History Characters / Ys

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* NeverFoundTheBody: His official fate is that he would disappear for the North Pole in his last adventure at some point in his sixties and was never heard from again.

* PosthumousCharacter: A rare example for a series protagonist, which the franchise has made explicitly clear - every installment featuring Adol is merely a re-telling of one of his many adventures from his private journals, re-written into collected volumes by an unknown party.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adolchristin.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Adol in ''Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana'']]

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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ysixdogi.png[[/labelnote]] to see Dogi in ''Ys IX: Monstrum Nox'']]

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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yscelcetaadol.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Adol in ''Ys: Memories of Celceta'']]

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* ObliviousToLove: A trait he amusingly shares with co-protagonist Yunica. He has no idea Miuscha has a crush on him and it gets lampshaded twice during the events of the Wailing Blue, first by Rico and then by Cadena. [[spoiler:The same can be said when Epona falls in love with him in his and Toal's routes. He falls in love with Epona, but he apparently has never been taught what love is and therefore does not know what it is.]]

!!The Clan of Darkness
[[folder:In General]]
Also known as the "Darklings", the members of the Clan of Darkness are recurring antagonists throughout the series and are partially responsible for the overall MythArc of the franchise. Dales and Zava originally belonged to this group. Members of the Clan appearing ''Ys Origin'' are listed below, while characters introduced in other games are listed in their respective character pages.

* BadassFamily: The Clan of Darkness overlaps this with BigScrewedUpFamily, where some members want to become all-powerful god-like entities and take over everything, but a majority of them are trying to atone for their ancestors' crimes and, therefore, getting into conflicts with the former, with at least one member doing a HeelFaceTurn.
* TheClan: Evil members of this Clan have become one of Adol's two recurring enemies. While they have spawned several major antagonists, several of them are allies and friends that Adol works with.
* DarkIsEvil: Some of its members want to TakeOverTheWorld and are {{Godhood Seeker}}s; on the other hand...
* DarkIsNotEvil: ...many others don't want to repeat the mistakes their predecessors have done and are doing their utmost to stop those who want to.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "The Clan of Darkness" is their theme song.
* ServantRace: They have created [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent Homunculi fairies]] to serve them.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The members appearing in ''Ys Origin'' can activate a SuperMode which makes them stronger, but slowly takes away their sanity.
* UndyingLoyalty: The heroic members of the Clan in ''Memories of Celceta'' are loyal to Eldeel because he forgave their sins, which is why they helped King Lefance in the distant past and Adol in the present with sealing away [[spoiler:Eldeel's dark personality]].
* VillainousLegacy: Around the time the Twin Goddesses were children (even by human standards), the Clan of Darkness tried to take control of the Ark of Napishtim using "Almarion", the Black Emelas key that activates the Ark, only to cause it to go berserk, sink the Atlas continent and nearly doom the world. Unfortunately, some of their descendants want to continue this legacy by taking control of other Eldeenian artifacts, with Ernst in particular being obsessed with the Ark. They also used Ash Emelas to create several variants of "Galba", living weapons of mass destruction used for war, [[spoiler:with at least one of them serving as the FinalBoss of ''The Oath in Felghana'']].

[[folder:Epona]]
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A Darkling who serves Dalles in his scheme to claim the Black Pearl. A perky, crass girl who follows her brother Kishgal on the mission to secure the Goddesses for Dalles. For some reason, her confrontations with Hugo cause her to sympathize with him.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite being more humorous and lighthearted than her comrades, she's still a powerful boss in Yunica's route, especially in her rematch [[spoiler:due to receiving the Demonic Essence]].
* BuffySpeak: Unlike her comrades, she speaks very informally and doesn't use their more specific magic terminology when discussing their evil plans.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:When she's killed in Hugo's route]].
* DoppelgangerAttack: [[spoiler:Her SuperpoweredEvilSide form (only seen in Yunica route) allows her to attack with clones. She doesn't gain one in Hugo or Toal's route, probably because she saw how much it corrupted Hugo]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted in Hugo's route, where Epona mentions that despite wanting to save him for personal reasons, she's still loyal to the Darkling cause. [[spoiler:However, Dalles interprets her acts as a treason when she helps Hugo out of his DemonicPossession, and kills her.]] PlayedStraight in The Claw's route, where she returns home.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: She and Hugo are heavily implied to have developed feelings for each other in Hugo's route. [[spoiler:Which is why she ends up helping him during his DemonicPossession]].
* LadySwearsALot: Epona is unaducated to say the least, constantly cussing around in her dialogue.
* LaughablyEvil: Of all the Darklings, her scenes are the ones with the most humor, due to her hilariously petty banter with Yunica and Hugo.
* LoveRedeems: In Hugo's route. [[spoiler:Shame that RedemptionEqualsDeath is very much in effect here]].
* SiblingRivalry: Has one with her brother, Kishgal. Though the rivalry seems to be [[FriendlyRivalry friendly]], since they respect each other.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite her BuffySpeak, she is able to see through Hugo's complexes and somehow knows [[spoiler:that the petrification Dalles inflicted on her is fatal]].

[[folder:Kishgal]]
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Epona's sibling who also serves Dalles. A BloodKnight through and through, Kishgal operates with his younger sister Epona under Dalles' orders to secure the Goddesses. He seems to know the Holy Knights of Ys, in particular Saul Tovah.

* BloodKnight:
** Kishigal lives and dies for the sake of a good challenge, and thinks [[spoiler:Saul Tovah]] was the only person able to give him such a thrill [[spoiler:until Yunica eventually bests him in her route]].
** [[spoiler:In Toal's route, fighting humans got so boring for him that he decided that ''Toal'' is a better challenge due to his Demonic Essence, and gets REALLY PISSED when [[TheCavalry Yunica and the Holy Knights]] [[BigDamnHeroes come to get even with him]] and allow Toal to keep going.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He's as much of this [[spoiler:as Saul Tovah was. He fought Saul thrice, being forced to retreat in the first fight and getting to a draw in the second, eventually managing to best him in the third round]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his extreme BloodKnight tendencies, he cares about his sister Epona as revealed in Hugo's path.
* GracefulLoser: In Yunica's path, [[spoiler:after being defeated for the final time, he takes his defeat in stride, even ''thanking'' Yunica as he dies for giving him [[BloodKnight an even better fight than Saul did]].]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Killed Saul Tovah by his own admission, and considers him a WorthyOpponent.]]
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: When fighting Hugo, he initially doesn't use his Demonic Essence. After Hugo defeats his human form, he transforms into his demon form, but he is interrupted by a situation requiring his attention shortly after that, so he withdraws to deal with that situation.
* HypocriticalHumor: He states that he dislikes fighting sorcerers, despite spamming long-range ice magic in his boss fights.
* AnIcePerson: Likes to use Ice-elemental attacks in battle.
* LogicalWeakness: Uses ice magic and his weakness is fire. This is somewhat karmic, as you learn the fire spells from Commander Saul's sword, [[spoiler:whom was killed by Kishgal.]]
* MagicKnight: He can hit hard with his halberd and unleash powerful ice spells.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Which is why he's the second to last boss in Yunica's route. He has this attitude in Hugo's route because Hugo's actions led to Epona's death, though he ends up cutting the fight short out of boredom and out of respect for Epona]].
* WorthyOpponent: He constantly praises Saul Tovah [[spoiler:as a worthy kill]] and is disappointed when Yunica doesn't live up to her father's reputation, at least at first. He's eager to fight both Yunica and The Claw with his own SuperpoweredEvilSide.

!!Others
[[folder:Saul Tovah]]
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Yunica's father and the former Commander of the Holy Knights.

* NeverFoundTheBody: His official fate is that he would disappear for the North Pole in his last adventure somewhere in his sixties and was never heard from again.

* BaritoneOfStrength: A strong fighter who is able to break through wall (earning him the nickname "Dogi The Wall Crusher") with a fittingly deep voice across all his appearances.

* TakeMeInstead: Does this ''repeatedly'' in the first episode of the OVA to Belagandar, to the point where he flat out ''tells'' her it won't work [[spoiler:because she's part demon herself].].

** While he usually doesn't actually speak lines of dialogue, how the games handle this trope varies: early in the series, he didn't speak outside of one or two instances such as ''Ys III: Wanderers from Ys'' (''[[VideoGameRemake The Oath in Felghana]]'' aside). Later games ensures the narrator describes what he says to others. Finally, modern installments beginning with ''SEVEN'' will have him speak during combat, but not when the narrative allows it. {{Justified}} because the games are stories based on Adol's personal journals and are re-written from a third-party perspective. It is worth mentioning is ''Ys SEVEN'' does play this straight: battle grunts from other party members can be heard from Adol, but the game includes an option to mute him and only him.

* WalkingTheEarth: {{Justified}} as he travels the known world alongside Dogi in search of adventure, but also to places that have never been fully mapped before.

* DemotedToExtra: {{Justified}} in ''Memories of Celceta''; Dogi leaves Adol at the Frontier City of Casnan to escort someone back to their village.

