Lion Force Voltron (Golion Team)

(Original Japanese names in parentheses)

• Keith Kogane (Akira Kogane 黄金旭) (voiced by Neil Ross in the '80s and '90s series and Giles Panton in the 2011 series):^[1] Commanding officer of the Voltron Force, who pilots the Black Lion that forms the head, torso and upper legs of Voltron. Keith wears a red uniform in the original series and a black uniform in Voltron: The Third Dimension. Keith is a quiet individual who spends much of his time pondering his decisions, thinking up new strategies, and simply being a leader. He also has a hobby of reading books and can often be found doing so either in the pilot's lounge, or in his room. He seemingly cherishes Princess Allura and is thought to be somewhat protective of her; his worst fear, according to Voltron: The Third Dimension, was that she would be forced to marry the evil Prince Lotor. In "Consider the Alternatives", the Alternate version of Keith is undisciplined and is considered a Bad Boy.

In the Devil's Due comic series, Keith originally ran a dojo prior to being recruited by Hawkins. He is given the full name Akira "Keith" Kogane.

• Lance McClain (Isamu Kurogane 黒鋼勇) (voiced by Michael Bell in the '80s and '90s series and Andrew Francis in the 2011 series):^[1] Second-in-command of the Voltron Force, who pilots the Red Lion that forms the right arm of Voltron. Lance wears a blue uniform in the original series and a metallic red uniform in Voltron: The Third Dimension. He is a tall man, both wiry and wily, and Lance is always cracking jokes and teasing others whenever he gets the chance. He is the only one in the group who contests any of Keith's commands. He is a great pilot, though reckless at times. In "Consider the Alternatives", the alternate Lance is very by the book and is much like Keith. According to Voltron: The Third Dimension, Lance's biggest fear is Zarkon killing him.

In the Devil's Due comic series, Lance's was forced into the mission to Arus due to his criminal record. He is given the full name Lance Charles McClain.

• Pidge (Hiroshi Suzuishi 錫石宏) (voiced by Neil Ross in the '80s series, Billy West in the '90s series, and Samuel Vincent in the 2011 series): Pidge is the youngest, most intelligent and smallest of the group; he pilots the Green Lion that forms the left arm of Voltron, and wears a green uniform. His home planet Balto (Earth in the Japanese version) was destroyed by nuclear missiles from Emperor Zarkon. Pidge graduated from the academy at a young age, and his specialty is science. Like the others, he is well-trained in martial arts, and uses his size and agility to his advantage. Pidge is not afraid to speak his mind, especially to the villains. His heart is often in his words. Pidge has a brother, Chip, who is a member of the Vehicle Voltron Air Team. In "Consider the Alternatives", the alternate Pidge has a very low IQ. According to Voltron: The Third Dimension, Pidge's biggest fear is having his brain removed.

In the Devil's Due comic series, he is an orphan named Darrell "Pidge" Stoker who was recruited by the New West Point military academy.^[2]

• Hunk Garrett (Tsuyoshi Seidou 青銅強) (voiced by Lennie Weinrib in the '80s series, Kevin Michael Richardson in the '90s series, and Ty Olsson in the 2011 series): Hunk is the strong-man of the group, piloting the Yellow Lion that forms Voltron's lower left leg. He is shown wearing an orange uniform in the original series and a metallic yellow uniform in Voltron: The Third Dimension. While Hunk is tough and temperamental he also has a soft side, especially when it comes to children and puppies. He is never late for a meal. Though his friends tease him about his appetite, most of Hunk's bulk is muscle. In "Consider the Alternatives", the alternate Hunk is a super genius.

In the Devil's Due comic series, he is a Japanese-American man named Tsuyoshi "Hunk" Garrett with a Master's in engineering.^[2]

• Princess Allura (Princess Fala ファーラ姫) (voiced by B.J. Ward in the '80s and '90s series and Ashleigh Ball in the 2011 series): Princess Allura of the planet Arus is the ruler of the Kingdom of Arus (Altea), as well as de facto ruler of the entire planet (though she doesn't have the title Queen regnant) and is also the object of Lotor's affections. Daughter of the late king Alfor, Allura inherited her father's authority on his death and is commander-in-chief and head of state for the planet Arus, and thus; commander Keith's superior. However, later she takes over for Sven as the pilot of the Blue Lion that forms Voltron's lower right leg and defers to Keith during operational engagements. Allura wears a pink uniform in the original series and a metallic blue uniform in Voltron: The Third Dimension. In "Consider the Alternatives", the alternate Allura is a wild child, never growing up in the Castle of Lions and thus; never learned how to act properly. According to Voltron The Third: Dimension, Allura's biggest fear is the Robot Lions being lost or destroyed and letting down queen Ariella. Although a bit naïve, especially with matters of romance, Allura is a strong-willed person and is very capable of ruling her planet, although some like Coran and Nanny tend to doubt this ability. She is capable of invoking the dead, particularly her father, the late king Alfor. In Voltron: The Third Dimension, Allura later learns special mind skills that could allow the Voltron Force to control the Lions without having to be in the cockpits and also helps the others to learn this as well.^[1]
• Sven Holgersson (Takashi Shirogane 銀貴) (voiced by Michael Bell in the '80s series, and Alan Marriott in the 2011 series): Sven, a Norwegian pilot, was the original second-in-command of the Voltron Force. He piloted the Blue Lion and wore a black uniform at the very beginning of the series. In Episode 6, he was badly injured (killed in the Japanese version) during an attack by Haggar, in which he was stabbed by one of her Robeasts and was sent away to the planet Ebb for medical treatment. In the comics, before they became Voltron pilots, Sven was leader of the team; until he took drugs and was forced to give the leadership to Keith. On Ebb was attacked and raided by Lotor's forces, and Sven was captured. The prison ship on which he was transferred accidentally crashed on Planet Doom where Sven went into hiding, becoming a hermit within the caves. He eventually encountered Allura's cousin from the Planet Pollux, Princess Romelle, who had been thrown into the Pit of Skulls after she rejected Lotor's advances. During Sven's time on Planet Doom he witnessed Zarkon and Lotor's cruelty to their slaves, which drove him to the point of madness. He recovered thanks to Romelle's emotional support and helped her escape Doom. Sven was later reassigned to the Planet Pollux with Romelle and her brother Prince Bandor. Sven eventually became romantically interested in Romelle, although he was reluctant to pursue his romantic feelings because he felt he was not able to clearly express them to her. Sven is always very quiet and reserved, and speaks only when he has something important to say. Though he may not show it, he is a very emotional person, and his heart is always leading his mind in any decision. Sven does not appear in nor is he mentioned in Voltron: The Third Dimension. Although Sven no longer pilots the Blue Lion on a regular basis after Episode 6, he (his twin brother in the Japanese version) continued to be featured as a pilot for the Voltron Force in the opening credits of the series^[1] while Allura appears in the closing sequence. However, Sven piloted the Blue Lion into combat on one more occasion, during the second-season episode "Who's Flyin' Blue Lion," and quickly demonstrated that his time away had not diminished his formidable combat piloting skills. In the comics, it is revealed that Sven was leader of the team; until he step down because of the drug use and recommended Keith to take his place.

In the Devil's Due comic series, Sven is a mysterious former member of an elite Navy squad. He is given the full name Sven Holgersson.^[2]

Vehicle Team Voltron (Rugger Team)

Mecha

Allies

Galaxy Garrison

The government within the Voltron series. While some of its members help the Voltron teams, others have their own agenda.

