Characters / TearRing Saga

TearRing Saga character page.

Playable Characters

Runan

Runan

Heir to Razelia/Scion of Reeve

The son of the Duke of Razelia, one of the four Dukedoms of the Republic of Reeve. He is the main hero of the game, alongside Holmes.

Class: Knight Lord (Lord) → Lord (Great Lord)

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• Cool Sword: He can only wield swords and can wield unique swords like the rapier and the Reeve Calibur/Varunastra.
• Declaration of Protection: Made this promise to Enteh when they were young, but he doesn't recognize her when they meet in the present. He takes up this vow again once she gets kidnapped.
• Forced to Watch: There is nothing Runan could do to stop Guenchaos from sacrificing Enteh in the final chapter. Fortunately, she is revived by Miradona after Runan defeated Gerxel.
• Geo Effects: Runan starts with City Fighter/Urbanite, which grants him bonus 10 accuracy/evasion and 1 movement when fighting in an urban battlefield.
• The Hero: He's the main protagonist.
• He Who Fights Monsters: Skirts dangerously close to this in the final stages of the war with Canaan. If only he knew they actually wanted peace at this point. Fortunately he snaps out of it quickly.
• Martial Arts Headband: He wears a white headband.
• Official Couple: With Enteh.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 35.
• Royal Rapier: As the Lord, he is the only unit to wield a rapier which deals effective damage against mounted and armored units. Though there exists an Estoc that can be wielded by everyone, it is a point weaker than a Rapier (thus lessening its effectiveness bonus) and only affects armored units with no bonus against mounted units.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: He's the son of a duke, and he kicks ass up and down the continent.
• Sympathy for the Devil: When he learned that Codha held Erish's family hostage, he felt a little bad about having to kill him. Maron quickly objects, telling Runan that he had it coming for placing his trust on Codha with Eugen supporting by telling him not to let personal value question him in a battle where he could die thinking about it.

Arkis

Arkis

Razelian Knight

A Knight accompanying Runan. He is also the fiancee of Kreiss' sister, Rina.

Class: Rook Knight (Cavalier) → Commando Knight (Bronze Paladin)

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• Arranged Marriage: Implied with Rina, though...
• Best Friends-in-Law: Arkiss is engaged to his friend's sister, Rina.
• Chivalrous Pervert: He gets flirty with Esther in their conversation, despite being engaged.
• Choice of Two Weapons: He wield both swords and lances, but he loses the ability to wield lances when dismounting until he promotes to a Commando Knight.
• The Dead Have Names: In his talk with Esther, he remembers the name of his fallen allies, despite being a newbie. He was going to consider her one name he won't know before she changed her mind about refusing to tell her name to him.
• Dressing as the Enemy: If you go to the B version of Map 26. It's not his choice though.
• Expy: Of Abel, the green knight of the duo who is forced to fight against his liege when his Love Interest is being held hostage, and Alec, a flirty knight.
• Lazy Bum
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He wouldn't have been forced to fight for Lenzenheimer in Chapter 26 B had he not tried to escape with Lina in the first place. Eugen furiously states it at the end of the mission.
• One-Hit Kill: He learns Blazing Wind/Lethality at Level 16.
• They Really Do Love Each Other: He doesn't seem too interested in Rina at first, and tends to flirt with other women a lot. Until the liberation of Razelia, when he plays Knight in Shining Armor to rescue her. Depending on the version of Map 26 picked, it may not end well... but even then, the fact that he's willing to betray his allies just to save her, and her saving him from execution for these actions certainly implies something, though he does say she's still a kid.
• Those Two Guys: With Kreiss.

Kreiss

Kreiss

Razelian Knight

A Knight accompanying Runan. He is Rina's older brother.

Class: Rook Knight (Cavalier) → Commando Knight (Bronze Paladin)

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• Action Initiative: He learns Gale/Vantage at Level 19.
• Alas, Poor Villain: Feels this in-universe for Marco.
• Armor-Piercing Attack: He learns Geomancy/Luna at Level 25.
• Best Friends-in-Law: Kreiss's friend, Arkiss, is engaged to his sister, Rina.
• Choice of Two Weapons: He wield both swords and lances, but he loses the ability to wield lances when dismounting until he promotes to a Commando Knight.
• Expy: Of Cain, the red knight of the duo.
• Heroic BSoD: Undergoes a minor one after he kills Marco.
• My Name Is Inigo Montoya: Delivers one to Marco of the Condor Squad. Unfortunately, Marco realizes who he is a little too late...
• Official Couple: With Leteena, if you play your cards right.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 37.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He can desert and run away with Leteena at the end of the 3rd Reunion. However, if Ezekiel is in the party, he gives one big "The Reason You Suck" Speech for being a coward and to Leteena for not considering that it would ruin Kreiss' reputation and it convinces him to stay.
• Those Two Guys: With Arkis.
• Worthy Opponent: Sees the Condor Squad as one. Little does he know that one of them saved his love's life.

Garo

Garo

Granadan Pirate

One of Holmes' men. He is sent to aid Runan on his journey.

Class: Pirate

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• Crutch Character: The actual Jagen when Eugen was teased of being the Jagen. He has good base stats in the early stages but his low movement and his inability to promote prevent him from being viable late-game.
• Critical Status Buff: He learns Life or Death/Wrath at Level 28.
• Face of a Thug: In spite of his thuggish appearance, he's very loyal to Runan and Holmes.
• Geo Effects: Garo starts with Sea Fighter/Seafarer.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Of the good variety, since it's implied he got it while defending Julia.
• Mysterious Protector: Julia recognizes him as the man who saved her life a long time ago, but he denies it.
• Pirate: Type 2.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 30.

Sasha

Sasha

Young Princess/Pegasus Princess/Wyvern Princess

The Princess of the island Kingdom of Wellt. Her father is King Raphael.

Class: Princess → Pegasus Knight → Dragon Knight

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• Action Initiative: She learns Gale/Vantage at Level 8 as a Princess.
• Connected All Along: If she is in Holme's party during the first split, it is revealed that she's Holmes' half-sister through Liza.
• Cool Sword: Her main weapon is swords.
• Dragon Rider: If promoted twice to Dragon Knight.
• Expy: Of Caeda, a blue-haired princess from a fringe island kingdom. She doesn't start as a Pegasus Knight, but will acquire that class if she uses the Pegasus Flute from an event.
• The Not-Love Interest: Despite resembling Caeda in role and classes and how Gramud wanted her to be Runan's bethroned, she declines progessing their relationship any further with Runan and he ends up with Enteh anyways.
• Magikarp Power: She starts as a very weak Princess, but training her will make her very strong through skills like Gale (Vantage) and Elite (Paragon) as well as her promotions.

Kate

Kate

Welltese Knight/Sorrowful Knight

The bodyguard of Princess Sasha of Wellt.

Class: Lady Knight → Arrow Knight (Bow Knight)

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• Bow and Sword in Accord: As a Lady Knight and her advanced class, Bow Knight, she can wield both swords and bows.
• Despair Event Horizon: Finding out Zieg's true alliegence, betraying her knightly duties for him and being taken prisoner by the cult has taken a heavy toll on her mind to the point she brushes off any attempts to recruit her back unless the player has Sasha talk to her. Even after the end of the game, she refuses to return to Sasha's side due to feeling unworthy as her knight.
• Distress Ball: She gets captured by the Cult when she followed Zieg into the Fire Temple. She can be rescued near the end and re-recruited by Sasha.
• Et Tu, Brute?: She doesn't take well to learning Zieg's true alliegance. Especially pronounced if she is in the Holmes' path, her reward for freeing Zieg from Holmes is being taken prisoner by the cult.
• Geo Effects: Kate starts with City Fighter/Urbanite.
• Horse Archer: Upon promotion.
• Love Cannot Overcome: Her love and interactions with Zieg changes his prespective and feelings towards the non-Zoans but not enough to sway him away from the cult.
• Kill the Ones You Love: She has special quotes if she faces and kills Zieg during his Final Battle with Runan.
  Zieg: Is that you, Kate? I see you managed to escape...
  Kate: ... You betrayed me...! I will never forgive you!
  Zieg: This was the only way it could end, Kate. Now, come! Let's finish this!
  
  Kate: Zieg... I have to know... Why did you pretend to love me?
  Zieg: Forget about me... Kate... I'm just a... Dark Knight of Gerxel... Nothing... more... That's all I... deserve to be... in your memories... I'm sorry... Kate...
  Kate: No... Zieeg...! You can't do this to me! Answer me, Zieeg! Zieeeeeg!
• Power Nullifier: She learns Earth Saint (a skill which deals a critical hit that negates terrain effects) at Level 35.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Zieg.

Lee

Lee

Bishop of Verje

A Bishop in the service of Marlon.

Class: Bishop

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• Combat Medic: He is your only mage that can use both magic and staves.
• Disc-One Nuke: Due to his high stats, having a Physic staff and giving Plum an useful staff, he will remain useful all throughout the game.
• Good Shepherd: A kindly priest, he comforted the newly recruited Plum when she is anxious about future battles and, in addition, giving her a staff to use to protect others.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Lee is one of the four initial Verje soldiers that Marlon lends. However, he will only allow one to join your army and keep the rest for security reasons. When Holmes comes, he will also show off the other Verje soldiers and Lionel, including Lee if he wasn't chosen by Runan. However, an event with Lee and Plum will only occur at the end of Map 2.
• Red Mage: Since he's the mage that can use both magic spells and staves, he can be essential in covering both magical damage and healing. However, since his growth rate is poor and possesses no skills, he might slow down in terms of combat effectiveness.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel

Knight of Verje

A Knight in the service of Marlon. He is Leteena's older brother.

Class: Axe Knight → Sergeant

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• Big Brother Instinct: Part of the reason he's needed for the Leteena event.
• Geo Effects: Ezekiel starts with City Fighter/Urbanite. He can also learn Mountain Fighter/Mountaineer, Plains Fighter/Plainsrunner, and Frontier Fighter/Frontierman at level 12, 18, and 24, respectively.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Delivers one to Kriess, one that actually manages to talk him out of deserting, as he doesn't want a 'coward' to be with his sister.
• Mighty Glacier: He starts off with higher HP, strength and defense compared to both your original units and the Verje recruits. However, his speed will always be low due to the heaviness of axes until he class-changes to Sergeant so that he could wield much lighter weapons.
• Multi-Melee Master: Upon class-changing to Sergeant, he can wield all three physical weapon types: swords, lances, and axes.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Ezekiel is one of the four initial Verje soldiers that Marlon lends. However, he will only allow one to join your army and keep the rest for security reasons. When Holmes comes, he will also show off the other Verje soldiers and Lionel, including Ezekiel if he wasn't chosen by Runan. However, you have to recruit Ezekiel in Runan's path first in order to do the Leteena event without problems.
• One-Hit Kill: He starts with Blazing Wind/Lethality.
• Red Baron: Knight of Verje.
• This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: The only reason you should recruit him is if you are planning on recruiting Leteena. If you recruited Leteena, there is the final step that can render the entire effort worthless unless Ezekiel is in your party. Otherwise, his utility is mediocre at best.

Narron

Narron

Aspiring Knight/Golden Knight

A knight of Verje in the service of Marlon.

Class: Rook Knight (Cavalier) → Gold Knight (Gold Paladin)

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• Choice of Two Weapons: He wield both swords and lances as both a Rook Knight and Gold Knight, but he loses the ability to wield lances when dismounting.
• Disappeared Dad: He only lives with his sick mother, while his father is not present in his life. However, it's implied that his father is Ernst, the famed "Sword of Canaan." They share the same class (once Narron is promoted) and Narron's only information about his father is that he is a general of Canaan.
• Disc-One Nuke: Promoting him into a Gold Paladin using a Knight Crest will allow him to steamroll the early chapters of the game with ease, his Paragon skill will also render him viable all throughout the game.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: In his only conversation, he is shown to have low confidence in his abilities.
• Magikarp Power: As Eugen describes him, he's might be a diamond-in-a-rough, otherwise, he's not very skillful. However, as a Gold Paladin, his stats jumps as a result of changing from Cavalier (which are relatively low) to Gold Paladins (which has the highest base stat of all classes).
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Narron is one of the four initial Verje soldiers that Marlon lends. However, he will only allow one to join your army and keep the rest for security reasons. When Holmes come, he will also show off the other Verje soldiers and Lionel, including Narron if he wasn't chosen by Runan.
• No-Sell: He learn Big Shield/Pavise upon promoting to a Gold Knight.
• One-Hit Kill: He learns Blazing Wind/Lethality as a Level 12 Gold Knight.
• Self-Made Orphan: It's entirely possible for him to kill Ernst, who is implied to be his father. Not that he knows much of his father.

Luca

Luca (Ruka, Luka)

Archer of Gram

A hunter in the service of Marlon. He is Raquel's younger brother.

Class: Bow Fighter (Archer) → Bow Master (Sniper)

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• Fragile Speedster: His only good stat is his speed, as his strength is too low and has terrible durability.
• Geo Effects: Luca learns City Fighter/Urbanite upon class changing.
• Heroic Sacrifice: At the end of Map 26, one of the choice will have him sacrifice himself to save his sister, which allows Raquel to break her oath of killing human enemies. Thankfully, you can resurrect him with a Dakuron.
• Master of None: Many archers including his sister Raquel utterly outclass him in every way. Even worse is that among the troops that Marlon offers you, he has no immediate or potential benefits and you get Raquel a few chapters later and you already have Kate as an archer. Not even Holmes seem impressed looking at him since he's much better than him as an archer. It's especially telling that his only use is for him to die at the hands of Lentzeheimer's men in make Raquel give up her vow of non-lethal combat.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Luca is one of the four initial Verje soldiers that Marlon lends. However, he will only allow one to join your army and keep the rest for security reasons. When Holmes comes, he will also show off the other Verje soldiers and Lionel, including Luca if he wasn't chosen by Runan. You need to recruit him in Chapter 2 in order to get Raquel to renounce her vow never to kill humans.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: He was already dead on arrival, as both your choice as a Verje recruitment and bow units. You have to completely forgo Lee and Narron, who are powerful units in their own right, and Ezekiel, who is essential to recruiting a secret character, to essentially recruit a mediocre archer into your army. Even as an archer, you already have Kate, who can also use swords, you'll recruit Raquel a few chapter later, and he's useless in Holmes's team since Holmes is already an archer.

