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Characters of ''[[The Reconstruction (Video Game)|The Reconstruction]]''. Note that the placement of names of many characters could be considered spoilers, so you probably shouldn't read this until you've completed the game.
 
== Six Stars ==
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=== Dehl Sikohlon ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_dehl_8525por dehl 8525.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"My life for Wadassia."''}}
 
Race: Shra-Sikohlon. Class: [[The Paladin|Whiteblade]]. Human-normalized age: 22 (real age: 110-113)
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In-game description: ''"A polite, peaceful young shra, he tries to fit in with the people of Wadassia. A gate guard for the city's defense army. A well-balanced fighter with no outstanding strengths or weaknesses, he arrived in Wadassia one day 10 years ago."''
 
Raised as a Sikohlon, Dehl tries to act like a human. As such, he is extremely orderly and obedient to human rules, even if others look down on him for being a shra. He feels that this is his duty, as he has lived in Wadassia ever since he came to the mainland, and he says it has granted him great hospitality -- althoughhospitality—although [[Unreliable Narrator|one may wonder]] [[Stockholm Syndrome|about the validity of that claim]]. At the advice of his friend Sicious Qualstio, he creates the guild Six Stars as a way of performing tasks to help the city -- thoughcity—though he is torn between his duties as a city guard and his duty as 'leader' of the guild (a title he disagrees with).
 
Dehl is also very [[The Stoic|stoic]], peaceful, and compassionate as part of his upbringing among the Sikohlon, a clan of pacifists. There seems to be something slightly off about him compared to the rest of them, though, such as his willingness to wade into combat and the sadness in his eyes...
 
{{spoiler|...That's because he was horribly traumatized as a child. His father attempted to create a virus that spread through bloodshed, as a way of deterring violence -- this was the Blue Plague. However, he overdid it, and made the virus deadly instead of just a deterrent. Somehow, he found out that shra blood could resist the infection -- and so he killed everyone on Dehl's island to gather blood samples and isolate a cure. He failed though -- when Dehl was the only one left, Dehl's pseudo-magic powers manifested, leading to the [[Accidental Murder]] of his father. Dehl then took a Plague-infected Moke (the only survivor) with him to the mainland, leading to the spread of the Blue Plague in the first place. [[ItsIt's All My Fault|Dehl has major guilt issues over this]], which is why he's trying to be [[The Atoner]].}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder]]}}: {{spoiler|Of his father, in self-defense.}}
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* [[Berserk Button]]: The si'shra come pretty close to this for him; the only time his normally calm and pacifistic resolve fractures {{spoiler|prior to chapter 6}} is when he's about to confront {{spoiler|the si'shra warden}}. He actually ''wants'' to charge straight into battle and dissuades any attempt at diplomacy.
** Possibly justified, since all the Sikohlon seem to have been taught from a young age to loathe the si'shra.
* {{spoiler|[[The Berserker]]}}: {{spoiler|Turns into one after his [[Freak -Out]] in chapter 6.}}
* [[Character Development]]: And ''how!'' By the end of chapter 5, he goes from being a soft-spoken [[Extreme Doormat]] content to do thankless deeds to a celebrity and symbol of hope for the entire world, as well as a capable leader of a large and varied guild.
** This is symbolically represented by his [[Eleventh -Hour Superpower]] at the end of chapter 5 -- a change in armor from his simple Sikohlon robe to a massive suit of full plate mail, after which he almost looks like a different person. They both have similar color and designs, meaning that, superficially, they represent the same things -- puritythings—purity, goodness, orderliness, and all that. However, the implications they carry are incredibly different -- onedifferent—one is the attire of a simple pacifist, while one is that of a warrior.
** Amazingly, this is also ''deconstructed'' in a sense. {{spoiler|Dehl finds that this transformation is not entirely positive -- to take on such a mantle, he must abandon many of his previous ideals, and he himself hates the man he has become.}}
* [[Chaste Hero]]: As evidenced by his conversations with Kidra, who says [[Double Entendre]] lines every five seconds. To be fair, he ''is'' a [[One -Gender Race|shra]].
* [[The Chosen One]]: According to Fell, anyway.
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: To a disturbing degree.
* [[Foil]]: To Qualstio and Skint.
* {{spoiler|[[Freak -Out]]}}: {{spoiler|In chapter 6. He does ''not'' take well to seeing the city he had sworn to protect burned to the ground, and makes an almost complete 180 in his personality, becoming a [[Byronic Hero]] [[The Berserker|Berserker]]. He snaps out of it in the ending, though...we hope.}}
* [[The Hero]]: Subverted due to his passive personality and [[Technical Pacifist]]-ness. He doesn't actually do a whole lot of leading and is barely even able to claim the title of "main character" (as corresponded by the fact that he actually can be [[Can't Drop the Hero|dropped]] from the active party).
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: He and Qualstio have shades of this. Justified, since when Dehl came from the mainland, {{spoiler|he had just witnessed his entire family being killed, and had only an infirm Moke for companionship. Qualstio helped him and gave him shelter at the first opportunity, and so he's practically the only family substitute Dehl's had for a decade.}}
* {{spoiler|[[ItsIt's All My Fault]]}}: It's revealed in chapter 6 that he {{spoiler|has major guilt issues over bringing the Blue Plague to the mainland}}.
* [[Man in White]]
* [[Magic Knight]] / [[Jack of All Stats]]
* [[The Messiah]]: Deconstructed. {{spoiler|Much as he wants to, he ''can't'' be a perfect [[Ideal Hero]] -- no one can -- but unfortunately, he doesn't realize this in time, and the stress causes him to ''[[Freak -Out|snap]]''.}}
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Initially. If you put points into his passive skill line, he becomes a [[Lightning Bruiser]].
* [[The Paladin]]: Of the non-religious variety.
* [[Personality Powers]]: His elemental affinity is Cold.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Dehl is the blue, Qualstio is the red. Lampshaded by Qualstio with their support quote:
{{quote| "A little cliché, don't ya think?"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Self -Made Orphan]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder|By accident]]. Also, his father was trying to [[Offing the Offspring|off the offspring]], so it's not like he [[Subverted Trope|had much of a choice]].}}
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: There are hints that he has this, at least somewhat -- despitesomewhat—despite his claims that Wadassia has been nothing but hospitable to him, the many scenes where he is reviled and insulted by the townspeople speak otherwise. Also, rather creepily, there are some conversations where it seems like he honestly believes the racist mentality of the Wadassians to be right -- thatright—that he is a non-person. It could just be an act to avoid conflict, but there is one scene that suggests otherwise...
* [[The Stoic]]: Lampshaded by Tehgonan, who is baffled by Dehl's insistence that he never feels anger.
** [[Stoic Woobie]]: And how.
** {{spoiler|[[Not So Stoic]]}}: {{spoiler|His [[Freak -Out]].}}
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: In stark contrast with most Sikohlon, who are [[Actual Pacifist|Actual Pacifists]]s. He's also okay with killing the [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]] monsters. [[Fridge Logic|Even though they have minds and souls]].
** {{spoiler|Deconstructed when he actually ''does'' kill people in front of a [[Perfect Pacifist People|Sikohlon]] child. He gets a rather nasty [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech afterwards and is banished from the Sikohlon family.}}
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Yellow, like most shra.
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]: After he gets his armour upgrade.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A blunted [[Cool Sword]] ([[Fridge Logic|that still deals Slashing damage]]).
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: When he was younger. [[Jade -Colored Glasses|In the present...]]
 
