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Main characters
Shallistera Argo
Voiced by: Kotori Koiwai (Japanese), Jennie Kwan (English)
- Affectionate Nickname: "Shallie", but later opts for "Stera".
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Shallistera becomes her village's chief in one of her endings.
- Childhood Friends: With Kortes.
- Country Mouse: A trait ruthlessly exploited by the Stellard natives.
- Cuteness Proximity: She finds fluffy animals so endearing that she was willing to travel the Dusk Sea until she petted them all.
- Deuteragonist: If playing as Shallotte.
- Extreme Door Mat: Kortes worries that Shallistera's innocence and politeness will lead to her becoming this. Given how quick she is to accept blame for the Sand Dragon's rampage and how she can be easily manipulated into feeling guilty, he has a point.
- The Gift: It's noted one needs natural talent to use alchemy and brought up. In fact, those born in her village with the most alchemic talent are those considered successors to the chief.
- Hime Cut: Shallistera sports this. Fitting, as she's the chief's daughter and considered to be possess a similar status to a princess.
- Improbable Weapon User: A chime.
- Meaningful Name: She shares her last name with the ship used by the Greek mythological hero Jason. Fittingly, she's also the owner of a ship. Her first name, Shallistera, is shortened to "Stera", which in Japanese is pronounced the same as "Stella", which is Latin for "star", a possible reference to celestial navigation used by navigators.
- Naïve Newcomer: In regards to the city and the world in general.
- Nice Girl: She's very kind and polite.
- Proper Tights With Skirt: Her outfit.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Sets out to find out the cause of the Dusk Sea in order to help her village.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Shallotte and Shallistera respectively.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Meat.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Due to carrying the heavy responsibilities of being the next in line for chief at a young age. That being said, she does have issues such as not being able to read a room or consider factors like timing. Asking to talk about your village's issues right after you've crashed into a harbor isn't really wise.
Shallotte Elminus
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese), Sarah Anne Williams (English)
- Affectionate Nickname: "Shallie", but later opts for "Lotte".
- Almighty Janitor: Shallotte is a street sweeper for the Co-operative Union that can become an alchemy expert and try to save the world.
- Broomstick Quarterstaff: Shallotte's weapons are brooms, which reinforce her Almighty Janitor status as well as her dream of flying around like a witch.
- Call of the Wild Blue Yonder: After seeing (and getting rescued by) Wilbell flying on a broom, Shallotte develops a strong desire to learn how to fly. Unfortunately, she's not a witch, so she can't use the flight magic Wilbell does. Eventually, she creates a Flying Board which allows her to fly using the power of alchemy.
- Childhood Friends: With Miruca and Albert.
- Deuteragonist: If playing as Shallistera.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father died when she was young.
- Genki Girl: Remains largely upbeat regardless of the situation.
- Hidden Buxom: Her official art does a fairly good job at hiding how busty she actually is compared to her in-game model and most of the older women in the game.
- Jumped at the Call: Her prologue event has her lamenting about not getting any work beyond cleaning the streets. When Shallistera's ship crashes into Stellard, she immediately latches onto another job Raoul was unable to do himself due to the commotion, leading to her meeting Wilbell.
- Morality Pet: Perriend treats her nicely as the daughter of his former secretary, in comparison to the Tough Love he shows to Shallistera.
- Odd Friendship: With Miruca.
- Plucky Girl: She lives in the poor section of town, litter-collecting for a living and getting no respect and even less money from those who employ her. She soldiers on regardless.
- Shipper on Deck: In the Plus and DX remakes, she’s quick to assume Escha and Logy are involved, and does so again with Ayesha and Keith.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Shallote is the Tomboy, and Shallistera is the Girly Girl.
Other party members
Kortes Argo
Childhood friend of Shallistera and son of Teo.
- Big Brother Mentor: Kortes acts as this to Shallistera. She even calls him Kortes-niisama in the Japanese dub. We later learn that since their village members don't have last names and use the name of the village, they all consider one another family.
- Country Mouse: Kortes used to be one, until experience taught him to be less trusting.
- Dishing Out Dirt: His attacks are earth-based.
