History Characters / TowerOfGodMainCharacters

* {{Narcissist}}: She believes that everything belongs to her as she tosses everyone who is no longer useful to her aside especially Bam and complains when nothing goes her way as she believes that she can do nothing wrong.

%%* ArcVillainess: Of the 39th Floor's Name Hunt Station arc alongside the Lo Po Bia twins.

[[folder:Hwaryun]]
!!Hwaryun
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/LauraPost (English)
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Guide

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->''Who will fill the Tower with the blood of the King? Bam, the Irregular. When he reaches the top, everything in the Tower will change.''

A Red Witch Guide that helps certain people climb the Tower Floors. Viewing Bam as her "god," Hwaryun has remained a major support for his development and climb up the Tower.

In season 1, Hwaryun is introduced as a mysterious character wearing a mask and tight neoprene suit during the Crown Game, and dominated the last round until Bam slashed her face with shinsu. Since then, Hwaryun's wears an eyepatch, let her hair down, and pretends to take part in the wave controller class alongside Bam. In the epilogue, it's revealed that upon Rachel's arrival into the Tower, Yu Hansung had tasked Hwaryun to serve as Rachel's Guide to help the latter safely climb the Tower. She also turns out to be a member of FUG, and recruited Bam into the organization after Rachel betrayed him.

In season 2, Hwaryun continues to watch over Bam as he climbs the Tower as FUG's leader, Jue Viole Grace. By the time of the Workshop Battle, it turned out that she's been working for the FUG faction that supports Viole rather than Karaka's side that's trying to kill him, and helps Bam break away from the terrorist organization with the powerful Thorn at hand. After Workshop, she continues to guide Bam by helping him board the Hell Train express to chase after Rachel, and supports Bam's companions on the Floor of Death in order to have them fight against Hell Joe, who Hwaryun holds a major grudge against. Though this ends up being a ploy of hers, and in reality her main goal was obtaining the soul-stirring ladle in order to trade it for another Thorn fragment for Bam. She uncharacteristically does not accompany them into the Hidden Floor, but plays a vital role in helping everyone escape when Jahad's forces come to kill everyone on the Hell Train.

In season 3, she has gone her separate ways from Bam's group, for reasons even Khun has no idea about. She comes back from her "personal trip" after the events at The Wall of Peaceful Coexistence and is willing to help Bam save his Master.

!!Team Bam - Currently Separated
[[folder:Endorsi Jahad]]
!!Endorsi Jahad
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieSuegara (Japanese), Creator/JeannieTirado (English)
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Fisherman
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->''[[Characters/TowerOfGodTwentyFifthBam You]] shouldn't hesitate to hurt people. But you can't... No, it's better if you don't. You're better off leaving that to bad girls like me.''

A haughty, cynical, self-centered woman who was chosen as a Jahad Princess due to defeating all the adopted recruits in her Great Family to eventually being at the top of the food chain. She was considered one of the top-5 E-Rank Regulars alongside Anaak, Ran, Blarode, and Baragav.

In season 1, Endorsi quickly establishes herself as one of the strongest Regulars during Bam's appearance on the Floor of Tests given her Jahad Princess status. However, throughout the 2nd Floor, she develops a caring, yet vitriolic relationship, with Anaak due to actually wanting to help the Fake Princess climb the Tower and realizing Endorsi is technically her aunt. Her interactions with Bam also result in her becoming friendlier with the rest of the core group, as well as gaining a romantic interest in him to the point of wanting Bam to be hers at any chance she gets.

In season 2, Endorsi climbs the Tower with Shibisu's 2nd Floor graduation team. She supported the team at Workshop helping Bam break away from FUG, but ended up losing her name to Kaiser of the Hell Train's Name Hunt Station in an attempt to protect Anaak from being hunted by the Lo Po Bia Family. The result of Endorsi's name being stolen is Shibisu's team being at war with the people of the station. After Bam made a deal with Kaiser to have Endorsi's name given back to her, Endorsi joined up with Bam's Hell Train group in order to meet with Garam Jahad on the Floor of Death.

