Line #38 Characters/WildArms2


1	'''Warning! Some spoilers are unmarked.'''
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
4	!ARMS
5	!!!Playable Characters
6	[[folder:Ashley Winchester]]
7	!!Ashley Winchester
8
9	A young man who belongs to a military organization called the Musketeers, later promoted to a special task force code-named [=ARMs=]. After a terrorist attack he finds himself [[CursedWithAwesome burdened with great power.]] His weapon is an advanced [[BayonetYa bayonet]].
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11	* BackgroundMusicOverride: The battle theme changes when Ashley uses his Knightblazer form.
12	* BigDamnHeroes: Ashley does this a few times.
13	* {{BFS}}: Both his bayonet's blade, which is ridiculously large, and Argetlahm.
14	* DemonicPossession: He is possessed by Lord Blazer at the end of the prologue, but is actually able to keep him in check and even gets a SuperMode from him. [[spoiler:Until the final battle, that is.]]
15	* DuelBoss: He's got quite a few boss fights where he has to fight alone. In order, we've got [[WarmupBoss Kalivos]], Trask, [[DiscOneFinalBoss Vinsfield]], [[spoiler: [[ShesAManInJapan Caina]]]], Grauswein and [[spoiler: [[ClimaxBoss Lord Blazer.]]]]
16	* EmpathicWeapon: Argetlahm
17	* EnemyWithin: He fuses with a demon destined to destroy the world.
18	* EvolvingWeapon: You can buy upgrades for it as you go along.
19	* GenderBlenderName: For those who don't realize that "Ashley" was once more prominently a guy's name.
20	* HenshinHero: Via Access. Ashely transforms into a being that is a balance between [[spoiler: Lord Blazer, a Demon King and the Arghetlahm, a Holy Sword.]]
21	* TheKidWithTheLeash: He must contain [[spoiler: Lord Blazer]] within himself.
22	* LightningBruiser: Especially when he obtains Access.
23	* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: In Wild Arms 5 he gives a sidequest to Dean Stark.
24	* ScarfOfAsskicking: His Knightblazer form.
25	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: His Knight Blazer form.
26	* TookALevelInBadass: As a result of [[spoiler:Caina taking Marina hostage and attempting to get revenge via killing her, his emotions cause his Knight Blazer form to become the golden Knight [=OverBlazer=], which while more powerful is harder to control because it's due to the balance leaning towards Lord Blazer.]]
27	[[/folder]]
28
29	[[folder:Lilka Eleniak]]
30	!!Lilka Eleniak
31
32	A teenage wizard-in-training who takes her missing sister's place in the team, despite her self-doubts. She fights with [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]].
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34	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:It later becomes clear that Lilka is in love with Ashley, but can't have him because he's in love with Marina.]]
35	* BigEater: Like [[VideoGame/WildArms1 Cecilia]] before her, and like Cecilia justified by her being a Crest Sorceress who needs the extra calories.
36	%%* BlackMagicianGirl
37	* ChildMage: She's a 14-year-old sorceress.
38	%%* CuteWitch
39	%% * GirlishPigtails: A variation.
40	* IneptMage: Her magic is usually reliable... except for her teleportation spell, which sometimes goes wrong. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her accidentally teleport in the middle of a meeting.
41	* ParasolOfPain: Her weapon of choice is an umbrella.
42	* ParasolOfPrettiness: Symbolizing innocence. Evident in her official art as well as her battle end pose.
43	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jelly rolls. (Yakisoba bread in the original Japanese version.)
44	[[/folder]]
45
46	[[folder:Brad Evans]]
47	!!Brad Evans
48
49	A large man who is an expert in heavy weapons and explosives. Originally the hero of a revolution, he was later imprisoned for "war crimes" (before joining ARMS.) He uses metal gloves as his weapons.
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51	* TheBigGuy: He's even the only one who single-handledly has the necessary power to defeat [[SealedEvilInACan Ragu O'Ragula]]. Not only is he Badass, but just [[WalkingShirtlessScene watch him move]].
52	* ClearMyName: Brad is falsely accused of [[spoiler: the nuclear destruction of his home country]]. Possibly subverted in that he's never officially cleared.
53	* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:A positive variation: he is actually filling in for his crippled best friend.]]
54	* EvolvingWeapon: Like Ashley's bayonet, you can buy upgrades for his bazooka.
55	* ExplosiveLeash: His collar.
56	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:His almost HeroicSacrifice.]]
57	* GentleGiant: He's tall and fierce-looking, and even more formidable in battle. But to ordinary people, he's actually surprisingly affable and level-headed. Just very reserved about the details of his background.
58	* KillSat: Sky Eye.
59	* TheScapegoat: He spent the last 5 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
60	* WalkingShirtlessScene: This is half-true, as his shirt has only one shoulder strap, showing a good portion of his torso at all times.
