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The following is a list of important characters in MapleStory.

Main Characters[]

Character name Description
World Tree
(Alice/Alicia)
Current Transcendent of Life of Maple World

Shares the role of Transcendent of Life with Gerand Darmoor upon the fusion of Maple World and Grandis.
Creator of the Tower of Oz

Scattered her life force across Maple World to restore the damage brought upon by Damien

Black Mage
(White Mage)
Former Transcendent of Light of Maple World and temporarily the Transcendent of Light of Grandis

Awakened with the power of destruction by casting out his light, which became Luminous.
Antagonist of Maple World
Founder of Aurora
Created Arcane River

Killed by the Adversary in accordance to his plan to liberate the world from the Overseers.

Rhinne Former Transcendent of Time of Maple World
Goddess of Time

Had her powers stolen by the Black Mage and was trapped in Mirror World

Succeeded as the Transcendent of Time by her children, Alpha and Beta.

Zero
(Alpha and Beta)
Current Transcendent of Time of Maple World

Shares the role of Transcendent of Time with Chronica upon the fusion of Maple World and Grandis.
Child of Rhinne, split into Alpha and Beta

Was trapped in Mirror World by the Black Mage and Will before they broke free.
Alpha and Beta wield the weapons Lazuli and Lapis respectively

Cygnus Current Empress of Maple World
Aria's descendant
Leader of the Cygnus Knights and the Maple Alliance.
Protected by Shinsoo
Partially awakened as a reserve to an unknown Transcendent of Maple World
Aeona

(Tana)

Transcendent of Light of Grandis and later Maple World upon the fusion of the two worlds.

Once held the title of Tana, the reserve to the Transcendent of Light, and holds the power of creation.

Gained the title of Aeona upon killing her sister, who held the power of destruction.

Had her powers temporarily stolen by the Black Mage until his death.

Gerand Darmoor

(Aaron)

Current Transcendent of Life of Grandis

Shares the role of Transcendent of Time with Alicia upon the fusion of Maple World and Grandis.
Antagonist of Grandis
God-King of the High Flora

Seeks to destroy all life and recreate it in his image.

Chronica Current Transcendent of Time of Grandis

Shares the role of Transcendent of Time with Zero upon the fusion of Maple World and Grandis

Had their powers stolen by Gerand Darmoor and is trapped in the Chronica Sanctuary

Adele

(Adelaide)

Former Knight of the Einherjar

Defender of the former God-King, Gerand Darmoor's father

Pledged loyalty to Jerome, the last prince of Ristonia

Rival of Veronica

Afrien King of the Onyx Dragons
Mir's father
Formed the first Spirit pact with Freud and fought against the Black Mage centuries ago.
Alter Angler Defective Vessel created in Odium

Creator of Karote

Founder of the Angler Company

Father of Senya, Nicky, Cosim, and Laha Angler

Business partners with Gerand Darmoor and his Apostles

Angelic Buster
(Tear)
Nova who formed a contract with Eskalade in order to become the superheroine, Angelic Buster.

Idol of the Battlefield
Friends with Kaiser (Kyle), and former friend of Velderoth

Aran One of the six Heroes of Maple.

Polearm warrior who wields the legendary weapon, Maha.

Ark A former High Flora soldier in Darmoor's army.
Betrayed Darmoor's command after objecting to the war leading to the massacre of various races.

Became a partial Specter after the ritual to forcibly turn him into one was interrupted.

Arkarium Deceased Commander of the Black Mage

Former Guardian of Time
Destroyed Demon's home out of jealousy for his rival. Traveled to the past to free the Black Mage, but was stopped by the Silent Crusade.

Escorted Tana through the Arcane River, but was stopped by the Adversary.

Killed by the echo of the Black Mage in Morass.

Athena Pierce Elf from Elluel
Explorer Bowman Instructor

Led the refugees of Ossyria to Ellin Forest
De-facto leader of the Explorers

Belle Wild Hunter instructor for the Resistance

Police officer in Edelstein

Brighton Battle Mage instructor for the Resistance

Street sweeper in Edelstein

Cadena Former princess of the Nova before Heliseum was sacked by Magnus.
Member of the Shadowdealers.

Stopped Mr. Hazard from destroying Savage Terminal.

