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The [[The Protagonist|Hero]] of the story, his hometown was ransacked by the Dark Knights a year prior to the game’s beginning. Since then, he and his sister Catiua along with his best friend Vyce had been living as partisan fighters in order to free their people and eventually strike back at their oppressors. After encountering a group of mercenaries led by Lanselot Hamilton and using their help to liberate Duke Ronwey, Denam steadily becomes embroiled in the power struggle consuming Valeria.
* [[Action Survivor]]
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]
* [[A Commander Is You]]
* {{spoiler|[[Cutscene Incompetence]]: In one possible ending, he is one-shot-killed by a handgun
* [[Dynamic Character]]
* [[Easily Forgiven]]
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]
* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[The Fettered]]
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]
** Eventually, this leads him to be [[The Atoner]] right
* [[Improbable Age]]: Noted by many NPCs as looking scarcely old enough to shave.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]
** In the original game, it also provides him with enhanced stat growth upon leveling up.
* [[Like Father, Like Son]]
* [[Little Hero, Big War]]
* [[Magic Knight]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Not So Different]]
** A more optimistic version of this trope can be used by Denam to recruit certain characters in the same route.
* [[Not So Stoic]]
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]
* [[Think Nothing of It]]
* [[Underdogs Never Lose]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]
* [[We Cannot Go on Without You]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
** It’s also invoked when Denam
** Diego states that Denam is the cause of all the hungry war orphans hanging around Port Omish.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]
* [[Young and in Charge]]
=== Catiua Pavel (Kachua Powell)
{{quote|“Promise you’ll never leave your sister.”}}
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* [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Annoying Older Sibling]]
* [[Badass Preacher]]
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Princess]]: Her Princess class is comparable to both advanced magic users and advanced fighters
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Black Magic|Black Mage]]
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]
* [[Damsel in Distress]]
* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]
* [[Evil Makeover]]
* [[Faux Action Girl]]
* [[Guide Dang It]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Heretic]]
* [[Heroic Bastard]]
* {{spoiler|[[The High Queen]]
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]
* {{spoiler|[[If I Can't Have You]]}}
* [[I Have Nothing to Say to That]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]
* [[Promotion to Parent]]
* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Technical Pacifist]]
* [[Thicker Than Water]]
* [[Wangst]]
* [[White Magic|White Mage]]
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: His father was a drunkard who beat him.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes]]: In the Law route, where he helps Denam defeat Leonar
* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: In the Chaos route, thanks to Nybeth
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: His entire personality changes to either Heroic or Sadistic; whichever is the opposite of the decision Denam make at the end of the first chapter.
* {{spoiler|[[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: In the Chaos
* {{spoiler|[[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: He fatally wounds Ravness with a single crossbow shot. Typical crossbows available in Chapter 1 generally do not mortally wound much of anything in one shot
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Becomes one in the Chaotic route, even having Zapan/Xapan as [[The Dragon]].
* [[Duel Boss]]: In the Chaos route.
* [[Evil Makeover]]: In the Chaos and Neutral routes, in addition to getting a sadistic look on his face, his hair also inexplicably becomes more evil. He is often referred to as "Sadistic Vyce" in this form. In the PSP version, his appearance changes even more drastically, making him look like some kind of beast or demon.
** In the second version of the game, this is ''inverted'' on the Law route where he suddenly sticks his head up in a heroic way and his chin becomes more well-defined.
* {{spoiler|[[Expy]]: In the second version of the game, he becomes this to Algus/Argath in the Chaotic route
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]: In the Chaos and Neutral routes}}.
* [[Foil]]: Mainly to Denam, though he contrasts in some ways to Leonar as well.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]
* {{spoiler|[[
* {{spoiler|[[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: In the Law route}}.
* [[Ranger]]: His unique class.
* [[Rival Turned Evil]]: In the Chaos
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]: He kills Duke Ronwey in the Neutral route, knowing full well that he will be cut down as soon as he does so
* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: In the Chaos route, he tries to play Ronwey, Brantyn, and the Lodissians to gain power, but ends up as the fall-guy for a plot gone wrong and is hanged
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: He does this to Xapan. Later in the Chaos route, this happens to ''him''
== The Walister Resistance ==
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The leader of the Walister Resistance. After the onset of war, he led the beleaguered Walister people in their resistance of the Galgastani. The Duke was held prisoner in his own castle at Almorica.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Especially in the Law route, in which he tries to micromanage the war.
=== Leonar Reci Rimon (Leonard Leci Limon) ===
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A Walister who captains the Knights of Almorica. He serves as the right hand of Duke Ronwey, and is a vital member of the Resistance. His mother was killed by the Galgastani.
* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: Courtesy of Nybeth, in all routes
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]
* [[Jigsaw Plot]]: Depending on what route you take, he either becomes a nice guy who tries to betray you at the end, is a nice guy regardless, or fights you anyways. Some considered it a letdown that he didn't join in Neutral, where he's always a nice guy.
* [[The Starscream]]: In the Law route.
* [[Suicide by Cop]]: Implied in the Chaos route
* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Mother]]
=== Ravness Loxaerion ===
[[File:rsz 1rsz 11rsz 1dame ravness 7094.jpg|frame]]
A new character added to the PSP version of the game. She is a Walister who serves with the Knights of Almorica and is a close confidant of Duke Ronwey, second only to Sir Leonar in rank.
* {{spoiler|[[Cutscene Incompetence]]: Despite her combat abilities, it takes a single crossbow bolt from Vyce to fatally wound her
* [[Expy]]: She’s Tactics Ogre’s answer to Agrias Oaks of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' fame in almost every way.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: How do you recruit her?
** Looking her name up on any search engine will give you links to about a dozen different threads involving the very complicated steps the player must take to get her.
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* [[Noble Fugitive]]: Ravness becomes a fine example of this trope in later chapters (provided if she’s still alive in each hostile encounter).
* [[Ship Tease]]: Her and Canopus.
* [[To Be Lawful Or To Be Good]]: Her dilemma in the Law Route.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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=== Arycelle Dania (Aloser Danya) ===
Leonar's ex-girlfriend from Balmamusa, pissed off at the massacre. At first she opposes Denam greatly. In the Law route, she is a complete bitch and gets killed for it when she and Vyce attacks Denam in Rhime
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Badass Nickname]]: Her epithet is "Thunder Maiden".
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Her name in the original is A'''loser''' after all.
* [[Informed Ability]]: Said to have killed 600 men when you meet her.
** Somewhat justified as she is considered the best archer in the game, and one of the strongest characters overall.
* [[Red Baron]]: The PSP remake gives her the title "Thunder Maiden" and she's usually hailed as Walister's best archer ever.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: She is nonplussed about the Balmamusa Massacre.
== The Kingdom of Galgastani ==
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* [[0% Approval Rating]]: He is hated by many Galgastani in all routes.
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: In the Law route.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: In the first version of the game, he instituted Baramus as a ''concentration camp.'' In the PSP version, he is instead a Soviet by any other name, as he institutes Balmamusa as a ''forced labor camp.'' These are merely the biggest examples, as ten other concentration camps
* [[Not So Different]]: While in the guillotine, he rants about how the same thing will probably happen to Ronwey.
* [[Off with His Head]]: This happens to him in the Chaos route.
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* [[The Dragon]]: To Balbatos/Barbatos.
* [[Dragon His Feet]]: He never quits, even after Balbatos is defeated.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]
=== Pavan Bapal (Bapalu) ===
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=== Garba Brondel (Galva) ===
A Galgastani who served his clan in battle. He was the son of renowned architect Selba Brondel. His twin brother Orba was slain by Denam at Tynemouth. Garba had won fame as a political philosopher, penning works such as "The Creed of the Self-Deceived" and "Failings of Present-Day Doctrine
=== Hektor Didarro (Didario) ===
A Galgastani who served his clan in battle. He was a knight of House Didarro, a family of note in Coritanae. They have served the Lord of Coritanae for many generations, and are fiercely loyal to the Kingdom of Galgastan. Hektor was to wed Moldova until she fell in battle at krysaro. He was garrisoned at Brigantys Castle under High Commander Xaebos, but later set off for the Bahanna Highlands to aid Moldova's sister, Cressida. He escorted Cressida to Brigantys Castle safely, but was then killed by Denam's unit. The necromancer Nybeth later resurrected him and Moldova, but they were defeated by Denam once more, setting their souls free at last.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: In the Law route.
=== Gildora (Zildor) ===
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Is often mentioned offhand early in the game a couple times.
* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]: Although his defeat ends the war, there is more to be done afterwards
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Or rather, your uncle
* [[Not So Harmless]]: Unlike opposing faction leaders Duke Ronwey and Hierophant Balbatos, Abuna Brantyn is more than capable of defending himself, and wields some of the most powerful spells in the game.
** ''Especially'' in the PSP version where he has more to his arsenal.
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=== Sherri Phoraena (Shelley Foriner) ===
A magus who once served the Bakram hosts. Once a missionary for the Order of Philaha, she left for a different calling upon the death of her mother. She eventually became a high-ranking member of the Bakram army. She sought to take Archiereus Mreuva captive at the Hagia Banhamuba, but was routed by Resistance forces. Fearing punishment for her failure, she went to ground in Balmamusa, but was discovered there by the Resistance. Her sister Olivya then persuaded her to join Denam's unit.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In the past, she did one, when both Olivya and Denam were about to drown.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Defaults on Valkyrie class, and if recruited at Neutral route, comes with a fire-elemental spear
* [[Foreshadowing]]: If Cistina dies in the PSP version during the battle in
* [[Jerkass Facade]]: She's actually gentle-hearted, but had to put up a tough bitch persona as the leader of the Liberation Front (she actually asked Denam to take care of Cistina after the latter stormed off in disagreement). And when confronting Sherri, she's the only one who has nothing but rough words.
