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* [[The Hero]]

** [[Magnetic Hero]]: By necessity, with 107 potential recruits available.

* [[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.

* [[Badass]]: Let us the count the ways, shall we:

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* [[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,}} he wanders off into the frozen Ashtwal Mountains alone, utterly broken by his experiences.

* [[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.

* [[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.

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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]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: He gains one in his third outfit, the outfit you see in the cover and for the most of the game.

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* [[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.

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* {{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 Vicky|Queen Victoria]]. Arshtat's design is the pinnacle of this (brilliant) cultural melange.

* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: As seen when she is under the Sun Rune's corrupting influence.

* [[Happily Married]]

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* [[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?]]: {{spoiler|In a fit of rage, induced by the Sun Rune's corrupting power, she actually [[Domestic Abuse|incinerates]] her own husband, Ferid. When she comes to, she is understandably devastated.}}

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=== Ferid {{spoiler|Egan}} ===

* [[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.

* [[Badass Family]]

** [[Four-Star Badass]]: He's captain of the Queen's Knights.

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** {{spoiler|[[Secret Other Family]]: He was the eldest son of Admiral Skald Egan of the Island Nations, thereby making Bernadette his younger sister.}}

* [[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]]: {{spoiler|He made an arrangement with Georg that he was to kill Arshtat should she lose her sanity while in control of the Sun Rune, in case he was otherwise incapacitated. Georg reluctantly agreed.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Actually ''accepts'' the criticisms levied at him and his wife and encourages his knights to speak honestly.

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* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]

* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]], albeit for [[Necessarily Evil]] reasons}}

* [[The Fashionista]]: Even Josephine is mightily impressed that she designs and creates her own gowns.

* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: Her kimono-esque outfit.

* [[Hello, Nurse!]]

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* [[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]]}}

* [[Rings of Death]]: She wields a pair of chakram in combat.

* {{spoiler|[[Secret Relationship]]}}: {{spoiler|Is implied to be in one with Kyle.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: She confesses to Lucretia that she didn't think the Prince could properly clean up the Senate without problems down the road, so took matters into her own hands for the sake of the Queendom.}}

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* {{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.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet|Taking The Blade]]: Saves the Prince from Dolph's ambush during the New Queen's Campaign, nearly dying in the process and winding up on the sidelines for some time afterwards.}}

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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His strength, skill, and speed are among the highest in the game.

* {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf]]}}

* [[The Promise]]: {{spoiler|He is forced to fulfil his vow to Ferid, having reluctantly promised to kill Arshtat in order to prevent her from doing greater damage when she was completely taken over by the Sun Rune's power.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Promotion to Parent]]: Arshtat's final words to him were "take care of my children" - he upholds her dying request.}}

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Quite often.

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* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Badass]]

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: She's [[Older Than She Looks]], but the trope still applies compared to the other Queen's Knights.

* [[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.

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* {{spoiler|[[Fighting Your Friend]]}}

* [[The Gadfly]]

* [[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.

* [[Magic Knight]]: The one of the best magic users out of the Knights, and has a decent attack.

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* [[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.

** [[Making a Splash]]: He specialises in Water Rune magic.

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* [[Amicably Divorced]]: {{spoiler|From Silva.}}

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: He wields the huge Thundering Halberd.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Grumpy Bear]]

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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]

* [[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]]: {{spoiler|She turns against the Royal Family to side with the Godwin faction.}}

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Even uses a Fire Rune {{spoiler|after her attempt to control the Twilight Rune didn't pan out}}.

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=== Euram Barows ===

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: If he does his optional [[Heel Face Turn]]}}

* [[Blue Blood]]

* {{spoiler|[[Character Development]]: If the player decides to recruit him and see him through his optional [[Heel Face Turn]].}}

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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]] / [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: She's sweet and graceful and apparently stays home while her dad and brother politic in the capital. However, if you talk around Rainwall, you'll find out that ''she'' is the one running the place. She also takes part in the coming battles as 'morale', in other words, encrouaging them to victory.

