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* [[Complete Monster]]: It's quite arguable that {{spoiler|Morrigan Konoe/Shemhazai}} earned her C.M. diploma in Chapter 28, what with {{spoiler|tormenting Delita and Wiegraf with the spirits of their deceased sisters to weaken their resolve}} - one reviewer even considered this to be ''worse'' than Vormav's actions in canon where he {{spoiler|brought back Zalbag as a possessed zombie, forcing Ramza to fight him}}. May be negated by Chapter 30, wherein {{spoiler|we see that Ajora and Morrigan did love each other}}, but given that {{spoiler|they're willing to destroy the world so that they might rule it and don't care who they destroy along the way}}, it's ultimately somewhat debatable.
** Kletian the Templar Knight definitely earns these credentials in Chapter 35, with the way he {{spoiler|''brutally'' murders Rafa}}. If you're still not convinced, here's Valmafra's thoughts on the matter:
{{quote| Kletian had always been a vile man, Val knew that, and she should have expected to see him standing beside the Lucavi. He'd stopped at nothing to acquire some of the most formidable magic in the world, and had used the Templars to that end. There was no better sorcerer in Ivalice, it was said. Val never spoke of the training she had received while in the service of the High Confessor, not even to Olan, and this man was the reason why. The things he had done, and had asked her to do, had been despicable, and that was when he was still human.}}
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Celia and Lede - even the author [[Word of God|called them his personal "Darkponies" in some of his late Author's Notes]].
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: You know all those nice [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|girl-on-girl interactions]] between Meliadoul and Alma, after they strike up a friendship? They take on a ''very'' unsettling turn when {{spoiler|the girls become possessed by Morrigan (Shemhazai) and Ajora (Altima), two [[Psycho Lesbian|reincarnated lovers]]}}... [[Squick|Eur]][[No Yay|gh]]!!
** Celia and Lede wanting to [[Kill It Withwith Fire|kill Rattletrap with fire out of fear]], when {{spoiler|the golem sacrifices itself (it survived, but still...) in order to ensure their survival-from-falling, and they honour it like a dead comrade and friend deserves before re-entering the battle}}.
* [[HSQ]]: The later chapters have ''really'' been amping up the [[Holy Shit Quotient]], but it hits its peak come [[Wham! Episode|Chapter 29]].
* [[It Was His Sled]]: Anyone who has played Final Fantasy Tactics would know that Ovelia is NOT really a princess, but it's treated [[The Un-Reveal|even more casually by Cid and Ruvelia]], and the two will probably never let that tidbit of knowledge known like Vormov/Hashmal did. Unless they already told her during her captivity...
* [[Les Yay]]: {{spoiler|Alma and Mel, after they are possessed by Ajora and Morrigan.}}
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Shemhazai/Morrigan. Sets up Zodiark as a guard in front of Murond to stop Ramza and company from advancing, and they barely get through. Then when his group meets her as the others split up to find Oveila, she taunts them that they can't save Mel OR Alma, and uses ghosts of Delita and Wiegraf's pasts (specifically [[Dead Little Sister|Teta and Miluda]]) to shake their resolve, and timely turns Izlude on Ramza. [[Fridge Logic|Which seems rather odd when you think about it that Izlude AND Zodiark could have killed at least Ramza and Wiegraf working together,]] [[Fridge Brilliance|except Shemhazai used Zodiark for nothing more than to stall for time, and didn't even expect him to come back alive]].}}
* [[Rescued Fromfrom the Scrappy Heap]]: A quasi-meta example: nobody cared about Master Daravon (the droning old man who gives the Gaming Tutorials), not out of hate but just because he was regarded as a waste of space. When he appeared in Chapter 23 {{spoiler|and pulled a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] so that Ramza and Meliadoul can escape (facing all of Vormav's forces ''alone'' in the process)}} he won the instant respect of the fic's readers.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The final chapter. Just... the final chapter. Of the heartwarming variety as well as the sorrowful, that is.
* [[The Woobie]]: Really, any major character worth their salt is one at times, having moments of vulnerability and doubt. Ramza and Meliadoul are the strongest examples, but it's also seen in Izlude, Gafgarion, Agrias, Zalbag and Cid.
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