| 1 | Tropes for the characters of the video game ''VideoGame/{{Heartbeat}}''. (The television series is not covered). |
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| 3 | '''Warning!''' Some spoilers are unmarked on this page. |
| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 5 | |
| 6 | ! Protagonists |
| 7 | [[folder:Eve Staccato]] |
| 8 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eve_sd.png]] |
| 9 | ->''"Sounds about right!"'' |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Eve Staccato is a human Yin Conjurer from Sunwich and the main protagonist of HEARTBEAT. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * BadassAdorable: She has a cute appearance, and is a Conjurer who becomes more powerful as the game progresses. |
| 14 | * CarryABigStick: She casts spells with her staff, but can also hit people with it, and her physical attack is labelled "Bonk". |
| 15 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: She ends up helping out Troz and Rex on what started as a journey to deliver a package. The following day, despite Klein advising her to let the other Conjurers deal with it, she insists on going to look for Chip after she goes missing. She continues to help whoever she comes across after that. |
| 16 | * DeadGuyJunior: Downplayed example. Her great-grandmother, Eve Xin was her namesake, but only passed away recently. And because of Eve Xin's significance to the plot, characters have to take care to indicate they mean her instead of Eve Stacatto. Klein refers to her as Xin, [[spoiler:and Nyx refers to her as "my Eve"]]. |
| 17 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final battle, when her allies have been knocked away, [[spoiler:the cheers of her loved ones help her develop the ability to Conjure, letting her summon the other party members to join her regardless of distance]]. Unlike many comparable examples, this ability persists into the post-game, [[spoiler:where Conjure replaces the Chatter option and becomes a more standard ability to change party members in and out as desired]]. |
| 18 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: A MagicKnight; her Tempo abilities generally focus on dealing physical damage with a chance to stun, along with a few universally useful buffs and debuffs. She also has the ability to use core shards gifted by her Mogwai friends to temporarily gain physical elemental attacks and a magic based LimitBreak. |
| 19 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: She takes Klein's lessons to heart and really tries to help out everyone she can, even when others are telling her that she can't save or befriend everyone. By the end of the game [[spoiler:it ends up being her defining attribute as the Ambassador]]. |
| 20 | * GirlishPigtails: They're "kind of her thing" and often remarked on by [=NPCs=], but get her regularly mistaken as a teenager instead of the young adult she actually is. |
| 21 | * HairAntennae: They get remarked on a couple times, and she's mistaken by Mogs as someone else who has similar cowlicks. [[spoiler:They even persist when she's wearing a space suit!]] |
| 22 | * JackOfAllStats: She has no weak points statwise, though her movepool skews towards physical damage. |
| 23 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/wrestle-o-wrestler Wrestle, O Wrestler]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 24 | * MagicStaff: She can cast spells with her staff as well as attack with it physically. |
| 25 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She's actually 22, but is mistaken for a teenager by many characters. |
| 26 | * TakeUpMySword: Downplayed and not immediately stated, but as the first Conjurer to be born in her family since her great-grandmother, her family legacy puts her on the path to trying to solve the problems that her great-grandmother couldn't. |
| 27 | ** In a more straightforward way, Choi tasks her with taking on the Red-Eyed Clusters plaguing the Outset, as Choi's too old to fight them herself. |
| 28 | * StarPower: Uses the trappings without the actual abilities, with all of her default Tempo moves having a celestial naming scheme. |
| 29 | * TokenHuman: She's the only human character in the main party (not counting when she can be joined by Choi for one optional battle). |
| 30 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: She's a big fan of it, and it's something that runs in the family, as her father is an amateur wrestler and her mother's a coach. All of her physical attacks, including those gained from using Cores, are based on wrestling moves. |
| 31 | [[/folder]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Klein Gremory]] |
| 34 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/klein_m_sd.png]] |
| 35 | [[quoteright:180: Her human form [[labelnote:SPOILERS!]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/human_klein.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 36 | ->''"Watch the whiskers."'' |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Klein Gremory is a Cat Sith from the Den and a pacted Mogwai partner to Eve Staccato. She used to be pacted to Eve's great-grandmother, and wants to make sure Eve becomes a great Conjurer. |
| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | * BadassCape: Constantly wears a forest green capelet, in both her Cat Sith and human forms, and is rather attached to it, getting complimented on it at times. |
| 41 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: In her human form, she looks like she could pass for a man, but is no less attractive because of it. |
| 42 | * BishonenLine: Unlike most pacted Mogs, she does not take on human form until a significant plot event, but after taking it she gains a hefty boost in her combat effectiveness. She can transform back using her field ability, but loses that effectiveness in turn. |
| 43 | * BrokenAce: She's a competent fighter and cares deeply for Eve, but has a lot of baggage from her DarkAndTroubledPast. |
| 44 | * CatsHateWater: Her Trading Card says that she dislikes sea travel, and she doesn't enjoy it when the party has to ride a boat to get to Snowver, although that's more to do with the fact that she gets seasick. |
| 45 | * CatsHaveNineLives: Referenced with one of the spells she can obtain being called "Ninth life". |
| 46 | * CombatMedic: She can both attack enemies and heal allies with her abilities. |
| 47 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: A [[CombatMedic Battle Priest]] with FragileSpeedster aspects, her Reflex abilities make her equally competent at Light-elemental attacks and healing, and she is one of the fastest party members but most of her damage skews magical and she's a little frail, especially against the Toxin element. |
| 48 | * FormerTeenRebel: Klein's always portrayed as thoughtful and reasonable, but used to be a heavy-drinking gambling addict who'd go around seducing random ladies for one night stands (there's ''an entire nursery'' worth of unloved, unhatched eggs in Los Monstruos that are strongly implied to all come from the same "adulterous Cat Sith"). [[spoiler:It took quite a violent series of events and a lot of pain for her to become Eve's mentor.]] |
| 49 | * FurryReminder: Looking at her bed in the game's early stages mentions that she has kneaded on it, and she purrs when some kids in Sunwich pet her. She also mentions liking to eat fish and cat food even after she's turned into her human form. |
| 50 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Unlike all other party members, she initially has no LimitBreak, due to walling herself off emotionally. [[spoiler:It's not until Eve sees deep inside her core and Klein confesses her backstory that she can gain a LimitBreak from earning the Prime Belt from Dr. Brainy, but even then it's a support move. Only when she takes her human form again for the first time since her betrayal does she gain an offensive LimitBreak]]. |
| 51 | * HealerSignsOnEarly: She's your first party member at the very beginning, and has healing abilities. |
| 52 | * HumanDisguise: Inverted, as she refuses to assume her human form at several points where it would be helpful, and has to pass herself off as a regular cat. [[spoiler:It also prevents Nyx from recognizing her, as due to her allergy to cats, Klein always took human form around her in the past.]] |
| 53 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/home-sweet-home Home Sweet Home]], [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/close-your-eyes-and-dream Close Your Eyes and Dream]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/no-knead-for-doubt No Knead For Doubt]]. Also has a DarkReprise BossRemix in [[spoiler:[[EarnYourBadEnding Endings C and D]] where a BrainwashedAndCrazy Klein is the final boss, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/lunatica-paranoia Lunatica Paranoia]]]]. |
| 54 | * LightEmUp: A Light-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 55 | * MyGreatestFailure: She harbors a deeply rooted guilt and shame for [[spoiler:betraying her first Conjurer Eve Xin, and then leaving her two other pacted Mogwai to die, one of whom Eve was in love with, which left Eve a BrokenBird for the rest of her life. Klein herself says that the day she met Eve Staccato was the first time she was ever happy in all the years since her betrayal]]. |
| 56 | * {{Nekomata}}: Zigzagged. Cat Sith hail from Celtic fey mythology and differ from Nekomata (the player can even meet some Nekomata [[spoiler:in the Dusk District of the Den]]), but Cat Siths in ''Heartbeat'', including Klein, also have the distinctive twin tails of Nekomata. |
| 57 | * RoyalRapier: Subverts the trope's usual association with royalty or high blood, as she's a relatively common Cat Sith. Unusually for a Mogwai, she is still able to use it when not in human form, where it's a large but still manageable weapon. |
| 58 | * SharpDressedMan: It's noted by [=NPCs=] and her own item descriptions that "[Klein] prefers formal clothes over all else", and her clothes in human form are even a "Dapper Uniform". She used to use it as a way to pick up ladies in the past too. |
| 59 | * WillfullyWeak: Unlike most Mogwai, she stays and fights in her Mog form, even though human forms generally come with a power boost. [[spoiler:It's due to a lot of baggage about her failures in the past, and she eventually gets pushed hard enough to need it.]] |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:Mott]] |
| 63 | !!Mott / [[spoiler:Xothian Child]] |
| 64 | [[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moffu.png]] |
| 65 | ->"Kum-pum-pum-puchi!" |
| 66 | A strange creature found by Choi, the only one to hatch out of its clutch. Eve adopts them and they join in on her journey. |
| 67 | ---- |
| 68 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: A DittoFighter crossed with TheBerserker; they can transform into various allies, [=NPCs=], and even a few enemies once they collect DNA from that character, but can't be directly controlled beyond dictating what transformation they have active. |
| 69 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Eve cannot command them in battle, seemingly because they're an infant. [[spoiler:It's not until later in the story that it's revealed that their phase is "Unreadable", meaning a Yin Conjurer like Eve wouldn't be able to command them in battle anyways.]] |
| 70 | * HelloInsertNameHere: Unnamed until Eve adopts them, with options for "Mott" "Mao" "Eve Jr." and "Puchi", as well as inserting a custom name or randomizing one. [[spoiler:"Xothian Child"]] is what's used for their Wukong card and achievements, and developer comments as well as the Steam trading cards use Mott to preserve TheReveal of their heritage. |
