The characters of Theia - The Crimson Eclipse.
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Main Characters
Seth Sheridan
Seth Sheridan
A former Levizoan Vanguard who deserted after a mission gone wrong. He eventually rejoins when he receives a request to look into the new energy source.- BFS: All of his weapons are classified as heavy blades. His signature weapon is Aiment's sword, Memento.
- Classical Anti-Hero: Seth is a well-meaning person, but he has a Guilt Complex over failing to save his adoptive brother Aiment, causing him to wallow in depression and ignore the good he can do with his skills. His guilt complex crops up again when he wants to turn himself in to the authorities for killing his former comrades, who were tricked into thinking he's the emperor's killer.
- Character Development: In endings A and C, he accepts Lademis's offer to become a vassal. Despite thinking he doesn't deserve it, Seth realizes that taking this role is the best way to help the people of Ariathale and support his love interest, showing that he's willing to look past his guilt complex to do the most good possible.
- Electronic Eye: In the second half of the game, his left eye is replaced by the Falcon Eye, which can detect the line-of-sight of guards.
- Eye Scream: While escaping from Mystia, his left eye is slashed by Var Nell. He gets a machine eye, the Falcon Eye, as a replacement.
- Fighting Your Friend: He ends up fighting and killing Valiant and Meister due to being framed for killing Emperor Levizoa. He also ends up dueling Horus at Halderos and defeats him non-lethally, but Mishra uses this opportunity to kill Horus.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Downplayed in that Seth never becomes a villain, but he abandons his duty as a Vanguard after Aiment is killed on his watch and isolates himself from his friends and family. Martia point out that despite the pain he went through, by abruptly leaving the Vanguards, he didn't help his teammates cope with their own grief when they needed him the most.
- Half-Human Hybrid: He's the son of Neval Sideris, a Theia, and Clarissa Marshe, a human.
- Happily Adopted: Double subverted. He's adopted into the Sheridan family after the disappearance of his biological parents. However, his guilt over failing to save Aiment causes him to avoid his adoptive parents. When he returns home, he learns that his father, Maxwell Sheridan, still accepts him.
- In the Hood: His unique action if placed at the front of the party is to put his hood on, just for Rule of Cool. During stealth missions, this affects the line-of-sight of certain guards, since some are more inclined to ignore him if he's hooded while others are more inclined to notice him.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he realizes Sophet's killing of Alison was accidental and that she regrets it, he feels guilty about killing Sophet, to the point where he wants to turn himself in to the Levizoan authorities after he stops Mishra.
- My Greatest Failure: During a mission, Seth's squad was attacked by Orihalcon-powered zombies, who overwhelmed them with sheer numbers and killed his brother, Aiment. This causes Seth to leave the Vanguards and avoid his parents out of guilt.
- One-Winged Angel: A heroic example. In the main endings, Seth uses the Orihalcon shard that Mishra impaled into him to transform into a red-skinned humanoid with Orihalcon poking out of his skin. This makes him much stronger and allows him to summon the spirits of his fallen comrades to perform a Combination Attack with him.
- Parting-Words Regret: He wanted to apologize to Alison for lashing out at her during a meeting, but she's killed by Sophet before he can make up with her.
- Skyward Scream: Delivers a very powerful and emotional one after Sophet mistakes Alison for Seth and shoots her instead of her main target, of which is framed by Lademis for killing the Emperor, eventually killing poor Alison shortly after some parting words with Seth...
- Sanity Slippage: In the first half of the story, the Orihalcon affects his ability to think rationally. This causes him to attack Rudra out of paranoia and to accuse Alison of relying on Nepotism. Fortunately, he gets better control of the Orihalcon within him in the second half of the game, allowing him to retain his sanity.
- Shock and Awe: He has the Vanlightning skill, a lightning elemental physical attack.
- Surpassed the Teacher: Zigzagged. In order to leave the Vanguards, he had to win a duel against his teacher, Horus. However, he does so by slashing Horus's eye, implying he lacks the skill to win without injuring his opponent. Later, Horus joins as a guest at a higher level, which is implied to be a combination of Horus training more and having Orihalcon cybernetics. At Halderos, Seth wins their duel by disarming Horus, playing this trope straight.
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: In the beginning of the story, he's running from the Vanguards and is willing to knock them out, but draws the line at killing them, since they're just doing their job. He eventually decides to kill them if they get in the way of stopping Mishra, though he isn't proud of it and plans to face justice for killing them.
- Tragic Keepsake:
- His starting weapon is his deceased brother Aiment's sword, the Memento.
- In the second half of the game, he keeps Alison's doll after she's killed by Sophet. He later gives this doll to Gallian.
Rudra
Rudra
A shaman from the Marut clan, who seeks to find the truth behind the Orihalcon.- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: After his Heroic Sacrifice in Altilliah's Heart, Rudra become the guardian spirit of the third moon.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: After becoming the spirit of Ariathale's third moon, he becomes a gigantic spectral Varzan with enough power to kill a similarly gigantic Halcon/Themis in one slash.
- Blind Weaponmaster: Asura gouges out his eyes, but Rudra is still able to fight due to his training. As Gameplay and Story Integration, Rudra is immune to the blur ailment, preventing his accuracy from being debuffed.
- Cast from Hit Points: He has the Life Schism skill, which sacrifices half of his HP to heal the party.
- Gentle Giant: He's the largest party member due to being a Varzan and is the kindest and most patient party member. Even when his former comrades go too far in their revenge against him, he still wants to help them ascend to the moon.
- Heroic Sacrifice: When Halcon's lair collapses, Rudra protects the party from a large piece of rubble, but the weigh of the rubble crushes him. Fortunately, his spirit comes back to finish off Mishra and Halcon/Themis.
- Interrupted Suicide: After killing Asura, Rudra tries to throw himself off Garm's Summit, but Ferion and Nion convince him to continue helping the party prevent Halcon's ritual.
- Mighty Glacier: He starts with a skill that can buff his strength, has high strength growth, has the best defense growth of the party, and has low speed growth.
- Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: When Seth learns from Shiva that Rudra slaughtered the Maruts, Seth starts doubting Rudra's intentions. However, it turns out Rudra was driven to madness by the Rakshasas, who used Orihalcon on him. In his default state, he really is as nice as he seems.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: The guilt of killing his own clan causes Rudra to misremember the event as the Rakshasas driving other clan members insane instead of just him.
Nadia
Nadia
A girl whose house in Roalie is located on top of a source of Orihalcon energy.- All of the Other Reindeer: She had to move between locations constantly because people would shun her for her magic powers.
- Elemental Powers: She has access to fire, ice, and lightning spells.
- Lost Orphaned Royalty: She's really Rebecca, the daughter of Princess Crismaida and Zen, making her next in line to inherit Altilliah's throne.
