List of The Vision of Escaflowne characters
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This is a list of the major characters from The Vision of Escaflowne, a 26-episode anime series produced by Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. The series premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 and ended September 24, 1996.
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[edit] Hitomi Kanzaki
(神崎ひとみ Kanzaki Hitomi?)
Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese), Kelly Sheridan (English) Hitomi is a track sprinter at school and practices tarot card reading as a hobby. A dimensional rift opens the fabric of reality between Van's world and Hitomi's world, and she is transported along with him to Gaea.
Through her time in Gaea, her latent psychic abilities manifest, which allows her to find people or destinations through dowsing and accurately read the future through tarot card reading. She discovers that she is clairvoyant, an ability that begins to warp Emperor Dornkirk of Zaibach's visions of the future. On occasion, Hitomi can unwittingly summon pillars of light capable of transporting herself and others to other locations. Throughout the series she is torn between romantic interest in both Allen Schezar and Van.
[edit] Van Fanel
(Van Fanel?)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese), Kirby Morrow (English)
Van is the young king of Fanelia, the second son of King Goau and Queen Varie. Varie was a Draconian, winged people descended from the people of Atlantis. The Draconians were stigmatized and believed to be bearers of bad luck. At a young age Van was cautioned against carelessly showing his wings, a mark of his Draconian heritage. When Van was 5 years old, his father died of unknown cause and his older brother, Folken was required to claim the kingship. In order to do, he first had to slay a dragon, but he never returned and was presumed that he had either died fighting the dragon or lost his nerve and fled. Van's mother grew ill from worrying about Folken and eventually died.. Balgus, a trusted knight of his father's, returned after a long absence and became Van's surrogate father.
When Van was fifteen, he performed the rite of dragonslaying. During his battle with the dragon, however, he and the dragon were mysteriously transported to Earth, where he first encountered Hitomi. After he killed the dragon, he was taken back to Gaea, with Hitomi being transported with him. During his coronation as King, the Zaibach Empire attacked Fanelia. Van activiates the kingdom's greatest treasure, a Guymelef named Escaflowne. To activate the system, Van forms a blood pact with it, tying his own life to Escaflowne when he is piloting it. Though Van wants to protect his kingdom with the powerful machine, he is forced to flee his kingdom with Hitomi, only to learn later that Fanelia was burned to the ground by Zaibach.
His destiny and Hitomi's are linked, and he is initially dependent on Hitomi's clairvoyant abilities, which save his life more than once. He also holds a grudge against Folken for leaving his native kingdom of Fanelia for Zaibach and Dornkirk for his grand ambitions.
[edit] Allen Schezar
(Allen Schezar?)
Voiced by: Miki Shinichiro (Japanese), Brian Drummond (English)
Allen is a member of the Knight Caeli, Asturia's elite knights who bears an uncanny resemblance to Hitomi's high school crush, Susumu Amano. When he was younger, his younger sister Celena was kidnapped by Zaibach, his father disappeared mysteriously, and his mother died shortly afterwards. He has captured the heart of Princess Millerna of Asturia, but also demonstrates strong feelings for Hitomi as the series progresses.
He was a gifted swordsman at a young age, becoming one of the most skilled fighters of Gaea under the expert tutelage of Balgus of Fanelia. During his early knight career he and Princess Marlene fell in love and she bore his child, Chid. Later within the series, Allen briefly becomes romantically involved with Hitomi through Dornkirk's influence.
Allen also harbors a great deal of anger towards his father, Leon, for leaving his mother and family behind (it is later revealed that Leon truly loved Allen's mother and was murdered by Dornkirk's soldiers for the secrets of Atlantis.)
[edit] Folken Fanel
(Folken Fanel?)
Voiced by: George Nakata (Japanese), Paul Dobson (English)
The Strategos or tactician of Zaibach, Folken is revealed to be Van's older brother and the original heir to Fanelia. After he failed to kill a dragon, he lost an arm to the beast and was later picked up by the Zaibach, who nursed him back to health under Dornkirk's instructions and fitted him with a mechanical arm. He originally joined the empire in hopes of realizing Zaibach's ideals of a world free of war, but is later disillusioned and defects.
He, like Van, is half Draconian and thus he also has angelic wings. His wings have turned black, however, a portent that his life is coming to an end. Folken dies when his sword breaks as he kills Dornkirk and strikes him in the heart.
[edit] Dilandau Albatou
(?)
Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Japanese), Andrew Francis (English) The leader of an elite group of Guymelef pilots called the Dragon Slayers in Dornkirk's army. He almost completely lacks self-control, compassion, and a conscience. His greatest pleasures come from fighting and destruction, and the joy he takes in burning things suggests pyromania. In battle, Dilandau pilots a red Guymelef with flight capability, stealth cloak, flame-thrower and liquid-metal Crima Claw capabilities. As the series progresses, Dilandau grows gradually less stable. While clearly disturbed in his early appearance, his insanity grows after he receives a cut on the face during a fight with Van Fanel.
Though he treats them very harshly, often slapping or hitting them for little or no reason, Dilandau is also emotionally dependent on the Dragon Slayers. After all of his men are killed, he becomes completely unstable and spends much of his time in an apathetic daze, only coming to life on the battlefield as he gleefully maims and kills. For their part, despite his harsh treatment, the Dragon Slayers are fanatically loyal to him, up to and beyond death.