Raffin

Raffin

Bargese Knight/Rider of Garuda

The adopted son of Marlon, formerly a Dragon Knight of the Kingdom of Barge.

Class: Commando Knight (Bronze Paladin) → Dragon Knight (Wyvern Knight)

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• Action Initiative: He learns Gale/Vantage at Level 17.
• Choice of Two Weapons: He wield both swords and lances, even when dismounted.
• Dragon Rider: At the end of Map 10, Sharon will give him a dragon flute to call for his mount, Garuda. Accepting it will promote Raffin into a Dragon Knight.
• Not Blood Siblings: He could be with Esther in the epilogue, despite the two growing up as siblings.

Esther

Esther (Estelle)

Lady of Verje

The daughter of Marlon, the leader of Verge. She is Raffin's foster sister.

Class: Rook Knight (Cavalier) → Paladin (Silver Paladin)

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• Action Initiative: She learns Gale/Vantage at Level 28.
• Choice of Two Weapons: She wield both swords and lances, but loses the ability to wield lances when dismounted.
• Critical Status Buff: She learns Life or Death/Wrath at Level 14.
• Geo Effects: Esther starts with City Fighter/Urbanite.
• Lady of War
• Not Blood Siblings: She could be with Raffin in the epilogue, despite the two growing up as siblings.
• Official Couple: With Raffin if he rejects Sharon's offer to become a Dragon Knight.
• Red Baron: Lady of Verje.

Enteh

Enteh

Shaman of Water

A healer living in the village of Toras. She is actually the Princess of Reeve and the Shaman of Water. Her real name is Maeve.

Class: Sister

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• 11th-Hour Superpower: In her final playable appearance, she transforms into Mousa to protect Runan and his troops from the rampaging Rachis/Neyfa. Prior to this point, Enteh acquires the Ring of Reeve from Claris but she never uses it to transform into Mousa.
• Back from the Dead: In the ending, like the other shamans.
• Expy: Gameplay-wise, she starts out like Lena, as a defenseless cleric near a thieves' den with a single ally protecting her. Storywise, she is very similar to Julia, as a mysterious maiden who is important to the main villain's goal.
• Guest-Star Party Member: She's around for much longer than Katri though, you only lose her for the last fifth of the game. Her dragon form is a straighter example; you only get to use her like that for one chapter.
• Horrible Judge of Character: She takes Eisenbach's lesson of helping others in need of her healing abilities a little too far. She thinks helping a wounded bandit leader in his territory is a good idea.

• King Incognito: She is the heir of the Kingdom of Reeve.
• Official Couple: With Runan.
• Our Dragons Are Different: Due to being descended from the Water Dragon Mousa, she can transform into a dragon of the same name using the Ring of Reeve.
• Save Point: Her main staff, the Save Staff, functions as a save for a chapter in mid-progress.
• Summon Magic: She learns the Summon skill at Level 30.
• We Cannot Go On Without You: As a Star unit, Enteh dying means game over.
• White Mage: Uses Staves.

Bartz

Bartz (Barts)

Local Woodcutter

A youth from the village of Taurus. He is Plum's foster brother.

Class: Axe Fighter → Warrior

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• Big Brother Instinct: In one event where Plum is kidnapped, he can save her from the peddler. This boosts the two's support bonus.
• Expy: An Axe Fighter who is a lumberjack, much like Barst from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, down to even having a similar name. Heck, his late father's name is Daros, like Darros from the same game.
• Geo Effects: Bartz starts with Mountain Fighter/Mountaineer.
• Happily Adopted: In a way, as Lionheart views him as his son if he was Plum's big brother if she decided to stay with her father.
• Last-Minute Hookup: Despite neither of the two interacting with each other, Bartz can announce his love for Rennie in the epilogue if she is not in love with Mintz.
• Raised by Grandparents: He was raised by his grandfather since his mother died birthing him and his father wasted away after Plum's mother died.
• Red Baron: Local Woodcutter.

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Julia

Red-Haired Girl/Astral Warrior

Yoda's daughter and Shigen's foster sister.

Class: Sword Fighter → Sword Master

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• Cool Sword: Her only weapon specialty is swords.
• Death of a Thousand Cuts: At the end of Map 30, she learns Dragon Saint/Astra.
• Drowning My Sorrows: To cope with all the hardships of fighting.
• Frameup: Lentzenheimer pinned the murder of his mother on her just because she happened to be passing by at the time. That may not have been such a good idea in the long run...
• It's Personal: She's after Lentzenheimer for her framing.
• I Need a Freaking Drink: When Holmes requested Plum to dance for the army upon returning to Blaad, it made everyone uncomfortable. Julia's response? Asking Shigen to give her more wine.
• Not Blood Siblings: She could hook up with Shigen in the epilogue, despite growing up together like siblings.
• Not Worth Killing: If she defeats Lentzenheimer, she decides to spare him because she finds no reason to kill him as he's no longer a threat. He tries to backstab her but she kills him in self-defense.
• Reluctant Warrior: Shigen remarked as a little girl she wouldn't even harm a mosquito but her father Yoda trained her in the art of swordsmanship due the hardships the Zoans had to endure. Even then, she feels awful about all the killing.
• Sinister Scimitar: One of her starting equipment is a scimitar, a rare type of sword with high might and a small critical rate but lower hit than iron swords.

Plum

Plum

Girl from Taurus/Dancing Girl

A young girl from the village of Taurus. She is the daughter of Lan and Barts's foster sister.

Class: Priest

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• Age-Inappropriate Dress: Forced to wear a skimpy dress and dance, despite her age of 15. Also, she would dance with that on whenever she dances an unit. Suffice to say, when Holmes made her dance for the army at Blaad, everyone was not amused.
• Go-Go Enslavement: After she is drugged and kidnapped by the Peddler in Map 10, she isn't seen again until Map 14 where she is forced to dress in a Stripperific outfit and dance. Holmes (or Barts) can free her from the Peddler, and she learns the Dance skill from this event.
• Quirky Bard: Gains the Dance skill after a certain event.
• Rags to Royalty: She was the daughter of the viceroy Lionheart and, in the epilogue if Holmes rescued her, she lives with her father.
• Red Baron: Girl from Taurus → Dancing Girl.
• Tragic Keepsake: Lan's mirror, which is an item, was her late mother's gift from her father. Lionheart recognizes the mirror she was carrying after a performance if they were with Holme's army.
• Trauma Button: Being offered milk after the Map 10 incident.
• White Mage: She uses staves only. In addition, she gets the Defense/Enarmor staff from Lee which halves any damage received to an ally for one battle.

Martel

Martel (Mahter)

Knight on Wings/Warrior on Wings

A Knight of Salia. She is the middle sister of Verna and Frau.

Class: Pegasus Knight → Dragon Knight

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• Action Initiative: She starts with Gale/Vantage.
• Choice of Two Weapons: She can wield both swords and lances, but loses the ability to wield lances when dismounted.
• Dragon Rider: Upon promotion.
• Muggle Born of Mages: She and her sisters became Pegasus Knights because they lack the magical potential, despite being descended from the Sage of Fire, and idolize their aunt Liza and father Roberto. This is a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation, because Pegasus Knight has a magic stat (it's meant to represent their resistance to magic) and, thus, excels at wielding Levin Swords. That said, in the epilogue, Rishel notes that she has been practicing magic and invites her to rebuild the Fire Temple and become its cleric.
• Power Nullifier: She learns Earth Saint at Level 15.

Vega

Vega

Reaper of Schram/Dark Assassin

An assassin known only as the Dhullam's Angel of Death.

Class: Sword Fighter → Sword Master

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• Action Initiative: He learns Gale/Vantage at Level 35.
• Cool Sword: In addition to his specialty, he is the wielder of the Shramm, which halves the damage taken as long as he equip it and is effective against monsters.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Delivers one to Julia as part of his recruitment event. It's completely scripted, he takes her HP to One no matter how strong she is. (Though he does give her a free healing item afterwards.)
• Expy: Of Navarre.
• Hitman with a Heart: Though he is a killer, he has a sense of honor. He only kill when assigned but does not take bad clients well. He is upset that Lentzenheimer deceived him by contracting him to kill Julia, a witness to him murdering his own mother. He also apologizes to Krishna for killing Altair.
• Life Drain: He starts with Heaven Saint/Sol.
• My Name Is Inigo Montoya: Delivers one to Lentzenheimer if you have them fight, given that he convinced him to kill Julia, claiming that she murdered a noble of Rezalia. When he finds out this was a complete lie, he's not happy...
• Stellar Name: Vega is named after the brightest star in the constellation Lyra. This is noteworthy, as he killed Krishna's boyfriend, Altair, who is named after the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. Both stars are vertexes of the Summer Triangle.

Raquel

Raquel

Child of Brigid

A Hunter living in the Gram Forest. She is Luca's older sister.

Class: Bow Master (Sniper)

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• Crutch Character: In a way, as she is a pre-promoted Sniper incapable of killing. She is useful in chipping down the enemy to give weak units to chance to get kills. She is very effective against monsters though, especially when she learns the Anti-Evil skill.
• Geo Effects: Raquel starts with both Urbanite and Forester.
• Hopeless Suitor: Has a one-sided crush towards Roger.
• HP to One: Since she made a vow to never kill humans, a fatal blow to human enemies instead reduces their HP down to 1 and any further attacks will miss. There is an event that allows her to break that vow, but it comes at the cost of Luca's life.
• Hunter of Monsters: Though she cannot kill humans, she highly specializes in hunting monsters. In fact, she starts out with 20 monster kills, meaning that she is more accurate in fighting other monsters and can also obtain the Anti-Evil skill (a skill which gives bonuses against monsters) at Level 16.
• Power Nullifier: She learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 31.
• Thou Shalt Not Kill: Cannot directly kill human enemies unless a certain event occurs late in the game. If she and Luca are recruited into Runan's army and fielded in Map 26A, Luca will be held hostage by one of Lentzenheimer's men and the game gives you two choices, Raquel refuses to kill a wounded soldier and she is forcibly booted out of the army of Eugen or Luca dies at the hand of soldier, forcing her to break her vows from now on.
• What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Of course, killing monsters is no problem for her.

Maruj

Maruj (Maruju)

Eisenbach's Heir/Sage of Wind

Eisenbach's grandson and the son of Sylphis.

Class: Mage → Sage

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• Blow You Away: One of his specialities is wind magic, and his personal weapon is Wundergust. If he returns to the Temple of Mars in Holmes' route after the first split, he requests his mother to give him a powerful wind magic called Sylphid, a spell that has 18 might, high accuracy, and the ability to prevent counterattack.
• Expy: Unitwise, he is practically Merric due to their affinity to wind magic, but storywise, he shares Linde's backstory of an older relative murdered by their former colleague.
• Holy Hand Grenade: He learns light magic upon promoting to a Sage.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The death of his grandfather at the hands of Gwenchaos causes him to be bitter towards Enteh and him being single-minded in his pursuit of revenge. Still, he eventually lightens up and at the end vows to protect her.
• Life Drain: He learns Heaven Saint/Sol as a Level 20 Sage.
• Love Triangle: He likes Enteh, but a later event implies Merial likes him... Subverted, that "Merial" turns out to be Narcus just trolling him. He doesn't find out though...
• Playing with Fire: He learns fire magic upon promoting to a Sage.
• Red Baron: Eisenbach's Heir (Mage) → Sage of Wind (Sage).
• Shock and Awe: He can also wield thunder magic as a Mage.
• You Killed My Father: He wants revenge on Guenchaos for the death of his grandfather.

Zieg

Zieg (Zeek)

Sorrowful Knight

A former Knight of Barge turned unwilling member of Gerxel's Mage Army.

