History Characters / Lkyt

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* TheStoic:

* WorfHadTheFlu: Had it not been for the fact that [[spoiler: he was drugged with a debillitating paralytic]], Takeru was likely to have gained the upper hand against [[spoiler: Gengan's forces]].

** This is played straight in Ango's true ending when he confronts Ango and takes him into custody for Gengan's crimes and for killing Tasuku, and it's evident that any respect Takeru once had for Ango had long gone straight out the window.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Although he doesn't protest against Ango being tortured to serve as a warning to those who will attempt to repeat Gengan's actions, once Ango had been subjected to various forms of excruciating forms of physical torment, Takeru declares that enough is enough and tells Yael to stop.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Had it not been for the fact that he was drugged with a debillitating paralytic, Takeru was likely to have gained the upper hand against Gengan's forces.

* DissonantSerenity: Yael isn't all that nonplussed when he's put in charge of subjecting Ango to a slow but agonizing period where he would experience several kinds of physical torture that would make most men wish for death as a quicker end, and deliberately carves out all kinds of wounds on Ango's body in a calm and calculated manner.

* ApologeticAttacker: Ango tearfully apologizes to Tasuku when he has to kill him a second time, though his apology also serves as one for when he also killed him the first time.

* ColdBloodedTorture: As punishment for both his murder of Tasuku and for his father's attempt at staging an insurrection, Ango is sentenced to be tortured in all kinds of ways that won't kill him immediately but will make him seek the sweet release of death. Thanks to Yael's vast knowledge in the field, Ango gets an ear cut off, various parts of his flesh flayed, his nether regions nailed and crushed, his remaining leg sawed off, and he gets disemboweled and impaled from the back with a stake-length of enchanted timber for good measure.

* EasilyForgiven: Ango holds himself in contempt for killing Tasuku in his true ending, and is pained with grief and shame for what he had done, which is why he's shocked and driven to tears when Tasuku doesn't hold it against him and tells him to forgive himself just as Tasuku had forgiven him.

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: He murdered his own newborn child after realizing that it was born an ''imigo'', or an infant who suffers deformities as a result of the hollows' corruption. In his true ending, Ango learns from Towa that the child ultimately survived, and is sealed in the homeland of the previous Divine Ones]].

* YourDaysAreNumbered: In every other route besides Takeru's, it's revealed near the end that after expending most of his power helping Tasuku fight off the mother essence's corruption and (potentiall) using more of his power to resurrect either Tasuku or Yael, Towa has only a few days left until he loses all of his divine abilities and his life as well.

* MamaBear: Her time as a soldier is long behind her, but Kikyou still has the bravery and skill of a fighter, and she won't hesitate to risk her own life if it meant protecting her children. She shows this side in full force in Ango's bad ending.

* CainAndAbel: Misao technically takes the role of the Cain to Makoto's Abel when he beheads his younger brother in Takeru and Yael's routes. However, where morality is concerned, Misao proves to be the Abel to Makoto's Cain, with Makoto having harbored plenty of resentment out of having to repress his true unhinged desires.
* RedHerring: In Yael's route, Tasuku finds something suspicious about how Misao is all too quick to kill Makoto, hinting to the player that the Mitsurugi family might have also covertly conspired alongside the Mitate family. Towa's route reveals that this isn't actually the case. Both Misao and his father had actually witnessed Makoto expressing his darker and sadistic urges even at a young age which explains why Misao didn't hesitate to behead his own brother. He already knew what his brother was actually capable of and realized that he may be up to his old bad habits once again, and decided to take the responsibility of cutting the weed by its roots before it even has the chance to regrow.
* ThrowTheDogABone: While the loss of his limbs would not allow him the chance of resuming his life as a soldier ever again, the epilogue reveals that not all is lost for him. In Takeru's route, he's the one who becomes the new Emperor to help lead and guide the Shoreline Nation's citizens, and in the other routes, he still gets to lead the Mitsurugi family in a new era of peace.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: On the surface, Makoto seems like a kind and well-behaved man with his head on his shoulders. However, it's soon revealed that deep down, he's immoral and sadistic. He's incapable of feeling compassion or sorrow towards the loss and pain of others, and he only feels truly joyful when he gets to inflict harm and bloodshed.
* ForTheEvulz: When Makoto informed Gengan of the Shoreline Nation's connection with the hollows and offered to aid him in his plans to overthrow the royal family, he did so not out of retribution for fallen relatives or out of the misguided belief that he could ensure the city's safety, but because he ''wants'' to see the world around him descend into chaos.
* OffWithHisHead: Misao cuts his head off in Takeru and Yael's routes after Makoto's treachery is revealed.
* TheSociopath: Deep down, Makoto is incapable of comprehending the basic principles of morality, as shown with his inability to understand why others would be disturbed at him hurting or even killing others for the sake of it. Likewise, he has been increasingly frustrated with having to keep his true behavior in check throughout the years, to the point that when he feels he can finally let loose in Towa's true ending, he does so with maddened glee.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While Gengan may be the one who actively kickstarts the final conflict in every route, which leads to the death of both Tasuku and his love interest, his intentions -- whilst undoubtedly ruthless and cold -- were nonetheless misguided. And one could say that he at least truly believed he was doing what was for the good of his nation, unlike Makoto, who committed his misdeeds purely because he reveled in doing evil.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Unlike in Takeru's route, Arata survives the whole ordeal with Makoto and the Princess in Yael's true ending. He informs Tasuku later that while he's not sure if he can get to keep his new arm or not, he has made peace with what happened to him during the previous expedition, so he'll make the best out of his life regardless of the outcome.

