Final Fantasy Adventure’s one and only hero. He went to challenge the Dark Lord’s tyrrancial rule only to be captured like many other of his comrades. As indentured gladiators, they we dragged each day from their cells and forced to brawl against exotic beasts for His Lordship’s amusement. Many of his fellow inmates were left for dead on the bloodsands. After witnessing the death of his friend Will, he followed his advice to seek a man named Bogard near the Great Waterfall.

While sucessfully escaping from his prison, the Hero overheard the Dark Lord and his court mage Julius discussing about a way to open the path to the Tree of Mana. The young fugitive is unfortunately spotted by His Lordship who proceeded to send him down a steep cliff. Will our Hero be able to carry out his mission?

The last survivor of a long line of Mana worshipers called the Mana Clan. She wears a peculiar pendant said to have belonged to her late mother. She was en route to visit Bogard when she and her escort Hasim were attacked by monsters. A wandering hero fortunately left her unharmed and defeated the foes but neither of them were able to treat her companion’s wounds. In his dying breath, Hasim entrusted the Hero to bring the maiden to the Gemma Knight in his stead.

Despite being unable to fight as an ally, the Hero can ask the maiden to see to his wounds at any time. She will proceed to cast curative magic on him, replenishing his HP.

A red-clad traveler encountered in the Marsh Cellar. He seems aware of Fuji’s disappearance and links it to a recent rash of kidnapped maidens kept inside coffins by none other than Count Lee, the owner of Kett Manor. He offers the Hero his help in retrieving the Moon Mirror held deep inside the peat cellar, an artifact said to reveal a person’s true identity.

The man is an adept socerer and can cast fireballs at enemies otherwise impervious to weapons. When his Ask command is performed, he dispenses his knowledge about breakable walls and the tools needed to destroy them.

An adventurous dwarf from the Dwarf Cave. Despite sharing his love for melding metals into gear with his fellow tribesmen, Watts is eager to go above and beyond to retrieve its ore. He crosses path with the Hero while looking for Mythril inside the Forbidden Mines moments and immediately teams up with him hoping they’d find a vein of the precious metal somewhere in the monster-infested facility.

Watts can help defeating monsters by throwing his axe in a straight line. Players can also use the Ask command and he’ll gladly offer to sell his wares to the Hero.

A seasoned warrior and former Gemma Knight who banded together with fellow swordsmen and a maiden from the Mana Clan to put an end to the Vandole Empire. He later secluded himself in a cabin near a waterfall. His life is once again shaken up when the Hero and Heroine visit him one fateful day. Dismissing them at first, he identified the pendant the lady is wearing as the same one the mysterious maiden once wore during the fight against Vandole. He urges them to seek the guidance of Sage Cibba of Wendel.

Bogard can put his swordsmanship skills to the test on the battlefield while accompanying the Hero. Using his Ask command will let him teach Sumo how to use Max attacks.

A yellow fowl hailing from a very successful franchise. Its giant egg is found by the Hero somewhere in a clearing near the town of Menos. It immediately hatches upon getting near it. The newly-born chick quickly bonds with Sumo, thinking of him as his mother. The Hero befriends it and uses it as a mount for the rest of his adventures. Whether Chocobo is a boy or a girl remains a mystery.

The Chocobo serves as a mode of fast travel during the second and final act of the game. Sumo can ride it one the overworld, but must let it stay outside of towns and dungeons. The bird also doesn’t like cold environments, and so will stay clear of snowfields.

A dexterous warrior and one of the Hero’s fellow inmates at Glaive Castle. She cares deeply about her brother Lester whom she parted with back in her hometown of Menos. She encounters Sumo again inside the Shifting Sands and apologizes for falling into Davias’s trap. She tells the Hero she stole his pendant while he was recuperating from his fall in hopes of giving it to the devious ruler of Jadd in exchange for releasing his brother. She was tricked, unfortunately, and now must search for a Gorgon’s tear in order to cure Lester from his curse.

Amanda can defend herself by throwing knives at enemies. She can also cure Sumo from petrification should the player use the Ask command.

A talented bard from Menos and Amanda’s brother. It is said he’s not fond of his sister’s overbearing love. The Hero learns from Amanda that he has been turned into a parrot by Davias the evil ruler of Jadd. Her sister met an untimely death trying to rescue him from his misfortune by getting turned into a gorgon. Sumo used her tears to lift Lester’s curse and joined forces with the minstrel to avenge his sister by defeating Davias.

Lester can harm enemies by shooting arrows. He can also change the background music when asked by the player.

