Characters / Pokémon Conquest

Tropes that apply to the characters of Pokémon Conquest. Note that much of the character designs and characterizations for the Historical Domain Characters are carried over from the Samurai Warriors series (specifically Samurai Warriors 3, its latest title at the time of Pokémon Conquest's release), but with certain traits glossed over or changed due to the differing target audiences. Aside from the protagonist, all images shown are Rank I on the left, Rank II on the right.

Ruling Warlords

Protagonist

"I'll defend this kingdom to the very end!"

-When defending a kingdom

The Protagonist of the series and the newly-crowned warlord of Aurora. S/he is set to conquer the other nations and stop Nobunaga after Oichi asks him/her to do it. A specialist in Normal-types, his/her starter Pokémon and perfect link is Eevee and its evolutions.

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• Badass Adorable: The female protagonist has an overall cuter design than the male, but is no less capable as a conqueror.
• Badass Cape: The female protagonist starts off with one that gets longer and more badass with every transformation. The male protagonist has more of a Scarf of Asskicking, but joins her at Rank II.
• Bragging Rights Reward: Their third-rank transformation can only be obtained by reaching 80% link with an Eevee evolution in the last story, which is only obtained by completing all the other senior warlord episodes. Similarly, only once you've gotten the third-rank transformation, can you properly bond with Arceus.
• The Chosen One: By Arceus to be the one to reunite Ransei.
• Competitive Balance: The Eeveelutions each come with their own strengths and weaknesses. Jolteon and Espeon are fast, but have the lowest defense. Leafeon is well balanced with good attack, good defense and average speed. Vaporeon, Flareon and Glaceon have the potential to do the most damage, but are all rather slow. Umbreon has excellent defense and high HP, but is lacking in attack power.
• Crazy-Prepared: Wild Eevee may appear as random events, so with enough patience to catch and evolve them, you can eventually get all the Eeveelutions, making you this when it comes time to attack a kingdom.
• Crutch Character: Eevee is relatively powerful at the beginning of the game, but only because it has a relatively high link level. Once you take a few kingdoms and add more Pokémon to your army, Eevee's only saving grace is its Celebrate ability, which is unlikely to even trigger since Eevee does Scratch Damage to everything from the mid-game onward. It gets a boost after you reach Rank II, being able to boost its Strength and Range, but it's still an uphill struggle taking it into battle. However, once you get the chance to evolve Eevee, Magikarp Power kicks in to avert this trope.
• 11th-Hour Superpower: If you choose to evolve Eevee into Glaceon during The Legend of Ransei. You have to breach a certain Link level and win a battle in Nixtorm, which is the last kingdom available before you attack Dragnor. In exchange, Nobunaga doesn't have a prayer.
  • Arceus. In the main story, it only appears after you've beaten Nobunaga and conquered the entire region, meaning you only get to use it when you face Nobunaga for a second time in the true final battle immediately after linking with it. Getting it to reappear in the postgame for you to link with it again (and keep it permanently this time) requires you to have already cleared a significant portion of the postgame content.
• Heroic Mime: Kind of. The protagonist doesn't talk during cutscenes, but during battle, they have just as many lines as everyone else, though they're all relatively generic.
• Historical Domain Character: Despite being named by the player, it would seem that even the protagonist has a real-life historical counterpart, Nagamasa Azai. This is not only due to their Ship Tease moments with Oichi, whom Nagamasa was married to in real life, but also due to the male protagonist's design taking clear inspiration from Nagamasa's design from the Samurai Warriors series.
• Improbable Age: At least according to Motonari, who thinks the main character is too young to be going around conquering nations.
• Magikarp Power: Their Eevee becomes an example as the game goes on. You'll have to wait until the end of the game to get the other Eeveelutions that don't evolve with evolution stones.
• Martial Pacifist: As stated above, they are least likely to attack other nations in post episodes, but you’ll be in for a fight if you decide to attack them.
• Naïve Newcomer: They certainly seem to be one, judging by the need to have even the most basic duties of a Warlord spelled out to them. The reason why they don't know anything about the job isn't stated, leaving the situation of what happened beforehand/how they got the job up to the player.
• Nice Guy: The main reason Oichi stays with the protagonist is because they were nice to her. This also explains why the other Warlords hold no grudge against you when they lose, and it extends further when the main character gives all the nations they conquered back to them at the end.
• Pink Means Feminine: The female protagonist wears pink, but given her appearance, she might subvert the feminine trait.
• Required Party Member: In The Legend of Ransei only, you can't attack an opposing kingdom without the protagonist and Oichi due to the cutscenes that ensue before each battle.
• Scarf of Asskicking: The male protagonist has a small red bandana at the start of the game. It becomes a Badass Cape after transformation.
• Young Conqueror: What they (and by extension, you) are expected to become through the course of the game.

Oichi

"We can't turn back! We must move forward!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

The main character’s partner in the game and serves as your guide throughout your campaign. Oichi will tell you the basics of battling as well warn you about type match up whenever you're ready to face a new kingdom and serve as your medic. Post-game, she tends to fill in as the main Warlord for Aurora in stories where the main character is absent, and Dragnor when they are not. Her specialty is in Normal-type Pokémon with her starter and perfect link being with the Jigglypuff line. However, she can also link well with Dragon-types.

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• Ambiguously Bi: Her dialogue with the main character is rife with romantic hints that do not change at all depending on gender.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's a sweet girl who doesn't like using Pokémon for fighting, but she and her Jigglypuff/Wigglytuff are willing to protect their home country when invaders come along, even when that invader is her own brother. And that's not getting into the surprising number of Dragon types she can get high links with; not many people would mess with Aurora once she gets a Hydreigon on her roster.
• Combat Medic: Her main use in battle is her healing skill, which restores all allied Pokémon's HP. However, whether you fight with Wigglytuff or a Dragon Pokémon, she can be very powerful in battle as well.
• Crutch Character: In "The Legend of Ransei." Jigglypuff is decently strong in the early game against the various unevolved Mons, and her healing ability can be very useful in a pinch, but as the campaign progresses you'll be fighting enemies that deal far more damage than she can heal (due to it being a fixed 50 HP) and have much better stats than Jigglypuff. This is downplayed if you get lucky with a traveling merchant showing up, where you can buy a Moon Stone and have Jigglypuff evolve into Wigglytuff, but you still can't evolve Oichi herself until the postgame. Alternatively you can ditch Jigglypuff and get her an attacking 'Mon like Staraptor, Alakazam, Bisharp, an Eeveelution, or Hydreigon, all of which she has a max of 90% link with (except for the last, which has a max of 88%), and she can use while still keeping her full party heal.
• Glacier Waif: Her Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff have some of the highest HP values in the game, allowing them to take a staggering amount of damage.
• The Lancer: She acts as the main character's second-in-command during the main story and is required to participate alongside him/her in all storyline battles.
• Magikarp Power: Not to the point of the Trope Namer, but once her Jigglypuff evolves into Wigglytuff, she's far more effective in combat, able to hit all enemies around her along with and having a lot of HP.
• Martial Pacifist: Her profile states as much, saying that she dislikes fighting but is capable in battle when she must.
• Mr. Exposition: She’ll give the details about each nation before battle and recommend the correct Pokémon types to bring into the battle.
• Mysterious Waif: Tries to play it off, but it doesn’t work given you learn everything about her mid game.
• Nice Girl: Cannot be understated; she's the sweetest character in the entire game, and the other warlords' hesitation when confronting her seems to be more because of how kind-hearted she is than due to the fact that she is Nobunaga's sister.
• Pink Means Feminine: Her outfit is pink, and becomes even moreso when she ranks up.
• Required Party Member: In The Legend of Ransei only, you can't attack an opposing kingdom without the protagonist and Oichi due to the cutscenes that ensue before each battle.
• Ship Tease: She seems to fall for the player character regardless of gender, though this makes sense seeing how the player character is very similar to her real life husband, Nagamasa, whom the male player character looks almost identical to.
• Silk Hiding Steel: She's mostly a Nice Girl who specializes in Normal-types and healing... but her other type specialty is Dragon, allowing her to make use of powerful bruisers like Dragonite, Garchomp, and Hydreigon if Wigglytuff isn't cutting it for you. She is Nobunaga's sister, after all.
• Stone Wall: Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff have very high HP values. Combine with her Warrior Skills providing VERY potent healing, she can easily tank being surrounded by enemy Pokémon if they don't have any Fighting-types.
• The Runaway: She ran away from Dragnor to rebel against Nobunaga, who she believes to be plotting the destruction of the world.
• True Beauty Is on the Inside: What she thinks regarding the post-game beauty contest. In the initial story, when Hideyoshi states that he could use a "cutie" like her on his team, Oichi firmly protests the label before saying she'd never work for someone like him.
• You Are in Command Now: In certain post-game stories where Nobunaga is absent, Oichi will serve as Warlord of Dragnor. She also serves as Warlord of Aurora in stories where the Hero/Heroine is absent.

Hideyoshi

"I'm gonna summon the legendary Pokémon, and together we're gonna change this world!"

-At the start of his story, Happily Ever After

The warlord of Ignis who attacks you at the beginning of the game. At first, Toyotomi Hideyoshi comes off as a jerk who likes to pick on the weak, but after you beat him in battle, you don’t see him again until you have conquered half of Ransei where he supports his wife Nene in battle. You get to fight him one last time against the final battle against Nobunaga. With each battle, his Chimchar evolves and he transforms with each battle (except the third one). He specializes in Fire Pokémon with his starter Pokémon and perfect link being the Chimchar line.

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• Animal Motifs: Monkeys, which is appropriate since the real Hideyoshi was often called "Monkey-face." Small wonder that his perfect link is the Chimchar line.
• Badass Cape: At Rank III, he gets a teal and white cape resembling Reshiram's "wings".
• Battle Couple: With Nene, particularly when they fight together in Viperia.
• Butt-Monkey: Joked about in the main game where he's referred to as a monkey before he retreats.
• Evil Counterpart: Of a sorts to the main character. Both are from the southwestern corner of Ransei, and are the only Warlords in that area to have junior Warlords assisting them (Oichi, and Hanbei and Kanbei, respectively). They both undergo Warrior transformation during the main story, and are in fact the only ones who can undergo transformation before postgame. They are also the only Warlords who can transform twice, and both have an 8-Pokémon Capacity rating after their second transformation.
• "Get Back Here!" Boss: His first battle can end up being this. His Chimchar can stand on lava, while your Pokémon obviously can not, so he'll just stand back and snipe you from a distance while you can't even reach him.
• Item Caddy: After transforming, his skill causes enemies defeated by him to drop additional treasure boxes for three turns.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He does come off as a bit of a jerk in the beginning, attacking the player when they just became a warlord, but he softens up after being defeated, and by the post-game exhibits a more playful attitude.
• Keet: Very happy and energetic.
• Playing with Fire: His type specialty is Fire-types. His perfect link is Infernape, and then he gets Reshiram.
• Recurring Boss: You fight him a total of three times.
• Secret Character: His Rank 3 form and Reshiram. There's no hint that they're present in the game, and to get them, you need to input a certain passcode (or have gotten the Wi-Fi download while it lasted).
• Took a Level in Badass: He's a "Get Back Here!" Boss in Ignis, but not all too hard to corner. Then he shows up in Viperia, and that monkey is now tough enough to knock your Eevee's lights out. Then he shows up in Dragnor...
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: He is the husband to Nene, though 'ugly' is a bit of a relative term.

Motonari

"Give our guests a cordial welcome."

