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* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously based on Fio (''Unlimited'' sharing the same author with the ''Sword of the Unicorn'' novels). Both are {{Amnesiac Hero}}es who carry a mysterious item and develop a close relationship with one of the Vance sisters.
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* {{Synchronization}}: Of the most awkward type possible. Cathedral is synchronized with ''his crotch''. So whenever someone touches the flute, he feels like they are touching his intimate parts.
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* NiceGuy: Doesn't hold a grudge against Airi for trying to capture him, and goes out of his way to help Tomoe with Cathedral even though he gets nothing from it.
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: In his mind, all Leina needs to learn is how to succeed him. Anything else about the world is unnecessary.
* KarmaHoudini: He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment for his actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for the way he treats his daughters.
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* KarmaHoudini: He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment for his actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for the way he treats his daughters.
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* MinorMajorCharacter: One of the most powerful nobleman in the Continent, but he only appears in the story when his daughters need some family drama.
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* FreudianExcuse: The reason he refuses to let Tiina go to the surface and meet people with legs is because his wife was killed by them.
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!! Michel Rivaranciel
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A new character introduced in ''Unlimited''. Michel is a young boy with amnesia who owns a mysterious flute known as "Cathedral".
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A new character introduced in ''Unlimited''. Michel is a young boy with amnesia who owns a mysterious flute known as "Cathedral".Seabed King
The ruler of the Seabed Kingdom and Tiina's father.
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* BadassBeard: A pretty big, white one, fitting for a king.
* CoolCrown: Has a very lavish crown.
* {{Expy}}: In terms of physical appearance, he is clearly based on [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]].
* LargeAndInCharge: He is much bigger than a normal human and is the king of the Seabed Kingdom.
* MakingASplash: Can control water, and his powers seem to be much stronger than his daughter's.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never revealed.
* PointedEars: Just like his daughter.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: He wields a very big trident.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Subverted. He is perfectly willing to fight in the Queen's Blade himself if someone from his kingdom must participate, but the tournament is for women only.
* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of the second Grimoire OVA, he finally recognizes that Tiina has grown up into a strong fighter and can handle herself, so he allows her to go to the land to fight in the tournament and chase her dreams.
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A new character introduced in ''Unlimited''. Michel is a young boy with amnesia who owns a mysterious flute known as "Cathedral".
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* CoolCrown: Has a very lavish crown.
* {{Expy}}: In terms of physical appearance, he is clearly based on [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]].
* LargeAndInCharge: He is much bigger than a normal human and is the king of the Seabed Kingdom.
* MakingASplash: Can control water, and his powers seem to be much stronger than his daughter's.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never revealed.
* PointedEars: Just like his daughter.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: He wields a very big trident.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Subverted. He is perfectly willing to fight in the Queen's Blade himself if someone from his kingdom must participate, but the tournament is for women only.
* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of the second Grimoire OVA, he finally recognizes that Tiina has grown up into a strong fighter and can handle herself, so he allows her to go to the land to fight in the tournament and chase her dreams.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: All the time. Given [[MsFanservice what kind of women]] he hangs out with, one can hardly blame the kid.
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!!Setra
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The Living Scepter of Menace.
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The Living Scepter of Menace.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Sort of. The ''Unlimited'' reboot changed him from Living Scepter to Living Ring.
* DirtyOldMan: Has the personality of one, at least.
* MeaningfulName: And also PunnyName, his name is a combination between the Spanish word "cetro" (Scepter) and the name of the tragedy ''Sethona'', written by the Scottish orientalist Alexander Dow and based in Menes, whose name Menace is based of.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Menace, although he can't play this trope completely straight because Menace herself isn't human anymore.
* SatelliteCharacter: Outside of being Menace's NonHumanSidekick, his only character trait is being a pervert.
* UndyingLoyalty: Quite literally towards Menace. She died, came BackFromTheDead, and he is still faithfully following her.
* DirtyOldMan: Has the personality of one, at least.
* MeaningfulName: And also PunnyName, his name is a combination between the Spanish word "cetro" (Scepter) and the name of the tragedy ''Sethona'', written by the Scottish orientalist Alexander Dow and based in Menes, whose name Menace is based of.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Menace, although he can't play this trope completely straight because Menace herself isn't human anymore.
* SatelliteCharacter: Outside of being Menace's NonHumanSidekick, his only character trait is being a pervert.
* UndyingLoyalty: Quite literally towards Menace. She died, came BackFromTheDead, and he is still faithfully following her.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Sort of. The ''Unlimited'' reboot changed him from Living Scepter to Living Ring.
* DirtyOldMan: Has{{Expy}}: Possibly (in the personality anime version), of [[http://hokuto.wikia.com/wiki/Tesshin_Kasumi Tesshin Kasumi]], [[Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky Kenshiro Kasumi's father.]]
* TheGhost: Just like Owen, he never appeared in any adaptation excluding the animated one,at least.
* MeaningfulName: And also PunnyName, his name is a combination between the Spanish word "cetro" (Scepter) and the name of the tragedy ''Sethona'', written by the Scottish orientalist Alexander Dow and based in Menes, whose name Menace is based of.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Menace,although he's partly visible in the ''Hide And Seek'' manga and the videogames. Also, his physical description is different between adaptations.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with: we don't see his face in the first episodes, but hecan't play this trope completely appears entirely in the rest of the series (and later plays an important role for the CharacterDevelopment of his daughters). It's still played straight because Menace herself isn't human anymore.
in the original gamebooks, the videogames (he appears as a shadow, but his silhouette is identical to his form in the anime) and the manga (same as the videogame, albeit with a different character design).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cruel to Claudette, but he still worries about her in his own way.
* KarmaHoudini: He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment for his actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for the way he treats his daughters.
* SatelliteCharacter:Outside of being Menace's NonHumanSidekick, his only His entire character trait is being a pervert.
* UndyingLoyalty: Quite literally towards Menace. She died, came BackFromTheDead,revolves around his relationship with his daughters and wife. Remove those four and he is still faithfully following her.becomes a non-character.
* UnnamedParent: We only know his last name, but not his full name.
* DirtyOldMan: Has
* TheGhost: Just like Owen, he never appeared in any adaptation excluding the animated one,
* MeaningfulName: And also PunnyName, his name is a combination between the Spanish word "cetro" (Scepter) and the name of the tragedy ''Sethona'', written by the Scottish orientalist Alexander Dow and based in Menes, whose name Menace is based of.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Menace,
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with: we don't see his face in the first episodes, but he
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cruel to Claudette, but he still worries about her in his own way.
* KarmaHoudini: He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment for his actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for the way he treats his daughters.
* SatelliteCharacter:
* UndyingLoyalty: Quite literally towards Menace. She died, came BackFromTheDead,
* UnnamedParent: We only know his last name, but not his full name.
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Cattleya and Owen's only son, who tags along with his mother.
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->'''Title:''' The Holy Warrior (anime), The Master Swordswoman[[note]]''Kensei'' or Sword Saint[[/note]] (Gamebook continuity), The Beast Princess (novels)
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* AscendedExtra: From being a minor character in Cattleya's backstory whose only role was being TheLoad for her mother to having an independent role and CharacterDevelopment in the animated adaptations.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts showing signs of growth after his time with Airi, becoming more reliable and focused.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: You'd be forgiven if you thought he was girl at first. Justified due to him being very young.
* {{Expy}}: Has a passing resemblance with Taro from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''.
** And just like his mom, he shares some backgrounds with Ohgami Daigoro from ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', except he's not an assassin like Daigoro.
* GenreBlind:[[spoiler:He's affected by this in the [=OVAs=], when he tries to go after Airi, forgotting he's JustAKid and the fact that, being a male, he doesn't have a place in a female-oriented society]].
* HumanShield: His mother uses him as a shield sometimes and he doesn't seem to mind.
* TheLoad: Rana literally hangs off of Cattleya during battles, often in inconvenient positions.
* MoeCouplet: With his mother Cattleya, as well as Airi.
* MommasBoy: Adores his mother, and she loves him just as much.
* MoralityPet: For Airi, being the first human she shows some kindness to.
* TagalongKid: Follows his mother as she goes to fight in the tournament.
* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is the Spanish word for ''frog''.
* VagueAge: Averted, as Hobby Japan have explicitly stated he's 7 years old, even if the art in many adaptations [[DependingOnTheArtist depicts him a bit older than he should be]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts showing signs of growth after his time with Airi, becoming more reliable and focused.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: You'd be forgiven if you thought he was girl at first. Justified due to him being very young.
* {{Expy}}: Has a passing resemblance with Taro from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''.
** And just like his mom, he shares some backgrounds with Ohgami Daigoro from ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', except he's not an assassin like Daigoro.
* GenreBlind:[[spoiler:He's affected by this in the [=OVAs=], when he tries to go after Airi, forgotting he's JustAKid and the fact that, being a male, he doesn't have a place in a female-oriented society]].
* HumanShield: His mother uses him as a shield sometimes and he doesn't seem to mind.
* TheLoad: Rana literally hangs off of Cattleya during battles, often in inconvenient positions.
* MoeCouplet: With his mother Cattleya, as well as Airi.
* MommasBoy: Adores his mother, and she loves him just as much.
* MoralityPet: For Airi, being the first human she shows some kindness to.
* TagalongKid: Follows his mother as she goes to fight in the tournament.
* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is the Spanish word for ''frog''.
* VagueAge: Averted, as Hobby Japan have explicitly stated he's 7 years old, even if the art in many adaptations [[DependingOnTheArtist depicts him a bit older than he should be]].
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* AscendedExtra: From being a minor character in Cattleya's backstory whose only role was being TheLoad for BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Swamp Witch revives her mother to having an independent role and CharacterDevelopment in the animated adaptations.
novels...]]
*CharacterDevelopment: Starts showing signs of growth after his time CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:...with Airi, becoming more reliable and focused.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: You'd be forgiven if you thought he was girl at first. Justified due to himthe added skill of being very young.
able to transform herself into a weretigress.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Her death is the reason why everyone in the Vance family (minus Leina, to a degree) is so mentally scarred.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her death becomes the motivation for Leina to become a warrior at the beginning of the series.
* {{Expy}}:Has Besides looking a passing resemblance lot like Leina, background-wise she shares many quirks with Taro ''Marie'' Heinlein, Geese Howard's wife and Rock Howard's mother from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''.
** And[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]], since both were blondes, their respectives sons loved them and their respective deaths affected their sons even as grown-ups. [[MultipleChoicePast Depending of the continuity]], she died fighting (anime) or died of an illness (manga), just like his mom, he shares Marie Heinlein died in ''Garou''.
** In the novels [[spoiler:she is an expy of both Marie and her husband ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]]'' when the Swamp Witch brings her back to life]].
* KilledOffScreen: The animated series is the only adaptation that even shows the aftermath of her death in a flashback scene, when somebackgrounds with Ohgami Daigoro from ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', except he's not soldiers bring to her husband her blood-stained armor.
