Budehuc Castle and Miscellaneous Characters
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Budehuc Castle
Thomas
Tenkai Star
- Abusive Parents: Due to being the product of a brief fling, Thomas is hated by his nobleman father, who responds to his attempts at reconnecting with coldness and sends him off to Budehuc Castle as a means of getting rid of him.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: He is the lord of Budehuc Castle at only 15 years old.
- Action Survivor: Becomes competent by trying to keep his castle afloat.
- Big Fancy Castle: He's put in charge of Budehuc Castle. Sadly, the castle doesn't get the upgrades that Toran and Dunan castles get in Suikoden I and II, respectively.
- Blue Blood: His father, Lowma, is a member of the Zexen Council.
- Combination Attack: "Best Effort", done with Cecile.
- Cowardly Lion: He hates fighting and is quite weak and timid, but he'll always help out on the front lines when he has to.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's a pretty worthless fighter, a total coward, and incredibly passive and indecisive, but he also has the heart and soul of a leader and a surprising amount of potential as a warrior.
- Determinator: The world seems dead set on crushing his spirit but he refuses to let it keep him down. The fact that he manages to make a run down castle he was only given to keep him away from his father into the base of a revolutionary army is all thanks to this.
- I Have No Son!: His dad sent him to Budehuc so he could forget about him.
- Magikarp Power: He starts his chapters as a very weak fighter with next to no skills and terrible equipment, and he requires extra training to bring said skills to high levels. That said, if he's invested, he blossoms into a dynamo of a character in gameplay who's up there with characters like Geddoe's squad and the Zexen Knights in terms of the damage he can deal out.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The feminine boy to Cecile's masculine girls. Thomas is The Heart and a Non-Action Guy, while Cecile is an energetic Action Girl.
- Nice Guy: Really nice. The castle inhabitants don't like him but he just stays polite. They warm up to him over the span of his chapters, eventually becoming fiercely loyal to protecting Thomas.
- Non-Action Guy: He's a moderately wealthy city boy with no combat experience thrown into the middle of an all-out war. He begins at level 1 wielding a rusty old sword that he flails around randomly, gets winded after jogging for a bit, and gets dizzy whenever he does his Combination Attack with Cecille, during which he contributes much less than her. His true contributions to the army are his kind heart and his unwavering spirit.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted, as there is a boy that shares his name and went missing. This is Lampshaded by the boy's mother, who wishes for him to be just like this Thomas.
- The Pollyanna: He has a Darkest Hour in his Gaiden but other than that he's always optimistic.
- Reassigned to Antarctica: He was given lordship over a rundown castle on a worthless plod of land as a means of getting out of his father's life.
- Supporting Protagonist: He is the Tenkai star, but he isn't The Hero or Big Good of the game. He is however undoubtedly the Tenkai star because he still does most of the recruitment of the 108 stars.
- Took a Level in Badass: From a cowardly boy forced into a run-down castle as a way of keeping him out of his neglectful father's hair to one of the main contributors to the revolution. This is reflected in his weapon, which spends all of its first two forms as pretty much worthless before getting a huge surge in stats that continue to skyrocket in its final form, and while he won't be a top-tier character, his high skill customization also lets him be a fairly formidable fighter if given attention.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Thomas can't climb ladders due to an implied fear of heights. He's also the only protagonist who won't loot corpses.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Thomas is naive and rather sheltered, so he's unaware of many of the world's problems. As a result, he's perfectly willing to take in anyone, regardless of their background.
Cecile
Tentai Star
- Action Girl: She inherited her position as captain of the guards at Budehuc from her father and takes it very seriously.
- A-Cup Angst: Laments her lack of development in a bath conversation with Chris because she wants to be seen as an adult already.
- Ascended Fan Girl: Able to fight alongside Chris.
- Bodyguard Crush: To Thomas.
- Combination Attack: "Best Effort", with Thomas.
