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=== The Guardian Spirit ===

 

 

* [[Addressing the Player]] - The Guardian Spirit is you, the player.

* [[Bond Creatures]]

* [[Finishing Move]]: In the first game, carrying out your combo with Kalas {{spoiler|and later on with your brief stint with Xelha}} to just before its current maximum would yield a chance for any of the Magnus in your hand to change to one of six Spirit Spells, very powerful elemental spells that scaled in strength with your class level. At class 6, they are stronger than your character's strongest finishers. {{spoiler|The absence of this ability in ''Origins'' is a plot point.}}

* [[Level Up At Intimacy 5]]: You’ll often get two or three options of what to say during cutscenes. What you say doesn’t affect the plot (except for one particular instance in Origins, where choosing the wrong answer gives you a [[Nonstandard Game Over]]), but giving the right answers will help you fight better, powering up your Spirit Attacks in ''Eternal Wings'' and improving the chances of you getting useful cards in ''Origins''.

* [[Tomato Surprise]]: In ''Origins''.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: In ''EWLO'', {{spoiler|Kalas does this to you after [[The Reveal]] of his role as [[The Mole]].}} In ''Origins'', {{spoiler|the non-standard game over (you to Sagi)}}

 

== The cast of Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean ==

 

== The Six Man Band ==

 

 

{{spoiler|In actuality, Kalas is [[The Mole]]. Yes indeed, the ''protagonist himself'' was [[Evil All Along]] right under our noses, having made a deal with Melodia for power after crossing the [[Despair Event Horizon]]. He is responsible for the loss of your group's Che End Magnus, having passed it on to Melodia in Parnasse, responsible for your (the Guardian Spirit's) memory loss, as he had a memory loss spell cast on you because ''you didn't agree with their plans,'' and also apparently responsible for the groups capture after [[The Reveal]], having obtained dark power and [[Power Gives You Wings|another wing]] from the End Magnus.}}

{{spoiler|Kalas is rescued from the darkness by Xelha using the Ocean Mirror on him, at which point, by pure [[Heroic Willpower]] alone, he ''rips out his "dark" wing and vows to stop Melodia [[Perpetual Molt|amidst a shower of feathers]]''.}} From here on out, [[Character Development|he becomes a lot nicer and becomes a lot more like TheHero he is supposed to be.]]

 

 

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Played with; if you suggest saving Xelha in Rodolfo's mansion, Kalas gets annoyed with you and says he only cares about finding Giacomo. Then he runs into a door that needs two people to open.

* {{spoiler|[[Artificial Human]] - Kalas was a result of research to create life from Magnus.}}

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: His custom-made winglet.

* [[Badass]]: Kalas can be a pretty cool person sometimes.

* [[BFS]]: Wields a very large sword, one handed.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A fair bit. [[Character Development|Eventually becomes a lot nicer and well meaning]] {{spoiler|after his [[Heel Face Turn]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: Crossed it when Giacomo and Ayme killed his family, which led him to make his deal with Melodia. Eventually subverted when Xelha manages to pull him out of the darkness with the Ocean Mirror, at which point he undergoes his [[Heel Face Turn]] and becomes [[The Hero]] once more.}}

* [[Dull Surprise]]

* {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along]]}}: {{spoiler|Eventually has a [[Heel Face Turn]].}}

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]

* [[Heroic Willpower]]: How he is able to {{spoiler|throw aside Malpercio's taint and [[Heel Face Turn]] back to the group's side again.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: Very much so at first.

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]: After [[The Reveal]].}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Starts off offensively weaker than Xelha, but will quickly grow into this once he starts picking up better magnus. It helps that he has the earliest opportunity (In Anuenue's Holoholo Jungle) of the group to find his first Equipment Magnus with the express purpose of raising his stats. Get it, and you'll find yourself dealing ridiculous damage with Kalas for a great while.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kalas means ''Raven'' (''karasu'') in Japanese. Ostensibly named in this manner because {{spoiler|Geldoblame thought he was a failed result of Georg's experiments in creating the [[Artificial Human|Divine Child,]] and that he was an omen of things to come. How right he was.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Power Gives You Wings]]: Grows a left wing when he receives Malpercio's taint.}}

* [[Say My Name]]: [[Dead Little Sister|FEE!]]

* [[Sidequest]]: Almost ''plays out'' like one, and has a certain feel to it, but it is actually mandatory, to go to the Celestial Alps later in the game to obtain "something Georg left behind for Kalas." Surprise surprise, {{spoiler|turns out the [[Terrible Trio]] [[No One Could Survive That|was alive]] [[Never Found the Body|after all.]]}}

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Very cynical at the beginning, more idealistic towards the end.

* {{spoiler|[[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: After [[The Reveal]].}}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Grandfather And Little Brother]]

 

 

A [[Mysterious Waif]] that we first meet in Cebalrai, quite distinct from the townspeople. Xelha and Kalas chat briefly before she departs with two men for Moonguile Forest, whereupon Kalas finds her at the mercy of a Sabre Dragon. Cue [[Big Damn Heroes]]. Afterwards, though initially appalled by Kalas' rough and uncaring behaviour, she nonetheless requests to accompany him towards a common goal for a while, which eventually ends up becoming a mission to save the world. Caring and very gentle, very empathic, possesses strong morals and a powerful sense of duty. Quite a contrast for Kalas. Obviously develops a thing for him due to his [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. Fights using magic spells channeled through a wand.

* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]

* [[Dull Surprise]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]] and [[Hair of Gold]] - Like many people in this world, Xelha's [[Curtains Match the Window]].

* [[Girly Run]]: Becomes a lot more noticeable when {{spoiler|you start playing as her}}

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Your fastest character period, coupled with excellent attack power and full reach of the elemental spectrum. However, this is offset by her rather weak defensive power (in comparison to other characters) and the strange difficulty with which her armor magnus drop.

* [[The Heart]]

* {{spoiler|[[Last of Her Kind]]}}: A variation: {{spoiler|She is "The Last of the Ice Queens" in the sense that she will be the last Ice Queen to bear the Ocean within her.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Modest Royalty]]}}

* [[Mysterious Waif]]

* {{spoiler|[[Princesses Prefer Pink]]}}: ''Really'' pink outfit.

* {{spoiler|[[King Incognito|Queen Incognito]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: Meets with Kalas under the moon at least three times, and [[Luminescent Blush|blushes brightly when teased about her apparent crush on Kalas.]] [[spoiler: {{Eventually [[Official Couple|acknowledged.]]}}

* [[Team Mom]]

* [[Three Faces of Eve]]: The mother, definitely.

* [[White Magician Girl]]: Fits the personality perfectly, but her magic is offensive.

 

 

 

A Skyfarer, that is, Baten Kaitos's [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] name for a fisheman. Gibari is large, burly man, and though he has his moments of headstrongness, he's actually fairly calm and very amiable. [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions|Believes his hometown's local myths to all be fiction,]] which causes him to butt heads at times with Reblys, and his father as revealed in Origins. Kalas and Xelha meet him in Nashira when they go there after escaping from Imperial soldier pursuit back in Sadal Suud, in need of a boat in order to get to Sheliak and speak with King Ladekhan. Gibari pops in after they get dissed by Reblys and offers his boat in exchange for a favor; that they accompany him to the Lesser Celestial River so that he may discern the cause for its flooding. Fights with [[Improbable Weapon User|boat oars.]]

* [[Cool Boat]]: Like all ships not belonging to the Empire Or Mira, ''it's alive.''

* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: He fights with ''oars.''

* [[The Lancer]]: Often one to take initiative in the planning stage, so he comes off as second in command, as leadership often seems to default to Kalas (unwillingly it would seem, as he decries once).

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Slowest character, but has the highest raw base power and very high defense and HP. In fact, there so happens to be one piece of equipment designed to subvert his low speed, turning him into a [[Lightning Bruiser]], if only until you get better equipment.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Not seen clearly in ''Eternal Wings'' due to [[Retcon]], but in ''Origins'', {{spoiler|he blames himself deeply for his father's death.}}

* [[Retired Badass]]: Sort of.

* [[Sidequest]]: His involves going to the Greater Celestial River to go look for Reblys and Anna, who went looking for a remedy for a kid's fever. Gibari and Reblys end up having a fish-out... {{spoiler|and end up fishing The Lord Of The Celestial River.}}

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Anna to some extent, particularly in ''Origins''.

* [[Team Dad]]: Far and away the oldest member of the six, and serves as something of an authority, although most leadership defaults to [[The Hero|Kalas]].

 

 

 

...Or so he'd like people to believe. As he himself points out, his title is actually little more than a simple name, and indeed his position is actually more of a means to get him out of the way. This is not because he was seen as a threat to the throne, but rather because he was exiled, as we learn not too long after meeting him. Indeed, Lyude is a one-in-a-million citizen of the Empire, one who does not think of himself as being above the rest of the entire world. This is later explained by the fact that, unlike the rest of the Alfard children, he was homeschooled by his surrogate mother {{spoiler|[[Heroic Bastard|and actual real mother]]}} and nanny, Almarde, who taught him to be kind and mindful of others. Thus his defection from the Empire comes when they prove that they have no intention of being pacific, honorable or even fair. A pacifist at heart, Lyude is very nice and also very considerate, finding himself enjoying his stay in Diadem rather than seeing it as an exile as he enjoys the simple pleasures of life that come naturally with the world. Fights with a gun, his magnus taking the form of [[Musical Assassin|brass instruments.]]

* [[Homeschooled Kids]]: Which is why he doesn't blindly spout the views touted by Imperial Propaganda. Along with the accompanied reveal he didn't socialize with his siblings, it explains why his voice acting is even more wooden than the rest of the cast.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]

* [[Instrument of Murder]]

* [[Military Brat]]: His siblings are soldiers for [[The Empire]]. He was, too, until he joined you.

** A side quest in Origins reveals that {{spoiler|Lyude is [[Your Cheating Heart|the nanny's son.]] When Camella finds out, she leaves.}} Hence why Skeed and Vallye consider him [[The Unfavorite]].

* [[Musical Assassin]] (Lyude uses a variety of weaponized trumpets, saxophones, tubas, and other brass instruments to attack. And sometimes they'll be light-based or dark-based horns.)