| 71 | * LovecraftLite: Their Wukong card mentions their likes as "foggy harbors", dislikes of "Euclidean geometry", and an achievement for reaching a second form for them is called the "Sunwich Horror" all as references to Lovecraft, but they're also a cute little moth [[spoiler:who just happens to belong to a terrifying species of aliens that killed many humans in the past and still watches Solum]]. |
| 72 | * MagikarpPower: Starts out fairly weak and only does a small amount of damage, but as they level up and get their stats boosted with food, they can grow to become a serious powerhouse with a versatile moveset and ability to switch to exploit elements faster than Eve. |
| 73 | * MultiformBalance: As their stats are raised, they can grow into new forms, with a total of 4 secondary forms and 7 final forms. |
| 74 | ** Power forms allow them to attack without DNA, which can deal useful NonElemental damage. The evolved forms allow them to either attack multiple times each turn or hit multiple targets with each attack. |
| 75 | ** Element forms make them a SupportPartyMember who boosts the elemental damage party members do when their transformation matches their affinity and they're exploiting a weakness. The evolved forms allow them to do even more damage, or let all party members be more effective against their affinity weaknesses. |
| 76 | ** Energy forms regain energy faster when not transformed, which allows use of powerful transformations more often. The evolved forms lower the cooldown of transformations, or make them last longer |
| 77 | ** Balance forms give them a chance to act twice in one turn, with the single evolved form making the chance much more likely. |
| 78 | * {{Shapeshifter}}: They can transform into other characters once Eve has collected their DNA, including their elemental affinities. [[spoiler:The fact that they're able to transform into Ad Hoc, an Epsilonian, indicates it's not only limited to Mogs either.]] |
| 79 | * ShooOutTheClowns: Is left behind before the final battle in the True Ending route, but notably isn't for the [[EarnYourBadEnding bad endings]], though they don't make an appearance in the story. |
| 80 | * SupportPartyMember: Played with since they can use offensive attacks, but they act completely on their own without any input from the player aside from transformations, and are mainly there to assist with battles with various moves depending on their current form. |
| 81 | * TagalongKid: They're not involved with the plot beyond a few [=NPCs=] discussing what kind of creature they are with them sometimes and occasionally showing up to show concern about Eve being hurt, since they're too young to know what's going on. |
| 82 | * TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:It's revealed later in the game that they're a member of an alien species called the Xoth, who are generally viewed as pretty terrifying by anyone who knows about them, and they've slaughtered humans in the past. The Xothian child themselves seems upset to hear about it]]. |
| 83 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Only eats soft foods, since they don't have teeth. |
| 84 | * TheUnintelligible: As an infant they can't really speak beyond baby talk yet, bleeding into characters names like "Puchieve" and "Chukuchoi". By the post-game, they've learnt how to say "Eve" and "Zheng" clearly. |
| 85 | * VirtualPet: They can be fed various jellies, jams, and purees to raise their stats and will grow into different forms based on which of its three stats is raised most or if all are kept balanced. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Troz Nebarius]] |
| 89 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/troz_sd.png]] |
| 90 | [[quoteright:200: Her mog form [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/troz_m_sd.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 91 | ->''"Three, two, one...BREAK STUFF."'' |
| 92 | |
| 93 | Troz Naberius is a young Cerberus Mogwai from the Den, and Rex's personal "buddyguard", who left the Den in search of her after being attacked by a mysterious thief. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | ---- |
| 96 | * BigFriendlyDog: Comes off as this when she's not trying to attack anyone. |
| 97 | * TheBigGuy: Not only being the largest Mogwai who joins the party (tall enough to tower over most people in her Mog form), she's exceptionally loyal and protective of her best friend Rex and their Conjurer June. |
| 98 | * BigOlEyebrows: She has rather thick eyebrows. |
| 99 | * CastingAShadow: A Shadow affinity Mogwai. |
| 100 | * DarkIsNotEvil: She's a Shadow affinity Mogwai, but she's also quite sweet. The description for one of her attacks even says that dark isn't always evil. |
| 101 | * DumbMuscle: Admits she's not the smartest Mog and can be tricked, but is a very loyal friend and guard dog. |
| 102 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/weepy-sleepy-puppy Weepy Sleepy Puppy]] and [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/cerberus-by-the-gate Cereberus by the Gate]], and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/puppy-playtime Puppy Playtime!]]. |
| 103 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: [[KnightInShiningArmor The Knight]], she has high defenses and offenses, and her Tricks abilities include a taunt along with hard hitting attacks, but she is very slow. |
| 104 | * FurryReminder: Her Wukong Trading Card states that [[MailmanVsDog she dislikes mail trucks]]. |
| 105 | * {{Hellhound}}: Her race is based on the dog Cerberus from Greek Mythology, although she's really friendly when she isn't fighting anyone. |
| 106 | * MultipleHeadCase: In her Mog form, her three heads have slightly different personalities when speaking, the left an aggressive guard dog, the center a kindhearted puppy, and the right more bashful and shy, though not to the level of being split personalities. In human form, she sometimes says three things in succession that mirror those personalities, or has a distinct personality at a time, but is more often a blend of all three. |
| 107 | * TheNoseKnows: She's able to detect certain things by their smells, like real dogs are known to do, although she does sometime make mistakes, such as when she believes Eve is the one who stole from her Core after she went past the actual thief earlier. |
| 108 | * OlderThanTheyLook: [=NPCs=] often comment on how she's still just a puppy by Cerberus standards, being only a century old. |
| 109 | * PunnyName: "Troz" is based on a mispronunciation of "trois" that one of the developers overheard in public. |
| 110 | * PowerFist: She uses fist weapons, variously shown as wristbands or gloves that mimic her other heads in Mog form. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Rex Kimaris]] |
| 114 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rex_sd.png]] |
| 115 | ->''"I find these truths to be self-SHREVIDENT!"'' |
| 116 | |
| 117 | Rex Kimaris is a Manticore born and raised in the Den Castle by Queen Verrine. Despite being a princess she acts very informal, referring to others with phrases like "dude", and doesn't seem to take part in any sort of royal duties |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * TheBusCameBack: Rejoins the party shortly before the PointOfNoReturn [[spoiler:since the party is heading to the Den to save her father. Subverted after the party rescues Klein, where she runs off to find her dad and ends up sitting out the final battle because she's too nervous to fight Queen Han in his body, and double subverted in Queen Han's final form, where she reappears along with every previous party member]]. |
| 120 | * CuteLittleFangs: In human form, she has these on display in almost all of her portraits. |
| 121 | * DanceBattler: Her skills menu is labelled "Dance!", and she's knonwn to enjoy breakdancing. |
| 122 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: TheBard, she's the fastest party member and her Dance! skills are musically themed buffs and support moves, but she doesn't hit particularly hard and can go down fast. |
| 123 | * FragileSpeedster: The fastest party member and integrated into her characterization, as she's known for being agile and hasty to do everything. |
| 124 | * GoodParents: [[spoiler:She ''wants'' to believe Caesar and Han are these, but she has no idea who her father ''truly'' is or if one is holding the other back.]] |
| 125 | * IronicName: "Rex" is Latin for "King", but Rex herself is super disinterested in the throne. |
| 126 | * JiveTurkey: Uses a lot of surfer/skater slang, some of it really outdated, though it's partially an affectation that she drops when the plot gets more serious. Lampshaded [[spoiler:when the party reaches her room in the Den Castle]], where it's shown she picked it up from reading crates of 200 year old magazines. |
| 127 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/super-power-shock Super Power Shock]], [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/royal-family Royal Family]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/4-4-beat-stinger 4/4 Beat Stinger]]. |
| 128 | * OurManticoresAreSpinier: Her Mogwai species is a Manticore, although she and her father (and presumably other Manticores) can stand on their hind legs. |
| 129 | * RaisedAsAHost: [[spoiler:Theorized to be this by Nyx, who believes Queen Verrine may be bringing her up just to have a new body once Caesar passes..]] |
| 130 | * RebelliousPrincess: She's pretty rowdy for a daughter of a king and queen. There's some supplemental info in her Wukong cards and one of her weapons being the "Crownsmasher" that indicates she is actually an anti-monarchist, but [[spoiler:because Queen Han abdicates the throne in the True Ending]], it doesn't come up in game. |
| 131 | * ShockAndAwe: A Volt-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 132 | * StepfordSmiler: The composer notes for her theme even note that it sounds superficially upbeat, but is rather somber underneath, much like Rex herself [[spoiler:who's deeply worried about the safety of her Dad, and afraid she won't get the chance to know him without the Queen possessing his body]]. |
| 133 | * TomboyPrincess: In either of her forms, she doesn't look like a princess, and doesn't act much like one either. |
| 134 | * TomboyishName: Rex is a name you'd expect a male character to have. In fact, [[spoiler:talking to Caesar after the True Ending reveals that it's short for Rexford, which still doesn't sound very feminine]]. |
| 135 | * WildHair: Has enormous hair in her human form, which is actually MorphicResonance from her mane in her Mogwai form, and NPC comments indicate her mane is still pretty small since she's still growing. |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Chip Morax]] |
| 139 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chip_sd.png]] |
| 140 | [[quoteright:200: Her mog form [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chip_m_sd.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | ->''"When's breaktis...?"'' |
| 143 | |
| 144 | Chip Morax is an Earth-element Minotaur Mogwai from the Den and is Blitz's older sister. Pacted to Ann Galliard, she has a passion for documenting all the Mogwai in Outset. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * DishingOutDirt: An Earth-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 148 | * DualWielding: Wields two hand axes. |
| 149 | * EyesOutOfSight: Her eyes are hidden by her hair in both of her forms. |
| 150 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: A physical variant on TheRedMage; she can deal a lot of damage with her Chapters abilities which cover multiple affinities, but she doesn't handle multiple enemies well. |
