Characters / SaGa Emerald Beyond

This is a list of characters from SaGa Emerald Beyond, with characters central to each story listed first, followed by those who are mainly relevant to the world they are from. It is currently a work in progress.

Main Characters

Tsunanori's Party

The protector of Miyako City. His family has the power to contact spirits and contain them in Kugutsu dolls, and his uncle is the current vice minister, but he tries not to coast on his family's reputation. When the barrier that separates Miyako from the other Conjoined Worlds is weakened, he's asked by the government to venture outside the city to find enough spiritual energy to reinforce it.

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• The Fellowship Has Ended: In the default endings of Tsunanori's story, he and the Kugutsu return to Miyako City to repair its barrier, separating them from the Conjoined Worlds and their newfound friends. Once that's done and his duty is complete, Tsunanori then retires the Kugutsu as well and returns to his normal life.
• Screw Destiny: He's had the ability to use the Emerald Wave since he was a kid, and grown accustomed to it trying to nudge him in a specific direction, but admits to Lita that he sometimes chooses unfavorable paths when they interest him more.
• Sword and Gun: In addition to being depicted wielding these in official key art, his default in-game stats have him start with a few levels of one-handed sword and gun talents.

A Blue Witch from Pulchra, the first world Tsunanori visits in his adventure. Initially thinking he is a threat, she is asked by the archsage to join him, and ends up befriending him. She sometimes uses the cover identity of a journalist named Shungiku Hanabusa while on her pilgrimage, as worlds like Miyako and Capitol City aren't tolerant of visitors from outside their realm.

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• The Lancer: She's the only other mandatory human in Tsunanori's story, and frequently banters with him.

Musashi

Komachi

Sukune

Three ancient spirits sealed into Kugutsu dolls by the Mido family, who accompany Tsunanori on his adventure. Musashi was a legendary swordsman, Komachi knows the most about Miyako City's history and has some magical potential, and Sukune is the founder of Sumo martial arts (which predates the Mido clan, making his current status as a Kugutsu a mystery).

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• Color-Coded Characters: Their Kugutsu bodies are similar, save for their facial masks and the color of their robes: Musashi wears blue, Komachi wears red, Sukune wears green, and Boh wears yellow.

Boh

A fourth spirit sealed into a Kugutsu doll, that of a famed gunslinger executed for trying to assassinate nobility. Unlike the other Kugutsu, he is not loyal solely to Tsunanori, and can accompany Ameya on her own adventures.

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• Color-Coded Characters: He's primarily yellow, to contrast with the other kugutsu being primarily blue, red, and green.

Ameya's Party

A White Witch who has assumed the cover identity of Yumeha Izumi, a young Miyako City schoolgirl, while on her pilgrimage to attain sagehood. When a powerful foe steals all of her magical powers, a higher power suggests she find new magic across the Conjoined Worlds

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• De-power: Her story begins with her losing her accumulated magic, with two ways to regain it: by finding cats across the Conjoined Worlds to pact with, or by training herself. The former option leads to taking out the Calamity faster, but with consequences.

Ameya's cat familiar.

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• Becoming the Mask: While living in Miyako City with "Yumeha Izumi", he's noted to have taken on some habits of its local cats.

An agent from Pulchra, the world of witches, tasked with overseeing Ameya on her pilgrimage and keeping her safe.

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• Magically Inept Fighter: As a Squire, he is incapable of using magic, but is strong enough to bodyguard witches.
• You Are Number 6: "Shinobu" is just his public cover, and his true name is Squire 15413837.

The Celestial of Sorcery, a goddess of magic...or rather, an imperfect human copy of her created by the original to bequeath the power of the Emerald Wave to Ameya and guide her on her journey.

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• Promoted to Playable: From one of the gods in SaGa Scarlet Grace to a mandatory member of Ameya's retinue.

Siugnas' Party

An immortal vampire who rules the land of Yomi as its Dismal King, but somehow awakens in a world where only dead heroes can go. Perturbed, but desiring amusement, he gathers the souls of the departed as his personal thralls and goes on an adventure to reclaim his throne.

