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4!!Asellus
5[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_asellus.png]]
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7Formerly a normal human girl who lived with her family, which formed good relations with the Okonogi family in Shrike. Asellus's old life ended abruptly when she was accidentally run over by the carriage of the Mystic Charm Lord Orlouge and to save her life, she was infused with his Mystic blood, making her the world's only Half-Mystic. Feared by humans and despised by Mystics, Asellus has to find a place for her own in this world while being hunted by her kin.
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9* AlienBlood: Purple.
10* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant:
11** Orlouge really shouldn't have messed with Asellus, though it's understandable that he'd want to get White Rose back from her. [[spoiler:In the Half-Mystic ending, he forces her into a fight because he thinks her life's worthless, completely missing the fact that he created the most powerful Mystic in the world. His death appropriately ensues.]]
12** Ciato has no excuse, however. He tries to kill her pre-emptively because she might become so powerful that she could destroy him permanently. So, of course, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy that's what she does]].
13** [[spoiler:Rastaban]] did this intentionally. [[spoiler:He wanted a Mystic strong enough to defeat Lord Orlouge and bring change to Fascinaturu again. However, if she doesn't embrace her Mystical side, then this backfires. She's a stronger Mystic than Orlouge, but she has every reason to hate his guts for what he did to Gina, and has no interest in his ambition. She kills him.]]
14* BigSisterInstinct: Before getting ran over with Orlouge's carriage, Asellus used to play with Red when he was a toddler, being his non-blood related CoolBigSis since her family has good relations with the Okonogi. When she ends up joining Red temporarily during the Cygnus hijacking, Asellus uses this trope as a reason; she's worried about Red.
15* BoyishShortHair: Asellus's hair is kind of short, further reinforcing how Gina mistook her as 'Facinaturu's new prince' before meeting her and enforcing how much she ends up as DiscountLesbians.
16* DiscountLesbians: She's gay (or at least bisexual) because of the Charm Lord Orlouge's [[BloodMagic blood]] in her veins. [[spoiler:In the ending where she gives up her Mystic powers, she marries a man.]]
17* DiscOneNuke: Asellus is uniquely positioned to get Asura before any other character. As one of the most powerful swords in the game, Asura will take a lot of the pressure off the party in the early game, and will remain useful until the end as long as its wielder is appropriately leveled. If you play as Asellus it's taken for granted that you'll get Asura.
18* EmergencyTransformation: After being hit by Orlouge's carriage, she's infused with his blood, turning her into a Half-Mystic and saving her life.
19* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Largely because of a CharmPerson effect, both human and Mystic women display attraction to her. [[spoiler: But it's implied that Gina's feelings were more than that.]]
20* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Is the target of this from about half of the Mystic nobility. She's an ordinary girl, who has no desire to conquer Fascinaturu, build a harem, rise in the nobility over the bodies of her rivals, or any of that - and they don't get that. If they had, they might not have drawn her into their games, to the sorrow of just about everyone who tries.
21* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra Branford]]. Both being Half Human Hybrids, and have a similar color scheme, and look, but Asellus is a bit more masculine. Both also have identity crises, albeit for different reasons. Both also have the ability to transform into a form that accentuates their nonhuman blood.
22* FaceHeelTurn: In the Full Mystic ending, [[spoiler:she decides that as a Mystic, she'll become even more powerful than Orlouge, becoming a nasty EvilOverlord and discarding any notions of humanity with her, turning Gina into her love ''slave'']].
23* GiantPoofySleeves: Her outfit has these.
24* GlassCannon: In a way. Since Asellus is positioned in a place where she could get the Asura sword. But it will cost her 3 LP permanently, and thus while she could end up being a DiscOneNuke and stayed relevant to the end, Asellus can potentially trigger 'Loss of LP' {{Game Over}}s more often than any other main characters if they just forego Asura (which often happened). Even more so if Asellus wanted to get Time Lord, so she'll have to sacrifice an extra 1 LP for the Sand Vessel at that point.
25* GoneHorriblyRight: In the Full Mystic ending, [[spoiler:Asellus has become exactly the heir Lord Orlouge wanted, and he couldn't be more proud of the fact that she's about to kill him and take his throne]].
26* GuestStarPartyMember: She, along with White Rose, can join Red's quest during the Cygnus hijacking scenario, but permanently left afterwards. Averted in Emilia's quest, where they (plus Zozma) join permanently.
27* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Hated by humans for being a Mystic, mocked by Mystics for being human.
28* HalfHumanHybrid: Half Human, Half Mystic.
29* HeroicNeutral: Asellus just wants to live her life with White Rose. The problem is that, first, Orlouge considers White Rose his personal property, second, Ciato wants Asellus eliminated as a threat to his power, and third, [[spoiler:Rastaban wants her made into a Mystic who can overthrow Orlouge]]. She has a lot of Mystical asses to kick if she wants to be able to do this. [[spoiler:As a Full Mystic, she abandons this trait once she realizes she can't live as a human anymore; she has to live as a Mystic, which means taking her rightful throne. In the Human path, conversely, she's a lot more proactive about cleaning up Fascinaturu: Not only does she kill Orlouge to free herself from her curse, she calls out and kills Rastaban for being a manipulative dick.]]
30* HybridPower: Quite possibly the most powerful being in the world. She can gain stats like a human and spark Sword, Fighting and Gun skills, but she can also absorb the souls of monsters and transform into a Mystic at will and get their stat bonii, she has the gift for Mystic magic, ''and'' she doesn't have any of her inventory slots locked by Mystic gear (particularly the painfully-weak [=MysticMail=]).
31* IHateYouVampireDad: In the Full Human ending, [[spoiler:Asellus kills Orlouge to free herself from her Mystical blood.]]
32* IJustWantToBeNormal: Asellus just wants to go back home and live an ordinary life. Neither Orlouge nor Ciato will allow that. [[spoiler:In the Full Human ending, she gets what she wants; in the Half-Mystic and Full Mystic endings, she comes to accept that she will never be human, and either comes to terms with her dual heritage or decides to take her place as a Mystic Lord by force.]]
33* {{Leitmotif}}: Has her own theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMxWAj3pvX4 here]]. Surprisingly more whimsical, it would've played during the original sequence wherein Asellus and White Rose escape from Fascinaturu. See it [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3757918 here]].
34* LesbianVampire: Played [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]] in the Full Mystic ending, ambiguous and DarkIsNotEvil in the Half-Mystic ending.
35* LockedIntoStrangeness: Comments by other characters, unused artwork, and [[spoiler:her full-human ending, with several photographs of Asellus's human family, apparently going back to her own childhood before the accident)]] reveal that, before she became a half-mystic, her hair was bright red, and would have faded to brownish orange-red if she had aged at all.
36** Her hair actually changes to [[JustifiedTrope green,]] although [[SuperMode Mystical Change]] tints it to where it looks blue.
37* MagikarpPower: Starts with no skills and horrible stats, but can develop in any direction she chooses, and by combining her human and Mystic abilities, can become the mightiest of ''all'' the starting characters.
38* MayflyDecemberRomance: In the Half-Mystic Ending, [[spoiler:she and Gina share this; Gina's an old great-grandmother while Asellus is still eternally young and beautiful]].
39* NoSympathy: Unlike White Rose, Asellus showed no sympathy for the young lord of the Owmi Manor after helping Mesarthim get back to the lake, saying that humans and mystics can’t possibly be happy together (most likely lashing out at her own half-human, half-mystic circumstances). Depending on the path taken in the game, she may decide to get over it or succumb into [[FaceHeelTurn the darker outcome of the trope.]]
40* OlderThanTheyLook: Stopped aging at 17 after becoming a Half-Mystic, making her 29 when her story starts. [[spoiler:She's at least 70 during her Half-Mystic ending.]]
41* PhlebotinumRebel: Though she isn't so much actively rebellious as [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wanting to go home and live a normal life with White Rose]]. [[spoiler:After escaping from the Labyrinth, she comes back to confront Orlouge for one reason or another, depending on how Mystical she's become.]]
42* PowerDyesYourHair: Her blood transfusion dyed her hair green. Also, when she uses her Mystic abilities, 'Mystical Change' activates and adds the stats of the absorbed monsters onto her own-- this change is signified by [[PowerGlows some glowing]], [[PowerFloats floating]], and her hair turning from green to bright blue.
43* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Since the accident happened 12 years before the game started, and not 'yesterday' as she previously believed, Asellus's aunt believed her to be dead.
44* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In [[spoiler:her Half-Mystic ending, she tells Orlouge this. Orlouge decides to kill her for it]].
45* SheIsTheKing: A two-fer:
46** She's the "Prince" of Fascinaturu, for multiple reasons; chiefly, she's Orlouge's heir rather than his mistress, and Mystics don't care all that much about gender. But it's also there because she's in the role of a fairy-tale prince, particularly to Gina.
47** After [[spoiler:Orlouge's death, as Half- or especially Full-Mystic, she is the Charm Lord. "Lord" is another gender-neutral Mystic title]].
48* SuperMode: Mystical Change. Borders on a SuperpoweredEvilSide, as too much use of this will lead to her getting DrunkOnTheDarkSide.
49* ThenLetMeBeEvil: A very subtle example. [[spoiler:In her Full Mystic ending, Asellus realizes that she will never be able to live among humans or be accepted by them, so she decides to take her place as the new Charm Lord with all that entails, completely abandoning her humanity and morality in the process.]]
50* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Although it was removed from the original game due to time constraints, Asellus was supposed to visit [[BackAlleyDoctor Dr. Nusakan]] and the [[EvilutionaryBiologist Bio]] [[PlayingWithSyringes Research]] [[MadScientist Lab]] as well as paying a visit to Trinity Base on her scenario instead of being a guest in Emilia's chapter, where she would end up in a torture chamber...
51* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Asellus is basically the tomboy towards not only her main partners, Gina and White Rose, but also the only other female protagonist in the game, Emilia. Her boyish haircut and mostly preference to physical actions is a giveaway for that.
52* WalkingTheEarth: Asellus doesn't have a quest as such. She's just travelling the regions trying to get away from Orlouge's assassins, at least until [[spoiler:White Rose is trapped in the Dark Labyrinth]]. In the Half-Mystic ending, [[spoiler:she becomes a wandering adventurer, with no real place in the world except for her ties to the aging [[LoveInterest Gina]]]].
53* WhoWantsToLiveForever - A source of {{Angst}} in the [[spoiler:Half-Mystic]] ending, where she finds it hard to [[spoiler:return to Gina for her yearly reunion, who's [[WeAreAsMayflies living a mayfly human life.]]]]
54* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: In her Full-Mystic ending, [[spoiler:she goes mad with power, becoming a worse tyrant than Orlouge was]].
55* WorthyOpponent: Orlouge considers her this [[spoiler:in the Full Mystic ending, when she returns to take his throne as Charm Lord. He's much more contemptuous of her in the other two endings.]]
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57!!Blue
58[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_blue.png]]
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60One of the top magicians in the Magic Kingdom. Graduating from the Magic Academy was the beginning of his journey to becoming the master of all magic. Blue must learn all the kinds of magic he can until the time comes to face his brother, Rouge, in a magic duel to death.
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62* TheArchmage: Blue has high growth rates in his relevant magic stats, the single highest magic learn rate in the game, is the only character who can use gifts from opposing magic schools, [[HealingMagicIsTheHardest is the only character with access to the extremely useful life magic]], can access every school of magic save the very limited Evil magic and the mostly useless Mirage magic, and will have all of his magic-oriented stats doubled if he wins his duel with Rouge. All of this together makes Blue the single most versatile character in the game, and a definite contender for its strongest.
63* CainAndAbel: Told to be the Cain of the equation by the Magic Kingdom. Rouge was no doubt told the same thing. He also fits the Cain part: he's the insensitive jerk to the more social Rouge.
64* [[ColorfulThemeNaming Colorful]] ThemeTwinNaming
65* TheExile: Not allowed to return to the Magic Kingdom until he kills Rouge.
66* EvilTwin: He is Rouge's EvilTwin. [[spoiler:Or rather, Rouge's Evil LiteralSplitPersonality or the part that gets dumped with the majorly negative traits of the original Blue/Rouge.]]
67* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: In Fuse's scenario, [[spoiler:if Blue is the one who comes out victorious from their duel, he will accept the responsibility of fixing the Magic Kingdom and teaching the next generation, making sure his problem would not be repeated again.]]
68* HeelFaceTurn: If he wins against Rouge, Blue also inherits some of his good heart, and eventually he agrees to travel to Hell to seal Hell's Lord for eternity, saving mankind and developing from his VillainProtagonist status.
69* JerkAss: He just sits in his suite on the Cygnus when it's attacked, refusing to help Red because of his name. On his own quest, if swallowed by Tanzer, he ignores the attack by Nomad's fighters against the other passengers, and abandons Fei-On in Tanzer's stomach. He also kills Kylin to take his gift of space magic, even if it meant doing so would cause the destruction of his paradise he made for children (some of his party members even call him out on this).
70* LackOfEmpathy: Blue couldn't care less of how other people feels as long as he can fulfill his mission of obtaining Magic Gifts and defeat Rouge. [[{{Jerkass}} Jerk.]]
71* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97-QcZnP98 here]] plays only at the beginning of his quest, and it sounds more ominous than the others, as a sign that Blue is more VillainProtagonist than either his brother or the other protagonists.
72* ManipulativeBastard: His monologues when it comes to recruiting members are mostly about how much he can manipulate them in order to reach his goal.
73* MasterOfAll: Though heavily built toward being a mage, Blue can easily go with any combat style he wants; he's extremely talented at learning most of the good sword techniques (really only missing out on [=LifeSprinkler=]), a fair number of fighting moves, and since guns and magic share the same development chance, he picks up gun techniques every bit as quickly as spells.
74* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Blue can be picked up by Fuse, but by doing so, Rouge would vanish from his usual recruitment place.
75* PolarOppositeTwins: Blue is an absolute {{Jerkass}} in comparison to his more kindhearted brother Rouge, though their both rather rude.
76* PrettyBoy: Fuse actually [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistakes him for female]] in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Essence]]''.
77* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After getting the Vitality Rune, Blue decides not to bother with Fei-On and escorting passengers getting out of Tanzer with the plane they came with, and just gets out with his Region Map, [[{{Jerkass}} that asshole.]] Likewise, in Fuse's scenario, when he could pick up Blue in his party, he still would leave Fuse if he decided to travel to Magic Kingdom, and he's just less polite about it ("The time hasn't come").
78* TookALevelInKindness: After [[spoiler:fusing together with Rouge in their WizardDuel, Blue starts to become more like Rouge, helping out the Magic Kingdom despite them being directly responsible for the strife the two had to go through to become it's magical SuperSoldier. Fuse mentions that [[WhenSheSmiles he also starts to genuinely smile]] as he teaches future magicians in Magic Kingdom to make sure no one has to go through what he went through again and promises to call on Fuse for help if he needs it]].
79* UnscrupulousHero: He's single-mindedly interested in mastering magic and defeating Rouge. He refuses to get involved in any troubles not related to this, insults Red and refuses to help him specifically because of his name, manipulates his allies into helping him and discards at least one when he's no longer useful, and is willing to murder Kylin and destroy his paradise for children simply because he needs Space Magic (while Rouge is able to TakeAThirdOption). The only reason he's not a straightforward VillainProtagonist is that (even if he doesn't know it) he's doing all this to protect the Magic Kingdom and fight Hell's Lord.
80* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Gains all his brother's magic spells if he wins their duel.
81* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His sprite has blond hair, though in all the artwork, it's white like Rouge's. Hair color aside, as for why he fits these, see JerkAss above.
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83!!Emilia
84[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_emelia.jpg]]
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86Former super model who found love with an IRPO officer named Ren. One day, Emilia found Ren murdered and was convicted for the murder and thrown into prison. She managed to escape and ended up joining Gradius in order to track down the one who killed Ren: an enigmatic figure known as "Joker."
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88* BattleBallgown: Emilia wears a wedding dress during her final battle.
89* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:Not on Joker... but Fuse in ''Essence''. After her quest, Emilia, now a seasoned combatant, still remembered how he tossed her to jail. After learning the DSC from Liza, she proceeds to smack Fuse with that move for vengeance. This is carried over in Fuse's playthrough on Emilia's case. After freeing Ren from the Joker mask and the two marrying for real, Fuse and the IRPO crews take part in the group photo and it shows him with some bruises on the face; and the accompanying sound effects on Fuse's beating sounds like Emilia didn't do just DSC, [[NoKillLikeAnOverkill she gunned him down and also beat him up with fists and a sword.]] [[AmusingInjuries Fuse just came out with a bruise on his face.]]]]
90* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Emilia (blonde), Liza (brunette), and Annie (redhead).
91* BrokenBird: Emilia was about to live a happy life with her fiancee, Ren, but that was brutally ripped away from her and was jailed soon after. In ''Essence'', she was so traumatized that [[spoiler:after saving Ren, Emilia proceeded to break up with him because the utter shock from that shook her to the core.]]
92* BuxomBeautyStandard: In her opinion, this is [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. She finds the disproportionately-oversized breasts of the girl in the porn mag disgusting, because "she's out of proportion" and "size isn't everything."
93* ChekhovsGunman: Can be seen this way in Red’s path. Emilia and Ren are seen together aboard the Cygnus in the beginning discussing their future together. Red can later recruit her if taking on the Arcane quest.
94* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Being an ex-supermodel, Emilia can get stat boosts in her clothes. Two of her four outfits give a minor benefit in a different skill. More specifically, they swap her "Spark Talent List"--that is, the moves she's most likely to learn, with the other ladies of Gradius.
95** Pink Tiger outfit boosts her barehanded attacks by swapping her list with Liza's.
96** Bunnygirl outfit was likely meant to boost her magic skills, but has no effect.
97** Belly Dancer outfit boosts her sword techniques by swapping her list with Annie's.
98** Soldieress outfit was likely meant to boost her gunplay (possibly by swapping her hidden gun/magic stat (0) with Roufas (6)), but has no effect.
99* CryIntoChest: At the bad ending, [[spoiler:Emilia cries on the hug of both Annie and Liza, since she just ended her vengeance by killing Joker and indirectly Ren and is utterly confused on what to do after her vengeance was done and [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty she felt no accomplishment at all.]]]]
100* DanceBattler: Technically when she wears the belly dancer outfit. Used to great effect when using swords.
101* DumbBlonde: Downplayed. By all means, Emilia isn't dumb... but she tends to take on [[GenreBlindness the wrong assumptions on things]], such as thinking the Shingrow tournament is actually a ''dance party'', not a battle tournament. Even Blue thinks by looking at her alone that Emilia 'looked a little stupid' - but then, it's [[{{Jerkass}} Blue]]. Gameplay-wise, she will most likely struggle in learning Magic, a skill governed with Intelligence, so perhaps [[JerkassHasAPoint Blue had a point.]]
102* EarlyBirdCameo: In the beginning of Red’s scenario on the Cygnus, Emilia is seen with Ren in one of the viewing rooms discussing their planned marriage.
103* EarnYourHappyEnding: Emilia’s good ending where it’s revealed that [[spoiler:Joker is actually a possessed Ren who tells her to shoot his mask off to free him. Afterward, they finally get married]]. In Essence, however, it's subverted. [[spoiler:Marriage did happen, but Emilia has become broken by her whole quest that she amicably divorced with Ren shortly after.]] But then double-subverted in [[spoiler:Fuse's scenario about her case. Emilia still marries Ren without divorce, and also manages to get back at Fuse for unfairly jailing her.]]
104* EveryoneHasStandards: Emilia draws the line at 'selling herself to slavery because she's hot'. Even if Joker's on the line, she ''will'' refuse. Unfortunately, Roufas has other ideas to make her do it.
105%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes
106* FairytaleWeddingDress: Emilia tries one on [[spoiler:just before her BigBad crashes in]].
107* GiantPoofySleeves: On her wedding dress.
108* GunsAkimbo: In most of her art, Emilia is prominently seen using guns.
109* GoGoEnslavement: Her "Sword Dancer" outfit, unlocked when she's [[spoiler:captured by Trinity and]] forced to join a harem.
110* HopelessWithTech: Says as much when talking to [=T260G=] in Scrap. She and Asellus are the only two protagonists who can't recruit any mecs.
111* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Emilia has this with [[spoiler:Ren, who is revealed to be bodyjacked by Joker the whole time in her good ending]].
112* InconsistentSpelling: Due to translation error, her name in the original was 'Emelia'. The Remastered fixes her back into Emilia.
113* IWasNeverHere: In the bad end, [[spoiler:Emilia takes on the final mission of forgetting that she ever joined Gradius on Roufas's request.]]
114%%* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit
115* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Emilia fights the final boss of her story while wearing her wedding dress.
116* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAQivmsu94o A surprisingly 'relaxed' one]] for someone with intents of vengeance like her. This plays when renaming her, or during her first trip at Trinity's Lambda Base.
117* LeotardOfPower: Emilia dons one in her Pink Tiger outfit. Ditto with her bunny girl outfit.
118* MsFanservice: Thanks to loads and loads of FanservicePack she could wear and all of them are quite attractive, and her default look is also a pretty blonde, Emilia is one of this game's major fanservice providers.
119%%* PimpedOutDress
120* PlayboyBunny: While on her [[TheCasino Baccarat]] mission.
121* PowerTrio: She's usually forming this dynamic with Annie and Liza, as 'Roufas's [[LovelyAngels Angels]]' in Gradius on Emilia's story. She's usually more detached from them in other scenarios as she's recruited via the Arcane Quest.
122* PowerupLetdown: Emilia's gameplay gimmick is the ability to change between outfits that change her proficiency with specific fighting styles. However, her magic-oriented bunny outfit and gun-oriented commando outfit don't change anything, and leave Emilia with her default learning rate--which is the worst in the game. Her dancer outfit is meant to increase her spark rate with sword skills by switching her proficiency list with Annie, but her default list is arguably superior. Only Pink Tiger has any real use.
123* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In Fuse's case on her, if you attempt to do Gold Card Arcane Quest, Emilia will recognize Fuse as the guy that threw her to jail and then runs away, not joining Fuse. This doesn't bar you from getting the Gold Card, however.
124* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: In one piece of her official art.
125* ShoutOut: Emilia getting forced into a harem in a skimpy belly dancer outfit is like how Leia was forced into slavery by Jabba the Hut in Star Wars.
126* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Emilia is the girly girl when compared to the other female protagonist of the game, Asellus. She has more proficiency with non-physical things (although a bit dumb and can still be geared towards being a melee fighter), she's a successful model, possesses long hair and generally being the MsFanservice.
127* WinYourFreedom: Emilia and other inmates of Despair are given a chance for freedom if they can get to the Freedom Rune hidden within the prison. She, Annie, and Liza were the first to do so and thus released.
128* WronglyAccused: Accused of murdering her fiancé, Ren. Unfortunately for her, Ren was Fuse's best friend, so he had her thrown into Despair with no trial.
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130!!Lute
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133A wandering minstrel who stayed at his mother's house in Yorkland and wants to make a name for himself. He's usually seen helping others.
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135* TheAlcoholic: Not as bad as Gen, but he has shades of this- He's always found in the Pub in Scrap, and during his story, if you do the quest for the Grail Card, finding the card becomes an afterthought to "Free sake!"
136* AllYourPowersCombined: ''[[WordOfGod Essence]]'' states that his quest was finished last, mainly because he was so busy helping out all the other characters. So they returned the favor and all joined him to finish ''his'' quest. ''All'' of them. [[spoiler:The villain of his story is also revealed to be the ManBehindTheMan behind most other villains in the game.]]
137* BasementDweller: Actually starts off his quest because he's tired of being a burden to his mom (read: he gets kicked out.)
138* CoolBigBro: To Thunder.
139* DisappearedDad: Lute's father was absent for most of his life [[spoiler:due to being murdered]].
140* {{Expy}}: He's not the only friendly traveling bard in a game in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series -- the Minstrel in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' fits that description as well.
141* LazyBum: Starts as of these, and he's forbidden from going back home until he gets a job. His intro outright calls him "shiftless." [[spoiler:In the end he's running Trinity after killing off Mondo and usurping his position. He winds up in hiding back home away from everyone.]]
142* MagikarpPower: He starts out with, essentially, no abilities to speak of, but can be developed to any level in any direction, and learns skills unusually quickly.
143** Lute has a mediocre spark list, the worst stat growth of any human, no starting abilities, and terrible equipment. His weakness can actually be a minor benefit, though; characters spark faster against stronger enemies, and Lute starts off so weak he can quickly fill out his arsenal while he catches up to the rest of the party.
144* MagneticHero: Always found in the pub in Scrap, gets the other hero to talk about their self, and winds up joining their team. In his own story, he's genuinely friendly to anyone and gets people to join his team easily. In-game, he's got a very high "Charm" stat.
145* PunnyName: A wandering minstrel named ''Lute''...
146* WalkingTheEarth: He leaves home in search of adventure. Adventure and a decent job.
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148!!Red[[note]] Retsu Okonogi[[/note]]
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151Son of Dr. Okonogi, Red lost his family after a sudden attack by the terrorist group [=BlackX=] and was nearly killed by them, too. He was saved by the mysterious hero Alkarl, who made him into another superhero, Alkaiser, in order to save his life. A year later, Red now works for the cruise ship Cygnus under the supervision of Hawk, but he still desires vengeance against [=BlackX=].
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153* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Double meaning too. After Red loses the Alkaiser form, it's implied that another hero will take his place to fight more evil, so the Superhero battle will continue. In Fuse's scenario, Red later on gets to become an intern in IRPO on Fuse's recommendation, so he gets to use his experience against BlackX to bring down more criminals even if he never becomes Alkaiser again.]]
154* AnimeHair: A few drug users comment on it, calling him "Cactus Head". Also, Doll finds it easy to find him due to his "hip-hop hairdo".
155* BareFistedMonk: While Red can be adept in sword-fighting, most of Alkaiser's exclusive skills are martial arts-based, so he's mostly dealing with martial arts moves.
156* BroughtDownToNormal: In his ending, [[spoiler:Red’s Alkaiser powers are taken away by Alkarl, saying his mission is finally over and should live a peaceful live with his rescued family]].
157** BroughtDownToBadass: Unless the player has been exclusvely relying on his Alkaiser form, Red Presumably ended up like this.
158* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Since Alkaiser's stats are based on Red's own stats, it pays to do a lot of fighting as red's normal self.
159* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Being raised as a hero and to uphold the Hero's code, Red helps out anyone in need.
160* CovertPervert: Red got a bit excited after he accidentally groped Annie when breaking into Shuzer’s base. He also got really excited if reading the porn magazine in Shrike.
161* CrutchCharacter: Alkaiser form. While few non-bosses can stand up to his immense power, ending a battle as Alkaiser voids any stat bonuses that Red would get. Since Red's stats directly influence Alkaiser's, the result can be a very weak superhero.
162** That being said, Red can spark number of powerful moves that are unique to his Alkaizer form, so time spent fighting as Red won't be ''completely'' wasted.