* ActionGirl: Endorsi proves herself to be one of the more powerful Regulars of the Floor of Tests saga. She retains this status in season 2, going toe-to-toe with the strongest E-Rank Regular, Mad Dog, in the Workshop Battle.
* BigDamnHeroes: Almost every moment when she uses the shinsu technique "Chiffon Sword" counts as one.
* BrokenBird: Her experiences trying to earn the right to become a Princess left her quite bitter.
* TheBigGuy: Small frame, but stronger than Rak.
* CharacterDevelopment: Her interactions with Bam and Anaak have really had an effect on her self-caring persona [[spoiler:although after Bam's alleged death it reverted back to a larger degree]]. In Bam's case, she ends up developing feelings for him.
* CombatStilettos: Subverted. Twice, they are successfully attacked to throw her off-balance, causing her to abandon wearing them altogether.
* CoolBigSis: She gradually grows a soft spot for Anaak and Bam. She also gains a rather aloof one in the form of Yuri Jahad. But, neither will ever admit it, and will constantly appear to be at very loud loggerheads to most outside observers.
* CurbStompBattle: She and Ghost vs. 2nd Floor Regulars.
** Then she ends up on the receiving end of this, courtesy of [[spoiler: Ren]].
* DefrostingIceQueen: She isn't a real Ice Queen, since she is rather outgoing, but she keeps her feelings to herself, views others as tools and steps over bodies to reach her goals. And then she meets Bam.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Everyone she teleports reacts like they're lucky to survive.
* DudeMagnet: She was voted as "the #1 girl I'd like to date before I die".
* FemmeFatale: Noted to be alluring and deadly at the same time by people who observe her fighting.
* TheFightingNarcissist: Thinks herself to be highly beautiful so if you kick her in the face, make sure it finishes her off. Problem is, thanks to how strong she is it isn't easy.
* GoGetterGirl: Going through training that boiled down to 'achieve or starve' led her to become this.
* GreenEyedMonster: Rachel has thoroughly earned everyone's hatred, but Endorsi's hatred for her is at a personal level due to being jealous of how obsessed Bam is with her, even if his obsession isn't romantic.
* HornedHumanoid: She has a small skin-colored horn on the right side of her head.
* ImmortalImmaturity: She didn't become a Regular until she was around 300 years old, but she acts like a mildly sociopathic, hyperactive teenager, refusing to take responsibility, freaking out whenever someone accidentally implies she's not the prettiest girl around, and kicking people in the head when she's displeased.
* LargeHam: On occasion, especially when people aim attacks at her face.
-->"Your crime of attempting to kick the almighty Endorsi's face is appalling! For that, I shall punish you!"
* LightningBruiser: Tends to go for very fast and very hard hitting strikes when fighting; since most people can't handle a Jahad Princess at that level it's all she needs most of the time.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: She possesses a set of flying shields that protect her very well, until she faces off against Hong Chunhwa's Narumada, which breaks them. Having lost her defence, she quickly beats him up and borrows his sword.
* MutualEnvy: She is jealous of how devoted Bam is to Rachel and would gladly give up her princess privileges, which were pretty much forced on her, to be with him. On the opposite side, Rachel wants to be special and is jealous of Endorsi for being a beautiful princess like a fairy tale heroine, while her feelings towards Bam are mixed at best and consist mostly of envy.
* OlderThanTheyLook: About 300 at the start of season 1.
* OneWomanArmy: Able to massacre 197 other Regulars on the Second Floor, along with Ghost.
* OutOfFocus: She ended up as this during the Hidden Floor arc due to the Snake Charmer being her "sworn enemy." The Snake Charmer kept her locked down from being able to perform any role for the StoryArc, which basically left Endorsi sitting around while things were going on all around her on the Hidden Floor.
* RebelliousPrincess: She is actively considering the possibility of deserting the princesses of Jahad, since King Jahad strictly prohibits them from forming relationships with men on penalty of death and she has a crush on Bam, who poses a big threat to King Jahad's rule.
* ShipTease: She loves Bam and it's not a secret to anyone (except for Bam). She even declared herself Bam's girlfriend.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Appears to be an arrogant and vain woman at first glance, however she is really intelligent and is a quick thinker in the middle of combat.
* SuperToughness: When fighting Viole and Traveller, she takes a large number of ''anti-tank'' explosives directly to the face and comes out with nothing more than frazzled hair and mild annoyance.
* TheTeam:
--> '''Crown Game Team:''' Endorsi, Rachel and Ghost.
--> '''Hide-and-Seek Team B:''' Endorsi, Bam, Michelle Light (Rachel), Hatz, Hoh, Serena, Shopin, Chunhwa, Death Ryan, Mauchi, Paracule, Levin, Full Black, and Grey.
--> '''Submerged Fish Hunt Team:''' Endorsi, Bam, Anaak, Shibisu, Khun, Rachel, Rak, Endorsi, Lauroe, Hatz, Aleksai, Blarouse, Chunhwa, Sunwoo, Levin, Paracule, and Ghost.
--> '''Team Shibisu:''' Endorsi, Anaak, Shibisu, Hatz, Lauroe, Aleksai, Vespa, and Verdi.\\
'''Bam's 43rd Floor Team:''' Endorsi, Bam, Khun, Hwaryun, Boro, Sachi, Iruroe and Hockney.
--> '''Bam's Hidden Floor Quarantine Team:''' Bam, Endorsi, [[spoiler: (data human) Yu Hansung]], Batis.
* TeleportSpam: Uses teleportation in battle [[spoiler: by using Bong Bong to teleport herself and Baragav hundreds of meters into the air, then kicking him into the ground, causing some damage even to the MadeOfIron Mad Dog of Yama.]]
* {{Teleportation}}: Her teleporter tool, Bong Bong.
* {{Tsundere}}: Very much so towards Bam.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: She pulls this off spectacularly be using her Bong Bong to kick her opponent into the dirt from hundreds of meters into the air.
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[[folder:Yeon Ehwa]]
!!Yeon Ehwa
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Fisherman, Flame User
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->''You don't have to worry just because I'm a member of the Ten Families. Because I think that facing the truth head-on is the right thing to do.''
\\
A Regular that's introduced in season 2, and first appears in a scene where she fries Ja Wangnan during an attempt to complete the 20th Floor test. She is next forced to go along with Prince's loan shark team for another attempt at the 20th Floor test because of the debt she gained failing the test that she fried Wangnan in. Control over Ehwa ends up getting transferred to Viole after he defeats Prince's high-score on the punching machine for the 20th Floor test. She's also a user of the rare Flame User Position, which is basically converting shinsu into fire.

