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Masters
Asia Argento
An excommunicated nun from the church. Upon taking refuge in a small village, she prays for anything to help her, and this plea results in her summoning her Saber-class Servant, Charlemagne.
- Damsel in Distress: Much like her fate in the original story, Asia is kidnapped by the fallen angels, who covet her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing.
- Foil: Asia and Valerie both grow by learning to hope and break out of their troubling situations. But while Asia is saved by Charlie's kindness, Vlad pushes Valerie into repaying blood with blood and taking vengeance upon her family for what they did to her.
- Healing Hands: Her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing, allows her to heal anyone by applying its effects via her hands. It's special for its ability to heal humans, angels, and devils without exception. Azazel is interested in it for this reason.
- Keep the Reward: When Asia heals the citizens of a small town, they thank her and pay her with food and money. Asia tries to refuse the money, but Charlie points out that they need funds to get supplies and get a flight to Japan, so she relents.
- Protectorate: Like all Servants, Charlie swears to protect Asia no matter what. It's made more apparent because he sees firsthand her desperation from fleeing from the Church, reinforcing his feelings.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Charlie lambastes himself for failing to protect Asia from the fallen angels sent to kidnap her, only catching up to her after the fact and calling himself a failure of a Servant. Asia reassures him that he isn't a failure and that he's just him.
Valerie Tepes
The dhampir daughter of King Tepes, the leader of the Tepes clan of vampires.
- Foil: Asia and Valerie both grow by learning to hope and break out of their troubling situations. But while Asia is saved by Charlie's kindness, Vlad pushes Valerie into repaying blood with blood and taking vengeance upon her family for what they did to her.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Valerie is the daughter of the king of the Tepes faction and a human woman. Because of this, Valerie possesses a Longinus while also having the abilities of a vampire.
- Last of His Kind: Valerie becomes the last member of Clan Tepes after murdering Marius, as Vlad had already murdered the rest of her family.
- Mythology Gag: Valerie's Servant is Vlad III, whose appearance is his Dracula form from the Fate/Apocrypha manga adaptation. After freeing herself from the Tepes Faction, she wears a white turtleneck, a long purple skirt, and black leggings to brave the Romanian cold, making her a dead ringer for a certain True Ancestor.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: Vlad and Valerie's slaughter of Clan Tepes is horrific to behold, especially with Valerie draining every last bit of blood from Marius' body in a mad rage. But given how they caged her, used her as a tool, and showed no concern for her after her very soul is damaged by their schemes, it's hard to feel bad for them.
- Public Domain Artifact: The Servants are summoned to the DxD world by Valerie Tepes' Longinus, Sephiroth Graal, this world's edition of the Holy Grail. In an effort to satisfy her deepest wish to be saved from her fate, it accessed the records of the Holy Grail Wars from other timelines and created an imperfect replica to bring Servants into the world.
- Self-Made Orphan: Valerie is nudged by her own Servant into drinking blood and slaughtering all of Clan Tepes for using her a disposable tool.
- Vegetarian Vampire: As a dhampyr, Valerie isn't as reliant on blood for survival, and is disgusted by the thought of drinking it. This ends after Vlad makes her drink the blood of the other vampires to ensure her survival, leaving her horrified by what she's done until she succumbs to her base instincts.
Le Fay Pendragon
A member of the Hero Faction and a descendant of the legendary King Arthur and Morgan le Fay. Le Fay is a powerful witch and the master of Lancer.
- Famous Ancestor: Le Fay Pendragon is the descendant of Arthur Pendragon, better known as King Arthur of Camelot. Fittingly enough, she summons an alternate version of her ancestor in Lancer.
Tobio Ikuse
Slash Dog
A human agent of Grigori and the holder of Canis Lykaon, one of the thirteen original Longinus. He finds himself the Master of Archer.
- Absurd Cutting Power: Canis Lykaon is able to produce blades that can cut through virtually anything, from solid materials to the fabric of space-time to even concepts themselves.
- Action Pet: Canis Lykaon, nicknamed Jin, is Tobio's Longinus. Jin is able to produce blades that can cut through nearly anything, as well as fight independently of Tobio if necessary.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Tobio and Archer can't stand each other, as Tobio is one of Azazel's most loyal agents, while Archer frowns on human reliance on the supernatural and desires to see humanity reach its full potential with its own hands.
- Red Baron: "Slash Dog", for owning the Longinus Canis Lykaon.
- World's Strongest Man: Due to his mastery of one of the thirteen Longinus, Tobio is considered one of the strongest humans alive.
