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The Tactician was [[Walking the Earth]] to train his/her skills as a military strategist. He/She was ambushed by bandits and found by Lyn, who nursed him/her back to health. The Tactician would go on to join the armies of the Lords as their strategist. The Tactician is a stand-in for the [[Player Character|player]] with no dialogue or characterization. Many of the cutscenes either take place from the Tactician's first person point of view or will show the back of the Tactician's head looking out into the scene as a psuedo-first-person point of view.

* [[The Faceless]]: The Tactician's face is never seen.

* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: Occasionally, the back of the Tactician's head will be shown in the cutscene, but otherwise no details are given about the Tactician's appearance or background.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Occasionally, the other characters will ask you a question and reply as if you had responded.

* [[Mission Control]]: Essentially the character's entire role/purpose. Also somewhat crosses over with [[The Smart Guy]]... unless you get a D/E rank, in which even the ending sequence will mock you.

** This actually does fit the intended purpose of the Tactician. The Tactician is supposed to be an [[Escapist Character]] for the player to project themselves into the game, and if you play well in the game, the other characters will lavish praise on you.

* [[Player Character]]

* [[Purely Aesthetic Gender]]: Actually, in this game, there isn't even an aesthetic difference because the Tactician's sprite and artwork is exactly the same regardless of which gender you pick. Some of the characters will react differently to your character based on gender, but otherwise, there is no real impact on the game.

 

=== Sain ===

 

The first and undeniably the oddest person Lyn meets on her journey, Sain is a gallant cavalier in service to House Caelin, full of "passion and fire," beloved of the populace who sends women swooning... or so he would have you believe. In reality, he amounts to little more than a skirt-chaser. Considered lazy and foolish by his comrades in Caelin's knights, Sain desperately ''wants'' to be a hero (mostly so he can get chicks), it’s just that he isn’t very good at it, at least at first.

 

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* [[The Big Guy]]: Being the most physically powerful of Lyn's core group of five, he fits this role best in "Lyndis' Legions".

* [[Butt Monkey]]: To ''the game engine itself''. He spends a good slice of the tutorial screwing up, so that Kent can instruct the player on what ''not'' to do.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]:

'''Lyn:''' ''"Shouldn't that be 'home to callow oafs with loose tongues'?"'' }}

* [[Incoming Ham]]: Often heard before he's seen, followed by his chat head dashing into view.

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: He tries, bless him...

* [[Large Ham]]: Especially once he realizes that [[Happily Married|Louise]] is the Countess of Reglay, and, thus, Pent's wife:

'''Louise:''' My... Cherish I shall... Indeed... What a funny man. }}

* [[Matchmaker Crush]]: His and Kent's B support suggests strongly that he has feelings for Lyn too, but would rather let Kent take the lead.

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: He and Kent know more than a little about Caelin politics.

* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Declines in importance as the game increases in seriousness, to the point that, as far as the plot is concerned, he's almost a non-entity following the [[Disc One Final Boss]].

 

=== Kent ===

{{quote|''“Our territory may be small, but our knights are among the bravest!”''|'''Kent''' to '''Heath''' in a support conversation}}

 

Sain's associate, who evidently does the thinking for both of them, Kent is another of the knights sent by Caelin to retrieve Lyn. Kent has a good head on his shoulders and a fair knowledge of battle tactics, which he will gladly explain to you during the [[Forced Tutorial]]. He is totally devoted to Lyn's service, something that may simply be duty or may be, as Sain suspects, a sign of attraction.

 

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* [[Apologises a Lot]]: To Farina in their supports.

 

=== Florina ===

{{quote|''“W-Well, what was I supposed to do? All those bees came flying out at me! I was so frightened...”''|'''Florina''' to '''Lyn''' in a support conversation}}

 

A childhood friend of Lyn's from Ilia. The first Pegasus Knight to join the group, she pledges her support to Lyn due to their friendship. After helping her against Lundgren, she stays with Lyn until Nergal rises up. As Castle Caelin is under attack, Florina manages to escape and reach for Eliwood's crew.

 

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* [[The Chick]]: In Lyn's core five -- doesn't stop her from being an efficient fighter, though.

* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Though not in a malevolent sense. She's just pretty darn intimidated by them, [[Character Development|at first]]. Even the choice of the Tactician's gender will influence her dialogue with him/her.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: If she's not shipped with Lyn, then this is how their relationship is interpreted.

* [[Love Interest]]: She may become one of Hector's.

* [[Moe Couplet]]: Her supports with Lyn, Serra, Ninian, and Nino not only multiply her own [[Moe]], they help share it with the other girl. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|The results are often spectacular.]]

* [[Plucky Girl]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Girly Girl to Lyn's Tomboy.