=== Zargos D'Rath ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_zarg_3913por zarg 3913.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''[to Skint] "That answers nothin'! Where ye of the Crown or the [[La Résistance|Spear]]? Which side bought ye out?"''<br />
[...]<br />
''"{{spoiler|Skint... if ye just wanted t'help your own kind, why'd you get involved in the Revolt at all?}}"'' }}
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He's very knowledgeable due to traveling the world before settling down in Wadassia.
* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[Write Who You Know]]: According to [[Word of God]], he and Santes were based on a real-life roleplaying couple the developer knew.
 
=== Santes D'Rath ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_sant_8227por sant 8227.png|frame]]}}
Race: Human. Class: [[Combat Medic|Blessed Corps]]. Age: 29
 
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Foil]]: To Zargos.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Inverted.
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Averted.
* [[Light 'Em Up]]
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Simple Staff]]
* [[White Magician Girl]]: She has the weapon and [[The Medic|skills]], but ''[[Subverted Trope|does not]]'' have the personality. She's also more of a [[Combat Medic]].
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=== Tehgonan Clapian ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_tehg_8484por tehg 8484.png|frame]]}}
Race: Human. Class: [[Light 'Em Up|Spectrumancer]]. Age: 11
 
In-game description: "A brash, smarmy young man from a well-to-do family, he is nonetheless incredibly gifted in certain magical arts. Proficient at elemental manipulation, and enchanting or dispelling squares in battle. Presently skipping out on school."
 
Tehgonan is a [[Bratty Half -Pint]] who skips his classes to join Six Stars. He is extremely rude and standoffish, as well as [[Fantastic Racism|a bit of a bigot]] due to his upbringing in a shra-hating family. He and Qualstio take a liking to one another due to their similar outlooks on life.
 
As one might expect, he goes through [[Character Development|substantial growth]] throughout the story, eventually {{spoiler|realizing that his prejudices against shra were incorrect, and that he should continue Metzino's research so that everyone can contribute to society equally}}.
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* [[Hair of Gold]]: Subverted.
* [[Character Development]]: Lampshaded by Qualstio after his sidequest.
{{quote| "Okay. Who are you, and what have you done with the real Tehgonan?"}}
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: After successfully completing his sidequest, this is {{spoiler|played quite straight by his mother when she catches up to him in Fortifel after he spent some indeterminate time (you can do his sidequest early in Chapter 4) with Six Stars without asking proper permission.}}
{{quote| "Tehgonan {{spoiler|Aloysius.}} Clapian!"}}
* [[Glass Cannon]]: He has the potential to be extremely powerful if you're good at setting up elemental enchantments. However, all of his stats are pathetically low and his skills have high costs.
* [[Jerkass]]: He's ''slightly'' less of a prick than his father, but is still quite the [[Bratty Half -Pint]]. [[Character Development|He gets better]].
* [[Light 'Em Up]]: He can manipulate literal light, plus a bit of [[Dishing Out Dirt|geomancy]] on the side.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: He starts off as a pathetic [[Squishy Wizard]], with terrible stats and high-cost, gimmicky abilities. However, if you take the time to level up his "Geomancer" passive skill, he becomes incredibly powerful -- thosepowerful—those gimmicky abilities get increased chances of success, making them legitimately useful in combination with other party members' attacks. But best of all is his final skill, '[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Geo God]]', which gives him ''incredible'' boosts to his Body and Soul stats, which are otherwise pathetically low. Suddenly, he stops being so squishy and his skills can be put to formidable use.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Qualstio seems like he may border on this for Tehgonan while he's in the guild. The two interact a lot, with Qualstio often giving him moral and practical guidance.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Magic Wand]]
 
=== Fero Flael ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_fero_8530por fero 8530.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"Do not let your mind be poisoned by the air [of Kir'Ssha]...{{spoiler|as mine once was}}."''}}
 
Race: Fih'jik. Class: [[The Archer|Huntsman]]. Human-normalized age: 20 (real age: 10)
 
In-game description: "A friendly but shy Fih'jik hunter of wild game, he seeks to prowl upon the most dangerous creatuers in the wilds of the world."
<!-- %% Excels at ranged attacks, <accidentally pressed Enter too quickly here>"%% -->
 