- Cute Bruiser: A young teen girl who is also a plate mail armor-clad knight.
- Glacier Waif: Is a young teen and wears her father's plate mail armor.
- Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Averted, she's the only "knight" character to actually wear a helmet.
- Knight in Shining Armor: She wears heavy armor and is also very idealistic about her duties.
- Lethal Chef: She knocks Thomas out when he tastes her cooking.
- Little Miss Badass: She's a very strong, heavily armored knight.
- Magikarp Power: Like Thomas, but to lesser regard. While she's a better fighter than he is and will carry the party through a lot of his chapters, her true strength is in her defensive abilities - if she's trained properly, she can be as good a tank as Twaikin or Mua.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The masculine girl boy to Thomas feminine boy.
- Military Brat: Cecile's father was the Commander of the Guards of the castle.
- One-Man Army: Well, her combat abilities aren't that much different from the other knights. She's this because she literally is the only soldier originally in Budehuc.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Is stronger than many characters significantly older than her.
- Undying Loyalty: To Thomas and to her friends from Budehuc Castle
Sebastian
Chihi Star
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: Sebastian can change the party members for every protagonist during the first three chapters; Anne replaces him from Chapter 4 onward.
- The Eeyore: Can be very pessimistic.
- Eyes Always Shut: Seen in his face portrait.
- Fat Bastard: Subverted. Sebastian is pessimistic and complains a lot, but isn't a bad person.
- Gag Nose: Has a reddish nose.
- The Jeeves: He is the butler of Budehuc Castle.
- Trauma Inn: Sebastian is responsible for the castle's inn.
Juan
Tenman Star
- Berserk Button: Wake him up.
Just wake him up. - Brilliant, but Lazy: He's your castle's skills mentor.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He comes off as a slouch who would rather just sleep the days away. However, he has some of the highest stats in the game, and the Waking Rune ensures that when he wakes up, he'll have the Berserk status on.
- Heavy Sleeper: His defining character trait. He also comes with Walking Rune attached.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He says some things in Thomas' story that can come off as really cruel, or at the very least, insensitive, but in the end, he's a nice guy.
- Lethal Joke Character: Juan may act like a Jerkass and be a Lazy Bum but he is pretty much the strongest physical attacker in the game, dealing 8+ hits each turn. That's not counting the Waking rune.
- Oral Fixation: Always has a leaf in his mouth.
- Spear Counterpart: To Emily.
- Ship Tease: Implied with Emily.
Piccolo
Chiken Star
- Dishing Out Dirt: He is best compatible with the Earth Rune.
- Fortune Teller: Piccolo's job in Budehuc Castle.
- Magic Staff: Wields the "Nova Wand", which evolves to "Super Nova" and "Hyper Nova".
- Magikarp Power: Much like the other playable Budehuc characters aside from Juan, Piccolo starts out underleveled; if he gets trained up, he becomes a mage on par with Estella — possibly better.
- Noble Womans Laugh: Male example. "O-ho-ho-ho-ho!!"
- Purple Is Powerful: Wears purple pants and shoes. He also carries a long purple scepter and comes equipped with the Lightning Rune of the same color.
- Shock and Awe: Has a Lightning Rune.
- Squishy Wizard: Piccolo is a powerful wizard but is poor at direct combat.
- Temporary Bulk Change: Thanks to his Mallet Rune, Piccolo can turn into a giant and step on his enemies.
Martha
Chizen Star
- Betting Mini-Game: Martha sells lottery tickets near the entrance of Budehuc Castle. She has owned the shop for ages and is very knowledgeable in the trade.
- Hustler: She seems to even have some sort of deal going with Piccolo to get more customers to participate in her lottery and lose.
