History Characters / OctopathTravelerSupportingCharacters

* MissingMom: Even in flashbacks to when Ophilia was first adopted, Lianna's mother was nowhere to be seen. Given Lianna's difficulty [[spoiler:in coping with her father's death]], her mother likely died when Lianna was too young to remember.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: She was acquainted with Geoffrey Azelhart while he was alive.

The head of the Order of the Sacred Flame. He oversees [[spoiler:Ophilia's completion of the Kindling]].

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:While Ophilia undoubtedly loves Lianna (and Josef) with all her heart, Lianna's relationship with her adopted sister is more ambiguous, in part because of Japanese culture's ideas of adoption. She refers to Josef as "my father" instead of "our father", which conveys to Ophilia that a social hierarchy exists in her mind regarding her and Ophilia's places in the family. Once Josef dies, Lianna--completely devastated by his death--is willing to drug Ophilia with a sleeping draught and steal Aelfric's Lanthorn out of desperation to resurrect him, which Mattias--during his and Ophilia's BossBanter--cites as proof that she had never considered Ophilia family. On the other hand, she was the one who originally reached out to Ophilia when Ophilia was first adopted, she tries to convince Ophilia to leave Wispermill rather than risk coming into conflict with her, and, with some convincing, allows Ophilia to reach out to her and comfort her in the end.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:While Ophilia undoubtedly loves Lianna (and Josef) with all her heart, Lianna's relationship with her adopted sister is more ambiguous, in part because of Japanese culture's ideas of adoption. She refers to Josef as "my father" instead of "our father", which conveys to Ophilia that a social hierarchy exists in her mind regarding her and Ophilia's places in the family. Once Josef dies, Lianna--completely devastated by his death--is willing to drug Ophilia with a sleeping draught and steal Aelfric's Lanthorn out of desperation to resurrect him, which Mattias--during his and Ophilia's BossBanter--cites as proof that she had never considered Ophilia family.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:While Ophilia undoubtedly loves Lianna (and Josef) with all her heart, Lianna's relationship with her adopted sister is more ambiguous, in part because of Japanese culture's ideas of adoption. She refers to Josef as "my father" instead of "our father", which conveys to Ophilia that a social hierarchy exists in her mind regarding her and Ophilia's places in the family. Once Josef dies, Lianna--completely devastated by his death--is willing to drug Ophilia with a sleeping draught and steal Aelfric's Lanthorn out of desperation to resurrect him, which Mattias--during his and Ophilia's BossBanter--cites as proof that Lianna had never considered Ophilia family.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: "You're still here."

* CatchPhrase: "The strong take and the weak quake." Leon has since retired this phrase, but when he invented it he was more so referring sardonically to how the world is an unpleasant place where you are preyed upon if you are not strong enough.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:She is so devastated by her father's death that, even after the Savior reveals that the true purpose of the ritual she initiated while longing for her father's resurrection is to drain the life force of Wispermill's inhabitants in exchange for power from Galdera, all she can think about is her desire to see her father again, until Ophilia reminds her of her father's words on death. As a result, it's unclear if she would have gone through with stealing the ember if the Savior had already told her that his ritual would offer people's lives to Galdera as payment.]]

[[folder:Philip]]
A young boy from Cobbleston. He greatly admires the knight "Berg" who protects his village.

* DisappearedDad: His father died some time ago, so he looks up to Berg[=/=]Olberic as a role model.

[[folder:Village Headman]]
The leader of Cobbleston, who accepted Olberic back when he was a wanderer.

* GoodCounterpart: He can be seen as this to Helgenish from Primrose's route, where he's the ReasonableAuthorityFigure to the latter's BadBoss.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's fully supportive of Olberic's decision to (temporarily) leave Cobbleston to [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife find his purpose in life]]. Inquiring/Scrutinizing him reveals that the locals look to him for guidance, and that he refrains from asking about others' past traumas, having lost his own wife in a war.

[[folder:Cecily and Ned]]
A promoter for the Victors Hollow Colisseum and her assistant. However, since Ned isn't in fighting shape for the recent tourney, they give advice to Olberic in exchange for him fighting in their name and attracting new clients.

