Dragon Quest V/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Canon Name]]: Madason.

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Played With. {{spoiler|He's [[The Hero]], but the actual [[Chosen One]] is his son. Slightly averted in that the son's stats, like those of all the other human characters, are dismal compared to the protagonist's.}}.

* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: He does have a [[Canon Name]] though.

* [[Improbable Age]] -: Begins his adventuring ''under the player's control'' at '''six'''. Prior to this, he's been traveling around with his father for basically his entire life.

* [[Konami Yoshida]] -: Voice his child self in the Dramadrama CDs.

* {{spoiler|[[Made a Slave]]: During the games first [[Time Skip]]}}.

** [[CombatThe Medic]]: -Learns Heseveral healshealing '''and''' hits hardspells.

* [[RyoMissing HorikawaMom]]-: VoicesFinding her becomes his adult selfgoal in the Drama CDslife.

* {{spoiler|[[Secret Legacy]] -: Starts out unaware of his past or the full truth of his heritage.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] / [[Stable Time Loop]] -: Though sadly he also finds [[You Can't Fight Fate|he can't fight his father's fate]].}}.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]] -: Becomes more obvious as he ages.

* {{spoiler|[[Taken for Granite]] -: Also [[And I Must Scream]] if he is actually ''aware'' of time passing.}}.

* [[The Unchosen One]] -: Although the player character of Dragon Quest V wasn't actually ''"The Legendary Hero,"'' of folklore, he was still the driving force behind the eventual defeat of Grandmaster Nimzo, and his cronies. Ironically, you don't even have to bring the real hero along!

* [[Akira Kamiya]] -: Voices him in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Bright Slap]] -: Delivers one to {{spoiler|Prince Henry}}.

* [[Crutch Character]] -: He beat ''two'' bosses on his own.

* {{spoiler|[[Dead Man Writing]]}}: After his study is finally located.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Forced into one}}.

* {{spoiler|[[King Incognito]]: In order to find his wife}}.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]] -: Will randomly attack two times a turn.

* {{spoiler|[[Retirony]] -: Before traveling to Coburg, he mentions that once your business there is finished, he plans on settling down for a bit to let his son enjoy his childhood.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Barrier Maiden]]: Tries to seal Nimzo in the underworld near the end of the game. Unfortunately, he anticipated it}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Blessed with Suck]] -: Her powers made her a prime target for the villains; in order to protect her, the Loftians locked her away and had her constantly praying for ''them'' instead.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Gilded Cage]] -: Her room in her birthplace effectively functioned as this.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Girl in the Tower]] -: [[Invoked]]: when visiting her room at her old hometown, Parry directly compares it to a fairy-tale tower.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]: Why she was kidnapped}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: She tries. It dosen't work}}.

* [[Missing Mom]]: Finding her is the hero's dream.

* [[Rei Sakuma]] -: Voices her in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: No matter her age.

* [[Child Mage]] -: Qualifies as one during her ghostbusting stint.

* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]] -: If not chosen as the hero's bride in the original game, proceeds to get utterly ''bodyslammed'' by this, as [[It Gets Worse|everything gets worse]] for her. Thankfully [[Averted]] in the remakes.

* [[First Girl Wins]] -: Knew the main character even before the game proper begins, being his childhood friend and all.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]] -: As a child.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] -: Assists the main character with the [[Engagement Challenge]] despite her own feelings for him, and would have left them completely unvoiced if Nera hadn't figured it out and spoken up on her behalf.

* [[Just a Stupid Accent]]:

** Confusingly, though, neither of her parents nor the villages in either town she grew up in speaks with any accent. So accent or speech impediment?

* [[Maria Kawamura]] -: Voices her in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Official Couple]] -: Most official media features her more heavily than the others, and use her son/daughter for the promotional artwork. The game itself also heavily pushes her as the 'correct' choice, particularly in the original. See [[Diabolus Ex Machina]] above.

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Even as an adult.

* [[She's All Grown Up]]: The most dramatic case of this among the brides.

* [[Stepford Smiler]] -: Flirts with this during the [[Engagement Challenge]]; if not chosen in the original game, develops into a full-fledged case.

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]] -: Child.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] -: If the main character chooses Nera or Debora over her.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] -: If the main character marries her.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]] -: If the main character chooses not to marry her, the [[Hope Spot]] prior to his decision can feel like one of these.

