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Tir McDohl (The Hero)

The son of Teo McDohl, one of the Five Great Generals of the Scarlet Moon Empire. On his first days of service to the Empire, he and his retainers get embroiled in a centuries-long conspiracy that forces them to rebel against the Empire they once swore fealty to.

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Humphrey Mintz

One of the founders of the Liberation Army alongside Odessa, Flik, Viktor and Sanchez, Humphrey is a man of few words, but is a staunch supporter of revolution, having been forced to participate in the Kalekka Incident. After the Toran Republic is established, he is asked by his old friend Joshua Levenheit (the head of the Dragon Knights) to take Futch under his wing in a search for a new dragon, which leads them to the Dunan Republic and into another war.

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Gremio

Tir's retainer and servant, who follows him when the family (sans Teo, Tir's father) are forced to rebel against the Empire.

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Viktor

A wandering swordsman from the town of Northwind in the Southwind region of Dunan, Viktor is one of the founders of the Liberation Army in the Scarlet Moon Empire alongside Odessa, Humphrey, Sanchez and Flik, he is the one that initially spots Tir, Cleo and Gremio on the run from Gregminster authorities, and brings them into the fold of the rebellion. He and Flik eventually become Tir's right hand men, and are seemingly lost during the final military conflict that brings rise to the Toran Republic.

...until three years later, when it's revealed that he and Flik not only survived, but went traveling, eventually settling as sellswords in the Dunan Republic. After meeting Riou, Jowy and Nanami, and witnessing the horrors of the Highland Army, the two eventually help to form another rebellion, with both of them becoming Riou's right hands, much in the same way that they had for Tir McDohl three years prior.

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Lepant

A legendary soldier in the Scarlet Moon Empire, he is asked to become one of the Rebellion's leading generals by Mathiu. He accepts, and later, after the war is finished, becomes the first democratically elected president of the new Toran Republic.

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Luc

The arrogant apprentice to the Seer Leknaat, and the bearer of the True Wind Rune.

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Pesmerga

A mysterious black knight that appears (almost) everywhere that Yuber does in order to stop him from unleashing any more destruction.

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Cleo

One of the retainers of the McDohl household, she flees with Tir when the household gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving the throne.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Action Girl: She's a soldier, although she doesn't talk about it much.
  • 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

A soldier under Kwanda Rosman, she defects to the Liberation Army when she finds out about the Burning Mirror plot. Three years later, she is one of the Six Great Generals under President Lepant, and can be assigned to join Riou's army as the emissary from Toran.

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Flik

An impulsive warrior from the Warrior's Village in the Lorimar region of the Scarlet Moon Empire, Flik is one of the founders, and the Number Two, of the Liberation Army alongside Viktor, Sanchez, Humphrey and his lover Odessa. While out on assignment, Odessa is slain, and she deigns Tir McDohl to be the army's new leader. Flik is incensed by this, and at first refuses to accept Tir. However, he sees Tir's leadership skills, and eventually settles, becoming the young leader's retainer alongside Viktor. Both he and Viktor were thought to have died in the final military campaign in that war.

However, three years later, it's revealed that the two survived and formed a mercenary brigade aligned with Muse. After seeing the atrocities of Highland under Luca Blight, the two eventually join forces with a new young man Riou, and they become two of the top commanders of the new rebellion.

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Kage

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Pahn

One of the retainers of the McDohl household, he harbors reservations about where his loyalties lie.

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  • Anyone Can Die: He can die if he doesn't beat Teo in a one on one duel.
  • Badass
  • Bare-Fisted Monk: Fight with his bare hands.
  • 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: He's a sour sort.
  • Spirited Competitor: He lives for fighting.

Clive

An assassin from the Howling Voice Guild of Harmonia who is searching for a woman.

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Stallion

An overconfident elf with a great talent for running, he saves Kirkis's betrothed Sylvina prior to Kwanda Rosman burning the village down, with both of them joining the Liberation Army alongside Kirkis himself. Three years later, he travels to and joins the rebels in Dunan.

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Tai Ho

An easygoing fisherman and sailor living in the Scarlet Moon Empire alongside his brother Yam Koo. The two are some of the earliest supporters of Tir McDohl's Liberation Army, with Tai Ho becoming one of the army's top naval commanders. Later, he similarly joins with Riou and Nanami when they need to secure passage from Coronet to Kuskus, and his sailing skills are again put to use for the Dunan Rebellion.

