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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Emi Uwagawa in Japanese and Creator/MichelleRuff (Episode I) and Heather Hogan (Episode II & III) in English.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Emi Uwagawa in Japanese and Creator/MichelleRuff (Episode I) and Heather Hogan Creator/HeatherHoganWatson (Episode II & III) in English.



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Chikao Ōtsuka in Japanese and Creator/MichaelBell in English.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Chikao Ōtsuka Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka in Japanese and Creator/MichaelBell in English.



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama in Japanese and Creator/RichardCansino (Episode I), Jason Spisak (Episode II & III), and Creator/VicMignogna (anime) in English.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama in Japanese and Creator/RichardCansino (Episode I), Jason Spisak Creator/JasonSpisak (Episode II & III), and Creator/VicMignogna (anime) in English.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideyukiTanaka in Japanese, and Creator/CrispinFreeman (Episode I), Michael Gough (Episode II & III), and Creator/ChrisAyres (anime) in English.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideyukiTanaka in Japanese, and Creator/CrispinFreeman (Episode I), Michael Gough Creator/MichaelJGough (Episode II & III), and Creator/ChrisAyres (anime) in English.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: The surname Margulis is one typically associated with Ashkenazi Jewish people, but he's a high-ranking figure within the religious organization Ormus, which is all-but-stated to be an evolution of ''Christianity''.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: The surname Margulis is one typically associated with Ashkenazi Jewish people, and he is a descendant of the so-called people of the Zohar, but he's a high-ranking figure within the religious organization Ormus, which is all-but-stated to be an evolution of ''Christianity''.



* GrayAndGrayMorality: Margulis is not strictly evil, and his greivences with the Federation are legitimate, especially the destruction of Michtam.

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* GrayAndGrayMorality: Margulis is not strictly evil, and his greivences grievances with the Federation are legitimate, especially the destruction of Michtam.



%%%* KnightTemplar

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%%%* KnightTemplar* KnightTemplar: A religious extremist who believes his faith in Ormus justifies all manner of monstrous actions including the genocide of an entire planet. Even [[spoiler:Wilhelm]] believes he's too much of an extremist for his own good.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: The surname Margulis is one typically associated with Ashkenazi Jewish people, but he's a high-ranking figure within the religious organization Ormus, which is all-but-stated to be an evolution of ''Christianity''.
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** Appears as a support character in ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''.

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** Appears as a support character in ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''.''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' and a guest character in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays''.
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* AffectionateNickname: More like casual nickname, but nonetheless, Jr. mainly calls him "Old Man".
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* PalsWithJesus: Literally. [[spoiler: Even chaos was once one of Jesus's disciples in the story. It was implied that it was Jesus's teaching that lead his trust in the humanity]].

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* PalsWithJesus: Literally. [[spoiler: Even chaos was once one of Jesus's disciples in the story. It was implied that it was Jesus's Jesus' teaching that lead his trust in the humanity]].
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* BilingualBonus: He makes a [[JustForPun cool pun]] in French at one point, using "pêche" to refer to MOMO - pêche and momo mean "Peach" in French and Japanese, respectively - and then calls himself a "péché," meaning "sin."

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* BilingualBonus: He makes a [[JustForPun cool pun]] pun in French at one point, using "pêche" to refer to MOMO - pêche and momo mean "Peach" in French and Japanese, respectively - and then calls himself a "péché," meaning "sin."
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* BaldOfAuthority

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* BaldOfAuthorityBaldOfAuthority: Bald, and a government leader who leverages the power it grants him to help the heroes.
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* BigGood: In the past, he facilitiated Rubedo and Nigredo's escape from the Miltian Conflict, later helping them found the Kukai Foundation under their new identities as Jr. and Gaignun. In the present, he shares the role with Juli as the heroes' most constant ally in the Federation government, wielding his influence at various points to bail them out of trouble or get them where they need to be. Many of the series' antagonists are familiar with him and consider him a noteworthy threat to their plans.

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* BigGood: In the past, he facilitiated helped facilitate Rubedo and Nigredo's escape from the Miltian Conflict, later helping them found co-founding the Kukai Foundation with them under their new identities as Jr. and Gaignun. In the present, he shares the role with Juli as the heroes' most constant ally in the Federation government, wielding his influence at various points to bail them out of trouble or get them where they need to be. Many of the series' antagonists are familiar with him and consider him a noteworthy threat to their plans.

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!!Mary and Shelley Godwin

A pair of sisters rescued from cruel experimentation by a pharmaceutical company by the Kukai Foundation. They serve as Gaignun and Jr.'s secretaries and seconds-in-command.

