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    Seth 
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Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori (Japanese), Christopher Llewyn Ramirez, Cristina Vee (child) (English)

The protagonist, a reckless teenager infected by a Nemesis back when he was a child, which gave him a pair of small horns. His goal is to find the Radiant, the source of all Nemesis, to destroy it and end the infected's suffering.


  • Adaptational Dumbass: A very strange example − the first two episodes made it seemed like anime!Seth was less impulsive and reckless than his early manga counterpart (see Destructive Savior below), but then the following episodes make him much more ignorant than he initially was. In the manga, he's the one who first brings up the Radiant, he knows not to reveal his barehanded magic to the Inquisitors, can perfectly ride a Flying Broomstick and can use basic spells like Repulse or Meteor Drops from the start. In the anime he's puzzled when Alma tells him about the Radiant, doesn't seem to know what the Inquisition is, isn't very good at flying and can't use any magic other than his "Titan Punch" (just a Fantasia-charged normal punch).
  • All of the Other Reindeer: As a child going from islet to islet with Alma the horned Seth faced terrible discrimination because of people's belief in the Inquisition's lies, getting beat up by children who even stabbed him to find his "demon's mark". He would have been killed by adults at the stake if Alma didn't save him.
  • Barrier Warrior: Like Mélie, he can create shield of Fantasia to block attacks.
  • Calling Your Attacks: He does this all the time during fights. Although, there is an in-universe explanation for it because of how Fantasia works. As Yaga puts it, naming your attacks is a way to mnemonically link the name with the intention, making the casting of the spell instinctive.
  • Combat Pragmatist: Seth feints Konrad and knees him in the face during their fight. He even mocks him to buy time because he's running out of energy and the magic protecting his broken arm is wearing off.
  • Destructive Savior: His big problem in the introduction arc. He's so eager to prove that he can fight Nemesis that he deliberately makes a Nemesis egg hatch in the middle of a town with civilians around, causing no small amount of damage afterwards, with the bonus of tying up two kids to take them to "safety" (actually to the building where everyone is held hostage). Don Bossman sarcastically points out later on that Seth actually did far more damage than the villains. This is greatly toned down in the anime, where the egg hatches on its own and Seth doesn't make any such stupid decisions. He doesn't really show this trait later on in the manga either.
  • The Dog Bites Back: Defied. Despite suffering from persecution all his life for being an infected and sorcerer and his own dark desire to destroy everyone who discriminated against him with magic, Seth won't do it because he refuses to become the monster they thought he was.
    Seth (to Hameline): I do. I understand. But I will not become the monster they saw in me!
  • Doom Magnet: Has the awful habit of getting into trouble, either due to his recklessness or attracting the interest of unsavory parties. This made Doc wanting nothing to do with him after they met, over time he learned that if he wants to find Seth all he needs to do is follow any sort of mayhem.
  • Enhanced Punch: His Signature Move is Titan Punch, enhancing his punch with a surge of Fantasia. It's much more effective when he's not wearing feather gloves.
  • Green Thumb: A skill he acquires after his training with Myr in the Caillte forest to feel the Fantasia. It also symbolizes how much his worldview has matured thanks to it.
  • Heroes Fight Barehanded: The protagonist of Radiant and he mostly fights barehanded, with his Signature Move being Titan Punch.
  • Heroic BSoD: Suffers this after getting praise for defeating a criminal Inquistor, fighting the army of Nemeses, defeating a Thaumaturge, and bringing back Nemeses alive at the Artemis Institute, lashing out that he doesn't care about who's better than who and did not enjoy fighting Nemeses and watching people panic and get killed, traumatized from Hameline's death. He gets out of it thanks to Alma telling him the good he has accomplished and giving him the letter from Taj's family.
  • Hot-Blooded: He's pretty reckless, charging into battle without a plan of action.
  • Horned Humanoid: What's normally a harmless and fairly easy-to-hide infection soon becomes a plot point. Because of his horns, the Inquisition accuses Seth of a number of crimes he obviously didn't commit, yet has faint memories of. It turns out Seth has several horned "brothers" he's mentally connected to. They are all implied to have been born infected, something normally impossible.
  • Kamehame Hadoken: His spell Skull Poke gathers Fantasia into his hands to fire a giant skull. The stronger Skull Burst releases a combined barrage of skulls beams.
  • Kung-Fu Wizard: Notably he's able to use magic with his bare hands without any tools, which is considered abnormal.
  • Lightning Bruiser: Seth can generate massive amounts of Fantasia and has a lot of innate physical strength, moving fast and hitting hard while able to endure a lot of damage, as seen during his fight with Konrad. Even moreso in his Berserk Mode.
  • Marked Change: In his Berserk Mode he gains black markings down his eyes and throughout his arms and upper body.
  • Meaningful Appearance: Seth gets a pair of fingerless gloves from Yaga to help avoid the problem of the Fantasia he gathers around his arm disappearing when transferring it to his glove, letting him feel the Fantasia on his fingertips at all times.
  • Meaningful Name: Seth is the name of the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel and means "anointed". As the protagonist his goal is to destroy the Radiant to end the infected's suffering, and he's later revealed that he has several horned "brothers".
  • The Mourning After: Downplayed as their bond never quite reached a romantic level but Hameline's death ends up traumatizing Seth to such a degree he ends up splitting off from Mélie and Doc for a while.
  • "Not So Different" Remark:
    • In this first chapter, Alma points out that what he did, attacking cows thinking that they were nemeses and turning a village against him, isn't that different from nemeses themselves, corrupting everything in their path and plunging entire villages into chaos. The Bravery Quartet point this out to Seth again, but he beats them up and later saves the boss from the Nemesis.
    • Everything she says about her life are things that Seth has experienced himself. She even points out that Seth uses words like "us" and "them" when talking about infected and non-infected, which she thinks proves they are exactly in the same boat, no matter how much Seth denies it. And he eventually agrees, fooling Hameline into thinking he wants to join her… but he refuses to give in to revenge. Narratively, she leads Seth to nuance his own views for the first time, while he encourages her to nuance hers.
  • Overly Long Name: "Jean-Pedrovitch de la Noche Salomon Grispépin Wondersmith", the name randomly given to him by Master Lord Majesty after Seth joins the Artemis. The anime gives him the title of "King of Debt" instead.
  • Power Palms: After training with Myr his Titan Punch is enhanced into a spell called Pulsar which consists in stricking with shockwaves of Fantasia from his hands.
  • Power Copying: Copies the technique of Nemeses cushioning their landing when jumping from the tower, which he just saw, during his fight with Konrad. He's also shown to rapidly learn how to use the miniaturization spell only after seeing it a couple of time.
  • Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Delivers a glorious one at the end of his fight against Santori:
    Seth: ...which one of us is a slave?
    Santori: What?
    Seth: Between you and I... Which one is the slave of his stupid ideals?
  • The Right Hand of Doom: In the chapter 102, upon fusing with his bracelet made of Jill's barks, Seth's right arm takes a wooden appearance and grows branches-like expansion. This arm gives him the ability to absorb the fantasia from enemy spells.
  • Ship Tease: Has some with Mélie, who blushes when he holds her hand in thanks.
  • Shonen Hair: The Hot-Blooded main character and has messy, spiky brown hair that juts out in different directions.
  • Sleeves Are for Wimps: His normal outfit is an orange tank top underneath a sleeveless hoodie-jacket.
  • Stock Shōnen Hero: Zig-Zagged. Seth is easy to identify as a shonen protagonist, being a Book dumb teenager with spiky black hair and a punch first, ask question later kind of attitude. However, he rapidly loses his happy go lucky demeanor to become a bit of a Knight in Sour Armor at times. He doesn't have any rivals and doesn't show any Blood Knight tendencies, often trying to defuse situation by speaking rather than punching.
  • Superpowered Evil Side: Piodon removing the bandage on his cheek lets him access his Berserk Mode, turning him stronger at the cost of becoming feral and unable to differentiate between friend or foe. He gains some control over this form after training with Myr.
  • These Hands Have Killed: Seth has been feeling remorseful by the fact he killed Konrad, even having in his mind that this man was a racist genocider. To his own relieve, Dart revealed to him that Konrad didn't die by his hands.
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill: Seth usually held back in his fights against humans to avoid killing them.
  • To Be a Master: Defied. Seth doesn't care about being "the greatest sorcerer" or the best at this or that, getting stronger is just a means to an end for him. It reflects the author's distaste for competition in his own field.
  • Unskilled, but Strong: While he's fast and agile enough to dodge attacks and can use a magic shield, Seth's fighting style (especially early on) can usually be summed up by "punch stuff, and if that doesn't work, punch harder." As a result he ends up taking quite a bit of abuse, and his magic barrier doesn't always work due to his enemies often wielding weapons made of anti-Fantasia materials. This eventually gets subverted as he obtains new powers to add to his arsenal.
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Defied. At first because of the terrible persecution he faced as a child, Seth wanted to use his magic to lay waste on every person who discriminated against him. However, thanks to Alma, he resisted this desire and decided to not become the monster that these people think he is. As a result, Seth always strives for acceptance and coexistence even in spite of the rampant persecution of sorcerers.
  • Wrong Context Magic: Seth is one of the few sorcerers who can use Fantasia without a tool. This makes him a target for the Inquisition, with Torque trying to capture him.

