Suikoden/Characters/Series

Note: Please list any Recurring Characters and their associated tropes on this page.

Tir McDohl (The Hero)

The Hero: Of Suikoden.
- Magnetic Hero: By necessity, with 108 potential recruits on offer.
Artefact of Doom: The Soul Eater rune.
Big Good
The Chosen One
Cool Hat: His bandana.
Hello Insert Name Here: You can call the hero any name you wish, although his last name is always MC Dohl.
Heroic Mime: As is typical of RPG heroes.
Old Save Bonus: Becomes recruitable in Suikoden II by way of one of these.
Self Made Orphan
Simple Staff
Well Done Son Guy
Wise Beyond Their Years: He's around 15 - 16 years old.

Humphrey Mintz

The Big Guy
Master Swordsman: Amongst the best in the game.
The Quiet One: He doesn't say very much at all and most of his speech is written as "......".
The Stoic

Gremio

Back From the Dead: He can be miraculously brought back to life by the powers of Leknaat's Gate Rune and the 108 Stars of Destiny if all other 107 Stars are recruited prior to the final battle in Gregminster.
Battle Butler: Always refers to the hero as "young master".
The Champion: To the hero.
Cruel and Unusual Death: He is killed by the flesh-eating Spores of Agony.
Hair of Gold
Heroic Sacrifice: He dies protecting the hero from the Spores.
Old Retainer: Although he is still young.
Parental Substitute: To the hero, especially as he lost mother at an early age.
Reluctant Warrior: He is this, but it's mostly because he is worried about the hero's safety.
Required Party Member: For the early part of the game. He's pretty insistant about accompanying the hero.
So Proud of You
X Marks the Hero

Viktor

A Father to His Men
Big Guy: His nickname is "Bear".
Blood Brothers: With Flik.
Boisterous Bruiser
Carpet of Virility
Cool Sword: He can wield the Star Dragon Sword, the only sword that can slay a vampire.
Dead Little Sister: His adopted sister Daisy was killed by the vampire, Neclord.
Heroic Spirit
Its Personal: Towards Neclord, unsurprisingly.
La Résistance
Rated Mfor Manly
Red Oni Blue Oni: He's the Red to Flik's Blue.
Supporting Leader
Took a Level In Badass: He's amongst the best fighters in the game.

Lepant

Badass Mustache
Cool Sword: His family heirloom blade, Kirinji.
Fiery Redhead
Happily Married: To Eileen.
I Have a Family
I Will Protect Her
Unstoppable Rage: When Eileen is kidnapped.

Luc

Artificial Human
Badass Long Robe
Big Bad: Of Suikoden 3.
Blow You Away: His speciality - he wields the most powerful wind rune, the True Wind Rune.
Bratty Half Pint: He's pretty rude to the party when you first encounter him.
Cain To Sasarai's Abel
Child Mage
Cloning Blues
Cool Mask: In 3.
Curtains Match the Window: Has Green Eyes and hair.
Deceptive Disciple: To Leknaat in 3.
Expository Hairstyle Change: In 3.
Face Heel Turn: In 3.
- Fallen Hero
Future Badass: As seen in Suikoden 3.....
Jerkass
Magic Wand: He wields the Gust Rod.
Palette Swap: Him and Sasarai.
Rage Against the Heavens and Screw Destiny: The reason for his Face Heel Turn in 3.
Redemption Equals Death
Rescue Romance and Wife Husbandry: To Sara.
Ryu and Ken: Him and Sasarai.
Sibling Yin Yang: With Sasarai.
Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome: In 3.
The Unfettered: In 3.

Pesmerga

Badass
BFS
Black Knight
Blinding Visor: His face is mostly obscured
Dark Is Not Evil
Duel to The Death: Is looking to meet Yuber for one final battle.
Leave Him to Me: He specifically demands that the hero leaves Yuber for him to deal with as part of his condition for joining
Meaningful Name: His name means "he who chases after death" in Kurdish
Mysterious Past: His age, history and origin is all a mystery.
The Rival
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: To Yuber.

Cleo

Action Girl
Blade On a Stick: Her weapon is a throwing spear
The Chick: Most overtly in the game's initial Five Man Band character set-up, including the hero, Gremio, Pahn, Ted and herself.
Cool Big Sis: To the Hero.
Nerves of Steel: She really keeps it together in times of crisis.
Not a Morning Person: She's not a fan of early rising and Pahn mentions the fact during the stay over to Sarady early on in the game.
Playing With Fire: Her magical element, a gift from Leknaat the Seer.
Team Mom: Is often the voice of reason and calm amongst the party members.

