Goddess Of Victory NIKKE Tetra / Characters

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Characters
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"An entertainment industry juggernaut in the Ark. To them, battle is but a form of entertainment."

In addition to being soldiers, Nikkes from Tetra tend to have alternate professions that deal with social interactions and culture (entertainment, restaurants, trade, etc).

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777

"A squad that works at Coin Rush, the Ark's largest casino and entertainment center. Citizens who come here to put their luck to the test will get to experience the top-tier service on offer."

777 in General

Colourful Theme Naming: The squad's members are named after French colours.
Playboy Bunny: Both girls in the squad wear iconic Playboy-styled bunny outfits, as part of their entertainment routine in the Coin Rush casino.
Set Bonus: Having both members in the same squad grants both of them bonuses so long as they are still active in combat. This is also how their luck manipulation powers ideally work, as Blanc's Bond Story reveals that while she can use the ability without Noir helping, doing so results in it being Cast from Stamina.
Sibling Yin-Yang: The two sisters are designed to contrast each other in myriad ways - Blanc has pale skin, hair, and clothing while Noir's are dark, Blanc is confident and outgoing while Noir is shy and retiring, Blanc has relatively modest breasts while Noir's are about the size of her head, et cetera.
Theme Naming: Their weapons are called White Pollux and Black Castor, referring to a pair of brothers from Greco-Roman mythology.
Twin Threesome Fantasy: Blanc and Noir have no worries about sharing the Commander's attention, and the Live2D bonus wallpaper from their debut event has both of them accosting the Commander at the same time. There is a final Outpost event that happens once you complete both their Bond stories which involves the girls both directly accosting you for a threesome.

Blanc

^{White Rabbit}

Element: Wind
Weapon: White Pollux (Assault Rifle)
Class: Defender
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Lee Bo-hee (KR), Sora Tokui (JP), Sarah Wiedenheft (EN)

Cast from Hit Points: After her date with the Commander to test her theory that more intimate contact amplifies her luck-boosting ability, she suddenly faints. Mary reveals that, while she'll be fine after resting, her stamina's surprisingly low, amounting to about half of that of a regular human. While the Commander wonders how a Nikke could be completely exhausted from a day full of activities, whereas a human like him is fine, he theorizes that boosting someone's luck without Noir drains her stamina.
Set Bonus: If Noir is in the same squad as her, her skill 2 reduces the cooldown of her burst by 40s, allowing her to keep using it each burst cycle.
Shameless Fanservice Girl: In contrast to Noir, Blanc is quite enthusiastic about her work in the Coin Rush and casually flirts with the Commander, with the ending of the Hard Mode of the Bunny X 777 even having her suggest that the Commander should try and "catch all of the bunnies" (refering not only to her and Noir, but Rupee and Viper who were also in the room in their Playboy Bunny outfits) to get all the luck he would possibly want, with all the sexual undertones one would expect from this.
Winds of Destiny, Change!: Both her and Noir can enhance someone's luck by holding their hand, effectively doing this. Her Bond Story shows this effect is further amplified the more intimate she is with her target. This is demonstrated by the Commander's increasingly escalating strokes of luck, from getting a free meal from a high-class restaurant after holding hands, to pulling a legendary rare figure from a gacha machine after a kiss from Blanc. However, it is also revealed that doing so without her sister drains her stamina.

Noir

^{Black Rabbit}

Element: Wind
Weapon: Black Castor (Shotgun)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Gwak Gyu-mi (KR), Yurika Kubo (JP), Dominique North (EN)

Big Beautiful Woman: Noir is one of the curvier Nikkes, similar to Emma or Anis. She is very self-conscious about it, however, often comparing herself to her more petite sister Blanc and how much prettier she is compared to herself.
Boob-Based Gag: Her massive bosom is played for laughs quite frequently as the humor pairs well with her shy personality. When working out with Privaty, the latter (who is no slouch in the curves department) is not amused by Noir's futile attempts to exercise thanks to her chest getting in the way. And during the Neverland event, the Commander landing squarely on her breasts after falling off a slippery ladder causes the both of them to become mutually flustered as they act like natural airbags for him.
Can't Hold His Liquor: During the farewell party at the end of Snowfield Oasis, Blanc shoots down Noir's request for a drink on these grounds. The drink in question is a single glass of champagne. Demonstrated to a greater extreme in a Brief Encounter with Ade, where she starts slurring her words and passes out after one sip of a cocktail.
Kimono Fanservice: Her "Black Rabbit" skin is an exceptionally revealing kimono with nothing below the waist except two long pieces of fabric covering the essentials, leaving her legs and thighs extremely visible all the way up.
Marshmallow Hell: During an elevator ride, the Commander's face gets pushed into Noir's bountiful bosom by a group of people suddenly entering. When the group leaves, he is hesitant to stand upright, not wanting to show his body's "reaction", much to Noir's confusion.
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Noir isn't exactly enthusiastic about showing off her body while working as a bunny girl in the cassino and is quite self-conscious regarding her looks - which is what leads to the Bunny X 777 event, as while she's terrified of giving a kiss to a potential stranger who ends up winning Coin Rush's newest Grand Prize, she's okay with doing it to the Commander.
Set Bonus: If Blanc is in the same squad as her, her Burst gains a second round of her hit-rate and Interruption Part damage buffs that affect the whole party as opposed to just shotguns.
Situational Sword: Is built to be effective with shotgun teams, and more specifically built to counter the Grave Digger boss with her extra damage to Interruption Parts from her Burst being the main counter to the boss's erratic movement.

Café Sweety

"Tetra's problem-solving squad. Despite the fact they can be easily found in the café, few people are aware of their true occupations outside the shop."

Café Sweety in General

The Ace: Considered the top combat squad of Tetra Line in-universe, called on whenever especially troublesome problems needs to be "fixed".
Beware the Silly Ones: A trio of bumbling baristas with varying degrees of screws loose, operating a cafe that only sells three products out of a vending machine. They're also top mercenaries who put their antics on hold as soon as reward money is on the table.
Covert Group with Mundane Front: They are all around fixers, mercenaries, and problem solvers who hide behind the cover of a coffee shop.
Edible Theme Naming: They're named after products that go into coffee, though Frima is named after a Korean coffee creamer.
Greed: All three members are money-grubbing opportunists.

Frima

^{Sea of Sloth}

Element: Iron

Weapon: Lazy Bones (JP)/Sloth (EN) (Sniper Rifle)

Class: Supporter

Voiced by: Yoon Eun-seo (KR), Kaori Ishihara (JP), Jeannie Tirado (EN)

Brilliant, but Lazy: Reconstructed. She often finds the most efficient, fastest way to complete a task, solely so she can go back to sleep, meaning her brilliance comes from her laziness.
Everyone Has Standards: She may be lazy enough to text the Commander to get her coffee so she doesn't have to get up despite being in the same room as the coffee machine, but she isn't so lazy that she'd pay him for it, choosing to get it herself instead.
Hidden Buxom: Her burst animation and the Golden Ship splash art show her to be much bustier than one might assume at first glance.
Insomnia Episode: During her Bond Story, Frima suddenly finds herself unable to sleep. A check-up from Mary reveals no physical issue, besides fatigue from not sleeping for days, but warns the Commander and Café Sweety that, if nothing is done to solve her problem, Frima will suffer a Mind Switch. The culprit is eventually revealed by Centi to be her uneven sleeping couch. Once fixed, Frima falls asleep in three seconds.
Really Fond of Sleeping: She'll seize on the slightest opportunity to take a nap.
Sleepyhead: Frima spends the majority of the time sleeping unless it's absolutely required for her to be awake.
Terse Talker: Frima often has very little to say, cutting down unnecessary speech to one-word sentences and expecting others to understand what she wants to say. This also extends to her blabla texts, which often involve the Commander trying to guess what she means.

Milk

^{Extreme Fighter}

Element: Water

Weapon: Perfect Winning (JP)/Flawless Victory (EN) (Sniper Rifle)

Class: Attacker

Voiced by: Kim Na-yul (KR), Mutsumi Tamura (JP), Laura Stahl (EN)

Blood Knight: There's little that excites Milk more than a good old-fashioned brawl, and she's been known to charge recklessly into combat to scratch that itch.
Boisterous Weakling: Downplayed, as she is strong, but her recklessness and predictability means she often faces defeat, at one point even losing to the Commander, a normal human, in hand-to-hand combat.
Character Development: Her character story has her learn to curb her recklessness and actually analyze the situation before going in.
Face Your Fears: Has a habit of running or avoiding conflicts she thinks she can't win, often downplaying it or making excuses. A big part of her character story is about helping rebuild her confidence and learn to face harder challenges head-on.
When She Smiles: Subverted. Milk is no stranger to smiles, but they're typically accompanied by the usual yelling and brashness everyone knows her for. Post-completion of her character story, her idle and gift voicelines are replaced with far softer ones that barely sound like the same character, showing a gentle and loving side of her.

Sugar

^Hard-Boiled

^{Wild Backyard}

Element: Iron

Weapon: Warm Ice (JP)/Cold Zeal (EN) (Shotgun)

Class: Attacker

Voiced by: Jung Yoo-jung (KR), Ayako Kawasumi (JP), Anairis Quiñones (EN)

