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!Fourlandian Royal Family
[[folder:Julius Forland]]
!!Julius Forland
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->'''Voiced by''': Kenta Sasa

The king of Fourland and the father of Dylan, Louis, and Noah.
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* BigGood: He's responsible for allowing High Card to be established.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He lost Dylan, his son and heir, who was assassinated by Nhat.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dylan Fourland]]
!!Dylan Fourland
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi

The son of Julius and the Crown Prince.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:His assassination by Nhat shows that the mafia has no qualms on holding back to target the royal family if its needs to.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dylan's hardly present in the first season [[spoiler:before Nhat kills him]].
[[/folder]]

!Shield Police
[[folder:Greg Young]]
!!Greg Young
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa

A veteran Inspector (Detective Inspector) within the Shield Police Department, and one of the few people outside High Card who is aware of its existence as well as the X-Playing Cards. Greg is an old friend of both Ban and Theodore.
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* BadassNormal: [[spoiler:Manages to take out ''Love-P'', of all people, by simply shooting at a piece of debris in a way that it'll land on Love-P's head, knocking her out.]]
* DirtyCop: Presumably the case since he's known to have a personal connection with Ban (and the rest of the Klondike Mafia), although he prefers that the underworld don't get involved in the missing Cards.
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[[folder:Sugar Peace]]
!!Sugar Peace
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieTakahashi

A rookie detective (Detective Constable) who works under Greg Young.
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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: She wants to know the truth about the Pinochle after several cases related to them are mysteriously closed. Despite her close encounter with a Player from the Klondike mafia, she's still determined to know more about it.
* FlashedBadgeHijack: [[spoiler:Pulls this off without the badge by claiming "extraleagal use". She steals the car of Owen's bodyguards to chase Finn, who in turn has stolen her patrol car. [[WhatTheHellHero One of the bodyguards even calls her out on it]].]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: While she wants to investigate the Pinochle, she doesn't know that her boss is personally connected to them and the Klondike mafia. Though Greg advises her to stay away from them given that he knows how dangerous it is to get involved in the world of X-Playing Cards.
* NaiveNewcomer: Being new on the job makes a lot of her coworkers doubt her ability as a detective. It doesn't help that her curiosity about the Pinochle got her entangled in their feud with the Klondike family which nearly got her killed if weren't for Finn's timing.
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!Other Players
[[folder:Lucky Lunchman]]
!!Lucky Lunchman
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShigeruChiba

A card sharp blessed with incredible luck thanks to the 10 of Diamonds, "Unlucky Poky", which granted him preternatural luck and thus prevented him from being harmed. After being threatened to give up his Card, he is killed after losing his luck along with the Card.
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* GoodLuckCharm: The 10 of Diamonds power ("Unlucky Poky") makes it so its wielder will always have good luck, and anyone trying to harm them will meet with a wide range of bad luck, from losing all their money at poker to falling out a window.
* IronicName: "Unlucky Poky"[[note]]"Poky" as in either an uncomfortably small or cramped space in a building or (in North America) something that's annoyingly slow or dull[[/note]] doesn't sound like the name for a GoodLuckCharm.
* YourHeadASplode: His head is turned into marbles by Bobby Ball.
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[[folder:Chelsea Hammond]]
!!Chelsea Hammond
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[[caption-width-right:350:''I have a good eye for men.'']]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YurikaKubo

A "Callgram" influencer in search of her "soulmate". She later gets a job at the Crazy 8 pub.

Her Card is the 2 of Diamonds, "Love Connection", which allows her to lock two hands together so they can't be separated.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Chris, as the one person who sees through his cheerful persona.
* PersonalityPowers: She is a woman obsessed with finding her soulmate and never letting him go; "Love Connection" allows her to join two hands that can't be separated by anyone but her.
* PrettyFreeloader: She has no home, she lives by crashing on the couches of friends or spending the nights at hotels, which helps her meet more people all the time.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: As with all players, using her Card gives Chelsea enhanced physical abilities and resistance. This allows her to easily jump over a highway sound barrier wall in the season final while dragging Finn. She's also able to walk off a bad cut to her thigh, while a similar injury on a regular person would make them bleed out.
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[[folder:Jason Daltrey]]
!!Jason Daltrey
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A professor at the University of Cribbage where Vijay studies, specializing in aeronautical science, and is an advisor in the industry. He first appears in Volume 2 of the Drama CD, where the High Card team tries (and fails) to take his Card. They later succeed after the opening act of Episode 13.

