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* IrrationalHatred: Inspecting the mirrors that can be found in most houses reveal that Rhue has always disliked them, and hates them more and more as you progress through the story. This is because of [[spoiler:the disconnect between who he thinks he is and the person that's actually reflected in the mirrors]].
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* IrrationalHatred: Inspecting the mirrors that can be found in most houses reveal that Rhue has always disliked them, and hates them more and more as you progress through the story. This is because of [[spoiler:the disconnect between who he thinks he is and the person that's actually reflected in the mirrors]]. Not to mention [[spoiler: having the body of Midian and Jeruh's consciousness, who hated each other when they were alive.]]
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* SoleSurvivor: She's the only known survivor of [[spoiler:the Landorin Massacre]].
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: His body was possessed by the Shadow Sword, resulting in him provoking the Landorin Massacre.]]
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This figure engulfed in shadows is a looming threat on Rhue's journeys ever since Episode 1. Rumors of a serial killer who randomly kills innocent wanderers on the Way soon start spreading. More and more people seek refuge in settlements like Estrana to be safe at night. His true identity is [[spoiler: the Shadow Sword, a weapon that possesses whoever holds it.]]
!!The Phantom Slasher
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* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: With Serena.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: His body was possessed by the Shadow Sword, resulting in him killing Serena.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Massacred Landorin Village, killing a hundred people in the process, just because he saw the girl he liked dating another boy.]]
* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: Seeing his beloved Serena having a date with Midian made him crack big time, and the Shadow Sword's influence made things even worse.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler: Thinks he deserves Serena's love because he was nice to her and showered her with gifts.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: After killing Serena, he convinces himself she's still alive and wanders towns searching for her. He only admits the truth after being confronted by the spirits of Midian and Lyrra.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Was killed by Serena's grieving boyfriend.]]
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!!The Phantom Slasher
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This figure engulfed in shadows is a looming threat on Rhue's journeys ever since Episode 1. Rumors of a serial killer who randomly kills innocent wanderers on the Way soon start spreading. More and more people seek refuge in settlements like Estrana to be safe at night. His true identity is [[spoiler: the Shadow Sword, a weapon that possesses whoever holds it.]]
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* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: With Serena.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: His body was possessed by the Shadow Sword, resulting in him killing Serena.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Massacred Landorin Village, killing a hundred people in the process, just because he saw the girl he liked dating another boy.]]
* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: Seeing his beloved Serena having a date with Midian made him crack big time, and the Shadow Sword's influence made things even worse.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler: Thinks he deserves Serena's love because he was nice to her and showered her with gifts.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: After killing Serena, he convinces himself she's still alive and wanders towns searching for her. He only admits the truth after being confronted by the spirits of Midian and Lyrra.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Was killed by Serena's grieving boyfriend.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: While he dies early on, his obsession with Serena is so big it overrule the Shadow Sword's desire to purge the Way. So much that when Midian touches the sword he starts thinking he's Jeruh and must find Serena.]]
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Had a crush on Serena, who doesn't even like him as a friend.]]
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!!The Phantom Slasher
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This figure engulfed in shadows is a looming threat on Rhue's journeys ever since Episode 1. Rumors of a serial killer who randomly kills innocent wanderers on the Way soon start spreading. More and more people seek refuge in settlements like Estrana to be safe at night. His true identity is [[spoiler: the Shadow Sword, a weapon that possesses whoever holds it.]]
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* IrrationalHatred: Is rather cold and callous to Rhue at first, insisting his love for Serena is shallow. Mostly because [[spoiler:she's Serena sister and resents Midian for being the SoleSurvivor or Jeruh's rampage]]. But after realizing [[spoiler:he truly has no memories of being Midian]] she acts less abrassive.
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* PhyrricVictory: [[spoiler: He finally manages to kill Jeruh and avenge Serena. Unfortunately he touches the Shadow Sword, resulting in him being possessed by it and Jeruh's MadLove, becoming Rhue.]]
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* PhyrricVictory: PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: He finally manages to kill Jeruh and avenge Serena. Unfortunately he touches the Shadow Sword, resulting in him being possessed by it and Jeruh's MadLove, becoming Rhue.]]
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* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler: Originally, he was an unnamed swordsman that hunted the Shadow Slasher, Jeruh. When he kills him, not only his personality becomes overriden by the Shadow Sword, but by Jeruh's MadLove for Serena as well. In the True Ending, while he regains his memories of the Shadow Sword and Jeruh's, the unnamed swordsman's consciousness is in fact dead and gone.]]
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* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler: Originally, he was an unnamed swordsman that His current body belonged to Midian, who hunted the Shadow Slasher, Jeruh. When he kills him, not only his personality becomes overriden by the Shadow Sword, but by Jeruh's MadLove for Serena as well. In the True Ending, while he regains his memories of the Shadow Sword and Jeruh's, the unnamed swordsman's Midian's consciousness is in fact dead and gone.]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: In-name only, but the headhunter in the Marna Strech in Episode 2 calls Rhue Midian. Come Episode 6, a guy called Midian is a playable character. [[spoiler: Or rather, what's left of Midian's consciousness, as Rhue's current body belonged to him.]]
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* SecondLove: It's the only girl Rhue seems to show real interest in. Under certain circumstances, it's possible to end the game with [[spoiler: Rhue spending the rest of his life with Lexus in Dream Estrana, after realizing that Serena has been DeadAllAlong]].
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* SecondLove: It's the only girl Rhue seems to show real interest in. Under certain circumstances, it's possible to end the game with [[spoiler: Rhue spending the rest of his life with Lexus in Dream Estrana, after realizing that Serena has been DeadAllAlong]].DeadAllAlong and that the love he felt for her was fake]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: In one ending, he manages to [[spoiler:destroy the Phantom Slasher by using it to kill himself, forcing it to break its own rules]].
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* TheAtoner: When he regained his memory of who he was and what he had done to Taichi, he was horrified by it and driven to suicidal despair. In the midst of his despair, he begged Taichi for forgiveness, telling him he wanted a way to atone. Taichi sarcastically tells him to kill himself... which he does. Taichi regrets it.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:having part the massacre at Estrana, failing to protect Lexus and getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Rhue, Slade is filled with suicidal despair. In the middle of his aura absorbed breakdown, he encounters Scatha, whom he immediately recognizes as his long long sister. Scatha instead lashed out at him and supposedly not being able to save Lyrra's life]], he ends up considering whether to throw himself off a cliff. In told him the end... [[spoiler:he does, scared by Kloe's request only way he could ever make up for help]].what he had done was to kill himself. And he did so.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After he realizes that Scatha is his pressumably dead sister.]]
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* BestServedCold: He spends several years (possibly decades) searching for [[spoiler:Jeruh]].
* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: With Serena.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Wants to take revenge on Jeruh for killing Serena years ago]].
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Wants to take revenge on Jeruh for killing Serena years ago]].
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: A tragic example. [[spoiler: It's implied Serena loved him, resulting in Jeruh getting possessed by the Shadow Sword and kill her.]]
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* EvilWeapon: [[spoiler: Can possess the wielder if the user draws the sword from its sheath, corrupting them into violent, bloodthirsty versions of their original selves that hunger for battle.]]
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* InsanityImmunity: [[spoiler: The Shadow Sword is known for driving everyone who tries to use it insane. This is shown when the originally unconfident Jeruh calmly kills Serena and tried to do the same to Midian. In contrast, the current unnamed host of the Shadow Sword didn't change much, since he absorbed Jeruh's insanity.]]
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* KillTheCutie: A big part of Episode 4 is about estabilishing her as the Cutie... [[spoiler:and then Rhue accidentally kills her]].
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* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: Being [[spoiler:knocked into a hole by her own brother]] and living alone hasn't done much for Scatha's social skills, but she's perfectly fine talking with monsters.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: InvertedTrope: in his very first appearance he introduces himself by saying that his name is pronounced "Guy-us" – which is purely for the benefit of the player, since neither Rhue nor Traziun have any way of knowing how it's spelled.
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* TheChick: Of the FiveManBand in Episode 6.
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* StanceSystem: In Episode 5, Scatha gains the ability to switch between forms with different skills: by default, she's in her Cold Killer stance, which gives her access to powerful offensive abilities. She can switch to The Woman Within, a more compassionate side that replaces her attacks with healing abilities.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair, as part of the {{Animesque}} graphical style.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: The men in Lide are so infatuated with her that a BarBrawl breaks out and she holds a tournament over who gets a kiss from her. As it turns out, she does this a lot: [[spoiler:it's a scam to steal people's entrance fees, because her right-hand man Kygar always wins while the other guys are DistractedByTheSexy]].
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* HelloNurse: The men in Lide are so infatuated with her that a BarBrawl breaks out and she holds a tournament over who gets a kiss from her. As it turns out, she does this a lot: [[spoiler:it's a scam to steal people's entrance fees, because her right-hand man Kygar always wins while the other guys are DistractedByTheSexy]].
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* GrayEyes: For a cunning leader figure.
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!!Rhue of Landorin
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The protagonist of ''The Way''. Years before the game starts, he lost his [[PuppyLove childhood love]] Serena when she fell into a river while running from the beasts who caused the infamous Landorin Massacre. Ever since this fateful night, Rhue has been travelling the Way in a frantic pace, determined to find her.