* [[Nice Guy]]: Every bit as nice as [[The Heart|Xelha]].

* [[Redheaded Hero]]

* [[Sidequest]]: His involves going to investigate the apperance of a [[Ghost Ship]] identical to the Goldoba from before, which houses wandering spectres all calling out to Lyude, including ghosts of his commanding officer, his siblings, and {{spoiler|Almarde.}} The repeated lines of dialogue several say almost sound like a [[Madness Mantra]]. {{spoiler|In the end, it turns out to be caused by [[Eldritch Abomination|a parasitic being from another dimension that feeds off from the mental suffering of others.]]}}

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]] - His speech is noticeably more formal than the rest of the party.

 

 

 

 

 

Savyna is also present in Origins, the only other one of the original party we get to see the past of. {{spoiler|Savyna is [[Smug Snake|Shannath's]] daughter, strongly giving off vibes of a [[Creepy Child]] as she spends all of her time following him around, idly playing with a ball and a [[Broken Smile]] permanently plastered on her face, [[Dissonant Serenity|even when she sits with her dying father after Sagi is done with him, and even when she faces almost certain death at a berserk paramachina's hands.]] She also happens to be the one sending all those unsigned letters Sagi keeps getting, which all keep referring only to "Dear Somebody".}} Before the endgame, {{spoiler|she sends one final letter where she expresses her desire for power to avenge her father, setting Savyna up for the sequel BK.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]:}}

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Is on the giving ''and'' receiving end of this. First, what she ends up doing for Kalas and company in their second meeting, and the second, in Origins, {{spoiler|when Guillo saves her from a crazed paramachina.}}

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: She's the strongest female party member, and the one with the most cleavage around!

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Smile]]:}} Always on in Origins.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: though it edges into Kuudere at times, she's mostly this.

* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: NEVER stops smiling in Origins, even when {{spoiler|Shannath lays dying before her, or when a paramachina is about to kill her.}}

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: To a point

* [[Hair Decorations]] - Honestly, she could have done with a simple ponytail. And her defense equipment are barrettes.

* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]

* {{spoiler|[[Harmful to Minors]]}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Emphasis on ''lightning'', as in, ''lightning fast''; she has great all around stats in all areas and executes her actions with ''incredible'' velocity; however, this lends her to being the most difficult character to use effectively because this gives you less time to choose your magnus, making it harder to obtain prizes.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Mayfee is basically there to prove that the lady who just saved your life, then ditched you to find your own way through a dangerous, magical jungle that has a reputation for killing travelers is actually not a total bitch.

** {{spoiler|Savyna herself is one to Shanath, being the only good thing he is ever seen doing}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: See [[Red Baron]]. For hilarity points, all some poor Mooks need is one ''glance'' at her before running away in complete terror. Nevermind the poor guy who had to stand in her way when she became pissed off.}}

* [[Stripperiffic]]: The most obvious case in the whole franchise... and not done for the sexy.

* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: She is Shannath's daughter, who in turn, is Olgan's son. Had the Alfard coucilmen not resorted to Geldoblame (who had become , she would probably have inherited the throne to Alfard. Then again, it is never made clear in Origins if Olgan ever made it public that he had a son, and through him, a grandaughter, or even if Savyna was aware of her birthright.}}

* [[Sidequest]]: Hers involves helping clear an escape route for the Azhani people straight through the Lamakan Dessert.

* [[The Quiet One]]: A rare female example

* {{spoiler|[[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: Her final letter to 'somebody' expresses a desire for power so she can kill Sagi, assuming the player opted to kill him with a sword. She's 'five'.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Tyke Bomb]]:}} Implied to have become this after {{spoiler|Sagi kills Shannath.}}

* [[When She Smiles]]: A rare photo shot makes a deal out of this (valued at several thousand [[Worlwide Currency|Gold]] even!). To be fair, it ''is'' a rather charming smile.

* [[You Didn't Ask]]: The reason for the misunderstanding where {{spoiler|Lyude accuses Savyna of being [[The Mole]].}}

 

 

A mysterious masked being that our heroes have the luck of encountering when they become lost in an Outer Dimension from the Trail of Souls. It speaks in a very strange, rather childish manner; never conjugating the verb ''to be'' (ex, ''"The Great Mizuti be invincible!"'') and [[Insistent Terminology|always calling itself and asking others to adress it by]] ''[[Insistent Terminology|Great]]'' [[Insistent Terminology|Mizuti]], and similar things. When it declares it can guide the party, they take it up on the offer, and eventually make it. They later meet Mizuti again in Duke Calbren's manor in Balancoire, who reveals it went there in order to protect "Bo" (which is revealed to be the End Magnus of Mira). After {{spoiler|Giacomo}} comes in and declares his intetnion to steal the Magnus after eavesdropping on the conversation detailing its location, Mizuti joins the team. Without a doubt the [[Cloudcuckoolander|most eccentric]] member of the party. Fights like Xelha, channelling it's magic through a chakram instead.

* [[Cool Mask]]: Comes off exactly twice.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]] - Mizuti's speech falls into this. It often plays this trope straight. It's very redundant (by the way, for this to happen it also needs of the [[Rule of Three]])

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Its approach in the Outer Dimension pretty much sets up Mizuti's general character.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: ''The Great'' Mizuti.

