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* '''Thors Second Branch School'''

The main setting of ''Cold Steel III'', Thors Branch Campus is, at its name implies, the second branch of Thors Military Academy founded by Prince Olivert and located in Leeves. It was created after the civil war with the intention of accepting students from the new provinces, as well as drop-outs from other schools.

It is headed by former Noble Alliance commander Aurelia Le Guin, whilst Michael Irving of the Railway Military Police serves as Chief Instructor. Professor G. Schmidt also serves as a special adviser. As the main campus's Class VII was replaced with a traditional Class VI, it features a new Class VII, tasked with Special Operations and taught by Rean Schwarzer, Class VIII, tasked with Combat Tactics and taught by Randolph Orlando, and Class IX, tasked with Military Finance and taught by Towa Herschel.

'''Warning: spoilers relating to events/reveals that happen during the first two games shall be left unmarked.''' Certain spoilers relating to the third game however shall remain tagged.

!As a whole:
* BlueIsHeroic: In contrast to students from the original Thors who now wear red as part of the uniform's general color scheme the students of Thors Branch Campus instead wear blue.
* ChildSoldiers: While the main campus students of Rean's batch were also trained to potentially serve as members of the military, and even fought as volunteer crew members of the Courageous during the civil war, they were never outright regularly sent out on actual military missions the way the Branch Campus students are every month. Even the original Class VII, for all the major incidents they got involved in prior to the civil war, only did so because they happened to be at the right place at the right time.
* CoolTrain: The Derfflinger which consists of six cars.
* HumongousMecha: Part of their curriculum is learning how to pilot Panzer Soldats. By Chapter 3 of the third game, the school comes to own three Drakkhen II, two Hector Mk.II, two Spiegel S (one belonging to Aurelia), and the Kestrel Beta. Chapter 4 also introduces the Goliath Noa which, thanks to no one else being able to handle it properly, becomes Altina's personal machine[[labelnote:*]]though she only ever pilots it once during said same chapter[[/labelnote]].
* MilitaryAcademy: As the name implies. However, compared to the main campus which became increasingly militaristic following the graduation of Rean's batch, even removing free days and club activities from its curriculum, the branch campus maintains the classic traditions as per Aurelia's commands, maintaining its MildlyMilitary aesthetic.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Originally with the Panzer-Soldats as boys piloted the Blue Drakkhen and girls piloted a Pink Drakkhen during training sessions. This later gets thrown out the window with the arrival of the Spiegel S, an additional Hector Mk.II, Kestrel Beta, and later the Goliath Noa.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: The students who have enrolled at this academy are those who weren't able to enter the main branch - possibly because the higher-ups didn't want them on the same campus as the crown prince for a variety of reasons. Aurelia claims that it's the same for the teachers as well.
* TheSquad: The Branch Campus as a whole fits like this, basically being a small platoon in number when counting both students and the staff members together. Invoked as well because one of the primary purposes of the Branch Campus is to basically act as counter-terrorist unit against threats to the Empire such as Ouroboros.
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[[folder:Class VII]]
!Rean Schwarzer (Instructor)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelReanSchwarzer here]].

!Juna Crawford
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelClassVII here]].

!Kurt Vander
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelClassVII here]].

!Altina Orion
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelClassVII here]].

!Ash Carbide
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelClassVII here]].

!Musse Egret
See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelClassVII here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Class VIII]]
!Randolph Orlando (Instructor)
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Jonah Scott (English)

See [[Characters/ZeroNoKiseki here]].

!Ash Carbide

See Class VII

!Jessica Schleiden
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (Japanese)

A trustworthy noble girl from the Nortia Province. She joins the tennis club with Juna and Louise and specializes in the Schleiden-style spearmanship.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has long blue hair and is generally very composed.
* AmbiguouslyGay: During Chapter 2, she comments that Alisa is more beautiful than Angelica described, and it's implied she may have had "experience" with [[ReallyGetsAround Angelica]] in the past.
* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon of choice.
* BlueBlood: The Schleiden family is a pretty well-known noble family, with their spearmanship being almost as famous as the swordsmanship of the Vander and Arseid familes.
* Expy: Can count as one of Laura. She's a young blue-haired noblewoman from a family renowned for their martial arts. In Jessica's case, her family is renowned for their spearmanship.
* FriendlyRivalry: Seems to have one with Juna in the tennis club.
* PromotedToPlayable: Although it's just for a short moment, you actually get to control Jessica in sidequest against Rean. Fortunately enough for the players, he actually holds back a lot as Jessica doesn't have any S-Crafts, items, Brave Orders, or other tools that could be useful, save for her artes and crafts. He will still use artes on you, however. She's playable again in ''Cold Steel IV'' and she's linked up with Wayne who is also a case of this trope. [[spoiler:Rean makes her and Wayne fight against Laura and Duvalie who thankfully also hold back against them.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: She's the blue to Wayne's red due to her more refined fighting style and her crafts having ice properties.