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* TheAgeless: His body hasn't aged for [[spoiler:centuries, millennia or possibly ever, thanks to Phantom Slasher]].
* {{Antihero}}: During his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain, he spends quite a lot of time in this stage.
* CatchPhrase:
** "How sweet it is.", every time he wins a Plunge.
** [[DeadpanSnarker "Wonderful..."]], every time something bad happens.
** "Sweet flaming lands..."
** "Burn me..."
* CelibateHero: Other women – like Lyrra or Cetsa – might be nice and cute, but it's only Serena who matters.
* ChickMagnet: It's not clear why, but women just seem to flock to him. Even women who really don't have ''any'' reason to like him.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The number of characters he works with but later injures or kills is staggering. After all, his only true loyality is to Serena.
* CradlingYourKill: He desperately tries to convince [[spoiler:Lexus]] to hang on. Arguably, this is the moment when he begins to [[HeelRealization realize what he is becoming]].
* DeadpanSnarker: One of his [[CatchPhrase Catch Phrases]], "Wonderful".
* DespairEventHorizon: At the end of Episode 4, when he [[spoiler:kills Lexus]]. After that, his search for Serena is ''literally'' the only thing that keeps him going on.
* TheDeterminator: You really have to admire Rhue for the lengths he will go to find one chick. That, or be utterly terrified of him.
* FakeMemories: It's obvious that his memory have pretty huge holes. In the end, it's discovered that [[spoiler:they are a mishmash of the memories of other people]].
* GoodIsNotNice: Towards the beginning of his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
* HeelRealization: He has several of these at various points. At the very end of Episode 6, [[spoiler:the confrontation with the Phantom Slasher]] causes the biggest one.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He starts the game with a blade even though, by his own admission, he doesn't really know how to use it.
* HeroicBSOD: In Episode 4, he gets one when he [[spoiler:accidentally kills his girlfriend]] due to a freak combination of circumstances.
* HurtingHero: Rhue is always this, but it really gets bad after the end of Episode 4 and [[spoiler: Lexus's death]].
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He can cite this trope almost literaly in [[DialogueTree Dialogue Trees]], when Kloe asks him to justify his [[JerkAss jerkassery]].
* IHaveManyNames: He has had several names because of his changing FakeMemories. This has been going on for [[spoiler:centuries, as he is the wielder of Phantom Slasher. It's hinted that several of the legendary heroes and villains that you hear about were either him, or were later absorbed into him]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Blue Boy", given by Strata.
* IrrationalHatred: Inspecting the mirrors that can be found in most houses reveal that Rhue has always disliked them, and hates them more and more as you progress through the story. This is because of [[spoiler:the disconnect between who he thinks he is and the person that's actually reflected in the mirrors]].
* JerkAss: If you play him that way in the [[DialogueTree Dialogue Trees]]. He also inevitably becomes one as the story goes on and he's forced to do more and more unpleasant things in his search for Serena.
* JerkAssWoobie: Towards the end he's ''really'' unpleasant, but it's hard to ignore the TraumaCongaLine he has been through.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is very bitter and doesn't have very many friends, but it's implied he cares very deeply for the friends he does have. [[VillainProtagonist Then Episode 5 happens]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He's ready to do ''anything'' to find Serena. And he eventually does. More notable [[spoiler:after killing Lexus and Lyrra]].
* LovingAShadow: It's strongly implied that his love for Serena fits this trope exactly. In the end [[spoiler:this is verified, since his memories of Serena weren't even his own]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, losing that childhood love. [[spoiler:Jeruh is a more straightforward example of this]].
* MeaningfulRename: He took a letter out from his previous name: [[spoiler:Jeruh -> Rhue]]
* MercyKill: When he finds [[spoiler:Jed]] on the verge of death because of a bandit attack, Rhue does this. [[spoiler:Thus absorbing Jed's soul in his sword]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction after [[spoiler:accidentally killing Lexus]]. After a while, he manages to rationalize that as IDidWhatIHadToDo.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He seems like the youngest of the main cast, except for Lyrra. He actually [[spoiler:has been around for centuries, thanks to his Shadow Sword]].
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Starts as a NiceGuy then goes to GoodIsNotNice, to JerkWithAHeartOfGold, to [[JerkAss Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk]], to VillainProtagonist, and in the end [[spoiler:either has a HeelRealization or decides to ScrewThisImOuttaHere]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Though the game never tells his exact age, one NPC from Episode 6 indicates that he [[spoiler:has been using the Shadow Sword for over a hundred years]].
* SanitySlippage: He starts losing it around Episode 5. Eventually you realize [[spoiler:he was pretty messed up to begin with]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: While it wasn't a war, the Landorin Massacre screwed Rhue up pretty bad.
* SociopathicHero: He gradually seems to become this during Episode 4 and 5.
* TomatoInTheMirror: One could even argue that he's [[spoiler:the BigBad of the entire game]].
* TranquilFury: When he is walking around in the rain after [[spoiler: Lexus's death]].
* TriggerHappy: As he becomes stronger and more confident. Amplified after Episode 4.
* {{Troll}}: If you go around talking to [=NPCs=], Rhue sometimes amuses himself by [[JerkAss trolling children]].
* TheUnfettered: He [[IDidWhatIHadToDo does whatever he has to do]] in order to find Serena.
* UnreliableNarrator: It's pretty obvious that there's something wrong with his memories of the Landorin massacre.
-->"If this isn't Landorin... [[spoiler:why do I remember this place???"]]
* VillainProtagonist: After Episode 4 or 5, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation depending on your interpretation]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Rhue just wants to find his girlfriend and make sure she's safe... and in doing this he kills many, many people and is generally considered to have jumped off the deep end.
* WhatTheHellHero: Characters often say this about him, like Strata confronting him and calling him a monster for [[spoiler:killing Lyrra after she went crazy. Sure, Rhue did it in self-defense, but he doesn't exactly seem broken up about it]].
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Rhue's moral boundaries are gradually torn down as he becomes more powerful at an unnatural rate, [[spoiler:due to his Shadow Sword]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Strata]]
!!Strata
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/02waystrata_7465.bmp]]
Already after they first cross ways in Episode 1 it's out of the question that Rhue and this guile, arrogant wanderer will ever be on good terms with each other. Strata violently wounding Rhue and stealing his possessions is only the first of several painful encounters with this fighter who aims to become the Paraphalyn.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Through Episode 5. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Maybe.]]
* TheCasanova: A womanizer who believes that a having a TrophyWife is another thing that proves to the world how great of a fighter he is.
* GloryHound: If hurting people and lying will help him get his way, he'll do it.
* GlorySeeker: Lives and breathes this trope.
* HiddenDepths: He seems genuinely broken up when [[spoiler: Rhue kills Lyrra]], to his own surprise. Also, he actually keeps [[spoiler:his promise to protect her]] for most of the game.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: He wants to become the Paraphalyn, the ultimate badass.
* JerkAss: He'll gladly hurt or kill Rhue to steal him a rabbit. Which he'll later throw away, because he actually doesn't care about it that much.
* TheNicknamer: He calls Rhue "Blue Boy" and several women "Babe".
* PeekABangs: Part of his "wannabe cool" appearance.
* TheRival: Played up to be this to Rhue, expecially during the tournament in Episode 4.
* {{Troll}}: He ''really'' enjoys making Rhue angry.
* SmugSnake: He spends 95% of his screentime being arrogant and violent towards those weaker than him.
* VillainousBreakdown: In earlier versions of Episode 5, Strata temporarily goes through this during his arena Plunge with Rhue if he lasts for much longer than the six-turn limit predicted upon him. This has been changed to have Rhue go down immediately at the seventh pass regardless of how much HP he has remaining.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Traziun]]
!!Traziun
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03waytraziun_5741.bmp]]
This charming and knowledgeable wanderer starts travelling with Rhue halfway through Episode 1 and pays for all of their expenses in Lide. As a strong and skilled Plunger, he teaches him several features of the Plunge system. Both easygoing and determined at the same time, he becomes the first and only friend Rhue has had in a long time.
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* AbusiveParents: His main character arc is him wanting revenge on his father.
* TheAce: When you meet him, he is the strongest member of the party by far. Actually, he is [[spoiler:''way'' stronger than that]].
* BringIt: See [[{{PreAssKickingOneLiner}} Pre-Ass Kicking One Liner.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: He calls out his father for [[spoiler:killing his mother and generally being an evil dick]].
* FieryRedhead: Has the appropriate fiery personality, though he can also be a GuileHero when he wants.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Of the Good Goatee variety, indicating a mysterious character or an outsider.
* GrayEyes: Has the appropriately strong and determined character.
* GuileHero: Despite being one of the strongest characters, he prefers being this. At one point he even teaches Rhue that some problems can be solved by being smart instead of fighting.
* HeroicSacrifice: In one ending, he manages to [[spoiler:destroy the Phantom Slasher by using it to kill himself, forcing it to break its own rules]].
* MysteriousPast: The circumstances of [[spoiler:his mother's death]] are never really explained.
* TheOathBreaker: He's one of only two Blood Lyn [[spoiler:to ever run away from the Blana Sera and live]].
