Characters (Infection)

This page details characters met within the Infection. They are listed chronologically and by their in-fiction status as Player Characters, Non-Player Characters, or AI. Their status as Primary or Secondary characters is listed as well. This page also includes links to the character pages, as well as by the category they fall into.
Clicking a character's profile image or name will lead to their individual articles. For characters who are also fought as enemies, a link to their enemy data will also be provided.
This page is primarily a directory to more in-depth articles. There may be minor spoilers.

Player Characters

Primary Characters

Character Name:	Kite (カイト)
Character image:
Gender	Male
Class	Twin Blade

Mandatory Party Members

Party Members
Character Name:	Orca (オルカ)	BlackRose (ブラックローズ)	Piros (ぴろし)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Class	Blademaster	Heavy Blade	Heavy Axeman

Character Name:	Mistral (ミストラル)	Mia (ミア)	Elk (エルク)
Character image:
Gender	Female	Female	Male
Class	Wavemaster	Blademaster	Wavemaster

Optional Party Members

Optional Party Members
Character Name:	Natsume (なつめ)	Sanjuro (三十郎)	Gardenia (ガルデニア)
Character image:
Gender	Female	Male	Female
Class	Twin Blade	Heavy Blade	Long Arm

Other Major Characters

Player Characters
Character Name:	Balmung (バルムンク)	Helba (ヘルバ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female
Class	Blademaster	Wavemaster

Secondary Characters

In The World, you may come across other player characters in towns or the fields. They are meant to emulate other people playing The World alongside you. Whenever you log into The World, it refreshes the pool of characters you will encounter in town. You can trade with them or make small talk. Occasionally what they have to say will change after progressing through the story of Infection.

For info on trading with characters: Infection Trading

Player Characters
Character Name:	Wing	Macky (まっきい)	NOVA
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Class	Blademaster	Wavemaster	Heavy Blade
Other appearances:	.hack//GU	-	Another Birth

Character Name:	Sachiko (幸子)	Neja (ニージャ)	Heavy (ヘヴィ)
Character image:
Gender	Female	Male	Female
Class	Wavemaster	Twin Blade	Wavemaster
Other appearances:	-	.hack//GU	-

Character Name:	Benkei (弁慶)	Hayate (ハヤテ)	Task (TASK)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Class	Heavy Axeman	Twin Blade	Long Arm
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Character Name:	Hinata (ひなた)	A-Kichi (A吉)	Cleama (クレマ)
Character image:
Gender	Female	Male	Female
Class	Blademaster	Wavemaster	Long Arm
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Character Name:	Grid (グリド)	Quess (クエス)	Nekoski (ネコスキー)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Class	Long Arm	Wavemaster	Heavy Axeman
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Character Name:	Gyokuro (玉露)	Osugi (大杉)	Acerola (ACEROLA)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Female
Class	Wavemaster	Twin Blade or Blademaster	Long Arm
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Character Name:	Borscht (ポルシチ)	M-78 (M-78)	Yuckey (ユッキー)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Class	Blademaster	Blademaster	Wavemaster
Other appearances:	.hack//GU	-	-

Character Name:	Nijukata (二十肩)	Hirami (ヒラミ)	Henako (へなこ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Female
Class	Heavy Blade	Blademaster	Wavemaster
Other appearances:	-	-	.hack//GU

Character Name:	BIG (B I G)	Yuji (憂士)	Cima (シーマ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Female
Class	Blademaster	Blademaster	Long Arm
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Character Name:	Koji (翻次)	Crest (クレスト)	Mayunosuke (まゆのすけ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Class	Wavemaster	Heavy Axemen	Heavy Blade
Other appearances:	-	.hack//GU	-

Character Name:	Mutsuki (睦月)	Oborozukiyo (朧月夜)	Bell (鈴)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Female
Class	Blademaster	Twin Blade	Twinblade
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Character Name:	Cossack Leader (コザック留T)	Alue (アリュー)	Alpha Ichigoro (アルファ市五郎)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Class	Wavemaster	Wavemaster	Long Arm
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Cameo Characters

Tail Concerto Homage
Character Name:	Alicia (アリシア)	Stare (ステア)	Flare (フレア)
Character image:
Gender	Female	Female	Female
Class	Blademaster	Wavemaster	Twin Blade
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Tail Concerto Homage
Character Name:	Fool (フール)	Teria (テリア)	Waffle (ワッフル)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Class	Wavemaster	Long Arm	Twin Blade
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Tail Concerto Homage
Character Name:	Cyan (シアン)	Panta (パンタ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male
Class	Heavy Blade	Wavemaster
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Silent Bomber Homage
Character Name:	Jutah (ユタ)	Annri (アンリ)	Benoit (ベノワ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Class	Twin Blade	Wavemaster	Twin Blade
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Silent Bomber Homage
Character Name:	John (ジョン)	Micino (ミチーノ)	Tim (ティム)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Class	Blademaster	Blademaster	Wavemaster
Other appearances:	-	-	-

Events and Encounters

These players may be encountered during minor scripted events.

Kite overhears a conversation between Edajima and Sieg near the Chaos Gate in Mac Anu. The two discuss seeing a player who looked like a cat, and wonder if such character edits are allowed. This conversation precedes Kite's first encounter with Mia and Elk. The conversation also resembles discussions in .hack//SIGN regarding sightings of an unusual cat character. Edajima appears to have a similar character model to Benkei. Sieg is the player character of an individual featured in .hack//Liminality.

Other Player Characters
Character Name:	Edajima (エダジマ)	Sieg (ジーク)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Male
Class	Heavy Axeman	Blademaster
Quote from Scene	I saw a strange character in the alley. It looked like a cat. :-) Is it possible to edit like that?	A cat? Oh yeah, I saw it too. I prefer bunny girls though.

Kite and party encounter this System Administrator in the top floor of the dungeon in a corrupted area.

Other Characters
Character Name:	Administrator
Character image:
Gender	Male

Kite receives the Book of Law as a prize. The person who gives the item is encountered when ___

Other Characters
Character Name:	Administrator
Character image:
Gender	Male

Kite encounters members of the Gardenia Fan club in (Area) after seeing a post on the BBS

Gardenia Fan Club
Character Name:	Heril (ヘリル)	Moeri (萌璃)	Meria (芽留亜)	???
Character image:
Gender
Class	Long Arm	Twin Blade	Wavemaster	Wavemaster

Kite encounters Apeiron haggling with Mistral. When Mistral leaves to sell some items to buy the ??? offered by Apeiron, he hands it to Kite instead.

Other Player Characters
Character Name:	Apeiron (アペイロン)
Character image:
Gender	Male
Class	Heavy Axeman

Orca's friends:

Orca's friends
Character Name:	Bob (ボブ)	Linda (リンダ)
Character image:
Gender	Male	Female
Class	Long Arm	Long Arm

NPCs of The World

These NPCs are encountered in towns.

Mac Anu

Mac Anu NPCs
Character Name:	Item Shop NPC	Magic Shop NPC	Weapon Shop NPC
Character image:
Quotes	• Be prepared!!! We've got many types of medicine for your health needs! • It's common sense to take along plenty of healing medicine. • If you have SP recovery medicine, you'll never have to worry about overusing your skills!	• Welcome! Can I interest you in some magic scrolls? • Scrolls are one-time use only, but it won't waste SP! It's also good to buy element skills you don't have.	• Welcome. This is the Weapon Shop. • You can use special skills by equipping weapons and armor. • When you buy equipment pay attention to the skills, as well as the parameters.

Mac Anu NPCs
Character Name:	Elf's Haven NPC	Recorder NPC
Character image:
Quotes	• Welcome. You can store unused items here. • Up to 99 different types of items can be stored. • Up to 99 of each item can be stored. • You can withdraw the stored items at any Elf's Haven.	• I can save your data. Don't forget to stop by often during your adventure.