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Party Members
In general
- Back from the Dead: The recruitable characters that you missed in Disc 1 dies when the Ten Wise Man blow up planet Expel. However, they are all revived in the ending.
- Human Aliens: Claude is the only pure genetic human in the party. Most potential party members are from Expel, and are identical to humans save for some having more vibrant hair. Downplayed with Opera and Ernest, who have a third eye in their foreheads but otherwise also look completely human.
- Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Recruiting Ashton prevents you from obtaining Opera and Ernest, and choosing Precis prevents you from getting Bowman. Leon will only join you if you choose Claude as the protagonist, while Dias can only be recruited with Rena.
- Optional Party Member: Claude and Rena are the only mandatory party members. Everyone else is optional, and some characters cannot be recruited in the same playthrough.
- Space Elves: The Nedian characters, whose physical features are very similar to Tolkien elves.
Claude C. Kenny
Claude C. Kenny
Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese, remake), Hiro Yuki (Japanese, anime), Jimmy Freeman (English, original), Spike Spencer (English, remake), Matt Hill (English, anime)
His appearance in The Second Story R
The hero of the game. Son of Ronyx Kenny and Illia Silvestri, his desire to prove himself on his own merits leads him to get too close to an alien device that teleports him to an uncharted planet. There, he saves one of the local girls with his phaser, and is mistaken for a legendary hero.
- All Men Are Perverts: During a PA with Welch in Fun City, Claude can wind up buying what is obviously an adult magazine, admiring the cover girl and her assets, out loud. Welch was not surprised about it.
- Audience Surrogate: Claude is an earth human transported to an unknown magical land, and his immediate goal is to get back home.
- Badass Normal: He's pretty ordinary, but proves to be deadly with a sword on skill alone.
- Butt-Monkey: Not as bad as Ashton, but several PAs in Rena's storyline serves nothing more than to make jokes at Claude's expense.
- Chick Magnet: Every female party member can end up displaying some sort of attraction to him. Even at the same time (for example, a PA with Rena and Precis has the two arguing about him).
- Cool Big Bro: a mild variation with Leon if you recruit him (who coincidentally is only available as a permanent party member if you play as Claude)
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Gets rather irrational whenever he finds out Rena's hanging out with Dias.
- Deuteragonist: If Rena is chosen as the lead.
- Gone Horribly Right: Claude's repeated attempts to reach the Calnus with his communicator. By the time they finally got to him, it was the point that Claude didn't want to leave his new friends behind.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Primarily a swordsman, but he also has a couple fist techniques (some of which were also used by Illia).
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Like his mother, Claude is generally friendly and well-meaning, save some early moments of dickishness when Dias is involved.
- I Choose to Stay: Halfway through Ell, the Calnus has finally picked up Claude's communicator signal and they forcibly teleport him out of Expel. When Claude finds out from his father about the planet's approaching destruction, he asks to be sent back, but Ronyx uses his authority as admiral to put Claude in his place, believing it to be for Claude's own safety. Claude insists, using an excuse that he wants to say goodbye to his friends. Ronyx relents, but when Claude is sent back to Ell, he intentionally leaves behind his communicator so that they won't be able to track him again.
- One of his paired endings with Rena had him living in Expel with her after the events of the game. Rena asked Claude if he regretted not going back to Earth to which he answered that he was still on Expel because he wanted to. Subsequent games make it clear that this ending is non-canon. His paired ending with Celine also has him staying on Expel with her as they wander the world in search of ruins and its treasures. Another ending with Opera has him living with her on Tetragenes.
- Imagine Spot: The ladies once tried wondering where Claude got his fashion sense from, and then imagine him first in a knight's bulky armor, and after that, for some reason, in drag.
- I'm Standing Right Here: Flashbacks show multiple incidents where officers and other higher ranking people would discuss, while Claude was very obviously in earshot, how surely the only reason he's at the top of his class is because his professors are padding his grades to keep Ronyx happy, or how the only reason Claude is getting the opportunities he does because Ronyx is trying to prop up his service record.
- Instant Expert: Claude comes from a world of Deflector Shields and Frickin' Laser Beams... but since Heroes Prefer Swords, he takes to one instantly. It's by no means impossible for Claude to have prior Historical European Martial Arts training, but it's still not discussed one way or another.
- The Matchmaker: A PA sees Claude becoming one for Leon, who has expressed an interest in all the female party members.
- Nice Guy: One of his defining characteristics is being willing to help out people he barely knows.
- Oblivious to Love: Seems generally unaware of Precis' attempts to flirt with him. If Claude said that he had no girlfriend in one PA involving him, Rena, and Precis, he would be genuinely confused when a Love Triangle was forming between the three, much to Rena's chagrin.
- The Protagonist: The Player may choose Claude as their protagonist. Claude arguably is the more logical choice as he is an ideal Audience Surrogate, given that he is a human from earth.
- Shared Family Quirks: Shares traits with both his father, Ronyx, and his implied mother, Illia. He also has tendencies to rate his own battle performance out of a 10 point scale in his winning quotes, just like his mother Illia.
- Stepford Smiler: A flashback shows how Claude made himself sound more enthusiastic to be cruising on a starship for the first time than he actually was, even while the other officers tried to use him to put a good word toward his father. Since no one on Expel or Nede knows his father, he can be himself.
- Sword and Sorcerer: Him and Rena makes a Fighter and Healer pair.
- Token Human: Despite most of the playable characters appearing human, Claude is the only ACTUAL human in the entire party.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Claude struggles to prove himself to get out of his father's shadow.
Rena Lanford
Rena Lanford
Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Nana Mizuki (Japanese, remake), Mayumi Iizuka (Japanese, anime), Donna Mae Wong (English, original), Eden Riegel (English, remake), Nicole Bouma (English, anime)
Her appearance in The Second Story R
The heroine of the game. A cheerful young girl from the village of Arlia on the underdeveloped planet Expel. She possesses healing powers previously unknown to her world. One day, while visiting the nearby forest, she is attacked by a monster and rescued by a man wearing strange clothes and wielding a weapon that shoots a ray of light.
- Adaptational Wimp: Rena in the games has a lot of spunk for a White Magician Girl and she knows a good deal of hand to hand combat which explains why she chose knuckles as her melee weapon of choice, and eventually knows some offensive spells. In the manga adaptation, her offensive spells are gone, but at the very least, some of her hand to hand combat traits is retained. In the EX anime, Rena not only doesn't have offensive spells, she's even more inefficient in close combat, at least until that time she was Brainwashed and Crazy.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Celine will allude to this in one Private Action by telling Claude that Rena "can be a very jealous woman." This was shown if Welch was recruited when playing as Claude. Rena was not at all happy with the idea that Claude may be flirting with other women.
