This is a list of characters from the game Happy Saint Sheol. Character images are taken from the official website
, while department icons are from the official website for HSMY.
The key words under the heroines' images are taken from the final trailer (NSFW and flash warning).
A young man coming from a closed-off village in order to start his life as an adult in the capital. While he starts as a trainee of the Cleanup Department, Belial got in an arranged marriage with the next lead of the mage family Alternata, which should promote him to the Magic Department after a week. He's lively, a bit rebellious and rather hot-blooded.
Since he came to the temple, Belial has frequent dreams featuring an angel surrounded by gore, blood and guts, who usually comes to rescue him from his nightmare.
- Nightmare Sequence: once he arrives at the temple, he suffers from regular nightmares featuring blood, guts, gore, and a pure angel coming to his rescue... most of the time, at least.
- Power Palms: Belial's two Stigmatas are on his palms.
- Rebellious Spirit:
- Red Eyes, Take Warning:
- Rugged Scar: has dark, stripe-like scars on both of his arms stemming from an old event in his childhood, in addition to a X-shaped scar on the cheek.
- Sanity Slippage: his mental health takes a turn for the worse following his assault by Blondie on the night of the second day.
- Too Many Belts: a rather mild example, but Belial's attire has multiple belts.
Cleanup Department
- Dub Name Change: from Purification Department (浄化部) to Cleanup Department. Granted, the 浄化 part of its Japanese name can mean both purification and cleanup.
A girl Belial meets in the train on his way to Saint Sheol. She's a fellow new rookie like him. Timid and unsure of herself, she doesn't react well to how harsh her new job is. As a way to relieve stress, Maya often spends time in the Flower Garden tending on flowers and plants.
Oddly enough, an angel bearing her face always appears in Belial's nightmares...
While she's the default heroine of the original game, she takes on the protagonist role in the spin-off HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL ~Mouja Shoujo Maya~.
- Girlish Pigtails: Maya wears her hair in two short twintails.
- Hellish Pupils: her pupils are rectangular, like a goat's, and her eyes are also orange.
- The Klutz: already clumsy by default, this trait of hers gets worse with the rude conditions of her job as a member of the Cleanup Department.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: the Elbeth family is composed of a couple, who adopted ten children. They then send them off to work to the temple once they reach adulthood. Maya is the youngest of them.
- Nature Lover: Maya loves plants, flowers, and animals (including bugs), hence why she's often found in the flower garden.
- Shrinking Violet : Maya ticks pratically every box out of this trope.
- Winged Humanoid: how she appears in Belial's nightmares. In reality, her two Stigmatas are on her back - located where her angel wings should be.
- Zettai Ryouiki : wears white thigh-highs.
A senior member of the Cleanup Department, who acts as Belial's and Maya's mentor, and additionally the temporary auxiliary bishop of the Cleanup Department.
He's completely devoted to his job, but his attiude with other people is absolutely terrible.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: due to his short stature, slim build, having an high-pitched voice as if he didn't reach puberty (despite being implied to be at least 19 years old), and being described as having wrists as slender as Maya's, Belial even wonders if he's a man in the first place.
- Jerkass: his behavior with others usually ranges from being simply condescending to outright rude. It's not a surprise to see that he's not liked by anyone in the Department (with the exception of Maya, despite his cold treatment towards her, and Haku).
- Pointless Bandaid : has two band-aids on his face, and several others on his legs. Though they might not be exactly pointless, judging by how he's said to being prone to injure himself often.
- Undying Loyalty: towards Haku, even if other priests always assume he hates her guts. He's actually incredibly devoted to her, and helps her daily with various tasks, such as paperwork, bringing her meals, waking her up, or tying her hair.
- Workaholic: tends to sacrifice his social life for the sake of being efficient at his job. Not that he seems to especially care about having friends either, though.
The mystical bishop of the Cleanup Department. Her airheaded and relaxed personality, coupled with her slow manner of speaking and walking, tend to confuse others.
Her behavior seem to change drastically at night however, being more bright, blunt and rude.
- Church Lady: noticeably more prone to focus on religion than other characters.
- Duality Motif: Haku's eyes are usually yellow, with a hint of blue at the top. This changes at night, where they become completely blue.
