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True to the [[Suikoden|series]] in general, ''[[Suikoden V]]'' boasts [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]:
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== The Royal Family ==
=== Prince Freyjadour Falenas ===
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: In a sense. Because he's not in line for the throne he has very little official duties, so he's free to explore and leave the capital (to visit other towns in the Queendom). The Royal family uses this to their advantage at the beginning of the game.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: He has ''several'' powerful unite attacks with his comrades, including Lyon, Miakis, his aunt Sialeeds and his double, Roy.
* [[Badass]]: Let us the count the ways, shall we:
** [[Badass Family]]
** [[Badass Long Hair]]: Albeit braided.
* [[Badass Crew]]: [[Combination Attack|Falena's Finest]] indeed.
* [[Battle Couple]]: The Prince and Lyon are inseparable {{spoiler|at least until halfway through the game}}.
* [[Bishounen]]: Slender features and long white hair. Nifsara, who loves pretty boys, loves to lampshade this.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Canon Name]]: Three, depending on the source. The novelization call him "Freyjadour" ("Frey" for short). The manga refers to him as "Ardil". The pre-made save-games released as part of the game's promotion refers to him as "Faroush".
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Lampshaded so often to the point of becoming a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Some of the dialog choices let the player portray him as one, though this usually results in Lyon [[Clingy Jealous Girl|getting annoyed with him]].
* [[The Chosen One]]
* [[Combat Medic]]: With his Dawn Rune, pretty much similar to [[The Hero]] of ''[[Suikoden II]]''.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: His first alternate costume when he's on disguise is also [[Suikoden I|McDohl's clothes.]]
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: He hits this at the end of the game if you have recruited less than 60 Stars of Destiny. Unable to cope {{spoiler|with Lyon's death
* [[Fighting with Chucks]]: He wields a ''sansetsukon'', a three-section staff. It's one of the weapons you can learn in many schools of kung fu. A lot of its moves are used for [[Blade Lock|trapping the opponent's weapon]].
** [[Improbable Weapon User]]: What pushes his weapon into this territory is that the three sections can link together to form a ''[[Simple Staff|bo]]'' [[Simple Staff|staff]], making it even more complex to wield. The fact that the Prince can wield this weapon with ease shows just how skilled he is.
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: Becomes one.
* [[The Hero]]: [[The Protagonist]] of the story, who eventually becomes the leader of the Loyalist Army to oppose the Godwins regime.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: He goes through a large amount of trauma throught the story, but he finaly cracks {{spoiler|after the events of The New Queen's Campaign: Sialeeds seemingly betrays him and Lyon nearly dies from a stab wound}}. In a scene after the above spoiler, Luserina tries to reach out to him. After a moment, he simply turns around and walks off; the player is not even given the option to respond (which would normaly happen). Pretty powerful response for a silent protagonist.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: Which Lucretia even advises him on, so he can look more badass.
** Before this, he was [[Modest Royalty]] (at least, compared to his parents, and the rest of the nobility).
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* [[Lady Land]]: As his gender rendered him ineligible to take the throne, he was dismissed as unimportant by certain nobles...
** [[Spoiled Sweet]]: ... but not by his family, who lavished him with just as much attention as his younger sister.
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: By necessity, with 107 potential recruits available.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: In the beginning of the game, nobles complain about this because, as a male royal, he's only supposed to do ceremonial duties or be married off to some foreign princess.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: He gains one in his third outfit, the outfit you see in the cover and for the most of the game.
* [[Silent Bob]]: The only thing saving him from being the [[Heroic Mime]] is his expressive face.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: He really, really takes after his mother, appearance-wise.
* [[Warrior Prince]]: He's pretty badass with his 3 section staff.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Who arguably has some [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]] connotations.
* [[The Wise Prince]]: Particularly for a [[Heroic Mime]].
=== Crown Princess Lymsleia Falenas ===
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* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Once in power}}.
* [[Save the Princess]]: She becomes a key figure in the plots of those who want to turn the country towards their own ends and one of the Prince's primary motivations for fighting.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Just as her brother resembles her mother, Lymsleia has inherited her hair and eye colors from her father.
* [[Tsundere]]: In the manga.
* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: If you're nice enough to her, she'll ask to sleep in the Hero's bed for one final sleep-over after the purification rite.
=== Queen Arshtat Falenas ===
* [[
* {{spoiler|[[Anyone Can Die]]: She is killed by Georg Prime (see his entry for further details as to why under [[The Promise]]) when the Sun Rune's control over her becomes out of hand, and she begins to prepare to destroy all of Falena}}.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: As Queen, she is bearer of one of Falena's greatest treasures: the Sun Rune. However, its power seems to be affecting her judgment as the game begins...
* [[Badass Family]]
* [[Big Fancy Castle]]: She commands from the sprawling Sun Palace.
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: A major driving factor for her: most of her family was killed during the Falenan Succession Conflict, and she vowed to ensure such a situation would never occur again.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Costume Porn]]: Her outfit is particularly [http://www.suikosource.com/chars/list/imageviewnojs.php?img=a/arshtat01.png&char_id=31 elaborate].
* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]: She has worked tirelessly along with her husband Ferid to reform palace life and the darker underbelly of Falena, regardless of what sort of enemies they may have made in the process.
* {{spoiler|[[Doomed by Canon]]: If you got Richmond to investigate Georg in ''[[Suikoden II]]'', you already know that Arshtat will be killed by Georg}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying as Yourself]]: In her last moments after getting impaled, [[Tear Jerker|she thanks Georg for stopping her (from destroying the country with the Sun Rune), then asks him to watch over her children]]}}.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: The Falenan Royals and their guard's designs borrow from a variety of different cultural styles: Egyptian, Greek and Japanese (especially the knights, who have a definite Samurai vibe) seem to be the main influence, and the concept of a powerful ''female'' ruler mirrors British monarchs [[The Virgin Queen|Elizabeth I]] and [[Queen Victoria]]. Arshtat's design is the pinnacle of this (brilliant) cultural melange.
* [[A God Am I]]: Due to the Sun Rune's influence.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: As seen when she is under the Sun Rune's corrupting influence.
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[The High Queen]]: She's regal, calm yet commanding... and beautiful to boot.
* [[Hot Mom]]: YES!
* [[Mama Bear]]: Insult her family. Or, better, threaten them. Go on, we dare you.
* [[Matriarchy]]: Falena is (so far) unique in the ''Suikoden'' universe, as the only Queendom.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: In Zoroastrian angelology, Arshtat is the name of a yazad that governs justice and righteousness.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]:
* [[The Power of the Sun]]: She is this incarnate.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Hers is almost floor-length.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: When she's not under the Sun Rune's sway.
* [[Requisite Royal Regalia]]
** [[Nice Hat|Nice Crown]]
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: Trailers for the game made it appear that a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Arshtat would be your main opponent.
* [[Weaponized Headgear]]: The Sun Rune is borne on the forehead.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
=== Ferid
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: To get engaged to Arshat (and thus, to become the Commander of the Queen's Knights), he had to win the Sacred Games.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: His victory in the Sacred Games came as a severe shock to the local aristocracy, who expected one of the gladiators hired to represent one of their own to win; needless to say, while he has become popular with the public since then, many of the nobility still resent him.
* {{spoiler|[[Defusing the Tykebomb]]}}: {{spoiler|Helped a Nether Gate castoff named Mismar become a normal girl
* {{spoiler|[[Domestic Abuse]]}}: {{spoiler|He is literally incinerated by his Sun Rune-crazed wife
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: He's captain of the Queen's Knights.
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hot Dad]]: YES.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Quite pretty.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: A citizen of the Island Nations Federation, he keeps his family background a secret to avoid political complications, going simply by "Ferid".
**
* [[One-Man Army]]: In his youth, during the invasion of Falena by bordering Armes, he practically saved the nation single-handedly by fighting on the front lines of the war as Commander of the Queen's Knights.
* [[The Promise]]:
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Actually ''accepts'' the criticisms levied at him and his wife and encourages his knights to speak honestly.
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* [[Mama Bear|Auntie Bear]]: This is definitely in evidence during the early part of the game, and a significant reason for her {{spoiler|dramatic [[Face Heel Turn]]}} is because of her desire to ''protect'' her young niece and nephew.
* [[Badass Family]]: She's Queen Arshtat's younger sister and the Prince
*
**
* [[Blow You Away]]: She specialises in Wind Rune magic.
* [[Christmas Cake]]: Mentioned by a few characters, who refer to her as the Prince's "old auntie", much to her annoyance.
** [["Ma'am" Shock]]
* [[Crutch Character]]: Starts out as a fairly powerful long-range fighter, as well as a decent spellcaster, but is saddled with an irremovable Wind Rune.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: And she loves it.
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]
*
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: Her kimono-esque outfit.
* [[The Fashionista]]: Even Josephine is mightily impressed that she designs and creates her own gowns.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]
* [[It's Personal]]: She utterly ''despises'' Lucretia Merces, mostly because
* [[Maiden Aunt]]: Following the violent Falenan War of Succession, she vowed to never marry or have children.
* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms Exposition]]: Her main role outside of court is to accompany her young nephew and act as his advisor, usually indicating how the team should progress.
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* [[Oba-san]]: ....although she probably wouldn't appreciate the implications of this title.
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: She wears her tousled, honey blonde hair in a high pony-tail that falls (sexily) over one side of her face.
* {{spoiler|[[Promotion to Parent]]: She serves as a surrogate mother to the Prince, since she serves as a guide to the places the Prince tours. This is more poignant after Arshtat is slain}}.
* [[Rings of Death]]: She wields a pair of chakram in combat.
*
*
*
=== Lady Haswar Falenas, the Oracle ===
* [[Badass Pacifist]]: She is NOT a fighter, but does everything in her power to peacefully resist the Godwins.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: ''Really'' into the beavers.
* [[Good Shepherd
* [[Maiden Aunt]]: Like her cousin Sialeeds, she has pledged to never marry or have children for the sake of stability in the Queendom. Despite this, Haswar holds no grudges against her surviving family.
* [[Miko]]: Of a sort, due to the religious role she plays in her society.
* [[Saintly Church]]: Her enclave at Lunas.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She has a lovely, friendly nature.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: To her cousin
* [[Succession Crisis]]: As the daughter of Crown Princess Shahrewar, Haswar should have eventually become Queen. Thanks to the machinations of Shahrewar's younger sister Falzrahm and the violent succession struggle that erupted after her grandmother's passing, this never came to be.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
==
=== Lyon/{{spoiler|
* [[Action Girl]]: You can't be a bodyguard if you can't fight.
*
* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Bob Haircut]]
* [[Bodyguard Babes|Body Guard Babe]]: She's the Prince's personal
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Heavily implied to have one on the Prince.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]:
* [[Determinator]]: She protects the Prince with her life and takes her duties very seriously.
* [[Expy]]: Though not in appearance, her role in the plot is pretty much identical to Gremio from the first game. {{spoiler|Including the [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: Seriously. A switchblade katana. It's a real weapon too, known as a nagamaki.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: If you don't gather all 108 Stars of Destiny, she dies at the end of the game
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: She wields a large, switchblade-like ''nagamaki''.
* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Ferid outright state she's like his third child, in front of the Prince too, but neither is bothered.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: One of the best examples in the ''Suikoden'' series.
*
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To the Prince.
=== Georg Prime ===
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bodyguard Betrayal]]: Gets accused of this
* [[Breakout Character]]: He went from being a minor character in ''[[Suikoden II]]'' to being one of the main characters of this game.
* [[Crutch Character]]: He starts at level 20 and is one of the best physical attackers in the game. Naturally, he is rarely available after the prologue.
* [[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.
* [[Glass Cannon]]/[[Fantastic Fragility]]: He's really weak against magic, but his strong physical stats make up for it.
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: ''Suikoden V'' fleshes out fully the snippets of his back-story revealed in ''Suikoden II''.
* [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]]: His sword is even referred to as an Iai sword.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: When compared to the more youthful Prince and Lyon, Georg is a bit more jaded, though not as much as Sialeeds.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His strength, skill and speed are among the highest in the game.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: A number of maids talk about Georg being a foreigner. But they think he's very pretty.
* {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf]]: His promise to Arshtat is that he will look out for the Prince and Lym. Not blood related, but he follows it just as much}}.
* [[The Promise]]:
*
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Quite often.
* [[Recurring Character]]: ''Suikoden
* [[The Red Baron]]: His skill with the blade has earned him such names as "Deathblow Georg" and "Georg Who Needs No Second Strike".
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]]: During his stint in Falena, he served as one of the Queen's Knights, but ultimately had to kill the Queen Arshtat when she lost her sanity after unintentionally killing her husband Ferid}}.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: His [[Trademark Favorite Food]]? Cheesecake.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Taller than the Prince, black hair and clothes, and a number of people discuss his prettiness.
* [[A Taste of Power]]: When he's available.....
* [[Time to Unlock More True Potential]]: While this is Zegai's role in the castle, Georg can also teach Physical skills while you're traveling on the map.
* [[Wandering the Earth]]: What he does after the game, and he admits this to Riou in the second game.
=== Miakis ===
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Despite being the most cheerful out of the Queen's Knights, she got that job (as well as being the personal bodyguard to the heiress to the Queendom) for a ''very'' good reason. Best seen when she cheerfully threatens (with one of her knives) to toss Euram into a river after he gets a little too close when trying to court the ten year old Lymsleia. She would have been chosen as a Dragon Knight too if she wasn't female.
* [[Bodyguard Babes|Bodyguard Babe]]: She is Princess Lymsleia's personal bodyguard.
*
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: She's ''far'' more carefree and
* {{spoiler|[[Duel Boss]]/[[Fighting Your Friend]]: As a result of Gizel's manipulation, she duels the Prince in Doraat}}.
* [[The Gadfly]]: She loves to mess with her friends' heads. For example, she tricks Lym into thinking that the ceremonial battle the Prince competed in for the Sacred Games was part of the official tournament and thus the Prince seeks his sister's hand in marriage.
