This is a character page regarding the characters of the People's Republic of Sphelliyet in The Legend of the Legendary Heroes. For other characters, see the index here.
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General Tropes
Tropes that apply to the People's Republic of Sphelliyet as a whole:
- Anti-Hero: Its leaders tend not to be nice people. The fact that the country was established by conquering a weakened country—that they'd just been helping a short while ago—should say something.
- Ascended Extra: Many of the characters are either characters who were first introduced in short stories from the side series or appeared only briefly in the first series, but now play a larger role in the sequel.
- Badass Army: The Azure Princess Mercenaries, which is precisely why Vois needed an alliance with them so badly.
- Badass Crew: Everyone from the heart of the country—that is, Ryner, Ferris, Kiefer, Toale, and Vois—all get at least one moment in which they shine.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: None of the three kings are older than 20.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: They consist mostly of exiles and traitors.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Mainly due to Vois, whom everyone outside of the Anti-Roland Coalition can't stand. Similarly, Vois's subordinates don't seem to like their new king—that isn't Vois—too much.
- True Companions: Like Roland, this is averted. Sphelliyet can basically be divided into three factions: the Anti-Roland Coalition aka those loyal to Vois, the Azure Princess Mercenaries aka those loyal to Pia, and those loyal to Ryner, without much overlap in between.
- Weak, but Skilled: Compared to other countries, Sphelliyet is lacking in sheer numbers, and so has to make up for it through clever politics and strategy.
- You Can't Go Home Again: Kiefer is a traitor, Vois's was destroyed, Toale's was conquered by Roland, Pia and co. are Taboo Breakers, Ryner and Ferris are fugitives, etc. For many, Sphelliyet is all they have left.
Kiefer Knolles
Kiefer Knolles
Voiced by: Fuyuka Oura (JP), Brina Palencia (EN)
An old friend of Ryner and Sion's, having gone to the same academy as them. She left Roland two years ago to travel the world.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She's in love with Ryner, who doesn't return her feelings, and both Riphal and Toale have crushes on her, neither of which she reciprocates.
- Attempted Rape: By the Estabul Magic Knights.
- Becoming the Mask: At the academy, despite trying to keep her guard up.
- Big Sister Worship: Idolized her older sister.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The redhead to Ferris's blonde and Milk's brunette.
- Break the Cutie: Her past, though after meeting Ryner, she gets better.
- Broken Ace: In the academy, where she was known to be smart, beautiful, and popular. As for the 'broken' part—well, just look at the spoiler tropes.
- Chekhov M.I.A.: Though while her whereabouts are unknown for a while, her disappearance wasn't mysterious.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: This is how she gets by while traveling. To name specific counts over the course of the series: first forced to betray Estabul for Roland, then forced to betray her friends for her sister, and then betrays Gastark for Ryner.
- Deliberately Distressed Damsel: Forms a plan with Vois that involves purposely becoming Gastark's hostage in order to convince them to form an alliance with Sphelliyet.
- Double Agent: She was originally a spy for Estabul, before Roland caught her and forced her to secretly become a spy for them.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: After the... incident, she finally started growing her hair out.
- Feminine Women Can Cook: In the Legend of the Legendary Heroes Revision manga, she's the best cook between her, Ferris, and Milk, whom she's also the most feminine of in terms of personality.
- Forced into Evil: Betray her class or her little sister dies. Unfortunately for her, her sister was Dead All Along.
- Friendly Rivalry: Less friendly on Ferris's part, as she's generally disdainful of Kiefer for a while, but Kiefer treats their relationship as more of a good-natured competition.
- Guile Hero: As a lone woman traveling the world (who, unlike some others on this page, is not a badass), she notes that she's had to be this to get by, lying her way through situations.
- Honey Trap: She wasn't trying to be this, but this is what Lize sees her as towards Riphal.
- Parental Abandonment: Her parents were killed by Roland Magic Knights.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She claims that she loves Ryner because he's kind.