His Card is the Jack of Hearts, "Sky Dancer", which allows him to fly through the air.
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* CelibateEccentricGenius: Is described as eccentric by Vijay.
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[[folder:Chad Schmidt]]
!!Chad Schmidt
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[[caption-width-right:928:[[labelnote:Click to see him as an gorilla-man.]]\\
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[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Click to see him as a bat-man.]]\\
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click to see him as a wolf-man.]]\\
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A Player who has been running around Hopkins National Park.

His Card is the 6 of Hearts, "The Zoo", which gives his body the properties of various animals of his choosing.
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: He was mistaken for a cryptid similar to Bigfoot or a yeti while running around the park.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: This is how he meets his end at the hands of the Black Knight.
* NoNameGiven: His name isn't said at all in the show, with it being only known because of High Card's official website.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: His Card basically turns him into a beast-man of his choosing, changing from a gorilla-man to a bat-man to a wolf-man in quick succession.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Is killed in the Season 2 premiere, not long after he's introduced.
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[[folder:Danny Wesley]]
!!Danny Wesley
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno

A Player who has been acting as a superhero in Magic Rose, Silphium's capital, named Sonic Move.

His Card is the Queen of Hearts, "Sonic Move", which grants him SuperSpeed.
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* GratuitousSpanish: He tends to use Spanish words in his sentences.
* NiceGuy: His main reason for using the Queen of Hearts is to help the people in his home.
* SuperSpeed: His Card's main power.
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!Civilians
[[folder:Lindsey Betz]]
!!Lindsey Betz
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/EijiHanawa

The director of Sunfields, the private orphanage where Finn grew up.
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* FriendToAllChildren: He likes taking care of children and in turn, the children love him.
* GenderBlenderName: "Lindsey" isn't exactly a common name given to guys.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He doesn't know much about Finn's job aside from working as a car dealer.
* ParentalSubstitute: To the orphans, particularly Finn whom he tries to guide to be a responsible man.
* SecretKeeper: In Season 2, it's revealed he knew what happened to Finn's parents. [[spoiler:Instead of a car crash, his parents were killed during a fire, leaving Finn as an orphan. Finn deduces that the X-Playing Card has something to do with his parents' deaths and the Black Knight is the one who killed them.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Douglas Buttercup]]
!!Douglas Buttercup
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KentaMiyake

The owner of the Crazy 8 pub that's frequented by the High Card members after hours.
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* TheBartender: He runs the pub and serves both food and drink.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Apple Link]]
!!Apple Link
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->'''Voiced by''': Tetsuei Sumiya

A client of Old Maid, an up-and-coming tech entrepreneur and CEO of Mizerka.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: He's hinted to have a crush on Finn. He reacts very negatively to Chris after mistaking them for a couple, implying he is jealous of Chris for being with Finn.
* BigBeautifulMan: DownplayedTrope. He has a slightly rounder physique than most of the other male characters but is still a {{Bishounen}}.
* NiceGuy: The first episode of Season 2 reveals that, upon learning of the Sunfields orphanage burning down, he decided to finance Sunfields and even bought the property from the landlord.%%Speculative Though he likely did so to impress Finn.
* NouveauRiche: Subverted. He recently became rich, but mostly thanks to actual business acumen. Furthermore, he is a polite, if a bit naive HumblePie.
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[[folder:Michelle Redgrave]]
!!Michelle Redgrave
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->'''Voiced by''': Yurie Kozakai

Chris' younger sister who's unaware of his job at High Card. She's suffering from a rare genetic disease that killed their mother and has been hospitalized at Shield City Hospital since she was a child.
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* DelicateAndSickly: She suffers from a rare genetic disorder, keeping her confined to the hospital for a good part of her life.
* ObliviousYoungerSibling: She doesn't know what her brother is up to.
[[/folder]]