-When defending a kingdom

The warlord of Greenleaf who would rather spend his days reading than battling. He's surprised that the protagonist is already a warlord and thinks that his own time for being a warlord is up. You cannot recruit him in the main story unless you download the special event where he and Motochika will join you. He specializes in Grass Pokémon with Snivy being his starter and the whole Snivy line being his perfect link.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Originally having black hair in Samurai Warriors, his hair was changed to green to match his elemental type.
• Badass Bookworm: He’s one of the smartest characters in the game, with a base wisdom of 100.
• Big Brother Mentor: Seems to act like this if he’s under someone’s command.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: He would rather research Pokémon than actually battle. In fact, losing to the protagonist gives him the excuse to just continue his research.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: He's polite and well-read.
• Green Thumb: He's a Grass-type specialist. He gets Serperior as his perfect link.
• High Collar of Doom: He gets one when he ranks up, to symbolize his connection to Serperior.
• Nice Guy: He's very pleasant and friendly.
• Passing the Torch: He thinks that it's time to do this, but his people disagree.
• The Power of Friendship: He feels like bonding with Pokémon is the most important aspect of being a warlord, hence his episode is about collecting 100 Pokémon instead of conquering Ransei. Ironically, to complete the mission faster, you have to conquer at least half of Ransei to do so.
• Recurring Element: Being a well-read researcher you meet near the beginning of the game, he's effectively Ransei's equivalent of the Professors in the main series. While he's not named after a tree like the actual Professors, he does specialize in Grass-types and rules over Ransei's Grass-type kingdom as a nod to it.
• The Strategist: It’s actually the name of his special ability, which blocks critical hits and increases speed for three turns.

Motochika

"March to my beat..."

-When using his Warrior Skill

The warlord of Fontaine and a rebel at heart. He tends to talk in metaphors comparing music to the waves. He battles the protagonist, but proves to be a graceful loser much like Motonari. You cannot recruit him in the main story unless you download the special episode to get him and Motonari. A Water-type specialist, his starter and special link is the Oshawott family.

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• Chained by Fashion: His outfits prominently feature chain links in their design.
• Facial Markings: Has a tattoo under his right eye.
• Heroic Spirit: Never gives up or gives in.
• Hot-Blooded: Despite being the Water elemental, he has this temperment.
• Jack of All Stats: Motochika has fairly high attributes all around, and his Samurott has fairly rounded stats and a decent attack range.
• Making a Splash: Water-type specialist.
• Musical Assassin: He constantly peppers musical terms such as "March to my beat" into his speech. Alas, he lacks the musical instrument he had in Samurai Warriors, but to compensate for that, if you get him through Wi-Fi he'll have a Chingling as well as an Oshawott.
• Rebel Leader: His entire episode is to raise a resistance against Nobunaga’s army and prevent his conquest of Ransei.
• Samurai: His Samurott has this aesthetic.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Of the open vest variety.

Ginchiyo

"On my honor, you will be stopped!"

-When defending a kingdom

The warlord of Violight, a proud descendant of a long line of Electric Pokémon experts. Decidedly arrogant, Ginchiyo dismisses the player as inferior to her even before battle and doesn't take losing well. Obviously, she is an Electric-type specialist, and her starter and perfect link are the Shinx line.

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• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Ginchiyo is shown to care for Muneshige at the end of his episode, where she’s horrified at the thought of him actually leaving her to travel.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Muneshige to the point that she can’t transform unless Muneshige is in your army, but not in the same or an adjacent nation.
• Bifauxnen: She dresses and acts very masculine.
• Breast Plate: Her armor prominently features one.
• Combination Attack: Ginchiyo's rank 2 Warrior Skill is unique in that it's intended to be used in combination with another. When paired with Muneshige's rank 2 skill (which has an identical effect but a different name), the Attack and Range boost given by her skill is doubled.
• Difficult, but Awesome: As an Electric warlord, she's generally harder to use than Hanbei given that she has a Luxray with Thunder (and that move has low accuracy and requires a huge distance from the opponent and making sure the opponent isn't too high and too low). When the attack hits, the chances of paralysis is very high but if you could get a Warlord partner that can help increase her accuracy, she can easily tank the opponent.
• Proud Warrior Race Guy: Even for a Warlord, she's fairly combative.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Muneshige’s blue.
• Shock and Awe: Generates electricity around her gauntlet when mad.
• Theme Naming: The original names for her and Muneshige's Warrior Skills were Raijin's Roar and Fujin's Roar, respectively. This got Lost in Translation, where they respectively became Thunderclap and Typhoon.
• Tsundere: She definitely cares about Muneshige's well being... even if she usually shows it through harsh words.

Yoshimoto

"Oh! I wonder if they play Pokémari?"

-When attacking a kingdom

The warlord of Chrysalia who doesn't seem to understand what it means to be a warlord. He cares about playing Pokémari instead of battle. As a result, he ended up losing his nation thinking he was playing a game. He specializes in Bug Pokémon with Pineco being his starter and perfect link.

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• Big Creepy-Crawlies: He's a Bug-type specialist.
• Cloudcuckoolander: He's completely detached from reality and is only interested in Pokémari, to the point of wondering if his opponents play it when he enters battle.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's not a bad battler when he puts his mind to it. It's to the point that at the end of his story, Kenshin and Shingen notice him.
• Crutch Character: His Pineco is a very good Pokémon to have because it can eat Potions from the enemy and does considerably good damage to Psychic and Dark Pokémon. Once it evolves into Forretress though, it falls off considerably, as Forretress knows Gyro Ball that does damage based on speed... which, in this game, means he'll almost always be doing one damage. That being said, it's not necessary to evolve his Pineco even to get Yoshihiro's transformation.
• Difficult, but Awesome: A purely-defensive Warrior is very much counterintuitive given the nature of the game, but if an enemy attacks the kingdom he's stationed in once you know what you're doing, the battle is pretty much won unless they have Fire-types.
• Extra-ore-dinary: To a lesser extent than the Bug quality, his Forretress is also Steel-type and wields the Steel-type attack Gyro Ball.
• Historical Badass Upgrade: Inverted. He’s the only warlord that seems to get dumber.
• Hold the Line: Out of all of the Warlords, he's the one who can do it the best. His Foretress, though deals Scratch Damage more often than not, has amazing defenses that most non-Fire type Pokémon take forever to pierce. Combined with a Banner's passive healing and his ability to heal himself (and the rest of your team), and you have a party member the entire enemy army will take several turns to do anything to.
• Lethal Joke Character: At first glance, he seems like a goofy and useless Warrior, with his Signature Mon Forretress having pathetically weak attack power, and his Warrior Skill putting your own Pokémon to sleep. In spite of that, Yoshimoto is an incredibly effective Warrior in the hands of a skilled player. Forretress makes for an excellent Stone Wall against non-Fire-type enemies, and is invaluable if enemies choose to go on the offense or need to get through a chokepoint. Or, if you choose to find him a non-Perfect Link, his Warrior Skills can make otherwise fragile Bug-types into viable frontal-assault troops. As for his Warrior Skill, the full-team healing it provides can be invaluable in the right situation, especially if paired with a Warrior or item capable of curing sleep.
• Manchild: Very childish and immature in his behavior.
• The Medic: His Rank II Warrior Skill restores the whole team's HP... at the cost of putting everyone who gained HP to sleep. Combine him with one of the many warriors who can cure status conditions, and you essentially get a free heal out of it.
• Serious Business: Pokémari is more important to him than anything else.
• Stone Wall: His Forretress is fairly good at taking hits from everything but Fire-types, and its ability can deal damage on direct contact. Combine his ability with a Warrior who can heal off the sleep, and it's plausible for it to wall, even indirectly K.O. something like Nobunaga's Garchomp.

Yoshihiro

"Let's take a gamble."

-When using his Warrior Skill

The veteran warlord of Pugilis who serves as a stopping point for the protagonist and Oichi given that they specialize in Normal-type Pokémon. He seems to want to try and conquer Ransei before he retires from being a warlord. He specializes in Fighting Pokémon, with his starter Pokémon being Gurdurr and the whole Timburr line being his perfect link.

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• Bare-Fisted Monk: Specializes in Fighting types, with his perfect link being Gurdurr and Conkeldurr.
• Cool Old Guy: He's very cheerful and energetic and has a passion for battling.
• Death or Glory Attack: Conkeldurr's Superpower hits absurdly hard, especially when combined with Yoshihiro's Rank 2 Warrior Skill, which provides a massive Attack boost and thus lets it one-shot almost anything. However, his skill also provides an equally large Defense drop and Superpower reduces Attack and Defense when used, meaning that Conkeldurr will probably keel over in a stiff breeze right afterward. Given his personality, this high-risk high-reward strategy fits him perfectly.
• The Gambling Addict: Finds his greatest passion in battles out of his favor, and often refers to "taking a gamble."
• Large and in Charge: He's one of the most physically imposing Warlords.
• Old Soldier: One of the older Warlords, but still a Warlord nonetheless.
• So What Do We Do Now?: In his storyline, he goes out to conquer Ransei. Once he does so, he wonders what he's supposed to do now, and decides to wait until a Worthy Opponent appears to challenge him again.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: When you take on Pugilis in the main story, chances are you'll still be relying heavily on Normal-types and have limited access to types that are strong against Fighting. As such, it will likely be the first battle that forces you to think strategically, as attempting to win with brute force will end badly.

Kenshin

"My nemesis and I, united at last..."

-When recruited during the main story, if you choose to attack Illusio

The warlord of Illusio and one of the warlords that is said to be able to match Nobunaga in strength. Uesugi Kenshin is Shingen’s fierce rival and often clashes with him. Depending on who you decide to fight, one of the two will reject you, attack your unguarded nation and then wait for you to defeat him allowing the other to throw a party and join you shortly afterward. Kenshin specializes in Psychic Pokémon with Gallade being his starter and the Ralts line (minus Gardevoir) being his perfect link.

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• Brother–Sister Team: If you invade Illusio, expect him and Aya to be on the battlefield together.
• The Comically Serious: Contrast to Shingen, but he is still capable of throwing parties.
• Crutch Character: Like Shingen with his Rhyperior, Kenshin and his Gallade serve as this in the early parts of the game where they're far stronger than your other warriors. Subverted when it comes to the late game and Gallade is still viable.
• Full-Contact Magic: Well, full-contact Psychic Powers, but his Gallade is a Psychic/Fighting type and its Psycho Cut can only hit at a rather short range in front of it. Mewtwo's Psystrike has a bit more radius but is still not a super-long-range fighter.
• Friendly Enemy: He and Shingen again, as in real life. Made more obvious in the post episodes where they’re always duking it out but at the end of the day, they’re not as mad at each other as a typical enemy would. The manga depicts Kenshin sending Shingen a huge pile of ponigiri as a gift.
• Genius Bruiser: He's very intelligent and strategic, and a total powerhouse on the battlefield.
• Graceful Loser: One of the more noticeable examples in that he throws a party after you defeat him immediately prior to joining you.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Not a jerk, exactly, but he's very standoffish and always frowning. Yet he's willing to join you upon his defeat no matter how you go about it, and he manges to Link with Mewtwo, an artificial Pokémon known for its distrust of humans.
• Lightning Bruiser: Kenshin has high stats, his Rank 2 ability increases Range and Attack of all allies, and his Gallade has all-around high stats and decent Range, and a ranged attack. And again, his legendary is Mewtwo, a contender for the most powerful of the legendaries you can get in the game.
• Perpetual Frowner: Both sprites Kenshin has show him with a scowl. Even when he congratulates his sister for winning the beauty contest, he doesn’t look happy. Contrast with his sister, who is always smiling.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Kenshin is the stoic blue to Shingen's cheerful and boisterous red. The colors of their respective outfits reflect their contrasting personalities.
• The Unfought: Defeating Shingen at Terrara during the main story causes Kenshin to join you without a fight, and Illusio will automatically be added to your territory.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: His Gallade is much more powerful than previous enemies, and his battlefield is hard to navigate.
• Worthy Opponent: He and Shingen see each other as one.

