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Fanatio wears a set of full body, purple light armour completely tinged with a refined orchid radiance that is noticeably more sophisticated than that of the regular Integrity Knights, with a helmet modeled after the wings of birds of prey.

Fanatio's appearance without her helmet.

Fanatio herself has flowing, silky, wavy, long deep black hair, groomed with tender care. Her voice is high pitched and is both refined and supple, and her stature is the same as Kirito 's or taller, though the line tracing from her back to her waist is more slender. She has a pure, beautiful face which resembles that of a holy woman and also has a silky skin with the shade of black tea with plenty of milk added in. Her arc-shape eyebrows and long eye lashes are black, while her eyes are dark reddish-brown, close to gold. The tinge of roundness of her jawline bring forth a remarkably gentle elegance which is matched by her very mildly red petite lips. Her appearance suggests that she was born in the east region.

Fanatio's behaviour is rather masculine as she attempts to hide her true gender, due to believing that other people, including her fellow Knights and even the Dark Knights, look down on her because she is a female and that her opponents will not fight with her seriously if they know her true gender. Because of this fear of her opponents finding out about her gender, Fanatio has even developed consecutive hit skills via group and uses her sword's light rays to drive her opponents away from her. She also has a habit of prattling in situations when she has her opponent cornered.


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Fizel has straw-colored hair in a short cut, with her two eyes accented upwards. She is described as having an expression of resolve. She wears and ink-black uniform, identical to Linel's. Her uniform has a green belt, with short-swords attached, close to the length of a dagger, at thirty «cen», with a grip made of reddish wood.


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Frenica has short, light-brown hair, and pale skin. She appears frail and thin, seemingly unsuited for wielding a sword, were it not for the fact that one's appearance mattered very little in Underworld. [citation needed]

Frenica is a nice, yet humble girl who is skilled with swords but too timid to fight for herself. [citation needed]


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Like all ogres in Underworld, Furgr was a wolf-like demi-human with long fur engulfing nearly all of his upper body. [2] He had a brawny upper body, a slender back, muscular arms [1] , and the head of a wolf with a protruding nose bridge, saw-like teeth, and triangular ears. [2] Furgr also had yellow eyes and a scar next to his left eye [5] . Furgr was equipped with a crossbow, tied to his left arm. [5]

Unlike goblins, Furgr was not possessed by greed. He only participated in the war against the Human Empire due to orders from Emperor Vector , his only goal in the war being to bring it to an end and receive permission for the Ogres to return to their grasslands to raise their horses and hunt birds. Furgr believed that power came with responsibilities and felt obliged to his race as its chief. The Ogre chief bore no grudge against the humans who killed members of his race. [1]


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Gabriel Miller is six feet and one inch (185 cm) tall, has loose blonde hair that is swept back and has blue eyes. In the office, he wears a white dress shirt, dark grey slacks and custom-made cordovan shoes. [1]

Gabriel is utterly devoid of anything remotely resembling empathy, as exemplified by the murder of his childhood friend, in order to witness the nature of the soul, or his experiments on animals for the exact same cause.


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Genesis has slicked back red hair and yellow eyes. He wields a large black greatsword.

Genesis is known to get a wild, frenzied look when he is fixated on combat with a berserker fighting style to match. He has no regard for Non-Player Characters (NPCs), considering them unworthy of his attention. He is also shown to have poor sportsmanship, as he enjoys stealing hard-earned kills from other high-level players and gloating over his victories in the faces of those he stole them from, yet became furious when Kirito and his friends defeated a boss he had missed.


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Ginrou has mohawk-style light brown hair. [4] He wears a tight, dark top, green trousers, brown boots, black fingerless gloves and white goggles [4] Ginrou's weapon of choice is a live ammo type «H&K UMP» sub-machine gun. [3]

Ginrou is a cocky player, as he underestimates the power of his opponents and believes that he can easily keep them occupied at close range to stall for time. [4] Ginrou is also a person who tries to hit on women, though has never succeeded in both the virtual world, nor the real world.


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Godfree was a huge man with thick, shaggy [4] orange-brown curls [5] and, according to Kirito , he looked like an axe wielder. [4] He wore a white and red KoB uniform with a white cape, a metal chestplate, metal shoulderplates and bracers and brown, leather gauntlets. [5]

Godfree was an easy going person and a person who disliked conflicts among comrades, such as when he brought Kuradeel and Kirito together in his party just for them to bury the hatchet. However, Godfree is also a kind of person who is slow to understand the situation at hand, like when he thought that Kuradeel's treachery was some form of training exercise.


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Grimlock wears dark clothing, which gives off an aura of mysteriousness, and a hat. He also wears glasses, has short black hair with long bangs and is relatively tall. [1] [2]

Grimlock had apparently loved his wife, Griselda, greatly. However, unlike Grimlock who was constantly scared of death, Griselda did not fear death as she played Sword Art Online and was notably more lively living in the game than she was in real life. Grimlock apparently felt that Griselda had loved the game more than her husband and, in possibly desperation due to the fear of death, he killed Griselda as he believed she no longer resemble the wife he loved in real life.


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Griselda was a young woman with brown hair. In Sword Art Online, she wore a white and green tunic with a chestguard, knee-length, brown shorts and leggings, and a cape with a hood. [1] In battle, she wielded a long-sword and shield. [2] In the real world, she wore a sweater. [3]

Before coming to Sword Art Online, Yuuko used to be a quiet and obedient person who never quarreled with her husband. However, when the death game began, Griselda began to grow more independent, and even opposed Grimlock's decisions, such as creating a guild, and going off to train with her enlisted guildmates. [2] According to Schmitt , she was very fierce and determined, as well as extremely strict to injustice and craftiness. [4]


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Takeru has whitened hair that stands up like a hill of swords. He wears a T-shirt that is faded in colour, three-quarter length jeans and sneakers with damaged soles. He also wears round, rimmed spectacles. [3]


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Like her real life appearance, Koharu's SAO avatar has straight, shoulder-length black hair and bright green eyes. Throughout Integral Factor's main campaign [† 1] , Koharu wears a slightly upgraded version of her starting equipment, consisting of a dark magenta tunic with dark green features on the neck and wrists, a black mini-skirt, as well as a chest plate protecting her upper body. Her starter appearance also features a red belt accompanied by a red item pouch on her waist. Her canon choice of weapon type is a dagger. [6] [† 2]
Koharu features an upgraded armor in the first anniversary celebration pictures of Integral Factor. While the new outfit has not been incorporated into the main story yet, limited time events showcase Koharu in this new armor. Her first anniversary equipment features a similar color palette but is a lot more detailed with its patterns and design compared to the starter armor. It features a cut on the side of her mini-skirt, as well as cuts on both sides of her tunic showing Koharu's skin. In addition to the more detailed design, Koharu also wears black, thigh-high socks compared to her starter armor.

Koharu is often cheerful and lively, [7] in addition to being kind and soft-hearted, as described by Sanya and Mater . [8] During her childhood, she learned to play the piano from her mother, fostering her love for music. Her exposure to gaming was limited to video games and phone apps, before she tried out SAO as her first VRMMO game. [7] While in SAO, Koharu was initially afraid of fighting even when it was necessary, yet she overcame this fear after meeting the Protagonist.


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Argo is a nimble-looking player [9] who has brown eyes [10] and curly golden-brown hair. [9] She wears full-body cloth and leather armour, [9] a hooded cloak and also has whiskers on her face, [9] which were originally a mark from a quest, but now a makeup of her choice. [6] Her weapon of choice are claws, which she hangs at her left waist. [9] She also uses Throwing Picks , which she hangs on her right waist. [9]

Argo is a completely business-focused person, with people saying that she would sell her own stats or grandmother for Cor . Nonetheless, Argo has certain principles: she refused to provide anyone with the names of SAO beta testers as it would endanger the players, and she has been known to honor her debts, as was the case with Kirito saving her from the ninja clan . She is so focused on completing her field guides that it sometimes gets her into trouble. [citation needed]


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Midoriko's avatar Zeliska has red eyes, white hair that rests on her left shoulder, a small mole below her left eye, and a single earring on her left ear. [citation needed] Her outfit is prominently in royal purple, featuring white patterns. Her belt is accompanied by two pouches on the right side of her hip. [citation needed] Her canon choice of weaponry is an optical shotgun called Peacock as her primary, [6] [7] as well as an MG Karymsky that resembles a real life PKM (Kalashnikov's Machine-gun Modernized) as her secondary. [6] [8]

Zeliska is a mysterious character who is not very revealing about herself but is very frank when talking about others. She does not avoid being honest and direct in a conversation, if she believes that to be the right thing to do. This also correlates with her mature and supportive attitude towards the people she cares about. Though she originally was more rambunctious and open about relieving her stress during her early days playing GGO, she eventually matured into a player with a very tranquil and focused personality that rarely lost her calm, even in the gravest situations. [citation needed]
Zeliska has a preference for cute outfits [9] ; however, due to being very self-conscious about the style of her outfits [10] , Zeliska instead prefers to dress her ArFA-Sys Unit Daisy in such outfits, [9] assuming that they would not look good on her. [10]


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Humbert has gray hair, always plastered in oil. During his first year in the Sword Mastery Academy he uses the same gray uniform as all the others, but in his second year, upon becoming an Elite Swordsman-in-Training, he uses a pale yellow custom made uniform.

Humbert Zizek, much like his friend Raios, is a prideful man and even more so than Raios. For example, not only did he intentionally keep his ranking down during the first year in the Academy to avoid having to follow someone's orders, but, unlike Raios, when he became the second ranked Elite Swordsman-in-Training , he was obsessed with Eugeo adding his and Raios's titles whenever he mentioned their names and openly insulted Eugeo for being a commoner.
Humbert, unlike Raios, is hot-headed and thus cannot control his anger, as seen when, after his and Eugeo's duel was declared a draw, he immediately burst into anger and openly insulted Eugeo until Raios calmed him down.
Humbert himself is not as cunning as Raios, since he lets his emotions get the best of him, however, he gladly joins Raios whenever the latter comes up with a scheme to taunt, insult or hurt either Kirito or Eugeo. For example, when Kirito and Eugeo came to their room to complain about Humbert mistreating his valet, Humbert denied having done anything like that, until he realized what Raios was planning and, showing a venomous smile, played along, revealing how he had his valet massage his body while undressed to her underwear, thus provoking Eugeo to remark how inappropriate it was and gave Raios the opportunity ridicule Eugeo for Eugeo himself had undressed to his underwear multiple times in front of his former mentor.
Humbert, like Raios, is a cruel and even sadistic man. When Eugeo suggested a first-strike duel, Humbert gladly accepted the duel and even attempted to crush Eugeo's shoulder with his skill while having a sadistic smile on his face. Humbert also took pleasure in getting the chance to "punish" Eugeo and Kirito's valets and even suggested having a competition to see which of the girls cried out first.