* Really700YearsOld: {{Justified}}; the Eldeen achieved {{Immortality}} through White Emelas, giving them their perfect bodies and form without any sign of aging.

* Really700YearsOld: {{Justified}} due to her Eldeen physiology, preventing her from aging.

* BraidsOfAction: Of the singular variety.

* {{Expy}}:
** Of Estelle Bright, the brown haired GenkiGirl from ''Videogame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'', another game from the [[Creator/{{Falcom}} same company]].
** Gameplay-wise, Yunica is a DistaffCounterpart to Adol Christin, given that she's a skilled melee fighter whose only magical abilities come from artifacts she picks up.

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Bruce Lanoil (English, TG-16 version), Kei Tomiyama'('Ys I'' OVA), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (''Ys I: Megami no Kioku'' Drama CD), Creator/AkiraIshida ([=PS2=] version), Norihisa Mori (''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KirkThornton (''Ys I and II'' OVA [Credited under a pseudonym])

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChiekoHonda (''Ys I & II'' OVA), Creator/AkemiOkamura ([=PlayStation=] 2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Akiko Nakagawa (''Ys I: Megami no Kioku'' Drama CD)), Creator/KanaUeda (''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkū no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), Creator/YumiTouma (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Junko Hagimori (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version)

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeal (''Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (''Ys I: Megami no Kioku'' Drama CD), Creator/TakeshiKusao (''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD, ''Ys SEVEN'' Drama CD, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga''), Creator/YuukiKaji (''Memories of Celceta'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'', ''VI Online'', ''Memoire: Felghana'' and ''Nordics'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DaveWittenberg (''Ys I & II'' OVA [Credited under a pseudonym]), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (''Memories of Celceta'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' and ''Monstrum Nox'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KoujiIshii (''Ys I: Megami no Kioku'' Drama CD), Creator/TesshoGenda (''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga'', ''Ys SEVEN'' Drama CD, ''Memoire: Felghana''), Atsuya Yamakawa (''Ys V'' for [=PS2=]), Kei Kikuchi (''Ys VI'' for [=PS2=]), Keisuke Baba (''Ys SEVEN'', ''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen''), Creator/KentaMiyake (''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'' and ''Nordics'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Sorich (''Ys I & II'' OVA), Michael Naishtut (''Ys III: Wanderers of Ys'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/TrevorDevall (''The Ark of Napishtim''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (''The Oath of Felghana'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' and ''Monstrum Nox'')

* TheBusCameBack: After being a no-show since his debut, he makes a return in ''Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim''.

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (''Ys'' Drama CD), Creator/TakeshiKusao (''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys SEVEN'' Drama CD, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga''), Creator/YuukiKaji (''Memories of Celceta'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'', ''VI Online'', ''Memoire: Felghana'' and ''Nordics'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KoujiIshii (''Ys'' Drama CD), Creator/TesshoGenda (''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga'', ''Ys SEVEN'' Drama CD, ''Memoire: Felghana''), Atsuya Yamakawa (''Ys V'' for [=PS2=]), Kei Kikuchi (''Ys VI'' for [=PS2=]), Keisuke Baba (''Ys SEVEN'', ''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen''), Creator/KentaMiyake (''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'' and ''Nordics'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KyokoHikami (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/AyakoKawasumi (''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), Naoko Watanabe (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkemiOkamura ([=PlayStation=] 2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/KanaUeda (''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkū no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), Junko Hagimori (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nobuo Tanaka (OVA), Creator/DaisukeGori (Ys IV, TG-16 version), Takeharu Ohnishi (Drama CD), Creator/ToruOkawa ([=PS2=] version)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Bruce Lanoil (English, TG-16 version), Kei Tomiyama ''Ys I and II'' OVA), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (Drama CD), Creator/AkiraIshida ([=PS2=] version)

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsujiMori (G-16 version, OVA), Creator/KanetoShiozawa (Saturn version), Creator/HiroshiYanaka (CD Drama ''Ys I: Megami no Kioku''), Takahiro Yoshino ([=PS2=] version), Creator/MitsuakiMadono (CD Drama ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku''), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/HiromiTsuru (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version), Creator/AyaHisakawa (''Ys II'', Sega Saturn version), Maria Yamamoto (''Ys II'' [=PS2=] version), Creator/EriKitamura (''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' drama CD, ''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen'')

A kind-hearted girl who finds Adol lying in the field after he's catapulted through the sky at the beginning of Ys II. She is also tragically unaware that she has a terrible illness that will kill her any day. After Adol repays his debt by finding the cure, Lilia develops a hilariously overbearing crush that's powerful enough to bleed into the later games.

[[folder:Gorto]]
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A villager from Ramia in the country of Ys who serves as the guardsman for the Solomon Shrine.

* HeroicLineage: [[spoiler:He's a descendent of Priest Dabbie.]]

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkioOtsuka (CD Drama ''Sound Theatre Ys''), Kiyoshi Kawakubo (OVA), Creator/YusakuYara (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Shigezō Sasaki (Ys II OVA), Creator/NorioWakamoto (Saturn version), Hideo Watanabe ([=PS2=] version), Creator/JurotaKosugi (CD Drama ''Ys I: Ushinwareta Kodai Oukoku'', CD Drama ''Ys II: Tenkū no Shitsu Rakuen'')

** While he usually doesn't actually speak lines of dialogue, how the games handle this trope varies: early in the series, he didn't speak outside of one or two instances such as ''Ys III: Wanderers from Ys'' (''[[VideoGameRemake The Oath in Felghana]]'' aside). Later games ensures the narrator describes what he says to others. Finally, modern installments beginning with ''SEVEN'' will have him speak during combat, but not when the narrative allows it. {{Justified}} because the games are stories based on Adol's personal journals and are re-written from a third-party perspective.
** Worth mentioning is ''Ys SEVEN'' does play this straight: battle grunts from other party members can be heard from Adol, but the game includes an option to mute him and only him.
** {{Averted}} in ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga'' provided he's the PlayerCharacter in Story Mode, though players still get to choose dialogue options.

* IWantToBeARealMan: His motivation for leaving his hometown of Redmont in Felghana.

* TheLancer: Serves this role in ''Ys SEVEN'' and ''Ys VIII''.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}}, as he's not turned good per say, but his post-mortem cameo in ''Monstrum Nox'' shows a much more favorable reception towards Adol in-line with his VillainRespect mentioned below]].

* CanonForeigner: Like with Aisha above, Arisa never appeared elsewhere aside from ''Ys II Special''.

* KnightOfCerebus: Things tend to go to hell for the heroes the moment he shows up, since he personally does something to make the player characters feel loss. He's also far more threatening than all other antagonists except [[spoiler:Darm]] in terms of combat, leaving the player characters helpless to stop him until his boss battle.
** Especially in the ''Ys: Castle of the Heavens'' OVA, when he turns the already DarkerAndEdgier series even darker by succeeding in crushing Adol's spirit and corrupting him.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:When he activates his demon seeds.]]

* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:He's this in Yunica and Hugo's route, since neither know of his true intentions.]]

* BackFromTheDead: As a demon serving darm, since Dalles is killed in all the three routes of Ys Origin.

* TakenForGranite: One of his favorite tricks in ''Origin'' and ''Ys II''. This gets upgraded to LiterallyShatteredLives when he kills [[spoiler:Epona]].

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Just like her boss.

[[folder:Darm (UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR YS ORIGIN)]]

!The Main Duo

!The Twin Goddesses

* StarCrossedLovers: Implied; [[spoiler:her ending dialogue in ''Ys II'' with Adol, where she hopes he'll remember her "as a woman" rather than as a goddess, indicates she fell in love with him]].

* StarCrossedLovers: Implied; [[spoiler:the way Toal Fact in ''Ys Origin'' interacts with her through their dialogue with one another suggests he was in love with her and she with him]].

!The Clan of Darkness
[[folder:In General]]
Also known as the "Darklings", the members of the Clan of Darkness are recurring antagonists throughout the series and are partially responsible for the overall MythArc of the franchise. Members of the Clan appearing in ''Ys I'', ''Ys II'' and ''Ys Origin'' are listed below, while characters introduced in other games are listed in their respective character pages.