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Yam Koo

Tai Ho's brother, he joins the Liberation Army near its formation, and aids it by fighting on the front lines and with his sailing prowess. Three years later, the two again join another fledgling rebellion, with Yam Koo retiring his trident in lieu of fishing up food for the war effort.

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Tengaar

The daughter of the current chief of the Warrior's Village, Zorak, who insists that Hix train himself to be a powerful warrior.

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Leon Silverberg

Odessa and Mathiu's uncle and a war strategist of renown in the Scarlet Moon Empire, he was the one who concocted the Kalekka Incident, prompting his niece to rebel and his nephew to quit the military. Despite the animosity between them, he later joins the Rebellion and supports Mathiu's strategies. Three years on, he is hired by Highland to be their chief strategist, thus putting him into conflict with Mathiu's two best students Shu and Apple.

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  • Badass Mustache
  • The Dragon: In the second game.
  • It Runs in The Family: He's Mathiu's uncle and a similarly brilliant strategist.
  • The Strategist: For the Highland Army in the second game.
  • Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome: Played with. While he's a recruitable ally in the first game, he's instead a major antagonist in the second, but this is really because Suikoden II's plot is set during a new and unrelated conflict. The faction he's fighting against does include several of his former allies, however.
  • Wasteland Elder: He lives in isolation in the ruined town of Kalekka.

Hix

Hix is a reluctant warrior from the Warrior's Village in the Lorimar Region in the Toran Republic who holds a torch for Tengaar, the village chief's daughter. Despite his reluctance to fight, Tengaar forces him to train himself into someone who can protect her.

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Jeane

An enigmatic rune mistress with a particular affinity to the Thunder family of runes. She has appeared throughout history and across the world, aiding various rebellions with her rune skills and occasionally taking to the battlefield alongside them. Jeane is the Chiketsu Star, also known as the Star of Noble Wisdom, of the 108 Stars of Destiny.

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Maximilian

An elderly, traveling sellsword and the head of the Maximilian Knights alongside his retainer, Sancho, he joins up with the Liberation Armies of both the Scarlet Moon Empire and the Dunan Republic in order to seek justice.

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Kasumi

A teenage ninja from the Rokkaku Ninja Hamlet, she joins the Liberation Army to warn of Teo McDohl's attack on her village, and later becomes one of the army's top spies. Three years later, she or Valeria can be chosen to be the emissary from Toran that joins Riou's army.

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Lorelai

An adventurer and archaeologist with a particular interest in the history of the Sindar.

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Futch

A Dragon Knight under the tutelage of their current leader Joshua Levenheit. He joins Humphrey on a journey north from the Toran Republic to find a new dragon after his trusted steed Black is slain in battle, eventually adopting a white dragon named Bright, and returning to the Dragon Knights to eventually become their lieutenant.

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Sheena

Lepant's womanizing, layabout son, who is supposedly on a quest to toughen himself up (read: flirting and debauching his way across the land). Lepant is sick of his pampered, lazy lifestyle, and forces him to join both the Liberation Army and the Dunan Rebellion in order to toughen him up.

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Viki

A strange, mysterious teleportation mage, who seems to inexplicably find herself in the middle of one war after another. Viki is the Chitatsu Star, also known as the Quick Star, of the 108 Stars of Destiny.

Her younger self, seen in Suikoden III, is the Chisoku Star (the Star of Haste).

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Meg

A fun-loving teenager, and the niece of Juppo, Meg aspires to become as famed a trickster as her uncle, and goes on travels to train herself, joining the Liberation Army (much to Juppo's chagrin) and later, the rebellion in Dunan.

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Apple

A pupil of the legendary war strategist Mathiu Silverberg, and a competent strategist who has had a decisive hand in victories against the Scarlet Moon Empire, Highland and Harmonia throughout history.

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Vincent De Boule

A campy, supposedly high society dandy that claims to be connected with the upper echelons of power in the Scarlet Moon Empire, he does aid the Liberation Army in various ways, eventually joining them after he his freed from his imprisonment under Kasim Hazil. Three years later, he finds himself in Dunan, and is convinced by his best friend Simone to join Riou's army as well.

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Templeton

A traveling cartographer, he finds himself embroiled in various war efforts in order to stop oppressive kingdoms from ruining his maps with their wanton destruction.

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  • 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

A powerful Seer, the mentor of Luc, and the holder of the Gate Rune, one of the 27 True Runes. She consistently aids chosen rebels throughout history in their fights using her powerful magic and Divining prowess.