!Historical Characters
[[folder:The First King]]
!!The First King of Fourland
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The first king of what would become Fourland, he was a young boy chosen by a mage.
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* MythicalMotifs: He shares some characteristics with Myth/KingArthur, both being the true kings of a land aided by a mage.
* YoungAndInCharge: He's described as being a boy when he took the throne.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Mage]]
!!Lala the Mage
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The mage who picked a boy to become the first king of Fourland and the one who created the X-Playing Cards.
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* GreaterScopeParagon: She's the one who created the X-Playing Cards, having done so to help the boy king repel the invading armies. The first episode also implies that she may be the "Lala" King Julius heard crying and was the one who scattered the Cards in the first episode.
* MythicalMotifs: She has similarities to Myth/{{Merlin}}, the mage who supported King Arthur.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:52 Knights]]
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A band of knights gathered from Trapla's four lands and the source of the 52 X-Playing Cards.
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* BloodOath: Each of them took a blood oath as an act of loyalty to the boy king, the blood being used on the magic card the Mage gave them.
* HeroicSacrifice: They all died fighting the invaders, yet their spirits lived on in the 52 Cards which the boy king used to repeal the invaders. [[spoiler:Except not really. According to a man Finn met in Magic Rose, ''the knights'' were the ones who used the 52 Cards to drive back the invaders, not the boy king.]]
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters
[[folder:The Black Knight]]
!!"Black Knight"
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A being that Finn remembers seeing when he was young.
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Except for certain shots (such as when it's about to do an attack, and most of its appearances in Season 1), the Black Knight is rendered entirely in CGI... which adds to its creepiness.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: While High Card speculates the Black Knight to be a player, the fact it [[spoiler:ATE the 6 of Hearts via a giant maw protruding from its body]] throws that into question.
* EarlyBirdCameo: It appears as a statue in Shield City in Episode 1, suggesting the Black Knight has a deep history in Fourland. [[AllThereInTheManual According to official material]], the statue is of San Galgano, the strongest knight who protected Forland from enemy nations.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Its preferred method of killing Players, as both [[spoiler:Nhat and the Player of the 6 of Hearts found out]].
* MysteriousStranger: [[spoiler:Its motives or backstory are presently unknown beyond being the one who killed Finn's parents and Nhat.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Tilt suspects this about the knight when meeting it himself, before adding that it plans to [[DeathSeeker destroy itself too]]. The knight does not take this kindly.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Only its left eye is seen, and it's just a red orb that occasionally gives off a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom red, blazing ghostly trail]], not unlike Literature/GoblinSlayer.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:It burning down Finn's home and making him an orphan is what kicks off the events of the series.]]
* TheSpeechless: Has so far said nothing across any of its appearances, [[spoiler:only producing an inhuman shriek of anger when cornered by Tilt and Iris]].
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:It attacked and stabbed Nhat in the sewers of Spada at the end of the first season. It was also responsible for killing Finn's mother in a house fire.]]
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!''High Card -♢9 No Mercy''
Characters featured and focused on in the manga side-story, which takes place after Episode 3 but before Episode 6.
[[folder:Percy Parker]]
!!Percy Parker
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A university student and player introduced in the manga side-story, Percy comes across one of the X-Playing Cards by chance and ends up getting caught up in the battle to collect them. As such, he's hired to work at Pinocle's Old Maid branch for his own protection.

His Card is the 9 of Diamonds, "No Mercy".

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!''High Card -♢9 No Mercy''
Characters featured and focused on in the manga side-story, which takes place after Episode 3 but before Episode 6.
[[folder:Percy Parker]]
!!Percy Parker
!Historical Characters
[[folder:The First King]]
!!The First King of Fourland
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A university student and player introduced in the manga side-story, Percy comes across one The first king of the X-Playing Cards what would become Fourland, he was a young boy chosen by chance and ends up getting caught up in the battle to collect them. As such, he's hired to work at Pinocle's Old Maid branch for his own protection.

His Card is the 9 of Diamonds, "No Mercy".
a mage.