- Eye Colour Change: from yellow, to light blue.
- Exotic Eye Designs: although it's subtle, her pupils are diamond-shaped.
- The Fool: has shades of this, thanks to her airheaded nature. This questions her independance, both as a person and a bishop...
- Lady Looks Like a Dude: Belial takes a rather long time to notice Haku's gender. She's described as being fairly androgynous thanks to her tall height, low tone of voice and sharp features, and her attire has been designed with both priest and nun clothes in mind in order to give her a neutral image, according to the artbook.
- Mystical White Hair: has pure white hair, which is described as almost glowing in the dark. In-universe, this lack of pigment in one's hair signifies a certain lack in sacred power.
- Too Many Belts: wears one around the waist, two small belts on each arms, and has another hanging around her skirt.
Chairwoman & Blondie
- Gossipy Hens: like many priests in the Cleanup Department, they love hearing and spreading rumors.
- No Name Given: as Belial struggles to understand the accent used in the capital at first, he doesn't register their names, and thus refers to them with nicknames instead.
Chairwoman
One of Maya's many half-siblings. Short-tempered and a fan of gossiping about others.- Brainy Brunette: seemingly, as Maya mentions that she's been trying to get into the Academics Department (... without success).
- Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: she doesn't react well to Blondie's death at all.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: it's rare for her to not be raving and ranting about something, but bringing up Securett seem to especially rile her up.
Blondie
Chairwoman's friend. Chatty but rather lazy, she takes an interest in Belial quickly.- Alpha Bitch: of the passive-aggressive variant.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: has red eyes, a rather mischevious attitude, and she rapes Belial during his second night at the temple. She gets executed as a consequence of the latter.
Magic Department
The auxiliary bishop of the Magic Department, and the next lead of the powerful family of mages, the House of Alternata. Arne is formal, serious and family-oriented. She's often hanging in the Training Grounds of her department.
She got into an arranged marriage with Belial, which she's content with since it should allow her family to prosper further.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: a poster example for this trope.
- Blue Is Calm: Arne has dark blue eyes, and never loses her composure.
- Cool Big Sis: for Enoch.
- Extreme Doormat: Arne always does what she's told to, without complaining, and tends to apologize for things that aren't even her fault. Her dutiful nature is so strong that it can get overbearing or annoying to others, yet she remains grounded constantly and doesn't seem to suffer from self-worth issues.
- Gold and White Are Divine: her attire features a lot of gold and white (along with black), though she isn't a deity. It does reflects her high levels of sacred powers, however.
- Iron Lady: as the next lead of the Alternata family, Arne fits this trope very well.
The second auxiliary bishop of the Magic Department, and Arne's younger adopted brother. He's often seen at her side, and his affection towards her may seem stronger than a typical sibling bond... However, he wants the best for her, and constantly tries his best to be of help.
He additionally is a well-known figure in the temple thanks to his friendly and outgoing personality.
- Bad Liar: he's not very good at fighting back against accusations of him having feelings for Arne.
- Big Sister Worship: towards Arne. Enoch loves his older sister dearly and will fight back if you dare criticizing her. This enters Big Sister Attraction levels of worship more often than not.
- Nice Guy: helpful and kindheartred to anyone, and rather humble.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Enoch is the tallest character in the cast, and has dark hair. While his personality isn't the one usually associated with this trope, he's quite popular in-universe for his good looks.
- Tsurime Eyes: actually more sanpaku than tsurime, as his eyes are very thin.
The haughty bishop of the Magic Department, and a very powerful mage. He's the one who invited Belial to join the temple and got him into an arranged marriage with Arne, his niece. This makes him the current lead of the House of Alternata.
Don't let his looks fool you - he actually turned forty-five this year.
- Older Than They Look: apparently sacrified his physical growth for the sake of his incredibly high levels of sacred power.
- Power Floats: Erzsebet is able to float in the air at will.
- Royal Brat: his youngful appearance and arrogant personality makes him pass as this. He's however technically not a part of royalty (though his status as a mage can be seen as similar), and his appearance doesn't reflect his real age.
- Waistcoat of Style: wears a grey waistcoat under his coat.
