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In the year S.1204, a group of nine students from the incoming first-years of Thors Military Academy were chosen to participate in a special program known as Class VII. Sponsored by Olivert Reise Arnor, the class is unique in that unlike other classes which were segregated based on social class, Class VII draws its members from both the nobility and commoners alike. They also undergo special Field Studies once a month, splitting into two groups which visit various parts of the Empire. Later on during the year two more students, Crow Armbrust and Millium Orion, would end up joining the class.

In March S.1205 the class is formally disbanded as most of its original members graduate from school in order to pursue their respective dreams and goals. In the year S.1206, with the opening of Thors Branch campus, a new Class VII is formed initially comprised of three students with original Class VII member Rean Schwarzer serving as their Instructor. They're later on joined by Ash Carbide and Musse Egret as well.

'''Warning: spoilers relating to events/reveals that happen during the first two games shall be left unmarked'''. Certain spoilers relating to the third and fourth game however shall remain tagged.
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!Original Class VII Members
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[[caption-width-right:350:Class VII (circa S.1204) together with Towa, Angelica, and George]]
[[quoteright:350:Class VII (circa S.1206)[[labelnote:*]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cs3_class_vii.png[[/labelnote]]]]
* ActionGirlfriend: All of the women in the orignal Class VII, barring Millium, can be romanced by Rean, making them this should the player go through with it.
* BadassCrew: As noted in FireForgedFriends, they all initially didn't get along but did so over time. As a result, they truly end up becoming a group of the finest that Erebonia has to offer.
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Cold Steel III'', almost every single one of their entrances into the story involve them helping Rean and his students from New Class VII out from a dire situation.
* ClassReunion: After parting ways at the end of ''Cold Steel II'', members of the group sporadically appear throughout the story of ''Cold Steel III'' in order to help out Rean and his students. It's not until Chapter 4 that they all finally have a formal reunion with each other.
* DreamTeam: Mild example compared to others out there, but the whole point of Class VII was to assemble a group of young men and women who could help guide the Erebonian Empire into a better future as Olivert hoped. To that end its initial members included an Eight Leaves One Blade style practitioner, the Reinford Heiress, the son of General Craig, the daughter of the Radiant Blademaster, the son of Imperial Governor Regnitz, the smartest student in the academy who's secretly a witch, the second son of Duke Albarea, a former Jaeger, and a foreign exchange student from Nord recommended by Zechs Vander. They're also taught by a renowned A-rank Bracer. Juna lampshades the absurdity of so many important people being part of Class VII.
--->'''Juna:''' Jeez, is everyone from old Class VII some mega hotshot?!
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: At the end of ''Cold Steel II'', their time as Class VII finally comes to and end as everyone barring Rean graduate from Thors and they all go their separate ways with each member wanting to pursue their own personal goals. However, this doesn't stop the group from helping each other out when they need it, and come ''Cold Steel III'' they're all able to reunite with each other once more.
* FireForgedFriends: Quite a bit of them do not get along when they first met with each other. Thanks to their experiences in their field studies, as well as understanding classmates, they start getting along.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Thanks to the game taking place primarily from Rean's point of view, players will rarely see members of Class VII actually hanging out with each other outside of story-related scenes. It's most notable when it comes to the guys and the girls hanging out with each other.
** Crow probably has it the worst; outside of Rean, and to a lesser extent Elliot, never actually spends much time with anyone else in Class VII onscreen.
* GenerationXerox: A man and his mecha, alongside his allies from Nord, and a resident of Legram fought their way to Heimdallr and ended a civil war consuming the nation. Now are we talking about Rean, Gaius, Laura, and the rest of Class VII during ''Cold Steel II'' or Dreichels, the seventeen Nords, and Lianne Sandlot?
* GraduateFromTheStory: The climax of ''Cold Steel II'' has all of Class VII sans Rean graduate from Thors to pursue their own paths.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Assisting in driving out the Imperial Liberation Front at Garrelia Fortress was not known to the public for it would have given the population unrest that terrorists were able to get into the most guarded military in all of Erebonia. [[ForegoneConclusion Of course it becomes a moot point]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki when Garrelia Fortress is wiped out over two months later.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Anybody who wasn't with Rean during their field studies gets their chance to shine in a different region.
* ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: [[spoiler:Seeing the other Rean in the final dungeon of ''Origins'' makes them cry but they don't understand why. Lloyd explains that the Rean they see is another possibility of Rean since in another timeline, the SSS died without [=KeA=]'s help.
* InterclassFriendship: They were gathered from various social classes as part of Prince Olivert's way to ease the class conflict that plagues Erebonia. While the group had a rocky start they all eventually become great friends who would risk life and limb for one another.
* LittleHeroBigWar: While Class VII was responsible for liberating a few towns, the vast majority of the war is fought between the Imperial Army and the Noble Alliance. Most of the action also happened to be take place in Western Erebonia.
* MagicalGirl: One of the DLC costumes of the girls have them wear these with the exceptions of Sara and Fie who are wearing kunoichi costumes instead.
* OlderAndWiser: Come ''Cold Steel III'' and all of them definitely wised up compared to when they were still students.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: All of them are from different backgrounds and walks of life from aristocrat nobles to everyday commoners. This was something Olivert deliberately invoked, believing that the various backgrounds of each member would do well to help widen their respective views of the world and beliefs.
* RedIsHeroic: During their days as students at Thors Military Academy they're distinguished from the rest of their peers by their bright red uniforms. Averted in their main outfits from ''Cold Steel II'' as only Rean, Alisa, and Gaius play this trope straight. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'' however, the former two have decided to forego the red themselves leaving only the latter.
* RequiredPartyMember: During certain sections in the story and fights, a member of Class VII is required to participate in the main line-up.
* SecretKeeper: Thanks to them being present when it was revealed, all of them know that Rean's biological father is none other than Chancellor Osborne himself.
* ShesAllGrownUp: By the time of ''Cold Steel III'' all of the girls have grown up quite nicely. Juna, one of Rean's students in the New Class VII, is actually starstruck by how beautiful all of them are.
* TookALevelInBadass: Come ''Cold Steel III'' all of them are now significantly more powerful and competent than they were in the first two games. [[spoiler:Laura, Emma, and Gaius in particular are able to hold off both Arianrhod and Demon [=McBurn=], two of the strongest fighters in Ouroboros, at the same time. Alisa is able to fend off Sharon and Azure Siegfried with her Orbal Gear, Sara and Fie can take on Rutger (the strongest Jaeger on the continent) and Shirley (whom Fie noted as being stronger than her before), and Jusis squares off against Rufus (who had delivered a CurbStompBattle to the non-Rean members back in ''II'').]]
* TrueCompanions: Hard to argue that, by the end of the second game, they are as close as family. By the third game, they'll accompany Rean to the ends of Zemuria and not even the government will stop them.
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[[folder:Rean Schwarzer]]
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelReanSchwarzer here]]
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[[folder:Alisa Reinford]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Alisa as she appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350:Alisa as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_13_17_002.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie (Japanese), Rachel Hirschfeld (English)

->''"You don't have to deal with all your worries alone anymore, Rean. You've got us, right?"''

The young heiress of the Reinford Group, Erebonia's largest industrial company. Her mother, Irina Reinford, is the current chairwoman after having forced the previous chairman, Alisa's grandfather Gwyn Reinford, into resigning. As a result of this, she has a strained relationship with her mother and joins Thors Military Academy in order to find a path for herself outside of her mother's reach.

A friendly yet somewhat intense girl, she and Rean initially got off on the wrong foot due to an [[ThanksForTheMammary incident]]. However, the two are able to make amends with one another and eventually become close friends. She also has a sisterly relationship with her maid Sharon, though she is quick to deny it out of embarrassment. In combat, she uses an Orbal Bow. She also ends up joining the Lacrosse Club during her time at Thors.

After graduating from Thors and somewhat coming to terms with both her mother and her place as a Reinford, she ends up helping to rebuild the Reinford Group after the events of the civil war. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'', Alisa has risen to become the General Manager of the Reinford Group's 4th Development Division.
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* AcademicAthlete: She joins the Lacrosse Club and is one of the top-performing students in the Midterm Exams.
* ACupAngst: Played with; she's by no means flat (in fact, she has the third biggest bust size among the Class VII girls), but she still voices her jealousy of both Emma and Sara's figures.
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Rean must have [[{{Pun}} rubbed off]] on her as she starts patting Juna's little sister's head after she introduces herself.
* ArcaneArcher: She uses an Orbal Bow as her weapon. However, her biggest assets are her CP-recovering crafts and her ARCUS line which gears her more towards support art caster.
* ArrowsOnFire: Several of her skills, including Flamberge, Molten Rain and all of her S-Craft.
* BigFancyHouse: The twenty-five floor Reinford Building ''is'' her house. Well, the first twenty-three floors are used by the company but it still manages to be an enormous house.
* BikerBabe: Between ''Cold Steel II'' and ''Cold Steel III'', she's learned how to drive a bike.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Is noted to be quite similar to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Elie]] by other characters, and sure enough, ''Cold Steel IV'' shows the two getting along swimmingly.
* BottomlessQuiver: She performs normal attack using a physical arrow, yet Falcom doesn't even depict her with a quiver.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: What her ''Cold Steel IV'' bonding events with Rean are in general. [[spoiler:Importing a save changes the dialogue somewhat, but the overall context of the first event is that Alisa feels guilty over the misdeeds her family has done, especially with how even Rean has also been affected, and comes to feel that it's inappropriate to continue their relationship as a result and asks to go back to being just friends with Rean reluctantly obliging. Come her second event however, after resolving the situation with Sharon and her mother, Rean urges Alisa to have faith that there can still be something between them with Alisa agreeing.]] However, it's not really until her final bonding event can the two finally decide to get together again.
* BuxomIsBetter: Despite being well-endowed herself, she admits to feeling jealous of both Emma and Sara's figures which implies she believes in this trope. In ''Cold Steel III'', if you visit Heiyue on the last day of Chapter 2, [[BrattyHalfPint Shing]] ends up looking at her and Emma [[MaleGaze chest first]], then orders Lau to ready their best tea and snacks for their guests, in notable contrast to his attitude the previous day.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: In a sense. The Reinford family are basically nobles in all but name due to their vast riches accumulated throughout the years. This puts Alisa in the unique position of having the status of a commoner at birth, but was basically raised as a noblewoman thanks to her family's wealth.
* CleavageWindow: Her outfit in ''Cold Steel III'' features one.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A mild example for the most part when [[ChickMagnet Rean's magnetism]] gets PlayedForLaughs, but in ''Cold Steel I'' she's less than amused by Rean going out to meet with Claire at night during their Field Study in Roer right after their talk. She then proceeds to berate him for it the next morning.
** She's still this in ''Cold Steel III'', though it usually only pops up around [[TheTease Musse]].
* CoolBigSis: Prone to acting like this when it comes to younger characters, such as when she berates Laura for her continued awkwardness towards Fie despite being her senior. She's also quick to give Millium a hug once she starts crying due to Class VII's impending disbandment in the epilogue of ''Cold Steel II''. She also shows traces of this behavior towards Juna and Altina.
* CrashIntoHello: The very first time both Rean and Alisa meet up is when Alisa crashes into Rean while the latter was admiring the scenery. They both didn't have any hard feelings, at least until Rean's AccidentalPervert moment at the old schoolhouse.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: The manga adaptation of the first game ends up going with her as Rean's love interest. A given considering her status as Rean's ImpliedLoveInterest in the games.
* DaddysGirl: Going from flashbacks and the way she talks about him, it's quite clear that Alisa was close to her father when she was a little girl. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more tragic for her when it turns out that not only is he alive, but he's also a supporter of Osborne as Black Alberich.]]
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Both her school uniform and her traveling clothes from the second game feature a pleated mini-skirt, which doesn't stop her from wearing them into battle. Then there's the third game where it's ''even shorter''.
* DisappearedDad: He passed away several years ago when she was just a young girl, an event that led to her mother throwing herself into her work and eventually the breakup of the family. [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel III'', it's revealed that he's not dead at all; he's been alive all along as Black Alberich, a prominent figure who has been supporting Osborne for a very long time.]]
* EnergyBow: In addition to using regular arrows, Alisa's bow is also capable of generating energy based arrows/imbuing regular arrows with energy as seen during some of her crafts.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: As of ''Cold Steel III'', her feelings for Rean have become so obvious that nearly everyone who sees them and their close bond with each other are sometimes quick to assume that there's something more to their relationship. Tio even lampshades it upon seeing how they acted during their reunion, and apparently there are even rumors regarding the matter as well.
-->'''Tio:''' I've heard about your little group before, but you two are quite the cutesy pair, aren't you?
* EvenGirlsWantHer: Or at the very least Angelica does. Other girls are also taken aback by her looks.
* FashionableAsymmetry : Only wears [[FingerlessGloves one fingerless glove]] on her left hand as part of her summer uniform in the first game. The other glove [[ShipTease went to Rean]] as a gift according to the one-shot manga, "Link of Hearts case:A.R.".
* FirstGirlWins: If chosen as a love interest by the player. She's the first girl that players are formally introduced to and whom Rean meets.
* FirstKiss: With Rean in ''Cold Steel II'', if Alisa is your chosen partner in the Finale. Followed by a [[KissingDiscretionShot second kiss]] in the Epilogue. Also applies to her kiss with him ''Cold Steel III'' as well as the game lacks the ability to import Rean's chosen love interest from ''Cold Steel II''.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: She initially makes a joke about this to Rean when talking to him about how her family once took a vacation trip to Ymir when she was a little girl. As it turned out however, the two of them actually ''did'' meet each other during said trip when Alisa had gotten lost while exploring the woods. Rean would end up being the one to find her and eventually led her back to town.
** It's later revealed that Alisa also once met Josette when they were young, having played together with her for a short time while Josette's family negotiated with the Reinford for the airship that they would eventually use.
* TheGlomp: Mild example compared to Millium, but [[OncePerEpisode starting from the second game onwards]] she'll run up to Rean in order to give him a hug. Twice of which was in front of a group of people too, some of whom lampshade the blatant intimacy of said act much to Rean and especially Alisa's embarrassment.
* GraspTheSun: She does this with the stars during her nighttime conversation with Rean during their Field Study in the Nord Highlands while remembering how her family fell apart.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The shooter to Rean's slasher, or any of the guys sans Machias and Elliot.
* HairFlip: Her victory pose throughout the three games and her ''Cold Steel III'' S-Craft conclusion has this.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and, despite a rough first impression, is actually very kind. Even when someone largely annoys her such as her mother, Alisa still takes the time to worry over Irina rather than be truly resentful.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Her beauty is commented on multiple times throughout the series. She even stands out among her peers, who are no slouches in the looks department.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:As with the rest of Class VII, she suffers from one after the finale of ''Cold Steel III''. In Alisa's case, hers comes from not just Millium's death and Rean losing it as a result, but the fact that Sharon had also returned to Ouroboros and that her father, who turned out to be alive, was part of those responsible for the incident.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: What she eventually wishes to be in contrast to her mother whom she sees as is running the Reinford Group the wrong way. True to her word, Alisa ends up helping to run the company after she graduates. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'', she's now a Senior Manager and is quite well liked and admired by her subordinates.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: During Chapter 3 of ''Cold Steel I'', she unrolls a coiled-up ladder by hitting it with an arrow. Subverted, however, as it only worked because [[CuteWitch Emma]] made it possible.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: Considered to be this among Rean's potential paramours. Not only does she have the most ShipTease moments with him within the games and out of it, but a number of her bonding events also tend to be noticeably more romantic in nature compared to the others. Up until ''Cold Steel IV'', she was the only girl to ever kiss Rean on the lips. Her close bond with him is also consistently brought up several times throughout the games by other characters, with Rean's students and Tio noting how intimate the mood was between the two when they finally reunite in ''Cold Steel III''.
** The musical play adaptation of the first game even features a ''romantic duet'' between them.
* InTheBlood: Not only has Alisa shown herself to be quite business savvy much like her mother before her, she also shows traces of being quite good with technology much like her grandfather and how her father Franz was as well. [[spoiler:Considering that through Franz she's part of the gnome clan, it may very well be inherent.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: As seen in her first bonding event in ''Cold Steel IV'', she starts feeling this way due to all the trouble surrounding her family and the amount of pain that Rean had to go through as well. She doesn't really get over it until her final bonding event.
* LightIsGood: Her main Quartz element is Space, several of her Crafts are light-themed, and she has an angelic motif in her Master Quartz and S-Crafts (Radiant Ark gives her wings while the name of her S-Craft in ''III'' is taken from an angel). Overlaps with PlayingWithFire and ThePowerOfTheSun when acting as Valimar's support.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Though she would likely deny it, Alisa takes after her mother quite a bit as she inherits Irina's natural skill in business and management. So much so that she rises quickly to project manager of the Reinford Group's development division in the span of a year by ''Cold Steel III''.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in the first game is "Rosetta Arrow", which is later upgraded to "Judgement Arrow" after she has a talk with her mother near the end of Chapter 6. ''Cold Steel II'' later adds in "Radiance Arc". For ''III'' and ''IV'', her S-Craft is "Gabriel Arrow"[[labelnote:*]]"Djibril Arrow" in the original[[/labelnote]].
* LonelyRichKid: In her case, her family fortune only isolates her from the Commoners. She would fit in just fine with the Nobles, except that by virtue of not being one herself they don't accept her either. Except Angelica, who isn't exactly a traditionalist. She joined Thors (and tried to keep everyone from finding out her last name) so she could find a place where she belongs.
* LuminescentBlush: Quite prone to getting this, often during times where she's embarrassed or flustered.
* MagicalGirl: She's this in the in-universe anime series "Mahou Shoujo Magical Alisa" of ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu''. Her "Unspeakable" DLC costume also has her wear said magical girl outfit. She also receives an updated version of the latter in ''Cold Steel IV'' once more through DLC.
* MeaningfulAppearance: Partly ties her hair into two short sidetails in place with an elaborate hairclip and ribbon ensemble. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'', she only ties the left side of her hair now perhaps as a way to signify her growth since the last game.
* MeetCute: The first time Rean and Alisa meet is at the entrance of Trista's train station. While distracted by the scenery, she bumps into Rean (who himself was also admiring the scenery) and falls down before Rean quickly helps her back up. If chosen as a romance partner in ''Cold Steel II'', she even lampshades it by calling it "the most picture perfect way" to meet Rean.
* MiniMecha: [[spoiler:Eventually obtains the "Orbal Gear [=EXA=]," a 3rd generation Orbal Gear built through cooperation between the Reinford Group, ZCF, and Epstein Foundation. This allows her to take on both an amnesiac Crow as Azure Siegfried and Sharon. In ''Cold Steel IV'', she can use it as a summon attack similar to Rean summoning Valimar.]]
* MrFixit: Downplayed during the first game. Though she knew enough to know what was wrong with a broken down truck after examining it, Alisa herself didn't have enough experience to perform actual repairs herself. Afterwards it's later played straight, with her being skilled to perform maintenance on Rean's orbal bike and even has enough skill to fix a pocket watch that her father made that even some of Reinford's top engineers couldn't. [[spoiler:The reveal that she's actually part of the gnome clan through her father may explain a few things.]]
* MsFanservice: Second only to Sara in this regard come ''Cold Steel III''. Her good looks are mentioned more than once such as with Juna outright describing her as being incredibly beautiful during a conversation with Rean in Chapter 2. [[CovertPervert Rean]] even admits that because of this he felt a little excited being hugged by Alisa when they reunited.
* NiceHat: One of her DLC outfits in ''Cold Steel IV'' gives her a beret.
* {{Ojou}}: Alisa is the heiress to the largest heavy industrial company on Zemuria, with Sharon and a couple of employees having referred to her with the terms "milady" or "Lady Alisa". She's even richer than her actual noble classmates and schoolmates at Thors, which is part of the reason why Alisa was hesitant to reveal her identity at first.
* PervertRevengeMode: Alisa goes into this after crashing boobs-first into Rean during their fall into the Old Schoolhouse ruins, culminating with an ArmorPiercingSlap and half a chapter's worth of PassiveAggressiveKombat afterwards.
* PlayingWithFire: As seen with her crafts, her secondary element is Fire.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Her second S-Craft in ''Cold Steel II'', "Radiance Ark," gives her wings that allows her to float in the air as she launches her attack at her opponent.
* RainOfArrows: Her Craft "Molten Rain" and its upgrade "Molten Storm."
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:She must be in the active party for the battle against Shirley, Rutger, Siegfried and Sharon in ''Cold Steel III'' and for the battle against Alberich and Rufus in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* RetractableWeapon: In ''Cold Steel III'', she has a retractable bow she only uses in S-Craft.
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: A certain [[AccidentalPervert incident]] during class orientation aside, this is how Alisa's crush on Rean starts out. It wasn't merely a result of [[RescueRomance him protecting her]] specifically, but rather how Rean went out of his way to do so for a complete stranger that resulted in Alisa becoming interested in him.
* SecretlyWealthy: At first, she only identifies herself as "Alisa R" to her classmates, preferring not to be associated with her family or their business (the largest manufacturing company in the Empire with the wealth to match it). She doesn't do a very good job of hiding the truth, though she keeps her identity a secret longer than most of her classmates.
* ShapingYourAttacks: Before shooting a giant arrow in her S-Craft Radiance Arc, she first shoots 4 arrows which turn into flaming birds.
* ShipTease: Develops an obvious crush on Rean as the story progresses even without the Bond Events and their close bond with each other is noted several times by other characters. Whether she enters a full-on relationship with him or not is up to the player however.
* {{Sideboob}}: In ''Cold Steel IV'' she shows off a prominent one in one DLC outfit that the artist [[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} VOFAN]] drew up for her.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: In spite of coming from a family renowned for the development of some of the most advanced weapons in Erebonia, Alisa's weapon of choice is an Orbal Bow.
* {{Stripperific}}: One of her DLC outfits in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[https://i.imgur.com/2YNVsdP.jpg barely covers anything on her body.]] It does come with a NiceHat though.
* SuckingInLines: She does this in her S-Crafts, "Rosetta Arrow"/"Judgment Arrow" in ''Cold Steel I'' and "Gabriel" Arrow in ''Cold Steel III''.
* SupportPartyMember: Several of her Crafts are focused on CP recovery, and she's one of the only reliable methods of this in the game. Heavenly Gift also bestows Insight status in an area.
* TechnologicalPacifist: Downplayed, but she's not happy too happy about all the weapons made by her family in the recent years and the inevitable bloodshed that might ensue when they're put to use. During the fight against Zoro-Agruga in the third game, she exclaims her desire to insure that the weapons made by her family will only be used to protect the Empire's people.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Want to distract Alisa from whatever is bothering her (even if it's ''you'')? Offer her some apricot jam.
* TrickArrow: Thanks to orbal technology, her arrows are much more flexible than left as it is. She can shoot flaming arrows, heal, restore CP or make other party members hard to hit (insight).
* {{Tsundere}}: A mild example. Despite what the [[ThanksForTheMammary incident between her]] [[PervertRevengeMode and Rean would suggest]], Alisa is shown to be a friendly and affectionate person once she and Rean are able to patch things up with one another. She only really plays this trope straight when dealing with either [[TheGadfly Sharon]] or her [[ParentalIssues mother]].
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:Ends up asking this to both Sharon, who is going back to Ouroboros, and her father, after he said that he never loved the Reinford family.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Daughter variation. For all the problems Alisa has with her mother, it's clear that she still loves Irina and also wishes to gain approval from her.
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[[folder:Elliot Craig]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Elliot as he appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Elliot as he appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_13_17_007.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokoShiraishi (Japanese), Creator/LucienDodge (English)

->''"But even with that, I've got no regrets about coming to Thors. None at all."''

