History Characters / TalesOfVesperia

The cunning, much-beloved leader of the guild city of Nordopolica, and close friend to Don Whitehorse. [[spoiler: She is also an Entelexeia, and is accidentally killed by Estelle in the midst of an invasion of the city by the Hunting Blades and Imperial Troops.

Later reborn as the water spirit, Undine, in the game's third act.

* MakingASplash / AnIcePerson: [[spoiler: She is reborn after her death as the water elemental spirit, Undine.]]

*** For further details, see {{GameBreaker}} below

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Some people thought he was a girl when he was first unveiled ([[WhatAnIdiot you'd think the flat chest would have given that away)]]. Lampshaded in Zaphias when an NPC mistakes him for a girl and tells him to cut his hair, because having it long is "unmanly".

* GameBreaker: In the original version, Yuri had a very well known infinite combo. In the PS3 version, Yuri gains a host of useful new skills, including a fourth Tension skill, a skill that allows him to get surrounding party members into the same overlimit level as he, a new Mystic Arte that when combined with his combination skills does enough damage to kill almost anything in the game in one hit, and finally the ability to literally spam his original Mystic Arte (itself a 40 hit SpamAttack) until everything dies.

* NiceHat: Yuri gets two as [[AndYourRewardIsClothes Add-ons]]

** HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Yuri is aware that he can fall into this territory, but he does kills the bad guys anyway because nobody else will.]]

** Flynn is, in general, much more like a typical Tales series lead character. Right down to knowing many of the classic protaganist artes such as Demon Fang.

Yuri (and Flynn)'s dog. Mainly a side character not directly involved in the plot. The pipe in his mouth is a memento from his previous master.

* TheStoic: Justified. It can't talk, after all.
** Even so, he is very indifferent and haughty towards most of the party, with the exception of Yuri and Judith.

* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream: After getting {{Mind Rape}}d by Alexei. She thankfully recovers.]]

* TheChick and TheHeart.

* GameBreaker: The original version had a skill called Eternal Support, that, whenever Estelle casts Force Field, has a chance of making Force Field last the entire battle. Force Field makes Estelle invincible. While this wouldn't be notable in most normal battles, it makes the 100/200 Man colosseum battles a total joke. Sadly removed in the PS3 version though.
* HairColors: Gotta have pink hair!

* HotChickWithASword
* KingIncognito: Well, her reveal as [[spoiler:royalty]] was only a surprise to Karol, but still...

* LawfulGood -> NeutralGood: Thanks to her travels with Yuri.

* MeaningfulName: Estelle is a french name that means ''star'', which connects with the celestial themes in the game.

* {{Pettanko}}: As shown in one victory quote, Estelle wishes she could ''[[IfyouknowwhatImean bounce]]'' like Judith
* RebelliousPrincess: But of course!
** Namco plays this one cleverly. Her "rebelliousness" is actually quite subtle and polite.

* StoneWall: And how!
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her "seduction costume" is even more revealing than Judith's!
* {{The White Prince}}ss: Gender inversion, of course.
** Which makes her a light-haired, shorter version of TheOjou, surely?

::'''Karol Kapel'''

* KidHero He is only twelve.

* TheBigGuy: Most people's perception of him thanks to his equimpment choices and abilities. He's actually more like TheLancer due to his personality differences with Yuri.

* MightyGlacier: Team Symphonia continues their tradition of pre-pubecent tanks.
* TheSoCalledCoward: Karol keeps joining guilds, only to quit shortly afterwards.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: When he rescues the rest of the party in the Blade Drifts of Zophar.]]

* GogglesDoNothing: ... And the lense, and the ribbons, and the thigh-high sock. Rita is a regular RummageSaleReject

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why do I have to board a Ghost-Ship dungeon?]]

A 'Fishy Old Man', Raven is the right-hand man of Don Whitehorse, leader of the Five Master Guilds. Yuri initally encounters Raven in a jail cell next to his. Here, Raven gives Yuri the key to his cell so he can escape. The party later encounters him in Capua Nor, where he tricks them into going the opposite way towards Ragou (it works out in the end).

