History Characters / SenkiZesshouSymphogearAntagonists

The various villains throughout the series that oppose the Symphogears.

As everything involving the antagonists of this story is a major spoiler, this page is Administrivia/SpoilersOff!

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!!Unaffiliated Antagonists
[[folder:Finé]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/MiyukiSawashiro
The BigBad of the first season, who controlled Chris from the shadows. She possesses a number of powerful armours and Relics, some of which allow her (and by extension, Chris) to summon and control Noise. Despite not being a Symphogear user, the Nehushtan Armor, Solomon's Cane, Durandal and Kadingir make her a very powerful foe.\\
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She is the reincarnation of an ancient priestess who sought entry into Heaven by building the Tower of Babel, but was struck down by {{God}}. Fine possessed the body of Ryoko Sakurai when the latter came into contact with the Relics, and used her host's position within the 2nd Division to further her own agenda. She builds a new Tower of Babel, Kadingir to destroy the moon, which should be followed by natural catastrophes.
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* BackForTheFinale: In both ''G'' and the series finale, Finé's spirit makes a brief appearance.
* BastardGirlfriend: Finé punishes Chris' mistakes stark naked save for black stockings.
* BeehiveBarrier: Ascard is a shield with a hexagon structure made by the whips. She can also create a three-layer shield.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Fine claims that she through several reincarnations has been responsible for most of the world's global paradigm shifts. It should be noted that her reincarnations were not limited to be female.
* BigBad: Of Season 1.
* ChainmailBikini: The Nehushtan armour when worn by Fine doesn't do much to cover her user below the shoulders. But it makes the exposed skin as bullet-proof as the rest of the armour, as seen in episode 11.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Fitting to the BigBad, she has one of lowest female voices of the cast.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blonde hair and golden eyes.
* TheDarkArts: That's exactly what the she calls her forbidden powers.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Between her death and her reappearance in Shirabe's NearDeathExperience midway through ''G'' Episode 12, Finé has since taken Hibiki's words to heart. Her ghost even encourages Shirabe, her descendant, to live on and protect Kirika and help her save Maria.
* DepravedBisexual: She sexually tortures Chris, flirts openly with other women, but her motivations stem from being rejected by the man she loved.
* DivineDate: She states she was in love with God, but was rejected. In truth, she was the lover of the Custodian Enki. XV suggests they had at least one child, the distant ancestor of Maria.
* DramaticIrony: In her attempt to reach out for her God, the ancient priestess of Enki ended up turning into a similar menace that Enki gave up his life to stop, BodySurf between their descendants and using the face of their opponent's beloveds included.
* EvilGloating: She keeps on harping about how she's going to rule the Earth while beating a downed Hibiki.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Finé's voice is noticeably lower than Ryoko's.
%%* {{Expy}}: Finé is pretty much [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Miang]].
* FamilialBodySnatcher: She hijacks the bodies of her descendants to keep existing. She possessed Ryoko this way when Ryoko first heard Tsubasa's song activating Ame no Habakiri, and the confusion over just ''who'' her next reincarnation is takes up much of ''Symphogear G''.
* {{Flight}}: The Nehushtan Armor gives her flight abilities.
* FullFrontalAssault: Attacks Chris while naked, but then activates her Symphogear. Well, she ''was'' wearing stockings, high-heels and long gloves at that time.
* FusionDance: With the Nehushtan Armor to receive its regenerating ability. And then later with thousands of Noises.
* GeneticMemory: Finé is a ''scientifically'' reincarnated Sumerian priestess who stored her personality and memories in her descendants' DNA. This is how she bodyjacked Ryoko twelve years ago.
* GoldenSuperMode: When she starts using the Nehushtan Armor for herself she also upgrades its power, causing it to turn gold. It reverts to its original colour when she is defeated.
* GratuitousEnglish: Her first dialogue is in badly pronounced English, although it's actually used as an insult to her American interlocutors.
* GreaterScopeVillain: An interesting case as she ''becomes'' this in later seasons. ''G'', ''GX'', and ''AXZ'' happen all thanks to her research and heretical technology as part of her attempts to destroy the curse of Balal over the centuries. ''G'' stands out as the only one that is the result of ''recent'', modern day attempts towards her goal.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Thanks to the Nehushtan Armour.
* HellishPupils: To fit her unhuman nature.
* HeroicSacrifice: As part of her redemption, she ultimately sacrifices the last of her life-force in ''G'' Episode 12 to revive Shirabe.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The very Symphogear "toys" she made are why she loses. Her OhCrap reaction as she comes to the realization that Hibiki is getting up again and it's all thanks to the Symphogear makes it very clear she knows this well.
* ISurrenderSuckers:
** Being outmatched by Genjuro, Finé switches for a moment to her Ryoko persona to recover the momentum.
** Fine pulls off another fake-out later when she causes a ColonyDrop right after it seems she has given up.
* MeaningfulName: "Finé" is a musical term for "The End". Lampshaded by Tsubasa.
* MsFanservice: She lounges around nude and wears the most {{stripperiffic}} Symphogear.
* MookMaker: Solomon's Cane allows her to summon Noises.
* OneWingedAngel: Finé's Apocalypse Dragon form is her last trump against the Symphogears.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Strangely enough, her magic color is pink, despite she's the main villain. Though, she's not a girlish, but a very mature woman.
* PosthumousCharacter: She may be gone but she still plays an important role in later seasons. ''G'' features a terrorist group named Finé, built around girls with the potential to become her next vessel. In ''[=AXZ=]'' the immortal villains considered Finé their greatest rival, and view the Symphogear users as heirs to her position.
* PsychoLesbian: She dresses Chris in very erotic outfits, while Finé wear nothing, but stockings, high-heels and long gloves. The former gets electric shocks from the latter.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Subverted. Initially, it seems like Finé tries to destroy the moon using the Kadingir because God destroyed the [[TowerOfBabel tower]] she built to reach him. It turns out she's trying to destroy the moon because it will make everyone speak the same language as God again, allowing her to confess her love for him.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: Ryoko and Finé are the same person, hence why Creator/MiyukiSawashiro is voicing both characters.
* SlasherSmile: Finé is prone to this humourless grin.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The fansubs spell her name as "Finé", the official Niconico subs call her Phine.
** [[DubInducedPlotHole Sub-induced Plot Hole]]: The former spelling turned out to be the correct one.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Nehushtan armour when worn by Finé makes its user sport a SexyBacklessOutfit with {{Underboobs}}, BareYourMidriff and comes with [[CombatStilettos absurdly tall platform boots]].
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Fitting to the fact that she's a supernatural person.
* TakingYouWithMe: Finé tries to do this to the majority of the world by crashing a piece of the moon into the Earth. Her intention is to revive via a new host and continue from where she left off.
* TogetherInDeath: In the series finale, the reunited spirits of Finé and Enki appear to the Gear users.
* TragicMistake: Finé spent thousands of years filled with rage, believing that the Curse of Balal was Enki's way to completely reject her. Her goal of destroying the Moon, and with it the Curse of Balal, would have undone her lover's final, desperate act to ''protect'' Finé and the rest of humanity from MadGod Shem-ha.
* UnskilledButStrong: Despite being more powerful than the three Symphogear users, she lacks amount of skills and she has a hard time against Genjuro and later against the trio. But not unskilled enough that she is an AntiClimaxBoss.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Despite being the big bad of the original series, her ripping off a piece of the moon that unveiled the Lunar Ruins comes back to bite everyone in the ass by XV, including her original goal of trying to destroy the moon. The Curse of Balal she hated so much that originated from the moon she tried to destroy wasn't actually a Curse in the traditional sense, but a special program created to keep Shem-ha, the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire franchise, from re-emerging out of humanity's DNA to turn everyone into Monsters that serve her. Fine herself would not be exempt, either. Ooops.
* VillainousRescue: In ''G'', does this to spare Shirabe's soul from being destroyed by Kirika's scythe, though by then she's not exactly a villain.
* WhipItGood: The Nehushtan Armor has a couple of {{Variable Length Chain}}s as main weapons. And as seen in the last episode, it has a really long, long reach.
* WomanScorned: Apparently by God, of all deities. Ironically, VX reveals it to have been an incredibly tragic misunderstanding. Her lover, the Custodian Enki, enacted the Curse of Balal in a desperate effort to ''protect'' Finé and the rest of humanity from MadGod Shem-ha.
* TheWorfEffect: After killing a bunch of US-soldiers, she sets a bomb trap, which is activated by Genjuro and his men. Nobody seems to be hurt by the explosion.
%%* {{Yandere}}
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Decides she has no more use for Chris as of Episode 7.
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[[folder:Noise]]
Monsters that do not exist on the same dimension as humanity, rendering normal weapons useless against them. Only the Symphogears possess the ability to defeat them. Solomon's Cane can summon and control them. It is later revealed they were created by [[HumansAreBastards humans]] of long ago. The climax of G has the heroes finally seal away the dimension where they come from. Even if they survived the explosion of Nephilim there is most likely no way to open the Treasury of Babylon again without Solomon's Cane.
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* AchillesHeel: [[LostTechnology Relics]] seem to be the only things capable of hurting them, most often in the form of a Symphogear.
* TheDreaded: As soon as they show up, people start screaming and running. The trope below makes it ''very'' clear why.
* EldritchAbomination: Creepy looking and make strange distorted squishy sounds. A single touch means an agonizing death to the [[{{Muggle}} average civilian]]. They also ''only'' attack humans, leaving any other living things alone.
* IntangibleMan: One of the main reasons they're so hard for conventional soldiers to deal with. They're only corporeal when they want to be, which makes walls no obstacle and weapons incapable of hitting them. The Symphogear system is so effective against them because it's designed, among other things, to force them into a solid state.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: The fate of their victims as they carbonize and instantly turn to dust. Also, the Noise's own fate when they are destroyed as they crumble into the same dust.
* LivingWeapon: For a certain value of "living" but they were created as weapons by humanity long ago.
* {{Mooks}}: What they all end up being, what with there being a BigBad controlling them. Not to mention how the Symphogears let the heroes tear through them like tissue paper.
* MookMaker: A few different types have this ability.
* ShootingSuperman: Plenty of armies still shoot at them, as though it's ineffective it tends to delay them enough for civilians to evacuate.
* TouchOfDeath: One single touch from them (if you aren't wearing a Symphogear) will immediately carbonize the victim, instantly killing them...and interestingly destroying the Noise as well.
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[[folder:Alca-Noise]]
Creatures visually similar to the Noise, created by Carol using the same magic she plans to use to eventually destroy the entire world. They are also eventually used by the Pavarian Illuminati as foot soldiers in their own schemes.
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* BossInMookClothing [=/=] DemonicSpiders: Far, far more dangerous than they appear. While individual Alca-Noise are still MadeOfPlasticine, the glowing parts of their bodies can destroy Symphogears on contact, and the [[EliteMook Bushi-Noise]] in particular are capable of using them defensively as well.
* DegradedBoss: Once the Symphogears are reinforced against the effects of their deconstruction organs, they don't appear to be any more dangerous than the original Noise.
* GlassCannon: Despite having the ability to destroy Symphogears, they aren't any tougher than real Noise and are actually more vulnerable to conventional weapons, due to lacking the phase-shifting abilities of the real Noise.
* HighPressureBlood: Unlike Noise, which simply crumble to dust when slain, the Alca-Noise erupt in sprays of blood-like mist.
* MeaningfulName: Their name is likely to be a combination of Noise and Alkahest, a universal solvent that could dissolve gold, and hence highly sought after by historical alchemists.
* {{Mooks}}: Replacing the Noise as the primary cannon fodder of the series after the Treasury of Babylonia is destroyed at the end of G.
* MookCarryover: Unlike the Noise, which only heed the command of Solomon's Cane, Alca-Noise have been used by multiple antagonists following their introduction in GX, including lower-ranked human mooks, as their artificial nature and summoning method means anybody that can get their hands on Alca-Noise crystals can control them, with whoever releases them, even indirectly, becoming their master.
* NoSell: In Episode 2, a Bushi-Noise not only easily blocks Tsubasa's attack, but destroys her sword and Symphogear.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: So far there's been Alkanoise, Alukahnoise and Arcanoise. The show gives the official spelling as Alca-Noise, perhaps to be consistent with their nature as alchemical creations/modifications of Noise by Carol.
** In terms of meta, considering the nature of the antagonists' powers (alchemy) and how Japanese katakana is normally transliterated into English, Alca/Alka-noise seems to be the most accurate, as the other two versions (Arca and Alukah) are more direct transliterations from their Japanese pronunciations.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They look almost identical to the Noise, except that they're much more resistant to the Symphogear.
* WhamLine: "They're not Noise!" in Episode 2, after they NoSell Tsubasa's attacks and destroy her armour.
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[[folder:Carol Malus Dienheim]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/InoriMinase
A young European alchemist, who claims she will destroy the world's miracles. She is a master of ElementalPowers and is the creator and commander of the four Auto-Scorers.
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* EleventhHourRanger: Joins forces with the Wielders during their final battle against Shem-Ha, acting as a substitute to a seventh Symphogear wielder. Their combined power is enough to break down Shem-Ha's barriers, and finally defeat the MadGod.
* AndThenWhat: Carol's plan in GX is to use her alchemy to find out the secrets of the world which she intends to do by dissecting the world and examining its individual pieces. However, as Dr Ver {{lampshades}} Carol has no plan on what she intends to do ''after'' gaining said knowledge and in fact Carol admits that she doesn't actually want to do anything with the knowledge either.
