The cast of Oceanfalls. Beware of unmarked spoilers below.
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The Main Characters
The Main Party
The group as a whole
Counterclockwise from the left: Reed, Nino, Five, Aria, and Mei. Click here to see their appearances in Act 3
"Truly, your appearances are now befitting those of heroes!"The Mainest of the main 3 parties and the ones we follow for most of the story
- Four-Temperament Ensemble
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Nino with Mei and Reed, at least at first.
- Nino and Mei initially work together since they were both wanted by Kaji, and had several moments of stress, but she chose to stick around after it was no longer an issue, solidifying them as genuine friends.
- Reed, meanwhile, works with Nino solely to beat Kaji, but they butt heads when Reed wants to leave Nino and Mei behind to take Five and Aria to the lab. Reed relents at Five's insistence, and although they do have their lighter moments, the two are still mainly in an alliance of convenience.
Nino
Pictured: Nino. No, despite what the pointing and sparkles suggest, this is not Kris.
(Major Act 3 spoiler) Click here to see the Phantom
Click here to see his new appearance in Act 3
(Major Act 3 spoiler) Click here to see the Phantom
Click here to see his new appearance in Act 3
A lost, amnesiac human boy and the protagonist of the story.
- Amnesiac Hero: He can't recall why he's in the forest, how he got to the monster world from the human world, or who he was before he woke up.
- Brutal Honesty: Can be this sometimes. After he and Five talk after he forgets her, he outright admits he wouldn't know if she did anything to deserve being forgotten, which doesn't raise her spirits to say the least.
- Butt-Monkey: He has pretty bad luck in Act 1, falling out of trees, getting juked by a note, being mugged by maids, and almost getting killed by Corona. Thankfully for him, his luck picks up in Act 2.
- Extreme Omnivore: When he wakes up famished and has to wait several minutes for Aria to present the muffins, he starts eating Five's drawing and crayons in desperation. Subverted, as it was just an Imagine Spot. Although... those crayons were starting to look tasty...
- First Blood: Nino tends to take the diplomatic path in every situation, but Kotori is the first person he actively attacks and harms.
- Healing Hands: Nino's ability is this. It's even called that by name.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: A sword is his weapon of choice.
- Idiot Hair: Has a single noticeable spike on his tussled hair.
- Martial Pacifist: He's handy with a sword, but usually tries to go the diplomatic route first. Even against Kotori, he only strikes to stun rather than kill.
- Morality Pet: Five seems to be this to him, and is shown to never be outright rude to her even after his second bout of amnesia and becoming more of a jerk, just being blunt at worst.
- Split Personality: The Phantom, also known as Cape Nino or simply "him", is an entity that has appeared in Nino's dreams and argues he should be more selfish, that his friends will only hold him back, but especially that in the end, Nino only has himself, so he can never trust his allies. He claims that he's just a part of Nino, but it's unknown if he's being genuine.
- Empty Eyes: The Phantom himself. Nino also gets this treatment whenever he's shown acting in ways that align with the Phantom's mentality.
Five
Pictured: Five, with a smile bright enough to use as a flashlight.
A banished monster who is found and rescued by Nino.
- Children Are Innocent: Friendly, caring for her friends, and doesn't seem to have a malevolent bone in her body.
- Cute Little Fangs: Not always prominent, but they make the occasional
appearance. - Dark and Troubled Past: She got banished, presumably for being a weak monster.
- Driven to Suicide: Though it's not stated directly, it's heavily implied that Five was trying to kill herself to undo her transformation before Nino healed her.
- Morality Pet: See Nino's entry for more details.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: "Five" doesn't seem to be her real name.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted. Five doesn't turn out to be dangerous at all, despite her red eyes.
- Third-Person Person: Almost always refers to herself in third person. However, her not speaking in third person is a clear sign something is very very wrong.
- Verbal Tic: Speaks in third person and pauses a lot. She slowly drops the latter as the story progresses.
Aria Elwyn
Pictured: Aria, a girl with golden hair and an equally golden heart.
Click here to see her new appearance in Act 3
Click here to see her new appearance in Act 3
A human girl who grew up in the monsters' world. Has a dog companion named Ludwig.
- Beware the Nice Ones: When she gets angry, she's much more of a threat than she looks.