Fero is a fih'jik who, like most of his kind, left to escape the chaos of his homeland. However, he is also a skilled hunter, and constantly seeks new game to test his skills on.
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=== Sicious Qualstio ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_qual_9373por qual 9373.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"Ohhh, so you've heard of me! I guess I won't have to tell you to stay outta my way."''}}
 
Race: Fortian. Class: [[Elemental Powers|Invoker]]. Age: 26
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: When characters express confusion over another character's decisions, his response is usually "I think I have an idea."
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: He and Dehl have shades of this. Justified, since when Dehl came from the mainland, {{spoiler|he had just witnessed his entire family being killed, and had only an infirm Moke for companionship. Qualstio helped him and gave him shelter at the first opportunity, and so he's practically the only family substitute Dehl's had for a decade.}}
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: In fact, you will slowly realize that he is actually {{spoiler|''more moral than Dehl''. Dehl is definitely more polite, but due to his [[Stockholm Syndrome]] and [[Extreme Doormat]]-ness, he is complicit in horrible things such as the slave trade, for no other reason than because they fall under the law's jurisdiction.}}
* [[Meta Guy]]: To a degree.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: He may border on this for Tehgonan while the kid is away from his parents. The two interact a lot, with Qualstio often giving him moral and practical guidance.
* [[Personality Powers]]: Oh yes. Also inverted, though, as he has a Cold-elemental spell too.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Subverted, though, since he has an ice spell as well.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Qualstio is the red, Dehl is the blue. Lampshaded by Qualstio with their support quote:
{{quote| "A little cliché, don't ya think?"}}
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Simple Staff]]
 
=== Lani Derra ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_lani_6505por lani 6505.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"My life is discipline! Your mission becomes mine. Just tell me what to crush!"''}}
 
Race: Fih'jik. Class: [[Stone Wall|Wandertower]]. Human-normalized age: 26 (real age: 13)
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* [[Shock and Awe]]: She doesn't actually have any powers like this, but it is her elemental affinity.
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Blue-green, like most fih'jik.
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]
 
=== Sirush ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_siru_3750por siru 3750.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| '''''Dehl:''' You will be able to save many people if you join us.<br />
'''Sirush:''' {{spoiler|Myself...included.}}'' }}
 
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{{spoiler|He was once a member of an assassin's guild. However, one day, he messed up an assignment and ended up killing the wrong person. He was expelled from the guild for this failure, and lived in constant fear that they would take revenge, gradually leading to a complete mental breakdown. His wife couldn't take this, and had to leave him -- but this just made things worse, as Sirush thought that the assassins had taken her as a way of getting back at him. Eventually, though, Six Stars helps him overcome these issues...somewhat. This is helped by the fact that his stalkers are almost certainly dead after the destruction of the world.}}
 
* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit]]
** [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Bad Dreams]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Until his personal sidequest has been completed, he does not seem to be reading from the same script as everyone else. He seems to be perpetually in his own little world and probably has very little understanding as to what's even going on most of the time.
* {{spoiler|[[Contract Onon the Hitman]]}}: The reason why he's always on the lookout.
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Sort of. Due to the way stat gains are handled, one can simply upgrade his defense, so that isn't a problem. However, all his skills consume very high amounts of health, and all of them are short-range, causing him to get attacked a lot as well.
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=== Kidra Silvery ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_kidr_6734por kidr 6734.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"A home is destined to be fled."''}}
 
Race: Human. Class: [[Fragile Speedster|Flashcurve]]. Age: Undisclosed
 
A strange girl from Nal who talks in near-constant [[Double Entendre|Double Entendres]]s. Six Stars reluctantly allows her to join, though they sense something is amiss about her. She claims to be a regular girl, but is oddly talented at combat, and has extremely rare and expensive "sleeksteel" armor.
 
{{spoiler|That's because she's actually a member of the Nal police. The ''secret'' police, that is, whose job it is to make sure the ''real'' police are doing their jobs correctly -- though of course, the real police's job in the first place was to make sure the old police didn't abuse their power either. Nal's government is a mess. Kidra realizes this in the ending, where she assists in the rebuild of Nal, and agrees with the people who say that a mess of guards, officers, and police, just makes everything worse and invites corruption.}}
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Implied in her support quotes with Ques and Kulkumatz. Also implied in her first conversation with Dehl.
* [[Personality Powers]]: Her elemental affinity is Heat.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: She doesn't actually have any powers like this, but it is her elemental affinity.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Knife Nut]]
 
=== Halia Falitza ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_fali_7803por fali 7803.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"I...I see...through...the un-seeable..."''}}
 
Race: Sactifellian. Class: [[Spoony Bard|Wonder Caller]]. Age: 18
 
Falitza was thrown into [[Bedlam House|Sanctifel]] after trading her mind away to [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|peer into the unseeable]] because [[Emo Teen|she got bored with her studies]]. [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation|Her condition is ever-worsening]]. With the assistance of Six Stars, she can be liberated from Sanctifel. In a sudden flash of sanity, she manages to sign up and join their ranks. However, she quickly returns to spouting nonsense.
 
She enjoys babbling about "the sky", "the blue", and "fate", among other strange things. Though her mad phrases may seem like incoherent nonsense, there may be a few genuine truths to it for those who look carefully...
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=== Ques Mahesto (real name: {{spoiler|Seku Muezza}}) ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_ques_2594por ques 2594.png|frame]]}}
Race: Fih'jik-fortian. Class: [[Difficult but Awesome|Tactician]]. Human-normalized age: 68 (real age: 34)
 
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Oh yes.
* [[Mission Control]]: For the first half of the game.
* [[Non -Action Guy]]: [[Subverted Trope|Until he joins the guild proper, that is]].
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Blue.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Royal Rapier]]
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=== Moke Sikohlon ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_moke_5936por moke 5936.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"If I continue to wield such vileness, shall I one day become completely consumed by it?"''}}
 