Rodrigo Briscoletti's beloved younger daughter.<ref>originallyOriginally, his only child prior to the DS version.</ref> Nera is a model [[The Ingenue|maiden]]: demure, compassionate, good with children and animals... After completing her 'domestic goddess training' at the Heavens Above Abbey, she'll be ready to marry whoever can win her father's favor.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Is the latter from the get go and begins gaining points in the former if chosen.

* [[Betty and Veronica]] -: The sweet Betty to her older sister's Veronica.

* [[Good Bad Girl]] -: Implied during dialogue.

* [[Hair Decorations]] -: Wears an almost comically huge hair ribbon.

* [[Kikuko Inoue]] -: Voices her in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Lady of Black Magic]]: She's very demure and graceful, and learns many offensive spells that can cause massive damage.

* [[Love At First Sight]] -: [[Invoked]] when she first runs into the main character in her hometown.

* [[The Medic]] -: Learns Midheal. Just Midheal... but is still the only bride to learn any healing magic.

* [[Modest Royalty]]: She must have inherited it from her dad.

* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] -: She objects to the idea that her husband is being chosen for her, until [[Love At First Sight|she realizes that the main character is one of her marriage candidates]].

* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]] -: Her clothes are noticeably fancier than Bianca's simple green dress/orange cloak, [[Modest Royalty|yet not as over-the-top]] as her older sister's.

* [[Shrinking Violet]] -: Was one as a child, but grew out of it over time.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: In contrast to Debora.

* [[Squishy Wizard]] -: The most magic-oriented of all the brides, with the largest selection of spells.

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]] -: Mother.

* [[Beauty Mark]] -: Just under one eye.

* [[Betty and Veronica]] -: The sharp-tongued Veronica to her sweet sibling's Betty.

* [[Boobs of Steel]] -: Aside from concentrating more on physical power, Debora also has the largest chest of any of the brides.

* [[Christmas Cake]] -: If you don't marry her, with a continued declaration of [[Sour Grapes]] about it.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A master of it.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] -: If chosen as the main character's bride.

* [[Drop the Hammer]] -: There aren't really that many hammers in the game, but Debora is the only bride who can equip them. This includes the Hela Hammer, a half-cursed hammer that misses half the time, and invariably critical hits all the rest. It's useful for taking out [[Metal Slime|Metal Slimes]]s.

* [[Hair Decorations]] -: Catches up her hair in a messy ponytail with a row of bright red roses.

* [[Hidden Depths]] -: Has the most [[Character Development]] out of all the wives.

* [[Lady of War]] -: More of a physical fighter than the other brides, and doesn't learn as many spells, though she still gets a decent selection.

* {{spoiler|[[Love At First Sight]]}} -: If chosen, reveals this during a Party Chat shortly before challenging the final boss.

* [[Messy Hair]] -: Her hair goes ''everywhere'', ponytail be ''damned''. It's more of a '''mane''' than anything.

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]] -: Subject to this at times from her own father, such as when she inserts herself into the engagement challenge right at the end.

* [[My God, You Are Serious]] -: Her father's reaction should you marry her. Of course he throws his full support behind the wedding, and after the wedding he confesses you've made him very happy, as he'd given up any hope of Debora getting married long ago.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Obfuscating Vanity]] -: ...Maybe.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Wears a white fur wrap like a boa.

* [[Rich Bitch]]: And yet an marriage option.

* [[Something About a Rose]]: How about three of them?

* [[Spoiled Brat]]: In contrast to Nera, again.

* [[Wolverine Claws]] -: Starts out with Akillics, which can hit twice in one turn. Also has a second set that serve as her best weapon in the game.

* [[Battle Couple]] -: Becomes one with the main character.

* [[Blue Eyes]] -: In the status menu, Bianca's are sky blue; Nera's are darker to match her hair; Debora's are icy blue. Official arts are other stories.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]] -: Although all three of them have the potential, the one the main character marries will always turn out to be the woman {{spoiler|destined to be the mother of [[The Chosen One]]}}.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] -: Each potential wife has a different hair color and contrasting theme colors in their wardrobe:

* [[Express Delivery]] -: Courtesy of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]], though NPC chatter makes it clear more time passes than the player might realize during their travels.