Following her freedom from Lurker Cash, Ehwa joins up with Viole and Wangnan's Sweet and Sour group that was formed as a result of completing the 20th Floor test. However, she learns of her Great Yeon Family having a dark side to them due to discovering the family's mistreatment of the Zigenas during the 21st Floor test. As a result, she decides to climb the Tower with Viole to witness the darkness of the other Great Families, and return to the Yeon Family after becoming a Ranker to set the family straight.

Afterwards, Ehwa climbs the Tower with the Sweet and Sour team all the way to the Hell Train, but unlike the rest of Wangnan's group, who continue the chase for Cassano, Yeon is asked to rejoin with Bam starting from the 39th Floor's Name Hunt Station.
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* OutGambitted: [[spoiler:While she manages to outgambit Reflejo and especially his minions, she totally didn't expect Cassano of planting a spying device on her tools, turning her into a DamselInDistress later.]]

* ShipTease: Less obvious than the other examples in the series, but it has been noted that when she was talking about him becoming worthy of being her God as well as a man, the wording was a bit ambiguous as to whether or not she was commenting on his growth, or [[ShippingGoggles hitting on him by calling him her man.]]

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Comes across as this. Except for her being able to use and endure Shinsu… like, well... ''everybody else''. She's a quick study, however, to get as good with lightboxes as fast as she does. Like Bam, she starts knowing very little about basic aspects of the Tower, and it puts her at a disadvantage.

* CoolLoser: When we first meet him, he's a down-on-his-luck loser with a debt running a mile wide, and even after his initial arc he's an awkward teammate and leader. However, he quickly proves himself to be TheHeart of Sweet and Sour and a decent strategist, so he slowly begins to grow out of that mindset.

* {{Bishonen}}: Khun is tall, slender and resembles his adoptive sister, Kiseia, quite a bit. He is noted by several characters to be very handsome.
--> '''Miseng''': He’s scary...
--> '''Goseng''': Usually, handsome guys are like that.

* ArcVillainess: For Bam's team during the Train City tournament where she bascially works to stall him. Yura goes to maximum effort to make sure that Bam doesn't make it to the Hell Train in order to catch up to Rachel.

%%* ArcVillainess: For Bam's team during the Train City tournament.

Scout and information gatherer of Khun's season 2 team.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: For FUG.]]

Medic and Wave Controller of Khun's season 2 team.

* EyesAlwaysShut: A classic example. [[spoiler:He keeps them shut when he puts up his facade, but opens them when he reveals his true persona as a member of FUG]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Apple's partner.]]

* NonindicativeName: Medic, not Missionary. [[spoiler: And, a dangerous one, too: unless he suddenly whips out FUG pamphlets to post through the door, don't buy his shtick.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Always seen barefoot.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Toshinari Fukamachi (Japanese), Nicholas Roye (English)

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When going OneWingedAngel. Seems he has these PeekABangs for a reason.

* PeekABangs: Covering his left eye.

* TheDarkChick: Briefly, when [[spoiler: she’s being [[PeoplePuppets puppeted]]]].

* BladeOnAStick: Fights with a spear.

** He obtains a better BladeOnAStick when he purchases the "Mad Shocker" spear during the Workshop Battle.

* BladeOnAStick: He is a Spear Bearer.

* BladeOnAStick: Vespa's weapon of choice.

* BladeOnAStick: His lance-umbrella.

* TheWorfEffect: He gets hit with this often throughout Season 2 when it comes to playing XanatosSpeedChess with FUG and Rachel. Yet, still comes back swinging... Justified: he's found himself playing on their terms with little to no knowledge about how they've set up the board. A Regular playing against Rankers is at a natural disadvantage, Great Family or not. It's actually a great achievement not to get all his contingencies and tricks utterly wrecked in under ten minutes, given the scale of the divide.

* IdolSinger: Her current profession. Though she appears to have quit the job in order to board the Hell Train.

[[folder:Jue Viole Grace]]

See [[Characters/TowerOfGodTwentyFifthBam Twenty-Fifth Bam.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yeon Ehwa]]
See [[Characters/TowerOfGodMainCharacters Main Characters]].
[[/folder]]

!Antagonists
!!Team Rachel (Spoilers!)
[[folder:Rachel]]
!!Rachel
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese), Valerie Rose Lohman (English)
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Light Bearer
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->''You said you would teach me the way to be a heroine when you were guiding me. But it was a lie. The hero you choose was Bam. And I was just bait to make him go up the Tower. But I have found a way to become a heroine myself. It's nothing special. If I wasn't born to become a heroine from the beginning, all I need is people who would send me to the top of the Tower in this awful darkness.... All I need to do is find them.''

