History Characters / RGVeda

** AmbitionIsEvil: Shashi's desire is to be above everybody and men, human, gods, and everyone else in the world [[KneelBeforeZod kneeling before her feet]].
* AssholeVictim: Suffers such a brutal gory death in scene that is supposed to show [[spoiler:Ashura's descension into his unsealed form and how ruthless that alter personality is]]. However considering what a complete monster she was throughout the story, you'd end up rooting for her murderer to brutally tear her apart.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon Locked Sonseiou and a very young Kujaku underground and left them to rot, since both are the proof of his sin of incest.]]]]

%%** {{Astrologer}}

A woman with a house in the woods who the group encounters and spends the night. She's waiting for her husband's return from a journey. She shows quite an interest in Yasha since he reminds her of her husband. [[spoiler:Said husband is no other that Rasetsu, which makes her Yasha's sister-in-law. At the end, she kills herself to avoid give information to Koumokuten about the whereabouts of Yasha's group, and is able to be TogetherInDeath with Rasetsu.]]

* SmittenTeenageGirl: For Yasha. She [[LoveAtFisrtSight first saw and fell in love]] with Yasha while performing at the last Star Festival, and she was [[PrecociousCrush ten years old]] at the time. She's also very determined to be with Yasha, unlike her mother who always regretted not marrying her first love.

* FirstLove: It's implied she was Ashura's first love and why her death left him heartbroken.

* SmittenTeenageGirl: For Yasha.
** LoveAtFirstSight: First saw and fell in love with Yasha while performing at the last Star Festival.
*** PrecociousCrush: And she was ten years old at the time.
** FirstLove: Very determined to be with Yasha, unlike her mother who always regretted not marrying her first love.

&&* {{Cute Little Fang}}

&&* WomanInWhite[=/=]TrueBlueFemininity

&&* HairDecorations

&&* [[spoiler:LadyOfWar]]

&&* TrueBlueFemininity

&&* FingerlessGloves

* HiddenBadass: [[spoiler: when it is revealed he is a mazoku and has such immense power that even Taishakuten respects his might. If he wanted to, he can probably wipe out most of the armies Yasha faced. He prefers to remain a bystander to see if the prophecy can be changed.]]

&&* TallDarkAndHandsome

&&* SimpleStaff
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To Ashura-oh. He asked her to tell to Yasha the prophecy, which then would comel him to go and find Ashura.]]

** DeceasedParentsAreTheBest

* {{Seer}}
** {{Astrologer}}

* spoiler:ZenSurvivor: [[spoiler:The only Shintennou who survived the war at Zenmijou.]]

The only survivor of the Ashura Clan and its leader by birth. Sought by Taishakuten alongside Yasha, death and misery practically follow him[[note]]Ashura does not, in fact, have an actual gender but just to keep things simple we'll use male pronouns[[/note]]. He has a loving and cheerful nature that hides the greats amount of grief and self-blame he holds within him. Though Kuyoh foresaw Ashura was destined to kill Yasha, the bond between them is unbreakable and they live solely for each other.

* [[spoiler:ApocalypseMaiden]]: [[spoiler:He is predestinated to destroy Tenkai once fully awakened.]]

* [[spoiler:BloodLust: The [[EnemyWithin True Ashura]] loves the taste of blood. In the first chapter, it brought him from Ashura's unconcious when Ashura tasted blood out of curiosity.]]

* [[spoiler:EnemyWithin: The "True Ashura", the story's BiggerBad.]]
* GuiltComplex: His self-blaming is justificable; he's the most wanted person by Taishakuten and anyone who interacts with him and protects him will be killed.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSuicide]]: [[spoiler:His SuperPoweredEvilSide has awake as an EnemyWithin and the BiggerBad of the story and was about to kill Yasha, but suddenly Ashura re-takes control of his body via [[ThePowerOfLove the strong bond of love between him and Yasha]] to change the sword's direction from Yasha to his chest. More than that, aside of saving Yasha, he also saved all Tenkai.]]
* LastOfHisKind: In more than a way. He was born genderless so his clan could die with him.

* [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac: The True Ashura's wish is to destroy everything in Heaven, Earth and Hell.]]

* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Ashura is a war god, based in the Asura from Buddhism and Hinduism. His lack of gender is justified as it's the result of a curse that will keep the Ashura clan from continuing, and he's actually treated as both male and female in the series.

* PlayingWithFire

* RavenHairIvorySkin

* [[spoiler:SplitPersonalityTakeover]]: [[spoiler:When his EnemyWithin takes over his body when the seal over him is broken, the sweet Ashura indeed died, tecnically making Ashura the first of the Six Stars that died.]]

* SuperpoweredEvilSide

* [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The True Ashura has some undertones of this. Sure [[OmnicidalManiac he loves to destroy for the sake of destruction]] but Kuyoh's prophecy says that "the red lotus flame will devour all evil". The lotus flame is Ashura's flame and the fact that he will destroy everything he consideres evil implies that, beneath all his idealism, Ashura actually hated the world that was so cruel and unfair towards him for the mere reason of existing and wants to see it burn.]]

* {{Bishounen}}

* LastOfHisKind

* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TeamDad

* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: To Ashura-Oh, who unknowly for Yasha, makes him promise that he will protect his son.]]

* {{Bishounen}}

* {{Cute Little Fang}}

* GreenEyes

* MartialArtsHeadband

** SuicidalGotcha

* LadyOfWar

* TomboyishPonytail
* WomanInWhite[=/=]TrueBlueFemininity

* [[spoiler:{{BFS}}: Her harp actually hides one of these]].

