Elly was born as a First Class citizen in Solaris. She grew up in a normal family, with normal friends
and a normal childhood. Even the rumor that she is half a land dweller didn't dim her life in any way.
(Now, this part is theory only. ^_^) At Jugend (Solarian military academy), as she was training to be
an Element, Elly was forced to take a drug called "Drive" to bring out her latent abilities. She had a
mysterious reaction to it, killing two people and fatally injuring three more. After this, however, her
abilities did not emerge again, and when she graduated, she was given command over a task force
meant for the surface forces afiliated with Solaris.
From here, during an ill-fated mission to steal a Kislev gear, she was forced to crash-land in the
peaceful town of Lahan, bringing chaos into Fei's life. She escaped to the Blackmoon Forest and
later met Fei there, never knowing he would change her life so drastically.
After several missions in which she was forced to be Fei's enemy, she finally joins him in Kislev and
helps him prevent Dominia from destroying the capital city. From there she became part of the
team, welcomed most enthusiastically by Fei, of course! But with her kind, self-effacing personality
and her simple beauty, Elly is loved by everyone.
Name: Citan Uzuki - Hyuuga Rikudou
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Gear: Heimdal (Omnigear - Fenrir)
Citan Uzuki, commonly known as "Doc"
, lives at the top of a mountain looming over that same village. He's the local doctor and
instructor, and he lives with his beautiful wife and daughter in a huge complex that is often dotted
with his various "projects". He arrived in town about the same time as Fei -- 3 years ago -- and his
origins are almost as mysterious as the younger man's. Over the past three years he has become
Fei's closest friend and advisor, but he is obviously keeping secrets from him -- he seems to know
about Fei's fog-shrouded past, but he never says a word.
When he joins Fei on his quest, Citan has a lot of mysterious connections. He constantly has
strange dreams involving a mysterious figure (later revealed to be the Emperor of Solaris) in which
he 'reports' Fei's activities, and these dreams often preceed major events in Fei's life/quest. Once
the two meet up with Bart and Sigurd, however, a little more of his complicated past is discovered.
Citan is the former Water Element, a graduate of Solaris' training school 'Jugend'. He was part of a
group that consisted of Ramsus, Sigurd, Jesse (whom he calls Jessiah), and himself. As one of the
'low born', or Third Class citizens, he was an avid follower of Ramsus' ideals, aligning himself with
the man and supporting his cause. But once he realized that Ramsus did not intend to truly
champion the Lambs, he left Solaris for the surface*. According to his story, he and Sigurd were
smugglers, moving from Solaris territory to the surface via special Gates that allowed them to
conduct their business unnoticed. Three years ago, he settled into the village of Lahan, as said
above.
Well, shady history or not, Citan is one of the best (no, the best!! ^_~) members of the party. After
the rest of his history is revealed in Solaris he begins fighting with his katana again, and that weapon
easily makes him the strongest party member, more than twice as strong as Fei both on foot and in
the gears. This only changes when Fei gets Xenogears, and even then they're a pretty close match
in power.
Name: Bartholomew Fatima
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 158 lbs.
Gear: Brigandier (Omnigear - Andvari)
Bart Fatima is not your average prince. ^_~ He's a renegade in his own country thanks to Shakhan's
coup, and he roams the sands of Aveh in his family's sandcruiser, the Yggdrasil. He's been named
a criminal and a pirate, but despite the rumors spread by Shakhan and his allies from the Gebler
organization, he does not do any more damage than necessary, and he never commits murder.
He's trying to gather enough resources to reclaim his kingdom, but until Fei comes along, he isn't
very successful.
When Bart was still very young, his father was toppled from the throne by Shakhan (as mentioned
above). In order to save the family line, Maison and Sigurd smuggled Bart out of the palace and
spread a rumor of his death, effectively cutting the searches short and granting them some relief
from Shakhan's pursuit. Sigurd disappeared a short time after that, but Bart's life continued on.
Years later, during a pirating run near Bledavik, Bart encounters Fei for the first time. At first he
fights Fei, not trusting him (I think he believed Fei was an Aveh soldier) at all. But after Fei proves
himself to be a strong, loyal ally, Bart accepts him as a friend. With the help of Fei and Shitan, he
hopes to finally reclaim his kingdom from the hands of Shakhan and Gebler.
Name: Billy Lee Black
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 130 lbs
Gear: Renmazuo (Omnigear - same name)
Billy's childhood was not idyllic. His father disappeared while he was still young, leaving he and his
younger sister, Primera, in the care of their mother. Not long after his father's leavetaking, their
home was attacked by Reapers and his mother was killed. Bishop Stone saved their lives, but his
sister refused to even speak from that point on. Billy was taken in by the bishop, and became an
Etone at his urging.
As an Etone, working for the religious organization known as the 'Ethos', Billy was called upon often
to hunt down and destroy Wels, also known as 'Reapers' -- said to originate from the 'evil' city of
Shevat. He used the gun skills his father had taught him to save people, often taking them under the
wing of the Ethos, and creating more Etones. His faith in his religion and his task was obviously
strong, and he never doubted the teachings of the Ethos.
Sometime later his father returned. Billy seems to resent his father's reappearance in his life,
especially since Primera seems to spend more time with Jesse than with him. Jesse is also
rather...... irreverent, and that irritates Billy to no end. He continued to work for the Ethos despite his
father's attempts to get him to quit, making his rounds around the region of the Aquavy Islands -
perhaps luckily for everybody. During one of his visits to the Thames, Billy encountered Elly and the
rest of the party. Fei was in desperate need of medical help, and the Ethos was the only place with
equipment advanced enough to help him.