61	[[/folder]]
62
63	[[folder:Tim Rhymeless]]
64	!!Tim Rhymeless
65
66	An innocent boy who discovers he's the ChosenOne to receive powers from the planet's spirits. Fights with a [[MagicStaff staff]].
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68	%%* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins
69	* ChekhovsGunman: He is introduced a good long while before he becomes vastly important to the game's plot, although his giving Ashley a Guardian Medium and his "enter name" screen having a portrait are big clues.
70	* ChildMage: At 12, he is the youngest of the playable characters, and relies on magic in combat.
71	%%* MysticalWaif
72	* SummonMagic: He provides this for all the heroes.
73	* WhiteMagicianBoy: At first, although he wanders more into TheRedMage territory later.
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Kanon]]
77	!!Kanon
78
79	A bionic, female bounty hunter, who at first opposes the group but later joins it. She uses daggers (and her bionic implants) in combat.
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81	* ArtificialLimbs: Her arm.
82	* HeroAntagonist: Until after the third time you fight.
83	* HonorBeforeReason: Kanon is obsessed with her family honor.
84	* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: She's put in this position with regards to Ashley. [[spoiler:She stays her hand, of course.]]
85	%%* MysteriousMercenaryPursuer
86	* NothingPersonal: She makes it clear several times that she knows Ashley is a good man and doesn't actually hate him. She continues to oppose him because she believes its her duty as a descendant of the Sword Magess.
87	* RedemptionDemotion: Kanon seems to stop being so awesomely powerful when she joins the party (at least until you unlock her later skills). Justified, as she took a tremendous amount of damage in a short time before joining the party and it's a miracle she's still alive at all, let alone being able to move. Also, she was [[ExplosiveOverclocking overclocking]] her cybernetics in the first place, which she can't do afterwards.
88	* RecurringBoss: Is fought three times in the game.
89	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder:Marivel Armitage]]
93	!!Marivel Armitage
94
95	A female inventor who helps the team with their technological needs. She becomes playable after a specific subquest. A pair of robots fight for her.
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97	* ChildMage: Or at least, she looks like a child.
98	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[spoiler:Marivel is the [[LastOfHisKind only Crimson Noble alive]]]].
99	* HumongousMecha: Marivel uses these in her summon magic.
100	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Among other things, a FryingPanOfDoom.
101	%%* InsufferableGenius
102	* LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler:She is the last of a race of vampire-like beings called Crimson Nobles.]]
103	* OptionalPartyMember: Recruiting her is not necessary for beating the game.
104	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: She is a Crimson Noble
105	* PowerCopying: Marivel can learn certain enemy abilities thanks to her [[spoiler: vampiric heritage]].
106	* {{Pride}}: [[spoiler:Of being a Crimson Noble, who according to her, are the absolute rulers of Filgaia.]]
107	%%* SummonMagic
108	* VampiresAreSexGoddesses: [[spoiler:Tony has an enormous fetish for Marivel's vampiric side.]]
109	[[/folder]]
110
111	!!!Other Members
112	[[folder:Irving Vold Valeria]]
113	!!Irving Vold Valeria
114
115	The commander of [=ARMs=]. He purchased the unit after it was decimated in a terrorist attack, and appointed Ashley, Lilka, and Brad as its initial members.
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117	* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: He's pulling the strings behind everything. And we mean ''everything.'']]
118	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrifices himself along with his sister to stop the end of the world.]]
119	* NecessarilyEvil: [[spoiler: He formed both the heroes and the villains as a two-tiered plan to gather information as well as global resources in order to stop a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie sentient]] [[AnotherDimension dimension]] from swallowing their world. The villains could use whatever tactics they wanted; and the heroes would be able to get the combined support of the world's governments who wanted them to stop the villains.]]
120	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
121	%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart
122	* XanatosGambit: He pulls off a masterful gambit by [[spoiler: creating both the heroes and the villains' organizations. Whichever side wins, Valeria will have united the whole world in pursuit of his true goal - the destruction of the Kuiper Belt. The world would NEVER have united in time to stop it without his creation of a threat. Of course, if ODESSA won, they'd stop the threat too.]]
123	[[/folder]]
124
125	[[folder:Altaecia Rune Valeria]]
126	!!Altaecia Rune Valeria
127
128	Irving's sister, who supports him unconditionally.
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130	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrifices herself along with her brother to stop the end of the world.]]
131	%%* HonorBeforeReason
132	* PimpedOutDress: Her {{pink\| means feminine}} dress.
