The Reconstruction/Characters

Characters of The Reconstruction. Note that the placement of names of many characters could be considered spoilers, so you probably shouldn't read this until you've completed the game.

Six Stars
This folder contains all playable characters and members of the guild. Except for the sixteenth one, character names will not be marked as spoilers, so read at your own risk.

Dehl Sikohlon
""My life for Wadassia.""

Race: Shra-Sikohlon. Class: Whiteblade. Human-normalized age: 22 (real age: 110-113)

In-game description: "A polite, peaceful young shra, he tries to fit in with the people of Wadassia. A gate guard for the city's defense army. A well-balanced fighter with no outstanding strengths or weaknesses, he arrived in Wadassia one day 10 years ago."

Raised as a Sikohlon, Dehl tries to act like a human. As such, he is extremely orderly and obedient to human rules, even if others look down on him for being a shra. He feels that this is his duty, as he has lived in Wadassia ever since he came to the mainland, and he says it has granted him great hospitality -- although one may wonder about the validity of that claim. At the advice of his friend Sicious Qualstio, he creates the guild Six Stars as a way of performing tasks to help the city -- though he is torn between his duties as a city guard and his duty as 'leader' of the guild (a title he disagrees with).

Dehl is also very stoic, peaceful, and compassionate as part of his upbringing among the Sikohlon, a clan of pacifists. There seems to be something slightly off about him compared to the rest of them, though, such as his willingness to wade into combat and the sadness in his eyes...

""A little cliché, don't ya think?""
 * An Ice Person
 * Berserk Button: The si'shra come pretty close to this for him; the only time his normally calm and pacifistic resolve fractures is when he's about to confront . He actually wants to charge straight into battle and dissuades any attempt at diplomacy.
 * Possibly justified, since all the Sikohlon seem to have been taught from a young age to loathe the si'shra.
 * Character Development: And how! By the end of chapter 5, he goes from being a soft-spoken Extreme Doormat content to do thankless deeds to a celebrity and symbol of hope for the entire world, as well as a capable leader of a large and varied guild.
 * This is symbolically represented by his Eleventh Hour Superpower at the end of chapter 5 -- a change in armor from his simple Sikohlon robe to a massive suit of full plate mail, after which he almost looks like a different person. They both have similar color and designs, meaning that, superficially, they represent the same things -- purity, goodness, orderliness, and all that. However, the implications they carry are incredibly different -- one is the attire of a simple pacifist, while one is that of a warrior.
 * Amazingly, this is also deconstructed in a sense.
 * Chaste Hero: As evidenced by his conversations with Kidra, who says Double Entendre lines every five seconds. To be fair, he is a shra.
 * The Chosen One: According to Fell, anyway.
 * Extreme Doormat: To a disturbing degree.
 * Foil: To Qualstio and Skint.
 * The Hero: Subverted due to his passive personality and Technical Pacifist-ness. He doesn't actually do a whole lot of leading and is barely even able to claim the title of "main character" (as corresponded by the fact that he actually can be dropped from the active party).
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: He and Qualstio have shades of this. Justified, since when Dehl came from the mainland,
 * : It's revealed in chapter 6 that he.
 * Man in White
 * Magic Knight / Jack of All Stats
 * The Messiah: Deconstructed.
 * Mighty Glacier: Initially. If you put points into his passive skill line, he becomes a Lightning Bruiser.
 * The Paladin: Of the non-religious variety.
 * Personality Powers: His elemental affinity is Cold.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Dehl is the blue, Qualstio is the red. Lampshaded by Qualstio with their support quote:
 * Mighty Glacier: Initially. If you put points into his passive skill line, he becomes a Lightning Bruiser.
 * The Paladin: Of the non-religious variety.
 * Personality Powers: His elemental affinity is Cold.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Dehl is the blue, Qualstio is the red. Lampshaded by Qualstio with their support quote:


 * Stockholm Syndrome: There are hints that he has this, at least somewhat -- despite his claims that Wadassia has been nothing but hospitable to him, the many scenes where he is reviled and insulted by the townspeople speak otherwise. Also, rather creepily, there are some conversations where it seems like he honestly believes the racist mentality of the Wadassians to be right -- that he is a non-person. It could just be an act to avoid conflict, but there is one scene that suggests otherwise...
 * The Stoic: Lampshaded by Tehgonan, who is baffled by Dehl's insistence that he never feels anger.
 * Stoic Woobie: And how.
 * Technical Pacifist: In stark contrast with most Sikohlon, who are Actual Pacifists. He's also okay with killing the Always Chaotic Evil monsters. Even though they have minds and souls.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Yellow, like most shra.
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour: After he gets his armour upgrade.
 * Weapon of Choice: A blunted Cool Sword (that still deals Slashing damage).
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: When he was younger. In the present...
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour: After he gets his armour upgrade.
 * Weapon of Choice: A blunted Cool Sword (that still deals Slashing damage).
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: When he was younger. In the present...