Badass Biker: She's not only able to fight against Raptures, but has a motorcycle she calls Black Typhoon.
Bizarre Taste in Food: Her idea of a perfect cup of coffee is one with monstrous amounts of sugar added to it. Specifically 12 tablespoons (144g) of sugar^note.
Character Tics: Sugar vocalizes engine revving noises whenever she has the opportunity to drive her motorcycle around.
Dark and Troubled Past: Moran's story event, Dirty Backyard, reveals that Sugar used to be a hired gun in the Outer Rim working under the shadowy Sixo, a figure with prominent ties to the Dark Net. As Sixo's enforcer, Sugar did all of her dirty work without question, until she personally saw the consequences of her actions. After she realized what she had become, she cut ties with Sixo and turned a new leaf, eventually ending up at Café Sweety.
Deuteragonist: For Dirty Backyard, where she serves as Moran's Foil and is connected to the main antagonist, a fact that forces her to come to blows with Moran.
The Dragon: To Sixo back in her Outer Rim days, serving as her primary enforcer and doing all the dirty work that needed doing.
Girliness Upgrade: Both of her alternate skins are elegant dresses.
Heel Realization: Dirty Backyard reveals she had one prior to the events of the game while working as Sixo's enforcer. Previously serving without question, once Sugar was actually confronted with the results of her actions, she realised just how morally bankrupt she'd become and cut ties with her old boss.
Hell-Bent for Leather: She's one of the least Stripperiffic Nikkes in the game, instead wearing a fairly casual outfit with a leather jacket befitting a motorcyclist.
Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Despite being a biker, Sugar never wears a helmet on the grounds that, being a Nikke, her head is tougher than any helmet. Amusingly, Drake rejects Sugar's offer to join her "Villain Union" because of her disregard for road safety. Sugar herself insists that the Commander should wear a helmet while on a bike, as his head isn't as tough as a Nikke's.
Hero Antagonist: Sugar winds up facing off against Moran at the climax of Dirty Backyard due to both differing ideals and her connection to Sixo. After she loses and witnesses the fallout of Sixo's attack on the Peony Association's good name, she changes her mind about Moran and declares that she will hunt down Sixo by any means necessary.
Hold the Line: At the climax of Dirty Backyard, Sugar stands between Fog Hollow and the Peony Association, partially to protect people whom she believes are innocent for doing what they needed to do to protect themselves, but also under Sixo's orders to preserve Fog Hollow. Unfortunately for her, Moran and her squad are too much for her to handle on her own and she is defeated, with the Commander pulling her to safety before the Peony Association burns Fog Hollow to the ground.
Instant Home Delivery: In the Christmas 2022 event, Sugar has a side job as a courier using her motorcycle to get around. Rupee once asks one of her fans to send in a controller and Sugar arrives with the package within minutes.
Must Make Amends: When the Commander visits her during the Hard Mode ending of Dirty Backyard, she has realized it was foolish to even entertain the thought of Moran having something to do with Sixo, and wants to set aside all her other professional obligation to hunt her down to clear Moran's name.
Out of Focus: Sugar is a participant in the BlueWater Island event but is minimally present due to being separated from the rest of the main group alongside Anis for the duration of the story. Its sequel event Sea, You, Again just decides not to include her at all.
Ship Tease:
- The 'correct option' selection in one of her Advise sessions has her asking if she and the Counters Commander are going to kiss, while blushing about it.
- She's quite protective of the Counters Commander in Dirty Backyard, insisting he stick with her while she's still suspicious of Moran, worrying about him getting hurt and wanting him to keep out of the mess so he's not risking himself.
Sweet Tooth: Her ideal cup is almost more sugar than coffee.

The Carronades

"An artillery unit that always goes in guns blazing. They are responsible for reclaiming any facilities occupied by Raptures,. Once the coast is clear, they then report back to HQ."

Belorta

Element: Electric
Weapon: Delicious Blast (Rocket Launcher)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SR
Voiced by: Son Sai-yeoung (KR), Fairouz Ai (JP), Skyler Davenport (EN)

Big Eater: Eating lots of food is her favourite past time, alongside pranks.
Childhood Friend: She and Mica grew up in the same orphanage and were friends before becoming Nikkes.
Crappy Holidays: She has a tendency to run afoul of misfortune on Christmas, causing Mica no end of anxiety. The first, and most severe, time it happened was when she died as a human. For her part, she doesn't seem to mind it and likes Christmas, while wishing that Mica would relax and enjoy it, too.
Died in Your Arms Tonight: The NEVERLAND event reveals Belorta died in Mica's arms on Christmas Day when they were humans, explaining Mica's insistence on keeping Belorta safe from harm around Christmas, fearing she might die again.
The Gadfly: She loves to pull pranks on the Commander, who in turn doesn't seem to mind too much. According to Mica, Belorta has a history of pranking commanders she didn't like, which undoubtedly landed her in hot water on numerous occasions. Mica notes that the pranks she pulls on her and the Commander are fairly tame, especially compared to the ones she pulled on their previous commanders.
Heroic Sacrifice: How she died as a human, shielding Mica from the orphanage director's beating while already extremely sick.
Living Emotional Crutch: To Mica. NEVERLAND's story primarily revolves around Mica loosening her extreme attachment to Belorta and learning to trust in each other.
Womanchild: She is functionally locked into a childish mindset, being that her favorite thing is to prank others for her own amusement and being somewhat selfish and whiny. NEVERLAND implies that this is partially due to her death as a child, wanting to experience a life she never got to live as a human.

Mica

^{Snow Buddy}

Element: Wind (Default); Iron (Snow Buddy)
Weapon: Buddy Buddy Explosion (Rocket Launcher); Winter Salute (SMG) (Snow Buddy)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SR (Default); SSR (Snow Buddy)
Voiced by: Kim Ga-ryoung (KR), Aimi (JP), Corina Boettger (EN)

Childhood Friend: She and Belorta grew up in the same orphanage and were friends before becoming Nikkes.
Day in the Limelight: NEVERLAND, the game's second Christmas Episode, focuses on her relationship with Belorta and her struggle to overcome her fear of Christmas.
Dull Eyes of Unhappiness:
- Played for Laughs in NEVERLAND, when she is so stunned by Emma and Belorta's suggestion of decorating a cake with ketchup that she completely zones out.
- Played straight, however, in NEVERLAND Story 2, after losing Belorta in an avalanche, fearing she might have died again.
Heroic BSoD: Even after the Commander manages to stop her from killing herself following Belorta's disappearance in NEVERLAND, Mica is so fraught with utter despair that she becomes completely unresponsive with Dull Eyes of Unhappiness. It takes a good strong Get A Hold Of Yourself Man speech from Ludmilla to bring her back to her senses.
Interrupted Suicide: In NEVERLAND, unable to find Belorta after she goes missing in an avalanche, Mica loses her will to live and is about to throw herself off a nearby cliff. Thankfully, the Commander pulls her to safety.
Only Friend: Belorta is this to her, initially, but her bond episodes have her learn to find other friends, and becomes good friends with the Commander in particular.
Super Gullible: She's quite easy to trick, something Belorta takes advantage of.
Supreme Chef: She's such a skilled baker that even a cake she worked on with Emma turned out delicious.

Exotic

Viper

^{Toxic Rabbit}

Element: Water
Weapon: Rust Chaser (Shotgun)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Jo Kyung-yi (KR), Tomori Kusunoki (JP), Amanda Lee (EN)

Alas, Poor Villain: In spite of everything she and her squad has done, the game gives her an undeniably sad end in Chapter 24. As she realizes that Syuen has activated her kill switch, she has just enough time to talk to the Commander one last time, rather explicitly professes her love for him in the form of a love epiphany, tells the Commander to take good care of Jackal and gives him one last smile. Thankfully at the end of the chapter, its subverted when it turns out that although the bomb blew up her head, the Commander grabbing the bomb collar redirected the blast just enough to miss her brain, letting her come back in a new body and a nicer lease on life.
Ambiguous Situation: Does Viper really like the Commander or does she just see him as someone to be used? During her attraction story, she seemingly takes the Commander on a date in exchange for helping him with a mission and while she later uses him for another favor, it's not stated explicitly if the date was just another way to get the Commander to let his guard down or if she really did want to go on a date with him. See the entry above for more information.
Disney Death: Viper is decapitated near the end of Chapter 24 after a mistake on Syuen's part leads to her Explosive Leash detonating. She survives thanks to extremely lucky intervention on the Commander's part and is put back together offscreen in time to reunite with Jackal.
Dissonant Serenity: Most of her facial expressions are of her smiling, with the only other one being her pouting. This is despite the kind of situations she will show them in, from fighting in-game, not blinking at the crimes and rough life of the Outer Rim, discussing plans to terrorize the Ark with her squad, participating in shooting the Commander, and playfully confronting Counters with her traps. She smiles even during her impending doom when her bomb collar activates, pushing the Commander away to safety and telling him to look after Jackal.
Even Evil Has Standards: For all their malice, this is the real difference between herself and Crow. During Chapter 24, it all started when she questions Crow about whether Jackal would be alright after leaving her to fend off Extrinsic, who replies that she's pretty much on her own and done for, to which Viper admits it's a shame they couldn't say goodbye. And then Crow kills Yuni and all of Counters to enrage the Commander, shocking Viper. She sports an uncharacteristic frown in the next episode, proposing to rescue Jackal when they find out she's alive, only for Crow's casual rebuff to incense her, then Viper admits she's worried for the Commander and points out Crow could've just faked killing Counters^note; once again, Crow is dismissive about it. After seeing her squad captain go too far, this leads to her doing a Heel–Face Turn by calling in E.H. and the Commander.
Femme Fatale: She's perhaps one of the most openly flirtatious and seductive Nikkes in the game. She is also one of the least trustworthy, to the point where even her fellow squadmate Crow is wary of her.
Femme Fatale Spy: Her flashy charms combined with her subtlety makes her fit for spywork, which she demonstrates in her Attraction Episodes to infiltrate a Nikke-trafficking bar. An Advise session also has her talk about maintaining her good looks that she can sucker people with.
Foreshadowing: In her last Attraction Episode, Crow accused her of being 'poisoned' by the Commander's kindness and ideals, though Viper brushes it off and assures she only sees the man as a toy. This is exactly what happens once she sides against Crow for the Commander's sake.
The Gadfly: She's practically flirts with danger, be it her own leader Crow or taunting Counters in the main story, especially during the attack on the Ark.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: Right as she's about to continue helping the Commander stop Crow and start slowly convincing him he can actually trust her from then on, Syuen presses the wrong button on her killswitch app and blows her up. But thanks to a convenient Disney Death from the Commander tugging her collar to tilt at a particular angle, she ends up surviving and expresses to Jackal how she now loves him more than ever before.
In Love with the Mark: Initially, she only sees the Commander as a convenient tool she can use, and later, a boy toy she can come to for some quick and easy fun. Gradually, she does genuinely fall in love with him but thanks to all her crimes, the Commander coldly rebuffs her much to her anguish.
Jerkass Has a Point: She's not exactly wrong when pointing out that it's rather unfair for the Commander to be asking for the help of Exotic when he has a way to kill them at the touch of a button in D Outsiders.is.
Love Epiphany: When she gets upset over Crow's actions in Chapter 24, especially over how hurt the Commander is because of them, she stops to ponder over her feelings for the Commander then realizes she's actually in love with him. This leads her to promptly call in E.H. for backup to subdue Crow, then desperately trying to assure the Commander when he runs over that she's turned over a new leaf.
Manipulative Bitch: During her Attraction Episodes and the D Outsiders story event, she manipulates the Commander several times to get what she wants or just for the hell of it. This has made her rather untrustworthy even to her own squadmates. It comes back to bite her hard when she tries to convince the Commander of her sincere Heel–Face Turn in Chapter 24, except telling the truth is the opposite of what she's done up until this point, and the Commander is still angry over her and Crow's actions.
Pet the Dog: Surprisingly for a Manipulative Bitch, she does have a few moments.
- In her last Attraction Episode, despite pretending to have taken the Nikke trafficker they're after for her own purposes, she lets the Commander have him and a USB containing data of those involved.
- In Chapter 24, she went behind Crow's back to treat E.H.'s injuries and let her follow them. She doesn't give a reason why she did it, implying she either just did it for the hell of it or pity, or she was anticipating having to stop Crow's madness from the start.
Playboy Bunny: Her Toxic Rabbit skin has her dress up as one.
Ship Tease: While most of her flirting with the Commander can be brushed off as shallow playfulness, a few moments are noteworthy:
- Among the many Advise sessions of her getting intimate with the Commander, one has her ask what's good about living in the Outer Rim, to which you can say, "I get to see you often." Though she laughs it off, a hidden thought reveals she liked it, then she kisses the Commander.
- Her Attraction Episodes have the Commander take her on a date in exchange for getting him into a bar involved in Nikke trafficking. Ambiguous as she is about her feelings, she does hand over the data and the trafficker the Commander despite forcing him into a deal to take out a rival gang. Crow even suspects in the last episode about whether she's really fallen for the Commander.
- Her feelings for the Commander are confirmed in Chapter 24. After being confronted with the fact that the Commander has been hurt by their actions, she realizes she's long since fallen for his good nature and wishes to atone by defeating Crow.
Silk Hiding Steel: She may be beautiful and seductive in nature but make no mistake, she's just as if not more capable of taking care of dirty business as her squad mates.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She admits in her Attraction Episodes that this is what she likes about the Commander, who accepts her despite her criminal background. It's also why she realizes she's in love with the Commander in Chapter 24.
Uniformity Exception: Viper is the only non-Missilis Nikke in Exotic, as she is manufactured by Tetra Line.
Villainesses Want Heroes: As awful and manipulative as she can be, she's very sweet on the Commander, who she recognizes as a genuinely good person. Supporting him becomes the reason for her Heel–Face Turn in Chapter 24.

