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| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !Party Members |
| 9 | [[folder:In general]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The recruitable characters that you missed in Disc 1 dies when the Ten Wise Man blow up planet Expel. However, they are all revived in the ending.]] |
| 12 | * HumanAliens: Claude is the only pure genetic human in the party. Most potential party members are from Expel, and are identical to humans save for some having more vibrant hair. Downplayed with Opera and Ernest, who have a third eye in their foreheads but otherwise also look completely human. |
| 13 | * MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: Recruiting Ashton prevents you from obtaining Opera and Ernest, and choosing Precis prevents you from getting Bowman. Leon will only join you if you choose Claude as the protagonist, while Dias can only be recruited with Rena. |
| 14 | * OptionalPartyMember: Claude and Rena are the only mandatory party members. Everyone else is optional, and [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers some characters cannot be recruited in the same playthrough]]. |
| 15 | * SpaceElves: [[spoiler:The Nedian characters, whose physical features are very similar to Tolkien elves.]] |
| 16 | [[/folder]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Claude C. Kenny]] |
| 19 | !!Claude C. Kenny |
| 20 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YujiUeda (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese, remake), Creator/HiroYuki (Japanese, anime), Jimmy Freeman (English, original), Creator/SpikeSpencer (English, remake), Creator/MattHill (English, anime) |
| 21 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_claude.png]] |
| 22 | [[caption-width-right:301:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | The hero of the game. Son of Ronyx Kenny and Illia Silvestri, his desire to prove himself on his own merits leads him to get too close to an alien device that teleports him to an uncharted planet. There, he saves one of the local girls with his phaser, and is mistaken for a legendary hero. |
| 25 | ---- |
| 26 | * AllMenArePerverts: During a PA with Welch in Fun City, Claude can wind up buying what is obviously an adult magazine, admiring the cover girl and her assets, ''out loud''. Welch was not surprised about it. |
| 27 | * AudienceSurrogate: Claude is an earth human transported to an unknown magical land, and his immediate goal is to get back home. |
| 28 | * BadassNormal: He's pretty ordinary, but proves to be deadly with a sword on skill alone. |
| 29 | * ButtMonkey: Not as bad as Ashton, but several [=PAs=] in Rena's storyline serves nothing more than to make jokes at Claude's expense. |
| 30 | * ChickMagnet: Every female party member can end up displaying some sort of attraction to him. Even at the same time (for example, a PA with Rena and Precis has the two arguing about him). |
| 31 | * CoolBigBro: a mild variation with Leon if you recruit him (who coincidentally is only available as a permanent party member if you play as Claude) |
| 32 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Gets rather irrational whenever he finds out Rena's hanging out with Dias. |
| 33 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: If Rena is chosen as the lead. |
| 34 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Claude's repeated attempts to reach the Calnus with his communicator. [[spoiler:By the time they finally got to him, it was the point that Claude didn't want to leave his new friends behind.]] |
| 35 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Primarily a swordsman, but he also has a couple fist techniques (some of which were also used by Illia). |
| 36 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Like his mother, Claude is generally friendly and well-meaning, save some early moments of dickishness when Dias is involved. |
| 37 | * IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Halfway through [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Ell]], the Calnus has finally picked up Claude's communicator signal and they forcibly teleport him out of Expel. When Claude finds out from his father about the planet's approaching destruction, he asks to be sent back, but Ronyx uses his authority as admiral to put Claude in his place, believing it to be for Claude's own safety. Claude insists, using an excuse that he wants to say goodbye to his friends. Ronyx relents, but when Claude is sent back to Ell, he intentionally leaves behind his communicator so that they won't be able to track him again.]] |
| 38 | ** One of his paired endings with [[spoiler: Rena had him living in Expel with her after the events of the game. Rena asked Claude if he regretted not going back to Earth to which he answered that he was still on Expel because he wanted to. Subsequent games make it clear that this ending is non-canon. His paired ending with Celine also has him staying on Expel with her as they wander the world in search of ruins and its treasures. Another ending with Opera has him living with her on Tetragenes.]] |
| 39 | * ImagineSpot: The ladies once tried wondering where Claude got his fashion sense from, and then imagine him first in a knight's bulky armor, and after that, for some reason, in ''drag''. |
| 40 | * ImStandingRightHere: Flashbacks show multiple incidents where officers and other higher ranking people would discuss, while Claude was very obviously in earshot, how surely the only reason he's at the top of his class is because his professors are padding his grades to keep Ronyx happy, or how the only reason Claude is getting the opportunities he does because Ronyx is trying to prop up his service record. |
| 41 | * InstantExpert: Claude comes from a world of DeflectorShields and FrickinLaserBeams... but since HeroesPreferSwords, he takes to one instantly. It's by no means impossible for Claude to have prior UsefulNotes/HistoricalEuropeanMartialArts training, but it's still not discussed one way or another. |
| 42 | * TheMatchmaker: A PA sees Claude becoming one for Leon, who has expressed an interest in all the female party members. |
| 43 | * NiceGuy: One of his defining characteristics is being willing to help out people he barely knows. |
| 44 | * ObliviousToLove: Seems generally unaware of Precis' attempts to flirt with him. If Claude said that he had no girlfriend in one PA involving him, Rena, and Precis, he would be genuinely confused when a LoveTriangle was forming between the three, much to Rena's chagrin. |
| 45 | * TheProtagonist: The Player may choose Claude as their protagonist. Claude arguably is the more logical choice as he is an ideal AudienceSurrogate, given that he is a human from earth. |
| 46 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Shares traits with both his father, Ronyx, and his implied mother, Illia. He also has tendencies to rate his own battle performance out of a 10 point scale in his winning quotes, just like his mother Illia. |
| 47 | * StepfordSmiler: A flashback shows how Claude made himself sound more enthusiastic to be cruising on a starship for the first time than he actually was, even while the other officers tried to use him to put a good word toward his father. Since no one on Expel or Nede knows his father, he can be himself. |
| 48 | * SwordAndSorcerer: Him and Rena makes a Fighter and Healer pair. |
| 49 | * TokenHuman: Despite most of the playable characters appearing human, Claude is the only ACTUAL human in the entire party. |
| 50 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Claude struggles to prove himself to get out of his father's shadow. |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Rena Lanford]] |
| 54 | !!Rena Lanford |
| 55 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaHisakawa (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Creator/NanaMizuki (Japanese, remake), Creator/MayumiIizuka (Japanese, anime), Donna Mae Wong (English, original), Creator/EdenRiegel (English, remake), Creator/NicoleBouma (English, anime) |
| 56 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_rena.png]] |
| 57 | [[caption-width-right:301:Her appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | The heroine of the game. A cheerful young girl from the village of Arlia on the underdeveloped planet Expel. She possesses healing powers previously unknown to her world. One day, while visiting the nearby forest, she is attacked by a monster and rescued by a man wearing strange clothes and wielding a weapon that shoots a ray of light. |
| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | * AdaptationalWimp: Rena in the games has a lot of spunk for a WhiteMagicianGirl and she knows a good deal of hand to hand combat which explains why she chose knuckles as her melee weapon of choice, and eventually knows some offensive spells. In the manga adaptation, her offensive spells are gone, but at the very least, some of her hand to hand combat traits is retained. In the ''EX'' anime, Rena not only doesn't have offensive spells, she's even more inefficient in close combat, at least until that time she was BrainwashedAndCrazy. |
| 62 | %%* BerserkButton: Lying to her. |
| 63 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Celine will allude to this in one Private Action by telling Claude that Rena "can be a very jealous woman." This was shown if Welch was recruited when playing as Claude. Rena was not at all happy with the idea that Claude may be flirting with other women. |