* BadassFamily: The Clan of Darkness overlaps this with BigScrewedUpFamily, where some members want to become all-powerful god-like entities and take over everything, but a majority of them are trying to atone for their ancestors' crimes and, therefore, getting into conflicts with the former, with at least one member doing a HeelFaceTurn.
* TheClan: Evil members of this Clan have become one of Adol's two recurring enemies. While they have spawned several major antagonists, several of them are allies and friends that Adol works with.
* DarkIsEvil: Some of its members want to TakeOverTheWorld and are {{Godhood Seeker}}s; on the other hand...
* DarkIsNotEvil: ...many others don't want to repeat the mistakes their predecessors have done and are doing their utmost to stop those who want to.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "The Clan of Darkness" is their theme song.
* ServantRace: They have created [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent Homunculi fairies]] to serve them.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The members appearing in ''Ys Origin'' can activate a SuperMode which makes them stronger, but slowly takes away their sanity.
* UndyingLoyalty: The heroic members of the Clan in ''Memories of Celceta'' are loyal to Eldeel because he forgave their sins, which is why they helped King Lefance in the distant past and Adol in the present with sealing away [[spoiler:Eldeel's dark personality]].
* VillainousLegacy: Around the time the Twin Goddesses were children (even by human standards), the Clan of Darkness tried to take control of the Ark of Napishtim using "Almarion", the Black Emelas key that activates the Ark, only to cause it to go berserk, sink the Atlas continent and nearly doom the world. Unfortunately, some of their descendants want to continue this legacy by taking control of other Eldeenian artifacts, with Ernst in particular being obsessed with the Ark. They also used Ash Emelas to create several variants of "Galba", living weapons of mass destruction used for war, [[spoiler:with at least one of them serving as the FinalBoss of ''The Oath in Felghana'']].

[[folder:Dalles]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Dalles in ''Ys Origin'']]
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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yschroniclesdalles.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Dalles in ''Ys I & II Chronicles'']]
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[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:SPOILERS for ''Ys Origin'']]Dalles after absorbing the Black Pearl https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dalles3_8.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkioOtsuka (CD Drama ''Sound Theatre Ys''), Kiyoshi Kawakubo (OVA), Creator/YusakuYara (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Shigezō Sasaki (Ys II OVA), Creator/NorioWakamoto (Saturn version), Hideo Watanabe ([=PS2=] version), Creator/JurotaKosugi (CD Drama ''Ys I: Ushinwareta Kodai Oukoku'', CD Drama ''Ys II: Tenkū no Shitsu Rakuen'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Tom Wyner (OVA)

TheDragon in ''Ys II'' and the BigBad of ''Ys Origin'', the dark mage Dalles answers to Darm, and leads the series off by killing the Six Priests of Ys' descendants. His looks have varied depending on the version (TG-16 version has him looking out-right evil InTheHood, with some versions of ''Ys Eternal'' featuring red eyes in shadow, the OriginalVideoAnimation has him look like a short, bald guy and ''Ys I & II Chronicles'' has what he looks like from ''Origin'' InTheHood).

* AintTooProudToBeg: As he's being killed by [[spoiler:Cain Fact]], he begs for someone to help him.
* AntiMagic: In ''Ys II'', he's immune to all of Adol's magic, forcing the latter to rely solely on his Cleria sword.
* AscendedExtra: Went from being in just the second game to being in both of the OVA versions of ''Ys I'' and ''Ys II''.
* BackFromTheDead: As a demon serving darm, since Dalles is killed in all the three routes of Ys Origin.
%%* BaldOfEvil: In the [[Anime/{{Ys}} OVA]].
* BatmanGambit: In ''Ys II'', he knows that the descendants of the priests tend to have ChronicHeroSyndrome, so he baits them by kidnapping innocents to be sacrificed in an excessively slow manner.
* BigBadWannabe: In ''Origin'', he wants to claim the Black Pearl, but he's really an UnwittingPawn to [[spoiler:Cain]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Yunica calls him a monster for being willing to kill everyone in Solomon Shrine just to fully draw out the Black Pearl's power. Dalles's response is that he's perfectly comfortable with being a monster.
* CurbStompBattle: In ''Ys Origin'' (Yunica and Hugo routes), Dalles easly defeat the four knights and petrifies them.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: {{Defied}}; [[spoiler:Darm binds him to his will, meaning Dalles can only act on his master's ambitions and not his own. This doesn't prevent him from enjoying his victims' suffering though, as shown when he petrifies people in front of Adol]].
* EvilSorceror: He's a sadistic mage who specializes in petrification spells.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He spends a lot of his time politely reminding the heroes of how powerless they are while he petrifies their loved ones. He's even worse when he's actively manipulating someone, as shown when he praises Hugo for his wizardly potential [[spoiler:and eloquently argues that using the Demonic Essence is no different from using the Black Pearl's magic normally, all to tempt the boy into becoming a demonic brute]].
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's the last opponent fought during Yunica and Hugo's non-canon routes in ''Ys Origin''. In Toal's route, he's instead the PreFinalBoss.]]
* ForcedTransformation: Subjects Adol to this in ''Ys II'', trapping him in a black Roo form while disabling Alter Magic's ability to avoid fights.
* BarrierChangeBoss: In his second form (in ''Ys Origin''), Dalles can only be damaged after destroying his barriers with attack from the artifact of corresponding color.
* HateSink: He exploits this trope in the ''Ys: Castle of the Heavens'' OVA, where he petrifies several innocents and beats down Adol in order to fill the latter with hatred. Adol's rage prevents him from properly using the Cleria Sword, resulting in a NearVillainVictory for Darm. He's not much more likable in the games, where he's incredibly petty in targeting the protagonists' loved ones and is Adol's most personal enemy in ''Ys II''.
* TheHeavy: In ''Ys II'', he's the most active villain with a speaking role and antagonizes Adol the most. He's also the one directly commanding the demons in gathering sacrifices while Darm is recovering his strength.
* IfICantHaveYou: Said almost verbatim to [[spoiler:Toal]] and Reah once he's defeated and he tries to [[TakingYouWithMe turn the Black Pearl into a]] FantasticNuke.
* KnightOfCerebus: Things tend to go to hell for the heroes the moment he shows up, since he personally does something to make the player characters feel loss. He's also far more threatening than all other antagonists except [[spoiler:Darm]] in terms of combat, leaving the player characters helpless to stop him until his boss battle.
** Especially in the ''Ys: Castle of the Heavens'' OVA, when he turns the already DarkerAndEdgier series even darker by succeeding in crushing Adol's spirit and corrupting him.
* NoSell: According to his bestiary entry in ''Ys II'', he wears a Cleria cloak like Dark Fact, which explains why he can only be hurt by the Cleria Sword and not any other weapon.
* ObviouslyEvil: In ''Ys II'', his cloak and hooded appearance makes it obvious that he's a villain.
* OneWingedAngel: He does this in ''Origin'', becoming a strangely angelic looking demon. To a lesser extent, his sprite scales up in ''Ys II''.
* PlayingWithSyringes: [[spoiler:Cain Fact directed Dalles to turn Hugo into a demon as part of an experiment to determine if it was safe for Cain to take in demonic essence, and Dalles did so. Hugo gets better.]]
* RageQuit: That's one way to interpret him trying to detonate the Black Pearl once [[spoiler:Toal]] defeats him, which in theory could pretty much [[FantasticNuke wipe the island of Esteria off the map]]. [[spoiler:He didn't count on Cain Fact coming down from Ys to hold him to his end of the bargain.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He already had red eyes before using his Demonic Essence. In the ''Complete'' artwork, only his glowing eyes are shown while the rest of his face is obscured by his hood.
* {{Sadist}}: After petrifying or killing his enemies, he usually lets at least one of them live so he can savor their despair.
* SlasherSmile: If one looks closely at his 3D model as a boss, he has a huge, demented grin on his face, showing that he has gone [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad with power]]. It goes hand-in-hand with his boss title, "The Deranged."
* SubliminalSeduction: [[spoiler:In Hugo's route, he uses a subliminal message to make the boy lose control of the Demonic Essence.]]
* TakenForGranite: One of his favorite tricks in ''Origin'' and ''Ys II''. This gets upgraded to LiterallyShatteredLives when he kills [[spoiler:Epona]].
* TakingYouWithMe: He attempts to blow up the Black Pearl to kill himself, [[spoiler:Toal]], Reah, and the continent of Ys, simply because he believes [[ItsAllAboutMe he's the only one who should be allowed to wield it]]. [[spoiler:Cain makes sure that it's a ForegoneConclusion that he fails]].
* UnblockableAttack: If Dalles's vortex spell captures the player character, they'll be crucified to prevent them from using their skills and their Boost gauge will be emptied, preventing them from reducing or negating the damage in any way. The vortex itself will also ignore guard frames and Bursts, meaning evading it is the only option for the player.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To Cain Fact in ''Origin'', as Cain seemingly makes a DealWithTheDevil with him in order to obtain the Black Pearl, but [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness takes control of the plot]] once Dalles is defeated and [[RageQuit tries to nuke the continent]] by detonating the Black Pearl.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His look in ''Origin''. In the Chronicles version of ''Ys II'', his white hair is shown under his hood.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Gets this pulled on him in ''Origin'' and the OVA adaption of ''Ys II''. The English dub of the latter even has Darm quote the trope word for word.]]

[[folder:Zava]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Zava in ''Ys Origin'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Zava during ''Ys II'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zava2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

A VainSorceress from the Clan of Darkness working for Dalles. An absolute sadist who cares more for her summoned monsters than she would for any living being. In ''Ys II'' she doesn't have a big role and serves only as an obstacle to Adol; her role is heavily expanded in ''Ys Origin''.

