List of minor characters in Xenosaga
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The following are side characters from the PS2 series Xenosaga. This list does not include the major protagonists and antagonists, nor does it feature playable characters.
[edit] 100-series Observational Realian
The latest model of Observational Realian preceded by the 99 Series Observational Realian "Kirschwasser." All subsequent 100-series Realians were modeled on the original prototype MOMO who was originally built by the late Dr. Joachim Mizrahi. 100-series Realians normally appear in the form of 12 year-old girls with tanned skin and platinum blue hair. They are normally dressed in light green Mizrahi lab uniforms and are normally used to man the bridges of starships because of their analytical talent. However, they do not man starship weapons, A.G.W.S units, or personal weapons.
100-series units are capable of producing the Hilbert Effect, which creates a massive time-space shift that draws the Gnosis fully into our plane of existence. The area of effect which the 100-series can produce this effect is limited if there is only a single one, but when multiple 100-series are working in unison and connected to an amplifier device on a starship the area of influence can be greatly extended. A large number of 100-series Realians were seen manning the bridge stations onboard the Kukai Foundation flagship Durandal. As their name suggests these Realians are equipped with extremely powerful sensory arrays, MOMO herself can scan the gene clusters of both Jr. and Gaignun is a split second at a distance with perfect detail. They can also compute vast amounts of data.
In the TV Asahi anime Xenosaga: The Animation a lone Kirschwasser, who was Albedo's "personal assistant" Realian temporarily escaped from his custody and stowed away onboard the Federation cruiser Woglinde disguised as a 100-series Realian. The 100 Series Realians are voiced by Mariela Ortiz in the English Anime.
[edit] Abel
Abel (アベル Aberu?) is the material (real) form of the higher-dimensional existence U-DO (which exists without the concept of an individual, and is defined exclusively in subjective terms by the observer), whose discarnate (imaginary) form is Abel's Ark. He was meant to appear in all three episodes of the series but only appears in two, Episode I and Episode III, he was cut out of Episode II for unexplained reasons despite an actor being cast and lines recorded for him. He first appears in the ending of Episode I, in his brief cameo he is shown playing with blocks while the Elsa is entering Second Miltia's atmosphere above him.
In Episode III he is revealed to be the pilot of the new Federation weapon Ω Res Novae. He is under the protection of the S.O.C.E. and Juli Mizrahi in particular. He is said to be an anti-social autistic with no real concept of the world around him. He doesn't speak and he does not recognize the speech of others. He pilots Ω Res Novae against KOS-MOS at the Federation's public weapons demonstration and almost goes berserk after defeating her.
When Shion and Allen meet with Dr. Mizrahi after the incident Abel appears before them unannounced, Dr. Mizrahi hands him a crayon and gets him to draw on the floor as a means of communicating. When he finishes he leaves as quickly as he arrived leaving a drawing of Nephilim behind, surprising Shion and Allen. When Shion and the party later break into the Project Zohar testing area to rescue KOS-MOS from being discarded Abel appears before them and leads them to her.
Abel acts in the capacity of the control device for Ω Res Novae, which uses the Zohar as its principal energy source. Yuriev used Abel, to wield the power of Ω Res Novae to use as a weapon against God.
U-DO first assumed Abel's form during the 20XX era of Lost Jerusalem, at the same time as Nephilim disappeared, suggesting some link between the two.
There is a conspicuous relationship between Abel of the Xenosaga universe and another Abel from a previous title developed by Square, Xenogears. Xenosaga's Abel shares Xenogears' Abel's name and likeness (and, by extension, Xenogears' protagonist, Fei Fong Wong), and some speculate that he shares the same role as Xenogears' Abel—the -Contact-. According to the book of Genesis, Abel is the name of one of the offspring of Adam and Eve, the first humans on Earth. In the Japanese version of Episode III, Abel is voiced by Maiko Ito. In the English version of Episode III, Abel is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald .
[edit] Aizen Magus
Aizen Magus lived in Dabrye Mine on Old Miltia with his son Tehtlla and granddaughter Mai. He immigrated on Miltia from another star system once it because an autonomous republic. When the U-TIC Organization took over Dabrye Mine they began to make conditions for those living and working in the mine more and more unbearable. Eventually the workers began to revolt and Aizen became a central figure in the workers' anti-U-TIC movement. U-TIC struck back however and nearly destroyed the mine and captured Aizen's son Tehtlla. Despite the mine lying in ruins Aizen and his granddaughter Mai continue to live there, protecting it from U-TIC or anyone else who would try to enter it.
Aizen bears a strong resemblance to "Old Man Bal" Isaac Balthazar of Xenogears, who also lived in a mine and had a granddaughter who looks exactly like Mai. Aizen's house is also shaped like the floating nation of Shevat, where Balthazar originally hailed from.
[edit] Alby
Alby is the name of Jr's pet dog, an albino chihuahua. Jr obtained Alby soon after his twin brother Albedo's death, and requested to allow him on the bridge of the Durandal. Although Jr claims the name is due to the dog being an albino, it is likely that Alby is derived from Albedo, as Jr tells Mary that "I hope he doesn't misbehave like someone we know." It is believed Jr acquired the dog as a means of coping with his brother's death. Alby is white-furred and has purple eyes just like Albedo.
It is unknown whether or not Alby is a real dog, which are considered rare and expensive in Xenosaga's current era, or a more common synthetic dog. However, Jr would certainly be able to afford a real dog, if that is the case.
In Episode III, it is remarked in the database that Alby does not like Gaignun, most likely due to the latter's possession by Yuriev. After the destruction of the Durandal, Alby takes up residence in the women's cabin on the Elsa. Somehow, he is able to use the EVS, and returns to the simulated Durandal, which leads to a sidequest where he runs your character around the ship (somehow he can use trains too) until retrieving MOMO's best weapon and an accessory that was hidden in the Durandal Park.
At the end, Alby remains with MOMO on the Dammerung, hoping to see Jr. again someday.
[edit] Alexei Tsiolkovskyi
Leader of the anti-U.M.N. organization V.L.V. (Veritas Liberabit Vos - "The Truth Shall Set You Free") and an archetypical hot-blooded male, easily moved by emotion. He exhibits a preternatural genius for engineering.