* [[Playing with Fire]]
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* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: That sprite of hers make her look fat, thus she's the subject of various fat jokes.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: She may look fine and normal, but you could go out of your way to make her miserable, which includes getting Folcurt killed before he could rescue her, or taking the Neutral route and let her see Cerya die. Or not recruiting Sherri and kill her...
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Is not heard of again in the Law Route. {{spoiler|Not even during the scene when Cerya gets killed by the Dark Knights. Could've had an offscreen death though}}.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Unlike Cerya, she doesn't like staining her hands with blood to achieve her goal.
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== The Xenobian Exiles ==
A group of characters who were banished from Xenobia and reduced to mercenaries. {{spoiler|Actually on a secret mission to retrieve the holy sword Brynhildr
=== Lanselot Hamilton (Lans Hamilton) ===
A Xenobian born in the city of Valna in Charlom who formerly captained the Holy Knights of the Kingdom of New Xenobia. He came to Valeria
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]
* [[The Obi-Wan]]:
* [[What If]]
=== Warren Omon (Warren Moon) ===
=== Canopus Wolph (Canopus Wolff) ===
A Xenobian from the city of Peshaval in Chariom who once captained the Beast Legion of the Kingdom of New Xenobia. He came to Valeria with the Holy Knight Lanselot
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: He's going to be one of the most powerful characters early game, but unlike a lot of others, he remains useful all the way to the end of the game.
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=== Gildas W. Byrne (Guildus W. Burn) ===
Another Holy Knight from Xenobia (precisely, Highlands), who sticks around with him. Likes drinking and women. He usually survives the attack on Rhime and joins Denam's battalion...
* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]: In the Neutral route
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: See above.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red for Mirdyn.
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* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]
* [[Nay Theist]]: Though he is the High Champion of a religious empire {{spoiler|and personally defeated a [[Fallen Angel]] in his own game}}, he still believes it's foolish for people to rely on divine providence in order to obtain what can be achieved by their own will.
** This is probably as a result of
* [[Rogue Protagonist]]: Rather,
=== Balxephon V. Rahms (Balzepho Van Rams) ===
Second-in-command of the Dark Knights Loslorien, hailing from Gallius, seat of the Holy Lodissian Empire. He is the son of Stratarchis Vogras, who commanded five of the orders of knighthood in Lodis. Loslorien enjoys independence from the Senate thanks to the influence of Vogras. Balxephon is a firm believer in discipline and following orders.
* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Okay, he was already pretty old when he killed his father... it's also implied he was behind his mother's poisoning.
* [[The Unfought]]: In the SNES and [[PS 1]] versions.
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* [[Blood Knight]]: He disobeys orders just for a chance to clash swords with Lans Hamilton.
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Barbas was originally just some axe-crazy knight; however, he was later invited by Tartaros himself to serve as a Temple Commando. Near the end of the game, this buffoon actually wields the power to open up gates to the netherrealm. This essentially makes him the main antagonist, too.
* [[Not So Different]]:
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Vyce holds this view towards him because... well, you probably don't need to guess why.
=== Oz Moh Glacius (Oz Mow Gracious) ===
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* [[An Ice Person]]: Starts with ice magic.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: In the PSP version, it's possible to recruit her. Good luck finding out how to do that without a guide
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: She makes one of these on the lawful route.
* [[I Hate Past Me]]: Has some... interesting conversations with her past self in the final bonus battle. Before killing her.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Haborym in the PSP Version... interestingly enough.
** {{spoiler|That's because he was her former fiancee}}.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Already proficient in [[Whip It Good|whips]] and [[Heroes Prefer Swords|one handed swords]]. She even has a unique finisher with the former.
=== Andoras Gaffryn (Andoras Gafrun) ===
A Loslorien commander from Niemaran, a small town in the borderlands of Lodis. He is of Bolmoccan descent. He is last born of the former Nildahme royal house, which once wielded great power throughout the Sea of Lhai region. The Holy Lodissian Empire saw the bountiful lands of the Kingdom of Nildahme as ripe for the taking. They staged an uprising among the enslaved mass from which the ruling house had fattened their purse, then sent in their armies. Fearing for his life, the King hastily abandoned all resistance, and yielded to the Lodissians. Since then, the Bolmoccans have endured lives of servitude. He prefers hand-to-hand combat to swordplay, and is a masterful strategist.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Was originally a mini-boss with an optional story.