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Iskahn was a young man with curly, red hair [1] and a reddish-copper tanned body. [5] As a Pugilist, Iskahn wore skin-tight leather trousers, sandals, a single leather belt on his torso, and metal-studded gloves. [1] Despite not using any armour or weapons, Iskahn's body was so tough due to his training at the Pugilist guild that even his eyeballs would be able to withstand a two centimetre-wide blade. [5]

Initially, Iskahn was a man who cared only about his body, uninterested in anything other than strengthening it. The young man had trained his body so extensively that he had absolute confidence in his body being capable of repelling even large-scale Sacred Arts . Due to his Pugilist upbringing, Iskahn regarded anyone who used armour to defend themselves, as well as people lacking in musculature such as Scheta, with contempt and had thus been utterly disinterested in the Human Empire. On the other hand, Iskahn respected true fighters, such as Dark General Shasta , and would be excited to fight against those who trained their bodies and displayed fighting spirit. [5]
Iskahn also cared greatly about the pride of his guild as warriors. He did not mind dying valiantly in battle, especially against opponents as powerful as Scheta; however, he did despise when she showed his people mercy by only greatly injuring them, even though she was fully capable of killing them. [5] Iskahn also loathed when his fellow Pugilists died in vain, rather than honourably in battle, such as by falling to the abyss while attempting to cross a large fissure on a suicide mission ordered by Vecta. [7]
The young Pugilist also believed that a ruler was beholden to taking responsibility for those they commanded. He believed that it was the ruler's duty to care for the lives of their subjects as they led them to prosperity. Emperor Vecta's apathy towards the lives of his people disgusted Iskahn to such an extent that he began questioning the emperor's orders, leading to him eventually destroying his right eye to be less restricted by the Seal of the Right Eye in order to be capable of indirectly opposing the orders. [6]


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Jin has dark hair that is dyed yellow on the sides of his head, as well as a flock of hair sticking out from the front of his head. [1] He wears a green uniform with a bullet-proof vest, dark gloves and shoes, a pouch on his left hip, a shin guard and a knee pad. [1] Jin also wears goggles and has a black bandana with two white stripes on the left side wrapped around his neck and face. [1]


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Jink is a large man with wilted-leaf-coloured, short hair and a stern look. After becoming a guard, he usually carries a simple-looking longsword at his waist.

Jink is a petty and jealous man, which is exemplified by his bullying of Eugeo due to Alice spending more time with Eugeo than him. Jink is also arrogant and does not have much control over his emotions, as seen when he became furious and began shouting when he heard that Eugeo would be allowed to leave the village to attempt to become a guard at Zakkaria .


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Jun is described as a short Salamander boy with red eyes and orange hair tied in a braid at the back of his head. In battle, he wears a copper-red full plate armor that does not match his small stature and wields a two-handed sword, almost as tall as him, on his back. When not in battle, he wears a simple reddish-brown V-neck shirt with sewn threads on the cuffs and collar and brownish leather trousers.

Though afflicted with cancer, Jun is an easy going person who always wears a smile on his face and always has a joke to tell. Due to his young age, he is easily excited when experiencing new things and is sometimes nervous when faced with fearsome opponents. However, he is a capable fighter who boasts strong offensive and defensive abilities due to him being a Salamander, making him an invaluable addition to his guild.


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Kagemune is a Salamander, who like all Salamanders, has red hair. He also wears a set of Salamander armor, but, unlike the standard Salamander armor, his helmet is grey instead of red. His weapon of choice is a lance and a small round shield.

Kagemune acknowledges his opponents' strength, for example, when he witnessed Kirito effortlessly taking down two of his lancers, he admitted that Kirito and Leafa could likely defeat him one-on-one. He has also been shown to be a person who returns favors, like when he supported Kirito's lie to his superior General Eugene.


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Kakouton has the appearance of an ancient Chinese general to match his name . He has a stern face with a beard and a sturdy chin. [2] He also wears a helmet with a red [4] fluffy tassel on the crown, which he opens to use an aim correcting eyepiece on his right eye (his left eye in the anime), [2] and wears general warrior-type armour. [3] The only piece of his equipment that does not quite suit the image of an ancient Chinese general is his weapon, the «Norinco CQ» assault rifle, [2] but due being Chinese-made, [5] it still fits the Chinese theme.


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In Sword Art Online, Johnny wore tight-fitting black leather armor, thin black pants, black leather studded boots, and a black mask resembling a sack with holes cut for eyes. [3] Like most of the Laughing Coffin, he wore a dark colored hooded cloak and a mask. [4] His hands were armored, and he also appeared to be very thin. [4]
In the real world, Atsushi has an uneven tangle of long hair, thin cheeks covered by a stubby beard, and silver earrings on his ears. He wears a thick silver necklace, a discolored black T-shirt with leather pants of the same color and high laced boots, giving off a shabby overall impression. [5]

Johnny Black is a sadistic, cold-blooded killer who likes to have fun with his victims before killing them. For example, when he, XaXa, and PoH had captured Schmitt , Caynz , and Yolko on the Hill of the Cross , he suggested having a fight-to-the-death game among their captives, with the promise of freedom as a reward to the victor of the game. However, PoH revealed that he had killed the winner of such a game the last time anyway.


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In the real world, Elsa is a petite young woman with long black hair. [4]

Pitohui is a frank and cheerful person. [6] However, she greatly dislikes honorific speech in-game, thus whenever she hears LLENN or M starting to talk in a formal manner, she complains to them about how unnecessary it is. [5] [6] [7] Pitohui is also a gun maniac who collects guns in-game and, whenever she went monster hunting with LLENN, she would always use a different gun. [6] She always uses live-ammunition guns, even for hunting monsters, despite optical guns being more efficient against monsters. [8]


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Although Kuro was randomly generated by the system, it greatly resembles the appearance of Kirito's Spriggan avatar: slightly long black hair and a delicate, feminine face with long elf ears. After noticing the similarity, Kuro chose to wear similar clothes to Kirito's: a black leather coat with a black shirt underneath and matching black gloves, pants and boots. She also uses two swords, similarly to how Kirito used Elucidator and Dark Repulser . Although the two swords that Kuro uses have similar features and colours to Kirito's swords, their design is much more plain.
Hiyori later changed her avatar in ALO to a version imported from Sword Art Online, Lux, whose appearance is nearly identical to her real life appearance, except for her long elf ears. Lux is a Sylph who has long, bright hair and wears a coat with an emphasis on the chest area, and boots. Her avatar also had a Laughing Coffin tattoo on the front of her upper left thigh, but the tattoo faded soon after her avatar was imported.

During her time in SAO, Hiyori was a person who was reluctant to trust others, until she met a girl named Rossa, who befriended her. However, after Rossa sacrificed herself to shield Hiyori from a lethal attack, Hiyori began to avoid people again, feeling that she did not want to lose anyone else precious to her. Though when she forgets about her decision to stay away from players, she is shown to enjoy the company of other people.
Hiyori is a protective and caring person, as shown by how she shielded Leafa, Lisbeth and Silica from a monster's attack and the first thing she asked them was whether any of them were hurt. It is also made apparent by the fact that she wishes to become stronger just so that she could protect everyone with her own strength.


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Kayaba Akihiko wore a white shirt with a necktie underneath and a long, white lab coat on top. [7] The contours of his face were fine and sharp. [7] He had metallic eyes [7] and short hair. [8]

Prior to the SAO incident, Kayaba Akihiko was somewhat reclusive, preferring "to stay out of the spotlight … [and the] media." [3] It is possible that this behavior, in addition to his "destructive, unpredictive genius," added to "his allure" towards his fans. [3]
Although Akihiko appeared as his true form only a few times throughout the series, he was always very calm, soft-spoken, and had a cool demeanor. Despite being incredibly skilled, Akihiko was not boastful or arrogant, as when Kirito defeated him and cleared Sword Art Online, he humbly accepted defeat.
Akihiko seemed to be very sincere and thoughtful, as shown when he told Kirito of his dream about creating a floating castle as the basis for creating Sword Art Online.
Kayaba Akihiko had little to no empathy, with a complete disregard for human life, including his own, and instead was completely taken in by the virtual world. When he accidentally struck Asuna , which caused her apparent in-game death, he showed no remorse, and instead seemed rather amused, even though it caused Kirito an incredible amount of grief at the time. He chose to fulfill his dream by making a death game which cost thousands of lives, and simply noted that their minds were gone from both worlds. His fascination with computers was very much like Kirito's, with the major difference being Akihiko having no regard for the lives of others, and Kirito doing everything he can to protect them.
In spite of this, Akihiko had a level of honor and fairness. He designed Sword Art Online to be a beatable game by anyone who had the skills. He never interfered with the players' progress to keep them from advancing through the game; in fact, as Heathcliff, he was actually fighting on the players' side, helping them clear floors. The one exception to this was the fact that he made himself invincible until his battle with Kirito, although this was necessary to survive the game until the 95 th floor was reached, where Heathcliff planned to reveal his true identity and become the final boss on the 100 th floor .


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Keita had short brown hair and brown eyes and was dressed in light, brown clothing with a metal chestguard, metal shoulder armour on both his shoulders, metal bracers on both of his arms. [4] He also wore black, fingerless gloves that extended to his forearm and dark boots. [4] Keita's trousers are of a paler shade of brown than his top. [4] Keita's weapon of choice was a two-handed staff. [5]

Keita was a person who put the welfare of his guild above everything else and was described as a hopeful and forward type person, whose dreams were to be on the frontlines of SAO, helping to clear the game. [5] However, Keita gave into despair after learning of the deaths of his guildmates.


