History Characters / StarOceanTilltheEndofTime

* JokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, Adray is rather useless otherwise. 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. And 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.

* JokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, Adray is rather useless otherwise. 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. And his unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP damaging Chaos Tide.

* BlackMagicianGirl: Her spells are powerful and destructive

The young enigmatic and beautiful leader of Quark. Maria Traydor is the one who commands the entire anti-Federation group [[spoiler:because of her power of Alteration; one of the three powers given through experimentation by scientists]]. Orphaned at a young age, Maria grew up thanks to Cliff and Mirage acting as her guardians. [[spoiler:During an incident while on a mission, her genetic powers allowed the crew to escape certain death]]. From that point onward, she developed an intelligent mind though she does have a rather strong and blunt personality while seeking out her origins.

* ButThouMust: You '''cannot''' get rid of him or even avoid him. He will join your party no matter what you do.

* {{Expy}}: Ameena is a [[InnocentFlowerGirl young flower girl]] [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan who has no parents]] to live with. And to boot, [[spoiler:she dies because of her illness]]. Now that you know all this, replace her name with [[spoiler:Aerith]].

The main character of the game. Fayt Leingod is a laid-back teen who enjoys his time with his family and friends, especially Sophia. All goes wrong once an alien invasion attacks the resort planet he, his family, and Sophia were staying at. From there, they are all separated when escaping to different places of the galaxy. Fayt now has to fend off for himself in hopes to find his family, [[spoiler:except that he finds out eventually that he carries one of the three powers to save the universe from a much bigger threat, his power being Destruction]].

For being recently introduced into an adventure, Fayt is a skilled swordsman thanks to playing virtual reality games a lot.

* AwesomeMcCoolname

** [[spoiler:GameplayAndStorySegregation: ...that you get from the BonusDungeon to use in actual battles despite it shows up during a cutscene.]]

* BlackMagicianGirl

** [[spoiler:AwesomeButImpractical: But then again, it barely works perfectly since it was developed in a short time unlike the other two]].

* NaiveEverygirl: It is a bit difficult for her to understand what is going on.

* [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Unlucky]] ''or'' VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Depending on the ending and a dash of YMMV.

The young enigmatic and beautiful leader of Quark as told by some. Maria Traydor is the one who commands the entire anti-Federation group [[spoiler:because of her power of Alteration; one of the three powers given through experimentation by scientists]]. Orphaned at a young age, Maria grew up thanks to Cliff and Mirage acting as her guardians. [[spoiler:During an incident while on a mission, her genetic powers allowed the crew to escape certain death]]. From that point onward, she developed an intelligent mind though she does have a rather strong and blunt personality while seeking out her origins.

The Owner, President and CEO of Sphere, the creator of the Eternal Sphere. Luther is the main antagonist of the game. He isn't actually seen face to face until the very end, but the impact of his actions affect the entire game's events.

!!!Voiced by: IsshinChiba (JP), CrispinFreeman (EN)

* CrispinFreeman

* HeroesPreferSwords: Justified by the surroundings [[spoiler:and being an RPG character.]]

The Owner, President and CEO of Sphere, the creator of the Eternal Sphere. He is the main antagonist of the game. He isn't actually seen face to face until the very end, but the impact of his actions affect the entire game's events.

* DemotedToExtra: Once she becomes a optional party members.

* HeroicBSOD: His calm behavior gets utterly 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 wait for any of this to happen.

* DubNameChange: She was Souffle in the Japanese version.

* TheEngineer: One of his Item Creation's highest levels and the job he claims during most of disc one.

** ...Or he was actually stating a fact outside of battle.

* RapidFireFisticuffs: His Fists of Fury special attack.

** It adds to the little ShoutOut in the dictionary speaking about Squalls... Oh, never mind.

* MagicKnight: Well, Ninja; but you get the idea. Nel has a decent Attack power; but she learns quite a few symbological spells that make her the game's mage for the majority of the first disc. Despite having less spells than Adray, she's STILL pulls the role off statistically better than he does.

* OptionalPartyMember: A rather jarring example, given that she's an important character for the majority of the first disc.
** DemotedToExtra
* PantyShot: MagicSkirt is very much averted in this game; Nel is only the most frequent example.

* CoolHelmet: Also includes a shark helmet!

* PuppyDogEyes: His method to convince the party to save him from the thief that put him in the cage. Naturally, he gets annoyed too early and drops off his sweet side for his true behavior. (I mean, look at his picture in the page! Don't be fooled by his cutesy look).

The young enigmatic and beautiful leader of Quark as told by some. Maria Traydor is the one who commands the entire anti-Federation group [[spoiler:because of her power of Alteration; one of the three powers given through experimentation by scientists]]. Orphaned at a young age, Maria grew up thanks to Cliff and Mirage acting as her guardians. [[spoiler:During an incident while on a mission, her genetic powers allowed the crew to escape certain death]]. From that point onward, she developed an intelligent mind but a rather strong blunt personality while seeking out her origins.

An extra character added to the final version of the game. Adray is Clair's father, a hot blooded Aquarian whom along with Nel's father helped in the growth and foundation of the kingdom. Other than that, he is an adept in Runology and an average fighter. Whenever he gets the chance, he asks any young man he finds to marry his daughter, much for her dismay. He is always sent away to dangerous missions from the kingdom to avoid having him around during diplomatic matters.

