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* [[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.}}
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: ''Origins'' at least gives you a fixed gender, which helps the voice actors. {{spoiler|This is a plot point later on}}. ''EWLO'' had it's awkward breaks for your name, though.
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: The guardian spirit in ''Eternal Wings'' can't remember things before the beginning of the game.
* [[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''.
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{{quote| ''"Here's your share of the loot. [[Jerkass|Enough to shut you up I hope."]]''}}
 
[[The Hero]] of our story. Kalas is a youth who wakes up in the clinic of Cebalrai, the Farming Hamlet, under the care of a kindly old doctor named Larikush, having been found by a [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Greythorne]] named Meemai in Moonguile Forest, unconscious. A Spiriter, Kalas hails from Mira and [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|is hell-bent on getting even with Giacomo]] [[You Killed My Father|for killing]] [[Dead Little Sister|his grandfather and little brother.]] Quite the [[Jerkass]] and [[Deadpan Snarker]] at first, as well as highly cynical, [[Character Development|but eventually softens later on.]] [[Dual -Wielding|Dual wields]] a large sword and a reverse-gripped dagger.
 
{{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.}}
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{{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.]]
 
{{spoiler|Also turns out to be an Artificial Human, the first being succesfully created entirely from Magnus; by all means a being that should not be able to even exist. Lived with Georg and Larikush in a laboratory until the adults had enough and faked their deaths in order to escape they life [[My God, What Have I Done?|they had grown to regret leading,]] taking Fee and Kalas with them to Mira. There they would live in peace for ten years before news of [[Gadgeteer Genius|Georg's genius engineering]] reached Giacomo's ears, leading to Kalas' [[Despair Event Horizon]], and subsequent alliance to Melodia. In between these two succesive events, Fee has enough time to give his Magnus Of Life to Kalas, saving his life and giving him the key to defeating Malpercio.}}
 
* [[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.
* [[Back -to -Back Badasses]] combined with {{spoiler|[[Battle Couple]]}}: With Xelha at the end of the game during the game's final [[The Reveal|reveal.]]
* [[Badass]]: Kalas can be a pretty cool person sometimes.
* [[BFS]]: Wields a very large sword, one handed.
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* [[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.}}
* [[Dual -Wielding]]: Though Kalas mostly uses his dagger to block, like a proper two weapon fighter would.
* [[Dull Surprise]]
* {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along]]}}: {{spoiler|Eventually has a [[Heel Face Turn]].}}
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: [[Blow You Away|Void Phantom,]] and ''Lord Of The Wind'' for his ultimate Finisher, as well as either Skull Buckle or Moon Buckle for his equipment magnus.
* [[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.}}
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* [[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.}}
* [[One -Winged Angel]]: Literally only has one Wing Of The Heart. {{spoiler|Gets a second wing when he accepts Malpercio's power.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Power Gives You Wings]]: Grows a left wing when he receives Malpercio's taint.}}
* [[Say My Name]]: [[Dead Little Sister|FEE!]]
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* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]
* [[Dull Surprise]]
* Elemental Powers: [[Playing With Fire|Able]] [[Making a Splash|to]] [[Blow You Away|wield]] [[Time Master|all]] [[Light 'Em Up|six]] [[Casting a Shadow|elements]] [[Black Magician Girl|due to being]] [[Squishy Wizard|a magician.]]
* [[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]]
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: No "ultimate" regular spell. "Wheel of Light" as her ultimate Finisher, and either Skull Anklet or Pegasus Anklet for equipment magnus.
* {{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]]
* [[One -Hit Kill]]: Her level VIII [[Finishing Move]], ''[[Kill It With Water|"Seal Of Water"]]'', has a 100% instant death effect on normal enemies.
* {{spoiler|[[Princesses Prefer Pink]]}}: ''Really'' pink outfit.
* {{spoiler|[[King Incognito|Queen Incognito]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Good in A Can]]: And SHE is the can.}}
* [[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.]]}}
* [[Sidequest]]: Like all characters before the endgame, has her own. Hers involves searching for a forbidden magic book in the School of Magic that would prove useful to the group. {{spoiler|It was actually left behind by her ancestors, containing magic that would help them defeat Malpercio (in the form of her [[One -Hit Kill|Seal]] [[Kill It With Water|of Water]]). First though, we get to see some [[Flash Back|Flashbacks]] that reveal to us how [[Crazy Prepared]] Xelha's mother was.}}
* [[Team Mom]]
* [[Three Faces of Eve]]: The mother, definitely.
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=== '''Gibari''' ===
{{quote| ''[[Pre -Mortem One -Liner|"I'll show you what a man of the Sky can do!"]]'' - ''EWLO''}}
 
