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This is the character list for Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim. For entries about Adol Christin, Dogi and characters from other installments, see the main page.
The Priestess of the Rehda clan, Olha is a hunter that finds Adol washed ashore, and believes in him, despite everyone in the village not trusting his non-elven face.
- Damsel in Distress: Olha and her sister are kidnapped by the Romun army when the vortex stops.
- Little Bit Beastly: As a Rehda, she has elf ears and a tail.
- Memento MacGuffin: The mirror of Zeme, which she inherited from her mother.
Olha's little sister. Initially scared of Adol, but after he saves her from the ash emelas monster, she comes to look to him as a big brother. She also has visions of his fierce battles, and worries endless.
- Damsel in Distress: First, she is attacked by the first boss, later, she is capturated by Ernst and taken to the Ark of Napishtim.
- Fainting Seer: She's scared by her visions of the future, which involve giant monsters that Adol has to defeat.
- Little Bit Beastly: As a Rehda, she has elf ears and a tail.
- Shy Blue-Haired Girl: She's initially hesitant to approach Adol, at least until he saves her. Part of this is because she keeps seeing visions of him fighting boss monsters.
The chief of the Redha tribe and the uncle of Olha and Isha.
- Large and in Charge: He's The Leader of the Redhan village and is noticeably bigger than the other inhabitants.
- Little Bit Beastly: His long ears and tail are part of the Rehda's biology.
A merchant from Altago currently residing in Port Rimorge, a town on Canaan Island.
- The Ghost: While he never shows up in-person during Ys SEVEN, he is mentioned by name to have been a rival to Zanzibar before the former's disappearance 10 years prior.
A Redhan boy working as an apprentice to Raba, he is the son of Ord and the cousin of Olha and Isha.
- Little Bit Beastly: As with the rest of his family, he has long ears and a tail.
The owner of the Emelas studio in Port Rimorge.
- The Blacksmith: She can enhance any of Adol's three swords and forges a suit of armor for him.
- Ms. Fanservice: She has a well-endowed chest and wears a dress that exposes a lot of cleavage.
Captain of the pirate ship "Tres Mares" and the father of Terra.
- Ambiguous Situation: While he's explicitly stated to be Terra's dad, his exact relationship to the other members of the Ibur gang is never mentioned in the game. As such, it's unknown if he's also the father of Dios and Nottis.
- The Ghost: He doesn't appear in Ys SEVEN, but he is mentioned by name multiple times.
A mysterious mercenary whom Adol encounters in the sixth game. He is famous for his skill with pole-arms and talismans. He seems to be knowledgeable about strange events that are happening in the Vortex of Canaan.
- Continuity Cameo: He makes a brief appearance in Monstrum Nox's ending montage.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Although he wears all black and is bit of a jerk, he is a man with good intentions, especially considering that he is also a member of the Clan of Darkness.
- Duel Boss: In Ys SEVEN, he's one of the few bosses to fight Adol one-on-one, despite the party system.
- Fairy Companion: The artificial faeries Xisa, Sera, and Jue follow him after the events of Ys VI, as per the final orders of their creator, Ernst.
- Family Honor: He tried to preserve what is left of his family honor by trying to stop his evil brother.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's initially hostile towards Adol due to the latter being a meddling do-gooder, but still respects him for being a Worthy Opponent. He's also trying to prevent his brother from taking control of Napishtim and potentially causing a global flood.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He's not entirely wrong when he points out that Adol will get hurt if he sticks his nose into every problem he comes across, especially when Scias takes advantage of Adol's interactions with the king of Altago.
- Mighty Glacier: Compared to other characters who wield slashing weapons in Ys SEVEN, he is stronger, slower, and tougher than the rest. However, he is still faster than the other characters with striking weapons.
- Private Military Contractors: He is a mercenary.
- Red Baron: The Black Mercenary
- The Rival: He quickly becomes one to Adol.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He tries to do this in Seven once he realizes that Adol is the one destined to fight Big Bad for the fate of Altago, not him, but ends up staying due to some persuasion from Clarius, his boss.
- Trap Master: His Trapster skill in Ys SEVEN allows him to lay explosive tags on the battlefield. If an enemy runs over it, the tag explodes.
The admiral in charge of the Romun Fleet sent to the Vortex of Canaan.
- Blue Blood: He's a noble of the Romun Empire.
- Fat Bastard: He's quite portly and very unpleasant.
- Unwitting Pawn: Ernst was just using him to get to Napishtim.
A Romun general who leads the Romun troop to the land of Canaan. He seems to have some connection to Geis.
- Aloof Big Brother: He's initially shown to be cold and dismissive towards his younger brother Geis.
- Bad Boss: He always intended to betray Romn and has no issue with letting Galba-Roa sink his fleet.
- Big Bad: He's the true main villain of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim.
- BFS: His weapon, the black key Almarion, is long black sword.