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• And Then John Was a Zombie: When other protagonists go to Yomi during their adventures, they're tasked with seeking the Dismal King. However, there are three potential outcomes to this: either his story is currently ongoing and his tower abandoned, with the Lords of the realm lying that they sealed him away in order to remain in power; his story is complete, and he actually does meet with the protagonist; or the Lords genuinely did have to seal him inside because feeding on so many lives has mutated him into a monster that's barely identifiable as the same creature as his human form, with the only tells being its humanoid mask and long pink hair.
• Blood Magic: In addition to using weaponry like humans, as a vampire, he has access to Sanguine Arts, allowing him to spend some of his own LP to unleash powerful techniques.
• Hypnotic Eyes: His gaze compels people to obey him, telling him their secrets or (potentially in Naomi Waka, Professor, and Emily Bryant's cases) joining him as new thralls.
• Magikarp Power: The Dismal King starts off with fairly low LP, which runs counter to his unique abilities requiring he spend LP to use them. However, with every Thrall he creates, his max LP increases by 1, and even beyond that his max LP already increases on its own as the story progresses. Once he creates his team of thralls, he's able to use his unique Blood Techs with more reckless abandon, allowing him to stun, instantly kill, and otherwise terrorize most encounters with the most minor of setup.

Champion

Hero

Philosopher

Warrior

Lifetaker

General

Departed people whose souls were taken to Brighthome after their deaths. Lingering regrets lead to them pledging their allegiance to Siugnas and travelling to other worlds as his Thralls.

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• Joke Character: Wastrels require you equip a Thrall with Sanguine Gear, and then promptly unequip it. This strips the character of their custom techs AND reduces their maximum LP to a measly 1, so there is quite literally no reason to create Wastrels.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Lifetaker claims to have no regrets and joins Siugnas just to kill him later, though he can still be converted into a Thrall after visiting his homeland.
• Unfinished Business: They all decide to leave the pleasures of their afterlife and join Siugnas due to this.
  • Hero returns to Mare Nostrum to make it up to the crew he lost in pursuit of the Sea Dragon.
  • Philosopher returns to Delta Base to deal with the Red Division Head that fused him with an experimental mold.
  • Lifetaker returns to Miyako City to make peace with the spirits of those he killed as a professional assassin.
  • General returns to Grelon because his tactical withdrawal while leading the Final Emperor's army led to the Empire's fall and the Emperor's current state.
• Warrior Poet: Warrior only speaks in rhyme, save for truly emotional situations like an ally falling in battle, and calls himself a poet while killing fiends.

Bonnie & Formina's Party

Bonnie on the left, Formina on the right

A former marine, who now works for the Capitol City Police Department alongside her partner Formina.

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• Book Dumb: At the end of her and Formina's story, she admits that she was never fond of education when Formina decides to return to university.
• Close-Range Combatant: Bonnie specializes in swords and martial arts, to contrast with Formina's gun specialization.
• Stripperiffic: As a foil to her more conservatively dressed partner in law, Bonnie's outfit is by far the most revealing of the protagonists'. Hotpants, a tied-up shirt and a black bra probably wouldn't be proper protocol for any real cop, but she makes it work.

Hiss

Meow

Purr

A trio of stray cats from the Great Tree, who follow Bonnie & Formina back to Capitol City and tag along on their investigation.

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• Color-Coded Characters: Hiss is brown, Meow is white, and Purr is dark-gray, also separating them from Lolo's pure black.

Diva No. 5's Party

A mechanical songstress meant to entertain the people of Avalon, and able to recite any melody perfectly after hearing it once. However, upon singing a forbidden song, the government seals her memories, including her ability to sing. Now without a purpose, she abandons her old life and body, and joins a secret organization exploring the Conjoined Worlds in order to reawaken her heart.

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• Expy: Of T260G. Both are female Mech protagonists who are traveling various worlds in search of missing personal data. They also both have the ability to freely swap their body type to that of their ally Mechs. Amusingly, T260G's initial body was made from scrap, while Diva finds hers in a pile of scrap.
• Magikarp Power: Diva is the only robot in the game who starts off unable to equip a full set of gear. She has to clear certain worlds in order to become on par with other robots, before surpassing them with her ability to choose any frame she wants.
• You Are Number 6: Her true name is the serial code D05-72314.

