The following table compiles English spellings of the names of characters and locations from Shining Force as they appear in publications. The first column uses the names found in the English localization of the game in both the Mega Drive original, Legacy of Great Intention, and Game Boy Advance remake, Resurrection of the Dark Dragon.
| NA Names
|
Encyclopedia[1]
|
Setting Book[2]
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Key Art Gallery[3]
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Design Doc[4]
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RotBD Guide[5]
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Battle Guide[6]
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| Max
|
Max
|
Max
|
The Hero
|
Max
|
Max
|
Max
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| Luke
|
Rag
|
Rag
|
Rag
|
Rag
|
Rag
|
Luke
|
| Ken
|
Ken
|
Ken
|
Ken
|
Ken
|
Ken
|
Ken
|
| Tao
|
Tao
|
Tao
|
|
Tao
|
Tao
|
Tao
|
| Hans
|
Hans
|
Hans
|
Hans
|
Hans
|
Hans
|
Hans
|
| Lowe
|
Row
|
Row
|
|
Row
|
Row
|
Lowe
|
| Nova
|
Nova
|
|
Nova
|
|
Nova
|
|
| Gong
|
Gong
|
Gong
|
|
Illegible*
|
Gong
|
Gong
|
| Mae
|
May
|
May
|
May
|
May
|
May
|
Mae
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| Gort
|
Gort
|
Gort
|
Goat
|
Goht?
|
Gort
|
Gord
|
| Khris
|
Chip
|
Chip
|
Chip
|
Chip
|
Chip
|
Chip
|
| Anri
|
Anri
|
Anri
|
|
|
Anri
|
Anri
|
| Arthur
|
Arthur
|
Arthur
|
|
|
Arthur
|
Arthur
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| Balbaroy
|
Barbaroi
|
Barbaroi
|
Balbaroi
|
Barba
|
Barbaroi
|
Balbaroy
|
| Amon
|
Amon
|
Amon
|
|
Amon
|
Amon
|
Amon
|
| Diane
|
Diane
|
Diane
|
|
Diane
|
Diane
|
Diane
|
| Zylo
|
Zappa
|
Zappa
|
Zappa
|
|
Zappa
|
Zappa
|
| Pelle
|
Peil
|
Payle
|
Pale
|
|
Peil
|
Pelle
|
| Kokichi
|
Kokichi
|
Kokichi
|
Kokichi
|
|
Kokichi
|
Kokichi
|
| Vankar
|
Bangard
|
Bangard
|
|
|
Bangard
|
Vann
|
| Jogurt
|
Yogurt
|
|
|
|
Yogurt
|
Yogurt
|
| Guntz
|
Gantz
|
Gants
|
Gants
|
Gantu
|
Gantz
|
Gantz
|
| Domingo
|
Domingo
|
|
|
Domi
|
Domingo
|
Domingo
|
| Earnest
|
Arnest
|
|
|
|
Arnest
|
Ernest
|
| Lyle
|
Lyle
|
Lyle
|
Lyle
|
Rairu?