* OneManArmy: He kills a whole fortress [[spoiler:of Blood Lyn]] by himself.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
--> Do you want me to make a speech or something?
* RedIsHeroic: He's probably the closest thing to a straight hero in the main cast.
* StepfordSmiler: Type A, He's a confident and upbeat guy, but he's ready to throw his life away to avenge his mother.
* YouKilledMyMother: And he wants revenge for it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gaius]]
!!Gaius
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A magically inclined wanderer Rhue meets in Episode 1 shortly after encountering Traziun. Their paths keep crossing, but Gaius's own agenda on the Way remains a mystery.
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* TheChessmaster:
** He seems to be playing both sides of [[spoiler:the conflict among the Guided]].
** Also, in Episode 5 and 6 he implies he's trying to [[spoiler:destroy the Shadow Swords]].
* DissonantSerenity: As long as [[spoiler:his problem isn't relating to Kloe]], he seems calm and relaxed even in apparently horrible circumstances.
* GuileHero: From Rhue's point of view, he's a ManipulativeBastard. But since by that point Rhue has become a VillainProtagonist, Gaius can be considered this.
* HeroAntagonist: In Episode 6 he wants to stop Rhue, who [[spoiler:is the Phantom Slasher]] and by that point has become a VillainProtagonist. Depending on the ending, a [[TakeAThirdOption third option may present itself]].
* HiddenDepths: Interestingly, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration this is alluded to in the gameplay]]: in Episode 5, Gaius has an attack ominously called "Inner Darkness", whose in-game description states that it can be used only under peculiar circumstances. These circumstances never occur in the game, so that skill remains grayed out.
* MindReading: He taps into [[spoiler:Kloe's memories]]. However, the details of this ability are not explored.
* MysteriousPast: The very few statements that are made about his past raise more questions than they answer.
* NiceGuy: The first two time Rhue meets him, before his MysteriousPast starts coming up.
* NonAnswer: Gaius ends up being the king of cryptic speeches.
* NoPronunciationGuide: InvertedTrope: in his very first appearance he introduces himself by saying that his name is pronounced "Guy-us" – which is purely for the benefit of the player, since neither Rhue nor Traziun have any way of knowing how it's spelled.
* TheOathBreaker: He managed to run away from the Blana Sera.
** SubvertedTrope: [[spoiler:it seems like they let him do it]].
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After he finds out that Kloe [[spoiler:killed Foreman Ballar]], he tells her she has crossed the MoralEventHorizon in his eyes and wants nothing to do with her from then on.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lyrra]]
!!Lyrra
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/05waylyrra_512.bmp]]
A cheerful young woman who loves stories and imagines herself as the fair maiden waiting for her KnightInShiningArmour. Rhue shares a campfire with Lyrra's fist of wanderers at the end of Episode 1, where she takes an instant liking to him.
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Part of her backstory as the SoleSurvivor of [[spoiler:the Landorin Massacre]].
* BreakTheCutie: Take what [[StepfordSmiler seems like]] the most optimistic and innocent person in the world, then [[spoiler:have her boyfriend not just dump her to chase after another girl, but abandon her in a temple full of murderous ninjas, tell her Rhue killed her father, then find a sword that magnifies negative emotions and murderous intent]]. All in the same day.
* TheCutie: And of course [[DarkerAndEdgier Episode 5]] takes great care to [[BreakTheCutie thoroughly break her]].
* DamselInDistress:
** InvokedTrope in Episode 3 when she thinks Rhue came to save her from Dancing Violet.
** She tries invoking it again in Episode 6 with her obviously fake story about her "kingdom".
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lyrra is the SoleSurvivor of[[spoiler: the Landorin Massacre]], which traumatized her heavily.
* DespairEventHorizon: Strata, her supposed KnightInShiningArmor, not only dumping her, but showing he has never really cared about her.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: To her, Strata is a KnightInShiningArmor saving the DamselInDistress. She's blind to his womanizing and JerkAss ways for most of the story.
* TheIngenue: She probably was this as a child, and keeps faking it as a way [[spoiler:to forget the trauma of the Landorin Massacre]].
* InnocentBlueEyes: Useful to make the player feel even worse when [[BreakTheCutie shit hits the fan for her too]].
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Her reaction to the abovementioned BreakTheCutie (and to finding [[spoiler:a Shadow Sword]]). She doesn't succeed in her endeavor.
* LongLostRelative: She is Jeruh's little sister.
* ThePollyanna: She spends most of the story as this... [[spoiler:and then she snaps]].
* SanitySlippage: Slowly during Episode 5.
* SoleSurvivor: She's the only known survivor of [[spoiler:the Landorin Massacre]].
* StepfordSmiler: She convinces herself she's basically living in a story and [[EarnYourHappyEnding her horrible past will be justified when she finally reaches the happy ending that's waiting for her]].
* TheStoryteller: She's obsessed with stories as a way to justify her past. See StepfordSmiler.
* ThisIsReality: On the receiving end of this dialogue in Episode 5, when Scatha finds her sobbing over [[spoiler:Strata showing interest in Cetsa]] and berates her for believing her life was a fairytale.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Appropriate, since Lyrra ''wants'' to be a DamselInDistress rescued by a KnightInShiningArmor.
* WideEyedIdealist: As mentioned in StepfordSmiler, she needs to be this.
* WomanScorned: She finally snaps when [[spoiler:Strata dumps her to go after Cetsa, and starts chasing him while swinging a blood-covered sword]]. It's ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cetsa]]
!!Cetsa
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Her outstanding beauty and flirtatious demeanor have caught the attention of every man in Lide when Rhue reaches the settlement in Episode 2. They will even compete in a quickly organized Plunge tournament only to get one kiss from her.
However, she is later revealed to [[spoiler:be Dancing Violet, the leader of the murderous Blue Scarves bandits]], and maybe hold a clue as to where Rhue might find Serena.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her default outfit.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Rhue first meets her, she's posing as an InnocentFanserviceGirl as part of a scam.
* ConnectedAllAlong: She and [[spoiler:Kloe]] were childhood friends who fell out over the pendant that Cetsa found.
* DarkActionGirl: She's a very strong fighter and [[spoiler:the head of a big bandit group]].
* EvilRedhead: She has the typical fiery personality, though she's also very petty.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: At several points in the story she tries to play innocent to escape her just punishment. Unluckily for her, [[spoiler:it stops working]].
* FemmeFatale: Being a very beautiful seductress is part of several of her plans.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When Rhue meets her again in Turnway her hair is now in a TomboyishPonytail, [[spoiler:as she attacks the settlement with the Blue Scarves]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just as she decides to leave her criminal past behind her and tries to [[spoiler: save a dying Slade, he uses his last seconds to kill her]].
* HelloNurse: The men in Lide are so infatuated with her that a BarBrawl breaks out and she holds a tournament over who gets a kiss from her. As it turns out, she does this a lot: [[spoiler:it's a scam to steal people's entrance fees, because her right-hand man Kygar always wins while the other guys are DistractedByTheSexy]].
* InappropriateRoleModel: [[spoiler:Lexus]] is a big fangirl of Cetsa.
* InformedAttractiveness: There's only so much attractiveness an RPG Maker sprite can convey before the characters have to inform the players that Cetsa is ''really'' beautiful.
* ManipulativeBitch: Her modus operandi whenever her fighting prowess isn't enough.
* MysteriousPast: We never find out when her StartOfDarkness happened, though [[spoiler:her accident involving Kloe, the pendant and the river]] probably helped.
* RedBaron: Most people know her only as [[spoiler:Dancing Violet]].
* {{Tomboy}}: She plays the part of a FemmeFatale, but when she doesn't need it she becomes this.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kloe]]
!!Kloe
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A young Blood Lyn who was trained at Delhara Battlegrounds and sold to Foreman Ballar before her training was completed. She acts as leader of the guards in Lide and as Ballar's personal bodyguard. Rhue meets her when he enters Lide in Episode 2 and immediately clashes with her. And even after Rhue leaves the settlement their paths keep crossing.
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* BigNo: In the [[BittersweetEnding canon ending]], as she [[spoiler:stops Gaius from killing Rhue]].
* BodyguardBabes: Is sold as one to Foreman Ballar.
* BodyguardBetrayal: She was the one who [[spoiler:killed Foreman Ballar]].
* BodyguardCrush: She developed one [[spoiler:on Foreman Ballar]].
* BrokenBird: She has been raised as a mercenary since she was a child, abandoned by her [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother]], considered "damaged goods" by her masters because of said abandonment and finally sold as a [[BodyguardBabes Bodyguard Babe]].
* ChildSoldiers: As a Blood Lyn, her training began when she was very young.
* ConnectedAllAlong: She and [[spoiler:Cetsa]] were childhood friends who fell out over the pendant they found.
* GreenEyedMonster: When she witnessed how [[spoiler:Foreman Ballar was sleeping with other women]], she didn't take it well. It got to the point of eventually [[spoiler:killing him]].
