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4This is a list of ''{{VideoGame/Puyo Puyo}}'' characters that were created by Compile and, while not being as prevalent as the main characters, appear in a large number of entries or are otherwise more notable than the rest of the cast.
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8[[folder:Doppelganger Arle]]
9!! Doppelganger Arle / [[spoiler:(Pierrot)]]
10[[quoteright:315: https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doppelgangerarleex.png]]
11[[caption-width-right:315:[[labelnote:Pierrot]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img102903_l_4.png[[/labelnote]]]]
12--> '''Character Color''': [[red:Red]]
13-->'''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari I''
14-->'''Voiced by:''' Reiko Kurusu (''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3''), Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (''Madou Monogatari I: Honoo no Sotsuenji''), Mami Inoue (''Madou Monogatari I'' Mega Drive), Minako Ozawa (''Madou Monogatari: The Final Test''), Creator/EmiMotoi (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Creator/MieSonozaki (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'')[[note]]If those voice actresses sound familiar, it's because they all provide Arle's voice for those same games...[[/note]]
15--> ''So, you think you can win? If I am victorious...you will do what I say!''
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17Doppelganger Arle is… [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well]]… a {{Doppelganger}}. Specifically, she's the doppelganger of series protagonist Arle Nadja. While Doppelganger Arle was a {{Mook}} in the early ''Madou Monogatari'' games, and a prominent character in ''Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux'' and the Mega Drive ''Madou Monogatari I'', the most notable Doppelganger Arle appears as a major figure in ''Puyo Puyo~n'', [[spoiler:attempting to become the one true Arle at our heroine's expense]].
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20* AscendedExtra: An extreme example. Doppelganger Arle started as a early (albeit hard-hitting) random encounter in ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'' before being reimagined as a major antagonist in multiple games.
21* BackstoryHorror: Doppel is introduced in ''Yo~n'' when Dark Prince opens a box hidden in the archives of his personal library, where he finds her unsuccessfully attempting to enter the Madou world.
22* BarrierWarrior: Uses a more powerful version of Arle's Barrier super attack in console ''Yo~n'' and ''Box''.
23* TheBusCameBack: Aside from returning in ''Quest'' (with actual Manzais dedicated to her), she also appears in ''Drama CD #5'' as an [[spoiler: inhabitant of a parallel dimension adjacent to Primp Town, which Ecolo accidentally takes Arle and Ringo to.]] While she recognizes Arle immediately (and can thus be assumed to be be the same Doppelganger as in ''Y~on''), Arle and Carbuncle are shocked by the encounter and still can't make sense of it by the end of the story.
24* TheCameo: [[spoiler:She makes an appearance in the Puyo Puyo Drama CD 5. She took Arle's role in an alternate Primp Ecolo accidentally took the protagonists to.]]
25* CanonForeigner:
26** A specific version named 'Warle' appears in the Mega Drive version, with that version being a purple-armored troublemaker who's basically Arle's VideoGame/{{Wario}}[[labelnote:*]]The name takes Arle's name and mixes it with Warui, which means bad in Japanese[[/labelnote]].
27** A different Doppelganger Arle appeared in ''Madou Monogatari: The Final Test'' and was implied to be [[spoiler:the remains of Lilith, Dark Prince's wife]].
28* CessationOfExistence: Following the final battle between her and Arle in ''Yo~n'', she fades away due to a rule in Dark Prince's world wherein two versions of the same unique person cannot exist at once... [[DisneyDeath until she turns up alive in a]] [[CloseEnoughTimeline parallel version of the current setting.]]
29* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Did this to Dark Prince in ''Yo~n''.]]
30* DemotedToExtra: Downplayed in ''Box'': she appears as one of the final opponents in the 20-man and 30-man Scramble Mode courses, but slots in between Schezo and Rulue [[spoiler:despite being the final boss of ''Arle no Roux'' and ''Yo~n'']]. It's especially interesting in the 30-man course, where [[spoiler:everyone at the end except Masked Prince uses ''Yo~n'' rule]].
31* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Originally looked identical to Arle and used identical spells, but became more distinct when the Mega Drive version would later change the color of her clothes from Arle's blue to her familiar amaranth color. ''Yo~n'' would go on to introduce what can be best described as the "definitive Doppelganger Arle", with an edgier look and evil personality [[spoiler:as the final boss]]. ''Yo~n'' and many games after would not only give her different spells, such as Chaos, Abyss, and Ragnarok. but would also give her a different vocal direction, as opposed to recycling Arle's voice clips. She disappeared, leaving behind a number of Expies such as Possessed Klug and Dark Arle, until [[TheBusCameBack returning]] in ''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'', where instead of copying Arle's current design, she's closer to her ''Yo~n'' appearance.
32* DramaticUnmask: How she reveals herself in ''Yo~n'' and ''Puyo Quest''. The clown costume, however, is rendered down into shreds, and ''Quest''[='=]s version has the shredded costume swirling around her.
33* {{Doppelganger}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in her name]], though later games turn her into an openly EvilDoppelganger.
34* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:She wants to take Arle's place in the current reality, and turns against Dark Prince in order to challenge Arle for the right to exist.]]
35* EvilCounterpart: To Arle.
36* EvilSoundsDeep: Every appearance gives her a noticeably lower voice then Arle.
37* FountainOfExpies: The first EvilCounterpart in the franchise, though out of Compile's interpretation of this character type, it's mainly Doppelganger Schezo who is comparable, initially debuting as a mook in ''ARS'' and as a individual character (and main antagonist) in ''Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon''. SEGA would follow up with Possessed Klug[[note]]The red EvilCounterpart to a blue protagonist (Sig)[[/note]], Dark Arle[[note]]An obvious homage to Doppel, right down to being a GigglingVillain and having a similar sounding {{Leitmotif}}[[/note]], and Rafisol[[note]]EvilCounterpart whose presence in the game is a big twist and also serves as a major KnightOfCerebus[[/note]], who all take after Doppel in their own ways.
38* FromNobodyToNightmare: She possessed Dark Prince for an extensive period of time, with no one but Rulue being any the wiser (and even she wasn't able to fully determine the ''cause'' of Dark Prince's odd behavior), and Dark Prince himself had virtually ''no'' memory of his actions in the timeframe between Doppel's ambush on him in the beginning of ''Yo~n''[='=]s story and Arle freeing him near the end of said game's story. Mind you that Ecolo pulls a similar stunt, possessing Dark Prince in ''20th'', and even then, Dark Prince admitted to having some level of awareness of his actions.
39* GigglingVillain: ''Very'' prominent in her in-game voice overs. She even laughs when she's defeated!
40* GoodColorsEvilColors: Turns Arle's Heroic Blue to a Blood Red.
41* KnightOfCerebus:
42** Arguably an attempt at this in ''Yo~n''. While most end bosses in the series tend to fit the comedic tone of each game, Doppelganger Arle's [[DarkerAndEdgier appearance and theme]] towards the end of the fourth game is much more serious and somber compared to the rest of game. Her motivations [[spoiler:(wanting to kill Arle out of [[WomanScorned pure rage]])]] and actions [[spoiler:([[PeoplePuppets using]] [[ManBehindTheMan Dark Prince's power]] to capture Carbuncle and lure Arle into a trap)]] were also taken more seriously as a result, being a stark contrast from what's a rather light-hearted series for much of its existence.
43** There's also the fact that during the entire duration of being possessed, Dark Prince had virtually ''no'' memory of his actions following Doppel's ambush on him. It should be noted that Ecolo pulls a similar stunt in ''20th'', yet Dark Prince admitted to having ''some'' level of control over his own actions.
44* LateArrivalSpoiler: ''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'' spoils the reveal that [[spoiler:Pierrot]] and Doppelganger Arle are the same person.
45* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:The one behind Dark Prince in ''Yo~n''.]]
46* MysteriousWatcher: If ''Quest'' is of any indication, Doppelganger Arle is implied to have been spying on Arle and her (SEGA-era) friends for quite some time, to the point of having some semblance as to the identities of said friends, not to mention their likes and hobbies. However, this gets a bit [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when it's implied that she hasn't fully discerned just who is who, as seen when she tries to gift Amitie (who initially confuses her for the real Arle, but later has suspicions to the contrary) with a stag beetle. It should be noted that ''Sig'' is the [[FriendToBugs bug lover]], ''not'' Amitie.
47** Implied by her appearance in Drama CD 5 to be since she's from a CloseEnoughTimeline, which is slightly different in unknown ways.
48* NighInvulnerable: She's survived implied CessationOfExistence '''''twice''''', and can't be defeated in a regular Puyo match at her best.
49* OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow: She apparently [[CessationOfExistence ceases to exist]] because of the Madou world's rule that only one unique version of a person can exist at a time in said world. Subverted in ''Drama CD #5'', where it's revealed that she managed to survive even that and currently lives in a duplicate dimension that exists hidden from the residents of the Madou World and Primp Town.
50* PaletteSwap: Depending on the game. Subverted in ''Box''; unlike other Evil Counterparts, Doppelganger Arle's portrait is entirely different from her base character's. Having said that, she has both traditional and ''Yo~n'' portraits, which play the trope straight.
51* PunnyName: Warle, the boss Doppelganger Arle from the Mega Drive version ''Madou Monogatari I'', has her name derived from "Warui", the Japanese term for bad, and... well, Arle. It's even more notable when pronounced in Japanese, as "Waruru."
52* RedEyesTakeWarning: Arle has brown eyes. If you see Arle with red or purple eyes… It's ''not'' Arle.
53* {{Reincarnation}}: ** The Doppelganger Arle in ''The Final Test'' is the remains of Lilith, [[spoiler:Dark Prince's wife. Arle herself is implied to be a reincarnation of her]].
54* RocketTagGameplay: The easiest way to defeat a Doppelganger Arle in ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'' is to keep using Diacute (which Doppelganger Arle will mimic) until Arle can defeat her in a single magic attack. Of course, you're done for if Arle whiffs on that attack.
55* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Well, more like Sealed Evil in a Box, and she herself isn't exactly EVIL as much as she is bitter and a tad... insane. That said, trying to kill somebody to prove your existence isn't exactly a good guy thing.]]
56* SNKBoss: In ''Yo~n''. [[spoiler:Her match has a gimmick where the player is tasked with digging through nuisance in order to get the Point Puyo on the bottom and dump a ludicrous amount of garbage at Doppelganger Arle before she does the same to you. However, she exploits this by having a blatantly overpowered form of Arle's Barrier by protecting her from Nuisance Puyo falling onto her field for 30 seconds to prevent garbage from disrupting her digging, and already having her Super Attack accessible at the start of the match. Also, since she can't be hindered by garbage slowing her down, she can quickly charge up '''another''' Super Attack and repeat the process. To add insult to injury, Arle ''can't do the same'' in this match.]]
57* VillainousBreakdown: Once she is defeated, [[spoiler:she freaks out over being unable to beat Arle, screaming that she is the real Arle before apparently fading away into nothing]].
58* VillainousHarlequin: [[spoiler:As Pierrot.]]
59* VisualPun: [[spoiler:Pierrot is a H'''arle'''quin.]]
60* WarmUpBoss: [[spoiler:In ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n'', as Pierrot, she is the first opponent in the game's story mode. This is also marks the first time Skeleton-T is NOT the first opponent/cannot be selected as a possible first opponent (like in ''Tsu'').]]
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63[[folder:Harpy]]
64!! Harpy
65[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_img_harpy.png]]
66%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
67--> '''Character Color''': [[green:Green]]
68--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari III''
69--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/WakanaYamazaki (''Puyo Puyo CD''), RIU (''Puyo Puyo SUN'', Discstation Shorts, ''Madou Monogatari: The Final Test'', ''Madou Monogatari Saturn''), Creator/SatomiKoorogi (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Creator/RisaTaneda (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'' onwards), Creator/WendeeLee (''Puyo Puyo Champions'', English)
70--> ''What? You'd like to hear me sing? Gladly! Okay! [[DreadfulMusician Get ready to be moved to tears!]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Here I go!]]''
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72A pink-haired harpy [[NonIndicativeName (apparently)]]. Though she acts rather innocent, she is infamous for her really abysmal singing. So abysmal, in fact, she's capable of ''weaponizing'' it when needed. Despite this, she's seemingly oblivious to her tone deafness, and loves to sing blissfully to herself or others.
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74* AdaptationalUgliness: In the PC-98 version, to go with the DarkerAndEdgier nature of the port, she is portrayed as an actual harpy rather than an angel that she is normally depicted in the other series.
75* AllThereInTheManual: The instruction booklet to the Mega Drive version of the first arcade game claims that her name is actually "Yoko Tamura." This is never referenced in the games themselves. Though for what it's worth, ''All About Puyo Puyo'' has a laugh at this particular factoid, which suggests that the manual's LemonyNarrator is [[UnreliableNarrator just having fun at our expense]].
76* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The N-Gage ''Puyo Pop'' uses Harpy's sprite twice and passes them off as sisters.
77* AngelicBeauty: Not actually an angel, though she looks the part and is quite cute.
78* AscendedExtra: After vanishing from the series since the ''Fever'' reboot (with the exception of a cameo in ''7''), [[TheBusCameBack she returned]] in ''Chronicle'', but only as a Skill Battle-exclusive character. The two games that followed, ''Champions'' and ''Tetris 2'', instead feature her as a fully playable character.
79* {{Bowdlerization}}: The English arcade game strips her of all of her angelic qualities and renames her "Dark Elf" for good measure.[[note]]The "Dark" part comes from a [[http://i.imgur.com/N5qteYt.png palette-swapped]] dress.[[/note]] These changes don't carry over into ''Puzlow Kids'', much less anything afterwards.
80* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Brainwashed by a Yog in ''Saturn'', causing her to [[LoudOfWar sing constantly]] before she is defeated.
81* TheCameo: Alongside Witch in ''7''.
82* CatchPhrase: Sings a solfège with the lyrics: "Ha-ra hire ho-re ha-re."
83* CuteButCacophonic: Perhaps not to the level of [[MakeMeWannaShout The]] [[OurBansheesAreLouder Banshee]] [[TheDividual Trio]], let alone [[PlantPerson Mandrake]], but her songs are still an unpleasant surprise to anyone who happens to hear them.
84* CuteMonsterGirl: Once you get past the off-key notes. The sole exception is the DarkerAndEdgier [=PC98=] port of ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'', where she resembles a traditional harpy.
85* DependingOnTheArtist: Her hair color switched between pink and light orange in early Madou and Puyo games, possibly due to color palette limitations. She eventually settled with having pink hair by the time ''SUN'' was released, until ''7'' changed her hair to more of a magenta.
86* DreadfulMusician: The exact source of annoyance (tone-deafness, constant singing, or noisiness) varies from game to game. See also MusicalAssassin below. Her alternate voice in ''Tetris 2'' plays around this by actually singing on-key but is still rather noisy regardless.
87* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: A minor example, but in the first iteration of ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'' on the MSX, she had talons instead of normal human feet like she would have in future games.
88* FeatherFlechettes: "Feather Shot", her sole physical attack in ''Madou Saturn'', shoots several feathers at one enemy.
89* GiftedlyBad: Shown when she teaches Serilly how to sing "correctly". Nobody within earshot was spared.
90* GuestStarPartyMember: In ''Madou Monogatari Saturn'' after Suketoudara, until the boss fight against Incubus.
91* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Well, singing on about them in her case.
92* LuckBasedMission: AI Harpy starts each match by lining the left and right walls with Puyo in hopes of creating surprise chains. Though not as crazy as Suketoudara's stacking method, it is nowhere near as effective as Nohoho's.
93** Her console ''Yo~n'' and ''Box'' powers turn her Nuisance Puyo into random colors.
94* MagicMusic: Most of her spells in ''Madou Saturn'' is songs that does the magic for her. She has songs that heal her allies, cleanse status ailments, puts enemies to sleep, or even hurts enemies.
95* MusicalAssassin: Her spell theme consists of her singing. Her skill in ''Puyo Quest'' causes a power reduction on blue-colored cards, while Songstress Harpy's skill, Shivering Chant, outright does direct damage. As a party member in ''Madou Monogatari Saturn'', she has two spells that weaponizes her singing: Grand Song, her LimitBreak, and Shock Voice, which stuns enemies.
96* NonIndicativeName:
97** Despite her name referencing the mythical harpy, her appearance and mannerisms is more comparable to an angel. The sole aversion is in the [=PC98=] version of ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'', where it's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
98** In the Arcade English ''Puyo Puyo 1'', not only does she look nothing like a "Dark Elf," you face an ''actual'' elf two stages later.
99* ShipTease: There exists [[https://imgur.com/a/rkGLJCk official art]] of her and Draco holding each other. What's interesting about this is that this specific pairing has never been seen anywhere else.
100* VocalRangeExceeded: ''Quite'' easily, since she doesn't have any vocal range to speak of.
101* WakeUpCallBoss: In the first game, her stage features the first major [[DifficultyByAcceleration drop speed increase]].
102* WingedHumanoid: Take the wings away, and she'd be totally indistinguishable from a human.