Happy Zoo

"The Ark's animal management squad. They have incredible empathy for animals, and devote every fiber of their being to bettering the lives of animals. Their greatest desire is to run wild in nature amongst the animals after reclaiming the surface."

Happy Zoo in General

Animal Lover: Every member of Happy Zoo is dedicated to ensuring that the animals under their care have the best possible life.
Little Bit Beastly: Its three members have physical traits that resemble those of animals. Additionally, some of their behavior also matches those of animals.
Speaks Fluent Animal: Each of them can communicate with a type of animal, very well in spite of the fact that the animals obviously cannot speak the same language as them.

Biscuit

Element: Electric
Weapon: Happy Puppy (Rocket Launcher)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Jung Hye-won (KR), Maria Naganawa (JP), Kristen McGuire (EN)

A Nikke belonging to Happy Zoo, the Ark's management unit for animals, pets or otherwise. Due to her ability to communicate with animals, her responsibilities consist of rescuing stray and abused animals.

A Day in the Limelight: She stars in Bow-Wow Paradise, where she deals with her dogs running out of their shelter.
The Beast Master: Downplayed. While she doesn't use them to fight, her ability to communicate and befriend the various dogs she takes care of is impressive.
Friend to All Living Things: Biscuit is a kind and friendly girl to her dogs, other Nikkes and the Commander.
Gilded Cage: She unintentionally puts her dogs in one and her dealing with this is the focus of the story of her event. To wit, she would constantly tell her dogs of the Ark outside of the shelter that they are staying in making them curious, yearning to see the outside world.
Little Bit Beastly: She has dogs ears and a tail. Additionally, she seems to crave dog food.
Speaks Fluent Animal: She displays an uncanny ability to talk to her dogs and seems to be able to understand them back as though they were speaking the same language.
Token Mini-Moe: She's the shortest member of Happy Zoo, to the point that Leona and Nero both tower over her.

Leona

Element: Water
Weapon: Lion's Roar (Shotgun)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Son Jung-min (KR), Haruka Yoshimura (JP), Ashely Biski (EN)

A Nikke of Happy Zoo who drags along a lion named Timi with her enormous strength. Responsible for larger animals like lions and tigers, she'll make even the most disobedient animals obey her.

Big Guy, Little Guy: She's the little one compared to Timi standing beside her exceeding in width, making the contrast all the more startling as you see her casually holding a leash to the teary-eyed lion's neck.
A Day in the Limelight: She's the star of the show in the Lion Heart event.
Did They or Didn't They?: Her final Bond Episode leans pretty heavily towards 'did', since it has Leona quite bluntly asking the Commander if he likes "all females" like Timi does, outright stating that she's "drawn to strong and charming males" before offering one last question.
Leona: "What if we give in to our animal instincts?"
Leona: "Besides, Timi will be standing guard, so we don't have to worry about being interrupted."
Early-Bird Cameo: She is first seen in the event Nya Nya Paradise before becoming playable in her own event Lion Heart.
Firing One-Handed: Befitting a Nikke with lion-wrangling strength, she fires her shotgun with only one hand.
Fluffy Tamer: The other members of Happy Zoo focus on common housepets. Leona has a full-on lion. The Lion Heart event shows Leona also takes care of jaguars, wolves and eagles.
Gentle Giant: Expresses Cuteness Overload over Ruru and other likewise little animals in general, though she's afraid to hold them since her strength is quite above average.
Large and in Charge: Leona is Happy Zoo's leader and tallest member.
Little Bit Beastly: She appears to have the pointy dog ears of a Doberman.
Muscles Are Meaningless: It's justified since all Nikkes are way stronger than the average human, but it still makes for quite the sight to see her dragging a lion by a leash, forcing it to stand up like it's just a stuffed toy.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: While he can understand her reasoning, Mustang still has to punish Leona for releasing her captive animals back to the surface of her own volition at the end of Lion Heart. As punishment, he revokes Leona's animal care license, prohibiting her from tending to any of the shelter's animals. Leona is initially shocked... at how light her punishment is, since said license can easily be regained via a simple test. Nevertheless, she is grateful Mustang let her get away with a slap on the wrist, considering she feared he would expel her from the Happy Zoo squad.
Sexy Discretion Shot: In the main ending of her bond event, she has Timi cover for her as she jumps the Commander and 'gives in to her natural desires', using the sound of his roars to cover for any other sounds she and the Commander were making.
Sideboob: Her top isn't quite broad enough to give total coverage, so her bust peeks out the sides. It's more pronounced in poses that put some pressure on her chest, like when she's reloading.
Victoria's Secret Compartment: Leona reloads by pulling out shells from her top and loading them into her shotgun.

Timi

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^{Timi's serious expression after he "becomes an adult"}

A white, mostly-tame male lion often seen been led around by Leona on a leash. He is the other main focus character of Leona's debut story, and even serves as her mount in her chibi sprite's walking animation.

Art Shift: After Timi "becomes an adult", he gains a serious expression that gives him a hyper-detailed and realistic face instead of his usual cutesy cartoonish face.
Buffoonish Tomcat: A rare leonine example, most of Timi's on-screen appearances, especially by Leona's side, has him with a round-eyed, goofy-looking expression.
Gonk: Timi's expression is usually rendered in a cartoonish form with exaggerated round eyes.
Horse of a Different Color: Leona rides him in her overworld chibi.
Interspecies Friendship: Develops one with the Commander, after he helped Timi 'become an adult' by getting with a lioness on the Surface. He later repays the favor by becoming the Commander's wingman and covering for Leona when she 'gives in to her natural desires' and beds the Commander.
Mating Season Mayhem: Leona's Bond story focuses on Timi going into rut, as his hormones kick in and has him eager to get with a lioness.
Romantic Wingman: Hilariously, after the Commander helps Timi hook up with another lion in Leona's Bond Story, Timi decides to return the favor and convinces Leona to move in on the Commander himself.
Undying Loyalty: When Leona decides to release the animals she has taken care of back into the wilds of the Surface, Timi stays behind, choosing to stay by her side.

Nero

Element: Fire
Weapon: Meow Meow (SMG)
Class: Defender
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Yu Hye-ji (KR), Ayana Taketatsu (JP), Jalitza Delgado (EN)

Catlike in both habit and appearance, this soft-spoken Nikke of Happy Zoo works in all matters related to cats.

Cats Hate Water: She despises anything that will get her wet like rain, pools, or bathing to the point she only has one bath a year.
Early-Bird Cameo: She makes her first appearance in the event Bow-Wow Paradise to talk to Biscuit about the missing dogs.
Faux Paw: Nero makes the gesture during her reload animation - she is, after all, a catgirl.
Hidden Depths: In spite of her appearance and mannerisms, Nero is just as dedicated to ensuring the safety and happiness of the cats under her charge. Her event, Nya Nya Paradise, shows that she's also dealt with a fair bit of tragedy, having seen many stray cats die young due to negligent owners. This has made her somewhat cynical and even a little misanthropic, admitting that she's furious at these owners but resolved to swallow her anger in favor of trying to help as many abandoned cats as possible.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: Nero handles all things related to cats in Happy Zoo and is an incredibly sweet girl. Incidentally, according to her Advice chats she gets along very well with Introverted Cat Person Admi.
Little Bit Beastly: She has cat ears and tail. She also grooms herself and does other catlike things, like knocking things off the Commander's desk.
Ms. Fanservice: By far the most skimpily dressed of Happy Zoo, she provides a lot of eye candy for players. Her Burst animation even gives a generous view of her whole body as she lies on her back like a cat showing submission or expecting belly rubs.
Pungeon Master: Nero has a habit of slipping cat puns into her speech.
Sexy Cat Person: As a catgirl-style Nikke who shows a lot of skin with her revealing clothes, her catlike mannerisms add to her appeal.
Speaks Fluent Animal: Similar to how Biscuit can communicate with dogs, Nero seems to be able to understand cats and can talk to them the same way.
Stripperiffic: Her clothes do not leave much to the imagination, and can be generously described as a string bikini, a micro-skirt, a pair of short detached sleeves, and a bunch of straps.

Maid For You

"A squad of domestic service workers developed by Tetra Line, aimed at improving the quality of human life. Each member has their own area of expertise, such as sweeping, cooking, and washing. Anyone who is an Ark citizen and requires assistance can apply for their services."

Maid For You in General

A Day in the Limelight: The squad stars in Maid in Valentine, where they have to learn the 'heartfelt' way of making chocolate.
Edible Theme Naming: Like Café Sweety, the maids are named after drinks, only of the sweet kind - cocoa, soda, and (lemon)ade.
Guest-Star Party Member: Privaty temporarily joins the squad as her "Unkind Maid" variant, rather than being assigned to Triangle.
Meido: So reads their squad name. Each of the trio seems to appeal to different types of maids: Cocoa is an ordinary maid in the day and a spy in the night, Soda is a Cute Clumsy Girl, and Ade is classically Victorian-esque. And they all work in a maid café.
Punny Name: Their squad name has two interpretations: "Made For You" (doubly appropriate since they're manmade androids serving customers things they made), or a having a "Maid [to serve] For You".

Ade

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Element: Wind
Weapon: The Classic (Assault Rifle)
Class: Supporter
Rarity SSR
Voiced by: Hong Soo-jung (KR), Kiyono Yasuno (JP), Crystal Lee (EN)

A bespectacled, prim and proper Nikke of Maid For You. You can count on her for any maid duties.