* IJustWantToBeLoved: And yet she's BornUnlucky. Her childhood friend [[spoiler:pushed her into a river]], her [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother]] who she was in love with [[spoiler:breaked his oath and ran from the Blood Lyn]] and the only person to ever show real affection towards her [[spoiler:is a cheating bastard]]. No wonder she tries to win Rhue's affection, or at least his friendship.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Blood Lyn are sold to the highest bidder and trained to have this attitude to their buyer.
* TheOathBreaker: When she was sold as a Blood Lyn to Ballar, she swore to protect Ballar's life and the [[ArtifactOfDoom Shadow Sword]] in Lide. [[spoiler:She fails at both tasks]].
* TheReliableOne: A competent leader of the guards in Lide and go-to person when people are in danger.
* {{Tomboy}}: She needs to be one, to be an effective leader for the guards in Lide. She gradually drops this after she changes environment.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Rhue, sometimes.
* TykeBomb: She was trained as a Blood Lyn.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Slade]]
!!Slade
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/08wayslade_9757.bmp]]
A strong and stoic warrior who acts as an elite soldier for the Vigilance Council in Estrana. Their shared interest in finding Dancing Violet in Episode 3 leads him and Rhue to team up for a short while.
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* AbusiveParents: His mother is a ''big'' example of this.
* AloofBigBrother: He was this to his sisters, before his mother went past the MoralEventHorizon and brought him along.
* AntiVillain: The man has a weird sense of justice, but that's simply because [[spoiler: his mother trained him to obey orders without question]].
* BerserkButton: Triggered by anyone who is sleazy or abusive towards women. Probably because of a subconscious MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
* TheBigGuy: In Episode 6. He's silent all the time, and a very strong physical fighter.
* DarkSecret: Having been trained for birth to blindly obey his mother, he even [[spoiler:threw his sister into the Pits]] when he was ordered to.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.
--> Find someone else to be your prostitute. Try your husband.
* DrivenToSuicide: After [[spoiler:having part of his aura absorbed and supposedly not being able to save Lyrra's life]], he ends up considering whether to throw himself off a cliff. In the end... [[spoiler:he does, scared by Kloe's request for help]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: He shows up in Episode 1 long enough to save Rhue's life and scare Strata before disappearing until Episode 3.
* TheFettered: He holds the rules and his screwed up perceptions of the world very high. He's actually a very good and uncorruptible law enforcer... [[spoiler:until he snaps]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His facial scars represent the fact that he's a seasoned warrior.
* LawfulStupid: He works with people who manipulate him and take him for granted, and he's ''very'' aware of it. Still, he can't even consider stopping.
* LongLostRelative: Two main characters, [[spoiler:Scatha and Serena]], are actually his sisters.
* TheQuietOne: In Episode 6, he never speaks a word. Even before that, he's usually not very talkative.
* SuperSoldier: Not magically or scientifically modified, but as a Shadow Foot of the Vigilance Council he usually works alone and is an elite fighter.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: He starts chasing Rhue in Episode 5. Granted, Slade isn't exactly a "virtuous" cop, but by this point Rhue has basically become a VillainProtagonist.
* VillainousBreakdown: Realizing the rules he has followed all his life were arbitrary and unjust [[DrivenToSuicide starts driving him to suicide]].
* WhatHaveIBecome: See VillainousBreakdown and DrivenToSuicide.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair, as part of the {{Animesque}} graphical style.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scatha]]
!!Scatha
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/09wayscatha_1490.bmp]]
Rhue first encounters this stealthy and cynical woman when she foils [[spoiler:Cetsa's and Kygar's]] plans in Lide. She is a strong fighter who has been living in the Pits for years, fluently communicates with the monsters who reside there and hides her face under a mask. When Rhue's path unexpectedly leads him into the Pits in Episode 3, the two of them briefly join forces to overcome the underground obstacles.
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* AbusiveParents: Saying her mother was abusive would be a big {{Understatement}}.
* BrokenBird: She used to be a happy young woman until the events of her DarkAndTroubledPast happened...
* CoolMask: She uses it to hide her hideously scarred face.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: We don't learn her entire story, but [[spoiler:she was thrown into the Pits by her own brother after she was disowned and scarred for life by her abusive mother]].
* DeadpanSnarker:
--> '''Rhue:''' I'm looking for a girl. And right now I'm trying to figure out why her pendant was stained with blood.
-->''' Scatha:''' Becaussse sssomeone got cut and bled on it, hon.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She has her reasons: [[spoiler:she was abandoned by the man she slept with and was later thrown in the Pits for that]].
* TheGrotesque: She has accepted that role for herself, refuses to take off her mask and expects to be shunned by everyone for what lies beneath it.
* HatesBeingTouched: She even accuses Rhue of groping her when he carried her away from imminent danger when she was unconscious.
* LongLostRelative: She is one of [[spoiler:Slade's sisters]].
* MeaningfulRename: She rearranged the letters of her previous name: [[spoiler:Chasta -> Scatha]].
* NotGoodWithPeople: Being [[spoiler:knocked into a hole by her own brother]] and living alone hasn't done much for Scatha's social skills, but she's perfectly fine talking with monsters.
* ScarsAreForever: Althrough we never see them, her scars played a big part in determining her personality.
* RaisedByWolves: Spent most of her youth in the Pits and is much more comfortable interacting with monsters than with humans.
* SpannerInTheWorks: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Cetsa and Kygar]] have had their plans foiled by her several times.
* SssssnakeTalk: Implied to be caused by the fact she's used to speaking the language of monsters.
* StrawNihilist: Expecially about true love not existing.
** She assumes Rhue only cares about Serena because she was pretty.
** When she sees Lyrra crying about her lost love, Scatha gives her another lecture about how love is an illusion.
* TechnicolorNinjas: A bright pink costume for a very sneaky and stealthy character.
* ThisIsReality: Gives this dialogue to Lyrra in Episode 5. Scatha berates her for believing her life was a fairytale when Lyrra is sobbing over [[spoiler:Strata showing interest in Cetsa]].
* {{Tomboy}}: It's implied she doesn't really view herself as a woman. Though she seems to like Rhue complimenting her hair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lexus]]
!!Lexus
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A young woman from Estrana Rhue seems to have an instant connection with. She convinces him to compete in the local Plunge tournament and is quite an adept fighter herself.
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* AscendedFangirl: She admired [[spoiler:Dancing Violet]] so much that she actually [[spoiler:tried to emulate her in every way, mimicking her fighting style, founding the Blue Scarves gang in Estrana and even going out of her way to befriend Rhue]].
* TheChick: Of the FiveManBand in Episode 6.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: To complete her pink/brown pattern.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She can take care of herself very well, no hero needed. Expecially after the big brawl in Outer Estrana.
* FriendlyTarget: In a really twisted way: [[spoiler:Rhue, in the last job he had to do before talking to Cetsa, accidentally kills her]].
* GoOutWithASmile: She not only [[spoiler:dies smiling, but uses her last words to comfort Rhue.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: She's having second thoughts about her gang. But before she can act on them, [[spoiler:she's accidentally killed by Rhue]].
* KillTheCutie: A big part of Episode 4 is about estabilishing her as the Cutie... [[spoiler:and then Rhue accidentally kills her]].
* LivingADoubleLife: Twice. She founded [[spoiler:the Blue Scarves gang in Estrana, modelling herself after Dancing Violet]] and then she [[spoiler:joined the Arastotzi and took on her secret identity as Red Zero]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Rhue during Episode 4.
* MonsterFangirl: [[spoiler:Cetsa]] is a ''definitely'' InappropriateRoleModel for her.
* PimpedOutDress: Hard to identify because of the graphics, but it seems her dress has wings attached to it. [[RuleOfSymbolism Might be there for the symbolism.]]
* PinkMeansFeminine: She's an ActionGirl, but also has arguably the most feminine personality in the main cast.
* RebelliousPrincess: She doesn't really appreciate being the daughter of [[spoiler:Zedicus, the leader of the Vigilance Council in Estrana]]. This probably lead to her taking an InappropriateRoleModel.
* RedBaron: She's known as [[spoiler:Red Zero]] in her gang.
* SacrificialLion: With her, the series starts getting ''really'' DarkerAndEdgier.
* SecondLove: It's the only girl Rhue seems to show real interest in. Under certain circumstances, it's possible to end the game with [[spoiler: Rhue spending the rest of his life with Lexus in Dream Estrana, after realizing that Serena has been DeadAllAlong]].
* SecretIdentity: She is part of the [[spoiler:Arastotzi as Red Zero]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sorya]]
!!Sorya
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A cunning and confident woman Rhue meets on his first day in Estrana in Episode 4. Realizing how badly Rhue wants to see the prisoner [[spoiler:Dancing Violet]] in the Arm of Estrana, she approaches him and makes him an offer: If he helps her organization, [[spoiler:the Arastotzi]], complete a number of jobs, she will make sure Rhue will get the visiting rights to the prison he needs.
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* FemmeFatale: The straightest example in the series.
* GrayEyes: For a cunning leader figure.
* HiddenDepths: If you take her out on a date in Episode 6, she reveals that she used to be [[spoiler:a Blood Lyn]].
* MeaningfulRename: She takes a letter out of her name after [[spoiler:dying: Sorya -> Rosa]].
