History Characters / BravelyDefaultDivineBeings

* TheManBehindTheWoman: Airy may act with a good deal of autonomy but everything she does is for Ouroboros's plan to take over the Celestial Realm. Once the party defeats her, Ouroboros immediately devours her and reveals himself as the ultimate threat to be stopped.

* TheWomanBehindTheMan: She is this in the first game, empowering Tiz to defeat [[BigBad Airy]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain Ouroboros]]... which lets Providence attack unopposed.

* CainAndAbel: Subverted. Although she appears to have been the heroic sibling in aiding the heroes of ''Bravely Default'' defeat her wicked sister, she's just as sinister and only [[PragmaticVillainy aided them to help kill a rival]].

* {{Combos}}: In her final battle, Airy loves to use a very simple but devastating combo. She'll default one turn, and then brave the next, using Acedia and [[KillItWithFire Zeta Flare]] in sequence. Acedia not only strips all buffs from the party, it places weaknesses upon the party against all elements. Like fire, for example. Even if you know it's coming, it can be ''very'' hard to survive.

* KillItWithFire: All of her forms are weak against Fire. Ironically, she's also able to inflict massive damage to you by debilitating you against all elements and casting her own Fire spells: Flare or Zeta-Flare.

* PlayingWithFire: The second form knows Flare. The third form knows Zeta-Flare.

* SignatureMove: Slaughter for Airy's first form, Flare for her second. Her final form utilizes both Slaughter and an upgraded Flare known as Zeta Flare.

* UpToEleven: The previous high standard we had on "flare" spells was [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Jet Bahamut]]'s Exaflare[[labelnote:*]]'exa' being the SI prefix for 10^18[[/labelnote]]. Airy's final form goes a few levels past that, right into ''Zeta'' Flare[[labelnote:**]]'zetta' being the SI prefix for 10^21[[/labelnote]], a feat which has since only been replicated [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII once.]]

* UpToEleven: The previous high standard we had on "flare" spells was [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Jet Bahamut]]'s Exaflare[[labelnote:*]]'exa' being the SI prefix for 10^18[[/labelnote]]. Airy's final form goes a few levels past that, right into ''Zeta'' Flare[[labelnote:**]]'zetta' being the SI prefix for 10^21[[/labelnote]].

* GodsHandsAreTied: Beyond guiding the heroes along there is little the player can do to take direct action against enemies. It's hinted that Bravely Second is powered by you to some extent, but beyond that you got nothing.

* KillItWithWater: Does not take well to Water attacks. Presumably because he's classified as a dragon and, by virtue of Pokemon type weakness matchups, dragons are weak to ice (which is classified as water in this game). Interestingly his servant, Airy, operates on this same principle being classified as an insect and being weak to fire.

* EvilVersusEvil: His overall conflict with Providence. In effect, Ouroboros was keeping Providence in check and had a very real chance of ousting him from the Celestial Realm and controlling creation by consuming reality within the Luxendarcs to empower himself, but Providence is no better, looking at Luxendarc as a fuel source to exploit by terrorizing and killing everyone within each dimension to feed his need for despair.

* EvilVersusEvil: His overall conflict with Providence. In effect, Ouroboros was keeping Providence in check and had a very real chance of ousting him from the Celestial Realm and controlling creation by consuming reality within the Luxendarc to empower himself, but Providence is no better, looking at Luxendarc as a fuel source to exploit by terrorizing and killing everyone within each dimension to feed his need for despair.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: His voice echoes

* DemonicPossession: To Tiz in the first game (which also keeps him alive). It's implied that the player is the one who's subconsciously guiding the party to where they need/want them to go through said possessions. Though it's more of a heroic example compared to what is commonly seen as you are technically helping them to the right path.

* ShesAManInJapan: Inverted; in Japan Providence is referred to as female, while in the Western release Providence is referred to as male.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: By all appearances his final form operates on a different battle system from you entirely: the old Active Time Battle systems from Final Fantasys 4 - 9. This way he can periodically activate Bravely Second and attack the party even as they're inputting commands. He still does turn-based actions, mind you, but they always take the form of casting either Dispel or "Ruin or Salvation?".

