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* VillainRespect:
** In his spin-off manga, due to his hatred of complacency, Loewe respects Colonel Richard for recognizing Liberl's vulnerable position and not taking the current peace with the Erebonian Empire for granted.
** If Estelle, Schera, and Kloe manage to beat "Lorence" in Grancel Castle, he'll apologize for holding back and admits Estelle has potential, [[IAmNotLeftHanded right before getting up and taking everyone down with one strike]].

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granted. However, while he sympathizes with Richard's goals, he still arranges for the latter to become Weissmann's pawn.
* VillainRespect:
If Estelle, Schera, and Kloe manage to beat "Lorence" in Grancel Castle, he'll apologize for holding back and admits Estelle has potential, [[IAmNotLeftHanded right before getting up and taking everyone down with one strike]].

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* VillainRespect: If Estelle, Schera, and Kloe manage to beat "Lorence" in Grancel Castle, he'll apologize for holding back and admits Estelle has potential, [[IAmNotLeftHanded right before getting up and taking everyone down with one strike]].

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* VillainRespect: VillainRespect:
** In his spin-off manga, due to his hatred of complacency, Loewe respects Colonel Richard for recognizing Liberl's vulnerable position and not taking the current peace with the Erebonian Empire for granted.
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If Estelle, Schera, and Kloe manage to beat "Lorence" in Grancel Castle, he'll apologize for holding back and admits Estelle has potential, [[IAmNotLeftHanded right before getting up and taking everyone down with one strike]].
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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owe their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage, indicating she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life.

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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owe their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage, indicating she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life. In Loewe's manga, Arianrhod easily defeats him with a sword and states that the next time they duel, she'll use her lance.

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* TheFaceless: She makes her voice-only debut in ''the 3rd'' and remains offscreen for the remainder of the series until ''Cold Steel IV''. Her face isn't fully revealed in ''Cold Steel IV'' either, though observant players can make it out. ''Reverie'' finally averts this and reveals her appearance for real.

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* TheFaceless: She makes her voice-only debut in ''the 3rd'' and remains offscreen for the remainder of the series until ''Cold Steel IV''. Her face isn't fully revealed in ''Cold Steel IV'' either, though observant players can make it out. ''Reverie'' finally averts this and reveals marks her first appearance for real.



* WhamEpisode: The declaration that the Phantasmal Blaze Plan is finished and the third phase of the plan, the "Eternal Regression Plan" is about to commence despite not obtaining the Earth, Fire,[[note]]Both have disappeared from Zemuria for good[[/note]] and Mirage[[note]]Killed itself to prevent being abused by people a long time ago[[/note]] Sept-Terrion is one to fans as everyone thought that the Orpheus Final Plan requires that Ouroboros and the Society obtain all seven of the Sept-Terrion.
** Also, she states that the world is going to end in 3 years and that they only managed to delay its destruction by averting the Great Twilight.
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Sixth Anguis of Ouroboros and leader of the Thirteen Factories, appearing in ''Azure''.

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Sixth Anguis of Ouroboros and leader of the Thirteen Factories, appearing in ''Azure''. Not especially popular with Enforcers due to his ForScience tendencies, but still less hated than the Faceless.

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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owing their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage, indicating she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life.

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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owing owe their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage, indicating she's her tutelage, indicating she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life. life.



* BerserkButton: Do NOT hold back on his account as he will try killing you just to make you go all out. Rean finds this out the hard way and was only saved by Sharon who takes the hit.

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Do NOT hold back on his account as he will try killing you just to make you go all out. Rean finds this out the hard way and was only saved by Sharon who takes the hit.



* PungeonMaster: He frequently makes puns referring to fire, heat or getting warmed up whenever he gets excited.

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* PungeonMaster: He frequently makes puns referring to fire, heat heat, or getting warmed up whenever he gets excited.
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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owing their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage indicate she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life.

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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owing their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage indicate tutelage, indicating she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life.



--> '''[=McBurn=]''':(about to activate his SuperMode) Time to turn up the heat!

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--> '''[=McBurn=]''':(about '''[=McBurn=]''': (about to activate his SuperMode) Time to turn up the heat!



* RecurringBoss: He's fought as a boss nine times throughout his appearances [[spoiler: eleven if counting his Simulacrum form and copy from the True Reverie Corridor.]]

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* RecurringBoss: He's fought as a boss nine times throughout his appearances [[spoiler: eleven [[spoiler:(eleven if counting his Simulacrum form and copy from the True Reverie Corridor.]])]]
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* PungeonMaster: He frequently makes puns referring to fire, heat or getting warmed up whenever he gets excited.
--> '''[=McBurn=]''':(about to activate his SuperMode) Time to turn up the heat!