* AscendedExtra: In ''Ys II'', she gets only slightly more screentime and mentions than the average demon boss. In ''Ys Origin'', she's revealed to be a high-ranking member of the Clan of Darkness and has a more direct role as antagonist.
* BackFromTheDead: As a demon serving Darm, since Zava is killed in all the three routes of Ys origin.
* TheBeastmaster: She can control the giant demons in the Devil's Tower and is much more empathetic towards them than towards her fellow humans. Unfortunately for her, "The Claw" ends up killing all of them, to her anger.
* CombatPragmatist: In ''Origin'', Zava relies on unfair tactics, like trapping her enemies on a ContainmentField or summoning demons to outnumber them. See TrapMaster bellow.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She's capable of sounding polite and casual when she's in control of the situation, but unlike Dalles, who can maintain some degree of formality during his VillainousBreakdown, she's quick to drop the act when provoked by the death of her "lovelies" or being called old by Hugo.
* FireIceLightning: In ''Ys Origin'', she uses lightning magic, while her two familiars attack with fire and ice.
* FlunkyBoss: Zava has a knack for hiding behind summoned monsters; in ''Ys II'' she can't be harmed by Adol until the monsters she summons are all slain, in ''Origin'' she'll often hide herself inside of Yogleks and Omulgun and the player character will have to pull her out by force.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She kills Roy in Yunica's route.]]
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: In Hugo's route, she insults [[spoiler:Epona, her former ally]], as a backwoods girl when she notices that Hugo still feels guilty about her death.
* SummonMagic: Zava can summon monsters to aid her. In ''Ys Origin'', she summons the twin demons "Yogleks & Omulgun" to [[FlunkyBoss fight alongside her]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even discounting [[spoiler:Toal's obvious disloyalty]], Zava hates working with the one who regularly kills her pet demons.
* TrapMaster: In ''Origin'', Zava prefers to use magic traps and summon monsters to take care of the intruders, rather than dealing with them herself. She is only directly confronted by the player in the HallOfMirrors, much later at the game, after most of her familiars are killed.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Just like her boss.

[[folder:Epona]]
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A Darkling who serves Dalles in his scheme to claim the Black Pearl. A perky, crass girl who follows her brother Kishgal on the mission to secure the Goddesses for Dalles. For some reason, her confrontations with Hugo cause her to sympathize with him.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite being more humorous and lighthearted than her comrades, she's still a powerful boss in Yunica's route, especially in her rematch [[spoiler:due to receiving the Demonic Essence]].
* BuffySpeak: Unlike her comrades, she speaks very informally and doesn't use their more specific magic terminology when discussing their evil plans.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:When she's killed in Hugo's route]].
* DoppelgangerAttack: [[spoiler:Her SuperpoweredEvilSide form (only seen in Yunica route) allows her to attack with clones. She doesn't gain one in Hugo or Toal's route, probably because she saw how much it corrupted Hugo]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted in Hugo's route, where Epona mentions that despite wanting to save him for personal reasons, she's still loyal to the Darkling cause. [[spoiler:However, Dalles interprets her acts as a treason when she helps Hugo out of his DemonicPossession, and kills her.]] PlayedStraight in The Claw's route, where she returns home.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: She and Hugo are heavily implied to have developed feelings for each other in Hugo's route. [[spoiler:Which is why she ends up helping him during his DemonicPossession]].
* LadySwearsALot: Epona is unaducated to say the least, constantly cussing around in her dialogue.
* LaughablyEvil: Of all the Darklings, her scenes are the ones with the most humor, due to her hilariously petty banter with Yunica and Hugo.
* LoveRedeems: In Hugo's route. [[spoiler:Shame that RedemptionEqualsDeath is very much in effect here]].
* SiblingRivalry: Has one with her brother, Kishgal. Though the rivalry seems to be [[FriendlyRivalry friendly]], since they respect each other.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite her BuffySpeak, she is able to see through Hugo's complexes and somehow knows [[spoiler:that the petrification Dalles inflicted on her is fatal]].
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[[folder:Kishgal]]
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Epona's sibling who also serves Dalles. A BloodKnight through and through, Kishgal operates with his younger sister Epona under Dalles' orders to secure the Goddesses. He seems to know the Holy Knights of Ys, in particular Saul Tovah.

* BloodKnight:
** Kishigal lives and dies for the sake of a good challenge, and thinks [[spoiler:Saul Tovah]] was the only person able to give him such a thrill [[spoiler:until Yunica eventually bests him in her route]].
** [[spoiler:In Toal's route, fighting humans got so boring for him that he decided that ''Toal'' is a better challenge due to his Demonic Essence, and gets REALLY PISSED when [[TheCavalry Yunica and the Holy Knights]] [[BigDamnHeroes come to get even with him]] and allow Toal to keep going.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He's as much of this [[spoiler:as Saul Tovah was. He fought Saul thrice, being forced to retreat in the first fight and getting to a draw in the second, eventually managing to best him in the third round]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his extreme BloodKnight tendencies, he cares about his sister Epona as revealed in Hugo's path.
* GracefulLoser: In Yunica's path, [[spoiler:after being defeated for the final time, he takes his defeat in stride, even ''thanking'' Yunica as he dies for giving him [[BloodKnight an even better fight than Saul did]].]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Killed Saul Tovah by his own admission, and considers him a WorthyOpponent.]]
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: When fighting Hugo, he initially doesn't use his Demonic Essence. After Hugo defeats his human form, he transforms into his demon form, but he is interrupted by a situation requiring his attention shortly after that, so he withdraws to deal with that situation.
* HypocriticalHumor: He states that he dislikes fighting sorcerers, despite spamming long-range ice magic in his boss fights.
* AnIcePerson: Likes to use Ice-elemental attacks in battle.
* LogicalWeakness: Uses ice magic and his weakness is fire. This is somewhat karmic, as you learn the fire spells from Commander Saul's sword, [[spoiler:whom was killed by Kishgal]].
* MagicKnight: He can hit hard with his halberd and unleash powerful ice spells.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Which is why he's the second to last boss in Yunica's route. He has this attitude in Hugo's route because Hugo's actions led to Epona's death, though he ends up cutting the fight short out of boredom and out of respect for Epona]].
* WorthyOpponent: He constantly praises Saul Tovah [[spoiler:as a worthy kill]] and is disappointed when Yunica doesn't live up to her father's reputation, at least at first. He's eager to fight both Yunica and The Claw with his own SuperpoweredEvilSide.

!Introduced in ''Ys I & II''
[[folder:Goban Tovah]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nobuo Tanaka (OVA), Creator/DaisukeGori (Ys IV, TG-16 version), Takeharu Ohnishi (Drama CD), Creator/ToruOkawa ([=PS2=] version)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/ThomasHadenChurch (TG-16 version), Doug Stone (OVA)

Head of the thieves in Esteria. Some time before Adol's arrival to Esteria, he led an ill-fated assault on Darm Tower, which lead to the group's pulling back but losing Dogi in the process. He comes back in the second game at the last minute and also re-appears in ''The Dawn of Ys.'' He has an older relative in one of the towns, and a sister that is a fortune teller.
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* HeroicLineage: He's a descendant of Priest Tovah.
* JustLikeRobinHood: He only steals from those who obtain their money unethically.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Despite being a thief, his main role in the first game is to guard the entrance of Darm Tower, since there's an army of demons inside.
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* BreakoutCharacter: She takes a much larger role in the SNES and Turbografx-CD version of ''IV''. Doesn't appear in the ''Memories of Celceta'' remake, however.

* TakeMeInstead: Does this ''repeatedly'' in the first episode of the OVA to Belagandar, to the point where he flat out ''tells'' her it won't work [[spoiler:because she's part demon herself]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: In the OVA, [[spoiler:she has the blood of Darm's minions in her thanks to an EmergencyTransformation by Keith Fact]].

[[folder:Luta Gemma]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Bruce Lanoil (English, TG-16 version), Kei Tomiyama ''Ys I and II'' OVA), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (Drama CD), Creator/AkiraIshida ([=PS2=] version)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KirkThornton (''Ys I and II'' OVA [Credited under a pseudonym])

A sleepwalker who happened to be in Darm Tower. Helps Adol out by giving him family heirlooms that help traversing the higher levels of the tower. Despite [[spoiler: having an injury, he survives the first two games.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Falcom's own Romanization of his name is "Luther Gemma". His name was a victim of BlindIdiotTranslation in the [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 TurboGrafx-CD]] version which was mistranslated into "Luta", and XSEED decided to keep the mistranslation. The iOS and Android versions of ''Ys I'' use the correct translation.