- Sole Survivor: Along with Ryner and Sion—which she's responsible for, having betrayed everyone.
- Stepford Smiler: Sion comments that she's "cheerful", which isn't a lie when around Ryner, but otherwise, considering her situation...
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Thinks that she's the Tomboy next to Ferris's Girly Girl. See Ferris's section for more detail.
- Took a Level in Badass: By the time she reappears, she's capable of using much more advanced magic.
- Walking the Earth: To research about the Alpha Stigma.
- You Are Not Alone: After having to lie and fend for herself for so long, she's not used to having real allies, but eventually comes to decide that she can consider Ryner and Ferris as her (only) true ones.
Toale Nelphi
Toale Nelphi
Voiced by: Yūto Suzuki (JP), Todd Haberkorn (EN)
The grandson of the Emperor of Nelpha and potential heir to the throne, though Toale himself would rather have nothing to do with it.
- Archnemesis Dad: To a degree after Roland invades Nelpha. While his father doesn't get the chance to do anything, Toale is rightfully afraid of the man sending assassins after him.
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses both his right arm and leg while protecting Kiefer from a Rule Fragment attack.
- Badass Transplant: They can self-destruct, which can do a decent amount of damage.
- Bookworm: Not to the same extent as Ryner, but it's mentioned that he hangs out at the library often and he knows the librarian quite well.
- Break the Cutie: A mild example, in that he still stays fairly strong, but compare his first appearance to when he meets Ryner again. He's understandably exhausted, both physically and emotionally, and things never get truly better for him.
- Broken Ace: Kind, smart, competent, and beloved by his people to the point where they regard him as their hope. This really wears down on him in the sequel.
- The Chains of Commanding: This is precisely why he doesn't want to be king.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Shows up for a short while at the start of the series, while Ryner and Ferris stay over at his house, before disappearing from the picture once they leave. He then returns later with more significance when Roland invades Nelpha.
- First-Name Basis: He drops the honorifics with Ryner once, as a sign that he finally trusts him.
- Foil: As noted by Ryner, Toale's circumstances are very similar to Sion's, except Toale has no desire to become king.
- Good Is Not Soft: Easily one of the nicest people around. But he won't tolerate others messing with his people, and to Vois's surprise, he makes it clear that if it means protecting the Nelpha soldiers, he's willing to let Geihlficlant soldiers die in their place.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He dies from his injuries after shielding Kiefer—though ultimately subverted in that, again, he doesn't stay dead.
- House Husband: Due to their dad being a dick and none of them being able to see their mothers, Toale's the sole guardian of his siblings.
- Humble Hero: He doesn't see himself as the majestic prince everyone else sees him as or even as strong as he honestly is, after everything that he's endured.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: He'd rather support Kiefer with Ryner than even try to pursue her.
- Jade-Colored Glasses: He admits that he should start wearing these if he wants to survive.
- Martyr Without a Cause: Just a tad too self-sacrificial for his country, which Ryner verbally slaps him for.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: Fourteen younger siblings, and that's only counting the illegitimate ones!
- Modest Royalty: Just look at the above picture. Does he look like royalty to you?
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: He prevented the meaningless deaths of 10,000 soldiers... and effectively ruined his own life by thus becoming a threat in Roland's eyes and becoming the leader of the Nelphan forces, even if he didn't mean for either to happen.
- Only Mostly Dead: Vois stops his breathing and pulse, thus only temporarily killing him off.
- Only Sane Man: He shares this position with Ryner. Seen best before the fight between Gastark and Geihlficlant, where Vois, Ferris, and Kiefer are jokingly accusing one another of not being prepared, before Toale accepts the blame so that they can actually get down to business.Ryner: "It's good that someone's being serious."
- Parental Abandonment: His dad kicked him and his many younger siblings out.
- Refusal of the Call: Again, he has no desire to be king, despite everyone else pushing him to fight for the throne.
- Resigned to the Call: After his Refusal of the Call fails. He'll go out of his way to save the Nelphan people, knowing that he's the only one who can, but don't expect him to be energetic about it.