| 151 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: She's stubborn and determined to get her book back, [[spoiler:but when she finds out that it was a Reaper that stole it, she decides to leave the party since not only are Ice-affinity Mogs more dangerous for her, but Reapers are able to reach into Cores and can even kill Mogs by doing so]]. |
| 152 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/indecisive-and-stubborn Indecisive and Stubborn]], [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/decisive-but-still-stubborn Decisive but Still Stubborn]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/mountain-minotaur-city-bull Mountain Minotaur, City Bull]] which she shares with her brother Blitz. |
| 153 | * Really700YearsOld: She's the oldest party member, being old enough to remember the last Human-Mog war, though she didn't serve in it like some of the older [=NPC=] Mogs. |
| 154 | * TheUnfought: Downplayed as you don't actually fight against Chip herself, but can still fight against other versions of her during various enemy rushes, including [[spoiler:a memory version of her in the Hall of Exodus, and another in the Artificial Core]]. |
| 155 | * WhenSheSmiles: She has a rather cute smile when she finally gets her registry back. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Luca Stolas]] |
| 159 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luca_sd.png]] |
| 160 | ->''"In a perfect world, the geek gets the girl."'' |
| 161 | |
| 162 | Luca Stolas is a Gyochu Mogwai from the Den. She runs shady medical practices and experimental treatments on Mogwai. Lives with Patch Godunov in Otecho. |
| 163 | ---- |
| 164 | * CreepyGood: Is kind of unnerving to most people, has done shady stuff in the past, and does dubiously ethical medical experiments, but is genuinely on the side of the heroes. |
| 165 | * TheGadfly: She loves messing with people. The first thing Eve and the gang have to do for her is catch her some chicken Mogwai... which she lets out of the bathroom window. |
| 166 | * ExpressiveHair: She has a strand of hair that moves around depending on her expressions. |
| 167 | * ExtremeOmnivore: She's noted to enjoy drinking things ranging from laundry detergent to batteries. |
| 168 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: [[MadScientist The Alchemist]], her Brew abilties give her a wide array of moves that inflict negative statuses themed around medical procedures and multiple moves that deal decent damage to all foes, but she is the absolute slowest party member and frail. |
| 169 | * LastNameBasis: Often refers to people by their surnames. Klein is the only one who does so to her in return. |
| 170 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/petite-apothecary Petite Apothecary]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-writhing-mess A Writhing Mess]]. |
| 171 | * LifeDrain: One of the skills she can obtain drains the pulse from an enemy and heals her. |
| 172 | * MorphicResonance: Her thick NerdGlasses are based on her eyes in her Mog form. |
| 173 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Selling poison to Klein and being indirectly responsible for everything that happened afterwards saddled her with an immense amount of guilt, to the point where she considered suicide, but pacting with Patch helped her overcome that.]] |
| 174 | * NerdGlasses: Her eyes are near constantly obscured by her glasses, and her only portrait sprite that shows one eye also has her sporting a SlasherSmile. |
| 175 | * PoisonousPerson: A Toxin-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 176 | * SeeTheInvisible: Her field ability allows her to see pheromone trails, which mark hidden pathways. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Io Haborym]] |
| 180 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/io_sd.png]] |
| 181 | ->''"If anyone bothers you: Stab, stab, cut."'' |
| 182 | |
| 183 | Io Haborym is a Wisp Mogwai from the Den. She was once an Ice element Mogwai, but after a procedure with Luca, she shifted to Fire as her new element in hopes of being better than other Wisps. |
| 184 | |
| 185 | ---- |
| 186 | * AttackReflector: One of her moves not only nullifies damage done to her by enemies, but also relfects it back at them. |
| 187 | * {{BFS}}: She fights with a huge black sword that's half as tall as she is. |
| 188 | * BloodKnight: She likes to fight a lot, and even had her affinity changed to Fire so she could beat up other Wisps. |
| 189 | * CuteBruiser: She wears pink and looks fairly cute, but she also enjoys fighting with a huge sword and fire abilities. She even says at one point that she needs to look cute to fight. |
| 190 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: [[MasterSwordsman The Samurai]], she can deal a lot of physical damage with her Bladework abilities including a counter attack that nullifies and reflects magic damage, and a taunt, but she takes time to set up and isn't great at dealing with multiple targets. |
| 191 | * HeroesPreferSwords: She's certainly happy her weapon is a sword, since it suits a hero like herself. Her field move even has her swinging it around to chop plants and ice. |
| 192 | * HeroicWannabe: Has an obsession with fairy tales and wants to be a great hero to protect people and prove Wisps aren't just sad weak Mogs. |
| 193 | * HotBlooded: As a Fire affinity Mog and a wannabe hero as well, she's pretty quick to emotions and dramatic statements, even by Mog standards. |
| 194 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/foolish-fire Foolish Fire]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/hotheaded-heroine Hotheaded Heroine]]. |
| 195 | * PlayingWithFire: Is a Fire-affinity Mogwai, unlike most Wisps who are AnIcePerson, due to a procedure Luca Stolas did. |
| 196 | * ShipTease: After Nyx's HeelFaceTurn, she bonds with her over their shared history of being Wisps, and they are seen together throughout the credits and in one post-game area. When Io is spoken to in the post-game, she even asks Eve to bring her along with Nyx some time. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Pike Crocell]] |
| 200 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pike_m_sd.png]] |
| 201 | [[quoteright:200: Her human form [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pike_sd.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | ->''"Don't grab on so tightly like that!"'' |
| 204 | |
| 205 | Pike Crocell is an off-coloured Sahuagin who hatched in the Outset. She's a member of the Terror Trio, acting as their main informant, working alongside Wake and Skip who serve under General Yorshk. |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * BerserkButton: She has a bit of a chip on her shoulder about Den Mogs looking down on her for being born in the Outset, [[spoiler:which is what provokes her into a fight with the party after Chip eggs her on]]. |
| 208 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: The second time she's defeated, she gives some helpful advice to Eve and the party about the person they're looking for, and Eve even tells her she's her favourite of the Terror Trio. The next time she's encountered, she ends up siding with the party. |
| 209 | * FacialMarkings: Has white pointed marks on her face in her human form. |
| 210 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: The {{Pirate}}, she has good defensive stats without sacrificing offense and her Frenzy abilities offer a decent variety of skills, but she doesn't excel at anything and has the lowest Beat stat out of the party. |
| 211 | * FictionalDisability: More of a misunderstood condition like albinism than disability, but her yellow color is very rare amongst Sahuagin, and she gets mocked for it at several points. |
| 212 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Skip and Wake are constantly [[MaliciousMisnaming calling her "Pichael"]], blaming her for their failures, and making fun of her, not helped when they discover that she has a human Conjurer. [[spoiler:They later apologise after Nyx attacks them and steals a large piece of Skip's core, and Pike later brings them back to Bowfort, where they are shown to be getting along better]]. |
| 213 | * HarpoonGun: She uses this to fight with in her human form; she can also make rope bridges with it wherever there are hooks. |
| 214 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:She gets fed up with Wake and Skip blaming her for their failures while she focused on retrieving Nyx above all else, plus they find out about and threaten her Conjurer, leading to her siding with Eve and her party.]] |
| 215 | * HumanDisguise: Averted, unlike most pacted Mogs, as she seems to prefer being in her Mog form when her human form isn't necessary. Bowfort locals mention being a little freaked out to see a giant shark working on Belle's farm, but have gotten used to it. |
| 216 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/laughter-is-the-best-medicine Laughter Is The Best Medicine]], [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/walk-the-proverbial-plank The Proverbial Plank]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/underwater-militia Underwater Militia]], sharing the latter two with the other members of the Terror Trio. |
| 217 | * MakingASplash: A Water-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 218 | * NotSoAboveItAll: She usually keeps her cool and tries to focus on her missions, but attacks the party when Chip provokes her, and later has a moment of CutenessProximity over Jazz in Tindalos. Additionally, her Wukong Trading Card lists her hobby as "Claw machine", and one of the pictures in the credits shows her with several plush toys and tickets that she apparently won from playing with one. |
| 219 | * PunchClockVillain: As a member of the Terror Trio, she's not really even a jerk, just working with them as an informant about the Outset. [[spoiler:Also very literal, as she works with them to get extra money to support Belle.]] |
| 220 | * RecurringBoss: She is first fought by herself, then along with Skip later on. Other versions of her can be fought during enemy rushes including [[spoiler:a memory version of her in the Hall of Exodus, and another in the Artificial Core]]. |
| 221 | * SharkMan: She's a Sahuagin, a shark-like being with limbs that allow them to walk on land. |
| 222 | * ShipTease: Has this with Belle and Silk: |
| 223 | ** There's an optional conversation where it's implied that she kisses Belle goodnight, and another where Io refers to Belle as Pike's girlfriend, which the latter doesn't deny. |
| 224 | ** Silk mentions wanting to move to Bowfort specifically because of the Sahuagin that lives there, and in the bonus game that comes with the OST the two are implied to be on a date. [[spoiler:The player character of said game is also hinted to be their KidFromTheFuture]]. |
| 225 | * ShownTheirWork: Her coloration is based on lemon sharks and blacktip reef sharks, two species known for being non-aggressive and shy. |
| 226 | * StraightMan: She's pretty straitlaced, and very focused on getting her mission done, but gets easily flustered by the antics of her friends or especially the teasing of Belle. |
| 227 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Out of the Terror Trio, she's the nicest, only doing what she's been ordered to (and apologising for it if you take her to see your previous allies) and not having a hatred towards humans like the others do [[spoiler:(although they warm up to them later)]] and even forming a pact with Belle after sympathising with her family's split. |
| 228 | * TokenHeroicOrc: Sahuagin are known for being rather vicious and mean, making Pike, the studious kind-hearted farmer a bit of an outlier. She's even nearsighted! |
