Shadow Hearts - Character Biography

Age: 24
Special Skill: Fusion
Element: Dark
Weapons: Claws/Knuckles
Bio: Born in 1890 to a Japanese father and a Russian mother, Yuri's birthplace is unknown. In his youth, he moved throughout China, going wherever his father's military assignments took them. Both of his parents died when he was 10 years old. Yuri's fusion ability awakened at the moment of their death and he has been a Harmonixer ever since. Yuri is an anti-hero with a rude attitude who isn't one bit afraid to speak his mind. He is searching for the owner of a mysterious voice, which guides him during this story. On a certain autumn night in 1913 he is on a train by command of that voice, where he meets up with Roger Bacon and saves Alice Elliot, the main Heroine of the story.

» Alice Elliot

Age: 20
Special Skill: White Magic
Element: Light
Weapons: Books
Bio: Raised in London, Alice began to hear supernatural voices at a young age and became an exorcist, helping her father perform exorcisms. Now, people of influence want to capture her and use her power for their own purposes. She is shy and introverted at first, but her perky personality returns as she embarks on her journey with Yuri Hyuga. Alice is a healer and not a fighter and it is shown through her powerful white magic she learns as her journey continues.

» Zhuzhen Liu

Age: Over 60
Special Skill: Yin & Yang
Element: Fire
Weapons: Staves
Bio: This wise sage is deft in the ways of Yin and Yang; as well as Feng Shui. He hints at some past connection with Yuri and Roger Bacon. You meet him in the mysterious Zhaoyang Village along with his partner Meiyuan. What he lacks in physical strength and defense he makes up with his powerful magic attack early in the game. He also learns a Healing spell, however it is no where near as good as the healing spells learned by Alice.

» Margarete Gertrude Zelle

Age: Unknown
Special Skill: Secret Weapons
Element: Water
Weapons: Guns
Bio: She is a world famous spy who goes by the codename of Malkovich. She meets Yuri and Alice by chance and decides to tag along on their journey. Margarete is a beautiful woman who can almost entise any man, and her main role in the story is to prevent the various actions of the Japanese Army.

» Keith Valentine

Age: About 400
Special Skill: Rituals
Element: Earth
Weapons: Swords
Bio: Keith is a is the lord of an eastern European castle known as Blue Castle. Bored of sleeping his life away at the castle, Keith decides to join Yuri and Alice's journey. Because he is a vampire most of the people in the village of Bistritz see him as nothing more than a mere monster.

» Halley Brancket

Age: 15
Special Skill: ESP
Element: Wind
Weapons: Slingshot
Bio: His mother was taken away when he was little leaving him orphaned. Halley eventually formed the London Rats, a group of orphans that live in an abandoned house and they each look out for one another. He has an incredible power that he inherited from his mother, however he is still much too young to control it well, and often unleashes it at the worst of times.