163* EleventhHourSuperpower: Using Al-Phoenix on M Black III causes him to counter attack with Dark Phoenix, which triggers Alkaiser to learn and ''counter counterattack'' with RE-Al-Phoenix, the most powerful Alkaiser skill in the game. Of course, at this point, there's no one else left to use it on except the final boss, unless Red is the last character used in the System Data and will be going to 4th Dimension after finishing his final boss.
164* EmergencyTransformation: After nearly being killed by Shuzer, he's turned into a superhero by Alkarl in order to save his life.
165* {{Expy}}: His appearance appears to be based off that of a character named Red in a little-known Creator/SquareSoft game called ''VideoGame/TreasureHunterG''. There's also a Blue in that game, although he looks nothing like this one's. His Alkaizer form is one to the whole Kamen Rider franchise.
166* FullBodyDisguise: Near the end of Red’s story, he’s given a Black X uniform to disguise himself in order to sneak onto the Black Ray.
167* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In line with keeping his superhero identity a secret, outside of scripted battles, you can't transform into Alkaiser unless all the humans and monsters in your party are either unconscious, blinded, or in some other state where their eyes just don't work. For some reason, this rule does not apply to Mecs.
168* HenshinHero: He's basically a Franchise/KamenRider in an RPG.
169* HormoneAddledTeenager: 19 years old and comes with the teen perversion tendencies, including getting ''super'' excited at the porn mag in Shrike and thinking on Annie's impressive set of racks when [[FunbagAirbag he accidentally bumped to it.]]
170* LaserBlade: Alkaizer gets access to the Ray Sword after transforming.
171* LightEmUp: Many of his moves as Alkaiser use light, either directly offensively or just as added special effects.
172* LightIsGood: As Alkaizer, Red has access to light-based attacks, and he's a bonafide super hero.
173* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: WordOfGod says his real name is 'Retsu'.
174* ParentalAbandonment: His family is killed by Black X about thirty seconds into his game. [[spoiler:It's revealed that his mother and sister are actually still alive near the end]]
175* PowerGlows: Morphing into Alkaiser is accompanied by glowing and a flash of light.
176* SecretIdentity: One that, if revealed, will lead to him being {{Depower}}ed in addition to having his memory erased.
177* ShoutOut: To the sentai HenshinHero genre. Alkaizer's signature move, Shining Kick, is a blatant one to Kamen Rider's Rider Kick.
178* SuperHeroesWearCapes: Even when he's ''not'' dressed as Alkaiser.
179* ThemeNaming: Most of Alkaizer’s exclusive moveset are themed on light.
180** Ray Sword
181** Bright Fist
182** Shining Kick
183** Sparkling Roll
184** Flash Turn
185** Deflect Lance
186
187!!Riki[[note]]Coon[[/note]]
188[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_riki.jpg]]
189
190A Lummox from the dying realm Margmel. Wishing to restore his dying home to its former beauty, Riki seeks the power of the Nine Rings, known to grant any wish.
191----
192* AsianFoxSpirit: A Lummox actually, but the combination of his multiple tails and shape shifting certainly invokes it.
193* TheChosenOne: The Lummox Elder claims that he was told to give Riki the quest for the rings by a dream from Margmel.
194* CutenessProximity: He's a cute Lummox, so if Emilia recruits him, she's not listening to his reasons, she just finds him cute and she's taking him with her.
195* DubNameChange: In the Japanese version, he's known as "Coon." [[CleanDubName This was changed]] due to "Coon" [[ValuesDissonance being a racial slur in America.]] [[invoked]]
196%%* FishOutOfWater
197* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Justified, he's a little kid who honestly doesn't know any better.
198* IdleAnimation: The only character with one. Leave him alone long enough, and he rocks back and forth.
199* KidHero: Though his actual age is unknown, he definitely ''behaves'' as though he's a kid. Probably in part due to being a FishOutOfWater.
200* MegaManning: As a monster, it comes with the territory.
201* RingOfPower: Has the "Guardian" ring. In-story, it's the reason Margmel managed to go so long without dying. In-game, it boosts the party's defenses.
202* YouCantGoHomeAgain: In his ending, [[spoiler:his wish is twisted to completely reset Margmel, erasing his home in the process, rather than merely restore it. When the wish is undone, Margmel is still doomed, necessitating a permanent departure regardless]].
203
204!![=T260G=]
205[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_t260g.jpg]]
206
207A robot that was found by two kids in the town of Junk. It lost its original purpose and wants to find out what that purpose was.
208----
209* HeartDrive: [=T260G=]'s "core" apparently functions as one of these, enabling it to swap body types at will. Presumably, it's the same for other Mecs, too.
210* LivingShip: Its ''original'' original body, before crash-landing in Junk.
211* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [=T260G=] cannot remember its original mission, and the majority of its quest is relearning it.
212* SamusIsAGirl: Sort of. As a mec, [=T260G=] is genderless, but it's original body was a ship, and ships are considered female, so...
213** SpaceshipGirl
214* RoboSpeak: "Affirmative"s, "negative"s, various calculations and repeated instances of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness make up [=T260G=]'s dialogue.
215* RobotNames: Of the "string of letters and numbers" variety. "[=T260=]" is actually its original model number, with a "G" tagged onto the end to designate its Mec body as a product of Taco's work.
216* RobotSoldier: [=T260G=] discovers its mission is to destroy the [=RB3=], a giant ship capable of destroying and overrunning all regions.
217* UngratefulBastard: Played for laughs in the beginning of its chapter. After Taco revives the core with a robot body, [=T260G=] tries to test out the new form, then began repeating its criticisms of its functions.
218--> '''[=T260G=] :''' Attack: deplorable. Defense: deplorable. Movement: deplorable. ''(repeating over and over)''
219* WolverineClaws: On its default body.
220* WorthLivingFor: After completing its mission, [=T260G=] shuts down, as it feels it has no reason to function now that its primary directive has been fulfilled. Gen angrily reminds [=T260G=] that it has another mission: to return back to Rosemary and Thyme. [=T260G=] reboots and heads back to Junk to reunite with the two kids.
221
222!!"Fuse"
223[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_fuse.png]]
224
225An IRPO agent and would-be 8th Protagonist of the game, which was cut in the original version. While not exactly the nicest person, Fuse remains steadfast in his pursuit of justice. He was friends with Emilia's boyfriend, Ren. In his anger over the death of his friend, he throws Emilia into Despair. He also investigates Cindy Campbell of Manhattan, suspecting a connection with [=BlackX=]. He runs into Red and assists him with his own investigation. He also investigates Mondo of the Trinity, warning Lute that Mondo wasn't just 'the nice man that gave him a lift out of Yorkland'.
226----
227* CasanovaWannabe: Fuse likes to act more chivalrous towards ladies, but he fails to score any of them. Even Ren states that he's going to stay a bachelor for life if he delayed his marriage with Emilia just to wait for Fuse to get laid.
228* CodeName: "Crazy Fuse", which sometimes reflect [[HairTriggerTemper his more impulsive nature.]] His real name is 'Roster'.
229%% CowboyCop
230* DemotedToExtra: Was originally going to be one of the main protagonists, but his quest had to be cut due to disk space. Averted in the ''Remastered'' where he's now the eighth playable character.
231* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In Asellus's Case File, once the evidence is piled up, he just straight-out says he's going to ''arrest'' Orlouge for abducting women and making them his Princesses, treating the Charm Lord as if he was just another low-life criminal. And DOES.
232* GoodIsNotNice: He may be a {{Jerkass}}, but he's dedicated in his job as an IRPO agent and put many dangerous people in his hit list, pursuing them relentlessly.
233* JerkAss: Knocks Red unconscious for talking out of turn, gets Emilia thrown in Despair with little evidence because he doesn't like her, insults Lute a bit... he's not a particularly pleasant individual.
234** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In his story, however, his well-meaning is often shown. [[spoiler:He invites Red to go intern with IRPO for all he's done despite not having Alkaiser powers. And the reason why he tossed Emilia to Despair was because he thought Despair would be a safer place rather than risk her getting out in the open and assassinated by Joker.]]
235* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:While [[KarmaHoudini he kinda got away with tossing Emilia to jail in her scenario]], [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty not so much in his scenario following hers]], provided that you don't pursue her in Trinity Base: Before her marriage ceremony and after he helped out Emilia defeat Diva, he got beaten up badly by her as revenge for her unfair tossing to Despair (presumably with DSC) and realizing that Joker was let loose because Fuse handed Ren the mask in the first place, thus ''everything started from Fuse''. When Ren takes the whole IRPO crews to his wedding portrait, Fuse is there and it shows that his face is still bruised from the beating.]]
236* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Fuse's chapter in Emelia's scenario reveals he single-handedly responsible ''for everything'': He put his wedding gift inside a evidence bag because he was too lazy to get proper wrappping paper. This led him to get it mixed up with another evidence bag that contained the Joker mask. Which he then gave to Ren. The intended gift? A decorative plate. Engraved with his dumb face.]]
237* PetTheDog:
238** If he's recruited by Red before initiating the Shield Card quest, then he will not ask Red to get the flower at Mosperiburg and ''gives the Shield Card for free''. Of course, the drawback on this is that Red can't get the treasures guarded by the dragons and recruit Suzaku.
239** In his scenario about Blue's case, [[spoiler:he goes ahead to convince Time Lord and Kylin to come with them without having to defend their Gifts, so they and Kylin's paradise inhabitants didn't have to die when Rouge or ''especially'' [[LackOfEmpathy Blue]] would've come knocking. He also makes sure the IRPO backs Blue/Rouge up by providing an escape route so they can escape Hell once Hell's Lord is taken down.]]
240** In his scenario on Emilia's case, [[spoiler:he could go out of his way to find and protect Emilia in the Trinity Base instead of arresting Yaruto and call it a day. Doing that spares him from Emilia's wrath in the ending.]]
241* PromotedToPlayable: In the ''Remastered'' version, Fuse is now the eighth playable character.
242* SecretCharacter: In the ''Remastered'' version, he can't be selected as a main protagonist until one of the original seven stories has been cleared.
243* SecretKeeper: In his scenario on Red's case, [[spoiler:Fuse figures out that Red is Alkaiser but promises to keep this a secret to everyone]].
244* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Throws Emilia into Despair without a trial, because he's the boss at IRPO and can do whatever he wants and he was pissed off that his buddy Ren died. [[spoiler:Subverted, however. While others chew him out for this, Fuse thought that throwing Emilia into Despair is the best way to protect her for the time being, Joker cannot breach the security of Despair after all.]]
245* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Fuse can somehow communicate with Cotton if he’s in the party when rescuing it from the Bio Research Lab.
246* SupportingProtagonist: To quote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8j-nBNkDq4 the Launch Gameplay trailer]] for the ''Remastered'' version, the majority of Fuse's story has the player "explore what might have happened if he was with one of the other heroes on their journey", with said other heroes having more instigative roles.
247* TookALevelInIdealism: In the original game and supplemental material Fuse is a dirty cop who is only nominally on the side of justice. Come the Remaster his seedier actions are given exculpatory context, and he aggressively pursues the villains of the other protagonists.
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder:Recruitable Humans]]
251!!Annie
252[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_annie.png]]
253
254One of the members of Gradius. Annie is a practical swordswoman who's only in the organization to provide for her family. She became one of Emilia's best friends in her scenario, provides information about Shuzer of [=BlackX=] in Red's scenario, escorts Riki to obtain the Hermit Ring in his scenario or escorts anyone seeking the Freedom Rune to the prison Despair.
255----
256* BoobBasedGag: When she escorts Red to Shuzer's base, [[FunbagAirbag he accidentally bumps on her up front when crossing a bridge in which Annie yells to stop touching her body like a pervert.]] Red's thoughts? 'Impressive...', implying that he accidentally touched Annie's boobs.
257* CoolBigSis: She has two little siblings, a troublemaking boy and a girl who got adopted into a rich family at Yorkland, ''Essence'' confirms that this is the same girl that was possessed by one of the Rings in Riki's scenario. The Remastered alludes the identity of the troublemaking little brother: a member of [=BlackX=] who's considering quitting because if Annie ever finds out she will make him sorry.
258* ILikeSwords: Her style focuses on swordplay.
259* LovelyAngels: Annie is one of the two constant female underlings of Roufas in Gradius; the sword-fighting chick to complement Liza, the martial-arts chick.
260* KnowledgeBroker: She sells Red the location of Shuzer's base and knows her way around Despair, among other things.
261* RedOniBlueOni: Forms this pair with Liza: Annie is more impulsive and frequents Despair about 6 times due to taking brash actions against rude customers.
262* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Annie's Spark Talent list is weird. Despite her constant usage of swords, she basically had no talent to spark a majority of sword skills. However, she DOES have talents for the high-end sword skills (such as [=RosarioImpale=] or [=LifeSprinkler=]), so she's more likely to quickly spark those high level sword skills than many other 'low/mid-tier skills'.
263* {{Stripperiffic}}: Annie walks around with basically a crop top that reveals her shoulders and the upper part of her generous boobs, her midriff, and THEN wears short pants. And her long boots still reveal her thighs enough that it's an A-grade ZettaiRyouiki.
264
265!!Captain Hamilton
266[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_captain_hamilton.png]]
267
268Captain of the ship ''Victoria'' and a member of anti-Trinity group. She reveals to Lute that Mondo was actually a bad guy and killed his father to boot, and led the attack to Mondo's base.
269----
270* AmazonBrigade: Her entire crew is female, all orphans who've had their families killed by Trinity.
271* CoolShip[=/=]CoolBoat: She's Captain of the ''Victoria'', an region ship that looks like a pirate ship, complete with large glowing sails.