Sona Sitri
The Student Council President of Kuoh Academy and heiress to the Sitri Clan. She is Rias's childhood friend and often calculates strategies as King of her Peerage. She is the Master of Assassin.
- Childhood Friend: She's Rias' oldest friend.
- Token Non-Human: She's the only Master revealed so far who is not human or part human.
Servants
Charlemagne (Saber)
King of the Franks
The Servant of the Sword and heroic king from the Song of Roland. Though in actuality, he is more of a fictional character, an image crafted of chivalry and knighthood based on the historical Karl de Grobe. Though no longer a shadow of the historical king, he nonetheless carries his memories and vows to become the hero Asia desires in her hour of need.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Charlie dons this look before jumping on a plane to Japan, buying a leather jacket, over a white shirt with dark slacks and combat boots. While he looks the part, he doesn't act it, as he retains his good manners when speaking to a lady. All he cares about is that he looks cool while wearing it.
- Always Save the Girl: Charlie's knightly instincts prevent him from refusing the requests of a Damsel in Distress, resulting in him being easily led out of the Italian village and away from Asia.
- Beneath the Mask: As shown several times in the story, while Charlie genuinely is a nice if dorky knight, his inner musings show he's somewhat harsh on himself and is haunted by Karl der Grobe's actions in life- whom Charlie is a part of, and thus has his memories.
- Became Their Own Antithesis: Charlie laments that the historical Karl was much like Charlie in his youth, but the realities of ruling as a king hardened Karl's heart as he sought to bring world peace by any means necessary.
- Blue Is Heroic: Charlie's primary color motif is blue, and he's as heroic as they come.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Charlie notes that Asia's faith and work ethic exceeds some of his own knights. When Asia gasps in surprise, he reminisces about Roland's streaking incident and the time Bradamante went crazy with a shudder, but they're all heroes who enshrined their names in legend for their incredible feats.Asia: I always thought knights were…
Charlie: Disciplined? Serious? Not fun? Hah! My guys were pretty great – not a boring moment at all! But… Roland really could’ve done without the streaking incident. Oh, don’t let me forget that one-time Bradamante just went crazy. [shudders] Boy, that was a heck of a clean-up. - The Champion: Upon his summoning, Charlie quickly realizes that Asia is a scared, lonely girl who doesn't know who she can turn to. Because of this and their Servant-Master contract, Charlie swears to be her hero who will protect her no matter what.
- The Charmer: Charlie's Bishōnen good looks and Holy Roman Emperor skill makes it easy for him to charm the receptionist at the airport into letting him buy a pair of tickets to Japan for him and Asia at the last minute. It takes him all of five seconds to get the lady blushing and soon she's gossiping to the other employees about him once she hands him the tickets.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: As the heroic king from the Song of Roland, Charlie always wants to lend a helping hand to those in need, and his dearest wish is to truly be someone's salvation rather than ruling coldly as Karl did. The moment he heard Asia's prayer for help, he came running to her aid."From the very bottom of his heart…Charlemagne wanted to save someone."
- Cool Sword:
- Charlie's personal sword is Joyeuse, a holy sword that can only be wielded by him through his Holy Knight Emperor skill. It's powerful enough to easily kill a Fallen Angel like Kalawarner, while its full activation, Joyeuse Ordre, is an A-Rank Anti-Army Noble Phantasm.
- Charlie is also able to use Durandal, the indestructible sword wielded by the greatest of his Twelve Paladins, Roland. Its raw destructive power collapses an entire church and levels the surrounding area to the point that it's impossible to tell that a building once stood there.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Charlemagne tells Asia to call him by his class, Saber, to avoid revealing his identity to others, especially if other Servants like him have been summoned to fight in a strange Holy Grail War. He eventually relents when he realizes that she's not comfortable with this, telling her to call him Charlie instead.
- Foil:
- Charlemagne and Vlad stand as polar opposites to one another.
- Charlie takes the role of Asia's protector, being kind, affable, and encouraging while defending her from danger. Meanwhile, Vlad urges Valerie to take matters into her own hands and is aloof and demanding of her.
- Charlie is a Knight in Shining Armor who wields a Hyperspace Arsenal of holy weapons as well as the ability to produce holy light with his Mana Burst (Light) skill. Vlad has taken the form of the vampiric Dracula named after him, brutally impaling his opponents on stakes and taking on all the qualities of a Prince of Darkness.