- Kansas City Shuffle: She's the linchpin of a glorious one of these: she has the bulk of the Budehuc Castle dwellers fight off the Zexen military (with a bit of help from Geddoe and Hugo's groups, respectively). The Council absolutely has the strength to overpower Thomas's ragtag forces, but they're oblivious to the actual plan: while they stall, she travels to her home of Karaya and sells the land to Lucia, who in turn leases it to Thomas for a single potch a year, for 99 years. This is all completely legal in terms of Budehuc's contract with Vinay del Zexay. Additionally, and although Martha (probably) had no knowledge of this, the corrupt Councilman who's spent the better part of the chapter treating Thomas like shit and trying to evict him is not only is utterly defeated but is also dragged back to Zexen by Percival and Leo to face the crimes that Salome indicted him in.
Muto
Chison Star
- Bag of Sharing: His specialty — he looks after the HQ warehouse, where all items and equipment can be dropped off, stored, and retrieved when necessary.
- Beast Man: He is a kobold.
- The Ditz: Not the brightest person in Budehuc castle.
- Our Monsters Are Different: He's a Kobold, but Suikoden Kobolds are more like cute dogs than the more usual lizardine versions.
Eike
Chisui Star
- Child Hater: Downplayed. He finds kids to be too noisy and prefers quiet places to read.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Eike is possibly more subdued case of this. He goes missing for long periods of time, even warranting search parties because he wants to read in a secret shelter. He's not entirely in the same world as the rest of his group to say the least.
- Encyclopedia Exposita: He manages Suikoden 3's version of this — The Old Books volume 1-12.
- Forehead of Doom: Has a big forehead.
- No Brows: Seen in his character art.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's never explained how did Eike manage to enter the underground basement, since the elevator was broken. This is Lampshaded by Sebastian.
Duck Village
Kidd
- Expy: Of Shin’ichi Kudō (Conan Edogawa) from Case Closed.
- Kid Detective: He is a 12-years-old detective.
Mamie
Mamie is from the Black Dragon Island.
- Ascended Extra: Her name comes up during the cooking mini-game in Suikoden II as the ill daughter of one of Hai Yo's opponents. She apparently got better.
- Fetch Quest: Mamie asks for a Crab Rice Bowl, dropped by crab enemies. Hallec just happens to have one equipped.
- Team Chef: Becomes the castle's chef after being recruited.
Alma Kinan Village
Estella
Tenkyu Star
- Aloof Big Sister: To her disciple, Rody.
- Bad Liar: Her defining personality trait.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: Her training of Rody.
- Makeup Is Evil: Averted. Estella is not evil, just a big liar.
- Mistress and Servant Boy: The mistress (or mentor) to her "disciple" Rody.
- Ms. Fanservice: Due to her choice of clothes.
- Playing with Fire: Has a permanently attached Rage Rune.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Averted. Her clothes are all red and black, but she isn't evil.
- Stellar Name: Her name means "star".
Rody
Chimou Star
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite his gullible personality, he is one of the best mages in the game.
- Improbable Weapon User: Fights with his broomstick.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He is a Bishounen with long black hair.
- Mistress and Servant Boy: The "disciple" of Estella.
- Squishy Wizard: Is very good at magic, but lacks strength and physical endurance. ironically, he joins with suitable runes: Wall Rune and Firefly Rune, to further establish him as a Butt-Monkey.
- Stone Wall: Rody joins with a Wall Rune note attached. He also comes with a Firefly Rune, which draws enemy attacks toward him. Since he is a Squishy Wizard, this is probably one of his mentor pranks.
- Stupid Good: He believes in anything his mentors say and always does what she orders him to.
- Too Dumb to Live: See Training from Hell.
- Training from Hell: Estella forced him to bury himself up to his neck in the ground to increase his affinity for earth magic, run around a field with his belly button out to increase his lightning magic, blow on a bowl of soup until it got cold to increase his wind magic and dog-paddle 30 laps in the Budehuc Castle baths to increase his water magic.
- Yes-Man: To Estella.
Caleria
Nadir
Chisei Star (The Guileless Star)
- Movie-Theater Episode: Nadir opens a theater in the castle, where the recruited characters can take up roles.