    Mélie 
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Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)

A kind and polite young woman, specialized in magic traps, who lives in the Artemis Institute. Problem is, her infection causes brutal and unpredictable personality changes that turn her into an aggressive and spiteful girl. She's always accompanied by a small, flying, horned creature she calls Mr. Boobrie.


  • Anime Hair: Her hairstyle is made up of thick, curled pigtails that rest over one another.
  • Barrier Warrior: Since she's specialized in traps, most of her combat spells are defensive in nature… unless she's in her angry mode, in which case she can wield some pretty scary offensive magic.
  • Chain Pain: Her trap spell Gravem Carserem creates a giant sphere wrapped with chains to trap a nemesis.
  • Chickification: While still badass to an extent, Mélie acts a bit more childish and needs to be saved more often in the anime (especially in the filler episodes).
  • Dark Action Girl: With her powers active, she becomes a violent combatant.
  • Enemy Within: Well, kind of. Her third personality, while clearly quite mentally unstable, never seems to act with any malice towards others and really seems to be more of a threat to herself than others, and still considers herself a friend to the other protagonists. On the other hand, she does not get along with her other two personalities, supressing them inside her subconsious at the first chance she gets.
  • Expository Hairstyle Change: Her hair is in a shorter style in flashbacks back to when her sister Vénélope was still alive.
  • Expository Pronoun: Uses the polite second person pronoun "vous" to address others, even Mr. Boobrie. After the Cyfandir arc, she unconsciously starts to use "tu" with Seth, which the latter gleefully points out.
  • Fiery Redhead: When her infection kicks in she becomes much more violent and irritable. Strangely enough, Mr. Boobrie seems to be in love with that version of her. Even Ocoho prefers her that way, since angry!Mélie makes a perfect sparring partner.
  • Having a Blast: In her angry persona she can use the strong attack spell Ignis Rumpere to shoot out explosive projectiles from her wand. They can even be used a explosive mines.
  • I Just Want to Have Friends: Because her infection makes everyone afraid of her. She's so desperate to have friends that she made human-shaped cardboard cutouts that she talks to when she's alone. She even tries to get Seth to live with her out of sheer loneliness.
  • It's All My Fault: Blames herself for Doc seemingly dying, thinking that they could have had more time to escape if not for her fit. She's really relieved when she founds out that he just molted.
  • Lonely Doll Girl: A variation — she pretends to talk with cardboard cutouts of people out of loneliness because of her fits, a fact she tries to embarrassingly hide from Seth.
  • Long Hair Is Feminine: Mélie has long, curled red hair and is a sincerely, friendly girl who often dresses in girly outfits.
  • Mana Drain: She can summon a Lantern of Relinquishment, redirecting the Fantasia a sorcerer or Nemesis uses after putting a spell on them into the lantern to absorb all the Fantasia they'd use.
  • Mistaken for Prostitute: Seth thinks she's one when Doc describes her to him.
    Seth: This guy's looking for a redheaded escort with big knockers, wearing a skirt to take care of his package and do some things with him.
  • Mood-Swinger: Initially Played for Laughs, but eventually Played for Drama. Her mood swings are totally out of her control and have several times put her loved ones in danger, which caused her to be isolated and friendless. This caused her to become a pariah back home due her infection previously causing her to become far more psychotic before the development of her angry! personality.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Pretty much stated by Doc when she's first mentioned:
    "You couldn't have missed her. She's a pretty redhead with big boobs, wearing a skirt."
  • Nice Girl: As her normal self she's as sweet as can be, to the point of being slightly naive at times.
  • Personality Powers: Mélie is usually a cheerful, nice girl and normally uses defensive trap spells. However, thanks to her infection, when switched to her angry persona she can use stronger, more offensive attack spells.
  • Quirky Curls: Mélie has her red hair in thick curls and she's a cheerful girl who's also vulnerable to fits of rage thanks to her infection.
  • Ship Tease: Has some with Seth, blushing when he holds her hand in thanks.
  • Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Big red hair and blue-green eyes, and The Heroine of the story who joins Seth on his journey after they escape from the Inquisition together.
  • Split Personality: While she’s a Nice Girl, when she comes under extreme stress (at least in the anime) her other personality takes over and she becomes a Fiery Redhead. It is later revealed she has a third far more psychotic personality which used to be the personality that would take over before the development of her Angry! personality.
  • Storyboard Body: According to the author, her tattoos are meant to represent episodes of her life. The spider web for example represents the Nemesis that killed her sister Vénélope.
  • Trap Master: Her speciality. She uses all sorts of parchments and other objects to trace and capture Nemesis, which comes in handy against Hameline.
  • Unishment: Angry!Mélie actively invokes this on the very masochistic Mr. Boobrie, promising to give him a good beating as a reward if he follows Brangoire in the Cyfandir arc. She doesn't need to ask twice.
  • You Remind Me of X: She reminds Seth of Alma no thanks to her fits of rage thanks to her infection.

    Mr. Boobrie 
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Mélie's pet. He prefers her aggressive persona, rather than her normal one. Also, he is actually a she, not that Mélie knows that.


  • Head Pet: She's often seen nesting on Mélie's giant red hair.
  • Hot-Blooded: She's very aggressive, repeatedly pecking and biting Mélie during the ceremony at the Artemis Institute.
  • Mix-and-Match Critter: Looks like a bird with a beak, but has ram horns and bat wings.

    Doc 
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Voiced by: Shintaro Ohata (Japanese), Shawn Gann (English)

A researcher from the Artemis who doesn't use magic but makes a living by cleaning up and selling the remains of dead Nemesis. He also works as Mélie's informant, but he's terrible at it according to her.