* TheLostLenore: For everyone in her family.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was this when alive.
* MeaningfulName: OK, her name is ''Maria'' and her battle name is ''The Holy Warrior''. [[Literature/TheBible Where I heard about that before?]]
** Not to mention one of the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS many translations of Leina's battle name]] is ''The Exiled Virgin''.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the anime and the gamebooks, she died while fighting in a Queen's Blade tournament, but in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga she died due to anassassin like Daigoro.
illness instead.
*GenreBlind:[[spoiler:He's affected by NotSoSmallRole: As you can see, despite dying before the events of the series began, she plays a very important role in the development of her daughters and husband. [[spoiler:She is a more literal example of this in the [=OVAs=], when he tries to go after Airi, forgotting he's JustAKid and novels, where the fact that, being a male, he doesn't have a place in a female-oriented society]].
* HumanShield: His mother uses him as a shield sometimes and he doesn't seemSwamp Witch brings her back to mind.
life.]]
*TheLoad: Rana literally hangs off of Cattleya during battles, often in inconvenient positions.
* MoeCouplet: With his mother Cattleya, as well as Airi.
* MommasBoy: Adores his mother, and she loves him just as much.
* MoralityPet: For Airi, beingPosthumousCharacter: Her death affected the first human she shows some kindness to.
* TagalongKid: Follows his motherwhole Vance family ''really hard'', to the degree her daughters are still ''dealing'' about the topic as she goes to fight grown-ups.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Even more than her husband in thetournament.
* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is''Hide and Seek'' manga, since we don't see her face there, only her body, but averted later in the Spanish word for ''frog''.
* VagueAge: Averted, as Hobby Japan have explicitly stated he's 7 years old, even ifsecond season of the art anime and in many adaptations [[DependingOnTheArtist depicts him the novels.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She's basically Leina as an adult, with long hair and without Leina's braids. Averted in the novels, where she looks different from Leina.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: According to Echidna in the QB's novelizations, she considers her as abit older than he should be]]."kindred spirit" and as a really nice woman in her lifetime. In fact, it's implied her death also affected ''Echidna'' in some way, since she's trying to protect her daughters in her own way, no matter what.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: You'd be forgiven if you thought he was girl at first. Justified due to him
* CynicismCatalyst: Her death is the reason why everyone in the Vance family (minus Leina, to a degree) is so mentally scarred.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her death becomes the motivation for Leina to become a warrior at the beginning of the series.
* {{Expy}}:
** And
** In the novels [[spoiler:she is an expy of both Marie and her husband ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]]'' when the Swamp Witch brings her back to life]].
* KilledOffScreen: The animated series is the only adaptation that even shows the aftermath of her death in a flashback scene, when some
* TheLostLenore: For everyone in her family.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was this when alive.
* MeaningfulName: OK, her name is ''Maria'' and her battle name is ''The Holy Warrior''. [[Literature/TheBible Where I heard about that before?]]
** Not to mention one of the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS many translations of Leina's battle name]] is ''The Exiled Virgin''.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the anime and the gamebooks, she died while fighting in a Queen's Blade tournament, but in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga she died due to an
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* HumanShield: His mother uses him as a shield sometimes and he doesn't seem
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* MoeCouplet: With his mother Cattleya, as well as Airi.
* MommasBoy: Adores his mother, and she loves him just as much.
* MoralityPet: For Airi, being
* TagalongKid: Follows his mother
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Even more than her husband in the
* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is
* VagueAge: Averted, as Hobby Japan have explicitly stated he's 7 years old, even if
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She's basically Leina as an adult, with long hair and without Leina's braids. Averted in the novels, where she looks different from Leina.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: According to Echidna in the QB's novelizations, she considers her as a
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Cattleya's missing husband and Rana's father.
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* TheBlacksmith: Became one alongside his wife after retiring.
* DisappearedDad: For Rana, albeit the story gives more focus to him being a Disappeared Husband.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Aldra had him in her clutches for who knows how long]].
* {{Expy}}: Of his own son Rana, and also of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, possibly. He's also possibly inspired, taking into account how Cattleya describes him in the original gamebook continuity, in Xemn Worzen from ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'' (aka ''Dragon Slayer 4: Drasle Family'' in Japan), except Owen uses swords, compared with Xemn's axes and he doesn't have a mustache like Xemn.
* TheGhost: Despite being the main motivation for Cattleya entering the tournament, he never appeared physically in any adaptation, excluding the animated one, and his physical description according with Cattleya in other continuities is different from the anime, including having a mustache and scars.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't see his face (only his body) in most entries of the franchise. He finally appears in the final episode of the second season of the anime, but this is played straight again in the 3rd OVA, when we can only see his back.
* InformedAbility: For the man said be a Dragon Slayer, he sure didn't get to show such abilities. [[spoiler:We don't even know how Aldra defeated him in the first place. Did he put a fight or was easily overthrown? This is never answered]].
* RetiredBadass: The story says so... but we don't get see how badass he was, only that he retired to become a blacksmith.
* SatelliteCharacter: Given how little characterization Owen has, if any at all; it merely serves to stabilish Cattleya as an ActionMom and give her a reason to compete on the Queen's Blade. She had to consumate with a man for Rana to exist after all.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the anime, he is not wearing a shirt when he finally appears.
* DisappearedDad: For Rana, albeit the story gives more focus to him being a Disappeared Husband.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Aldra had him in her clutches for who knows how long]].
* {{Expy}}: Of his own son Rana, and also of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, possibly. He's also possibly inspired, taking into account how Cattleya describes him in the original gamebook continuity, in Xemn Worzen from ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'' (aka ''Dragon Slayer 4: Drasle Family'' in Japan), except Owen uses swords, compared with Xemn's axes and he doesn't have a mustache like Xemn.
* TheGhost: Despite being the main motivation for Cattleya entering the tournament, he never appeared physically in any adaptation, excluding the animated one, and his physical description according with Cattleya in other continuities is different from the anime, including having a mustache and scars.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't see his face (only his body) in most entries of the franchise. He finally appears in the final episode of the second season of the anime, but this is played straight again in the 3rd OVA, when we can only see his back.
* InformedAbility: For the man said be a Dragon Slayer, he sure didn't get to show such abilities. [[spoiler:We don't even know how Aldra defeated him in the first place. Did he put a fight or was easily overthrown? This is never answered]].
* RetiredBadass: The story says so... but we don't get see how badass he was, only that he retired to become a blacksmith.
* SatelliteCharacter: Given how little characterization Owen has, if any at all; it merely serves to stabilish Cattleya as an ActionMom and give her a reason to compete on the Queen's Blade. She had to consumate with a man for Rana to exist after all.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the anime, he is not wearing a shirt when he finally appears.
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* TheBlacksmith: Became one alongside his wife after retiring.
AdaptationSpeciesChange: Sort of. The ''Unlimited'' reboot changed him from Living Scepter to Living Ring.
*DisappearedDad: For Rana, albeit DirtyOldMan: Has the story gives more focus to him being a Disappeared Husband.
personality of one, at least.
*DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Aldra had him in her clutches for who knows how long]].
* {{Expy}}: Of his own son Rana, andMeaningfulName: And also of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, possibly. He's also possibly inspired, taking into account how Cattleya describes him in PunnyName, his name is a combination between the original gamebook continuity, in Xemn Worzen from ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'' (aka ''Dragon Slayer 4: Drasle Family'' in Japan), except Owen uses swords, compared with Xemn's axes Spanish word "cetro" (Scepter) and he doesn't have a mustache like Xemn.
* TheGhost: Despite beingthe main motivation for Cattleya entering the tournament, he never appeared physically in any adaptation, excluding the animated one, and his physical description according with Cattleya in other continuities is different from the anime, including having a mustache and scars.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't see his face (only his body) in most entriesname of the franchise. He finally appears in tragedy ''Sethona'', written by the final episode of the second season of the anime, but Scottish orientalist Alexander Dow and based in Menes, whose name Menace is based of.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Menace, although he can't play thisis played trope completely straight again in the 3rd OVA, when we can only see his back.
* InformedAbility: For the man said be a Dragon Slayer, he sure didn't get to show such abilities. [[spoiler:We don't even know how Aldra defeated him in the first place. Did he put a fight or was easily overthrown? This is never answered]].
* RetiredBadass: The story says so... but we don't get see how badass he was, only that he retired to become a blacksmith.
because Menace herself isn't human anymore.
* SatelliteCharacter:Given how little characterization Owen has, if any at all; it merely serves to stabilish Cattleya as an ActionMom Outside of being Menace's NonHumanSidekick, his only character trait is being a pervert.
* UndyingLoyalty: Quite literally towards Menace. She died, came BackFromTheDead, andgive her a reason to compete on the Queen's Blade. She had to consumate with a man for Rana to exist after all.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the anime,he is not wearing a shirt when he finally appears.still faithfully following her.
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* {{Expy}}: Of his own son Rana, and
* TheGhost: Despite being
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't see his face (only his body) in most entries
* NonHumanSidekick: To Menace, although he can't play this
* InformedAbility: For the man said be a Dragon Slayer, he sure didn't get to show such abilities. [[spoiler:We don't even know how Aldra defeated him in the first place. Did he put a fight or was easily overthrown? This is never answered]].
* RetiredBadass: The story says so... but we don't get see how badass he was, only that he retired to become a blacksmith.
* SatelliteCharacter:
* UndyingLoyalty: Quite literally towards Menace. She died, came BackFromTheDead, and
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the anime,
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Claudette, Leina and Elina's father and a powerful nobleman.
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Claudette, Leina and Elina's father and a powerful nobleman.
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->'''Title:''' The Scorpion of Amara
A girl from the Kingdom of Sadler (the rival kingdom from Amara, the one who Menace hails from) who becomes Menace personal martial arts trainer (and possibly her lover). She was actually [[TheMole a mole from her kingdom]] who ended off betraying her and
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* {{Expy}}: Possibly (in the anime version), of [[http://hokuto.wikia.com/wiki/Tesshin_Kasumi Tesshin Kasumi]], [[Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky Kenshiro Kasumi's father.]]
* TheGhost: Just like Owen, he never appeared in any adaptation excluding the animated one, although he's partly visible in the ''Hide And Seek'' manga and the videogames. Also, his physical description is different between adaptations.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with: we don't see his face in the first episodes, but he appears entirely in the rest of the series (and later plays an important role for the CharacterDevelopment of his daughters). It's still played straight in the original gamebooks, the videogames (he appears as a shadow, but his silhouette is identical to his form in the anime) and the manga (same as the videogame, albeit with a different character design).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cruel to Claudette, but he still worries about her in his own way.
* KarmaHoudini: He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment for his actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for the way he treats his daughters.
* SatelliteCharacter: His entire character revolves around his relationship with his daughters and wife. Remove those four and he becomes a non-character.
* UnnamedParent: We only know his last name, but not his full name.
