Suikoden III/Characters

Cast of Characters

The Flame Champion

 * Big Good: Leader of the Fire Bringer who drove Harmonia.
 * The Chosen One: By the True Fire Rune
 * Composite Character: His overall design is a mixture of both Tir McDohl and Riou.
 * Expy: Somewhat resembles Son Goku.
 * Folk Hero: To Grassland tribes. Have fun by naming him classical names like 'Hercules' or 'Robin Hood'.
 * Hello Insert Name Here: You can call the hero any name you wish.
 * Law of Chromatic Superiority: Red fire powers and a red/white outfit for the legendary leader and warrior.
 * Legacy Character:
 * Magnetic Hero: Implied as he united all the grassland tribes together.
 * Mayfly December Romance: Deconstructed.
 * No Name Given
 * Playing With Fire: Uses True Fire.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Simple Staff
 * Take Up My Rune

Hugo

 * Born Winner
 * The Chief's Son
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Of the three, he's the one with classic old fashioned heroism. He's gotta help someone in trouble.
 * Dark Skinned Blond
 * Determinator
 * Green Eyes
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Bastard
 * Knife Nut
 * Legacy Character / Elemental Powers: Canonically, he will inherit the True Fire Rune. But depending on who you choose as the TFR successor, he'll either have the True Lightning Rune (If the player chose Geddoe) or the the True Water Rune (If the player chose Chris).
 * Lightning Bruiser: He's fast, he's powerful, and he has a griffin.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: By Grassland standards.
 * Warrior Prince

Chris Lightfellow

 * Action Girl
 * Battle Ballgown: Her suit of armor.
 * Big Fancy House: Lightfellow is a well to do family after all.
 * The Captain: Of the Zexen Knights, with the power and respect to back it up.
 * Cool Horse
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Staring off she's as rigid and cold as her armor, but mellows a bit by the end game.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Cecile, Ayame and Yun are all quite fond of her.
 * The Hero
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Iron Lady: When in command of the Zexen Knights she is confident and assertive, and her all male unit are quick to fall in line and follow orders. Before the Zexen Council however, she is more Silk Hiding Steel in that she has to bow and obey and subvert them subtly, like pretending not to notice Budehuc Castle going into bussiness for itself.
 * Jeanne D Archetype: Chris inherits her position from her dead superior and feels uncomfortable in it but carries it out for the good of Zexen's people.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: Not as optimistic as most but she tries.
 * Lady of War: Watch how easily she handles Hugo in chapter 1 and say she isn't.
 * Letting Her Hair Down: The tail end of Chapter 2 through the beginning of Chapter 4, only, sadly.
 * Legacy Character / Elemental Powers: Canonically, she will inherit the True Water Rune from Jimba. But if the player makes her the True Fire Rune successor, Hugo will inherit the TWR.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Lonely Rich Kid: No siblings and no friends, only co-workers.
 * Magic Knight: Of The Paladin variety if she inherits the True Water Rune. She's a bad mage otherwise.
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Military Brat: Her dad was a knight before her.
 * The Ojou: Lightfellow is a high up family, but her unit treats her like royalty.
 * Parental Abandonment: Her dad disappeared and her mom isn't around.
 * Purple Eyes
 * Red Baron: The Silver Maiden, The White Hero of Zexen.
 * Silver Haired Pretty Girl
 * The Smurfette Principle: In the Zexen knights there are no females but her.
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Tall Silver And Bishoujo
 * Tomboyish Name
 * Zettai Ryouki: The tail end of Chapter 2 through the beginning of Chapter 4 only. Again sadly.

