History Characters / TrailsSeriesSeptTerrionsAndHolyBeasts

The Sept-Terion of Mirage that blessed the land of that would later become Crossbell hundreds of years ago. It no longer exists, but the knowledge to recreate it does.

* CharClone: He has silver hair, wears a CoolMask, dresses in [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red]] and is just as much of an AcePilot and MasterSwordsman (if not moreso) than Rean. He also becomes the most personal antagonist towards one of the protagonists in Rean, being his AlternateSelf and his Zoa Gilstein is much larger than the average Soldats and Divine Knights similar to how the Sazabi was, and he has become a FallenHero and DarkMessiah who has decided to try and do whatever it takes to save Zemuria from the BadFuture.

''Notable Groups:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesTheBracerGuild The Bracer Guild]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesOuroboros Ouroboros]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesJaegerCorps Jaeger Corps]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesSeptianChurch Septian Church]]\\

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[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]]\\

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaChancellorOsborne Giliath Osborne]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesRufusAlbarea Rufus Albarea]]) | [[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]]\\

* BossSubtitle: When fighting his replica in ''Reverie'', he's shown to have the title of Golden Unicorn.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: It will use [[StatusBuffDispel Pulse of Nihility]] ''first'' to erase your guards right before using its standard LimitBreak without losing its turn, so Stealth is the only way to dodge.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Japanese), Creator/ArmenTaylor (English)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoukiUchiyama[=/=]Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Japanese), Creator/SeanChiplock[=/=]Creator/ArmenTaylor (English)

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* TaintedVeins: His face, neck, left hand, and forearm are all marred with black marks that have his veins glow a burning red color.

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: In the final stages of his boss fight, he pilots Zoa Gilstein which is forged from the combined form of the original Divine Knights while facing off against Rean, Crow, and Rufus who are respectively using the Tyrfings S, Tyrfing X, and modified Hermod which are the latest models of Panzer/Zauber Soldats that were derived from using the Divine Knights (mainly Ordine) as a base. He ends up winning until the three manage to gain a power boost from their original Divine Knights.

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''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]]\\

* BadassLongcoat: Wears a prominent black coat.
* BarbarianLongHair: Unlike Rean who usually keeps his hair short, Ishmelga Rean has a prominent long unkempt hair.

* DisappearsIntoLight: What happens to him at the end of the game.

* EvilLaugh: This, coming from Rean, is surprising to say the least.

* HamToHamCombat: Engages in this with Rean, Crow, and Rufus.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a prominent red scarf on his neck.

* SequentialBoss: The final battle of ''Reverie'' might be longest one in the ''Trails'' series to date. In order:

It would later reawakened again during the Erebonian Civil War by Duke Cayenne using Crown Prince Cedric as a catalyst to unleash it, but it again would face defeat, this time permanently, at the hands of Rean and Crow piloting Valimar and Ordine. Testa-Rossa's remains would later be recovered by the Black Workshop, and after restoring it (freeiing from the dragon's curse), Cedric became its Awakener.

* CounterAttack: "Subspace Exile." If it receives enough damage from an attack (usually around 9000 and above), it will trigger and inflict Vanish on the offending party member. This effectively puts the brakes on the players thinking that they can just trap it in Burst indefinitely with Burst Orbs (particularly around the time when it's preparing to unleash [[TotalPartyKill Interdimensional Collapse]]) and mow it down with their strongest attacks, as doing so will just wipe out the party and lose instead due to how Vanish works.[[note]]Vanish works like a status aliment, meaning that it is turn-based. Burst puts your entire party on the top of the turn order while negating delay meaning that the afflicted characters cannot return to the field as their turn never came. [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard If not careful, you will get your own party wiped out even if the enemy's turn never comes due to this attack]].[[/note]]
* CounterSpell: "Godly Annihilation." Its small area of effect means that it only affects one party member at a time unless they are clustered together for buffs and healing. This will trigger if there is as much as ''one'' party member is casting arts and it ''actually costs'' delay. So to prevent you from just locking it into this one action, it will summon flunkies that will deal damage and sap your CP instead.
* DispelMagic: "Pulse of Nihility." It will use this on your party if you have one too many buffs placed on them. Also, it costs ''no'' delay, meaning that it can simply dispel your [[SingleUseShield Adamant Guards and Zero Field]] first before dealing massive damage.