Bespectacled Cutie: She's a rather polite woman with round glasses adding to her reserved charm.
Only Sane Woman: Her fellow two maids are more prone to messing about, so it's up to her to keep them grounded. This makes it odd to see that Cocoa is the leader. This later becomes its own problem in Perfect Maid, as she realizes that she is unable to bring happiness to her customers in the same way that Cocoa and Soda are able to with their unique personalities.
The Reliable One: Cocoa is obsessed with putting ketchup into anything she makes, while Soda is more likely going to spill food than serve it; Ade is the only one who can be counted on to get any maid work done without worry. Even in Maid in Valentine where the maids made chocolate, she's the only one to make a normal chocolate, while Soda created a lumpy mass and Cocoa shaped a dinosaur.

Cocoa

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Element: Fire
Weapon: Cocorella (Sniper Rifle)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Lee Ji-hyeon (KR), Misaki Kuno (JP), Amber Connor (EN)

Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Cocoa may be young, short-statured and have a weird obssession with ketchup, but that makes her no less competent than her fellow squadmates, being their de facto leader and also nightlighting as a professional spy on the side.
Expy: If her gun-umbrella with an inside remote viewing screen doesn't remind you of Harry Hart, then her bond stories—something straight out of a spy movie—and her Pre-Asskicking One-Liner will.
[The Commander is the one locking the bar door since Cocoa is too short.]
*Click*
Cocoa: "...Manners."
*Click*
Cocoa: "Maketh."
*Click*
Cocoa: "Maids."
Hoist by Her Own Petard: In "Liar's End", after the Commander fakes choking on cake on April Fools' Day, she prepares a "special" omurice just for him. He makes her take the first bite, making her fall for her own trap to make him sick.
Parasol of Pain: It incorporates a sniper rifle.
Trademark Favorite Food: Ketchup, which she uses in all of the meals she prepares.
Young and in Charge: The leader of Maid For You, and also their youngest member.

Soda

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Element: Fire
Weapon: Bright Cleaner (Machine Gun)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Park Shi-yoon (KR), Konomi Kohara (JP), Elizabeth Quedenfeld (EN)

Blindfolded Vision: In her bond stories Soda is able to overcome her clumsiness by simply closing her eyes while working, which becomes it's own problem as the customers of the cafe found her clumsiness to be a part of her appeal.
Cute Clumsy Girl: Her tendency to trip and knock things over is noted to be a big part of her appeal to the cafe's customers.
Did They or Didn't They?: Her final bond story implies Soda and the Commander might have gone beyond just hugging and kissing.
The Gift: The Beginner's Luck Brief Encounter reveals that she's insanely talented at video games, to the point of perfect winning against Exia at a game she hadn't even played before that point as part of a bet.
Lethal Chef: In Perfect Maid, Ade decides to teach Soda how to cook on the fly since Ade cannot do the job herself. Unfortunately, Soda is so absolutely clumsy that on the first day of the event a large amount of the food she puts out is rendered inedible due to her fumbling. Also, in the minigame she winds up tripping over something and knocks bullets into the food, forcing the Commander to sort out the remaining edible product from the bad ones.
The Klutz: She's got some terrible coordination issues at the best of times when on the job, managing to screw up a lot simply by tripping, until she closes her eyes.
Ms. Fanservice: Due to the nature of the game, most Nikkes are this by default, but Soda takes the cake in that regard, having possibly the largest bust size in the game, wearing a noticeably tight maid uniform that both exposes her chest and has a miniskirt, and her burst animation has Soda pressing her chest against a window.

Nepenthe

"A recreational unit used by Tetra. They are not intended for combat usage but rather for improving humans' quality of life."

Folkwang

Element: Water

Weapon: Extreme Hot (JP)/Incandescence (EN) (Assault Rifle)

Class: Defender

Voiced by: Yoon Ah-yeung (KR), Haruka Shiraishi (JP), Risa Mei (EN)

The Ditz: Downplayed; although she's not necessarily unintelligent and can handle herself perfectly fine, she has a tendency to take statements at an overly literal face value and fail to understand any deeper meaning to them.
Dub Name Change: For unknown reasons, her name has been changed to "Diagora" in the German localization.
Trademark Favorite Food: Folkwang can always be seen nibbling on an ice cream bar, which she uses to counter her perpetual overheating problem.
Underboobs: Airing the girls out like that presumably helps Folkwang with her temperature regulation issues.

Prima Donna

"A hit music squad run by Tetra. Everyone in the squad is a massive superstar in their respective genre. They all exert a significant influence on pop culture, so the Central Government personally oversees them."

Prima Donna in General

The Bard: True to their occupations, their Burst Skills buff their allies (Aria for shields, Noise for healing, and Volume for critical chance boost).
Musical Theme Naming: All members have names relating to sound - Aria, being an opera singer, has the most direct connection, while Noise and Volume are more general.

Aria

Element: Water
Weapon: Heavenward Aria (Machine Gun)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Lee So-eun (KR), Yuu Kobayashi (JP), Michelle Marie (EN)

Amazing Technicolor Population: Has dark grey skin.
Do Well, But Not Perfect: The focus of her Bond story. She is an amazing singer, but the character she is playing in her latest opera is supposed to be a poor singer. Because of this, she has trouble actually putting passion and emotion into the character, and asks the Commander for help.
Opera: She is a popular opera singer, with her Bond story focusing on helping her with her latest character.

Noise

^{Cherry Blossom Stage}

^{Classic Diva}

Element: Electric
Weapon: Make Some Noise (Rocket Launcher)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Sung Ye-won (KR), Yoshino Nanjo (JP), Suzie Yeung (EN)

Idol Singer: Noise is a renowned pop singer, with her song "Diva" being her most popular.
The Rival: She sees Volume as this as she recognizes that rap has become increasingly popular in the Ark. She also unwittingly becomes this for the entire playable cast when she kisses the Commander on the cheek live on stage in New Year, New Sword, causing most of the playable characters to start fighting over each other and forcing the Commander to flee to the surface with Scarlet to avoid the ensuing chaos.

Volume

Element: Wind
Weapon: Volume Max (SMG)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Lee Ji-hyeon (KR), Hiromi Igarashi (JP), Laura Stahl (EN)

A rapper famous throughout the Ark whose songs regularly top the charts with an ego to match.

Gratuitous English: If the voices are set to Japanese, tapping her in the Collection screen can have her say "Hey! I'm busy." She also says "Let me see" in English as the Commander brings her a schedule to look at.
It's All About Me: Calling her egotistical wouldn't do it justice. She has this attitude even when talking among her squadmates in Prima Donna, with their Blabla group chats getting especially heated at points.
Jerkass: She's not the most polite to say the least. Her Bond story has her act essentially like a nightmare of a famous celebrity, doing whatever she wants to venues even when they told her not to do so and being condescending towards a talk show host that was simply trying to interview her by insulting him for having a lower income than her. It's no wonder that producers typically last a week with her until the Commander came along. That said, she's not devoid of empathy and is capable of being Jerk with a Heart of Gold...sometimes.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: During her Bond story, amongst all the times she acted prideful, she did actually recognize the Commander's efforts to help her and helps to resolve the situation. There's also the time in the Outpost story when she willingly helped both Mica and Vesti gain more confidence in themselves by teaching them some rap.
Ms. Fanservice: While most Nikkes are this to a certain extent, Volume stands out as an example. Her outfit leaves little to the imagination and her pose when firing gives a clear view of her butt. Combined with the Jiggle Physics that has made the game famous/infamous and you have a very popular character among the player base.

Protocol

"A squad that belongs to the Central Office of Strategic Services. They gather intelligence in the ark by acquiring it through hacking or on-site."

Exia

^{Joy to the Nerds}

^Gamer

Element: Electric

Weapon: Unlock Utopia (JP)/Utopia Unsealed (EN) (Sniper Rifle)

Class: Supporter

Voiced by: Cheon Ji-seon (KR), Sumire Uesaka (JP), Lexi Fontaine (EN)

Awesomeness by Analysis: She has a reputation for being a genius hacker despite her lethargic personality and gaming addiction.
- In Chapter 8, she suspects Rapi of never having her memory wiped by seeing her lack of reaction to being in the Data Center after the wipe, then confirms her suspicions by having Rapi open an empty box, which would have exploded had it not been opened at a specific angle; Rapi once incorrectly opened another like it years earlier, so she shouldn't have remembered the correct way had the wipe gone through.
- In the later half of her Attraction episodes, Exia deduces that the one who hacked and stole their game accounts was Enikk, reasoning that only someone like her could have both been related to the government and have a cat showing up where nearly anyone else would have been outlawed for keeping one. The punchline? She was right. Enikk had concocted this situation as a way to improve on security, the way one would run tests on their own defenses to see how secure it is.
Back from the Dead: She is killed by Triangle when Syuen rats on her for her illegal hacking scheme, but soon after Counters returns to base she is discovered no worse for wear, save having lost all of her memories from the last six hours.
The Bet: Makes one with Soda in Beginners Luck: Soda can clean Exia's room only if she beats her in a video game of the latter's choice. She loses to Soda.
Better to Die than Be Killed: When Syuen sells her out to the Central Government, she is apparently gunned down by Triangle for attempting to hack Central Government information servers. However, Andersen then reveals that she destroyed her own brain right before she was shot. The heroes later learn that when Exia discovered the existence of NIMPH, she realized that Death Is Cheap is in play and killed herself to protect both Counters and the information she discovered while throwing Syuen off the trail.
Epic Fail: In one Brief Encounter, she, an exceedingly talented Gamer Chick, manages to lose a game of 'Iron Punch' to Soda, who hadn't even played the game before that point.
Exia: "I can't believe this! I lost to a complete noob who can't even tell that she won."
Gamer Chick:
- Her sprite is always looking down at and playing a handheld gaming console, never looking up even in the middle of a conversation or even in the middle of combat while idle. Besides that, she tends to use gaming terminology in some scenes she appears in, calls the Commander "Noob", and her basis for trusting Shifty in Chapter 8 is that she's a fellow max-leveled player of a video game she plays called "Final Quest".
- During the "Miracle Snow" event, she's on an 83-win streak in a "Final Quest" PVP event. Even fellow gamer girl Maiden can't knock her down.
Godlike Gamer: Exia is almost unbeatable in her games. (She doesn't like to talk about the incident with Soda.)
Heroic BSoD: She doesn't take it too well when she keeps getting beaten by Soda of all people in Beginner's Luck.
Insult of Endearment: Calls the Commander "Noob", even after they've become close friends.
Leitmotif: "Hey- Newbie-", fittingly accentuated with 8-bit video-game-y tunes.
Playful Hacker: While she may spend most of her time on screen playing games, she is a hacker, and she is very good at her job, hacking the government's information servers on multiple occasions.
Ultimate Job Security: Members of Protocol are important for managing data in the Ark, so the higher-ups pretty much let it slide that Exia hacked into the government's top secret database—a crime punishable by permanent death—after her revival.

