Sol Badguy :Voiced by (English): David Forseth (
Guilty Gear Xrd – present) :Voiced by (Japanese):
Daisuke Ishiwatari (
Guilty Gear,
X and
XX),
Hikaru Hanada (
Guilty Gear XX Series (story mode only)),
Jouji Nakata (
Guilty Gear 2 Overture (story mode & alternative voice in
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus only) – present) Introduced in the first installment of the series (1998), Frederick Bulsara was one of the lead scientists of the Gear project, as well as being the prototypical Gear, dating from over a hundred years before the events of the
Guilty Gear games. As a prototype, he is immune to the orders of Commander Gears. He was personally acquainted with
Asuka R. Kreutz (typically known as That Man) prior to the Crusades. As Frederick, Sol created the "Outrage", which he called a supreme Anti-Gear weapon. The Outrage has eight components called "Jinki" (Godlike Weapons), which greatly amplify their wielders' magical ability. Later, he was himself recruited into the order, as a bounty hunter named Sol Badguy. Sol took part in the Crusades, during which he was a member of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights (Seikishidan), acquiring the nickname . However, he later became disenchanted with the methods of the Sacred Order, and fled the order, taking with him the . The theft earned him the enmity of
Ky Kiske. In 2175, Sol faced
Justice directly. During the fight, which Justice won, she discovered that Sol was a Gear. Justice attempted to assert her power as a Commander Gear to control Sol, but was unable to do so. Exploiting her confusion and weakness from the fight, the Holy Order, led by Ky, sealed Justice away, bringing the war to an end. However, a Gear named
Testament began a plan to free
Justice, and to stop it, the Union of Nations held a tournament. The canon stated that Sol was the winner of the Tournament, which also resulted in Justice discovering that Sol was, in fact, Frederick. Justice, in her dying words, commented that she wished that "...the three of us..." could talk one last time, and Sol swore to kill Asuka. In the subsequent game,
Guilty Gear X2 (2002), his story-line involved chasing down
I-No. In his first ending, his defeat of I-No led to a direct confrontation with Asuka, who casually deflected all of Sol's attacks, saying that Sol was needed because soon a greater battle than the Crusades will occur. In Sol's second ending,
Slayer informed him of the
Post-War Administration Bureau's interest in Dizzy. In the third ending, he fought Dizzy, who had been possessed by Necro, after I-No knocked her off the Mayship, and sent Dizzy on her way to meet Johnny and May. In
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (2008), Sol had two endings. In one, I-No threw him back in time to fight his past self, Order-Sol. After both are weakened from the battle, I-No reappeared to murder
Order-Sol, which, in turn, caused Sol's present form to cease existing. In his other ending, the same set of events played out, but Sol's present form, strangely, is unaffected by his past self's death. After escaping the time rift, Ky confronted and engaged him in battle. After the fight, Sol and Ky finally settled their differences and went their separate ways, with Ky asking Sol to promise that they will meet again. Though it was referenced in both Sol and Ky's endings, only Sol's told the events directly after the battle, which implied that Sol was the victor. In
Guilty Gear 2: Overture (2007), Sol Badguy took in a young man named
Sin as his apprentice, and traveled the world with him as bounty hunters. During their journey, he met
Izuna who told him that a man called Vizel was seeking out and destroying Gears by order of
Valentine, and that his next target was the kingdom of Illyria. Sol, Sin, and Izuna go to Illyria and find Ky Kiske trapped with a binding spell. With
Dr. Paradigm's help they were able to release him. Eventually, they captured Valentine who transformed herself into a monster. Sol fought her, and after the fight, he found himself in a white space, unable to return. However, he was confronted by That Man, who confirmed that Valentine was a copy of Aria, Sol's former lover. Sol was returned to the real world, where he reunited with his allies. In
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (2014), Sol continued his journeys with Sin when
Ramlethal Valentine declared war on humanity. Working alongside Ky, Sin,
Leo Whitefang, and
Elphelt Valentine, Sol fought to stop the Conclave from using the Cradle to resurrect Justice and destroy humanity. In the end, Sol and his allies were able to stop Justice from reviving, but Elphelt betrayed them and tried to kill them. She was eventually taken to the Backyard, and Sol, Sin and Ramlethal set out to find her. In
Xrd -REVELATOR- (2016), Sol was confronted by Raven, who told him that That Man needed his help in preventing Elphelt from merging with Justice. Before the final battle against Ariels, Sol attempted to claim he is not related to Dizzy, due to her mother being Justice, who was once Aria. His allies began to theorize his connection with the two female Gears, which caused Ky—Dizzy's husband—and Sol to scream out in horror at the supposed revelation that the two rivals are in-laws. After Ariels' defeat, Jack-O took Elphelt's place and fused with Justice, becoming a reincarnated Aria, and Sol revealed to his allies That Man's true identity—Asuka R. Kreutz. In the epilogue storyline added in
Xrd REV 2 (2017), Sol visited Ky's manor, where he challenged Ky to a duel. As Ky noticed Sol's fighting intent, they took their discussion outside the manor to speak privately. While recalling their days as members of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights, Sol mocked Ky, claiming that he held back every time they fought, despite him not doing so when he battled Gears. He further remarked that Dizzy was a "monster", just like himself, angering Ky, who then entered a frenzied rage and managed to overpower Sol in combat. As Sol lied in a newly-formed crater, Sol explained that he had a score to settle with Asuka, with Ky asking him about it. Unbeknownst to them, at the same time they spoke, Asuka turned himself in to the United States government. Sol returns as a main protagonist in