Mike
Chisu Star (The Mathematic Star)
- Betting Mini-Game: Kabu. You have to defeat him by winning over 20,000 potch.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: There's a lot of hints that he's not even remotely the nice guy he pretends to be. For instance, try talking to him with Koroku.
Le Buque
Edge
For the Star Dragon Sword, see Suikoden Recurring Characters.
- Defeat Means Friendship: Joins the group after being defeated in a duel.
- Empathic Weapon: Keeps the Star Dragon Sword for Viktor.
- Magic Knight: He has roughly the same stats Flik had in the previous games, which is pretty much the reason why he can wield the Star Dragon Sword even better than Viktor.
- The Quiet One
Chisha Village
Wan Fu
- Big Eater: You have to pay 3.000 potch for his food to recruit him.
- Number of the Beast: His weapon's second form is named "Descent 666 Cane".
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Rikimaru from Suikoden II. Both characters are on a journey of revenge against a murderer who killed someone dear to them. They are Big Eaters found lying on the floor and you have to pay for their food to recruit them.
- Tattooed Crook: Has a phoenix tattoo on his back.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He doesn't like shirts.
Others
The Flame Champion (The Fire Hero)
- Big Good: Leader of the Fire Bringer who drove Harmonia out of the Grasslands.
- The Chosen One: By the True Fire Rune.
- Composite Character: His overall design is a mixture of both Tir McDohl and Riou.
- Decoy Protagonist: Not actually a playable character. Instead, one of the three protagonists inherits his True Rune.
- Expy: Somewhat resembles Son Goku. His look also evokes, probably by design, that of the previous two games' protagonists, which makes the change here more pronounced as each of his three possible successors has a distinct cultural or demographic difference from that archetype.note
- Folk Hero: To Grassland tribes. Have fun by naming him classical names like 'Hercules' or 'Robin Hood'.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: You can call the hero any name you wish.
- Law of Chromatic Superiority: Red fire powers and a red/white outfit for the legendary leader and warrior.
- The Leader: Of the original Fire Bringers who drove Harmonian army out of the Grasslands
- Legacy Character: Anyone who wields the True Fire Rune after him inherits the Flame Champion title, and if you choose, his name.
- Magnetic Hero: Implied as he united all the grassland tribes together.
- Mayfly–December Romance: Deconstructed. He is much older than Sana because his True Rune prevents him from aging. He uses a Sindar method to remove it and be able to age alongside her.
- No Name Given: Unlike every other nameable character in the series, he’s never given a canon name.
- Playing with Fire: As the wearer of the True Fire Rune.
- Posthumous Character: Unknown to many, he gave up his True Rune and died before the events of the game.
- Take Up My Sword: He is dead by the time you reach him, but one of the three protagonists can inherit his True Rune and become the new Flame Champion.
- Who Wants to Live Forever?: He didn't. Gave up his True Rune and immortality so he could live the rest of his life with the woman he loved. Unfortunately, the rest of his life turned out to be much shorter than expected.
Ayame
Chikyou Star
- Distaff Counterpart: To Watari.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Joins so she has a chance at beating Watari.
- Purple Is Powerful
- Rivals Team Up: With Watari, complete with a Combination Attack.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's 172cm/5'8" tall.
The Five Dogs
Koroku, Connie, Koichi, Kogoro and Kosanji
Chima Star, Koroku
Five dogs of the Shiba Inu breed can be recruited during the game. Only Koroku counts as a Star of Destiny, being the Chima Star, also known as the Devil Star.- A Day in the Limelight: Koroku gets his own chapter, where he can interact with the other recruited characters in Budehuc Castle.
- Badass Adorable: Are cute and can fight in battles. They also have a combination attack.
- Combination Attack: They can perform the "Bow-Wow attack".
- The Leader: Koroku is the leader of the other dogs.
- Leitmotif: Koroku has his own theme song, "Koroku's Theme", which plays whenever the player takes control of him.