* HairDecorations
* HarpOfFemininity

* [[spoiler:IFightForTheStrongestSide]]: [[spoiler:She had sworn to herself to only serve the strongest man, since she hates weak people.]]
* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove]]: [[spoiler:Convinced that Souma would never be able to beat Taishakuten, less of all kill him, she decided to step into battle as the Four General in order to kill Souma herself.]]

* [[spoiler:LadyOfWar]]

* [[spoiler:LoveInterestTraitor: To Souma.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]

* ObfuscatingStupidity: She's actually a lot smarter and insightful that she lets show.
* RavenHairIvorySkin

* [[spoiler:SocialDarwinist]]: [[spoiler:As her mother [[DeathByDespair died because of unrequited love for Yasha]], she grew to hate "weak people" and swore herself to serve Taishakuten because he was the strongest.]]

* TrueBlueFemininity

* [[spoiler:WomanInBlack: In her General armor.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown

* [[spoiler:FightingYourFriend: Or love interest.]]
* FingerlessGloves

* LadyOfWar
* LastOfHerKind
* MiniDressOfPower

* WomanInBlack

* [[spoiler:AllLoveIsUnrequited: He loved Ashura-ou, who only slept with him in order to get him into his scheme.]]

* {{BFS}}
* [[spoiler:CannibalismSuperpower: He ate Ashura-Oh, at his own request, in order to gain the war god's power in case the plan failed and Ashura is needed to put down.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon: To Ashura-oh as all he ever did was in order to prevent the awakening of the god of destruction that is dormant within Ashura.]]

** EvilOverlord

* [[spoiler:HomoeroticSubtext: With Ashura-Oh. He even said he wanted him, and in some ways he got what he wanted when he ate him]]

* [[spoiler:LonelyAtTheTop: He was actually very unhappy as the only one he loved was dead at his own hands.]]

* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: DoubleSubverted. It is revealed as the story passes by that many of his vile actions were to prevent a prophecy that states Tenkai will be destroyed by a destructive god. However it is also revealed later that he mainly intedes such a good act not out of genuine concern for his empire but because of a promise he made towards an old friend and possible lover.]]

* [[spoiler:YaoiGuys]]: [[spoiler:with Ashura-ou]].

It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:Ashura-oh married her not because of love, but so she could be one of the keepers of Shura-to's seal. He thought she would give birth to his unsealed child and that the child wouldn't be able to kill his own mother; sadly, he chose the wrong sister for the job.]]

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette

** EvilBrunetteTwin

* FemmeFatalons
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started as a human priestess, look at [[ManipulativeBitch her now.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen

* ManipulativeBitch

* {{Pride}}[=/=]AmbitionIsEvil: Shashi's desire is to be above everybody and men, human, gods, and everyone else in the world [[KneelBeforeZod kneeling before her feet]].

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]][=/=][[spoiler:PurposeDrivenImmortality]]: [[spoiler:Ashura-ou revived her so she could watch over Shuratou until Ashura came to claim it. She isn't completely alive, however, and knows that she will die again the moment her mission is over.]]

* DarkSkinnedBlonde

* TellMeAboutMyFather: Ashura asked her to tell him about Ashura-oh...
** IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: But when he asked her about his mother, she hid the AwfulTruth. And at the end, we get [[GoMadFromTheRevelation to see why]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Around Kendappa.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindows

* MommasBoy: Deconstructed. While his mother does love him but doesn't really care about what he really wants and was secretly using him as another pawn in her climb to power. He plays along with her attitue to protect the poor maids from her.

* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard: Manipulated both the good ''and'' bad guys for his gambit.]]
* PersonOfHolding: Shuta-to was stored inside his body.
* PointyEars

* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* TallDarkAndHandsome
** RavenHairIvorySkin
* [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit]]: [[spoiler:His death was part of his plan to stop Ashura if his SuperpoweredEvilSide ever awoke]]
* [[spoiler:YaoiGuys: With Taishakuten]].

* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:He defeated the mazoku Aizen-myoh.]]
** BewareTheSillyOnes: [[spoiler:And it was frightening.]]

* MysteriousInformant
* NotSoDifferent: With [[spoiler:Ashura; They both are [[TheUnfavorite "unnecessary children"]]]].

* OlderThanHeLooks: Kujaku deserves special credit as [[spoiler:he was alive long before the beginnings of the Yasha clan, making him one of the oldest living characters.]]
* OracularUrchin: Knows more about Yasha, Ashura and everybody else that he should.
** [[spoiler:{{Seer}}]]
* PeekABangs
* PerpetualSmiler[=/=][[spoiler:StepfordSmiler]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Downplayed. He's pleased that Yasha and Ashura's bond grows stronger everyday and would help Ashura realized in how much esteem Yasha holds him.

* TallDarkAndHandsome
* [[spoiler:ThirdEye: Also has a third eye in his forehead]].
** MarkOfShame: [[spoiler:The eye is proof of the [[SinsOfOurFathers Sins Of His Parents]]]].
* [[spoiler:TheUnfavorite]]

* [[spoiler:WingedHumanoid: He was the one who give Yamato to the Yasha Clan]].

* TheCutie
** KillTheCutie
* DeadLittleSister: To Karura-oh.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath
** BloodFromTheMouth

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth

* {{Astrologer}}
* BlindSeer
* EyesAlwaysShut

* SimpleStaff
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: To Ashura-oh.]]

Kuyoh's sister. She wasn't born with powers since her sister was already a stargazer, but she blinded herself to gain some power. Though not so powerful as her sister, she can see the past and present with the water mirror and became Taishakuten's personal seer.

** BlindfoldedVision

* [[spoiler:DyingDeclarationOfLove: Confessed his love to Kisshouten just before he died.]]

