History Characters / ShadowTacticsBladesOfTheShogun

* [[spoiler:SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Downplayed. Yuki appears in ''VideoGame/ShadowGambitTheCursedCrew'' DLC ''Yuki's Wish''. In the DLC, she's become one of the Cursed, a kind of GhostPirate, implying she died at some point between Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit. Based on the state of her body, she died some time in either her late teens or early twenties.]]

* [[spoiler:SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Downplayed. Kuma appears in ''VideoGame/ShadowGambitTheCursedCrew'' alongside Yuki. Like Yuki, he's become Cursed, a kind of GhostPirate.]]

* RecruitedFromTheGutter: When Mugen learns of how Yuki helped Hayato out on the Tokaido Road ambush, he invites her into the group by [[GotVolunteered promising she could learn from Hayato]]. On the next mission when she comes along to use her thieving skills to help Mugen out in his investigation of a local official, Mugen asks where she learned how to be so good at things like pickpocketing and killing. She answers that they were things she had picked up from other street people to survive and seems scared that the noble Mugen would disapprove -- Mugen reassures her that her background matters less than what she chooses to do with what she's learned.

--->'''Yuki:''' I am not a child. I am Yuki.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Upon learning in Mission 6 that the rebel army plans to attack Kanazawa Castle, Aiko sends Yuki back to Lord Noboru and warn the Shogunate army about it while she and Hayato continue to spy on General Okkoto. Aiko stresses to Yuki how important it is that Lord Noboru be told of the impending attack, but en route Yuki encounters Kuma who is covered in blood and is sidetracked from the route back in order to infiltrate another village being pillaged and its residents slaughtered while Takuma and Mugen are in danger. With her help Takuma, Mugen, and the surviving villagers escape, but the delay means the rebels catch Kanazawa Castle's garrison by surprise and take it over. Aiko scolds Yuki when she learns what happened, though she later apologizes after Takuma defends Yuki, admitting that she would have done the same in her position.

* StreetUrchin: Used to be one.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he's in it for the money at first, he begins to care for his comrades and appreciates Yuki more over the course of the game. [[spoiler:He also takes Mugen's suicide poorly.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:In his final moments, he attempts to commit seppuku and kills himself before he could die by the heroes' hands. You can deny him this should you desire by gutting him like a fish before he could go through with it. Even better, you can make his death even more humiliating by just knocking him out, carrying him down from the castle roofs, before throwing him into the sea to drown. Aiko's BondOneLiner puts it best:]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Mugen was born a peasant, but rose through the ranks to become the Shogun's most trusted and fearsome warrior.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The game reveals few specifics about where and how she got the skills she has, but her dialogue has implied that she had to improvise to protect herself from those who tried to harm her on the street. [[spoiler:Furthermore, in Mission 7, when rebels are systematically massacring the inhabitants of Suganuma Village, her remarks suggest she lost her mother under similar circumstances.]]

* StickyFingers: Describes objects as "wants to be taken" which is probably a rationalization she has for theft in her StreetUrchin days.

* TeamMom: Basically Mugen's proxy whenever he's not around. She makes sure everybody stays on task, but is still adaptable to the other members' ideas.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Downplayed, the news of him executing Masaru reached Noboru before the heroes could assassinate him in the open. Fearing for his own safety, Noboru retreated to the highest level of Sunpu Castle and doubled the guards protecting it, making the heroes' jobs harder in the process.]]