Race: Shra. Class: [[Plaguemaster|Fetormancer]]. Human-normalized age: 42 (real age: 210-214)
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* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: He is intelligent and oddly powerful, but he definitely lacks wisdom and social skills.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Inverted.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: He's one of the most powerful and versatile attackers in the game, and though you''ll likely make him suitable for soaking up Body (and, to a lesser extent, Mind) attacks, his defenses start out virtually nonexistent.
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Averted.
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* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Actually averted, which is in and of itself an example of the trope (...[[It Makes Sense in Context|it makes sense]], trust us). He has normal white sclerae, unlike any other shra (or si'shra, for that matter) we've seen.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Knife Nut]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Bugs]]: Moke isn't that strong-willed of an individual normally, but he has a crippling fear of insects in particular.
* [[The Woobie]]
 
=== Rehm Sikohlon ===
[[File:por cpts 8052.png|frame]]
[[File:por_cpts_8052.png|frame]]{{quote box|http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/por_rehm_9974.png}}
{{quote| ''"No one dies today. None of us, and none of them."''<br />
[...]<br />
''"{{spoiler|None of us...none of them... So much for that promise.}}"'' }}
 
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* [[Blow You Away]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}: In the present day.
* [[Dual -Wielding]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]}}: After {{spoiler|Vasra's death, he becomes largely unresponsive and extremely depressed, a disturbing contrast with his normally cheerful behaviour. Shortly after, he very narrowly avoids being [[Driven to Suicide]].}}
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between him and Sara, possibly, given that he made a special nickname for her and calls her "my Vasra" at one point.
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* [[Man in White]]
* [[Personality Powers]]: He has powers over the [[Blow You Away|weather]], which fits with his carefree personality and the value he places on freedom.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: [[Rule of Symbolism|Sea blue]].
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Cool Sword|Cool Swords]]s
 
=== Kulkumatz ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_kulk_9008por kulk 9008.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"You will help me find the proper placce to die. A placce where I may put my sspirit to resst."''}}
 
Race: Shra. Class: [[Magic Knight|Tu'Nuok]]. Human-normalized age: 167 (real age: 835-839)
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* [[Snake Talk]]
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: ''Neon green''.
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Simple Staff]]
 
=== Yfus Crossar ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_yfus_4084por yfus 4084.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"Why do you believe it must be stopped? Perhaps a war is exactly what we deserve."''}}
 
Race: Fih'jik. Class: [[The Medic|Sun Priest]]. Human-normalized age: 19 (real age: 9.5)
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Has his fair share of moments. Lampshaded in his sidequest by his father.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]
* [[Light 'Em Up]]
* [[Man in White]]
* [[Non -Action Guy]]: Though he does fight, his skills are more suited to [[The Medic|healing and defense]].
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Light blue.
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Cool Sword]]
 
=== Alito ===
{{quote box|[[File:por_alit_6384por alit 6384.png|frame]]}}
{{quote| ''"I... I am home, so long as I serve my friends."''}}
 
Alito is the well-educated servant of Metzino, and is treated much better than other shra. Because of his education, he is able to become the guild manager of Six Stars after Ques retires. Unlike Ques, he is very kind and polite (though he still has a sharp tongue in a few instances).
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* [[Mission Control]]: After Ques joins the guild proper.
* [[Non -Action Guy]]
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Yellow, like most shra.
 
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== Character #16 '''(SPOILER WARNING)''' ==
=== Tezkhra ===
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[[File:por_tezk_8321.png|frame]]{{quote box|http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/por_tezk2_8620.png}}
{{quote| ''"Truthfully... I have lived more in the last Surface-year than in any time before."''}}
 
Race: Shra-God. Class: [[Overrated and Underleveled|Deity]]. Human-normalized age: Indeterminate
 
This character is first found as a spirit in the Drop, guarded by a being who claims that he's not part of the world. Six Stars brings the spirit to [[Necromancer|Rulian]], who manages to resurrect his body from the spirit's memory. The shra that appears introduces itself as "Tezkhra", to the shock of everyone else. However, despite the name, Tezkhra actually seems to be very calm, orderly, and polite -- practicallypolite—practically the opposite of the historical Tezkhra. He says he really ''is'' a god, though, and is the creator of the shra people. His memory is hazy from dying and all, but travelling the world brings some of it back. He says that the last thing he remembers is being killed by a si'shra, so it is most likely that this killer stole his name and became the god of the si'shra religion.
 
...Actually, most of that is only half-true. Tezkhra is not actually divine -- insteaddivine—instead, he is one of the [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] who terraformed and populated the planet in the first place. He manages to establish contact with his old friends in the ending, and tells them "[[I Choose to Stay]]", even though that means he will grow old and die.
 
* [[A God Am I]]: Though he acts more like, "[[Shrouded in Myth|Wait, I'm a god]]? Uh...sure, I'll go with that."
* [[Arm Cannon]]
* [[Badass Boast]]: Surprising, considering he's [[The Stoic]] normally.
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Havan}}:''' [[Who Are You?|Who are you]]?<br />
'''Tezkhra:''' I am Tezkhra, creator of the shra people, and a god and overseer of your world... }}
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Or rather, cryptic monologue. Even when we do see his thoughts, they often take the form of this, using vague language and trailing off before fully explaining anything.
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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: He ''died'', for crying out loud!
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: One of the reasons why he's [[Overrated and Underleveled]].
* [[Overrated and Underleveled]]: He specializes mainly in [[Useless Useful Spell|status effects and gimmicks]], which, due to the strategical nature of the game, are more useful than most, but still makes him fall behind other characters that can dish out significantly more damage. Also, he's [[Mighty Glacier|slower than molasses in January]], and in a game where speed is the [[One Stat to Rule Them All]], that hampers him quite a bit. (This can't even be cured by character support like with other [[Mighty Glacier|Mighty Glaciers]]s, since he has no support combinations.)
* [[Personality Powers]]: His elemental affinity is "Order".
* [[The Quiet One]]: When we are privy to his thoughts, though, he can be described as quite the chatterbox.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: He's actually the ''complete inverse'' of the mythological Tezkhra.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Unfortunately, in this game, the best defense is a good offense, so his talents are not particularly useful -- thisuseful—this is the other reason why he's [[Overrated and Underleveled]]. He's virtually unkillable, especially since his abilities do not [[Cast Fromfrom Hit Points|consume any energy]], but only has one offensive ability that ''isn't even modified by attack stats!''
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Like Moke, averted, which is in and of itself notable.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Power Fist]]
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=== Havan ===
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{{quote| ''"My life...for Wadassia."''}}
 
