ArcheAge Chronicles starts with you picking one of the four classes and from there you go on to meet many many NPCs and characters with minor and major roles in the story. Today I decided to cover all the characters important to the gameplay and lore of the game.
In This Guide:
Quick note: Expect some spoilers, because a couple of entries reveal who the bad guys are.
Who Are the Characters in ArcheAge Chronicles?
The characters fall into three groups. Playable characters are the four classes: Warrior, Ranger, Mage and Berserker. Story characters are the named NPCs and bosses you meet while questing, like Vadim, Herlei, Jennifer and Renald. Lore characters, like Kyrios, Livek and Tahyang, come from the game’s backstory. Just because they have a name doesn’t mean you can meet them.
The game is set about 50 years after the original ArcheAge. That’s why some of the older characters are not in the new game. Early Access has three regions: Diamond Shores, Gylden Ruins and Astron Plains. I sorted the NPCs below by those regions.
One community database lists 4,614 NPC and enemy records. It counts normal enemies and repeated entries, and it includes regions that aren’t in Early Access yet.
ArcheAge Chronicles Characters: All Named Story NPCs by Region
These are the NPCs I could pin down with real quest records. When the records don’t say much, I say so instead of guessing.
Diamond Shores NPCs
Vadim: Wandering Merchant
Vadim is a wandering merchant and one of the first characters you visit in the game. You find him at the Watchtower of Hope, and he shows up again later on the Ruination Trade Route in Gylden Ruins. His quests include Vadim’s Demand, A Merchant on the Road and Cause for Concern. He moves around, so don’t expect him to stay in one spot.
Donella: Bluesalt Brotherhood Contact
Donella is your Bluesalt Brotherhood contact at Seaglass Harbor, including its pier during Urgent Request. She starts the company questline: a temporary permit, vouching for who you are, and work as a combat agent. She sends you to Sheriber for a weapon and to Mungo about the Brotherhood’s missing olive shipment.
Sheriber: Weapon Contact
Sheriber is the weapon contact in Seaglass Harbor that Donella sends you to. Sheriber is part of A Warm Welcome, your first taste of company support. I couldn’t confirm what Sheriber sells, so I won’t guess.
Mungo: Olive Farm Manager
The farm that supplies the Bluesalt Brotherhood is managed by Mungo. Donella sends you to find the missing olive shipment, and you reach Mungo at the guard tower during the Olive Farm quest.
Vida: Trade Officer
Vida is the trade officer at the Seaglass Harbor Trading Post. She teaches you company trading in Foundations of Trade and prepares goods for wagon transport. Giellini sends you to her to learn how to buy and move trade goods.
Giellini: Company Work Contact
Giellini is at the Pioneer’s Assembly Hall and gives work for company contribution points. In Fair Trade, you deliver goods to Watcher’s Village, and Vida gives the trading instructions.
Herlei: Hunter and Tutorial NPC
Herlei is a hunter who works as a tutorial for gathering, potions and hunting. His quests are Starter Recipe and First Hunt: collect roseberries, craft a Lifeflow Potion, then bring back raw meat. You can find him around Diamond Shores.
Demed: Bone Gathering Quest Giver
Demed asks you to bring back bones he can sell in Gathering Bone Fragments, which you reach through the Wayfaring Camp quest.
Jennifer: Searching for Her Husband
Jennifer waits in the Lost Fishing Village. Her husband is missing, so Missing Husband sends you to find him. It also gives you a personal reason to look into the pirates around the village.
Renald: Jennifer’s Missing Husband
Renald is the person Jennifer sends you to find, and you reach him in the Pirate Hideout. Finding him moves the story from Missing Husband to Missing Officer, which connects the village’s trouble to Officer Edward.
Edward Proximus (Officer Edward): Royal Army Officer
Edward Proximus is a Royal Army officer from a prominent noble house. He brags a lot about his bravery, yet you find him in trouble at the Cliffs of Madness after losing his companion. He’s the goal of Missing Officer and is also tied to Voices Beyond the Cliffs.
Juan: Edward’s Adjutant
Juan is Edward’s adjutant and stands in Seaglass Harbor. He jokes about how often his boss disappears. His quests are A Reason to Believe and To the Pioneers’ Assembly Hall.
Aeon: Haje’s Clock Contact
Aeon is at Watcher’s Village and asks if you’ve tried activating Haje’s Clock. Ivyn’s dialogue also links Aeon to the investigation of the nearby ruins.
Ivyn: Ruins Investigator
Ivyn is at the Sunken Ruins. You track Ivyn down in Into the Ruins, and Ivyn gives Submerged Ruins Report. He doesn’t sound excited about more relic hunting and seems to already work with Aeon.
Deon: Relic Quest Giver
Deon is at the Battlefront Ruins and gives the quest Traces of the Past, which has a dangerous monster and some relics.