- Her anime counterpart in EX was more obvious about this as she was always pissed off whenever another girl (first Celine, later Precis) was flirting with Claude.
- Combat Medic: The main healer, but she's still good with her fists and light magic. By the time of Blue Sphere, Rena has completed medical school and regularly undertakes missions for the Federation alongside Claude.
- Curtains Match the Window: Blue hair and blue eyes. Rena's influence is implied to be why this became a permanent fixture of the Kenny family.
- Deuteragonist: If Claude is chosen as the lead.
- Dual Wielding: In Blue Sphere, Rena trades in her knuckles for knives.
- First Girl Wins: Rena is the first girl Claude meets in the story and, while he can end up with other party members, Star Ocean: Blue Sphere confirms that they are the Official Couple.
- Gene Hunting: She decided to investigate the Sorcery Globe because she thought she would discover her origins in the process.
- Happily Adopted: Even as she wants to learn her origins, she still loves her adoptive parents.
- He Is Not My Boyfriend: Gets annoyed when people mistake Claude for her boyfriend. Her reactions don't help at all.
- Hospital Hottie: Between The Second Story and Blue Sphere she attended medical school on Earth.
- Kung-Fu Wizard: With emphasis on the Wizard part. Rena is primarily a spellcaster, but she is also trained as a fist-fighter and is the best physical fighter of the four mage party members.
- Mage Species: As a Nedian, she doesn't need to tattoo herself to use symbology, particularly the healing spells that are completely alien to Expel.
- The Medic: Healing spells were previously unknown to the people of Expel.
- Morality Pet: To Dias, since they grew up together as childhood friends to the point of Dias treating her as a younger sister. Notably, she's pretty much the only character Dias treats with any proper decency, but even then he's still rather cold to her. She's also the only character who can goad him into doing something for her, even if he doesn't like it.
- Oblivious Adoption: Her adopted mother thought this was the case.
- Older Than They Look: Second Evolution makes her look quite young while giving her a voice befitting that of a young teen. She's 18.
- Orphan's Plot Trinket: Her pendant.
- Pointy Ears: They mark her as not being a native Expellian.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Rena looks almost exactly like her biological mother, Dr. Rhima.
- Sword and Sorcerer: The White Mage to Claude's swordsman.
- Teen Genius: It's not given as much attention as Leon and Precis, but Rena is clearly very intelligent given how quickly she adapts to advanced science and technology for someone who grew up on a medieval planet, and some of her Private Actions with Bowman also centre around her going to study at the university in Linga. It's discovered near the end of the game that Rena takes after her biological mother, one of the most brilliant scientists the Nedian race ever produced.
- In Blue Sphere, she apparently finished her medical education in less than two years and became a doctor.
- White Magician Girl: She is the main healer of the game.
Celine Jules
Celine Jules
Voiced by: Yuki Kaida (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Saki Nakajima (Japanese, remake), Mami Kingetsu (Japanese, anime), Kana Koinuma (English, original), Megan Hollingshead (English, remake), Venus Terzo (English, anime)
Her appearance in The Second Story R
A treasure hunting symbologist from the town of Marze. Claude and Rena run into her in the city of Krosse, arguing with another symbologist over a treasure map. She talks them into joining her on an expedition to a nearby cavern.
- Anti-Gravity Clothing: Celine's cape and hat-brim halo floats.
- Black Magician Girl: Celine is a Hot Witch who favors offensive spells.
- Blue Blood: Her family is aristocracy in her hometown.
- Bound and Gagged: During a Filler episode in the anime (not even in the manga, which the anime is based on) where the party got shipwrecked into an island infested with ghosts from a ghost ship, Celine ends up being captured, tied up, gagged and eventually put on an Unwilling Suspension. Justified Trope since she'd use her mouth for spell incantations, and her getup would've been the cue for the ghosts to silence her.
- Even the Girls Want Her: During a private action, Celine runs from a mob of amorous men wanting to shower her with love due to using an aphrodisiac she made. To her shock, it affected Rena.
- Exposed to the Elements: Downplayed at the snowy town of Princebridge where Celine showed discomfort at the cold. When Claude asks why doesn’t she simply put on more clothes, she responds it would be against her pride and principles.
- Hot Witch: A hot and sexy magic-user/symbologist.
- Impossibly Cool Clothes: Her costume is standard fare as far as RPG black magician girls go, but what the heck is up with the anti-grav shower curtain? Said outfit is a bit less impractical in the manga, but still.
- Kick Chick: Celine's jumping melee attack has her doing a jump kick.
- Lady of Black Magic: Celine is the textbook example; a blueblood with refined tastes who specializes in powerful offensive magic.
- Leg Focus: Celine teases to Claude that some of her power tattoos are on her legs and asks if he wanted to see.
- Likes Older Men: A downplayed example. When Ernest joins the party, Celine's starting romance rating for him is second only to Opera's. They're both 23 and he's 35.
- Ms. Exposition: Out of all the recruitable characters, she's the mostly likely to state important information in story events.
- Ms. Fanservice: Alongside Opera, Celine is the most endowed female in the game.
- Official Couple: Becomes the wife of Clauzer Krosse, and Queen of Krosse in the epilogue and in Blue Sphere. The Prime Minister of Expel at the time of the third game is implied to be their descendant.
- Power Tattoo: They allow her to use symbology.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: She becomes one of these in her special ending with the prince of Krosse. Blue Sphere confirms that this is canon.
- Talking Is a Free Action: In the anime, the surrounding tends to ignore her spell incantation, except during the Marze arc, where the enemy inflicts her with Silence in the middle of incantation.
- Verbal Tic: In games, she tends to put 'darling' in her sentences.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Bugs. But this is only in the EX anime for Celine-exclusive comedic gags; in other versions, she has no say about bugs.
- Younger Than They Look: This is partially due to the limitations of the PS1-era sprites, which apparently cannot capture her lavender hair. Instead, she just has white hair. This, combined with her unstoppable self-confidence, gives the impression she's got at least a decade on Claude and Rena. But in a Hilton Private Action, she claims to be 23.
Ashton Anchors
Ashton Anchors
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Akira Ishida (Japanese, remake), Tomokazu Seki (Japanese, anime), David Babich (English, original), Jeffrey Maxwell (English, remake), Gabe Khouth (English, anime)
His appearance in The Second Story R
A mercenary swordsman. He takes a job to hunt the two-headed dragon in the Salva mine, but is interrupted by Claude and Rena.
- Added Alliterative Appeal: Ashton Anchors, naturally.
