History Characters / EtrianOdysseyII

** Meta-wise, Forest Cell gets a more fleshed out backstory in ''The Millenium Girl'', further revealing how did he came into existence. Unfortunately for Ur-Child, he is not given new details of his background in ''The Fafnir Knight'', nor is he ever alluded in the main story until the party reaches the top of the labyrinth.

** They are world-destroying class [[SuperBoss Super Bosses]] residing in the very last floor of their games's labyrinth, but the motives for being there are different. The Forest Cell erected the Claret Hollows on his own in order to protect himself from intruders, while Ur-Child was sealed away by the Overlord in the Forbidden Woods to keep his power in check.

** Both of them are the result of scientific experiments that ended with catastrophic results. Forest Cell was born from the core of the Yggdrasil absorbing way too much pollution from the world, meaning the scientists accomplished their initial goal, but also [[GoneHorriblyRight left quite the mess to be cleared]]. Ur-Child is one of the many experiments of the Overlord (who also was a normal scientist before the apocalypse), and this one [[GoneHorriblyWrong ended up so bad]] because latter created a monster so strong that it could end the world.

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:In the original game, Hrothgar ends up viciously torn apart by the Chimeara and devored by Slaveimps, with Kurogane barely surviving the encounter (though still dying shortly after). This is averted in the Story Mode.]]

* PlayingWithFire: Blaze/Great Blaze deals a strong fire attack with splash effect.

* {{Expy}}: Might as well call him "Primevil the Second Coming", because not only both of them are the primary source of conflict in the "Untold" games, they share the exact same backstory; A corrupted (and insanely powerful) core component of the world tree, as a result of years of cleansing the planet of its pollution. They even share the exact same name in the Japanese version.

* {{Keet}}: Might as well call him "Primevil the Second Coming", because not only both of them are the primary source of conflict in the "Untold" games, they share the exact same backstory; A corrupted (and insanely powerful) core component of the world tree, as a result of years of cleansing the planet of its pollution. They even share the exact same name in the Japanese version.

* DubNameChange: Like it's Etrian counterpart, his Japanese name is Forest Cell.

* GracefulLoser: In contrast to the original game and Classic Mode where he dies in a fit of rage, the Overlord takes his defeat in the ''Untold'' remake in stride since he's giddy that the Fafnir Knight has the power needed to make full use of the Grail of Kings and destroy the Yggdrasil Core.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Hrothgar's name was wrongly changed to "Flausgul" in the DS version's localization, likely because the translation didn't know how to properly romanize it. Later translations would correct his name, including the HD remaster.

[[folder:Other Guilds of Note]]

Guild Beowulf is led by the protector Flausgul (フロースガル), who is never seen without his faithful companion Kurogane (クロガネ). Kind and compassionate, Flausgul acts as a {{Mentor}} to novice Guilds, offering advice and guidance while they get used to the dangers of Yggdrasil.

* DubNameChange: Kurogane's name was changed to Wulfgar in the remake (and the change is present in the HD remaster too). Ironically his original name was kept in ''Heroes of Lagaard'''s localization. Flausgul gets renamed to Hrothgar in the remake.

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[[folder:Other Characters ('''SPOILERS''')]]

!!Overlord (オーバーロード)
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer [English]
The Overlord is the sole inhabitant of the fabled Floating Palace. He has been using the Holy Grail to grant immortality to humans, but so far his experiment subjects [[CameBackWrong end up mutating into monsters]].