* BladeOnAStick: Takeru's weapon of choice is a ''naginata'', which he uses to lethal effect in battle.

* BladeOnAStick: During her days as a soldier, she fought with a ''naginata''.

* RedHerring: In Yael's route, Tasuku finds something suspicious about how Misao is all too quick to kill Makoto, hinting to the player that the Mitsurugi family might have also covertly conspired alongside the Mitate family. Towa's route reveals that this isn't the case, however; both Misao and his father had actually witnessed Makoto expressing his darker and sadistic urges even at a young age. This explains why Misao didn't hesitate to behead his own brother-- he already knew what his brother was actually capable of and realized that he may be up to old bad habits once again, and decided to take the responsibility of cutting the weed by its roots before it even has the chance to regrow.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: On the surface, Makoto seems like a kind and well-behaved man with his head on his shoulders. However, it's soon revealed that he has an innate sense of immorality and can't seem to feel compassion or sorrow when it comes to the loss and pain of others, and he only feels truly joyful when he gets to inflict harm and bloodshed.

* CainAndAbel

* OffWithHisHead
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse

* OutlivingOnesOffspring

* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Yael [[spoiler:is resurrected by Towa in his ending and told of what he must do]], he's completely calm and unfazed about his knowledge of [[spoiler: the fate that awaits both him and Tasuku. He only seeks to fulfill his one final order not out of a sense of morality or duty, but so he can give Tasuku a more deserving send-off and see to it that the younger man still gets to die fulfilling his duty rather than be betrayed by it]].

* HumansAreBastards: Being from a nation where death happens at every corner for every reason and people are quick to mete out {{Disproportionate Retribution}}s for even merely perceived offenses, Yael is all too aware of the innate and destructive hubris that is innate in human nature.

* AnimalMotifs: Wolves. Tasuku's familiar is a wolf.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Downplayed. At most, when inebriated enough, Takeru becomes a lot more talkative. But he also becomes a little more brazen in his actions
* AnimalMotifs: Takeru's familiar takes the shape of a heron.

* EveryoneHasStandards

* AnimalMotifs

* DissonantSerenity: Yael isn't all that nonplussed when he's put in charge of subjecting Ango to a slow but agonizing period of all kinds of physical torture that would make most men wish for death as a quicker end, and metes out every torture in a calm and calculated manner.

* ColdBloodedTorture: As punishment for both his murder of Tasuku and for his father's attempt at staging an insurrection, Ango is sentenced to be tortured in all kinds of ways that won't kill him immediately but will make him seek the sweet release of death. Thanks to Yael's knowledge in the field, Ango gets an ear cut off, various parts of his flesh flayed, his nether regions nailed and crushed, his remaining leg sawed off, and he gets disemboweled and impaled from the back with a stake-length of enchanted timber for good measure.

* HeroicWillpower: Even after he's killed in any of the good endings, with his body being consumed by the re-awakened mother essence, a part of his soul still remains within the creature, allowing any of his chosen love interests to use their spirit bond to reach out to Tasuku so as to kill him and permanently seal the mother essence.

** This is played straight in Ango's good ending when he confronts Ango and takes him into custody for Gengan's crimes and for killing Tasuku, and it's evident that any respect Takeru once had for Ango has gone straight out the window by then.

* ChekhovsSkill
* CombatPragmatist

* ColdBloodedTorture

* KillTheOnesYouLove: In his good ending, [[spoiler: Ango drugs Tasuku into unconsciousness before beheading him to give him the most merciless death possible and spare Tasuku from whatever Gengan has planned for him]]. Unlike the other three love interests, [[spoiler: Ango is the only one who gives Tasuku both his first and his second death]].

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: He murdered his own newborn child after realizing that it was born an ''imigo'' (infants who end up deformed from the hollows' corruption)]].

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: In Ango's good ending, Gengan's attempt to launch a coup ends in failure, and he is mentioned to have been felled by Takeru in a one-on-one duel to the death]].

* ThrowTheDogABone: Unlike in Takeru's route, Arata survives the whole ordeal with Makoto and the Princess in Yael's good ending. He informs Tasuku later that while he's not sure if he can get to keep his new arm or not, he has made peace with what happened to him during the previous expedition, so he'll make the best out of his life regardless of the outcome.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: In his final death, Tasuku calmly and peacefully lets his love interest kill him with the enchanted timber, and assures them that everything will be alright now, since they're able to fulfill their mission and they now get to be with each other in death.]]

* HeroicWillpower: Even though he's killed by Gengan, with his body being consumed by the re-awakened mother essence,

* BrokenPedestal: Played with; while Takeru isn't necessarily disappoitned at the fact that Towa knew the AwfulTruth about the connection between the hollows and the Shoreline Nation's citizens the entire time, his composure is shaken enough to know that it still affects him.

* WouldHurtAChild

[[folder:The Mother Essence -- '''Warning: Walking Spoiler''']]

* NighInvulnerable: Even though [[spoiler: it's nothing more than a mindless organism]], Tasuku finds out firsthand that there is no way to truly destroy [[spoiler: the mother essence, and the best thing he can do is contain it by absorbing it into himself. When Gengan has Tasuku killed out of the belief that the hollows' source can be killed for good if its host is destroyed, he only ends up reigniting the potential threat of the Dark Reign-- which is only narrowly prevented thanks to Towa's interference]].

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