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105[[folder:Incubus]]
106!! Incubus
107[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img502907_l.png]]
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109--> '''Character Color''': [[purple:Purple]]
110--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari III''
111--> '''Voiced by:''' Tachibana Tasogare (''Puyo Puyo SUN'' arcade/Saturn), Kotatsu (''Puyo Puyo SUN'' N64/PSX/PC, ''Madou Monogatari Saturn''), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Hisayoshi Suganuma (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'')
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113-->''[[GratuitousEnglish Hi, honey.]]''
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115A womanizing demon who seemingly wants to romanticize with any girl he meets, Arle being the most common target. Though he tries to keep up a suave persona, for multiple reasons his approaches fail to impress.
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117* AdaptationDyeJob: Similar to his DistaffCounterpart Succubus (though nowhere near as extreme of a change), he's had his hair dyed green (''Madou Monogatari ARS'') and lavender (''Puyo Puyo~n'').
118* AdaptationalSexuality: While he's clearly into women, supplementary material for ''Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon'' reveals he has a similar infatuation for Schezo.
119* BigOMG: His defeat quote, in complete English.
120* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Brainwashed by a Yog in ''Madou Monogatari Saturn'', which causes him to kidnap women.
121* BreakoutMookCharacter: Compared to his DistaffCounterpart Succubus, Incubus has been a far more prominent character, appearing in almost every game to date prior to Sega's buyout of the ''Puyo Puyo'' franchise.
122* {{Bowdlerization}}: Said defeat quote above got DummiedOut of the English version of ''Minna''.
123* TheCameo: In ''Puyo Puyo~n''. He was one of five characters who wasn't playable, but could be battled in Mission Mode.
124** PromotedToPlayable: In ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n''.
125* CasanovaWannabe: He tries, really, but his approaches always backfire in some way.
126* CoolMask: As Masked Incubus, for a masquerade.
127* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He actually might be this, as seen in ''Saturn Madou''. For a guy who isn't exactly renowned for his battle prowess, [[OffscreenMomentofAwesome the fact that he somehow managed to detain BOTH]] [[RapidFireFisticuffs Draco]] [[KickChick Centauros]] and [[BlackMagicianGirl Witch]] really says a lot about what this guy might be capable of when he gets serious. Granted, he WAS being possessed by a Yog at the time, so this may have been more a case of PowersViaPossession...
128* DistractedByTheSexy: Surprisingly, despite his abysmal track record, he is able to invoke this on Arle in the Game Gear version of ''Madou Monogatari 3''. Distracting her from battle for a whole turn, until she snaps out of it.
129* DoesNotLikeMen: Gender inverted; he is a man who hates other men. In ''Tower of the Magician'', he's quite annoyed that he came across Schezo instead of Witch, and the two fight after Incubus is uncooperative.
130* EntitledToHaveYou: In ''Tower of the Magician'', he thinks Witch will be obligated to date him if he helps her with her magical exam and gifts her Tenori Zoh. It doesn't go as he plans, mostly because he never meets Witch; Schezo encounters him first and Incubus fights him, thinking he's a rival for Witch's attention.
131* GratuitousEnglish: One of his defining traits.
132* HiddenDepths: Serilly's Happy Birthday reveals that he has a part-time job as a dance instructor.
133* IdenticalTwins: Incubus states in ''Saturn Tsu'' that Arle simply met his twin brother in the aforementioned game's Practice Mode.
134* {{Narcissist}}: He'll ''kill'' anyone who sees him without his makeup on!
135* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Among the longest of the men, his hair rivals Satan in length.
136* SomethingAboutARose: He's rarely seen without one.
137* PrecisionFStrike: The cutscene between him and Arle in ''SUN'' results in Incubus dropping, in a thick Japanese accent, "Oh, shit!".
138* SpearCounterpart: Not so much in the early games, but ''Puyo Puyo Quest'' advertised him alongside fellow SuccubiAndIncubi. Also, where Succubus tries to seduce Schezo, Incubus tries to seduce Arle. There's also the fact that where [[FoeRomanceSubtext Succubus' attraction towards Schezo is implied to be a mutual feeling as he has admitted to finding her quite beautiful]], Incubus' attraction towards Arle is virtually one-sided on his part.
139* SuccubiAndIncubi: Gee, [[SarcasmMode we do wonder why]] that's his name! Not that any sex is mentioned, though.
140* TheRival: He considers himself this to [[DistaffCounterpart Succubus]]. He considers Schezo one in ''Tower of the Magician'' but [[UnknownRival the rivalry is entirely one-sided.]]
141* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Is on the receiving end of this in ''Puyo Quest'', after he hits on a purple-clothed warlock named Sullivan. Said warlock looks like [[http://i.imgur.com/IJwmIYN.png this.]]
142* WeakenedByTheLight: He could not accompany the party in ''Saturn Madou'' because of this. However, it's implied that it might not have been that he was weakened by light, as much as it was that his makeup was running, and he didn't want to ruin his good looks.
143* YourMakeupIsRunning: The cause of the above F-Strike.
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146[[folder:Kikimora]]
147!! Kikimora
148[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img102407_l.png]]
149%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
150--> '''Character Color''': [[red:Red]]
151--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari: Strange Story''
152--> '''Voiced by:''' Sakanaya-san (''Puyo Puyo SUN'', Discstation Short), Yumi Hikita (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Akane Fujikawa (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'')
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154-->''Right after I clean it up so carefully, you come along and cover it with footprints!''
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156Kikimora is a (very loose) interpretation of the Slavic spirit of the same name. She's a maid who is utterly obsessed with making things clean, so much so that merely stepping on an area near her can drive her furious. Despite this she is surprisingly wise, occasionally helping out Arle with useful advice.
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158* BerserkButton: In ''SUN'', Arle learned the hard way what happens when you step all over an area she had just cleaned up. In ''Yo~n'', Arle yet again comes to realize what happens if you refer to her as an old lady.
159* BlushSticker: In her SEGA-era redesign.
160* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By a Yog in ''Saturn'', causing her to think of all people as trash she needed to personally dispose of.
161* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Kikimora's Clean Up'' from the [=PC98=] incarnation of Disc Station.
162* EvilTwin: Has one named "Black Kikimora." While Black Kikimora turns the opponent's unmatched Puyo into Nuisance, standard Kikimora cleans hers off her field.
163* IdiotHair: That single bang she has didn't stand completely up back then, though.
164* ImprobableWeapon: Uses a mop to attack her foes.
165* InformedSpecies: You would be forgiven if you assumed she was InNameOnly, but she's a ''very'' loose interpretation of the traditional kikimora. She embodies the housework-assisting nature of the spirit, but that's about it.
166* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Despite Arle accusing Kikimora of being a "stingy old cleaning lady", Kikimora only heard "Old lady" in her insult, which truly set her off.
167* MaamShock: Not exactly the brightest idea to call Kikimora "a stingy old cleaning lady", Arle. For the record, Kikimora only heard "Old lady" in her insult.
168* {{Meido}}: Dresses like a stereotypical maid.
169* MsExposition: She appears in the Information building in ''Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon'', explaining how various parts of the game work. As mentioned below she also explains new mechanics to Arle in the ''GBA Puyo Pop''.
170* MundaneUtility: Wanted to use Witch's magic broom to clean the beach in a Disc Station short. Witch was not amused.
171* NeatFreak: In this girl's mind, cleanliness is VERY SeriousBusiness. Poor Arle found out the hard way in ''SUN'' when she steps across a patch of cobblestone Kikimora had just cleaned up. Kikimora proceeds to give her a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown over it.
172** This is referenced in her ''Yo~n'' Super Attack, which erases all garbage (Nuisance Puyo) from her side of the field.
173* OlderThanTheyLook: Although she looks like a teenager, it's implied she's actually much older, since her age is never specified and Arle refers to her as an "old lady" as mentioned above.
174* TrainingBoss: Her story segments in the GBA ''Puyo Pop'' are all about getting used to various types of Puyo. By the end, Arle flat-out asks for the new rules immediately upon seeing Kikimora.
175* WakeUpCallBoss: Because of her Super Attack in ''Yo~n'', she can give players who can't grasp chaining Puyo a lot of problems because her Nuisance Puyo won't stay for too long. One would have to bombard her with a large enough chain that sends more than she could clean up.
176* WipeTheFloorWithYou: Does a literal case of the "mop the floor with you" idiom to Arle in ''SUN'', as payback for dirtying some cobblestone she just cleaned up.