Towards the end of the series it is revealed he is actually Allen's lost sister, Celena, who was kidnapped, brainwashed and mutated into a male through a series of fate-altering experiments. In flashbacks of his childhood, it is revealed that Jajuka was Celena's caretaker when she first arrived in Zaibach and became Dilandau's emotional anchor. As his mental state deteriorates, Dilandau's memories try to return and he briefly returns to being Celena, though she is stuck in a naive, childlike state. During this time, Celena is reunited with Allen for a short time, but the Dilandau personality reemerges. During a climatic battle with Van, Jajuka is killed protecting Dilandau. Before he dies, he tells Dilandau it's okay to be Celena again, triggering Dilandau to revert to his real self again. Celena and Allen are reunited again, and the Dilandau personality is not seen again.
[edit] Emperor Dornkirk
(?)
Voiced by: Masato Yamanouchi (Japanese), Richard Newman (English) The leader of Zaibach believed to be two hundred Earth years old and a former Earth scientist named Isaac. Isaac learned that physical attraction between matter is caused by the force of gravity. He thus believed that everything in the universe, including fate and destiny, is caused by a force and everything is governed by a universal law. His theories and discoveries led him into the invention of machines that can predict and change the future. Isaac was transported into Gaea and later became Emperor Dornkirk after "saving" the rural people of Zaibach with his knowledge.
Dornkirk continually looks into the future with his Destiny Prognostication Engine in order to create an ideal future for Gaea by unlocking the secrets of Atlantis. Hitomi's visions of the future and Van's connection to Escaflowne continually interfere with his efforts, however.
The future he seeks to create is the "zone of absolute fortune", in which everyone's wishes would come true. However, it is that very power that destroyed Atlantis.
[edit] Merle
メルル (Meruru?)
Voiced by: Ikue Ōtani (Japanese), Jocelyne Loewen (English) A 13-year-old cat-girl, pet and childhood friend of Van. She is jealous of Van's increasingly close relationship with Hitomi, but eventually comes to accept Hitomi; and becomes a loyal friend to her.
An orphan, she has since devotedly followed Van since she was picked up by the Fanelian courts. She never hesitates to protect Van at all costs (the twins Eriya and Nariya spared Van's life once when Merle hauled herself in front of him, seeing their past selves reflected on her).
[edit] Balgus
バルガス (Barugasu?)
Voiced by: Tessho Genda (Japanese), Don Brown (English) One of the three master swordsmen of Gaea and a general of Fanelia's army, Balgus served under Van's father in his younger days and later left to travel around Gaea, searching to improve his skills. He met Allen and trained him for a time, but when Van's father died he returned to Fanelia to look after Van and his mother. When Zaibach destroyed Fanelia, he died while saving Van.
Though he perished early in the series he continues to affect the lives of the main characters through his lasting influence as both a mentor to Van and teacher to Allen.
[edit] Millerna Aston
(?)
Voiced by: Mayumi Iizuka (Japanese), Venus Terzo (English) The third princess of the kingdom of Asturia who is in love with Allen Schezar, though she is betrothed to the merchant prince Dryden Fassa. Millerna's ambition was once to become a doctor, but was forced to give up her medical studies by her second sister, Eries.
Her eldest sister, Marlene, is deceased and was the wife of Duke Freid and the mother of Allen's son, Chid. She later runs away from Asturia to join Van's troupe and fulfill her dreams. She is upset by her engagement to Dryden, but gradually comes to appreciate her fiancé's good qualities. At the end of the series, however, they separate on good terms, with Dryden saying "I will come back when I'm more deserving of you". Millerna then realizes that she can't depend on others to make her happy.
[edit] Dryden Fassa
(?)
Voiced by: Jūrota Kosugi (Japanese), Michael Dobson (English) A knowledgeable, successful, and generous merchant who is also a part-time scholar. He is engaged to Millerna through his father Meiden, a friend of Asturia's king. He's perceptive and open-minded and well aware that Millerna is in love with Allen, yet he still flirts with her.
[edit] Prince Chid
(?)
Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Japanese), Alex Doduk (English) Prince Chid is the heir to duchy of Freid and is supposedly the Duke of Freid and Princess Marlene's son, but his real father is Allen Schezar. After Duke of Freid died, Chid eventually became the Duke.
When Princess Marlene had married Duke Freid, she never openly revealed the truth behind her pregnancy, but she wrote about it in a hidden diary that was later found by Millerna. Chid displays a strong connection and trust for Allen, though unaware of their true connection as father and son, and admires and hopes to live up to Duke Freid, the only father Chid has ever known. Though the Duke is apparently strict and unfeeling towards Chid, he recognizes Chid as his own son and cares for him deeply, despite the fact he deduced that Chid is not actually his son.
[edit] Jajuka
(?)
Voiced by: Kōji Tsujitani (Japanese), Scott McNeil (English) Jajuka becomes the only soldier under Dilandau's command after the dragon slayers are killed in battle by Van.
Jajuka is an ex-servant of the Sorcerers who kidnapped Celena. He was responsible for her well-being as a child and genuinely cared for her, the two were almost inseparable. When Dilandau was returned to the sorcerers years later, Jajuka volunteered to fight beside him.
[edit] Eries Aston
(?)
Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese), Ellen Kennedy (English) The second princess of Asturia and Millerna's older sister. She disapproves of Millerna's decision to be a doctor and attempts to discourage her younger sister from pursuing both the study of medicine and Allen Schezar. Because she refuses to marry, Eries is not in line for the succession of the throne of Asturia. She also agrees to look after Allen's sister, Celena, when she mysteriously appears again, though it is soon discovered that Celena is actually Dilandau.