• Space Marshal Graham (High Commander Wasaka) (voiced by Jack Angel): Supreme commander of the Galaxy Alliance. Along with Commander Steele, he is usually conducting meetings discussing current situations involving the ongoing conflict with the Drule Empire.
• Commander Steele (Supreme Commander Dewa) (voiced by Neil Ross): High-ranking official of the Galaxy Alliance. Along with Space Marshal Graham, he is usually conducting meetings discussing current situations involving the war with the Drule Empire. He takes a more active role in the conflict towards the end of the series.
• Defense Minister:
• Captain Keyo (Captain Kehl) (voiced by Michael Bell): Captain of the backup fleet, Keyo is of the same race as Wolo and Tangor. Against orders not to interfere, the Voltron Force attempts to defend Kio's fleet against an ambush from a Drule fleet that pretended to be a peace envoy. Keyo orders the Voltron Force to obey orders and return to the Explorer. Keyo and his crew sacrifice themselves to prevent a political incident. Along with Yurak, Keyo is the only other named character in Voltron whose death is retained without editing or dialogue disclaimers.
• Colonel Cross (voiced by Neil Ross):
• Amalgamus (voiced by Neil Ross): Cyborg-like liaison to the Voltron Lion Force in Third Dimension. He is an amalgam of all 900 planets of the Galaxy Alliance and the highest-ranked official of Galaxy Garrison. He at first was reluctant to have Voltron reactivated, believing diplomacy could be used to make peace with Lotor. But over time, he comes to accept Voltron as a necessary ally. He is also the only one who fully trusts Zarkon, which is also his greatest weakness as he was unknowingly reprogrammed by Zarkon to distrust the Voltron Force more and more, going as far as to have them decommissioned five times and even put them on trial for treason against the Alliance one time. When Lotor held the Troika Moons hostage in exchange for the destruction of the Voltron Lions, it was Amalgamus who gave the order to destroy them. This, along with Zarkon's position within the Alliance, left Galaxy Garrison open for an easy assault by Lotor at the end of the first season. By this time, Amalgamus had learned of Zarkon's true allegiance, but was helpless to stop Zarkon from turning him into a video game and then later a cowardly blabbermouth later in the series. Towards the end of the series, he was retaken by the Voltron Force and restored to his original Voltron allied programming.

Drule Empire (Galveston)

The Drule Empire are the main enemies of the Voltron Lion and Vehicle Teams, ruled by Emperor Zeppo. They are at war with the Galaxy Alliance. Most of them are humanoids with light purple skin and red eyes. Among many planets in the empire are Drule, Doom, etc.

• Emperor Zeppo (Emperor Corsair): (voiced by Michael Bell): Through most of the series, all we ever see of Zeppo is a portrait of him adorning every Drule command ship. It is not until much later that he is introduced in the flesh, attending meetings of the Drule Supreme Council. No other Drule holds higher royal rank than the Emperor. When the liberation of planet Drule finally came, Zeppo quietly stood by as Hazar personally overthrew his rule. Hazar thus immediately became Drule's rightful emperor, though he then decreed that their world would no longer have any Emperors, but that leaders would from then on be elected. Zeppo and Throk proceeded to quietly flee the dying planet. Shortly after the inevitable destruction of planet Drule, the liberated citizens were moved to a new planet by the Galaxy Alliance. Zeppo and his loyalists began rebuilding their empire on planet Deeva planning to rebuild their army and become a galactic power once again. However it is never revealed if they were successful or not.

Planet Doom/Galra Empire

The villains of the Lion Voltron series, ruled by King Zarkon in the Denubian galaxy. In the Devil's Due comic series, Planet Doom is the center of the Drule Empire as the "Kingdom of Night".

• Prince Lotor (Prince Sincline)/Spider Lotor Robeast (voiced by Lennie Weinrib in the 80s series, Tim Curry in the 90s series, and Mark Hildreth in the 2011 series^[1]): Lotor is both the main antagonist and the sworn enemy of the Voltron Lion Force. He is Zarkon's son and prince of Planet Doom, though he would plot to overthrow his father in order to rule Planet Doom in his place with Princess Allura by his side, to whom he has developed a strong and obsessive attraction and because of this he rejects other potential suitresses that would be his queen, which is one of the reasons that leads to his downfall. So powerful are his feelings that he is unable to even destroy a holographic image of Allura. Lotor is a very sly, intelligent, smooth and powerful individual, who exudes force and emanates what seems to be pure evil, except when Allura is around. In the Devil's Due comic series, Lotor met Allura while they were children during Zarkon's invasion of Arus and he follows a warrior's code of honor while seeing all non-Drule life forms as inferior. In Voltron: The Third Dimension, Lotor was mortally wounded in the final battle, and he was converted into a cyborg after he was placed in prison. However, he escaped and perpetrated his revenge on the heroes, though he still has feelings for Allura. In Voltron Force, succeeding in becoming king, Lotor was killed off in the final battle. However, he is revived years later by his body being infused with Haggarium with side effects that enable him to fight Voltron despite the size difference. Much like in The Third Dimension, Lotor still is bent on making Allura his queen, but that was only shown in the episode named: Joyride to Doom. In "GoLion", Sven's twin brother kills him at the end of the series at the cost of his own life.
• King Zarkon (Emperor Daibazaal) (voiced by Jack Angel in the 80s series and Kevin Michael Richardson in the 90s series): The secondary antagonist of the Voltron Lion Force, King Zarkon of the Planet Doom is one of the rulers of the Drule Empire, though by no means the absolute ruler (who is Emperor Zeppo), and pretty much operates on his own. He is constantly using others as scapegoats for his own failures, including his son, Lotor. Zarkon resurfaces in Voltron: The Third Dimension, having redeemed himself prior to his final defeat, and became a member of the Galaxy Alliance. However, Zarkon's redemption was really a ruse and he turned out to be the true mastermind behind Lotor in a bid to take over the galaxy.
• Queen Merla (voiced by Tress MacNeille): A villainess exclusive to the U.S. version and the Devil's Due comic, serving as Lotor's bride-to-be as Zarkon's attempt to reap the political benefits of their union. Known for having a StratoVulture on her shoulder, and pilots a Star Cutter ship. She has limited telepathic abilities that allow her to read minds. She eventually declared to peacefully ally herself with the Galaxy Alliance, befriending the Voltron Lion Force.
• Witch Haggar (Yoba Honerva) (voiced by B.J. Ward): Haggar the witch is the one responsible for creating all of the Robeasts Zarkon uses. She is notorious for using her dark magic to cast hypnotizing spells over people. Though she was once good and beautiful, she is now evil and hideous. It was Haggar who was responsible for originally splitting Voltron into five components in the American version. In Voltron: The Third Dimension, Haggar went into hiding after the final battle. But after Lotor escaped from prison, she rejoined Lotor in his schemes to destroy the Voltron Force and conquer the galaxy.^[1] In the Devil's Due comic series, Haggar had no part in Voltron's origin story, replaced by an ancestor of Zarkon's, though she is well versed in it. She also attempts to brainwash Sven under Merla's wishes. In Golion Honerva is secretly Daibazaal's mother and Sincline's grandmother, though she despises Sincline. She helped the Golions at the end; however, Sincline killed her for it.
• Devil Cat Coba (Jaga): Haggar's blue cat and enemy of the Space Mice.
• Commander Yurak (Commander Sadak)/Yurak Robeast (Great Sadak): (voiced by Jack Angel in the 80s series, Jake Eberle in Legendary Defender): Commander of the Doom Forces. Due to his numerous defeats by Voltron, he is sentenced to death (exile in the Voltron dub) He is transformed into a gigantic Robeast fighter in hopes of redeeming himself. However, he is killed by Voltron.
• Mogor (Commander Gobra) (voiced by Jack Angel): Took Yurak's place as Prince Lotor's second-in-command. Sometimes his rank is either Commander or Captain, and was called Morgil in the episode "Lotor's New Hitman." A highly decorated veteran in Zarkon's army, he is first and foremost a soldier. Said to be killed by Lotor in an ensuing power struggle.
• Karp (Reggar) (voiced by Peter Cullen): A cocky, egotistical ace pilot who is recruited by Lotor and Haggar. Although given a Robeast to pilot, he retains his smug attitude by demanding that the Robeast be painted red to match his trademark color. He wreaks considerable havoc on Arus and several other planets. He is made Governor General much to the annoyance of Mogor who disliked Karp's superior attitude. Karp was eventually defeated by Voltron; one of the few enemies that Voltron defeated by chance. Mogor was not disappointed that Karp had such a short career as Governor General. In the American Voltron, as was usual, Karp's death was covered by dialogue; in this case Lotor saying "Maybe he'll land safely and come again." Lotor's voiceover continues over what is actually a sunrise; however, the added sound effect suggests an explosion on the planet. Lotor states that Karp, unfortunately, did not make a very good landing and would probably be in no condition to fly for a long time.
• Garrett (Saint) (voiced by Jack Angel): An X4-11 clone of Coran's son.
• Commander Cossack (voiced by Jack Angel): A replacement for Mogor, he was generally ineffective against Voltron, though like Yurak, he often went into battle throwing everything he could think of against the robot, including various Robeasts that were given to him by Haggar for the purpose of battling Voltron. He calls himself "Cossack the Terrible".
• Queequeg and Lafitte (voiced by Billy West and Tress MacNeille): Exclusive to Voltron: The Third Dimension, these two space pirates were drafted by Lotor for menial work.
• Igor (voiced by Clancy Brown): A robotic figure who was commander of Lotor's army in Voltron: The Third Dimension. Igor was among Zarkon and Lotor's forces of Doom who were defeated by the Voltron Force.
• Maahox (voiced by Ron Halder): Exclusive to Voltron Force, he is a scientist from the planet Calum with knowledge of the occult and genetic manipulation before he was sent into exile. He aids Kala in reviving Lotor, only to betray her and turn her into the first new generation of Robeasts while becoming Lotor's right-hand man. He is later revealed to have his own ambitions for universal domination, using Lotor as a pawn to get what he wants.
• Commander Kala/Kala Spider Robeast/Kala Spider-Lion Robeast (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain): Exclusive to Voltron Force, a Drule commander infamous for her military intellect and unequaled blood lust. She recruits Maahox to resurrect Lotor, only to be betrayed by the scientist and fused with an alien arachnid to become the first of a new generation of Robeasts. In her new Robeast form, Kala manages to capture Wade's robot lion and merge with it to become a fusion of lion and spider before she is defeated by Voltron and tossed into space. However, it is revealed that Kala's mutated body is able to repair itself even when it is on the brink of utter destruction. By that time, Kala learns that she unintentionally formed a mental link with Wade and eventually absorbed him into her Robeast form. But when Lotor transformed the Kala-Wade Robeast into his new body, the Voltron Force used teamwork to defeat the monster, with only Lotor surviving due to Maahox reviving him yet again.
• Ultra Droids (Black Soldiers): Planet Doom's foot soldiers.
• Dwarflings: Queen Merla's foot soldiers.