* [[Fainting]]: The {{spoiler|Pregnancy Faint}} variant of this trope on the way to Gotha.

* {{spoiler|[[Happily Adopted]] -: None of them are actually related to the folks who raised them. None of them care about this.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]] -: Gets torn away from her children and husband for ten years.}}.

* [[Playing with Fire]] -: All of them learn Kasizzle, though their exact spell lists vary.

* {{spoiler|[[Secret Legacy]] -: Descended from a Zenithian bloodline; hence, Heavenly Bride.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Taken for Granite]] -: Mixed with [[And I Must Scream]], if aware of her predicament.<ref>It seems to vary depending on the bride, or rather, how much they ''admit'' to varies.</ref>}}.

* {{spoiler|[[The Chosen One]] -: Yup, turns out Pankraz was searching for his future grandson all along.}}.

* [[Combat Medic]] -: Learns Omni-Heal, making him even better than his dad.

* [[Hot-Blooded]] -: Amusingly, if Debora is his mother it's implied he gets it from ''her''.

* [[Idiot Hero]] -: [[Justified]], given that he's only ''eight''.

* [[Keet]]: Don't get us started.

* [[Konami Yoshida]] -: Voices him in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]] -: With a dash of [[The Medic]] thrown in. Just like Daddy!

* [[Potty Failure]] -: In several Party Chat conversations, he alludes to having trouble with wetting the bed.

* [[Shonen Hair]] -: Mostly in the form of big, spiky bangs. Also very fitting, given his age.

* [[An Ice Person]] / [[Playing with Fire]]

* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Has access to a pretty powerful spellpool.

* [[Cute Witch]]: At only eight, no less.

* [[Detect Evil]] -: Can sense evil presences and direct her family towards them. {{color|white|Gets it from her grandmother.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Everything's Better with Princesses]] -: Though her title isn't used much, and she makes no real effort to remind anyone of it.}}.

* [[Cute Kitten|Everything's Cuter With Kittens]] -: Talk to a cat while she's in the party, and Party Chat with her afterward. Nine times out of ten, [[Cuteness Proximity|she'll be delighted]].

* [[Fluffy Tamer]] -: Shares daddy's love for monsters, and often laments their bad reputation.

* [[Hair Decorations]] -: Two tiny little bows just over her ears.

* [[Innocent Prodigy]] -: Talented and knowledgeable mage capable of considerable insight, particularly when compared to her brother, and likely to become an experienced adventurer... while retaining her fear of heights and the dark, her naivety, and her childish innocence.

* [[Kae Araki]] -: Voices her in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: She may be eight, but she packs firepower and isn't afraid to use it.

* [[Squishy Wizard]] -: Skill-wise, she tends to take after her mother; this is most obvious when it's Nera, and least obvious when it's Debora.

* {{spoiler|[[The Unchosen One]] -: Her brother can use the Zenithian equipment; she can't. This doesn't stop her from helping to save the world.}}.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] -: Learns Puff!/BeDragon, letting her transform into a fire-breathing dragon during battle.

* [[Weapon of Choice]] -: Notably goes all over the place - Her spellcasting would suggest that she favor [[Simple Staff|staffs]], but her sprite carries around a [[Heroes Prefer Swords|rapier-style blade]], and she can also use [[Whip It Good|whips]] with ease. Her original SNES sprite did show her holding a staff at all times, though.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be So High?]] -: Afraid of heights, and extreme darkness to a lesser extent. Despite this, soldiers through all the towers and dungeons with little more than [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|asking Daddy to hold her hand a few times]].

* [[Badass Adorable]]: The both qualify from the get go.

* [[Blue Eyes]] -: To match their mother's.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] -: Depending on who the main character marries, they could end up with [[Hair of Gold]], [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|Blue]] or Black.

* [[Harmful to Minors]] -: Poor kids have to deal with a lot, being adventurers at their age. The remakes drive this home with Party Chat; some of what they say after certain traumatic events is just [[Tear Jerker|heart-wrenching]].

* [[Hero of Another Story]] -: {{spoiler|Party chat will reveal that the twins spent a long time looking for their mother and father. So much so that one can roughly piece together where they went and what they did before arriving at the Porgie residence}}.

* [[Improbable Age]] -: They start adventuring with their father at the tender age of eight, much like Bianca.

