FIVE STAR STORIES CHARACTERS

LADIOSS SOPP: Although he looks young, Ladioss Sopp is quite old. Despite his feminine looks, he certainly isn't a woman! Sopp is one of the greatest meisters (Mortar Head designer) in the Joker system and is responsible for the two most powerful Mortar Heads ever created: the A.K.D.'s Knight of Gold (his own mecha) and the Trio De Colus' Junchoon. He is married to the Fatima Lachesis and has brown hair and green eyes. Because of his rather feminine appearance, he's often mistaken for a woman. By the way, Ladioss Sopp is not his real name. It is only a cover for his real personality. In fact, he is Amaterasu Des Grand Adas De Mikado, the god emperor of the A.K.D! AMATERASU DES GRAND ADAS DE MIKADO (AMATERASU NO MIKADO): The god emperor of the A.K.D.(Amaterasu Kingoom Demesnes), Amaterasu is extremely old, he was born in 2020, and Five Star Stories begins in 2989! The legend goes that he may have undergone a treatment usually used on Fatimas only, the Ezlazer process. That would explain why he looks so young and fresh when he's nearly a thousand years old! Amaterasu's greatest ambition is to be Star Emperor, master of the entire Joker star system. Being albino, he has white hair and his eyes are a piercing red. When he wants to go around without any hassle (except maybe by Headliners who would like him to upgrade their Mortar Heads), he adopts the personality of Ladioss Sopp, a young man with brown hair and green eyes, renowned as the greatest meister of the star system. When he goes around as Sopp, there is always someone to replace him, if for appearances only. Those doubles are, strangely enough, often women.

BALLANCHE FATIMA #44 LACHESIS: One of the three Fatima Fates created by Doctor Chrome Ballanche. Lachesis is one very important character in Five Star Stories. Ladioss Sopp's Fatima since her unveiling, she's a young and innocent looking girl with short brown hair and luminous blue eyes. Later in the story, her hair become jet black (Colus Ill calls her "marine" haired) and she starts to wear the distinctive red and black Fatima garb. She is the greatest Fatima ever created and is pivotal to the events of F.F.S. There are hints that unlike the other Fatimas, she might be able to bear children.

BALLANCHE FATIMA #45 CLOTHO: The second greatest Fatima, Clotho is also one of the Fatima Fates. Very beautiful and delicate (even for a Fatima) Clotho has very long black hair and dresses in red and black. She is Colus Ill's second Fatima (Uricul is first) and will belong to Colus VI, the man supposed to beat Amaterasu. Strangely, Clotho is afraid of Mortar Heads and even hates them.

DR. CHROME BALLANCHE: The creator of the Fatima Fates, Dr. Ballanche is, without any doubt, the greatest and most respected Fatima meight in the history of the Joker system. A great scientist, he never sacrificed his humanity for his work and always treated his Fatimas as daughters. As an experiment on the last three (#43, 44 and 45), he omitted the mental limiters that are usually part of a Fatima's brain. As a result, Lachesis, Clotho and Atropos are able to do whatever they wish. Ballanche is, at the end of the story, dying of a mysterious and fatal disease, which he tries to control with powerful medication. One of his best friends is Ladioss Sopp.

VOARDS VIEWLARD (MISSION ROUTH): One of the freelance Headliners in Five Star Stories, Viewlard, under his rogue-ish good looks and "boys will be boys" attitude, is President Mission Routh of Bustogne. His Viewlard persona, like Amaterasu's Ladioss Sopp, is a cover for going around unnoticed. He and Sopp often have misunderstandings about the young meister's sexual identity, a situation that often leads to extremely funny incidents (the now famous drunk scene of the movie is an example). Viewlard's Fatima is Ballanche Fatima#40 Megaella. He pilots a modified Mortar Head named Bulunge.

AISHA CODANTE F.E.M.C. #2, MIRAGE KNIGHT: The leader of Amaterasu's personal guard, Aisha is also one of the emperor's best and most trusted friends. She often impersonates him when he assumes his Ladioss Sopp identity. She has been in love with him for years and heart-broken by his choice of Lachesis.

KING COLUS III (XXIII): The best king of the star system, Colus III is, in reality, Colus XXIII - many of the royal names do not use the tens in fss. Colus is also a great meister and a great Headliner, His charisma is legendary and his courage known by all. He will have two Fatimas, The first one, Morard Fatima Uricul, is killed during the Junchoon's first surge. Clotho, Ballanche Fatima #45, becomes his second one but Colus, dies in combat soon after taking her in with him. He is a great friend of Ladioss Sopp but them are many hints that he knows who his young friend really is. His descendant Colus VI will become Amaterasu's greatest enemy.

LITORA: She was Amaterasu's first wife (he's now married to Lachesis) and Queen of the A.K.D. The emperor loved her deeply and she often appears to him in times of crisis. Although we do not know what caused her death, her memory is very alive in his head. When she appears to him, she always looks like an angel.

UBER, REGENT OF BUSTOGNE: What could we say about this less than human piece of trash? He's a pervert (he drools at the idea of having a Fatima to abuse), a coward capable of running after two people on foot with three Mortar Heads, and a petty tyrant. Sopp, tired of being pestered by such a bug, fries him with the Knight of Gold's Buster Launcher. He is missed by no one.

FALKU. ROGNAR: King of Babylon and onc of Amaterasu's most trusted allies, Rognar is also F.E.M.C. #4 and a powerful swordsman. According to our information, the Rognar seen in fss is a clone of the first Rognar, long since dead. His Fatima is Ballanche Fatima #7, Eatta. He presently pilots a customized Led Mirage Mortar Head named Babylon Mirage. He was seen in one of Nagano's first works, a manga called "Fool for the City". His role in this manga is not clear. He does not appear in the movie.

ROSTER OF KNIGHTS AND ALLIES All Mortar Heads are piloted by a knight known as Headliner. He controls the movements of the machine from a chestmounted cockpit, and is in command of the mecha. The elite Headliners are called Temple Knights: they are the best pilots in the fss world. They are regrouped into Temples, or knight organizations. Here is a short list of the best known Temples:

Mirage Temple knights:
They serve as Amaterasu's personal guards (see listing on page 16) Their Mortar Heads are the Led Mirage and its variants

Lown Temple knights:
They serve Coballkan Sutra on planet Kalamity Goderce. Their Mortar Head is the Bang Doll.

Mejojo Temple knights:
They serve the Mejojo imperial court on planet Both. Their Mortar Head is the Ashura Temple.

God's Temple knights:
They serve the A.K.D. (Amaterasu Kingoom Demesnes) on planet Delta Belune after Amaterasu becomes Star Emperor (in the year 396O). Their Mortar Head is the Led Mirage.

Trio Temple knights:
they serve the Trio de Colus on planet Juno. Their Mortar Head is the Berlin White-Violet

Scaja Temple knights:
they serve the country of Conelah. Their Mortar Head is the Khan.

Nue Sytriss knights:
They serve Philmore on planet Kalamity Goderce. Their Mortar Head is the Siren.

Woglah Temple knights:
They serve Bustogne on Addler. They are also known as Rodd's Knights. Their Mortar Head is the Helmine

(Text by Martin Oullette - Mecha Press)

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