Cannoneer Special Explorer

Wielder of the cannon, a superweapon designed by Cutter in the fight against the Black Mage

Checky Mechanic instructor for the Resistance

Edelstein town mascot

Claudine Leader of the Resistance

Edelstein's doctor

Cosim Cyborg son of Alter Angler

Betrayed the Angler Company

Works with the Elders of Grandis in order to stop Gerand Darmoor

Helped the Adversary reach Odium

Cygnus Knight Descendent of the Noblesses

Helped reconcile the Cygnus Knights with the Resistance

Damien Deceased Commander of the Black Mage
The Demon's brother
Tasked with capturing Alicia, the World Tree, and imprisoned her in Root Abyss.

Attacked Ereve to recapture Alicia after she was freed by the Alliance.

Used the Transcendence Stone to steal Alicia's powers before being killed by the Heroes and the Demon.

Dances with Balrog Explorer Warrior Instructor
Demon Member of the Resistance
Former Commander of the Black Mage
Damien's brother
Dr. Y Secret leader of the Drakas

Enslaved Kain and Luska to weaponize their Malice

Brought Luska back from the dead

Dual Blade Special Explorer

Student of Lady Syl

Helped reconcile Lady Syl with Jin

Eckhart Chief Knight of Darkness

Leader of the Night Walkers

Edea Supreme Commander of the Nova army

Strategist for the Nova

Representative for the Nova in the Alliance

Elex Blaster instructor for the Resistance

Kindergartener teacher in Edelstein

Evan Current leader of the six Heroes of Maple

Dragon Master who made a Spirit Pact with Mir.

Freud's successor

Explorer Inheritor of the First Explorer's will

Inadvertently freed the Black Mage from his seal

Friend of Sugar, Tess, Olive, and Rondo

Freud Deceased former leader of the six Heroes of Maple

Dragon Master who made the first Spirit Pact with Afrien.

Gelimer Deceased Commander of the Black Mage

Member of the Black Wings

Created Black Heaven and an army of Xenoroids, including Xenon and Beryl.

Turned Lotus into a Xenoroid and used him as the power source of Black Heaven.

Was killed after his Xenoroids self-destructed around his escape pod.

Grendel the Really Old Explorer Magician Instructor

Completed the fusion of Maple World and Grandis

Leads the Magician Association to protect Earth

Guwaru Former Commander of the Black Mage
Had his powers stolen by Magnus before Magnus' defeat

Recovered his powers after the Alliance ousted Magnus from Heliseum

Helped Orchid and the Adversary defeat the Black Mage

Havoc Apostle of Gerand Darmoor

First Apostle of Lightning

Destroyed High Mountain and most of the Celestials

Attacked Cernium and was defeated by Seren

Hawkeye Chief Knight of Lightning

Leader of the Thunder Breakers

Hilla Deceased Commander of the Black Mage

Former Shamaness of Azwan

Attempted to steal Cygnus' throne before being stopped by Phantom

Worked with Gelimer to invade Heliseum and confront Magnus for betraying the Black Mage

Defeated by the Adversary in the Labyrinth of Suffering

Hoyoung Sage of Grandis

Apprentice of Master Tai Yu

Has Taotie, one of the Four Perils, sealed inside him

Irena Chief Knight of Wind

Leader of the Wind Archers

Illium One of the last surviving Verdant Flora

Inheritor of the Elder Crystal

Fused with the God of the Verdant Flora, creator of the Elder Crystal and the mechanical Verdant Flora wings

Seeks to find the Sanctuary of the Ancient God in order to awaken the Elder Crystal

Hopes to defeat Gerand Darmoor and reclaim Aboris, the ancestral home of the Verdant Flora

Jin

(The Dark Lord)

7th and Current Dark Lord
Explorer Thief Instructor
Childhood friends with Lady Syl
Kain Descendent of the Black Nova cult

Inheritor of Malice, the power of the Ancient God, Satiras

Former member of the Drakas

Brother of Luska

Kaiser
(Kyle)
Guardian of the Nova

Current Kaiser, the reincarnating hero of the Nova people

Leader of the Nova resistance against Darmoor
Friends with Angelic Buster (Tear), and former friend of Velderoth

Kaling Apostle of Gerand Darmoor

Defective Vessel created in Odium

Creator of the Four Perils

Kao Player character from the future

Was defeated by the Black Mage

Lost their memories while going back in time to warn their past self

Helped the Adversary make it through Vanishing Journey and warned them about Arcane Force