[[folder:Dark Fact]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsujiMori (G-16 version, OVA), Creator/KanetoShiozawa (Saturn version), Creator/HiroshiYanaka (CD Drama ''Ys I: Megami no Kioku''), Takahiro Yoshino ([=PS2=] version), Creator/MitsuakiMadono (CD Drama ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku''), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MichaelBell (TG-16 version), Creator/LexLang (OVA),

A humanoid demon who is responsible for stealing silver items from the residents of Esteria. He seeks to collect the Books of Ys for his own nefarious ends.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the PC Engine version of ''Ys IV'', his name was originally "Sieg Fact", in canon Dark is his actual first name.
* BossArenaUrgency: Every time he takes a hit, the floor tile where the hit occurred is destroyed. If Adol doesn't get off the tile in time, he instantly dies.
* CleanDubName: Japanese materials transliterate his name as "Dalk Fukt". The English UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem version renames him to "Dulk Dekt", the MS-DOS version to "Malificus", the iOS and Android version to "Dark Fakt", and all other English versions to "Dark Fact".
* EvilIsBigger: Dark's demonic form is at least twice as tall as Adol.
* FinalBoss: He's the last boss of ''Ys I'', but he's a DiscOneFinalBoss in the context of the Esteria arc.
* FreudianExcuse: His parents protested against the mining of silver because doing so would unseal the demons. They were killed for it, causing Dark to swear revenge on humanity and finish the job of unsealing the demons himself.
* GracefulLoser: In the OVA, he drops his blade and lets Adol strike him down when he realizes his ambitions are undone.
* TheHeavy: Of ''Ys I'' due to unsealing the demons, but Darm is the BigBad of the Esteria arc.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}}, as he's not turned good per say, but his post-mortem cameo in ''Monstrum Nox'' shows a much more favorable reception towards Adol in-line with his VillainRespect mentioned below]].
* NoSell: Due to his Cleria cloak, he cannot be harmed by any weapon unless it's made of the same material.
* PlayingWithFire: His main attack is to bombard the arena with fireballs, which explode into smaller fireballs that spread out.
* VillainRespect:
** Before his boss battle, he congratulates Adol for reaching the top of Darm Tower and collecting five of the Books of Ys. Taken even further in the OVA, where he doesn't even assert that Adol won't be able to defeat him, speaking to him as an equal in their entire encounter and encouraging him to deal the final blow when he knows he's lost.
** [[spoiler:And again in his ''Monstrum Nox'' cameo as TheGhost, voicing how impressed he is with how Adol's continued to press on despite everything he's endured in his adventures]].

[[folder:Aisha]]
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An original character created for the Korean-only ''Ys II Special''. Not to be confused with Aisha from ''Ys Seven'' or Aisha from Taito's ''Ys V'' remake.

* CanonForeigner: Aisha was an original character created for ''Ys II Special'' and has not made any appearances outside of this version.
* HairOfGoldheartOfGold: Has blonde hair and is on Adol's side.

[[folder:Arisa]]
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An original character created for the Korean-only ''Ys II Special''.

* CanonForeigner: Like with Aisha above, Arisa never appeared elsewhere aside from ''Ys II Special''.

!Introduced in ''Ys: Origin''
[[folder:Yunica Tovah]]
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The ancestor to Goban Tovah and a cheery, determined girl. The grand-daughter of one of the six priests of Ys, and daughter to the legendary knight Saul Tovah, Yunica is a recent addition to the Holy Knights of Ys, and a close friend of the Goddesses. She is part of a search party to discover what happened to them. Her fighting style is made to operate similarly to Adol, making her an efficient close-range combatant, but forcing her to take more risks. Her main weapon is an axe.

* BadassNormal: She does not have any magical ability of her own.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler:Yunica is a good person, but she is forced to use artifacts that enable her to use BlackMagic in order to progress without knowing that it is bad until she learns that the magic of Ys generates demons. The magic is bad because its source is the Black Pearl, which generates demons as a side effect when it is used to fuel magic when used by anyone not made up completely of White Emelas like the Twin Goddesses]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In Toal's route, she stops Kishgal's attack with her Phoenix Flame and works alongside her fellow knights to hold him off while Toal continues to the summit.]]
* {{BFS}}: [[spoiler:Yunica inherits the Crimson Lotusblade, her father's great sword which also contains [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]]]].
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Her strength is this.
* CloseRangeCombatant: She is this when she is using her axe. The [[BlowYouAway wind magic]] and [[ShockAndAwe electric magic]] that she can use while wielding her axe and the correct magical artifacts are all close range.
* {{Combos}}: She is fast enough to deliver a second hit with her axe to some enemies while they are in hitstun. [[spoiler: She cannot deliver combos while using her father's sword except by using a downthrust because that sword's hitstun is much less than the time that Yunica takes to swing it again]].
* CuteBruiser: Kindhearted and wields an axe and sword all while wearing a pair of mittens.
* CryIntoChest: [[spoiler:At the end of Toal's route, once she discovers what happened to the Goddesses as she arrives only after everything is been dealt with.]]
* BraidsOfAction: Of the singular variety.
* {{Determinator}}: Until the HopelessBossFight, she'd managed to push halfway up the tower through sheer grit.
* {{Expy}}:
** Of Estelle Bright, the brown haired GenkiGirl from ''Videogame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'', another game from the [[Creator/{{Falcom}} same company]].
** Gameplay-wise, Yunica is a DistaffCounterpart to Adol Christin, given that she's a skilled melee fighter whose only magical abilities come from artifacts she picks up.
%%* GenkiGirl
* GlassCannon: In practice, her survivability is hurt at the end of the game due to Crash Bolt being harder to guard with, since it limits her movement unlike the other characters' guard moves. In the hands of a skilled player, her damage output can still be very high, since all of her skills have multihit damage and she has both melee and long-range options.
* HeroicBSOD: Yunica suffers one on her route [[spoiler:after losing to Kishigal on their [[HopelessBossFight first fight]] and considers giving up her mission due to this. It's Roy who snaps her out, followed by a pep talk with her father's spirit when she retrieves his Crimson Lotusblade]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Feena suggests that it's because Yunica is so pure that she is unable to use any magic. While the Black Pearl grants the ability to use magic, it also [[spoiler:gave rise to the demons]].
* {{Knighting}}: After she opens the Devil's Gaze door in Rado's Annex, Galleon promotes her to official knighthood.
* LightningBruiser: In theory, she is fast and strong when using her axe. Her wind magic surrounds her with a damaging radius that can stagger enemies, making her survivability against clustered enemies better in the beginning until The Claw gets his own crowd control options.
* LongRangeFighter: [[spoiler:She becomes this while wielding her father's great sword. This sword deals more damage per hit than her battle axe, but it is so heavy that she takes much more time to swing it. She therefore deals less damage per second when executing consecutive attacks with the sword versus her battle axe. However, the sword when combined with a ruby allows her to unleash a slow, wide, strong, and extremely long range [[PlayingWithFire fire attack]] whose range is much longer than Hugo's range with either his normal attacks or his charged fire attacks]].
* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:Downplayed. She is this while using her father's great sword because his BFS is much heavier than her axe. She therefore takes some time to swing the sword despite her extreme strength. However, her movement speed is still the same, meaning she isn't completely slow]].
* ObliviousToLove: Throughout much of her route, it's apparent that Roy likes her, but Yunica hasn't a clue and assumes he picks on her because he thinks of her as a kid.
* PalsWithJesus: She's good friends with the Goddesses ever since she was a child, and often sneaked into their dependences to be near them. In fact, it was Reah and Feena that motivated her to become a Knight of Ys, and it's her friendship with the two that pushes Yunica to join the mission to find and bring them home despite being a rookie knight.
* RealTimeWeaponChange: [[spoiler:She can switch between her normal battle axe and her father's great sword on the fly. The battle axe is faster and has a longer combo, but deals less damage per hit. The great sword does more damage per hit, but is slower]].
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:From the spirit of her deceased father, Saul Tovah]].
* TragicKeepsake: In her route, she gets the Spirit Necklace from [[spoiler:Roy, who imbues it with the last of his magic before he dies. It contains all of Roy's magic which he pooled into the artifact after he was fatally wounded by Zava. Roy's magic will completely resurrect Yunica once if she is killed if she has equipped this necklace]].
* UnSorcerer: Ys was full of sorcerers at the time of ''Ys: Origin''. She has no aptitude for magic at all except for using magical artifacts.

[[folder:Hugo Fact]]
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The ancestor of ''Ys I'' BigBad Dark Fact, Hugo is a powerful magician with projectile based spells. His father trained him since childhood to be a prodigy mage, causing Hugo to develop an aloof and often arrogant persona. He is sent with the Sorcerer Division to search for the Goddesses, but is also tasked by his father Cain Fact. He's a long-range fighter who can reliably and safely pick his enemies from a distance. He controls two floating orbs known as the "[[AttackDrone Eyes of Fact]]" that effectively triples or quintuples his firepower depending on whether or not he is in Boost Mode. He also has a variety of barrier-related spells at his control.

