until Francis broke into the Resistance base to find her during the ''Black Heaven'' update]], she was completely shattered and incapable of even [[spoiler:''leaving the Resistance base'']] on her own.
* CoatCape: Taken to ridiculous lengths in Friends Story, where she does exactly the same with her school jacket ''but wears a pullover on top of her school uniform''. Averted after she escaped from the Resistance base during the ''Black Heaven'' update.
* {{Depower}}: Orchid temporarily lost all her powers after [[spoiler:Gelimer tried, but failed, to kill her using Lotus' body, leaving her critically wounded]]. She was hit by this trope so hard that [[spoiler:despite technically being a prisoner of the Resistance,]] she was allowed to move around freely in their base because she had absolutely no power to escape.
* DummiedOut: A sprite of Orchid [[spoiler:standing in the Resistance base]] had her [[http://orangemushroom.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/kms-ver-1-2-173-evolving-system-warrior-and-magician-hyper-skills/ dressed in a button-up white shirt and a brown skirt with suspenders]]. This was used in the test server only, and was not used properly once the content made its way into the main client.
* HairDecorations: Has two bunny-themed hair clips.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: With Lotus.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Gelimer took over Lotus and the events of Black Heaven, it's safe to assume she isn't loyal to the Black Mage anymore.]]
* MoralityAdjustment: Officially, the Black Wings was founded by her to resurrect the Black Mage, but her real reason for founding them was to [[spoiler:resurrect her twin brother, Lotus. When Gelimer reanimated Lotus and used him to attack her, temporarily stripping her of her powers and leaving her for dead, she was discovered by the Resistance and resided in their underground base]] until the ''Black Heaven'' update. Even though there is no in-game information specifically stating that she has [[spoiler:joined the Resistance]], she still [[spoiler:gave them and, by extension, the Alliance, the information they needed to locate the Evolving System and single-handedly stopped Gelimer from carpet-bombing Edelstein]], implying that she is no longer ''that'' much of a villain.
* NiceHat: Overlaps with WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic, as she loses the hat the moment she was {{Depowered}} and didn't continue wearing a hat even after she regained her powers.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Hasn't seemed to age at all since she looks the same now as she did hundreds of years ago. Might have something to do with the fact that [[spoiler: she's actually a spirit of darkness in a human body.]]
* PowerFloats: Prior to the ''Black Heaven'' update, the only time you see her ''standing on the ground'' is in an old photo that the Demon found in Francis's diary during one of his storyline quests, a tutorial quest for Monster Life [[spoiler:and after she was {{Depower}}ed]]. She seems to have lost this entirely as of the ''Black Heaven'' update.
* RichBitch: Her counterpart in Friend Story is one, but when you talk to her, you discover she has HiddenDepths. Like the Maple World Orchid, she mourns her deceased brother.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Often refers to herself by her own name. She seems to refer to herself in first person more often following her recovery.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: She does!
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B.

!!Francis the Puppeteer
Resident ButtMonkey and Orchid'd most loyal subordinate. As his title implies he uses puppets in combat but... he's not very good at it to say the least.

!!Tropes associated with Francis
* {{Adorkable}}: Shy, awkward, and terribly loyal to Orchid.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Orchid could likely care less about his affection towards her, although she does appreciate having a ProfessionalButtKisser around.
* AsianAndNerdy: His Friendstory counterpart is just as, if not even ''more'' awkward than the mainstream version.
* BlindingBangs
* '''ButtMonkey''': His defining trait. He gets kicked around in nearly every story arc he appears in and is often sent running off in tears. He's barely a villain and is mainly there for comic relief. It's even acknowledged in-universe.
-->'''Neinheart:''' Francis? the Puppeteer? The one everyone picks on?
* CutsceneIncompetence: He's actually a rather difficult boss for low-level characters, using the incredibly annoying move Seduce to paralyze your character for a few seconds. In the storylines, however, he's a complete joke.
* CuttingTheGordianKnot: He attempts to play the shell game with the Alliance by hiding himself amongst several clones, only for Oz to blast all of them with fire, making him panic and causing the illusion to wear off.
* InTheHood: He even wears it in Friendstory!
* StalkerWithACrush: His Friendstory self.
* TermsOfEndangerment: In Friendstory he keeps screwing up his proposal notes due to his clumsiness and sweaty, nervous hands, making him come off as a creepy stalker to everyone but the player.
* UndyingLoyalty: His other defining trait. He is 100% loyal to Orchid and no amount of punishment, torture, or insults will ever change that. Orchid finally acknowledges this in the ending of Black Heaven. It even carries over to his alternate universe counterpart in Friendstory where he's Orchid's #1 fan and is just too shy to ask her out.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

!!Suu/Lotus
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Twin brother of Orchid, a commander of the Black Mage that has fallen into a permanent sleep after Phantom battled him after he killed Aria. For a time, he existed as a free-roaming soul, working to eliminate all knowledge of the Black Mage from history, but was slaved to Gelimer's commands after the latter reanimated his body. [[spoiler: After he was defeated by the player character and Orchid severed Gelimer's control over his body during the ''Black Heaven'' update, Gelimer hit a killswitch that shut down his body, presumably sending him into a CessationOfExistence.]]