Drule Supreme Council

• Viceroy Throk (Supreme Commander Al Caponero) (voiced by Peter Cullen): Possibly the worst of the worst, Throk is at bitter ends with Mozak and Hazar, and the loyalist supporter of Emperor Zeppo. Throk becomes the main baddie under Zeppo towards the very end of the series, especially during the impending arrival of the Voltron Force on the planet Drule to aid Hazar in liberating the homeworld and overthrowing Zeppo. Later, Throk would join forces with Zarkon in building the universe's most feared space armada, the Fleet of Doom.
• Durax (voiced by Jack Angel):
• Blazak:
• Karsh:

Commanders

• Marshal Keezor (Luciano) (voiced by Michael Bell): Wicked and crafty member of the Drule Supreme Council. He first arrived personally to give Hazar the news of his demotion, then appeared to take on Hazar's duties of eliminating the Voltron Force. In the Lion Voltron series, it was also Keezor who arranged for Zarkon to be stripped of his powers and to have those powers handed over to Lotor.
• Commander Vargo:
• Commander Flazon:
• Commander Borgam:
• Commander Sendak: See Commander Yurak above.

Fleet Commanders

• Captain Mongo (Drake) (voiced by Jack Angel): One of the Drule Empire's best officers, and a loyal friend of Hazar. When Hazar began to have a change of heart, Mongo was one of the few Drules who supported him, and he continued to loyally support him, until he eventually went into exile midway through the series. Presumably due to an error, during the first two episodes in which this character appears, he was called Malvor and had a different voice.
• Captain Quark (Commander Rackal) (voiced by Jack Angel): An early opponent of the Explorer and its crew. Persistent, but ultimately ineffective against the Voltron Force. He causes the destruction of an uninhabited planet that the Drules and humans were competing over. Curiously, his death scene is included in the American Voltron release, but the scene was incongruously dubbed over, with Quark saying, "I'll be back," before his ship explodes. A member of the Voltron Force (Wolo) later states, "Quark got away again."
• Captain Rogar:
• Captain Zabar (Gramont) (voiced by Lennie Weinrib): An ambitious Drule commander who sides first with Brak, then with Nerok against Hazar's stand for peaceful cooperation. He hopes to be given rule of Earth after the defeat of the Galaxy Alliance. Immediately following the last episode in which he appeared, another Drule commander appeared who was also named Zabbar and had a similar voice. The two Drule commanders did not resemble each other, so this was possibly due to a script blooper. In some of the episodes, Zabar's voice was identical to Prince Lotor's.
• Captain Nerok (Lafitte) (voiced by Michael Bell): Cruel and heavyset Drule officer. A natural-born kiss-up and backstabber, he lives for nothing more than destroying the Galaxy Alliance and making Hazar look like a fool.
• Captain Brak (Barataria) (voiced by Jack Angel): Hazar's earliest opponent of peaceful negotiations with the Galaxy Alliance. Brak attempts to drive a wedge between Hazar and Mongo. Unlike other opponents to Hazar, Brak appears to respect Hazar and hopes to persuade Hazar to consider the needs of the Drule Empire first. In frustration over failing to persuade Hazar, Brak attempts to stage a military coup but he failed and was imprisoned.
• Sandu (Sim): A Drule pilot who is captured by the Explorer crew. In usual form, Commander Hawkins treats the pilot as a guest rather than as a prisoner. However, this upsets Shannon, a member of the Voltron Force Sea Team, whose brother is being held prisoner by the Drules. Upon getting to know Sandu, Shannon realizes that Sandu, despite being on the side of the enemy, is only following orders and is unaware of the evil nature of his masters. Sandu is allowed to return to his ship, but he is shot down by a Drule commander, who believes it is a trick by the humans. In the American version, he crash lands on a planet and although he is badly wounded, he apparently survives.
• Captain Raddick:
• Captain Gorvan:
• Captain Zabore:
• Captain Gorzil:
• Captain Dirka:
• Captain Maldon:
• Captain Bordo:
• Captain Bratso:
• Captain Toxic:
• Captain Twyla (Emma) (voiced by B.J. Ward): A female Drule officer who is captured by the Explorer crew. She is confused by Commander Hawkins's treatment of her as a guest rather than as a prisoner like Sandu had been. Hawkins explains to her that willingness to discuss peace negotiations is not the same as selling out her race. Her final fate is unknown, but Hawkins hoped that she communicated a new alternative to other members of her race.
• Captain Vallen:
• Captain Bardo:
• Captain Danton:
• Captain Garrow:
• Captain Noran:
• Captain Hammew:
• Captain Jemka:
• Captain Shigormo:
• Captain Zutka:
• Captain Laro:
• Captain Holtis:
• Captain Arkul:

Drule U.R.F.

The Drule Underground Rebel Force was founded by Bakki to liberate their home world's citizens from tyranny.

