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==== Prince of Midenhall ====
== Prince of Midenhall ==


* [[Badass Normal]]: He is the only one of the main three who can't use magic.
* [[Badass Normal]]: He is the only one of the main three who can't use magic.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Oddly enough, both Princes wear goggles as part of their headgear.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Oddly enough, both Princes wear goggles as part of their headgear.
* [[Hello Insert Name Here]]: He is the only one of the main three that can be named.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: He is the only one of the main three that can be named.
* [[The Hero]]
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Even shown literally jumping from his throne to listen to the Moonbrooke guard in the Japanese manual.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Even shown literally jumping from his throne to listen to the Moonbrooke guard in the Japanese manual.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His main weakness is that he can't cast magic.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His main weakness is that he can't cast magic.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]


==== Princess of Moonbrooke ====
== Princess of Moonbrooke ==


* [[Action Girl]]: Of the magically inclined variety.
* [[Action Girl]]: Of the magically inclined variety.
* [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The Princess of Moonbrooke gets turned into a dog before you meet her, forcing you to find out how to break the curse before you can recruit her.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The Princess of Moonbrooke gets turned into a dog before you meet her, forcing you to find out how to break the curse before you can recruit her.
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Depending On the Artist]]: Technically, Akira Toriyama does both of her designs, but several Fan Art depictions have her act in different manners and personalities, depending on whether she has purple or blonde hair.
* [[Depending on the Artist]]: Technically, Akira Toriyama does both of her designs, but several [[Fan Art]] depictions have her act in different manners and personalities, depending on whether she has purple or blonde hair.
** Which could count as a [[Does This Remind You of Anything]] to another Toriyama character.
** Which could count as a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] to another Toriyama character.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[The Medic]]: She learns several healing spells and a few buffing spells.
* [[The Medic]]: She learns several healing spells and a few buffing spells.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: She wears pink though it is a rather dark shade.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: She wears pink though it is a rather dark shade.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Simple Staff]]: Her weapon of choice.
* [[Simple Staff]]: Her weapon of choice.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]
* [[White Magician Girl]]: Quite possibly ''the'' [[Ur Example]]. She definitely inspired a lot of copycats in Japan. Unlike most others, she can learn the most powerful offensive magic, as well.
* [[White Magician Girl]]
==== Prince of Cannock ====


== Prince of Cannock ==
* [[Anime Hair]]

* [[Anime Hair]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Combat Medic]]: He learns several healing spells.
* [[Combat Medic]]: He learns several healing spells.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Oddly enough, both Princes wear goggles as part of their headgear.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Oddly enough, both Princes wear goggles as part of their headgear.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He can wield several of them.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He can wield several of them.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]
* [[Jack of All Stats]]
* [[Playing With Fire]]
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]:
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Taking You With Me]]: He eventually learns the Sacrifice spell. As he's also the only member capable of reviving others with his magic in the original version, this is a last-ditch tactic. Unfortunately, certain Random Encounters can also cast this for a Total Party Kill...
* [[Taking You with Me]]: He eventually learns the Sacrifice spell. As he's also the only member capable of reviving others with his magic in the original version, this is a last-ditch tactic. Unfortunately, certain Random Encounters can also cast this for a Total Party Kill...
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In the NES, his best gear was roughly The Prince of Midenhall's early to middle-game gear, and due to everyone only having TWO non-HP/MP stats, he could die A LOT if you weren't careful. He was upgraded notably in the I+II Remix.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In the NES, his best gear was roughly The Prince of Midenhall's early to middle-game gear, and due to everyone only having TWO non-HP/MP stats, he could die A LOT if you weren't careful. He was upgraded notably in the I+II Remix.


==== Hargon ====
== Hargon ==


* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Master of Illusion]]
* [[Master of Illusion]]
* [[Religion of Evil]]: The Shadowtime cult that Hargon leads.
* [[Religion of Evil]]: The Shadowtime cult that Hargon leads.


==== Malroth ====
== Malroth ==


* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: In the original English translation, at least. The only hint that he even existed at all was a quest item called the Eye of Malroth. More recent and accurate translations avert this, however.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]


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Latest revision as of 11:30, 25 June 2018


Prince of Midenhall

Princess of Moonbrooke

Prince of Cannock

Hargon

Malroth

  • Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: In the original English translation, at least. The only hint that he even existed at all was a quest item called the Eye of Malroth. More recent and accurate translations avert this, however.