Lotus (Suu in the original Korean version) and Orchid's backstories are relieved in the [[http://maplestory.nexon.com/MapleStory/Page/Gnx.aspx?URL=Community/WebtoonWing# official Webtoon comic]]. You can read an English translation of it [[http://maplf.tumblr.com/post/80148836443/maplestory-wing-master-official-webtoon-ch1 here.]]

!!Tropes associated with Lotus:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Same deal as Orchid.
* AstralProjection: The state he existed in from the time Phantom defeated him until Gelimer reanimated his body.
* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost: His body was still alive, preserved by Gelimer.
* BodySnatcher: His method of combat without a body is to seize total control over another person and use ''their'' body instead.
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: It is very heavily implied during the conclusion of ''Black Heaven'' that he has simply ceased to exist. Unlike the time when Phantom sent him into a deep sleep, his body now disappears with him.]]
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Meta-Example, believe it or not. At present, no party has ''ever'' defeated him on Hard Mode, and those who have done so on Normal Mode are few and far between.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: See [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120915230018/maplestory/images/b/b4/Su-defeats-orca.png this image]]. In the Korean version, he also has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0SgCRXqb14 female voice actor]].
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:He breaks free of his mind control after the players beat him in Act 6 of Black Heaven. He even manages to hug his sister one last time before Gelimer uses a device to force him to fade from existence.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Phantom. Looks quite similar to Phantom and is also a thief. [[{{Pun}} Also became sort of a phantom himself for a time.]]
* HalfIdenticalTwins: With Orchid.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:His body ended up under the control of Gelimer.]]
* {{Symbiosis}}: The Black Heaven is pretty much [[{{Magitek}} a magical airship]] with ''him'' as the engine, his powers fueling the core via a type of that combines technology with unholy black magic. This is why attempts to sneak up on the giant craft fail; Francis outright states that Lotus ''is'' the Black Heaven, making the whole enormous airship an extension of his powers.
* MarathonBoss: Currently considered to be ''the'' hardest boss in the game at the time of this writing. How hard? Try 8.1 '''''Trillion''''' Health! See his entry for That One Boss in the YMMV tab for more details.
* MindControl: But severely limited to the WeakWilled. The strength of the domination increases the closer the person is to his real body, [[spoiler:leading him to successfully possess Phantom when the thief barges into Orchid's chambers]].
* PeekABangs: He still had one even after his hair became long.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Bubbly, curious, and happy-go-lucky during his days as a spirit of darkness. He became cold and unfeeling after gaining a human form, murdering Empress Aria on a whim despite being specifically ordered to only meet with her.

!!Arkarium
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A commander of the Black Mage. He was the one that created the entire Future Henesys and Dark Ereve and made it into an illusion. He currently resides in an alternate dimension of the Temple of Time where the Time Goddess was just recently sealed.

His official title is 'The Fang of Darkness'

!!Tropes associated with Arkarium:
* ActuallyADoombot: When fought in the past, he seems to be defeated deceptively easily. As tells you, that was just a decoy; the real Arkarium, who you have to fight in the Dimensional Schism, is much, much harder.
* BossBanter: Honestly, he ''never shuts up''.
* BossArenaRecovery: Every now and then during the battle, he tries some psychological warfare, sending the player to a dark void where he/she is confronted by a dying, wounded duplicate of himself/herself. This duplicate is harmless; however, the player is safe from his InterfaceScrew, so this is the perfect chance to heal yourself.
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler: He tries to get Damien tell him where he hid Alicia, thinking that Damien plans to be TheStarscream and use the Transcendent Stone to kill the Black Mage and trying to coerce him with the threat of exposing his betrayal. However, when Damien holds out on him, he reveals the AwfulTruth that he was the one who killed his mother and he never intended to help revive her. However, Damien's plan wasn't to betray the Black Mage, but to become the Transcendent of Life by stealing Alicia's power. And given that he already started the process...]]
* TheDragon: To the Black Mage.
* EvilCounterpart: To Evan. A Powerful Mage who fights alongside a familiar.
* {{Expy}}: When one considers the revised plot of the Silent Crusade storyline, he is a CaptainErsatz of [[spoiler: Mankar Camoran from Elder Scrolls]]
* {{Familiar}}: A Snake/Python.
* InterfaceScrew: Like many powerful bosses, he can disable your ability to use most inventory items and Skills for a few seconds.
* OneHitKO: One of his attacks has a charge up time before hitting all adventurers for [[NoKillLikeOverkill 999,999 damage.]] The only way to avoid this is to have a skill that renders your character or other characters invincible like the Shadower's Smokescreen.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: He continually summons lizard men during the fight which not only attack enemies, but heal him and each other.
* SmugSnake: Pun aside. He thinks that he can control Damien with the promise of resurrecting his mother, even as he starts putting his own plans into motion in ''Heroes of Maple''. As the spoiler entry above in BullyingADragon proves, he's completely wrong.