Zargos D'Rath
"[to Skint] "That answers nothin'! Where ye of the Crown or the Spear? Which side bought ye out?"

[...]

"""

Race: Human. Class: Trudge Knight. Age: 33

In-game description: "A former soldier and ambassador to neighboring areas, Zargos and his wife want to travel abroad for their own enjoyment. Strong-bodied and proficient at boosting ally morale through Rushing in battle, he is a retired member of the Trudge Knights."

Zargos is a proud member of the Trudge Knights, a group of loyalists who fought for the Wadassian crown when the peasants' revolt broke out 10 years ago. He met his wife, Santes, on the battlefield. He also has experience as an ambassador, and as such, has traveled extensively. Despite his equipment and fighting style, he is actually far calmer and more level-headed than his wife.

Tensions flare between him and Skint when he notices Skint has the same platemail as him. This platemail was only given to those who participated in the war, and it doesn't look like Skint fought for the Crown...


 * Battle Couple: With Santes. Their support combination is centered around this.
 * The Berserker: You'd think he'd be this, due to his weapon of choice and stats...but he's actually much more level-headed than his wife.
 * Arguably, Santes might actually fit this, due to her willingness to dive headlong into danger.
 * Fiery Redhead: Subverted.
 * Foil: To Santes.
 * Genius Bruiser: He's very knowledgeable due to traveling the world before settling down in Wadassia.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour
 * Weapon of Choice: An Axe to Grind
 * Write Who You Know: According to Word of God, he and Santes were based on a real-life roleplaying couple the developer knew.

Santes D'Rath
Race: Human. Class: Blessed Corps. Age: 29

In-game description: "A well-trained battle priest and gifted healer of the fallen, Santes is highly inquisitive and can converse for days. Adept at curing the body and the soul, and a wielder of wrathful Divine type magic. Veteran of the Blessed Corps association."

Santes is a proud member of the Blessed Corps, a group of healers who have outposts and hospitals all across the world. She is equally interested in the "smiting" aspect, though. She tends to have her head in the clouds and be generally fickle and weird, but she is still a loyal and devoted friend to the guild. She is also highly inquisitive, and tends to barrage passerby with questions about whatever city she's in.


 * Action Girl: To an extent. Though she is a healer, she's equally capable at inflicting damage.
 * All Women Love Shoes
 * Battle Couple: With Zargos. Their support combination is centered around this.
 * Brainy Brunette: Zig Zagged. She does have a good education and is a member of a respected organization of healers (she even has half-moon spectacles). However, she is also a rather...eccentric.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Foil: To Zargos.
 * Four Eyes Zero Soul: Inverted.
 * The Glasses Come Off: Averted.
 * Light'Em Up
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour
 * Weapon of Choice: Simple Staff
 * White Magician Girl: She has the weapon and skills, but does not have the personality. She's also more of a Combat Medic.
 * Write Who You Know: According to Word of God, she and Zargos were based on a real-life roleplaying couple the developer knew.

Tehgonan Clapian
Race: Human. Class: Spectrumancer. Age: 11

In-game description: "A brash, smarmy young man from a well-to-do family, he is nonetheless incredibly gifted in certain magical arts. Proficient at elemental manipulation, and enchanting or dispelling squares in battle. Presently skipping out on school."

Tehgonan is a Bratty Half Pint who skips his classes to join Six Stars. He is extremely rude and standoffish, as well as a bit of a bigot due to his upbringing in a shra-hating family. He and Qualstio take a liking to one another due to their similar outlooks on life.

As one might expect, he goes through substantial growth throughout the story, eventually.

Also,

""Okay. Who are you, and what have you done with the real Tehgonan?""
 * Black Bead Eyes: Averted; unlike almost every other character, his eyes are drawn with irises.
 * Hair of Gold: Subverted.
 * Character Development: Lampshaded by Qualstio after his sidequest.

""Tehgonan Clapian!""
 * Full Name Ultimatum: After successfully completing his sidequest, this is


 * Glass Cannon: He has the potential to be extremely powerful if you're good at setting up elemental enchantments. However, all of his stats are pathetically low and his skills have high costs.
 * Jerkass: He's slightly less of a prick than his father, but is still quite the Bratty Half Pint. He gets better.
 * Light'Em Up: He can manipulate literal light, plus a bit of geomancy on the side.
 * Magikarp Power: He starts off as a pathetic Squishy Wizard, with terrible stats and high-cost, gimmicky abilities. However, if you take the time to level up his "Geomancer" passive skill, he becomes incredibly powerful -- those gimmicky abilities get increased chances of success, making them legitimately useful in combination with other party members' attacks. But best of all is his final skill, 'Geo God', which gives him incredible boosts to his Body and Soul stats, which are otherwise pathetically low. Suddenly, he stops being so squishy and his skills can be put to formidable use.
 * Parental Substitute: Qualstio seems like he may border on this for Tehgonan while he's in the guild. The two interact a lot, with Qualstio often giving him moral and practical guidance.
 * Weapon of Choice: Magic Wand

Fero Flael
""Do not let your mind be poisoned by the air [of Kir'Ssha]....""