* TheGhost: Just like Owen, he never appeared in any adaptation excluding the animated one, although he's partly visible in the ''Hide And Seek'' manga and the videogames. Also, his physical description is different between adaptations.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with: we don't see his face in the first episodes, but he appears entirely in the rest of the series (and later plays an important role for the CharacterDevelopment of his daughters). It's still played straight in the original gamebooks, the videogames (he appears as a shadow, but his silhouette is identical to his form in the anime) and the manga (same as the videogame, albeit with a different character design).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cruel to Claudette, but he still worries about her in his own way.
* KarmaHoudini: He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment for his actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for the way he treats his daughters.
* SatelliteCharacter: His entire character revolves around his relationship with his daughters and wife. Remove those four and he becomes a non-character.
* UnnamedParent: We only know his last name, but not his full name.
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* CanonForeigner: Beside a brief, voiceless, cameo in the TV series in Menace's flashbacks, she only appears in ''Queen's Blade Bitoshi Retsuden: Tome of the Ancient Princess'' backstory about Menace.
* {{Expy}}:Possibly (in the anime version), Backstory-wise, of [[http://hokuto.wikia.com/wiki/Tesshin_Kasumi Tesshin Kasumi]], [[Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky Kenshiro Kasumi's father.]]
Ougai (Souther's sensei) from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
*TheGhost: Just like Owen, he never appeared in any adaptation excluding the animated one, although he's partly visible in the ''Hide And Seek'' manga and the videogames. Also, his physical description is different between adaptations.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with: we don't see his face in the first episodes, but he appears entirely in the rest of the series (andFalseFriend: She pretended to care about Menace just to be close to her. She later plays an important role for the CharacterDevelopment of his daughters). It's still played straight in the original gamebooks, the videogames (he appears as a shadow, but his silhouette is identical to his form in the anime) turns her and the manga (same as the videogame, albeit with a different character design).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cruel to Claudette, but he still worries abouther in his own way.
country into mince meat.
* KarmaHoudini:He's pretty lucky that Claudette, despite hating nobility She managed to destroy Amara and disliking the way he treats her, still loves him, even if she had the chance of kill him [[spoiler:or let him die at Risty's hands]] if Menace and her family, and it seems she wanted it, especially when he arrested her for not being able to bring Leina back. Ironically, he does loses his power at never got the end of the anime series, but that's due to hatred against what his ancestors did rather than punishment she deserved.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS deformation]] of the Spanish and Portuguese word ''Analista'' (Analyst). Since her job is being TheMole forhis actions. Ultimately he never gets any direct comeuppance for her kingdom, it's quite fitting.
* TheMole: A mole of the Kingdom of Sadler who ultimately managed to destroy the rival kingdom of Amara.
* TrojanHorse: The wayhe treats his daughters.
* SatelliteCharacter: His entire character revolves around his relationshiphow she brings Sadler's army to Amara using a gift box, symbolizing their surrender towards Amara. Crosses with his daughters and wife. Remove those four and he becomes ISurrenderSuckers.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Specifically, she turned against her queen (and possibly lover) Menace.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She used ProfessionalWrestling moves, which is anon-character.
* UnnamedParent: We only know his last name, but not his full name.very odd choice of fighting style, since her student Menace's fighting style resemble [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Souther's Nanto Ho'ou-ken]] instead.
* {{Expy}}:
*
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with: we don't see his face in the first episodes, but he appears entirely in the rest of the series (and
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cruel to Claudette, but he still worries about
* KarmaHoudini:
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS deformation]] of the Spanish and Portuguese word ''Analista'' (Analyst). Since her job is being TheMole for
* TheMole: A mole of the Kingdom of Sadler who ultimately managed to destroy the rival kingdom of Amara.
* TrojanHorse: The way
* SatelliteCharacter: His entire character revolves around his relationship
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Specifically, she turned against her queen (and possibly lover) Menace.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She used ProfessionalWrestling moves, which is a
* UnnamedParent: We only know his last name, but not his full name.
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A knight-in-training in the Vance household, appointed by Claudette to serve as a retainer to Elina during the course of the Queen's Blade Tournament. Appears only in the ''Hide & Seek'' manga.
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Cattleya and Owen's only
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* CanonForeigner: An original character of the ''Hide & Seek'' manga.
* {{Expy}}: The author admits in the last volume of the manga that Florelle was based on Fio from the ''Sword of The Unicorn'' novels, [[spoiler:except she is a girl dressing as a boy, rather than a boy dressed as a girl.]]
* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me!]]: Causes this kind of reaction in some of the female characters.
* IOweYouMyLife: He's thankful for Claudette for saving him and thus continue to serve her and her sisters despite how bad Elina treats him.
* NaiveNewcomer: To the world of Queen's Blade in general. Florelle doesn't know much about the tournament and has a rather naive view of how the world works.
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:At the end of the manga it's revealed that Florelle is actually a girl.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In the QB Rebellion's manga adaptation, she joins the Assasins of the Fang when Elina becomes their leader.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Elina. Despite her being a big BadBoss, Florelle never even considers abandoning her.
* {{Expy}}: The author admits in the last volume of the manga that Florelle was based on Fio from the ''Sword of The Unicorn'' novels, [[spoiler:except she is a girl dressing as a boy, rather than a boy dressed as a girl.]]
* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me!]]: Causes this kind of reaction in some of the female characters.
* IOweYouMyLife: He's thankful for Claudette for saving him and thus continue to serve her and her sisters despite how bad Elina treats him.
* NaiveNewcomer: To the world of Queen's Blade in general. Florelle doesn't know much about the tournament and has a rather naive view of how the world works.
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:At the end of the manga it's revealed that Florelle is actually a girl.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In the QB Rebellion's manga adaptation, she joins the Assasins of the Fang when Elina becomes their leader.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Elina. Despite her being a big BadBoss, Florelle never even considers abandoning her.
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* CanonForeigner: An original AscendedExtra: From being a minor character of in Cattleya's backstory whose only role was being TheLoad for her mother to having an independent role and CharacterDevelopment in the ''Hide & Seek'' manga.
animated adaptations.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts showing signs of growth after his time with Airi, becoming more reliable and focused.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: You'd be forgiven if you thought he was girl at first. Justified due to him being very young.
* {{Expy}}:The author admits Has a passing resemblance with Taro from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''.
** And just like his mom, he shares some backgrounds with Ohgami Daigoro from ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', except he's not an assassin like Daigoro.
* GenreBlind:[[spoiler:He's affected by this in thelast volume of [=OVAs=], when he tries to go after Airi, forgotting he's JustAKid and the manga that Florelle was based on Fio from the ''Sword of The Unicorn'' novels, [[spoiler:except she is fact that, being a girl dressing as a boy, rather than a boy dressed as a girl.]]
* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me!]]: Causes this kind of reaction in some of the female characters.
* IOweYouMyLife: He's thankful for Claudette for saving him and thus continue to serve her and her sisters despite how bad Elina treats him.
* NaiveNewcomer: To the world of Queen's Blade in general. Florellemale, he doesn't know much about the tournament have a place in a female-oriented society]].
* HumanShield: His mother uses him as a shield sometimes andhas a rather naive view he doesn't seem to mind.
* TheLoad: Rana literally hangs off ofhow the world works.
Cattleya during battles, often in inconvenient positions.
*SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:At the end of the manga it's revealed that Florelle is actually a girl.]]
MoeCouplet: With his mother Cattleya, as well as Airi.
*TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In the QB Rebellion's manga adaptation, MommasBoy: Adores his mother, and she joins the Assasins of the Fang when Elina becomes their leader.]]
loves him just as much.
*UndyingLoyalty: To Elina. Despite her MoralityPet: For Airi, being a big BadBoss, Florelle never the first human she shows some kindness to.
* TagalongKid: Follows his mother as she goes to fight in the tournament.
* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is the Spanish word for ''frog''.
* VagueAge: Averted, as Hobby Japan have explicitly stated he's 7 years old, evenconsiders abandoning her.if the art in many adaptations [[DependingOnTheArtist depicts him a bit older than he should be]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts showing signs of growth after his time with Airi, becoming more reliable and focused.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: You'd be forgiven if you thought he was girl at first. Justified due to him being very young.
* {{Expy}}:
** And just like his mom, he shares some backgrounds with Ohgami Daigoro from ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', except he's not an assassin like Daigoro.
* GenreBlind:[[spoiler:He's affected by this in the
* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me!]]: Causes this kind of reaction in some of the female characters.
* IOweYouMyLife: He's thankful for Claudette for saving him and thus continue to serve her and her sisters despite how bad Elina treats him.
* NaiveNewcomer: To the world of Queen's Blade in general. Florelle
* HumanShield: His mother uses him as a shield sometimes and
* TheLoad: Rana literally hangs off of
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* TagalongKid: Follows his mother as she goes to fight in the tournament.
* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is the Spanish word for ''frog''.
* VagueAge: Averted, as Hobby Japan have explicitly stated he's 7 years old, even
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->'''Title:''' The Brave Angel
Nanael's best friend and MoralityPet.
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->'''Title:''' The Brave Angel
Nanael's best friend and MoralityPet.
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* ActionGirl: Subverted: she's the only female with no combat experience. [[spoiler:At least until the 5th OVA.]]
* [[ByTheBookCop By-the-Book Angel]]: Unlike Nanael, she follows the laws of the heaven to the core, no matter what. [[spoiler:Even if that means trying to kill her friend Nanael after she becomes a FallenAngel, albeit Nanael attacked her first]].
* CanonForeigner: She's an anime-exclusive character.
* {{Expy}}: She looks like an angelic version of [[Manga/ToLoveRu Momo Velia Deviluke]]. What makes it funnier is that Momo has a twin sister named ''Nana''.
** She's also an expy from an angel named Liliel who's only named (but never appeared) in Nanael's ending epilogue after failing to win the tournament in the gamebooks' continuity.
** She also resembles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Hachi" ("eight" in Japanese).
* {{Keigo}}: She's very polite towards everyone, even with Nanael, who is her ''junior''.
* MoralityPet: For Nanael, being one of the few people she treats remotely decently.
* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire character revolves around Nanael.
* SenpaiKohai: Interestingly enough, despite being Nanael's senior, she address her (in the Japanese version) as ''Nanael-san''. [[spoiler:She dropped this for a moment, when Nanael become a FallenAngel in the 5th OVA.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As a result of Nanael being DemotedToExtra, she doesn't appear in the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion''.
* [[ByTheBookCop By-the-Book Angel]]: Unlike Nanael, she follows the laws of the heaven to the core, no matter what. [[spoiler:Even if that means trying to kill her friend Nanael after she becomes a FallenAngel, albeit Nanael attacked her first]].
* CanonForeigner: She's an anime-exclusive character.
* {{Expy}}: She looks like an angelic version of [[Manga/ToLoveRu Momo Velia Deviluke]]. What makes it funnier is that Momo has a twin sister named ''Nana''.
** She's also an expy from an angel named Liliel who's only named (but never appeared) in Nanael's ending epilogue after failing to win the tournament in the gamebooks' continuity.