* BackFromTheDead: Seemingly commits suicide at the end of Episode 6 before being revived at the end of Episode 8 by transferring her consciousness into a backup body. After a long period of being presumed gone, XV has Carol finally reawaken inside Elfnein's body to protect her from Noble Red.
* BadassBoast: Throws out a couple in XV.
** Against Noble Red, Carol made it quite clear that she had indeed returned.
-->'''Vanessa:''' "Another impossible miracle at the last moment?"
-->'''Carol:''' "A miracle, you say? Not at all. [[HesBack I am the murderer of miracles!]]"
** The battle against Shem-Ha had Carol throw out a borderline BlasphemousBoast.
-->'''Carol:''' "I've long since finished analyzing the concept of humanity. So I merely categorize any other impurities as "gods," then dissect them. Don't underestimate my alchemy!"
* BigBad: The main antagonist of GX.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Averted. Dr. Ver shows up to assist Carol midway through GX, but when he mocks her goals and motives, she dissolves their partnership and attacks with the intent to kill. She indicates afterwards that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she would have gotten around to disposing of Ver in any case]]; Ver's impertinence just drove Carol to get it done with sooner rather than later.
* BigDamnHeroes: In XV she briefly intervenes to stop Millaarc from destroying Elfnein's mind. Later, when the Autoscorers are defeated by Noble Red, Elfnein seemingly summons Daurdabla and equips the Faust Robe, but it quickly becomes clear that the one we're seeing is actually ''Carol'', who has taken over Elfnein's body to protect her.
* BodyBackupDrive: She keeps on living by transferring all her memories to a new cloned body every time the active body is destroyed. However, [[MySkullRunnethOver the strain of receiving so many memories at once]] (including the pain experienced upon dying) is starting to eat away at her.
* BraidsOfAction: Sports a single blond braid and packs a great deal of power in her magic.
* BreakoutCharacter: Less so during her debut season, though she was praised for her design, songs, and voice work courtesy of Creator/InoriMinase. Rather, it was her surprise return in ''XV'', coupled with a long-awaited playable appearance in ''XDU'' not long after the season's conclusion, that caused her popularity to skyrocket. How popular is she now? She holds the distinction of being the only non-Symphogear user to have an identified birthday and have [[https://twitter.com/hs_takepiko/status/1336869752384327680?s=20 official merchandise]] dedicated to that.
* BreastExpansion: When Carol transforms using her Faust Robe in GX, she becomes ''far'' more voluptuous, complete with growing from being flat-chested to sporting at least a D-cup.
* BroughtDownToBadass: On her return in ''XV'', Carol retains her gargantuan level of raw power, but no longer has anything resembling the same amount of endurance.
* TheBusCameBack: After being absent for the entirety of ''AXZ'' and most of ''XV'', Carol returns to life in episode 7 to help protect Elfnein from Noble Red.
-->'''Vanessa''': Another impossible miracle at the last second?\\
'''Carol:''' A miracle, you say? Not at all. [[HesBack I am the murderer of miracles!]]
* TheChessmaster: Carol manages to play S.O.N.G exactly how she wants them throughout the majority of the season by destroying the Symphogear users relics and then having them upgraded by Elfnein to use the Ignite mode so that their "cursed melodies" can power the Château de Tiffauges.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Gold in her image song CD.
* CurbStompBattle: Despite being much weaker than she was in [=GX=], she spends her fight against Noble Red ''toying'' with them, blocking their attacks practically with her eyes closed. They don't manage to land a single hit on her.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: We've only seen a little of it via flashback, but from the looks of it, her hatred of people might be justified.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: It's revealed in episode 10 that the beating she received by Hibiki's hands with the Ignite mode at the end of episode 6 was intentional so that her body could record the "cursed melody" of her Ignite mode. This allowed the Auto-Scorers the chance to [[SuicideByCop die by the rest of the Ignite Mode enhanced Symphogear users hands]] so that the Château de Tiffauges could be completed.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Carol almost manages to take out Shem-ha with a final gambit of a smaller version of the Chateau's World deconstruction. If it weren't for Shenshoujing's unique reflective properties, Carol would have outright killed Shem-ha in her current physical state, as weak as it was, and would at least have delayed the activation of the Yggdrasil program for a little while longer. [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu Too bad it doesn't stick, and she gets subsequently curbstomped right after.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Subverted. Carol kills herself after losing to the IGNITED Symphogears in episode 6 of ''GX'', only to reappear in a new cloned body at the end of episode 8.
* DualAgeModes: When using her harp Relic, she can choose to change her body from a child form to that of a woman in her twenties.
* DueToTheDead: In ''XV'', Carol asks Elfnein to make sure that the Autoscorers receive a proper burial after the battle is over, in an uncharacteristic show of appreciation and regret.
--> '''Carol''': [[LampshadedTrope I'm sure that's not something the bad guy is supposed to say.]]
* ElementalPowers: All five that exist InUniverse, those being Wind, Earth, Fire, Water and Light. She mainly uses light-elemental attacks, though, making her an example of LightIsNotGood
* EnergyShield: Has the ability to conjure an extremely powerful three-layered shield called ''Hermes Trismegistus'', which apparently requires knowledge of spiritual power and demon summoning in addition to alchemy. The keywords describe it as the ultimate defense, but Hibiki simply punched her way through it without knowing or caring about its origins.
* EvilCounterpart: While Fine was already this to the Symphogears in the first season, she fits the bill even more, having an actual TransformationSequence and actually being able to use a climax song. One that has the power of '''7 Billion of them''', i.e. if the entire population of the planet could use one.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Due to the FreudianExcuse, she kept refusing to listen to Elfnein's more down to earth warnings, causing her to discard Elfnein. This culminates in episode 12, when Elfnein managed to translate the true meaning of her father's last wish to learn the true secrets of alchemy: that is, to ''forgive'', and let bygones be bygones. Carol, already too deep in her grief of losing her father and hating the world for getting him killed, decided that such a thing can go to hell, she still wants to destroy the world she hated, choosing grief over forgiveness.
* FantasticNuke: Lampshaded. Near the end of episode 13, the battle ends with an explosion "like a miniature sun."
* FreudianExcuse: Her father was burned as a witch in front of her eyes by the [[UngratefulTownsfolk ungrateful populace]] of a town he cured from the plague who decried his work as a miracle that never should have happened. This gave her a deep hatred of both the world and the concept of miracles.
* FusionDance: At the end of GX the mostly amnesic Carol merges her body and consciousness with Elfnein in order to save both their lives and so that the two can have another chance to complete their father's work.
* GeometricMagic: Summons large, somewhat circular grids of hexagons when she attacks.
* HeelFaceTurn: She saves Elfnein and helps S.O.N.G. in ''XV'' Episode 8 although she still thinks of herself as a bad guy.
* HeroicSacrifice: The mostly amnesiac Carol gives the last of her memories to Elfnein at the end of Episode 13 so that she could carry on their father's wish. She does it again in the final episode of XV, when she chooses to burn away her entire essence instead of both hers and Elfnein's memories, saying that she couldn't bear the thought of Elfnein forgetting her.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In episode 12, when her insanely powerful swan song gets siphoned by Hibiki and Maria to power the Symphogears' [[EleventhHourSuperpower X-drive modes]].
* HumongousMecha: By wrapping her self in the strings of Daurdabla, she makes a Mecha Lion that she pilots, with a near impenetrable hide, even to the usual [[EleventhHourSuperpower X-drive]] attacks.
* ImageSong: ''Senkin ・ Daurdabla''[[note]]Massacre Harp ・ Daurdabla[[/note]], which she sings to activate the World Destructor in Episode 11. She also has ''tomorrow'', which is dedicated to her father.
** In XV she has ''Sforzando Reverberation'', which plays when she awakens within Elfnein to protect her from Noble Red.
* InstrumentOfMurder: ''Daurdabla'', the harp relic that forms her faust robe. Her battle song is titled "Massacre Harp" for good reason.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: She immolates herself after being beaten by Tsubasa, Chris, and Hibiki, just so she can't be persuaded to stop it, or even questioned regarding the details. Furthermore, she cannibalized her own memories during the attack so even if Hibiki had somehow managed to save her, she couldn't reveal any pertinent information anyway. For a few episodes, it appears that her plans are being continued posthumously and independently by her remaining Autoscorers before it's revealed that her suicide allowed her to be reborn into a clone body with a complete set of memories, and with it, a new store of "firepower" for her alchemy to combust.
* NiceHat: Sports a witch's hat, keeping with her heretic powers.
* NotQuiteDead: While the possibility for her return was left open after the end of ''GX'', since she hadn't made an appearance after fusing with Elfnein, it seemed as if she was gone for good. However, her consciousness returns in ''XV'' E7 after Millaarc tries to destroy her mind, and later she regains control of her body after Elfnein summons Daurdabla.
* OneWingedAngel: While keeping the Symphogears busy with all her remaining Alcanoise, which if not stopped, can destroy the world, she gathers more phonic gain, and wraps the strings of Daurdabla around her body, and creates a Green Mech lion that she pilots. Its hide is so strong that not even the attacks from the new and improved X-drive forms can pierce it, so everyone gives Hibiki the power of their gears, to concentrate all their power into a single fist to do the job and destroy it.
* OreOnna: She uses the very masculine pronoun ''ore''.
* OvernightAgeUp: By consuming the memories she's amassed over the centuries, she takes on an adult appearance.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Gives one to Noble Red in XV after transforming.
--> '''Carol''': A miracle, you say? Not at all. I am the murderer of miracles!
** She then delivers another one to Noble Red after they interrupt her thoughts regarding the Autoscorers.
--->'''Carol:''' You interrupted my reverie. You know you're going to pay for that, right?
* PlayingWithFire: Her Mech lion form breaths fire.
* PowerAtAPrice: Carol's alchemy comes from burning her own memories in order to convert the energy into her power. Due to being hundreds of years old, she has a lot of memories to burn, but she runs the risk of losing every single precious memory she has left if she keeps using high level alchemy. By the season finale Carol is left almost completely amnesic after burning herself dry in the FinalBattle with only a few scattered memories left.
* RazorFloss: While wielding Daurdabla, she can conjure magic harp strings that can cut through just about anything.
* Really700YearsOld: Although her body is that of a young child, she has stayed alive for centuries by constantly uploading her memories into new homunculus bodies.
* RevengeBeforeReason: The driving force behind her actions is to exact revenge on the world for killing her father. In Episode 12, she reveals that she knew all along that her father wouldn't have wanted her to destroy the world, but continues to do so anyway. Note that the people she wants revenge against, the [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bastards]] that killed her father have been dead for centuries. [[StrawmanHasAPoint She's also unwittingly proving them right.]]
* RedemptionDemotion: Justified pretty well in her case: she burned through most of her memories in the finale of ''GX'', so by the time she returns in ''XV'', she's basically running on fumes, and she burns through most of what's left in the process of fighting Noble Red and recharging the X-Drives of the cast. Consequently, she suffers a CurbStompBattle at the hands of Shem-Ha.
* RedemptionEqualsLife: A variant. Carol actually survives the final battle but it comes at the cost of her memories. After reconciling with the dying Elfnein, Carol and Elfnein merge into a single being so both can live at the same time.
* SecretlyDying: Episode 9 reveals that her new body is rejecting the strain of receiving all of her remaining memories at once, as well as the shock of her killing her own previous body.
* ShadowArchetype: Towards Hibiki. They both really looked up to their fathers greatly, and then Carol's father died, Hibiki's father became a BrokenPedestal, while they were shunned by society. Their reaction really differs in the opposite end of spectrums: While Hibiki survived through the harsh world with her father's words and eventually managed to set their relations on recovery, Carol misinterpreted her father's last words and reached the understanding that he wanted the world destroyed and gleefully accelerated genocide. In a sense, Carol probably is what Hibiki would turn out if she gave in to the grief of her father's departure.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also called Carol Mars Dienheim.
* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: Her grand plan ultimately amounts to this, planning to use the Ignite Module's cursed melody to destroy the entire world via alchemical dissection. When that doesn't work out, she attempts to do it manually with an army of Alcanoise.
* TearsOfBlood: She has this during the final battle of ''GX''.
* TogetherInDeath: In the final episode of XV, after finally burning up the last of her powers and fading away, Carol is seen together with her father among the spirits of those who died throughout the series.
* {{Tsundere}}: In ''XV'', she tries to flimsily deny saving Elfnein by saying that they're sharing a body and it was a fit of pragmatism that made her emerge to fight off Noble Red. She also shows off more of her softer side when she asks Elfnein to [[DueToTheDead give the Autoscorers a proper burial]] after she sends Noble Red running off for the first time.
* UnskilledButStrong: Not within the context of her own season by any means, but compared to the Bavarian Illuminati and Noble Red, Carol is portrayed as a brute-force alchemist who relies on [[CastFromHitPoints memory combustion]] to perform her feats rather than the refined alchemy without drawbacks that the Illuminati can perform. This allows her enough sheer brute power to singlehandedly take on all six Symphogears alone, something the later alchemists can't or aren't willing to do, at the cost of utterly destroying her sanity.
* UsedToBeASweetChild: If her memories are accurate, she was a very nice, inquisitive little girl. [[FridgeLogic Curiously, she's wearing a witch's hat in all her flashbacks outside of her father's lynching and being burned at the stake.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: When the Chateau de Tiffauges is destroyed, similar to Fine's when Tsubasa destroyed the Kadingr.
* VillainousRROD: At the end of Episode 13, she's lost almost all of her memories and her body is breaking down.
* VillainSong: Notably the first villain to have one that doesn't involve the use of a Symphogear.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Carol does this to Dr. Ver, first by stabbing him then sending him falling to his apparent death.
!XDU
Carol that the party met in Kanade's Parellel World. Like her main counterpart, Carol was in the middle of planning the "Magical Girl Incident" but the plan was postponed due to her suffering the memory loss from abusing her powers, and later getting her plan hi-jacked by her own Homunculus, Noel.

