Here are a selection of the large cast of The Five Star Stories.
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Amaterasu-no-Mikado
The main character, Emperor of the planet Delta Belune. He has extremely potent supernatural abilities and a feminine appearance. The circumstances of his birth are among Joker's greatest mysteries, as are how he gained consciousness years after his birth.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: The rules he use to judge everything around him are almost imperceptibly, but profoundly alien to any normal human. Which he isn't.
- Camp Straight: You know you're fabulous when a female Fatima poses as your body double and no one notices the difference.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Although sometimes he is an actual lady .
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His official title literally means Emperor Amaterasu.
- Gadgeteer Genius: A premier Mortar Headd meight of his time, he actually designed most of the MH AKD used throughout its history. Though it was his Ladios Sopp persona who usually was known as an engineer, not the Emperor.
- God-Emperor: Of Delta Belune.
- Healing Factor: The Emperor Rescue Mission shows a nasty example.
- I Have Many Names: Among his human aliases are Ladios Sopp and Mel Rince Usaretama
- Inspiration Nod: A few North American anime fanzines noticed that Ladios Sopp is almost Poseidal spelled backwards. Oldna Poseidal was the similar-looking antagonist in the earlier L-Gaim.
- King Incognito: After taking over the galaxy, he hands the reins of leadership over to his Fatima double, Upandla Raymu, and goes around as Ladios Sopp for awhile, even aiding La Résistance.
- The Magnificent: One of his titles is "the God of Light".
- Messianic Archetype: He was prophesied to be the hero who would unite the Joker Cluster and stop the generally pointless wars that plague it. He did it, true, but it took him several millennia and a fair share of atrocities to complete.
- Older Than They Look: He's over 800 years old, which is impressive even though Joker years are shorter than Earth'snote , and that's before the Traffics arc. By the end of the story he qualifies as a Time Abyss.
- Omniscient Morality License: Well, he's a god after all.
- Overly Long Name: His full royal title is Amaterasu dis Grand Grees Eydas IV.
- And just as with the rulers of Trio de Colus, it isn't that he is fourth emperor of this name. Every Grees king (or, generally, queen)note bears the name "Amaterasu Grand Grees", and there were eighty three of them before. The "Eydas" part of the name is actually a tens' counter, so in pure numerical count he'd be Amaterasu dis Grand Grees LXXXIV.
- Physical God: Starts out as one, given that the deity responsible for Joker is his court jester.
- Sdrawkcab Name: Not only mel Rince Usaretama readily jumps in a way, but "Ladios Sopp" also is a corruption of the backwards-spelled name of a Heavy Metal L-Gaim's villain(and Amaterasu's inspiration), Oldna Poseidall.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Like banishing passing evil sorcerers to hell just because why not, and stuff.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
Lachesis
A Fatima created by Dr. Chrome Ballanche, one of the three Fates. After meeting Ladios in her youth, she becomes devoted to him, and eventually names him as her master. She is one of two Fatimas capable of piloting the Knight of Gold. She is sometimes called Dr. Ballanche's best creation, but it's disputed — her younger sister Clotho, BFOS-45, might be stronger and fancier in her design, and, although not finished by the time of Good Doctor's death, Maxy could still be considered at least partially his creation, and he's explicitly the strongest living being (as opposed to deities) in the multiverse.
- Action Girl: She can hold her own in a fight.
- Action Girlfriend: As a Fatima she's an Amaterasu's copilot while in the Mortar Headd, but after getting her royal status she was essentially free from her legalnote limitation of not hurting humans, and became essentially one of the Amaterasu's very top knights.
- Artificial Human: As with all Fatimas. Ballanche's creations are notable in that they lack the mind control placed on other Fatimas.
- Defeat Means Friendship: After kicking Schaft's ass between his years, she was met with such a devotion that no one would expect from that dangerous psycho.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After the destruction of Kalamity Goddarce and her disappearance in the space-time rifts caused by it and instabilities in KOG machinery in J.C.3239, she has spent 5,6 billions of years looking for Amaterasu and home... and did find it after all. In J.C.7777.
- Genki Girl: To say that she is playful is like saying that Pacific ocean might be somewhat wet.
- Lady of War
- Overly Long Name: Amaterasu mel Gibih Lachesis Fanatic B Guires, after she officially gets adopted into the Amaterasu house.