** NumberTwo
** UndyingLoyalty
* EvilRedhead
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: He supported Taishakuten against Tentei because he knew it was the only way to get Kisshouten as his wife.]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMartyr: Even though he knew Kisshouten would hate him forever, he was fine with it as long as he had her by his side.]]

* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: With Kisshouten.]]

The former Tentei's daughter, married to Bishamonten as political hostage [[spoiler:or that's what she thinks]]. She hid Souma after Kendappa-oh saved her. [[spoiler:Unknown to her, she's Kujaku's half sister. She died by Taishakuten's sword, bleeding over her husband's corpse without knowing the truth about her father.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses]
* MagicMirror: A giant mirror that allows her to predict future via reading the stars.

* NeutralFemale

* RavenHairIvorySkin

* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: She and Bishamonten actually loved each other since they first met, but Bishamonten being Taishakuten's [[TheDragon Dragon]] made things difficult.]]]
* TroubledButCute

* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With Kujaku as the result.]]

* DeathByOriginStory

* PosthumousCharacter

* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: PlayedForDrama in her case.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide Despite almost OffingTheOffspring, in one lucid moment she killed herself to avoid killing Kujaku.]]
* [[spoiler:GoMadFromTheIsolation: Grow mad after Tentei locked her underground alongside Kujaku.]]
* [[spoiler:IWishedYouWereDead: Said this to Kujaku since, if he weren't alive, hers and her brother's sin would be unknown.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:She's mother of Kujaku, and the reason why he's the rightful stagarzer of this generation.]]

The leader and only survivor of the former beautiful city, Kusumabura. During the Holy War, his citizens were murdered and his city became ruined and isolated underground. He kidnapped Ashura believing that his blood was needed to awaken Shurato.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther[=/=]PetTheDog: He shows concern for Kaara after his nightmare and worries about her health, though the latter he justified as concern for the "baby".

* RedemptionEqualsDeath

* WalkingShirtlessScene

General of South and Karura-oh's superior. A rather nice guy despise working under Taishakuten.

* BoisterousBruiser
** GentleGiant
* CoolOldGuy
** BadassGrandpa
* [[spoiler:HandicappedBadass]]: [[spoiler:Lost an arm in the Zenmihou war.]]
* HotBloodedSideburns

* [[spoiler:ZenSurvivor]]: [[spoiler:The only Shintennou who survived the war at Zenmijou.]]

* [[spoiler:ADeathInTheLimelight: Died at the end of the volume he was introduced in after some informative flashbacks about his past with Yasha.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Yama was this to him. But...
** BigBrotherWorship: He admired Yama very much.
* BarbarianHair: His messy hair highlights how Rasetsu is more HotBlooded than the stoic Yasha.

* GoodScarsEvilScars
* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried: To Shara.]]

** WalkingTheEarth
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Died at the end of volume 6 in order to buy time for Yasha's group to escape.]]

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]
** [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

* CreepyChild

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette

* OurDemonsAreDifferent

The former and deceased leader of the Ashura Clan and father of the present Ashura. He was the strongest warrior in Tenkai and Tentei's most loyal servant. Handsome, powerful, gentle and seemingly quite perfect, but hinted to possess a darker side. [[spoiler:And he does. The Ashura clan was previously a clan full of lovers of destruction and bloodlust, and were in fact a group of unstoppable war gods who were sealed to serve Tentei. Ashura-oh, knowing through Kuyoh's prophecy and his own visions that his son would born without this seal, planned an elaborate gambit alongside Taishakuten to prevent Ashura from waking as a god of destruction, even if it meant defying destiny and change stars's path just to keep his bloodline going]].

A mysterious man who calls himself a traveler, though he seems to know more about Yasha and Ashura than he should.

** Averted however [[spoiler: when it is revealed he is a mazoku and has such immense power that even Taishakuten respects his might. If he wanted to, he can probably wipe out most of the armies Yasha faced. He prefers to remain a bystander to see if the prophecy can be changed.]]

* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast: One that can only be compared to Ashura's.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBastard: Illegite son of the former Tentei and at the good guys' side, although for his own reasons.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Gave his life in order to awake Ashura one last time]].

** [[spoiler:MarkOfShame: The eye is proof of the [[SinsOfOurFathers Sins Of His Parents]]]].

* [[spoiler:WildCard: He's the only anomaly in the prophecy, mentioned by Kuyoh as "the one from the darkness, who controls the dark stars".]]

* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents: To Kujaku.]]

** [[spoiler:TheOphelia]]
*** [[spoiler:LaughingMad]]
*** [[spoiler:BrokenTears]]

* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: Around Ashura.

* ActionGirl: Souma can cut off heads with jut a throw of her shuurikens

* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: [[http://www.perryandtsua.com/RG_Veda/Ashura_Oh.JPG His armor]].

* {{Adorkable}} All of Yasha's seriousness actually make him a little of a dork in certain situations.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: "And by the way, I'm not a brat; I'm the real Ryuu-Oh!"

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: The first casuality of fully awaken Ashura.]]
* TeamChef: He even lampshaded it once when Kujaku was demanding to Yasha a nice supper as reward for [[spoiler:taking care of Aizen-myoh]].

* [[spoiler:AllLoveIsUnrequited: He loved Ashura-ou, who only sleep with him in order to get him into his scheme.]]
* BigBad
** [[spoiler:TheDragon: To Ashura-oh]].

* TheEmperor

* SonOfAWhore: He's the son of the former leader and a concubine. Still, the clan nor even his half-brother took prejudice against him or his mother.

* SonOfAWhore: He's the son of the former leader and a concubine. Still, the clan nor even his half-brother took prejudice against him.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: When he was a boy, Ashura-Oh claimed that he had "pretty eyes".