** She also resembles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Hachi" ("eight" in Japanese).
* {{Keigo}}: She's very polite towards everyone, even with Nanael, who is her ''junior''.
* MoralityPet: For Nanael, being one of the few people she treats remotely decently.
* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire character revolves around Nanael.
* SenpaiKohai: Interestingly enough, despite being Nanael's senior, she address her (in the Japanese version) as ''Nanael-san''. [[spoiler:She dropped this for a moment, when Nanael become a FallenAngel in the 5th OVA.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As a result of Nanael being DemotedToExtra, she doesn't appear in the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion''.
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* ActionGirl: Subverted: she's the only female with no combat experience. [[spoiler:At least until the 5th OVA.]]
* [[ByTheBookCop By-the-Book Angel]]: Unlike Nanael, she follows the laws of the heaven to the core, no matter what. [[spoiler:Even if that means trying to kill her friend NanaelTheBlacksmith: Became one alongside his wife after she becomes a FallenAngel, retiring.
* DisappearedDad: For Rana, albeitNanael attacked the story gives more focus to him being a Disappeared Husband.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Aldra had him in herfirst]].
* CanonForeigner: She's an anime-exclusive character.
clutches for who knows how long]].
* {{Expy}}:She looks like an angelic version of [[Manga/ToLoveRu Momo Velia Deviluke]]. What makes it funnier is that Momo has a twin sister named ''Nana''.
** She'sOf his own son Rana, and also an expy from an angel named Liliel who's only named (but never appeared) in Nanael's ending epilogue after failing to win the tournament of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian, possibly. He's also possibly inspired, taking into account how Cattleya describes him in the gamebooks' continuity.
** She also resembles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Hachi" ("eight"original gamebook continuity, in Japanese).
* {{Keigo}}: She's very polite towards everyone, evenXemn Worzen from ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'' (aka ''Dragon Slayer 4: Drasle Family'' in Japan), except Owen uses swords, compared with Nanael, who is her ''junior''.
Xemn's axes and he doesn't have a mustache like Xemn.
*MoralityPet: For Nanael, TheGhost: Despite being one the main motivation for Cattleya entering the tournament, he never appeared physically in any adaptation, excluding the animated one, and his physical description according with Cattleya in other continuities is different from the anime, including having a mustache and scars.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't see his face (only his body) in most entries of thefew people she treats remotely decently.
franchise. He finally appears in the final episode of the second season of the anime, but this is played straight again in the 3rd OVA, when we can only see his back.
* InformedAbility: For the man said be a Dragon Slayer, he sure didn't get to show such abilities. [[spoiler:We don't even know how Aldra defeated him in the first place. Did he put a fight or was easily overthrown? This is never answered]].
* RetiredBadass: The story says so... but we don't get see how badass he was, only that he retired to become a blacksmith.
* SatelliteCharacter:Her entire character revolves around Nanael.
* SenpaiKohai: Interestingly enough, despite being Nanael's senior, she addressGiven how little characterization Owen has, if any at all; it merely serves to stabilish Cattleya as an ActionMom and give her (in a reason to compete on the Japanese version) as ''Nanael-san''. [[spoiler:She dropped this Queen's Blade. She had to consumate with a man for Rana to exist after all.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the anime, he is not wearing amoment, shirt when Nanael become a FallenAngel in the 5th OVA.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As a result of Nanael being DemotedToExtra, she doesn't appear in the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion''.he finally appears.
* [[ByTheBookCop By-the-Book Angel]]: Unlike Nanael, she follows the laws of the heaven to the core, no matter what. [[spoiler:Even if that means trying to kill her friend Nanael
* DisappearedDad: For Rana, albeit
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Aldra had him in her
* CanonForeigner: She's an anime-exclusive character.
* {{Expy}}:
** She's
** She also resembles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Hachi" ("eight"
* {{Keigo}}: She's very polite towards everyone, even
*
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't see his face (only his body) in most entries of the
* InformedAbility: For the man said be a Dragon Slayer, he sure didn't get to show such abilities. [[spoiler:We don't even know how Aldra defeated him in the first place. Did he put a fight or was easily overthrown? This is never answered]].
* RetiredBadass: The story says so... but we don't get see how badass he was, only that he retired to become a blacksmith.
* SatelliteCharacter:
* SenpaiKohai: Interestingly enough, despite being Nanael's senior, she address
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the anime, he is not wearing a
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As a result of Nanael being DemotedToExtra, she doesn't appear in the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion''.
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->'''Title:''' The Holy Warrior (anime), The Master Swordswoman[[note]]''Kensei'' or Sword Saint[[/note]] (Gamebook continuity), The Beast Princess (novels)
Leina and Elina's biological mother (as well as Claudette's stepmother) who died years before the events of the series.
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->'''Title:''' The Holy Warrior (anime), The Master Swordswoman[[note]]''Kensei'' or Sword Saint[[/note]] (Gamebook continuity), The Beast Princess (novels)
Leina and Elina's biological mother (as well as Claudette's stepmother) who died years before the events of the series.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Swamp Witch revives her in the novels...]]
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:...with the added skill of being able to transform herself into a weretigress.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Her death is the reason why everyone in the Vance family (minus Leina, to a degree) is so mentally scarred.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her death becomes the motivation for Leina to become a warrior at the beginning of the series.
* {{Expy}}: Besides looking a lot like Leina, background-wise she shares many quirks with ''Marie'' Heinlein, Geese Howard's wife and Rock Howard's mother from [[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]], since both were blondes, their respectives sons loved them and their respective deaths affected their sons even as grown-ups. [[MultipleChoicePast Depending of the continuity]], she died fighting (anime) or died of an illness (manga), just like Marie Heinlein died in ''Garou''.
** In the novels [[spoiler:she is an expy of both Marie and her husband ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]]'' when the Swamp Witch brings her back to life]].
* KilledOffScreen: The animated series is the only adaptation that even shows the aftermath of her death in a flashback scene, when some soldiers bring to her husband her blood-stained armor.
* TheLostLenore: For everyone in her family.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was this when alive.
* MeaningfulName: OK, her name is ''Maria'' and her battle name is ''The Holy Warrior''. [[Literature/TheBible Where I heard about that before?]]
** Not to mention one of the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS many translations of Leina's battle name]] is ''The Exiled Virgin''.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the anime and the gamebooks, she died while fighting in a Queen's Blade tournament, but in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga she died due to an illness instead.
* NotSoSmallRole: As you can see, despite dying before the events of the series began, she plays a very important role in the development of her daughters and husband. [[spoiler:She is a more literal example of this in the novels, where the Swamp Witch brings her back to life.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death affected the whole Vance family ''really hard'', to the degree her daughters are still ''dealing'' about the topic as grown-ups.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Even more than her husband in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga, since we don't see her face there, only her body, but averted later in the second season of the anime and in the novels.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She's basically Leina as an adult, with long hair and without Leina's braids. Averted in the novels, where she looks different from Leina.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: According to Echidna in the QB's novelizations, she considers her as a "kindred spirit" and as a really nice woman in her lifetime. In fact, it's implied her death also affected ''Echidna'' in some way, since she's trying to protect her daughters in her own way, no matter what.
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:...with the added skill of being able to transform herself into a weretigress.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Her death is the reason why everyone in the Vance family (minus Leina, to a degree) is so mentally scarred.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her death becomes the motivation for Leina to become a warrior at the beginning of the series.
* {{Expy}}: Besides looking a lot like Leina, background-wise she shares many quirks with ''Marie'' Heinlein, Geese Howard's wife and Rock Howard's mother from [[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]], since both were blondes, their respectives sons loved them and their respective deaths affected their sons even as grown-ups. [[MultipleChoicePast Depending of the continuity]], she died fighting (anime) or died of an illness (manga), just like Marie Heinlein died in ''Garou''.
** In the novels [[spoiler:she is an expy of both Marie and her husband ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]]'' when the Swamp Witch brings her back to life]].
* KilledOffScreen: The animated series is the only adaptation that even shows the aftermath of her death in a flashback scene, when some soldiers bring to her husband her blood-stained armor.
* TheLostLenore: For everyone in her family.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was this when alive.
* MeaningfulName: OK, her name is ''Maria'' and her battle name is ''The Holy Warrior''. [[Literature/TheBible Where I heard about that before?]]
** Not to mention one of the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS many translations of Leina's battle name]] is ''The Exiled Virgin''.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the anime and the gamebooks, she died while fighting in a Queen's Blade tournament, but in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga she died due to an illness instead.
* NotSoSmallRole: As you can see, despite dying before the events of the series began, she plays a very important role in the development of her daughters and husband. [[spoiler:She is a more literal example of this in the novels, where the Swamp Witch brings her back to life.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death affected the whole Vance family ''really hard'', to the degree her daughters are still ''dealing'' about the topic as grown-ups.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Even more than her husband in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga, since we don't see her face there, only her body, but averted later in the second season of the anime and in the novels.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She's basically Leina as an adult, with long hair and without Leina's braids. Averted in the novels, where she looks different from Leina.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: According to Echidna in the QB's novelizations, she considers her as a "kindred spirit" and as a really nice woman in her lifetime. In fact, it's implied her death also affected ''Echidna'' in some way, since she's trying to protect her daughters in her own way, no matter what.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Swamp Witch revives her AmnesiacHero: He doesn't remember much about his past. It's later revealed [[spoiler:he's the incarnation of the Great Unicorn, the King of the Sacred Beasts of Heaven]].
* CanonForeigner: An original character of the novels.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, that cute girl in a dress is a guy. Easy to see why Leina and the others mistook him for a girl in thenovels...beginning.
* {{Expy}}: Judging by his background, of [[Manga/SaintSeiya Andromeda Shun]], including both being effeminate, having IntimateHealing skills and [[spoiler:being a LivingMacGuffin, in Fio's case, of the Great Unicorn, just like Shun is one for Hades.]]
*CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:...with the added skill of being able to transform herself into a weretigress.]]
InSeriesNickname: Fio.
*CynicismCatalyst: Her death is the reason why everyone in the Vance family (minus Leina, to a degree) is so mentally scarred.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her death becomes the motivation for Leina to become a warrior at the beginning of the series.
* {{Expy}}: Besides looking a lot like Leina, background-wise she shares many quirks with ''Marie'' Heinlein, Geese Howard's wife and Rock Howard's mother from [[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]], since both were blondes, their respectives sons loved them and their respective deaths affected their sons even as grown-ups. [[MultipleChoicePast Depending of the continuity]], she died fighting (anime) or died of an illness (manga), just like Marie Heinlein died in ''Garou''.
** In the novels [[spoiler:she is an expy of both Marie and her husband ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]]'' when the Swamp Witch brings her back to life]].
* KilledOffScreen: The animated series isTheOneGuy: He's the only adaptation that even shows the aftermath of her death in a flashback scene, when some soldiers bring to her husband her blood-stained armor.