Class: Dark Knight

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• Anti-Villain: All he wants to do is free his people from persecution and enslavement.
• Black Knight: He's a knight that wears black armor and turns out to be a tragic Noble Demon.
• Conflicting Loyalties: Between Runan and co. (particularly his lover Kate) and the Gerxel Empire (particularly his sister Karla). He ultimately chooses Gerxel, and dies for it.
• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath which allows him to kill units with critical hits when he is low in HP. Try not to get him low enough to instantly critical hit and kill one of your units.
• Crutch Character: He has great bases and growths and one of the best classes in the game. Too bad he's a mole and leaves you midway through the game.
• Dark and Troubled Past: He and his entire family were brutally tortured by the Theocracy of Gerxel and were forced to swear allegiance with them after his younger brother was killed and his sister was next to be killed. His true past is much darker: he lived a normal life with his noble family until the Kingdom of Reeve persecuted them for their Zoan heritage. While his parents and three elder sisters were burned alive, he and his sister Karla were enslaved as children. While Karla managed to escape, Zeek had to endure years of slavery and torture.
• Defector from Decadence: Except not really.
• Determinator: He was enslaved at the age of four and lasted twenty-five years before the Cult saved him.
• Evil Uncle: To Shigen, technically.
• Expy: To Camus. Both men are noble members of the enemy army and have a doomed relationship with someone in your army but while Camus redeems himself in the end, Zieg dies as a traitor.
• From a Certain Point of View: Tells Kate he had his back horrifically flayed when he was a slave. This is true, but he wasn't a slave of Zoa, he was enslaved because he is a Zoan.
• Geo Effects: Zieg starts with Frontierman.
• Guest-Star Party Member: He doesn't stay in the party for long, as he leaves at the start of the 2nd route split.
• Lightning Bruiser: He has great bases for his join time, coupled with insane growths; he has the best growths in Strength^note tied with Sennet, Skill^note tied with Sun and Tia, and Speed^note tied with Katri, Rennie, and Rina, has the second-best Defense^note beaten by Hagaru and Sennet, and has top-class HP^note beaten by Samson, Barts, Billford, Garo, Lionel, and Mintz, and tied with Raffin and Sennet and Magic^note beaten by Tia, Leteena, Rebecca, and Rina, and tied with Plum, Katri, and Bud.
• Made a Slave: When Barge was conquered by Zoa, he was forced into slavery and eventually Zoa's Dark Army. In reality, his enslavement happened far earlier and was because he is from Zoa, which are a hated people to the other ethnic groups of Lieberia.
• Power Nullifier: He starts with Awareness/Nihil.
• The Power of Hate: Despite the brutality of his slavery that could have killed him, he persevered through it because of his hatred for his enemies and prayers to Gerxel.
• Punch-Clock Villain: After he betrays you, he's basically just fighting for his country, he's just oblivious to the fact that their army mostly consists of evil sorcerers... He also genuinely loves his sister (who happens to be The Dragon), and it turns out her love for him is her main motivation.
• Purposely Overpowered: Zieg is such a massive powerhouse with his high base stats, extremely good growths, and a list of good skills. It makes the first half of the game he's in a breeze. Which is exactly that, the first half. Afterwards, he leaves and never returns.
• Recurring Boss: He is fought in both Runan and Holmes' paths in the later parts of the game.
• Scars Are Forever: He received scars on his back after years of slavery. Though he lied about receiving them from Zoan slavers to protect his little brother, he did receive them from years of slavery as a Zoan child.
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear: Averted. He's nice enough to leave his entire inventory in your storage when he leaves.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Kate.
• Temporary Party Member to Villain: He's recruited early on under the pretenses of being forcibly conscripted into the Zoan army but is then revealed to be a Zoan himself sent to spy on Runan's group, and is fought later in the game with the stats he obtained while he was playable.
• Too Awesome to Use: Interesting variation: he's very useful for what little time you have him, but he keeps the stats he had when he left when he returns as an enemy. Rely on him too much and he can easily become That One Boss.
• Token Good Teammate: One of the few Zoans to defect from the Cult. Thanks to his short time with Runan, he is also the only Zoan in the Gerxel Cult who believes that peace between the Reevans and the Zoans is possible (unlike his sister who laughs at inflicting suffering towards non-Zoans) and he did truly love Kate.
• Tragic Villain: Like his sister Karla, the discrimination and suffering he endured transformed him into a loyal follower of Gerxel. However, his time with Runan's army and his newfound love for Kate manages to change his perspective towards the non-Zoans but unfortunately not enough to induce a Heel–Face Turn. By the end of the game, he is reluctant in serving the Cult despite Karla reminding them of their horrific pasts. He dies as a traitor, unable to resolve his conflicting loyalties.
  Zieg: Forgive me... Karla, and Kate... I couldn't be the person that either of you wanted me to be...
• Walking Spoiler: His betrayal and true allegiance is a major twist with his character.
• Was It All a Lie?: Asked this by Kate if she kills him in Map 39. He claims it was all a lie, but his normal death quote for that map proves otherwise.

Norton

Norton

Welltese Knight/Rock Solid

The leader of Welt's castle guards.

Class: Armor Knight → Iron Knight

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• Cool Sword: His only weapon specialty.
• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath.
• Expy: Of Arden, another Knight whose appearance is rather homely.
• Geo Effects: Norton starts with Urbanite.
• Gonk: He is rather homely compared to everyone in the army.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Lionel.
• Mighty Glacier: He is slow but very durable, although he does gain a horse upon promotion. Lampshaded with his title upon promotion.
• No-Sell: He learns Big Shield/Pavise as a Level 12 Iron Knight or a Level 25 Armor Knight.
• Properly Paranoid: If he is with Runan's army alongside Zieg and Kate at the end of Map 10, he suspects Zieg is up to no good and warns Kate about it, but she doesn't believe him. He's right.
• Undying Loyalty: He swore loyalty to the royal family of Wellt, not to Codha. When Sasha presents herself to him and he recognizes her as the princess, he immediately sides with her and rebels against Codha.

Mel

Mel

Holy Knight

Eisenbach's granddaughter and the daughter of Sylphis. She is also Roger's fiance.

Class: Troubadour

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• Battle Couple: With Roger. In fact, if he dies, she leaves the party. In addition, if you try to separate them during route splits, the one assigned to Holmes' group will be moved to Runan's.
• Combat Medic: She can wield both swords and staves.
• Red Baron: Holy Knight.
• White Mage: She is primarily a healer, but can still fight with swords. In addition, she has her own personal staff: the Magic Staff, which increases an ally's magic, boosting the ally's magical attack or magical resistance.

Tom

Tom (Thomas)

Hunter from Lot

A Hunter from the village of Lot. He is a good friend of Barts.

Class: Wood Shooter (Artilleryman)

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• Achilles' Heel: He is an armored unit, so he's vulnerable to armorslaying weapons and magic. For the former, it is not the case when he is using a ballista.
• Massive Numbered Siblings: He has at least seven younger siblings. He became a soldier to afford food for them.
• Red Baron: Hunter from Lot.
• Siege Engines: In addition to bows, he is capable of wielding ballista weapons, Stonehenge and Quick Rain. However, it is Cool, but Inefficient as upon using them, he'll become an immobile ballista and thus is a sitting duck if he is not properly protected as the ballista completely removes his high defense stat.
• Stone Wall: As a Artilleryman, his tank grants him very high defense but terrible movement and his inability to wield anything but bows means that he has a hard time fighting back.
• This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: His low move and low growths makes him undesirable to use, but he excels at killing gargoyles and harpies without a scratch due to his high defense and bow access. He can also easily win most matches at the Arena for an easy gold grinding, though be careful against opponents that can use magic or swords, since the latter's only ranged weapons are magic-based Levin Swords.

Roger

Roger

Paladin of Wellt

A Knight in service of the Kingdom of Welt.

Class: Paladin

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• Action Initiative: He starts with Gale/Vantage.
• Battle Couple: With Mel. Like Mel, if she dies, he'll leave the party. In addition, if you try to separate them during route splits, the one assigned to Holmes' group will be moved to Runan's.
• Beauty Equals Goodness: He's pretty looking compare to Codha's other Gonkish generals.
• Critical Status Buff: He learns Life or Death/Wrath at Level 18.
• Disappeared Dad: When he was a boy, his father passed away and he had to take over as the head of the family. Codha was able to coerce Roger into serving him, as any signs of insubordination could put Roger's family at harm's way.
• Geo Effects: Roger starts with Urbanite.
• No-Sell: He starts with Big Shield/Pavise.
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: In Map 4, he cannot attack or even fight back against any female units, which can be exploited by using your female units as walls to prevent him from moving and harassing your forces. If you want to train up your other female units (especially Sasha), you can order them to attack Roger and he will not fight back.

Katri

Katri

Shaman of Fire

A training priestess of the Temple of Mars. She is actually the Shaman of Fire. Her real name is Maria.

Class: Sister

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• Guest-Star Party Member: Leaves after the second route split to stay with her parents, and becomes a Distressed Damsel for the third.
• Kill It with Fire: As a Fire Dragon, she can breath fire to a single target or deal an Area of Effect damage.
• King Incognito: She is the heir to the Kingdom of Salia.
• Our Dragons Are Different: As a descendent of Neuron, she can transform into a dragon of the same name with the Ring of Salia.
• Red Baron: Shaman of Fire.
• Summon Magic: She starts with the Summon skill, allowing her to use staves that summon monsters.
• We Cannot Go On Without You: Like Enteh, if she dies, game over.
• White Mage: Uses Staves.

Xeno

Xeno

Granadan Soldier

Holmes's crewmate. He was saved from a slave market.

Class: Fighter → Hero

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• Dark and Troubled Past: Before he was rescued by Vals, he was abandoned by his parents and he was taken in as a slave to a noble family who abused him to no end.
• Geo Effects: Xeno starts with Seafarer.
• Hopeless Suitor: He has a crush on Katri but it becomes obviously that she is affectionate towards Holmes instead of him. Although if he saves Yuni, the two hook up.
• One-Hit Kill: He learns Blazing Wind/Lethality as a Level 13 Fighter/Mercenary.
• Parental Abandonment: He was abandoned by his birth parents as a child. While the reason behind his abandonment is unknown, Holmes notices Xeno's resemblance to Tia, who is descended from Ledan royalty. It is plausible that the infighting and anarchy within Leda caused his separation from his parents.
• Rescue Romance: If Yuni accepted the drink from the Peddler, Xeno goes looking for her and rescues her from the Peddler. The two bond from this event.

Yuni

Yuni (Juni)

Plucky Thief

Another crewmate of Holmes and an energetic female thief.

Class: Thief

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• Ambiguously Brown: Except it's not her real skin color.
• A Birthday, Not a Break: Her entire family was murdered during her 13th birthday.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Only revealed in the epilogue. She watched her whole family brutally slaughtered on her birthday. Afterwards, she stopped dressing like a woman and deliberately dirtied her face.
• Fallen Princess: She was a daughter of the senator of Venette but lost her status and became a thief when Istoria began attacking its neighbors.
• Fragile Speedster: She has good skill and speed in both base and growths, but her strength and defense is very pitiful. For starters, she has 1 base strength and 0 strength growth so she'll never do any physical damage.
• Geo Effects: Yuni learns Frontierman at Level 12.
• Go-Go Enslavement: One of the two girls who can have a near brush with this (the other being Lyria) in an optional event. Xeno rescues her.
• Official Couple: With Xeno, in the epilogue.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: In the epilogue.
• Ship Tease: Via the aforementioned optional event, though it's mutually exclusive with the Lyria/Attrom one. Notable in that it instantly raises their support level from nothing to maximum, something no other pair gets.
• Video Game Stealing: She starts with the Steal skill which allows her steal an item during the battle. It is activated based on her skill and speed stat combined.

Holmes

Holmes

The Sea Lion/Lord of Granada

The captain of the Sea Lion and the son of Granada's Vals. He is Runan's best friend.

Class: Bow Hero → Hide Hunter

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• Bow and Sword in Accord: As a Hide Hunter, he can wield both swords and bows.
• Cool Sword: Upon becoming a Hide Hunter, he can wield swords and wields the Salia Calibur/Agneyastra.
• Connected All Along: He's Sasha's and Attrom's half-brother.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Declaration of Protection: Towards Katri in the leadup to the final chapter.
• Geo Effects: Holmes starts with Seafarer.
• The Hero: Of his own story route.
• Insistent Terminology: Prefers "privateer" over "pirates," since the latter implies that he's a heartless man.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's rather harsh with his words but he's a man who will do the right thing when the time comes.
• Lovable Rogue: A pirate with an affable and snarky personality.
• Like Father, Like Son: As his best friend Shigen remarks, both of them have their negative flaws (Holmes' harshness, Vals' womanizing) but both are genuinely good people who will do the right thing.
• Parental Issues: He clearly doesn't like his father, Vals. Even after reuniting with him when he finds out that Vals survived the battle, he is downright furious when Vals throws all responsible to him and learns that Attrom is his half-brother.
• Pirate: He prefers "privateer," but he leads his gang to attack Canaanite convoys and stealing from other brigands. In fact, some of his maps' victory condition is opening all of the chests in the map.
• Red Baron: The Sea Lion (Bow Hero) → Lord of Granada (Hide Hunter).
• Sand In My Eyes: When he sees Katri revived in the ending, he claims his tears are just sweat.
• Tsundere: Towards Katri.
• What a Senseless Waste of Human Life: After liberating Granada from the Kingdom of Canaan. Holmes remarks why many good soldiers of the Kingdom had to follow the orders of a mad king and how disgusted he is taking all of their lives in battle.

Shigen

Shigen

Swordsman of Yr/Son of Zoa

A member of the Sea Lion and Holmes' right-hand man.

Class: Sword Fighter → Sword Master

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• Action Initiative: He learns Gale/Vantage at Level 38.
• Cool Sword: He is the wielder of Dullaham, which resurrects him should he die while equipping the weapon.
• Dark and Troubled Past: He was once a loyal follower of the Cult of Gerxel until he found out that Guenchaos was just using the Zoans and finding out his own past, in which his father was killed by his mother, the witch Karla for attempting a Defectorfrom Decadence.
• Dead Guy Junior: His name, Shigen, was originally from his father.
• Deadpan Snarker: To Holmes.
• Death Is Cheap: His personal sword revives him if he dies, and even without it, he'll be saved by the witch Sierra.
• Geo Effects: Shigen starts with Seafarer and later learns Arena Fighter/Gladiator at Level 21.
• Happily Adopted: To Yoda. Understandable, given his mother is a loyal servant to Guenchaos.
• The Lancer: Of Holmes' team. He actually becomes a Star unit after Katri leaves.
• Not Blood Siblings: He could hook up with Julia, despite growing up together like siblings.
• Resurrective Immortality: His personal sword Dullahan revives him if he runs out of HP.
• Self-Made Orphan: He can kill his mother, Karla, avenging his father's death.
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear: If he gets rescued by Sierra, he loses everything he had except the Dullahan when he returns.
• That Man Is Dead: Was once named Theo by his mother, Karla, but Yoda discarded the name as he feel he should no longer associate with her and gave him the name Shigen. His formal name is uttered again by Karla should he deliver the finishing blow against her, in which he retorts that name no longer mean anything.
• They Killed Kenny Again: It's quite possible for him to die several times in the space of one chapter. And he's not above making jokes about it.
  Shigen: No matter how many lives I have, it's still not enough to be your comrade.
• You Killed My Father: His father's killer is his own mother.