* CastFromHitPoints: Unlike other Cards, using "No Mercy" seems to drain Percy of his vitality. After using it by accident the first time, he is left so weak he can't even stand up.
* HowDoIShootWeb: He has no idea how his Card's powers work. He can't even remove the gloves.
* NiceGuy: The boy is sweet to a fault, and refuses even 50 thousand dollars for the X-Playing Card he has because it doesn't belong to him so he can't sell it (though also because it is incredibly shady of someone to offer so much money for a card).
* PowerAtAPrice: As said in CastFromHitPoints above, "No Mercy" drains Percy of his vitality in order to use its power. [[spoiler:At the end of Chapter 7, Norman Kingstat reveals that "No Mercy"'s previous Player was ''killed'' by "No Mercy".]]
* PrincessCarry: Carried around by Finn like this after he says he can't walk because of the effects of his Card.
* TalkingWeapon: [[spoiler:His X-Playing Card is implied to actually be able to talk to him at least between their minds, though all it does is to cryptically demand more power.]]

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* CastFromHitPoints: Unlike other Cards, using "No Mercy" seems to drain Percy of his vitality. After using it by accident MythicalMotifs: He shares some characteristics with Myth/KingArthur, both being the first time, true kings of a land aided by a mage.
* YoungAndInCharge: He's described as being a boy when
he is left so weak he can't even stand up.
* HowDoIShootWeb: He has no idea how his Card's powers work. He can't even remove
took the gloves.
* NiceGuy: The boy is sweet to a fault, and refuses even 50 thousand dollars for the X-Playing Card he has because it doesn't belong to him so he can't sell it (though also because it is incredibly shady of someone to offer so much money for a card).
* PowerAtAPrice: As said in CastFromHitPoints above, "No Mercy" drains Percy of his vitality in order to use its power. [[spoiler:At the end of Chapter 7, Norman Kingstat reveals that "No Mercy"'s previous Player was ''killed'' by "No Mercy".]]
* PrincessCarry: Carried around by Finn like this after he says he can't walk because of the effects of his Card.
* TalkingWeapon: [[spoiler:His X-Playing Card is implied to actually be able to talk to him at least between their minds, though all it does is to cryptically demand more power.]]
throne.



[[folder:Hudson Brandon]]
!!Hudson Brandon
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The governor of Silphium, one of the four counties of Fourland. He is obsessed with the X-Playing Cards and has made copies of his Card. He's after Percy's Card for some reason.

His Card is the King of Hearts, "Masculine Parfait", which improves his physical abilities to the maximum.

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[[folder:Hudson Brandon]]
!!Hudson Brandon
[[folder:The Mage]]
!!Lala the Mage
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The governor mage who picked a boy to become the first king of Silphium, Fourland and the one of the four counties of Fourland. He is obsessed with who created the X-Playing Cards and has made copies of his Card. He's after Percy's Card for some reason.

His Card is the King of Hearts, "Masculine Parfait", which improves his physical abilities to the maximum.
Cards.



* ArcVillain: Of ''♢9 No Mercy''. He is the one behind the groups and attacks Percy suffered trying to take the 9 of Diamonds from him.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Maybe. It's mentioned that he inherited a pharmaceutical company from his father and that his dealings in the business world helped him when he entered the political world.
* CorruptPolitician: Being the governor of one of Fourland's counties and wanting the X-Playing Cards himself for unknown reasons certainly qualifies him as one.
* ImplacableMan: This seems to be his Card's power, as he's able to shrug off Finn's bullets and even crush Finn's gun and hand with ease. [[spoiler:He's even able to go toe to toe with Love-P and managed to ''break her sword''!]]
* SmugSmiler: Just look at his image and try to say that that's a friendly smile.

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* ArcVillain: Of ''♢9 No Mercy''. He is GreaterScopeParagon: She's the one behind the groups and attacks Percy suffered trying to take the 9 of Diamonds from him.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Maybe. It's mentioned that he inherited a pharmaceutical company from his father and that his dealings in the business world helped him when he entered the political world.
* CorruptPolitician: Being the governor of one of Fourland's counties and wanting
who created the X-Playing Cards, having done so to help the boy king repel the invading armies. The first episode also implies that she may be the "Lala" King Julius heard crying and was the one who scattered the Cards himself for unknown reasons certainly qualifies him as one.
in the first episode.
* ImplacableMan: This seems MythicalMotifs: She has similarities to be his Card's power, as he's able to shrug off Finn's bullets and even crush Finn's gun and hand with ease. [[spoiler:He's even able to go toe to toe with Love-P and managed to ''break her sword''!]]
* SmugSmiler: Just look at his image and try to say that that's a friendly smile.
Myth/{{Merlin}}, the mage who supported King Arthur.