* [[Hot Amazon]]: Rog is attracted to her because she beat up most of the boys in their hometown when they were kids.
* [[Knife Nut]]: She wields two Ghurka-type, curved daggers.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: She's [[Older Than She Looks]], but the trope still applies compared to the other Queen's Knights.
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Albeit mostly playfully.
* [[Magic Knight]]: The one of the best magic users out of the Knights, and has a decent attack.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Ships [[Brother-Sister Incest|Prince/Lym]]
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Ever cheerful and outgoing, she always does her job with polite words and a nice, big smile
*
=== Kyle ===
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Helps bail out the prince, Lyon and Sialeeds during
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Like Miakis above, there's a ''very'' good reason why he's one of the Queen's Knights (despite his laid back attitude).
* [[The Casanova]]: ''Suikoden
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: He'll flirt with any female, but he's not rude about it.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: In the same vein that the Prince's disguise clothes are a nod to
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: His happy-go-lucky attitude hides his brilliance in combat, and in fact, in battle, he holds his sword with a loose, wavering grip to make opponents underestimate him.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Women seem to be on his mind ''all'' of the time when the Prince interacts with him.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He wields a katana named Tianjin Wind.
* [[Magic Knight]]: He is equally skilled in both magic and combat.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: [[In-Universe]], he's broken a string of hearts.
* [[
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Alenia. {{spoiler|[[Subverted]] later when it's revealed '''he's''' not the one she's attracted to}}.
=== Galleon ===
* [[Amicably Divorced]]:
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Is a powerful Queen Knight despite his age.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: He wields the huge Thundering Halberd.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Stoic and stern, but noble and true.
* [[Grumpy Bear]]
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: Arshtat turned his hometown of Lordlake into a barren wasteland, but he still follows her because she is his queen. {{spoiler|After Lym's coronation, this causes him to do a brief [[Face Heel Turn]] as this technically makes
* [[Old
* [[Stern Teacher]]
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To the Falenan throne.
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=== Alenia ===
* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]: Before the boss battle against them in Sun Palace, she and Zahhak become this when they take the Raging Nostrum drug
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Paper-thin clothing. Her loyalty to Arshtat was purely contingent on supporting the Godwins.
* [[Determinator]]: Her father used to be a knight prior to his death, and she is determined to honor his memory and ensure the Queendom thrives... though she adopts a more combative stance than most of the other knights.
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Zahhak.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]:
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Even uses a Fire Rune
* [[Jerkass]]: While betraying the royal family is a jerky thing to do, she couples this by being a giant bitch about it.
* {{spoiler|[[Murder the Hypotenuse]]}}: {{spoiler|She lies to Gizel by telling him that Sialeeds is dead to convince Marscal to use the Sun Rune, which kills Sialeeds
* [[Obstructive Zealot]]
* [[Recurring Boss]]: She's fought three times.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: To Zahhak's Blue.
* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: She ''strongly'' disapproves of Kyle's flighty, flirty attitude.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: With Zahhak.
* [[Triang Relations]]:
*
* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]: At the end of the game. It costs her life}}.
=== Zahhak ===
* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]: See Alenia's entry above
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Alenia's Red.
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Alenia.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Obstructive Zealot]]
* [[Recurring Boss]]: He's fought twice in battle, and can be fought a few times in war battles.
* [[The Stoic]]: Calm no matter the circumstance, even when torching a city.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: With Alenia.
* [[Uh-Oh Eyes]]: He sports unsettling, ice-blue eyes.
* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]: In Sol-Falena, when going to rescue Lym}}.
==
=== Marscal Godwin ===
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Only a mustache on his head.
* [[Big Bad]]: He's the ruthless head of the House of Godwin.
* [[Bling of War]]: His outfit is particularly fancy.
* [[Blue Blood]]: One of two long-running noble factions.
* [[Evil Plan]]: Bump off the royal family (except for the young heir) and take over the country so they can take over other countries. The point being strengthen Falena.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Xenophobic and disrespectful of the 'lesser demi-human races'.
* [[The Mourning After]]: His wife was assassinated by Nether Gate.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Strong central government, kill the 'sub-humans' (in this case no-humans) and strong military, yep.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Before dying, he draws out the power of the Sun Rune, so that the Prince can prove himself capable of withtstanding its temptations}}.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|With the help of his scheming son Gizel, he orchestrates a coup in Sol-Falena to take control of the throne, believing that the only way to have successful country is to have unrivaled military strength, rigid order and centralized government}}.
=== Gizel Godwin ===
* [[Affably Evil]]: He's never less than unfailingly polite.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Has some with Sialeeds, though it comes off more as mutual bemused [[Foe Yay]].
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Blue Blood]]: The only child of Marscal and Rosalind, nobles with an ancient lineage.
* [[The Charmer]]: As a political player in a [[Deadly Decadent Court]], any good player would need to be, but Gizel is exceptionally talented.
* [[Duel Boss]]
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: He doesn't share his father's extremist views, but still supports him for his own reasons,
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: {{spoiler|It's implied in the manga that part of his motivation for plotting against the queendom is because the Princess' vow to never marry destroyed his engagement to Sialeeds}}.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: What he's become, according to Sialeeds, his ex-fiancé.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: There are many who think Gizel is a handsome man. Even Sialeeds.
* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: Had one to Sialeeds when he was a kid. It's implied he viewed it as this.
* {{spoiler|[[Suicide by Cop]]: It's implied that he kept Lym in the palace so the Prince would fight to the death}}.
* [[Villainous Valor]]: Only at the end of the Game. {{spoiler|When the Loyalist army storms the palace, he waits with Lymsleia in the throne room. At first, it seems like he's holding her hostage, but Lym calls his bluff. He then revels that he simply wanted to talk with the Prince. After a conversation about the well meaning intentions that lead to the war in the first place, then challenges the Prince to a one-on-one duel. The Prince is by that point a seasoned warrior; Gizel knew that, and was quite aware that he would (most likely) not survive}}.
* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: His favorite type of plan. [[Lampshaded]] by Marscal and Sialeeds, who point out that his Stormfist plan only succeeded through blind luck: {{spoiler|the plan being to conive and cheat his way to victory in the Sacred Games, and thereby winning Princess Lymsleia's hand in marriage and ultimately securing power for the Godwin Faction}}.
** [[Villain Ball]]: It should be noted that his planning tends to have repercussions for him in the long run. {{spoiler|The above spoiler is of particular note, as his machinations tipped off the Royal Family, which ultimately enabled the Prince to escape during the Coup due to the precautions they (the Royals) had set up}}.
=== Dolph ===
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: It's not known whether it's because of his training, the drugs he takes, or both, but Dolph never raises his voice or tone.
* [[The Dragon]]: Enforces Gizel's will efficiently.
* [[Duel Boss]]: The last duel of the game.
* [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionless
* [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]]: To Lyon.
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: Although it's doubtful, it means the same thing as a normal smile}}.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Every time he is defeated, he gets right back up.
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]: He almost lacks an iris.
*
=== Childerich ===
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Brutal and enjoys slaughter.
* [[Blood Knight]]: When hurt or dueling, he laughs most of the time.
* [[Confusion Fu]]: He fights in an odd, unpredictable manner, using fluid movements to fox his opponent in a very similar manner to Voldo of ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur]]'' fame.
* [[Duel Boss]]
* [[Expy]]: Remember [[Suikoden II|Luca Blight]]...? Childerich's personality will certainly remind you...
* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Hidden Weapons]]: He fights using two hidden wrist-blades.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]:
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: By the time you reach the final face-off with him, he's pissed off enough people to earn himself a few willing to declare "[[Leave Him to Me]]!". Take them along to that conflict, and they'll actually ''argue'' over this.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: He sports a contemptuous smirk.
* [[Stupid Evil]]: He kills Godwin supporters just because their town was conquered by the
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]}}: {{spoiler|After his ambush is destroyed, and he finds himself outnumbered, he ingests [[Psycho Serum|Raging Nostrum]]
=== Dilber Novum ===
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* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[The Rival]]: To Boz Wilde. The pair are known respectively as "Dilber of the West" and "Boz of the East".
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: He considers the Prince this.
* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]}}
=== Bahram Luger ===
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Doing his duty, and no more.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: {{spoiler|After having his loyalty questioned by Childerich, he makes a suicide run against the Dahak
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: He loyally serves the Godwin Faction, as he thinks they will bring prosperity to Falena. He's ready to fight against anyone who oppose them, even his old mentor Raja. But it doesn't bring him any pleasure.
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Valor]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]}}
==
=== Salum Barows ===
* [[Blue Blood]]: The Barows are one of two high ranking noble families.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: A medieval variation.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: He's almost ''spherical''.
*
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Not So Different]]: Whereas the Godwins push forward more offensive policies, he supports more peaceful actions. Despite these, few actually ''trust'' his welcoming smile, as in many ways he's [[Not So Different]] than his rival faction...
* {{spoiler|[[Not So Harmless]]}}
*
* [[Smug Snake]]: Salum fancies himself as a great manipulator, but only a few people can't see through his facade, and he never really ends up succeeding.
=== Euram Barows ===
*
* [[Blue Blood]]
*
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Although ''he'' thinks he's terribly brave, of course.
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: As seen when he encounters Princess Lymsleia.
* [[Expy]]: Like Snowe Vingerhut of ''[[Suikoden IV]]'', Euram is an [[
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: For the Princess
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Lacking in the sympathy, since he's against you, but he's so laughably bad.
* [[Large Ham]]: Like his father.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Demotion]]}}: {{spoiler|Despite being fought in a boss battle, he cannot be used outside of war battles}}.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Given that he was supposed to head the Barows faction.
* [[Stalking Is Love]]: Princess' obvious rebuttal lands on deaf ears.
* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Unexpected Successor]]: His brother Hiram was being groomed as his father's successor... until he got assassinated}}.
* [[Upper Class Twit]]: He's part of the aristocratic Barows family, and is a buffoonish fop in character.
=== Luserina Barows ===
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* [[Hair Decorations]]: She sports an alice band.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: She sports a veritable ''river'' of long, wavy honey blonde hair.
* [[Proper Lady]]
* [[Purity Personified]]: Looks the part and mostly acts the part, but she abandoned her family rather easily.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Whereas she is demure, polite and kind, her brother Euram is foppish, spoilt and cowardly.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Compared to her [[Smug Snake]] dad and [[
* [[The Ugly
=== Chuck ===
* [[Bag of Sharing]]: His speciality
* {{spoiler|[[Duel Boss]]: Fights a duel in Barows Manor just before the Prince gets the Dawn Rune}}.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: He's not much of a thinker.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: {{spoiler|The only time he fights is when he's been misled into believing that the Prince is trying to steal Luserina's wedding present. Afterwards, he swears he never wants to get into a fight again}}.
* [[The Giant]]: He's ''huge''.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Luserina fed him when he was starving to death.
* [[Man Child]]
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Luserina.
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: His weapon of choice
=== Boz Wilde ===
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Cutscenes of Boz in war show him with an axe.
* [[Anime Hair]]: He sports a huge mohican fin of hair.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: "Sometimes justice is three feet of steel in your hands." That's his personality.
* [[Colonel Badass]]: Boz never shows a rank, but he is the traditional star of war leaders, and he's often spoken to in matters of war.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]:''Salum'' is one of his best friends.
* [[Informed Ability]]: He's apparently a good fighter. Since he's unable to be used outside of war battles, he never gets a chance to prove it.
* [[The Rival]]: To Dilber.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: He tries to get this dynamic started with the straitlaced Dinn, and he eventually semi succeeds.
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=== Lucretia Merces ===
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* [[Bi the Way]]: It's implied that she seduced both Lelei and Cius, and had a husband in the past. However, she's far closer to Lelei.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: She has a nigh-incomprehensible sense of humor, which includes giving an over the top [[Awesome McCoolname]] that's a sentence on its own to your castle when you first get it.
* {{spoiler|[[But Now I Must Go]]: Disappears at the end of the game. A conversation with the dying Sialeeds remarks that the Prince now no longer has any need of her. Quite possibly the reason why she leaves Cius, but lets Lelei comes with her}}.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: One of the series' premier examples.
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: She has the same look as the Karaya from ''Suikoden
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}: {{spoiler|Implied to have been one for Harmonia. Whether the reason why she hasn't reported in to her superiors since being released is because she's [[Becoming the Mask|Become The Mask]] or because she's been distracted by the war is unknown
* [[Odd Name Out]]: She's one of the few ''Suikoden'' strategists who are not of the Silverberg lineage, the other being Shu in
* [[Rescue Arc]]: The Prince must bust her out of prison before she can be recruited.
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|She convinced Arshtat to take up the Sun Rune to prevent it from being stolen
* [[Shout-Out]]: Her feather fan and over-all look seems to be a fond nod to legendary strategist
* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]
* [[The Strategist]]: The games makes it firmly clear that she's one of the absolute best in the whole series, and ''shows'' it in the actual battles she orchestrates... with planning bordering on precognition, just like the person she's based on.
* [[Thousand-Yard Stare]]: Her portrait expression exhibits this when she is dishing out her strategic advice.
=== Lelei ===
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* [[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Lesbian]]: Though it's only ambiguous because its never explicitly stated.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Cius during their unite attack.
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: She takes it upon herself to guard Lucretia because of her feelings for her and will automatically join the Prince's army when Lucretia does.
* [[Butch Lesbian]]
* [[Lima Syndrome]]: It's implied she fell for Lucretia while guarding her cell.
* [[Right-Hand Hottie]]: Serves as Lucretia's adjutant.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: The weapon used by the guard detail at Agate Prison.
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: However, she finds her height embarrassing and tends to stoop. This gets played for laughs in one of the bath scenes.
* [[The Strategist]]: Is taking lessons from Lucretia.
* [[To Be a Master]]
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Lucretia.
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* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Lelei in their unite attack.
* [[The Champion]]: To Lucretia.
* [[The Fettered]]: He's an honorable sort who values duty above all else.