{{quote| ''" {{spoiler|Damn you Pop... [[Skyward Scream|Damn you!]]}}'' - ''Origins''}}
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Reblys.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: He fights with ''oars.''
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: Balgora's Paddle, and "Ultimate Geyser" as his ultimate Finisher, and either Skull Creel or Creel of the Whale as his equipment magnus.
* [[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).
* [[Making a Splash]] / [[Blow You Away]]: His most prominent [[Elemental Powers]], but he still has moderate access to[[Casting a Shadow|Dark]] and [[Light 'Em Up|Light]] magnus, and very limited availability for Fire and Chrono magnus.
* [[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.}}
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* [[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]].
* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]]: He and Reblys have a fishing competition...''using enormous logs as fishing rods.''
 
=== '''Lyude''' ===
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* [[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]]
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: Vishnu is ''gained'' the same way the other IPOS are gained, but you can get stronger things, like Shining Trumpets. His ultimate Finisher is "Finale", and either Skull Earrings or Platinum Earrings as his equipment magnus.
* [[Instrument of Murder]]
* [[Military Brat]]: His siblings are soldiers for [[The Empire]]. He was, too, until he joined you.
** He is also the youngest son of Lyuvann, a soldier who assists Sagi in Ahza during Origins, making this trope literal.
* [[MommasMomma's Boy]]: Or, failing that, nanny's boy.
** 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.)
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* [[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.
* [[Yin -Yang Bomb]] - His finishers and elemental weapons are all either light or dark. This a bad thing (Light and Dark damage cancel each other out, 20 dark damage and 10 light damage results in 10 dark damage).
 
=== '''Savyna''' ===
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{{quote| '''"..."''' - ''Origins''}}
 
A woman introduced as a lone, silent huntress who lives in the mountains of Anuenue and who hunts monsters for a living. She generally gives off a cold aura, and her statements are often as cynical or blunt as one would expect, bound by ice-cold logic. [[You Didn't Ask|She also has a tendency for not telling things outside the realm of what is asked of her.]] However, despite how hard to approach she is, she is indeed often shown to not be as cold as she appears to be, despite her manners. A prime example of this is how she sternly dissents Mayfee from taking her as a model example of what "a brave and strong" woman should be. She fights with no weapons, [[Bare -Fisted Monk|using her own fists and feet to fight.]]
 
As Savyna states not too long after joining the team, she ''used'' to work for the Empire, as Lyude suspected. However, while she ''was'' in the Empire, {{spoiler|Savyna was known as '''"[[Red Baron|Lady]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Death]]"''', [[The Ace|the deadliest and most feared member]] of a special ops unit named [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|the Mad Wolf Unit.]] Savyna took part in a massacre known as Operation Sweep against the Azhani, in which she accidentally hit a child when the kid got in the way and took the hit for her father, after which Azdar came and killed the [[Papa Wolf|enraged man,]] Savyna too horrified at herself to stop his attacks.}} After {{spoiler|witnessing the mortally wounded Kalas and Fee fleeing for their lives after Giacomo's attack,}} Savyna decides enough is enough and quits the Empire, spending her time drifting through the Sky, [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life]]. A meeting with an oracle is what prompts her to lay in wait in Anuenue, in wait for Kalas and company, to fulfill the destiny the oracle predicted Savyna would take part in.
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* {{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.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Blood -Splattered Innocents]]}}
* [[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.
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* [[Flechette Storm]]: Her first finisher involves her raining burning feathers on the target.
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: Phoenix Crest, and her ultimate Finisher is "Deadly Heat Scythe", and either Skull Barrete or Fairy Barrete for her equipment magnus.
* [[Irony]]: {{spoiler|She witnessed her father die right before her very eyes, which made her bitter and filled her with want for power, developing resentment for Sagi, his killer. Twenty years later, now an adult, she ends up being pretty much responsible for doing the very same to another kid. [[My God, What Have I Done?|The realization of this is what horrifies Savyna to the point she starts doubting herself,]] culminating in her leaving the Empire after witnessing Kalas and Fee escaping from Giacomo's attack.}}
* {{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|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]:}} Her reaction to {{spoiler|hitting the girl who defended her father.}}
* {{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.
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* {{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.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[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.
* [[Yin -Yang Bomb]] - Her finishers and elemental weapons are all either [[Playing With Fire|fire]] or water (manifested as [[An Ice Person|ice]] often). Unlike Lyude though, she has a good chunk of her attack magnus are neutral instead of aligned, so she suffers less for it.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: The reason for the misunderstanding where {{spoiler|Lyude accuses Savyna of being [[The Mole]].}}
 
