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This is the character list for Ys SEVEN. For entries about Adol Christin, Dogi and characters from other installments, see the main page.
Some spoilers are unmarked.
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Party Members
Elk
Voiced by: Saki Yasuda
An excitable young hunter who lives in Shannoa Village. He is the grandson of Shannoa's elder, and frequently causes trouble with his juvenile ways.- Badasses Wear Bandanas: Wears a yellow/purbple bandana.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Elk fools Adol into letting him see the King's letter and runs away with it.
- Curtains Match the Window: Has green hair and eyes.
- Dash Attack: When he steals. Some of his other skills also do this.
- Double Weapon: Uses a double-edged knife as a weapon.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Elk skills are earth-based, although he has a Tornado Move.
- Fragile Speedster: Has one of the lowest physical defense while being the fastest character available.
- Glass Cannon: Some of his strongest skills allow him to dish out loads of damage, but he cannot take hits well. This makes your ability to parry or dodge critical with this character.
- Green Thumb: His extra skill Geo Cluster causes plants to grow in the area.
- Parental Abandonment: Elk's parents were killed by a Titano years before the events of the game. It's part of his motivation into following Adol and Dogi into the Great Tree.
- Precision-Guided Boomerang: His weapon acts as one when using several of his skills.
- Rolling Attack: His Terran Vortex skill has him rolling while leaving earth spikes as he goes along.
- Video Game Stealing: His skills "Steal" and "Bandit" later on can be very useful in getting materials for you to work with.
Aisha Sari Edonas
Voiced by: Shiori Mikami
A headstrong girl who forces her way into Adol's party. She is definitely not the disguised princess of Altago seeking to escape the confines of the castle so she can investigate what's going on.- Ambiguously Absent Parent: Her father is clearly present in the game, but it's never stated what happened to her mother.
- An Ice Person/Making a Splash: Some of her skills are water or ice-based.
- Authority in Name Only: After her father was assassinated, Prime Minister Orbus took over the government and did not listen to her at all when she protested his poor treatment of the poor.
- Bottomless Magazines: Where does she store the arrows again?
- Death from Above: Her Extra Skill Azure Destruction. She shoots multiple arrows upward to later then the arrow falls down to her targets.
- Girlish Pigtails: Waist-length and cute enough for Maya to tug.
- Little Miss Badass: She is cute, young, and can be really dangerous especially against enemies weak to piercing damage when played properly.
- Long-Range Fighter: She can't take a hit too well, but she can shoot arrows. Her range is less than Mishera's range, though.
- Multishot: Increase the level of this skill enough and you'll see her fire 5 arrows at once.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: To Scias at least, who recognizes her instantly.
- Tsundere: A mild one, though she gets angry toward Dogi (for his attitude) and Maya (for pulling on her pigtails one too many times).
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Develops this with Dogi.
Mustafa
Voiced by: Yukihiro Matsumura
The elder of Segram Village. He is incredibly protective of his village and younger sister to the point of single-mindedness. He bears a grudge against his father, the previous elder, for accepting a military appointment in Altago City.- Antagonistic Offspring: He has heavy disdain for his father for leaving his role of village elder so he could pursue a military career in Altago City. Cruxie convinces him to make amends as her Last Request when she's about to succumb to the Iskan Fever.
- Big Brother Instinct: Mustafa is very protective of his younger sister, Cruxie.
- Carry a Big Stick: Use a hammer for combat.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Mustafa doesn't stay for long in the party in the second act. He is replaced by his sister, Cruxie, after she is revived by the Fire Dragon Stone.
- Playing with Fire: Uses fire-based skills.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Mustafa acts as the elder of Segram after his father left for Altago.
- Stone Wall: He has the highest defense of any character, but his strength is not quite as good as Dogi's strength.
Cruxie
Voiced by: Ai Sasaki
Mustafa's kind-hearted younger sister. She suffers from an advanced case of Iskan Fever, which has left her bedridden and with little time to live.
- Disney Death: She dies from Iskan Fever after the party meets with Angue-Barl, but is soon resurrected with the Flame Dragon Stone and joins the quest on behalf of her brother.
- Carry a Big Stick: Like her brother, Mustafa, Cruxie uses a big hammer as a weapon.
- Cute Bruiser: She's quite precious, despite wielding the same large weapon as her brother.
- Glacier Waif: Despite her size, she's just as slow and strong as Mustafa.
- Incurable Cough of Death: Suffers this because of the Iskan Fever.
- Last Request: She asks Mustafa to forgive their father when she's dying from the Iskan Fever.