- Facial Markings: Has tribal markings on his face.
- Healing Hands: His Healing Palm skill.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Actually more like "cynic has a point". He is prickly and suspicious when dealing with the city officials, which seems counterproductive when he and his delegation are asking for help... but his attitude is proved totally justified. For example, he outright tells Raoul that he doesn't trust the Cooperative to keep its word, and sure enough, whenever Shallie has done enough work to reasonably expect assistance in return, Raoul keeps Moving the Goalposts.
- Morph Weapon: His weapon, which changes from a staff to a spear to a mace depending on what he's doing. Shallie explains it that hes using the power of various talismans through his rod to unleash his attacks.
- Stance System: He has Attack and Defense stances, which change his available skills.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Kortes Explosive Strike skill.
- Undying Loyalty: To Shallistera.
Jurie Crotze
Voiced by: Erica Lindbeck (English)
A treasure hunter working for the Union. She's the sister of Miruca and is familiar with Kortes.
- Action Girl: All of the playable girls qualify, but Jurie deserves special mention as someone that fights monsters for a living.
- Bookworm: Is often seen reading in her events and is noted to be a talented writer.
- Cool Big Sis: To Miruca, her actual sister, and Shallistera.
- Dual Wielding: Uses two daggers in combat.
- Humble Goal: Her goal is to write a book that children like.
- The Mentor: To Kortes when he was younger.
- Parental Substitute: To Miruca, since their parents are gone.
- Scarf Of Ass Kicking: Shaped like the infinity symbol.
- Throw Down the Bomblet: Her Smoke Bomb skill functions more like this.
- Treasure Hunter: She introduces herself as one.
Miruca Crotze
Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Mela Lee (English)
An imbuer who studied in Central before returning to the city. Friend of Shallotte and sister of Jurie.
- Affectionate Nickname: Calls Shallotte "Shal".
- Allergic to Routine: Finds her work imbuing boring because of this.
- BFG: Her weapon is a large gun that fires metal spikes.
- Brutally Honest: As an example, in Plus, the first thing she does upon seeing Logy is tell him that she doesn't like people who studied in Central.
- Childhood Friends: With Shallotte and Albert.
- The Gift: Noted for having some talent in Alchemy.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She acts cold on the outside, but she's a big softie on the inside.
- Little Miss Snarker: And HOW!
- Odd Friendship: With Shallotte.
- Older Than They Look: Her short height makes her look a few years younger than 16.
- Perpetual Frowner: It's nearly identical to Solle's.
- Pirate Girl: Has several color variations of a pirate outfit in the plus remake.
- When She Smiles: Wears a small, cute smile in a CG for her final friendship event when she's spending time with Jurie.
Wilbell Voll-Erslied
Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese), Cristina Vee (English)
- Elemental Powers: They're not her own, but she borrows the power of elemental spirits. She still has wind powers from Atelier Ayesha, and fire from Atelier Escha & Logy, and eventually contracts with the water spirit.
- Hypocritical Humor: She makes a comment when she runs into Shallistera about how the alchemist dresses funny, when she dresses in an even more noticeable outfit.
- The Mentor: Becomes this to Shallotte.
- So Proud of You: In the Plus remake, she finally gets acknowledged by her great great grandmother.
Homura
A treasure hunter working for the Union that feels grateful to Shallestera's village for helping him in the past. He joins her cause.- Affectionate Nickname: Shallotte calls him "Homhom".
- Badass Adorable: Homunculi are Ridiculously Cute Critters, but this doesn't make Homura any less of a fighter or adventurer.
- BFS: Not to a normal human, but to someone as small as Homura, his sword looks huge.
- Blow You Away: His attacks are wind-based.
- Glacier Waif: The smallest party member, yet he can equip heavy armor.
- Iaijutsu Practitioner: His attacks revolved around this.
- Odd Friendship: Is very close friends with Solle, to the point where they could be considered Heterosexual Life-Partners.
- Resurrective Immortality: As a homunculus, Homura comes back to life shortly after he dies.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: No one can resist his cuteness. Not even Miruca.