- Amazon Chaser:
- In the anime at least, Ashton's dragons like a woman who can fight (ie. Opera with a rocket launcher, who ironically cannot join a party with Ashton around in the proper game).
- Ashton himself averts this, since he has more of a thing for Precis in both the game and anime.
- Butt-Monkey: If anything's going wrong in a PA that isn't by the player's choice, it's gonna happen to Ashton. In the EX anime, this is taken way up to eleven in addition of being a No-Respect Guy.
- The Chew Toy: Ashton is so unlucky that he is forced to share bodies with a twin-headed dragon, and in a rare instance of averting Story and Gameplay Segregation, he has the worst LUK stat in the game.
- One of the animations for his sprite makes it look like he was literally being nibbled on by Creepy and Weepy.
- Breath Weapon: One of the last attacks he learns has Creepy and Weepy grow and use their breath weapons to attack his enemies.
- Cursed with Awesome: Ashton has a pair of dragons grafted to his back. You can undertake a sidequest to remove them but in the end, he doesn't go through with it because the exorcism would kill the dragons.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's dorky-looking, a bit cowardly and has a weird fascination with barrels. He's also one of the most skilled physical fighters in the game.
- Defrosting Ice King: He's initially livid at being possessed by the dragons. If Claude and Rena take responsibility for it, he starts calming down almost immediately and is even cordial as he introduces himself to them. By the end of his sidequest, he's become Fire-Forged Friends with the rest of the party and wants to join them permanently.
- Dream-Crushing Handicap: If he's in the party during the Lacour Tournament of Arms, he'll lament that he can't participate due to being fused with Creepy and Weepy.
- Dual Wielding: With both swords and dragons.
- The Eeyore: He's a pretty morose guy, considering his crappy luck.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Ashton is a badass even before he gets two dragons grafted to his back.
- Fusion Dance: With the two-headed dragon. Hilarity Ensues.
- Gameplay and Story Integration: As noted above, Ashton's Luck stat is the worst in the game.
- Heroic Lineage: When Precis creates the Holo-Holograph move based on Ashton's Sword Dance technique, it's mentioned that she modified a technique passed down through the "House of Anchors". This implies that many of Ashton's techniques are passed down through his family.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: His PA's with Claude push this more than the other male party members, though it's entirely up to the player whether to enforce this or not.
- Highly-Visible Ninja: His moveset includes a Flash Step and Doppelgänger Attack, so he's the closest thing the party has to a ninja. However, he also has a dragon grafted to his back and bells on his cape.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: If you complete his sidequest, he admits that this is one reason he can't go through with exorcising the dragons. It's also one of the reasons he wanted Claude and Rena to help him exorcise the dragons, and he was afraid they'd leave again after the quest was over.
- Intergenerational Friendship: his special ending, with Eleanor.
- Interface Spoiler: Ocassionally in the introduction to battles he'll refer to the dragons with names, even asking them if they're ready to fight. If you level him enough before finishing his sidequest, you can see he has techs which have the dragons fighting along side him, like breathing fire. This all but states he wouldn't go through with dispelling them.
- Magic Knight: He's directly referred to as a Heraldic swordsman.
- Mistaken for Gay: In Armlock, this will happen if the player chooses the "Hearthrob" in the menu; he and Claude have to share the drink (one glass, two straws). A nearby patron seems amused.
- No-Respect Guy: Nobody takes the poor guy seriously in the anime. And nobody ever notices when he does something competent.
- Otaku: Ashton is an avid follower of barrels.
- People Puppets: Creepy and Weepy will occasionally possess Ashton and speak through him directly.
- Power Tattoo: He's described as a Heraldic swordsman. This implies that he has Heraldic tattoos, but they're probably covered up by his clothing.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Rena and Chisato find a piece of jewelry among the latter's belongings, and voice their adoration for it, thinking that it might belong to a refined woman. Then they find the name inscribed on it...
- Resigned to the Call: He comes to accept being bonded with Creepy and Weepy. While he still wants to be separated from them, he'll only do it in a way that doesn't hurt them.
- Ship Tease: While he can end up with anyone, he has the distinction of getting a private action with Precis. By Blue Sphere they've become the Beta Couple.
- Symbiotic Possession: With the two-headed dragon, who helps in battle by attacking with fire and ice breaths. The posession also allows Ashton to understand the dragons language.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Despite his dismal Luck stat, Ashton can equip several items that can give him a huge Luck boost. He can potentially end up with the highest Luck in the game, depending on what you give him.
- Two Beings, One Body: Ashton shares his body, against his will, with the two-headed dragon he fought.
- The Unintelligible: Creepy and Weepy can only growl and snarl, although Ashton understands what they're saying and can translate for others. Subverted on those rare occasions when they speak through Ashton directly.
Precis F. Newman
Precis F. Newman
Voiced by: Yuko Sumimoto (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Rie Kugimiya (Japanese, remake), Tomoe Hanba (Japanese, anime), Kana Koinuma (English, original), Jhoanna Trias (English, remake), Tabitha St. Germain (English, anime)
Her appearance in The Second Story R
A mechanically minded girl from the town of Linga. She literally runs into Claude and Rena when they arrive seeking to translate the writings found in the Krosse Cave.
- All of the Other Reindeer: She and her father are outcasts in Linga due to their affinity for machines. She wants to join because Claude was one of the first people not to reject her because of it.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Two of her powerful killer moves have to be unlocked via the Machinery skill ("Robbie's Superbeam" and "Forcefield"), with obscenely low chances of success.
- Badass Normal: It's not really touched on, but all of Precis's special attacks come from her engineering genius, rather than symbology or swordsmanship.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: So hyperactive that Celine describes her as more of a tornado than a teenager. She's also a mechanical genius.
- Carry a Big Stick: Her mechanical backpack has a large hammer hanging from one of the boxes. Some of her Killer Moves (Jump N' Thump AKA Hop Step, and Hammer Time AKA Bang-Bang Attack) involve her pounding the enemy with it.
- Cute Little Fangs: In Second Evolution, Precis's new "excited" artwork has these.
- Gadgeteer Genius: She has developed robotic technology alongside her father on a planet with technology roughly that of 17th century Earth, and needed less than two years of education on Earth to learn how to build her own space ship. In the encyclopedia in the third game, it's heavily implied that technology she developed modernized Expel and along with an abundance of Energy Stone, made Expel a dominant player in galactic politics.
- Genki Girl: She is an optimistic and fun-loving girl.
- Little Miss Badass: Precis combines this with Gadgeteer Genius.
- Older Than They Look: She doesn't really look like a 15 year old. Fixed in the remakes.
