Yggdra Union/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Cool Sword]]

* [[Digital Bikini]]: In the Japanese release of the PSP version, Yggdra is inexplicably covered in a thin sheet-like towel during her bath scene.

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Princesses]]

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]

* [[Extreme Melee Revenge]]: Goes completely apeshit on Gulcasa at the end of Chapter 3 and winds up [[Idiot Ball|playing right into the Imperial Army's hands]] as they trap and mob her into submission.

* [[Flip-Flop of God]]: Her height. She's about 162 cm tall on the height charts, the art director for ''[[Blaze Union]]'' says that she's 160 cm tall in this game, and her character card from the original release says 157 cm.

* [[Foe Yay]]: With Gulcasa. Lampshaded at points.

** [[Sympathy for ~~The~~ Devil]]: Eventually. As one might expect, this only makes it worse.

** [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: Eventually. As one might expect, this only makes it worse.

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: She starts to have an emotional breakdown when Gulcasa (suffering his own) tells her where she can stick her orders for him to surrender. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Kylier]] and [[Heroic Resolve|Milanor]] convince her to save it for later.

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* [[Decoy Protagonist]]

* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: She died to save him just as he realized his feelings for her.

* [[Dressing As the Enemy]]: He used to be pictured in the trope example, and the incident is a rather infamous part of the [[Save the Princess]] chapter...

* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: He used to be pictured in the trope example, and the incident is a rather infamous part of the [[Save the Princess]] chapter...

* [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]]: His flunkies.

* [[Heroic Resolve]]

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* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: with Milanor.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: If you head by the griffon stables in Lost Aries at night, Kylier spends quite a while squeeing over how adorable they look when they're asleep.

* [[Dying As Yourself]]

* [[Dying as Yourself]]

* [[Fantastic Racism]]

* [[Final Speech]]: And it's ''quite'' a speech, setting up [[The Reveal]] in the next battlefield and beginning to establish Nessiah as a more sympathetic character. Perhaps it's due to the fact that she didn't get one the first time around.

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* [[Picky Eater]]: The reason she became a vegetarian would be because other people consider griffons edible. Kylier did not approve.

* [[Shorttank]]

* [[Sympathy for ~~The~~ Devil]]

* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]

* [[Team Pet]]: Her griffon Al (Adlerauge Luftgrief) is generally seen as the Royal Army's.

* [[Tsundere]]: Mercilessly deconstructed as her character and motivations are explained, although she looks like a stereotypical example to begin with.

* [[What the ~~Hell, Hero?|What The~~ Hell, Hero?]]: Kylier gives Yggdra a big one in the middle of Chapter 7. Her point is hammered home with Canaan and Monica.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Kylier gives Yggdra a big one in the middle of Chapter 7. Her point is hammered home with Canaan and Monica.

=== ''Durant'' ===

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The twenty-four-year-old captain of the former Royal Army's third cavalry unit, Durant becomes the first tactician of Yggdra's liberation army. He's a traditional knight in many ways, believing in honor and chivalry deeply to the point where he can be seen as stiff or old-fashioned. He is incredibly devoted to Yggdra, however, and teaches her and Milanor the intricacies of mass combat. Durant is implied to have feelings for Yggdra and is always worrying about her well-being. He's voiced by Kisaichi Atsushi in the PSP version.

* [[Blade On a Stick]]

* [[Blade on a Stick]]

* [[Bodyguard Crush]].

* [[Dragon Rider]] / [[Sinister Scythe]]: If the player bothers to get his optional class change.

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The youngest member of the Royal Army, Nietzsche is a twelve-year-old Undine who has been exiled from her home country, Embellia. Her older sister was manipulated by Nessiah into stealing the Undines' Transmigragem, the artifact which allows them to survive as a race; although Nietzsche's sister [[Driven to Suicide|killed herself]] out of remorse, her crimes were apparently enough to condemn Nietzsche, as well. Nietzsche joins up with the Royal Army as they pass through Embellia, explaining to them why the country is in an uproar. Despite being part of the deconstruction of her own country's government, Nietzsche remains hopeful and happy. She loves fish and strange small objects, and always refers to herself in the third person. She's voiced by [[Ai Maeda|Maeda Ai]] in the PSP version.

* [[Achilles Heel]]: Considering that [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire|Gulcasa]] is the game's main antagonist, Nietzsche's weakness to fire can be absolutely crippling.

* [[Achilles Heel]]: Considering that [[Kill It with Fire|Gulcasa]] is the game's main antagonist, Nietzsche's weakness to fire can be absolutely crippling.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: She can really wind up as one if the player gets her enough MVP.