272%%* TheGoodCaptain
273* TheLancer: To Lute. Would be a straighter example if she didn't join just before the PointOfNoReturn
274* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: She's exclusive to Lute's scenario/Case File, so if you want to get her, play it.
275
276!!"Doll"
277[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_doll.png]]
278
279An IRPO agent disguising as an adventurer looking for her brother. That was just a cover to her true mission: Arrest one of [=BlackX=]'s Emperors Berva.
280----
281* CodeName: "Icy Doll." Her real name is actually Taris.
282* FairCop: An extremely attractive, scantily dressed government agent.
283* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Before the Remaster, she was originally exclusive to Red's scenario.
284* OnlySaneEmployee: Of IRPO.
285* UndercoverCopReveal: Lies to Red at first about why she wants to go to the ruins in Shingrow, just before the fight with Berva, she reveals herself as an IRPO patrol officer.
286* WhatTheHellHero: She chews out Fuse for throwing Emilia into Despair without fair trial, since because of that, the IRPO is going to have to deal with a PR nightmare of a successful model getting that treatment.
287
288!!Fei-On
289[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_fei_on.png]]
290
291A monk in training who used to date Mei-ling. His attention to his training caused Mei-ling to break up with him and during a journey to Kyo for training, his ship was swallowed by Tanzer. Ever since then, he's staying at the makeshift village there protecting the people from the sky pirate Nomad who was also swallowed there, in addition of escorting anyone who would like to seek something Tanzer also swallowed: The Vitality Rune.
292----
293* BareFistedMonk: He's considered one of the best when it comes to bare-handed fighting, barring Liza. Though depicted as a Chinese monk, [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Fei-On seems fine with wrestling moves.]]
294* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for being so absorbed in training that [[spoiler:he failed to notice that his girlfriend Mei-ling ended up under the thrall of the Black Ring.]]
295* NiceGuy: Fei-On is polite, doesn't have a mean bone in his body and is squarely a defender of the innocents from Tanzer's body system and Nomad's marauding. He doesn't even look too mad when [[{{Jerkass}} Blue]] just manipulated him to get the Vitality Rune and ditched him in Tanzer, in his own words, "Everyone's got their own businesses."
296* WarriorMonk: Even went so far as to shave his head to look the part. He was on his way to Kyo to train before his ship was swallowed by Tanzer.
297
298!!Gen
299[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_gen.png]]
300
301A swordsman from Wakatu, until the town is reduced to ashes by Trinity. In grief, Gen turned towards alcohol and kept drinking in either the town Junk or Scrap, at least befriending Rose and Thyme and becoming a mentor figure to [=T260G=], assisting it in its quest for identity. Seekers of the Saber Card would seek him in order to travel to Wakatu. If he's recruited by Lute, he'll get excited in assaulting Mondo, as he held him responsible for Wakatu's massacre and wants revenge.
302----
303* TheAlcoholic: A full-blown drunk. Just sits around getting wasted in Scrap and Junk, and both his status screen and victory pose involve him drinking.
304* CoolOldGuy: Has the personality, and at age 35, he's definitely this to Rose(14) and Thyme(12). To everyone else in-game, he's borderline- none of the protagonists are older than 25 (Lute), and short of Roufas(40) and Capt. Hamilton (48), he's still got 6 years on the next closest character who can join the group.
305* DrowningMySorrows: In Fuse's Case File for Lute, it's explicitly stated that his alcoholism is a result of the Wakatu massacre.
306* DrunkenMaster: A drunken samurai, and possibly the best sword user in-game.
307* ImplausibleFencingPowers: He cuts through a rope by using an iron pipe as a sword, although he later claims he didn't use the pipe to cut it. {{Lampshaded}} by [=T260=], who Divides By Zero trying to figure it out.
308* TheLancer: To [=T260G=]
309* LastOfHisKind: He's the last survivor from Wakatu, a region whose inhabitants were slaughtered by Trinity.
310* MasterSwordsman: Arguably the best swordsman in the game. He starts off with a lot of sword techniques and can learn most of them. Best of all, he's available to everyone (though you'll have to finish all of the Rune magic quests before you can recruit him as Emilia).
311* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: In the Sword chamber of Wakatu, Gen, if leveled high enough, will be granted the Comet Blade, much to his shock since the Sword God only presents powerful katanas to the most talented swordsmen.
312* TokenHuman: In [=T260G=]'s scenario, he's the only major character that stayed human to the end while [=T260G=] is surrounded with mechs. (Leonard used to be human, but uploaded his brain to a robot)
313
314!!Liza
315[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_liza.png]]
316
317A member of the Gradius, a female martial artist who was known to have an affair with Roufas, but broke up because of his dedication to the job, but she still stuck with him because she has a family to feed. She's also Emilia's best friend in her scenario, suggests that Gradius support Red in his crusade against [=BlackX=], and she can also be asked by Blue to escort him to the location of Hide Rune.
318----
319* BareFistedMonk: She's considered one of the best unarmed combatant in the game, aside of Fei-On.
320* HairFlip: Her victory pose include coolly flipping her hair, reflecting her cool-headed personality.
321* LovelyAngels: Along with Annie, Liza is the more constant female of Roufas's Gradius members, contrasting with Annie with her martial arts skills.
322* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Annie, Liza is a more level-headed, calmer girl that keeps her cool, so she doesn't join that many characters (compared to Annie who'd join anyone who would seek the Freedom Rune).
323* WorkingWithTheEx: Liza used to be Roufas's lover, but they broke up due to Roufas being more focused at his job. But since working with Gradius pays better for providing her family, Liza continues to work with her ex. If you're playing as Blue, you need Roufas on your team in order to recruit her. (For Red, it's more complicated.)
324
325!!Mei-Ling
326[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_mei_ling.png]]
327
328A Chinese lady who used to date Fei-On, but broke up due to some incident (but mostly because Fei-On was too focused on training). She became some sort of caretaker of Riki and helps him in his quest to gather the Nine Rings with her knowledge. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Riki, Mei-ling is actually using him to her own ends to rule the world, as she was possessed by the curse of an evil ring, the Black Ring.]]
329----
330* AnimeChineseGirl: She wears something of a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} and has a very common Chinese girl name.
331* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:In Riki's story, Mei-Ling is one of the most prominent friend and advisor of Riki, but in the end, it's revealed that she's just using him, she's the BigBad of his story. Naturally, if you made her your main party member throughout the game... you're short of one main, developed member, although Master Ring's strength does not scale with Mei-Ling's.]]
332* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Her quest to find the rings is in large part driven by the Black Ring's influence. It takes full control of her at the very end of Riki's quest.]]
333* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:For manipulating Riki and the others and nearly causing a non-existence to a region, she only got the crap beaten out of her and all is forgiven. Granted, Nusakan's diagnosis decreed that she was being cursed by the Black Ring, but still. At least in Fuse's scenario, Mei-ling gives a good reason to be forgiven: [[TheAtoner She resolved to help discard the Rings and prevent it from being used for evil again as the atonement.]]]]
334* {{Foreshadowing}}: On beating the Owmi Lord to take his ring, he warns Riki and Mei-ling that anyone looking for the ring has to be up to no good. Mei-ling DOES have an extensive knowledge about the rings... [[spoiler:Turns out, she ''is'' up to no good, being the BigBad of the story.]]
335* {{Hypocrite}}: Mei-ling is known to be able to [[WhatTheHellHero call out Blue for wiping out the inhabitants of Kylin's Paradise.]] However, [[spoiler:she would have had no problems with the same being done to Margmel's inhabitants, and worse, unlike Blue who had an unknowingly noble purpose, Mei-ling had nefarious plans with it, with her only excuse being that [[DemonicPossession the Black Ring made her do it.]]]]
336* MageMarksman: She starts off with a few [[LightEmUp light spells]] and gun techniques
337* NoblewomansLaugh: Never actually heard, but her victory animation has her doing the gesture.
338* TheLancer: To Riki.
339* SquishyWizard: Has some of the worst HP growth in the game and is not going to get very far in most physical skills, so it's best to work on her guns and magic instead.
340* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:She's your guide during the whole Riki's quest, but turns out she's up to no good, being the BigBad all along and using Riki to gather all the rings for her own desires.]]
341
342!!Ren
343[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_ren.png]]
344
345An agent of the IRPO, Fuse's junior and also Emilia's fiancee. He used to be rather workaholic which is why he and Emilia argued a lot, but eventually decided to tie the knot with Emilia and get married. However, in the day before his marriage, he [[spoiler:came across a mysterious mask of the Joker and had his body possessed, becoming the super villain known as the Joker, making it look like he]] was murdered by Joker. The only witness, Emilia, ended up being accused as his murderer and jailed for it.
346----
347* AnimeHair: Has spiky blond hair, akin to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII a more known Square protagonist in their greater magnum opus.]]
348* AscendedExtra: Ren's role at first was Emilia's dead boyfriend [[spoiler:and eventually the body host of Joker, though this is only revealed in the end]] as well as Fuse's partner. The Remastered version, which includes Fuse's scenario, gives Ren more spotlight by making him PromotedToPlayable if Fuse follows any story but Emilia's.
349* DeadPartner: He was Fuse's best friend, which riled Fuse about his death and caused him to lash out unfairly against Emilia.
350* GoodCopBadCop: Fuse considered Ren the good cop to his own bad cop. Ren is generally more lighthearted and not that abrasive compared to Fuse.
351* FightingFromTheInside: In Emilia's good ending path, [[spoiler:Ren resisted Joker's influence enough to tell Emilia on how to undo the GrandTheftMe put on him. She takes his advice well.]]
352* PromotedToPlayable: He's playable [[spoiler:as his own self, not Joker,]] in the Remastered version, though only during Fuse's scenario.
353* SacrificialLamb: He's only around on the earlier parts of the game, but then he bit the dust. Averted in the Remastered version, especially Fuse's scenario: Just as long as it's not Emilia's case, Ren is alive, well and can join Fuse's party and sometimes participate in the IRPO activities together. [[spoiler:Even in Emilia's case, both endings of her case with Fuse always end with Ren surviving.]]
354* SchrodingersGun: The nature of Ren [[spoiler:being Joker]] and how it came to be depends on which ending is taken, which happens in the middle of the game instead of being set on the beginning:
355** In the Good Ending path, [[spoiler:Fuse's evidence bag that he wanted to give for Ren as his marriage present contained an evidence of one of his cases, the Joker Mask. [[GrandTheftMe Ren gets his body hijacked]] and the Joker is let loose.]]
356** In the Bad Ending path, [[spoiler:Ren is a disillusioned FallenHero that saw the IRPO being ineffective in actually keeping criminals behind the bar despite their efforts (and another criminal would take their place if they didn't escape), and so concocted a deliberate plan which involves faking his death by using a body clone with perfectly matched DNA, attempting to use the Joker persona in being a WellIntentionedExtremist to make a truly peaceful world. In Emilia's scenario, he's shot dead as Emilia renounces her love for him, but in Fuse's scenario, Fuse manages to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snap him out of his mentality with a beating]] and Emilia still manages to carry her love for him regardless.]]
357* TheReveal: [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Ren has been possessed by The Joker. Fuse's scenario adds more reveal on this: the Joker mask was slipped on Fuse's present for him to celebrate his marriage, meaning that Fuse accidentally triggered all those possession shenanigans on poor Ren.]]
358
359!!Roufas
360[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_roufas.png]]
361
362The leader of the Gradius society. Roufas used to be friends with Fuse, training for Mind Magic together until they went separate ways with Roufas founding an organization to handle dirty jobs the IRPO couldn't handle. In his spare time, he's hanging out at Mu's Tomb seeking brave men who'd want to claim the Victory Rune. He's the one who hired Emilia in her scenario in order to track down the Cube.
363----
364* CoolShades: Never takes 'em off. Not even while cooking. Not even at a wedding.
365* MyNaymeIs: "Roufas" rather than "Rufus". The "Essence of [=SaGa=]" states that his name is really meant to be Roufas, rather than being some type of translation error, and in turn the Remaster keeps it that way.
366* OnlySaneMan: In the last legs of Emilia's scenario, Roufas is the only one who objects Emilia dressing up in her wedding dress because it will leave the group exposed with danger, but his idea got ignored because they're done with him being TheUnfettered. Sure enough, it gave an opening for Joker to launch Diva at them.
367* TheUnfettered: Roufas is very focused on his job as the leader of Gradius that he really does not have time for romance, causing Liza to break up with him. He also absolutely has no problems in tricking Emilia to be shipped into Trinity's harem as long as it gets the job done.
368
369!!Rouge
370[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_rouge.png]]
371
372Blue's twin brother and actually a more friendly guy who will join anyone (except his brother) in their quest, as long as they themselves can gather Magic Gifts (so he can't join [=T260G=] or Riki). According to ''Essence'', [[spoiler:he's the canonical winner in the fated duel.]]
373----
374* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Blue's Cain, as Rouge is the more social and friendly brother.
375* [[ColorfulThemeNaming Colorful]] ThemeTwinNaming
376* TheExile: Not allowed to return to the Magic Kingdom until he kills Blue. Due to a lack of GameplayAndStorySegregation, he'll actually leave the group if you try to bring him.
377* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Although he wasn't a complete fool, in Fuse's scenario, [[spoiler:if Rouge is the victor of the duel, then he refuses to lead Magic Kingdom, on the grounds that he feels like [[SelfDeprecation he's not yet ready to take responsibility]], so he'd [[WalkingTheEarth wander the realms for awhile]] but will return when he is.]]
