Well this is a pleasant surprise, I certainly wasn't looking out for this.
As a manga-only reader I needed to go back and remind myself of some of these characters:
Deck Monister (RIP) New character? Fallen knight.
Sir Robert - introduced last chapter, Robert Bertrand, 2nd son of the house of Salzberg, one of the "Twin Blades".
"Signus" - Signus Galveria, 6th son of Baron Galveria, other half of the Twin Blades. Mentioned last chapter.
Mr. Hikikomori - new character, maybe Signus?
"Elmada" - new character?
Lupis - Queen of Rhoadseria whom Ryoma helped keep in power during the last civil war.
Ellliot Chamberlain - new character? ex-American otherworlder. Apparently a member of "The Organization".
"The Organization" - group of summoned and magically enslaved Earth people working to destroy the summoning system + its supporting civilization, then return home.
Meltina Lecter - Lupis's muscleheaded knight, later a top adviser. The Peter Principle seems to be hitting her hard.
Gelhart - Leader of the noble faction who switched sides and betrayed Lupis during the last civil war, but managed to weasel his way out of being executed.
Lords Elnan Zeleph, Alan Bergstone - formerly neutral lords that Ryoma convinced to support Lupis during a drinking party.
Zeleph's young companion - ??
Laura, Sara - the enslaved Malfist twins that Ryoma freed. (The character designs seem to have changed a bit. I didn't recognize them at first.)