Kinesis Superhero from Seoul, South Korea

Obtained the power of psychokinesis from the fusion of Maple World and Earth

Seeks to stop the White Mage of Earth from completing his plans

Rescues people from Earth trapped in Maple World

Kirston Dark sorcerer and follower of the Black Mage

Cursed Pathfinder's relic

Worked with Ephenia to poison Altaire Camp

Cursed Destonen, Tess, and Kyrin

Inadvertently summoned Pink Bean while trying to revive the Black Mage

Kyrin Explorer Pirate Instructor

Quarter-elf daughter of Destonen and Yuris, and the sister of Tess
Warns Victoria Island about the resurrection of the Black Mage

Captain of the Nautilus

Laha Angler Fully cybernetic daughter of Alter Angler

Led the Angler Company assault on Odium

Was killed by her father

Lara Sheep Anima

Chosen to ring the bell mysticant and absolve the Sinners

Friend of Gri

Limbo Apostle of Gerand Darmoor

Partial Specter

Seeks the knowledge contained in the Abyssal Source

Lotus Deceased Commander of the Black Mage
Orchid's twin brother and a former Spirit of Darkness
Killed Aria before being fatally wounded by Phantom as revenge, placing him in a coma

Forcibly turned into a Xenoroid by Gelimer before being made to serve as the power source of Black Heaven

Was defeated by the Adversary and killed by Gelimer upon his failure

Lucid Former Commander of the Black Mage
An elf who possesses ability to manipulate dreams
Idolized Mercedes and was jealous when Athena Pierce was chosen over her to go to battle

Was recruited by the Black Mage when she stumbled into his dreams

Created the illusions in the Gate to the Future
Created Lachelein to change the Black Mage's mind upon learning that he sought to create a world of darkness

Was trapped inside a nightmare as punishment and was later rescued by Protective Mask

Was taken to Elluel under Mercedes' custody

Luminous One of the six Heroes of Maple

Member of Aurora and the Starchild

Created from the light cast off by the Black Mage and was later corrupted with his darkness

Was responsible for sealing the Black Mage centuries ago

Lives with Lania after awakening centuries later

Luska Drakas Boss

Kain's sister

One of the last known survivors of the Black Nova

Was brought back to life by Dr. Y

Magnus Former Commander of the Black Mage
Loyal to Gerand Darmoor
Betrayed and killed the Former Kaiser
Seized control of Heliseum until he was ousted by the Nova and the Maple Alliance
Melange

(Melangioruiana)

Servant of Gerand Darmoor

Infiltrated the Arcane River expedition

Helped the Adversary face Will and Hilla

Stole Will's book of prophecy for Gerand Darmoor

Mercedes One of the six Heroes of Maple

Ruler of the Elves

Mihile Chief Knight of Light

Current Knight of Light and son of Chromile, the former Knight of Light

Wielder of the Soul Shield and the former guardian of the Seal Stone of Ereve

Leader of the Dawn Warriors

Mir Last known Onyx Dragon

Son of Afrien
Formed a Spirit Pact with Evan

Neinheart von Rubistein Strategist of the Cygnus Knights

Lilin's brother

Tru's distant cousin

Sought out Cygnus as Empress Aria's descendent

Nicky Angler

(T-Boy)

Cyborg son of Alter Angler

Attempted to harvest the Erda of Reverse City and create a black hole generator for his father

Led the Adversary through Karote

Ollie Thunder Breaker

Part of the advance guard to the Arcane River

Helped the Adversary in Esfera, Sellas, and Tenebris

Orchid Former Commander of the Black Mage

Lotus' twin sister and a former Spirit of Darkness
Founder of the Black Wings

Fought against the Black Mage with the Adversary

Oz Chief Knight of Fire

Leader of the Blaze Wizards

Pathfinder Special Explorer

Student of Athena Pierce

Was cursed by a relic of an Ancient God, which was placed upon it by Kirston

Seeks to become the relic's true owner in order to lift the curse

Friend of Brie

Phantom One of the six Heroes of Maple

Disciple of Raven

Aria's lover
Fatally wounded Aria's killer, Lotus, as revenge and put him in a coma

Resistance protagonist Champion of the Resistance

Friend of Vita

Helped liberate Edelstein from the Black Wings

Senya Angler Cyborg daughter of Alter Angler

Nearly destroyed Savage Terminal to collect energy for her father

Attempted to buy Hotel Arcus in order to seize control of its underground defense system

Led the Angler Company assault on Odium

Shade
(EunWol)
One of the six Heroes of Maple
Sacrificed his existence to complete Freud's seal of the Black Mage
Forgotten by everyone except for the Black Mage
Forgotten by everyone each time he crosses dimensions
Friends with Moonbeam

His curse was circumvented with the fusion of Maple World and Grandis

Shinsoo Divine Bird of Ereve

Tasked with guiding the Empress, whose bloodline will one day give rise to a new Transcendent.