* TheLostLenore: For everyone in her family.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was this when alive.
* MeaningfulName: OK, her name is ''Maria'' and her battle name is ''The Holy Warrior''. [[Literature/TheBible Where I heard about that before?]]
** Not to mention one of the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS many translations of Leina's battle name]] is ''The Exiled Virgin''.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the anime and the gamebooks, she died while fighting in a Queen's Blade tournament, butrelevant male character in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga she died due to novel, but as an illness instead.
* NotSoSmallRole: As you can see, despite dying beforeinteresting quirk, he's the events of the series began, she plays a very important role only male who [[spoiler:has kissed Leina, something that doesn't happen in the development of her daughters and husband. [[spoiler:She is a more literal example of this in the novels, where the Swamp Witch brings her back to life.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death affected the whole Vance family ''really hard'', to the degree her daughters are still ''dealing'' about the topic as grown-ups.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Even more than her husband in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga, since we don't see her face there, only her body, but averted later in the second season of the anime and in the novels.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She's basically Leina as an adult, with long hair and without Leina's braids. Averted in the novels, where she looks different from Leina.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: According to Echidna in the QB's novelizations, she considers her as a "kindred spirit" and as a really nice woman in her lifetime. In fact, it's implied her death also affected ''Echidna'' in some way, since she's trying to protect her daughters in her own way, no matter what.regular continuity]].
* CanonForeigner: An original character of the novels.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, that cute girl in a dress is a guy. Easy to see why Leina and the others mistook him for a girl in the
* {{Expy}}: Judging by his background, of [[Manga/SaintSeiya Andromeda Shun]], including both being effeminate, having IntimateHealing skills and [[spoiler:being a LivingMacGuffin, in Fio's case, of the Great Unicorn, just like Shun is one for Hades.]]
*
*
* DeathByOriginStory: Her death becomes the motivation for Leina to become a warrior at the beginning of the series.
* {{Expy}}: Besides looking a lot like Leina, background-wise she shares many quirks with ''Marie'' Heinlein, Geese Howard's wife and Rock Howard's mother from [[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]], since both were blondes, their respectives sons loved them and their respective deaths affected their sons even as grown-ups. [[MultipleChoicePast Depending of the continuity]], she died fighting (anime) or died of an illness (manga), just like Marie Heinlein died in ''Garou''.
** In the novels [[spoiler:she is an expy of both Marie and her husband ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]]'' when the Swamp Witch brings her back to life]].
* KilledOffScreen: The animated series is
* TheLostLenore: For everyone in her family.
* MasterSwordswoman: She was this when alive.
* MeaningfulName: OK, her name is ''Maria'' and her battle name is ''The Holy Warrior''. [[Literature/TheBible Where I heard about that before?]]
** Not to mention one of the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS many translations of Leina's battle name]] is ''The Exiled Virgin''.
* MultipleChoicePast: In the anime and the gamebooks, she died while fighting in a Queen's Blade tournament, but
* NotSoSmallRole: As you can see, despite dying before
* PosthumousCharacter: Her death affected the whole Vance family ''really hard'', to the degree her daughters are still ''dealing'' about the topic as grown-ups.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Even more than her husband in the ''Hide and Seek'' manga, since we don't see her face there, only her body, but averted later in the second season of the anime and in the novels.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She's basically Leina as an adult, with long hair and without Leina's braids. Averted in the novels, where she looks different from Leina.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: According to Echidna in the QB's novelizations, she considers her as a "kindred spirit" and as a really nice woman in her lifetime. In fact, it's implied her death also affected ''Echidna'' in some way, since she's trying to protect her daughters in her own way, no matter what.
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!!Hans
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->'''Voiced by:''' Tomohisa Asou (Drama [=CDs=])
->'''Title:''' The Souvenir Store Owner
A merchant from Gainos who sells figurines of the Queen's Blade participants and other exotic items in his popular souvenir shop.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Tomohisa Asou (Drama [=CDs=])
->'''Title:''' The Souvenir Store Owner
A merchant from Gainos who sells figurines of the Queen's Blade participants and other exotic items in his popular souvenir shop.
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* AuthorAvatar: He's a collective avatar for Hobby Japan (the creators of the ''Anime/QueensBlade'' franchise) as a whole.
* CanonForeigner: Played with: He appears physically in Menace's [[AllThereIntheManual sidestory]], in the ''Spiral Chaos'' games as the store owner who sell stuff to the players (until Cattleya and Ymir replaces him later on game) and as the faceless blogger in Hobby Japan's ''Anime/QueensBlade'' homepage, but not in the anime series or in the manga adaptations.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Implied somewhat, especially in the gamebook continuity, being the avatar for Hobby Japan.
* [[QuicklyDemotedWoman Quickly Demoted Man]]: We don't see him ever again after Cattleya and Ymir demoted him.
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak in the videogames, despite having a voice actor in the Drama [=CDs=], unlike Cattleya and Ymir.
* CanonForeigner: Played with: He appears physically in Menace's [[AllThereIntheManual sidestory]], in the ''Spiral Chaos'' games as the store owner who sell stuff to the players (until Cattleya and Ymir replaces him later on game) and as the faceless blogger in Hobby Japan's ''Anime/QueensBlade'' homepage, but not in the anime series or in the manga adaptations.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Implied somewhat, especially in the gamebook continuity, being the avatar for Hobby Japan.
* [[QuicklyDemotedWoman Quickly Demoted Man]]: We don't see him ever again after Cattleya and Ymir demoted him.
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak in the videogames, despite having a voice actor in the Drama [=CDs=], unlike Cattleya and Ymir.
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* AuthorAvatar: He's a collective avatar for Hobby Japan (the creators of BigGood: Or the ''Anime/QueensBlade'' franchise) as a whole.
closest thing to one in the QB universe.
* CanonForeigner:Played with: He She only appears physically in Menace's [[AllThereIntheManual sidestory]], in the ''Spiral Chaos'' games as animated adaptation.
* DemotedToExtra: She provides narration at thestore owner who sell stuff to the players (until Cattleya beginning and Ymir replaces him later on game) and as the faceless blogger in Hobby Japan's ''Anime/QueensBlade'' homepage, but not in the anime series or in end of the manga adaptations.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Implied somewhat, especially in the gamebook continuity, being the avatar for Hobby Japan.
* [[QuicklyDemotedWoman Quickly Demoted Man]]: We don't see him ever again after Cattleya and Ymir demoted him.
* TheVoiceless: Heanimated adaptation of ''Rebellion'', but she doesn't speak in physically appear anymore.
* NarratorAllAlong: Heavily implied, since thevideogames, despite having a narrator [[Creator/TakakoHonda shares the same voice actor in actress with her]].
* NoNameGiven: Her name is currently unknown. If all theDrama [=CDs=], unlike Cattleya and Ymir.angels are named after Japanese ordinals, it could be Ichiel ("ichi" being Japanese for "one").
* CanonForeigner:
* DemotedToExtra: She provides narration at the
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Implied somewhat, especially in the gamebook continuity, being the avatar for Hobby Japan.
* [[QuicklyDemotedWoman Quickly Demoted Man]]: We don't see him ever again after Cattleya and Ymir demoted him.
* TheVoiceless: He
* NarratorAllAlong: Heavily implied, since the
* NoNameGiven: Her name is currently unknown. If all the
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) and Masahito Yabe (Dogor)
A pair of plushies that Aldra had in her house in ''Rebellion'', they're possesed by a pair of evil spirits summoned by Aldra after Ymir tricks her into working for her.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) and Masahito Yabe (Dogor)
A pair of plushies that Aldra had in her house in ''Rebellion'', they're possesed by a pair of evil spirits summoned by Aldra after Ymir tricks her into working for her.
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->'''Title:''' The Brave Angel
Nanael's best friend and
A pair of plushies that Aldra had in her house in ''Rebellion'', they're possesed by a pair of evil spirits summoned by Aldra after Ymir tricks her into working for her.
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* BearsAreBadNews: Belphe is possessing a teddy bear.
* CastingGag: It's not the first time Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) voice [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters someone]] [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyou who likes to play with fire]], or [[Anime/{{Vandread}} some small fellow]] [[Anime/GaoGaiGar who follows another protagonist]].
* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
* CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
* DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Belphe somehow manages to have as much teeth as a shark despite currently possessing a plushie.
* TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogura, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in the entire ''Queen's Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from the videogames) able to fight against any named female character ''on equal footing'', [[spoiler:and they could have killed both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Belphe can control fire.
* ShoutOut: In episode 9 of the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]]. This could be a hilarious CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
** Also [[spoiler:Belphe's OneWingedAngel form when fighting against Annelotte is a very ironic ShoutOut towards ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' if you take into account his voice actor also voiced '''[[TheHero Kaneda]]''' in [[Manga/{{Akira}} that movie. Belphe as a whole also counts as a shout out towards the famous killer teddy bears scene in that film.]]]]
* CastingGag: It's not the first time Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) voice [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters someone]] [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyou who likes to play with fire]], or [[Anime/{{Vandread}} some small fellow]] [[Anime/GaoGaiGar who follows another protagonist]].
* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
* CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
* DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Belphe somehow manages to have as much teeth as a shark despite currently possessing a plushie.
* TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogura, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in the entire ''Queen's Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from the videogames) able to fight against any named female character ''on equal footing'', [[spoiler:and they could have killed both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Belphe can control fire.
* ShoutOut: In episode 9 of the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]]. This could be a hilarious CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
** Also [[spoiler:Belphe's OneWingedAngel form when fighting against Annelotte is a very ironic ShoutOut towards ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' if you take into account his voice actor also voiced '''[[TheHero Kaneda]]''' in [[Manga/{{Akira}} that movie. Belphe as a whole also counts as a shout out towards the famous killer teddy bears scene in that film.]]]]
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* BearsAreBadNews: Belphe is possessing a teddy bear.
* CastingGag: It's notActionGirl: Subverted: she's the first time Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) voice [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters someone]] [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyou who likes to play only female with fire]], or [[Anime/{{Vandread}} some small fellow]] [[Anime/GaoGaiGar who follows another protagonist]].
* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
* CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
* DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one ofno combat experience. [[spoiler:At least until the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.5th OVA.]]
*MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Belphe somehow manages to have as much teeth as a shark despite currently possessing a plushie.
* TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogura, they are[[ByTheBookCop By-the-Book Angel]]: Unlike Nanael, she follows the laws of the heaven to the core, no matter what. [[spoiler:Even if that means trying to kill her friend Nanael after she becomes a FallenAngel, albeit Nanael attacked her first]].
* CanonForeigner: She's an anime-exclusive character.
* {{Expy}}: She looks like an angelic version of [[Manga/ToLoveRu Momo Velia Deviluke]]. What makes it funnier is that Momo has a twin sister named ''Nana''.
** She's also an expy from an angel named Liliel who's onlyrecurrent males named (but never appeared) in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're Nanael's ending epilogue after failing to win the ''only males'' tournament in the gamebooks' continuity.