- Power Fist: Fights with a pair of mechanical arms attached in her backpack, which are controlled trough a joystick.
- Rocket Punch: One of her Killer Moves.
- Rollerblade Good: Precis can create the "Newman Boots" with the Machinery skill. The Newman Boots have wheels installed and boost Precis's speed the same way that Bunny Shoes do.
- Ship Tease: While she can end up with anyone, she has the distinction of having a PA with Ashton.
- Significant Birth Date: Precis birthday falls on the Leap Day, and she is Older Than She Looks.
- Teen Genius: Precis is a genius inventor at only 15-years old.
- Token Mini-Moe: Despite being only 2 years younger than Rena. Lessened considerably in the remake.
- Tricked-Out Shoes: Precis can create the Newman Boots, a pair of high-tech rollerblades that give the same speed boost as the Bunny Shoes, with the Machinery skill.
- Wrench Wench: Precis can even create new weapons and killer moves for herself using the machinery talent.
Bowman Jeane
Bowman Jeane
Voiced by: Ryō Horikawa (Japanese, original), Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese, remake), Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese, anime), Michael G. Davis (English, original), Doug Erholtz (English, remake), Alistair Abell (English, anime)
His appearance in The Second Story R
A pharmacist and close friend of the linguist, Keith. He helps Claude and Rena get the Krosse writings translated and asks to join so that he can investigate the Sorcery globe himself.
- Action Dad: In the Blue Sphere game, Nineh is pregnant and Bowman is set to become a father. This makes Precis reluctant to take Bowman on the quest to help Ernest and Opera, but Bowman insists on coming. Nineh also encourages him to go too.
- Ascended Extra: Of sorts. When you first meet him, he's working the counter of his pharmacy. If you don't recruit him, he continues running the store as an NPC and you can shop from him there. If you do recruit him, Nineh takes over running the store for the rest of the game.
- Bare-Fisted Monk: A pharmacist who fights with his fists.
- Badass Bookworm: Bowman is a skilled pharmacist, doctor and former research scientist who worked at Lacour Castle. In Claude's scenario, he can also discover a potential cure for Eleanor's illness in the Linga University library.
- Badass Labcoat: Bowman wears and is one of these.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Bowman continually ogles other women, but he will not cheat on Nineh.
- Combat Medic: Heavy on the combat. He's also one of the few characters with a healing technique. When he joins the party, he already has the skills for the Compounding specialty, which can be used to make various types of healing medicines.
- Doting Parent: Became one in the time skip between The Second Story and Blue Sphere.
- Happily Married: One of his Private Actions with Rena involves him getting her advice on what kind of ring to buy for Nineh. If he joins the party, Nineh will also take over running the pharmacy.
- Henpecked Husband: Somewhat-one of his Private Actions involves him getting chewed out by Nineh, and then getting mad at Claude or Rena for getting him into this mess.
- Parental Substitute: Some of his Private Actions with Rena give him shades of this. He encourages Rena to think about going to college, offers to use his connections to get her accepted at the Linga University and says she can board with him and Nineh while she's a student.
Opera Vectra
Opera Vectra
Voiced by: Yuko Nagashima (Japanese, original), Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese, remake), Rica Matsumoto (Japanese, anime), Marie Shell (English, original), Ashley Lambert (English, remake), Willow Johnson (English, anime)
Her appearance in The Second Story R
A noblewoman from one of the artificial moons orbiting the dead planet Tetragenesis. She is searching for her lover, Ernest Raviede, who had travelled to Expel on one of his expeditions, and ends up crashing.
- BFG: Opera's weapon. Aside from Killer Moves and flying enemies, all she does is hit people with it.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Some of her new Private Actions in the PSP version show her as this. She warns Rena and Welch of the dangers of pursuing Ernest, and she even beats Ernest up when she mistakenly thinks he's flirting with Precis. It's so bad that one of the PSP Private Actions centers around Ernest running and hiding so he can get some privacy. Even in one of their endings together, it's implied that Opera's afraid Ernest cares more about his research than about her.
- Cool Big Sis: In the EX anime to Rena and Celine who both admire Opera for her drive and determination to reunite with Ernest.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Claude can find doing this in a bar on Nede if you didn't recruit Ernest. She's very depressed at the realization that Ernest may have been killed, but Claude can get her to stop drinking if he cheers her up.
- Dumb Blonde: Inverted. Besides being a skilled enough engineer to design upgrades for her Kaleidoscope ray gun, Opera is also knowledgeable about ancient civilizations. The books she can create with the Publishing super specialty are academic texts about various galactic cultures.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: She sure loves her wines.
- I Will Wait for You: If you recruited Opera but not Ernest, Opera gets a special ending where she pledges to wait for Ernest's return. You can get around this if Opera's affection for another party member is high enough, but the affection value for the special ending is very high.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Opera wears an evening dress in fights while wearing a jacket over it.
- Lady of War: She's pretty refined, but she can kick some ass.
- Likes Older Men: She's utterly devoted to Ernest, who's 12 years her senior.
- Ms. Fanservice: The party's most sexually appealing party member, alongside Celine.
- Pistol-Whipping: Against ground enemies, Opera will instead whip her rifle close range. In Second Evolution, she'll smack twice first before actually shooting.
- Rebellious Princess: Opera's parents do not approve of her adventurous nature.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: The Vectras are the suzerain house of Tetragenesis, effectively making Opera the princess of her species. Despite this, she is an active adventurer and a powerful asset in combat.
- Rubber-Forehead Alien: Opera looks like a three-eyed human.
- Strong Family Resemblance: One of Ernest's endings reveals that Opera has a younger sister named Opal, whose only physical difference is her hair color. Said sister also has a massive crush on Ernest.
- Third Eye: Like all Tetrageniots. Her improved depth perception compared to other humans makes her a very good markswoman.
- Wrench Wench: Not as obvious as Precis, but Opera is a skilled mechanic who can create new weapons and killer moves with the machinery talent.
Ernest Raviede
Ernest Raviede
Voiced by: Hiroki Tochi (Japanese, original & remake), Hiroshi Yanaka (Japanese, anime), Phillip Mayall (English, original), Terrence Stone (English, remake), Trevor Devall (English, anime)
His appearance in The Second Story R
An archeologist from a moon of Tetragenesis. He travelled to Expel on one of his expeditions.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: One of his Private Actions in the remake is an obvious shout out to Indiana Jones. Notably, Opera is the one who creates serious archeological texts with the Publishing super speciality. Ernest's books are pulp-style adventure stories.