| 64 | ** Her anime counterpart in ''EX'' was more obvious about this as she was always pissed off whenever another girl (first Celine, later Precis) was flirting with Claude. |
| 65 | * CombatMedic: The main healer, but she's still good with her fists and light magic. [[spoiler:By the time of ''Blue Sphere'', Rena has completed medical school and regularly undertakes missions for the Federation alongside Claude.]] |
| 66 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue hair and blue eyes. Rena's influence is implied to be why this became a permanent fixture of the Kenny family. |
| 67 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: If Claude is chosen as the lead. |
| 68 | * DualWielding: In ''Blue Sphere'', Rena trades in her knuckles for knives. |
| 69 | * FirstGirlWins: Rena is the first girl Claude meets in the story and, while he can end up with other party members, ''Star Ocean: Blue Sphere'' confirms that they are the OfficialCouple. |
| 70 | %%* FriendToAllLivingThings |
| 71 | * GeneHunting: She decided to investigate the Sorcery Globe because she thought she would discover her origins in the process. |
| 72 | * HappilyAdopted: Even as she wants to learn her origins, she still loves her adoptive parents. |
| 73 | * HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Gets annoyed when people mistake Claude for her boyfriend. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Her reactions don't help at all]]. |
| 74 | * HospitalHottie: [[spoiler:Between ''The Second Story'' and ''Blue Sphere'' she attended medical school on Earth]]. |
| 75 | * KungFuWizard: With emphasis on the Wizard part. Rena is primarily a spellcaster, but she is also trained as a fist-fighter and is the best physical fighter of the four mage party members. |
| 76 | * MageSpecies: [[spoiler:As a Nedian, she doesn't need to tattoo herself to use symbology, particularly the healing spells that are completely alien to Expel.]] |
| 77 | * TheMedic: Healing spells were previously unknown to the people of Expel. |
| 78 | * MoralityPet: To Dias, since they grew up together as childhood friends to the point of Dias treating her as a younger sister. Notably, she's pretty much the only character Dias treats with any proper decency, but even then he's still rather cold to her. She's also the only character who can goad him into doing something for her, even if he doesn't like it. |
| 79 | %%* MysteriousWaif |
| 80 | * ObliviousAdoption: Her adopted mother thought this was the case. |
| 81 | * OlderThanTheyLook: ''Second Evolution'' makes her look quite young while giving her a voice befitting that of a young teen. She's 18. |
| 82 | * OrphansPlotTrinket: Her pendant. |
| 83 | * PointyEars: [[spoiler:They mark her as not being a native Expellian.]] |
| 84 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Rena looks almost exactly like her biological mother, Dr. Rhima.]] |
| 85 | * SwordAndSorcerer: The WhiteMage to Claude's swordsman. |
| 86 | * TeenGenius: [[DownplayedTrope It's not given as much attention as Leon and Precis]], but Rena is clearly very intelligent given how quickly she adapts to advanced science and technology for someone who grew up on a medieval planet, and some of her Private Actions with Bowman also centre around her going to study at the university in Linga. [[spoiler:It's discovered near the end of the game that Rena takes after her biological mother, one of the most brilliant scientists the Nedian race ever produced.]] |
| 87 | ** [[spoiler:In ''Blue Sphere'', she apparently finished her medical education in ''less than two years'' and became a doctor.]] |
| 88 | * WhiteMagicianGirl: She is the main healer of the game. |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Celine Jules]] |
| 92 | !!Celine Jules |
| 93 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaida (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Creator/SakiNakajima (Japanese, remake), Creator/MamiKingetsu (Japanese, anime), Kana Koinuma (English, original), Creator/MeganHollingshead (English, remake), Creator/VenusTerzo (English, anime) |
| 94 | [[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_celine.png]] |
| 95 | [[caption-width-right:308:Her appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | A treasure hunting symbologist from the town of Marze. Claude and Rena run into her in the city of Krosse, arguing with another symbologist over a treasure map. She talks them into joining her on an expedition to a nearby cavern. |
| 98 | ---- |
| 99 | * AntiGravityClothing: Celine's cape and hat-brim halo floats. |
| 100 | * BlackMagicianGirl: Celine is a HotWitch who favors offensive spells. |
| 101 | * BlueBlood: Her family is aristocracy in her hometown. |
| 102 | * BoundAndGagged: During a {{Filler}} episode in the anime (not even in the manga, which the anime is based on) where the party got shipwrecked into an island infested with ghosts from a ghost ship, Celine ends up being captured, tied up, gagged and eventually put on an UnwillingSuspension. JustifiedTrope since she'd use her mouth for spell incantations, and [[LadyOfBlackMagic her getup]] would've been the cue for the ghosts to silence her. |
| 103 | %%* ElementalPowers: Celine tends to favor... |
| 104 | %%** LightIsGood |
| 105 | %%** PlayingWithFire |
| 106 | %%** ShockAndAwe |
| 107 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: During a private action, Celine runs from a mob of amorous men wanting to shower her with love due to using an aphrodisiac she made. To her shock, it affected Rena. |
| 108 | * ExposedToTheElements: Downplayed at the snowy town of Princebridge where Celine showed discomfort at the cold. When Claude asks why doesn’t she simply put on more clothes, she responds [[HonorBeforeReason it would be against her pride and principles]]. |
| 109 | * HotWitch: A hot and sexy magic-user/symbologist. |
| 110 | * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Her costume is standard fare as far as RPG {{black magician girl}}s go, but what the heck is up with the anti-grav shower curtain? Said outfit is a bit less impractical in the manga, but still. |
| 111 | * KickChick: Celine's jumping melee attack has her doing a jump kick. |
| 112 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: Celine is the textbook example; a blueblood with refined tastes who specializes in powerful offensive magic. |
| 113 | * LegFocus: Celine teases to Claude that some of her [[PowerTattoo power tattoos]] are on her legs and asks if he wanted to see. |
| 114 | * LikesOlderMen: A downplayed example. When Ernest joins the party, Celine's starting romance rating for him is second only to Opera's. They're both 23 and he's 35. |
| 115 | * MsExposition: Out of all the recruitable characters, she's the mostly likely to state important information in story events. |
| 116 | * MsFanservice: Alongside Opera, Celine is the most endowed female in the game. |
| 117 | * OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Becomes the wife of Clauzer Krosse, and Queen of Krosse in the epilogue and in ''Blue Sphere''. The Prime Minister of Expel at the time of the third game is implied to be their descendant.]] |
| 118 | * PowerTattoo: They allow her to use symbology. |
| 119 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:She becomes one of these in her special ending with the prince of Krosse. ''Blue Sphere'' confirms that this is canon.]] |
| 120 | * TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the anime, the surrounding tends to ignore her spell incantation, except during the Marze arc, where the enemy inflicts her with Silence in the middle of incantation. |
| 121 | * VerbalTic: In games, she tends to put 'darling' in her sentences. |
| 122 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Bugs. But this is only in the ''EX'' anime for Celine-exclusive comedic gags; in other versions, she has no say about bugs. |
| 123 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: This is partially due to the limitations of the [=PS1=]-era sprites, which apparently cannot capture her lavender hair. Instead, she just has ''white'' hair. This, combined with her unstoppable self-confidence, gives the impression she's got at least a decade on Claude and Rena. But in a Hilton Private Action, she claims to be 23. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Ashton Anchors]] |
| 127 | !!Ashton Anchors |
| 128 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Creator/AkiraIshida (Japanese, remake), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese, anime), David Babich (English, original), Jeffrey Maxwell (English, remake), Creator/GabeKhouth (English, anime) |
| 129 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_ashton.png]] |
| 130 | [[caption-width-right:301:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | A mercenary swordsman. He takes a job to hunt the two-headed dragon in the Salva mine, but is interrupted by Claude and Rena. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | |
| 135 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Ashton Anchors, naturally. |
| 136 | * AmazonChaser: |
| 137 | ** In the anime at least, Ashton's dragons like a woman who can fight (ie. Opera with a rocket launcher, who ironically [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers cannot join a party with Ashton around in the proper game]]). |