** And Farina's and Fiora's, too.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

 

=== Wil ===

'''''Wil:''' “Well… No reason, I guess. It just seemed… pretty normal.”''|'''Wil''' and '''Rath''' in a support conversation}}

 

A young archer from Pherae, he left his village a few years ago to earn his fortune. Met Lyn in a squabble with some bandits in Bern, and after defeating them he joined her retinue -- even coining the name 'Lyndis' Legions'. {{spoiler|He's the childhood friend of Rebecca and her brother Dan, the latter of whom he left with before they were separated.}}

 

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* [[The Archer]]

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Develops into one in his supports with Raven.

* [[The Ditz]]: Especially emphasized in his supports with Raven, though it may just be that he's contrasted with one of the game's most unhappy characters.

** [[The Determinator]]: In his Supports with Rath, he strives to learn to shoot horseback despite struggling to do so. In his Supports with Wallace, he strives to train despite the immense regimen the former General puts him through (it also gives him a sense for his own limits.)

* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: He's so ashamed of having left his family without warning and not even fulfilling his motivations for doing so, that he hasn't made contact with them in five years -- even though he told Lyn he'd send word. Finally does so with some persuasion from Lyn, in their A Support}}.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: He's pretty world-wise, anyway, and so sort of fits this role in Lyn's group.

* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Rebecca, if they get an A Support}}.

** Also called out by Lyn on that.

 

=== Dorcas ===

A quiet but kind man from Bern, who joins a band of brigands to make money for his [[Ill Girl]] wife, Natalie. Has a change of heart after meeting Lyn and joins her group. In Eliwood's story, he joins early on, still making money to help his wife.

 

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* [[An Axe to Grind]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]

* [[Honour Before Reason]]: In his Supports with {{spoiler|Farina, he insists on making enough money to pay her back for her charity, even those she's initially willing to let him be}}.

* [[I Will Protect Her]]: Builds his entire character around this trope.

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The Sensitive Guy to Bartre's Manly Man.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Him and Bartre.

 

=== Serra ===

A loud, obnoxious priestess in service to Ostia who hired Erk to be her escort. They met Lyn and joined her party after dealing with a group of bandits near the Bern border. She later joins Eliwood's party by proxy of joining Hector on his quest. Although she many characters (and gamers) find her intolerable, she has pains within that she hides from the world...

 

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* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}

* [[Genki Girl]]

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]

** Also her supports with Florina, where she helps her open up.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: Her offensive capabilities are nonexistent until she gets promoted to Bishop, but once she does...

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: [[Freudian Excuse|It causes her a lot of angst and is the source her irritable personality.]]

* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: Can end up as this for Matthew if they get to A level support.}}

** [[Stepford Smiler]]: A type A. She appears cheery and bitchy, but is more insecure than she'd like you to know.

* [[True Companions]]: Her relationship with Hector, as [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|seen in their A Support]].

* [[Tsundere]]: Particularly towards Erk and Matthew.

 

=== Erk ===

A young studying mage, the only student of the Mage General of Etruria, Lord Pent. First appears as Serra's escort, helping Lyn's party thereafter.

 

Later, while escorting Priscilla, they end up stuck in Laus due to its corrupt Marquess being infatuated with his employer. He and Priscilla join Eliwood's party in exchange for their assistance, also hoping that it may help her in finding her missing family. He's often quite uptight, but mellows around people he's closer towards.

 

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* [[Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them]]: Serra annoys him a lot, but he likes her a lot more than he lets on.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most evidently in his interactions involving Serra:

'''Erk:''' ...It just happened. }}

* [[Defrosting Ice King]]

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Pent and Louise are essentially his adoptive parents, and they treat him as such. Especially Louise, who actively dotes over him.

* [[The Stoic]]

** [[Not So Stoic]]: Serra is particularly good at pushing his buttons.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: A male variant

 

=== Rath ===

The son of Dayan, tribal leader of the Kutolah Tribe in Sacae. He was {{spoiler|sent away from his tribe as a child due to a prophecy stating that he would play an important role in saving the world}}. Eventually became Captain of the Palace Guard at Araphen, where he met Lyn during an attack by Lundgren. He joined her party after witnessing the extent of his liege-lord's bigotry, and disappeared after her defeat of Lundgren -- before re-emerging as a mercenary and rejoining the group on her behalf.

 

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* [[Aloof Ally]]: Has strikes of this when his quiet personality, and being absent for most of the scenes. Mostly shown at the end of Lyn's story where he {{spoiler|slips out, unknown what happened to him.}}

* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: {{spoiler|When his tribe's diviner saw a dark omen in the stars, Rath, as the Chieftain's son, was required to leave so that he would help prevent it coming to pass. Needless to say, he does.}}

* [[Disc One Nuke]]: In Lyn's story.

* [[Horse Archer]]

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Abandonment]]: He was sent out of his tribe -- before he was even ''four'' -- because, as the Chieftan's son, he had a duty to prevent the world's destruction}}.

 

=== Matthew ===

A mischievous and sly young man, good at catching info and stealing things. He's actually one of the top spies of Ostia, who first aids Lyndis and tells his lords about what happened, then pledges his loyalty to Hector and joins him in his quest.

 

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* [[Fragile Speedster]]: As with all thieves.