- Badass Bookworm: In his ending with Noel, Ernest reveals he can't stand Know Nothing Know It Alls who never do any fieldwork and just write papers. He's less than thrilled about being honored by them. Half the fun, for Ernest, is the thrill of exploring old ruins and encountering dangers. This may also be why the books he writes for Publishing are thrilling adventure stories rather than archeological texts.
- Badass Teacher: Teaches at a university when not on an expedition.
- Celibate Hero: To a certain extent. Despite having women fall over him left and right (including more than one of the female party members), Ernest is far less interested in romance than he is in adventure and research. When Rena asks him why he doesn't return Opera's affections, Ernest replies that he isn't even certain about his own feelings. He really does care about Opera, since his romantic rating for her is highest when he joins the party, but she's such a Clingy Jealous Girl that it drives him nuts. One of his new Private Actions in the PSP version has him trying to hide from Opera so he can get some space, and getting Rena to cover for him.
- Chick Magnet: In addition to gaining the affections of both Vectra sisters, Celine's starting romance rating for him is almost as high as Opera's. In a new Private Action added to the PSP version, he and Dias get ogled by a bunch of female passerby in North City. You can also have Rena gush over them, too.
- Demonic Possession: When Claude, Rena and Opera finally track him down at the Hoffman Ruins, they find he's been possessed by an evil ghost. He tries to take Opera hostage to make the party hand over the Energy Stone they found in the ruins, but they destroy him and free Ernest from his control.
- Expy:
- He seems to be the Star Ocean universe's response to Indiana Jones. One of his Private Actions in Second Evolution has him discuss getting into chases in mine carts, among other Indy references. Claude has to explain that those are fiction and that ruins on Earth are largely the same as everywhere else, to Ernest's disappointment.
- Going further, given the team that worked on Star Ocean and their connection to the Namco Tales Studio and Wolf Team, Ernest's entire character is basically a space-fantasy answer to Earnest Evans, who was himself a tongue-and-cheek Expy of Indiana Jones. He even looks like an older, more grizzled, three-eyed relative of Earnest. The two being a letter off from having the same name, down to the names sounding phonetically exactly the same, more or less confirms it.
- Legendary in the Sequel: Ernest's archeological theories are still held in high authority four-hundred years later.
- May–December Romance: At least by Japanese video game standards. Assuming he eventually hooks up with one of the female party members, he'll be at least 12 years older than her.
- Out-of-Character Alert: When the party finds Ernest at the Hoffman Ruins, he's openly affectionate and loving towards Opera. She's immediately weirded out, since Ernest was never that forward with her. Opera is increasingly unnerved when Ernest tries to get Leon to hand over the Energy Stone the party found in the Hoffman Ruins, going so far as to shoot him. She's actually right to be suspicious, since Ernest was possessed by an evil ghost that wanted the Stone. The ghost attacks the party directly after Opera shoots Ernest, and after they destroy it Rena heals Ernest.
- Rubber-Forehead Alien: As a Tetrageniot, Ernest looks like a human with a Third Eye.
- We Need a Distraction: One of Rena's new Private Actions in the PSP version has Ernest trying to hide from Opera so he can get some privacy. He asks Rena to tell Opera she hasn't seen him so she'll lose his trail.
- Weapon Specialization: His weapon of choice is a whip.
Dias Flac
Dias Flac
Voiced by: Ryō Horikawa (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese, remake), Takehito Koyasu (Japanese, anime), Phillip Mayall (English, original), Kyle Hebert (English, remake), Brent Miller (English, anime)
His appearance in The Second Story R
Rena's childhood friend. He left Arlia after the death of his family to wander as a mercenary.
- Ascended Extra: Of sorts. In the original PSX version, he only ever sleeps during Private Actions. However, in Second Evolution he actually interacts with Rena and other characters in several Private Actions.
- Badass Normal: He's pretty ordinary, but proves to be deadly with a sword on skill alone.
- Baritone of Strength: His voice in every versions is considerably lower than the rest of the team, and he's acknowledged as one of the biggest badasses in the party.
- Boring, but Practical: Dias' moves aren't that flashy and didn't hit as much as Claude and Ashton, but they're fast and ideal to use for interrupting enemies without getting too close and have fast recovery time in case he whiffs. Most exaggeratedly, two of his initial Killer Moves, Air Slash and Chaos Sword. Both are cheap enough to be spammable and carries to the whole game while also saving MP-recovery items, and the former moves way faster than Claude's thus very ideal to interrupt bosses that move utterly fast that make positioning for the fancier moves really hard.
- Chick Magnet: Ernest noticed this and decided to have some fun in North City.
- Crutch Character: In Rena's scenario. Mega powerful when he's just with Rena, but Claude will surpass him once he joins for good due to Claude's Killer Moves likely to hit more. May be subverted, due to having some techniques that have high accuracy (Air Slash) and speed to interrupt things and him having some options to break the damage limit, making Dias still very viable even at the end of the game or against Gabriel Celeste or Iselia Queen.
- Cynicism Catalyst: Seeing his parents and younger sister murdered by bandits.
- Defrosting Ice King: He doesn't care for any of the other characters except for Rena (who he grew up with) and Claude (who earns his respect after the Tournament of Arms). However, he can warm up to them, especially in Second Evolution when he can interact with them in Private Actions.
- Heavy Sleeper: Most of the time in Private Actions, you see Dias sleeping. And that's his hobby, too.
- Hooked Up Afterwards: with Chisato Madison in Blue Sphere. They are the only ones with a special romantic ending together in the game. In the current mobile game Star Ocean Anamnesis, Dias expresses that he is happy to see Chisato during her introduction event (in a rather roundabout way, but that is usual for him). While in Second Evolution they have no private actions together and their ending was changed to a non-romantic one, this ending has since been regarded as happening pre-Blue Sphere.
- Ineffectual Loner: Wishes to be alone, but Rena don't let him.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's very standoffish and often rude to almost everyone, but he does care greatly about Rena and eventually respects Claude while recognizing that the latter does have the potential to become strong and protect Rena.
- The Lancer: Dias has this personality in general. If he's in the party during Rena's scenario, the rest of the heroes will be upset that Claude is missing when they wash up on the Continent of El. Dias is the one who reminds them that they need to get moving and that they may be able to find Claude later.
- Like Brother and Sister: His relationship with Rena.
- Master Swordsman: He's a sword expert and wields his sword like an Iaijutsu Practitioner.
- Redemption Demotion: Dias is a Master Swordsman who is impossible to defeat in the tournament, but when recruited in Rena's story, he becomes a Crutch Character.
- Shipper on Deck: You wouldn't believe it from someone like him, but yes he is one. Outside of Private Actions, he assures Claude that he doesn't see Rena as anything more than a little sister, and in an actual PA, he tells Rena that she is the support that someone like Claude needs.
