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4	The characters from the game ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''.
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10	!! Major Characters
11	[[folder: Emil Castagnier]]
12	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroShimono (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)
13	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emil.jpg]]
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15	An introverted, timid young boy from Palmacosta. During the Blood Purge, he came across the bodies of his parents and was severely traumatized. Afterwards, he was forced to move in with his abusive uncle in Luin, where he is universally despised for his weak personality and for accusing town hero Lloyd of being the instigator of the Blood Purge and the murderer of his parents. He wants to avenge his parents, but due to his timid personality finds himself paralyzed with doubt and fear.
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17	At the beginning of the game, Emil signs a magical contract with Tenebrae to become a Knight of Ratatosk and protect Marta. From that moment on, whenever he enters battle he taps into a second, badass, [[SuperpoweredEvilSide superpowered]] AntiHero [[SuperpoweredEvilSide personality]]. With this newfound power, he joins Marta on her quest to retrieve the Centurion Cores and awaken Ratatosk so that he can finally track down Lloyd.
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19	* AbusiveParents: Well, aunt and uncle, both of whom verbally abused him on a daily basis. Early in the game, Emil even mentions that he hopes his uncle won't hit him again.
20	* AccidentalPervert: When it's the boys' turn to bathe, Marta puts Emil in a similar situation, causing him to bond with Lloyd over the sorrow of being members of the Accidental Peeping Toms club. On the bright side, the quotes here are rather entertaining.
21	-->'''Sheena:''' [[EasilyForgiven Well, you can't blame him for having hormones.]]
22	-->'''Lloyd:''' [[LampshadeHanging Congratulations, Emil. Today, you finally join the ranks of peeping toms all over the world.]]
23	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Was ostracized by the villagers of Luin for disliking Lloyd.
24	* AmnesiacHero: Played with in that neither he nor the player knows he has amnesia until TheReveal.
25	* AmnesiacGod: [[spoiler:He is an amnesiac alternate personality of the Lord of Monsters, Ratatosk.]]
26	* AnimalMotifs: Is usually compared to a dog early in the game. In the Japanese version, Richter calls him a ''pig'' instead.
27	* ApologisesALot: He might even be worse then Colette. Him somewhat growing out of this and learning to stand up for his own goals and ideals is a huge part of the plot.
28	* ApologeticAttacker: After he [[spoiler:seals his SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
29	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ratatosk murders Richter's best friend right in front of him, then mocks said friend as worthless for being human. Even Ratakosk himself admits he deserved the beating he got from Ritcher.]]
30	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: When he finds out that he killed Aster]]. He doesn't let anything on to the party, though.
31	* BadassAdorable: Regular Emil is this after he slowly begins to [[TookALevelInBadass gain a few levels in badass after Chapter 3.]]
32	* BadassBoast: "I will teach you the true meaning of divine punishment!"
33	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:The Post-Final Boss, and one of the game's narrative climaxes, is a duel between Emil and Ratatosk within their shared mindscape]].
34	* BerserkButton: Lloyd Irving for both Emils until later in the story. Regular Emil is one for Ratatosk Mode Emil, who thinks very poorly of him.
35	* BigBadWannabe: As revealed in a flashback after [[spoiler:the second Richter boss fight, if Ratatosk didn't lose to Richter and get reduced to his core form, he would have used the Centurions and monsters to wipe out humanity. By the time he's in any position to enact his plans, he already pulled a HeelFaceTurn]].
36	* BloodKnight: While in his "Ratatosk Mode". [[spoiler:As it turns out, this attitude was his ''actual'' personality before the start of the game.]]
37	* CharacterDevelopment: Both Emil and Ratatosk-Mode Emil get heaps of it.
38	** Emil becomes braver and more confident over the course of the journey. [[spoiler: He also becomes the dominant personality out of him and Ratatosk, takes his place, resolves to atone for his past self's sins and stops Richter's plan.]]
39	** Ratatosk-Mode Emil starts out as a huge {{Jerkass}} that loathes regular Emil and ends up pissing off everyone in his determination to protect Marta, but softens up a little bit in regards to Marta. [[spoiler: After TheReveal that he's really Ratatosk and was close to committing genocide, Ratatosk comes to respect Emil and through the journey, realizes how wrong he was and finds another way to fix the problem of no mana = world dying.]]
40	* TheConscience: [[spoiler: Emil is this to Ratatosk.]]
41	** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays'' however, Emil objects to being called TheConscience, stating that [[spoiler:both of Ratatosk's personalities hold all of his traits and emotions, including his kindness; they're just different expressions of them.]]
42	* TheComicallySerious: Emil's SuperpoweredEvilSide is an impulsive LargeHam, which makes it all the more hilarious in moments like when he's denying that he was starring at Sheena's chest.
43	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Lloyd Irving is a classic IdiotHero - headstrong, quick to action, confident in himself, and optimistic about bringing change to the worlds. In contrast Emil, is a male ShrinkingViolet, lacking confidence in himself, and very quick to apologize until his CharacterDevelopment and SuperpoweredEvilSide kick in.
44	* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Being [[spoiler: the summon spirit Ratatosk in human form]], Emil lacks a lot of information that would be expected from a resident of [[spoiler:Palmacosta - fishing, the Desian Human Ranch nearby, etc]], leading to a lot of [[AsYouKnow exposition for veteran players of the original]].
45	* CovertPervert: Both personalities cannot help but stare at [[MsFanservice Sheena's]] chest.
46	* CowardlyLion: Regular Emil is like this for most of the game, [[TookALevelInBadAss he becomes more confident and brave.]]
47	* CrazyJealousGuy: His Ratatosk-Mode-self is like this toward Marta. Especially evident after random battles.
48	* DarkIsNotEvil: Emil is the Darkness element in the Grid but he is the nicest guy in the game. [[spoiler: Ratatosk on the other hand doesn't become this until the end of the game after the final boss.]]
49	* DeadpanSnarker: Both Emil and Ratatosk Mode Emil have their moments, usually in victory quotes or skits.
50	* DeadPersonImpersonation: In very bizarre [[NightmareFuel (and creepy)]] ways. [[spoiler:He impersonates ''two'' entirely different dead people at the same time, but the second case is unintentional. His current appearance is that of a boy Ratatosk killed, named Aster. Ratatosk then instinctively created a blank personality that was designed to quickly fill in the gaps of its memory; during the mass murder in Palmacosta six months prior, a woman named Lana, blinded by her injuries, mistook Ratatosk for her son, Emil, and so the false persona came to believe it was Emil.]]
51	* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:After Ratatosk's personality is sealed by Verius, Emil loses the ability to use Ain Soph Aur. To compensate, the damage multiplier of Devil's Hellfire is increased.]]
52	* TheDitz: Has shades of this.
53	-->''' Sheena:''' She earned the nickname "HE Bomb".\
54	'''Emil:''' "HE Bomb"? Shouldn't it be "SHE Bomb?"\
55	'''Sheena:''' Emil could give Collete a run for her money.
