List of ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' characters

Meliodas

Meliodas (メリオダス, Meriodasu)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)

The series main male protagonist and leader of the Seven Deadly Sins who bears the Sin of wrath and has the Dragon symbol carved at the top of his arm, just below his left shoulder. Despte his adolescent appearance, standing only five feet tall with his wanted poster inaccurately depicting him as a rugged but handsome man with a goatee (conveniently looking like his middle brother, Estarossa), Meliodas is actually over three millennia old and incredibly powerful. Later revealed to be a member of the Demon Clan, Meliodas was originally leader of the Ten Commandants and a potential heir to his father's title as Demon King. But when Meliodas fell in love with the Goddess Elizabeth, he left the Ten Commandments, which caused the Holy War to erupt, resulting in both being disowned and cursed with immortality so he would be forced to watch Elizabeth being endlessly reincarnated and lose her again. While being called the Sin of Wrath, displaying it whenever those dear to him are endangered or killed, Meliodas conceals his rage under the façade of a mellow trickster who is often seen fondling Elizabeth one way or another. As the story opens, Meliodas is the owner of the Boar Hat tavern when approached by Elizabeth to join her on her quest to reform the Deadly Sin and end the Holy Knights' coup. The boyishly drawn Meliodas' behavior with the female leads has been referred to as "groping" and "perverted."^[5]

As the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, once revered by his kin as the most powerful demon, Meliodas is immensely powerful and has demonstrated his superhuman strength through his ability to easily crush steel, with only his bare hands. He is also immensely agile, being able to easily avoid attacks of even Holy Knights. He was easily able to break free from Gilthunder's lightning bindings and can dodge even the swiftest of attacks. Meliodas carries a sword hilt called the Dragon Handle that he never lets go of willingly. It is later revealed that the hilt is a key fragment for the Demon clan. Meliodas's primary ability is called Full Counter (全反撃（フルカウンター）, Furu Kauntā), which reflects attacks aimed at him back to their wielder, with far greater power. A drawback to this ability is that he can't initiate other attacks while using it and that he cannot reflect purely physical attacks such as punches. Whenever he is severely angered or in a dire situation, a black symbol in the shape of an eye appears on his forehead and this is followed with a large burst of power from Meliodas. When surrounded by demonic energy, he is able to manifest black energy that he can use as appendages in forms of travel and combat. In combat the demonic energy makes him able to take on two New Generation Holy Knights with little effort, but at the same time in this form causes him to be unable to discern friend from foe. He later acquires his sacred treasure, Lostvayne, a short sword that allows him to create physical clones of himself that have only a small fraction of his power, but that can utilize Full Counter to full effectiveness as well.

Diane

Diane (ディアンヌ, Diannu)

Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Erica Mendez (English)

Diane is the serpent sin of envy and while appearing to be 15 years old, standing at 30 feet tall, Diane is a 750 year-old member of the Giants' Clan from the land of Megadozer. Compared to her kin who made a living as mercenaries, Diane did not possess her people's bloodlust and dislikes fighting. Having met and fell in love with King before a tragic circumstance ultimately resulted in her losing her memories of him, Diane and fellow Giant named Dolores were under the tutelage of the Giant Matrona before she framed for her mentor's death and of a group of Liones Holy Knights under a knight named Gannon. In truth, Gannon attempted to kill the giants to make a name for himself and Matron dispatched him and all but two of Gannon's subordinates while apparently killed by Gannon's poison. While Diana allowed herself to be captured, she was recruited by Meliodas before her execution could be carried out. As one of the Deadly Sins, she bears the Sin of Envy with the symbol of the Serpent tattooed on her left thigh. Following the Deadly Sins' disbandment, Diane was hiding in the Forest of White Dreams when found by Meliodas and Elizabeth, becoming the second of the Deadly Sins to rejoin the group. Diane was initially seen as hopelessly in love with her captain and she grew extremely jealous (and often destructive) when Meliodas showed affection towards Elizabeth and other regular sized girls, as her own extreme size made it difficult to properly interact with him. Shortly after joining, Diane becomes very good friends with Elizabeth after being impressed by the latter's selflessness.

Being a Giant, Diane is shown to be incredibly strong and her attacks have been repeatedly shown to affect landscapes on an enormous scale. In terms of raw strength, she was easily able to crush Ban when the two had an arm wrestling match, who himself had previously tied Meliodas in number of wins in their seven hundreds of matches. She was able to punch the ground and erect numerous rock columns to stop a horde of bugs from destroying a town. She has also shown to have great endurance as she was able to resist Gilthunder's lightning and even break free from its bindings effortlessly. While shrunk to human size, using Matrona's name while participating in a fighting festival, Diane retains much of her incredible physical strength and speed as she defeated more than ten men quickly. The Giants are known for their deep connection to nature, and Diane is no exception, possessing an ability called Creation (創造（クリエイション）, Sōzō (Kurieishon)), which allows her to manipulate the earth. She has been seen raising stones, boulders, and even mountains from the ground via geokinesis. She has also bent iron like it was toffee, turned the ground into quicksand, and even created a pair of golems. During the Vaizel annual fighting festival, she displayed the ability to change her skin into iron, enhancing her durability and strength. Her sacred weapon is Gideon, a giant's warhammer that weighs over 100 tons. With Gideon, Diane's earth manipulation prowess is increased to the point where a single swing can lift an entire mountain into the air.