Bam's first and best friend who freed him from a dark prison, but then decides to leave him to search for a starry sky to overcome her fear of the night. Due to her injuries, she's forced to get by through the words she speaks, whether it be using the truth or through lies. Rachel is also an Irregular but was not chosen by the Tower, sneaking in due to Bam forcing the door open right below her.

In Season 1, Rachel goes by the moniker of Michelle Light to evade Bam after realizing that the two of them are in the same test group. However, they're eventually forced to reunite after her legs had become crippled. To continue being with Rachel, Bam decides to become her legs to help her climb the Tower. In the end, Rachel betrays Bam by showing that her legs are fine and pushes him into the dark abyss as she goes on to complete the final 2nd Floor test with everyone else.

Season 2 has Rachel continues to climb the Tower, and manages to escape Khun's watch. She then forms a new team of her own and boards the Hell Train in order to gain a powerful ally in White. Rachel then journeys to the 43rd Floor of Death in order and convinces Wangnan to join her group after his Sweet and Sour team failed in taking away one of her teammates.

On the Floor of Death, Rachel manages to get away from Karaka in order to reach Bam, but is unable to convince him to run away after Bam tells her that he needs to continue going forward. Despite that, Bam allows Rachel to take part in the test that will provide the location of the Thorn, but she is poisoned and knocked out. However, Bam makes a deal with Poe Bidau Gustang to have her healed.