Havan is the Prime Captain of the Blue Guard. Like Dehl, he is a steadfast defender of Wadassia, and, in fact, the two become fast friends when they meet. Havan is a very upright, law-abiding young man who can come off as [[Large Ham|a bit melodramatic sometimes]]. He also seems to know Fell, which is a bit odd.
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Ridiculously Huge Sword]]
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]; he's a good guy. {{spoiler|Actually double subverted; he's the [[Big Bad]].}}
 
=== The Blue Guard ===
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The Blue Guard is a fellow guild of Wadassia, led by Havan. Due to his friendship with Dehl, the two guilds vow to help each other and, by extension, the rest of the city. The Blue Guard follows in the footsteps Six Stars around the world, but they begin to appear out of their depth before long.
 
Havan's second-in-command and lifelong friend is the sorceress Adi. The third member of their guild is a shra named Cort, who, in fact, seems to embraceembrace—not -- not resent -- subservienceresent—subservience and obedience to his masters.
 
{{spoiler|After Havan takes over the world, Adi and Cort remain by his side and share the spoils. However, the ragged appearance of their [[Character Portrait|Character Portraits]]s suggest he hasn't been entirely kind to them... Regardless, when tensions break out, they side with Havan and defend him to the death. Their motives for doing this and thoughts on their situation are ambiguous.}}
 
* [[Action Girl]]: Adi.
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* [[Snake Talk]]: Cort.
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Cort has green ones.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Magic Wand]] for Adi, [[Blade Onon a Stick]] for Cort.
 
=== Metzino ===
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{{quote| ''"Hmmhmm, but you won't [kill me], and do you know why not? Of course you do. You're smart."''}}
 
Metzino is a friend of Qualstio's, and agrees to harbor the guild during their stay in Fortifel. He is (in)famous for his radical theories and inventions that rely on sources of energy other than magic. He has managed to stay out of trouble so far -- andfar—and has even risen to a prestigious rank -- butrank—but tensions between him and the Councillords are mounting, because this technology could forever change society...
 
{{spoiler|His family line also has a [[Feuding Families|blood feud]] with the Pazzato line, for unexplained reasons. The current Pazzato is the Mental Councillord, so the rest of the Council is easily able to manipulate events to force the two into a duel -- [[Xanatos Gambit|and no matter who dies, they will win]]. Metzino puts up a good fight against Pazzato using some kind of energy gun, but Pazzato eventually gets the best of him and throws him off the Faithall Tower. After his death, the Council destroys everything, and since he has no children, there will be no one to carry on his work. Well, [[Hope Spot|except Brenetto, his faithful student who survived unscathed]]...except that he's never seen again after the apocalypse, so he's almost certainly dead as well.}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Non -Action Guy]]: Mostly.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}: {{spoiler|He's either this or a [[Sacrificial Lion]]; though he only appears for one chapter and is killed off long before the actual [[Sacrificial Lion|Sacrificial Lions]]s, he is only killed off at the very end of the chapter he appears in.}}
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Hmmhmmhmmmm..."
 
=== Yacatec Yutli ===
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{{quote| ''"I trade in many things, as I said before. This land is a fount of riches, [[Verbal Tic|hza nek]]?"''}}
 
Yacatec is a well-to-do shra and the head of the Berylbrine Outpost. The presence of a surname is rather odd, though, as shra don't normally have one... Six Stars attempts to gain favor with him when they decide to help the outpost, but it is soon revealed that, since the Berylbrine island is the homeland of the shra, [[Boomerang Bigot|slaves are among Yacatec's main exports]]. This disgusts the guild, but they are forced to comply with his demands, since he's the man in charge.
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It is later revealed that {{spoiler|he has a surname for a reason -- he's married to a human woman from Do'Ssha. He claims that all his skewed business practices were to raise money for his family, especially since war is breaking out in Do'Ssha}}.
 
Then, {{spoiler|after the apocalypse, his family is murdered and he is enslaved by the si'shra -- an [[Laser -Guided Karma|ironic fate]]. He helps Six Stars get through the Lord-God's spire after they free him.}}
 
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Back for Thethe Finale]]: Though it's done in a rather depressing manner. {{spoiler|He appears in the final dungeon as [[Poetic Justice|a slave]], and helps you get through said dungeon after you free him.}}
* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: Played with no laughs at all -- heall—he sells his own kind into slavery.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: {{spoiler|He has a human wife.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]}}: Debatably. Qualstio doesn't buy it.
* [[Laser -Guided Karma]]: {{spoiler|He sells his own kind into slavery, but he's revealed to be a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] due to [[Love Redeems]]. After the apocalypse, his wife is murdered, and he himself is enslaved by the si'shra.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems]]}}: {{spoiler|He's a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] because he has a loving family.}} [[Defied]] by Qualstio, who {{spoiler|still thinks he's a horrible person, even if he does have a family.}}
* [[Nice Hat]]: He takes it off when he's not in the Lowlands, though.
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]: He does this twice; Early in chapter 4, he calls Tehgonan a "Zin d'an",<ref>It literally means "little brother" in Shra, but because si'shra use it to refer to ordinary shra, its slang use is a serious insult</ref>, at which point Dehl snaps, "Yacatec, please do not call him that." Later, after the camp is {{spoiler|threatened to be washed away by magical rain}}, he snaps at Ques, flinging what is presumably a heinous insult at him in his native language.
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Yellow, like most shra.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: He likes to sprinkle random shra phrases into his speech. We're never given a translation as to what they actually ''mean'', though.
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=== Syri Muezza ===
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{{quote| ''"We thought you were dead... T'was something far worse than death! You abandoned us! Your family! It's your fault!"''}}
 