| 138 | ** Ashton himself averts this, since he has more of a thing for [[TheCutie Precis]] in both the game and anime. |
| 139 | * ButtMonkey: If anything's going wrong in a PA that isn't by the player's choice, it's gonna happen to Ashton. In the ''EX'' anime, this is taken ''way'' up to eleven in addition of being a NoRespectGuy. |
| 140 | * TheChewToy: Ashton is so unlucky that he is forced to share bodies with a twin-headed dragon, and in a rare instance of averting StoryAndGameplaySegregation, he has the worst LUK stat in the game. |
| 141 | ** One of the animations for his sprite makes it look like he was ''literally'' being nibbled on by Creepy and Weepy. |
| 142 | * BreathWeapon: One of the last attacks he learns has Creepy and Weepy grow and use their [[PlayingWithFire breath]] [[AnIcePerson weapons]] to attack his enemies. |
| 143 | * CursedWithAwesome: Ashton has a pair of dragons grafted to his back. You can undertake a sidequest to remove them but in the end, he [[StatusQuoIsGod doesn't go through with it]] because the exorcism would kill the dragons. |
| 144 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's dorky-looking, a bit cowardly and has a weird fascination with barrels. He's also one of the most skilled physical fighters in the game. |
| 145 | * [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: He's initially livid at being possessed by the dragons. If Claude and Rena take responsibility for it, he starts calming down almost immediately and is even cordial as he introduces himself to them. By the end of his sidequest, he's become FireForgedFriends with the rest of the party and wants to join them permanently. |
| 146 | * DreamCrushingHandicap: If he's in the party during the Lacour Tournament of Arms, he'll lament that he can't participate due to being fused with Creepy and Weepy. |
| 147 | * DualWielding: With both swords and dragons. |
| 148 | * TheEeyore: He's a pretty morose guy, considering his crappy luck. |
| 149 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Ashton is a badass even before he gets two dragons grafted to his back. |
| 150 | * FusionDance: With the two-headed dragon. HilarityEnsues. |
| 151 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: As noted above, Ashton's Luck stat is the worst in the game. |
| 152 | * HeroicLineage: When Precis creates the Holo-Holograph move based on Ashton's Sword Dance technique, it's mentioned that she modified a technique passed down through the "House of Anchors". This implies that many of Ashton's techniques are passed down through his family. |
| 153 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: His PA's with Claude push this more than the other male party members, though it's entirely up to the player whether to enforce this or not. |
| 154 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: His moveset includes a FlashStep and DoppelgangerAttack, so he's the closest thing the party has to a ninja. However, he also has a dragon grafted to his back and ''bells'' on his cape. |
| 155 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: If you complete his sidequest, he admits that this is one reason he can't go through with exorcising the dragons. It's also one of the reasons he wanted Claude and Rena to help him exorcise the dragons, and he was afraid they'd leave again after the quest was over. |
| 156 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: his special ending, with Eleanor. |
| 157 | * InterfaceSpoiler: Ocassionally in the introduction to battles he'll refer to the dragons with names, even asking them if they're ready to fight. If you level him enough before finishing his sidequest, you can see he has techs which have the dragons fighting along side him, like breathing fire. This all but states he wouldn't go through with dispelling them. |
| 158 | * MagicKnight: He's directly referred to as a Heraldic swordsman. |
| 159 | * MistakenForGay: In Armlock, this will happen if the player chooses the "Hearthrob" in the menu; he and Claude have to share the drink (one glass, two straws). A nearby patron seems amused. |
| 160 | * NoRespectGuy: Nobody takes the poor guy seriously in the anime. And nobody ever notices when he does something competent. |
| 161 | * {{Otaku}}: Ashton is an avid follower of ''barrels''. |
| 162 | * PeoplePuppets: Creepy and Weepy will occasionally possess Ashton and speak through him directly. |
| 163 | * PowerTattoo: He's described as a Heraldic swordsman. This implies that he has Heraldic tattoos, but they're probably covered up by his clothing. |
| 164 | * RealMenWearPink: Rena and Chisato find a piece of jewelry among the latter's belongings, and voice their adoration for it, thinking that it might belong to a refined woman. Then they find the name inscribed on it... |
| 165 | * ResignedToTheCall: He comes to accept being bonded with Creepy and Weepy. While he still wants to be separated from them, he'll only do it in a way that doesn't hurt them. |
| 166 | * ShipTease: While he can end up with anyone, he has the distinction of getting a private action with Precis. By ''Blue Sphere'' they've become the BetaCouple. |
| 167 | * SymbioticPossession: With the two-headed dragon, who helps in battle by attacking with fire and ice breaths. The posession also allows Ashton to understand the dragons language. |
| 168 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Despite his dismal Luck stat, Ashton can equip several items that can give him a huge Luck boost. He can potentially end up with the ''highest'' Luck in the game, depending on what you give him. |
| 169 | * TwoBeingsOneBody: Ashton shares his body, against his will, with the two-headed dragon he fought. |
| 170 | * TheUnintelligible: Creepy and Weepy can only growl and snarl, although Ashton understands what they're saying and can translate for others. Subverted on those rare occasions when they speak through Ashton directly. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Precis F. Newman]] |
| 174 | !!Precis F. Newman |
| 175 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuko Sumimoto (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese, remake), Creator/TomoeHanba (Japanese, anime), Kana Koinuma (English, original), Jhoanna Trias (English, remake), Creator/TabithaStGermain (English, anime) |
| 176 | [[quoteright:321:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_precis.png]] |
| 177 | [[caption-width-right:321:Her appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | A mechanically minded girl from the town of Linga. She literally runs into Claude and Rena when they arrive seeking to translate the writings found in the Krosse Cave. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She and her father are outcasts in Linga due to their affinity for machines. She wants to join because Claude was one of the first people not to reject her because of it. |
| 182 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Two of her powerful killer moves have to be unlocked via the Machinery skill ("Robbie's Superbeam" and "Forcefield"), with obscenely low chances of success. |
| 183 | * BadassNormal: It's not really touched on, but all of Precis's special attacks come from her engineering genius, rather than symbology or swordsmanship. |
| 184 | %%* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Why she wants to join Claude. |
| 185 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: So hyperactive that Celine describes her as more of a tornado than a teenager. She's also a mechanical genius. |
| 186 | * CarryABigStick: Her mechanical backpack has a large hammer hanging from one of the boxes. Some of her Killer Moves (Jump N' Thump AKA Hop Step, and Hammer Time AKA Bang-Bang Attack) involve her pounding the enemy with it. |
| 187 | * CuteLittleFangs: In ''Second Evolution'', Precis's new "excited" artwork has these. |
| 188 | * GadgeteerGenius: She has developed robotic technology alongside her father on a planet with technology roughly that of 17th century Earth, [[spoiler: and needed less than two years of education on Earth to learn how to build her own space ship]]. In the encyclopedia in the [[VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime third game]], it's heavily implied that technology she developed modernized Expel and along with an abundance of Energy Stone, made Expel a dominant player in galactic politics. |
| 189 | * GenkiGirl: She is an optimistic and fun-loving girl. |
| 190 | * LittleMissBadass: Precis combines this with GadgeteerGenius. |
| 191 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She doesn't really look like a 15 year old. Fixed in the remakes. |
| 192 | * PowerFist: Fights with a pair of mechanical arms attached in her backpack, which are controlled trough a joystick. |
| 193 | * RocketPunch: One of her Killer Moves. |
| 194 | * RollerbladeGood: Precis can create the "Newman Boots" with the Machinery skill. The Newman Boots have wheels installed and boost Precis's speed the same way that Bunny Shoes do. |
| 195 | * ShipTease: While she can end up with anyone, she has the distinction of having a PA with Ashton. |
| 196 | * SignificantBirthDate: Precis birthday falls on the UsefulNotes/LeapDay, and she is OlderThanSheLooks. |
| 197 | * TeenGenius: Precis is a genius inventor at only 15-years old. |
| 198 | * TokenMiniMoe: Despite being only 2 years younger than Rena. Lessened considerably in the remake. |