133	[[/folder]]
134
135	[[folder:Amy and Kate]]
136	!!Amy and Kate
137
138	Irving's telepathic assistants, who operate the communication device, and also the chateau.
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140	%%* BridgeBunnies
141	%%* PsychicPowers
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	!Supporting Characters
145	[[folder:Marina]]
146	!!Marina
147
148	Ashley's childhood friend, whose mother owns the bakery where Ashley lives.
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150	* AngerBornOfWorry: A lot of her arguments with Ashley and his deeds stem from his having to risk his life on a daily basis and how she feels so powerless in comparison while being unable to do anything but wait and worry.
151	* GirlNextDoor: She serves as the reminder for what Ashley is truly fighting for: The chance to live a peaceful day-to-day life like an ordinary person.
152	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: She's the one whose words manage to reach Ashley and return him to normal after the Grauswein battle even as his Overblazer form is strangling her.
153	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The first time she sees Ashley transform into Overblazer, she panics and rejects him, driving him into despair. When she's alone a few moments later, she's kicking herself for not wholly accepting him or his current situation.
154	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:She ends up with Ashley, and has children with him.]]
155	* IWillWaitForYou: Her promise to Ashley near the end of Disc 1. She never stops believing that he'll return and continues waiting even after he's briefly lost in space.
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Tony Stark]]
159	!!Tony Stark
160
161	A friend of Tim's whom Ashley rescues from kidnappers in the prologue.
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163	* TotallyRadical: Dude!
164	%%* {{Keet}}
165	* PrecociousCrush: Has one on Marivel.
166	* ShoutOutThemeNaming: To ComicBook/IronMan.
167	[[/folder]]
168
169	[[folder:Scott Summers]]
170	!!Scott Summers
171
172	Another friend of Tim's. The three of them are always together.
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174	* ShoutOutThemeNaming: To Scott Summers (aka ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}) of the ComicBook/XMen.
175	* VerbalTic: He begins nearly every sentence with "in my humble opinion".
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	[[folder:Pooka]]
179	!!Pooka
180
181	A "sub spirit" that Tim can summon, which is sort of like a Guardian Lite. He serves as Tim's first tool.
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183	* {{Expy}}: Of Hanpan from [[VideoGame/WildArms1 the first game]], at least as far as his appearance and uses go.
184	%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
185	%%* ThirdPersonPerson
186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder:Lombardia]]
189	!!Lombardia
190
191	A biomechanical dragon that can turn into an jet.
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193	* GlobalAirship: Getting to ride in Lombardia greatly opens up the world map.
194	* HumongousMecha: Your party members barely reach up to the ankles of Lombardia's model.
195	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: A mechanical airship dragon.
196	[[/folder]]
197
198	!Odessa
199	[[folder:Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus]]
200	!!Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus
201
202	The leader of Odessa, a terrorist organization which seeks to take over the world.
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204	%%* DuelBoss
205	* OptionalBoss: [[spoiler: You can fight his ghost after defeating him.]]
206	%%* RecurringBoss
207	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
208	[[/folder]]
209
210	[[folder:Liz and Ard]]
211	!!Liz and Ard
212
213	The game's comic relief villains, and Odessa's science division. Liz is prone to spouting nearly-nonsensical poetry, while his companion can [[PokemonSpeak only say "Ard"]].
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215	%%* {{Butt Monkey}}s
216	* CloudCuckoolander: Liz, courtesy of the translation.
217	* ADogNamedDog: Played with: they're two lizard-like characters named "Liz" and "Ard". They're a literal {{Deconstruction}} of the trope!
218	* DualBoss: They are always fought together.
219	%%* ForScience: Liz
220	%%* GoldfishPoopGang
221	%%* {{Harmless Villain}}s
222	%%* InsufferableGenius: Liz.
223	* PokemonSpeak: Ard only ever says the word "Ard". Liz can translate this one word into long sentences, but it's unknown how accurate he is.
224	%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad
225	%%* RecurringBoss
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	!!!Cocytus
229	[[folder:In general]]
230	!!Cocytus
231
232	A group of four powerful individuals that fight for Odessa.
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234	%%* EliteFour
235	%%* RecurringBoss
236	* ShoutOutThemeNaming Cocytus is the ninth circle of Hell in ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Antenora, Caina, Judecca, and Ptolomea are parts of it.
237	[[/folder]]
238
239	[[folder:Caina]]
240	!!Caina
241
242	The source of monsters for Odessa and the person who controls Randolf the Magic Key.
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244	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Caina loves Vinsfeld, who instead loves Antenora.
245	%%* DuelBoss
246	* HomoeroticSubtext: With Vinsfeld, leading to the above trope.
247	* ImprobableWeaponUser: The aforementioned magic key.
248	%%* PsychoSupporter
249	* ShesAManInJapan: His feelings towards Vinsfeld were too much for Western censors, who changed his gender to female. This was easy to do with someone as [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous-looking]] as Caina.