- The Pollyanna
- Victorious Childhood Friend
- Wife Husbandry: Has shades of that. She got a huge crush on Sopp from even before they ever met, from Dr. Ballanche and Clotho's stories, and asked that good doctor remake her specifically as a Fatima and wife for his royal friend. But it was Amaterasu, who wasn't involved in raising her.
- You Are Number 6: Or, rather, 44, as she was Dr. Ballanche's forty fourth masterpiece Fatima and is said to be his best, although it's possible that she could be overcome by her younger sister Clotho. Her full serial number is BFOS-44.
Dr. Chrome Ballanche
A famous Fatima meight (said to be the very best in Joker's history) and Amaterasu's lifetime friend, he is most important as a creator of the best and the most significant Fatimas in the story. Dr. Ballanche was vehemently opposed to the treatment of Fatimas by a society at large, and thus tended to create them with less mind control, or, as in case of Three Fates, with no mind control at all (which is, in fact, highly illegal, but despite that being an open secret no one objects because, well, he's Amaterasu's friend).
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Both creating Fatimas without mind control, and his studies in the field of lifetime prolongation, and not without reason. Dr. Ballanche have died at the age of 529, almost twice of a normal Jokerian lifespan of 300 years (corresponds to 148 and 80 Earth years respectively) but his last years were plagued by illnesses and rapid aging brought by the various drugs and chemicals he used to increase his lifespan.
- Fantastic Racism: Quite unusually for the setting, totally averted.
- Heterosexual Life-Partner: To Ladios Sop.
- It Runs in the Family: Most Balances in history were Fatima meights. Even non-blood relatives like Meeth (a good doctor's adopted daughter) usually were top-notch scientists as well.
- The Magnificent: His title is "Duke of Fates".
- Parental Substitute: Not only for all his Fatimas, but for Meeth Silver as well, whose talent he noticed and promoted. Unfortunately they didn't have much time together, as he was already very old and died just one year after
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Basically the only thing that saved Dr. Ballanche from prosecution (his dabbling in the forbidden was one of the worst-kept secrets of Joker) was that he was a friend of Amaterasu. Nobody fucks with the Mirage Knights.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: His attitude to Fatimas. It's good that Amaterasu basically thinks the same, as he was almost arrested at least once, if not for the Mirage Knights' intervention.
- Shout-Out: His character design is very similar to Dr. Yueh from Dune. What makes this interesting is that he's based on the book version, rather than the more well-known David Lynch film, as evidenced by his long rat-tail hairstyle fastened with a silver ring, as opposed to Dean Stockwell's somewhat out of place jewfro.
- Spell My Name With An S: His birth name was Balance, but he later changed it to Ballanche. His adopted daughter and heir, Meeth Silver, changed it back to Balance, and her son Max used one more variation — Ballance. Though it might have to do with a cavalier attitude the translation (and the author, to boot) have to the spelling of the names in general.
- Theme Naming: The Balance family tradition is to name the children after various metals (or semi-metals, as Dr. Ballanche's relative and also a famous meight Arsenic Ballance illustrates). His real name is Chrome Eiz Fates Balance IX.
- Truly Single Parent: In additional to the creating Fatimas, Dr. Ballanche indeed was their father figure, to the extent that many of his "daughters" returned to his castle long after his death — it helps that the Float Temple bought out and maintained it as a retreat for the Mirage Knights and their Fatimas (the attitude towards Fatimas being much more relaxed in AKD than in the Joker on average).
Colus III
Ruler of the Trio de Colus. Although he is an ally to Amaterasu, his descendant, Colus VI, will lead the resistance against his empire.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Though not to a Sop's level, but Colus is a gifted engineer as well. Indeed, their first meeting happened because Sopp was invited to refine and troubleshoot a new advanced MH designed and built by Colus, the famous Junchoon.
- Identical Grandson: Literally. Colus VI is very similar to his great-grandfather and replays the L-Gaim story once again with Amaterasu as Poseidall, and himself as Kamon.
- Overly Long Name: In an interesting way — Colus III is in fact Colus XXIII, but both he and his subjects agree that "The Third" looks and sounds much better than "The Twenty Third".
- Shout-Out: Again, to L-Gaim.