* BigDamnHeroes: Comes to assist the gear users fighting against Ouroboros in the finale of Gjallarhorn Arc.
* EasyAmnesia: As some part of her memories was lost, this gives her a chance to rethink what her father's words meant to her, wifh Hibiki and Saint Germain's team effort. Carol finally comes to realized what her father was trying to tell her all this time before she decided to JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope like her main counterpart did.
* HeelFaceTurn: Starts out as the villain for 10 minutes before getting hi-jacked by Noel, she then stays neutral for half of the event and finally settles on the good guy side in the finale.
* GoodIsNotSoft: That said, she is still as harsh as before, but is more approchable post event.
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!!!The Auto-Scorers

[[folder:In General]]
Four "dolls" created by Carol to serve as her protectors and henchmen.
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* ArtificialHuman: Per Chris in ''GX'' E2: "Her movement is not just superhuman, it's [[NotEvenHuman not even human]]!"
* BackFromTheDead: The Autoscorers return temporarily in ''XV'' E7 through their discarded doll bodies, using the power of the memories left in them, to save Elfnein and hold off Noble Red long enough for her to regain Carol's powers.
* DanceBattler: All use dance as part of their fighting style. Leiur moves like a jazz dancer, Phara moves like a Flamenco dancer with plenty of skirt twirling, and Garie uses ballet. Micha might be an anomaly although it's possible she uses acro dance.
* DragonTheirFeet: Subverted. In ''GX'' E6, Carol seemingly commits suicide after being defeated, yet the Autoscorers still carry on their objectives. At least until the end of ''GX'' E8, where Carol gains a new body.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Played with in ''GX'' E5. When Carol sends them to disrupt the city's power supply, Phara (wielding the element of Wind) and Garie (commanding Water) are shown at a wind farm and a hydroelectric plant respectively. They then proceed to destroy those installations with the very element they would normally generate electricity with: in Phara's case, she generates tornadoes that overload the turbines, whereas Garie simply summons torrents to physically damage the stations.
* KissOfDeath: All of the Auto-Scorers (except Micha) are stated to be able to drain people's memories through a kiss, which presumably kills them.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: All of the Auto-Scorers' surnames are derived from an ancient set of cards, and predecessor to the Tarot. Their first names are suspected to relate to the four archangels: Leiur to Uriel, Phara to Raphael, Garie to Gabriel, and Micha to Michael. Furthermore, each Auto-Scorer wields the element that corresponds to the element of their Archangel in magical esoterica.
* SuicideByCop: Phara reveals in ''GX'' E10 that their final purpose is to record the Ignite Module-enhanced Symphogear songs so that Carol may proceed to the final phase of her EvilPlan, using the "cursed melodies" to destroy the world]].
* TarotMotifs: Coins, swords, cups and wands.
* UndyingLoyalty: While they might snark at her the Autoscorers are ultimately completely loyal to their master Carol enough that they still carry out her plan even during her supposed death and later willingly die for her plan to complete. And as shown in ''XV'' their loyalty extends even through death as they return through some discarded doll bodies to protect Elfnein from Noble Red and help her reach Miku just because she resembles their master enough.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: After watching the Autoscorers move for only a few seconds into their first encounters, Tsubasa, Maria, and Chris separately conclude that they are not human but actually "monsters." This is then used as an excuse to stop holding back and go all out on them.
-->''[after Tsubasa knocks Phara into a bunch of crates]''\\
'''Maria:''' That's going too far! Against another human...\\
'''Tsubasa:''' Too far? When I fought her, I could tell. She was an absolute... monster!
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: It's unclear why they don't murder the gear users and simply just depower them[[note]]Though in episode 7, it's hinted that Carol was the one who prevented them from doing so[[/note]]. Then at the end of episode 5, Micha and the Alca-Noise gang up on a defeated Shirabe ''with'' the intent of killing her. This is brought up by the main characters in episode 7, where even ''they're'' surprised they weren't killed by them. As it turns out though [[SuicideByCop there is a good reason why the Symphogear users were left alive.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Their ''XV'' incarnations are as loyal as ever, but as they are spares left in a state of heavy disrepair after Carol's fall, they find themselves going from matching the Symphogears blow for blow in ''GX'' to not even lasting ''minutes'' against the weaker Noble Red trio. Garie in particular is shown having trouble with basic motor functions, let alone fighting, and goes down in a single RocketPunch of Vanessa's.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: While the outer parts of their hair appear normal, they each have a coloured portion visible behind their heads: Leiur is yellow, Phara is green, Garie is blue, and Micha is red.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leiur Darâhim]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/ShizukaIshigami
First of the Auto-Scorers, four "dolls" created to protect Carol, to appear in the series, pursuing Elfnein. Uses the element of Earth and attacks by throwing coins.
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* AnArmAndALeg: When the aftermath of her and Phara's fight with Noble Red is shown she's missing an arm.
* CastFromMoney: Attacks by throwing coins.
* DishingOutDirt: Her element is Earth, and she utilizes it by hurling coins. She can also create large earth crystals and has SummonMagic that allows her to summon an enormous golem.
* {{Familiar}}: Can summon a gigantic golem shaped like her to do some heavy lifting, such as throwing ''cargo containers'' at Chris or performing underwater operations. She seems to call it her "little sister".
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: After Archangel Uriel.
* TarotMotifs: The suit of coins.
* TheStoic: During her fight with Chris, she never changes expression or tone of voice. She's actually [[NotSoAboveItAll not that serious]], as she always wants to do everything as "flashy" as possible and she strikes the same ridiculous poses as the rest of the Autoscorers.
* WeaponOfChoice: Throws coins. They're powerful enough to destroy trucks and helicopters. She can also stack her coins into DualTonfas to fight at close range.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Phara Suyûf]]
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->Voiced by: Masumi Tazawa
Second of Carol's Auto-Scorers to be seen in the series, she attacks Maria after the concert in the first episode. Uses the element of Wind and fights elegantly with a sword.
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* BlowYouAway: Her element is Wind, and she's shown attacking with tornadoes both in the OP and in GX E5. She can also use wind as a form of invisibility, seemingly by transforming herself into air molecules.
* BigDamnHeroes: In XV she's the first one to be reawakened by Elfnein's desperate cry for help, blocking Vanessa's blow and destroying her arm, because as far as Phara was concerned, it served the same purpose as a sword.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Phara's ''Sword Breaker'' is absolutely nothing like future philosophical armaments in the franchise, which are objects granted a special power by [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve the fact that everyone thinks they have that power]]. ''Sword Breaker'' is instead an ordinary sword that Carol somehow enchanted to destroy anything else thought of as a sword, with how she achieved this going unexplained.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Gets sliced in half by Tsubasa's Rasetsu Stance Zero ''GX'' E9. While she passes out for a bit, she reanimates herself to tell Tsubasa and Maria [[SuicideByCop the truth behind the Autoscorers' machinations]], and promptly blows herself up since her purpose is done.
* LaughingMad: After Tsubasa defeats her, she breaks into an insane laughter as she reveals that Carol's plan worked out without a hitch.
* ManOfKryptonite: Her weapon [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sword Breaker]] makes her one to the sword-wielding Tsubasa and Maria.
* OverlyLongTongue: Which she uses to steal a data chip containing information on Earth's {{ley line}}s.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: After Archangel Raphael.
* TarotMotifs: The suit of swords.
* ThisCannotBe: For someone who takes pride in her "Sword Breaker", Phara is absolutely incredulous when Tsubasa breaks one of her blades and can't grasp how she did that even though Tsubasa's weapons are indeed "swords".
* WeaponOfChoice: Uses a wind-empowered sword. Specifically...
* WeaponOfXSlaying: ...Her sword is a "philosophical weapon" imbued with a special kind of magic akin to a {{geas}} that destroys the concept of "Sword". This obviously applies to any blade created by Tsubasa's Ame no Habakiri, but also extends to Maria's Airgetlam. Tsubasa counters this by changing the philosophy behind her Symphogear, claiming that her weapons are not swords, but wings that will help her pursue her dreams.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Garie Tûmân]]
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->Voiced by: Michiyo Murase
Third of the Auto-Scorers to appear, showing up in the second episode to speak with Carol after her brief encounter with Hibiki. Uses the element of Water and fights using ice crystals and illusions.
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* BloodKnight: Is excited that Maria is attempting to fight her with the Black Gungnir during episode 4 and is very disappointed that Maria couldn't keep up the transformation for long.
* CuteAndPsycho: Acts very girlish and teasing whether she's talking or threatening someone. She looks positively elated to fight Hibiki, and then there's her nonchalance when it comes to sucking the life out of people.
* GoOutWithASmile: In XV, after being severely damaged by Vanessa while protecting Elfnein, she manages one last gentle smile when she sees Carol again.
--> '''Garie''': That's it, Master... This is what we wanted...
* KissOfLife: She awakens the other Autoscorers by kissing them and transferring the life-force of people she drained.
* LaserGuidedKarma: She constantly belittles Maria as a useless girl, considering her constant failures against her. She certainly didn't expect Maria to quickly overcome her weakness... then outright ''kill'' her.
** And then in Episode 10 Carol reveals that she had planned that all along.
* MakingASplash: So far, the most prominent Auto-Scorer, and apparently one of the most versatile and heavily used by Carol. Since her element, unlike the other three, exists in multiple states, she can do things with it that conceivably neither Phara nor Micha (wielding intangible elements of wind and fire) or Leiur (wielding the less versatile element of Earth) can do. Garie can wield water as itself, such as when creating an illusion of Micha when fighting Hibiki, but she seems to prefer using it as ice, which allows her to generate ice shields, ice blades, and even enhance her mobility by skating around on ice paths.
* MickeyMousing: Produces sounds like a music box whenever she moves.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Shows off a mouth of shark-like teeth when she grins.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: After Archangel Gabriel.
* SuicideByCop: She was outright ''thrilled'' to be destroyed by a Symphogear wielder using the Ignite Module. This ''might'' be part of Carol's plan as ''something'' is triggered as a direct result at Carol's base.
* TarotMotifs: Embodies the suit of cups. Because of this, she is the only Auto-Scorer who can not only drain people's memories, but also transfer them to the other Auto-Scorers.
* TheTease: Speaks flirtatiously with a spying bystander before draining him of his life.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Micha Jawkân]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/ShioriIzawa
Fourth of the Auto-Scorers to appear. She was awakened by Garie in ''GX'' E3. Uses the element of Fire and fights using high-pressure crystals that can explode.
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* AirplaneArms: Pursues Hibiki and Miku with outstretched arms, though this is meant to denote her childlike behaviour.
* AnArmAndALeg: We get to see the aftermath of her fight with Millaarc, and one of her arms has been torn off and ''lodged in the wall''.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: Threatens Hibiki to dissect Miku, then the townspeople, and even the little doggies and kitties, if the former doesn't activate her Symphogear.
* BigEater: It takes a lot of [[ImAHumanitarian soul-sucking humans]] to properly activate her. The first thing she does upon activation is complain about needing even more energy to move properly.
* BloodKnight: Much like Garie, she gets excited at the prospect of fighting the Symphogear users.
* CuteAndPsycho: Childish and airheaded at first glance, but hands out death threats like candy and clearly enjoys fighting.
* FreakinessShame: See WolverineClaws. During her brief revival to protect Elfnein, Micha comments that her hands are too dangerous to carry "Master". Elfnein reassures her that her hands are cool, delighting Micha.
* GoOutWithASmile: Much like Garie's death, Micha is surprised to see Shirabe and Kirika's teamwork overwhelming her, but nonetheless lets out a gleeful expression before getting gutted by their CombinationAttack.
* InformedAttribute: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Her designation as the strongest Autoscorer comes across as this, not because she's a weakling or anything. While she is incredibly powerful and defeats the heroes on several occasions, she just doesn't particularly come any more impressive than her sisters. The fact that she's the second out of four to be killed also hurts her credibility.
* LettingHerHairDown: This actually makes her more dangerous as her hair being loose allows her to spray fire with the force of a jet engine in multiple directions at once.
* MegaTwintails: So large that they double as ''rocket engines''.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Has shark teeth like Garie, but displays them more often.
* PlayingWithFire: She can use massive amounts of heat and pressure in her hands to produce super hard crystals on the fly, and cast magic that creates explosions. Combining the two creates a pressure bomb, which Shirabe and Kirika find out about the hard way.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: After Archangel Michael.
* SuperMode: Implied in Episode 8 when she fights Shirabe and Kirika - after setting herself on fire, she seems to take on an upgraded form where her twintails come loose and her clothes seem to have burned off, revealing her doll body underneath. In this form, she's capable of creating portals to summon multitudes of crystals at once, in a way reminiscent of Gilgamesh from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
** Aside from giving her an extra power boost, it also comes with drawbacks--Micha's super mode threatens her life, but so did Garie's death, since she relies on Garie to give her the memories needed to function properly. With her source of energy gone, Micha was living on borrowed time and decided to go out with a bang.
* TarotMotifs: Embodies the suit of wands. Because of this, she is the most powerful Auto-Scorer in battle, but cannot drain people's memories and relies on Garie to transfer them to her to keep her functional. She also requires a ton of power to keep functioning.
* VerbalTic: She ends most of her sentences with "zo" or "da zo".
* WingDingEyes: Her pupils gain a yellow diamond upon entering SuperMode, and she's more excitable than ever.
* WolverineClaws: Very prominent in her character design. Surprisingly, they're not her weapon: she fights with, and channels fire, through rods/crystals that she generates from her palms. The "claws" seem to be just her fingers, though her gestures do direct the Alca-Noise. Her claws were made with the sole purpose of destruction though, and so she [[CripplingOverspecialization has difficulty using them for pretty much anything else]], which is something she actually feels bad about.
[[/folder]]

!!F.I.S.