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According to Kirito , Kibaou is a short yet solidly built man with sienna, spiky (cactus-styled) hair. [4] He also has a small sienna goatee and brown eyes [5] and wears a scale mail armor with a rather large one-handed sword on his back.

Kibaou is a power-hungry person who abuses authority to accumulate more wealth and power by extorting taxes and items through intimidation.


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Kikouka Seijirou was an investigator in the « Sword Art Online Case Victims Rescue Force », and the one who told Kazuto which hospital Asuna was in. [4] [6] Though he is stated to be part of the virtual division, Kazuto suspects he is part of the JSDF after tailing him. [7] He takes advantage of Kazuto's gratitude by using him as an investigator for issues, and uses other people like watchdogs over the VR network.
Seijirou was also one of the original 1,000 beta testers for the original Sword Art Online . However he did not transfer over to the full version of Sword Art Online because he realized that the technology could be used for more than just military training programs and started working on Project Alicization. [5]


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Kirito described the appearance of his avatar at the beginning of the game and the beta-testing phase as having the appearance of a ridiculously handsome protagonist from some fantasy animation, looking noticeably older than he actually was. [11] His in-game height was equal to that of his height in the real world to prevent the extra height from hindering his movements. [12]
In the full version of the game, during Kayaba Akihiko's tutorial, all player avatars were changed to reflect their real life appearances. After this change, Kirito's SAO avatar had slightly long but neat black hair and black eyes. His delicate face showed no trace of masculinity, allowing people to easily mistake him for a girl. [12] [13]

Kirito as the Black Swordsman. Kirito as a member of KoB. 1/2

During episodes 4-6 Kirito wore a a navy-blue jacket with studded blue shoulders and a long hem, dark grey pants, brown boots, a Golden Chest Plate with a Cresent Moon engraved in the middle, a grey shirt and Black Fingerless Glove, Kirito's clothes later in the game consisted of black pants with a black belt that had a large silver buckle, a black V-necked shirt that was worn underneath a black trench-coat with gray lining going down the sleeves, and black boots with silver plates to protect his shins. He had a silver plate worn on the left side of his coat, and a pair of black fingerless gloves. He wore a strap that went over his right shoulder and under it to wrap around his left side. [14] In the last months of the game, he used « Elucidator » and « Dark Repulser » as his main weapons. After being defeated by Heathcliff in a public duel and being forced to join his guild, Kirito donned the red and white uniform of the Knights of the Blood. [15]

Kirito as a child and later as a young adult in Underworld. Kirito as a first-year student at the Sword Mastery Academy. Kirito as an elite swordsman-in-training. Kirito following the battle at the Central Cathedral. 1/4

At the beginning of Project Alicization , Kirito wore a hand-sewn pale blue short-sleeved shirt with a V-shaped cut on the chest which was tied with a light brown cord along with trousers and hand-sewn leather shoes. [16] Two years later, after he became a valet in the Sword Mastery Academy , he wore the standard gray uniform, like all first years and non-elite swordsmen do. [17] [18] In the second year of the academy, after he became one of the twelve elite swordsmen in the academy and was allowed to choose a color for his uniform, he wore a pitch black uniform. [19]

Kazuto is someone who is not good with words, as stated by Klein , [citation needed] and can be quite direct. [citation needed] This is due to him not having many friends and closing others off because of his love for computers. [citation needed] Thus, he can appear to be rude to others, such as Lisbeth and Sinon . [citation needed] Sometimes, he actually seems to enjoy angering and teasing people as well. [citation needed] Also, from time to time, Kazuto can be quite overconfident thinking he can do things others cannot. [citation needed]
Kazuto is almost always a calm and collected character, rarely showing any signs of distress. When Kayaba Akihiko announced that Sword Art Online had become a Death Game, Kirito was able to quickly accept the new conditions of the game and take immediate action to increase his chances of survival.
However, Kazuto is actually a kind person, willing to sacrifice himself to help others. When the death of Diavel during the 1st Floor Boss battle resulted in players accusing Kirito of withholding information as a beta tester that led to their leader's death, he decided to become a scapegoat by naming himself a Beater to distance himself from the average beta tester, ensuring that they would not become victims of unfounded hate by drawing all the ire of the players onto himself. He also tends to comfort others when they experience hardship, such as Silica after she lost Pina .
Kazuto is also a very emotional person and lets his emotions control him from time to time. The deaths of Sachi and the Moonlit Black Cats had haunted him until his marriage with Asuna in Sword Art Online. Sachi's death, in particular, had a huge effect on his personality and motives, making him very distant from others for a while. Kirito also temporarily lost his will to live when Asuna was killed by Heathcliff.
Kazuto is a person with incredibly strong resolve, willing to do anything and everything in his power to accomplish something that is important to him without any hesitation. When Asuna was being held in ALfheim, Kirito was bound and determined to set her free and immediately attempted to fly up World Tree when Yui confirmed that she detected Asuna being at its top, despite this being an impossible task. He also attempted to fight his way to the top by himself twice despite being annihilated the first time.
After escaping Sword Art Online, Kazuto attempted to atone for his past mistakes, such as mending his relationship with his cousin Suguha , whom he had ignored before becoming trapped in the death game.


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Suguha has short black hair and dark grey eyes, almost blackish. [citation needed] Her breasts are very large, compared to other members of the female cast, although she has grown a lot recently. [9] She also has a cute childish look and is often seen with an embarrassed expression, especially when around her cousin. [citation needed]
Due to her kendo training, Suguha has strong and defined muscles that show up even when she makes small movements. [9] Kazuto has described her as monstrously muscular and although he claims to be exaggerating, he does state that she is heavier than she looks. [10]

Unlike her cousin Kazuto, Suguha is upbeat and outgoing. She is much more social and converses easily with others. Even when Kazuto began to push her away after finding out they were not really siblings, she still treated him with good spirit and tried to get back in his life. She can be very aggressive towards those that annoy her or cross her and can easily lose her temper. This is demonstrated in one case when Recon attempted to kiss her after confessing his love to her and she punched him.
Despite her positive outlook and slightly aggressive behavior, Suguha can be somewhat fragile and delicate due to her young age, especially when her cousin, Kazuto is involved. After seeing Kazuto in a comatose state due to being locked in SAO, she broke down crying for the first time in years. In addition to this, once she found out that Kirito and Kazuto were the same person, she locked herself in her room away from her cousin and went into a slight depression. Most of the time she is quick to rebound from these moments and return to being the same upbeat girl.


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Mai's Gun Gale Online avatar Shirley has the appearance of a woman in her late twenties with a bob cut hairstyle, dyed in a green reminiscent of fresh leaves, as well as the face of a neat and clean beauty. [3] Shirley wears brown cargo pants, [3] long boots, [4] a black T-shirt on top, [3] bulging due to her voluptuous breasts. [3] In combat, she also equips a rather large magazine pouch on the right side of her waist belt and a ken'nata knife on the left side, as well as a Realtree-patterned jacket and a camouflaged baseball cap, worn backwards so that the cap's brim would not interfere with her sniping. [4]


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Kizmel is a dark skinned Dark Elf, with pointy ears, lilac hair and onyx-black eyes [2] (violet in the light novel colored illustrations). Kizmel wears a dark cloak which has a high level charm on it that allows her to turn fully invisible, especially effectively at morning and evening hours. [3] She wears black [4] and purple coloured light armor under her cloak of a similar color, [5] and a black silk undersuit underneath those. [6] During her stay at Yofel Castle , she temporarily wore a long, deep purple dress. [7]

Initially, Kizmel behaved no different than her beta test incarnation, an ordinary NPC. However, after Kizmel survived the battle with the Forest Elven Hallowed Knight, it was gradually revealed how advanced her intelligence and independence was, which caused Kirito to repeatedly question if she was a high-functioning artificial intelligence, such as when she followed him and Asuna to Zumfut or during their stay at Yofel Castle. Kizmel lacks awareness of certain human concepts, such as shame in her naked body being seen by the opposite gender, thus she finds no issue with going to a mixed bath without undergarments.


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Kobatz was a tall man who seems to be in his late thirties, [1] has a sharp face, [1] very short [1] dark [4] hair and a pair of sharp eyes below his thick eyebrows. [1] As a leader of the ALF platoon, he wears a set of very high-quality, heavy armor with a crest in the shape of Aincrad engraved on it, [1] complete with a helmet and a red cape to distinguish himself from his men. [4] In battle, he wields a one-handed straight sword and a heavy shield. [4]

Kobatz was a merciless and stubborn person, driving his men to their limits and forcing them to fight a difficult and pointless battle, even when they were exhausted and without proper preparations. He was also an arrogant and short-sighted man who refused to retreat from battle, claiming that the word "retreat" did not exist for The Army, even though the lives of his men were in danger and retreating would have allowed them to regroup and get reinforcements for the fight.


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In the real world, Karen is a 183 centimetres-tall woman with long black hair. Due to her lack of interest in fashion, Karen usually wears rough and simple clothes. [2]

As Karen is fairly tall for a Japanese woman, she was frequently teased for her height and thus developed a complex about it. Karen stopped interacting with most people, aside from her family and close friends, and became an introvert secluding herself to reading and music. [2]
Karen is a serious and persistent woman. She spent days converting from one game to another until she found one where she got an avatar that suited her tastes. [2]


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Since avatars in Serene Garden are based on actual photos of the users, Aiko's avatar was greatly similar to her real life appearance. [3] She wore a green [4] one piece dress that matched her sister's. [5]

Despite being born on the same day as her younger sister, Aiko tenderly shielded and protected her younger sister Yuuki for as long as Yuuki could remember. [7] Aiko was also a decisive and self-sacrificing person who conceded her chance to be a Medicuboid tester and be admitted to a cleanroom, where the risk of opportunistic infection was far lower than in a regular ward, to her sister without a moment of hesitation. [3] Aiko was so decisive that Yuuki barely ever witnessed her brooding over anything. [8] According to Yuuki, Aiko also possessed great empathy. [4]


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Yuuki had short, black-brown hair [10] and, in the final moments of her life, she had extremely pale skin, which made her look very sick. [11]

Yuuki was the kind of person willing to live life to the fullest even in her critical condition, when she died peacefully in happiness. She believed some things must be done in forceful means for the other party to understand.