!!Hilla
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A commander of the Black Mage. She tries to usurp Empress Cygnus's position as ruler of Ereve, and takes over the ancient city of Azwan when she fails.
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!!Magnus
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A winged commander of the Black Mage. He appears in Luminous's story intro, and is the prime antagonist in Kaiser's Angelic Buster's stories. He took over Heliseum with the help of the Transcendent of Life in the Grandis world, Darmoor.

His official title is "Magnus the Betrayer".

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Betrayed the Nova, his own race, and [[spoiler: the Black Mage Commander Guwaru.]]. It's even lampshaded by Hilla.

* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Seemingly kills Guwaru in this fashion.]]

* {{Turncoat}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's in his title!]] [[spoiler: He also assaults his fellow commander Guwaru and spares Luminous.]]

!!Velderoth

Kaiser's and Angelic Buster's childhood friend. After being trashed by Magnus even with the backup of Kaiser and Angelic Buster (though there weren't near their full power yet), he leaves Pantheon to become stronger to defeat Magnus. Unfortunately, he loses sight of his goal and instead joins Magnus's forces, becoming what he hated most.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Started the Helisium Force to liberate the home of the Nova from Magnus the Betrayer's grasp. He eventually betrays his friends and joins Magnus in his occupation of the city before finally fighting Kaiser in a duel to the death. [[spoiler: Though Kaiser ultimately lets him run off in shame, never to be seen again.]]
* CantCatchUp: Gets hit with this ''hard'' over the course of Kaiser and Angelic Buster's stories. Your accomplishments don't look like much when your friends have been bestowed with the powers of a legendary hero and a Dragon God respectively. His feelings of frustration are even displayed on his sprite, which gradually goes from smiling, to disappointed, to flat out depressed, to full on scowling after his FaceHeelTurn.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: A rare villainous example. He joins Magnus's forces after being beaten by him during Kaiser's and Angelic Buster's storylines. However, this fact is not apparent until much later.
* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: Many of his attacks involve spinning in a circle.
* FaceHeelTurn: One of the most tragic ones in the series.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: As mentioned earlier, his expression changes as Kaiser and Angelic Buster's stories continue. Hi evens sprite vanishes from its usual spot in Pantheon after he leaves.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Sadly, he falls under the the purple and green portion of evil before switching to black at the end.
* GreenEyedMonster: He was envious of Kaiser's powers, spurring him to leave on his training trip in the first place. Unfortunately, this jealousy turned into hatred, making him join Magnus's forces.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Has this opinion upon seeing Kaiser and Angelic Buster in action. No matter how hard he tried, he was never able to catch up to the two who had their powers bestowed upon them, leading to his FaceHeelTurn out of jealousy and misunderstanding.
* LightIsNotGood: He seems to coat his sword strikes in white light in some of his attacks.
* LightningBruiser: Hits hard and fast. While many bosses have to stop moving to attack, he can hit you from half way across the room while dashing to close the distance so he can land more hits. He also has an above-average amount of health for a boss at this level.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Inverted, he ends up as the weakest of his friends due to not being bequeathed any additional power until his FaceHeelTurn.
* TechnicolorFire: He can also cover his sword in black flames.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Used to be an idealist who dreamed of freeing Helisium and becoming a hero, but his jealousy overcame him after repeated defeats at the hands of Magnus and his feelings of powerlessness due to Kyle inheriting the powers of Kaiser instead of him.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Of Magnus's Lieutenants. While the other two could be handled without much trouble, Velderoth is ''much'' harder at the level you're supposed to be fighting him. Don't be surprised if he hits for 9000-15000 damage per hit, enough to 2-Shot most Kaisers at that stage of the game. His health bar is nothing to sneeze at either. Hope you brought your potions, you're going to need them. Don't even get started about how hard [[ThatOneBoss ''his'' boss is.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Kaiser and Angelic Buster.
* WingedHumanoid: All the Nova are this.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Though this pigmentation is also shown on other Nova such as Tiron.