- Self-Sacrifice Scheme: Tries to pull one off, except Ryner interferes. It's also debatable as to whether it would've even worked in the first place.
- Took a Level in Badass: While not necessarily a full-fledged badass, he does go from being a civilian with no combat history in his debut to a Warrior Prince.
- Trauma Conga Line: The first few volumes of the sequel are not kind to him.
- Turn the Other Cheek: Not only does he not hold a grudge against Sion, but he won't accept any apologies either. That said, part of it is that apologizing implies Sion believes what he did was wrong, which would then imply the Nelphan people died for nothing, making it something of an insult.
- Universally Beloved Leader: His people utterly adore him. It's not so great for him, though.
- The Wrongful Heir to the Throne: The Nelphan people see his father—the legitimate heir—as this and hope that Toale will inherit the throne instead. On the other hand, Toale sees himself as inadequate due to having been raised as a commoner.
Arua
Arua
Voiced by: Akiko Yajima (JP), Leah Clark (EN)
An Alpha Stigma bearer that Ryner ends up picking up as his student.
- Berserk Button: His father's death is what pushes him over the edge.
- Big Damn Heroes: Saves Ryner and Ferris from the Roland army using his Alpha Stigma and some clever thinking, effectively proving that child or not, he's far from The Load.
- Harmful to Minors: In a short span of time, he gets taken captive because of his Alpha Stigma, is tortured, sees his mother's corpse with the knowledge she died because of him, watches his father be killed in front of him, and has the only person left who still cares about him taken hostage against him. It's fairly impressive that Arua still remains as well-adjusted as he is.
- No Name Given: He's one of the few characters whose last name is never revealed.
Vois Fiurelle
Vois Fiurelle
An acquaintance whom Ryner and Ferris meet while travelling through the Iyet Republic. He later reappears as the leader of the Anti-Roland Coalition.
- Ambiguously Bi: Most of his perverted antics are towards girls, but he does occasionally make suggestive comments towards Ryner, albeit possibly as a joke.
- Bad Boss: He doesn't abuse or kill his lackeys without reason—he's far too level-headed for that—but if he sees you as expendable, you're likely not going to live long. And he sees a lot of people as expendable.
- Badass Pacifist: Far from a pacifist most of the time, but he does have one moment where he calmly tries to talk the God's Eyes bearers down and encourage them to believe in a better future, all while they throw rocks at him.
- Beware the Silly Ones: A cheerful pervert, brat and self-proclaimed paedophile—and one of the most ruthless and pragmatic people around.
- Deliberately Distressed Dude: When the God's Eyes bearers take him captive, forcing Ryner and Ferris to save him. However, this being Vois, he was counting on all of the above.
- The Extremist Was Right: As much as Ryner and co. dislike his way of doing things, the inevitable reality is that he tends to get more done than them, and much of Ryner's later success can be owed to Vois.
- Hair Color Dissonance: His hair (and eyes) is officially black but appears as blue/purple in illustrations.
- Improbable Age: He's only fifteen by the time he becomes a part of the main cast, and by that point he's already been the head of a mafia and is currently the leader of what becomes one of the most powerful factions.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Not even getting into the one time that he did crossdress completely, he's a Keet, Bishōnen Non-Action Guy who wears Miko garb in the sequel.
- Jerkass Has a Point: As much of a douche as Vois is, Ryner can't deny that he tends to be right.
- The Leader: While he declares Ryner the king, it's obvious who's still actually leading the group.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: See: trying to kill Toale who wanted him to save Relca because, for all intents and purposes, Vois didn't feel like arguing with him.
- Non-Action Guy: Doesn't possess a lick of actual fighting ability, as seen best in his confrontation with Pia.
- Not Worth Killing: Ryner (jokingly) tells Tiir that he's free to kill Vois, due to Vois's perverted tendencies, to which Tiir wryly claims that Vois is this.