* [[Cheerful Child]]

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* [[Cute Witch]]

* [[Jerkass]]: Although she starts getting better towards the end of the game.

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]

* [[Kill It with Fire]]

* [[Magic Wand]]: She uses both these and ''broomsticks'' as weapons.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Rosary is in fact incapable of equipping most hats because she refuses to take off her own.

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* [[Picky Eater]]

* [[Plug N Play Friends]]: Though, since he's Fantasinian in the first place, he has an excuse.

* [[Stay in ~~The~~ Kitchen]]: He repeats over and over that he dislikes fighting women, and encourages Emilia to stay out of harm's way. No one is amused.

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: He repeats over and over that he dislikes fighting women, and encourages Emilia to stay out of harm's way. No one is amused.

* [[Wouldn't Hit a ~~Girl|Wouldn't Hit A~~ Girl]]: He will, but he'll complain about it a lot first.

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: He will, but he'll complain about it a lot first.

=== ''Cruz Cruppo Crulielle'' ===

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* [[Optional Party Member]]

* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]]

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]

* [[Squishy Wizard]]

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]

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See also ''[[Blaze Union ~~(Video Game)~~/Characters|Blaze Union]]''.

See also ''[[Blaze Union/Characters|Blaze Union]]''.

== Imperial Army Members ==

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* [[Dragon Rider]]

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: What his attempted [[Heroic Sacrifice]] reads like, given that he's anything but emotionally stable at the time.

* [[Dying As Yourself]]

* [[Dying as Yourself]]

* [[The Emperor]]: Gulcasa first looks like a stereotypical example, but is eventually revealed to be the exceedingly rare benevolent type. ...Where his own people are concerned, at least.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: The beginning of BF42, which is the player's only chance to see how Gulcasa acts when he's not on the battlefield.

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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: As Gulcasa... er, ''[[Blaze Union|does not handle losing people well]],'' he's under subtle but considerable stress from the end of Chapter 3 onwards. The full breakdown hits during Chapter 8.

* [[Heroic RROD]]: Twice. The first time, it's from abusing his [[Deadly Upgrade]], and Emilia saves him. The second time runs from the end of Battlefield 44 through Battlefield 45, and it kills Gulcasa no matter how the BF ends.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Played with mercilessly. Gulcasa intends good to come of it, but his [[Heroic RROD|preparations to kill himself]] turn him into an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] and Brongaa himself will bring about [[The End of the World As We Know It]].

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Played with mercilessly. Gulcasa intends good to come of it, but his [[Heroic RROD|preparations to kill himself]] turn him into an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] and Brongaa himself will bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]].

* [[Hot Blood]]: Both figuratively and literally.

* [[Hundred-Percent Adoration Rating]]

* [[Ill Boy]]

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]

* [[Kill It with Fire]]

* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]

* [[Last of His Kind]]

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* [[Mark of the Beast]]: When he goes berserk, the black slashes under his eyes thicken noticeably and merge with the shadows on his face, which become stylized black; his skin tone also becomes much darker.

* [[The Messiah]] / [[Messianic Archetype]]

* [[Nice to ~~The~~ Waiter]]: There are a lot of scenes where messengers come to deliver him news that ranges from unpleasant to awful, but Gulcasa never once takes it out on them. Even when said bad news is that his beloved sister is dead, Gulcasa dismisses the messenger politely and waits to break down until she's left.

* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: There are a lot of scenes where messengers come to deliver him news that ranges from unpleasant to awful, but Gulcasa never once takes it out on them. Even when said bad news is that his beloved sister is dead, Gulcasa dismisses the messenger politely and waits to break down until she's left.

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: When possessed by Brongaa and influenced by the dragon, Gulcasa's personality starts to mirror his ancestor's.

** [[Laughing Mad]]

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* [[Blind Seer]]: Subverted. He's blind, but despite his title, he's not a seer--he's just ''too'' damn good at [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: His real powers as a Grim Angel were sealed by the gods when he was exiled. [[Weak but Skilled|Not that this]] [[Combat Pragmatist|has helped the world of Ancardia]] [[Magnificent Bastard|in the least]].

* [[Chained By Fashion]]: Subverted. Nessiah wears the Chains of Conviction because he cannot break them until the Gran Centurio is powerful enough.

* [[Chained by Fashion]]: Subverted. Nessiah wears the Chains of Conviction because he cannot break them until the Gran Centurio is powerful enough.

* [[Conflicting Loyalty]]: Generally seen as the reason for his actions in Battlefield 18.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

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* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: He's a more sympathetic example than most, but he definitely fits.

* [[Hellish Pupils]]: Going by the eye in the Gran Centurio, at least.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: He really should have gotten back the Gran Centurio before it was fully charged.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: He really should have gotten back the Gran Centurio before it was fully charged.