Syri is the last of the Flightblades, a group of assassins who defended Do'Ssha against their neighbors. She is highly intelligent and very skilled at stealth and subterfuge. When she overhears Six Stars expressing concern over the mounting tension between the two fih'jik cities, she offers to help. Also, {{spoiler|Syri is the sister of Ques/Seku, who used to be the leader of the Flightblades. She blames him bitterly for causing the collapse of the Flightblades, which led to Syri being the only one left alive.}}
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* [[Action Girl]]: To an extent.
* {{spoiler|[[He's Just Hiding|She's Just Hiding]]}}: [[In -Universe]]; {{spoiler|after she almost certainly dies during the Unstoppable Night, Ques desperately tries to convince himself she's still alive at every opportunity.}}
* {{spoiler|[[SchrodingersSchrödinger's Cat]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Incredibly Lame Pun]] aside, she is captured right before the Unstoppable Night, and Ques says she will be left to die during it. However, it is possible (albeit very unlikely) that she escaped somehow and found a way to shelter.}}
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Blue.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: She was originally intended to be playable.
** [[Eleventh -Hour Ranger]]: What she would have been.
 
=== Brenetto ===
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{{quote| ''"Ah, yes, yes! You are here, here to assist me, yes? Delicious!"''}}
 
A young fortian inventor working on [[Magitech]] devices, specifically ones that count latent magical energies in the air.<ref>in gameplay terms, this allows you to keep a certain percentage of the Chain between battles</ref>. He repeatedly appears giving you (optional) [[Fetch Quest|Fetch Quests]]s for his materials. He finishes his work in chapter 4, though, and he has his tearful farewells with Six Stars afterwards. This is probably a form of [[Shoo Out the Clowns|shooing out the clowns]], because the story [[Darker and Edgier|gets even darker]] in chapter 5.
 
{{spoiler|It turns out that he was a student of Metzino, which is the reason why he focuses on a fusion of magic and technology. He becomes very sad when he hears the news of his death in chapter 4, but Qualstio manages to cheer him up. Brenetto decides that even though his master is no more, he will still continue his research.}}
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{{spoiler|...Of course, he almost certainly dies in the apocalypse, as he's never seen or mentioned in the ending, so [[Downer Ending|so much for that]].}}
 
* [[Non -Action Guy]]
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: He's never seen or mentioned again after chapter 4, probably since he's such a minor side character, but {{spoiler|the fact that he's not seen after the apocalypse means he's almost certainly dead... So, Metzino's work [[Downer Ending|really has reached a complete and final end]]. No [[Magitech]] in the sequel, then!}}
 
=== Mahk Sikohlon ===
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{{quote| ''"Just remember the house rules. No weapons, no quarreling, no violent acts of any sort. That includes the sword you are so shakily trying to conceal, Brother Dehl."''}}
 
Mahk is the First Father -- theFather—the original founder of the Sikohlon clan. He sent the first three Sikohlon fathers (Dehl's, Rehm's, and {{spoiler|Skint}}) out into the world a few centuries ago, but has noticed that the Sikohlon ideals haven't stuck. He has decided to raise a new batch of children to try again. He makes his home in Do'Ssha, and steadfastly upholds his ideals -- notideals—not only does he disallow any weapons to be brought into his home, any arguing must be done outside as well. Children are so impressionable, after all, and he must be careful to raise them properly this time...
 
{{spoiler|It is heavily implied that he dies in the Second Blackening (along with most of his clutch), making Dehl, Rehm, and Xopi the only surviving Sikohlons in the world.}}
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In addition ([[Spoiler|don't read this]] unless you've seen the [[Golden Ending]]): {{spoiler|Mahk is -- or was -- actually one of the [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] who created and populated the world the game takes place in. After Tezkhra died, he went down to find him, but ended up [[Going Native]]. Why his personality is the complete inverse of what it was in ''[[I Miss the Sunrise]]'', why he went native, and why he named his pacifist cult after weapon traders are all mysteries.}}
 
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: The father of all [[Actual Pacifist|Actual Pacifists]]s in the story, no less!
* {{spoiler|[[Going Native]]}}
* [[Man in White]]
* [[Non -Action Guy]]
* [[Pimped -Out Dress|Pimped Out Robe]]: A male variant. It's so impressive, in fact, that the narration refers to him as a "resplendent shra" before he introduces himself!
** [[EverythingsEverything's Sparkly Withwith Jewelry]]
** [[Gold Makes Everything Shiny]]
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Yellow, like most shra.
 
=== Xopi Sikohlon ===
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Xopi is a young shra in the care of Mahk. He is very quiet and shy, but he eventually takes a liking to Dehl, asking him questions about the large, strange outside world he comes from.
 
{{spoiler|This trust is betrayed when Dehl snaps and grievously wounds two Nalian slavers (who may or may not have just been trying to shelter him during the Unstoppable Night) due to [[Big Brother Instinct]] instead of trying to diplomatically solve the conflict like he normally does. This horribly traumatizes the [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]] Xopi, and when he tells Mahk, Mahk becomes furious and expels Dehl from the Sikohlon family.}}
 
However, {{spoiler|after the Second Blackening blinds him and kills all his brothers, he forgives Dehl and begs him never to leave him alone again. Dehl will presumably become his [[Parental Substitute]] in the sequel.}}
 
* [[Actual Pacifist]]
* [[Non -Action Guy]]
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Blue.
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: {{spoiler|At first.}}
 
 
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=== The Scourge Clad (Skint and Aryn) ===
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{{quote|''"Your mouth may belie you, but perhaps your veins will speak truth to me instead!"''|'''Skint'''}}
 
The Scourge Clad is a guild of sorts that originated in Nal -- thoughNal—though it is composed of only two people, the monstrous shra Skint and the quiet, secretive fih'jik Aryn. Skint is very cold, terse, and rude toward Six Stars -- DehlStars—Dehl in particular, who he calls a "whelpling". Skint also has a sword lodged through his back -- heback—he claims it was put there by [[Et Tu, Brute?|one he had sworn to protect]], and is now permanently embedded in his back due to his extreme [[Healing Factor]]. His motives are mysterious, and he does not seem to abide by many laws or morals. Zargos also notices that he has magma-forged platemail, which was only given to those who participated in the Nalian Revolt -- andRevolt—and he doubts Skint fought for the Crown...
 
