List of characters in Dragon Quest VII

This is a list of characters in Dragon Quest VII.

Party Members

The occupation title is listed in parentheses after the character's name. [For Monster Companions, the occupation title is the species.]

• The Hero (Fisherman's son) (主人公（アルス） 〔漁師の息子〕): A boy living in the fishing village of Fishbel, on the island of Estard. Son of Borkano the fisherman, and Mollie. Unlike most people, he is able to read the writing on the crest of the Water Spirit which is tattooed on his arm. In the official illustrations, he has a small lizard sitting on his hand. Akira Toriyama has stated that the lizard is a symbol of his kindness; in the game this scene appears only briefly during the opening movie. The hero's stats grow in a balanced fashion, but he has high strength and attack power, and learns several healing spells. In the manga and screenshots, the hero's default name is アルス (Arus).

• Maribel (Daughter of the Mayor) (マリベル 〔網元の娘〕): A childhood friend of the hero, she is the daughter of Amitt, the Mayor of Fishbel. She is curious and self-absorbed, so she sneaks into her father's boat. She also insists on accompanying the hero and Kiefer to the ruins. While she has a fiery personality, she eventually is disturbed by the terrible things that happen in the party's presence. She leaves the party when her father grows ill, although she rejoins after the island is sealed in Disc 2. Her speed and MP are high, but her HP and attack power are low. She cannot use most low-level weapons, but gains magician-type spells early in the game.

• Kiefer Grand (Prince of Grand Estard) (キーファ・グラン 〔城の王子〕): He is the hero's best friend. He is adventurous and suggests to the hero that they should explore the ruins (without telling his father Burns). He is curious about the mysterious stone carving they find there. After learning its secret, he eventually falls in love with the dancer Layla, and decides to leave the party to live with her in the past. He can equip many types of arms and armor, and has high HP and attack power, but he has no MP and cannot cast spells.

• Gabo (Wolf boy) (ガボ 〔オオカミ少年〕): A white wolf transformed into a human by the magic of Death Amigo. He joins the party after the Death Amigo is defeated. He hopes that Death Amigo can restore his wolf form in the present world, but the spell fails, and he gains only the ability to speak human language. He has a strong sense of compassion and justice, and makes many optimistic comments. He is presented as a male version of San from Princess Mononoke. He speaks like Son Goku from Dragon Ball. He has low MP, but his other stats are high. He has a unique technique to summon other wolves to aid him in battle. He cannot effectively use most forms of weaponry, since they are too large for him (he is still the size of a wolf cub). They will actually reduce his attack power.

• Melvin (Legendary Hero) (メルビン 〔伝説の英雄〕): He is an ancient Legendary Hero, in the service of God. During the battle between God and the Devil, he was turned to stone by God, for safekeeping. Several hundred years later, the statue was named the Hot Stone by Hondara. He joins the party after being revived by the hero, in order to gain vengeance against the Devil. After the defeat of Orgodemir in the past, and the apparent revival of God, he works at the Crystal Palace, but is banished by "God", and flees to the Lighthouse, where he seeks the hero's help to unseal Estard and the Spirits. He is presented as being old-fashioned, although he is open with the hero, and is presented as liking young women. His abilities are well-balanced between HP, MP, and Attack Power; but his speed is the lowest of the party members. As a Legendary Hero, he gains lightning magic.

• Aira (Deja dancer) (アイラ 〔ユバールの踊り手〕) : She is a dancer and warrior of the Deja, a tribe of nomads. She joins the party to search for the legendary artist Tula. It is implied that she is descended from Layla and Kiefer. She decides to join the Guard of the royal family of Grand Estard, seeing them as the family she always wanted. Her abilities are balanced similarly to the protagonist's; she has high Attack Power and Defense Power. When she joins the party, she has mastered the Dancer class, and reached level three in the Warrior class. (However, she seems to have forgotten her transfer skills from the Dancer class.)

Inhabitants of Grand Estard

• Borkano (ボルカノ): Father of the hero. He is a fisherman of some repute in Estard. He disappeard in Disc 2, when Estard is sealed; but he is rescued by Sharkeye.
• Mollie (マーレ): The hero's mother. She protects the house when her husband is out fishing.
• Hondara (ホンダラ): The hero's uncle, who lives in the castle town of Grand Estard. He sells goods of questionable provenance, but they are important to the plot.
• Burns Grand (バーンズ・グラン): King of Grand Estard, and father to Prince Kiefer. He keeps his head, even when his son runs off with important items from the castle.
• Leesa Grand (リーサ・グラン): Kiefer's sister, princess of Grand Estard. Her mother died in infancy, so her rascally brother Kiefer cared for her.
• Amitt (アミット): Father of Maribel. He is the mayor (head fisherman in the original Japanese) of Fishbel, and lives in a large mansion. When he contracts an illness, Maribel leaves the party to help him.
• The Woodcutter (きこり): A woodcutter who lives in the mountains west of Fishbel. He can talk to animals; he helps the hero in the battle against Death Amigo.

