History Characters / TrailsSeriesSeptianChurch

* BadassBaritone: Ashlad is a man with a deep voice who fearlessly leads his team to go toe-to-toe with two Dominions.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: According to Crossbell Archive, being the Dominion most skilled at drawing out the power of your Stigma means you get to be in charge of the other eleven and in charge of the group that wields a ''lot'' of power within the Church.

* TheRedBaron: Like all the Dominions, she chose her own title: [[spoiler:Carnelia]]

* FlamingSword: Her "Surtr's Judgement" and "Ogunolisha" Crafts have create fire around her sword.

* DePower: [[spoiler:He's unable to use his Stigma (and therefore, his [[LimitBreak S-Craft]]) when he first appears in ''Kuro II'' Chapter 3B or 3C. He only gets it back right before it's time to for the party to make their way towards Celis and Ashlad]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: His proper debut is in ''Kuro I'', but he and his Merkabah do make a brief appearance in ''Reverie''.

* TheGhost: While not being seen in person, his Merkabah is seen [[spoiler:participating in the attack on Reverse Babel]] during ''Reverie'', which he references in ''Kuro I''.
* GoodIsNotNice: He might be on a mission for the greater good, but he still acts quite condescending towards Van.
* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:He's playable during ''Kuro II'' Chapter 1A and for a section of Chapter 3B or 3C. Aside from that, he can only be used in Marchen Garten.]]

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* CarryABigStick: Iscario utilizes maces, and the "Punishment" Craft involves beat down opponents with them.

* LightEmUp: His "Divine Chakram" Craft is a more powerful version of his subordinates' "Chakram" Craft, meaning that spinning disks of light are going to fly at what target he points them to.

* StatusBuff: His "Oracle Armor" Craft gives a boost to the magic stats of him and his allies.

* CarryABigStick: Iscario utilizes weapons resembling maces, and the shared Craft "Punishment" has the members beat down their opponents with them.

* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:In ''Kuro II'' Chapter 3B or 3C, his memories are rewritten to make him believe that Van was labelled a heretic for the murder of Bergard.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:During Chapter 3 of ''Kuro II'', she falls under the influence of the 8th Genesis, causing her to try and kill Van.]]

* DualBoss: [[spoiler:Fights the party alongside Ashlad in Chapter 3 of ''Kuro II''.]]

* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:In ''Kuro II'' Chapter 3, her memories are rewritten by the 8th Genesis to make her believe that Van, as Vagrantz-Zaion, fatally wounded Bergard.]]

* DePower: [[spoiler:He's unable to use his Stigma (and therefore, his [[LimitBreak S-Craft]]) during his time as a GuestStarPartyMember in ''Kuro II'' Chapter 3.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:He's playable during ''Kuro II'' Chapter 1A and for a section of Chapter 3. Aside from that, he can only be used in Marchen Garten.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:During Chapter 3 of ''Kuro II'', many members of Iscario, included Ashlad, fall under the influence of the 8th Genesis, causing them to try and kill Van.]]

* DualBoss: [[spoiler:Fights the party alongside Celis in Chapter 3 of ''Kuro II''.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:In ''Kuro II'' Chapter 3, his memories are rewritten to make him believe that Van was labelled a heretic for the murder of Bergard.]]

* {{DLC}}: She gets a "Z1 Race Queen" costume in ''Kuro II''.

* SingleUseShield: ''Grail Sphere'' grants all allies within its huge reach Max Guard. At 200 CP, it grants a double-use effect.

* TwoFirstNames

* FlechetteStorm: Ries' Thousand Sparrows and its upgrade Infinite Sparrows, which launches the segments of her Templar Sword to attack the enemy from all directions.

* IHaveManyNames: As revealed in ''Kuro I'', "Aidios" is merely what She's known by in the West. She is known as "Arusha, the Goddess of Wings" in Central Zemuria, and apparently has another name in the East.

