History Characters / BreathOfFireII

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Some of the servants engaged into this to serve their purposes. Joker attempted to do this to Nina, in order to make heer into submitting towards him as he had Mina as a bargain chip, and Kuwadora threatined the families of some of the servants if they didn't comply with his orders.

* SpotTheImpostor: Kuwadora, who poses as Jean at one point during the game. Somewhat subverted in that nearly everyone at the castle knew he was full of crap, but went along with him anyway. Not even Jean's master for his cooking attempted to go against him, due to blackmailing into killing their family if the master chef didn't comply to his demands.

* SevenDeadlySins: Most of his servants: Augus and Joker are both lust (though Augus is bloodlust, while Joker is sexual lust), Kuwadora and particularly John are Wrath, Shupkay is Envy (She is jealous of other, powerful nations while she lives in a desert and her people are mercenaries, Trout is Greed (he even steals money during his boss battle), Aruhamel and Munmar are Sloth, Father Mason and Barubary are Pride. There is no demon for Gluttony, but the Queen of Tunlan was in the middle of becoming one before Ryu stopped it.

* SpotTheImpostor: Kuwadora, who poses as Jean at one point during the game. Somewhat subverted in that nearly everyone at the castle knew he was full of crap, but went along with him anyway.

* DuelBoss: He offers Ryu to fight one-on-one midway through his BossBattle. It's up to the player if he accepts or not.

%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* SelfImposedChallenge: Barubary challenges Ryu to fight him alone. It's actually easier to fight him solo if you stock up on Roasts and Wisdom Fruit then just spam G. Dragon 3 times. If you win he gives a [[GuideDangIt vague hint where the ultimate armor is]].

* CrystalDragonJesus

* NietzscheWannabe: "I will bless the world... with desperation. All living things will look up to me and feel happiness as they accept death."

* HalfHumanHybrid: Father's human, mother's dragon. As a result, his dragon transformations only last long enough to fire one breath attack, as he cannot maintain that form except when he transforms irreversibly to seal the gate of Infinity in the bittersweet ending.

* BackForTheFinale: Is unseen during most of the game, [[spoiler:as he was captured by the crunch and used as a LivingBattery.]]

* BadassPreacher: [[spoiler:Too bad he doesn't know the god he worships is actually an evil demon.]]

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:He serves as the PowerSource in two occasions: During his time as prisoner in Evrai, and to power up [=TownShip=].]]

%%* WomanInWhite

* BackForTheFinale: Is unseen during most of the game, as he was captured by the crunch and used as a LivingBattery.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Right after her last major story appearance in the opening of Infinity, she's never heard of again. This became [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the GBA port as she appears in the ending (not the cast roll call, either).

* AutomaticCrossbows

* LovableRogue

* BerserkButton: Don't mess with momma!

* PowerFist

* BareYourMidriff

* GenkiGirl

* ConMan

* AmbiguousGender

* LateCharacterSyndrome: Spar is the last party member to join, and is a low leveled CrutchCharacter. The game forces you into using him to talk to bypass forests and talk to the Wise Trees.
* PlantPerson: His species.

* AnAxeToGrind
* BadassBeard
* TheBigGuy

* MightyLumberjack

* GenkiGirl

* [[IWantMyMommy I Want My Big Brother]]: [[spoiler:She is pretty good at running away and even sasses Trout while held in his basement, but when she faces death at Habaruku's hands she breaks down like this.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Right after her last major story appearance in the opening of Infinity, she's never heard of again.]]
** Averted in the GBA port as she appears in the ending (not the cast roll call, either).
* WingedHumanoid
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* CuteWitch

* WickedWitch

* LoveHurts

* BadassBeard

* BadassLongcoat

* WomanInWhite

* KingIncognito
* LightIsNotGood

* ParentalSubstitute: Raised Ray.
* SinisterMinister

* TentacledTerror: [[spoiler:His monster form.]]