|
Ryle
|
Lyle
|
| Bleu
|
Baliew
|
|
Value
|
|
Baliew
|
Bariu
|
| Alef
|
Alef
|
|
|
|
Alef
|
Aleffe
|
| Torasu
|
Tohlass
|
|
|
Tora
|
Tohlass
|
Torre
|
| Adam
|
Adam
|
|
|
|
Adam
|
Adam
|
| Musashi
|
Musashi
|
|
|
|
Musashi
|
Musashi
|
| Hanzou/Hanzo
|
Hanzou
|
|
|
|
Hanzou
|
Hanzou
|
| Varios
|
Balyos
|
|
|
|
Balyos
|
|
| Kane/Cain
|
|
Kain
|
Cain
|
|
Cain
|
Cain
|
| Mishaela
|
|
Mishaella
|
Mishaera
|
|
Michaela
|
Mishela
|
| Dark Sol
|
|
Dark-Sol
|
Darksoul
|
|
Dark Sol
|
Darksol
|
| Barbazak
|
|
Barbazark
|
Balbazak
|
|
|
Balbazak
|
| Elliot
|
|
Eliot
|
Eliot
|
|
|
Elliott
|
| Ramladu
|
|
|
Ramrod
|
|
Ramladow
|
Ramradu
|
| Narsha
|
|
|
|
|
Narsha
|
|
| Zuika
|
|
|
|
|
Zuika
|
|
| Mawlock
|
|
|
|
|
Kyouka Q
|
|
| Otranto
|
|
|
|
|
Otranto
|
|
| Koron
|
|
|
Coron
|
|
Colon
|
|
| Karin
|
|
|
|
|
Karin
|
|
| Korin
|
|
|
|
|
Collin
|
|
| Spirit of the Spring
|
|
|
|
|
The Sprite of Fountain
|
|
| Guardiana
|
Guardana, Guardiana
|
Guardiana
|
|
|
|
Guardiana
|
| Alterone
|
Altalone
|
Altalone
|
|
|
|
Alterone
|
| Manarina
|
Manalina
|
|
|
|
|
Manarina
|
| Rindo
|
Lind-Lind
|
|
|
|
|
Rindo
|
| Shade
|
Shad, Shade
|
|
|
|
|
Shade Abbey
|
| Bustoke
|
Bastork
|
|
|
|
|
Bustoke
|
| Pao
|
Pao
|
|
|
|
|
Pao
|
| Uranbatol
|
Uranbathol
|
|
|
|
|
Uranbatol
|
| Waral
|
Warlal
|
Warlal
|
|
|
|
Waral
|
| Rudo
|
Ludol Village
|
|
|
|
|
Rudo
|
| Dragonia
|
Dorgonia
|
|
|
|
|
Draconia
|
| Mishaela’s Castle?
|
Demon Castle
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prompt
|
Prompt
|
Prompt
|
|
|
|
Prompt
|
| Ancient Tower?
|
Ancient Tower
|
|
|
|
|
Tower of the Ancients
|
| Metapha
|
Methaphor
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rune
|
Lune
|
|
|
Roon†
|
|
|
| Runefaust
|
Lunefaust
|
Lune Faust
|
|
|
|
Runefaust
|
| Ancient Gate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gate of the Ancients, Gate of Ancients
|
| Ancient Castle?
|
Ancient Castle
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Armed Skeleton
|
Biouber (ブローバー)
|
|
|
|
|
|
- *Illegible, but Mugensai (ムゲンサイ) is crossed out with Gongu (ゴング) written underneath.
- †From the cropped spelling of "Rune Knight". The handwriting is difficult to read, with a lowercase "r" that looks similar to a capital "L".
References
- ↑ Shining Force: Legacy of the Gods Encyclopedia (シャイニング・フォース神々の遺産百科, Shainingu Fōsu: Kamigami no Isan Hyakka). Shogakukan, April 20, 1992. [PDF]
- ↑ Shining Force: Legacy of the Gods Encyclopedia (シャイニング・フォース神々の遺産百科, Shainingu Fōsu: Kamigami no Isan Hyakka). Shogakukan, April 20, 1992. [PDF][PNG]
- ↑ TV Game Key Art Gallery (セガ TVゲーム 原画ギャラリー). Graphic Sha, August 25, 1994.
- ↑ Design document, Twitter. Kan Naito. [Image]
- ↑ Shining Force: Resurrection of the Black Dragon Final Complete Guide (シャイニング・フォース 黒き竜の復活 ファイナルコンプリートガイド, Shainingu Fōsu Kurokiryū no Fukkatsu Fainaru Konpuriito Gaido). Famitsu. Enterbrain, September 6, 2004.
- ↑ Shining Force Battle Guide. Game Players, 1993. [PDF]
Shining Force Character Directory
| Protagonists and Supporting Characters
|
| Shining Force Members
|
Max・Rag・Ken・Tao・Hans・Lowe・Gong・Goth・May・Chip・Anri・Arthur・Balbaroy・Amon・Diane・Zappa・Pale・Yogurt・Kokichi・Vangarde・Gantz・Ernest・Domingo・Lyle・Baryū・Musashi・Taurus・Aleph・Adam・Hanzō
|
| Supporting Characters
|
Balios・Nova・Otranto
|
| Antagonists and Monsters
|
| Primary Antagonists
|
Cain・Ramuradu・Mishaela・Dark Sol・Elliot・Barbazak
|
| Monsters
|
Dark Dragon
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