!!Guwaru
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!!Tropes associated with Guwaru:

* TheDreaded: Apparently, the threat of Guwaru's revival is what sparked the birth of TheAlliance.

!!Damien

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The newest commander of the Black Mage, [[spoiler: and the Demon Slayer's long lost brother]]. He is responsible for sealing the World Tree inside the Root Abyss and killing Shinsoo (temporarily). Other than that, not much is known about him, although some of his backstory is relieved [[http://maplestory.nexon.com/MapleStory/Page/Gnx.aspx?URL=Community/WebtoonDemian&maskPageType=2&oidArticle=3 in the official Webtoon comic ]]. You can read an English translation of it [[http://lonelykind.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/demian-the-corps-commanders-biography here]].

* SoreLoser: He becomes one in Friend Story after your band wins, refusing to apologize to 100 Boggles, his {{Pride}} creating the last (to date) Troublemaker. (He does, at least say her song was pretty good, the closest he comes to something nice.

!!Gelimer

The Black Wing's resident MadScientist. He's responsible for most of their scientific advancements.

!!Tropes associated with Gelimer:
* AccidentalDiscovery: One of his initial inventions was supposed to be a hair tonic for his baldness. [[spoiler: He ended up creating a mind control gas that would either turn whoever breathes it into a mindless puppet or kill them. And his plan in ''Black Heaven'' is to drop bombs loaded with the stuff on the Maple World.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler:When confronted about his murder of Vita by the Resistance classes, he merely dismisses the fact and can't even remember her name, much to the Resistance's anger.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Just in case Lotus was somehow beaten, he lined his control room with poison gas emitters so he could incapacitate any who tried to chase him while he got away due to his gas mask.
* FatalFlaw: He undermines emotions and attempts to remove them from his creations, but more than once his own creations either develop emotions or access emotions that he thought he had suppressed, causing them to turn on him. [[spoiler: This especially bites him in the ass at the end of Black Heaven when his robots, who he had just set to self-destruct, latch onto his escape pod because of their emotional attachment to their "father".]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard/ KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: By killing Suu/Lotus, Orca/Orchid gained his powers, allowing her to save Edelstein from Black Heaven's bombs. And shortly afterwards, after setting his Generoids to self-destruct, he attempts to escape, only for the Generoids to latch onto his escape pod and beg their "father" to take them with him. The player has no qualms with using the last of their strength to launch Gelimer and blow him up in midair.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/b0226a547c62d7cbc1a282a60e3d776d/tumblr_nfowxxAz5g1s5ib0go1_250.jpg Seriously.]]
* MadScientist: A particularly cruel and sadistic one for such a cutesy art-style.
* TheStarscream: He has his own ambitions in the works, which all come to head in ''Black Heaven'', where he constructs a giant battleship in order to conquer the Maple World. [[spoiler: As per usual with the trope, he ultimately fails.]]
* UnwillingRoboticisation: Did this to Xenon and Beryl. [[spoiler: ''Black Heaven'' shows that he made more.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Technically, this Trope has little meaning for Gelimer, as he considers humans, nonhumans, and robots equally worthless. As far as robots are concerned, however, he tries to prevent his own from developing emotions, destroying any whom he suspects are starting to. Ironically, this policy comes back to bite him ''twice'' in Black Heaven, once when the player gets aid from two fugitive robots who escaped being scrapped for this reason, and [[spoiler: again at the conclusion, when his loyal Generoids turn out to be ''too'' loyal, and beg him not to leave, leading to him caught in their self-destruct blast.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Aside from experimenting on Xenon since he was a child in order to turn him into a cyborg, during the Resistance storyline, [[spoiler: he uses Vita to lure the player character into a trap with the intention of killing them both.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Has a tendency to inflict this.
** [[spoiler: When Vita is discovered to be a ManchurianAgent, he rigs her up to a bomb with the intent of blowing up both her and the player. ]]
** [[spoiler: When Beryl fails to apprehend Xenon for the last time, she fully expects this to happen to her once she returns.]]
** [[spoiler: When Suu[=/=]Lotus breaks free of his mind control, he kills him on the spot in his sister's arms.]]
** [[spoiler: This gets turned against him in the end when he sets his cyborgs to self-destruct while he escapes, only for the cyborgs to latch onto his escape pod.]]

!!Lucid
A powerful dream manipulator who came in contact with the Black Mage through his dreams while he was still sealed. Her primary use of her power is to break apart the Maple Alliance by plaguing Maple World with nightmares of a BadFuture where the members of the Maple Alliance have turned against Maple World and allied with the Black Mage.