Son of Olaf Craig, a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Army and commander of the 4th Armored Division. Unlike his more masculine and militaristic father, Elliot prefers to live the life of a musician much like his sister and late mother. However, at his father's insistence, he ends up joining Thors Military Academy. Though initially reluctant at the idea, he ends up enjoying his stay there after meeting all his friends in Class VII. He also ends up joining the Wind Orchestra during his time at Thors. In combat, he uses an Orbal Staff.

After graduating from Thors and with blessings from his father, Elliot ends up living his dream of becoming a musician as he enrolls at a music academy in Heimdallr. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'' he has graduated and has become a travelling musician.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He might be one of the nicest guys at Class VII but when it comes to rehearsing for the concert, he can be the scary type.
* BillyElliotPlot: No pun intended. Friction with his dad over his less-than-manly hobbies is a big part of his character arc in the first game, see JockDadNerdSon below.
* BigWhat: He has this reaction when Class VII is given command of the Courageous.
* CharacterDevelopment: He eventually grows more capable and confident in himself over the course of the first game, though he still admits in his dance event scene that he still has a ways to go. Come the second game, and Elliot has made good on that statement and it's because of this that his dad finally decides to let him attend the Music Academy he always wanted to go to.
* DiscOneNuke: In the first game, players can have an infinite source of mira just by having him cook the first recipe players get in the game and sell the item that gives out more money compared to buying the ingredients for it.
* EnemyScan: His Detector α Craft. Also comes with ability to reduce attack power and magic power by 50% aside from unbalancing the target.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Seventh Rhapsody and Remedy Oratorium.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Misty and Vita. Who, unbeknownst to him, are the same person until the finale of the first game.
* GradualRegeneration: Echoes/Resonance Beat grants this to all allies in range, along with a DEF boost. At 200 CP, his second S-Craft Remedy Oratorium also gets this effect as an added bonus, at 50% per turn.
* JockDadNerdSon: Well, Military Dad, Artistic Son but the dynamic is the same. [[FourStarBadass General Craig]] [[TheRedBaron the Red]] was rather unimpressed with his son's desire to pursue a career in music and forcibly enrolled him at Thors. By the beginning of ''Cold Steel II'' after they reunite, he changes his mind.
* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in the first game is "Seventh Rhapsody", with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Remedy Oratorio". For ''III'' and ''IV'', his S-Craft is "Remedy Fantasia".
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: In the time between ''Cold Steel II'' and ''Cold Steel III'', he grows his hair out long enough to tie it into a ponytail.
* MagicMusic: All of his Crafts except Detector have a musical theme to them. His S-Craft even involves transforming his Orbal Staff into a violin and [[MusicalAssassin playing it for massive damage]]. In the sequel he's able to summon a pipe organ for emergency healing and resurrection for Cold Steel II and play healing song via his orbal violin in ''Cold Steel III''.
* MagicStaff: He uses an Orbal Staff as his weapon.
* MasterOfNone: Like Emma, he is the only character to have ranks in all four attack types but each individual rank is extremely low. He'll never encounter an enemy he can't Break but at the same time, his odds aren't as good as dedicated fighters. The fact that he does magical damage makes up for it to an extent since he can easily hurt enemies that strongly resist physical damage.
* TheMedic: The most geared towards healing of Class VII, with his second S-Craft having the unusual distinction of being a healing move in the second game. He also gains a healing S-Craft in the third game to emphasize his medic role.
* MorphWeapon: His version of the Orbal Staff can transform into violin.
* NiceGuy: ''The'' nicest guy in Class VII as far as anyone can tell.
* NiceHat: Does wear a beret in ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV''.
* NonchalantDodge: By ''Cold Steel III'', he's learned how to dodge from his father's over the top hugs.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:He must be in the active party for the battle against Rufus, Lechter, Claire and Millium in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* SeriousBusiness: The performance at the Academy Festival. Eliot is normally the sweetest kid around but when it comes to doing music right, he can be positively scary.
* ShipTease: Starts getting it with Mint in ''Cold Steel III and IV''. They even spend the final night at Mishelam together.
* ShortHairWithTail: His hairstyle in the third game.
* ShoutOut: The Music Club's performance in Chapter 5 of Sen is a huge one to Cagesong of the Ocean, right down to the circumstances that see Eliot participating and the song itself.
* SkywardScream: [[spoiler:Screams in anguish in the normal ending of ''Cold Steel IV'' when Rean, Crow, and Millium take off for the atmosphere to kill themselves.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Does his name need that second "l", or not? Creator/{{XSEED|Games}} settles with two "l"s.
* SupportPartyMember: His Craft selection veers sharply towards support, with an analyzing skill, a healing/recovering skill and a DEF-boosting/HP Regen skill. His only attack skill for much of the game does low damage though he get a better one towards the end of the game and his first S-Craft is fairly powerful. His S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' is also geared for support.
* UnreliableNarrator: He paints his dad as a cold, harsh dream crusher who has a lot of friction with Elliot, so Class VII was pretty surprised when he turned out to be an affectionate and doting father who honestly wants the best for his son.
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[[folder:Laura S. Arseid]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Laura as she appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Laura as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_13_17_012.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MariyaIse (Japanese), Creator/MarishaRay (English)

->''"But regardless of one's background or social standing, one should always be able to live with pride in him or herself. Thus, if you truly did make light of yourself and your own abilities, that is an act of shame for which you owe yourself recompense."''

The daughter and only child of Victor S. Arseid, Viscount of Legram and warrior known as the Radiant Blademaster. A diligent student of the sword who seeks to perfect her craft, she ends up joining Thors as a way to improve her skills. Unlike most Nobles, she doesn't pay much regard to class differences and treats everyone she meets with equal deference. As heir to the Arseid family, she is a practitioner of the Arseid school of swordsmanship and in combat uses a great sword much like her father. During her time at Thors, she ends up joining the Swimming Club.

After graduating and the seeing the extent of which her strength is lacking in comparison to her enemies, Laura returns to Legram with her father in order to resume her training under him. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'', she has become a master of the Arseid style, travelling across Erebonia to both train herself and acts a sword instructor in various training halls within the empire.
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* {{Adorkable}}: When it comes to swords, fighting, adventure and studies Laura is as cool as they come. When it comes to relationships and dating she is rather out of her depth.
* AmazonianBeauty: Laura is very pretty and very strong. During the swimming competition in ''Cold Steel II's'' epilogue, choosing her as Rean's opponent will have him [[MaleGaze gazing]] at and approving of her toned body and [[ShesGotLegs nice, powerful legs.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Lions, both as a student at Thors generally and personally, [[AnimalBattleAura as reflected in her second S-Craft]].
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Shortly after Elise runs off after her talk with Rean, Laura reveals she was informed of the situation when he sees her. She states that she understands some of Rean's frustrations due to his status of someone adopted into nobility and is not technically recognized as such, but she asks Rean if he swears to his sister that he was not merely trying to run from that life. While Rean is shocked into silence, Laura drops the subject, saying she had no place to pry when she had problems of her own to overcome.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Can get two with Rean in ''Cold Steel IV''. The first during her first bonding event, where she pushes him against a cave wall and kisses him to break him out of his fatalistic thoughts and the second time during her final bond event.]]
* TheBigGuy: Easily the strongest member of her class from a purely physical standpoint.
* BadassLongcoat: Starts wearing one similar to her father's in the third game. And she most certainly has gotten stronger.
* BadassTeacher: When Rean and the New Class VII first meet her in Parm, she's taken to teach some swordsmanship to former students of the now abandoned Vander training hall.
* BirdsOfAFeather: This is the basis for her and Rean's relationship (along with a dash of WorthyOpponent), should he pursue it. They are both calm, good-hearted nobles that are extremely talented practitioners of swordsmanship with strong leadership qualities. They even grew up in similar situations, being raised in remote regions of the Empire by fathers who didn't care to engage in the politics of the region. Laura's relationship fortune even says that she's very compatible with people who share her interests.
* {{BFS}}: She wields a bastard sword, it deals Crushing-type damage in addition to Slashing and is capable of stunning most enemies on the field even when they're facing the player, regardless of level.
* BlueBlood: The Arseids are one of the preeminent military families of the Empire, on par with the famed Vanders.
* BoobsOfSteel: Averted in the first two games, but as seen in ''Cold Steel IV'' when she puts on a towel or puts on her swimsuit DLC, Laura's chest has gone up a few cups compared to how she was as a student.
* CapsLock: For her bonding event in ''Cold Steel III'', she sends Rean an all caps message.
* ClassyCravat: Wears a yellow one in her outfit for the third game.
* ContraltoOfDanger: The strongest of the original Class VII girls, with the deepest voice to match.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Her school uniform in the first game includes a very short pleated mini-skirt. Averted with her second and third outfits.
* DeathFromAbove: The finale of her S-Craft, Radiant Lion, has her slashing from above.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: As seen with her trio of fangirls from Legram.
* FantasticFightingStyle: Her family has taught students how to fight (with more than just swords) since the time of Dreichels the Lionheart. As such, the Arseid style is one of the most famous within the Empire. It and the Vander school of swordsmanship are indisputably the most respected styles in Erebonia.
** Also, as a student of the sword Laura is very interested in Rean's ''Eight Leaves One-Blade'' style. In fact, she's [[TellMeHowYouFight able to recognize that Rean uses it]] before he actually even tells anyone else.
* FirstKiss: Has hers with Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' during a bonding event.
* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler:Plants a big one at Rean by pinning him to a wall as a way to snap him out of his suicidal tendencies.]]
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Gives this towards Rean to get him out of his suicidal thoughts in ''Cold Steel IV'' but instead of slapping him, she picks him up with one hand, pushes him to the wall, and plants a kiss at him.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:In the third game, she falls to her knees in despair when she sees the Courageous explode in the sky with her father onboard.]]
* HeroicLineage: Comes from the distinguished Arseid family, a lineage of warriors dating back all the way to the War of the Lions wherein Laura's ancestor at the time fought alongside Lianne Sandlot herself and was in fact the second-in-command of the Eisenritter.
* HonorBeforeReason: Laura is a very straightforward person, which causes some friction in her interactions with her classmates, particularly Fie. She eventually gets over it.
* InstantFanClub: There are two things every female in Legram seems to agree on: One, boys suck. Two, Laura is awesome. She also has one of these at St. Astraia, which she doesn't even attend. Juna also ends up quickly becoming a fan herself soon after meeting her.
* LadyOfWar: Graceful daughter of a proud noble family who is very good with a sword.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in the first game is "Radiant Dance", which is later upgraded into "Radiant Waltz" after facing off against Laura's butler in Chapter 5. ''Cold Steel II'' throws in "Radiant Lion" as well. For ''III'' and ''IV'', her S-Craft is "Radiant Phoenix Slash", her father's S-Craft since the first game.
* {{Malaproper}}: Sometimes says things that sound a little weird, particularly when she tries to use slang. Her general manner of speaking also stands out for being ''extremely'' formal and somewhat old-fashioned.
* MightyGlacier: Has the highest Strength of the party, but is one of the slowest members.
* MissingMom: Not a word has ever been mentioned about her mother.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Until ''Cold Steel III'', the "S" in her name remained a mystery. Turns out it that it actually does stands for ''Sandlot'' as many fans suspected. However, it's mostly a decorative name as the Arseid took on the name out of respect for Lianne Sandlot. [[spoiler:It's also something Lianne asks of Laura to continue the tradition in her dying breath.]]
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: She is slightly concerned about this, believing that her singular focus on the sword may have made her less desirable socially. In the first game she attempts to practice cooking and gets Rean to try some of her dishes. In the second game she is dismayed to discover she has a habit of [[WalkingTechbane destroying household appliances]]. You can prove her concerns unwarranted if players choose her as Rean's girlfriend.
* PoseOfSupplication: [[spoiler:Ends up falling on her knees after seeing the Courageous explode in the sky with her father still on it.]]
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:She must be in the active party for the battle against Arianrhod and Demon [=McBurn=] in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: She's a bit clueless about how the real world works at times but she doesn't let it get in the way of her life. Her father being a quintessential ReasonableAuthorityFigure helps since her lack of traditional Noble prejudices makes it easier for her to adapt to Thors.
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler:Engages one with her father in ''Cold Steel IV'' to free him and break his mask.]]
* SpinAttack: Brilliant/Radiant Spin is this.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Is always eager at the chance to improve her skills through rigorous training or fighting strong opponents. She admits to feel excited at the opportunity to cross blades with the stronger members and assistants of the ILF and Noble Alliance despite admitting she'd likely lose and it would cause trouble for Class VII's goals.
* StatuesqueStunner: She is the tallest female in Class VII, being around the same height as Rean who currently tops out at 178cm as of ''Cold Steel III'' according to WordOfGod. This only helps to contribute to her looks as described by Juna who calls Laura amazingly beautiful after meeting her.
* SwordPlant: Not a part of DeathFromAbove actually, she does this in her Craft "Radiant Blade" where a giant energy sword will stab enemies from the ground.
* TellMeHowYouFight: If Rean's unavailable to explain how a person fights, she usually will explain it to her classmates. In fact, she figures out Rean's style before Rean even tells anyone.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Laura is mostly concerned with her swordsmanship and doesn't spend much time on typical feminine pursuits. She is somewhat perturbed about this, though, and attempts to take up cooking in the first game. She is also fond of stuffed animals, Mishy in particular although played with in that she wanted a [[VideoGame/{{Ys}} Dogi]] strap at first before Rean convinces her in a bonding event.
* WalkingTechbane: She can handle a Tactical Orbment just fine, but as one of her bonding events in the second game shows she's hopeless with more domestic applications of Orbal science and even manages to set several on fire while trying to operate them. And in ''Cold Steel III'' while sending an orbal text mail to Rean for her bonding event, it apparently took her ''an hour'' just to write the mail, and the message is in all-caps because she couldn't work out how to type lower-case letters.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Wears these in the third and forth game.
* WorthyOpponent: She finds one in Rean and really wants to duel him. Though they have dueled a few times off-screen, Rean is insistent in their final scene, if Laura is not chosen as the LoveInterest, that he's not gonna win their duel next time. Although whether that accounts him using his SuperMode or not is unknown.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In her case, literally.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Machias Regnitz]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Machias as he appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Machias as he appears in ''Cold Steel III''[[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_13_17_021.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakuyaSato (Japanese), Edward Bosco (English)

->''"I'll help Class VII however I can as a protector of justice."''

Vice-President of Class VII. He is the only son of Carl Regnitz, the governor of Heimdallr and leading champion of Osborne's reformist movement. Where Nobles are concerned, he has a chip on his shoulder bigger than his shotgun and he's determined to prove himself better than all of them. After enrolling at Thors he quickly ends up forming a heated rivalry with Jusis Albarea. Though it takes time, both are eventually able to settle their differences to a degree and become more amiable with each other. During his time at Thors he also ends up joining the Chess Club.

After graduating, Machias decides to enter a political academy. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'', he has graduated and has become an investigator of the Erebonian Empire's Government Accountability Inspectorate.
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* AdjustingYourGlasses: By the bridge as part of his level-up pose, also on occasion when making a deduction. Additionally apparently to show his irritation with Rean for lying to him about the truth about his noble background.
* AesopCollateralDamage: In the first game, his and Jusis' vitriol reaches a head during the second Field Study resulting in their Combat Link breaking while fighting a monster. They then go at each other's throats over it, not noticing that the monster was NotQuiteDead resulting in Rean pushing them out of the way and getting slashed. They're both [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone clearly contrite]] over it, and become less acerbic towards each other, and in Machias' case causes him to drop his earlier vitriol towards Rean lying about his social class.
* AggressiveCategorism: He's a Commoner and ''really'' doesn't like Nobles. He gets along with [[BlueBlood Jusis]] about as well as you would expect.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Makes no bones about his annoyance at being bettered on the entrance exam by Emma (and ONLY her). He vows he will beat her and everyone else on the midterms and dutifully studies at every opportunity. They wind up tying for first place.
* BadassBookworm: One of the most academically gifted students at Thors (the only person who can ever best him is Emma) and he can frequently be found in the library on his days off. He's also one of the best characters in the game combat-wise.
* {{BFG}}: He pulls one out for his S-Craft Ultimate Shot, Second S-Craft Trinity Cannon, and final regular craft Shotgun Blast.
* BlindWithoutEm: Admits as much when he decides to take his glasses off in order to disguise himself during a segment in ''Cold Steel II'' as he and the rest of Class VII were wanted fugitives of the Noble Alliance at the time.
* ButtMonkey: He's the subject of most of Fie's trolling and any time a Noble [[TheScapegoat wants to blame someone for anything]] or take their frustrations out, he's usually first in line because of who his father is. In ''Cold Steel II'', he also ends up getting kidnapped by Bleublanc who then goes on to impersonate him and leave Machias himself tied up inside the storage room aboard the Courageous. Machias was not amused.
** In Cold Steel IV [[spoiler: he's one of the only guys to be single during the night before the final battle. Elliot has plans, Jusis is spending time with Millium, and Gaius is out with Linde. He even remarks on how far he's fallen behind in comparison to his friends. Elliot however [[ThrowTheDogABone points out that]] he does have [[{{Tsundere}} Patiry]] [[ChildhoodFriendRomance that he could hook up with]], yet Machias thinks there's not much of a chance, possibly because [[ObliviousToLove he cannot see past the incredibly obvious tsun]].]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', he calls out his father on why he's detaining both Towa and the empress at the former Duke Cayenne's home in Ordis.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: In the beginning of the first game, he outright cannot stand nobles, but steady interaction with Class VII makes him realize that not all nobles are as stuck-up as he believed them to be and that all of them have their HiddenDepths to some degree. By the second game, he's a far more level-headed and mature person who's generally more tolerable of the upper class and his relationship with Jusis is now something of a heated but more friendly rivalry.
** His character is fully developed in ''Cold Steel III'', as he no longer has any petty grievances against the nobility. He goes out of his way to ensure they get a fair shake, even if it means opposing his own father (someone who is largely responsible for weakening the power and influence of the nobility as a member of the Reformist faction)
* ChessMotifs: Actualized in "Trinity Cannon", when he summons [[RuleOfCool enormous chess pieces]] to aid him in attacking the enemy.
* ClassRepresentative: The Vice-Representative specifically.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Green hair and eyes.
* CynicismCatalyst: When he was growing up, he had a cousin who he thought of as a CoolBigSis. She was being courted by a Noble up until said noble's relatives decided to fix him up with an ArrangedMarriage, and they decided to remove the threat to the match by harassing her until she was DrivenToSuicide.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Misty and Vita. He's shocked that he never considered the possibility of them being the same person.
* {{Expy}}: He's basically a younger and more temperamental [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Dudley]]. It goes even further in ''Cold Steel III'', where Machias has started using Orbal pistols in his S-Craft in addition to his shotgun and even works a similar job of being an investigator for a government based organization. For bonus points, said S-Craft's name begins with "Justice," just like both of Dudley's S-Crafts.
* FiringOneHanded: Some of his crafts have him fire his shotgun with just his right hand.
* GunKata: His new S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'', Justice Bullet, has him do this to his enemies.
* IHatePastMe: If you get his dorm event in ''Cold Steel II'', he considers his attitude when he first arrived at Thors "embarrassing," saying that even Millium was more dignified than he was. He describes it as a time of his life he'd rather forget and worse, he feels that on the inside he still hasn't changed. He's hoping to try his best to change in the future.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: If you choose him as cooking partner and the result is a peculiar dish, he will namedrop this trope.
* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in the first game is "Ultimate Shot", with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Trinity Cannon". For ''III'' and ''IV'', his S-Craft is "Justice Bullet".
* MultiRangedMaster: His main weapon is a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun,]] and later gets a {{BFG}} for his later Crafts and S-Crafts. For his "Justice Bullet" S-Craft in the third game, he also [[GunsAkimbo dual-wields a pair of pistols]] [[MoreDakka and submachine guns.]]
* MustHaveCaffeine: In his first bonding event, he found his love of coffee from his father. He's not a fan of tea since it reminds him of nobles. It's further shown by the fact that coffee is one of the recipes he is expert at, and when on the run at the start of the war, his base of operations has a small percolator and a bean grinder.
* NeatFreak: Has a shade of this when helping to decorate cafeteria for School Festival.
--> '''Machias''': Damn, it somehow moved three [[FantasticMeasurementSystem rege]] out of place while we were talking. I need it to be perfectly parallel with those tables over there.
* NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: There's a bonding event in ''Cold Steel II'' in which he invites Rean for a few hours of studying, noting that there's been no chance since they all had to leave the academy and they need to make sure to keep up. This is his way of relaxing on his day off.
* NotSoAboveItAll: His normally stoic demeanor flies completely out the window when he's around Vita and he tries (and fails miserably) not to act like the starstruck fanboy he secretly is.
* OnlySaneMan: Machias will often comment on remarkable things everyone else doesn't worry about.
* PyramidPower: Machias' ''Trinity Cannon'' S-Craft creates a pyramid using chess pieces that encloses the enemies before delivering massive damage.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:He must be in the active party for the battle against Rufus, Lechter, Claire and Millium in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* SecretlyWealthy: His father is the governor of Heimdallr and a champion of the reformist faction. Machias tries to hide this at first, not wanting to seem like he's taking advantage of his father's position. He makes it maybe half an hour before Jusis calls him out.
--->'''Jusis:''' Pretty rarefied air for a simple commoner, don't you think?
* ShipTease: Get a good deal with his childhood friend [[{{Tsundere}} Patiry]] in ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV''.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His primary weapon is a shotgun. It can fire slugs (in some Crafts) and buckshot and gives him a natural area of effect attack. Petrification Shell is especially nasty, having a huge effect area and coming with a high chance of causing Petrify.
* SitcomArchNemesis: He and Jusis have this dynamic.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Part of the chess club.
* StoicSpectacles: Subverted. He can be stoic from time to time, but he's also one of the first to show a wide range of emotions.
* TeamDad: He ''tries'' to be this for his classmates, particularly Fie, chastising her for falling asleep and not paying attention in class. The others tend to ignore him, however.
* TimeMaster: His "Burst Drive" craft allows other allies in the affected area to take a turn after him.
* {{Tsundere}}: Very much so, especially when it comes to Jusis. Fie even lampshades it in ''Cold Steel III'' she describes him as being "tsun-tsun".
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Jusis in a nutshell. The two may act like they don't like each other but it's clear that both actually do consider the other to be a close friend even if they won't admit to it.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In ''Cold Steel IV'' [[spoiler:Machias manages to break Arthur (the former fiance to Machias's cousin) out of the curse by invoking this trope. Notable because he manages to do so without relying on magic or physically fighting him order to do so.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Emma Millstein]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Emma as she appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Emma and Celine as they appear in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_20_17_006.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese), Rena Strober (English)

->''"I may not always show much in the way of class spirit...But I'm confident Class VII is the finest Erebonia has to offer."''

Class VII's president. The most academically gifted student of her generation, a commoner who aced the national exams in order to win a spot at the prestigious academy. During her time as a student, she ends up joining the Literature Club. In combat, she utilizes a uniquely shaped Orbal Staff.