- The Stoic: Dias is aloof and very serious. Rena is the only person whom he opens up with.
- Sweet Tooth: For such a tough and stoic character, a PA reveals that he really likes chocolate parfaits.
- Troubled, but Cute: Dias still struggles with his pain over watching his parents and little sister die in front of him, which gives him an often bleak outlook on life. He's also a handsome Bishōnen who several women in North City drool over in a Second Evolution Private Action. You can also have Rena gush over him in that same PA.
- Worthy Opponent: His viewing Claude as this is shown by his having Gamgee give Claude a specially sharpened blade.
Leon D. Geeste
Leon D. Geeste
Voiced by: Yuki Kaida (Japanese, original), Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese, remake), Grant Wachspress (English, original), Zack Goldman (English, remake)
His appearance in The Second Story R
A prodigy working with his parents in the Kingdom of Lacuer's weapon research division. Claude and Rena are enlisted to help him find the final component of the weapon that will beat back the monsters spawned by the Sorcery Globe.
- Badass Bookworm: Leon is a pretty powerful mage, plus his weapon is a book.
- Badass Labcoat: Leon, being a scientist, is also this.
- Break the Cutie: Only exclusively on Claude's scenario, when Leon found out that he's possibly the Sole Survivor after the destruction of Lacuer's Hope, and his parents nowhere to be seen, he completely drops his Insufferable Genius manner and starts bawling like he's a kid left all alone in the world and started wishing that he should have died instead. Took Claude to slap him and telling him to place his hope somewhere else to calm him down.
- Cat Boy: A fellpool for no readily apparent reason. The third game's dictionary explains this as being a result of both of Leon's parents carrying a certain recessive gene on the twelfth chromosome. A new private action in Second Evolution also addresses the issue.
- Child Mage: He is twelve years old during the game, and is a Black Mage.
- Improbable Weapon User: Books. It's less silly than it sounds, as he's not actually hitting enemies with the book you equip on him; his physical attack is summoning a demon from his book to do the work for him.
- Insufferable Genius: At first.
- Legendary in the Sequel: Four-hundred years later, Leon is still famous for his work on developing Symbological Science.
- Not So Above It All: Actually enjoys a Fun City skit that parodies the Sentai genre that was meant for kids his age.
- Power Tattoo: Unless he keeps the symbols in his books, he has unseen tattoos that allow him to use symbology. As with Ashton, they're most likely covered up by his clothing.
- Precocious Crush: He develops one on every one of the female party members. One Private Action centres around him confessing to Claude. Claude then has to decide which girl to reveal this to, and whether he or Leon gives her the news.
- Teen Genius: Though Leon is actually a preteen example, being just 12 years old. He becomes one proper in Blue Sphere. In Blue Sphere and Till the End of Time, it's revealed that Leon was instrumental in expanding the Federation's knowledge of symbology.
- Token Mini-Moe: At 12, he's the youngest of the cast. His sprite stands at half the size of everyone else.
Noel Chandler
Noel Chandler
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese, original), Takahiro Mizushima (Japanese, remake), Jimmy Freeman (English, original), Peter Doyle (English, remake)
His appearance in The Second Story R
A zoologist overseeing a nature reserve on Energy Nede. He helps Claude and Rena seek out the last wild Psynard.
- Artwork and Game Graphics Segregation: His sprite has cat ears like Leon in every version of the game, but all his artwork shows him with pointy elf-like ears.
- Crutch Character: In Blue Sphere. He's the only healer available until Opera and Rena join much later.
- Mage Species: As a Nedian, he can use symbology without the tattoo.
- Master of None: Noel can heal, but can't even come close to matching Rena. He can use attack magic, but Celine and Leon have him beat there. He equips knuckles as his weapons, but all of the fighters beat him in physical combat, as does Rena.
- The Medic: Noel serves as a combination of this and a Black Mage.
- Oblivious to Love: He has no idea that his assistant has a massive crush on him.
- Pointy Ears: As a Nedian, he has elven-like ears.
- The Red Mage: He can cast both healing and offensive spells.
Chisato Madison
Chisato Madison
Voiced by: Rumi Kasahara (Japanese, original), Fuyuka Ano (Japanese, remake), Jessica Heidt (English, original), Julie Ann Taylor (English, remake)
Her appearance in The Second Story R
A reporter for the Nede Chronicle, the biggest newspaper in Energy Nede. She follows Claude and Rena around because she thinks they're the biggest story to happen in her lifetime.
- Badass Normal: She's just a skilled martial artist, in spite of the fact that all Nedians are supposed to be able to use Symbology. According to Star Ocean Anamnesis, there is a reason for that...
- Intrepid Reporter: Chisato is a reporter and follows Claude and Rena in their quest to save the universe. She can also help them crack the conspiracy surrounding the Ten Wise Men's origins wide open if you do an optional sidequest.
- Gameplay and Story Integration: Despite the Nedians being a Mage Species, Chisato can't use magic. All of the party spellcasters have the Blessing Of Manna talent, and they're the only ones who can get it. Given that Chisato doesn't have the talent, she can't use magic.
- Mage Species: Subverted. The Nedians are only semi-magical in that they can cast spells without the Symbology tattoos other races need to use magic. Nedians still need the Blessing Of Manna talent to use magic, and Chisato doesn't have it. in Star Ocean Anamnesis it is strongly implied that she was born without the special gene that grants Nedians the ability to use Symbology, though the dictionary in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time implies that Chisato was still able to pass the ability to her own descendants.
- Pintsized Powerhouse: Despite her looks, Chisato is a skilled melee fighter who attack with punches and kicks.
- Pointy Ears: As a Nedian, she has elven-like ears.
- Properly Paranoid: She picks up on how odd it is that, in billions of years, no alternative versions of the Ten Wise Men story has surfaced. She's very right to be suspicious.
Welch Vineyard
Welch Vineyard
Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (Japanese), Melissa Fahn (English)
Her appearance in The Second Story R
A new character added in Second Evolution version, Welch is a young girl with a peculiar sense of style who always carries around a big pointer. A self-designated creator, she claims that she builds various useful items, but the details are unknown. She semi-forcefully decides to join Claude and the others on their venture.
Tropes about her are listed in the main page.
Supporting Cast
Ronyx J. Kenny
Ronyx J. Kenny
Voiced by: Kenji Hamada (Japanese, remake), Sam Gold (English, remake)
Claude's father.- Heroic BSoD: When he thought Claude has doomed himself when he returned to Expel, right when it's nearing its destruction.
