List of Rave Master characters
The Rave Master manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro Mashima. The series takes place in a fictional parallel world where humans along with species known as sentenoids and demonoids, fight using weapons, magic, and evil artifacts called Dark Brings. One of the primary users of Dark Brings is the evil terrorist organization known as Demon Card which plans to use them to take over the world and plunge it into darkness.
The main character, Haru Glory, is chosen by the holy artifact known as Rave to wield the Ten Powers and embark on a quest with the strange dog-like creature Plue to find the remaining four Rave stones and end the use of Dark Brings thus bringing peace to the world. During his travels, he allies with a girl who has lost her memories and believes her name is Elie, unaware of her strong connection to the Rave stones. Along their journey, they gain allies known as the Rave Warriors. The Rave Warriors include Hamrio Musica, a thief who can manipulate silver,Griffon Katou, a strange blue creature and cartographer, Let Dahaka and Julia Dragoon, martial artists of the Dragon Race, Ruby, a wealthy penguin-like sentenoid; and Belnika a kind sorceress.
Creation and design
When making the series Mashima wanted justice to prevail, but also wanted readers to understand the villains' reasons to fight the main character in order to make them more complex characters.Protagonists
The main characters are known as the Rave Warriors.Haru Glory
is the main protagonist of the series and the current Rave Master, never giving up in a fight and willing to protect others in spite of the circumstances. Born on Garage Island, Haru was raised by his older sister following their mother’s death which occurred after their father departed in search of the Rave Stones. By chance, Haru pulled Plue from the ocean and met the previous Rave Master, Shiba who recognized him as his successor. After realizing the threat that the Demon Card organization posed to the world, Haru promised Shiba that he would recover the Rave Stones and defeat Demon Card with Plue by his side. Along the way, he is joined by many allies. Although each had their own goals, they were united through Haru and supported one another throughout the journey. He is very friendly and has a lot of energy. He is particularly protective of Elie and often prioritizes her safety. Haru also shows to develop a romantic interest in Elie progressively throughout the series, as it also becomes apparent in later chapters that among Haru's greatest motivations to keep fighting onward is in fact for Elie. At the end of the manga, they marry and then had a son.As the Rave Master, Haru Glory wields a legendary weapon known as the Ten Commandments, often abbreviated as TCM. This extraordinary sword has the unique ability to transform from its base form, Eisenmeteor, into nine other distinct forms, each unlocked by embedding the mystical Rave Stones into it. These transformations make the TCM a versatile weapon in Haru's battles against Demon Card and other adversaries. During Haru's quest to obtain the final Rave Stone it is revealed that he cannot wield the sword’s last form, the TCM was originally forged for Shiba, the previous Rave Master, making it incompatible with Haru for the final transformation.
Elie
Elie is a mysterious girl with amnesia who uses tonfa-blasters as her primary weapon. After being saved by Haru in Georco, she travels with him to regain her memory. She is portrayed as lively and hot-tempered with a strong fondness for casinos, often using gambling to obtain funds for the group. It is later revealed that Elie harnesses the power of Etherion, an extremely destructive magic that transcends space and time. Etherion was also used by Resha Valentine, a dancer from 50 years earlier who sacrificed her life to create the Rave Stones, to whom Elie is identical. After traveling to the past, Elie discovers that she is Resha Valentine, who had faked her death by encasing herself in magic to awaken in the future. Following this revelation, Elie recovers Resha's old staff and equips it in battle, which grants her the ability to summon and destroy Endless. Over the course of the story, Elie develops romantic feelings for Haru, which are reciprocated. They eventually marry and have a son at the end of the series.Plue
Plue, despite his unusual appearance resembling a shivering snowman with a carrot-like nose, is the Rave Bearer and can sense the presence of the other Rave Stones. Plue's nose also has the ability to destroy Dark Bring. Plue is fond of sweets, particularly lollipops but dislikes pudding. He also likes wine and spiders. He has the ability to use the Rave of Combat, which enhances both his and Haru's strength. It is a running gag in the manga that no one is entirely sure what Plue is or even whether he is male. Most people think of him as a dinosaur, while Elie refers to him as a bug. Haru first names him "Sabutaro" which Let prefers to call him.Plue made his debut in Mashima's 1998 one-shot Magician. In his series Fairy Tail, Plue is revised as a Canis Minor celestial spirit who serves as a pet for Lucy Heartfilia. In chapter 71 of Fairy Tail, Happy pulls a prank on Lucy by speaking as if he were Plue. He says he is a servant of a great hero with a sacred stone, referring to Haru. Plue has appeared in works by other authors. In chapter 22 of Air Gear, Ikki impersonates Plue by adopting his distinctive nose. In Pastel, Mugi gives Yuu a Plue doll.
Hamrio Musica
Hamrio Musica originally leader of a band of thieves called Silver-Rhythm, joins Haru on his journey and eventually becomes one of his closest allies. As a "Silver-Claimer," he can manipulate any silver object, such as the skull around his neck, into various forms or weapons. Later, Musica's necklace fuses with Reina's purified Dark Bring, White Kiss, upon her death, creating the weapon known as "Silver Ray". He later forges Haru the holy sword "Ravelt" for use in the final battle.When he was young, Musica’s family was killed by Lance of the Beast Sword, a member of Demon Card who wielded a sword forged by Musica’s grandfather, Galein Musica. He was then taken in by Rize, a silver-claimer, who raised and taught him in the ways of silver-claiming. On his deathbed, Rize asked Musica to find and destroy Silver Ray, a request Musica accepted. Musica later discovered that the Oni Fortress "River Saly" was in fact Silver Ray. After a battle with the oni leader Ogre, Musica destroyed Silver Ray with Reina's help. The weapon was then reborn as an artifact, which Reina called the "Ocean-Rending Spear, Silver Ray". Musica subsequently carried both Silver Ray and Reina’s silver, which had fused with his own.