Shingen

"I never thought I'd see the day!"

-When recruited during main story, if you choose to attack Illusio (in response to Kenshin's quote above)

The warlord of Terrera and one of the warlords that is said to be able to match Nobunaga in strength. Takeda Shingen is Kenshin’s fierce rival and often clashes with him. Depending on who you decide to fight, one of the two will reject you, attack your unguarded nation and then wait for you to defeat him allowing the other to throw a party and join your shortly afterward. Shingen specializes in Ground Pokémon with Rhyperior being his starter and the Rhyhorn line being his perfect link.

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• Big Fun: He's very large and is also very jovial and enjoys himself.
• Combat Hand Fan: Carries a gunbai at Rank 1, upgrading to a Groudon-themed tessen at Rank 2, likely as a Historical In-Joke about the time where the real-life Shingen defended himself from an attack by Kenshin with a fan. Of course, given the nature of the game, it's mostly there for decoration as he uses his Pokémon for fighting.
• Cool Old Guy: Spends a lot of time laughing and having fun with his life.
• Crutch Character: In the first story, this guy has a third evolution Pokémon when you first encounter him. His Rhyperior is massively powerful with high stats and a devastating attack. Later on in the story, and in the sidestories unlocked after, Rhyperior's low Speed cripples its accuracy, and Rock Wrecker is a low accuracy attack anyway, and Rhyperior's low range makes it hard to move into position so it can attack. Then complete subverted once you get him Groudon, who is pure badass and pulls its weight throughout the rest of the game.
• Deadpan Snarker: Tends to be very witty in his battle quotes and has a dry sense of humor.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Ground-type specialist. He can also team up with Groudon, the legendary Pokemon said to have shaped the very continents.
• Friendly Enemy: He and Kenshin again. Made more obvious in the post-game episodes where they’re always duking it out but at the end of the day, they’re not as mad at each other as a typical enemy would.
• The Gadfly: Seems to enjoy saying things just to see the person’s reaction.
• Graceful Loser: One of the more noticeable examples in that he throws a party after you defeat him before joining you.
• Mighty Glacier: Rhyperior is slow, but can take a hit or two and hits like a sack of bricks. Groudon isn't much faster, but it's even more powerful, and the large area of Earth Power makes it even better at plowing through enemies.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The cheerful and boisterous red to Kenshin's stoic and reserved blue, reflected in the colors of their respective outfits.
• Team Dad: Has shades of this toward his Terrera comrades, particularly toward Yukimura. The two have a relationship much like a close father and son.
• Troll: Constantly trolls Yukimura to the point of getting him flustered. It seems like an attempt to get his ward to lighten up a bit.
• The Unfought: Defeating Kenshin at Illusio in the main story will cause Shingen to voluntarily join your side, and Terrera will be added to your territory.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: Like Kenshin, he has a trickier battlefield than previous ones and his Rhyperior is much stronger than your other foes so far.
• Worthy Opponent: He and Kenshin see each other as one.

Ujiyasu

"I ain't over the hill just yet."

-When attacking a kingdom

The grizzled warlord of Cragspur who cares about defending his nation and his people instead of expanding it. He only joined Nobunaga because it would avoid needless bloodshed. When he loses to the player, he requests that they take good care of his kingdom in his place. He cares about every person in his nation and will do whatever it takes to defend it. He specializes in Rock Pokemon and his starter — and special link — is the Roggenrola family.

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• Brutal Honesty: He's always gruff and painfully straight-forward, but he means well.
• Cool Old Guy: He may be old, but he isn't out, and isn't going to be put out either. His reaction to Shingen and Kenshin fighting is to conquer the entire east section of Ransei and get 40 warriors on his side just to show them that he’s not going to let them have all the fun.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Rock-type specialist.
• A Father to His Men: It’s even his special ability that protects your allies from critical hits.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's only a Grumpy Old Man on the surface; underneath, he's a caring but strict father figure to everyone under his command, especially Kai.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: He's a fairly upstanding guy with a square jawline that can cut glass.
• Mighty Glacier: Gigalith is good at both taking hits and bringing the pain with Stone Edge, which has a nice attack range as a bonus. However, it's also very slow, and Stone Edge's accuracy is spotty at best.
• Old Soldier: One of the oldest in Ransei, having taken part in countless battles.
• Smoking Is Cool: Averted. Unlike Samurai Warriors, his pipe was taken out as a Pokémon game doesn’t allow smoking. He has a toothpick instead.

Kotarō

"Throw them into oblivion."

-When attacking a kingdom

The ninja warlord of Yaksha. Not much is known about Fuuma Kotaro and he only fights the protagonist for the thrill of battle. He specializes in Dark Pokémon starting with Deino and having the Zorua line as his special link.

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• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Though all the transformed warlords look like their perfect link to varying degrees, he effectively becomes Zoroark with Wolverine Claws and a human face when he upgrades.
• Ax-Crazy: This game toned down his overall craziness in comparison to Samurai Warriors, but it’s very obvious that he’s insane. He’s only interested in fighting the protagonist and all of his quotes revolve around battling and the thrill of violence on the battlefield. He's also more or less the only Warlord who is shown carrying something that looks like a weapon. Appropriately enough, his starter is Deino, which evolves into the infamously hostile-to-everything-that-moves Hydreigon (and in the final story, it comes fully-evolved, and he will waste no time plowing through the eastern side of Ransei as soon as your grace period is up).
• Blood Knight: He lives for the rush and thrill of battle.
• The Caligula: As shown in Keiji's episode, he abandons Yaksha and vanishes as soon as Nobunaga is defeated. Without a Warlord, the kingdom is left vulnerable, indicating that Kotarō never cared about them at all, and saw his position as Warlord solely as an excuse to shed more blood.
• Casting a Shadow: He's a Dark-type specialist.
• The Comically Serious: He has a sense of humor. Not that his sprites show it.
• Dark Is Evil: He certainly seems to enjoy the idea of Ransei being thrown into chaos. His special ability is called Mayhem. Small wonder he represents the Dark-type kingdom in this game.
• Deadpan Snarker: Has a dark and dry sense of humor.
• Evil Redhead: Has red hair and is unquestionably the most evil of the cast.
• For the Evulz: The only real motivation he seems to have.
• Guide Dang It!: Getting his Zorua is very hard to do, as the only hint you’ll ever get is that you need him in your party for them to even show up. The problem is that even if he’s in your party, that doesn't guarantee that they’ll show up. And since he tends to be absent in most post-game chapters, it's even more of a pain.
• Ninja: He's listed among the contestants of the Ninja contest in the game.
• Obviously Evil: Just look at him; is there any question of his villainy?
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: His design aesthetic, being based on Zoroark.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Hanzō's blue.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After Nobunaga's defeat, Kotarō straight-up abandons Yaksha to fend for itself, forcing Keiji to step in and keep the kingdom aloft. He returns in "Two Heroes of Ransei," though.
• Slasher Smile: The only expressions he has are normal and psychotically amused.
• Token Evil Teammate: To Nobunaga's army in the main story, and can potentially serve as one in the post game when you recruit him. When everyone in Nobunaga's army is an Anti-Villain wanting to defend their nation or just doing their job serving Nobunaga, and Nobunaga himself is a Well-Intentioned Extremist, it really stands out that he has no protective instinct for his nation, nor does he care about Nobunaga's ambition either.
• Wolverine Claws: He gets them for Rank II.

Nene

"Naughtiness must be punished!"

-When defending a kingdom

The ninja warlord of Viperia and wife of Hideyoshi. Nene dislikes pointless fights and naughty children and often scolds those who either instigate fights or are on her "naughty" list. Despite working for Nobunaga, Nene is a very kind soul that wants the best for her people. She specializes in Poison Pokémon with Croagunk being her starter Pokémon but the Zubat line being her perfect link.

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• Battle Couple: With Hideyoshi, despite the fact the game doesn’t state that they’re married. Their relationship is the only logical reason why Hideyoshi would even be in Viperia, however.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's the Team Mom for whoever's team she happens to be on, and that means discipline. During the ninja episodes, she makes Kunoichi, Hanzō, and Kotarō settle their differences like Warlords proper.
• Cape Wings: When transformed to fit with the Zubat line.
• Cleavage Window: Her uniform sports one.
• Fragile Speedster: Her perfect link is Crobat, who starts at a high four Range, then gets an extra 2 on top of them with the Shadow Run ability, which activates when no other Pokémon are within three tiles. At that speed, Crobat can potentially cross the entire battlefield in a single round. Its Cross Poison also has an increased critical hit ratio and a chance to poison, and can hit up to five targets at once. However, their stats otherwise are unimpressive.
• Highly-Visible Ninja: As per tradition of the Poison-type specialist, she more than any other Warlord has a ninja theme going on, with her battlefield styled as a ninja hideout. However, she acts nothing like an actual ninja in combat.
• Leotard of Power: Her armor's aesthetic.
• Nice Girl: Very pleasant and nice, and looks down on those who are mean and cruel.
• Nonchalant Dodge: Her unique Warrior Skill at Rank 2 allows her Pokémon to evade all incoming attacks for one turn.
• Poisonous Person: She's a Poison-type specialist.
• Team Mom: Self-imposed and very evident during the ninja competition episodes. Her profile states that her people highly respect her for this attitude.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: She's an attractive woman married to the much plainer Hideyoshi.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: The point of the ninja episodes is to see who the best ninja amongst the group is. Nene only joins in to get Hanzō, Kotarō, and Kunoichi to stop fighting. In their stories, they tend to run off on her before she can scold them, dooming her plan to failure. Even in her own story, she can't stop their bickering!

Masamune

"They don't know what they're doing."

-When defending a kingdom

The warlord of Avia. Date Masamune lost to Nobunaga and was forced to recognize the other Warlord's power, but still has plans to overthrow him. He taunts the player when you challenge him to a match and gets annoyed when he loses. Despite the nickname "One-Eyed Dragon", he specializes in Flying-types with Scyther being his starter Pokémon and the Rufflet line being the perfect link.