As revealed in Bergard's letter to Van, a formal leader for the Papal technically does not exist. Instead, the members of Iscario report to somebody referred to by the Pope and First Dominion as "The Saint of the End."

[[folder:Papal Guard Captain('''Spoilers for Kuro no Kiseki II''')]]

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! Tropes that apply to the Church and Gralsritter:

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* The '''Papal Guard''' is charged with the defence of Arteria.

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: An in-universe example, throughout history there has never been more than twelve Dominion alive at the same time, and thus there likely ''can't'' be more than twelve Stigma holders at the same time in the entire world.
* CrystalDragonJesus: They're effectively the Catholic Church but with a female deity. They hold similiar aesthetics, as well as doctrines (such as belief in a FireAndBrimstoneHell where sinners go) and political structure (the leader is a Pope who rules from a theocratic City-State). The only thing that's missing is a proper MessianicArchetype.
* BadassPreacher: The Gralsritter, from the BadassNormal Knights and Squires to the Stigma-having Dominion, are this. Several of them also moonlight as wandering priests and nuns, either as to disguise their identity or because they're geniuenly very religious.
* GoodCounterpart: The Church, and especially the Gralsritter, are one to Ouroboros. Both are organizations working on a massive scale across all of Zemuria, both have ambigous founding dates and origins, both have specialized agents who manifest superhuman powers (the Anguis and Enforcers for Ouroboros, the Dominions for the Church) and both have an interest in collecting Artifacts, and while Ouroboros wants to use them for their own personal gain, the Church wants to seal them away [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow so that they can't be misused]].

* {{Leitmotif}}: "Heavenly Chariot" from ''Azure'' serves as the theme for the Dominions' personal airships, the Merkabahs, being used both in said game as well as ''Cold Steel IV''.
* MeaningfulName: A Stigma, the powers of the Dominion, is the Greek word for a mark on the skin, which is fittingly how they manifest. They may also derive from Stigmata, the spountaneous appearance of Jesus' wounds of crucifixion on the hands, fitting for the power of a religious group and for [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening how it awakens]].

!Dominion of the Gralsritter

!Squires and Knights of the Gralsritter

A member of "Iscario," the Papal Guard's covert operations squad. He first appears in Calvard's underground area around the same time as Celis and Leon, with the two sides coming into conflict with one another.

* CarryABigStick: He and his subordinates use weapons resembling maces.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: [[spoiler:"The Crimson Stigma" from ''The 3rd'' plays during the first boss battle he uses his Stigma in.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:Is this in ''The 3rd'' even before [[TheReveal everything comes out]], signified by his portrait showing him without his white outer jacket, his rerecorded lines and his new move Death Punisher.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Played with in that it's somewhat out of his control, but [[spoiler: Kevin himself, or rather his own self-loathing, is technically responsible for the events of The Third, creating the copy of Gehanna in Phantasma and in turn [[BigBad the Lord of Phantasma]].]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Throughout all of SC and half of The 3rd, almost everything he says and does is in some way a lie calculated to advance his agenda]]
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler: He finally shed some tears when he and Ries has to kill Rufina for the second time to ensure that a second Phantasma couldn't come into being.]]

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* EarlyBirdCameo: His proper debut is in ''Kuro'', but he and his Merkabah do make a brief appearance in ''Reverie''.

* JurisdictionFriction: He's never forgiven the Congregation for the Sacraments for their handling of Bishop Owen, and absolutely will not tolerate the Gralsritter's presence in Crossbell for any reason [[spoiler:until the Azure Tree both forces him to and causes a JerkassRealization]]. This forces Gralsritter who have to go to Crossbell, such as Ries and [[spoiler:Wazy]], to work undercover. In addition, it's implied that he interferes with investigations into artifacts, and he refuses to cooperate with the SSS the moment he realizes there's Pleroma Grass growing in Crossbell. On the plus side, he teaches his clergy Thaumaturgy to avoid having to let Gralsritter into Crossbell.