The respect he commands from organization members stems from the decisiveness he exhibits through his strike force. Melisse Ortus seeks him out at the end of Pied Piper and together with V.L.V. she forms the anti-U.M.N. group Scientia.
[edit] Almadel
Almadel is a blonde Realian girl approximately 8-10 years in appearance, who encounters Shion during the web series Xenosaga: A Missing Year storyline.
The name most likely is a reference to the Ars Almadel (The Art of the Almadel) is the fourth part of The Lesser Key of Solomon, a 17th Century grimoire giving instructions for various types of conjuring and elemental magic.
[edit] Aoi Uzuki
Aoi Uzuki is Shion's mother. Aoi originally came from the Vassilios system, which is largely populated by people from the Immigrant Fleet. Because of that, Aoi, and her children Jin and Shion, possess certain latent traits associated with those from the Immigrant Fleet. Unfortunately, those traits caused her to slip into a coma which she never recovered from and she was taken to the Mizrahi Cerebral Sciences Acute Neurosies Treatment Facillity, a place also known as Labyrinthos. Her husband Suou Uzuki, head of the Federation Special Inspection Office of Advanced Technology Department of Energy, performed experiments on her unconscious mind at Labyrinthos while working with Joachim Mizrahi to try and align the Vessels of Anima for use by humans in E.S. craft. Her data was stored in Mizrahi's database onboard the Proto Merkabah and can be seen in Episode I when Shion and the party are aboard it. Her name in Episode I incorrectly comes up as "Vwud Uzuki", for some reason.
[edit] Boss
Goatee-sporting owner of Moby Dick's Café who looks every bit the part. His name is Stubb.
He originally ran a café in another location, but moved to the Second Sector due to the area's redevelopment.
Jin recommended "Moby-Dick" to him because it features a character who shares his name. He casually began to read this famous novel and got hooked, eventually buying his own copy from Jin's bookstore. The extent of his affection for the book can be seen from the name of the café and its decor.
His line of liqueurs are popular, but so is his curry and the rest of his food menu. He has passed a variety of recipes on to Shion, a regular at his shop. Whether in earnest or in jest, whenever Jin comes to the café, he tells him, "I wouldn't mind giving this place up, if it were to Shion."
[edit] Bugs
Bugs is a playable character in the side story Xenosaga: Pied Piper. His nature is not specifically addressed in the game, but he appears to be a combat support robot - an older model that predates Realians. He is responsible for the party's armaments and is designed to provide support during combat in U.M.N. virtual space. His weapons include beams and missiles. As for his personality, Bugs' AI was designed to emulate a small boy, and this is reflected in the childish way that he talks. He is quite attached to his caretaker and operator, Erich Weber, and when he believes Erich to be dead, he is devastated. Overall, Bugs plays a small part in the storyline of the game, but he shares many poignant scenes with his operator, and in the end seems to be the only person that truly understands him. This is expressed by a suicide bombing during the final battle with Voyager.
[edit] Cecily and Cathe
Cecily and Cathe (short for "Cecilia" and "Catherine") are the younger Realian sisters of Febronia, who appears in Shion Uzuki's visions. They were originally portrayed during the KOS-MOS encephelon dive as young children playing around a tree near Febronia's church. Febronia clearly mentioned that this concept of Cecily and Cathe was an illusion.
In reality, Cecily and Cathe were both connected to the Zohar Link System. When Shion's party entered the ruins of Labyrinthos, they stumbled upon Cecily and Cathe, who were kept in a suspended animation and kept alive by life support systems. Their amputated and maimed bodies were suspended in transparent pods which were mechanically connected to the Zohar, thus allowing for a link between the two systems. This link was established by Joachim Mizrahi so they could "control the Zohar", primarily to keep U-DO, which was bound to the Zohar, subdued. Their consciousnesses were trapped in an Encephalon environment where they were made to think that they were free and constantly playing near a tree with their older sister. When Shion saw the girls' condition she realized that the true meaning of Febronia's plea for her to "free" her sisters via death. Though Shion is against killing and mistreating Realians, she still allowed KOS-MOS to destroy the entire Zohar Link System.
[edit] Cherenkov, Andrew
Andrew Cherenkov (アンドリュー・チェレンコフ Andoryū Cherenkofu?) became known during the Zoar Incident in TC 4731 as a genetically-modified "Super Soldier". When the incident ended, however, no provisions were made for the Super Soldiers and they were simply dumped back into society. Cherenkov tried to build himself a "normal" life, but he eventually killed someone out of anger and instinct. While on trial, his lawyer (who later became his wife) defended him, and he was sentenced to undergo Level 7 Personality Reconditioning. Soon after, Cherenkov discovered that his wife had married him simply so she could obtain a license to have a child by cloning herself, rather than out of actual love. In a fit of anger and desperation, Cherenkov killed her, and was made to undergo Level 8 Personality Reconditioning in an attempt to prevent him from killing again. Cherenkov, for a period, returned to normal. However, whilst walking one day, he encountered a girl that looked familiar. It was the clone of his wife. As he looked at the girl, she turned to him and uttered one word: "garbage." In a frenzy once more, he wrung her neck, and was made a test subject for the new Level 9 Personality Reconditioning procedure. Nevertheless, it failed to control his instincts, and he murdered everyone in the testing facility. It seems whenever Cherenkov is about to kill someone, an Aleph is shown on his forehead (Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew word emet, which means truth. In Jewish mythology it was the letter aleph that was carved into the head of the golem which ultimately gave it life).
Margulis found out about Cherenkov and went to the facility where Cherenkov was interned. He found him in the courtyard amidts a scattering of bodies; doctors, security guards and other patients, all of them indiscriminately killed. When Margulis addressed him he tried to kill him too, but he proved to be too skillful for him. Effortlessly defeating him, Margulis offered Cherenkov a way to bring meaning to his life if he joined him. Cherenkov accepted and Margulis took him under his wing into the U-TIC Organization. One of his first missions was to steal KOS-MOS, an android being developed by Vector Industries. He was given a remote control device by a hooded man (Kevin Winnicot). Being only partially complete, the KOS-MOS Archetype malfunctioned when Cherenkov activated her and murdered nearly all of the people in the room at time, including Shion Uzuki's fiancé, Kevin Winnicot. Unbeknownst to Cherenkov, his soldiers, or his superiors, the incident was, in fact, a setup by Kevin Winnicot, with the KOS-MOS Archetype's malfunction being the intended result all along. Kevin intended for the KOS-MOS Archetype to kill him so that he could become the Red Testament.