Novel

^{Penguin Holmes}

^{Detective Nurse}

Element: Iron

Weapon: Sixth Sense (SMG)

Class: Defender

Voiced by: Kim Chae-ha (KR), Kaede Hondo (JP), Kira Buckland (EN)

Bumbling Sidekick: Compared to the Brilliant, but Lazy Exia, Novel is highly energetic and gung-ho about her occupation but relies almost exclusively on her intuition to obtain leads, which is not especially sharp and often leads to misunderstandings and incidents.
Genki Girl: She's always ready and excited to explain her findings to others. Her eyes being sparkles also gives off this vibe.

Rewind

"A cheerleading squad specialized in bringing energy to sports events and celebrations aboard the Ark. They aspire for their spirited cheers to reverberate throughout the Ark, believing in the transformative power of support."

Bay

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Element: Fire
Weapon: Victory Fanfare (Rocket Launcher)
Class: Defender
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Lee Bo-young (KR), Yuu Serizawa (JP), Tara Sands (EN)

The captain of the Rewind Squad, she becomes very enthusiastic when cheering people on, despite suffering from scopophobia.

Don't Look At Me: Due to her scopophobia, she hates being stared at, which makes her job as a cheerleader somewhat difficult. This fear even extends to text emojis, asking the Commander to not use them when texting her.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: When she, Clay, and Poli begin training for an upcoming cheerleading competition in One More Time, Bay's perfectionist streak causes her to grow increasingly harsh and demanding of Clay thanks to her difficulty performing different moves. Towards the end of the event story, she comes to accept what a jerk she's been and apologizes to Clay for her pushiness.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Can be flippant and even downright nasty when pushed far enough, but she always learns to reel it back in and genuinely means well.
Magic Skirt: Her lobby idle animation is a high kick that doesn't expose her underwear solely due to this trope.
The Perfectionist: Her extreme dedication towards cheerleading borders on mania. At the end of One More Time, she learns to accept she can't get a perfect score in everything and not only comes to enjoy cheerleading more, but appreciate her teammates better.
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Despite how skimpy her cheerleading outfit is, her burst animation has a facial expression of sheer embarrassment, and her dialogue establishes that she is socophobic.
Scary Teeth: She has shark-like teeth, just like Yulha.
Underboobs: Not quite as obvious as on her squadmate Clay, but Bay obviously doesn't wear a bra.
Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: Gets these when frazzled or flustered.

School Circle

"A group of students from the M.M.R. Vocational School, an educational institution established to improve a Nikke's performance. This squad is comprised of students who have excelled in their studies, and it's members are placed in genuine combat situations outside of school hours."

Rei

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Element: Water
Weapon: Steel Baby (Submachine Gun)
Class: Defender
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Bang Yeon-ji (KR), Aimi Tanaka (JP), Tatiana Barrie (EN)

Rei is a third-year student from the M.M.R. Nikke Vocational School, although given her tiny appearance, she doesn't quite look like it. Her role in combat is to deploy one of her 'Naru' penguin drones to serve as a decoy to draw enemy weapons fire. She was introduced to the playable roster as a free character during the Over Zone event.

Animal Motifs: Penguins. She has penguin plushies and her partner Naru is a penguin who supplies her fresh clips when she runs out of ammo.
The Cutie: Her short stature, adorable looks and cheerful demeanour have her classmates, especially Ein and Zwei, gushing over her regularly. She even manages to snare Marciana this way...though usually only in private.
Death Glare: If you offend her during Advice conversations in certain ways, she'll give you a stern glare that looks out-of-place on her tiny frame.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Rei's penguin drones also serve as her plushies, and she's often seen holding one in her arms.
Healing Factor: Her skill 1 and Burst both recover the health of her decoy.
I Shall Taunt You: Her Burst 1 causes her to taunt enemies to draw their aggro.
Jiggle Physics: Utilized to comical fashion on Rei. For other Nikkes, most of the jiggle physics is typically on their butts/thighs or whatever is covering them, but in Rei's case since she has the appearance of a child she is unable to do so (and also shoots while standing up). Instead, Naru has jiggle physics. And yes, Naru's butt is the part that jiggles.
Numerical Theme Naming: As she has classmates named Ein and Zwei, her name is presumably derived from drei, the German for 3, though it could also be the Japanese name, as it can mean 0 depending on the kanji used.
Sweet Tooth: She sure loves her candy. Several of her Advice conversations revolve around her fondness for candy.
Token Mini-Moe: Rei is easily the smallest and shortest Nikke currently in the playable roster - she's so short she doesn't even need to crouch to duck behind cover.

Seraphim

"Tetra's medical support squad, full of caring and professional medical staff."

Mary

^{Bay Goddess}

Element: Water

Weapon: Kind Heart (JP)/Kindness (EN) (Shotgun)

Class: Supporter

Voiced by: Lee Da-eun (KR), Haruka Tomatsu (JP), Amber Lee Connors (EN)

…And That Little Girl Was Me: Reveals her past and her crimes as a human to the Commander this way.
The Atoner: Her Bond Episodes result in her developing into this, with the Commander helping her find the strength to keep living and make up for her crimes as a human. As a result, she's able to resolve the matters of her past at last, and continues to tirelessly work as a doctor both out of her duty and desire to help others and to continue atoning.
Consummate Professional: Is very committed to proper medical conduct when on duty to the point of not wanting to get closer to the Commander for fear that it might impact her ability to treat him in the future, especially when she admits to already getting anxious and worried whenever he comes back injured in her Summer version's Bond Episodes. That said, she's not above twisting her own rules if it means acting on her affections for the Commander.
Covert Pervert: Although she's every part a good and professional doctor who takes her job very seriously, and commands great respect and adoration from her patients and Pepper, her Summer version shows she's surprisingly forward with her feelings towards the Commander, roping him into a date through BlaBla messages and taking issue with Pepper saying she wants to hold the Commander's hand, to say nothing of her final Bond Episode where she says that she no longer has to hold back before giving the Commander some "special treatment".
Dark and Troubled Past: Mary's Bond Episodes start off with someone from her past anonymously harassing her regarding something horrible she had done as a human. Mary herself cannot remember anything from her human life and is desperate to find this person and learn about what had happened before she died. As the story progresses however, it's revealed that Mary had actually not forgotten her past at all—when she was human, she was a doctor who sold off the brains of uncounted numbers of humans who died in accidents and of terminal diseases to be transformed into Nikkes without their consent, since she believed that life itself triumphed over all, regardless of her patients' actual wishes, or any ethical or moral dilemmas. The then-human Pepper would eventually discover the truth and accidentally kill her in a Broken Pedestal-induced fit of rage, after which Mustang has her turned into a Nikke with all of her memories intact as a form of karmic punishment, with the intent that she'd suffer with her guilt until the day she atoned for her crimes. In the present, Mary is only faking her amnesia in order to draw out her former accomplice and finally face her own guilt. And even after the matters of her past are put to rest, Mary still adores Pepper too much to tell her the truth about how she was the one who'd killed her, and asks the Commander to never divulge the truth to her.
Death Seeker: In her Bond Episodes, when her former accomplice attempts to blow her up along with the black box containing the information on the people she'd gotten turned into Nikkes, Mary's guilt nearly convinces her to die right then and there. Fortunately, the Commander finds her in time and convinces her to live on, so that she can make up for her past sins and find peace.
Did They or Didn't They?: Leans heavily towards "did" in her Summer Bond Episodes. While it cuts away before anything's actually shown or heard, the Commander waking up with a certain physiological reaction from the antitoxin he took, Mary's mention of "special treatment", and finally the cut to two hours later where Neon innocently remarks that the Commander looks tired and Mary seems to be glowing, makes it pretty clear that Mary and the Commander went quite far together.
Eyes Always Shut:
- Generally accompanied by a small, knowing smile. She opens them in her Summer version in some sprites and in her Burst animation, however. (They're purple, if you're wondering.)
- The one time she does open them in her default form is during the 2024 April Fools story, when the Commander sends out a group chat message invitation for something "hot and heavy". She and some Nikkes expectantly arrive in his hotel room... only to find out he's really just roasting hot and heavy sweet potatoes. And then Mary's eyes open with visible disappointment and lots of rage.
Good Is Not Soft: While she's a kindhearted, professional, and dutiful doctor through and through, she has utterly no patience for people who don't take care of themselves properly, and threatens them with painful injections or medical procedures in the event they don't comply. In her Bond Episodes, she's not above drugging the Commander so she can handle her problems on her own, and in her final Bond Episode, she's fully aware that the survival of both her and the black box had marked her former accomplice for death, even taunting him one last time over BlaBla before D arrives to execute him.
Guilt Complex: Although Mary does everything she can in the present to make up for her horrid actions in the past, BlueWater Island has Mary worrying she'll never be able to make up for it and openly wonders if she deserves any happiness or companionship alongside everyone else on the island, feelings which are further worsened by the looming threat of Pepper recovering her human memories and rejecting Mary all over again. The Commander fortunately puts her fears to rest, convincing her that she does deserve to be happy and promising to support her until the day she finally finishes atoning.
Hospital Hottie: She's a doctor and utterly gorgeous.
Laser-Guided Karma: The reason she became a Nikke. After Pepper killed her for having their recently deceased patients turned into Nikkes without their consent, she herself got nonconsensually turned into a Nikke by Mustang with all her memories intact as punishment, making her live with her guilt until she finally decided to repent.
Loophole Abuse: In her Summer version's Bond Episodes, Mary insists on keeping things professional with the Commander and says that she can't get too close to him for fear of it impacting her work... at least, while he's her patient. In her final Bond Episode, after he gets all better and she notices that the antitoxin she gave him had some side effects, she's much more forward with her intentions now that she's not his doctor any more.
Mary: "...Commander. I maintained my self-control before because you were my patient."
Mary: "Now that you're better, I don't have to hold back."
Madden Into Misanthropy: In her human life. While she started out as a normal doctor, the weight of all the death she witnessed in the war against the Raptures wore her down until she eventually broke and reached the conclusion that life in any form came first, regardless of the moral and ethical scruples or even what her patients actually wanted. This drove her to illegally sell off her deceased patients' brains to be turned into Nikkes without their consent, and ultimately resulted in her death at Pepper's hands and then her subsequent karmic conversion into a Nikke herself by Mustang.
Married to the Job: In her Summer version. As the group's only doctor during the BlueWater Island event save for Pepper, Mary refuses to take any time off and willfully ignores any of the attempts to make her take a load off and have fun with the rest of them. She does eventually relent, however.
Meaningful Name: She's known as the "Angel in White" for her kindheartedness and proficiency as a doctor. Doubles as an Ironic Nickname when the truths of her past sins come to light, with her former accomplice even mocking her for having such an epithet when they both know what she'd done. She also refers to herself as the "Devil In Black" during her Bond Episodes, as a result of revealing the truth of her crimes to the Commander and then resorting to drugging him so that she could settle her affairs on her own.
My God, What Have I Done?: She has the horrible realization that all her actions in the illegal and nonconsensual creation of Nikkes from her deceased patients was wrong after her own nonconsensual transformation into a Nikke following her human death.
Rage Against the Heavens: Back in her human life, she'd stored the black box, which had the records on all her former patients whose brains she'd sold off to be turned into Nikkes without their consent, right next to a statue of God in a church, which Mary says was her way of laughing at Him for managing to keep people's next lives out of His heaven as Nikkes. Of course, after her own death and nonconsensual transformation into a Nikke, and the subsequent realization that she'd been committing wrongdoings the entire time, she no longer has these sentiments, and later claims that she'd be grateful to God for letting her spend time with the group in BlueWater Island if He is indeed real.
Secret-Keeper: A recurrent theme with Mary is that she keeps many secrets, usually with the Commander as her sole confidant, or as the game puts it, her "accomplice". Among these are that she actually does remember her past life as a human, all of the crimes she'd committed before her human death, and that Pepper was the one who'd killed her in her past life. Her Summer version continues this trend, where she helps the Commander keep his sudden illness a secret so that the other Nikkes can continue having fun on the island without worrying about him.
Stepford Smiler: Her demeanor is unfailingly soft, smiling and caring, even when she is threatening someone, typically the commander for their lack of self-care. However, the memories and and sins of her past still down heavily on her.
Trauma Button: An innocent mention of Mustang by Pepper and the Commander early in Mary's Bond Episodes causes her to react with uncharacteristic fear, since he was the one who nonconsensually turned her into a Nikke as punishment for her crimes as a human, and her fear of admitting to her crimes caused him to condemn her to living with her memories and guilt until she repented. However, this is no longer the case by the end of her Bond Episodes, with her properly atoning for her crimes with the Commander's help by willingly handing off the black box to him.
Yamato Nadeshiko: With emphasis on the Silk Hiding Steel part of the trope. Mary is genuinely nice, polite, and caring to everyone, but she will fume up against patients who don't take proper care of their own health (typically the Commander), and issue thinly-veiled threats of painful medical procedures to enforce their compliance to medical check-ups and treatments.