• Commandant Bakki (voiced by Michael Bell): Founder of the U.R.F., Bakki is a kind-hearted Drule, who hopes to liberate his homeworld's citizens from the tyranny of the Drule rulers.
• Chief Commander Hazar (Galveston High Commander Dorita Teles) (voiced by Jack Angel): High-ranking warlord of the Drule Empire. At the beginning of the series, he was a typical Drule leader bent on galactic conquest. However, midway through the series, he begins to have a change of heart, and becomes more compassionate in his quest; and, like Commander Hawkins, tries time and time again to arrange for peace between the Drule Empire and the Galaxy Alliance. Throughout the series, he has had to put up with demotions, imprisonment, and worst of all; treacherous underlings who repeatedly and deliberately disobey his direct orders of helping bring peace, in favor of attacking the Alliance.
• Dorma (Sirk) (voiced by B.J. Ward): Hazar's kindhearted sister, who appears towards the end of the series. When she is kidnapped by the Drule U.R.F. (Underground Rebel Force), she agrees to join in their fight for peace and freedom on planet Drule.
• Chancellor Mozak (Internal Commissioner Socrat Tes): Hazar and Dorma's father, and kindhearted member of the Drule Supreme Council, he wishes nothing more than for peace and freedom on planet Drule. He often clashes in his views with Viceroy Throk.
• Salazar:

Others

• Menak:
• Supro:
• Lt. Antor:
• Branon:
• Coffin Rockets: Used to bring Robeasts from Planet Doom.
• Drule Prisoner Ships: Used to carry slaves to Planet Doom.
• Drule Fighters: A robotic space fleet of the Drules.
• Drule Explorer Ship:
• Drule Tanks:
• Stingers:
• Purple Raiders:
• Super Raiders:
• Drule Haggarium Tanker: Holds an entire fleet of Drule Tanks.
• Drule Command Tank:
• Drule Escape Pods:

Robeasts (Deathblack/Mechblack Beastmen-Combat/Battle Machines)

Monsters used by members of the Drule Empire and often sent to fight the two Voltrons of the Galaxy Alliance.

Dracotron

Exclusive to Voltron: The Third Dimension, evil counterparts to the lions based on dragons, the Dragons lived in an alternate dimension, but were so ferocious and destructive that they left it a desolate wasteland, forcing them to travel to other dimensions to steal food as well as structures within which to protect their eggs from their atmosphere. The most powerful Dragon is Black Draco, the black dragon. Five Dragons can merge to form Dracotron, an evil incarnation of Voltron with a superblast attack so strong, as indirectly stated in Third Dimension, that two blasts can destroy Voltron. In Third Dimension, the Dragons and Dracotron make multiple appearances and are destroyed each time, indicating that possibly any five Dragons can merge into a Dracotron.

Human Enemies

• Sky Marshall Wade (voiced by Garry Chalk): Exclusive to Voltron Force, he is a dangerous, arrogant, crazy, corrupt official who simply wants money and power, having the highest seat of power in the Galaxy Alliance. Originally a Galaxy Alliance cadet, Wade tried to become a Voltron pilot, but he was rejected because the Black Lion found him unworthy. Rejected and humiliated, this caused Wade to go insane. It is revealed that he deeply saw Voltron as simply power and not as defender of the universe and this is one of the reasons why he was not worthy enough to become a Voltron pilot. From there, he engineered the Lions' being outlawed by sabotaging them to go berserk and took the Black Lion to reverse engineer its technology so as to create his own robot lion that he could control via virtual interface along with his remote controlled robot soldiers. However, during his attempts to reverse engineer the Black Lion, Wade was unable to fully understand its technology because Voltron was created by both science and magic. Coran tells the Voltron cadets that Wade "wanted to be better than Voltron". When the Voltron Force reassembled, Wade used his robot lion to try to eliminate them, but his creation was absorbed by Kala, and he was rendered unconscious throughout the remainder of the fight. He later reappears with a dual-pronged effort to destroy the Voltron Force, who make many efforts to expose his crimes and free the Alliance. Some of their successes to defeat Wade include stopping him from mining on a defenseless planet and freeing political prisoners from his maximum security prison. Wade even bad mouths the Voltron Force simply because they are the pilots and not him out of jealousy. Wade tried to reduce the Voltron Force, by trying kill Allura and destroy the Blue Lion. Keith and Lance saw this as Wade crossing the line, and decided to end it. Using a cordite bullet to take control of Voltron, Wade interfaces with it and christens it "Wadetron" while attacking a city nearby. Though his plan failed and he is finally arrested for his crimes, Wade learns of his mental link to Kala and is later freed by her as he allows himself to be assimilated into her Lider RoBeast body so he can use its ability to fuse with Voltron. At the end, Wade was defeated and Vince tells Wade that he was never meant to be part of Voltron and he never will.
• Dudley: Exclusive to Voltron Force, he is a kid from Earth who is "Voltron's biggest fan". When the Voltron cadets came to Earth, he showed them his outstanding collection of Voltron franchise, but they soon grew tired of it and left. Taking the act as a mockery of his collection, he attacked them with his Voltron replica (complete with limited edition Blazing Sword), but the cadets formed Awesometron and defeated him. He then stated they were true Voltron cadets.