!Leonora
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokoShiraishi (Japanese)

A tomboyish girl from the Lemar Province. She joins the swimming club with Altina, Wayne, and Stark and uses a large assault rifle.
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* AcePilot: [[spoiler:Can pilot the Courageous II just fine even under heavy fire in ''Cold Steel IV''. She does have experience piloting ships when she was still part of the sea jaegers.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her skin is noticeably darker than the other students.
* AffectionateNickname: Juna and Maya call her "Leo-nee."
* CoolBigSis: She tries to be this to her fellow students, and Juna and Maya actually do seem to think of her as one.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Ends up racing against [[spoiler:Shirley of all people]] in a swimming competition in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has green hair.

!Maya
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriGoto (Japanese)

A quiet girl from the Lemar Province. She joins the tea ceremony club with Musse and Kairi and uses a sniper rifle.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has short black hair and doesn't emote much.
* BigEater: She can eat a lot of food that Rean sometimes is taken aback at her.
* ButNotTooForeign: Her mother was of [[{{Wutai}} Eastern descent,]] hence her knowledge and interest in Musse's tea ceremony club.
* CallingTheOldManOut: When confronting her father in a bar in Raquel, he tries to mollify her by saying he hasn't sold any of her mother's things. She becomes PISSED and makes it clear that he should never even think about the idea.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Her father is Erebonian and her mother is from Calvard.
* ColdSniper: She uses a sniper rifle and doesn't show much emotion whether or not she's using it.
* DaddyIssues: She does not have a very high opinion of her father.
* MissingMom: Hers died a few years ago.
* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:Her dad was working for one of the men who instigated the Hamel Incident. He then crossed the DespairEventHorizon for it and has been drinking since.]]
* YaoiFangirl: Ends up becoming one after borrowing a book from Musse and reading it quickly.

!Wayne Brandon
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese)

A boy from Heimdallr. He joins the swimming club with Altina, Leonora, and Stark and uses a sword.
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* TheComicallySerious
* FlamingSword: One of his crafts has him use his sword on fire to slash his enemies.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Is playable for one mini-game where he has to beat Rean in swimming.
* MilitaryBrat: His father is a soldier who was stationed at Garrelia Fortress who thankfully managed to survive its destruction. Emulating his father played a part in Wayne's decision to join Thors.
* PromotedToPlayable: Becomes a playable character in ''Cold Steel IV'', linked alongside Jessica for one fight against [[spoiler:Laura and Duvalie.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: He's the red impulsive guy to Jessica's cooler approach girl especially with his crafts having fire properties.
* TwoFirstNames

!Sydney
-->'''Voiced by:''' Daisuke Matsubara (Japanese)

An energetic yet "unfortunate" boy from Grenvill City. He joins the chess club with Kurt and uses a sniper rifle.
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* BookDumb: Gets the lowest scores out of the entire Branch Campus during midterms and ended up on 88th place.
* ButtMonkey: He doesn't seem to have very good luck.
* CasanovaWannabe: His hobbies are collecting gravure pictures and trying to pick up girls, but he seems far from popular.
* FriendlySniper: He uses a sniper rifle and seems pretty personable.
* ShipTease: Surprisingly enough, he ends up having some moments with Ada in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Not so much, as he's in the chess club and had lowest exam scores of the Branch School.

!Freddy
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinnosukeTachibana (Japanese)

A boy from the Sutherland Province obsessed with the outdoors. He joins the cooking club with Tita and Sandy and uses a trident.
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* CordonBleughChef: He loves cooking with insects and monster parts. His dishes tend to smell and taste strongly, but Rean notes that they leave a pleasant aftertaste.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Played with: his eyes are pretty creepy, and he can sometimes take others aback, but he's definitely a good guy.
* NatureLover: He's very much in love with all things in nature and has no problems camping outside.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: His weapon is a trident, though it looks a little more like a pitchfork.