Two years later, Cherenkov was involved in an experiment on Ariadne (his home planet) called the Zohar Link Experiment. The project ended in a catastrophic failure and the planet vanished, killing one-and-a-half billion people in the process. The Federation Government, keen to retrieve the Zohar, sent the battleship Woglinde to retrieve it. In order to secure the Zohar for themselves, the U-TIC Organization installed Cherenkov and a few others on the Woglinde masquerading as Federation Marines to secure it and send it back to them. Unfortunately for U-TIC the Gnosis attacked the battleship and took the Zohar with them, but not before KOS-MOS identified it as merely being a Zohar Emulator.
By clinging on to the side of Shion Uzuki and Allen Ridgely's escape pod, he was able to survive the destruction of the Woglinde and was rescued along with Shion and Allen by the Elsa. Haunted by his memories of the KOS-MOS Archetype's rampage, he attempted to destroy KOS-MOS by shooting her in the head while she rested in her maintenance pod. He is interrupted by Shion before he can do it and casually explains away his holding the gun as an "old habit" as a soldier.
Shortly after their arrival onboard, a remaining Gnosis attacked the Elsa and almost killed Cherenkov before it was neutralized by chaos. Soon afterwards, he began to suffer strange bouts of intense pain. Eventually, at the giant Gnosis mothership "Cathedral Ship," Cherenkov suffered the fate of all those almost killed by a Gnosis: he was transformed into one himself. Reluctantly, Shion and the others had to fight and eventually kill him. Shortly before he died, Shion "visited" Cherenkov one final time in his consciousness, where he was sitting on a strange monochrome beach, the Beach of Nothingness. Cherenkov told Shion that he liked it there, and that she would be there soon as well. This is a reference to the fact that Shion was almost killed by a Gnosis when she was onboard the Woglinde, and therefore should suffer the same fate as Cherenkov. It is later revealed to her by Nephilim that although she was touched by a Gnosis, she shall not suffer from this. This could be because she is the "Maiden" and thus has special powers, but is more likely due to her possession of what Wilhelm calls the "Shining Will". Among other things, this suggests that Cherenkov would not have been able to become a Testament.
It should be noted that Cherenkov resembles Ramses from Xenogears, aside from being artificial humans, they both also go berserk at the mention of the word 'garbage'.
Although Xenosaga: The Animation is a retelling of Xenosaga Episode I, it completely omits Cherenkov's story (most likely due to the limited running-time of the animated series). In The Animation he dies on the Woglinde, and is never mentioned again. In both the anime and Japanese version of Episode I, he is voiced by Hisao Egawa. In the U.S. version, he is voiced by Paul St. Peter. In the English Anime he is voiced by John Swasey.
His name likely comes from Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, a Russian scientist who discovered the radiation of the same name; Cherenkov radiation passes through an insulator faster than light does.
[edit] Citrine
Citrine (シトリン Shitorin?) is an orange-haired girl seen in Jr.’s flashbacks in Episode II. She is U.R.T.V. #668, the missing U.R.T.V. from Episode I who falls between U.R.T.V.’s #667 (Albedo) and #669 (Nigredo) in the numerical sequence. She, along with Rubedo, Albedo, and Negredo, is a rare U.R.T.V. known as a “variant” U.R.T.V. Female models are produced solely for maintaining the viability of the U.R.T.V. cell culture which degenerates after each successive round of cloning. Female U.R.T.V.’s are produced by inducing a mutation in the Y chromosome of a developing clone and changing it into a second X chromosome, thus turning a male U.R.T.V. into a female. Because of a genetic instability brought on by the Y to X change, female U.R.T.V.’s often suffer from congenital defects and die very quickly as their bodies fail them. What happened to Citrine after the Miltian Conflict is unknown. She was not present during any of the shown events during the Miltian Conflict. When she is present, she talks with an air of superiority to the other U.R.T.V.’s, including Rubedo and Nigredo. When she is first introduced during Episode II’s flashbacks, she reveals to the U.R.T.V. brothers that she is in fact the missing #668 child that Nigredo had previously assumed had died before his own creation; in truth Citrine was most probably taught in Yuriev's private attention away from the other U.R.T.V. units throughout most of the brothers’ childhood, explaining her general attitude toward other units shown in the games.
Citrine appears to continue the theme of U.R.T.V. characters named after stages in the alchemical process. While the stages (in order) of nigredo, albedo, and rubedo are most familiar, some earlier alchemists also included citrintas (yellowing) as an intermediate stage between albedo and rubedo. Citrintas was feminized to Citrine, the name of a yellow gem and birthstone of the month of November.
Writings released by former Xenosaga writer Soraya Saga revealed that in the original version of Episode II before her script was modified by Monolith's new team of editors, an adult Citrine makes a brief appearance in the game's present-day timeframe where she reunites with her fellow U.R.T.V.s, Gaignun (Nigredo) and a now physically mature Jr. (Rubedo).
An adult Citrine appears in Xenosaga I&II for the Nintendo DS and Episode III. She appears to be a special agent working for Dimitri Yuriev. In Episode III she is Yuriev's bodyguard, defending him from an attack by Canaan on the bridge of the Durandal, as well as attacking Shion and the others when they try to enter the Isolation Area to stop Yuriev from activating the Zohar emulators. In the Japanese version of Episodes II and III, she is voiced by Rena Mizuki; in the English version of Episode II, she is voiced by Stephanie Mitchell; in the English version of Episode III, she is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald.
[edit] Dark Professor
The Dark Professor is the archrival of the Professor. They both graduated from Bormeo University. The Dark Professor created two giant robots that are almost exact replicas of the Professor's Erde Kaiser and Erde Kaiser Fury: Dark Erde Kaiser and Erde Kaiser Σ. Erde Kaiser Σ is the most powerful of the four Erde Kaisers, and it has the same voice as its creator, which includes a Texan accent.