| 229 | * {{Tsundere}}: A bit distant and harsh to her friends sometimes, but very sweet to people she's close to, especially Belle's livestock, even having a habit of kissing them ([[ShipTease and Belle]]) before bed to help them sleep better. She also has a habit of buying lots of gifts for Belle. |
| 230 | * VitriolicBestBuds: She really is friends with Wake and Skip, but hunting down the elusive fugitive has made them more Vitriolic than Buds. [[spoiler:After they make a HeelFaceTurn, they drop the Vitriolic for more playful bickering, and they end up staying with Pike and Belle]]. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder:Nyx Ronove]] |
| 234 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nyx_sd.png]] |
| 235 | ->''"I'll w-w-wait f-for you, even if it's f-forever."'' |
| 236 | |
| 237 | Nyx Ronove is a strange wanderer that the party first meets in Corona Woods. It's eventually revealed that Nyx is an escaped convict from the Den, who's been going around attacking Mogwai for shards for an unknown purpose. |
| 238 | ---- |
| 239 | * AnIcePerson: An Ice-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 240 | * BadassCape: Partially; her Mog form as part of various boss rushes has an impressive cape based off her jacket in human form, but she's never shown wearing it in her Mog form outside of those battles. |
| 241 | * ChekhovsGunman: Appears several times before the party without being identified, usually not long before they meet a Mog who's had their Core stolen from. |
| 242 | * TheDreaded: Strong enough to take down any Mog in her path, while still unpacted. Chip and Luca immediately give up their attempts to get revenge the moment they find out that she's a Reaper as well. |
| 243 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: As a Reaper, she's similar to a BlackKnight, with her Reap abilities having a lot of chances to inflict very useful negative statuses while also dealing a lot of damage, but she's very slow. |
| 244 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler:It's implied that being imprisoned for about 200 years with no one to talk to her left her very broken, and is what caused her to turn into a Reaper]]. |
| 245 | * GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:She was never truly an antagonist despite stealing Core shards from other Mogs, just desperate to save her friend Caesar from the Queen. She agrees to try saving him another way when Klein convinces her that stealing Core shards laden with negative emotions would be a worse option compared to asking for them from friends]]. |
| 246 | * HumanDisguise: She's one of the few Mogs to take advantage of her human form for not drawing attention, as most people in the Outset just assume she's a shy Snowverian due to her blue hair, blending in to the point where even her old friend Klein doesn't recognize her. [[spoiler:It also breaks down almost immediately when she's actually in Snowver, as she doesn't speak Snowverian and they're able to scent out Mogs in human form easily.]] |
| 247 | * InvisibilityWithDrawbacks: Her field ability allows her to go invisible and dodge all enemy encounters, as well as speak to Specters inside of towns, but has a cooldown timer. |
| 248 | * JackOfAllStats: She's one of the best all around party members, with high offenses and defenses, and has very damaging moves with chances to inflict very useful statuses such as freezing, heartbreak, or even instant knock-out, with her only downsides being that she is slow and bad at handling Ice and Fire affinity Mogwai. |
| 249 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of her Wukong cards notes that she likes to practice playing the kalimba, which she learnt from Eve Xin. Her {{Leitmotif}} is primarily kalimba and the BossRemix features it as well. |
| 250 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/river-of-frozen-tears River of Frozen Tears]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/treasured-yellow-scarf-2 Treasured Yellow Scarf]]. |
| 251 | * TheLostLenore: Eve Xin is hers, and though Nyx doesn't give herself much time to grieve during the game [[spoiler:due to the urgency around trying to save Caesar]]; she starts spiraling into grief and wistfulness at times, and has to be reminded to stay focused. |
| 252 | * PlotAllergy: She's very allergic to cats, which includes Cat Siths. [[spoiler:When they were both pacted to Eve Xin, Klein always assumed her human form around Nyx, meaning she's genuinely shocked to find the Cat Sith she's encountered several times throughout the game had been Klein all along]] |
| 253 | * ShipTease: After she joins the party, she bonds with Io over their shared history of being Wisps, and they are seen together throughout the credits and in one post-game area. When Io is spoken to in the post-game, she even asks Eve to bring her along with Nyx some time. |
| 254 | * ShrinkingViolet: She's not good at dealing with people and is pretty shy. However, this has nothing to do with her stuttering, which is just a speech impediment. |
| 255 | * SinisterScythe: Fitting for a being called a Reaper, her weapon is a scythe. She uses it even ''before'' becoming a reaper. |
| 256 | * SoulPower: The reason Reapers are feared more than almost any other Mogwai is that they can reach into a Mogwai's Core. Nyx herself uses this to steal shards from Mogs [[spoiler:in the hopes of forming an Artificial Core to save Caesar's life]]. |
| 257 | * SpeechImpediment: Her constant stutter is actually this, and not from nerves. Eve Xin used sign language to communicate with her. |
| 258 | * TimeLimitBoss: With each turn on her boss battle, she counts down from thirteen; if she reaches zero before you defeat her, she'll unleash a TotalPartyKill. |
| 259 | * TragicKeepsake: Her yellow scarf [[spoiler:belonged to Eve Xin and is the only thing Nyx had to keep her company for decades of imprisonment]]. |
| 260 | * TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Wisps have the power to become Reapers when they undergo lots of trauma, and [[spoiler:the combination of the betrayal of her friend Klein, the loss of her Conjurer and love Eve Xin, and her imprisonment awakened that in her]]. |
| 261 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The reason she's been stealing Core pieces from Mogwai is so she can make an Artificial Core to help save Caesar from his DemonicPossession]]. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Kon Verrine]] |
| 265 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kon_sd.png]] |
| 266 | ->''"I hope you kept the receipt for that ring."'' |
| 267 | |
| 268 | Kon Verrine is a Dragon from Snowver. Her egg was spawned in the Den, but was taken to Outset, where it was hatched. She is pacted to Rain Sicilienne |
| 269 | ---- |
| 270 | * AnchoredShip: Beneath her shameless flirting with Eve, comments in Kon's Wukong cards indicate she has a real infatuation with her, keeping a candle burning for her even though [[spoiler:she recognizes she doesn't stand a chance compared to Klein's deep bond with her, which ironically isn't romantic]]. |
| 271 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: She looks like she could pass as a man, and even calls herself handsome at one point. |
| 272 | * BlowYouAway: A Wind-Affinity Mogwai. |
| 273 | * CasanovaWannabe: Hits relentlessly on almost every woman around her, with a special place for Eve, but is usually rejected outright. [[spoiler:She does end up toning it down after Klein is kidnapped and Eve is distraught, where it becomes light teasing and reassurance.]] |
| 274 | * DeadpanSnarker: When she's not flirting with every cute girl, she's often cracking jokes about the party's situation. |
| 275 | -->'''Yorshk''': "You trust the humans over your own kind? Are you blind?" |
| 276 | -->'''Kon''': "Well I do need prescription glasses." |
| 277 | %% This dialogue is from the final Yorshk fight just before the final boss, need to check the exact quote. |
| 278 | * EarlyBirdCameo: She and Rain are first seen having a conversation in Snoverian on Route 182, long before you actually learn who they are. |
| 279 | * EleventhHourRanger: Only joins the party after they pass the PointOfNoReturn [[spoiler:and enter the Den]]. |
| 280 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: Despite her use of bows, she's more of a BlackMage, with great offensive stats coupled with a good variety in magic-based Chivalry abilities, but her status moves are rather weak and she's on the frailer side. She makes up for it by having a powerful LifeDrain ability that hits all enemies though. |
| 281 | * GratuitousFrench: She occasionally uses French words and phrases in her dialogue, having grown up in Snowver. |
| 282 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She flirts with Eve and sees Klein as a romantic rival, but when the latter goes missing and Eve gets upset about it, she does her best to assure her that it will be alright, and that they'll find her soon. |
| 283 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/mogster-hunter Mogster Hunter]] and the BossRemix, [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/hunting-in-style-2 Hunting in Style]]. |
| 284 | * LifeDrain: One of her moves has her draining the Pulse of all the enemies and using it to heal herself. |
| 285 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: She has no idea about almost anything going on in the plot or [[spoiler:her history, and gets extremely upset with her Conjurer when she finds out that Rain has been concealing the fact that the Snowverians killed her father]]. |
| 286 | * StepfordSmiler: Her flirtatious and cocky exterior covers up some deeply rooted self-worth issues and insecurities due to being raised as the only Mog in a town that slaughters Mogwai regularly, and never being respected or appreciated by anyone other than Rain. |
| 287 | %%* TheUnfought: Played with; while you do fight her in her human form at least once, you don't get to fight her in her Mog form unlike most of your party members. |
| 288 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: One of the few Mogs to avert Really700YearsOld; she's younger even than Eve, but a Mog's fast maturation and her propensity for flirting with every cute girl she sees makes her seem older. |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | ! Allies |
| 292 | %%!! Sunwich |
| 293 | %%[[folder: Grandpa Liang Staccato]] |
| 294 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | !!Corona Woods |
| 297 | [[folder: Choi Yumisun]] |
| 298 | An old Conjurer living in the Corona Woods, who tasks Eve with destroying the Red Eyed Clusters terrorizing the Outset. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * GuestStarPartyMember: If you visit her during the Cluster attack, she can temporarily join the party for a fight against an influenced Zheng. |
| 301 | * HeroesPreferSwords: Her old weapon used to be a sword, but due to her age, she hasn't used it as a weapon in a decade. |
| 302 | * RetiredBadass: She used to be a good fighter when she was younger, and can even join you for an optional battle at one point. However, she acknowledges that she's too old to fight against all the Red Eyed Clusters, and asks Eve to do it instead. |
| 303 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Having the Bagua Mirror that Queen Verrine gave to her old Conjurer and giving it to Eve was completely unanticipated by Verrine.]] |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder: Zheng Dantalion]] |
| 307 | An Earth-affinity Tesso pacted to Choi, and Fang's younger sister. She was the first caretaker of Mott and can advise Eve about how to care for them. |
| 308 | ---- |
| 309 | * DishingOutDirt: Earth affinity, and fond of mining, to the point where the gnomes in Chumburg kicked her out of Solburg Tunnel for mining too much ore. |