- Squishy Wizard: She has low durability, but has access to multiple elements and has high spirit growth.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: In Ending B, Seth chooses not to be with her due to the crimes he committed. Possibly subverted now that the developer states that AWF happens after all endings, implying Seth and Nadia will eventually get together anyways.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: She gives her red jewel to the Levizoan Empire so they can use it to research the properties of Orihalcon. This is actually the Catalyth for Halcon's ritual, which falls into Mishra's hands because he infiltrated the Levizoan government as Grant.
Nion Risan
Nion Risan
The heir to the Risan Health corporation, who is studying Orihalcon in order to solve the energy crisis.- An Arm and a Leg: He loses his arm to a mutated Rose, though the Mavericks build him a prosthetic arm.
- The Cracker: His field passive skill, Tech Savant, allows him to hack terminals to solve puzzles.
- Combat Medic: He has a healing spell, Lenitiva, and a non-elemental spell, Vacuum.
- Crusading Widower: The Scarlet Wyrms performed Orihalcon experiments on his pregnant wife, Rose, forcing the party to Mercy Kill her. After the timeskip, Nion joins the Mavericks in order to get revenge on the Wyrms.
- Driven to Suicide: Subverted. After he kills the Scarlet Wyrm ringleader Brandon Ferneth, fulfilling his quest for vengeance, he tries to shoot himself to finally be reunited with his wife Rose, but can't bring himself to do it. He continues to be a party member and eventually decides to dedicate the rest of his life to running the Velvet Rose Foundation in memory of his late wife.
- Gravity Master: He has the Gravity Break skill, which deals percentage based damage to the enemy party. His Limit Break, Altergrav, simulates the gravity of Jupiter in order to damage the enemy party.
- Guest-Star Party Member: In the Extremordeal, his pre-timeskip self can be recruited via an Action Figure. His post-timeskip self is a proper party member though.
- Honest Corporate Executive: Downplayed. His family technically breaks the law by using technology and gets away with it because they're rich enough to pay the fines. That said, he wants to end the energy crisis and bring hope back to Ariathale. After learning that his grandfather bought out the courts to win a lawsuit against Brandon Ferneth, Nion admits that his family wasn't as clean as he thought. In the ending, he shuts down Risan Health and starts over with a small company.
- Non-Elemental: He has the non-elemental skill, Vacuum. He also has Neutralysis, which lowers an enemy's resistance to non-elemental skills.
Ferion Vidare
Ferion Vidare
A member of the Mavericks who is introduced being mistaken for a Scarlet Wyrm.- BFG: He wields Rocket Launchers, which have poor accuracy but can hit all enemies.
- Blue Blood: Allister suspects Ferion is actually the son of Halderos aristocrats, who were purged in Nimrod's rebellion. They had to abandon him in the lower district in order to protect him from the rebels.
- Duel Boss: He's a miniboss fought one-on-one by Horus, who thinks he's a Scarlet Wyrm.
- Enemy Scan: He's the only character with the Analysis skill, which reveals enemy names, HP, and weaknesses.
- Failed A Spotcheck: At the end of his character quest, he shows the party a picture of his Varzan parents. He didn't realize he, an Exil, was adopted until his party points this out.
- Kill Sat: His Limit Break utilizes the Javelin satellite to launch missiles at the enemy party.
- Master Actor: During the mission to save Seth and Martia from execution, Ferion knocks out the actor for Seth's character and takes his place. If Ferion does a good job playing this role, the rest of the party will have more time to disable the electronic cuffs on Seth and Martia.
Martia Chesterfield
Martia Chesterfield
A former member of Seth's squad, who moved back to Reikan to join their Knights of Benedicta.- Amicable Exes: Downplayed. She's still sour about Seth leaving her after Aiment's death, but she's willing to work with him to stop Mishra. They get back together if the player chooses her as Seth's love interest.
- Combat Medic: Unlike other characters with healing skills, Martia's skills scale off her strength rather than spirit, and she has high growth in the former.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Subverted on the hair part. She's required to dye her hair blonde because of a strange regulation of Reikan's knights. She plays the heart of gold straight though, being a knight who wants to maintain order and fight for justice. In the C and D endings, she stops dyeing her hair, due to leaving Reikan to be with Seth.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: She's the boss of Borgol prison, but cannot be defeated. Unlike with Mishra, she doesn't use a powerful skill to finish off Seth. Instead, the battle cuts to a scene where Seth collapses from exhaustion.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Despite warnings from Valiant and Gallian, Martia doesn't question Keva Morris's orders to bring Gallian to a strange location to transfer him to a different prison. As a result, she is framed for Keva's crimes in smuggling prisoners to the Scarlet Wyrms.
- Light 'em Up: If she is the chosen love interest during the scene at Carver's Village, she'll learn Sacralia, a light elemental skill.
Dael (Unmarked Spoilers)
Dael Sideris
The leader of Altilliah's Seekers and a critic of Halcon's ritual. She uses her Arcane Sparrow to communicate with Seth for most of the game.- 11th-Hour Ranger: She's the final character to become a full party member and joins when the final region, Altilliah, is unlocked.
- Big Good: While on Altilliah, she does everything she can to warn the party of Mishra's plot and also communicated with the Varzans of Carver's Village.
- Combat Medic: She is less suited for offense than the other healer party members, but she has both a group heal and a revival skill.
- Honest Corporate Executive: In the ending, she joins Nion's Scarlet Rose Foundation to help Ariathale use Orihalcon.
- Item Caddy: She and Elvett are the only characters who can use alchemy items.
- Morality Pet: Mishra is only willing to spare the party on her request, though even this trope has its limits, since he will eventually try to kill the entire party, including Dael, in all endings except for E, due to their attack on Halcon.
- Only Sane Woman: She's in the minority of Altillians who have misgivings about Halcon's ritual.
- Ship Sinking: She's engaged to Mishra, but the latter kills her brother, Neval, for abandoning the ritual. When Mishra returns to Altilliah, Dael makes it clear that she won't forgive him.
- Support Party Member: While she has high spirit growth, her only offensive skill, Vampiria, is not as strong as other characters' spirit-based skills. Instead, she mainly focuses on her healing abilities. However, skill books can give her more offensive skill options to make use of her high spirit.
- Walking Spoiler: As the mysterious eyeless bird that follows Seth around, or rather the bird's controller, she's hard to talk about without spoilers.
Levizoan Empire
Emperor Trayant Levizoa
The ruler of the Levizoan Empire.
- The Good King: Downplayed. While he means well for his nation, many people don't see him as terribly competent and believe he lost his grip after his wife died.
- Unwitting Pawn: He gave two gems away to allied nations as gifts . This was done on Grant/Mishra's suggestion, all to move the Catalyths closer to the Sync Cores.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Mishra forces Lademis to kill Trayant, both to have more direct control of the country through Lademis and to frame Seth.