Geddoe

 * Anti Hero
 * Badass
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Broken Ace
 * The Captain: Of the 12th Defense Force unit of Harmonia, with the power and respect to back it up.
 * Curtains Match the Window: Has Shiny Midnight Black hair and Black Eyes.
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Handicapped Badass: He's missing an eye. Yet, he still kicks ass.
 * The Hero
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Legacy Character / Elemental Powers / Discard and Draw: Canonically, he's always been the True Lightning Rune bearer, but the player can make him inherit the True Fire Rune. If the player does, Hugo will take his TLR.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Magic Knight: Equally skilled with sword and magic.
 * Master Swordsman
 * The Men in Black
 * The Paragon
 * Shell Shocked Veteran
 * The Stoic
 * Tall Dark and Snarky
 * Tall Dark and Snarky

Thomas

 * A Child Shall Lead Them: He is the lord of Lake castle.
 * Action Survivor: Becomes competent by trying to keep his castle afloat.
 * Aloof Dad
 * Big Fancy House: Castle actually but same diff.
 * Blue Blood
 * Heroic Bastard
 * I Have No Son: His dad sent him to Budehuc so he could forget about him.
 * Iron Woobie: One bad thing after another for him, but does he complain?
 * The Ishmael
 * Magikarp Power: While canonically a Non Action Guy Thomas is gifted with a huge number of skill slots, making him one of the most customizable characters in the game. He starts out at level 1, with weak equipment and a sword that hasn't been upgraded even once, but if you take the time build him up you'll find that just because he doesn't like fighting doesn't mean he's bad at it.
 * Martial Pacifist
 * Messianic Archetype
 * Nice Guy: Really nice. The castle inhabitants don't like him but he just stay polite.
 * They warm up to him over the span of his chapters, eventually becoming fiercely loyal to protecting Thomas.
 * Non Action Guy
 * The Pollyanna: He has a Darkest Hour in his Gaiden but other than that he's always optimstic.
 * Something Completely Different: His characterization is a departure from the typical Tenkai Star. See Non Action Guy and Supporting Protagonist for details.
 * Supporting Protagonist: He is the Tenkai star, but he isn't The Hero or Big Good of the series.
 * The Unfavorite
 * Wide Eyed Idealist

Koroku

 * Canine Companion
 * The Hero: To the other dogs.
 * Heroic Dog
 * Intellectual Animal
 * Playing With Fire: Fire is his most compatible element.
 * Team Pet

Caesar Silverberg

 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cain and Abel: With Albert.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Heavy Sleeper
 * Ho Yay: Quite a bit with Hugo in the manga.
 * It Runs in The Family
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Non Action Guy
 * Sibling Yin Yang
 * The Smart Guy
 * Smart People Wear Glasses
 * The Strategist
 * Teen Genius

Jimba

 * Badass
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Hugo and Lulu.
 * Dark Skinned Blond
 * Knight in Shining Armor:
 * Master Swordsman
 * Take Up My Rune
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Knight in Shining Armor:
 * Master Swordsman
 * Take Up My Rune
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Take Up My Rune
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Take Up My Rune
 * Tall Dark and Handsome

Sergeant Joe

 * The Ace
 * Amicably Divorced
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Badass: He may not look it, but there's a reason he has the same star as Viktor from the first two games.
 * Bifurcated Weapon: Uses a Halberd, which an axe and spear hybrid.
 * Big Brother Mentor
 * Making a Splash
 * Mr. Exposition
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Nice Helmet
 * Older Sidekick
 * Petting Zoo People

Fubar

 * Intellectual Animal
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Non Human Sidekick: To Hugo.
 * Our Gryphons Are Different
 * Powerup Mount
 * Team Pet

Beecham

 * Badass
 * Badass Beard
 * Bling of War: His Cool Sword is gold.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dark Skinned Blond
 * Good Scars Evil Scars
 * Master Swordsman
 * Older Sidekick: To Lucia, and later, Hugo.
 * Old Soldier
 * Satellite Character
 * The Stoic

Borus

 * Bash Brothers: With Percival.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: During the Karayan village assault.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hot Blooded
 * Jerkass --> Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * The Lancer / The Big Guy
 * My God What Have I Done: Regrets his actions in Karaya immensely.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Possibly unintentional, but try to spell his last name, "Redrum", backwards.
 * Ryu and Ken: Him and Percival.