378* HeroAntagonist: He's not the most pleasant fellow, but he's far more humane whereas Blue is selfish and petty. This is emphasized in gameplay: you can obtain Rouge as a party member on all of the quests bar [=T260G=] and Riki, while Blue cannot be recruited on any others. In fact, he dismisses Red on his quest solely because his name is similar to Rouge's. [[spoiler:The fact that you can't recruit both in the same party can also be explained due to Rouge actually being Blue's LiteralSplitPersonality.]]
379* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rudeness runs in the family as in ''Essence'', Rouge got kicked out of Kylin's Paradise because he's rude (despite getting the Gift in a non-lethal way). However, he's a lot friendlier than Blue and makes efforts to befriend and help others. He just tones down the rudeness better than his bro.
380* RedIsHeroic: His name is 'red' in French, and yes, he's a much more heroic person from get go than his asshole brother.
381* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In Fuse's scenario, he has the ability to recruit Blue, but if he does, then Rouge simply vanishes from his usual recruitment place as long as Blue is in the party.
382* PolarOppositeTwins: Rouge and Blue's only point of commanality is their rudeness, other than that Rouge is relatively more kindhearted while Blue is a full-on {{Jerkass}}.
383* ThePowerOfFriendship: In ''Essence,'' he's able to muster the strength to [[spoiler:get out of Hell]], because he knew there were people who cared about him outside.
384* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If you ever has Rouge in your party and decided to travel to Magic Kingdom, Rouge will politely leave your party because he's not allowed to return there until he finishes his mission to get all Magic gifts (which will never happen, because he can only do that in Blue's scenario and the situation is more complex). Thankfully, he can still be found in either Devin or Luminous with all his stats, skills and equipments intact if you have finished your business in Magic Kingdom.
385* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Downplayed: if he wins against Blue, he gains all of Blue's magic... but not any non-Magic skills Blue might have learned along the way. So if Blue has somehow learned Life Sprinkler... tough luck, Rouge has to learn again from scratch about it, unless you're in a New Game+ in the Remastered version and in a previous scenario, has recruited Rouge and made him learn non-Magic skills.
386* WalkingTheEarth: In Fuse’s story, [[spoiler:after escaping Hell, Rouge declines staying to rebuild the Magic Kingdom as he believes he’s not ready to lead it, instead it’s to go on a journey to broaden his horizons before returning home]].
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder:Recruitable Mystics]]
390!!Dr. Nusakan
391[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_dr_nusakan.png]]
392
393A back-alley doctor found in Koorong, running a hellishly scary clinic that scares everyone that comes across him. He's still dedicated to the job and morbid research, though, moreso than the immense power as a Mystic that rivals a Mystic Lord.
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395* AlmightyJanitor: [[AllThereInTheManual Essence]] states that he's as powerful as a Mystic Lord, but doesn't give a damn about the Mystic hierarchy. He'd rather continue his morbid research.
396* BackAlleyDoctor: Runs a small clinic in the backstreets of Koorong.
397* CreepyGood: His clinic ''will'' scare the bejeebus of anyone that comes to him, which is why he can't be recruited by many. But, he will put his life on the line on a patient in need as seen in Riki's scenario, and also suspects [[spoiler:Mei-Ling being possessed by the Black Ring]]. He's also gracious enough to offer himself as an escort to the Hide Rune for Blue. Essentially, [[DarkIsNotEvil if you get past his creepy outlook, Nusakan is a good doctor.]]
398* DarkIsNotEvil: A very very scary doctor, but also a man dedicated to his job as a doctor and also represents the 'neutral' option for Asellus's case in Remastered, encouraging her to [[BeYourself just be herself and decide what to do with her mystic heritage on her own.]]
399* DeadlyDoctor: A doctor who's also a powerful Mystic and not stuck with the crappy Mystic Mail, not to mention his StuckItems allow him to freely heal anyone, making Nusakan one of the top most powerful Mystic gameplay-wise.
400* DiscOneNuke: Has access to Greater Arcana before completing the Arcane Quest. Including the [[OneHitKO Death]] tarot.
401* {{Expy}}: Looks somewhat similar to VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII's Dr. Hojo.
402* MinoredInAsskicking: He's one of the most powerful Mystics around, but he's mostly interested in research rather than battle.
403* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Subverted. Despite being creepy as hell and running a scary clinic and most likely not having taken an oath of doctorate, Nusakan is dedicated to his job in saving lives if someone contacts him.
404* NightmareFetishist: Why else does he put up a skull that collapses and eerily laughing on the collapse right in the waiting room of his own clinic? No wonder not everyone can recruit him because they're too scared of him and [[SecretTestOfCharacter likely wouldn't be able to see beneath the surface.]]
405* ScaryShinyGlasses: Fits well with his creepy doctor aesthetics.
406* StuckItems: Instead of the typical [=MysticMail=], he instead has the [=MysticWear=], which allows him to cast [=MagicHeal=] for healing purposes and allows him to wear more powerful armors.
407* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: He's standing next to an operating table with straps, making whoever sees him think he's going to subject the trope on them, causing them to run away. However, Nusakan actually wouldn't do that if they approach him for other reasons.
408
409!!Ildon
410[[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ildon.PNG]]
411
412Rastaban's lover, who is requested to serve as Asellus's bodyguard for ulterior motives.
413----
414* DeadpanSnarker: He's wry and aloof, which makes his commentary across Asellus's route very snarky.
415* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Initially, he shows Asellus very little respect, and considers teaching her something of a burden. He mellows out through CharacterDevelopment and later comforts her after Dark Labyrinth.
416* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: He's exclusive to Asellus' scenario (and Fuse's Case File focusing on Asellus).
417* ReassignmentBackfire: Rastaban assigns him to help Asellus. In the human route, he'll help Asellus kill Rastaban.
418* TookALevelInKindness: In all of the epilogues to Asellus's route he becomes noticeably nicer. Even when he's badmouthing Asellus in the Full Mystic ending it's [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen not unwarranted]].
419* [[{{Tsundere}} Oranyan]]: To Rastaban. He's well aware that Rastaban's completely off his rocker, and doesn't mind snarking bitterly at him whenever they get a scene together, but he does love him.
420%% Tsundere is on this page as Oranyan %%
421* WordOfGay: AllThereInTheManual, he and Rastaban are together.
422
423!!Mesarthim
424[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_mesarthim.png]]
425
426A low-ranking Water Mystic, which translates into being a Mermaid and also giving her rather low self esteem towards upper class Mystics, viewing herself as their slave. Mesarthim was captured in a fishing net and confined in the mansion of Owmi where the young lord fell in love with her, bringing conflict in her because while she's glad that he's a good human, by nature she's incompatible with the smell of humans. Asellus freed her, and she's forever indebted to her, willingly rejoining any party that has Asellus in it, or at least a normal upper class Mystic that doesn't scare her (Dr. Nusakan or Time Lord)
427----
428* AlmightyJanitor: Is a low-class mystic and believes herself to be weak and pretty worthless. However, she's actually an extremely powerful companion if she works past that, [[MagikarpPower especially if she develops her Mystic Weapons]].
429* ApologizesALot: For perceived disrespect to upper class Mystics.
430* CastFromHitPoints: Her [[=LifeRain=]] ability sacrifices her LP to heal the party's HP.
431* ExtremeDoormat: Considers herself below any other Mystic she can name.
432* HappinessInSlavery: She's ''[[LesYay quite]]'' eager to be Asellus's slave when Asellus comes back to her. She’ll also happily serve Time Lord and Nusakan if in the party. Averted with the Lord of the Manor; she's not happy at all when he confines her to his house, but admits that as a person, he's a good man.
433* HumansAreSmelly: She can't stand the smell of humans, which is one thing that causes her to resist the Lord of the Manor.
434* IOweYouMyLife: If Asellus goes back to Owmi for her after the Dark Labyrinth, Mesarthim invokes this trope, insisting that she be Asellus's slave. Incidentally, she also feels this way about the Lord of the Manor, but can't stand the constant smell of humans or her confinement in his shower.
435* MakingASplash: She's permanently equipped with the [=MellowRing=], which allows her to cast [=LifeRain=], but if Mesarthim acquires all Mystic weapons, the item will allow her to use a devastating water attack: Maelstorm. The one that either the Devil Squid or Kraken would throw at you.
436* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They're water mystics.
437* StuckItems: Like Nusakan, Mesarthim isn't stuck with [=MysticMail=]. She's stuck with just an accessory that protects her from water attack and allows her feats as listed on [[MakingASplash the trope above.]]
438* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While Mesarthim accompanies Asellus during [[spoiler:the Full Human and Half Mystic Endings, her fate remained ambiguous in the Full Mystic Ending: We don't know if Asellus killed her or spared her because she was not of noble mystics that resided in Facinaturu.]]
439
440!!Rei
441[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_rei.png]]
442The first of Orlogue's princesses, who lost affection for him and [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]] herself to escape his castle.
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444* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: She threw herself into the fires of Kurenai, so she wouldn't have to live as one of Orlouge's mistresses.
445* BoomerangBigot: In Asellus's game, the first thing she says is "I smell the foul stench of a Mystic," referring to White Rose, despite she herself being one.
446* CantCatchUp: Subverted. As a general rule, with very few exceptions[[note]]most notably Zozma[[/note]], the characters you get all start out at around the same level of power, no matter when you get them. It is impossible to get Rei at any point except very late in the game. By the time you can get her, you'll be leagues ahead of her... if not for the fact that she's a Mystic, who only needed a few monsters to absorb (in particular Suzaku) to quickly catch up with the rest stat-wise (although she still needs time for other developments like WP/JP and other spells if you want her to cast anything other than Mirage Spells).
447* HalfHumanHybrid: Averted. Rei is pure Mystic, despite being physically human due to {{Reincarnation}}, and she's incapable of human-like physical development or techniques.
448* {{Miko}}: Acts as one at the shrine in Devin.
449* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: She's exclusive to Asellus's scenario, and in it, you have to choose between Rei and Kylin + Space Magic. You cannot have both. In Fuse's scenario in the Remaster, she joins automatically during Asellus's Case File, which means they can be in the same party if Kylin's recruited before that point.
450* MyHeroZero: "Rei" means "Zero" in Japanese, and she's the only character able to use Mirage magic.
451** Given that no other princess of Facinaturu is provided an actual name rather than a flowery symbolic title, and her status as Orlouge's first princess, it's likely she was intended to be Princess Zero (in a similar sense to "patient zero") and the translators just didn't pick up on the significance.
452* PermanentlyMissableContent: [[GuideDangIt If you don't visit her room with Asellus and White Rose, and then again with just White Rose, at the beginning of Asellus's scenario]], she won't even join you.
453* PastLifeMemories: Rei has full knowledge of her life as a Mystic.
454* {{Pride}}: [[AllThereInTheManual Essence]] says that her portrait during the battle with Orlouge symbolizes "Pride that bows to none."
455* {{Reincarnation}}: Committed suicide to be reborn into human flesh, by using the "cycle of birth".
456* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the Remaster, she reveals to Fuse that [[spoiler:Orlogue was racing to prevent her reincarnation when he hit Asellus with his carriage]].
457* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite knowing about Time and Space magic, having mastered Mirage magic and her reaction to Asellus and White Rose, she's only ''12''. Justified, since she's been re-incarnated.
458
459!!"Silence"
460[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_silence.png]]
461
462Formerly a Mystic living in Facinaturu. An encounter with Fuse, however, made him interested with the outer world and then he joined IRPO. He's mute, thus his code name is 'Silence'.
463----
464* AppropriatedAppellation: "Silence" started as a taunt, as he is unable to speak.
465* CastingAShadow: In the remaster, Silence automatically comes with the gift for Shadow magic. Ironically in the original version he was locked out of it and had to settle for attaining the gift for [[LightEmUp Light]] magic.
466* CodeName: As an IRPO agent, it makes sense.
467* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He tried to invoke this by attempting to absorb the dimensional beast '''Tanzer''', but failed miserably.
468* {{Foil}}: To Fuse. Fuse is a CasanovaWannabe and by the man's own admission, "quite talkative". Silence is an actual mute and is apparently quite popular with the ladies. Little wonder why Fuse seems to dislike him so much.
469* GoodWingsEvilWings: As part of his ImpracticallyFancyOutfit, moth wings appear out of his back when he casts magic.
470* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Somewhat justified since most mystics dress rather fancily. Fuse hates his dress style and even gave him a nickname because of that (see trope below).
471* InSeriesNickname: Fuse calls him "Narcissistic Cosplay Jerk."
472* MeaningfulName: As his name implies, Silence is a mute.
473* TheSilentBob: In ''The Essence of [=SaGa=] Frontier''.
474* TheVoiceless: It's [[EpilepticTrees rumored]] that he lost his voice when trying to absorb Tanzer, although WordOfGod says he's a natural mute. Under the right circumstances, he'll speak in Red's game near the end, but it's in a scene where the second and third members of the group ask [=Red-as-Alkaiser=] about where Red is, so it's likely just an oversight or glitch.
475
476!!"Time Lord"
477[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_timelord.png]]
478
479The only Mystic with the gift of Time Magic. He resides in his own space, sealing his power to prevent misuse. The player can re-activate his realm if they want his help or learning Time Magic... or claim his gift by killing him, if the player is Blue.
480----
481* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Subverted. He's actually a low class Mystic, but the ability to control time makes him very powerful and dangerous regardless.
482* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No one knows what his true name is- "Time Lord" is just a title he's taken for himself.
483* PowerPerversionPotential: Invoked in ''Essence'' when he uses Time Leap to allow Fuse to feel up Doll. Unfortunately, since the person is outside of time, they can't be affected by ''anything'', and feel as hard as stone. Unfortunately for ''Fuse'', Time Leap's effect doesn't last very long.