- Canine Companion: Ludwig, a "ghost dog" to be precise.
- Conveniently an Orphan: After the war, under the reign of the new prince of the monster world, every human, including her mother, was eliminated.
- Friendless Background: Kind of. She grew up in the monster world always pretending to be a monster, which made it difficult to connect to others. She at least appears to be friends with Kotori, until Kotori betrays her.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Aria is very kind and compassionate, in addition to having the brightest blonde hair among the main characters.
- Heroic BSoD: When Kotori betrays and exposes her.
- Master of Disguise: Her ability. She disguises herself as a monster to blend in with the monster world.
- Mysterious Past: It's initially unknown why she lives in the monster world, despite being a human. She later explains that before the Human-Monster War, there was nothing stopping humans or monsters from living in the other's world other than prejudice
- Nice Girl: Polite, friendly, and accomodating to a fault.
- Precision F-Strike: Shows distaste for crude language, but even she lets out a swear while telling her troubling backstory to Nino.
- Team Mom: She definitely has shades of this.
Meimona Corvus
Pictured: Mei, in the panel that got a lot of people into this comic.
Click here to see her new appearance in Act 3
Click here to see her new appearance in Act 3
A winged thief living on icicle bay, who joins Nino's side after he finds her cat Boyfriend and discover they're both being chased by Kaji.
- Acrophobic Bird: As per most winged, she can fly whenever she wants. Emphasis on can, as flying uses up her divinity, which she's trying to save up so she can go home.
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Her first ability revolves around this. If someone believes she's capable of something or thinks something about her hard enough, it'll turn out to be true. She's used this to her advantage on several occasions, but of particuler note, to give herself Super-Strength twice.
- Nino later becomes confused at this, as even though he knows her ability is solely fueled by belief, she retains her powers gained from it after he learns about it. Mei explains that "seeing is believing", so since Nino had visual affirmation, even though his conscience says otherwise, his mind took what it saw as pure fact, so he believes even without consciously deciding to.
- Curtains Match the Window: Like all winged, Mei has orange eyes. This matches especially well with her bright orange hair.
- Genius Ditz: Genius enough to very easily come up with plans on the fly and use sudden changes to her advantage, but ditzy enough to make little to no sense while doing any of it and also easily forget where she put her cat (to the point of looking under a colossal boulder for him).
- Heavenly Blue: She's an angel and her color is blue. Not much else to say about it.
- Justified Criminal: At the end of the day, she's only stealing as much as she is because she and her cat have gotta eat as much as anyone. She also can't get a regular job since nobody ever taught her how.
- Large Ham: She's dramatic to say the least.
- Odd Name Out: Her name is the only one in the party who doesn't fit the 4-letter pattern of the rest of the group, and it also has roots in a non-European language (Arabic).
- Lovable Rogue: She is a thief, but you can't deny she looks good doing it. The fact that she's a Justified Criminal helps her case.
- Perpetual Molt: Noticably more so than other avian winged.
- Plucky Girl: Mei is a strongly optimistic hero and determined to get through any obstacle. Even after Nino starts manipulating Aria so they can go to the monster world, she still trusts that he's doing what he thinks is best for everyone and won't just forget about them.
Reed Lumen
A human boy who stumbles on Five and later Aria in the forest of illusions, and agrees to help them get to the human world.
- Arm Cannon: Reed has prosthetic arms which can fire concentrated blasts of air or heat attacks.
- Badass Normal: He, as of editing this, has never once used his ability if he has one at all. However, his robotic arms and greater experience than the rest of the group means he doesn't really need to.
- Book Dumb: Flashbacks to his childhood reveal that he's this, but he's remarkably intelligent in other areas.
- Deadpan Snarker: Where the heck do you even start with him?
- Disappeared Dad: No, Zachary is not dead, he's "currently unavailable", despite what reports claim. In fact, the whole reason he found Aria and Five in the first place is because he was looking for him.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's very abrasive, but not a bad person. Despite initially thinking of Five and Ludwig as Aria's "baggage", even refusing to call any of them by name at first, he still helps them when Aria makes it clear she's not leaving them behind. Aria and Five both grow on him as well, to the point that he gets outright physical against Nino when he casually suggests the rest of the group could just leave her behind.
