Name: World Age: 25 Contact Info:worldres Other Characters: None
Character Information
Name: Roland Crane Canon: Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Age: ~49 mentally, ~21 physically. Gender: Male Canon Point: After his disappearance from the throne room during the ending. Background: As all of the wiki summaries are fairly poor, I’ll summarize his background myself. I’ll try to summarize only what is necessary, as he is the deuteragonist and the game is quite long.
In Ichi no Kuni, a world analagous, but not identical, to ours, Roland Crane was the President of the United States. The game begins with Roland travelling in a motorcade on his way to a UN summit to be held in New York City. As the motorcade crosses Manhattan Bridge, a nuclear missile strikes the heart of New York, vaporizing everything in its path. Roland’s car is thrown down the bridge by the resulting explosion and he is crushed to death. Moments before he dies, his body is engulfed in a blue light and he disappears.
He awakens, 30 years younger, in the royal chambers of the child-King of Ding Dong Dell in the world of Ni no Kuni (a fantasy world that mirrors Ichi no Kuni, heavily inspired by the fantasy works of Studio Ghibli). Before he can ask what happened, the cat-king Evan draws a knife on him.
Evan, shocked that someone was apparently able to infiltrate his guard, orders for Roland to be arrested - only for Evan’s guard to turn his sword on his own charge and try to behead him. Roland draws his gun and kills the guard before he strikes, informing the naive king that this must be a coup. They are soon chased by the Ding Dong Dell military, who have turned against their young leader. Roland helps Evan escape Ding Dong Dell castle, and promises that he will stay in Ni no Kuni to protect Evan, who was orphaned during the attack.
After their escape, Evan resolves to build a new kingdom “where everyone can live happily ever after.” Roland, inspired by the child’s optimistic nature, agrees to do everything he can to help. The two of them travel the world securing land, personnel, and resources, and found the kingdom of Evermore. Evan decrees that Evermore will be a nation of peace, and Roland drafts a peace treaty with which to approach the other world powers. The plot of the game mainly revolves around convincing the other world leaders to sign the treaty.
Over the course of the game, Evan and Roland discover a plot by a warlock named Doloran to seize the political and magical power of each major nation. While Evan and Roland are able to stop the warlock from brainwashing the major world leaders, they are unable to stop him from stealing their magic and sapping it for his own purposes. They are also unable to penetrate the walls surrounding the kingdom of Ding Dong Dell to negotiate peace; Roland decides to infiltrate the kingdom alone and gather more information.
Roland publicly fakes his defection from Evermore and is welcomed into the court of Ding Dong Dell by the new rodent king Mausinger, where he is given power and money in exchange for Evermore’s state secrets. His first order as a member of the court is to execute a kidnapped citizen of Evermore; Roland shoots them several times in the head and gains Mausinger’s approval.
Roland uses the approval he garnered to steal a key that will allow him to sneak Evan back into Ding Dong Dell. Roland is caught during the theft, and Mausinger orders for Roland to be executed. Roland escapes, managing to rescue the citizen he shot (with a sleeping spell, as it turns out) in the process.
Roland returns to Evan and reports what he has seen: Ding Dong Dell, formerly the Kingdom of the Cats, had been built on the backs of mouse slaves. The mice, sick of generations of oppression, overthrew the cats and seized the throne. Evan claims that he had no idea his kingdom had such a history. Roland asks Evan to consider what sort of rulers his parents were, if their citizens would want to turn against them. Evan is deeply hurt, wondering if his parents were unjust rulers. Evan confronts Mausinger and learns that Doloran had brainwashed him against King Leonhard, Evan’s father, who only wanted to end the conflict between Cats and Mice. Once Mausinger realizes he had betrayed his old friend because of the influence of Doloran, he begs Evan for forgiveness. Evan decides to leave Ding Dong Dell in Mausinger’s care, and the two rulers sign a peace treaty.
Doloran, who has now absorbed magical power from four nations, declares war on the world of Ni no Kuni. He unleashes a curse that seeks out and absorbs the souls of all living things. Evan and Roland confront Doloran, who reveals that he and Roland are the same person, and are merely alternate universe versions of eachother. Doloran was the dictatorial King of the country of Allegoria, which was destroyed in a calamity after he consumated the relationship with his lover Alisandra, a unicorn shape-shifting into the form of a human, therefore “committing a crime against the gods”. The only soul left alive after the calamity, Doloran swore that he would rebuild his kingdom by amassing as much power as it took to revive the dead.
Doloran approaches Roland and asks for his allegiance, telling Roland that if he helps him, the United States will also return, as whatever happens in one world is destined to also happen to the other. Doloran explains that that the death of Roland’s biological son, who perished in the missile strike, will be undone in the process. Roland, who was absolutely devoted to his family, is about to agree before Evan interrupts him, announcing that Roland would never do such a thing. Roland snaps out of his grief and agrees with Evan. Doloran explains to Roland that if they kill him, Roland will also die; Roland accepts those terms, claiming that he had always been prepared to die to save his people.
