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Eusis/Rolf
Voiced by (Drama CD): Toshiyuki Morikawa
An agent of the Motavian government, operating out of the capital city of Paseo.- The Ace: As a child he was a famous sword prodigy who could single-handily defeat even the most skilled adults. It was his very skills that led to him being handpicked to become an agent of the Motavian government by Paseo's general-governor, who enlisted him as his successor.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He was on the way to becoming this as an orphan, but had some sense knocked into him.
- Blow You Away: Masters the Zan techniques.
- Can't Drop the Hero: The only character who must be in the party.
- Cast from Hit Points: Megid takes half of the hit points of everyone except for Rolf, and then does that much damage to enemies.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique:
- Megid. See the reason above.
- In the text adventure game detailing his history, he learned the "Tendou Zanhaken Technique" which also had a stiff HP cost. After becoming an agent, he apparently never used it again.
- Gravity Master: Learns Gra and Gigra.
- Healing Hands: Learns Res and Gires, as well as Rever.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: He is the only character that can use swords, though he can also use knives and low-caliber guns.
- Light 'em Up: Masters the Tsu techniques.
- Like Brother and Sister: With Nei.
- Magic Knight: Incredibly skilled with bladed weapons, and he wields a vast variety of techniques, both offensive and restorative. It's a good thing he's so well-rounded since he's a required party member.
- Making a Splash: Learns Wat and Giwat in Generation:2.
- Master of All: Not only is he a Magic Knight, but he's a more formidable fighter than Rudo and the best offensive magician in the party. Amy's a little better at healing (having multi-target heals), and Hugh and Kain have specialized anti-bio and anti-machine abilities, but he can compensate for the former by carrying Starmist, and the latter by... simply blasting stuff.
- Parental Abandonment: Lost both of his parents when he was 10.
- Pinball Protagonist: Rolf is literally told what to do by someone else in every leg of the game's story. He's ordered to investigate the Biosystems, and then to deal with Climatrol sucking up excess energy, and from there to escape from the Motavian government. Once he gets to Dezo, Lutz is giving the orders, informing him about the Nei equipment, and providing a means to get to Noah and take out Dark Force.
- Playing with Fire: Masters the Foi techniques.
- Shock and Awe: Learns Zonde and Gi-Zonde in Generation:2.
- Warp Whistle: Hinas lets you leave a dungeon like an escapipe; Ryuka takes you back to the last town you saved like a telepipe (if you used the Visiphone, it instead takes you back to his home).
Nei
Voiced by (Drama CD): Kotono Mitsuishi
A genetic experiment who was found by Rolf when she was very young.
- Adaptational Badass: Nei in the remake learns more skills such as D-Wand and Nares that makes her stay her welcome as the team's strongest attacker and healer after being revived after her Plotline Death.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Has pink hair in the remake. Her hair is purple In the original game.
- Barrier Warrior: The Generation:2 remake gives her Deban and Sashu.
- Can't Drop the Hero: Like Rolf, she cannot be taken out of the party. This would be subverted in a cruel way where the only time she leaves the party is when she dies in Climatrol.
- Combat Medic: She specializes in attacking but also starts off knowing the Res spell. The remake would also allow her to learn Nares at later levels and her Limit Break recovers a party member's TP.
- Crutch Character: Nei levels twice as fast as anyone else and is the fastest character after Shir, but she only learns a handful of techniques compared to the others. She also can't hold any shields or emels, encouraging the game's Dual Wielding mechanic.
- Cute Monster Girl: She's a Half-Human Hybrid and her only non-human trait is having a pair of large ears that point upwards.
- Deader than Dead: After her death at Climatrol, the Clone Labs no longer have access to her biomonster DNA pattern, so she can't be cloned.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: She dies in Rolf's arms.
- Fragile Speedster: Her defensive equipment sucks, but she'll almost always strike first, plus she's made for Dual Wielding.
- Forgotten First Meeting: She met Rudo several months before the start of the story, where she received a Silver Bullet necklace as a token of friendship. But neither of them remembered the encounter as Nei was only a young child at the time.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Half human, half biomonster.
- Happily Adopted: With Rolf.
- Hates Being Alone: Has serious abandonment issues and panics when Rolf reports for duty while she's still asleep in the remake even though he's only gone for a few minutes.
- Healing Hands: Has access to Res, and the remake also gives her Nares (no intermediary Gires).
- Heavy Sleeper: In the remake. Rolf makes, "No oversleeping," a condition of allowing her to join him.
- Kill the Cutie: One of the earliest examples of a major main character canonically dying in a JRPG, preceding Aerith by 8 years.
- Limit Break: Last Force.
- Like Brother and Sister: With Rolf.
- Meaningful Name: According to in-game text, Nei means "the human that is not human."
- It's also used as an "ancient word of power", as both PSII and PSIII have very powerful Nei equipment as the Infinity +1 Sword for various characters.
- Plotline Death:
Years before Final Fantasy VII made it popular, she is killed at Climatrol. Can be averted in the remake. - Pointy Ears: Despite what the original Genesis cover art would have you believe.
- Required Party Member: Up to and including Climatrol.