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Koujiro Rinko is a petite young woman with short, straight, black hair. [4]

Koujiro Rinko is a loyal and caring person, having taken care of Kayaba Akihiko's condition during his two-year dive into Sword Art Online and never left his side as she had feelings for him.


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Kuradeel was a man with pony-tailed, [5] long, black hair. [6] According to Kirito, Kuradeel was a man who looked to be in his early twenties, but due to the wrinkles on his face, he looked much older. [7] He wore a standard white and red KoB uniform with a white and red metal chestplate, greaves and shoes, as well as white metal bracers, brownish-gray gloves and a white cape. [6] After joining Laughing Coffin, he had an insignia of the guild tattooed on his right hand, hidden under his bracers.

Kuradeel first appeared to be a man who overstepped his bounds to protect the vice-commander of the KoB, Asuna, whether she liked it or not. [5] [7] He was also prideful and emotional, exemplified by him challenging Kirito to a duel when the swordsman claimed he could do a better job at protecting Asuna.
Kuradeel was later revealed to be a sadistic killer, illustrated by his enjoyment in murdering Godfree and harming Kirito. A small hint of his dark personality was shown when Kuradeel was about to strike Kirito with a murderous intent during their duel.


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Leviathan is a giant man several times the size of a fairy with short, gray hair, a short gray beard that connects with his hair, a gray mustache and thick, gray eyebrows. He also has several wrinkles on his serious face. Leviathan is clad in silver-colour armour with a large blue cape. He has a blue, tiara-shape, seaweed-like crown with fins sticking out of its side and a blue gem in its centre. Leviathan is armed with a giant silver-colour trident.

Leviathan is a kind of man who has a sense of moderation, as he claims that he is satisfied with being just a king of the sea, despite having to follow the orders of the Aesir.


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Yofilis had long, black hair tied behind him, [1] slender hands [2] , green-grey eyes, and an old, vertical scar running from his hairline to his chin across his left eye. [1] His cheeks were rather light-skinned for a dark elf. [1]
Yofilis wore fittingly noble clothes: a rococo-styled frock coat covered with moire and buttons, a vest, pants that stopped below the knees, white tights, white gloves, and a white tie packed with frills. [1] He was armed with a fragile rapier at his waist. [1]
According to Kirito, Yofilis had a flat voice that could be taken as young or brittle. [2]


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As an avid admirer of Diavel, Lind chose to style his appearance in Diavel's likeness in the early stages of the game: [2] Lind had his long, brown hair dyed blue and he wore silver armour, [2] consisting of a chestplate and shoulderplates, [3] with a blue tunic underneath, [2] [3] similarly to what Diavel had worn before his death. Lind was armed with a scimitar, called «Pale Edge». [4]


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Linel has pale light brown hair in two braids, with droopy-looking eyebrows and eye corners. She is described as having a meek expression. She wears an ink-black uniform, identical to Fizel’s. Her uniform has a green belt with short-swords attached close to the length of a dagger, at thirty «cen» (centimeters), with a grip made of reddish wood.


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Lipia had ashen-blue hair [6] [3] and eyes [3] . According to Vecta, her face possessed exotic beauty; her cheekbones had features typical of Northern Europe that gave the impression of nobility, despite her darker skin shade. [3] On duty, Lipia wore a jet-black full body armour, which had scratches in numerous places but was polished thoroughly. [6]

Lipia was one of the few people in the Dark Territory who questioned the sole rule of their land to plunder with strength, but lacked the wisdom to put her uncertainties into words at first. In her time working for Vixur Ul Shasta , Lipia began supporting Shasta's idea of the necessity of peace to improve their world. Lipia supported Shasta and his beliefs to the extent of attempting to assassinate Vector, who endangered the future that Shasta sought, of her own accord.
Lipia was also a highly loyal and determined person. Despite failing her assassination attempt and suffering intense pain, the determination in Lipia's eyes remained unchanged and she lied about not having any superiors to not endanger Shasta.


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Liten has feminine facial features that make her seem similar to a kokeshi doll. She has topaz eyes and bob-cut orange hair, cut neatly above the brows. Her equipment consists of a set of full steel plate armor, usually worn together with a heavy armet helmet that covers her entire head, and a long mace that she carries on her back outside of battle. [2]


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Marinca is small girl who wears a cloak, a round hat and wields a staff that is almost as tall as her. [1] She has golden, curly hair which covers her eyes, a milky-white skin and pale yellow fairy wings. [1] The words "GAME MASTER", written in shining letters, hovers over her cursor. [1]

Marinca is a person who lets her curiosity get the best of her. For example, she dived in during maintenance to monitor the situation up close and then activated an unused feature to play around with it while the server was shut down. [1] Marinca is also careless, as she forgets to turn off whatever she had turned on, including television, lights, air conditioners and game features. [1] Marinca also has problems finding the right phrase for the situation and she has difficulty in handling a crisis, as she tends to whimper and is at a loss on what to do in such a situation. [1]


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Medina has short, crimson red hair and green eyes with short, thick eyebrows. She is often seen wearing crimson red armor with white and gold-colored patterns. She also has a narrow cape hanging behind her back and gloves with wide wrists on her hands in the same colour. Below the short skirt of her overalls, black, thigh-high boots with the same crimson, white and golden patterns accompany her outfit. Medina's preferred choice of weaponry is her katana, the Mirage Blade. [10]
During her first year at the Sword Mastery Academy , Medina wore a standard gray uniform and rearranged her hair so that her bangs covered her right eye. [11] After becoming an Elite Swordsman-in-Training and being allowed to customize her uniform color, she wore an orange uniform. [12]


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In the real world, Merida had to ride in a wheelchair, as her legs had been paralysed due to the effects of the tumour. [3] She had also suffered hair loss due to anticancer drugs. [3]

After a tumour was found in Merida's brain, she began feeling a lack of purpose in life. This was worsened by her guilt that her tumour saved her from being trapped in Sword Art Online with her guildmates to the extent that Merida desired to be trapped in Sword Art Online to be able to support her friends, and was even about to use Aiko's modified NerveGear to do so.


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Miso wears a dark uniform with a bullet-proof vest, a metal plate on his left shoulder, forearm and shin guards, dark gloves and shoes and large goggles. [1]


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Morte was a thin man [2] wore a dark gray scale mail that was not metallic but had close-fitting scales that clung to his torso and gleamed wetly. [3] He also wore gloves and boots of the same material and had a chain mail coif dangling from his head to his shoulders. [3] The border of the metal hood was torn and ragged, with tendrils of chain that hung down like locks of hair. [3] Morte had two weapon sets: his main set consisted of a round shield and a one-handed axe, named Harsh Hatchet; his second set consisted of an Anneal Blade . [3]

Superficially, Morte is a cheery though curt man who liked frequently joking. However, he is actually a manipulative and deceptive person, who would help two opposing sides and spread misinformation to get them to conflict with each other, such as how he did with the Aincrad Liberation Squad and Dragon Knights Brigade on the 3 rd Floor , or indirectly threaten and trick people into playing into his hands, such as tricking Kirito into duelling him in an attempt to abuse the duel system to kill him without being regarded as an orange player . Even in battle, Morte uses a variety of tricks to get the advantage over his opponent.


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Musketeer is a female player with long, straight, white hair who only wears a dark bra, without anything on top of it, as well as red mini-skirt, a yellow scarf, a yellow glove on her right arm that extends slightly over the wrist and brown boots. [1] Additionally, Musketeer X wears a short, dark jacket with a large, red X on both of her shoulders. [1] She is armed with a «M14EBR» [2] (Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle).


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Nagata Shinichi is a bespectacled boy with short black hair. [3] He has a tendency to wear a brown trench coat over his school uniform that consists of a black long-sleeved shirt with yellow buttons and a matching pair of pants. He also wears a pair of blue sneakers. [4]


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Nakanishi is a young man [2] with a shortcut [3] . He is usually seen wearing a uniform when on duty.


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Nezha is short and squat, with a young honest face [1] , appearing to be in his teens. [2] He has slightly drooping eyes and plain parted bangs, making him look like a perfectly typical crafter. [2] Kirito described Nezha's voice as young and boyish. [1]
During the 2 nd Floor boss battle, Nezha wore a bronze breastplate, gauntlets of the same material, and an open-faced helmet. According to Kirito, his short, stocky build and round, dour face accentuated his image of a beardless dwarf. [3]


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Nishida is an elderly man who appears to be in his 50s. [3] He wears a simple fisherman's outfit with a straw hat. [4] He also wears metal rimmed glasses. [3]

Nishida is a kind old man who loves to fish and is one of the few people who enjoyed living their lives in the virtual world of SAO.


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In Sword Art Online, Eiji's avatar Nautilus had a boyish face [11] that Eiji himself believed looked more timid than it did in real life. [6] His avatar was thin, [11] had decaying leaf-coloured hair, [11] light brown eyes, [9] and was about ten centimetres shorter than Eiji in the real world in May 2026. [12] After joining the Knights of the Blood, Nautilus began wearing a vivid red-on-white background formal guild outfit, [7] including a red-on-white mantle [12] with a cross-like symbol on either side at around chest level, [9] a silver breastplate, [12] a red-on-white top [9] along with black leather pants, [6] light brown gauntlets with red embellishments that extended to more than half of his forearms, and white knee-high boots with red embellishments. [9] Nautilus also occasionally wore plain, brown, leather armour when he wished to not be conspicuous in a town. [7]


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Nori, like all Spriggans, has darker skin, gray wings and black hair. However, she has thick eyebrows and lips, as well as a large physique which are not common traits among Spriggans. In battle, Nori is equipped with comfortable, non-metallic armour with a black choker and a long steel quarterstaff that almost touches the ceiling of an inn. [2]


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Mizue has brown eyes and dark hair tied in two [5] braided [1] pigtails. [5] She wears a kindergarten uniform [1] consisting of a white blouse, a dark blue skirt, and a red bow pinned at the collar. [5] She also carries a yellow pochette slung over her shoulder. [5]


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Sachie has shoulder-length [1] dark hair and brown eyes. [3] During her employment at a post office, she wore a uniform consisting of a white dress shirt, a black vest, and a gray tie. [3] Five years after the attempted post office robbery, she wore light makeup, [1] a beige coat over a light purple shirt, and a knee-length gray skirt. [4]


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Orlando is a burly swordsman [1] wore a banded armour that made his already hefty form look even more rotund [2] , a pointy, onion-shaped bascinet helmet [1] and used a round shield and an Anneal Blade [1] [† 1] , all of his equipment glowing due to being enhanced close to the limit. Orlando also has thick eyebrows [2] and a brassy voice. [3]


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Pale Rider was a tall, skinny male who wore blue and white camouflage clothing. Due to his black helmet, his face could not be seen. Pale Rider used an «ArmaLite AR17» shotgun. [1]


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Pina is a «Feathered Little Dragon» with its blue body covered in soft, pale blue feathers and two long feathers instead of a tail.