Merial

Merial (Meriah)

Mage of Light

The granddaughter of the Great Sage, Maios.

Class: Mage → Sage

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• Armor-Piercing Attack: She learns Geomancy/Luna as a Level 15 Sage.
• Blow You Away: She can wield Wind magic upon promoting.
• Critical Status Buff: She learns Life or Death/Wrath as a Level 15 Mage.
• Expy: She strongly resembles Linde, down to wielding Starlight, a tome used to defeat Gharnef, Linde's father's murderer.
• Life Drain: She learns Heaven Saint/Sol at Level 30.
• Light 'em Up: She can use Light magic, and starts with a personal Light spell, Starlight, which is effective against monsters and gives her 30 extra avoid.
• Playing with Fire: She can use Fire magic.
• Shock and Awe: She can wield Thunder magic upon promoting.

Sharon

Sharon

Bargese Knight

A Knight from the fallen Kingdom of Barge. She was once Raffin's lover.

Class: Lady Knight → Arrow Knight (Bow Knight)

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• Anchored Ship: She and Raffin still have feelings for each other, but agree to put their relationship on hold until after the war. The epilogue implies that, indeed, they get together afterwards.
• Bow and Sword in Accord: Like Kate, she can wield both swords and bows.
• Geo Effects: Sharon starts with Urbanite.
• Horse Archer: Upon promotion.
• Important Hair Cut: Cut her hair short to show she gave up on Raffin's promise to find her again.

Billford

Billford

Wild Ox of Barge/Tough as Steel

A Knight helping Sharon.

Class: Armor Knight → General

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• Bodyguard Crush: The epilogue, as well as his high one-sided support bonus (15% is usually reserved for close family members or lovers), implies that he likes Sharon. However, she still has feelings toward her ex-boyfriend, Raffin.
• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath.
• Mighty Glacier: He's an Armor Knight, so he is very slow but strong. Interestingly, he is one of the few units to have a movement growth, so he can be a Lightning Bruiser if you are lucky to have at least one movement boost.
• No-Sell: He starts with Big Shield/Pavise.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 26.

Mintz

Mintz

Knight of Arless

A member of the Arless Black Knights.

Class: Black Knight

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• Black Knight: In title, if not in role or appearance.
• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath.
• The Dulcinea Effect: He barely knew Rennie, yet he decided to save her when she was nearly executed.

Rennie

Rennie (Leonie)

Archer of Selba

A Salian rebel under Lionheart.

Class: Bow Fighter → Bow Master

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• Age-Gap Romance: She can fall in love with Mintz despite him being a decade older than her.
• Armor-Piercing Attack: She learns Geomancy/Luna at Level 19.
• Geo Effects: Rennie learns Urbanite upon class changing.
• Magikarp Power: Notable in that she's one of the only characters with a Move growth. She also learns Elite/Paragon at Level 9.
• Rescue Romance: She falls for Mintz if he saves her from execution. Mintz is uncomfortable about it since she is young enough to be his daughter.

Alicia

Alicia

Mage of Thunder/Burning Light

Known as the Thunder Goddess, she is a mage hailing from the Temple of Trente.

Class: Mage → Sage

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• Blow You Away: She can wield Wind magic at base. Her father figure, Alfred, gives her a copy of the Sylphid when the two reunite at the Leda castle ruins.
• Expy: Of Ishtar, even having the same title.
• Shock and Awe: In addition to her specialty, she has her personal tome, Brenthunder, which is a Brave weapon.

Samson

Samson

Warrior of Erial/Heir to Erial

An Axe Fighter from the kingdom of Erial.

Class: Axe Fighter → Warrior

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• Action Initiative: He learns Gale/Vantage at Level 14.
• Geo Effects: Samson starts with Frontierman.
• King Incognito: He is actually a husband to Katina, King Temsin of Erial's daughter. Holmes had no idea how important he was the whole time they traveled together.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil as a Level 20 Fighter.

Lionel

Lionel

Welltese Lancer/Grandmaster

A Knight in service to the Kingdom of Welt.

Class: Spear Knight → Sergeant

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• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath.
• Geo Effects: Lionel starts with Urbanite and later learns Arena Fighter/Gladiator at Level 21.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Norton.
• Lightning Bruiser: Not in terms of stats but he's one of the very few characters in the game with a movement growth rate. With enough lucky levels in movement, he can possibly cover most of the map than most cavalry and he has decent enough growth rates.
• Multi-Melee Master: Upon his promotion to being a Sergeant, he gains the ability to wield both swords and axes.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: When Holmes goes to Wellt with a Welltese unit, he is allowed to take one soldier from Marlon like Runan. The choosable unit are the units that weren't chosen by Runan on the first time and Lionel.
• My Girl Back Home: He has a wife back home in Wellt. In the epilogue, he invites Norton to his home to greet her.
• Only Sane Man: He defies Codha and Erish's order to invade Verje and is the only soldier to be suspicious of Codha's corruption. He is arrested for it but later frees himself and captures Codha during Runan's battle in the streets of Wellt Fort.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 17.

Attrom

Attrom

Youth of Blaad

Renee's and Holmes' younger half-brother. When Renee goes missing, he leaves Blood in search of her.

Class: Fighter → Hero

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• Heroic Bastard: The illegitimate son of Holmes' father, though he's unaware of it. In the epilogue, Holmes sets him up to inherit his father's country, as he has no interest in royal life.
• I Let Gwen Stacy Die: When he thinks Renee is dead. She isn't.
• Life Drain: Learns Heavrn Saint/Sol at level 15.
• One-Hit Kill: He learns Blazing Wind/Lethality at Level 26.

Krisheenu

Krisheenu (Krishna)

Warrior Thief/Dragon Warrior

A Thief and a Sword Fighter. She seems to have an interest in a legendary orb...

Class: Sword Fighter → Sword Master

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• Crusading Widow: She despises Vega for murdering her boyfriend seven years ago. However, she is aware that she will never surpass him in combat so she pleads with, and seduces, Shigen to take her place. She eventually gives up her vengeance when she realizes that her boyfriend would never accept it and begs Holmes to break their duel to the death.
• Faux Action Girl: Despite being in the same class as Julia, she has even lower growths than her. Unless she is lucky with her level ups or fed with stat-increasing items, she will be utterly weak compared to the other Sword Fighters. It's also the reason she doesn't get to pick a fight with Vega despite wanting revenge.
• Gender-Blender Name: Her name is named after a male god in Hindu mythology.
• Heartbroken Badass: Her former lover, Altair, was killed by Vega, which is why she's after the Dakuron.
• Video Game Stealing: She has the Steal skill.

Maerhen

Maerhen (Maerchen)

The Sea Serpent

Head of the Isuria Pirates who was saved by Katri.

Class: Boss

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• Butt-Monkey: To the point that, in the epilogue, Holmes has outright forgotten who he is.
• The Farmer and the Viper: After Katri saved his life, he asked her to come with him to his old hideout. At first, it seems like he was repaying her kindness with treachery, especially since he told her not to tell Holmes about it. However, it is Subverted, where he was holding true to his word by reuniting her with her guardian, Law.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: It's implied that's why he decreases the stats of everyone near him.
• Joke Character: He's pretty bad, even by the game's standards. He has little to no growth rates, and has a skill which allows him to steal anything after killing an enemy but not only are his stats bad but also it reduces the hit and avoid of everyone around him down by 50.
• Lethal Joke Character: His Mug Skill can be a great way to acquire certain items provided the player has strengthened Maerchen with Lyria's staff and positioned their troops to avoid Mug's negative effects.
• Pet the Dog: He does one good deed: saving Law's life when he is wounded and even reuniting him with Katri after his Heel–Face Turn. He's also surprisingly a religious man, which explains saving him.
• Rape, Pillage, and Burn: Until his Heel–Face Turn, that is.
• Video Game Stealing: He has the Steal and the Mug skill.

Lyria

Lyria

Singing Cleric

A training priestess of the Church of Blood.

Class: Priest

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• Cloudcuckoolander: Deconstructed, as it's said her nature makes her naive and easy to fool. She very nearly ends up in Go-Go Enslavement because of it.
• The Medic: Uses Staves.
• Ship Tease: An optional one with Attrom, mutually exclusive with the Xeno/Yuni event mentioned above.
• Spoony Bard: Has the Sing skill, which heals adjacent allies and may have a chance of refreshing allies.
• Status Buff: Gains the Strength staff, which allows her to increase the strength stat of a unit until the end of the chapter.

Frau

Frau

Knight on Wings

A Knight of Salia and Sun's best friend. She is the youngest sister of Verna and Martel.

Class: Pegasus Knight → Dragon Knight

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• A Dog Named "Dog": Her name means "woman" in German. So, she's a girl named... woman.
• Dragon Rider: Upon promotion.
• Magic Knight: She is a powerful Pegasus Knight capable of dealing multiple strikes but she also has a high magic growth than other Pegasus Knights, allowing her to greatly damage enemies with a Levin Sword.
• Muggle Born of Mages: She and her sisters became Pegasus Knights because they lack the magical potential, despite being descended from the Sage of Fire, and idolize their aunt Liza and father Roberto. This is a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation, because Pegasus Knight has a magic stat (it's meant to represent their resistance to magic) and, thus, excels at wielding Levin Swords.

Sun

Sun (San)

Silva's Daughter/Knight of Canaan

The Black Knight of Canaan. She is the daughter of Silva.

Class: Rook Knight → Black Knight

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• Armor-Piercing Attack: She learns Geomancy/Luna at Level 25.
• Black Knight: Upon promotion, but a different class more toward Mintz's class than Zeek's class.
• Character Portrait: It is worth noting that she has a unique portrait upon promotion, despite being a minor character.
• Cute Bruiser
• Magikarp Power: She is a lot like Narron except that she comes a bit later. For starters, she learns Elite/Paragon at Level 5.
• Palette Swap: Upon promotion, her portrait changes to a recolored version of her old outfit with a black shirt and red gloves.
• Power Nullifier: She learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 40.
• Spam Attack: Learns the Charge skill upon class changing to Black Knight.

Shirou

Shirou

Selban Nomad

Lionheart's most trusted man.

Class: Horseman → Mamluke

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• Expy: Of Wolf.
• Geo Effects: Shirou starts with Plains Fighter/Plainsrunner.
• Horse Archer: He starts as one, so his mobility is much higher than other archers and doesn't require a promotion item, like Kate and Sharon.
• Satellite Character: His only personality is loyally serving Lionhart.

Raphael

Raphael (Loffaru, Ropharl)

King of Wellt

The King of Wellt and Sasha's father. He is one of the 6 Champions.

Class: King's Knight (Royal Knight)

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• Action Dad: He's Sasha's father and one of the strong veterans in the army.
• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath.
• Disappeared Dad: Sasha's father who went missing during the Battle of Balt. His disappearance is what allowed Codha to try usurp power in Wellt.
• Geo Effects: Raphael starts with City Fighter/Urbanite.
• No-Sell: He starts with Big Shield/Pavise.
• Red Baron: King of Wellt.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Survivor Guilt: He is ashamed that many of his soldiers died while he survived, and gives all responsibility to Runan as the commander of the army because he has lost his army.

Lionheart

Lionheart

Lord of Selba

The leader of Selba. He is known as the Wolf of the Plains.

Class: Mamluke

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• Action Dad: Through an certain event, he is revealed to be Plum's true father.
• Disappeared Dad: To Plum.
• Expy: Of Hardin, again, down to having the same title (in Japan, Hardin is known as "The Coyote" in English).
• Geo Effects: Lionheart starts with Plains Fighter.
• Horse Archer: His class is the promoted class of Horseman, and he can wield both swords and bows.
• Ironic Nickname: His nickname, Lionheart, is attributed to Richard the Lionheart. However, his appearance, real name, and class make him more similar to Richard's rival, Saladin.
• Life Drain: He starts with Heaven Saint/Sol.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: His name is Raziel, but he is mostly known by his nickname Lionheart.
• Sinister Scimitar: Fitting his Arabic-like appearance, he starts with a Shamshir.

Zachariah

Zachariah

Salia's Defender

A General in the service of the Kingdom of Salia.

Class: General

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• Defeat Means Friendship: You actually have to fight him as a boss before he joins you. Afterwards, Katri saves his life, he immediately recognizes who she is, and realizes he's been on the wrong side.
• Geo Effects: Zachariah starts with City Fighter.

• No-Sell: He starts with Big Shield/Pavise.

Bud

Bud

Cat Burglar

A female friend of Narcus.

Class: Thief

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• Geo Effects: Bud starts with Forest Fighter.
• I Have Your Wife: Captured by Ahab when she used his treasury to buy medicine for Rishel, forcing him to serve Ahab in battle.
• Lady Looks Like a Dude: Without being informed of her gender, she can be mistaken for a boy.
• Ship Tease: To Rischel.
• Video Game Stealing: She has the Steal skill.

Rishel

Rishel

Fire Mage

The successor of the family of Fire Priests.

Class: Mage → Sage

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• Action Initiative: He starts with Gale/Vantage.
• Death from Above: He has Meteor, a Fire tome that can strike an enemy within 2 ~ 5 range.
• I Have Your Wife: He is forced to fight for Ahab due to imprisoning Bud. He can be recruited by having Bud to talk to him.
• Playing with Fire: His prominent affinity is Fire, thanks to his personal tome Sunflame. In addition, his Mage class is unique, as he can only wield fire magic until he promotes into Sage.
• Power Nullifier: He starts with Earth Saint.
• Squishy Wizard: He lacks HP and defense like most mages, although his base stats and growth rates in those categories are relatively high compared to other playable mages. However, equipping Sunflame improves his defense.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Enteh.