- Pet the Dog: When dealing with Froaude, the most pragmatic solution would've been to launch a Rule Fragment, even if it meant destroying a large part of Sphelliyet and thus killing countless people. Despite this being Vois here, he chooses not to.
- Psycho Sidekick: He's basically to Ryner what Froaude is to Sion, though in his case, he wants Ryner to be as pragmatic as him.
- Shoot the Dog: Taken to the extreme, and with his attitude, occasionally veers into outright Kick the Dog.
- Ungrateful Bastard: He's not exactly thankful when Relca nearly dies to save him, instead telling her not to drag him down.
- We Have Reserves: He has no problems with sacrificing his own subordinates.
Relca Redehna
Relca Redehna
A member of the Anti-Roland Coalition who loyally serves Vois.
- Generic Cuteness: Noted to be good-looking, but not as much as Ferris or Kiefer.
- Love Martyr: A bit of one for Vois.
- My Master, Right or Wrong: She doesn't even seem to be entirely certain what Vois wants, but she'll follow him to the ends of the earth anyway.
- Number Two: To Vois, and a position she shares with Harmit.
- Subordinate Excuse: Seems to have a crush on Vois.
- Taking the Bullet: For Vois, though she survives thanks to Ryner and co. insisting that he save her.
Harmit Wolf
Harmit Wolf
A member of the Anti-Roland Coalition, and another one of Vois's top (and equally loyal) subordinates.
- No Sense of Humor: Vois's jokes tend to fly over her head.
- Number Two: To Vois, and a position she shares with Relca.
- Stripperific: Her outfit's on the revealing side. Seeing as how Vois seems to be in charge of outfits, it might be entirely intentional.
- Undying Loyalty: One has to wonder how Vois keeps inspiring this in people.
Pia Varliere
Pia Varliere
One of Ryner's childhood friends, having trained under Germer with him. Currently the leader of the Azure Princess Mercenaries.
- All Amazons Want Hercules: While Pia herself doesn't express much of an interest in having Zohra or Peria be more than good friends/fanboys, the two seem to believe in this trope.
- Always Someone Better: To Ryner, Peria, and Zohra.
- Anti-Hero/Anti-Villain: Starts off as the latter, due to opposing Vois, whom she believes sold the world out to the Goddesses, and by association Ryner. Once things get sorted out and they join forces, she shifts to the former.
- Birds of a Feather: She, Peria, and Zohra have many things in common, but most notably, they're all egotistical jerks who can also back it up.
- Blessed with Suck: Her Congenital Magic Abnormality grants her amazing magical power, but it tends to lead to a lack of control over one's will and possibly becoming magic deficient. Pia, on her part, manages to avoid these by disciplining herself.
- Blood Knight: Take any novel illustration of her and there's a good chance it's of her cheerfully attacking someone or the like.
- Born Winner: Her Congenital Magic Abnormality means that you really don't want to take her on in a magic fight.
- The Cameo: Can be seen briefly in a flashback in the anime, along with Peria and Germer.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Eventually becomes one of the rulers of Sphelliyet.
- Child Soldier: She had the same instructor as Ryner, after all.
- Defusing The Tykebomb: In a very odd variation on the trope that involved a lecture on how women were superior to men, she essentially does this for Zohra in their first meeting—by pointing out that he's just a tool for Roland
- Devoted to You: If you were to ask Peria and Zohra, no other girl could ever hold a candle to Pia.
- Does Not Like Men: A benevolent example, as she's evidently okay with men for the most part, considering that all of her closest friends have been male—she's just convinced that they're pretty stupid most of the time.
- Dude Magnet: Both Peria and Zohra are head over heels for her, which she revels in.
- Exalted Torturer: She casually threatens Vois with torture at one point as means of getting information out of him.
- Hero Antagonist: She's technically a villain by virtue of opposing Vois—Ryner's ally—but next to him, she comes across as a fair bit more heroic.