* [[The Generic Guy]]
* [[Out of Focus]]: Compared to Lelei, he gets very little attention and/development.
=== Cathari ===
* [[Badass Cape]]: She wears a poncho similar to Clive's from ''[[Suikoden II]]''.
* [[Career Killer]]: She's an assassin.
* [[The Gunslinger]]: Cathari is a member of the Howling Voice Guild of assassins and wields their trademark long barreled sniper rifle.
* [[In the Hood]]: Although she doesn't put it over her head.
*
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Whatever Lucretia knows about Cathari's past, she isn't talking.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: The outfit, the gun, the mysteriousness, etc.
* [[Sniper Rifle]]: Her weapon
* [[Super Speed]]: Like Stallion and Cedric before her, she's the one who gives you the ability to run like the wind across the world map.
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=== Oboro ===
* [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: Much to
* [[Atonement Detective]]:
* [[Cool Boat]]: Oboro's office is actually a ship that sails up and down the Feitas river.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Some of his observations are... questionable.
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: He trains mice to help him tail people. He has several mice working for him, but he never explains just how he trains them.
*
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Recruiting him can be tricky: you have to make the 'correct' choices while {{spoiler|helping him investigate Norden}}. Do the sequence correctly, and he'll join the first time you ask. For each point you miss/mess up on, however, you have to ask him an extra time... and you can only ask at certain points in gameplay. Wait too long, and they leave the area for good before you can convince him.
* [[Information Desk]]: His speciality: like Richmond before him, he can be recruited (for a small fee) to find out the whereabouts of as yet recruited characters, although a certain amount of [[Figure It Out Yourself]] is also required.
* [[Knowledge Broker]]: As well as letting the hero know the location of potential recruits, he can also investigate current team-mates, offering fun trivia, but also useful game information about pairings for unite attacks, for example.
* [[Mind Screw]]: His entry in the official strategy guide:
{{quote|
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]
* [[My Card]]: One of his trademarks is handing these out, hoping that the practice will catch on as well as drive up more business.
* [[Private Detective]]: His skill set certainly made this an easy career move.
* [[The Rival]]: With Raven, who he refers to as "Crow".
* [[Team Dad]]: For the detective agency.
=== Fuyo ===
* [[Betting Minigame]]: She runs the tile game "Feitas", which can be played to win potch.
* [[Bob
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Cascading ringlets that make her look much younger than her real age.
* [[Glasses Girl]]: And quite intelligent.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Paired with [[Blue Eyes]].
* [[Older Than They Look]]: She looks like a high-schooler. She's actually 32.
* [[Princess Curls]]: Combined with [[Mega Twintails]] for added cuteness!
* [[Puni Plush]]: And Haswar can't get enough.
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]
* [[Team Mom]]: For the detective agency.
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=== Shigure ===
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Sagiri in their Unite Attack.
* [[Betting Minigame]]: He serves as the Intermediate opponent for Linfa's Blind Man's Bluff, and is a savvier and more difficult to read opponent than she is.
* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Fuyo wants him to cut them back, but so far no go.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]
* [[Papa Wolf|Brother Wolf]]: For all his complaining, you don't want to threaten his family.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "What a pain..."
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: When not lazy, he's damn good with a knife.
* [[Everythings Better With Ninjas]]: He's pretty much one in all but name.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: A clever instance: during his first appearance, he
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: With his catchphrase being "What a pain...".
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Among the highest speed in the game, and he hits hard.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Theme Naming]]: Shigure means 'short autumn rainfall' in Japanese, and all of his weapons are named for the weather.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: How he tends to view himself compared to the rest of the agency.
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=== Sagiri ===
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Shigure in their Unite Attack.
* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]: Wouldn't mind if Nakula kills her; if he dies in a war battle, she even writes to the Prince wondering why she didn't die instead}}.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|She does. It's revealed that the smile begins to fade after the events of the game}}.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Notably won't join at the same time as the other members; she won't ''officially'' get her name on that Tablet unless the Prince goes through another recruitment sequence that is easy to miss.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Theme Naming]]: Her name means 'light fog'.
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]: It makes her quite unsettling.
* {{spoiler|[[Please Kill Me If It Satisfies You]]: Says this to Nakula}}.
* [[The Promise]]: A dark take. {{spoiler|At the end of the game, Nakula promises he will return to Falena to kill Sagiri after dealing with the Nether Gate forces left in Nagarea. She accepts}}.
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: {{spoiler|Albeit, unintentionally}}.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Was brainwashed to smile while she killed, and had it so severely drilled into her that she's ''always'' smiling}}.
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=== Zerase
* [[The Archmage]]: She's one of, if not ''the'' best magic users in the game and wields the powerful Star Rune.
* [[Badass Long Robe]]: Cascades to the floor.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: She's mysterious, possibly non-human, and her skin doesn't lose its paleness when she's taking a bath.
* [[Flechette Storm]]: She hurls needle-like darts in combat.
* [[Game Breaker]]: Invoked. To quote a rather amusing comment from a walkthrough
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: She's not evil, and gives some helpful advice. But she is a gigantic bitch.
* [[In the Hood]]
* [[Jerkass]]: She get better around the last moments of the game, though only to the prince.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: She is aquainted with Jeane and Leknaat, which is intriguing and throws up even more questions about who or ''what'' she is....
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Possibly, given her connection to the above mentioned characters.
* [[The Snark Knight]]: From her introduction, and she doesn't let up.
* [[Sour Supporter]]
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: She has a bad habit of showing up, insulting everyone who so much as breathes in her general direction, and disappearing just as quickly.
* [[Tall, Dark and
* [[Witch Species]]: Possibly.
* [[Woman in Black]]
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=== Eresh ===
* [[Child Mage]]: In appearance
* {{spoiler|[[Death Is Cheap]]}}: {{spoiler|If she's killed in a war battle, Jeane hints that she will eventually come back, although she never does during the game
* [[Magic Wand]]: She wields the Ner-Gal staff.
* [[Miko]]: She wears the robes of the Nagarean clergy.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Like Zerase, she is also aquainted with Jeane, who refers to Eresh as her "comrade".
* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Canon-wise, she is potentially even more powerful than the legendary Jeane, as only she can penetrate the very lower levels of the ancient Armes ruins in the Big Hole.
* [[No Mouth]]: The lower half of her face is obscured by her veil.
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Although unusual since it's on a woman.
* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]: She has a peculiar manner of speech.
** [[Third Person Person]]
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* [[Badass Long Robe]]: Albeit hers is EXTREMELY abbreviated in this game.
* [[Crystal Ball]]: She's always seen with one, but she never actually uses it.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: She works with the Godwins at the beginning of the game, but quickly gets fed up with their tactics and agenda and quits. The Prince can hire her afterwords.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Noted in the [[Best Known for the Fanservice]] entry.
* [[Hot Witch]]: Magic is her speciality
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]]: Turns up in ''every single'' ''Suikoden'' title, regardless of space or time differences.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: She's not at all preturbed by her outfit, and even enjoys Lym's ranting.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: For the whole ''Suikoden'' series.
* [[Magical Girl Warrior|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]]: Speculated, debated, never confirmed. See [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]] above.
* [[Recurring Character]]
* [[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]]: Jeane is one of the tallest characters in the series, often towering over even some of the ''male'' characters.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her outfits have become more and more outrageously flimsy, and
* [[Witch Species]]: Possibly.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue
=== Viki ===
* [[The Ditz]]: It might be the [[Time Travel]], but it's clear Viki's not all there in the head.
* [[Dojikko]]: Poor clumsy Viki!
* [[Magical Girl Warrior]]: From ''Suikoden
* [[Malfunction Malady]]: The above teleport mistakes are accompanied with a little sneeze!
* [[Mysterious Past]]: No one really knows where she came from.
* [[Nurse Jenny]]: 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.
* [[Purity Personified]]: She's nothing but sweet and loving.
* [[Recurring Character]]
* [[Running Gag]]: She ''never'' gets to finish the banquet meals after the games.
* [[Teleporter Accident]]: Her abilities can be hit and miss, occasionally landing the characters in completely random locations.
* [[Temporal Paradox]]: Especially evident in ''Suikoden V'': her odd teleportation patterns cause confusion for those she comes across - for example, Lorelai, having first met Viki in the Twilight Forest in Falena, is surprised when Viki does not recognize her later when fighting together in the Sun Rune War, failing to understand that her first meeting with Viki was the result of Viki teleporting from several years in the future - as a result, at that time, she had never seen Lorelai before in her life.
* [[Warp Whistle]]: Her speciality: as bearer of the Blinking Rune, she can transport the hero and his party to any destination previously visited.
* [[White Magician Girl]]: Long hair, pretty dress, gentle personality; the only glitch is her Blinking Rune is transporation instead of healing, but still a supporting power
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Despite her clutziness, she's very keen to help out.
* [[Woman in White]]
=== Levi ===
* [[The Archmage]]: He is not as powerful as some of the other mages (Zerase
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: He has the look.
* [[Badass
* [[The Beast Master]]: He wields the Blue Gate Rune, a rune used to summon monsters from another world to attack enemies.
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: He claims to have created the 'Big Hole' in order to have his apprentice Bergen mine there for materials that may be of use for his research.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: He's not what you'd call "nice".
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He comes across as very gruff and irritable, but does (albeit to further his research) agree to help Norma find a cure for Ernst's lycanthropy.
* [[Kid Sidekick]]: Bergen, who he treats fairly shabbily, but keeps him interested with the promise furthering his training.
* [[Magic Wand]]: He wields the The Viper Staff.
* [[The Professor]]: He's an expert on rune magic, but dislikes the term "wizard" and refers to himself as a "magic rune scholar".
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Which makes him a good candidate to help recruit Genoh, along with his high level when he's recruited.
* [[Talking Weapon]]: The snake motif on his staff is actually a ''real'' snake....
** [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: ....with whom he holds regular conversations (in snake!).
* [[Time to Unlock More True Potential]]: His speciality
* [[Up to Eleven]]: His magicial abilities.
* [[Witch Species]]: Possibly.
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=== Lorelai ===
* [[Action Girl]]: Especially in ''Suikoden V''.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: A native of Falena, she is obsessed with searching for Sindar Ruins and jumps at the chance to study the Ceras Lake ruins, when discovered.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]: She prefers her companions be stronger than her, and this time it's no different, challenging the Prince to a duel to test whether he is a worthy leader for her to follow.
** [[Defeat Means Friendship]]
** [[Duel Boss]]
* [[Not So Different]]: A particularly humorous example. When she and Viki got mad at Zweig for intruding on their conversation ''in the bath'', she agrees when Zweig points out that she would have done the same thing had ''she'' heard ''him'' talking about Sindar stuff. Poor Viki...
* [[Recurring Character]]: ''Suikoden
* [[The Rival]]: With Killey and Zweig when it comes to Sindar ruin hunting.
* [[So Long, Suckers!]]: {{spoiler|Her ending in ''Suikoden V'' reveals she finally managed to steal his notes, heading North to the Scarlet Moon Empire, which leads into her story in ''Suikoden I''}}.
* [[Superior Species]]: She claims to be a descendant of the lost Sindar race.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Moreso with Zweig in this game, as he keeps her on a very short leash when it comes to imparting information. She tolerates this behavior as she is ''desperate'' to gain access to his secret research laboratory.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Another change of weapon for her: this time, she wields a bullwhip.
=== Killey ===
* [[All-Encompassing Mantle]]: In black and deep crimson.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: He came to Falena in search of Sindar Ruins.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Smart and knows his Sindar.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: In the second game. In ''Suikoden V'', he's throwing knives.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: He has a scar across the bridge of his nose.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: They are part of his native heritage, representing his tribe's legendary "Red Bird".
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Lorelai certanly thinks so.
* [[Might as Well Not Be in Prison At All]]: The Godwins had locked him up in Agate prison when the Prince first meets him, but he casually picks the lock and strolls off after a brief chat.
** Not entirely, since while he could have picked the lock at any time, the prison was in the middle of a river, so he was still stuck there until you reveal the hidden underground passage.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: It's something called the Crimson Bird. Zweig is considerably intrigued.
* [[Nice Hat]]: An awesome, sweeping, finned trilby.
* [[Recurring Character]]: This is his second appearance in the series, but chronologically, his first.
* [[The Snark Knight]]: You can almost see his eye-rolling when he tells Cius he knows the guard came throw a hole because of the mud on his shoes.
* [[The Stoic]]: His bath scene with other silent-type characters consists mostly of '.........'.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Lorelai really isn't happy to have him on board, after the Prince recruits him.
* [[The Unfettered]]: Questing for the Sindar treasure is his whole life.
=== Zweig ===
* [[Adjusting Your Glasses]]: His victory pose.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Like Lorelai and Killey, he represents yet another party fascinated by Sindar Ruins....
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: One of the reasons Lucretia sought him out.
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]: He had a secret laboratory somewhere in Falena where he kept all of his research materials on the Sindar, but denied its existence to Lorelai constantly.
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: A number of NPC's think so, and the bath scene shows he's got a fair amount of definition for a bookworm.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: He looks around his late twenties, but he's almost forty.
* [[The Professor]]: He is arguably the most knowledgable of the trio, with both the Godwins and Lucretia vying for his expert advice on the mysteries of the Ceras Lake ruins.
* [[The Rival]]: With Lorelai when it comes to Sindar ruin hunting.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]
* [[Simple Staff]]: He wields a bo-staff named ''Philosofs'' in combat.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: He appears to just about tolerate Lorelai accompanying him on his quests, but is very flippant with her and only imparts the briefest snippets of knowledge.
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=== Craig Laden ===
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as the head of the Dragon Cavalry.
* [[Honorary Uncle]]: To Miakis: he was good friends with her father.
* [[Hostage Situation]]: However, it's soon discovered that his inaction is because the Godwins are holding the dragon eggs and foals hostage.
* [[Stern Teacher]]: He is the last of the traditional commanders, strictly keeping with the traditions of barring female riders, though by the end of the game, he starts to seriously question that stricture.