Diva's manager, who is also the leader and founder of Albion's National Extradimensional Exploratory Task Force, a secret organization that explores the Conjoined Worlds. When Diva loses her heart, he invites her to accompany them on their mission.

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• Big Bad: Of Diva's story, having tricked the party to get what he wants.
• False Friend: In Diva No. 5's story, Constantine originally helped her learn the forbidden song, supported her memory sealing so he could take her out of Avalon and into the Junction, and then set up the search to explore worlds and regain her memories in order to recover the song, ditching the party when he obtains it so he can use it to summon a greater power and fuse all of the Conjoined Worlds into one "perfect" world.
• Human Aliens: He's part of the same race as the Progenitor in Delta Base, the Man from the Heavens in Miyako City and Yomi, and the Quisstatium in Capitol City.
• The Lancer: To Diva, often having the most to say about a new Conjoined World when they enter it while Diva is more concerned about finding her heart. This role is then given to Boudica once Constantine reveals his intentions.
• Starter Villain: In Bonnie & Formina's story, their first case as partners is to track him down and apprehend him for suspicious activity.
• Walking Spoiler: While he is one of Diva's initial allies, he also plays a significant antagonistic role in some characters' storylines, including Diva's herself.
• You Can't Thwart Stage One: Diva, Boudica, and the rest of the party fight him after he takes the forbidden song, but he's still able to summon the Living Anguish afterwards.

Chief of a Fallen Tribe

A human wielding a two-handed sword, and the former Chief of a tribe that was destroyed by Avalon.

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A plant-like Ephemeral.

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• Meaningful Name: She is a Plant Person whose name means "flower" in Old Irish.
• Plant Person: She is a green humanoid with a flower on her head, and members of her race are born from seeds.

Dark Werewolf

A Werewolf from Yomi.

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• Dark Is Not Evil: Despite his fearsome appearance and epithet, he's actually quite friendly to his allies.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: With the exception of during Diva's story, in which he is part of her default retinue, protagonists will have to choose between him and Dolores (after unlocking the option to choose by repeatedly encountering him) during the Yomi arc.
• The Unintelligible: In his human form that can be met in Yomi, he can speak just fine. But in his werewolf form, which he's always in during Diva's story, he can only speak in snarls and howls. Jury's still out on whether or not anyone can understand him that way.

A humanoid armored warrior.

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• Ambiguously Human: While she has a humanoid appearance and learns most techs the way that humans do, she also has access to the Unleash command that lets her spend health to use special techs tied to her weapons, an ability otherwise exclusive to monsters.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: All it takes is her introductory line to tell you she's not playing witn a full deck of cards.
• Genki Girl: Always upbeat, even when smashing heads together.

The Conjoined Worlds

The Junction

Avalon

A bardic mech willing to offer its services, both musical and physical, in exchange for some patronage.

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• Legacy Character: Of the Minstrel from the Romancing SaGa series, being a combat-capable bard with no name and a heavy association with the color green.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: In Bonnie & Formina's route, he'll automatically join if Diva's story has not been completed before, but Diva in her humanoid frame will replace him if it has. Since Diva cannot visit her homeland in her own story or join anyone else, they can never be in the same party.
• Tin-Can Robot: Its mech model is a green version of Diva's starting frame.

The Queen of Avalon.

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Either she or Spear will be the one to accompany the protagonist through Avalon, and potentially join afterwards.

Brighthome

A guardian mech.

Capitol City

A fashion model and beloved idol.

Cinq

Cordycep

Tope's young son, who loves to eat delicious food.

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• Rite of Passage: Under the right conditions, his parents will encourage the current protagonist to take Gourmand with them when they leave Cordycep, so that he can gain maturity and become a man.

Crowrealm

A sentient scarecrow that acts as the protagonists' guide to his desert world, despite being a ninny in his community.

A professor who only lets others address her by her title, despite it being unofficial due to Crowrealm lacking any higher education. She is researching the history of Crowrealm to try and find what caused its elements to disappear, drying up oceans and causing airships to fall, and believes the fault lies with a relic known as Pandora's Box.

A mech able to detect objects buried beneath the sand. It was originally created in an ancient war, and believes that joining the protagonists to locate the key to Pandora's Box will give it closure.

