History Characters / TrailsSeriesOuroboros

* MasterOfAll: [[spoiler:As a player character he has incredibly high stats in all categories, very powerful Crafts and comes equipped with good gear with his only real trade-off is that most of his most powerful skills (his self-buff and his Brave Order) have incredibly high costs. Understandably he's a DLC character (or Post-game character in the localization)]].

* WillfullyWeak: Even in his base form, he's already powerful enough by himself and only those who could actually make him ''slightly'' serious are allowed to face off against his GoldenSuperMode. [[spoiler:And even that's not his true and final form.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[BarrierBustingBlow Taito Shattering Fist]] he use to destroy Grancel Castle's gates is an impressive blow that destroy the gates in seconds, but Walter points out that it is more of a street performance than an attack. Indeed, the setup time needed to use it prevents him to move, leaving the attack virtually useless in a real fight.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Following his fight in Amberl Tower during ''SC'', Walter escapes by jumping from the tower and appear completely unscathed by his next appearance. Zin speculate that Walter likely used the wall to slow down his descent.

* BarrierBustingBlow: [[spoiler:Grancel Castle has a massive double-gate that could hold off tanks. Walter does not care and takes it down with a ki attack. The only reason it takes two hits to break it open was because there were two sets of doors.]]

* HeelRealization: In ''SC'', he belatedly realizes [[spoiler:what his master was trying to teach him when he agreed to their duel.]] Granted, later games have shown that it wasn't enough for him to leave the Society.

* 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.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He's on the receiving end of this trope when his knees are shot at by [[spoiler:the Intelligence Division soldiers]] and when [[spoiler:Campanella]] roasts him figuratively and literally. Of course, he could have avoided all of this if he wasn't ruled by his selfish ambitions.

The Goldius-class archaisms created by the Thirteen Factories, serving as successors to Pater Mater.

* IrrationalHatred: Duvalie loathe the Arseid family for what she perceived is a slight towards Arianrhod, [[spoiler:namely taking the place that her master should rightfully have.]] This hatred is neither shared by Arianrhod herself ([[spoiler:as she entrusted the Legram lordship to Victor & Laura's ancestor before leaving to walk Zemuria]]) nor by the Arseid ([[spoiler:who are still reverent to Lianne Sandlot to this day]] and are confused about why the knight girl from the society seems to personally hate their guts). This hatred dies down later in the ''Cold Steel'' arc but is still used sometimes to comedic effects.

* AmazonBrigade: The proud leader of one.

* IrrationalHatred: Duvalie loathe the Arseid family for what she perceived is a slight towards Arianrhod [[spoiler:namely taking the place that her master should rightfully have.]] This hatred is neither shared by Arianrhod herself ([[spoiler:as she entrusted the Legram lordship to Victor & Laura's ancestor before leaving to walk Zemuria]]) nor by the Arseid ([[spoiler:who are still reverent to Lianne Sandlot to this day]] and are pretty confused about why the knight girl from the society seems to personally hate their guts). This hatred dies down later in the ''Cold Steel'' arc but is still used sometimes to comedic effects.

* PetTheDog: Grumpy, antisocial and member of Ouroboros as she may be, a few occasions in the ''Cold Steel'' series remind us that she does have a moral compass.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:At the beginning of ''Cold Steel IV'' by virtue of being paired with [[TheGadfly Crow]]. She later comes to appreciate her time with Class VII for granting her some CharacterDevelopment and the opportunity to show her master how much she's grown. ]]
** [[spoiler:Meanwhile in ''Reverie'', circumstances lead her to assist [[YouKilledMyFather Rufus]] in solving Crossbell's occupation. While she is hesitant to work with him, she puts up with it as there's more important things going on that do require his help. At the end of the game, she visits the hospital and hands him a fruit basket as while she has witnessed his CharacterDevelopment firsthand, there is no way she will let him die before she can avenge Lianne by defeating him in a duel.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaKuroda (Japanese), Keisuke Baba (Japanese, ''The 3rd Evolution'' only)

* PetTheDog:

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

** [[spoiler:Meanwhile in ''Reverie'', she is hesitant to work with Rufus but puts up with it as there's more important things going on that do require his help. At the end of the game, she visits the hospital and hands him a fruit basket.]]