* [[The Stoic]]: When compared to the [[Hot-Blooded]] Roog and [[The Spock]] Rahal.
* [[Team Dad]]: The other members of the cavalry certainly think so.
* [[Team Switzerland]]: As head of the Dragon Cavalry, he only swears allegiance to the rivers of Falena, and such, does not involve himself in any of the internal conflicts, only going into battle against foreign invasions. This causes friction initially between Rahal, Roog and he when Armes invades and they try to rally him to the Prince's cause.
** [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: However, following a [[Rescue Arc]] courtesy of his Dragon Knights and the Prince, he rallies to the Prince's cause.
=== Rahal ===
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: He protests that his lack of success with women is due to having to deal with Roog all the time, although Roog claims he hears it's because Rahal has "issues"... also, he apparently keeps a set of his sister's clothes handy at all times...
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: The Godwin soldiers are helpless in the face of his beauty. And so is Roog...
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Roog.
* [[Bishounen]]: One of the best examples in the whole series.
* [[The Beast Master]]
* [[Cavalry Officer]]
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: He makes ''such'' a convincing woman that he is able to distract and knock-out the guards in [[No Woman's Land|male-only Gordius village]] during the rescue of the dragon foals.
** [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]
** [[Even the Guys Want Him]]
* [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as a commander of the Dragon Cavalry. His dragon is named Flail.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He wields a katana called ''Rhamphinion'', which is (suitably) [[Meaningful Name|named after]] a kind of prehistoric ''pterosaur''.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: He's the blue to Roog's red and even [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]].
* [[Rescue Arc]]: He helped uncover Godwin's plot to hold the dragon horse eggs hostage, which were later secured by the Dragon Knights and the Prince's party.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: He looks ''uncannily'' similar to his sister
=== Roog ===
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Rahal.
* [[The Beast Master]]
* [[Cavalry Officer]]: Usually on a dragonhorse, but he's good with regular horses too.
* [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as a commander of the Dragon Cavalry. His dragon is named Lance.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He wields a katana called ''Angaturama'', which is (suitably) [[Meaningful Name|named after]] a kind of carnivorous dinosaur, similar to a ''Spinosaurus''.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Especially compared to Rahal.
* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Inverted. He is attracted to Miakis because she beat up all the boys in the castle growing up, even him a few times.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: He's the red to Rahal's blue and even [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]].
* [[Rescue Arc]]: He helped uncover Godwin's plot to hold the dragon horse eggs hostage, which were later secured by the Dragon Knights and the Prince's party.
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=== Nick ===
* [[The Beast Master]]
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: He's top of his class when it comes to fighting, but slacks off with his flute practise and is a pretty terrible player. {{spoiler|Gets played with hilariously in the dragon [[Rescue Arc]], as his playing is so terrible that the hostaged dragons went berserk}}.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: His heroism in the dragon egg [[Rescue Arc]] stemmed from his horrible flute playing: {{spoiler|the dragons began bleating loudly to get him to stop, and as their squawking cries were so loud and horrible, Dolph couldn't keep focused, allowing Georg to get between Dolph and the eggs, saving them}}.
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: When he plays his flute.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: He's plucky, brave and resourceful.
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: His flute playing is awful.
* [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as a trainee of the Dragon Cavalry. His dragon is named Ax.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He wields a katana called ''Komodo's Claw'', keeping with the reptilian theme.
* [[Kid Hero]]
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* [[Bond Creatures]]: She is Rahal's mount.
* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Amphibious, for starters
* [[Official Couple]]: With Lance.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Unlike traditional rampaging dragons, the Dragon Cavalry's mounts are friendly, loyal and bond closely with their human riders.
* [[Singing Voice Dissonance]]: Despite her fearsome appearance, she has a sweet melodious call.
* [[You Sexy Beast]]: She is a female dragon horse who is apparently very pretty and desired by all of the male horses.
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=== Lance ===
* [[Berserk Button]]: He tends to go wild when Roog isn't about, only calming when he re-appears.
* [[Bond Creatures]]: He is Roog's mount.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Roog tussled with him for a full day to prove himself a worthy rider.
* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: He's amphibious, and carnivorous. And that's just to start with.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Like his mount, he's known for his temper, as a certain merchant finds out firsthand...
* [[Official Couple]]: With Flail.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Unlike traditional rampaging dragons, the Dragon Cavalry's mounts are friendly, loyal and bond closely with their human riders.
* [[Picky Eater]]: He will only eat fresh, fat fish.
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* [[Bond Creatures]]: He is Nick's mount.
* [[Curious as a Monkey]]: A sign of intelligence amongst dragon horses.
* [[Eat the Dog]]: In a manga omake.
* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Like all the dragon horses.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Unlike traditional rampaging dragons, the Dragon Cavalry's mounts are friendly, loyal and bond closely with their human riders.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: He's a baby dragon horse.
=== Yoran ===
* [[Anime Hair]]: His hair is parted into two bunches like a ''hopi''
* [[Betting Minigame]]: His speciality, once recruited. He runs the Dragon Horse Race game, which can be played to earn pitch.
* [[Bond Creatures]]: Whilst not a dragon knight himself, he is the dragon's caretaker and stable-hand.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: He's far calmer than his boisterous best-friend Nick.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]
* [[Farm
* [[Nice Guy]]: The nicest person in the cavalry, and in the running for nicest kid in Falena.
* [[No Woman's Land]]: He was raised his whole life in male-only Gordius village, and finds it hard, once recruited, to interact with females at the Prince's HQ.
* [[Rescue Arc]]: He helps Nick out with the rescue of the dragon eggs from the Godwins.
=== Rania ===
* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: One of many things that sets her as... off.
* [[Battle Theme Music]]: Having her in the active party alters the battle music to a more wood-wind themed variation.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: She's fairly eccentric, often talking about the beautiful and strange sounds she hears around her. Apparently, she's got perfect pitch.
* [[Magical Flutist]]: She creates the magic flutes that the dragon knights use to control their mounts, which are inaudible to humans
* [[Music and Sound Effects]]: Her speciality
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: She bears an ''uncanny'' resemblance to her brother
* [[Super Senses]]: She is exceptional in that she can actually hear the calls of the dragon horses, and the commands from the flutes she makes.
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=== Isabel ===
* [[Action Girl]]: A stern and steadfast one, one of the best examples in the series.
* [[Badass]]: Note
* [[Breast Plate]]: Which more than one person comments upon.
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: She's incredibly just and will do whatever possible to do what is right.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: She and Mathias are ''Suikoden V'''s take on the classic Maximillian and Sancho pairing from ''Suikoden I''.
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Death Glare]]: As seen in her "conceit" unite attack with Zerase and Cathari, where they stare down the enemy and walk right into them for 1.3x damage.
* [[Determinator]]: She gets where she's going through sheer willpower. Everything else is secondary.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Energetic and bright fire-engine red hair? Check.
* [[For Great Justice]]: Her maxim: she is intent on being worthy of calling herself "the heir to the Maximillian Knights aspirations." It's deeper than it sounds, however.
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: For the Maximillian Knights and subsequently, the Prince.
* [[Heroic Spirit]]: as with the below trope, par for the course for anyone associated with the Maximillian Knights.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Her driving force in life is to vanquish evil and she's very passionate about it.
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: She believes in the ideals of chivalry.
* [[Leotard of Power]]: Funnily enough, this is actually addressed, with her claiming that it aids her movement.
* [[Principles Zealot]]: Her absolute ''obsession'' with stamping out all evil is pretty much [[Played for Laughs]].
=== Mathias ===
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Like Isabel, he is incredibly just and will do whatever possible to do what is right.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: He is notable for repeating one line (with minor changes) throughout the game, constantly talking about "finding evil, and then enacting swift and final retribution and depositing their loathsome corpses into (a body of water)."
* [[Chaste Hero]]: See below trope.
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Devoted to You]]: He is ''utterly'' devoted to Isabel.
* [[For Great Justice]]: Like the woman he serves, another requirement for being a Maximillian Knight.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: As expected, he calls his [[Blade on a Stick|pike]] "Isabel" in honor of his mistress. Additionally, as he comes from the Warrior's Village, the significance of naming it "Isabel" may very well not just be a mark of loyalty to his mistress, but a convention that is reserved almost always for women they ''love''. Isabel herself also gives hints at this, if only ''just'' barely.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: He wears a ''full'' suit of armor and has the classic look of a medieval chivalrous knight.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Although he's particularly oblivious to it.
* [[Number Two]]: He is Isabel's loyal adjutant (or some would say, slave).
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Despite his devotion to Isabel, he is not romantically interested in her. His devotion has to do with Isabel as a person, not a woman, and would serve her just as he does currently if she were a man.
* [[Principles Zealot]]: Like Isabel, his absolute ''obsession'' with stamping out all evil is pretty much [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[The Stoic]]: Even with corpse disposal, he never raises his voice.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: He serves Lady Isabel faithfully and devotedly, claiming he would exact swift and final retribution anyone who dare raise a sword or even insult Lady Isabel... (and deposit their loathsome corpses into the nearest body of water, naturally).
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=== Wilhelm ===
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: He joins the Prince's cause mostly to gain access to the lovely ladies at the HQ.
* [[Badass]]: One of the few people with a a five-star war ability in campaign battles.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: He's the life of the party.
* [[Cavalry Officer]]: Once recruited.
* [[The Casanova]]: Of the predatory type, he joins the Prince only if Viki, Faylen or Norma are present in the active party.
** [[Lust Object]]: He is particularly taken with Lyon
* [[Colonel Badass]]: Runs a group of about 5,000 mercs.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: For Lyon.
* [[Lovable Rogue]]: He skims the line between mercenary and actual bandit....
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: He is a leader of a unit within the Lindwurm Mercenary Brigade.
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: Slightly more hero than clock, he looks forward to peace, even though it means less work for him.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: He's the ''definite'' red to Mueller's blue.
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** [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Cavalry Officer]]: Once recruited.
* [[The Giant]]: He's unbelievably tall, with a towering columnular frame.
* [[Number Two]]: He's Wilhelm's adjutant.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: He is a
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: Even more so then Wilhelm. He'll tell you to your face they'll back out if they're not paid.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: He's the blue to Wilhelm's red.
* [[Sergeant Rock]]: He stands for no nonsense within the ranks, and uses an ''iron rod'' to discipline his troops. He's still well respected though.
** [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: To his troops and the rest of the army.
* [[The Stoic]]: His image is always stoic and he nevers responds on emotions.
=== Richard ===
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Abused from a young age, he was saved when Mueller killed his tyrannical father.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He's so laid-back and easygoing, no one would know he's a seriously ''amazing'' fighter.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Hidden Badass]]
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Gladiator Games]]: He took part in the Sacred Games after Mueller joked he should try, but lost after being drugged by a piece of candy a small child in the audience gave him.
* [[Hero Worshipper]]: Mueller can do no wrong in his eyes.
** [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: His complete and utter idolization of Mueller verges on more than just admiration....
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: He is utterly indebted to Mueller and follows him wherever he goes.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: He's a beast in any battle and has the highest evasion and the second highest technique score. His swallow rune is very powerful, and ''all'' of his stats are decent.
* [[Master Swordsman]]: Amongst the best, if not ''the'' best in the game.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Every line of dialogue is either encouragement to the Prince, or praise of Mueller.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: He's a swordsman of the Lindwurm Mercenary Brigade.
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: As with Mueller above, naturally.
* [[The Red Baron]]: He goes by the name of "Blademaster", and he's worthy of it.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Towards Mueller, as opposed to his [[Abusive Parents|abusive father]], of course.
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=== Babbage ===
* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: He is inept at house-keeping and totally reliant on Sorensen, who he ostensibly forgets to thank for this hard work.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: His contribution to the Prince's army is inventing an ''elevator''.
* [[Clock Punk]]: His speciality is clockwork mechanica.
* [[The Engineer]]: If it runs with a gear, he's your dude.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: As an inventor, his passion in life is gears and levers.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: His motivation can be summed up as [[For Science!]]!
* [[Magnum Opus]]: The Revolving Bridge connecting the Barows territory in Rainwall is his masterpiece.<s>It's in-universe, for those of you who'd care to know.</s>
* [[Mr. Fixit]]: Although he doesn't work alone.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: His appearance is a little disturbing, especially his creepy pin-wheel glasses, which lend him an [[Uncanny Valley]] vibe.
* [[Shout-Out]]: He is named after Charles Babbage, a 19th century British mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and proto-computer scientist who originated the idea of a programmable computer.
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: The only character with technical knowhow, and has a pair of really thick coke-bottles.
=== Sorensen ===
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: His weapon is quite advanced for the time period.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: He is Babbage's eager assistant.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Complains that Lu is stealing the post of Babbage's apprentice away from him.
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: He needs to be!
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: In ''Suikoden'''s medieval setting, he wields a mechanical arm blasted from a barrel in combat.
* [[Nice Guy]]: He's sweet, kind and loyal.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: He respects Babbage from the bottom of his heart, and has near unlimited patience with his unusual teacher.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Bless him.
* [[Youthful Freckles]]: Although his facial portrait makes him look a lot different.
=== Lu ===
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: She is Babbage's other assistant, but has no real technical
* [[Automatic Crossbows]]: She wields a quad crossbow in combat.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Among other things, she thinks Jeane became beautiful by "blasting the ugly" with her magic.
* [[The Ditz]]: Oh God yes. She manages to trash Babbages office and lose an ultra rare gear just "looking around".
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Never anything but nice. And dim as a smoldering ember.
* [[Genki Girl]]: [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: She doesn't even wear them.
* [[Sexy Jester]]: Her outfit has a definite clownish feel, complete with over-large buttons and diamond patterned leggings.
* [[Tricksters]]: Like Noah before her, she wields the Mischief Rune.
* [[Valley Girl]]: Her vibe, complete with incessant amounts of "kewl!!" (cool!).
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Keeeewl!" She also uses a ''lot'' of sound effects in her speech.