Sierra

Sierra

Zoan Witch

A Witch of Zoa. She helps Shigen when he is fatally injured.

Class: Witch

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• Dark Is Not Evil: Has the honor of being the only playable character who can wield Dark Magic.
• Defector from Decadence
• Foil: To Karla. While Karla killed her lover due to her loyalty to the Cult of Gerxel, Sierra's love for Shigen overcame her loyalty and indoctrination to the cult.
• Implied Love Interest: To Shigen.
• Mysterious Protector: To Shigen, again. She's actually the one returning the favour, he saved her life in the past.
• Life Drain: Wields a Nosferatu Tome.
• Teleportation: As a witch, she can warp almost everywhere on the map.
• Token Heroic Orc: The only non-evil character in the game of the Witch class, as well as a former member of the Zoan Empire.

Leteena

Leteena

Saint of Light

Ezekiel's younger sister. She falls in love with Kreiss.

Class: Priest

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• Guide Dang It!: Recruiting Leteena involves following this exact sequence of steps. Yeah, good luck figuring that out on your own, especially seeing as there's no in-game hints towards it at all.
• Love Interest: Kreiss'.
• Magikarp Power: She might start at a low level, but magic and speed is very average and has Paragon to get her levels up quickly.
• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Recruiting her forgoes recruiting Rebecca. However, that's if you accomplish the event.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She wanted Kreiss to run away with her so that she doesn't have to worry about him dying. However, Ezekiel can convince them to stop as they are fighting to make sure they don't die.
• Status Effects: She has her personal staff, the Silence staff, which stops all magic user from using magic for a turn.
• Summon Magic: She learns the Summon skill at Level 8.

Rebecca

Rebecca

Girl from Arcana

A young girl from the village of Arcana. She replaces Leteena if the requirements to recruit her were not met.

Class: Priest

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• Mutually Exclusive Party Members: You get Rebecca if you decide not to recruit Leteena.
• Summon Magic: She starts with the Summon skill.

Narcus

Narcus

Suspicious Guy

Formerly a member of the Sea Lion Pirates.

Class: Thief

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• Action Initiative: He learns Gale/Vantage at Level 25.
• Butt-Monkey
• Expy: His transformation skill as well as his Trollish nature makes him similar to Xane.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's not above ditching you and stealing your money, and he's kind of a slacker, but when ordered to infiltrate an early villain's base, ensure the Queen's safety and release the prisoners, he does exactly that, showing he can be a pretty good guy when he wants to. In fact, not doing this event results in you missing out on quite a few characters, and dooming them to an unfortunate fate.
• Master of Disguise: One of his skills, Transform, allow him to transform into the character he selects.
• Power Nullifier: He learns Awareness/Nihil at Level 17.
• Red Baron: Suspicious Guy.
• Running Gag: Both times he's recruited, he's found lost in a desert begging for water.
• Troll: Disguises as Merial and tells Maruj she likes him, possibly starting a Love Triangle between Maruj, Enteh and Merial, just for lulz.

Rina

Rina

Razlian Girl

Kreiss' younger sister and Arkis's fiancee.

Class: Rook Knight → Paladin

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• Action Initiative: She learns Gale/Vantage at Level 18.
• Damsel in Distress: In the B version of Map 26, she is captured by Lentzenheimer and made a hostage to force Arkis to fight against Runan.
• Expy: Of Est, especially in Path B, where she was taken hostage by Lentzenheimer, forcing Arkis to betray Runan.
• Mage Killer: She has a 40% magic growth, making her potentially a physical user with good resistance.
• Magic Knight: Her 40% magic growth can allow her to wield magic swords with decent damage.
• Magikarp Power: She is the actual Est of the game (both gameplay and role). She is weak at that point of the game when she joins, but she starts with Elite/Paragon and some good growths (except Strength).

Renee

Renee

Beacon of Hope

A Priestess of the Church of Blood. She is the daughter of Andrei.

Class: Saint

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• Damsel in Distress: During her search for Merial, she is kidnapped by Maerchen when he attacked her ship. When Holmes attacks Maerchen's ship, he and Attrom try to rescue her, but she falls overboard after she escapes with Krishna's help.
• Geo Effects: Renee starts with Forest Fighter.
• Good Stepmother: Since she is Lionheart's lover, it is implied that she becomes Plum's stepmother after the conflict. Depending on your choices in the game, she could be Bartz's stepmother as well.
• The Medic: Uses Staves.
• Summon Magic: She starts with the Summon skill.
• Turn Undead: Her Anti-Evil staff instantly kills a number of monsters equal to her Magic stat. Quite useful for crowd control.
• Teleportation: She is the only unit who can wield Warp, a staff that teleports another unit to any traversable space on the map.

Yoda

Yoda

Runeblade of Zoa

The Dark Sword Fighter. He is Julia's father and Shigen's foster father. He is one of the Twelve Heroes.

Class: Swordmaster

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• Brutal Honesty: Shigen once remembered him telling him the truth of his parents, and how his mother murdered his father out of loyalty to the cult.
• Cool Old Guy: One of the oldest playable units in the game and certainly one of the strongest.
• Death of a Thousand Cuts: He starts with Dragon Saint/Astra.
• Geo Effects: Yoda starts with Frontier Fighter.
• Hunter of Monsters: Yoda hunts down monsters that attacks Il village due to its location near the monster-infested Tower of Morse. One of his skills is Anti-Evil/Slayer, which makes him efficient in fighting monsters.
• La Résistance: He led a successful resistance group for the oppressed Zoans on Ll Island against the Kingdom of Reeve.
• Master Swordsman: His renown as Lieberia's greatest swordmaster is well-known that even Vega heard rumors of him. He is a practitioner of the Dragon Saint/Astra skill, a technique passed down by his Zoan ancestors.
• One-Hit Kill: He starts with Blazing Wind/Lethality.
• Stern Teacher: To his daughter Julia and his adopted son Shigen.
• True Companions: With Admiral Vals of Granada and Duke Gramdr of Razelia after they successfully plead to the King of Reeve for Yoda and Il Island's freedom.

Hagaru

Hagaru (Hagar)

The Panther

Known as Panther Hagaru. He and Mintz appear to be accomplices.

Class: Wood Shooter

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• Expy: His purple hair, class, and Handsome Lech personality makes him similar to Jake.
• Handsome Lech: He's more interested in picking up chicks than fighting, but he can't see far enough out of his wooden tank to tell if who he's fighting is a girl.
• No-Sell: He learns Big Shield/Pavise at Level 18.
• Siege Engines: In addition to bows, he is capable of wielding ballista weapons, Stonehenge and Quick Rain. However, it is Cool, but Inefficient as upon using them, he'll become an immobile ballista and thus is a sitting duck if he is not properly protected as the ballista completely removes his high defense stat.
• Spell My Name With An S: His title can alternatively be read as Panzer Hagaru.
• Stone Wall: As a Artilleryman, his tank grants him very high defense but terrible movement and his inability to wield anything but bows means that he has a hard time fighting back. He also learns Big Shield/Pavise, which adds to his tankiness.

Verna

Verna

Knight on Wings

A Knight of Salia and the eldest sister of Frau and Martel.

Class: Pegasus Knight → Dragon Knight

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• Muggle Born of Mages: She and her sisters became Pegasus Knights because they lack the magical potential, despite being descended from the Sage of Fire, and idolize their aunt Liza and father Roberto. This is a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation, because Pegasus Knight has a magic stat (it's meant to represent their resistance to magic) and, thus, excels at wielding Levin Swords.

Sennet

Sennet

Lost Prince

The son of Arless, the first prince of Canaan. He is determined to liberate Canaan.

Class: Prince

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: He joins you in the final chapter.
• Big Damn Heroes: He and Tia, along with their uber NPC squad, pulls one in Map 21, though it's implied it was only a coincidence they happened to be in the area at the time. In any case, their presence turns what would have been That One Level into a Curb-Stomp Battle.
• Critical Status Buff: He starts with Life or Death/Wrath.
• Hero of Another Story: Notable in that he actually leads his own Badass Army, which you get a glimpse of in Map 21. Its members include several relatives of your characters and NPC royalty. Exactly one member (Verna) ends up joining you later, the rest are NPC only.
• Hopeless Suitor: The epilogue implies that he had a crush on Tia, but because she is engaged to Richard, he pushed aside his feelings and hoped the best for them.
• Power Nullifier: He starts with Earth Saint.

Tia

Tia

Shaman of Earth

The daughter of Duke Trente. She is the Shaman of Earth.

Class: Leda Princess

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: She joins you in the final chapter.
• Badass in Distress: Temporarily in the final chapter.
• Cruel Mercy: Subjected to this by Gerxel after he casts Black Rain and kills everyone in the final map and by extension the entire continent, so that he can gloat at her despair before killing her and achieve his full power.
• Hero of Another Story: She is personally leading an army to unify Leda, defeat the kingdom of Istoria, and avenge her parents by defeating Guenchaos.
• Instant Costume Change: Guenchaos makes her wear her Earth Priestess garb when she is captured for sacrifice, but her battle outfit magically comes back once she gets the Holy Sword of Leda, for some reason.
• Life Drain: She starts with Heaven Saint/Sol.
• Magic Knight: She wields both sword and magic, though by the time you get her, she'll just have a sword.
• Official Couple: With Richard in the end.
• Sole Survivor: If you dick around too long in killing the final boss, Gerxel uses his Black Rain to kill everyone except Tia, intending to play with her before killing her and obtaining absolute power.
• This Is Unforgivable!: Goes absolutely berserk when Guenchaos kills Richard.
• You Killed My Father: Her parents were killed by Guenchaos.

Alfred

Alfred

Repentant Sage

The fabled Sage from Leda. He is also Sylphis's husband and father of Mel and Maruj.

Class: Sage

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: He joins you in the final chapter.
• Blow You Away: While he can wield all four magic types, he is associated with wind. His inventory contains Wind and Tornado, and he was the wielder of Sylphid, which he gives to Alicia during their reunion.
• Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: In the epilogue, he explains to Mel that he didn't return to Sylphis's side because he still has a mission to carry out, namely destroying the Gerxel cult.
• Disappeared Dad: He's Mel and Maruj's father, who was supposedly killed by Kranion during the Ledan Crusade. The reason that he didn't return back to Sylphis and their children is that he still has things to do.
• Like a Daughter to Me: He sees Alicia as a daughter to him, mainly because her mother fell in love with him while nursing him back to health. However, he can never completely reciprocate with Alicia as his daughter, because he has a family that he is still devoted to.
• Never Found the Body: He was thought to have died in the Ledan Crusade. He survived, but he received grievous wounds from his battle against Kranion. He was nursed back to health by Nina, Alicia's mother, for a decade but he didn't reveal his identity (and reciprocation of her romantic feelings toward him) to her.
• Teleportation: He has Warp, which allows him to move to any traversible space on the map.

Important NPCs

Important NPCs

Eugen

An elderly knight of Lazeria who serves as Runan's adviser.

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• Berserk Button: Traitors and deserters. He is alarmed by Zieg's sudden disappearance, he goes apeshit in Map 26B when Arkis (unwillingly) betrays Runan and he suspects Kate of treason when she abandons Runan's army to look for Zieg.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Et Tu, Brute?: He takes Arkis' forced defection very, very badly.
  Eugen: Where's that deserting swine Arkis?! Someone bring him to me!
  Arkis: Sir Eugen... I'm truly sorry...
  Eugen: You're sorry?! Do you really think that apologizing can excuse you, you bloody fool? Don't you realize what you've done? You deserted your comrades, fled to Lentzenheimer's side, joined the ranks of the Cult... You disgust me, Arkis! Desertion alone warrants the death penalty! Kneel right there! I'm going to carry out your sentence here and now!
• Expy: His appearance, his role as guardian and retainer to the protagonist, and adviser role is one for Jagen in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. He was even teased as the Crutch Character for the party but his wounds prevented him from fighting again.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: He tears into Arkis at the end of Map 26B.
  Eugen: You're damn lucky your fiancee was here. You're forgiven, but only because of her. You've got a lot of maturing to do, lad! Letting your lady get captured, and being forced to do the enemy's bidding... You dishonor the Knights of Razelia! This army wouldn't have lost anything important if you had actually deserted. Say, why don't you quit the army and go start a shop with Rina somewhere? That way you might actually be useful.
• Retired Badass: He was once a famed general of Lazeria, but battlefield injuries forced him into a position as Runan's tactician.
• The Strategist: Usually advises Runan on and off the battlefield.

Sylphis (Sylpheeze)

Daughter of Eisenbach and mother of Maruj and Mel.

Class: Saint

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Admiral Vals

Holmes' father and the famed Admiral of Granada. He's one of the Twelve Heroes.

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• The Casanova: He has multiple mistresses and also multiple children, a fact which infuriates Holmes.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Just like with Holmes. He has his own flaws (his womanizing) but he is a good person willing to risk doing the right thing.
• Never Found the Body: When Runan and Holmes were forced to leave Granada, they last saw Vals stay behind to make his last stand. However, neither Runan nor Holmes could confirm his death, with the latter believing that he is too tenacious to stay dead. When Holmes liberated his hometown from the Empire, he discovers that Vals is still alive, albeit gravely wounded, and went into hiding.
• Parents as People: He's a genuinely heroic man who loves Holmes but his womanizing tendencies and his push to make Holmes the Lord of Granada prevents his son from ever seeing him in a positive light.
• Passing the Torch: Vals retires as leader of Granada and passes the title to his son, Holmes. Holmes is not pleased about Vals shoving the responsibility onto him.
• True Companions: With Yoda and Duke Gramdr. He and Duke Gramdr peacefully resolved Yoda's Slave Liberation by asking their King to grant the Island of Yr independence, which he was unable to refuse due to the high standing of the two men.