56	* DoomedHometown: Palmacosta. [[spoiler: Averted later, when it turns Emil's memories of the town were fake.]]
57	* EndearinglyDorky: To Marta and Collette, at least. Richter and Tenebrae find his awkwardness irritating.
58	* EvilAllAlong: "Ratatosk Mode" is not a SuperPoweredEvilSide... [[spoiler:Ratatosk is Emil's true self. Emil himself is just a split personality of Ratatosk's.]]
59	* EvilLaugh: In "Ratatosk Mode", during his Mystic Arte's extension, Ain Soph Aur.
60	* {{Expy}}:
61	** He definitely has traits that are similar to [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice Almaz]]: they're both [[ScarfOfAsskicking scarf-wearing]] [[CowardlyLion Cowardly Lions]] that sport an {{Ahoge}}. They even have the same VA, in BOTH languages!
62	** Within the Tales universe, he's very similar to [[VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence Ruca Milda]], both being sword-wielding ShrinkingViolet heroes [[spoiler: who are both secretly supernatural deities]].
63	* EyeColorChange: Emil's normally green eyes turn red whenever his "Ratatosk-mode" personality is in control (usually during battle only).
64	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Ratatosk was actually a pretty nice guy until Mithos betrayed him and wrecked his World Tree, causing his StartOfDarkness]].
65	* FakeMemories: Played with in that [[spoiler:no-one has ''given'' him FakeMemories, but rather he has no memories to begin with and is filling in the blanks as he goes along]].
66	* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: The Ratatosk personality eventually forcibly takes over to get the final core. This gives Emil the impetus to seal that personality away.]]
67	* GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:He really is Ratatosk, who assumed the form of a boy named Aster, possibly because he was the last human he saw before Richter reduced him to core form.]]
68	%%* GoodIsNotNice: His Ratatosk form.
69	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Thanks to humanity's (and Mithos') actions in the first game's backstory, Ratatosk spent the past 4000 years of his life letting a ridiculous amount of hatred for humans and half-elves fester within him. However, the events of this game allow him to slowly overcome this grudge. Compare his personality from chapter 1 to chapter 8 (and ''especially'' to his flashback) and you'll see that he has changed.]]
70	* HelplessGoodSide: [[spoiler:Later, it is revealed that his SuperpoweredEvilSide ''is'' the dormant Ratatosk, and that "Emil" is a BlankSlate personality created when Ratatosk was forced to awaken before he could fully recover from fatal injuries suffered at the hands of Richter. After Emil discovers that he- as Ratatosk- killed Richter's best friend in cold blood (thus triggering the events of the plot and all the disasters that followed), he becomes TheAtoner while struggling to reconcile his new and old selves.]]
71	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays'' (which grabs its characters from their original continuities) implies that [[spoiler:Ratatosk's]] personality during the events of [[spoiler:the Kharlan-War]] was much more similar to Emil post CharacterDevelopment than to [[spoiler:the personality called "Ratatosk" in this game,]] making [[spoiler:Emil]] literally the character's repressed good side.
72	* HeroicSafeMode: A [[spoiler:villainous]] version. [[spoiler:After receiving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by Richter, Ratatosk's mind shut down in order to protect himself, both creating a BlankSlate personality that quickly fabricated its own memory from whatever information it came across, and also allowing Ratatosk's repressed gentler and more idealistic personality-traits to surface. The result was Emil; he is a Villainous Safe Mode.]]
73	* HumanityOnTrial: A completely accidental case. [[spoiler: Ratatosk's experiences as Emil convince him to give humanity another chance.]]
74	* HydePlaysJekyll: Inverted. [[spoiler: After the final battle, Emil pretends that his Ratatosk personality has taken over in an attempt to get his friends to kill him. It doesn't work.]]
75	%%* IdiotHair
76	* IWantToBeARealMan: "Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality."
77	* {{Jerkass}}: Ratatosk Mode Emil. He even rudely tells party members to be grateful when he revives them in combat. He becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold towards Marta over time.
78	* KnightInShiningArmor: At least according to Marta. He's not even close to the ideal when the two first meet, but he gradually grows into it.
79	* LadyAndKnight: With Marta. Technically, he's Ratatosk's knight, but since Ratatosk's core is attached to Marta, he's her's as well.
80	%%* LargeHam: His SuperPoweredEvilSide
81	* LethalChef: [[SupremeChef Subverted]]. Both normal and Ratatosk Emil have great cooking skills, but while the former takes great care on presentation - doing things like cutting food into the shape of flowers - the latter's meals look rough, or at worst not remotely edible. Both taste just as good.
82	* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Ain Soph Aur, Ratatosk's signature move.]]
83	* LightningBruiser: He hits hard, has decent defenses and speed, has many aerial-enabled artes, and can equip weapons with the Accelerate passive to reduce his cooldown between combos. His Fiend Fusion arte buffs his movement speed while the earth version of that arte buffs his defense instead.
84	* MagicFeather: [[spoiler:After he seals away Ratatosk's personality, he can still perform every arte Ratatosk ever learned minus Ain Soph Aur, showing that he can fight just as well as long as he has enough confidence.]]
85	* MemoryGambit: Falls under this category, albeit in an 'unintentional-but-we'll-roll-with-it' sort of way. [[spoiler:Having lost a lot of his strengths due to Richter's assault on him, Ratatosk's memories were sealed away in a villainous version of HeroicSafeMode, causing his active personality to become a BlankSlate version of himself that uncritically absorbed every bit of information it came across as fact. As a result, his SplitPersonality, Emil, who mistakenly believed himself to be a the human son of a dying woman he met in Palmacosta, came into being.]]
86	* {{Nephewism}}: He went to live with his Aunt Flora and Uncle Alba after his parents were killed.
87	* NiceGuy: Emil. He's kind to pretty much everyone, even his enemies to a degree.
88	* NonActionGuy: Lets Ratatosk Mode do all the fighting for him [[spoiler:until the second half of Chapter 8]].
89	* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:Try ''10.000+''. The revelation of Emil's immortality [[WhoWantsToLiveForever causes him and Marta, a mortal, no shortage in distress]], given how they're in love with each other]]
90	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Ratatosk-Emil has red eyes to go with the black parts of his outfit. [[spoiler: He's also the currently-Face Ratatosk, who wishes to destroy all of humanity. Marta's influence causes a HeelFaceTurn though]].
91	* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes turn red when he is in Ratatosk Mode. [[spoiler: It's a dead giveaway that he's faking it at the game's end.]]
92	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He has this dynamic with ''himself''. Emil's the Sensitive Guy to Ratatosk Mode's Manly Man.
93	* ShipperOnDeck: If you pick Colette in the Iselia/Flanoir sidequest near the end of the game, he acts as this for [[ChildhoodFriendRomance her and Lloyd]].
94	-->'''Emil:''' Well, she’s obviously in love with you, Lloyd.
95	-->'''Lloyd:''' (Blushing) Yeah, well, I-- She’s very important to me. She hasn’t had an easy life. That’s why I want to keep her safe.