  • Accidental Hero: Plays an important role in the battle of Cyfandir by activating the armor of Pen Draig, protecting the Queen, defeating the Thaumaturge Vérone, because he hid in the armor while carrying memory stones containing the spirits of old heroes and finding Myr's children after Jill's death stopping his and Seth's rampage. Doc being Doc, it was all entirely out of his control.
  • Blessed with Suck: Doc's infection allows him to be able to be reborn from his body once he dies. While being able to cheat death is quite the boon, it also forces him to grow back up from being a baby again.
  • Born-Again Immortality: Not quite since him being immortal is debatable; his old body died in Rumble Town but his infection has him actually shed it and then he became a baby.
  • His Name Really Is "Barkeep": One might think that "Doc" is just a nickname, but it's actually the name written on his license.
  • Hopeless Suitor: One of the weirdest examples out there. He's in love with Miss Melba, a cute café waitress who's always talking to her "father" (actually a hand puppet) who "tells" her he disapproves of Doc. Doc himself doesn't seem to question it.
  • Lovable Coward: He's not a bad guy at heart, but prefers to stay as far away from danger as possible. Seth being the disaster magnet he is, Doc is understandably reluctant to help him at first.
  • Powered Armor: The armor of Pen Draig which he accidentally activates while carrying memory stones in Cyfandir is a Fantasia powered, black-clad armor that grants him super speed, super strenght and an arsenal of weapons made of Fantasia. Lord Brangoire gifts him the armor after the battle for Cyfandir, though he is still too cowardly to voluntarily use it to fight.
  • Rapid Aging: Drinks a potion that ages him up to a small kid before going to Cyfandir to not stay as a baby, later drinks it again and ends up being slightly older.
  • Sympathy for the Devil: While he is still scared of the Inquisition, even he can't help but feel bad for the kids in the school of Bome who are in constant fear of being attacked by Domitors, including Vérone who almost lost his mom during the attack at the parade.
  • Weirdness Magnet: By virtue of being such a bad informant that he doesn't have any other clients, he ends up being Seth and Mélie's:
    Doc: Why am I the only one attracting these weirdos?!

    Ocoho 
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Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami (JP), Alle Mims (EN)

An aspiring Sorcerer Knight who brings trouble to herself more often than she'd like due to her rather hot-blooded temper. She rides a giant flying raccoon called Draccoon.


  • Braids of Action: Sports one long braid on her side, fitting her impulsive character and love of action.
  • Character Tic: Has a habit of joining her hands in a triangle in front of her mouth when she smiles embarrassingly.
  • Dem Bones: She has skull-shaped knee caps that she uses for her spell Déine that consists in shooting them while charged with Fantasia and controlling their trayectory.
  • Earthy Barefoot Character: Ocoho wears leaves with straps around the insteps of her feet, but has the rest bare.
  • Extremity Extremist: A rather peculiar instance, where she doesn't fight with her legs but her knees specifically. She has a special armor customed to that end.
  • I Did What I Had to Do: How she justifies using her Gysoni on Mélie to escape a deadly situation, despite Mélie screaming and pleading against it because she considers the method to be a Fate Worse than Death. They survive because of Ocoho's actions, but the psychological torment of being forced to relive her worst memories reawakens Mélie's psychotic third alter and shatters her trust in Ocoho.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: She stores a round metallic shield within her armor, she can also throw it or use it to slam against enemies.
  • Magic Knight: Since she's a Sorcerer Knight she's good at using knight weapons like broad swords and shields, skilled at hand to hand combat, can wield Fantasia and has strong psychic powers.
  • Psychic-Assisted Suicide: What Mordred tries to do by using her infection and ordering her to jump off the deck of a flying ship. Her Gysoni link with Draccoon snaps her out of it however, and she decides to use that very spell to manipulate him instead.
  • Psychic Powers: She can use Gysoni, a spell that links her senses with those of a group so that they can act as one. Except hers is so powerful she can take it to the level of People Puppets. It's also noted that she has a real talent to see what's Invisible to Normals, like the ghosts of extinct species in the Caillte forest. She also learns effortlessly to communicate mentally through the Sidh.
  • Ship Tease: Increasingly with Seth as the two grow closer, with Ocoho becoming comfortable enough to flirtily tease him.
  • Sixth Ranger: Helps the protagonists during the Cyfandir arc and joins them for good when she's crowned princess of Cyfandir and leaves the kingdom to see the world.

Other Sorcerers

    Alma 
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Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Seth's mentor and adoptive mother, who has no memories of her life before meeting with him. Her infection gives her frequent headaches, which partly explains her perpetually annoyed expression.


  • The Dreaded: Alma is feared by anyone who has ever crossed her path. Even Yaga, a very powerful sorcerer, almost pisses his pants just because Seth imitates her for a second.
  • Handicapped Badass: Despite losing a limb, she is still powerful.
  • Life-or-Limb Decision: According to Seth, she had to cut off her own arm to prevent a Nemesis' curse from killing her.
  • Parental Substitute: Alma's the closest thing Seth has to a mother, and despite her harshness and occasional abuse (Played for Laughs) she does cherish him. Later on, it becomes unclear whether Seth even has biological parents to begin with.

    The Bravery Quartet 
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Don Bossman voiced by: Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Marcus D. Stimac (English), Jaime Vega (Latin Spanish)

Crook sorcerers who pretend to come to fight the Nemesis but actually take advantage of the chaos to steal money and treasures in various towns. After being captured by Alma, two of them escape, but Don Bossman and Jiji become her devoted assistants.


  • Hazy-Feel Turn: As Alma points out, Don and Jiji aren't actually reformed, since they only do good things she asks of them out of gratitude. If she ordered them to do something bad, they would do it with the same zeal.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Sort of. Not wanting to keep the quartet captured in a cage, she freed them to help against nemeses in a neighboring islet... and then they tried to escape with Alma giving them a good beating, with the Boss and Jiji becoming loyal after she saved them from a Nemesis while the other two escaped while she was weakened after fighting it.
  • I Owe You My Life: Why Boss and Jiji become her loyal assistants — she saved them from a Nemesis after they had escaped.
  • Starter Villain: They resent uninfected people for their discrimination and, unlike Seth, have absolutely no intention of helping them or fighting the Nemesis. They mostly serve to contrast Seth's willingness to protect people despite his own rashness − and despite the fact that he does resent them for all the shit he and Alma have gone through.

    Grimm 
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Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Eric Vale (English)

A bandaged man who often crosses paths with the protagonists and occasionally helps them, while seemingly pursuing his own mysterious goals.


  • Afraid of Blood: More specifically, he seems terrified of losing his own blood, to the point he collects every drop he loses in small flasks.
  • Bandage Mummy: Why his body is entirely covered in bandages is unknown, which adds to his mystery.
  • BFS: He has a giant sword called Kannibal that he wields to bifurcate Hameline's Nemeses. Fantasia gets absorbed and accumulated within the swing, increasing speed and precision, so with every swing it becomes easier to move around.
  • Casting a Shadow: His spell Nubes Spectris consists in summoning black specters resembling his appearance that obey his comandos to restraint or attack his enemies.
  • Coat Cape: He wears a black one.
  • Combat Medic: His bandages are made of feathers from a feather tree and can use them to cure injuries and feel the pulse of others when wrapped around them.
  • Gratuitous Latin: All his named spells are Latin words.
  • Magic Knight: Can wield his massive Kannibal with great skill and also has an arsenal of strong offensive spells.
  • Named After Someone Famous: His name comes from The Brothers Grimm.
  • Poor Communication Kills: His seeming antagonism for Seth, Mélie, and Doc turns out to be this. He thought Seth was an accomplice to the Echoes' master, was actually talking about the Nemeses when he seemingly threatened Mélie and Doc, thought he was being trapped when they were actually trapping the Nemeses, and misinterpreted their reactions when he destroyed them.
  • Robe and Wizard Hat: Has a pointy wizard hat with a red feather.
  • Smoke Out: His spell Caeca Nube has him hurl a dark orb at a target, plunging the target into a fog that preventa them from seeing.
  • Spin Attack: Grimm's spell Veneticium Revelare channels Fantasia in his glove and has him spin around, releasing the Fantasia as slashing waves.
  • Technicolor Fire: His spell Procella shoots out a beam of blue flames.
  • The Reveal: Whilst not all of his secrets are revealed, Dart Dragunov eventually figures out from observing him that Grimm at one point used to be part of the Inquisition. This was foreshadowed by his bandaged sword and belt buckle, both of which are inquisitor-styled make, but with the sword's guard mostly broken off and bandaged to obscure it's appearance and the belt buckle's pointer parts sanded down. Grimm implies that he used to believe in the Inquisition like Dart before realising that being an Internal Reformist was pointless.
  • Third-Person Person: Grimm always refers to himself this way, which gives him a haughty vibe, along with his very formal way of speaking.
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill: States that he can't take any more lives when Seth asks if he can do something to stop Hameline. The situation likely reminded him too much of his past as an Inquisitor, and all the bad memories that are heavily implied to be associated with his part.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: He only wears pants with his Coat Cape being the only thing covering his upper body aside from his bandages.
  • Wild Card: Nobody knows what he wants, and he only seems to help the heroes in his own interest. His stance becomes even more ambiguous when he takes Hameline's Nemesis with him at the start of volume 11, with the intention of putting them to use.

