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This is a list of characters in the animated series The Mysterious Cities of Gold and The Mysterious Cities of Gold (2012 TV series) .
Esteban (エステバン,, Esuteban) (voiced by Shiraz Adam (English), Masako Nozawa (Japanese)): An orphan who was rescued at sea as a young child by the Spanish navigator Mendoza, [1] he wears one of the two sun medallions. He dreams of adventure and is very impulsive. Esteban has a fear of heights which is confounded by the people of Barcelona who believe him to be the "Child of the Sun" and hoist him up high at the port to call out the sun to aid the departing ships. He joins the Spaniards in their search for one of The Seven Cities of Gold in the New World, hoping to find his father. Upon meeting a friend of his father in China, Esteban is revealed to be a descendant of the civilization of Atlantis, the ancient enemy of the Mu (Hiva) empire.
Zia (シア,, Shia) (voiced by Janice Chaikelson (English), Mami Koyama (Japanese)): The daughter of an Incan high priest, she was kidnapped from Peru by the Spanish invaders and given as a present to the Queen of Spain. She met Esteban when she was taken by Governor Pizarro who wanted her to read the golden quipu. Zia wears a sun medallion like Esteban's, with an interlocking sun and moon disc.
Tao (タオ) (voiced by Adrian Knight (English), Junko Hori (Japanese)): The last living descendant of the sunken empire of Mu (Hiva in the season one English dub), he lived alone on the Galápagos Islands following the death of his father. Initially he is evasive to the others' company when they wash up on his island, but when the ship Solaris was revealed he joined them on their journey.
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The series features a wide range of secondary characters which the primary characters meet along their journey through the Americas and Asia.
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