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=== Raja ===
* [[The Captain]]: As a former Admiral of the Queen's Royal Navy, she lends the Prince her naval skills, helping him to victory at Hatred Fortress and the Sol-Falena dam.
* [[Cool Boat]]: She commands Raftfleet from a giant, triple dragon-headed warship named Dahak.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: She's capable and intelligent without being condescending. Arshtat points out that having her as a friend would be a great benefit.
* [[Cultured Badass]]: Very fond of tea parties.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Her abilities were not recognized during the war because she was a member of the 'lower class'. [[Subverted]] when she rose to Admiral after the war.
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: She's a VERY good admiral.
* [[Get on the Boat]]
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: Her appointment as Admiral wasn't through nepotism...
* [[A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil]]: Bahram Luger was her student, until he defected to the Godwins.
* [[Red Baron]]: Her nickname was earned due to her war prowess: "Hurricane Raja".
* [[Spot of Tea]]: She is a big fan of tea parties and often invites older folk like Talgeyl and Sairoh to these civilised events.
=== Lun ===
* [[Action Girl]]: A mixture of her parents
* [[Badass Family]]: Daughter in one.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: [[Brown Eyes]] and hair.
*
* [[Fishing Minigame]]: One of the competitors, and tends to spend most of it snarking at Subala.
* [[Harpoon Gun]]: She hurls fishing harpoons in combat.
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Her father's daughter, through and through.
* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Gets caught stealing when you first meet, but you find out she's actually not a bad person at all
* [[Not So Different]]: [[Played for Laughs]]
* [[Sarashi]]: She sports a traditional Japanese body wrap.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Logg.
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* [[Anchors Away]]: He wields the Shenzhen Iron Anchor
* [[Badass Family]]: Father in one.
* [[Bumbling Dad]]: He tries not to be, but he's a little too eager and a little too dim, and things just don't go well.
* [[Fishing Minigame]]: His specialityL a fisherman by trade, he naturally competes in it.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]] is an anchor.
* [[Lovable Rogue]]: [[Big Fun]] and friendly, but he's also a human smuggler, albeit a benign one.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Slow as a rock, but that anchor hits hard.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: With his daughter Lun.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: In-universe: his wife is considered so smoking hot that people knew of her outside Raftfleet, and she seemingly didn't show any interest in Logg until she abruptly announced they were marrying, provoking other men of Raftfleet into all but ''attacking'' him out of jealousy.
* [[Zany Scheme]]: He comes up with these pretty quickly.
=== Kisara ===
* [[Action Mom]]: And mom-type to Subala and the rest of Raftfleet.
* [[Almighty Mom]]: Both Logg and Lun do NOT want to cross her.
* [[Badass Family]]: Mother in one.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: High magical skills and skilled with all types of magic.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Compared to her far wackier husband and daughter.
* [[Epic Flail]]: She wields a large length of heavy docking rope in combat.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: She sports a ''seriously'' exaggerated bust.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: When she was young, she was the desire of all the men in Raftfleet and beyond.
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: ...Possibly, depending on how you read her [[Furo Scene]] conversation with Lun and Subala. She may be fully aware of what it sounds like and teasing both of them...
* [[Number Two]]: She's is the Vice-admiral of Raftfleet and serves as Admiral Raja's aide and second-in-command.
* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: She keeps this very much a secret and indeed, the announcement of her engagement to Logg lead to him receiving ''death threats''.
=== Subala ===
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Has gone from being Lun's friend to her rival based in part on this.
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: At first glance, she looks far more like an adolescent ''boy'' than a girl.
* [[Anime Hair]]: She sports ''Dragon Ball Z'' style spikes.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: The Prince must best her in a fishing contest if she is to join.
* [[Fan Girl]]: She's instantly smitten with the Prince.
* [[Fishing Minigame]]: Her speciality, which is staged as a four-way contest between Subala, the Prince, Lun and Logg, complete with lots of [[Trash Talk
* [[Pettanko]]: Suffers [[A-Cup Angst]], and has gone from being Lun's friend to her rival based in part on this.
* [[Prongs of Poseidon]]: She wields a trident in combat.
* [[The Rival]]: With Lun, on a variety of matters
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Second Hand Storytelling]]: Lun allegedly stole her boyfriend, which kicked off their rivalry, although Lun has no memory of this.
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=== Sairoh ===
* [[Chain of Deals]]: For him to join, it is necessary to buy out the salt in other trading posts so the price sky-rockets. He will then ask how the Prince will rectify this. Sell at least 6 salts immediatly to rebalance the market.
** [[So Proud of You]]: He then joins immediately, impressed with the young Prince's business acumen.
* [[Chinese People]]: Complete with conical straw hat and sake gourd.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: The people of Raftfleet love his skills as a trader.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Like a few other characters in ''Suikoden V'', his recruitment process is particularly [[Trial and Error Gameplay|specific]].
** At least he's not [[Lost Forever]] unlike other characters.
* [[Intrepid Merchant]]: In his youth, he was a legendary trader, and once recruited, sets up a trading post at the HQ.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: He has taken care of Shinro, his grandson, since the death of his son and daughter-in-law.
* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]
=== Shinro ===
* [[Chinese People]]: Has the look.
* [[Nice Guy]]: The worst emotion he expresses is slight annoyance with Godwin's lack of interest in commerce.
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: He's quite cheerful.
* [[Raised by Grandparents]]: He was taken in by his grandpa Sairoh, following the death of his parents.
* [[Signature Device]]: He's never without his trusty abacus.
* [[We Buy Anything]]: Sell any item, and he'll give a fair price. The only thing he won't deal in is trade goods.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: He wants to be just as good a merchant as Sairoh.
* [[We Sell Everything]]: Once recruited, his item store carries any item that has been found available in any other item store already visited by the Prince, though of course there is [[No Hero Discount]].
=== Retso ===
* [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats]]: He was trained by the Black Dragon Clan of chefs, and is one of the 4 masters.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The legendary recipe he covets (explained below).
* [[Fetch Quest]]: He seeks to unlock the mysteries of the legendary ''mythical fish sashimi'', and will only join the Prince if he brings him the ''strange fish'', which can be caught when playing Subala's [[Fishing Minigame]].
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Players familiar with ''Suikoden II''{{'}}s epic [[Cooking Duel]] (which occurs ''after'' the events of ''Suikoden V'') will be familiar with what the future holds for Retso (and Shun Min): {{spoiler|Retso makes progress with the Sashimi, and after the war, he perfects the recipe, and locks it away. Years later, he meets the chef Jinkai, who convinces him to use the recipe. Shun Min disagreed with this and stole the recipe, giving it to her lover, ''Suikoden II''{{'}}s Hai Yo, to keep safe. But [[Doomed by Canon|she was killed afterwards]]. Retso blamed Hai Yo for her death and sent members of the Black Dragon Group after him to get the recipe back. But Hai Yo, who had joined Riou's castle in the Dunan Army, [[Cooking Duel|fought off chef after chef]]. Retso decides to handle things himself, and, using his artlike knife work and presentation skills, hypnotizes the judges to make them think he had Made the perfect food. Retso takes the recipe and is about to leave, but Hai Yo tells him the "Moon Bird" recipe is just something to satisfy Jinkai's lust for power. Retso gives Hai Yo another chance, and says he'll return later. After Hai Yo learns Retso's trick, he comes back and Retso fights fair, but loses. Retso realizes Shun Min was right, and returns the recipe to Hai Yo for safekeeping}}. *Phew*
* [[Recurring Character]]
* [[Team Chef]]: His speciality, once recruited.
* [[Unusual Eyebrows]]: A family trait, shaped like quotation marks.
* [[Yellow Peril]]: His look, the mustache, the beautiful daughter etc, but not his personality
=== Shun Min ===
* [[Cheerful Child]]: Sweet and lovely.
* [[Chinese Girl]]: Her outfit invokes this, with its long sleeves and bell-like cuffs.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Compared to her father, Retso.
* [[Doomed by Canon]]:
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Despite raising fish for her father to cook, she feels bad about their fate and is often moved to tears if diners can't finish their meals, feeling that her fish had died for nothing.
* [[Kawaiiko]]
* [[The Ugly
* [[Unusual Eyebrows]]: Just like her father's.
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=== Belcoot ===
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bishounen]]: He certainly hooked Marina effortlessly.
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: Sialeeds wonders how he could have spent time in Kanakan as such a lightweight.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Especially where Marina is concerned....
* [[Continuity Nod]]: His Falcon Rune is, to long-time fans, an indicator of his skill, especially as the rune only ever shows up on one genuinely accomplished swordsman/swordswoman in each game.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: However, he soon became jaded with the brutal way his fellow fighters were treated and ran away to Kanakan.
* [[For Great Justice]]: His aim is to win the Sacred Games, and thus marry Princess Lymsleia, to ensure the safety of his fellow gladiators in the future.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: He was born and raised to be a gladiator in ''Suikoden'''s very own [[The Thunderdome|Thunderdome]], Stormfist.
* [[Heroic Spirit]]
* [[He's Back]]: Upon his return to Sol-Falena around the time of the Sacred Games, he began to [[Took a Level in Badass|wipe the floor]] with the competition.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Amongst the hottest guys in the series.
* [[Nice Guy]]: He refuses to mention Godwin cheated, mostly because Marina, or her employers, could be hurt by the Godwins.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: He's very dense when it comes to love and cannot suspect Marina's true feelings for him.
* [[Rescue Arc]]: Stormfist thugs, unhappy with a "foreigner" like Belcoot potentially marrying the Princess, kidnapped him, requiring the Prince and his party to race to the rescue. Their plan foiled, these same thugs then kidnapped Marina, a local girl friendly with Belcoot to lure him into a trap. He rushed to the rescue with the Prince's help and saved Marina.
* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: With Marina safe, he prepared himself for the final against Childerich (the Godwin's champion), but he was drugged by {{spoiler|Marina herself (explained in her entry, below)}} and was unable to fight, allowing the Godwin faction victory in the contest. {{spoiler|He forgives her, and later on (after the coup) points out that this was probably for the best, as the Godwin's would have used some other method, most likely lethal, to get him out of the picture}}.
=== Marina ===
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: She certainly doesn't appreciate Hazuki's interest in sparring with Belcoot.
* [[Dogged Nice Girl]]: She's clearly in love with Belcoot, although he is fairly oblivious...
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|However, this later turns out to be a good thing, as Belcoot notes that the Godwins would have used some other method to get rid of him, and he is lucky to be alive}}.
* [[Meido]]: She works as a maid at the Stormfist Inn.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|She was devastated when she finds out that Belcoot was injured because of what she did, to the point of letting out a [[Big No]]}}.
* [[Oktoberfest]]: Her look, especially in her official art, is that of the typical beer-hall serving girl. She's even drawn with a huge platter of ''wurstl'' in one hand, and 4 tankards of beer in the other.
* [[Trauma Inn]]: Her speciality once recruited: she runs the HQ inn.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Because of this infatuation, she was seen as a target to eliminate Belcoot by the Godwins.
=== Zegai ===
* [[Badass Back]]: His victory pose.
* [[Barbarian Hero]]: Has the look and prefers nature to civilization. But he is intelligent and knows his weapons.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: He is instrumental in the {{spoiler|Godwin coup, as he is able to fend off Dolph enough for the Prince and Sialeeds to get away}}.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: He wields a huge guan dao named Sagami.
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: He lives outdoors, so his tanned skin isn't unusual.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: He serves as the Barrows family's champion in the Sacred Games.
* [[Heroic Build]]: His abs could probably double as sandpaper.
* [[Loin Cloth]]
* [[Miscarriage of Justice]]: He was disqualified from the Games when, supposedly, Armes informants were talking to him about killing the Queen. In reality, they were just talking in the native Armes tongue, but it was enough to have him sentenced to death. Luckily, Lady Sialeeds pieces together the story and intervenes [[Just in Time]] to save him.
* [[One-Man Army]]: Originally from Armes, he fought off a battalion of 100 Falenan troops whilst poaching across the border.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: [[Walking Shirtless Scene]] and a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]], living as a nomad in the woods. Oh yeah.
* [[Time to Unlock More True Potential]]: His speciality: he runs the combat training centre at HQ.
* [[Underwear of Power]]: A non-fetished example.
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: He barely speaks, but his high-pitched, perky "Good!" victory quote, does not fit his gruff exterior.
=== Shoon ===
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Unusual for a man, but with his smiling mug, friendly demeanor, and take charge behavior, he certainly qualifies.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Though he's not a monk.
* [[Commuting on a Bus]]: He's one of the first Stars of Destiny encountered and is a prominent character early on, but he's actually the ''last'' Star to be recruited towards the very end of the game.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Duel Boss]]: The first duel in the game. A friendly ceramonial match between him and the Prince to kick off the sacred games.
* [[Fan Boy]]: Of Zegai.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: He fights at Stormfist to support his poor family.
** [[Gladiator Revolt]]: Following Godwin's occupation of Stormfist, he leads a faction of gladiators to safety through the Western Woods and eventually joins the Prince's forces.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Heroic Spirit]]: Sees him through a lot of dangerous circumstances.
* [[I Have a Family]]: His family is constantly under watch by his master, so Shoon must obey his master and fight. If he ever tries to flee, his family will be in danger.
* [[It's Personal]]: Joins the Prince's forces to exact revenge for the cruel treatment of his gladiator comrades.
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: His Fierce Tiger Rune.
* [[Kid Hero]]: He's just 14 years old.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: His combo with Nikea consists of them beating the everloving crap out of one enemy.
* [[Shout-Out]]: He looks like someone out of ''[[Saint Seiya]]''.
=== Gavaya ===
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: His most overt trait.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Even when competing in fighting tournaments, he never hurts women, withdrawing every time he was pitted against a female contestant.
* [[Dreadlock Rasta]]: His hair, which is worn in very long auburn dreads.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: He uses double hand-axes named in battle.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: He had travelled to Falena to compete in the Sacred Games, but being from Armes, he was denied entry.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Spirited and a dark brick red.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: He is well-known in various fighting circuits and tourneys.
* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]: He needs to be recruited by bringing one of the three all-women unites to meet with him.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: For ''every'' woman he meets, unfortunately.
* [[
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: He's not such a bad guy once you get past his quirks.
=== Nikea ===
* [[Action Girl]]: She's one of the few who'll take on the Prince one-on-one.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: She specializes in unarmed combat.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Makes a bit more sense since she's a marital artist.
* [[Big Eater]]: As is required for someone of her musculature
* [[Bodyguard Babes
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Hits hard, but is always bright and bubbly.
* [[Combination Attack]]: With Shoon.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Despite her cheerful and oblivious nature, she is one of the game's best fighters. She hits hard and can combo up to 5 times if you raise her technique.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: After an initial fight during the Lelcar conscripted boys [[Rescue Arc]], and a subsequent one-on-one duel, she joins the Prince.
* [[Duel Boss]]: Optional, and the Prince doesn't need to win. But she joins ater this.
* [[Fun Personified]]: She's consistantly upbeat, cheerful and enthusiastic.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: She's a professional fighter, making a good living from competing.
* [[Heroic Build]]: Unusual for a woman, but she has it perfectly.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: She can be pretty feisty....
* [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]: Despite the spirited protestations, she didn't even know that the prize, aside from fame and glory, was that the winner would ''marry'' the Princess.
* [[Large Ham]]: It's hilariously easy to tell when she's going to use a 'Special' attack during her one-on-one battle against the Prince
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Her combination attack with Shoon, which is only available when they're both in berserk status, basically consists of the two of them going to town on one enemy.
* [[Oh Crap]]: A pretty funny one comes after the fight in Lelcar when she realizes she just attacked the Prince of Falena (
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* [[She Is the King]]: Sialeeds almost wishes Nikea ''was'' a man because if she was married to Lym, she figures there would always be something interesting going on.
* [[Straw Feminist]]: She didn't realize women were forbidden to compete in the Sacred Games, and launches into a confused rant, since she says, in Falena, women have the power.
=== Murad ===
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* [[Magic Antidote]]: He worked hard to create an antidote to Raging Nostrum, the Nether Gate drug that drives the consumer into an uncontrollable killing frenzy and leads to death.
* [[The Medic]]: Alongside Silva.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Skilled enough to make an antidote to Dark Arcanum in six months, a drug that's supposed to be undetectable.
=== Egbert Aethelbald ===
* [[Berserk Button]]: His mad, ranting neuroses are triggered by any mention on the Godwins.
* [[Betting Minigame]]: His speciality. Once recruited, he can be challenged to a game of draughts (checkers) for potch.
* [[Bling of War]]: His military uniform and hat reference the British Army's Rifles Regiment circa early 1800's.
* [[Blue Blood]]: The ancient Aethelbald family can trace their line of descent even earlier than the Falenan Royal Family. His valuable family tree document acts as a [[Plot Coupon]] when recruiting Raven.
* [[Cavalry Officer]]: His position in battle, once recruited.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: He's ''definitely'' eccentric, if not borderline [[The Mentally Disturbed|insane]] and lives a [[Beneath the Earth|troglodyte existence]] in the sewers beneath Stormfist.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: As seen when he launches into a venom-spewed diatribe on the Godwin family.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Everything is done by the FILTHY DEVIL GODWINS! Everything.
* [[Funny Schizophrenia]]: He seems to flit instantly between being calm and polite, to a foaming lunatic if the Godwins enter his head
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: In war battles, and whenever on a Godwin hating rant.
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: He is a member of the once proud Aethelbald family, which collapsed over one hundred years ago due to the machinations of the Godwin family.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Aethelbald is the anglo-saxon name of two English kings and an archbishop.
* [[Quintessential British Gentleman]]: His personality when he's calm.
* [[Rant-Inducing Slight]]: We can't mention this enough:
* [[Talkative Loon]]: He apparently says FILTHY DEVILS! over 100 times just walking around one corner of the sewer.
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=== Josephine/{{spoiler|
* [[Blue Blood]]
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: [[In-Universe]]. Her personal [[Useless Useful Spell|Red Rose Rune attack]] sees the screen darken and a spotlight land on her whilst she pirouettes into battle for a combo attack. The trade-off is that the other party members are unimpressed with her show-boating and enter a "grumpy" status.
* [[Collared by Fashion]]: She wears a velvet choker incorporating a small rose motif.
* [[The Fashionista]]: So she thinks: in fact, she will only join the Prince if he is accompanied by others she considers fellow "fashion divas", namely Sialeeds or Sharmista.
* [[The Fighting Narcissist]]: She's the first lady narcissist available for the active party.
* [[Flower Motifs]]: Specifically roses.
* [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]]: She wears a fascinator with two huge, white feathers projecting from it.
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Her outfit and hair-style (or perhaps wig?) reference the opulently decadent Georgian era, including:
** [[Pimped-Out Dress]]
** [[Princess Curls]]: Her hair (or perhaps powdered wig) is piled up in huge coiffure of ringlets.
* [[It's All About Me]]: Whereas her fellow narcissist Esmeralda was obsessed with her own beauty, Josephine is wrapped up in her own sense of style.
* [[Leitmotif]]: The narcissist's theme "Scarleticia Castle" plays whenever the Prince interacts with her.
* [[Parasol of Pain]]: She wields a spike-tipped parasol named Melusine like a [[Royal Rapier|fencing foil]] in combat.
* [[Parasol of Prettiness]]: But see above.
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Her whole outfit is different shades of pink.
* [[Royal Brat]]: She is ''particularly'' caustic if the Prince attempts to recruit her without Sialeeds present, and is appalled at his apparent lack of fashion sense. She does mellow a little once recruited.
* [[The Runaway]]: {{spoiler|It turns out that she has run away from Armes as she felt unappreciated and in her brother Shula's shadow}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]: She's possibly named after Napolean Bonaparte's wife, the first Empress of France.
** She also seems to have aspects of [[Marie Antoinette]].
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* [[The Eeyore]]: He's not the happiest guy around.
* [[Fetch Quest]]: Like all other appraisers in the series, he must be brought a certain mystery item in order for him join. The item in question is a painting by the legendary artist Ivanov of ''Suikoden I'' fame.
* [[Grail in the Garbage]]: The painting in question is often found out in the wilderness after it's dropped by random monsters.
* [[Hustler]]: He views himself as something of a con-man, especially amongst the wealthy, gullible citizens of Haud, as he has no real interest in appraising. Given the quality of 'art' by the 'artists' of Haud, it's not hard to see why.
=== Cornelio ===
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* [[Ambiguously Human]]: He bears a rather creepy resemblance to the Do Re Mi elves he covets...
* [[Battle Theme Music]]: Having him in your party changes the battle music to a more orchestral piece.
* [[Cartoon Conductor]]: The elves certainly qualify Cornelio.
* [[Fetch Quest]]: He demands that the Prince return his elves one by one, thereby [[Putting the Band Back Together]].
* [[Monster Roommate]]: He had assembled a bizarre orchestra of (normally dangerous) Do Re Mi elves in his Haud Village home, which were defeated and dispersed by the Prince when he entered his house.
* [[Music and Sound Effects]]: His speciality: talking to him lets the player hear the various tunes used throughout the game.
* [[Not Good with People]]: Type 2!
* [[Sour Supporter]]: He has a habit of refering to nearly all other members of the Prince's army as "mediocrities". He's not a bad person, however, just really, really, ''really'' proud of his musical talent to the point of narcissism.
* [[Summon Magic]]: He wields the unique Do Re Mi Rune, which allows him to summon Do Re Mi elves to attack or put enemies to sleep.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Has this dynamic with Josephine.
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=== Talgeyl ===
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* [[Nice Hat]]: He sports a large straw hat, which seem to be common attire amongst the people of Lordlake.
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Once recruited, he provides the Prince with sage council.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: He's the only one polite to the Prince on the royal inspection.
* [[Spot of Tea]]: He enjoys taking tea with Raja.
* [[Stolen Good, Returned Better]]: When the Prince returns water to Lordlake, he gratefully joins his cause.
=== Goesch ===
* [[Big Guy]]: Broad shouldered, although the hat makes him look taller too.
* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: More like ''tree-branch''.
* [[Farm Boy]]: Grows a vegetable garden.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Hard to make out with his hat, but he's got very dark red hair. And is quite passionate.
* [[Green Thumb]]: His speciality. He sets up a little farm at the HQ, complete with a vegetable patch and fruit orchard.
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: He gets a ''lot'' nicer when he finds out the royal family wasn't entirely responsible for Lordlake's plight.
* [[In Harmony with Nature]]: Can't wait to farm once he gets to a greener pasture.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Like many residents of Lordlake, he sports a large straw hat.
* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: Towards Lordlake
* [[Stolen Good, Returned Better]]: When the Prince returns water to Lordlake, he mellows out and joins his cause.
=== Toma ===
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* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: You may get an urge to hit him when you initially met him.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: He's certainly got a lot of pluck, even venturing into the dangerous Withered Forest to find water.
* [[Mouthy Kid]]: Status and prestige don't intimidate him.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Like many residents of Lordlake, he sports a large straw hat.
* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: Towards Lordlake
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: He aggressively voices his disgust about the treatment of Lordlake by the Queen.
* [[Stolen Good, Returned Better]]: Once water is returned to Lordlake, he joins the Prince's cause.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: After the Prince promises to return water to Lordlake, he insists on helping out.
* [[Tsundere]]: Interestingly, he's a tsun for one part of the story, and dere for the rest, regardless of the people speaking to him.
* [[Unwanted Rescue]]: He's thoroughly ''unhappy'' when the Prince saves him from a pack of marauding Ulse.
=== Silva ===
* [[Amicably Divorced]]:
* [[Dressed to Heal]]: Complete with lab-coat.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: She doesn't exactly know what bedside manner is.
* [[The Medic]]: Once recruited, she serves as the Prince's army physician,
* [[Shoot the Messenger]]: Initially, she reserves particular contempt for the Prince, using him as a whipping post to voice her feelings about the treatment of Lordlake by the Queen.
* [[The Snark Knight]]: She ostensibly lacks ''any'' form of bedside manner.
* [[Stolen Good, Returned Better]]: When the Prince returns water to Lordlake, she mellows and joins his cause.
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=== Wasil ===
* [[Character Filibuster]]: When he first encounters the Prince, who is incognito at the time, he blurts out his identity (several times) and has to be hushed by Kyle.
* [[The Good Chancellor]]: He's the leader of the Central islet, which traditionally supports the Royal Family.
* [[Mediator]]: His thankless job is to mediate between the factions on Lelcar and their disagreeing leaders
* [[Nice Guy]]: Constantly tries to mediate.
* [[Rescue Arc]]: He calls for the Prince's aid after Godwin, via Orok of the western islet, starts to forcibly recruit young Lelcar men to support their cause.
=== Volga ===
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Tries to be subdued, and not very good at it.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: He helped raise Lelcar orphans in days gone by, including Kyle.
* [[For Great Justice]]: He has a genuine sense of responsibility and devotion to his morals.
* [[The Good Chancellor]]: He's the leader of the eastern islet, which predominantly supports either the Prince or the Barows faction.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: When the eastern inlet boys are kidnapped, he's mounting a solo mission to find them.
* [[Rescue Arc]]: He supports the Prince and Wasil in their attempts to halt Orok's recruitment drive, mentioned above.
=== Orok ===
* [[Dirty Business]]: Does his best to minimize it, but recognizes it as necessary.
* [[Head-in-The-Sand Management]]: Initially. He is the leader of the western islet, which solidly follows the Godwins.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Mostly because his village got torched.
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: He knows that his position would make him seem an enemy to the others of Lelcar, but he knows there is no other choice. If Zahhak was allowed to do things directly, things would be a lot worse.
* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Tries to minimize the problems by working with the Godwin.
* [[Rescue Arc]]: The Prince finds Orok and the conscripted boys. After the Prince defeats his hired bodyguard
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: He disappears mysteriously just before the successful completion of Lelcar's rebuilding, and was not seen again.....
* [[You Said You Would Let Them Go]]: Zahak, angry at Orok's betrayal, sets fire to Lelcar despite promising to leave the town alone. Having witnessed the above, Orok performs a [[Heel Face Turn]] and respectfully joins the Prince.
=== Mohsen ===
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* [[No Hero Discount]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: It could be unintentional, but he's a dead-ringer for Dr Phil....
* [[We Buy Anything]]: That isn't a trade good.
* [[We Sell Everything]]: He sells armor that is available from any other armor store already visited.
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=== Dinn ===
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: His unite attack with Belcoot.
* [[Clear Their Name]]: He helps the Prince [[Clear My Name|clear his name]] when Roy, who is the Prince's [[Criminal Doppelganger]], gives the Prince a bad name through his misdeeds in the region.
* [[Devoted to You]]: He cares for Solis's daughter Salisha above all else.
* [[Hachimaki]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: He wields a katana named Shamz al-Zuha, a name taken from ''1001 Arabian Nights''.
* [[The Middle East]]: Sable has a definite, Moroccan/Arabian feel to it.
* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Utterly unflappable, but he does like chasing Armes back to their hometown.
* [[The Stoic]]: Very much so, he's consistently stern and steely.
=== Solis Raulbel ===
* [[Beleaguered Bureaucrat]]: Managing the border town keeps his hands full.
* [[Blue Blood]]: He is Lord of Sable.
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: He is among one of the few of the nobility in Falena that has not
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Polite, helpful, and listens to reason.
* [[Time to Step Up Commander]]: He called the Prince in order to fix a problem, and joins with his cause.
=== Roy ===
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Quickly develops a crush on Lyon, while completely failing to notice that Faylen has a crush on ''him''.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: When challenging the Prince, he proclaims that he'll take his place if he wins.
* [[Bishonen]]: He DOES copy the Prince.
