Line #37 Characters/NoblesseProtagonists


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5	[[center:[[WMG:''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Noblesse}} character index]]'''\
6	[-'''Main Characters and Their Allies'''\
7	'''Protagonists''' \| [[Characters/NoblesseRaizelKnights Raizel Knights]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseYeRanHighSchool Ye Ran High School]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseLukedonia Lukedonia]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseKoreanGovernmentAgency Korean Government Agency]]\
8	'''The Union'''\
9	[[Characters/NoblesseThirteenElders Thirteen Elders]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseAssassinationSquad Assassination Squad]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseDA5 DA-5]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseCerberus Cerberus]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseMadukesWerewolves Maduke's Werewolves]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseTraitorNobles Traitor Nobles]] \| [[Characters/NoblesseOtherUnionMembers Other Union Members]]\
10	'''Werewolf Faction'''\
11	[[Characters/NoblesseMuzakasWerewolfFaction Muzaka's Werewolf Faction]]-]]]]]
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14	The two lead characters of the ''Noblesse'' series. Beware of [[LateArrivalSpoiler Late Arrival Spoilers]].
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19	[[folder:Cadis Etrama Di "Rai" Raizel]]
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21	!!Cadis Etrama Di Raizel
22	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TarusukeShingaki (Japanese), Creator/RayChase (English) [[labelnote:'''Other languages''']] Yong-Wu Sin (Korean), Bruno Meyere (French), Carlos Hernandez (Latin American Spanish), Johannes Semm (German), Segio Cantu (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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26	The main protagonist of the series. Rai is [[spoiler:a Noble of Lukedonia who holds the title of ''True Noblesse''; a ranking that distinguishes him above all his fellow Lukedonian Nobles as the primary protector of their home]]. However, Rai was forced into an endless sleep after [[spoiler:sustaining heavy injury in a duel against the Werewolf Lord, Muzaka]].
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28	Suddenly awakening from an 820 year long slumber. Rai attends Frankenstein's Ye Ran High School in order to adjust to modern life, and makes a new group of friends and enemies along the way.
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31	* AGodAmI: He's a good guy, and he doesn't have this attitude normally. But when he's in TranquilFury, some of the things he says to his enemies fully invoke this.
32	--> '''Raizel:''' I...did not permit you to move. Nor did I permit you...to ''breathe.''
33	* TheAloner: Especially in the past.
34	* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed. He is revealed to be [[spoiler: the one true Noblesse, who is the most powerful Noble in existence and the avatar of Strength but explicitly does not hold any authority. The lord is the avatar of Authority.]].
35	* BadassBoast: That tend to double as PreMortemOneLiner when he uses his Blood Field.
36	* BattleAura: [[spoiler:It is later revealed his Blood Field is actually this; its function is to suppress those who have blood.]]
37	%%* BishieSparkle
38	* BloodyMurder: His main attack. "I'll ask your sin...[[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=25455&seq=78&weekday=tue with your blood]]"
39	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Early on, as he's still adjusting to the modern world. He's shown having trouble opening door locks, cannot comprehend a banana, barely speaks and requires Frankenstein to write him a treatise on how to win at video games (he still loses). Nonetheless, he's the most powerful and feared being in this world for a very good reason.
40	* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:His power.]]
41	* ChickMagnet: He has [[UnwantedHarem a legion of fangirls]] at school. Unfortunately for them, he's so...[[CloudCuckooLander out of it]] and unapproachable.
42	%%* CloudCuckoolander
43	* ComesGreatResponsibility: As his title may have implied, he operates firmly under the ''noblesse oblige'' principle: Those with power must protect the weak. Some of the traitor clan leaders defected precisely because they didn't agree with this view.
44	%%* TheComicallySerious
45	* CompellingVoice: Like all nobles, he can control people with his voice, but he's one of the very few with enough power to compell his fellow nobles and creatures on similar power level.
46	* CurbStompBattle: The only reason why a battle that involves him takes longer than it ''should'' is normally because he's using it as an opportunity to make it a tutorial for his underlings on how to utilize their power.
47	* DissonantSerenity: Whenever there's a fight, he's usually the calmest man on the scene, mostly because usually, he's vastly superior to whoever is trying to threaten him.