Armis: Dark Blades Information Contact
Armis is in Carnas Forest and is part of Passphrase. Armis warns you about Dark Blade territory, which helps you follow the trail to Gartez. Armis is a peaceful NPC, not a Dark Blade enemy.
Navika: Silent Calamity Contact
Navika is also in Carnas Forest and gives Silent Calamity, which is about an incident at the lake. Navika warns you not to bother villagers who are already scared.
Kaellen: Picking Up the Trail
Kaellen is at Silent Crossway and gives Picking Up the Trail, the next step of the investigation.
Explorer Merhira: Land for Pioneers
Explorer Merhira gives Land for Pioneers and points you to the Bluesalt Brotherhood in Seaglass Harbor to ask about pioneer land. Careful, that’s the advice, not Merhira’s own location.
Housing and Merchant NPCs
All of these are in Diamond Shores. Most of them stand in Seaglass Harbor Residences.
Nadella: Housing Storage
Nadella is in Seaglass Harbor Residences. Nadella stores housing items and gives Home Sweet Home and A Garden Awaits.
Hiller: Seedlings and Farming
Hiller is in Seaglass Harbor Residences. Hiller sells seedlings and starts farming with A Farmer’s Beginning. Hiller is also in All About Seedlings and A Garden Awaits.
House Architect Sigg: House Blueprints
Sigg is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells house blueprints. Sigg gives Plans Before Bricks and A New Home Awaits.
Annex Architect June: Annex Blueprints
June is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells annex blueprints to expand a home. Connected buildings must share the same style.
Station Architect Gyrenn: Crafting Station Blueprints
Gyrenn is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells blueprints for crafting stations.
Decoration Merchant Meiker: Decorations
Meiker is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells decorations.
Furniture Merchant Shawn: Furniture
Shawn is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells furniture.
Lighting Merchant Wright: Lighting
Wright is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells lighting.
Tableware Merchant Puddy: Kitchenware
Puddy is in Seaglass Harbor Residences and sells kitchenware and household tools.
Rovren: Equipment Repairs
Rovren repairs equipment and is tied to The Blacksmith’s Lesson, which covers tempering.
Negan: Wandering Merchant
Negan is a wandering merchant at the Watchtower of Hope who talks about where Vadim is. Keep in mind that Negan and Vladim are not the same person.
Beren: General Merchant
Beren is a general merchant at the Wayfaring Camp.
Gylden Ruins NPCs
The Gylden Ruins quest givers lean toward ruins, relics and the Cult of Eternity.
Harper
Harper is an archaeologist you rescue in Gyldenlord’s Palace through Search and Rescue. At first Harper is afraid you’re with the Dark Blades, then agrees to follow once it’s clear you came to help. Move as One then points you toward finding Mistry and other colleagues in danger.
Temel
You deal with Temel in A Deal with Temel and Vanished Archeologist, which cover recovered Gyldenlord relics and info on Harper.
Seryu
Seryu is a survivor in Sandveil Ruins who gives Missing Companions. Seryu says the Cult of Eternity took the companions and tells you what happened to a friend.
Lasa
Lasa, at Fell Outpost, is a Bluesalt Brotherhood member in Lasa’s Concerns, a quest about trouble related to the Gylden Archives.
Jeco
Jeco leads the pirate group bothering a vineyard from Corsair’s Lookout. In Jeco’s Conditions and An Alternative Solution, he offers to leave the vineyard alone while the ship is repaired and to give you a rough map to a coastal cave.
Blindfolded Girl
Blindfolded Girl stands on a bridge in Gloam Ruins. She shows up in Children of the Gravewood and gives Feast of Tears, where you bring her a lament. She talks about the Cry of Regret, Cry of Resentment and Cry of Loss.
Riel
Riel is also in Gloam Ruins and gives Mischief Managed. Riel asks if you’ve opened the final chest, and that’s all the records give.
Harald
Harald can’t sleep because of disturbing voices and gives Setting Things Right. Bring back the object he asks for and the voices go quiet.
Gambler Zervas
Zervas challenges you at the Cliffs of Avarice in Racing the Wandering Gambler: Flight. Win and you get a reward, and Zervas hints you’ll meet again for more bets. That spot is for this challenge only, so Zervas might be somewhere else for other wagers.
Niarot
Niarot has a scene in Jubilant Village and later calls Baron Engreven “Master” during the Astrarium Tower sequence. That ties Niarot to the baron.
Astron Plains NPCs
Baron Engreven
You can find this character at the Astrarium Tower. He shows up in The Noble Atop the Tower and What Engreven Wants. He knows about your connection to the Hand of Trust and asks for your cooperation. He has a personal interest in you, so he’s more of a story figure than a regular settlement NPC.