* AntiHero: The author's blog says that she's one of these. She is certainly one of the most ruthless characters.
* ArchEnemy: To Khun and Endorsi, who both hate her for her manipulative nature and past relationship with Bam.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Attempts to kill Bam by pushing him into dark waters to be eaten, and has continued keeping up the act of being a helpless damsel in front of Aguero for five years afterward. [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow And he knew, and she knew he knew; she was only keeping up the act so he wouldn't know she knew he knew and so when the time came she could stab him in the back first.]]
* CallToAdventure: Once upon a time, a girl somehow found a cave, opened it and made friends with the boy she found inside it. Plot ensues.
* CantCatchUp: Her manipulation skills are top-notch, but her over-reliance on having [[CrutchCharacter strong allies]] to do the dirty work means many of her own skills don't grow as fast as they could, leading to Aguero outperforming her as a Light Bearer when they face each other in the Hell Train arc.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Her ''real'' introduction at the end of the first volume is devoted specifically to showing her lack of classical heroic qualities, and she turned out to be a ClassicVillain.
* CoolTeacher: For all her faults, she's actually pretty good at teaching when she puts her mind to it. Just ask Bam, who still thinks what she did for him was pretty cool, ulterior motives or not.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Yellow hair, yellow eyes.
* DamselInDistress: After getting stabbed by Hoh. However, [[DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel she’s faking it.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: This story is as much about Rachel as it is about Bam, despite how much she wants sole focus.
* TheDulcineaEffect: She's Bam's Dulcinea, and the trope starts out playing as straight as they come. What started out simple gets deconstructed like you wouldn't believe. Rachel is very good at playing Dulcinea, but she's a lot more [[ToxicFriendInfluence toxic]] than she is innocent, and uses her resulting {{Wounded Gazelle Gambit}}s for her own reasons on just about everybody. Bam was never ''entirely'' fooled by her, but his relationship was too important for him to make a fuss about the details for a very long time. And, it is justified in that she was the first person he can remember having any relationship with. This ain't healthy on many, many counts. Including for her world view and mental health, let alone his. Or, anybody else's.
* EntitledBastard: When Jahad's forces take Rachel and some of Bam's companions as hostages, Endorsi rescues Bam's companions while leaving Rachel's behind. Despite everything she herself has done, ''[[{{Hypocrite}} including]]'' escaping traps intended to kill Bam's companions and leaving them to die, Rachel feels outrage that Endorsi didn't rescue her too.
* EvilCounterpart: To Aguero. Both are lighthouse users who are skilled at manipulating others, and both are/were friends with Bam. However, Aguero learns to respect his allies enough to get his hands dirty to work alongside them and even grows to care for them enough to let them strike out more-or-less on their own in a widespread network of interconnections he can call on; while Rachel mostly sees her allies as tools to get her up the Tower, so she can easily completely dump them the minute they become less effective.
* EvilCripple: Rachel seems like this, betraying and manipulating everyone to help herself, but as it turns out she's just faking being a cripple to gain this sympathy and help herself more.
* FaceHeelTurn: While there's evidence suggesting she was a ManipulativeBitch even when she met Bam, she did sincerely care for him. The combination of Bam being TheChosenOne and her being manipulated by Headon turned her away from that. However, while this was her FaceHeelTurn chronologically, in story, she's presented as taking this when she pushes Bam into the lake.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: After her true colors are revealed, Rachel is featured in many teams that don't think highly of her as a person or are close to her at all. The only carryover from any of those lineups that cared for her was Yura.
* GuardianEntity: [[spoiler:Poe Bidau Gustang leaves her with a gift, a ferocious invisible beast who protected her until he obtained the items he wanted from the Hell Train.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Is extremely jealous of Bam's status as [[TheChosenOne The Chosen One]], and it was that jealousy that made her want to climb the Tower herself instead of letting Bam have all the glory.
** Anybody she deems more good-looking, luckier, better loved, undeservingly skilled, or enjoying more popularity than her will be despised. Especially if a Princess. Doubly especially if Endorsi. The only way to be pretty, female and not on Rachel's list of contempt is... to both have a hard-luck story that involves a thirst for revenge and to prove you'll do anything for Rachel to get it.
* HeroAntagonist: Another possible angle. Sure, she could be somewhat delusional in her goals and her behavior is far from nice, but they directly connect in many ways with those the Zarhard batch of Irregulars seem to have had when they were climbing. And, they are considered heros, however much the reader may agree or disagree with the outcome. ''Bam and company'' are the really odd ducks, by current Tower standards. So, the friction between Rachel and Bam could be seen as more clashing cultural interpretations of appropriate forms of heroism than a simple case of hero vs villain. But, of the two sides, Rachel is definitely down in the darker shades of morally grey by readers' standards.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She certainly sees herself as the heroine of, at the very least, her own tale. She wants to make it the main one, however. But, as we mainly get to see things from Bam and company's side, we've pretty much only got her word on that. See below.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:In Season 2 Ep 227, she kills Akraptor while Wangnan is held hostage by Yura.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Her main motive. She wants to be the heroine of the story, and will attempt to jam herself into that position by any means necessary. She even tries to get rid of her original body and replace it with a completely different one generated from her idealized self.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: At first, she envied Bam for being a MagneticHero, though she later settles for forming friendless alliances as the next best thing.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Was caught in a loop of this with Aguero for a while; he knows she's faking her illness and spies on her with his Lighthouse, but she knows his team is a fence to trap her because she spies on him with her Lighthouse. And, so on and so forth. As of this writing, everyone seems to know what everyone else knows about what they know, so this trope may no longer be in place. But, that could change.
* ImmuneToFate: Part of the Irregular package. Which plays a major part in ''completely'' messing with Hwa's ability to guide Bam through the Hell Train arc, although there are a few hints that misleading her goes back much further than that. There are unknowns about how much Rachel knows about her own "skill", and how much various people within FUG do.
* {{Irony}}: Given her and Bams' interlocking skill-sets, they'd be a pretty unstoppable, hard-to-manipulate, Wave Controller-Lighthouse Keeper and Irregular core to any Tower-shaking team. Shame she can't see that, due to wanting to be the I in Team. She practically hands the awesome over to Aguero, and ensures that everybody dances on others' strings.
* ItGetsEasier: Invoked. She's shaken after killing Akraptor with her own hands, but she tells herself that she'll have to get used to it.
* LightIsNotGood: Has light skin, light blonde hair, uses a pseudonym of Michelle Light, and is a Light Bearer. Although her role as a villain isn't clear, she's still considered an antagonist to Bam is willing to use whatever (and whoever) she can to climb the Tower.
* ManipulativeBitch: She is; particularly where Bam is concerned. However, Khun has generally seen through her ruses. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he hasn’t spotted ''all'' of them.]]
* MeaningfulName: According to the author's blog, her name was chosen because "In Sherlock Holmes, there is a reference to the word Rache(Rah-he) that means revenge in German."
* MutualEnvy: Princess Endorsi Jahad is jealous of Rachel over how dedicated Bam is towards her and would gladly give up her princess privileges to be with him. On the opposite side, Rachel is jealous of Endorsi for being a beautiful princess like a fairytale heroine, while her feelings towards Bam are mixed at best and consist largely of envy.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Downplayed and possibly subverted. She's shaken by how she killed [[spoiler:Akraptor]] and got blood on her hands, but it's implied that [[DirtyCoward she's merely too scared or nervous to do the deed herself easily]], since she has no issue with her comrades killing others -- however, she still battles with the realisation that not all on Bam's team may be as easily or lightly throw-away as she thought before rationalizing it within her "Tower Tale" framework.
* NonActionBigBad: Invoked and played with (what her ultimate role as an antagonist actually is far from clear). While she does have very solid Lighthouse abilities from the start of her climb, she admits that she'd rather just rely on stronger teammates to rise to the top.
* NonPOVProtagonist: For a character who's hardly ever on-screen, she provides a lot of fuel for the story, as well as prodding a great deal of the main cast into moving in various important directions. Both deliberately and accidentally; positive and negative.
* PsychoticSmirk: Shows one after she detonates a bomb in [[spoiler:Khun]]'s heart, gloating about how she wanted to kill him with her own hands at the worst possible moment for him.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Comes across as this. Except for her being able to use and endure Shinsu… like, well... ''everybody else''. She's a quick study, however, to get as good with lightboxes as fast as she does. Like Bam, she starts knowing very little about basic aspects of the Tower, and it puts her at a disadvantage.
* SecretIdentity: Goes under the name of Michelle Light for a while.
* SexierAlterEgo: Invoked during the Hidden Floor arc. Her Hidden Floor avatar, Icarus, was deliberately crafted to be more powerful and beautiful than her current drab appearance.
* SmugSnake: Gleefully prances about her room when she thinks no one’s looking, and has given “there’s no way you could understand my motivation” rants before.
* TheTeam:
--> '''Crown Game Team:''' Rachel, Endorsi, and Ghost.
--> '''Hide-and-Seek Team B:''' Michelle Light (Rachel), Bam, Endorsi, Hatz, Hoh, Serena, Shopin, Chunhwa, Death Ryan, Mauchi, Paracule, Levin, Full Black, and Grey.
--> '''Submerged Fish Hunt Team:''' Rachel, Bam, Khun, Rak, Endorsi, Anaak, Shibisu, Lauroe, Hatz, Aleksai, Blarouse, Chunhwa, Sunwoo, Levin, Paracule, and Ghost.
--> '''Khun's Original Season 2 Team:''' Rachel, Khun, Ran, Nobic, Dan, Gyetang, Apple, and Michael.
--> '''Rachel's Hell Train Dallar Show Team:''' Rachel, Hoaqin (White), Yura, Daniel, Raguel, Buelsar, Cassano, Traveller and Anna.
--> '''Rachel's 43rd Floor Expedition Team:''' Rachel, Hoaqin (White), Yura, Cassano, and Traveller.
--> '''Rachel's 43rd Floor Team:''' Rachel, Hoaqin (White), Yura, Traveller, Wangnan, and Miseng.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Rachel is the Tomboy, as described by Bam to Black March, to Girly Girl idol-singer Yura, who also happens to be the closest thing Rachel has to a friend.
* TheUnchosenOne: Rareish anti-villainous (or whatever) example; kicking herself into a, if not ''the'', protagonist role via ScrewDestiny seems to be what motivates her entire plot arc. Headon basically seemed to promise her a way to become Unchosen, but... it remains to be seen if she can manage that. For now, she's a Wannabe with a very good shot. However, please note: if she hadn't tried to hijack Bam's ChosenOne status in the first place, [[MissedTheCall he'd still be stuck in that cave]], bored out of his gourd ''and'' left not knowing enough to know that getting out was even possible. Additionally, she knows about Bam's role as [[spoiler:Arlene Grace's child who will gain Enryu's Thorn and change the tower]], but she still wants to take that role for herself.
* WalkingSpoiler: In fact, even the fact that she ''can'' walk is a spoiler!
* WeCanRuleTogether: Once she discovers Wangnan [[spoiler:has the same ring as Karaka and that he's the Prince of the Red-Light District]], she asks him to team up with her in exchange for sparing Miseng and getting Cassano to return Horyang's half of their devil[[spoiler:, which he reluctantly and grudgingly accepts -- not just for Horyang's sake, but Miseng and Cassano's, too. Oh, and [[KeepingTheEnemyClose for a chance at Rachel]]: [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow she's cool with it]].]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends that her injury makes her unable to walk to manipulate others into helping her.
* YouthfulFreckles: Sports them along her nose. It's implied that the freckles are supposed to make her look ugly, as she rids herself of them for her "Icarus" avatar.