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  • 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: Which is why she's believed to be blind, though it's never confirmed in-series.
  • 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: The locks of her hair are long enough to fall halfway down her torso, while the back extends all the way to the floor (as seen in the picture above).
  • Really Seven Hundred Years Old: The power of the Gate Rune has granted her unnatural long-life.
  • Spirit Advisor: In each game, she'll appear at key moments in the protagonist's journey to offer insight about the Rune they've been chosen to bear and how it will shape their destiny.
  • Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
  • The Watcher: She acts as an inspirational guide to all the heroes.
  • Woman in White: As her appearance and mannerism suggests, she's a walking enigma. Little is known about her - from her true age, to the extent of her abilities - despite her prominence throughout the series.

Ted

A centuries-old teenager, he is forced to possess the Soul Eater Rune, one of the 27 True Runes. Sick of his cruel fate, he gives it up briefly to a wandering poltergeist in the Island Nations, only to be saved by Lino en Kuldes and his son Lazlo. He ends up joining their war effort, only to disappear after the war ends. 150 years later, he is living with the prestigious McDohl family in the Scarlet Moon Empire, Gregminster, where his centuries long pursuer Windy finally finds him. This leads to him passing along the Soul Eater to his best friend Tir McDohl, and sacrificing himself to keep it (and his friend) safe.

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  • The Archer: Fights with a bow.
  • 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

A dour treasure hunter with a particular fascination with the Sindar, he actively seeks out those who have information to that end... this leads him into (begrudgingly) supporting the Falenan and Dunan rebellions.

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Georg Prime

An enigmatic swordsman who has appeared in various military institutions throughout history such as the Scarlet Moon Empire's Six Great Generals, the Falenan Queen's Knights and the Ebony Moon Knights, he later begins wandering the earth after the violence he was forced into becomes too much for him.

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  • Badass Cape: And still wearing his brown cape from the second game.
  • 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: It covers the eye that was wounded during the battle where Ferid saved him. Though the eye it covers works just fine. He just wears it to remind himself to never get too cocky.
  • Hero with Bad Publicity: Suikoden V fleshes out fully the snippets of his backstory revealed in Suikoden II.
  • 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 V.
  • 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.

Tuta

A medical student under Dr. Huan, the two join the Dunan Rebellion after their hometown of Muse gets sacked. Fifteen years later, Tuta has succeeded Huan, and is treating patients with his nurse Mio in rural Grassland villages, where he finds himself embroiled in another war between the Fire Bringer and Highland, in which he serves as its primary physician.

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Lilly Pendragon

The spoiled daughter of Gustav Pendragon, the head of the Tinto Republic. As a child, she is kidnapped by the vampire Neclord, forcing a rescue attempt by Riou, Viktor, Koyu, Marlow, Sierra Mikain and Kahn Marley. Fifteen years later, she has grown into a capable swordswoman in search of the Fire Bringer in the Grasslands, although she's now a very snobbish individual. Despite this, however, she means well, and becomes one of the new Fire Bringer's top generals under her friends Chris and Hugo.

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Lucia

The heir apparent to the Karaya Clan chiefdom, she aligns her clan with Highland due to atrocities committed by the late Alec Wisemail of Greenhill. However, when Wisemail's daughter Teresa makes these claims public in repentance, she forgives her. Fifteen years later, Lucia has become the chief of the clan, and has a son Hugo.

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Sasarai

A high priest of Harmonia, Luc's (sort of) brother, and the bearer of the True Earth Rune. Sasarai briefly aids Highland in their conquest, only to be stopped by Luc. Fifteen years later, he leads a campaign against Grassland and later Zexen, but later joins them when it is revealed that Luc has manipulated Harmonia for his own ends.

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Recurring Villains

Neclord

A vampire of nearly immeasurable age, compounded by his stolen Moon Rune, one of the 27 True Runes. Neclord is hated by Viktor due to the former's massacre of his (Viktor's) hometown. He aligns himself with the Scarlet Moon Empire in Lorimar, taking Tengaar hostage to become his bride, and is only stopped by Tir McDohl, Cleo, Viktor, Hix and the Star Dragon Sword. Despite seemingly being defeated, Neclord later rises again in Dunan, and tries to take over the Tinto region (and simultaneously wed the younf Lilly Pendragon), only for his stolen rune to taken back by its rightful owner Sierra Mikain. With no recourse and no True Rune, Neclord is finally slain by Mikain, Kahn Marley, Riou, Viktor and the Star Dragon Sword.

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Yuber

A psychotic demon who always turns up during wartime in order to further spread death and destruction. He holds the Eightfold Rune.

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