* [[Kid Hero]]: 14 years old.

* [[Power Floats]]: Floats practically ''everywhere'', and even though Mizuti does walking motions, Mizuti is still levitating even then.

* [[Rings of Death]]: Used as such in only one finisher.

* {{spoiler|[[Samus Is a Girl]]}}

* [[Sidequest]]: Mizuti's involves going back to [[That One Level|Zosma Tower]] and doing a whole new slew of block-pushing puzzles. If you thought the first five floors were annoying, then know the five basement floors are [[Up to Eleven]]. This is all because the Great Kamroh, accompanied by Mizuti's parents, Mizuti's friend Kee and his parents went down there in order to obtain the Ring of Stars for Mizuti, an artifact of {{spoiler|her}} ancestors that would be useful. {{spoiler|The wizard's spirit deems them unworthy and blasts them, which angers Mizuti into a reckless confrontation with the spirit, but Kee's speech about them not letting Mizuti fight her battles alone anymore calms Mizuti down and allows her to focus for the battle with the Wizard Shadow, all too reminiscent of Xelha's battle with the Goddess of Ice.}} Mizuti wins, is deemed worthy of the Ring of Stars and obtains an Infinity Minus One Finisher.

* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]: Mainly Mizuti's habit of not conjugating "to be," though its speaking quirks as a whole could qualify.

* [[Third Person Person]]

* [[Will Not Tell a Lie]]: The Great Mizuti never lies nor tricks. Maybe only sometimes. Rarely. Once in a blue moon.

 

 

The group's [[Team Pet]]. Meemai is a light-blue-green Greythorne that lived in Cebalrai. He found Kalas unconscious in Moonguile Forest and brought him to Cebalrai {{spoiler|at Xelha's request.}} Later he finds Kalas uconscious again at the spring in the forest and tags along with him to Pherkad. Once they rescue Xelha, Meemai travels with her. From then on, Meemai only really appears when talking to other Greythornes (in which case they'll have a brief "conversation" consisting of squeaks), in Xelha's "coy" face portrait and {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance|when all the Greythorne's fuse to become the Whale.]]}}

* [[Freaky Friday]]: In ''Origins'', if you use Salt Water on greythornes, this happens with Sagi.

* {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance]]: All of the Greythornes in the world combine and fuse into the Whale.}}

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] - Greythornes in general are this.

* [[Running Gag]]: Meemai seems to have something with having a time with Kalas in Moonguile Forest. {{spoiler|Unfortunate that the last instance is tragically marked by Xelha's death.}}

 

== Other characters ==

 

 

 

A high-ranking soldier in the Imperial Army, commander of the Emperor's dark forces. Giacomo is a tall and imposing man clad in armor who seems to get [[For the Evulz|a kick out of antagonizing Kalas.]] Giacomo is resposible for the deaths of Georg and Fee, Kalas's grandfather and little brother, in an attack that took place two years before the start of the game, subsequently destroying Kalas's life and thus being the reason Kalas is always so bitter and eager to kill him. Giacomo has command of an Imperial battleship named the Goldoba, and has two loyal minions in Ayme and Folon. Giacomo fights using a [[Sinister Scythe]] and gets around with a jet pack on his belt.

* [[Cool Ship]]: The Goldoba, which is primarily made of machina and gold.

* [[The Dragon]]: Functionally serves this role to Geldoblame in ''EWLO'', even though there's also Fadroh.

* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]] - ''Life is so long when you live it but so short when you look back. Farewell, Kalas.''}}

* [[Large Ham]]: In Origins. Oh so much.

* [[No One Could Survive That]]: He, Ayme and Folon stay in the Goldoba as it crashes after you beat them. {{spoiler|Predictably, they survived.}}

* [[The Medic]]: {{spoiler|Only in the rematch.}}

* [[Recurring Boss]] - With Ayme and Folon.

* [[Terrible Trio]]: With Ayme and Folon. He's the boss.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. It ''looks'' like he has blue hair, but that's actually part of his helmet's ornamentation. [[Blond Guys Are Evil|He's actually blonde.]] In between learning that Giacomo is Georg's son and Kalas is an [[Artificial Human]], we're lead to believe the then-strong implications that Kalas could be Giacomo's kid, and the apparent sharing of blue hair helped.}}

 

 

 

{{spoiler|As she and Folon reveal, they used to be orphans from Azha whom the Empire bought for use in experiments. Giacomo took them under his wing and kept them close, which earnt him their loyalty. After Giacomo dies at Kalas' hands, she and Folon disappear from the story until they appear at the last minute to help the other rulers breach the shield around Cor Hydrae. After that, at the end of the game, they appear one last time to the scene to bid their farewells to the Guardian Spirit, alongside the rest of the named cast.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes]]: Appears at the last minute to help the other rulers of the sky breach Cor Hydrae's magical shield.}}

* [[Blow You Away]]: Her main elemental focus, with her single [[Making a Splash|water]] attack being [[An Ice Person|Chaotic Ice,]] one of two Finishers.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: The only girl of the three.