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!!Empress Cygnus

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The current Empress of Maple World. While she is a child, she benevolently rules the Maple World, intervening only when necessary. However, the resurrection of the Black Mage has led her to take action, leading her to form the Cygnus Knights, and later the Maple Alliance between all the classes.

In the Door to the Future, [[spoiler:she and the knights were brainwashed by the Black Mage after falling into a trap and then conquered Maple World for the Black Mage. She acts as the final boss of the area, along with Shinsoo and her Chief Knights, giving her the dubious honor of being one of the toughest bosses in [=MapleStory=] history.]]

As of the ''Cygnus Returns'' update, the death of Shinsoo caused her to awaken her powers as Empress, allowing her to revive Shinsoo and empower the Cygnus Knights.
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!!Tropes Associated with Empress Cygnus:
* BigGood: The official leader of Maple World and thus the heroes.
* AChildShallLeadThem: At least in the beginning, as seen in the Grand Athenaeum theme dungeon. If you look at her current official art, she looks at least somewhat older.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7GyMdI02g animated intro]] for the ''Cygnus Returns'' update, as well as on the class selection screen, Cygnus' clothes transformed in accord to her awakening to her Empress powers. However, her in-game sprite on Ereve is still the same as it was before the update. This is averted in the Black Heaven scenario, where she is always shown with her new clothes and self-confidence in game and in cutscenes.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: In the Door to the Future.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has flowing golden hair and is the BigGood of the story.
* IllGirl: A side effect of taking in Shinsoo's powers, she gets over it somewhat after her awakening and Shinsoo's subsequent departure.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[spoiler: Has this when corrupted by the Black Mage in the Door to the Future.]]
* TheHighQueen: Despite her youth, she considers her actions very carefully, as seen in Phantom's introduction where she insists on hearing out someone claiming that she's an usurper.
* MarathonBoss: Constantly [[spoiler:summons her Chief Knights and Shinsoo as her boss fight drags on.]]
* MeaningfulName: Shinsoo is "divine water" in korean, referencing Cygnus' power (in which she revives Shinsoo within a water barrier).
* RapunzelHair: ''Look at that picture!''
* PenPushingPresident: As the leader and supreme commander of Maple World, she has a lot of paperwork and reports to go through. Luckily for her, she has [[HypercompetentSidekick she can shove all of it on Mihile and Neinheart.]]
* SleepyHead: This is probably due to Shinsoo's powers though.
* TookALevelInBadass: Awakened to her Empress powers in reaction to Shinsoo's death. According to Shinsoo, she's now a Half-Transcendent. [[http://spadow.tumblr.com/post/41982486242 You can read a bit more about that here.]]

!!Neinheart
Cygnus's chief tactician and right-hand man. A shrewd bureaucrat, he is essential to the running of the Cygnus Knights and by extension Maple World itself. He's infamous for two things: his brilliant mind and his unbelievably sharp tongue. As cold-hearted as he may seem at times, he ultimately has everyone's best interests at heart.

* EvilChancellor: Inverted, in the bad future he is the only member of the Cygnus Knights not corrupted by the Black Mage.
* GenreSavvy: Shown to be this in the Grand Athenaeum questline. Knowing that his mercenary friend (you) is a softie at heart, he makes the mercenary attempt to decline right in front of a young Cygnus, making it impossible for you to do so in front of the adorable, kind-hearted girl.
* HighClassGlass: Wears one and has a somewhat condescending and stuck-up attitude. It's revealed to have been a gift from a fellow scholar in Leafre, who stated that Neinheart would be needing this as he got older.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: While Cygnus is the one to make the final calls on everything, Neinheart is usually the one doing most of the bureaucratic work and generally bosses the Cygnus Knights (and by extension everyone else on important missions) around due to Cygnus's illness.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a jerk to everyone except the Empress. That said, he'll give credit where it's due and is not above giving glowing praise when he feels appropriate. The problem is, getting the latter outcome out of his so difficult that anything remotely resembling the sort leaves everyone (except Cygnus) shocked.
* [[LongLostRelative Long-Lost Brother]]: To Lilin. This is rarely mentioned, and if it is, it's usually by either one of them as a passing comment. Beyond that, the only things they clearly have in common are [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]] and [[TheStoic extreme stolidness]].
* NonActionGuy: For all his smarts and brilliance he's absolutely worthless in a firefight outside of giving orders. This comes to a head in the ''Black Heaven'' campaign where the Master of Disguise is disguised as him and asks who the real one is. The player promptly responds that the Neinheart would never win in a fistfight and tries to take down the crook who beat him up. This even applies to characters with the barest amount of interaction with him, meaning that ''everyone'' knows this as an established fact.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Occasionally pulls out big words just to show off how smart he is, though he thankfully speaks in easily understandable language most of the time.
* TheStoic: His expression rarely changes to the point where he himself lampshades it. [[WhenSheSmiles At least until he actually smiles at the end of the Black Heaven campaign]].
--> '''Neinheart:''' ''[wearing his default expression]'' This is my happy face.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!Athena Pierce