    Yaga 
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Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), Doug Jackson (English), Eduardo Tejedo (Latin Spanish)

A famous sorcerer, member of the Coven of the Thirteen and an acquaintance of Alma. The latter wants him to teach the magic arts to Seth.


  • Baba Yaga: A Gender Flip version but he fits the description as a short, old wizard flying in his own cauldron.
  • Bigger on the Inside: His cauldron is made with wood from the Forest of Caillte allowing it to distort space to store his furniture and get people inside.
  • Magic Cauldron: He is often in one and uses it to cast spells.
  • Shock and Awe: His spell Thunder Tail consists in electrocuting his enemies with the raccon tail on his hat.

    Master Lord Majesty 
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Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), SungWon Cho (English)

A yellow cat who is also the leader of the Artemis Institute. He's also quite the trickster and will make the sorcerers pay money for the most absurd things.


  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's seemingly fickle, deceptive and greedy, which is all Played for Laughs, but he's clearly not someone the Inquisition nor the sorcerers take lightly. While his magic power is unknown, his political influence is very real and has allowed the Artemis to remain a safe haven for sorcerers.
  • Department of Redundancy Department: Apparently the fact that he's the boss had to be emphasized three times in his name.

    Diabal 
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Voiced by: Kensho Ono (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)

A man who hides deep inside the walls of Caislean Merlin and seems terrified of Piodon. He uses a magic device to summon "Spectrums", giant projections of anything inside the device, that the Magic Knights take for actual Nemesis.


  • Disability Super Power: He made himself blind to prevent Piodon from seeing through his eyes, but he can sense his surroundings by using Fantasia.
  • Invisibility: He wears a suit with eye patterns that turns him invisible.
  • Long Lost Sibling: Like Seth and Piodon, he possesses a pair of horns on his head and is one of Seth's many horned brothers.
  • Master of Illusion: He can cast illusions to disorient enemies and attack by surprise.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Diabal decides to ally himself with Seth during battle of Cyfandir, giving him one of his stones to summon his astral projection. He ends up cursing his own cowardice for staying behind in his lair once Seth loses control again after Jill's death and not being there to help him. To add salt to wound, Piodon appears behind him right there, stating that it was thanks to that earlier projection that he was finally able to track Diabal down. The reader never sees what happens to him next, as Seth is never able to find him once the battle is over, but given his fear, nothing good could have happened.
  • Scars are Forever: He kept heavy scars from being tortured by the Inquisition courtesy of Piodon who handed him and another brother to the inquisitors after raising and protecting them.

Domitor Sorcerers

    Hameline 
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Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)

A Domitor Witch who can control a horde of Nemesis with her magic and has sworn to destroy Rumble Town.


  • Anti-Villain: On one side, she sets a horde of Nemesis loose on Rumble Town and threatens to destroy the entire city. On the other, she deeply cares for the Nemesis that saved her life, wants to end the oppression on the infected and as Seth points out, doesn't actually kill anyone in her "rampage". Her arc ends with her entrusting her Nemesis' care to Seth before sacrificing herself to let him escape from the Thaumaturges. In volume 14, Seth even tells Lupa Lycco that he doesn’t think she would have actually killed anyone in Rumble Town, even if he hadn’t stopped her.
  • The Beastmaster: She has trained to command the Nemeses that run around Rumble Town.
  • Big Sister Instinct: Implied to have been a big sister figure to Lupa Lycco, in a flashback she is seen offering food to Lupa when she was a homeless child and when Seth asks Lupa if Hameline could kill without being in danger, she responds that she would to protect her.
  • Magical Flutist: She uses a flute to direct her army of Nemesis. This comes from the day of her escape, when she realized the sound of the flute that Captain Oxumare had given her calmed the Nemeses down.
  • Meaningful Name: A reference to The Pied Piper of Hamelin, as she controls Nemeses that look like rats with her flute.
  • "Not So Different" Remark: Everything she says about her life are things that Seth has experienced himself. She even points out that Seth uses words like "us" and "them" when talking about infected and non-infected, which she thinks proves they are exactly in the same boat, no matter how much Seth denies it. And he eventually agrees, fooling Hameline into thinking he wants to join her… but he refuses to give in to revenge. Narratively, she leads Seth to nuance his own views for the first time, while he encourages her to nuance hers.
  • Pointy Ears: A result of her infection, along with grey stripes on her body. Graphically, the ears and the pointy hood give her a very "fairy tail-esque" appearance, tying to the reference in her name.
  • Shadow Archetype: Due to their similar background, Hameline is essentially how Seth would have ended up if he didn't have someone like Alma in his life to set him down the right path.
  • Squishy Wizard: Grimm theorizes that based on the parameter she put him that she has a weakness in close combat.
  • Tyke Bomb: At least initially. She was taken from her parents and raised by the Inquisition to make her a weapon against the Nemesis, but ended up taking the Nemesis' side against the humans who treated her like a monster.
  • You Shall Not Pass!: She stays behind to fight off the Thaumaturges to buy a few seconds for Seth and the others to escape. She gets cut down by Torque.

    Lupa Lycco 

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A Domitor who disguises as an ordinary assistant on a zeppelin headed for Bome (where the Inquisition's headquarters are). She uses a book to capture her targets.


  • And I Must Scream: People trapped inside her book are turned into pictures and don't have consciousness while being inside while she can see their memories. They cannot be contacted through the Sidh either as Seth tells to Myr.
  • Animal Motifs: Wolves, her name derives from the wolf's scientific name (Canis Lupus) and Lycanthropy. Her Nemesis, Skohell resembles a giant canine and is named after a wolf from Norse mythology.
  • Avenging the Villain: She has a grudge against Seth because she believes that Seth handed Hameline to the Thaumaturges.
  • Clark Kenting: She sports a pair of round glasses when disguised, to pass as ordinary and harmless.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: After learning that Seth is innocent, abandoning the Domitors and meeting his friends starts to open more to other people.
  • Ominous Fog: Her Nemesis Skohell can create mist to hide itself, make surprise attacks and escape, since is full of Fantasia, Seth and Diabal can use it to see anything inside it.
  • Something Only They Would Say: She questions Seth about why Hameline would sacrifice herself for him, he says that she trusted in his goal to destroy the Radiant and stop the conflicts steaming from the Nemesis, she doesn't believe him until he repeats the same words she told him about it:
    Lupa: She would never would have let herself be swayed by such idealistic speech, as infected we have no choice. We must choose our side and fight!
    Seth: You'd have to be pretty naive to think otherwise... or a traitor.
  • Weapon Specialization: She uses a peculiar whip that ends in a sphere at the tip with a floating big hand extension connected to it, it can be manipulated as an extension of her arm.

