Overlord follows Momonga, the last active member of the guild Ainz Ooal Gown in the online game YGGDRASIL. On the night the servers shut down he stays logged in and wakes up inside the game in the body of his avatar, a skeletal lich with enormous magic. The game's non-player characters now think and speak for themselves and treat him as a supreme being. He takes the guild's name, Ainz Ooal Gown, and tries to understand this new world while protecting his base, the Great Tomb of Nazarick. This page covers 19 characters: Ainz, the Floor Guardians and servants of Nazarick, and the humans of the neighbouring nations, including the Re-Estize Kingdom, the Baharuth Empire and the Holy Kingdom. Every profile stops where the character is introduced, so there are no spoilers.
Ainz Ooal Gown (Momonga) アインズ・ウール・ゴウン(モモンガ)
Great Tomb of Nazarick · Japanese voice: Satoshi Hino
Ainz Ooal Gown, formerly Momonga, was an office worker in the real world and the guild master of Ainz Ooal Gown in YGGDRASIL. When the game shut down he was left in his avatar's body, an undead lich and an extremely powerful magic caster, while keeping part of his human mind. To explore the new world quietly, he also works as an adventurer under the alias Momon. Japanese voice: Satoshi Hino.
Albedo アルベド
Floor Guardians · Japanese voice: Yumi Hara
Albedo is a succubus and the Overseer of the Floor Guardians, the highest-ranking servant in Nazarick. She wears heavy armour and fights with a bardiche. Before the shutdown, Momonga edited her settings as a joke so that she would be in love with him, and in the new world that devotion is completely real. She runs much of Nazarick's day-to-day business. Japanese voice: Yumi Hara.
Shalltear Bloodfallen シャルティア・ブラッドフォールン
Floor Guardians · Japanese voice: Sumire Uesaka
Shalltear Bloodfallen is a vampire and the Guardian of Nazarick's upper floors. She is one of the tomb's strongest fighters and can switch between close combat and magic. Like Albedo, she has fallen for Ainz, which puts the two of them at odds and leads to plenty of bickering inside the tomb. Japanese voice: Sumire Uesaka.
Aura Bella Fiora アウラ・ベラ・フィオーラ
Floor Guardians · Japanese voice: Emiri Katō
Aura Bella Fiora is a dark elf Floor Guardian and Mare's twin sister. Energetic and outgoing, she fights with a whip and a bow and can call on summoned beasts to fight alongside her. She is one of the most approachable members of Nazarick and the more confident of the two twins. Japanese voice: Emiri Katō.
Mare Bello Fiore マーレ・ベロ・フィオーレ
Floor Guardians · Japanese voice: Yumi Uchiyama
Mare Bello Fiore is Aura's twin brother, also a dark elf and a Floor Guardian. He is shy and quiet, the opposite of his outgoing sister. Even so, he is a very powerful druid who specialises in nature magic and can reshape the earth itself, which makes him one of the most dangerous Guardians in a fight. Japanese voice: Yumi Uchiyama.
Cocytus コキュートス
Floor Guardians · Japanese voice: Kenta Miyake
Cocytus is an insect-like Floor Guardian with four arms, in charge of Nazarick's security. He controls ice and fights with several weapons at once. He is noble in his own way and respects anyone who shows real fighting spirit, even an enemy. He plays a central part in the opening episodes of season 2. Japanese voice: Kenta Miyake.
Demiurge デミウルゴス
Floor Guardians · Japanese voice: Masayuki Katō
Demiurge is a demon Floor Guardian who wears a business suit. He is known as the sharpest strategist among Nazarick's servants and is always working on schemes on Ainz's behalf. He believes Ainz is a genius who foresaw every plan, and he is willing to go to cruel lengths for Nazarick's goals. Japanese voice: Masayuki Katō.
Sebas Tian セバス・チャン
Pleiades · Japanese voice: Shigeru Chiba
Sebas Tian is Nazarick's head butler and oversees the Pleiades, the tomb's combat maids. He looks like an elegant elderly gentleman but is a formidable unarmed fighter. Unlike many servants, he has a strong sense of justice and does not hate outsiders, which puts him in delicate situations in the kingdom's capital during season 2. Japanese voice: Shigeru Chiba.
Gazef Stronoff ガゼフ・ストロノーフ
Re-Estize Kingdom · Japanese voice: Hiroshi Shirokuma
Gazef Stronoff is the warrior captain of the Re-Estize Kingdom and the king's personal bodyguard, widely respected as a formidable fighter. He is a commoner, and the kingdom's nobles, who dislike seeing a commoner in such a high post, try to limit what he can do. He is one of the first people from the new world that Ainz meets. Japanese voice: Hiroshi Shirokuma.