[[folder:Airman]]
!!"Airman"
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A freelance hitman and player who is hired to go after Percy and his Card.

His Card is the 4 of Clubs, "Wing Wind", which lets him manipulate wind.

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[[folder:Airman]]
!!"Airman"
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[[folder:52 Knights]]
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A freelance hitman band of knights gathered from Trapla's four lands and player who is hired to go after Percy and his Card.

His Card is
the 4 source of Clubs, "Wing Wind", which lets him manipulate wind.the 52 X-Playing Cards.



* BlowYouAway: His Card's ability. He can even create a tornado. The drawback is that it uses a lot of energy.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His character design's most distinctive feature is his long hair which complements his PrettyBoy face rather well.

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* BlowYouAway: His Card's ability. He can even create a tornado. The drawback is that it uses a lot BloodOath: Each of energy.
them took a blood oath as an act of loyalty to the boy king, the blood being used on the magic card the Mage gave them.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His character design's most distinctive feature is his long hair HeroicSacrifice: They all died fighting the invaders, yet their spirits lived on in the 52 Cards which complements his PrettyBoy face rather well.the boy king used to repeal the invaders. [[spoiler:Except not really. According to a man Finn met in Magic Rose, ''the knights'' were the ones who used the 52 Cards to drive back the invaders, not the boy king.]]



[[folder:Marsh]]
!!Marsh
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A women who is sent by Hudson to take Percy's Card at any cost.
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[[folder:Jade Ingram]]
!!Jade Ingram
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One of Mash's colleagues sent to retrieve Percy's Card at any cost.

His Card is the 5 of Spades, "Brain Buster", which summons a giant hammer.

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[[folder:Marsh]]
!!Marsh
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!Other Characters
[[folder:The Black Knight]]
!!"Black Knight"
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A women who is sent by Hudson to take Percy's Card at any cost.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jade Ingram]]
!!Jade Ingram
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One of Mash's colleagues sent to retrieve Percy's Card at any cost.

His Card is the 5 of Spades, "Brain Buster", which summons a giant hammer.
being that Finn remembers seeing when he was young.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in the manga side-story, but Chris dealing with him and acquiring his Card [[spoiler:plants the idea to use an X-Hand of the 5s to save Michelle]].

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Except for certain shots (such as when it's about to do an attack, and most of its appearances in Season 1), the Black Knight is rendered entirely in CGI... which adds to its creepiness.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: While High Card speculates the Black Knight to be a player, the fact it [[spoiler:ATE the 6 of Hearts via a giant maw protruding from its body]] throws that into question.
* EarlyBirdCameo: It appears as a statue in Shield City in Episode 1, suggesting the Black Knight has a deep history in Fourland. [[AllThereInTheManual According to official material]], the statue is of San Galgano, the strongest knight who protected Forland from enemy nations.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Its preferred method of killing Players, as both [[spoiler:Nhat and the Player of the 6 of Hearts found out]].
* MysteriousStranger: [[spoiler:Its motives or backstory are presently unknown beyond being the one who killed Finn's parents and Nhat.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Tilt suspects this about the knight when meeting it himself, before adding that it plans to [[DeathSeeker destroy itself too]]. The knight does not take this kindly.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Only its left eye is seen, and it's just a red orb that occasionally gives off a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom red, blazing ghostly trail]], not unlike Literature/GoblinSlayer.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears [[spoiler:It burning down Finn's home and making him an orphan is what kicks off the events of the series.]]
* TheSpeechless: Has so far said nothing across any of its appearances, [[spoiler:only producing an inhuman shriek of anger when cornered by Tilt and Iris]].
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:It attacked and stabbed Nhat
in the manga side-story, but Chris dealing with him and acquiring his Card [[spoiler:plants sewers of Spada at the idea to use an X-Hand end of the 5s to save Michelle]].first season. It was also responsible for killing Finn's mother in a house fire.]]