Unbeknownst to all, Emma is secretly a witch sent by her clan to keep an eye on events relating to the Old Schoolhouse at Thors. After Valimar's awakening and the subsequent events following it, she reveals her secret to the rest of her classmates and proceeds to help guide Rean throughout the story with her abilities. The black cat known as Celine is her familiar.

After graduating from Thors, she and Celine end up going on a journey to learn more about the Divine Knights and to find Vita Clotilde. In ''Cold Steel III'', she returns to help Rean and her classmates once more.
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* AllWitchesHaveCats: Her familiar Celine.
* ApologeticAttacker: While not as extreme as normal examples, she does apologize when doing counterattack and second follow-up link attack to kill weak enemies.
* ArtEvolution: It's a small, subtle change, but throughout the series, Emma's hair color changes from a dull magenta color to a much brighter pink color.
* AscendedExtra: A mild case as Emma herself has always been part of the main cast ever since the first game. However, it's not until ''Cold Steel II'' that her backstory and the nature of her abilities are formally delved into, revealing that she's knows more than she initially lets on.
* AttackReflector: Her Castle of Aregion S-Craft in ''Cold Stell III'' casts one over the entire party, twice if its activated at full CP.
* BadassBoast: Gives one to '''[=McBurn=]''' during the climax of the Third Game:
-->'''Emma:''' Savage blaze that burns beyond reason...[[SuddenlyShouting As a member of the Hexen Clan, descendants of the Kin of Flame]], [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu I will extinguish you!]]
* BadLiar: Though she tries, she's not all that great at concealing the fact that there's more to her and Celine than meets the eye throughout ''Cold Steel I''. On a lighter note, the scene before a Bonding Event has her trying to convince Rean that she's proofreading one of Dorothee's novels that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial has absolutely nothing to do with salacious imagery]]. [[HilarityEnsues It all falls apart should Rean decide to help her]].
* BarbieDollAnatomy: One of the costumes that she shares with Rean in a NewGamePlus in ''Cold Steel IV'' is her fully naked but covering up her private parts while she has glowing marks all over plus her eyes are glowing yellow. [[spoiler:It's because she's diving in Rean's subconscious, trying to hold off the curse at bay.]]
* BarrierWarrior: Her Craft Crescent Shell grants party units in its range arts reflection, with addition of upping defense. In ''Cold Steel III'', she can cast an all-party perfect reflection via her new S-Craft Palace of Eregion.
* BeautifulAllAlong: She's already noted to be pretty attractive herself, what with her having a figure that would make several girls jealous, but after unbraiding her hair and removing her glasses, even the guys of Class VII are stunned into silence. Crow uses this to his advantage to make her appearance in the concert all the more memorable.
* BigDamnKiss: Finally gets one during her final bond event in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* BoobsOfSteel: Inverted; she has the largest chest of the female students in Class VII, with only Instructor Sara surpassing her, but she's a magical powerhouse instead of a physical one. Fie lampshades this on several occasions when Emma gets visibly tired while climbing up ladders. During one of Emma's bonding events, [[MaleGaze Rean even catches himself staring.]]
* BuxomIsBetter: In Chapter 4 of the first game, Alisa is surprised at Emma's swimming ability, but remarks that "it's not her swimming ability (she's) envious of," confusing Rean until he suddenly gets it.
** In ''Cold Steel III'', if you visit Heiyue on the last day of Chapter 2, [[BrattyHalfPint Xin]] ends up looking at her and Alisa [[MaleGaze chest first]], then orders Lau to ready their best tea and snacks for their guests, in notable contrast to his attitude the previous day.
* BystanderSyndrome: Though she's an active member of Class VII, she has a case of this in ''Cold Steel I''. Despite having knowledge of things surrounding the Old Schoolhouse, she fails to come forward about it and keeps Rean and the others in the dark until the finale. And even then, it's not until ''II'' where she decides to come clean both about herself and everything she knows.
* ClassRepresentative: She serves as Class VII's president.
* CuteWitch: Hints are dropped throughout the first game and the second game confirms that she is a witch of the Hexen Clan.
* DeathGlare: Gives a chilling one, complete with SupernaturalGoldEyes towards [[spoiler: Gilbert for attacking her hometown in ''ColdSteel IV'']]
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Her face shows hints of this in her dormitory event after she mentions that the reason she was able to continue being Class VII's president was specifically because of Rean accepting her for who she was.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Her school uniform includes a very short pleated mini-skirt. Her skirt in the second game is even shorter, but luckily she's not very physically-active.
* DCupDistress: While distress might be a bit strong, she tends to get flustered and embarrassed whenever her sizeable assets are mentioned.
* DeathFromAbove: Both her S-Crafts during the first two games qualify. Lord Albireon has her summon five towers as they rain down a blast of energy down on the enemy whereas Zodiac Rain could be summed up as doing the same except from space.
* EnemyScan: Her Detector β Craft. Also comes with ability to reduce defense and magic defense by 50%.
* EnergyAbsorption: Her Brave Order Zodiac Force makes it so that any magic attack inflicted on the party will be absorbed to restore their HP.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Her second S-Craft, Zodiac Rain.
* EvolvingWeapon: Although it's not obvious at first glance, her staff changes as she grows in magic power in each game, from changing colors from the first to the second game to getting more designs etched to come the third game. [[spoiler:This all culminates in the end of the third game where it changes into a staff similar in appearance to Vita and Roselia's, signifying that she's mastered her power.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: A subtle example: she is the only character in the first game who doesn't have a single recipe where she is likely to make a "peculiar dish".
* {{Flanderization}}: In the Falcom Academy spinoff manga, she is completely obsessed with Yaoi. While all characters are flanderized to a certain extent (since it's a gag manga), Emma is notable due to explicitly not being into Yaoi in the main games (up to and including ''Cold Steel IV'').
* GagBoobs: Downplayed, but her breasts are still frequently used for comedic effect, including Rean getting distracted by them during a study session, Fie asking Emma if they make it hard for her to climb ladders, and Millium speculating that she might one day she might grow "boobies so big, I can use 'em as a shelf like Emma's!".
* HappilyAdopted: As revealed in ''Cold Steel III'', she's not actually her grandmother's actual blood relative. She was taken in after both her parents died when she was a child. [[spoiler:Makes sense since her grandmother's actually a Divine Beast in the first place.]]
* HealingHerb: Her grandmother taught her all sorts of things about herbs, including how to make medicines from them. It comes in handy when Rean takes a nasty wound during their Field Study in Bareahard. [[BadLiar Or so she claims anyway]], it's clear that she used magic to heal it.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She snuck a homeless cat into her dorm room against the rules so she could care for it. It's later revealed that said cat ''actually does'' belong to her since Celine is her familiar.
* LettingHerHairDown: Her concert costume in ''Cold Steel I'' has her hair loose. Sharon styled it for her.
* HypnoticEyes: Emma can exercise a [[JediMindTrick limited form of mind control]] so long as she can maintain eye contact. It requires her to remove her glasses and she is reluctant to use it.
-->'''Emma''': We're just common travelers and we aren't on that list of yours. Which means we can pass, right?
-->'''Provincial Army Soldier''': ...Hmph. Why're you still standing there? Go along inside. Just don't go causing any trouble unless you want to find yourselves arrested.
* LapPillow: Gives Rean one during her bonding event at Bareahard in ''Cold Steel II''.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in the first game is "Lord Alberion", with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Zodiac Rain" after she confronts Vita during the final Shrine Trial. For ''III'' and ''IV'', her S-Craft is "Palace of Eregion".
* MagicStaff: She uses an Orbal Staff, though of a different type than Eliot. [[spoiler:She later uses the one Roselia threw at her in ''Cold Steel III'' although she uses her old staff again in ''IV'' after giving the staff back to Rose.]]
* MagicalIncantation: She has powers similar to those granted by Orbments without actually needing one, which she says might as well be called 'magic' for convenience. Her powers seem to require a magical word to function.
* MasterOfNone: Like Elliot, she is the only character to have ranks in all four attack types but each individual rank is extremely low. She'll never encounter an enemy she can't Break but at the same time, her odds aren't as good as dedicated fighters. The fact that she does magical damage makes up for it to an extent.
* {{Meganekko}}: Her large glasses are one of her defining characteristics, though she does shed them on occasion. She permanently takes them off in ''Cold Steel IV'' although players can get her hat and glasses back as a costume.
* NiceHat: Wears one in ''Cold Steel III'', which looks oddly similar to Vita's hat when she's in her Misty disguise. Never mind that she never saw Vita in her Misty outfit. She later ditches it come ''Cold Steel IV''.
* NoSell: Her Brave Order, "Zodiac Force"/"Luminarion Force", gives all party members a barrier that not only makes them immune to elemental magic, it also heals them for a set number of turns.
* NonStandardSkillLearning: She gets her second S-Craft Zodiac Rain on when advancing the story.
* OhCrap: Her reaction to hearing Vita's voice over the radio during the finale of the first game.
* OutOfFocus: During the first game. This is because Emma actively tries to hide who she is throughout the story and it isn't until the second game that her backstory is finally revealed and afterwards starts to take a more active role in the story.
* ProperTightsWithSkirt: Starts wearing tights as of her ''Cold Steel III'' outfit.
* RequiredPartyMember: In ''Cold Steel I'', she's automatically included in your party during the final dungeon of the game. Happens again in ''Cold Steel II'' where she's required to be in the party in order to investigate the Spirit Shrines. This is because [[MsExposition she and Celine need to be there to explain what it is that you're seeing.]] [[spoiler:She must also be in the active party for the battle against Arianrhod and Demon [=McBurn=] in ''Cold Steel III'' and the battle against Demon God [=McBurn=] in ''Cold Steel IV.'']]
* {{Teleportation}}: Can do this as of ''Cold Steel II'', but it's really pushed to the limit in ''Cold Steel IV.''
* TheSmartGirl: She earned a scholarship to Thors as a result of being the top scorer on a national exam. She's easily the smartest member of Class VII academically (and the top scorer in the entire school on the Midterm Exam) and it's all by virtue of hard work.
* StormOfBlades: Ethereal Edge fires a number of sword-shaped projectiles at the enemy.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Anytime she casts a powerful magic or wants to intimidate someone[=/=]mind control someone, her eyes turn yellow.
* TarotTroubles: She can be seen reading cards during an optional scene if the player saw another optional event scene with Emma earlier in the day. Rean asks for and gets a reading from her, though she admits she's not very good at it. She notes to herself but not to Rean that she's uneasy about the card she drew for him. Wheel of Fortune in fact, not one of the traditionally portentous ones.
* TheGlassesComeOff: With the world in crisis and her friends in grave danger in ''Cold Steel IV'', Emma finally decides to [[https://gematsu.com/gallery/albums/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-iv-the-end-of-saga/april-26-2018/The-Legend-of-Heroes-Trails-of-Cold-Steel-IV-The-End-of-Saga_2018_04-26-18_004.jpg take off her glasses for good]].
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:During the finale of ''Cold Steel III'' she uses Roselia's staff. Together with both Gaius and Laura, she proceeds to help hold off both [=McBurn=] and Arianrhod, the two strongest warriors of Ouroboros, at the same time.]]
* TeamMom: Putting aside her [[BuxomIsBetter obvious assets]], she acts as a mother figure towards her fellow classmates, talking with them and helping them solve their problems. This is perhaps best shown when she personally takes the time to personally tutor Fie before midterms.
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[[folder:Jusis Albarea]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Jusis as he appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Jusis as he appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_13_17_016.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinnosukeTachibana (Japanese), Creator/BenDiskin (English)

->''"I shall fulfill my duty as a noble."''

The second son of Duke Helmut Albarea of Bareahard, head of one of the Four Great Houses of Erebonia. As such, he has the highest social standing of all the first-years at Thors and knows it. A devotee of Erebonia's ancient traditions of knighthood, he uses sword in combat as a practitioner of court fencing and believes in the idea of Noblesse Oblige. He develops an intense rivalry with Machias on their first day at Thors, and it isn't until their field study in Bareahard that the two are finally able to find common ground with each other. Having a fondness for horses, he ends up joining the Riding Club during his time as a student.

After graduating he returns to Bareahard in order to fill in for his father as lord of the Kreuzen province after Helmut's arrest thanks to his actions during the civil war. He still maintains this position a year and a half later by the time of ''Cold Steel III''.
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* AesopCollateralDamage: In the first game, his and Machias' vitriol reaches a head during the second Field Study resulting in their Combat Link breaking while fighting a monster. They then go at each other's throats over it, not noticing that the monster was NotQuiteDead and attempting to make a sneak attack resulting in Rean pushing them out of the way and getting slashed. They're both [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone clearly contrite]] over it, and become less acerbic towards each other and more open towards cooperating with the rest of the class afterwards.
* AncestralWeapon: His first bonding event in ''Cold Steel IV'' results in him getting the Holy Sword Alvers as a cosmetic change to his weapon.
* AnIcePerson: His Treasure Sword Craft and first S-Craft Crystal Saber involve freezing the enemies in a large radius before slashing them.
* ArrangedMarriage: His bonding event in ''Cold Steel III'' has him dealing with one.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: By ''Cold Steel III'' and ''Cold Steel IV'', he is the acting Duke Albarea. [[spoiler:''Cold Steel IV'' cements it after Rufus is arrested for his actions in capturing Crossbell.]]
* BadassBaritone: Creator/BenDiskin gives him a suitably low and cultured voice in the English Dub.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears a green one as part of his attire from the second game onwards.
* BarrierWarrior: His Platinum Shield grants himself and anyone around him in the range Craft Guard.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: To say that his family has issues would be an understatement.
* {{Bishonen}}: Extra points for being a noble.
* BladeSpam: His Rapid Thrust. He stabs his enemy multiple times rapidly and ends it with a slash.
* BlueBlood: The Albareas are one of the Four Families, he's as Noble with a capital N as you can get.
* BoomerangBigot: Some of his attitude towards Commoners stems from the fact that he was born and raised as one and always felt out of place among the Albareas as a result. He aggressively plays up the mannerisms expected of a Noble to make up for it.
* ButNowIMustGo: Tries pulling this in ''Cold Steel II'' after his father razes Celdic and Jusis feels the need to put a stop to his misdeeds personally. Subverted in that his friends won't let him.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Rufus' Cain by ''Cold Steel II''. Although they quite obviously care for each other, a source of tension between both brothers is the fact that Rufus is allied with the Noble Alliance whereas Jusis chooses to oppose them with Class VII. Then it's revealed that Rufus is actually a double agent working for Osborne which throws Jusis for a loop and has him admit he doesn't really know his brother anymore. [[spoiler:Things only get worse by the time of ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV'' as Rufus slowly allows himself to be consumed with his ambitions and Jusis, along with Class VII, has to stop him.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: In ''Cold Steel II'', after Duke Albarea has been [[BreakTheHaughty humiliated and imprisoned]] for [[KickTheDog sending his troops to raze Celdic]] and STILL doesn't comprehend that he is in the wrong, Jusis yells at his father that his situation is entirely the result of his own actions and that he has completely forgotten the responsibilities of being a Noble in his lust for power.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: With Millium. He is exasperated by her antics thanks to being the frequent victim of many of them and more than once his patience is tested whenever the two of them are in the same room. Though with that said, he still finds it in him to look after her and come ''Cold Steel III'' he's basically gotten used to her. [[spoiler:He is also notably the most cut up of the original Class VII bar Rean after her death and the most overjoyed along with Altina when she is properly revived in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Is extremely proud of his noble lineage when first encountered, to the point where he can come across as arrogant in situations where he means well. Through interactions with the rest of Class VII, Jusis mellows out and is more comfortable with helping others while still keeping the dignified air of a noble. In the second game, he finds his own pride in being a noble in his own way after confronting his father and his relationship with Machias is now something of a heated but more friendly rivalry.
* ClassyCravat: Wears one for his attire from the second game onwards.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: He and Rean serve as this to Millium, doing their best to keep her more impulsive actions in check.
* ConflictingLoyalty: In ''Cold Steel II'' he finds himself torn between joining Class VII again or remaining with his family as part of his duties as a noble. A quick spar with Rean convinces him to do the former.
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially when Machias and Millium are concerned.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Male version, starting when the party visits Bareahard.
* {{Expy}}: He pretty much looks like a younger [[{{VideoGame/Ys}} Chester Stoddart]] and fights with a similar sword. If he wasn't part of Class VII, the white uniform Nobles get would make the resemblance even closer.
* FanOfThePast: Has an interest in old-style swordsmanship from Erebonia's past and is a member of the Equestrian Club at Thors.
* FriendToAllChildren: Gets along with children with unexpected ease as seen with two kids in Bareahard who revere him. It's only [[GenkiGirl Millium]] he can't handle.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Ends up punching Rufus in ''Cold Steel IV'' for moping around, not realizing that he should have done better.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Uses a 'Knight's Sword' as his weapon.
* HeroicBastard: He's only a half-noble. His mother was a Commoner that his father slept with, and he's spent most of his life being treated as an unwanted child. This explains a ''lot'' of his initial jerkass moments.
* HorsebackHeroism: Part of the Riding Club and his second LimitBreak in ''Cold Steel II'', Asteion Knight, has him riding his horse Strahl to attack his enemy. Does this again when bailing Rean and the New Class VII away from the Northern Jaegers in the third game.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Jusis wants everyone in Class VII to know that he is not their friend and has no interest in becoming friends with any of them, especially the Commoners. When visiting Bareahard, he refers to the other members as 'just classmates, nothing more'. At the end of the chapter, he starts defrosting and when confronting his family troops, he calls Class VII his friends.
* InstantRunes: Creates these when performing his S-Craft Crystal Sabre.
* JackOfAllStats: He's extremely well balanced, has high levels in two attack types and can fill any role required depending on who else you have in your party. He also has one of the best buffs in the game and in the sequel gains a barrier move. His only real downside is an unimpressive S-Craft, though his second one in the sequel is a lot better.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although he can be quite arrogant and stand offish, Jusis at heart is caring towards his friends and loved ones and is more than willing to step up when there's trouble in order to protect the people.
* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in the first game is "Crystal Saber", with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Asteion Knight". For ''III'' and ''IV'', his S-Craft is "Aeolus Saber".
* MagicKnight: He fights with a sword and has several nice attack Crafts, one Craft that does ''magical'' damage (making him one of playable character in the franchise to be able to inflict both with Crafts alone) and an exceptional mass buffing skill. He also has a nice EP pool, above average ATS and an Orbment setup that's good for accumulating a lot of powerful Arts if you want to set him up that way.
* NotSoDifferent: He tries to deflate Machias' self-righteous anger at "noble priviledges" by pointing out that the latter is almost as priviledged as he is, just in a different way. As it turns out, this is true of them in other respects as well, not that they're likely to admit it.
* TheProudElite: ''Very'' proud of his heritage and he'll make sure you know it. Of course, it turns out he's a half-noble, half-commoner by birth.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Delivers this towards Rufus after his final battle in ''Cold Steel IV'' where Rufus wonders where he went wrong and why he ultimately failed.]]
* RedeemingReplacement: Becomes the ruler of the Kreuzen Province after the end of the second game and is definitely a step up compared to his [[AristocratsAreEvil father]] [[spoiler:[[BastardBastard and step-brother/cousin Rufus.]]]]
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:He must be in the active party for the battle against Rufus, Lechter, Claire and Millium in ''Cold Steel III'' and the battle against Alberich and Rufus in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As member of the Albarea family, one of the Four Great Houses of Erebonia, Jusis is practically the highest ranking noble in Class VII and in Thors Military Academy by default. However, unlike his [[AristocratsAreEvil father]], Jusis never fails to always do the right thing and lives by the notion of "Noblesse Oblige".
* SayMyName: [[spoiler:He screams Millium's name when she is killed by the Nameless One. He also says her name a lot in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a rather classy suit ensemble from ''Cold Steel II'' onwards, befitting his status.
* ShipTease: Gets ''a ton'' with Millium in ''Cold Steel III'' & ''IV''. See her entry and the game's page for details.
* ShoutOut: His Treasure Sword skill is essentially a cut-down version of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Loewe's]] ''Dead Emperor Sword/Meiouken''.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Becomes part of his conflict in the second game, where he feels responsible for cleaning up the messes caused by his father. When reuniting with Rean and the rest of Class VII, he's initially reluctant to go along with them because he believes he has lost all rights to call himself friends with Class VII, especially with Rean, after his father [[AristocratsAreEvil Duke]] [[AbusiveParents Albarea]] had sent a group of Jaegers to attack Ymir to kidnap Princess Alfin, resulting in Baron Schwarzer nearly dying and Elise and Alfin being captured. [[NiceGuy Rean]] naturally doesn't agree and convinces him otherwise.
** Again, when learning that his father ordered his men to kidnap Elliot's sister Fiona, he can be seen apologizing to him. [[NiceGuy Just like Rean, Elliot doesn't hold it against him either]].
** And then there's Celdic and what happens to it. This was enough that he wanted to part ways from Class VII to give his father a piece of his mind. Class VII tells him otherwise and decides they're all going with him for that.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Has ''two'' of these in Machias and Millium, though in Millium's case it's completely one-sided.
* SpamAttack: His Rapid Thrust and his S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' has him rapidly thrusting his sword at his enemies.
* StatusBuff: Noble Command allows him to grant himself and the others additional strength, arts strength, and speed buffs.
* SwordPlant: He does this when using his Platinum Shield.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: His S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV'' has him throw his weapon at his enemies.
* {{Tsundere}}: He acts like this towards Machias and Millium. He will rarely, if not never, admit that he actually likes both deep down as much as he does the rest of his classmates.
* TheUnfavourite: As soon as he's assigned to a training mission to Bareahard, it becomes clear Jusis is uneasy about returning home. When he briefly sees his father again, it becomes very clear they aren't on good terms. The absolute coldness of the brush-off leaves even ''Machias'' sympathizing with him. [[spoiler:As revealed in ''Cold Steel III'', this was deliberately done by the Duke to play up Jusis as a bastard and make sure the other nobles knew this so they wouldn't notice Rufus was the result of his wife's affair with someone else and not his son at all, something far more disgraceful than a bastard child in the eyes of the nobility.]]
* WasItAllALie: Finding out that his big brother Rufus is an Ironblood, one who opposes everything the nobility stands for, really made him question his brother. He admits to Rean after the latter comes back from Crossbell that he doesn't even know any of his family anymore after their secrets are out. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that Rufus ''isn't'' even his older brother at all but rather his cousin since he's the product of an affair between Duke Albarea's legal wife (not Jusis' mother) and brother.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: His entire goal in life is to have his father acknowledge him. He finally gets his attention after Jusis calls him out on why he's imprisoned. And even then, he tells Jusis to hold the line till he gets back, still unrepentant for what he's done.
* YouFool: [[spoiler:Screams at this towards Rufus after revealing that he's also afflicted by the curse of Erebonia all this time in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
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[[folder:Fie Claussell]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fie as she appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Fie as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_20_17_001.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English)

->''"I didn't stand a chance three years ago, but I've grown a lot since then."''

The second youngest member of Class VII. Fie is a former member of the jaeger group known as Zephyr, found and taken in by the group's leader, Rutger Claussell, after discovering her as a young orphan child. After her adoptive father's death and the subsequent disbanding of Zephyr itself, she's found by Sara Valestein and is later enrolled as a student at Thors Military Academy. She also ends up joining the Gardening Club.