* OurDemonsAreDifferent

* BigBad

* OneWingedAngel

* VillainousBreakdown: He does ''not'' react well when [[spoiler: Ryu [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cuts his hand off]] in a fit of UnstoppableRage.]]
** [[spoiler: It's hard to tell because of the not-so-detailed sprite. Either his hand was cut off or Ryu ''cut across his face.'']]

* PettingZooPeople: A humanoid dog.

* PettingZooPeople: An anthropomorphic monkey.

* PettingZooPeople: An anthropomorphic frog.

[[folder:Supporting Chaarcters]]

!! Rand Marks
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* BareFistedMonk: Uses his fists as weapons. Additionally, his equipment tends to be rather weak; most of his power comes from his base stats.
* BerserkButton: Don't mess with momma!
* BeTheBall: His map ability lets him curl into a ball and roll across the map, avoiding random encounters.
* TheBigGuy: Artwork of the game always places Rand in the background because if he was in front, you wouldn't be able to see the rest of the cast.
* CombatMedic: Rand is well balanced between fighting strength and healing magic. Sometimes he uses both at once with his "Wake" skill where he punches a fallen ally with a chance to revive them.
* DishingOutDirt: The only character with access to 8.0 (Quake), the game's "earth-based" spell.
* EmptyLevels: Inverted for Rand who uses near-worthless equipment and gains almost ALL of his combat strength through leveling. He will always be slow but early grinding at Monster Island can turn Rand into TheJuggernaut. Played straight, however, for everyone but the secret character after about level 50.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In a certain scene late in the game, Rand displays physical strength miles above the combined efforts of the rest of his party. This despite his in-game strength stat being barely above the other fighters individually, if at all.
* GentleGiant: Very, very imposing but he climbs on board the hero's band wagon without hesitation when he learns of Augus's plan for the coliseum duel.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: His attack animation consists of a few quick punches and an uppercut. His equipable weapons are all brass knuckles.
* HealingHands: Second only to Bow in this regard.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He stays behind to hold two closing walls and let the team proceed. His mother then comes and forcefully switches places with him.]]
* JackOfAllTrades: Rand's search for work probably made him this in the "traditional" sense but he can also double as this in the combat sense. He is a good fighter with equal skill as a healer and even has a few attack spells on his list that when supplemented with spells from Barose make Rand the closest thing to TheRedMage the party can have.
* MightyGlacier: Rand is all but incapable of throwing the first punch. However, his punch will hurt you more than yours will hurt him.
* MommasBoy: The one reason he left his home.
* PunnyName: ''Land'' Marks. Because he rolls. Get it?
* PowerFist
* RollingAttack: Only used a couple times and never in an actual fight but this is how Rand smashes through walls in the Grand Church.
* TeamDad: He says he sees himself as one during the Anfini test. Also alluded to in stating that he felt as though he had married off his own daughter following Tiga's courting of Katt.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Rand and Katt show clear signs of being this. Rand will harp on Katt's dim wit and she will respond by saying he's too big and always in the way. However, when the going gets tough for either one of them, the other is always the one in the group to show the most concern.
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* GlobalAirship: [[spoiler: No, she's not the airship this time. She's the one calling it.]]

* FakingTheDead: His in-battle option.
** He apparently did this with his fellow Highlanders; they believed he had died in a previous battle before his return which can be considered a case of [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration Gameplay and Story Integration]].

%%* PettingZooPeople

* TheRival: His old war buddy Trubo/Turvoe.