* AGodAmI: This is what he has to say before you confront his OneWingedAngel form.
-->"Behold, the power of a god!"
* AdaptationalVillainy: Zig-zagged. In the original game and Classic Mode, the Overlord originally wished to grant humans immortality and spent untold years trying to perfect the process, making him something of a WellIntentionedExtremist. In ''The Fafnir Knight'', these somewhat redeeming qualities are toned down, if not removed completely; the Overlord is less concerned about the state of humanity and more about continuing his research, sounding more annoyed by the party's arrival than anything until he learns the PlayerCharacter is the newly minted Fafnir Knight, who is potentially the only person in the world who can withstand the effects of the Grail of Kings [[spoiler:as anyone else who obtained "immortality" became monsters]]. It should be noted however, his main goal was to get rid of the Forest Cell, and his reason to get the knight's powers is so that he could take on it by himself. When the Overlord is defeated, he recognizes the party's strength and grants them the Grail of Kings and its powers, entrusting them with the task of killing the Forest Cell.
* BrainUploading: After realizing the true extent his research would take in order to succeed, the man who would become the Overlord transferred his consciousness to an immortal, mechanical body. It's implied that in doing so, he also lost what few, if any morals he had in his pursuit of immortality [[spoiler:to allow humans to survive the corruption while the Yggdrasil trees did their work]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: While he had altruistic goals, [[spoiler:the Overlord had a skewed concept of "morality". He offers the player's guild immortality twice, the first instance made for benign purposes after recognizing their strength (which results in a GameOver if accepted), and the second is to kill them so they may "live on" through him as contributions to his work. Even the ending cutscene in the original game and in Classic Mode implies the battle against him isn't strictly good versus evil]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: [[spoiler:To Visil and the Yggdrasil Core from ''The Millenium Girl'' by extension. Visil, like the Overlord, was a researcher from our time period looking for a way to cleanse the Earth of pollution and save humanity and fused with Yggdrasil to ensure the project's completion. The Yggdrasil Core is a semi-sentient being and the heart of Etria's Yggdrasil tree that is essentially running rampant as a result of absorbing too much pollution. The Overlord is a former human who transferred his consciousness to a mechanical body and pursues a way to make humans immortal. Also unlike Visil, who is content to remain in the background until the party [[HeKnowsTooMuch starts learning more about Yggdrasil]], the Overlord is entirely an OrcusOnHisThrone who the party seeks out per Princess Gadriel's request to FindTheCure for High Lagaard's king and sees the adventurers who enter the dungeon as potential guinea pigs for his experiments.]]
* CounterAttack: MACV blocks physical attacks and counters with medium damage to the attacker. AACV does the same, but to elemental attacks, countering with heavy damage of the same elemental as the attack blocked.
* FireIceLightning: Has three powerful elemental attacks.
** AnIcePerson: Ice Rain/Hail and Rain deals massive ice elemental damage to the entire party. May inflict arm bind too.
** PlayingWithFire: Sunlight/Dazzling Sunlight deals massive fire elemental damage to the entire party. May also inflict head bind.
** ShockAndAwe: Voltself/Crashing Thunder deals massive volt elemental damage to the entire party. Can inflict leg bind too.
* FlamingSword: He wields [[DualWielding two]] of these in his second form.
* GodGuise: He pretended to be one to the bird folk to order them to bring him corpses of dead adventurers, making them believe they were "angels" bringing the souls of the dead. When in reality they were unknowingly aiding the Overlord in his nasty experiments.
* GracefulLoser: In contrast to the original game and Classic Mode where he dies in a fit of rage, the Overlord takes his defeat in the ''Untold'' remake in stride since he's giddy that the Fafnir Knight has the power needed to make full use of the Grail of Kings and destroy the Yggdrasil Core.
* HealThyself: Recovers 1000 HP by using REPAIR.
* HolyHalo: His second form has one made of fire, spawn from the red gem on his forehead.
* SequentialBoss: In both the original and the remake, you fight his 'cocoon' form first before he unleashes his full power. The original at least allows you to heal between the two fights.
* TransformationSequence: Gets an admittedly cool transformation scene in ''The Fafnir Knight'' when he sheds his cocoon form, [[TransformingMecha Tranformers-style]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Subverted. After his first phase in the original game and in Classic Mode, he becomes greatly impressed by the player guild's strength and ability and offers them immortality by partaking in the Grail of Kings. [[spoiler:It doesn't work because, like everyone else who used it, your party dies and get turned into monsters, subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath like Ardeline's sister.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Everything he's done is for the sole purpose to strengthen humanity. [[spoiler:He initially wanted them to be able to survive the pollution ravaging Earth, but as time went on, he decided it was better if they became immortal, which also led to experiments that would see them becoming monsters. Even after the Earth, he still continues his work. ''The Fafnir Knight'' later expands on this, as he wants to destroy the rampant Yggdrasil Core in Ginnungagap; the Fafnir Knight has the power he needs to do just that in conjunction with the Grail of Kings, which leads to the boss battle against him. When he's defeated, he happily offers his power and the Grail of Kings to the knight since he'll have the power needed to destroy the Yggdrasil Core.]]
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[[folder:Labyrinth Guardians]]
!!Chimaera (キマイラ)
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A massive beast that made its lair in the first stratum. Guild Beowulf has a score to settle with it.
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!!Salamander (サラマンドラ)

A fire-cloaked lizard living in the Auburn Thicket with her young.

* DubNameChange: Known as Salamox in ''Heroes of Lagaard'' due to character limits. Reverted to her Japanese name in the remake.
* LegacyBossBattle: She is summoned into the Golden Lair in ''Nexus'' as a mid-boss (where the boss is coincicentally another fiery lizard).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Fulfills the exact same role as Wyvern did in the first game: both are motherly reptilian creatures encountered halfway through the second stratum, are strong enough to be lategame/postgame bosses, and are the subjects of major quests requiring the party to retrieve something from their nests while avoiding them.

!!Flame Demon (炎の魔人)
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A vaguely human-looking creature lurking in the second stratum.
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!!Hecatoncheires (ヘカトンケイル, ''Hecatoncheir'')

One of the Overlord's horrific experiments, a mass of limbs sealed away inside the Forbidden Wood.

* DubNameChange: It was called Briareus in ''Heroes of Lagaard'', and was renamed in ''The Fafnir Knight''. The latter is a BarelyChangedDubName case since it merely added an ''es''.
* MaximumHPReduction: Its Hellish Wail skill is one of the few in the series capable of inflicting a debuff that decreases the party's maximum health.