-->Voiced by: Martha Mackintosh (English), Yume Maihara (Japanese)

Though not a separate character in himself, Kuma is exceptional at '''distraction''': As Takuma is the least mobile member of the team, and relies on his arsenal of ranged weapons, Kuma both compensates for Takuma's immobility and can assist Takuma in lining up shots thanks to the hybrid nature of his luring ability. Firstly, guards normally ignore his movements completely, allowing Kuma to move about freely. However, he cannot be deployed too far from Takuma himself. On Takuma's command, Kuma will trill and dance, luring any guards within noise range without making them suspicious (compare Yuki's whistle). Upon seeing Kuma, guards will walk right up to him but do not pick him up (compare Mugen's sake bottle). Upon reaching Kuma, guards will direct their viewcones towards Kuma and be stationary, but will eventually return to their posts (compare Aiko in disguise). To see Kuma's fullest potential, quickly cycle between his luring call, and repositioning to pull guards away from their positions. Used properly, Kuma can lure guards farther than any other character.

* StockNinjaWeaponry: Well... yes. Hayato's full range of gear is a dark outfit, a ninjato, exactly 1 shuriken, and rocks from the environment. Part of the game's difficulty is you have to be careful with where you use your 1 shuriken, as it is noisier than the ninjato and the shuriken has to be retrieved after use.

* GroinAttack: Her trap works by shooting a spike up into whoever steps on it. Logic follows what the most likely part of the anatomy to be hit will be; though the animation seems to indicate that it hits the enemy's neck.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The [=DLC=] mission pack ''Aiko's Choice'' focuses entirely on Aiko as she confronts her past.

* ArcVillain: The main villain of the [=DLC=] ''Aiko's Choice''. [[spoiler:[[GoodAllAlong Or so it seems.]]]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses ''hairpins'' as her melee weapon. TruthInTelevision, believe it or not: there really were [[http://www.samuraiweapons.org/Kansashi_Samurai.php weaponized hairpins]].

!!'''The Protagonists/The Shogun's Men'''

* BadBoss: He doesn't tolerate failures well. After Aiko and Mugen managed to break Takuma out of prison, he ordered the official in charge to commit seppoku as punishment.

* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: [[In the epilogue she meets alone with Aiko after faking her death as a means to get out of her obligations to help Kage-sama. She knows that Aiko is angry with her for putting her and her companions in danger like that, and so walks over to the top a hill to watch the full moon and turns her back towards Aiko, letting her decide within ten heartbeats whether she should die or be allowed to retire in peace.]]

** CreepyChild: Her surprising aptitude for murder can make some of her comments quite creepy.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses ''hairpins'' as her melee weapon.
** TruthInTelevision, believe it or not. There really were [[http://www.samuraiweapons.org/Kansashi_Samurai.php weaponized hairpins]].

* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy: She's heavily implied to be pregnant with Mugen's child; it's further implied that it's a boy who ends up adopted by the Shogun as his new heir.]]
** [[spoiler:PregnantBadass: This does nothing to slow her down.]]

* TheStoic: She's much more cool-headed than Hayato, [[spoiler:which is notable in that she remains in control of herself after Mugen dies, even though she knew the Samurai longer and was his lover.]]
** Notably, the one time she breaks her stoic facade is when her old mentor Lady Chiyo appears back into her life and now works for Kage-sama.

* TheSpymaster: She was the leader of the disbanded Sakura-clan, famous for their ''kunoichi'' trained from the elusive ''Hana Gakuen'' school hidden deep within the woods, which Aiko is also a former student of. Ever since joining Kage-sama, she has restrated the school in order to train a new generation of ''kunoichi'' to support Kage-sama's army. In addition, she's also in charge of a smuggling ring, importing high-grade gunpowder and firearms from the Portugueses.

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He's most likely based on UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu, the last of the the three unifiers of Japan, who finally managed to bring an end to the chaotic UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod after the Battle of Osaka Castle.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Ōshiro means "big castle" and Mugen can mean "limitless" or "fantasy".

* KnifeNut: Her primary weapon is a dagger. She's just as capable of killing adult men as the rest of the crew are with their blades, but since she needs to stab them a few times, it takes longer than usual.

* RapunzelHair: It's tied into two braids that go all the way down to her waist. And when she puts on a disguise, Aiko typically puts her hair up into some very large and elaborate buns.