Race: Fih'jik. Class: Huntsman. Human-normalized age: 20 (real age: 10)

In-game description: "A friendly but shy Fih'jik hunter of wild game, he seeks to prowl upon the most dangerous creatuers in the wilds of the world."

Fero is a fih'jik who, like most of his kind, left to escape the chaos of his homeland. However, he is also a skilled hunter, and constantly seeks new game to test his skills on.


 * Alliterative Name
 * The Archer
 * Fragile Speedster: Sort of. He has the highest Agility stat in the game (plus a ton of Agility-boosting support combos) and his skills have very long range due to his weapon of choice. However, to compensate, his attack power is a bit lacking compared to other characters'.
 * Poisonous Person: Only in regards to his elemental affinity, though.
 * The Stoic: In stark contrast to Ques and Lani.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: His are neon green.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: His are neon green.

Sicious Qualstio
""Ohhh, so you've heard of me! I guess I won't have to tell you to stay outta my way.""

Race: Fortian. Class: Invoker. Age: 26

In-game description: "Cynical and confident, Qualstio seeks to prove his abilities against the most powerful threats that inhabit the world. Proficient in a variety of kinds of elemental damage, particularly the Heat variety. Intentionally displaced from Fortifel."

Qualstio is a very strange fortian. He left his homeland at a young age, and unlike the stiff, orderly personality that is the norm for fortians, he is extremely frank, matter-of-fact, and somewhat fiery. He also seems to have a dislike of rules and authority. Despite these apparent contradictions, he has been a valued friend of Dehl every since he came to the mainland. It is odd that such conflicting personalities could become such stalwart friends, but perhaps they are more similar than they first appear...

""A little cliché, don't ya think?""
 * Deadpan Snarker: Indulges in this from time to time, though not as often as Ques.
 * Foil: To Dehl.
 * Catch Phrase: When characters express confusion over another character's decisions, his response is usually "I think I have an idea."
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: He and Dehl have shades of this. Justified, since when Dehl came from the mainland,
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: In fact, you will slowly realize that he is actually
 * Meta Guy: To a degree.
 * Parental Substitute: He may border on this for Tehgonan while the kid is away from his parents. The two interact a lot, with Qualstio often giving him moral and practical guidance.
 * Personality Powers: Oh yes. Also inverted, though, as he has a Cold-elemental spell too.
 * Playing With Fire: Subverted, though, since he has an ice spell as well.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Qualstio is the red, Dehl is the blue. Lampshaded by Qualstio with their support quote:
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Qualstio is the red, Dehl is the blue. Lampshaded by Qualstio with their support quote:


 * Weapon of Choice: Simple Staff

Lani Derra
""My life is discipline! Your mission becomes mine. Just tell me what to crush!""

Race: Fih'jik. Class: Wandertower. Human-normalized age: 26 (real age: 13)

A boisterous and incredibly tough fih'jik who joins Six Stars after being rescued from ttchitra and realizing she has nowhere to go. Though she was born in Do'Ssha, she has lived in Nal for most of her life.


 * Action Girl
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Shock and Awe: She doesn't actually have any powers like this, but it is her elemental affinity.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Blue-green, like most fih'jik.
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour
 * Weapon of Choice: Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me

Sirush
"''Dehl: You will be able to save many people if you join us.

Sirush: ''"

Race: Human. Class: Professional. Age: 32

Sirush is a strange, perfectionistic, rather crazy man who speaks in fragmented sentences. He is always incredibly tense, and on the lookout for 'stalkers'. He claims that it is unsafe for Six Stars to associate with him, and that whoever is after him will take out them as well. He refuses to disclose personal information, or his purpose for doing anything.


 * Badass in A Nice Suit
 * Nice Hat
 * Bad Dreams
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Until his personal sidequest has been completed, he does not seem to be reading from the same script as everyone else. He seems to be perpetually in his own little world and probably has very little understanding as to what's even going on most of the time.
 * : The reason why he's always on the lookout.
 * Glass Cannon: Sort of. Due to the way stat gains are handled, one can simply upgrade his defense, so that isn't a problem. However, all his skills consume very high amounts of health, and all of them are short-range, causing him to get attacked a lot as well.
 * Hates Small Talk: On the very few occasions he speaks to his teammates, it's almost always a robotic tactical analysis of the situation.
 * Mangst
 * Strange Syntax Speaker: Possibly a result of his derangement, although it could also be
 * Weapon of Choice: Knife Nut
 * Weapon of Choice: Knife Nut

Kidra Silvery
""A home is destined to be fled.""

Race: Human. Class: Flashcurve. Age: Undisclosed

A strange girl from Nal who talks in near-constant Double Entendres. Six Stars reluctantly allows her to join, though they sense something is amiss about her. She claims to be a regular girl, but is oddly talented at combat, and has extremely rare and expensive "sleeksteel" armor.