[[folder:Ghost]]
!!Ghost
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Spear Bearer
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->''Michelle Light, aren't you exhausted from the first test? Hmm, maybe not since this new friend from Headon is at your side. Ghost, right? The name suits him.''
-->--'''Yu Hansung'''

A huge, mysterious hulking monster of unknown origin; he kept Rak in check during the Crown Game, immediately passed the Spear Bearer's exam, and slaughtered everybody except Rachel and Endorsi in the preliminaries.

%%* TheBigGuy: For the Endorsi, Rachel, Ghost team.
* BlackKnight: A giant with black armor.
* BloodKnight: Kills for the sake of killing. [[spoiler:In actuality, it was assisting Rachel to make it through the first tests]].
* CurbStompBattle: In the first test on the Second Floor, he and Endorsi killed 297 other Regulars within 30 minutes.
* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: It's originally unclear if he can speak at all, though he does have an incredibly creepy laugh. It takes until Season 3 for Ghost to finally [[WhamLine speak]].
-->'''Ghost:''' [[spoiler:[[Characters/TowerOfGodTwentyFifthBam You've]] gotten... much... stronger... but... not... strong... enough... to fight... Jahad.]]
* MeaningfulName: His Korean name "Ahkryeong" means "evil/malicious spirit".
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: See above.
* OneManArmy: Nothing could stand up to it in the initial survival round.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ghost disappears after the Floor of Tests saga. [[spoiler:He finally reappears in volume three.]]

[[folder:Ha Yura]]
!!Ha Yura
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Light Bearer
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->''You know, I've been a fake for all those years. I was satisfied by the looks in other eyes watching me sing and dance for them. Rachel promised me...that if I get up the Tower with her... she'll let me see the real stars. I don't want to live a life where I'm swayed by a bunch of stupid morons anymore.''