Percival

 * Anime Hair
 * Bash Brothers: With Borus.
 * The Charmer: Attracts attention from a lot of nameless women in the game of all ages, and is also the only one to boldly flirt with Chris. But he's also one of the nicest of the knights.
 * Chick Magnet
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Embarrassing Nickname: His mother calls him "Percy" in front of Chris, much to his chagrin.
 * The Dutiful Son
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * The Lancer / The Smart Guy
 * Ryu and Ken: Him and Borus.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome

Salome

 * Badass Bookworm
 * Bob Haircut
 * Guile Hero: Just look at how he in the manga. With little more than.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Magic Knight
 * Purple Is Powerful: His blazer.
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * The Smart Guy / The Lancer
 * The Strategist
 * Supporting Leader: Commands the Zexen Knights.
 * Team Dad

Roland

 * The Archer
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Implied Love Interest: To Nei.
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Our Elves Are Different
 * Purple Is Powerful: His hair.
 * The Quiet One
 * The Stoic
 * Token Non Human: To the Zexen Knights.
 * Tall Dark and Snarky

Leo

 * An Axe to Grind
 * Badass Mustache
 * Bald of Awesome and Badass Long Hair: He managed to be both.
 * The Big Guy
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Failure Knight: Not being able to protect the previous Captain is his greatest failure.
 * Hot Blooded
 * Knight in Shining Armor

Louis

 * Action Survivor: He isn't allowed to participate in actual combat.
 * Cheerful Child
 * The Chew Toy
 * Nice Guy
 * Non Action Guy
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Team Chef

Queen

 * Action Girl
 * Fallen Princess
 * Granola Girl: She's vegan.
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Lady of War
 * The Lancer / The Chick
 * Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
 * Power Hair
 * The Smurfette Principle: Until Aila joined Geddoe's team.
 * Team Mom
 * Theme Naming

Ace

 * The Ace
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Bash Brothers: With Joker.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Butt Monkey
 * Dating Catwoman: Previously dated Elaine from Duke's squad.
 * Dual Wielding
 * Handsome Lech
 * The Lancer
 * Theme Naming
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Him and Joker.

Joker

 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Mustache
 * Bash Brothers: With Ace.
 * Bare Fisted Monk
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Playing With Fire
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * The Smart Guy
 * Team Dad
 * Theme Naming
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Him and Ace.

Jacques

 * The Archer
 * Automatic Crossbow
 * The Big Guy
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Hair of Gold
 * Pink Girl Blue Boy: With Aila
 * The Quiet One
 * Ship Tease: With Aila.
 * The Stoic
 * Tagalong Kid: Until Aila joins the team.
 * Theme Naming

Aila

 * Action Girl
 * The Archer
 * Combat Medic: With her Shield Rune, a watered-down version of the Bright Shield Rune from Suikoden II.
 * Fish Out of Water
 * Green Eyes
 * Magical Karayan
 * Morality Pet: Anti Hero example, as her presence in Geddoe's group after the destruction of her village help them band together to help the heroes, rather than just follow their missions for Harmonia.
 * My Significant Sense Is Tingling
 * Pink Girl Blue Boy: With Jacques
 * Proud Warrior Race Girl
 * Ship Tease: With Jacques.
 * Sixth Ranger/Tagalong Kid: To Geddoe's mercenaries.
 * Sweet Tooth: The girl loves her soda.