 * Action Girl
 * Interspecies Romance: Implied in her support quotes with Ques and Kulkumatz. Also implied in her first conversation with Dehl.
 * Personality Powers: Her elemental affinity is Heat.
 * Playing With Fire: She doesn't actually have any powers like this, but it is her elemental affinity.
 * Weapon of Choice: Knife Nut

Halia Falitza
""I...I see...through...the un-seeable...""

Race: Sactifellian. Class: Wonder Caller. Age: 18

Falitza was thrown into Sanctifel after trading her mind away to peer into the unseeable because she got bored with her studies. Her condition is ever-worsening. With the assistance of Six Stars, she can be liberated from Sanctifel. In a sudden flash of sanity, she manages to sign up and join their ranks. However, she quickly returns to spouting nonsense.

She enjoys babbling about "the sky", "the blue", and "fate", among other strange things. Though her mad phrases may seem like incoherent nonsense, there may be a few genuine truths to it for those who look carefully...


 * An Ice Person
 * The Fatalist: "The sky portends this, and all things." "The sky does not approve." "I must not disobey [the sky]!" And so on...
 * Fiery Redhead: Inverted. Her element is actually Cold, in fact!
 * Infallible Babble: Her cryptic predictions.
 * Mad Oracle:
 * The Ophelia:
 * Power of the Void: She apparently channels the "power of nonexistence", which manifests as some really weird spells, at the cost of her sanity. Technically, though, her elemental affinity is cold.
 * Strategy Schmategy
 * Waif Prophet: She can see the future, rend a hole in reality, rip a being's life essence in twain, and peer into the minds of others. She is also a complete nutcase. Subverted in that her powers aren't innate; she got them by experimenting with dangerous and unknown magic and "peering into the unknown".
 * Weapon of Choice: Good Old Fisticuffs (her of all people!)
 * Waif Prophet: She can see the future, rend a hole in reality, rip a being's life essence in twain, and peer into the minds of others. She is also a complete nutcase. Subverted in that her powers aren't innate; she got them by experimenting with dangerous and unknown magic and "peering into the unknown".
 * Weapon of Choice: Good Old Fisticuffs (her of all people!)

Ques Mahesto (real name: )
Race: Fih'jik-fortian. Class: Tactician. Human-normalized age: 68 (real age: 34)

Ques is a renown and published historian who is hired as the guild manager of Six Stars. However, after the initial year contract expires, he decides to join the guild proper and prove his tactical prowess in battle. He has a sharp tongue and biting wit, abilities he can actually put to use in battle.


 * Cool Old Guy: He's 68 in fih'jik years, but he's still a good fighter.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Oh yes.
 * Mission Control: For the first half of the game.
 * Non-Action Guy: Until he joins the guild proper, that is.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Blue.
 * Weapon of Choice: Royal Rapier
 * You Fight Like a Cow: One of his passive abilities revolves around this. In fact, he's so effective at it, it can break the target's will to fight.
 * You Fight Like a Cow: One of his passive abilities revolves around this. In fact, he's so effective at it, it can break the target's will to fight.

Moke Sikohlon
""If I continue to wield such vileness, shall I one day become completely consumed by it?""

Race: Shra. Class: Fetormancer. Human-normalized age: 42 (real age: 210-214)

Moke was the servant of Dehl's father, and was taken along with Dehl to the mainland. However, he was infected with the Blue Plague, which took a toll on his memory, even though he survived. He now cannot remember anything before coming to serve the Sikohlons. He also has a strange condition that causes him to ooze foul, noxious slime from his scales. This condition drove him to study natural flora and poisons, and it eventually became his specialty. He is also highly intelligent and knowledgeable, as well as quite possibly having the greatest magical talent among all shra (who cannot use magic normally) on the planet. However, despite his element of choice and imposing physical frame, he is very compassionate and meek.


 * Ditzy Genius: He is intelligent and oddly powerful, but he definitely lacks wisdom and social skills.
 * Four Eyes Zero Soul: Inverted.
 * Glass Cannon: He's one of the most powerful and versatile attackers in the game, and though you''ll likely make him suitable for soaking up Body (and, to a lesser extent, Mind) attacks, his defenses start out virtually nonexistent.
 * The Glasses Come Off: Averted.
 * Personality Powers: Maimed, stomped on, and tossed out a window. Slightly reconstructed however, when his sidequest reveals the constructive and positive aspects of the Noxious element.
 * Poisonous Person / Plaguemaster
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Actually averted, which is in and of itself an example of the trope (...it makes sense, trust us). He has normal white sclerae, unlike any other shra (or si'shra, for that matter) we've seen.
 * Weapon of Choice: Knife Nut
 * Why Did It Have To Be Bugs: Moke isn't that strong-willed of an individual normally, but he has a crippling fear of insects in particular.
 * The Woobie
 * The Woobie

Rehm Sikohlon
""No one dies today. None of us, and none of them."

