Vandal Hearts II/Characters

Joshua
The protagonist of the game, he is only 13 years of age when the story begins, a farmer's son in the village of Polata. An orphan at young age, his parents died in a squabble with nobles and thus he is raised by his Uncle Kordif. Due to the mayor's progressive education system he was allowed to socialise with Adele, a member of the aristocracy. They became extremely good friends bordering on romance.

Joshua ends up being manipulated into killing the mayor, resulting in his forming the Red Wolves bandit group. However he eventually falls into the company of Baron Pratau and the two men begin to shape and influence the country during the civil war. He would then help Pratau reform the White Dragons unit, and whilst Pratau is occasionally known as "the leader", he was more of a tactician while major decisions usually would lie in Joshua's hands, making Joshua the "actual leader".

Adele
Adele was the chatelaine of the House of Byron, laird of the Polata village. Although she spent a lot of her childhood with Joshua, circumstances resulted in their parting. In her adult life she was manipulated by a religious cult to become their head public figure.