Richard

The prince of Marl. He is known as Marl's Lion Prince.

Class: King's Knight

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• A Dick in Name: He's a natural Jerkass to Runan and Holmes. He even betrays Tia in the end, at least initially.
• Anguished Declaration of Love: While getting repeatedly pelted by Guenchaos.
• Arranged Marriage: To Tia, who isn't too thrilled at first. His anger at her for refusing leads him to sell her out to the Big Bad in return for control of the country, but regrets it moments afterwards, realizing he still loves her.
• Changed My Mind, Kid: At first, he sells out Tia to Guenchaos so that he can rule Leda, but he realizes that he loves her and interferes with the ritual.
• Expy: Of Travant in looks while of Michalis in personality.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: In a very short space of time.
• Hero of Another Story
• Heroic Sacrifice: Though he is revived in the ending.
• Hypocrite: Calls Holmes a coward for abandoning his father despite doing the same in the past. He tries to justify it by saying he did it to liberate his kingdom while Holmes hasn't liberated his yet.
• It's All About Me: Until he takes takes it too far and has an epiphany.
• Jerkass: Distrustful towards everyone but especially Runan who he regards as a "naive fool" and Holmes for being a coward who abandons his father. Even towards Tia, he is rather controlling and manipulative.
• Prince Charmless: Ultimately subverted, but it takes a while.
• Red Baron: "Lion Prince Marl".
• Redemption Equals Death: Feels the need to pull this despite only being 'evil' for about five minutes.
• Spanner in the Works: If it weren't for his last-minute change of heart, Guenchaos would have won.

Law

Katri's guardian from the Kingdom of Marl.

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• Dead All Along: In the Aethin translation, he died when Maerchen attacked his ship, but was possessed by Morse to continue helping Holmes. This is not the case in the original translation, where Law survived the attack but Morse took his appearance to tell Holmes the history of Lieberia in their "second" meeting.
• Mr. Exposition: He provides Holmes with the history of Lieberia as he accompanies him on his travels. However, Holmes doesn't realize until later that it was Morse that accompanied him in his travels, not the actual Law.
• Parental Substitute: He looked after Katri when she was separated from her parents in the coup by her uncle. When Katri reunited with her parents, he is happy for her but when asked by Holmes if he wishes to see her, he declined so that she could love her real parents.

Clarice (Claris)

The minister of Salia, the wife of Roberto and the mother of Verna, Martel and Frau.

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• Ms. Exposition: She provides Runan her insight and the truth about Mousa, in which reveals Enteh's true heritage.

Temujin (Temzin, Temsin)

The king of Arial and father of Katrina.

Class: Swordmaster

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• Defector from Decadence: He was once a Zoan warrior, but left when he disagreed with Guenchaos and his methods for the Zoa Empire.
• Parental Substitute: To Prince Sennet and Neyfa.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Became the King of Arial by liberating it from the Zoa Empire.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Towards Karla.

Katrina

Daughter of Temujin and Samson's wife.

Class: Swordmaster

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• Happily Married: To Samson. She even gives him a Brave Axe.
• Parental Substitute: She is a mother figure to Sennet and Neyfa.

Silva

The former leader of the Black Knights of Canaan, the daughter of General Barbarossa and the mother of Sun.

Class: Black Knight

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Neyfa

Sennet's little sister.

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• Our Dragons Are Different: She is the descendant of the dragon Rachis, which she could transform into through the Ring of Canaan.

The Kingdom of Wellt

Codha (Codda, Codder)

The Count of Gram who was appointed Chancellor of Wellt after King Raphael's departure. He takes advantage of the situation while the King is gone.

Class: Duke

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• Arc Villain: He is the first antagonist introduced in the game.
• Bad Boss: Most of his subordinates only serve him because he has their families hostage.
• Dirty Coward: An obese chancellor who controls his men through intimidation and threats. Once all of his men were defeated, he was immediately captured by Lionel without putting up a fight.
• Evil Chancellor: With Raphael missing and most the nobles who participated with him died during the Battle of Balt, he began abusing his power like stealing money and girls throughout Wellt.
• Fat Bastard: He's rather obese in his appearance.

• I Have Your Wife: He keeps his troop's family as hostages to ensure their loyalty. He did the same with Mel when Roger fail to protect Gram.
• Sissy Villain: Probably the reason you don't get to fight him.
• Starter Villain: Serves to get Runan's journey started, then is never mentioned again.
• The Unfought: He's never fought as loyal Wellt soldiers capture him when the battle starts.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Is never seen or heard of again after his army's defeat, though Maron says he'll be executed when Raphael returns. Said return occurs in the ending, but Codha still isn't even mentioned.
• Zero-Approval Gambit: Placed under Runan and Marlon's mercy, Codha quickly surrenders his title and claims that he played the role of a villain to unify Wellt against the Zoan Empire. Neither Runan nor Marlon entirely buy his claim but, nonetheless, Marlon accepts the title and puts Codha under arrest for treason.

Queen Liza

The queen of Wellt and Sasha's mother.

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• Happily Married: She is seen happy with her marriage with Raphael. Not so with Vals.
• Missing Mom: She was Holmes' mother who left Vals after five years of marriage.
• Retired Badass: Used to be a stubborn and headstrong Pegasus Knight who fought alongside the Twelve Heroes.
• Silk Hiding Steel: She is very unintimidated by Codha's attempt coup, even denouncing his traitorous actions and denies his claim that Raphael is dead.

Marlon (Maron)

The count of Verje. He aids Runan in overthrowing Codha's tyrannical rule.

Class: General

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• Big Good: The man who assists Runan in the Wellt arc of the game. He became the Chancellor of Wellt after Codha's defeat and gives full support to Runan and his allies.
• The Good Chancellor: At first, he didn't accept the position of Chancellor by King Raphael because he believed he wasn't ready for the position. But when Codha began his tyranny, he decides to take it after deposing him.
• Good Is Not Soft:
  • While he is a good man, he shows no mercy to his enemies. On one hand, he forgives Roger for being forced to serve under a terrible lord and accepts him into the army. On the other hand, he tells Runan that Erish got what he deserved for following Codha's orders, shortly after telling Runan that Codha took his family hostage to ensure his loyalty.
  • As his first decree as chancellor, he puts Codha under arrest for treason. He also tells Codha that he will most likely be executed once King Raphael returns.

Russ (Luz)

A Wellt knight sent by Codha to capture Sasha.

Class: Knight

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• Starter Villain: He's the first boss of the game.
• Warm-Up Boss: It's quite easy to chop him up with Runan's Rapier or Kate's Estoc.

Erish

A Wellt general sent by Codha to kill Maron.

Class: Commando Knight

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• Ambition Is Evil: The moment that Codha promises him the court of Verje, he immediately jumps into action.

Dommes

One of Codha's generals who is in charge of defending the Welt Bridge.

Class: General

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Borem (Berom)

One of Codha's general defending the castle of Wellt.

Class: General

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• Breakable Weapons: His Swordbreaker weapon destroys any non-star sword weapons in your inventory so use non-sword-wielding users against him.
• Fat Bastard: He is just as portly as his boss.

Elette

The wife of Ezekiel and sister in law of Leteena.

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The Kingdom of Reeve

Gramud (Glamdr)

The duke of Razelia and Runan's father. He was killed by the dragon Mousa.

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• Posthumous Character: He and Arless was burned to ashes by Mousa at Nolzeria.
• True Companions: To Yoda and Admiral Vals.

Badoum

The late king of Reeve. He was the father of Princess Maeve.

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Dhorme

The duke of Zemseria who betrayed Reeve and allied with the Zoan Empire.

Class: Duke

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• Even Evil Has Standards: He may be a corrupt noble and a tyrant but he is utterly apalled by Lenzenheimer's actions and his support for the Cult of Gerxel.
• Expy: Of Jiol.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: As Prince Julius withdraws the majority of Canaan's forces to the Reeve palace, he knowingly leaves him and Lentzenheimer in Runan's warpath.
• The Quisling: Like Jiol, Dhorme was an ally of the Kingdom of Reeve until he betrayed them and sided with the Zoan Empire for being strongarmed by them.

Lentzenheimer (Rentzenheimer, Renshien)

The son of Dhorme who rules the occupied Razelia.

Class: Prince

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• 0% Approval Rating: His subjects at Razelia obviously hate him for being a tyrant and a traitor while the Kingdom of Canaan is quite glad of him being directly on Runan's warpath. In the first version of Chapter 26, Zieg tells him to his face that he deserves everything that's happened to him when he gives the news that even the Theocracy of Gerxel is bailing on him.
• Backstab Backfire: If he was beaten by Julia, she tries to spare his life as she doesn't find killing him worth it. He then tries to backstab her but Julia swiftly ends him in self-defense.
• Driven by Envy: Hates Runan due to being highly regarded by both the nobility and the citizens.
• Dirty Coward: Abandons his Father Dhorme when Zemseria is under attack by Runan's forces and would later use cowardly tactics in both versions of Chapter 26 to debilitate you. Statwise, he is pathetically weak compared to both your units and his own. The only thing dangerous about him is his weapon, but even then, he lacks ranged options.
• Evil Prince: His class and the fact he is a member of the Royal Family of Reeve by blood through his mother.
• Expy: Of Kempf, due to their similar appearance and using cowardly and dishonorable tactics.
• I Have Your Wife: In the second version of Chapter 26, he holds Rina hostage to force Arkis to fight against Runan.
• Kinslaying Is a Special Kind of Evil: His most heinous crime is murdering his own mother for chastising him. When he learns that Julia witnessed the murder and understands that the scandal could jeopardize his claim to the Reevan throne, he frames her for the crime and hires Vega to silence her.
• Matricide: He murdered his own mother just for calling him a monster.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Just like his father, he is left with no support from the Kingdom of Canaan after Prince Julius withdraws his forces. He instead attempts to ask the Cult of Gerxel for aid, how successful he is depends on which version of the map you've chosen to fight him.
• She Knows Too Much: He realized that Julia witnessed him murdering his mother so he framed her for the murder and hired Vega to kill her.
• Smug Snake: Thinks that he deserves to be the King of Reeve despite being a cowardly weakling.
• White Hair, Black Heart: He has silvery hair and no redeeming qualities.

Golgoda

Lentzenheimer's bodyguard in the second version of Map 26.

Class: Swordmaster

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• Cadre of Foreign Bodyguards: He is noted to be of Zoan ethnicity.
• Death of a Thousand Cuts: He has Astra/Dragon Saint.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: He's much more dangerous than his boss.
• Life Drain: He has Sol/Heaven Saint.
• Nothing Personal: His starting battle quote.

Tatus

The duke of Reeve.

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• Aristocrats Are Evil: Represents the corrupt nobility that plagued the Kingdom of Reeve.
• Arranged Marriage: Attempts to marry Princess Maeve and become King of Reeve but is stopped by Runan by the end of the conflict.
• Smug Snake
• Ungrateful Bastard: Blames the soldiers for the fall of the Kingdom of Reeve and disrespects Runan despite him liberating the Reeve Place.

Narith

The son of Sage Maios and father of Rishel and Merial.

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• Court Mage: After the Ledan Crusade, he became a court magician under King Badoum. During his service, he kidnapped Princess Maeve and organized the Zoan persecution throughout the country, which spelled his downfall as he was killed during a hunt.
• Posthumous Character: He was killed by Yoda during a hunt for the Zoans.

The Kingdom of Sallia

Ahab

The younger brother of King Dagnell. He led a coup against him and ruled Seria with an iron fist.

Class: Duke

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• Even Evil Has Standards: Even though he overthrew Dagnell and his wife, he didn't have the heart to murder them and imprisoned them instead.
• Evil Uncle: After overthrowing his brother and taking over Salia, he orders Zachariah to kill his niece, Princess Maria/Katri, so that he can secure the throne unopposed.
• I Have Your Wife:
  • Zacharias believes that he held the King and Queen of Salia hostage to ensure his loyalty. In truth, he only imprisoned them because he didn't want to murder his brother and sister-in-law.
  • Ahab acquires Rishel's service by holding Bud hostage after catching her stealing from the treasury to pay for Rishel's medicine.
• The Usurper
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: He wanted to kill Dagnell's daughter out of fear that she might lose control of Neuron's power and destroy Salia, just as Kranion lost control and destroyed Leda.
• Would Hurt a Child: Ordered Zacharia to kill Princess Maria while she was an infant, fearing that her dragon powers would make her as dangerous as Kranion. Zacharia instead took the infant to the care of Bishop Law.

Dagnell

The king of Salia before he was overthrown and imprisoned by his younger brother, Ahab.

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• Man in the Iron Mask: Ahab imprisoned Dagnell because he didn't want to murder him.

Maria

The queen of Salia and sister of Lionheart and Roberto.

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Roberto

Brother of Lionheart and Maria. He was married to Clarice and fathered Verna, Martel, and Frau. He died protecting the royal friend from Ahab's rebellion.

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• Posthumous Character

The Kingdom of Canaan and the Zoan Empire

King Bahanuke

The King of Canaan and Emperor of the Zoa Empire.

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• Asshole Victim: Even before he was brainwashed by Karla, he decided to conquer the Zoan lands, under the pretext of fighting against the Theocracy of Gerxel.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Due to the spells of the witch Karla.
• Puppet King: To Karla and the Theocracy of Gerxel.
• The Unfought: Despite being set up like Emperor Hardin, he is never fought as he is killed by Barker.

Prince Arless

The first son of Emperor Bahanuke. He was killed by the dragon Mousa.