[[spoiler:Raven is actually Captain Schwann - sent by Alexei to spy on Estelle, and eventually catpure her. He later rejoins Yuri after [[{{Understatement}} fierce]] [[DefeatMeansFriendship coercion]]]]

* GameBreaker: Critical Moment may be entirely based on luck, but considering the numerous positive effects it can grant you, it's totally worth it to set Patty to just spamming Critical Moment.

* SpoonyBard: A rare GameBreaker example.
* VerbalTic: Adds some form of "noja" to the end of most of her sentences.

* [[spoiler:LawfulEvil]]
** [[spoiler: Turning Patty's crew into monsters while trying to make an artificial Child of the Full Moon in the PS3 version.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The European trailer of the game [[spoiler:reveals that you have to fight him. DAMN IT, NAMCO!]]

The head of the Guild Union and Karol's hero.

* DuelBoss: In the PS3 version
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He commits suicide to atone for his grandson's [[XanatosSucker gullibility]]]]

* LawfulGood

* DudeLooksLikeALady: ''So damn much''... This British Troper spent almost a ''year'' thinking Duke was a guy because the Japanese trailers featured a woman's voice speaking over clips where he appeared. When he finally got to hear him talk after all that time... Yeaaaaaaah...

An Entelexia that appears in the second part of the game. [[spoiler:He is aware of how Estelle's power is causing the world to die, and believes that killing her is the only way to prevent it.]]

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: Immediately after being killed by Alexei's armada, he is reborn as Efreet.]]

* HeroAntagonist

* NotSoDifferent: To Yuri, arguably.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Lampshaded

Flynn's Second-In-Command.

* ActionGirl: One of the few female knights shown in-game.
* BeautyMark: At the corner of her left eye.
* BoobsOfSteel: Sure they're not as big as Judith's, but still...

* EasilyForgiven: Not exactly... but she's still forgiven.
* FanPreferredCouple: If she's not being paired up with Flynn, somehow she's being paired up with Yuri. One has to admit, their way of thinking is a bit similar at times in terms of what to do with those outside the influence of the law.
* FieryRedhead: Arguably.

* LawfulGood: What she normally looks like. Leans towards LawfulNeutral or LawfulStupid like Flynn.
** ChaoticNeutral: What she becomes if Flynn is threatened.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Part of the reason of what she does at the end of Part 2.

* NotSoHarmless: [[spoiler:You think she doesn't do anything important? Look what she does at the end of Part 2]].
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What she thought she was doing to Yuri.
* TheScrappy: Most of the fanbase ''really'' doesn't like her for [[spoiler:stabbing Yuri]].
* {{Yandere}}: To Flynn. Maybe.

* TheWhitePrince: Gender inversion, of course.

A woman that fights with a BladeOnAStick and wears very little clothing. Yuri meets up with her after being captured by Barbos. [[spoiler: turns out, she was the "dragon freak"]]

** BadassBoast: ''Very'' fond of giving these.

[[spoiler:Raven is actually Captain Schwann - sent by Alexei to spy on Estelle, and eventually catpure her. He later rejoins Yuri after [[DefeatMeansFriendship fierce coercion]]]]

* IUhYouToo: His Heart to Heart with Estelle at Aurnion. A bit more complicated than that but still...

* HoYay: With Yuri.

* TookALevelInBadass: The PS3 version significantly buffed him in everyway possible, including turning him into a permanent party member.

* CrazyAwesome: * Deep breath* It's a [[KnifeNut knife-wielding]], [[SmokingIsCool pipe-smoking]], [[RazorWind somersaulting-slashing]], [[KillItWithFire fireball-throwing]], [[FragileSpeedster super-quick]] [[BigBadassWolf badass of a dog]]. Says it all, really.

** Namco plays this one cleverly. Her "rebelliousness" is actually quite subtle and polite. It took This Troper a few examinations before he finally saw it.

* MightyGlacier: Team Symphonia continues their tradition of pre-pubecent tanks

A 'Fishy Old Man', Raven is the right-hand man of Don Whitehorse, leader of the Five Master Guilds. Yuri initally encounters Raven in a jail cell next to his. Here, Raven gives Yuri the key to his cell so he can escape. The party later encounters him in Capua Nor, where he tricks them into going the opposite way towards Ragou (It works out in the end).

