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: He doesn't have a cannon name.
 * Playing with Fire: Uses True Fire.
 * Posthumous Character: Unknown to many, he gave up his True Rune and died before the events of the game.
 * Simple Staff: His weapon of choice.
 * Take Up My Sword: He is dead, but one of the three protagonists can inherit his True Rune and become the new Flame Champion.

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: It's implied by the timeline (and the fact that no one seems to know Hugo's father's identity) that he was conceived while Lucia was aiding Highland in the war against Jowston during Suikoden II.
 * Knife Nut: His weapon.
 * 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: Is son of the Karayan chief Lucia.

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 of the 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.
 * 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.
 * Letting Her Hair Down: The tail end of Chapter 2 through the beginning of Chapter 4, only, sadly.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Subverted. Chris is strong and has great offensive skills, like "Accuracy", "Damage", "Heavy Damage" and "Parry" (the latter two can be upgraded to Rank A), and she is very durable and can equip heavy armor and learn "Repel" and "Armor Protect", but her speed is average.
 * 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: Her eyes are purple.
 * 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: Chris is 172cm tall.
 * Tall Silver And Bishoujo
 * Tomboyish Name: "Chris" is more commonly (though not exclusively) a boy's 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: Geddoe is quiet and serious man who rarely displayed emotions.
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky

Thomas

 * Action Survivor: Becomes competent by trying to keep his castle afloat.
 * Aloof Dad
 * Big Fancy House: Castle actually, but same diff.
 * Blue Blood: His father Lowma is a member of the Zexen Council.
 * A Child Shall Lead Them: He is the lord of Lake castle.
 * Heroic Bastard
 * I Have No Son: His dad sent him to Budehuc so he could forget about him.
 * 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: He's a moderately wealthy city boy with no combat experience thrown into the middle of an all out war. He begins at level 1 wielding a rusty old sword that he flails around randomly, gets winded after jogging for a bit and gets dizzy whenever he does his Combination Attack with Cecille, during which he contributes much less than her. His true contributions to the army are his kind heart and his unwavering spirit.
 * 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 above and Supporting Protagonist below 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: Thomas is naive and rather sheltered, so he's unaware of many of the world's problems. As a result, he's perfectly willing to take in anyone, regardless of their background.

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
 * It Runs in The Family
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Non-Action Guy: He's a strategist, not a fighter. He's also quite lazy, so he probably wouldn't help even if he was a fighter.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang
 * The Smart Guy
 * Smart People Wear Glasses
 * The Strategist: To the allied Grassland forces.
 * 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: To Hugo and Lulu.
 * Making a Splash: Has a Water Rune attached.
 * Mr. Exposition: In Hugo's chapters, Joe explains the situation between the clans and Zexen, and some details of the story of the Flame Champion.
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Nice Helmet
 * Older Sidekick
 * Petting Zoo People

Fubar

 * Intellectual Animal: Fubar clearly understands things said to him but can only respond with bird cries.
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Non-Human Sidekick: To Hugo.
 * Our Gryphons Are Different: A classical griffin.
 * Powerup Mount: Put Hugo on a team with him, and Hugo will ride and attack simultaneously with him.
 * Team Pet: For Hugo's chapters.

Beecham

 * Badass
 * Badass Beard
 * Bling of War: His Cool Sword is gold.
 * Cool Old Guy: A war veteran and Lucia's most trusted soldier.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * Master Swordsman
 * Older Sidekick: To Lucia, and later, Hugo.
 * Old Soldier: Beecham is a war veteran and was present during the Dunan Unification War, which happened 15 years before the events of this game.
 * Satellite Character: Beecham is defined by his relationship with his boss, Lucia. All we learn about him is that he is a Master Swordsman and his hobby is bonsai.
 * The Stoic: Very serious.

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: Has a spiky hair.
 * Bash Brothers: With Borus.
 * Chick Magnet: 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.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Dutiful Son
 * Embarrassing Nickname: His mother calls him "Percy" in front of Chris, much to his chagrin.
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * The Lancer/The Smart Guy
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * 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: Is a knight and a specialist in spells.
 * Purple Is Powerful: His blazer.
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * The Smart Guy/The Lancer: Salome is The Strategist of the team and command the knights. He is also one of the first to discover the conspiracy behind the war and of Harmonia plans of invasion.
 * The Strategist
 * Supporting Leader: Commands the Zexen Knights.
 * Team Dad

Roland

 * The Archer: Roland is skilled in archery, is The Stoic and very analytical.
 * 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
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Token Non-Human: To the Zexen Knights.