- Playing with Fire: Has the same skills as her brother.
- Moveset Clone: She has the exact same hammer skills as her brother and joins because her life depends on the Fire Dragon Orb that the party is carrying.
- Spell My Name With An S: Cruxie introduces herself to Adol's party by explaining how to pronounce her name: "Croo-shee".
- Stone Wall: Comes with inheriting Mustafa's stats once she replaces him: she has the highest defense of any character, but her strength is not quite as good as Dogi's.
Mishera
Voiced by: Sayaka Hirao
A blind priestess who acts as the elder of Kylos Village. In exchange for her sight, she has gained an incredible amount of magical power and can divine the future by listening to the wind.- Blind Seer: Mishera is a blind Fortune Teller.
- Blow You Away/Razor Wind: Some of her skills are wind-based. She is also capable of fortune-telling by listening to the wind.
- Eyes Always Shut: As she's blind, she doesn't have much reason to keep her eyes open.
- Formal Characters Use Keigo: The Japanese script has her use polite and formal speech at all times, which goes well with her refined demeanor.
- Fortune Teller: Mishera is able to read the omens from the winds, which she explains is how she's able to know Adol is coming to visit her village for the first time.
- Glass Cannon: She has the lowest defense among the playable characters.
- Handicapped Badass: She's blind, but she claims she's still able to see using the wind as her guide. She also has no problem running and killing some enemies.
- Homing Projectile: Her normal and charged attacks act as this. It can't target enemies close to you where she isn't facing said target though. She pays for this as her attacks are weaker than attacks from your party's archer.
- Long-Range Fighter: She is best at long range where she is less likely to take a hit. She has the longest range of any party member.
- Magic Staff: Her weapon is a staff that shoots Homing Projectiles during her normal attacks.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She's the eldress of Kyros Village and she's very cooperative with Adol's party.
- Squishy Wizard: She can't take much punishment despite her magic prowess.
Sigroon
Voiced by: Yumi Fujimoto
A member of the Dragon Knights whose main duty is to tend to princess Aisha's safety.- An Ice Person/Making a Splash: Same as Aisha, as they have the same mvoeset.
- Game-Breaking Injury: After Altago is attacked by the Dark Miasma, Sigroon is gravely injured while attempting to stop Scias from harming Aisha and stays out of commission for the rest of the story, allowing Aisha to rejoin the party.
- Guest-Star Party Member: She temporarily replaces Aisha during the second act, sharing the same moves and skills.
- Moveset Clone: Sigroon has the same moveset as Aisha, whom she temporarily replaced as a party member.
- Sour Supporter: When she first joins, she admits up front that she's still not entirely convinced Adol is trustworthy despite Aisha's insistence, as even if he is innocent of the king's death, he still "kidnapped" her Princess. She gradually warms up to him and the rest of the party throughout the second act.
Supporting Characters
Tia
Voiced by: Yoko Komuro
A kind young woman who lives in the slums of Altago City with her adopted sister Maya. She makes a living as a wandering herbalist and healer.- Artificial Stupidity: She always follows the lead character when she is in the party despite not being able to fight, which is very stupid when the lead character is a Close-Range Combatant.
- Chekhov's Gun: Her hairpin is needed to gain access to the Moon Dragon.
- Cool Big Sis: To Maya.
- Curtains Match the Window: Has blue hair and eyes.
- Escort Mission: Stars in the only two of these in the game. This may also clue players into her true nature given her bottomless healing skills and her ability to take hits from powerful monsters.
- Glass Cannon: Combines this with Squishy Wizard and Fragile Speedster.
- Shy Blue-Haired Girl: Her demure personality is complemented by her blue hair.
Maya
A orphaned girl in Tia's care. She lost her parents when she was very young and the trauma rendered her mute. Maya is the whole of Tia's world, with Tia going to every conceivable lengths to ensure her well-being.
- Break the Cutie: Maya's parents were killed during a war with the Romun Empire and she also lost her voice due to the trauma.
- Cute Mute: She lost her voice due to traumatic events that happened before the events of the game.
- Innocent Flower Girl: Maya goes around selling flowers for Tia to pay for whatever living expenses they can.