| 310 | * HumanDisguise: Averted, since she prefers being in her Mogwai form, mainly to ride around on Choi's shoulder. In the post-game, she turns into her human form because Choi's hearing is worsening with her age and she's too small and quiet for her to hear properly in her Mog form. |
| 311 | * OptionalBoss: Can be fought during the Red-Eyed Cluster outbreak, but isn't required for completion of the game. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder: Fang Dantalion]] |
| 315 | A Flora-affinity Tesso pacted to Choi, and Zheng's older sister. She's collecting fish from the Outset to raise for her twelve wives and hordes of children back in the Den and rewards Eve for each new species she finds. |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * GreenThumb: Flora affinity, and a farmer back in the Den. |
| 318 | * GuestStarPartyMember: If you visit her during the Cluster attack, she temporarily joins you to fight against an influenced Zheng. |
| 319 | * {{Polyamory}}: Proudly and frequently talks about her twelve wives and many children, and has her dislike listed as her one ex-wife. |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | !! Solburg |
| 323 | [[folder: June Sanjo]] |
| 324 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/june_sd.png]] |
| 325 | ->''"Hashtag: TOO MUCH."'' |
| 326 | |
| 327 | June Sanjo is the Conjurer of Solburg. Eve first meets her in Corona Woods attempting to take photographs of feral Mogwai. She doesn't become a Conjurer until after Eve defeats Troz. |
| 328 | ---- |
| 329 | * AffectionateParody: Of the Professor characters from ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'', as she's misinformed about basic facts about Mogs, like the fact that their Conjurers don't name them, and her title as a world famous Mog researcher is self-proclaimed. However, she does genuinely seem to be a good photographer and even Klein admits she has to have guts to get up close and personal with feral Mogs without any Mogwai of her own. |
| 330 | * CutenessProximity: Get her around a cute Mog, especially a cute Mog girl in her human form, and she's a squealing mess. |
| 331 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/undeveloped-film Undeveloped Film]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | !!Aeros |
| 335 | [[folder: Ann Galliard]] |
| 336 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ann_sd.png]] |
| 337 | ->''"Put it back, I'm not buying that for you!"'' |
| 338 | |
| 339 | Ann Galliard is the Conjurer of Aeros, alongside her younger brother Rick. She's first encountered bumping into Troz while attempting to run back to work from home. Ann is June's older cousin. |
| 340 | ---- |
| 341 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Used to go to a lot of parties and drink a lot, but after pacting with Chip and her brother pacting with Blitz, and getting promoted at work to help support them, she's toned it down a lot, though she still enjoys her liquor. |
| 342 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/high-heels-tall-shots High Heels, Tall Shots]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder: Blitz Morax]] |
| 346 | * BigLittleBrother: Chip's "baby brother" Blitz is a head taller than her. He's even bigger than her when they're both in their Mog forms. |
| 347 | * GuestStarPartyMember: He temporarily joins the party when you look for Chip after she goes missing for the second time, and leaves after returning home. Since his phase is Yang rather than Yin, he can't be controlled by the player, instead fighting by himself. He can temporarily join again for an optional battle during the Cluster attack. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | %%[[folder: Rick Galliard]] |
| 351 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | !! The Sand Bar |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[folder: Sand Bar Museum]] |
| 356 | A museum run by four Mogs in the Sand Bar devoted to compiling fish and records. |
| 357 | * Nile Foras is a Shadow-affinity Cetus who claims to have been a Conjurer a long time ago, and runs the front desk. |
| 358 | * Ark Valic is a Water-affinity Isonade who tracks the fish Eve collects. |
| 359 | * Avisa "Avi" Alocer is a Light-affinity Ikaroa who tracks the "Cheevos" Eve's completed. |
| 360 | * Tate Astaroth is a Toxin-affinity Bakunawa who doesn't work at the Museum with the rest of her friends, working on a special project in another location. |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | * AcePilot: Toyed with. As an Ikaroa, piloting is part of Avi's blood, but she's pretty rusty at the time of the story and other characters are less than impressed even at her prime compared to characters like Vice. |
| 363 | * BabiesEverAfter: In the bonus game that comes with the soundtrack, it's shown that Ark and Nile now have an egg. |
| 364 | * ChekhovsGunman: Minor characters in the story itself, [[spoiler:but the final fishing quest reveals they're intimately tied into the history and preservation of Mogs and Humans on Solum]]. |
| 365 | * CulturedBadass: Ark has a hobby of painting and is quite good at it, but is also a decorated veteran of the war and can still kick ass when need be. |
| 366 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Nile is a Shadow-affinity. |
| 367 | * FishPeople: All of them qualify in some way, although Ark leans more towards SharkMan. |
| 368 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Tate replaces Eve's party members whenever she visits, but can't be permanently recruited. |
| 369 | * HappilyMarried: Ark and Nile are very happily married. |
| 370 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: They've had plenty of their own adventures, but take a backseat in the story of the game itself. |
| 371 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Nile was one of the first Conjurers hundreds of years ago, and reincarnated as a Mogwai after her death, and the others were once experiments of Humans. Not only that but they're working to collect fish to have a backup plan to terraform another planet if need be]]. |
| 372 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: All of them have pretty odd weapons in their human forms. Ark uses an [[AnchorsAway anchor]], Nile uses a crystal ball, Tate uses a giant syringe, and Avi uses an ''[[ParasolOfPain umbrella]]''. |
| 373 | * LastOfHerKind: Avi is the only known Ikaroa [[spoiler:as well as being the only Mog known who didn't originally come from Solum]]. |
| 374 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Even by Mog standards, they've been around a while, and Ark often jokes that she's old and set in her ways, despite looking like a young woman. [[spoiler:Ironically, Nile, who has a visually more mature design than the others, is the youngest, though that's because they waited for her to reincarnate.]] |
| 375 | * OptionalBoss: Minus Tate, they can be fought during the Red-Eyed Cluster outbreak. Tate joins them in the post-game Kuji Inn BossRush. |
| 376 | * {{Seers}}: Nile can see the future to a limited extent, but she's not infallible. |
| 377 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Unlike most other Mogs, Avi was deeply affected by what she saw during the war and still deals with trauma according to peripheral comments. |
| 378 | * SpaceIsAnOcean: A design influence on them, with all their Mog forms being aquatic in theme [[spoiler:while they're all intricately linked to space; Nile and Ark's mog forms even allude to [[SpaceWhale space whale imagery]].]] |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | !!Otecho |
| 382 | [[folder:Patch Godunov]] |
| 383 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patch_sd.png]] |
| 384 | ->''"I'm pitchy now? See me during pilot season."'' |
| 385 | |
| 386 | Patch Godunov is the Conjurer of Otecho and the sole member of the punk rock band [=Blinking4Soup=]. She's first seen busking on the streets surrounded by a myriad of dedicated fans. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * CannotSpitItOut: By the later stages of the game and the post-game, she has a bit of a crush on Eve, but is waiting for Eve to be less busy so they can see how things go. She even gives Eve an AbortedDeclarationOfLove via text after Eve crosses the PointOfNoReturn. |
| 389 | * EyesOutOfSight: She has messy white hair that covers her eyes. |
| 390 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/no-respect-for-sellouts No Respect For Sellouts]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 391 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: A downplayed version serving more mentally than physical, but her music is part of what led her Mogs to her, with Luca even saying that it helps quiet her insecurities and guilt. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder:Cache Monet]] |
| 395 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cache_sd.png]] |
| 396 | ->''"Cassettes only, no [=CDs=] お願いしまs."'' |
| 397 | |
| 398 | Cache Monet (Real name: Leigh Huluna) is a Conjurer from Otecho. She lives next door to Patch Godunov and is known to throw loud and outrageous parties. |
| 399 | ---- |
| 400 | * AllThereInTheManual: A Spectre clarifies that while she isn't seen with her Mog often, she's actually pacted with Ven, having bonded over fog machines of all things. Her real name is also displayed in the almanac and one of her trading cards. |
| 401 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/lofi-hip-hop-beats lofi hip hop beats]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 402 | * PunnyName: Her name sounds like "Cash money." It's just a stage name, though. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | !!Tindalos |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder: The Squatchstack]] |
| 408 | A trio of sheep Mogwai who operate the Sheepsquatch Sleeping Sacks found around Solum, as well as caring for some very strange "puppies". |
| 409 | * Jazz Balaam is a Light-affinity Sheepsquatch who is the leader of the trio. |
| 410 | * Heide Asmodai is a Fire-affinity Ao Ao who is the strongest of the trio and often does labor around the farm. |
| 411 | * Jake Marthim is an Earth-affinity Sheepsquatch who cares the most about their "puppies". |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | * BishonenLine: Some of the few Mogs who're unpacted but able to take on human form, Jazz only barely so though. |
| 414 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Jake's weapon is a large bell on the end of a pole. |
| 415 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/cotton-based-dreamland Cotton-based Dreamland]] is used for all three, with the BossRemix [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/of-pups-and-sheep Of Pups and Sheep]]. |
| 416 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: They all bicker with each other a lot, but get along really well in the end, and aside from Heide's unrequited crush on Jazz, none are romantically involved with each other. |
| 417 | * OptionalBoss: Can be fought during the Red-Eyed Cluster outbreak, but are not mandatory to complete the game. They can be fought in their human forms during the Kuji Inn challenge in the post-game. |
| 418 | * ShearMenace: Jazz's weapon is a pair of shears. |
| 419 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Heide always speaks about herself in third person. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | !!Harbei |
| 423 | [[folder:Rebecca "Beck" Ondo]] |
| 424 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beck_sd.png]] |
| 425 | ->''"Should I bring my inhaler for this?"'' |
| 426 | |
| 427 | Rebecca "Beck" Ondo is the Conjurer of Harbei. Eve first meets her at the Harbei Hospital where Luca and Chip interrogate her about her Mogwai's whereabouts. |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | * DelicateAndSickly: She suffers from heart problems, and has spent time in the hospital where doctors were unsure if she'd survive, but in the story proper is managing it well and doesn't suffer problems. |