Ban

Ban (バン)

Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese); Ben Diskin (English)

Ban is the Sin of Greed with the symbol of the Fox and the third Sin to join. His name is taken from King Ban, the father of Sir Lancelot. He is nearly seven feet tall, is extremely lean yet muscular, wears red leather clothing, and has white hair. His wanted poster depicts him with a short and spiky hairstyle which he reverts to after cutting his long hair achieved while in captivity. He was initially imprisoned in the Baste Dungeon, before escaping when he discovered that Meliodas was still alive. He and Meliodas are best friends and rivals to the point of being blood-related, and the two often engage in friendly scuffles together to compare their strengths. He and King also form a dynamic duo, with King's 'nice guy' personality and relation to Elaine as her protective older brother clashing with Ban's 'bad boy' personality and romance with Elaine. Although still a good-natured person, he is depicted as the most immoral of the Sins: he seems to have no qualms hurting or killing enemies, he was infamous throughout the kingdom as a bandit whose skill at theft was legendary, and he was very quick to betray and attempt to kill Meliodas at the request of a goddess in order to revive his lover, Elaine. Ban is depicted as an alcoholic and an excellent cook; after he joins the group, Meliodas quickly makes him the official chef of the Boar Hat. At age 23, twenty years before the main storyline, Ban tried to drink from the cup in the Fountain of Youth to become immortal in an effort to live long enough for "something good to happen to him", but changed his mind when Elaine, the guardian of the fountain, told him the Fairy King's forest would die if he took the water. Over the course of a week, he bonded and fell in love with Elaine, before they were attacked by a red demon and both mortally wounded. With Ban completely incapacitated, only Elaine was able to drink the fountain's magical waters, but in an act of sacrifice, she chose to kiss Ban and transfer the water's properties to him, granting him immortality at the cost of her own life and the destruction of the forest. He ultimately slays the demon with the aid of his new abilities, but is accused of stealing the water from the Fountain of Youth and burning down the Fairy King's forest in an act of "greed" by the kingdom of Liones, for which he does not defend himself and is ironically sentenced to death. After Ban escapes from Baste Dungeon, he joins up with the Sins to stop the Holy Knights.

Ban's immortality allows him to heal from any injury, no matter how massive or fatal. He has been seen being impaled, bifurcated, and even vaporized from the waist up, but has recovered from these injuries fully in little to no time. This recovery is seen through open wounds closing, teeth and bones growing back, and blood vanishing. However, he has a scar on his left cheek/neck because he tried to grab Meliodas' sword, before Meliodas cut him with it. Furthermore, Ban's immortality/regeneration also seem to render him immune to the effects of poisons and fatigue; all these terrifying traits earned him the name Undead Ban. His other ability is Snatch (強奪（スナッチ）, Sunatchi), which allows him to rob others of their possessions and even physical abilities. He is shown to be able to temporarily sap the physical strength and speed of his opponents (and allies), as well as grasp objects without physically touching them. Twelve years ago, after draining the strength of King and Diane, Ban was able to perform 100,000 consecutive push ups before needing to rest. Ban also has shown some skill with weaponry in the present, particularly with a three-section staff very similar in appearance to a nunchaku. His sacred treasure, Courechouse, a four-sectioned staff, was ironically stolen (most likely confiscated, as he claims it was during his arrest at Baste) from him in the past ten years and has not been recovered.

King

King (キング, Kingu)

Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Max Mittelman (English)

King is the Sin of Sloth with the symbol of the Grizzly bear and the fourth Sin to join. Although he was depicted in flashbacks and in wanted posters as an overweight and slovenly man, this was later revealed to be his alternate guise that he occasionally takes on in the present. His true appearance, similar to that of Meliodas, is that of a small young boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt, despite him being roughly 1300 years old. King's real name is Fairy King Harlequin (妖精王 ハーレクイン, Yōseiō Hārekuin) and as the name suggests, he was the king of the fairies before he left his home in search of his missing best friend, Helbram. King is also Elaine's brother and after learning about his sister's death, he vows to kill Ban due to the rumors of him being responsible. After learning that Ban was not at fault, King reluctantly decides to follow the Sins to stop the Holy Knights. King is portrayed as the 'straight man' of the group, often getting caught up with the shenanigans of the other Sins. He is also one of the kindest people in the series, but he has a very tragic past. Many centuries back, a group of fairies, Helbram among them, were kidnapped and killed by a merchant for their wings whilst visiting a human village, and in his efforts to rescue them King was attacked and rendered unconscious by the merchant. After being found by a young Diane at the riverside, he awoke with amnesia, completely forgetting his initial goal to rescue Helbram. King instead spent centuries together with Diane and became her best friend and lover. Meanwhile, Helbram who survived the attack and began resenting humans. This caused him to start mass murdering them over several centuries. Once he finally pieces together his memory, King kills Helbram to end his rampage, but having already turned a blind eye over the mass murders committed by his best friend over several centuries, is charged with the crime of "sloth" and sentenced to imprisonment for 1000 years. Forced to leave Diane, he wipes out her memory of him so she wouldn't be heartbroken at his incarceration. In the present, King remains extremely lovestruck and devoted towards Diane, even when she initially only had affection towards Meliodas.