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• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Most of his battle quotes have him taunting the opponent or insisting that he has everything under control.
• Blow You Away: Flying-type specialist. His perfect link is Braviary.
• Bratty Half-Pint: Noticeably shorter than the majority of the cast. It’s not hard to think that he’s the only “kid” that has a nation.
• Coat Cape: Gets one after transformation, though in some of his poses you could be excused for thinking it's just a regular Badass Cape.
• Eyepatch of Power: Although this is very hard to see given that he hides said eyepatch beneath his bangs.
• Feather Motif: One of his sprites has feathers scattered around him.
• Fragile Speedster: His Rufflet is very fast and can dodge easily but cannot take that many hits from powerful moves, especially one that's super effective.
• Hot-Blooded: He's very eager for battle and to prove his strength.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite treating Magoichi like crap in the main story, he does congratulate him for winning the junior contest before getting annoyed with Magoichi going back to his old ways of using the winning title to try and attract more female warlords.
• The Napoleon: Short and generally rude and aggressive.
• Mythology Gag: Describes himself in regards to dragons, but specializes in Flying-types. Also, thinks himself as borderline invincible despite not being at the top of his respective faction's food chain. Seems like he's taking a few hints from Kantonian Elite Four member Lance, whose team of 'dragons' was limited to a few vaguely-draconic Flying-types in the Kanto Pokédex.
• Power Up Letdown: His Braviary perfect link is decidedly much less useful than the Rufflet it evolves from. Rufflet is not exactly a powerhouse, but Braviary's attack is Sky Drop, which takes two turns to execute, while Rufflet may have the ability "Celebrate" which allows it to move and attack again in the same round if it KOs an enemy. The result, in the time it takes a Braviary to defeat one enemy, a Rufflet can potentially defeat four. Fortunately you can keep his Rufflet from evolving and still get him to Rank 2 just fine.
• Red Baron: He mentions (only once) that he’s the "One-Eyed Dragon." It's also the name of his unique Warrior Skill, which increases the range of all Pokémon, and is alluded to by the title of his story, "The Dragon's Dream." Ironically, the closest he gets to an actual connection with Dragon-types is being The Starscream toward Nobunaga.
• Shorter Means Smarter: His wisdom, when upgraded, is 90.
• The Starscream: Totally intends to backstab Nobunaga first chance he gets. He never gets the chance due to the player defeating him.
• Support Party Member: At Rank 2, his Warrior Skill gives a massive boost to nearby allies' Range, easily turning your Mighty Glacier into a Lightning Bruiser, and Braviary's Sky Drop combined with its high Range allows it to easily pin down an opponent despite its lack of damage. While he loses out on things he can do by himself, he becomes a terrific enabler for allies that have much better stats than Rufflet and Braviary but are saddled with terrible movement range.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Magoichi. However, he can transform when Magoichi is in the same nation, implying that the dislike may not be mutual.
• Third-Person Person: Sometimes when you have him in your army, he'll constantly refer himself in third person. While it may be a translation error, it's not out of character for Masamune to refer himself in third person.
• Tsundere: Huge type A tsundere to everyone. Fanon takes it up a notch.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Despite him and Magoichi being at their throats in the main story, Masamune treats him better in Magoichi's story.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: While most Warlords in the story before him are manageable with some strategy and are at reasonable power levels, Masamune packs a Braviary with roughly 300 power, which likely far outstrips everything you have access to. Furthermore, being a Flying Pokémon means it has a natural Home Field Advantage on Avia, as it can get around much more easily than grounded foes.
• Wild Card: While he doesn’t side with the protagonist, he definitely wasn’t planning on staying at Nobunaga’s side for long.

Nō

"If I serve you, are you going to keep me satisfied?"

-When defeated, if conditions for recruitment are met

Nobunaga's wife and the warlord of Spectra. Nō is more interested in a battle with the main character than worrying about territory expansion. She warns the player about Nobunaga's strength when she loses and comes back to assist her husband during the final battle. She specializes in Ghost Pokémon with Drifloon being her starter Pokémon and Misdreavus her perfect link.

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• Ax-Crazy: Her dialogue suggests that she prefers to see people suffer before her. She also follows Nobunaga into a battle against Arceus on the grounds that it will be a "new experience" for her.
• Battle Couple: She assists Nobunaga in the final battle of the main story.
• Blood Knight: She enjoys the thrill of battle.
• Cleavage Window: She gets one in the shape of a Poké Ball after promoting!
• Dark Action Girl: She loves battle, is generally aloof and condescending even to her allies, and is sure of her own superiority.
• Femme Fatale: She's beautiful and highly dangerous. There's a reason the ESRB rating of the game includes "Mild Suggestive Themes"... Lampshaded in her story: "I will show everyone how dangerous this beauty can be."
• Hot Witch: At Rank II, her outfit takes cues after Mismagius.
• Interface Spoiler: A subversion. Despite linking well with Ghosts and Dragons, she cannot link with Giratina, who isn't even present in the game. The affinity typing is more likely to hint at her relationship with Nobunaga, despite the fact that the game doesn't explicitly state that they're married.
• Lack of Empathy: Some of her dialogue implies that she couldn’t care less about her opponents or allies.
• Ms. Fanservice: Just like in her home games, at least, as much as the "E" rating can get away with. She still retains her seductive personality, and attractive outfits.
• Soul Power: She's a Ghost specialist.
• Stripperiffic: She actually puts on more clothing when she transforms.
• The Vamp: Her special ability is even called "Viper's Bite," which causes a variety of problems toward any Pokémon who is owned by a male.
• World's Most Beautiful Woman: Her episode along with the majority of the female warlords include them fighting over whose the fairest of them all. The introduction to Nō’s chapter is her saying that she’s the most beautiful without hesitation, unlike the other characters who think they’re plain, got forced into the competition, or fight for their honor.

Ieyasu

"Right. Shall we head off then?"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

The warlord of Valora and one of Nobunaga's closest allies. Tokugawa Ieyasu wishes to see Nobunaga’s ambition happen until the end, but losing to the protagonist makes him think that he won’t be able to see it. Tadakatsu says he should retreat for the time and this conversation results in him coming back in the final battle to help Nobunaga. He specializes in Steel Pokémon starting with Lairon and the Aron line being his perfect link.

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• Cool Helmet: A tall sword-helmet that only gets better when he reaches his second rank.
• Damage-Sponge Boss: As expected for a Steel-type user, Ieyasu specializes in soaking up damage. Aggron is plenty durable to begin with, but Registeel takes it to a whole new level with its ludicrously high defense, which can be bolstered even further by his Rank 2 Warrior Skill, which raises Defense by three stages. At that point, even super effective attacks aren't going to do any meaningful damage.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Steel-type specialist. He commands Aggron. And he can upgrade to Registeel.
• Graceful Loser: While most other Warlords use a variant of "This Cannot Be!", Ieyasu's response to defeat is to apologize to his Pokémon for not being a stronger partner.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: Unlike Mitsuhide, he does not betray Nobunaga’s trust.
• Mighty Glacier: Both Aggron and Registeel are incredibly slow Pokémon with a limited movement range but powerful attacks and huge defense, which is only helped by their Steel type's numerous resistances.
• Nice Guy: Ieyasu is incredibly kind towards his colleagues and subordinates, and is still unfailingly polite even to his opponents.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: You know you screwed up big time (or something truly hilarious is happening) when Ieyasu's sprite showing off his bald head appears.

Mitsuhide

"This is all for the good of Ransei..."

-When attacking a kingdom

One of Nobunaga's faithful retainers who is the warlord of Nixtorm and serves as The Dragon in the game. Mitsuhide wants nothing more but a peaceful Ransei, but Oichi constantly questions if he really thinks Nobunaga wants that. He sticks with Nobunaga for the rest of the story until his post-game episode. Much like the real-life Akechi Mitsuhide, he decides enough is enough and betrays Nobunaga in order to stop the endless wars. He specializes in Ice Pokémon with Lapras being his starter and perfect link.

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• Always Accurate Attack: Both of his Warrior Skills guarantee that his attacks will hit. However, they're not terribly impressive on Lapras, whose Ice Beam is fairly accurate to begin with. Articuno's Blizzard, on the other hand, definitely could use the boost.
• The Dragon: To Nobunaga in the main story, as his most powerful retainer and the last one fought before attacking Dragnor.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: Whenever he loses in battle, he grumbles about his incompetence in battle despite the fact that his Lapras is pretty much That One Boss.
• An Ice Person: To the point that he generates ice when he’s angry. His perfect link is Lapras and his legendary is Articuno.
• Irony: The Mitsuhide of feudal Japan burned down the temple of Honnouji with Nobunaga inside. The Mitsuhide of Ransei rules the Ice-type kingdom and Links with a Water/Ice-type Pokémon to strike down Nobunaga's Dragon-types.
• Kubrick Stare: His Rank II Warrior Skill is "Cold Eyes", which makes sure that the next attack will hit.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: Struggles with this for the entire game in regards to Nobunaga. During the main story, his faith never fades completely, to the point where he joins Nobunaga's army for the fight at the Infinite Tower. In his and Motochika's episodes, however, he and Nixtorm break off and start opposing him.
• The Starscream: Unsurprisingly, Mitsuhide turns against Nobunaga in his episode. Unlike most versions he is quite sympathetic in this as he desires no power from his betrayal, but fights Nobunaga to bring peace back to Ransei.
• The Stoic: He almost never loses his cool, in the middle of battle or otherwise.
  Mitsuhide, in-battle: One must never lose one's head on the battlefield.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: No pun intended. He's only sweet for his daughter and Articuno. Otherwise, he's aloof to everyone else.

Nobunaga

"Resist. There is no alternative."

-When defending a kingdom

The main antagonist of Pokémon Conquest and the warlord of Dragnor. Oda Nobunaga seeks to reunite all of Ransei so he could destroy it. By the time the game starts, he has already conquered half of the seventeen nations and it's up to the player to prevent his advancing. He specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon and while you fight him with Zekrom in-story, he starts with Gabite post-game with his special links being Hydreigon, Zekrom, and Rayquaza.

