History Characters / Mardek

* CombatMedic: He's primarily a StoneWall and straight-up [[TheMedic Medic]] in Chapter 2, but graduates to this in Chapter 3 after he starts picking up some [[SpellBlade Spellblade]] abilities.

* SpellBlade: While it isn't an actual buff or effect, Mardek's Magic Sword abilities such as Flame Slash and Earth Slash are explained as being sword attacks [[TouchedByVorlons enchanted by Rohoph's power]].
* StoneWall: In Chapter 2. He has access to heavier armor ([[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe and a shield]]), has excellent stats, but his complete lack of attacking skills (and the fact that he's the party's only medic) means he won't be contributing much on the "killing people" side of things. This is [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] by the game design to prevent him from becoming underleveled, as party members who deliver killing blows to enemies gain a lion's share of the experience.
* SupportingProtagonist: Played with. The other characters do follow him and he is usually at the center of the plot, but he has a carefree, docile personality, and usually just does what other people (especially Deugan and Rohoph) tell him to do, despite being technically being the leading man.

* HealingBoss: Once he dips below 30%, Muriance will drink a potion (Mugwort Juice in Chapter 2, Fig Juice in Chapter 3) to heal himself, which he can only do once per battle.

* CaneFu: When out of mana, he uses his walking stick as a (surprisingly strong) melee weapon, which also curses the target. In the chapter 3, he automatically uses it against anyone who tries to hit him with physical attacks. Both versions are named "[[{{Catchphrase}} Heh.]]".

* Catchphrase: "Heh."

!!Tropes relating to the Governance de Magi as a whole:

* SinisterScythe: While it's not easily observed, the weapons that both Qualna ''and'' Moric use are classified as scythes. Also unusual in that when they attack with their scythes, they attack with the back end, instead of the blade.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: His weapon, Aquila, seems to be a weapon normally wielded by a MusicalAssassin, though it's implied to be actually a Scythe in-game similarly to Moric's weapon.

[[folder:Mardek]]
!!Mardek Innanu El-Enkidu

TheHero of the story, though unlike many heroes, he's a submissive, "leaf-in-a-river" type of person who tends to assume that other people know best, especially since [[IdiotHero thinking strains his brain sometimes]]. Also, unlike the other characters, who all have deep personalities and fleshed-out backstories, Mardek is as deep as a puddle.
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[[folder:Deugan]]
!!Deugan Selmae Eh-Deredu

Mardek's childhood friend. The idea of becoming famous heroes was his idea in the first place; Mardek just tagged along with him. He tends to be the one with more passion and drive, and due to Mardek's personality, Mardek follows along with whatever he does. He's also much more serious and level-headed than his friend.
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[[folder:Emela]]
!!Emela Andra Wu-Jardu

[[spoiler:In fact, she is the child of the guardians of the water crystal, and grew up in a temple beneath Lake Qur, seperated from civilization. She returns there after Chapter 2 to find her mother and father dead. She cannot join in Chapter 3 because of this, as her duties as the new guardian keep her from leaving the temple, even if you get the crystal. It's also revealed in the dreamstones that she and Deugan had a short relationship.]]
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[[folder:Vehrn]]
!!Vehrn Juonour El-Ganobyi

Like the blurb says, he's annoyingly arrogant, and extremely devoted to his religion. If you level him up enough, he'll constantly pester Mardek to become a Yalortian. You'll also find out that he [[spoiler:was apparently an orphan who was handed to a monastery when he was a baby]].
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[[folder:Zach]]
!!Zach Ursus Ae-Jarino

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[[folder:Donovan]]
!!Donovan Gonoru Fa-Alregis

Donovan is King Gonoroth's only son, and such, he is also the heir to the throne. However, he doesn't want his royal status to be known by his fellow Guards and Knights, as he wants to build reputation with his talents rather than his royal blood.
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[[folder:Sharla]]
!!Sharla Qualle Ae-Andrias

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Parodied|Trope}} to an absurd degree. If you have Sharla in your party when facing the Mystery Man the first time, you get this exchange:

** Though her ShipTease with Donovan averts this.

[[folder:Elwyen]]
!!Elwyen Sirene Wu-Nympha

[[folder:Gloria]]
!!Gloria Eh-Korey

[[folder:Meraeador]]
!!Meraeador Dunsin Fa-Doch

* PlayingWithFire: He's a fire-elemental, but short of using a Flamethrower, he [[SubvertedTrope lacks any means of using fire]].

* ThisIsADrill: Another weapon/gadget you can build for him, though the 'drill' part is a [[IncrediblyLamePun bit]] hard to find.

