History Characters / OctopathTravelerTheEightProtagonists

* OlderThanTheyLook: One can be forgiven for thinking she's in her mid-teens, when in reality she's eighteen; only a few years younger than the likes of Alfyn and Ophilia. In one banter with Primrose during the latter's Chapter 2, Primrose hesitates to tell Tressa what a brothel is, and Tressa protests that she isn't a child.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cyrus is a really friendly teacher who loves meeting new people and sharing knowledge with anyone even if he is just ObliviousToLove. But push any of his buttons like extracting blood from innocents for dark magic, sacrificing his students and hoarding all the knowledge for yourself whenever he is around you, then that is a ''huge'' death sentence! [[MadScientist Gideon]], [[spoiler:[[DeanBitterman Yvon]]]] and [[spoiler:[[VillainousCrush Lucia]]]] respectively learned this the hard way.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cyrus is a really friendly teacher who loves meeting new people and sharing knowledge with anyone even if he is just ObliviousToLove. But push any of his buttons like using blood magic for evil, sacrificing his students and hoarding all the knowledge for yourself whenever he is around you, then that is a ''huge'' death sentence! [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Gideon]]]], [[spoiler:[[DeanBitterman Yvon]]]] and [[spoiler:[[VillainousCrush Lucia]]]] respectively learned this the hard way.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His Study Foe ability and the Scholar's Analyze skill reveal the enemy's weaknesses just by looking at them.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cyrus is a really friendly teacher who loves meeting new people and sharing knowledge with anyone even if he is just ObliviousToLove. But push any of his buttons like using blood magic for evil, sacrificing his students and hoarding all the knowledge for yourself whenever he is around you, then that is a ''huge'' death sentence! [[spoiler:MadScientist Gideon]], [[spoiler:DeanBitterman Yvon]] and [[spoiler:VillainousCrush Lucia]] respectively learned this the hard way.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His Study Foe ability and the Scholar's Analyze skill reveal the enemy's weaknesses just by looking at them.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: H'aanit is the only one of the female protagonists who doesn't have a confirmed last name or wear a dress/skirt.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, with [[spoiler:[[ObviouslyEvil Yvon]]]]. Cyrus is well aware that [[spoiler:Yvon]] is a {{Jerkass}}, but fails to realize that he is outright evil until [[spoiler:he uncovers his involvement in the theft of ''From the Far Reaches of Hell'']], despite [[spoiler:Yvon]]'s evil nature being [[DevilInPlainSight blatantly telegraphed to the player]].

* ArcherArchetype: H'aanit is the primary bow-user of the travelers and is generally a calm and collected individual.

** Tressa also greatly contrasts with Primrose. Tressa grew up in a normal, happy home by the coast, meanwhile Primrose was raised in a influential, noble house, and at a young age suffered the loss of her father and home. Tressa's story is the most [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]] one of the eight Travelers, while Primrose's is the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]]. In their banter, the optimistic Tressa is shown to be much more naïve than the more experienced and jaded Primrose, but the two still form a sisterly bond. Finally, both of their {{Final Boss}}es are members of the Obsidians, but Tressa's is a random asshole who steals her diary, while Primrose's is someone she knew since childhood and had been manipulating her and events in her life for years.

** Primrose also readily contrasts with Tressa. Primrose was raised in an influential noble house, and at a young age suffered the loss of her father and home. Meanwhile, Tressa grew up in a normal, happy home by the coast. Primrose's story is the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]] out of the eight travelers, while Tressa's is the most [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]]. In their banter, the optimistic Tressa is shown to be much more naïve than the more experienced and jaded Primrose, but the two still form a sisterly bond. Finally, both of their {{Final Boss}}es are members of the Obsidians, but Primrose's is someone she knew since childhood and had been manipulating her and events in her life for years, while Tressa's is a random asshole who steals her diary.

** Primrose also readily contrasts with Tressa. Primrose was raised in a influential noble house, and at a young age suffered the loss of her father and home. Meanwhile, Tressa grew up in a normal, happy home by the coast. Primrose's story is the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]] out of the eight travelers, meanwhile Tressa's is the most [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]]. In their banter, the optimistic Tressa is shown to be much more naïve than the more experienced and jaded Primrose, but the two still form a sisterly bond. Finally, both of their {{Final Boss}}es are members of the Obsidians, but Primrose's is someone she knew since childhood and had been manipulating her and events in her life for years, while Tressa's is a random asshole who steals her diary.