Cecile

 * Action Girl
 * Ascended Fangirl: Able to fight alongside Chris.
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Blue Eyes
 * Bodyguard Crush: To Thomas.
 * Fan Preferred Couple: Almost the ENTIRE fanbase pairs her with Thomas.
 * Genki Girl
 * Hair of Gold
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Lethal Chef: She knocks Thomas out when he tastes her cooking.
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Military Brat
 * Moe
 * One Man Army
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Pollyanna
 * Undying Loyalty

Dupa

 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Da Chief
 * Everythings Better With Dinosaurs
 * Hot Blooded: Complete with a permanently-attached Fury rune!
 * Large and In Charge
 * Large Ham
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Nice Hat
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: By Grassland standards.
 * Screaming Warrior
 * Supporting Leader

Shiba

 * The Big Guy
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Everythings Better With Dinosaurs
 * Gentle Giant
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Screaming Warrior

Bazba

 * Blade On a Stick
 * Blow You Away / Razor Wind: User of the Cyclone Rune.
 * Everythings Better With Dinosaurs
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy

Yuiri

 * Action Girl
 * The Archer
 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Automatic Crossbows
 * Da Chief
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Yumi.
 * Iron Lady
 * Lady of War
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: By Grassland standards.

Yumi

 * Action Girl
 * The Archer
 * Automatic Crossbows
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Hello Nurse
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Yuiri.
 * Lady of War
 * The Lancer: To Yuiri.
 * Magic Skirt
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Yun

 * The Chick
 * The Empath
 * Hello Nurse
 * Magic Skirt
 * Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Magic Skirt
 * Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Duke

 * BFS
 * Good Scars Evil Scars
 * Hachimaki
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Rated M for Manly
 * Unknown Rival and The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Geddoe.
 * You Gotta Have Orange Hair

Elaine

 * Action Girl
 * Artificial Limbs
 * The Fashionista
 * Femme Fatale
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Hello Nurse
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Lady in Red
 * Sitcom Arch Nemesis: To Queen and ,in a slight degree, Ace.
 * The Tease

Nicholas

 * An Axe to Grind
 * Anti Villain
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Ho Yay: With Duke's father.
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Older Sidekick
 * Only Sane Man: To Duke's group.
 * Parental Substitute: To Duke.
 * Punch Clock Villain

Gau

 * Anti Heroic Dog
 * Badass
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Handicapped Badass: Is missing an eye and a tail. The latter was cut-off due to his own Sadistic Choice.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Petting Zoo People
 * The Stoic
 * Token Non Human: To Duke's group.

Franz

 * Blade On a Stick
 * The Neidermeyer: His status as The Quisling earned him the ire of his subordinates along with most of the residents of Le Beque.
 * The Quisling: A rare sympathetic example.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * The Unfavorite
 * Victorious Childhood Friend

Iku

 * Hello Nurse
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Ruby

 * Big Creepy Crawlies
 * Intellectual Animal
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Non Human Sidekick: To Franz.

Reed

 * Eighties Hair
 * Hair of Gold
 * Straight Man
 * Those Two Guys: Along with Samus towards Lilly's.

Samus

 * Dark Skinned Blond: Lampshaded in one of his letters from the comment box.
 * Those Two Guys: Along with Samus towards Lilly's.

Hallec

 * An Axe to Grind
 * Dual Wielding
 * The Big Guy
 * Facial Markings
 * Hulk Speak
 * Large Ham
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Screaming Warrior
 * Walking Shirtless Scene

Mua

 * Badass Mustache
 * Camp Straight
 * Creepy Cool Crosses: The Kamaro Knights' insignia.
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Real Men Wear Pink

Sarah

 * Anti Villain
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Child Mage Prodigy
 * Dark Action Girl / Dark Magical Girl
 * The Dragon and Dark Chick
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * Making a Splash: Possessed a Flowing Rune (a powered-up version of the Water Rune) from birth.
 * Mayfly December Romance: Luc is only 30, but he still have the True Wind Rune.
 * My Master Right or Wrong
 * Rescue Romance: Her relationship with Luc.
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Subordinate Excuse
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Villain Protagonist

Albert Silverberg

 * Aloof Big Brother
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cain and Abel: With Caesar.
 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Redhead
 * It Runs in The Family
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Man in White
 * Neutral Selfish
 * Non Action Guy
 * Sibling Yin Yang
 * Smart People Wear Glasses
 * The Strategist
 * Teen Genius

Juan

 * Bare Fisted Monk
 * Berserk Button: Wake him up. Just wake him up.
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Good Old Fisticuffs
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heavy Sleeper
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: He says some things in Thomas' story that can come off as really cruel, or at the very least, insensitive, but in the end he's a nice guy.
 * Oral Fixation Fixation
 * Spear Counterpart: To Emily.
 * Ship Tease: Implied with Emily.