Prince Lademis Levizoa
Lademis Levizoa
The prince of the Levizoan Empire,- An Arm and a Leg: While under Mishra's control, he's forced to cut off his arm to make Seth look guiltier of killing Trayant Levizoa.
- Curse: As a failsafe in case he can't maintain Soul Schism on Lademis, Mishra places a curse on the prince that temporarily keeps him from communicating verbally or non-verbally.
- Demonic Possession: He spends much of the game under the effect of Mishra's Soul Schism spell. Dael reveals this has been going on since he was a baby.
- Fighting from the Inside: After the emperor's assassination, Mishra's control over Lademis slowly weakens. When Mishra and Lademis go to Borgol to taunt Seth, Lademis attempts to say something to Seth. When Seth escapes from his execution, Lademis manages to crack a smile of relief.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Doubled subverted. At first, he seems like a responsible and open-minded royal, as shown by how he allows Rudra to help the Vanguards investigate Orihalcon and go after the Scarlet Wyrms. Then he kills his father in order to ascend to the throne faster and frames Seth. However, it turns out he was under Mishra's control the entire time. Once he's freed, he clears Seth's name and offers to make the latter a vassal.
Lord Grant
Lademis's tutor and a skilled swordsman.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: At first, he seems like a proper gentleman and an ally of the party, to the point where Seth can make small talk with him during camping segments. He also joins Seth in the Mavericks to help clear his name. Once the party makes it to Borgol, Grant destroys the tape that was supposed to clear Seth's name and later reveals that he's the one who framed Seth for killing Emperor Levizoa.
- Guest-Star Party Member: He temporarily joins Nadia and Alison in tracking down Hogarde when the latter goes missing in Mystia's slums. He also fights alongside Seth for a bit after the timeskip, but then reveals himself to be the latter's enemy. In the endgame, he can be recruited as an extra character in the Extremordeal, though "Grant" and Mishra are separate guest characters despite canonically being the same person.
- The Mole: He's really Mishra, the only remaining Apostle of Halcon.
- Super Mode: He can activate a stance that increases his attack power and is separate from standard buffs, but prevents him from using skills.
Meister
Meister
A vassal who rules over the Reyel region.- Authority Equals Asskicking: He was once a Hi-Vanguard in Team Echo. He's also a boss battle in the second half of the game and is one of the few enemies to use an EX skill.
- BFG: In his boss battle, he uses a rocket launcher.
- Face Death with Dignity: As he dies, he realizes Seth was telling the truth about being framed and states that he's glad Seth is back to his old self.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Downplayed. He manages the Reyel region well, but he also sent Vanguards to coerce Seth into taking a mission for him. Though a flashback showed that Maxwell told him that Seth and the Orihalcon are connected, showing that he did have a reason for this drastic measure.
Valiant Ioulne
Valiant Ioulne
A Vanguard who is first seen chasing Seth on Meister's orders.- Face Death with Dignity: After the party kills him, Valiant hopes they were telling the truth about Seth being framed, since that means at the very least, his death won't be in vain.
- Implied Death Threat: On the Oritrain Millennium, he tells Keva Morris that if the latter tries to deliver the prisoners on the train to the Scarlet Wyrms, then he (Valiant) won't be held responsible for his actions. He is correct to suspect Morris, though he never gets a chance to face Morris again to make good on that threat.
- Pet the Dog: He tries to warn Martia not to trust her commanding officer. While this advice falls on deaf ears, it shows that despite being somewhat under the influence of Orihalcon, he still has good intentions.
- Red Herring: During the banquet, he expresses jealousy towards Seth for being considered for Magna-Vanguard despite deserting before. This could make players suspect that he's somehow involved in framing Seth. However, he turns out to be tricked like everyone else.
- Took a Level in Badass: He starts as a tutorial enemy whose only purpose is to teach the player how to use EX skills. After becoming an Orihalcon cyborg, he beats Seth on the Oritrain and later uses extra Orihalcon injections to achieve a One-Winged Angel form.
Alison Vert-De-Gris
Alison Vert-De-Gris
A Levizoan Hi-Marine who somehow managed to rise through the ranks despite her goofy personality.- Came Back Wrong: Hogarde rebuilds her as Vier, an Orihalcon cyborg with no will of her own.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: She's introduced as a ditz trying to talk to a dead fish and is accused of relying on her father's reputation, but she's more competent than she appears. She was able to save Juliet and Macbeth from Naldyls not by overpowering them, but by figuring out that they can be reasoned with as long as people leave their Atlas reserves alone. Gameplay-wise, she has useful support abilities for debuffing the enemy and regenerating the party's SP.
- Cynicism Catalyst: Her death causes Gallian to go from laid-back to deeply heartbroken. Depending on the player's choices, Seth can develop a strong desire to avenge her, to the point of stabbing Sophet multiple times.
- Forgiveness: Despite Seth lashing out at her, she wants to make up with him by giving him a doll, which she manages to give him as she dies from a gunshot wound.
- Friend to All Living Things: At the Emerald Abyss, she cuts the Naldyl boss battle short by convincing the Naldyl group that they mean no harm.
- Guest-Star Party Member: She joins as a guest at Ismail in order to accompany the party to visit Risan Mansion. The game claims that she fully joins during the Mystia banquet, but then she's killed by Sophet. She can rejoin if her Action Figure is obtained, albeit as a permanent guest.
- Making a Splash: She has the Marjet skill, which deals water damage.
- Nepotism: She's the daughter of Gallian Vert-De-Gris, the Magna-Marine, causing people to think she's using her father's connections to coast to the top. However, Gallian states that she met all of her rank's qualifications with her own merits.
Gallian Vert-De-Gris
Gallian Vert-De-Gris
The Levizoan Magna-Marine.- The Alcoholic: He's introduced challenging Seth to a drinking contest. He's a strong drinker too, given how much trouble many players have at beating him in the drinking minigame.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: In his first appearance in Ismail, he spends more time drinking than doing his job. He tries to claim he has to take it easy because of his age, but Alison points out that as an Exil, he ages slower than humans.
- Death Seeker: After Alison's death, he barely cares that he's going to prison and will most likely die when he's sold to the Scarlet Wyrms for their deadly experiments. Subverted when he's rescued and resolves to live to help the Mavericks.
- Guest-Star Party Member: In the second half of the game, he joins after the party saves him from the Scarlet Wyrms, though not before they put an Orihalcon heart in him. He leaves the party after Vier damages his Orihalcon heart, but a sidequest will result in the Mavericks rebuilding his heart so he can fight again, albeit as a permanent guest.
- Kill the Ones You Love: He's forced to kill Vier, who is actually Alison rebuilt as a cyborg.
- Making a Splash: As a twist, he has Orimarjet instead of the standard Marjet, due to his Orihalcon heart. This skill deals both dark and water damage.