* [[Criminal Doppelganger]]: When first encountered, he's masquerading as the Prince because Euram hired him to smear his name. He agreed to do it because he hated the Prince.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Duel Boss]]: And he looks exactly like the Prince. It's weird.
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Twin]]: The only one who can instantly recognizes him as a fake is Lyon}}.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: He has these when you first meet him probably for the PLAYER to tell the difference between him and the Prince. Any other time that he is in costume, or out of it, his eyes are a bluish-gray same as the Prince.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In one path (see [[Killed Off for Real]] below), he knowingly walks into a rigged duel in the Prince's place, ''wins'' the duel, then gets shot full of arrows.
* [[It Amused Me]]: Claims this as his motivation for
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: If
* [[Large Ham]]: Twice when acting as the
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
* [[The Rival]]: Considers the
=== Faylen ===
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Doesn't like anyone muscling in on Roy.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Dark reddish-purple hair and eyes.
* [[Fastball Special]]: Throws a boomerang, although she doesn't have the Long Attack row like Sialeeds or Sharminsta.
*
*
* [[Street Urchin]]: Just like Roy.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]:
=== Faylon ===
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* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: As seen in his unite attack with his sister, which sees him hurl Faylen at the enemies.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Non-romantic, brother-sister version.
* {{spoiler|[[
*
*
* [[Power Fist]]: He wields a huge metal glove in combat named Clobberific.
* [[Stout Strength]]: He can pick up and throw Faylen in a [[Fastball Special]].
* [[Street Urchin]]: More like mountain urchin.
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=== Skald Egan ===
* [[Ambadassador]]: He is the official representative of the Island Nations, an area thoroughly realized in ''Suikoden IV''.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Cool, likes to play tricks, and devoted to justice.
* [[The Captain]]: He is is the Captain of the flagship of the Obel Maritime Fleet.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Island Nations story arc references ''Suikoden
* [[Disappeared Dad]]:
* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: He takes advantage of his daughter Bernadette's steely adherence to procedure, cajoling her into going along with his schemes by presenting a much wilder option so she will compromise and go for a subtler approach, but still go ahead with it
* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: Usually, he remains [[Heroic Neutral]] on internationl matters, but after the Prince helps to stop a group of pirates from burning down the Nirva Lighthouse in his territory, he joins the Prince's cause.
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: He is ''constantly'' bantering with his daughter Bernadette, and arguably goes a little far sometimes, but he is well meaning, and his teasing is likely done as a [[Secret Test of Character|secret test of her character]].
* [[Military Maverick]]: He is often at odds with the Obel Maritime Council, and does things without their approval... much to Bernadette's disapproval.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]:
* [[Those Two Guys]]: He and daughter Bernadette exhibit this
=== Bernadette Egan ===
* [[Action Girl]]: Takes charge as a Princess of the Island Nation's should.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Compared to her rambunctious father.
* [[Consummate Professional]]: Particularly when set next to her father.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Kyle and Wasil are quite taken with her after she joins.
* [[Knife Nut]]: She wields throwing knives in combat.
* [[The Lancer]]: She serves as her father Skald's adjutant.
* [[Magic Knight]]: She is equally skilled in both magic and combat.
* [[
* [[The Stoic]]: To compare with her [[Military Maverick]] of a father.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: {{spoiler|Her father, brother Ferid, niece Lymsleia and she all share similar features, hair and eye coloring}}.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: She and her father Skald: he's constantly bantering with her, whereas she is steely and serious.
=== Yahr ===
* [[Anime Hair]]: He sports a crown of spikes, with a shoulder-length mullet...... in silver.
* [[Bruiser with a Soft Center]]: He loves Chisato's puppet shows.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: His whole story arc is a reference to the dangers of rune cannons, which is fully explored in ''Suikoden Tactics''.
* [[Destroy the Evidence]]: He comes to realize the danger that rune cannons present, and views them as a bad influence. He even went so far as to not report and even destroy rune cannons he finds.
* [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: He was sent on a special mission to find and gather the few remaining Rune Cannon shells for the Island Nations.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: He wields twin swords in combat.
=== Nelis ===
* [[The Atoner]]: She joins Yahr's missions to make up for the misdeeds of her ancestor.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Her whole story arc is a reference to the dangers of rune cannons, which is fully explored in ''Suikoden Tactics''.
* [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: She accompanies Yahr on his special mission, detailed in his entry above, helping him to [[Destroy the Evidence]].
* [[The Hard Hat]]: She wears a peculiar (and not especially flattering) bullet-shaped helmet incorporating a cape.
* [[Number Two]]: She is Yahr's adjutant.
=== Chisato ===
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: Despises violence, and even the thought chills her.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Her puppet shows reference the Island Nation's historical events played out in ''Suikoden IV'', with one starring the pirate Brandeau and Princess Flare of Obel.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: She makes puppet shows for children, but she deeply loves them too.
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Has the vibe, except for being an unattached woman.
* [[The Red Baron]]: She's known as "the woman of 1000 voices", which is itself a [[Shout-Out]] to Mel Blanc, the legendary cartoon voice actor with a seemingly endless repertoire.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Despite her performing talents, she's painfully shy.
* [[Voice Changeling]]: She is integral to the Island Nation [[Rescue Arc]], when pirates hold a child [[Hostage Situation|hostage]] in exchange for the release of their captain. Bernadette disguises her as the captain using a hood, and with her amazing talent for mimicry, she fools the pirates and the boy is rescued.
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=== Shula Valya ===
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]:
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Never stated, but he seems fond of Cius.
* [[Beauty Mark]]: Just below his left eye.
* [[Bishounen]]: Nifsara certaily thinks so.
* [[Bodyguard Babes]]: Sharmista and Nifsara are his personal protectors.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Especially if you're Cius, who refers to him as an "androgynous freak".
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: Starts off as one.
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]]: He is extremely polite, even in his capacity as Armes Marine corp commander, and refuses to deploy his troops against the Prince.
* [[Sim Sim Salabim]]: His look (and that of most Armes characters) seems to owe its origns to the Indian subcontinent. Also, his family clan is called "Madras", which is a city in the south of India.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Despite his comrades from Armes joining the Godwins in the fight against the Prince, it is revealed that he actually wanted the Prince's Army to triumph in order to foster peaceful relations with Armes.
=== Sharmista ===
* [[Bodyguard Babes]]: She is Shula's secretary and protector.
* [[The Fashionista]]: She impresses even Josephine with her sense of style.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Her beauty garners a lot of attention throughout the Prince's Army, especially from Kyle who expressed an interest in her.
* [[Purity Personified]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The Blue Oni to Nifsara's red.
* [[Rings of Death]]: She wields a Chakram in exactly the same manner as Sialeeds.
* [[Sim Sim Salabim]]
** [[Meaningful Name]]: In reference to the above, her weapon upgrades as: Agneya, Asani, Sudarsana. The names refer to Hindu deities of war.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Combat-wise
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]
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* [[Beauty Mark]]: Below her left eye.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: She wields a long spear.
* [[Bodyguard Babes
* [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats]]: Once recruited, she forms a (slightly ridiculous) secret society with Lin Fa called the ''Secret Alliance for the Protection of Pretty Hunks In Real Endangerment (SAPPHIRE)'' whose motto is ''Observe! Protect! Observe Some More!!''.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Her vibe.
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: She is well known to chase after pretty young boys, which is the reason she joined the incredibly [[Bishounen]] Shula's brigade in the first place, and is in hog-heaven at the castle HQ....
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Lelei brands her a "harlot" in minutes of meeting her...
* [[Red Oni, Blue
* [[Shotacon]]: She likes her boys young and cute, even lamenting to the Prince that he will eventually grow older and more masculine.
* [[Sim Sim Salabim]]
** [[Meaningful Name]]: In reference to the above, her weapon upgrades as: Shataghanta, Shakti, Pinaka. Each of these refers to aspects of Hindu mythology.
* [[The Tease]]
=== Maha Sparna ===
* [[The Baroness]]: Has all of the criteria, although not any form of sexpot.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Following defeat by the Prince's army after her miss-judged alliance with the Godwins, she destroyed the Sable-Armes border gate in order to ensure that she would not be pursued. Her cowardly actions trapped the Southern Mountain Corp and made their retreat impossible - {{spoiler|leading directly to Jidan's death and her own disgrace back home...}}
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Of the Armes Darja Clan.
* [[Evil Plan]]: She rides into battle when Godwin makes a deal with Armes. If Armes will help subjugate the Prince's forces, then Armes will gain all former Barows territory after the war ends. {{spoiler|She attacks the Castle HQ, but findS the castle empty. The Prince then counter-attacks with the aid of the Dragon Cavalry and by activating the sluice gate on Ceras Lake to flood the castle. Most of the Armes troops are useless, abandoning their weapons to escape the flooding castle}}.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]
* [[Ice Queen]]: And certainly an unsympathetic one.
* [[Sim Sim Salabim]]: Her look (and that of most Armes characters) seems to owe its origns to the Indian subcontinent.
=== Jidan Guisu ===
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: He wields a huge axe.
* [[The Berserker]]: {{spoiler|Having been abandoned by Maha, and thoroughly trounced by the Prince, he makes one last ditch attempt at victory, but is slain in combat}}.
* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: ....his look, although ''fat bastardly''-whiplash is probably more apt.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: He's bloody enormous....
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: Following Maha's cowadice, detailed above}}.
* [[Number Two]]: To Maha Sparna.
* [[Sim Sim Salabim]]: His look (and that of most Armes characters) seems to owe its origns to the Indian subcontinent.
* [[Villain Ball]]: As Maha's goon, his nefarious plans are consistantly thwarted by the Prince's forces.
=== Nakula ===
* [[Badass]]
* [[Big Guy]]: He towers over most.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: He wields the God Spear.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: Nakula has an estranged twin brother. They had a falling out over Nakula's bloody quest for vengeance.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: He has a X shaped scar on his forehead.
* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]: There's only a relatively short time window to recruit him and his out-of-the-way placement doesn't help.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He is persuaded to join the Prince as he too is out to destroy Nether Gate (see below).
* [[Heroic Build]]: The skimpy clothes helped.
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: While on the Prince's side, he's still a bloodthirsty asshole. Justified by both his backstory and the fact that its pretty clear his vengeance is all he has left.
* [[The Promise]]: A dark take. {{spoiler|At the end of the game, he promises he will return to Falena to kill Sagiri after dealing with the Nether Gate forces left in Nagarea. She accepts
* [[Revenge]]: After his father was murdered by {{spoiler|Sagiri whilst she was still a child assassin of Nether Gate}}, he swore vengeance and vowed to bring down the entire organization.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Nakula don't care about the circumstances of Sagiri and the other children-turned assassins, he just wants to kill them all to avenge his father's death.
* [[Stalker Without a Crush]]: He follows Sagiri around, and is often found waiting outside whatever room she is in. This becomes particularly poignant at moments such as before massive battles, where most of the characters are spending time with their friends and loved ones. Nakula has nothing left but his hatred, and Sagiri is a living symbol of that hate.
* [[Undeathly Pallor]]: His skin is an odd, sickly colour, which lends him a slightly unsettling look.
* [[Villainous Valour]]: While fighting for Armes he holds off the entire Falenan army, seemingly to buy his lord a chance to escape. Lord Solis rewards Nakula's bravery by sparing his life and having him treated for his wounds.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Of a sort. He was wounded in the initial battle with Armes
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=== Isato ===
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: There's not a hair on his head.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: After the
* [[Black Sheep]]: How he is viewed by fellow elf
* [[The Champion]]: To Lady Haswar
* [[Forest Ranger]]: When he catches Logg and Lun panning for gold in the sacred Lunas river, he advocates strict punishment to be taken against the Raftfleet father and daughter so as to set an example to others.
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: He hails from the secret village of Alseid, accessible only to elves.
* [[In Harmony with Nature]]
* [[Nature Hero]]: He originally became a cleric in order to preserve the North Woods of Lunas from gold mining which would have had dire consequences for the eco-system as well as the elven village of Alseid, from which he hails.
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* [[The Paladin]]: He is the head cleric of the Lunas enclave.
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: In a conversation with Mathias and Dinn, he notes that his loyalty to Haswar had nothing to do with gender or romance.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Lady Haswar
=== Urda ===
* [[Absolute Xenophobe]]: Her defining characteristic.
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Really hates humans.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: And how.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: She sports long, flowing locks.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Oh boy, she really, ''really'' hates humans and is conspicuous amongst the Suikoden series' elf population in her [[Absolute Xenophobe|absolute xenophobia]].
* [[Ice Queen]]: ...Without a hint of defrosting.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Very much her way of thinking.
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* [[Big Guy, Little Guy]]: His friendship with Logg.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: He wields a large mining pick in battle.
* [[Great Escape]]: He's integral in helping to recruit Lucretia during the [[The Alcatraz|Agate Prison]] [[Rescue Arc]], making good use of his digging skills.
* [[Little People]]: Dwarves.
** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: The ''Suikoden'' series' take on the dwarfish race is pretty much as expected, (although slightly more whimsical than other examples), being stout, gruff, good at digging, with a fondness for gemstones, etc.
* [[Made of Iron]]: His hit points are predictably high.
=== Dongo ===
* [[Adopt the Dog]]: Realising his use, the Prince takes him on as the castle HQ blacksmith shortly after.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: His home at the Dwarf Camp.
* [[The Blacksmith]]: His speciality, he runs the smithy at castle HQ once recruited.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: His boss Wabon treats him very badly and actually fires him for pursuing his interest in up-grading weapons.
* [[Fetch Quest]]: His sharpening abilities increase if the hero brings him various power hammers: Iron, Silver, Gold and platinum.
* [[Little People]]: Dwarves.
** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: See Gunde's entry above.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]]: He can level up character's weapon abilities.
=== Wabon ===
* [[Bad Boss]]: He treats Dongo very harshly, even firing him for his interest in forging weapons.
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: His home at the Dwarf Camp.