[...]

"""

Race: Shra-Sikohlon. Class: Whitewind. Human-normalized age: 27 (real age: 135-139)

A surprisingly feisty Sikohlon who doesn't object to charging into battle, but does object to actual killing. After he is sent off into the world, he makes a living by raiding pirate and slave vessels, with occasional help from the Wadassian navy. However, he and his crew fall on hard times, and have to make an honest living in Nal (or as honest a living one can make there, anyway) to raise enough money to repair their ship. While there, he comes across a fortian by the name of Padrino Metzino, who asks if he can come along with them.

Rehm agrees, and


 * Blow You Away
 * : In the present day.
 * Dual-Wielding
 * : After
 * Interspecies Romance: Between him and Sara, possibly, given that he made a special nickname for her and calls her "my Vasra" at one point.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Man in White
 * Personality Powers: He has powers over the weather, which fits with his carefree personality and the value he places on freedom.
 * Playing With Fire
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Sea blue.
 * Weapon of Choice: Cool Swords

Kulkumatz
""You will help me find the proper placce to die. A placce where I may put my sspirit to resst.""

Race: Shra. Class: Tu'Nuok. Human-normalized age: 167 (real age: 835-839)

An impossibly old shra who has been around since before the First Reconstruction. However, he knows he does not have long before he dies, and at first, his only request to Six Stars is to guide him to a place where his spirit can pass on peacefully. However, he is so impressed by their wisdom and the tales they tell of the outside world that he decides to join them, desiring to see the world that he has neglected for so long.


 * Cool Old Guy: He's one hundred sixty-seven in shra years, but still alive and kicking.
 * Grumpy Old Man: He acts like this at first, chiding Dehl and Alito as being weak due to their lack of instinct, and being generally terse and disagreeable.
 * Peaceful in Death: His ultimate goal is to find a place where he can pass on peacefully.
 * Soul Power
 * Snake Talk
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Neon green.
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour
 * Weapon of Choice: Simple Staff

Yfus Crossar
""Why do you believe it must be stopped? Perhaps a war is exactly what we deserve.""

Race: Fih'jik. Class: Sun Priest. Human-normalized age: 19 (real age: 9.5)

A sun priest of Kir'Ssha, though he was born in Do'Ssha. He eventually decides to go with his conscience and flees to Do'Ssha, though he is hated there for his status as a Kir'Sshan. He agrees to join Six Stars for protection, and so he can hold his head high once more.


 * The Dandy: If you point at him in Quest Mode, he'll always be concerned with his shiny clothes. This might not be caused by vanity, instead being required for a Sun Priest, though.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Has his fair share of moments. Lampshaded in his sidequest by his father.
 * Defector From Decadence
 * Light'Em Up
 * Man in White
 * Non-Action Guy: Though he does fight, his skills are more suited to healing and defense.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Light blue.
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour
 * Weapon of Choice: Cool Sword

Alito
""I... I am home, so long as I serve my friends.""

Alito is the well-educated servant of Metzino, and is treated much better than other shra. Because of his education, he is able to become the guild manager of Six Stars after Ques retires. Unlike Ques, he is very kind and polite (though he still has a sharp tongue in a few instances).


 * Mission Control: After Ques joins the guild proper.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Yellow, like most shra.

Tezkhra
""Truthfully... I have lived more in the last Surface-year than in any time before.""

Race: Shra-God. Class: Deity. Human-normalized age: Indeterminate

This character is first found as a spirit in the Drop, guarded by a being who claims that he's not part of the world. Six Stars brings the spirit to Rulian, who manages to resurrect his body from the spirit's memory. The shra that appears introduces itself as "Tezkhra", to the shock of everyone else. However, despite the name, Tezkhra actually seems to be very calm, orderly, and polite -- practically the opposite of the historical Tezkhra. He says he really is a god, though, and is the creator of the shra people. His memory is hazy from dying and all, but travelling the world brings some of it back. He says that the last thing he remembers is being killed by a si'shra, so it is most likely that this killer stole his name and became the god of the si'shra religion.

...Actually, most of that is only half-true. Tezkhra is not actually divine -- instead, he is one of the Sufficiently Advanced Aliens who terraformed and populated the planet in the first place. He manages to establish contact with his old friends in the ending, and tells them "I Choose to Stay", even though that means he will grow old and die.

": Who are you?
 * A God Am I: Though he acts more like, "Wait, I'm a god? Uh...sure, I'll go with that."
 * Arm Cannon
 * Badass Boast: Surprising, considering he's The Stoic normally.

Tezkhra: I am Tezkhra, creator of the shra people, and a god and overseer of your world..."