* [[Meaningful Name]] -: Their default names are partly derived from their grandparents: Pankraz -> ''Pa''rry and Mada -> ''Mad''chen.

* [[Parental Abandonment]] -: {{spoiler|Their parents had been turned to stone shortly after they were born}}.

* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]] -: Parry's outfit is entirely blue, while Madchen wears a dark pink/purple cape, and official art shows her white robe has a very light pinkish tinge to it.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]] -: Mostly averted, but there is one example: Parry loves heights while Madchen is afraid of them.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]] -: Both are compared to their father more than their mother. Parry's happy with this; Madchen is more disappointed that she isn't told she resembles her mother more often.

* {{spoiler|[[Superpowerful Genetics]] -: Parry is the Legendary Hero; Madchen has inherited a host of evil-sensing powers from her grandmother. Both learn plenty of powerful spells, including several not learned by either parent.}}.

* [[Theme Twin Naming]] -: See [[Meaningful Name]] above. Obviously, it's [[Hello, Insert Name Here|up to the player]] whether or not this is played even straighter or [[Averted]].

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Despair]] -: Heavily implied to be the cause of his death (which only happens in the original, if the main character didn't marry Bianca)}}.

Bianca's mother, who shoulders all of the work whenever her husband is ill. {{spoiler|Passes away during the ten-year time skip.}}.

* [[Engagement Challenge]]: One that has apparently existed in his family for generations.

* [[Gratuitous Italian]]: In the English Version.

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: His ancestor sealed away a monster in the past, and it is his duty to make sure it stays sealed}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sins of Our Fathers]] -: An ancestor of his sealed away a great evil, but the seal is due to break... ohhh, fairly soon. And the monster's going to be ''maaaaaddd''}}...}}

* [[Uncle Pennybags]]:

** If you marry one of his daughters, he will lavish gifts on you throughout the game. Even if you don't and choose Bianca instead, he'll still pay for the wedding and bridal veil, let you sleep at his casino for free, and even put his ship at your command just like he did for your father at the beginning of the game.

* [[But Thou Must!]] -: You don't get to [[Hello, Insert Name Here|insert a name for it]]; instead Bianca runs through a list of names for you to pick from.<ref>Your choices are, in order: Saber, Leo, Spot, Mohicat, Tom, Purrcy, Moggy, Punk, Pyjamas, Baumren.</ref> Four of those names come from a book in the Roundbeck inn, while the name Baumren is a reference to a sabrecat in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''.

* [[Cute Kitten|Everything]]: IsAs Cutera Withcub. Kittens]]People are shocked that Sabrecats can even be tamed.

* [[Monster Protection Racket]] -: Causes the main character to get ''accused'' of running one of these.

* [[Badass Mustache]]: Has a rocking handlebar.

* [[Badass Spaniard]] -: Goofy, yes, but also [[Badass]].

* [[Break the Cutie]] -: Sancho's heart bleeds deeply for his friends, and by the time you get to adventure with him in Chapter 3, he is a very sad and broken man.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Gets to show it in Chapter 3.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Is the only human character who can equip hammers if Debora is not chosen.

* [[Honorary Uncle]] -: First to the main character, then to Parry and Madchen as well.

* [[Kozo Shioya]] -: Voices him in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Modern Minstrelsy]] -: Portrayed in the English translation of the DS game as a rather wince-worthy Mexican stereotype.

* {{spoiler|[[SurvivorParental GuiltSubstitute]]: -Parry Hasand aMadchen nastylove casetheir ofUncle it that only worsens as time passes.Sancho}}.

* [[Tender Tears]] -: Sancho is prone to [[Tears of Joy]], especially when you reunite with him in chapterChapter 2. Also prone to the opposite and sobbing at reminders of all the tragedy in his life.

* [[Third Person Person]] -: In the DS translation.

* [[Badass Normal]] -: The only human character with no magic, though he has good stats and equipment options.

* [[The Gambling Addict]] -: Although he knows he's not that good at it.

* [[Optional Party Member]] -: Though easy to obtain, he's also easy to miss, as [[You All Look Familiar|he looks almost like a regular NPC soldier]] and you have to talk to him before he'll join.