- Sacrificial Revival Spell: Two of her four techniques sacrifice her life to heal party members.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the remake, you can revive her after her plotline death. But she doesn't have any more story relevance aside from additional side dialogue and being included in the ending.
- Stripperiffic: Her one-piece "battle teddy" exposes half her breast and most of her thighs.
- Ur-Example: Nei is the first numan character in Phantasy Star, though the name wouldn't be used until much later games in the series.
- Wolverine Claws: Oddly referred to as "bars" in the localization.
- Younger Than They Look: Despite appearing to be the same age as Rolf, Nei is only 2 years old.
Rudger/Rudolf "Rudo" Steiner
A Bounty Hunter who fights Biomonsters to avenge his wife and daughter.
- Crusading Widower: See above.
- Death Seeker: His profile in World of Phantasy Star reveals that this is the reason he seeks out dangerous jobs.
- Forgotten First Meeting: He met Nei several months before the start of the story and gave her a Silver Bullet necklace as token of friendship, but neither of them remember it since Nei was a young child at the time.
- The Gunslinger: All of his best weapons are firearms.
- Limit Break: Revenge.
- Magically Inept Fighter: Just like Odin from the first game, he has no magical capability whatsoever. Amusingly, you can have Ustvestia teach him Musik anyway.
- Mighty Glacier: Not very fast, but has exceptionally high defense and very strong offensive power with his guns.
- Stoic Woobie: His profile also states that he doesn't let his pain and his hatred for Biomonsters show, always acting stoic and cool-headed.
Anne Saga/Amy Sage
A doctor hailing from Oputa.
- Barrier Warrior: Between Deban, Shu, and Sashu, she has defensive buffs covered.
- Carry a Big Stick: Her best weapons are Fire Staves.
- Gravity Master: Learns Gra and Gigra, albeit at very high levels.
- Limit Break: Na-Reverser.
- The Medic: She is a doctor, after all.
- Playing with Fire: Learns Foi.
- Power Nullifier: She alone can equip the Silentshot, a weapon that does no damage but silences the enemy.
- Older Than She Looks: She looks like a teenager, but is actually 23 years old, making her the second oldest party member just behind Rudo.
- Sacrificial Revival Spell: Just like Nei, but you'll be better off casting Sar.
- White Magician Girl: She's a very caring and compassionate person, the majority of her techniques are healing or defensive buffs, and she's terrible at physical combat. In fact, her best contribution on offense are attacks that ignore defense, such as the acid shot or a piece of equipment that casts an offensive technique when used in combat.
Huey Reane/Hugh Thompson
A biologist who accompanies Rolf to help end the Biomonster threat.
- Blow You Away: Learns Zan and Gizan.
- Carry a Big Stick: His best weapons are Laconia Maces.
- Crippling Overspecialization: In the long run, Kain's power set is more useful than Hugh's, as biological enemies usually have low defense, which makes any party member effective on them, while mechs tend to require guns and techniques.
- Gravity Master: Learns Gra and Gigra.
- Green Thumb: In college, he specialized in genetically engineering plants.
- Failed a Spot Check: When a rapidly evolving plant biomonster started causing trouble at the college, it took until after its destruction for Hugh to put two and two together...
- Healing Hands: Learns Res and Gires.
- Lethal Joke Character: He's still a Master of None in the remake, especially after robots take over as the game's random encounters. But his Sulfur Limit Break targets all enemies, has a fast charge rate, deals high damage, and has a high chance of paralyzing enemies, including the Final Boss...
- Limit Break: Sulfur.
- Making a Splash: Learns Wat and Giwat in Generation:2.
- Master of None: Aside from his personal biologic-affecting techniques, he doesn't learn the final level of anything.
- Playing with Fire: Learns Foi and Gifoi.
- Scarf Of Ass Kicking: The remake gives him a red scarf to give him a more distinct design.
- Squishy Wizard: His best armor is the Ceramic Chest available in Piata. Even the Generation:2 remake only marginally improved his options with the Zirconium Chest, which is only a few defense points better.
- Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: Specializes in destroying organic enemies.
- Useless Useful Spell: Has a lot of status debuffs that don't really help much.
Amia Amirski/Anna Zirski
Another Bounty Hunter, but instead of Biomonsters, she specializes in hunting people, namely other hunters who have gone rogue.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair and a courageous heart
- Lady of War: Fights exclusively with whips and slashers.
- Life Drain: Fanbi drains life from the target and restores Anna's in trade.
- Limit Break: Medical Treat.
- Status Buff: Shift allows her to boost her own attack power, and it also stacks over uses. She can also cast Ner to boost an ally's speed.
- Team Chef: In the remake, when tasked to create items with Shir, they will make cake together that can be used for healing.
Kains Jian/Josh Kain
A man who wanted to be a mechanic, but always ended up trashing whatever he was trying to repair.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Had lavender hair in the original, but was changed to dark turquoise to make him more distinct from Hugh.
- Blow You Away: Learns Zan and Gizan.
- Chivalrous Pervert: In the remake, he was interested in joining Rolf's team because of the rumors of him traveling with an attractive woman that is Nei. Although, he reassures the women that he's a gentleman.