* BloodKnight: He likes to fight and become stronger. He met Yasha and Ashura when he showed to them in hopes of having a match with "Tenkai's strongest guardian" and later joined in order to get some more practice before returning to be king of his people.

* BloodKnight: His dream is to fight Yasha again.

The only survivor of the Ashura Clan and its leader by birth. Sought by Taishaku-ten alongside Yasha, death and misery practically follow him[[note]]Ashura does not, in fact, have an actual gender but just to keep things simple we'll use male pronouns[[/note]]. He has a loving and cheerful nature that hides the greats amount of grief and self-blame he holds within him. Though Kuyoh foresaw Ashura was destined to kill Yasha, the bond between them is unbreakable and they live solely for each other.

[[spoiler:Ashura is the last of a line of war and destruction gods. His father, knowing his son would be born without the seal keeping his true nature in line, prepared an elaborate plan with Taishaku-ten so he could be prevented from destroying Tenkai]].

* GuiltComplex: His self-blaming is justificable; he's the most wanted person by Taishaku-ten and anyone who interacts with him and protects him will be killed.

* [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac: The Real Ashura's wish is to destroy everything in Heaven, Earth and Hell.]]

* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Ashura is a war god, based in the Asura from Hinduism. His lack of gender is justified as it's the result of a curse that will keep the Ashura clan from continuing, and he's actually treated as both male and female in the series.
* ParentalAbandonment: His father was killed by Taishaku-ten, and [[TearJerker his mother didn't even want him in the first place]].

* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Yasha found him as a baby. Just hours later, he grew up to a 5-6 year old child able to travel around. Later on, he grew to a 9-10 year old child after awakening Shura-toh. [[spoiler:And after Shura-toh's seal was broken, he became a full grown adult]].

The leader and only survivor of the Yasha Clan. After hearing the last prophecy of Kuyoh instead of killing her, he looked for Ashura in the Enchanted Forest; this resulted in him being considered a traitor by Taishaku-ten and the annihilation of his Clan. He starts traveling with Ashura looking for the Six Starts to defeat Taishaku-ten. Though Kuyoh foresaw Ashura was destined to kill Yasha, the bond between them is unbreakable and they live solely for each other.

* WorldsStrongestMan: He's recognized as the strongest swordsman in Tenkai and the only one stronger than him is Taishaku-ten. Mazoku Aizen-myoh wants to eat him thinking that this would grant her immortality.

Succesor of the Ryuu Clan, at first he didn't want to be king. After finding out that Yasha was in his lands, he tried to challenge him to a fight but was quickly defeated. Looking for more power, he unsealed his clan's sword and became the new leader, though he soon escaped to join Ashura and Yasha in hopes of a new match with him. Of all the Six Stars, he's the only who doesn't have a personal reason to fight Taishaku-ten.

* DeclarationOfProtection: Promises to protect Ashura before attacking Taishaku-ten. [[spoiler:..[[SorryThatImDying He couldn't keep it]]]]

* IChooseToStay: Was given the opportunity to return home since he didn't have a personal reason to fight Taishaku-ten; he chose to follow the group.

* KiAttacks: His special move with Ryuuga-to.

Leader of the Karura Clan. Childhood friends with Yasha and Kendappa. She despises Taishaku-ten but works under his rule in order to keep her ill littler sister Karyoubinga safe. After the death of Karyoubinga, she fakes her death to keep her clan safe and joins Yasha's cause to avenge her sister.

* BigSisterInstinct: Her concern for Karyoubinga is the only thing that kept her from joining Yasha in the beginning. Karura's love for her sister was stronger than her hatred for Taishaku-ten.
* BerserkerTears: Shed these while swearing to kill Taishaku-ten for killing Karyoubinga.

* ForcedToWatch: As she couldn't go against Taishaku-ten because that would put her Clan at risk, all she could do was watching her sister dying in front of her.

* [[spoiler:IDieFree: She died fullfiling her wish of fighting Taishaku-ten to avenge her sister, meaning she was free of his oppresion.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: Jumped to fight Taishaku-ten upon seeing him without thinking twice.

TheLeader of the Kendappa Clan. A beautiful and highly talented harpist who sometimes performs for Taishaku-ten and is the target of prince Tenou's affections. Though very ladylike, she can defend herself quite well. She saved Souma from dying of her injures and hid her with the help of Kisshou-ten. [[spoiler:She's actually Taishaku-ten's Fourth General after her father's death]].

* DamselOutOfDistress: Hung Taishaku-ten's spy with her shawl.

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Commanded Souma to kill every single person in the army of Koumoku-ten to prevent them from going to alert Taishaku-ten. We get a close-up of her face that shows her smiling beautifully while she does it. And even before that, when she hung a spy with her shawl, she did it while smiling, commenting that she was not in a good mood.

** {{Foreshadowing}}: Of her being [[spoiler:Taishaku-ten's Fourth General, because the spy was sent by Bishamon-ten. In that same chapter, just a few pages earlier, after Ten-ou got the information about Kendappa-ou's next performance from Bishamon-ten, Taishaku-ten asked Bishamon-ten if he also spies on ''his fellow Generals''. Yes, all the hints we need about Kendappa's true identity could be found in that single chapter.]]

Only survivor of the Souma Clan. Her clan was annihilated on Taishaku-ten's order because of a legend that the blood of a member of Clan Souma can grant immortality to the person who drinks it. Her parents hid her from the army and died in front of her eyes. Injured, she ran away and was found by Kendappa, who hid her with the help of Kisshou-ten.

* IOweYouMyLife: To Kendappa and Kisshou-ten.

* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Says her name before fighting Taishaku-ten.

