The following list is of characters from Sorcerous Stabber Orphen.
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Orphen is the main protagonist of the Sorcerous Stabber Orphen series and the title character, is known for his arrogance, gruff demeanor, short temper, and near-obsessive drive to finish what he is working on as soon as possible without distraction. He also strives to remain stoic and detached from others save his closest friends and allies. However, he has a strong sense of humanity and even though he will often complain, he will not abandon a person in need nor tolerate the slaughter of innocent. He is an anti-hero throughout the entire series. In the anime, the only time his attitude changes is when the subject of Azalie is brought up. He will do anything for Azalie, as they have quite a history together, but Orphen keeps his feelings and the story about Azalie to himself at first, only opening up later in the series. However, in the novels, he opens up about Azalie fairly quickly. He later becomes acerbic and callous towards her after she murders Childman and attempts to manipulate him on multiple occasions for her own ends. He, Leticia and Azalie were brought to the school together by Wall Karen because it was believed that they possessed a strong amount of magical power within them. This proved correct; Orphen was a magic prodigy. Orphen eventually becomes the greatest sorcerer in the world. His true name is , and the sorcerers from the Tower of Fang (Heartia, Azalie, Leticia, Comicron, Forte, Korgon and Childman) still refer to him as such. In the novels, Orphen is characterized slightly differently, being more rough, profane and seemingly unstable than his anime portrayal. He suffers from increasing megalomania and what seems to be a type of dissociative identity disorder in which he sometimes thinks of Krylancelo and Orphen as two different individuals. However, through the company of his apprentice, Majic and the heiress Claiomh Everlasting, he steadily becomes more at peace with himself and learns to accept who he is. As a child, Orphen was trained to be a Stabber, which is a sorcerer trained in the art of eliminating other sorcerers with secret assassination techniques and deadly spells beyond conventional knowledge, though he actively resents his training since he despises killing. In the novels, he eventually gains the power and knowledge of the Demon King Swedenborge and temporarily attains the Dark Magic of the Fenrir by merging his mind with Leki's, though both of these magicks can tax on his sanity and health when he utilizes them. By the end of the original novella series, Orphen left the continent of Kiesalhima along with Claiomh Everlasting to settle down on the Hara continent. They later marry and have their daughters, Ratsbane, Edge and Ratchet. By the age of 43, he becomes the head founder of his own magic academy known the Swedenborge School of Sorcery.
Claiomh Everlasting (Cleao in the 1998 anime), is a beautiful young girl that joins Orphen on his journey. In the first anime, she carries the Sword of Baltanders, which was entrusted to her by her father on her fifteenth birthday, and lets Orphen hold onto it as long as he does not object to her tagging along. Claiomh also carries in her backpack a Deep Dragon wolf-cub named Leki. She and Orphen constantly quarrel, but she does so to hide her growing affection for him and secretly longs for him from afar. She and Orphen eventually marry at the end of the original novels and have three daughters. She trains with a long sword and quickly becomes proficient with it as she journeys with Orphen and Majic, even able to duel on even grounds with other highly skilled swordsmen. It is later discovered that Claiomh has magical potential, which is unlocked due to Leki merging his mind with hers and she eventually seeks training from Leticia to develop her latent abilities, which she completed in a year's time. She also becomes skilled in using firearms thanks to her training at the Tower of Fang.
Majic is Orphen's apprentice, and the secondary male lead. He is a childhood friend of Claiomh's, despite being three years apart in age, and they attended the same classroom in school before she left for boarding school. In the anime, they were in the same grade in school, but she has since moved on to boarding school. Majic deals with the torment brought about from both Claiomh and Orphen's action on their journey together. His father is paying Orphen to teach him, which at first seems a waste of money to his father. When Orphen repairs a glass that fell with his magic before the father's eyes, the father's opinion about his money being "thrown out the window" disappears. Majic appears to be a good student, learning as much as he can, and retaining all of what he learns, although his anxiety tends to get the better of him when it comes time to prove himself. Orphen, however, sees significant potential in Majic and encourages him in his training. This gives him courage, which makes his power stronger. Majic looks up to Orphen, and refers to him as "master" upon Orphen's request. All sorcerers call their "teachers", who teach them sorcery, "master." It is later revealed in the novels that Majic is a vampire, a rare mutagenic trait within humans which he inherited from his mother, Iris Lin, who is a sorceress/assassin said to rival Childman in terms of power and skill. Due to his vampire blood, his magical potential far exceeds Orphen's. By the end of the novels, Majic has become a famous, world-renowned sorcerer and even takes on Ratsbane, Orphen and Cleao's firstborn child, as his apprentice.