The party defeats, but does not kill, Doloran, who then learns that the calamity against Allegoria had not happened because the gods had cursed him, but because Alisandra lost control of her power after deciding to become human so she could be with her lover. Doloran despairs, asking Roland what he had done wrong during his rule for he and his country to suffer so. Roland tells him that he had done nothing wrong, and had only done what he could to survive; Roland, too, had done everything he could to keep his nation and his family safe, but it had not been enough to prevent nuclear war. Evan decides to forgive Doloran and allies with him, promising he will help Doloran rebuild Allegoria without the loss of life.
Some time later, Evan welcomes the citizens of all the nations of Ni no Kuni to Evermore in a ceremony to celebrate world peace; however, he soon notices that Roland is not present during the festivities. He finds Roland hiding in the throne room, where his body has been consumed by a bright blue light - Roland expresses regret that Evan found him, because he didn’t want to upset him. Roland explains that though he had promised to stay with him, he can feel his body being pulled back to Ichi no Kuni. Evan expresses concern, since Roland’s country has been destroyed and this may take Roland back to his death, but Roland resolves that, no matter what happens, he’ll press forward and never forget about Evan. Evan and Roland hold hands as Roland disappears.
In the epilogue we see Roland in his original body, having returned to the past and undone the events that lead to nuclear war, campaigning for the rest of the global powers to come together in world peace.
Inventory: -A Ding Dong Dell human guardsman’s coat & belt. -A black turtleneck, cream pants, brown leather boots & a leather hair tie. -His “armsband”, a gold bracelet with four gems that once summoned his weapons but has been depowered here -His cell phone with his presidential insignia on it. -A pet: Runcible the Righteous, a “Higgledy” or nature spirit wearing a red scarf that left his home to follow Roland and Evan after Roland saved Evan’s life. He cannot speak, and it is said that only the most pure of heart can see him. Note that this seems extremely arbitrary in practice, truth be told; for instance, while Roland and Doloran are the same person and Doloran is said to be quite conceited, Roland can see him, as can a party member who has literally killed people. However, a kind-hearted woman who is raising her baby sister alone cannot see him. So, I’m just going to say that he can only be seen by those he allows to see him, which I’ll work out on a case-to-case basis; overall, it’ll probably just be Roland who can see him. (One of the purposes of bringing Runcible along, in addition to him being an important pet, is to exacerbate Roland’s paranoia when people can’t see him, or to have him doubt his own eyes.)
Roland Crane | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Name: World
Age: 25
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Other Characters: None
Character Information
Name: Roland Crane
Canon: Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Age: ~49 mentally, ~21 physically.
Gender: Male
Canon Point: After his disappearance from the throne room during the ending.
Background: As all of the wiki summaries are fairly poor, I’ll summarize his background myself. I’ll try to summarize only what is necessary, as he is the deuteragonist and the game is quite long.
In Ichi no Kuni, a world analagous, but not identical, to ours, Roland Crane was the President of the United States. The game begins with Roland travelling in a motorcade on his way to a UN summit to be held in New York City. As the motorcade crosses Manhattan Bridge, a nuclear missile strikes the heart of New York, vaporizing everything in its path. Roland’s car is thrown down the bridge by the resulting explosion and he is crushed to death. Moments before he dies, his body is engulfed in a blue light and he disappears.
He awakens, 30 years younger, in the royal chambers of the child-King of Ding Dong Dell in the world of Ni no Kuni (a fantasy world that mirrors Ichi no Kuni, heavily inspired by the fantasy works of Studio Ghibli). Before he can ask what happened, the cat-king Evan draws a knife on him.
Evan, shocked that someone was apparently able to infiltrate his guard, orders for Roland to be arrested - only for Evan’s guard to turn his sword on his own charge and try to behead him. Roland draws his gun and kills the guard before he strikes, informing the naive king that this must be a coup. They are soon chased by the Ding Dong Dell military, who have turned against their young leader. Roland helps Evan escape Ding Dong Dell castle, and promises that he will stay in Ni no Kuni to protect Evan, who was orphaned during the attack.
After their escape, Evan resolves to build a new kingdom “where everyone can live happily ever after.” Roland, inspired by the child’s optimistic nature, agrees to do everything he can to help. The two of them travel the world securing land, personnel, and resources, and found the kingdom of Evermore. Evan decrees that Evermore will be a nation of peace, and Roland drafts a peace treaty with which to approach the other world powers. The plot of the game mainly revolves around convincing the other world leaders to sign the treaty.
Over the course of the game, Evan and Roland discover a plot by a warlock named Doloran to seize the political and magical power of each major nation. While Evan and Roland are able to stop the warlock from brainwashing the major world leaders, they are unable to stop him from stealing their magic and sapping it for his own purposes. They are also unable to penetrate the walls surrounding the kingdom of Ding Dong Dell to negotiate peace; Roland decides to infiltrate the kingdom alone and gather more information.