* [[Honorifics]]: He uses respectful (overly, in some cases) suffixes with everyone but Gulcasa.

* [[I Just Want to Be Free]]

* [[Image Song]]: ''Hahen'' (Total Destruction) and ''patria'', the game's two themes, are considered to be his [[Thematic Theme Tune|due to their content]], which really can't be from the perspective of any other characters.

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: While known as Aries, he used to be a [[Wide Eyed Idealist]] and [[The Messiah|a messiah figure]]. Then [[Trauma Conga Line|shit happened]].

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: While known as Aries, he used to be a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] and [[The Messiah|a messiah figure]]. Then [[Trauma Conga Line|shit happened]].

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: One of the first tip-offs to his real age is the way he speaks very politely, and yet calls everyone without significant social status (i.e. everyone but Yggdra and Gulcasa) ''kimi''.

* [[The Messiah]]: He used to be one, anyhow. [[Break the Cutie|Asgard "fixed" that]].

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* [[That Man Is Dead]]: If you're friends, you know him as Nessiah; if you're from Asgard, he's "the Fallen One". Not Aries. ''Never'' Aries. Not anymore.

* [[Throw the Book At Them]]

* [[Too Clever By Half]]

* [[Too Clever by Half]]

* [[Troll]]: And ''how...''

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Only a very abbreviated version of his backstory is explained in-game. The dialogue never goes into what he was like before he was made a Grim Angel against his will, nor is it ever mentioned how he was involved with Brongaa's defeat or Lost Aries. ...The fact that ''he's Aries'' was casually stated in the PSP version's game guide, caused a lot of confusion, and was explained in a bit more detail only in the ''Dept. Heaven Episodes World Guidance'' book.

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{{quote| ''D-did you call me... a kid...?! ...That's it! I've had it with being treated like a child! And, I'm going to take it all out on YOU!''}}

Gulcasa's younger sister, "Scarlet Princess" Emilia is one of his Five Dragon Generals at only fourteen years old. She's incredibly powerful despite her youth, and is braver than most people twice her age; unfortunately, many of her own allies (with the notable exceptions of Gulcasa, Baldus, and Leon) tend to indicate that she should [[Stay in ~~The~~ Kitchen|keep away from the battlefield due to her age]]. Because of this, Emilia is given to insisting (loudly) that she's not a child anymore, and is prone to [[Berserk Button|fits of rage]] when anyone in the Royal Army calls her a kid. Ironically, her preference for Goth-Loli clothing makes her look much younger than she is... Still, Emilia takes to the battlefield more than any other member of the Imperial Army, and rescues her brother on many occasions.

Gulcasa's younger sister, "Scarlet Princess" Emilia is one of his Five Dragon Generals at only fourteen years old. She's incredibly powerful despite her youth, and is braver than most people twice her age; unfortunately, many of her own allies (with the notable exceptions of Gulcasa, Baldus, and Leon) tend to indicate that she should [[Stay in the Kitchen|keep away from the battlefield due to her age]]. Because of this, Emilia is given to insisting (loudly) that she's not a child anymore, and is prone to [[Berserk Button|fits of rage]] when anyone in the Royal Army calls her a kid. Ironically, her preference for Goth-Loli clothing makes her look much younger than she is... Still, Emilia takes to the battlefield more than any other member of the Imperial Army, and rescues her brother on many occasions.

Because the extras reveal that she and Gulcasa are only half-siblings (they had the same father), it used to be hotly debated by fans whether or not Emilia is also a descendant of Brongaa--<s>there seems to be no conclusive answer, as her ears are covered by her bonnet (so it's impossible to tell whether she's concealing ''jigokumimi'' like Gulcasa or if hers are normal)</s>, but ''[[Blaze Union]]'' seems to have cleared things up a bit<ref>Yes, Emilia is also one of Brongaa's descendants; her ears are normal because unlike Gulcasa, she's not a pureblood</ref>. She is voiced by [[Ai Nonaka|Nonaka Ai]] in the PSP version.

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* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Black Knight]]

* [[Blade On a Stick]]

* [[Blade on a Stick]]

* [[The Faceless]]

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Leon is a complete asshole and a psychopath, but his backstory makes this rather understandable.

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* [[Christmas Cake]]

* [[Evil Laugh]]

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]

* [[Kill It with Fire]]

* [[Odango]]

* [[Perky Female Minion]]: A bit older than your usual example, but she still counts.

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* [[Large Ham]]

* [[The Rival]]: Baldus'.

* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a ~~Senior!|Screw Politeness, I'm A~~ Senior!]]

* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]

* [[The Strategist]]