* [[The Blacksmith]]: His speciality
* [[The Engineer]]: His other specialty is mining carts. His carts can take the player as far west as Sauronix Castle, or to the castle HQ.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]
* [[Little People]]: Dwarves.
** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: See Gunde's entry
* [[Old Master]]: He is one of the Dwarf elders.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]]: He can level up character's weapon abilities from within the active party.
* [[Wrench Whack]]: He wields a huge wrench in combat.
=== Zunda ===
* [[Apron Matron]]: Her look, albeit a miniaturized version.
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: Her home at the Dwarf Camp.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: How she is viewed by her fellow dwarves.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Initially, she had little respect for humans, typically referring to everyone as just 'human'.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: In an iteration of the ''Suikoden'' series that features some ''major'' [[Trial and Error Gameplay]] recruitment across the board, hers is perhaps the most specific, requiring a preternatural level of far-sightedness. She must be accompanied to a ''specific'' {{spoiler|1F window at the Lunas enclave}} before she'll join, and given the amount of buildings with windows in the game, this seems ''incredibly'' abstruse.
* [[Little People]]: Dwarves.
** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Averted in her case: she's a relatively rare example of a ''female'' member of a group often depicted as a [[One-Gender Race]].
* [[Video Game Interface Elements]]: Her speciality: she can change the colour (and design) of the in-game menu windows.
=== Bergen ===
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: Under Levi.
* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Poor Bergen
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: A young dwarf, he is considered attractive amongst his kind, or so he claims.
* [[Little People]]: Dwarves.
** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: He represents an example of a dwarven child.
* [[Treasure Hunter]]: His speciality
=== Byakuren ===
* [[Bond Creatures]]: Once recruited.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Once defeated, it is revealed she does not want to leave her home and so joins the Prince's cause.
* [[Friendly Rivalry]]: Being a female creature, she considers Miroon and Flail as her rivals in love.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name translates to "white lotus" from Japanese.
* [[Monster Allies]]: A recruitable giant snake.
* [[Sea Monster]]: A large snake that inhabits the Ceras Lake.
* [[Snakes Are Sexy]]
* [[Throwing Down the Gauntlet]]: She was understandably furious about her Ceras Lake home being drained, and attacks the Prince on the HQ jetty.
=== Genoh ===
* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: His advanced age means he has trouble recalling anything in particular.
* [[Bond Creatures]]: Once recruited.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: He ''insists'' on his potential companions having respect for the elderly and this shows up in his recruitment process, where the Prince must be accompanied by an "old" character (Levi, Alhazred, etc) who is leveled up to at least 95% of the Prince's current level.
** [[Continuity Nod]]: If the player brings [[Older Than They Look|ambiguously old]] character like Jeane or Zerase instead, he will sense an old person but will feel mistaken because they look young!
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Has very high base HP, Def
* [[Mistaken for Gods|Mistaken For A God]]: He is deeply respected by all beavers, who refer to him as "Boss".
* [[Monster Allies]]: He's a giant tortoise.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: As seen when he requests a decade or so in order to converse with older members of the Prince's army.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: He is regarded as something of a myth, with only Fuwalafuwalu's father claiming to have met him in living memory.
* [[Squashed Flat]]: His "Oops!" unite attack with Viki sees her teleport him (accidently) upside down a few feet above the enemy
* [[Translator Buddy]]: He acts as this for Byakuren, impressing on her the heroic nature of the Prince's cause, which helps to convince her to join.
* [[Turtle Power]]: He has more HP, strength, luck
=== Fuwalafuwalu ===
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* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: The beavers use their buck-teeth to gnaw through the hulls of enemy ships in battle.
* [[Blinding Bangs]]
* [[Civilized Animal]]:
** [[Funny Animal]]
** [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Initially, he prefers a policy of non-interaction with humans.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: When the Prince rallies to save the beavers, after the Godwins issue an edict to irradicate them, he joins his cause in gratitude.
* [[Made a Slave]]: Following the Lordlake up-rising, he and his fellow beavers were enslaved by the Godwins and forced to build Hatred Fortress.
* [[Older and Wiser]]: He is the leader of the beavers, ruling from Beaver Lodge.
* [[The Unpronounceable]]: At first glance.... Fuwa... WTF??
=== Maroon ===
* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: As above.
* [[Civilized Animal]]:
** [[Funny Animal]]
** [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: He wields a large croquet mallet in battle.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Initially, like most beavers, he is wary of humans.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: He wears a strange visor-like device.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: When the Prince rallies to save the beavers, after the Godwins issue an edict to irradicate them, he joins his cause in gratitude.
* [[Number Two]]: He is Fuwalafuwalu's assistant.
=== Meroon ===
* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: As above.
* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Civilized Animal]]:
** [[Funny Animal]]
** [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: She wields a mallet and ball
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Averted in her case
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Meganekko]]: Wear round glasses.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: She finishes all sentences with a musical "nuoh" sound, which according to her "doesn't really mean anything".....
=== Miroon ===
* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: As above.
* [[Bathtub Bonding]]: Certain combinations of characters and antiques placed within the baths will activate a variety of mini scenes.
* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Miroon's eyes are covered by her bangs.
* [[Civilized Animal]]:
** [[Funny Animal]]
** [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Furo Scene]]: Her speciality
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: She wields her bath-house brush in combat.....!
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: She's considered a peerless beauty by other beavers.
=== Moroon ===
* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: As above.
* [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]: In ''Suikoden'''s medieval setting, he's incongruously dressed in a 1950's style biker jacket, sunglasses and carries an ''electric'' guitar.
* [[Battle Theme Music]]: Including him in the active party changes the battle theme to a [[Crowning Music of Awesome|guitar-driven, speed-metal remix]].
* [[Big Brother Worship|Big Sister Worship]]: For whatever reason, the ''only'' person he will actually not act out to is his seemingly mild-mannered older sister Meroon. She's the only person that can convince him to join the Prince as well.
* [[Civilized Animal]]:
** [[Funny Animal]]
** [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Cool Shades]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]:
** [[Humans Are
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: He's encountered in isolation at the deserted Braska Mine, where there are few, if any, humans around.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: His guitar
* [[Jerkass]]
=== Muroon ===
* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: As above.
* [[The Atoner]]: He was the one who designed Hatred Fortress, and feels terrible guilt towards the people of Lordlake. He joins the Prince to help him destroy it and clear his conscience.
* [[Civilized Animal]]:
** [[Funny Animal]]
** [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: He wields a large croquet mallet in battle.
* [[The Engineer]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Averted in his case too
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Of the beavers.
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]
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=== Lin Fa ===
* [[The Barnum]]: She tricks people into playing cards, with money often involved, and cheats, thereby getting herself some money to pay off her debt.
* [[Betting Minigame]]: Her speciality. The Prince can play her at the card game "Blind Man's Bluff" for potch.
* [[Bi the Way]]: Is not above seducing women, especially to worm her way out of a debt.
* [[Chinese Girl]]: Dresses like one.
* [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats]]: Once recruited, she forms a (slightly ridiculous) secret society with Nifsara, called the ''Secret Alliance for the Protection of Pretty Hunks In Real Endangerment (SAPPHIRE)''.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: The player must best her at cards in order for her to join.
* [[Dragon Lady]]: In training.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: She is very manipulative.
* [[The Gambler]]: Plays the Blindman's Bluff, a [[Betting Minigame]].
* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: She's hot and knows it, often employing her seductress skills to [[Flaw Exploitation|get out of trouble]] when the cards don't go her way.
* [[Lovable Rogue]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She's all sulky smiles, and has a sexy, sultry attitude.
* [[Qipao]]: She wears a sexy, clingy Chinese dress in purple that incorporates a dragon motif.
=== Taylor ===
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]
* [[Going for the Big Scoop]]: His methods of obtaining information are known to be wild and considered invasive.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
* [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold]]: He looks vaguely sinister, even giving off a bit of a Nether Gate vibe in his appearance, but he's definitely one of the good guys.
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* [[Ballet]]: Her look, complete with a tutu-esque skirt and ballet shoes.
* [[Devoted to You]]: She is passionate about finding a wizard to help Ernst with his curse (see below).
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Kawaiiko]]
* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]
* [[Simple Staff]]: She wields the Lovely Baton in combat.
* [[Street Performer]]: She travels with her leopard companion
* [[Waif Fu]]
=== Ernst ===
* [[Animorphism]]:
** [[Involuntary Transformation]]: He was cursed by the Beast Rune and transformed in a lycanthrope.
* [[Bishounen]]: In his human form.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Lin Fa and Nifsara showed an interest in him, wondering if he was cute enough in normal form to be a target for their group
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Find the Cure]]: He and Norma are desperate to track down a wizard powerful enough to cure him. Levi offers his assistance as he is keen to take the rune for himself,
* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: To Norma, in his leopard form.
* [[Morphic Resonance]]: In his human form, he retains leopard spots across his shoulders and torso.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: To Norma. Subverted, as he is a human.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: He's a were-''leopard''.
* [[Panthera Awesome]]
* [[Street Performer]]: In his leopard form, he earns potch by showing off how intelligent an animal he is by appearing to solve arithmetic problems.
** [[Hustler]]: However, this is merely a ruse
=== Takamu ===
* [[Curious as a Monkey]]: He dreams of mapping Falena's entire underground water vein.
* [[Fantasy World Map]]: His speciality
* [[Miscarriage of Justice]]: He was imprisoned at Agate by the Godwins on the grounds that maps that maps are war secrets.
* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]
* [[Super Senses]]: He has an uncanny sense of direction, even managing to negotiate hidden elf pathways through Lunas, which is supposed to be pretty much ''impossible'' for humans.
=== Norden ===
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: He's a broken man, explained below....
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: He spends most of his time in Rainwall's tavern getting plastered.
* [[Just Following Orders]]
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: His main purpose is to reveal the details of the Lordlake uprising
* [[Odd Friendship]]: He forms an unlikely bond with Bastan once recruited, over their shared bad experiences with the Barows.
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* [[Ice Queen]]: She's frosty and serious, and show's a special contempt for Nikea who she feels beneath her and Gavaya, who was so persistent in his marriage proposals that she actually drew her sword to him.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: She wields a katana named Ishima.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: She has an intense (fairly one-sided) rivalry with Belcoot, as he is the only swordsman to ever best her in combat.
* [[The Rival]]: To Belcoot.
* [[Samurai]]: Her look, albeit a female variation.
* [[To Be a Master]]: Improving her fighting skills is her life's goal.
* [[Triang Relations]]: Marina is highly suspicious of her seemingly professional interest in Belcoot, thinking it may well be more than that..... she may well have a point.
=== Raven
* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: He then joins the Loyalist forces, suitably impressed the Prince managed to catch him.
* [[Evil Albino]]: He has white hair/eyebrows, and eyes of a pink-ish colour.
* [[Impossible Thief]]: He's an expert thief.
* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: He is aided mostly by his Raven Rune, which makes him completely invisible in low-light conditions.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: His signature thefts are the family trees of the Falenan nobles, including Solis Raulbel of Sable.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His weapons upgrade as Rook, Carrion Crow, Nevermore. The latter being a [[Shout-Out]] to Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem (Quoth the raven, "Nevermore").
* [[Ninja]]: His look.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: His real name is unknown.
* [[The Rival]]: As expected, [[Great Detective]] Oboro is hot on his heels, refering to him (derisively) as "Crow".
* [[Villain Ball]]: He's is finally caught after Egbert's ancient and valuable Aethelbald family tree is used as bait, and he becomes trapped in the HQ store-room.
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: He wields a clawed glove in combat.
=== Alhazred ===
* [[Anime Hair]]: He sports zig-zagging, lightning bolt shaped beard, eyebrow and head hair.
* [[Encyclopedia Exposita]]: His speciality
* [[Fetch Quest]]: He requests the Prince's help in questing for the Book of Condemnation, an incredibly dangerous book he wants to keep secure... it even ''attacks'' he and the Prince when it is finally found.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: His recruitment process is a veritable [[Sidequest]] in itself, and again, like with many other ''Suikoden V'' characters, it requires a great deal of foresight (and luck) to complete the long chain of triggered events without a guidebook.
* [[The Illegible]]: His writing script is so ornate that it is impossible to decipher.
* [[Secretly Wealthy]]: He comes across as a book peddler, but he's actually incredibly rich.
* [[Shout-Out]]: His name (and storyline) is one big shoutout to Abdul Alhazred, a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's [[Did You Just Index Cthulhu|Cthulhu mythos]]. In the books, Alhazred was the author of the Necronomicon, an evil book whose possessors fell victim to an unpleasant end, including Alhazred himself.
* [[Smart Guy]]
* [[Stout Strength]]: He's not bad in combat, despite his rotund build.
* [[Throw the Book At Them]]: He wields a [[Doorstopper|large book]] in combat, again all named for Lovecraft references.
=== Haleth ===
* [[Betting Minigame]]: His speciality
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: A former administrator at Hershville, he is known for looking the other way regarding smuggling, as long as he can take a cut.
* [[The Gambler]]
* [[The Nondescript]]: Arguably. In a series that (on the whole) has excellent character design, he's pretty bland and unmemorable, which actually makes sense, given that he ''has'' to be as bland as possible to be able to do his smuggling business well.
* [[Wild Card]]: He actually made several bets with other administrators, placing his money on a victory for the Prince's forces, and so joins to keep an eye on proceedings.
=== Leknaat the Seer ===
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: She and her sister have entirely disparate names
* [[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.
* [[Blind Seer]]: Her role is to provide astrological projections.
* [[Cool Teacher]]: To her young apprentice
* [[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.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: She is aquainted with Zerase, acknowledging her when she first appears before the Prince.
* [[Power Floats]]: Seen only in ''Suikoden V'', where she levitates each time she appears.
* [[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.
** [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: The power of the Gate Rune has granted her unnatural long-life.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Zerase acknowledges that she has been "given her an order" when Leknaat asks her to aid the Prince, implying that she is possibly the leader of their [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|mysterious group]], which includes: Jeane, Zerase, Eresh and Simeon in the series thus far.
* [[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.
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