- Moveset Clone: Downplayed. His entire moveset is an altered version of Alison's moveset due to the Scarlet Wyrms placing an Orihalcon heart in him.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He injures a bunch of Vanguards when he learns that Alison was shot and branded a criminal. This gets him branded a criminal too.
- Unskilled, but Strong: His support skills have more effects than Alison's equivalent skills, but also lower accuracy. This is implied to be a side-effect of using an experimental Orihalcon heart rather than a lack of practice on his part.
- What the Hell, Hero?: He calls out Magenray for abandoning him and Alison, though the endings imply that he forgives her, as shown when he chooses to stay with the Mavericks rather than reclaim his position as Magna-Marine.
Horus Caine
Horus Caine
Seth's Vanguard mentor and the current Magna-Vanguard.- Cyborg: He nearly died from bacterial infection from his eye injury after his duel with Seth. Hogarde and Iseldra have to use Orihalcon to rebuild him as a cyborg.
- Crutch Character: He joins at level 20 when the rest of the party is level 10 or lower. Barring optional bosses, there's not much that can seriously challenge him when he's in the party in the first half of the game.
- Duel Boss: In Halderos's throne room, Seth has to fight Horus one-on-one.
- Cassandra Truth: Zig-zagged. While Horus isn't the one to say it, Shylock, one of the kingdom's prominent investigator's during Seth's Frame-Up event that occured thanks to a mind-controlled Lademis that was unknown to those not with Seth at the time, Shylock accurately guess that murdering Emperor Levizoa is something completely out-of-character for Seth to do and as such he insists on inquiring why Horus would think that Seth is really behind this, knowing that Horus isn't dumb to realize how strange the whole thing is, especially with the residual traces of magic that were detected in the room before and is something Seth isn't proficient at whatsoever in terms of sheer magic power. While Horus fervently denies Shylock's guesswork, after Horus steps outside of the room where the crime was committed he all but feels that Shylock is actually onto something and could actually be telling the truth through Shylock's guesswork, though Horus still outwardly denies it to the others.
- Graceful Loser: In the past, Seth challenged him to a duel in order to leave the Vanguards and won. Horus respects his wishes and doesn't hold this duel against him, despite nearly dying from the wound inflicted on his eye.
- Guest-Star Party Member: At Ismail, he joins the party as a guest, due to receiving a similar mission as Seth to investigate Risan Health. In the Extremordeal, his Action Figure can be found to recruit him again, albeit non-canonically.
- Mentor Archetype: He's the one who trained Seth when the latter joined the Vanguards and is shown to be both strict and supportive in his training.
- Shock and Awe: Like Seth, he has Vanlightning. Unlike Seth, he can get this skill to level 4, despite every other characters' skills maxing at level three.
- What the Hell, Hero?: If Seth and Var Nell engage in a drinking contest, Horus will chew them out for engaging in un-Vanguardlike behavior.
- Your Days Are Numbered: He knows he won't live long even with his cyborg enhancements, and is saddened that he'll have to leave his lover Iseldra behind. Ultimately, he's killed by Mishra rather than his incomplete cyborg operation.
Aiment Sheridan
Aiment Sheridan
Seth's adoptive younger brother- BFS: He was the original owner of the broadsword, Memento.
- Big Brother Worship: He looks up to Seth and joined the Vanguards to be like him. When he comes back with the other dead Vanguards to encourage Seth, he states that he still believes in Seth and encourages his brother to defeat Mishra.
- Cynicism Catalyst: His death at the hands of a zombie caused Seth to lose his nerve and quit the Vanguards.
- Face Death with Dignity: As he dies from his wounds, he thanks Seth, Martia, and Horus for being with him to the end.
- Posthumous Character: He's long dead by the time the game begins.
Var Nell / Varneleon
Var Nell
A Varzan member of the Vanguards.- The Alcoholic: He's the second drinking game opponent and can hold his liquor better than Gallian.
- Enemy Mine: Even after learning that Seth was framed by Mishra, he still refuses to forgive Seth for killing Sophet. However, he still helps Seth fight Mishra at the Well of Life because the latter is a greater threat.
- Guest-Star Party Member: In the first half of the game, he joins as a guest in order to investigate the Orihalcon source at Roalie and to attack the Scarlet Wyrms' hideout. In the second half, he joins as a guest for the first boss fight with Mishra. In the endgame, his Action Figure can be obtained in the Extremordeal.
- Immigrant Patriotism: He was originally from the Garuda clan, but he joined the Vanguards and is loyal to the Levizoan Empire. He still has more pride in his background than he admits, since he remembers his tribe name and is interested in Rudra's background. After Seth kills Sophet, Var Nell dons a skull mask as a Varzan symbol of vengeance, stating that he wants to kill Seth as a Varzan rather than a Vanguard.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's an aggressive man and has little patience for those protesting against the government, but he care for his comrades and almost bonds with Seth after a drinking contest.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He tries to use his dying breath to warn Horus of Mishra's plot, but doesn't have the strength to complete his sentences, resulting in Horus assuming that Seth kidnapped "Grant."
- Playing with Fire: His main offensive skill is Vanflame, a fire-elemental physical attack.
- Reformed Criminal: After his tribe was destroyed by humans, he turned to thievery and tried to mug Lord Grant, but the latter had him arrested and then recruited to the Vanguards.
- Sentimental Drunk: He normally dismisses Seth's skill as a Vanguard, but when he's drunk, he tries to encourage Seth and dispel the latter's doubts about becoming the next Magna-Vanguard.
Sophet Revanay
Sophet Revanay
A Vanguard commander stationed in Mystia.- An Ice Person: She has Vancold, an ice elemental skill.
- Cold Sniper: Downplayed. She's a professional and stoic markswoman, but she shows a soft side to her allies sometimes.
- Guest-Star Party Member: In the first half of the game, she joins as a guest to investigate the Orihalcon source at Roalie and to attack the Scarlet Wyrm's hideout. Her Action Figure can be found in the Extremordeal to recruit her non-canonically.
- Murder by Mistake: While trying to snipe Seth, she accidentally kills Alison.
- My God, What Have I Done?: She's distraught over killing Alison and regularly leaves flowers at her grave.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She's cold and aloof to her allies most of the time, but she shows moments of care, such as when she advises Seth to make up with Alison. Despite keeping a stoic front in the second half of the game, she reveals that she feels guilty over killing Alison.
Rose Risan
Rose Risan, née Meridith
Nion's wife and a member of Risan Health.- Body Horror: Nigel performs Orihalcon experiments on her and mutates her into a monster that the party has to Mercy Kill.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Nion and Rose were friends and colleagues since their childhood, eventually getting married.
- Imperiled in Pregnancy: She's carrying an unborn baby and is subjected to horrific experimentation while still pregnant.
- The Lost Lenore: Nion is motivated to destroy the Scarlet Wyrms in order to avenge Rose.