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Premiere looks almost identical to her younger [4] sister Tia , the only identifying difference between the twins being the presence of a small mole right under the corner of the former's right eye. Like Tia, Premiere has blue eyes and short black hair, with two dull gold decorations around the forelocks framing her face. Her outfit consists of a light blue-green shirt and a white skirt with light purple edging that exposes much of her legs above and below the knees. The shirt and skirt are connected to light purple sleeves that cover her wrists and the back of her hands, which in turn are covered with a set of wide sleeves of the same color as her shirt. Additionally, over her shirt she has four dark blue-green and light purple strips of cloth, reminiscent of religious clothing, that are attached by three dull gold buckles on the front to each other, and a white collar covering her shoulders and part of her neck. She wears brown leather sandals covering her toes and heels that leave the sides of her feet exposed, with a circular leather strip wrapped above her ankles, and a silver metal decoration on the toe box. After requesting fighting lessons from Kirito , she began wielding a rapier.

Originally, Premiere had no pre-programmed settings to determine her behavior or interactions with players. However, after meeting Kirito's group, she began to develop an inquisitive and childlike nature, often learning and utilizing words and phrases she heard from other players.


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In the gameverse canon, the Protagonist is a male with short black hair and blue eyes. He wears a battle jacket with a blue collar and black pants with metal knee pads. The alternative female version of the Protagonist, by default, has long black hair and green eyes. She wears a white battle jacket and red and black skirt. The Protagonist is depicted using a FAMAS G2 model assault rifle as well as a pair of Beretta 93R machine pistols in promotional art and pre-rendered cutscenes. [citation needed]

The Protagonist is an untalkative person, even having a unique aura of both friendliness and unsociability, according to Kureha. [1] According to Kirito , the Protagonist is similar to Kirito's solo player self in the way he has zero friends. [2]


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Quinella was an extremely beautiful woman with long silver hair, including eyelashes and eyebrows, which may appear blue or white depending on the surrounding lighting. Her eyes were silver in color, seemingly reflecting the seven prismatic colors. She was voluptuous, donned light clothes, which were hemmed with « Stacia Window »-silver threads, and had an unreservedly open neckline.


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Raios had a tall and burly body as well as a long, wavy, blonde hair. During his first year, he used the gray uniform of the Sword Academy. In his second year he used a custom-made red uniform.

Raios Antinous was a prideful nobleman, for example, like Humbert, he intentionally kept his ranking low during the first year at the Sword Mastery Academy so that he would not be forced to follow the orders of others.
Raios was also cunning as he was the one who thought of provoking Eugeo by hinting Humbert to reveal how he treated his valet and then ridiculing Eugeo for undressing to his underwear in front of his former mentor multiple times, after Eugeo remarked how inappropriate it was of Humbert to request his valet to undress to her underwear. It is also likely that he was the one who thought up of getting through to Eugeo via his valet who he deceived into accidentally insulting them to be able to inflict punishment upon them.
Unlike Humbert, Raios was level-headed and calm, thus he was capable of controlling his emotions and analyzing the situation with a clear head, like when he calmed Humbert down to prevent him from getting into trouble or when he calmed Humbert down when Kirito and Eugeo came to their room, as he planned to provoke Eugeo during their conversation.
Additionally, Raios was a cruel man who used loopholes in the law and his status as a noble to hurt others, like how he judged that breaking Kirito's flowers was not against the rules, as the flowers were planted in soil that belonged to no one, thus he judged that the flowers too belonged to no one and damaging them would not be considered against the law. His cruel side is revealed at its peak in the way he punishes Eugeo and Kirito's valets and how, after deeming Eugeo a criminal, he took pleasure in realizing that the law no longer protected him from harm and thus attempted to kill him.
However, Raios did not have the willpower to break the law even when his life was in danger, as, although he was able to use loopholes for his gain, like all the residents of Underworld , he was still not able to break that which he regarded as having authority even to save his life and thus his Fluctlight collapsed as he struggled over whether his life or the taboo about harming others was more important.


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Having stopped aging at the age of fifteen after becoming an Integrity Knight, [1] Renly had a childish appearance: a short stature [5] , a childish face [6] with round cheeks [1] , and feminine eyes with long lashes that lacked knightly fortitude. [1] Renly had yellow eyes [7] and short, green hair [7] (gray in the novel text [1] ) with a longer flock of braided hair at his temples on either side [7] The knight donned silvery plate armour over his upper body and hips, under which he wore green clothes. [7] The boy also had green pants that transitioned into bluish thigh-high socks, as well as a green patch over the upper portion of chest armour [7] , decorated with the Axiom Church's crest that consisted of a cross overlapping a ring. [1] Renly also wore white shoes, while his hands up to his elbows were protected with silvery gauntlets. [7] A white mantle hung over the knight's back. [1]

Despite having once been a prodigy swordsman, Renly had lost the courage to fight after accidentally taking the life of his childhood friend, which resulted in him developing a post-traumatic fear of killing. [6] This fear of battle was only exacerbated by an inferiority complex Renly developed due to failing to invoke the Armament Full Control Art for his Divine Object [6] and failing to fulfil his duty as a knight [1] , regardless of his genuine capabilities with his weapons, which demanded a high level of concentration to use properly. [6] Despite his effort to overcome this shortcoming by participating in the war against the Dark Territory, Renly found his fear to be so overwhelming that he fled the battle before it even began. [1] However, inspired by Kirito , Renly was finally able to overcome his fear and make use of the full potential of his Twin Edged Wings in combat. [6]


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Ritchey is a muscular man with a red shirt, light brown pants, brown boots and light brown fingerless gloves. [2] He has brown hair that connects with his short, brown beard. [2] Ritchey also has stripe-pattern paint on his face. [2] Ritchey is armed with the hi-firepower heavy machine gun «Vickers». [1]


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Romolo is an old man whose wispy, balding hair and scraggly beard were bone-white, but his skin was well burned by the sun and the muscles of his arms and chest were taut. [1] Romolo also has sinewy hands with scarred and tattered fingers. [2] According to Kirito, Romolo looked like an old sailor who had once boasted of his strength but was now retired and drowning in liquor. [1]


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Ronye is a petite girl with short, brown hair and blue eyes. [citation needed] As a first year trainee, she wore the Academy's grey uniform. [citation needed]


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Rosalia is a slim [3] woman with purple eyes, [4] deep, glossy [4] , flame-red hair [5] kept in wild curls, [6] a flock of which covers her right eye, [4] with lips of the same colour. [5] She wears black armour that shines like enamel and wields a slim, cross-shaped spear. [5] She also wears an earring on her left ear. [4]

Rosalia is a sly woman who uses her beauty and charms to attract potential victims for her guild to ambush. She will try to sweet-talk herself out of troubling situations, such as when she futilely attempted to convince Kirito that they should form a party instead of him sending her to prison.


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Sachi was a petite girl with shoulder-length black hair [3] and a small mole right under the corner of her right eye. [6] She wore a light blue tunic with a chestguard, a knee-length short skirt and grayish boots. [7] In battle, her weapon was a two-handed long spear. [3] Although she temporarily tried out wielding a sword and shield to help Tetsuo tank monsters, she eventually had to switch back to using a spear due to her fear of fighting monsters at close range. [3]

Sachi was a timid, apprehensive girl, who feared dying in Sword Art Online. Due to this fear, she had never intended to leave the Town of Beginnings and hated going into battles. [8] She only felt the peace of mind to sleep soundly when she discovered Kirito 's true level, which made her feel safe in his presence. [8]


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Akiyo is a petite woman in her early forties. [1] She has medium-long brown hair that is tied at her back, while two large forelocks part to the sides of her face. [4] She also has brown eyes and a mole below her lip on the left side of her face. [4]


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Itsuki has a red- and narrow-eyed avatar with dark grey hair. [citation needed] His outfit prominently features black and white colours, with red seams overall. [citation needed] The inside of the arms of his long-tailed coat are light blue. [citation needed] He carries gun shells on the side and back of his coat. [citation needed] His canon choice of weaponry is a Dragonfall that resembles a real life Dragunov Sniper Rifle as his primary [citation needed] and a Sirius Optical Sub-Machine Gun as his secondary. [citation needed]

Itsuki was originally a earnest person with a strong desire for friends and companions on which he could depend when he first entered GGO. Over time, however, he began to present himself as a mysterious character unwilling to share anything regarding his real personality. Instead of being an open character, he enjoys providing various bits of information about himself, before promptly following up by claiming that he was joking, thus even his Squadron members do not know much about him. [citation needed] Aside from this, he is a skilled leader and a genius player when it comes to laying decoys and traps in GGO. [citation needed]
Towards the end of Fatal Bullet, Itsuki opened up to the Protagonist for the first time, confessing to the boredom he feels, as well as revealing that the only thing in the world that had sparked his heart was them. [citation needed] In the final chapter of the game, he admitted that he had desperately longed for the Protagonist's utmost friendship, to the extent that he did not care for anything that could pose a threat to that, going as far as creating a devious plan that could kill himself, the Protagonist, Kureha , and Zeliska . [citation needed]


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For a female Sylph, Sakuya had an excessively tall figure, with glossy, dark green hair so dark that it is nearly black hanging down her back. [3] She has white skin, almond eyes, a high nose bridge, and thin lips. [3] According to Leafa her beauty is that of a finely honed blade. [3] Sakuya wears Japanese-style clothing and a katana that hangs from her obi. [3] Her  feet clad in high crimson clogs peek out from beneath the hem of her leaf green kimono. [3]


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Sasamaru had brown, curly hair and green eyes. He was mostly dressed in light, green clothing with light metal armor plates on his chest and his left shoulder. Sasamaru also wore brown, leather gauntlets, dark boots and a blue cap. Sasamaru's weapon of choice was a spear. [citation needed]

Sasamaru was an easy-going and a cheerful person. [citation needed]


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Sasha is a young woman with brown hair and green eyes. She wears rimless, oval glasses. In Sword Art Online, Sasha wears a long navy blue dress with a white collar.