 * Cryptic Conversation: Or rather, cryptic monologue. Even when we do see his thoughts, they often take the form of this, using vague language and trailing off before fully explaining anything.
 * His conversations with the Watchers are a straight example, though.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: He died, for crying out loud!
 * Mighty Glacier: One of the reasons why he's Overrated and Underleveled.
 * Overrated and Underleveled: He specializes mainly in status effects and gimmicks, which, due to the strategical nature of the game, are more useful than most, but still makes him fall behind other characters that can dish out significantly more damage. Also, he's slower than molasses in January, and in a game where speed is the One Stat to Rule Them All, that hampers him quite a bit. (This can't even be cured by character support like with other Mighty Glaciers, since he has no support combinations.)
 * Personality Powers: His elemental affinity is "Order".
 * The Quiet One: When we are privy to his thoughts, though, he can be described as quite the chatterbox.
 * Shrouded in Myth: He's actually the complete inverse of the mythological Tezkhra.
 * Stone Wall: Unfortunately, in this game, the best defense is a good offense, so his talents are not particularly useful -- this is the other reason why he's Overrated and Underleveled. He's virtually unkillable, especially since his abilities do not consume any energy, but only has one offensive ability that isn't even modified by attack stats!
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Like Moke, averted, which is in and of itself notable.
 * Weapon of Choice: Power Fist

Havan
""My life...for Wadassia.""

Havan is the Prime Captain of the Blue Guard. Like Dehl, he is a steadfast defender of Wadassia, and, in fact, the two become fast friends when they meet. Havan is a very upright, law-abiding young man who can come off as a bit melodramatic sometimes. He also seems to know Fell, which is a bit odd.


 * Large Ham
 * Weapon of Choice: Ridiculously Huge Sword
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Subverted; he's a good guy.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Subverted; he's a good guy.

The Blue Guard


The Blue Guard is a fellow guild of Wadassia, led by Havan. Due to his friendship with Dehl, the two guilds vow to help each other and, by extension, the rest of the city. The Blue Guard follows in the footsteps Six Stars around the world, but they begin to appear out of their depth before long.

Havan's second-in-command and lifelong friend is the sorceress Adi. The third member of their guild is a shra named Cort, who, in fact, seems to embrace -- not resent -- subservience and obedience to his masters.


 * Action Girl: Adi.
 * Extreme Doormat: Cort.
 * Goldfish Poop Gang: Done well. It's used to make sure you aren't.
 * Leitmotif
 * Snake Talk: Cort.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Cort has green ones.
 * Weapon of Choice: Magic Wand for Adi, Blade On a Stick for Cort.

Metzino
""Hmmhmm, but you won't [kill me], and do you know why not? Of course you do. You're smart.""

Metzino is a friend of Qualstio's, and agrees to harbor the guild during their stay in Fortifel. He is (in)famous for his radical theories and inventions that rely on sources of energy other than magic. He has managed to stay out of trouble so far -- and has even risen to a prestigious rank -- but tensions between him and the Councillords are mounting, because this technology could forever change society...


 * Non-Action Guy: Mostly.
 * Verbal Tic: "Hmmhmmhmmmm..."
 * Verbal Tic: "Hmmhmmhmmmm..."
 * Verbal Tic: "Hmmhmmhmmmm..."

Yacatec Yutli
""I trade in many things, as I said before. This land is a fount of riches, hza nek?""

Yacatec is a well-to-do shra and the head of the Berylbrine Outpost. The presence of a surname is rather odd, though, as shra don't normally have one... Six Stars attempts to gain favor with him when they decide to help the outpost, but it is soon revealed that, since the Berylbrine island is the homeland of the shra, slaves are among Yacatec's main exports. This disgusts the guild, but they are forced to comply with his demands, since he's the man in charge.

It is later revealed that.

Then,


 * Alliterative Name
 * Back for The Finale: Though it's done in a rather depressing manner.
 * Boomerang Bigot: Played with no laughs at all -- he sells his own kind into slavery.
 * Interspecies Romance:
 * : Debatably. Qualstio doesn't buy it.
 * Laser-Guided Karma:
 * : Defied by Qualstio, who
 * Nice Hat: He takes it off when he's not in the Lowlands, though.
 * Pardon My Klingon: He does this twice; Early in chapter 4, he calls Tehgonan a "Zin d'an", at which point Dehl snaps, "Yacatec, please do not call him that." Later, after the camp is , he snaps at Ques, flinging what is presumably a heinous insult at him in his native language.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Yellow, like most shra.
 * Verbal Tic: He likes to sprinkle random shra phrases into his speech. We're never given a translation as to what they actually mean, though.
 * What Could Have Been: He was originally intended to be playable.

Syri Muezza
""We thought you were dead... T'was something far worse than death! You abandoned us! Your family! It's your fault!""

Syri is the last of the Flightblades, a group of assassins who defended Do'Ssha against their neighbors. She is highly intelligent and very skilled at stealth and subterfuge. When she overhears Six Stars expressing concern over the mounting tension between the two fih'jik cities, she offers to help. Also,


 * Action Girl: To an extent.
 * : In Universe;
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Blue.
 * What Could Have Been: She was originally intended to be playable.
 * Eleventh Hour Ranger: What she would have been.
 * Eleventh Hour Ranger: What she would have been.