Leo

 * An Axe to Grind: Wields an axe.
 * Badass Mustache
 * Bald of Awesome/Badass Long Hair: He managed to be both.
 * The Big Guy: The physically imposing member of the team.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Failure Knight: Not being able to protect the previous Captain is his greatest failure.
 * Hot-Blooded: Not as much as Borus, but he is eager to join a fight.
 * 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: Justified, as Louis is too young to go to battles.
 * Tagalong Kid: Though as Chris' squire, he does have an actual job to do.
 * Team Chef

Queen

 * Action Girl
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Fallen Princess: She was a member of a high-ranking noble family in a country that got conquered by Harmonia.
 * Granola Girl: She's vegan.
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Lady of War
 * The Lancer/The Chick: Doubles up as the lancer with Ace, but is also the only female on the team until Aila joins.
 * Power Hair
 * The Smurfette Principle: Until Aila joined Geddoe's team.
 * Team Mom
 * Theme Naming

Ace

 * The Ace: Subverted. Despite his name, Ace is the Butt Monkey of the crew and is said to spend the team's money buying gifts for women. However, he is implied to be the Hitman Bravo, writer of "The Adventures of Erk".
 * Badass Bookworm: He enjoys reading and can be found at the castle's library.
 * Bash Brothers: With Joker.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Butt Monkey
 * Dating Catwoman: Previously dated Elaine from Duke's squad.
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Handsome Lech
 * The Lancer: The laid-back joker to Geddoe's brooding soldier.
 * Theme Naming
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Him and Joker.

Joker

 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Mustache
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: Fight with his bare hands.
 * Bash Brothers: With Ace.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Playing with Fire: Has a Fire Rune attached.
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * The Smart Guy
 * Team Dad
 * Theme Naming
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Him and Ace.

Jacques

 * The Archer
 * Automatic Crossbow: His weapon.
 * The Big Guy: In terms of combat capability, rather than actual size.
 * 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: She is a teenage native Karayan traveling with a bunch of stoic mercenaries.
 * Green Eyes
 * Magical Native American: She is Karayan and has the ability to speak with the elemental spirits.
 * 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 Significance 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: Wields a lance in combat.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Bodyguard Crush: To 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: Cecile's father was the Commander of the Guards of the castle.
 * One-Man Army: Well, her combat abilities aren't that much different from the other knights. She's this because she literally is the only soldier originally in Budehuc.
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Pollyanna
 * Undying Loyalty: To Thomas and to the her friends from Budehuc Castle

Dupa

 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Blade on a Stick
 * Da Chief: Becomes the chief of the Lizard Clan after Yuber murders the previous one, Zepon, in order to start a war between Zexen and Grasslands.
 * Everything's Better with Dinosaurs
 * Hot-Blooded: Complete with a permanently-attached Fury rune!
 * Large and In Charge
 * Large Ham
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Nice Hat: Wears a feather headpiece, made from game birds he took during a hunting trial.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: By Grassland standards.
 * Screaming Warrior
 * Supporting Leader

Shiba

 * The Big Guy
 * Blade on a Stick
 * Everything's 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.
 * Everything's Better with Dinosaurs
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy

Yuiri

 * Action Girl
 * The Archer
 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Automatic Crossbows
 * Da Chief: Yuiri is the chief of Alma Kinan village.
 * 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: To Yun.
 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Yuiri.
 * Lady of War
 * The Lancer: To Yuiri.
 * Magic Skirt: Yumi wears one.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Yun

 * The Chick: She is The Empath of the Alma Kinan tribe.
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * The Empath
 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Magic Skirt
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Magic Skirt
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Duke

 * Blade of Fearsome Size: His weapon.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * Hachimaki: His bandana.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Rated "M" for Manly
 * Unknown Rival/The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Geddoe.
 * You Gotta Have Orange Hair