!Historical Characters
[[folder:The First King]]
!!The First King of Fourland
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_first_king.png]]

The first king of what would become Fourland, he was a young boy chosen by a mage.
----
* MythicalMotifs: He shares some characteristics with Myth/KingArthur, both being the true kings of a land aided by a mage.
* YoungAndInCharge: He's described as being a boy when he took the throne.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Mage]]
!!Lala the Mage
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_mage.png]]

The mage who picked a boy to become the first king of Fourland and the one who created the X-Playing Cards.
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* GreaterScopeParagon: She's the one who created the X-Playing Cards, having done so to help the boy king repel the invading armies. The first episode also implies that she may be the "Lala" King Julius heard crying and was the one who scattered the Cards in the first episode.
* MythicalMotifs: She has similarities to Myth/{{Merlin}}, the mage who supported King Arthur.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:52 Knights]]
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/52_knights.png]]

A band of knights gathered from Trapla's four lands and the source of the 52 X-Playing Cards.
----
* BloodOath: Each of them took a blood oath as an act of loyalty to the boy king, the blood being used on the magic card the Mage gave them.
* HeroicSacrifice: They all died fighting the invaders, yet their spirits lived on in the 52 Cards which the boy king used to repeal the invaders. [[spoiler:Except not really. According to a man Finn met in Magic Rose, ''the knights'' were the ones who used the 52 Cards to drive back the invaders, not the boy king.]]
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!Other Characters
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!!"Black Knight"
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A being that Finn remembers seeing when he was young.
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Except for certain shots (such as when it's about to do an attack, and most of its appearances in Season 1), the Black Knight is rendered entirely in CGI... which adds to its creepiness.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: While High Card speculates the Black Knight to be a player, the fact it [[spoiler:ATE the 6 of Hearts via a giant maw protruding from its body]] throws that into question.
* EarlyBirdCameo: It appears as a statue in Shield City in Episode 1, suggesting the Black Knight has a deep history in Fourland. [[AllThereInTheManual According to official material]], the statue is of San Galgano, the strongest knight who protected Forland from enemy nations.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Its preferred method of killing Players, as both [[spoiler:Nhat and the Player of the 6 of Hearts found out]].
* MysteriousStranger: [[spoiler:Its motives or backstory are presently unknown beyond being the one who killed Finn's parents and Nhat.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Tilt suspects this about the knight when meeting it himself, before adding that it plans to [[DeathSeeker destroy itself too]]. The knight does not take this kindly.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Only its left eye is seen, and it's just a red orb that occasionally gives off a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom red, blazing ghostly trail]], not unlike Literature/GoblinSlayer.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:It burning down Finn's home and making him an orphan is what kicks off the events of the series.]]
* TheSpeechless: Has so far said nothing across any of its appearances, [[spoiler:only producing an inhuman shriek of anger when cornered by Tilt and Iris]].
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:It attacked and stabbed Nhat in the sewers of Spada at the end of the first season. It was also responsible for killing Finn's mother in a house fire.]]
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[[folder:Chad Schmidt]]
!!Chad Schmidt
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: He was mistaken for a cryptid similar to Bigfoot or a yeti while running around the park.


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* GreaterScopeParagon: She's the one who created the X-Playing Cards, having done so to help the boy king repel the invading armies. The first episode also implies that she may be the "Lala" King Julius heard crying and was the one who scattered the Cards in the first episode.



* GreaterScopeParagon: She's the one who created the X-Playing Cards, having done so to help the boy king repel the invading armies. The first episode also implies that she may be the "Lala" King Julius heard crying and was the one who scattered the Cards in the first episode.



A band of knights gathered from Trumpla's four lands and the source of the 52 X-Playing Cards.

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A band of knights gathered from Trumpla's Trapla's four lands and the source of the 52 X-Playing Cards.



* HeroicSacrifice: They all died fighting the invaders, yet their spirits lived on in the 52 Cards which the boy king used to repeal the invaders. [[spoiler:Except not really. According to a man Finn met in Magic Rose, '''the knights'' were the ones who used the 52 Cards to drive back the invaders, not the boy king.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: They all died fighting the invaders, yet their spirits lived on in the 52 Cards which the boy king used to repeal the invaders. [[spoiler:Except not really. According to a man Finn met in Magic Rose, '''the ''the knights'' were the ones who used the 52 Cards to drive back the invaders, not the boy king.]]