* DirtyOldMan: Only not as creepy; The only girl in the party he hits on is Judith.

* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Though more [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] than most.

A new character planned for the Playstation3 UpdatedRerelease. Was originally planned to be in the XBox360 version, but was scrapped. Patty is a little girl with dreams of sailing the seas. She talks like an old lady. [[spoiler:She is actually the pirate Aifreed, whose crew made her drink a substance that reduced her age at the cost of her memories in order to protect her.]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Although his hair color may be from his age and he's not particularly attractive. He still looks enough like [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] to fit the trope, though. [[spoiler:Especially once it's revealed that he's the ManBehindTheMan.]]

* ActionGirl: Doesn't show that much of it though. She's still one of the few female knights in ''Vesperia''.
* AnchoredShip: With Flynn. Type IV.
* BattleCouple: She is the Second-In-Command after all...
* BoobsOfSteel: Just look at her chest in that uniform. Sure they're not as big as Judith's, but still...
* ClingyJealousGirl: Doesn't show, but we know it's there.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite her shortcomings, she most definitely has enough fans for fanart, fanfics, and supporters.

* NotSoHarmless: You think she doesn't do anything important? Look what she does at the end of Part 2.

* TheStoic: Possibly the least friendly of Flynn's brigade.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Killing Ragou and Cumore for some people]].

* LawfulEvil

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When she attends the hotsprings in the PS3 version.

* Yandere: To Flynn. Maybe.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Some people seem to think so. Others think he's a {{Gonk}}.

* [[spoiler:MoralEventHorizon: Oh let's see. Orchestrated the attack on Nordopolica and caused the deaths of Belius and the Don just to cause the Guild Union to fall into civil war, brought Raven and Yeager BackFromTheDead against their will and forced them to be his slaves, and to top it all off, he kidnaps Estelle and horribly {{Mind Rape}}s her until he has complete control over her body, but making sure her mind is free so she can ''see herself kill her friends''. Are we forgetting anything?]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:[[spoiler: Or so you'd think...]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Although his hair color may be from his age. [[YourMileageMayVary Also, the jury is out on whether he could be called "pretty"]].

* [[spoiler:HonorBeforeReason: He commits suicide to atone for his grandson's [[XanatosSucker gullibility]]]]

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* DudeLooksLikeALady

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Although his hair color may be from his age.

* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He commits suicide to atone for his grandson's [[XanatosSucker gullibility]]]]

* ActionGirl: Doesn't show that much of it though. She's still a knight though. One of the few female knights in Vesperia.

* ChaoticGood: What she becomes if Flynn is threatened.

* NiceGuy: [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tall, Dark, Snarky]] anf {{Badass}}? Oh, absolutely. But otherwise, he's actually a nice, friendly dude who likes to help people out. Which makes him even cooler, considering how sick and tired some of us are of the countless "TroubledButCute" {{Jerkass}}es who call themselves "heroes".

* WhipItGood: Rita can use whips as her primary weapon.

* CombatStiletoes: Taken to their logical extreme as her actual secondary weapon.

* CombatStilletos: Taken to their logical extreme as her actual secondary weapon.

* TheBigGuy: Most people's perception of him. He's actually more like TheLancer due to his personality differences with Yuri.

* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler: She spends the first half of the second part hiding her conflict
between keeping her life's mission a secret and her newfound friendship to the party.]]]]

between keeping her life's mission a secret and her newfound friendship to the party.]]

* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler: She spends the first half of the second part hiding her conflict between keeping her life's mission a secret and her newfound friendship to the party.]]

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type II bordering on Type III]]. ''Potentially'' Type IV, in Flynn's opinion.
** He's not even close to being a Type IV. Granted, he had his type IV moment when he [[spoiler:killed Ragou and Cumore,]] but for the most part, he is genuinely heroic and is a force for good.
*** You misunderstood what I wrote. Flynn ''thinks'' that he ''could'' become a Type IV due to HeWhoFightsMonsters.

*** You misunderstand what I wrote. Flynn ''thinks'' that he ''could'' become a Type IV due to HeWhoFightsMonsters.

*** You misunderstand what I wrote. Flynn ''thinks'' that he could become a Type IV.

** Also lampshaded by Yuri when he first learns his Mystic Arte.