History Characters / VagrantStory

* BellyDancer: As seen in the opening FMV (with a sword balanced on her head no less). [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Described in the description]] of one of the accessories as 'A dancer, and the head priestess of Ancient Kilitia

* MultiMeleeMaster: Ashley is trained in a variety of weapons, of which only one (crossbows) are not melee based. These include [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[{{BFS}} broadswords]], polearms, axes, [[DropTheHammer giant hammers]], staves, daggers and [[BareFistedMonk his bare hands]].

* DropTheHammer: Wields a massive warhammer.

** OneRiotOneRanger: What he is due to how the Riskbreakers operate. They're always solo, no exceptions.

* SummonMagic: He favours employing this as opposed to attacking directly.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite condemning the users of the Dark, he and many of knights in the Crimson Blades are the users of dark magic.

* LivingLieDetector: After being exposed to the dark magic in Lea Monde, she develops a form of clairvoyance which Hardin refers to as "Heart-Seeing". If someone lies to her or tries to withhold information she asks for, she has a psychic vision revealing whatever it is that they don't want her to know.

* ICallItVera[=/=]FluffyTheTerrible: Though not easy to discover, Rosencrantz' sword is called 'Pussyfoot'. (see ThemeNaming on the [[VideoGame/VagrantStory main page]])

* WeWillMeetAgain: A fight between him and Ashley ends with him running away and saying he won't be defeated so easily next time. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, when Ashley does meet him again, it's only to see him getting sliced into two quickly dissolving pieces thanks to Sydney.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: He's literally partnered with Neesa for most of the game, they fight together and converse with each other quite often, but their is no evidence of there being anything romantic occurring between them.

* StockholmSyndrome: Feels great affection for Hardin despite knowing that he is his kidnapper.

* DishingOutDirt

* ElementalEmbodiment
* PlayingWithFire

* BlowYouAway
* ElementalEmbodiment
* ShockAndAwe

* CastingAShadow
* ElementalEmbodiment

* AnimatedArmor
* DegradedBoss: All if them are set piece fights at some point, but the Crusaders become EliteMooks in Iron Maiden, the latter being the way to get hold of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Holy Win]], the former the [[InfinityMinusOneSword Rhomphaia]].

* MagicKnight

* CreepyDoll
* DemonicDummy
* UndeadChild
* PoweredByAForsakenChild

* MultiMeleeMaster: Ashley is trained in a variety of weapons, of which only one (crossbows) are not melee based. These include [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[{{BFS}} broadswords]], [[BladeOnAStick polearms]], axes, [[DropTheHammer giant hammers]], staves, daggers and [[BareFistedMonk his bare hands]].

* BashBrothers: With Neesa.

* BashBrothers: With Tieger.

* TokenGoodTeammate: While every other Crimson Blade presented follows their orders without reservation or is a bastard in their own right, she actually questions the righteousness of their mission after witnessing the number of lives lost in Leá Monde and other horrors. The only reason she stays is because of her misplaced love for Guildenstern.

* DeadpanSnarker

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Leader of the Crimson Blades and their best warrior.

* OneWingedAngel

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:The entire game is one big setup to pass the Blood-Sin onto a successor so Bardorba had to play all manner of different factions in order to do so. Luckily, Ashley came into the fray, providing a perfect successor.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He and Sydney are secretly father and son. While both of them know this, non of the other characters do (save Hardin). It is a shock to both Ashley and Guildenstern when they learn but it explains much of the plot when they do.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: He is known to control parliament from the shadows and was also secretly financing the Müllenkamp sect before they turned on him at the start of the game.
* {{Synchronization}}: [[spoiler:His life is linked to that of his son, Sydney's, when one dies so does the other. This was originally done to save the life of Sydney when he was born.]]

* [[MrExposition Miss Exposition]]: At the start of the game she is paired with Ashley due to her knowledge of cults and throughout the game provides (or is given) further background information on a variety of subjects.

* DistressedDamsel: Is Sydney's captive for a good stretch, despite who useful her role is in giving information to Ashley.

* QuicklyDemotedWoman:Callo is on the box and is hinted to be the brains to Ashley's brawn, but Ashley's good intentions (keeping a non-combat agent out of combat) backfire, as Callo meets an abrupt Sydney from nowhere and is taken hostage.
* [[{{Telepathy}} Heart Seer]]: The Dark grants her the ability to see a person's soul directly and compel it to answer. Demoted from sidekick, promoted to seer..

* TheHero[=/=]PlayerCharacter: The game's main character, and the only one who is playable.

* SummonMagic and MoreThanMindControl: He is in favor of employing these as opposed to attacking directly.

* MultiMeleeMaster: Ashley is trained in a variety of weapons, of which only one (crossbows) are not melee based. These include [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[{{BFS}} broadswords]], [[BladeOnAStick polearms]], {{a|nAxeToGrind}}xes, [[DropTheHammer giant hammers]], staves, daggers and [[BareFistedMonk his bare hands]].

* AnAxeToGrind: A particularly large one.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Has deep brown skin and silver hair. She could easily be mistaken for a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance Viera]].

* MultiMeleeMaster: Ashley is trained in a variety of weapons, of which only one (crossbows) are not melee based. These include [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[{{BFS}} broadswords]], [[BladeOnAStick polearms]], {{a|nAxeToGrind}}xes, [[DropTheHammer giant hammers]], staves, [[KnifeNut daggers]] and [[BareFistedMonk his bare hands]].

* KnifeNut

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Do you REALLY want to mess with a guy whose surname is ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Riot?]]''

* PowerTattoo: [[spoiler:Is branded with the Rood Inverse at the end of the game, which also functions as a special key during new game plus]].

* AwesomeMcCoolName

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Both from Shakespeare.

* MultiMeleeMaster: Ashley is trained in a variety of weapons, of which only one (crossbows) are not melee based. These include [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], [[{{BFS}} broadswords]], [[BladeOnAStick polearms]], {{a|nAxeToGrind}}xes, [[DropTheHammer giant hammers]], {{s|impleStaff}}taves, [[KnifeNut daggers]] and [[BareFistedMonk his bare hands]].

* NiceHat: A tall, pointy one.

* NiceHat

* NiceHat

* NiceHat