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl:
** She gives Rhue orders for their next meeting while being naked in a bathtub. She can even ask Rhue to join her.
** In Episode 6, you can meet her again after a plunge. She's still naked in the very same bathtub.
* SilkHidingSteel: You wouldn't know by her outfit and her way of talking, but she's quite the skilled fighter.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple hair, as part of the {{Animesque}} graphic style.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dirk]]
!!Dirk
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An apparently crazy old man who claims to be a great Forerunner. He's a member of Rhue's [[spoiler:and Kloe's]] team to protect the workers in the underground mine in Episode 4.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's not the most competent fighter, but he's much more knowledgeable than his demeanor lets on.
* ChivalrousPervert: He acts like a DirtyOldMan towards Kloe and Cetsa during Episode 5, but never does anything really bad.
* DirtyOldMan: Though it could be ObfuscatingStupidity, at least partly.
* MessyHair: Fits the whole "eccentric old man" thing.
* PluckyComicRelief: He may seem like this at first. Just like everyone in ''The Way'' though, he has HiddenDepths.
* TalkativeLoon: He really likes to hear himself talk.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sacrifa]]
!!Sacrifa
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The leader of the Guided in Estrana administrates the city and takes direct orders from Pontifex Tetzel. While he takes his position seriously, he also gladly shares the leadership of Estrana with the Vigilance Council. This allows him to focus on his own personal endeavors, such as [[spoiler:a secret mining operation underneath the city]], where Rhue starts working for one day.
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* DealWithTheDevil: He makes a deal with the Lord Below [[spoiler:to cure his wife, who suffers from a mysterious disease that is eating away her flesh]]. This goes horribly wrong: [[spoiler:he is discovered, his wife is stoned to death, and Sacrifa unleashes a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, destroying the city itself]].
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Lilah. Of course, this being ''The Way'', they both [[spoiler:end up dead, after he resorts to desperate measures to cure her illness]].
* DespairEventHorizon: When [[spoiler:his wife gets killed]], he just stops caring about anything but revenge.
* MoralityPet: Lilah. Sacrifa may be ready to go to [[WellIntentionedExtremist pretty awful extremes]], but is nothing but sweet and caring towards his wife.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for his wife Lilah leads him to [[spoiler:make a DealWithTheDevil to cure her from a painful disease]].
* SacrificialLion: When shit hits the fan in Episode 5, he's one of the victims.
* TheSmartGuy: In Episode 6, he takes this role in the party.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: According to Lilah, their struggles have aged him quite a bit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Midian]]
!!Midian
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A young man who joins Rhue's mission to enter the Arm of Estrana – now called the Demon's Blade – in Episode 6. His unfinished business with a man called Jeruh motivates his actions, though we don't find out much more about him initially.
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* AnimeHair: He has the weirdest hair in the whole series.
* BestServedCold: He spends several years (possibly decades) searching for [[spoiler:Jeruh]].
* ChekhovsGunman: In-name only, but the headhunter in the Marna Strech in Episode 2 calls Rhue Midian. Come Episode 6, a guy called Midian is a playable character.
* TheLancer: In Episode 6, he takes this role in the party.
* MulticoloredHair: See AnimeHair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Phantom Slasher]]
!!The Phantom Slasher
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This figure engulfed in shadows is a looming threat on Rhue's journeys ever since Episode 1. Rumors of a serial killer who randomly kills innocent wanderers on the Way soon start spreading. More and more people seek refuge in settlements like Estrana to be safe at night.
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* BigBad: In the end, the central conflict of Episode 6 is Rhue [[spoiler:trying to break free from Phantom Slasher's influence in his head, which brings him to drop the sword in the real world]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The game never reveals why he kills certain people and lets other people live. But it's largely accepted that [[spoiler:the Shadow Swords]] aren't inherently linked to a black-and-white notion of good and evil which we could understand.
* TheFaceless
* HiddenAgendaVillain: As noted below in WellIntentionedExtremist, [[spoiler:he wants to keep Rhue moving along to "clean the Way"]], but we never get to know what he exactly means by that.
* KnightTemplar: The Phantom Slasher – [[spoiler:that is to say, ''the sword'']] – kills those who fail to meet his standards. [[spoiler:It self-destructs when forced to kill someone who it considers to be innocent]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name is actually being used in-universe to spread panic.
* SerialKiller: Most people consider him this. They're not wrong, but the truth [[HiddenAgendaVillain is somehow more complicated]].
* TheVoiceless: The only time we hear him talking is at the end of Episode 6, [[spoiler:inside Rhue's mind]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He kills people it judges as "evil", and people who try to stop him from doing this judgement. [[HiddenAgendaVillain We never find out what exactly he considers "evil"]].
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Rhue]]
!!Rhue of Landorin
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The protagonist of ''The Way''. Years before the game starts, he lost his [[PuppyLove childhood love]] Serena when she fell into a river while running from the beasts who caused the infamous Landorin Massacre. Ever since this fateful night, Rhue has been travelling the Way in a frantic pace, determined to find her.
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* TheAgeless: His body hasn't aged for [[spoiler:centuries, millennia or possibly ever, thanks to Phantom Slasher]].
* {{Antihero}}: During his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain, he spends quite a lot of time in this stage.
* CatchPhrase:
** "How sweet it is.", every time he wins a Plunge.
** [[DeadpanSnarker "Wonderful..."]], every time something bad happens.
** "Sweet flaming lands..."
** "Burn me..."
* CelibateHero: Other women – like Lyrra or Cetsa – might be nice and cute, but it's only Serena who matters.
* ChickMagnet: It's not clear why, but women just seem to flock to him. Even women who really don't have ''any'' reason to like him.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The number of characters he works with but later injures or kills is staggering. After all, his only true loyality is to Serena.
* CradlingYourKill: He desperately tries to convince [[spoiler:Lexus]] to hang on. Arguably, this is the moment when he begins to [[HeelRealization realize what he is becoming]].
* DeadpanSnarker: One of his [[CatchPhrase Catch Phrases]], "Wonderful".
* DespairEventHorizon: At the end of Episode 4, when he [[spoiler:kills Lexus]]. After that, his search for Serena is ''literally'' the only thing that keeps him going on.
* TheDeterminator: You really have to admire Rhue for the lengths he will go to find one chick. That, or be utterly terrified of him.
* FakeMemories: It's obvious that his memory have pretty huge holes. In the end, it's discovered that [[spoiler:they are a mishmash of the memories of other people]].
* GoodIsNotNice: Towards the beginning of his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
* HeelRealization: He has several of these at various points. At the very end of Episode 6, [[spoiler:the confrontation with the Phantom Slasher]] causes the biggest one.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He starts the game with a blade even though, by his own admission, he doesn't really know how to use it.
* HeroicBSOD: In Episode 4, he gets one when he [[spoiler:accidentally kills his girlfriend]] due to a freak combination of circumstances.
* HurtingHero: Rhue is always this, but it really gets bad after the end of Episode 4 and [[spoiler: Lexus's death]].
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He can cite this trope almost literaly in [[DialogueTree Dialogue Trees]], when Kloe asks him to justify his [[JerkAss jerkassery]].
* IHaveManyNames: He has had several names because of his changing FakeMemories. This has been going on for [[spoiler:centuries, as he is the wielder of Phantom Slasher. It's hinted that several of the legendary heroes and villains that you hear about were either him, or were later absorbed into him]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Blue Boy", given by Strata.
* IrrationalHatred: Inspecting the mirrors that can be found in most houses reveal that Rhue has always disliked them, and hates them more and more as you progress through the story. This is because of [[spoiler:the disconnect between who he thinks he is and the person that's actually reflected in the mirrors]].
* JerkAss: If you play him that way in the [[DialogueTree Dialogue Trees]]. He also inevitably becomes one as the story goes on and he's forced to do more and more unpleasant things in his search for Serena.
* JerkAssWoobie: Towards the end he's ''really'' unpleasant, but it's hard to ignore the TraumaCongaLine he has been through.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is very bitter and doesn't have very many friends, but it's implied he cares very deeply for the friends he does have. [[VillainProtagonist Then Episode 5 happens]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He's ready to do ''anything'' to find Serena. And he eventually does. More notable [[spoiler:after killing Lexus and Lyrra]].
* LovingAShadow: It's strongly implied that his love for Serena fits this trope exactly. In the end [[spoiler:this is verified, since his memories of Serena weren't even his own]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, losing that childhood love. [[spoiler:Jeruh is a more straightforward example of this]].
* MeaningfulRename: He took a letter out from his previous name: [[spoiler:Jeruh -> Rhue]]
* MercyKill: When he finds [[spoiler:Jed]] on the verge of death because of a bandit attack, Rhue does this. [[spoiler:Thus absorbing Jed's soul in his sword]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction after [[spoiler:accidentally killing Lexus]]. After a while, he manages to rationalize that as IDidWhatIHadToDo.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He seems like the youngest of the main cast, except for Lyrra. He actually [[spoiler:has been around for centuries, thanks to his Shadow Sword]].
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Starts as a NiceGuy then goes to GoodIsNotNice, to JerkWithAHeartOfGold, to [[JerkAss Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk]], to VillainProtagonist, and in the end [[spoiler:either has a HeelRealization or decides to ScrewThisImOuttaHere]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Though the game never tells his exact age, one NPC from Episode 6 indicates that he [[spoiler:has been using the Shadow Sword for over a hundred years]].