Protected humanity in the aftermath of the war against the Ancient Gods, many of whom became the Noblesses.

Was mortally wounded by Damien, which triggered Cygnus' awakening as a reserve to an unknown Transcendent.

Left Ereve in order to find a way to revert or complete Cygnus' transformation

Bestowed her diadem to Cygnus, who inherited the full power of Shinsoo, which she used in the battle of Tenebris.

Shubert Blaster and engineering expert of the Resistance

Part of the advance guard to the Arcane River

Helped the Adversary in Esfera and Sellas

Master Tai Yu Legendary sage of Grandis

Defective Vessel created in Odium

Hoyoung's master

Tasked with bringing peace to Grandis by the elders

Von Leon Commander of the Black Mage

The Lion King of El Nath

Sold his soul to the Black Mage to get revenge on the ones who killed his wife, Ifia

Will Commander of the Black Mage

King of Spiders

Master of Mirrors

Created Mirror World to trap Rhinne and Zero

Was tasked with performing the ritual that would allow the Black Mage to steal Tana's powers

Placed Grendel on the path to understanding the Black Mage's motivations

Has escaped Ereve and is currently on the run

White Mage of Earth Unlocked the barrier between Maple World and Earth

Used Kinesis to catalyze the fusion of the two worlds

Xenon Human who was kidnapped by Gelimer and turned into a Xenoroid

Member of the Resistance and Veritas
Formerly rivals with Beryl

Supporting Characters[]

Character name Description
Agate Seeker of the Verdant Flora

Headmistress of the Crystal Academy

Last disciple of the God of the Verdant Flora

Protected the Elder Crystal before giving it to Illium

Albaire Colonel in the High Flora army under Limbo

Ark's former best friend

Interrupted the Specter ritual to save Ark's life

Alcaster Expert magician and alchemist

Third president of the Magatia Alchemy Society

Archelon Ancient God

Physical body dwells beneath Hotel Arcus

Consciousness uploaded into a robot by an unknown friend

Friend of Rusty and ally to the Adversary

Aria Deceased former Empress of Maple World
Cygnus's ancestor
Phantom's lover
Killed by Lotus
Atan Former disciple of Chromile

Kidnapped and raised Mihile

Attempted and failed to revive his son with the Seal Stone of Ereve

Ayame Sharpshooter from Sokoku
Working together with Hayato and Kanna to defeat Oda Nobunaga, Mori Ranmaru, and Princess No
Baroq Black Wings member

Master of Disguise

Used his powers to steal the Seal Stones

Beryl

(Bitterbot)

Xenoroid created by Gelimer
Former rival of Xenon

Was scrapped by Gelimer as a defect and later became a member of Haven.

Beast Tamer
(Chase)
A Magician from Arboren

Idolizes the Heroes of Maple and wishes to be just like them

Formed a Guardian Contract with the Critter Champs

Carlisle Prince of Cernium

Sought out the Adversary to enlist their aid against Darmoor's army

Chromile Former Knight of Light

Father of Mihile

Darius Guardian of the Verdant Flora

Betrayed the Verdant Flora to Gerand Darmoor

Destonen Husband of Yuris and father of Kyrin and Tess

Pioneer of Altaire Camp

Was cursed and killed by Kirston

Eleanor Black Wings member

The Black Witch

Manipulated events to create a schism between the Resistance and the Cygnus Knights

Elwin Grendel's apprentice and Barrier Mage

Inadvertently opened the barrier between Maple World and Earth

Lily's older brother

Eskalade Nova Dragon
Supports the Angelic Buster (Tear)
Fang Shadow Knight alchemist

Used by Will to keep Alpha brainwashed

Broke free from the cycle and helped lead Alpha to Beta

Ferdi

(Headmaster Ferdi)

Founder of the Resistance

Headmaster of Edelstein's school

First Explorer Ancient Adversary who fought in the war against the Ancient Gods

Aided by Sugar, the avatar of the Goddess of Maple World

Had his will inherited by the Explorer through the maple leaf

Former Kaiser Former Guardian of the Nova

Was betrayed by his friend, Magnus, and gave his life to stop him.