Sasha is a protective and caring person who is willing to take in young players, who are lost and unwilling to fight, and defend them from people who abuse them, such as The Army .


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Scheta was a tall and awfully slender woman who looked to be about twenty years old by outward appearance. [2] Her long, straight, [2] dark-gray hair parted neatly at the middle of her pale brow [1] in a way that it looked artificially plastered on her head [2] , ending at the back of her head in a tight ponytail. [1] [2] She had refined, almond-shaped eyes with single-edged eyelids, while her lips lacked any rogue. [1] Her refined, cool, neat and tidy face that seemed as if it were sculpted with a small, sharp knife showed not a shred of emotion most of the time. [2] Unusually for an Integrity Knight, she wore plain, [2] thin, matte-gray armour. [1] She also wore a paper-thin pitch-black rapier [2] on the left side of her waist. [1]

Scheta was a woman possessed by a subconscious desire to slice things in half, although she herself hated and always attempted to suppress this nature of hers, regarding it as sinister. Despite her desire to restrain her dark impulses, Scheta would be unable to resist temptations if pressed with them, such as when Quinella promised to make a sword that could cut anything in half. Due to her potential of killing even the most skilled opponents, Scheta seldom spoke and suppressed the sense of her own existence for hundreds of years of her life in the Central Cathedral to avoid being challenged to a sparring match. Even in battle, Scheta emits not a shred of hostility of murderous intent, despite unilaterally slaughtering her opponents. [2]


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Schmitt has short, sports-club-ace-like [3] brown [4] hair, thick eyebrows, a square jaw and a deep, magnetic-like voice. [3] As a member of DDA and a front-line tank, he wears high-ranked, heavy metal armor with silver and blue as the base colours. [3] In battle, he wields a 2 meter-long guard lance [3] and a tower shield. [5]

Although Schmitt appears to be a brave tank during battles, in reality, he is extremely afraid of death. Figuring that the rules of the game might change and towns might become unsafe at some point, he decided to "become sturdy" and thus put in a lot of effort in leveling up, though he chose the safest methods to do so. Because of his insistent philosophy of being "sturdy" and his hard work, he eventually became one of the strongest players in the game in terms of Hit Points (HP), equipment defense and defensive skills. Additionally, due to such a philosophy, he views people wearing light leather armour and using offense-oriented weapons as weirdos. [5]


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Selka is a young girl with light brown hair and eyes of the same color. [1] During the day, she wears a slightly oversized black habit with a white collar and has her hair braided into a ponytail. During the night, after bathing she changes into a cotton nightgown and ties her hair in a braid. [1]


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In the real world, Tamotsu had long, unkempt hair, heavy fat around his neck and cheeks, and wore silver-rimmed glasses. [3]

XeXeeD was a deceitful and cunning person, as he spread false rumours about AGI-build avatars being the best, even though he knew himself that STR-build avatars would have an advantage in the long term, thus misleading players and weakening his competition. He was also an overconfident person, as he believed that he could repeat his success in the future with the same strategy.


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Shigemura is a forty-eight-year-old man with grayish hair and an extended goatee beard. Outside his home, he either wears a white lab coat over a shirt with a tie, or a variety of suits with a tie. [2]

Shigemura Tetsuhiro is a father who dearly loved his daughter; however, he was also strict and demanding, such as only allowing his daughter to perform classical music. [9] On the other hand, Tetsuhiro could be cold and ruthless to others, such as betraying Eiji when the boy no longer served any use for him, or being willing to potentially murder thousands of people if it meant that he could have his daughter resurrected. Moreover, he was obstinate and conceited on his beliefs to such an extent that he dismissed the opinion of the very AI he had created in Yuuna's likeness when she attempted to protest against the actions he was taking for her sake, believing that the artificial intelligence was not advanced enough to represent his daughter's views correctly.


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Yuuna had rather short hair, which she had dyed milk-tea-brown using a rare dye. [6] When trying to stay inconspicuous in town in Sword Art Online, she wore a white hood with a plain, deep-red tunic. [7] However, her main apparel was a vivid royal-blue one-piece dress with golden frills and buckle, indicating the rarity and high defence value of her cloth armour. [7] Her outfit was supplemented with a pure white cape and lute, a pure white feathered hat on her head, and a dagger on her right waist, giving her the image of a troubadour. [7]

Yuuna was an obedient, yet strong-willed girl. [6] Despite her own desires, she did not openly oppose her father's wishes, such as sharing her interest in singing with him, yet continued developing her skills nonetheless. [6] Yuna was also skilled at reading and improving the mood, such as easily noticing when Nautilus was depressed and helping him regain his good mood with candy and encouragement, [6] [7] or sensing when her party members were filled with doubt and restoring their resolution with one of her songs. [7] According to Nautilus, her potential at encouraging others, give them hope, and lead them was on the same level or even higher than Asuna's. [7] Additionally, Yuna had a strong resolution to help others, even at the cost of her life, such as when she went outside the safe zone to quickly raise her level in order to join the Clearers to assist in clearing the game, or when she instantly decided to sacrifice herself to save her party members from being annihilated. [7]


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In real life, Kyouji is a small and skinny boy who wears jeans and a dark yellow, [3] [4] nylon pullover, with a dark green backpack over his shoulders. [5] A black baseball cap sits over his little, round face. [5] Although he looks like a middle school student, the dark shadows beneath his eyes betray his youthful visage. [5]


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XaXa's overall design revolved around the color red. He customized his hair and eyes to be crimson, [5] and wore a skeletal mask with glowing red eyepieces alongside a ragged, black [6] hooded cloak marked with a red reverse cross, seemingly mocking the crest and colors of the Knights of the Blood . [5] In combat, XaXa utilized an estoc so powerful that the metal gleamed in what appeared to be the colour of blood. [6] He bore the Laughing Coffin guild tattoo on his right forearm. [citation needed]

Shouichi is a cold and sadistic person who believed in PoH 's principles. He enjoys killing other players, even with full knowledge that they would be killed in real life as well, due to relishing the feeling of being feared by others. [1] Shouichi's sense of reality began wearing thin since he joined Laughing Coffin, feeling that only things beneficial to him were real. [citation needed]
When Shouichi began playing Gun Gale Online, he maintained interest in observing other players on the streets and imagining ways of killing them, rather than fighting monsters . His obsession only grew after obtaining his camouflage mantle, as he began practicing ways of obscuring himself from others, feeling that it was interesting to stalk someone from behind. [1]


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Miyu is a 165 centimetre-tall woman with wavy shoulder-length hair currently dyed in bright brown. She wears either contact lenses or red-framed glasses. [2]

Miyu is a lively and friendly person especially to her best friend, Karen. [citation needed] She is also a hardcore VR gamer. [citation needed]


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Rika has brown hair in the real world [4] and she used to have brown hair in the early days of Sword Art Online, [5] [6] , until she later customized it to fluffy pink [7] with a white hairpin [6] (red in a light novel volume 2 colored illustration). In Sword Art Online, Lisbeth's eyes are dark blue [7] (dark pink in the anime [citation needed] ). Her blacksmith uniform looks more like the uniform of a waitress: a dark red top with puffed sleeves and a flared skirt of the same color, combined with a pure white apron on top of it, as well as a red ribbon atop her chest. [7] In both the game world and the real world, she has small freckles on her cheeks. [6] [4]

Lisbeth is a very friendly person that can get along with just about everyone she meets. She is hardworking and takes great pride in her abilities as a blacksmith. She will become very defensive and aggressive if someone were to challenge her pride as a blacksmith much like Kirito did after accidentally breaking the best sword she had created. She has a bad temper and can get somewhat violent, such as when she grabbed Kirito by the collar after he broke one of her best swords. Lisbeth is very teasing as well. [citation needed]


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In the early stages of the game, Shivata wore metal armour and a dark blue shirt, with a breatsplate on top [2] and was armed with a « Stout Brand ». [3] In the later stages of the game, Shivata wore a standard Divine Dragon Alliance outfit: upper body armour, bluish pants, a cape and a helmet that concealed his eyes, but not his mouth. [4] He also brandished a sword and wielded a shield. [4]

Shivata has an astounding amount of control over his emotions. When Shivata found out about Nezha 's fraud, his only response was a furrowed brow, despite the fact that the Sword Art Online emotion reproduction system exaggerates emotions. [2]


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Sigurd is taller than an average Sylph, has dark green hair with green clothes to match and heavy silver armor with a huge broad sword hung at his waist. He also wears a circlet with an amethyst on his forehead.

Sigurd is a very arrogant and self-righteous, "holier-than-thou" kind of man, who values respect more than his companions, even resorting to using them like items, as in the case with Leafa . It is unlike him to sacrifice himself for others, either. He is later revealed to be a man driven by power, both in his character's numerical stats and in his political power as a player, which is why he could not tolerate the idea of the Salamanders conquering the World Tree and ruling the skies as ALFs, while he would have to look up at them from the ground. Thus, he even makes a deal with the Salamanders to betray the Sylphs in order to become a Salamander himself.


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Unlike her sisters, Skuld wears armour and a helmet, with wings stretching out of both her helmet and boots. [1] She wears bluish green clothes underneath her armour. [1] Her golden hair is tied finely and she has a beautiful and brave-looking face, as well as a cold and dignified voice. [1] Additionally, unlike her sisters, Skuld is about as tall as a fairy, or half the size of her elder sister Urðr . [1]


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Sortiliena has very long [2] , straight [3] , dark brown hair tied in a ponytail with a lilac ribbon, and navy blue eyes that resemble a sky fading into twilight. [4] As an elite-swordswoman, she wore a neat, purple jacket and a purple long skirt. [4]


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Strea's Infinity Moment and Hollow Fragment avatar has lavender hair which goes down to the base of her neck with two long strands on either side of her head which go down to the top of her breasts. She has two freckles on her left breast inside her cleavage. Her eyes are red-violet. Strea wears a lilac-color, strapless dress with a black piece of fabric going across the breasts and down to her stomach, below an intricate coat. This coat is made up of violet and plum shaded components, reaching as far down as the hem of her dress but also leaving some areas open which expose the dress below. Above that she wears a collar of the same violet of her coat, outlined in lavender with a red jewel securing the collar in place. It appears that the components that go over her detached black sleeves are connected to this collar. These components that go over the black sleeves appear to cover them completely except for at the wrist and hand where it joins to her finger. She wears plum stockings with whorls etched on. They go up under the dress and are connected by something triangular. Strea's main weapon of choice is a large, purple two-handed blade with silver edges called « Invaria ».

