Characters from Phoenotopia: Awakening.
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Main Characters
Gail
- Action Girl: To be expected as the player character, although it's established that she was trained in combat before the events of the game.
- Adaptation Name Change: She was called Gale in the original flash game.
- Badass Adorable: She has a cute appearance in any art style, pink hair, and is known to be kind. She's also strong enough to beat up various enemies, and turns out to be a Phoenix with powers she has yet to discover.
- Batter Up!: The first weapon she finds is a wooden bat; throughout the game there are other bats she can use, with the most powerful one being a reward for a lengthy sidequest.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She might be friendly most of the time, but you don't want to get on her bad side. Just ask Birdy.
- Cute Bruiser: She's a friendly young woman with pink hair who beats up enemies with a baseball bat, among other weapons.
- Dead Guy Junior: The woman who found her, Ava, named her after her late sister.
- Flying Brick: While she isn't this in the main game, it's implied in the ending that she has or will become this, having discovered the ability to fly as a Phoenix.
- Friendly Rivalry: Has one with Aella, who can never seem to beat Gail in a fight, but is on good terms with her despite this.
- Happily Adopted: While not made explicit, at no point is it implied that Gail is curious about where she originally came from, having been content to live in the orphanage under Nana until the abduction happens.
- Heroic Mime: Downplayed. There are a few instances where she talks, such as examining the items in her bedroom, and she is clearly the one speaking in the dialogue options, but aside from that she doesn't talk onscreen during cutscenes.
- Idiot Hair: She has a bit of hair that sticks up, as seen in her sprite and in official art of her.
- One-Woman Army: With her skills and weapons, she can fight any kind of enemy by herself. Justified because she's a Phoenix.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: While in Atai, she has to buy wine for an imprisoned Ouroboros bandit so that he'll tell her where to find their hideout. Since she can't wait a month for her own ID, she borrows Lisa's, and dyes her hair brown. Even though she doesn't have the same shade of brown hair as Lisa, or the same skin tone or outfit, the innkeeper is easily fooled.
- Raised by Grandparents: She was brought to Panselo by Ava along with Kitt, but Ava left shortly after and never returned, leaving Nana to raise them.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: She has pink hair and is fairly nice and friendly to everyone, and can potentially help many people through sidequests.
- Super-Soldier: It's revealed near the end of the game that she's one of the Phoenixes, a genetically engineered race created to fight in the Great War whose births were continued even after it ended. She and Kitt were stolen from a vault as infants.
- Tomato in the Mirror: The second half of the game revolves around her going to find where the Phoenixes are kept in order to use them against an alien invasion. Near the end, she finds out that she is one herself.
- Vague Age: It's unclear just how old she is, since according to Lisa she's old enough to have an ID to buy alcohol, but it's never stated how old one has to be for that. Mother Computer says that she was taken from the vault sixteen years ago, and a flashback shows her as an infant, so she's likely around sixteen to eighteen years old.
Bart
- Adaptational Heroism: Played with. His counterpart Billy from the original flash game is revealed near the end to want to take over the world, and his friendliness towards Gale was an act. Here, Bart is genuinely trying to save the world and considers Gail as friend. However, a conversation late in the game implies that Billy still exists as his brother, likely with the same goals from the original story.
- Adaptation Name Change: Subverted. Bart is a separate character, while Billy, or Lord Bill as he is known as, is his brother.
- An Alien Named "Bob": His name is Bart, which is actually stated by another character to be short for Bartholomew rather than a more alien name. Justified since his race is descended from humans.
- Brutal Honesty: When he reveals that the world is going to be destroyed in an invasion, he says that the abducted villagers, despite being taken by space pirates to be sold as a soon-to-be-rare species, are actually safer than those who were left behind.
- Decomposite Character: He's mentioned to have a brother known as Bill, implied to be Billy from the flash game, but Bart is the one who has the role of helping Gail through a Golem head.
- The Ditz: Downplayed. He believes he's good at hacking and talking his way out of situations, saying that he got an "F for fantastic" and a "D for diplomatic" in their respective courses, and when he sees a giant bug he runs off, forgetting that he's not actually there in person, but is otherwise helpful when it comes to telling Gail what she should do next and how to beat the enemies she's facing.
- Mission Control: He can't directly come to Earth without giving away his presence to the Galactic Federation, who denied the Stellanite's claim for the planet, so he and nineteen others sent remote-controlled Golems there, and when his gets broken and reduced to a head he has to act as this towards Gail.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: When the Astral Empire decided to invade Earth, his race tried to save it by claiming it since their ancestors came from there, but were turned down by the Galactic Federation since they'd long settled on a new planet. Despite this, he and many others decided they would try to save Earth anyway.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's scared of bugs, especially the big ones in the Mul Caves.