Jircniv Rune Farlord El Nix ジルクニフ・ルーン・ファーロード・エル=ニクス
Baharuth Empire · Japanese voice: Takahiro Sakurai
Jircniv Rune Farlord El Nix is the emperor of the Baharuth Empire, the Re-Estize Kingdom's neighbour and rival. He is calm and pragmatic, rules with a firm hand, and earned the nickname Bloody Emperor by purging anyone who stood in his way. In season 3 he has to decide how to deal with Nazarick and Ainz. Japanese voice: Takahiro Sakurai.
Narberal Gamma ナーベラル・ガンマ
Pleiades · Japanese voice: Manami Numakura
Narberal Gamma is one of the Pleiades, Nazarick's combat maids. She is a doppelgänger and casts lightning spells. She despises humans and looks down on them, which causes friction whenever she has to deal with them. When Ainz goes out as the adventurer Momon, she travels with him under the alias Nabe. Japanese voice: Manami Numakura.
Pandora's Actor パンドラズ・アクター
Great Tomb of Nazarick · Japanese voice: Mamoru Miyano
Pandora's Actor is the Area Guardian of Nazarick's Treasury. He can copy the forms and abilities of the guild's members. Ainz created him back in the game during a phase when he found dramatic poses cool, and the theatrical behaviour he gave Pandora's Actor now embarrasses him deeply every time they meet. Japanese voice: Mamoru Miyano.
Enri Emmot エンリ・エモット
Carne Village · Japanese voice: M·A·O
Enri Emmot is a young villager from Carne Village, the first place in the new world where Ainz steps in, and the older sister of Nemu. Ainz gives her horns that summon goblins to help protect the village. As the village changes around her, she becomes one of its key figures, which is a focus of season 3. Japanese voice: M·A·O.
Nfirea Bareare ンフィーレア・バレアレ
E-Rantel · Japanese voice: Ayumu Murase
Nfirea Bareare is a young pharmacist from the city of E-Rantel and a friend of Enri. He has a rare talent that lets him use any magic item, which makes him valuable to many people. His grandmother, Lizzie Bareare, is considered the best pharmacist in E-Rantel, and he works in the family trade. Japanese voice: Ayumu Murase.
Climb クライム
Re-Estize Kingdom · Japanese voice: Ryōta Ōsaka
Climb is Princess Renner's bodyguard. Renner saved him when he was a sick street child, and he has been devoted to her ever since. He has little natural talent for combat and makes up for it with hard work. In season 2 his path crosses with Sebas and Brain in the capital. Japanese voice: Ryōta Ōsaka.
Renner ラナー
Re-Estize Kingdom · Japanese voice: Kiyono Yasuno
Renner is the third princess of the Re-Estize Kingdom, admired for her beauty and kindness and known as the Golden Princess. She is credited with bringing positive changes to the kingdom. She is guarded by Climb, the boy she saved years ago, and appears mostly in the capital storylines of seasons 2 and 4. Japanese voice: Kiyono Yasuno.
Brain Unglaus ブレイン・アングラウス
Re-Estize Kingdom · Japanese voice: Kōji Yusa
Brain Unglaus is a swordsman turned mercenary who sees himself as Gazef Stronoff's rival and wants to prove he is the stronger fighter. In season 2 his story crosses with Climb and Sebas in the royal capital, where he ends up joining them against a criminal organisation. Japanese voice: Kōji Yusa.
Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra ラキュース・アルベイン・デイル・アインドラ
Blue Roses · Japanese voice: Ami Koshimizu
Lakyus is the leader of Blue Roses, regarded as the Re-Estize Kingdom's strongest adventurer team. She uses faith-based magic and wields a demonic sword. In season 2, Blue Roses track down the hideouts of the Eight Fingers crime syndicate in the capital, which leads to a coordinated raid on its bases. Japanese voice: Ami Koshimizu.
Neia Baraja ネイア・バラハ
Roble Holy Kingdom · Japanese voice: Yoshino Aoyama
Neia Baraja is a squire of the Roble Holy Kingdom, the daughter of a soldier and a skilled archer who hopes to become a paladin one day. She is the central character of the film The Sacred Kingdom, set after season 4, in which her country, long protected by a huge wall, faces an invasion by an army of demi-humans. Japanese voice: Yoshino Aoyama.