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• Posthumous Character: He and Runan's father Gramud were killed by Mousa in Nolzeria, along with thousand of people. His death upset the Canaanites and believed the Reeve betrayed him.

Prince Barker

The second son of Emperor Bahanuke. Father of Stephanie.

Class: King's Knight

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• Anti-Villain: Despite following his father's orders, he is utterly digusted with the state his kingdom is following.
• The Chainsof Commanding: Due to being next in line for the throne, he follows the king's orders despite his misgivings with it and the losses his army suffers weight heavily on him.
• A Father to His Men: He orders Keimos that should he feel overwhelmed, he is allowed to retreat as he and his soldiers are valuable members of their kingdom.
• Self-Made Orphan: He kills Bahanuke.

Prince Julius

The third son of Emperor Bahanuke.

Class: Dragon Knight

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• Anti-Villain: He utterly expresses his contempt towards traitors, corrupt nobles and the Theocracy of Gerxel. He also openly refused to participate with the Zoan Empire's expansion, to the point King Bahanuke ordered Barker to arrest him. Later, he defends Reeve Palace to the death alongside General Ernst, thinking that Runan may be a vengeful warlord seeking to conquer the Kingdom of Canaan.
• A Father to His Men: He orders his forces to retreat while fielding only a few soldiers against the battle with Runan's army. His men eventually join the battle anyway out of loyalty and respect for him.
  • This also makes him target the opportunistic gladiators "siding" with Runan, thinking that they are going after his men.
• Life Drain: His Canaan Spear allows him to restore his health when attacking an enemy unit.
• Lightning Bruiser: Being a dragon knight, he is able to move across large distances and he has monsterous stats. He also covers his classes' weakness to bows and magic with a Goddess Shield and a Magic Shield and his Canaan Spear allows to hit hard and regain any health lost.
• My Country, Right or Wrong
• White Hair, Black Heart: Subverted, he certainly looks like a textbook example, but he's actually an Anti-Villain and a pretty nice guy.
• You Shall Not Pass!: Fearing that Runan may be a vengeful conqueror against the Kingdom of Canaan. He and General Ernst defend the Palace of Reeve to the death against Runan, hoping to buy time for Sennet to take control of the Kingdom of Canaan and issue a peace treaty.

Princess Reshe

The princess and only daughter of Bahanuke.

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• Hero of Another Story
• You Are Not My Father: Despite being the biological daughter of King Bahanuke, she considers the Duke of Sophia her father and is utterly furious that the king killed him.

Ernst

Canaan's foremost general. He is known as the "Sword of Canaan".

Class: Gold Knight

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• Anti-Villain: Both Noble and In Name Only. The map you fight him in does a really good job of making you feel like the bad guy.
• Badass Creed: Doubling as his Final Speech.
• Died Standing Up: Even in death, his body still guards the castle.
• Disappeared Dad: It's implied that he's Narron's father, due to both being having the same class and that his father was a general of Canaan.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Appears for a few turns in Map 10 to show off his uber stats.
• Lightning Bruiser: Carrying shields that make him a (temporary) Stone Wall.
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: He carries a Magic Shield, Silver Shield, and Wind Shield in his inventory, which means that he has a high amount of defense and resistance (especially from Wind spells).
• Multi-Melee Master: Holding a Blessed Sword (a sword that grants 7 resistance), a Hand Spear (a throwing lance), a Thunder Sword (a magic sword), and a Shield Sword (a weapon that randomly grant an amount of defense) in one.
• My Country, Right or Wrong
• Red Baron: Sword of Canaan.
• Rousing Speech: Gives one to his troops just before you fight him.
• Undying Loyalty: Takes this trope as literally as possible, making sure his body still guards his castle even in death.
• You Shall Not Pass!: To the point where even in death he still blocks the castle's entrance.

Barbarossa (Barbaross)

Shield of Canaan

Prince Barker's most trusted general. He is known as the "Shield of Canaan".

Class: General

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• Better to Die than Be Killed: If you wait for 30 turns or defeat him early, he'll commit suicide.
• Cool Sword: He wields the Sol sword, a powerful sword that is effective against monsters.
• Expy: Of Lorenz, right down to his death. Fortunately the 'suicide-by-exploding-castle' animation is much less Narmy here.
  • His title is practically reminiscence to Hannibal's title.
• Geo Effects: He has the Forester skill, which gives him extra hit and avoid in combat due to Balt Fortress taking place in a forested area.
• Life Drain: He has Sol, which gives him a chance to replenish HP based on the damage he inflicted.
• Lightning Bruiser: He's not known as the 'shield' of Canaan for nothing, but he has unusually high speed for a General, and can double you if you're not careful.
• Parental Substitute: While Stephanie loves her father, he considers Barbarossa her second father. When he dies, Stephanie becomes mad with grief and vows revenge against Runan.
• Power Nullifier: He has the Nihil skill, which prevents your units from activating skills to give them an advantage against him.
• Skippable Boss: You can fight him if you want, but it's not advised.
• Time-Limit Boss: Of the Hold the Line variety. After 30 turns, he realizes the battle is hopeless and kills himself.
• Undying Loyalty: He himself to his kingdom, and his deputy to him to the point where he joins him in his suicide.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Since he has no ranged weapons, he can easily be dealt with using bows or magic although his high stats and being equipped with a Magic Shield makes the task harder.

Keimos (Seamos)

A general of Canaan stationed in the Senay Coast.

Class: General

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• Anti-Villain: The first of the Canaanite bosses who is not as evil as he looks. He even begs Runan to save his country upon dying.
• Bait-and-Switch Boss: The chapter has you think you're going to face him but he gets replaced by the Dark Bishop Dagon once you try to fight him or you kill too many of his troops.
• A Father to His Men: He cares so much for his men that it overrides his fear of being made a criminal by the Cult of Gerxel and makes a failed attempt to kill Dagon when he forces them to fight to the death. When Runan tells him as he dies that he'll spare the retreating soldiers, he is glad to hear the news and gives him his Iron Shield.
• Underestimating Badassery: He at first doesn't view Runan as a threat, but Barker rebukes him as he is much tougher than he looks.

Pavlov

A duke stationed in Senay.

Class: Duke

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• Asshole Victim: Nobody besides his fellow corrupt nobles like him. General Ernst in particular considers him a disgrace to the Kingdom of Canaan and refuses to help him when Runan's army attack Fort Senav. He even thanks Runan for killing him during their final battle.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: A corrupt noble of Canaan who taxes his subjects heavily and attempts to curry favor with the Theocracy of Gerxel using the money.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: Tortures Leonie for information regarding Lionheart's whereabouts.
• Make an Example of Them: Attempts to publicly burn Leonie at the stake and will be successful if you don't defeat him in time.

Karnell

A duke occupying the Selba territory in Salia.

Class: Duke

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• Asshole Victim: In-Universe. Prince Barker calls him and Pavlov "a bunch of nitwits" and the reason why the Kingdom of Canaan lost Fort Senay and Selba to Runan.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: Another corrupt noble of Canaan, who hires bandits to steal from the villages in his territory and to kidnap women and children for the Theocracy of Gerxel.
• Dirty Coward: When up against the combined forces of Lionheart and Runan, he leaves his bishop Marshall and a few troops to stall them while he and his forces retreat to Fort Balt while carrying stolen treasures.
• "Get Back Here!" Boss: Karnell is an elusive boss. He and his goons will try to leave the map with its treasure, so it leaves you wanting to pursue them and get the treasure yourself. Easier said than done, because he and his goons all carry Iron Shields, which let them block 4 physical damage for 4 hits and your mages are too slow to reach them. Karnell himself is also carrying a Main Gauche, which increases his evasion by 20 so he will either dodge your attack or block the potential damage that he will receive.

Marshall

A bishop under the command of Karnell.

Class: Bishop

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• Combat Medic: He has a Physic staff to heal his allies from afar.
• Death from Above: He wields a Meteor tome, which let him attack from afar.
• Playing with Fire: His Elfire tome lets him deal with close-range threats.

Stephanie (Estofarne)

Prince Barker's daughter and princess of Canaan.

Class: Princess

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• Revenge Before Reason: In Chapter 34, she attempts to attack Runan by herself despite her weak combat skills.
• You Killed My Father: Loved Barbarossa just as she loved her real father. When Runan kills him, she vows revenge against him.

Zepp

A general who leads the defenders of Fort Halphas.

Class:: General

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• Jurisdiction Friction: Thinks that the Condor Squad are just mere mercenaries despite being recommended by Prince Barker himself. Due to that and wanting the glory of defeating Runan by himself, he refuses to cooperate with them.
• Too Dumb to Live: Thinks he and his forces are enough to defeat Runan's forces despite defeating multiple enemy forces along their way and even defeating the "Shield of Canaan". He even refuses the aid of the Condor Squad, whose Wyvern Knights would be highly efffective in the desert terrain.

The Condor Squad

Simon

Philip

Toms

Andrew

Marco

A squad of powerful Dragon Knights from the Kingdom of Sophia protecting Fort Halphas.

The Group is composed of Philip, Toms, Andrew, Marco and their leader Simon.

Class: Dragon Knight

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• Anti-Villain: They are just doing their jobs as soldiers and they aren't shown doing anything evil.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: One of their members, Marco, is love with Leteena and despite that all he wants is for her to be happy even if it meant reuniting with Kreiss.
• Lightning Bruiser: They are able to cover large distances quite quickly, their Iron Shields enhance their defenses and they pack a huge punch with their spears. Not to mention their leader Simon providing support bonuses.
• Skippable Boss: If you don't directly attack their fort and instead capture Zepp's fort, they will retreat.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Against magic and bows although they are equipped with Iron Shields for the later.
• Wolfpack Boss: These knights fight together. Proceed with caution as not only will they only move when you are in attacking range of their leader, but also, Simon provides support bonuses to his subordinates so they will wreck your crew when in the assault.

Bismarck

Soldier of Canaan defending a supply ship.

Class: Sergeant

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• Anti-Villain: Helps a half-drowned Renee to safety after she was felled during Holmes' battle with Maerchen.

Praeva

A General of Canaan who once led the Imperial Navy and is now a subordinate to Shion.

Class: General

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• General Failure: The reason he was replaced by Shion and why Holmes encounters few troops from the Imperial Navy. He lost many of the Imperial Navy during their fight against the Village of Yr. The only reason he is not executed for his failure is due to him begging for Karla's mercy.
• Kick the Dog: Before being replaced by Shion, he would imprison or execute anyone including women or children in Granada for even the most minor offenses he could think of.

Shallan

A Dragon Knight from Sofia who leads a reinforcement unit for Praeva.

Class: Dragon Knight

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• Badass Boast
  Shallan: Hear the shrieks of our wyverns and despair! This sea will be dyed red with your blood!
• Skippable Boss: Because he arrives as a reinforcement, you could complete the map before he could even arrive.

Shion (Xyon)

Theodora's younger brother and Sofian knight occupying Granada.

Class: Dragon Knight

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• Anti-Villain: He had helped Renee get back to health and offers her an armed escort when she's leaving. He was also a fair ruler of Granada. Even Holmes feels sorry for defeating him, despite mouthing him off earlier.
  Shion: You're just as formidable as... the rumors said you were... Much stronger than I'd expected...
  Holmes: You weren't so bad yourself. Sorry for mouthing off earlier. You were certainly a worthy opponent.
  Shion: Hah... I wasn't expecting an apology... You're an odd one, Holmes of Granada...
  Holmes: Would you tell me your name? I think I'd like to remember it after all.
  Shion: It's Shion... Knight to His Highness, Prince Julius... and former soldier of the Kingdom of Sofia...
  Holmes: I'll remember that. I wish it didn't have to end this way.
  Shion: Hah... It's a bit too... late for that... Wouldn't you... say...?
• Skippable Boss: He actually moves from his spot if one of your units is in his attack range and can be spared if he's still alive when Holmes seizes the gate. He'll retreat under his sister Theodora's orders when Reshea returns to Sofia and establishes it's independence from the Zoa Empire.
• Videogame Caring Potential: Sparing him by having Holmes seize the gate while he is still alive.

Pike

A subordinate of General Shion.

Class: Sergeant

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• Anti-Villain: Escorted Renee from the area and is quite loyal to Shion.

Theodora

Confidant to Prince Julius and Shion's older sister.

Class: Dragon Knight

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• Implied Love Interest: To Prince Julius.

The Theocracy of Gerxel

Guenchaos (Gwenchaos)

Leader of the Gerxel cult, and the Big Bad of the game. He wishes to revive the Dark God.

Class: Diabolist

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• The Archmage: One of the Five Sages, and even more powerful since falling from grace.
• Bait-and-Switch Boss: He's possessed by the real final boss of the chapter before you get to fight him.
• Casting a Shadow: He possesses dark powers, including the unsealed Zahhak spell, which grants him immunity like Gharnef and his Imhullu spell. He has access to other spells and staves, but they don't mean anything.
• Cutscene Boss: Doesn't stop him from having an epic battle with an NPC Tia and Richard though.
• Expy: Set up as one of Gharnef, complete with being a great sage's former pupil turned evil, trying to revive an evil dragon, and having a spell that makes him invincible. Ultimately though, he has more in common with Nergal and Zephiel, which is kinda strange because Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade wasn't even made yet.
• Face–Heel Turn: Forty years ago, he was once the Sage of Earth but during the great war, the king of Leda transformed his wife Princess Teeta into Kranion, the Saint Dragon. Witnessing such monstrosity and many people trying to kill the beast, he lost all faith in humanity and decided to resurrect Gerxel to start the world anew.
• Face–Monster Turn: His wife had one in his backstory, and he later suffers one himself.
• Final Boss Preview: Appears on the map to show off his uber stats several times, the earliest being Chapter 5. Subverted in that you ultimately don't get to fight him.
• Generic Doomsday Villain: Ultimately subverted.
• Hidden Depths: In the final chapter you learn there's a bit more to him than what he appears... He was once one of the continent's famed 6 Sages, and married to one of the chief priests of the Temple of Earth. Unfortunately, during a great war the cruel king forced her to take the form of a Saint Dragon and essentially become a bioweapon. She did, but something went wrong, she lost her mind, and became unable to change back. Unable to stop herself slaughtering innocents, she was exiled to the remote mountains and grew to be feared as the Demon Dragon. Over the years many came to slay this 'beast', and none succeeded, but Guenchaos was watching the entire time. Seeing the brutality shown to one who was once so innocent, Gwen lost his faith in humanity and decided to let the Dark God Gerxel possess his body, both so he could purge humanity and so he could be with his wife for eternity...
• Human Sacrifice: He wants to sacrifice the four shamans in order to resurrect Gerxel. He kills Katri, Enteh, and Neyfa but fails to kill Tia.
• Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Just about everyone he meets accuses him of this.
• The Lost Lenore: His Freudian Excuse. Though she's not dead, per say, so much as in a state of And I Must Scream.