!''The Fafnir Knight''
[[folder:Additional Guild Members]]
!!Sovereign (プリンス, ''Prince'' / プリンセス, ''Princess'')
Sovereigns are men and women of RoyalBlood with the power to heal and strengthen their allies. They made their debut in ''The Drowned City'' - then known as Princes and Princesses - and are available to the player in ''The Fafnir Knight''. Their skill set, due to overlap with the Troubadours, has undergone some rework to avoid redundancy, and now places focus on the ability to purge buffs from friends and enemies alike for various boons.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Zig-zagged. In the original game and Classic Mode, the Overlord originally wished to grant humans immortality and spent untold years trying to perfect the process, making him something of a WellIntentionedExtremist. In ''The Fafnir Knight'', these somewhat redeeming qualities are toned down, if not removed completely; the Overlord is less concerned about the state of humanity and more about continuing his research, sounding more annoyed by the party's arrival than anything until he learns the PlayerCharacter is the newly minted Fafnir Knight. It should be noted however, his main goal was to get rid of the Forest Cell, and his reason to get the knight's powers is so that he could take on it by himself; When the Overlord is defeated, he recognizes the party's strength and grants them the Grail of Kings and its powers, entrusting them the task of killing the Forest Cell.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's implied [[spoiler:the Overlord may be one of the original humans like Visil who wished to save humanity, given his desire to give humans immortality and that he set up his base of operations in Yggdrasil, similar to the dungeon of the same name found in Etria.]] This implication is made even stronger in ''The Fafnir Knight'' as he has extensive knowledge of the Fafnir Knight's existence and the monstrosity that haunts Ginnungagap.
* BrainUploading: He did this to continue his research on immortality.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Possibly. [[spoiler:He offers your guild immortality... by killing them and absorbing their essence, allowing their strength to live on in his body. He also tries to do the same thing to the Fafnir Knight in the remake. If you beat the game in Classic Mode, the ending cut scene notes how the battle with him probably wasn't one of good vs evil]].

* GodGuise: He pretended to be one to the bird folk to order them to bring him corpses of dead adventuers, making them believe they were "angels" bringing the souls of the dead. When in reality they were unknowingly aiding the Overlord on his nasty experiments.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original game and Classic Mode, the Overlord originally wished to grant humans immortality and spent untold years trying to perfect the process, making him something of a WellIntentionedExtremist. In ''The Fafnir Knight'', these somewhat redeeming qualities are toned down, if not removed completely; the Overlord is less concerned about the state of humanity and more about continuing his research, sounding more annoyed by the party's arrival than anything until he learns the PlayerCharacter is the newly minted Fafnir Knight.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's implied [[spoiler:the Overlord may be one of the original humans like Visil who wished to save humanity, given his desire to give humans immortality and that he set up his base of operations in Yggdrasil, similar to the dungeon of the same name found in Etria. This implication is made even stronger in ''The Fafnir Knight'' as he has extensive knowledge of the Fafnir Knight's existence and the monstrosity that haunts Ginnungagap.

* SamusIsAGirl: In the original game this was a reveal only given in the post game content. ''The Fafnir Knight'', on the other hand, makes no attempt to hide it, as her name is immediately given as Marion and her voice is unambiguously feminine.

* DubNameChange: Kurogane's name was changed to Wulfgar in the remake. Ironically his original name was kept in ''Heroes of Lagaard'''s localization. Flausgul gets renamed to Hrothgar in the remake. The HD remaster didn't keep his Japanese name.

* DubNameChange: Kurogane's name was changed to Wulfgar in the remake. Ironically his original name was kept in ''Heroes of Lagaard'''s localization. Flausgul gets renamed to Hrothgar in the remake.

A fire-cloaked lizard living in the Auburn Thicket with its young.
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!!Salamander

* DubNameChange: Known as Salamox in ''Heroes of Lagaard'' due to character limits.

!!Hecatoncheires

* DubNameChange: It was called Briareus in ''Heroes of Lagaard'', and was renamed in ''The Fafnir Knight''.

* TheComicallySerious: Just like with the previous game's human bosses, you will notice Artelinde's battle illustration has a silly expression if you take a look at the artbook (and again, averted with her 3D model from the remake). It's unknown if the Remastered version will update her artwork to have a more serious expression. Der Freischutz's face remains as serious as always otherwise.

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:In the original game, Hrothgar ends up viciously torn apart by the Chimeara and devored by Slaveimps, with Wulfgar barely surviving the encounter (though still dying shortly after). This is averted in the Story Mode.]]

A harpy that terrorizes the Petal Bridge. According to Canaan, its been alive for a long time already.

* ExhaustedEyeBags: The new fifth Doctor Magus portait looks like he hasn't slept in days.

* ShoutOut: The blue-suited female Gunner has a [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Jack Frost]] hatpin.

In ''[[UpdatedRerelease The Fafnir Knight]]'' they are called Hrothgar and Wulfgar respectively.

* DubNameChange: Wulfgar's Japanese name is Kurogane. Ironically he kept his original name in ''Heroes of Lagaard'''s localization. Flausgul gets renamed to Hrothgar in the remake.

* WeaponSpecialization: Differs from Etrian Odyssey III Sovereigns due to the different weaponry available. She can equip [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], staves, or {{Whip|ItGood}}s.

* ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: [[WhipItGood Whips]] or Swords.