Academics Department
The auxiliary bishop of the Academics Department. Lavieen is a priest with many different skills, however, she suffers from a condition caused by the Pestis, making her enter a state of sleepwalking at random moments. When she sleepwalks, she goes by the name Rose, acts in a robotic, emotionless manner, and never leaves her room in the Library. When she's awake, Lavieen is cheerful, talkative and wise, and often wanders around the temple to fix broken machinery.
And yes, her name is an obvious reference to the popular french song/saying La Vie En Rose.
- Character Catchphrase: "Bye-bye." for Rose.
- The Engineer: Lavieen is one.
- Emotionless Girl: Rose fits this trope perfectly. On the other hand, Lavieen is more or less the opposite of it.
- Empty Eyes: her eyes lack any light or pupil, being completely black. This is probably a direct cause of her illness.
- Tareme Eyes: has round, droopy eyes.
- Third-Person Person: Rose speaks in third person. Lavieen does not.
The strange bishop of the Academics Department, and a librarian. Evelynn often brews perfume with flowers herself, and tends to scare off people with her eccentric personality...
That is, when she's not attracting them (though that might be as well due thanks to her perfumes' proprieties).
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: has a lot of purple in her design.
- Evil Librarians: might come off as this, due to her eccentric nature.
- Hot Librarian: an attractive librarian who's aware of her charms.
Health Department
The auxiliary bishop of the Health Department. Grette is a therapist who regularly offer counseling to priests in need, and always has a warm, kind aura around her.
She loves to bake sweets, which she likes to hand to priests passing by the Infirmary.
- Cute Oversized Sleeves: her lab coat is a bit too big for her, at least around the sleeves.
- Nice Girl: very patient, altruistic and observant.
- Sweet Baker: Grette often bakes small pies, muffins, cakes, etc., and offers them to anyone who wants one, along with tea or coffee if asked.
- Tareme Eyes: has round eyes, with bright white pupils.
The bishop of the Health Department, and a doctor. Rather stoic but with a good nature nonetheless, he always smells like cigarettes.
There's some rumors that he has a relationship with Grette going around the temple...
- Badass Longcoat
- Must Have Nicotine: judging by how he always has the scent of cigarettes on him, and is even described as "an anthropomorphic ashtray" by Belial, Gregor likely has a problem with smoking.
- Stoic Spectacles: wears half-rim glasses, and is indeed quite stoic.
Others
The young daughter of the wealthy Myosotis family, who regulary helps the temple with donations.
She's a talkative young girl who likes listening to rumors and learning new things, though her curiosity can be slightly overbearing at times.
- Break the Cutie: in her event of the 5th day, Belial ends up learning that Clione has a very abusive fiance. Being around thirty years older than her, he frequently hits her in different ways, makes her take two-hours long baths, shackles her in the shower, shuts her in dark places such as a wardrobe while acting like she isn't here, and more... As a result of this, she has various wounds in places usually hidden by her clothes. Clione herself doesn't fully understand the gravity of the situation.
- Exotic Eye Designs: only applies to her blue left eye - her Stigmata remplaces her pupil in this eye, making it star-shaped. She additionally has a sprite with both pupils being star-shaped, symbolizing enthusiasm.
- Ojou: being the wealthy daughter of the Myosotis family, Clione is refined, uses the formal first-pronoun watakushi, and tends to ends her sentences with the desu wa particle in the Japanese script.
- Spirited Young Lady: refined, but also a bit mischevious and quite confident.
- Token Mini-Moe: Clione is the youngest character in the cast, and also very cute.
- True Blue Femininity: pastel/light blue is her image color, which is reflected in her color palette.
The current cardinal of Saint Sheol, and Haku's father. He etablished the Cleanup Department three years prior the start of the game, and used to be the bishop of the Academics Department before this.
An unprecedented genius who has greatly contributed to the technological advancement of the capital, and who's considered as a hero for those who suffer from discriminations in human rights.
He's the protagonist of the upcoming HAPPY SAIN† ZERO prequel.
- Easter Egg : you can unlock a short event featuring Amii at the end of day 5, by completely ignoring any main event featuring an heroine since the third day.
- Exotic Eye Designs: as subtle as his daughter, Amii also has diamond-shaped pupils.
- Mystical White Hair