* VoiceOfTheLegion

* BoyMeetsGirl: [[spoiler:Altair met her for the first time when they were both taking a holiday at a ski resort. As they were sitting on the lift, a blizzard suddently hit and they were trapped together for a little while. Vega ran when Altair gave her a flower from a nearby tree, but the memory and Altair would be etched into her mind: It's implied she recognized Altair as the same boy she met at the ski resort when he was transferred to her workplace, and it was one of the memories turned into a Ba'al as a result of Providence's attempts to pervert her good memories and cause her despair.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed this some time after being separated from Altair. And then it got worse once Providence got into the picture. [[spoiler:She didn't completely cross it, as she still held hope that Altair would eventually come back to her, and the good memories of their time together, even after Providence got to work on her.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:''All'' of the Ba'als are weaponized monsters made out of her memories with Altair to cause destruction on Luxendarc, with each one of them holding a deep meaning]].
* FairytaleMotif: [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/{{Tanabata}}.]]
* HotScientist: [[spoiler: Only her silhouette is seen, wearing a labcoat, a ponytail and bangs. In the post game[[note]][[InterfaceSpoiler as soon as you reach town that sells it outside of Japan]][[/note]], her costume can be purchased and worn by Magnolia.]]
* IceCreamKoan: [[spoiler: She actually came up with the idea of using "green proverbs" to try and get Altair to eat more vegetables. It worked, as he started doing just that after they were separated.]]
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Being forcibly separated from Altair was not healthy for her psyche. And then Providence gets to work on perverting the memories she had of their time together in order to simultaneously cause her more pain AND to gain tools of destruction that he would send to Luxendarc in order to forever extinguish her hopes of seeing her lover again.]]

* UpToEleven: The previous high standard we had on "flare" spells was Bahamut Zero's Tera Flare. Airy's final form goes a few levels past that, right into ''Zeta'' Flare.

* TheManBehindTheWoman: Airy may act with a good deal of autonomy but everything she does is for Ouroboros' plan to take over the Celestial Realm. Once the party defeats her, Ouroboros immediately devours her and reveals himself as the ultimate threat to be stopped.

* MeaningfulName: Providence refers to providing protective or spiritual care, or timely preparation for future eventualities. Given that he was fine with Ouroboros' defeat, both interpretations suit him. The name could also be a reference to the ''Eye of Providence'', considering his second form's central motif.

* ItAmusedMe: The reason why Providence controlled Vega and planned what happens in Bravely Second? To see ''despair'', as it's what powers him.

* SinisterGeometry: His final form is an inverted pyramid with a single massive eye in the center. This creates a StealthPun with his signature attack in this form being called "New World Order" referencing the many conspiracy theories surrounding the Illuminati and the fact that Providence happens to look just like their supposed symbol.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: By all appearances his final form operates on a different battle system from you entirely: The old Active Time Battle systems from Final Fantasys 4 - 9. This way he can periodically activate Bravely Second and attack the party even as they're inputting commands. He still does turn-based actions, mind you, but they always take the form of casting either Dispel or "Ruin or Salvation?".

Although the character is referred to as female in the Japanese version, the American version uses male pronouns which the examples of the tropes below are written with.

* CainAndAbel: Subverted, although she appears to have been the heroic sibling in aiding the heroes of ''Bravely Default'' defeat her wicked sister, she's just as sinister and only [[PragmaticVillainy aided them to help kill a rival]].

* WalkingSpoiler: Even moreso than her husband. Her character provides a major part of his, and her current circumstances make up one of the biggest twists in the game.

* CainAndAbel: Subverted, although she appears to have been the heroic sibling in aiding the heroes of ''Bravely Defauly'' defeat his wicked sister, she's just as sinister and only [[PragmaticVillainy aided them to help kill a rival]].

* DemonicPossession: To Tiz in the first game (which also keeps him alive). It's implied that the player is the one who's subconsciously guiding the party to where they need/want them to go through said possessions.

* MeaningfulName: Providence refers to providing protective or spiritual care, or timely preparation for future eventualities. Given that he was fine with Ouroboros' defeat, both interpretations suit him.
** The name could also be a reference to the ''Eye of Providence'', considering his second form's central motif.

* GenreSavvy: She provides advice to Kaiser Oblivion several times that helps him become a very successful villain. In fact, she's so successful, she actually succeeds in her goal in the first world despite her death, and despite multiple setbacks in the second world, she still managed to fulfill her goal again in the second world.
** When Agnès tries to summon help with her pendant, Anne warns the Kaiser, who proceeds to break Agnès's pendant before she can use it.
** She advises the Kaiser to send Janne to help Minette obtain the Compass of Space-Time in case she failed, an action that ultimately secured the compass in their possession.
** When the heroes foiled her initial plans in the second world, she brainwashes the Matriarch and Sylvie to send the crystals out of control.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Many of the tragedies that happened in the story can be directly or indirectly traced back to him.

* BigBad: Anne is this to ''Bravely Second'', just as Airy was to the first game.

* TheDragon: For Providence.

* TheDragon: Is one to Ouroboros, but since he is mostly inactive, she is the BigBad.

* TheHeavy: Ouroboros is the GreaterScopeVillain, but it's Airy TheDragon who drives the plot.

* CainAndAbel: She assisted Tiz in killing her sister.