- Only Sane Man: Most of the time, he's the one playing this role in the group. Though, that isn't say he never joins in on their antics.
- Parental Neglect: His parents didn't care for him much, and only gave any real attention to his older sister Ruby. It's implied that part of the reason he cares for his little sister Eidolon is so she can have the normal childhood he never did.
- Promoted to Parent: Reed's conversations with Eidolon reveal that he's had to step up to take care of her after the disappearance of their parents.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Take a look at this image◊. It's pretty easy to tell who his parents are.
The Monster Party
Prince Suvillan
Pictured: Suvillan, evil and loving it.
The prince of the monster world and the primary antagonist.
- Affably Evil: Initially appears as this...
- Faux Affably Evil: ...until he discovers Kotori's secret.
- Evil Is Bigger/Large and in Charge: Official concept art reveals that he is 6'4.
- Mirror Character: To Ruit. See below for more details.
- Obviously Evil: His red, black, and fiery introduction exudes evil.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Most depictions of him show him cloaked with red and black.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Wears a fancy white suit coupled with a black heart.
- Slouch of Villainy: Introduced in such a pose on his throne.
- Would Hurt a Child: Forced Five's friend to banish her, just for being a weak monster.
Kotori
Pictured: Kotori, with her spear.
A local guard around Aria's town.
- Curtains Match the Window: Kotori has the bright red eyes of a monster in addition to bright ruby hair.
- First Blood: Nino has always been shown to take the diplomatic path in every situation, but Kotori is the first person he actively attacks and harms.
- Lawful Stupid: Well, more like lawful ignorant. As a guard, she's determined to punish "illegal things," even though she doesn't seem to have a very concrete idea of what is illegal.
- The Napoleon: She's short and furious.
- Offscreen Breakup: Had one with Solis long before the story began. They do their best to get along.
Solis Ardor
Pictured on the right.
Five's (former) friend and a royal guard of Suvillan's. He once worked as a paralegal.
- Offscreen Breakup: Broke up with Kotori off-screen before the story started.
- One Head Taller: Kotori is 5'0, while Solis is 5'11.
- Playing with Fire: As the heir apparent for the regional lordship of Niyran, Solis is just one of a proud line of people with fire abilities.
- The Snark Knight: World weary? Yep. Pessimistic? Indeed. Snarky? Absolutely.
- Viewer Gender Confusion: He's a guy, but he's got such pretty eyelashes and long-ish hair...
Corona Andromede
The head of the monster royal guard, working closely with and directly under prince Suvillan. She is Solis and Kotori's boss.
- Chained by Fashion: Has two handcuff chains on her hands.
- Dark Action Girl: Corona is as badass as she is terrifying.
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: Her wings are bat-like and add to her mysterious nature.
- Holy Halo: Has a very broken-looking one. Possibly an indication of being a Fallen Angel.
- Hidden Depths: Despite being unambiguously evil, it seems that she really does care about Suvillan, Kotori, and even Solis when she isn't messing with him.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: She's snarky, dark-skinned, and the third tallest character behind Suvillan with a height of 6'0 feet.
- Would Hurt a Child: A possible conclusion from Nino's flashback.
The Human Party
Prince Ruit
The prince of the human world.
- Adorkable: He can be this sometimes.
- Benevolent Boss: Yeah, but this is regarded as a weakness by other nobles.
- Break the Haughty: In the past, he was a huge bully and rather self-aggrandizing. Joining in the Human-Monster War, losing an eye and arm in combat, losing his mother in the war, and then being thrust into the position of ruler, all seemingly in the same year has, needless to say, flipped this on its head. Best put by this quote from the discord.Ruit's old problem was "BITCH I AM THE BEST PERSON IN THIS STINKY WORLD" and his current problem is "I am but a humble garbage can in the guise of a ruler"
- Exotic Eye Designs: In keeping with the humans' diamond theme, Ruit — like all human royals — has sapphire blue eyes with diamond-shaped pupils.
- Hidden Heart of Gold: Nino calls him a very strict ruler, but this is later revealed to be a ploy. According to Lune, the public image of Ruit is significantly more "cold and domineering" compared to the real him: a kindhearted geek who tends to sleep in, has a huge sweet tooth, and prefers Manga to aristocratic literature. He never orders servants, only requests things of them, and treats all of his subordinates with kindness. Additionally, he tries to be like the public version of him, which he himself considers cooler than his actual self, though Lune claims otherwise.