Talentum

"A joint merchant squad formed at the urging of the Central Government. Merchants from different fields all host promotional activities in an attempt to kickstart the Ark's economy."

Talentum in General

Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Rupee is friendly and good-natured, Dolla is a ruthless black marketeer, and Yan has a heart of gold under her cutthroat exterior.
Theme Naming: All three are named after currencies: Dolla (Dollar), Rupee (Rupee), and Yan (either Japanese Yen or Chinese Yuan, which share the same etymology^noteAs does the Korean Won, though her qipao implies it is the latter).

Dolla

^{Dark Rose}

Element: Wind

Weapon: Risk Taker (Sniper Rifle)

Class: Supporter

Voiced by: Kim Ga-ryeung (KR), Ayane Sakura (JP), Lisa Ortiz (EN)

Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears a suit everywhere, even in battle, as part of her image as a business woman.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: She may be nice to and like the Commander, but she is also involved in quite a bit of shady business, including the black market and organ trading, and is not above manipulating gullible people into buying things they don't need and can't afford.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: While she isn't the worst peson in the Ark, she can be quite shady, and she initially thinks the reason the Counters squad is sad after Marian's "kidnapping" by Pioneer is that they lost a chance to make a ton of money by selling her, needing Yan to spell out that they are actually sad because Marian was their friend.

Rupee

^{Rabbit Deluxe}

^{Winter Shopper}

Element: Iron

Weapon: Shopaholic (Assault Rifle)

Class: Attacker

Voiced by: Yoon Eun-seo (KR), Haruka Shiraishi (JP), Amanda Lee (EN)

Bling-Bling-BANG!: Her rifle is gold-plated.
Casting Gag: This isn't the first time Amanda Lee dubbed for a gyaru girl.
Cool Big Sis: Acts as this to Anne during the Miracle Snow event, to the point that some of Anne's advise conversations imply she may see Rupee as a Parental Substitute.
Fan Community Nicknames: Her streams' subscribers are called Lupins.
Gyaru Girl: Rupee paints the image of a stereotypical gyaru, with a high cut revealing skirt, high heels, tall blonde hair, and an obsession for spending money. The parallels only run skin deep, however, as beyond that she's sweet and kind-hearted to the core.
I Call It "Vera": Her weapon is called Shopaholic.
Nice Girl: She's genuinely friendly and nice, contrasting with her squad mates who can get rather cutthroat when it comes to profits. At the end of Chapter 15, even when Counters screws up and takes only worthless things from the treasure-filled garbage pile, Rupee immediately prioritizes ending her stream so she can pre-emptively cut off the inevitable awkward and tense conversations that were soon going to follow. Surely enough, her two squad mates were so incensed that they were seriously considering cutting Counters out of the 50% they promised them whereas Rupee rather than being mad genuinely tried to protect Counters from their wrath.
- In the Miracle Snow event, when Anne makes a wish to "make everyone happy", Rupee immediately switches her priorities from having a popular live stream to instead doing everything she can to fulfill that wish and give Anne a happy memory for Christmas (in the form of a video, considering Anne's memory condition).
Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Being one of the wealthiest individuals in The Ark, Rupee strives towards purchasing the most luxurious goods money can buy, while not really knowing herself what she intends to do with them. Her streaming channel "Shopaholics Anonymous" is dedicated to her massive shopping sprees.

Yan

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^{Sunrise Market}

Element: Fire

Weapon: Monopoly (Rocket Launcher)

Class: Supporter

Voiced by: Lee Sae-byeok (KR), Aimi (JP), Alexis Tipton (EN)

Boring, but Practical: Admits that the building the Commander and Centi renovated for her is extremely nice and fancy... but that it's supposed to be a grocery store catering to middle-to-lower class citizens, so she wanted something well built but not flashy and expensive looking.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Downplayed, especially compared to Dolla, but she is very manipulative, is shown to enjoy and excel at convincing people to buy things they don't need, often getting them to agree to pay in installments if they can't afford to pay for it on the spot, and even sets up a flea market full of overpriced items that look appealing but all have hidden flaws just to trick Rupee into buying them for Anne, then appearing at just the right time, revealing the flaws in the items and offering excellent replacement items, solely to use Rupee's desire to see Anne be happy on Christmas to get her to agree to help promote an event she's running. However, unlike Dolla, she is never shown to be involved in the black market or anything truly illegal, and she makes it clear that she believes businesses should be honest, disliking Dolla's criminal dealings and requesting the Commander try and talk her out of said dealings. She also never lies or misleads customers about the capabilities and quality of her products.
Deep South: Has a Texan accent in the English dub.
Leg Focus: Her default sprite pose has her lean back sitting on some metal cases and crossing one leg over the other, giving a wide view of her bared thighs—if not her posterior—and the rest of her legs.
Non-Idle Rich: Credit where credit is due, for all her greed Yan does work hard on her businesses.
Pet the Dog: She's not completely consumed with the need to make cash and has shown that she does like and care about the Commander in her own way. She also fully understands that Counters is sad about Marian's "kidnapping" due to her being a treasured friend, and sympathizes, while Dolla thought the Counters were sad about losing a chance to make a bunch of money by selling Marian.

Triangle

"The squad responsible for maintaining order in Ark. They act for the Central Government and keep Ark citizens safe from various threats. Even so, the public is not aware that they are Nikkes."

Yulha

Element: Fire

Weapon: Extreme Altruism (Sniper Rifle)

Class: Attacker

Voiced by: Park Sin-hee (KR), Nanami Yamashita (JP), Suzie Yeung (EN)

An office worker that suffers from work overload and the reliable leader of Triangle. Others inexplicably refer to her as Ghost.

The Alcoholic: A pretty heavy drinker who will sometimes even text the Commander while wasted.
Bite of Affection: In her first attraction episode, she leaves noticeable bite marks on the Commander's neck after they decide to drink together. It's the first clue that helps the Commander remember what they did that night. Later episodes reveal that all Yulha did was bite the Commander while dead drunk and nothing else... intimate because they both passed out. Then after getting all that cleared up, Yulha kisses him and they go into a room together. In the last episode after that, Privaty and Admi are startled by the Commander's bandages over his arms and wonder why Yulha has even bigger eyebags than usual, not helped by the Commander saying, "I was the one that didn't let you sleep."
Exhausted Eye Bags: Has noticeable ones to further show just how overworked she is.
Scary Teeth: Has very sharp, shark-like teeth.
Workaholic: And unlike Brid, Yulha doesn't enjoy the overwhelming amount of work she's responsible for at all.

Underworld Queen

"A squad that oversees the criminal underworld of the Ark. Its members run the three biggest crime syndicates in the Ark."

Underworld Queen in General

A Lighter Shade of Black: Compared to Exotic, another Nikke squad that consists of criminals. While Exotic has ambitions of creating chaos to bring down the Ark which would caused an untold number of deaths, Underworld Queen is meant to keep some semblance of order in the underworld. In addition, while Exotic has a habit of using the Commander, Underworld Queen's members seem to actually like the Commander.
Because You Were Nice to Me: They take quite a shine to the Counters Commander because he didn't leave them behind when working with them and treated them well, Sakura and Rosanna in particular (thanks to their respective Cherry Blossom and Queen's Order events) to the point that a Blabla chat has the duo bring him some new clothes as a present.
Rosanna: "Occasionally, we like to splurge and spend a little extra on our favourite commander."
Sakura: "The entire reason we're doing this is because you didn't leave us behind."
Rosanna: "Right. You deserve it!"
The Don: Sakura, Moran, and Rosanna are leaders of the three great crime syndicates: Seimeikai, the Peony Association, and Hedonia respectively.
Foil: To Exotic. Underworld Queen run the largest organized crime groups in the Ark and the Outer Rim, are Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters due to their focus on keeping the criminal underworld from devolving into violent gang warfare that would negatively affect the Ark and the Outer Rim, run old school crime syndicates, live in luxury and wear fancy clothes, and are genuinely loyal to Mustang, who treats them as equal partners. Exotic is pretty much a street gang, couldn't care less about the Ark unless it would negatively affect them to not help out, dress like punks and live in the Outer Rim, have zero loyalty to Syuen (to the point that she has to rely on their Explosive Leash if she wants to get them to do something they don't want), and are secretly terrorists plotting the Ark's downfall.
Flower Motifs: Roses for Rosanna, cherry blossoms for Sakura, and peonies for Moran. It's worth noting that cherry blossoms and peonies are important cultural symbols in Japan and China, respectively, the countries that Sakura and Moran are themed after.
I Gave My Word: At Mustang's request, Underworld Queen was established to take over the world of organized crime for the sake of establishing order between the Ark's ever-increasing societal gap. For the price of near-absolute freedom and authority to operate their organizations as they please, however, he warns that any member of Underworld Queen to betray or renege on their oath to him will face severe consequences.
Nice Mean And In Between: Moran is nice, Rosanna is mean, and Sakura is in between.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: While they are all members of the same squad, the respective gangs that they lead are major rivals in the Ark's underworld, which inevitably results in the occasional turf war. According to Sakura, there are often prearranged agreements made to ensure that one group is guaranteed authority over certain public events to avoid unnecessary conflict.