!!Taishaku-ten

[[spoiler:Actually, the whole usurping Tenkai was Ashura-oh's plan to prevent The Six Stars from meeting and Ashura's awakening as God of Destruction, and Taishaku-ten killed and ate Ashura-oh at his request to empower him to kill Ashura if the plan failed. Also, Taishaku-ten was in love with Ashura-oh]].

* LetThemDieHappy: [[spoiler:He killed Karura-oh to give peace to her revenge hungry soul, allowing her to be escorted by her sister's soul to the afterlife; he avoided Souma saving Kendappa and let himself be hated for her at her last moments and killed Kisshou-ten without revealing her her father's sin and left her body alongside her husband so they all could be TogetherInDeath with their loved one, since, as he says "There's no worse pain than live without the person you love".]]

The Empress of Tenkai and wife of Taishaku-ten; her beautiful face is only a mask to cover what could be the most ruthless woman in the whole world. She was a human priestess of the Ashura Clan who, after receiving a god's longevity, started to plan her climb to power. She betrayed her clan by revealing their secrets to Taishaku-ten in return became the new Empress while she was still married to Ashura-oh. After giving birth to twins, she discovered that while one was Taishaku-ten's, the other was Ashura-oh's and tried to kill him herself to ensure Tenou's climb to the throne while being the one pulling the strings behind him.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Betrayed her first husband, her clan and was planning to do the same with Taishaku-ten.
* DarkMistress: To Taishaku-ten, at the Holy War 300 years ago. Unlike other examples, [[LadyMacbeth it was thanks to her]] that Taishakuten succeded, thanks to selling the Ashura clan's strategies.

* HotConsort: First to Ashura-oh, now to Taishaku-ten.

* MyBelovedSmother: To Ten-ou.

Shashi's sister and human priestess of the Ashura Clan. More humble and gentle than her sister, she's the guardian of Shura-to and one of the seals of the sword, she was waiting for Ashura to get them back in a underground city's ruins. [[spoiler:At her sister's betrayal, she committed suicide but was brought back for Ashura-oh to hide Shura-to and wait for the next successor. Died in the arms of her second love after giving the first seal to Ashura and ending her mission]].

* BabyTrap: Played for drama. [[spoiler:Since she was DeadAllAlong,]] it was impossible to her to give Kumara-ten a child, but at that time, Kumara kept her close thinking she was carrying his successor.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In Kumara-ten's.

* LoveMartyr: To Kumara-ten. He emotionally mistreat her and she can just suffer in silence.

The Prince of Tenkai and Taishaku-ten and Shashi's son and heir, and unknown to him, fraternal twin and half-brother of Ashura. Despite his parents, he's benevolent, kind and rather humble; he's respected by his subjects and chased by all the young women in the court, but he already is in love with Kendappa-oh, his father's personal harpist.

The former and deceased leader of the Ashura Clan and father of the present Ashura. He was the strongest warrior in Tenkai and Tentei's most loyal servant. Handsome, powerful, gentle and seemingly quite perfect, but hinted to possess a darker side. [[spoiler:And he does. The Ashura clan was previously a clan full of lovers of destruction and bloodlust, and were in fact a group of unstoppable war gods who were sealed to serve Tentei. Ashura-oh, knowing through Kuyoh's prophecy and his own visions that his son would born without this seal, planned an elaborate gambit alongside Taishaku-ten to prevent Ashura from waking as a god of destruction, even if it meant defying destiny and change stars's path just to keep his bloodline going]].

* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: He was the one who gave Taishaku-ten the idea of mutinying against Tentei and taking over Tenkai, so he could keep an eye on Ashura and the Six Stars]].

* [[spoiler:YaoiGuys: With Taishaku-ten]].

[[spoiler:He's the son of the former Tentei and his sister, the former royal stargazer. His father, who despised his birth, locked him and his mother away from civilization. His mother went mad from the isolation and killed herself to avoid killing him. He managed to escape, growing wings in his back, and foresaw the Six Stars and Ashura's prophecy. He forged Yama-to and give it to the Yasha Clan in hopes that this would be passed to Yasha-oh, Ashura's awakener. His real goal is to see if a very deep bond of love can change destiny]].

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: He's Kisshou-ten's half brother.]]

* [[spoiler:WingedHumanoid: He was the one who give Yama-to to the Yasha Clan]].

Karura-oh's little sister. Born with a weak body, she just can survive within the Sky City's thin air and considers herself an hindrance to her sister. Taishaku-ten abducts her for her beautiful singing voice and makes her perform in front of the people while coughing her lungs out because of the thick air. She dies singing her last song dedicated to her sister; her last wish was to Karura to be free.

* NeverFoundTheBody: Poor girl couldn't have a decent funeral because of Taishaku-ten [[MoralEventHorizon gave her body to his pets as food.]]

The royal stargazer. First introduced after escaping her prison when Yasha is given the order to kill her. Instead of killing her, Yasha hears her last prophecy and goes for Ashura, promising to return for her. He later finds Kuyoh dead, killed by Bishamon-ten by being impaled with her own staff. [[spoiler:Yasha wasn't the first person to hear the prophecy; she first said it to Ashura-oh and interpreted it for him]]. Ashura-oh give her the order to tell the prophecy to Yasha. [[spoiler:..though incomplete]]

Kuyoh's sister. She wasn't born with powers since her sister was already a stargazer, but she blinded herself to gain some power. Though not so powerful as her sister, she can see the past and present with the water mirror and became Taishaku-ten's personal seer.

* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Was about to cut her throat after believing Taishaku-ten dead]] but was stopped by Zocho-ten.

* SubordinateExcuse: Towards Taishaku-ten.

!!Bishamon-ten

Taishaku-ten's right hand man, General of North and Kisshou-ten's husband. He's responsible for Yasha Clan's being destroyed. Follows Taishaku-ten's orders unhesitatingly. [[spoiler:He joined Taishaku-ten's rebellion against Tentei as long as Taishaku-ten allowed him to marry Kisshou-ten, even knowing that she'd hate him.]]