96	-->'''Emil:''' Yeah, I think the two of you are a good match. Good luck with that.
97	* ShrinkingViolet: A male example. He's not even capable of forming complete sentences around strangers at first. He gets better, but is always very shy and timid.
98	* SlasherSmile: His Ratatosk Mode [[SuperMovePortraitAttack cut-in portrait for his Mystic Arte]] sports one. He also sports one just before delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Magnar.
99	* SplitPersonality: Normally, he's very timid, sweet, and cowardly. But when he goes into his humorously named, "Ratatosk Mode", he turns much more vicious and merciless. Though, [[spoiler:he is actually Ratatosk, and "Emil" is the SplitPersonality]].
100	* SplitPersonalityMerge: At the end of the game. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted in the GoldenEnding, as Ratatosk is allowed to send his "Emil"-self back to spend the rest of Marta's life with her as a LiteralSplitPersonality, though it's left ambiguous how much of his "Ratatosk"-side is left inside that "Emil", as the "Ratatosk" who stays behind to protect the Ginnungagap takes the form of a lifeless jewel on Richter's forehead. The fact that ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays'' claims that Ratatosk's original, non-traumatized self was basically identical to late-game Emil in terms of personality anyway only adds to the ambiguity.]]
101	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Without it, he couldn't even fight at all. His Ratatosk-mode isn't ''evil'' per se, but is extremely vicious with a grayer moral compass. [[spoiler:This is heavily implied to be a result of a HeroicBSOD Ratatosk suffered after seeing humanity destroy his WorldTree and being betrayed by Mithos.]]
102	* SupremeChef: While not quite on the level of Genis or Regal, Emil's cooking impresses any who've tried it. Worth noting: Emil tends to make artwork out of his food, while Ratatosk's can only be described as "rough" in appearance...though it's still just as good.
103	* TomatoInTheMirror: Eventually it comes to light that [[spoiler:Emil has not been channeling Ratatosk's power; he himself ''is'' Ratatosk, and the moments when he gains power to fight are him using his true abilities. Contrary to everyone's belief, Ratatosk had been awake for months, but was incredibly weak. In order to hide his true identity as he recovered, he created a blank persona using the appearance of a boy he'd killed named Aster. This alternate persona was designed to quickly fill in the gaps of its memory; during the mass murder in Palmacosta six months prior, a woman named Lana, blinded by her injuries, mistook Ratatosk for her son, Emil, and so the false persona came to believe it was Emil. No one in Palmacosta recognizes him because while there was once an Emil Castagnier there, this one looks completely different. The real Emil is implied to be dead, murdered at the same time as his parents. Furthermore, the core Marta has is a fake, designed to make her a target for those who seek to kill Ratatosk before he regains his full power.]]
104	* TookALevelInBadass: Emil does this throughout the game, to the point that during Chapter 8, he [[spoiler: seals away Ratatosk's personality and takes on the role of Ratatosk himself and even fights instead of letting Ratatosk Mode do all the work.]]
105	* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After he decides to start fighting ''as Emil'', instead of as Ratatosk, his Mystic Arte cut-in portrait has shades of this (and happens during the charge-up phase).]]
106	* {{Tsundere}}: His Ratatosk form shows some shades of type A, especially toward Marta.
107	* UnskilledButStrong: He's had no combat training before the events of the game, and his artes tend to be some variant of "wild, long swing" for the most part. That said, [[spoiler:he's the split personality of Ratatosk, and is, thus, a PhysicalGod]]. Exaggerated in Emil's regular state, since he has the same physical stat-focused growth before and after gaining Ratatosk mode, but he's too timid to even use improvised swordplay like other unskilled ''Tales of'' protagonists.
108	* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: He's actually Ratatosk, the Lord of Monsters who wanted to KillAllHumans. Ratatosk does become a good-aligned {{Antihero}} eventually, however. It's implied that Emil's WideEyedIdealism is a suppressed trait of Ratatosk's that resurfaced when his memory was blanked out.]]
109	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Healing the Tree is one thing. Eradicating humanity so that they can't hurt it again... is another.]]
110	* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Parents]]: Thinks that Lloyd did it. [[spoiler: Turns out Decus took Lloyd's form with a Centurion's core and framed him. Later in the game, Emil still has this attitude towards Decus, even after he learns that Lana and Reysol weren't actually his parents.]]
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113	[[folder: Marta Lualdi]]
114	!!!Voiced by: Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Creator/LauraBailey (EN)
115	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marta.jpg]]
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117	A former member of the Vanguard. She believes that Emil saved her life during the Blood Purge, and from that point idolised him as a KnightInShiningArmor. When she meets up with her hero six months later- and he becomes a Knight of Ratatosk- she drags him into a quest to retrieve the Centurion Cores before Lloyd does. She absolutely idolises Emil and can't seem to get it through her head that he's not the person she believes him to be.
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119	Marta lived in Palmacosta during the events of the first game until it was destroyed during the disastrous revival of the World Tree at the end of disc one. She blames the ChosenOne, Colette for the destruction of her home and the resulting death of her mother.
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121	* ActionGirl: She's way more competent than Emil in a fight when they first met. Even after he gets stronger, she's still got him beat in terms of raw power. In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays'' she even takes over the ''Knight of Ratatosk'' title from Emil, after realizing that [[spoiler:it is redundant for Emil to hold the title, as he himself is Ratatosk.]]
122	* BadassAdorable: A cute, unassuming girl that kicks ''a lot'' of ass. And without the aid of an Exsphere, no less.
123	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ratatosk Mode Emil is exactly the kind of man that Marta imagined Emil to be. [[spoiler:Later she finds out the hard way just what an absolute {{Jerkass}} he is]].
124	* BerserkButton: Do not threaten Emil when she is around. Notably played for dramatic effect near the end of the game when she [[spoiler: kills Alice, briefly dropping her ActionGirl and BadassAdorable persona in favour of a quiet, DeadSerious monologue.]]
125	* BodyguardCrush: Of the "guarded has a crush on the bodyguard" variety. Emil became her guardian knight, a Knight of Ratatosk, in order to protect her and Ratatosk's core.
126	* CharacterDevelopment: Marta starts out as a ClingyJealousGirl who ignores Emil's real personality for the one of the manly badass KnightInShiningArmor she pictured him to be until he calls her out on it. She matures and comes to see Emil for the person he really is and falls in love with him for who he really is. Marta also matures in the way she handles the situation with the Vanguard and the fact her father is the leader. At first she just kept running away and trying to avoid confronting him, but she comes to accept that she has to stop him to save him from himself. This pays off big time.
127	* ClingyJealousGirl: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Marta starts the story as being clingy and quick to get annoyed/jealous when Emil shows any signs of friendliness with other girls, much to his embarrassment. Initially it's played for laughs, but after a certain point, Emil ''snaps'' and calls her out on how annoying she is for acting this way. This, alongside Emil point-blankly telling Marta that it's doing nothing to make him like her, causes Marta to go through CharacterDevelopment and mature.