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* [[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]])
* [[Elemental Powers]]: To the same degree as Xelha, but with less focus on [[Light 'Em Up|light]] and more on [[Non -Elemental|''Neutral'']] spells... The first three Finishers, anyway.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Its approach in the Outer Dimension pretty much sets up Mizuti's general character.
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: Again, like Xelha, no "ultimate" regular spell. "Planet Soul" as ultimate finisher, and either Skull Birdie or Broken Birdie as equipment magnus.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: ''The Great'' Mizuti.
* [[Kid Hero]]: 14 years old.
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* {{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.
* [[Spell My Name With a "The"]]: See [[Insistent Terminology]] above.
* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]: Mainly Mizuti's habit of not conjugating "to be," though its speaking quirks as a whole could qualify.
* [[Third Person Person]]
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* [[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.}}
* [[Light 'Em Up]]: Meemai acts as a channel for Xelha's "Sparkle of Life" and "Soul Flash" Finishers.
* [[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.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Face Death With Dignity]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]] - ''Life is so long when you live it but so short when you look back. Farewell, Kalas.''}}
* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Regardless of how well you were doing against him in the first battle, Kalas and Xelha will be staggering after the cutscene kicks in and Giacomo will just blast you off the Goldoba.
* [[Large Ham]]: In Origins. Oh so much.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - He invokes this after a boss battle. [[Subverted Trope|It's not what it sounds like, though]].
* [[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.}}
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{{quote| ''"Hope you enjoy your trip to hell!"'' }}
 
A [[Dark -Skinned Redhead|dark-skinned pinkhead]] who works under Giacomo with Folon. Ayme was there when Giacomo killed Georg, so Kalas recognizes her on sight once they cross paths with her in Diadem, where she is assisting in the seige of Elnath Castle. After she shoots King Ladekahn twice, Lyude defects and Kalas and Gibari jump in to fight her. She promptly brings in an Iron Beetle V mech and pilots it to try and kill Kalas and his group. After being defeated, she leaves. Ayme would later appear to snatch the Le End Magnus with the help of a mind-controlled Lyude. After that, all of her apperances are in the company of Giacomo and/or Folon. She fights with special gauntlets that also serve as guns, and gets around with jet boots.
 
{{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.}}
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* [[The Brute]]: Plays this more straight than Giacomo, also being the strongest physical attacker of the three.
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Balances this with [[Time Master]], with one attack Finisher based on [[Playing With Fire|fire (Chaotic Flames)]].
* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Regardless of how well you were doing against him in the first battle, Folon will not have even broken a sweat while your characters are left staggering and panting. After mocking you, he proceeds to blast your entire party. Only Savyna going [[Big Damn Heroes]] on you allows you to escape.
* [[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.
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* {{spoiler|[[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: ''Twice''. The first canonical one in Origins, where he goes off the deep end after Verus reveals himself. The other one, in ''EWLO'', after [[The Reveal]], when he appears again, he's arguably even ''more'' nuts than before. Just listen to him!}}
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: {{spoiler|His [[One -Winged Angel]] form.}} [[Squick|Oh god.]]
* [[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.}}
* [[One -Hit Kill]]: {{spoiler|Forfeit Your Life.}}
* {{spoiler|[[One -Winged Angel]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Post Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Start of Darkness]]: [[The Stinger]] in Origins}}.
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* {{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|[[Nightmare Fuel StationattendantStation Attendant]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Earns Life]]}}
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: She's so sweet, though! {{spoiler|Played straight.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[No Periods Period]]: Averted, in a flashback her first period is remarked as her transition into womanhood and becoming a legitimate heir to the duchy of Mira. Of course, there's always the alternate interpretation having to do with Geldoblame, however. Cue the [[Nightmare Fuel]].}}
* [[White -Haired Pretty Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]}}
 