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178
179[[folder:Minotauros (Minotaur)]]
180!! Minotauros
181[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img402407_l.png]]
182%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
183--> '''Character Color''': [[gold:Yellow]]
184--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari III''
185--> '''Voiced by:''' Kyouji Amako (''Puyo Puyo CD''), Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (''Puyo Puyo CD Tsu''), Murasaki-shu (''Puyo Puyo SUN'', Discstation Shorts), Creator/YuichiNagashima (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Hiromichi Tezuka (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'')
186
187--> ''Mooo! I won't have you badmouthing my Rulue! I shall avenge Rulue's honor by defeating you! Mooo!''
188
189Rulue's personal servant is a giant minotaur with a [[AllLoveIsUnrequited hopeless]] BodyguardCrush. Though he tries to pull off an intimidating personality, in reality he's fairly sensitive and nice. He only acts aggressive for the sake of trying to impress Rulue.
190----
191* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's this to Rulue.
192* TheArtifact: He was originally designed to be a bodyguard for Rulue, hence why he served the role of the FinalBoss in ''Madou Monogatari III'' instead of Rulue. However, when later games showed that Rulue was perfectly capable of holding her own, Minotauros' purpose became less relevant and as a result he was DemotedToExtra. He still stuck around for a while simply because he's heavily associated with Rulue, but not surprisingly, SEGA, starting with ''15th'', didn't bother to bring him back to the major games despite Rulue returning.
193* BattleButler: He's as much Rulue's servant as he is her bodyguard.
194* BerserkButton: Early in ''Minna'', he and Arle have a normal conversation up until the latter accuses Rulue of being selfish. Minotauros' response is the above quote.
195* BodyguardingABadass: Why does Rulue, the Fighting Queen, have a bodyguard that she can easily pummel into submission in five seconds? We'll never know.
196* BodyguardCrush: He's got the hots for his mistress. Unfortunately for him, Rulue only has eyes for the Dark Prince.
197* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Is commonly seen brandishing a battle axe when fighting.
198* TheCameo: In ''Puyo Puyo~n''. He was one of five characters who wasn't playable, but could be battled in Mission Mode.
199** PromotedToPlayable: In ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n''.
200* CatchPhrase: "''Ichigeki!''" ("Strike!") is his voiced catchphrase in the first arcade game, which becomes "Who are you?!" in the English version.
201* DeclarationOfProtection: Subverted in the fact that, despite being in love with Rulue and acting as her bodyguard, Rulue has no romantic interest in Minotauros at all.
202* DemotedToExtra: Minotauros is the final boss of the MSX and [=PC98=] ''Madou Monogatari III'' and was a high-level opponent in the first two games. He is reduced to an NPC in ''Sun'' and ''Yo~n'', and his only appearance after ''Minna'' is in ''Puyo Puyo!! Quest''.
203** PromotedToPlayable: In ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n''.
204* DistractedByTheSexy: In the FMV ''Puyo Puyo Sun'' opening, a particularly-[[{{Fanservice}} Fanservicey]] shot of Rulue causes Minotauros to fan her with a giant leaf so hard that she is tossed out of her beach recliner.
205* ADogNamedDog: A minotaur[[SpellMyNameWithAnS (os)]] named Minotaur[[SpellMyNameWithAnS (os)]].
206* DoggedNiceGuy: He's not winning Rulue's love anytime soon, much to his chagrin.
207* DubNameChange: "Max Minotaur" in the English arcade translation.
208* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'', he was overall less muscular, having a more average height and build. Later games would buff him up to his more familiar appearance.
209* {{Fanboy}}: According to the ''Shin Madou'' light novels, Minotauros runs a Rulue-fanclub in secret, of which he is the president. The other members consisted of Samurai Mole, Incubus, Zoh Daimaoh, Wizard, Sasoriman, Zombie, and supposedly even more...
210* FaceOfAThug: He's a gigantic, muscle bound minotaur and looks every bit as menacing as that would imply but aside from his moments of posturing to win Rulue's favor, he's a big {{Adorkable}} softie.
211* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite his crush on Rulue, he fully supports Rulue's crush on Dark Prince.
212* MightyRoar: Two variations; ''Saturn Madou''[='=]s increases his own attack power, and "Roar of Love" in ''Puyo Quest'' lowers purple cards' attack power.
213* NothingPersonal: He flat-out tells Arle that he doesn't hate her; he's just following orders.
214* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Though he has the barbarian strength and bovine traits, he's a bit more virtuous, being the loyal bodyguard to Rulue.
215* PainToTheAss: When tasked with making a pair of leather boots in a single night, he's forced to harvest the leather from himself, leaving two boot-shaped bald patches on his butt.
216* PowerEchoes: His catchphrases in both the Japanese and English versions of the first arcade game have a notable echo.
217* PunchClockVillain: Despite his antagonistic actions, he only acts evil for the sake of impressing Rulue. Otherwise, he has no issues with casually talking to his "enemies", like Arle.
218* RealMenWearPink: In one of the anime shorts, Minotauros is shown wearing stereotypical pink cleaning attire. The same short also shows he's able to sew boots.
219* ScarfOfAsskicking: His *5, *6, and *7 cards in ''Quest''.
220* SpeciesSurname: As Max Minotaur in the English arcade game.
221* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As with Draco, Sega dropped the "-os" suffix in the international version of ''Minna''. And as with Draco, the fandom promptly [[FanonDiscontinuity ignored Sega's spelling]] in favor of [[FirstInstallmentWins Compile's original romanization]], and even more like Draco, SEGA would relent by ''Champions''.
222* {{Squick}}: He once made Rulue a pair of leather boots out of fur and skin harvested from his ass.
223* SuddenlyVoiced: Inverted, as far as called attacks go, in ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n''. The game recycles voice clips from console ''Yo~n'' and console ''Sun''; since Minotauros wasn't playable in either game, he gets absolutely nothing. ''DA!'' is the first Puyo game to give him voice clips, and thus plays this straight: these voice clips seems to be the basis for his voice in ''Minna''.
224** Played straight in ''Quest''. His card is one of the voice acted ones.
225[[/folder]]
226
227[[folder:Nasu Grave]]
228!! Nasu Grave
229[[quoteright:224:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/00002232_000029_9.png]]
230--> '''Character Color''': [[purple:Purple]]
231--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari I''
232--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoHorikawa (''Puyo Puyo CD''), Makoto Yasumura (''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' onwards)
233
234-->''Naaasu!''
235
236A glasses-wearing eggplant with stubby arms and legs. He is on-edge around humans, who he believes are out to eat him.
237----
238* AuthorAvatar: Based on the founder of the ''Madou Monogatari'' and ''Puyo Puyo'' series, Kazunari Yonemitsu. He wears glasses and hates eggplants.
239* BerserkButton: Don't call him old, or a tomato.
240* BlushSticker: Once SEGA took over, he got these added to him.
241* CatchPhrase: "Otankonasu!" (Translates to either "eggplant with ash" or "potato-head." Either way, it is equivalent to calling someone a fool.) Becomes "Moron!" in the English arcade game, which keeps the insult intact but [[LostInTranslation completely loses the pun]].
242* DubNameChange: Is inexplicably renamed "Blue Ghost" in the English arcade game, despite [[NonIndicativeName not being either of those things]].
243* IsItSomethingYouEat: He thought Primp Town was edible pudding. Considering Primp (プリンプ) has ''very'' close spelling to the Japanese word for pudding (プリン), it's understandable.
244* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMxjr2GJZM "Doesn't Matter Who it is"]].
245* NerdGlasses
246* {{Planimal}}: He's an entirely sapient plant.
247* PlayingWithFire: His main method of attacking.
248** KillItWithFire: In ''Madou Monogatari'', ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own fire attack kills himself]].'' In ''15th'', his "heavy damage" animation depicts him suffering from RumpRoast.
249* PunnyName: Nasu (eggplant) + Musgrave.
250* VerbalTic: Adds "Nasu" to the end of his sentences.
251* WarmupBoss: He served as the Lesson 2 boss of the first ''Puyo Puyo's'' Beginner mode. It's referenced in ''15th''; Arle tells him that he probably can't win the tournament, which he responds to by asserting that he's not as weak as he used to be.
252* WrongfullyAttributed: For a while, it was thought (even in Japanese circles) that Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi voiced Nasu Grave in ''15th Anniversary'' and was replaced by Makoto Yasumura in ''Quest''. It was much later clarified that Yasumura actually voiced him in ''15th'' as well.
253* YouFool: It's in his catchphrase.