128	* ClingyMacGuffin: Ratatosk's Core is attached to Marta's forehead. The only way to remove it is for her to die. [[spoiler:Except it's a fake, planted there by Ratatosk to throw off his enemies.]]
129	* CombatMedic: Marta is one of the main attackers and gets all of the single target heals as well as some buffs.
130	* CovertPervert: She says Regal looks kinda sexy in his prison uniform in one of her journal entries. She then embarrassingly retorts this statement.
131	* CuteLittleFangs One fang, actually.
132	* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Marta was a member of the Vanguard, whose top leader was her own father Commander Brute. She left the organization after learning her father was planning to use the Centurions' Cores to gain power by obliterating Tethe'alla.]]
133	* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: When Emil turns out [[spoiler:to be Ratatosk.]]
134	* DivineDate: She's crazy for Emil, and he eventually returns her feelings. That said, [[spoiler:Emil is Ratatosk, the Lord of Monsters, and a PhysicalGod]].
135	* DoomedHometown: Palmacosta. Twice, in fact.
136	* GirlishPigtails: She has very long pigtails that go past her knees.
137	* GlassCannon: Marta deals great damage and can heal really well but against heavy hitting enemies she can't take many hits.
138	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Attacks by spinning in circles, with disks attached to her right wrist.
139	* LethalChef: Mainly because she never bothered to taste her cooking, and her father said that [[BlatantLies it was delicious]]. In a subversion from the norm, once she realizes how bad she is she vows to get better and eventually becomes a decent cook.
140	* LightIsGood: Her primary offensive magic [[LightEmUp is light-based]].
141	* LovingAShadow: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] later in the game. Marta constantly tries to get Emil to act like the badass knight that she seems to think will be her ideal soulmate, but her attempts to make Emil one do nothing to win her any favors, and Emil eventually snaps and calls her out for how she's essentially trying to force him to be what ''she'' wants, not what he really is. This makes Marta realize she was being selfish to him and has her undergo an arc to see him for who he really is, which ironically ends up making her feelings for him genuine.
142	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: [[spoiler:Marta's father is revealed to be Brute Lualdi, the leader of the Vanguard.]]
143	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in that the object of her affection finds her constant attention and praise annoying. Not only does the journey she takes Emil on not improve his life, it actively makes it worse, and none of Marta's attempts to gain his attraction work. Emil and Ratatosk eventually both call her out on this behavior, with Emil telling her he's not a badass knight in shining armor like she wants him to be, and Ratatosk telling her that she's nothing more than an annoying brat. However, it [[DeconReconSwitch later gets reconstructed]] as Marta goes from a petty schoolgirl crush on Emil's dark side to legitimately falling in love with the real Emil.
144	* TheMedic: She is the primary healer of the party and gets all of the single target healing spells.
145	* RebelliousPrincess: [[spoiler: Her father is the Vanguard's leader who is trying to become King and Marta is rebelling against his plans and antics.]]
146	* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The core on Marta's forehead isn't real. It's a fake put there by the real Ratatosk to draw attention away from him.]]
147	* SignatureHeadgear: She has two flowers on both sides of her head. They're actually fake, but her mother wore them on her first date with her father. Marta then says that they brought them together and now they'll bring her and Emil together (who can only laugh awkwardly).
148	* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Her father [[spoiler:is Brute]], who, while not necessarily ''ugly'', is no model.
149	* YouKilledMyMother: Toward Colette. She acknowledges that she was just blaming Colette for what happened and apologises later in the game though.
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152	[[folder: Tenebrae]]
153	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HochuOtsuka (JP), Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith (EN)
154	The Centurion of Darkness, and Emil and Marta's guide. As a Centurion, he is the servant of Ratatosk and helps both Emil and Marta so that his master can be reawakened. He can control Darkness-elemental monsters, and sends them to fight in his place.
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156	Tenebrae is ''extremely'' snarky and has a dark (no pun intended) sense of humour. He takes delight in teasing fellow Centurion Aqua and injecting conversations with mischievous comments that serve only to make bad situations worse. Despite this, he is often forced to act as the StraightMan to the insanity of the other party members, and has a minor complex over being regarded as "[[GrumpyOldMan too old]]".
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158	* AccidentalMisnaming: His name is not Doggie, Tenebie, Mr. Doggy, Tenby, Tenny, Brae-Brae, Trae, Mr. Fairy or Paw Pad, though he eventually gives up and allows Tenebie.
159	* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: He's fully aware that Ratatosk intends to exterminate humanity, but wants to resurrect him anyway. He deceives Marta and Emil the whole time to do so as well. However, its implied that he's hoping that Ratatosk will simply change his mind.]]
160	* BerserkButton: Don't call him a dog, he hates it. Also don't betray Ratatosk or be his enemy, [[spoiler: the scene where Aqua tells Richter to destroy Ratatosk's core is one of the few scenes where Tenebrae is completely angry and yelling.]]
161	* ButtMonkey: Especially if Colette is around, which prompts him to say that his reputation is done for.
162	* CastingAShadow: Darkness is his very source and substance. According to Raine, the way his fur feels even reminds her of darkness.
163	* CatchPhrase: He tends to say "How rude" a fair amount.
164	* DarkIsNotEvil: Although he does take delight in playing harmless pranks, snarking and making terrible puns.
165	* DeadpanSnarker: There's a ''reason'' he's called "Spiteful Tenebrae".
166	* EmbarrassingNickname: Colette starts by calling him "Doggie." When he objects, she goes for the slightly more respectful "Mr. Doggie", before eventually settling on "Tennebie", which sticks. Presea also adds "Paw Pad" and "Fairy" later in the game.
167	* TheGadfly: Dips into this on occasion. Probably the funniest example being him deliberately misinterpreting Sheena and Regal's comments on how close Zelos is to his half-sister Seles as them saying that Zelos has a crush on her. Right in front of him. Zelos is not amused.
168	* GrumpyOldMan: Centurion, actually. And only sometimes.
169	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Saves the party from a bomb in Meltokio. It doesn't actually kill him, though; it just returns him to a dormant state, and the party has to make a detour to the Temple of Darkness to revive him.]]
170	* InvisibleToNormals: Actually invisible to ''everyone'', if he so chooses- comes with the territory of being in charge of Dark mana. Lampshaded in an early skit.
171	* MeaningfulName: ''Tenebrae'' is Latin for "darkness", and he's the Centurion of Darkness, in charge of the resource distribution system for Dark mana.
172	* MomentKiller: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments And darn proud of it, too.]]
173	* MyMasterRightOrWrong: [[spoiler: Unlike Aqua, who turned on her master when she learned of his genocidal plans, Tenebrae remained loyal to the very end.]]
174	* OddFriendship: With Raine. She finds him fascinating, and he adores the attention.
175	* OldRetainer: His design and personality are meant to evoke this. And he's Ratatosk's only remaining servant that isn't sleeping or turned traitor.