Initially quiet and unmotivated to a fault, it takes her sparring with Laura for her to finally start opening up to the rest of her classmates. During the Erebonian civil war, she reunites with former Zephyr members Xeno and Leonidas, and later learns from them their plans to bring Rutger back.

Intrigued by this and after graduating, she ends up leaving with Sara to join the Bracer Guild in order to learn more of Zephyr's operations. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'', she has become a Senior Bracer.
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* ACupAngst: Downplayed, but she shows shades of this, asking Emma if her breasts make it hard for her to climb ladders (and fondling her in a few pieces of promotional art) and, in an optional conversation on the way to Legram in the second game, asking Rean, "What's your take on bigger boobs?"
* AffectionateGesturetotheHead: She's on the receiving end of this from Sara, Rean, and [[spoiler:her adoptive father Rutger before he vanishes.]] She finds Sara doing it to be annoying, but admits she likes it when Rean is the one doing it and even asks for it several times.
* AgeInappropriateDress: Her outfit in the second game has her wear shorts so short and hang so low that it makes one question if she shaves or is naturally glabrous.
* AnimalMotifs: Cats. She's frequently to compared to a cat because of her independent personality and love for napping and is rather friendly to the various other cats the party meets on their adventures, Celine included. Rean's relationship fortune with Fie will even say that "the one dear to you is attached to you as a cat would be" and he comes to the conclusion that the fortune is talking about Fie.
* BabiesEverAfter: Her stated goal should Rean choose her for the final bond in ''Cold Steel IV''. She says she wants to start a real family with him.
* BadassAdorable: Both very adorable and also a former jaeger from Zephyr which automatically makes her awesome.
* BareYourMidriff: Her new outfit in the second game which seems to be based on what she wore as a Jaeger.
* BigDamnKiss: Shares one with Rean if she is chosen for his final bond event in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* BondingOverMissingParents: Easily bonds with Rean over their real parents not being there for them. Both also have to deal with their dads who become their enemies in the future.
* BrilliantButLazy: Fie is shown to be extremely adept at nearly any task she applies herself to (and the fact that she's two years younger than the rest of Class VII only makes that feat more impressive), but she has a strong apathetic streak, to the point where most of her time outside of class is spent napping. She's the weakest member of the class academically speaking (72nd in her year out of 100 when only the only other member of her class that wasn't in the top 20, Elliot, was 36th), but that's still far from last place and again, she's two years younger than everyone else in her academic year.
* CatchPhrase: She borrows Tio's "what a bother" phrase in the Japanese version.
* CharacterDevelopment: Initially somewhat stoic and unmotivated, Fie steadily grows into a more friendlier and determined individual over the course of the ''Cold Steel'' games. Xeno and Leonidas even comment on how she had grown during the Finale of ''Cold Steel II''.
* CharacterTic: She has a habit of folding her hands behind her back, whenever she is standing idly.
* CrazyPrepared: She carries a grappling hook with her on the first day of school. You never know when you might need it to escape from a mandatory orienteering session. And takes plastique with her on field studies in case she needs to blow some doors open.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Well, ordering everyone else to abandon you at any rate. He didn't ''want'' his adoptive daughter to throw her life away as a mercenary so he ordered the rest of Zephyr to disband after his death, hoping that Fie would find another path in life which she thankfully does after meeting Sara.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Her school uniform includes a very short pleated mini-skirt, which doesn't stop her from performing some very athletic feats during battle. Her attire in ''Cold Steel III'' has her wear a slightly shorter one that has an opening that exposes her upper thigh, and she's undoubtedly at her most dangerous here.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, Fie was a war orphan who would later be taken in by Rutger Claussell, leader of the renowned Jaeger group Zephyr. Though Rutger was reluctant at [[ChildSoldiers the idea]], Fie would eventually became an official Jaeger of Zephyr herself, going on various missions with the group and even earning a nickname (Sylphid) of her own. It isn't until her adoptive father's death, Zephyr's subsequent disbanding, and Sara coming across her did she finally leave that life behind.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Randy Orlando. Both are the (biological or adopted) children of prominent Jaegers and both left their respective groups when both their fathers died at each other's hands. Randy hides his trauma behind a mask of cheerfulness while Fie goes for the emotionless approach. Both also use gun/sword hybrid weapons and both have a similar Craft (Crash Bomb vs Flash Grenade). Both also wind up on the opposite side of a conflict from their former teammates, as remnants of Zephyr are working for the group that invaded Trista at the end of the game, much like how Red Constellation attacked Crossbell.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Her second S-Craft in the second game, Shadow Brigade.
* DualWielding: Her fighting style.
* EmotionlessGirl: Almost all of her lines are spoken in complete deadpan, whether she's encouraging Class VII to get moving or hamstringing a giant monster. As she begins to warm up to her "new family," she becomes more spirited and by the second game, she's throwing out goofy one-liners and saying things like "it's Fie's cooking power hour!"
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Her Gunswords (pistols with bayonets) give her a solid B rank in all attack types except Crushing, making her extremely versatile.
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:Gives her first kiss to Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' if she's chosen for the fireworks scene at Mishelam. Notable that she tells Rean that she's 18 and thus Rean can legally romance her.]]
* FlashStep: It's something she does in several of her moves, most notably her S-Craft.
* FragileSpeedster: Fie is far and away the fastest party member in Class VII, to the point where she may attack multiple times before your slower party members have had a chance to do anything. She also has a fairly strong attack, but her low HP and defense make her vulnerable to enemy attacks (initially, at least; building up her evade stat makes her much tankier towards the end of the game).
* TheGadfly: It's not clear whether some of her early interactions are deliberate in trying to annoy others or if she just doesn't care. Later on, it becomes obvious she's doing some of it on purpose. She particularly seems to enjoy tweaking Machias.
* GreenThumb: She's part of the Gardening Club.
* GunFu: Her Lethal Crusade S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' has her shooting the enemy while doing a back flip.
* GogglesDoNothing: Her outfit in the second game has her wearing goggles on her head that she never actually puts to use.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Laura notices when the class is swimming that Fie is deliberately holding back and challenges her to a rematch. In fact, Fie holds back frequently, which is one reason the extremely straightforward Laura has trouble relating to her.
* ImprobableAge: She's the youngest member of Class VII until Millium arrives, being two years younger than all of them. [[RealityEnsues As a result, she needs a bit of help with her schoolwork.]] Taken further in ''Cold Steel III'' where it's revealed she became a full-fledged Bracer at the age of 16, at least one year after she graduated from Thors, and is currently working with Sara on various missions.
* {{Invisibility}}: She gets the ability to grant herself Stealth and a 50% SPD boost in the second game via Concealing Wind. As a bonus, if she attacks while invisible she gets an automatic Critical.
* KindheartedCatLover: Shows that she doesn't just like to imitate cats during a sidequest in Heimdallr, when she calms down an aggressive cat.
* LightningBruiser: In the first two games it's quite possible to give Fie a 100% evade stat with the right setup. This effectively nullifies Fie's only real weakness - her low HP and defense - and allows her to be a highly effective tank, as she will always dodge any non-magical attack. You can build on this further by giving her the Wrath quartz (all counterattacks are automatic criticals, which can trigger link attacks) and, in ''Cold Steel II'', it is possible to buff Fie's magic evade to >50% as well, making her almost completely untouchable.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Her bonding events mostly focus on family - how she considered Zephyr her family at first and how their abandonment left her adrift before she found a new family in Class VII. Subverted with Rean in their final bonding event in Cold Steel II - she talks about how all the other boys in Class VII are like her older brothers, but Rean is different, "something closer."
** By the time ''Cold Steel III'' rolls around she has begun to show annoyance when Rean treats her in a sisterly fashion, and ''Cold Steel IV'' reveals the reason why: [[spoiler:she's fallen for him. She definitely no longer sees him in a platonic light.]]
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in the first game is "Sylphid Dance", with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Shadow Brigade". For ''III'' and ''IV'', her S-Craft is "Lethal Crusade".
* LittleMissSnarker: Whenever someone in Class VII (usually Sara) says something overly goofy, Fie is usually there to follow it up with a snide remark.
* MagicSkirt: Even wearing her Thors uniform doesn't stop her from performing acrobatic feats that are likely to show off her underwear to the world. Fortunately, it never happens thanks to in-game physics.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is pronounced similar to the French word for fairy, fitting her title as Sylphid.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: Her main weapons are a pair of guns with knives built into bellow the barrel.
* MsFanservice: She's officially graduated to this as of ''Cold Steel III'', with her {{Stripperific}} outfit and more curvaceous body.
* NoSocialSkills: After Jusis' father brushes him off, he's left standing in the street staring. Fie, lacking any social niceties, is the first person to ask Jusis what just happened.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Her pistol daggers act as this in her ''Cold Steel III's'' S-Craft.
* PromotionToLoveInterest: Her bonding events in the first two games aired on the ambiguous side, with ''Cold Steel III'' hinting that the way she felt had changed. By ''Cold Steel IV'' the ambiguity is entirely gone and she becomes a full-on love interest.
* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks unless spoken to and her responses are usually minimalistic.
* RedBaron: Known as "Sylphid" among those who know of her past as a former Jaeger of Zephyr.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Ticks off nearly every one of the traits of the archetype.
* RequiredPartyMember: In the second game, she's required to be in the party for the second stratum boss fight of the Infernal Castle in order to settle things once and for all with Xeno and Leonidas. [[spoiler:She also must be in the active party for the battle against Shirley, Rutger, Siegfried, and Sharon in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Gains a green-colored one in ''Cold Steel II''. Switches to a dark blue one in ''Cold Steel III''.
* ShadowArchetype: One that she recognizes, during one of her Bond Events. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Shirley Orlando]] is the kind of person Fie could have become if she hadn't met everyone in Class VII.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Compare her 15-year-old appearance in the first two games as shown above to her 17-year-old appearance in ''Cold Steel III'' right below it. Between her getting taller, growing out her hair, being more expressive than ever before, and even showing signs of growth in the right places, Fie's most certainly come a long way from when she was still a schoolgirl.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She is noted to nap like a cat and can sleep just about anywhere. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Both the opening intro and the prologue]] shows her napping on a bench, and her victory pose is her yawning. Her initial time at Thors consisted largely of finding places to nap.
** AsleepInClass: She is chastised for falling asleep in a number of places in and around Thors Military Academy, including in class.
* SpinAttack: Sylphid Dance finishes with her spinning in a circle while rapid-firing both of her guns.
* {{Stripperific}}: Her outfit in ''Cold Steel II'' already didn't leave much to the imagination, but her ''Cold Steel III'' outfit takes it up a notch.
* StuffBlowingUp: At the end of her Shadow Brigade S-craft, with a hint of UnflinchingWalk. She also packs some explosives on her just in case.
* TrickBomb: Her craft "Flash Grenade" has a chance to inflict Blind and/or Paralysis in a wide area, though it does very little direct damage.
* UnkemptBeauty: Her appearance in the third game.
* WaifFu: Very agile as some of her attacks show.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: A non-romantic version in her bonding events in the first game. Tasked with growing flowers for the Gardening Club, she recalls that one of her friends in the jaeger corps told her to "raise them with love," a concept that she still can't seem to grasp. She appears to have learned the meaning during the timeskip as her first bonding event in ''Cold Steel IV'' has her confessing her romantic feelings to Rean.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Her outfit in ''Cold Steel II'' includes shorts that are only about three times as wide as the belt holding them up, and she wears them so low on her hips that the belt is the only reason they haven't fallen off.
* VocalEvolution: She emotes a lot more in ''Cold Steel II'', probably as a result of her time with the class.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gaius Worzel]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gaius as he appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Gaius as he appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_20_17_013.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (Japanese), Creator/KaijiTang (English)

->''"May the wind and the Goddess bless us."''

A foreign exchange student from the distant Nord Highlands situated at the north-eastern edge of the Empire. Through the recommendation of Zechs Vander, he leaves his family behind as he ends up attending Thors to learn more of the world beyond his homeland. Thanks to his heritage, Gaius is a naturally friendly and reliable young man. Thanks to his interest in painting, he ends up joining the Art Club during his time at Thors. In combat, he utilizes a spear. He is also quite religious, offering prayers to Aidios whenever he has the time.

After graduating from Thors, he ends up returning to his homeland in order to protect it. He returns to Erebonia in ''Cold Steel III'' in order to aid his classmates once more.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He delivered this to Patrick after he mocked most of class VII members.
-->'''Gaius''': "(...) I can understand the importance of tradition, lineage, dignity, pride -- I get why those would matter... ''But where do you think they let you get off saying the kinds of things you did?''"
* BadassBaritone: Has the deepest voice out of all of Class VII's male members both in the original Japanese and the English dub.
* BadassLongcoat: Sports one in ''Cold Steel III''. Fans immediately perked up at the familiar design. [[spoiler:It's a Dominion-style longcoat, cementing the fact that he's the new 8th Dominion of the Gralsritter.]]
* BadassPreacher: [[spoiler:Just like the other Dominions who don't preach, he's a subversion despite being part of the church.]]
* BigBrotherWorship: On the receiving end of this from his three younger siblings who all look up to him.
* BladeOnAStick: His primary weapon is a spear with a cross shaped blade.
* BlowYouAway: Two of his Crafts and both of his S-Crafts involve wind. It's also his primary element-restricted slot.
* CastFromHitPoints: His Wild Rage craft lowers his HP to refill his CP gauge.
* CatchPhrase: "The Wind", sometimes with "and the Goddess" added. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] once by Rean and Jusis.
* ChurchMilitant: [[spoiler:He finally becomes a full-fledged Dominion, taking Barkhorn's seat in ''Cold Steel III's'' after two games worth of teasing.]]
* CulturedBadass: Knows how to fight but is also quite well spoken and likes to both paint and play the sitar.
* DeathFromAbove: "Savage Fang" and his original S-Craft "Calamity Hawk."
* DiscOneNuke: He is this in ''Cold Steel IV'' as soon as he joins the party thanks to his powerful S-Craft rating at 4S where everyone else is hovering at 3S+ at most, his Wild Rage skill, Musse's Brave Order[[note]]Reduces all EP costs by 80%[[/note]], and a treasure chest at the third dungeon of Elin that contains a "Chrono Burst R" quartz, long before players can even obtain the Chrono Burst quartz. Pair him up with a character that can refill his EP via ARCUS links and stock up on restoration items for HP, EP, and BP and he can kill bosses very easily. There also exists a cryptid that drops a Lost Arts Quartz right next to the Elin portal that can be defeated with this strategy and obtain the quartz itself ''long'' before players are supposed to challenge that boss.[[note]]For context, your party members average around 72-78 at this point in the game. The boss itself is level ''100''.[[/note]]
* DualWielding: He pulls out a second spear for his new S-Craft in ''Cold Steel II'', "Twin Cyclone."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:If the player maxes out his bonding events in ''Cold Steel III'', then he'll give Rean a sneak preview of his stigma at Heimdallr.]]
* ForeignExchangeStudent: He comes from the Nord Highlands and decided to go to Thors after a recommendation from Zechs.
* FunnyForeigner: How he's seen by other students though he rarely even acts like one.
* GoodOldWays: The Nord Highlands is a remote region northeast of the Empire that haven't changed much in the past three hundred or so years. His family and tribe still lives nomadically.
* HorsebackHeroism: How he saves Rean and co. in "Cold Steel II." He also did the same thing for Lt. General Zechs Vander in the past, impressing the man enough to write up a recommendation for him to attend Thors.
* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in the first game is "Calamity Hawk," with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Twin Cyclones"[[labelnote:*]]"Expel Lancer" in the original[[/labelnote]]. For ''III'' and ''IV'', his S-Craft is "Howling Heavens."
* NatureSpirit: He prays to Aidios (and is first encountered by the player at Trista's church) but he also talks about the traditional belief in the Wind, which is what the nomads of Nord Highlands believe in.
* NiceGuy: Easily one of the kindest, most loving and patient characters in the franchise. The only instance between the three games where he loses his cool is when Bleublanc gets absolutely delighted over the fact that Nord is about to get burned into the ground.
* NonstandardSkillLearning: He can learn his Craft "Hunter Wing" from a Bond Event earlier than normal, though if the player doesn't see it they'll still get the skill eventually via leveling up. In ''Cold Steel III'', you can only use his S-Craft in the final chapter [[spoiler:when he reveals that he's the 8th Dominion.]]
* ParentalIssues: ''Completely'' averted. Gaius is the ''only'' member of Class VII to have both a full set of loving parents and no relationship issues with them whatsoever.
* PowerGivesYouWings: While performing his S-Craft "Calamity Hawk," he appears to have burning wings and a tail sprouting from his back in the shape of a hawk.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Is no slouch in combat and is quite religious as well. [[spoiler:Taken further when he becomes a Dominion.]]
* RedBaron: [[spoiler:His official Dominion title is the "Soaring Phoenix".]]
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:He must be in the active party for the battle against Arianrhod and Demon [=McBurn=] in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* ScholarshipStudent: He earned one from an officer in the Imperial Army Zechs Vander, Mueller's uncle which allows him to attend Thors despite not being as academically qualified as the other students.
* ShipTease: Gets quite a bit with his former fellow art club member Linde in ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV''. They spend the final night at Michelam together and Rean feels as though it would be rude to intrude on their date if you try to speak to them.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: His 'wind sense' allows him to notice when he enters an area where the higher elements are active.
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel III'', he becomes the newest 8th Dominion after Barkhorn transfers his stigma to him.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome: The tallest and tannest member of the class. If you take him along to collect clothes for the concert, the store owner considers hiring him as a model. Rean even agrees mentally, saying he'd look good in anything.
* TattooAsCharacterType: He has scrolling tattoos on his arms and wears his uniforms with rolled-up sleeves to show them off. It's a tribal custom.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After acquiring his stigma from Barkhorn, he becomes the 8th Dominion and becomes increasingly stronger than he was before. It's especially notable because he goes from being not too impressive combat wise in-story compared to other member of Class VII, to being one of the strongest members of the group, possibly THE strongest bar Rean. It was enough that his re-introduction in ''Cold Steel III'' was what made [[PhysicalGod Arianrhod]] stop fighting the new Class VII.]]
* TornadoMove: Several of his Crafts are this.
* [[WarriorPoet Warrior Artist]]: He grew up hunting with a spear, he attends Thors Military Academy, and he enjoys painting in his spare time.
* WillfullyWeak: Throughout most of ''Cold Steel III'' as he doesn't have access to his S-Craft, making it harder to utilize his Wild Rage combos. [[spoiler:When he finally materializes his stigma, the gloves come off.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Millium Orion]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Millium as she appears in ''Cold Steel II'']]
[[quoteright:350: Millium as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iii_2017_07_20_17_018.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Kotori Koiwai (Japanese), Creator/AshlyBurch (''I'' , ''II''), Michelle Marie (''III'') (English)

->''"Okay, looks like everybody's here! Let's go go goooooo!"''

A young girl encountered by Rean and his group during their field study at the Nord Highlands. She is accompanied by a robot companion called Airgetlam. She is a member of the Intelligence Division and a member of the Ironbloods together with Claire and Lechter. Strings are pulled to get her into Class VII, where she exhausts everyone with her boundless energy. She ends up joining the Cooking Club during her stay at Thors.