Supporting Characters
Alex
- Brats with Slingshots: He gives Gail the slingshot. Downplayed as he's not bratty so much as curious and adventurous, and he tries his best to look after the other children while Gail visits Atai.
- Vague Age: After the abduction, he says that he and Gail are now the oldest in the village, but he's quite short and looks very youthful during an art-shifted cutscene. He has to at be at least eleven, since another kid mentions being that age.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Has this with Lisa, as the two are often seen teasing each other, but then expressing fondness when the other isn't there.
Word of God says they are actually blood siblings.
Lisa
- Hidden Depths: One of the skills she says she's learned on her travels is ventriloquism.
- Nice Girl: She's nice and friendly to almost everyone, even thieves like Garnet (who was convinced to stop).
- Team Mom: Becomes this when she returns to Panselo, helping to look after the younger children and giving them emotional support.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: She and Alex often tease one another, but still care about each other, not that they'll admit it while the other is there. Word of God says they are actually blood siblings.
- Work Off the Debt: When Gail finds her in Atai, she's looking after Pooki while wearing a ball and chain, explaining that she ended up with a huge debt that will take ten years to pay off. It's hinted (and confirmed by Word of God) that it's actually Garnet's debt, with Lisa either taking the blame for her previous crimes or convincing the Mayor to give the debt to her instead. Gail makes a deal with the Mayor to capture the Ouroboros leader in exchange for her freedom.
Thomas
- Big Brother Instinct: He agrees to help Gail after learning that his sister was among the abducted, although this is later downplayed when after learning that everyone on Earth is in more danger, he agrees that they should focus on saving themselves first before trying to help the villagers.
- Bunny Ears Picture Prank: One of his pictures is of him doing this to Rutea, who has the same picture at her home.
- Distressed Dude: While spending the night in Daea City, he gets captured by some mind controlled guards and imprisoned until Gail rescues him while getting into the castle through the dungeons.
- Easily Forgiven: Gail doesn't hold a grudge against him for making a Wrecker fight her, although that was due to a mistunderstanding. If you help Floret and Gilroy, they'll be shown near him in the ending, suggesting that they don't seem to mind still working with him after he imprisoned them earlier, although that might have something to do with the Peace Ministers easing their restrictions to help against the invasion.
- For Science!: The reason why some of his work goes against the Peace Minister's restrictions; while he does need to be asked to work on certain things rather than do it of his own accord, he'll still help people who are likely to use his devices for war if it means he gets to learn more about the technology from before and during the Great War.
- He Knows Too Much: Twice over. Firstly, he traps two Peace Ministers because they found out he broke their rules, and when Gail shows up he initially thinks she was sent by them to stop him. Then later on, when he is denied entry into the White Towers, he mentions that there are aliens trying to take over the world, which leads to him getting taken to the dungeons overnight, as many of the guards were under mind control from a race of aliens.
- Introverted Cat Person: He's said to be a recluse whose staff consists of Golems (although he was stated to be looking for a human intern), and there are several cat-themed items at his lab, as well as one of the pettable cats. He's also the character featured on the "Cat Petter" badge.
- Leitmotif: Thomas' Theme
, a song that starts off as chiptune but gains a few more instruments, representing the journey into the laboratory of a strange man who only has Golems for staff, and various trials that humans must complete in order to work for him. - My Sister Is Off-Limits: One of his logs suggests that he isn't too happy about Rutea being interested in a boy, saying that he should stay away from her.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Fran, Daea's other main scientist, although he doesn't realise that she's actually his contact who helps him in exchange for Moonstones, even with such a poor disguise. It's implied by the ending that they eventually started working together against the invasion.
Prince Leo
- Adaptational Nice Guy: He's much nicer than he was in the original game, with a few of Daea's residents mentioning that although he often forgets people's names, he's still friendly and often visits some of the city's establishments.
- Determinator: Despite taking a hard beating, he refuses to give up any information to the Kobolds.
- Distressed Dude: He's found tied to a chair at the top of the White Towers, having been beaten up and interrogated.
- Secret-Keeper: He knows the truth about the history of Earth and the Great War, which was noted to have been covered up in an attempt to stop more wars from happening. However, there are also secrets even he doesn't know, as he initially thought the Phoenixes were just a myth.
Antagonists
Birdy
- Dreadful Musician: She's not good at playing the flute, saying that it's a work in progress.
- Killed Offscreen: Subverted. After completing the sidequest with her and Zeke, you'll find them missing from their cells, with the guard saying they were sent to the guillotines. But if you return later, the two are back in their cells. Turns out they were just sent to clean the guillotines, and no one in the reigon has been executed for a long time.
