Resonance of Fate/Characters

Vashyron
""A man should never let a woman wear too much makeup or too many clothes.""

= Voiced by Ken Narita (Japanese) and Nolan North (English).
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A man with self-professed "mad skills," Vashyron makes a living doing odd jobs with his gun. He acts as something of a big brother figure to Zephyr and Leanne.


 * Anti Hero: Really, he's a mercenary who kills people and monsters for a living, and sometimes just (armed) people who get in his way. While not as scary as Zephyr, he's not a white hat, either.
 * Big Brother Mentor: He shows flashes of this when he's not being a...
 * Handsome Lech
 * Chosen One: Rebecca describes him as . What this means in practical terms is that
 * Hitman With a Heart: He may be a killer for hire (or, in his words, a merchant of death), but he doesn't kill innocents and genuinely cares about the two kids under his care.
 * Papa Wolf: Don't threaten Vashyron's employees when he's around. Just don't.

Zephyr
""Will He still judge me as a child of God?""

= Voiced by Hiro Shimono (Japanese) and Scott Menville (English).
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A reserved young man with a dark outlook on life. Vashyron took him under his wing and he's been making a living with his machinegun every since.

"Zephyr: I want Leanne to be happy."
 * Ax Crazy: Zephyr in the game's opening cutscene.
 * Bishonen: Oh, so very much. In his type B costume he could probably audition as a Gackt look alike.
 * Chosen One: See Vashyron.
 * Gangsta Style: He seems to like holding guns this way.
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Mood Swinger: He can either be jovial or brooding, and frequently switches from one to the other.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Despite his sociopathic tendencies, Zephyr leapt without thinking to save Leanne at the risk of his own life, offers her his jacket when she looks cold, and risks his life to retrieve her cold medicine when she gets sick.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Despite his sociopathic tendencies, Zephyr leapt without thinking to save Leanne at the risk of his own life, offers her his jacket when she looks cold, and risks his life to retrieve her cold medicine when she gets sick.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Despite his sociopathic tendencies, Zephyr leapt without thinking to save Leanne at the risk of his own life, offers her his jacket when she looks cold, and risks his life to retrieve her cold medicine when she gets sick.


 * Survivor Guilt: See Heroic BSOD above.
 * Pet the Dog: His concern for Leanne's well-being is the one consistent sign that he's still got some humanity left.
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Zipperiffic: For some unexplained reason, the t-shirts of Zephyr's "B" costumes all have a small zipper near the neckline.

Leanne (Reanbell in the Japanese release)
""If I have to die, I'll die on my own terms.""

= Voiced by Aya Endo (Japanese) and Jessica Di Cicco (English).
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An upbeat and delicate looking girl who seems a little out of place doing mercenary work. Zephyr saved her from a suicide attempt and she "followed him home."

"Vashyron: "Too small for a good look, huh?"
 * A-Cup Angst: Not really an issue for her unless Vashyron is teasing her about this.

Leanne: "What's too small?!"

Vashyron: "Your rack."

(SLAP)"

"Leanne: Aah, this skirt's too short!
 * "All we have are raisins."
 * Action Girl: Although she and the other two constantly mention how inexperienced she is, this girl kicks serious ass on the battle field.
 * Badass Adorable: And how. Several NPCs will go on about how adorable she is.
 * The Chick: Though definitely not the passive version.
 * Driven to Suicide: The first time you see her in a cutscene, she's jumping to her doom, only to be saved by Zephyr. Only later in the game will you find out why she did that.
 * Hair Decorations: With Catgirl and Meido variations available in addition to more normal hair bands.
 * Girly Run
 * Golden Thigh Ratio
 * Magic Skirt: Averted and played straight. Leanne's outer dress (or possibly coat) does ride up with all the flips she does, but there's another skirt underneath that that doesn't seem to budge. Outfit B averts this trope but some of the outfits in B have a pair of black leggings on her. Some don't.
 * Morality Pet: for Zephyr and, to a lesser extent, Vashyron
 * Mysterious Waif
 * New Meat: As noted above, she's considered the least experienced member of the team; and it's implied that she only recently (as in, a year after she moved in) started accompanying the other two on their missions.
 * Phlebotinum Rebel
 * The Protagonist: She arguably gets the most Character Development, and the protagonists' conflict mostly revolves around her. Odd, since the dynamic within the trio doesn't really suggest this.
 * Sexy Santa Dress: Worn during the Christmas mission, and complained about endlessly.

Zephyr: Now all we need is a trampoline.

Leanne: What did you say?

Zephyr: I said "the hem looks really keen.""