As with all fairies, King has the ability to levitate and float through the air. This appears to stem from some form of telekinesis, as he is also able to levitate certain objects and manipulate their trajectory without the need to make any direct contact. King also possesses a sacred treasure called Spirit Spear, Chastiefol (霊槍シャスティフォル, Reisō Shasutiforu), a spear crafted from a sacred tree only found in the Fairy Realm, it is much stronger than steel and possesses the mysterious qualities of the tree, which King's ability, Disaster (災厄（ディザスター）, Dizasutā), draws out. At will, King can instantly change Chastiefol into one of several different forms, including a pillow which can act as a shield, different forms of spears (one of which can turn an enemy to stone), a massive flower sprouted from the earth that projects an enormous energy beam, and even a large stuffed grizzly bear. However, despite his impressive magical abilities, King is by far the least physically able of his companions, being taken out with ease when forced to rely on his own fists. Despite his poor physical strength, King is nevertheless still very fast in the air, shown in a flashback where he easily outpaced Helbram and several other fairies in a "race" in the air. King also owns a pet Black Hound named Oslow, who is capable of growing several times its size and teleporting anything that he consumes to another location.

King was overwhelmingly voted the most popular character in a Weekly Shōnen Magazine character poll for the series, with close to four times as many votes as Ban, who came in second place.^[9]

Gowther

Gowther (ゴウセル, Gōseru)

Voiced by: Yūhei Takagi (Japanese); Erik Scott Kimerer (English)

Gowther is the Sin of Lust with the symbol of the Goat and the fifth Sin to join. His name is taken from the half-brother of Merlin in the Arthurian legend. Initially depicted in flashbacks and wanted posters as a massive man clad from head to toe in armor and second in size of the Sins only to Diane, his true appearance was later revealed to be that of a slim, normal-sized, pink-haired, and bespectacled young man with a slightly effeminate appearance. He has a love for books and can often be seen reading them in his spare time. At the time he was discovered, he was living under the alias Alan and was residing in a poor village with young children as his friends. It becomes apparent shortly after his first interactions and adventures with the Sins that he is anything but human. He is ultimately revealed to be a doll that was created by a great sorcerer. Befitting his origins as an inanimate object, Gowther has a very inhuman, almost robotic personality. He is eerily and analytically stoic, showing no emotion whatsoever in anything he says and always maintaining a deadpan expression, often with his mouth formed into an 'o' shape. Despite this, he has a penchant for posing dramatically (particularly with his arms), reflecting the 'wild' imagination that he has obtained from reading. He is also a skilled actor if need be, given his guise as the timid Armando for several years. He is also very socially inept, as he often blurts sensitive and personal info about the group to each other with complete disregard of the consequences. He knows little about concepts such as love and friendship, and his curiosity in learning about them leads to him performing highly questionable actions, such as erasing and falsifying Guila's memories (which resulted in her forgetting about the existence of her younger brother) so that she would be his longtime lover, and later erasing Diane's memories to a point before she joined the Sins in order to verify whether the memories of her affection for King were truly indelible as she said to him. It is seen that his state of mind and his power grow more unstable the longer he remains outside of his armor.

His crimes were revealed in a side story. Gowther was found in the Cellar of Liones Castle, by Princess Nadja, the sister of Batra, who was a prince at the time. Gowther at the time, in fact had a heart, granted to him by his creator of the same name, and as such could feel emotions. Nadja developed a close friendship with Gowther, which is eventually discovered by Batra who has Gowther disguised as a maid to stay with Nadja. Eventually as time passed, Gowther and Nadja began to develop feelings for each other. However, Nadja was dying and eventually as she passed away, she attempt to console the grieving Gowther, by pointing out that he was more than a doll, that he could feel and that the heart within him was no different from her own. On saying so, she passed away, but Gowther unable to accept this fact, striped and tore out his heart to give to Nadja in hopes that it would revive her. Sadly, she remained dead, and the soldiers who heard the commotion and entered the room, accused Gowther of raping and murdering the princess, hence gaining his title as the Sin of Lust. Later on, upon returning from their training with Gloxinia and Dolor, King and Diane went in search for Gowther's heart, having learned the truth from the real Gowther. However, Gowther did not want it, as it would bring back the painful memories from that time that he attempted to suppress. As it turned out, the heart was just a charm; Gowther's emotions were inside him all along, and thanks to Diane's encouragenemt, he stopped rejecting his emotions and became more sociable toward his peers, and quicker to take action when needed.

