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DARK ELEMENTAL USERS
Name: Urmnaf (Uru) Bort Hyuga/Yuri Hyuga*
Age: 25
Characteristic: To save the world...
VA: �����L�� (Takahashi Hiroki)
  Joey Capps

Here's the great main character of the Shadow Hearts series. He's called "Uru" for short in the Japanese version, but since that just sounds STUPID in English, they changed his name to "Yuri", which I think sounds pretty neat and does resemble a Russian name. The only character difference between Yuri in SH1 and SH2 that I've noticed are his eyes. In SH1, he has very light blue eyes, so why does he have red eyes in SH2? I don't really care about an answer to this question because red eyes are cool! Here's a couple pictures of his eyes from SH1 and then...the rollover is just something I made to fix up the colors a little bit. Also the FMVs in SH2 seem a little more "animated" than they did in SH1. I think they were aiming for a more realistic look in SH1. I mean, look at those eyes! Don't they look real!? But skin tone colors are all so WHITE looking... they need some more color!

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Yuri's father was a Japanese militant officer and his mother was from Russia. Both of his parents died when he was ten years old, which was also when his powers as a Harmonixer awoke; a very rare ability to absorb souls of monsters in order to fuse with them and assume their form.

When the Seraphic Radiance was summoned, he attempted to fuse with the beast to save his friends but failed. He was swallowed by the darkness and was lost for half a year until Alice and Zhuzhen discovered him in dark tower of Keith's Blue Castle. Eventually Yuri came back to his senses but only after Alice came to him in his dreams--to the Graveyard where he defeats the Fusion monsters. Alice makes a deal with the God of Death, Atman, and in exchange for Yuri's life, she must forfit her own sometime down the road...

There are two endings to SH1, a good and bad ending. The good ending takes place after you accomplish various side quests in order to both gain the use of the Seraphic Radiance Fusion and save Alice from Atman. In this case, both Yuri and Alice are shown on a train to Alice's home town. The bad ending--which is where SH2 takes place after--takes place after you FAIL to save Alice from the four Masks and Atman. While on the train to her home town, she falls into a deep and eternal sleep, leaving Yuri behind with his guilt and regret. *sob*

* Hyuga is a Japanese name which is pronounced "hue-ga," not "high-yu-ga" as it's said in the US trailer. Morons...

Name: Albert Simon
Age: 300+
Characteristic: God Demoter (lol)
VA: �������
   

Albert Simon has been around for a long time...but how he managed to survive to be 300+ years old is unknown. His goal in SH1 was to summon "god" to come and cleanse (destroy) the world so it could be made anew, to be a perfect utopian ideal. I believe he is also a Harmonixer like Yuri; either that or he's able to harness a very strange and powerful force.

Albert Simon was a Cardnal of the Vadican, but he gradually began to disagree with certain things and he had not problem voicing these concerns. Eventually, he was condemned as a heretic and locked away in prison. How he managed to escape is unknown, but he later stole three sacred books from the Vatican in which to summon "god."

His last stand was in the "float" of Neameeto in which he was defeated by Yuri and the gang. With the last of his strength and his blessing, Simon sent Yuri and the others to the battlefield where "god" would appear.

Albert appears first in Yuri's soul and then later in a mysterious castle where Neo Amon sleeps.

Name: Lucia
Age: 28
Characteristic: Mysterious Dancer
VA: ���R�T��
   

Highly annoying character in the English version. After only a short time of hearing her speak, I wish I could have killed her or at least deny her the opportunity of being on my team... She is a student of Carla's and has the power of Tarot cards and perfume. ^^;

Name: Gepetto
Age: 60+
Characteristic: Marionette
VA: ����
  Amos Nandy

This is SH2's replacement for Zhuzhen. He's old and is a slight sukebei. Throughout the game you have the opportunity to trade Stud Cards (cards of NAKED men holding unique items over their stuff) in order to have a new dress made for Cornelia. Pieere Mazymell is the designer and maker of Cornelia's dresses. And boy does he love those Stud Cards! lol

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