* [[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 [[Upper Class Twit]] brother, its amazing she turns out so helpful and kind.

* [[Ugly Guys Hot Daughter]]: Some characters can't believe they're related, and this is only ''one'' of the reasons.

=== Chuck ===

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* [[An Axe to Grind]]

* [[Anime Hair]]: He sports a huge mohican fin of hair.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

* [[Colonel Badass]]

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* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: She has the same look as the Karaya from ''Suikoden 3''. {{spoiler|Turns out this is because she ''is'' Karayan by blood, and went to Harmonia after her home was scorched by the True Fire Rune during the first Fire Bringer War}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|It's revealed shortly after she's recruited that she used to be a Strategist for the Godwins, and betrayed them the moment she felt that serving them wasn't the right thing to do. In fact, the reason Arshtat sent her to the prison in the first place was to prevent the Godwins from executing her.}}

* {{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 2. And even ''with'' that, it should be noted that Shu was nevertheless the ''student'' of a Silverberg. Lucretia has no (known) connection at all.

* [[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, [[Dynasty Warriors|Zhuge Liang]]. Not to mention her tactics.

* [[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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* [[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. {{spoiler|The epilogue reveals Lucretia and Lelei left him behind when they departed, leaving him temporarily depressed, though he rebounds and eventually comes to lead the Falenan Police Corps.}}

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* [[Mysterious Past]]

* [[Rule of Cool]]: The outfit, the gun, the mysteriousness, etc.

* [[Sniper Rifle]]: Her weapon - incidently, one of the few gun-users in the Suikoden universe.

* [[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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* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Defusing the Tykebomb]]: Has been working on this for Shigure and Sagiri.}}

* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]: See below....

** [[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]]: Aswell 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|"This is the type of thing you want to be doing. When and if you have the time and the inclination for such things. This is a great idea. Sometimes a pony gets depressed. Get a load of this view and it's the best in the west. All the young dudes carry the news. This is the type of thing you want to be doing. When and if you have the time and inclination"}}

* [[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]]

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* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]

* [[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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* [[Child Mage]]: In appearance - but this could be deceptive if she is (as is implied) of the same group as Jeane.

* {{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.

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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[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]]

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her outfits have become more and more outrageously flimsy and 5's is perhaps the skimpiest yet, consisting of a few well-placed strips of gold cloth...and nothing else.

* [[Witch Species]]: Possibly.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Pink Hair]] Instead of being a [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]] like her counterparts in the other games, she has pink hair. [[Word of God]] is that this is to distinguish her from Arshtat.

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* [[The Ditz]]

* [[Dojikko]]: Poor clumsy Viki!

* [[Magical Girl Warrior]]: From Suikoden 2 onwards, she can be added to the active party. She has excellent magic stats, combined with the Blinking Rune's unique magic attacks.

* [[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]]

* [[Recurring Character]]

* [[Running Gag]]: She ''never'' gets to finish the banquet meals after the games.

* [[Temporal Paradox]]: Especially evident in 5 - 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 (most of the time, see below) transport the hero and his party to any destination previously visited.

** [[Teleporter Accident]]: Her abilities can be hit and miss, occasionally landing the characters in completely random locations.

** [[Malfunction Malady]]: The above teleport mistakes are accompanied with a little sneeze!

* [[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, for example) but he's still nothing to scoff at.

** [[The Professor]]: He's an expert on rune magic, but dislikes the term "wizard" and refers to himself as a "magic rune scholar".

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

** [[Badass Long Robe]]

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* [[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

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[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 - has the Tutor skill that allows magic training anywhwere.

* [[Up to Eleven]]: His magicial abilities.

* [[Witch Species]]: Possibly.

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=== Lorelai ===

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[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]]

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* [[Recurring Character]]: ''Suikoden 5'' marks her 3rd appearance in the series so far, but it's chronologically her first.