Elaine

 * Action Girl
 * Artificial Limbs: Implied. Elaine seems to have a mechanical left arm, but it may be only a metal gauntlet. The game made no mentions about it.
 * The Fashionista
 * Femme Fatale
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Hello, Nurse!: As far as Ace is concerned. Elaine suggestion box entry also states that she receive many love letters, but isn't interested.
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Lady in Red: Elaine wears a red shirt with an Impossibly Low Neckline and is The Tease.
 * Sitcom Arch Nemesis: To Queen and, in a slight degree, Ace.
 * The Tease

Nicholas

 * An Axe to Grind: Uses an axe for combat.
 * Anti-Villain
 * Cool Old Guy: The oldest member of Duke's team.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Has a shield in his back.
 * Older Sidekick: To Duke and his crew; Nicolas served Duke's father and now works for him.
 * 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: Has an eye patch.
 * 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: Gau is a Kobold, a humanoid dog.
 * The Stoic
 * Token Non-Human: To Duke's group.

Franz

 * Blade on a Stick: Fights with a lance.
 * 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: To Iku.

Iku

 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: To Franz.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Ruby

 * Big Creepy-Crawlies: A giant mantor.
 * 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
 * The Big Guy
 * Dual-Wielding
 * 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: Types II and III, with a dash of IV.
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Child Mage Prodigy: She was born with a Flowing Rune attached to her head, and she became fluent in Sindar at a young age. She was imprisoned as a little girl for being a witch as a result.
 * Dark Action Girl/Dark Magical Girl
 * Dark Chick
 * The Dragon: To Luc.
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Played with. She does what she can to keep casualties to a minimum, but if Luc gives her an order, she follows it without question.
 * 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: She willingly commits utter atrocities for no other reason than because Luc wanted it despite holding no illusions that they aren't immoral. She's that loyal to (and in love with) him.
 * Rescue Romance: Her relationship with Luc.
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Subordinate Excuse: An odd case. She's not Just Following Orders, her loyalty to Luc is coupled with a love for him that is so strong that it overrides her conscience.
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Villain Protagonist

Albert Silverberg

 * Aloof Big Brother: To Caesar.
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cain and Abel: With Caesar.
 * Evil Genius: He is The Strategist for the Destroyers.
 * Evil Redhead
 * It Runs in The Family: He is a renowed strategist like any other member of the Silverberg family.
 * Man in White
 * Neutral Selfish
 * Non-Action Guy: Even on Luc's chapter, he is a Support Party Member.
 * 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: He's your castle's skills mentor.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Good Old Fisticuffs
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heavy Sleeper: His defining character trait. He also comes with an Walking Rune attached.
 * 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: Always has a leaf into his mouth.
 * Spear Counterpart: To Emily.
 * Ship Tease: Implied with Emily.

Picolo

 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Fortune Teller: Piccolo's job in Budehuc Castle.
 * Miniature Senior Citizens
 * Noblewoman's Laugh: "O-ho-ho-ho-ho!!"
 * Squishy Wizard: Piccolo is a powerful wizard but is poor at direct combat.

Emily

 * Action Girl
 * Bare-Fisted Monk
 * Bokukko
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * 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 Suikoden I.
 * You Go, Girl!

Sanae Yamamoto

 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable: Has traveled, apparently alone, from her home in Dunan to Grassland, aged 13.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Blade on a Stick: Uses a nagitama in combat, just like her mother.
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Lady of War
 * Meganekko: Wear glasses like her parents.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Spin Offspring: Of Freed and Yoshino from Suikoden II.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Like her mother before her, she has the same heritage and grace and naginata skill.

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
 * Plucky Girl
 * Spin Offspring: Of Milia from Suikoden I.

Belle

 * Action Girl: Belle. Also a Cute Bruiser.
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Has a crush on Hugo, who is Oblivious to Love.
 * Badass Adorable/Badass Bookworm
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Drop the Hammer: Belle's weapon of choice.
 * Gadgeteer Genius/Teen Genius: Belle, being the inventor of Gadget Z counts. Her recruitment quest is all about getting items for her to fix Gadget Z.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Hair of Gold
 * Plucky Girl
 * Spin Offspring: Her Missing Mom is implied to be Meg from Suikoden I and Suikoden II.
 * ...Only implied?