| 199 | * TrickedOutShoes: Precis can create the Newman Boots, a pair of high-tech rollerblades that give the same speed boost as the Bunny Shoes, with the Machinery skill. |
| 200 | * WrenchWench: Precis can even create new weapons and killer moves for herself using the machinery talent. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Bowman Jeane]] |
| 204 | !!Bowman Jeane |
| 205 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoHorikawa (Japanese, original), Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese, remake), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (Japanese, anime), Michael G. Davis (English, original), Creator/DougErholtz (English, remake), Alistair Abell (English, anime) |
| 206 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_bowman.png]] |
| 207 | [[caption-width-right:301:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | A pharmacist and close friend of the linguist, Keith. He helps Claude and Rena get the Krosse writings translated and asks to join so that he can investigate the Sorcery globe himself. |
| 210 | ---- |
| 211 | * ActionDad: In the ''Blue Sphere'' game, Nineh is pregnant and Bowman is set to become a father. This makes Precis reluctant to take Bowman on the quest to help Ernest and Opera, but Bowman insists on coming. Nineh also encourages him to go too. |
| 212 | * AscendedExtra: Of sorts. When you first meet him, he's working the counter of his pharmacy. If you don't recruit him, he continues running the store as an NPC and you can shop from him there. If you do recruit him, Nineh takes over running the store for the rest of the game. |
| 213 | * BareFistedMonk: A pharmacist who fights with his fists. |
| 214 | * BadassBookworm: Bowman is a skilled pharmacist, doctor and former research scientist who worked at Lacour Castle. In Claude's scenario, he can also discover a potential cure for Eleanor's illness in the Linga University library. |
| 215 | * BadassLabcoat: Bowman wears and ''is'' one of these. |
| 216 | * ChivalrousPervert: Bowman continually ogles other women, but he will not cheat on Nineh. |
| 217 | * CombatMedic: Heavy on the combat. He's also one of the few characters with a healing technique. When he joins the party, he already has the skills for the Compounding specialty, which can be used to make various types of healing medicines. |
| 218 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: He has a good sense of humor. |
| 219 | * DotingParent: Became one in the time skip between ''The Second Story'' and ''Blue Sphere''. |
| 220 | * HappilyMarried: One of his Private Actions with Rena involves him getting her advice on what kind of ring to buy for Nineh. If he joins the party, Nineh will also take over running the pharmacy. |
| 221 | * HenpeckedHusband: Somewhat-one of his Private Actions involves him getting chewed out by Nineh, and then getting mad at Claude or Rena for getting him into this mess. |
| 222 | %%* JustFriends: If he ends up with a female character, their relationship is like this. |
| 223 | * ParentalSubstitute: Some of his Private Actions with Rena give him shades of this. He encourages Rena to think about going to college, offers to use his connections to get her accepted at the Linga University and says she can board with him and Nineh while she's a student. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Opera Vectra]] |
| 227 | !!Opera Vectra |
| 228 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoNagashima (Japanese, original), Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese, remake), Creator/RicaMatsumoto (Japanese, anime), Marie Shell (English, original), Ashley Lambert (English, remake), Willow Johnson (English, anime) |
| 229 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_opera.png]] |
| 230 | [[caption-width-right:301:Her appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | A noblewoman from one of the artificial moons orbiting the dead planet Tetragenesis. She is searching for her lover, Ernest Raviede, who had travelled to Expel on one of his expeditions, and ends up crashing. |
| 233 | ---- |
| 234 | * {{BFG}}: Opera's weapon. Aside from Killer Moves and flying enemies, all she does is [[PistolWhipping hit people with it]]. |
| 235 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Some of her new Private Actions in the PSP version show her as this. She warns Rena and Welch of the dangers of pursuing Ernest, and she even ''beats Ernest up'' when she mistakenly thinks he's flirting with Precis. It's so bad that one of the PSP Private Actions centers around Ernest running and hiding so he can get some privacy. Even in one of their endings together, it's implied that Opera's afraid Ernest cares more about his research than about her. |
| 236 | * CoolBigSis: In the EX anime to Rena and Celine who both admire Opera for her drive and determination to reunite with Ernest. |
| 237 | * DrowningMySorrows: Claude can find doing this in a bar on Nede if you didn't recruit Ernest. She's very depressed at the realization that Ernest may have been killed, but Claude can get her to stop drinking if he cheers her up. |
| 238 | * DumbBlonde: Inverted. Besides being a skilled enough engineer to design upgrades for her Kaleidoscope ray gun, Opera is also knowledgeable about ancient civilizations. The books she can create with the Publishing super specialty are academic texts about various galactic cultures. |
| 239 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She sure loves her wines. |
| 240 | * IWillWaitForYou: If you recruited Opera but not Ernest, Opera gets a special ending where she pledges to wait for Ernest's return. You can get around this if Opera's affection for another party member is high enough, but the affection value for the special ending is very high. |
| 241 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Opera wears an evening dress in fights while wearing a jacket over it. |
| 242 | * LadyOfWar: She's pretty refined, but she can kick some ass. |
| 243 | * LikesOlderMen: She's utterly devoted to Ernest, who's 12 years her senior. |
| 244 | * MsFanservice: The party's most sexually appealing party member, alongside Celine. |
| 245 | * PistolWhipping: Against ground enemies, Opera will instead whip her rifle close range. In ''Second Evolution'', she'll smack twice first before actually shooting. |
| 246 | * RebelliousPrincess: Opera's parents do not approve of her adventurous nature. |
| 247 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Vectras are the suzerain house of Tetragenesis, effectively making Opera the princess of her species. Despite this, she is an active adventurer and a powerful asset in combat. |
| 248 | * RubberForeheadAlien: Opera looks like a three-eyed human. |
| 249 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: One of Ernest's endings reveals that Opera has a younger sister named Opal, whose only physical difference is her hair color. Said sister also has a massive crush on Ernest. |
| 250 | * ThirdEye: Like all Tetrageniots. Her improved depth perception compared to other [[HumanAliens humans]] makes her a very good markswoman. |
| 251 | * WrenchWench: Not as obvious as Precis, but Opera is a skilled mechanic who can create new weapons and killer moves with the machinery talent. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Ernest Raviede]] |
| 255 | !!Ernest Raviede |
| 256 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (Japanese, original & remake), Creator/HiroshiYanaka (Japanese, anime), Phillip Mayall (English, original), Terrence Stone (English, remake), Creator/TrevorDevall (English, anime) |
| 257 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_ernest.png]] |
| 258 | [[caption-width-right:301:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | An archeologist from a moon of Tetragenesis. He travelled to Expel on one of his expeditions. |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * AdventurerArchaeologist: One of his Private Actions in the remake is an obvious shout out to ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. Notably, Opera is the one who creates serious archeological texts with the Publishing super speciality. Ernest's books are pulp-style adventure stories. |
| 263 | * BadassBookworm: In his ending with Noel, Ernest reveals he can't stand {{Know Nothing Know It All}}s who never do any fieldwork and just write papers. He's less than thrilled about being honored by them. Half the fun, for Ernest, is the thrill of exploring old ruins and encountering dangers. This may also be why the books he writes for Publishing are thrilling adventure stories rather than archeological texts. |
| 264 | * BadassTeacher: Teaches at a university when not on an expedition. |
| 265 | * CelibateHero: To a certain extent. Despite having women fall over him left and right (including more than one of the female party members), Ernest is far less interested in romance than he is in adventure and research. When Rena asks him why he doesn't return Opera's affections, Ernest replies that he isn't even certain about his own feelings. He really does care about Opera, since his romantic rating for her is highest when he joins the party, but she's such a ClingyJealousGirl that it drives him nuts. One of his new Private Actions in the PSP version has him trying to hide from Opera so he can get some space, and getting Rena to cover for him. |