After graduating, she returns to her work with the Intelligence Division. Despite this, she's ready support Rean and her friends from Class VII whenever they desire.
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* AffectionateNickname: She calls Airgetlam "Ga-chan/Lammy," depending on the script. She later gives Claiomh Solais a similar name ("Ku-chan/Sammy"), but Altina is not having it. Speaking of Altina, Millium decides to call her "Tilly/A-chan." [[spoiler:To round things off, she refers to George's former Combat Shell (Naglfar) as "Gu-chan."]]
* AloofAlly: For the most part in ''Cold Steel I''. While she's no enemy, it's made clear that she's attending Thors only because of her mission in investigating "C". By the end of ''Cold Steel II'' however she's considered a full-on member of Class VII as much as the others.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: [[spoiler:She as the Originator Zero sword can pierce through demon king [=McBurn's=] absolute defense in his final battle with him in ''Cold Steel IV''. It doesn't kill [=McBurn=] but it was enough to truly injure him to recover half of his memories which is what he wanted in the first place.]]
* ArtificialHuman: Millium's true nature is hinted at throughout both games. She claims she has never cried or felt sadness before, she is able to keep up with Class VII's demanding curriculum despite the fact that she's four years younger than the rest of the class and has never attended Sunday School, she reveals she has a serial number tied to the Black Workshop, a piece of artwork during the credits sequence shows her floating in what looks like a [[PeopleJars People Jar]], and she talks with Rean in the epilogue about how, according to her "specifications", she's already close to fully grown. If you choose Millium as your partner when visiting the dorm, her final event in the epilogue has her spill the beans - she is an ArtificialHuman, and was "produced", rather than born. [[spoiler:''Cold Steel III'' elaborates this further by revealing that both she and Altina are basically similar with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki [=KeA=]]], homonculi created in Black Workshop using Crois Family's technology stolen by Black Alberich.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The true ending of ''Cold Steel IV'' has Franz Reinford revealing that he had a backup body for her waiting at the Black Workshop.]]
* BadassAdorable: Given how cheerful and energetic she is around 95% of the time, you'd be forgiven for forgetting that not only does she have a battle-ready robot waiting in the wings at all times, she's still a government agent working for the Chancellor.
* BeehiveBarrier: Ultimate Barrier has this visual effect and allows her to tank a single physical attack. Airgetlam later deploys an even more impressive beehive barrier that protects the entire party during a cutscene.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Yes, she's a little weird. She's also [[PraetorianGuard Ironblood]] with everything that comes with it.
* BigEater: Joined the Cooking Club for access to more snacks. At one point in ''Cold Steel III'', Rean and co track her movements by asking around the local restaurants to see if she'd eaten there recently. According to witness testimony, she'd eaten an enormous paella platter, three bowls of bouillabaisse, and a five-scoop ice cream cone, over the course of a single afternoon.
* {{Bokukko}}: In the original dub this is the way she refers to herself.
* BookEnds: She's the first old Class VII member to join Rean in ''Cold Steel III''. [[spoiler:After the TrueFinalBoss fight, she joins Rean in chasing after Ishmelga, with Rean cutting down Ishmelga using her as the sword.]]
* CatGirl: Much like Tio's headband, Millium's cap (worn when she attends Thors) gives her a catlike appearance.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The capsule that Team A encounters at the Black Workshop in ''Cold Steel IV'' contains the back up body of Millium.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has no problem with the idea of summoning a two meter tall robot in the middle of a classroom. Sara tells her not to do that again because if anything gets damaged, ''she's'' the one the Headmaster will take it out on.
* CodeName: She identifies herself to Ironblood members as "White Rabbit."
* CoolSword: [[spoiler:Her death transforms her into one. She comes back at the GoldenEnding route.]]
* CrutchCharacter: In-universe, Airgetlam is one for her; when she runs into a situation where her robotic companion can't instantly solve her problems, she freaks out.
* CuddleBug: Quite prone to giving people she's close to hugs as Rean, Jusis, and Claire can attest to.
* CuteBruiser: She's tiny and she hits ''ridiculously'' hard. True, it's mostly Airgetlam doing the hitting but she can transform it into a weapon and swing it under her own power and she's incredibly athletic so it's not ''all'' her robot's doing.
* DamageReduction: Her Brave Order "White Decorations" does this for the entire party, reducing all enemy damage down by a whopping 90%.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:In the normal ending of ''Cold Steel IV'', Millium dies for real alongside Rean and Crow.]]
* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', she only appears sporadically in the game by virtue of her physical body being dead. She's only a SupportPartyMember that requires Jusis to be at the party so players can use her Brave Order.]]
* DesignerBabies: Never outright stated during the main plot of the first two ''Cold Steel'' games, but her final bonding event and the English version-exclusive images during the (first) ending of ''Cold Steel II'' seem to confirm this. In the epilogue, Millium hints at this even farther, saying that "according to her specs", she's almost full grown and is going to be a PintSizedPowerhouse forever. [[spoiler:Even at the end of the GoldenEnding of ''Cold Steel IV'', her new body is still small.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dies in Rean's arms at the climax of ''Cold Steel III'' after saving him and Altina from the Nameless One. She got better though.]]
* DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:Upon her death, her body dissolves into light before reforming as the Sword of Demise.]]
* DitzyGenius: Despite being younger than her classmates, she can keep up in class, though it's hard to tell because of her goofy behavior.
* DropTheHammer: Her S-Craft Gigant Break transforms Airgetlam into an enormous hammer capable of shattering the ground with a blow. She later gets Sledge Impact which does the same thing in a lesser form.
* EnergyWeapon: One of Airgetlam's built-in weapons, Riot Beam and its upgrade Valiant Beam.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Ends up fighting against Class VII in ''Cold Steel III'' due to her affiliation with Osborne's Ironbloods. It doesn't last long however as after the playable fight she decides to sit out the rest of the conflict up until the moment when she sacrifices herself in order to save Altina and Rean.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Despite siding with the Ironbloods in ''Cold Steel III'' to fight against Class VII, she's actually there to save Altina and sacrifice her life in the process.]]
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Sides with Osborne in the finale of ''Cold Steel III'', forcing her and the rest of the Ironbloods to fight against Rean and the rest.]]
* GenkiGirl: Oh so ''very'' much. Her genkiness is enough to exhaust both Rean and Jusis.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: When moving into Class VII's dormitory, she brings an impressive collection of dolls with her, including [[SeriesMascot Poms]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Mishy and Mishette], [[{{VideoGame/Ys}} Pikkards]] and [[VideoGame/NayutaNoKiseki Noi]]. The Zwei II penguin also makes a reappearance, although at a much smaller scale. Apparently, Lechter bought all of them for her.
* GlassCannon: She has exceptional DEF and hits like a truck but her HP reserves are fairly low. Since her default Master Quartz buffs her DEF even further and grants Craft Guard and Magic Reflection (and she has a Craft that can grant the first effect at will) she can ''usually'' stay out of trouble as long as you're careful. Loading her up with Quartz and accessories to bring her HP to a more reasonable level can ameliorate this.
* TheGlomp: Millium is a great fan of this maneuver, with Claire, Rean, and Jusis often at the receiving end.
* TheGwenStacy: [[spoiler:She is this for Rean as she dies protecting him and preventing Altina's HeroicSacrifice during the finale of ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* HairAntennae: She has a short pair.
* HeightAngst: She's rather annoyed that she won't be growing any taller. When Laura says she looks the same as before, Millium protests that she grew one rege.
* {{Irony}}: She hates ghosts, [[spoiler:yet she sort of ends up becoming one herself by the fourth game.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:At the climax of ''Cold Steel III'', she dies after sacrificing herself to protect both Rean and Altina. Shortly afterwards her soul is used to forge a sword for Valimar. This also causes Rean to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge with his SuperpoweredEvilSide.]]
* KillSat: Her second S-Craft [[DeathFromAbove Galactic Cannon]] has her transform Airgetlam into one of these and [[RuleOfCool fire him from low orbit]].
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She dies defending Rean and the rest after Rean's Zemurian Tachi is destroyed during the battle against the corrupted Divine Beast in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "New Companions" is actually used in the original ''Cold Steel'' to introduce both her and Crow, but its perky nature fits the personality she displays and it's used in several other scenes involving her, including in ''Cold Steel II''.
* LethalChef: She joins the Cooking Club in order to get free food. Her attempts at cooking some of her own tend to set off smoke alarms.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in the first game is "Gigant Break", with "Cold Steel II" adding in "Galactic Cannon"[[labelnote:*]]"Galaxy Cannon" in the original[[/labelnote]]. As of the third game her S-Craft is "Terra Breaker".
* MundaneUtility: She tries to use Airgetlam for everyday things like stirring ingredients while cooking. The other characters (usually Rean) have to remind her not to do this. During the attack on Trista at the end of the game she puts this to practical use, taking advantage of Airgetlam's ability to fly in order to see what's happening in areas that are out of line of sight.
* MysteriousPast: Millium's memory was erased when she was given to Osborne, so she has no recollection of her past. She knows she came from the Black Workshop and has some knowledge of their workings, presumably from the Intelligence Division's files, but no actual memories of her time there.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Attacks Rean, Jusis and a random girl from the Equestrian Club and has naughty dreams about Emma though we don't see her go after her onscreen.
* TheNotSecret: Neither Millium nor the game make any real effort to hide that she's one of the Ironblood, working for Chancellor Osborne, although her motivations are only revealed at the end when she tells Class VII.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's tiny and can swing a ''massive'' hammer. She also has the highest natural DEF of all the playable characters despite being the youngest and smallest.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:Her soul is used to create Rean's divergent sword.]]
* RetractableWeapon: A variation but [[spoiler:she can adjust the size of her sword form from as big as Valimar to as small as a regular sword wielded by Rean to destroy Ishmelga.]]
* RobotBuddy: She's accompanied by Airgetlam, a two meter tall robot that can carry her around, pulverize solid rock and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stir the soup]].
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:She dies protecting Rean and the rest of the party after Rean's Zemurian tachi is destroyed. Her soul is then used to forge a new sword for Rean which is originally blue in color except Rean turns it red when he loses control of his SuperpoweredEvilSide. However, as revealed in the Black Records, her death and subsequent defeat of the corrupted holy beast via said newly forged sword are the final steps in "The Great Twilight"; what Osborne, The Black Workshop, and Ouroboros are trying to achieve. Worse, both she and Altina (the intended person to be the sacrifice until Millium takes her place) are aware but decided to do it anyway.]]
** [[spoiler:Of course, if she hadn't the Beast would have just killed Rean and then Cedric would have killed Altina and taken the sword then did it anyway then probably went on to abuse the sword's power. So in the end it was probably the best possible outcome albeit in a situation where there was no real solution.]]
* ShipTease: She gets a ton with Jusis. [[spoiler:Cemented in ''Cold Steel IV'' where she doesn't have any bonding events with Rean (mainly because she's a sword) and after killing Ishmelga, Rean gives Jusis the sword that's holding Millium's soul. And they share many moments together in Mishelam, in places reserved for couples. See the ShipTease page for the game.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Miriam or Millium? It's Millium in Creator/{{XSeed|Games}}'s official localization.
* StepfordSmiler: Perhaps to some degree. If you see her bonding scene with Rean, she reveals that it isn't all fun and games. She may be a young girl, but she's also a government agent and everything that comes with it, and sometimes she feels like there's two of her. She never even got to attend Sunday School. To at least some degree, the whole perky happy-go-lucky girl thing is an act.
** Played completely straight in ''Cold Steel IV''. [[spoiler:She sure acts very cheerful for someone that knows her life is probably going to end by the end of the Rivalry. Millium eventually also says she shouldn't have treated her sacrifice with such cheer because due to the lack of enough interactions, she never thought her friends would suffer so much with it. She drops the pretense of her death being a normal and acceptable thing after she appears to her friends again as a projection from the sword.]]
* TalkingInYourSleep: While on the way to the field study in Legram, she sleeps on the train and comments "No, Lammy, you can't smash that." Also, later on, while taking a nap following a mission: "Emma, they're so big... and soft."
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', she dies for real alongside Rean and Crow to destroy the Great One and its curse for good in the normal ending.]]
* TokenMiniMoe: She's thirteen in the first 2 games and looks it.
* UnableToCry: Millium reveals in the second game that she has never felt sadness or cried and idly wonders what it's like. Subverted in the Epilogue, when [[TheFellowshipHasEnded Class VII completes their last adventure together]] and Millium feels a tear running down her face. A few seconds later, the dam bursts in earnest.
* WhamLine: Drops a bombshell reveal at least twice in both ''Cold Steel I'' and ''II''.
** The first is her revealing where she reveals that Crow is none other than <C>.
---> "If only I caught on sooner... but considering that he managed to outwit Claire, Lechter and even Gramps I suppose Crow's earned this victory."
** From the second game after seeing Rufus at the Infernal Castle:
---> "You're one too, right?"
* WhatIsThisFeeling: In the second game after seeing Celdic burned to the ground, Millium starts feeling a "weird tightness" and confers with Rean about it. Rean diagnoses that Millium is feeling sad, something that Millium thinks is definitely out of character for her. Prior to this, Millium even admits that she has never felt sadness or cried before, even after the death of the Chancellor (whom Millium affectionately called "Grandpa"). This ultimately culminates in the end of the game, where, after Class VII's last hurrah together against the big boss Loa Luciferia, she begins to cry for real.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Wears a pair for her outfit in the second game and an even shorter pair for the third game.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Like [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Elie]], she's terrified of ghosts and asks Jusis not to say the 'G-word' around her. Also as per the previous character, her fear is kind of justified by the fact that ghosts in this setting A) Exist and B) Can kill you.
* YouAreNumberSix: Model Name [=Oz73=].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue-green in fact.
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[[folder:Crow Armbrust]]
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelCrowArmbrust here]]
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[[folder:Sara Valestein]]
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[[quoteright:350: Sara as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sara_4.png[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiToyoguchi (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen (English)

->''"You deserve the chance to earn that legacy you were talking about. To leave a light for those who'll come after.''"

Class VII's homeroom teacher and Combat Instructor of Thors Military Academy. She has a very laid-back approach to her work which clashes with some of her more serious minded students and comrades. Before she became an instructor, Sara was formerly a bracer known as the Purple Lightning who was renowned for becoming the youngest bracer in the guild's history to achieve A-rank at the age of 16. Before her tenure as a bracer however, she was also a Jaeger much like Fie.

After the graduation and subsequent disbanding of Class VII, Sara formally resigns from her job as an Instructor and returns to her duties as a Bracer. She takes Fie along with her as she guides the latter on her own path to becoming a Bracer while also helping her investigate the situation regarding Zephyr. By the time of ''Cold Steel III'' both are now running missions together in Erebonia.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Her outfit as of ''Cold Steel III'' shows her's off.
* AintNoRule: During the swimming competition between boys and girls in the second game, she only sent out Fie and Laura as their contestants against the entire boys and soundly beats them. The boys call her out on cheating but Neidthart rebukes them.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: When Jusis and Machias pitch a fit over being paired together for a field study group for the second month in a row, Sara notes that she's not a traditional military type, so she's not going to make an order. ''Instead'', if they don't like it, they can fight her. Oh, and she makes Rean join in as well. As for what follows, see CurbStompBattle below.
* BadassLongcoat: Part of her primary getup in the first two games before ditching it in ''Cold Steel III'' and beyond.
* BareYourMidriff: In one of her DLC outfits.
* BattleAura: Emits a purple one when [[LetsGetDangerous she decides to get serious]].
* {{Beergasm}}: Loud enough that Rean can tell she's drinking in the middle of a phone conversation.
* BigDamnKiss: Shares one with Rean if she is chosen for the final bond event in ''Cold Steel IV.''
* BoobsOfSteel: Bustiest and most physically oriented powerhouse among the girls associated with Class VII.
* BrickJoke: Manages to finally get Rean to drink with her in ''Cold Steel III'' where Rean and her discuss about the North Ambria Campaign and her life as a jaeger, mostly about her dad. [[spoiler:It ends with Sara giving Rean a kiss on his cheek.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: She is...NOT exactly a conventional teacher. Still very competent and a deadly fighter.
* ChildSoldier: Sara became an A-rank Bracer by the time she was 16 years old, and before that she was a Jaeger like Fie.
* ChristmasCake: Over 25 years old (27 by ''Cold Steel III'') and still single.
** In ''III'', she points out the absurdity of considering herself old at the age of 27.
* CleavageWindow: Both her first and second outfit feature one.
* CurbStompBattle: When Jusis and Machias complain about being assigned together again, she tells them she'll consider changing her mind if they can beat her in a fight. [[SchmuckBait They agree]]. After making Rean join them, she proceeds to give them all an ass-kicking of epic proportions.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Her dad tells her to think whether she wants to continue being a jaeger or not before he dies in her arms.
* GuestStarPartyMember: She's only playable in a short segment at Garrelia Fortress in the first game. She becomes a proper party memeber in the sequels.
* ElectraComplex: Calls her adopted father her first love, and admits her fondness of older men was a result of him. Outright admits she has a father complex when speaking to Rean over drinks in the third game.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She likes beer and has no trouble knocking back a pint (or several) in front of her students. She won't let them drink though, [[HypocriticalHumor against school rules and all that]]. This, though, ''doesn't'' seem to stop her from at least seemingly trying on several occasions to get Rean to drink.
* HollywoodDateless: Despite being a MsFanservice, a sour point of contention for Sara is her status as a single woman at her age. Her students often poke fun at her for this much to her annoyance.
* JailBaitWait: If Rean chooses her for his final bonding event in ''Cold Steel II'', she tells him that if he's still interested in her in a few years she'll make it [[IWillWaitForYou worth the chase]]. In ''Cold Steel IV'' she makes good on that.
* LetsGetDangerous: For almost the entirety of the first game and a significant chunk of the second game, Sara is explicitly not trying that hard in fights, despite easily outdoing Class VII in the first game. It's only after meeting the Northern Jaegers, her old colleagues, that she decides to make a stand and proceeds to wipe the floor with every single one of them. She isn't called [[RedBaron the Purple Lightning]] for nothing, after all. Perhaps best shown by the quote she has when starting her second S-Craft, Northern Limits.
-->'''Sara:''' Time to try for once!
* LettingHerHairDown: Downplayed in ''Cold Steel III'', where she now has her hair [[http://i.imgur.com/MMGcu61.jpg in a pony tail.]]
* LightningBruiser: She has very high speed and strength and is capable of not only massive [=AoE=] damage but her Lightning Charge Craft makes her capable of dodge-tanking as well as Fie.
* LikesOlderMen: One reason why she's still single at her age is because she prefers older men. Victor and Rutger, Laura and Fie's fathers respectively, are two such examples as she's quick to swoon over them. She also notes that if Alisa's grandfather, Gwyn Reinford, were a little younger he'd probably be right up her alley.
** Rean is the exception if she's chosen as the LoveInterest, but only when he's a few years older than he is now.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in the first game is "Plasma Storm"[[labelnote:*]]"Omega Eclair" in the original[[/labelnote]], with ''Cold Steel II'' adding in "Northern Limits"[[labelnote:*]]"Northern Exceed" in the original[[/labelnote]], which would later become her sole S-Craft in ''III'' and ''IV'' under the name "Northern Lightning".
* MoochingMaster: Gleefully sends Rean on errands she should really do herself.
* MsFanservice: The most buxom among the female members of Class VII and the outfit she wears highlights this. Her ''Cold Steel III'' outfit even features a thigh slit.
* MysteriousPast: For the most part her past remains a mystery and isn't expounded upon at all in the first two games aside from a few small details such as her being former Jaeger from North Ambria. Only in ''Cold Steel III'' do players finally find out more about her past.
* NonStandardSkillLearning: Learns her second S-Craft Northern Limits through the story line.
* NotSoDifferent: To Fie. The two of them couldn't be anymore different if they tried, but both of them were Jaegers when they were younger prior to being rescued by some form of authority (Beatrix for Sara, Sara herself for Fie) and they also prefer to hold back, though for Sara it's necessary considering her job as an instructor.
* OneWomanArmy: Took on the entirety of the Northern Jaegers at Aurochs Fort. While she didn't take them out, her former comrades are so impressed by Sara dedication and strength that they decide to pull out of the Civil War partially out of respect for her.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: ''Cold Steel II'' reveals that before she was a Bracer, Sara was a member of the Northern Jaegers.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Considering her RedBaron ''is'' the "Purple Lightning" and she's powerful enough, she qualifes. To compound further, her hair, sword, and gun are purple.
* RedBaron: Depending on what version of the game you're playing, she'll either be nicknamed "Éclair" (Japanese) or "Purple Lightning" (localized). Regardless, it was her title back when she was a bracer.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:She must be in the active party for the battle against Shirley, Rutger, Siegfried and Sharon in ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* SenseiChan: Very much so. She is lazy, childish, manipulative, and tends to remind her students to pick up the pace in class or not cause problems else she'd get blamed for them. Naturally, her students have frequent sweat-drop actions and comment how they have little respect for her personality.
* ShesGotLegs: In ''Cold Steel III'', she has a high cut on her left leg.
* SchoolTeachers: A BadassTeacher, CoolTeacher ''and'' HotTeacher all rolled into one
* ShockAndAwe: All of her Crafts involve lightning.
* ShoutOut: Her last name is ''just'' off from [[{{VideoGame/Ys}} Valestine Castle]].
* TheSlacker: Her group divisions for the Field Exams tend to be the same people each time, with one or two members changed. Eventually the characters start to notice this and call her out on it.
* StudentTeacherRomance: With Rean especially during events.
** Her achievement is even named as such.
* SwordAndGun: She wields a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other.
* TalkingInYourSleep: At one point late in the game, if you have Rean talk to the sleeping Sara in the Class VII dormitory, she'll comment "Zzz... Keep those beers coming... Zzz..." and if you speak to her again, "Zzz... I'm done. Hit my limit... ...There needsh to be more booze in thish glass... Zzz..."
* ThighHighBoots: Wears these in the first two games.
* {{Tomboy}}: She's basically an adult version of [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Estelle]].
* {{Troll}}: After the party defeats Loa Erebonius and dispels the barrier around the Old Building, Class VII is relieved to know that they'll be able to continue the Festival and their performance the next day as planned. Sara tells them that no, they will ''not'' be holding the Festival tomorrow. After the class looks crestfallen and confused, Towa chides Sara, who then admits that the reason isn't because they're still cancelling the Festival but because ''[[ExactWords they're holding it today]]'', as it took the party until just past midnight to solve the mystery.
* WhatTheHellHero: Well they're not heroes but in ''Cold Steel III'', [[spoiler:she calls out the Northern Jaegers for committing suicide after Aurelia spared their lives in their fight at the Juno Naval Fortress.]]
* WomanChild: Her students act more mature than her at times.
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!New Class VII Members
[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Class VII: Special Operations (circa S.1206)]]
* BadassCrew: Much like their predecessors. While they're not going to be stronger than them anytime soon, New Class VII's teamwork and overall combat ability is high enough [[spoiler:that they're able to hold off Rean during his curse fueled rampage. Prior to that, through the use of Soldats, Ash and Juna were able to put a crack in Zektor's sword, and with the addition of Kurt, bring Cedric in Testa-Rossa to his knees.]] Of note, is that unlike their predecessors, there was never a case of any of the members of the New Class VII breaking, or being unable to form a Combat Link with one another, as was the case between Jusis and Machias or Laura and Fie.
* ColorCodedCharacters: When it comes to the Branch Campus's Panzer-Soldats, New Class VII end up preferring the models that just so happen to be painted in a color that they're often associated with.
** Pink Drakkhen II: Juna
** Blue Spiegel S: Kurt
** Red Hector Mk.II: Ash
** Green Kestral Beta: Musse
** Goliath Noa (black): Altina
* FiveManBand: Whenever Rean, the TeamDad, isn't with them, New Class VII can generally be divided as such:
** TheLeader: Juna
** TheLancer: Kurt
** TheBigGuy: Ash
** TheSmartGirl: Altina
** TheChick: Musse
** SixthRanger: [[HonoraryTrueCompanion Tita]]
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Similar to Old Class VII, players will rarely see the members of New Class VII hanging out with each other outside of story related scenes. This gets even worst when both groups are together.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Towards Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' after he loses himself to the Curse of Erebonia and starts rampaging. Thanks to the ARCUS II connecting them and everyone else with Rean's heart, they succeed.]]
* HumongousMecha: Due to the new curriculum at Thors, every member of New Class VII can pilot Panzer Soldats, allowing them to freely team up with Rean and Valimar against other enemy mecha whenever the Branch Campus' models are available.
* MilitaryMaverick: Compared to Old Class VII who were much more disciplined during their time as students, New Class VII is much more insubordinate. They disobeyed direct orders from Rean to stay put during their field exercises in Saint-Arkh and even took unauthorized command of a Panzer Soldat in the process, and during the field exercises in Ordis they, without any authorization, sneak out at night to tail Rean on his investigation into Raquel. Rean outright says their antics during the first chapter alone would warrant a court-martial if they were actual soldiers, and their at times less than irreverent attitude towards his authority definitely would be grounds for discipline in a more serious military setting.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Just like the old Class VII. Kurt puts it best.
-->'''Kurt''': Sometimes I wonder how we even function as a whole...
* SummonMagic: In ''Cold Steel IV'', the members of Class VII can briefly summon their own Soldats during regular battles.
* TeacherStudentRomance: If players view all of Juna, Altina, and/or Musse's bonding events in ''Cold Steel IV'', their feelings towards their instructor are shown to blossom. And while Rean isn't going to get into a relationship with any of them at the moment, if one of them is chosen for the fireworks scene, he says that he'll be willing to revisit the topic if they're still interested when they're older and no longer his students.
* ThreePlusTwo: The class initially started out with just Juna, Kurt, and Altina, but they're later joined by both Ash and Musse.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Inverted, as there's only two guys in the class when not counting their instructor.
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[[folder:Juna Crawford]]
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[[quoteright:350: Juna as she appears in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iv_the_end_of_saga_2018_03_29_18_001.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaoTouyama (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (English)