254[[/folder]]
255
256[[folder:Nohoho]]
257!! Nohoho
258[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img302307_l.png]]
259%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
260--> '''Character Color''': [[green:Green]]
261--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari II''
262--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/SachikoSugawara (''Puyo Puyo CD TSU''), Kerol (''Puyo Puyo SUN''), Creator/KenichiOgata (''Puyo Puyo~n'')
263
264-->''Regardless, you still have to buy something. Store policy.''
265
266A traveling amphibious merchant. He enjoys curry, despite the fact that he's allergic to it.
267----
268* CatchPhrase: His name doubles as this.
269* DirtyBusiness: It says something that he's shady enough to run a curry smuggling ring, as seen in''Tsu''.
270* TheGambler: Nohoho's overall character can be described as this. Not only does he consider luck a skill, but his ''Yo~n'' Super Attack, "Nohoho Slots", shuffles his Puyo columns like the reels of a slot machine.
271* HiddenDepths: His ''Quest'' bio claims he's surprisingly speedy at calculating with an abacus.
272* IntrepidMerchant: Aside from the one time he had a storefront in ''Big Kindergarten Kids'', he can be found all over the place selling his wares, just like Fufufu and Momomo. He's a bit sketchier than the others for appparently being a curry smuggler.
273* LuckBasedMission: Nohoho drops all of his Puyo into the right side of the field. Unlike Harpy's and Suketodara's luck-based stacking methods, Nohoho's also keeps the critical third-from-left column empty for as long as possible.
274** Additionally, his ''Yo~n'' Super Attack reshuffles his Puyo, column-by-column.
275* SelfInducedAllergicReaction: He's willing to endure it to eat curry.
276* SignatureLaugh: "No ho ho!" Yes, his name is his laugh.
277* SoreLoser: In ''Minna'', if you defeat him while you have his Rucksack, he argues that the Puyo match didn't count. Arle makes him admit defeat before she hands over the sack.
278* TheBattleDidntCount: The aforementioned Sore Loser entry above. Only occurs during the Item Trading sidequest, though.
279* ThemeNaming: Nohoho, like most (but not all) ''Madou Monogatari''/''Puyo Puyo'' merchants, has a three-syllable name with the final two syllables repeating. Other examples include Momomo, Parara, and Fufufu.
280* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Curry. [[SelfInducedAllergicReaction It causes him to break out in very unsightly bumps.]]
281* WakeUpCallBoss: Very much so in ''Tsu''.
282[[/folder]]
283
284[[folder:Panotty]]
285!! Panotty
286[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img302907_l.png]]
287%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
288--> '''Character Color''': [[green:Green]]
289--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari III''
290--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/NorikoHidaka (''Puyo Puyo CD''), Wasabi Mizuta (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Asuka Kakumoto (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'')
291
292--> ''People like you who don't appreciate artistic genius...SUCK!''
293
294A mischievous young elf with a cheeky personality. He loves playing his flute, but demands that others appreciate his music as much as he does.
295----
296* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair was originally depicted as brown, but it changed to blond starting with ''Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon''. However, considering how he's depicted with blonde hair in official artwork as early as the original arcade game, it seems more likely that he was always meant to have blonde hair.
297* AgitatedItemStomping: His lose animation in ''Tsu'', where he repeatedly stomps on his own flute.
298* BlackBeadEyes: On the rare occasion that he opens his eyes, he can be seen sporting these.
299* BerserkButton: People who don't appreciate his music really make him angry. Slightly modified in the English arcade game, where he is instead set off by Silvana telling him that he needs practice.
300* BlushSticker: In his 6-star form in ''Quest''.
301* BrattyHalfPint: A nasty little kid who likes using his music to force people to dance... which Arle ends up an unfortunate victim to in ''2''.
302* CommutingOnABus: Moreso than most characters. He's missing in ''Sun'', comes back for ''Yo~n'', and then disappears aside from ''Box'' and ''Quest'', which both contain nearly every character of note.
303* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Shades of this in the first arcade game, particularly in the English version where his vocal catchphrase from the original version ("Wah!") is replaced with [[GigglingVillain vaguely-demonic laughter]].
304* CuteLittleFangs[=/=]FangsAreEvil: In earlier games, he's commonly seen with a pair of sharp fangs.
305* DreadfulMusician: Either he's not very good or Arle is holding the JerkassBall (which is not without precedent) in ''Tsu''. She compares his flute-playing to ''buzzing flies''. In ''Waku Puyo Dungeon'', Rulue compares it to "absurd noise," while Schezo describes it to be so bad it makes his ears ''corrode''.
306* DubNameChange: Becomes Johnny in the English arcade game. It's inexplicable enough to get called out by one of Compile's artists in an interview in ''All About Puyo Puyo Tsu''.
307* EyesAlwaysClosed: In the vast majority of his appearances.
308* InterfaceScrew: His power in ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n'', Slowdown, disables manual dropping for the opponent.
309* MagicMusic: In the Saturn/Playstation version of ''Tsu'', he plays a song that forces Arle to perform a dumb dance against her own will. Naturally, he gets a real kick out of it.
310* PointyEars: Comes with the elf territory, even if he's but one of many pointy-eared characters.
311* SignatureInstrument: He's never seen without his flute.
312* SmallNameBigEgo: Especially in the English arcade game, where he tells Silvana that he is the absolute best.
313* SoreLoser: If his ''Tsu'' defeat animation is anything to go by. He gets so angry that he stomps on his precious flute.
314* TookALevelInKindness: He plays a much more benevolent role as a supportive NPC in ''Saturn Madou'', occasionally appearing in towns and providing the party with free healing.
315* WakeUpCallBoss: In the first arcade game, he's the first opponent that tries to play as fast as possible. He can end up being more challenging than the next opponent, Zombie, who tries to build chains on purpose, due to how fast Panotty drops his Puyos.
316[[/folder]]
317
318
319[[folder:Ragnus Bishasi (Lagnus)]]
320!! Ragnus Bishasi
321[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_img_ragnus.png]]
322%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
323--> '''Character Color''': [[purple:Purple]]
324--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Puyo Puyo SUN''
325--> '''Voiced by:''' Sakanaya-san (''Puyo Puyo SUN''), Tomoko Miura (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Akira Miki (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'' onwards), Creator/SpikeSpencer (''Puyo Puyo Champions'', English)
326
327--> (To Schezo) ''Aren't you the perverted magician?! Stay right there, don't move!!''
328
329A warrior from another world clad in gold armor, known as Ragnus the Brave [[spoiler:or the Golden Hero]]. In both ''Puyo Puyo'' and ''Madou Monogatari'', he's commonly portrayed as Schezo's rival or foil, having [[LightEmUp light magic]] and a heroic personality to contrast Schezo's [[CastingAShadow dark magic]] and more shady practices. Unfortunately, he also suffers from a curse that forces him to age down when he doesn't have enough power to resist it, forcing him to look for enemies to gain enough [=EXP=] to restore himself.
330----
331* AdaptationalComicRelief: In ''Madou Monogatari'', his heroism and curse are played straight, but in ''Puyo Puyo'', they are instead PlayedForLaughs.
332* AdaptationDyeJob: In ''SUN'', his hair started out as black and flipped-flopped between that and dark brown. ''Quest'' settled for the latter, and persisted in ''Chronicle''.
333* AffectionateParody: Of traditional RPG protagonists. He resembles the early Heroes from ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', receives 50 EXP from killing a Puyo (Puyos themselves being Slime expies), and one of his attacks is named Level Up. Amitie even lampshades his strong resemblance to typical heroes found in old books upon first meeting him in ''Chronicle'', while Arle is left confused at his declaration of obtaining experience points and leveling up.
334** Following his first defeat to Arle and her party in ''Chronicle'', Ms. Accord suggests he traverse to every area Arle and her party had come across prior to Purplune, in order to gain even more EXP from defeating the various enemies that inhabited them.
335* AmnesiacHero: In ''Shin Madou Monogatari Gaiden'', Ragnus assumed the name of "Kassim" while suffering from amnesia. [[spoiler:He still suffers from this, but for different reasons involving Rune Lord and Patty.]]
336* AnimeHair: Downplayed in ''Yo~n'' but brought back in Sega's run, where it became very fluffy.
337* AscendedExtra: When he [[TheBusCameBack returned after a long absence]] in ''Chronicle'', he was just available in the Skill Battle mode. The two games that followed, ''Champions'' and ''Tetris 2'', instead feature him as a fully playable character.
338* AwesomeAussie: His English alt. voice in ''Tetris 2'' gives him an Australian accent. He even says "Crikey!" when getting pelted with Garbage Puyo!
339* TheBusCameBack: Prior to his return in ''Chronicle'', his last non-spinoff ''Puyo'' game appearance was in '''''Minna'''''. Harpy and Witch got away with cameos in ''7''.