| 266 | * ChickMagnet: In addition to gaining the affections of both Vectra sisters, Celine's starting romance rating for him is almost as high as Opera's. In a new Private Action added to the PSP version, he and Dias get ogled by a bunch of female passerby in North City. You can also have Rena gush over them, too. |
| 267 | * DemonicPossession: When Claude, Rena and Opera finally track him down at the Hoffman Ruins, they find he's been possessed by an evil ghost. He tries to [[HostageForMacGuffin take Opera hostage to make the party hand over the Energy Stone they found in the ruins]], but they destroy him and free Ernest from his control. |
| 268 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 269 | ** He seems to be the ''Star Ocean'' universe's response to ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. One of his Private Actions in ''Second Evolution'' has him discuss getting into chases in mine carts, among other Indy references. Claude has to explain that those are fiction and that ruins on Earth are largely the same as everywhere else, to Ernest's disappointment. |
| 270 | ** Going further, given the team that worked on ''Star Ocean'' and their connection to the [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco Tales Studio]] and [[Creator/TelenetJapan Wolf Team]], Ernest's entire character is basically a space-fantasy answer to ''VideoGame/EarnestEvans'', who was himself a tongue-and-cheek {{Expy}} of Indiana Jones. He even ''looks'' like an older, more grizzled, three-eyed relative of Earnest. The two being a letter off from having the same name, down to the names sounding phonetically ''exactly'' the same, more or less confirms it. |
| 271 | * LegendaryInTheSequel: Ernest's archeological theories are still held in high authority [[VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime four-hundred years later]]. |
| 272 | * MayDecemberRomance: At least by Japanese video game standards. Assuming he eventually hooks up with one of the female party members, he'll be at ''least'' 12 years older than her. |
| 273 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: When the party finds Ernest at the Hoffman Ruins, he's openly affectionate and loving towards Opera. She's immediately weirded out, since Ernest was never that forward with her. Opera is increasingly unnerved when Ernest tries to get Leon to hand over the Energy Stone the party found in the Hoffman Ruins, going so far as to ''shoot him''. She's actually right to be suspicious, since Ernest was possessed by an evil ghost that wanted the Stone. The ghost attacks the party directly after Opera shoots Ernest, and after they destroy it Rena heals Ernest. |
| 274 | %%* PermaStubble |
| 275 | * RubberForeheadAlien: As a Tetrageniot, Ernest looks like a human with a ThirdEye. |
| 276 | * WeNeedADistraction: One of Rena's new Private Actions in the PSP version has Ernest trying to hide from Opera so he can get some privacy. He asks Rena to tell Opera she hasn't seen him so she'll lose his trail. |
| 277 | * WeaponSpecialization: His weapon of choice is a whip. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Dias Flac]] |
| 281 | !!Dias Flac |
| 282 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoHorikawa (Japanese, original / Second Story R), Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese, remake), Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese, anime), Phillip Mayall (English, original), Creator/KyleHebert (English, remake), Creator/BrentMiller (English, anime) |
| 283 | [[quoteright:311:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_dias.png]] |
| 284 | [[caption-width-right:311:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | Rena's childhood friend. He left Arlia after the death of his family to wander as a mercenary. |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | %%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Claude, as it's [[HopelessBossFight impossible to defeat him in the arena]]. |
| 289 | * AscendedExtra: Of sorts. In the original PSX version, he only ever sleeps during Private Actions. However, in ''Second Evolution'' he actually interacts with Rena and other characters in several Private Actions. |
| 290 | * BadassNormal: He's pretty ordinary, but proves to be deadly with a sword on skill alone. |
| 291 | * BaritoneOfStrength: His voice in every versions is considerably lower than the rest of the team, and he's acknowledged as one of the biggest badasses in the party. |
| 292 | * BoringButPractical: Dias' moves aren't that flashy and didn't hit as much as Claude and Ashton, but they're fast and ideal to use for interrupting enemies without getting too close and have fast recovery time in case he whiffs. Most exaggeratedly, two of his initial Killer Moves, Air Slash and Chaos Sword. Both are cheap enough to be spammable and carries to the whole game while also saving MP-recovery items, and the former moves ''way'' faster than Claude's thus very ideal to interrupt bosses that move utterly fast that make positioning for the fancier moves really hard. |
| 293 | * ChickMagnet: Ernest noticed this and decided to have some fun in North City. |
| 294 | * CrutchCharacter: In Rena's scenario. Mega powerful when he's just with Rena, but Claude will surpass him once he joins for good due to Claude's Killer Moves likely to hit more. May be subverted, due to having some techniques that have high accuracy (Air Slash) and speed to interrupt things and him having some options to break the damage limit, making Dias still very viable even at the end of the game or against Gabriel Celeste or Iselia Queen. |
| 295 | * CynicismCatalyst: Seeing his parents and younger sister murdered by bandits. |
| 296 | * DefrostingIceKing: He doesn't care for any of the other characters except for Rena (who he grew up with) and Claude (who earns his respect after the Tournament of Arms). However, he can warm up to them, especially in ''Second Evolution'' when he can interact with them in Private Actions. |
| 297 | * HeavySleeper: Most of the time in Private Actions, you see Dias sleeping. And that's his ''hobby'', too. |
| 298 | * HookedUpAfterwards: [[spoiler: with Chisato Madison in ''Blue Sphere''. They are the only ones with a special romantic ending together in the game. In the current mobile game ''Star Ocean Anamnesis'', Dias expresses that he is happy to see Chisato during her introduction event (in a rather roundabout way, but that is usual for him). While in ''Second Evolution'' they have no private actions together and their ending was changed to a non-romantic one, this ending has since been regarded as happening pre-''Blue Sphere''.]] |
| 299 | * IneffectualLoner: Wishes to be alone, but Rena don't let him. |
| 300 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very standoffish and often rude to almost everyone, but he does care greatly about Rena and eventually respects Claude while recognizing that the latter does have the potential to become strong and protect Rena. |
| 301 | * TheLancer: Dias has this personality in general. If he's in the party during Rena's scenario, the rest of the heroes will be upset that Claude is missing when they wash up on the Continent of El. Dias is the one who reminds them that they need to get moving and that they may be able to find Claude later. |
| 302 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Rena. |
| 303 | * MasterSwordsman: He's a sword expert and wields his sword like an IaijutsuPractitioner. |
| 304 | * RedemptionDemotion: Dias is a MasterSwordsman who is impossible to defeat in the tournament, but when recruited in Rena's story, he becomes a CrutchCharacter. |
| 305 | %%* TheRival: To Claude. They even come to blows in the arms tournament, in which Claude begins to earn his respect. |
| 306 | * ShipperOnDeck: You wouldn't believe it from someone like him, but yes he is one. Outside of Private Actions, he assures Claude that he doesn't see Rena as anything more than a little sister, and in an actual PA, he tells Rena that she is the support that someone like Claude needs. |
| 307 | * TheStoic: Dias is aloof and very serious. Rena is the only person whom he opens up with. |
| 308 | * SweetTooth: For such a tough and stoic character, a PA reveals that he really likes chocolate parfaits. |
| 309 | * TroubledButCute: Dias still struggles with his pain over watching his parents and little sister die in front of him, which gives him an often bleak outlook on life. He's also a handsome {{Bishonen}} who several women in North City drool over in a Second Evolution Private Action. You can also have Rena gush over him in that same PA. |
| 310 | * WorthyOpponent: His viewing Claude as this is shown by his having Gamgee give Claude a specially sharpened blade. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Leon D. Geeste]] |
| 314 | !!Leon D. Geeste |
| 315 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaida (Japanese, original), Creator/YumikoKobayashi (Japanese, remake), Grant Wachspress (English, original), Zack Goldman (English, remake) |
| 316 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_leon.png]] |
| 317 | [[caption-width-right:301:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | A prodigy working with his parents in the Kingdom of Lacuer's weapon research division. Claude and Rena are enlisted to help him find the final component of the weapon that will beat back the monsters spawned by the Sorcery Globe. |
| 320 | ---- |
| 321 | * BadassBookworm: Leon is a pretty powerful mage, plus his weapon ''is'' a book. |
| 322 | * BadassLabcoat: Leon, being a scientist, is also this. |