[[folder:In General]]
* BadassNormal: Sure the F.I.S had Symphogears and a crapton of heretical superweapons. But compared to all of the other villains before and since; the F.I.S were basically five mere mortals who tried to take on the world and make the gods bleed and nearly succeeded.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A major reason why the F.I.S essentially implodes at the end of G. By the final episodes the remaining members are fighting each other as much as the 2nd division.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:F.I.S. Symphogears Overall]]
See [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSymphogearWielders Symphogear Wielders]] page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maria Cadenzavna Eve]]
See [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSymphogearWielders Symphogear Wielders]] page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shirabe Tsukuyomi]]
See [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSymphogearWielders Symphogear Wielders]] page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kirika Akatsuki]]
See [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSymphogearWielders Symphogear Wielders]] page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Serena Cadenzavna Eve]]
See [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSymphogearWielders Symphogear Wielders]] page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Nastassja Sergeyevna Tolstaya]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/KikukoInoue
An elderly woman who is the boss and caretaker of Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe. Her goals are unknown.
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* AbusiveParents: Maria's flashbacks show that she hit her during trainings to remind her of their objective.
** On the other hand, she truly regretted doing that and only did it to prevent them from surrendering.
* BloodFromTheMouth [=/=] IncurableCoughOfDeath: Often coughs out blood as a sign that her past injuries will eventually overtake her. It ultimately kills her at the end of the season.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She was on the receiving end of this by Maria in ''G'' Episode 1, but even she had to express displeasure when Dr. Ver turned Miku into a Symphogear user.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Maria constantly refers to her as "Ma'am". Also a case of SpellMyNameWithAnS: The way it's pronounced (''maamu?''), it's not really clear if it's meant to be "Mom" (''mama''), or "Ma'am". Episode 13 shows she was saying the latter but meant the former.
* EyepatchOfPower: She lost her eye, as well as the use of her legs, during an experiment with the Nephilim which turned awry and cost the life of Maria's sister, Serena.
* MamaBear: According to the [[WordOfGod keyword]], FIS initially became a terrorist cell out of her love for the Receptor Children. After none of the Children showing any sign of Finé possession, American government decided to "sweep everything under the rug". Nastassja, along with those attuned to Symphogears, decided to make big enough ruckus so that American government can't pretend that child soldiers of FIS didn't exist to the public. As result, the Receptor Children slotted for execution instead got put in foster homes, living normal life they couldn't previously.
* ParentalSubstitute: Her demeanor is strict and occasionally harsh, but she's still the closest thing the FIS girls have to a guardian. She expresses a disdain over having to stain their hands with blood and sees them as good girls.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Well, she was actually already dying anyway, but by the time her death was imminent, she had already completely committed herself to doing what she could to truly save everybody, reactivating the Lunar Ruin/Curse of Balal to return the Moon to it's orbit with her dying breath.
* SuperWheelchair: Along with helping her get around, her weelchair is capable of turning into a MiniMecha. Though we only see it twice, first when she sacrifices her life to save the world from the Moon crashing, and later when a replica of her tries to break Maria's spirit. Neither times show it as being all that combat capable, with the replica changing into a copy of Maria instead when it actually fights.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Is trying to save the world from the Moon's collapse, which, unknown to her, was actually precipitated by Dr. Ver.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has dark blue hair.
!XDU
* LastRequest: AU!Maria asked her to take care of Serena before she died in this universe.
* TookALevelInKindness: In Serena-verse, she is shown to be much nicer and more protective of Serena like a typical mother taking care of her child.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. John Wayne "Dr. Ver" Vercingetorix]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSugita
A mysterious researcher from America who transferred to the Second Division in order to study the Sakurai Theory. However, he reveals his true colours when he steals Solomon's Cane and defects to Finé, becoming one of the main antagonists of the season.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Maria seems genuinely saddened by his death in Episode 12 of ''GX'', though she has no illusions about his total lack of remorse even at the end of his life and continues to regard him posthumously as "the worst of the worst."
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: After revealing that saving "mankind" was just saving himself, Ver tells Maria they should talk later about repopulating the human race.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: His full name is John Wayne Vercingetorix.
* AxCrazy: Sadistic, insane, and delights in murdering his enemies or really just anyone that gets in his way.
* BigBad: ''G''[='=]s true antagonist, overshadowing F.I.S. and using them to his advantage.
* BigBadWannabe: Thinks that he'll use the Chateau de Tiffauges for some grandiose purpose after Carol takes him with her, hot off the heels of his jailbreak. However, she's only interested in the abilities of his Nephilim arm and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness plans to kill him when he's outlived his usefulness.]] This gets hastened when Ver makes the fatal mistake of trivializing Carol's motives, and she mortally injures him in retaliation and drops him from her plans.
* BigDamnHeroes: Villain variant in ''GX'', seeing he comes out of nowhere to intercept Chris' finishing blow on a weakened Carol before giving in to his inner ham.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he's first introduced in ''G'', he's actually ''very'' sane and down to earth. It didn't take long in that season to reveal how much of a selfish, evil nutjob he is.
* ChewingTheScenery: When his LargeHam is at his peak, expect this to be in full effect.
* CruelMercy: Dealt this by Genjuro, who refuses to allow him to die and be seen as a "hero", instead making sure he'd come back in one piece to face the consequences of his evil deeds.
* DeathSeeker: Once his plans go south, he was wishing anything would kill him so he could be written as having performed a "HeroicSacrifice". A boulder heading towards the jeep where he, Genjuro and Shinji were in would've done the job. Unfortunately for him, Genjuro punches it out, [[CruelMercy making sure he would live to see all his plans unravel and face judgment just like anyone else]]. Ver [[VillainousBreakdown loses it]].
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Basically Dr. Ver's goal when one gets past his rhetoric of heroism.
* DirtyCoward: Typical for a villain, he'll start screaming like a sissy and tries to run whenever things go south for him. To make it even funnier, he trips a lot.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Carol first [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales him with extreme prejudice]] then sends him falling down the Château de Tiffauges, with him still yelling like a maniac.
* EntitledBastard: Injects Shirabe and Kirika with PsychoSerum while ordering them to protect him, since they need his biology expertise. They voice their protest, but reluctantly comply.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he is rather shocked when he learns about Carol's plan to dissect the world just for knowledge's sake, not because it's ''wrong'' but because he thinks it's dumb to gain all that knowledge and do nothing with it.
* EvilIsHammy: The guy is a cackling cauldron of ham. Somehow, he gets more insane and hammy with each episode. His late re-introduction in ''GX'' has him striking a ridiculous pose after saving Carol and go on to rant constantly about how a true hero should do this and that ([[ItsAllAboutMe oh, and he's the only hero]]).
* {{Expy}}: A villainous Professor who acts like a hero? What the hell is [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Hideyuki Kagawa/Alternative Zero]] doing here?
** Not only that his HeroicSacrifice itself are ironic as [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Satoru Toujou/Tiger]] was.
** He also has traits of [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Handsome Jack]].
* HeelFaceTurn: In Episode 12 of GX; after all, how can he be a hero if there's no world to celebrate him? Though he's still a selfish dick, only doing a Face turn because it benefits him, and lets him give a "fuck you" to the one who fatally wounded him, and his thoughts before death are still about how he's still gonna be remembered as a hero, and hoping that at least someone (Maria) would pass the word.
* HeroicSacrifice: His mindset is that if he dies, his death will go down in history as this, being the "hero." However, Genjuro denied that. Ironically, in ''GX'', this happened for real, as he continued to work on reversing Chateau de Tiffauges and Carol's works, and this ends up costing him his life, but he still had enough time to bail out the FIS children, though only so at least someone would pass the word of his heroic sacrifice.
* HeroicWannabe: He will do anything and everything he thinks will make him a "hero" without exception, even if it's the very opposite of heroic, regardless of culture. For the entirety of G, he was a CardCarryingVillain, because he somehow thought if the rest of the world didn't acknowledge his non-existent "heroism," it didn't deserve to exist, and ends GX with a HeroicSacrifice only because it would spite Carol who literally stabbed him in the back, and even then wouldn't have done it if he didn't think Maria would spread the word on how "heroic" he was after he died.
* {{Hypocrite}}: "A bunch of selfish jerks who only think about themselves locked me up down here." Says the man who loudly and happily proclaimed that everyone else can go die in a hole for all he cares back in G, and still calls himself "a hero" in GX.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When he said "saving humanity", he meant only ''himself''. Everybody else can go die in a hole for all he cares. Also that's why he instead quickened the moon drop instead of preventing it. In the finale, he even claims a world where he's not considered "hero" on his own terms is not worth existing.
* KnightTemplar: Has the deranged belief that everything he does is right and good, stemming from the conviction that his actions and schemes, through being extraordinary and ambitious, are ''ipso facto'' heroic.
* LargeHam: He definitely has some really hammy moments to match the following trope.
* LaughablyEvil: With all his {{Villainous Breakdown}}s and trippings, it's hard to take him seriously. It still doesn't make him less vile or dangerous though.
* MadScientist[=/=]MadDoctor: Extra emphasis on the mad part.
* ManipulativeBastard: Plays on Maria's insecurities and guilt and exploits Nastassja's need for his biomedical expertise to make both serve his agenda up until the climax of ''G''. The fact that both are aware of what a psychopath he is from the get-go and yet still allow themselves to be manipulated by him is especially worthy of note. Later, he twists Miku's feelings for Hibiki with the Shenshoujing to turn her into a controlled weapon and use her against her friends.
* MookMaker: He wields Solomon's Cane.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: ''Creator/JohnWayne''. Just to emphasize his American-ness.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: As a member of F.I.S., he spends much of ''G'' paying lip-service to the notion of saving the world from the descending moon, only to reveal in the climax that he was using F.I.S. to find Frontier so he could accelerate the cataclysm.
* ObiWanMoment: He comes back as a "living memory" in ''AXZ'' Episode 5 and 6 during Maria and Elfnein's JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind in order to help Maria figure out the secret behind [=LiNKER=].
* ObliviouslyEvil: He claims to be a hero, even though he isn't really one.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[KilledOffForReal Dies for real]] in Episode 12 after sacrificing himself to destroy the Chateau de Tiffauges.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: His prison cell in the Undersea Dragon Palace
* {{Sadist}}: Takes enjoyment in murdering soldiers, innocent people, and even ''children'' with his command over the Noise, and cackles with glee as the Sky Tower goes up in flames as a direct result of his intervention.
* SlasherSmile[=/=]LaughingMad: If he's not doing one, he's doing the other. Or both at once. He ''is'' a {{Mad Scientist}}, after all.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ends up serving this role to both the protagonists and antagonists of ''GX''. When he initially appears he blocks one of Chris' blasts meant for Carol, in turn saving her life. He then helps Carol activate the Château de Tiffauges in place of the relic she lost in her fight with the Symphogear users. However, after Carol [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness stabs him in the back]] he teams up with Maria and her group to reverse the Château de Tiffauges dissection of the world.
* TheSociopath: While not exactly the classical model of a sociopath, seeing as he seems to genuinely believe his own delusional proclamations of heroism and perceives himself as a revolutionary idealist, he is a consummate manipulator, has [[LackOfEmpathy zero regard for the lives of his allies or anyone else]], and is so egotistical and selfish that he would hasten a civilization-destroying cataclysm under the pretense of stopping it, just so that he could rule over whatever little remained.
* SweetTooth: According to Maria in the second ''G'' OVA, Ver eats nothing but sweets.
* TakeOverTheWorld: His endgame, the grandest aspiration for any "hero" to Dr. Ver. However, the "heroes" of human history were incapable of establishing the one-world state through their conquests because the human population was too great in numbers to be ruled by one man. Ver's solution is to cut the human population down to a manageable size to make world domination possible.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The F.I.S. are antagonists, but [[AntiVillain not by much]]. This guy, on the other hand, has no moral compass.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''GX'', he's a far cry from the cowardly bastard seen in ''G'' given he stops and absorbs one of Chris' missiles with his mutated left arm and even has time to taunt the Symphogears.
* {{Ubermensch}}: This seems to be how Dr. Ver defines a "hero." He believes he will become one by destroying civilization and rebuilding it in his image. The notions of humanitarianism or moral constraints never enter his mind. And in ''GX'', Ver is on an incoherent rant about using the Chateau de Tiffauges to transcend good and evil when Carol decides she's had enough of his pseudo-Nietzschean gibbering and disposes of him.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Whenever the heroines somehow foil some of his plans... and that happens a lot.
** After Hibiki [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown goes nuts]] [[CurbStompBattle on his Nephilim]], and at the end, when he completely went unhinged as he was being led away in chains after seeing all his plans crash and burn and being denied the "HeroicSacrifice" he always wanted, with nothing to look forward to but the prospects of a lifetime behind bars.
* VillainsDyingGrace: Rather surprisingly Dr Ver actually does go out with some grace after being crushed by pieces of the Château de Tiffauges. Not only does he reverse the effects the Château is having on the planet he also gives Maria all of the data he has on [=LiNKER=] so that S.O.N.G. can create more for the former F.I.S. girls.
* WesternTerrorists: He's American and he is a terrorist.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: A white-haired mad scientist who has absolutely no qualms about sacrificing people for his own glory.
* WouldHitAGirl: Backhands Maria repeatedly when she tries to defy him and disparages her intelligence with insulting names.
* WouldHurtAChild: ''Murders children'' with the Noise while Nastassja and Maria watch in abject horror.
!XDU
* GoodAllAlong: Pretty much a RunningGags at this point. Dr.Ver is noted to be the character who has the most alternate counterparts and yet all of his alternate self are on good guy side.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Most of his alternate counterpart are having different kind of science degrees.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nephilim]]
A bio-weapon created by Dr. Ver, and one of the keystones of his scheme.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Becomes a city sized monster after its heart fuses with the Frontier completely.
* TheDragon: Not out of any loyalty, but Ver seems to like using it as an attack dog; fairly easy, given it's attraction to relics.
** DragonInChief: Becomes the team's [[FinalBoss final opponent]] in the last episode. After its defeat, Dr. Ver is taken into custody.
* FinalBoss: In the final episode of ''G''.
* AGodAmI: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim It's namesake means "Son of God"]]. In the anime, however, it feeds off of Symphogears.
* OneWingedAngel: Multiple times. First, it gains a dark skin pigment and red veins after eating Hibiki's arm. Later, in episode 13, after its heart is fused with the Frontier, Ver manages to make it come back using the ground in a much bigger form that shoots massive fireballs. Then, after Ver transfers all of Frontier's power to the heart, it fuses with the Frontier itself, becoming a city sized abomination.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: It's completely different from the Noise.
* PlayingWithFire: Its revived form in episode 13.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempts to do this when Hibiki regenerates her arm and goes berserk. It fails, and the Nephilim is obliterated rather crudely, although Ver manages to retrieve its heart.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was initially a disembodied heart, needing energy from consuming relics to generate the rest of its body and grow stronger. By the end, it becomes too powerful to defeat, so the heroes seal it away in the Noise dimension. [[SubvertedTrope And then they end up destroying it anyway.]]
[[/folder]]