340* BadLiar: In ''Saturn''. [[spoiler:It's become apparent the person who seems to be Schezo helping you is not Schezo at all. Once Arle and Rulue begin to try to grill him on details of Schezo's life, he's unable to make up any convincing lies and finally gives up his true identity.]]
341* BallOfLightTransformation: As a soul, he only appears as a ball of floating light.
342* BerserkButton: Being called a kid.
343** Is disgusted by what he sees as Schezo's [[AccidentalPervert perverted ways]] in both ''Sun'' and ''Saturn''.
344* {{BFS}}: According to official Compile art, the Reactor Blade is almost as big as Ragnus himself is. Downplayed in the SEGA games, which make it a similar size to Schezo's sword.
345* BigOlEyebrows: By ''Puyo'' standards anyway. They're noticeably thicker than the rest of the cast, which are defined by simply a stroked line.
346* ButtMonkey: So, this guy's pants can't stay on him after he ages up, and he ages down after his attack on [[TheChewToy Schezo]], of all people, falls flat. To put it lightly, his appearance in Schezo's story is the only time in the game where Schezo himself ultimately isn't screwed over by bad luck. Is this how you're supposed to introduce a character?
347* {{Curse}}: He's forced to [[spoiler:age down to 10 years old]] due to different reasons [[DependingOnTheAuthor depending on the game]]. Ragnus is 17 by default.
348* TheCameo: In ''Puyo Puyo~n''. he was one of five characters who wasn't playable, but could be battled in Mission Mode.
349** PromotedToPlayable: In ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n''.
350* CanonImmigrant: He started as a novel-only character before making it into Puyo games, ''and into the main RPG series after that.''
351* CastFromHitPoints: In ''Saturn'', the Reactor Blade can store Ragnus's life force as attack power, or store it and return it to him to heal him at a later time. Unfortunately, this means when Ragnus loses it, [[spoiler:he transforms into a kid]]. He returns to his normal form once he retrieves the sword.
352* ComedicUnderwearExposure: For some inexplicable reason, his trousers fall down when he ''ages up'' to his default form in ''SUN''. And this was supposed to be his game ''debut.''
353* ADayInTheLimelight: Is very much the BigGood of ''Saturn Madou Monogatari'', with much of the story revolving around Ragnus and him using Schezo to help Arle and Rulue, even while separated from his own body. Once he joins the party he pretty much takes the spotlight for the rest of the game, to the point where the last portion of the final boss even plays his theme song.
354* DecoyProtagonist: You play as him in the prologue of ''Madou Monogatari Saturn'', but that's it. [[spoiler:He ''does'' become one of your party members at the climax of the story, though.]]
355* {{Determinator}}: Takes one of Yoggus's most powerful attacks head-on and manages to survive with one hit point, then fires off an attack that drains away nearly the rest of his life in the ''Saturn'' prologue to defeat the Yog. He's barely able to move by the end of the fight, and [[spoiler:the game implies he likely would have died had he not been pulled into a temporal distortion]].
356* EleventhHourRanger: In ''Chronicle'', while he is met multiple times he only joins the party at the very end of the game due to butting heads with Arle over her being the "true" hero.
357* EvilCounterpart: [[InvertedTrope Inverted,]] he is the [[NiceGuy unquestionably good]] counterpart to Schezo's AntiHero. Made more prominent in ''Saturn'', where [[spoiler:Schezo's body is the only body his soul can resonate with, but their souls' magic clash and thus he can't stay in it for long]].
358* {{Foil}}: To Schezo. While both use magic and can wield swords, Ragnus is a light ''warrior'', while Schezo is a dark ''mage''. Ragnus may know magic, but it's not nearly as plentiful as Schezo's repertoire, if one were to look back at all the spells Schezo has cast in the games. Ragnus has a heroic and kind personality to match his light affinity, while Schezo is an abrasive AntiHero. Even speaking in game mechanics, they're tailored to oppose each other. Ragnus is an HP Type in ''Puyo Quest'', Schezo is an Attack Type. In ''Champions'', Schezo's chains are stronger in higher numbers, while Ragnus' are stronger in lower chain counts when playing Fever rules despite being {{Moveset Clone}}s to each other. Their skills in ''Tetris 2'''s Skill Battle are also opposing; Schezo's focused on raising Attack and changing Puyo colors, Ragnus focuses on raising Defense and reassembling Tetriminoes.
359** Also to Arle. While Arle primarily engages in heroics to stop Dark Prince's antics [[spoiler:(who is essentially the god of the Puyo incarnation of the Madou world)]] and travels through other worlds due to accidents, Ragnus was chosen by a goddess in his own world to become a great hero and save other realms from evil.
360* ForcedTransformation: Involuntarily transforms into a child form due to a curse.
361* GrandTheftMe: While his own body is encased in crystal in ''Saturn'' [[spoiler:he takes Schezo's to try to fight the Yogs and contact Arle]].
362* GuestStarPartyMember: In ''Saturn'', seeing as [[spoiler: every time Schezo willingly helps you out it's really this guy.]]
363* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's the main protagonist of many ''Shin Madou'' novels and a very important piece of the ''Madou Monogatari'' timeline in general. For example, [[spoiler:he is the Golden Hero who sealed away Rune Lord, the dark wizard who eventually grants Schezo his powers]].
364* HeroesPreferSwords: Like Schezo, he has a special sword as his companion called the Reactor Blade.
365* HeroicRROD: In ''Saturn'', his curse is [[spoiler:the result of him storing too much power in the Reactor Blade]] and then losing the sword, [[spoiler:forcing his body to revert to a child's]].
366* HolyHandGrenade: The Reactor Blade allows him to store up his own life energy to fire in the form of holy power at his foes.
367* HotBlooded: As befitting an AffectionateParody of a traditional RPG protagonist.
368* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:He sealed Rune Lord, the original Dark Wizard, after Rune Lord captures Patty, his crush.]]
369* KidHero: When he's aged down, anyway.
370* KnightErrant: ''Shin Madou Monogatari Gaiden'' depicts him as one. He has the knightly, heroic disposition, but because of his monster slaying reputation, the people he saves end up fearing his might, causing a disconnect between him and the town folk he helps out. As a result, he comes in, does his heroics, then books it as quietly as possible.
371* KnightInShiningArmor: Near the end of ''Minna'', he offers to protect Arle when she ventures into Dark Prince's castle. Arle responds by [[BerserkButton calling him a kid]].
372* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:He was the golden hero that sealed off Rune Lord, the original Dark Wizard. However, doing so made him forget who Patty is and wander for nearly 300 years.]]
373* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtqRSrbpWnc "Ragnus's Theme"]], a triumphant orchestral track befitting a heroic person.
374* LightEmUp: His primary element.
375* LightIsGood: The most conventionally heroic character in the Puyo series, and the Light specialist to boot.
376* MagicKnight: He packs some powerful light spells, as well as superb healing magic. He's leans towards the Knight side, as he's seen using his sword more in ''Shin Madou Monogatari''.
377* MovesetClone: Of Schezo, fittingly. His Fever dropset is completely identical to his foil in ''Champions'' and ''Tetris 2''.
378* NiceGuy: As fiery as he can get, he does have moments where he's caring to his companions. Many of his lines in ''Puyo Quest'' express concern and encouragement towards the player, and never really expresses ill will against Schezo despite butting heads with him in ''Madou Monogatari Saturn''.
379* OfficialCouple: He and Arle were in an on-again/off-again relationship in the Kadokawa ''Madou Monogatari'' light novels. This was never shown in the games.
380* OlderThanTheyLook: When he's under his curse, he looks around 10, but his true physical age is 17.
381* OurSoulsAreDifferent: His was separated from his body, and occasionally possesses Schezo's to communicate.
382* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Via leveling up. Really. [[spoiler:His aged down form is due to a curse.]]
383* PromotedToPlayable: Had a cameo in the console version of ''Yo~n'', became playable in the GBC version.
384* PurpleIsPowerful: Dons a flowing purple cape as the very powerful Great Hero Ragnus.
385* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:By the same technicality as Schezo; while he's physically 17, doing math on the ''Madou Monogatari'' timeline reveals he's over 300.]]
386* RecurringBoss: He is fought three times in ''Chronicle'', before finally joining Arle's party.
387* RedBaron: He is also known as [[spoiler:the Golden Hero]] in the ''Madou'' world.
388* ScreamingWarrior: Especially true in the Compile Puyo games, his voice clips consist of him yelling his attacks. In ''Madou Monogatari Saturn'', he screams '''FINAL CROSS!''' when he performs it.
389* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: His armor only fits properly on his default age of 17. When he ages down, his armor doesn't shrink down with him, leading to some problems with mobility and, as showcased in ''Yo~n'', comical pictures of aged-down Ragnus swamped by his own clothes.
390* SharingABody: He "borrows" Schezo's body at his expense to communicate with Arle and Rulue. However, he can't take control of him for long stretches due to his soul clashing with Schezo's dark magic. Additionally, Schezo is unconscious while Ragnus is in charge. The result? Whenever Ragnus gets booted out, Schezo wakes up to find himself in really bad scenarios he's completely unaware of.
391* SignificantBirthDate: AprilFoolsDay, poking fun at his ButtMonkey status.
392* SignatureMove: Final Cross. It serves as his LimitBreak in ''Madou Monogatari Saturn''.
393* SpellMyNameWithAnS: All over the place. The initial romanization of his first name was "'''L'''agnus", and it was used as such in the English translation of ''Minna''. However, once he returned in ''Champions'', his name was changed to "'''R'''agnus" in all non-Japanese versions, only for all but the English, German and French versions changing his name back to "Lagnus" in ''Tetris 2''.
394* TookALevelInJerkass: Well... maybe not a {{Jerkass}}, but compared to his appearances in ''Madou Monogatari'' and his earlier ''Puyo Puyo'' appearances, the HotBlooded aspect of his personality is played up to the point that it almost totally consumes his NiceGuy traits during ''Chronicle''.
395* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The end result of ''Saturn Madou''[='=]s prologue. [[spoiler:Dark Prince helps him return to his world once the Yogs are defeated by returning the Azorecrack to him, a pendant with a blue gemstone that lets him teleport.]]
396* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: According to Schezo, his name sounds like a bug being splattered. Ragnus doesn't react well to this. In a meta example, the characters for his name are similar to the Japanese word for Eggplant, and so fans will sometimes refer to him as such.
397* WistfulAmnesia: In the ''Madou Monogatari'' novels, Arle's face invokes this. [[spoiler:It involves Patty, his forgotten crush.]]
398* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: In the English version of ''Minna''.
399* YinYangBomb: Averted in ''Saturn''. He can [[spoiler:perform Schezo's dark magic while he is in Schezo's body, but the strain of it clashing with his light magic ends up kicking him out of Schezo's body.]]
400[[/folder]]
401
402[[folder:Serilly (Seriri)]]
403!! Serilly (Seriri)
404[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_img_seriri.png]]
405%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
406--> '''Character Color''': [[blue:Blue]]
407--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Puyo Puyo Tsu''
408--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaokoMatsui (''Puyo Puyo CD TSU''), Eriko Kawasaki (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Haruka Yoshimura (''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'' onwards), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (''Puyo Puyo Champions'', English)
409
410--> ''I knew it! You're here to eat me because I'm a mermaid, right?''
411
412A very shy mermaid who is somewhat of a crybaby. She believes that everyone is out to bully her or eat her based on an ambiguous myth about mermaid flesh granting immortality. This causes her to be constantly paranoid about any stranger she meets. However, she also has a strong desire to make new friends due to being constantly alone.
413----
414* AscendedExtra: When she [[TheBusCameBack returned after a long absence]] in ''Chronicle'', she was just available in the Skill Battle mode. The two games that followed, ''Champions'' and ''Tetris 2'', instead feature her as a fully playable character.
415* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Played with. In ''Tsu'', she is afraid of being ''teased'', not eaten. However, Arle's retort about any type of seafood being delicious could be seen as the basis of her future character traits.
416* ChocolateOfRomance: Has a bag of homemade chocolates as Lovestruck Serilly in ''Puyo Quest''. Actually a subversion in that she doesn't quite understand how Valentine's Day works.
417* ADayInTheLimelight: "Serilly's Happy Birthday" for the Windows version of Disc Station, a raising simulator where you help her develop social skills and form bonds with people, in hopes that they'll show up for her next birthday.
418* ADogNamedDog: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She is called "Uroko Sakana Bito" ("Scaly Fish Person", her species name) in ''Tsu'', but her real name is noted in ''Tsu's'' instruction manual and is used in subsequent games. In fact, she and fellow mermaid [[PaletteSwap Merrow]] are the '''only''' ''Madou Monogatari'' {{Mook}}s that manage to escape both this trope and ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
419* DreadfulMusician: After Harpy's "lessons" in one of the animated shorts.
420* DropTheWashtub: Her lose animation in ''Tetris 2'' features a wooden tub being dropped on her head.
421* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: She swam through the air when she was a ''Madou'' mook, but the creator eventually forgot this, pinning her underwater. ''Serilly's Happy Birthday'' attempts to explain this in the opening cutscene, where a nameless fish gives her a magical stone that allows her to move around out of the water. Then it gets even more flip-flop in ''Chronicle'' where her overworld model uses the washbin, yet floats around in combat screens.
422* HairAntennae: Two small ones.
423* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Despite this, she's afraid of getting eaten.
424* LoveAtFirstNote: Apparently, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_4AKl4SiRY Serilly can make ANYONE fall in love with her voice]].
425* MobileFishbowl: She is seen in a wooden tub in ''Tsu''. Outside of Compile-era promotional artwork, she uses this again during her appearance in ''Chronicles'', with Suketoudara and Risukuma carrying it in order to help her get around.
426* MindControlMusic: Her natural singing voice hypnotizes people. She seems unaware of her powers.
427* NervousWreck: She's always paranoid about being bullied or eaten by everyone she meets, and has a habit of jumping to conclusions because of it.
428* OnePersonBirthdayParty: The opening and the bad ending of ''Serilly's Happy Birthday''. Well, not exactly one person in the ending, since she's AddressingThePlayer for trying to give her a better birthday.
429* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Can't shapeshift, but obtains a trinket that allows her to traverse dry land in ''Serilly's Happy Birthday''.
430* OutOfCharacterMoment: Makes an unusually hostile appearance as a mook in ''Madou Monogatari: Final Exam''.
431* PaletteSwap: ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'' and the ''Nazo Roux'' games featured a more aggressive, pink-haired Uroko Sakana Bito named Merrow, who would be referred to as Uroko Ningyo (Scaly Mermaid) in certain ports of Madou Monogatari I. ''Tsu'' introduces a blue and shy Uroko Sakana Bito, Serilly, [[CanonImmigrant who would eventually replace Merrow in later Madou Monogatari games]]. In ''Box'', which features both, Merrow is a recolored Serilly.
432* RightForTheWrongReasons: Several characters, including Arle herself, ''have'' expressed interest in eating her, not to gain immortality — which it's not clear is anything but an odd delusion of hers in this setting — but because she's technically seafood.
433* SapientEatSapient: She's terrified of being eaten, and Arle didn't seem to balk much at the idea.
434* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Fits the bill with a side of paranoia towards any strangers.
435* SkippableBoss: Schezo has the option to be her friend in ''Waku Puyo Dungeon''. After a short conversation, Serilly thanks him for his friendship and leaves the blue orb without a fight. Albeit in an unreachable spot on foot, to Schezo's frustration.
436* SignificantBirthDate: She is a Pisces.
437* SirensAreMermaids: From the "Ultimate Singing Ability" [=DiscStation=] short, she shows that her singing voice is captivatingly beautiful...until Harpy ruins it, anyhow.
438* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Serilly's name was romanized as "Seriri" for the longest time, and even appeared in ''Minna'', a game that was localized. The ''Puyo Puyo Champions'' localization instead spells her name as "Serilly".
439* ThrowTheDogABone: ''Yo~n's'' artbook shows her hanging out with Arle and the other girls without trouble, finally developing the friendships she so desired.
440* UnusualEars: Fins.
441* WaterIsWomanly: A timid, demure mermaid with a blue color scheme and water powers.
442[[/folder]]
443
444[[folder:Skeleton-T]]
445!! Skeleton-T
446[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img203007_l.png]]
447%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
448--> '''Character Color''': [[blue:Blue]]
449--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari I''
450--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShigeruChiba (''Puyo Puyo CD''), Guts Nakamatsu (''Puyo Puyo SUN'' arcade/Saturn), Creator/YoshinoriFujita (''Puyo Puyo SUN'' N64/PSX/PC), Creator/KenichiOgata (''Puyo Puyo~n''), Chikara Ousaka (''Puyo Puyo 7'')
451
452--> ''Ocha!'' [[note]]''Tea!''[[/note]]
453
454A skeleton who enjoys sipping tea. He generally has a rather lax outlook on life, preferring to simply sit around and sip hot tea all day, though that doesn't stop him from occasionally pulling off some dirty tricks.