Gowther's special ability is known as Invasion, a versatile mind-based ability projected from his fingertips as beams of purple, blue, or even black light that affect targets that they hit. Invasion allows him to read and acquire the thoughts, memories, and feelings of others in his vicinity. It also allows him to create illusions and memories to the victim powerful enough to beguile, manipulate, and immobilize them. It was used on a large group of opposing Holy Knights to make them believe that the Sins were their fellow companions/loved ones and thus cease fire; however, once the Holy Knights started to realize the inconsistencies in their memories, the effect wore off. It can also be used to take control of non-living beings, such as golems. Furthermore, it can be used as a tactical tool in combat, as he can project coordinated battle plans to all his allies almost instantaneously. His black light Invasion attacks seem to have the ability to render people that they hit unconscious instantly. As a doll, Gowther has shown a high level of resilience to attacks, ones that would have proven fatal to a normal human. These include: having his neck snapped, having a hole blown through his entire chest, and being decapitated. His sacred treasure is Herritt, which takes the form of twin bows made of light, one held in each hand. These bows seem to greatly enhance the spread and range of his attacks, but otherwise the full extent of their abilities remains unknown. As with Hawk, he is equipped with a Balor Power Eye, which allows him to detect the overall fighting prowess of anyone in his vicinity.

Merlin

Merlin (マーリン, Mārin)

Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese); Lauren Landa (English)

Her true name unknown, bearing the Sin of Gluttony with the symbol of the Boar tattooed on her neck, Merlin is a three millennia old witch who caused the destruction of her people and city Beliarum when she tricked the Demon King and the Supreme Deity into increasing her power with immunity to the powers of their factions, as each tried to sway her to their side. While she usually appears as a slender, tall, attractive, dark-haired woman in rather skimpy clothing, her true appearance is still that of a child. Cool and calculative, owning a research laboratory where she conducts her research and creates magical objects, Merlin is cunning and lives to up her sin with a obsession with things eccentric and rare. Merlin proceeded to make a name for herself as Britannia's greatest mage and became a founding member of the Deadly Sins as she led Melodias to the other members. When the Deadly Sins were accused of the attempt on Zaratras's life, Merlin knocked Meliodas unconscious and took his power from him. This has caused some friction between the two when they crossed paths, Merlin having positioned herself as mentor to a young Arthur Pendragon.

As the greatest mage in all of Britannia, Merlin has mastery over a vast repertoire of spells with most of which seem to be more utilitarian and supportive in nature rather than directly offensive. Her ability, Infinity, renders Merlin ageless and grants her telekinesis and teleportation. Due to the boons she acquired from deceiving the Demon King and the Supreme Deity, Merlin is immune to being manipulated by goddesses and any form of curse. She has also created two types of magical barriers: a bubble-like one that could cover an entire city in area, and a technique from the Demon World called Perfect Cube, which encases and traps a small area in a cube-like barrier that is impervious to virtually anything used against it. She can also create fake illusions (she once created a faux army to fool Hendrickson into thinking the entire military force of Camelot was attacking Liones), amplify the strength of her allies' attacks, and negate other magical abilities (such as Perfect Cube). Her sacred treasure is a crystal ball named Aldan with which she can summon anytime via magic. It can be peered through by Merlin for reconnaissance, Merlin once transferring her consciousness into it while her body was briefly turned to stone by Galand. But the curse eventually faltered with Merlin easily imprisoning the Commandment Grayroad, turning it into one of her magical experiments.

Escanor

Escanor (エスカノール, Esukanōru)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita

Escanor is the final member of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Lion's Sin of Pride, and the only confirmed human among the group (though Ban was also human before he obtained immortality). He is based off a character of the same name from the Arthurian legend who was a knight of King Arthur's court slain by Gawain. He was first depicted as an old, bearded man in his wanted poster. A flashback of him from twelve years ago depicted him quite differently from his old appearance; he is seen as a scrawny, timid, and overly polite young man wearing clothes far too large for him. He enjoys writing and reciting poetry and is very smitten with Merlin. It is revealed that during the nighttime, he was considered to be the weakest Holy Knight in all of Liones; he is cowardly and laughably weak, with his only saving grace being that he can at least run away from enemies proficiently. However, he quickly undergoes a dramatic transformation right after dawn, becoming much more muscular, calm, boastful, and arrogant. Escanor was born the prince of the Castellio Kingdom. When he was a child, his older brother Daymond used to pick on him, until one day his power awakened and he accidentally broke his brother's arm. Due to this, he was disowned by his parents, who mobilized the Kingdom's forces to kill him. While fleeing, he was rescued by a kind woman named Rosa, who hid him in a barrel and set it adrift at sea. He survived and has since traveled alone, but wherever he went he was unwanted, as people called him a monster even when he helped them. That is, until he was recruited by Merlin and Meliodas to join the Sins. So far, the crimes that have prompted Escanor to earn his title as Sin of Pride have yet to be revealed.