250	%%* StraightGay
251	[[/folder]]
252
253	[[folder:Antenora]]
254	!!Antenora
255
256	An assassin and strategist for Odessa.
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258	%%* BestServedCold
259	* ImprobableWeaponUser: In game dialogue and official art indicate she is attacking you with long wires on her gloves that ''somehow'' inflict status ailments.
260	* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:She joined Odessa in order to exact revenge on Vinsfeld, who was responsible for the deaths of her family.]]
261	* TomboyishPonytail
262	* TheVamp: [[spoiler:To Vinsfeld. Getting him to love her and allowing herself to be killed, just so that he can know the same anguish of loss as she did when Vinsfeld murdered her family.]]
263	[[/folder]]
264
265	[[folder:Ptolomea]]
266	!!Ptolomea
267
268	A very tall man and the leader of Odessa's troops. He's prone to spouting cheesy lines and uses a windmill-like three-bladed claw as a weapon.
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270	* AntiVillain: For someone who fights you most of the times you meet him, Ptolomea is unfailingly respectful. [[spoiler:When he finally meets his end, he honorably asks your group to see to the safety of his men.]]
271	%%* BoisterousBruiser
272	%%* AFatherToHisMen
273	%%* ImprobableWeaponUser
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Judecca]]
277	!!Judecca
278
279	Odessa's hitman and an expert marksman, and a sadist to the core.
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281	* CharacterTics: Pushes his glasses up and down rapidly when he's excited - which is usually when he's about to kill someone.
282	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After the party spells out to him what a monster he is.]]
283	%%* DuelBoss
284	%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
285	%%* PsychoForHire
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	!Walking Spoilers
289	[[folder:The Sword Magess]]
290	!!Anastasia Valeria
291
292	A young woman who fought against evil using the sword Argetlahm. She is revered in the present day.
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294	%% * AGirlAndHerX: She and Lucied have been together almost forever. %% Add more context to describe their relationship and what effect it has on them. %%
295	* AnimalMotifs: Her companion is a wolf-like god.
296	* {{BFS}}: Argetlahm
297	* CoolBigSis: During the time Ashley gets flung to the Memory Maze at the start of Disc 2, Anastasia calls herself as this.
298	* EmpathicWeapon: Argetlahm.
299	* GuestStarPartyMember: Anastasia and Lucied guide Ashley through a short dungeon at the beginning of Disc 2.
300	* HeroicSacrifice: In the past, to stop the Blaze of Disaster. [[{{Deconstruction}} She reveals however that she didn't wanted to be a hero in the first place.]]
301	* IJustWantToBeNormal: When Ashley meets her in the Memory Maze, Anastasia reveals she never asked to be the hero and greatly wished to be able to just go back home and talk about inane things with her friends.
302	* ThePaladin: Combines healing magic and physical attacks.
303	[[/folder]]
304
305	[[folder:Lucied]]
306	!!Lucied
307
308	The Guardian of Desire, and Anastasia's partner.
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310	* DarkIsNotEvil: The Guardian of Desire is a hero this time.
311	* GenderFlip: In the first game, Luc'''ei'''d was a female wolf, now is a male wolf named Luc'''ie'''d. It's unknown if the change was intentional or just a dub error.
312	* GuestStarPartyMember: Same as Anastasia.
313	%%* LightningBruiser
314	* TimeAbyss: He is as old as the planet itself.
315	[[/folder]]
316
317	[[folder:Lord Blazer]]
318	!!Lord Blazer
319
320	The demon possessing Ashley, who is destined to destroy the world.
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322	* DuelBoss: Played With. Ashley has to fight Lord Blazer by himself, but his attacks are empowered by [[CombinedEnergyAttack the spirit of his friends and pretty much everyone in Filgaia]].
323	%%* EldritchAbomination
324	* EnemyWithin: To Ashley.
325	%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent
326	* PostFinalBoss: The last battle in the game, fought as a DuelBoss after Ashley and co. defeat Irving.
327	[[/folder]]
328
329	[[folder:Kuiper Belt]]
330	!!Kuiper Belt
331
332	A ''sentient'' alternate universe, that's looking to devour Filgaea.
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334	* AlienSky: Causes one called the "Stain Paradigm." First it makes the sky dark blue with flickering black, and then near the end of the game fills it with psychedelic purple patterns.
335	* BigBad: The closest thing the game has to a true one, as its discovery led to the formation of Odessa, an UnwittingPawn organization founded by Irving to create a threat that would engender a movement with the capacity to mobilize the resources needed to drive it off or destroy it.
336	* EldritchAbomination: Along with EldritchLocation, though we don't see many of its inhabitants.
337	* GeniusLoci: A sentient alternative universe.
338	* PlanetEater: It is an entire living universe that eats worlds, one of the most fantastic menaces ever conceived.
339	[[/folder]]

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