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* [[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.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]}}
* [[Somebody ElsesElse's Problem]]: [[The Empire]] leaves him in this situation with Xelha. Then he apparently takes this stance when {{spoiler|Malperio revives. Fortunately, this is subverted at the end.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] - He ''truly'' wants the best for his nation, but he keeps allying with [[The Empire]] and doing their bidding.}}
 
=== '''King Ladekahn''' ===
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* [[Royal Brat]]: In ''Origins''.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: In his [[Power Trio]].
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]: Though he was [[Hair of Gold|blondish]] in ''Origins''...
 
=== '''Queen Corellia''' ===
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* {{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|[[Heel Face Turn]]: After he has his [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moment}} in ''Eternal Wings''.
* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]] - He does his [[Heel Face Turn]] for the sake of his people at Algorab, who died because he was an idiot.}}
* {{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.
 
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=== '''Sagi''' ===
 
{{quote| ''"[[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner|May my blade be sharp!]]"''}}
 
[[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.
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* [[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|[[Doomed By Canon]]: If you believe that he's Melodia's father.}}
* [[Elemental Powers]]: His finishers are mostly [[Playing With Fire]] and [[An Ice Person]] with a few odd variable-element attacks and one [[Shock and Awe|electrical]] attack early in the game. There's also one notable attack that incorporates {{spoiler|[[Light 'Em Up]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Gone Horribly Right]]: He is the successful tailor-made spiriter/malideiter.}}
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: A [[Running Gag]].
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: He's voiced by Crawford Wilson, aka [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Jet]] and [[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|Beat]].
* [[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.}}
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Is arguably the most balanced of the party.
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* [[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.]]}}
* [[MommasMomma's Boy]]: A lot of his decisions are based on how they will affect his mother, and she often expresses that she wants him to start doing things to make himself happy. {{spoiler|[[Unstoppable Rage|And God help you if you hurt her...]]}}
* [[Nice Guy]]: Compared to the cynical [[Jerkass]] Kalas, Sagi is very idealistic and upbeat.
* [[Precision F -Strike]]: Occasionally.
* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in The Mirror]]: Sagi and his spirit aren't quite what he thinks they are.}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|Before Heart-to-Heart, Sagi loses quite a lot of fights. Afterward, he's unstoppable.}}
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* [[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.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Calls Sagi out on snapping at his guardian spirit.
 
=== '''Milly (Milliarde)''' ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Cyborg]]: She was in an accident when she was young, and most of her body was replaced with machina.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Doomed By Canon]]: Again, if you buy into the idea that she's the mother of Melodia.}}
* [[Dual -Wielding]]: [[Drop the Hammer|Maces]].
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Normal attacks are variable, of course, but her finishers fall primarily under [[Shock and Awe]], with some hints of [[An Ice Person]] and [[Playing With Fire]], except for a couple which have no element at all.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Her crush on Sagi is very obvious. [[Deadpan Snarker|Guillo]] takes a few shots at her for it.
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* [[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|[[Mad ScientistsScientist's Beautiful Daughter]]}}
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: A weird example. She has low offense, but her physical defense is the highest of the three party members, and her low attack power is balanced out by the fact that she hits multiple times per attack (as well as having several unique specials attacks). {{spoiler|Granted, this may be a subtle hint that she's a [[Cyborg]]...}}
* {{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.}}
* [[Pimped -Out Dress]]: It's actually pretty modest by ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' standards.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Her shoulder guards and collar appear to be trimmed with fur.
* [[Rebellious Princess|Rebellious Aristocrat]]
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{{quote| ''"What you're capable of...Such an apt choice of words."''}}
 
The leader of the [[Five -Bad Band|Machina Vanguard]], Lord Baelheit is a powerful Imperial politician and one of the two candidates for Emperor. He strongly advocates promachination, extolling it as the way of the future and desiring to remove magic, which he detests, from people's lives. He is rarely seen in-game, preferring to act through the Dark Service or his underlings.
 