Roland publicly fakes his defection from Evermore and is welcomed into the court of Ding Dong Dell by the new rodent king Mausinger, where he is given power and money in exchange for Evermore’s state secrets. His first order as a member of the court is to execute a kidnapped citizen of Evermore; Roland shoots them several times in the head and gains Mausinger’s approval.
Roland uses the approval he garnered to steal a key that will allow him to sneak Evan back into Ding Dong Dell. Roland is caught during the theft, and Mausinger orders for Roland to be executed. Roland escapes, managing to rescue the citizen he shot (with a sleeping spell, as it turns out) in the process.
Roland returns to Evan and reports what he has seen: Ding Dong Dell, formerly the Kingdom of the Cats, had been built on the backs of mouse slaves. The mice, sick of generations of oppression, overthrew the cats and seized the throne. Evan claims that he had no idea his kingdom had such a history. Roland asks Evan to consider what sort of rulers his parents were, if their citizens would want to turn against them. Evan is deeply hurt, wondering if his parents were unjust rulers. Evan confronts Mausinger and learns that Doloran had brainwashed him against King Leonhard, Evan’s father, who only wanted to end the conflict between Cats and Mice. Once Mausinger realizes he had betrayed his old friend because of the influence of Doloran, he begs Evan for forgiveness. Evan decides to leave Ding Dong Dell in Mausinger’s care, and the two rulers sign a peace treaty.
Doloran, who has now absorbed magical power from four nations, declares war on the world of Ni no Kuni. He unleashes a curse that seeks out and absorbs the souls of all living things. Evan and Roland confront Doloran, who reveals that he and Roland are the same person, and are merely alternate universe versions of eachother. Doloran was the dictatorial King of the country of Allegoria, which was destroyed in a calamity after he consumated the relationship with his lover Alisandra, a unicorn shape-shifting into the form of a human, therefore “committing a crime against the gods”. The only soul left alive after the calamity, Doloran swore that he would rebuild his kingdom by amassing as much power as it took to revive the dead.
Doloran approaches Roland and asks for his allegiance, telling Roland that if he helps him, the United States will also return, as whatever happens in one world is destined to also happen to the other. Doloran explains that that the death of Roland’s biological son, who perished in the missile strike, will be undone in the process. Roland, who was absolutely devoted to his family, is about to agree before Evan interrupts him, announcing that Roland would never do such a thing. Roland snaps out of his grief and agrees with Evan. Doloran explains to Roland that if they kill him, Roland will also die; Roland accepts those terms, claiming that he had always been prepared to die to save his people.
The party defeats, but does not kill, Doloran, who then learns that the calamity against Allegoria had not happened because the gods had cursed him, but because Alisandra lost control of her power after deciding to become human so she could be with her lover. Doloran despairs, asking Roland what he had done wrong during his rule for he and his country to suffer so. Roland tells him that he had done nothing wrong, and had only done what he could to survive; Roland, too, had done everything he could to keep his nation and his family safe, but it had not been enough to prevent nuclear war. Evan decides to forgive Doloran and allies with him, promising he will help Doloran rebuild Allegoria without the loss of life.
Some time later, Evan welcomes the citizens of all the nations of Ni no Kuni to Evermore in a ceremony to celebrate world peace; however, he soon notices that Roland is not present during the festivities. He finds Roland hiding in the throne room, where his body has been consumed by a bright blue light - Roland expresses regret that Evan found him, because he didn’t want to upset him. Roland explains that though he had promised to stay with him, he can feel his body being pulled back to Ichi no Kuni. Evan expresses concern, since Roland’s country has been destroyed and this may take Roland back to his death, but Roland resolves that, no matter what happens, he’ll press forward and never forget about Evan. Evan and Roland hold hands as Roland disappears.
In the epilogue we see Roland in his original body, having returned to the past and undone the events that lead to nuclear war, campaigning for the rest of the global powers to come together in world peace.
Inventory: -A Ding Dong Dell human guardsman’s coat & belt.
-A black turtleneck, cream pants, brown leather boots & a leather hair tie.
-His “armsband”, a gold bracelet with four gems that once summoned his weapons but has been depowered here
-His cell phone with his presidential insignia on it.
-A pet: Runcible the Righteous, a “Higgledy” or nature spirit wearing a red scarf that left his home to follow Roland and Evan after Roland saved Evan’s life. He cannot speak, and it is said that only the most pure of heart can see him. Note that this seems extremely arbitrary in practice, truth be told; for instance, while Roland and Doloran are the same person and Doloran is said to be quite conceited, Roland can see him, as can a party member who has literally killed people. However, a kind-hearted woman who is raising her baby sister alone cannot see him. So, I’m just going to say that he can only be seen by those he allows to see him, which I’ll work out on a case-to-case basis; overall, it’ll probably just be Roland who can see him. (One of the purposes of bringing Runcible along, in addition to him being an important pet, is to exacerbate Roland’s paranoia when people can’t see him, or to have him doubt his own eyes.)