Brenetto
""Ah, yes, yes! You are here, here to assist me, yes? Delicious!""

A young fortian inventor working on Magitech devices, specifically ones that count latent magical energies in the air. He repeatedly appears giving you (optional) Fetch Quests for his materials. He finishes his work in chapter 4, though, and he has his tearful farewells with Six Stars afterwards. This is probably a form of shooing out the clowns, because the story gets even darker in chapter 5.


 * Non-Action Guy
 * Shoo Out the Clowns
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: He's never seen or mentioned again after chapter 4, probably since he's such a minor side character, but

Mahk Sikohlon
""Just remember the house rules. No weapons, no quarreling, no violent acts of any sort. That includes the sword you are so shakily trying to conceal, Brother Dehl.""

Mahk is the First Father -- the original founder of the Sikohlon clan. He sent the first three Sikohlon fathers (Dehl's, Rehm's, and ) out into the world a few centuries ago, but has noticed that the Sikohlon ideals haven't stuck. He has decided to raise a new batch of children to try again. He makes his home in Do'Ssha, and steadfastly upholds his ideals -- not only does he disallow any weapons to be brought into his home, any arguing must be done outside as well. Children are so impressionable, after all, and he must be careful to raise them properly this time...

In addition (don't read this unless you've seen the Golden Ending):


 * Actual Pacifist: The father of all Actual Pacifists in the story, no less!
 * Man in White
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Pimped Out Robe: A male variant. It's so impressive, in fact, that the narration refers to him as a "resplendent shra" before he introduces himself!
 * Everything's Sparkly With Jewelry
 * Gold Makes Everything Shiny
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Yellow, like most shra.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Yellow, like most shra.

Xopi Sikohlon


Xopi is a young shra in the care of Mahk. He is very quiet and shy, but he eventually takes a liking to Dehl, asking him questions about the large, strange outside world he comes from.

However,


 * Actual Pacifist
 * Non-Action Guy
 * The Quiet One
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Blue.
 * Wide Eyed Idealist:

The Scourge Clad (Skint and Aryn)
""Your mouth may belie you, but perhaps your veins will speak truth to me instead!""

- Skint

The Scourge Clad is a guild of sorts that originated in Nal -- though it is composed of only two people, the monstrous shra Skint and the quiet, secretive fih'jik Aryn. Skint is very cold, terse, and rude toward Six Stars -- Dehl in particular, who he calls a "whelpling". Skint also has a sword lodged through his back -- he claims it was put there by one he had sworn to protect, and is now permanently embedded in his back due to his extreme Healing Factor. His motives are mysterious, and he does not seem to abide by many laws or morals. Zargos also notices that he has magma-forged platemail, which was only given to those who participated in the Nalian Revolt -- and he doubts Skint fought for the Crown...

It turns out that

But it goes deeper than that:

Aryn is even more of a mystery. She speaks in whispers, and only in the fih'jik language, yet she seems wholly devoted to Skint and his cause.


 * : Skint.
 * Foil: Skint to Dehl.
 * : Skint's final fate.
 * In the Hood: Aryn.
 * Ironic Death:
 * Leitmotif: Though it's also used as a generic Mood Motif.
 * The Quiet One: Aryn. She speaks only to Skint, and even then only in whispers.
 * May be justified, though, as the one time she speaks audibly, it's in the fih'jik language -- it's possible she doesn't know the human tongue.
 * : Both of them.
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Skint has yellow ones, like most shra. We never see Aryn's eyes, but she probably has blue or green, like most fih'jik.
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour: Skint. Justified, since having a freaking sword through his back makes it impossible to take off.
 * Twenty Four Hour Armour: Skint. Justified, since having a freaking sword through his back makes it impossible to take off.

Mental Councillord Pazzato


As a Councillord, Pazzato is unrivaled in mastery of his element. Of the Councillords, he is actually the least antagonistic toward Six Stars, even casually asking them for help with a task.


 * Friendly Enemy: As a Councillord, he is opposed to Qualstio and Metzino, but, compared to the other Councillords, he seems pretty ambivalent toward them and even allows them to partake in the light harvest.
 * Mind Over Matter: His signature technique.

Commandant Zaka
""Thus, [the people] must battle. Blade to blade...father against son, brother...against brother...""


 * : After he is defeated,.
 * Knight Templar: Natch.
 * Light'Em Up
 * Man in White
 * Technicolor Sclerae: Yellow, which is pretty odd for a fih'jik.
 * Weapon of Choice: Blade On a Stick
 * Weapon of Choice: Blade On a Stick

The Lord-God
""It sounds like the game is afoot, then! The winner shall inherit the ashes of the world!""

A monstrous being who garnered the support of the si'shra after the apocalypse, then used them to sweep up the ashes and kill or enslave any survivors. There can be no hope of reconstruction so long as he lives -- but can Six Stars truly fell a god?