Valeria

Action Girl
Eighties Hair: She sports awesome big-hair.
Heel Face Turn: She was Kwanda's right hand woman, but defected to the Liberation Army following the Elf Village atrocity.
Hot Amazon: Suikoden's poster-girl for this trope.
Hot Blooded
Hot Chick With a Sword: She's a fencer.
Lady in Red
Shout Out: Possibly - to the feisty love interest of the same name in the movie Conan the Barbarian.

Flik

Anime Hair: He sports a very impressive quiff.
Badass Cape
Bishonen
Blood Brothers: With Viktor.
Chick Magnet: Especially where Kimberley is concerned....
Chaste Hero
- Celibate Hero: he always says he "has somebody" (refering to Odessa) as a rebutal to female advances
Cool Sword: He named it after Odessa.
Mr. Fanservice: The series' poster boy.
For Great Justice
Heartbroken Badass: following Odessea's untimely death
Heroic Spirit
La Résistance
The Lancer: To the Hero.
Magic Knight: He is equally skilled in combat and magic.
Nerves of Steel
Red Oni Blue Oni: The blue oni to Viktor's red.
Shock and Awe: He specialises in lightning magic.

Kage

Blue and Orange Morality: Rumors say that he will kill his own family if the right price was given.
Face Framed in Shadow
Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja
Ninja
Punch Clock Hero: He has no loyalty to anyone, but if he is paid to do a job, he definitely gets it done.
Private Military Contractor
Stealth Hi Bye

Pahn

Anyone Can Die: He can die if he doesn't beat Teo in a one on one duel.
Badass
Bare Fisted Monk
Big Eater: He often complains he's hungry in the early part of the game.
Bodyguard Betrayal: He informs the Imperials that Ted possess the Soul Eater rune, starting a chain of events that leads the hero to join the Liberation Army. However, he can redeem himself later in the game if you allow it.
Defeat Means Friendship: He was defeated by Teo McDohl in hand-to-hand combat and since then has served under him, almost as a live-in servant/bodyguard.
Gotta Catch Em All: He's pretty tough to recruit he must be of a sufficiently high experience level to best Teo and therefore become available
Grumpy Bear
Spirited Competitor: He lives for fighting.

Clive

Badass Cape
Career Killer: He's an assassin.
The Gunslinger
In the Hood
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: His rival, Elza.
Murder Inc: He was born in the Howling Voice Assassins Guild and trained there from birth.
Mysterious Past
Rule of Cool: The outfit, the gun, the mysteriousness, the brooding etc.
Sniper Rifle: His weapon - incidently, one of the few gun-users in the Suikoden universe.

Stallion

The Archer
Attention Whore: He's very boastful about his impressive speed.
Gag Nose
Our Elves Are Better
Pointy Ears
Super Speed: His speciality. Once he's in the party, walking speed doubles - making it far easier to traverse the world map.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Tai Ho

The Captain: His skill in naval warfare aided the Liberation Army greatly.
Fishing Minigame: His speciality
The Gambler
Heroes Gone Fishing
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Yam Koo.
Jumped At the Call: He helps the hero very early in the conflict-even before he is the leader of the Liberation Army.
Nice Guy
Prongs of Poseidon: He wields a trident.

Yam Koo

Blinding Bangs
Fishing Minigame: His speciality
Heroes Gone Fishing
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Tai Ho.
Only Sane Man: To contrast Tai Ho's exuberance - - he's very much the voice of reason in their friendship.
Prongs of Poseidon: He wields a trident.
Surfer Dude: His look and chilled out personality.

Tengaar

Braids Beads and Buckskins: Her look.
Bratty Teenage Daughter: She has been completely spoiled by her father Chief Zorak, and to others it would seem that she treats her boyfriend, Hix, like a slave.
The Chiefs Daughter
Fiery Redhead
Girlish Pigtails
Plucky Girl
Proud Warrior Race Girl
Tsundere: To Hix, the poor chap.

Leon Silverberg

Badass Mustache
It Runs in The Family: He's Mathiu's uncle and a similarly brilliant strategist
The Dragon: In the second game.
The Strategist
Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome
Wasteland Elder: He lives in isolation in the ruined town of Kalekka.

Hix

Berserk Button: When the evil vampire Neclord captures Tengaar, it finally spurs him into bravery.
Bishounen
I Call It Vera: He (wisely) names his weapon "Tengaar".
Non Action Guy
Reluctant Warrior: Oh so very much.
Shrinking Violet
To Be a Master: He's on a "Trial of Manhood" to prove himself to Tengaar.