The Dark Professor is featured in Episode III; he is not part of the main storyline. He lives in a secret hideout on Pedea Island, Second Miltia, spying on Shion Uzuki. He rummages around in her refrigerator and in her closet. The Dark Professor dies from overexhaustion due to working on Erde Kaiser Σ, and he is buried by under his laboratory. The player can talk to one of his creations, Coconut Monkey, who allows the player to challenge Erde Kaiser Σ. After defeating the giant robot, Coconut Money reveals that before he died, the Dark Professor stored his mind within Coconut Monkey. Coconut Monkey then malfunctions due to the salty air on the beach, and it shuts down.
[edit] Doctus
Doctus (ドクトゥス Dokutusu?) is an agent of the anti-Vector group Scientia. She accompanies Shion, Caanan, and Miyuki on a mission to retrieve hidden data from Vector at the start of Episode III and keeps in constant contact with her throughout the game. She dresses in a gray-white cloak and wears glasses similar to those of the U-TIC scientist Sellers. Her personality is direct, professional, and minimalist, referring to Caanan as "Realian" because she doesn't "waste brainpower on trivial things." During this initial mission she pilots a black A.M.W.S. unit codenamed "Astraea". Shion first encountered her in the web series Xenosaga: A Missing Year, where she attempts to abduct a Realian girl codenamed Nephilim from the custody of Juli Mizrahi. She often employs android doubles controlled via a mental interlink (similar to the one shared by Mary and Shelly Godwin) to do most of her work. This allows the real Doctus to play an active role in events through her doubles while staying hidden from those looking to stop her, like Vector. One of these android bodies was fought by KOS-MOS in the first chapter of A Missing Year and had its arm torn off in the struggle. Her real location is top secret information even within the ranks of Scientia, and is only known by a select few of the higher-ups within the organization. At the dawn of a new era after the fall of Zarathustra, she travels to the Dammerung to possibly help MOMO and Miyuki work on a new network.
She frequently speaks in Latin, saying things such as:
Usus magister est optimus. "Practice makes perfect."
Errare humanum est. "To err is human."
In the Japanese version of Episode III, Doctus is voiced by Paku Romi, whereas in the English version she is voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.
[edit] Erich Weber
- see: The Black Testament
[edit] Grimoire Verum
A black-bearded man who encounters Shion in an Encephalon dive during the web series Xenosaga: A Missing Year. It is revealed that he was a member of the Mizrahi Brain Physics Research Facility, and was responsible for a program named 'Lemegeton'. This had the ability to attract Gnosis, and was planned to complete the Song of Nephilim system. However, he used his own daughter as a test subject, causing the original Zohar to go berserk and caused the disappearance of Lost Jerusalem.
A grimoire is a book or scroll containing spells and enchantments.
[edit] Hermann and Richard
Hermann (ヘルマン Heruman?) and Richard (リヒャルト Rihyarudo?) are two subordinates of Pellegri and Margulis in the Ormus organization. They failed to accomplish every mission assigned to them in Episode II, starting with an attempt to recapture MOMO. Their attempt failed when the Realian, Canaan, interfered with the U-TIC fronted operation. Their next mission was to defend the Ormus Stronghold, but they were forced to retreat. Hermann pilots an A.M.W.S. called the Scutum (a reference to an ancient Roman shield), while Richard pilots an A.M.W.S. called the Pilum (a reference to an ancient Roman javelin). Both A.M.W.S. are almost as powerful as E.S due to being partially aligned with Anima Relics. Richard appears to be rather insane and arrogant, as before fighting in Episode II, he would usually call out "My name is Richard!" before making a taunt to the group. He grows extremely rash and ecstatic through the course of battle, even going so far as to blast a hole through the Ormus Stronghold with Pilum’s Naglfar Third Portable Weapon in an attempt to hit an E.S. Hermann once served as a Galaxy Federation Marine with Captain Matthews of the Elsa von Brabant. Richard and Hermann appear again in Episode III, piloting E.S. Joseph and E.S. Gad respectively, and they are the first ones to fight against the party on Planet Michtam. However, they are completely outmatched, and are subsequently defeated.
Xenosaga I&II gives faces to the previously unseen pilots. Herman appears to be a strong man with dark skin and hair and a goatee while Richard appears as an almost feminine-looking young man with long blond hair. Like in Episode II, the duo are major recurring enemies in the game. Shion and the party face them multiple times, including two battles where they appear in-person on the Durandal. In Episodes II and III, Hermann is voiced in Japanese by Shinichiro Miki and in English by Kirk Thornton; Richard is voiced in Japanese by Ryotaro Okiayu and in English by Jason Spisak.
[edit] Jan Sauer
- See Ziggy.
[edit] Joachim Mizrahi
Joachim Mizrahi (ヨアキム・ミズラヒ Yoakimu Mizurahi?), ex-husband to Juli Mizrahi, died in T.C. 4753, the year the Miltian Conflict began. A scientist known for his revolutionary work in the field of Realian technology and Zohar research, he was an advocate of the 100-Series Observational Unit Realians, and essentially MOMO's father. The Galaxy Federation benefited greatly from his contributions, as his numerous research findings played a large part in the Federation's growth. Despite his many achievements, many figures in the Xenosaga series deem Mizrahi as a madman who initiated the Miltian Conflict, the arrival of the Gnosis, and the disappearance of Old Miltia. However, Mizrahi was framed by Ormus for the events. Both his innocence and the truth behind the Miltian Conflict are archived in the Y-Data, which he sealed away in MOMO; it is revealed that when the Gnosis appeared over Miltia, he used the Zohar to create the Abyss in order to slow the entry of the Gnosis into the universe. Amidst the chaos that brought the Miltian Conflict to its end, Mizrahi looked out from the top of Labyrinthos at the terrifying results of the research he started off, before being cast over the side by an assailant who remains a mystery. Like Cherenkov, he also appears to Shion on the "Beach of Nothingness" in one of his appearances.