    Opilion 
A Domitor who seeks to spread destruction in Bome.


  • An Ice Person: His infection generates freezing vapor inside his body which create ice crystal outside of it and can kill him if he doesn't drains the excess, he contains it in flasks that can be thrown like grenades that freeze his targets.
  • Axe-Crazy: He's fond of wrecking havoc on the inhabitants of Bome specially when they mistreat sorcerers.
  • Bald of Evil: He is completely bald and likes to spread terror in the name of the sorcerers’ superiority.
  • Evil Old Folks: He has been a Domitor for a long time and even worked for the previous Domitor leader before Adhès.
  • Evil Virtues: While violent and short-tempered he has show some; he spares kids and other infected (implied that is cause he's been infected since he was a child) altough he can throw this away if they antagonize him, he considers Nemesis to be comrades rather than just tools or weapons and respects Mélie fierceness comparing it to Nergal's, proposing her the chance to become a Domitor and expresses his pride when she bond with Lil, even when she decides to go with her friends.
  • Fur and Loathing: He wears a black and white fur coat, turns out later to be actually his Nemesis, which looks like hairy snake with sharp spider-legs.
  • Good Old Ways: He thinks that the way Nergal, the previous Domitor leader managed them was the right way... which involved doing bold plans to burn down Bome to ashes as he thinks that Adhès constant plotting is too cowardly.
  • Hidden Buxom: His Nemesis-like fur coat makes him look like just an old man, but when when takes it off, it shows that he's very jacked for his age.
  • Malevolent Masked Man: Has googles and a metallic mask around his mouth, possibly to control his infection.
  • Parental Substitute: He seems to be one for Kamagoe.
  • Red Baron: He is known as "The Reaper".
  • So Proud of You: Says this to Mélie after she bonds with Lil, one of Nergal's former Nemesis.

    Adhès 
The current guide of the Domitors in Bome.


  • Bad Boss: His followers are very afraid of incurring his wrath, with his punishments involving physical violence towards them or their Nemeses.
  • Combat Tentacles: His Nemesis Kerberos has three large bodies resembling tentacles, each ending at the tip with different abilities, one opens a compartment-like mouth that can keep things inside, other has sharp spikes and the last one shoots beams of Fantasia.
  • Cyclops: Has only one eye.
  • In the Hood: His head is covered by a large hood that only lets his eye and arms visible.
  • Large and in Charge: He is big, dwarfing over other big characters like Jill and Queen Boadicée and even most Nemesis are small in comparison.
  • Super Supremacist: He believes that sorcerers are superior to regular humans thanks to surviving contact with the Nemeses, wants to get rid of the Inquisition to stop the persecution of the infected and make people surrender to be ruled by sorcerers.

    Kamagoe 
A cocky Domitor that helps Lupa in capturing Seth.


  • An Arm and a Leg: More like a hand and a wing, when he tries to escape after retaining the generals of the Inquisition, Torque quickly catches up with him and cuts his left hand and his Nemesis' left wing.
  • Giant Flyer: His Nemesis, Samjoko, resembles a giant hummingbird with a beak divided in three parts.
  • Jerkass: He is really rude and unpleasant, with his superiors being the only ones he has some respect, for obvious reasons.
  • Shock and Awe: Samjoko can generate electric discharges from its beak along with its Echo Nemesis to create electric arcs.
  • Straight Gay: One of Opilion's lines asking him why he is staring at Mélie implies that likes men.
    Opilion: Since when are you into gals?
    Kamagoe: Since you’ve grown your hair, dumbass.note 

    Diafol 
A kid that is already skilled in the Domitor Arts.


  • Deadpan Snarker: He doesn't have much respect for Opilion and doesn't lose a chance to make him know it.
  • Enfant Terrible: While he is a kid, he is a powerful Domitor.
  • Equippable Ally: His Nemesis resembles a helmet which he keeps on his head all the time.
  • Lightning Bruiser: His Nemesis' limbs are very strong allowing him to move really fast and hit his foes hard, like, for example getting close to Seth and Diabal with them barely having time to react while he sends them flying through a wall with a punch from his Nemesis.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: His Nemesis has ooze-like extensions that can take the shape of arms, either making multiple ones for different tasks or make two big strong ones.
  • Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: He doesn't show much emotion (not even reacting to Opilion killing some inquisitor guards) and has no problems following the Domitors plans.

    Mieri 
A Domitor from Bome that works for Adhès.


    Shantom 
A Domitor working for Adhès.


    Nebul 
One of the Domitors in Bome.


  • Combat Tentacles: His Nemesis resembles a starfish and has many long tentacles strong enough to shatter rock.
  • The Faceless: His body is composed of gas and kept in a containment suit.
  • Fishbowl Helmet: It is modeled after a round potion flask, showing his lack of a physical body.

Thaumaturges

    Dart Dragunov 
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Voiced by: Koji Yusa (Japanese), Ivan Jasso (English), José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin Spanish)

Inquisitor Captain in charge of the Pompo Hills region, he's loyal but can be a bit of a wild card. He fights with a bow and has nigh-superhuman eyesight despite missing one eye. His missions will lead him to crossing paths with Seth and co. several times.


  • Affably Evil: He may be working for the Inquisition, but at least he is friendly towards Seth and his friends and he does only his job as an Inquisitor Captain and later a Thaumaturge.
  • Anti-Villain: He may be an Inquisitor and later a Thaumaturge who hunts Wizards but he's a Reasonable Authority Figure and a Benevolent Boss towards his own men.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Mostly shows this toward Konrad, who used to be his subordinate. A subdued way to show his hostility to the guy, especially when it becomes clear that Konrad is behind some dirty schemes.
  • Exact Words: When Seth, still feeling guilty over having taken a life, asks Dart if he's ever killed someone like Konrad who had so much blood on his hands, Dart replies that he has. Because it wasn't Seth who killed Konrad, but Dart himself.
  • Eyepatch of Power: How he lost his left eye is unknown, but the remaining one works extremely well. Visually, it adds to his general charisma.
  • Noble Demon: Despite being an Inquisitor Captain, he chides his men for turning their backs on a woman trying to escape and shoots them down for refusing to tie down the Nemesis. He even lets Mélie go, shooting a Nemesis down instead of her.
  • Personality Powers: His Miracle allows him to teleport where he shoots his arrows, this not only reflects his skilled aim and sharp mind, but also contrasts with the Miracle of the other Thaumaturges, since his Miracle isn't used to fight Fantasia (Torque, Vérone) or is used to directly cause harm (Santori, Liselotte), this reflects his less hostile attitude against sorcerers.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Usually knows when it becomes unreasonable to blindly chase the sorcerers while there are other priorities, and his attitute toward them is generally less hostile than the other inquisitors'. In the Cyfandir arc, he even briefly sides with Mélie and Grimm to help them stop a rampaging Seth.
  • Red Baron: He is called the "Lynx Eye" due to his sharp sight.
  • Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: At the end of the Rumble Town arc, he killed fellow Inquisitor Konrad off-screen because he felt Konrad's actions were monstrous enough to warrant it. Aside from that, he does't blindly follow orders, and is willing to work with infected like Seth to protect innocent people. It's the latter offense and not the former that gets him in trouble with Torque.
  • Supreme Chef: If the anime's anything to go by, his cooking is one big reason his subordinates are so eager to work under him.
  • Sympathetic Murderer: He killed Konrad after finding him badly wounded but alive following his fight with Seth. Considering that Konrad was a murderous racist responsible for the deaths of many innocent people, Dragunov's (and possibly the audience's) only regret is that he didn't do it sooner.
  • Teleporter's Visualization Clause: After becoming a Thaumaturge his Miracle allows him to teleport where he shoots his arrows, being capable to teleporting others along with him, deciding when to do it after he's shot and can travel by throwing them with his hands, but he gets a shorter reach this way.
  • Token Good Teammate: He may be one of the Thaumaturges but he only does his job and is not a psychopath like Ullmina or a Jerkass like the rest of them. This gets him in hot water with Torque when he finds out that Dragunov doesn't toe the party line.
  • Took a Level in Badass: After the Rumble Town arc he's made a Thaumaturge and acquires the power to teleport wherever he shoots his arrows.

