Main characters List of Madlax characters

1 main characters

1.1 margaret burton
1.2 madlax
1.3 vanessa rene
1.4 elenore baker
1.5 friday monday
1.6 carrossea doon
1.7 limelda jorg

main characters

some of central characters in madlax series.


margaret burton

margaret burton (マーガレット・バートン, māgaretto bāton), born on 14 july 1992, clumsy, absent-minded 19-year-old girl attends elite college aristocratic families children in nafrece. memories of own life limited last twelve years, word madlax , , vague recollections of important connected unusual picture book possesses.

margaret central character of story, person has gift, mysterious ability alter reality. twelve years ago, , person later became known carrossea doon, survived plane crash in gazth-sonika , interrupted stand-off between friday monday, unintentionally caused accident while accessing sanctuary (see terminology), , colonel richard burton, margaret s father. although burton victorious, monday, last strength, chanted words of awakening , put him trance, forcing shoot own daughter. protecting herself, margaret shot father and, flee guilt, used gift split herself 3 personae: 1 retained gift, 1 took sin of patricide upon herself, , 1 kept memories of this. since moment, person known margaret burton became third of former self, still possessing gift, having lost memories.

the picture book has secondari, second of holy books instrumental using gift. margaret believes given father, though cannot understand language written in, or reason of pages being covered blood. red shoes remember secondari obvious homage noir, similar pair worn kirika yuumura.

mashimo menu musical theme title: picture book, blood, , deep-sea fish
voiced by: houko kuwashima (japanese); luci christian (english)

madlax

madlax (マドラックス, madorakkusu) exceptionally charismatic , attractive young woman, @ same time best mercenary agent in gazth-sonika 98% mission success rate. margaret, doesn t remember before twelve years ago (though hasn t lost language knowledge), except word madlax , has adopted code name, , brief flashback of gun in hands , father walking away - madlax believes father still alive , fighting somewhere in gazth-sonika.

while best fighter in country, able dodge bullets gun kata fighting style , take down small army herself. fights bring rapid end fighting and, when vanessa rene shows enfant behind war, madlax seeks destroy it, no matter personal cost.

madlax second persona of former margaret burton, 1 took upon herself sin of patricide, , supernatural fighting powers may have been influenced this. non-human nature becomes apparent towards end of series, when left lung heals overnight after being pierced bullet. madlax has missing page margaret s secondari.

mashimo menu title: gatekeeper of hell alone
voiced by: sanae kobayashi (japanese); nancy novotny (english)

vanessa rene

vanessa rene (ヴァネッサ・レネ) margaret s former neighbor , tutor, has received university education in , manager bookwald industries. reviewers have estimated age thirties.

her parents got mixed gazth-sonikan politics when war broke out , subsequently executed, therefore vanessa s goal uncover real reasons of conflict.

being strong-willed , self-confident woman, vanessa travels directly gazth-sonika after discovers bookwald not invests demilitarized zone sells weapons both warring factions and, moreover, part of enfant syndicate itself. in gazth-sonika, madlax appointed bodyguard vanessa links 2 personae of original margaret burton together.

mashimo menu title: gatekeeper of happiness
voiced by: satsuki yukino (japanese); kelly manison (english)

elenore baker

elenore baker (エリノア・ベイカー, erinoa beikā) margaret s maidservant, wholly devoted caring miss . elenore s family has served burtons generations, considers duty protect absent-minded , clumsy margaret remotely dangerous - point of researching classmates backgrounds. devotion , persistence helped graduate school years ahead of rest , later, become expert in hand hand combat.

elenore holds distinction of being 1 of final 8 in 2004 anime saimoe tournament.

mashimo menu title: everyday gatekeeper
voiced by: ai uchikawa (japanese); kira vincent-davis (english)

friday monday

friday monday (フライデー・マンデー, furaidē mandē) enigmatic founder , head of enfant organization. little known past before 1999, when used gift open door of truth in failed attempt plunge world total war, which, believes, natural state.

his attempt foiled colonel richard burton, conflict broke out locally, in country ritual held , enfant hq later situated - in gazth-sonika. repeat ritual , complete has started, monday has been ever since searching 2 missing holy books (he managed keep firstari) , person strong gift, no longer able use own, allegedly, because right half of face (which hides behind mask) disfigured burton s bullet. although not stated explicitly within series, according kōichi mashimo s vision, monday once talented artist.

mashimo menu title: gatekeeper of heaven smiles
voiced by: masashi ebara (japanese); mike kleinhenz (english)

carrossea doon

carrossea doon (カロッスア・ドゥーン, karossua dōn) officially independent contract worker bookwald industries, although, in reality, 1 of enfant s best operatives , right-hand man of friday monday himself. carrossea smart , resourceful , exploits position , powers in order search clues past, he, madlax , margaret, doesn t remember before twelve years ago.

during incident in gazth-sonika, carrossea, known poupee, , margaret sole survivors of plane crash (maybe because both possessed gift). rapidly fell in love , vowed protect her, therefore, when margaret interrupted stand-off between father , monday, carrossea-poupee has cover own body stray bullet , died on spot. however, rather weak gift, power of sanctuary , protect margaret sufficed partly resurrect him @ expense of memories. friday monday has found amnesiac persona, named him carrossea , made personal assistant, whereas memories remained confined sanctuary entity named poupee . common past reason of rapid mutual trust appeared between carrossea , margaret upon first meeting personae.

voiced by: toshiyuki morikawa (japanese); vic mignogna (english)

limelda jorg

limelda jorg (リメルダ・ユルグ, rimeruda yurugu) second lieutenant of gazth-sonikan royal guard , prolific sniper in country exception of madlax. after latter has assassinated commander-in-chief of royalist army, whom limelda assigned protect, has made duty hunt down madlax.

despite multiple chances kill limelda, madlax has let go , shared data discovered on enfant s involvement gazth-sonikan war. revelation shattered limelda s world view , made quit army , renew attempts kill madlax in crazy hope once dead, return normal . limelda enlisted after relatives killed galza.

voiced by: aya hisakawa (japanese); christine auten (english)




^ true fight ~wish~ . madlax. episode 20. 2004-08-16. 22:17 minutes in. tv tokyo. 
^ madlax dvd #7 review @ animeondvd.com . retrieved 2006-11-09. 
^ carrossea doon: vanessa rene. graduated honors informational science department of soldophine university. entered employment @ bookwald. working in international department. madlax, episode 10 (9:33).
^ madlax dvd #1 review @ animejump.com . archived original on 2006-05-10. retrieved 2006-11-08. 
^ vanessa: father diplomat in nafrece, see, , @ time threat of civil war here coming peak, in charge of relations gazth-sonika. civil war broke out, , parents detained gazth-sonika army under suspicion of inciting war. [...] re dead, aren t they? madlax, episode 13 (8:21).
^ saimoe 2004 results . 2channel. 2004-09-26. retrieved 2007-08-13. 
^ madlax, episode 25 (7:47): friday explains significance of wound.
^ madlax volume 6: sacrifice (insert leaflets staff talk #11 (masashi ebara , toshiyuki morikawa) , #12 (mako hyodo [sic] , chikayo nakano)). kōichi mashimo. houston, texas: adv films. 2007 [2004]. dmad/006. 
^ madlax dvd #3 review @ animeondvd.com . retrieved 2006-11-08. 
^ madlax, episode 21: these events described before episode title displayed.
^ madlax, episode 18: limelda s past briefly described before episode title displayed.