* LimitBreak: It has "Super Spacetime Chain Attack", which is a very powerful field attack that's barely survivable. It also has "Interdimensional Collapse," which is not survivable.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Implied. Whether because [=KeA=] was weaking it from within or because it simply hadn't reached full power yet, there is little reason to believe an almighty being with power over space, time and causality could get defeated by just six BadassNormal people without some kind of limit on its power. If the fight drags on for too long, it'll eventually overcome its "flu" and simply erase the party from existence.

!Demiourgos of the Genesis

The Divine Knights[[labelnote:*]]called the Deus-Excellion in the Japanese script[[/labelnote]] are giant knightly machines created long ago by the Hexen and Gnome clans through the fragments of the Great One, the Sept-Terrion of Steel born from the fusion of Fire and Earth which was split into seven pieces as a way to contain its power.

* FusionDance: Can perform this through the Rivalry of Seven. By pitting Divine Knights against each other under specific situations, the winning Divine Knight will absorb the losing knight and become more powerful as a result. This will repeat until only one is left.
* HasAType: Platonic version. While little is known about the process of how someone is chosen as an Awakener candidate, it can be noted that both of Valimar's known Awakeners (Dreichels and Rean) are heroes of their time with the ability to gather people to their cause and lead them, Zector's known Awakeners both happened to be Jaegers, and Testa-Rossa's known Awakeners were both from the Arnor bloodline. Rufus was chosen by El-Prado because of his greed which may imply its past Awakeners were chosen in a similar fashion.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: As mentioned in CantLiveWithoutYou, Awakeners are essentially made immortal the moment they die while contracted to their Divine Knight. Unless the Divine Knight itself is destroyed then the Awakener will keep coming back to life no matter how many wounds they take. Price Cedric was also able to survive severe emaciation due to his contract with Testa-Rossa, suggesting it's more complex than just resurrective immortality.

The Azure Knight. Once hidden beneath the port city of Ordis, Crow Armbrust became its Awakener after completing the necessary trials. It posses a unique transformation called "Boost Mode".

* CombinationAttack: It and Crow share one with Rean and Valimar called "Union Slash: Deadly Domination". In ''Cold Steel II'', this replaces the Unite Attack used with secondary contractors. In ''Cold Steel IV'', this is activated when only Valimar and Ordine are in the party, but is replaced by the standard Unite Attacks when another Soldat is added to their team. In the latter case, Deadly Domination can still be activated by landing a finishing blow against a boss with a normal attack or craft.

* ShoutOut: Its "Boost Mode" can be considered one to the "Destroy Mode" from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'', down to the armor opening up to reveal glowing inner parts.

* SuperMode: Ordine has a unique transformation called "Boost Mode" where the armor on its body opens up to reveal glowing parts underneath. As the name implies, using it boosts its already impressive capabilities even more. As a playable machine in ''Cold Steel IV'' it cannot use this as a regular buff, but will enter this mode during "Union Slash: Deadly Domination".

It would later reawakened again during the Erebonian Civil War by Duke Cayenne using Crown Prince Cedric as a catalyst to unleash it, but it again would face defeat, this time permanently, at the hands of Rean and Crow piloting Valimar and Ordine. Testa-Rossa's remains would later be recovered by the Black Workshop, and after restoring it (free from the dragon's curse), Cedric became its Awakener.

* {{BFS}}: The craft "Demonic Sword - Propator" has it summon a large flaming sword and swings it against enemies in a large arc. After Cedric gets a hold of it, its primary weapon is basically a larger version of the sword he uses.

* TheCorruption: Testa-Rossa was a victim of this 800 years ago after defeating Zoro-Agruga, causing it to lose its mind and turn into "The Vermillion Apocalypse."
* EnergyBow: The craft "Demonic Bow - Barbatos" has it summon a bow and fire energy based arrows at its enemies.
* FinalBoss: Testa-Rossa, as "The Vermillion Apocalypse," serves as the final opponent for the main story of ''Cold Steel II'', though there is more content afterward.

The Palatinate Knight. During the War of the Lions, it was piloted by an unnamed Jaeger who fought on behalf of Prince Lucius prior to joining to forces with his half-brother Dreichels. It was later destroyed in battle against the Vermillion Apocalypse, but centuries later was restored by members of the Black Workshop and a revived Rutger Claussell became its Awakener.

* JoustingLance: Much likes its Awakener, its main weapon is a large jousting lance.