484* StanceSystem: If the staff is hovering in front of him during his boss fight, he's going to cast a spell that turn. If he's holding it like a baseball bat, he's going to attack physically. Knowing this and bringing [[AttackReflector Psychic Prison]] makes things a bit easier for Blue.
485* TimeMaster: He's the only one with the Time Magic gift and will happily teach you some lesser Time Magic if you don't want him in your party. But to get the gift for yourself, like Blue, [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt you'll have to kill him and claim the gift...]] as long as you can endure his barrage of time manipulation magic.
486
487!!White Rose
488[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_white_rose.png]]
489
490The kindest arch princess of Facinaturu and sworn to be loyal with the Charm Lord Orlouge. White Rose is assigned with the task of being Asellus's caretaker and protects her from harm, but this displeases Orlouge, who wants her back to his side instead of going with Asellus. [[spoiler:She eventually sacrifices herself by becoming Asellus's unwitting sacrifice so she can escape the Dark Labyrinth, feeling guilty for betraying Orlouge. Asellus definitely freed her after defeating Orlouge, but what happens to her afterwards depends on the path Asellus chose.]]
491----
492* ConflictingLoyalties: She doesn't realize following Asellus was a betrayal of Orlouge until Ciato's shadow spells it out for her, and it weighs on her mind from then on.
493* CrutchCharacter: In Asellus's scenario, she begins as the powerful aide to help Asellus when the latter is horribly weak, but as a full Mystic, her development options were limited. [[spoiler:She later gets stuck inside the Dark Labyrinth and leaves forever, discouraging players to be overly dependent on her.]] Averted in Emilia's scenario, where she's just another recruitable Mystic that joins mid-game.
494* HeroicSacrifice: In [[spoiler:the Dark Labyrinth, in order to for anyone to leave, someone has to stay behind]]. White Rose decides that she deserves it as punishment for disobeying Orlouge, and stays so that Asellus and co. may leave.
495* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:In Asellus's Full Mystic ending, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she and the rest of Orlouge's harem are left to "sleep" in their coffins forever so Asellus can start a new one]].]]
496* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: As Asellus's main traveling partner, she's the Girly Girl for Asellus, the prim and proper Mystic princess, complete with PimpedOutDress and using a curtsy bow as her victory pose.
497
498!!Zozma
499[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_zozma.png]]
500An exiled Mystic from Facinature for being 'different'. He's one of the few beings who has the Evil Magic (but not its Gift), and generally very proud of himself and his immense power, but he's decent-hearted for his allies.
501----
502* AbortedArc: According to the plot notes for Asellus's scenario, Orlouge intended for Zozma to be his heir before the latter rebelled, making Zozma an ongoing source of fascination for a mystic lord that almost always gets what he wants. None of this made it into the game, and Zozma's exile from Fascinaturu is implied to merely be the consequence of his brusque mannerisms.
503* BlaseBoast: Zozma claims that he visits Fascinaturu despite his exile because Orlouge is the only mystic there more powerful than him. In game, Zozma arguably has the best starting stats of all recruitable mystics.
504* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: He joins Asellus after [[spoiler:White Rose is lost to the Dark Labyrinth]] and fulfills a similar role as [[spoiler:a reliable, powerful Mystic]].
505* DarkIsNotEvil: Sure, he can use evil magic and [[{{Expy}} looks like]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]], but he's on Asellus's side and helps her cope with the loss of [[spoiler:White Rose]].
506* WalkingShirtlessScene: ...with star-shaped nipple pasties.
507[[/folder]]
508
509[[folder:Recruitable Mecs]]
510!!BJ&K
511The Cygnus' onboard nurse.
512----
513* TheMedic: For Humans.
514* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Originally only appears at all (and thus only recruitable) in Red's story. In the Remaster, Fuse can find him standing next to Red during any of his Case Files.
515* RobotBuddy: As a Mec exclusive to Red's scenario, he's always seen together with Red in case Red is recruitable in Fuse scenario, because he had to keep up being the SecretKeeper (see below).
516* SecretKeeper: He recognizes Red as Alkaiser pretty early on, but keeps it secret on pain of being disassembled.
517
518!!Engineer Car
519A Mec built to repair and upgrade other Mecs. Desperate for something to do other than sit around the work floor, it can be recruited by any character just by visiting Nakajima Labs in Shrike and asking it to join.
520----
521* CombatMedic: For being a largely support-role Mec, whoever created him also had a mind to arm him with a [[GatlingGood Vulcan gun]] and sharpshooting programs, the former being integrated so you can't unequip it. Yes, it ends up being comically outclassed compared to the other Mecs' firepower, but still.
522* TheMedic: For Mecs.
523
524!!Leonard/[[spoiler:Leonard B. Edison]]
525[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_leonard.png]]
526[[caption-width-right:350:Leonard's body prior to his BrainUploading]]
527Trinity's chief science officer.
528----
529* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: Idea 4; He may or may not have an atomic battery or miniature reactor inside him as a power source if the tabard his mech version wears is any indication.
530* BrainUploading: Predicts his own death and backs up his memory for just such an occasion.
531* CrazyPrepared: Leonard copied his memory into a mech and programmed it to activate his consciousness should anything happen to him. It did.
532* TheMedic: In his new body he has the ability to repair as well as restore a Mech's WP... infinitely
533* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Originally exclusive to [=T260G=]'s scenario, though the Remaster allows Fuse to recruit him if he's investigating either [=T260G=] or Lute's Case Files.
534* TheSmartGuy: He's the one who's the most in the know about Trinity and their facilities, which is why he gladly helps [=T260G=] in navigating them.
535* UnexpectedSuccessor: Eventually ends up [[spoiler:becoming President of the new government after Trinity is exposed and driven out of power]].
536
537!!Pzkw V
538
539A Mec arms dealer that idolizes Leonard.
540----
541* ArmsDealer: Found in the backstreets of Koorong, selling guns smuggled from Trinity. Notably, he sells the very powerful Hyper Cannons.
542* GratuitousGerman: His name is an abbreviation for Panzerkampfwagon V.[[note]]Armored Combat Vehicle Mk. V[[/note]]
543* MoreDakka: Has the most integrated equipment of any Mec body, and three of them are heavy weapons.
544* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Only accessible as a party member in scenarios where you can recruit Leonard (just [=T260G=] in the original release, and Fuse's Case Files for [=T260G=] and Lute in the Remaster).
545
546!!Rabbit
547[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_rabbit.png]]
548
549A Mec found in the garden of Kyo. It is trying to find the secret drug base of Metal Black hidden somewhere in town. It's also a property of IRPO, which had their sights on Metal Black.
550----
551* AppropriatedAppellation: A tiny Mec with protruding ears and round body? No wonder he's called Rabbit.
552* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: It was excusive to Red's scenario in the original version of the game.
553* PintSizedPowerhouse: It may be the tiniest amongst all Mecs, but in the world of [=SaGa=], that also means that it also holds tremendous power and houses many powerful programs. It also has a built-in Laser Cannon in it.
554* RobotBuddy: He's the token robot for the IRPO, appearing a lot of times in Fuse's scenario with his IRPO pals.
555
556!!ZEKE[[note]]Type-ZERO[[/note]]
557
558A robotic mouse created by Nakajima Robotics that escaped and ended up trapped in Sei's Tomb.
559----
560* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Accelerator item/skill can only buff his own Quickness. Since he starts off with the highest Quickness stat in the game ''before'' equipment, and not many monsters will be able to match it, Accelerator becomes useless right out of the gate, but unfortunately, you can't unequip it.
561* FragileSpeedster: Starts off with the highest Quickness stat at ''70''. It doesn't take much to max it out to 99, but ultimately lacks any of the durability the other Mec bodies possess.
562%%* [[GenkiGirl Genki Mec]]
563* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: It's exclusive to [=T260G=]'s scenario, and Fuse's Case File for [=T260G=].
564[[/folder]]
565
566[[folder:Recruitable Monsters]]
567!!Cotton
568[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_cotton.png]]
569
570The only monster who is a member of IRPO's Region Patrol. While Cotton was on an assignment looking into the activities of a gang of thieves, scientists in Shrike kidnapped him and imprisoned him in the Bio Research Lab.
571----
572* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Found in the [[ScienceIsBad Bio Research Lab]], trapped in some sort of chamber being experimented on.
573* TheUnintelligible: He speaks in "kyu"s and "myu"s, although Doll and Fuse seem to understand him. More so because Cotton is an IRPO agent.
574
575!!Kylin
576A creature that has attained the gift of Space Magic, and has used it to create a sanctuary for children.
577----
578* FriendToAllChildren: So much that he created a magical paradise just for them.
579* PapaWolf: He seems quite jolly until Blue announces he's going to kill him and take his gift of Space Magic.
580* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In Asellus's scenario, you can have either Kylin and Space magic, or Rei. You cannot have both.
581* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you don't recruit Kylin before going to the Dark Labyrinth in Asellus's scenario and have activated the triggers needed to recruit Rei at the start of her story, then you will never be able to recruit Kylin even if you reject Rei's offer.
582* RealityWarper: Due to having the Gift for Space Magic, he was ''able'' to create a magical region.
583
584!!Red Turnip
585A thief that became trapped within Orlogue's Dark Labyrinth after trying to steal from his castle.
586----
587* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Exclusive to Asellus's party (or Fuse's Case File on Asellus in the Remaster) due to the area he appears in only accessible during that route.
588* SuckSessor: {{Discussed|Trope}} when he joins Asellus's party, as [[spoiler:White Rose had to stay behind in the Labyrinth for everyone else to go free]].
589
590!!King Sei
591[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_king_sei.png]]
592A former king who ruled the region that includes Shrike. Recently awakened from his tomb, he is a kind soul who continuously watches over Shrike and wants to protect it from those who would do it harm.
593----
594* CoolSword: He wields the powerful Kusanagi sword, which has a special technique. If you defeat him, he'll offer to either give you the sword or join your party. While Sei himself, being a monster, can't actually equip the sword per se, he does come equipped with the Kusanagi's special technique.
595* DefeatMeansFriendship: If you defeat him after robbing his grave, he offers to join the party.
596* DemBones: He was a former king that's become an undead skeleton by the time the party encounters him.
597* PetTheDog: If you're playing Riki and wake him up, Riki will explain his story and Sei'll be moved enough to join without a fight.
598* GraveRobbing: He does ''not'' take kindly to being awoken by people raiding his tomb.
599
600!!Slime
601A fragment of a larger Slime that guarded the Rune within Tanzer.
602----
603* LethalJokeCharacter: He just suddenly joins the party in the Rune quest and starts as an incredibly basic enemy, yet he can still be as powerful as any Monster party member. This carries over into ''Essence'' where he's critical in the victories against [=BossX=] and Mondo in rather unorthodox ways.
604
605!!Suzaku
606A beast that guards the mountain Fuse requests a flower from as part of the Arcane Quest.
607----
608* SecretCharacter: Requires defeating an OptionalBoss while trying to receive the Shield Card. Said OptionalBoss only manifests if you examine Suzaku's frozen body.
609* TakenForGranite: Frozen solid in the mountains of Mosperiburg.
610
611!!Thunder
612Lute's "Little Bro" from his hometown of Yorkland.
613----
614* BigLittleBrother: Thunder's easily twice Lute's size but still calls him "Big Bro."
615* CrutchCharacter: Can be one for new players. Thunder's easy-to-acquire Trisaur form makes low leveled encounters trivial and early boss fights much easier, but its use peters out to the point where he won't be carrying his weight by mid to end game.
616* DiscOneNuke: He can turn into a powerful Trisaur easily, which makes his Ground Hit cause 1000 points of damage to any enemy in range.
617[[/folder]]
618
619[[folder:And All The Rest]]
620!!Berva
621[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_berva.jpg]]
622One of the Four Emperors of [=BlackX=] who established a base in Shingrow. A modified Beast.
623----
624* TheBrute: The main muscleman of [=BlackX=] Four Emperors, decimating any fools that trespass his area with brute strength.
625* TheCameo: Berva will still appear as the Masked Giant in Emilia's version of Shingrow tournament[[note]]It is possible if you grinded for attributes on Emilia before the tournament and she may end up beating Berva too. But since Emilia is initially weaker and does not have immediate power up like Red and Alkaiser, she's usually eliminated before reaching him or Berva would stomp on her easily[[/note]]. However, since Emilia is unconcerned with [=BlackX=], Berva's true identity and goals remain unknown to her, he was just another one-time opponent for her.
626* CounterAttack: Berva’s specialty, the Berva Counter, will cancel out all melee attacks before countering with a heavy blow.
627* MalevolentMaskedMan: Enters the Masked Martial Arts Tournament wearing a domino mask.
628
629!!Ciato
630[[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sagaf_ciato.jpg]]
631A Mystic that's pledged loyalty to Orlogue.
632----
633* BlueBlood: Both figuratively (as Orlogue's right-hand man, he has significant status among the Mystics of Facinataru) and literally (a Mystic's blood is blue).
634* TheDragon: To Orlouge.
635* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He is driven to near-panic by the possibility that Asellus will become powerful enough to kill him, and does his best to murder her before that happens. He doesn't quite get that not only is Asellus immensely powerful, but HeroicNeutral, and while she never seeks him out to kill him, she will most certainly "make him disappear" when ''he'' attacks ''her''.
636* UnexplainedRecovery: Despite it being a plot point that she had extinguished him completely the first time, Ciato's ghost has enough left in the tank to make an appearance to attack Asellus in the final dungeon.
637
638!!Cindy Campbell
639[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_cindy_campbell.png]]
640President of Campbell Trading Company. [[spoiler:Her true identity is Arachne, one of the Four Emperors of [=BlackX=].]]
641----
642* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In addition to being a Company President, she [[spoiler:is a member of [=BlackX=]]].
643* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:She's a cybernetically enhanced Mystic.]]
644%%* EvilGenius
645* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:A Low Mystic that became part of [=BlackX=]. She actually resents the Mystic Lords and other High Mystics.]]
646* SpiderPeople: [[spoiler:Her true form.]]
647
648!!Dr. Klein
649[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_dr_klein.jpg]]
650A genius scientist who joined [=BlackX=]. A school friend of Dr. Okonogi (Red’s Father).
651----
652* EyepatchOfPower: His left eye is covered by one.
653* LaserGuidedKarma: In Fuse's story on Red's case, [[spoiler:Dr. Klein is allowed to continue his research as the reward for sparing Red's mother and sister. The drawback is that he's only allowed to do it while being imprisoned in Despair under the watchful eye of IRPO, so he can't even try to misuse the research again.]]
654* NoNonsenseNemesis: Orders Metal Black III to kill Alkaiser before the latter has a chance to rest.
655%%* ManBehindTheMan
656* PetTheDog: Fuse's story reveals that [[spoiler:Dr. Klein was the reason why Red's mother and sister were spared unlike the father. Because of this, he got a positive LaserGuidedKarma later down the road]].
657* RivalTurnedEvil: To Dr. Okonogi. They went to college together, but Klein "became obsessed with strange and dangerous experiments for a secret organization [...] and was eventually expelled." Okonogi still considers him a friend, wishing only to stop Klein before he commits any more crimes.
658
659!!Furdo
660A minor Mystic that resides in Magic Kingdom, secluding himself in a lab full of statues and desiring to discover a way to topple higher-level Mystics.
661----
662* AscendedExtra: Downplayed. In the original version, his workshop is just kinda there for extra exploration, when originally, he was meant to have extra scenarios concerning Asellus and affecting her ending choice. The Remastered version restores the Asellus content, but he still has little effects to the ending choice.
663* DarkIsEvil: He's an evil Mystic when there are just as many DarkIsNotEvil Mystic examples, and his vileness is meant to show just how depraved Mystics can be, even compared to fellow low-rank Mystics like Mesarthim or Time Lord, favoring Asellus's Human Ending.
664* DuelBoss: If fought in Asellus's route, he has to be fought alone.
665* OptionalBoss: He can be fought with anyone (except Blue), but with little consequences or boons (and the drawback is that if you recruited Blue/Rouge, then you have to dump him because he doesn't want to go back to his home at Magic Kingdom). Even if he has extra scenes in Asellus's story, he's not mandatory.
666* TakenForGranite: All of his subjects were petrified and experimented, with only some faerie touch can temporarily revert them on Furdo's will. He also has the Petrification Breath technique, which somehow didn't work on Asellus and [[VillainousBreakdown flips him off.]]
667* TheStarscream: He's a minor Mystic, but has desires to take over the higher leveled Mystics.
668
669!!Gina
670An innocent girl living in Facinaturu as a seamstress assistant. She befriends Asellus and becomes one of her human companions and the link to her humanity, even if she doesn't directly join Asellus in her adventures.
671----
672* BittersweetEnding: Things don't end happily for Gina no matter how Asellus's story concludes. [[spoiler:If Asellus remains a Half-Mystic, they do get together, but Gina grows old while Asellus remains young, and the latter's inability to fit in anywhere means she can never remain with her for very long regardless. If Asellus becomes human, then she goes on to have a family of her own, and while they remain close, Gina outlives her. And if Asellus becomes a Full Mystic, she makes Gina her first princess, but she becomes a ruthless tyrant and Gina is now effectively her slave for eternity.]]
673* DistressedDamsel: During the climax of Asellus' story, [[spoiler:she gets kidnapped by Rastaban, and Asellus either rescues her during the mission or offscreen after defeating Orlouge (with the timing affecting Asellus' fate)]].
674* MoralityPet: She's usually this for Asellus, since she's one of the few humans in Facinaturu that Asellus befriended, had no ill-wills about and unless the Full Mystic ending is taken, Asellus risks her life to save her and in the Half-Mystic ending, [[spoiler:Asellus makes it her habit to visit her once in a year to remind her of her humanity.]] Deconstructed in the Full-Mystic ending, however... [[spoiler:Since Asellus decided to discard her humanity and become an EvilOverlord, she enslaves her and Gina is still completely submissive as a living LoveMartyr, evolving from her previous role in a twisted manner.]]
675* NostalgicNarrator: Narrates Asellus's game in this fashion.
676* SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:In the Full Mystic ending, she becomes Asellus's first princess.]]
677
678!!Hawk
679[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_hawk.jpg]]
680The Captain of region ship Cygnus. He took Red under his wing after the death of his father, and treated him like a son as well as training him as the engineer of Cygnus. [[spoiler:He's also the public identity of the hero Alkarl, the hero that saved Red's life.]]
681----
682* BadassInDistress: The Cygnus hijacking event saw him being taken as a hostage to put Red into custody as well. [[spoiler:The reason why he's not kicking their asses is because [[BruceWayneHeldHostage it'll give out his identity as Alkarl]] to public, and that's against the rules of a superhero.]]
683* BigDamnHero: [[spoiler:As Alkarl, appears just before Shuzer deals the final blow at the beginning of Red's game.]]
684%%* HenshinHero: [[spoiler:He's Alkarl.]]
685%%* ManlyFacialHair: He might not be very action-y, but [[spoiler:he's actually the public identity of Alkarl, and being a superhero, he could kick ass if needs be.]]
686%%* TheMentor: To Red.
687* ParentalSubstitute: After Red's family is killed, he takes over as father and employer.
688* StealthMentor: It becomes a bit suspicious in hindsight that Red keeps being called back to work right when he's approaching a breakthrough with [=BlackX=]. [[spoiler:Considering he actually knows all about Red's grudge (among other things) it's likely he was timing it to give Red leads while preventing him from getting in over his head.]]
689
690!!Ian
691Lute's father, and the leader of an anti-Trinity movement.
692----
693* LaResistance: He was the leader of one, viewing Trinity's management as corrupt.
694* PosthumousCharacter: Lute was told that he fell while saving the life of his friend Mondo...with the truth being that Mondo killed him in order to join Trinity.
695
696!!Joker
697[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_joker.png]]
698A malevolent masked super villain who's looking for the artifact known as Cube. He murdered Ren and leaving Emilia to take the blame for the murder, putting him on her target as well as Gradius'. [[spoiler:He's actually Ren, either his twisted alter-ego or a mask containing an evil spirit that hijacked his body. This section deals with the latter.]]
699----
700* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:He loses his megalomania the moment Fuse decides his fate, and begs to not be thrown into Kurenai's flames. Fuse is having none of it.]]
701* ForTheEvulz: He really doesn't have a lot of motives in what he does, he's just power hungry because he can.
702* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:He hijacks Ren's body the moment he came in contact with him.]]
703* MalevolentMaskedMan: He's a masked super villain and aiming for something destructive.
704* MysteriousPast: His origin is shrouded in mystery. [[spoiler:Fuse noted that he'll be tossing him in the pyre at Facinaturu (Kurenai), but it's unclear if he was a Mystic from Facinaturu.]]
705
706!!Lion Princess
707[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lion_Princess_headshot_9246.jpg]]
708 [[caption-width-right:200:Full-body shot unavailable due to official art [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline showing off too much of her chest]].]]
709One of Orlouge's many princesses, and the one geared mostly for fighting. White Rose considers her as a big sister. Her loyalty to Orlouge is unquestionable.
710----
711* ActionGirl: Even ''before'' being turned into a mystic. Her portrait during the Orlouge fight symbolizes "Fear that dominates everyone"
712* AntiVillain: She's not evil, just loyal to Orlouge.
713%%* BloodKnight
714* TheBrute: To Orlouge
715* DefeatMeansFriendship: Implied. [[spoiler:In the Human and Half-Mystic endings, she's seen on a scrapbook card with Asellus, which would in turn imply that Asellus spared her life after defeating her. She's not part of the group who visits Gina, however. Obviously averted in the Full Mystic ending, where Asellus kills all of Orlouge's princesses to start her own harem.]]
716* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Her armor does cover the most sensitive part of her chest, but most of it is still quite exposed.
717* RedBaron: She's also known as "The Golden Mane"
718* TakeUpMySword: Defeating Lion Princess the second time will have her drop her sword, the Golden Lion.
719* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unclear what happened to her after [[spoiler:her second defeat by Asellus. In the Human and Half-mystic endings, she shows up on a scrapbook card with no context, although it's implied by the Full-Mystic ending that she and Orlouge's other princesses are killed]].
720
721!!Metal Black[[note]]Shortened to [=MBlack=] in battle[[/note]]
722[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_metal_black.jpg]]
723One of the Four Emperors of [=BlackX=] who has a base in Kyo. A Mec with the “soul of a warrior”.
724----
725* EvilKnockoff: Metal Black III is modeled after Alkaiser, and has his own version of Alkaiser's Al-Phoenix, called Dark Phoenix. In fact, [=MBlackIII=]'s Japanese name is Metal Alkaiser.
726* PickYourHumanHalf: Obviously a Mec, but is quite the philosopher.
727* RecurringBoss: He's fought three times during Red's scenario.
728* ShoutOut: He looks like a mec-{{Samurai}} and originally fought in Kyo, and while he lacks an EyepatchOfPower, his crescent moon helmet is a reminiscent of the Japanese warlord UsefulNotes/DateMasamune.
729* TakingYouWithMe: When he’s defeated aboard the Black Ray, Metal Black attempts to kill the heroes by blowing up the ship before it could arrive at the [=BlackX=] base.
730* WorthyOpponent: Enough that he [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen allows Alkaiser to rest up]] and outright refuses to attack while he's still weak from fighting the Black X emperors.
731
732!!Mondo
733[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_mondo.jpg]]
734Trinity's special intelligence officer, who ends up getting promoted to its commander after its leadership is caught trafficking humans.
735----
736* AffablyEvil: At first, he seems like a genuinely nice guy- In Emilia's quest, he gives her the Angel Broach, and in Lute's game, he gives him a ride out of Yorkland...but in the latter, he's also the head of Trinity, killed Lute's father Ian, and plans to rule the world with a HumongousMecha.
737* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Mondo was originally part of Ian's anti-Trinity resistance, fighting against corruption. He ended up murdering his friend in a bid to become an InternalReformist, orchestrated the war against Wakatu to get a more influential position, and ends up trying to conquer the Regions for personal power thinly disguised as maintaining order.
738* GalacticConqueror: Plans to use his Spriggan to conquer the Regions.
739* HumongousMecha: The Spriggan.
740* InternalReformist: It was Ian's belief that the only way to deal with Trinity's corruption was from the inside, which Mondo took to heart when he betrayed Ian and was rewarded with a position in Trinity. Unfortunately, [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis he ended up corrupted by power]].
741* RivalTurnedEvil: He ''was'' Lute's Dad's best friend...then he killed him.
742* TheManBehindTheMan: Between events in game and happenings in [[AllThereInTheManual ''Essence'']], he's in some way involved in at least five out of the seven stories.
743* WaveMotionGun: The Spriggan's "Buster Launcher", which does about 1,000 damage to the first person it hits, and 10-100 to everyone else.
744
745!!Nasheera
746The head scientist of the Bio Research Lab, researching for eternal life. For that, she 'accepts volunteers' from humans while capturing low-ranking mystics, experimenting them and turning them into dangerous monsters.
747----
748* AscendedExtra: Originally, like Furdo, her extra scenes would have been there and directly affecting Asellus's ending. However, it was cut and only restored in the Remastered version, while also lowering the influence on Asellus's ending.
749* DealWithTheDevil: The volunteer humans didn't realize that the deals she made with them also meant 'selling their souls to her'.
750* EvilCounterpart: To Asellus. She's a human transformed by evil science into a human-monster hybrid, similar to Asellus' status as a half-mystic. Unlike Asellus, she's evil even as a human being, and her actions cause Asellus to question whether her own humanity is a good thing.
751* ForScience: Research for eternal life isn't exactly for her benefits, she just want to make a breakthrough because that's what scientists do, and she doesn't give a damn about right and wrong.
752* HumansAreBastards: She's a despicable human being that makes Asellus question whether her human side was fully good and making her favor the Mystic Ending.
753* LivingForeverIsAwesome: One of her main goals is to try to find a way so humans can live forever.
754* MadScientist: ''Very'' very mad...
755* OptionalBoss: She's optional to fight, even though she has extra scenes with Asellus.
756* {{Weredragon}}: If she engages in combat, she turns into the powerful Earth Dragon.
757
758!!Nomad
759A notorious bandit that was swallowed by Tanzer. Although she claims to protect other survivors, her gang is running a racket and throws people into Tanzer's guts if they're no longer profitable. She was once hired by [=BlackX=] via Cindy Campbell to silence Cygnus for knowing too much about her activities, but was shot down by their main flagship Black Ray once they failed.
760----
761* TheDragon: While she is the leader of her sky pirates, she has her own Dragon, being the Platyhooks (A big Platoonpus with pirate hat and a gun).
762* KarmaHoudini: She usually would never have to pay for her sky-pirating. Not even Red, a superhero who got his ship hijacked by her, had a scenario of delivering justice to her. Even in Riki's story, where she almost got swallowed by Tanzer, she survived and her only punishment was temporarily losing her Thief Ring, as Riki returned it to her once he realized that the Rings are bad news.
763* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: On the other hand, in Fuse's Case File on Riki, Fuse wastes no time to arrest Nomad and her gang, and by the time they exited Tanzer, he's on his way to haul her to jail, most likely Despair.