His name, like many other things in the Xenosaga series, may be a reference to Judeo-Christian mythos. His first name corresponds to the name of Saint Joachim (which translates as "he who is established by God") and the Jewish king Jehoiakim. In the Catholic canon Joachim is the grandfather of Jesus. Jehoiakim, the Jewish king, was thrown over the top wall of Jerusalem to prove to the attacking army he was dead; Dr. Mizrahi is also thrown from the top of a building. His last name may be an allusion to the Mizrahi Jews.
In the games, Mizrahi is voiced by Kenichi Noda in Japanese and Ed Cunningham in English.
[edit] Joaquin Rozas
Joaquin is the son of Dr. Sharon Rozas in Xenosaga: Pied Piper. A very curious and rash boy, he has little self control. The death of his father, a police officer, made him very independent. He was also the stepson of Jan Sauer, or Ziggy, but he considers him his real father. He was murdered by Voyager alongside his mother near the end of Pied Piper. In Episode I Joaquin appears in Ziggy's flashback where receives a Nexus artificial dog, which he promptly names Nex. He, along with his mother were considered "pure Abraxans" or "people of the Zohar."
[edit] Julius
Julius was the Patriarch of the Ormus Society/the Immigrant Fleet during Xenosaga: Pied Piper. He is said to be an ancestor of the Patriarch who appears in Episode II. He is working to establish peace between the Immigrant Fleet and the Galaxy Federation. He is killed near the end of Pied Piper's second chapter by Voyager.
[edit] Kayla
Kayla is an early model Realian and Wilhelm's secretary in Pied Piper. He fills the place of Wilhelm's "advisor" prior to the formation of the Testaments. In reality he is responsible for co-ordinating the data from other Realian equipped with Program Canaan (ie: Lactis). What became of Kayla in the 98-year span between Pied Piper and Episode I is not known, but he was later replaced by Kevin Winnicot as the Red Testament in the role of Wilhelm's confidant.
[edit] Kevin Winnicot
The late Kevin Winnicot was a Vector Industries scientist, Shion's fiancé, and the creator of KOS-MOS. He was killed two years prior to the start of Episode I in an accident involving the KOS-MOS Archetype.
- See also: The Red Testament
[edit] Kirschwasser
Kirschwasser (キルシュヴァッサー Kirushuvassā?, German for "cherry water," a type of brandy) is the nickname for the 99 Series Obversational Realian model. Kirschwassers have the appearance of 12 year-old girls with dark skin, milky white or silver hair and yellow eyes. Since the end of the Miltian Conflict, the 99 Series appear to have been retired in favor of the newer 100 Series models.
A large number of them were seen following U.R.T.V. #667 Albedo around during his younger days and later in life, but in Episode I he ultimately murdered them all once he became aware of MOMO's existence. The Kirschwassers who followed Albedo loved something they saw in Albedo once and stuck by him even when he was descending into madness. All the Kirschwassers envy MOMO on some level because they thought their "father," Dr. Mizrahi loved her more than all his other creations. On some level this was true, as MOMO was a Realian reconstruction of his lost beloved daughter Sakura. Episode II continues Albedo's infatuation with Kirschwassers, notably at the end of the game where he manifests them in one space-time flashback at his graveyard. Again, in his throne room, rows of Kirschwassers suspended in green architectural tubes line his chambers. At the end of Episode II several angelic Kirschwassers supposedly descend from heaven and carried Albedo away when he died. This may have been just another part of the massive illusionary state that Albedo had created within the space-time anomaly with the help of U-DO.
Kirschwassers in the context of the game seem to indicate Albedo's abusive relationship with women, most notably his hatred of Sakura and his fascination with MOMO. They are often placed around him with overtones of sexuality, abuse, or subservience.
In the TV Asahi anime Xenosaga: The Animation, a slightly re-imagined retelling of the events of Episode I, a single Kirschwasser appeared as a fairly major recurring character. This character used to be Albedo's personal assistant Realian who escaped his custody and disguised herself as a new model 100 Series unit and sneaked about the Federation cruiser Woglinde. There she has a run-in with Shion Uzuki who strikes up a friendship with her; unfortunately she was recaptured by Albedo during the Gnosis attack on the vessel and was returned to her role as his servant. The story of the Kirschwasser in the anime was all about finding her own identity and her "heart" and trying to be good in spite of being surrounded and influenced by some rather evil people. The Kirschwasser ultimately sacrificed herself and went down with Proto Merkabah in the anime's final episode and saves Second Miltia from being destroyed by it. In the game this role is filled by KOS-MOS, though she survives while the Kirschwasser does not.
In Xenosaga I&II Albedo happens upon the Kirschwassers on Old Miltia when he is left behind after U-DO went out of control. In the Japanese Episode I, she is voiced by Ryo Hirohashi. She is voiced by Hilary Haag in the English version of the anime.
[edit] Lactis
Lactis is one of the prototype Realian models. Although not specifically stated, he appears to be a Combat Model built for police work with a somewhat melancholy personality. He is rather philosophical at times, musing on the state of humanity when the team visits a fertility hostpital dedicated producing "Designer Children," genetically enhanced humans. He is rather impassionate about his work but is always willing to give stern advice whenever it is needed. Relative neophyte Meris often bares the brunt of his well-meaning criticisms. He is described by Wilhelm as carrying their "Canaan" and was used to find people with the "Essence". This seems to imply people with "shining Wills" who can become Testaments. Curiously, Lactis has purple eyes, possibly due to his status as an early-model Realian. All other Realians seen thus far have had yellow eyes. In Episode III, it is revealed that Lactis and Canaan are indeed one in the same.
[edit] Lapis Roman
Lapis Roman is a Galaxy Federation officer who is actually a spy for Second Miltia's Representative Helmer. Her primary mission is to keep tabs on the U-TIC Organization spies within the military. During a U-TIC/Ormus scheme attempting to pin the Woglinde disaster on the Kukai Foundation and Second Miltia in order to capture MOMO, Cpt. Roman helped Shion and her friends prove the Foundation's innocence.
[edit] Mary Magdalene
A brown-haired woman who lived long ago in Lost Jerusalem. She is the human manifestation of Animus, a power that complements Anima. She divided up and sealed away chaos's power as Anima.