!Gustav
-->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Isobe (Japanese)

A dependable boy from the mining town of Aragon in the Lemar Province. He joins the music club with Valerie and Pablo and uses a hand cannon.
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* BigFun: Is part of the music club and is a fun guy.
* HandCannon: His main weapon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Class IX]]
!Towa Herschel (Instructor)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy here]].

!Musse Egret

See Class VII

!Tita Russell
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiromiKonno (Japanese), Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker (English)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky here]].

!Louise
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiAizawa (Japanese), Creator/ErinFitzgerald (English)

A girl from Remiferia who does things at her own pace. She joins the tennis club with Juna and Jessica and uses an orbal gun.
* BlindMistake: The one time she doesn't have her glasses, she mistook Rean for Randy.
* TheDitz: Without her glasses, she can be quite the ditz as shown at the trope above.
* FriendToAllChildren: In ''Cold Steel IV'', she's first seen in the game playing with Juna's siblings at Crossbell.
* {{Meganeko}}: Usually wears one.
* YaoiFangirl: Ends up becoming one due to Tatiana's influence after she borrowed her book.

!Tatiana
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Yukana}} (Japanese)

A shy girl from the Kreuzen Province. She joins the literature club with Ash and uses an orbal staff.
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* ShipTease: Ends up getting teased with Ash in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* ShrinkingViolet: She doesn't seem to have a lot of confidence, so naturally, having Ash as the only other club member was pretty scary for her.
* YaoiFangirl: Hinted with her conversation with Musse about a certain book genre. It's also confirmed in a side quest and she then starts spreading it out to her fellow female schoolmates.

!Sandy
-->'''Voiced by:''' Kotori Koiwai

A friendly girl from Alster Village. She joins the cooking club with Tita and Freddy and uses an orbal gun.
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* AscendedFangirl: Starts off as a fan of Class VII for helping out her hometown from jaeger drop outs and ends up becoming a student for one of them.
* ContinuityNod: She thanks Rean for helping out her hometown Alster during the civil war as depicted in the 2nd drama CD.
* CountryMouse: Has the demeanor of one.

!Valerie
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaeIto (Japanese)

A somewhat aloof girl from North Ambria. She joins the music club with Gustav and Pablo and uses an orbal gun.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Over her time at Thors II, she ends up smiling a bit more. Leonora's happy for her though she will deny it.
* DoomedHometown: She's from North Ambria.
* HospitalHottie: [[spoiler:Disguises herself as one of the nurses at Saint Ursula in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* TheStoic: She's doesn't tend to be one for idle conversation.
* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:Her lineage goes back all the way from the grand duke who fled from North Ambria when the Salt Pale Incident happened. She's been called as part of the "house of devils" ever since.]]
* YuriFan: Downplayed but in a conversation with [[YaoiFangirl Tatiana]], she did like the book she borrowed from Tatiana but she would have preferred it covering "friendships between girls", leading Tatiana to think that Valerie is this trope.

!Kairi
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese), Creator/ErinFitzgerald (English)

A shy boy from the Lemar Province. He joins the tea ceremony club with Musse and Maya and uses an orbal staff.
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* BlueBlood: The son of a Baron.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Mild example and one never really brought up in-game, but his appearance is effeminate enough that he could likely pass for a girl if one puts him in a skirt.
* GuestStarPartyMember: He's only playable for one sidequest where he has to serve Eastern tea to Rean and he needs guidance.
* SpotOfTea: Is part of the eastern tea club alongside Musse and Maya.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Invoked and played for laughs as his main focus involves trying to prove himself to be manly.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Part of his obsessision with masculinity comes from his desire to emulate his father.

!Stark
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakuyaSato (Japanese)

A boy from Jurai. He joins the swimming club with Altina, Leonora, and Wayne and uses a gun.
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* ConnectedAllAlong: It's revealed that he knows Crow as both are from Jurai. [[spoiler:The two finally get to meet again in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Calls out his childhood friend Crow in ''Cold Steel IV'' when Crow talks about his borrowed time in the living.]]