* [[Superior Species]]: She claims to be a descendant of the lost Sindar race.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[The Rival]]: With Killey & Zweig when it comes to Sindar ruin hunting.

** [[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.

** [[So Long, Suckers!]]: {{spoiler|Her ending in ''5'' reveals she finally managed to steal his notes, heading North to the Scarlet Moon Empire, which leads into her story in ''Suikoden 1''.}}

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** [[Badass Cape]]

* [[Dual-Wielding]]

* [[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".

** [[All-Encompassing Mantle]]: In black and deep crimson.

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* [[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]]

* [[Recurring Character]]: This is his 2nd appearance in the series, but chronologically, his first.

* [[The Rival]]: With Lorelai, when it comes to Sindar ruin hunting.

** [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Lorelai really isn't happy to have him on board, after the Prince recruits him.

* [[The Snark Knight]]

* [[The Stoic]]: His bath scene with other silent-type characters consists mostly of '.........'

* [[The Unfettered]]: Questing for the Sindar treasure is his whole life.

=== Zweig ===

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* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]

* [[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.

** [[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.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

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** [[Badass Longcoat]]

** [[Four-Star Badass]]: Of the Dragon Calvary in general.

* [[The Beast Master]]

** [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as the head of the Dragon Cavalry.

* [[Cavalry Officer]]

* [[Honorary Uncle]]: To Miakis - he was good friends with her father.

* [[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.

** [[Hostage Situation]]: However, it's soon discovered that his inaction is because the Godwins are holding the dragon eggs and foals hostage.

** [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: However, following a [[Rescue Arc]] courtesy of his Dragon Knights and the Prince, he rallies to the Prince's cause.

* [[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.

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* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Roog.

* [[Bishounen]]: One of the best examples in the whole series.

* [[The Beast Master]]

** [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as a commander of the Dragon Cavalry. His dragon is named Flail.

* [[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.

** [[Attractive Bent Gender]]

** [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]

** [[Even the Guys Want Him]]

* [[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.

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* [[Badass]]

* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Rahal.

* [[The Beast Master]]

** [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as a commander of the Dragon Cavalry. His dragon is named Lance.

* [[Cavalry Officer]]

* [[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]]

** [[Dragon Rider]]: His speciality, as a trainee of the Dragon Cavalry. His dragon is named Ax.

* [[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.}}

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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.

** [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Unlike traditional rampaging dragons, the Dragon Cavalry's mounts are friendly, loyal and bond closely with their human riders.

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* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[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 ===

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* [[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 - except herself.

* [[Music and Sound Effects]]: Her speciality, once recruited she can change the in-game sound effects.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: She bears an ''uncanny'' resemblance to her brother, Rahal, and the pair often swap clothes to play tricks on people.

* [[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.

== '''The Maximillian Knights''' ==

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* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Badass]]: Note - her [[Combination Attack]] with Mathias...a REALLY, ''really'' heavy downward strike...is ''the'' strongest single target physical attack in the game.

** [[Four-Star Badass]]: For the Maximillian Knights and subsequently, the prince.

** [[Determinator]]

* [[Breast Plate]]

* [[Cool Sword]] : Sort of, it's more of a big retractable ....lance?

* [[The Cape]]: She's incredibly just and will do whatever possible to do what is right.

* [[The Cape (trope)]]: She's incredibly just and will do whatever possible to do what is right.

** [[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.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: She and Mathias are ''Suikoden 5's'' take on the classic Maximillian and Sancho pairing from ''Suikoden 1''.

* [[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.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[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 ===

* [[Badass]]

** [[Determinator]]

* [[The Cape]]: Like Isabel, he is incredibly just and will do whatever possible to do what is right.

* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Like Isabel, he is incredibly just and will do whatever possible to do what is right.

** [[For Great Justice]]: Like the woman he serves, another requirement for being a Maximillian Knight.

* [[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.