* TheUnchosenOne: Ophilia wasn't the one meant to be the one who went on a pilgrimage, that role was meant for Lianna. With Lianna too worried for her father's health, Ophilia went against expectations by starting it instead, setting her story into motion despite never being the one meant to do so. [[spoiler: Mattias is annoyed because Ophilia is such a pure and kind person, that unlike Lianna, he cannot tempt her at all, when his goal was to have Lianna be the one to take the pilgrimage]].

* 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.

* BellyDancer: Her attire as a Dancer, which any other character who multiclasses into the role shares. It's a [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example, given the ArabianNightsDays theme of the Sunlands and the fact that her job is essentially a professional MsFanservice. She also makes an offhanded comment about needing to find warmer clothes when she learns that one of her targets is holed up in the Frostlands. Also, in a skit in Ophilia's Chapter 2, Ophilia expresses concern over [[WardrobeMalfunction the obvious]] when Primrose offers to aid in her search for the brooch.

* MsFanservice: She's a beautiful BellyDancer, with an alluring 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.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ophilia is the most compassionate and loving of the eight protagonists, but that also means that hurting those she cares about is not a good idea.

* NiceGirl: Ophilia is the kindest of the eight protagonists, being the most willing to help others in need.

** Tressa also greatly contrasts with Primrose. Tressa grew up in a normal, happy home by the coast, meanwhile Primrose was raised in a influential, noble house, and at a young age suffered the loss of her father and home. Tressa's story is the most [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]] one of the eight Travelers, meanwhile Primrose's is the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]]. In their banter, the optimistic Tressa is shown to be much more naïve than the more experienced and jaded Primrose, but the two still form a sisterly bond. Finally, both of their {{Final Boss}}es are members of the Obsidians, but Tressa's is a random asshole who steals her diary, while Primrose's is someone she knew since childhood and had been manipulating her and events in her life for years.

* TokenGoodTeammate: While none of the eight heroes are outright evil, most of them commit crimes of some sort -- Primrose revenge-kills murderers, Therion steals, Tressa [[SlippingAMickey drugs pirates with a sleeping draught]] in an attempt to recover the goods they stole, Alfyn [[spoiler:drugs a woman with a nightmare-inducing tranquilizer to prevent her starting her PoisonAndCureGambit scheme all over again]], H'aanit forces people to fight her, and Olberic challenges people to duels (which is outright stated to be illegal). Even Ophilia breaks the rules of the Church by going to the Cave of Origin to collect Aelfric's Lantern without the Church's permission, though [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight she did this so that her sister Lianna could stay with her sick father]]. Cyrus stands out by being the only playable character who doesn't commit any sort of crime; the worst he does is getting nosy with his interrogations.

** To Cyrus. Both are the strongest magic users in the party, but Ophilia is a WhiteMage while Cyrus is a BlackMage. Ophilia also has better elemental defense, while Cyrus has better elemental attack. Their ways of communication also contrast with each other; Ophilia is soft-spoken and gentle, while Cyrus is a passionate LargeHam.

** To Ophilia: Both are the strongest magic users in the party, but Cyrus is a BlackMage while Ophilia is a WhiteMage. Cyrus also has better elemental attack while Ophilia has better elemental defense. Their ways of communication also contrast with each other; Cyrus is a passionate LargeHam, while Ophilia is soft-spoken and gentle.

[[folder:In General]]

* LadyOfWar: She’s a calm diligent woman that won’t hesitate to assassinate anyone who steps in her way.

* 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.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's noted to be quite good looking to the masses, which has net him his own handful of admirers. Sadly, he's ObliviousToLove.

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Miguel goes back on his word to stay out of trouble by not only kidnapping a child, but using said child as leverage to try and pull a fast escape. At that point, Alfyn realizes that Miguel won't accept his help or ever turn away, and proceeds to use lethal force.]]

* 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.