- Insufferable Genius
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Case in point: she nearly blows Ryner up during their reunion, and then a few volumes later, sends Zohra and Peria out when he's in need of help, with the two men in question deciding that Pia's going too easy on Ryner.
- Rags to Royalty: Went from Child Soldier turned exile to king.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Not evil, but highly dangerous and volatile, certainly.
- She Is the King: While Pia's referred to as Princess within her group, the rulers of Sphelliyet are collectively referred to as kings.
- Single-Target Sexuality: Despite her enjoying the attention she recives from Peria and Zohra and many other men the only object of true affection from her is Ryner.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: She's not exactly fond of Vois, but sees the benefits in working with him.
- True Blue Femininity: She doesn't quite have the 'gentle' part down, but it's fitting for her fanciest dress that demonstrates how high up on the ladder she is.
- Women Are Wiser: Believes in this (though how seriously is up for debate).
Peria Peruula
Peria Peruula
Another one of Ryner's friends from his days with Germer. One of the elites of the Azure Princess Mercenaries.
- Big Damn Heroes: Saves Ryner alongside with Zohra.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The most gentle and mild-mannered between him, Pia and Zohra, but can be just as much of a jerk if he so wishes, especially if your name happens to be Zohra Rom.
- Childhood Friend Romance: He's really hoping for this with Pia, and teases Zohra at least once on how Zohra hasn't known her for as long.
- Childhood Friends: With Pia and Ryner.
- Disability Superpower: Roland forced a magic formation on him that, at the cost of his sight and hearing, allows him to feel things over a large distance.
- Insufferable Genius: Not quite as vocal about it as Pia or Zohra, but there's a reason he's described as having an arrogant face.
- Little Mister Badass: Effortlessly beat Zohra, a fellow badass, when they were ten.
- Number Two: To Pia, and a position he shares with Zohra.
- Single-Target Sexuality: He's been crushing on Pia since they were five or six. In his own words, "There is only Pia in my eyes."
- Super-Senses: Of sorts, thanks to his Disability Superpower.
- With Friends Like These...: Again, with Zohra. Out of all the Vitriolic Best Buds in the series, they're possibly the heaviest on the 'vitriolic' part.
Zohra Rom
Zohra Rom
Previously an assassin working for Roland, Zohra chose to desert and now works as an elite for the Azure Princess Mercenaries.
- Affably Evil: Pre-Heel–Face Turn. Generally friendly and much less sadistic than the other Hidden Elites, but that doesn't change the fact that he goes around killing people for a living.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When Pia threatened to stab his eye with a fork, he quickly backpedaled on all of his previous proud statements.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Acts like a complete goof, but it doesn't make him any less competent.
- Big Damn Heroes: Along with Peria, he saves Ryner from Luke.
- Bratty Half-Pint/Mouthy Kid: Went between the two as a thirteen-year-old.
- Bystander Syndrome: As a child, his mindset was along the lines of "It doesn't matter who dies around me as long as I'm okay."
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Like Ryner, he's been through this in the past for insubordination.
- Combat Pragmatist: Zig-zagged. He objects to Ryner's attempt at a Groin Attack, claims that he likes to fight fair, and will often do so for the challenge. When honestly serious, though, he's a fairly dirty fighter—Poisoned Weapons, Obfuscating Stupidity, setting up a magic circle in advance, etc.
- Contract on the Hitman: Thanks to becoming a Hitman with a Heart post-Heel–Face Turn.
- Cool Mask: Wears one in his first appearance in the sequel for no apparent reason. Granted, this is Zohra we're talking about, so no reason is needed, really.
- Death Seeker: Upon realizing that Pia is stronger than him, he promptly decides that his life has no meaning and that he wants to die. Pia quickly snaps him out of it.
- Didn't See That Coming: Whoops, looks like Lucile can nullify magic. That said, Zohra then improvises and takes advantage of said ability to make his escape.
- Disney Death: Appears to have died by Lucile's hands, as far as Ryner knows—and then we see how Zohra survived in the next short story.