A girl from Crossbell who aspired to become a Crossbell Police Agent, yet was unable to after Crossbell was annexed by Erebonia in S. 1205. Instead, she enrolls at Thors Branch Campus in Leeves and becomes a member of Class VII after receiving an invitation from Claire, which she also uses as a chance to learn more about the country that invaded her homeland.
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* ActionGirl: Compared to Altina who uses Claiomh Solais and Musse who uses a rifle, Juna is the girl who uses tonfas and either gets up close and personal to enemies or fire at them at a distance. In a cutscene in ''Cold Steel IV'', poor Kairi gets to be on the receiving end when she gives him an arm lock before he could tell her that he's not an enemy.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Gets to shine as the protagonist for the first act of ''Cold Steel IV'' [[spoiler:when Rean is captured by Osborne and taken to the Black Workshop.]]
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Gives this to both her siblings and Altina. She ends up on the receiving end of from Rean in a few events.
* AffectionateNickname: [[TheNicknamer Randy]] calls her "Junie"[[labelnote:*]]"Ju-bou" in the original Japanese[[/labelnote]] a term she's not all that happy with. Ironically Juna herself likes to do the same with Altina whom she calls "Allie"[[labelnote:*]]"Al" in the original Japanese[[/labelnote]].
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Gives one to Kurt after the latter tells her to just get it over with rather than holding her rage in. It then takes her about 2 weeks to apologize for it.
* BareYourMidriff: Her "Crossbell Cheer!" and "Crossbell Resistance" DLC outfits show off her stomach.
* BathingBeauty: She gets a cutscene in ''Cold Steel III'' taking a shower, wrapped around in a bath towel.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Even when she wasn't quite fond of Erebonians, she held great respect for Claire since the latter stepped in on her behalf to restore her academic credits at the police academy after the Jerkass Army Officer in charge revoked all her credits after she protested against Lloyd and the other members of the SSS being branded as criminals.
* BerserkButton: Mentioning Erebonia's annexation of Crossbell or badmouthing the city in general is this for her, but she gets especially vexed if anyone badmouths the SSS. She became annoyed in general throughout Chapter 2 due to the many changes the Empire brought to the city, but loses her temper first and foremost when Kurt wonders out loud if Lloyd became a wanted man by resorting to terrorism to free Crossbell, Juna explodes and goes on a tirade of how great he was and how the rest of the SSS was in the right.
* BigSisterInstinct: During the flashback to when she and her family were under attack from a Calvard Gunship, Juna threw herself on top of her younger siblings preparing to take the blast hoping to at least make sure they survived.
* BikerBabe: Due to her experience at the Police Academy, she gets to drive one of the 3 three-seater bikes of the game. Kurt being her passenger in Chapter 2 is pretty much payback for her not getting to ride the horse in Chapter 1.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: The Tsukkomi to Musse's Boke. It can sometimes bring to mind Estelle's interactions with Olivier during ''Trails in the Sky''.
* BoobsOfSteel: Of the new Class VII girls, she is the most physically-orientated, and she narrowly beats Musse in chest size.
* BookDumb: Even if you get all the prerequisites and answer the questions in the exam correctly, Juna can only score top 45 at best.[[note]]The player only needs to answer two questions for her as all the other questions are all spread out towards the rest of Class VII.[[/note]] By contrast, everyone else in Class VII got in the top 20, with Kurt and Musse getting in the top 10.
* BoringButPractical: Due to its wide range, speed and defense debuffs, acceptable CP costs, and Juna doesn't move from her position, players would be spamming her Gemini Blast towards her enemies.
* BreakMeter: Her starting Master Quartz and her Brave Order "Sledgehammer"/"Thor Hammer" are all about breaking the break gauge faster.
* BuxomIsBetter: As noted by one [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer student at St. Astraia]] who called her "OneeSama" in the Japanese script. And of course, [[DirtyOldMan Gwyn]] has to comment on her "[[GratuitousEnglish nice body]]."
* TheCameo: In a recursive EarlyBirdCameo, the ''UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}'' version of ''Ao'' has her showing up at the Crossbell Police Academy as a police trainee. According to WordOfGod, this was the result of developers putting her there on a whim.
* CannotSpitItOut: Even after Chapter 2, she just can't bring herself to tell Rean "thank you" for saving her and her younger siblings, even during her bonding event in Chapter 3, where Jessica and Louise actually set up a chance for her to do so. She finally averts this in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[spoiler:after Rean is rescued from the Black Workshop]].
** Ironically enough, she doesn't have as much trouble confessing her feelings for Rean should the player choose to attend her bonding events in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* CharacterDevelopment: She's introduced as someone with extreme pride for homeland and is fangirl for the SSS, with a boisterous personality to match. Beneath the surface however, lies an inferiority complex that could cause her to breakdown at any moment.
** She eventually does experience a severe breakdown, after the reality of [[spoiler:Crossbell's occupation fully hits her and the truth of the birdcage incident is revealed, causing her already shaky self-esteem to completely shatter. This results in her ending up in a depressive state where she's unable to perform her field training due to a refusal to get out of bed. Fortunately, she's able to put herself back together with the constant support of Kurt and Altina, who deeply empathize and cherish her, and Rean's recorded message which gives her the resolve to step up and be hero in Crossbell's time of need, in place of ''her'' heroes who can't.]]
*** Culminates in ''Cold Steel IV'' as she's able to [[spoiler:rouse a depressed Class VII into action and rally everyone into saving Rean, despite the overwhelming odds.]]
* TheCheerleader: One of her DLC costumes in ''Cold Steel III'' (and ''Cold Steel IV'' if imported from ''III'') is a cheerleader outfit.
* CombinationAttack: With Kurt during a cutscene in ''Cold Steel IV''; [[spoiler:while liberating Eryn Village via Avon Hill]], she combines her Brave Smash with his Twilit Blades in a manner similar to how Rean and Crow's "Deadly Domination."
* CoolBigSis: Towards her siblings Ken and Nana, and a surrogate one towards [[TokenMiniMoe Altina]].
* CrossPromotion: In ''Cold Steel IV'', one of her DLC costumes transforms her into [[VideoGame/UtawarerumonoMaskOfTruth Kuon.]]
* CuddleBug: Constantly hugs Altina when given the opportunity, even when she's asleep!
* DashAttack: One of her Crafts is Brave Smash, the same move as Lloyd's.
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:She serves as the defacto protagonist for Chapter 1 of ''Cold Steel IV'' complete with her own set of heroic speeches. Once Rean comes back, she's back to being his support along with the rest of Old and New Class VII.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She shares this position with Kurt in ''Cold Steel III'', as both are newbies to what is happening behind the scenes of both Erebonia and Crossbell, in contrast to [[ExperiencedProtagonist Rean]]. Juna has a very prominent role in chapter 2, while Kurt is more relevant in Chapter 1 & 4. Both are consistently present in every chapter, however.
** She plays this role even further in ''Cold Steel IV'', to the point that [[spoiler:after Rean ends up being imprisoned within the Black Workshop, she's the one who temporarily takes up the mantle of protagonist and field leader of Class VII in his stead throughout the entirety of Chapter 1.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Was on the receiving end which resulted in her joining Class VII as clarified in PunishedForSympathy.
* DualTonfas: Her main weapon, complete with gun barrels at the other end.
* DualWielding: She uses "Gunbreakers," a pair of tonfas that can change into guns in both of her hands.
* FanGirl: Of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki the SSS]], even bordering on otaku level. She also ends up becoming a fangirl towards the members of Old Class VII after meeting them.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Together with her mother and sister, the first names of all three end with "-na".
* FantasticRacism: Downplayed. She's somewhat prejudiced against Erebonians thanks to the annexation of Crossbell by the Empire, but admits that she doesn't really hate them either. She even gets over it rather quickly once she befriends Kurt, Altina, and her other schoolmates at the Branch Campus. She's also quite respectful towards Claire who was responsible for recommending Juna to Thors in the first place.
* FriendlyRivalry: Seems to have one with Jessica in the tennis club, as well as Eida in Panzer Soldat battles.
* GenkiGirl: She has a very lively personality. Unfortunately, this also makes it easy for her to get worked up, with Erebonia's occupation of Crossbell being the most common trigger.
* GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed, but she basically admits at one point that she's jealous of Rean for having close personal connections with some of the members of Old Class VII whom she considers to be amazing people.
* HammyHerald: While introducing Tio, she ends up hamming it up so much that Tio has to tell her to calm down.
* TheHeart: Frequently serves as this to the group whenever the situation calls for it. The official site for ''Origins'' goes so far as to call her "the heart of the ''combined'' Class VII." This is perhaps best exemplified during Chapter 1 of ''Cold Steel III'', when Kurt is upset about being left behind by Rean.
--->'''Juna:''' Listen, Kurt. I get that you want to sound all tough and grown up and talk about how you accept the way things are...
--->'''Juna:''' But the look on your face is telling me a different story.
--->'''Kurt:''' ...
--->'''Juna:''' What's wrong with just saying, "I'm frustrated I got left behind"?
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:When Campanella how the SSS were effectively [[GildedCage imprisoned in Mishelam]] after Erebonia conquered Crossbell with Rufus confirming it, she undergoes one and spends the remainder of the Chapter 2 not wanting to get out of bed right until the finale after a DareToBeBadass speech by Rean.]]
* HotBlooded: She only has two volumes: normal and really loud and passionate.
* HumongousMecha: During the Knight/Soldat battles, she pilots a Drakken II. Her stated reason for doing so even after the other types were brought for use by the Branch Campus is because "it's the easiest to control."
* HypocriticalHumor: Berates Ash and Kurt for their disrespectful attitude towards Rean around the start of the third game, despite her doing more or less the same at first to even greater extent as a result of her Tsundere nature, and his role in Crossbell's annexation. Altina lampshades it.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Her Gunbreakers, which are combination of tonfas and guns, making her able to change modes and attack at close or long range.
* IOweYouMyLife: In her backstory, it turns out that during Rean's time in Crossbell he had saved her and her siblings from a Calvard gunship.
* JerkassToOne: Despite her misgivings towards Erebonia's annexation of Crossbell, she's mostly respectful to her classmates and instructors, and comes to hold the former Class VII in high regard. Aside from Kurt following the aforementioned AccidentalPervert moment, and [[{{Delinquent}} Ash,]] the only Erebonian character she really shows any ire towards is Rean who she disrespects to the point of near insubordination due to his role in the annexation, though she softens up later on.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: As a major Fangirl of the SSS, she quickly becomes VERY excited when she manages to meet and fight alongside her heroes in person.
* TheLeader: Among the new Class VII students, she tends to serve as the default leader of the group. [[spoiler:And it shows when she's the one to end up rousing everyone else into action the beginning of ''Cold Steel IV'' in order to find a way to save Rean.]]
* LettingHerHairDown: [[https://i.imgur.com/PjqpjHk.jpg Her swimsuit costume for]] ''Cold Steel IV'' has her hair unwrapped and reaches all the way to her shoulders. [[spoiler:She also briefly has her hair down during Olivert and Schera's wedding in the true ending of ''Cold Steel IV''. It doesn't last long as she eventually has Alisa tie it back once more.]]
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' is "Excel Breaker", with ''IV'' adding in "Valiant Charge," the latter of which she keeps in ''Origins''. When piloting the Drakken II, her finishing move is "Brave Rush" whilst her union attack is "Excel Burst."
* LoveEpiphany: During her bonding events in ''Cold Steel IV'', she slowly starts to realize that she's falling for Rean and even refers to the way she feels about him as her [[FirstLove "first important feelings"]]. [[LoveConfession This eventually leads to her confessing to him in her third event.]]
* MoreDakka: One of her crafts has her unloading a lot of bullets to a wide area.
* MorphWeapon: Her weapon can alternate between striker (tonfa) mode and gunner mode, reflected in her style change command.
* MsFanservice: Compared to the other two girls from new Class VII, she's usually marketed heavily for fanservice.
* {{Nerf}}: Juna's "Sledgehammer" Brave Order was horribly powerful in ''Cold Steel III'' thanks to its cheap cost of one Brave Point that allows players to break the break gauge three times faster. ''Cold Steel IV'' balances this by increasing its cost to two brave points and reduces the efficiency by half unless players pick up the trial chest that increases the break gauge damage to 250%.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: As a result of her [[{{Tsundere}} complicated feelings towards Rean,]] she tends to single him out on the occasions she gives praise to the Old Class VII.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Refers to Crown Prince Cedric as a spoilt brat in '' Cold Steel III'' Chapter 2...right in front of his older siblings who are both also royalty. Even Altina admitted it was tactless. Thankfully, Olivert and Alfin took it in stride, mostly because her account of [[RoyalBrat Cedric's]] [[TookALevelInJerkass character]] wasn't wrong.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Is this by virtue of being the closest thing to a normal teenager with a mundane family and upbringing in the New Class VII considering Kurt and Musse are both [[BlueBlood nobility]][[spoiler: with the latter secretly planning to overthrow Osborne]], Altina is an ArtificialHuman, and Ash is a Delinquent who grew up in a RedLightDistrict [[spoiler:after being orphaned in a FalseFlagOperation, then ends up causing another due to the Curse.]]
* PassionateSportsGirl: Juna is really dedicated on her tennis club work.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Going by hair color, she is the pink girl to Kurt's blue boy. ''Cold Steel IV'' takes this further by having Juna wear a new pink jacket to contrast Kurt's blue clothes.
* PunishedForSympathy: How she got into the Branch Campus in the first place. After Lloyd and the other members of the SSS were branded as criminals by the Empire, she protested the decision. This resulted in the head of the police academy, an Imperial Army officer, to revoke all of her academic credits. Claire thankfully stepped in and restored half of them, and recommended her to the Branch Campus to get back the rest.
* RageBreakingPoint: Throughout Chapter 2 of ''Cold Steel III'', she's shown getting extremely irritated at the many changes Crossbell has undergone under Imperial rule. When Campanella brings out an Aion, she explodes. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, its soon cut down short when Campanella informs her of how her heroes in the SSS have been hamstrung and imprisoned in Mishelam under Imperial decree so that they can't interfere with Erebonia's policies.]]
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Her "Brave Smash" Craft, and her "Valiant Charge" S-Craft, has her ramming at her enemies at full speed.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:She must be in the active party for the battle against Mariabell and Campanella in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* RescueRomance: As Juna herself admits, she likely started developing feelings for Rean ever since he rescued her and her siblings from a Calvard gunship during the annexation of Crossbell. However, thanks to his role in the event and their initially somewhat vitriolic relationship that came as a result, it's not until her bonding events in ''Cold Steel IV'' that she comes to realize this.
* RoseHairedSweetie: {{Tsundere}} antics aside, she's a mostly bright and cheerful soul, eventually becoming TheHeart for the New Class VII.
* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler:After finding out that Osborne is Rean's dad, she rouses Class VII's spirit, both old and new, to go and rescue their friend and teacher.]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: She's the lively girl to Kurt's cool-headed guy.
* SempaiKohai: She refers to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki the members of the SSS]] as her "sempai" in the Japanese scripts, a sentiment they are shown to reciprocate. She also has this dynamic with the members of the original Class VII, with Alisa in particular actually getting the "sempai" honorific in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Has made statements to this effect a couple times in ''Cold Steel III'', much to her embarrassment: first in Chapter 1, when Altina claims that Juna and Kurt's "relationship" had progressed, and in Chapter 2, when her siblings asked who was her boyfriend, Rean or Kurt.
* ShockAndAwe: Some of her attacks have lightning properties.
* SixthRanger: [[spoiler:To the SSS in the prologue of ''Origins'', though she's [[GuestStarPartyMember only playable for the first battle]].]]
* StanceSystem: Can switch between melee "Striker" and ranged "Gunner" modes at will. In fact, she was the only character in ''Cold Steel III'' who could do this.
* SuperMode: ''Cold Steel IV'' gives her the Craft "Flareness Heart," which gives her a buff in strength and defense and grants one brave point. Unlike Lloyd's Burning Heart however, it doesn't give her an extra turn.
* TearsOfFear: Flashback to when Rean saved her shows her crying when staring down the Calvard Gunship that nearly attacked her and her siblings.
* ThereWasADoor: [[spoiler:In ''Origins'', rather than going through the front door and climb up the stairs, she pilots a Zolge with the SSS riding along to the top of Orchis Tower, crashing the window.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Starts out as such at the beginning of the game due to her prejudice against Erebonia after the empire annexed Crossbell. She eventually softens up once she realizes that not all Erebonians are bad.
** She's ''especially'' one towards Rean thanks to his role in helping to secure Crossbell for the Empire. Very apparent in the way she compares him to Lloyd. Even after coming to realize that he's not that bad a person, she often ends up annoyed with him for various reasons such as when realizing how much of [[ChickMagnet an unknowing charmer he can be]]. And as mentioned above in CannotSpitItOut, she has a hard time trying to thank him for saving her and her siblings way back when. She admits in chapter two that it's mostly her taking her frustrations of Crossbell's annexation and her feelings of powerlessness in the aforementioned incident out on him. Her character note even outright calls her a tsundere as well.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Calls out Old Class VII in ''Cold Steel IV'' for just moping around for two whole weeks without even attempting to search for Rean.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kurt Vander]]
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[[quoteright:350:Kurt as he appears in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iv_the_end_of_saga_2018_03_29_18_004.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakuyaEguchi (Japanese), Creator/JoeZieja (English)

The younger half-brother of Mueller Vander. Raised with a strong sense of duty, he initially hoped to become the future guardian of the Arnor family much like his relatives before him. That is until Chancellor Osbourne released the Vander Family from their duty. Disappointed, he withdrew his application to enter Thors Military Academy, but Mueller convinced him to sign up for Thors Branch Campus instead.
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* AccidentalPervert: His first day on school has Kurt accidentally falling in between Juna's cleavage, ending up in the same position that Alisa gave one to Rean back in the first game.
* TheAce: Ranked ''first'' in the exam in Thors II Branch. He's still just third highest overall between the whole Thors though, Cedric and Ada take the first and second rank respectively.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: PlayedForLaughs as far as Sidney is concerned since Kurt is better than him at everything.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', before their final fight against Cedric and Shirley, he asks Cedric if, by some miracle he defeats Rean then goes on to defeat Rufus, if he is even ready to fight against Osborne despite worshiping the ground that he walks on. Needless to say, Cedric has a breakdown.]]
* AncestralWeapon: Should one attend all of his Bonding Events in ''Cold Steel IV'' then it's possible for Kurt to obtain the twin swords of his ancestor Roland Vander[[labelnote:*]]The very same Vander who was Dreichels the Lionheart's childhood best friend and right-hand man during the War of the Lions[[/labelnote]] as a cosmetic weapon change.
* BigBrotherWorship: Has nothing but praise for his elder brother Mueller. Though this also plays into his own issues as his admiration means he's constantly comparing himself to the latter and finds himself wanting in comparison.
* {{Bishonen}}: His looks are commented on multiple times, with Jessica even thinking it unfair how he can be prettier than the girls. It actually can be seen as a {{Deconstruction}}, as he doesn't seem comfortable having his "pretty" looks pointed out out, not to mention that his relatively frail stature compared to his more manly relatives means that he's not really fit to learn the Vander's main style of swordsmanship.
* BladeLock: Briefly when sparring with Rean during his final Bonding Event from the third game.
* BlueIsHeroic: His hair, eyes, clothing in and out of uniform, and Spiegel S are all blue.
* BridalCarry: Does this to Sully of all people in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[spoiler:when they're escaping from Heiyue]].
* CantCatchUp: Most of his bond events involve this one way to another, whether about his inability to catch up with Juna's energeticness, his brother's fame, or even Rean's skill.
* CharacterDevelopment: He's introduced as a brilliant student and talented swordsman, to the point where he's reached Intermediate rank at the tender age of 17. He's also plagued by self-doubt and general insecurity due to his inability to utilize the main Vander style due to his build. Even more prominent, however, is his inability to come to terms with the fact that he and his family were abandoned by the Royal family. All of this comes to a head in Chapter 1 where [[spoiler: Rean tells him and the rest of the team to stay behind after being told to investigate Ouroboros.]] When he confronts Rean about this and is bluntly told that his sword skills and resolve are not enough, Kurt excuses himself and leaves, clearly in emotional pain.
** Fortunately, Juna is able to put things into perspective by telling him to confront his feelings and getting to admit to himself that he was upset over being left behind by Rean.
* ChickMagnet: The female students in Classes VIII and IX all consider Kurt to be quite attractive. He also has at least three girls who have no issues coming all the way from the capital to Leeves just to see him, much to his discomfort.
* ClassyCravat: Part of his outfit in the fourth game.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Bright blue eyes and hair.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Kurt's "Sword Dance" Craft acts as a SuperMode that amps his speed and strength UpToEleven. However, unless you reuse the craft or finish the fight by his fourth turn, [[HeroicRROD he's going to clutch his heart down in pain and waste one turn doing nothing]], in a very similar way as [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Lloyd's Burning Heart]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He shares this position with Juna in ''Cold Steel III'', as both are newbies to what is happening behind the scenes of both Erebonia and Crossbell, in contrast to [[ExperiencedProtagonist Rean]]. The game alternates between the two of them when it comes to focus, with Kurt's character arc being at the forefront of Chapter 1, whereas Chapter 2 is far more Juna focused. Both are consistently present in every chapter, however.
* DualWielding: He uses two swords which differ in length.
* FantasticFightingStyle: As a Vander, he's a student of the Vander school of swordsmanship. In his case, unlike his father, brother and uncle, Kurt uses the twin blade style of the school as his naturally slender physique gives him low compatibility with the main style which uses large swords. After becoming Rean's student, he also starts incorporating techniques from the Eight Leaves One Blade style into his fighting style as well.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Towards Ash in ''Cold Steel IV'', lifting him up by his collar to snap him out of his HeroicBSOD that came about from blaming himself for starting a war.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Suffers his fair share of doubts due to his build not being made for his family's traditional [[{{BFS}} Greatsword Style]] and his being relieved of his duty as a guard for Prince Cedric which he saw as his once goal in life. Comes to term with it over the games.
* HumblePie: Initially thinks little of Rean and his skills, attributing his success as a hero to Valimar's strength. While he's not far off, Rean is still a skilled warrior (who was also trained by Yun Ka-Fai, the very same man who once trained ''Cassius Bright'') and thus far above Kurt's level. He quickly comes to realize this during Chapter 1 and becomes much more respectful.
* HumongousMecha: He initially piloted a Drakkhen II during the Knight/Soldat battles, but he started using a Spiegel S as soon as it became available, citing how the machine's improved specs allow to make full use of his twin swords.
* InadequateInheritor: Due to his physical stature, he wasn't taught much of the main Vander style (greatsword techniques) and had to settle for the branch style (dual swords) instead.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Wonders out loud if [[AHeroToHisHometown Lloyd and the other members of the SSS]] were made wanted due to resorting to terrorism to gain Crossbell's independence right in front of [[{{Fangirl}} Juna,]] who naturally gets pissed at him for it.
* TheLancer: To Juna, being her closest companion and serving as her {{Foil}}.
* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' is "Ragna Strike", with ''IV'' giving him "Gemini Judgement". When piloting the Spiegel S, his finishing move is "Ragna Impact", whilst his union attack is "Mistral Blade".
* MilitaryBrat: His father, brother, and uncle are all in the Imperial Army.
* MuscleAngst: Is rather displeased by his naturally slim physique as it made him incapable of using his family's signature [[{{BFS}} Greatsword Style]].
* OddFriendship: With Ash. See his entry.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted as he shares the same first name as Kurt Nardin from the Sky Trilogy.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The blue boy to Juna's pink girl, going by the color of their hair. ''Cold Steel IV'' takes this further by having Kurt wear predominantly blue clothes while Juna dons a new pink jacket.
* RedOniBlueOni: The rational blue oni to Ash's red. The sign is in his hair color.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:He must be in the active party for the battle against Cedric and Shirley in ''Cold Steel IV''. This also applies to the mech battle against Cedric in Testa-Rossa immediately following.]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The cool-headed guy to Juna's lively girl.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Somewhat. Speaking to an NPC in Crossbell has him surprised that the Empire's class system isn't practiced elsewhere, and during Juna's HeroicBSOD admits that he at first thought that Crossbell's citizens would be [[VoluntaryVassal relieved to be annexed by Erebonia]] before his visit to the city showed him otherwise.
* ShipTease: In ''Cold Steel IV'' he gets teased with [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Sully]]. He ends up having to give her a Bridal Carry whilst escaping Heiyue in Chapter 1, and the two have to hang out with each other after Kurt's mom Aurier takes an interest in her.]]
* ShockAndAwe: His "Ragna Strike" S-Craft incorporates lightning, an element commonly grouped with wind in this franchise.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Part of the chess club and is the number one academic student of the Branch School, and got the third highest midterm exam scores of both schools.
* SpinAttack: His final craft has him spinning while slashing his enemies.
* SwordBeam: The lightning in "Ragna Strike" comes from the swing of his swords. His "Twilit Blades" Craft also has this, featuring black and white energy coming from both of his swords (inflicting Arte damage).
* StraightMan: Kurt is this to ''every'' single one of his classmates. Dude just can't catch a break.
* TheStoic: Much like his brother Mueller, he's pretty cool-headed and rarely raises his voice unless he's particularly annoyed with someone.
* ThanksForTheMammaries: [[https://i.imgur.com/8KqXWSm.jpg Gets one from Juna after they both fall in the ground]], [[CallBack very similar]] to Rean and Alisa's position in the first game.
* UnfulfilledPurposeMisery: Part of his issues at first. As a Vander, he was raised and trained for the duty of using his blades to protect the Imperial Family. Osborne stripping his family of that position left him rather listless until he joined Class VII.
* UnknownRival: To Cedric. Cedric is dead keen on talking down Kurt every time they face each other, whereas Kurt doesn't want anything to do with the former himself thanks to his [[TookALevelInJerkass attitude]].
** TheRival: Although Kurt does a [[TheStoic really good job hiding it]], it becomes clear that he is starting to get real tired ''and'' angry at the whole fiasco with Cedric. [[spoiler:After their final battle in ''Cold Steel IV'', they're implied to have settled into a more friendly rivalry.]]
* WaistcoatOfStyle: His default outfit in the fourth game, along with his casual clothing has this.
* WellDoneSonGuy: More like "well done student" but he desperately wants to prove himself to be useful to his teacher Rean in chapter 1 but Rean brushes him off by stating that his swordsmanship is still inadequate (Rean is ordered by the empire to track down Ouroboros so it is official military business). He at least does get some acknowledgement from Rean after helping him defeating one of the Aions though Kurt knows he's got a long way to go before catching up to Rean.
** Also this with how he constantly compares himself to the rest of his family and feels inadequate by comparison.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler:Ends up having to crossdress as a St. Astraia student during an Episode in ''Origins''.]]
* YinYangBomb: His "Twilit Blades" Craft involves this.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is described as grey-blue in color, which is mentioned as highly unusual in Vander family line. He got it from his mother.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Altina Orion]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:Altina as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'']]
[[quoteright:350: Altina as she appears in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[note]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iv_the_end_of_saga_2018_03_29_18_008.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RisaTaneda (Japanese, ''Cold Steel II'') Creator/InoriMinase (Japanese, ''Cold Steel III'' onwards), Creator/XantheHuynh (English)

A young girl of few words and with an unknown connection to Millium. Much like with the former and Airgetlam, Altina has her own robotic companion named Claiomh Solais. Although she worked for the Noble Alliance throughout the Erebonian Civil War, she's later revealed to be an Ironblood sent to spy on them. She later accompanies Rean and serves as his partner during his time in Crossbell, and again during the North Ambria campaign several months later.