!!The Illuminati

[[folder:In General]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: While Prelati and Cagliostro tend to not always listen to Saint-Germain's ideas and go off and do their own thing, they do care about her and really see her as their partner.
-->'''Saint-Germain''': "I can't afford to reconsider the steps already taken, even if I have to struggle alone."\\
'''Prelati''': "But you're not alone. Basically, we can't leave you by yourself."\\
'''Cagliostro''': "It's thanks to you that we're here at all. Wherever you go, we go together."
** Saint-Germain reciprocates the feeling, rushing to protect them from Kirika and Shirabe's CombinationAttack and visibly conflicted when Adam gives her the ultimatum of choosing which one to sacrifice for their life energy.
* BigBadDuumvirate: The alchemist trio seem to be this for season 4. They're actually CoDragons of their founder Adam.
* ChekhovsGunman: The Illuminati, and their leader Adam, are namedropped by Maria in ''G'' episode 12 as being part of the cover-up regarding the moon dropping on the earth long before they are revealed as being the {{Greater Scope Villain}}s of the series.
* FreudianTrio: Saint-Germain is the Ego, Cagliostro the Id, and Prelati the Superego.
* GenderBender: Cagliostro and Prelati are noted in their character bios to have been men before being turned into women by Saint-Germain. Their names are also taken from historical figures Alessandro Cagliostro and Francois Prelati.
* GoOutWithASmile: Knowing that they were finally able to use their alchemy in a way that benefited humanity, Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, and Prelati die with content smiles on their faces.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The first episode of AXZ reveals they had supported Carol in the creation of the Château de Tiffauges and made F.I.S. cease operations, making them involved with the two previous seasons. The next episode shows they were in competition with Finé for control of the relics throughout the centuries.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: All three are named after real-life alchemists.
* PowerNullifier: Up until the MidSeasonUpgrade, the Faust Robes Saint-Germain's group used were capable of nullifying the Ignite mode and take the Symphogear user out of the fight.
** Their robes are powered by the ''Lapis Philosophorum'' (Philosopher's Stone), which is said to be able to cleanse evil and impurity. The Symphogears' Ignite modules are powered by Dainsleif, which is a cursed object.
* TheRival: The Illuminati are revealed to have been long time rivals against Finé in their goal of analysing relics for their alchemic research.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Saint-Germain/Cagliostro/Prelati versus Adam. They don't particularly like him and think his methods of running the Illuminati are shoddy.
* TrueCompanions: Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, and Prelati. The show takes care to reaffirm their bond time and again. Saint-Germain even uses the word "nakama" to describe them.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's revealed in episode 6 and 7 that, much like their rival Finé, the Illuminati (or at the very least Saint-Germain) intend to free humanity from the Curse of Balal by making use of the Lunar Ruins. However the way they intend to do this is by [[AMillionIsAStatistic killing as many humans as possible in order to create divine power]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The alchemists kill a dictator and his men and turn them into particles of light to power their alchemy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Adam Weishaupt]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
The founder and Lodge-master of the Illuminati.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Adam's RoboticReveal comes with getting one of his arms ripped off.
* ArtificialHuman: Episode 11 reveals that he is the prototype of humanity, created by the Custodians, who discarded him for "being too perfect."
* AxCrazy: The moment he shows up, he creates a nuclear explosion without apparently caring the other alchemists are in the blast zone.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: According to a [[AllThereInTheManual keyword]], he contributed to ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_et_Rituel_de_la_Haute_Magie Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie]]'' when the writer caught a glimpse of his true form and used it as the model for [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Baphomet]].
* BerserkButton: The usually unflappable Adam gets enraged when someone calls him a puppet.
* BigBad: Of '''AXZ''' once he shows himself in the fourth episode.
* BigOlEyebrows: His eyebrows are thick and oddly shaped.
* BishonenLine: He actually crossed it centuries ago, but has to go back the other way when the stamina expense of maintaining his beautiful form proves too much.
* ClippedWingAngel: PlayedWith. Adam's true form wouldn't be much stronger or weaker than his human-looking one if he were at full strength, but it's much easier for him to maintain when he's already spent a large percentage of his energy and lost an arm. Ditching his human form thus lets him return to his full combat potential, at the cost of being hideous.
* CreativeSterility: The keywords declare this as the reason he was deemed "too perfect", as he had no potential for growth. Everything about Adam, from his prized [[ThePowerOfTheSun chrysopoeia]] technique to his NiceHat, is the product of someone else's genius.
* DiedLaughing: Just as Hibiki blows a hole through his torso, he muses that humanity doesn't have the power to face the [[GreaterScopeVillain Custodians]], and gives one final EvilLaugh before exploding.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Adam's plans comes to a screeching halt when Episode 11 reveals that Hibiki is a much better vessel for the divine power than Adam is. He doesn't take this too well.
* FullFrontalAssault: The moment he transmutes matter to create a nuclear explosion his clothes disintegrate.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As founder of the Illuminati, he has been indirectly involved with all the previous antagonists.
* LackOfEmpathy: He proposes sacrificing Prelati or Cagliostro to gain enough life energy to reach the lunar ruins without a care in the world. Saint-Germain even wonders if he has any humanity left. In episode 11 Adam admits to Saint-Germain that he doesn't since he was never human to begin with.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After Tiki is destroyed in episode 11 she desperately tries to get Adam to hug her. Instead Adam kicks her to the curb in an attempt to try and absorb the divine power. In episode 12 Adam successfully uses his torn off arm as a vessel to hold the divine power but Tiki arrives and holds him to the ground so she can get her hug. This prevents Adam from being able to defend his arm from Hibiki, who manages to destroy both it and the divine power he collected.
* LightningBruiser: His final form is a huge humanoid monster, that moves incredibly fast and hits far harder than in his human form.
* LightIsNotGood: Dresses in white and gold and is the BigBad of Season 4.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His hair reaches his waist.
* TheManBehindTheMan: He's the founder of the Illuminati, and the alchemist trio, Saint-Germain more specifically, answer to him.
* MeaningfulName: Though "Adam" doesn't seem this way at first with the reveal he was one of the candidates to ''be'' Adam -- that is "the first man" -- it definitely takes on an important meaning.
* MrFanservice: Adam has absolutely no compunction with stripping down in front of his female co-workers or attacking his enemies [[FullFrontalAssault completely naked.]]
* NiceHat: He's almost always seen wearing a white fedora, and it constantly covers half his face. Adam can even use his hat as a projectile for combat.
* NotEvenHuman: Turns out to be a non-human creature and is subsequently offed in the final battle.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Admits to Saint-Germain in episode 10 he actually didn't care if the power of the Lunar Ruins could be used to save humanity, he simply wanted to use its power for himself.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The first thing he does when he finally appears in Episode 4 is to quite literally nuke the area in order to kill the Symphogear users.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Adam's favorite combat technique is to perform chrysopoeia[[note]]one of the major goals of alchemy, transmutation into gold[[/note]], which makes gold the only way any element is made: [[NukeEm by nuclear fusion]].
* PsychoPrototype: To ''humanity''. He was one of the candidates to be the "Adam" of planet Earth, but was passed over in favour of humans because he was [[SuperPrototype "too perfect"]] and therefore [[CreativeSterility incapable of growth and creativity]].
* OneWingedAngel: Abandons his human form in the last episode of AXZ to destroy the symphogears, turning into a humanoid monstrosity with horns and ExtraEyes.
* RevealingCoverup: While the nuclear explosion he makes in episode 4 seems like an excessive amount of overkill its revealed in episode 10 that he intentionally used a blast that big to blow up the research center to prevent the Symphogear users from figuring out how to commit deicide and disrupt his plans.
* RoboticReveal: In episode 11 Adam has his arm slashed by Saint-Germain revealing that it is mechanical and that Adam isn't actually human.
* SatanicArchetype: A primordial "perfect being" who is jealous of humans and wants to surpass the gods who created him, [[DealWithTheDevil never keeps his promises]], and whose true form served as the inspiration for [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Baphomet]].
* VillainousBreakdown: He begins losing it in AXZ Episode 11 when Hibiki is revealed to be a better vessel for the divine power that he's attempting to collect. He completely loses it in the final two episodes of the season when Tiki prevents him from protecting his arm that was collecting the divine power, leaving him to futilely curse Hibiki's god killing power, and he's reduced to a raving lunatic during the final battle when Hibiki ''just won't die''.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is dark [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]].
!XDU
Adam that the party met in Kanade's Pararell World.
* BigDamnHeroes: Come to assists the gear users fighting against Ouroboros in the finale of Gjallarhorn Arc.
* BigGood: Along with this world's Genjuro. He is a genuine good guy here no matter how much suspicious he looked.
* NiceGuy: Despite his suspicious personality, a few times the player read his inner dialog, it's confirmed that he is genuinely meant well.
* GoodAllAlong: Even the Gear users or Saint-Germain team lose count how many times their suspicion on Adam turn out to be false.
* ThePromise: Promised Izak to look after Carol if something ever happened to him. And he did so. Too bad Carol ran away, stole the Chateau and prepared to cause a havoc just like in the original series. Adam however doesn't have any ill feelings towards her but simply wait for her to return by her own.
* TrueFinalBoss: Played with, the first time he shown up at the end of the event make him look like this. Turn out it's just a huge misunderstanding. He also seemed pretty shocked knowing what his prime counterpart did.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Saint-Germain]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/MinakoKotobuki
A powerful Alchemist who has achieved the state of "perfection" by recreating her body, becoming ageless. She now seeks the power of a god to fully realize her ideals.
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* TheAce: Saint-Germain appears to be the most powerful Alchemist seen in the series. Whereas Carol had to [[CastFromHitPoints burn her memories for her powers to work]] and Noble Red [[VillainousRROD actively weaken their bodies every time they use their powers]] Saint-Germain was able to grant herself, and her two closest friends, "perfected" bodies which not only made them immortal but also allow them to use their powers without any risk.
* TheAgeless: She hasn't aged in centuries, possibly even millennia.
* TheAntiNihilist: Has shades of being this. Despite her past, Saint-Germain does not let it color her perception of humanity. Even though there are bad people in the world, that doesn't mean humanity isn't worth saving.
* BigOlEyebrows: Her eyebrows are noticeably thicker than the other female characters'.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Outright defied. She has been keeping an exact count of how many people she has had to kill or sacrifice for their goal, which has been nearing 74,000 by the time she makes her debut.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Serves this role to Carol in ''AXZ''. Both of them grew up thousands of years ago and suffered from the worlds cruelty even losing a parent in the process which helped shape their worldviews before becoming powerful Alchemists. However their goals, powers and motivations couldn't be more different. Whereas Carol gained a deep seated hatred for the world and wanted to complete her plan in order to destroy the earth in revenge for her fathers death Saint-Germain [[TurnTheOtherCheek never blamed humans themselves]] but rather the Curse of Balal and dedicated her life to dispelling it [[WellIntentionedExtremist at any cost]]. Their power sets also contrast; whereas Carol ([[OneWingedAngel most of the time]]) had the appearance of a little girl, kept herself alive by transferring her consciousness into clone bodies, and had to burn her own memories to use her powers, Saint-Germain had the appearance of an adult woman and created a "perfect" body that gave her immortality and allowed her to perform alchemy with no risks. Even their final fates are different; Carol could never let go of her hatred for the world, constantly rejected Hibiki's help, and died burning out all of her memories whereas Saint-Germain was able to let go of her plan, teamed up with Hibiki to fight Adam, and died saving the world.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her character bio reveals that not only was Saint-Germain born a slave who was continuously mistreated by her owners, she occasionally was also "called into bed" and molested by one of them, who taught her how to read for his amusement.