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Meeth Silver's son and heir, a hero of the later parts of the manga.
- The Ace
- Artificial Human: Based on a Dr. Ballanche's 46'th major project, he's at least part Fatima.
- Ambiguous Gender: Almost as much as Amaterasu.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Is sometimes said to be this, possibly because being the most powerful living being in Joker he entirely lacks fear and self-preservation instinct.
- Killed Off for Real: His death after slaying the SATAN Tatsuminrey.
- Real Men Wear Pink: He himself might prefer crimson, but his Humongous Mecha is hot pink.
- Super-Soldier: He's a fruit of the long and painstaking research of Meeth and her adopted father in the field of recreating the Super Empire's true Super-Soldier. It turns out that even Argon Prominence, a mysteriously reborn ancient Chivalry in the body of one of the FEMC GL knights, is no match for him.
Voards Viewlard
A mercenary Headdliner and Ladios Sopp's best friend, he's a handsome, laid-back and airheaded guy that seemingly spends most of the time out of battle by drinking, chasing the every skirt around and generally having fun. On the other hand it doesn't stop him from being the rather successful and well-known knight. Or so it seems. In fact he is Mission Routh, the President of Trun Union, one of the major Joker nations, who uses his Viewlard persona to escape from the stresses of his position.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Generally a funniest character around, but still pretty badass.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: While he is a huge party animal, he is still a rather successful knight, not to mention a President of a major nation.
- The Casanova: Spends much of his time by chasing the girls around, with notable success.
- The Cavalry: In the first manga arc, as Duke Juba's lands are a Trun territory, where he has a supreme authority as a President.
- Gender Reveal: His first ever meeting with Sopp.
- Handsome Lech: Much to his Fatima/wife Megara's chagrin.
- King Incognito: His true identity is Mission Routh, the President of the Trun Union.
- Our Presidents Are Different: Would've been the textbook example of a President Buffoon, if not for him actually being a reasonable and efficient leader, despite all his eccentricities.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Of the first parts of manga.
- Sibling Team: Averted. While his sister Mallory is a prominent Headdliner in her own right, they don't work together. Mallory, in fact, looks a bit down on him.
Decors Weissmel
A prominent headdliner, who for much of the story serves as a recurring mid-level antagonist for Amaterasu and his posse. A very blond, wiry and pale man of indeterminate age (as often is with headdliners), he's just as much of a dick as he is skilled in battle and intrigue, which gives him a peculiar role of a man who everyone loves to hate, but is unable to do anything to. Ironically, he apparently more-or-less reconciles with the AKD in the end, (he seems to become a FEMC GL#1), and fathering a future Sword Saint Velvet Weissmel with a fellow GL Mirage Spark or Madora Moirai.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Weissmel was one of the Duke Juba "adopted nephews" during the very first arc of the manga, Lachesis' debut, and manages to survive the experience.
- Elite Mook: He was a serious recurring mid-level antagonist for the large part of the story.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Surprisingly, he's very much disgusted with the popular paedophilia-ish taste in Fatimas that most of Jokerians seem to prefer.
- Hime Cut: During his service to Bosjathfort. Also one of the few gender swapped examples.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: That's just Weissmel, full stop. He never shies from some insulting or disparaging remark or malicious deed if he has an opportunity.
- Karma Houdini: Despite being a relatively major antagonist for much of the series, manages to reconcile with the AKD in the end, up to seemingly becoming a FEMC GL commander (and Green Demon Jagd Mirage pilot) and marrying one of the Green Left Mirages, Spark.
- Legacy Character: Around the time he was recruited by Bosjathfort to become the Buchtgma's CO, he gets chosen by the very prestigious (and selective) team of a unuique MH Vattshu and it's bonded Fatima Est, becoming third bearer of a Black Knight title associated with this Mortar Headd.
- N-Word Privileges: After becoming the Black Knight, Weissmen starts to call himself "nigger", despite easily being the whitest character in the whole series. Apparently, it was just to irritate people. note
- Villainous Valor: About the only thing that allows him to still stay alive.
- Worthy Opponent: While he's cruel, sarcastic and generally unpleasant, Weissmel is usually treated as this, because of his skill, integrity and
largely sticking to his principles, even if they go contrary to the heroes' ones.