** In ''Reverie'', he has two back-to-back boss fights in [[spoiler:Cedric's Daydream episode]].

* CoolShades: Wears a pair of yellow glasses most of the time. [[TheGlassesComeOff He loses them]] after his fight with Class VII before going all out. He does retain them in ''Cold Steel III'' though. [[spoiler:In ''Reverie'', completing the True Reverie Corridor mission that contains him, Machias, and Emma has Machias complimenting [=McBurn's=] shades and wonders what type of brand it is.]]

* 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.)]]

* TheGhost: He was briefly mentioned during Chapter 3 of ''Azure'', where Arianrhod says that she'll "leave the rest to Oathbreaker" while she heads to Crossbell. He's also alluded to in ''Cold Steel III,'' having gone to Alteria alongside [[spoiler:Mariabell.]] ''Daybreak'' is when he officially makes his in-person appearance.

* TheGhost: He doesn't appear in person until ''Daybreak'', but he was briefly mentioned during Chapter 3 of ''Azure'', where Arianrhod says that she'll "leave the rest to Oathbreaker" while she heads to Crossbell. He's also alluded to in ''Cold Steel III,'' having gone to Alteria alongside [[spoiler:Mariabell.]]

* WildCard: As the "Oathbreaker," he generally can't be trusted to follow rules or keep promises, yet he'll sometimes do those very things just to shatter the expectations associated with his title, making him extremely unpredictable.
** PlayedForLaughs in the first ''Daybreak'' game; when Van mentions that the Solutions Office is a no-smoking zone, Ellroy retorts that he's simply living up to his name by breaking the oath of smoking in a non-smoking area.

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* LettingHerHairDown: One of her alternate skins in Akatsuki no Kiseki is her at the beach. The result [[BeautifulAllAlong may surprise you.]]

* DueToTheDead: Along with Shirley, she makes a point in Cold Steel III to not pick a fight with Agate and Class VII in the remains of Hamel and move to the canyon before starting their fight.

--> [[spoiler:'''Crow''' ]]: Heh, I thought you’d never get that stick out but look at you now !

* InsistentTerminology: Duvalie make a point of not referring to Laura by her full name but as either ‘the Arseid girl’ or rarely referring to her as Laura Arseid while dropping the S. [[spoiler:In hindsight, Duvalie refusing to associate the family she deems to be little more than a branch school with the Sandlot name of her master make sense. ]]

* LettingHerHairDown: One of her alternate skins in Akatsuki no Kiseki is her at the beach. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fn9rq08u9od31_5.jpg The result]] [[BeautifulAllAlong may surprise you.]]

* OnlySaneWoman: Recurringly. In ''Cold Steel II'', she finds herself paired with the apathetic [=McBurn=] and the [[LargeHam hammy]] [[PhantomThief Bleublanc]].The third game pairs her with Shirley and Ennea. [[spoiler:Finally, she strike an alliance with Crow during ''Cold Steel IV''.]]

* PetTheDog: Despite grumbling about it, [[spoiler:she help Wayne & Jessica in their training by sparring with them and pointing the flaws to improve in their styles.]]

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Hilariously inverted. [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', Rean can walk on her and Sara playing chess in the Courageous II. While Sara reveal she is proficient as chess but not on Rean’s level (and even less on Machias’), the CurbStompBattle she dishes to Duvalie leave Rean pitying her, while she is desperate to find a move to regain momentum and not lose miserably. She clarifies that Arianrhod did taught her how to play but she is a poor learner.]]

* UnwantedRescue : [[spoiler:If she is healed or assisted with Cheer during Cold Steel IV and Reverie, one of her lines is telling her helper that she can manage without their help.]]

'''Ouroboros''', also known as '''The Society''', is one of the most prominent and recurring organizations in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries''. They play a major role and have appearing members in each of the series (thus far) four arcs: the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky arc]]'' in Liberl, the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Zero/Azure duology]]'' in Crossbell, the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel arc]]'' in Erebonia, and the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki arc]]'' in Calvard.