- Black Sheep: Like Gruda, he seeks dangerous ancient powers that most of his fellow clansmen rejected.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Unlike Dalles and Gruda, who are also Darkling leaders, Ernst is far less sociopathic, as shown by how he couldn't bring himself to kill Geis and is able to admit his mistakes rather than cling to Eldeenian artifacts to the bitter end.
- Deity of Human Origin: He becomes a Physical God when he gains the power of the ark.
- Disappears into Light: His final fate after letting Adol pass into the control room of Napishtim.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Ys: Memories of Celceta reveals that Ernst is originally from Danan, was Frieda's fiancée and left the village with Gruda when the latter rebelled, taking the Black Key with him.
- Fairy Companion: He has three faeries named Xisa, Sera, and Jue that cause most of the troubles in the land of Canaan. These faeries are bequeathed to his brother Geis when he dies.
- Leitmotif: The appropriately named "Ernst" plays during the battle against him.
- Man Behind the Man: He is responsible for leading the Romun troops into the Canaan and having the three fairies break the seal on Napishtim.
- Power Gives You Wings: He uses Almarion to gain black wings similar to those of the Eldeen.
- Villain Respect: You know how famous Adol has gotten when Ernst starts listing every of Adol's feats as they're about to fight each other.
- Weak, but Skilled: Compared to the other bosses beyond the Point of No Return on Hard and Nightmare, Ernst is not nearly as "strong," since Galba-Roa and Napishtim get STR increases that are separate from the difficulty's damage multiplier. However, his attack patterns are much harder to dodge, making him difficult despite having lower stats on paper.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Downplayed; he enacted his entire plan both because he wanted a power-trip and because he wanted to control Napishtim to ensure that it doesn't go berserk. Of course, his plans become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy when he ends up overloading Almarion and loses control of the ark.
- Wolfpack Boss: Fights alongside his three homunculi faeries.
- Adaptational Curves: The online version of Ys VI gives her larger breasts than she did in the original.
- Adaptational Modesty: Her "outfit" is somewhat less revealing in the online version of Ys VI.
- Adaptational Modesty: Her outfit in Ys VI Online has the sides of her torso covered around her bikini bottom.
- Adaptational Skimpiness: In the online version of VI and the Dragons of Altago version of SEVEN, her top is backless.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her "outfit" is just as exposing as those worn by her sisters', and she's the bustiest among the three.
- Race Lift: Her skin in Ys VI Online is much lighter in color.
- Underboobs: The underside of her bust is displayed starting with Ys Seven.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: In the online version of Ys VI, she looks much closer to a Cute Monster Girl.
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A member of the Eldeen race worshiped as a Goddess by the Redha and the Darklings.
- Heroic Sacrifice: She sealed herself and the Ark of Napishtim away after the latter sunk the Atlas continent.
A draconic being brought forth by the Ark of Napishtim.
- Boss Subtitles: "The Original Galbalan."
- Leitmotif: "Armored Bane" plays during the battle against it.
A monument and computer system created by the Eldeen race to control the weather.
- Final Boss: Napishtim's AI core serves as the final opponent fought in Ys VI.
- Leitmotif: The first phase of its boss battle is set to "Black Ark Revealed," while "The Depth Napishtim" plays during the second phase.
Non-Canonical Characters
- Canon Foreigner: She was only created for Konami's PlayStation 2 port of the game.
- Fairy Sexy: She wears what amounts to pasties over her ample bust and a bikini bottom with a skirt.
- Horned Humanoid: She has a single horn on her forehead.
- Canon Foreigner: The avatar does not have a counterpart in the original Ys VI and Adol was the player character in the main campaign from start to finish.
- Impossibly-Low Neckline: In the female avatar's Shura class, she dons a short kimono that plumets beneath her shoulders and shows off her shapely cleavage.
- Canon Foreigner: The original Ys VI did not feature any incarnation of her.
- Cleavage Window: Her dress shows off a fair amount of her shapely cleavage.
- Canon Foreigner: She had no counterpart in the original game.
- Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: She dons a top that reveals her stomach in contrast to her "brother" Craig who has his torso entirely covered.
- Canon Foreigner: She had no counterpart in the original game.
- Cleavage Window: Her top shows off a portion of her cleavage.
- Dark Is Not Evil: She dons dark clothes and has a demonic left arm, but she is on the side of the avatar.
- Canon Foreigner: The original game had no being named Sybil.
- Cleavage Window: Her leotard showcases her cleavage.
- Leotard of Power: Wears a strapless leotard and her purpose as a homunculus is to save people as she travels the ocean.
- Older Than They Look: She looks rather young as her picture shows, but she really has been around for 60 years since her creation.
- Water Is Blue: She has blue eyes, a blue leotard, and long blue hair. She is a homunculus created to be capable of navigating the ocean.