The Bowman job instructor. She lives in Henesys and is roughly 1,000 years old, being the only known survivor of Elluel's freezing prior to Mercedes' awakening. After helping to settle Victoria Island, Athena learned of her father's death and gathered an army to fight him, becoming a warlord in the process. Having gone too far, her evil side was eventually separated and the two were forced to fight so she could regain control. Afterwards she founded the Bowman instructional school and her dark side remains sealed in a cave where training archers fight it to prove their worth.

!!Tropes associated with Athena Pierce:
* ArtEvolution: Compare [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/14/140474/1999129-044.gif her original sprite]] to [[https://static.maplewiki.net/e/eb/Athena_Pierce.png her current sprite]]. Among all the [=NPCs=] that existed ever since the game's first release, her ArtEvolution is probably the most noticeable of the lot.
* FairCop: Her Friend Story counterpart is one; unfortunately, her part there is rather small.
* NoodleIncident: She once ate an entire donkey. We're never told why she had to do that.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As with most Elves, she doesn't look like a day beyond thirty. During their tearful reunion, both she and Mercedes are stunned by the possibility that she is the oldest of all the Elves, older than even ''Mercedes'' herself, due to her living the centuries out while the rest spent the same amount of time as [[HumanPopsicle Elvish Popsicles]].
* ShoutOut: Her character design evokes Elwing from the Shining Wind series, and her backstory of raising an army only to turn evil in the process is similar to that of Xena.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Part of her backstory.


!!Dark Lord

The Thief job instructor, based underneath a bar in Kerning City. He is the ninth to hold the title- the prior Dark Lord was killed in battle. The prior Dark Lord's daughter blames him for her father's death and founded the Dual Blades to oppose him- however, the resurgence of the Black Mage has forced both into a temporary truce.

!!Tropes associated with the Dark Lord:

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Has wings, is surrounded by a red aura, and hangs from the ceiling in his base.
* {{Ninja}}: The instructor of an ''army'' of these.

!!Dances With Balrog

The Warrior job instructor, based in Perion. Little is known about him beyond the fact he was an infant during the founding of Victoria Island centuries ago.


!!Grendel The Really Old

The Magician job instructor, based in Ellinia. He is the only human that the fairies are known to trust [[spoiler: since the White Mage's corruption]] and is said to be over a thousand years old.


!!Kyrin

The Pirate job instructor and captain of the Nautilus. Kyrin was taken in by Athena Pierce as a child, only to run away after learning that it was the Black Mage who was responsible for their death. Eventually, several decades later she returned to Victoria Island with her pirate crew. Kyrin's primary goal was to warn everyone of the Black Mage's return, but she also wished to increase her ranks with new followers and to gain further wealth in the process.

Kyrin was the one who found Jett after his/her crash landing to Maple World, forcing Jett into joining her crew.

!!Tropes associated with Kyrin:
* TheAgeless: Her age is never specified but there's enough evidence to suggest she is ''much'' older than she appears to be. [[spoiler: Proven in the Ellin Forest theme dungeon, where you see Kyrin's mother pregnant with Kyrin when Athena Pierce led the survivor's of the Black Mage's onslaught to Victoria Island... which means that Kyrin is over 400 years old.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Despite being a hero, she's still greedy and even contemplated selling Jett either into slavery or to scientists for study, thinking an alien would be worth something to someone.
* GunsAkimbo: At least one piece of official art has her brandishing two pistols in combat.
* MsFanservice: She wears a short skirt, tube top and thigh-high boots.
* YouKilledMyFather: The Black Mage was responsible for the death of her parents and urged her to run away from home.

!!Freud
One of the original two Magician Legends and Evan's ancestor. He is the only Legend to have not been frozen in time due to Afrien's sacrifice and thus died to old age in time before the present day. Regardless, he holds a significant influence over the events of the game long after his death.