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• The Ace: Regarded as an ambitious and peerless conqueror that most of Ransei either fears or respects. In terms of gameplay, at Rank II his stats are 96-100-100, the best stats of any Warlord in the game, and he commands some of the most powerful Pokémon in the game like Gabite, Hydreigon, Zekrom, and Rayquaza.
• Anti-Villain: The reason he's out to conquer Ransei is to try and unite it, because he's tired of all the constant fighting of everyone trying to summon Arceus. He figures if he can actually do it, others will stop trying, and people can go back to battling for fun and living alongside their Pokemon in peace. Tellingly, at the end of the main story, he's perfectly content that the player was able to do it in his stead. Surprisingly, this is the current appraisal of Nobunaga favored both by modern Japanese historians and fiction writers who do not employ Demon King Nobunaga in their works.
• Ambition Is Evil: Oichi believes that Nobunaga's endless ambition propelled him to take the road to conquest and made him a ruthless tyrant. Ultimately subverted, as Nobunaga's plans have a much more noble intent.
• Badass Longcoat: Gets one when he transforms.
• Bash Brothers: For the final story, he teams up with the Hero/Heroine to take on the rest of Ransei.
• Big Bad: Of Conquest in the main story, as well as Mitsuhide and Motochika’s story. Additionally, depending on how well he does in certain episodes, he might even be the Big Bad of Hideyoshi, Yoshihiro and Masamune’s chapters.
• Bragging Rights Reward: Getting the shiny Rayquaza for him to link with in the postgame requires you to have ALL of the other legendary Pokémon linked with their respective warlords, including Arceus, which itself requires you to have already completed a significant portion of the postgame content.
• Dark Is Evil: He wears a dark blue and black outfit and commands mostly black dragon-types. Subverted when you find out he isn't all that evil after all.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: His Rank I appearance, as seen in the profile image.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Started off as a rather idealistic young man, but upon seeing that humans weren’t treating Pokémon as comrades anymore, he was convinced that the only way to save Ransei from destruction was to be the one to destroy its creator, the cause of all the fighting, before things got worse.
• Good Is Not Nice: He's trying to put an end to Ransei's descent into Pokémon abuse by proving that Arceus doesn't exist. He also has a completely unashamed Evil Laugh, instructs his Warriors and Pokémon to "Crush all who would resist" upon entering battle, and his backup plan if Arceus does exist is to be known as its vanquisher. By all accounts, he described his plan as destroying Ransei to Oichi, without bothering to clarify the "break it down to save it" mentality.
• Graceful Loser: In the main story, he deliberately loses to lure out Arceus; but even when you beat him a second time he doesn’t seem to mind losing. In the post-story, he doesn’t seem upset about Mitsuhide betraying or Motochika rebelling against him.
• I Let You Win: When you confront Nobunaga at Dragnor, the battle is anti-climatic, but that’s to hide the fact that he actually wants you to win and unify the nations so that Arceus is summoned. For the final battle, he reveals his true ace, a shiny Rayquaza.
• Large Ham: The way he talks definitely drops this around. "Come forth! Rayquaza, black as night!"
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: Nobunaga's Rayquaza is the only Shiny Pokémon in the game, and also the most powerful one next to Arceus.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: Nobunaga being Oichi’s older brother is supposed to be a twist, but if you know history, that shouldn't come off as a shock, especially considering many other popular games that take place in feudal Japan (Sengoku Basara or Samurai Warriors being the most prominent examples) don't bother to hide it.
• Nay-Theist: In the final battle of the Main Story, it's revealed that Nobunaga started conquering other kingdoms because he wanted to prove that Arceus was just a myth, therefore making the other warlords realize that there was no point to their endless cycle of wars. Once he is proven wrong though, Nobunaga asks Arceus to leave Ransei, reasoning that the absence of the god has become the only way to permanently put an end to all the conflicts.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Downplayed; most characters have their Samurai Warriors outfits at Rank I and a Pokémon-exclusive outfit at Rank II, whereas Nobunaga gets it the other way around. Consequently, his ensemble doesn't include any reflections of his Pokémon, although it does share some of Hydreigon's colour scheme and his black armor with gold highlights matches Rayquaza's Shiny palette fairly well.
• Obviously Evil: He outfit features a High Collar of Doom, Shoulders of Doom, Spikes of Villainy, he has a mustache, wears black and purple armor, and he commands black dragon-types. There is no question he is the Big Bad even if you didn't know already. Subverted when he turns out to be mostly good.
• Pet the Dog:
  • At the end of Ranmaru’s story, he comes all the way from Dragnor (mind you that’s far away from Chrysalia where Ranmaru starts) to congratulate him and to tell him that he doesn’t care what gender Ranmaru is. It’s enough to bring Ranmaru to tears.
  • It’s implied in the main story that he was rather nice to Nene, letting her keep her nation as long as she served him. She was thrilled to do that if it meant to protect her people.
• Power Up Letdown: As Nobunaga can't get Zekrom without having Hydreigon to get to Rank II, it's immediately apparent to the player that the legendary Pokémon is statistically better, yet strategically worse. Hydreigon's Dragon Pulse hits the three squares immediately before it, whereas Zekrom's Bolt Strike can only hit immediately before him. Hydreigon also has the Levitate ability, letting it bypass dangerous terrain, while Zekrom is ground-bound. Averted once they get replaced by Rayquaza, who has Hydreigon's strategical advantage with Dragon Pulse and being part-Flying type, Zekrom's statistical advantage with being a legendary, higher movement range than both, and an ability that makes its attack stronger the farther it travels.
• Pragmatic Villainy: The end of his episode. He unites Ransei under his banner and meets Arceus, but recognizes that if he takes Arceus as his own and proves to Ransei that it exists, once Nobunaga inevitably dies the wars to meet and control Arceus will begin again. So he tells Arceus to leave, and tells the people of Ransei that the legends were untrue; Warriors everywhere stop chasing the legend, and Ransei is returned to the peace he wanted.
• Purple Is Powerful: He dons a purple Badass Longcoat in his Rank II form, which he uses for all his appearances outside of his own story, and is one of the strongest Warriors in Ransei with some of the most powerful Pokémon in the game.
• Purposely Overpowered: Rayquaza is second only to Arceus itself in terms of power. It moves fast and hits like a truck, has an ability that can increase its damage even further, and its attack is Dragon-type, which goes unresisted by the majority of opponents. It even has the advantage of being able to fly while Arceus, despite the ability to scale high cliffs with ease, cannot.
• Put on a Bus: Nobunaga is absent from the stories that chronologically take place after the main story (the "collect Pokémon" and "recruit Warriors" stories), having left the fighting to re-evaluate his philosophies. He returns in the final story, "Two Heroes of Ransei."
• Shock and Awe: His Zekrom is Electric-type.
• Sleeves Are for Wimps: His base appearance gives him a sleeveless top.
• Third-Person Person: Nobunaga tends to refer to himself with his own name rather than first-person pronouns (though not all the time), befitting his grandiose and imperious personality.
  (when recruited) "Pah, very well. Nobunaga will grant your wish..."
• Villain Protagonist: He gets his own episode during the post-game.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Nobunaga decided to conquer the other nations because he had realized that the Warriors and Warlords fighting to unite Ransei were starting to forget their Pokémon were living beings instead of tools of war, and he vowed to destroy Arceus to stop the endless conflict and bring the region to peace before it was too late.

Junior Warlords

Hanbei

"The thing about battles is... they'd be a lot better if you could win them in your sleep, don't you think?"

-Randomly during battle

One of Hideyoshi's strategists that is also very loyal to him. While he may look like a kid, Hanbei is much older than his appearance would suggest, and he uses his appearance to hide his genius-level intellect. He and Kanbei get along despite having different personalities. His starter Pokémon is Mareep, but his perfect link is with the Pikachu line.

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• Badass Adorable: And he and his partner are both so cute.
• Barrier Warrior: His special ability Lazy Bones suggest that this is his tactic as this ability not only blocks critical attacks but also blocks status alignments contrast to Motonari who blocks critical hits and increase speed. This sets Hanbei up as a defense Warlord that really comes in handy on certain stages like Spectra, Viperia and Dragnor.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: He has a wisdom of 99 when upgraded but he prefers to sleep all day instead of do the missions that Hideyoshi orders him to do. Still, he's a cunning tactician when motivated.
• Definitely Just a Cold: The excuse he comes up with when questioned about his health. Going by his historical counterpart, it's likely tuberculosis.
• Demoted to Extra: As one of Hideyoshi's feared strategists, he and Kanbei end up missing from the main story.
• The Fake Cutie: Despite his adorable appearance, he knows he doesn’t look his age and uses it to his advantage. In fact, he only brings up his age in order to get Kanbei to do something for him.
• Genius Bruiser: Combine Hanbei's smarts with Raichu's sheer power, add a dash of Lazy Bones, and you've got a brilliant as all heck Badass Warlord.
• Heavy Sleeper: He's implied to sleep more than work. If he’s in charge of an attack, his quote goes along the lines of, "Let's finish this before I fall asleep."
• Incurable Cough of Death: He doesn't die when he coughs, but it’s a huge Mood Whiplash at the end of his chapter when he starts coughing uncontrollably.
• Keet: At least tries to be cheerful.
• Kid Genius: He’s definitely not a kid, but he is a genius. That’s one of his battle quotes when he uses his ability.
• Lazy Bum: He really doesn't want to do anything. It's likely due to his illness.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: He may seem like a lazy teenager, but he’s one of the smartest characters in the game with a wisdom of 99.
• Odd Couple: With Kanbei.
• Older Than They Look: The exact age of Hanbei is unknown (at least in this game), but he declares that he’s older than Kanbei, so he has to do what he says. From Samurai Warriors he’s at least two years older than Kanbei.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The cheerful and outgoing red to the dour and stoic Kanbei's blue.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: The Mareep he starts out with and the Pikachu and Raichu that are his Perfect Links.
• Scarf of Asskicking: Gets a Pikachu-themed one at Rank II.
• Shock and Awe: Electric-specialist. He commands Raichu as his perfect link.
• Shorter Means Smarter: One of the youngest and smallest of the Warlords, but perhaps the most clever.
• Sleepyhead: His default sprite appears to be nearly falling asleep and another one is him yawning.
• Smart People Play Chess: At the end of Kanbei’s episode, he and Kanbei are playing what looks like the Pokémon world's version of chess.
• Stepford Smiler: Implied to be one at the end of his ending when Kanbei isn’t convinced that he was only coughing because he was too excited. In fact, one of his sprites has him pulling his hat down, turning away from the screen almost like he’s going to cry. And this sprite is only used when Kanbei questions his health.
• Those Two Guys: Whenever the episode revolves around Hideyoshi, he plays this role with Kanbei.

Kanbei

"It is unreasonable to expect anything other than a victory for us."

-Upon winning a battle, as an attacker

One of Hideyoshi’s strategists that is very loyal to him. Kanbei is a strict and to-the-point strategist that thinks the end result is the only thing that matters. As a result, he has a cynical view of the world in contrast to Hanbei who likes to think positive. Despite their different views on the scale of idealism vs. realism, the two are very close. He specializes in Ghost Pokémon, starting out with Duskull. His perfect link, however, is with the Litwick family.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: Unlike everyone else in the game, his skin is stark white.
• The Comically Serious: Comes across this way given that his colleagues are Hideyoshi and Hanbei.
• Demoted to Extra: As one of Hideyoshi’s feared strategists, he and Hanbei end up missing from the main story, as having so many warlords in the very first kingdom would make things too difficult. Kanbei in particular would make the initial Ignis battle basically unwinnable, as he specializes in Ghost-types while Normal-types are all you get at that point in the game.
• Goth: He wears dark-clothing, is associated with Ghost-types, and is generally moody and sullen.
• In the Hood: After transformation.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his cynical view, he honestly wants what’s best for Hideyoshi and does worry for Hanbei’s health.
• Obviously Evil: Subverted. He may look gloomy, but he’s not that bad of a guy especially in his episode where he just needs to collect 100 Pokémon to show Hideyoshi that he can rely on him while he’s gone. He's also close friends with the much lighter Hanbei.
• Odd Couple: With Hanbei.
• Perpetual Frowner: Hanbei even lampshades that Kanbei needs to smile more or he’ll end up frowning like he is now. Kanbei retorts that this is his normal face.
• Playing with Fire: His Chandelure is Fire-type.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The perpetually scowling and brooding blue to Hanbei's cheerful red.
• Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: How he views Hideyoshi’s goal of reuniting Ransei and what he thinks about Hanbei’s views in general.
• Smart People Play Chess: In his ending, he is shown playing what looks to be Pokémon’s version of chess with Hanbei.
• Soul Power: Ghost-type specialist. He commands a Chandelure as his perfect link.
• Status-Buff Dispel: His special ability, Extinguish, neutralizes all other warriors' abilities, be they friend or foe.
• The Stoic: Rarely shows emotions unless they are a confident smirk and a stunned face when something goes wrong.
• Those Two Guys: Whenever the episode revolves around Hideyoshi, he plays this role with Hanbei.
• Younger Than They Look: Going by the birth dates of their historical counterparts, he's actually two years younger than Hanbei. Does he look it?

Muneshige

"The future is something we build with our own hands."

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

Ginchiyo’s husband that serves as her foil in Violight. Whereas Ginchiyo is proud and haughty, Muneshige is more confident and easy-going, always pointing out her flaws before and after battle (which pisses her off). He specializes in Flying Pokémon with Starly being his starter and that line being his best link.

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• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: At the end of Ginchiyo’s episode, he congratulates her on winning the beauty contest, even though he was mocking her at the beginning. Just the fact that he was talking to her at the end shocks Ginchiyo.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Ginchiyo to the point he can’t transform unless Ginchiyo is in your army but not in the same or an adjacent nation.
• Combination Attack: Muneshige's rank 2 Warrior Skill is intended to be combined with Ginchiyo's skill, which has a different name but the same effect. When the two are used in the same turn, the one used second has its effect doubled.
• Deadpan Snarker: Generally acts like a smartass, particularly with Ginchiyo.
• Disc-One Nuke: Only in the post game if he has Staraptor. Staraptor comes with Brave Bird, which is incredibly powerful at the beginning of the game (and only gets more powerful as he levels up). His range and defense is reduced, but he's so fast that he can still dodge incoming attacks and spam Brave Bird as long as the enemy is in distance. Also, his Warlord ability increases the range and Attack of everyone on your side of the field for one turn.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Ginchiyo's red.
• Theme Naming: The original names for Ginchiyo's and his Warrior Skills were Raijin's Roar and Fujin's Roar, respectively. This got Lost in Translation, where they respectively became Thunderclap and Typhoon.
• Walking the Earth: At the end of his story, he decides to leave his life in Violight to travel.