* SanitySlippage: He starts losing it around Episode 5. Eventually you realize [[spoiler:he was pretty messed up to begin with]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: While it wasn't a war, the Landorin Massacre screwed Rhue up pretty bad.
* SociopathicHero: He gradually seems to become this during Episode 4 and 5.
* TomatoInTheMirror: One could even argue that he's [[spoiler:the BigBad of the entire game]].
* TranquilFury: When he is walking around in the rain after [[spoiler: Lexus's death]].
* TriggerHappy: As he becomes stronger and more confident. Amplified after Episode 4.
* {{Troll}}: If you go around talking to [=NPCs=], Rhue sometimes amuses himself by [[JerkAss trolling children]].
* TheUnfettered: He [[IDidWhatIHadToDo does whatever he has to do]] in order to find Serena.
* UnreliableNarrator: It's pretty obvious that there's something wrong with his memories of the Landorin massacre.
-->"If this isn't Landorin... [[spoiler:why do I remember this place???"]]
* VillainProtagonist: After Episode 4 or 5, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation depending on your interpretation]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Rhue just wants to find his girlfriend and make sure she's safe... and in doing this he kills many, many people and is generally considered to have jumped off the deep end.
* WhatTheHellHero: Characters often say this about him, like Strata confronting him and calling him a monster for [[spoiler:killing Lyrra after she went crazy. Sure, Rhue did it in self-defense, but he doesn't exactly seem broken up about it]].
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Rhue's moral boundaries are gradually torn down as he becomes more powerful at an unnatural rate, [[spoiler:due to his Shadow Sword]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Strata]]
!!Strata
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Already after they first cross ways in Episode 1 it's out of the question that Rhue and this guile, arrogant wanderer will ever be on good terms with each other. Strata violently wounding Rhue and stealing his possessions is only the first of several painful encounters with this fighter who aims to become the Paraphalyn.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Through Episode 5. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Maybe.]]
* TheCasanova: A womanizer who believes that a having a TrophyWife is another thing that proves to the world how great of a fighter he is.
* GloryHound: If hurting people and lying will help him get his way, he'll do it.
* GlorySeeker: Lives and breathes this trope.
* HiddenDepths: He seems genuinely broken up when [[spoiler: Rhue kills Lyrra]], to his own surprise. Also, he actually keeps [[spoiler:his promise to protect her]] for most of the game.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: He wants to become the Paraphalyn, the ultimate badass.
* JerkAss: He'll gladly hurt or kill Rhue to steal him a rabbit. Which he'll later throw away, because he actually doesn't care about it that much.
* TheNicknamer: He calls Rhue "Blue Boy" and several women "Babe".
* PeekABangs: Part of his "wannabe cool" appearance.
* TheRival: Played up to be this to Rhue, expecially during the tournament in Episode 4.
* {{Troll}}: He ''really'' enjoys making Rhue angry.
* SmugSnake: He spends 95% of his screentime being arrogant and violent towards those weaker than him.
* VillainousBreakdown: In earlier versions of Episode 5, Strata temporarily goes through this during his arena Plunge with Rhue if he lasts for much longer than the six-turn limit predicted upon him. This has been changed to have Rhue go down immediately at the seventh pass regardless of how much HP he has remaining.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Traziun]]
!!Traziun
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This charming and knowledgeable wanderer starts travelling with Rhue halfway through Episode 1 and pays for all of their expenses in Lide. As a strong and skilled Plunger, he teaches him several features of the Plunge system. Both easygoing and determined at the same time, he becomes the first and only friend Rhue has had in a long time.
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* AbusiveParents: His main character arc is him wanting revenge on his father.
* TheAce: When you meet him, he is the strongest member of the party by far. Actually, he is [[spoiler:''way'' stronger than that]].
* BringIt: See [[{{PreAssKickingOneLiner}} Pre-Ass Kicking One Liner.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: He calls out his father for [[spoiler:killing his mother and generally being an evil dick]].
* FieryRedhead: Has the appropriate fiery personality, though he can also be a GuileHero when he wants.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Of the Good Goatee variety, indicating a mysterious character or an outsider.
* GrayEyes: Has the appropriately strong and determined character.
* GuileHero: Despite being one of the strongest characters, he prefers being this. At one point he even teaches Rhue that some problems can be solved by being smart instead of fighting.
* HeroicSacrifice: In one ending, he manages to [[spoiler:destroy the Phantom Slasher by using it to kill himself, forcing it to break its own rules]].
* MysteriousPast: The circumstances of [[spoiler:his mother's death]] are never really explained.
* TheOathBreaker: He's one of only two Blood Lyn [[spoiler:to ever run away from the Blana Sera and live]].
* OneManArmy: He kills a whole fortress [[spoiler:of Blood Lyn]] by himself.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
--> Do you want me to make a speech or something?
* RedIsHeroic: He's probably the closest thing to a straight hero in the main cast.
* StepfordSmiler: Type A, He's a confident and upbeat guy, but he's ready to throw his life away to avenge his mother.
* YouKilledMyMother: And he wants revenge for it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gaius]]
!!Gaius
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A magically inclined wanderer Rhue meets in Episode 1 shortly after encountering Traziun. Their paths keep crossing, but Gaius's own agenda on the Way remains a mystery.
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* TheChessmaster:
** He seems to be playing both sides of [[spoiler:the conflict among the Guided]].
** Also, in Episode 5 and 6 he implies he's trying to [[spoiler:destroy the Shadow Swords]].
* DissonantSerenity: As long as [[spoiler:his problem isn't relating to Kloe]], he seems calm and relaxed even in apparently horrible circumstances.
* GuileHero: From Rhue's point of view, he's a ManipulativeBastard. But since by that point Rhue has become a VillainProtagonist, Gaius can be considered this.
* HeroAntagonist: In Episode 6 he wants to stop Rhue, who [[spoiler:is the Phantom Slasher]] and by that point has become a VillainProtagonist. Depending on the ending, a [[TakeAThirdOption third option may present itself]].
* HiddenDepths: Interestingly, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration this is alluded to in the gameplay]]: in Episode 5, Gaius has an attack ominously called "Inner Darkness", whose in-game description states that it can be used only under peculiar circumstances. These circumstances never occur in the game, so that skill remains grayed out.
* MindReading: He taps into [[spoiler:Kloe's memories]]. However, the details of this ability are not explored.
* MysteriousPast: The very few statements that are made about his past raise more questions than they answer.
* NiceGuy: The first two time Rhue meets him, before his MysteriousPast starts coming up.
* NonAnswer: Gaius ends up being the king of cryptic speeches.
* NoPronunciationGuide: InvertedTrope: in his very first appearance he introduces himself by saying that his name is pronounced "Guy-us" – which is purely for the benefit of the player, since neither Rhue nor Traziun have any way of knowing how it's spelled.
* TheOathBreaker: He managed to run away from the Blana Sera.
** SubvertedTrope: [[spoiler:it seems like they let him do it]].
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After he finds out that Kloe [[spoiler:killed Foreman Ballar]], he tells her she has crossed the MoralEventHorizon in his eyes and wants nothing to do with her from then on.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lyrra]]
!!Lyrra
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A cheerful young woman who loves stories and imagines herself as the fair maiden waiting for her KnightInShiningArmour. Rhue shares a campfire with Lyrra's fist of wanderers at the end of Episode 1, where she takes an instant liking to him.
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Part of her backstory as the SoleSurvivor of [[spoiler:the Landorin Massacre]].
* BreakTheCutie: Take what [[StepfordSmiler seems like]] the most optimistic and innocent person in the world, then [[spoiler:have her boyfriend not just dump her to chase after another girl, but abandon her in a temple full of murderous ninjas, tell her Rhue killed her father, then find a sword that magnifies negative emotions and murderous intent]]. All in the same day.
* TheCutie: And of course [[DarkerAndEdgier Episode 5]] takes great care to [[BreakTheCutie thoroughly break her]].
* DamselInDistress:
** InvokedTrope in Episode 3 when she thinks Rhue came to save her from Dancing Violet.
** She tries invoking it again in Episode 6 with her obviously fake story about her "kingdom".
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lyrra is the SoleSurvivor of[[spoiler: the Landorin Massacre]], which traumatized her heavily.
* DespairEventHorizon: Strata, her supposed KnightInShiningArmor, not only dumping her, but showing he has never really cared about her.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: To her, Strata is a KnightInShiningArmor saving the DamselInDistress. She's blind to his womanizing and JerkAss ways for most of the story.
* TheIngenue: She probably was this as a child, and keeps faking it as a way [[spoiler:to forget the trauma of the Landorin Massacre]].
* InnocentBlueEyes: Useful to make the player feel even worse when [[BreakTheCutie shit hits the fan for her too]].
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Her reaction to the abovementioned BreakTheCutie (and to finding [[spoiler:a Shadow Sword]]). She doesn't succeed in her endeavor.
* LongLostRelative: She is Jeruh's little sister.
* ThePollyanna: She spends most of the story as this... [[spoiler:and then she snaps]].
* SanitySlippage: Slowly during Episode 5.