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* RecurringBoss: He's fought as a boss nine times throughout his appearances [[spoiler: eleven if counting his Simulacrum form and copy from the True Reverie Corridor.]]
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* MultiMeleeMaster: Implied; while she's only ever shown wielding her trademark [[JoustingLance lance]], Duvalie and Loewe owing their MasterSwordsman credentials to her tutelage indicate she's well-versed in swordsmanship as well, possibly as a result of her long life.
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* WarmUpBoss: He's a series wide example for bosses where victory is optional and/or have a special condition to get more points, not counting the two trainee soldiers from an early ''Sky FC'' quest. While he is challenging with his strategy of trying to outheal the player's damage, his own damage output is fairly manageable to balance it out. In later games, there are optional victory bosses that are much harder to win, as well as battles with more difficult bonus conditions.

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* WarmUpBoss: He's a His second fight in ''Sky FC'' is series wide example warm up for bosses where victory is optional and/or have a special condition to get more points, not counting the two trainee soldiers from an early ''Sky FC'' quest. While he is challenging with his strategy of trying to outheal the player's damage, his own damage output is fairly manageable to balance it out. In later games, there are optional victory bosses that are much harder to win, as well as battles with more difficult bonus conditions. This is justified because he's holding back in that fight.
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* WarmUpBoss: He's a series wide example for bosses where victory is optional and/or have a special condition to get more points, not counting the two trainee soldiers from an early ''Sky FC'' quest. While he is challenging with his strategy of trying to outheal the player's damage, his own damage output is fairly manageable to balance it out. In later games, the are optional victory bosses that are much harder to win, as well as battles with more difficult bonus conditions.

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* WarmUpBoss: He's a series wide example for bosses where victory is optional and/or have a special condition to get more points, not counting the two trainee soldiers from an early ''Sky FC'' quest. While he is challenging with his strategy of trying to outheal the player's damage, his own damage output is fairly manageable to balance it out. In later games, the there are optional victory bosses that are much harder to win, as well as battles with more difficult bonus conditions.



* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Downplayed, as while he does have silver hair and is part of the villains, he's shown to be much more noble and sympathetic than the other members of the Society with his actions being a result of being [[TragicVillain utterly broken and disillusioned wih humanity due to his life experiences]] rather than ForTheEvulz. Even gets a nice [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]].

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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Downplayed, as while he does have silver hair and is part of the villains, he's shown to be much more noble and sympathetic than the other members of the Society with his actions being a result of being [[TragicVillain utterly broken and disillusioned wih with humanity due to his life experiences]] rather than ForTheEvulz. Even gets a nice [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]].
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* WarmUpBoss: He's a series wide example for bosses where victory is optional and/or have a special condition to get more points, not counting the two trainee soldiers from an early ''Sky FC'' quest. While he is challenging with his strategy of trying to outheal the player's damage, his own damage output is fairly manageable to balance it out. In later games, the are optional victory bosses that are much harder to win, as well as battles with more difficult bonus conditions.
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* NotWorthKilling: As shown in Renne's Door during the 3rd, he adviced Renne to not even bother killing her parents, thinking that they replaced her. It turns out to be a good call, as both Loewe and Renne would have acted on incomplete information.

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* NotWorthKilling: As shown in Renne's Door during the 3rd, he adviced advised Renne to not even bother killing her parents, thinking that they replaced her. It turns out to be a good call, as both Loewe and Renne would have acted on incomplete information.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Weissmann thought he had already won when he fused with the Aureole and used its Space power to protect himself from any harm. He forgot that he backstabbed one of the few people with a [[ArmorPiercingAttack Divergent Weapon]] in the world five minutes earlier and surely, it set the stage for his defeat.]]

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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Weissmann thought he had already won when he fused with the Aureole and used its Space power to protect himself from any harm. He forgot that he backstabbed one of the few people with a [[ArmorPiercingAttack Divergent Weapon]] in the world five minutes earlier and surely, sure enough, it set sets the stage for his defeat.]]
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Weissmann thought he had already won when he fused with the Aureole and used its Space power to protect himself from any harm. He forgot that he backstabbed one of the few person with a [[ArmorPiercingAttack Divergent Weapon]] in the world five minutes earlier and surely, it set the stage for his defeat.]]

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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Weissmann thought he had already won when he fused with the Aureole and used its Space power to protect himself from any harm. He forgot that he backstabbed one of the few person people with a [[ArmorPiercingAttack Divergent Weapon]] in the world five minutes earlier and surely, it set the stage for his defeat.]]
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* CampStraight: His voice and mannerisms are incredibly camp, but see the entry under TheCasanova below, and there are definite IHaveYouNowMyPretty undertones in his interactions with Kloe in ''SC''.

