A young swordsman living in the Kingdom of Alania, Parn is the son of an infamous knight of Valis, Tessius, and an unnamed Alanian noblewoman (who appears in a flashback in the Grey Witch manga).
His skills eventually improve to the point where he can put up a decent fight against his nemesis, the Dark Knight of Marmo, Ashram.
Parn is voiced by Takeshi Kusao in the OVA and cameo appearances, by Nobutoshi Canna in Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, and by Bill Timoney in English.
A female high elf skilled in both swordplay and elemental sorcery, Deedlit grew up in the Forest of No Return, her people's isolated abode.
After meeting Parn, she develops a romantic interest in his rash, impulsive nature, his sense of honor, and his dedication, and faithfully stayed by his side in the war against Marmo.
Etoh is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi in the OVA, Shinichiro Ohta in Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, and Ted Lewis in English.
Slayn is voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka in the OVA, by Mitsuru Miyamoto in Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, and by Al Muscari in English.
Prior to the start of the series, Ghim was wounded in a mining accident, and was healed at the Temple of Marfa by Neese and her daughter Leylia.
What he initially does not know is that King Kashue considers him to be his possible successor in ruling Flaim, and is therefore loath to send him into danger; an intention which is foiled by Spark's impulsiveness and hot-headedness.
Aware of the malevolent entity's presence inside her, she has detached herself emotionally from the rest of the world, although her mental barriers begin to come down when she meets Spark and gradually falls in love with him.
A human thief who joins Spark and his companions after encountering a group of dark elves, who had just stolen a holy artefact from the vault of Valis.
Her fellow thief and friend Randy was cursed by the dark elves, which eventually led to his death, and she joins the company primarily to gain revenge on them.
After the death of Beld at the hands of Karla the Grey Witch in the OVA (or Kashue in the TV series), Ashram took up his blade, the Demon Sword Soul Crusher and returned to Marmo to regroup.
Emperor Beld was a former member of the "Six Heroes," a band of adventurers who fought and defeated the Demon King 30 years before the events of Record of Lodoss War.
The invasion was largely successful, but just after killing his old friend Fahn in personal combat, he is betrayed and struck down by Karla the Grey Witch; the rule of Marmo subsequently passed over to his general, Ashram.
As barbarian tribes laid siege to the city, Karla, a member of the nobility at the time, foresaw the destruction and sealed her consciousness into a circlet she wore on her forehead.
All of the major wars in Lodoss since the fall of Kastuul have been carefully manipulated (and some directly participated in) by her, though by nature of her neutrality, she is not always an antagonist.
She was even one of the "Six Heroes" - a group of adventurers who fought and defeated the Demon God King 30 years prior to the events of the series.
In the TV series it is revealed that a dark spirit called Hyuri first took him over as a child when he watched his younger sister being attacked by bandits.
Orson is secretly in love with his partner Shiris; his berserker state is triggered when he sees her in mortal danger, and only she is able to bring him out of it.
As a child, King Fahn surrendered her to one of the tribes of the desert (which would later become Flaim) to the north, so that she could be sacrificed to Shooting Star to appease the dragon.
Parn's father, Tessius, made a secret plan with King Fahn to rescue Fianna, in which he would take all the blame for destroying diplomatic relations with the tribe.
Also known as the Mercenary King, Kashue is famous for being the only man capable of uniting the desert country of Flaim, which he accomplished using only his sword.
During the War of Heroes, Kashue was instrumental in staving off the invasion of Lodoss by the Marmo forces, assuming leadership following the death of King Fahn, after the latter killed Beld in the final battle by cutting him down when he was distracted by a crossbow bolt shot by Karla the Grey Witch.
[3] She begins to directly manipulate the people of Lodoss for over 50 years before she is slain by King Kadomos I. Naneel's death was one that was not complete, as she was reincarnated in the form of Leylia some time later.
She is the younger sister of Astar, a member of the quest of Scepter of Domination, eventually cheated by the chief leader of all dark elves, the powerful Luzev, who had decided to recreate the kingdom of his kindred.
Since she believed that the useless human Ashram should be the one to pay for her beloved brother's death, she joined the mission of killing the general of Dark Knighthood.
Ashram found and bested her in hand-to-hand combat when she ambushed him in his bedroom, but let her go after learning her identity as the sister of his lost old friend.
Despite following Beld, Wagnard's intentions are far worse, as he seeks to kill all the inhabitants of Forcelia, and rule over them as their undead king (a lich).
In the original story, manga, and TV series, Wagnard tries to accomplish this task by abducting the priestess of Marfa and daughter of Leylia, Little Neese, the doorway to Naneel and avatar of Kardis.