* [[Devoted to You]]: He is ''utterly'' devoted to Isabel.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]

* [[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.

* [[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]]

* [[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.

** [[Colonel Badass]]

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* [[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 2nd in command of a unit within the Lindwurm Mercenary Brigade.

* [[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.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Hidden Badass]]

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* [[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.

* [[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.

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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: His contribution to the Prince's army is inventing an ''elevator''.

* [[Clock Punk]]: His speciality is clockwork mechanica.

* [[The Engineer]]

** [[Mr. Fixit]]

** [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: As an inventor, his passion in life is gears and levers.

* [[Mad Scientist]]

** [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: He is inept at house-keeping and totally reliant on Sorensen, who he ostensibly forgets to thank for this hard work.

* [[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>.

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: His appearance is a little disturbing, especially his creepy pin-wheel glasses.

** [[Uncanny Valley]]

* [[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]]

=== Sorensen ===

* [[Anachronism Stew]]

** [[Improbable Weapon User]]: In Suikoden's medieval setting, he wields a mechanical arm blasted from a barrel in combat.

* [[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!

* [[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]]

=== Lu ===

* [[The Apprentice]]: She is Babbage's other assistant, but has no real technical knowledege - she just likes seeing his inventions in action.

* [[Automatic Crossbows]]: She wields a quad crossbow in combat

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

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* [[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.

== '''Raftfleet''' ==

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* {{spoiler|[[Dragon Rider|Dragon Horse Rider]]: Breaking through the gender barrier in the process.}}

* [[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]]

* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Gets caught stealing when you first meet, but you find out she's actually not a bad person at all

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* [[Badass Family]]: Mother in one.

* [[Black Magician Girl]]

* [[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...

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* [[A-Cup Angst]]

* [[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|Trash Talking]] and boat ramming.

* [[Pettanko]]: Suffers [[A-Cup Angst]], and has gone from being Lun's friend to her rival based in part on this.

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* [[Intrepid Merchant]]: In his youth he was a legendary trader, and once recruited, sets up a trading post at the HQ.

* [[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.

* [[Guide Dang It]]: Like a few other characters in ''5'', his recruitment process is particularly [[Trial and Error Gameplay|specific]].

** At least he's not [[Lost Forever]] unlike other characters.

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: He has taken care of Shinro, his grandson, since the death of his son and daughter-in-law.

* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]

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* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Perpetual Smiler]]

* [[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]]

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=== 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]]

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* [[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.

** [[I Will Protect Her]]: 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.....

** [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] {{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.}}

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* [[Meido]]: She works as a maid at the Stormfist Inn.

* [[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.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|She was visited by Dolph, who gave her the drug ''Dark Arcanum''. She was desperate for Belcoot ''not'' to marry the Princess and so used the drug to [[Slipping a Mickey|knock Belcoot out harmlessly]], so that he could lose the final and wouldn't be wed.}}

** [[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]]}}

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* [[Blade on a Stick]]: He wields a huge guan dao named Sagami.

* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]

* [[Gladiator Games]]: He serves as the Barrows family's champion in the Sacred Games.

* [[Heroic Build]]

* [[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.

** [[Just in Time]]: Luckily, Lady Sialeeds pieces together the story and intervenes to save him.

* [[One-Man Army]]: Originally from Armes, he fought off a battalion of 100 Falenan troops whilst poaching across the border.

* [[Time to Unlock More True Potential]]: His speciality - he runs the combat training centre at HQ.

* [[Underwear of Power]]

* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: He barely speaks, but his high-pitched, perky "Good!" victory quote, does not fit his gruff exterior.

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* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[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]]

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* [[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.

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* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: For ''every'' woman he meets, unfortunately.

* [[Gladiator Games]]: He is well-known in various fighting circuits and tourneys.

* [[Lolicon]]: He's madly in love with Princess Lymsleia...and she's only ''ten''.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: He's not such a bad guy once you get past his quirks.