 * Small Girl Big Gun: Depending on what you choose equip her with, she can wield one or two of the largest weapons in the game.
 * Stepford Smiler: She seems very upbeat and happy, but the mask starts to crack at the end of Chapter 5.
 * Tsundere: She's normally nice, but she's not above dealing out physical abuse to Vashyron for being a pervert. She also smacks Zephyr more than once when she feels he's being particularly wangsty

Rowen
""I'll set my doubts aside. I'll set them aside to build a world of order. For the sake of the people.""

= Voiced by Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese) and Jim Ward (English).
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One of the Cardinals, although he will not step forward to take up the mantle of Prelate. He is tormented by his past, especially the death of his beloved Frida.


 * The Alcoholic: Drinks frequently, and loves blended scotch and malt whiskey.
 * Badass in A Nice Suit: It's quite stylish, his suit. And he's badass.
 * Badass Preacher: He's the highest ranking Cardinal of the Zenith religion, and a damn good marksman.
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: This guy is hard if you're underleveled or your guns aren't fully customized.
 * Crisis of Faith: Practically his personality.
 * Well Intentioned Extremist: His justification for  is that he's doing it to fulfill Frida's dream of a free people.

Rebecca
""Look what they've wrought! They would use machines to spread the plague of their clockwork world. But the wastes beyond are our Eden. Now you die along with Zenith!""

= Voiced by Yukana (Japanese) and Cat Taber (English).
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Although Rebecca appears to be an adolescent girl, the horns on her head hint at a far more esoteric origin.


 * Bonus Boss
 * Creepy Child: She's not too bad until you realize the And that's just the beginning.
 * Good Wings Evil Wings: Of the Power Wing variety.
 * Petting Zoo People: She has curly little ram horns on her head.
 * Power Gives You Wings
 * White Haired Pretty Girl

Sullivan
""Let me be perfectly clear this once: we're evil men who revel in our vainglory.""

= Voiced by Takehito Koyasu (Japanese) and Chris Edgerly (English).
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A researcher who appears to be helping Rowen. He is almost always accompanied by Rebecca. His past has ties to both Leanne and Zephyr's.


 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Big Bad: Nearly everything bad that happens to the main characters can be laid at his feet, including
 * Bonus Boss
 * Immortality Immorality
 * Evil Laugh
 * Pet the Dog: It's pretty obvious from the ending sequence that he genuinely cares about Rebecca.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy

Gelsey
""I'm alive! You all saw it, each and every one of you! I've been chosen by God!""

= Voiced by Shigeru Chiba (Japanese) and Dwight Schultz (English).
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A man who is completely off-his-rocker nuts. He attacked Mine 24 to get at the Quartz vein, believing that if he found his star he'd be "chosen by God."

"Gelsey: Love the threads!
 * Chewing the Scenery: In a cast of Large Hams, he shines above and beyond.
 * Enemy Chatter: He has both interesting things hinting at the backstory to say to Vashyron and funny things to say to the other two.

Zephyr: Thanks. You're not too badly dressed yourself."


 * Laughing Mad
 * The Mad Hatter: Seems to revel in his insanity.

Pater
""You've nothing to fear! Though it cost me my life, I, Cardinal Pater, bearer of the Celestial Jewel, will save you!""

= Voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese) and Jason Marsden (English).
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A cardinal with an almost child-like personality. He has a crush on Leanne, but can't work up the courage to talk coherently around her. He seems to have a friendly relationship with Zephyr. Friendly for Zephyr, anyway.


 * Chekhov's Gun: In his first scene, he is given his quartz stone, which he fashions into a ring.
 * Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: He appears as a Bonus Boss in Neverland, and no one remarks on this before or after the fight.
 * Gonk
 * Hollywood Nerd: Type 1, so very much.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Seems like a real nerd at first, completely and totally awkward. But one soon learns that he deeply cares for the common people and is devoted to clearing out areas so they can have places to live.

Cardinal Theresa
A close contact of Vashyron, Cardinal Theresa often gives missions to him and his team.


 * Cool Old Lady
 * Friend to All Children: Sets up a Christmas party with presents for orphans in the Square Garden.
 * Pimped Out Dress
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: One of the few cardinals who isn't evil, completely insane, or both.
 * Something About a Rose: Her first mission involves going to a dangerous place and placing a (fake) rose on a gravesite.
 * Widow Woman: Her husband has been dead for some time.

Prelate Frida
""I want to see that world. A world where people live life as they want to."'"

= Voiced by Yuki Sakura (Japanese) and Julie Nathanson (English).
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The former leader of the Church who died twenty years before the events of the game. She was extremely well-respected by the other Cardinals and was Rowen's wife.


 * Posthumous Character
 * Too Good for This Sinful Earth
 * Too Good for This Sinful Earth