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* CampStraight: His voice and mannerisms are incredibly camp, but see the entry under TheCasanova below, he is exclusively attracted to women, and there are definite IHaveYouNowMyPretty undertones in his interactions with Kloe in ''SC''.



* BadassBoast: She may well be, well... see immediately below, but that doesn't stop her from delivering this line...

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* BadassBoast: She may well be, well... see immediately below, but that doesn't stop her from delivering this line...



* FriendshipDenial: [[spoiler:She sides with Class VII during ''Cold Steel IV'' in order to avert the Great Twilight but make clear that this is temporary and only happened because they share a goal. She eventually change her mind leading to the trope immediately below.]]

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* FriendshipDenial: [[spoiler:She sides with Class VII during ''Cold Steel IV'' in order to avert the Great Twilight but make clear that this is temporary and only happened because they share a goal. She eventually change changed her mind leading to the trope immediately below.mind.]]

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* ADayInTheLimelight: She is the co-lead of the Unlimited Blade Crafts episode in ''Reverie'', sharing the spotlight with Rean.



* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:Following her HeelFaceTurn and despite her reluctance, she and Class VII ally during ''Cold Steel IV'' to prevent the Great Twilight. Their association lead them to eventually consider her a friend and comrade ([[FriendshipDenial despite her initial protests on the subject]]) and she eventually come around a return the sentiment, most notably toward Rean, Crow and Laura.]]



* FriendshipDenial: [[spoiler:She sides with Class VII during ''Cold Steel IV'' in order to avert the Great Twilight but make clear that this is temporary and only happened because they share a goal. She eventually change her mind leading to the trope immediately below.]]



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: During ''Reverie'', [[spoiler:circumstances lead her to assist [[YouKilledMyFather Rufus]] in solving Crossbell's occupation.]]



* UnknownRival: She absolutely ''loathes'' the Arseid family for as-of-yet unknown reasons and is always eager to fight Laura when given the chance. Laura doesn't really care and is quite bewildered about the whole deal.

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* UnknownRival: She absolutely ''loathes'' the Arseid family for as-of-yet unknown reasons and is always eager to fight Laura and belittle her family when given the chance. Laura doesn't really care and is quite bewildered about the whole deal.



* VillainsOutShopping: During ''Cold Steel II'', the first time you can encounter her is when she is dining in Legram's inn.



* WorthyOpponent: She considers both Rean & Laura to be this by the time of ''Cold Steel III''.[[spoiler: Post HeelFaceTurn, Laura becomes her regular training partner and goes as far as calling her a friend.]]

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* WorthyOpponent: She considers both Rean & Laura to be this by the time of ''Cold Steel III''.[[spoiler: Post [[spoiler:Post HeelFaceTurn, Laura becomes her regular training partner and goes as far as calling her a friend.friend, with Duvalie being shown to return the sentiment in their link-attack victory in ''Reverie''.]]
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* BoobsOfSteel: {{Inverted|Trope}} just like her younger sister Emma; while she clearly has well-endowed chest, her power comes from her magical abilities rather than any physical capabilities with her regular attacks and Crafts all having her attack from a range.



* BoobsOfSteel: She was the Order's number one assassins, and is stated to be one of the strongest combatants in Ouroboros. She also has a noticeably well-endowed chest.

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** He also does not like it when someone interferes with his fights. When Alberich sent a [[HumongousMecha Leviathan]] to interrupt his battle with Class VII in the Orchis Tower's Thaumatrgical sector in ''Cold Steel IV'' when he was getting excited, he angrily proceeds to try and burn the Leviathan to a crisp, failing only due to it's AntiMagic armor.



* BlackMage: Fights almost exclusively with his flames ora few powerful arts. He does have a CoolSword but never used it in any of his boss fights.
* BloodKnight: The only times he every breaks away from his usually lazy demeanor is when he's found an interesting opponent, at which the point the trouble then lies in getting him to ''stop''. However, [=McBurn=] himself denies being solely interested in fighting and claims that Walter and Shirley are far worse than him.

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* BlackMage: Fights almost exclusively with his flames ora or a few powerful arts. He does have a CoolSword but never used it in any of his boss fights.
fights before ''Cold Steel IV''.
* BloodKnight: The only times he every ever breaks away from his usually lazy demeanor is when he's found an interesting opponent, at which the point the trouble then lies in getting him to ''stop''. However, [=McBurn=] himself denies being solely interested in fighting and claims that Walter and Shirley are far worse than him.