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* [[Big Eater]]: As is required for someone of her musculature - mentioned by both Oboro and Retso (the [[Team Chef]], no less).

* [[Bodyguard Babes|Body Guard Babe]]: After first meeting in Stormfist, the Prince then encounters her in Lelcar, where she is working as Orok's bodyguard.

** [[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.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

* [[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.

* [[Duel Boss]]

* [[Fun Personified]]: She's consistantly upbeat, cheerful and enthusiastic.

* [[Gladiator Games]]: She's a professional fighter, making a good living from competing.

* [[Heroic Build]]

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=== Egbert Aethelbald ===

* [[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.

** [[Berserk Button]]: His mad, ranting neuroses are triggered by any mention on the Godwins.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: As seen when he launches into a venom-spewed diatribe on the Godwin family.

* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]

* [[Funny Schizophrenia]]: He seems to flit instantly between being calm and polite, to a foaming lunatic if the Godwins enter his head...

** [[Crazy Awesome]]

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: In war battles, and whenever on a Godwin hating rant.

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=== Josephine{{spoiler|/Yuma}} ===

* [[Blue Blood]]

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: 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.

* [[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.

* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Her outfit and hair-style (or perhaps wig?) reference the opulently decadent Georgian era, including:

** [[Collared by Fashion]]: She wears a velvet choker incorporating a small rose motif.

** [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]]: She wears a fascinator with two huge, white feathers projecting from it.

** [[Pimped-Out Dress]]

** [[Parasol of Prettiness]]: (but see below)

** [[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.

* [[Pink Means Feminine]]

* [[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.

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* [[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.

** [[I Have a Family]]: He keeps up the facade to support his family.

=== Cornelio ===

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* [[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.

** [[Fetch Quest]]: Furious at this, he demands that the Prince return his elves one by one, thereby [[Putting the Band Back Together]].

* [[Music and Sound Effects]]: His speciality - talking to him lets the player hear the various tunes used throughout the game.

** [[Battle Theme Music]]: Having him in the active party remix's the battle music to a more classical variation.

* [[Not Good with People]]: Type 2!

* [[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.

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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

* [[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 ===

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* [[Nice Hat]]: Like many residents of Lordlake, he sports a large straw hat.

* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: Towards Lordlake - he is (understandably) initially hostile to the Prince's cause.

* [[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]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: Like many residents of Lordlake, he sports a large straw hat.

* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: Towards Lordlake - he is (understandably) initially hostile to the Prince's cause.

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* [[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.

== '''Lelcar''' ==

=== 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, Orok and Volga.

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[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.

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* [[A Father to His Men]]: He helped raise Lelcar orphans in days gone by, including Kyle.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

* [[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]]

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* [[Dirty Business]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]

* [[Necessarily Evil]]

** [[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.

* [[Rescue Arc]]: The Prince finds Orok and the conscripted boys. After the Prince defeats his hired bodyguard, Nikea, Orok relents and allows the Prince to take the boys.

* [[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.

** [[Heel Face Turn]]: Having witnessed the above, Orok respectfully joins the Prince.

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=== Dinn ===

* [[Badass]]

** [[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''.

* [[Nerves of Steel]]

* [[The Stoic]]: Very much so, he's consistantly stern and steely.

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* [[Beleaguered Bureaucrat]]

* [[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 “rotted to the core,” according to Sialeeds.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

* [[Time to Step Up Commander]]

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* [[The Captain]]: He is is the Captain of the flagship of the Obel Maritime Fleet.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Island Nations story arc references ''Suikoden 4'' a good deal - his ship is the "Lino En Kuldes", named after the King of Obel appearing in that game.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|He is Ferid's father, but like his son, kept their familial relationship a secret so as not to arouse fears that the Island Nations Federation held an undue influence over the Falena Queendom.}}

* [[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 - he wins either way.