Aya

"I shall show you how to wage war with love in your heart."

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

Kenshin's elder sister. Should you challenge Kenshin as your seventh conquest, he sends you back and has Aya test you. She dislikes weak warlords and will test your might before retreating back to Illusio. Once you ally with Kenshin, she can be recruited. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon with Cubchoo being her starter and Snorunt and Froslass (but not Glalie) being her perfect link.

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• An Ice Person: She's an Ice-type user.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's soft-spoken and kind, but not to be trifled with.
• Brother–Sister Team: She fights alongside Kenshin to defend Illusio.
• Dissonant Serenity: Even when she's defeated in battle, she still smiles.
• Hidden Depths: She is a kind, soft-spoken woman who speaks of love and tolerance. She's also downright ruthless and not someone to be messed with.
• Lady of War: Refined, cool, and has a perfect link with the feminine Froslass.
• Love Freak: Not as bad as Kanetsugu, but she was the one to instill those beliefs in him. She also uses the beauty contest to spread love across Ransei.
• Older Than They Look: Can you believe she's older than Kenshin?
• Perpetual Smiler: She only has two portraits — smiling, and pissed off. She uses the former 99% of the time.
• Team Mom: For Kenshin and Kanetsugu.
• Winter Royal Lady: Her transformed outfit is a freaking Froslass cosplay.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: Long black hair and Hime Cut, cold grace and serenity, plenty of inner iron, yep she fits.

Kanetsugu

"Behold! This is a victory for truth and honor!"

-Upon winning a battle, as the attacker

The devoted right hand to Kenshin who is in the position to be Illusio's next warlord when his master retires. He worships the ground both of the siblings stand on and goes as far as to adopt Aya’s vision of the world of love and justice. As a result, he comes off as rather single-minded and forceful when it comes to forcing love to everyone around him. After you beat Kenshin, you can recruit him. He specializes in Psychic Pokémon with Kirlia being his starter and the Abra line being his special link.

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• Cool Helmet: Look at his profile picture and be in awe. And by the way, the real-life Naoe Kanetsugu really did wear a helmet like that◊.
• Glass Cannon: As per the norm for Psychics, Alakazam can hit fast and hard. However, in terms of durability, it keeps its thinner physical Defense from the main series, rather than its more impressive Special Defense.
• Hero-Worshipper: To Kenshin, but it tends to go out of hand at times. He has to be in the same nation as Kenshin in order to transform.
• Honor Before Reason: He places absolute emphasis on love and honor being more important than anything else.
• Hypocritical Humor: During the junior episodes when you haven’t battled him, he might say something along the lines of “expanding territory is evil”, but then turn around and conquer the nation right next to him because his AI is no different than the others.
• Justice Will Prevail: Believes it fully, though his concept of "justice" is vague at best.
• Knight Templar: Very much, and likely got it from Aya.
• Large Ham: Oh yeah. Kanetsugu is full of grandiose exclamations about truth and honor.
• Love Freak: If the giant "love" kanji on his helmet didn't tip you off. He’s practically the male version of Flonne except he’s very Knight Templar about it. His special ability is even called Love and Honor.
• The Power of Love: Insists that love and justice will solve everything.
• Psychic Powers: Psychic-type expert. The Abra line is his perfect link. Alakazam, one of the most powerful and infamous Psychics of the series, is his partner.

Yukimura

"I shall show this world the way a true Warrior lives!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

Shingen’s right hand man who serves to be next in line when Shingen retires. Sanada Yukimura looks up to Shingen and will do whatever it takes to impress him. He’s a very calm and honorable, if serious, man. If you choose to fight Shingen, Yukimura attacks you at Pugillis, though he does so respectfully and fights you because of his lord's orders. He retreats to Terrera when he loses and can be recruited once you beat Shingen. He specializes in Fire Pokémon with Tepig as his starter and the Charmander line being his perfect link.

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• Butt-Monkey: Surprisingly, he’s often on the bad end of the stick on his and Shingen’s story often being trolled because of his naïve nature.
• The Comically Serious: His gentlemanly, honourable nature is undermined by the fact that he's in a Pokémon game (and that his senior Warlord is a giant Troll), but he never lets his character falter even so.
• Demoted to Extra: He's the main character of the Samurai Warriors series, but the protagonist role goes to the main characters AKA Azai Nagamasa's stand-ins here instead.
• Determinator: His special ability "Willpower", which increases critical hit rate and allows him to attack twice in one turn.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: He thinks it's his fault for Shingen losing his nation to the player. Naturally, Shingen and Kunochi tell him otherwise. He also beats himself up when he fails other things like mining.
• Hero-Worshipper: Worships Shingen, but not single-mindedly like Kanetsugu does Aya and Kenshin. He also needs to be in the same nation as Shingen in order to transform.
• Hot-Blooded: Noticeably subdued compared to other video game counterparts as his loud nature is replaced with one of a polite gentleman instead.
• Knight in Shining Armor: Some of his quotes imply he's one.
• Mighty Glacier: Whether you evolve his starting Tepig into Emboar or find him a Charizard for his Perfect Link, you've got a fairly slow Fire-type with a powerful, long-ranged attack. Charizard also has the ability to fly, which partly offsets its lack of mobility.
• Nice Guy: All-around polite, respectful, and kind.
• Only Sane Man: Any chapter concerning Shingen and Kunoichi has him function as one. Given that they’re both trolling him, it’s justified.
• Playing with Fire: Fire-type user. He can get a 100% link with Charizard.
• Worthy Opponent: Sees the protagonist as one. Given the general nature of his best link, this makes perfect sense.

Kunoichi

"Ninjas can do anything! That's what everyone thinks, anyway..."

-Randomly during battle

A ninja hired by Yukimura to serve Terrera. A playful trickster, she insists that ninjas are meant to be more outspoken than the stereotypical shinobi. Like Yukimura, you can recruit her after you beat Shingen. She specializes in Dark Pokémon with Scraggy being her starter, and the Sneasel line being her special link.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Similar to Motonari, Kunoichi's design has been slightly altered to match her preferred Pokémon type. In her case, her Rank I outfit is black instead of white like in Samurai Warriors 3.
• Badass Adorable: She's absolutely cute and a competent ninja at the same time.
• Bodyguard Crush: Has elements of this toward Yukimura, a holdover from the Samurai Warriors games, although it's heavily downplayed.
• Casting a Shadow: Dark-type specialist. Commands a Weavile and has a nasty ability to power it up.
• Dark Is Not Evil: She’s one of the nicest ninja of the group, but this doesn't mean she can't be crafty.
• A Dog Named "Dog": She's a kunoichi named... Kunoichi.
• Lightning Bruiser: Weavile already has high Speed for dodging attacks, high range if it has Shadow Dash, and Kunoichi's Warrior Skill allows her to boost that Speed even further while improving its mobility and critical hit chance, which is already plenty high since Weavile gets Night Slash. Its HP and Defense aren't anything to write home about, but aren't terrible either.
• Highly-Visible Ninja: She actually insists that shinobi should be this instead of hiding in the shadows. She sounds like she’s trying to enforce a certain ninja series on the others.
• Genki Girl: Energetic, cheerful, and happy.
• Girlish Pigtails: Already has one when you first get her, but when she transforms she gets much bigger ones.
• Ms. Fanservice: At least, as much as the "E" rating allows. Nevertheless, her outfit leaves little to the imagination and she's quite playful and just a bit flirtatious.
• Original Generation: As was the case in Samurai Warriors, she's the only character in the game without a real-life counterpart.
• The Prankster: Her profile states that she loves to play pranks on people, and her upgraded ability is called "Trickster."
• Stripperiffic: Most of the other female characters get a bit more covered up when they transform. She covers less.
• The Tease: To Yukimura.

Kai

"This young lady's got a lot of fight in her, you know!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

Ujiyasu's daughter, who is known for her aggressive personality. She’s one of the few warriors who genuinely loses her temper when defeated. As the tomboy she is, she would rather dive into the battle and ask questions later. She specializes in Fire Pokémon stating with Pansear, but her perfect link ends up being the Darumaka line.

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• Expressive Hair: Her hair explodes when angry and gets disoriented when sad or when freaking out.
• Fiery Redhead: Hot-blooded and energetic.
• Hidden Depths: Sure, Kai may have a short temper and a slight streak of vanity. But in battle, one of her pre-turn quotes states that the moments she spends with her Pokemon and other friends are her most valued treasure, and she will give anything to keep that safe.
• Hot-Blooded: Very much. When she gets angry her sprite explodes.
• Playing with Fire: She's a Fire-type user. Her best link is with Darmanitan.
• Smug Super: Kai is a fairly skilled Warrior, and she knows and flaunts it.
  (after successfully conquering a kingdom) "Another win. It's no big deal when you're as good as me!"
• Sore Loser: Her bio claims that she hates losing, though in her in-game quotes, she doesn't actually take defeat much worse than most other characters.
• Stripperiffic: When transformed, her outfit basically shows more skin than it hides.
• Tomboy Princess: She even has this as her unique power; "Warrior Woman" was "Tomboy Princess" in Japanese.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Despite having the personality and being called a tomboy multiple times, she still participates in the beauty contest. When the female merchant shows up, she asks if one cute girl isn't enough, as well.

Hanzō

"Duty must be fulfilled."

-At the start of his first turn in battle

A silent ninja that serves under Nene. Not much is known about Hattori Hanzō or why he joined with Nobunaga’s army. His only goal is to perform the duty of the ninja. He only speaks when spoken to and when he does talk, it’s only in short phrases. He specializes in Ghost Pokémon with Spiritomb being his starter Pokémon and the perfect link coming from the Gastly line.

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• Captain Obvious: When he speaks, he tends to say the obvious like linking with X Pokémon or stating his Pokémon’s attack.
• Casting a Shadow: Dark-type with his Spiritomb.
• The Comically Serious: He never shows much emotion, but he has a sense of humor nonetheless.
• Dark Is Not Evil: He's a Ghost-type user and obviously a shady figure, but is perfectly nice and friendly.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: His only goal is to serve and protect his lord faithfully.
• Ninja: Classic flavor, in contrast to most others in the game who play with it in their own ways. His sprite makes it clear with its pose.
• The Quiet One: Very silent and mysterious.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Kotarō’s red. Their historical rivalry isn’t mentioned in this game, however.
• Soul Power: Ghost-type user.
• The Stoic: He only has two emotions: neutral and (slightly) surprised.
• Terse Talker: Hanzō isn't one for mincing words, only saying as much as he needs to for pointing something out or giving a command and nothing more. When his Pokémon is at low HP, all he offers is silence.

Magoichi

"All right... Let's see what beautiful flowers are blooming on the battlefield today!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

Masamune's partner in Avia. Despite working beside Masamune, Magoichi doesn't seem to like him that much, only staying because of his devotion to duty. Magoichi is a huge flirt and loves women more than anything. He specializes in Grass Pokémon with Carnivine being his starter and the Treecko line being his perfect link.