176	* PungeonMaster: Sheena [[LampshadeHanging even lampshades this]] in one skit. And then there was one that was so bad, Genis and Raine [[IncrediblyLamePun punish]] him with ''[[SpamAttack Prism Stars]]''. And this is not DisproportionateRetribution either, it really ''was'' that bad of a pun.
177	* ShipperOnDeck: Played with. He give Emil pointers about winning Marta over, but he's only half-serious about it. In his asides, he's pretty confident that their relationship is going nowhere. [[spoiler: Given who Emil really is, that's no surprise.]]
178	* ShipTease: Subverted. He implies to Emil that he and Aqua have BelligerentSexualTension going on, but it's pretty obvious that he's just being a jerk.
179	* TricksterMentor: It's often very unclear whether he's giving Emil legitimate advice or just screwing with him. Tenebrae thinks it's hilarious.
180	* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Ratatosk the entire game and towards Emil, once TheReveal occurs.
181	[[/folder]]
182
183	[[folder: Richter Abend]]
184	!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiHamada (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (EN)
185	A mysterious traveller, Richter is a member of the Vanguard whose goal is to kill Marta and claim the Core of Ratatosk on her forehead. His partner on this quest is the Centurion of Water, Aqua. He first meets Emil in Luin and inspires the young boy to be more courageous; eventually, he becomes a mentor and friend to Emil despite technically being his enemy.
186
187	Richter is an incredibly strong-willed individual, to the extent that he is unaffected by the power of the un-hatched Centurion Cores and can even unconsciously influence the Centurions themselves (as shown by Aqua falling in love with him). He is quiet and keeps to himself, believing that one should say no more than is necessary and that once an emotion is explicitly expressed it loses its meaning. He loathes Ratatosk, calling him a "Demon King".
188	-----
189	* AntiVillain: If he had a different opinion of what Ratatosk is, he'd be a party member.
190	* BadassBookworm: He's an extremely talented researcher, as well as a skilled MagicKnight who can fight on even footing with Lloyd.
191	* BadassLongcoat: His Sea Fire cloak. As a garment, it's made with [[HellBentForLeather leather]] and synthetic fibers. As an equipment item, it resists all elements.
192	* BigBad: [[spoiler: A very unwilling one.]]
193	* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:To Emil. Eventually drops the BigBad part.]]
194	* BrokenPedestal: For Emil as soon as he discovers that he's after Marta. It gets repaired after they go on a few sidequests together. [[spoiler: Only to be broken again when Emil discovers that he is the BigBad.]]
195	* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Ritcher spends much of the game saying that Ratatosk is evil. Nobody listens. Ironically, by the time the truth has come out, Ratatosk has undergone a HeelFaceTurn.]]
196	* TheComicallySerious: He ''laughs'' at one of Emil's jokes. And then wonders why everyone is so shocked. And every time he tries to make a joke it falls flat, because no-one can work out if he's actually joking.
197	* CrutchCharacter: Richter is always at least 10 levels above the average level the player would have without intense grinding whenever Emil joins him in his sidequest. Richter also has First Aid, good stats and powerful artes. The player can't make use of his Mystic Arte, but Richter doesn't need one.
198	* {{Determinator}}: The man is essentially willpower on two legs. In fact, Tenebrae speculates that his willpower is so strong that it actually changed Aqua's very nature and caused her to fall in love with him.
199	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Strays into this category with his skit portraits, although his model has a masculine enough figure
200	* EvilGenius: Of the Vanguard.
201	* EvilMentor: Unless they're directly fighting, he and Emil have a mentor-protégé sort of relationship. Richter can never bring himself to do anything more than give Emil gruff advice, and Emil can't see Richter as anyone other than the person who gave him the courage to stand up to his uncle. [[spoiler:Come the endgame, the 'Evil' part is turns out to be false.]]
202	* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:It turns out that Richter is gambling everything on a crazy plan to resurrect his deceased best friend, Aster. To this end, he manipulates the Vanguard using the Centurion Cores and makes a DealWithTheDevil to unleash the demons of Niflheim on the world in exchange for Aster's life... a deal that he also plans on double-crossing.]]
203	* GeniusBruiser: As his spectacles suggest, he's actually a scientist.
204	* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Yes, he was going to kill Ratatosk. No, he wasn't going to sell the world out to demons to do so. He had a backup plan involving sacrificing his body for the rest of eternity to take Ratatosk's place.]]
205	* GuestStarPartyMember: He joins the party at the start of the game for a few battles, helps Emil fight a dragon at the end of Chapter 3 and then joins for three parts of a sidequest revolving around him and Emil travelling together briefly.
206	* HalfHumanHybrid [[spoiler: He's actually a half-elf.]]
207	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:His GambitRoulette was supposed to end this way so that Aster could be revived without letting the demons of Niflheim into the world]].
208	* InfernalRetaliation / PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: His final boss/Lord of Flames form. It's also a ShoutOut to Abyssion, ''Symphonia'''s {{Superboss}} and the last person who tried to tap into the power of Niflheim]].
209	* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[spoiler: With Aster.]]
210	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's blunt, brutally honest, and doesn't bother with niceties, but that's only because he believes in being straight with people. He's actually pretty nice underneath it all.
211	* LethalChef: Mainly because he's never cooked before. Emil acts like he is going to die after on bite of Richter's cooking.
212	* MakingASplash: He's given a water element in the menus, likely due to his association with Aqua.
213	* TheManInFrontOfTheMan [[spoiler: Despite appearing to be a soldier in the Vangaurd and Brute's subordinate. But he's actually the true leader of the Vanguard, and is the one responsible for their more radical turn.]]
214	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: If it wasn't for him killing Ratatosk, Ratatosk would have committed genocide. Downplayed, since this was his intention all along.]]
215	* NobleDemon: Much of his criticism of the people around him is followed by an apology for his rudeness. Also, despite [[spoiler:helping to set up The Vanguard's combat unit]], he's not as bad a guy as its current members.
216	* PetTheDog: He makes it blatantly clear that he is going to kill Marta to get Ratatosk's core. That doesn't stop him from giving Emil some jewellery to serve as a present for Marta, so as to stop her from flipping out about the fact that he was off in the Balacruf Mausoleum.
217	* TrickedOutGloves: His Flambeau provide an offensive boost[[note]]Well, a dexterity boost, technically, but that translates to increased chance of critical hits and accelerated guard break[[/note]]. It probably helps that they're made from [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyvern skin]].
218	* SpecsOfAwesome: His Dual Blaze. [[MundaneMadeAwesome Yes, the glasses are head armour]]; they boost his Arte attack.
219	* {{Ubermensch}}: His personality and the way he interacts with others just ooze this. He even references [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche Nietzsche]] in the name of his trademark Mystic Arte ''EternalRecurrence''. [[spoiler:Turns out he wasn't like this at all...]]
220	-->'''Richter (to Emil)''' : As long as you waste your time worrying about making others angry, your life will always be this way. If you don't speak up, nothing will change. Then again, if you don't mind being treated like a "monster," feel free to ignore me.
221	-->'''Frank''': Richter, not everyone can live the way that you do. Many people in this world must make compromises to get by.