!!Tropes associated with Freud
* TheArchmage: Was widely respected as the pinnacle of Magicians, having started relations with the Onyx Dragons, mastered a variety of elemental magics, and could even [[spoiler: freeze time so that others would be unable to change the events of the past.]]
* DragonRider: The first hero to do this, a feat that would be replicated by his descendant, Evan.
* GenerationXerox: The other Legends say that Evan has inherited more than Freud's legacy, stating that Evan not only resembles him in appearance, but in personality. In addition, many of Freud's creations only respond to Evan due to the latter being his descendant, which is a recurring plot point in Act 2 and Act 3 of ''Heroes of Maple'''.
* TheLeader: According to Mercedes, Freud was the one who coordinated the Legends and was also the primary reason Mercedes chose to join them.
* MagneticHero: Aran says Freud was this as the one who brought the Legends together in the first place, just as Evan is trying to do again in the ''Heroes of Maple'' blockbuster.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the start of the story, but his influence lives on. He also appears for a few events, such as the Sylph Ring event in which players received a special ring Freud entrusted to a bunch of farmers that can eventually be supercharged to have extremely high stats.
* ShockAndAwe: Seen using this during Mercede's anime trailer.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Freud/Freed.

!!Spiegelmann

A portly man of unknown origin who runs the Monster Carnival and Monster Park. He's generally cheerful and runs these places to help train warriors but nothing is known about him. Photographs of him dating back to the era of the Black Mage have been found, however.

!!Tropes associated with Spiegelmann:
* CheshireCatGrin: His default expression.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: And a shrewd one. He’s a very wealthy businessman in the business of making carnivals that turn into {{Deadly Training Area}}s, which he markets to the Warriors of Maple World as such. He does still have to trick quite a few of them into handling the bigger problems, like when the monsters at some of them get too out of hand and he misplaces important – and incriminating – photographs.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He’s the foolish one; his sister Spiegelette has a far better business sense, offering promotions to certain players with her Monster Park Extreme to promote the place.
* ForbiddenFruit: He explicitly tells you not to open the Old Envelopes that you can find through Monster Park.[[note]][[SchmuckBait This, despite the fact that you can check its contents.]][[/note]][[spoiler:If you do, though, he will try to explain the photograph inside it and [[ViolationOfCommonSense give you a one-time reward for actually opening the envelope and showing the photograph to him]].]]
* PerpetualSmiler: He is ''always'' smiling, even within the Picture World when he is lacking his moustache.
* PornStache: One of his most defining characteristics.
* Really700YearsOld: Actually, photos of him suggest he’s far older than that. his past remains pretty much a mystery.
* OddFriendship: Photographs suggest he's friends with both Von Leon and Horntail, or used to be.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: His usual solution when the player confronts him with incriminating evidence about something that might hurt his reputation is to bribe the player to convince him to “forget” about it.
* ShoutOut: Visually, he quite resembles Penguin, one of Batman's enemies. He's just missing the pointy nose and monocle.
* ShrineToSelf: Monster Park is this to him. His face is everywhere, and it’s on the prizes too. One of them is a face guard that looks like his moustache, which isn’t very flattering on a female character. (But it raises your Charm.)

!!Cassandra

Cassandra is the Maple World's fortuneteller and organizes many of the events for Maplers. She's known to be a bit of an airhead and frequently attends parties, and has an unhealthy obsession with her crystal ball.

!!Tropes associated with Cassandra:
* IdiotBall: Cassandra has gotten progressively dumber since the Big Bang patch. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKp4SoVVNLA Even the official Youtube channel confirms she's easily distracted by parties and glow sticks.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: In a way- her crystal ball may be merely a fanciful iPad but she sees it as a possible romantic companion, and even thinks it's alive.
* ScoobyDooHoax: Zigzagged in Friend Story. She tires to pull one involving the abandoned school, only for the hoax to spawn motes and eventually a Troublemaker, and eventually, as it turns out, [[RealAfterAll the place really is haunted]], becoming the unlockable bonus dungeon you gain access to later.
* ValleyGirl: "Oh mah gersh!" amongst other in-game examples.


!!Rhinne
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The Goddess and Transcendence of Time of Maple World. The Black Mage stole her powers and imprisoned her with the help of the Demon. She first appeared in the revised Silent Crusade storyline where she helps the player stop Arkarium from freeing the Black Mage in the past. She also created Zero to help free her and become the next Transcendence of Time.