48	* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:As the Noblesse, he is feared by even the clan leaders, not only because he is very powerful, but also because he has the authority to execute them if he finds them guilty. He is so feared that when news break that he is still alive, the Union flies into panic.]]
49	* {{Expy}}: Of either (or both) [[Manga/BlackButler Sebastian]] or [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya]].
50	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Shinwoo seems to think he's pretty hot.
51	* EyeScream: ''And how.'' [[spoiler:When he finds Ignes Kravei's lab in chapter 307 and asks her if it all was her doing, she made the mistake of trying to say his name. In what is possibly the ''scariest'' moment in the series so far, Raizel ''makes her eyes BLEED OUT OF HER HEAD'' as punishment for the things she's done.]]
52	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: After waking up from his eight-hundred-year-long slumber, he at first has some troubles adjusting (though being able to read minds helps). For example, when he goes with Frankie and M-21 to the Union research lab, he spends several minutes walking back and forth through the automatic door, seemingly in amazement.
53	* FrozenFashionSense: {{Subverted}}. Rai goes from a formal/fancy black suit to a white school uniform right after he steps outside, in order to blend in...sorta.
54	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: His stated mission is to protect humans from his fellow nobles, though he quickly extends it to "weaker beings" and "overpowered beings".
55	* TheHero: A ''really'' unusual one.
56	* {{Hikikomori}}: In the past. He only left his mansion when summoned by the Lord, which happened very infrequently.
57	* KingIncognito: Pretty much the definition of Rai. [[spoiler: His title, the Noblesse, signifies him as the Noble race's avatar of Strength, but it requires him to work in secret; none of the newly-promoted clan leaders even know who he is. He's sort of like a secret Assassin King that erases all of the Noble race's problems. Even more, in the past he regularly mind-wiped ''clan leaders'' who paid him a visit for chit-chat.]] It can get pretty humorous when every single villain chooses to ignore or overlook him in favor of weaker characters. And the ones who eventually realize how powerful he is [[CurbStompBattle tend not to live very long]].
58	* LimitedWardrobe: His wardrobe consists of only school uniforms, and he ''still'' takes ages to choose what he wants to wear!
59	* MagneticHero: Makes sense, considering how freaking good looking and [[NighInvulnerable amazingly strong]] he is. Who ''wouldn't'' want to be his friend?
60	* MoralityPet: To Frankenstein, as it's implied that he was the main catalyst of Frankie's turn away from MadScientist.
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62	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Every single mundane task.
63	* NighInvulnerable: It doesn't matter whether you can punch out walls, buildings, or even [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]]; he will casually block your punch.
64	* NoSenseOfDirection: PlayedForLaughs pretty often.
65	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: [[spoiler: Turns out using his power is harmful to him; recently, he almost always gets BloodFromTheMouth every time he uses his power.]]
66	* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Edian's death spurs Raizel to showing him at his angriest yet.]]
67	* OddFriendship: He was a good friend of [[spoiler:the previous werewolf lord, Muzaka, before the friendship went sour.]]
68	* OhCrap: Induces this reaction from EVERYONE -- especially enemies right before they die.
69	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
70	** When he drops his cup of tea, Frankenstein is (understandably) shocked.
71	** The previous Lord even said that for Rai to actually leave his mansion is serious business.
72	* OurVampiresAreDifferent
73	* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:Starting from his fight with Zarga and Urokai at once, he sports this.]]
74	* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:His earring.]]
75	* PrettyBoy: Slim, young-looking and very attractive. In-universe as well - when he shows up to watch Suyi's photoshoot, the staff immediately wants to know who his agent is.
76	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He looks like a teenager or maybe a young adult physically but chronologically, he's over 2000 years old.
77	* RedEyesTakeWarning: And yet [[GenreBlindness no one seems to think that he's anyone dangerous or important]].
78	* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Seems to have embraced this trope completely.
79	* ShipTease:
80	** [[spoiler:Multiple times with Raskreia/Lascrea in Chapter 336]]
81	** [[spoiler:The [[ShipperOnDeck previous Lord]] was shipping them even before the above-mentioned ship tease]]
82	* ShirtlessScene: The anime includes a scene of him in a clear glass tube wearing only a pair of black boxer briefs. His physique is particularly shredded and ripped.