* AcademicAthlete: While he's not a physical fighter like the other player characters, he can still do his fair share of running and jumping to traverse the Tower of Darm.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Due to Epona's death, Hugo refuses to use the Demonic Essence after he overcomes its influence]].
* AttackDrones: His Eyes of Fact are essentially magical versions of these.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler:Hugo is a good person, but he uses BlackMagic in to progress initially not knowing that it is bad until he learns that the magic of Ys generates demons. The magic is bad because its source is the Black Pearl, which generates demons as a side effect when it is used to fuel magic when used by anyone not made up completely of White Emelas like the Twin Goddesses]].
* BarrierWarrior: His wind skill and his final burst - the shield magic of the Fact family - count.
* BigBrotherWorship: He used to look up to Toal, and a lot of his dialogue hints that his enmity towards his brother is equal parts jealousy and [[BrokenPedestal feelings of abandonment]] when the latter left the family to become a knight.
* BlackMage: Of the playable characters, he relies solely on magic for offense.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Dalles inflicts this on him in Toal's route, to the point where Epona can't snap him out of it like she did in his route]].
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:In his route, his lust for power ends up getting himself corrupted and Epona killed.]]
* DatingCatwoman: He and Epona have differing allegiances and start off hilariously hostile to each other due to their polar opposite personalities. They start warming up to each other after they have an EnemyMine against an uncontrollable pair of Vagullions and when they turn out to have similar rivalries with their older brothers.
* DealWithTheDevil: Goes through the deal with Dalles to be fused with demonic essence in both his and The Claw's routes.
* FatalFlaw: He's driven by {{Pride}} to become a worthy successor of House Fact and also {{driven by envy}} of his brother's military accomplishments. This causes him to become no different from the Darklings in lusting after power [[spoiler:until his actions get Epona killed in his route and get him brainwashed in Toal's route]].
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:In both his route and Toal's route, he manages to suppress his Demonic Essence, though he never attempts to use it again after that]].
* HopeSpot: Subverted. [[spoiler:In Toal's route, he starts softening up to his brother after hearing why the latter left the family, but then Dalles and Zava brainwash him. Fortunately, Toal manages to snap Hugo out of it]].
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He puts up an arrogant facade to hide his jealousy of his brother's reputation. [[spoiler:Dalles exploits this to tempt him into using the Demonic Essence]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his [[InsufferableGenius condescension]] to allies and enemies alike, he does care for the rest of the search party, as shown when he feels bad about not knowing how to save the petrified knights. He loses the jerk part after realizing that he doesn't have to follow the Fact family doctrine.
* LongRangeFighter: Hugo attacks from afar with his AttackDrones.
* ObliviousToLove: A trait he amusingly shares with co-protagonist Yunica. He has no idea Miuscha has a crush on him and it gets lampshaded twice during the events of the Wailing Blue, first by Rico and then by Cadena. [[spoiler:The same can be said when Epona falls in love with him in his and Toal's routes. He falls in love with Epona, but he apparently has never been taught what love is and therefore does not know what it is.]]
--> '''Hugo:''' But Miuscha... Honestly, I don't know why she volunteered for the search party in the first place.\\
'''Rico:''' ...\\
'''Hugo:''' ...? What's with that look?\\
'''Rico:''' Oh, nothing. I was just marveling at what a contradiction you are. So smart in so many ways... yet totally oblivious in others.\\
'''Hugo:''' What? Oblivious how?!\\
'''Rico:''' ''(sigh)'' Never mind.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Comes with his arrogance. He initially dismisses Epona as a case of women "talking too much" and is very not above cussing at and disrespecting pretty much everyone, even the Goddesses. He also calls the Darklings "savages", though this may be in response to their invasion of Ys.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:When he activates his demon seeds.]]
* SquishyWizard: In theory, he's supposed to be at a disadvantage at close range due to his low speed and lack of stagger on his normal attacks. In practice, he's more of a MightyGlacier due to his shield magic allowing him to make more mistakes in dodging the enemy, which he needs because of his slow movement speed.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Briefly gets taken over by demon seeds in his own route and Toal's route.]]
* TeenGenius: Being able to control two Eyes of Fact indicates that he's very skilled with magic.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Combined with TookALevelInJerkass in his own route - after he loses to [[spoiler:Toal]], he becomes more irritable towards his allies and a lot more reckless to the point of falling for the Darklings' traps. In Yunica's route where he doesn't fight [[spoiler:Toal]], he's a lot nicer to anyone who isn't the latter and more rational about dealing with enemy traps.
* TookALevelInKindness: In his own route, he becomes a lot nicer to his allies [[spoiler:after he inadvertently gets Epona killed]]. In The Claw's route, Hugo starts becoming more willing to talk to him after the Silent Sands area is cleared.
* UnskilledButStrong: In Hugo's route, The Claw notes that Hugo is a powerful mage, but lacks combat experience. Unfortunately, Hugo believes the only way to catch up is to gain more power through any means necessary, even if he doesn't fully understand the power that he's obtaining. [[spoiler:After his lust for power causes Epona to defy orders to save him, and subsequently get executed for it, he instead seeks to master his non-demonic powers, allowing him to beat Toal in a duel.]]
* UnwittingTestSubject: [[spoiler:Cain Fact directed Dalles to turn Hugo into a demon to see how his own lineage could handle being turned into demons so that Cain could see if he could handle demonic power himself. Either Toal or Epona (depending on route) helps Hugo regain his humanity.]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:Unlike his brother, he loses his sanity when he is a demon.]]

[[folder:The Claw]]
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[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:SPOILERS]]Toal as part of the Holy Knights https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reah_and_toal_event_cg_1___ys_origin.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

A mysterious white-haired man who has joined the Darklings in pursuit of the Twin Goddesses and the Black Pearl.

The Claw is stated to be a "berserker", with a combat system more advanced than Yunica's, and meant for expert players used to avoiding damage. While his damage potential is very high thanks to his combos, his defense suffers as a result, making him a FragileSpeedster. His weapon of preference is, obviously, [[WolverineClaws a pair of claws]].