455----
456* AdaptationDyeJob: A minor one from ''7'' to ''Puyo Quest''. The body stripe on the main skeleton goes from red to blue.
457* ArtificialStupidity: His AI never rotates his puyos.
458* BerserkButton: Predictably, he loses it when Draco causes all of his tea to evaporate.
459* DemBones: A walking, talking skeleton (with no jaw). He might not have ever been human.
460* DifficultButAwesome: In ''Yo~n''. While the ''Super Dynamic Ocha Bomber'' has an extreme penalty for at first a meager reward, players who can adapt to it are capable of extremely devastating chains that can quickly end matches in a game notorious for taking forever. Still, [[AwesomeButImpractical losing the ability to rotate or giving up a nuisance multiplier can be far too perilous,]] as players who use the ''Bomber'' put themselves at the mercy of the RandomNumberGod.
461* TheDividual: In ''7'', where a trio of Skeleton-Ts serve as {{Starter Villain}}s.
462* DubNameChange: Simply called "Skeleton" in the English arcade translation.
463* FrothyMugsOfWater: For some reason, his tea is changed to an "herbal potion" in the arcade translation.
464** LostInTranslation[=/=]BilingualBonus: Yet his catchphrase stays the same.
465* IncrediblyLamePun: Tells Arle that he has "a bone to pick" with her in the GBA ''Puyo Pop''.
466** From ''7'':
467-->'''Skeleton T Trio''': "It's 'T' time!"
468-->'''Ringo''' ''([[{{Woolseyism}} only in the Puyo Nexus fan translation]])'': "That's just lame!"
469* JokeCharacter: His Super Attack in ''Yo~n'' is an ever-increasing Nuisance Bonus... that requires the player to avoid rotating their Puyo. To put this in perspective, other powers include blocking Nuisance Puyo for 15 seconds (Arle), removing Nuisance Puyo altogether (Kikimora), and reshuffling every Puyo on the field (Nohoho), none of which have extra conditions like Skeleton T's power.
470** LethalJokeCharacter: However, as mentioned under DifficultButAwesome, someone who takes advantage of his Nuisance Bonus can easily crush an opponent while giving them no time to respond.
471** Played with in ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n'', where his default power instead locks the ''other'' player's rotation. Luckily, his AI is as dimwitted as ever.
472* LampshadeHanging: In ''Minna'', Arle points out that Skeleton-T shouldn't be able to enjoy tea, [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke considering he doesn't have a tongue with which to taste it]]]].
473* PunnyName: See IncrediblyLamePun.
474* SpellMyNameWithAnS: That hyphen in his name shows up when it feels like it. It's there for ''Minna'', but is not present for ''Champions''.
475* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: He offers you a cup of tea that fully heals you in ''Waku Puyo Dungeon'', at the end of the first dungeon. After that brief cutscene, you go into battle with him, being a boss. You can ''decline'' his offer, but why would you reject his hospitality?
476* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Attempts to feed Arle drugged tea in ''Tsu'', with Arle guessing correctly that it is a trap. (She uses a YouJustToldMe ploy to confirm this in the fan translation.)
477** In ''Minna'', Skeleton T tells Arle that she fell into a trap by drinking his tea. [[spoiler:Turns out that he made it with ''used'' teabags.]]
478* ThemeNaming: His attacks are all types of teas; Hojicha[[note]]Roasted green tea[[/note]], Hatomugicha[[note]]"Job's tear" or pearl barley tea (Not like barley tea, though)[[/note]], Pu'erh-cha[[note]]A dark, fermented Chinese tea[[/note]], Shirubesutagimunemacha[[note]]Gymnema sylvestre tea[[/note]], Umekobucha[[note]]Plum kelp tea[[/note]], and Gyokuro[[note]]Shaded green tea, a high-grade tea made with leaves grown in shade.[[/note]].
479* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Minna'', [[spoiler:he randomly shows up in the last area, which features Zoh Daimaoh and the recurring antagonists. Subverted in that he's not much more difficult than he was at the beginning of the game]].
480* WarmUpBoss:
481** He's the first opponent in almost every single ''Puyo'' game that features him[[note]]As for the ones that don't, they are ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n'' (Pierrot/[[spoiler:Doppelganger Arle]]) and ''Puyo Puyo BOX'' (Draco)[[/note]]. This is likely a ContinuityNod to ''Madou Monogatari I'', where a Skeleton-T is the first "forced" encounter in the game.
482** In ''7'', where he's a recurring opponent, every time a ruleset is played for the first time in the story, Skeleton-T is the opponent. Because of this, he ends up being the only story opponent for Mission and Fever modes.
483[[/folder]]
484
485[[folder:Zoh Daimaoh]]
486!! Zoh Daimaoh
487[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img400907_l.png]]
488%% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
489--> '''Character Color''': [[gold:Yellow]]
490--> '''First Appearance:''' ''Madou Monogatari III''
491--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeGori (''Puyo Puyo CD''), Yasutoshi Akiyama SSS (''Puyo Puyo SUN''), Creator/HirokiYasumoto (''Puyo Puyo! 15 Anniversary'')
492
493--> ''Great Rage!''
494
495An Indian elephant whose name literally translates to "Elephant Demon King". He is known for his fits of rage, which are triggered by nearly ''[[HairTriggerTemper everything]]''.
496----
497* BurningWithAnger: In ''Sun'', the heat makes him so angry that he ''melts a hole into the ground.'' In Schezo's story, after he climbs out of the ground, Schezo refers to him as a "demon from the depths." This makes Zoh Daimaoh so angry that he grabs Schezo and creates a ''second'' hole.
498* CatchPhrase: "''Dai Gekido!''" ("Great Rage!") in the first arcade game. Becomes "Now I'm angry!" in the English version.
499* DemotedToExtra: He served as an opponent in the first three arcade games, but in ''Puyo Puyo~n'', he's absent in console versions and only cameos in ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n''.
500* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Said nearly verbatim in the English arcade game, after Silvana complains that his earth-shaking stomp is scaring away the surrounding animals.
501* DontTryThisAtHome: In Schezo's story in ''Sun'', Zoh advises against using the special BurningWithAnger technique he does on Schezo.
502-->Schezo: "Like a human could possibly do that?!"
503* DubNameChange: "Elephant Lord" in the English arcade game and "Demon Lord Elephant" in the English version of ''Vs. Puyo Puyo Sun''.
504* FunnyAnimal: He's an elephant, as the description of him above says.
505* HairTriggerTemper: His defining trait.
506* HiddenDepths:
507** The Saturn and Playstation versions of ''Tsu'' reveals he has a fondness for birds.
508** His wish in ''15th'' is to be a king who would bring peace in a rich country, in a future with hope.
509* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLJtM1B3PUM "I'm the Zoh Daimaoh".]]
510* MistakenForGay: By way of TransEqualsGay in ''15th''. Dapper Bones thought Zoh was one because he wears a bindi, which is typically worn by married women.
511* PaintingTheMedium: Zoh is known for his rage-fueled strength. To convey this, he has the unique distinction of having his Puyos make a loud ''CRASH'' instead of its usual squishy noises. In some games, they also cause his field to shake.
512* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: His trunk presumably functions as his mouth, due to the fact that no visible mouth is seen on his body.
513* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A minor example compared to the above, but his name is officially spelled Zo-Daimaoh. Interestingly, the fandom does ''not'' use this spelling despite the fact that it is used in the first game.
514* SuperStrength: He's powerful enough to cause quakes with his raging stomping.
515* SymbologyResearchFailure: One of his character traits that distinguishes him as being Indian is that he wears a bindi, even though bindis are only meant for married women. This is lampshaded in ''15th'' by Dapper Bones, which ends up causing him to mistake Zoh Daimaoh as gay/trans.
516* ThemeNaming: All of his attacks use the word "Gekido", which, of course, means "rage."
517* UnstoppableRage: Emphasized in a few games, where he moves at top speed and the screen actually shakes as his Puyo hit the floor.
518* VerbalTic: Adds "zou" to the end of his battle phrases.
519* YouShallNotPass: Tells Arle that "none shall pass" on two separate occasions in ''Minna''.
520** BecauseISaidSo: His reasoning on the first encounter.
521** HeyThatsMyLine: They second time they meet, Arle immediately (and correctly) assumes that Zoh will follow up with "None shall pass unless we play Puyo Pop." Unsurprisingly, stealing Zoh's lines makes him very angry.
522** In ''15th'', he informs Lidelle that the Dark Prince has horns like her, but she must defeat Zoh first, with Zoh adding "But I must warn you: None shall pass!" Lidelle accepts the challenge, determined to meet Dark Prince.

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