* [[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]]: {{spoiler|His son Ferid, daughter Bernadette, grand-daughter Lymsleia and he all share similar features, hair and eye colouring.}}

* [[Those Two Guys]]: He and daughter Bernadette exhibit this - he's constantly bantering with her, whereas she is steely and serious.

=== Bernadette Egan ===

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Closer to Earth]]: Compared to her rambunctious father.

* [[Consummate Professional]]

* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Kyle and Wasil are quite taken with her after she joins.

* [[The Lancer]]: She serves as her father Skald's adjutant.

* [[Magic Knight]]: She is equally skilled in both magic and combat.

* [[Knife Nut]]: She wields throwing knives in combat.

* [[Secret Other Family]]: {{spoiler|She has no idea that Ferid is her brother and that the Prince is therefore, her nephew.}}

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: {{spoiler|Her father, brother Ferid, niece Lymsleia and she all share similar features, hair and eye colouring.}}

* [[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''.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: He wields twin swords in combat.

* [[Fetch Quest]]

** [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: He was sent on a special mission to find and gather the few remaining Rune Cannon shells for the Island Nations.

** [[Destroy the Evidence]]: He comes to realise 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.

=== Nelis ===

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Her whole story arc is a reference to the dangers of rune cannons, which is fully explored in ''Suikoden Tactics''

* [[Famous Ancestor]]: She is descended from Pablo of ''Suikoden 4'' fame, the mage responsable for aiding the creation of rune cannons over 150 years prior.

** [[The Atoner]]: She joins Yahr's missions to make up for the misdeeds of her ancestor.

* [[Fetch Quest]]

** [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: She accompanies Yahr on his special mission, detailed above.

** [[Destroy the Evidence]]: She helps Yahr to this end.

* [[The Hard Hat]]: She wears a peculiar (and not especially flattering) bullet-shaped helmet incorporating a cape.

* [[Number Two]]: She is Yahr's adjutant.

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** [[Hand Puppet]]: Her speciality - she loves to entertain children.

** [[Continuity Nod]]: Her puppet shows reference the Island Nation's historical events played out in ''Suikoden 4'', with one starring the pirate Brandeau and Princess Flare of Obel.

* [[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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* [[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 ===

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* [[Purity Personified]]

* [[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; to Sialeeds.

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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: To Sharmista's 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.

* [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats|Sisterhood 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!!''

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=== Jidan Guisu ===

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: He wields a huge axe.

* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: ....his look, although ''fat bastardly''-whiplash is probably more apt.

* [[Fat Bastard]]: He's bloody enormous....

* [[Number Two]]: To Maha Sparna.

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* [[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).

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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: After the {{spoiler|Godwin coup}}, he bravely helps the Prince's party escape by bringing them through an elven path that crossed the North Lunas Woods.

* [[Black Sheep]]: How he is viewed by fellow elf, Urda, who thinks he should return to Alseid away from the "barbarous humans".

* [[The Champion]]: To Lady Haswar - he is ''incredibly'' protective of her well-being.

* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: He hails from the secret village of Alseid, accessible only to elves.

* [[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.

* [[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 - he will only join the Prince's cause when she does.

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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]]

** [[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 ===

* [[The Apprentice]]

* [[Beneath the Earth]]: His home at the Dwarf Camp.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: His boss, Wabon, treats him very badly and actually fires him for pursuing his interest in up-grading weapons.

** [[Adopt the Dog]]: Realising his use, the Prince takes him on as the castle HQ blacksmith shortly after.

* [[The Blacksmith]]: His speciality, he runs the smithy at castle HQ once recruited.

* [[Little People]]

** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: See Gunde's entry, above.

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]]: He can level up character's weapon abilities.

** [[Fetch Quest]]: His sharpening abilities increase if the hero brings him various power hammers - Iron, Silver, Gold and platinum.

=== 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, he has the Forge skill that allows you to sharpen weapons anywhere, making him the first smith available for combat since ''Suikoden 1''.

* [[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]]

** [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: See Gunde's entry, above.

* [[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'.

* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]

** [[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]]

** [[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.

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=== Byakuren ===

* [[Bond Creatures]]: Once recruited.

* [[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]]

* [[Sea Monster]]

** [[Stock Ness Monster]]: She's a giant, white serpent and has lived in the depths of Ceras Lake for over 100 years.

* [[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.

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* [[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, and Mdef, and his skills enhance them.

* [[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 - he crashes down, crushing them shell-first.

* [[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, and magic defense than most characters.

=== Fuwalafuwalu ===

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* [[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]]

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* [[Genki Girl]]

* [[Meganekko]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: She finishes all sentences with a musical "nuoh" sound, which according to her "doesn't really mean anything".....

=== Miroon ===

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=== 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]]

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=== 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]]

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* [[Drop the Hammer]]: He wields a large croquet mallet in battle.

* [[The Engineer]]

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Averted in his case too - unlike most beavers, he does not believe in isolationism.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Of the beavers.

* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]

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* [[Bi the Way]]: Is not above seducing women, especially to worm her way out of a debt.

* [[Chinese Girl]]

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: The player must best her at cards in order for her to join.

* [[Dragon Lady]]: In training.

* [[Femme Fatale]]

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=== 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, Ernst, showing off how intelligent an animal he is by having him solve arithmetic problems.

** [[Hustler]]: However, this is merely a ruse - Ernst is actually an intelligent ''lycanthrope''.

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* [[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 - {{spoiler|When Norden shares his entire story, it is revealed the initial reason for the mob gathering was to protest against Lord Barows. Lord Barows had a dam built, but it failed and construction was abandoned. However, the debris washed to Lordlake and damaged their water. The people were angry, and Lord Rovere was trying to calm them down. In a panic, Euram orders the Barows garrison to attack. Although Norden did not agree with this, he could not go against his commander's wishes. But the mob was too fierce, and in the end, the Barows garrison was routed. In retailiation, Lord Barows ordered that some of the garrison disguise themselves and incite the rioters to attack the East Palace. Norden did not go with those rioters, but with the Dawn Rune found in Salum's basement, it is clear what his intentions were.}}

* [[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 Rival]]

** [[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.

* [[Samurai]]: Her look, albeit a female variation.

* [[To Be a Master]]: Improving her fighting skills is her life's goal.

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=== Raven ===

* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]

* [[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.

** [[Shout-Out]]: "Nevermore" is undoubtedly a reference to Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem (Quoth the raven, "Nevermore").

* [[Ninja]]: His look.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]

* [[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.

** [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: He then joins the Loyalist forces, suitably impressed the Prince managed to catch him.

* [[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 - he manages Suikoden 5's version of this, The Old Books volume 1-13.

* [[Fetch Quest]]

** [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: 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.

* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]

** [[Guide Dang It]]: His recruitment process is a veritable [[Sidequest]] in itself, and again, like with many other Suikoden 5 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.

* [[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.

* [[Secretly Wealthy]]: He comes across as a book peddler, but he's actually incredibly rich.

* [[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 - he runs a betting stall for Yoran's Dragon Horse racing game.

* [[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.

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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: She and her sister have entirely disparate names, despite being sisters - Leknaat and ''Windy''......

* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: She is the keeper of the Gate Rune, a True Rune that has the power to open portals to other worlds and dimensions. It was split in two following an attack on her village of the Gate Rune Clan by Harmonia. She kept the back half, her sister Windy kept the front half.

* [[Blind Seer]]: Her role is to provide astrological projections.

* [[Cool Teacher]]: To her young apprentice, Luc.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]

* [[Hermit Guru]]: She lives in splendid isolation on the Magician's Isle, away from the prying eyes of her sister.

* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]]: Like Jeane and Viki, she is a constant presence is the Suikoden world and turns up in every single game.

* [[Mysterious Past]]: She is aquainted with Zerase, acknowledging her when she first appears before the Prince.

* [[Power Floats]]

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]

** [[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]]

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