Suikoden IV/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[The Chosen One]]

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Good thing you're big on the whole 'hard work' ethic, Lazlo. {{spoiler|Your life depends on it.}}

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Lazlo has a lot of [[Fan Girl|Fangirls]] in-universe. Must have something to do with the short-shorts...

* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: [[Averted]]; Lazlo's hard work and dedication is what caused him to catch Glen's eye and be treated as a prodigy.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Interestingly, though, the player can select one of two voice sets for him, or go completely without one.

** [[Happily Adopted]]: The pair enrolled in the Gaien Marine Knights Academy together, where his dedication to hard work caught the eye of Commander Glen.

* [[Power Strain Blackout]]: He faints after each use of the Rune of Punishment, {{spoiler|due to it draining its host's lifeforce with each use... until it finally kills them. This can be averted by successfully recruiting all 108 Stars of Destiny.}}

* [[Expy]]: Like [[Suikoden II|Jowy]] before him, Snowe is a fair-haired young noble who ends up pitted against his best friend.

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: He simply ''doesn't understand'' '''why''' he's seen as such a bad leader, and why nobody else can comprehend where he's coming from when he makes decisions.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: Eventually.}}

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]

* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: "Ow, my arm!"

* {{spoiler|[[The Scapegoat]]: Kooluk sets him up as one after he strikes a deal with them to save Razril, by giving him a special position that ''conveniently'' takes him away from Razril so that he doesn't see its decline firsthand.}}

* [[Upperclass Twit]]

 

=== Jewel ===

* [[Surfer Dude|Surfer Chick]]: Her look.

* [[Wendee Lee]]: Her voice actress.

 

=== Keneth ===

=== Glen Cott ===

* {{spoiler|{{Blackmail}: After Gaien [[All There in the Manual|scaled back their naval funding]] and left Razril to fend for itself, [[Smug Snake|Vincent Vingerhut]] took advantage of this to start blackmailing the knights -- either do as he asked, or he'd withdraw his financal support. Glen resents this arrangement, but can't bring himself to act against Vincent's wishes.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Uses the Rune of Punishment to wipe out most of the forces attacking Razril, trading his life for that power.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Plotline Death]]}}

* [[Stern Teacher]]: In his capacity as Commander of the Gaien Marine Knights,

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Magic Knight]]

* [[Magic Wand]]: She wields the Kal E Kaganara.

* [[Intrepid Merchant]]: He becomes quite famous in his home village on Nay.

* [[Little Stowaway]]: When he hitches a ride on the wrong boat, he ends up part of Lazlo's entourage.

* [[Petting Zoo People]] - Nay-Kobold is a play on ''neko''-bold; they're a feline-based version of the dog-like kobolds seen in other ''[[Suikoden]]''s.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]

 

=== Chadli ===

* [[No Hero Discount]]

* [[Nice Hat|Nice Helmet]]

* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: He is paranoid that Mitsuba knows a dark secret about him and so he obeys her very whim, lest she reveals all.

* [[Sarashi]]: He wears a traditional samurai body wrap. It also lends him an "injured" look to help his and Mitsuba's hustle.

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: His role in the hustle.

 

* [[Moe]]

* [[Precocious Crush]]: It's apparent that Noah, Rene and herself have a crush on the hero.

* [[Tricksters|Trickster]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He is sent to ''assasinate'' the hero by the Cray Trading Co, but soon changes his loyalty when he finds out Graham Cray's true intentions.

* [[Ninja]]

* [[Rings of Death]]: He wields the Rippling Chakram. He was supposed to [[Dual Wield]] it, but lost one of the pair.

* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: He's the wiseguy to Mizuki's straight man.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: She is sent to ''assasinate'' the hero by the Cray Trading Co, but soon changes her loyalty when she finds out the Graham Cray's true intentions.

* [[Ninja]]

* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Akaghi...well, her sister thinks so, at least.