Nigel Bureon
Nigel Bureon
A friend of Nion and a member of Risan Health.- Fallen Hero: He was once a genuinely loyal colleague of Risan Health, but he sided with Brandon's revenge scheme against the Risan family.
- Karmic Transformation: He mutated Rose into an Orihalcon monster. When the Scarlet Wyrms' hideout is raided by the party, Viper injects him with a drug to mutate him too.
- The Mole: He's actually working for the Scarlet Wyrms in order to carry out Brandon Ferneth's revenge against Risan Health.
- Mr. Exposition: His main purpose when introduced is to explain Risan Health's current discoveries on the new energy source and its similarities to ancient magic. Subverted when he turns out to be a villain working for the Scarlet Wyrms.
- Walking Spoiler: As an undercover Scarlet Wyrm who gets little characterization before the reveal, he's hard to talk about without spoilers.
Reikan Empire
Empress Soyran
The leader of the Reikan Empire.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Downplayed. Under her rule, the empire has the shady practice of publicizing executions and making mocking stage plays of the condemned, supposedly to discourage crime but mainly to entertain aristocrats. However, she does apologize for the miscarriage of justice against Seth and Martia and allows Martia to rejoin the Knights of Benedicta.
- Unwitting Pawn: Her justice system is abused by Mishra and Keva, with the former using the public execution system to get rid of Seth and with the latter using the prison system to make a quick Zenit off the Scarlet Wyrms.
Keva Morris
The commander of the Knights of Benedicta.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He acts like a proper and encouraging officer in front of Martia. He's really a corrupt knight trafficking prisoners to the Scarlet Wyrms and sets up Martia to take the fall.
- One-Winged Angel: His mutated form is an endgame optional boss.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Demiya/Cobra mutates him into an Orihalcon monster after he fails to deliver prisoners fast enough.
The Mavericks
A group of criminals who use technology for the benefit of the poor, despite the Halderos Treaty.
- Good Counterpart: They are the second major criminal group introduced, after the Scarlet Wyrms. Unlike the Scarlet Wyrms, who desire revenge against various organizations and lust for the power of Orihalcon, the Mavericks break the law in order to help the poor and are wary of the dangers of Orihalcon.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Due to their illegal use of technology, they're considered criminals and enemies of Reikan's government. However, if the player completes their monster hunt missions, the public will start appreciating their deeds. In the main endings, the treaty is annulled, meaning their actions aren't a crime anymore.
- Loveable Rogue: All of the members in the base are friendly to the party and wish to help those in need, even if it means using illegal methods.
- Small Steps Hero: They use technology to help the impoverished in the short run, even though this will consume the already depleted Atlas reserves.
Magenray
The leader of the Mavericks.
- The Atoner: She wants to regain Gallian's trust after abandoning him and their daughter.
- The Engineer: She manages to reverse-engineer Gallian's Orihalcon heart and make improvements to it, allowing him to fight again.
- Hidden Depths: She was once a Marine in Team Echo.
- A Mother to Her Men: She considers all the Mavericks to be her family and they all consider her their mother. This is implied to be due to her guilt in abandoning Alison.
- My Greatest Failure: She was once the wife of Gallian and the mother of Alison, but she left her family because she was scared of the responsibility of being a mother. She regrets her decision, but now it's too late to see her daughter, who dies at the end of the first half of the game.
Elvett Axat
A Maverick who fights with a large robot, Nova Corsair.
- Crippling Overspecialization: She has no way to fight without Nova Corsair, which is a problem when Yellonton is forced to detonate the robot in order to save Elvett from Cobra/Demiya. Fortunately, an endgame sidequest will grant her a new robot, Neo Corsair.
- Daddy Issues: Or in her case, grandpa issues. She calls out Nimrod for abandoning his family in favor of his own ambitions and doesn't trust him even when he tries to help with the Neo Corsair project. She eventually gets along with him better after he risks his life to help her get a part for Neo Corsair.
- Guest-Star Party Member: In the second half of the game, she'll be a party member in segments involving the Scarlet Wyrms, since she wants to find her captured sister. She stops being playable once Nova Corsair is destroyed, but can rejoin as a permanent guest after Neo Corsair is finished.
- Item Caddy: The developer stated that he had to add Elvett as a playable character because the next alchemy item user isn't recruitable until the endgame, giving players no way to use alchemy items in the midgame otherwise.
- Playing with Fire: She has a fire-elemental laser skill.
Karelet
Rock
A member of the White Deer Guild, who leads a rebel group opposing the upcoming marriage between Lademis Levizoa and Serra Karelet.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: He's willing to rebel against his government because the princess he has a crush on is going to marry someone else.
- Heel–Face Turn: Played for laughs. When Seth points out that Serra is out of his league, he begrudgingly admits it and gives up on his hopeless goal.
- Hopeless Suitor: He wants to stop the marriage so he can marry Serra. Deep down, he know he doesn't have a snowball's chance.
- Lovable Rogue: Despite being a rebel for petty reasons, he's still friendly towards Seth's party and helps them out of a bind when they're beaten by Mishra at the Well of Life.
- Not in This for Your Revolution: Played for laughs. The majority of Karelet's rebels oppose Karelet's planned merger with the Levizoan Empire because the latter once nuked Karelet territory. Rock is only joining the revolution because he has a crush on Princess Serra and sees Lademis as a romantic rival.
- Not What I Signed on For: He's the NPC who initiates the quest to find Delrabat's maps. The moment he realizes Delrabat's maps are involved in forbidden magic, he freaks out and refuses to help with the quest any further.
Merzen
Nimrod
Nimrod
A rebel leader who wants to overthrow the HA.DES system that currently rules the Halderos Tower City.- Ambition is Evil: Despite having good intentions for Merzen, at least part of his motivation is to reclaim his former place as the country's leader, making him an easy pawn for Mishra.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Mishra implanted Neval and Crismaida's souls into Nimrod in order to turn him into a makeshift Apostle. If the player uses Nimrod's Limit Break during the final battle, Nimrod will be taken over by Halcon in the ending.
- The Atoner: In order to atone for failing to save Elvett's parents and playing into Mishra's hands, he stays behind so the party can escape with the parts needed to build Elvett a new combat robot. Fortunately, he survives due to knowing the weak points of the robotic guards that were assaulting the party.
- Eat the Rich: One of his actions as a rebel was to kill the aristocrats of Halderos.
- Guest-Star Party Member: He joins the party in a power plant in order to get into Halderos. He can be recruited as a permanent guest character alongside Elvett by completing an endgame sidequest.
- King Incognito: He is actually Jeantheore Merzen, the emperor who signed the Halderos Treaty. He adopted a new identity because he believed his people would hate him for keeping them from the technology they need to survive.