222	-->'''Richter''': Compromises? He's not making compromises with the world. He's rejecting it. Retreating into his shell and playing the victim is what makes him feel safe. But that's not living. It's just wasting away until you die.
223	* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: The protagonists eventually admit that Richter is right and Ratatosk is a threat to humans and half-elves. But they are against the lengths Richter is willing to go to, not aware he's planning to double cross the demons.]]
224	* WellIntentionedExtremist [[spoiler: Considering that Ratatosk was about to destroy all of humanity, killing him wasn't really an unreasonable response. And he's fully aware of the consequences of doing so; he had a plan for that as well.]]
225	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: His life philosophy, which he tries impart to Emil.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder: Aqua]]
229	!!!Voiced by: Youko Honda (JP), Creator/WendeeLee (EN)
230	The Centurion of Water, she is Richter's constant partner and ally. She is utterly infatuated with Richter and has actually renounced her loyalty to Ratatosk in favour of following Richter everywhere he goes. As the Centurion of Water, she can make pacts with Water-elemental monsters, using them to fight in her place. She tends to be highly emotional, and shares a love-hate relationship with Tenebrae.
231
232	* AntiVillain: She's actually quite nice and sociable to Emil. She's just devoted to Richter. [[spoiler:And she has good reason for abandoning Ratatosk]].
233	* BodyguardCrush: She's very much in love with Richter. Normally this is impossible for Centurions, but Tenebrae suspects that Richter's strong will had an unprecedented effect on her.
234	* TheDragon: To Richter... Literally.
235	* FriendlyEnemy: She's actually nicer to Emil than Richter is, most likely because she can sense that Richter is fonder of him than he lets on. This is inverted with Tenebrae; while she's friendly to Emil and Richter is at least grudgingly polite to Tenebrae, she and Tenebrae can barely tolerate each other's presence.
236	* LoveMakesYouEvil: She's the only Centurion to have sided against Ratatosk, solely because she loves Richter. [[spoiler: Turns out, this is inverted, since she also found Ratatosk's plan to wipe out humanity reprehensible.]]
237	* MakingASplash: Naturally, considering she's the Centurion of Water.
238	* MeaningfulName: [[ThemeNaming Like Tenebrae]], her name is in Latin. Hers means "water".
239	* SummonMagic: Her only method of fighting is summoning Water-element monsters.
240	* WaterIsWomanly: The Centurion of Water is an emotional woman with a mermaid-like appearance.
241	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Her relationship with Tenebrae. He loves winding her up, and she lets her buttons get pushed ''far'' too easily.
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	!! Other Characters
245	[[folder: Lord Brute]]
246	!!!Voiced by: Rintauro Nishi (JP), Creator/JBBlanc (EN)
247	The leader of the Vanguard. He seeks to find Ratatosk for his goal of protecting the people of Tethe'alla.
248	-----
249	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Once he's freed from the influence of the Centurion's core.]]
250	* BaldOfEvil: Fitting for a megamanaical would-be dictator. [[spoiler: Though that's really just Solum's core talking. He's not actually evil at all.]]
251	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Except not really. He's just Richter's front man.]]
252	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Thanks to Solum's core]]
253	* CatchPhrase: "Means and methods are [[IDidWhatIHadToDo insignificant]] in the eyes of justice!"
254	* DishingOutDirt: He mainly uses Earth-element Artes in combat.
255	* LargeHam: Very much so. [[spoiler: Most of it seems to be induced by insanity.]]
256	* LukeIAmYourFather: He's revealed to be Marta's father, which is why she is so against the organization.
257	* PetTheDog: A bizarre case of this happens while he's [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy]]. He thinks Marta is disagreeing with his plans because she's driven mad by Ratatosk's core, so he promises to use the other cores to remove it safely. He's operating on InsaneTrollLogic, but it shows that he still cares about his daughter more than other Vanguard members like Richter do.
258	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's willing to do anything to stop Tethe'alla's oppression of Sylvarant. And we do mean ''anything''.
259	[[/folder]]
260
261	[[folder: Alice]]
262	!!!Voiced by: Creator/MamiKingetsu (JP), Creator/JaniceKawaye (EN)
263	A commander in the Vanguard, one of the primary antagonists of the game. Despite looking like a little girl, she is sadistic and obsessed with gaining power.
264	-----
265	* AliceAllusion: One of the many literary allusions she's got going.
266	* AnIcePerson: Her mystic arte, Fimbulvetr. It's a gigantic explosion of ice.
267	* BadBoss: She uses her soldiers as seats when she's tired and beats up her subordinates and carved "Alice's Pet" into Hawk once she bested him for the combat commander position.
268	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To [[spoiler:Mithos]] from the previous game. [[spoiler:Both are half-elven orphans who both experienced discrimination from humans, and who had ''serious'' issues dealing with loss: Alice took the loss of her parents and the near-loss of Decus to become a commander in the Vanguard and as motivation to become powerful. Mithos, on the other hand, went completely batshit insane after Martel's death, ''after'' he became powerful, and arguably because of it. Both hate humans (and have every reason to do so), except that Alice is basically the TokenMinority of the Vanguard, where as Mithos only has (well, ''had'') only one human with him in Cruxis, and was ultimately betrayed by just about everyone he's ever trusted except for the Desians, whereas Alice had the UndyingLoyalty of Decus right up until his death, which was the only time when Alice realized her feelings for him. Mithos had the power Alice wanted, whereas Alice had the trusted companion Mithos wanted, and when it was all said and done, it only brought anguish to both of them.]]
269	* CuteAndPsycho: And that's putting it very, very mildly. She's a {{sadist}} through and through, but her cruelty is accompanied by this... cutesy demeanor that wouldn't be out of place in the moe fandom.
270	* DarkActionGirl: Don't let her appearance fool you, she's the commander of the Vanguard's combat division for a reason.
271	* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:She was the only half-elven girl in an orphanage, where ''everyone'' treated her like crap. She only had one friend, Decus, and when it looked like he was about to be lynched for a crime he didn't commit, she used a demonic pact to summon demons to get everyone killed.]]
272	* {{Deconstruction}}: In most any other Tales game or even in another Japanese RPG? She would easily be a party member, but because she never truly learns that [[spoiler: Love is not a weakness]] or that [[SitcomArchNemesis you really should get over your petty hatreds]], the closest she gets to a HeelFaceTurn is [[spoiler: a DyingMomentOfAwesome where Decus never gets to hear her say she actually did love him.]]
273	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:When Decus takes Emil's sword for her, she finally can't take it anymore and admits she loves him back, and then goes into a rage to avenge him.]]
274	* TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' in the Vanguard who isn't Richter, Brute, or Decus is downright terrified of her, and for [[BadBoss good reason]]. Most people in Sylvarant also know well to steer clear of her, too, if they know what's good for them.
275	* DyingDeclarationOfLove [[spoiler:She realizes she has feelings for Decus right after he's killed. She, herself is killed shortly after.]]