About a year and a half after the civil war's end, she is enrolled as a student of Class VII at Thors Branch Campus for the purpose of monitoring and assisting Rean.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Constantly on the receiving end of this thanks to Rean. She's not amused the first time he does it, asking if he was thinking anything indecent when he did, but by the time of ''Cold Steel IV'' she's actually ''asking'' him to give her a head pat at the end of their link victory sequence.
* AffectionateNickname: In the original Japanese script, she's constantly referred to as "A-chan" and "Al" by Millium and Juna respectively. In the English Dub, she's referred to "Tilly" (by Millium) and "Allie" (by Juna) instead.
* AgeInappropriateDress: She's younger than Millium, but wears a more revealing outfit that bares her midriff. Averted in ''Cold Steel III'' as she wears her [[http://gematsu.com/gallery/albums/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-iii/march-16-2017/The-Legend-of-Heroes-Trails-of-Cold-Steel-III_2017_03-16-17_011.jpg her school uniform]] for a majority of the game.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: While specification-wise she's better than Millium, Altina feels like Millium is much better than her in every way and struggles to get out of her shadow in ''Cold Steel III''. [[spoiler:It's to the point where she's willing to become a sacrifice if it helps protect Rean and her classmates, only for Millium to swoop in at the last minute and sacrifice herself to protect Altina, Rean, and everyone else.]]
* AngerBornOfWorry: [[spoiler:Gets angry at Rean for using Spirit Unification when they both already know that his body is breaking down because of it in ''Cold Steel III''. This is the first time she's ever shown losing her temper]]
* AnimalMotif: The Black Rabbit. Her outfit in ''Cold Steel II'' even plays this up as her hood has "rabbit ears" so to speak attached to it.
* ArtificialHuman: Millium's "younger sister," created the same way but for a different purpose.
* AttackReflector: "Noir Barrier", which works like Airgetlam's own barrier except that it can also reflect physical damage back upon the attacker. She gains another Craft in the third game that also combines this with [[InvisibilityCloak Stealth]]. Her Brave Order, "Ebon Crest", casts one over the entire party for a few turns.
* BadassAdorable: She's as cute as a button and has no problems with telling her personal robot to smack people, [[spoiler:even if they're the corrupted Divine Beast of the Earth Sept-Terrion.]]
* BecomeARealBoy: She is an ArtificialHuman just like Millium but then develops emotions throughout ''Cold Steel III''. [[spoiler:The bad guys are actually counting on this so that she could have a soul and sacrifice her to forge the Divergent sword.]]
* {{BFS}}: Her new S-Craft in ''Cold Steel IV'' has her using one.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Happens to her in ''Cold Steel III'' during Chapter 4's Panzer Soldat training battle. After her Goliath Noa is taken down to about half HP, she ends up mind controlled, knocking out Class VII's Soldats, and forcing Rean and Valimar to defeat it and knock her back to her senses.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Goes from an antagonist in ''Cold Steel II'' as an agent of the Noble Alliance to one of the leading heroes of ''Cold Steel III'' as a member of the new Class VII at Thors Branch Campus.
* BrutalHonesty: Doesn't show much in the way of tact.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being an EmotionlessGirl to one of the most emotional characters of the main cast.
* CoolBoard: For her S-Craft in ''II'', "Ragna Bringer," she transforms Claiomh Solais into an enormous sword and rides on it while attacking the party.
* CryCute: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', once Rean finally comes back to his senses during their rescue of him Altina ends up letting loose some tears as she hugs him in relief.]]
* EasilyForgiven: Rean, Elise, and Alfin don't hold her kidnapping of the latter against her too much.
* EmbarrassingNickname: In ''Cold Steel II'', Claiomh Solais is nicknamed "Sammy"[[labelnote:*]]"Ku-chan" in the original Japanese script[[/labelnote]] by Millium much to Altina's annoyance. Juna also ends up using this nickname as well. She also not a fan of the AffectionateNickname that both Millium and Juna come up with respectively either, but decides to just let them stick. In the English dub, Juna refers to Altina as "Allie" while Millium refers to her as "Tilly".
* EmotionlessGirl: She does show some emotions, but she's usually TheStoic for the most part of ''Cold Steel II''. She grows out of this in ''Cold Steel III'' where she shows a variety of emotions.
* EnergyWeapon: Brionac, basically her version of Riot Beam. Note that in ''Cold Steel III'', the Goliath Noa's cannon attack shares the name, hinting at some sort of synchronization between it and Claiomh Solais.
* EvilCounterpart: Though evil is stretching it, Altina basically served as one towards Millium in ''Cold Steel II''. Both use giant floating dolls as weapons and are the complete opposites in terms of character, something their color schemes also represent. Altina, being the Black Rabbit, is stoic and reserved while Millium, being the White Rabbit, is jovial and childish to a fault.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:When she wakes up in ''Cold Steel IV'', she has a [[BigNo freak out]] over Millium's death and Rean losing it.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: [[spoiler:Oz is short for "Originator Zero".]]
* TheGadfly: Mentions Reans antics to others in a way that pictures him as a perverted womanizer.
* HiddenDepths: She's shown in ''Cold Steel III'' to be a skilled painter as well as a good singer. The latter trait in particular sees its fair amount of usage in ''Cold Steel IV'' whenever Class VII needs a distraction to help them progress forward on their front.
* HumongousMecha: In ''Cold Steel III'', after trying the other four Panzer Soldats and not really developing a preference for any them, she ends up being the only student at Thors Branch Campus who can properly utilize the Goliath Noa, leading her to test it in a mock battle against her classmates. [[spoiler:She ended up getting in a trance-like state afterwards, and after Rean gets her back to normal, the Goliath isn't seen for the rest of the game. She gets it back in ''Cold Steel IV'', though unlike her classmates, she can only summon it for an attack]].
* LaserBlade: "Maser Arm."
* LateArrivalSpoiler: It comes with being [[PromotedToPlayable a full-fledged party member]] in a sequel to a game where she was previously an antagonist. TheReveal at the end of ''Cold Steel II'' that Altina was working for Osborne and the Intelligence Division is something that's even casually mentioned by her in ''Cold Steel III''.
* {{Leitmotif}}: One of a few characters to have one that is solely dedicated to her, simply named [[https://youtu.be/TOMIAhcXtXc "Altina"]].
* LittleMissSnarker: Gains bit of a sharp wit in ''Cold Steel III'', though not to the same level as Fie. Mostly in regards to Rean.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in ''Cold Steel II'' is "Ragna Bringer." For ''III'', she instead has "Arcadis Gear", with ''IV'' adding in "Solaris Bringer".
* MeaningfulName: Claiomh Solais is named after a legendary sword from Myth/CelticMythology. [[spoiler:At the end of the third game, she would have been used as a sacrifice to create a new powerful sword to kill a Divine Beast if Millium hadn't intervened.]]
* TheMole: Like Rufus, she's really on Osborne's side.
* MustMakeAmends: When meeting with Elise and Alfin in the third game for the first time, she apologizes for kidnapping them during the civil war and expresses a desire to make up for it.
* MysteriousPast: She doesn't really know herself, though she gives Rean two words to reflect on: Black Workshop. This is eventually revealed to be a branch of the Thirteen Factories.
* MysticalWhiteHair
* NiceHat: Her new attire in ''Cold Steel III'' has her wearing a black hat. She gets a new one in ''Cold Steel IV'' that's slightly tilted towards the right.
* NotSoDifferent: While she and Millium are very different in terms of demeanor, Altina turns out to be just as likely to divulge information that would normally be classified out loud in regular conversation. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking She's also not too happy that she won't be growing much taller.]]
* OneHandedZweihander: She wields her {{BFS}} one handed in her second S-Craft in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* OptionalPartyMember: In ''Cold Steel II'', she's playable in Japan through DLC and in the West by purchasing her Phantasmal Mirror in the epilogue.
* PrecociousCrush: Her bonding events in ''Cold Steel IV'' show her developing one towards Rean, who, at this point, is an adult while she is barely a teenager physically..
* PromotedToPlayable: Downplayed in that there were ways to play as her in her debut in ''Cold Steel II'' (see OptionalPartyMember above), but they came at a cost. ''Cold Steel III'' marks the first time where she's in the main party by default.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:She must be in the active party for the battle against Claire and Lechter in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* RobotBuddy: Claiomh Solais, Airgetlam's EvilTwin.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The entire purpose of Altina's creation is to serve as Millium's replacement in the creation of the Sword of Demise. For the sake of this, she's enrolled at Thors Branch Campus and made a student of Rean's in order to ensure that the other Ironbloods don't end up becoming too attached to her the way they did with Millium. This trope is then averted when [[BigSisterInstinct Millium]] herself decides to take her place on the chopping block instead.]]
* SiblingYinYang: With Millium, her "older sister." Millium is a GenkiGirl who is mainly associated with the color white and is a straight hero while Altina is TheStoic, is associated with the color black, and is an antagonist that Rean and company repeatedly fight against prior to her being revealed as TheMole for Osborne.
* TheSmartGirl: The most analytical member of New Class VII.
* SweetTooth: Loves pancakes as shown in ''Cold Steel III'' and her victory quote with Musse has her wanting some.
* TheStoic: She makes ''Fie'' look like a GenkiGirl in comparison.
* ThemeNaming: Her combat shell, and several of her offensive Crafts in ''Cold Steel III'' are named after weapons from Myth/CelticMythology.
* TokenMiniMoe: As of ''Cold Steel III'' she is this to the new Class VII and for the whole Thors Branch Campus, being very small and about 14 when everyone else is at least 16.
* {{Tykebomb}}: Her connection to a branch of Thirteen Factories strongly implies this.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: Got quite a few moments in ''III''. Most notably during Chapter 3, when she thinks that she'll have to do something if Musse or Ash get in Rean, Juna, or Kurt's way, only to wonder why she included the latter two.
** She has another one during her bonding events in ''Cold Steel IV'' this time towards Rean, where Altina admits that when compared to Juna and Kurt, her feelings for Rean are something different.
* WhenSheSmiles: It comes with being the resident EmotionlessGirl. The lack of any visible emotions on her face the majority of the time only makes the few times when she does smile all the more sweeter.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: She wears a pair in ''Cold Steel IV'', not unlike Millium.
* YouAreNumberSix: Model Name [=Oz74=].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ash Carbide]]
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[[quoteright:350: Ash as he appears in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iv_the_end_of_saga_2018_03_29_18_014.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese), Austin Lee Matthews (English)

A delinquent who grew up in the slums of Raquel, a city in Western Erebonia known as "Entertainment City" thanks to its various attractions and the like. He earned respectable reputation from the Imperial Army and Bracer Guild after forming a team to chase off brigands during the civil war. He then enrolled into Thors Branch Campus and was enrolled in Class VIII through the recommendation of someone who knows his past. He ends up transferring to Class VII in Chapter 3 of ''Cold Steel III''.
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* AgentScully: Firmly doesn't believe in the "occult" side of Erebonia. Unfortunately for him, he's neck deep in it the more he involves himself. [[spoiler:And he already is involved in it himself thanks to his curse in his left eye.]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: As he finds out in St. Astraia, one of the students thought he had the "bad boy" vibe and she likes it. Averted with Tatiana as she's too scared of Ash, alongside her social anxiety till Ash finally gets to talk with her.
* AngstComa: [[spoiler:Goes into a coma at the end of ''Cold Steel III'' after shooting the emperor three times.]]
* ArbitrarySkepticism: His AgentScully moments above occur despite having seen Celine, a talking cat, and Rean's Powers and other Divine Knights up close. The others are quick to Lampshade this.
* BadassBiker: Much like Rean and Juna, he knows how to drive a bike.
* BadassBookworm: Much to everyone's surprise, Ash is in the literature club and can often be found in the free time reading some books anywhere.
* TheBigGuy: He's the tallest of the Class VII students, being even taller than Rean, the instructor, and he definitely prefers power in his fighting style. It's why his preferred Panzer Soldat type is the [[MightyGlacier Hector.]]
* BloodKnight: Dude really loves to wreak some havoc, even at school. In ''Cold Steel III'' Chapter 3, he brings out his weapon, points it at [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Bardias]] and wants to fight the guy.
* BrutalHonesty: Ash does not mince words and just says things outright.
* ChainPain: He incorporates this with his weapon in one of his crafts and his S-Craft.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Literally in his case as the gun he uses to shoot the Emperor is the same gun he took from one of the downed Calvard mercenaries back in Chapter 4 of ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: He is initially a very rude young man that doesn't give enough respect to his companions, and only a select few people can see the kindness deep inside. By the end of ''Cold Steel IV'', [[spoiler:thanks to the efforts of his friends and being free of the curse of Erebonia, he is more sincere with the friendship and attachment he feels towards his classmates and Instructor and has actual, true smiles, more often - as it can be seen in the wedding photo right by the end of the game.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler:He comes from the same hometown as Joshua, Karin, and Loewe, and would sometimes hang out with them. Sadly, nobody realized that he didn't die until 14 years after the fact.]]
* ClarkKenting: He does this in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[spoiler:because he is a wanted man because he attempted to assassinate the emperor (the curse was involved but a normal civilian wouldn't know anything about that). So he disguises himself by wearing a wig and glasses around towns. The people at Raquel however know that it's him right away when they first see him.]]
* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler:His left eye is implanted with the Curse of Erebonia, with the condition that he "needs to kill the ones responsible for Hamel." This is what eventually leads him to shooting the Emperor. It disappears in ''Cold Steel IV'' after Juna, Kurt, and Altina convince him to live on and join them in finding their missing instructor.]]
* CustomUniform: Wears his blazer unbuttoned with the sleeves rolled up and wears a read shirt underneath in contrast to the regular dress shirt his other schoolmates wear.
* DashAttack: He does this at the beginning of his S-Craft Belial Raid.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:He's from Hamel. It's self-explanatory at this point.]]
* DeathFromAbove: His first craft has him jump up high and bring down his axe towards his opponents caught in the radius.
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:Another survivor of Hamel.]]
* {{Delinquent}}: It's in his profile, and one of the things he does is belittle Rean for being the government's lapdog. [[spoiler:Ironic in that he's also Lechter's spy.]]
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:A victim of one as he's from Hamel. Then he inadvertently starts another one when he shoots the emperor with a gun made from Calvard.]]
* FlechetteStorm: One of his new crafts and his second S-Craft in ''Cold Steel IV'' has him tossing darts at enemies.
* FlippingTheBird: Does this even surprise anyone considering who Ash is? [[https://i.imgur.com/cdBmw1c.jpg See it for yourself.]]
* GivenNameReveal: [[spoiler:As revealed by Joshua, his real name is Johan]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Clearly is shocked that he shot the emperor in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:A survivor of a FalseFlagOperation that starts a war with Liberl ends up starting the biggest FalseFlagOperation by shooting the emperor with a gun made in Calvard.]]
* HotBlooded: The most tempermental and aggressive of the new Class VII.
* HumongousMecha: During the Knight/Soldat battles, he pilots a Hector Mk.II, as the extra power is needed to properly use his Switch-axe. Notably, he "borrowed" Randy's for ''Cold Steel III'''s first 2 chapters until the Branch Campus got another one for use by the students.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very abrasive and rude, though he shows a softer side later on.
* LastNameBasis: Often with various people unless he calls them by a nickname instead. By ''Cold Steel IV'' however he starts referring to Kurt and Juna by their first names, signifying how close he's gotten to his classmates. Altina still ends up getting the "Little Rabbit" nickname however. [[spoiler:He's also this towards Joshua though he refers to him as Astray instead of Bright.]]
* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' is "Belial Raid", with ''IV'' throwing in "Sinner's Revelry[[labelnote:*]]"Guilty Carnival" in the original[[/labelnote]]". When piloting the Hector Mk.II, his finishing move is "Belial Ripper", whilst his union attack is "Riot Combo".
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: He always gives the wrong impression that he would rather be left alone, but as characters like Musse point out, he is a kind individual.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: During the CivilWar, he was the leader of a gang that repelled thieves and brigands away from Raquel.
* TheNicknamer: Towards the three primary members of Class VII. He calls Kurt "Young Master"; calls Juna "Shrew Girl"; and calls Altina "Rabbit Girl". This is averted with Rean and Musse where he opts to simply call by their last names. [[spoiler:By ''Cold Steel IV'', he refers to them by their names, calling Juna by her first name and Kurt with his last name, though he still retains Altina's nickname, mostly because it's endearing.]]
* OddFriendship: With Kurt. Their personalities are almost 180 with each other, but it never stop them from being good bros. Case in point, Kurt is the first guy that Ash asked to accompany him slacking off from their duty and instead go into the casino in Raquel to have some fun with the [[PlayboyBunny hot girls]]. Kurt's reaction? [[LittleNo "No"]].
* OneHandedZweihander: Swings his axe one-handed in some of his attacks.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: His birth parents were killed during the Tragedy of Hamel, he was taken in by a hostess in Raquel named Ellen who then died of a tumor 6 years prior to when the Third game started.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After shooting the Emperor and going into a coma, he becomes unavailable for the final segment of ''Cold Steel III''.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The rowdy red to Kurt's blue. The color of his shirt helps rest the case.
* RequiredPartyMember: [[spoiler:He must be in the active party for the battle against Claire and Lechter in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* RetractableWeapon: His weapon, a Switch-axe, can change in battle from [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]] into [[SinisterScythe a scythe]]. When in scythe mode, the scythe head can detach from its snath while still connected [[ChainPain by a long chain]].
* {{Revenge}}: Played with. [[spoiler:He wants revenge for Hamel, but not out of his own free will - it's because of his curse that keeps telling him to "kill the one responsible". Osborne volunteers, even pointing to his head to do so, only for the emperor to step up for the job even though both were never responsible for it. Ash himself can't believe their claims because he at least believes there's no way someone who would just step up to volunteer to get shot to calmly claim responsibility for the incident, but the curse is just too strong for him to hold that he shoots the emperor. After the curse is not holding him down anymore, Ash barely, if at all, thinks about revenge seriously.]]
* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:Becomes this after he shoots Emperor Eugent. Being labeled as a Calvard Spy and used to help instigate the people of Erebonia into a war against the Republic.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler:After he wakes up in ''Cold Steel IV'', he ends up escaping from the Pantagruel airship using his Hector and heads towards Hamel.]]
* SharpDressedMan: His disguise when he goes to the emperor's room after knocking out a butler working at the castle. [[CrossesTheLineTwice This is a costume]] that players can get in ''Cold Steel IV'' for Ash.
* ShipTease: By ''Cold Steel IV'', his classmates and friends at the Branch Campus ship him with Tatiana. He's not amused.
* SixthRanger: Share this with Musse in ''Cold Steel III''. Although they're available from time to time, it's only after you reached chapter 3 that they're officially joining Class VII.
* SmarterThanYouLook: The others in Class VII were naturally surprised that the resident {{Delinquent}} is part of the Literature club and is smart enough to reach the top 20 during the mid-terms.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Always refers to himself as Ash and not as Johan.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: He always acts like a jerk but is actually kind and gentle. Of course, he'd rather not admit this himself.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In his case, it's literal thanks to the curse in his left eye as it always keeps commanding him to "kill the ones responsible for Hamel." Unfortunately, he shoots the emperor who was innocent, which then sparks off a chain of events that allows Osborne to officially declare his war on the Calvard Republic (as the gun Ash uses is belonged to Calvard jaegers) and allows him to pass a national law that requires every citizen to enlist in the army.]]
* VariableLengthChain: The chain in his Switch-axe's scythe form can be very long one may wonder in which part of his weapon it is stored.
* VerbalTic: Often starts his sentences with "Ha," or some other expression of laughter.
* VolleyingInsults: His daily interaction with Musse can be summarized into this. It almost always end with Ash on the losing side though. [[PlayedForLaughs Nothing offensive here.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Given his personality, most of his friendships end up being this.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:A literal one when he shoots the emperor thanks to his curse. It then starts off a chain of events that changes Erebonia as a whole.]]
* WholeCostumeReference: His clothes in ''Cold Steel IV'' resemble what Rean wore in ''Cold Steel II'' save for the color scheme being brown and his pants torn in a few places.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Angelica notes that Ash reminds her of how Crow used to be and that she makes Rean take note about him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Musse Egret]]
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[[quoteright:350:Musse as she appears in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_heroes_trails_of_cold_steel_iv_the_end_of_saga_2018_03_29_18_011.jpg[[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English)

