History Characters / MapleStory

* SquishyWizard: Subverted. At first they appear as this, but their Magic Guard skill allows them to absorb astoundingly large amount of damage.

* PowerGivsYouWings: Well, more like "power gives you ''bigger'' wings", but his wings get larger the more his Morph Gauge fills up before turning red as a sign that he's ready to enter Final Figuration.

* PowerStrainBlackout: Suffers from this when his powers first awaken, entering full on Final Form without training allowed him to plow through the mooks attempting to steal the relic, but falls unconscious afterward.

--> '''You can't stop this!''

--> '''Angelic Buster:''' ''[Kaiser cowering]'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Kaiser. You. Are. An. IDIOT!]]

->" If you love classic “glass cannons,” you’re going to love being able to dish out punishment with Mercedes. Her speed and the ability to move quickly around a map make her the darling of players who enjoy using manual dexterity and quick wits to maximize their destructive skills. This is especially important because Mercedes, more than any other Bowman-type character, is very fragile and simply can’t take much punishment. Once you learn how to use her, you’ll love the elegant way she destroys her foes."

* InnocentBlueEyes: Pretty naive and idealistic for the most part, with little idea about how war, monster fighting, and his powers actually work until it's actually explained to him. [[spoiler: his first defeat against Magnus and Velderoth's betrayal change this.]]

* ExhibitionFairy: Alicia is this during the Tower of Oz, and unfortunately, she quickly becomes the type you want to tell to StopHelpingMe However, most of the instructions she gives are necessary, so the only choice is to listen.

* GodInHumanForm: [[Spoiler:Sugar, a strange girl that Explorer characters meet, is her embodiment, although that is not discovered until her potential to heal Maple Island is awakened.]]

* SplitPersonality: Her body and soul are separate, and both have different personalities. Her soul (who resides in the Tower of Oz) is rude, condescending, and egotistical (and doesn't like her body much at all) while her body (who resides in the Root Abyss) is more polite, with an almost childlike innocence (though rather naïve). [[spoiler:Sugar]] is like the latter, but with more confidence.

* MightyGlacier: ''Terrible'' horizontal movement (Corsair has Wings, Buccaneer has his movement speed buffs from Energy Charge and Rush, Angelic Buster has a triple jump, and Xenon has outright flight) compared to the other Pirate classes and has a slower attack rate than almost every class in the game. But they land big numbers and are much better at taking hits than the average Pirate.

-->'''Neinheart:''' Francis the Puppeteer? You mean the one everyone makes fun of?

* CreepyStalker: In Friendstory he keeps screwing up his proposal notes due to his clumsiness and sweaty, nervous hands, making him come off as this to everyone but the player.

!!Suu/Lotus
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Twin brother of Orchid, a commander of the Black Mage that has fallen into a permanent sleep after Phantom battled him after he killed Aria. For a time, he existed as a free-roaming soul, working to eliminate all knowledge of the Black Mage from history, but was slaved to Gelimer's commands after the latter reanimated his body. [[spoiler: After he was defeated by the player character and Orchid severed Gelimer's control over his body during the ''Black Heaven'' update, Gelimer hit a killswitch that shut down his body, presumably sending him into a CessationOfExistence.]]

Lotus (Suu in the original Korean version) and Orchid's backstories are relieved in the [[http://maplestory.nexon.com/MapleStory/Page/Gnx.aspx?URL=Community/WebtoonWing# official Webtoon comic]]. You can read an English translation of it [[http://maplf.tumblr.com/post/80148836443/maplestory-wing-master-official-webtoon-ch1 here.]]

* VsgueAge: Most of the generic content is written with some form of KidHero in mind, although many of the named classes are explicitly older than that.

!!Blaster
The first "true" Warrior job for the Resistance class since it follows the storyline of the original three. Sharing the steampunk style of their compatriots, they utilize Gauntlet Revolvers and Explosive Pills to dish out explosive amounts of damage at point blank range.

* BoxingBattler: Aside from their explosive weaponry, they almost exclusively use punches to attack. They can also duck and sway to increase their dodge rate, just like a real boxer.
* ElementalPunch: Creates fiery explosions with every strike.
* GradualGrinder: Starts off slow, but by end game they gravitate towards long combos after getting all of their stacks and charges.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: A wrist mounted PileBunker that's used like [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long's Ember Celica]].
* PileBunker: The whole point of the class, driving in rounds at point blank range for massive damage. Ironically enough, the skill actually called Release Pile Bunker works more similarly to a [[NailEm nail gun]], creating an explosive shockwave on impact.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Hurricane Mixer works like this, punching so quickly in directions that it creates a localized cyclone around the Blaster, dragging unfortunate enemies into range to be pummeled.
* RocketJump: Can blast themselves around by detonating rounds in front of them or below them for a horizontal or vertical boost.

* GenerationXerox: In official art, Evan and Freud look very similar, as do Mir and Afrien once the former gets a little bigger.

* LuminescentBlush: In the next blockbuster he sports one as shown [[http://orangemushroom.net/2016/01/13/kms-ver-1-2-251-heroes-of-maple-deserts-harmony/ here]]. Why is still a mystery here in the West (at the time of this writing anyway), but it may have something to do with the fact that he and Mir get CaughtInASnare with Mercedes during the story.

* OneHitKO: One of his attacks is an [=AoE=] attack that can potentially do [[NoKillLikeOverkill 999,999 damage.]] (Even more in Hard Mode. If she's about to use it, [[ExhibitionFairy Medina]] will scream a warning and set up a protective dome; your players are safe from the blast if they get under it in time.

!!Shade/[=EunWol=]

* FunWithAcronyms: Including you, the main group of friends; '''S'''ugar, '''T'''ess, '''O'''live, '''R'''ondo and '''Y'''ou spell "STORY". Combine it with the acronym formed by the he Legends classes and you get [[TitleDrop "MAPLESTORY"]]