* SoleSurvivor: She's the only known survivor of [[spoiler:the Landorin Massacre]].
* StepfordSmiler: She convinces herself she's basically living in a story and [[EarnYourHappyEnding her horrible past will be justified when she finally reaches the happy ending that's waiting for her]].
* TheStoryteller: She's obsessed with stories as a way to justify her past. See StepfordSmiler.
* ThisIsReality: On the receiving end of this dialogue in Episode 5, when Scatha finds her sobbing over [[spoiler:Strata showing interest in Cetsa]] and berates her for believing her life was a fairytale.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Appropriate, since Lyrra ''wants'' to be a DamselInDistress rescued by a KnightInShiningArmor.
* WideEyedIdealist: As mentioned in StepfordSmiler, she needs to be this.
* WomanScorned: She finally snaps when [[spoiler:Strata dumps her to go after Cetsa, and starts chasing him while swinging a blood-covered sword]]. It's ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cetsa]]
!!Cetsa
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Her outstanding beauty and flirtatious demeanor have caught the attention of every man in Lide when Rhue reaches the settlement in Episode 2. They will even compete in a quickly organized Plunge tournament only to get one kiss from her.
However, she is later revealed to [[spoiler:be Dancing Violet, the leader of the murderous Blue Scarves bandits]], and maybe hold a clue as to where Rhue might find Serena.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her default outfit.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Rhue first meets her, she's posing as an InnocentFanserviceGirl as part of a scam.
* ConnectedAllAlong: She and [[spoiler:Kloe]] were childhood friends who fell out over the pendant that Cetsa found.
* DarkActionGirl: She's a very strong fighter and [[spoiler:the head of a big bandit group]].
* EvilRedhead: She has the typical fiery personality, though she's also very petty.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: At several points in the story she tries to play innocent to escape her just punishment. Unluckily for her, [[spoiler:it stops working]].
* FemmeFatale: Being a very beautiful seductress is part of several of her plans.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When Rhue meets her again in Turnway her hair is now in a TomboyishPonytail, [[spoiler:as she attacks the settlement with the Blue Scarves]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just as she decides to leave her criminal past behind her and tries to [[spoiler: save a dying Slade, he uses his last seconds to kill her]].
* HelloNurse: The men in Lide are so infatuated with her that a BarBrawl breaks out and she holds a tournament over who gets a kiss from her. As it turns out, she does this a lot: [[spoiler:it's a scam to steal people's entrance fees, because her right-hand man Kygar always wins while the other guys are DistractedByTheSexy]].
* InappropriateRoleModel: [[spoiler:Lexus]] is a big fangirl of Cetsa.
* InformedAttractiveness: There's only so much attractiveness an RPG Maker sprite can convey before the characters have to inform the players that Cetsa is ''really'' beautiful.
* ManipulativeBitch: Her modus operandi whenever her fighting prowess isn't enough.
* MysteriousPast: We never find out when her StartOfDarkness happened, though [[spoiler:her accident involving Kloe, the pendant and the river]] probably helped.
* RedBaron: Most people know her only as [[spoiler:Dancing Violet]].
* {{Tomboy}}: She plays the part of a FemmeFatale, but when she doesn't need it she becomes this.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kloe]]
!!Kloe
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A young Blood Lyn who was trained at Delhara Battlegrounds and sold to Foreman Ballar before her training was completed. She acts as leader of the guards in Lide and as Ballar's personal bodyguard. Rhue meets her when he enters Lide in Episode 2 and immediately clashes with her. And even after Rhue leaves the settlement their paths keep crossing.
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* BigNo: In the [[BittersweetEnding canon ending]], as she [[spoiler:stops Gaius from killing Rhue]].
* BodyguardBabes: Is sold as one to Foreman Ballar.
* BodyguardBetrayal: She was the one who [[spoiler:killed Foreman Ballar]].
* BodyguardCrush: She developed one [[spoiler:on Foreman Ballar]].
* BrokenBird: She has been raised as a mercenary since she was a child, abandoned by her [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother]], considered "damaged goods" by her masters because of said abandonment and finally sold as a [[BodyguardBabes Bodyguard Babe]].
* ChildSoldiers: As a Blood Lyn, her training began when she was very young.
* ConnectedAllAlong: She and [[spoiler:Cetsa]] were childhood friends who fell out over the pendant they found.
* GreenEyedMonster: When she witnessed how [[spoiler:Foreman Ballar was sleeping with other women]], she didn't take it well. It got to the point of eventually [[spoiler:killing him]].
* IJustWantToBeLoved: And yet she's BornUnlucky. Her childhood friend [[spoiler:pushed her into a river]], her [[BloodBrothers Blood Brother]] who she was in love with [[spoiler:breaked his oath and ran from the Blood Lyn]] and the only person to ever show real affection towards her [[spoiler:is a cheating bastard]]. No wonder she tries to win Rhue's affection, or at least his friendship.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Blood Lyn are sold to the highest bidder and trained to have this attitude to their buyer.
* TheOathBreaker: When she was sold as a Blood Lyn to Ballar, she swore to protect Ballar's life and the [[ArtifactOfDoom Shadow Sword]] in Lide. [[spoiler:She fails at both tasks]].
* TheReliableOne: A competent leader of the guards in Lide and go-to person when people are in danger.
* {{Tomboy}}: She needs to be one, to be an effective leader for the guards in Lide. She gradually drops this after she changes environment.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Rhue, sometimes.
* TykeBomb: She was trained as a Blood Lyn.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Slade]]
!!Slade
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A strong and stoic warrior who acts as an elite soldier for the Vigilance Council in Estrana. Their shared interest in finding Dancing Violet in Episode 3 leads him and Rhue to team up for a short while.
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* AbusiveParents: His mother is a ''big'' example of this.
* AloofBigBrother: He was this to his sisters, before his mother went past the MoralEventHorizon and brought him along.
* AntiVillain: The man has a weird sense of justice, but that's simply because [[spoiler: his mother trained him to obey orders without question]].
* BerserkButton: Triggered by anyone who is sleazy or abusive towards women. Probably because of a subconscious MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
* TheBigGuy: In Episode 6. He's silent all the time, and a very strong physical fighter.
* DarkSecret: Having been trained for birth to blindly obey his mother, he even [[spoiler:threw his sister into the Pits]] when he was ordered to.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.
--> Find someone else to be your prostitute. Try your husband.
* DrivenToSuicide: After [[spoiler:having part of his aura absorbed and supposedly not being able to save Lyrra's life]], he ends up considering whether to throw himself off a cliff. In the end... [[spoiler:he does, scared by Kloe's request for help]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: He shows up in Episode 1 long enough to save Rhue's life and scare Strata before disappearing until Episode 3.
* TheFettered: He holds the rules and his screwed up perceptions of the world very high. He's actually a very good and uncorruptible law enforcer... [[spoiler:until he snaps]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His facial scars represent the fact that he's a seasoned warrior.
* LawfulStupid: He works with people who manipulate him and take him for granted, and he's ''very'' aware of it. Still, he can't even consider stopping.
* LongLostRelative: Two main characters, [[spoiler:Scatha and Serena]], are actually his sisters.
* TheQuietOne: In Episode 6, he never speaks a word. Even before that, he's usually not very talkative.
* SuperSoldier: Not magically or scientifically modified, but as a Shadow Foot of the Vigilance Council he usually works alone and is an elite fighter.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: He starts chasing Rhue in Episode 5. Granted, Slade isn't exactly a "virtuous" cop, but by this point Rhue has basically become a VillainProtagonist.
* VillainousBreakdown: Realizing the rules he has followed all his life were arbitrary and unjust [[DrivenToSuicide starts driving him to suicide]].
* WhatHaveIBecome: See VillainousBreakdown and DrivenToSuicide.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair, as part of the {{Animesque}} graphical style.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scatha]]
!!Scatha
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Rhue first encounters this stealthy and cynical woman when she foils [[spoiler:Cetsa's and Kygar's]] plans in Lide. She is a strong fighter who has been living in the Pits for years, fluently communicates with the monsters who reside there and hides her face under a mask. When Rhue's path unexpectedly leads him into the Pits in Episode 3, the two of them briefly join forces to overcome the underground obstacles.
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* AbusiveParents: Saying her mother was abusive would be a big {{Understatement}}.
* BrokenBird: She used to be a happy young woman until the events of her DarkAndTroubledPast happened...
* CoolMask: She uses it to hide her hideously scarred face.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: We don't learn her entire story, but [[spoiler:she was thrown into the Pits by her own brother after she was disowned and scarred for life by her abusive mother]].
* DeadpanSnarker:
--> '''Rhue:''' I'm looking for a girl. And right now I'm trying to figure out why her pendant was stained with blood.
-->''' Scatha:''' Becaussse sssomeone got cut and bled on it, hon.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She has her reasons: [[spoiler:she was abandoned by the man she slept with and was later thrown in the Pits for that]].
* TheGrotesque: She has accepted that role for herself, refuses to take off her mask and expects to be shunned by everyone for what lies beneath it.
* HatesBeingTouched: She even accuses Rhue of groping her when he carried her away from imminent danger when she was unconscious.
* LongLostRelative: She is one of [[spoiler:Slade's sisters]].