- Divergent Character Evolution: In the original, his sprite was a Palette Swap of Hugh's, the remake gives Hugh a scarf while Kain is given spikier turquoise hair and white gloves.
- The Gunslinger: Not as much as Rudo, but most of his better weapons are guns.
- Last-Name Basis: "Kain" is his default name in the English version of the original game.
- Limit Break: Burst Touch.
- Shock and Awe: Learns Zonde and Gi-Zonde in Generation:2.
- Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: Specializes in destroying mechanical enemies.
- Walking Tech Bane: The basis for his expertise in robot-affecting techniques. His job is even listed as "Wrecker".
- What the Hell Is That Accent?: Has an accent that shortens a lot of his words and makes them be spelled differently in the original.
Shilka Levinia/Shir Gold
A thief who joins Rolf sheerly for the thrill of it.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Shir is the only character to learn Nagra, the strongest gravity technique. However, Nazan is learned much earlier, also hits every enemy, and has nearly half the TP cost of Nagra.
- Blow You Away: Masters the Zan techniques.
- Classy Cat-Burglar: The "rich thrill seeker" subtype, and more so when she was working alone.
- Devious Daggers Shir Gold, being the resident thief of the party, can only equip knives and daggers. Sadly, what should have been her best weapon, the Laconia Dagger, has absolutely terrible stats, forcing her to equip Laser Knives instead (or just put on two emels and go full mage instead).
- Divergent Character Evolution: Not as much as Kain and Hugh, but in the original, Shir's sprite was a Palette Swap of Amy's, the remake would have Amy keep her shawl while Shir's white collar stays as a collar.
- Fragile Speedster: Even more than Nei.
- Fiction 500: The Levinia/Gold family is incredibly wealthy, so much that calling Shir a princess would actually be insulting.
- Gravity Master: Masters the Gra techniques.
- Limit Break: Tornado.
- Only in It for the Money: She doesn't really care about justice and morals, only wants to see what kind of treasure she'll get her hands on.
- Playing with Fire: Learns Foi and Gifoi.
- Punny Name: "Sure gold", or easy money.
- Sticky Fingers: She doesn't need to steal, but does so because it's exciting.
- Team Chef: In the remake, when tasked to create items with Amia, they will make cake together that can be used for healing.
- Video Game Stealing: Shir has a random chance of stealing from any arms, armor, or item store you enter with her in the party. If she does so, she'll travel back to Rolf's home in Paseo to rejoin the group, item in hand. If you grind her to level 10 and travel to Paseo's Central Tower's baggage room, she might steal the Visiphone, a portable Save Token.
- Warp Whistle: Just like Rolf, she can cast Ryuka and Hinas. This helpfully explains how Shir can get back to Paseo so easily by herself.
- Wealth's in a Name: Her surname is "Gold" in the original English version and she is a well-off young lady.
Neifirst
Voiced by (Drama CD): Kotono Mitsuishi
- Anti-Villain: She was created in the Biosystems Lab, which determined that she was "dangerous to humans" and tried to dispose of her, causing her to turn against humanity. While by the time of the game, she's gone from merely "dangerous" to "sadistic and cruel," it's clear that she was never given much of a chance to be anything else.
- Artificial Human: The original humanoid Biomonster.
- Climax Boss: Nothing Is the Same Anymore after the revelation of her identity and the battle with her.
- Disc-One Final Boss: Defeating her completes your original mission, but now you've got new problems.
- Divergent Character Evolution: In the original, she's simply a Palette Swap of Nei, being blue all over. In the remake, she's given a more mature facial structure and golden armor plates were added onto her outfit.
- Evil Twin: Of Nei, natch. Though since Neifirst is the original, it would be more accurate to call Nei the Good Twin.
- Half-Human Hybrid: She's composed of both human and Biomonster DNA.
- Hero Killer: She will challenge Nei alone in a Duel Boss fight, and will very likely kill her easily. While it's still possible to defeat her as Nei, she still dies afterwards.
- Laser Blade: Unlike Nei, she appears to use one of these.
- Meaningful Name: According to in-game text, Nei means "the human that is not human."
- Monster Lord: The first Biomonster, and essentially a human with pointy ears rather than the modified animals and such.
- Not So Similar: She tries to give a Breaking Speech to Nei that since she is born from her DNA, she hates humanity as much as she does. But Nei denies it, refusing to stand by as Neifirst creates more monsters to terrorize humanity even if they mistreated biomonsters like her in the past.
- Pointy Ears: Being the original being who Nei splintered off from, Neifirst naturally has them as well.
- Psycho Prototype: The original Nei, and unlike her sister, is antagonistic to humanity.
- Super Prototype: She is the most powerful Biomonster on Mota, and far stronger than her sister Nei.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Mother Brain
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Subverted. It turns out that she's working just fine, but she's working for the enemy.
- The Computer Is Your Friend: Subverted. It looks like she's a glitchy protector of Motavia, but her intentions have nothing to do with the good of humanity. She was specifically programmed to take over, weaken and destroy Algol's civilization.
- Final Boss: The very last enemy you fight in the game.