 

 

A crazed, joker-like man serving under Giacomo with Ayme. Folon is first introduced to us as a retainer to Geldoblame accompanying him on his trip to Anuenue, and we can tell right from that first glance that something's not right about him because he dresses like an armored version of a court jester. Folon set up a trap for Kalas and company and lured them to the Ancient Library of Magic, where he ambushed them. Only Savyna's timely intervention saved them. Afterwards, Folon would appear always with Giacomo or Ayme. Fights using whips that extend from his armor's gauntlets, and gets around with a jet pack on his back.

* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes]]: Appears at the last minute to help the other rulers of the sky breach Cor Hydrae's magical shield.}}

* [[The Brute]]: Plays this more straight than Giacomo, also being the strongest physical attacker of the three.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Even more than Giacomo, attacking only once but having the ability to boost his power, as well as being able to set you on flames. A reason he is often considered the most dangerous of the trio, and often the one taken out first thereafter.

* [[No One Could Have Survived That]]: For the same reasons as Giacomo.

* {{spoiler|[[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]}}

 

 

 

The ruler of Alfard, Empire of the Flame. Geldoblame is the [[Big Bad]] of the game, the one who has given the order to obtain the End Magnus of each continent, with the apparent purpose to revive Malpercio. A plump man with a rather unpleasant demeanor, Geldoblame is a megalomaniacal villain who will not tolerate anything getting in his way. He is responsible for many things, including the execution of Operation Sweep, the order for the death of Kalas' family, the surprise attack on Diadem, the recovery and/or stealing of the End Magnus, {{spoiler|the order for Georg's project which would yield the birth of Kalas and Fee with the intention of studying the Magnus of Life to become "perfect"}} and several others

 

* [[Adipose Rex]]

* [[The Emperor]]

* [[Evil Overlord]]

* {{spoiler|[[Fake Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]}}

* [[Marathon Boss]]: Can feel like this {{spoiler|in the first battle}} because he will keep healing himself practically every turn.

* {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]: Before Kalas and Xelha finish him off for good.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Obviously Evil]]: You'd think the maniacal laughter and rather demented mannerisms would offer some clue that Geldoblame's not quite right in the head.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Post Final Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Start of Darkness]]: [[The Stinger]] in Origins}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: To Melodia in ''EWLO'' and to Verus in ''Origins''.}}

 

 

Lady Melodia as she is called, is the granddaughter of Duke Calbren, ruler of Mira; thus she is the heir to the duchy. Melodia's parents died when she was young because of a plague that struck Mira, and that same plague almost took her own life as well. Because of this, it is somewhat implied that she is [[Ill Girl|rather frail, physically.]] However, Melodia is seen to be constantly smiling a gentle smile, calmly placating arguing people and inspiring admiration in all of Mira. She is also stated to be a close friend of [[Big Bad|Geldoblame's]], which warrants such things as an escort headed by the general of Alfard and such. Melodia's shown to be empathic towards spirits, able to sense their feelings even before they manifest them on the physical plane, and just as well as being able to placate them. She helps the group sneak into Alfard for the final End Magnus.

{{spoiler|After ''Origins'', it is now very heavily implied that she is Sagi and Milly's daughter, the two having gone to Mira at the end of the game seeking asylum under Duke Calbren. Her hair color, which is the same color as Sagi's after she is redeemed, and her incredible ressemblance to Milly further support this possibility.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: She's fully human, and is in one piece, but there's ''something else'' with her.}}

* [[Creepy Child|Creepy Teenage Girl]]: As nice as everyone says she is, she still seems a bit odd. {{spoiler|And then it's played straight.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: When Duke Calbren reveals her nature, which prompts her to fuse with Malpercio.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Albino]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Easily Forgiven]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]: Using both Kalas and Geldoblame. She herself was of course being used by an even bigger [[Manipulative Bastard|bastard]], Malpercio.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Monster From Beyond the Veil]]: A variant; it's her soul, but there's ''something else'' in there as well.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Earns Life]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]}}

 

== The Rulers of the Sky ==

 

 

Ruler of Sadal Suud, the Ancient Frontier. He is a man of pourtly build, often acting in a rather selfish way, and is also criticized to be a coward who kisses up to the Empire. Rodolfo is first seen complying with the Empire's intentions in Sadal Suud in hopes that they will go away quicker. After that, he is said to have confined himself in his mansion after {{spoiler|Malpercio revives.}} Some time later, before the end of the game, he returns to help the other Rulers {{spoiler|destroy Cor Hydrae's shield.}}

 

 

* [[Fat Bastard]]: Comes off as this. {{spoiler|Subverted. He may be somewhat rough and selfish, but he truly has the good of his nation in his heart.}}

 

 

The reigning King of Diadem, Land of the Clouds. Ladekahn is touted as a brave and strong leader under whose leadership the will of Diadem's people is said to be unshakable. Ladekahn believes in the code of honor of a knight, and thus falls to Ayme's trap, saved only by your [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. Afterwards, he reveals the location of Diadem's End Magnus, and later sends the group with a letter in his name to Queen Corellia, proposing an alliance against the Empire. After {{spoiler|Malpercio revives}}, he forms a coalition of nations with Anuenue and Mira in order to combat their enemy.