Picolo

 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Fortune Teller
 * Miniature Senior Citizens
 * Noble Man's Laugh
 * Squishy Wizard

Emily

 * Action Girl
 * Bare Fisted Monk
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Bokukko
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Distaff Counterpart: To Juan.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Good Old Fisticuffs
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Plucky Girl
 * Ship Tease: Implied with Juan.
 * Spin Offspring: Of Ronnie Bell and Mose from the original Suikoden.
 * You Go Girl

Sanae Yamamoto

 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Lady of War
 * Meganekko
 * Moe
 * Plucky Girl
 * Spin Offspring: Of Freed and Yoshino from II.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Sharon

 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Blade On a Stick
 * Bling of War
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Cute Little Fangs
 * Dragon Rider: She wants to be one.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Military Brat
 * Moe
 * Plucky Girl
 * Spin Offspring: Of Milia from I.

Belle

 * Action Girl
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Has a crush on Hugo, who is Oblivious to Love.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Hair of Gold
 * Moe
 * Plucky Girl
 * Spin Offspring: Her Missing Mom is implied to be Meg from Suikoden I and II.
 * ...Only implied?
 * Teen Genius

Bright

 * Intellectual Animal
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Non Human Sidekick: To Futch.
 * Our Dragons Are Different

Gadget Z

 * Cloudcuckoolander: Very slight, but the phrases he spouts while malfunctioning certainly count.
 * Legacy Character
 * Non Human Sidekick / Robot Buddy: To Belle.
 * Transforming Mecha
 * Unknown Rival: To Bright.

Mio

 * Determined Widow
 * Hello Nurse
 * Her Heart Will Go On
 * Hospital Hottie
 * The Medic
 * Onee Sama
 * The Pollyana

Nei

 * Action Girl
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Glamorous Wartime Singer
 * Good Old Fisticuffs
 * Implied Love Interest: To Roland.
 * Mama Bear: To Shabon. Should Shabon fall in battle, Nei will go berserk.
 * If Toppo is in the team as well, there's a chance BOTH of them will go berserk, leading to a rare team-up of a Mama Bear and a Papa Wolf.
 * Musical Assassin
 * Our Elves Are Different
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Waif Fu

Toppo

 * Improbable Weapon User
 * Musical Assassin
 * Nice Hat
 * Papa Wolf: To Shabon. Should Shabon fall in battle, he'll go berserk.
 * If Nei is in the team as well, there's a chance BOTH of them will go berserk, leading to a rare team-up of a Mama Bear and a Papa Wolf.
 * The One Guy: To Nei and Shabon.
 * The Quiet One
 * The Stoic
 * Visible Silence

Shabon

 * Action Girl
 * Cheerful Child
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Genki Girl
 * Good Old Fisticuffs
 * Moe
 * Musical Assassin
 * Odango
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Third Person Person
 * Waif Fu

Melville

 * Cheerful Child
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Bordering Bishounen.
 * Kid Hero
 * Knife Nut
 * Power Trio: With Elliot and Alanis. He is the Id.
 * Precocious Crush: Revealed in a bath scene, he has one on Chris.
 * Purple Is Powerful: His vest.
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Ugly Guy's Handome Son

Alanis

 * Cheerful Child
 * Girl In Red
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Magical Girl
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Power Trio: With Elliot and Melville. She is the Ego.
 * Squishy Wizard

Elliot

 * Cheerful Child
 * Hair of Gold
 * Megane
 * Non Action Guy
 * The Nose Knows
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Power Trio: With Alanis and Melville. He is the Superego.