* EnemyMine: At the end of episode 10, she chooses to fight alongside Hibiki to defeat Adam. In episode 12, she assists S.O.N.G. in their efforts to save Hibiki.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She shows genuine shock at Adam's callousness towards her and her fellow alchemists.
* FreudianExcuse: Her flashback shows she was the daughter of a slave, with her father not even recognizing her and her mother starved to death.
** However, she doesn't let this turn her into an outright villain.
* TheGunslinger: Her Faustian Robe takes the form of a pistol.
* KnightTemplar: Wants to end oppression on the world, but her radical belief that there's no other way than to rewrite history and destroy the curse of ''balal'' by sacrificing human lives put her in this category.
* IcyBlueEyes: Unlike Prelati and Cagliostro, she has this type of eyes.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Fitting for an ageless alchemist.
* NecessarilyEvil: She and her comrades have taken thousands of lives for their plan to end oppression by remaking the world.
* NotQuiteDead: She lives on in Hibiki in XV through her Amalgam form, allowing her to assist in combat (and by extension singing). Her soul later appears as a shroud around Hibiki's new X-Drive in XV, the result of the X-Drive and Amalgalm fusing together, and gives Hibiki longer, Kanade like hair made out of PureEnergy.
* OneSceneWonder: In XV episode 4 she manifested alongside Hibiki's Amalgam and sang a duet with her in the fight against Noble Red... only to never appear again until her cameo in the finale alongside the other dead.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother died of illness and/or starvation and her "father" never considered her his daughter.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is as long as Maria's and seems even thicker.
* Really700YearsOld: Fought against Fine over 400 years ago. Her flashback shows she's even older.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When a nuke is fired at Tokyo in order to destroy the divine power, Saint-Germain, alongside Cagliostro and Prelati, sacrificed herself to protect humanity.
* VillainousFriendship: She truly cares about Prelati and Cagliostro and doesn't want to sacrifice them for her goals.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Desires to remake the world so that no one feels oppressed. In the third AXZ OVA, Saint-Germain muses that although she wants to help free humanity from the subjugation of their souls, her chosen methods of reaching that goal will never be accepted because of how extreme they are.
* WhenSheSmiles: She shows off her first genuine smile in Episode 12. It also happens to be her last.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cagliostro]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/ShoutaAoi
A follower of Saint-Germain. A man who had his body altered by Saint-Germain's alchemy into the "perfect form" of a woman. Originally a liar and swindler, she has decided to change her ways, and be honest about her feelings.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown She has a light full-body tan. Considering she was originally an Italian man, whether she cultivated it or had Saint-Germain add that aspect when remaking her body is unknown.
* BoobsOfSteel: Among the villains, she has the largest chest and is the most physically active fighter, relying on punches similar to boxing techniques.
* BoxingBattler: When she takes on the Symphogears alone due to the others not being in fighting condition, she decides to change up her fighting style a bit by adding some PowerFists to her Faust Robe and using a few boxing moves, with her even spouting some boxing jargon.
* FakingTheDead: Knowing that Adam means to kill the alchemists in the long-run, Cagliostro picks a fight with Maria and Chris and causes a midair collision with them that produces a pyrotechnic explosion. She uses the explosion to fake her own death and fakes Prelati's death in a later battle so they could work on creating the lapis philosophorum.
* GagBoobs: Big, bouncy, and practically bursting out of her wardrobe at all times.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Her boobs constantly bounce when she moves.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Is based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro]].
* IdiotHair: Has two of them.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: It's a wonder how her breasts don't spill out of her top.
* LarynxDissonance: While normally her voice is very cutesy and feminine, when she gets incredibly pissed and tries to take Chris and Maria out with destructively explosive power that risks destroying herself, and almost does in a massive explosion used to fake her death, her voice shifts into a deeper, masculine tone.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Getting a small cut to the cheek makes her go attack an airport in hopes of drawing out the Symphogears to get payback.
* MsFanservice: She's one of the most erotically designed characters in the show, especially in her Faust Robe, with her coming close enough to give Finé a run for her money, even flaunting it at times.
* TheNicknamer: Calls the FIS girls "Team Dango" due to their Gear colours, and the 2nd Div girls "Team Stoplight".
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite being looking like the ditziest member of the bunch, she is proven to have a very sharp sense of intuition by being the first to correctly guess that Adam was going to backstab them and pulled off a very convincing FakingTheDead act to boot.
* RapunzelHair: Reaches past her waist.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Prelati's Blue.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: She and Prelati arrive to help Saint-Germain destroy the nuke that was about to hit the divine weapon and the three use their combined power to seal the blast at the cost of their own lives.
* ShesGotLegs: Her long, curvy legs are constantly on display, with her regular outfit showing them off entirely, while her Faust Robe focuses more on her thighs.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her Faustian Robe exposes even more than her regular outfit.
* UndyingLoyalty: Not to Adam nor the Illuminati, but to Saint-Germain instead.
* WillNotTellALie: Apparently dislikes how her past self used to lie, and now prefers to be honest with her thoughts.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Turquoise in her case.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Prelati]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/RinaHidaka
A former rival of Saint-Germain who was bested by her alchemy and joined her in pursuit of her ideals. Like Cagliostro, she was originally a man before receiving the "perfect form" of a woman. Originally lazy and indulgent in luxuries, Prelati has now become an excellent researcher, but still retains that desire to put fun before work.
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* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Before meeting Saint-Germain, Prelati barely had any work ethic. After transitioning, she switched over to being disciplined.
* AnimalEyeSpy: She has shown at least once the ability to remotely view things through the eyes of a frog.
* AnimalMotif: For whatever reason, she has a slight motif involving frogs.
* CuteAndPsycho: Despite her initially calm demeanor, there are hints she's not as stable as she first seemed.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* DropTheHammer: Her Faustian Robe seems to take the form of a massive hammer. To be more specific, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendama kendama]].
* ExhaustedEyebags: While not that noticeable with her glasses, when she takes them off is more obvious she has this.
* GeniusBonus: The "psycho" part makes sense when you realize that the real Prelati had ties with the infamous Gilles de Rais.
** It's unknown whether this was intentional, but Prelati had designated fights with Shirabe and Kirika, the youngest Gear users. Historical Prelati was reported to have worked with Gilles de Rais in killing children.
* GirlishPigtails
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She's always carrying a stuffed frog plush around with her, including during fights, and seems rather averse to letting it stay out of her grasp for longer than a minute.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Is based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Prelati Francois Prelati]].
* InTheHood: Her faustian robe gives her a hood.
* ItAmusedMe: Helps Cagliostro destroy an airport rather than help Saint-Germain transport Tiki because she found the former more entertaining.
* {{Megane}}: The only alchemist who wears glasses. With her Faustian Robe TheGlassesComeOff.
* NotQuiteDead: Her battle with Tsubasa and Shirabe on the freeway ends with a fiery explosion that seemingly incinerates her. However, Cagliostro saved her so they could begin working on the creation of the lapis philosophorum.
* NiceHat
* NotSoStoic: After confronting Adam, Prelati starts getting more and more emotional, culminating with her crying out Saint-Germain's name out of desperation.
* OhCrap: She seriously didn't expect [[BeyondTheImpossible Hibiki]] to just punch the Yohualtepoztli out of existence.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Instead of trying to explain to the Symphogears why was she fleeing, she chose to fight them, getting defeated in the process and failing to warn Saint-Germain of Adam's intentions.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Cagliostro's Red.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: She and Cagliostro arrive to help Saint-Germain destroy the nuke that was about to hit the divine weapon and the three use their combined power to seal the blast at the cost of their own lives.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied to be one. She is pouring a glass of wine to honor her friend Cagliostro after she perishes, but also pours herself a glass of milk for the occasion.
* UndyingLoyalty: Not to Adam nor the Illuminati, but to Saint-Germain instead.
* VerbalTic: Comes in the form of "wake da" or "to iu wake da", which can mean "frankly/essentially/in conclusion/etc.". At least one subgroup chose to translate this as her starting off her sentences with "Basically...".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tiki]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/HinaKino
An Autoscorer created by Adam, the founder of the Illuminati. She's obsessed with Adam.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Actually ''invokes'' this trope at one point and certainly seems to play it straight as she claims she likes how nasty Adam is.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Unlike the other Autoscorers, she doesn't even wears clothes that hide that she's a doll.
* BecomeARealBoy: Wants to become human to be with Adam as his wife.
* BlindObedience: Seems incapable of going against Adam's orders and always follows him with a cheerful disposition.
* CuteAndPsycho: She looks utterly adorable and is energetic to match. She's also ''completely'' nuts.
* DissonantSerenity: Always cheerful and energetic, even when mentioning all the bad things Adam is going to do.
* TheDragon: Serves as Adam's true, most loyal minion, and as the vessel necessary for Adam to access the divine power.
* GenkiGirl: She's rather energetic.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Tiki is torn in half by Hibiki at the end of episode 11.
* IdiotHair: Three small ones actually.
* LackOfEmpathy: Like her creator, she doesn't show any empathy or care for Prelati and Cagliostro after they're defeated.
* MickeyMousing: Like Garie, she makes music box sounds when she moves.
* MulticoloredHair: Like the other Autoscorers, her hair is this way, half-green half-blue to be specific.
* OneWingedAngel: In episode 11 after absorbing the divine power into herself she becomes a giant EldritchAbomination able to level a city in seconds.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is pretty long too.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Well, not actually Adam's girlfriend but after Hibiki and Saint-Germain manage to hurt Adam she activates the divine power and sets to trying to kill them.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once the battle against Hibiki starts going south Adam has Tiki discard her body from the divine power so it won't be destroyed and allows Hibiki to destroy her instead. Afterwards Adam kicks Tiki to the curb in order to reclaim the divine power for himself.
[[/folder]]

