History Characters / OctopathTravelerTheEightProtagonists

* PeekABangs: Of the scheming/solitary variety. [[spoiler:This translates to his disguises as well.]] Early concept art shows a scar running down the side of his face that's covered by the hair.

* BladeOnAStick: One of her weapons as a Merchant is spears.

* BladeOnAStick: As a Warrior, Olberic can wield spears.

* GenkiGirl: She has a very optimistic and high energy personality, which lends greatly towards her style of salesmanship.

* ContraltoOfDanger: She has a deeper voice than the gentle Ophilia and the optimistic Tressa, fitting her role as a seductress.

* MsFanservice: She's a beautiful BellyDancer, with an alluring [[ContraltoOfDanger contralto]] voice courtesy of Creator/LauraPost. She's tied with H'aanit for the biggest bust of the female playable characters, and in-game tends to show more skin than the other female characters even when they're the same class.

* ContraltoOfDanger: She possesses the deepest voice among the female protagonists, being the most seasoned fighter since she regularly hunts dangerous beasts.

* NotGoodWithPeople: While H'aanit can easily converse with her snow leopard, Linde, she admits conversation with other people is not her strong suit, something she frets over in banter with Therion and Primrose.

* OrphansOrdeal: Ophilia was traumatized when her parents died, becoming quiet, shy, and depressed, until Lianna helped her come out of her shell and become happy again.

* SexyPriest: Downplayed, as Ophilia dresses modestly and as such is not a case of MsFanservice like Primrose, but quite a few characters comment on her beauty, and all of the male party members save Olberic flirt with her in party banter scenes at least once, although, out of the three playable men who do flirt with her, Alfyn is the only one who plays it straight, as Cyrus is {{oblivious|To Love}} to the idea that his comments could be flirtatious, and the distrustful Therion mock-flirts to be a {{Troll}}.
** Played straight if you give her the Dancer sub-class, where her shoulders and midriff are exposed, but she wears a traditional dress that is more modest than Primrose's [[BellyDancer harem]] one.

* BlackMage: Cyrus has the highest Elemental Attack of the eight heroes, and as a Scholar, he will always have access to fire, ice, and lightning spells.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Discussed with Olberic, Cyrus notes they could make an unstoppable team with Cyrus as the brains to Olberic's brawn.

* CluelessChickMagnet: To the degree that the trope is a relevant plot point that's lampshaded multiple times. Cyrus' story kicks off as a result of his inability to notice one of his students has a massive crush on him, and it's readily apparent this has been an issue for a long time. Odette specifically calls out the trope in very direct terms by sending him a letter saying he needs to pay attention to the women around him and realize that he's extremely good looking. Needless to say, Cyrus simply doesn't get it even after he directly contemplates whether he is actually really good-looking or not. As he's cluelessly contemplating this, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent two local women are staring at him, and they giggle as he walks by]].

* CrutchCharacter: His innate class is by far one of the heaviest damage dealers in the early game and has an unprecedented access to three elements to exploit. However, [[spoiler:the secret Sorcerer job basically renders his class redundant. And once you figure out all the weaknesses, his one advantage over the Sorcerer is made useless]]. However, Cyrus is still the most powerful magic user in the game in spite of that, thanks to having the highest base elemental attack stat and having the inherent class with the highest elemental attack stat multiplier. [[spoiler:And while making him a Sorcerer makes his primary job fundamentally pointless, making him a Starseer makes him just as much of a damage dealer and still capable of exploiting every elemental weakness in the game (just not as well) while still having the Sorcerer free to put on someone else]].

* DreadfulMusician: Zigzagged. A post-game banter reveals that he absolutely ''cannot'' sing to save his life. After hearing one of his "songs", Tressa spends the rest of the banter in horrified StunnedSilence. A bit of official art, however, has him happily playing the piano while Primrose appears to be enjoying the music. So it's more that Cyrus is a good musician, but a terrible singer.

* TeamMom: She's the most maternal of the group, and is often the one who looks after the rest of them emotionally. She also is a FriendToAllChildren to boot.

* BadassBaritone: He has the deepest voice of the male protagonists as well as being the oldest of all eight protagonists at 35 years, and is "The Unbending Blade" of Hornburg who's still a powerful swordsman long after Hornburg fell.