Escanor's physical transformation (from a weak to an extremely muscular man) is implied to be a product of his innate ability Sunshine (太陽（サンシャイン ）, Sanshain), which allows him to emit sunlight from himself that is capable of scorching and melting nearly everything in close proximity. He was able to use this ability to effortlessly eradicate the Vampire King, who utilized the power of darkness, and also explode the castle of Edinburgh into a twisted pile of melted ruins. This ability is stated by Merlin to be "the source of all life" and completely different from any powers she has ever seen, even amongst the non-human Clans. After his initial transformation after dawn, he continues to grow in size and strength by the hour until he hits his peak at noon, during which he is stated by Merlin to be easily stronger than any of the other Sins. It is eventually seen that when it becomes noon, his power peaks for one minute, where he exceeds every living being on the planet as "The One", the invincible incarnation of power. From there, his power then begins to wane until it becomes nearly nonexistent again when the sun sets. While it is revealed later that the Sunshine ability was originally a blessing bestowed by the Supreme Deity upon Mael of the Four Archangels, it is not known how this ability was passed on to Escanor. Escanor's sacred treasure is Rhitta, a massive, ornate axe with a blade in the shape of a crescent moon, created by "the maiden loved by the sun". At night, he cannot even lift the weapon off the ground, but he can easily grasp it in a single hand the moment it becomes dawn. He can summon Rhitta to his side at a moment's notice and can store his sun energy within it for later usage.

Zaratras

Zaratras (ザラトラス, Zaratorasu)

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama

He was the Great Holy Knight of the kingdom before being assassinated for an unknown reason, with the Seven Deadly Sins being framed for his murder. He was once the strongest of the Holy Knights before his death ten years prior to the beginning of the series. He is the father of the Holy Knight, Gilthunder, Dreyfus' brother and Griamore's uncle.

Hendrickson revealed that he and Dreyfus were half-brothers (same father but different mothers) and both belonged to the Druids, with the power of Purge, that allowed him to destroy any evil soul. The reason behind his murder is finally revealed to be Fraudrin's machination, taking control of Dreyfus' body and putting Hendrickson under his spell, framing the Seven Deadly Sins.

He temporarily revives after the Ten Commandments take over Britannia, since he was angry at himself for not realizing Dreyfus and Hendrickson were being controlled by the demons. Despite his power and rank, he's rather quirky. He stumbled with the Boar Hat and showed Elizabeth and Hawk memories of how he and King Baltras first met Meliodas. Using all his remaining power he purges Fraudrin from Dreyfus body, and before finally disappearing, he tells Dreyfus and Hendrickson to stop blaming themselves for his death.

Gilthunder

Gilthunder (ギルサンダー, Girusandā)

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese); Robbie Daymond (English)

Gilthunder is a Holy Knight with dominion over magic that allows him to generate and manipulate lightning. He is the son of the murdered Great Holy Knight, Zaratras. When Gilthunder was younger, he looked up to the Seven Deadly Sins and wanted to be just like them, but after thinking that the Sins murdered his father, Gilthunder wanted to have revenge and to surpass his father. Gilthunder was once a happy child, but after his father's death, he became an emotionless man who doesn't care about who he hurts.

It is revealed that he only pretended to work for Hendrickson because he threatened and imprisoned Princess Margaret and was being watched by an invisible chimera. After Margaret was rescued and the chimera was killed, he revealed to Hendrickson that he knew all along that he and Dreyfus killed his father, cutting off the arm of Hendrickson. After the defeat of Hendrickson, he, Howzer and Griamore investigate the Demon clan, and later join with the Seven Deadly Sins to fight the Ten Commandments.

Guila

Guila (ギーラ, Gīra)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese); Carrie Keranen (English)

A Holy Knight first encountered at the Capital of the Dead. She is a very dedicated knight who is so faithful to the Holy Knights' cause that she partially killed herself in order to enter the Capital of the Dead and confront Elizabeth and the Seven Deadly Sins who entered as well. She is extremely confident in her abilities and strength, seen when she was facing off at one point against four of the Sins at once.

Guila possesses the power of Explosion which helps her to create powerful explosions. Guila was once a very weak apprentice Holy Knight until she drank demon blood offered to her by the Great Holy Knight, Hendrickson, which increased her power greatly and corrupted her. Guila has a younger brother named Zeal who she loves and dotes on greatly. She later becomes Veronica's bodyguard.

Howzer

Howzer (ハウザー, Hauzā)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese); Ray Chase (English)

A Holy Knight with the rank of Platinum and dominion over magic that allows him to generate and manipulate wind, he's also a childhood friend of Gilthunder. Despite being usually hot blooded and self confident, he also believes in the honor of the Holy Knights, looking up to Dreyfus. He fights at the Vaizel annual fighting festival and is defeated by Diane. After realizing the identity of the Seven Deadly Sins and witnessing Diane saving an innocent civilian, he begins wondering if they're really as bad as stories say. After witnessing many cruelties by his fellow Knights and sees Diane protecting Guila's brother, he sides with the Sins, protecting Diane from Dreyfus, despite being greatly outmatched. Later, it is hinted that he harbors romantic feelings to Diane.