* [[Royal Brat]]: In ''Origins''.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: In his [[Power Trio]].

 

 

Queen Corellia, the Fairy Guide as she is called, is the queen of Anuenue, the Rainbow Nation. Queen Corellia has maintained a policy of staying [[True Neutral]] in all conflicts between nations, which means she is to show as much hospitality to our heroes as she would their enemies. In both games this presents a conflict with both of the heroes' teams due to the fact that her neutrality gets in the way. However, she acknowledges that neutrality is impossible in ''Eternal Wings'' once Geldoblame is proven to be guilty of his accusations, and looks the other way when Sagi needs to retrieve Celestial Tree Fell Branches in ''Origins''.

* [[Older Than They Look]]

 

 

Regent of the Duchy of Mira, the City of Illusion. Duke Calbren first appears in ''Eternal Wings'' when the group is invited to his manor as thanks for saving Melodia from the [[Terrible Trio]]. Not too long after, he reveals the location of the Bo End Magnus. After {{spoiler|Malpercio is revived}}, he forms a coalition of nations alongside King Ladekahn and Queen Corellia in order to combat the enemy.

* [[Nice Hat]]

 

 

Elder of Genma Village and leader of the Children of the Earth. There are actually ''two'' different Kamrohs in ''Baten Kaitos''. The Great Kamroh in ''Eternal Wings'' who wears a red mask is the one who tells our heroes to look for the Sword of the Heavens, and later leads the effort to retrieve the Ring of Stars for Mizuti. In ''Origins,'' we see the two Kamrohs together: the previous Great Kamroh (a very old and thin man who wears a blue mask), and the Kamroh from ''Eternal Wings'' (younger and more strict), who later inherits the position once Guillo's sidequest is finished.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} - The Kamroh of ''Origins''.

 

 

The leader of Algorab Village. Krumly's character undergoes a serious transformation from his incarnation in ''Origins'' to twenty years later in ''Eternal Wings.'' In ''Origins,'' Krumly is polite yet companionable, obeying the ''Origins'' Great Kamroh even if at odds with Kamroh (who would become the Elder at the end of the sidequest). However, after the first Kamroh names the ''Eternal Wings'' Kamroh as his successor, Krumly leaves in outrage. In ''Eternal Wings'', Krumly is clearly still embittered by this fact, as an NPC mentions that he and The Great Kamroh have arguements all the time he goes to Genma Village.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}}: Begins in ''Origins'' at the conclusion of Guillo's Quest and is carried out to its conclusion in ''Eternal Wings.''

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}: This is what he thinks he deserves. Or really something more along the lines of {{spoiler|Redemption Equals Exile.}} You can get him to go with the rest of the Children of the Earth by doing Mizuti's sidequest though.

 

== The [[Power Trio]] ==

 

 

 

[[The Hero]] of ''Origins''. Sagi is a fifteen-year-old assassin enlisted in the Empire's Dark Service. Another spiriter, Sagi grew up in the town of Sheratan on Hassaleh. After Emperor Olgan had most of Sheratan enslaved, Sagi joined the Imperial Army to provide for his mother's orphanage. Wields a very long katana and wears a distinctive red robe.

 

* {{spoiler|[[And Then John Was a Zombie]]}}

* [[Badass Normal]]: Nothing more than a sword and some magic. {{spoiler|Upgrades to [[Badass Abnormal]] after the Heart-to-Heart.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|Hurt Sagi's mother}} and Sagi will kick your ass.

* [[Cheerful Child|Cheerful Teenager]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]: In a way. In addition to Milly, Lolo gets the hots for him almost instantly. And during their stay in Sadal Suud, a wanted poster claims that he steals women's hearts (and their wallets).

* {{spoiler|[[Gone Horribly Right]]: He is the successful tailor-made spiriter/malideiter.}}

* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: A [[Running Gag]].

* [[Improbable Age]]: He's in the Dark Service, and he's only fifteen. Becomes justified later on when you realise {{spoiler|that certain people in the empire knew ''damn well'' who he was.}}

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]

* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Inspires die-hard loyalty from Milly and Guillo, as well as winning over the leaders of the island nations very easily.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: 'Sagi' is the Japanese word for heron, but it can also mean 'fraud.' {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|It fits the Guardian Spirit more than it does Sagi.]]}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Just ask {{spoiler|Shanath}} what happens when you make Sagi angry.

* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: Verus certainly had him under his thumb.}}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Teal Hair]]

 

 

 

An arcane puppet animated by mysterious forces, Guillo was found buried in the Nusakan Thornwood by Sagi, who dug it up and brought it back to Sheratan. Guillo has no memories before being dug up by Sagi, aside from its name. It enlisted in the Imperial Army alongside Sagi, posing as a [[Robot Buddy|paramachina]]. Attacks with powerful magic channeled through its arms and legs.

* [[Badass Automaton|Badass Puppet]]: Easily the most badass of the [[Power Trio]].

* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Guillo's weapons are blades attached to its arms. It primarily uses them to channel magic.

* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Doesn't help the gender issue at all, either.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Might not be ''the'' snarkiest character ever created, but it's certainly up there.

* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: ''So long, Milliarde. Take care of Sagi!''}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}

* [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]]: Frequently.