83	* ShowyInvincibleHero: Early on, before the PowerCreep sets in, the moment he shows up at the scene of battle, the only thing left to do is to sit and watch the fireworks.
84	* SignatureMove: Rai keeps to a strict schedule of sitting around and drinking tea for 95% of his day. He is never seen without his tea cup in his hand, quietly listening to everything that is happening... until he has something to say. Then there is the signature click of his tea cup hitting the saucer, and Words of Wisdom from The Ages flow forth from his mouth. He also likes to look out of a window, a habit he's had for as long as he has lived.
85	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Appears cold from everyone's perspective but at some times he does show concern and care towards people that he had associated with.
86	* SummonMagic: [[spoiler:When in his winged mode, he can call a blood eagle to finish off his target.]]
87	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Taller than most (though shorter than Frankenstein), dark-haired, dark-eyed and melancholic, and attractive enough to pass for an actor.
88	* TastesLikeFriendship: Shinwoo bought ramen for Rai and Ikhan. This cemented Rai's friendship with Shinwoo.
89	* TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler:Happens twice, both in his winged mode. And this is because he's sad that he has to execute the traitor clan leaders.]]
90	* TheQuietOne: He has as much lines as minor, throwaway villains, despite being the protagonist. Frank almost becomes VoiceForTheVoiceless because of this.
91	* TheStoic: He's the very ''definition'' of it.
92	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ramen
93	* TranquilFury:
94	** Particularly noticeable in chapter 307 [[spoiler:when confronting Ignes]]. He asks one question, then pops his PowerLimiter off and summons up his Blood Field--which he normally only does as a ''last resort'' against powerful enemies.
95	--> '''Rai:''' Did you do this?
96	** In fact, almost any time Rai asks "Did you do this to (fill in person's name here)?", someone's probably about to get ''wrecked''.
97	* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Muzaka.]]
98	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: For the longest time, Rai had trouble with opening Frankenstein's apartment door. (In fact, during the big battle of a story arc, it repeatedly cut to him trying to open the door with no success and ended with him breaking Frankenstein's window. [[spoiler: He still didn't manage to get out.]]) He has since conquered this. Unfortunately, he now has to confront automatic doors...
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103	!!Frankenstein
104	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/SeanChiplock (English) [[labelnote:'''Other languages''']] Gi-Hyung Kim (Korean), Benjamin Gasquet (French), Idzi Dutkiewicz (Latin American Spanish), Marcus Just (German), Peterson Adriano (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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108	The deuteragonist of the series, and Rai's devoted servant. [[spoiler:In the past, Rai took Frankenstein in to be the butler of his Lukedonia mansion after discovering that Frankenstein was using his house as a hiding spot during a battle against the Nobles]].
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110	Currently, Frankenstein is the founder, and principal, of Ye Ran High School, which he built in the hopes that Rai would be able to live a normal life. [[spoiler:Frankenstein later becomes the leader of the Raizel Knights]].
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113	* AgentPeacock: The previous lord even {{lampshade}}s this.
114	* AxCrazy: Whenever the fighting gets serious, he gets more than a little unhinged, to the point where his ''allies'' are too scared to assist him, for fear he'll attack them for it. He also enjoys fighting for the hell of it and calls the ArtifactOfDoom he uses as a weapon his "lover".
115	* BadassBookworm: A genius scientist...and also one hell of a fighter.
116	* BattleButler: Being a head teacher isn't his main occupation. Looking after Rai in all the ways he can is. Including tea service and swatting gnats.
117	%%* BeamSpam
118	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Polite and mild-mannered high school headmaster on one hand, AxCrazy MadScientist when no {{Muggle}}s are around.
119	* BodyguardingABadass: On paper, Rai really shouldn't need any help in a fight, so Frank seems a touch relegated to a warm-up boss role before the real show-stopper enters the stage. [[spoiler: Given that Rai's awesome powers are basically CastFromLifespan, it turns out Frank is playing a rather vital role keeping his boss alive by whittling their opponents down whenever he can.]]