- Kuudere: A rare male example. He goes to great lengths to act like a cold and domineering ruler in public, but is secretly much more caring than his P.R suggests. Best shown here, when he tries to get info out of Lune about if Kaji is doing well without directly mentioning him.
- Large and in Charge: Even more so than Suvillan; he's 6'6.
- Mind over Matter: Ruit's special ability is telekinesis, denoted by blue diamond-shaped sparkles.
- Mirror Character: Seems to be one to Suvillan. Whereas Suvillan in the past was shy and timid while Ruit was a haughty bully, currently Ruit has self-esteem issues while Suvillan is confident and significantly worse than Ruit ever was.
- Best showed by the contrast between his and Suvillan's throne rooms◊. Suvillan's throne is higher than the entrance while Ruit's is lower. Also, the painting of Ruit in Suvillan's room is totally destroyed while the painting of Suvillan in Ruit's is untouched
- Best showed by the contrast between his and Suvillan's throne rooms
- Reformed Bully: Implied. As shown by several flashbacks to the lab, he seems to have been rather mean to the then timid Suvillan, but these days is very kind to those around him. Though, we haven't actually seen his thoughts about Suvillan.
- Royal Brat: He was this back in the labs. He got better with age though.
- Warrior Prince: Most definitely, considering he fought in the human monster war.
Lune Umbra
Head of the human royal guards and loyal servant to Prince Ruit. She was also once a friend of Five, who nicknamed her "Guard".
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Lune nearly died during the War of the Barrier Breach by overexerting her ability. This is implied to be part of the reason Ruit worries about her so much.
- Dual Wielding: Seems to be her weapon of choice.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: This is likely the reason her hair was longer in the past.
- Number Two: Ruit's right-hand woman, head of the royal guard, and easily one of the most powerful people in the human kingdom.
- Purple Is Powerful: As a descendant of the Umbra Clan, Lune was put through rigorous and brutal military training as a child, leading to her achieving Resonance with her ability at a relatively young age.
- Self-Duplication: Lune's ability allows her to make copies of herself and her swords, which she uses to great effect in battle. Because of this, she's gained the moniker of "The Army of One".
- The Stoic: She's like this even in flashbacks to the lab.
Kaji Pyxis
A winged working as sea patrol in the human world. He is Ruit's subordinate.
- 0% Approval Rating: At first, pretty much everyone in Icicle Bay hates him since he continuously failed to capture Mei. This turns around pretty fast once Mei turns herself in.
- An Ice Person: One of Kaji's abilities lets him control ice, which he uses to throw up walls of solid ice or create ice shards to use as projectiles.
- Curtains Match the Window: Kaji has a winged's orange eyes in addition to light orange hair.
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Kaji's bangs purposefully cover his blind left eye, since looking at it often causes others to be uncomfortable.
- Holy Halo: Is noticeably missing one. The comment about "a lack of a divine mark" may refer to this. This is later expanded on during his talk with Nino, he lost it along with his divinity when he defied the Prosperous and fell from the Overworld.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: As revealed in the bar conversation, he can't remember why he defied the Prosperous after he fell to the Midworld, and as such, can only guess as to why he did so.
- Seers: As the former guide to the Queen, Kaji once had the ability to see the "correct" path to take to accomplish any goal the Queen desired. However, this is rendered moot when he blinds himself in defiance to her and gets banished to the Midworld.
- Viewer Gender Confusion: His hair is very long and tied up in three small ponytails.
- What the Hell Is That Accent?: Kaji speaks in an odd mishmash of accents, mainly resembling Irish. This is later revealed to be fake, as Nino notes during their bar discussion.
- AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle: Always stresses the "n" in "Damn".
Others
Assorted Humans
Diana A. Xayasith (AKA Sis)
Five's former nurse and assistant to Professor Zachary L.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Had no qualms about drinking in front of a child like Five.
- Motherly Scientist: Five's recalls Diana as this, which is why she nicknamed her "Sis".
- Muggle with a Degree in Magic: As shown in the flashback featuring her, she knew quite a bit about how abilities work, despite being unable to awaken one.