| 323 | * BreakTheCutie: Only exclusively on Claude's scenario, when Leon found out that he's possibly the SoleSurvivor after the destruction of Lacuer's Hope, and his parents nowhere to be seen, he completely drops his InsufferableGenius manner and starts bawling like he's a kid left all alone in the world and started wishing that he should have died instead. Took Claude to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slap him and telling him to place his hope somewhere else to calm him down]]. |
| 324 | * CatBoy: A fellpool for no readily apparent reason. [[VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime The third game's]] dictionary explains this as being a result of both of Leon's parents carrying a certain recessive gene on the twelfth chromosome. A new private action in ''Second Evolution'' also addresses the issue. |
| 325 | * ChildMage: He is twelve years old during the game, and is a BlackMage. |
| 326 | %%* ElementalPowers: Leon favors using... |
| 327 | %%** DarkIsNotEvil: Leon favors dark magic, but he's pretty nice once you get past the InsufferableGenius facade. |
| 328 | %%** AnIcePerson |
| 329 | %%** MakingASplash |
| 330 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Books. It's less silly than it sounds, as he's not actually hitting enemies ''with'' the book you equip on him; his physical attack is ''summoning a demon'' from his book to do the work for him. |
| 331 | * InsufferableGenius: At first. |
| 332 | * LegendaryInTheSequel: [[VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime Four-hundred years later]], Leon is still famous for his work on developing Symbological Science. |
| 333 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Actually enjoys a Fun City skit that parodies the Sentai genre that was meant for kids his age. |
| 334 | * PowerTattoo: Unless he keeps the symbols in his books, he has unseen tattoos that allow him to use symbology. As with Ashton, they're most likely covered up by his clothing. |
| 335 | * PrecociousCrush: He develops one on every one of the female party members. One Private Action centres around him confessing to Claude. Claude then has to decide which girl to reveal this to, and whether he or Leon gives her the news. |
| 336 | * TeenGenius: Though Leon is actually a ''pre''teen example, being just 12 years old. He becomes one proper in ''Blue Sphere''. [[spoiler:In ''Blue Sphere'' and ''Till the End of Time'', it's revealed that Leon was instrumental in expanding the Federation's knowledge of symbology.]] |
| 337 | * TokenMiniMoe: At 12, he's the youngest of the cast. His sprite stands at half the size of everyone else. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Noel Chandler]] |
| 341 | !!Noel Chandler |
| 342 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi (Japanese, original), Creator/TakahiroMizushima (Japanese, remake), Jimmy Freeman (English, original), Creator/PeterDoyle (English, remake) |
| 343 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_noel_6.png]] |
| 344 | [[caption-width-right:301:His appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | A zoologist overseeing a nature reserve on Energy Nede. He helps Claude and Rena seek out the last wild Psynard. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * ArtworkAndGameGraphicsSegregation: His sprite has cat ears like Leon in every version of the game, but all his artwork shows him with pointy elf-like ears. |
| 349 | %%* BadassTeacher: He is a university professor. |
| 350 | * CrutchCharacter: In ''Blue Sphere''. He's the only healer available until Opera and Rena join much later. |
| 351 | %%* EyesAlwaysShut: As seen in his character portrait. |
| 352 | %%* FriendToAllLivingThings: He and Rena potentially bond over this. |
| 353 | * MageSpecies: As a Nedian, he can use symbology without the tattoo. |
| 354 | * MasterOfNone: Noel can heal, but can't even come close to matching Rena. He can use attack magic, but Celine and Leon have him beat there. He equips knuckles as his weapons, but all of the fighters beat him in physical combat, as does Rena. |
| 355 | * TheMedic: Noel serves as a combination of this and a BlackMage. |
| 356 | * ObliviousToLove: He has no idea that his assistant has a massive crush on him. |
| 357 | * PointyEars: As a Nedian, he has elven-like ears. |
| 358 | * TheRedMage: He can cast both healing and offensive spells. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Chisato Madison]] |
| 362 | !!Chisato Madison |
| 363 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Rumi Kasahara (Japanese, original), Fuyuka Ano (Japanese, remake), Jessica Heidt (English, original), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English, remake) |
| 364 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_chisato.png]] |
| 365 | [[caption-width-right:301:Her appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | A reporter for the ''Nede Chronicle'', the biggest newspaper in Energy Nede. She follows Claude and Rena around because she thinks they're the biggest story to happen in her lifetime. |
| 368 | ---- |
| 369 | * BadassNormal: She's just a skilled martial artist, in spite of the fact that all Nedians are supposed to be able to use Symbology. [[spoiler: According to ''Star Ocean Anamnesis'', there is a reason for that...]] |
| 370 | * IntrepidReporter: Chisato is a reporter and follows Claude and Rena in their quest to save the universe. She can also help them crack the conspiracy surrounding the Ten Wise Men's origins wide open if you do an optional sidequest. |
| 371 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Despite the Nedians being a MageSpecies, Chisato can't use magic. All of the party spellcasters have the Blessing Of Manna talent, and they're the only ones who can get it. Given that Chisato doesn't have the talent, she can't use magic. |
| 372 | * MageSpecies: Subverted. The Nedians are only semi-magical in that they can cast spells without the Symbology tattoos other races need to use magic. Nedians still need the Blessing Of Manna talent to use magic, and Chisato doesn't have it. [[spoiler: in ''Star Ocean Anamnesis'' it is strongly implied that she was born without the special gene that grants Nedians the ability to use Symbology, though the dictionary in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' implies that Chisato was still able to pass the ability to her own descendants.]] |
| 373 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: Despite her looks, Chisato is a skilled melee fighter who attack with punches and kicks. |
| 374 | * PointyEars: As a Nedian, she has elven-like ears. |
| 375 | * ProperlyParanoid: She picks up on how odd it is that, in billions of years, no alternative versions of the Ten Wise Men story has surfaced. She's very right to be suspicious. |
| 376 | [[/folder]] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | [[folder:Welch Vineyard]] |
| 379 | !!Welch Vineyard |
| 380 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoeHanba (Japanese), Creator/MelissaFahn (English) |
| 381 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/so2r_welch.png]] |
| 382 | [[caption-width-right:301:Her appearance in ''The Second Story R'']] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | A new character added in ''Second Evolution'' version, Welch is a young girl with a peculiar sense of style who always carries around a big pointer. A self-designated creator, she claims that she builds various useful items, but the details are unknown. She semi-forcefully decides to join Claude and the others on their venture. |
| 385 | ---- |
| 386 | Tropes about her are listed in the [[Characters/StarOcean main page]]. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | !Supporting Cast |
| 390 | [[folder:Ronyx J. Kenny]] |
| 391 | !!Ronyx J. Kenny |
| 392 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiHamada (Japanese, remake), Sam Gold (English, remake) |
| 393 | Claude's father. |
| 394 | ---- |
| 395 | * HeroicBSOD: When he thought Claude has doomed himself when he returned to Expel, right when it's nearing its destruction. |
| 396 | %%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Along with his entire crew.]] |
| 397 | * LegendaryInTheSequel: His exploits as a Federation officer, not least of all being the events of ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'', has earned him quite a reputation. |
| 398 | %%* OlderAndWiser |
| 399 | * RetiredBadass: He hasn't retired from the military, but he doesn't really fight anymore. |
| 400 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Being the only character from the [[VideoGame/StarOcean1 first game]] to return, Ronyx is killed by the Ten Wise Men.]] |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder:Allen Tucks]] |
| 404 | !!Allen Tucks |
| 405 | The son of the Mayor of Salva, and childhood friend of Rena and Dias. |
| 406 | ---- |
| 407 | * EntitledToHaveYou: Corrupted by an Energy Stone, his feelings for Rena leads to kidnapping her with intent to marry her. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Philia]] |
| 411 | !!Philia |
| 412 | A mysterious girl Claude meets at Kurik. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:After she was killed in a terrorist attack, her father transferred her consciousness into an artificial body.]] |
| 415 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: [[spoiler:The beloved daughter of Dr. Lantis, creator of the Ten Wise Men. It was her death that prompted him to alter the programming of the Wise Men to seek the destruction of everything.]] |