* [[The Lancer]] ''and'' [[The Smart Guy]]

* {{spoiler|[[Lost Superweapon]]: Guillo was abandoned by the Children of the Earth, who felt that the world didn't need weapons that could kill a god anymore.}}

* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: {{spoiler|Justified. Guillo was controlled by the magic of two different people, and over time has become a fusion of their personalities}}.

* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Despite doubting Sagi's judgment and repeatedly snarking at him, Guillo would ''never'' leave his side. {{spoiler|At least, until Guillo felt Sagi doesn't need it anymore}}.

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Sagi.

* [[Voice of the Legion]]: Guillo's lines were recorded by both a voice actor and a voice actress and the tracks were edited together. The result is decidedly inhuman.

 

 

 

A young girl who first appears as Sagi and Guillo are fleeing Mintaka, helping them escape and latching onto them immediately afterward. Milliarde is the sheltered daughter of an Alfard nobleman, who decided to run away and see the outside world. Despite annoying Guillo to no end, she gets along well with Sagi and quickly befriends him. In battle, she dual wields large spiked clubs.

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Anyone who says Milly isn't cute is a filthy liar.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: When [[Genki Girl|Lolo]] shows up, anyway. [[Played for Laughs]].

* [[Cute Bruiser]]

* {{spoiler|[[Cyborg]]: She was in an accident when she was young, and most of her body was replaced with machina.}}

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Her crush on Sagi is very obvious. [[Deadpan Snarker|Guillo]] takes a few shots at her for it.

* [[Face Palm]]: When Sagi {{spoiler|reveals that he told Lolo about their wedding}}.

* [[Kid Hero]]: Seventeen.

* [[Large Ham]] / [[Not So Above It All]]: Outside of battle, she seems like a fairly cheerful girl with a rather [[Everyone Can See It|obvious]] crush on Sagi. Inside of a battle, she takes considerable bites out of the scenery with her [[Calling Your Attacks|attack cries]]. {{spoiler|It clearly runs in the family.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]: She was reporting on the party's actions to her father, Baelhiet.}}

** {{spoiler|She never actually betrays you, however - she admits to this instead.}}

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Her shoulder guards and collar appear to be trimmed with fur.

* [[Rebellious Princess|Rebellious Aristocrat]]

== The Imperial Plot ==

 

 

 

 

{{spoiler|Baelheit is Milly's father. After framing Sagi, he had her insert herself into the party to act as [[The Mole]], reporting on their actions and state of mind.}}

{{spoiler|After his defeat at the hands of Sagi and co., an injured Baelheit realizes, with Daimon's help, how misguided he has become. Milly pleads with him to land Tarazed and start anew. As Milly talks with him, Quaestor Verus enters the room and viciously stabs him, mortally wounding him. As he dies, he apologizes to Sagi and Milly for the things he's done.}}

 

* [[Duel Boss]]: Briefly

* {{spoiler|[[Fake Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: ''Goodbye, Daimon. I'm sorry we never got to see the end of your story''.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: It takes a beatdown from Sagi and his Guardian Spirit refusing him power to realize it.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Mad Scientist]]: He outright states that even if he had reservations, he conducted the malideiter experiment partly because he wanted to know if it is possible to create an artificial spiriter.}}

* [[Nice Hat]]

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: He's not really all that evil (at least compared to [[Complete Monster|Verus]]), but up until [[The Reveal]] he's made out to be much worse than he actually is.}}

 

 

 

The other candidate for Emperor, Quaestor Verus is a former hero of the Empire and a spiriter. When Sagi is being hunted by the Empire, Verus offers him a chance to work to stop Baelheit's effort at promachination. Sagi takes him up on the offer. Throughout the game, Verus serves as the [[Big Good]] for Sagi, providing him with a craft, blank magnus, and intelligence reports. He opposes promachination, believing strongly in tradition and the old ways.

* {{spoiler|[[Flunky Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Glass Cannon]]: For a final boss, Verus has pitiful HP. Of course, he spends most of the fight invulnerable.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: The afterlings in Tarazed's core override the machina and maul him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}

* [[Mysterious Backer]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: You were expecting otherwise?

* {{spoiler|[[Puzzle Boss]]}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

* {{spoiler|[[Torture Cellar]]: After [[The Reveal]], check the room where he spoke with his spirit.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Treacherous Advisor]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: To Geldoblame after [[The Reveal]], triggering Geldoblame's breakdown.}}

 

 

 

[[The Dragon]] to Baelheit, Shanath is a nasty piece of work. At the beginning of the game, he slays the Emperor and leaves Sagi to take the blame. Throughout the game, he's seen at the various promachination sites, commanding the men and hiding behind machina arma when Sagi comes calling.

Has a daughter, named {{spoiler|Savyna}}.

 

* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|To both Baelheit AND Verus.}}

* [[Jerkass]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]: A villain-to-villain example. He is secretly working with Verus.}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: As smug as they get.

 

 

 

* [[Foe Yay]]: Some of her conversations with Sagi.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Her arma, a giant walking tank with a cannon for a tail.