In the story, she is called the partner of the Messiah, though it is unknown whether she is actually the historical figure of Mary Magdalene. Judging from her words to Shion in the story, she likely shared some bond with Shion in her past life.
[edit] Mai Magus
Mai Magus (マイ・メイガス Mai Meigasu?) is a young woman who lived with her grandfather Aizen Magus in Dabrye Mine on Old Miltia. She bears a close resemblance to Maria Balthasar from Xenogears and even has a guardian Auto-Tech named Leupold similar to Maria's Gear, Seibzehn. She thinks Leupold contains the spirit of her deceased father Tethlla Magus. Even her grandfather resembles Xenogears' Isaac "Old Man Bal" Balthasar. Her father, Tethlla Magus was captured by the U-TIC Organization when the mine's workers revolted against them. He was used as a test subject at Labyrinthos and died some time thereafter. Since then Mai and Leupold began to fight back against any U-TIC soldiers entering the mine. She even attacks the party when they pass through the mine thinking they are U-TIC soldiers. She is voiced by Rina Satou in the Japanese version of Episode III and Erin Fitzgerald in the English version of Episode III.
[edit] Dr. T Masuda
Dr. T. Masuda is the archeologist who discovered the Original Zohar at Lake Turkana approximately 4,000 years prior to the start of Episode I. His excavation was funded by Vector Industries.
Beyond his name and the excavation results, essentially nothing is known about him. Based on his name, he is assumed to be of Japanese descent. His discovery of the Zohar brought about a dramatic change in the subsequent sphere of human existence.
The Zohar discovered by Masuda was transferred to Vector's labs in Toronto, Canada, where various examinations and experiments were performed. These experiments ultimately lead to the disappearance of Earth and Humanity taking to the stars.
[edit] Melisse Ortus
Melisse Ortus is a playable character from the side story Xenosaga: Pied Piper. She is an ambitious young investigator who worked under Captain Jan Sauer (later Ziggurat 8) in the 1875th Federation special-ops detachment squad.
At 23 years old during Pied Piper, Ortus is the youngest member of Jan's team. At the beginning of the game, she is extremely ambitious and determined to prove herself and become a captain (as Jan had been promoted to that position at the same age). However, her inexperience as a leader and inability to control people costs her the lives of six policemen, an event which shadows her through the rest of the story.
Her personality is complex. She is young and insecure, yet she yearns to be a strong leader and succeed in her field. She's passionate and has a strong sense of justice, yet whenever she acts on her principles it seems to get her in trouble. She expresses great admiration for Jan, who is something of a mentor to her. Though it is hinted at that she has many admirers on the force, she seems to have no time for such pursuits and has no main love interest. She is, however, very close to Mikhail Ortmann, and some scenes in the game suggest that the two were more than just friends.
Through the course of the game she grows significantly, and at the end she is present at the suicide of Jan Sauer. The shock of this experience, and a fairly ugly series of events afterward, gave her a deep drive to find the truth amidst the many technologies of the U.M.N. In search of truth, she resigned from the Federation police force and joined Veritas, an anti-U.M.N. organization. There she came into her own as a leader, and she organized Scientia, a galaxy-spanning anti-U.M.N. resistance movement that Shion Uzuki joins in Episode III. Information on Melisse can be seen in the underground Zohar research facility in Episode III.
[edit] Mikhail Ortmann
Mikhail Ortmann is one of the main characters of the side story Xenosaga: Pied Piper. Though he is not a playable character, he does work under Captain Jan Sauer (later Ziggurat 8) in the 1875th Federation special-ops detachment squad.
At the time of Pied Piper, Mikhail is 27 years old. He is a talented U.M.N. operator who specializes in overseeing dives (links between a person's mind and a virtual space, or two people's minds to one another). He's the most vivacious of the bunch and often serves as a morale officer for his more serious teammates. He also seems to carry a torch for Melisse, and he is constantly getting himself into trouble because he can't say no to her.
His partner is Erich Weber, and the two seem to be very close, despite Erich's secret identity as the serial killer Voyager. As Erich slips away, Mikhail grows more and more suspicious, until the situation comes to a head and Erich brainjacks Mikhail in an attempt to protect himself. Unfortunately, he then had to be subdued by Jan and the others, and he subsequently died from the damage he sustained. This is quite possibly Erich's final act before slipping completely into the persona of Voyager.
[edit] Orgulla
Orgulla (オルグイア Oruguia?) is an Ormus operative during Episode II. She was a cyborg created by Dr. Sellers for use in U.M.N. transport experiments. An accident during an experiment caused her to develop dissociative identity disorder and created an overly aggressive second personality. She was reconfigured by Sellers into a battle android and placed in the service of Patriarch Sergius XVII as a handmaiden and personal guard. Her normal form is Eryu, and her altered form is Manes, likely a reference to Roman mythology. She dies on the Ormus Stronghold after a battle with the party, just a short time before the re-appearance of Old Miltia.
The word orgullo is Spanish for "pride," a possible connection to Orgulla's haughty demeanor. She does not exist in Xenosaga I&II.
[edit] Pierre Ruryk
Pierre Ruryk (ピエール・リューリック Piēru Ryūrikku?), an added character for Xenosaga I&II, is a recently elected member of the Galaxy Federation Government representing the Vartas star system. He is also a member of the Salvator Faction, A political group tied to the late Dr. Dimitri Yuriev comprised of "Designer Children" quite similar to the U.R.T.V.s. His good looks have made him a popular political figure, but many believe that he does not possess any skill at politics. He is a staunch supporter of Gaignun Kukai and the Kukai Foundtation. Some have theorized that he is actually providing support for Dimitri Yuriev, who possessed Gaignun's body near the end of the Militan Conflict. During the Episode I portion of the game he gives an impassioned speech to the Executive Committee during the U-TIC Organization's attempt to frame the Kukai Foundation for the destruction of the Woglinde. His intervention buys crucial time for the Foundation and allows Shion and her friends to recover the data from KOS-MOS' Encephalon, which proves the Foundation's innocence.