* [[spoiler:DyingDeclarationOfLove: Confessed his love to Kisshou-ten just before he died.]]
* TheDragon: Of Taishaku-ten.

* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil: He supported Taishaku-ten against Tentei because he knew it was the only way to get Kisshou-ten as his wife.]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMartyr: Even though he knew Kisshou-ten would hate him forever, he was fine with it as long as he had her by his side.]]

* SatelliteCharacter: Most of his character is him doing Taishaku-ten's dirty work, though he started to get some depth in the last two volumes.
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: With Kisshou-ten.]]

!!Kisshou-ten

The former Tentei's daughter, married to Bishamon-ten as political hostage [[spoiler:or that's what she thinks]]. She hid Souma after Kendappa-oh saved her. [[spoiler:Unknown to her, she's Kujaku's half sister. She died by Taishaku-ten's sword, bleeding over her husband's corpse without knowing the truth about her father.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:After finding out the true about Bishamon-ten's actions, she confessed to his dead body that she always loved him.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: Taishakuten married her to Bishamon-ten to keep an eye on her. [[spoiler:Actually, Bishamon-ten just agreed to help Taishakuten in his plan as long he could have Kisshou-ten as wife.]]
* DaddysGirl: The former Tentei loved her very much. [[spoiler: As Kujaku remarked, she was "the child destined to be loved since birth" as was Ten-ou.]]

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her eyes are different from the whole cast. They are similar to Bishamon-ten's.

* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Kendappa-oh and Ten-ou. Kendappa isn't amused.
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: She and Bishamon-ten actually loved each other since they first met, but Bishamon-ten being Taishakuten's [[TheDragon Dragon]] made things difficult.]]]

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Kisshou-ten is the goddess of beauty in Buddhism and based on Lashkimi from Hinduism.

The deceased, former ruler of Tenkai and father of Kisshou-ten. Murdered by Taishaku-ten before the start of the series.

* GoodParents: To Kisshou-ten.

!!Kumara-ten
The leader and only survivor of the former beautiful city, Kusumabura. During the Holy War, his citizens were murdered and his city became ruined and isolated underground. He kidnapped Ashura believing that his blood was needed to awaken Shura-tou.

* BadDreams: Has nightmares of [[DarkAndTroubledPast his past in the Holy War]] that turn in Taishaku-ten about to perforate Kaara's belly with the "baby" inside it, killing both.

!!Zocho-ten

General of South and Karura-oh's superior. A rather nice guy despise working under Taishaku-ten.

* PunchClockVillain: He doesn't want to do what Taishaku-ten commands him but he has no other choice. Also when not on the clock, he was implied to have a hobby of playing flute. Thought the last part might be a joke.

!!Komoku-ten

Yasha's younger half brother. In his childhood, Yama suggested that he be named heir of the clan, even when everybody (Rasetsu included) knew Yama was the best candidate, but since Rasetsu was the legitimate son of the former leader and his wife he had a stronger claim. To avoid the responsibility he ran away and left the clan in Yama's hands. After hearing of the Yasha Clan's annihilation, he returns to the clan's land to find Yasha burning the remains of the people and demands an explanation. [[spoiler:After making peace with Yasha, he died fighting Koumoku-ten's men to give Yasha's group time to get farther ahead of them.]]

A woman with a house in the woods who the group encounters and spends the night. She's waiting for her husband's return from a journey. She shows quite an interest in Yasha since he reminds her of her husband. [[spoiler:Said husband is no other that Rasetsu, which makes her Yasha's sister-in-law. At the end, she kills herself to avoid give information to Koumoku-ten about the whereabouts of Yasha's group, and is able to be TogetherInDeath with Rasetsu.]]

* HeroicVow: Played with. [[spoiler:She promised to only serve the strongest and she says she cannot break a vow to herself, even if that means killing her beloved Souma]].

* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove]]: [[spoiler:Convinced that Souma would never be able to beat Taishakute, less of all kill him, she decided to step into battle as the Four General in order to kill Souma herself.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: She's easily annoyed at Souma not realizing how much she cares for her.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yasha. She messes with him but in the end she cares for him. They're acknowleged as being LikeBrotherAndSister by everyone except Yasha.
-->'''Kendappa:''' We are always like siblings in hardship.
-->'''Yasha:''' I don't recall having a sister. but I did have a brother.

* BloodMagic: A legend says Souma's blood can give immortality to one person.

* HopelessSuitor: To Kendappa.
** IncompatibleOrientation: Kendappa not only was in love with someone else but that someone else was a woman.

* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He knew all along about Tentei's sin because of his Mana, yet never told to anyone, not even Tentei.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Downplayed. He's pleased that Yasha and Ashura's bond grows stronger everyday.

* NotSoDifferent: With [[spoiler:Kujaku]].

* SugarAndIcePersonality: He's distant andnot very talkative, but you can tell for his devotion on Ashura (and viseversa) that this big guy has a huge heart.

* ActionGirl

* BigDamnHeroes: At the end of volume 7, she saves Ashura who was almost killed by one of the pursers.

* ActionGirl

* TheMedic: Aside her skill to spy and her accuracy with shuuriken, thanks to being last of a clan especiallized in medicines, she serves as the team's medic

The Empress of Tenkai and wife of Taishaku-ten; her beautiful face is only a mask to cover what could be the most ruthless woman in the whole world. She was a human priestess of the Ashura Clan who, after receiving a god's longevity, started to plan her climb to power. She betrayed her clan by revealing their secrets to Taishaku-ten in return became the new Empress while she was still married to Ashura-oh. After giving birth to twins, she discovered that while one was Taishaku-ten's, the other was Ashura-oh's and tried to kill him herself to ensure Ten-ou's climb to the throne while being the one pulling the strings behind him.