- Legendary in the Sequel: His exploits as a Federation officer, not least of all being the events of Star Ocean, has earned him quite a reputation.
- Retired Badass: He hasn't retired from the military, but he doesn't really fight anymore.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Being the only character from the first game to return, Ronyx is killed by the Ten Wise Men.
Allen Tucks
Allen Tucks
The son of the Mayor of Salva, and childhood friend of Rena and Dias.- Entitled to Have You: Corrupted by an Energy Stone, his feelings for Rena leads to kidnapping her with intent to marry her.
Philia
Philia
A mysterious girl Claude meets at Kurik.- Artificial Human: After she was killed in a terrorist attack, her father transferred her consciousness into an artificial body.
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: The beloved daughter of Dr. Lantis, creator of the Ten Wise Men. It was her death that prompted him to alter the programming of the Wise Men to seek the destruction of everything.
- Power Limiter: Her very existence keeps Gabriel's power restrained. When he kills her for betraying him...
Chris
Mayor Nall
Nall
- Voiced by: Bill Reed (English, remake)
- Unreliable Expositor: The history of Nede he shares with the party is rather grossly inaccurate. Justified in that he's no more aware of the truth than the party is.
Dr. Rhima (Unmarked Spoilers)
Dr. Rhima
Rena's biological mother, who died during an incident in Nede's Symbiological Weapons Laboratory. In order to save her daughter, who was also in the lab with her, she went against regulations and used the lab's experimental time-displacement shield to warp Rena into the distant future.- Memento MacGuffin: Her pendant, sent away with Rena to be an Orphan's Plot Trinket to remember Rhima by, is also a Quadratic Key.
- Walking Spoiler: Due to Rena being adopted, the purpose of her pendant, and Nede itself being important to the plot.
Reel
Reel
Added in The Second Story R, Reel is an intergalactic fisherperson trying to catalogue unique species, and rewards Claude and Rena in exchange for what they can catch.- Meaningful Name: Named after a component of a fishing rod.
Ten Wise Men
In general
The main enemies of game who appear at the end of the first disc, they are a group of skilled Nedians from four billion years ago who wish to rule the universe.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the manga, they pull a Heel–Face Turn in the middle of the final fight against Gabriel upon remembering their original functions.
- Did Not See That Coming: Granted, they were sealed away during the time of their development, but they never knew that Nede once developed weapons that could theoretically breach their Nigh-Invulnerability and ultimately kill them. Their final words are in completely shock that their enemy now had the tools to beat them.
- Dub Name Change: In the PlayStation version, the Ten Wise Men had their names changed to remove the Religious and Mythological Theme Naming. The PSP version fixed that.
- Kick the Dog: They use the Calnus warship to demonstrate Nede’s weaponry, blowing it up and killing Claude’s father where he could see it.
- Meaningful Name: Even the Dub Name Change fits as they are named after philosophers and saints, not too different from their Religious and Mythological Theme Naming from the original.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Thanks to their force field.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Also border on physical gods since it requires the special anti-matter weapons to damage them.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: They're all named after archangels.
- Super-Soldier: In reality, they are a group of biological weapons created by the original Nede to quell rebellions. Only later did Dr. Lantis adjust their programming and indwell the dormant Gabriel unit in order to destroy the universe.
- This Cannot Be!: Justified as they naturally had Nigh-Invulnerability among their powers and were in a position where they had no idea that Nede was developing 700 million years ago and just recently constructed weapons capable of negating that and the Symbol of Annihilation. Therefore, their final moments are in understandable complete shock that their enemies were finally able to get the better of them.
- Villain Ball: Claude was more than willing to stop the Ten Wise Men when they destroyed Expel. However, torturing the kid into making him watch his father die with his ship made him take it personally.
Gabriel
Gabriel/Dr. Lantis (Indalecio)
Voiced by: Masaharu Sato (Japanese, original), Rikiya Koyama (Japanese, remake), Erik Bergmann (English, original), Richard Epcar (English, remake)
The Leader of the Ten Wise Men.- Artificial Human: Following the death of his daughter, Dr. Lantis created a new body for himself, becoming the tenth Wise Man.
- Big Bad: As the leader of the Ten Wise Men, he is the main antagonist of the story.
- Despair Event Horizon: The death of his daughter.
- Final Boss: The last thing standing between Claude, Rena, and friends from stopping the Symbol of Annihilation and saving the universe is Gabriel.
- Historical Hero Upgrade: In-universe, he went from the creator of the Ten Wise Men to the scientist who provided the means for defeating them. The former is the truth, while the latter is from the doctored history records that Nall related to the heroes.
- Light Is Not Good: Gabriel's primary power involves Light.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Destroys planet Expel in the end of the first disc, and plans to do the same with Energy Nede and everything else that exists.
- Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: An evil version.
- True Final Boss: Gabriel Unlimited, who can only be fought if you do the right sidequests and discover the entire story behind the Ten Wise Man.
Lucifer
Lucifer (Cyril)
Voiced by: Kensaku Kobayashi (Japanese, original), Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese, remake), Brian Vouglas (English, original), Dick Neptune (English, remake)
The second most powerful of the Ten Wise Men.- Artificial Human: Was originally created to be the leader of the Ten Wise Men, but then their creator's daughter was killed...
- Blow You Away: Winds of Destruction, his strongest spell.
- Demoted to Dragon: Lost his status as a result of Dr. Lantis making himself the leader of the Ten Wise Men.
- The Starscream: He makes no secret about this to the party before they fight. Justified as he was really Demoted to Dragon due to Dr. Lantis using his authority as creator and transferring his consciousness to their last resort weapon Gabriel to make himself the leader. Lucifer just wants that position back.
- Systematic Villain Takedown: He intentionally sets things up so the other Wise Men challenge and fall to the party one at a time, instead of overwhelming them as one huge group, in order to rule alone.
- We Can Rule Together: Say this to the party before being confronted.
- White Hair, Black Heart: Even compared to the other Wise Men, Lucifer stands out as the most treacherous one, as he sent the other members to their deaths so he can overthrow his boss and rule the universe alone.
Haniel
Haniel (Vesper)
Voiced by: Kensaku Kobayashi (Japanese, original), Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese, remake), Steven Memel (English, remake)
One of the two Ten Wise Men fighting the party midway up the tower of Phynal. A physical-based fighter with spells and petrification beams. He is the commanding officer for Zadkiel, Raphael, and Camael, while acting as a civilian control unit.- Ambiguously Brown: His portrait in Second Evolution.
- Dual Boss: He is fought alongside Michael.
- Mana Drain: One of his skills drains all the MP of one character.