* [[Fantasy World Map]]: His specialty - once recruited, it is possible to view the entire world map.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Despite his cartographical brilliance, he comes across as a little slow.

* [[Odango]]

 

* [[Moe]]

* [[Mysterious Past]]: No one really knows where she came from. Or when, for that matter.

* [[Purity Personified]]

* [[Recurring Character]]

* [[Mysterious Past]]: No one knows where or ''when'' she came from

* [[Opera Gloves]]

* [[Recurring Character]]: And she's hotter than ever!

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Widely believed, though unconfirmed. [[Word of God]], beyond jokingly saying that [[Generation Xerox|all Jeane's family is alike]], isn't saying anything.

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her outfits have become more and more outrageously flimsy - Suikoden IV's is possibly the most gratuitous...until the next game anyway.

* [[Witch Species]]: Possibly.

 

* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Unlike traditional mermaids, Lilan and her sisters have humanoid legs, as opposed to fish-like tails.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Like Lilin, she's very wary of humans and presumes the hero wants to ''skin'' her when she's first encountered.

 

=== Izak ===

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: It's the outfit that does it....

* [[Ninja]]

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: She wants Akaghi and Mizuki to get together.

* [[Stripperiffic]]

 

=== Nataly ===

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[No One Should Survive That]]: She is one of the few other survivors of {{spoiler|the Iluya explosion.}}

* [[Item Crafting]]: Her speciality - she works with her sisters in the accessory store.

* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Unlike traditional mermaids, Lilen and her sisters have humanoid legs, as opposed to fish-like tails.

 

=== Rene ===

=== Dario ===

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

* [[Drunken Master]]: He likes his grog.

* [[Fastball Special]]: Gets ''thrown'' into the enemies by Gau in his unite attack.

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]

* [[The Captain]]: She is well-known in the waters of the Island Nations.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[Heroic Spirit]]

* [[Pirate]]: Like Hervey, he's of the dashing romantic hero type.

* [[The Stoic]]

 

=== Lilon ===

* [[Cute Monster Girl]]

* [[Item Crafting]]: Her speciality - she works with her sisters in the accessory store.

 

=== Liloon ===

* [[Cute Monster Girl]]

* [[Item Crafting]]: Her speciality - she works with her sisters in the accessory store.

=== Brec ===

* [[Big Eater]]

* [[Heavy Sleeper]]

* [[Gasshole]]: He's known for his horrendous stink.

* [[Genki Girl]]

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: She is one of the Mordo Springs Bandits.

* [[Power Trio]]: Lo Hak, Lo Seng and herself.

** [[Badass Family]]: They're siblings.

* [[The Charmer]]: He's a bit of a ladies man, with Katarina, Helga and Maxine being his particular favorites.

* [[The Con]]: Along with his brother and sister, he had unlawfully commandeered the Mordo Springs and were charging unwary travellers exhorbitant fees to use them.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: He is one of the Mordo Springs Bandits.

* [[Mini Game]]

** [[Racing Mini Game]]: Of a sort - the player uses him in a short mouse-catching game in the Nay-Kobold village.

* [[Petting Zoo People]] - Nay-Kobold is a play on ''neko''-bold; they're a feline-based version of the dog-like kobolds seen in other ''[[Suikoden]]''s.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]

=== Nalkul ===

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: He's not as cute as the other Nay-Kobolds, and is much gruffer too.

* [[Petting Zoo People]] - Nay-Kobold is a play on ''neko''-bold; they're a feline-based version of the dog-like kobolds seen in other ''[[Suikoden]]''s.

* [[Sticky Fingers]]: He and Champo are pick-pockets, he's the brains behind the operation. He and Champo cross paths with the hero after they steal King Lino's Golden Seal.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]

* [[Brawn Hilda]]: The series poster girl for this trope.

* [[Hero Insurance]]: The gallant Charlemagne agrees to pay for damages she causes to the Middleport Inn, freeing her up to join the hero.

* [[Hot Blooded]]

* [[Gonk]]

* [[Kubrick Stare]]: He has decidedly creepy eyes.