After Fraudrin's defeat, in Gilthunder's absence, he's surprisingly named Great Holy Knight by King Baltra. Despite his initial doubts, he accepts.

Dreyfus

Dreyfus (ドレファス, Dorefasu)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese); Jamieson Price (English)

The current Great Holy Knight alongside Hendrickson, he's also Zaratras' younger brother. He is a dignified and diligent person, very dedicated to his duties, being willing to even capture his king and enslave citizens to help in the military efforts, in order to prepare for the Holy War. It is revealed that he and Hendrickson are the ones who murdered Zaratras and blamed the Seven Deadly Sins, as he was jealous of his brother. Despite everything he has done, he loves his son deeply and believes Hendrickson's plan of reviving the Demon Clan is insane. When he is affected by Gowther's Nightmare Teller, it is shown that he feels a lot of remorse for betraying his brother. He ends up admitting his crime and agrees on a temporary truce with the Sins in order to stop Hendrickson. Unfortunately, he's unable to defeat his former friend and rival, and is killed by Hendrickson's Acid Down skill, while his son Griamore watches helplessly.

He possessed the power Break, which is capable of shattering the opponent's techniques and has great destructive potential. He easily defeated Diane and remained unscathed by the combined attack of Howzer and Guila.

It is revealed that his body was being controlled by the Demon Fraudrin and used him and Hendrickson in order to fully revive the Demon Clan. He's finally freed by the combined efforts of Hendrickson and Zaratras, nearly destroying Fraudrin for mentioning Griamore's name.

Hendrickson

Hendrickson (ヘンドリクセン, Hendorikusen)

Voiced by: Yūya Uchida (Japanese); Kaiji Tang (English)

The other Great Holy Knight alongside Dreyfus, but he is less honorable and willing to lie and manipulate enemies and allies alike. Earlier in his life he was a good friend of Dreyfus, but after helping him murder Zaratras, his personality completely changed. He believes that without a war his order has no true purpose, so he's willing to revive the Demon Clan in order to provoke the Holy War and give the Holy Knights an enemy to fight. He found the body of the demon that was killed by Ban and also discovered the properties of Demon's Blood, using it to create the New Generation of Holy Knights.

He possesses the power Acid, that deteriorates the opponent's body upon being struck with his weapon infused with it, unless he is defeated or dispelled by strong magic. Hendrickson also has knowledge of forbidden techniques among Druids, such as Enslavement of the Dead, that can revive anyone from the dead to serve him, however, this technique only works twice, as every time a person is revived, their abilities are weakened, as well as the second time will turn the dead into a mindless person. He used this technique on Helbram. And Blood Awaken, that can cause the demon blood of the New Generation Holy Knights to run out of control, mutating them into hybrid Demons.

After Gilthunder cuts off one of his arms, he injects himself with the demon blood, regenerating his arm and gaining powers similar to those of Meliodas in demon form. He kidnaps Elizabeth and kills Dreyfus, only to be cornered by the teamwork of Meliodas, Ban, King, Diane and Gowther. He then reveals to the Sins that he also found the body of a more powerful Gray demon, injecting himself with its blood, turning himself into a true demon. He's defeated once and for all by Meliodas' technique of Revenge Counter. It is revealed he survived and the Demon Fraudrin using Dreyfus' body heals him, returning him to human form and watches helplessly as the Demon Clan he once wanted to release is freed.

He reappears just in time to help Gilthunder, Howzer and Griamore to defeat a revived Gray demon, expressing disgust for his past actions. He later joins the Seven Deadly Sins in their mission to face the Ten Commandments, despite King's resentment towards him for what he did to Helbram.

Griamore

Griamore (グリアモール, Guriamōru)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (English)

A Holy Knight who is Veronica's bodyguard and Dreyfus' son. Although he is ruthless, he shows absolute loyalty and care towards Veronica and cannot allow himself to displease her, having started to serve her at a young age and was willing to go against the Holy Knights to protect Veronica when Guila and Jericho threatened to take her away. When Veronica is fatally injured, she orders him to protect Elizabeth. Griamore later took Veronica's body to her favorite place called Pernes to bury her as requested by Elizabeth. He is reported dead by Hendrickson, which causes his father Dreyfus to grieve for several days. He returns to save Elizabeth from Hendrickson, fighting alongside his father. He possesses a power called Wall, that enables him to form spherical, defensive barriers, that cannot be affected by ordinary magic or physical attacks. He accompanies his cousin Gilthunder and Howzer in their search for answers, only to be saved by Hendrickson when they were attacked by the Gray Demons.

During the training with the Druids, he somehow regresses to the age of a young child, returning to his normal age after being "kissed by the person they loved".