276	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Directly after she says that she's 'tired', a Vanguard member immediately prepares himself as a [[DominanceThroughFurniture makeshift bench for her]], with Alice sitting down like she belongs there. Then when Hawk tries to explain himself, she promptly - read: ''viciously'' - [[WhipOfDominance whips him for talking back]]... with a [[TheFakeCutie near-constant smile and cutesy voice all-throughout.]]
277	* TheFakeCutie: She looks and acts like a cute young girl. She's also physically abusive toward her subordinates, doesn't hesitate to try to kill Marta, and just about everyone in the Vanguard who isn't Brute, Decus, or Richter is ''terrified'' of her.
278	* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:All of her desire for power and her refusal to rely on others stems from the fact that she lost her parents, grew up in an orphanage where she was routinely bullied for being a half-elf, and almost lost her only friend, Decus. From that point on, she ''swore'' she'd never depend on anybody and wanted to acquire power for herself at any cost. The fact that she had such a crappy childhood probably has a lot to do with where her {{sadist}}ic personality came from, too.]]
279	* FreudianExcuseDenial: [[spoiler:When Emil and Marta ask Alice if she desires power because of the discrimination she suffered as a half-elf or because she lost her parents, Alice denies any of this. Alice admits that while she does hate the Church of Martel and the monsters who killed her parents, ultimately, she only cares about getting power for herself and never having to rely on anyone.]]
280	* HalfHumanHybrid: She's a [[spoiler:half-elf and, considering Sylvarant's lack of elves, the most prominent [[TrueBreedingHybrid second-generation half-elf]] in the setting.]]
281	* {{Hypocrite}}: She says "No one likes a strong-willed little girl. Come on, Decus" during one encounter with Marta, but doesn't realize/care that this applies to herself/Decus. And then later when she calls Marta a hypocrite, it kinda undermines her whole JerkassHasAPoint statements a little, since Alice is one herself.
282	* {{Jerkass}}: And that's putting it very, very mildly.
283	* JerkassHasAPoint: Alice is a horrible sadistic person, but she does have a point that Marta relied too much on Emil and Ratatosk early on, instead of using her own strength.
284	* LoveIsAWeakness: She refuses to fall in love because she feels that caring about another will make her weaker. [[spoiler:She gets proven right when her love for Decus gets her killed.]]
285	* MoodWhiplash: Alice ''invokes'' this trope so much. Most people, upon seeing a character who [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aselia/images/a/a8/Alice.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090815185646 looks like this]] and speaks with a very high-pitched and "cutsey" sounding voice would think "She's going to be a Party Member!" or "Well she may be beating her subordinates, but she will perform a HeelFaceTurn and see the error of her ways." Turns out? She is TheDreaded, a DarkActionGirl (despite wearing ''white''), and use an absolutely "cute" voice even when telling the characters she's about to kill them, treating Decus or her subordinates like crap, or beating monsters into obeying her. While she does get a redemption, it's [[spoiler: right when she dies at the end.]]
286	* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:From her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Marta says she's willing to forgive Alice since she thinks she was BrainwashedAndCrazy. Alice hammers in just how much of a JerkAss she ''really'' is when she says she wasn't, since she desired everything.]]
287	* TheNicknamer: An odd case. If you're a male and she gives you a nickname, congratulations! That means she likes you, for better or worse. If you're a female and she gives you a nickname, ''watch out.'' [[spoiler: It's one of the only hints we get that she likes Decus more than she lets on.]]
288	* NoCureForEvil: Averted; she'll ''regularly'' spam First Aid when you fight her, meaning you should ShootTheMedicFirst.
289	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Downplayed; she's obviously not a fan of Tethe'alla's oppression of the Sylvaranti people, but she's generally only in the Vanguard as an excuse to hurt people and to become more powerful.
290	* OlderThanTheyLook: She's at least 18. [[spoiler:Justified because she's a half-elf.]]
291	* PetTheDog: In her sidequest. She also saves an old woman that's trying to get a doctor to help her grandson that's being attacked and abused by a {{Jerkass}} clergyman during the events of the game and gives the old women a recommendation to get her grandson treated for free.
292	* PunctuatedPounding: Well, more like Punctuated [[{{Sadist}} Sadism]] when she [[WhipOfDominance whips Hawk in Asgard for talking back to her]].
293	-->You should know better than to...
294	-->''(cut to Marta as she winces)''
295	-->'''Talk!'''
296	-->''(cut to Emil as he winces)''
297	-->'''Back!'''
298	-->''(cut to Tenebrae as he winces)''
299	-->'''To!'''
300	-->''(cut to the assembled Vanguard soldiers as they wince, and Hawk is knocked on-screen)''
301	-->'''Me!'''
302	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives one to Marta before she and Decus fight Emil and Marta in the Ginnugagap. Alice's speech basically consists of ripping Marta a new one for being powerless and relying so much on Emil and Ratatosk to save and protect her.
303	* {{Sadist}}: It's the first word that comes to Marta's mind when describing her, along with the ShoutOut '[[Anime/DragonBallZ super sadist]]'. And then we see her EstablishingCharacterMoment...
304	* SayItWithHearts: All of her non-magical artes end with a ♡.
305	* ShadowArchetype: To Emil. Both of them control monsters, but while Emil befriends them, Alice enslaves them. They also both grew up as outcasts, but while Emil became withdrawn and submissive, Alice became sadistic and bloodthirsty.
306	* ShoutOut: Her three 'pets,' Aramis, Athos, and Porthos, are named after the three main characters from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. Her unique Artes are all also named after famous artistic works, such as "''Literature/TheRedAndTheBlack''" by Creator/{{Stendhal}}, and "''Winter Daydreams''" by Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky.
307	* SugaryMalice: She tends to speak to everyone in a cutesy demeanor, even when she's committing horrific acts and indulging in her sadism.
308	* TermsOfEndangerment: While she gives pet names to men she likes, she gives pet names to females she hates, calling Marta "Martmart" and Colette "Coletti".
309	* TermsOfEndearment: She tends to give pet names to men she likes (though not necessarily as people), with the exception of Decus, the man who loves her.
310	* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:She goes apeshit after Decus died in her arms confessing his love to her [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove and realized she loved him too]], and picks Decus' {{BFS}} to trying exacting revenge. It doesn't last long as she's quickly killed off.]]
311	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Decus dies.]]
312	* WhipOfDominance: She's a whip-wielding villainess, who [[TheFakeCutie maintains a cutesy and innocent appearance]] but is actually a CuteAndPsycho girl who is a major {{Sadist}} that speaks with SugaryMalice and has an arrogant and domineering personality. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment features her mercilessly whipping Hawk just for talking back to her.
313	* WhipSword: Her weapon is some sort of hybrid between a rapier and a riding crop.
314	[[/folder]]
315
316	[[folder: Decus]]
317	!!!Voiced by: Akio Suyama (JP), Creator/DougErholtz (EN)
318	A commander in the Vanguard. He's obsessed with Alice.
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320	* {{BFS}}: He wields what resembles a claymore and does so with ease. [[spoiler: Alice tries to use it to avenge him and she can barely hold it.]]