- Enfant Terrible: A mild example when he was young, as he knew some people saw him as a harmless child and wasn't afraid to play along.
- Eye Scream: Pia threatened him with this, though she didn't go through with it.
- Fearless Fool: Subverted. He has all the mannerisms of one, but he's aware of how reckless he's being; he throws himself into suicidal situations because he knows that overcoming the odds is the best way of getting stronger.
- Fool for Love: Quite happily whipped for a certain azure-haired girl.
- Genius Bruiser: Despite his Idiot Hero tendencies, he's still one of the few mages good enough to create his own spells, has a good sense of tactics, and is entirely capable of Obfuscating Stupidity.
- Heel–Face Turn: Pulled one in the past, after meeting Pia.
- Hero Antagonist: Like Pia and Peria, though he's one even before the sequel—when he tries to kill Sion in a short story. From Ryner's perspective, it's unjustified, but the reader knows that, by this point, Sion is something of a Villain Protagonist.
- Hitman with a Heart: To the point where, as Ryner points out, he barely even counts as an assassin.
- Humble Pie: His swift defeat at the hands of both Pia and Peria when they were ten.
- Incoming Ham: In his first meeting with Ryner.Zohra: "Hey! Are you Ryner Lute? Asking is such a pain, so just die! Take thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!"
- Jerkass Has a Point: He's pretty insulting to Ryner when they reunite in the sequel, but Ryner finds it hard to deny any of what Zohra says about Ryner having become weak.
- Keet: Had some shades of this when he was thirteen, mainly when it came to gushing over Pia or new challenges.
- Little Mister Badass: In his first two appearances, where he could/does give Ryner a run for his money.
- Love at First Punch: Pia kicked his ass and threatened to stab his eye with a fork. He fell in love.
- Love Makes You Dumb: Believed this as a child—and then met Pia, becoming an example of this himself.
- Made of Iron: Literally gets stabbed in the back at one point but keeps on fighting without any problems.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Most prominently in his fight against Lucile, but he seems to be fond of this in general.
- One-Man Army: A mild version as a preteen, as he needs Ryner's help to take down a group of Hidden Elites, but he's become the real deal by the present.
- Parental Abandonment: They were servants whom Roland disposed of, sparking his obsession with becoming strong.
- Poisoned Weapons: He's an assassin, after all. In terms of a specific fight, he threatens Ryner with one to show that he could've killed him any time.
- Rags to Riches: He went from being the child of slaves to a Hidden Elite, living like a noble, to one of the elites of the Azure Princess Mercenaries—i.e. one of the most powerful people in the world. Not too shabby.
- Rebellious Spirit
- Single-Target Sexuality: At age ten, Pia's the first person he was ever attracted to, and from there, the only person.
- Suicide by Cop: By Pia's hands—minus the part where Pia thought that that was just stupid.
- Taking You with Me: He was prepared to do this in his fight against Lucile, with it being one of two outcomes. Fortunately, the other outcome—that they both survive—was what happened in the end.
- Terror Hero: The Intimidator type, when attacking Vois's army. By demonstrating his status as a One-Man Army, he was hoping to scare Vois's army into surrending quickly so as to avoid as many casualties as possible.
- Token Good Teammate: Like Ryner, he was essentially this during his Hidden Elite days.
- Took a Level in Badass: After meeting Pia, he worked even harder in order to catch up to her and Peria.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: A very efficient and remorseless assassin by age ten.
- Tsundere: Dere for Pia, tsun towards Ryner and Peria, the latter of whom is essentially his best friend but whom Zohra continues to act as if he hates anyway.
- Underestimating Badassery: He thought Pia wasn't going to be much of a threat when they first fought. He was very, very wrong.
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Briefly, as while he realizes that he's physically attracted to Pia immediately, he then assumes he's also afraid of her before eventually catching on.
- Yandere: Played for Laughs. While he did try to kill Peria when they first met and continues to threaten to do so, it's more in a Vitriolic Best Buds fashion now.