    Santori "The Peak" 
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Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese), Kent Williams (English), Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. (Latin Spanish)

Inquisitor Colonel, and the oldest of the Thaumaturges, who can materialize a huge spectral version of himself. He's fond of recounting his many exploits.


  • Astral Projection: His power, that manifests a huge version of himself or his limbs that desintegrate things on touch.
  • Blood Knight: His appearance and pose give him an "old sage" vibe, but in combat he's anything but. His spends his fight against Seth in the Cyfandir arc either lamenting his weakness or saying he's having the time of his life.
  • Catchphrase: Usually exclaims "By My Beards" when excited.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Even he is put off by Ullmina's behaviour and chatises her for acting like that in front of Vérone.
  • Logical Weakness: His projection makes the same moves as his body, so restraining his limbs also stops his attacks.
  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Interestingly enough it's Inverted; Santori lives for his hunt of Seth because he believes that Seth gives him the best fights of his life. He even actively roots for Seth to continue escaping from the Inquisition so their fights can continue.
  • Scatterbrained Senior: He is prone to randomly recall his achievements and tends to end up sleeping while standing.

    Liselotte 
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Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)

Inquisitor Captain, who used to work under Dragunov before she became a Thaumaturge. She's a harsh woman but still has a deep respect for her former superior.


  • Blush Stickers: Hints at a (very well hidden) delicate side that contrasts with her stern attitude.
  • Dual Wielding: She fights using a pair of short swords that she can control from a distance thanks to her Miracle.
  • Put on a Bus: She is locked in prison in Caislean Merlin at the end of the Cyfandir Arc.
  • Smug Snake: She acts condescending when holding Mélie captive and during their fight but when her aggresive personality appears, she is overwhelmed by her aggressive fighting style to the point that she dosen't have a chance to use her Miracle.
  • Unresolved Sexual Tension: While Dragunov doesn't show much emotion, Liselotte is implied several times (especially in the Cyfandir arc) to have more than strictly professional feelings towards him, which Von Teppes mocks her about. She remains dedicated to her missions nonetheless.

    Ullmina Bagliore 
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Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English)

Inquisitor Commander, also a Thaumaturge. She's a very pious and seemingly naive woman who hides a more perverse nature.


  • Ambiguously Brown: She has white skin in the black-and-white pages, but is actually a light brown in color illustrations and in the anime.
  • Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?: Ullmina makes multiple comments about how she hopes the Cyfandir sorcerers don't have their way with her. Of course her body language and tone of voice pretty much gives away that it's actually a desire of hers.
  • Covert Pervert: Makes frequent comments about the "dirty" habits of sorcerers, usually alluding to sexual practices in some way, all while blushing, and with the occasional Double Entendre.
  • Cute and Psycho: Acts very sweet and kind most of the time but reveals herself to be very deranged during the climax of the Cyfandir battle. When Seth loses his mind in a Roaring Rampage of Revenge after Jill's death, she catches him for a brief moment during which she feels every bit of his pain and sadness. And she loves every second of it to the point of addiction.
  • The Ingenue: Ullmina likes to project this type of image, but in reality it is to hide her Covert Pervert tendencies.
  • In Love with Your Carnage: Takes an almost perverse interest in Seth after he lost control and went into a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. This only heigtened after she used her Miracle on him and briefly merged minds with him, taking in all rage and despair. When Vérone warns her of the potential consequences of pulling a stunt like that, Ullmina tries to pass her actions off as just a lapse in judgement, all while hiding a perverse smile and hoping to experience it again.
  • Palm on Cheek Pose: A frequent gesture of hers (with one or both hands), reinforcing her falsely sweet and dreamy attitude.
  • People Puppets: Her Miracle allows her to control corpses, no matter how many there are. Now imagine being on a battlefield, killing hundreds of enemies and seeing hundreds of your countrymen die… then seeing those enemies and those countrymen suddenly back on their feet to kill you. She can use it on living peole, but it's implied to be much more dangerous for her.
  • Supernatural Gold Eyes: Ullmina sports these, which matches both her frightnening powers and the fact she's by far the most religiously fanatic of the Thaumaturges. They're further contrasted by her dark skin.

    Von Teppes 
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Voiced by: Takuma Terashima (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English), Arturo Mercado Jr. (Latin Spanish)

Inquisitor Commander. He's powerful but also quite impulsive.


    Vérone 

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Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English)

Prince of the Convictis kingdom, he's a Thaumaturge despite still being a child, and is rather intelligent.


  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Knows how to use his age and fragile appearance to low his enemies guard down and trap them with his Miracle.
  • Emotion Suppression: Being the illegitimate son of a positively insane Inquisitor and a callous King who treats both of them as liabilities, Vérone never had much of a normal childhood and was only ever taught the rigid doctrine of the Inquisition. His dialogues with Doc in the Bome arc when his mother his gravely wounded and hospitalized show that he plain doesn’t know how he’s supposed to feel in that situation.
  • Enfant Terrible: Holds a frightening power and can kill without hesitation despite his young age.
  • Freudian Excuse: As an unemotional child soldier showing no qualm in murdering people as long as they're on the opposite side, he could be described as a hot mess, but considering his mother is later revealed to be Ullmina, and the implied nature of her relationship with his father, it's hard not to feel bad for him.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Doc wearing the armor of Pen Draig defeats him by releasing a large wave of Fantasia that when gets petrified by his Miracle, turns into debris that buries him underneath it.
  • Likes Clark Kent, Hates Superman: Befriends Doc after he ends up alone in Bome and is sent to his school, when he believes to recognized Doc's voice he quickly pretends to be his fan so he wouldn't recognized him as the armored sorcerer that vanquished him, although he still craps himself fearing that the Thaumaturge kid will figure out that they fought in Cyfandir.
  • Taken for Granite: When he rings his bell, everything within the radius of his Miracle is petrified − including concentrated Fantasia.

    Torque "The Beast" 
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Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese), Ray Chase (English), Idzi Dutkiewicz (Latin Spanish)

Inquisitor General who helms the Thaumaturges. He seeks to perpetuate the will of the "Patrem Inquisitor" and rid the world of sorcerers.