* AloofBigBrother: [[spoiler:Toal is this to Hugo. However, he cares a lot about Hugo beneath that aloofness]].
* BadLiar: [[spoiler:His attempts at becoming a FakeDefector don't fool the Darklings, since he keeps sparing enemies and showing concern for the goddesses. After a few encounters, the search party also figures out that he hasn't really changed from his old self.]]
* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler:He relies on demonic power to fight, but he still is mostly a good person who is forced to do bad things in order to infiltrate the bad guys.]]
* BattleAura: [[spoiler:Whenever he activates his demonic essence/Boost Mode, he has a dark battle aura]].
* {{Combos}}: He is fast enough to deliver a second hit with his claws to most enemies while they are in hitstun. In fact, he depends on combos because a single hit from his attacks is very weak compared to other playable characters' hits in much of the game, and has very poor ability to take a hit for much of the game as well. On a side note, he does actually get the highest numerical Strength score after some levels, which isn't surprising given his whole deal.
* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:On the receiving end: his father Cain eventually throws on Toal's face that the only reason he even survived the demon onslaught in the first place is because Dalles had strict orders to keep him alive so he could be experimented on.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Toal knows [[IveComeTooFar there's no coming back]] from all the demonic power he received and absorbed, so his endgame plan hinges on destroying the Black Pearl by having all of the Demonic Essence go into his own body, knowing full well that it'll kill him, [[TakingYouWithMe which will also destroy the Demonic Essence]]. This is a plan Reah ''heavily objects to''.]]
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:He receives one in the form of the Cleria sword for the final battle against Darm.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:He pretended to join up with the Darklings in order to survive, but he always planned to destroy the Black Pearl.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} as he intended to betray the Clan of Darkness and destroy the Black Pearl - even at the cost of his own life - from the very beginning.]]
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:He fights Galleon and Shion as bosses, both of whom were his friends in flashbacks.]]
* FlashStep: His Godspeed wind ability consists of being this, and it can me used midair to extend jumping distance.
* FragileSpeedster: Combined with GlassCannon due to the high single-target DPS of his normal attack. [[spoiler:He is this until late in his route when he becomes a LightningBruiser. While he technically has the same defense growth as the other two while being much faster, his lack of long-range attacks and his less offensively powerful wind magic means he has a harder time surviving mobs of enemies compared to Hugo and Yunica. He also gets the Cleria Ring, which lowers his defense in exchange for more offense.]]
* GreaterScopeParagon: [[spoiler:He becomes the leader of the Six Priests of Ys in his father's place at the end of ''Origin'', writes the Book of Fact, and leaves his Cleria Sword with the southeast Roda Tree on Esteria in preparation for the Black Pearl's return.]] Effectively, The Claw can be considered the most important character in the franchise as his actions by the end of the game are what allows Adol to succeed in ''Ys I'' and ''Ys II''.
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:He's this in Yunica and Hugo's route, since neither know of his true intentions.]]
* HeroicRRoD: [[spoiler:The brunt of injuries Toal sustains over the course of the last fights causes him to break down once he's dealt with his father. [[BatmanGambit Reah counted on this happening as this also means Toal won't be able to stop her and Feena from sealing the Black Pearl]].]]
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:Unlike Hugo, he is able to keep the demonic essence in check through sheer willpower.]]
* InadequateInheritor: Part of the reason he gave up his inheritance is because he isn't as talented at magic as Hugo. [[spoiler:Though he ends up becoming the next Priest of Fact because his father is sealed in the Black Pearl and because Hugo chooses to stay on the surface.]]
* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:Toal constantly tries to convince himself that there's no turning back from becoming one of the Darklings and having a piece of Demonic Essence on his own body, even though his former friends insist that he's still the same Toal that fought by their side. This mentality crumbles once Reah gets to him and convinces him that there is a way to stop the madness around him.]]
* IWorkAlone: [[spoiler:Toal's character arc is that of someone who insists the burden of his mission is his alone to bear. He refuses assistance from the Darklings, and he also [[LockedOutOfTheLoop refuses to let anyone, even the Goddesses]], in on his actual objective, until Reah manages to pry it out of him. As the story goes on, Toal comes to terms with the fact that he can't do everything alone, and he can count on the people that hold him dear to help him.]]
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:He becomes this once he levels up enough. He can start taking many hits once he levels up enough, and he keeps the speed he needed to dodge enemy attacks from when he could not take many hits. His Inferno fire magic has invincibility frames while allowing him to perform aerial movement with more precision than Godspeed, increasing his survivability once he gets that magic.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: [[spoiler:His white hair is due to the demonic essence he received.]]
* NobleDemon: {{Invoked}}; he tries to play the role of an evil minion willing to spare the lives of his enemies if they don't pursue him further, [[spoiler:all to maintain his cover without having to kill his former comrades]]. Unfortunately, this only works when his Darkling bosses aren't around to order him to kill the enemy, since he'll be killed if he defies them. Once he's ordered to kill Hugo or Shion (depending on the route), he comes within an inch of doing the deed until the search party saves the day.
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Past halfway through the game, Toal's emotional shell starts to crack, starting from when he meets Reah again at the Silent Sands. By the time Toal is about to fight Dalles, he's taken his share of emotional abuse, both from himself and from the events around him, and he's pretty much screaming at his opponent.]]
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:He and his superior Saul Tovah held off the entire army of demons.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:His conflict with Hugo and the villains' subsequent manipulation of the latter could have been avoided if Toal stayed in contact with him. Toal realizes this after he defeats Demonic!Hugo in the Demonic Core.]]
* PowerDyesYourHair: [[spoiler:He's a natural blond like his younger brother Hugo, but his demonic essence turns his hair white. It turns back to blond at the end of his route.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Whenever he activates his demonic essence, his eyes turn red.
* SlideAttack: He can use a slide attack to [[ArmorPiercingAttack damage an enemy's defense]] and to slide under small gaps that have spiked ceilings.
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:He is in love with Reah, but she and Feena sacrificed themselves to seal the demonic essence within the Black Pearl after Toal defeated Darm.]]
* TheStoic: At all times he will keep a calm and heavily reserved demeanor. [[spoiler:This bothered Reah to no end when Toal was a Holy Knight; she flat out asks him why he doesn't loosen himself like Yunica does in front of her and Feena.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: He becomes much more evil when he activates his boost mode which temporarily turns him into a full demon. [[spoiler:This is enough to allow him to open a door that is cursed to only open up for demons and other thoroughly evil beings. However, [[HeroicWillpower he is able to maintain control over himself while he is in this state]] and does not do anything evil while in this state except what he needed to do in order to maintain his cover.]]
* SwordBeam: [[spoiler:When Toal uses his silver sword, he fires sword beams from his sword each time he swings it.]]
* TheUnfavorite: Cain did not take him abandoning their family traditions well and constantly disparages him. [[spoiler:This is averted when Toal defeats Demonic!Hugo, causing Cain to be equally disappointed in both.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Claims his combat skills are dulling [[spoiler:because he relies too much on his demonic powers]], though this is a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation because his lack of ranged attacks means he's at the forefront of enemy attacks, requiring better dodging skills from the player.
* UnwittingTestSubject: [[spoiler:Cain Fact told the Darklings to turn Toal into a demon in order to see how his own lineage would handle being turned into a demon. Cain wanted to see if he himself could handle the demonic essence, and used Toal as a pilot test subject before he decided to become Darm.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Due to this character's identity and the fact that [[spoiler:his route is the only one that's canon to ''Ys Origin'' and the rest of the franchise]], it goes without saying his entire character folder is filled with spoilers for a good reason.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[spoiler:His [[SuperpoweredEvilSide demonic essence]] allows him to open doors that are cursed only to open to demons and other thoroughly evil beings but [[SubvertedTrope he manages to hold onto his sanity through sheer willpower]].]]
* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler:His Cleria Sword from his time as a Holy Knight is found broken by the Goddesses. They restore the blade for him in time for the TrueFinalBoss fight.]]
* WolverineClaws: He uses silver claws as his primary weapon [[spoiler:as his original weapon, the silver sword, is broken at the beginning of the game]].

[[folder:Cain Fact]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Cain in ''Ys Origin'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:SPOILERS for ''Ys Origin'']]Darm's original form https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ys_origin_boss_darm.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto (''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/BanjoGinga (G-16 version), Creator/TesshoGenda (CD Drama ''Sound Theatre Ys''), Creator/YujiKishi ([=PS2=] version)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AlanOppenheimer (TG-16 version), Creator/KirkThornton (English, ''Ys II'' OVA [credited under a pseudonym])

The leader of the Six Priests who govern the mythical kingdom of Ys along with the Twin Goddesses. When the Goddesses go missing, he sends down the search party to the surface to look for them.

* AbusiveParents: In Hugo's flashbacks, Cain went beyond merely giving him TrainingFromHell and pushed his training to the point where Hugo was isolated from his friends. He also manipulated his son into being disloyal to the goddesses and jealous of his brother, which explains the harsher aspects of Hugo's personality. [[spoiler:Not to mention he allowed both of his sons to be corrupted with demon seeds, just to see how much hidden potential they can unlock. Worse yet, he practically disowns Hugo (though thankfully out of earshot) when the latter loses to Toal, who he already considers a failure.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: The father of the Fact brothers and [[spoiler:is the man responsible for Ys's destruction.]]

* BeardOfEvil: He has a goatee [[spoiler:and is the BigBad of two games.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:He's the main villain of both ''Ys Origin'' and ''Ys II''.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:After being called out by Toal and becoming Darm, he no longer attempts to justify his misdeeds and instead refers to himself as "pure evil."]]
* TheChessmaster: Carefully manipulated the events of the game from shadows so [[spoiler:he can take control of the Black Pearl]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He's killed by Adol, who at that point is using the Fact family's shield magic to fend off Darm's deadly attacks]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:After skewering Dalles, he attempts to act like a polite and loyal servant to Reah, despite how obvious it is that he's a traitor. As he finishes off Dalles, he gives the latter FalseReassurance that he'll be [[CallForward revived as a slave in the future]]. Afterwards, he drops any pretense of politeness when talking to Toal]].
* GodhoodSeeker: [[spoiler:He fuses with the Black Pearl in an attempt to become omnipotent]].
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler:Cain Fact told the Darklings to turn his sons Toal and Hugo into demons in order to see how they handled being turned into demons. Cain wanted to see if he himself could handle the demonic essence, and used Hugo and Toal as pilot test subjects before he decided to become Darm]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's harsh to Hugo during the latter's flashbacks, but this could be interpreted as him wanting his son to succeed, at least until [[spoiler:Toal's route reveals he only wanted Hugo to gain power so that he would make a better test subject for the Demonic Essence, and couldn't care less about his sons' wellbeing]].
* ManBehindTheMan: He is the one who [[spoiler:allowed the clan of Darkness and the demon army to overrun Ys]].
* MotiveRant: [[spoiler:He tries to claim that his actions are justified because humanity is inclined to seek power and the goddesses are trying to limit their potential. After Toal shoots down his reasoning, Cain drops any [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist pretense of having good intentions for humanity]].]]
* NameOfCain: His name is Cain Fact. [[spoiler:He is the Demon King Darm original self (before merging with the Black Pearl) and the true villain of ''Ys II'' and ''Ys: Origin''.]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Fuses with the Black Pearl to become the demon king Darm.]]
* ParentalFavoritism: {{Subverted}}; while Cain obviously considers Toal inferior to Hugo, he doesn't truly care for the latter beyond being a means to boost his reputation [[spoiler:and being a test subject for the demonic essence. Once Hugo loses to Toal despite also having demonic powers, Cain derides him as a failure.]]

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:He claims that he's just trying to free mankind from the Twin Goddesses limiting their potential, but it's clear he just wants to replace them for his own selfish reasons.]]
* RunningBothSides: He is the leader of the Six Priests of Ys, and [[spoiler:he is also the one who hired the Darklings and the demons to attack Ys.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:In ''Ys I'' and ''Ys II''. ''Ys Origin'' shows how he became the demon king Darm and was sealed 700 years prior.]]