* OptionalPartyMember: After Olberic's story ends, they can be encountered in Victor's Hollow, and Guided/Allured as allies. Ned also carries [[InfinityMinusOneSword the Battle-Tested Axe]], which can be Purchased.
* WeightWoe: Inquiring/Scrutinizing people around Victors Hollow provides battle hints for their weaknesses with some added info on their physical information, including their weight. When doing so on Cecily, though, all you get for trying to find out is:
-->'''Weight: "Piss off"'''

[[folder:Conrad]]
A tourney entrant who doesn't use fancy weapons, but is quite skilled.

* OptionalPartyMember: After Olberic's story ends, he can be encountered by the Noblecourt tavern, and Guided/Allured as an ally.
* RedBaron: The Impaler

[[folder:Wallace Wildsword]]
A constant runner-up in the Victors Hollow tourneys.

[[folder:Bernhard]]
A tourney entrant that slayed every monster he encountered in the preliminary challenges.

* OptionalPartyMember: After Olberic's story ends, he can be encountered in H'aanit's village, and Guided/Allured as an ally.
* RedBaron: The Beasthunter

[[folder:Grieg]]
A tourney entrant in full armor.

* AmbiguousGender: Using Scrutinize/Inquire on Grieg reveals that there's a rumor that they're a girl, which can't be proven or disproven due to the armor and Grieg never speaking an actual word. ''Champions of the Continent'' [[SamusIsAGirl confirms that she is a woman]].
* OptionalPartyMember: After Olberic's story ends, they can be encountered in Marsalim, and Guided/Allured as an ally. Grieg also carries [[InfinityPlusOneSword the Battle-Tested Shield]], which can be Purchased.
* RedBaron: The Unbreakable.
* SamusIsAGirl: A heavily armored individual that does not clearly appear to be male or female, but is revealed to be the latter in ''Champions of the Continent''.

[[folder:Bale]]
The captain of the Wellspring guard, whose caravans were saved from lizardmen by Erhardt.

* TheAlcoholic: Inquiring or Scrutinizing his subordinates reveal he has a drinking problem.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: He's friends with Donovan, the bishop of Goldshore.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Outside of his informed alcohol problem, he's otherwise shown to be a capable leader.

[[folder:Reggie]]
A shifty-looking fellow that helps Olberic join Riverford's resistance group.

[[folder:Harald]]
The leader of the Riverford resistance, and son of the former lord of Riverford, plotting to take down the tyrannical Werner.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is fully dedicated to restoring Riverford at any expense to himself, even selling his treasured possessions to fund the restoration.

!!Primrose's Route
[[folder:Geoffrey Azelhart]]
Primrose's father and the former head of House Azelhart, who was murdered by three high-ranking members of a criminal organization ten years before the story begins.

[[folder:Natalia]]
!!Natalia
A friend of Z'aanta's that helps locate his last-known location.

* BenevolentBoss: Her post-game sidequest involves finding servants she can hire to keep her company. Completing the quest shows her new servants enjoy working for her.

[[folder:Eliza Woodward]]
!!Eliza
A female Ardante Knight, whose father was once their leader. She receives help from H'aanit, and helps track down Redeye in return.

* LadyOfWar: She is a powerful holy knight who always keeps a calm demeanor.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Completing both H'aanit and Ophilia's Chapter 4s unlocks a sidequest that reveals that Eliza is acquainted with Ophilia's adoptive sister Lianna, and that the two seem to have known each other for some time.
* OptionalPartyMember: After Ophilia and H'aanit's stories end, she and Lianna are involved in a quest in Wispermill; after its completion, she can be Guided/Allured as an ally.

[[folder:Susanna Grotoff]]
!!Susanna
A seer that is sought after by H'aanit. She also wrote the novel ''Knowledge Is Light'', which Cyrus quotes in his story's ending.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She can't actually see the future, but is excellent at reading people and figuring out what decisions they are most likely to make.
* HonestAdvisor: She earns H'aanit's trust by confessing her lack of supernatural power, and is then rather blunt about H'aanit running off into danger unprepared and possibly failing at her task.
* LikeASonToMe: How she saw Z'aanta. And after meeting his protege H'aanit, she sees the female hunter as her granddaughter.

[[folder:Alaic]]
!!Alaic
Susanna's assistant and protector.