Lady Oshen
A warrior who ended the war between humans and monsters by using her ability to separate both sides.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Using her ability to create the barrier instantly killed her, but ensured safety for the worlds.
- Pimped-Out Cape: Has one in the book's illustrations, and pretty much all other depictions of her has one.
- World's Best Warrior: By the time Oshen died, she was already the most famous warrior in the Human world. Her death only cemented her as, in the words of Lacia, "humankind's ultimate heroine."
Icicle Bay Inhabitants
Lacia
One of many seafolk, a mermaid, who resides on Icicle Bay.
- Hopeless Suitor: Implied. She has a crush on Kaji and is the one who Mei delivered the love letter for. Unfortunately, since winged are mostly loveless due to their society, it doesn't paint a very hopeful picture. Practically confirmed with the April fools special
General Race Tropes
Humans
One of the main races in Oceanfalls. Humans populate the human world, and are implied to dislike monsters and fear them. Humans are weaker than monsters, but are more technologically advanced.
- Born Under the Sail: From what we've seen of them, they've had to adapt quite a bit to most of their world being covered in oceans.
- Fantastic Slurs: As far as Suvillan is concerned, they are Mosquitos.
- Higher-Tech Species\Humanity Is Advanced: Considering they have a working internet and Artificial Limbs, they're this to everyone else
- Human Subspecies: The Umbra, humans with far more powerful abilities than average.
Monsters
Monsters are another main race in Oceanfalls. They populate the monster world, and have been shown to actively dislike humans. Monsters are stronger than humans, but less technologically advanced.
- Fantastic Racism: More so than just about any other race. Despite the Winged and Celestials declaring that humans and monsters are equal, the monsters were not willing to accept it, and by the time the comic starts, still aren't.
- Horned Humanoid: The most noticeable feature separating them from humans are the horns on top of their heads.
- Long-Lived: Downplayed Trope, as while humans live only 100 years, monsters live around 150.
- Not Quite Human: Horns, red eyes, but not much else.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: One of the other features in all monsters.
Winged
The 3rd main race in Oceanfalls. Monsters seem to believe that winged are capable of granting wishes. They are said to be more powerful than both monsters and humans, having the potential to awaken more than one ability. They live in the Overworld, which has been separated from Midworld by the barrier.
- The Armies of Heaven: The Valkyries, who, despite their namesake, only come down to the Midworld when the laws and customs of war are broken. War almost always ends between humans and monsters soon after, and they're said to be revered by both races.
- Bizarre Alien Psychology: It has been said by Mei that winged are loveless beings, but this has been expanded on by Word of God. In winged society, being detached from emotions and loveless is seen as part of being an "ideal" winged, meaning both romance and friendship are difficult for most winged (though romance is the biggest challenge). A number of them do deviate from this and try to learn about the love of humans and monsters, but the vast majority of winged view this as willingly developing a mental illness.
- Descriptively-Named Species: Take a guess.
- Exotic Eye Designs: In most cases, characters in the comic tend to be drawn with two-colored eyes, with a solid iris and a white pupil. The vast majority of Winged however tend to be drawn with black pupils.
- Long-Lived: Up to 300 years.
- Superior Species: In terms of abilities and lifespan.
- Winged Humanoid: You guessed right.
Seafolk
One of the minor races. Semi-aquatic humanoids who live in the oceans of the human world.
- Cthulhumanoid: Some of them are based on Cephalopods, particularly Warty.
- Curtains Match the Window: This seems to commonly be the case for Mermaids.
- Exotic Eye Designs: Zigzagged. Mermaids tend to range on the more ordinary end of the spectrum with dark, tinted pupils, and several of the seafolk do sport more elaborate eye designs, but there are seafolk who sport the standard white-pupilled eye.
- Fish People: They're more humanoid than most examples.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: Mermaids are a specific subset of Seafolk that are the only ones who can speak Human language. They tend to act as translators between the two.
- Our Sirens Are Different: One mermaid guy in Icicle Bay Getaway sadly muses how their ancestors used to lure human sailors to their deaths, but these days they're subservient to the humans they used to prey on.
- Sirens Are Mermaids: They used to be, anyway.
- Token Aquatic Race: It's even in the name!