* [[Guile Hero]]: Demonstrated most strongly in the first chapter of Hector's story -- sensing the Fang assassins in the castle, and knowing that they wouldn't show themselves until Hector was alone, he seemed to leave immediately after Hector refuses his aid (knowing full well he'd be turned down), and reappeared only after they'd revealed themselves to Hector. When Hector confronts him over it, he openly confessed as much.

* [[The Sixth Ranger]]: In Lyn's story, where he's the only character outside the core group and main characters to appear afterwards. Also functions as such since he basically invited himself and Lyn didn't trust him at first (due to his being a thief... or so she thought at first).

* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: Has an NPC love interest as of the start of the story. Can still end up paired with one of your other units at the end, as said NPC dies.}}

* [[Trickster]]: Specially obvious in his supports with Hector.

 

=== Lucius ===

A quiet, kind, but also very stubborn monk from the Saint Elimine Order, whom we meet as he joins Lyndis's group after seeing Nils being mistreated by scared townspeople. Later, he appears again as the travelling companion of a troubled man named Raven.

 

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* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Break the Cutie]]: His backstory, in which {{spoiler|his dad dies in front of him, his [[Ill Girl]] mom dies a few years later, he's sent to an [[Orphanage of Fear]] and is bullied there, then is employed by the Cornwell House, only to lose them too, and is now only able to watch as Raymond is consumed by bitterness...}}

* [[Determinator]]: He manages to pull through all the crap life has thrown at him, and his B support with Raven is about {{spoiler|finally calling him out on his purposes and refusing to take it anymore. So much that Raven actually has to drop his [[Jerkass]] attitude and pretty much apologize to him for pushing him away.}}

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]:

** [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Or better said, on Serra.

* [[Forgiveness]]: Even upon learning that it was {{spoiler|Bishop Renauld}} who had orphaned him, Lucius was still capable of forgiving {{spoiler|him}}.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Likely to end up as this, since his Defense and HP tend to be low (even for a [[Squishy Wizard]]) while his Magic, Skill, and Speed stand out.

* [[The Messiah]]

 

=== Nils ===

A young and cute ministrel who works as a travelling performer with his beautiful older sister, Ninian. They seem to have ''really'' lousy luck, however, as a mysterious group is hell-bent on capturing them for Gods-know-what purposes. After Lyn and Eliwood help to rescue Ninian, they stay with the group until Lyndis reclaims her place in Caelin, then they leave quietly... and are soon back to their runaway status, due to their mysterious past and link to the mysterious Black Fang.

 

Said past is as follows: {{spoiler|Nils and Ninian are the offspring of a dragon woman and a human man. During The Scouring, their mother Aenir was taken away and their dad went missing in search of her, so they crossed the Dragons's Gate with their people. However, they were summoned back by a mysterious man -- Nergal, the lead of the organization that wants them.}}

 

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* {{spoiler|[[An Ice Person|An Ice Dragon]].}}

* [[Break the Cutie]]]

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: His resistance to direct hits isn't exactly the best. On the other hand, he's got such high Speed and Luck that it's VERY hard to hit him.

* {{spoiler|[[Half Human Hybrids]] (His and Ninian's mom was Aenir, a dragon woman. Their dad was a human shaman... Nergal.)}}

* [[Ill Boy]]: In ''Kinship's Bond'', he has a huge seizure and must be protected.

* {{spoiler|[[Older Than They Look]]}} / {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}

* [[Spoony Bard]]: His [[Magic Music]] lets you have an extra turn.

** Considering how useful this is, he's not actually Spoony.

* [[Status Buff]]: Once he {{spoiler|replaces Ninian}}, he gets to use some spiffy rings to enhance your statuses.

 

=== Wallace ===

A loud, brash, and powerful knight who was the long-time commander of the Caelin Knights. He retired some time ago to work on his farm, but Lundgren tried to rope him into his conspiracy to kill Lyn. Upon meeting her, though, he decides to do the right thing and stay with her crew...

 

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* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Crutch Character]]: When you first get him, he's essentially indestructible, even more so if you are forced to promote him during the [[Forced Tutorial]]. If you want, you can use him to defeat the remaining bosses in Lyn's story with little to no trouble.

* [[Disc One Nuke]]

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: The only character from Lyn's storyline who it's possible to never encounter in Eliwood's. If you want him back, don't train your Lords much.

** And he joins Lyn's party just two chapters before the end, at that, and is probably one of the strongest characters you'll have at that time. Naturally, he's less than impressive when he returns.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* [[No Sense of Direction]]

** [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: His sense of direction was good enough for him to {{spoiler|find and slaughter the Taliver Bandits on Lyn's behalf}}, however.

* [[Retired Badass]]: Had left the Caelin military to live peacefully in the countryside, then joined Lyn's group.

** And, in the very end, he becomes this again, when he winds up in [[Grim Up North|Ilia]], and decides to spend the rest of his days as a farmer there.

* [[Three Amigos]]: With {{spoiler|Lyn's parents}}, in his backstory

 

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