[[folder:Sslen'ck]]
!!Sslen'ck Ea-Sslenal

* DishingOutDirt: He's an Earth-elemental, and

[[folder:Solaar]]
!!Solaar - [=IXth=] of Lupidar

[[folder:Leigon]]
!!Legion

[[folder:Muriance]]
!!Muriance Pharezos Ae-Bross

A recurring villain who tirelessly searches for the elemental crystals. However, he doesn't actually seem to ''want'' them as such, and instead seems to be driven to them more out of some sort of urge or instinct rather than conscious choice. Also has dreams in which he is some sort of dog with great power.
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%%* {{Blow You Away}}/{{Shock And Awe}}: Is an Air-elemental person that has access to Lightning Spells.

* MeaningfulName: We've yet to see how meaningful it is, but [[spoiler:his middle name, Pharezos, is an anagram of Zaephros, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Chaosbringer]] mentioned in Solaar's dreamstone.]]

[[folder:Mystery Man '''(Spoilers Unmarked!)''']]
!!Mystery Man / [[spoiler:Steele Brennte Du-Korey]]

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[[folder:Saul]]
!!Saul Du-Xesphthar

To put it short, Saul is a mentally insane individual whom you must track down for the quest to create Legion, Meraeador's [[RobotBuddy 'Metal Man']]. Saul has kept a certain TomeOfEldritchLore from the library of Aeropolis 'far' past its due date. Unfortunately, Meraeador needs that book to make Legion, so the party is forced to track him down to his house deep within the Canonia Woods to borrow it. Of course, even though Meraeador offers to return it once he's done, [[EvilIsPetty Saul refuses to loan it to him]]. And so you have to make it through his hordes of undead minions to take it from him...
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* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: His dungeon is one of two [[BigBoosHaunt undead-centered]] ones in the game. While zombie enemies do appear elsewhere (such as [[spoiler:The Lost Monastary]]), his is explicitly zombie-centered.

* TheUnfought: You don't fight him, personally. [[spoiler:Instead you face the re-reanimated corpse of the Dracelon you fought in Chapter 2.]]

!!Tropes relating to the World's Saviours as a whole:

[[folder:Bartholio]]
!!Bartholio Strongarm El-Mars

He tends to be somewhat brash and arrogant, comparing your group to common monsters and the like, and he's the only real reason your two groups oppose each other at all.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler: He and Aalia are temporarily playable in the PostFinalBoss battle against the Zombie Actor when the play starts going OffTheRails.]]

* TurnsRed: If all of his allies fall in battle before he does, he'll use a skill called "Avengeance!", where he turns red and doubles his strength.

[[folder:Vennie]]
!!Vennie Vidi Ae-Vicci

As with the others, rather more friendly towards your group than their leader and somewhat silly, at times.
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[[folder:Aalia]]
!!Aalia Kitregis El-Aureliae

A rather ditzy princess type who, for whatever reason, talks in mostly chatspeak. Including emoticons.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler: She and Bartholio are temporarily playable in the PostFinalBoss battle against the Zombie Actor when the play starts going OffTheRails.]]

[[folder:Bernard]]
!!Bernard Du-Monde

As said above, not much is known about him, but he doesn't really seem to care much about finding the crystals or any such thing.
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* VampiricDraining: When he uses his walking stick as a weapon, he absorbs the damage done to heal himself.

!!Rohoph

The Healer and light-elemental member of the Governance de Magi. When the Violet Crystal came, he saw how it affected his friends, and tried to destroy it. Unfortunately, he was caught and sentenced to execution, but escaped and crash-landed on Belfan, where he performed a Soul Transfer into Mardek. [[spoiler:An interesting aspect of him is that, in chapter 3, Qualna hints that ''even before the Violet Crystal affected him'', he was [[KnightTemplar overly obsessed]] with goodness and justice, and it's heavily implied that he committed a massive homicide or something similar on Ninevah. This makes him the only Governance member to have issues before being corrupted by the Crystal...]]
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!!Moric

Not much more needs to be said. Moric was not on good terms with Rohoph, however, due to the fact that they specialized in opposite fields of magic. His mind is also somewhat fractured.
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!!Qualna

* AntiVillain: Type III. Contrasted against [[spoiler:Rohoph JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope]].
** Might even be a Villain in Name Only, seeing how his only "villainous" deeds were [[spoiler:possessing the king to influence Rohoph instead of confronting him outright]]. And considering what happens in the end, he seems to have been well justified in doing so.

!!Gaspar

!!Balthazar

!!Melchior

!!Anu

%%* TheDragon: If he isn't the BigBad, he's probably this.

[[folder:Enki]]
!!Enki Ea'seph El-Regis

[[folder:The King of Goznor '''(Spoilers Unmarked!)''']]
!!King Gonoroth Fa-Regis

!!Clavis

He's actually Qualna in disguise, who created the persona in order to teach [[KnightTemplar Rohoph]] some important lessons. Unfortunately, they fell on deaf ears.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Mardek, despite showing interest in talking to her alongside Deugan early on in Chapter 2, his interest is purely platonic.