[[folder:Yusufa]]
!!Yusufa
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/FayeMata (English)
A fellow dancing girl in Helgenish's employ, and the only one who treats Primrose kindly.

* GoodCounterpart: To Helgenish, from Primrose's route. They both took in girls who would become one of the eight protagonists, but Josef raises Ophilia lovingly as if she were his own blood daughter, while Helgenish only cares about how useful Primrose is to him and demands her gratitude and obedience while treating her like a sex object instead of an actual person.

* GoodCounterpart: To Helgenish, from Primrose's route. They both took in girls who would become one of the eight protagonists, but Z'aanta raises H'aanit as if she were his own daughter while teaching her how to hunt, while Helgenish only cares about how useful Primrose is to him and demands her gratitude and obedience while treating her like a sex object instead of an actual person. While H'aanit does address Z'aanta as "Master", it is in the context of "teacher" or "mentor" and not "slaver".

* AmbiguousGender: Using Scrutinize/Inquire on Grieg reveals that there's a rumor that they're a girl, which can't be proven or disproven due to the armor and Grieg never speaking an actual word.

* RedBaron: The Unbreakable

* AmbiguousGender: Using Scrutinize/Inqure on Grieg reveals that there's a rumor that they're a girl, which can't be proven or disproved due to the armor and Grieg never speaking an actual word.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:After completing Ophilia's story, Lianna is noted to no longer be trusted by the people of Flamesgrace due to her involvement with cultists. Lianna understands their feelings and is working to get them to trust her again.]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Just like her sister and [[spoiler:the only reason she pulled a FaceHeelTurn was because she believed that she could see her father again.]]

* BladeOnAStick: He's renowned for his skill with the spear and possesses the Battle-Tested Spear.

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker (English)

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The woman he fell in love with is [[spoiler:[[BigBad Ly]][[ObviouslyEvil blac]]]]. Fortunately for him, he realizes that she is not interested in him at all and eventually finds someone who reciprocates his love.

A Cliffland girl who spoke to a dragon in her dreams, and was entrusted with its egg.

* EasilyForgiven: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. [[spoiler:While Lianna is quickly forgiven by Ophilia for stealing the ember out of desperation to bring her recently-deceased father back to life, the fact that her actions nearly resulted in the deaths of several innocent people in Wispermill and empowering the local GodOfEvil, results in the rest of Flamesgrace losing trust in her. A post-game sidequest reveals that [[TheAtoner Lianna is working hard to regain their lost trust]].]]

* GoodCounterpart: To Darius, from Therion's route. They are both an important person in their respective traveler's life (Ophilia and Therion), and [[spoiler:eventually betray their respective allies]]. However, Lianna had a sympathetic reason to [[spoiler:betray Ophilia, as she was [[DespairEventHorizon devastated by her father's sickness and death]] and [[UnwittingPawn was being manipulated by the Savior]] under the false promise that he could bring her father back to life if she stole the ember, [[EveryoneHasStandards was apologetic to and freed Ophilia from her cell to let her escape]], ultimately [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone came back to her senses]] after the Savior callously revealed [[ILied He Lied]], is forgiven by Ophilia, and later [[TheAtoner tries to atone for her sins]].]] Darius, on the other hand, [[spoiler:betrayed Therion]] for completely unsympathetic [[{{Greed}} desires for more money and power]], [[spoiler:[[EvilFormerFriend attempted to murder him]], [[LackOfEmpathy feels no remorse]] for what he did to the extent that he actively [[EvilGloating gloats]] about it, and as such is considered BeyondRedemption by Therion, ultimately meeting a KarmicDeath after being weakened from his battle against Therion, when his own henchmen betray and stab him for his money.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:She just wanted to bring her father back. After [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Mattias]] is beaten, she tries to make up for her sins.]]

* UsefulNotes/ThePope: The Order of the Sacred Flame [[CrystalDragonJesus is heavily inspired by Catholicism]].

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EricaMendez (English)

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Once Josef dies, Lianna [[DespairEventHorizon falls into despair]] and allies herself with [[DarkMessiah the Savior]] in a desperate attempt to bring Josef back to life. She also [[ApologeticAttacker apologizes for using a sleeping agent to knock Ophilia out to steal the ember]].]]