A popular D-Rank Regular of the Ha family who performs concerts as an idol singer. She's actually a part of Rachel's group, and boards the Hell Train to keep Bam from running into her. Yura's team faces off against Bam's team during the Train City tournament.

Following the Hell Train's Dallar Show, Yura is one of the remaining Regulars still a part of Rachel's group as they make their way to the forbidden 43rd Floor.

%%* ArcVillainess: For Bam's team during the Train City tournament.
* BlackSheep: A lesser variant. WordOfGod has noted her to be a "weirdo" of the Ha Family, having skills outside her family's muscle power and, although her spec is good, it isn't like the original Ha Family style, like [[LightningBruiser Yuri's]] for example. Her mother's backstory also shows that Yura is visually distinct from other Ha members, as she lacks their brown hair and eyes (the blue is inherited from her father).
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Bam angrily chastises her for nearly killing her fan, she basically mentions that her fans are expendable.
* CoolShades: Black sunglasses.
* DarkActionGirl: Shows off her superiority in shinsu usage in a one-on-one bet against Bam. [[spoiler:Then we find out that her shinsu mastery is only because she's carrying a support item that boosts her Shinsu resistance. Her true combat capability is thus still unknown.]]
* TheDreaded: Her family name puts a lot of people on edge, which is part of the reason she was able to create a team so easily.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Heck, even her eyes sparkle. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a genetic trait of the cursed clan she half-descends from.]]
* IdolSinger: Her current profession. Though she appears to have quit the job in order to board the Hell Train.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: She occasionally uses her suitcase as a weapon.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not only does she not care about her current teammates (even killing one outright), she injures the person, Hana Yu, that she knows is a devoted fan of hers.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Calls out Bam for being too clingy to Rachel. A lot of readers will agree that Bam chasing after Rachel ''does'' feel uncomfortable at times, even to the point where it comes off like Bam is stalking her. It doesn't help that immediately after this, Bam meets Rachel for the first time and completely flips out, telling her she's not ''allowed'' to leave him behind.
* LuredIntoATrap: [[spoiler:Turns out that the "Crazy Ball" match was a trap set up by her in order to distract everyone away from Rachel's group taking over the Hell Train. She teleports away using her suitcase after Rachel makes her move]].
* NomDeMom: Justified due to the culture of the Tower, which places importance on the parent with the more powerful family connection. Yura's mother was a Ha, one of the Ten Great Families, while her father was from a cursed clan.
* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Her time in the spotlight is currently non-existent after joining up with Rachel's group on the Hell Train]]. However, she starts to get more screen-time following the Name Hunt Station arc.
* PlotDevice: [[spoiler:Her teleportation suitcase]].
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Walks up to an ongoing all-out brawl to ask everyone remaining to become her Hell Train team...which they do.
* {{Revenge}}: Her mother was murdered by their own family, so she's joined [=FUG=] to get revenge against them and the rest of the ten families.
* SeparatedAtBirth: In a very weird way. [[spoiler:She was originally supposed to have a twin brother, but the curse put on her father's side of the family made it so that males born will have a higher risk of death in the womb. On the Hell Train's Hidden Floor, her mother made a deal with Big Breeder Hwang in order to have both children born--meaning that her brother was born as a data being while Yura's own data copy died in the womb. She eventually meets her "brother" later on in the arc.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Kills one of her Hell Train teammates for gloating about their team's first victory.

--> '''Yura's Hell Train Team:''' Yura and Danhwa.
--> '''Rachel's Hell Train Dallar Show Team:''' Yura, Rachel, Hoaqin (White), Daniel, Raguel, Buelsar, Cassano, Traveller and Anna.
--> '''Rachel's 43rd Floor Expedition Team:''' Yura, Rachel, Hoaqin (White), Cassano, and Traveller.
--> '''Rachel's 43rd Floor Team:''' Yura, Rachel, Hoaqin (White), Traveller, Wangnan, and Miseng.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Yura is the idol-singer Girly Girl to Tomboy Rachel, and she also happens to be the closest thing Rachel has to a friend (even if it's a little one-sided).
* TrackingDevice: Has one for Rachel located ''in her hair''. When it was put in, or whether or not Rachel was even aware of this is unknown. [[{{Hypocrite}} Pretty funny for someone who calls Bam out on being to clingy to Rachel.]]
* VillainousFriendship: With Rachel oddly enough, even though Yura is a beautiful and beloved IdolSinger, while Rachel tends to be TheResenter to anyone she considers [[TheBeautifulElite more blessed than her]]. Despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that neither holds issue with sacrificing those who have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]], the two are extremely close, with Yura arguably being Rachel’s OnlyFriend.

[[folder:Apple]]
!!Apple
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Scout, Light Bearer
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->''Since you know [[TheMole our secret]], you're probably going to die here.''

Scout and information gatherer of Khun's season 2 team.

* MissionControl: Owns a Lighthouse and doubles as a Light Bearer for Aguero's Team.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: For FUG.]]