Also kwown as Mummy Retrieval & Containment Unit 91, Marcy is an automaton built by the Professor from Ish made to decipher the various stone tablets scattered around the submerged Dime Tower, the last remnants of the Vandole Empire. Marcy greets the Hero as he enters the emerged tower after activating the mechanism inside the Buried Ruins. It explains it has been waiting 50 planetary cycles for the Professor’s order to return, but it will glady guide Sumo around.

Marcy can attack foes by delivering a powerful laser beam at them. When using the Ask command, the robot can also fully replenish the Hero’s MP.

The ruler of Glaive Empire. He governs over his empire with an iron fist and will spare no opponents in his goal of attaining total control over his subjects by getting his hands on the power of Mana. Together with his court mage Julius, he devises a plan to inverse the flow of the Great Waterfall said to guard the entrance to the Tree of Mana. He orders his men to capture a maiden said to hold a precious artifact capable of doing so. Meanwhile, His Lordship notices a escaping gladiator eavesdropping on his conversation. He chases him to the edge of a cliff then throws him off, hoping he lays dead on impact.

The court mage of the Glaive Empire and Dark Lord’s adviser. His existence is shrouded in mystery. His Lordship has known him for a long time and is said to trust him unequivocally. He seems pretty knowledgeable about Mana which may explain his close ties with the Dark Lord and his advantageous position as the second in command. Unbeknownst to His Lordship, the court mage seems to covet ambitions of his own…

A fellow gladiator inmate the Hero met during his inprisonment in Glaive Castle. After receiving a mortal blow on the bloodsands, he reveals to Sumo that the Tree of Mana is in danger. He advises the Hero to seek out Bogard, the Gemma Knight before succumbing to his wounds.

Fuji’s guardian who was tasked to escort the young lady to Bogard. He was severely wounded by monsters near the village of Topple, leaving him for dead. They were fortunately rescued by the Hero, but it was too late for poor Hasim, who entrusted Sumo the task of taking Fuji to the old Gemma Knight.

Count Lee’s personal butler. Thanks to his master’s generosity, he greets travelers by letting them stay for the night. He bars the west wing to visitors stating to be the Count’s private quarters. He seems to be hiding the mansion’s true purpose…

The owner of Kett Manor. He’s a recluse fellow that lets strangers sleep in for the night. A rash of disappearing maidens started spreading rumors about the Count stuffing the poor girls into caskets deep in the manor’s cellar. He is in fact revealed to be a blood-thirsty vampire who enjoy kidnapping ladies to feast on.

Sage Cibba is a close friend of Bogard and a Gemma Knight who fought alongside him to defeat the tyrannical rule of the Vandole Empire. He now presides over the Grand Cathedral in the holy city of Wendel. He witnessed the Lady of the Van appearing before her daughter when she stood inside the temple’s magic circle. The holy city was then attacked by imperial forces, only for Fuji to be taken away by Julius.

The maiden know as the Lady of the Van who helped the Gemma Knights put an end to the wicked Vandole Empire more than a decade ago. She held a mystical pendant she passed down to her daughter Fuji, before disappearing. She briefly manifested as a vision to her in Wendel where she explained how she sealed the Tree of Mana from harm with her pendant.

A sentient mountain spirit located near the Dwarf Cave. legend passed down around dwarves says that this was originally an ancient beast turned to stone to prevent it from devouring the mountain’s mythril. It will only give way if someone is clad head to toe with the precious metal.

The ruthless ruler of Jadd. Rumors around town say that he locked up his mother inside a cave because of her ugliness. He also manipulated Amanda into retrieving the Mana pendant and giving it to him in exchange for her brother’s freedom. However, he did not follow through on his promise and turned Lester into a parrot instead, forcing Amanda to seek out a cure deep within the Shifting Sands.

A young lady from the town of Ish. She rescued and nursed Bogard back to health after his fall from Glaive’s airship. Her niece and her later found Sumo and his Chocobo steed injured in the Crystal Desert and brought them back to her house as well.

The loony inventor of Ish. He designed an automaton named MRC-91 and deployed it inside the sunken Dime Tower to translate the various stone tablets contained within the structure. More than a decade later he will assist the Hero in various ways, such as repairing his Chocobo’s legs and using his vast knowledge of the land to direct him to his next objectives.

The monarch of the remote kingdom of Lorim. His subjets has been afflicted with a curse cast by the demon Marilith unleashed by Julius in the Cara Mountains. If the hero doesn’t make haste and slay the vicious fiend, him too may succumb to it and turn into a solid ice statue.