- Taken for Granite: He can petrify you with his attacks.
Michael
Michael (Decus)
Voiced by: Hiroki Tochi (original & remake), J.S. Gilbert (English, original), Peter Spellos (English, remake)
One of the two Ten Wise Men fighting the party midway up the tower of Phynal. An Ax-Crazy pyromaniac who wants you to BURN. He is also the superior of Zaphkiel, Jophiel, and Metatron, while serving as their tactical weapon.- Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His design is associated with red and he use fire powers.
- Dishing Out Dirt: He can cast Earthquake in the PS1 version. This was removed in the PSP port.
- Dual Boss: With Haniel.
- Heel–Face Turn: In Star Ocean Anamnesis. He is convinced to join the heroes by the series protagonist Evelysse. This has resulted in the oddest shipping in the series. To date, he is the only boss to become a playable character.
- Large Ham: Oh God. Due to the original game's voice acting, he's one of the most stand out examples of hamming it out.
- Playing with Fire: Use fire-based attacks.
Zadkiel
Zadkiel (Ruprecht)
Voiced by: Dai Matsumoto (Japanese, original), Kiyomi Yazawa (Japanese, remake)
One of the three Wise Men who guard the entrance to Fineal. A young child of the Wise Men with honorable manners to his enemies.- Affably Evil: Probably the kindest of the the Wise Men. He greets the party and even apologizes when he mistakes Claude for being an Expellian. He was designed that way to blend in crowds better.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: His last words in the original translation, "What!? I hear nothing about that!". This was fixed in Second Evolution.
- Evil Genius: Uses speed and quick attacks on the enemy. He also works under Haniel and was made to be a data gatherer for the Ten Wise Men Project.
- Girl with Psycho Weapon: Male example. Zadkiel uses a large tuning fork as a weapon, befitting his status as the all-hearing Wise Man.
- Really 700 Years Old: He may look very young, but like the other Wise Men, he's more than a billion years old.
- Teleport Spam: Uses this for moving.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Was one of the two who discovered the truth about Filia's death.
- Wave-Motion Tuning Fork: Literally, as it's his weapon of choice.
Camael
Camael (Nicolus)
Voiced by: Taketora (Japanese, remake)
One of the three Wise Men who guard the entrance to Fineal. An elderly man with multiple eyes who seems to know much if you ask him about anything.- Affably Evil: Explains Claude's origins to the other party members and swears to make their deaths as painless as possible.
- Captain Ersatz: Resembles Keel from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Evil Genius: He seems to know quite a lot. He also works under Haniel and is one of the two information gatherers for the Ten Wise Men Project.
- Eyes Do Not Belong There: His updated character portrait for SO2R clarifies that he has an eye in each of the palms of his hands, and another two eyes on his bald crown. There's a definite implication that there are yet more eyes on his body, fitting his role as the all-seeing of the Wise Men.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Was one of the two to discover the death of Filia.
- Villains Never Lie: His information is as accurate as he can make it. This is shown when he explains to the party that Claude is from another world.
Raphael
Raphael (Jibril)
Voiced by: Daiki Nakamura (Japanese, original), Haruo Satou (Japanese, remake)
One of the three Wise Men who guard the entrance to Fineal. A mysterious hooded being who doesn't talk much.- Eldritch Location: The interior of his cloak (assuming that's not somehow his body) is one. One of his most exasperating attacks is to open the cloak up to reveal a starry expanse, from which a demonic hand emerges to drag someone in and take damage until Raphael is forced to eject them.
- Evil Genius: Uses speed and quick attacks on the enemy. He was one of the subordinates of Haniel and was designed as a data analyst during the Ten Wise Men Project.
- The Faceless: His hood hides his face.
- Teleport Spam: Uses this for moving.
- The Strategist: His original position of the Ten Wise Men project, converting data into scenarios to formulate strategies.
Metatron
Metatron (Berle)
Voiced by: Kenji Hamada (Japanese, remake)
One of the Wise Men first encounter and the first to fight in battle. He has the behavior of a knight and is a master at defense.- Affably Evil: See Let's Fight Like Gentlemen. He compliments their fighting ability, but calls them out for not looking at other people's perspectives.
- Armor-Piercing Question: Double Subverted. He asks the party members how many lives they have taken on their journey, which they refute saying they only killed the monsters they made and the Wise Men are far worse. Later on, however, his words have more weight when they learn the truth about the Wise Men and Filia later asks them to kill her.
- Barrier Warrior: His best ability is a shield that renders him indestructible for a short amount of time. Makes more sense when he was designed to be a defense warrior among his kin.
- The Brute: Fights with sheer fighting strength. Also serves under Michael and was made the base defense unit for the Ten Wise Men Project.
- Captain Ersatz: His portrait in Second Evolution makes him look like the Ten Wise Men reprogrammed RoboCop.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: The first battle against him is unwinnable; you instead have to avoid being felled by him for a full minute.
- Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Offers a fight against the party before Expel collides with Nede.
- Stone Wall: His defense is the best of the Wise Men.
- What the Hell, Hero?: He calls out the party for not seeing the perspectives of others, even if he considers "incompatible" beings to only warrant erasure. Part of it comes from how the scientist he pursued was only playing dead and was not injured at all. Another has to do with Nede not being as clean as they claim and the protagonists eventually being called to Filia by herself.
Jophiel
Jophiel (Shigeo)
Voiced by: Hidenari Ugaki (Japanese, original), Riki Kitazawa (Japanese, remake)
One of the Wise Men encountered during the assault of Fun City. A cyborg-like being that looks down on sapient species. He was the long-range artillery weapon for the project.- Captain Ersatz: From his look, it's like the Ten Wise Men hired and cyborgified Psycho Mantis. The original English version even gave him a pseudo-Shout-Out via his name Shigeo, which is about two (or three) consonants away from the text that appeared in the blank screen whenever Psycho Mantis does his Mind Screw ability (Hideo).
- The Faceless: His helmet completely covers his face.
- Sadist: Enjoys killing civilians during the assault on Fun City.Jophiel: MORE. MORE. I WANT TO SEE MORE PAIN, MORE SUFFERING!
Zaphkiel
Zaphkiel (Marsilio)
Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Japanese, remake)
One of the Wise Men encountered during the assault of Fun City, and also the one who fights the party during the first, failed assault at Phynal. A big sword-wielding swordsman, and designed as a close-combat weapon for the Nedians.- BFS: Wields a giant sword in combat.
- The Brute: Designed to be a close-combat weapon for the Ten Wise Men project.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: The first battle against him is unwinnable.
- Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Offers to fight the party right after Ronyx's death. He wipes the floor with them easily at that time.