• The Medic: Well, he at least has the possibility to use Staves, though does not.
• Misanthrope Supreme: Witnessing so many hunters attempting to kill his mad and transformed wife and the fact that his wife was turned into a monster by the king of Leda as a weapon in a war against Salia cause him to lose faith in humanity and try to destroy them all with Gerxel.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Though he probably didn't always go by it.
• One-Winged Angel: Gets possessed by Gerxel during the final battle.
• Older Than They Look: All of the events he experienced happened hundreds of years ago but he looks no older than his 30s-40s.
• Sinister Minister: The high priest of the Gerxel Cult.
• Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: He wants to destroy the world because of what the Ledans did to his wife.
• That Man Is Dead: Interesting variation, it's actually someone else telling him the man he once was 'is nothing but an ugly monster now'.
• Together in Death: In the ending, Miladona says she 'freed' the souls of him and his wife, implying this.
• The Unfought: You don't fight him. As a human, anyways.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Implied.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: At least Tia seems to think so. "Even though you killed my parents, I still pity you."

Karla (Carla)

The Zoan witch who serves Guenchaos. She acts as Bahanuke's concubine in order to manipulate him.

Class: Witch

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• Dark and Troubled Past: Her and Zeek's loved ones were burned at the stake, while the siblings were enslaved. Karla later was recruited by Guenchaos, who trained her as a Witch, and then she had to choose between her family (her lover and her son Theo/Shigen) and becoming The Mistress to King Bahanuke of Canaan, which she saw as a chance to meet her brother again. And then things went From Bad to Worse...
• The Dragon: To Guenchaos.
• Expy: An odd example; while her role is a dead ringer for Sonia's (although Karla has a much more sympathetic past), Tear Ring Saga predates Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade by just under two years.
• Lady of Black Magic: As a member of the Witch class, which lets her use magic.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: She didn't recognize Shigen as her lost son Theo until the end, and she tells him so. When Shigen says "That Man Is Dead", she says it's fine and that he'll always be Theo to her anyway before dying.
• Tragic Villain: She was once a normal girl but the hardships and the discrimination she endured transformed her into a manipulative person willing to kill her own beloved for deserting the cult.
• Undying Loyalty: To Guenchaos for saving her from a Burn the Witch! situation when she was just a little girl.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Implied by Temujin.

Dagon

A high ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel. A ruthless man who shows no mercy to the non-believers.

Class: Dark Bishop

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• Power of the Void: He wields the Black Hole spell, which does Area of Effect damage to all units within 5 squares of a + shape. However, he is completely defenseless in odd-numbered turns. He compensates in Map 9 with a Hellfire tome.
• Recurring Boss: He is fought in both Map 5 and 9.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Upon being defeated in Map 5, he'll be revived from the Elixir and retreats. Not so in Map 9.
• We Have Reserves: He views the Canaanites as expendable.
• You Monster!: Keimos calls him a heartless demon when he refuses to allow him and his troops to retreat when Runan's party prove too strong for them.

Dolk

A low ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel who aids the Bandit Chief Marchen in order to kidnap Katri

Class: Shaman

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• Enemy Summoner: Has a Skeleton Staff that lets him summon skeletons.

Knud (Cunedd)

A high ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel in charge of the attack on the Hidden Village in Salia.

Class: Dark Bishop

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• Gonk: Looks like an Igor amongst the old men worshipping Gerxel.

Mahova

A low ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel who aids in the defence of Fort Balt.

Class: Shaman

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• Enemy Summoner: He summons Harpies into battle.

Nebucca

A high ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel.

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• Kick the Dog: When Kate either follows Zieg in the Runan Path or frees him in the Holmes Path. Nebucca reveals Zieg's true allegiance to her and falsely claims he tricked her before taking her prisoner. He then forces Zieg not to interfere or else he'll be branded as a traitor.
• Looks Like Orlok: His appearance makes him look a vampire than a normal human.
• Recurring Boss: He is fought alongside Zieg in Chapter 22 of the Holmes' Path while he is fought for the final time in Runan's Path in Chapter 37.
• We Have Reserves: He views the Shadow Knights as expendable fodder and if Zieg wasn't Karla's brother, he would have thought him the same.

Pericyte

A high-ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel protecting the entrance to the Fire Temple.

Class: Dark Bishop

Baal

A high-ranking member of the Cult of Gerxel protecting the piece of the Salia Calibur.

Class: Dark Bishop

Ezreal

The dark priest guarding the entrance of the Altar of Gods from the Fire Labyrinth.

Class: Dark Bishop (Shadow Bishop)

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Gerxel

The Dark Dragon worshipped by the Zoa people.

Class: Dark Dragon

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• Combination Attack: Required to kill the final boss without it just getting right back up again. At full health.
• Final Boss: He's the final opponent of the game.
• Mistaken Identity: The dragon that the Ancient Zoans worship on Mt. Cielo was actually a sleeping Miradona. The current Gerxel that Guenchaos is trying to resurrect Was Once a Man.
• Timed Mission: Fail to defeat him within 20 turns, everyone dies. Literally, everyone in the map, even the enemy. And possibly the entire world except Tia, who he spares just to gloat at her despair before draining her life force and acquiring his full power.
• Was Once a Man: He was originally an ordinary Zoan chieftain named Kalbazan before he drank the blood of Miradona and began calling himself Gerxel.
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Implied. The reason why Miradona provided Yutona and by extension the Shamans with bracelets that limited their power was to prevent them from going mad like Kalbazan did.

Bandits

Yazam

The boss of the Taurus Bandits.

Class: Chief

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• The Farmer and the Viper: He repays Enteh's kindness for healing him with kidnapping her. Bartz has to rescue her from the bandits.
• Recurring Boss: A boss of both Runan and Holmes' paths.
• Sinister Scimitar: Yazam is equipped with a scimitar in Runan's route, signifying his antagonistic role as a bandit leader. However, he exchanges the scimitar for a silver sword in Holmes's route.
• Starter Villain: He serves as an obstructing scoundrel for both Runan and Holmes.

Poem

The leader of group of bandits hired by Duke Karnell.

Class: Chief

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• Palette Swap: Of Maerchen. Parodied in the Aethin patch as it gives him a backstory of him being Maerchen's younger brother.

The Sages

Eisenbach (Ezenbah, Eisenbaha)

One of the Four Sages of Liberia and Maruj's grandfather. He is killed by Guenchaos along with the other sages.

Class: Bishop

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• Blow You Away: He was the original bearer of Wundergust and was known as the Sage of Wind. He also created the Sylphid spell, a powerful wind magic that negates the enemy's ability to counterattack.
• Sacrificial Lamb
• Worf Effect: He is killed in a battle against Guenchaos early, to show off the power of the Big Bad.

Maius (Mios)

One of the Four Sages of Liberia. He is the grandfather of Rishel and Merial.

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• I Have No Son!: When he found out that Narith kidnapped Princess Maeve/Enteh and locked her in the Shrine of Water for political gain (and indirectly caused Queen Elena to commit suicide), he releases her from prison and banishes his son from the Shrine.
• Light 'em Up: He was the Sage of Light.
• Posthumous Character: He was killed by Guenchaos.

Octavus (Octavas)

One of the Four Sages of Liberia from Salia. He has many children: Andre, Rose, Clarice, and Liza.

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• Playing with Fire: He was the Sage of Fire.
• Posthumous Character: He was killed by Guenchaos.

Morse

The White Sage who instructed the Four Sages in the ways of magic.

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• Expy: Of Gotoh, who shares his title and role as a great sage and a teacher, including one of his students being evil.
• The Faceless: He doesn't appear in person, with Meeme claiming that he is currently in another dimension. In addition, he assumed Law's appearance when he accompanies Holmes in his journey, making his true form unknown.
• Mr. Exposition: Under the guise of Law, he provides Holmes with the history of Lieberia as he accompanies him on his travels.

Meeme

Morse's apprentice. She helps resurrect people with the Dakruon.

Class: Sister

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Background Characters

Carluon (Garlon)

A man who led the rebellion against Gerxel with the aid of the goddess Yutona.

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• Badass Normal: Unlike Yutona or Kalbazan, he never receives the power of the emiyu, only wielding a sword blessed by Yutona to defeat Gerxel.
• Expy: Of Anri.

Yutona (Utna)

The daughter of the goddess Miradona and the partner of Carluon.

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• Was Once a Man: Was one of the slave maidens sacrificed to Gerxel. She was given the power to transform into Dragon by Miradona but was also given a bracelet that allows her to control her dragon powers to prevent from going mad like Gerxel.

Miradona

The Earth Goddess worshiped in the continent of Lieberia and a princess of the Emiyu race.

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• Expy: Of Naga, along with Mila. Her name is nearly a combination of Mila and Duma's. However, her backstory is similar to Tiki, as they were a young dragonkin who were put to sleep by their single parent for protection.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: She bestowed a drop of her blood to a Zoan Chieftain named Kalbazan so he could free his people from oppression. That man became the dark god Gerxel. Whoopsie.
• Person of Mass Destruction: Apparently, her powers were too awesome and terrifying that while the native people of Lieberia worshiped her as the Earth Goddess, the Zoan people feared her powers and believed her to be the god of destruction Gerxel.

Teeta (Tita)

The princess of Leda and the grandmother of Tia. She is the wife of Guenchaos, who was transformed into the dragon Kranion by her cruel father.

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• The Ghost: She never appeared in person and only appears as Kranion. She doesn't even appear in the ending, where she was mentioned by Miradona that she is released from her madness and allowed to pass.
• Was Once a Man: She was the princess of Leda until King Grauss ordered her transformation into Kranion. Unfortunately, while her awesome power warded away the Salian invasion, she lost control and destroyed Leda.

Grauss

The late king of the fallen Kingdom of Leda.

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• Abusive Parents: He ordered the transformation of his own daughter into Kranion against her will. This proved to be his undoing as Kranion destroyed his kingdom and took his life.
• Posthumous Character: He died when Kranion destroyed the Kingdom of Leda.
• Small Role, Big Impact: His actions caused many tragedies in the game, such as Ahab's rebellion out of fear of Neuron's potential destruction of Salia and Guenchaos's Start of Darkness.

Denoas

The consul of the Republic of Reeve. His campaign to exterminate the Zoan led to Kalbazan seeking great power.

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• Evil Colonialist: While his Jugudi ancestors settled in Lieberia which led to raids by the native Zoans, Denoas called for a brutal campaign of extermination at the indigenous people.
• Posthumous Character: He died a hundred years before the events of the game. He was likely killed when Gerxel set his republic ablazed.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His merciless treatment towards the Zoans led to Kalbazan desperately seeking Gerxel's power, in which caused Kalbazan to become a dragon and destroyed the Republic.

Altair (Aldo)

Krishna's boyfriend and a master swordsman from Istoria. He died when Vega challenged and defeated him in a duel.

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• Master Swordsman: He was a skilled Istorian swordsman that wields dual swords. Vega respected him as "a swordsman of remarkable skill."
• Off with His Head!: Krishna remembered Vega beheading him in front of her. Vega claims that his employer would not pay him if he didn't bring his head as proof.
• Posthumous Character: Vega defeated him in a duel and killed him because his employer paid him.

Dragons

Mousa (Muse)

The Water Dragon of Reeve. The current bloodline of Mousa is Enteh.

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Neuron

The Fire Dragon of Salia. The current bloodline of Neuron is Katri.

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• Playing with Fire: It is a Fire Dragon.
• Red Baron: Fire Incarnate.

Rachis (Rakis)

The Wind Dragon of Canaan. The current bloodline of Rachis is Neyfa.

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Kranion

The Earth Dragon of Leda. Though its bloodline extends to Tia, the current dragon is Teeta.

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Other

Ronald

Prince of Istoria.

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• The Ghost: His father, King Guiness, who sided with the Kingdom of Canaan out of greed.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Freeing Tia from imprisonment lets Richard attack Istoria without worry.
• Villain of Another Story: He and his kingdom are currently fighting against Richard and Tia when Runan arrives.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: While Istoria is revealed to been defeated by Richard and Tia later in the game, his fate is uncertain.

The Peddler

A shady guy who is looking for a dancer.

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• No Name Given: Not once is he given a name.
• Slipping a Mickey: His prefered way of finding girls involved giving them drugged milk. First, it happened to Plum, then the second happens to either Juni or Lyria, depending on choice.

Anna

The recurring Secret Shop owner of Fire Emblem manages to appear in another game by Shouzou Kaga.

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• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Somehow manages to appear despite copyright. Anna's name is never brought up, but her appearance, trademark pose, and character make it clear it's her.