- Secret Test of Character: After Gail defeats the Great Drake, she tries to pass off the fight as this, saying that she was looking for a second in command and that Gail passed. This doesn't help at all, and Gail ties her up and takes her back to Atai.
- Tsundere: She initially refuses to talk to you while in prison, but when bringing food to Zeke he'll suggest you give her some as well, which she'll be surprised by, with him saying that's her way of saying thank you.
- Weak, but Skilled: She's not physically strong, but she still managed to pass the three trials needed to become the tribe's leader by using her knowledge, beating Rala's trial by using the Dragon Snares to her advantage and getting it to eat her and spit her out really high with a Stink Root on her.
Katash
- Bandit Mook: He can steal food from you and heal from it, although he'll actually suffer damage if he steals enough "Food" instead.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He's the boss of the White Towers, and much more difficult than any of the previous bosses. Later subverted when he becomes the actual final boss, although this time you can actually lose without getting a Game Over.
- Evil Laugh: He lets out a high-pitched cackle a few times.
- The Man Behind the Man: If you do Zeke and Birdy's sidequest, you'll learn that he was the one who told Birdy to break the bridges as a distraction while he took over the castle, and who also helped her become the Ouroboros leader by giving her control over the tribe's Great Drake. Although it's implied that there is another man behind him.
- Uncertain Doom: He is defeated by either Gail or the newly-awakened Phoenix, and knocked offscreen, with no indication as to whether he survived or not.
- We Will Meet Again: He'll say that this isn't over after his defeat in the White Towers. You encounter him again near the very end of the game.
- Wolf Man: Looks like an antropomorphic wolf.
Others
Kitt
- Adaptation Name Change: Was called Kiter in the original flash game.
- Dead Guy Junior: The woman who found him, Ava, named him after her late brother.
- Hero of Another Story: The artwork reward for getting 100% Completion in addition to defeating both the Phalanx and Katash in his second battle suggests that he and Rutea are having their own adventure out in space after being abducted.
- Super-Soldier: Since he was taken from the same vault as Gail, it can be assumed that like her, he is a Phoenix, though it's unknown how or when he will find out.
- Supreme Chef: He's stated to be good at cooking, and he's making dinner at the start of the game, implied to be something he does often.
Nana
- Granny Classic: She looks the part, and is known to be caring towards everyone at the orphanage, and it's suggested that she looks out for the other villagers as well.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Her two younger children died, and it's implied that her remaining daughter Ava died shortly after she brought Gail and Kitt to Panselo.
Rutea
- Adaptation Name Change: Her name was Ruth in the original game.
- Big Brother Worship: She looks up to Thomas enough to become interested in science and technology like he is, and at the beginning of the game she's conflicted as to whether she should go and work with him or stay in Panselo. She also wrote a poem about how much she adores him despite sometimes falling out like siblings are known to do.
- Hero of Another Story: If you get 100% Completion and also beat the Phalanx and the second Katash fight, you'll get to see a picture of her and Kitt on another planet fighthing a lizard-like race, with aliens based on a cat and a fairy as their companions, suggesting that they managed to escape from capitivity and are now on their own adventure.
- Hidden Depths: After a certain point in the game, you can read a book in her bedroom and find out that she likes to write poems, and has written some about Thomas, Golems, Kitt, and Gail.
Adar
- Secret-Keeper: Talking to him in the beginning has him say he discovered something interesting, but he refuses to tell you what it is. Reading his journal reveals that he discovered the entrance to a vault near his home, although he couldn't get past it.
- Small Role, Big Impact: A few times, actually. Birdy bought some bombs from him to blow up both of the Kingdom Bridges, leaving them badly damaged and making it difficult for people to travel between regions. Gail takes some of his bombs after gaining access to his house, which become useful in many situations. He also found a door leading to a vault in the cave next to his house, which you can explore late in the game and learn some more lore.
Aella
- Cool Big Sis: Her younger brother Ernest looks up to her, and she certainly wants him to see her as this, deciding after she's regained her memory to wait until she's recovered a bit more before returning to Panselo.
- Easy Amnesia: She lost her memories after slipping on a banana peel and hitting her head.
- Identity Amnesia: When you find her in Cosette, she doesn't remember anything about herself, not even her name. She does have vague memories that you can try to help with, though.
- Friendly Rivalry: Has this with Gail, since she wants to train to be able to defeat her in a fight, but is still on good terms with her and even teaches her the Temperance technique as thanks for curing her amnesia.
- Hard Work Hardly Works: Gail always seems to be better than her despite how hard she trains. It makes sense when you learn that Gail is a Super-Soldier.
Garnet
- Adorably Precocious Child: While it's unknown how young she is, she's mature enough to look after a group of children and run her own service of it.
- Family Theme Naming: Her name is Garnet and her brother's name is Beryl; both are types of gemstone.