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* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Necromantic]]: He raises his wife from the dead.
=== Cassandra Obdilord ===
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=== Olivya Phoraena (Olivia Foriner) ===
Last daughter of Mreuva Phoraena, and stuck with him in the Philaha Order.
* [[Odd Name Out]]: In the first version of the game, she was the only sister to not have a "S" at the start of her name. In the second version of the game, she is still the only sister to lack a soft consonant at the start of her name.
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=== Oelias Melandyl Obdilord (Orias Obderhode) ===
A Galgastani from Brigantys. She is the daughter of the Necromancer Nybeth. She resented her father's debasement of humanh life, and sought solace in the Order. When her brother Dievold fell victim to Nybeth's necromancy, she resolved to confront him. Together with Dievold, she set off to locate their father. She is fiercely protective of her brother, who is now cut off from the world of the living.
* [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|I Hate You, Necromancer Dad]]
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]:
=== Dievold Rane Obdilord (Debordes Obderhode) ===
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: In the Law route.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: In the Chaos
=== Hobyrim Steelsong {{spoiler|V. Rahms}} (Haborym) ===
A blind swordsman that aids Denam. {{spoiler|A Lodissian swordmaster who once served with the Dark Knights Loslorien. He is the second son of Stratarchis Vogras, a Lodissian of great influence, and is brother to the Dark Knight Balxephon. He bears the title "Steelsong
* [[Blind Weaponmaster]]
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* [[The Exile]]: He was exiled from his homeland after being blinded.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Ozma.
* [[Overrated and Underleveled]]: Averted ''HARD'' - even if he was blind, he has the highest dexterity in the first version of the game (useful for the Petrify spell) and is still one of the best units ever. However, in the second version of the game, it's possible for him to be dropped down a couple levels when you recruit him due to the way the leveling system works.
* [[You Killed My Father]]:
=== Ocionne Rabine (Oxyones Lavin) ===
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=== Diego Galet Azelstan ===
A legendary Galgastani pirate. In his younger days, he was known to all who sailed the coastal waters of Valeria. He was greatly feared for the abandon with which he snatched away both cargo and lives. Then one day, he took to the shore and disappeared. He is also known to have returned unscathed from the Pirate's Graveyard, a place that has claimed the lives of countless sailors.
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Quit his plundering days after his daughter died. Then there's the mute orphan girl who takes a liking to him, but is killed right in front of him
* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]: After the above, he went to the Pirate Graveyard, but felt it was for those "who went the full distance."}}
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: The bottle seldom leaves his hand or mouth
* [[Pirate]]: His previous occupation.
* [[Red Baron]]: Was known as the Dread Pirate Azelstan.
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A songtress and sister to Canopus, she follows her brother to Valeria.
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]: By the Wicce Sirene
* [[Winged Humanoid]]
=== Robert Rudlum (Radlum) ===
* [[The Dragon]]:
* [[Legacy Character]]
* [[Optional Party Member]]: You have to get him in a sidequest.
=== Punkin the Bewitched ===
One of the golems created by the Wicce Deneb to aid her in her work. Punkin soon emerged as their leader due to her aggressive nature. She started life as a pumpkind, but took on human qualities through her strong desire to be treated fairly. Blamed for the banditry carried out at an abandoned village, she fought Denam and was defeated. In the end, she was allowed to take over Deneb's shop. She does brisk business, but has trouble keeping up with payments to Deneb and the other workers. She does appear to be enjoying herself, at least. Apparently, she was taught the secret of becoming human by a sage she met in the Palace of the Dead, but she will say no more on the subject. In her spare time, she busies herself growing pumpkins and perfecting her recipe for pumpkin pie.
== Historical Figures ==
=== King Dorgalua Oberyth Valeria (King Dolgare Overis) ===
A Bakram who once ruled the Kingdom of Valeria. He united the scattered dominions of Valeria through his great vision and public favor. Upon becoming king, he sought to end hostilities between the various factions. He left no successor, and war soon broke out in Valeria following his death.
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Crazy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Mirror Boss]]: He creates replicas of deployed party members at the start of the fight
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: Which takes scratch damage to everything but a couple things
=== Queen Vernotta Eltynaha Oberyth (Queen Bernata) ===
A Bakram who was queen consort to the Dynast-King. She was born into the noble House Eltynaha, and the King took her as his queen upon uniting Valeria under his rule. {{spoiler|After learning her handmaiden Mannaflora was with child by the King, Vernotta had her exiled
=== Mannaflora Befonda (Manaflora) ===
A Bakram
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