The only survivor of the Ashura Clan and its leader by birth. Sought by Taishaku-ten alongside Yasha, death and misery practically follow him[[note]]Ashura does not, in fact, have an actual gender but just to keep things simple we'll use male pronouns[[/note]]. He has a loving and cheerful nature that hides the greats amount of pain he holds within him. Though Kuyoh foresaw Ashura was destined to kill Yasha, the bond between them is unbreakable and they live solely for each other.

* [[spoiler:BloodLust: The [[EnemyWithin Real Ashura]] loves the taste of blood. In the first chapter, it brought him from Ashura's unconcious when Ashura tasted blood out of curiosity.]]

* LastOfHisKind

* [[Really700YearsOld Really 300 Years Old]]: Ryou-Oh doesn't believe it. Then it's explained that for gods, 300 years is the time needed for gods to reach adulthood. So basically, Ashura looks like a kid when he's already old enough to be considered an adult by gods' standards.

-->'''[[spoiler:The Other Ashura:''' Your Ashura is no more. He died right here. (points his own heart)]]

* TheUnfavorite: To his mother.

* [[spoiler:LoveInterestTraitor]]: To Souma.

* ParentalFavoritism: Prefers Ten-ou over Ashura.
** ThatThingIsNotMyChild[=/=]IHaveNoSon
*** OffingTheOffspring: Tried to kill a just born Ashura. Obviously failed.

!!Ten-ou

* YouWillBeSpared: [[spoiler:Ashura left him alive so [[CruelMercy he could witness the horrors he was about to bring to all existence]] and those would be stored in Ten-ou's gentle heart forever]].

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[spoiler: Ashura-Oh constantly had visions of Ashura as a god of destruction and the destinies of the Six Stars, but he never managed to see Ashura's HeroicSacrifice for Yasha.]]

* [[spoiler:LongLostRelative]]: To Kisshou-ten.

* ShipperOnDeck: Downplayed. He's pleased that Yasha and Ashura's bond grows stronger everyday; after all, he knows that it would be very important in the end.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* [[spoiler:LongLostRelative: To Kujaku.]]

* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]

* LuminescentBlush: Had this around Yasha since he reminds her of her husband [[spoiler:since Yasha and Rasetsu have StrongFamilyResemblance]].

* [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac: The Real Ashura's wish is destroying everything.]]

-->'''[[spoiler:The Other Ashura:]]''' (to Yasha) [[spoiler:Your Ashura is no more. He died right here. (points his own heart)]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After finding out the truth about the Six Starts, the prophecy and Ashura.]]

* SonOfAWhore: He's the son of the former leader and a concubine.

* CheerfulChild: As a toddler.

* IllGirl: The air of the atmosphere is poison to her.

* SacrificialLamb

* CainAndAbel: Subverted. They were rather normal brothers, despise knowing they were just half brothers. It was only after his return and seeing what was of his clan because of Yasha's decisions that they became like this.
** And later they reconciled, making this a double subversion.

* [[Really700YearsOld Really 300 Years Old]]: Ryou-Oh doesn't believe it.

** SeparatedAtBirth
*** PsychicLink: How they knew they were twins.

* PrinceCharming
** TheWisePrince

* YouWillBeSpared[=/=]CruelMercy: [[spoiler:Ashura left him alive so he could witness the horrors he was about to bring to all existence and those would be stored in Ten-ou's gentle heart forever]].

* BreakTheCutie: Ashura is, without of a doubt, [[TheWoobie the character that suffers the most]] in this series. He's broken at least ''once'' per volume.
* CoolSword: Shurato. It's a glass-like blade that can cut rock like butter, shoot flames, its scabbard is its very own owner and may or may not ''be alive''.

* NeutralNoLonger: Ashura mostly kept himself at the sideways, letting Yasha and the others the figthing, but after meditate about all those who sacrificed themself to protect him, he's the very first one to jump at the battle by revealing himself.

* DotingParent: Kujaku and Ryuu-ou can see that Yasha spoils Ashura a lot.
* EyeScream: He loses his right eye [[spoiler:at the Kekki that formed after Ashura commited suicide]].

* IsThatCuteKidYours: Sometimes he gets this question about him and Ashura.
--> '''Kendappa:''' Who's this kid!? Another one you got on some woman!? Yasha is so lecherous!!

* TheQuietOne: He doesn't talk much but [[SugarAndIcePersonality his actions talk for him]].

* [[spoiler:DiedHappilyEverAfter]]
** [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]: With Karyoubinga.

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Commanded Souma to kill every single person in the army of Koumoku-ten to prevent them from going to alert Taishaku-ten. We get a close-up of her face that shows her smiling beautifully while she does it.

* [[spoiler:SocialDarwinist]]
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]: With Souma.
** [[spoiler:MurderSuicide]]
*** [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove]]

* {{Tsundere}}
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yasha. She messes with him but in the end she protects him.
** LikeBrotherAndSister: They are acknowledged to be this by everyone except Yasha.

-->'''Yasha:''' I don't recall having a sister. but I do had a brother.

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Splattered with her parent's blood.

* {{Ninja}}
* TeamMom
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]: With Kendappa.

* DarkMistress: To Taishaku-ten, at the Holy War 300 years ago.
** LadyMacbeth
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Begs for Ashura for mercy, pointing out he shouldn't murder her because she is his mother and how immoral matricide is. To which Ashura rebuffs she not only disowned him but even attempted infanticide.]]