Guilty Gear -STRIVE- (2021). Despite becoming a legendary hero since the previous event, Sol remains a bounty hunter, now accompanied by a fully recovered Jack-O, and the nation often goes to Ky to message Sol for urgent matters. Having taken a request from a weakened Ariels to stop I-No, Sol realizes that Happy Chaos, a demon-like sorcerer formerly Asuka's mentor known as The Original, possessed Ariels body and had been manipulating events alongside I-No herself. Sol's healing power as a Gear becomes slower, due to being shot by Chaos with the same material which created Nagoriyuki's katanas. He arrives at Washington as guest of the White House during a peace meeting with Asuka, where the Gear Maker is targeted by Chaos and I-No for the possession of the Tome of Origin. Sol's story concludes as he lets Asuka remove the Flame of Corruption from him to restore his humanity. Despite the Flame of Corruption's removal being on a bad timing when Chaos fused with I-No into a godlike being, Sol manages to kill a godlike I-No, with the help of Ky, Axl, and a redeemed Nightless samurai Nagoriyuki. He also saves Jack-O from sacrificing herself to stop I-No, declaring his love for her as Jack-O, not as Aria. With I-No's demise, Sol is officially declared dead by the U.S. government and is given a hero's burial. Now going by his original name, Frederick goes off the grid and opens a shop with Jack-O at the abandoned space station Iseo. However in a midquel season-based anime between third and fourth seasons,
Dual Rulers, Sol returns to battle once again where he learn Unika's exact nature as his alternate future granddaughter, then properly comes in term with his past and presents himself at an official wedding of his daughter, Dizzy, thanks to Vernon's encouragement. He was also a playable character in the
spin-off games
Guilty Gear Petit (2001), Ky returns as a playable character in
Guilty Gear Strive (2021), where he will eventually begin to use his implemented Gear Cell's power, which allows him to be able to use Dragon Install similar to Sol, but can only be usable at low health unlike his rival. Ky was originally planned to volunteer a G4 summit with his family, but eventually halted due to I-No's invasion on Ariels’ prison and thereby saving his family from being held hostages during Happy Chaos’ invasion on U.S. White House, whereas the third Illirya king Daryl took care of Ky's place as the kingdom's main representative in the summit. Whether the summit needs Sol Badguy for urgent help, the letters are often goes to Ky, due to Sol's returning to his usual bounty hunting career. He and a fully recovered Jack-O interrogates I-No, when she suddenly surrendered herself on purpose after releasing Happy Chaos from Ariels' body. Ky and Jack-O suspect there might be more than just one traps during Chaos' invasion in U.S. white house, or rather, the airship Tir Na Nog. Ky and Jack-O arrive on time, after Sol, Asuka and U.S. president Vernon got rid of Happy Chaos at a same time witnessing Asuka reverting Sol back to his former human-self Frederick Bulsara through removing the Flame of Corruption in him. Unfortunately, Sol's de-transformation back to Frederick is on a bad timing when Chaos is still on the airship, taking a form of one of Giovanna's boss from security agency, and using the real Tome of Origin which fused with Asuka to fuse the Gear Maker's former master himself with I-No, restoring her full godlike power which Chaos split. With the help of Axl Low and Chaos' former servant Nagoriyuki, Ky uses Uno's Dragon Install to weakeaned I-No, allowing Sol to kill her with a god-killer weapon Outrage, thereby saving the universe from being destroyed and reset multiple times. In the epilogue, he and Dizzy are visited by Testament, introducing them to their new family. In the epilogue of Another Story A, set after the White House incident in the main story and midquel season-based anime
Dual Rulers, Ky, and his son and wife, Sin and Dizzy are at the Illyrian Castle to celebrate the latter’s ceremonial welcome as an official Gear representative leader to the world, while his alternate future daughter Unika is now working as a bodyguard in training per United States' jurisdiction. He is also a playable character in the
spin-off games
Guilty Gear Petit (2001), and
Judgment (2006). :Voiced by (Japanese):
Keiichi Nanba Takeshi Miura (
Guilty Gear X –
XX), Yoshihisa Kawahara (
Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN – present) Wakana Sakuraba (
Guilty Gear XX), Kazue Fujita (
Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN) is the original Command Class Gear, created by Asuka from Aria as a means to end war. Through Happy Chaos's influence, the Universal Will took over Justice in an attempt to manifest into the physical world using her and the population of Japan. Asuka was forced to override Justice and force her to annihilate Japan to stop this. The ordeal shattered Aria's mind - she forgot her past and began the century-long conflict known as the Crusades, only regaining her memories as Aria when Sol killed her. However, Justice's body ended up in the possession of the Conclave, who sought to revive her so they could use her power to reform humanity according to their vision. Justice's body was taken by Ariels for her plan to merge with Elphelt Valentine, a genetic copy of Aria, to create a "complete humanity". Jack'O Valentine, possessing the fragmented half of Aria's soul, took Elphelt's place and merged with Justice to completely restore Aria.