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!!Helmer

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaruIkeda in Japanese
and Shelley]]
!!Mary
Creator/BeauBillingslea (Episode I), Creator/StuartRobinson (Episode II) and Shelley Godwin

A pair
Creator/KeithSzarabajka (Episode III) in English.

Member
of sisters rescued from cruel experimentation by a pharmaceutical company by Galactic Federation Parliament, representing Second Miltia. A longtime friend of Jr and Gaignun, and Jin's former superior in the Kukai Foundation. They serve as Gaignun and Jr.'s secretaries and seconds-in-command.military.



* BreakTheCutie: Their back story before Gaignun rescued them.
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* MeaningfulName: They are named after Creator/MaryShelley, the author of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. Which makes sense, considering the cybernetic and genetic modifications done to them.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Mary is the red to Shelley's blue.

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* BreakTheCutie: Their back story before Gaignun rescued them.
%%* BridgeBunnies
BaldOfAuthority
* MeaningfulName: They BigGood: In the past, he facilitiated Rubedo and Nigredo's escape from the Miltian Conflict, later helping them found the Kukai Foundation under their new identities as Jr. and Gaignun. In the present, he shares the role with Juli as the heroes' most constant ally in the Federation government, wielding his influence at various points to bail them out of trouble or get them where they need to be. Many of the series' antagonists are named after Creator/MaryShelley, familiar with him and consider him a noteworthy threat to their plans.
* TheBrigadier: Held
the author rank of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. Which makes sense, considering Lieutenant General during his time in the cybernetic Federation military. Jin, chaos, and genetic modifications done to them.
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Canaan's involvement in the red Miltian Conflict was on his orders.
* {{Foil}}: To Dmitri Yuriev. Both men are powerful members of the Federation government who were deeply involved with the Miltian Conflict. However while Dmitri uses his authority mostly for his own selfish ends, Helmer is always seeking
to Shelley's blue.use his to benefit others, in service of the greater good.


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[[folder:Mary and Shelley]]
!!Mary and Shelley Godwin

A pair of sisters rescued from cruel experimentation by a pharmaceutical company by the Kukai Foundation. They serve as Gaignun and Jr.'s secretaries and seconds-in-command.
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* BreakTheCutie: Their back story before Gaignun rescued them.
%%* BridgeBunnies
* MeaningfulName: They are named after Creator/MaryShelley, the author of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''. Which makes sense, considering the cybernetic and genetic modifications done to them.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Mary is the red to Shelley's blue.
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* DarkActionGirl: T-ELOS fits this to a [[IncrediblyLamePun T]].

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* DarkActionGirl: T-ELOS fits this to a [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} T]].
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* DeathByIrony: Most of her screen time in Episode III is spent convincing [[spoiler:Virgil]] that Realians aren't the soulless monsters he thinks they are. She is later killed by a pack of berserk Realians.

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* DeathByIrony: Most of her screen time in Episode III ''Episode III'' is spent convincing [[spoiler:Virgil]] that Realians aren't the soulless monsters he thinks they are. She is later killed by a pack of berserk Realians.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Along with [[spoiler:Virgil]] in ''Episode III''.
* ArtificialHuman: Same as all Realians.
* DeathByIrony: Most of her screen time in Episode III is spent convincing [[spoiler:Virgil]] that Realians aren't the soulless monsters he thinks they are. She is later killed by a pack of berserk Realians.
* InterspeciesRomance: A brief one with [[spoiler:the human Virgil]].


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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Feb is an absolute sweetheart, which makes the circumstances of her death all the more tragic.
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* TheLostLenore: She's this to [[spoiler: Luis Virgil of ''all'' people, which is ironic considering his hatred of Realians.]]
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* LittleBigBrother: He's this to both [[spoiler: Gaignun/Nigredo and Albedo.]]


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* RedIsHeroic: He's clearly one of the good guys, and, aside from being identified by his red hair, he wears a light-red turtleneck and a deep red longcoat in ''Episode II''.
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* MeaningfulName: Shion was stated by writer Soraya Saga to be named for a flower, specifically the aster (紫苑), which in Japanese ''hanakotoba'' floriography symbolizes "remembrance". A good deal of Shion's character arc is about her unburying repressed traumatic memories so that she can grapple with them and move on from them properly.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He does this in ''Episode II'' at the Moby Dick Cafe when he misinterprets Shion's hands signals while she's trying to hide from Jin, who just stepped into the cafe.