""Where are your gods now?"
 * Big Bad: Natch.
 * A God Am I
 * Badass Boast:
 * Badass Boast:

""

"WRONG! Your god sits here before you now!""


 * The Berserker: He doesn't actually have any special skills, and just uses an Attack Attack Attack strategy.
 * Black Eyes of Evil:
 * Complete Monster:
 * Final Boss
 * The Man Behind the Man:
 * One-Winged Angel: Though it's not his own doing.
 * Pet the Dog:
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: His quote up there.
 * Slasher Smile
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: His quote up there.
 * Slasher Smile

Taru Clapian
""I hope my folks don't find out I've started drinking. They'll disown me!""

A young man "hired" by Rehm's crew in the prologue. He is naive, but quickly grows attached to his new comrades. Unlike others, he is very accepting and sympathetic towards the shra. It is his heroic efforts that.


 * The Chick: Mostly serves this role during the interludes, despite being male. His success varies.
 * Weapon of Choice: Prongs of Poseidon. He also has an Improvised Weapon in the form of a bag of chemicals.
 * Wide Eyed Idealist:
 * Weapon of Choice: Prongs of Poseidon. He also has an Improvised Weapon in the form of a bag of chemicals.
 * Wide Eyed Idealist:
 * Wide Eyed Idealist:

Vasra (real name: Sara)
"[to Rehm] "Good luck. Me and Clapian will go pick out a suitable flower arrangement for your grave.""

Sara is Rehm's second-in-command. They have apparently known each other for a long time -- enough for Rehm to give her a nickname in shra language, "Vasra". It's never explained what the nickname means. Sara tends to be more perceptive and matter-of-fact than the rest of the crew.


 * Action Girl
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Snark to Snark Combat: With Rehm, on occasion.
 * : The effects of the trope are inverted, though.
 * Funny Aneurysm Moment:
 * The Lancer: She serves as a down-to-earth counterbalance to Rehm, who doesn't take many things seriously.
 * Only Sane Woman: Probably sees herself as this among the crew -- her companions are a naive newcomer who's out of his depth and a happy-go-lucky idealist.
 * Stripperiffic / Breast Plate
 * Weapon of Choice: Knife Nut
 * Weapon of Choice: Knife Nut

Rulian


A strange young man inhabiting a cave in the Mudlands outside of Nal. He is very placid and rather airheaded. Rulian has an incredibly magical talent -- reanimating the dead. Unfortunately, he does not realize that they are terrorizing the town nearby -- not because of neglect, but because he doesn't even seem to know there is a town nearby.

Or that the six elements exist, for that matter...


 * Necromancer: However, he's not evil or malicious in the slightest, and his powers are sort of accidental.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Older Than They Look: He looks like eighteen at most, but he has apparently been alive since before magic was classified into elements.

Fell
""It is all scope, Dehl. How far back must you stand before you can see 'everything'?""

Fell is a mysterious old woman who appears to have some sort of precognitive ability, and can see the full truth of everything that's going on. She assists Dehl and his guild by giving him "tests" that can drastically affect the entire world. Her motives and how much she really knows is uncertain, though she claims to take orders from an even higher being known as "The Voice Himself". The other Watchers refer to her as their "mother" -- whether this can be taken at face value, is a metaphor, or something else is unknown.


 * Elderly Immortal
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * The Fatalist
 * Leitmotif
 * Mysterious Informant
 * Older Than They Look: Averted; she's an Elderly Immortal.

The Watchers (Nath, Kott, and Donz)
"''Nath: [Donz] will not take kindly to knowing his own Watch is flawed, or to be broken.

Kott: Yep. He's pretty serious about being right. He's the only one of us left who still cares.''"

The three Watchers are Fell's "sons". Whether that can be taken literally, is a metaphor, or something else is unknown. They each watch a different time; Nath is the Watcher of the Past, Kott is the Watcher of the Present, and Donz is the Watcher of the Future. They each share their knowledge with Fell, which is why she seems all-knowing. However, Donz either will not or cannot speak, because, as Fell says, words of the future must not be spoken to anyone.

Nath and Kott appear to be rather uninterested in their duties, as they play a strange board game all day. Kott also says that he does not Watch the chosen ones like he's supposed to, because that would "take the fun out of meeting them in person". Donz appears to be the only one who still takes his duties seriously, though, as Watcher of the Future, that is a difficult job...


 * Elderly Immortal: Nath.
 * The Fatalist: All of them. Justified with Donz, who literally can see what's fated to occur.
 * Leitmotif: Shared with Fell.
 * Non-Action Guy: All three of them.
 * Older Than They Look: They're all apparently immortal and have therefore been around for millennia, yet even Nath only looks like he's in his fifties or sixties.
 * : All of them.
 * Theme Naming: Along with Fell, they all have four-letter names.
 * The Voiceless: Donz (though he may actually be The Speechless).
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Kott.