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• Butt-Monkey: Even in his story, his ending implies that despite winning, he still probably didn't get his female harem.
• Casanova Wannabe: Masamune certainly thinks he is, but it doesn't help Magoichi's cause if Masamune prevents him from hitting on woman whenever he's around.
• Composite Character: With Katakura Kojuro nowhere in sight, he seems to play the part of Masamune's Number Two in the game.
• Green Thumb: Grass-type user. He commands a Sceptile and has an ability to give it a very significant power boost.
• Handsome Lech: He hits on Oichi (and the female protagonist, if you're playing as her) when you first reach Avia, but his attempts at flirting are halted by Masamune. It's hinted that this is the reason for the tension between them.
• Harem Seeker: To the point where the only way to transform him is to have at least three different female warlords (and Masamune cannot be in the same nation). Heck, his special ability “Cupid” is more powerful the more female characters are in the nation meaning that he’ll be extremely powerful with an army of women by his side.
• Irony: Despite being a ladies' man, his charisma is lower than Masamune, who is far more crass and less interested in women.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Lean, tall, dark-haired, and very good-looking.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Masamune, to the point that he can’t transform if he's around.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Despite his constant complaining about Masamune, he still hangs around him. Very evident in his story where Masamune tells him he doesn't have to participate in the junior tournament (despite it being an order) and Magoichi insists that he participates because it's his job.

Okuni

"Are there any cuties lurking around here, I wonder?"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

A cute priestess that works under Nō for unknown reasons. She’s not really interested in defending kingdoms and would rather travel around the Ransei region looking for attractive men. She does just that the minute Nō loses her kingdom to the player. She specializes in Bug Pokémon, with Venipede being her starter Pokémon and the Larvesta line being her perfect link.

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• Big Creepy-Crawlies: Being a Bug-type user already qualifies for this trope, but Okuni gets some really big Bug-types. In the Legend of Ransei, she uses Scolipede, an eight-foot-tall centipede; her Perfect Link is Volcarona, a seraphic moth standing at a more modest but still human-sized five feet.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Similar to Yoshimoto's Pokemari specialty, her only interest is finding cute guys. In the Junior Warlord episode, Nō appoints her to lead Spectra, and she has no interest until she realizes there's men participating in the competition.
• Disc-One Nuke: She and Ranmaru often appear in chapters that don’t specifically concern them such as the ninja episodes, the female contest and the junior battles. She is very easy to recruit, given Venipede is easy to take out. If she has Volcarona when you recruit her, she can easily sweep every enemy on her own as long as she has the type advantage and a healing item to boot.
• The Fake Cutie: She acts sweet and innocent, but she has a dark side and deliberately uses this act to get what she wants.
• Harem Seeker: She’s always looking for the next cute guy on the battlefield and travels all over Ransei just to find the right guy for her. Her charisma is the third highest of all the female characters, implying that she’s probably more successful at finding guys than Magoichi is at finding girls.
• Killer Rabbit: She looks sweet and cute, but she will wreck your team if you let her.
• Magic Dance: Her special ability is the "Kabuki Dance" that increases the attack of all allies and raises energy to the highest level for one turn.
• Nightmare Fetishist: She thinks that Bug Pokémon are adorable. In general, she'll say (X) Pokémon is cute, even if it's normally perceived as ugly or horrifying.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: She really wants you to think she's a Brainless Beauty. She's really, really not one.
• One-Woman Army: If she has a perfect link with Volcarona, she can easily solo a map given the amazing stats Volcarona has. This might be a shout out to her status in Samurai Warriors.
• Parasol of Prettiness: Carries one over her shoulder.
• Playing with Fire: Her Volcarona is Fire-type.
• Walking the Earth: Tends to show up in random kingdoms in stories where she's not preset in a certain area.

Tadakatsu

"None can stop me! No matter how many they number!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

The general of Valora who serves under Ieyasu. Honda Tadakatsu is considered one of the strongest warlords in Ransei and is feared by most. He dedicates his life to Ieyasu, only wishing to protect him. He has a daughter, Ina, that takes after him, whom he loves very much. He specializes in Steel Pokémon, with Steelix being his starter and the Beldum line being his perfect link.

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• Battle Butler: Ieyasu's faithful and devoted servant who has no qualms about running into battle with him. He is also the only Junior Warlord who can link with a Legendary Pokemon, and one arguably better than his senior's.
• The Brute: To Nobunaga’s army, though on your side he's a typical Big Guy.
• Chest Insignia: The "X" for Metagross, the starburst crest for Dialga.
• The Comically Serious: Rarely makes any expression to show it, but he's a good-humored fellow.
• Extra-ore-dinary: He's a Steel-type user. His perfect link is Metagross.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: The man's got an impressively square jawline.
• One-Man Army: He’s capable of being one even without the help of a Guardian Charm. In this case, his Steelix is considered very powerful whenever you start someone else’s episode and can easily solo a map as long as he doesn’t have the type disadvantage. When he gets Metagross or Dialga, it becomes even easier to solo missions given their high attack and speed as well as Dialga's Dragon-type move that essentially nukes a wide area in front of it.
• The Stoic: He only has two expressions: his standard one and determined.
• Tron Lines: At Rank II, he gains a number of glowing blue lines tracing his armor.
• Uncatty Resemblance: He dresses to emulate Metagross. Additionally, the chest decoration on his Rank 2 armor is an early hint that he gets Dialga.
• World's Strongest Man: He's often said to be Ransei's greatest Warrior, and he definitely has the prowess and Pokémon to back up that assessment. His skill at Rank 2 is even named "Unrivaled." Quite tellingly, he's the only Junior Warlord to get access to one of the "greater" Legendary Pokémon in the form of Dialga, putting him on the same level as Shingen, Kenshin, and Nobunaga.

Ina

"Let our Warrior spirit pave the way to a glorious victory!"

-Randomly during battle

The daughter of Tadakatsu and second in command of Valora. She intends to follow in her father’s footsteps and it shows in personality and the type of Pokémon she chooses. She specializes in Water Pokémon with Quagsire being her starter Pokémon and the Piplup line being her perfect link.

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• Daddy's Girl: She loves her father and is devoted to him.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Despite being a Water user first, she's also good with Steel-type Pokémon (being a junior Warlord of Valora and all), and Empoleon has both types.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: Her special abilities allow her to hit her target no matter what. Given that her best partner is a powerful Empoleon that uses Hydro Pump, this ends up being very deadly. Additionally, her aiming skills being accurate make a lot of sense when you realize that in Samurai Warriors she’s an archer.
• Lady of War: She's dignified and composed, her warrior skill is named "Elegance", and her perfect link is with the regal Empoleon.
• Making a Splash: Her specialty with her Piplup and Quagsire.
• Tron Lines: Her Rank II outfit.
• The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: While Tadakatsu isn't necessarily ugly, she definitely doesn't look like her father.
• Water Is Womanly: A graceful Yamato Nadeshiko with a specialty in Water-type Pokémon, in contrast to the other Water-type specialist Motochika who is associated with the temperamental aspects of water.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: This was the name of one her abilities that increases range and allows all moves to hit for three turns empathizing on her iron heart.

Gracia

"There's still so much about the world I don't know, Munna! I want to know more! More!"

-Randomly during battle

The only daughter of Mitsuhide. Gracia is a little girl that wants to know more about the world. Her father worries for her given her naïve nature, but Gracia is strongly determined to prove her worth. She specializes in Psychic Pokémon with her starter Pokémon being Munna, but her perfect link is with the Gothita line.

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• Badass Adorable: Precious-looking and quite strong, to boot.
• Confusion Fu: Literally; her Rank II ability is "Bewilder", which for that turn adds a high chance for all allies to inflict Confusion with their normal attacks.
• The Cutie: In contrast to more females in the game who are varying types of pretty, Gracia is straight-up adorable.
• Daddy's Girl: She’s willing to do anything for her father from standing up to fight the protagonist to entering the junior contest and conquering the seventeen nations in his honor.
• Lethal Joke Character: In The Legend of Ransei (or any post-game episode that drags on long enough), she fights with a fully-evolved Musharna. Take out the Munna that one of Mitsuhide's other Warriors is handling, and Musharna can't deal damage... unless one of its abilities activates, which gives it a borderline Instant KO Radius of two squares. With the relatively low number of Pokémon with attacks that can hit from three squares away, fighting Gracia is a risky endeavour.
• Morality Pet: Serves as one to her father.
• Power-Up Letdown: Depending upon the player, evolving her Gothorita into a Gothitelle can seem like this. Gothitelle's ability is Future Sight, which covers a wide area but doesn't hit until the start of the opponent's second turn, after casting the attack. You can use Future Sight twice in a row (on all turns actually), but only on Pokemon that aren't already being targeted by Future Sight; it can't stack, which means that if the enemy is bunched up together, she can't deal damage every turn.
• Psychic Powers: Psychic user. Commands a Gothitelle as her perfect link.
• Status Effects: Her Rank II skill gives all her allies a chance to confuse enemies when they attack that turn.
• Weak, but Skilled: For a Warlord, Gracia's stats are pretty poor, her starting Pokémon is the non-offensive Munna (which evolves into the questionable Musharna), and her perfect Link is the mediocre Gothita line. That doesn't change the fact that she has an exceptionally disruptive Warrior Skill.

Ranmaru

"Whoever I might be faced with, you can count on me not to retreat!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

Nobunaga's faithful retainer who is devoted to him no matter what. Despite his devotion to Nobunaga, he hates fighting and seems to put everyone else's wellbeing above his own. Despite specializing in Fighting/Steel Pokémon, he can link well with Dragon Pokémon in general. He starts out with Dratini and his perfect link is with the Riolu line.

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• Always Accurate Attack: His level 2 ability makes his team's attacks guaranteed to hit for 3 turns. Not very useful if he has Lucario since Aura Sphere does this by default, but very handy for patching up the spotty accuracy of certain allies (especially ones using Dragon Rage, which he also has access to via Dratini).
• Ambiguously Gay: He is based on his real life counterpart who held a torch for Nobunaga, and he is positively thrilled whenever Nobunaga praises him, so...
• Apologetic Attacker: Whenever he wins a battle, he always apologizes to the opponent.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: His Lucario is a fighting-type.
• Disc-One Nuke: In almost every post-story scenario, recruiting him will allow you get a Dratini with Dragon Rage meaning he can easily sweep his opponents. Of course, if he has Lucario, that also allows him to sweep.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: And unlike in Samurai Warriors, he’s fully aware of it. The fact that he wears a Lucario-ear headband at rank 2 really doesn't help.
• The Empath: His first ability is called "Empathy," which restores the HP of his and the Pokémon around him. It makes sense to have this ability given that he's a pacifist and prefers to bond with Pokémon over battling (although he can still run roughshod over entire armies if he has to).
• Extra-ore-dinary: Lucario's Steel-typing.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Not very long but very pretty.
• Martyr Without a Cause: He doesn't care for his own life, but he cares for everyone else around him.
• Morality Pet: Serves as one to Nobunaga in a sense. Many of Nobunaga's Pet the Dog moments revolve around Ranmaru, to be sure.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: Even if he knows what Nobunaga is doing is wrong, he’ll stick with him no matter what.
• Nice Guy: Is very pleasant and cheerful when he's on your team.
• Number Two: Ranmaru's devoted right-hand man. In stories where Nobunaga is absent, he serves as one to Oichi instead.
• The One Guy: He's the only male warlord to participate in the otherwise all-female "beauty contest" scenarios, as a joke on how the Dude Looks Like a Lady.
• Technical Pacifist: He doesn't like fighting at all, but will when the situation calls for it.
• Undying Loyalty: To Nobunaga, who he shows up to assist in the final battle.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: Is kind, caring and devoted to his Pokémon and Nobunaga. Fitting, considering the confusion surrounding his gender.
• You Are in Command Now: In the final story, Nobunaga and Oichi both fight alongside the Hero/Heroine, leaving Ranmaru in command of Dragnor.