!Pablo
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakazuMorita (Japanese)

A boy from the Kreuzen Province. He joins the music club with Valery and Gustav and uses a gun.
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* FieryRedhead: He's the most hot blooded between him, Valery, and Gustav.
* FunetikAksent: Just like Becky, his dialogue has Scottish accent.
* RailEnthusiast: Possibly his most defining characteristic. He's a huge fans of trains and goes into a spasm of ecstasy upon seeing the campus's special armored train, the Derfflinger, for the first time. He tries to start a train club at school, but has trouble finding members. He's eventually shot down by Principal Le Guin, who tells him that he can't start a train club because that won't help to grow because he already knows all about trains.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Staff]]
!Aurelia Le Guin (Principal)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel The Noble Alliance]].

!Michael Irving (Chief Instructor)
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Creator/XanderMobus (English)

A major in the Railway Military Police serving as the Chief Instructor at Thors Second Branch School. It's revealed that both he and Claire Rieveldt are cousins.
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* AloofBigBrother: He and Claire are cousins, with Claire even referring to him as "Nii-san" in the Japanese script. He seems pretty cold with her during their interactions, and she seems to think he hates her, but Rean can see that he's just worried about her.
* ColdSniper: His main weapon in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sides with Thors Main School and fights against his former students in ''Cold Steel IV''. It doesn't last long and sides back with the heroes after his defeat at Einhell Fortress Level X.]]
* TheGunslinger: Just like Claire, he also uses a standard military gun.
* MajorlyAwesome: His official rank.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Thankfully subverted Despite every other Osborne loyalist taking his side, including the First Branch Thor's students, and everyone else in the RMP including Claire, Michael remains with the rest of the Second Branch to support Rean and Class VII when they decide to oppose him.
* NiceHat: Wears a nice beret.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In ''Cold Steel III'' Chapter 1, he thinks that the Branch Campus, which is comprised of mostly relatively inexperienced students, would be enough to handle whatever Ouroboros threw their way. [[TemptingFate Almost immediately after this statement however]] Shirley and Duvalie initiate a surprise attack, and if not for the timely intervention of Laura, Fie, and Elliot, then chances are the students of Branch Campus would have suffered more serious injuries.
* TheRival: He joined the RMP at the same time as Claire, and he considers her to be his rival at heart. In reality, he's really just concerned with her.
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Makes George shut up by making him eat his rockets after his combat shell assaults Towa.]]
* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:His father ordered Claire's parents and little brother dead by [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident making it look like an accident]]. He's then taken his mother's surname and tries to take care of Claire in his own way.]]

!Professor G. Schmidt (Special Advisor)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Other Characters]].

!Mint (Panzer Soldat Maintenance)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy Thors Military Academy]]

!Linde (School Nurse)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy Thors Military Academy]]

!Becky

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy Thors Military Academy]]

!Celestine (School Butler)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy Thors Military Academy]]
[[/folder]]

The main setting of ''Cold Steel III'', Thors Second Branch School is, at its name implies, a 2nd branch of Thors Military Academy founded by Prince Olivert and located in Reeves. It was created after the civil war with the intention of accepting students from the new provinces, as well as drop-outs from other schools.

It is headed by former Noble Alliance commander Aurelia Le Guin, whilst Michael of the Railway Military Police serves as Chief Instructor. Professor G. Schmidt also serves as a special adviser. As the main campus's Class VII was replaced with a traditional Class VI, it features a new Class VII, tasked with Special Affairs and taught by Rean Schwarzer, Class VIII, tasked with Battle Tactics and taught by Randolph Orlando, and Class IX, tasked with Accounting and Statistics and taught by Towa Herschel.

* BlueIsHeroic: In contrast to students from the original Thors who now wear red as part of the uniform's general color scheme the students of Thors II instead wear blue.

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Originally with the Panzer-Soldats as boys piloted the Blue Drakkhen and girls piloted a Pink Drakkhen during training sessions. This later gets thrown out the window with the arrival of the Hector, Kestrel, and later the Goliath Noa.

* ShipperOnDeck: Nearly the entire student body ships Rean with Towa.

A girl from Leman who does things at her own pace. She joins the tennis club with Juna and Jessica and uses an orbal gun.

* CountryMouse: Has the demeanor of one

* ButNotTooForeign: Her mother was of [[Wutai Eastern descent,]] hence her knowledge and interest in Musse's tea ceremony club.

!Valery

* YaoiFangirl: Hinted with her conversation with Musse about a certain book genre.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: The students who have enrolled at this academy are those who weren't able to enter the main branch. Aurelia claims that it's the same for the teachers as well.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiAizawa (Japanese)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese)