The Ancient Magus' Bride is a Japanese manga series created by Kore Yamazaki. It is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment and serialized in the comic Growl manga website published by Bushiroad Works.
The main character of the series is an orphan Japanese highschool girl Chise Hatori who chooses to sell herself at an auction so that someone else can take her in and give her a new place to call home after being shunned by her family and society.
Ancient Magus’ Bride main characters
Chise Hatori
The main character of the series is a Sleigh Beggy named Chise Hatori. She is Elias Ainsworth's apprentice and bride. She begins learning magic after being taken in by Elias and discovers that she has a gift for sleep magic. Still, she can also perform any magic at extreme difficulty.
Elias Ainsworth
Elias Ainsworth is one of the main characters in the series. Though his origins are unknown, he is a Mage, a being composed of both Fae and human parts. He is Chise Hatori's buyer and magic instructor.
Ruth
Ruth is a Church Grim and Chise's familiar. He is mentally connected to Chise. He was once a guard dog for a cemetery, chasing off ghosts and grave robbers. Isabel used to be his owner, and his name was Ulysse. He maintains his human form and first believes himself to be human until he remembers who he is.
Joseph
Joseph is a sorcerer who united with a being called Cartaphilus, taking its name and acquiring an eternal curse. He is the show's main antagonist.
Riichi Miura
Riichi Miura is the main supporting character in the series. He worked as the Forest Library's librarian.
Lindel
Named by his teacher and mentor Rahab, Lindel is a Mage and currently serves as the caretaker of the Dragons' Aerie. He was the first master of Adolf and Elias.
Ancient Magus’ Bride other characters
Character | Description |
Silver Lady | Silver Lady, more popularly known as Silky, was converted from a Banshee into a Silky with Spriggan's assistance. She is currently Elias and Chise's housekeeper. |
Uruk | Uruk was a Sleigh Beggy who was taken into slavery and trained as Iron Rust's apprentice, an alchemist. |
Angelica Barley | Magic shop owner Angelica Barley is both a mage and an artificer. She is Althea Barley's mother and David Barley's wife. |
Althea Barley | Althea Barley is the daughter of Angelica Barley and David barley. |
Rahab | Rahab was a magician and Lindel’s magic instructor. Given that she chose the names for Lindel and Elias, she enjoys naming things. |
Mikhail Renfred | Mikhail Renfred is a Sorcerer and Alice Swayne’s mentor. |
Alice Swayne | Alice Swayne is a Sorcerer and Mikhail Renfred’s apprentice. |
Adolf Stroud | Adolf Stroud is a Sorcerer in college. He is a previous apprentice of Lindel. |
Torrey Innis | Torrey Innis is a college professor and sorcerer with an intense passion for magic. He also serves as Rían Scrimgeour's mentor and protector. |
Marielle | Marielle is a witch and a part of an unidentified coven. |
Phyllis | Phyllis is a witch and the leader of an unidentified coven. |
Isaac | Isaac is a witch. |
Titania | Titania is Oberon's wife and the Queen of the Fae. |
Oberon | Oberon is Titania’s spouse and the King of the Fae. |
Jade Ariel | Jade Ariel is an acquaintance of Chise's and Ariel. |
Hugo | Hugo is Angelica's familiar and a Vodyanoi. |
Spriggan | A faerie named Spriggan works for Titania, the faerie queen. He views himself as a guardian of the hills and a defender of the remaining faerie, and he frequently defends the fae and their territories. |
Will o’ The Wisp | Will o' The Wisp, sometimes referred to as Blue Flame is a Faerie who entices people away from safe routes. |
Redcurrent | Redcurrant, a Leánnan sídhe, keeps watch over the household of Garland. Chise Hatori named her. |
Merituuli | Merituuli is a Selkie and Lindel’s Familier. |
Hazel | Hazel is a Faerie, a Centaur, that works as a courier. He helps anyone who calls on him by delivering parcels and mail. |
Shannon | Shannon is a doctor and a changeling. Shanahan is her spouse. |
Shanahan | Shanahan, who now lives in the faerie realm, was formerly a Human. Shannon is his spouse. |
Heralds of Yule | Heralds of Yule are two beings that appear when Yuletide draws near and alert people to its impending arrival. |
Ashen Eye | Ashen Eye is an old Faerie. |
The Deer | The Deer is one of the ancient gods of Winter and Death. |
Morrígan | Morrígan is an ancient god of Winter and Death. |
Brigid | Brigid is Morrígan’s daughter. |
Seth Noel | Auctioneer Seth Noel works in the Black Market. Subsequently, it comes forth that he is also Lucy Webster's elder brother, having nurtured her since their parents passed away. |
Simon Cullum | Simon Cullum is an acquaintance of Elias. He is the village priest who oversees the area close to Elias's home. |
Mina | Mina was Matthew's wife. She was born with a fragile physique, and although her husband attempted to assist her, Cartaphilus fooled him, causing her to melt and become a part of the stagnation by the lake. |
Matthew | Matthew was Mina’s spouse. |
Isabel | Ruth's initial owner was Isabel, even though she gave him the name Ulysse. Later, Cartaphilus used her body to build a Chimera. |
Isabel’s Father | He is Isabel’s Father. |
Joel Garland | Joel Garland was an elderly man who cared for a rose garden after being widowed. There was a vampire living with him, and although he could not see her, he was aware of her existence on some subconscious level. |
Ethan Barklem | Ethan Barklem is a normal human being and Stella’s younger brother. |
Stella Barklem | Stella Barklem is Ethan’s elder sister and Chise’s friend. |
Stella and Ethan’s Mother | She is the mother of Ethan and Stella. Not much is known of her. |
David Barley | David Barley is the spouse of Angelica Barley and father of Althea. |
Ally | Ally is Molly’s owner. |
Yuuki Hatori | Yuuki Hatori was the father of Chise and Fumiki Hatori and the spouse of Chika Hatori. |
Chika Hatori | Chika Hatori was Yuuki Hatori's wife and the mother of Fumiki and Chise Hatori. |
Fumiki Hatori | Fumiki Hatori is the younger brother of Chise Hatori and the son of Yuuki and Chika Hatori. |
Shouji Hatori | Shouji Hatori is Akiko Hatori's spouse. He is the father of Daiki and Koki Hatori and the uncle of Chise Hatori. |
Akiko Hatori | Chise Hatori's distant aunt Akiko Hatori was raised by Shouji Hatori alongside her two boys, Daiko and Koki, after the latter was obliged to take her in to avoid a bad reputation. |
Cartaphilus | After living for more than 2,000 years in the unknown, Cartaphilus was eventually found and combined with a guy by the name of Joseph. |
Liza Quillyn | Sorceress Liza Quillyn is the College's current Headmistress. |
Gregory | Gregory is the College’s vice-principal. |
Alexandra Heath | Alexandra Heath is a wizard hired by the College as a nurse in charge of the medical facilities. She is a wizard known as a Muryan, who has had her body modified. She has progressed to the third stage of her transformation. |
Narcisse Maugham | Narcisse Maugham teaches and practices sorcery at the College. He allows his pupils to call him Professor Narcissist. |
Lucy Webster | Lucy Webster is a College student and Chise Hatori's roommate. She is the only living member of the Webster family; her brother was expelled earlier, having managed to escape the massacre that occurred a while back. |
Philomela Sargant | Philomela Sargant is a College student and Chise Hatori's classmate. She frequently appears with Veronica Rickenbacker, whose family she has pledged allegiance to. |
Rían Scrimgeour | Rían Scrimgeour is a student in the College in the same year as Chise Hatori. He is a sorcerer who studies under Torrey Innis and is fascinated by sorcery. Despite being a part of House Scrimgeour, he declares his intention to leave. |
Isaac Fowler | Isaac Fowler is a student at College. |
Zoe Ivey | Zoe lvey is a college student who studies alongside Beatrice. Born to a wizard and a Gorgon who fell in love, he is a Half-Gorgon. Like Chise, this is his first year. |