* [[Lady of War]]: Averted and lampshaded. She makes a point of being soldier first, woman second.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: {{spoiler|'Don't get any ideas. I just did my job.'}}

* [[Recurring Boss]]

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Her main weapon is some sort of taser.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Views Sagi as one after he defeats her under the Celestial Tree.

 

 

 

* [[The Brute]]

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: His preferred attacks involve punching.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: If you choose to spare him, he comes to Milly and Sagi's [[Big Damn Heroes|rescue]] as they flee Tarazed.}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: He really cares about his brother, Nasca.

* [[Power Fist]]: His machina arma is a giant gauntlet.

* [[Recurring Boss]]

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Goes ballistic after his arma is destroyed. If you spare him, he gets even angrier.

 

 

 

* [[Child Prodigy]]

* [[The Evil Genius]]

* [[Giggling Villain]]

* [[Tank Goodness]]: His arma, a tank with artillery cannons mounted on the back.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: After you destroy his machina arma, he freaks out and demands Sagi fight him to the death. If Sagi refuses, he ends up brokenly pleading with Sagi to fight him.

 

== Assorted Allies ==

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Convenient Coma]]: See [[Ill Girl]].}}

* [[Hot Mom]]

* {{spoiler|[[Ill Girl]]: After getting her wings ripped out, she becomes very sick and lapses into a coma. Sagi's sidequest involves tracking down an ancient herb to strengthen her heart.}}

 

 

* [[Cheerful Child]]

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]

 

 

* [[Badass]]: He stops Heughes' Burning Harken ''with one hand''.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

 

 

* [[Anime Hair]]

* [[Genki Girl]]: Very energetic, although also quite intelligent.

* [[The Glomp]]: Gives one to Sagi after he agrees to get her celestial fell-branches, much to Milly's horror.

* [[Motor Mouth]]

* [[Wrench Wench]]: Repairs the Sfida, a top of the line machina-based ship. With ''wood''.

 

== Those from elsewhere ==

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed Hometown]]: Naos.}}

* [[The Hero]]

* [[The Stoic]]

 

 

* [[The Lancer]]

* {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Name]]: He's Malpercio's chest.}}

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Name]]: She's Malpercio's legs and feet.}}

* [[The Smart Guy]]

* [[Team Mom]]

 

 

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[The Load]]: In Zaurak's Keep, Ven is the only one who can break the large boulders occasionally obstructing your path...But he can't fly up the taller ladders, so you have to find alternate routes.

 

 

 

A mysterious figure in the past, Wiseman is the ruler of most of the world. He taught humanity the power of their hearts, giving them powerful magic, their wings, and the technology to create Magnus. For this, they worshipped him as a god. He advocates 'promagnation', which involves turning people into magnus, so they can live in a truly happy world, according to him.

 

 

{{spoiler|There's more. Wiseman instigated the War of the Gods, with his army of empowered people fighting the Dark Brethren. Thanks to the Children of the Earth slaughtering Malpercio, Wiseman managed to escape the Battlefields of Atria without a scratch, stopping to consume the magnus of those who had fallen. However, with Marno's power, Sagi travels back in time and slays him, paying him back for the evil he's done.}}

{{spoiler|...or so you thought. Wiseman wasn't quite dead, and spent the next thousand years wandering the earth as a spirit, too weak to regain his power or be sensed by mortals. Upon meeting Verus and sensing his heart, Wiseman bonded himself to Verus, waiting for an opportunity. When Sagi killed Verus, Wiseman was able to devour his heart and steal the power from Tarazed's core, returning to the corporeal world in a more terrifying form than ever before. After a [[Rousing Speech]] from Malpercio, Sagi and co. are able to slay Verus-Wiseman. In his death throes, he vanishes, leaving behind only Verus' cane.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: Arguably. Should you complete the sidequest that involves him, he shows up after Verus is defeated and absorbs him for the final battle. Whether or not he was actually controlling him isn't confirmed.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Bigger Bad]]: It is his promagnation campaign that started all the problems throughout the series.}}

* [[Bizarre Nonhuman Biology]]: Whatever he is, he's clearly ''not'' human.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Wiseman doesn't quite seem to get the morality of humans.

* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]] & [[Fusion Dance]]: The [[Final Boss]] battle with him, where he devours Verus' heart and [[Body Horror|fuses with his corpse]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]]: The final boss fight, after he devours Verus' heart and fuses with four afterlings}}.

* [[Evil Laugh]]

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Inhumanly deep and very slow.

* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: In the original past, he escaped the battle of the gods in the confusion of the fight and vanished into history. Sagi, however, can set that right.}}

* [[Kick the Dog]] / [[Moral Event Horizon]]: YMMV but {{spoiler|while his promagnation campaign can be considered incomprehensible to normal people, killing everyone off in Naos who refuses to go along with his ideals is the point where Seph and his family become resolved to stop Wiseman at all costs.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]] Behind The Man}}

* [[Obviously Evil]]

* [[Royal We]]: Always speaks like this.

* [[Voice of the Legion]]: {{spoiler|Verus-Wiseman has a weird echo to its voice. It's simple, yet very unnerving.}}

* [[Was Once a Man]]: [[Epileptic Trees|Possibly]].

* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: He exists by devouring people's Magna Essences; their souls, basically.

 

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