* BadassGrandpa (in appearance if not reality, [[IWantGrandkids so far]])

* JokeCharacter: Aside from having the fastest Symbological casting time in the game, Adray is rather useless otherwise. 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. And his unique attacks aren't very good aside from the MP-Damaging Chaos Tide. If you have the choice, have someone else fill his slot. He just isn't worth the effort.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Compared to all the playable characters in general, Adray likes to talk a lot whenever he levels up. Thankfully, you can skip his long speeches.

Leader of the Black Brigade, one of the three brigades of the Kingdom of Airyglyph. Albel is known as "Albel the Wicked", deciding to take no prisoners or survivors from the battles he fights. He acts as an antagonist for the first part of the game until he is forced to join the group in exchange for his deeds. He heavily dislikes working alongside Nel for being an Aquarian. He is one of the three members of Elicoor II that can join Fayt's journey permanently [[spoiler: though he can be fought if he didn't show up to save the party in the training facility]].

* EnemyMine -> HeelFaceTurn (at least if recruited)

** Following from this, DracoInLeatherPants and/or JerkassWoobie

** FetishFuelStationAttendant: Let's see here. He's a {{bishonen}} in a skirt with ZettaiRyouiki and ''nice'' legs. Occasional {{panty shot}}s (mostly if you use him for smithing.) [[JerkassWoobie Possible woobie appeal]]. A decent amount of HoYay with the main character. He's ''chained to the wall in a dungeon'' when he first joins the party. Yeaaah, it's easy to see how he got to be the EnsembleDarkhorse. Plus you know, his voice is none other than ''CrispinFreeman''.

** DemotedToExtra

An extra character for the final version of the game although she was already there. Mirage is the calm and collected partner of Cliff. It is said by Cliff that she is strong enough to hold her own since she is also a Klausian, wishing luck to any unlucky enemy who tries to do harm on her. She happens to be the daughter of a dojo-owner, the same dojo where she and Cliff trained their skills. She also taught Maria how to fight.

* DemotedToExtra: As a result of being added as a party member for the Director's Cut/English versions.

The leader of the Crimson Blade, Adray Lasbard's daughter, and long-time friend of Nel. She always worries about Nel whenever she disobeys missions due to her kind heart. Clair dislikes a lot that her father asks young men to marry her soon against her wishes.

A fish-like race that likes to act alone instead of working with the Pangalactic Federation. Their technology is equally matched with the federation's, but most of it is shrouded in mystery to scientists. Up until now, they started attacking the federation for reasons unknown. [[spoiler:The actual reason is to get a hold of Fayt because of his Destruction gene. It turns out they were aware of the existence of 4D Space and what the scientists on Moonbase were doing about it.]]

* FishPeople: Just look at their pale heads. They don't move a bit!

The Owner, President and CEO of Sphere, the creator of the Eternal Sphere and the Main Antagonist. He isn't actually seen face to face until the very end, but the impact of his actions affect the entire game's events.

* DubNameChange: He was Lucifer in the Japanese version.

--> '''Luther Lansfeld:'''I-I don’t believe it! Data! They’re nothing but data! Why am I-I being

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Again, he thinks the only reason [[spoiler: the Eternal Sphere denizens can think, act for themselves, etc. is because they were programmed to act like the 4D denizens]]. But ''then'' he goes on to say that [[spoiler: no matter how thoroughly they might evolve, dataforms have no right to be ''anything'' but the playthings of their creators]]. In case the terminology is distracting you, [[spoiler: it translates to "any mortal action other than obeying the whims of the gods is a capital offense"]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Before the first fight, Luther acts like a typical company president considering Fayt and co. like something similar to an insubordinate worker. Yet before the second fight, he degrades into maniacal laughter and comes off how "Righteousness Shall Prevail!!"

* MagicKnight: He is basically this since he can make symbology in to battle skills yet he also learns physical battle skills. Too bad he doesn't excel in either.

* ShockandAwe: Her AI certainly seems to like abusing lightning-based attacks and symbols more than any others.

* SupremeChef: While cooking stuff in Item Creation, she cuts lettuce nimbly. [[FridgeBrillance Then again, her main weapons are dual blades.]]

* SupremeChef: While cooking stuff in Item Creation, she cuts lettuce nimbly. [[FridgeLogic Then again, her main weapons are dual blades.]]

* TheEngineer: One of his Item Creation's highest levels.

* BlackMagicianGirl / StaffChick

* EstrogenBrigadeBait

* EstrogenBrigadeBait

* EstrogenBrigadeBait

* AmbiguouslyGay: Really, I feel that Nel's interactions with Clair could be signs of possibly lesbian feelings, partly based on the fact that, when she levels up, she usually says "I did it Clair!" Also, if this is true, then Clair seems to reciprocate those feelings, seeing as though she will, throughout the game, wish NEL good luck in her missions.
** Though her ending with Fayt implies she might be bi.

!!!Voiced by: HirokiTouchi (JP), DaveWittenberg (EN)

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* SherryLynn

* WendeeLee

* MonaMarshall