- Sweet Tooth: One of the reasons why he gets along with Solle so well is because of their mutual love of sweets.
Keithgriff Hazeldine
Voiced by: Joji Nakata (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)
- Establishing Character Moment: His first meeting with Shallistera involves him insulting them for only wanting to save their own village instead of the world, calling a conversation a waste of time, and hoping not to meet them again.
- The Drifter: Still on his trip around the world.
- For Science!: At some points, the others worry that he will go too far and dissect Homura or Flameu's seed in the name of research.
- Humans Are Bastards: His overall worldview, which he explains to the alchemists of this game regarding the nature of the Dusk and of the crisis facing Stellard.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his general demeanor, misanthropy, and distaste for those he perceived as too lazy to help themselves, he is genuinely helpful to both Shallies and cares deeply about the impending crisis facing the world.
- The Mentor: Still serves as this to his apprentice Ayesha, although he says that she’s learned all his techniques by now.
- Pet the Dog: Getting into contact with Ayesha in order to make medicine for Nady on behalf of the Shallie's. In the remake, he gives Shallistera a recipe that will work, but Ayesha herself has to aid her with the actual synthesis.
- Seeker Archetype: Remains as such from the first game, traveling around in search of knowledge and with little patience for others.
- Smoking Is Cool: Still has that pipe, though Ayesha's managed to get him to start smoking healthy herbs now.
Solle Grumman
Voiced by: Ray Chase (English)
Former accountant of the Colseit branch, dispatched to Stellard to aid in combating the drought.- Badass Bureaucrat: Fights with a clipboard, which he uses to issue orders to his Homunculi assistants.
- Beleaguered Bureaucrat: Often seen processing mountains of paperwork, much to his chagrin.
- Downloadable Content: Is playable as DLC, and joins by default in the Plus and DX versions.
- Sweet Tooth: Just like in his home game, his knack for baking sweets helps him bond further with Homura, and he even partakes in a baking contest late in the game.
Escha Malier
Voiced by: Rie Murakawa (Japanese), Marieve Herington (English)
The main female protagonist of the previous game. She has been called in from Colseit to assist with the investigation of the Dusk. She also set up a shop outside the Union.- Back-to-Back Badasses: Her and Logy's shared ultimate move starts off with such a pose.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Acts this way when Logy spends time helping Miruca clean up her atelier, to the point she messes up her own storefront just to get him back.
- Cuteness Proximity: Towards Homura.
- Downloadable Content: Is playable as DLC, and joins by default in the Plus and DX versions.
- Expressive Accessory: Her tail.
- The Gift: Being an Alchemist.
- Girlish Pigtails: Sports them.
- Nice Girl: Same as before.
- She Is All Grown Up: She's taller than before.
- Stuff Blowing Up: At the end of her Tauzent Force skill, she poses as her enemy explodes in flames behind her.
- Sweet Tooth: There's a reason a request for sweets popped up the moment she did.
Logix Ficsario
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese), Max Mittelman (English)
The main male protagonist of the previous game. He has been called in from Colseit to assist with the investigation of the Dusk. He only appears in the Plus and DX versions.- Back-to-Back Badasses: His and Escha's shared ultimate move starts off with such a pose.
- Beleaguered Bureaucrat: Although he's a renowned and highly capable alchemist who was sent to Stellard to help investigate the Dusk, many of his events consists of him assisting Solle with the mountains of paperwork he has to process. At one point, Logy even wonders if the real reason he was dispatched to Stellard was to do paperwork.
- Can become even more of one along with Escha in one of Shallistera’s endings, where he and Escha are promoted to management for the new Stellard Branch and thus have even more paperwork to handle.
- The Bus Came Back: After being relegated to a cameo at the end of the base game, he becomes a playable character with an active role in the story in the remakes.
- Cool Sword: Reprises from his home game.
- Gadgeteer Genius: As expected from someone who used to develop airships. When Shallotte synthesizes the Flying Board, he even helps her fine tune it so it doesn’t send her flying when she uses it.