Nash Latkje

 * Bishounen
 * Hero of Another Story: Has a Playstation1 Visual Novel wherein he is the main protagonist. Never did come out from Japan though.
 * Knife Nut
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Stealth Hi Bye

Fred Maximillian

 * Bishounen
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Hot Blooded
 * Keet
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Military Brat
 * No Sense of Direction
 * Legacy Character
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Purple Is Powerful
 * Spin Offspring: Grandson actually.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Tell Me Something About My Grandfather
 * Walking the Earth

Rico

 * Bifauxnen
 * Bodyguard Crush: To Fred, arguably.
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Gender Blender Name
 * Military Brat
 * Nice Hat
 * No Sense of Direction
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Spin Offspring: Her (grand?)father is implied to be Sancho.
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Viewer Gender Confusion
 * Walking the Earth

Kidd

 * Amateur Sleuth
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Expy: Of Detective Conan.
 * Teen Genius

Landis

 * Blindfold Of Power - Well, it's a mix between an eyepatch and blindfold since you can still see one eye.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse
 * Evil Laugh: A very creepy "Yuh huh huh..."
 * Expy: Of Sid from the second game. Some fans wonder if they're the same person.
 * Improbable Weapon User - He wields a scythe and uses it accordingly.
 * That One Recruit - He randomly joins in battle if you wander a specific area with an open slot in your party.
 * More of a Luck Based Mission, in a way. You can get him without meaning to in the very first battle, or you can spend over an hour running in circles without success.
 * Winged Humanoid

Watari

 * Ninja
 * Only in It For The Money: Will only join if you fork over a whopping 100,000 potch.
 * Peek a Bangs
 * The Quiet One
 * Spear Counterpart: To Ayame.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy

Ayame

 * Action Girl
 * Distaff Counterpart: To Watari.
 * Les Yay: There's a bath scene between just her and Chris, in which Chris basically just stares at her for the entire duration of it.
 * Ninja
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Joins so she has a chance at beating Watari.
 * Purple Is Powerful
 * Rivals Team Up: With Watari, complete with a Combination Attack.
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tall Dark and Snarky

Twaikin

 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Improbable Weapon User: Shovel.
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Stone Wall: Has the highest HP in the game.

Edge

 * Blood Knight
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Empathic Weapon: Keeps the Star Dragon Sword for Viktor.
 * Magic Knight: He has roughly the same stats Flik had in the previous games, which is pretty much the reason why he can wield the Star Dragon Sword even better than Viktor.
 * The Quiet One
 * Redheaded Hero

Kenji

 * Acrofatic
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment
 * Training From Hell

Mel

 * Cute Bruiser
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Some of her puppet Branky's comments are definitely less than savoury.....
 * Puppet Master
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Augustine

 * Badass Gay
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Mustache
 * Cultured Badass
 * Hair of Gold
 * Nice Hat
 * Shotacon: Oh, Louis...
 * Something About a Rose
 * Warrior Poet

Wan Fu

 * Bad Liar
 * Big Eater
 * The Big Guy
 * Simple Staff
 * Tattooed Crook
 * Walking Shirtless Scene

Estella

 * Aloof Big Sister: To Rody.
 * Anti Hero
 * Bad Liar
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Lady in Red
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Rose Haired Girl
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Stripperific
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Rody

 * Bishounen
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Chew Toy
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass
 * Does Not Know His Own Strength
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady
 * Long Haired Pretty Boy
 * Nice Guy
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Stupid Good
 * Too Dumb to Live
 * Training From Hell
 * Yes Man

Rhett

 * Bifurcated Weapon: Uses a Halberd, which an axe and spear hybrid.
 * Big Eater
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Nice Hat
 * Those Two Guys: With Wilder.
 * Petting Zoo People

Wilder

 * Bifurcated Weapon: Uses a Halberd, which an axe and spear hybrid.
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass
 * Megane
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Those Two Guys: With Rhett.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Purple Is Powerful