History Characters / Disgaea2CursedMemories

Main character of the second game in the series. He is a HotBlooded, red-headed {{Determinator}} who appears to be the last remaining human on Veldime, unaffected by Overlord Zenon's curse. Adell has a completely unrelenting sense of honor that should by all means mark him as cannon-fodder in the world he lives in, but miraculously doesn't. When Adell makes a promise he will keep it, no matter what the universe throws at him. He also has the world's largest tie. [[spoiler: later in the game it's revealed that the reason Zenon's curse didn't affect him is because he is in fact a demon. Both of his parents were benevolent demons that lived in Veldime, but after Zenon appeared and started affecting the world with his curse, the left Adell with his adopted parents and tried to kill Zenon to stop his curse, but were defeated and made into is his mind controlled slaves. He's never aware of this, however.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: Played for laughs in ''{{Disgaea 3}}''--he left Veldime after the end of Disgaea 2, because he doesn't know how to do anything but fight, and didn't get a job at Evil Academy because HotBlooded isn't a teaching skill! (Or rather, it ''is'', but Mr. Champloo has that position filled already.)

** In the ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' {{DLC}}, one of Adell's Evilities prevents him from killing anyone below his level; any killing attack will instead drive the opponent's HPToOne. This actually makes him great for LevelGrinding characters well below his level, since they can just finish those enemies off.

* ShoutOut: Really, Adell is a walking ShoutOut to the KingOfFighters series.

* TerrorHero: By Disgaea 4, he became so fearsome that he ran every demon out of Veldime, except presumably Yukimaru and Fubuki.

* [[spoiler: MadnessMantra: As Zenon. See above.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Made more apparent by the short cutscenes between her and Adell in {{Disgaea 3}} and VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}.

* {{Tsundere}}: She has characters calling her out on it and a database entry in DisgaeaInfinite that uses her as an example.

* TerrorHero: By Disgaea 4, he became so fearsome that he ran every demon out of Veldime, except presumably Yukimaru and Fubuki.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In Japanese, he's voiced by HiroShimono, whom NIS diehards might recognize as [[PhantomBrave Ash]]. His English dub voice is WendeeLee.

** His English voice is [[TalesofSymphonia Zelos Wilder.]] Both redheads, completely opposite views on women.

** Also PlayedForLaughs in {{Disgaea 4}}, where he was so good at Demon Hunting that he eventually ran out of Demons to hunt in Veldime.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Around chapter 10, Adell and Rozalin start going this way about each other. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt They don't fool anybody.]] As of ''{{Disgaea 4}}'', they now have trouble convincing people that they're not ''married''.

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Around chapter 10, Adell and Rozalin start going this way about each other. They don't fool anybody. As of ''{{Disgaea 4}}'', they now have trouble convincing people that they're not ''married''.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Made more apparent by the short cutscenes between her and Adell in {{Disgaea 3}} and {{Disgaea 4}}.

The once famous Dark Hero who has now fallen on tough times, Axel embarks on the seemingly impossible quest to regain his fame -- A difficult task made even harder by the fact that everyone thinks he's ''dead''. Also dead set on getting revenge the man who "killed" him: Adell. While something of a shameless rat bastard ([[CardCarryingVillain it's what a Dark Hero does, after all]]), he is prone to being a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero.]] He will appear in ''{{Disgaea 4}}'' as the warden of Hades who is attempting to suck up to the government through the son of the Netherworld president.

* InformedAttribute: According to {{Disgaea 4}}, Axel has hairy legs and chest hair. Look at the artwork above. ''Does it look like he has chest hair?''
* InstrumentOfMurder: His guitar when he uses Shocking Soul or his [[{{Disgaea 4}} Love Dynamite S]].

* RankUp: [[spoiler:Goes from Warden of Hades to the 62nd President of ''{{Disgaea 4}}'s'' Netherworld since Valvatorez, the one who defeated the previous President, really didn't care about it.]]

* TheVirus: The ''A Virus'' in ''{{Disgaea 4}}''. [[spoiler:The infected transform into [[MesACrowd him]].]]