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:In ''Ys Origin'', he's the last opponent fought during Toal's route, which is only unlocked after finishing both Yunika and Hugo's routes.]]
* {{Turncoat}}: [[spoiler:He was the leader of the Six Priests of Ys, but he decided to betray Ys in order to seize ultimate power]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Why are so many of his tropes spoilered out? [[spoiler:He's the ManBehindTheMan of ''Ys Origin'' and the GreaterScopeVillain of ''Ys I'' and ''Ys II'']].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:He kills Dalles in ''Ys Origin'' in Toal's route when Dalles tries to destroy the Black Pearl]].

[[folder:Shion]]
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The head priest of Solomon Shrine, who leads the search party in finding the goddesses in Darm Tower.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a calm and easygoing priest who is always willing to lend an ear to the player characters. He's also considered Zava's equal in combat magic [[spoiler:and his boss battle in Toal's route must be won to continue the story, unlike the 11th floor bosses in the other two routes]].
* CombatPragmatist: His shield will damage the player character upon contact, and he'll take advantage of that by ramming into his opponent if they're on the outer edges of the arena.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He maintains his serenity even as [[spoiler:Toal]] is ordered to kill him. Subverted when the search party interrupts his execution and forces the Darklings to retreat.
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:He's the Guilty Fire midboss in Toal's route due to the latter working for the Darklings]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Zava describes his magic as "disgustingly pure" and his boss title is "The Incorruptible."
* MissionControl: [[spoiler:After the Blighted Blood, Toal can use a Lila Shell to get advice from Shion]].
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He ranks below the Six Priests in Ys's hierarchy and he's the strongest non-player character in the search party.

[[folder:Galleon]]
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The acting Commander of the Holy Knights and an old friend of Toal's. He originally served under Yunica's father.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:In Yunica and Hugo's non-canon routes in ''Ys Origin'']].

* FragileSpeedster: Combined with GlassCannon due to the high single-target DPS of his normal attack. [[spoiler: He is this until late in his route when he becomes a LightningBruiser. While he technically has the same defense growth as the other two while being much faster, his lack of long-range attacks and his less offensively powerful wind magic means he has a harder time surviving mobs of enemies compared to Hugo and Yunica. He also gets the Cleria Ring, which lowers his defense in exchange for more offense.]]

%%* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of ''Ys Origin''.]]

* DistressedDamsel: In all appearances for ''Ys I'', ''Ys II'', and ''Ys Origin''.

* ChickMagnet: Adol has had multiple girls interested in him throughout his career; unfortunately, the games don't reveal whether he returns their affections.

* LostLenore: It’s heavily implied in game, while WordOfGod goes as far to state Adol’s never settling down is in part, do to his remembrance of Feena.

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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (Japanese, ''Ys'' Drama CD), Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese, ''Memories of Celceta'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'', ''VI Online'', ''Memoire: Felghana'' and ''Nordics''), Creator/TakeshiKusao (Japanese, ''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga''), Creator/DaveWittenberg (English, ''Ys I & II'' OVA [Credited under a pseudonym]), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (English, ''Memories of Celceta'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' and ''Monstrum Nox'')

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KoujiIshii (Japanese, ''Ys'' Drama CD), Creator/TesshoGenda (Japanese, ''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga'', ''Ys SEVEN'' Drama CD, ''Memoire: Felghana''), Keisuke Baba (Japanese, ''Ys SEVEN'', ''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen''), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese, ''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'' and ''Nordics''), Michael Sorich (English, ''Ys I & II'' OVA), Michael Naishtut (English, ''Ys III: Wanderers of Ys'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/TrevorDevall (English, ''The Ark of Napishtim''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English, ''The Oath of Felghana'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' and ''Monstrum Nox'')

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KyokoHikami (Japanese, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/AyakoKawasumi (Japanese, ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), Naoko Watanabe (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version), Creator/DebiDerryberry (English, UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 version), Creator/MelissaFahn (English, OVA)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkemiOkamura (Japanese, [=PlayStation=] 2 ''Ys I・II: Eternal Story''), Creator/KanaUeda (Japanese, ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku'' Drama CD, ''Ys II: Tenkū no Shitsu Rakuen'' Drama CD), [[Creator/StevieVallance Louise Vallance]] (English, Turbo-Grafx 16 version), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (English, OVA), Junko Hagimori (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version), Anairis Quiñones (English, ''Ys IX'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkioOtsuka (CD Drama ''Sound Theatre Ys''), Kiyoshi Kawakubo (Japanese, OVA), Tom Wyner (English, OVA), Creator/YusakuYara (Japanese, ''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (English, ''Ys: Book I & II'' (TG-16 version)), Shigezō Sasaki (Japanese, Ys II OVA), Creator/NorioWakamoto (Japanese, Saturn version), Hideo Watanabe (Japanese, [=PS2=] version), Creator/JurotaKosugi (CD Drama ''Ys I: Ushinwareta Kodai Oukoku'', CD Drama ''Ys II: Tenkū no Shitsu Rakuen'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Nobuo Tanaka (Japanese, OVA), Creator/DaisukeGori (Japanese, Ys IV, TG-16 version), Takeharu Ohnishi (Drama CD), Creator/ThomasHadenChurch (English, TG-16 version), Doug Stone (English, OVA), Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese, [=PS2=] version)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (Japanese, ''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/HiromiTsuru (''Ys IV'', TG-16 version), Creator/AyaHisakawa (''Ys II'', Sega Saturn version), Maria Yamamoto (''Ys II'' [=PS2=] version) , Creator/EriKitamura (Japanese, ''Ys II: Tenkuu no Shitsu Rakuen'' drama CD, ''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen''), Mea Martineau (English, TG-16 version), Creator/JulieMaddalena (English, OVA)

->'''Voiced by:''' Bruce Lanoil (English, TG-16 version), Kei Tomiyama (Japanese, ''Ys I and II'' OVA), Tetsuya Iwanaga (Drama CD), Creator/KirkThornton (English, ''Ys I and II'' OVA [Credited under a pseudonym]), Creator/AkiraIshida (Japanese, [=PS2=] version)

->'''Voiced by:''' Katsuji Mori (Japanese, TG-16 version, OVA) Creator/MichaelBell (English, TG-16 version), Creator/LexLang (English, OVA), Creator/KanetoShiozawa (Japanese, Saturn version), Hiroshi Yanaka (CD Drama ''Ys I: Megami no Kioku''), Takahiro Yoshino (Japanese, [=PS2=] version), Mitsuaki Madono (CD Drama ''Ys I: Ushinawareshi Kodai Oukoku''), Kazuyuki Okitsu (''Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlanOppenheimer (English, TG-16 version), Creator/NorioWakamoto (Japanese, ''Ys II'' OVA), Creator/KirkThornton (English, ''Ys II'' OVA [credited under a pseudonym]), Creator/BanjoGinga (Japanese, TG-16 version), Creator/TesshoGenda (CD Drama ''Sound Theatre Ys''), Creator/YujiKishi (Japanese, [=PS2=] version)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KoujiIshii (Japanese, ''Ys'' Drama CD), Creator/TesshoGenda (Japanese, ''Ys I & II'' OVA, ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga'', and ''Memoire: Felghana''), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese, ''Lacrimosa of Dana'', ''Monstrum Nox'' and ''Nordics''), Michael Sorich (English, ''Ys I & II'' OVA), Michael Naishtut (English, ''Ys III: Wanderers of Ys'' (TG-16 version)), Creator/TrevorDevall (English, ''The Ark of Napishtim''), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English, ''The Oath of Felghana'', ''Lacrimosa of Dana'' and ''Monstrum Nox'')

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!Major Characters
[[folder:The Main Duo]]
!!Adol Christin

!!Dogi

[[folder:The Twin Goddesses]]
!!Feena

!!Reah

[[folder:The Clan of Darkness]]

Also know as the "Darklings", the members of the Clan of Darkness are recurring antagonists throughout the series and are partially responsible for the overall MythArc of the franchise. Members of the Clan appearing in ''Ys I'', ''Ys II'' and ''Ys Origin'' are listed below, while characters introduced in other games are listed in their respective character pages.

!!In General

!!Dalles

!!Zava

!!Epona

!!Kishgal

!Characters List (by game of introduction)
[[folder:''Ys I & II'']]
!!Goban Tovah

!!Lilia

!!Luta Gemma

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Falcom's own Romanization of his name is "Luther Gemma". His name was a victim of BlindIdiotTranslation in the [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 TurboGrafx-CD]] version which was mistranslated into "Luta", and XSEED decided to keep the mistranslation. The iOS and Android versions of Ys I use the correct translation.

!!Dark Fact

!! Aisha

!! Arisa

[[folder:''Ys: Origin'']]
!!Yunica Tovah

!!Hugo Fact

!!The Claw

!!Cain Fact

%%* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of Ys Origin]]

!!Shion

!!Galleon