  • Anti-Magic: His power cancels out a sorcerer's Fantasia.
  • Anti-Regeneration: Because of his power, wounds caused by his sword can't be healed through magic.
  • Evil Virtues: Despite being a genocidal maniac at the head of a fascist military power, he puts a lot of emphasis on the principle that one should always show restraint and never abuse their power idly. Of course, it does help that he remains blissfully blind to how corrupt the Inquisition is to its core.
  • Four-Star Badass: a General who leads the Thaumatruges.
  • The Fundamentalist: To Torque, it doesn't matter how much good Seth has done or what the circumstances are— as long as Seth exists, he sees him as a dangerous threat who must be killed regardless of what the justification is, and he won't tolerate anything that indicates this belief is incorrect, either dismissing it out of hand, or reacting with swift lethal violence to cut out the voices of dissension to his course of action. When Dragunov reveals that he doesn't possess Blind Obedience to the inquisition, it's not his admittance of murder regarding Konrad or revealing that he has opposed his fellow inquisitors in their duties before that turns Torque against him, it's realising that Seth trusts Dart that pushes him into Tranquil Fury and drives him to try and cut him down with his sword immediately, not even listening to Dart's Armour Piercing Responce over Seth admitting his regret over Konrad's death as a sign the boy is better than Torque claims he is.
    Torque: A mind corrupted by sorcery can't differentiate reality from delusion. But he is responsible for his actions nonetheless.
  • Kick the Dog: One of his first onscreen actions is mercilessly killing Hamline In the Back after the Hope Spot that Seth had been able to talk her down from her destructive Revenge for her past mistreatment, and then going not to loudly frame her as just another crazed Domitor threatening innocent lives to the civilians in the area, rather than the Tragic Villain she was, but then going on to beat Seth viciously and accuse him of crimes he hasn't committed, condemning him for his 'sins' despite Seth being innocent. Even when it's later clarified that the crimes in question were done by Seth's fellow Horned Brethren, and are hinted to be exaggerated or framed for them by the Inquisition in any case, it's heavily implied that Torque either sees all the horned children as the same person without considering their individuality, or doesn't care about the truth of the matter so long as they are executed regardless, seeing them as inherent threats to the stability of the world merely by existing.
  • Master Swordsman: He is very strong fighting with his sword made of white silver and when uses his Miracle everything standing in his way gets instantly sliced to pieces.
  • Pretentious Latin Motto: His sword has enscripted the words Post Tenebras Lux (which translates to After Darkness, Light).
  • Red Baron: He is called the "The Beast" for relentlesly bringing down sorcerers.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Claims that he wants to get rid of sorcerers to avoid the return of the old age where magic ruled the world and the oppressed were those without it.

    Piodon 
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Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese), Moisés Iván Mora [S1]/Alex Villamar [S2] (Latin Spanish)

Claims to be Seth's older brother, despite Seth himself having never heard of him. He's a sorcerer, yet seems to work with the Inquisitor General Torque.


  • Affably Evil: At least what is implied from Diabal's testimony. He's always polite and composed, even genial, but his actions don't paint him as someone who particularly cares for his "brother"'s well-being.
  • Hunter of Their Own Kind: Piodon is one of three Sorcerors, titled the Conversos, who serves as members of the Thaumaturges. They were awarded their title and special privilege by helping to quell a past rebellion in Bome. Piodon in particular is specifically hunting down Seth and the other horned boys.
  • I Have Many Names: Introduces himself to Seth as Piodon, but the Inquisition know him as Syrdon. Whether either of these is his actual name remains a mystery.
  • Long Lost Sibling: What he claims to be to Seth and several other horned boys. It's not clear, however, what he means by "brother", since Seth had never heard of him before their meeting.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Increasingly implied to be this as the story progresses. First, in the Rumble Town arc, he awakens an extremely dangerous power within Seth, that saves the latter's life but also threatens to swallow him whole. Later we learn that Seth is far from the first horned boy who met with Piodon, and none of them had a happy ending. Combined with the fact that he works with the Inquisition for unknown reasons, he's clearly not the most trustworthy guy out there.

    Adriel 
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Adriel is a fellow Conversos like Piodon, a sorceror granted the privilege of serving in the Inquisition.


  • Fashionable Asymmetry: Though not by choice, his infection gives him a white feathered wing on the left side of his back.
  • Hunter of Their Own Kind: Adriel is one of three Sorcerors, titled the Conversos, who serves as members of the Thaumaturges. They were awarded their title and special privileges by helping to quell a past rebellion in Bome.
  • The Quisling: Adriel genuinely believes that by helping the Inquisition as a Converso, he can improve the image of Infected people and help them get accepted by "normal" people rather than feared. When he brings up a scene of children playing "Infected" with fake wings and whatnot to prove his point, his sister replies that he’s just reinforcing the idea that a good Infected is a submissive one.
  • Worthy Opponent: Adriel pursues Seth after the latter mistakenly infiltrates the Royal Palace of Bome. He takes an immediate interest in Seth due to his ability to evade him and even has a impressed smirk when Seth broke out of his binding.

    Emeth 
A Converso like Piodon and Adriel, serving the Inquisition for saving Bome.
  • The Big Guy: He is the biggest members of the Conversos and is incredibly strong, capable of knocking out a Nemesis in one punch and catching Seth's Pulsar with one hand.
  • Hidden Depths: When Adriel talks about what they're going to do after finishing their duty in Bome, he says (through grunts) that he wants to own a farm.
  • The Quiet One: He only communicates through grunts that Adriel can understand.

    Andomaq 
A Converso like the above who was granted the ability to serve the Inquisition for saving Bome, and died fighting Domitors.
  • Black Eyes of Evil: An ambiguous case, as his infection seemed to make his eyes completely black, but not enough is known about him to know if this is a subversion or not.
  • Posthumous Character: By the time he's brought up in the story, he had already been killed by Domitors.

Other Inquisitors

    Konrad de Marbourg 
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Voiced by: Katsuki Murase (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)

Formerly a subordinate of Dragunov, he's now Captain of the Inquisitors in Rumble Town. He mostly hates two things: infected people and foreign refugees who "soil" the island.


  • Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He gets real angry when he learns that Seth wasn't fighting him with his full power until then, thinking that he was making fun of him, then going on to brag about how he's beaten dozen of sorcerers with his bare hands.
  • Asshole Victim: After being seriously injured by Seth and sent crashing into part of a structure that buried him with rubble, Dart stepped in to end his life. Given how much of a murder-lusting racist Konrad was, his death goes unmourned.
  • Bald of Evil: Another early sign that he's not gonna be a nice guy.
  • False Flag Operation: Konrad's plan was for Hameline to deploy her Nemesis under cover of the constant evacuation drills, then eventually when her forces are built up enough, break out and attack the city, strategically targeting areas to make sure the undesirable elements are evacuated/corralled into one district, then drop the main tower's giant bell on them. Afterward, Konrad would use the fresh fear of sorcerers to whip the people into a frenzy and unleash them on the remaining immigrants.
  • Hate Sink: He's defined entirely by his treachery and bigotry, which is so twisted that he sees himself as a "savior".
  • Hot-Blooded: Despite his position, it becomes very clear that he's a hot head when he interacts with Dragunov.
  • Jousting Lance: Wields a giant one as his weapon, made of white silver to repel Fantasia. The tip can double as a Grappling-Hook Pistol.
  • Killed Off for Real: It's later clarified that Konrad was indeed found dead after his and Seth's fight in Rumble Town, causing the boy some emotional anguish over having taken a life by accident, regardless of how heinous and deserving of his fate Konrad was. However, it's later clarified that Konrad was badly injured in their fight, but still alive from the beating and buried in the rubble, his injuries treatable— but Dart made certain he wouldn't get the chance to kill anybody else.
    Dart: Think about it. He thought he had killed Konrad and he regretted it! While I only regretted... that I hadn't killed him sooner!
  • Knight Templar: Sees himself as a savior, exchanging his people's survival for the sacrifice of a "few cockroaches" — in this case the immigrants of Rumble Town.
  • The Magnificent: Proclaims himself as Konrad the Rampart, for being the last line of defense against heretics. He can only think of himself as the Rampart before Seth beats him.
  • Named After Someone Famous: Konrad de Marbourg was the first German inquisitor in the 13th century.
  • Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: He wants all immigrants dead claiming they "soil" his town. The fact that he has no problem killing those who are native to the town undercuts his claims however and he is nothing more than a xenophobic monster.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: His prime goal is to rid Rumble Town of immigrants − he already killed many (indirectly but willingly) during the Norst-East Suburb incident − and he's notorious even among his co-inquisitors for being a racist jerk. The author clarifies that some of his dirtiest lines are almost verbatim quotes from real politicians, including former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
  • Silver Has Mystic Powers: His white silver lance, unlike black silver which is vulnerable to long-distance attacks, can more easily pierce through any spell with the higher the concentration of Fantasia.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Has no problem theatening and hurting children.

