Playable Characters
Yuki
- Yuki is a headstrong boy who idolizes the legendary pilot Schmidt, aiming to be the second pilot to fly across the ocean, like Schmidt. He dreams of flying; the time meant to be training to become a potter has been spent instead in building many planes with varying degrees of failure. His father remains as of yet unknown. As with past Grandia protagonists, he wields a sword, uses magic fairly well (this excludes Ryudo) and learns the Sky Dragon Slash technique prominent throughout the series.
Miranda
- Miranda is Yuki's mother, though Yuki refers to her by her first name. She knows her son inside and out. She is very supportive of her son, and often speaks well of him to Alfina for his benefit. She ends up accompanying Alonso on his journey to complete his personal world map. She wields two daggers in battle and has above average magic skills. Because she leaves the party quite early in the game, she does not learn any special attacks (other than the two she starts with).
Alfina de Pamela
- Alfina is a softspoken girl and the next in line for the Communicators after Emelious, her brother. She seeks to find her brother, who has, for reasons unknown, abandoned his duties bitterly and disappeared. She seems to be pursued by different groups who, for varying wishes, either wish for her to halt her search or to capture her. Alfina happens to be the most emotional type of all of the characters and thus is quite similar to Elena of Grandia II. She uses a staff in battle, learns "holy light" techniques (much like Elena) and is geared towards casting spells more than actual combat.
Alonso
- Alonso is a seagoer through and through, as well as a serious gambler on the side (he even lost his own ship for a time due to his choice game of chance: Arrange Dice). His goal is to personally complete his own map of the world. In battle, he wields a harpoon and has rather poor magic skills. Like Miranda, he leaves the group early in the game and therefore does not learn any special attacks other than the two he comes with.
Ulf
- Ulf (Ull in the Japanese version) is an uncomplicated fellow who has lived in the Valley of Dragons for most of his life. Like the rest of his village, he has a love for food and simplicity. However, due to his parents' strict attitude he left the village behind, earning the dissent of many of the villagers. He and his dragon, Shiba, have made some acquaintance with Alonso and Schmidt. His weapon is a ball and chain which alone causes great damage. His techniques are even more powerful. As one of the typical strongmen archetypes of RPGs, he has low magic skills to balance his immense strength.
Dahna
- A 23-year-old who has been the leader of her village ever since her love, Raven, mysteriously disappeared. Since then, she has grown cynical, scoffing feelings of love. Some view her as harsh and cold hearted, but those that follow her know that she is really a compassionate person. She believes that cards have an influence or reflection of life, and uses them to attack and cast magic. Much like Alfina, she prefers to cast spells more than actually fight, but the fact she can throw her cards at enemies from anywhere on the field gives her the advantage of distance. However, to balance this, she has the lowest Move rating of any character, meaning changing her position to another part of the field is difficult unless augmented with magic or equipment.
Hect
- Hect is the mayor of the Terrarium - the only habitable town in the Verse Realm. To make things worse, her world is being crystallized and destroyed by a phenomenon called the Curse of Xorn. Because of this curse, she believes her world must be forgotten and thus often displays a hopeless and depressed personality. Now she spends her time severing the bonds between her world and the 'main world' by playing a mysterious (and sad) song on her violin. Hect joins the party temporarily later in the game until you get Alfina back and is in many ways the strongest character in the party. She uses a baton in battle to fight and uses it to fling energy spheres at enemies from a mid-ranged distance. Of course, her real power lies in her absurdly high MP and Magic stats (even higher than Dahna's), along with her one-of-a-kind Heaven's Gate spell. Her techniques are also quite useful and one of them will be passed on to Alfina at the near end of the game.