Francis Ex-Black Wings member

Puppeteer

Attempted to use his puppets to seize control of the monsters of Victoria Island

Infatuated with Orchid

Gilmore False Chosen One of Mitra the Sun God

Special Specter created by the High Flora

Goddess of Grandis Protector of Grandis

Gives the Arcane Stone of Grandis to the Adversary

Goddess of Maple World Protector of Maple World

Gives the Arcane Stone of Maple World to the Adversary

Aids the Explorer as Sugar, her human avatar

Goddess of Tynerum align="left" |Protector of Tynerum

Gives the Arcane Stone of Tynerum to the Adversary

God of the Verdant Flora

(Ancient Master)

Creator of the Elder Crystal

Creator of the blue mechanical wings of the Verdant Flora

Created the Sanctuary of the Ancient God

Fused his consciousness with Illium

Gri Wolf Anima and Lara's friend
Guard Captain Darknell Fusion of Kellad and Ergoth Dunamis

Leader of the Elite Bosses

Ifia Deceased Queen of Lion King's Castle
Von Leon's wife
J Ace Resistance spy
Jay Hacker friend of Kinesis

Created the Psy-limiter to help Kinesis control his powers

Jerome Last prince of Ristonia

Leader of the Uprising

Adele's liege

Jett Famed bounty hunter of planet Cerberus
Kanna
(Ayanokouji Kanna)
Spirit Walker from Sokoku

Member of the Sengoku Warriors

Apprentice of Tsuchimikado Haruaki and rival of Mori Ranmaru

Working to defeat Oda Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide

Lady Syl Leader of the Dual Blades
Childhood friends with Jin
Lania

(Lucia)

Close friend of Luminous

Reincarnation of Lucia, one of Luminous' friends from Aurora who was raised by Aurora as the false Starchild and killed by the Black Mage in Luminous' place

Lilin Aran's friend and coach

Sister of Neinheart

Distant cousin of Tru

Lily Grendel's apprentice and a Manipulation Mage

Elwin's younger sister

Maha Spirit of Aran's polearm
Mastema Pure-blood demon

Servant of the Demon

Stuck in cat form

Moonbeam Friends with Shade

Gave her guardian spirit to him

Olive Explorer Bowman

Friend of the Explorer

Protective Mask Subliminally created by Lucid to help her wake up from her own nightmare

Helped the Adversary defeat Lucid in Lachelein

Raven Master Thief
Phantom's mentor
Rondo Presumably an Anima

Explorer Thief

Friend of the Explorer

Roo-D Xenoroid created by Gelimer

Friends with Xenon and helped him escape

Rusty Owner of Hotel Arcus

Friends with Archelon

Ryude Winter Bard

Helped Alicia gather monsters for the Tower of Oz

Helped warn the world about the Black Mage's invasion, which united the six Heroes

Seren The Chosen One of Mitra the Sun God

Helped the Adversary fight against the High Flora army

Was possessed by Mitra and fought the Adversary

Sino

(Fox God)

Protector of the Pointy-Ear Fox Anima

Gave Shade and the fox Anima their guardian spirits

Sugar Avatar of the Goddess of Maple World

Aided the First Explorer in his fight against the Ancient Gods

Aided the Explorer in their fight against the Black Mage

Explorer Cleric

Tess Quarter-elf son of Destonen and Yuris, and the brother of Kyrin

Explorer Pirate

Friend of the Explorer

Tru Information merchant
Lilin and Neinheart's distant cousin
Velderoth Nova
Works for Magnus
Former friends of Kaiser (Kyle) and Angelic Buster (Tear)
Vieren Mage of Aurora

Friend of Luminous

Helped Luminous master his inner darkness

Vita Test subject of Gelimer

Friend of the Resistance protagonist

Killed by Gelimer

Yuna Kinesis' girlfriend

Has the power to control the wind

Zen Zhi Zun's son/daughter
Suha's disciple
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