764* SelfDisposingVillain: In Riki's story, she ends up getting trapped in Tanzer's heart while trying to flee, though she ultimately survives.
765* SkyPirate: She leads a pirate group that terrorizes the skies, until suddenly Tanzer swallowed them.
766
767!!Dr. Okonogi
768A genius scientist, and the father of Retsu Okonogi, AKA Red.
769----
770* MercyKill: When Red is able to track down Shuzer, the [=BlackX=] Emperor reveals that he's implanted Dr. Okonogi's brain inside his own body, and asks if Red can kill his own father. ''Essence'' elaborates on this, stating that Shuzer did this solely so Dr. Okonogi could feel all of the pain that he felt, which means that Red performed this when he did indeed land a killing blow.
771* WeHardlyKnewYe: He appears in the opening of Red's story before Shuzer attacks their hometown and kills him, instigating Red's mission to take down [=BlackX=].
772
773!!Orlouge
774[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_orlouge.png]]
775[[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Charm Lord, Merciless King, Protector of Rose, Ruler of Darkness, Pursuer of Beauty, Supreme Judge, Ruler of Facinaturu, Lord of the Castle, Mystic Lord.]] Orlouge rules the Mystics and Facinaturu with an iron fisted tyranny and keeps a harem of princesses for his pleasure. While chasing for an escaped princess, his carriage smashed onto Asellus, a human girl, and out of curiosity, he tranfused his blood onto her, turning her into a half-Mystic. He intends to keep his rule forever, though shows zero interest in invasion for humans.
776----
777* BadBoss[=/=]VillainousDemotivator: After Asellus's escape, Ciato questions the wisdom of not punishing Ildon... and gets hurled around the room for his trouble. Cut material includes him giving explicit permission to the Bio Research Lab to abduct and experiment on lower class mystics.
778-->'''Orlouge''': Don't ever question me again.
779-->'''Ciato''': Yes, lord...
780* BaitTheDog: His first (or second) action ingame is reviving Asellus after accidentally killing her in what amounts to a traffic accident. In cut content he was reportedly horrified, but he probably only cared because she was female. He soon proves to be a detestable being.
781* BlueBlood: Both in the figurative sense (the Prince of Facinataru and lord over Mystics) and the literal sense (a Mystic's blood is blue).
782* CharmPerson: He has a power over women which few can resist, and only his heir is immune to.
783* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Orlouge understands power and lust just fine. He ''doesn't'' understand that someone as powerful as Asellus might not want to be like him, conquering the universe and taking as many women as she can get her hands on.
784* [[IHaveManyNames I Have Many Titles]]: [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Charm Lord, Merciless King, Protector of Rose, Ruler of Darkness, Pursuer of Beauty, Supreme Judge, Ruler of Facinaturu, Lord of the Castle, Mystic Lord Orlouge.]] Phew.
785* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: Despite his domineering presence and immense power to threaten the Realms, he never lifted his fingers to be a conqueror of realms because the laws of Mystics are different than the laws of Humans or other beings. In Fuse's scenario, it's only after Fuse found a loophole to arrest him that Orlouge decided that if that's the case, then he can also break his rules and become a conqueror. Naturally, that was also thwarted by Fuse and he ends up in Despair with his Mystic power sealed.
786* StalkerWithACrush: For lack of a better trope, this is how he acts toward White Rose. As she puts it, he ''never'' lets go of things he has acquired, ever. He doesn't really act this way toward Asellus, who he barely cares about except as she's taken White Rose.
787
788!!Rastaban
789[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rastaban_Headshot_9428.jpg]]
790A Mystic that resides in Chateau Aguille, who merely tolerates Orlogue instead of serving him.
791----
792* AffablyEvil: Though he's not a very nice person, he's one of the few Mystics in Chateau Aguille who treats Asellus with any kind of respect.
793* TheChessmaster: Turns out, he's behind a plot to [[spoiler:help Asellus overthrow Orlouge. Depending on how Mystical she is, he either gives her some Pluto Armor or fights to absorb her mystical power and be strong enough to fight Orlouge himself]].
794* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He and Ildon are lovers. He's far more evil than Ildon, but Ildon [[spoiler:is still grief-stricken by his death in the Human path]].
795* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:One of the few mystics of Chateau Aguille not loyal to Orlouge, plotting his downfall either by way of Asellus or overthrowing him on his own.]]
796* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:He's using Asellus to eliminate Orlouge. He becomes her chief minion in the Full Mystic ending, and they work together in the Half-Mystic ending but she doesn't take the throne. In the Human ending, she calls him out for using her for his own ambition, and they fight.]]
797* WildCard: He's not firmly aligned with anyone or vice versa.
798* WordOfGay: With Ildon.
799
800!!Rosemary & Thyme
801[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_rosemary_thyme.jpg]]
802 [[caption-width-right:350:Rose in front, Thyme behind her]]
803The pair of children that recovered [=T260G=] from the scrapyard.
804----
805* DistressedDude: Thyme gets kidnapped by the Cabalerro family after [=T260G=] participates in their arena and interferes with their match rigging.
806* InSeriesNickname: "Rose", rather than Rosemary.
807* KidWithTheRemoteControl: To [=T260G=], Thyme more than Rosemary.
808* ThemeNaming: They're both named after herbs.
809
810!!Shuzer
811[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_shuzer.jpg]]
812One of the Four Emperors of [=BlackX=], who has a base in Koorong. A cyborg assassin.
813----
814* {{Cyborg}}: Shuzer is part-robot, with [[RocketPunch detachable arms]] and other enhancements.
815* IHaveYourWife: During the battle at his base in Koorong, just before Alkaiser deals the final blow, he claims to have Dr. Okonogi's brain and asks [=Red/Alkaiser=] if he could kill his own father. ''Essence'' reveals that he just put Okonogi's brain next to his and purposely does that so Okonogi feels every pain he feels, and lets Red know that as he beat him up. Shuzer is just that much of a {{Sadist}}. Of course, he said that when his HP is low, so [[BondVillainStupidity that's asking Red to kill him with righteous revenge in the very next blow.]]
816* RocketPunch: He shoots his hands off when he uses the move "Claw Bit". Once every turn they fly back around and attack a character.
817* SwissArmyAppendage: While his hands are detached, the rest of his arms can function as a rail gun, machine gun, or flamethrower.
818* WolverineClaws: His hands' appearance.
819
820!!Taco
821An octopod engineer living in Junk. He manages to create a body for [=T260=] after Thyme finds its core in the wreckage of a crashed ship.
822----
823* GadgeteerGenius: He was able to construct a fully functional and completely unique body for T260G with nothing but scraps. [[UngratefulBastard though that doesn't stop them from complaining about it being suboptimal.]] Even Leonard manages to be impressed with his craftwork.
824* PunnyName: "Tako" is Japanese for "octopus".
825
826!!Tanzer
827A gigantic beast that swallows ships whole.
828----
829* EldritchAbomination: A giant, flying monster that can travel between regions by itself and devours ships. It doesn't even have a form you can make out from the outside; the most you'll ever see is its mouth, which just looks like a hole opening up in the mist.
830* WombLevel: You only ever deal with Tanzer from the inside.
831
832!!Virgil [[note]][=Ring Lord/Fireworks Lord=][[/note]]
833[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saga_frontier_virgil.jpg]]
834An imposing Mystic that will assist those that suitably entertain him.
835----
836* AGlassOfChianti: Sits on his throne occasionally taking sips of wine even when fighting.
837* BerserkButton: Under no circumstances say you do not know who he is; doing so will result in you being teleported to a random dungeon filled with monsters.[[note]]The dungeon is ''always'' the Koorong cavern where the Hide Rune is located. Anyone (except Asellus and Riki) can abuse this for a shortcut if one doesn't want to go through the Koorong back alley, and it can be in character for [[{{Jerkass}} Blue]] too, if he chose to get the Rune Magic gift.[[/note]] Holding an audience with Virgil for no discernible reason will tick him off, but if you admit to at least knowing about him, he'll let you off if only because your audacity kind of amused him.
838* CoolChair: A golden bat and angel winged throne set atop a massive dragon!
839* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an imposing Mystic, with the background outside his throne room being set on fire, also wearing dark clothes and sitting on an imposing beastly black throne. And he's not that harmful and can be very civil, providing a set of new clothes for Asellus and White Rose if they got out of Facinaturu via Kurenai, and makes note that Orlouge needs to be stopped. In case of Riki, he downplays this: he'll still give Riki a fair challenge to test his worthiness of getting his Ring, but will move for killing him for real if Riki proves to be unamusing or not doing well for his challenge (AKA, boring him)
840* HopelessBossFight: Fighting Virgil isn't a fight as much as it is simply entertaining him[[note]]Getting a score of 10 through combination attacks. [[GuideDangIt Only levels 3 to 5 count, and using the same combination attack twice in a row sets the score to 0.]][[/note]] Trying to deplete his HP is pointless because he has infinite HP, and taking too long to entertain him makes him bored and he decides to start killing everyone. In the original you could not run from battles; the Remastered version allows you to. Either way you are forced to restart the fight should you take too long.
841* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In ''Essence'', he's also referred to as "Fireworks Lord". The artist based his face on her favorite VisualKei band vocalist- Atsushi Sakurai. Sakurai's band is named "Music/BuckTick," which is pronounced "bakuchiku," which translates to "Firecracker."
842* SlouchOfVillainy: He never breaks out of the lazy way he reclines on his throne, even during his fight. It only makes him look even more intimidating.
843
844!!Warden
845The man in charge of the prison known as Despair. He occasionally offers inmates a challenge to earn their freedom, but in the past, only a single person has ever succeeded.
846----
847* TheDreaded: In Riki's story, [[spoiler:it turns out Despair was built solely to contain ''him'']].
848* VillainOfAnotherStory: He's never antagonistic; in fact, he proves to be downright friendly and helpful in any scenario he gets involved with. [[spoiler:But he apparently committed crimes so terrible, that not only was an entire prison erected just to contain ''him'', but his sentence is for a ''million'' years!]]
849
850!!Yaruto
851A Trinity commander that's involved with illegal human trafficking.
852* BadBoss: In the ''Remastered'' version, if you allow the guards from Trinity to escort Asellus out of Fascinaturu, it's revealed that any soldiers who disobey/fail him are ''boiled alive.''
853* FatBastard: Is quite portly, and is his small amount of screentime shows him as one of the most despicable people in the entire setting.
854* HateSink: Involved in trafficking of both humans and Mystics, boils alive dissident employees, and is overall an unpleasant individual. Thankfully, depending on the scenario, he can be either arrested by Fuse or ''eaten alive'' by Zozma.
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856[[/folder]]
857
858[[folder: Organizations]]
859!!Bio Research Lab
860* AscendedExtra: Originally, they only served as an inconsequential PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling, but in the Remastered version, they will play a vital part in Asellus's quest, something that was cut in the original version. Most of them are under the Nasheera (their leader) section.
861* BlessedWithSuck: Not all of the researchers enjoy their new state.
862->I just wanted to know the truth!
863->It’s all over for me! Put me out of my misery!
864->I wanna go home... I want my mommy...
865* BodyHorror: The researchers transformed themselves into monsters.
866* EvilutionaryBiologist: Their "bio research" is not the healthy kind; more the "experimenting on monsters and becoming them" kind.
867* ForScience: Their purpose.
868->Our mission is to observe nature and discover her mysteries.
869* JumpScare: The first time talking with one of the scientists, before suddenly mutating into a monster accompanied by either a scream or an evil laugh just before attacking.
870* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Quite a few of the scientists remark on having a "disease-free, immortal body", either by offering you one or having one themselves. They don't even seem particularly bothered by the BodyHorror that comes with it.
871* PlayingWithSyringes: They experiment on monsters and themselves.
872* ProfessorGuineaPig: The majority of the test subjects? The researchers themselves- those that aren't are kept in a basement dungeon.
873
874!!Black X[[note]]Black Cross[[/note]]
875* {{Expy}}: For [[Franchise/KamenRider Shocker]], considering Red/Alkaiser is based on Kamen Rider. For the [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Black Cross Army]] too, given the name and [[spoiler:the fact the real leader of the organization is revealed to be a giant MechanicalAbomination]]
876* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Of the "all one color" variety. They're color coded by which "Black X Emperor" they serve.
877%%* NebulousEvilOrganization
878* SlaveMooks: [[spoiler:Berva's mooks in Shingrow]] are would-be tomb robbers who've been captured and forced to join.
879
880!!The Caballero Family
881* StarterVillain: The first antagonists in [=T260=] and Riki's plotlines.
882* TheMafia: Runs a protection racket in Junk, a factory in Scrap.
883
884!!Gradius
885* OddlySmallOrganization: Roufus, Annie, Liza, Emilia, and a few [=NPCs=] are the only ones confirmed to be members. They do recruit when they see an opportunity.
886* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: They live on the wrong side of the law, and Roufus in particular is rather amoral. But they're fighting various organizations which are much worse. They are never an enemy to the protagonists.
887
888!!IRPO[[note]] Inter-Regional Patrol Organization[[/note]]
889* NobleTopEnforcer: They're a subset of Trinity, but they do seem to care about their role as enforcers of justice.
890* OddlySmallOrganization: The only patrol officers are Fuse, Ren, Doll, Silence, Cotton and Rabbit. In ''[[AllThereInTheManual Essence]]'' Suzaku, Engineer Car, and ZEKE are deputized as well. Fuse also deputizes Red in one instance.
891* SpacePolice: Although whether the regions are planets or just places is... kind of ill-defined.
892
893!!Trinity
894* OneNationUnderCopyright: The closest thing to a legitimate government that exists in the setting, though they are corrupt and evil on the whole.
895[[/folder]]

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