120	* CastingAShadow: His attacks and signature weapon Dark Spear are pitch black, and their origins [[EvilWeapon aren't pleasant]].
121	%%* ChickMagnet
122	* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Once his seal is released.]]
123	* DarkIsNotEvil: One of the good guys, despite dark motifs and an EvilWeapon he uses.
124	* EvilWeapon: Apparently a counterpart to [[{{EmpathicWeapon}} soul weapons]], Frank can summon the Dark Spear, which provides a similar measure of power to a soul weapon -- but has a noticeably darker aura...and tries to ''eat him alive.''
125	** When Frank and Dark Spear are (rarely) in full agreement about working together in a fight... run. It won't do you any good, but, if you've managed to annoy it/them as much as him, you're toastier than normal toast.
126	* FangsAreEvil: When Rai gave him permission to [[spoiler: release his seal when he encountered the Kertia noble.]]
127	* TheGadfly: He has a habit of deliberately mocking his opponents during battle. Seira initially assumes that he is [[IShallTauntYou deliberately provoking them into making mistakes]], Rai explains that's not true, he just really likes annoying people.
128	* HumansAreSpecial: Revealed in chapter 190. He was explicitly acknowledged by the previous Lord because [[spoiler: he had power rivalling that of a clan leader's DESPITE being human]]. This kind of potential is implied to be something that Nobles lack.
129	* IShallTauntYou: Don't expect any verbal courtesy from him when fighting him.
130	* ItAmusedMe: Once he lets himself get 'kidnapped' by Yuri and meets Dr. Arith who is looking for experiment subject. Frankenstein quickly shows Arith just how far below him she is.
131	* TheLancer: To Rai.
132	* MadScientist: InvokedTrope by both him and [[spoiler:The Union. The Union & Lagus Tradio painted him as this in the stories they spread to turn humans and nobles against him,]] and he realized that acting this way had its advantages since [[spoiler:they wouldn't use hostages against him if they thought he didn't care about human lives.]]
133	%%* MrFanservice
134	* NeatFreak: Very few things annoy Frank more than someone messing up his meticulously clean mansion; something Shinwoo & co. are often unwittingly guilty of. HilarityEnsues.
135	* OhCrap: In contrast to Rai, he induces this to the enemies before fighting them.
136	* OjouRinglets: He used to have them until ArtEvolution took place.
137	* PapaWolf: As seen in episode 359 when [[spoiler: he nearly attacks Muzaka after he finds several members of his household (who he calls "his kids") unconscious and injured in front of him. He is barely stopped by Raizel, who confirms it was not Muzaka's doing.]]
138	* PetTheDog: When he allows M-21, Tao and Takeo to stay in his house after their {{Heel Face Turn}}s.
139	* PowerLimiter: Apparently imposed by Rai, though he can release it himself.
140	* PowerNullifier: Apparently Frank's attack has this effect on the Agents' HealingFactor.
141	* ProfessorGuineaPig: [[spoiler: Instead of using humans to advance his research, Frankenstein claims that he experimented on himself]].
142	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Due to his contract with Rai and being a modified human]] he is likely 1000 years old, if not older.
143	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the principal of his school.
144	* ScrewYouElves: When he arrives on Lukedonia, he's absolutely furious with nobles for their holier-than-thou attitude. He mellows out a little during his time with Rai, but still doesn't care much for them, seeing nothing wrong with putting family leaders to domestic tasks (although he does care about them like family).
145	* SlasherSmile: When he really lets loose.
146	%%* SociopathicHero
147	* SpamAttack: One his favorite tactics is to summon ''dozens'' of huge dark needles above him which he then sends down on his enemies all at once.
148	* SubordinateExcuse: Frankenstein is a wealthy high school principal, whom after 800 years of being his own man, immediately reappoints himself as butler, caretaker & bodyguard of the Noblesse, whom he was looking for the entire time.
149	%%* SuperpoweredEvilSide
150	* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Rai.
151	* YouAreNumberSix[=/=]MyHeroZero: Of the Raizel Knights. Tao gave him the honorary number zero.
152	* YourSoulIsMine: His Dark Spear feeds on souls and becomes stronger with each soul taken, it is constantly trying to devour his soul, and it often demands Frankenstein to feed the enemies to it.
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