The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Characters
The Special Support Section and the cast around it, from the four detectives of the unit to the police, politicians, bracers, performers and syndicate figures who share the city of Crossbell.
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Bannings | A young detective who returns to Crossbell after studying abroad and is handed command of the newly formed Special Support Section, a unit the department expects to fail. | Protagonist | Special Support Section (Crossbell Police Department) | Tonfa melee combat Investigation and interrogation Field leadership of a four-person unit | Playable from the opening chapter |
| Elie MacDowell | The granddaughter of Crossbell's mayor, Henry MacDowell, who chooses police work over the political future her family expects. | Ally | Special Support Section (Crossbell Police Department) | Orbal Arts specialist Political and social connections Support and healing Crafts | Playable from the opening chapter |
| Tio Plato | A young researcher from the Epstein Foundation whose heightened perception and analytical mind make her the unit's data specialist. | Ally | Special Support Section (on loan from the Epstein Foundation) | Advanced Orbal Arts Enhanced perception and analysis Defensive and healing Crafts | Playable from the opening chapter |
| Randy Orlando | A former Crossbell Guardian Force soldier with a taste for drink and a habit of flirting with every woman in the room, and the unit's heaviest frontline fighter. | Ally | Special Support Section (Crossbell Police Department) | Heavy frontline combat Provocation and cover Crafts Military experience from the Guardian Force | Playable from the opening chapter |
| KeA Bannings | A cheerful young girl the unit finds with no memory of her past and takes in, and the emotional centre of the SSS building. | Supporting | Special Support Section household | Powers tied to the treasure at the heart of the arc Uncanny empathy and observation | Found during the prologue and sheltered by the SSS |
| Sergei Lou | The grizzled, hard-drinking detective appointed to supervise the Special Support Section, and the man who shields it from a police hierarchy that would rather see it dissolved. | Mentor | Crossbell Police Department | Command authority over the unit Veteran police contacts Bureaucratic cover for the unit's independence | SSS supervisor, appears in the SSS building |
| Alex Dudley | A meticulous First Division detective who resents the Special Support Section's public profile and its broad mandate, yet wants the same clean Crossbell. | Ally and rival | Crossbell Police Department (First Division) | Criminal investigation and casework First Division authority Cold professional scepticism | Crossbell Police Department headquarters |
| Arios MacLaine | A master swordsman counted among the strongest fighters in western Zemuria and the figure the SSS measures itself against. | Mentor, later antagonist | Bracer Guild (Crossbell branch) | Master swordsmanship Bracer field leadership Guild network access | Crossbell Bracer Guild |
| Estelle Bright | The protagonist of the Liberl arc, now a junior Bracer whose investigation of Ouroboros brings her and her partner to Crossbell. | Guest ally | Bracer Guild | Staff combat Bracer training Morale-raising support Crafts | Guest party member during the Crossbell chapters |
| Joshua Bright | Estelle's partner and a former Enforcer of the Ouroboros society, whose old life keeps resurfacing in Crossbell where the society's operations overlap with the state's own conspiracies. | Guest ally | Bracer Guild (former Ouroboros Enforcer) | Twin blade combat Espionage and infiltration Silent recon and shadow work | Guest party member during the Crossbell chapters |
| Renne | The society's child Enforcer, whose history with the Brights and with a Crossbell family is one of the emotional cores of the arc. | Antagonist turning ally | Ouroboros | Scythe combat Advanced orbal technology Enforcer-level combat ability | Appears across the Crossbell arc |
| Wazy Hemisphere | A flamboyant street gang leader who turns out to be an officer of the Septian Church's Gralsritter, stationed in Crossbell to watch what the state's crisis means for the church and for the artefacts the great powers are hunting. | Supporting and ally | Gralsritter (Septian Church) | Consummate acting and misdirection Secret church authority Hidden combat skill | Crossbell City underworld |
| Rixia Mao | The newest star of the Arc en Ciel theatre troupe and, in secret, the assassin known as Yin. | Supporting and ally | Arc en Ciel (and the assassin Yin) | Stage performance and acrobatics Hidden assassination techniques Underworld contacts | Arc en Ciel theatre, Entertainment District |
| Ilya Platiere | The celebrated lead performer of Crossbell's theatre troupe and Rixia's mentor, whose enthusiasm for the stage survives even the city's worst days and whose productions become a recurring symbol of what Crossbell believes about itself. | Supporting | Arc en Ciel | Star performer and choreographer Troupe leadership | Arc en Ciel theatre, Entertainment District |
| Henry MacDowell | The veteran mayor of Crossbell and Elie's grandfather, playing a cautious long game against the empire and the republic while trying to protect a state that both neighbours could annex at will. | Supporting | Crossbell State Government | Political authority Diplomatic relationships with both great powers | Crossbell City administrative district |
| Dieter Crois | The president of the International Bank of Crossbell, whose wealth makes him the most powerful man in the state and whose ambitions eventually reshape Crossbell's place in Zemuria entirely. | Antagonist | International Bank of Crossbell | Financial power over the state Political manipulation Control of Crossbell's economy | International Bank of Crossbell |
| Mariabell Crois | Dieter's brilliant and unsettling daughter, an executive in her father's bank whose private dealings tie Crossbell's crisis directly to the Ouroboros society and its long experiment with the state's artefacts. | Antagonist | International Bank of Crossbell / Ouroboros | Corporate authority Conspiracy and manipulation Society connections | International Bank of Crossbell |
| Cao Lee | The head of Heiyue's Crossbell operation and a member of the syndicate's Lee house. | Antagonist and ally of circumstance | Heiyue Trading Company | Syndicate command Information network Cold negotiation | Heiyue's Crossbell holdings |
| Wald Wales | The short-tempered leader of the Saber Vipers, a Crossbell street gang that ends up fighting for the city's alleys as often as against the unit that patrols them, and that supplies the arc with its loudest unlikely allies. | Supporting | Saber Vipers | Brawling strength Gang leadership | Crossbell City streets |
| Zeit | A white wolf who attaches himself to the Special Support Section and reveals a far older connection to the land around Crossbell, guarding sites that predate the state and the powers that squabble over it. | Ally | The holy beasts of Crossbell | Tracking and combat instinct Connection to Crossbell's older holy sites | Joins the SSS during the story |
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