!!Noble Red

[[folder: In General]]
* CameBackStrong: Shem-Ha infused a sliver of her power into them, and upon being reconstructed into perfect monsters, they no longer need Panacea Blood and in fact, are now capable of fighting head-to-head with the Symphogears now.
* CombatPragmatist: To make up for the fact that they aren't as powerful as the Philosopher's Stone wielders, Noble Red specialise in sneak attacks, insane desperate maneuvers, subterfuge and good old fashioned [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere retreating when things don't look their way.]]
* CombinationAttack: By combining their powers they can summon a philosophical weapon, created by the accumulated legends of monsters, that traps their enemies inside a gigantic labyrinth. Their trump card attack, "Daedalus End", is to flood this labyrinth with energy, the enclosed space and their combination making up for their weak individual output.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To their former bosses, the Top Brass of the Illuminati. Both groups are a trio of [[TrueCompanions close-knit]] female alchemists who serve as [[TheHeavy most constant threat]] of their respective seasons, though are ultimately the [[UnwittingPawn sacrificial pawns]] of a male villain. They are both after Divine Power and willing to sacrifice thousands of lives to obtain it. However, Saint Germain had plans to uses it for the grandiose goal of destroying the curse of Balal and ending oppression worldwide, while Noble Red has the mundane but self-serving goal to use it to [[IJustWantToBeNormal restore their human bodies]]. Also, while Saint Germain and her cohort were at the very top of the Illuminati's food chain, Noble Red were mere human guinea pigs.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Terrorists they may be, but they do genuinely love and care for each other as sisters.
* EvilIsNotAToy: They learn this firsthand in Episode 9. Having been betrayed by Fudou, they undo their brainwashing on Miku/Shem-ha, presumably to try and use her to get back at Fudou. Shem-ha shows her gratitude by immediately eviscerating all three of them. She then feeds them her blood which turns them into perfect monsters thus depriving them of the humanity they desperately sought.
* FreudianExcuse: According to AllThereInTheManual, all three members' lives have sucked in one way or another:
** Vanessa's parents were members of the Illuminati, and she had a promising future in the organization. However, when she was injured and nearly killed in an accident, she no longer had the "perfect body" alchemists strove for, so her parents decided to strip her of her status and achievements.
** Millaarc was kidnapped and victimized by a torture club. They later sold her to the Illuminati, who tried to turn her into a vampire, but failed.
** Elsa was confined and abused by near-relatives. The Illuminati also experimented on her, but discarded her as a failure.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Their entire motivation for the season is to remove their monstrous bodies so they can become perfect humans. After they are fed Sham-Ha's blood they finally gain perfect bodies. Unfortunately for them, their new forms are perfect ''monster'' bodies, thus losing any chance they had at becoming normal humans again.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Because Noble Red's plans are being made on the fly, they often botch some element of the execution that sees them hoist:
** Upon being spotted by some bikers, rather than track down and execute them quietly or just let them get away with little chance that they'll be believed, Noble Red indulge in a full-scale assault ''with Alcanoise'', which draws the attention of SONG, nearly gets them taken out, and exposes their need for rare blood.
** Using the Autoscorers as a power source for the Chateau de Tifauges allows them to resurrect themselves. Even worse, Milaarc probing Elfnein's mind excessively leads to Carol's re-emergence and subsequent curbstomp of the three.
** Releasing Shem-Ha from her captivity in order to try and punish Fudou leads to their being turned into perfect monsters, losing any chance they had at returning to human form, and then enslaved as her servants.
** Attacking the lunar rocket before it can launch allows Tsubasa to capture and use their teleporter crystal, which gets the Symphogear users to the moon ''much'' faster than the rocket would have.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: The three want to go back to being normal humans. When this fails, they decide they'll settle for changing what's "normal" by helping Shem-Ha make everyone else into monsters too.
* KilledOffForReal: Subverted, while Shem-Ha slices all three of them in half in Episode 9, seemingly killing them in the process. Episode 10 shows that they're alive and well under Shem-Ha's control with some [[MidSeasonUpgrade improvements]] made to them in the process. They die for real in episode 12 after helping the Symphogears leave the moon.
* LaserGuidedKarma: While they are tragic figures who [[IJustWantToBeNormal want to restore there lost humanity]], there's no denying that they did a lot of horrible things with very little hesitation or remorse. So it's fitting that Shem-Ha that kills them and revive them as perfect monsters, ultimately making their goal impossible.
* MarkOfTheBeast: After Shem-Ha transmutes Noble Red into perfect monsters, a glowing sigil associated with her occasionally materializes on their foreheads, as if to demonstrate Shem-Ha's [[SatanicArchetype Satan]] cred.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: After being mortally wounded by Shem-Ha in Episode 9 they are resurrected by being feed the goddesses blood in the following episode. Doing so enhances their powers to the point that they can now fight the Symphogear wielders on an even playing field and also allowing them to use multiple powers at once (Millaarc for instance can now use her wings, arms, and legs all at once whereas before she had to switch which body part she was using.)
* MythicalMotifs: As seen in the opening, they have a motif based on classical monsters; Vanessa is Frankenstein's monster, Millaarc is a vampire and Elsa is a werewolf.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Much like all other antagonists of previous seasons (minus Carol), the three of them help the Symphogear users to reach Earth creating a labyrinth from the moon, which comes at the cost of their lives.
* TheRemnant: They're all of that's left of the once mighty Illuminati.
* TrueCompanions: Millaarc sees Vanessa and Elsa like family, and Vanessa in turn cares deeply for the other two.
* VillainTeamup: Noble Red never work on their own, instead always being servants of a greater villain. At first they work with Fudou Kazanari and the corrupt members of the Japanese government he controls, before switching loyalties to Shem-Ha.
* VillainousRROD: Extended use of their powers results in the "panacea fluid" in their blood to become impure which severely weakens and almost seems to poison them. They need an extremely rare type of blood in order to keep themselves moving.
* VillainousUnderdog: They don't have as many resources now that Adam and the rest of the alchemists are gone. They also don't have Philosopher's Stones or Faust Robes, putting them at a disadvantage against the Symphogears.
* WeakButSkilled: Unlike previous alchemists, Noble Red's members can't match the Symphogears in terms of raw power, forcing them to use superior tactics, dirty tricks, or just making a break for it any time they might be overwhelmed.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: They're well aware of what happens to non-humans such as themselves in this series. Their only wish is ToBecomeHuman so they won't be ''hunted down and murdered'', and they're especially wary of the Symphogear users due to their reputation for slaying all the monsters they've faced.
** To be fair though, none of the Symphogear users seem to treat Noble Red as if they were actual non-human monsters, and none seem to want to kill any of the Noble Red members, except for Tsubasa with Milaarc. Even then, Tsubasa's desire to kill Milaarc comes more from the carnage resulting from her failure to protect the audience at her concert more than refusing to see Milaarc as human, and she overcomes that homicidal rage without succumbing to it during her confrontation with Fudou, who masterminded the massacre to manipulate Tsubasa into that emotional state.
* WorkingForABodyUpgrade: In a sense. Being normal humans again would certainly make their lives a lot less lonely.
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[[folder: Vanessa Diodati]]
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-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MaoIchimichi
* AffablyEvil: She's surprisingly polite and soft-spoken, even against her opponents.
* BenevolentBoss: She orders Elsa to flee because she didn't want her to get injured.
* BuxomIsBetter: She uses her ample assets to fluster Hibiki in Episode 4, catching her off guard with her [[TorpedoTits chest missiles]].
* CoolBigSis: Sees Millaarc and Elsa as younger sisters.
* CoolCar: Her introduction has her driving an older model Corvette.
* {{Cyborg}}: She suffered an accident while making the Faust Robes, and the technology was used to turn her into an alchemical cyborg.
* {{EMP}}: One of her many gimmicks is an EMP capable of knocking out the power of an entire city.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: The first thing of her we see in Episode 1 is her feet while driving to the facility holding Shem-ha's bracelet.
* {{Gainaxing}}: As silly as it is, given her chest is solid metal. Given her usual personality, it's entirely possible that she stuffed her jacket just to distract people before the breast missiles come in.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: she can fire loads and loads of missiles from just about everywhere.
* RapunzelHair: As it's typical for the series, her hair would go all the way to her knees if she loosened it.
* SanitySlippage: While all three members of Noble Red suffer it from episode 10 onward, Vanessa in particular goes from the calmest of the trio to the most visibly unhinged.
* ShoutOut: Her legs house [[Anime/GunBuster Buster Colliders]]. ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is also represented with her RocketPunch and TorpedoTits.
* SwissArmyAppendage: Pulls this with her right hand in episode 10, first while lamenting about how Noble Red isn't human anymore and unsheathing a can opener, corkscrew and flat-head screwdriver, among other tools. She later uses a tape measure as a lasso from the same arm during her fight against Hibiki.
* TelescopingRobot: She subscribes to the classic school that says that robot bodies don't need inner workings, just places to stuff weapons. There's even a missile the size of her entire torso somewhere in there!
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: When Hibiki asks her in episode 10 if they no longer want to be friends, she answers humans and monsters can never be friends.
* TorpedoTits: Her chest is equipped with missiles, as a flustered Hibiki finds out.
* UncertainDoom: While Millaarc and Elsa are both eviscerated and Vanessa herself is cut in half, her nature as a {{Cyborg}} makes it ambiguous as to whether she was truly killed or if she somehow managed to survive. Episode 10 shows that she survived and was turned into a complete robot by Shem-ha.
* VillainousRescue: Saves Millaarc from being defeated by Kirika and Shirabe in episode 3.
* WalkingArmory: Possesses all sorts of weaponry within her cyborg body.
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[[folder: Millaarc Cranstoun]]
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-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AimiTerakawa
* AnArmAndALeg: Her right arm can be seen flying when Shem-Ha slices her in half in XV 9. She gets a pair of new ones in the following episode.
* AxCrazy: Gets a thrill out of mass destruction and violence.
* BloodKnight: Is downright gleeful at the idea of engaging a Symphogear user like Tsubasa.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She introduces herself to Tsubasa by siccing Alca-Noise on the thousands of unsuspecting audience members at a concert and laughs about it.
* FemmeFatalons: Has some sharp fingernails that she can extend at will.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: She has a pair of demonic-looking wings and is the most vicious member of the trio.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: She gets sliced in half by Shem-ha in the ninth episode of ''XV'', then reduced to a chibi version of herself in episode 11.
* KickTheDog: Everything she does to Tsubasa in Episode 2 amounts to this, especially killing a young girl in front of Tsubasa.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: What she does to the nameless "investigator" (actually someone hired by Fudo in order to block S.O.N.G.'s attempts at finding out about Noble Red's plans) in Episodes 5 and 6. Considering the guy was a NightmareFetishist who was absolutely ''giddy'' about seeing Miku and Elfnein get murdered by Millaarc, no one mourns when she ends up killing the guy then burning his body.
* MesACrowd: One of her many vampiric powers is to split up into a cloud of bats or split into multiple copies of herself.
* MindManipulation: She has the power to induce mental trances in other characters, getting them to do her bidding. These trances can even be drawn out subconsciously by other characters using key phrases, as shown by Fudou Kazanari towards Tsubasa.
* MorphWeapon: Wields some sort of shape-shifting weapon that normally forms a working pair of wings, but can augment either her arms or legs depending on the attack. It can also be detached and flung like a boomerang.
* MulticoloredHair: Has a strand of red hair on her otherwise dark blue hair.
* PointyEars: Has pointy, elf-like ears, which indicate she's not actually human anymore.
* RedRightHand: Her big, clawed monster hands.
* SignificantAnagram: Her name is an anagram of "Carmilla", the eponymous character of the novel ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}''. Appropriate, as Millaarc's design takes many cues from vampires.
* SuperpowerLottery: Relative to the other members of Noble Red, whose monstrous powers are almost entirely direct combat abilities, Millaarc has virtually all of the powers commonly assigned to vampires, giving her a superbly versatile ability suite.
* VillainousFriendship: Cares deeply about Elsa and Vanessa, even seeing them as family.
* WouldHurtAChild: She gleefully tears a hole in a child's chest right in front of Tsubasa. And is equally as willing to murder Miku when cornering her and Elfnein, though she ultimately doesn't as Miku proves to be a vital part to the group's plan.
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[[folder: Elsa Bête]]
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-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/KanaIchinose
* GadgeteerGenius: Carries a briefcase with all sorts of technologies that aid her to fight.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: After getting impaled by Shem-ha, her body gets sliced in half along with Millaarc.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She meets her end when she's impaled by a LaserBlade courtesy of Shem-ha. Then she also becomes HalfTheManHeUsedToBe. Like the other two, she's shown to have survived this in episode 10.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Compared to the other two, her weapon of choice is an equippable prehensile tail with a giant pair of jaws on the end. It even works as a shield in a pinch.
* KillTheCutie: Is the youngest and seemingly most innocent of Noble Red, and also the first one to get murdered by Shem-Ha.
* LittleBitBeastly: Has wolf ears on her head. She keeps them hidden to look normal, but pop out when she's nervous.
* MeaningfulName: "Bête" means "beast" in French.
* MiniMecha: Fights in a wolf-shaped mecha in episode 10 after being revived and empowered by Shem-ha.
* TheBattleDidntCount: During their first encounter, she complains to Shirabe and Kirika that they only beat her because she wasn't fighting at full power. She only flees due to being ordered to by Vanessa.
* VillainousRROD: Using several tail attachments to form her wolf-mecha and then being defeated by Kirika and Shirabe blew out her neuron processors, causing her to lose the ability to use her tail attachment.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has pink hair.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Noble Red's Benefactor]]
Fudou Kazanari who can be found in the [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSongAndAffiliates S.O.N.G and Affiliates]] page.
[[/folder]]