Ortis
Ortis is at the Central Astral Pillar. The quest is Zodiac Knight Ortis, and it’s about returning a Starlight Shard to the pillar. The records call him Ortis Astral Knight in one place and Zodiac Knight Ortis in the quest name, but it’s the same character.
Paladino
He is at the East Astral Pillar. In Zodiac Knight Paladino you place a Starlight Shard in the empty socket to restore the pillar’s light. That’s a separate encounter from Ortis.
Galen
Galen at Pilgrim’s Rest gives The West Astral Pillar and talks about a Starlight Shard.
Zaide
Zaide is a summoned character in Zaide’s Guidance at the West Astral Pillar. The dialogue follows something with flowers at a tomb, and you ask for help opening the way to Mailgrove.
Geon
He is at Mailgrove and gives Writings on Black Iron. Geon wants a rubbing of the Black Iron in the Astral Vault and likes comparing ancient writing.
Shirok
This character is at the Central Wetlands Campsite and tells you what happened to Adro and the trouble around a Starlight Shard. The quest is spelled Shriok’s Account, but the NPC is Shirok.
Cornelia
Cornelia is in the Crumbled Ruins. A Cry in the Ruins and Cornelia’s Sorrow have you return belongings and help save a trapped soul. There’s also an Exiled Cornelia boss record.
Allen
He is at the Gilded Star Auction House in Power Move. He got caught up in gambling, says the manager tricked him, and other characters are looking for him. That doesn’t mean he runs the auction service.
Toroth
Toroth is at Kama’ha and gives Fire on High. Orcs are firing flaming arrows from a bridge, and Toroth wants you to stop them.
Arie
Arie is another survivor, scared for Barnaby after an orc attack, and gives Rampant Brutality and Bitter Remains. The records only say Astron Plains for Arie’s spot.
ArcheAge Chronicles Lore Characters Explained
These names come from the studio’s own lore posts. Being in the lore doesn’t mean you can meet them.
Livek
Livek is the leader of the Bluesalt Brotherhood, but it’s also a title. New leaders take the name Livek in honor of the original, so two mentions of Livek can mean two different people. Seaglass Harbor is the Brotherhood’s base, but that doesn’t prove a Livek NPC stands there.
Jonathan Vanderfell
He once used Livek as an alias. That doesn’t make him the current Brotherhood leader in Chronicles.
Kyrios / Jin Evernight
They are the same person. Jin was a Shadowhawk Twin Sword who fought beside Tahyang, then came back from the Garden of the Gods as Kyrios, the God of Destruction. His legacy is tied to the Warrior class.
Tahyang Kahlzit
He is a Firran hero tied to the Ranger’s legacy. He fought beside Jin but turned against him after Jin became Kyrios. The lore says Tahyang gained divine power, refused to ascend and went back to being mortal. The Ranger link doesn’t mean you can recruit him.
Aranzeb
Aranzeb is an ancestral figure from the elven background lore.
Akasch
Also called Queen Akasch, is a serpent-linked deity worshipped by the Cult of Eternity. One lore account uses the Queen Akasch title in a story about summoning across dimensions. The cult itself does show up in Seryu’s quest in Gylden Ruins.
Axas
Axas is a Dark Blade armory commander in the promo lore, linked to the Thorned Halberd, the Repentant Shadows and the defense of an armory.
The Golden King
He is a legendary ruler. There are rumors about his resting place and the chance that he awakens. I also wouldn’t assume he’s the same as any boss record with a similar name.
ArcheAge Chronicles Classes: All Four Playable Characters
There are four classes in Early Access: Warrior, Ranger, Mage and Berserker. Each has two weapons at launch, so eight in total.
| Class | Weapons | Gender at launch |
|---|---|---|
| Warrior | Longsword, Greatsword | Male |
| Ranger | Hatchet, Longbow | Female |
| Mage | Elemental Staff, Wavesword | Female |
| Berserker | Axe and Shield, Warhammer | Male |
XLGAMES describes the Warrior as front-line melee, the Ranger as mobile ranged damage, the Berserker as high-risk, high-reward aggression and the Mage as elemental burst and crowd control. Lore-wise, the Warrior is tied to Kyrios and the Ranger to Tahyang.
There is going to be a third weapon for each clas. The Warrior’s Gladius is set for the first update.
Can You Choose Gender or Race in ArcheAge Chronicles?
You cannot change your character’s gender right now, but this might change in the full release.
Does ArcheAge Chronicles Have English Voice Actors?
No. On Steam, full voice audio is Korean only. English is supported for the interface and subtitles. So there’s no English cast to list, and I wouldn’t trust any article that names English voice actors for Chronicles. I also couldn’t verify which Korean actor plays which character. Check the Steam language table before you buy, in case that changes.
Which class are you picking first? Tell me in the comments below!
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