{{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.}}
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{{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.}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[Anti -Villain]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: After the spectacular failure of the malideiter project, he fled [[The Empire]] and tried to kill himself. Then, he met his Guardian Spirit.}}
* [[Duel Boss]]: Briefly
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* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Door Slam]]: Milly almost convinces him to stop promachination and land Tarazed. Then Verus steps in...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: It takes a beatdown from Sagi and his Guardian Spirit refusing him power to realize it.}}
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: Looks like [[Mass Effect 1|Saren's]] connection with machines is older than we thought.
* [[Large Ham]]: He's calm throughout most of the game, but {{spoiler|when you confront him in Tarazed's control room}}, his VA unleashes the hog.
* {{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.}}
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: {{spoiler|After Sagi lays the smackdown on him, Daimon realizes how misguided they've become and denies him her power}}.
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]
* {{spoiler|[[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: So, so much.}}
 
=== '''Verus''' ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: The afterlings in Tarazed's core override the machina and maul him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: It's heavily implied that Verus is Sagi's father.}}
* [[Mission Control]]
* [[Mysterious Backer]]
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* [[Shock and Awe]]: Her main weapon is some sort of taser.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Fits right in with the rest of the antagonists.
* [[White -Haired Pretty Girl]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Views Sagi as one after he defeats her under the Celestial Tree.
 
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* [[Child Prodigy]]
* [[Dual -Wielding]]: Daggers.
* [[The Evil Genius]]
* [[Giggling Villain]]
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* [[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.
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]
 
== Assorted Allies ==
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* [[Badass]]: He stops Heughes' Burning Harken ''with one hand''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Highly -Visible Ninja]]: Some kind of purple makes up his clothes, and even if stealthy he's ''flashy''.
 
=== '''Lolo''' ===
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* [[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.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: Catherin Taber, whom you may know better as the voice of [[Final Fantasy XII|Penelo.]]
* [[Motor Mouth]]
* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: Gets three scenes in the whole game.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Repairs the Sfida, a top of the line machina-based ship. With ''wood''.
 
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* {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Name]]: She's Malpercio's legs and feet.}}
* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]: When she realizes she and her companions have just slaughtered a city's worth of people}}
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Team Mom]]
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* [[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|[[Body Horror]]: His [[One -Winged Angel]] form, consisting of himself, Verus, and four afterlings fused together. It looks like a deranged cross between a rooster and an insect wearing a clown's clothing.}}
* [[Complete Monster]]: He evokes this reaction in-universe from Seph and his [[True Companions]]; who believe that he's so utterly evil and corrupt that they {{spoiler|[[Deal With the Devil|strike deals with]] the ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' equivalents of [[Satan]] for the power to defeat him. It doesn't work}}
** [[Moral Dissonance]] / [[Values Dissonance]]: ... But, as it happens, he's more like a subversion as [[Blue and Orange Morality|he clearly doesn't adhere to the same moral ideals as human beings]] and even believes that {{spoiler|[[Well -Intentioned Extremist|he is making people "truly happy" by turning them into Magnus.]]}}
* {{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}}.
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* {{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|[[Load -Bearing Boss]]: After taking over Verus, he sucks the afterlings out of Tarazed's core and uses them to give himself more power. Defeating him causes Tarazed to self-destruct.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]] Behind The Man}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Subverted. Seph's group seems to be under the impression that his reasons for {{spoiler|eating Magnus}} are going to be a convoluted mess of [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]] and emotional manipulation. Instead, he just states his beliefs and tells them to take it or leave it.
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* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Royal We]]: Always speaks like this.
* {{spoiler|[["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Gives one to Sagi and co. after devouring Verus.}}
* [[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]].
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Open to interpretation.
* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: He exists by devouring people's Magna Essences; their souls, basically.
 
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