Jeane

Absolute Cleavage: Good God!
Crystal Ball
Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
Hello Nurse
Hot Witch: Magic is her speciality - she is always encountered as a rune mistresss.
Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Turns up in every single Suikoden title, regardless of space or time differences.
Ms. Fanservice: For the whole Suikoden series.
Magical Lady Warrior
Mysterious Past: No one knows where or when she came from
Opera Gloves
Peek a Bangs: She's often drawn with her hair (sexily) over one eye.
Really Seven Hundred Years Old
Secret Identity: Apparently, she has a 'true form' which is not visible to humans, and she wishes to keep it that way.
She's Got Legs
Statuesque Stunner
Stripperiffic: Her outfits have become more and more outrageously flimsy.
White Haired Pretty Girl
Witch Species: Possibly.

Maximilian

Badass
- Badass Grandpa
Captain Ersatz: He and Sancho are pretty much Suikoden's Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
Cool Old Guy
Crazy Awesome
For Great Justice
Knight in Shining Armor: Values chivalry above all else.
Laughing Mad
Ten Minute Retirement: He can't let his knightly duties go.

Kasumi

Badass Adorable
Fetish Fuel
Flash Step
Hachimaki
Hidden Ninja Village: The village of Rokkaku.
Ninja
- Highly Visible Ninja: She wears a bright crimson gi.
Scarf of Asskicking: Her ninja muffler.
Smitten Teenage Girl: She develops a crush on the hero, but is too shy to do anything about it.
Spinning Piledriver: Her Shrike Rune allows her to perform the standard ninja izuna drop attack.
Stripperiffic
Zettai Ryouiki

Lorelai

Action Girl
Adventurer Archaeologist: She came to the Scarlet Moon Empire in search of Sindar Ruins.
The Archer
Badass Bookworm
My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours: She prefers her companions be stronger than her, so the hero must be at level 25 before she will join you.
Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
Smug Snake: She's very dismissive of the hero when he asks her to join the Liberation Army if his level is not over 25.
Superior Species: She claims to be a descendant of the lost Sindar race.
Tall Dark and Bishoujo
Whip It Good: In the fifth game.

Futch

A Boy and His X: Rides a dragon called Black.
The Beast Master
- Dragon Rider
BFS: In 3.
Bond Creatures: Black is his best friend.
Bratty Half Pint: When first encountered.
Competence Zone: He's eleven.
Cute Shotaro Boy
Emo Teen: In 2.
Hes All Grown Up: In 3.
Its Personal: When his dragon, Black, is killed by the Court Magician Windy.

Sheena

The Charmer: And sometimes -
Handsome Lech
The Hedonist
Loveable Rogue
Magic Knight: He is skilled in both swordsmanship and magic, abilities which he inherited from his parents, Eileen and Lepant.
Rich Idiot With No Day Job: Which is why Lepant comands him to join the Liberation Army.

Viki

The Cutie
The Ditz
Dojikko: Poor clumsy Viki!
Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Like Jeane, she turns up in every single Suikoden game, regardless of space/time differences. Unlike Jeane, however, this is explained by her powers of teleportation.
Moe
Mysterious Past: No one really knows where she came from.
Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
Purity Personified
Warp Whistle: Her speciality - as bearer of the Blinking Rune, she can (most of the time, see below) transport the hero and his party to any destination previously visited.
- Teleporter Accident: Her abilities can be hit and miss, occasionally landing the characters in completely random locations.
- Malfunction Malady: The above teleport mistakes are accompanied with a little sneeze!
Wide-Eyed Idealist: Despite her clutziness, she's very keen to help out.
Woman in White

Meg

Cheerful Child
Child Prodigy
Christmas Elves: Her look. Similar to her uncle Juppo.
Curious As a Monkey
Gadgeteer Genius
Genki Girl: Suikoden's poster-girl for this trope.
Kawaiiko
Mad Inventor's Beautiful Niece: Juppo is her uncle.
Mini Dress of Power
Moe
To Be a Master: She strives to be a master trickster like her uncle.
Tricksters: She can wield the Trick Rune.

Apple

Brainy Brunette
- Smart People Wear Glasses
Meganekko
Nerds Are Sexy: Especially if you're Sheena.
Not Good With People: She's pretty grumpy when she finds out the hero has recruited Mathiu...
Older and Wiser: In 3.
Precocious Crush: On her teacher Mathiu, it would seem.
Quickly Demoted Woman: In 2.
The Strategist: She's Mathiu's pupil and assistant.
Teen Genius: Until in 3 where she is now Older and Wiser.