- The Gift: Subverted; as a practitioner of Central style alchemy, he explains to the Shallies that he believes he will be less useful in combatting the Dusk than they, Escha, Ayesha and Keithgriff will be, as they have the natural talent to use old style alchemy.
- Lazy Artist: His official art is a palette swap from his Escha & Logy appearance, despite being six years older.
- Lightning Bruiser: Is very fast and all of his skills deal heavy damage.
- Neat Freak: Is shown to be horrified by how messy Miruca's atelier is, to the point he keeps insisting on putting things in order. Escha later tries exploiting this to get him to spend more time with her instead.
Ayesha Altugle
Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese), Erika Harlacher (English)
The protagonist of the first game. She has now become Keithgriff's apprentice and assists him in his research in the Dusk Sea. She only appears in the Plus and DX versions.- Adventurer Archaeologist: As expected of Keithgriff's apprentice. It's also how she wound up on Central's wanted list six years ago, as she went too deep into some ancient ruins and ended up destroying them.
- Big Sister Instinct: She left Nio back in Colseit because of the potential dangers of her line of work and of the Dusk Sea. Later on, Escha figures out that this isn’t entirely true, and gets the truth out of Ayesha: that she left Nio in Colseit because she hadn't decided on what to do with her life yet, and that living with her and Keith would mean Nio, too, would have to live on the run from Central. Whether Nio chooses to live an ordinary life among society or to join her sister on the run is left unknown at the end.
- The Bus Came Back: After being absent from the previous game relegated to a cameo at the end of the base game, she becomes a playable character with an active role in the story in the remakes.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Regularly accomplishes very dangerous tasks, such as exploring trap-filled ruins and crossing the Dusk Sea by herself, all while saying it’s completely normal, much to the stunned shock of Wilbell and all the younger alchemists.
- Call-Back: Several of her skills (Bright Craft, Himmelschenk, Genuk Rain and Exabomb) correspond to items she could synthesize in her home game.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Shallistera repeatedly comments on her beauty, and Wilbell expresses shock that she hasn't gotten married and had kids by now.
- Genius Ditz: Retains the same easygoing personality while being very intelligent, knowledgeable, and capable. Wilbell even says that "ditzy people like her are scary."
- Jack of All Trades: Has a very versatile skill set, being able to do Area of Effect heals and buffs, bomb a multitude of enemies with Bright Craft or Himmelschenk, or just use Exabomb to inflict massive damage on one enemy.
- The Mentor: Personally helps Shallistera synthesize the heart medicine for Nady. She and Escha also become role model figures for the Shallies.
- Miss Exposition: Provides an update to Shallistera on the state of Lugion Village at the start of Chapter 9, tells Wilbell and the Shallies about Faav Village’s legend of the goddess blessed by the Lord of Water, and also helps Keith exposit on the state of the world to the other party members.
- Played for comedic effect when Shallotte asks her what Wilbell was like as a teenager, which prompts Wilbell to take Shallotte and run off before Ayesha can say anything that might embarrass her.
- Our Fairies Are Different: Escha and Shallistera immediately liken her a fairy, the first time they see her.
- Seeker Archetype: Comes with the territory of becoming Keithgriff's apprentice, although she's much friendlier and more willing to play a mentor role to the younger alchemists.
- She Is All Grown Up: At 27, she would be the oldest returning protagonist in the franchise until Lulua was released in 2019.
- Summon Magic: Summons Yggdrasil, the Final Boss of her home game, for her ultimate move.
Non-playable characters
Teokhuga Argo
Kortes' father.
- Affectionate Nickname: Shallistera calls him "Teo".
- Cool Old Guy: He's among the oldest of the group, but happens to be among the wisest and reasonable.
- *Crack!* "Oh, My Back!": In the introduction this happens to him. It's noted he's not getting any younger and the strain is hard on his back.
- The Driver: Of the Sand Ship.
- Goggles Do Nothing: He wears goggles, but never uses them.
Gerard Perriend
The chairman of the Corporation that owns Stellard's water supply.
- Pet the Dog: Goes out of his way to try to find a cure for Nady's illness. He also treats Shallotte well, giving her advice and inviting her to tea.