* [[You All Look Familiar]] -: In the original, he has the same sprite as a normal soldier. The DS remake gives him a unique look, but it's still very similar to the soldier sprite.

* [[Bad Liar]] -: Her reaction to learning Saber is a sabrecat kitten, among others.

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: Only a party member for a short portion of the game.

* [[You Can See Me?]] -: Why she recruits the main character in the first place.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Promises to help the main character after they help her.

Also known as "Da White Dwarf!" His father created "Lots About Locks", a book that lets the bearer become a [[Master of Unlocking]]. Because of this, he was banished from Faerie Lea by Treacle's predecessor. However, Dwight believes ''Treacle'' was the one responsible, and has set out to take revenge. Fancies himself a great superhero, so he wears a hooded cape and calls himself "Da White Dwarf!".

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Talks like one, has trouble living up to it.

* [[Insistent Terminology]] -: "Not Dwight Dwarf! Da White Dwarf!"

* {{spoiler|[[Optional Party Member]]}}

* [[Break the Haughty]]: He goes through a lot of crap between Chapter 1 and 2.

* [[Character Development]]: Gets the most out of anyone in the whole game with the possible exception of Debora.

* [[Freudian Excuse]] -: His mother passed away and was replaced by the Queen Consort, who is more interested in caring for her own son than for him.

* {{spoiler|[[Generation Xerox]] -: His own son, Prince Kendrick, takes after him, despite Harry's insistence that he doesn't know where he gets it from. However, he also gets somewhat stronger discipline.}}.

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: One who can level up and is on the party for several hours.

* [[Happily Married]] -: {{spoiler|To Maria}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Hot for Preacher]] -: Develops a crush on her right when she takes her vows.}}.

* [[It Amused Me]] -: Teases and torments others... why? He's the prince, of course!

* [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] -: Voices him in the Drama CDs.

* {{spoiler|[[Made a Slave]]: Along with the main character}}.

* [[Prince Charmless]] -: Predates the [[Trope Namer]].

* {{spoiler|[[Survivor Guilt]] -: Admits in a secret message that he struggled with this, wondering why he lived instead of Pankraz.}}.

Ruler of Coburg; father of Harry and Wilbur. Somewhat at a loss as to how to get his chosen heir to shape up and stop being such a royal pain. {{spoiler|Dies during the first timeskip.}}.

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

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard|Hoist By Her Own Petard]] -: After successfully having Harry kidnapped, she is betrayed by her 'allies' and is replaced by a fake queen, turning her son into ''their'' puppet rather than her own. By the time the party comes across her years later, she's willing to immediately confess to everything just to put an end to it.}}.

* [[Stage Mom]] -: Royal variation; she can't rule herself, so she pushes her son towards the throne despite his own wishes, and doesn't care who she tramples on it to make it happen.

* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]}}

* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]] -: Wanted children, but were never able to conceive.

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: They are not the slightest bit evil for one.

* [[Spot of Tea]] -: One of their favorite pastimes in life was drinking out of the Toff's Tea Set. {{spoiler|The main character can eventually return it to them in exchange for a reward, though it takes several years before Uptaten happens to ask.}}.

* [[Aya Hisakawa]] -: Voices her in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|To Harry}}.

* [[Made a Slave]]: After she criticized the Order.

* [[Morality Pet]] -: To her older brother Joshua, a soldier of Zugzwang who finds himself torn between his loyalty to the order and his love for his sister.

* [[Naughty Nun]] -: Mild example. In the DS version, she wears a dress that sports noticeable cleavage and no habit or coif to distinguish her sprite from that of from the other nuns.

* {{spoiler|[[Rags to Riches]] -: Eventually marries Harry.}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]] -: From his name alone, you can pretty much guess that {{spoiler|his trip into the volcano doesn't end well}}.

* [[Nobuo Tobita]] -: Voices him in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] -: If the main character marries Nera.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] -: If the main character chooses Bianca or Debora.

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]}}

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] -: [[Subverted]]; she ''hates'' it.

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Chancellor]] -: Really enjoyed the whole setup, and didn't appreciate the main character's appearance threatening that.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]] -: Declares this when the main character finds him heavily wounded, confessing his misdeeds with his dying breath.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[God Was My Co-Pilot]]}}

* [[The Needless]] -: Trapped on a mine cart for 20 years with no food or water...