Team Voltron

• Lieutenant/Commander Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane (voiced by Josh Keaton) - The Black Paladin, pilot of the Black Lion and Guardian Spirit of Sky. Leader of the Defenders of the Universe, Shiro was captured by the Galra Empire a year before the start of the series during which he was given a weaponized prosthetic right arm. A natural, decisive leader, Shiro is calm and always in control. Shiro's bayard was lost with the original Black Paladin. The Black Lion forms the head and torso of Voltron.^[6] In the last episode of Season 2, Shiro reclaims his bayard from Zarkon and is able to use it to transform Voltron's sword into a "blazing sword" to defeat Zarkon, but after the battle, it is revealed that he has mysteriously vanished. But in season three, it is revealed he was teleported to a Galra ship, escaped, and was eventually found by the team. The Black Lion did not accept him as its pilot afterwards, but when Keith was absent during an intense battle, he manages to re-establish his bond with the Black Lion. In the last episode of season five, it is ultimately revealed that he has become an unwilling mole of Haggar, who controls his eyes to keep an eye on Lotor. After Keith and Romelle revealed Lotor's true intentions, Haggar took full control over Shiro. Keith took after Shiro, which ultimately led to a fight that would involve Keith cutting off Shiro's cybernetic arm. After the fight, Keith discovered that Shiro's soul was trapped inside of the Black Lion as his physical body died when he went against Zarkon. The Shiro that was with the Paladins since then was a clone of him. After the Paladins defeat Lotor, Allura uses her powers to transfer Shiro's soul into the clone's body, fully restoring him to normal (though turning his hair completely white in the process). He had an ex-boyfriend back on earth, named Adam, who broke up with him when Shiro chose to follow his dream and went on the Kerberos Mission, despite a disease he has. Following the launch of the IGF-ATLAS, Shiro becomes its captain. At the end of the series, he marries a crew member of the IGF-ATLAS named Curtis.
• Keith (voiced by Steven Yeun) – The Red Paladin, pilot of the Red Lion, current leader of Voltron and pilot of the Black Lion, as well as Guardian Spirit of Fire. Formerly a cadet at the Galaxy Garrison before getting kicked out, Keith was an orphan and the best pilot of his generation. Keith engineered Shiro's escape when his pod crashed on Earth. Keith is quiet but fiercely protective of not just those he loves but the universe. Keith's bayard takes the form of a double edged sword, and it can create a large sword for Voltron to wield. With the bayards of the blue, green and yellow Lions, it can be made big enough to slice through giant warships. The Red Lion forms the right arm of Voltron.^[6] In Season 2, Keith discovers he has Galra blood, from his mother, who gave his father the Luxite knife which led him to the biggest undercover organization in the universe- the Blade of Marmora. This revelation caused Allura to treat him coldly for a while. During Shiro's absence, Keith takes over piloting the Black Lion in season 3 but, at the start of season 4, Keith officially steps down as the leader of Voltron while handing the position back to Shiro so that he can continue his work with the Blade of Marmora. In season 5, Keith helps a fellow Blade named Krolia who is working undercover as second-in-command to a Galra general known as a fearsome warlord and is later revealed to be his mother. After Keith returned with Romelle, Krolia, and a cosmic wolf, he went back to piloting the Black Lion and nearly died several times to save Shiro. At the end of the series, Keith turned the Blade of Marmora into an Intergalactic humanitarian relief organization.
• Lance (voiced by Jeremy Shada) – The Blue Paladin, pilot of the Blue Lion, overtaker pilot of the Red Lion, and Guardian Spirit of Water. Lance was the fighter pilot of his team at the Galaxy Garrison. Fairly outgoing, cocky, flirty, and confident, Lance is the class clown of the paladins and likes to think of himself as a ladies' man, similar to Brock from Pokémon. However, he can actually be quite sensitive, reflective, and distant at times when his teammates aren't around or when his guard is lowered and he sometimes suffers from self-esteem issues. Lance clashed frequently with Keith and the two claimed to be rivals but, with the passage of time, grew to like each other and became friends. Lance is a natural sharpshooter and skilled marksman with his bayard taking the form of a rifle (as well as the form of an Altean broadsword in Season 5; Allura states that this is extremely rare, and it seems to signify some special ability). The Blue Lion forms the right leg of Voltron.^[6] Lance is Cuban and grew up in or nearby Varadero. He deeply misses Earth, and wants to complete the mission of destroying Zarkon so that he can return to his family, which includes his parents, his brothers Marco and Luis, his sisters Veronica and Rachel, his sister in law Lisa, who is married to Luis, his niece and nephew Sylvio and Nadia, and his grandparents. Lance takes over piloting the Red Lion in Season 3. Allura explaining that Lance chose to accept that Keith would make a better leader, just like her father did with Zarkon. Starting from Season 3, he gradually matures and starts loving sincerely Allura, and the two will have a romance in Season 8. At the end of the series, Lance continues to spread Allura's message and protect things that she loved.
• Katie "Pidge" Holt (voiced by Bex Taylor-Klaus) – The Green Paladin, pilot of the Green Lion, and Guardian Spirit of Forest. After her father, brother, and Shiro disappeared on a mission with the Garrison and were declared dead, she broke into the Garrison offices several times and was banned from the premises, leading her to disguise herself as a boy named Pidge Gunderson and attend the institute in secret. Pidge is very focused on finding her brother and father, and is seen working on locating them nearly constantly until they are finally found in Season 4 and 5 respectively. Like her parents and brother, Pidge is extremely intelligent and passionate about STEM-related topics, developing many technological devices for the team, including a cloaking device for her lion. Pidge's bayard takes the form of a katar (dagger) that can be charged with electricity. The Green Lion forms the left arm of Voltron.^[6] At the end of the series. Pidge is now working with her family, to build the next generation of Legendary Defenders.
• Hunk (voiced by Tyler Labine) – The Yellow Paladin, pilot of the Yellow Lion and Guardian Spirit of Land. Hunk was the engineer of his team at Galaxy Garrison. A gentle giant with an equally large appetite, Hunk is the heart of the team, lifting them up and making peace between them. After witnessing first hand the devastation and misery that Zarkon's conquest of the universe has brought upon the people of various worlds, Hunk is determined to free those enslaved. He is highly intelligent and along with Pidge, performs much of the team's engineering and technology-related duties. Hunk's bayard takes the form of an energy cannon and it can arm Voltron with a large shoulder cannon that can shoot multiple targets. The Yellow Lion forms the left leg of Voltron.^[6] At the end of the series, Hunk now owns an intergalactic catering company.
• Princess Allura (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) – Crown Princess of Altea and the Blue Paladin, Allura is an Altean. Pilot and keeper of the Castle of Lions, a structure that is a castle and a spaceship, Allura was responsible for granting the Defenders their title and sending them on their mission to liberate the universe, wishing more than anything to finish her father's work in stopping Zarkon. In season 3, she takes over piloting the Blue Lion. As an Altean, Allura's abilities include the chameleon-like ability to be able to blend in with a species (something that made her people incredible diplomats and explorers). She has a telepathic bond to the Altean mice that were in her cryo-pod with her. At the end of Season 2, Allura discovers she has magical abilities, though not much is known about them yet. Unlike her original counterpart, who was Caucasian and had blonde hair, she has brown skin and white hair. She starts a romance with Lance in season 8. In season 8, Allura sacrifices her to save every reality. Her sacrifice has restored all once destroyed planets, including Altea.
• Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe (voiced by Rhys Darby, Finn Darby (as a teen), Theo Darby (as a child)) – The Royal advisor to Princess Allura and the last male Altean. Energetic, eccentric, and excitable, Coran serves Allura dutifully whilst being fiercely protective over her.^[7] He tends to ramble on and off about his past, particularly about his supposedly daring feats or past experiences. Despite his odd and quirky character, he is a reliable and steadfast ally to his princess and the Paladins.^[8]
• Space Mice – The four space mice – Chuchule, Platt, Chulatt, and Plachu – are creatures who inhabit the Castle and can communicate with Allura, frequently telling her about the activities of the Castle's inhabitants and other pieces of information. This was due to Allura and the mice sharing a pod for 10,000 years.
• Kosmo – A blue teleporting space wolf found and adopted by Keith and his mother, Krolia while they were traversing the Quantum Abyss. When Keith rejoined the Voltron paladins, the wolf did as well. Since then, Kosmo has become an invaluable member of Team Voltron, utilizing its unique teleportation abilities to aid Keith in battle and assist the Paladins in infiltrating Galra facilities.
• Kaltenecker – A cow that was acquired by Pidge and Lance at the Space Mall. The cow was given away free with the purchase of an Earth game system.

Voltron Coalition

Allies who joined Voltron in their fight against first the Galra Empire and later Honerva...