** She also resembles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Hachi" ("eight" in Japanese).
* {{Keigo}}: She's very polite towards everyone, even with Nanael, who is her ''junior''.
* MoralityPet: For Nanael, being one of the few people she treats remotely decently.
* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire''Queen's Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from the videogames) able to fight against any named female character ''on equal footing'', [[spoiler:and they could have killed both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.revolves around Nanael.
* SenpaiKohai: Interestingly enough, despite being Nanael's senior, she address her (in the Japanese version) as ''Nanael-san''. [[spoiler:She dropped this for a moment, when Nanael become a FallenAngel in the 5th OVA.]]
*PlayingWithFire: Belphe can control fire.
* ShoutOut: In episode 9WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As a result of Nanael being DemotedToExtra, she doesn't appear in the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]]. This could be a hilarious CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
** Also [[spoiler:Belphe's OneWingedAngel form when fighting against Annelotte is a very ironic ShoutOut towards ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' if you take into account his voice actor also voiced '''[[TheHero Kaneda]]''' in [[Manga/{{Akira}} that movie. Belphe as a whole also counts as a shout out towards the famous killer teddy bears scene in that film.]]]]animated adaptation of ''Rebellion''.
* CastingGag: It's not
* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
* CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
* DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of
*
* TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogura, they are
* CanonForeigner: She's an anime-exclusive character.
* {{Expy}}: She looks like an angelic version of [[Manga/ToLoveRu Momo Velia Deviluke]]. What makes it funnier is that Momo has a twin sister named ''Nana''.
** She's also an expy from an angel named Liliel who's only
** She also resembles [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Hachi" ("eight" in Japanese).
* {{Keigo}}: She's very polite towards everyone, even with Nanael, who is her ''junior''.
* MoralityPet: For Nanael, being one of the few people she treats remotely decently.
* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire
* SenpaiKohai: Interestingly enough, despite being Nanael's senior, she address her (in the Japanese version) as ''Nanael-san''. [[spoiler:She dropped this for a moment, when Nanael become a FallenAngel in the 5th OVA.]]
*
* ShoutOut: In episode 9
** Also [[spoiler:Belphe's OneWingedAngel form when fighting against Annelotte is a very ironic ShoutOut towards ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' if you take into account his voice actor also voiced '''[[TheHero Kaneda]]''' in [[Manga/{{Akira}} that movie. Belphe as a whole also counts as a shout out towards the famous killer teddy bears scene in that film.]]]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Binbin Takaoka (Japanese), Creator/MikePollock (English)
A goblin who is Branwen's master and one the Swamp Witch's minions, being the only male one.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Binbin Takaoka (Japanese), Creator/MikePollock (English)
A goblin who is Branwen's master and one the Swamp Witch's minions, being the only male one.
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* AscendedExtra: From being a quasi-comical character who enjoys torturing Branwen, to being a quite competent military leader in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=].
* CastingGag: English dub only: His voice actor already has some experience voicing misogynistic bastards, like [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Adon]].
* DirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
* {{Expy}}: He's a composite expy of both [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Watto]] and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba The Hutt]], with the personalities of those characters mixed in a single charcater.
* {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something uglier than that.
* FatBastard: His body is almost perfectly round, and he is a colossal {{Jerkass}}.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The only thing he gets from all the crap he did in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], at best, is [[LiteralAssKicking being bitten in the ass by some wild squirrel]], as Tomoe forgives him and Branwen, and she let both of them them go scot free. This also overlaps with ForegoneConclusion as the whole plot of the [=OVAs=] takes place before the events of the ''Rebellion'' TV series]].
* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=] series will be.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* TheNapoleon: Especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], when he's the smallest member of the goblin tribe, but he's the one in charge.
* NightmareFetishist: In his own words, torturing his prisoners, especially if they are beautiful women, excites him.
* TheOneGuy: He's the only male among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* TortureTechnician: This little guy could give ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]]'' a run for his money in the torture department, especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=].
* UnsexySadist: How could a sadist ''goblin'' be sexy in first place?
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''.
* CastingGag: English dub only: His voice actor already has some experience voicing misogynistic bastards, like [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Adon]].
* DirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
* {{Expy}}: He's a composite expy of both [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Watto]] and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba The Hutt]], with the personalities of those characters mixed in a single charcater.
* {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something uglier than that.
* FatBastard: His body is almost perfectly round, and he is a colossal {{Jerkass}}.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The only thing he gets from all the crap he did in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], at best, is [[LiteralAssKicking being bitten in the ass by some wild squirrel]], as Tomoe forgives him and Branwen, and she let both of them them go scot free. This also overlaps with ForegoneConclusion as the whole plot of the [=OVAs=] takes place before the events of the ''Rebellion'' TV series]].
* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=] series will be.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* TheNapoleon: Especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], when he's the smallest member of the goblin tribe, but he's the one in charge.
* NightmareFetishist: In his own words, torturing his prisoners, especially if they are beautiful women, excites him.
* TheOneGuy: He's the only male among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* TortureTechnician: This little guy could give ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]]'' a run for his money in the torture department, especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=].
* UnsexySadist: How could a sadist ''goblin'' be sexy in first place?
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''.
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* AscendedExtra: From being a quasi-comical character who enjoys torturing Branwen, to being a quite competent military leader in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=].
* CastingGag: English dub only: His voice actor already has some experience voicing misogynistic bastards, like [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Adon]].
* DirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
* {{Expy}}:AuthorAvatar: He's a composite expy collective avatar for Hobby Japan (the creators of both [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Watto]] and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba The Hutt]], with the personalities of those characters mixed ''Anime/QueensBlade'' franchise) as a whole.
* CanonForeigner: Played with: He appears physically ina single charcater.
* {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something uglier than that.
* FatBastard: His body is almost perfectly round, and he is a colossal {{Jerkass}}.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The only thing he gets from all the crap he didMenace's [[AllThereIntheManual sidestory]], in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], at best, is [[LiteralAssKicking being bitten ''Spiral Chaos'' games as the store owner who sell stuff to the players (until Cattleya and Ymir replaces him later on game) and as the faceless blogger in Hobby Japan's ''Anime/QueensBlade'' homepage, but not in the ass by some wild squirrel]], as Tomoe forgives him and Branwen, and she let both of them them go scot free. This also overlaps with ForegoneConclusion as the whole plot of the [=OVAs=] takes place before the events of the ''Rebellion'' TV series]].
* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=]anime series will be.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* TheNapoleon: Especiallyor in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], when he's the smallest member of the goblin tribe, but he's the one in charge.
manga adaptations.
*NightmareFetishist: In his own words, torturing his prisoners, especially if they are beautiful women, excites him.
* TheOneGuy: He's the only male among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* TortureTechnician: This little guy could give ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]]'' a run for his money in the torture department,LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Implied somewhat, especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=].
gamebook continuity, being the avatar for Hobby Japan.
*UnsexySadist: How could a sadist ''goblin'' be sexy [[QuicklyDemotedWoman Quickly Demoted Man]]: We don't see him ever again after Cattleya and Ymir demoted him.
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak infirst place?
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''.the videogames, despite having a voice actor in the Drama [=CDs=], unlike Cattleya and Ymir.
* CastingGag: English dub only: His voice actor already has some experience voicing misogynistic bastards, like [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Adon]].
* DirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
* {{Expy}}:
* CanonForeigner: Played with: He appears physically in
* {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something uglier than that.
* FatBastard: His body is almost perfectly round, and he is a colossal {{Jerkass}}.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The only thing he gets from all the crap he did
* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=]
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* TheNapoleon: Especially
*
* TheOneGuy: He's the only male among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* TortureTechnician: This little guy could give ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]]'' a run for his money in the torture department,
*
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak in
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''.
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!!Fiotiel Shalaklard
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A effeminate boy who travels alongside Leina in the ''Queen's Blade: Sword of The Unicorn'' novelizations, and the owner of the titular "Sword of The Unicorn".
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A effeminate boy who travels alongside Leina in the ''Queen's Blade: Sword of The Unicorn'' novelizations, and the owner of the titular "Sword of The Unicorn".
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* AmnesiacHero: He doesn't remember much about his past. It's later revealed [[spoiler:he's the incarnation of the Great Unicorn, the King of the Sacred Beasts of Heaven]].
* CanonForeigner: An original character of the novels.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, that cute girl in a dress is a guy. Easy to see why Leina and the others mistook him for a girl in the beginning.
* {{Expy}}: Judging by his background, of [[Manga/SaintSeiya Andromeda Shun]], including both being effeminate, having IntimateHealing skills and [[spoiler:being a LivingMacGuffin, in Fio's case, of the Great Unicorn, just like Shun is one for Hades.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Fio.
* TheOneGuy: He's the only relevant male character in the novel, but as an interesting quirk, he's the only male who [[spoiler:has kissed Leina, something that doesn't happen in the regular continuity]].
* CanonForeigner: An original character of the novels.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, that cute girl in a dress is a guy. Easy to see why Leina and the others mistook him for a girl in the beginning.
* {{Expy}}: Judging by his background, of [[Manga/SaintSeiya Andromeda Shun]], including both being effeminate, having IntimateHealing skills and [[spoiler:being a LivingMacGuffin, in Fio's case, of the Great Unicorn, just like Shun is one for Hades.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Fio.
* TheOneGuy: He's the only relevant male character in the novel, but as an interesting quirk, he's the only male who [[spoiler:has kissed Leina, something that doesn't happen in the regular continuity]].
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yes, that cute girl in a dress is a guy. Easy to see why Leina and the others mistook him for a girl in the beginning.
* {{Expy}}:
*
*
* NaiveNewcomer: To the
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:At the end of the manga it's revealed that Florelle is actually a girl.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: In the QB Rebellion's manga adaptation, she joins the Assasins of the Fang when Elina becomes their leader.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Elina. Despite her being a big BadBoss, Florelle never even considers abandoning her.
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!!Anarista
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaomiShindo (Drama CD)
->'''Title:''' The Scorpion of Amara
A girl from the Kingdom of Sadler (the rival kingdom from Amara, the one who Menace hails from) who becomes Menace personal martial arts trainer (and possibly her lover). She was actually [[TheMole a mole from her kingdom]] who ended off betraying her and destroying Amara, killing Menace and her family in the process. She only appears in Menace's [[AllThereInTheManual backstory]] from the gamebooks.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaomiShindo (Drama CD)
->'''Title:''' The Scorpion of Amara
A girl from the Kingdom of Sadler (the rival kingdom from Amara, the one who Menace hails from) who becomes Menace personal martial arts trainer (and possibly her lover). She was actually [[TheMole a mole from her kingdom]] who ended off betraying her and destroying Amara, killing Menace and her family in the process. She only appears in Menace's [[AllThereInTheManual backstory]] from the gamebooks.
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->'''Title:''' The Scorpion
A pair of
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* CanonForeigner: Beside a brief, voiceless, cameo in the TV series in Menace's flashbacks, she only appears in ''Queen's Blade Bitoshi Retsuden: Tome of the Ancient Princess'' backstory about Menace.