** [[The Main Characters Do Everything]] -: ...literally one screen away from where some guy has set up house after being hired by archaeologists to investigate the place. [[Fridge Logic|Couldn't he have given the poor guy a hand?]]

* [[Punny Name]] - : {{spoiler|1=Dr Agon = Dragon, get it?}}?

* [[Time Abyss]] -: He tells you outright in party chat that's he's lived a thousand times longer than anyone in the party and laughs when they react skeptically to it.

* [[The Untwist]] -: The DS translation pretty much lays out the spoiler as soon as he joins your party.

* [[Verbal Tic]] -: The DS version's translation gives us a rather literal [[Flanderization]].

* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] -: Was more or less this in the SNES original; he wasn't really mentioned until {{spoiler|Youyou find out your mother is alive and that Korol wasn't the [[Big Bad]]}}. The DS version fixes this; he's mentioned by NPCs, at least in passing, as early as the second major dungeon, and it's obvious very early on that Ladja is reporting to someone higher up than Korol.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name comes from Aron Nimzowitsch, a russianRussian chess grandmaster.

* [[One-Winged Angel]] -: But of course!

* [[Shozo Iizuka]] -: Voices him in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[You Have Failed Me...]] -: {{spoiler|He leaves King Korol to die after he's mortally wounded by the party. The DS version makes it even ''worse''.}}.

** {{spoiler|Also doubles as a [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]], as Korol had already done what was required of him for Nimzo's master plan.}}.

* [[Breakout Villain]] -: In the SNES original, he was still a presence but ultimately a lackey, didn't have a unique appearance, and gets chumped about two-thirds of the way through the game. In the DS remake, he's been upgraded to the full-blown right hand of Nimzo himself, and is a complete ''monster'' throughout the entire game, largely due to his popularity as a villain in the original and fans asking for him to have a larger role.

* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]] -: When he summons a fireball outside of battle... ''bad things happen''.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]] -: {{spoiler|His [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] on the main character and Harry, not to mention his brutal murder of Pankraz, instantly solidifies his status as a [[Complete Monster]].}}.

* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]] -: Based on his broken english, he apparently has a thick Russian accent.

* [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] -: Voices him in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] -: The first one against him. Justified, {{spoiler|considering you're ''a six year old child'' at that point.}}.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] -: {{spoiler|He has absolutely no reservations about beating two six year old children nearly to death. In fact, he seems to ''enjoy'' it.}}.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] -: Gives one to {{spoiler|King Korol}} in the DS version, right before {{spoiler|killing him}}.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]] -: Combines this with one of his beloved [[Player Punch]]es near the end when {{spoiler|he blasts Mada right after she and the main character reunite, then mocks both of them about it.}}.

** {{spoiler|Subverted when it turns out she survived the attack.}}.

*** {{spoiler|Double subverted when Grandmaster Nimzo finishes the job.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Humiliation Conga]] -: First the party attack the Order's main base in the Light World, then they wipe out his defenses, including Queen Ferz. When he himself fights the party and is defeated and dying, he begs Nimzo to strike the party down, but Nimzo abandons him for his failure, leaving him to die in shame. Made even worse in the DS version, where not only does Nimzo abandon him, but he also sends Ladja to tell him [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|exactly why he sucks]] and then execute him.}}.

* [[Path of Inspiration]] -: How he paints the Order.

* [[Religion of Evil]] -: What the Order actually ''is''.

* [[Squishy Wizard]] -: While he's a deadly mage, his physical attacks are absolutely pathetic.

* [[Verbal Tic]] -: He has one—Snap! -- in addition to his [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|Russian accent]].

* [[Dark Chick]]: The token female of the Order of Zugzwang.

* [[Master of Illusion]]: Can transform to disguise her true identity.

* {{spoiler|[[Shapeshifter Guilt Trip]] -: Tries to fool the main character.}}.

* [[The Brute]]: As Ladja's bodyguards, as the two rely on physical power.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: {{spoiler|They get one from an infuriated Pankraz, but then give him one themselves when Ladja threatens to murder the main character.}}.

* [[Wataru Takagi]] -: Voices Kon in the Dramadrama CDs.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: {{spoiler|When Chancellor Jeeves hands the Bride over to Kon, he "rewards" him by savagely beating him and leaving him to die.}}.