• Rolo (voiced by Norman Reedus in season 1, Tyler Rhoads from season 4 onwards) – An alien bounty hunter who joins the Voltron Coalition with his partner Nyma and their cyber-unit Beezer.
• Nyma (voiced by Lacey Chabert) – An alien bounty hunter and partner of Rolo.
• Beezer – A robot belonging to Rolo and Nyma.
• Ryner (voiced by Mindy Sterling) – Current leader of the Olkari following the betrayal of King Lubos. Ryner and some of her people escaped into the forest following Galra occupation of their planet. They lived their for many years, eventually adapting their skills with machines and technology to nature and used coded spores as SOS messages. Team Voltron answered this distress call and Ryner helped them organize a rescue of their King. When she discovered that their King had betrayed them, she rallied her people to take back their city and helped Pidge bond with the Green Lion to unlock her new weapon. Later, Ryner and the Olkari assisted the team in constructing a giant teluduv for them as well as housing many refugees on their planet. Pidge later learned that Ryner died after Honerva's robeast attacked Olkarion.
• Olia (voiced by Jessica McKenna) – A pilot and captain of the rebel forces.
• Commander Ozar (voiced by John DiMaggio) - A commander in the Voltron Coalition. Sent by Shiro to conduct reconnaissance on Honerva's forces, he and his squadron were subsequently killed by Honerva's mechas.
• Atlas Crew
  • Commander Iverson (voiced by Nolan North) – A commander at Galaxy Garrison. When he discovered Katie hacking into his computer for information on the Kerberos mission and her family, he had her removed and barred her from ever setting foot in the Garrison again, prompting her to assume a false, male identity to continue her search. The plan was successful, as Iverson failed to recognize her.
  • Commander Samuel "Sam" Holt (voiced by Nolan North) – Matt and Pidge's father, who went missing after being taken prisoner of the Galra Empire during the Galaxy Garrison's expedition to Kerberos. Pidge has been searching for him and her brother Matt ever since. After being captured, he was separated from his two crew and sent to a work camp with prisoners deemed too weak to fight. He is ultimately discovered by his two children in season five, as they then reunite. After Zarkon's death and Lotor's ascension as the new emperor, he returns to Earth.
  • Colleen Holt (voiced by Renee Faia)^[9] – Sam's wife and Matt and Pidge's mother. She joins her family on board the Atlas as its botanical genius.
  • Slav (voiced by Iqbal Theba) – An eccentric genius who developed gravity-bending technology that could create a pocket of space-time capable of concealing an entire outpost from view or collapsing a Robeast from the inside. The Galra Empire was desperate to claim this technology, and imprisoned Slav in a highly fortified installation known as Beta Traz, where he was subjected to torture to extract his knowledge for use in creating genetic and technological enhancements for the Galra Empire. He was called upon to build another gravity generator to conceal an enormous Teludav, or wormhole generator, intended for use against Zarkon's command ship. His intelligence makes him aware of numerous alternate realities-so many in fact that he has difficulty distinguishing them from the one in which he currently resides. The Paladins meet an alternate reality version of him, who is a rebel fighter of the Guns of Gamara against the Altean Empire. Slav reappeared at the end of Season 7, arriving on Earth with the Coalition members and happily meeting Veronica.
  • Matthew "Matt" Holt (voiced by Blake Anderson) – Pidge's older brother. Much like his parents and sister, he is highly intelligent, and was accepted to the Galaxy Garrison after finishing high school. Along with his father and Shiro, he was a member of the Kerberos mission and was one of the three declared dead, prompting Pidge to infiltrate the Garrison in order to find him and her father. Immediately after the incident on Kerberos, he was abducted by the Galra, who sent his father to a labor camp and Matt and Shiro to fight in the gladiatorial ring. In an effort to save a terrified Matt from certain death, Shiro staged aggression towards Matt for being the one to fight first and injured him so that he would be exempt from fighting the gladiator. Some time after this, he was rescued from a Galra prison by a group of rebel fighters and worked alongside them until Pidge finally locates and reunites with him in Season 4, prompting him to join the Voltron Coalition. Matt is a young man, likely in his late teens or very early twenties, with light brown hair and features greatly resembling his sister. Prior to the Kerberos mission, he wore glasses, but gave them to Pidge when his vision was corrected in preparation for the mission and he no longer had a use for them. He has a scar that runs diagonally under his left eye, which he seems to have acquired in or after Galra imprisonment. Matt continued to fight alongside the rebels and eventually contacted his family on Earth, warning them not to broadcast their location as it could put them in danger and that Voltron has been missing for months. Following Earth's liberation, Matt returns to Earth with his robotic significant other, N-7, and is reunited with his family.
  • James Griffin (voiced by A. J. Locascio)^[10] – Leader of the Garrison pilots chosen to pilot the MFE-Ares Fighters. He was a former rival of Keith. He respects the abilities of his team, often relying on Leifsdottir for her expertise in tactical analysis.
  • Nadia Rizavi (voiced by Zehra Fazal)^[11] – One of the MFE pilots, she is always ready for adventure and enjoys being a fighter pilot. Nadia has a mischievous streak. She also has the same first name as Lance's niece.
  • Ryan Kinkade (voiced by Bumper Robinson) – One of the MFE pilots who seldom speaks. He has a penchant for video-recording his and others lives.
  • Ina Leifsdottir (voiced by Anna Graves)^[12] – One of the MFE pilots, she is excellent at calculations and tactical analyses.
  • Veronica (voiced by Krystina Alabado)^[13] – Lance's sister, Veronica is an analyst of the Garrison. She plays a crucial role in the battle against the Galra, participating in regular missions with Griffin's squad and later serves as a crew member aboard the Atlas.
  • Acxa (voiced by Anika Noni Rose from "Red Paladin" to "The Hunted", Erica Luttrell from "Hole in the Sky" onwards and Cherise Boothe for her sole line in "Kral Zera" only) – Calculating and highly intelligent, she stays calm and does not rush into situations. She was also revealed to have previously aided Keith and Hunk when all three were trapped in the belly of the Weblum. Acxa betrayed Lotor in retaliation for Narti's death, but this turned out to be a ruse concocted by Lotor in order to trick the Paladins into accepting him as an ally. However, when Lotor, in his madness, declared he would also wipe out the Galra, Acxa, Ezor and Zethrid chose to abandon him for good. After Voltron's battle with Lotor, Acxa would later choose to side with the Voltron Coalition and was instrumental in helping the Paladins escape her former fellow generals' clutches. At the end of the series, Acxa joined The Blade of Marmora.
  • Romelle (voiced by Mimi Davila,^[14] Lacey Chabert in "Defender of All Universes") - The first Altean Colonial to join the Voltron Coalition, Romelle is perceptive and very inquisitive. Despite discovering that a number of her family were murdered, Romelle is also a cheerful and bubbly person. The Altean colony and its descendants eventually came to worship Lotor as their savior, but Romelle had many questions, in particular about a second colony Lotor had started. Only viable candidates could make the journey and contact was strictly forbidden. Having already lost her parents to this colony, Romelle pleaded with her younger brother, Bandor, not to go. Bandor, faithful to Lotor, assured her that she could join them some day and gave his sister a secret communicator. One night, Bandor contacted her and Romelle discovered him dying in a crashed pod. Bandor revealed the second colony was a lie, but Romelle knew she could not prove it to the others. By chance, she was discovered by Keith and Krolia, who had come to investigate the colony and they shared what information they knew. To Romelle's horror, they discovered that the Alteans taken to the second colony were in fact being harvested for their quintessence. Keith brought Romelle back to the Castle to testify this information to the Paladins in order to reveal Lotor's deceit and treachery. Afterwards, Romelle remained with the group as they journeyed back to Earth and continued their efforts against the Galra Empire. She would later join the Atlas crew.
  • Curtis (voiced by Blake Michael) – A Galaxy Garrison officer who handles communications and analysis duties, and later fills a similar role aboard the Atlas. He's a kind man who works closely with both Veronica and Sam Holt.
  • Bae Bae: The Holt family dog.
• Blade of Marmora: An ancient order of Galra who opposes Zarkon's rule because Zarkon proved more interested in power than in the stability they believed his rule promised. They soon became allies of the Voltron Coalition.
  • Kolivan (voiced by Mark Rolston) – The leader of the Blade of Marmora, who is skeptical of trusting Voltron's Paladins and subjects Keith to a ritual of the Trials of Marmora after he refuses to give up a Galra knife he has possessed since childhood. When Keith succeeds in "awakening" the blade, he reveals that Keith has Galra blood. He later accompanies Keith and Shiro back to the Castle of Lions to meet with Allura, where he reveals that the Galra have learned of their existence, forcing them to step up their plans to take down Zarkon. This plan would involve shutting down Zarkon's command ship, enabling Allura to send it through a massive wormhole to a distant galaxy. During the battle between Voltron and Zarkon he joins Allura and Antok in battling Haggar and her Druids, and they succeed in defeating them though at the cost of Antok's life. After Lotor's defeat, Kolivan was captured by a Druid named Macidus and used to lure in other Blade members to their deaths before being rescued by the Paladins. With Krolia's help, he rebuilt the Blade of Marmora. He is later seen with Krolia watching over Keith on Earth as he recovers. He joins the crew of the Atlas.
  • Thace (voiced by Mick Wingert) – A military officer of the Galra Empire, Thace betrays Zarkon by lowering a barrier to allow the Lions, their Paladins, and the Castle of Lions to escape. He is later revealed to be a member of the Blade of Marmora, a secret group of Galrans who are against Zarkon's rule. In the end, Thace sacrifices himself to ensure the success of the mission to defeat Zarkon, and dies with honor and satisfaction.
  • Ulaz (voiced by Arnold Vosloo) – A Galra Scientist, who Shiro remembers as the one who helped him escape the Galra Empire, and a member of the Blade of Marmora. He gives the Paladins coordinates to the Blade of Marmora's primary headquarters and sacrifices himself to save the Paladins.
  • Antok (voiced by Trevor Devall) – A member of the Blade of Marmora who serves as a brute warrior and who has a tail. After challenging Keith at the Blade of Marmora headquarters, he joins Kolivan in boarding the Castle of Lions for the remainder of the second season. He, Kolivan, and Allura later board Zarkon's command ship in order to battle Haggar and her Druids. As a result of the battle against Haggar, Antok is killed, his face having never been seen.
  • Regris (voiced by Josh Keaton) – A member of the Blade of Marmora, who helps Keith and Kolivan during their mission before sacrificing himself in "Code of Honor". Like Antok, his face was never revealed.
  • Krolia (voiced by Ana Gasteyer) – A spy for the Blade of Marmora, and Keith's long-lost mother. After Sendak found the Red Lion, the Galra engineered a way to detect the Lion's signals at close range and Zarkon sent thousands of scouts out to search. The Blade embedded many agents into these scouting parties in an effort prevent them from finding anymore Lions. When Krolia's scouting party discovered the Blue Lion on Earth, she gunned down her fellow scouts to keep its location secret, but was shot down herself. She was rescued and nursed back to health by Keith's father and eventually fell in love with him. Over time, she considered being stranded on Earth a blessing and dedicated herself to protecting the Blue Lion, with help from Keith's father. Shortly after, Keith was born. She wanted to name him Yorak, but his father suggested Keith instead. One night, another scouting group arrived and Krolia and Keith's father set out to stop them. Though successful, her lover was injured in the fight. Realizing that the Galra could find the Blue Lion again, Krolia resolved to return to the Blades and continue fighting against the Galra from the inside. She kissed her infant son goodbye and left her luxite knife with her lover before departing. Some time later, she was stationed at Warlord Ranveig's base and assumed control of it following his presumed death at the Kral Zera. Keith was sent in to rescue her, not knowing she was his mother. Commander Trugg captured Keith, but Krolia was able to bargain their release in exchange for Ranveig's super weapon which, unbeknownst to all but Krolia, was in fact a deadly monster. She revealed herself as Keith's mother, but insisted they focus on their next mission: finding the source of the concentrated quintessence. Their search took them to a quantum abyss, where time and space are distorted and allows them to glimpse the past and future. During this, Krolia learns the death of Keith's father through a vision. Riding on the back of a space creature, Krolia, Keith and a Cosmic Wolf they adopt finally arrive on the other side of the quantum abyss, though it takes them two years to do so due to the distortion of time and space. When they discover Lotor's secret colony of Alteans, they meet Romelle, who explains what happened to her brother Bandor after he escaped the supposed second colony. Reasoning the colony to be nearby on the planet's moon, they sneak in and discover thousands of Alteans being harvested for quintessence. They return to the Castle of Lions with this information and apprehend Lotor. When the Castle is shut down due to a virus planted by the mind-controlled Shiro, Krolia assists Coran with the repairs and later loads an unconscious Shiro into the Black Lion when the Castle is abandoned. Krolia remains with the team as they travel back to Earth, regularly programming battle simulations in order to keep their skills sharp. After rescuing Kolivan, Krolia volunteers to join him and help rebuild the Blades. She apologizes for having to leave Keith a second time, but he gives her back her knife and they part on good terms. Krolia eventually returns (in full Marmora gear) to Earth following Sendak and the mystery mech's defeat, watching over her son as he recovers.
  • Ilun (voiced by Cherise Boothe)
  • Vrek (voiced by Nolan North)