Veronica Rickenbacker | Veronica Rickenbacker, referred to as Lady Veronica, is a student in the College and is seated next to Chise in Narcisse Maugham's class. She is reported to frequently be seen with Philomela and April and May Atwood. |
April Atwood | April Atwood is a College student and Chise Hatori's classmate. She is the brother of May Atwood and is frequently spotted with Veronica Rickenbacker. |
May Atwood | May Atwood is a College student and Chise Hatori's classmate. He is April Atwood's brother, and Veronica Rickenbacker's frequent companion. |
Beatrice Byrne | Beatrice Byrne is a College student who is enrolled in Rían's class with Professor Ainsworth. She is one of the first pupils Chise meets, and he quickly becomes friends with her. |
Violet St. George | Violet St. George is a student in College and is classmates with Beatrice. He is a twin with Jasmine. |
Jasmine St. George | Jasmine St. George is a student in College and is a classmate of Beatrice. She and Violet are twins. |
Roy Truman | Roy Truman is a student in the College. |
Martin Chandler | Martin Chandler is a college student who studies alongside Beatrice. |
Sofia Healey | Sofia Healey is a College student who is enrolled in Elias Ainsworth's class alongside Beatrice. |
Lazarus McGovern | Lazarus McGovern is a college student who studies alongside Beatrice. |
Kevin Forbes | Kevin Forbes is a college student who studies alongside Beatrice. |
Fabio Zaccheroni | Sorcerer Fabio Zaccheroni lives in the College's Tower of Remnants. |
Sigrid Wachmann | A Sorcerer named Sigrid Wachmann oversees the College's Tower of Remnants as its director. |
Simeon Paladilhe | Simeon Paladilhe is a College professor. |
Whoopi | Whoopi is a College professor. |
Alonza | Alonza, a Shepard with command over the observation faction that keeps an eye on the paranormal happenings in the world, is a powerful figure in the Church and Gabriella and Simon's supervisor. |
Gabriella | A nun named Gabriella oversees Elias at the church where Simon is employed. Although she feels somewhat human, Elias notes that this is her current form and that she isn't completely human. It is eventually discovered that she is a vampire. |
Young Auditor | She is an unknown character and a member of the church. |
Lizbeth Sargant | Lizbeth Sargant is the elderly matriarch of the Sargant family and a sorceress. |
Alcyone | Adam Sargant built Alcyone, an artificial fairy, on the body of a kingfisher for the sole purpose of raising his daughter Philomela Sargant. |
Adam Sargant | Adam Sargant was Philomela Sargant's father and Lizbeth Sargant's son. |
Iris Sargant | Iris Sargant was Philomela Sargant's mother and Adam Sargant's wife. |
Florence | Florence is a Cait Sidhe Familiar that acts on behalf of the College. Camelia, Rose Lynn, and Olivia are her children. |
Rose Lynn | Rose Lynn, a Cait Sidhe Familiar, looked after Chise in her dorm while she was a student at the college. She stands for "children who hold freedom dear" . |
Camelia | A Cait Sidhe Familiar, Camelia took on the role of Dorm Mother for Chise while she was a student at the college. The people who "love the future and are always wanting something new" are represented by her. |
Olivia | Olivia is one of the three Cait Sidhe Familiars that looks after pupils in their dorms while they are attending the college. She speaks for "Honorable children who have a proud history." |
Jasper | Jasper is a cat that lives in Ulthar village. |
Bernie | Bernie is a cat that lives in Ulthar village. |
Molly | Molly is a cat that lives in Ulthar village. As of now, she is the final King of Cats. |
Tim | Tim is a cat that lives in Ulthar village. He was chosen to be the first King of Cats and was Mina's pet. |
Paulina | Paulina belongs to the Uil. She hardly ever appears without Lindel's side since they guard the Dragon Aerie together. |
Nevin | Nevin was a Goath Arach from the Land of Dragons. |
Trio | They are the Dragon’s hatchlings. |
FAQs on The Ancient Magus’ Bride characters
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