- Charlemagne is remembered in history as one of the Nine Worthies and a valiant defender of Christianity despite Karl being a cold control freak obsessed with world peace, while Vlad III was a valiant if brutal defender of his home remembered in history as a monster for his bloody acts in the name of defending his home before becoming the inspiration for the vampiric Dracula.
- Even their color schemes are opposites, as Charlie's armor is mostly white with black accents to match his dark hair, Vlad's mostly black outfit is contrasted by his light hair.
- Charlemagne and Vlad stand as polar opposites to one another.
- Future Me Scares Me: In a sense. Charlie represents Karl der Grobe's childhood fantasies of being the epitome of chivalry while going on fantastical adventures as depicted in the Song of Roland. However, he still has all of Karl's memories, including his slaughter of thousands in pursuit of unifying Europe and bringing world peace. He's disgusted with Karl's actions, seeing himself as one and the same, but can act scarily like Karl when he's truly angry.
- Good Is Not Soft: Charlie is a cheery Knight in Shining Armor who wants nothing more than to protect women and children, promote peace and understanding, and look cool while doing it. But he's one aspect of Karl der Grobe, who led a brutal conquest of most of modern Europe to be crowned the Holy Roman Emperor. After realizing that Kalawarner played him like a fiddle to lure him away from Asia, he skips the niceties and instantly severs her leg with Trap of Argalia before running her through with Joyeuse.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Charlie prefers to use his trusty Joyeuse, a holy sword of considerable power. But he's willing to use the armaments of his paladins too, as shown when he pulls out Astolfo's Trap of Argalia against Kalawarner.
- Hyperspace Arsenal: Charlie is able to call upon the signature weapons of his Twelve Paladins in addition to Joyeuse. He pulls out Astolfo's and Bradamante's Trap of Argalia as well as Roland's Durandal while fighting the fallen angels.
- In a Single Bound: In an effort to catch up to the fallen angels kidnapping Asia, Charlie pours his Mana Burst (Light) skill into his legs to leap from rooftop to rooftop.
- I Owe You My Life: At the end of Extella Link, the dying Charlie revealed that he was not actually a Heroic Spirit, just a shadow of Karl der Grobe that would cease to exist once Karl died. His Master, Hakuno Kishinami, used the Regalia to turn him into a genuine Heroic Spirit that would inhabit the Throne of Heroes. The grateful Charlie promised to honor her by proving himself a worthy hero.
- Knight in Shining Armor: Charlie is a rather lighthearted take on this trope. He wants to be a heroic knight, but he's concerned with looking cool and is a bit of an airhead. Nevertheless, he will do the right thing if it calls for it.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: The story makes no pretenses that Charlie and Karl der Grobe are anything but different aspects of the same individual, nor does it hide their connection to Velber.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Charlie feels a powerful magical energy signature emanating from Kyoto while flying from Italy to Kuoh. This is when he realizes that other Servants have been summoned, and one, likely a Caster, has already made a powerful Territory in the old Japanese capital.
- There's No Kill like Overkill: Charlie could have easily finished off Raynare and Dohnaseek by running them through with his weapons, but chose to invoke their True Names to obliterate them with overwhelming firepower out of revenge for his Master's treatment.
- The Paladin: Charlie led the order of Twelve Paladins that became the Trope Namer. Charlie himself is Knight in Shining Armor and can imbue his attacks with his Mana Burst (Light) skill for a burst of additional power and defense as well add a devastating anti-demon effect. Even fallen angels can be incinerated by the light of his holy swords.
- Pretty Boy: Charlie's princely good looks make it a cinch for him to get a receptionist blushing and order a pair of tickets to Japan at the last minute.
- Rule of Cool: Charlie's Over the Royal Road skill boosts his strength when he does things he believes are "kingly" and "cool" while weakening him if he does things that are "uncool". He's feels wounded when Asia asks him to keep up his charming, bad boy front for a bit, as it implies that his normal attitude is uncool.
Berserker (Vlad III)
Prince of Wallachia
The Servant of Madness and the Prince of Wallachia morphed by the nature of his summoning into the vampiric being known as Dracula. Vlad Tepes III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, is the Berserker-class Servant of Valerie Tepes.
- Became Their Own Antithesis: Vlad III is summoned as the vampire he wishes to divorce his identity from.
- Foil: Charlemagne and Vlad stand as polar opposites to one another.
- Charlie takes the role of Asia's protector, being kind, affable, and encouraging while defending her from danger. Meanwhile, Vlad urges Valerie to take matters into her own hands and is aloof and demanding of her.