A girl born into the noble family of Count Egret. She dropped out of St. Astraia Girls' School after the Erebonian Civil War. Inspired by the Imperial Army, she enrolls into Thors Military Academy - Branch Campus Class IX half a year later. She ends up transferring to Class VII in Chapter 3.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied. When she sees Rean's Spirit Unification in action for the first time, after praising him for looking dashing, she mentions that "he'll be on her mind all night" while blushing. Lampshaded by Juna
-->'''Juna:''' Why do you have to make EVERYTHING sound sexual?!
* AnIcePerson: She conjures an ice flower in her S-Craft Brilliant Shot.
* BadassFingersnap: What she does before the ice flower in "Brilliant Shot" shatters.
* BeachEpisode: [[spoiler:Her third bonding event in ''Cold Steel IV'' takes place at Ordis' beach. It's also there where she confesses to Rean and makes it clear by kissing him on his lips.]]
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: A sidequest in ''Cold Steel IV'' has her do this to a soldier about to shoot her grandfather. [[spoiler:She later shoots Claire's gun in ''Cold Steel IV'' after the latter tries to commit suicide out of guilt for the things she's done.]]
* BlueBlood: While her being a noble is pretty obvious from the start, [[spoiler:Chapter 3 shows that she's actually from the highest noble family in the empire. Yes, ''that'' Cayenne family.]]
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: From time to time with Juna. She's the boke.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', after Rean (and Celine) are abducted by Osborne and crew, she leaves the party by using a feather from Grianos' remains and joins Vita and the others at Pantagruel. When the party meets up with Musse at Osgiliath Basin, Juna tells Musse to rejoin them after one speech and Musse complies.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:One of her bonding events with Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' has Rean forcibly pulling out one of her rifle that is loaded with live bullets. Rean notes that it's not for assassination since the gun's range isn't even that far. Musse then starts unloading her grief about the fact that she's pulling off her plan that requires millions of people to die.]]
* EarCleaning: In her ''Cold Steel III'' Chapter 4 bonding event, she offers to clean Rean's ears as one of two potential rewards for winning their match in Vantage Masters, the other being her washing his back. Rean is not enthusiastic about either reward and looks very uncomfortable in both scenes.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Does this regularly despite wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt.
* FiringOneHanded: Some of her attacks has her fire her rifle with only one hand.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Elise and Alfin first see her, they're surprised by her name despite being clearly familiar with her, and come close to referring to her by a different name before correcting themselves. [[spoiler: We later learn her real name is Mildine Cayenne, heiress of the Cayenne family.]]
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:Gives her first kiss to Rean in her third bonding event in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler:She kisses Rean on his lips while he's caught off-guard as he thought she was going to hand him over something. Them being on the beach in their swimsuits isn't helping things.]]
* TheGadfly: Aside from being TheTease towards Rean, she generally likes making comments to mess with others, such as teasing Elise about her BigBrotherAttraction, or Ash about his heart of gold.
* TheGunslinger: She uses an orbal arts rifle in battle.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In ''Cold Steel IV'' she brings out a new custom-made derringer-styled Orbal Pistol. When she shows it to Rean in her bonding events he derides it as a UselessLittleGun that would be useless in a real battle since its range is probably 30 rege(the Zemurian equivalent of centimeters) at most, [[spoiler: which clues him in that it was meant for her to use to kill herself should things go south.]] Yet in battle she uses it to great effect starting with her Penta-Shot craft which sucks enemies in from afar from range far greater than that, and then there's its use in her second S-Craft.
* HumongousMecha: During the Knight/Soldat battles, she pilots a Kestrel Beta, as she claims that the extra mobility makes it the best to use for sniping.
* HypnoticEyes: [[spoiler:Attempted to use them on Rean twice.]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Her ancestor Orthros started the War of the Lions to crown himself Emperor but was put away by Dreichels to bring peace the the Empire. In ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV'', she's trying to put a stop to Dreichels' reincarnation, Giliath Osborne, from starting a large scale war.]]
* KimonoFanservice: Wears a kimono as part of the Eastern tea club.
* LapPillow: She gives Rean one during the above EarCleaning scene.
* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft in ''Cold Steel III'' is "Brilliant Shot", with ''IV'' throwing in "Galaxia Volley[[labelnote:*]]"Lord Galaxia" in the original[[/labelnote]]". When piloting the Kestral Beta, her finishing move is "Aurora Cannon", whilst her union attack is "Resonance Shot".
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:She's the niece of Duke Cayenne who had gone missing for some time prior.]]
* LuminescentBlush: [[spoiler:If she's chosen for the fireworks scene in ''Cold Steel IV'', she blushes and stammers.]]
* MageMarksman: Uses a gun and has a decent ATS stat. Her Brave Order also improves Arts strength while heavily cutting down EP cost.
* NiceHat: Constantly wears one.
* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: [[spoiler:She can briefly see future events, but not to what extent. She did predict that Osborne will try something against Olivert, but not the ''how'' as Aurelia and Vita claim in their conversation. She can easily be surprised just as much as everyone else when things happen in a direction she wouldn't have known.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Rean chews her out [[spoiler:for trying to order a kamikaze attack by ramming the Pantagruel into Ouroboros flagship near the end of Act 2 of ''Cold Steel IV'']] she can only look away without a word. Juna and Ash are suitably shocked by how meek she is acting considering her usual attitude as TheTease.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died in a ship accident when she was 6, after which she was taken in by her grandparents.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Has been raised by her grandparents since the death of her parents.
* RedHerring: Many fans suspected she has an ulterior motive regarding her crush on Rean. Nothing really happens, and in fact, her being suspicious actually manages to hide Ash being a lot more important than initially thought. And then it turns out that said RedHerring might be a ''different kind'' [[spoiler:as both Vita and Aurelia claim that "Lady Mildine" managed to foresee some of the events that were going to happen, like Aurelia becoming the principal of Thors II for starters. Everything else is saved for ''Cold Steel IV'' just like Emma did for ''Cold Steel II''.]]
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:Is actually the last remaining heir of the Cayenne family, who are descended from Prince Orthros.]]
* RedeemingReplacement: [[spoiler:Becomes this to her uncle, the previous Duke Cayenne, once she's nominated as the candidate to succeed him thanks to his continued imprisonment. Unlike her uncle [[UpperClassTwit Croire]], her ancestor [[TheUsurper Prince Orthros]], and her great uncle [[FatIdiot Marquis Ballad]], Musse's main priority is to help protect the Erebonian Empire and its people rather than seize power for herself. She's completely opposed to Osborne's plans to start a war with Calvard and all her work is aimed at preventing that.]]
* ReflectingLaser: She fires a laser beam from her orbal arts rifle into a previously conjured ice flower in her "Brilliant Shot" S-Craft. Said laser beam reflects off the inner surface of the flower until the flower shatters.
* SayItWithHearts: ''Constantly'', especially towards her instructor Rean.
* SempaiKohai: She was an underclassman to Alfin and Elise prior to transferring to Thors.
* SixthRanger: Shares this position with Ash. Although they're available from time to time, it's only after you've reached Chapter 3 that they officially join Class VII in ''Cold Steel III''.
* StepfordSmiler: It's revealed in ''Cold Steel IV'' during one of her bonding events that [[spoiler:she's just really good at hiding her emotions but clearly can't bottle it up when someone calls her out on how she feels about her actions.]]
* TheTease: She frequently words her sentences in a needlessly sexual way, and she definitely enjoys
[[ChickMagnet Rean's]] troubled reactions to her flirting. [[spoiler:The tables can turned if Rean selects her for the fireworks scene in ''Cold Steel IV'', as she stammers and blushes all over the place.]]
* TeenGenius: [[spoiler: As leader of the Weissland Army she proves to be a prodigy at strategy, politics, and trickery having foreseen the CivilWar and the lead up to the Great Twilight years in advance to convince the rest of the Nobility, and several other people of importance, to lend her their aid.]]
* VolleyingInsults: Her daily interaction with Ash can be summarized into this, though she never uses outright insults. [[PlayedForLaughs Nothing offensive here.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: In spite of the VolleyingInsults, she and Ash still make quite the team.
* WaveMotionGun: Her finisher in Soldat battles has her fire a beam towards her enemies.
* WhatTheHellHero: On the receiving end twice from Rean in ''Cold Steel IV''. [[spoiler:First from her having a gun designed specifically for her to use to commit suicide. And again near the end of Act 2 when she tried to have the Pantagruel ram into the Society's flagship in a desperate kamikaze attack.]]
* WhiteSheep: [[spoiler:To the Cayenne family considering her uncle was an UpperClassTwit and BigBadWannabe, great uncle Ballad was a FatIdiot, and her ancestor Orthros was TheUsurper.]]
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[spoiler: When reuniting with the New Class in the fourth game as Mildine, she tries to claim that she's solely interested in assisting the Weissland Army to defeat Osborne. Juna sets her straight and tells her she belongs in Class VII, and that the Weissland Army can carry on w/o her direct oversight. Her event scenes with Rean also make it clear that the responsibities of leading the Army and the inevitable casualties that will result in even the best case scenario is effecting her despite her attempts to hide it with her regular cheerful teasing demeanour.]]
* WorthyOpponent: In ''Cold Steel IV'', [[spoiler:''[[TheChessmaster Osborne]]'']] sees her as this.
* YaoiFangirl: As befitting a former Astraia student. She even gets to meet Dorothee, the author of her favorite books.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Mint Green.
* YoungAndInCharge: [[spoiler:16 years old and already the head of the most powerful noble family among the Four Great Houses. She's also this to the Weissland Army in general, as it's through her planning and working together with Aurelia and Vita that the army came to fruition in the first place.]]
[[/folder]]

!Other Related Members
[[folder:Celine]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiAizawa (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)

A mysterious female cat that hangs around Trista and with a particular interest in Rean. It's later revealed that she is Emma's familiar, being capable of speech and the ability to use magic like her mistress. At the end of the first game she forces Valimar to retreat from Battle of Trista in order to save Rean's life. In the second game, she joins the latter on his quest to reunite with Emma and the other members of Class VII, offering Rean advice and knowledge about matters regarding the Divine Knights and other supernatural aspects of Erebonia throughout the game.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: [[spoiler:Her linked victory quote with Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' has Rean patting her head with Celine [[{{Tsundere}} claiming she doesn't want it]] except she's smiling.]]
* AscendedExtra: Goes from being little more than a mysterious background extra to one of the more prominent members of the cast in ''Cold Steel II''.
* BrutalHonesty: Her normal behavior. It's also why she doesn't understand human etiquette and social graces.
* CombatCommentator: During Valimar battles, she'll commentate if you're doing well or you're doing terribly.
* CatGirl: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'' she gains the ability to transform into a human form. Albeit, one that has cat ears and a tail.]]
* ConvenientDecoyCat: [[spoiler:Agate makes her a decoy in ''Cold Steel IV'' when the party raids Dreknor Fortress though the party was worried that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Alan]] would have known Celine. Thankfully, Alan managed not to figure out that the cat he saw was Celine.]]
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[spoiler:Forgets she's taken a [[CatGirl human form]] the first time she enters Valimar in this form.]]
* {{Familiar}}: Emma's familiar to be exact. Even if they're far away from each other, Celine will know if she's alright or not. She was created by Emma's "grandmother" Roselia specifically to be her familiar.
* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'' she's playable for certain dungeons in the game and the TrueFinalBoss. Otherwise, she can be used as a Brave Order support party member if Emma's in the party.]]
* TheLancer: Practically becomes this to Rean in ''Cold Steel II'', often acting as a voice of reason towards him and helping to ensure that he lives up to his potential as Valimar's Awakener.
* MakingASplash: [[spoiler:Her secondary element in her ARCUS II is water.]]
* MsExposition: If something needs to be explained, she'll be there. She even has knowledge about topics that even Emma herself doesn't know about.
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Her primary attack is to throw fireballs at enemies. It's also her primary element.]]
* PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler:She's playable for a few dungeons in ''Cold Steel IV'' but isn't permanently playable. She doesn't even have a field model or S-Craft until ''Origins''.]]
* SayMyName: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', if the player doesn't choose any girl or chooses Towa, Alfin, or Elise (who are not in present company), then Celine ends up screaming Rean's name in the normal ending.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Milk, [[{{Tsundere}} despite her trying to act otherwise]]. Giving her enough milk before departing for your field study every chapter and talking to her nets you one Zeram Powder in the first game.
** When Kenneth offers her a rather large fish during her first appearance in ''Cold Steel III'', she immediately starts scarfing it down.
* {{Tsundere}}: The ''biggest'' one in the game and probably the entire series from start to finish. She makes Alisa look tame in comparison.
* YouCanTalk: Everyone's expression when finding out that she can talk, especially Machias.
* YouDidntAsk: This is her response when she reveals where they can find large amounts of Zemurian Ore and everyone asks why they didn't tell her before.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Valimar]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valimar.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Ashen Knight]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[spoiler:Valimar's Second Form]][[labelnote:Spoiler for ''Cold Steel III'' & ''IV'']][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valimar_2nd_form.PNG]][[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[spoiler:Valimar's Final Form]][[labelnote:Spoiler for ''Cold Steel IV'']][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valimar_3rd_form.PNG]][[/labelnote]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Daisuke Matsubara (Japanese), Creator/DCDouglas (English)

The Ashen Knight, one of the seven Divine Knights of old. At the end of the first game he was discovered hidden away within the deepest reaches of the 7th floor of the ruins beneath the Old Schoolhouse at Thors Military Academy. After Rean completes a series of trials together with his classmates, Valimar ends up selecting him to become his Awakener with Rean's classmates becoming Secondary Contractors.

Thanks to his great power, Valimar ends up becoming a vital asset to Rean and Class VII during the events of the Erebonian Civil War and afterwards. He also develops a close friendship with Rean, often giving him advice when he needs it. Prior to Valimar's contract with Rean, over two and a half centuries ago during the War of the Lions, his previous Awakener was none other than Dreichels Reise Arnor.
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* BigBrotherMentor: The more he remembers about his past, the more Valimar gives advice to Rean in order for him to better face the challenges ahead. It culminates in him telling Rean that he should [[BeYourself be himself]] when latter starts comparing himself to Dreichels the Lionheart, the legendary emperor and Valimar's previous Awakener.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Due to the Great One disappearing, him and the five remaining Divine Knights all disappear together at the end of ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: The more Rean powers up his mana, the more Valimar remembers about his past, to the point where he starts sounding more human later instead of using preset speech.
* ChekhovsGun: Spirit Path in ''Cold Steel II'' is used extensively throughout Act 1 but is never used again because it requires an immense amount of mana and because the party has the Courageous as a means of travel. This is never brought up again until ''Cold Steel III'' [[spoiler:where Valimar uses it to teleport himself and one Soldat to aid Class VII against the Dark Dragon. It's used again when Valimar and the Soldats use it bypass the barrier surrounding the Gral of Erebos, with Thomas and Roselia opening the way.]]
* CombatCommentator: In ''Cold Steel III'', Valimar ends up becoming this for the Divine Knight[=/=]Soldat battles.
* CoolSword: Valimar's Zemurian Tachi. As part of the name should imply, it was forged from the strongest known metal in the series and made for the use of a giant robot. [[spoiler:Unfortunately however, it gets destroyed during the finale of ''Cold Steel III''. It does get repaired by ''IV'', though at that point it's been replaced by the Sword of the End as Valimar's main weapon. It does make an appearance however during a side-quest where Rean and Patrick team up to take down Alan and get rid of his curse, and in ''Hajimari'' it becomes Rean's primary weapon for his Custom Soldat.]]
* DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:Pulls this off during the climax of ''Cold Steel III'', wherein, in order to get to Rean and his students, Valimar pulls out the Zemurian tachi and destroys the barrier surrounding them and the Divine Beast.]]
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:In the true ending of ''IV'':]]
-->[[spoiler:"Raise your head, my Awakener. No, my partner. Son of my former Awakener. The days in which I could support you as you struggled and pushed ever onward were truly wonderful. Even though I am a machine, I am truly proud, like my heart is dancing. Rean, I am proud of you."]]
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Having awakened Valimar without a weapon, Rean has to rely on the Eight Leaves One Blade style's unarmed form to fight at first until he eventually gets his hands on a sword and later the Zemurian Tachi.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In ''Cold Steel I'', being introduced right at the climax of the game.
* LightningBruiser: Compared to Panzer Soldats, Valimar is basically this thanks to his superior mobility, durability, and later its Zemurian Ore enhanced weaponry. It's best seen when Rean and him quickly take down three Soldats at once with a enhanced Spiegel Sword and are later able to take on a [[MightyGlacier Goliath]] and [[FragileSpeedster Kestrel]] at the same time with the prototype Zemurian Tachi. During the battle against Calvard over Crossbell, Rean and Valimar make their debut by taking down two airships before they could even react.
* MagicKnight: Due to his secondary contractor ability, he can cast Ex-Arts to buff himself and attack enemies.
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: During Alisa's Bareahard Bonding Event, she asks Rean if she could see the inside of Valimar's cockpit for herself. After obliging, the two then go on to have a rather intimate moment with each other which results in Valimar interrupting after sensing Rean and Alisa's increased heart rates, advising medical attention for both until they assure him that they're quite alright much to his confusion.
* OnlyTheChosenMayRide: Only the Awakener can make a Divine Knight go. However, secondary contractors are allowed inside the Divine Knight though there would be limited space for them since the cockpit was only intended for an Awakener and a familiar.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: [[spoiler:After Millium dies and Rean completely loses it, Valimar transforms into his second form which is more demonic in appearance, with the lights on its body turning red, and covered in a dark aura. Even the Sword of the End is immediately corrupted. Valimar and the sword remain this way all the way into ''Cold Steel IV'', and it's not until Rean, having regained his sanity, pilots the former again that the corruption disappears, with sword itself being fully restored later on during Chapter 3.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Last time Valimar was active was over 250 years ago during the War of the Lions. ''Cold Steel III'' later reveals that Valimar and its brethren are over 1200 years old as they were first created around the time of the Great Collapse.
* TheSpeechless: [[spoiler:As a side effect of Rean losing control of himself to the curse, Valimar loses the ability to vocally communicate with those around him in ''Cold Steel IV''. Arianrhod later restores him to normal as a parting gift to Rean on her deathbed.]]
* SuperRobot: If the Panzer Soldats are RealRobot types, then Divine Knights are this.
* TransformingMecha: [[spoiler:''Cold Steel III'' reveals that Valimar has the ability to do this. The first time happens when Rean goes berserk against the Nameless One, transforming Valimar into a more demonic version of himself where his horn splits into two long ones, he arms become more spikier, he loses the wings on his back (later replaced with a pair of small boosters in ''IV''), and gains a back skirt tail. The lights on his body also turn red, the one on his chest gaining an eye. These later disappear after Rean regains control of himself in ''IV''.]]
** [[spoiler:It again happens during ''IV'' after Valimar absorbs Zector. His body turns silver in color, the spikes on his forearms become shorter, and his two horned head turns back into a single horned head but more ornate. After absorbing El-Prado, who had absorbed Argreion prior, the boosters on his back are replaced by a pair of angelic looking wings.]]
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Instead of using the standard battle system, Valimar battles use a TacticalRockPaperScissors system.
* WeakButSkilled: Powerful as he is, Valimar is actually one of the weakest Divine Knights. He compensates for this through his Awakener's own natural skill, and with Rean, his ability to create special combat links with the members of Class VII who are considered secondary contractors thanks to having aided Rean during his trial and their general close bond with him. This allows them, and later New Class VII as well, to give aid to Rean and Valimar through a variety of special artes that can be used for both offense and support.
* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler:Durable as it is, the Zemurian Tachi's blade ends up snapping in half during the battle against Aion Type-Alpha II in ''Cold Steel III''. It's later repaired by Schmidt, but it's again destroyed during the battle against the Nameless One in the finale. Rean replaces it with the Sword of the End afterwards, but the tachi itself ends up being restored again some time during ''IV''.]]
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Assisting in driving out the Imperial Liberation Front at Garrelia Fortress was not known to the public for it would have given the population unrest that terrorists were able to get into the most guarded military in all of Erebonia. [[ForegoneConclusion Of course it becomes a moot point]] [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki when Garrelia Fortress is wiped out over two months later.]]

* BirdsOfAFeather: Is noted to be quite similar to [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Elie]] by other characters, and sure enough, ''Cold Steel IV'' shows the two getting along swimmingly.

* {{Expy}}: He's basically a younger and more temperamental [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Dudley]]. It goes even further in ''Cold Steel III'', where Machias has started using Orbal pistols in his S-Craft in addition to his shotgun and even works a similar job of being an investigator for a government based organization. For bonus points, said S-Craft's name begins with "Justice," just like both of Dudley's S-Crafts.

* ShadowArchetype: One that she recognizes, during one of her Bond Events. [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Shirley Orlando]] is the kind of person Fie could have become if she hadn't met everyone in Class VII.

* ArtificialHuman: Millium's true nature is hinted at throughout both games. She claims she has never cried or felt sadness before, she is able to keep up with Class VII's demanding curriculum despite the fact that she's four years younger than the rest of the class and has never attended Sunday School, she reveals she has a serial number tied to the Black Workshop, a piece of artwork during the credits sequence shows her floating in what looks like a [[PeopleJars People Jar]], and she talks with Rean in the epilogue about how, according to her "specifications", she's already close to fully grown. If you choose Millium as your partner when visiting the dorm, her final event in the epilogue has her spill the beans - she is an ArtificialHuman, and was "produced", rather than born. [[spoiler:''Cold Steel III'' elaborates this further by revealing that both she and Altina are basically similar with [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki [=KeA=]]], homonculi created in Black Workshop using Crois Family's technology stolen by Black Alberich.]]

* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: When moving into Class VII's dormitory, she brings an impressive collection of dolls with her, including [[SeriesMascot Poms]], [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Michey and Michie]], [[{{VideoGame/Ys}} Pikkards]] and [[VideoGame/NayutaNoKiseki Noi]]. The Zwei II penguin also makes a reappearance, although at a much smaller scale. Apparently, Lechter bought all of them for her.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Like [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Elie]], she's terrified of ghosts and asks Jusis not to say the 'G-word' around her. Also as per the previous character, her fear is kind of justified by the fact that ghosts in this setting A) Exist and B) Can kill you.

* FanGirl: Of [[Characters/ZeroNoKiseki the SSS]], even bordering on otaku level. She also ends up becoming a fangirl towards the members of Old Class VII after meeting them.

* SempaiKohai: She refers to [[Characters/ZeroNoKiseki the members of the SSS]] as her "sempai" in the Japanese scripts, a sentiment they are shown to reciprocate. She also has this dynamic with the members of the original Class VII, with Alisa in particular actually getting the "sempai" honorific in ''Cold Steel IV''.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Kurt's "Sword Dance" Craft acts as a SuperMode that amps his speed and strength UpToEleven. However, unless you reuse the craft or finish the fight by his fourth turn, [[HeroicRROD he's going to clutch his heart down in pain and waste one turn doing nothing]], in a very similar way as [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Lloyd's Burning Heart]].

* ShipTease: In ''Cold Steel IV'' he gets teased with [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Sully]]. He ends up having to give her a Bridal Carry whilst escaping Heiyue in Chapter 1, and the two have to hang out with each other after Kurt's mom Aurier takes an interest in her.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Her cheerleader and her Crossbell Guardian Force DLC outfits show off her stomach.

* [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy Thors Military Academy]]
* [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsBranchCampus Thors Branch Campus]]