- Meaningful Name: His name refers to a mighty hunter in the book of Genesis, but can also mean "idiot." In the story, despite his reputation as a powerful rebel cyborg, he failed to protect his family and is tricked into advancing a ritual that will destroy Ariathale.
- My Greatest Failure:
- As the former emperor of Merzen, he regrets coming up with the Halderos Treaty because of the poverty it put his people through.
- He was too focused on his rebellion to protect his family and his granddaughter Elvett holds him in contempt for it. He seems to regret it and does what he can to help Elvett as atonement.
- Unwitting Pawn:: He places a Catalyth in Atlante's Garden on Mishra's advice, believing that doing so will bring prosperity to Halderos. He's shocked to realize that he just helped Mishra complete a ritual that will destroy Ariathale.
- Walking Spoiler: As the former emperor of Merzen, he is hard to talk about without spoilers.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He agrees to place the final Catalyth in Atlante's Garden in order to give Halderos an energy source.
Scarlet Wyrms
General
An international group of criminals who research Orihalcon and terrorize Risan Health.
- Kansas City Shuffle: They pretend that their main priority is to secure Orihalcon, but they concentrate the majority of their forces on their real target: Risan Mansion.
- Misplaced Retribution: They have no qualms about hurting civilians or people who are associated with their revenge targets.
- N.G.O. Superpower: They have access to tanks and can rival Levizoa in their knowledge of Orihalcon.
- Revenge Before Reason: The majority of its members have no higher goal than revenge and are willing to destroy their own bodies in experiments to get it.
- The Unfought: In the main story, Anaconda is the only major member who is never fought, due to Seth killing him in a cutscene. He can only be fought in the Paradox cup, which features non-canonical battles.
- Walking Spoiler: Every member is a spoiler due to their identities and connections to the main characters.
- Wolfpack Boss: Cobra, Viper, and Asura are fought as a group of three in Merton City. In the Paradox tournament, Cobra, Viper, and Anaconda are fought as a team.
Jormungandr
The leader of the Scarlet Wyrms.
- Broken Pedestal: Nion believed Brandon Ferneth was an important member of Risan Health and a great ally to his family. Then it turns out that Brandon is really Jormungandr, the ruthless and vengeful terrorist.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The only member of the Scarlet Wyrms he genuinely cares for is Viper, who is his daughter revived with the power of Orihalcon. He's distraught when the party kills her and loses the will to live.
- Fate Worse than Death: The Scarlet Wyrm drug turned him into an immortal, but radioactive mutant who cannot be with his loved ones.
- Fallen Hero: He was once a member of Risan Health who wanted to solve the energy crisis, but after being mutated by their faulty drug, he becomes a terrorist out to crush the Risan family at any cost.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: He was a colleague of Lannfer Risan, who worked with the company to find a way to turn real Scarlet Wyrm venom into an energy source and a miracle drug. The drug turned out to grant immortality to humans, but at the cost of turning them into radioactive monsters, which Brandon learned the hard way when he tried to use the drug to extend his life, on Lannfer's suggestion. As a result, Brandon turned into a suffering, radioactive mutant whose presence ended up killing his wife and daughter through radiation poisoning. When he tried to sue the company, he lost because Risan Health used their wealth to game the legal system. Nion acknowledges that Risan Health did him wrong, but also points out that Brandon sacrificed many uninvolved people and even his own granddaughter Rose just to destroy the company, therefore eliminating any chance for sympathy.
- Revenge by Proxy: He is dedicated to ruining the life of Nion, the current scion of the Risan family and the grandson of the one who betrayed him, even though Nion wasn't involved in the former's tragic mutation. He also has Rose painfully experimented on just to drive Nion to despair.
Varzan Duo
A pair of skull-masked Varzans who lead a Scarlet Wyrm attack against Reyel.
- Cain and Abel: One of them is Shiva, Rudra's brother, who now seeks to kill the latter.
- Death Equals Redemption: When Rudra proves how much he wants to make amends with them posthumously, Shiva and Asura join Brahma in ascending to the moon, implying they let go of their grudges.
- Fallen Hero: They are Shiva and Asura, who once peaceful members of the Marut clan before becoming members of a terrorist organization.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Carver points out that while it's tragic that their clan was annihilated by Rudra in the latter's Orihalcon-induced frenzy, they never made any effort to rebuild the clan and instead focused solely on revenge against Rudra, to the point where they were willing to have their own people die in Orihalcon experiments, albeit voluntarily.
- Hypocrite: They hate Rudra for killing the clan in his Orihalcon-induced insanity. They have no problem sacrificing the Marut survivors in Orihalcon experiments and taking in more Orihalcon than they can control.
- Red Herring: The party initially believes that the duo seeks revenge against Seth, since they abandon Reyel's castle the moment they discover Seth is in the city. They're actually after Rudra because he wiped out the Marut clan. Seth just happened to be in the way.
Cobra
A scythe-wielding Vashnar.
- Aloof Big Sister: She is actually Demiya Axat, Elvett's sister. Despite once being part of the Mavericks alongside Elvett, Demiya has no problem trying to kill the latter for opposing her plans.
- Dragon Ascendant: Jormungandr agreed to put her in change of the organization in the event that he dies.
- Driven to Suicide: After realizing how far she fell from her original goals, she stays inside an exploding tank and dies.
- Fallen Heroine: She was once a member of the Mavericks and shared their goal of helping Ariathale's less fortunate. After being subjected to the Scarlet Wyrms' experiments, she realized that the people of Halderos can become immune to the side-effects of Orihalcon, causing her to become obsessed with saving her home country at any cost, even if it means abandoning the rest of the world.
- Guest-Star Party Member: She is the only guest character to never join in the main story and instead can only be recruited non-canonically via her Action Figure in the Extremordeal.
- Not Brainwashed: When Elvett and Ferion realize that Cobra is Demiya, they assume she must have been brainwashed. When they meet her, she informs them that she joined the Wyrms of her own free will.
- Token Good Teammate: Downplayed. She is the only member who has a well-intentioned goal rather than focusing only on revenge, though she is still responsible for a lot of horrific Orihalcon experimentation.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Her goal is to take over the organization and use them to convert Atlante's Garden into Orihalcon, thus solving Merzen's energy problems. However, this will doom the rest of the world, who won't be able to gain immunity to Orihalcon's side-effects like the people of Halderos.
Altilliah (Unmarked Spoilers)
General
The Altillians, aka Theia, are a mage species that live on one of Ariathale's moons.
- Awful Truth: Even when Apostles like Neval and Crismaida defect, they refuse to disclose the truth about Halcon, since this information could result in the Altillians attempting a futile rebellion against Halcon.
- Co-Dragons: The Apostles are the direct servants of Halcon, as well as his backup bodies.
- Forced into Evil: Since Halcon created them to be dependent on Orihalcon to live, they have no choice but to perform the ritual, even if they are reluctant to help destroy planets.