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!!Julius Forland



!!Dylan Fourland



!!Jason Daltrey



!!Danny Wesley



!!The Mage

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!!The !!Lala the Mage


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[[folder:Danny Wesley]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno

A Player who has been acting as a superhero in Magic Rose, Silphium's capital, named Sonic Move.

His Card is the Queen of Hearts, "Sonic Move", which grants him SuperSpeed.
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* GratuitousSpanish: He tends to use Spanish words in his sentences.
* NiceGuy: His main reason for using the Queen of Hearts is to help the people in his home.
* SuperSpeed: His Card's main power.
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A band of knights gathered from Trumpla's four lands and the source of the 52 X-Playing Cards.
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* BloodOath: Each of them took a blood oath as an act of loyalty to the boy king, the blood being used on the magic card the Mage gave them.
* HeroicSacrifice: They all died fighting the invaders, yet their spirits lived on in the 52 Cards which the boy king used to repeal the invaders. [[spoiler:Except not really. According to a man Finn met in Magic Rose, '''the knights'' were the ones who used the 52 Cards to drive back the invaders, not the boy king.]]
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* SecretKeeper: In Season 2, it's revealed he knew what happened to Finn's parents. [[spoiler:Instead of a car crash, his parents were killed during a fire, leaving Finn as an orphan. Finn deduces that the X-Playing Card has something to do with his parents' deaths and the Black Knight is the one who killed them.]]

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He lost Dylan, his son and heir, who was assassinated by Nhat]].

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He lost Dylan, his son and heir, who was assassinated by Nhat]].Nhat.]]






* FlashedBadgeHijack: [[spoiler: Pulls this off without the badge by claiming "extraleagal use". She steals the car of Owen's bodyguards to chase Finn, who in turn has stolen her patrol car. [[WhatTheHellHero One of the bodyguards even calls her out on it]].]]

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* FlashedBadgeHijack: [[spoiler: Pulls [[spoiler:Pulls this off without the badge by claiming "extraleagal use". She steals the car of Owen's bodyguards to chase Finn, who in turn has stolen her patrol car. [[WhatTheHellHero One of the bodyguards even calls her out on it]].]]



A Card sharp blessed with incredible luck thanks to the 10 of Diamonds, "Unlucky Poky", which granted him preternatural luck and thus prevented him from being harmed. After being threatened to give up his Card, he is killed after losing his luck along with the Card.

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A Card card sharp blessed with incredible luck thanks to the 10 of Diamonds, "Unlucky Poky", which granted him preternatural luck and thus prevented him from being harmed. After being threatened to give up his Card, he is killed after losing his luck along with the Card.



* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Chris, as the one person that sees through his cheerful persona.

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* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Chris, as the one person that who sees through his cheerful persona.



A Player who has been running around Hopkins National Park. His Card is the 6 of Hearts, "The Zoo", which gives his body the properties of various animals of his choosing.

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A Player who has been running around Hopkins National Park. Park.

His Card is the 6 of Hearts, "The Zoo", which gives his body the properties of various animals of his choosing.



His Card is the King of Hearts, "Masculine Parfait".

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His Card is the King of Hearts, "Masculine Parfait".Parfait", which improves his physical abilities to the maximum.



* ImplacableMan: This seems to be his Card's power, as he's able to shrug off Finn's bullets and even crush Finn's gun and hand with ease.

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* ImplacableMan: This seems to be his Card's power, as he's able to shrug off Finn's bullets and even crush Finn's gun and hand with ease. [[spoiler:He's even able to go toe to toe with Love-P and managed to ''break her sword''!]]

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The Player of the Jack of Hearts, "Sky Dancer", which allows him to fly through the air. He first appears in Volume 2 of the Drama CD.

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The Player A professor at the University of Cribbage where Vijay studies, specializing in aeronautical science, and is an advisor in the industry. He first appears in Volume 2 of the Drama CD, where the High Card team tries (and fails) to take his Card. They later succeed after the opening act of Episode 13.