| 430 | * DreamCrushingHandicap: Downplayed, but her heart problems seem to have ended a fledging sports career that she still takes a deal of pride in. |
| 431 | * KiManipulation: How she fights in the Kuji Inn BossRush, though it's also a DreamSequence. |
| 432 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/biceps-triceps-and-quads Biceps, Triceps, and Quads]] which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | %%!!Tiny Oni Island |
| 436 | %%[[folder: Chee]] |
| 437 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 438 | %%[[folder: Guru Mac]] |
| 439 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | !!Bowfort |
| 442 | [[folder:Belle Reed]] |
| 443 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_sd.png]] |
| 444 | ->''"I haven't the slightest doubt!"'' |
| 445 | |
| 446 | Belle Reed is the Conjurer of Bowfort, who works on her father's farm and is good with her hands. |
| 447 | ---- |
| 448 | * ChekhovsGunman: She's first seen at the docks in Aeros and then again in Otecho and the entrance to Cirruwa, not giving her name. Whenever Eve interacts with her, Belle will ecstatically talk to Eve about her theories about Conjuring and Mogwai. Later it's shown that she's actually following her Mogwai Pike around. |
| 449 | * TheGadfly: Loves to tease Pike all the time, though it's generally limited to her. |
| 450 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/rustic-ranch-story Rustic Ranch Story]] which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 451 | * StepfordSmiler: Her parents recently went through a messy divorce, and some comments from Bowfort locals indicate she hides some of the hurt from that poorly, though pacting with Pike cheered her up a lot. |
| 452 | * WrenchWench: Downplayed, but she's known around Bowfort for being good at repairing equipment, and "fixes" a boombox for Eve in one sidequest. |
| 453 | [[/folder]] |
| 454 | |
| 455 | !!Snowver |
| 456 | [[folder:Rain Sicilienne]] |
| 457 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rain_sd.png]] |
| 458 | ->''"Cool and bold. Precise and grand."'' |
| 459 | |
| 460 | Rain Sicilienne is the Conjurer of Snowver. She's first seen hunting a certain Mogwai around Route 182 before revealing her identity as a skilled Mogwai hunter from Snowver. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * DuelBoss: Not taking her previous defeat well, she challenges Eve to a one-on-one fight before the party can access the Den. |
| 463 | * EarlyBirdCameo: She and Kon are first seen in Route 182, talking to each other in Snowverian. It's easy to dismiss them as just ordinary bystanders at the time; the only hint that they're important characters is the fact that they have dialogue sprites. |
| 464 | * {{Foil}}: She has a lot of the same insecurities as Eve, but doesn't have the support of the friends and family around her like Eve does. |
| 465 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/hunt-o-hunter Hunt, O Hunter]] which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. Her battle theme [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/solo-hunting Solo Hunting]] is a remix of Kon's. |
| 466 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Due to the pressures of being Conjurer in Snowver and the recent passing of her mother, she's extremely emotionally dependent on Kon. |
| 467 | * LogicalWeakness: Is very upset to lose to Eve twice, including a solitary duel, until Kon points out that despite being a skilled hunter, she has very little experience fighting humans. |
| 468 | * ZeroEffortBoss: She fights Eve and Klein with Kon, and later Eve solo, but is very easy to defeat as she only ever primes counter attacks and boosts her defense. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | ! Merchants |
| 472 | |
| 473 | [[folder:Shep Seere]] |
| 474 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shep_m_sd.png]] |
| 475 | [[quoteright:200: Her human form [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shep.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | ->''"Is this tax-free? How much per pound?"'' |
| 478 | |
| 479 | Shep Seere is a Tanuki who moved to Outset after feeling as though it was an untapped market that The Den wasn't utilizing. She's also responsible for the Sewers that allow people to move around Outset quickly. |
| 480 | ---- |
| 481 | * ChekhovsGunman: Initially appears to be just a friendly Mogwai merchant, but bonds with Patch, pacting with her off-screen [[spoiler:and eventually ends up contributing the Flora core shard that Eve needs and joins the party in the post-game]]. |
| 482 | * FantasyCharacterClasses: [[NatureHero Nature Magician]], her Merch abilities offer a grab bag of defensive buffs and negative statuses, but she doesn't excel at dealing damage. |
| 483 | * GuestStarPartyMember: She only joins the party for one fight during the Red-Eyed Cluster outbreak, which can easily be missed, [[spoiler:until the TrueFinalBoss and post-game, where she becomes a full fledged party member]]. |
| 484 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Her shard in the Artificial Core reveals that she genuinely wishes she could be human, because she admires their optimism a lot compared to the bitter life she had in the Den.]] |
| 485 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Her weapon is a bag. |
| 486 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/yuanna-gimme-some-money Yuanna Gimme Some Money]] and the BossRemix [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/transformation-technique-no-42 Transformation Technique No. 42]]. |
| 487 | * PunnyName: "Shep" is a shortened form of "Shopkeep" which she's identified as before she gives her name as Eve and Klein. |
| 488 | * RecurringTraveller: She shows up in various places throughout the game to sell you items. |
| 489 | * {{Tanuki}}: A rare example of a female Tanuki, while she's good at shapeshifting and Klein warns Eve that she can't be trusted, Shep is never anything other than straight forward and honest with people around her, subverting the tropes commonly associated with them. Her weapon being [[ImprobableWeaponUser bags]] is also lampshaded by one of her skills being "Sack Tap: You know what this is. You know where this goes.". |
| 490 | * TheUnfought: With a twist. Her human form is fought in a few boss rushes along with other [=NPCs=] and party members, but her Mog form is never fought in any capacity, unlike other characters (mostly party members) who can be fought in both their Mog and human forms, and you don't fight against the real Shep. |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[folder: Huo and Xiu Wukong]] |
| 494 | Sisters who run a gambling business in Corona Woods. Huo sets up shop early in the game, while Xiu only joins her in the post-game, though their wayward brother has quit the family business and gone somewhere else. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * FlatCharacter: Huo is pretty much there to sell you tokens and that's about it. Xiu gets some more characterization but isn't very substantial either. |
| 497 | * GreenThumb: Xiu is a Flora-affinity Iwazaru. |
| 498 | * IceCreamKoan: Xiu has a tendency to mix these in with genuinely good advice. |
| 499 | * MetaGuy: Xiu pokes fun at some of the conventions of the game, saying they're all just data and that the card packs she gives Eve for completing sidequests don't exist until Eve finishes the quest, though in universe it's just treated as an IceCreamKoan. |
| 500 | * PlayingWithFire: Huo is a Fire-affinity Kikazaru. |
| 501 | * {{Sleepyhead}}: Xiu is narcoleptic, and spends most of her time sleeping. |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder: Ven Berith]] |
| 505 | An Ice affinity Jiuweihu who sets up shop in the Sewers and can perform weapon and item alchemy for the party. |
| 506 | ---- |
| 507 | * AllThereInTheManual: A Spectre clarifies that she's actually pacted to DJ Cache Monet, but she often goes off on her own. |
| 508 | * AnIcePerson: Ice-affinity. |
| 509 | * CloudCuckoolander: She's a little odd even amongst Mogs, and [[spoiler:makes Eve kidnap a Tiny Oni in the post-game before she'll hand over a Core shard]] because she was lonely. She even bonded with her Conjurer over fog machines of all things. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | [[folder: Big Sean, Dr. Brainy, and Coach Flexo]] |
| 513 | A trio of Raksasha Mogwai Brothers who set up residence in the Sewers and challenge the party. |
| 514 | ---- |
| 515 | * BossRush: Flexo's challenges function as huge enemy rushes before fighting copies of the protagonist Mogwai. In the Endurance Cup, he throws almost every single enemy in the game plus every protagonist at the party in a marathon battle. |
| 516 | * HumanResources: [[spoiler:Brainy's treatments actually come from the essences of dead Mogs, something that even the Den thought was extreme, though how they were obtained is left unstated]] |
| 517 | [[/folder]] |
| 518 | |
| 519 | [[folder: Ives Furcifer]] |
| 520 | A lonely Qilin who lives in a cottage in Cirruwa Woods that belonged to her previous Conjurer. She can alchemize DNA for Mott and also sells food to boost their stats. |
| 521 | ---- |
| 522 | * AnIcePerson: An Ice-affinity. |
| 523 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Has a pretty bad crush on Quinn, viewing herself as a romantic rival to Frey. But Quinn doesn't view Ives like that, and she eventually admits defeat, though not without still being very protective]]. |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[/folder]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | ! Antagonists |
| 528 | [[folder: Wake Forneus]] |
| 529 | A Toxin Kraken from the Den who's pursuing Rex along a mysterious fugitive, as leader of the Terror Trio. |
| 530 | ---- |
| 531 | * BabiesEverAfter: In the ending and post-game, it's shown that she and Skip have spawned an egg together. |
| 532 | * BishonenLine: One of the few Den Mogs capable of assuming human form without being pacted. |
| 533 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Between her proclamations that her group should be referred to as the Terror Trio, talking like a pirate, and continually messing up Pike's name, she seems like a bit of a blowhard, but she's genuinely got quite the reputation in story and can back it up when needed. |
| 534 | * EyeScream: She has scars over her right eye, having lost it in a fight with Ark. In her human form, this is covered by her hair. |
| 535 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The threat of losing Skip to Nyx if they continue to pursue her dissuades her from trying, trusting Eve's party to handle it for them.]] |
| 536 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:She gives up on pursuing Nyx in order to not risk Skip's life, even giving her a piece of her Core to make up for what Nyx stole, and starts a family with her, wanting to make sure their child has the happy life with loving parents that she never had.]] |
| 537 | * LastOfHerKind: She's the only known Kraken Mogwai in existence, as they're believed to be extinct. |
| 538 | * {{Pirate}}: Stylized as one, though ironically she's a Toxin-affinity, not a Water-affinity. |
| 539 | * PoisonousPerson: A Toxin affinity Mogwai, born from the poisoned waters around Middeluge. |
| 540 | * TalkLikeAPirate: The only member of the Terror Trio to do so. |
