History Characters / StarOceanTilltheEndofTime

-->'''Cliff: (in surprise)''' "What the heck? He's got a tail!!!'"

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* TheBeard: Fayt can claim she's his girlfriend early on when he runs into a flirt.

* {{Bishonen}}: Not nearly to the extent of Albel, but Fayt is still slim and pretty.

* {{Bishonen}}: His gender can be quite hard to tell initially.

* {{Bishonen}}: Thanks to his appearance.

* HeroicBSOD: His calm behavior is shattered when he realizes that [[spoiler:he was the main target for an alien invasion that killed thousands of people at the resort planet he was visiting with his family and childhood friend, chased him down on an escape ship, and interrupted a war between two nations where a friend of his was killed off. After that, his friend's girlfriend dies in his deathbed right in front of his eyes.]] Yeah, Fayt didn't certainly want for any of this to happen.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Most of the party barely tolerates his presence. Only [[FriendToAllLivingThings Sophia]] and Adray, who knew his father and thus sympathizes with him, seem to like having him around. [[IneffectualLoner Too bad it's not mutual on Albel's part]]. [[ShipTease Maria also acts nicely towards him, and Albel is in turn not quite as much of a jerk to her.]]

* RatedMForManly: He's hot-blooded fighting man who walks around shirtless.

* OperaGloves: The variation of her original outfit in the manga.

* ObliviousToLove: In the manga, he's unaware of Kurin's feelings for him. {{Justified}} since she's only 14, not that he'd care even if she were closer to his own age.

* LargeHam: Easily the hammiest guy in the game.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Adray is, by and large, a poorly designed combatant. His stats work against him since 90% of his weaponry does ''not'' improve his INT and he has the lowest Defense potential in the game. Plus, his attacking style is very awkward and leaves him open to enemy interruption except when using Aerial. His other unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP damaging Chaos Tide. However, since Sophia doesn't join until late in the game, and Nel only has a few spells, he's the only option for most of the game if you want a dedicated magic user. He does have a niche as a healer, because healing spells are effective regardless of INT and he can cast them more quickly than Sophia, as well as having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, but his best saving grace is the aforementioned Aerial attack, which hits surprisingly fast and can stunlock most enemies, even super bosses, making him a viable if cheap option for long-term battles.

* ButtMonkey: Which he mostly brings on himself. Cliff snarks on him for being a pint-sized pain in the neck, Nel ignores his attempts to hit on her, and [[spoiler:Lenneth]] sends him flying for disrespecting her.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's a bratty kid in way over his head most of the time, [[spoiler:but he can be the one to save the entire team from Biwig, instead of Nel or Albel]], if you've met the conditions to recruit him.
* HypocriticalHumor: Um, Roger...? You should be the last one to call ''someone else'' "little", or a "brat". Especially when that person happens to be [[spoiler:one of the game's [[SNKBoss Super Bosses]]]]!

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Subverted. If Fayt never meets Roger in the story, after the credits, Roger will be given a scene where he is seen crying inside the cage with no hope of rescue.]]

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Subverted. Despite his alleged skill with it, Adray never actually uses his katana the way it's meant to be used, nor does it complement his magic-focused battle style. The few attacks he does with the weapon are so laughably awkward and inept he just makes himself look pathetic, unlike Albel.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, he's a poorly designed combatant. His stats work against him since 90% of his weaponry does ''not'' improve his INT and he has the lowest Defense potential in the game. Plus, his attacking style is very awkward and leaves him open to enemy interruption except when using Aerial. His other unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP damaging Chaos Tide. However, since Sophia doesn't join until late in the game, and Nel only has a few spells, he's the only option for most of the game if you want a dedicated magic user. Adray has a niche as a healer, because healing spells are effective regardless of INT and he can cast them more quickly than Sophia, but his best saving grace is the aforementioned Aerial attack, which hits surprisingly fast and can stunlock most enemies, even super bosses, making him a viable if cheap option for battles.

* JokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, he's a poorly designed combatant. His stats work against him since 90% of his weaponry does ''not'' improve his INT and he has the lowest Defense potential in the game. Plus, his attacking style is very awkward and leaves him open to enemy interruption except when using his fast and spammable Aerial. His other unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP damaging Chaos Tide. However, since Sophia doesn't join until late in the game, and Nel only has a few spells, he's the only option for most of the game if you want a dedicated magic user. Adray has a niche as a healer, because healing spells are effective regardless of INT and he can cast them more quickly than Sophia. One of his costumes makes him look like a WhiteMage, to boot.