--> '''Khun's Original Season 2 Team:''' Apple, Gyetang, Ran, Dan, Khun, Rachel, Nobic, and Michael.
* UncannyValleyMakeup: Not as bad as some of the page's example, but Apple is notable to wear the most makeup of all the characters introduced so far.

[[folder:Michael]]
!!Michael
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Wave Controller
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->''Swallow the medicine, [[TalkingToTheDead Gyetang]]. If you don't, you won't get better.''

Medic and Wave Controller of Khun's season 2 team.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Brown skin.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* EyesAlwaysShut: A classic example. [[spoiler:He keeps them shut when he puts up his facade, but opens them when he reveals his true persona as a member of FUG]].
* TheMedic: With some [[spoiler: DeadlyDoctor thrown in on the side to complete the package.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Apple's partner.]]
* NiceGuy: Seems to be the most friendly of the team.
* NonindicativeName: Medic, not Missionary. [[spoiler: And, a dangerous one, too: unless he suddenly whips out FUG pamphlets to post through the door, don't buy his shtick.]]
* PerpetualSmiler: Always shown to be smiling
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: He even smiles while poisoning Gyetang.]]
* TheTeam
--> '''Khun's Original Season 2 Team:''' Michael, Gyetang, Ran, Dan, Khun, Rachel, Nobic, and Apple.
* {{Troll}}: He joins a mission intended to sabotage Bam, partially because he was ordered, but he also states that he enjoys getting the chance to screw Khun over a second time.
%%* UnmovingPlaid: His clothing.

* CantCatchUp: Her manipulation skills are top-notch, but her over-reliance on having [[CrutchCharacter strong allies]] to do the dirty work means many of her own skills don't grow as fast as they could, leading to Aguero outperforming her as a Light Bearer when they face each other in the Hell Train arc. The {{Irony}} there is... she actually performed pretty much at Aguero's level as a Light Bearer when they both started out, with a whole lot less practice under her belt (like Bam, the Tower was, for her, an eye-opener of new experiences). Which argues that her native skill would actually be easily into genius levels, if she bothered to hone and exercise it.

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Comes across as this. Except for her being able to use and endure Shinsu… like, well... ''everybody else''. She's a quick study, however, to get as good with lightboxes as fast as she does. Like Bam, she starts knowing very little about basic aspects of the Tower, and it puts her at a disadvantage. According to WordOfGod, she is indeed an Irregular like Bam, which means she ''might'' have abilities we haven't seen but if so there's been no hint of them beyond that.

* CantCatchUp: Her manipulation skills are top-notch, but her over-reliance on having [[CrutchCharacter strong allies]] to do the dirty work means many of her own skills don't grow as fast as they could, leading to Aguero outperforming her as a Light Bearer when they face each other in the Hell Train arc. The {{Irony}} there is... she actually performed pretty much at Aguero's level as a Light Bearer when they both started out, with a whole lot less practice under her belt (like Bam, the Tower was, for her, an eye-opener of new experiences). Which argues that her native skill (added to Irregular loophole bonuses) would actually be easily into genius levels, if she bothered to hone and exercise it.

!Antagonists
!!Team Rachel (Spoilers!)
[[folder:Rachel]]
!!Rachel
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese), Valerie Rose Lohman (English)
!!!'''Tower Position:''' Light Bearer
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->''You said you would teach me the way to be a heroine when you were guiding me. But it was a lie. The hero you choose was Bam. And I was just bait to make him go up the Tower. But I have found a way to become a heroine myself. It's nothing special. If I wasn't born to become a heroine from the beginning, all I need is people who would send me to the top of the Tower in this awful darkness.... All I need to do is find them.''

Bam's first and best friend who freed him from a dark prison, but then decides to leave him to search for a starry sky to overcome her fear of the night. Due to her injuries, she's forced to get by through the words she speaks, whether it be using the truth or through lies. Rachel is also an Irregular but was not chosen by the Tower, sneaking in due to Bam forcing the door open right below her.

In Season 1, Rachel goes by the moniker of Michelle Light to evade Bam after realizing that the two of them are in the same test group. However, they're eventually forced to reunite after her legs had become crippled. To continue being with Rachel, Bam decides to become her legs to help her climb the Tower. In the end, Rachel betrays Bam by showing that her legs are fine and pushes him into the dark abyss as she goes on to complete the final 2nd Floor test with everyone else.

Season 2 has Rachel continues to climb the Tower, and manages to escape Khun's watch. She then forms a new team of her own and boards the Hell Train in order to gain a powerful ally in White. Rachel then journeys to the 43rd Floor of Death in order and convinces Wangnan to join her group after his Sweet and Sour team failed in taking away one of her teammates.

On the Floor of Death, Rachel manages to get away from Karaka in order to reach Bam, but is unable to convince him to run away after Bam tells her that he needs to continue going forward. Despite that, Bam allows Rachel to take part in the test that will provide the location of the Thorn, but she is poisoned and knocked out. However, Bam makes a deal with Poe Bidau Gustang to have her healed.