Moran

Element: Electric
Weapon: Dragon Head (Assault Rifle)
Class: Defender
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Kang Sae-bom (KR), Natsu Yorita (JP), Stephanie Kerbis (EN)

A headstrong Nikke of Underworld Queen and head of the Peony Association crime syndicate.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: She doesn't hesitate to kneel at the Counters Commander's feet when asking for his help at the start of Dirty Backyard.
Moran: "I'm asking..."
Moran: "No, I'm begging you to help me prevent the Peony Association from being torn apart."
Moran: "To ensure that those around me don't suffer needlessly."
Beware the Nice Ones: Her Chronic Hero Syndrome and being a goofy Nice Girl most of the time make Moran quite the friendly gangster, but she is still a gangster and a member of Underworld Queen at that. Fog Hollow learns the hard way that when you push her too far and threaten innocents, she's got no problem wiping you out entirely if that's what it takes. The orders she gives to the Peony members who arrive to help shut down the Mist production in Fog Hollow are downright chilling, since they're the sort of orders you'd expect from someone like Doban.
Moran: "Take Fog Hollow and burn it to the ground."
Moran: "As always, there is no plan."
Moran: "Knock down all those who would stand in our way."
Moran: "Take what those people cherish and demolish it."
Moran: "Show them what happens to those who cross us."
Moran: "Show them what happens when you seek to disrupt the orders."
Moran: "Ensure that they never forget."
Beware the Silly Ones: Between her Motor Mouth and Idiot Hero tendencies, Moran tends to be the butt of the joke when interacting with her fellow Underworld Queens. And yet, when Deputy Chief Doban tries exterminating the Outer Rim's residents, it's Moran who rallies the resistance against him, even personally standing in his path all by herself to prevent the massacre.
Beyond Redemption: She considers the residents of Fog Hollow this by the end of Dirty Backyard. As she points out, they were already making Mist even before Sixo came along and blackmailed them into ramping up production, then said nothing about it even to their Peony protectors, being willing to condemn everyone in the Outer Rim the Mist is supplied to in order to save themselves, which Moran won't forgive.
Moran: "It's because of them that innocent people are suffering.
Moran: "They crossed the line, and for that, they must be punished."
Bring It: Her fighting style in a nutshell, complete with an aggressive beckoning gesture during her burst animation. One of her skills is even called "Bring it on!".
Chronic Hero Syndrome: Despite being the head of a criminal organization on paper, Moran's Peony Association act more like a group of noble vigilantes protecting the weak and innocent. She'll even give money away if somebody's in a bind and in dire need of it. This makes her butt heads with the more ruthless Rosanna quite frequently and lands her into trouble quite often in the Outer Rim, but despite the setbacks they give her, she never falters on living up to her heroic virtues. This is a quality the Commander commends her for.
Clear My Name: Dirty Backyard, her focus event, entails Moran being framed for murder and dealing deadly drugs and trying to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, she's unsuccessful thanks to Sixo stacking the deck against her. Time will tell if she manages to clear it or not.
Cool Big Sis: Refers to the Commander as "little brother" in original Korean voiceover and Japanese dub, and is quite protective towards him.
Crippling Overspecialization: Like her fellow squadmate Rosanna, her kit is geared specifically to be used in Player Versus Player, making her rather mediocre for non-Arena content. Unlike Rosanna, though, her kit is not overly dependent on PvP scenarios and can be functional elsewhere in certain use cases.
Draw Aggro: Moran's unique niche is that she consistently Taunts her foes and scales in effectiveness inversely to how much HP she has remaining, becoming more powerful at low health. Once her health is sufficiently low, she can use her Skills to bump up her effective HP and bolster her own longevity, as well as use her Burst to regenerate the lost health and fight back simultaneously.
Et Tu, Brute?: In Dirty Backyard, she's very hurt and betrayed when she realises that the Mist blighting the Outer Rim is being made by Fog Hollow, a village under Peony's protection that she had earlier defended to Sugar as being full of helpful and decent folk.
The Friend Nobody Likes: The other members of Underworld Queen treat her as an idiot and annoyance, making no attempt to keep her up to date on their plans.
Go Through Me: When no one else is available, she stands in Doban's path as he tries to cross The Partition into the Outer Rim with his troops.
Moran: "Like I said, this is my turf."
Moran: "The only way you're getting through is if you kill me, or pay the toll."
Idiot Hero: Moran is one of the three heads of Underworld Queen, a conglomerate of the three most powerful crime syndicates in the entire Ark, and as such she has a fearsome and enviable level of power. Despite this, she tends to be the last to know about any particular plans that Rosanna and/or Sakura are cooking up because they're fully aware that she's a kind of a musclehead and cannot keep her mouth shut to save her life.
Locked Out of the Loop: Seeing as Moran... isn't one to keep secrets, her fellow Queens keep her out of their plans, ensuring that she's the last to know about anything important.
Loose Lips: There's a reason why Sakura and Rosanna tend to decide that, when things are need-to-know, Moran doesn't need to know.
Money Dumb: This goes hand in hand not only with her status as an Idiot Hero, but also her Chronic Hero Syndrome. Moran never takes from the less fortunate no matter what, even if she and her organization are on the verge of splitting up due to bankruptcy. Her refusal to charge standard protection fees and instead ask for items in repayment land the Peony Association in hot water during her bond story, and even afterward when she tries earning some scratch shaking people down for money they were loaned, she's far too nice to do it effectively.
More Dakka: Wields an assault rifle and gets Bottomless Magazines during her burst.
Necessarily Evil: She intends to shut down Mist production completely and if that involves dooming Foggy Hollow's residents in the process, then so be it.
The Needs of the Many: When push comes to shove, Moran's willing to doom one village to death as long as she can shut down the production of Mist entirely in doing so, since it will save vastly more lives throughout the Outer Rim in the process.
Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters: How Moran runs the Peony Association. Though her Bond Story shows that she in particular is a little too friendly for her own good, to the point that she doesn't have the heart to shake people down for repaying the money Peony loaned them as effectively as Sakura and Rosanna would.
Spanner in the Works: Moran tried to do this in Chapter 22 to block her squadmates from striking an unfavorable deal with 777. It only doesn't work because the deal was fake to begin with.
Stepford Smiler: While she claims she's fine during the Hard Mode ending of Dirty Backyard, her body tells a different story as she starts scrubbing the walls of her group's headquarters with increasing anger to clean off the insults written on them, all while questioning what her actions during the event were all for.
The Triads and the Tongs: Her organization, the Peony Association, is this.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: In the finale of Dirty Backyard, once she finds out that Fog Hollow is the source of the Mist scourging the Outer Rim, Moran is determined to destroy the factory and put a definite stop to its production...even though that means dooming the village, since Sixo is forcing them to make it under threat of death, with explosives planted throughout the village and factory to ensure they comply. Even after learning this, Moran still intends to go through with it.

Rosanna

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^{Ms. Dangerous}

Element: Electric
Weapon: Golden Thompson (Machine Gun)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Lee Eun-jo (KR), Ikumi Hasegawa (JP), Samantha Berman (EN)

Leader of Hedonia, a sizable criminal gang. Loves messing around and fiddling with life and death. Everyone is always anxious around her.

Benevolent Boss: Despite her violent tendencies, she does genuinely care for her subordinates in Hedonia.
Clingy Jealous Girl: In Kill The Lord, she's not happy to see that the disguise of choice for an undercover D and Counters Commander is them being a married couple.
Rosanna: "Still, seeing you disguised as a couple makes me mad."
Rosanna: "This is the man that I picked."
Crippling Overspecialization: The unusual activation conditions for Rosanna's Skills heavily restricts her use outside of Arena, as it is unlikely that they will ever activate or have utility against normal enemies and if they ever do activate you're probably losing the fight anyway.
Disappeared Dad: Never met her biological father, though she's looking for him... mainly so she can get revenge on him for abandoning her and her mother.
Due to the Dead: The extra cutscene of hard mode from her event shows she has built a cemetery all the way up in the surface for her men who have fallen in service - as Rosanna explains, they couldn't see it back when they were alive, so the least she could do is to allow them "to go back there" as their resting place
Friend to All Children: By all accounts, Rosanna genuinely cares for the children she and her gang end up meeting in spite of more often than not intimidating them with her reputation - when a subordinate of hers tries to mess with a kid in the prologue of the Queen's Order event, she quickly puts them in their place.
The Mafia: Her organization, Hedonia, is this.
Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Has sex with the Commander while he's recovering in a hospital bed. She also mentions that she knew someone who had sex while they had a knife stuck in them.
Murder Is the Best Solution: Tends to use violence as her first and last resort for solving problems.
Offing the Offspring: She was adopted by the previous leader of Hedonia, only for him to betray her and sell her brain for profit. Unfortunately for him, Mustang turned her into a Nikke specifically so she could take over Hedonia.
Patricide: After coming back as a Nikke, she killed the previous leader of Hedonia, who was also her adoptive father, by chopping his head off. As noted above, he had previously betrayed her, so he had it coming.
Pretty in Mink: She wears a mink coat over her suit.
Rags to Riches: Mentions that she was born to a working class single mother, and never met her father. She also notes that, unlike the other members of Underworld Queen, she wasn't the leader of her own organization before becoming a Nikke.
Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Near the end of KILL THE LORD, a cursory investigation of the cult's mansion leads her to the conclusion that there's nothing there to indicate any leads pointing to Sixo, which prompts her to leave immediately. It later turns out that she Failed a Spot Check, as D later swings by Hedonia HQ to give her a sample of the incense used in the mansion, which is made from none other than Mist.
Slasher Smile: Has a pretty intimidating one that she puts on whatever she's excited over the prospect of crushing her enemies or just to scare off others - it's also Played for Laughs in one of the BlaBla chats, where she mentions she tried to put on a friendly face to calm down a crying child but ends up with this trope instead, terrifying the poor kid into running away.
Spanner in the Works: Her unexpected presence in KILL THE LORD very nearly blows the Commander and D's cover and forces them to alter the cover story on the fly in order to keep the target out of the loop. The whole thing narrowly avoids going completely sideways thanks to the duo's quick thinking, even managing to push them closer to the proper destination.
Tattooed Crook: She has rose-shaped tattos on both her tummy and arms, though these aren't actually related to her gang's symbols and are part of her Flower Motif instead.
The Tease: One of the most flirty Nikkes in the game, nevermind from Tetra - for example, in what's one of the most explicit BlaBla chats you can get, she invites the Commander into a Motel, saying she has already brought Whisky and is "wearing something she thinks they'll enjoy". This is after the Commander guessed that she wanted to invite them to dinner and she mocks him for being innocent.