[edit] Sakura Mizrahi
Sakura Mizrahi (サクラ・ミズラヒ Sakura Mizurahi?) is the daughter of Juli and Joachim Mizrahi. At a very young age, Sakura came down with a disease that shut down her central nervous system. It was described as "hyper-sensitivity to the U.M.N." and implies that somehow her mind was connected to the mysteriously mentioned higher plane, this manifested as a sort of autism which prevented her from interacting with others, though she appeared to be capable of basic motor functions and was still able to perceive the outside world. Sakura was sent to the Yuriev Institute to undergo some special tests. During these tests, Yuriev's U.R.T.V's dived into Sakura's subconscious domain and cleared the U.M.N. and U-DO pulses that seemed to resonate within her mind. It was during these tests that Sakura met Rubedo and fell in love with him. Sakura is one of Rubedo's deepest personal connections. Prior to Rubedo confronting Albedo, the latter creates a flashback which features Sakura being abused by a young Albedo. The following surge of anger triggers Rubedo's "Red Dragon Mode" and initiates a personal battle between the two U.R.T.V. units. After Jr. defeats Albedo, he is confused and upset. A vision of Sakura appears and comforts him, but her image is quickly replaced by chaos. It is likely that this vision of Sakura was simply an illusion created by chaos to assist Rubedo.
Sakura was also the model for MOMO, who was created to act as a link between Sakura's mind and the world. Other Realians, like the 99 Series Kirschwassers and the Durandal's 100 Series have been partially modeled on her as well.
According to Xenosaga I&II, Sakura died by sacrificing herself to save Albedo from U-DO. The incident happened when nobody else was around. Albedo told Rubedo (Jr.) that he killed Sakura himself in the hope that he would become emotionally unstable enough to use the Red Dragon Mode and in turn kill him.
Sakura bears quite a resemblance to the heroine of Card Captor Sakura, Sakura Kinomoto. It is thought that Xenosaga's creators may have intended her as an homage to that anime.[citation needed] In the Japanese Episode II, she is voiced by Masumi Asano and in the English version she is voiced by Tara Strong.
[edit] Sharon Rozas
Dr. Sharon Rozas was a medical doctor in Xenosaga: Pied Piper who had extensive knowledge, even of the U.M.N. She was both forthright and caring. By choice she became involved with the Voyager case after treating several of his victims, all of them children. She first meets Jan Sauer (later Ziggy) when he visits the hospital she works at to claim the death certificates of the officers he lost during his latest attempt at stopping Voyager. Sharon is the mother of Joaquin Rosas, his father being a late police officer of the same age as Jan. She and Jan Sauer develop a relationship over the course of the game and eventually get married while the Voyager investigation progressed. She was eventually killed by Voyager after attending the Pilgrimage Council, being manipulated by his promise for "Eternal Peace" for her family. She was part of the Ormus Religion. She, along with her son were considered "pure Abraxans" or "people of the Zohar."
It is also worth noting that she and her son were atrributed quotes from the book of Revelation as well as other victims of Voyager, but it seems only those who were "pure Abraxans."
[edit] Roth Mantel
Roth Mantel is the designer and developer of T-elos and participated in the Zohar Project, run by Dmitri Yuriev, as a special technological assistant.
His true identity is the Red Testament, Kevin Winnicot; this is how he was able to create T-elos in such a short time. The disguise was necessary to better monitor Shion and the others and not raise suspicion.
- See also: Kevin Winnicot, The Red Testament
[edit] Soze Kukai
Soze Kukai was a fictional name invented by Representative Helmer and the Second Militan Government in order to justify the founding of the Kukai Foundation, as well as the identities for Gaignun Kukai and Gaignun Kukai Jr. Supposedly Soze Kukai was a wealthy industrialist who founded the Kukai Foundation and left it to his heirs, "son" Gaignun and "grandson" Gaignun Jr. after his death.
In Xenosaga Episode I, the head of the Kukai Foundation is referred to once as "the Kaiser."
[edit] Suou Uzuki
Suou Uzuki is the father of Jin and Shion. A former researcher for the Federation government, he defected to the U-TIC organization in a faustian deal to exchange military weapons development for his wife's medical care. He became increasingly guilty about his involvement with the U-TIC, and contacted his son, Jin, who then acted as a courier for leaked information that Suou provided. In Episode III, during an interrogation of Shion, when she accuses him of sacrificing his family without a second thought, he denies that he didn't mean to sacrifice her with might hint to the fact that he really did care for his wife. During the Miltian Conflict, he runs to rescue his wife and finds Shion outside her mother's room in Labyrinthos. Outside a shattered window was a 27-Series Asura, particularly close to Shion. Suou pushes Shion into the room and with a firm scowl, he shuts the door. He desperately attempts to contact Jin to come rescue Shion and his mother as the Asuras close in on him but Jin is, as it shows at the beginning of the previous installment, busy with his own things to do. Without getting in contact with his son, he was killed by the Asuras. The door opens and Shion thinks it is her father since she saw his feet from below the bed but it was in fact just his body still impaled by one of the 27-Series. His body is thrown across Aoi Uzuki's room, where he is seen slouched over dead in Episode I.
[edit] Yukihira Togashi
Yukihira Togashi (トガシ Togashi?) is a tall, flat-topped man and a friend of Allen Ridgely. He is a member of Vector Industries' First R&D Division's KOS-MOS development project. He joined the First Division shortly after the incident when KOS-MOS was artificially activated by the U-TIC Organization and went out of control, killing former project chief Kevin Winnicot.
While he fails to admit it, Episode I's onboard encyclopaedia states that he appears is in love with fellow engineer Miyuki Itsumi. He was also aboard the Woglinde during the Gnosis attack, but he managed to escape along with several Vector employees. Afterward, Togashi is often shown working behind the scenes for the First Division. Togashi again appears in Episode III working under new Chief Allen Ridgeley, whom he mercilessly teases about his longstanding pining for Shion as a way of coping with his own heartbreak resulting from Miyuki's transfer to Second Division. In the Japanese version of Episode I and the anime, he is voiced by Tetsu Inada. In English, he is voiced by Ed Cunningham.