Major Characters

• God: At one time, he fought the Devil, Orgodemir, but according to legend he was defeated in the struggle. In fact, he is in the hidden dungeon, reached by a Mysterious Tablet; if he is defeated in at most 20 turns, he will give the party a reward. Also, he will move to the Immigrant Town. During the battle, he says that he built the temple to ensure the future survival of humans.
• The Spirits: The four spirits which serve God. The Spirit of Fire lives in the mountains, the Spirit of Earth sleeps in the desert, the Spirit of Wind is in the Riefer family shrine, and the Spirit of Water is in the Rainbow Bay. These places are sealed by the Devil in Disc 2, and the spirits help to unseal them, and reveal Orgodemir's true form. Their power can be summoned with the Amulet. Each spirit has its own theme music, and the theme of the Wind Spirit has become especially popular. All four spirits appear at once in the second hidden dungeon.
• Sharkeye (シャークアイ): Eldest of the pirates of the Dragon Sea. Like the hero, he has part of the crest of the Water Spirit incised on his arm. At one time, he was the commander of the navy of the Kingdom of Coastal. Later, after a great battle with the Devil's navy, all the pirate ships were sealed in a cave south of the desert. But when the desert is unsealed in the present, he revives and escapes. When he meets the hero, the seal on his arm moves to the hero's arm, completing the image there.
• Anise (アニエス): Wife of Sharkeye. It is rumored that she is the princess of some far-off country, whose name is unknown. She was with her husband on his pirate ship, but left for Coastal Castle at the request of its king. When the heroes visit Coastal, she is ill, and is sleeping in her bedroom. She is pregnant, and the King of the Sea states that her child will be important in the future. Therefore, the King grants her the Power of the Mermaid, allowing her to live until her child is needed.
• The King of the Sea (海底王): The King who lives on the ocean floor. He has mystical powers. In the past, he has the form of an old man, while in the present he wears a shell hat from Estard, and lives on the seabed to the south of that island.

Other characters

Past

• Matilda (マチルダ): The first person to meet the heroes in the past. She is the younger sister of PARUNA (パルナ), the hero of UDDOPARUNA (ウッドパルナ), and bears the burden of his sad past and his destiny.
• Hank (ハンク): A warrior of UDDOPARUNA. Gravely injured, he has fallen into a coma; but he recovers with the aid of the Color Stone, and helps the hero enter the tower and battle the monsters there. He has a son named Patrick (パトリック).
• Pamela (パミラ): A fortune teller and apothecary in Engou. Pamela is a family name, which survives in the present world.
• Zebbot (ゼボット): The inventor of the vacuum cleaner, and other similar devices. He has repaired one of the enemies' robots and named it after his lost lover Elie (エリー).
• Pepe (ペペ): Son of Borukk, the gardener of Greenflake. He was in love with a woman named Linda, who left town; so he now grows Memory Leaves in his garden.
• Layla (ライラ): A dancer of the Deja tribe, and ancestor of Aira, through her husband Kiefer.
• Jann (ジャン): A skilled Tula player of the Deja tribe. For some reason, he leaves the Deja tribe, but later re-appears at Hamelia, much aged.
• Flower (フーラル): A bandit met in the town of Weepingbell. He wants to join the guard at Dharma Tower, and exploits the party's fight with the monsters to make his escape. have Mamono main character who fight them and only one escape, while the crafty part of it.
• Kasim (カシム): A guard at Dharma Temple. He becomes captain after the tower is recaptured. He is tall, with short legs.
• Zaji (ザジ): A boy who lives in Weepingbell. to wipe the ball boy to live in town. He has a sickly sister named Neris, whom he loves more than anything else. He wants the "Soul sword" in order to reawaken her, and so fights in the duels arranged by the monsters. SHISUKON (シスコン) and Maribel seems to dislike him, according to their dialogue.
• Fosse (フォズ): A High Priest at the Temple of Dharma. She is highly popular among the priesthood. Her combat and battle spell abilities are also powerful.
• Hadeed (ハディート): The son of a village chief in the desert of ZARASHUTORO. He becomes the chief upon his father's death.
• Baloch (バロック): A famous architect of Litorud. He designed the Clock Tower and the Baloch Bridge. His buildings are known for their flashy features.
• Razuel (ラズエル): The elder son of Ordo (オルドー) of Provina (プロビナ). He is lost in thought and easily confused.
• Sieble (シーブル): Mayor of Lumen. He is the ancestor of the Monster Gramps who runs the Monster Park.
• Zeppel (ゼッペル): King of Madiras. He seeks vengeances against Lagraz, because one of their soldiers killed his friend when he was a child. He strengthens the army for the war with Lagraz, but maintains the army after the war. He is replaced by a monster taking his form at one point.
• Firia (フィリア): The only girl in the Valley of the Sacred Wind without wings, she is put upon by the other children, but in fact is quite a nice person.
• Lucas (ルカス): A woodman's son who lives in Rebresack. He is one of the few villagers who sees the truth about the heroes. His parents have died, so he has a golden statue of his parents instead.

Enemies

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