!!Custodians (MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5)
[[folder: In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Custodian Silhouettes as spoken by Adam]]
* GoodAllAlong: Through out the entire series, they were thought to been {{Jerkass God}}s who inflicted The Curse of Balal on humanity for daring to try and connect to them and doom future humanity to no longer understand each other. As it turns out it was actually a desperate counter measure against Shem-Ha who would have resurrected herself through humanity since she created their original language and turned them into monsters.
* NeglectfulPrecursors: Their actions in TheTimeOfMyths, which includes creating Adam and imposing the Curse of Balal, are the main cause of every single conflict faced in the entire series. They had a good reason for the Curse of Balal, as its revealed that it was actually done to seal Shem-Ha, who turned traitor from the other Custodians in order to turn humanity into monsters to serve her, and because she created the original language of humanity herself, she was able to put her essence into humanity's DNA, making her essentially immortal. As a result, the Curse of Balal supressing Humanity's original language was to prevent her from rising again. Too bad they didn't count on Fine going nuts and trying her damndest to destroy the Curse of Balal itself...
* PhysicalGod: They are the Anunnaki after all. The gods of old mythologies who seeded life on Earth.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Only 2 out of 5 of the custodians are shown in the series's Final season, leaving the other 3 unseen outside of a silhouette from Adam in AXZ.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Shem-Ha Mephorash '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Shem-Ha (Original Body)]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Shem-Ha possessing Miku ([[FanNickname Miku Shem-ha]])]]
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[[caption-width-right:240:Miku Shem-Ha in Shenshou-Jing]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YukaIguchi, Creator/NorikoHidaka (original body)
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* AbusivePrecursors: As a Custodian, she helped create life on Earth, before betraying her brethren in an attempt to attain power by turning humanity into her servants.
* AntagonistTitle: As detailed under SatanicArchetype, Shem-Ha is associated with card XV in the Major Arcana, making her the XV in the title of the final season. To make the point even more obvious the episode that she makes her true first appearance (instead of as a corpse), after possessing Miku's body, is titled "XV".
* BigBad: She takes over as the main antagonist of ''XV'' from the end of episode 9 onwards.
* BishonenLine: In the past, she was a white skinned humanoid with white and red hair. When she reawakens in XV ep 6, she resembles a giant, holy fetus with umbilical-cord like tentacles, a head that opens up to BeamSpam, and can regenerate by creating images of herself to merge and recover. When that form's destroyed, she merges with Miku, taking her form and sporting demonic armor.
* ContraltoOfDanger: She speaks using a very deep and threatening tone, very different from Miku's regular voice.
* DemonicPossession: This is basically what she's doing to Miku by taking over her body.
* EvilIsNotAToy: She proves this by killing Noble Red after they tried to take control of her, transforming them into perfect monsters to turn them into her pawns, and putting her plans into motion by activating the Frontier once again, throwing Fudo's plans into disarray as well.
* EvilMatriarch: As she was the biological scientist of the Custodians in their project to guide the Earth's evolutionary ladder, she's basically the one who created humanity the way they are. She's capable of taking control any human through the unified language because she birthed them that way, the same way Fine was capable of BodySurf between her descendants. The "insane holy mother" in the lyrics of "FINAL COMMANDER" is referring to her.
* FinalBoss: The last opponent the Symphogear users fight in the series.
* GracefulLoser: She ultimately gives her plans up after the Gear users destroy Yggdrasil. Partially because of the World Tree being destroyed and more because of Hibiki and Miku convincing her that HumansAreFlawed but have the capacity to be [[HumansAreSpecial so much more]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: Despite the Custodians being the reason for the conflicts of the whole series to exist, it was because of Shem-Ha turning traitor on them that they did so in order to prevent humanity from being turned into her servants via the Yggdrasil system.
* HumansAreBastards: She seems to have this view as she gives humans a backhanded comment about how they're still alive after all this time, and her goal is to destroy the Moon which will undoubtedly cause a lot of widespread destruction.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: She seemingly kills Noble Red easily and messily. However, considering all the things they've done during the season, it's well-deserved. [[BaitTheDog Then she crosses the line herself]] when it's revealed in the following episode that she reconstructed them into perfect monsters, denying them the normal lives they wanted, and making them her new servants.
* LecherousLicking: Licks Miku's ear within her soul while saying that, as the embodiment of the future, Miku's full name being about the future compliments the two of them.
* MadDoctor: Described by Enki as being the "Great Surgeon" of the Custodians. Considering what she was planing to do with mankind, well...
* MyBelovedSmother: Her goal to make humanity into her HiveMind, beside to take revenge on the other Custodians, is mainly motivated by her frustration that her prized creation just would't stop fighting with each other. She condescendingly coddles the humanity because she thinks humanity can't survive without her guidance as their absolute creator. She's somewhat impressed that humanity still exist after 5000 years under the Curse of Balal, seemingly expecting them to destroy themselves with their conflict. When Hibiki and Miku convince her to let humanity choose their own destiny, even to their own disadvantage, she smiles proudly that her children can stand up for themselves and leaves them alone, deciding to trust their judgment.
* PsychoLesbian: Not too dissimilar to Fine from the first season, she strings up Miku in bondage within her own soul, and also licks her ear.
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: States that her power as it is currently in Miku's body is only at 1/10000 of a percent of her original self. Despite her initial awakened state already being more then a match for X-Drive Symphogears powered by 7 billion climax songs.
* SatanicArchetype: Like Adam before her. She's the misanthropic enemy of the creator of Earthly life, calls herself [[Literature/BookOfCorinthians "the god of this world"]], brands her [[MarkOfTheBeast mark]] upon the foreheads of her followers, and is [[TarotMotifs associated with]] card XV of the Major Arcana, i.e. '''''The Devil'''''. Additionally, while her name is derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem_HaMephorasha a Kabbalistic name for God]], that same name is also used as the [[UsefulNotes/{{Satanism}} LaVeyan Satanism]] equivalent of 'hallelujah', and considering the context...
* SealedEvilInACan: The Curse of Balal was meant to prevent her revival, and her mortal remains were entombed in a very powerful, very hostile HumongousMecha sinking under a frozen lake as a further countermeasure.
* ShipperOnDeck: Amusingly enough, this is one way how her final defeat can be interpreted. After being convinced by Hibiki and Miku to stand down, she gives them, and by extension humanity, her blessing and allows them to forge their own future.
* TakenForGranite: In her first proper battle, Shem-Ha displays the ability to turn things into silver using a form of weaponized matter transmutation far more advanced than alchemy. Airgetlam was made from Enki's severed arm that Shem-Ha turned to silver with this ability.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: How she's ultimately defeated. Hibiki and Miku convince her together that Humanity doesn't need the Curse of Balal or the Custodians to decide humanity's fate.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Her VerbalTic has her express her current emotion before speaking whatever statement is associated with that emotion. She comments that human language makes it difficult to express proper understanding of her meaning.
* VerbalTic: Her sentence structure is generally consisted of a statement prefixed by a short phrase describing of what she feels about the statement, similar to [[VideoGame/ArTonelico the Hymnos]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Enki '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Enki]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakeshiKusao
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* {{Bishounen}}: A rather handsome man.
* DivineDate: Romantically involved with the human Priestess Fine, resulting in a bloodline that would eventually produce Maria and Serena.
* GreaterScopeParagon: He's the one who created the Curse of Balal in order to seal Shem-Ha and protect humanity from being corrupted by the treacherous Custodian.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Cut off his own left arm so that Shem-Ha's transmutation attack didn't expand to his entire body. The same arm that would become Airgetlam.
* MeaningfulName: Shares the name with the Mesopotamian God of Knowledge.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for over 5000 years, but he at least uploaded part of his consciousness into the Lunar ruins.
* ProductionThrowback: His appearance is nearly identical to that of Ashley Winchester, who wields the sword Airgetlam in ''VideoGame/WildArms2''. His hair on the other hand is more similar to Jude Maverick from ''VideoGame/WildArms4''
* TakingYouWithMe: Fatally injured fighting Shem-Ha, he at least killed her physical body and used the Curse of Balal to seal her before dying on the moon.
* TogetherInDeath: With Fine in the Finale.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Had dark blue hair.
[[/folder]]
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-> '''Voiced By:''' Hina Kino

-> '''Voiced by''': Aimi Terakawa

* InformedAttribute: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Her designation as the strongest Autoscorer comes across as this, not because she's a weakling or anything. She is incredibly powerful and defeats the heroes on several occasions, but she just doesn't come across as particularly stronger her sisters. The fact that she's the second one to be killed also hurts her credibility.

The various villains throughout the series that oppose the Symphogears

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Terrorist they may be, but they genuinely love and care for each other as sisters.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To their former bosses, the Top Brass of the Illuminati. Both groups are a trio of [[TrueCompanions close-knit]] female alchemists who serve as [[TheHeavy most constant threat]] of their respective seasons who are after Divine Power and willing to sacrifice thousands of lives to obtain it. However, Saint Germain had plans to uses it for the grandiose goal of destroying the curse of Balal and ending oppression worldwide, while Noble Red has the mundane but self-serving goal to use it to [[IJustWantToBeNormal restore their humanity]]. While Saint Germain and her cohort were at the very top of the Illuminati's food chain, Noble Red were treated as human guinea pigs.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Terrorist they may be but they genuinely love and care for each other as sister.

* ConstrastingSequelAntagonist: To their former bosses, the Top Brass of the Illuminati. Both groups are a trio of [[TrueCompanions close-knit]] female alchemists who serve as [[TheHeavy most constant threat]] of their respective seasons who are after Divine Power and willing to sacrifice thousands of lives to obtain it. However, Saint Germain had plans to uses it for the grandiose goal of destroying the curse of Balal and ending oppression worldwide, while Noble Red has the mundane but self-serving goal to use it to [[IJustWantToBeNormal restore their humanity]]. While Saint Germain and her cohort were at the very top of the Illuminati's food chain, Noble Red at the very bottom, treated as HumanGuineaPigs.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOne: Terrorist they may be but they genuinely love and care for each other as sister.

* LaserGuidedKarma: While they are tragic figures who JustWantToBeNormal, there's no denying that they did a lot of horrible things with very little hesitation or remorse. So it's fitting that Shem-Ha that kills them and revive them as perfect monsters, ultimately making their goal impossible.

* FamousLastWords: "I'm going to be the first!"

* ShoutOut: His appearance is nearly identical to that of Ashley Winchester, who wields the sword Airgetlam in ''VideoGame/WildArms2''. His hair on the other hand is more similar to Jude Maverick from ''VideoGame/WildArms4''

* GreaterScopeVillain: An interesting case as she ''becomes'' this in later seasons. ''G'', ''GX'', and ''AXZ'' happen all thanks to her research and heretical technology as part of her attempts to destroy the curse of Babel over the centuries. ''G'' stands out as the only one that is the result of ''recent'', modern day attempts towards her goal.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He is on the good guy side in Fine's Pararell World, and can be very helpful but his crazy attitude on the other hand still rubs off the main cast every now and then.
* GoodAllAlong: At least 2 of his parallel version are this. The Symphogear users are aware of his actions in their world so they are very cautious around him only it turns out he isn't actually a bad guy.
** One version of him simply want to keep the girls in his world so he can form an idol group and when he heard what his prime counterpart did in the prime world, he find that taking over the world and becoming a hero is too bothersome.
** One version of him while having his mutated left arm and just AxCrazy as the prime one, He is convinced that he can be a hero by helping deal with the Noise.

* TheBusCameBack: After being absent for the entirety of ''AXZ'' and most of ''XV'' Carol returns to life in episode 7 to help protect Elfnein from Noble Red.

'''Carol:''' A miracle, you say? Not at all. I am the murderer of miracles!

** In [=XV=]]] she has ''Sforzando Reverberation'', which plays when she awakens within Elfnein to protect her from Noble Red.

* VillainSong: Carol has one called ''Senkin ・ Daurdabla'' [[note]]Massacre Harp ・ Daurdabla[[/note]] and immediately demonstrates it to the Symphogears and also sings it to activate the World Destructor in Episode 11.

* EvilCounterpart: While Fine was already this to the Symphogears in the first season, she fits the bill even more, having an actual TransformationSequence and actually can use a climax song. One that has the power of '''7 Billion of them''', i.e. If the entire population of the planet could use one.

* ShadowArchetype: Towards Hibiki. They both really looked up to their fathers greatly, and then Carol's father died, Hibiki's father became a BrokenPedestal, while they were shunned by society. Their reaction really differs in the opposite end of spectrums: While Hibiki survived through the harsh world with her father's words and eventually managed to set their relations on recovery, Carol misinterpreted her father's last words to one that he wanted the world destroyed and gleefully accelerated genocide. In a sense, Carol probably is what Hibiki would turn out if she gave in to the grief of her father's departure.

Carol that the party met in Kanade's Parellel World. Like her main counterpart, Carol was in the middle of planning the "Magical Girl Incident" but the plan was postpone due her suffered the memory lost from abusing her power and later get her plan hi-jacked by her own Homunculus, Noel.
* BigDamnHeroes: Come to assists the gear users fighting against Ouroboros in the finale of Gjallarhorn Arc.
* EasyAmnesia: As some part of her memories was lost, this give her a chance to rethink what her father's word meant to her. With Hibiki and Saint Germain teams effort. Carol finally come to realized what her father trying to tell her all this time before she decided to JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope like her main counterpart did.
* HeelFaceTurn: Start out as the villian for 10 minutes before getting hi-jacked by Noel, she then stay natural for half of the event and finally set on the good guy side in the finale.
* GoodIsNotSoft: That's said, she still as harsh as before but is more approchable post event.