Helping Fei and his friends turns out to be the pivital point in Billy's life. Shortly after meeting them,
the Ethos was attacked by a mysterious force and almost completely wiped out. During the
destruction Billy learned some of the darker secrets of the organization he had placed his faith in,
and eventually joined Fei's quest.
Name: Rico Banderas
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Height: 7'0"
Weight: 352 lbs.
Gear: Stier (Omnigear - same name)
Rico was born a "normal" human, as far as I know. But when he was a child his body started
transforming, until he turned into what is commonly referred to as a "demi-human" -- something
Krelian later calls the "higher" form of humanity, or it's evolved form. His mother doesn't last long
after that, and from there he somehow ends up as the "Battling Champion" of Kislev's D Block.
(There are a lot of holes in Rico's story, and to tell the truth he's far from my favorite, so if anybody
has info they'd like to donate regarding Rico, feel free to send it to me.)
Rico remained the Battle Champion for years. Although he didn't have to remain in D Block, he
chose to of his own free will, refusing to join Kislev's military. He and his 'associates' initiate all
newcomers into the Block and it's way of life with their "baptismal ceremony" - a tournament-like
fight that determines the new pecking order. They forced Fei thorugh such a ceremony when he
was stuck in Kislev, and although Fei lost the first time, he won later during the gear tournaments.
At first Rico refused to help Fei, even when Dominia's task force was threatening his city. But when
Elly and Fei put their lives on the line for him and the city he detested, he finally acted and joined
them in their effort to prevent Dominia from completing her mission. After this, he joins the party as
a permanent member.
Name: Maria Balthasar
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Height: 137km
Weight: 38kg
Gear: Seibzehn (Omnigear - none)
Maria is the daughter of Nikolai, and granddaughter to Balthasar, one of the sages of Shevat. A few
years before the game her father -- a remowned gear engineer -- was kidnapped and forced to work
for Solaris. She was captured along with him, but when he finished his first prototyope gear for the
Solarians (Seibzehn) he helped her to escape, sending her and that gear away toward Shevat.
Nobody knows how she pilots the gear, but it's safe to assume that it was somehow aligned with
her, personally. Due to this invasion into her life, Maria obviously harbors a huge grudge toward
anything affiliated with Solaris. She uses Seibzehn to deflect all attacks on her new home -- Shevat
-- and plans to someday take her revenge on the other aerial city, and save her father.
When Fei and his friends make their first trip to Shevat, Maria is there to fight them. Once they
defeat her she leads them into the city, and to the Queen. She is eager to help them with their
cause once she realizes it'll give her a chance to fight Solaris, but before they can come up with any
plans the city is attacked by Solaris. The battlegroup is lead by a large red gear, similar to Seibzehn
in design, and once its transmission reached Shevat, she knew it was her father out there leading
the attack force. To make a long story short (and avoid any other potential spoilers), the task force is
defeated, her father is freed, and Maria joins the companions in their war against Solaris. Although
she isn't a strong fighter on foot, Maria's gear is well worth upgrading for the last confrontation!
Name: Emeralda Kasim
Age: 8~9, then 16 (~4,000 years)
Gender: Female
Height: (in cm) 125/161
Weight: (in kg) 96
Gear: Crescens (Omnigear - none)
Emeralda's story is complicated, and very sad. She was created four thousand years ago by a
scientist named "Kim" to be the hope of mankind. Back then, inherited genetic damage was
preventing the human race from reproducing, shortening the life span, and causing widespread
panic throughout the Zeboim civilization. Kim combined a group of nanomachine colonies with his
DNA and that of his wife's (Elly) to create Emeralda -- the archtype of humanity. She was a pure,
untainted creature; humanity's 'salvation'.
Unfortunately, someone learned of Emeralda's true nature and purpose, and they attacked Kim's
facility in order to get their hands on her. She watched as Elly was killed trying to protect her, and as
Kim locked her into the criochamber and put her to sleep. (I don't think she saw him die.)
Emeralda remained asleep in her hiding place until Fei's friends (a group led by Billy at the time)
released her from her sleep. She was then taken by Bishop Stone and turned over to Krelian for
testing despite all Billy and the others could do. When she met the companions again, before one of
the Solaris Gates, she was their enemy, fighting them in Crescens to provide Krelian's 'associates'
with the last bit of data they needed from her. Afterword, they left her to Fei, and he took her in as a
part of the team. Aside from the strange habit of calling Fei "Kim", or "Fei's Kim" (is this an error in
translation?), she fits in rather well. If you notice, her abilities are very similar to Elly's, and later in
the game, replace them.
Name: Chu-chu
Age: 1 year, 3 months
Gender: Female
Height: 3'0"
Weight: 60 lbs.
Gear: none (Omnigear - none)
Chu-chu is a member of one of the native species of the planet. Hundreds of years ago Solaris
released a Limiter that eventually reduced their great size to something more...... managable for
Solaris, hence the "stuffed animal" like creature you see in the portrait. Apparently, some time during
the Diabolos Invasion, Shevat took this race of little beings in, and now they are only seen in the
aerial city itself.
The character (according to the remnants of a back story in Shevat's item shop) was supposedly
taken to the surface by Wiseman for some unknown purpose. She later appeared in Margie's
posession, and was taken on board the Yggdrasil during her escape. Upon meeting Fei, Chu-chu
developed an instant crush on him, and decided to help with his cause in any way she could. Once
she returned to Shevat with him, she was able to unlock her latent power and help Maria defeat the
Solarian taskforce sent to destroy the city. From then on, she is a usable party member.
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