** His stats are fairly balanced, leaning slightly in favor towards physical stats. His Concoct abilities make him a good healer, but any concoction that deals magical damage won't even break the single-digit mark, although they are good for breaking shields because they are multi-attack concoctions. This also means whatever secondary class he has equipped will greatly impact his strengths and weaknesses, such as physical focused classes making him a good melee fighter, but not as good as characters who start in more dedicated classes.

* TheMedic: His purpose in life is to help people who are suffering with his medical expertise. Gameplay wise, his class is focused around a variety of options, but primarily provides healing and debuff removal.

* DifficultButAwesome: Apothecary is a very mechanically complex primary class. Absolutely broken in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing.

* FailedASpotCheck: He doesn't notice the red flags indicating that [[spoiler:Miguel is a criminal]] until Ogen points them out to him.

* JackOfAllStats: His stats are fairly balanced, leaning slightly in favor towards physical stats. His Concoct abilities make him a good healer, but any concoction that deals magical damage won't even break the single-digit mark, although they are good for breaking shields because they are multi-attack concoctions.

* TheMedic: His purpose in life is to help people who are suffering with his medical expertise.

** Played straight if you give her the Dancer sub-class, where her shoulders and [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] are exposed, but she wears a traditional dress that is more modest than Primrose's [[BellyDancer harem]] one.

* CasualDangerDialog: When encountering a giant venomous snake he needs venom from to develop a cure, he's remarkably calm and easygoing throughout the whole thing.

[[folder:Ophilia Clement]]

[[folder:Cyrus Albright]]

[[folder:Tressa Colzione]]

[[folder:Olberic Eisenberg]]

[[folder:Primrose Azelhart]]

[[folder:Alfyn Greengrass]]

[[folder:Therion]]

[[folder:H'aanit]]

* BerserkButton: H'aanit may be a huntress, but she has a strong belief in the cycle of nature; any living creature that hunts for their personal pleasure and/or takes more lives than needed for survival will feel her wrath.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's tied with Primrose for the biggest bust of the four female protagonists, and is also by far the most physically strong and skilled of them.

* {{Expy}}: At least in terms of class function, Primrose takes inspiration from Praline A la Mode of the development team's previous series, ''Videogame/BravelyDefault'', as the Dancer class focuses on supporting allies through buffing, much like the Performer. Downplayed, however, in that the Dancer is a capable damage-dealing mage, as well.

* BadBadActing: As seen in the side quest "Star of the Stage" his acting ability is really stilted and poor.

* CardCarryingVillain: She invokes this in one sidequest where she auditions for a villainous role in a play. If H'aanit is chosen, she deliberately puts on an uncharacteristically [[LargeHam hammy]] performance as the envoy from the domain of monsters and summons Linde to join her. After that [[GoneHorriblyRight the audience flees in terror]].

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: While her Purchasing is giving money to some people who might need it, like Flynn of Alfyn's story, her haggling ability can activate and cut down the profits the poor, destitute, or children might need.

* OnlyOneName: His and H'aanit's surnames are never revealed.

-->'''Darius:''' Does [[spoiler:my betrayal]] still haunt you?
-->'''Therion:''' ''(Sighs)'' ...
-->'''Darius:''' You haven't changed a bit. For a top-notch tea leaf, you're still pathetically sentimental.
-->'''Therion:''' Enough talk, Darius.
-->'''Darius:''' I recall you having wittier comebacks, mate.

* CardCarryingVillain: One sidequest has her (or Olberic) audition for a villainous role in a play. If H'aanit is chosen, she deliberately puts on an uncharacteristically [[LargeHam hammy]] performance that works so well that [[GoneHorriblyRight the audience flees in terror]].

* OnlyOneName: Her and Therion's surnames are never revealed.

* ThemeNaming: The first letters of the first names of all the main characters spell out "Octopath."

* StrongerThanTheyLook: Turns out this young merchant girl who's TheBabyOfTheBunch is more than capable of holding her own against immoral pirates, [[spoiler:a corrupt bodyguard, a '''poisonous saber-tooth tiger''' and a member of [[TheSyndicate the Obsidians]][[note]]The same group responsible for the murder of Primrose's father[[/note]]]] once she learns enough skills. [[spoiler:This becomes especially so if you choose to give her the Runelord job, where she becomes a contender for the single most powerful protagonist because of Transfer Rune's synergy with Rest and Sidestep in addition to the runes.]]