** In ''Kuro I'', [[spoiler:the Armata organization is so evil that Ouroboros is willing to team up with the Bracers, Heiyue, two high ranking jaeger groups, the Dominions, Ikaruga, and even Arkride Solutions Office just to take them down. [[PragmaticVillainy Though they make clear that they're not doing this out of any goodness of their hearts; it's just that Armata's antics are starting to get in the way of their own plans.]]]]

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The 3rd]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

* AscendedExtra: After being excluded from gameplay during the first ''Kuro'' game, the sequel has him participate in battle.
* BadassFingersnap: During ''Kuro I'', he snaps his fingers to [[spoiler:summon pools of poison beneath his enemies.]]

* CombatPragmatist: During ''Kuro I'' Chapter 5, [[spoiler:he intends to use chemical weapons to kill all of the other teams in one fell swoop during Armata's BattleRoyale.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: He doesn't physically appear, or even get his name revealed, until the first ''Kuro'' game, but he does technically makes a brief cameo, via his shadow, in a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sharon_kreuger___visual_28sen_iii29.jpg flashback sequence]] during Chapter 2 of ''Cold Steel III''.
* TheGhost: He doesn't appear in person until ''Kuro I'', but he was briefly mentioned during Chapter 3 of ''Azure'', where Arianrhod says that she'll "leave the rest to Oathbreaker" while she heads to Crossbell. He's also alluded to in ''Cold Steel III,'' having gone to Alteria alongside [[spoiler:Mariabell.]]

* ItAmusedMe: Van questions his reason for hiring the Solution's Office during Chapter 5 of ''Kuro I''. His response?

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Surprisingly enough, he doesn't fight the heroes in ''Kuro I'', going as far as to surrender his team's card after Walter and Lucrezia lose.]]

** PlayedForLaughs in the first ''Kuro'' game; when Van mentions that the Solutions Office is a no-smoking zone, Ellroy retorts that he's simply living up to his name by breaking the oath of smoking in a non-smoking area.

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

* DualBoss: [[spoiler:If the player doesn't take the Ouroboros route for Chapter 5 of ''Kuro I'', she'll fight the party alongside Walter.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: As with Ellroy, she didn't physically appear or have her name revealed until ''Kuro I'', but her shadow can be seen in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sharon_kreuger___visual_28sen_iii29.jpg Sharon's flashback]] during Chapter 2 of ''Cold Steel III''.

* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:She can become a non-playable ally in Chapter 5 ''Kuro I'' depending on the player's choices. She'll do it again, this time by default, during ''Kuro II'' Chapter 2A.]]

* KimonoFanservice: During the first ''Kuro'''s Intermission, she wears a kimono with her face fully shown.

* LimitBreak: After not getting an S-Craft in the first ''Kuro'' game, the sequel gives her one in "Bijou de Verre."
* PaletteSwap: Her swimsuit in ''Kuro II'' is the same one Judith had as {{DLC}} in ''Kuro I'', only changing from orange to purple.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her eyes, her kimono from ''Kuro I'''s Intermission, the dress she wears by default, and even her swimsuit in ''Kuro II'', either are purple, or include the color to some degree. And being an organization's number one assassin says quite a bit about her combat prowess.

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky SC]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The 3rd]]'' (Replica) | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

* BigDamnHeroes: Surprisingly enough, his role in ''Kuro'' is this where he helps out Van a few times, the first time with him killing off the possessed jaeger dogs to open up a way for Van and his party.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Any doubt of his strength can be laid to rest as he demonstrates in a flashback in ''Kuro'' where he ''lifts up Van's truck with one hand'' and chucks it at a soldat.

* CostumeEvolution: When he made his return in ''Kuro'', he's shown to have traded in his black suit and white shirt for a purple shirt and black leather ensemble.
* DualBoss: [[spoiler:He'll fight alongside Cao in Chapter 4 of ''Kuro I''. And if the player doesn't take the Ouroboros route for Chapter 5, he'll team up with Lucrezia.]]