Other Warlords

Keiji

"Set your faces to stunned!"

When using a Warrior Skill

A wandering warlord that you often bump into during your quest. He likes the main character’s style, giving them free advice and kindly handing out various tips or info. During his last appearance, he'll give you the elemental stones to evolve the original three Eeveelutions before he disappears. He’s recruitable only in the post-game and his episode must be downloaded. Specializing in Ground and Rock Pokémon, his starter Pokémon is Rhyhorn, but his perfect link is with the Shieldon line.

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• Anime Hair: Behold its glory, that its spikes stand so tall his sprite cannot contain them!
• Big Fun: He's a huge guy but is free-spirited and carefree.
• Boisterous Bruiser: He loves to brawl — for fun though, not for conquest.
• But Now I Must Go: At the end of his story, Keiji decides that all the Pokémon he recruited for the people of Yaksha are enough to keep them on their feet and sets off to wander Ransei once again.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Rock-type user.
• Dumb Muscle: Downplayed as he's a competent warrior. However, he has a Wisdom of 50 (which is average at best by Warlord standards) compared to his strength of 100.
• Nice Guy: Shows up to give the player free advice and support, gives you the first opportunity to evolve your Eevee, and temporarily gives up his nomadic life to get Yaksha back on its feet after its prior warlord disappears. If that doesn't convince you, the fact that he can link with Terrakion, a Pokemon known as part of a group who grew to dislike humans after a war that harmed Pokemon and destroyed their homes should.
• Recurring Traveler: Pops up now and then and then takes off.
• Rōnin: Keiji isn't tied to any one kingdom and prefers to just wander Ransei. He takes over Yaksha after Kotarō bails on them in certain post-game stories, but only to help get them back on their feet.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: His armor bares his midriff normally, and on Rank II he goes for a coat that shows off his full physique.
• Wandering the Earth: He’ll show up randomly depending on the story you’re playing. Other times, he’ll take over Kotarō’s nation, having been roped into becoming Yaksha's new warlord. At the end of his own story, he leaves Yaksha to do this once more after stabilizing the nation.

Mitsunari

"I can't imagine I'll meet with any enemies that could live up to my talents..."

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

One of the three kids you often bump into when conquering the nations. Ishida Mitsunari is the most critical of the player who will often call them out on their stupidity in not knowing the basics. He won't praise you at all even when you do exactly what he suggests you to do. Only playable and recruitable post-game, he specializes in Steel Pokémon with Scizor being his starter and the Pawniard line being his perfect link.

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• Bratty Half-Pint: He's very annoying and rude.
• Deadpan Snarker: At least half the time when he opens his mouth, it'll be to distribute some form of barb about the perceived intelligence of who he's talking to. It's understandable when said person is Masanori, though.
• Extra-ore-dinary: He's a Steel-type user, with Scizor as his starter and Bisharp as his prefect link.
• Freudian Trio: He's The Spock of the group; intelligent, but also arrogant and unfriendly.
• Insufferable Genius: He talks as if he’s above everyone else. Then again, in his story, he has the Pokémon to back it up and his wisdom is an impressive 96.
• Recurring Traveler: He keeps popping up but doesn't do much for the main story.
• Tsundere: Type A to absolutely everyone. He only goes deredere at the end of the game and his story.
• When She Smiles: Mitsunari is almost always wearing a disapproving scowl, but on the rare occasion he gives a genuine smile, he looks much more adorable for it. Amusingly, if he has Bisharp as his partner at the time, it'll look shocked by him smiling for a change.

Kiyomasa

"To protect that which is dear to us!"

-When defending a kingdom

One of the three kids you often bump into when conquering the nations. He’s the nicest of the trio, but will talk the player down if s/he doesn’t know what they’re doing. Only playable and recruitable post game, he specializes in the pseudo legendaries such as Larvitar, but his special link is with the Axew family.

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• A Friend in Need: Judging by his story, he tends to be the one that tells his friends what went wrong before he forgives them. Like he tells Mitsunari that he was being too arrogant and should open up more while he just laughs at Masanori for forgetting what they were fighting about in the first place and says not to worry about it. Heck, when he wins the battle, he’s the only one that’s visibly upset given that he knew the fight was stupid.
• Declaration of Protection: His battle quote when he uses his abilities, though in regards to his whole team than a specific individual.
• The Empath: His original ability is called "Empathy", which restores HP to his Pokémon as well as the Pokémon adjacent to his. Fitting given he's the nicest of the trio.
• Freudian Trio: The Kirk of the group; amicable, level-headed, and serves as a mediator for his friends.
• The Power of Trust: His second ability is called "Belief", which increases defense and blocks critical hits for three turns.
• Recurring Traveler: Same as Mitsunari, since the two of them and Masanori tend to be encountered together.

Masanori

"Stand back and behold Masanori! Here's how a true man fights!"

-Before attacking a kingdom, if not the main Warlord of the story

One of the three kids that you often bump into when conquering Ransei. He’s the most vocal of the group but also the dumbest and as a result, his insults will backfire given that he won’t understand what Mitsunari or Kiyomasa is telling you. He specializes in Dark Pokémon with Skorupi being his starter and the Sandile line being his perfect link.

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• Butt-Monkey: Gets picked on by his other two friends despite the three of them ganging up on the main character’s intelligence often.
• Casting a Shadow: He's a Dark-type user.
• Cool Shades: At Rank II. They look very similar to the membrane around Krookodile's eyes (though some fans will think of Kamina first).
• Delinquent: Has this going on for him, particularly with his upgraded form and Krookodile.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Krokorok and Krookodile.
• Freudian Trio: The McCoy of the group; rash, hot-headed, and none too bright.
• Heroic Sacrifice: His special ability is called "Sacrifice", which reduces his HP to one to increase his attack and range. How useful it will be depends on the opponent.
• Idiot Hero: He represents the kids that wouldn’t understand the complicated mechanics of the game.
• Leeroy Jenkins: He’s the one that jumped into the argument in the first place during his episode. This is also reflected by his Warrior Skill, which increases Attack and Range at the cost of dropping HP to 1, and his perfect link Krookodile can only hit one opponent at a time. This means that he can run into the enemy team to nab one quick takedown, but unless you clean house right afterwards or give him a heal, he will go down on the next turn.
• Non-Standard Character Design: His expressions are more cartoonish than the other characters in the series. Kai is the only one who even comes close to him.
• Recurring Traveler: The third of the trio of these.

Other Characters

The Professor

An old wandering Warrior, he now passes his time instructing the next generation on the concepts of battling. He presents himself to your character after a few months to explain the basic gameplay concepts.

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• The Artifact: In-game he becomes this. In the post main-game storylines he keeps popping up after a few months in the first year, and never teaches you anything new. He does only appear your first time through a given story, but look at the number of Warlords up there and account for the fact that they all have their own playable stories.
• Legacy Character: Despite his name implying a connection to the main series' professors, he actually serves as this to the plot-unimportant NPCs of Generations I and II, who would give the player Forced Tutorials on Pokémon catching and non-optional tours of the first town with a Poké Mart.^note Later games would delegate such tutorials to mildly more important characters.
• Mr. Exposition: Explains to you various gameplay concepts, then heads off.
• Old Master: States he was a great Warrior in his youth.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Well, unwitting herald of doom, rather. He appears the month before enemy armies can/will attack kingdoms belonging to other armies — including yours. Seeing this guy is your last warning to make sure your front lines are protected.
• Walking the Earth: It's implied he wanders the world instructing budding Warriors.

The Wandering Merchants

Two travelling merchants who sell some of the rarest and most powerful items in the game. The catch is setting up a meeting, since they appear at random. One is a young girl, the other is an older man, but both sell the same wares.

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• Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: Downplayed, but present; normal merchants change their prices based on the Charisma of the Warrior you sent to the shop. Since they can appear in any kingdom with any Warriors and do not sell to just one of the ones present, the game ignores this modifier. No matter who meets them, you're paying the same price as anyone else.
• Metal Slime: A non-enemy variant, but fits nonetheless. They appear at random and very rarely, and you only get one chance to barter with they before they leave, plus the items they sell, while very good, are very expensive. If you hope to afford more than one item, it's best to prepare your gold reserves in advance.
• Walking the Earth: They travel without any actual destination in mind. Justified by their occupation.

The Creator

Arceus... so we meet at last. I suppose this means you consider me a worthy partner...

—Hero

The creator of Ransei, said to only appear to a chosen hero who has united all seventeen kingdoms under one flag. When your hero unites the seventeen kingdoms, Arceus appears before you to bestow its power upon you and aid you in the final storyline battle.

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• All Your Powers Combined: Its ability is several other strong abilities combined, and when it appears lights gather from the seventeen kingdoms to call it.
• Armor-Piercing Attack: Its attack Judgment ignores all type immunities and resistances. In a game where each Pokémon species is locked into a single move, this is a very big deal, especially for a Normal-type attack (which is not naturally super-effective against any other type).
• Death from Above: Judgment, no surprises there.
• 11th-Hour Superpower: It aids you in the very last battle of the initial storyline. In the very last storyline where you return to your hero, you can call on it again, but only by the point you've effectively completed the mission and are drawing things out.
• God: The creator of Ransei. Being Arceus, the creator of the whole Pokémon universe, means this is a given.
• Gold and White Are Divine: Its design aesthetic.
• Gradual Regeneration: One of the effects of its Omnipotence ability is a bit of HP recovery each round.
• Herd-Hitting Attack: Its special attack Judgment hits all eight squares surrounding it.
• Infinity +1 Sword: You only get to use it at the end of the main story, and only for the final battle. To actually link with it, you pretty much have to get to the end of the main character's post-game story, which itself requires clearing almost everyone else's stories. But is it worth the effort? Definitely.
• Interface Spoiler: When you get to the final kingdoms before Nobunaga, you may want to take a moment to look at the now fully revealed world map.
• Master of All: It has high HP, high range, high power, hits multiple targets when it attacks, has a chance of evading incoming attacks, recovers HP every turn, and can scale high cliffs. Unless you're outnumbered by multiple powerful Warriors who are still in top condition, you pretty much have to let it die on purpose.
• Olympus Mons: The Olympus Mon of Olympus Mons, being the God of the franchise.
• Only the Chosen May Wield: Arceus only appears before a hero that unites all 17 kingdoms of Ransei to lend them its power. In this case, the player character. Arceus also appears to Yoshihiro, Masamune, Hideyoshi, and Nobunaga after they unite Ransei at the end of their stories, but only the Hero/Heroine gets to use it in battle.
• Non-Elemental: In addition to being Normal-type (and it can't be anything else as the Plates don't exist in this game), its ability causes Judgment to ignore all type resistances and immunities.
• Purposely Overpowered: You have to use it in the final battle, so it's strong enough to do the job. On top of its ability and stat range, the Link is instantly at maximum for your hero at Rank II (70%), whereas newly-made Links normally default to about 3/4 of your active Pokémon's Link rate.
• Superpower Lottery: What do you expect with an ability called "Omnipotent"? Its ability affords it HP recovery every turn, it can climb up and down high terrain, it has a chance to avoid enemy attacks, and its attack does full damage to all Pokémon, ignoring resistances and immunities from typing.
• Walking Spoiler: All that can be said is that it's the creator of Ransei. Exactly what/who it is and the role it plays in the story beyond that is getting into end-game revelations.

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