| 416 | %%* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:For her father, Gabriel.]] |
| 417 | * PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Her very existence keeps Gabriel's power restrained. When he kills her for betraying him...]] |
| 418 | %%* WalkingSpoiler: The above tropes reveals much about her identity. |
| 419 | [[/folder]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[folder:Chris]] |
| 422 | !!Chris |
| 423 | The prince of Krosse. |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | %%* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:To the princess of Lacuer.]] |
| 426 | * IdenticalStranger: Inexplicably identical to Claude. |
| 427 | %%* LoveInterest: To Celine. |
| 428 | %%* RunawayFiance |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[folder:Mayor Nall]] |
| 432 | !!Nall |
| 433 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Bill Reed (English, remake) |
| 434 | The mayor of Nede's Centropolis. |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | * UnreliableExpositor: [[spoiler:The history of Nede he shares with the party is rather grossly inaccurate. Justified in that he's no more aware of the truth than the party is.]] |
| 437 | [[/folder]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[folder:Dr. Rhima (Unmarked Spoilers)]] |
| 440 | !!Dr. Rhima |
| 441 | Rena's biological mother, who died during an incident in Nede's Symbiological Weapons Laboratory. In order to save her daughter, who was also in the lab with her, she went against regulations and used the lab's experimental time-displacement shield to warp Rena into the distant future. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * MementoMacGuffin: Her pendant, sent away with Rena to be an OrphansPlotTrinket to remember Rhima by, is also a Quadratic Key. |
| 444 | * WalkingSpoiler: Due to Rena being adopted, the purpose of her pendant, and Nede itself being important to the plot. |
| 445 | [[/folder]] |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[folder:Reel]] |
| 448 | !!Reel |
| 449 | Added in ''The Second Story R'', Reel is an intergalactic fisherperson trying to catalogue unique species, and rewards Claude and Rena in exchange for what they can catch. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * MeaningfulName: Named after a component of a fishing rod. |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | !Ten Wise Men |
| 455 | [[folder:In general]] |
| 456 | The main enemies of game who appear at the end of the first disc, they are a group of skilled Nedians from four billion years ago who wish to rule the universe. |
| 457 | ---- |
| 458 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the manga, [[spoiler:they pull a HeelFaceTurn in the middle of the final fight against Gabriel upon remembering their original functions]]. |
| 459 | * DidNotSeeThatComing: Granted, they were sealed away during the time of their development, but they never knew that Nede [[spoiler:once developed weapons that could theoretically breach their NighInvulnerability and ultimately kill them]]. Their final words are in completely shock that their enemy now had the tools to beat them. |
| 460 | * DubNameChange: In the ''Platform/{{PlayStation}}'' version, the Ten Wise Men had their names changed to remove the ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming. The [=PSP=] version fixed that. |
| 461 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:They use the Calnus warship to demonstrate Nede’s weaponry, blowing it up and killing Claude’s father where he could see it.]] |
| 462 | * MeaningfulName: Even the DubNameChange fits as they are named after philosophers and saints, not too different from their ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming from the original. |
| 463 | * NighInvulnerability: Thanks to their force field. |
| 464 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Also border on [[PhysicalGod physical gods]] since it requires the special anti-matter weapons to damage them. |
| 465 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They're all named after archangels. |
| 466 | * SuperSoldier: [[spoiler:In reality, they are a group of biological weapons created by the original Nede to quell rebellions. Only later did Dr. Lantis adjust their programming and indwell the dormant Gabriel unit in order to destroy the universe.]] |
| 467 | * ThisCannotBe: Justified as they naturally had NighInvulnerability among their powers and were in a position where they had no idea that Nede was developing [[spoiler:700 million years ago]] and just recently constructed weapons capable of negating that and [[spoiler:the Symbol of Annihilation]]. Therefore, their final moments are in understandable complete shock that their enemies were finally able to get the better of them. |
| 468 | * VillainBall: Claude was more than willing to stop the Ten Wise Men when they destroyed Expel. However, [[spoiler:torturing the kid into making him watch his father die with his ship made him take it personally]]. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Gabriel]] |
| 472 | !!Gabriel/Dr. Lantis ''(Indalecio)'' |
| 473 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaharuSato (Japanese, original), Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese, remake), Erik Bergmann (English, original), Creator/RichardEpcar (English, remake) |
| 474 | The Leader of the Ten Wise Men. |
| 475 | ---- |
| 476 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Following the death of his daughter, Dr. Lantis created a new body for himself, becoming the tenth Wise Man.]] |
| 477 | * BigBad: As the leader of the Ten Wise Men, he is the main antagonist of the story. |
| 478 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:The death of his daughter.]] |
| 479 | * FinalBoss: The last thing standing between Claude, Rena, and friends from [[spoiler:stopping the Symbol of Annihilation and saving the universe]] is Gabriel. |
| 480 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: [[spoiler:In-universe, he went from the creator of the Ten Wise Men to the scientist who provided the means for defeating them. The former is the truth, while the latter is from the doctored history records that Nall related to the heroes.]] |
| 481 | * LightIsNotGood: Gabriel's primary power involves Light. |
| 482 | * OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Destroys planet Expel in the end of the first disc, and plans to do the same with Energy Nede and everything else that exists.]] |
| 483 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: An evil version. |
| 484 | * TrueFinalBoss: Gabriel Unlimited, who can only be fought if you do the right sidequests and discover the entire story behind the Ten Wise Man. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder:Lucifer]] |
| 488 | !!Lucifer ''(Cyril)'' |
| 489 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kensaku Kobayashi (Japanese, original), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese, remake), Brian Vouglas (English, original), Dick Neptune (English, remake) |
| 490 | The second most powerful of the Ten Wise Men. |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Was originally created to be the leader of the Ten Wise Men, but then their creator's daughter was killed...]] |
| 493 | * BlowYouAway: Winds of Destruction, his strongest spell. |
| 494 | * DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler:Lost his status as a result of Dr. Lantis making himself the leader of the Ten Wise Men.]] |
| 495 | * TheStarscream: He makes no secret about this to the party before they fight. Justified as he was really DemotedToDragon due to [[spoiler:Dr. Lantis using his authority as creator and transferring his consciousness to their last resort weapon Gabriel to make himself the leader. Lucifer just wants that position back]]. |
| 496 | * SystematicVillainTakedown: He intentionally sets things up so the other Wise Men challenge and fall to the party one at a time, instead of overwhelming them as one huge group, in order to rule alone. |
| 497 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Say this to the party before being confronted. |
| 498 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Even compared to the other Wise Men, Lucifer stands out as the most treacherous one, as he sent the other members to their deaths so he can overthrow his boss and rule the universe alone. |
| 499 | [[/folder]] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder:Haniel]] |
| 502 | !!Haniel ''(Vesper)'' |
| 503 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kensaku Kobayashi (Japanese, original), Creator/TaitenKusunoki (Japanese, remake), Steven Memel (English, remake) |
| 504 | One of the two Ten Wise Men fighting the party midway up the tower of Phynal. A physical-based fighter with spells and [[TakenForGranite petrification]] beams. [[spoiler:He is the commanding officer for Zadkiel, Raphael, and Camael, while acting as a civilian control unit.]] |
| 505 | ---- |
| 506 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: His portrait in ''Second Evolution''. |
| 507 | * DualBoss: He is fought alongside Michael. |
| 508 | * ManaDrain: One of his skills drains all the MP of one character. |
| 509 | * TakenForGranite: He can petrify you with his attacks. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | [[folder:Michael]] |