- Heel–Face Turn: After Halcon is defeated and the truth about him comes out, the Altillians migrate to Ariathale and teach the population how to safely use Orihalcon.
- Hybrid Power: Downplayed. Theia-human hybrids don't have as much control over Orihalcon and can go insane from it, but at the same time, they don't need Orihalcon to survive. This ensures the Sideris line can continue all the way into the "Another Withered Future" epilogue.
- It Sucks to Be the Chosen One: Three people among Altilliah's population are chosen to be Halcon's Apostles, which is publicly considered a great honor. In reality, being The Chosen One means being a backup body for Halcon, as well as a tool to help it devour other planets with only bare minimum survival for the Theias in return. They're also forced to live with the knowledge that their people are being given false hope by Halcon.
- Mage Species: The Theia are born with the ability to use magic due to the Orihalcon in their veins, but are otherwise biologically the same as humans. Unfortunately, the Orihalcon in their blood means they require external sources of Orihalcon to live.
- Terminally Dependent Society: The Theia need Orihalcon in order to have long lifespans, otherwise they only live a few decades at best. Because of this, they have nothing to cling to except for Halcon's false promise of a hospitable planet full of Orihalcon.
- Unwitting Pawn: They know the ritual could destroy Ariathale, but they're hoping for the chance that Ariathale will survive it so that they can migrate there. They know the ritual failed in the past, but they hypothesize that a inhabited planet is more likely to survive the ritual. They don't know that Halcon's true intention is to drain every planet affected by the ritual and that they're never getting a new home.
The Guardian of Altilliah
Halcon
The guardian of Altilliah and the source of Orihalcon. It tells his people that they must complete a ritual to spread Orihalcon onto the planet of Ariathale if they want a new home.- The Assimilator: Its Apostles all become a part of it, and even if its main body dies, it will eventually possess an Apostle and revive itself. In Ending X, it succeeds in assimilating Nimrod and revives itself in Atlante's Garden.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: It transforms into a gigantic version of Themis in the ending, though it's defeated by an even larger version of Rudra.
- The Bad Guy Wins:
- In Ending E, it successfully completes the ritual and consumes Ariathale.
- Downplayed in Ending X, where it revives itself in Nimrod's body, but its current form is smaller and likely weaker than before. However, the developer states that this ending is canonically concurrent with endings A through D and is implied to be the cause of the wasteland in Another Withered Future.
- Big Bad: It is responsible for the ritual that Mishra is trying to complete and is secretly manipulating the Theia into giving it new planets to drain the energy and knowledge of.
- Cutscene Boss: After the final battle, it transforms into a giant version of Themis in one last attempt to kill the party and devour both planets, but it's killed in one hit by a giant, spectral Rudra.
- Eldritch Abomination: Its true form is a massive pulsating heart and when it assimilates an Apostle, it turns that Apostle in a humanoid, but monstrous form.
- Faux Affably Evil: While speaking through Themis's body, it congratulates the party for their courage in traveling to Altilliah and making it to its lair. However, it looks down on the lifeforms of both Altilliah and Ariathale as inferior lifeforms, and intends to drain planets to increase its lifespan and knowledge. This is implied to be a side-effect of assimilating Themis, allowing it to imitate her warrior princess personality to some extent.
- I Am the Noun: It claims to be the cosmos itself due to having all the knowledge of the countless planets it ate.
- Leonine Contract: The majority of the Altillians see it as a benevolent guardian spirit, but only the Apostles are privy to the true nature of their relationship with Halcon. They are actually meant to perform the ritual on other planets to allow Halcon to assimilate the planet's energy, allowing it to make more Orihalcon, which the Altillians need to survive. Despite how one-sided this deal is, the Apostles have no choice but to comply if they want their people to live.
- Planet Eater: It extends its lifespan by devouring planets, whether or not the planets have life on them. However, inhabited planets also provide it with the knowledge of all the lifeforms it drains.
- Pragmatic Villainy: According to the developer, it doesn't bother killing the party in Ending E because it knows that they can't inform the public about its true agenda without causing Altillian society to collapse. The Altillians no longer have the option of going to Ariathale to live off the Orihalcon there, so they have no way of living without Halcon.
- Villain with Good Publicity: The Altillians view Halcon as a benevolent guardian deity, but only the Apostles know of its true nature as a megalomaniacal planet eater.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Dael suspects that Halcon will eventually devour Altilliah despite their repeated service to the "guardian." After the Final Boss fight, Halcon decides to devour both Ariathale and Altilliah in its anger, showing that Dael suspected correctly.
The Exarch
Neval Sideris
- "I won't fail... even if have to sacrifice my life."
- Bad Liar: When Maxwell tries to ask him about his past, Neval tries to claim he has amnesia, but Maxwell isn't fooled because Neval clearly remembers what happened on the day of the Crimson Eclipse, though he doesn't press Neval further.
- Bright Is Not Good: He's the golden-armored invader that Shylock spoke of, though this is subverted because he turns out to have sided with the Vanguards at the end of the battle.
- Broken Pedestal: Mishra admired him as the ideal military leader, but when Neval abandons the Ritual, Mishra's admiration turns to hatred against his former idol for betraying the Altillians.
- Cast from Hit Points: His Sacrifice skill deals AOE damage, but costs both HP and SP. This is meant to be used to strengthen his Revenge skill, which is stronger at low HP."I shall not... forget this pain."
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: He leaves Seth with Maxwell Sheridan, since Mishra proved that he's willing to target Neval's loved ones by kidnapping his wife.
- Guest-Star Party Member: He is temporarily playable in a flashback segment when he's invading Reyel. He can also be recruited as an extra character in the Extremordeal.
- Heel–Face Turn: After invading Reyel, his guilt gets the better of him and he calls off the assault before his army can take the Sidereal Eye. He also saves Maxwell Sheridan from certain death, who shelters him in return. He ends up joining the Vanguards to atone for attacking them.
- Interspecies Romance: He falls in love with Clarissa, an Ariathalean human.
The Magister
Mishra Elenium
- Adaptational Jerkass: As a result of Mishra's character being lost in translation, he comes off as more of a smug and self-righteous jerk in the transations than in the original Italian dialogue.
- Characterization Marches On: Due to a misconception in the English translation, Mishra's sudden solemness and guilt in Ending E seem to come out of nowhere, even though this was supposed to be his default personality in the original script. Before that, he's mostly a remorseless Jerkass who demeans the party every time they meet.
- Cutscene Power to the Max: As both a playable character and boss, he relies only on his swordsmanship, healing magic, and golem flunkies. In cutscenes, he can not only use the same fire magic as Nadia, he can also use a spell that can paralyze anyone, including other Theia.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Downplayed. He still has feelings for his ex-lover Dael, enough that he gives up on killing Seth once it becomes clear that she wouldn't approve. He even spares her and the party in Ending E when he defeats them non-lethally. He will only start trying to kill her in the non-E endings, where she and the party kills Halcon and supposedly dooms Altilliah's people.