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• Intelligible Unintelligible: Its written dialogue is always just a string of numbers and its voice lines are electronic beeping. Despite this, Diva is able to understand it just fine. Justified because she's a Mech too.

Delta Base

A mech that oversees operations in the base.

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• Unperson: When the protagonists convince him to leave Delta Base with them, his superiors expunge all records of him from Delta Base and immediately search for a replacement administrator.

Great Tree

Grelon

An emperor from days past, who's not only lived to the modern day but also cursed Grelon's people to icy prisons. His true nature is obscured, only revealed from dreams of those freed from the ice.

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• Demonic Possession: Depending on the people saved, he attempts to possess either Alexandre, Leia, Gabriel, or Roman.
• Route Boss: Depending on the people saved, the final battle is either against him in either a spiritual or demonic form, or against the Iron Maiden.
• Shrouded in Myth: Very few people know the real him. At best, the Final Emperor's nature can be cleaned from the dreams experienced by the frozen victims, and even then it results in a conflicted, confusing set of perspectives that posit more questions than they answer.

Kamala

A maiden chosen by Berta to be the next Epuyke.

One of the insectoid monsters in charge of maintaining the Epuyke's health.

Kosmos

A slime Ephemeral that serves as a priest of Kosmos' digestive system, who guides the protagonists throughout the world in the hope that they can cure the malignancies threatening Kosmos' life.

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: He only joins during the "Parasite" version of the Kosmos arc, while Erytheia joins in the other version.

A slime Ephemeral, serving as one of the Carrier cells of Kosmos' organic world.

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: She only joins during the "Canker" version of the Kosmos arc, while Byaku joins in the other version.
• You Can't Go Home Again: In order to stop Canker from reviving and killing Kosmos, Erytheia takes up the duty of taking its body and throwing it into the void of The Junction, even though it means she will become contaminated and forbidden from returning to her own world; with nowhere else to go, she joins the protagonists that helped defeat Canker on their journey.

Mare Nostrum

The captain of the ship that rescues protagonists after the Junction spits them out in the middle of the ocean, and strongarms them into doing some errands.

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: He's only recruitable in the Pirate and Ghost ship routes, and in the latter, only if you return Baltasar's heart to him, which prevents Azure from joining.

The last guardian of the eggs of the Sea Dragon, a powerful being who is rumored to grant wishes.

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: She's only recruitable in the Ghost Ship route, and only if you give her Baltasar's heart, which prevents Ivar from joining.

Miyako City

A first-year student at Miyako University, and thus Tsunanori's junior. She works hard at a part-time job to get what she wants, but worries that her lack of luxuries makes her seem plain in comparison to other girls.

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• Plain Jane: She likes Tsunanori, but is concerned that she's too plain for his tastes...which also makes her very susceptible to Siugnas tempting her to join his retinue.

Providence

Vermiglio

A quadrupedal mech assisting Dr. Corana Sitrix. He was originally made by Corana's sister, Dr. Alessa Sitrix, as the culmination of her attempts to make mechs powered by triangle theory before growing disinterested and moving on to her next project.

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Witchdom Pulchra

A Yellow Witch who has been denied her pilgrimage, and worries that she might be an artificial golem instead of a real person.

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: With the other party members from Pulchra; Lita joins during Tsunanori's version, and recruiting Wilma prevents Ameya or Red Squire from joining.

A nameless, fully-armored Squire that fights to protect the domain of the Red Witches from the Calamity's corruption.

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• Desperately Needs Orders: He's spent his entire life loyally serving the Red Witches, so receiving conflicting orders from his leaders (Red Orchid wants him to kill the Red Sage, and the Red Sage wants him to kill Red Orchid) sends him into a tizzy, which only gets worse when he's told to disregard both orders by a third party used to his bosses' bickering. He ends up poisoning them both right as they're making amends, and needs help in order to make an antidote and prevent the Red Witches from getting entirely overwhelmed by the Calamity.
• Magically Inept Fighter: Squires, like himself and Shinobu, are completely incapable of using magic. He's still willing and capable of fighting back the Corruption, as well as doing "wetwork" for his leaders, with his physical might.

Yomi

A maid who is convinced that the protagonist is her dead master.

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