Kiemarl Sari Edonas
- Incurable Cough of Death: The king has Iskan fever, which is an incurable disease that will eventually kill him, and one of the symptoms is prolonged coughing fits. He does die, but it's because he's killed by Scias.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike Prime Minister Orbus, Raud, and General Dreisen, he has full trust in Adol and Dogi, freeing them from jail and aiding them multiple times in their quest. He also loves his daughter and doesn't wish to see her harmed, but accepts that it's important she accompany Adol and Dogi on their quest to the Sea Altar, albeit with the caveat that she doesn't go off on her random outings outside the palace anymore.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: He wants to be this and usually is, but at the time the game starts, he has caught Iskan fever, which limits his ability to get involved in politics and means he has to delegate a lot of his duties to other people.
- The Good King: He's very gracious and kind and genuinely cares about his subjects and his kingdom, in contrast to Prime Minister Orbus who only cares about the merchant class. Unfortunately, in the beginning of the game he isn't able to do much due to his illness, limiting his influence. Even Scias, who wants to bring about the end of the world with Tia because the world is in imbalance, admits he felt awful for killing the king because he considered him a great man.
Scias (Unmarked Spoilers)
Voiced by: Takehiko Sakaguma
A decorated Dragon Knight of Altago known as the "Altagian Falcon". A reasonable but firm man who sympathizes with Adol and tries to help where he can.- Casting a Shadow: His skills can be associated with darkness element.
- Curtains Match the Window: Has greyish hair and eyes.
- Death Equals Redemption: Downplayed; he apologizes to the party for killing the king and framing Adol, but still feels that their struggle is hopeless.
- Disappears into Light: His end after he's defeated by Adol's party.
- The Dragon: He's helping Tia wipe Altago clean and fights the party before they can fight her.
- Evil Costume Switch: Once he starts the operation to assassinate PM Orbus, he dons a dark tunic. When confronted in the Well of Souls, he changes into a similarly dark armor that exposes his bare chest.
- Evil Counterpart: Just as Tia is this towards Feena and Reah, Scias can be seen as a counterpart to Toal Fact. Both are decorated white-haired knights who wish to help their lieges cope with their supernatural burdens, even if it means taking actions behind their backs and earning the ire of those who once respected them. The difference is that Scias lost all hope in saving Tia from her burden while Toal, despite witnessing the goddesses seal themselves away, remains hopeful that his preparations will aid the goddesses in the future.
- Faux Affably Evil: Subverted; his reasonable behavior, his aids and sympathy towards Adol, and even his loyalty to the king were initially thought to be a charade to carry out Tialuna's orders without arousing suspicion. But upon his defeat, he admits that he truly respected the king and that he truly sympathized with Adol.
- Hope Crusher: His assassinating the king helped crush Tia's hopes, helping to push her over the Despair Event Horizon causing her to further proceed with her attempt to destroy Altago. Possibly subverted in that Tia seems to have greenlit the assassination, that Orbus's plans to destroy Old Town were already in progress before the assassination, and that Tia was already in despair over Maya's Iskan Fever.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: The first fight against him ends up as this. If you wear his HP down enough, he'll become invincible and spam his best move until your party falls.
- The Kingslayer: He eventually confesses to assassinating the king and framing Adol for the assassination.
- Master Swordsman: He slaughters all the Dragon Knights without taking a single hit.
- Leitmotif: The final fight against him is set to the appropriately named "Scias."
- Rags to Riches: He lived in the slums with Tia, but eventually became an accomplished soldier.
- Red Baron: The Altaginian Falcon (and The Knight of Despair, as Tialuna's dragon).
- Revenge: Scias joined the Dragon Knights as a means to get close to the King so he could achieve revenge against his lineage for driving the people of Iska out of their land.
- Secret Test of Character: After his defeat, he reveals that he acted on his own in framing Adol because he wanted to test if the latter was a worthy Dragon Warrior.
- Villainous Friendship: He wanted to protect Tia from her duty and let her live happily with Maya, but Maya contracting the Iskan Fever dashed those hopes.
- Walking Spoiler: Most information about him involves heavy late-game reveals.
- White Hair, Black Heart: He is the Dragon that is not revealed until late in the game.
Raud
- The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best in People: Once Altago City is covered in miasma, he ends up looking after Maya rather than antagonizing her.
- The Bully: Raud is a Jerkass who uses his authority as a member of the Dragon Knights to abuse the citizens of Altago, as Sigroon explains to Adol.
- Break the Haughty: Undergoes a major one after the halfway point. First, Sigroon betrays him. Then, his men are constantly beaten and humiliated by Adol and his party. Finally, he can do nothing to stop Scias' massacre of Altago Palace which killed his father, Prime Minister Orbus.
- Dual Wielding: He wields two swords when he and the Dragon Knights show up to arrest Adol.