Helbram

Helbram (ヘルブラム, Heruburamu)

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu [as Aldrich], Hiroshi Kamiya [as Helbram the Fairy] (Japanese); Richard Epcar [as Aldrich], Kyle McCarley [as Helbram the Fairy] (English)

A Holy Knight with the rank of Cardinal and Hendrickson's second in-command, who calls King his old friend. While at first he appeared as a human, it is revealed that he's also a fairy and was one of King's best friends. Helbram is just as cruel, ruthless and sadistic as the other Holy Knights, as he once tried to kill Diane just to make King upset. He used to be a kind and trusting fairy, enjoying the company of humans and was interested in their cultures and philosophies. However, after seeing humans tearing off the wings of his fairy friends and subsequently killing them, he was driven mad, developing an immense misanthropy, killing humans for five hundred years. King was forced to kill him, but because fairies' corpses don't rot, his body ended in the Black Market until it was bought and revived by Hendrickson. He is killed once more by King, telling him that the helmet he always carries was intended to be a gift for him. He is revived a second time by Hendrickson, this time as a mindless zombie with his skills diminished. He regains some consciousness and begs his friend to kill him. While at first the Fairy King hesitates in killing his friend a third time, Helbram yells at him they are no longer friends, which caused King to destroy his body. King picked up Helbram's old helmet and wondered if they were still friends in the end. It is shown that his spirit still inhabits his helmet and occasionally talks to King.

Other than his powers as a fairy, Helbram also could use a skill named Link, which allowed him to use the powers of others who allied themselves with him, being capable of combining attacks and transferring the damage to his allies.

Vivian

Vivian (ビビアン, Bibian)

Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Japanese); Marieve Herington (English)

An enigmatic Holy Knight once directly serving under Hendrickson and used to be the apprentice of Merlin, the Boar's Sin of Gluttony. Vivian is regarded as the current greatest mage of the kingdom of Liones. She has an extreme hatred of pigs, shown when she encountered Hawk, to which she snapped and teleported the talking pig to a faraway place from herself. She has been obsessed with Gilthunder for a very long time. According to Merlin, Vivian has a habit of losing herself to rage.

Expelled by the king for her crimes, she disguised herself as a mage named Gilfrost, and kidnapped Gilthunder when they were fighting Fraudrin and Grayroad. It is revealed that Merlin placed on her a cursed ring that gives her bruises every time she uses her magic on Gilthunder and will kill her once they cover her whole body. Merlin also gave Gilthunder a secret word that makes her completely subservient to him. It is discovered that she had Gilthunder trapped in a tower high above the skies so she would have him only for herself forever. However, she is soon killed by Ludoshel, in Margaret's body, who willingly chose to let him possess her so she could retrieve Gilthunder.

Gustaf

Gustaf (グスタフ, Gusutafu)

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese); Chris Hackney (English)

Jericho's older brother, who used to work under Helbram and can use magic that allows him to control ice. He and Jericho weren't in good terms since the time he told her she could never become a knight like him, but it turned out the reason was because he was concerned about her. When Jericho turned into a Demon, he begged Ban to save his sister.

He's eventually killed in the battle against the Ten Commandments by using his remaining strength to protect his sister. He is cute too.

Weird Fangs

The Weird Fangs (不気味な牙（ウィアード・ファング）, Wiādo Fangu) are a group of knights protecting Baste Dungeon (バステ監獄, Basute Kangoku).

Roar of Dawn

Dawn Roar (暁闇の咆哮（ドーン・ロアー）, Dōn Roā) are a group of independent Knights known for their tenacity, sent to hunt down the Armored Giant.

Pleiades of the Azure Sky

Denzel Liones (デンゼル・リオネス, Denzeru Rionesu)

The leader of the Pleiades of the Azure Sky and younger brother of King Baltra Liones. He possesses the ability Judgement (審判（ジャッジメント）, Shinpan (Jajjimento)), that uses the opponent's guilt of killing the people depending on how many they came across and "judge" them. In a desperate attempt to fight the Ten Commandments he lets the Goddess Nerobasta possess his body, tragically, the Goddess is unwilling to help and both are killed by a furious Derrierie.

The Ten Commandments

Ten incredibly powerful demons selected personally by the King of Demons, they were originally led by Meliodas 3000 years ago before he fell in love with Elizabeth and caused the Holy War. Each of the Ten Commandments can implement a curse which plays on the virtue that they represent. It is later explained that the Demon King had split half of his power, into ten parts to give to ten trusted subordinates and these parts were the Ten Commandments. If a person were to consolidate all ten commandments within one body, they would obtain a power on par with the Demon King, who is so powerful, he cannot even exist on Britannia without destroying it, and everyone on it. However one can only obtain a commandment by either being given it willingly, or Killing/beating the user to the point where they cannot fight to keep the commandment on them.