It turns out that {{spoiler|Skint is a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] who wishes to free the shra people from decades of enslavement. He offers Dehl the opportunity to join him in this endeavor, but Dehl refuses, since it is against everything he has learned since coming to the mainland. The two part ways and never see each other again. Of course, when the apocalypse happens, these motives make Skint the prime candidate for the "Lord-God", but Dehl is in for a rude awakening -- Skint actually tried to fight ''against'' the Lord-God during the guild's absence, but failed, and requests a [[Mercy Kill]] when they meet.}}
 
But it goes deeper than that: {{spoiler|Skint was, in fact, the third Sikohlon father, and before the revolt, was actually a guard-captain serving Wadassia -- eerily similar to Dehl. Being betrayed by a close friend and cursed by the world as the "scourgelord" was the reason he changed into such a hateful, bitter man. In a way, he serves as a warning of what Dehl could turn into if he was betrayed by a close friend, cursed by the world, and forced into exile...but fortunately, that'll never happen, [[Freak -Out|right?]].}}
 
Aryn is even more of a mystery. She speaks in whispers, and only in the fih'jik language, yet she seems wholly devoted to Skint and his cause.
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* [[Leitmotif]]: Though it's also used as a generic [[Mood Motif]].
* [[The Quiet One]]: Aryn. She speaks only to Skint, and even then only in whispers.
** May be justified, though, as the one time she speaks audibly, it's in the fih'jik language -- itlanguage—it's possible she doesn't know the human tongue.
* {{spoiler|[[Reverse Mole|Reverse Moles]]s}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}: Both of them.
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Skint has yellow ones, like most shra. We never see Aryn's eyes, but she probably has blue or green, like most fih'jik.
* [[Twenty Four 24-Hour ArmourArmor]]: Skint. Justified, since having a freaking ''sword through his back'' makes it impossible to take off.
* {{spoiler|[[The Unfought]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Well -Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]}}
 
=== Mental Councillord Pazzato ===
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As a Councillord, Pazzato is unrivaled in mastery of his element. Of the Councillords, he is actually the least antagonistic toward Six Stars, even casually asking them for help with a task. {{spoiler|However, this is merely a clever ruse to distract them while he duels Metzino. For he has a [[Feuding Families|blood feud]] with the Metzino line, and eventually wins the duel due to his signature [[Mind Over Matter|telekinesis]] technique. Qualstio is enraged when he sees this, and, along with the guild, avenges Metzino's death soon after.}}
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=== Commandant Zaka {{spoiler|Crossar}} ===
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{{quote| ''"Thus, [the people] must battle. Blade to blade...father against son, brother...against brother..."''}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: After he is defeated, {{spoiler|he kills himself so that Kir'Ssha will become demoralized and retreat, instead of invading Do'Ssha}}.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Natch.
* [[Light 'Em Up]]
* [[Man in White]]
* {{spoiler|[[Noble Demon]]}}: {{spoiler|"I love my people. All of them, great and small. It pains me to see them suffer so." He isn't lying. He gives Six Stars the opportunity to kill him, which will demoralize the Silver Army enough to stop their advance, and when defeated, actually [[Heroic Sacrifice|commits suicide]] so that this will happen.}}
* [[Technicolor Eyes|Technicolor Sclerae]]: Yellow, which is pretty odd for a fih'jik.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Blade Onon a Stick]]
 
=== The Lord-God ===
{{quote| ''"It sounds like the game is afoot, then! The winner shall inherit the ashes of the world!"''}}
 
A monstrous being who garnered the support of the si'shra after the apocalypse, then used them to sweep up the ashes and kill or enslave any survivors. There can be no hope of reconstruction so long as he lives -- butlives—but can Six Stars truly fell a god?
 
{{spoiler|Actually, they can -- because he isn't a god at all. He's ''Havan''. It turns out that, as a matter of fact, Havan was the first person Fell approached as a "chosen one", not Dehl. He and his guild performed her tests for ''years'' while being told that they were chosen and were the ones who would ascend. However, after Havan finds and becomes obsessed with his relic, Fell becomes disappointed in him, and casually brushes him aside in favor of Six Stars, despite everything he has done for her. He takes this well enough until Six Stars disappears and Donz destroys the world. Enraged at this betrayal, he and the Blue Guard ascend to the Watcher's perch. When they block his path, he slaughters them. For some reason, instead of continuing onwards to confront Dehl, the Blue Guard returns to the Surface, and takes over what remains of the world.}}
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* [[A God Am I]]
* [[Badass Boast]]:
{{quote| "[[Where Is Your X Now?|Where are your gods now]]?"<br />
"{{spoiler|They never came.}}"<br />
"WRONG! Your god sits here before you now!" }}
* [[The Berserker]]: He doesn't actually have any special skills, and just uses an [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]] strategy.
* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: {{spoiler|As Chaos Havan.}}
* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|[[Your Mileage May Vary]] as to whether or not he was justified in exacting his revenge on the Watchers, but his pre-battle cutscene shows just how twisted and despicable he's become (and also shows he wasn't entirely scrupulous to begin with). Plus there's the fact that he oppressed and devastated the survivors of the apocalypse for no real reason other than [[Greed]].}}
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* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Behind Skint, technically, though they don't really have any relation to one another.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Motive Rant]]}}
* [[One -Winged Angel]]: Though [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|it's not his own doing.]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|The fact that he still cares about Adi and Cort enough to let them share his spoils and [[Immortality Inducer]] shows he's not ''completely'' rotten, even if it is a very very small glimmer. Could be subverted, though, as their [[Character Portrait|Character Portraits]]s make it look like they've been abused...}}
* [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner]]: His quote up there.
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Unchosen One]]}}: {{spoiler|Havan is rather pissed off when Fell deems him not worthy to ascend, and begins to consider himself this. However, he is still nothing more than someone who was literally ''not chosen''.}}
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=== Taru Clapian ===
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{{quote| ''"I hope my folks don't find out I've started drinking. They'll disown me!"''}}
 