    Sargon 

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An Inquisitor General like Torque, who came from the Great South, a region struck by many disasters in recent times.


  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A little quirky on the edges, but otherwise eloquent and obviously a competent fighter.
  • Literal-Minded: Ininna warns anyone who talks to him to chose their words carefully, as he has trouble with figurative speech. E.g., when the captain of the ship asks if the decorations are to his taste, he proceeds to literally taste them with his tongue.
  • Meaningful Name: He's named after an Akkadian king who ruled over Mesopotamia around 2300 BC.
  • Royal Rapier: Gives him an air of nobility, along with a High-Class Glass.

    Ininna 

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Inquisitor Colonel who accompanies Sargon to Bome.


  • Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Rather, she informs other people of her General's… peculiar traits.
  • Meaningful Name: Probably named after Inanna (also known as Ishtar), the Mesopotamian goddess of love, fertility, war and power.
  • Scars are Forever: Her scars and rather muscular build indicate that she's an experienced fighter.

    Alto Bellarmin 

The Field Marshall in charge of the Inquisition.


    Yenne Lua 

Inquisitor Deputy General from the Empire of Fileri that has come to Bome.


     Enga Lua 

Inquisitor Captain from the Empire of Fileri that came with her sister Yenne to Bome.


Cyfandir

    Queen Boadicée 
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Voiced by: Yukana (Japanese), Kenneisha Thompson (English)

Queen of Cyfandir, a kingdom where the infected can live without fear of the Inquisition. She's a gigantic woman who has the strength to go with it… as well as the ego.


  • Knuckle Tattoos: Has the letters of "QUEEN" tatooed on each of her knuckles. Just another detail to emphasize her massive ego.
  • Large and in Charge: Her infection turned her into a giant woman, taking Statuesque Stunner to a whole new level. She's also every bit as powerful and charismatic as her size suggests, and messing with her kingdom − home to thousands of sorcerers − is a very bad idea. It's safe to say her sole presence is part of the reason the Inquisition has left Cyfandir alone.
  • Parental Substitute: Has Myr and Jill's children magically transplanted into her womb so they can come to term after their mother is killed.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Boadicée takes an immediate liking to Ocoho, advising her to take her occasional disregard for orders in moderation. She even ends up naming Ocoho as her heir after the battle for her bravery in being willing to Calling the Old Man Out.
  • Really 700 Years Old: The way she talks about previous sorcerer-kings heavily implies her infection also affected her aging as well. She will likely outlive most other humans.
  • Scars are Forever: Boadicée ends up gaining a rather large scar on the left side of her face after her fight with Santori. Given her tendency to flaunt her beauty and her own sloth on the throne leading to dissention in her country, it could be a light case of Laser-Guided Karma. That said, she's not bothered by the scar at all and still views her beauty as unmatched.
  • The Tease: To an absolute T. Boadicée is not ashamed to flaunt her beauty acting closer to an Idol rather than a Queen when speaking with her people. She also frequently has a habit of speaking in Double Entendre and makes several passes at Lord Brangoire to fluster him.

    Lord Brangoire 
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Voiced By: Hiroshi Shirokuma (Japanese), Jamal Sterling (English)

The leader of the Magic Knights, who's as devoted to his Queen as he's demanding to his subordinates.


  • Traitor Shot: Has a few hooded ones when he's shown spying on Ocoho in volume 7. It makes the heroes suspect him of being part of the conspiracy with the "Spectrums", but it turns out it was Ocoho who (unknowingly) took part in it. So he had very good reasons to spy on her.

    Mordred (WALKING SPOILER) 

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Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese), Lee George (English)

Childhood friend of Ocoho and an aspiring Magic Knight like her. Considered one of the most promising of his generation.


  • Childhood Friend: He has known Ocoho ever since they were in school, along with their other friend Sagramor. Ocoho was implied to have a crush on him too… before she realized what he was.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: Volume 9 reveals that he was a spy sent by his father (a baron-merchant) and manipulated Ocoho to further the barons' plan to claim Cyfandir's land.
  • Lack of Empathy: His infection made him completely emotionless, so he has absolutely no qualms betraying and killing even his closest friends. After he kills Sagramor and Ocoho uses her Gysoni to control him, he feels every bit of her rage and sadness and begs her to stop. She makes the Gysoni stronger to punish him.
  • Meaningful Name: He's named after Mordred, nephew of King Arthur and the Knight of Treachery, infamous for being one of the main contributors to the Fall of Camelot.
  • Walking Spoiler: He only has a few scenes before his betrayal, meaning that most of his characterization occurs after it.

    Myr (WALKING SPOILER) 
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Voiced by: Ben Philips (English)

An excentric man who hangs around Caislean Merlin, Cyfandir's capital, and has become rather infamous for his bad hygiene and bawdy songs. He wears a human-shaped beard with underpants. Because.


  • Affectionate Nickname: His full name is Myrddin, which was the real name of Merlin. Obviously, we don't learn that until much later in the arc.
  • Almighty Janitor: Behind his goofy exterior, he's able to communicate with plants and knows quite a bit of magic. Considering he's the ancient mage known as Merlin, it comes with the territory.
  • Half-Human Hybrid: One of his parents was human, which prevented him from following the rest of the Small Folk when they left.
  • Little People: The last survivor of the "Small Folk", who were partly driven to extinction by the expansion of mankind and the subsequent rarefaction of Fantasia, which they fed on.
  • Really 700 Years Old: He looks like a portly midlle-aged guy, but is actually 853 years old… and that's just counting his time spent in the human world.
  • Walking Spoiler: The reveal that he's Merlin changes everything we knew about him, which makes it next to impossible to mention him without spoiling.

    Yggdrajill 

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Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)

Myr's wife, she's a sentient tree who holds tremendous magic power and made their forest isolated from time and from humans.


  • Affectionate Nickname: Myr and Seth simply call her "Jill".
  • Non-Mammal Mammaries: Has a prominent chest and a cleavage despite being a wooden being…
  • Wise Tree: She's at least as old as Myr, and offers her advice and kindness to Seth and his party.

The Mesnie

    Engti Nocti 

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The "big sister" of the Mesnie, she's an inhuman monster who targets the infected to eat certain types of infections.


  • Compelling Voice: Her voice can make anyone obey her orders or forget that they saw her. The target's eyes turn red when they are under her control.
  • Extra Eyes: Makes her look even more like a deformed spider.
  • The Power of Blood: Her blood is corrosive and can use it to damage enemies that injure her and melt even metals. She can also shape her blood as if it were an extension of her body including whips that can cut even through Fantasia barriers.

    Capula 

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The "little sister" of the Mesnie, she's a hungry little creature tagging along with Engti.


Bome Residents

    Herkles VII 
  • Amazon Brigade: His royal guard are all young women.
  • Charles Atlas Superpower: Like Queen Boadicée, he's much larger and stronger than a normal person. Unlike her, he owes it to a lifetime of intense strength training, not a Nemesis infection.
  • Cool Old Guy: He's an older man with a long, flowing white beard. He's also a muscle-bound giant of a man who's so strong and protective of the women in his royal guard that some of them complain that they never actually get to do their job of protecting him.

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