!! Spar (Aspara Gus)
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* AmbiguousGender
* CrutchCharacter: A mild example, as they can get their first form-changing fusion (which raise all of the fused character's stats by a large percentage) far earlier than any other character since they have one with just the Water Shaman to [[GenderBender turn them into a cute mushroom girl]]. This makes them very strong in all categories and trades the GeoEffects for a more reliable [[StandardStatusEffects sleep spell]], but eventually Aspara's weak stats and unimpressive weapons will cause the other characters to surpass them.
* GreenThumb: Their special skill allows them to, among others, [[WhenTreesAttack command trees to stomp on the enemies]] or flowers to bloom and restore the party.
** GeoEffects: The effect of the skill depends on the environment during the battle: While a forest background calls forth trees, a desert one will have exploding cacti.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Their Sana/Shin fusion is a anthropomorphic [[VisualPun snapdragon]]. Sadly, said fusion still uses their normal GeoEffects special.
* PlantPerson
* PunnyName: Now check their full name. Just don't [[FacePalm hit your face too hard]].
* TheSpock: They are only capable of thinking logically, but starts discovering new feelings and emotions near the end of the game.
* Really700YearsOld: Their actual age is 111.
** OlderThanTheyLook: They look like 16 (and they have that in "human years").
* StatusBuff: Team expert on the subject.
* TheStoic
* WhipItGood
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* AbortedArc: His subplot with Nimufu/Nimpho the witch. She just [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears from the face of Earth]] after the impostor story is resolved.

* TheCameo: In ''III''.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: [[spoiler: The castle's self-destruct switch. Only his sister and the impostor believed it existed.]]

* LethalJokeCharacter: Like Aspara, he has poor stats and weak weapons. Unlike Aspara he has Death and a truly awesome Shamanized form that allows him to use a ChargeAttack like Katt's, except his does 999 damage to all enemies on the screen if it succeeds.

* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: A Royal Ring owned by Tapeta/Jean is used as proof of being the true prince. Too bad the impostor also has one...

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[[folder:Non-Playable Characters]]
!! Baba (Babadel / Babaderu)

* AnAxeToGrind
* BadassBeard
* TheBigGuy
* BlindIdiotTranslation: According to the end credits, he's a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ramberjack]].
* GentleGiant: He really only imposes a fight to Ryu for his spot at the tournament.
* IconicItem: His axe, in-universe. Apparently, all Ryu needs to pose as him, despite the [[PaperThinDisguise clearly difference in build and appearance]].
* MightyLumberjack

* {{Meaningful|Name}} / PunnyName / GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Her full name is a pun on the word "[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nymphomania nymphomania]]", which is an "excess of sexual behavior or desire in women", which can explain why she is a cute and sexy witch. No wonder her name got changed via {{bowdleri|se}}zation.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Only explanation for his [[HopelessBossFight boss fight against Ryu]].

* HumanResources: [[spoiler:He serves as the PowerSource in two occasions: During his time as prisoner in Evrai, and to power up [=TownShip=].]]

* AntiVillain / HeroAntagonist: He was rather helpful during the adventure, helping the people of Capitan being one of his most noble actions, however, [[spoiler:when he crossed paths against Ryu by Habaruku's orders, he decided to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] in order to teach Ryu to do the Great Dragon / Kaiser Dragon transformation.]]

* BarrierMaiden

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:To open the entrance to Infinity.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
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* SevenDeadlySins: Most of his servants: Augus and Joker are both lust (though Augus is bloodlust, while Joker is sexual lust), Kuwadora and particularly John are Wrath, Shupkay is Envy (She is jealous of other, powerful nations while she lives in a desert and her people are mercenaries, Trout is Greed (he even steals money during his boss battle), Aruhamel is Sloth, Father Mason and Barubary are Pride. There is no demon for Gluttony, but the Queen of Tunlan was in the middle of becoming one before Ryu stopped it.
* ShoutOut:

* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: In addition to offering sacrifices to Deathevan, he attempts to offer up Patty's life to open the portal to Infinity and release demons upon the world.]]

** WorthyOpponent

* DarkIsEvil

* GuideDangIt: What's that? You say you didn't get Anfini before you came to face him? ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons HA-ha!]]''

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He's the spawn of BigBad Myria from the first game.]]

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* {{Bishonen}}
** ChickMagnet: Katt/Rinpoo, Nina, Bleu/Deis, the three harpies boss and Nimufu/Nympho all comment/fawn on him.

* CantDropTheHero
* TheChosenOne: Barubary says as much in the Prologue.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Seeing hopelessly how Deathevan kills all his friends. Followed by a mandatory UnstoppableRage.]]
* ElementalPowers: Same arrangement as his predecessor. [[note]] Though thanks to a oversight, the three Dragon forms are actually NonElemental. [[/note]]

* HeroesPreferSwords
* LastOfHisKind: Ryu - well, at first, anyway. [[spoiler: Dologany, the city that falls halfway through the Infinity dungeon, is home to a lot of dragons.]]