* {{Expy}}: Backstory-wise, of Ougai (Souther's sensei) from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* FalseFriend: She pretended to care about Menace just to be close to her. She later turns her and her country into mince meat.
* KarmaHoudini: She managed to destroy Amara and kill Menace and her family, and it seems she never got the punishment she deserved.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS deformation]] of the Spanish and Portuguese word ''Analista'' (Analyst). Since her job is being TheMole for her kingdom, it's quite fitting.
* TheMole: A mole of the Kingdom of Sadler who ultimately managed to destroy the rival kingdom of Amara.
* TrojanHorse: The way how she brings Sadler's army to Amara using a gift box, symbolizing their surrender towards Amara. Crosses with ISurrenderSuckers.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Specifically, she turned against her queen (and possibly lover) Menace.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She used ProfessionalWrestling moves, which is a very odd choice of fighting style, since her student Menace's fighting style resemble [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Souther's Nanto Ho'ou-ken]] instead.
* {{Expy}}: Backstory-wise, of Ougai (Souther's sensei) from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* FalseFriend: She pretended to care about Menace just to be close to her. She later turns her and her country into mince meat.
* KarmaHoudini: She managed to destroy Amara and kill Menace and her family, and it seems she never got the punishment she deserved.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS deformation]] of the Spanish and Portuguese word ''Analista'' (Analyst). Since her job is being TheMole for her kingdom, it's quite fitting.
* TheMole: A mole of the Kingdom of Sadler who ultimately managed to destroy the rival kingdom of Amara.
* TrojanHorse: The way how she brings Sadler's army to Amara using a gift box, symbolizing their surrender towards Amara. Crosses with ISurrenderSuckers.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Specifically, she turned against her queen (and possibly lover) Menace.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She used ProfessionalWrestling moves, which is a very odd choice of fighting style, since her student Menace's fighting style resemble [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Souther's Nanto Ho'ou-ken]] instead.
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* CanonForeigner: Beside BearsAreBadNews: Belphe is possessing a brief, voiceless, cameo teddy bear.
* CastingGag: It's not the first time Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) voice [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters someone]] [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyou who likes to play with fire]], or [[Anime/{{Vandread}} some small fellow]] [[Anime/GaoGaiGar who follows another protagonist]].
* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
* CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
* DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Belphe somehow manages to have as much teeth as a shark despite currently possessing a plushie.
* TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogura, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in theTV series in Menace's flashbacks, she only appears in entire ''Queen's Blade Bitoshi Retsuden: Tome of the Ancient Princess'' backstory about Menace.
* {{Expy}}: Backstory-wise, of Ougai (Souther's sensei)Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* FalseFriend: She pretended to care about Menace just to be close to her. She later turns her and her country into mince meat.
* KarmaHoudini: She managed to destroy Amara and kill Menace and her family, and it seems she never gotthe punishment she deserved.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS deformation]] of the Spanish and Portuguese word ''Analista'' (Analyst). Since her job is being TheMole for her kingdom, it's quite fitting.
* TheMole: A mole of the Kingdom of Sadler who ultimately managedvideogames) able to destroy the rival kingdom of Amara.
* TrojanHorse: The way how she brings Sadler's army to Amara using a gift box, symbolizing their surrender towards Amara. Crosses with ISurrenderSuckers.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Specifically, she turnedfight against her queen (and possibly lover) Menace.
any named female character ''on equal footing'', [[spoiler:and they could have killed both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.]]
*WrestlerInAllOfUs: She used ProfessionalWrestling moves, which PlayingWithFire: Belphe can control fire.
* ShoutOut: In episode 9 of the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]]. This could be a hilarious CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
** Also [[spoiler:Belphe's OneWingedAngel form when fighting against Annelotte is a veryodd choice of fighting style, since her student Menace's fighting style resemble [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Souther's Nanto Ho'ou-ken]] instead.ironic ShoutOut towards ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' if you take into account his voice actor also voiced '''[[TheHero Kaneda]]''' in [[Manga/{{Akira}} that movie. Belphe as a whole also counts as a shout out towards the famous killer teddy bears scene in that film.]]]]
* CastingGag: It's not the first time Creator/MitsuoIwata (Belphe) voice [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters someone]] [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyou who likes to play with fire]], or [[Anime/{{Vandread}} some small fellow]] [[Anime/GaoGaiGar who follows another protagonist]].
* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
* CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
* DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Belphe somehow manages to have as much teeth as a shark despite currently possessing a plushie.
* TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogura, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in the
* {{Expy}}: Backstory-wise, of Ougai (Souther's sensei)
* FalseFriend: She pretended to care about Menace just to be close to her. She later turns her and her country into mince meat.
* KarmaHoudini: She managed to destroy Amara and kill Menace and her family, and it seems she never got
* MeaningfulName: Her name is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS deformation]] of the Spanish and Portuguese word ''Analista'' (Analyst). Since her job is being TheMole for her kingdom, it's quite fitting.
* TheMole: A mole of the Kingdom of Sadler who ultimately managed
* TrojanHorse: The way how she brings Sadler's army to Amara using a gift box, symbolizing their surrender towards Amara. Crosses with ISurrenderSuckers.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Specifically, she turned
*
* ShoutOut: In episode 9 of the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]]. This could be a hilarious CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
** Also [[spoiler:Belphe's OneWingedAngel form when fighting against Annelotte is a very
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakakoHonda (Japanese), Allison Cohen (English)
The main leader of the angelic society in Heaven, Nanael and Hachiel's boss and the organizer of the Queen's Blade tournament.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakakoHonda (Japanese), Allison Cohen (English)
The main leader of the angelic society in Heaven, Nanael and Hachiel's boss and the organizer of the Queen's Blade tournament.
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* BigGood: Or the closest thing to one in the QB universe.
* CanonForeigner: She only appears in the animated adaptation.
* DemotedToExtra: She provides narration at the beginning and in the end of the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion'', but she doesn't physically appear anymore.
* NarratorAllAlong: Heavily implied, since the narrator [[Creator/TakakoHonda shares the same voice actress with her]].
* NoNameGiven: Her name is currently unknown. If all the angels are named after Japanese ordinals, it could be Ichiel ("ichi" being Japanese for "one").
* CanonForeigner: She only appears in the animated adaptation.
* DemotedToExtra: She provides narration at the beginning and in the end of the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion'', but she doesn't physically appear anymore.
* NarratorAllAlong: Heavily implied, since the narrator [[Creator/TakakoHonda shares the same voice actress with her]].
* NoNameGiven: Her name is currently unknown. If all the angels are named after Japanese ordinals, it could be Ichiel ("ichi" being Japanese for "one").
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* BigGood: Or the closest thing AscendedExtra: From being a quasi-comical character who enjoys torturing Branwen, to one being a quite competent military leader in the QB universe.
''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=].
*CanonForeigner: She only appears in the animated adaptation.
* DemotedToExtra: She provides narration at the beginning and in the end of the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion'', but she doesn't physically appear anymore.
* NarratorAllAlong: Heavily implied, since the narrator [[Creator/TakakoHonda shares the sameCastingGag: English dub only: His voice actress actor already has some experience voicing misogynistic bastards, like [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Adon]].
* DirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
* {{Expy}}: He's a composite expy of both [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Watto]] and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba The Hutt]], withher]].
the personalities of those characters mixed in a single charcater.
*NoNameGiven: Her name {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something uglier than that.
* FatBastard: His body iscurrently unknown. If almost perfectly round, and he is a colossal {{Jerkass}}.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The only thing he gets from all theangels crap he did in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], at best, is [[LiteralAssKicking being bitten in the ass by some wild squirrel]], as Tomoe forgives him and Branwen, and she let both of them them go scot free. This also overlaps with ForegoneConclusion as the whole plot of the [=OVAs=] takes place before the events of the ''Rebellion'' TV series]].
* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=] series will be.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* TheNapoleon: Especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], when he's the smallest member of the goblin tribe, but he's the one in charge.
* NightmareFetishist: In his own words, torturing his prisoners, especially if they arenamed after Japanese ordinals, it beautiful women, excites him.
* TheOneGuy: He's the only male among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* TortureTechnician: This little guy couldbe Ichiel ("ichi" being Japanese give ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]]'' a run for "one").his money in the torture department, especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=].
* UnsexySadist: How could a sadist ''goblin'' be sexy in first place?
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''.
*
* DemotedToExtra: She provides narration at the beginning and in the end of the animated adaptation of ''Rebellion'', but she doesn't physically appear anymore.
* NarratorAllAlong: Heavily implied, since the narrator [[Creator/TakakoHonda shares the same
* DirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
* {{Expy}}: He's a composite expy of both [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Watto]] and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba The Hutt]], with
*
* FatBastard: His body is
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The only thing he gets from all the
* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=] series will be.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* TheNapoleon: Especially in the ''Vanquished Queens'' first [=OVA=], when he's the smallest member of the goblin tribe, but he's the one in charge.
* NightmareFetishist: In his own words, torturing his prisoners, especially if they are
* TheOneGuy: He's the only male among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* TortureTechnician: This little guy could
* UnsexySadist: How could a sadist ''goblin'' be sexy in first place?
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''.
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* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously meant to be the [[Literature/AliceInWonderLand Alicia's White Rabbit]].
* LittleBitBeastly: She has rabbit ears (despite also having normal human ears on the sides of her head). She denies being a "Bunny Girl" though.
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Different from the ''other angels'', in her case. She has animal ears unlike the other angels of the franchise, and no explanation is given for that.
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Leina and Elina's biological mother (as well as Claudette's stepmother) who died years before the events of the series takes place.
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* {{Expy}}: Based The author admits in the last volume of the manga that Florelle was based on Fiotiel Fio from the ''Sword of The Unicorn'' novels, [[spoiler:except she is a girl dressing as a boy, rather than a boy dressed as a girl.]]
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: She was seemly killed off in the first episode she appeared in.
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A new character introduced in ''Unlimited''. Michel is a young boy with amnesia who owns a mysterious flute known as "Cathedral".
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* CanonForeigner: An original character of ''Unlimited''.
* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously based on Fio (''Unlimited'' sharing the same author with the ''Sword of the Unicorn'' novels). Both are {{Amnesiac Hero}}es who carry a mysterious item and develop a close relationship with one of the Vance sisters.
* {{Synchronization}}: Of the most awkward type possible. Cathedral is synchronized with ''his crotch''. So whenever someone touches the flute, he feels like they are touching his intimate parts.
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A new character introduced in ''Unlimited''. Michel is a young boy with amnesia who owns a mysterious flute known as "Cathedral".
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* AmnesiacHero: The only things he remembers are his own name, what Cathedral does, and his mission to take it to the legendary land of Maramaks.
* CanonForeigner: An original character of ''Unlimited''.
* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously based on Fio (''Unlimited'' sharing the same author with the ''Sword of the Unicorn'' novels). Both are {{Amnesiac Hero}}es who carry a mysterious item and develop a close relationship with one of the Vance sisters.
* {{Synchronization}}: Of the most awkward type possible. Cathedral is synchronized with ''his crotch''. So whenever someone touches the flute, he feels like they are touching his intimate parts.
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* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is the Spanish word for ''frog''.
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* UnfortunateNames: While "Rana" could sound exotic for Japanese ears, his name is the Spanish word for ''frog''.
* LackOfEmpathy: Unlike Airi, their boss along with Werbellia, they're both unrepentely evil to the core, and the animated version raised their evilness UpToEleven.
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* FlatCharacter: He's even flatter than Hachiel, Rana, Owen and even ''Count Vance'', for that matter.
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* SatelliteCharacter: Their job is basically helping the Swamp Witch in her plans, albeit they both have a {{Backstory}} in her master's gamebook, not that really matters in their characterization anyway.
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A duo of Wraith maids working under both Werbellia The Swamp Witch and Airi's orders who appears retroactively in the ''Rebellion'' continuity (both animated and gamebook respectively), albeit their roles in each continuty differs from each other.
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* InformedAbility: According with the Swamp Witch's gamebook, Mime is able to [[GrandTheftMe control the body of any living being and manipulate it for her own gain]], but that ability is never used anywhere.
* InformedFlaw: Also, according with the Swamp Witch's gamebook, Meena is very ambitious and she wants to rule the world of the living along her master as her consul, since she came from a noble family of wraiths, but this point is never explored in any adaptation
* {{Meganekko}}: Meena.
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* InformedFlaw: Also, accordingwith to the Swamp Witch's gamebook, Meena is very ambitious and she wants to rule the world of the living along her master as her consul, since she came from a noble family of wraiths, but this point is never explored in any adaptation
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* LackOfEmpathy: Unlike Airi,[[spoiler:her boss along with Werbellia]], they're both unrepentely evil to the core, and the animated version raised their evilness UpToEleven.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the non-canon alternative ending of the third ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=], it's heavily implied they raped [[spoiler:Leina together with her master, Werbellia]].
* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Maids]]: One of the most egregious examples from the series, and also overlaps with RetCon: [[spoiler:In the original final battle depicted in the Illustrated Stories, Werbellia fights against Aldra and Annelotte without any help from anyone, but the recently published gamebook of her retcon some details from that battle. so Werbellia fight against her daughters along Airi, Mime and Meena, not to mention they are ''never mentioned'' anywhere]].
* SatelliteCharacter: Their job is basically helping the Swamp Witch in her plans, albeit they both have a {{Backstory}} in her master's gamebook, not that really matters in their personalization anyways.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the non-canon alternative ending of the third ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=], it's heavily implied they raped [[spoiler:Leina together with her master, Werbellia]].
* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Maids]]: One of the most egregious examples from the series, and also overlaps with RetCon: [[spoiler:In the original final battle depicted in the Illustrated Stories, Werbellia fights against Aldra and Annelotte without any help from anyone, but the recently published gamebook of her retcon some details from that battle. so Werbellia fight against her daughters along Airi, Mime and Meena, not to mention they are ''never mentioned'' anywhere]].
* SatelliteCharacter: Their job is basically helping the Swamp Witch in her plans, albeit they both have a {{Backstory}} in her master's gamebook, not that really matters in their personalization anyways.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Unlike Airi,[[spoiler:her Airi, their boss along with Werbellia]], Werbellia, they're both unrepentely evil to the core, and the animated version raised their evilness UpToEleven.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the non-canon alternative ending of the third ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=], it's heavily implied they raped [[spoiler:Leina together withher master, Werbellia]].
* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Maids]]: One of the most egregious examples from the series, and also overlaps with RetCon: [[spoiler:In the original final battle depicted in the Illustrated Stories, Werbellia fights against Aldra and Annelotte without any help from anyone, butthe her recently published gamebook of her retcon some details from that battle. so So Werbellia fight fights against her daughters along alongside Airi, Mime and Meena, not to mention they are despite the latter two ''never being mentioned'' anywhere]].
* SatelliteCharacter: Their job is basically helping the Swamp Witch in her plans, albeit they both have a {{Backstory}} in her master's gamebook, not that really matters in theirpersonalization anyways.characterization anyway.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the non-canon alternative ending of the third ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=], it's heavily implied they raped [[spoiler:Leina together with
* [[RememberTheNewGuy Remember The New Maids]]: One of the most egregious examples from the series, and also overlaps with RetCon: [[spoiler:In the original final battle depicted in the Illustrated Stories, Werbellia fights against Aldra and Annelotte without any help from anyone, but
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The years have '''certainly''' been kind to someone who is suppose supposed to be the grandmother to the supposedly teenaged Zara. Granted she is still a character from Queen's Blade, so this is to be excepted.
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A effeminate male boy who travels along Leina in the ''Queen's Blade: Sword of The Unicorn'' novelizations, and the owner of the titular "Sword of The Unicorn".
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: See that cute girl pictured above? She's a ''guy''.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: See that cute girl pictured above? She's a ''guy''.
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* TheOneGuy: He's the only relevant male character in the novel, but as an insteresting quirk, he's the only male who [[spoiler:has kissed Leina, something who doesn't happens in the regular continuity]].
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* KarmaHoudini: She managed to destroy Amara and
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* BigGood: Or the closest thing to be one in the QB universe.
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* DemotedToExtra: She only provides narration at the beginning and in the end of the ''Rebellion's'' animated adaptation, but she doesn't appear anymore.
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* DemotedToExtra: She only provides narration at the beginning and in the end of the ''Rebellion's'' animated adaptation, adaptation of ''Rebellion'', but she doesn't physically appear anymore.
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* NoNameGivenNoNameGiven: Her name is currently unknown. If all the angels are named after Japanese ordinals, it could be Ichiel ("ichi" being Japanese for "one").
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A male human boy who works for Huit as a journalist of sorts. And that's the only thing we know about him.
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A male human boy who works for Huit as a journalist of sorts. And that's the only thing we know about him.
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* FlatCharacter: He's even more flatter than Hachiel, Rana, Owen and even ''Count Vance'', for that matter.
* {{Megane}}
* SatelliteCharacter
* {{Megane}}
* SatelliteCharacter
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* FlatCharacter: He's even more flatter than Hachiel, Rana, Owen and even ''Count Vance'', for that matter.
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{{Megane}}: His only distinctive physical trait is wearing glasses.
*SatelliteCharacterSatelliteCharacter: He works for Huit. That's the only thing the anime ever tells about him.
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A pair of plushies that Aldra had in her house in ''Rebellion'', they're possesed by a pair of two evil spirits summoned by Aldra after Ymir tricks her to work for her.
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A pair of plushies that Aldra had in her house in ''Rebellion'', they're possesed by a pair of two evil spirits summoned by Aldra after Ymir tricks her to work for her.
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* BearsAreBadNews - Belphe
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* BearsAreBadNews - BelpheBearsAreBadNews: Belphe is possessing a teddy bear.
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* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]
* CuteIsEvil
* DirtyOldMan - Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian - They want to eat Aldra at first and anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName - Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* TheOneGuy - Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogra, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in the entire ''Queen's Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from the videogames) able to fight against any named female character ''on equal footing'' [[spoiler:and they could be able to kill both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.]]
* PlayingWithFire
* ShoutOut - During the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series in episode 9, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]], this could be a [[HilariousInHindsight hilarious]] CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
* CuteIsEvil
* DirtyOldMan - Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
* ImAHumanitarian - They want to eat Aldra at first and anyone who stands in their way.
* MeaningfulName - Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* TheOneGuy - Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogra, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in the entire ''Queen's Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from the videogames) able to fight against any named female character ''on equal footing'' [[spoiler:and they could be able to kill both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.]]
* PlayingWithFire
* ShoutOut - During the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series in episode 9, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]], this could be a [[HilariousInHindsight hilarious]] CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
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* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Plushies]]
Plushies]]: They are possessed by actual demons. It doesn't get any creepier than that.
*CuteIsEvil
CuteIsEvil: But to be fair, "cute plush" isn't their original form.
*DirtyOldMan - DirtyOldMan: Both of them, maybe even more than ''Setra!''
*ImAHumanitarian - ImAHumanitarian: They want to eat Aldra at first and later anyone who stands in their way.
*MeaningfulName - MeaningfulName: Both characters are named after ''Belphegor'', one of the seven princes of Hell in Demonology and related with lust, hence why both of them are [[DirtyOldMan so perverted.]]
*MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Belphe somehow manages to have as much teeth as a shark despite currently possessing a plushie.
*TheOneGuy - TheOneGuy: Along with Taira (Huit's assistant) and Dogra, Dogura, they are the only recurrent males in ''Rebellion''. And not only that: While they're not humans, they're the ''only males'' in the entire ''Queen's Blade'' franchise (excluding Jean from the videogames) able to fight against any named female character ''on equal footing'' footing'', [[spoiler:and they could be able to kill have killed both Annelotte and Izumi if Maria/Leina had not come to their aid.]]
*PlayingWithFire
PlayingWithFire: Belphe can control fire.
*ShoutOut - During ShoutOut: In episode 9 of the ''QB Rebellion'' TV series in episode 9, series, [[spoiler:during the battle against Annelotte and Izumi, Belphe does something similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M.Bison's Psycho Crusher]], this Crusher]]. This could be a [[HilariousInHindsight hilarious]] hilarious CastingGag, if you know that [[Creator/MitsuoIwata Belphe's VA]] voiced ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Sean Matsuda!]]]]''
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* DirtyOldMan
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* DirtyOldManDirtyOldMan: Like Setra, he has the personality of one.
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* {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something more uglier than that.
* FatBastard
* FatBastard
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* {{Gonk}}: He's a friggin' ''goblin''! You cannot get something more uglier than that.
*FatBastardFatBastard: His body is almost perfectly round, and he is a colossal {{Jerkass}}.
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* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=].
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents, and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his opponents, and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
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* KnightOfCerebus: In the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVA=].
[=OVA=]. He is the antagonist of the first episode, establishing how dark this [=OVA=] series will be.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing hisopponents, opponents and breaking them emotionally with terrible means.
* LackOfEmpathy: Quite possibly the most disgusting villain of the whole franchise, as he enjoy torturing his
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* TheOneGuy: He's the only male between the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way how he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He force Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way how he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: He force Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
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* TheOneGuy: He's the only male between among the Swamp Witch's minions.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the wayhow he treats women invokes this trope.
* ShockAndAwe: Heforce forces Branwen to fight by using electricity on her, and this is one of his favorites torture methods.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: For the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast standards of the franchise]], the way
* ShockAndAwe: He
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* UnsexySadist
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many times''
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* UnsexySadist
UnsexySadist: How could a sadist ''goblin'' be sexy in first place?
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''manytimes''times''.
* WouldHitAGirl: And he will do.. ''many