His Card is
the Jack of Hearts, "Sky Dancer", which allows him to fly through the air. He first appears in Volume 2 of the Drama CD.air.
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* CelibateEccentricGenius: Is described as eccentric by Vijay.



The Player of the 6 of Hearts, "The Zoo", which gives his body the properties of various animals of his choosing.

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The A Player of who has been running around Hopkins National Park. His Card is the 6 of Hearts, "The Zoo", which gives his body the properties of various animals of his choosing.



* WeHardlyKnewHe: Is killed in the Season 2 premiere.

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* WeHardlyKnewHe: OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: His Card basically turns him into a beast-man of his choosing, changing from a gorilla-man to a bat-man to a wolf-man in quick succession.
* WeHardlyKnewYe:
Is killed in the Season 2 premiere.premiere, not long after he's introduced.



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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Except for certain shots (such as when it's about to do an attack), the Black Knight is rendered entirely in CGI... which adds to its creepiness.

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* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Tilt suspects this about the knight when meeting it himself, before adding that it plans to [[DeathSeeker destroy itself too]]. The knight does not take this kindly.]]

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[[folder:Jason Daltrey]]
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The Player of the Jack of Hearts, "Sky Dancer", which allows him to fly through the air. He first appears in Volume 2 of the Drama CD.
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[[folder:Beast Player]]

The Player of the 6 of Hearts, "The Zoo", which gives his body the properties of various animals of his choosing.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: This is how he meets his end at the hands of the Black Knight.
* WeHardlyKnewHe: Is killed in the Season 2 premiere.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He doesn't know much about Finn's job asides from working as a car dealer.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He doesn't know much about Finn's job asides aside from working as a car dealer.



* BigBeautifulMan: DownplayedTrope. He has a sligthly rounder physique than most of the other male characters, but is still a {{Bishounen}}.
* NouveauRiche: Subverted. He recently became rich, but mostly thanks to actual business accumen. Furthermore, he is a polite, if a bit naive HumblePie.

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* BigBeautifulMan: DownplayedTrope. He has a sligthly slightly rounder physique than most of the other male characters, characters but is still a {{Bishounen}}.
* NiceGuy: The first episode of Season 2 reveals that, upon learning of the Sunfields orphanage burning down, he decided to finance Sunfields and even bought the property from the landlord.%%Speculative Though he likely did so to impress Finn.
* NouveauRiche: Subverted. He recently became rich, but mostly thanks to actual business accumen.acumen. Furthermore, he is a polite, if a bit naive HumblePie.



A university student and player introduced in the manga side-story, Percy came across one of the X-Playing Cards by chance and ends up getting caught up in the battle to collect them. As such, he's hired to work at Pinocle's Old Maid branch for his own protection.

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A university student and player introduced in the manga side-story, Percy came comes across one of the X-Playing Cards by chance and ends up getting caught up in the battle to collect them. As such, he's hired to work at Pinocle's Old Maid branch for his own protection.



* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His character design's most destinctive feature is his long hair that complements his PrettyBoy face rather well.

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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His character design's most destinctive distinctive feature is his long hair that which complements his PrettyBoy face rather well.



* AmbiguouslyHuman: While High Card speculates the Black Knight to be a player, the fact it [[spoiler:ATE the 6 of Hearts via a giant maw protruding from its body]] throws that into question.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Its preferred method of killing Players, as both [[spoiler:Nhat and the Player of the 6 of Hearts found out]].



* RedEyesTakeWarning: Its eyes are hidden most of the time, but occasionally its left eye gives off a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom red, blazing ghostly trail]], not unlike Literature/GoblinSlayer.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Its eyes are hidden most of the time, but Only its left eye is seen, and it's just a red orb that occasionally its left eye gives off a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom red, blazing ghostly trail]], not unlike Literature/GoblinSlayer.

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Except for certain shots (such as when it's about to do an attack), the Black Knight is rendered entirely in CGI... which adds to its creepiness.




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* ShootToKill: [[spoiler:His orders against Chris when confronting him, Sugar is naturally horrified by this, but is unable to do anything before Chris reacts by kicking the gun out of Greg's hand.]]

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