- Intellectual Animal: When playing as Koroku, it's possible to interact with the other dogs, and they bewave just like any other human recruit.
- Playing with Fire: Fire is Koroku's most compatible element.
- Scarf Of Ass Kicking: Each dog wears a scarf of a different color.
- The Smurfette Principle: Connie is the only female dog.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To the five recruitable squirrels from Suikoden II.
Guillaume
Chizoku Star
- Desert Bandits: Design-wise, his Mooks resemble desert bandits.
- Hate Sink: Guillaume is a overweighted French Jerk. He is known for being a cheating, dog-kicking liar, and implied pedophile. The player gets to enjoy whupping his portly posterior several times.
- Hopeless Boss Fight: The first duel against him, playing as Melville, is impossible to win.
- Prongs of Poseidon: Wields a trident for duels.
- Recurring Boss: As a Duel Boss, he is (optionally) fought three times (the first one is unwinnable). After his third defeat, he can be recruited.
- Replaced with Replica: Guillaume steals some of the objects his clients ask him to appraise and switches them with fakes ones.
- Token Evil Teammate: When recruited.
- Unknown Item Identification: Guillaume is an appraiser and will open a shop in Budehuc Castle after recruited. He also has a "Rank A" Appraisal Ability, which can identify "? items" for free.
- Would Hurt a Child: He beats up Melville and nearly kills him (Alanis and Elliot opened the gate for Hugo and co., forcing Guillaume to run away). Guillaume also tries to kidnap (and possibly rape) Shabon.
Hallec
Tentatsu Star
Hallec is from the Nameless Lands- Bait-and-Switch Credits: The anime opening shows him and Hugo dueling during the invasion of Chisha village, implying that he was supposed to be an antagonist. In the game, Hugo meets him and Mua at the Brass Castle and they join forces to save the Chisha inhabitants from Harmonia.
- Barbarian Hero: His design.
- Dual Wielding: Wield a pair of axes.
- Performance Anxiety: Hallec has MONSTROUS stage fright, and any role he's given he will simply start screaming onstage, with only a scant few words thrown in.
- Scary Black Man: Hallec is a very imposing individual and screams a lot.
Hortez VII
- Exotic Extended Marriage: He mentions having three wives.
- No Sense of Direction: Exaggerated. He has no sense of direction at all (even if you told him.) You will have to lie about the location so that you can recruit him.
- Overly Long Name: His full name is Nefentitiri Radames Amenhetep Iruiktonas Antikoseus Puto Remaios Kureakios Dimetirios Farosmuseion Ishak Saraj Amenenuhet Totomes Hatshepsut Toto Ank Amen Hortez VI's son, Hortez VII. You need to have Kidd investigate him four times to get the whole thing.
- Spear Counterpart: To Raura from Suikoden II. Both are Egyptian-themed Scroll Makers with a terrible sense of direction.
Jefferson
Chibaku Star (The Barbarous Star)
- The Nicknamer: He enjoys giving titles to people at will. Juan and Cecile are not pleased about it.
Kathy
Chisatsu Star (The Searching Star)
- Cowgirl: She raise horses.
- Fedora of Asskicking: Wears a pink fedora.
- Long-Lost Relative: She is the half-sister of Melville and the daughter of Billy.
- Racing Minigame: Opens one in the Castle's ranch after being recruited.
Mua
Chisatsu Star (violent star)
One of the members of the Free Knights of Camaro. He aids Hugo in hopes to find the flame champion along with Hallec.- Shock and Awe: Has a Sword of Thunder Rune attached.
Shizu
Chisou Star (The Walking Star)
- The Engineer: She fixes the elevator in the castle.
- Meido: Her looks. Despite this, she is an elevator attendant.
Viki (Child)
Chisoku Star (The Star of Haste)
A younger version of Viki, being more intelligent and mature than her older version. She is the Chisoku Star of the 108 Stars of Destiny.