* ConjoinedTwins: He and [[spoiler: Albedo were this to each other.]]



%%* RedOniBlueOni: The red to chaos' and Gaignun's blue.

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%%* * RedOniBlueOni: The red to chaos' and Gaignun's blue.blues.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She only ever displays interest in men, but the more influence she has on KOS-MOS the more fanservice is added. [[spoiler: The final design when Shion rebuilds KOS-MOS is not only more revealing, but adds [[FanservicePack bigger breasts]].]] The implications are almost certainly intentional by the devs, and gets brought up more directly when her alternate universe counterpart Astelle in ''Xenoblade 2'' immediately tries to take off KOS-MOS's clothes after meeting her.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: She only ever displays interest in men, but a lot of official art shows her cradling KOS-MOS rather intimately, and the more influence she has on KOS-MOS the more fanservice is added. [[spoiler: The final design when Shion rebuilds KOS-MOS is not only more revealing, but adds [[FanservicePack bigger breasts]].]] The implications are almost certainly intentional by the devs, and gets brought up more directly when her alternate universe counterpart Astelle in ''Xenoblade 2'' immediately tries to take off KOS-MOS's clothes after meeting her.
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* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: Unlike the pale KOS-MOS, T-elos has dark skin as a result of being an 80% organic cyborg whose true identity is [[spoiler:the revived corpse of Mary Magdalene of Bible fame, and thus her skin color reflects her Middle Eastern ancestry]]. Her hair wasn't always white, and seems to be a result of the process of conversion into a cyborg.

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* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: Unlike the pale KOS-MOS, T-elos has dark skin as a result of being an 80% organic cyborg whose true identity is [[spoiler:the revived corpse of Mary Magdalene of Bible fame, and thus her skin color reflects her Middle Eastern ancestry]]. Her hair wasn't always white, and seems to be a result of the process of her unnatural conversion into a cyborg.
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* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: Unlike the pale KOS-MOS, T-elos has dark skin as a result of being an 80% organic cyborg whose true identity is [[spoiler:the revived corpse of Mary Magdalene of Bible fame, and thus her skin color reflects her Middle Eastern ancestry]]. Her hair wasn't always white, and seems to be a result of the process of conversion into a cyborg.
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* LevelUp: In each form, KOS-MOS has gotten stronger as well as receiving new weapons.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He only appears briefly in one scene in the first game, but his nagging and whiny personality there is wildly different from how he's depicted in the later episodes.
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* GodhoodSeeker: Wilhelm notes this as ironic; Yuriev's fear for U-DO, what he thought was God, leds him to attempt to become one.

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* GodhoodSeeker: Wilhelm notes this as ironic; Yuriev's fear for U-DO, what he thought was God, leds leads him to attempt to become one.
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!!Joachim Mizrahi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeiichiNoda (game) and Creator/HirohikoKakegawa (anime) in Japanese and Creator/WilliamFrederickKnight (Episode I), Creator/EdCunningham (Episode III), and Creator/JohnKaiser (anime)

Juli Mizrahi's ex-husband, father of Sakura, and creator of MOMO. A Zohar researcher who founded U-TIC.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Joachim/Jehoiakim is the name of several important figures in the Jewish and Christian Bible, while Mizrahi is an ethnic surname associated with Persian Jews, implying that Joachim is ethnically Jewish. However, shortly before his death he is scene quoting a verse from Revelations, which is specifically part of the Christian New Testament.
* MadScientist: Responsible for the creation of multiple superweapons and {{MacGuffin}}s such as the Zohar Emulators, as well as the founder of the U-TIC terrorist organization, and he is also responsible for bringing the Gnosis into the world and the destruction of Old Miltia as a result of his obsession with the Zohar. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this trope is subverted, as he originally created U-TIC with noble goals in mind until it was perverted by men such as Sellers. Likewise, it was in fact Shion's despair at her mother's death that led to the arrival of the Gnosis; Joachim only sealed Old Miltia away as a HeroicSacrifice in order to prevent the damage from spreading to the rest of the galaxy]].
* MeaningfulName: He was widely believed [[spoiler:and as it turns out, falsely]] to be a madman responsible for some of the setting's greatest atrocities, who fell to his death after the Gnosis he let into Old Miltia attacked the building he was standing on. His namesake King Jehoiakim was similarly regarded as a tyrant who died with his reputation in dishonor and had his body thrown over the walls of Jerusalem without burial after his death.

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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:He, like the rest of the URTV army, is a child clone of mad scientist Dmitri Yuriev.]]

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