| 541 | * WakeUpCallBoss: The first fight she takes part in after [[spoiler:Pike's HeelFaceTurn]], in Cirruwa Forest, proves to be this, as she's fully capable of wiping an entire party out very quickly, forcing you to pay attention to her moves so you can be prepared; repeats of this fight in several BossRush challenges post-game up the ante by removing her charging periods. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder: Skip Carbia]] |
| 545 | An Ice-affinity Siren from the Den, who's a member of the Terror Trio. |
| 546 | ---- |
| 547 | * AlphaBitch: She's vindictive and petty, especially picking on Pike often. |
| 548 | * BabiesEverAfter: She and Wake are shown to have created an egg together in the ending. |
| 549 | * BishonenLine: One of the few Den Mogs capable of assuming human form without being pacted. |
| 550 | * TheChanteuse: She used to be one before the war, and is considering going back into it in the post-game. |
| 551 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Being attacked by Nyx and having to be saved by Wake makes her realize she doesn't want to die for someone as awful as Yorshk, and she and Wake decide to let Eve and Pike handle it.]] |
| 552 | * AnIcePerson: An Ice-affinity Mog. |
| 553 | * LadyOfWar: Despite being a singer before she was drafted, she's a decorated soldier who's risen to the rank of Major. |
| 554 | * ProngsOfPoseidon: In her human form, she uses a trident. |
| 555 | * SatelliteCharacter: She's only seen with Pike and Wake, mostly adding to their stories rather than having a distinct arc herself. |
| 556 | [[/folder]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[folder: Yorshk Voso]] |
| 559 | The leader behind the Terror Trio and the Red-Eyed Mog clusters, the Toxin affinity Kunekune is the Den General, second in authority only to Queen Verinne. For now. |
| 560 | ---- |
| 561 | * BadBoss: The Terror Trio fear getting punished by her if they keep failing, even if only one of them messed up, and a memory in the Hall of Exodus shows her harming them. Wake and Skip also suspect she was just using the trio as bait to make it easier to get to Nyx [[spoiler:since she was after Core pieces, and Yorshk likely didn't care about if they would survive having theirs taken or not as long as she got to catch her. She didn't even tell the trio that Nyx had become a Reaper]]. |
| 562 | * BishonenLine: One of the few Den Mogs capable of assuming a human form without being pacted. |
| 563 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted; in the post-game, when Eve [[spoiler:asks for a piece of her Core]], she fights the party ''again'', and only gives in when Eve threatens to [[PokeThePoodle keep bothering her]]. Eve still hopes that they can get along someday, though. |
| 564 | * EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:One of her tendrils can be see as early as outside of Choi's house just a few minutes into the game, several hours before the protagonists have any idea she's involved.]] |
| 565 | * TheHeavy: She's the one driving most of the plot, due to the Queen's instability and her own aspirations of claiming the throne. |
| 566 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: While she's certainly more dangerous than the Terror Trio, she initially seems to be in line with the rest of the game by being a bit goofy even if she's evil, and her Wukong card lists her likes, dislikes, and hobby as rather mundane things. [[spoiler:Then in Ending D, she brainwashes Klein and forces her to eat Eve alive.]] |
| 567 | * PoisonousPerson: Toxin affinity, and has the capability of dealing a huge array of status effects. It's also the reason why she was able to capture Klein so easily, since she's more vulnerable to Toxin as a Light Mog. |
| 568 | * RecurringBoss: She can be fought a total of four times. The first time is just Eve facing her alone in [[spoiler:Klein's Core]], the second time is if Eve and Kon decide to [[spoiler:look for Klein instead of going straight to the castle]], the third time is [[spoiler:after rescuing Klein and opening the way to the throne room]], and the fourth time is in the post-game [[spoiler:in order to get a piece of her Core to use against Peppy Jack]]. |
| 569 | * TheStarscream: Openly talks about one day her aspirations to one day replace the Queen. |
| 570 | * VillainsOutShopping: According to her Wukong Trading Card, she enjoys eating baked goods and looking after lawns. In the bonus game, she's seen having a conversation with Frey about gardening. |
| 571 | [[/folder]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[folder: Queen Han Verrine]] |
| 574 | The tyrannical Dragon in charge of the Den. |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * BigBad: She's the ultimate force behind Yorshk and the Terror Trio, and drives Nyx's actions. |
| 577 | * DemonicPossession: One of her abilities, and something she used to torment Caesar by hijacking his body out of spite, but gradually became dependent on, unable to exist without possessing someone. [[spoiler:Repeats the process on the party in various ways in two of the bad endings, but is stopped in the True Ending, with Eve offering the Artificial Core to stabilize her core so she doesn't need to possess someone anymore.]] |
| 578 | * GreenEyedMonster: Already feared by her subjects, she became an absolute tyrant after [[spoiler:her husband King Long cheated on her with Caesar, bound to a Conjurer and her own former General besides.]] |
| 579 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Queen Han had her own Conjurer, centuries ago. Said Conjurer turned out to be a deeply selfish woman who drew on Han's bond purely for energy and was talking of conquering Solum. That disastrous relationship left her with severe trust issues and a major hatred for humans, sparking most of the plot of the game.]] |
| 580 | * IronicEcho: In Ending B, she [[spoiler:engages in a Pact with Eve, echoing Nyx's pact with her (and June's pact with Troz at the beginning of the game) before possessing her and killing Nyx]]. |
| 581 | * {{Leitmotif}}: The opening section of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/absence-of-a-soul Absence of a Soul]] is used as her leitmotif, with no less than three [[BossRemix boss remixes]], [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/sharply-detached-note Sharply Detached Note]] which plays in Ending B [[spoiler:when she possesses Eve and fights the party]], and [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/han-so-sen Han So Sen]] and [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/solums-true-guardian Solum's True Guardian]] in her second and third forms in the True Ending. |
| 582 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Well, possess the hypotenuse, but you get the idea.]] |
| 583 | * MorphicResonance: In the True Ending route, she [[spoiler:mimics every Mogwai party member in succession, with each form having variations on her blue robes instead of their normal outfit as well as her horns]]. |
| 584 | * NonElemental: One of the only Mogs to have this attribute, [[spoiler:due to her former Conjurer draining her elemental affinity from her, which was previously Wind]]. |
| 585 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Her final form, referred to as a "True Solum" form, is far more monstrous than any other Mog, and far more powerful than her Human form.]] |
| 586 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: Though she's behind the actions of the other antagonists, she doesn't really do anything for most of the game, and is only seen at the very end. [[spoiler:There's a good reason for that: Caesar's body was severely weakened by the death of Eve Xin and the loss of his Conjurer pact, meaning that she can barely hold herself together. Han herself also expects someone to come and attempt to overthrow her, and planned to possess them to replace Caesar; she's only stopped because Eve has the Bagua Mirror that Han originally gave to her former Conjurer, [[SpannerInTheWorks something that was completely unanticipated by Han.]]]] |
| 587 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:After being abandoned by her husband Long, the egg Long had with Caesar would eventually hatch and be adopted by Han. Rex herself seems to have a complicated relationship with the Queen however, and Nyx speculates Han only raised her to have another body to possess after Caesar's death.]] |
| 588 | * WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Her husband having an affair with a pacted Mog was the kicker for what would begin Queen Han's second war on humans.]] |
| 589 | [[/folder]] |
| 590 | |
| 591 | [[folder: Peppy Jack]] |
| 592 | The strongest Tiny Oni, who developed bad vibes after a tragic incident and was sealed away in a cave on Tiny Oni Island. |
| 593 | ---- |
| 594 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: He's may be as goofy as any other Tiny Oni, but he's also the most difficult boss in the game. |
| 595 | * CloudCuckoolander: When the party finally faces him, he reveals his tragic backstory... [[spoiler:that a plate of microwavable spaghetti exploded and he lost an eye and his two brothers. Who show up after he's beaten having been fine the whole time and also point out that his eyepatch came from a gift shop and he just thought it was cool]]. |
| 596 | * EasyLevelTrick: Unlike other challenges in the game which are [[BossRush marathons against many opponents]] or the TrueFinalBoss Queen Han [[spoiler:restricting party members]], he's a straight forward boss who just hits really hard and has a lot of health. Consequently, he is extremely vulnerable to status moves, especially freeze from Nyx or Mott's Tiny Nyx transformation, which allow for free hits. He can also have his attack constantly lowered so his attacks aren't one-hit kills. |
| 597 | * NonElemental: One of the few Mogs to not have a specific affinity. |
| 598 | * OptionalBoss: Of the Superboss variety, he's one of the final challenges in the game and requires a lengthy post-game sidequest to access on top of being deep within the most difficult dungeon in the game. |
| 599 | [[/folder]] |
| 600 | |
| 601 | ! Other Characters |
| 602 | |
| 603 | [[folder: Eve Xin]] |
| 604 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eve_xin.png]] |
| 605 | -> '''Klein''': ''"An extremely talented Conjurer that made every Mogwai in the Den whisper in awe."'' |
| 606 | Eve Stacatto's great-grandmother, and the last Ambassador between Humans and Mogwai, until something terrible happened that changed her life. |
| 607 | ---- |
| 608 | * BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Losing Nyx, her partner, as well as her dear friend Caesar, due to Klein's betrayal and subsequently breaking her pact and running off completely broke her. While she still seems to have been a good mother to her son Liang, it's obvious she was never truly happy ever again.]] |
| 609 | * TheChosenOne: She was an exceptionally rare Wuji Conjurer, which let her Pact with Yang Mogwai as well as Yin Mogwai and maintained three pacts when most Conjurers can only manage two. Her second pacted Mogwai was even a former Den General. [[spoiler:Tragically subverted, as her Wuji phase also means she lived for over 200 years, many of them miserable, and cannot reincarnate as a Mogwai in the future, unlike other Conjurers.]] |
| 610 | * MeaningfulName: Twofold. Her first name [[spoiler:fits for a woman led astray by trusting someone and having her life destroyed because of it]], while her surname, Xin [[spoiler:is a backwards alternate spelling of Nyx, her first Mogwai and the only person Eve ever loved]]. |
| 611 | * {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:She seems to have been in a relationship with all three of her Mogs - at the very least, all three of them loved her.]] It's implied that her stated "Wuji alignment" represents polyamory, bisexuality, or both. |