[edit] Vanderkam
Vanderkam is a Lt. Commander within the U-TIC Organization and a covert operative working within the Federation Military. He is a large, built man with dark skin and a curious tattoo of a purple X splashed across his face. His appearance and personality are both extremely similar to those of the Xenogears character Vanderkam (mistakenly transliterated as "Vanderkaum" in the English localization). In Xenosaga, Lt. Cmdr. Vanderkam was assigned to the Federation cruiser Woglinde along with Commander Andrew Cherenkov and two other U-TIC loyalists. Their mission was to steal the Zohar Emulator recovered from the recently lost planet of Ariadne and return it to their commander Margulis on the asteroid complex Pleroma. Their plan goes awry when the Gnosis attack the Woglinde and her escort fleet and steal the Emulator from the cargo bay. Vanderkam and his subordinates survive the incident but are parted from Cherenkov.
In Episode II, Vanderkam is promoted to Captain and is put in charge of defending U-TIC/Ormus' effort to recover the Original Zohar from Labyrinthos. Put in command of a sizable force of A.M.W.S. his order was to ensure that nobody, in particular Jr.'s party, broke through to the old U-TIC facility. He positions a massive Naglfar beam cannon (again similar to the Xenogears Vanderkam, who favored an enormous ballistic cannon) at the back of the detachment right before the entrance to Labyrinthos which he personally controls with his two subordinates. When Jr. and company finally show up Vanderkam was easily defeated due to technical issues with the primary gun. Whether or not Vanderkam survives the destruction of his cannon is unknown.
Vanderkam had an unnamed older brother who was a Fleet Captain in the Federation Navy's 147th Fleet from the planet Gedalya. This captain, also bald and equally volatile in nature lead the U-TIC-driven effort to contain the Kukai Foundation after false video evidence is shown to the Executive Committee making the claim that the Kukai Foundation's flagship Durandal destroyed the Woglinde instead of the Gnosis. This claim is proven false and Vanderkam's Fleet Captain brother also disappears from the storyline, though it may have been possible that he was either killed during the Gnosis invasion of the Kukai Foundation or when Albedo turned the full fury of his E.S. Simeon loose on the Federation fleet after the Song of Nephilim was revealed.
In the Episode II portion of Xenosaga I&II Vanderkam shows up on Old Miltia and confronts Shion and her companions in the Proto Dora (the green tank-mech seen at the end of Episode I on Proto Merkabah, and also the name of Vanderkam's mech in Xenogears). He is voiced by George Manley in the English language version of the anime.
[edit] Virgil, Luis
Luis Virgil was an A.G.W.S. pilot and a tactician known for his improvisational skills. He was also very irritable, irrational, erratic and egocentric. Virgil was a veteran of the Miltian Conflict, a traumatic war that occurred 14 years prior to Episode I's beginning that affected many of the main and minor characters of Xenosaga's lives. He hated Realians with a fiery passion, and does not consider them to be on the same level as humans, despite their biological frames. Virgil suffered from the effects of DME Addiction which occur when a person consumes the internal tissues of Realians in order to get a narcotic high. His mental instability and hard cracked facial skin are symptomatic of DME addiction. It is possible that these symptoms are the result of an organ transplant he received from the transgenic Relian Febronia in the past. Virgil was a severe case of the addiction, but before the Miltian Conflict started he appeared to be in some kind of relationship with a Realian named Febronia, who was the nanny of Shion Uzuki. In the present, however, his love had turned to hate and apathy, which he clearly demonstrates by stealing Shion's connection gear and hacking into the neural structures of his own squad of Realian soldiers and causing them to self-destruct in order to defend the cruiser Woglinde from a Gnosis attack. He was accidentally killed during the Gnosis assault by KOS-MOS when he strayed into her line of fire while attacking another Gnosis. KOS-MOS was presented with the choice of holding her fire and allowing the possibility of the Gnosis killing Shion, or firing and destroying the Gnosis but also killing Virgil in the process. KOS-MOS ultimately took the course of action that complied with her expressed programming: ensure the safety of all Vector employees. KOS-MOS could have altered her line of fire; however, doing so would have decreased her optimum aim by a factor of 30%.
Virgil reappeared later in Episode I, surprisingly resurrected from the dead in the form of the Blue Testament. As the Blue Testament, he now appears to take orders from Vector CEO Wilhelm and his aide the Red Testament, who also was the "late" Kevin Winnicot.
Virgil's role in the TV Asahi animated retelling of Episode I titled Xenosaga: The Animation was quite different from what his role in the game was. In the anime Virgil survives the Gnosis assault on the Woglinde in the place of Commander Cherenkov, who was ignoblely crushed to death by a falling Gnosis. Despite surviving all the way to episode 9 of the 12 episode-long series Virgil proved to be a rather useless character and a poor substitute for Cherenkov. Virgil's history and backstory were not developed in the anime, despite having the time and potential for more character development. Virgil served only few roles in the anime's plot, the most notable ones being his part in stopping Pellegri while Shion and company were in the Encephalon, although most characters don't know this. It was because of his AGWS assault on the Issachar that chaos and Jin managed to drive off Pellegri. The other one was saving MOMO from the Gnosis minutes prior to his death. But despite this, his character was not explored any deeper than what was already known about him. As almost expected, Virgil finally died in episode 9 of the anime's run when his A.G.W.S was obliterated by KOS-MOS' X-Buster attack while defending the Kukai Foundation from a Gnosis attack.
Virgil appears again at the very end of Episode II as the Blue Testament, again alongside Kevin and Voyager as Wilhelm comments to them on Albedo, much like he does to Kevin at the end of Episode I. Virgil plays a much larger role in Episode III, where his story during the Miltian Conflict unfolds. In Episode III he finds peace, and his spirit retires with Febronia.
The name Virgil can be traced to multiple sources, including The Divine Comedy, where the character of Virgil served as a guide through Hell. That character was in turn based on a historical Roman poet who wrote the epic poem the Aeneid.
For an extremely short period of time, Virgil is a playable battle character in Episode I. Virgil, like all temporary playable characters cannot change equipment. Virgil does not have any sort of Tech/Ether attacks.
- See also: The Blue Testament.
[edit] Voyager
- See: The Black Testament
[edit] Yeshua
- See: chaos.
[edit] References
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
- Xenosaga: Pied Piper
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