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Around chapter 10, Adell and Rozalin start going this way about each other. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt They don't fool anybody.]]

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Around chapter 10, Adell and Rozalin start going this way about each other. They don't fool anybody.

* RitchBitch: As a proper demon aristocrat should be.

* CuteShotaroBoy

* NobleDemon: Despite being a shameless underhanded bastard at times, he does have something of a sense of honor -- Such as when he accidentally endangers Adell'sCuteShotaroBoy brother in his vendetta.

** Also PlayedForLaughs in {{Disgaea4}}, where he was so good at Demon Hunting that he eventually ran out of Demons to hunt in Veldime.

* TerrorHero: By Disgaea4, he became so fearsome that he ran every demon out of Veldime, except presumably Yukimaru and Fubuki.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Made more apparent by the short cutscenes between her and Adell in {{Disgaea3}} and {{Disgaea4}}.

* DetractorNickname: In the English version, she calls her brother 'Tardo'.

* [[spoiler: MadnessMantra: As Zenon. "I am a being of solitude..."]]

* ThePowerOfTrust: Adell probably believes in this even more than Flonne believe in love, which is really saying something.

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan (though he never learns about it. Probably the kindest thing to do is keep it that way.)]]

* HellishPupils: Unusual in that they're ''white'' pupils. Yukimaru notes that this is a common trait in demons of her Snow Clan, [[spoiler:which is where the fake Overlord Zenon Kidnapped her from.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Made more apperant by the short cutscenes between her and Adell in {{Disgaea3}} and {{Disgaea4}}.

* CatchPhrase: These tropes [[EarWorm just aren't his style]].

* CatchPhrase: These tropes are his style.

* SupportingProtagonist: He's TheHero, but Rozalin is the focus of the story.

* CatchPhrase: "For I am the one and only daughter of Overlord Zenon."

* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: The real Zenon was reaching the highest levels of demonic powers and started to become this- an insanely powerful OmnicidalManiac losing every trace of, erm, humanity. (so to speak) Reincarnation provided a way out... [[SuperpoweredEvilSide mostly...]]]]

* ChickMagnet: Manages to get a group of female followers in Axel Mode... except they're all monsters and a masochistic [[DudeLooksLikeALady crossdressing angel]]

* InformedAttribute: According to {{Disgaea 4}}, Axel has hairy legs and chest hair. Despite the sprites having more detail in that game, those things are not visible.

* [[spoiler:{{Bishonen}}]]: Yes, we swear!

* InformedAttribute: According to {{Disgaea 4}}, Axel has hairy legs and chest hair. What chest hair?

* RankUp: [[spoiler:Goes from Warden of Hades to the 62nd President of ''{{Disgaea 4}}'s'' Netherworld since Valvatorez, the one who defeated the previous President, really didn't care about it.]]

* WorthIt

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: He begins the game at Level 1, as befitting the hero of an RPG. But he's already traveled all over the world of Veldime looking for Overlord Zenon, and Veldime has some pretty dangerous regions to search through. When he couldn't find the Overlord, he instead traveled all over Veldime ''again'' to collect the ingredients his mother needed to summon Zenon -- which included killing a few mighty beasts. So, he's supposed to be much stronger in the story than his level in the game indicates.
** Might be a case of FridgeBrilliance in a NewGamePlus.

* {{BFG}}

* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Her bouncy chest, skimpy dress bodice, sweet yet haughty demeanor.

* MsFanservice

* TheKightsWhoSaySquee: When Pleinair is made available as DLC, the scene where she is recruited has Adell ask for her autograph instead of challenging her to battle. Unfortunately, he gets so embarrassed by what he did, he runs to his room in tears.

** In the ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' {{DLC}}, one of Adell's Evilities prevents him from killing anyone below his level; any killing attack will instead drive the opponent's HPToOne. And by the way, that's a ''good'' thing since it helps you level grind weak characters quickly.

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan]]

* GoNagaiSideburns