 

 

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[BFS]]: He wields a huge broadsword named the Grand Sword.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: He's really not keen on elves.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He initially rejects the hero's request to join him, stating that he is happy with the Kooluk's presence on Na-Nal, even branding the hero "rude". However, after Kooluk's betrayal, he is sent by his father to help the hero fight them.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: He's pretty rude when first encountered, but mellows a lot when he joins the allies.

 

=== Eugene ===

* [[Magikarp Power]]: Starts out very weak, but becomes quite powerful at higher levels.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: His mother is very bossy and controlling. She is desperate for her son to be a proper man and so begs the hero to recruit Eugene and train him into a proper soldier.

* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: Oh so ''very'' much.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]

* [[Just Following Orders]]

* [[The Reveal]]: He is actually {{spoiler|Colton's}} son.

 

=== Ameria ===

** [[Porn Stache]]: He sports the classic handle-bar 'tache.

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Bash Brothers]]: His Physical Attack unite with Helga - a vicious combo.

* [[Heroic Build]]

* [[Throwing Down the Gauntlet]]: She is hired by Ramada to duel the hero in various places in an effort to defeat him. She always opens these duels with a confident "En garde!"

** [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: She gets beaten every time, and eventually, after Ramada joins the hero, she concedes defeat and joins too.

 

=== Warlock ===

* [[Summon Magic]]: His greatest power - he summoned a number of creatures from the World of Emptiness, most notably the Giant Tree and the Eye Fish. The seeds from the Giant Tree became the ammunition for the rune cannons, and the eyes of the eye fish became a component of the muzzle.

** [[Auction of Evil]]: He then sold this technology and the Giant Tree to the highest bidder.

** [[The Atoner]]: He joins the hero to destroy his creations and make amends. {{spoiler|Sometime before ''Tactics'', he is summarily executed by a lynch mob.}}

 

* [[Encyclopedia Exposita]]: She manages Suikoden 4's version of this - The Old Books volume 1-12.

* [[Princess Curls]]

* [[The Smart Guy]]

 

* [[Closer to Earth]]: She's way more grounded than her gung-ho father, King Lino.

** [[Bumbling Dad]]: She loves her father dearly, but she is often embarassed and annoyed by his antics and feels he should act in a more statesman like manner.

* {{spoiler|[[Long Lost Sibling]]: The hero is in fact, her brother.}}

* [[Missing Mom]]: Her mother, the Queen of Obel, perished long ago from using the Rune of Punishment when the Kooluk last attacked.

* [[Control Freak]]: He's panicky, pessimistic and is obsessed with manners and decorum.

* [[Jerkass]]: When first encountered.

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Initially - he is very cold when the hero first shows up in Obel, but it's mostly due to the fact that he is wary of the hero's Rune of Punishment.

* [[Old Retainer]]: To the En Kuldes royal family of Obel.

=== Nabokov ===

* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: His speciality - he's an expert appraiser, and will identify any treasure brought to him.

* [[The Professor]]: When it comes to treasures.

 

=== Trishtan ===

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He wields a sword named Aspiration.

* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: Although this is just an affectation - he's believes he's constantly on the verge of dying, but in fact, he's just a ''huge '' hypochondriac and in perfect health.

* [[Spirit Advisor]]

** [[The Watcher]]: She acts as an inspirational guide to all the heroes.

* [[Woman in White]]

 

* [[Big Bad]]: He is Suikoden IV's primary antagonist.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: He manipulated the policies of the Kooluk Empire to try to achieve his ultimate goal: {{spoiler|recover the Rune of Punishment.}}

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* {{spoiler|[[Never Found the Body]]: Following the defeat of the Giant Tree, he is presumed to have died in the subsequent collapse of El-Eal fortress, although his body was not found.}}

* [[Steampunk]]: He has a steel [[Artificial Limbs|Artificial Limb]] in place of the arm he severed.

 

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