* MeaningfulRename: She rearranged the letters of her previous name: [[spoiler:Chasta -> Scatha]].
* NotGoodWithPeople: Being [[spoiler:knocked into a hole by her own brother]] and living alone hasn't done much for Scatha's social skills, but she's perfectly fine talking with monsters.
* ScarsAreForever: Althrough we never see them, her scars played a big part in determining her personality.
* RaisedByWolves: Spent most of her youth in the Pits and is much more comfortable interacting with monsters than with humans.
* SpannerInTheWorks: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Cetsa and Kygar]] have had their plans foiled by her several times.
* SssssnakeTalk: Implied to be caused by the fact she's used to speaking the language of monsters.
* StrawNihilist: Expecially about true love not existing.
** She assumes Rhue only cares about Serena because she was pretty.
** When she sees Lyrra crying about her lost love, Scatha gives her another lecture about how love is an illusion.
* TechnicolorNinjas: A bright pink costume for a very sneaky and stealthy character.
* ThisIsReality: Gives this dialogue to Lyrra in Episode 5. Scatha berates her for believing her life was a fairytale when Lyrra is sobbing over [[spoiler:Strata showing interest in Cetsa]].
* {{Tomboy}}: It's implied she doesn't really view herself as a woman. Though she seems to like Rhue complimenting her hair.
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[[folder:Lexus]]
!!Lexus
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A young woman from Estrana Rhue seems to have an instant connection with. She convinces him to compete in the local Plunge tournament and is quite an adept fighter herself.
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* AscendedFangirl: She admired [[spoiler:Dancing Violet]] so much that she actually [[spoiler:tried to emulate her in every way, mimicking her fighting style, founding the Blue Scarves gang in Estrana and even going out of her way to befriend Rhue]].
* TheChick: Of the FiveManBand in Episode 6.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: To complete her pink/brown pattern.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She can take care of herself very well, no hero needed. Expecially after the big brawl in Outer Estrana.
* FriendlyTarget: In a really twisted way: [[spoiler:Rhue, in the last job he had to do before talking to Cetsa, accidentally kills her]].
* GoOutWithASmile: She not only [[spoiler:dies smiling, but uses her last words to comfort Rhue.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: She's having second thoughts about her gang. But before she can act on them, [[spoiler:she's accidentally killed by Rhue]].
* KillTheCutie: A big part of Episode 4 is about estabilishing her as the Cutie... [[spoiler:and then Rhue accidentally kills her]].
* LivingADoubleLife: Twice. She founded [[spoiler:the Blue Scarves gang in Estrana, modelling herself after Dancing Violet]] and then she [[spoiler:joined the Arastotzi and took on her secret identity as Red Zero]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Rhue during Episode 4.
* MonsterFangirl: [[spoiler:Cetsa]] is a ''definitely'' InappropriateRoleModel for her.
* PimpedOutDress: Hard to identify because of the graphics, but it seems her dress has wings attached to it. [[RuleOfSymbolism Might be there for the symbolism.]]
* PinkMeansFeminine: She's an ActionGirl, but also has arguably the most feminine personality in the main cast.
* RebelliousPrincess: She doesn't really appreciate being the daughter of [[spoiler:Zedicus, the leader of the Vigilance Council in Estrana]]. This probably lead to her taking an InappropriateRoleModel.
* RedBaron: She's known as [[spoiler:Red Zero]] in her gang.
* SacrificialLion: With her, the series starts getting ''really'' DarkerAndEdgier.
* SecondLove: It's the only girl Rhue seems to show real interest in. Under certain circumstances, it's possible to end the game with [[spoiler: Rhue spending the rest of his life with Lexus in Dream Estrana, after realizing that Serena has been DeadAllAlong]].
* SecretIdentity: She is part of the [[spoiler:Arastotzi as Red Zero]].
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[[folder:Sorya]]
!!Sorya
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A cunning and confident woman Rhue meets on his first day in Estrana in Episode 4. Realizing how badly Rhue wants to see the prisoner [[spoiler:Dancing Violet]] in the Arm of Estrana, she approaches him and makes him an offer: If he helps her organization, [[spoiler:the Arastotzi]], complete a number of jobs, she will make sure Rhue will get the visiting rights to the prison he needs.
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* FemmeFatale: The straightest example in the series.
* GrayEyes: For a cunning leader figure.
* HiddenDepths: If you take her out on a date in Episode 6, she reveals that she used to be [[spoiler:a Blood Lyn]].
* MeaningfulRename: She takes a letter out of her name after [[spoiler:dying: Sorya -> Rosa]].
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl:
** She gives Rhue orders for their next meeting while being naked in a bathtub. She can even ask Rhue to join her.
** In Episode 6, you can meet her again after a plunge. She's still naked in the very same bathtub.
* SilkHidingSteel: You wouldn't know by her outfit and her way of talking, but she's quite the skilled fighter.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple hair, as part of the {{Animesque}} graphic style.
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[[folder:Dirk]]
!!Dirk
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An apparently crazy old man who claims to be a great Forerunner. He's a member of Rhue's [[spoiler:and Kloe's]] team to protect the workers in the underground mine in Episode 4.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's not the most competent fighter, but he's much more knowledgeable than his demeanor lets on.
* ChivalrousPervert: He acts like a DirtyOldMan towards Kloe and Cetsa during Episode 5, but never does anything really bad.
* DirtyOldMan: Though it could be ObfuscatingStupidity, at least partly.
* MessyHair: Fits the whole "eccentric old man" thing.
* PluckyComicRelief: He may seem like this at first. Just like everyone in ''The Way'' though, he has HiddenDepths.
* TalkativeLoon: He really likes to hear himself talk.
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[[folder:Sacrifa]]
!!Sacrifa
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The leader of the Guided in Estrana administrates the city and takes direct orders from Pontifex Tetzel. While he takes his position seriously, he also gladly shares the leadership of Estrana with the Vigilance Council. This allows him to focus on his own personal endeavors, such as [[spoiler:a secret mining operation underneath the city]], where Rhue starts working for one day.
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* DealWithTheDevil: He makes a deal with the Lord Below [[spoiler:to cure his wife, who suffers from a mysterious disease that is eating away her flesh]]. This goes horribly wrong: [[spoiler:he is discovered, his wife is stoned to death, and Sacrifa unleashes a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, destroying the city itself]].
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Lilah. Of course, this being ''The Way'', they both [[spoiler:end up dead, after he resorts to desperate measures to cure her illness]].
* DespairEventHorizon: When [[spoiler:his wife gets killed]], he just stops caring about anything but revenge.
* MoralityPet: Lilah. Sacrifa may be ready to go to [[WellIntentionedExtremist pretty awful extremes]], but is nothing but sweet and caring towards his wife.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for his wife Lilah leads him to [[spoiler:make a DealWithTheDevil to cure her from a painful disease]].
* SacrificialLion: When shit hits the fan in Episode 5, he's one of the victims.
* TheSmartGuy: In Episode 6, he takes this role in the party.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: According to Lilah, their struggles have aged him quite a bit.
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[[folder:Midian]]
!!Midian
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A young man who joins Rhue's mission to enter the Arm of Estrana – now called the Demon's Blade – in Episode 6. His unfinished business with a man called Jeruh motivates his actions, though we don't find out much more about him initially.
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* AnimeHair: He has the weirdest hair in the whole series.
* BestServedCold: He spends several years (possibly decades) searching for [[spoiler:Jeruh]].
* ChekhovsGunman: In-name only, but the headhunter in the Marna Strech in Episode 2 calls Rhue Midian. Come Episode 6, a guy called Midian is a playable character.
* TheLancer: In Episode 6, he takes this role in the party.
* MulticoloredHair: See AnimeHair.
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[[folder:The Phantom Slasher]]
!!The Phantom Slasher
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This figure engulfed in shadows is a looming threat on Rhue's journeys ever since Episode 1. Rumors of a serial killer who randomly kills innocent wanderers on the Way soon start spreading. More and more people seek refuge in settlements like Estrana to be safe at night.
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* BigBad: In the end, the central conflict of Episode 6 is Rhue [[spoiler:trying to break free from Phantom Slasher's influence in his head, which brings him to drop the sword in the real world]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The game never reveals why he kills certain people and lets other people live. But it's largely accepted that [[spoiler:the Shadow Swords]] aren't inherently linked to a black-and-white notion of good and evil which we could understand.
* TheFaceless
* HiddenAgendaVillain: As noted below in WellIntentionedExtremist, [[spoiler:he wants to keep Rhue moving along to "clean the Way"]], but we never get to know what he exactly means by that.
* KnightTemplar: The Phantom Slasher – [[spoiler:that is to say, ''the sword'']] – kills those who fail to meet his standards. [[spoiler:It self-destructs when forced to kill someone who it considers to be innocent]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name is actually being used in-universe to spread panic.
* SerialKiller: Most people consider him this. They're not wrong, but the truth [[HiddenAgendaVillain is somehow more complicated]].
* TheVoiceless: The only time we hear him talking is at the end of Episode 6, [[spoiler:inside Rhue's mind]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He kills people it judges as "evil", and people who try to stop him from doing this judgement. [[HiddenAgendaVillain We never find out what exactly he considers "evil"]].
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