321	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Definitely has a few screws loose. Aside from the obsession with Alice (enough that his Mystic Arte has him stopping in the middle of a fight to stare at a picture of her,) he's also regularly making weird flamboyant motions with his hands and proudly wears cologne that can only be described as chemical warfare [[spoiler: which becomes a key factor in finding out that he's posing as Lloyd.]]
322	* TheDragon: To Alice.
323	* DyingDeclarationOfLove [[spoiler: He chooses his last moments to come out and say that he loves Alice. Not that he hadn't made it painfully obvious beforehand.]]
324	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: He ''thinks'' that his cologne has this effect.
325	* FriendlyEnemy: On the few occasions in which the party speaks to him when he isn't around Alice [[spoiler:or under the effects of Solum's core]]. He even says at one point that he'd rather not fight Emil but knows that he'll have to.
326	* GratuitousGerman: "Ausbruch!" "Strahl!" "Stein Hagel!" "Trombe!" "Lawine!" "Sturmwind!"[[note]]Outburst; Beam; Stone hail; Cyclone; Avalanche; Whirlwind[[/note]] And his Mystic Arte is the ever popular Strum und Drang.
327	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He loves Alice so much, he jumps in the way and takes Emil's sword for her, which causes her to go through the DespairEventHorizon.]]
328	* LargeHam: [[spoiler: While under the influence of Solum's core.]] Even without that he still is kind of hammy.
329	--> '''Decus''': Die in my arms!
330	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: It's hard to tell unless you see him from behind but Decus has a ponytail all the way down his back.
331	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Decus himself is a pretty decent guy who's a little...out there. However's he's hopelessly in love with a sadist who regularly asks him to commit horrific acts on her behalf, which he does without any hesitation.
332	* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He doesn't give a damn about the Vanguard, the world, or anything else. Everything he does is done out of his devotion to Alice.
333	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: He used Solum's core to transform into Lloyd and committed all of the crimes that Lloyd supposedly committed.]]
334	* PlayingWithFire: He uses it in his Mystic Arte.
335	* ThePowerOfLove: Used in his Mystic Arte.
336	* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:He fell in love with Alice after she saved him from a lynch mob.]]
337	* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Thanks to prolonged exposure to Solum's core]].
338	* SayMyName: ALICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
339	* ShadowArchetype: To Marta. His slavish devotion to Alice is a rather disturbing mirror to Marta's fangirl obsession with Emil. But she eventually grows to love Emil as a person; Decus allows his love of Alice to turn him into a psychopath.
340	* StalkerWithACrush: His obsession with Alice, although they're both villains.
341	* TakingTheBullet [[spoiler: For Alice in their final confrontation with Emil and Marta.]]
342	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:Until Brute takes Solum's core away from him.]]
343	* WhatDoesHeSeeInHer: Alice doesn't return his affections and outright ''trashes him in front of his face''. What does he see in her? [[spoiler: Actually....she truly ''does'' love him...]]
344	[[/folder]]
345
346	[[folder: Aster Laker]]
347	!!!Voced by: [[spoiler: Creator/HiroShimono (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)]]
348
349	A scholar who conducted research on the Great Kharlan Tree and [[spoiler: Richter's deceased best friend.]]
350	-----
351	* {{Ahoge}} [[spoiler: Just like Emil.]]
352	* BerserkButton: Insulting his friends, or any [[spoiler: half-elves,]] for that matter.
353	** Aster's idealism also triggered [[spoiler:Ratatosk's]] BerserkButton, causing [[spoiler:Aster's death.]]
354	* BewareTheNiceOnes: In the Successors of Hope novel, he loses it when he hears another researcher refer to Richter as a [[spoiler: "stupid half-elf"]].
355	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Implied by Richter, [[spoiler: who mentions that he had "a few screws loose in his head".]] The tie-in novel mentions that Aster couldn't even keep himself fed without Richter and Rilena around to remind him to take care of himself.
356	* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[spoiler: With Richter]]
357	* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler: With Emil. Subverted in that it's actually EMIL that looks like him.]]
358	* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: How else could he have befriended someone like Richter?]]
359	* OnlyFriend: [[spoiler: To Richter, initially, though Aster's other best friend, Rilena, is mentioned to have been friends with Richter as well when Aster was still alive.]]
360	* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler:In the Sucessors of Hope novel, he has a pendant with his infamous catchphrase etched onto it. After he loses it in the Balacruf ruins, it finds itself passing through the hands of every party member of the original game (sans Lloyd) as they try to return it, until it finally makes its way back to Richter, by then becoming a TragicKeepsake.]]
361	* PlotTriggeringDeath [[spoiler: The whole Ratatosk fiasco was set off because he killed Aster.]]
362	* PosthumousCharacter [[spoiler:In more ways than one, since Emil has taken on his appearance.]]
363	* TeenGenius: He was in his mid to late teens.
364	* TheLostLenore: To Rilena.[[spoiler: Also a (possibly non-romantic) example to Richter. In fact, everything Richter does in the game all leads up to his plan to revive Aster.]]
365	* WalkingSpoiler: His very ''existence'' is a huge spoiler.
366	[[/folder]]
367
368	[[folder: Hawk]]
369	!!!Voiced by: Creator/YujiKishi (JP), Creator/PatrickSeitz (EN)
370	A soldier in the Vanguard. He works for Alice, and is often treated as her personal whipping boy. He has a particularly unfriendly rivalry with Magnar.
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372	* AFatherToHisMen: The few times he's shown in command of his troops, as opposed to being commanded by Alice, he's shown to care for them a lot.
373	* ButtMonkey: His first scene with Alice has her beat him brutally for asking her to be patient. It's also revealed that she apparently carved "Alice's Pet" into him once she kicked his ass for the commander of combat position in the Vanguard.
374	* LeanAndMean: He's definitely one of the crueler of the Vanguard, even if Alice has him beat by a pretty substantial margin.
375	* LooksLikeCesare: It's a lot clearer in the Anime opening and offical artworks.
376	* NotSoHarmless: Just because he's treated as a complete ButtMonkey doesn't mean you should take him lightly when you have to fight him.
377	[[/folder]]
378
379	[[folder: Magnar]]
380
381	A soldier in the Vanguard. The first time you meet him, he will claim to be following orders from the Church of Martel.
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383	* FalseFlagOperation: He shows up pretending to be Commandant of the Martel Knights and commits atrocities in the knights' name but he's really just a member of the Vanguard in disguise.
384	* FunnyAfro: Use enough lightning artes on him during the second fight, and he'll sprout one of these.
385	* ILied: After Marta gives herself up in order to save the village of Luin, he orders it to be burned down anyway.
386	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Ratatosk Emil beats seven shades of piss out of him after their first fight.
387	* PetTheDog: A minor one, but after his second battle, he states that the Sylvaranti will eventually be persecuted like half-elves, which shows that he at least acknowledges the plight of the latter group. This may explain why he admires Alice despite how many humans are still racist against half-elves.

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