Strea usually acts cheerful, straightforward, and innocent, leading to moments of social ignorance, such as unwittingly causing concern among Asuna , Lisbeth , and Silica when Strea had Kirito let her sit on his lap, or asking if she could see Asuna and Kirito's room after Asuna angrily asked Kirito to speak in her room privately as a result of the lap incident.


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In the real world, Nobuyuki has short, slicked back hair, dark eyes and glasses, and wears a business suit. He is quite tall, and wears a red tie. [2] In the anime, after his failed attempt on Kirigaya Kazuto 's life, his hair was shown to have turned white. [3]

Nobuyuki hides his true personality, especially in front of Asuna's father but shows his true colors to Kazuto as soon as they were left alone. Nobuyuki is an amoral and greedy entrepreneur, having kidnapped 300 players from SAO for his experiment on manipulating the human mind, which he planned to sell to other companies. Nobuyuki also has a habit of framing others for his problems, especially Kayaba as he felt that he was the source of all of his problems.
Nobuyuki also viewed himself as a god that could get anything he wanted, viewing other people as inferiors who tried to interfere with his actions, and often abused his GM status to flaunt his "god"-like status. Nobuyuki also harmed many people, especially their feelings, and thought that they were helpless to do anything about it. He also has an extremely perverted side, especially towards Asuna, as he had sexually harassed her on many occasions, even going as far as abusing her in front of Kirito.
Unlike Akihiko, however, Nobuyuki is a poor fighter, as when he tried to attack Kirito after the latter had given him the strongest weapon in ALO , Kirito parried with ease. Nobuyuki also has low tolerance for pain; even a slice on the cheek was enough to make him panic.


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Kureha has a blue-eyed and pink-haired avatar, with a single ponytail to her right. Her black tanktop and white skirt is accompanied by her prominently pink jacket, along with her white gloves and boots. Her canon choice of weaponry is a Draque L Shamal submachine gun that resembles a real life Uzi as her primary, and an optical rocket launcher Deneb Kaitos as a secondary. [5] [6] [7]

Despite an initial lack of self-confidence during her early days of playing GGO, Kureha developed a cheerful personality with a lot of energy and confidence in herself. She likes to take the lead when given the chance and is more of a solo type player, which is why she is known to jump from Squadron to Squadron. [4] Zeliska refers to her as a carefree type as well. [8]
In the real world, Momiji has a much more reserved personality, living under the shadow of her genius sister and trying her best not to disappoint anyone. While she claims she has the same personality in both the virtual and the real world, she actually feels a great burden on her shoulders in real life. [9]


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Kotone has short, brown hair and blue eyes. She wears a blue hoodie with a blouse underneath, a yellow skirt, black thigh-high socks, and white shoes. [citation needed]

During her first encounter with Kirito, Philia gave an impression of being cold and distant. [citation needed] However, as she spent time exploring the Hollow Area with Kirito, she slowly became more friendly and sociable. [citation needed] Following her return to Aincrad from the Hollow Area, Philia retained her cheerful demeanor, [citation needed] as well as developing a bit of a mischievous side, as shown when she tried to prank Kirito by giving him extra-spicy takoyaki.
Philia has little interest in fighting monsters or clearing quests to get stronger, instead opting to devote her time to hunting for treasures hidden deep within dungeons. She takes pride in her treasure hunting skills, boasting that she had never encountered a treasure chest she could not open.


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Talken is a skinny-looking Leprechaun youth with small eyes, tidy, brass-coloured hair and round, iron-rimmed glasses that give him the impression of a student. In battle, Talken wields and wears Ancient-level equipment: he wears a copper-yellow light armour and wields a terrifyingly long lance.

According to Nori , Talken frequently gets nervous while talking to girls, as he stuttered while introducing himself to Asuna .


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Tecchi is a huge Gnome with beaming eyes and wavy, sand-coloured hair. [2] In battle, Tecchi wields and wears Ancient-level [2] equipment: he wears a thick plate armour [2] and carries a tower shield [2] , as well as a heavy mace [2] with a disc guard.


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Tetsuo was a mace user and the only front line attacker in his guild's formation. Besides his mace, he also used a small kite shield in his left hand. He wore a set of black armor, consisting of a chest and shoulder plates. [2] Underneath the armour, he wore a purple tunic. [2]

Tetsuo was a cheerful and easy going person. [citation needed]


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Thinker has umber-brown, wavy hair and brown eyes. [3] In Sword Art Online, Thinker wore a teal trench coat, white gloves and gray trousers. [4] In the real world, he wears a businessman suit. [3]

Thinker desired to help those in need. During his time in SAO, he spent most of his time spreading information and resources equally among as many players as possible in order for them to use that mutual aid to clear the death game. Kirito described Thinker as having a character that gave off an aura of gentleness. [5]


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While disguised as Freyja, Thor looked like a female about the size of the Undine Asuna and had skin as white as powdery snow. His disguise had long flowing, deep brown-gold/tea-gold hair and pupils of the same colour. The disguise also had a beautiful face that was sublimed with western European beauty, and she wore a white dress.
Thor actually appears as a muscular 15-meter tall giant with arms and legs as sturdy-looking as large trees. He has a rugged and strong looking jaw and cheeks as well as a long, golden-brown beard. He has the appearance of a man who is at least forty years old.

When disguised as Freyja, Thor first appeared as if he was a helpless woman, however, after being freed, it was revealed that he was actually a strong, determined person, as seen by how he refused to retreat in order to retrieve his lost treasure, as well as how he responded to Thrym 's question about their marriage. After revealing his true form, Thor was revealed to be a vengeful character, as shown by how he felt about Thrym's theft of his hammer . Thor is a character who greatly values his pride, as shown by how he was angry that he was disgraced by Thrym stealing his hammer, but he is shown to be a character who awards others for their help, as he rewarded Klein , who had freed him from an ice cage, with the fairy-sized version of his hammer.


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Tia looks almost identical to Premiere, the only identifying difference between the twins being the absence of Premiere's small mole right under the corner of Tia's right eye. Like Premiere, Tia has blue eyes and short black hair, which turned gray and silvery white respectively after she initiated the events of the Great Separation. Her outfit is identical to Premiere's, with matching hair decorations, shirt, skirt, and sandals. After being found by Genesis , she began carrying a rapier.
After encountering a data-generating singularity that altered her appearance, Tia's body was aged into an adolescent form, with her hair grown longer and bound by dull gold accessories into two loops on the sides of her head and a ponytail at the back. Her outfit now consists of a form-fitting blue-green shirt that exposes her cleavage and midriff, with gold diamond patterns on the forearms of her sleeves, and low-hanging gray-green pants held up by a brown belt with a gold buckle and a strip of white cloth covering her backside. Additionally, she wears black fingerless gloves and knee-high brown leather boots with silver metal decorations on the cuff and toe boxes, and wields a large black greatsword identical to Genesis's. For a while after her encounter with the singularity, she wore a black hooded cloak with purple patterns and silver pauldrons, along with a silver mask that covered the top half of her face. After accepting Premiere and her group as friends, Tia replaced the cloak and mask for a white cape with light blue patterns and silver pauldrons. Once she severed her residual connection to the singularity, she is able to switch between her adolescent and preadolescent forms.

Like her sister, Tia was originally a null NPC, having no pre-programmed responses or behavior. However, after encountering and spending time around Genesis, she began adopting many traits of his attitude, including his belief in survival of the fittest and his disregard for other NPCs. She also developed an intense hatred for other people, due to their openly hostile attitude and contempt towards Genesis.


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Tiese is a pretty, slender girl with long, red hair, which is very rare in the Norlangarth North Empire. [4]

Tiese is always hardworking, diligent and positive. Eugeo described her as lively and filled with motivation and dedication. [4]


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Tonky looks like a spatulated fish, or a flat rice paddle from the side with four pairs of wings that resemble fins, numerous ivy-like tentacles hanging from both sides of his body. [1] It also has three black eyes on each side and an elephant-like trunk for a nose. [1]


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Misumi is a slim girl with teal eyes [citation needed] and long purple hair, with a lock that drapes over her forehead. [citation needed] At school, she typically has her hair loose and dons a middle school uniform that includes a red bow tie, a soft amber sweater, a brown skirt, and thigh-high socks. [citation needed] Outside of school, she ties her hair up in a ponytail, wears a cap and opts for plain, baggy street clothes. [citation needed]


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In both Sword Art Online and the real world, Klein wore a red bandana that held up his hair and was tied around his forehead. In Sword Art Online, he had spiky reddish hair [6] , but he has brownish [citation needed] hair in the real world. He also had a hooked nose, a slight beard on his cheeks and chin, and, according to Kirito , he looked like a wandering samurai or a bandit. [6] During the two years in Aincrad he used red robes and black armor resembling those of a samurai including a katana, along with his guild members.

Klein is one of the friendliest people in the series and sets the mood when he is around. He never holds grudges against others and is always ready to lend a helping hand. He cares deeply for his friends and always wants to be by their side fighting alongside them when they are in danger even to the point of getting angry when Kirito was fighting Death Gun , saying he should have converted to Gun Gale Online as well. He gets angry when people get into situations that can get them killed since he wants to protect as many people as he can. [citation needed]
Klein is a very loyal person, which is apparent in his friendship with Kirito, despite the latter usually treating him with coldness. [citation needed] Klein is also a "bachelor" and is shown trying to get together with various women in the series, such as Asuna, Freyja , and even Kazuto's sister , whom he had yet to meet.