Shashi's sister and human priestess of the Ashura Clan. More humble and gentle than her sister, she's the guardian of Shura-to and one of the seals of the sword, she was waiting for Ashura to get them back in a underground city's ruins. [[spoiler:Was in love with Ashura-oh. At her sister's betrayal, she committed suicide but was brought back for Ashura-oh to hide Shura-to and wait for the next successor. Died in the arms of her second love after giving the first seal to Ashura and ending her mission]].

* BabyTrap: Deconstructed and played for drama. [[spoiler:Since she was DeadAllAlong,]] it was impossible to her to give Kumara-ten a child, but at that time, Kumara kept her close thinking she was carrying his successor. When she was ready to give her life along with her seal to Ashura, she confessed half the truth since she didn't tell Kumara she lied to him just to be with him, as she had actually fallen in love with him.

* MommasBoy: Deconstructed, since his mother did love him but didn't really care about what he really wanted and was secretly using him as another pawn in her climb to power. He played along to protect the poor maids from her.

* LovableCoward: If the group gets trapped in battle, he normally escapes or stays aside to watch.
-->'''Ryuu-oh:''' Fifty or a hundred, let them come. My hands are getting itchy.
-->'''Souma:''' I'll help too.
-->'''Kujaku:''' *smiles* Then I'll watch the battle with all my mighty!!
** Averted however [[spoiler: when it is revealed he is a mozaku and has such immense power that even Taishakuten respects his might. If he wanted to, he can probably wipe out most of the armies Yasha faced. He prefers to remain a bystander to see if the prophecy can be changed. In the end his willingness to sacrifice himself to free Ashura shows he's anything but a coward.]]

** [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]

** [[spoiler:LoveMartyr: And even though he knew Kisshou-ten would hate him forever, he was fine with it as long as he had her by his side.]]

** TrophyWife: [[spoiler:Subverted as Bishamon-ten did really love her.]]

* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: She and Bishamon-ten actually loved each other since they first met, but Bishamon-ten being Taishakuten's [[TheDragon Dragon]] made things difficult.]]
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: With Bishamon-ten.]]

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Kisshou-ten is the goddess of beauty in the original Rig Veda.

* TheGoodKing

* OffWithHisHead

* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest]]: PlayedForDrama in her case.
* [[spoiler:GoMadFromTheIsolation: After Tentei locked her underground.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Despite almost OffingTheOffspring, in one lucid moment she [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]] to avoid killing Kujaku.]]
* [[spoiler:IWishedYouWereDead: Said this to Kujaku since, if he weren't alive, her and her brother's sin would be unknown.]]

* PosthumousCharacter

* WalkingSpoiler

* LastOfHisKind

* RescueRomance: PlayedForDrama. He found an injured Kaara, took care of her and they both fell for each other, but he was so embittered that, even though he loved Kaara, he treated her as a BabyFactory.
* TogetherInDeath: With Kaara.
* TragicHero

* PunchClockVillain: He doesn't want to do what Taishaku-ten commands him but he has no other choice. Also when not on the clock, he was implied to have a hobby of playing flute.
** JustFollowingOrders

* {{Subtext}}: Was reluctant to fight Karura-oh and called her "his precious assistance", which was seen by fans as signs of a crush on her.
** SubordinateExcuse
* [[spoiler:ZenSurvivor]]

** TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: How he saw himself.

* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: With Rasetsu.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She was the one who taught Ashura humility by not letting him be a little brat while he was under her care.

* BodyHorror: Her upper body is a cute girl, the lower body is tons of tentacles; not to mention her arms are actually claws.

** EvilRedhead: In some color illustrations.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Captured Yasha not out of lust but to eat him, [[NoYay still]] [[{{Squick}} squicky]].

* KillItWithFire: Or rather electric shocks; but she melted as she died.

* BadassAdorable

* BreakTheCutie: You could start a drinking game based on how many times Ashura is told to his face he's a "cursed child" and that he only brings death with him.

* [[spoiler:EnemyWithin: The "Real Ashura", the story's BiggerBad.]]

* LotusEaterMachine: She gives one of these to Yasha as a PsychologicalTormentZone; Ashura was about to be trapped in one too but he managed to avoid it.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: A bad habit of Yasha's is not thinking things through and just go with the flow of things. Best example in volume 3, when after getting Shurato, Yasha and co. went to the sky city for no other reason than Ashura wanting to go, despite going on the date of an important holiday. Ryuu-oh calls him out of this.

* RestrainingBolt: Yamato is this to [[spoiler:Ashura. Kujaku crafted specifically so Yasha could keep Ashura's EnemyWithin in line.]] Unfortunately at the end [[spoiler:Ashura, though affected, was already too powerful for the sword to control him.]]

* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: To Ashura-Oh, who unknowly for Yasha, makes him promise that he would protect his son.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone that knows about the Holy Way, knows that Shashi sold her clan's secrets and almost killed her own child herself; everyone but Ashura, as people can't bring themselves to tell him but at the end he founds it out.

* CoolSword: Shurato. It's a glass-looking blade that can cut rock like butter, shoot flames and its scabbard is its very own owner.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Ashura's powers went out of control, out of his despair, after discovering the AwfulTruth about his mother. It was needed [[CoolDownHug Yasha's hug]] to cool him dowm.

* PosthumousCharacter: And one of the most important as [[spoiler:the series' plot is practically is fault.]]

* PluckyGirl: Girl have some nerve in her. Her first instinct at hearing someone into the bushes at night? Draw a sword at their faces. Kids behaiving badly? Scold them with authority. Best known sworman tries to leave and she doesn't wanna? Keep him close with a debt. Guards threatento kill you if you don't talk about your crush's whereabouts? Say you betray those who you love.
* SacrificialLamb

* TomboyishPonytail