* FriendlyEnemy: By ''Kuro I'', [[spoiler:he's at least calmed down enough that he has no problems sharing a table with Zin. With that being said though, the two are reluctant to team up with each other unless the situation calls for it.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:He can become a non-playable ally in ''Kuro I'' depending on the player's choices. He does it again in ''Kuro II'', this time by default, during Chapter 1B and Chapter 3E.]]

* HellBentForLeather: Replaces his suit for a leather jacket by his appearance in ''Kuro''.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Back during the ''Sky'' arc, Walter was easily the worst of the Enforcers, with no significant redeeming qualities. He spoke in graphic detail about his enjoyment of massacring innocent people via his experiment, and brags about not holding back against women and children. In contrast to this, Bleublanc and Luciola's experiments never directly threatened innocent lives (with the former redeeming himself many games later and the latter later leaving the organization), Loewe ensured his experiment spared civilians, and Renne was both later redeemed and has significant trauma to justify her darkness. His romantic feelings for Kilika were the closest thing he had to a redeeming quality, but even that's marred by how he [[LovingAShadow conflated his inheritance of the Taito school with his relationship with her]], causing her to dump him. By the time of ''Kuro I'', however, he's gotten a lot better.

* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in the ''Sky'' games is "Ultimate Blow," which is replaced in ''Kuro I'' by "Alcatraz Blow."

* OnlyOneName: He was only known as Walter up until the first ''Kuro'' game revealed his last name to be Kron.
* OutOfFocus: While mentioned several times in ''Zero/Azure'' and the ''Cold Steel'' games, Walter was one of the Enforcers with the least screentime in terms of sheer appearances, as he didn't make a physical appearance beyond the ''Sky'' trilogy until his return in ''Kuro''.

** [[spoiler:In ''The 3rd'', if you bring Renne to the WolfPackBoss against him, Bleublanc and Luciola, Walter will tell Renne afterwards that whether she remains in the Society or not is her choice to make, and offers to train her should she choose to remain. And ''Kuro I'' shows that her leaving the Society for good did not have a negative impact on their relationship, as seen when the two share a table and trade banter with Ellroy and Lucrezia.]]

* PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler:Averted; while the first ''Kuro'' game showed him as playable in one of its pre-release videos, the player never actually gets to control him.]]

* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler:During the final chapter of ''Cold Steel IV'', his character portrait from ''Sky'' briefly appears to show his participation in the war. However, Chapter 1 of the first ''Kuro'' game features a flashback showing that he had already switched to his new outfit during this time.]]
* RivalsTeamUp: [[spoiler:Despite him and Zin not liking the idea of teaming up with another, the two do so without hesitation to save Renne in ''Kuro I''.]]

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

* GrewASpine: [[spoiler:As a result of her CharacterDevelopment during ''Cold Steel IV'', she learns to question her master's decisions and stand by her convictions. It comes to a head in her Episode during ''Reverie'', where she tells Rean that even if she return to Ouroboros, she will never do something that is opposed to her values counting on the Society lenient policies with Enforcers.]]

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaChancellorOsborne Giliath Osborne]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesRufusAlberea Rufus Alberea]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaMilitary Erebonia Military]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsStaffAndInstructors Thors' Staff and Instructors]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVII Thors Class VII]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesReanSchwarzer Rean Schwarzer]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIINew New Class VII]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsMainCampusClasses Main Campus Classes]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsBranchCampus Branch Campus]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesImperialLiberationFront Imperial Liberation Front]]\\

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaChancellorOsborne Giliath Osborne]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaMilitary Erebonia Military]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsStaffAndInstructors Thors' Staff and Instructors]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVII Thors Class VII]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesReanSchwarzer Rean Schwarzer]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIINew New Class VII]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsMainCampusClasses Main Campus Classes]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsBranchCampus Branch Campus]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesImperialLiberationFront Imperial Liberation Front]]\\

* VillainousFriendship: Clearly cared for Joshua and Renne, and holds strong respect for Arianrhod.