- Charlie is a Knight in Shining Armor who wields a Hyperspace Arsenal of holy weapons as well as the ability to produce holy light with his Mana Burst (Light) skill. Vlad has taken the form of the vampiric Dracula named after him, brutally impaling his opponents on stakes and taking on all the qualities of a Prince of Darkness.
- Charlemagne is remembered in history as one of the Nine Worthies and a valiant defender of Christianity despite Karl being a cold control freak obsessed with world peace, while Vlad III was a valiant if brutal defender of his home remembered in history as a monster for his bloody acts in the name of defending his home before becoming the inspiration for the vampiric Dracula.
- Even their color schemes are opposites, as Charlie's armor is mostly white with black accents to match his dark hair, Vlad's mostly black outfit is contrasted by his light hair.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Even as a vampiric Berserker, Vlad the Impaler heavily prefers to kill his enemies with his trademark stakes, skewering all of Clan Tepes for daring to bear his name as the creatures he despises most.
- Irony: Vlad III gets summoned as his vampiric Berserker form by Valerie Tepes, the very being Vlad despises most despite sharing their surname. He outright says that had she summoned him into this form on purpose, he'd have murdered her on the spot even if it resulted in his own death.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Vlad III's biting criticisms of Valerie's passivity are painfully true, and he rarely offers words of encouragement to her. Despite this, he cares for his Master's well-being and tries to guide her into making her own decisions and pushing her to free herself from Clan Tepes.
- Out-of-Character Alert: As a Berserker, Vlad III's Mad Enhancement is at EX. But he's perfectly lucid since his Mad Enhancement is entirely devoted to making him accept being a vampire and using its powers freely, as it would be insane for him otherwise. Even then, it's clear that he's not happy about it.
- Stern Teacher: Vlad III takes a mentor role to Valerie, but he offers neither sympathy nor sweet words to make her feel better. He instead urges her to get her hands dirty if it means accomplishing her goals and nudges her into deciding things for herself for once.
Lancer
The Storm King
The Servant of the Spear and an alternate version of the King of Knights, King Arthur. Arturia Pendragon is the Lancer-class Servant of Le Fay Pendragon.
- Bodyguarding a Badass: Lancer's Master is Le Fay Pendragon, a powerful witch, a member of the Hero Faction, and a descendant of King Arthur and the original Morgan Le Fay.
- Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Artoria Alter has every opportunity to ambush Charlie after he's already exhausted himself using multiple Noble Phantasms as part of his vengeance against the fallen angels. But she tells Le Fay that they'll be fighting on equal terms when she takes his life.
- Pretender Diss: The Artoria Alter summoned as Lancer calls the Excalibur wielded by the King Arthur of the DxD world a false sword for being broken, considering it a pale imitation of the crystallization of glory wielded by the King Arthur of her history.
Archer
Demon King of the Sixth Heaven
The Servant of the Bow and the leader of the Oda clan also known as the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga is the Archer-class Servant of Tobio Ikuse.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Nobu displays some of her gag tendencies from her original appearances, but also makes it painfully clear that she refuses to take orders from anyone other than her Master, showing particular contempt for devils, fallen angels, and gods. She underscores the point by continually shooting the same spot over and over while showcasing her more serious tendencies from when she was alive.
- Bodyguarding a Badass: Archer's Master is Tobio Ikuse, owner of the Longinus Canis Lykaon and one of the five strongest humans on the planet.
- Nay-Theist: Nobu believes in the power of humanity to rise up and solve its own problems and refuses to acknowledge the authority of Fallen Angels, Devils, or any other races.
Assassin
Demon Fist Master
The Servant of Assassination and the foremost master of Chinese Bajiquan, Li Shuwen is the Assassin-class Servant of Sona Sitri.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: When he meets Akeno, she comes to the conclusion that he's Sona's new Rook. He doesn't refute this, simply declining to say more.
Grigori
Azazel
Arrogance of God
The Governor-General of the fallen angels and Tobio Ikuse's boss.
- Fallen Angel: He's the leader of all fallen angels and one of the most powerful around.
- The Leader: He's the highest-ranked member of the fallen angels.
- Otaku: Shemhazai accuses him of being obsessed with Japanese culture, which is costing the Grigori a small fortune.
Other
King Tepes
The king and ruler of the male-dominated Clan Tepes faction of vampires.
- Abusive Parents: He uses his own daughter Valerie as a tool for strengthening Clan Tepes, forcing her to use her Longinus to remove the weaknesses of his fellow vampires and even summon the souls of the Evil Dragons despite the harm that comes to her because of this.