!!Tropes associated with Rhinne:
* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: [[spoiler:Rhinne dies upon passing her powers on to Alpha and Beta. They immediately use their newly-gained powers to bring her back to life; she now has the body of a child and lacks her powers, although the Mirror World still relies on her to exist, and she's a bit excited to start a new life without being a Transcendent.]]
** MeaningfulName: Rinne is japanese for Samsara, a Buddhist term referring to the cycle of death and rebirth.
* BadassInDistress: Her actual body is still frozen by the powers of the Black Mage, and he has a significant portion of her power, but she is somehow able to get around these limitations and still create Zero and open time portals to the past in the present day. It is also worth noting that the Black Mage needed some assistance from the Demon in order to defeat her centuries ago, implying that she is actually powerful enough to hold her own in combat with another Transcendence.
* EyesAlwaysShut: In-game, she is always seen with her eyes closed. The Webtoon promoting the release of Zero averts this, though, and shows her [[OutOfCharacterMoment opening her eyes and smiling at the Black Mage]] moments before his curse transforms her into a HumanPopsicle completely. The game makes several references to Arkarium blinding her in the past. This could be why.
* HeavySleeper: The Temple Keeper at the Temple of Time mentions that Rhinne is always asleep.
* HumanPopsicle: She was frozen after being defeated by the Black Mage centuries ago. Her actual body is still frozen in the present and watched closely by the Black Mage's Commanders.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Will's attempt to sic her on Alpha and Beta, one of whom is heavily corrupted, ends with her attacking him.]] As she puts it, even though she is compelled to [[spoiler:eliminate all corruptions of her power]], her instinct to protect her children outweighs her duty as a Transcendent.
* PhysicalGod: Is a Transcendence, one of three beings created by the gods who created Maple World to represent the aspects of Light, Time, and Life individually. Rhinne is the Transcendence of Time.
* RapunzelHair
* TimeMaster: Can create portals to the past. During the Black Mage's confrontation with the Legends, both Freud and Luminous were able to turn the powers he stole from her against him. This included a TimeStop.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Wears a robe, has long hair, is never the aggressor, provides "support" in the form of Zero and time portals...yeah, she's one.


!!Alice/Alicia

The human form of the World Tree, the Transcendence of Life of the Maple World. After a battle with the Black Mage, she retreated to the Root Abyss, where she rested for years in order to regain her power. However, Damien sealed her inside Root Abyss and set up four guardians to maintain the seal and keep her from escaping. After the player defeats the guardians and frees Alice, she agrees to be placed under the care of Cygnus and Shinsoo.

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler: He tries to get Damien tell him where he hid Alicia, thinking that Damien plans to be TheStarscream and use the Transcendent Stone to kill the Black Mage and trying to coerce him with the threat of exposing his betrayal. However, when Damien holds out on him, he reveals the AwfulTruth that he was the one who killed his mother and he never intended to help revive her. However, Damien's plan to betray the Black Mage, but to become the Transcendent of Life by stealing Alicia's power. And given that he already started the process...]]

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Not only do most of the Black Wings in the mine trust the player entirely (most of the time) their biggest asset is also a liability. [[spoiler:They keep the Council President of Eidenstein in line by holding his daughter Gabrielle hostage, but Gabrielle is feeding the Resistance information while still a prisoner, going so far as to refuse rescue in order to keep most of the villains put.]]

* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler: Demon tries to convince Damien to stop his plan to become Transcendent of Life, telling him it will only lead to the same tragedy that befell their home Masteria. However, by this point Damien is to DrunkOnTheDarkSide to stop and attacks Demon.]]

* CompleteMonster: Well, what do you expect from someone who [[spoiler: assasinated his own loyal comrade, then killed Suu and to make it worse, he was planning to use a big ammount of bombs to mind control the people and even, according to the research from him, kill some of them]] and treates his creations as objects???

* DatingCatwoman: Almost, but not quite. Resistance member Elex has a crush on Black Wing watchman and technician Leonore, but his attempts to woo her become {{Epic Fail}}s. (For example, he cooks Serpent Tails for her and tells the player to bring them to her, but she's disgusted because she thinks Serpents are "cute loveable creatures".)
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Not only do most of the Black Wings in the mine trust the player entirely (most of the time) their biggest asset is also a liability. [[spoiler:They keep the Council President of Eidenstein in line by holding his daughter Gabriel hostage, but Gabriel is feeding the Resistance information while still a prisoner, going so far as to refuse rescue in order to keep most of the villains put.]]

* DevotedToYou: Is even willing to listen to [[HillywoodToneDeaf Alpha and Beta]] sing for the whole day.

* HeroKiller: Managed to infiltrate Ereve and kill Shinsoo, but was thwarted by Cygnus awakening her powers.

!!Spiegelmann

A portly man of unknown origin who runs the Monster Carnival and Monster Park. He's generally cheerful and runs these places to help train warriors but nothing is known about him. Photographs of him dating back to the era of the Black Mage have been found, however.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Thus far, there are no quests or storylines that involve fighting him directly.

* {{Shapeshifter}}: In Phantom's storyline, her attempt to usurp Cygnus would have worked had the Phantom [[ImposterForgotOneDetail hot had the true Skaia]]; hers being fake was the only flaw in her disguise.