Kliff Undersn Voiced by: Hatsuaki Takami (
Guilty Gear), Shigeru Sakano (
Guilty Gear XX) was a commander of the Holy Order and wields a massive sword known as the . A hero of the Crusades who clashed with
Justice multiple times, he became a great mentor to
Ky Kiske and personally scouted
Sol Badguy to join the Holy Order, who had saved a younger Kliff from a rampaging Gear long ago. He is the foster-father of
Testament, whom he found as an orphan during the Crusades. After decades serving as commander, he resigned from his position and entrusted it to Ky. For the rest of the Crusades, Kliff remained as an instructor, training new recruits. With the Crusade's end and the disbanding of the Order after Justice's defeat, Kliff finally retired. Only a couple years later, he would join the Second Holy Order Selection Tournament, and would lose his life to his own child.
May :Voiced by (English):
Eden Riegel (
Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN - present)
Daisuke Ishiwatari created Millia's character to, through her relationship with Zato, convey the feelings of a person who loves someone who is rejected from society. When designing her, Ishiwatari wanted her to be a "really cool woman". As an assassin her initial design drafts had knives strapped all over her body, and her gameplay was intended to focus on projectiles. However, in practice he felt Millia's weapon usage made her too similar to another character in the game,
Baiken, and additionally that the game needed more character variety. Additionally Millia's outfit went through multiple designs as Ishiwatari had difficulty figuring out where the thrown knives would be stored, while also aiming for a design that looked feminine and easy to move in. After some consideration, he conceived her being able to attack with her hair as a weapon instead. He felt it represented a very "strange" and "feminine" trait, while was something easier to represent in 2D
sprite art without looking unnatural. Several more drafts followed, before he settled on an outfit that resembled a woman just wearing a t-shirt, feeling it reflected a very feminine look for her. After the death of her parents, she is adopted into a nearby assassin syndicate, the Assassin's Guild. There, she learns the Sixth Hi-Deigokutsuipou (or the "Six Forbidden Magics"), "Angra", which allows Millia's hair to model as she wants. Due to
Zato-1's rise in power within the Guild, Millia seals him within a dimensional portal, and abandons the guild shortly thereafter, finding no comfort in the cruel ways of an assassin. and
Judgment (2006). :Voiced by (Japanese): Takami Akkun (
Guilty Gear), were old enough, despite their foster father's wishes, they desired to inherit their father's name by joining the Holy Order. However, while carrying out one mission on behalf of the Order, Testament met an untimely end and their body was never found, assumed to be dead. They were in fact captured by government agents and converted into a Gear by the
Post-War Administration Bureau for the purposes of experimenting and developing new weapons. Unlike most Gears, they still retained their sense of self. However,
Justice turned them against humanity, and they found themself on the opposite side of the war from which they started, causing them to become cynical and filled with regret after being freed from Justice's mind control at the time of her death at the hands of
Sol Badguy. While hiding from humanity, they acted as a guardian to Justice's daughter,
Dizzy, when her Gear powers went awry and caused her to end up having a bounty on her head. That is until The Jellyfish Pirates adopted her, before she met and married Ky Kiske. Testament was not seen after Dizzy began her relationship with Ky until their return in the ending of
Strive many years later, being introduced to Dizzy and Ky's son, Sin, including Elphelt and Ramlethal Valentine. When announced as the last Season 1 fighter of
Strive, it was revealed that Testament now lives peacefully with Dizzy's adoptive human parents.
Zato-1 and Eddie :Voiced by (English):
Matthew Mercer (
Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN - present) in exchange for his
sight. Because of this, Zato-1 was able to take control of his shadow, and use it as a weapon to gain great power. With this power, he made himself leader of the Assassins Guild. However, as his body weakened, Eddie was able to take control until Zato-1's death at the hands of
Millia Rage. While his body was taken by Eddie from
Guilty Gear XX onward, after the death of his voice actor
Kaneto Shiozawa, Zato-1 was resurrected by the Conclave as part of their experiment and serving them until he is defeated by Faust. He later returns to the Assassins Guild and played a role in its reformation into a legit intelligence organization. == Introduced in
Guilty Gear X ==