- Tough Love: In comparison to the way he treats Shallotte, he's much harsher towards Shallistera, but Linca assures him that he's actually rooting for her.
- Undying Loyalty: Towards Stellard. He'd do anything to keep it and its people safe.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: His number one priority is ensuring that Stellard remains a prosperous town with plentiful water, and he is willing to do morally questionable things such as using Stera as bait for a Sand Dragon or refuse to turn off the Water Control Device that is draining the continent's water supply to attain this goal. This is due to the fact that prior to the foundation of Stellard, the area was a brutal wasteland where the strong trampled the weak to survive. Although he DOES reluctantly relent on the Water Control Device after explaining his position.
Albert Perriend
The son of Gerard.- All Love Is Unrequited: Odelia doesn't care much for him.
- Affectionate Nickname: Shallotte calls him "Al".
- Childhood Friends: With Miruca and Shallotte.
- Collector of the Strange: Collects automatons, and at one point gives you a sidequest where you can bring him automatons you find in exchange for rewards. This becomes a Chekhov's Gun when it turns out that the automatons are the key to opening the Ruins of Frozen Time and accessing Geofront.
- Love at First Sight: With Odelia.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Will spend ridiculous amounts of money on automatons.
- Robo Sexual: He's in love with Odelia.
Raoul Pireit
Leader of the Cooperative Union.- All Love Is Unrequited: Tries and fails to confess to Linca, largely because she's Oblivious to Love.
- Broken Pedestal: Kortes used to admire him when he was a treasure hunter, but now sees him as a lousy politican.
- I Did What I Had to Do: He'll do whatever he can to help the town, whether it be partnering with Central or taking advantage of other people's weaknesses and admits it.
- That said, even he found having Shallistera used as bait against the Sand Dragon distasteful enough that he couldn't bring himself to lie on it.
- Let No Crisis Go to Waste: The Sand Ship crashing into the town was unavoidable considering the circumstances, but he still took the chance to get the princess working for their goal.
- Opportunistic Bastard: He jumps on these, taking advantage of both Shallies when they need help.
- Quest Giver: For the union.
- The Scrooge: Shallie accuses him of being one. Considering that he pays her a mere 5 cole for cleaning trash and threatens to give someone else the job when she complains, she's not wrong.
Nady Elminus
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Dotes on her daughter Shallotte just a little too much... to the point where she'll tell complete strangers about embarrassing moments in her childhood.
- Motherly Side Plait: Yep. And guess what nearly happens as a result.
Linca
Another one of the Linca sisters of the Dusk series (the seventh, in fact). Unlike the others, she doesn't fight and excels at paperwork.- Artificial Human: The truth of the Lincas' origins are revealed in this game: the original Linca is not just a Controller who manages the water intake facility which converts sea water to fresh water for residents of Stellard, Lugion and beyond, but an artificial lifeform created expressly for this purpose. When the supply began to malfunction, the facility generated the Lincas. At some point, they were found and brought back to the surface.
- Happily Adopted: Confirms that Gerard more or less adopted her by taking her in.
Rosemia
A collector and old friend of Homura.
- Goth Girls Know Magic: Wears goth-like clothes, and used to be a witch, although she hasn't used her magic in a long time to the point where it began to disappear.
- The Lost Lenore: She lost her lover, a sailor, centuries ago. That became the catalyst for why she abandoned her magic and became a collector.
- Nightmare Fetishist: She is quite happy with her job: looking for adventurers who died in the Dusk Sea, burying them, and bringing back their possessions.
- Older Than They Look: She is actually a centuries-old witch.
- Robbing the Dead: Technically, yes. She brings back with her the possessions of the dead.
Katla Larchica
A 18-year-old peddler who claims to be selling rare and interesting things. She serves as your ingredients supplier.
- Embarrassing Rescue: How she views being saved by Rosemia when she was lost out in the Dusk Sea, considering she's a rival merchant.
- Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: As in the last game, she plays this up by adding on she has brothers and sisters to take care of to guilt the Shallies.
- She Is All Grown Up: In the previous game she was 12 and small, but the years have been kind to her.