A young man "hired" by Rehm's crew in the prologue. He is naive, but quickly grows attached to his new comrades. Unlike others, he is very accepting and sympathetic towards the shra. It is his heroic efforts that {{spoiler|stop Pazzato from completely destroying the ship}}.
 
{{spoiler|After Vasra's death, Taru tries to snap Rehm out of his [[Heroic BSOD]], to no avail. Eventually, Taru [[Freak -Out|snaps]] and accuses Rehm of abandoning him and the crew, who have always looked up to him as a leader and father figure. Rehm's silence proves to be the final straw, and Taru leaves the crew in both anger and dissapointment.}}
 
{{spoiler|In the present day, Taru still hasn't gotten over what he perceives as Rehm's "betrayal". Indeed, he has become a bitter, secluded, misanthropic [[Jerkass]] who openly despises Shra for being "cowards" and is similarly disdainful of pretty much anyone who crosses his path. As should be obvious from that last paragraph and his surname, he is Tehgonan's father.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Jerkass]]}}: {{spoiler|In the present}}
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Prongs of Poseidon]]. He also has an [[Improvised Weapon]] in the form of a bag of chemicals.
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: {{spoiler|At first, anyway.}}
 
=== Vasra (real name: Sara) ===
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{{quote| ''[to Rehm] "Good luck. [[Deadpan Snarker|Me and Clapian will go pick out a suitable flower arrangement for your grave.]]"''}}
 
Sara is Rehm's second-in-command. They have apparently known each other for a long time -- enoughtime—enough for Rehm to give her a nickname in shra language, "Vasra". It's never explained what the nickname means. Sara tends to be more perceptive and matter-of-fact than the rest of the crew.
 
{{spoiler|When Pazzato attacks and knocks Rehm unconscious, Sara tries to continue the fight. Pazzato responds by flinging her into the ocean. After Rehm regains consciousness, he tries to search for her, but, after hours of searching, realizes it's too late. This drives him into a [[Heroic BSOD]] that breaks up the crew.}}
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
** [[Snark -to -Snark Combat]]: With Rehm, on occasion.
* {{spoiler|[[Disposable Woman]]}}: The effects of the trope are inverted, though. {{spoiler|Usually, the [[Disposable Woman]]'s death spurs a hero into action and vengeance. However, Sara's death instead causes Rehm to go into a [[Heroic BSOD]] and [[Driven to Suicide|drives him to suicide]].}}
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: {{spoiler|Her quote up there. At first, it just sounds like her usual snark, but after she ''dies'' and Rehm gets [[Driven to Suicide]]...}}
* [[The Lancer]]: She serves as a down-to-earth counterbalance to Rehm, who doesn't take many things seriously.
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]]: Probably sees herself as this among the crew -- hercrew—her companions are a naive newcomer who's out of his depth and a [[Wide -Eyed Idealist|happy-go-lucky idealist]].
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Stripperiffic]] / [[Breast Plate]]
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=== Rulian ===
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A strange young man inhabiting a cave in the Mudlands outside of Nal. He is very placid and [[Cloudcuckoolander|rather airheaded]]. Rulian has an incredibly magical talent -- [[Necromancer|reanimating the dead]]. Unfortunately, he does not realize that they are terrorizing the town nearby -- notnearby—not because of neglect, but because he doesn't even seem to know there ''is'' a town nearby.
 
Or that the six elements exist, for that matter...
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* [[Necromancer]]: [[Subverted Trope|However]], he's not evil or malicious in the slightest, and his powers are sort of accidental.
* [[Non -Action Guy]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: He looks like eighteen at most, but he has apparently been alive since ''before magic was classified into elements''.<ref>''Over a millennium'' according to Ques' glossary.</ref>
 
=== Fell ===
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{{quote| ''"It is all [[Arc Words|scope]], Dehl. [[Central Theme|How far back must you stand before you can see 'everything']]?"''}}
 
Fell is a mysterious old woman who appears to have some sort of precognitive ability, and can see the full truth of everything that's going on. She assists Dehl and his guild by giving him "tests" that can drastically affect the entire world. Her motives and how much she really knows is uncertain, though she claims to take orders from an even higher being known as "The Voice Himself". The other Watchers refer to her as their "mother" -- whether—whether this can be taken at face value, is a metaphor, or something else is unknown.
 
{{spoiler|Along with the other Watchers, she is killed by Havan after Six Stars attempts to track down Donz.}}
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=== The Watchers (Nath, Kott, and Donz) ===
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{{quote| '''''Nath:''' [Donz] will not take kindly to knowing his own Watch is flawed, or to be broken.<br />
'''Kott:''' Yep. He's pretty serious about being right. He's the only one of us left who still cares.'' }}
 
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* [[The Fatalist]]: All of them. Justified with Donz, who literally ''can'' see what's fated to occur.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Shared with Fell.
* [[Non -Action Guy]]: All three of them.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: They're all apparently immortal and have therefore been around for millennia, yet even Nath only looks like he's in his fifties or sixties.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}: All of them.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Along with Fell, they all have four-letter names.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Donz (though he may actually be [[The Speechless]]).
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]: Kott.
 
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