Bright

 * Intellectual Animal
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Non-Human Sidekick: To Futch.
 * Our Dragons Are Different: He is based on the western-style dragons: scaly, reptilian and breaths fire.

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: Gadget Z can transform during his Unite attack.
 * 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
 * The One Guy: To Nei and Shabon.
 * 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 Quiet One
 * The Stoic
 * Visible Silence

Shabon

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

Melville

 * Cheerful Child
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Bordering Bishounen.
 * Freudian Trio: With Elliot and Alanis. He is the Id.
 * Kid Hero
 * Knife Nut
 * 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
 * Freudian Trio: With Elliot and Melville. She is the Ego.
 * Girl In Red
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Magical Girl
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Tagalong Kid

Elliot

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

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
 * Legacy Character: Captain of the Maximillian Knights, which his grandfather once led.
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Military Brat
 * No Sense of Direction
 * Purple Is Powerful
 * Spin Offspring: Grandson actually.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Tell Me About My Grandfather
 * Walking the Earth

Rico

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

Kidd

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

Landis

 * Evil Laugh: A very creepy "Yuh huh huh..."
 * Expy: Of Sid from the second game. Some fans wonder if they're the same person.
 * Eyepatch of Power: Well, it's a mix between an eyepatch and blindfold since you can still see one eye.
 * Improbable Weapon User: He wields a scythe and uses it accordingly.
 * Luck-Based Mission: He randomly joins in battle if you wander a specific area with an open slot in your party. 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: He is a Winger.

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.
 * 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
 * Training from Hell

Mel

 * Cute Bruiser: Is very strong despite being a little girl. Especially if you recruit her in Thomas chapter 1: she joins at level 32 which, unless you'll been grinding, is about ten levels above Thomas and his party.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Some of her puppet Branky's comments are definitely less than savoury.....
 * Puppet Master
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Augustine

 * Badass Gay: Of all the Narcissist males in the series, Augustine looks as though he'd be best able to handle himself in a scrap.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Mustache
 * Cultured Badass
 * Hair of Gold
 * Nice Hat: Sports a large musketeer-style hat.
 * Shotacon: Oh, Louis...
 * Something About a Rose: His prize-possession, have won it in a male beauty contest.
 * Warrior Poet

Wan Fu

 * Bad Liar
 * Big Eater: You have to pay 3.000 potch for his food to recruit him.
 * The Big Guy
 * Simple Staff: His weapon.
 * Tattooed Crook: Has a phoenix tattoo in his back.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: He doesn't like shirts.

Estella

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

Rody

 * Bishounen
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Chew Toy
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite his gullible personality, he is one of the best mages in the game.
 * Does Not Know His Own Strength
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He is a Bishounen with long black hair.
 * Nice Guy
 * Squishy Wizard: Is very good at magic, but lacks strength and physical endurance. Ironically, he joins with insuitable runes: Wall Rune and Firefly Rune, to further establish him as a Butt Monkey.
 * Stupid Good: He belives in anything his mentors says and always does what she orderes him to.
 * Too Dumb to Live: See Training from Hell below.
 * Training from Hell: Estella forced him to bury himself up to his neck in the ground to increase his affinity for earth magic, run around a field with his belly button out to increase his lightning magic, blow on a bowl of soup until it got cold to increase his wind magic and dog-paddle 30 laps in the Budehuc Castle baths to increase his water magic.
 * Yes-Man: To Estella.

Rhett

 * Bifurcated Weapon: Uses a Halberd, which an axe and spear hybrid.
 * Big Eater
 * Brilliant but Lazy: He and Wilder are competent fighters, but are also very lazy. Joe has to give them a What the Hell, Hero? speech to make them join.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Nice Hat: Wears a nice cap.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Those Two Guys: With Wilder.

Wilder

 * Bifurcated Weapon: Uses a Halberd, which an axe and spear hybrid.
 * Brilliant but Lazy: Like Rhett, Wilder is a good fighter, but is also lazy.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Megane/Stoic Spectacles: Wilder wears glasses.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Purple Is Powerful: Wilder wears a purple coat.
 * Those Two Guys: With Rhett.