| 612 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:Her death a year prior to the story led to Caesar's health destabilizing from losing his Conjurer and the subsequent chaos of Queen Verrine trying to manage his failing health and her own instability gave Nyx the chance to escape, and led Rex and Troz to leave the Den, which broke the tenuous peace that existed during Eve's lifetime.]] |
| 613 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died about a year before the game begins, and only ever speaks through Klein's memories of her, so characters often speculate on her life and motivations [[spoiler:after Klein's betrayal]] but they're never truly explained. |
| 614 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: A rare inversion. [[spoiler:Klein believes she only had children to make sure that one of her descendants would be able to be there for Nyx after she passed on, and some comments from other characters such as her son Liang support her thinking.]] |
| 615 | * SupernaturallyYoungParent: Not called attention to, as the Stacatto family as a whole ages rather slowly, but her song Liang is in his late 70s, and Eve lived to 200, meaning she was over a century old when she had children and looked like a young adult. |
| 616 | * UnwantedSpouse: While her son Liang doesn't express any animosity towards her, [[spoiler:her clearly unhappy disposition during Klein's flashback of her meeting her husband and watching over their children as well as Klein's speculations over her having children at all imply that her marriage and children were not out of love.]] |
| 617 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to detail anything about her other than that she is Eve Stacatto's great-grandmother without dipping into spoilers. |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder: King Long Verrine]] |
| 621 | The handsome and charming King Long, a Dragon mog who died some time in the past, father to both Rex and Kon. |
| 622 | ---- |
| 623 | * HeroicSacrifice: Carried his and Han's egg out of the Den, seemingly in an attempt to one day have it hatch and challenge Han, only to be killed by the Snowverians who took the egg as a trophy. |
| 624 | * PosthumousCharacter: He was killed some time ago, but unlike Eve Xin, his personality and history aren't explored very much, as the two characters who knew him best, Caesar and Queen Han, have more important things on their mind during the story. |
| 625 | * SympatheticAdulterer: When you consider that Han married him for his looks and as a symbol of status, as well as showed no real care for their egg, paid no actual attention to him, and kept him away from other Mogs, can you really blame him for trying to elope with someone he had mutual feelings for? |
| 626 | * TrophyHusband: The Queen married him entirely because he was very handsome and of high social stature due to being a Dragon. |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder: Caesar Kimaris]] |
| 630 | The former general under Queen Han and King Long, and (one of) the fathers of Rex's egg. |
| 631 | ---- |
| 632 | * GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Queen Han possessed his body in order to control the populace.]] |
| 633 | * LightEmUp: A Light-affinity Mogwai. |
| 634 | * RaceAgainstTheClock: The plot happens with urgency due to his health in deteriorating condition from losing his pacted Conjurer, especially pronounced and discussed when the party [[spoiler:enters the Den]]. |
| 635 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Him taking pity on King Long and eventually reciprocating his feelings would lead to Queen Han's hatred of humans being reignited.]] |
| 636 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: In the post-game, Caesar's a little dismayed to find out Han named his daughter "Rexford". [[spoiler:But then again, he wanted to name her "Cobb".]] |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[folder: Quinn Zaleos ]] |
| 640 | A Conjurer (...?) Eve finds in a pocket dimension near Sunwich who has her picnic raided. |
| 641 | ---- |
| 642 | * GreenThumb: Actually a Flora-affinity Jackalope, though the party confuses her for a Conjurer at first. |
| 643 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Older than Frey [[spoiler:and Ives]], but looks much younger and shorter than them. |
| 644 | * SupremeChef: Her picnic is pretty incredible from what the thieves snacking on it say, and [[spoiler:she's the one who makes the spreadables that Ives sells for Mott.]] |
| 645 | [[/folder]] |
| 646 | |
| 647 | [[folder: Frey Marchosias]] |
| 648 | A Shadow-affinity Werewolf who mistakes Eve for a thief in a pocket dimension near Otecho. She's trying to retrieve the snacks from Quinn's picnic. |
| 649 | ---- |
| 650 | * CastingAShadow: Shadow affinity. |
| 651 | * PredatorPreyFriendship: A Werewolf and Jackalope, not to mention her Shadow-affinity having effectiveness over Quinn's Flora-affinity. [[spoiler:They're even engaged, much to Ives' displeasure]]. |
| 652 | * PredatorTurnedProtector: A Werewolf who's nonetheless devoted to protecting Quinn. |
| 653 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Frey was an outcast from a mafia-like pack of Werewolves back in the Den, and befriended Quinn and Ives' Conjurer without them knowing and refused to let them extort her. In revenge, they tracked Frey to find her and killed the Conjurer, before exiling Frey. While Quinn has long since forgiven her, Frey herself still harbors deep guilt about it.]] |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | [[folder:Gwen West]] |
| 657 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gwen_sd.png]] |
| 658 | ->''"Summer swings and the batter flies."'' |
| 659 | |
| 660 | Gwen West is a Wuji "Witch" from Neo Awlins, a foreign country Eve can access temporarily via Beholder magic. Throughout the game, Gwen and two of her Mogwai are searching for a lost companion. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * BatterUp: Her weapon, as well as having a baseball influence on her design, which is listed as her hobby. |
| 663 | * {{Eagleland}}: Her design is influenced by how America is percieved in other countries, which is why her color scheme is red, white, and blue, and baseball themed. |
| 664 | * EarlyBirdCameo: She is first seen along with Wire and Kai in Aeros' lighthouse; it isn't until much later that you learn who they are. |
| 665 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: Her parents are rich Mog researchers who expect her to help further their work, when Gwen prefers the slower tempo of the Outset to the busy life in Neo Awlins. |
| 666 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/batter-up-homerun-queen Batter up, Homerun Queen]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. Also has [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/year-of-the-bat Year of the Bat]] as a boss theme. |
| 667 | * PunnyName: Gwen "West" has Mog partners based ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. |
| 668 | [[/folder]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | [[folder: Gwen's Mogs]] |
| 671 | Three Mogwai who are pacted to Gwen West |
| 672 | * Wire Wukong is a Volt-affinity Mizaru who likes the modern life of Neo Awlins, finding the Outset boring. |
| 673 | * Kai Wujing is a Water-affinity Kappa who's professional, composed, and trendy. |
| 674 | * Coal Bajie is a Fire-affinity Orc who spends much of the game completely lost, prompting Gwen and her other Mogs to look for her. |
| 675 | ---- |
| 676 | * BrattyHalfPint: Coal is a pretty bratty Mog, and young by their standards. |
| 677 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Wire and Kai are first seen with Gwen in the lighthouse in Aeros, but you don't find out who they are until much later in the game. |
| 678 | * TheFashionista: Kai focuses a lot on fashion trends and what's popular, and is well dressed. |
| 679 | * FireIceLightning: Water instead of Ice, but their alignments otherwise fit. |
| 680 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: Kai was meant to be part of the Kuji Inn staff like her siblings, and Wire was supposed to inherit the family's gambling business, and they both fled the Den instead, which served as a way for them to bond with Gwen, who likewise chafes at her family obligations. |
| 681 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Coal's weapon is a rake. |
| 682 | * MeaningfulRename: Wire renamed himself such from Wei to distance himself from his family heritage. |
| 683 | * MonkeyKingLite: Wire ''Wukong'', though he eschews the trickster elements for more rebelliousness. |
| 684 | * PunnyName: Guess what Coal and Wire's affinities are. Though in Wire's case, his name was self-chosen. |
| 685 | * SatelliteCharacter: Considering Gwen herself is a minor character, they're even more so. |
| 686 | * TokenHeroicOrc: Coal is literally one; while she's grumpy and a bit of a brat, she's nicer than the other Orcs the party encounters. |
| 687 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Wire's never seen wearing a shirt . |
| 688 | * WholePlotReference: They're an extended reference to ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. |
| 689 | [[/folder]] |
| 690 | |
| 691 | [[folder:Dawn Norteno]] |
| 692 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dawn_sd_3.png]] |
| 693 | ->''"Hashtag: This fish is raw! It's perfect for sashimi...!"'' |
| 694 | |
| 695 | Dawn Norteno is a foreigner traveling the Outset that Eve first meets at Route 182. Two Mogwai have been looking for her, but Dawn claims not to be a Conjurer. |
| 696 | ---- |
| 697 | * HairAntennae: Has them just like Eve [[spoiler:which has Silk and Vice confuse Eve for her.]] |
| 698 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses a knife and fork in the Kuji Inn BossRush, though that is also a DreamSequence. |
| 699 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/hungry-for-adventure Hungry for Adventure]], which, like all Conjurers, is a remix of [[https://harmonicblend.bandcamp.com/track/a-title-screen A Title Screen]]. |
| 700 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Isn't sure about being a Conjurer, because her family hates Mogs, and even denies that she is one when asked. [[spoiler:She especially doesn't want to break her pacts with Vice and Silk though, and wants to stay friends with them, deciding to enjoy her vacation with them and see how things go when she returns home.]] |
| 701 | * SupremeChef: Traveling the Outset to experiment with rare ingredients and new recipes. [[spoiler:She even cooks and serves "God" (a giant crab who only lives in dreams) to a bunch of Tiny Onis in one sidequest.]] |
| 702 | [[/folder]] |
| 703 | |
| 704 | [[folder: Vice Focalor and Silk Vepar]] |
| 705 | Two Mogs who are looking for their lost Conjurer, and each other. |
| 706 | ---- |
| 707 | * AcePilot: Unlike her old friend Avi, Vice is actually one. |
| 708 | * BlowYouAway: Vice is a Wind-affinity Griffon. |
| 709 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Vice has one of the oddest in the whole game, using two giant yo-yos. |
| 710 | * MakingASplash: Silk is a Water-affinity Selkie. |
| 711 | * ShipTease: Silk is shown to have a crush on Pike, as she talks about wanting to move to Bowfort because that's where she lives. In the bonus game, it's implied that [[spoiler:the player character is actually their daughter from the future]]. |
| 712 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Effectively this once they're reuinted, as they're never seen apart afterwards. They're both even formerly ThoseTwoGuys with other [[SatelliteCharacter peripheral characters]], with Vice having worked alongside Avi in the transport corps during the war, and Silk being Skip's old singing partner. |
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