Escaflowne Character Info
How the series begins:
Hitomi is a regular school girl on the planet earth. She enjoys track. I guess
you could say Hitomi is the best female on the team. She has one, very good
friend Yukari, and is in love with Amano, who is the best male track guy. Little
does Hitomi know that Yukari loves him too. She finds out eventually. Hitomi
has these terrible visions of giant monsters fighting, but she thinks nothing
of it. One night, she asks Amano if he could give her a kiss if she can beat
13 seconds in the 100 metre run. He agrees. In the middle of her run, a strange
boy lands from the sky and Hitomi runs into him. This strange boy (who is Van)
tries to fight a dragon which appeared out of nowhere. He is about to get hit
from above, but Hitomi warns him and he jumps out of the way! Van takes out
the energist inside the dragon and then a blue pillar of light wraps around
Hitomi and Van and they are transported to Gaea. Hitomi's adventure begins
with fights against Ziabach and her emotions.
Hitomi Kanzaki:
This 15 yr old heroine of the story is from Japan. She is an athletic girl
(member of her high school track team) and has a hobby of reading fortunes
using tarot cards and a pendant (which was given to her by her grandmother).
Hitomi is whisked away to a mysterious world when she quite literally runs
into Van Fanel (Future King of Fanelia) who has mysteriously traveled to earth
in order to slay a dragon. While on Gaea, Hitomi is faced with war, love, and
loss. Her powers of fortune telling and dowsing (which she uses the pendant
for) increase while in Gaea, but she gradually moves away from using such things
and learns to depend on her heart.
Van Fanel:
15 year old King of Fanelia, a small rural kingdom on Gaea. He is often brash,
impulsive, moody, and arrogant, but he has a good heart. His father died 12
years ago and his mother disappeared 10 years ago when his brother disappeared
during a dragon hunt which was to be his last task before becoming king. It
is during a similar dragon hunt that Van meets Hitomi and their adventures
are set in motion. Van is the pilot of Fanelia's Protector God Escaflowne,
an Ispano Guymelef bound to him by a blood contract executed near the beginning
of the series using the Dragu-Energist he obtained in his dragon hunt. He is
the main focus and main male character in the series.
Allen Schezar:
One of the twelve "Heavenly Knights" of Asturia and an incredible swordsman.
He is a dashing ladies man who often steals the hearts of all females in his
general presence. He looks an incredible amount like Susumu Amano (Hitomi's
crush) which leads Hitomi to also fall for him. Under his smooth exterior lies
a broken interior involving his family as well as a forbidden love in his past.
Allen is the pilot of the Guymelef Scheherazade and is feared by most who happen
to cross his path. He joins Hitomi and Van on their journeys after his fort
is attacked by the Zaibach army who are in search of Escaflowne and its pilot.
Merle:
Van's companion and playmate. She was found by Balgus (Royal Samurai and grand
swordsman) at infancy and brought into the royal entourage. This 13 year old
cat girl is very possessive of Van; especially when Hitomi is around. Merle
is from Irini, a small town in the kingdom of Fanelia.
Amano:
Amano is not in the show that much, but he is remembered throughout the whole
thing. He is 17years old, has brown hair and, looks like brown eyes as well.
At first it is said that he was going out of the country for a while, but he
never does. Hitomi's prediction of separation is for her leaving, not Amano.
Millerna:
The youngest daughter of King Aston, seemingly the tomboy of the his daughters.
She wants to become a doctor and is in love with Allen. She has a striking
resemblance to one of her older sisters who had an affair with Allen.
Folken Strategos:
Is Van's big brother Folken Lacour de Fanel. He is 10 years Van's senior; he
too underwent the ordeal of trying to kill a dragon to claim the throne but
lost his arm in the process and failed to kill the dragon. He actually was
believed to be dead but was working for the Ziabach instead.
Dilandau:
Is Allen's sister; she was kidnapped by men from Ziabach and they conducted
experiments on her, thus changing her from female to a male. Celena is the
normal form of Dilandau.
Dryden:
Is the son of Meiden;like his father he is a rich merchant. Dryden directs
the Crusade to the Mystic Vally. He is also arranged to be married to Millerna.
They do marry however Dryden returns his ring to Millerna.