* NotWorthKilling: As shown in Renne's Door during the 3rd, he adviced Renne to not even bother killing her parents, thinking that they replaced her. It turns out to be a good call, both Loewe and Renne would have acted on incomplete information.

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* NotWorthKilling: As shown in Renne's Door during the 3rd, he adviced Renne to not even bother killing her parents, thinking that they replaced her. It turns out to be a good call, as both Loewe and Renne would have acted on incomplete information.
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* TheCameo: She appears as [[spoiler:a fortune teller in the amusement park in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails to Azure]]''.]]

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* TheCameo: ContinuityCameo: She appears as [[spoiler:a fortune teller in the amusement park in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails to Azure]]''.]]



* TheCameo: [[spoiler:He makes a brief appearance during the ending slideshow of the first ''Kuro'' game.]]

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* TheCameo: ContinuityCameo: [[spoiler:He makes a brief appearance during the ending slideshow of the first ''Kuro'' game.]]

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Despite the fact that she's on the cover of ''Reverie'', she only appears in the side episode after beating [[BonusBoss Ark Kaitos]] where she has made a deal with the new president of Calvard, Roy Gramhardt.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Despite the fact that she's on the cover of ''Reverie'', she only appears in the side episode after beating [[BonusBoss Ark Kaitos]] Kaitos where she has made a deal with the new president of Calvard, Roy Gramhardt.



* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Two of the Type II's are fought as Trial Door bosses in ''Reverie'':]]
** [[spoiler:The Type-β II is fought by Tio, Altina, Lapis, and Emma.]]
** [[spoiler:The Type-γ II is fought by Noel, Alisa, Estelle, and Celine.]]
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: [[spoiler:]]

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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: [[spoiler:]][[spoiler:Especially notable in ''FC'', which was a mostly lighthearted tale of adventure until he revealed his true colors and showed himself to be far more calculating and dangerous than anyone else in the storyline. Almost all of the CerebusSyndrome that ensues in ''SC'' [[KnightOfCerebus can be traced back to his actions.]]]]
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** [[spoiler:Carries on in ''Cold Steel IV'' as well. She is even invited to the Imperial Wedding.]]

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** [[spoiler:Carries on in ''Cold Steel IV'' and ''Reverie'' as well. She is even invited to the Imperial Wedding.Wedding in the former.]]
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* TheFaceless: Her face isn't revealed in ''Cold Steel IV'', though observant players can make out the rest of her face. ''Reverie'' finally averts this and reveals her appearance for real.

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* TheFaceless: She makes her voice-only debut in ''the 3rd'' and remains offscreen for the remainder of the series until ''Cold Steel IV''. Her face isn't fully revealed in ''Cold Steel IV'', IV'' either, though observant players can make out the rest of her face.it out. ''Reverie'' finally averts this and reveals her appearance for real.
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->''"But now that we have all of our subjects--ah, my manners have escaped me yet again--all of our ''participants'' assembled, let us begin."''
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* LightningBruiser: In her case, it's literal in that she incorporates lightning in her attacks, especially with her S-Craft. [[spoiler:Her stats when playable also heavily enforces Strength and Speed.]]

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* LightningBruiser: In her case, it's literal in that she incorporates lightning in her attacks, especially with her S-Craft. [[spoiler:Her stats when playable also heavily enforces Strength and Speed. ''Reverie'' takes it up a notch as with a proper build and her improved "Lightning Sword" Brave Order, her "Swift Slash" attack can get a delay of ''1'' meaning that she can act again almost indefinitely. What makes her not that powerful and thus, the second coming of Alan Richard, is that the CP costs of her crafts in general are too expensive that she will easily run out of CP even with accessories and a Master Quartz that refills CP as they're so small to refill any of it.]]
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Unlike Zin and Kilika, Walter was the only one of Ryuga's students that was unaware he was already SecretlyDying from terminal cancer by the time he killed him in a duel and only finds out when Zin tells him during their final battle in SC.]]
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* PeekABangs: A "showing deception" variation considering his personality.

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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: During her talk with [=McBurn=] in TheStinger of ''Reverie'', he states that while he has a hunch about her true identity, knowing for sure would force him to shed his human form and revert to his true form, suggesting this trope to be at play, at least for beings of the Beyond.




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* OutOfFocus: Despite appearing in a few games, Novartis is mainly interested in his pursuit of science and even as he partakes in most of Ouroboros' plots, is more than happy to remain on the background and work on his own devices, leaving most of his character and personal history unknown.


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* StoppedCaring: Inverted. As he reveals to the Grandmaster during TheStinger of ''Reverie'', [=McBurn=] states that despite his original apathy, he actually got attached to Zemuria.

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