One of the race of Deep Dragon (changed to Wolfen in the original English Dub), Leki is a cub who is found and adopted by Claiomh, although it is indicated by his mother that Leki adopted Claiomh, as adult Deep Dragons are more powerful and intelligent by far than humans. Like all Deep Dragons, Leki resembles a wolf rather than a reptilian dragon, and when he uses his innate magic, his eyes will glow a bright green color. As Leki is still very young, he often exhibits young animal-like tendencies, such as chasing after a butterfly. Yet in spite of his animalistic behavior, he is very intelligent and perceptive and has instinctual grasp of Dark Magic. He protects and defends Claiomh whenever he feels the need to, or when Claiomh orders him. He is also unique among his clan since he is able to retain his individuality, partially because of his empathetic connection to Claiomh. Leki will not only protect Claiomh, but anyone who he sees in danger. In the first anime, Leki's collar belongs to one of the three artifacts from the Aisle of Baltanders, the Bracelet of Nomafrozis. In the novel, Leki is eventually able to use telepathy to speak with his human companions and released Claiomh's hidden magical potential by linking with her mind. Throughout the novel series, Leki grows from a small cub to the size of a large dog. When exerting his full power, he will temporarily increase his size to that of an adult Deep Dragon.
Vulcano Volkan is one of the two dwarven brothers who follow along with Orphen on his quest. He frequently refers to himself the "Masmaturian Bulldog". Volkan always comes up with their plans (which usually turn out to be poorly thought out, utterly bad ideas, and almost never work). He is known to be extremely egotistical, delusional and idiotic. He hates Orphen (whom he refers to as "the black wizard") and his companions, and always finds a way to ruin whatever they had in mind. He was banished from his home of Masmaturia because of his unapologetic troublemaking, and kidnapped his younger brother, to forcibly accompany him in his exile. It is his fault that Orphen often must use his magic to assault them (himself and Dortin) due to the fact that Volkan owes Orphen an exorbitant amount of money and he refuses to pay Orphen back his debt. Volkan wants only power and money, and any scheme he has in mind has the goal of getting him one of the two. None of his schemes ever work, however, due his short-sightedness and stupidity. He constantly bosses Dortin around in a very comical fashion. In spite of his ineptitude, he is surprisingly durable as sharp objects such as swords and scythes cannot break his skin and Orphen's magic, no matter how powerful, does not cause him any significant damage. This is largely due to his dwarven physiology. His ego is strong enough to suppress a White Mage within his mind and utilize her sorcery.
Volkan's younger brother. Dortin and Volkan are often viewed as comic relief throughout the series. They are two dwarves who are always low on money, and seem to always find a way to mess up whatever Orphen is trying to accomplish. In the first anime, they worked in Cleao's basement, working as cooks to both pay of their debt to Orphen as well as act as his spies. In the novels, they were forced to work for Claiomh as bodyguards as compensation for breaking them out of jail when they attempted con her older sister, Mariabelle, into a marriage scam. regards to his character, Dortin is the voice of reason (who is often ignored) on his and Volkan's quests. He is kind and knowledgeable, but his swirling glasses give him a rather geekish appearance. When Volkan messes up, Dortin always tries to tell Orphen he had no part in Volkan's schemes, but they both wind up being victims of Orphen's magical blasts anyway. In the anime and novels, Dortin is shown to be quite caring and loyal, as he begs Orphen for help in saving his brother from poisoning and, later in the anime, in defying Volkan's "order" to run from danger when a friend (Childman) needed his help. Dortin is surprisingly skilled at reading runes and has occasionally helped Orphen in deciphering texts by the Nornir. Like his brother, he is also highly resistant to both physical and magical damage due to his dwarven physiology.
Supporting characters
She's Orphen's foster sister, best friend, and the Bloody August. They were in the same orphanage and came to the Tower of Fang together, believed to be magical prodigies. She tutored him extensively, and gave him special attention. She was a great sorcerer - considered to be one of the greatest in her generation, and is referred to as the "Chaos Witch" by some at the Tower. She is a master of Black Magic and one of the few sorcerers that can harness White Magic. However, she had two sides to her. There was the kind, fun-loving and charismatic Azalie, and then the, as Orphen says, "scary" Azalie. After having her love declaration to her mentor rejected, she seemed to be almost obsessed with her studies; she wanted more power, and one of her experiments turned her into Bloody August - a name given to the demonic dragon that first appeared in August. In the novels, Azalie is returned to a human state fairly early in the series, but her mind has been warped by her time spent as the beast and the cruelties endured by those in the Tower who had been hunting her. Vengeful and partially insane, her main goal is to destroy the Tower and uncover Childman's true ambitions, which leads her to becoming a major antagonist in the series. She becomes increasingly unstable and Orphen is often torn between his attachment to her and his horror at her remorseless violence.