* {{BFS}}: Its primary weapon is a sword similar in appearance to the Holy Blade Ishnard that ancestors of the Albarea family wielded in the past.

* BigBad: Ishmelga is not only the true source of the Erebonian Curse, but Giliath Osborne and Black Alberic also work under him though Osborne has [[DragonWithAnAgenda other reasons for working with him]], making him the main villain of ''Cold Steel IV''.

* BootstrappedLeitmotif: The battle against Ishmelga Loge uses the BGM heard during the final sections of the final dungeon of the game, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot9y2JSREH4 To The Future]]".

* EvilIsPetty: While its curse usually tries to create as much conflict as possible, it's also disruptive in relatively small ways, such as making the Riviera Court accidentally mail off their permit during the "Riviera Runaround" sidequest. Later, the party speculates that the curse also made Sister Olfa clumsier than usual.

* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: As a Divine Knight and Awakener, Ishmelga is ostensibly Osborne's servant, with Osborne even referring to himself as Ishmelga's master when summoning it, but Ishmelga is clearly the mastermind behind Erebonia's fate and has been using Osborne as a mere pawn-- at least, [[TheDogBitesBack so it thinks]].

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoukiUchiyama[=/=]Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Japanese), Creator/SeanChiplock (English)

A man with an uncanny resemblence to Rean Schwarzer who shows up during the second occupation of Crossbell. While Simulacra of other persons have been appearing throughout Zemuria, this one has a different atmosphere about him.

* ClippedWingAngel: After losing both its connection to Elysium and the Rean half of Ishmelga Rean, Ishmelga controls the severely depowered Zoa Gilstein in one last, desperate bid to destroy the heroes. Compared to the godly power it wielded before, "Ishmelga of the End" is significantly weaker and able to be taken down by Lloyd and his allies in standard combat, no Soldats or Divine Knights required.

* DarkIsEvil: Given that he's the BigBad wearing Rean's black outfit from ''Cold Steel IV'', this is a given. Taken a step further when Zoa-Gilstein turns its chest black to become Ishmelga of the End.

* DeathFromAbove: Uses one of Osborne's crafts where he jumps up and stabs the ground, creating a shockwave.

* LimitBreak: Ishmelga-Rean's S-Craft is Nebulous Zenith, a twisted version of Rean's Luminous Abyss, while Zoa Gilstein's finisher is Ain Soph Aur. Incidentally, Rean's Awakened version of Breaking Dawn whilst in Chained Spirit Unification state is also Nebulous Zenith, reflecting his assimilation.

* MoodSwinger: He's a...deeply unstable person, to say the least, and in his first appearance alternates between spitefully condemning everyone as his inferiors to warmly addressing the members of Class VII just a few seconds apart. He's more composed by the time of the final battle as his personality has stabilized, but the ensuing fight once again drives his Rean and Ishmelga aspects apart, resulting in further instability.

* WorldsStrongestMan: While Ishmelga Rean is fairly powerful on his own, Zoa Gilstein is bar none the strongest being of Zemuria possibly only matched by Holy Beasts and a fully-powered [=McBurn=]. [[note]]While they were unable to be hurt without Alberich creating a Sword of the End, it is unknown if the Great One would be able to.[[/note]] In fact, Rean, Crow, and Rufus' FinalBoss battle against Zoa-Gilstein was never about beating him because it's beyond their powers, instead distracting him until Ishmelga Rean could be booted off from Elysium. They only manage to get a decisive strike once it is cut from the system.

* WeNeedADistraction: Rean, Crow, and Rufus' final boss fight against Ishmelga Rean piloting Zoa-Gilstein is just them distracting Ishmelga Rean so that he doesn't notice that Lapis and half of the party are at the Elysium system to separate Ishmelga Rean from the system. It nearly doesn't work as Ishmelga Rean ends up noticing and nearly wipes out the group until Rufus saves the crew by pulling off a DivingSave.

* ZergRush: Deploys a ton of mechs to ward off any invaders trying to get in the Retributive Tower.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Near the end of Lloyd's first chapter, Zoa Gilstein shows up for a brief moment as Ishmelga Rean summons a bunch of Hermod mechs blocking the civilians running away.

** Ash in his Hector Mk.II, Crow in his Tyrfing X, and Rufus in his Hermod G lose to Zoa Gilstein after lowering him down to a certain amount of HP.