- Evil Counterpart: He's revealed to be similar in many ways to Seth in Ending E. Both have guilt complexes over killing their friends, as shown by how Mishra wants to die at Seth's hands in Ending E and Seth himself wants to face legal punishment for his crimes. Mishra spends most of the game desiring petty vengeance against Seth, which is mirrored in how Seth can potentially take his revenge against Sophet too far if the player picks unforgiving dialogue choices. However, Seth has the potential to forgive himself in certain endings and change himself for the better while Mishra is unable to overcome his self-loathing or choose a path other than serving Halcon.
- Good Powers, Bad People: His main proficiency in magic is with healing spells, but he's The Dragon to Halcon and plots to feed Ariathale to his master.
- Guest-Star Party Member: He can be recruited as an extra character in the Extremordeal, though his "Grant" persona is recruitable as a separate guest.
- The Heavy: Since Halcon cannot act freely, Mishra is the one who drives the plot by doing everything he can to place the Catalyths in the Sync Core.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: In the main endings, he impales Seth with a huge shard of Orihalcon. Seth absorbs the shard's power and becomes strong enough to vaporize Mishra.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: At the Well of Life, he will end his boss battle with his Limit Break, which defeats the party.
- Hypocrite: He claims that his actions are Necessarily Evil to save the Theia and claims to feel guilty over killing his former comrades, but his framing of Seth comes off as petty Misplaced Retribution, since Seth was never involved in the Apostles' mission.
- Irony: He's racist against Seth for being a human-Theia hybrid, but the Another Withered Future epilogue shows that hybrids are less dependent on Orihalcon to survive. His people's best chance to survive would have been to mate with the Ariathalean humans so that their future generations would be able to live even after Orihalcon is depleted.
- It's Personal with the Dragon: Due to his framing of Seth for Emperor Levizoa's murder and his murder of Neval, he is more personal of an enemy to Seth than Halcon. In all endings, he and Seth will square off in one last duel.
- Jerkass at Your Discretion: In the English translation, he's arrogant and racist towards the non-Altillian party members, especially Seth, and always mocks them for failing to stop the ritual. When he returns to Altilliah, he acts polite and deferential towards King Coeus, the ruler of his country, and even apologizes for killing Princess Crismaida for betraying the mission.
- Karmic Death:
- In Ending E, he feels guilty enough over his actions that he allows Seth to kill him in a duel.
- In the other endings, Seth kills him by teaming up with the spirits of Rudra, Alison, Aiment, Valiant, Horus, Var Nell, Sophet, Neval, and Meister. Most of these people died as a result of Mishra's schemes and framing of Seth.
- Knight Templar: He's incredibly self-righteous about being the hero of Altilliah and kills his fellow Apostles for abandoning the mission. Even though he knows Halcon is tricking the Altillians and won't give them a new planet to inhabit, he still believes it's necessary to serve the false guardian so that the Altillians will be spared.
- Misplaced Retribution: He frames Seth because he's the son of Neval, an Apostle who abandoned the mission, and claims that Seth must pay for his father's "sins."
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: In a Stupid Evil way, his petty grudge against Seth for being Neval's son ended up exposing Halcon a lot faster than if he left Seth alone. Dael had no way of reliably talking to Seth without getting him near a Sync Core, but Mishra gloated about the details of his plans in front of an imprisoned Seth, causing the party to eventually chase him to the Sync Cores and gain an opportunity to talk to Dael.
- No Place for Me There: In Ending E, he knows he doesn't deserve to live alongside his people after all he did to complete the ritual, so he lets Seth kill him in a duel.
- "Not So Different" Remark: In Ending E, he claims Seth isn't so different in being willing to kill his comrades in order to accomplish a greater purpose.
- Sanity Slippage: All of the Apostles were rattled when Halcon reveals its true nature to them, but Mishra's mental state gets worse when his fellow Apostles abandon the mission, placing the burden of saving Altilliah on his shoulders. He snaps and kills Neval, Clarissa, Crismaida and Zhen, and is still filled with such hatred towards them that he frames Seth for killing Emperor Levizoa. After the party severely injures Halcon, Mishra goes after the Albatros in one last mad attempt to kill the party, not caring that Dael is on the ship.
- Sanity Strengthening: He's at his sanest after he succeeds in completing the ritual in Ending E and due to the guilt of all that he did finally hitting home, he starts sympathizing with Seth instead of blindly hating him for being related to Neval.
- Villain Has a Point: Downplayed. He's correct that the Altillians don't have a choice but to complete the ritual because of their dependence on Orihalcon, even if Halcon is lying about giving them a new home. He is somewhat validated in the "Another Withered Future" epilogue, where Orihalcon is depleted without Halcon to replenish the supply. However, Dael points out Halcon would eventually betray the Altillians and devour Altilliah too.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He believes he really has no choice but to complete the ritual for Halcon, since the alternative of killing him will result in a depletion of the Orihalcon that they need to survive.
Other
Amilcare Borghetti
Amilcare Borghetti
An unsuccessful merchant who Seth meets on the ferry to Ezmith. He travels with the party in order to sell his wares to them and find new customers.- Because You Were Nice to Me: Combined with Undying Loyalty. Seth was one of the few people to patronize his shop and give him financial support. As a result, he follows Seth everywhere to ensure that the latter will always be able to buy goods, even when far from town. Even when Seth is labeled a fugitive and goes to dangerous locations, Borghetti will still follow him.
- Butt-Monkey:
- When he's introduced, he's a merchant who's down on his luck and gets no respect from anyone. His inventory also start rather pathetic, with only two cheap consumable items.
- When the party needs to sneak into Karelet's palace, they have Borghetti infiltrate as a merchant to secure a path. Unfortunately, when he needs to get to the secret tunnel, the palace workers inadvertantly set up a bunch of obstacles for Borghetti, such as a slippery floor, boxes placed in inconvenient spots, and a monster next to the tunnel key.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: If the player donates enough money to him, Borghetti will have the best stock in the game, at least for non-body armor items.
Dayke (Unmarked Spoilers)
Dayke Sideris
A descendant of Seth Sideris in the year 1032 post-liberation, who uses the Original Light in order to find a way to save the dying Ariathale.- Animal Companion: His naldyl companion, Ascot, joins him in exploring ruins.
- Heroic Lineage: The Sideris family is responsible for keeping the Original Light, which they know will be needed to save Ariathale. Dayke is the latest of that line and is the one to use it to unlock Arca Babylon.
- Walking Spoiler: As the protagonist of the epilogue, Another Withered Future, his existence spoils both the future of Ariathale and that Seth decided uses his biological father's last name.