- Master of Unlocking: Lisa advises you to ask her to unlock the door to Adar's house so you can get some bombs, saying that she's good at lockpicking. You ask her to do the same again during the Trading Sequence when the scammers lock themselves in there.
- Reformed Criminal: She was once a thief, but Lisa convinced her to give it up and make a living from running a day care service instead. According to Word of God, it's actually Garnet's debt that Lisa is working off when you meet her.
Fran
- Big Eater: She talks about having lots of food with her, saying that it's enough to survive being trapped under rocks on one of the bridges for a while, and her assistants sometimes find food in various parts of her lab.
- Break the Cutie: She doesn't take it well when the Peace Ministers tell her they only let her study and build teleporters so they could use it for themselves, as opposed to her dream of making them available to the public.
- Foil: To Thomas. Both of them are scientists with laboratories in Daea, and whose work goes against the Peace Minister's restrictions. However, while Thomas is breaking the rules For Science!, Fran is genuinely trying to make people's lives better with teleportation. Additionally, Thomas is said to be reclusive and only has Golems as staff, while Fran is more approachable and has two human assistants.
- Leitmotif: Fran's Theme, an upbeat song that sounds like something you would hear on an advert, suitable for a scientist working to improve people's quality of life.
- Older Than They Look: She's rather short and will usually jump up and down excitedly, but she's implied to be an adult. At one point, someone mistakes her for a child, and one of her assistants tries to say she's over a certain age. Word of God says she's 26 years old.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: As Narf, she wears a pair of novelty glasses, and tells Gail that she's meeting her for the first time. Thomas seems to be completely fooled.
- Sdrawkcab Alias: She helps Thomas in exchange for Moonstones while in disguise, calling herself "Narf".
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: When introducing herself, she alludes to Thomas but doesn't mention his name, calling him crazy and saying she's the best scientist in Daea, and Thomas doesn't like to mention her name at all. However, she doesn't seem to mind helping him while in disguise so she can get more Moonstones from him, and it's unclear if their rivalry is one-sided on Thomas' part or not. It's suggested in the ending that the invasion caused them to start working together.
- Theme Naming: She's called Fran and her assistants are Lan and Van. At one point she tells Gail that if she were to work for her, she'd have to change her name to Gan.
Atri
- Cool Old Lady: Several people in the Ouroboros tribe look up to her even after she retired as leader, and she's really good at fighting.
- Old Master: She will teach you three different techniques in exchange for pairs of Ouroboros scrolls.
- Really 700 Years Old: One Ouroboros member says that she's looked the same age for a while; it's possible she's over a hundred years old, or even older.
The Troubadors
Harmony
Forte
Alto
Cobette
Melody
A group of travelling musicians encountered throughout the game, and a former Ouroboros member who wants to become a dancer.
- Disguised in Drag: Cobette is eventually revealed to be a Golem with a Holographic Disguise controlled by a Stellanite called Coby, who is implied to be male.
- Musical Theme Naming: Harmony, Forte, and Alto are all musical terms. They are later joined by Melody.
- Odd Name Out: Their names are all related to music in some way, except Cobette. We later find out that Cobette is actually one of Bart's allies called Coby, on a mission to study and document human culture should they fail to save Earth.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about them without revealing that one of them is actually a Stellanite helping to save the world.
Floret and Gilroy
Floret
Gilroy
A pair of Peace Ministers first seen in Sunflower Road who are later found trapped in Thomas' lab.- Black-and-White Morality: Floret seems to think that the Peace Ministers are all good while any scientists who break their rules are evil. She gets conflicted when Fran gets upset over them wanting to use her teleporters for themselves instead of opening them to the public, saying that it's easier for her to deal with people like Thomas.
- Hidden Depths: It's implied that Floret doesn't like to upset people and will try to appease them. After freeing her, one of the Golems in Thomas' lab will offer her some Calory Slush, which she'll refuse, but then reconsider when the Golem gets unhappy about it. Later on, when Gilroy becomes unhappy after Fran runs off crying from having her request to open the Franway denied, Floret decides to bend the rules and give her some extra time, with the reasoning that if items can potentially be burnt by the teleporters then so can people, so they're not ready to use yet.
- Jerkass Has a Point: As upsetting as it it for Fran to have her ambitions crushed, Floret is correct that public teleporters would result in the people who work in transportation being out of a job, as well as making changes to the economy.
- Power-Up Food: You can help to free them by giving Gilroy some chocolate to eat; it makes him strong enough to break the glass they're trapped behind.
- Younger Than They Look: Gilroy is stated by Floret to only be ten years of age, but he looks older because he's a meta-human with special abilities. However, his large eyes do give him a youthful appearance.