Sakura

^{Midnight Stealth}

Element: Fire
Weapon: Ichigenkin (Sniper Rifle)
Class: Supporter
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Choi Jung-yoon (KR), Sanae Kobayashi (JP), Anjali Kunapaneni (EN)

The young head of an old-school Yakuza gang, Seimeikai (clean and tidy). Has exemplary leadership and adheres to her own set of principles firmly.

Becoming the Mask: The Cherry Blossom event sees her roping the Counters Commander into a Fake Relationship for a day in order to get her subordinates, who've been pressuring her to marry and find/have an heir, off her back. By the end of the event, however, Sakura's fallen for him for real.
Sakura: "Your promise only mandates that you be mine for today, and no more."
Sakura: "Standing here now, however, I feel like breaking that promise."
Sakura: "I want this promise to last for an eternity."
Coat Cape: She wears a large brown coat with fur trim over her shoulders.
The Don: Of Seimeikai.
Fake Relationship: Cherry Blossom gets kicked off by her roping the Commander into one, which almost winds up real by the end.
Fatal Flaw: Downplayed, since it's not been fatal or gotten her into too much trouble so far, but for Sakura it's Stubbornness. She has her principles, is determined to implement them on her gang, and admits that she's far less willing to compromise on them than her parents would have been, since they'd try to negotiate with opposition to their ideals rather than intimidate them or use force like Sakura threatens to do.
Sakura: "They say that some people will break before they bend."
Sakura: "Well, I'm one of those people. I don't know how to bend."
Highly-Visible Ninja: In Queen's Order, it's revealed that Sakura has a ninja-themed uniform for special occasions. Said uniform leaves little to the imagination and doesn't do much to disguise her identity, being a skintight bodysuit with a translucent fishnet cutout down the center and kimono-style detached sleeves for flavor. The Commander calls out the impracticality of the uniform, likening it to a character from a Saturday morning cartoon.
Honor Before Reason: Sakura is known for her strict adherance to principle, and is keen on maintaining Seimeikai's reputation as the most disciplined and honorable of the great crime syndicates. It is revealed in her Bond episodes, however, that this strict adherance has caused friction between her and members of Seimeikai, as she wishes to lead the organization away from its more dubious yet lucrative activities, often performed at the huge expense of life of its own gang members.
Human Disguise: Like a number of other Nikkes, her status as one is a secret. This ends up causing issues during the Cherry Blossom event, as her subordinates are pressuring her to marry and give birth to an heir, the latter of which she is physically incapable of due to being a Nikke.
Kimono Fanservice: She wears a very high-cut kimono that separates into a front and rear panel similar to Yan's outfit, placing heavy emphasis on her legs and the side-strings of her underwear. In her non-combat appearance, she sports an additional hakama skirt, which directs more focus towards her hips courtesy of its side slits.
Marriage of Convenience: In the Cherry Blossom event, she requests the Commander to temporarily play the role of her husband to quell fears amongst her subordinates of the lack of an immediate successor.
Please, Don't Leave Me: A Blabla chat has Sakura ask that the Commander not leave her or the other Underworld Queens behind, because not doing that is why they like him in the first place.
Sakura: "Just don't ever leave us, [Playername]-kun."
Romantic Fake–Real Turn: Just Subverted by the end of her event, with Sakura admitting that while she would very much like their Fake Relationship to be real, she feels like she'd have her work cut out for her fighting off the Commander's veritable army of female suitors.
Trademark Favorite Drink: She is an avid consumer of tea, and uses her underworld contacts to acquire many expensive varieties.
Yakuza: Her organization, Seimeikai, is this. Her character story reveals her family has been running Seimeikai since it was founded.
Yamato Nadeshiko: Kind, polite, and witty, she fulfills all the traits typical of a traditional Japanese beauty. She is, however, still the fierce and unyielding leader of Seimeikai, and is not above bullying the Commander into helping her for the betterment of her organization, or threatening to eliminate her own subordinates for standing against her principles.

Unlimited

"A special squad that explores and defends the northern area. They rescue Nikkes, who have gotten lost, and guide them back to the Ark."

Alice

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^{Sweet Home}

Element: Fire
Weapon: Amazing Wonderland (Sniper Rifle)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Sung Ye-won (KR), Hina Yomiya (JP), Kayli Mills (EN)

Alice Allusion: While one might not think of it from a gun-toting girl in Sensual Spandex, she is named Alice, who thinks she's on a heroic quest alongside her companions to defeat the "Queen of Hearts" (the Rapture Queen). She calls the Commander "Rabbity", a reference to the White Rabbit, and even her favorite book is named "Alice in Wonderland".
Cloudcuckoolander: She's one of the more eccentric Nikkes on the cast, constantly believing and acting as if she's in Alice in Wonderland or a similar fantasy quest (referring to Ludmilla as "My Queen"^note, declaring that they're trying to bring down a "Queen of Hearts" and thinking of the Commander's exoskeleton leg brace as a legendary weapon). The Commander and Counters even play along throughout Chapter 5 to amuse her and themselves.
Friendly Sniper: Wields a sniper rifle and, Wonderland delusions aside, is a perfectly nice and friendly Nikke.
One-Hit Polykill: Alice's bullets gain the Pierce effect as long as she has 80% HP or higher, allowing her to shoot through enemies. When she is below 80% HP, her bullets lose their ability to Pierce and gain the ability to Life Drain.
Rose-Tinted Narrative: Her Attraction episodes replace the Commander's first-person dialogue with a third-person narrative from Alice's view.
Sensual Spandex: Wears a very formfitting bodysuit that shows off her figure nicely, though in Alice's case it's actually to counteract her abnormally high body temperature, since the suit itself is cooling suit.
Sleep Cute: With the Commander in Chapter 6, thanks to Alice making sure he gets some much-needed rest by using her high body temperature to lull him to sleep.
Super Mode: Her Burst Skill hypercharges her attacks, drastically increasing her reload speed, charge speed and damage for 10 seconds. This is reflected by her gun glowing red during the effect's duration and her gunshots turning into pink beams.
Womanchild: Compared to most Nikkes, she's incredibly childish, naïve and sees the world through her fantastic imagination. Her Attraction episodes highlight this trait when she's invited by the Commander to see the Ark, which she thinks is an "Elysium", going around being awed by everything around her... and following a random "candyman" who's really a kidnapper. She is thankfully rescued by the Commander in time, with a stern talking-to from Ludmilla and Mustang.

Ludmilla

^{Winter Owner}

Element: Water
Weapon: Snow Phantom (SMG) (Default); Savior In The Snow (Machine Gun) (Winter Owner)
Class: Defender (Default); Attacker (Winter Owner)
Rarity: SSR
Voiced by: Bi Joo-eon (KR), Ai Kakuma (JP), Lauren Landa (EN)

Connected All Along: During the NEVERLAND event, Ludmilla reveals to the Commander that her family sponsored the orphanage Belorta and Mica grew up in. This is also the reason she is determined to find Belorta after the latter got swept away by an avalance, seeing it as her way to make up for the abuse the girls had to suffer behind closed doors at the hands of the orphanage's director.
Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: She keeps Alice on track on missions, usually by playing along with her Alice in Wonderland type beliefs.
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: She tells Mica to get it together during NEVERLAND when the latter is rendered catatonic after Belorta got swept away in an avalance, believing she is dead. After some stern words, Mica comes back to her senses and decides to help the rest of the group with their search.
Hotter and Sexier: Her "Winter Owner" variant turns up the Fanservice compared to her base version, with more of her cleavage and thighs on display, plus a bit of a Panty Shot in her sprite's animation.
Kimono Fanservice: She wears a white kimono with an Impossibly-Low Neckline in her "Winter Owner" version, befitting her new role as manager of a newly found hot springs resort.
The Leader: She's Unlimited's leader, commanding the group, handling Alice and Neve's quirkyness and Tove's inexperience, and helping rescued Nikkes to recover.
Only Sane Man: Compared to Alice living in her own world, Neve's obsession with bears and tendency to hibernate, and Tove's lack of practical experience, Ludmilla's only real quirk is her regal demeanour shining through at times, and she never allows it to get in the way of doing her job.
Parental Substitute: Acts as one to Alice, with one advise episode revealing she is her legal guardian, and having her discuss desire for Alice to mature so she can make it on her own in the world, while also fearing Alice would lose her innocence in the process, with one of the Commander's potential replies commenting that her fears are the same many parents feel.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: After performing some research, the Commander discovers that Ludmilla was a member of the Ark's old nobility, specifically the royal family, which explains her haughty personality and calling him "Servant". Having grown disgusted with the lifestyle she lived as a royal, she willingly volunteered to have her brain transplanted.
Stone Wall: Ludmilla is one of the game's most powerful tanks, thanks to a Draw Aggro skill that also reduces the damage she takes for a limited time and the ability to debuff enemies. This is balanced by her SMG and lack of decent damage skills making her relatively subpar for much else other than bolstering the team's survival.
Walking Techbane: Per her own admission, and demonstrated in Chapter 6, Ludmilla destroys just about any technology she tries to use, barring her own weapons, to the point that Alice needs to interact with any technology in their home base. According to an Encounter with Maxwell, it is apparently caused by a strange electrical field her body emits. Her problems with her phone are somewhat solved in her "Winter Owner" variant: just like Guilty, she uses her phone's voice recognition feature to send messages via BlaBla. She can't do this for long, however, since she takes the instructions of "speaking loud and clear" a bit too literally, and yells her messages into the microphone loud enough that the rest of her squad can hear her throughout their base, resulting in her throat getting sore after a while.
Winter Royal Lady: Emphasised by her Burst skill's art.

Neve

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Element: Water
Weapon: Ursa Major's Winter (JP)/Hibernation (EN) (Shotgun)
Class: Attacker
Rarity: SR
Voiced by: Lee Jae-hyun (KR), Yōko Hikasa (JP), Emi Lo (EN)

Animal Motifs: Polar bears.
Sleepyhead: She's constantly sleeping or thinking about it. In one Advice chat, she attests that she's probably the sleepiest person in the Ark, to which the Commander has the option of telling her about Frima.

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Café Sweety

The Carronades

Exotic

Happy Zoo

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Timi

Maid For You

Nepenthe

Prima Donna

Protocol

Rewind

School Circle

Seraphim

Talentum

Triangle

Underworld Queen

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