Vincent De Boule

Ambiguously Gay
Blue Blood
Cloudcuckoolander: He has the tendency of thinking that he is instantly great friends with someone and he has these friends everywhere.
Collared By Fashion
The Fighting Narcissist: Along with fellow Narcissists Milich and Esmerelda.
Flower Motifs: Specifically roses
I Owe You My Life: He was freed during the Liberation Army's rescue attempt on Moravia Castle, and proclaims eternal gratitude, vowing to aid the hero by joining the Liberation Army.
Impoverished Patrician: When first encountered, he's involved in a dispute with a local proprietor, trying to dodge paying a bill, stating that "it was the man's honor to have Vincent De Boule dine at your establishment".
Impractically Fancy Outfit: His dress sense is certainly eccentric.
Leitmotif: The narcissist's theme "Scarleticia Castle" plays whenever the hero interacts with him.
Upperclass Twit

Templeton

Curious As a Monkey: He dreams of visiting and mapping the whole world.
Danshigakusei: His look.
Fantasy World Map: His speciality - once recruited, it is possible to view the entire world map.
Free Range Child: He's an extreme example - his parents are conspicuously absent.
Innocent Prodigy: He is a genius surveyor and map-maker and set out mapping the world from the age of just eleven, but can still get a little crabby if he needs to update his maps following wars.

Leknaat the Seer

Aerith and Bob: She and her sister have entirely disparate names, despite being sisters - Leknaat and Windy......
Amulet of Concentrated Awesome: She is the keeper of the Gate Rune, a True Rune that has the power to open portals to other worlds and dimensions. It was split in two following an attack on her village of the Gate Rune Clan by Harmonia. She kept the back half, her sister Windy kept the front half.
Back From the Dead: If all 108 Stars of Destiny are recruited, she resurrects Gremio.
Blind Seer: Her role is to provide astrological projections.
Cain and Abel: Her power-hungry sister Windy is desperate to reunite the 2 halfs of the rune, something Leknaat will not allow to happen. This has turned the sisters into mortal enemies.
Cool Teacher: To her young apprentice, Luc.
Eyes Always Shut
Hermit Guru: She lives in splendid isolation on the Magician's Isle, away from the prying eyes of her sister.
Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Like Jeane and Viki, she is a constant presence is the Suikoden world and turns up in every single game.
Rapunzel Hair
- Shiny Midnight Black
Really Seven Hundred Years Old: The power of the Gate Rune has granted her unnatural long-life.
Spirit Advisor
- The Watcher: She acts as an inspirational guide to all the heroes.
Tall Dark and Bishoujo
Woman in White

Ted

The Archer
Artefact of Doom: He is the original bearer of the Soul Eater.
I Just Want to Be Normal
It Sucks to Be The Chosen One
The Lancer: He is the hero's best friend.
Last of His Kind: Ted was born in the Village of the Hidden Rune and was the sole survivor of an attack on the village by Windy, Neclord and Yuber.
Nice Guy
Pursued Protagonist: Windy has been chasing him for hundreds of years to regain the Soul Eater.
- The Reveal: She gets her opportunity when he is forced to use his power to blast the Queen Ant to save his friends.
- Plot Coupon: He is wounded by Windy, but has a brief opportunity to pass the Soul Eater to the Hero, before he is hauled away
- Made a Slave: His fate is sealed, and Windy uses her Conquerer Rune, the rune of control, to force him to appear before the hero and ask for the Soul Eater back.
- Heroic Spirit: In defiance and to protect his friend, Ted commands the Soul Eater to take his own soul and it is believed that he ended his life at that moment.
Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Due to the power of the Soul Eater.

Killey

Adventurer Archaeologist: He came to Dunan in search of Sindar Ruins.
Badass Bookworm
- Badass Cape
Good Scars Evil Scars: He has a scar across the bridge of his nose.
Impossibly Cool Clothes
- All Encompassing Mantle: In black and deep crimson.
- Nice Hat: An awesome, sweeping, finned trilby.
Law of Chromatic Superiority
Loners Are Freaks
Mysterious Past
The Rival: With Lorelai, when it comes to Sindar ruin hunting.
The Snark Knight
Teeth Clenched Teamwork: He joins the hero so she can keep an eye on Lorelai and make sure she doesn't discover anything before she does.
The Unfettered: Questing for the Sindar treasure is his whole life.

Georg Prime

Badass Cape
Ensemble Darkhorse: His first appearance the Suikoden series was fairly brief - however his badass abilities and intriguing past made him instantly popular.
Eyepatch of Power
Game Breaker: He's almost over-powered.
Hero With Bad Publicity
Hidden Weapons: He is an expert at the quick draw sword style of Iaijutsu.
Master Swordsman: Amongst the best, if not the best in the game.
Mysterious Past: Richmond can find out details of his past, but these are fully revealed in the events of Suikoden 5.
Noble Fugitive: He was accused of murdering the Queen of Falena, which is why he is on the run in Dunan.
Old Soldier
One Man Army
Sweet Tooth - He's said to have quite a fondness for cheesecake.