* OrphansPlotTrinket: The Dragon Tear.

* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler:The test he must undergo to obtain the ultimate power Infini finds him forced to choose one of his allies to sacrifice in exchange. [[SecretTestOfCharacter He selects to choose no one]] and wins.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: It's explicitly stated that [[spoiler: Infini, the final dragon spell,]] draws its power from the bonds between Ryu and his friends.
* RetGone: He is forgotten by everyone in his hometown of Gate. [[spoiler: You find out late in the game that Aruhamel erased him from their minds, along with his sister and father. This facilitated Habaruku's infiltration under the guise of Father Hulk.]]

* [[TheUglyGuysHotDaughter The Ugly Guy's Hot Son]]: His genetic father Garen is very average looking if not ugly, especially compared to his wife and son.

* AMinorKidroduction

* PettingZooPeople

* GlassCannon: While she's one of the fastest and hardest hitting characters in the game, her HP and defense stats tend to be low. Unlocking the Devil Shaman causes her to become even more powerful offensively, with Devil/Fire and her InfinityPlusOneSword allowing her to reach the cap on the Attack stat. Said combination also replaces her taunt with a ChargeAttack that deals up to triple normal damage.

* SimpleStaff

* DishingOutDirt: The only character with access to 8.0, the game's "earth-based" spell.

* LoveTriangle: Whilst nothing is overt and both love interests form, at most, an ImpliedCouple, it's shown that both Nina and Katt/Rinpoo are romantically attached to Ryu.

!! Bow / Bosch Doggy

!! Katt / Rinpoo Chuan

** It's gotten worse in the FanTranslation, even if this wasn't the [[WordOfGod translator's]] intention, interestingly.

** LightningBruiser: By using cooking to raise her low Stamina. She still won't have good HP, but in her Shamanized form, she ends up sporting drastically more physical defense than Ryu with the same stats, more than enough to make up for the difference in HP.
* GenkiGirl

* [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]: She's never seen another of her kind. [[spoiler: Until Tiga's entrance, who tells her that there are very few of them spread all over the world.]]

* LoveTriangle: Tiga [[LoveAtFirstSight sets his eyes on her the moment she crosses the door]]. Later, Katt has to clear up the issues as she can't reciprocate the feeling, in quite a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}. The reason for this is because, if you bring her to the right events, she's actually in love with Ryu.

* FreakinessShame: Her black wings resulted in her being outcast. When this gets revealed, she immediately gets some comforting. [[HoYay From Katt.]]

* LoveTriangle: Whilst nothing is overt and both love interests form, at most, an ImpliedCouple, it's shown that both Nina and Katt/Rinpoo are romantically attached to Ryu.

** HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Part dragon way in the back, actually. The ghost of the first Nina explains that the black wings come from her decision to marry someone from outside the Windian race, implied to be the first Ryu. As a result, every now and then a royal is born with black wings, because of the small amount of dragon heritage in them.]]

!! Spar / Aspara Gus

** PunnyName: Now check their full name. Just don't [[FacePalm hit your face too hard]].

!! Ekal / Ekaru Hoppe Do / De Pe Tapeta/Jean

* LethalJokeCharacter: Like Aspara, he has poor stats and weak weapons. Unlike Aspara he has [[GameBreaker Death]] and a truly awesome Shamanized form that allows him to use a ChargeAttack like Katt's, except his does 999 damage to all enemies on the screen if it succeeds.

* PettingZooPeople

!! Baba / Babadel / Babaderu

!! Nimufu / Nimpho Mani

!! Tiga / Tigger Lee

!! Augus / Argus Cont, Joker Heart, Trout Barm, Kuwadora / Quadra X, Shupkay, Ringmaster John, Father Manson.