Galra Empire

The Galra Empire is a 13,000-year-old empire that has been invading planets and stealing quintessence, an extremely powerful form of energy that they use to power their war machines. They are also known for saluting each other using the phrase "Vrepit sa," which means the "Killing Thrust". Their homeworld was Daibazaal.

• King Zarkon (voiced by Neil Kaplan, Kevin Durand as a young adult in season 3 episode "The Legend Begins") – Zarkon is the ruler of the ruthless Galra Empire, and lord and master of most of the known universe after spending the last ten thousand years conquering a vast majority of it. He desires the Lions of Voltron, not only because they represent the biggest threat to his campaign, but because he is later revealed to be the Black Paladin before Shiro, from a time when most of the Galra were allies of the Alteans, and still possessing the Black Paladin bayard. As such, he views the Lions as his own property rather than seeing himself as a former chosen one to pilot the Black Lion. He is able to use his bayard in far more advanced ways than the current Paladins, able to form a myriad of energy weapons with which he can easily go toe-to-toe directly with the Lions themselves. In the last episode of Season 2, Zarkon faces Voltron and the Paladins in an experimental mecha armor and is defeated but left in critical condition, requiring life-support. By the end of season 3, his history is fully revealed and Haggar successfully reawakens him. Soon afterwards, he starts a manhunt for Lotor. In season 5, Zarkon confronts his son Lotor, which ultimately results in his death.
• Witch Haggar (voiced by Cree Summer and Lily Rabe as Honerva) – Formerly an Altean alchemist named Honerva but now a mysterious and despicable witch, Haggar is Zarkon's wife, primary adviser, high priestess, and leader of the Druids, dark mystics who fanatically serve the Galra Empire.^[15] Haggar is both a dangerous sorceress and a mad scientist. She combines her unnatural magicks with abominable science to create powerful weapons to arm soldiers, terrible monsters (dubbed "Robeasts" in the second season) to fight Voltron, and leech entire planets (and other sources) of the mystical energy known as Quintessence. In battle, her magical abilities allow her to teleport, cast illusions, fog the mind with hallucinations, and use her hands to project energy blasts and shields. Haggar is revealed to be Altean in the second-season finale, and orders the remaining Galran commanders to summon their lord's son, Prince Lotor and is revealed to be Lotor's mother in season four as mentioned by Lotor when he refers her by her real name Honerva in addition to regaining memories of her being his mother in season five. ^[16] In season six, Haggar finds and journeys to Oriande, a mystical realm that is the birthplace of Altean alchemy. The trip restores her and she changes back to Honerva. Upon learning of Lotor's supposed death, Honerva destroys all the Galra at the Kral Zera, and manipulates Lotor's Alteans into serving her on Oriande.
  • Druids – the Galra druids were formed by Haggar in order to harvest quintessence when Zarkon began his quest to conquer the known universe.
    • Macidus (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) – One of Haggar's Druids. Macidus first appeared in season 1, where he battled and injured Keith after the Paladin tried to steal a sample of concentrated quintessence. They would not meet again until years later, after Haggar abandoned the Druids and Macidus, in an attempt to regain favor with her, captured Kolivan and used a signal to lure in members of the Blade of Marmora, systematically eliminating many of their numbers. He was finally killed by Keith.
• Prince Lotor (voiced by A. J. Locascio) – The Crown Prince of the Galra Empire and son of Zarkon and Haggar. Unlike his father, he desires to inspire loyalty to the planets they conquer rather than fear to make the Galra Empire stronger. He is an expert combatant and cunning strategist. Like his generals, Lotor is not pure Galra, but is a hybrid, being half Galra and half Altean. After Zarkon awoke he dismissed Lotor from his duties and then declared open season on his life, after learning on what he was planning. With his generals turning against him and forced into a corner, Lotor assists the Voltron Coalition to win a harrowing battle at the last second, and offers a truce. He then becomes an ally to Team Voltron, in spite of some reluctance to this idea at first. After killing Zarkon, Lotor became the new Emperor, despite the fact that he is half-Galra and remains an ally to Team Voltron. While helping the Voltron Coalition, Lotor created a bond with Princess Allura, that then later developed into romantic feelings reciprocated by her. However, it is later revealed that Lotor saved many Alteans from the destruction of their home world and deceived them so that he could harvest their quintessence in order to build a new Altean Empire. In the season six finale, Voltron defeated him and despite Allura's offers to save him, he is left stranded in the rift until Honerva was able to bring him and his Sincline Mech back. However, he has already died.