High Class Demons

Chandler (チャンドラー, Chandorā)

A extremely powerful, high-class demon, and Meliodas' former master. He generally appears as an old man, with mildly long, spiky white hair and facial hair, with a demon mark on the right side of his face. He is extremely proficient at magic, being able to use complex spells like Absolute Cancel against Merlin's Perfect Cube to nullify it. He is also able to use Full Counter, like Meliodas, having been the one who taught it to him. He cares deeply for Meliodas, to the point of obsession. He is willing to do anything to protect and serve his former student. He refuses to believe that Meliodas betrayed the Demon clan, instead believing that Elizabeth tricked him and is still doing so. He refuses to acknowledge anyone else as the Next Demon King.

When enraged, he reveals his true form; He loses his weak appearance, becoming immensely muscular. His hair and eyes becomes black, while his demon mark covers almost half of his face and he sprouts dragon-like wings on his back. In this form, he is so powerful, that even the powered up 7DS have trouble fighting him and almost lose, forcing them to retreat. Even in his normal form, he is powerful to bring, "True Night" which obscures the daylight, and even forces Escanor to revert to his weak form. He has the title of the "Pacifier Demon", possibly from the fact that he apparently sucked the marrow from the bones of his victims on the battle field.

Lower Class Demons

The Vampires of Edinburgh

A Vampire Clan who had a treaty with the Demon Clan, but were sealed in a sarcophagus by the Demon Zeldris 3000 years ago, and 12 years before the story, they escaped their seal and took over the Kingdom of Edinburgh, killing or turning into vampires all of its inhabitants, including the Holy Knights. Since their presence threatened Liones and all of Britannia, The Seven Deadly Sins were sent to deal with them. It turns that it was the Vampire King Izraf who broke the treaty by rebelling against the Demon Clan and Zeldris was intended to be the executioner, but instead he sealed them, since he was in love with the Royal Vampire Gelda.

Ludoshel

Ludoshel (リュドシェル, Ryudosheru)

One of the Four Archangels of the Goddess clan. While seemingly polite and wanting to bring peace to Britannia, his hatred of the Demon clan was so great that not only he lied to Meliodas about wanting peace with his brethren, he manipulated Goddess Elizabeth into distracting the Ten Commandments until he unleashed a spell that killed all the Demon hostages, most of them non-combatants. In the present day, he summons Elizabeth's older sister Margaret and takes her body as a host with which to restart the Holy War.

Nerobasta

Nerobasta (ネロバスタ, Nerobasuta)

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

A Goddess sealed within Denzel Liones sword. Despite Denzel's sacrifice to allow her to take possession of his body, she showed no care or empathy for the humans. When confronted by Derrierie for their brutal murder of demon hostages, she showed cowardice by claiming to be just following orders and tried to flee. This response enrages the Commandment and Nerobasta tries to beg for her life, only for the demon to kill both of them.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth (エリザベス, Erizabesu)

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese); Erika Harlacher (English)

A Goddess and the original incarnation of Liz and Elizabeth Liones. Identical in appearance to Elizabeth except without her hair covering her right eye, she is apparently the reason why Meliodas betrayed the Demon clan. When her relationship with Meliodas is revealed, Elizabeth is killed as a traitor and cursed to reincarnate endlessly in order to make the now immortal Meliodas suffer.

Her power seemed to be the ability to make any enemy in front of her to lose the will to fight. Unfortunately, this power allowed Ludoshel to kill demon hostages when she tried to negotiate with the Ten Commandments.

Bartra Liones

Bartra Liones (バルトラ・リオネス, Barutora Rionesu)

Voiced by: Rintarō Nishi (Japanese); Michael McConnohie (English)

The King of Liones and Elizabeth's adoptive father who is held captive by the Holy Knights after their coup d'état. He possesses a power known as Vision, which allows him to see into the future, hence why he knew about the Holy War. After Hendrickson's defeat, he forgave the Holy Knights since he knew they were being manipulated and they still need their strength to fight the upcoming Holy War. His name is romanized "Baltra" in the first fanbook, but this is changed to "Bartra" in the second fanbook and volume 22.

Margaret Liones

Margaret Liones (マーガレット・リオネス, Māgaretto Rionesu)

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese); Johanna Luis (English)

The First Princess of Liones and Elizabeth's eldest adoptive sister. Ten years before the start of the story, she witnessed the murder of Zaratras at the hands of Hendrickson and Dreyfus and told Gilthunder. Unfortunately, Hendrickson found out and she voluntarily allowed herself to be imprisoned by the Holy Knights, while she was used as a leverage to force Gilthunder obey Hendrickson. She is later possessed by Archangel Ludoshel, due to her latent magical abilities, for the upcoming war against the demon clan.

Veronica Liones

Veronica Liones (ベロニカ・リオネス, Beronika Rionesu)

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese); Abby Trott (English)

The Second Princess of Liones and Elizabeth's elder adoptive sister. She is described as a tomboy. As a child, she used to play with swords with boys, which her father scolded for. Despite sharing the Holy Knights' views on enslaving citizens, she deeply cares about Elizabeth. She sacrificed herself to protect Elizabeth, but eventually it is shown she recovered thanks to Elizabeth's power.