* ObliviousToLove: She doesn't realize that Lieber is in love with her, even though it's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt painfully obvious to everyone else]]. Maria's default ending suggests that Lieber might still have a chance, but she shuts him down decisively in her paired ending with Fayt.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Like Fayt, she passed out after she [[spoiler:used her power of Alteration]] for the first time. It's implied the event was wiped from her mind.

* RayGun: Her weapon of choice.
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Her "Alteration" power allows her to transmute any form of matter or energy, and could potentially be used to rewrite the laws of the 3D universe. Without Maria's power, any Eternal Sphere residents attempting to enter 4D space would suffer CessationOfExistence the moment they crossed the dimensional divide. It's also speculated that Maria used her "Alteration" power to ensure that the Eternal Sphere became a real universe, not an artificial one about to be deleted by Luther]].
* ShoutOut: One of her alternative costumes is very simialr to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa Heartilly's blue dress]].

* ObnoxiousInLaws: {{Discussed|Trope}} in Adray's paired ending. Fayt likes Claire well enough and isn't even opposed to the possibility of something more with her, but will never pursue it because he couldn't bear Adray as his father-in-law.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Clair. Probably.

* JokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, he's a poorly designed combatant. His stats work against him since 90% of his weaponry does ''not'' improve his INT and he has the lowest Defense potential in the game. Plus, his attacking style is very awkward and leaves him open to enemy interruption. His unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP damaging Chaos Tide. However, since Sophia doesn't join until late in the game, and Nel only has a few spells, he's the only option for most of the game if you want a dedicated magic user. Adray has a niche as a healer, because healing spells are effective regardless of INT and he can cast them more quickly than Sophia. One of his costumes makes him look like a WhiteMage, to boot.

* SatelliteCharacter: He's has absolutely no relevance to the plot, as his only purpose in joining the party is to have weird interactions with everyone.

* SilverFox: He's the oldest member of the party at 58 and can still get away with never wearing a shirt.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Subverted. Despite his allenged skill with it, Adray never actually uses his katana the way it's meant to be used, nor does it complement his magic-focused battle style. The few attacks he does with the weapon are so laughably awkward and pathetic that he just makes it look ineffective, unlike Albel.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Even when they're never removed from their sheaths.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Like Adray, Albel uses katanas. Unlike Adray, Albel actually unsheathes them, and has a much more aggressive fighting style as a result.

* InformedAbility: The story claims he's some kind of MasterSwordsman, but he never displays any such skill nor uses his sword ''properly'' at any point, even during cutscenes. Gameplay-wise, he's a pure mage/wizard type, and only swings his sheathed sword like a club.

* ObliviousToLove: She doesn't realize that Lieber is in love with her, even though it's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt painfully obvious to everyone else]]. Maria's default ending suggests that Lieber still might have a chance, but shuts him down decisively in her paired ending with Fayt.

* MaybeEverAfter: Her default ending implies she might eventually hook up with Lieber. Which would make it a happy coincidence for him, since she isn't aware of his feelings for her. However, even during the paired ending with Fayt, she mentions having "two" romantic prospects.
* MeaningfulName: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:Her Japanese surname is "Traitor". Despite this, Maria remains a loyal and moral ally, never betraying the party. However, being the leader of Quark means that she actually went against the Pangalactic Federation, so she's a "traitor" in the eyes of the Feds. Additionally, her parents, where she took her surname from, took part in a forbidden research to enable the party to commit RageAgainstTheHeavens, so she and her parents are also being "traitors" to the universe's creators.]]

* ObliviousToLove: She doesn't realize that Lieber is in love with her, even though it's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt painfully obvious to everyone else]]. But Maria's default ending suggests that Lieber still might have a chance.

* InformedAbility: The story claims he's some kind of MasterSwordsman, but he never displays any such skill nor uses his sword ''properly'' at any point, even during cutscenes. Gameplay-wise, he's a pure mage/wizard type, and only uses his sheathed sword like a club.