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Uemaru has a tea-coloured beard, wears goggles that cover more than half of his face, and has a helmet with fake grass on it to act as camouflage. He also wears a camouflage suit that allows him to blend in with his surroundings. In the Lost Temple map, his camouflage looked similar to the surrounding grassland and had slight streamlined patterns on it. [1] His weapon of choice was an «H&K G3A3» battle rifle. [3]


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Ugachi was a goblin that was twice as large as his henchmen, wore scale mail and had a decorative feather of primary colours on his forehead. He had yellow eyes with a tinge of red and yellow untidy teeth. Ugachi was equipped with the same kind of machete as the other goblins wield, except that Ugachi's was larger. Although Ugachi was not tall, he was quite heavy and muscular.

Ugachi was more intelligent than the average goblin, as shown by how he was far quicker to react to humans attacking them and realising that they were planing to douse the fires that were lighting the caves. [1] Ugachi was also arrogant, which is clear from his manner of speech, for example, how he refers to himself with a -sama honorific. He was also a malicious, hateful and revengeful creature, as shown by his violent outburst and his eyes only showing overwhelming hatred after Kirito cut his left arm off.


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Urðr has a beautiful face with a serene expression and ladylike elegance. She is over 3 meters tall, has turquoise pupils and wears a light-green long dress. She also has a flowing voice, tinged with a solemn effect. The skirt of her wavy fin-shaped blond hair, flowing from the back to the feet, is like tapered, divided and undulated tentacles. Her limbs are covered by pearly sparkling scales.


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Usujio had stubble on his chin and upper lip, three whisker-like red stripes on his cheeks, and wore dark sunglasses, an orange headband, a gray vest over a black shirt, and black gloves. [3] He used an Enfield light machine gun. [2]


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PoH wore a dark, hooded poncho that covered him down to his knees, and wielded a Chinese kitchen knife-like dagger, called the « Mate Chopper ». [4] Kirito recalls that PoH had an exotic, handsome appearance, as well as an enthusiastic, machine gun-like voice tone. [5] He had ample, black wavy hair [4] and a tattoo on the right side of his face. [6]

PoH is a cold and sadistic person who spread the idea that, as players would actually be killed by the mechanism of the NerveGear when a player's hit points reached 0, the designer of the mechanism, Kayaba Akihiko , would be the culprit of the murder, thus players had the right to kill other players and enjoy the game. This idea lured and brainwashed several orange players into going on a mad Player Killing craze and led to the first murders in the game. [4]
PoH is also a cool-headed man who rationally analyses the situation, like when he stopped the emotional Johnny Black to hear out Kirito before taking any action and ordered his men to retreat when he heard that Kirito had called for the help of thirty players from the clearers, as well as having drunk an antidote potion in advance and bringing many healing crystals with him. [4]


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Verðandi is slightly shorter than her older sister Urðr , but is still taller than a fairy. [1] Her hair is also of the same golden colour as her elder sister's, but is a little shorter, and her dress is deep blue in colour. [1] According to Kirito, Verðandi's face could be described as «elegance». [1]


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Shasta had a husky voice and a towering stature, not losing even against ogres in terms of height, despite being of the human race. [5] He had deep, black hair that was trimmed short, black eyes and an orderly moustache. [5] Shasta also had a shallow scar running from his brow to the bridge of his nose. [2]
In the palace, Shasta wore a plain hemp shirt that covered his rising burly muscles which threatened to burst the shirt's buttons. [5] On duty, Shasta wore full-body pitch-black armour with countless scratches carved into it. [2]

Vixur Ul Shasta was one of the few people in the Dark Territory who was not controlled by a lust for conquest and considered the negative outcome of a war with the Human Empire. [5] He thus supported the idea of peace and was even willing to kill other members of the Ten Lords Assembly to achieve it. [5] Shasta was also the only lord who proposed to the woman he loved, instead of taking her by force. [5] Although Shasta was an open-hearted man, he was also prudent, thus he had multiple layers of defensive arts prepared in his private room. [5]


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Yamata has tanned skin, short thick eyebrows and black hair tied in a spiky ponytail. He wears a silver and blue DDA uniform, a metal chestplate, silver earrings and a grey cape. His arms are bandaged.


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Yamikaze has a little body and wears an extremely light, dark blue uniform that barely offers any protection and does not restrict his movement. [2] He does not wear a helmet, thus his thin face is always exposed. [2] Yamikaze has dark hair with several middle flocks dyed red. [3] He also wears goggles and has earrings. [3]
Yamikaze's weapon of choice is the «Calico M900A» light sub-machine gun. [2] He does not carry any support weapon, and only carries a plasma grenade on his waist. [2] Due to his build, he relies on continuous running as his best defense, and thus he looks more like a ninja than a soldier while running, leaving only an afterimage behind him. [2]


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Yolko is a 17-18 year old girl, with slightly curly, deep-blue hair in-game and has simple large eyes that are of the same color as her hair. [1] Yolko wore a light blue tunic with a chestguard, knee-length, brown shorts and dark leggings. [4] In her disguise as Griselda's ghost, she wore a cape with a hood, under which she wore a tunic of a darker shade of blue with a chestguard, tight, white leggings and grayish boots [5] and wields an estoc made by Grimlock . In real life, she has brown hair. [6]

Yolko appeared to be a extremely terrified and traumatized person when her former guildmate and boyfriend, Caynz, "died", but she is proven to be a good actor when it is revealed that she and Caynz had staged the murder and Yolko had pretended to have been traumatized.
However, Yolko is not a person who likes to take advantage of people, as she did leave herself on Asuna's friend list, despite it being an obvious way to find out about their trick, likely to atone for her lies and to show that she trusted Asuna, and, at Griselda's grave, she claimed that she was going to properly apologise for doing so after the matter had been resolved.
Yolko is also a person who seeks justice, as proven by how she and Caynz staged their own murders to find out the truth behind Griselda's murder.


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Yui had long, dark hair and bright black eyes. [5] Her default equipment consisted of a one-piece white dress with a ribbon tied around her waist. [6] She temporarily wore a long-sleeved pink sweater and a purple skirt, as well as red shoes (brown boots in the anime), during her time with Kirito and Asuna. [5]

Yui had become melancholic when the death game began, as she was not allowed to comfort players and was forced to continue monitoring their psychological parameters. When she finally, after nearly two years of only seeing insanity, misery, and anger, noticed a couple, expressing happiness and joy, she became overwhelmed with curiosity, which led to her ignoring the Cardinal System's command not to interact with players.
As her memory became corrupted, Yui's behaviour regressed to that of a child. [citation needed] She became cheerful when Asuna and Kirito pretended to be her parents, [citation needed] but she also showed signs of obstination, such as refusing to stay with Sasha when Asuna and Kirito decided to go to a hidden dungeon to rescue Thinker .


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Yulier is a woman of tall stature who has long, silver hair tied up in a ponytail which give off an impression of intelligence, has sky-blue eyes that shine intensely and a sharp, well-featured face. [3] She wears an iron-gray cape on her body, under which she wears a dark green coat with leggings well-fitted for her thighs - the uniform of the Aincrad Liberation Force. [3] She carries a shortsword on the right side of her waist and a curled up whip on her left. [3] She also has gold earrings. [4] Her voice is that of a composed, elegant alto. [3]

Yulier is a person who is loyal to her guild's leader, Thinker, and cares for him greatly, which eventually leads to them getting married in the real world.


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YUNA's appearance was modelled faithfully after Shigemura Yuuna [7] and her voice was based on a sample of the real Yuuna's voice. [8] YUNA has a slender body and legs, making her similar to a fairy. [7] Her face was identical to Shigemura Yuuna's; [7] however, unlike the original, YUNA has long, straight, pure white hair and ruby-red eyes. [7] [8] She wears a futuristic, black and purple [7] one-piece dress and thigh-high socks. [8]

YUNA was originally created with a very simplistic personality. The only impetus programmed into her was a desire to sing for a large audience. However, she began showing interest in other topics over time, such as Eiji's book or the pieces of candy they were gathering. [3] According to Kirigaya Kazuto , YUNA has an impish and coquettish personality. [9]


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Asuna has long, orange-brownish chestnut hair (strawberry blond in the anime) and hazel eyes. [5] In the early levels of SAO, she wore a dark red leather tunic with a lightweight copper breastplate and leather pants with boots up to the knees along with a hooded cape. [11] After joining the «Knights of the Blood», she wore a red and white uniform that all KoB members wear [5] and wielded a rapier made by Lisbeth , called the « Lambent Light ». [12] . After the Ordinal Scale Incident, Asuna started wearing the promise ring given to her by Kazuto on her left ring finger. [13]

Asuna as Stacia, the Goddess of Creation, in Underworld.

Asuna's avatar as Stacia, the Goddess of Creation, maintains her chestnut hair and light brown eyes. [14] She wears a pearly-white breastplate and a long skirt consisting of countless fine fabrics. [15]

Asuna originally did not care about dying in the game before meeting Kirito . That meeting drastically changed Asuna's personality and outlook on life. She soon takes most things Kirito says to heart and looks to him for help, using him as somewhat of a lifeline.
Asuna is a kind and helpful young woman who, similarly to Kirito, cannot abandon another in trouble. She takes the game very seriously and is determined to clear it before Kirito tells her to enjoy SAO a bit. Asuna is also somewhat proud and despite her kind personality, she will not hesitate to get physical with those that challenge her authority or make fun of her abilities, such as cooking. She even challenged Kirito to a duel after an argument over how to handle a Field Boss . She is not afraid to act out on her own and will take matters into her own hands from time to time.
Asuna, in a similar manner to Kirito, is someone who can be controlled and manipulated by her emotions. This is evident during Kirito's final duel with Heathcliff on the 75 th Floor, when she resisted her paralysis, jumped in front of Kirito, and took an attack that would have otherwise killed him. She also cannot handle seeing others die in front of her, such as when she recklessly attacked The Gleam Eyes after seeing the Aincrad Liberation Force players getting slaughtered.
In ALO, after being saved by Kirito, Asuna's personality had not changed a bit except that she was not as proud as she was in SAO. Her personality began to develop further still after meeting Yuuki in the events of Mother's Rosario . Seeing how Yuuki still moves forward, despite knowing her death is inevitable, Asuna takes after her and resolves to keep moving forward, no matter what happens.