| 513 | !!Michael ''(Decus)'' |
| 514 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (original & remake), J.S. Gilbert (English, original), Peter Spellos (English, remake) |
| 515 | One of the two Ten Wise Men fighting the party midway up the tower of Phynal. An AxCrazy pyromaniac who wants you to ''BURN''. [[spoiler:He is also the superior of Zaphkiel, Jophiel, and Metatron, while serving as their tactical weapon.]] |
| 516 | ---- |
| 517 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His design is associated with red and he use fire powers. |
| 518 | %%* AxCrazy |
| 519 | * DishingOutDirt: He can cast Earthquake in the [=PS1=] version. This was removed in the PSP port. |
| 520 | * DualBoss: With Haniel. |
| 521 | * HeelFaceTurn: In ''Star Ocean Anamnesis''. [[spoiler:He is convinced to join the heroes by the series protagonist Evelysse. This has resulted in the oddest shipping in the series. To date, he is the only boss to become a playable character.]] |
| 522 | * LargeHam: Oh God. Due to the original game's voice acting, he's one of the most stand out examples of hamming it out. |
| 523 | * PlayingWithFire: Use fire-based attacks. |
| 524 | [[/folder]] |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[folder:Zadkiel]] |
| 527 | !!Zadkiel ''(Ruprecht)'' |
| 528 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Dai Matsumoto (Japanese, original), Kiyomi Yazawa (Japanese, remake) |
| 529 | One of the three Wise Men who guard the entrance to Fineal. A young child of the Wise Men with [[AffablyEvil honorable manners]] to his enemies. |
| 530 | ---- |
| 531 | * AffablyEvil: Probably the kindest of the the Wise Men. He greets the party and even apologizes when he mistakes Claude for being an Expellian. [[spoiler:He was designed that way to blend in crowds better.]] |
| 532 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: His last words in the original translation, [[spoiler:"What!? I hear nothing about that!"]]. This was fixed in ''Second Evolution''. |
| 533 | * EvilGenius: Uses speed and quick attacks on the enemy. He also works under Haniel and [[spoiler:was made to be a data gatherer for the Ten Wise Men Project]]. |
| 534 | * GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Male example. Zadkiel uses a large tuning fork as a weapon, befitting his status as the all-hearing Wise Man. |
| 535 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:He may look very young, but like the other Wise Men, he's more than a billion years old.]] |
| 536 | * TeleportSpam: Uses this for moving. |
| 537 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Was one of the two who discovered the truth about Filia's death.]] |
| 538 | * WaveMotionTuningFork: Literally, as it's his weapon of choice. |
| 539 | [[/folder]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | [[folder:Camael]] |
| 542 | !!Camael ''(Nicolus)'' |
| 543 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Taketora}} (Japanese, remake) |
| 544 | One of the three Wise Men who guard the entrance to Fineal. An elderly man with multiple eyes who seems to know much if you ask him about anything. |
| 545 | ---- |
| 546 | * AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Explains Claude's origins to the other party members and swears to make their deaths as painless as possible.]] |
| 547 | * CaptainErsatz: Resembles Keel from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 548 | * EvilGenius: He seems to know quite a lot. He also works under Haniel and [[spoiler:is one of the two information gatherers for the Ten Wise Men Project]]. |
| 549 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: His updated character portrait for [=SO2R=] clarifies that he has an eye in each of the palms of his hands, and ''another'' two eyes on his bald crown. There's a definite implication that there are yet more eyes on his body, fitting his role as the all-seeing of the Wise Men. |
| 550 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Was one of the two to discover the death of Filia.]] |
| 551 | * VillainsNeverLie: His information is as accurate as he can make it. This is shown when [[spoiler:he explains to the party that Claude is from another world]]. |
| 552 | [[/folder]] |
| 553 | |
| 554 | [[folder:Raphael]] |
| 555 | !!Raphael ''(Jibril)'' |
| 556 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaikiNakamura (Japanese, original), Haruo Satou (Japanese, remake) |
| 557 | One of the three Wise Men who guard the entrance to Fineal. A mysterious hooded being who [[TheQuietOne doesn't talk much]]. |
| 558 | ---- |
| 559 | * EldritchLocation: The interior of his cloak (assuming that's not somehow his body) is one. One of his most exasperating attacks is to open the cloak up to reveal a starry expanse, from which a demonic hand emerges to drag someone in and take damage until Raphael is forced to eject them. |
| 560 | * EvilGenius: Uses speed and quick attacks on the enemy. He was one of the subordinates of Haniel [[spoiler:and was designed as a data analyst during the Ten Wise Men Project]]. |
| 561 | * TheFaceless: His [[InTheHood hood]] hides his face. |
| 562 | * TeleportSpam: Uses this for moving. |
| 563 | * TheStrategist: [[spoiler:His original position of the Ten Wise Men project, converting data into scenarios to formulate strategies.]] |
| 564 | [[/folder]] |
| 565 | |
| 566 | [[folder:Metatron]] |
| 567 | !!Metatron ''(Berle)'' |
| 568 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiHamada (Japanese, remake) |
| 569 | One of the Wise Men first encounter and the first to fight in battle. He has the behavior of a knight and is a master at defense. |
| 570 | ---- |
| 571 | * AffablyEvil: See LetsFightLikeGentlemen. He compliments their fighting ability, but calls them out for not looking at other people's perspectives. |
| 572 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: DoubleSubverted. He asks the party members how many lives they have taken on their journey, which they refute saying they only killed the monsters they made and the Wise Men are far worse. Later on, however, [[spoiler:his words have more weight when they learn the truth about the Wise Men and Filia later asks them to kill her]]. |
| 573 | * BarrierWarrior: His best ability is a shield that renders him indestructible for a short amount of time. [[spoiler:Makes more sense when he was designed to be a defense warrior among his kin.]] |
| 574 | * TheBrute: Fights with sheer fighting strength. Also serves under Michael [[spoiler:and was made the base defense unit for the Ten Wise Men Project]]. |
| 575 | * CaptainErsatz: His portrait in ''Second Evolution'' makes him look like the Ten Wise Men reprogrammed ''Franchise/RoboCop''. |
| 576 | * HopelessBossFight: The first battle against him is unwinnable; you instead have to avoid being felled by him for a full minute. |
| 577 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Offers a fight against the party [[spoiler:before Expel collides with Nede]]. |
| 578 | * StoneWall: His defense is the best of the Wise Men. |
| 579 | * WhatTheHellHero: He calls out the party for not seeing the perspectives of others, [[{{Hypocrite}} even if he considers "incompatible" beings to only warrant erasure]]. Part of it comes from how the scientist he pursued was only playing dead and was not injured at all. [[spoiler:Another has to do with Nede not being as clean as they claim and the protagonists eventually being called to Filia by herself]]. |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[folder:Jophiel]] |
| 583 | !!Jophiel ''(Shigeo)'' |
| 584 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidenariUgaki (Japanese, original), Riki Kitazawa (Japanese, remake) |
| 585 | One of the Wise Men encountered during the assault of Fun City. A cyborg-like being that looks down on sapient species. [[spoiler:He was the long-range artillery weapon for the project.]] |
| 586 | ---- |
| 587 | * CaptainErsatz: From his look, it's like the Ten Wise Men hired and cyborgified [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Psycho Mantis]]. The original English version even gave him a pseudo-ShoutOut via his name Shigeo, which is about two (or three) consonants away from the text that appeared in the blank screen whenever Psycho Mantis does his MindScrew ability (Hideo). |
| 588 | * TheFaceless: His helmet completely covers his face. |
| 589 | * {{Sadist}}: Enjoys killing civilians during the assault on Fun City. |
| 590 | --> '''Jophiel''': MORE. MORE. I WANT TO SEE MORE PAIN, MORE SUFFERING! |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Zaphkiel]] |
| 594 | !!Zaphkiel ''(Marsilio)'' |
| 595 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Japanese, remake) |
| 596 | One of the Wise Men encountered during the assault of Fun City, and also the one who fights the party during the first, failed assault at Phynal. A big sword-wielding swordsman, [[spoiler:and designed as a close-combat weapon for the Nedians]]. |
| 597 | ---- |
| 598 | * {{BFS}}: Wields a giant sword in combat. |
| 599 | * TheBrute: [[spoiler:Designed to be a close-combat weapon for the Ten Wise Men project.]] |
| 600 | * HopelessBossFight: The first battle against him is unwinnable. |
| 601 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Offers to fight the party right after [[spoiler:Ronyx's death]]. He wipes the floor with them easily at that time. |
| 602 | [[/folder]] |
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