!! Aruhamel / Alzheimer

!! Habaruku / Habalq V [[spoiler: a.k.a. Father Hulk / Halq]]

!! Barubary / Barbaroi

!! Deathevan, a.k.a. Father Evans / St. Eva

** LightningBruiser: By using cooking to raise her low Stamina. She still won't have good HP, but in her Shamanized form she ends up sporting drastically more physical defense than Ryu with the same stats, more than enough to make up for the difference in HP.

* NotEvenHuman: Turns into a Cthulhu esque monster when fought.

* CoDragons: Along with Habaruku. Unlike Habaruku, who's arguably the face of the Church of Evrai, he's behind the scenes, and he's one of the cathalists for both Ryu and Bow's start of their adventure.

* NobleDemon: Probably the only demon in ''the whole series'' who has anything even resembling a code of honour.

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: [[spoiler:His monster form.]]

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: All characters related to the resistance are named after {{Creator/Disney}} characters. Yes, Tiga's real name is a reference to ''that'' [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Tigger]].

* LoveInterests: Tiga [[LoveAtFirstSight sets his eyes on her the moment she crosses the door]]. [[spoiler: Later, Katt has to clear up the issues as she can't reciprocate the feeling, in quite a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.]]

* GamePlayStorySegregation: The ordeal with the obese Queen of Tunlan made Nina consider "relying on her wings less and walking more". However, outside of her end-game fusion form, Nina is actually never shown to fly instead of walk.

* GoodWingsEvilWings: A perfect example of "Black Angel Wings" falling into the category DarkIsNotEvil.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Well, maybe just [=McCool=] name with "Legacy"

* TheDogBitesBack: Spent ''years'' [[spoiler:being used by Deathevan as a component in the machine under Evrai to send power to the demon. In the best ending, he powers [=TownShip=] and uses it in a ColonyDrop on the entrance to the Underworld, sealing Deathevan away again.]]

* BreakingSpeech: Will give everyone you bring to the last fight a very pointed lecture about their "sins". [[spoiler: Except Deis, who he rants at for helping to kill his mother Myria in the first game.]]

* GuideDangIt: What's that? You say you didn't get Anfini before you came to face him? [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons ''HA-ha!'']]

** Averted in the GBA remake as she appears in the ending (not the cast roll call, either).

* BerserkButton: Don't mess with momma!

* TheRival: To Ryu. [[spoiler:He's also part of the Dragon clan, after all.]]

* AntiVillain / HeroAntagonist

* TheRival

* TheDragon

* TheDragon: Along with Habaruku.

** In the final cutscenes before the credits, you see her when you return to Dologany.

* BadassPreacher
* CoolOldGuy
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Thank Aruhamel and Habaruku for that.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: Towards Ryu's mother Valerie.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: Right at the end of the best ending, after stopping Ryu from his HeroicSacrifice.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential / VideoGameCaringPotential: [[spoiler: During the attack on Evrai, you can either kill him or save him. Taking the latter choice is necessary for the best ending.]]

%%* ShellShockedVeteran
%%* StageMagician

* CrutchCharacter: A mild example, as he can get his first form-changing fusion (which raise all of the fused character's stats by a large percentage) far earlier than any other character since he has one with just the Water Shaman to [[GenderBender turn him into a cute mushroom girl]]. This makes her very strong in all categories and trades the GeoEffects for a more reliable [[StandardStatusEffects sleep spell]], but eventually Aspara's weak stats and unimpressive weapons will cause the other characters to surpass him.
* GreenThumb: His special skill allows him to, among others, [[WhenTreesAttack command trees to stomp on the enemies]] or flowers to bloom and restore the party.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His Sana/Shin fusion is a anthropomorphic [[VisualPun snapdragon]]. Sadly, said fusion still uses his normal GeoEffects special.

** PunnyName: Now check his full name. Just don't [[FacePalm hit your face too hard]].
* TheSpock: He is only capable of thinking logically, but starts discovering new feelings and emotions near the end of the game.
* Really700YearsOld: His actual age is 111.
** OlderThanTheyLook: He looks like 16 (and he has that in "human years").