Recurring

• Former Paladins or The Paladins of Old – The former pilots of Voltron, all of whom were leaders of their respective planets.
  • Emperor Zarkon – see Galra Empire
  • King Alfor (voiced by Keith Ferguson in season 1–2, Sean Teale in season 3) – The late King of Altea, husband of Queen Melenor, and father of Allura, Alfor gave into fear and chose to hide the Lions across the cosmos to prevent Zarkon from claiming them. He placed his daughter in suspended animation and left a digitized version of himself to guide Allura once she woke up. Alas his AI is corrupted by the energy of a Galran crystal, causing him to threaten the Paladins, Coran, and even Allura. With no choice, Allura disconnects her father's A.I. from its power source and loses her father forever. It is later revealed that Alfor was the former Paladin of the Red Lion, and alchemist for the Paladins.
  • Lady Trigel (voiced by Angie Harmon) – Former Paladin of the Green Lion from the Dalterion Belt.
  • Blaytz (voiced by Chris Kattan) – Former Paladin of the Blue Lion from Nalquod.
  • Gyrgan (voiced by Geno Segers) – Former Paladin of the Yellow Lion from Rygnirath. Known for saying "By Willow!" when surprised.
• Galaxy Garrison – military branch on Earth working to maintain peace. Upon Samuel Holt's return to Earth, the Garrison begins work on new projects by integrating Altean technology with Earth technology: Among them are the IGF-ATLAS spaceship and the Mecha-Flex-Exo or MFE-Ares fighters.
  • Admiral Ellen Sanda (voiced by Sumalee Montano)^[21] – Commander Iverson and Holt's superior. Sanda betrays the Garrison to the Galra, under the assumption that Sendak would leave. But after Sendak went back on his word, she dies in a desperate attempt to redeem herself.
  • Adam (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith) – Shiro's former boyfriend who died during the Galra invasion.
• The Altean Colonials: Alteans descended from Alteans who were off planet during Altea's destruction by Zarkon. When they received word of their home planet's destruction, many went into hiding using their shapeshifting to blend in with other races. Lotor found many of these survivors and created a hidden colony to hide their existence from Zarkon.
  • Romelle – see Atlas Crew
  • Bandor (voiced by Elan Garfias) – Romelle's little brother. Unlike Romelle, Bandor was fully devoted and loyal to Lotor like the rest of the Alteans in their colony. When he was chosen to join the second colony, Romelle pleaded with him not to go. He assured her he would be fine and gave her a secret communicator. However, Bandor discovered the truth behind the second colony and was able to escape and warn Romelle, before succumbing to his injuries.
  • Tavo (voiced by John DiMaggio) - A childhood friend of Romelle on the Altean colony, he was initially convinced by Honerva that the Voltron Coalition was evil and that Romelle was a traitor. After being captured by the Voltron coalition and nearly murdered by Honerva, Tavo realized that he was deceived. He elected to help the Coalition in their fight against Honerva.
  • Merla (voiced by Adelaide Clemens) – A female Altean who initially supported Honerva's efforts to eliminate the Voltron Coalition, she eventually rebelled against Honerva and assisted Voltron in their fight against Honerva's forces. She later assisted in rebuilding the Castle of Lions.
  • Luka (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) – A female Altean who was the “power source” for a mecha created by Honerva. She dies in the first episode of season 8.
• Arusians: a race of short, bipedal creatures with a vague resemblance to salamanders/snails exclusive to Legendary Defender.
  • The Arusian King (voiced by Neil Kaplan) – the ruler of Planet Arus who believes his people, the Arusians, angered the "Lion Goddess" after Voltron battles with Sendak's warship. brings Allura and the Voltron team to his village, who informs him that there is no angered goddess and after that, the King accepts her and the team as trusted allies.
  • Klaizap (voiced by Cree Summer) – an Arusian of Planet Arus and the self-proclaimed bravest of the Arusian warriors. He approaches the Castle of Lions to discover why the "Lion Goddess" is angry with his people, introducing Allura and the team to the nearby village over "Gazrel Hill", ruled by the Arusian King.
  • Moontow: is an Arusian of Planet Arus that lives in the village ruled by the Arusian King. She tries to appease the "Lion Goddess" by performing the Dance of Apology for Allura and the Voltron team.
• Balmerans – A race of humanoid creatures with reptilian features who live inside the Balmera, massive creatures that travel through space and produce powerful crystals employed by the Alteans and the Galra Empire for power, though the Alteans always imparted energy to the Balmera in exchange while the Galrans strip mined the Balmera for its resources. Hunk and Coran befriended a female Balmeran, Shay, and her family upon coming to their Balmera in search of a crystal, and would later return to rescue them from Galra oppression-befriending Shay's previously suspicious brother Rax, in the process-only for the Balmera to be attacked by a Robeast. Fortunately, Allura was able to heal the Balmera which encased the Robeast in crystal, only for it to escape later after Allura returned in search of an even larger crystal.
  • Shay (voiced by Emily Eiden) – a female Balmeran who helps Hunk and Coran escape the Galra and leave the Balmera with a new crystal for the Castle. When she allows herself to be captured so Hunk and Coran can escape, Hunk promises to return for her. When the Paladins arrive to liberate the Balmera, Shay is taken to the deepest caverns as bait to lure the Paladins into a trap. She was rescued and later helped Princess Allura to restore the Balmera. Following Earth's liberation, Shay traveled to the planet in order to visit Hunk as he recovered.
  • Rax (voiced by Scott Wolf) – Shay's older brother, who is reluctant to help Hunk and Coran due to not wanting any harm to be brought down upon his family. With this in mind, he alerts the Galra to Shay's plan to help Hunk and Coran in hopes of sparing her from punishment. Eventually, he has a change of heart and helps the Paladins when they return to liberate them and the Balmera from the Galra.
  • Shay's Father
  • Shay's Grandmother (voiced by Cree Summer)
• The Olkari: A race that adapted from machine to nature based technologies after their King, Lubos willingly sold out his people as slaves to live in comfort, by building a super-weapon for Zarkon's forces. While lead a liberalization on Olkarion with Team Voltron, later on The Olkari help Pidge to fully connect to the Green Lion in a way that allows her to summon a new weapon.
  • Ryner – see Voltron Coalition.
  • King Lubos (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – Former King of Olkarion, Lubos willingly sold out his people to the Galra and helped them build the cube superweapon in exchange for comfortable living arrangements. He defended his actions by insisting that the Galra could not be defeated when his people insisted on fighting. Disappointed in their King, Ryner and the Olkarions denounce him as their ruler.
  • La-Sai (voiced by Ike Amadi) – An Olkari servant to King Lubos, who is disgusted with his King's betrayal of their people.
• Hunk's Mother (voiced by Zehra Fazal)^[22]
• Lance's Mother (voiced by Anna Graves)^[23]
• Xi (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) – an alien held captive on Sendak's warship until he is freed by Shiro and Pidge along with a few other alien prisoners. He knows of Shiro from his days fighting in the gladiatorial games and refers to Shiro as "Champion". Although Xi found Shiro's display of feigned bloodlust terrifying back then, he now trusts Shiro completely. He helps Shiro begin to recollect his memories by telling him of what he witnessed, and provides some clue as to what happened to Pidge's father and brother.

Minor

• Merpeople
  • Queen Luxia (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) – The queen to a race of aquatic people, when her home's garden fell to a plant-like monster named Baku, Luxia became the first to be enthralled by the food it provided. She then assisted with the enslavement, gradually luring more and more of her people into its influence until the arrival of Lance and Hunk restored her free will and defeated the Baku.
  • Plaxum (voiced by Mae Whitman) – Plaxum is a mermaid-like alien who is exclusive to Legendary Defender, who helped Lance and Hunk. When a giant plant-like alien worm brainwashed Luxia and her people, she asked Lance to save them. Plaxum and her friends used a jellyfish to block the brainwashing power of the worm, not knowing that it was actually food provided by the worm that was inducing its hypnotic effect.
  • Florona (voiced by Alyson Stoner) – A mermaid servant of Queen Luxia. She is the one who finds Lance and Hunk and brings them to the Queen. When Lance is taken by the mermaid rebels, Luxia sentences Florona to the Baku Garden, where she is presumably devoured by the Baku Eel.
  • Blumfump (voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic) – One of Plaxum's friends and a self-proclaimed scientist. He surmised that the Queen was brainwashing the mermaids and that the jellyfish could render them immune, but in reality it was the Baku Eel and the vegetation it produced which the mermaids had been using for food.
  • Swirn (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) – Another of Plaxum's friends.
• Baujal (voiced by Jim Cummings) – Leader of the Taujeerians.
• Unilu (voiced by Paul Reubens)
• General Hira (voiced by Virginia Madsen) – An Altean from another reality where Alteans defeated the Galra and rule the universe with technology that renders their subjects as mindless slaves.
• Sven (voiced by Josh Keaton) – Shiro's counterpart from another reality and a member of the Guns of Gamara.
• Te-osh (voiced by Lacey Chabert) – A rebel fighter who gives Pidge a transponder that will lead her to Matt before dying from her injuries.
• Queen Melenor (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) - Allura's late mother, wife of King Alfor.
• Ventar (voiced by Kari Wahlgren)