- Handsome Lech: He is handsome, but he is a pervert who tries to use his power to sexually harass Tia.
- Jerkass: We first meet him attempting to force himself onto Tia, and he just gets worse from there.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Near the end of the game, he's shown helping the victims of the worsening Winds of Destruction.
- Rich Bastard: He's the son of Prime Minister Orbus and constantly bashes Scias for his humbler origins.
- Sexual Extortion: He tried to do this to Tia in exchange for the raw materials needed for medicine that she desperately needed to treat Maya with. He also did this by stating that Tia's home would be destroyed unless she accepted his advances, pushing Tia beyond the Despair Event Horizon.
- The Unfought: He mentioned to be a skilled warrior in an optional cutscene, but you'll only ever fight his goons.
- Unknown Rival: Raud views Scias as his rival, but Scias ignores him.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His sexual harassment of Tia is one of the reasons why Tia decides to destroy Altago.
- Upper-Class Twit: He inherited his money from his father, and is rather stupid with his persistence in chasing someone who dislikes him.
Orbus
- Asshole Victim: Prime Minister Orbus is one of these when he was murdered. He advocated the destruction of Old Town where Altago City's poor residents live to replace it with spaces for merchants.
- Corrupt Politician: Has to be his most defining trait. Orbus is corrupt to the core, willing to trample everything and everyone in search of what he considers to be progress for Altago, which includes among other things having the High Priest of the church replaced by someone more subservient to him, allowing Zanzibar to instate a monopoly on Altago's commerce, jacking up prices to nearly impossible levels, and ordering a project to have Old Altago demolished and replaced with a trading center, dislodging the people who live there.
- Hypocrite: Despite his claims of upholding law and order, he tries to order Adol's immediate execution after the latter kills the Titano meant to execute him, despite how the laws state that the execution should be delayed in such an event.
- Lack of Empathy: The lives of the Old Town residents mean nothing to him.
- Knight Templar: He believes empowering the merchants will result in the most economic gain for Altago, and that driving the poor out of their homes and allowing monopolistic practices are acceptable sacrifices.
- Non-Action Big Bad: He only cares about the prosperity of Altago's merchants and the wealthy. He considers the poor people as worthless trash. He is the Big Bad until Tia replaces him as the Big Bad.
- President Evil: A prime minister is elected, and Orbus is evil. He therefore fits this trope, especially when he has more political power than King Kiemarl, who is too ill to actively participate in politics. Despite optional dialogue stating that Kiemarl and Orbus's politics balance each other out, dialogue with merchant NPCs indicate that Orbus has the advantage in pushing economic policies.
- Red Herring: One might suspect he's the one behind King Kiemarl's assassination, since the latter is the only one standing in the way of his political goals. Worse yet, he pushes very hard for Adol to be executed for the deed, making it seem like he needs a scapegoat to cover his tracks. Later, Scias is revealed to be the true killer. Orbus had nothing to do with the assassination and honestly believed Adol was the only possible suspect.
- The Social Darwinist: He feels that peoples' worth are decided solely by their wealth, and is willing to destroy the poor people's homes to create more space for shops.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His decision to destroy Old Town, the slum area where the poor people including Tia live, in order to create space for more merchants to set up shop, is the final decision that caused Tia to abandon her home in Old Town and decide to destroy Altago. Even before that, his tolerance of Zanzibar's monopolistic practices made it nearly impossible to get Iskan Fever medicine, causing Tia and Maya no end of grief.
General Dreisen
Ciarius
- The Mentor: He's the one who taught Geis the needed arts he would use in The Ark of Napishtim.
Five Dragons of Altago
In General
A quintet of dragons worshiped in the land of Altago.
- Dragons Are Divine: They are all dragons that are considered deities by the people of Altago.
- Leitmotif: "Legend of the Five Great Dragons" plays during each of their battles.
Rada-Manj
The dragon worshiped by the people of Shannoa.
- Breath Weapon: It can shoot either a yellow-colored flame or a laser as attacks.
- Dishing Out Dirt: It is the Earth Dragon.
Angue-Barl
The dragon worshiped by the people of Segram.
- Beware My Stinger Tail: It can swing its hammer-like tail as an attack.
- Playing with Fire:It is the Flame Dragon.
Mu-Anti
The dragon worshiped by the people of Kylos.
- Blow You Away: It is the Wind Dragon.
- Chest Blaster: It fires a large energy beam from its stomach.
O-Balon
The dragon formerly worshiped by the people of Edonas.
- Breath Weapon: It can unleash a chilling beam from its mouth that freezes the arena.
- Eye Beam: It shoots lasers from its eyes.
- Making a Splash: It is the Sea Dragon.
Ze-Kalios
The dragon worshiped by the lost tribe of Iska.
- Sequential Boss: Once its HP has been brought down to a certain point, it changes into its second form.
WARNING: Due to the nature of the following characters, spoilers are unmarked to avoid redundancy.
The Maiden of Demise
Tialuna Rem Iskalia
Voiced by: Yoko Komuro
The last surviving Elder of the missing Iska Clan, having fallen into despair at the corruption within Altago City and the hardships she endured, Tialuna uses her ancestral knowledge to accelerate the coming of the Winds of Destruction so that Altago can be wiped clean of life and start anew.- Apocalypse Maiden: As the Maiden of Demise, Tialuna wishes to accelerate the coming of the Winds of Destruction to wipe out all life on Altago including the land itself to begin anew on a blank slate.
- Big Bad Friend: The main antagonist of Ys SEVEN, who plans to destroy Altago. She does consider Adol and company to be friends, as shown by Scias stating that she'll mourn their deaths after he kills them.
- But Now I Must Go: Because Adol's party destroys Rul-Ende, the source of the Altaginian Dragons' life and also Tialuna herself, she starts to fade once she's out of the Well of Souls. She barely has time to give her farewell to Maya, who had rushed all the way from Altago City once her Iskan Fever was erased.
- Disappears into Light: Her life is tied to Rul-Ende, causing her to fade away after its destruction.
- Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: Take a good look at her expression after the Evil Costume Switch, it's one of someone who has had it with everything.
- Evil Counterpart: She serves as one to Feena and Reah, who are also supernatural blue-haired girls who befriend Adol. Unlike the twin goddesses, who believe in their people despite their flaws, Tialuna lost hope in her land's situation and seeks to destroy and renew life on Altago.
- Fair-Play Villain: She has to allow the Dragon Warrior to gain power from all the dragons before killing them. Justified because the stronger the warrior's hopes, the stronger their despair when they lose, which will validate her ritual.
- Faux Affably Evil: Zigzagged - Tialuna saves Adol and his party during the game (and even becoming a potential Love Interest), but it's all a part of her disguise to ensure no one sees the warning signs of the Winds Of Destruction outside of the slowly growing Titano attacks. Simultaneously, this is subverted when she reveals that Maya's illness is part of her motivation to cleanse Altago. Ultimately, her kindness isn't an act at all.
- Glass Cannon: Despite having surprisingly low Hit Points for an endgame boss, Tialuna makes up for it with her speed, being a Mook Maker and using long-range magic.
- Hope Crusher: The whole point of the Dragon Trials is to select a Dragon Warrior to act as a champion for life on Altago. The despair from the warrior's defeat then validates the destruction and rebirth of Altago.
- Leitmotif: "Hope for the Hopeless" plays during her boss battle.
- Lunacy: As the eldress of Iska, the tribe that worships the Moon Dragon.
- Magic Staff: Tialuna uses one during her boss fight.
- Put Them All Out of My Misery: All of the crap Tia is put through causes her to consider the Kingdom of Altago beyond salvation, so she decides to trigger the Winds of Destruction to destroy the country and start it anew.
- Red Baron: The Maiden of Demise
- Stripperiffic: In her new costume as the Big Bad and part of her Evil Costume Switch.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: She wants to wipe out all life on Altago so that it can restart with a clean slate.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Her clan was displaced and persecuted when Altago City was founded. While the majority of Iskan Village managed to hide within a spacial warp, the elder line was trapped outside in exile. As the clan worshipping the Dragon of Balance, her family was forced to watch the world become increasingly imbalanced by the rampant expansionism of Altago City and the selfishness of its people. Finally, the young mute girl she adopted as her sister caught a fatal disease caused by all of the aforementioned imbalance.
Final Boss
Rul-Ende, the Root of All Existence
- Final Boss: It is the last opponent fought in Ys SEVEN.
- An Ice Person: The first phase has it utilize ice-based attacks that can freeze your character.
- Leitmotif: "Ancient Disputation" plays during the battle with it.
- Sequential Boss: Its battle has 3 phases: one fought by Dogi, Elk, and Mishera, one by Geis, Aisha, and Cruxie, and one by Adol.
Non-canonical character
Mia
- Canon Foreigner: Never existed outside of Ys Altago, a version of the story done for mobile phones.
- Curtains Match the Windows: Her hair and eyes are both brown.
